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...Whenever a French citizen is in anyway responsible for or a victim of terrorist activity anywhere in the world, French law allows us to open an investigation with the intent of taking it to trial," Trévidic explains. But given the over-lapping legal structures and security forces that had become involved, building a convictable case with far-ranging evidence required both a lot of work, and faith in the system, Trévidic says. "Eighteen years wasn't the 30 we sought, but it's still a reflection of how serious the court took the claims of complicity...
...That stance changed in 2005 when a local jihadist group, Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen, took credit for an audacious attack in which bombs were detonated in about one hour in all but one of Bangladesh's 64 districts. The incident forced Bangladesh's leaders to acknowledge the country's internal terrorist threat. Indian intelligence and BSF officials say that Dhaka is not doing enough to stop Bangladeshi jihadist groups in the border areas from crossing into India. But the victory in Bangladesh's Dec. 29 general election of the secular Awami League, whose leader (and new Prime Minister) Sheikh Hasina...
...charisma of his murdered wife. But for the moment, he will probably be Holbrooke's most enthusiastic partner. For all of Zardari's flaws, says Riedel, "he gets it: he knows this is as much his war as it is ours." Zardari can't ignore the now routine terrorist strikes within Pakistan; suicide bombers have attacked major cities, killing hundreds. Besides, since Bhutto's death, Zardari is at the top of al-Qaeda's hit list. Because of a sense of self-preservation, or a commitment to responsible leadership, he has promised to crack down on terrorist groups...
...assurance that the U.S. will pressure India to resolve Kashmir. But Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is unlikely to play ball. India is intractably opposed to any outside mediation on Kashmir, and lobbied successfully to have the matter removed from Holbrooke's mandate. Especially after last November's terrorist attacks on Mumbai--blamed on a Pakistan-based group with long links to Islamabad's intelligence services--any hint of a concession to Pakistan would be hugely unpopular in India. The U.S. has some cards to play: it can offer India nuclear technology under a deal signed by the Bush Administration...
Should that happen--and Pakistan's democrats continue their fractious, venal ways, while its soldiers pocket aid and dream of fighting India--the U.S. would be back where it started. It would be limited, once again, to lobbing missiles at terrorist camps in Pakistan, inevitably killing civilians in the process, while uniting all Pakistanis in hatred of the U.S. for sullying their nation's sovereignty...