US Congress resolutions condemn blasts

The US Congress — Senate and the House of Representatives — has condemned the Mumbai bomb blasts that killed some 200 people.

The US Congress — Senate and the House of Representatives — has condemned the Mumbai bomb blasts that killed some 200 people. It said now it was all the more important to enhance ‘‘strategic cooperation’’ between the two nations to combat the global menace of terrorism.

In Senate, the bi-partisan resolution was co-sponsored by chairman Foreign Relations Committee Richard Lugar, ranking minority member Joseph Biden and wife of former US President Bill Clinton and presidential aspirant Hillary Clinton among others.

Expressing solidarity with the people of India, the resolution said India had been a victim of terrorist activities for a long time now. It listed some of the major such incidents, including the twin bomb blasts in Varanasi in March, series of bomb blasts in Delhi on the Diwali eve last year, attack on Akshardham temple in Gujarat and the attack on Parliament in December 2001.

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The other similar resolution was passed by the House of Representatives. The House resolution was co-sponsored by two best friends of India in Congress — Joe Crowley and Joe Wilson.

Meanwhile, organisations and individuals continued to express their solidarity with the people of India. The Indian Embassy in Washington was virtually flooded with condolence messages from cross-section of the society and diplomatic community.

Prominent among them included spiritual leader president Gordon Hinkley of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, senior Administration officials like Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, Congressmen Gary Ackerman, Mike Honda and Gordon Smith, who is chair of Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus, President pro-tempore of the US Senate Ted Stevens and heads of think-tanks like Ambassador Karl Inderfurth.

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