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UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 03 NEW DELHI 000035 
 
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E.O. 12958:N/A 
TAGS: KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS, 
PALESTINE; NEW DELHI. 
 
This countrywide cable reports on relevant media 
reaction/opinion from India's large non-English press. 
The Mission reports on English-language media via email 
through the daily "Early Edition" summary. 
 
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INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS 
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¶1. "HERE'S THE PROOF," editorial in January 7 centrist 
NAVBHARAT TIMES: "Pakistan is a nuclear capable nation 
and no one wants a nuclear war. But there's a limit to 
taking atrocities lying down, and very soon India will 
reach that point of no return. If the world thinks India 
is not capable of launching an attack, then it is 
mistaken - India cannot be blamed if it does something 
untoward now out of desperation. The U.S., UN and G-8 
should do something very quickly about this menace called 
Pakistan. India has provided all the necessary evidence 
to Pakistan on the Mumbai attacks. If Islamabad still 
refuses to concede the involvement of its nationals in 
the attack, then India will be left with no other 
alternative than to go for action. India should ask for 
the strictest possible sanctions, a la North Korea, 
against Pakistan." 
 
¶2. "PAKISTAN4S INSANITY," editorial in January 7 DAINIK 
JAGRAN Hindi daily: "Pakistan once again showed its 
obstinacy by trashing the evidence given by India on 
Pakistan's involvement in the Mumbai attack. Instead of 
taking action against the terrorists it is accusing India 
of creating tension in the region. If the appropriate 
pressure is not put on Pakistan it will cross all limits 
of propaganda. It is doubtful that Home Minister 
Chidambaram's U.S. visit would be beneficial. Is it not 
strange that the U.S. officials are visiting Pakistan one 
after the other and the Pakistani rulers are still not 
affected? Now, India should not only take action against 
Pakistan, but have a clear cut talk with the U.S. also. 
Forgiving Pakistan is out of the question this time. It 
is a positive sign that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, 
finally, said that Pakistan is using terrorism as state 
policy. But, is it not high time that the Indian 
government should seriously consider declaring the 
Pakistani administration, if not Pakistan, a terrorist 
system?" 
 
¶3. "TERRORISTS IN KASHMIR" editorial in the January 8, 
2009, Mumbai edition of centrist Marathi daily LOKMAT. 
"The ongoing fierce gun-battle between Pakistan-based 
terrorists and the Indian army in the thickly forested 
Poonch district of the Kashmir valley is a sign of the 
crisis-ridden times for India. The number of natural 
caves in these areas provide ideal hideouts to the 
hardcore militants which include some top commanders of 
Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) and Lashkar-e-Taiba 
(LeT) terror outfits. The forested area in Poonch is on 
the map of traditional infiltration routes of militants 
sneaking into the Indian side from Pakistan across the 
Line of Control that divides Kashmir between the two 
countries. This infiltration is a sad saga without any 
 
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end in sight. Not even the Mumbai terror attacks have 
made any difference to Pakistan's attitude. There are 
visibly no attempts made to rein in terror outfits active 
in Pakistan..." 
 
¶4. "DEVIL CANNOT BE TAUGHT THE BIBLE:  INDIA NEEDS TO 
KEEP THIS IN MIND" editorial in the January 8, 2009 
centrist Gujarati daily GUJARATMITRA. "What can we now 
say about Pakistan's recent utterances? After creating 
much hullaballoo that India first provide the evidence of 
26/11 attacks for Pakistan to take any action, it has now 
termed the evidence as 'not credible' for action. It has 
now donned the new role of telling others it is a victim 
and not the perpetrator it is accused of being. Even 
America's FBI has corroborated Pakistani links in their 
independent investigations. However, instead of showing 
any repentance, Pakistan has been playing the rejection 
card. The pertinent question here is: how long shall we 
continue to ask the devil to adhere to sermons from the 
Bible? We know that compassion, kindness and civilized 
behavior look very good on paper. But when the evil is 
determined to usurp the angel, the latter has no option 
but to eliminate the evil.  India needs to learn this 
gospel truth." 
A similar editorial appeared in the January 7, 2009 
Mumbai-based centrist Gujarati evening daily JANMABHOOMI. 
 
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PALESTINE 
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¶5. "ISRAEL AIMING ITS MISSION", editorial in January 7, 
2009 right-of-center Urdu daily HAMARA SAMAJ, New Delhi: 
"At last, Arab countries will have to take practical 
initiatives against Israel. Only after their initiatives 
will other Muslim countries take practical steps. Arab 
countries should sever their ties with Britain and 
America so long as both fail to solve the Palestinian 
issue. Israel has invaded as if it wants to liquidate the 
whole population. The only solution to American and 
Israeli terrorism is for all 56 Islamic countries to 
boycott the UNO, the Organization of Islamic Countries 
and all pro-American forums. They should form another 
organization, which may make efforts to solve issues 
faced by Muslim countries. Currently, it seems that the 
entire world is helpless in the face of American and 
Israeli terrorism." 
 
¶6. "DISUNITY AMONGST ISLAMIC COUNTRIES AND GAZA ISSUE", 
editorial in January 7 2009 right-of-center Urdu daily 
INQUILAB, Mumbai: "If the countries of the region, which 
play key roles in consolidating the world economy, unite 
together, they can easily cause Israel to perish. How sad 
it is that most of these countries are the allies of that 
country which is the greatest patron of Israel. It is 
America and America only which can stop Israel, but 
before accusing America and the European Union, the Arab 
and the Muslim countries should unite against Israel's 
wickedness. But this dream has not come true. In a 
nutshell, it can be concluded that disunity amongst the 
Arab and Muslim countries is the main issue. In this 
 
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regard, we would like to say, if the Arab countries do 
not unite, they can at least convince America to stop the 
wild beast. Diplomatic pressure may pave the way to a 
feasible solution. America is in need of "energy" as well 
as its allies in the Middle East. If they cannot stand 
before America, can they not turn away from America?" 
MULFORD