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US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has said India, Pakistan and others must act with "urgency and resolve" to bring the Mumbai attackers to justice.US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has said India, Pakistan and others must act with "urgency and resolve" to bring the Mumbai attackers to justice.
"This is especially a time for Pakistan to do so," she told reporters in Delhi, ahead of talks with Indian leaders."This is especially a time for Pakistan to do so," she told reporters in Delhi, ahead of talks with Indian leaders.
Ms Rice is in India to ease tensions between India and Pakistan after last week's attacks which killed nearly 200. Ms Rice hopes to ease tensions between India and Pakistan after last week's attacks which killed at least 188.
India says the attackers had Pakistani links. Islamabad denies any role and has offered to help the investigation.India says the attackers had Pakistani links. Islamabad denies any role and has offered to help the investigation.
US officials have said India was warned of a possible threat a month before the attacks. The US national intelligence director also implied Pakistan-based group Lashkar-e-Toiba was responsible. Political leaders in Pakistan joined to condemn the attacks but rejected what they called "hasty allegations" made against Pakistan.
Meanwhile, political leaders in Pakistan joined to condemn the attacks but rejected what they called "hasty allegations" made against Pakistan.
Last week's attacks at multiple locations in Indian's financial capital stunned the country, with many describing it as India's 9/11.Last week's attacks at multiple locations in Indian's financial capital stunned the country, with many describing it as India's 9/11.
'Horrible attack' Thousands of people gathered late on Wednesday in Mumbai for a rally, with many protesting at the Indian government for failing to prevent the attacks.
Meanwhile, police said that officers searching abandoned luggage had found a bag in Mumbai's main train station that held explosives believed to have been left behind by the militants.
Admiral in Pakistan
"This is the time for everybody to co-operate and do so transparently," Ms Rice told a news conference at the US embassy in Delhi."This is the time for everybody to co-operate and do so transparently," Ms Rice told a news conference at the US embassy in Delhi.
"I have said that Pakistan needs to act with resolve and urgency and cooperate fully and transparently. That message has been delivered and will be delivered to Pakistan." "I have said that Pakistan needs to act with resolve and urgency and co-operate fully and transparently. That message has been delivered and will be delivered to Pakistan."
LASHKAR-E-TOIBA Jihadi organisation based in PakistanFormed towards the end of the Afghan war against the SovietsBlamed for hundreds of attacks in the region since 1990Listed as a "terrorist group" by the US and UK Profile: Lashkar-e-ToibaA Pakistan militant link? class="" href="/1/hi/world/south_asia/7761502.stm">Sir Mark Tully on Mumbai class="" href="/1/hi/world/south_asia/7762201.stm">Pakistan parties unite in response LASHKAR-E-TOIBA Jihadi organisation based in PakistanFormed towards the end of the Afghan war against the SovietsBlamed for hundreds of attacks in the region since 1990Listed as a "terrorist group" by the US and UK Profile: Lashkar-e-ToibaA Pakistan militant link?
She said the US would not "jump to conclusions" about who was responsible, but added: "This is clearly the kind of terrorism in which al-Qaeda participates."
Ms Rice is to meet India's prime minister and foreign minister. No plans have been announced for a visit to Pakistan.Ms Rice is to meet India's prime minister and foreign minister. No plans have been announced for a visit to Pakistan.
It is also not clear whether Ms Rice will visit Mumbai. Six Americans died in the attacks. However, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Adm Mike Mullen, has arrived in Islamabad for talks with the Pakistani government and military.
A senior state department official said Ms Rice would put pressure on the two neighbours to co-operate to fight terrorism. It was not clear whether Ms Rice would visit Mumbai. Six Americans died in the attacks.
She has urged India and Pakistan to remain in contact and work together to find those behind the attack. Pakistan's political parties have joined forces to sign a resolution saying they shared India's grief after the Mumbai attacks and abhorred violence against innocent people.
On Tuesday, a US official told the Associated Press that the Indian authorities had been told of an apparent plot to launch an attack on Mumbai from the sea. I very much doubt that [the captured gunman is] a Pakistani Asif Ali Zardari,Pakistani president class="" href="/1/hi/world/south_asia/7761502.stm">Sir Mark Tully on Mumbai class="" href="/1/hi/world/south_asia/7762201.stm">Pakistan parties unite in response
Mumbai police chief Hassan Gafoor later appeared to confirm the report by saying that there had been a known threat to at least some of the locations targeted, including the Taj Mahal Palace hotel. But the parties also said they took strong exception to what they called "unsubstantiated allegations made in haste against Pakistan".
Security authorities had "had an alert that hotels like Taj could be exposed to such danger", he told a news conference. Indian Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee said a military response was not under consideration but that if Pakistan did not act, the bilateral peace process would be at risk.
India has asked Islamabad to hand over 20 fugitives from Indian law it believes are hiding in Pakistan.
But Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari indicated there would be no handover.
He told US television: "If we had the proof, we would try them in our courts, we would try them in our land and we would sentence them."
'No proof'
On Tuesday, a US official told the Associated Press that the Indian authorities had been told a month earlier of an apparent plot to launch an attack on Mumbai from the sea.
Anger is growing in India that the attacks were not preventedAnger is growing in India that the attacks were not prevented
ABC News also quoted Indian officials as saying that after receiving the US warning, they also intercepted a satellite phone message on 18 November warning of a seaborne attack on Mumbai. Mumbai police chief Hassan Gafoor later appeared to confirm the report by saying that there had been a known threat to at least some of the locations targeted, including the Taj Mahal Palace hotel.
The city had been on high alert, but security measures at the targeted hotels had recently been relaxed, the US television network said.
One of the gunmen, named as Azam Amir Qasab, survived and is in police custody. Police have said he is "certainly" from Pakistan.One of the gunmen, named as Azam Amir Qasab, survived and is in police custody. Police have said he is "certainly" from Pakistan.
But Mr Zardari, on his interview on CNN's Larry King Live, said: "We have not been given any tangible proof to say that he is definitely a Pakistani. I very much doubt... that he's a Pakistani."
The Indian media have said he is linked to Lashkar-e-Toiba, but the group has denied responsibility.The Indian media have said he is linked to Lashkar-e-Toiba, but the group has denied responsibility.
Although he did not mention Lashkar-e-Toiba by name, US Director of National Intelligence Mike McConnell, suggested that the group that carried out the Mumbai attacks had also been behind train blasts in the city in July 2006 that killed 186 people. US Director of National Intelligence Mike McConnell implied Lashkar-e-Toiba was to blame for the attacks.
Lashkar-e-Toiba was blamed by the Indian government for those bombings, along with the Students' Islamic Movement of India (Simi).
Fugitives
A resolution signed by several political parties in Pakistan said that they shared India's grief after the Mumbai attacks and abhorred violence against innocent people.
But the parties also said they took strong exception to what they called "unsubstantiated allegations made in haste against Pakistan".
Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee said a military response was not under consideration but that if Pakistan did not act, the bilateral peace process would be at risk.
India has also asked Islamabad to hand over 20 fugitives from Indian law it believes are hiding in Pakistan.
Indian media reports say the list includes Hafiz Mohammad - a man India says is the head of Lashkar-e-Toiba.
Underworld don Dawood Ibrahim (wanted in connection with bombings in Mumbai in 1993) and Muslim cleric Maulana Masood Azhar (who was freed from jail in India in exchange for passengers on a hijacked plane in 1999) are also on the list.
Islamabad has offered India a joint investigation into the attacks, which India has rejected.