The US, which witnessed the deadly 9/11 attacks seven years ago, is working through a package for India on dealing with the situation arising out of the "horrific" Mumbai strikes by way of information sharing, collaboration and cooperation, a top Pentagon official said."We are working through the initial parts of a package. we would offer to India to help them understand some of the lessons . that we very painfully learnt in the wake of our 11 September attacks, in information sharing, collaboration and cooperation," Admiral Timothy Keating, Commander of the US Pacific Command, told reporters in Washington on Friday."And I expressed our willingness to provide that to India in my conversations with Indian leaders shortly," he said. Praising India for its "measured response" in the aftermath of the Mumbai attacks, Keating said that various agencies of the US government were working closely to keep a tab of developments in the region.He said Washington was satisfied that India and Pakistan have successfully avoided the danger of a military confrontation."I think the most important thing is the very .horrific nature of the attacks, the very calm measured response demonstrated by India thus far and our hopes that all throughout our region in particular and all throughout the world, folks will understand that the struggle against violent extremes - violent extremists continues to this day." "Mumbai is just the latest place where the . innocent victims number in the hundreds. And it remains our foremost objective in the Asia-Pacific Region to deter and prevent those kinds of attacks," Keating said.His remarks came in response to a question on his assessment of relations between India and Pakistan in the aftermath of the Mumbai attacks and whether the top Pentagon official thought that the two nations have successfully avoided confrontation."We're working closely with Central Command and with Department of State, Office of the Secretary of Defence and the intelligence agencies to make sure we are as fully apprised, as fully aware of developments in that particular part of the world as we can be, and I'm satisfied that we are," he said."I have been in contact with our Ambassador in India, with Indian military leaders, and am grateful for the very measured response that India has demonstrated," Keating said.
