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锘?!DOCTYPE html PUBliC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>Indian PM Calls High-Level Meetings in Wake of Mumbai Attacks - VOA Standard English In 2008</title><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta content="all" name="robots"/><meta content="VOA Standard English In 2008, Indian PM Calls High-Level Meetings in Wake of Mumbai Attacks " name="description" /><meta content="VOA Standard English In 2008" name="keywords" /><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/images/style.css" /><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/images/text-small.css" title="Small Text" /><link rel="alternate stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/images/text-medium.css" title="Medium Text" /><link rel="alternate stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/images/text-large.css" title="Large Text" /></head><body><div><img id="logo" src="/images/voa.gif" alt="VOA" /></div><div id="nav"><a title="VOA" href="http://www.51voa.com/"><b>缇庡浗涔嬮煶</b></a> > <a href="http://www.51voa.com/VOA_Standard_English/index.html">VOA Standard English</a> > <a href="http://www.51voa.com/VOA_Standard_1.html">VOA Standard English In 2008</a> <script type="text/javascript" src="/images/notice.js"></script></div><div id="leftMainContainer"><div id="leftNav"><div class="leftN_title">VOA Standard English</div><ul><li><a href="/VOA_Standard_1.html">VOA Standard English <img src=/images/new.gif border=0></a></li> <li><a href="/VOA_Standard_1_archiver.html">VOA Standard English Archives </a></li> </ul><div class="leftN_title">VOA Special English</div><ul><li><a href="/Development_Report_1.html">Development Report</a></li><li><a href="/This_is_America_1.html">This is America</a></li><li><a href="/Agriculture_Report_1.html">Agriculture Report</a></li><li><a href="/Science_in_the_News_1.html">Science in the News</a></li><li><a href="/Health_Report_1.html">Health Report</a></li><li><a href="/Explorations_1.html">Explorations</a></li><li><a href="/Education_Report_1.html">Education Report</a></li><li><a href="/The_Making_of_a_Nation_1.html">The Making of a Nation</a></li><li><a href="/Economics_Report_1.html">Economics Report</a></li><li><a href="/American_Mosaic_1.html">American Mosaic</a></li><li><a href="/In_the_News_1.html">In the News</a></li><li><a href="/American_Stories_1.html">American Stories</a></li><li><a href="/Words_And_Their_Stories_1.html">Words And Their Stories</a></li><li><a href="/People_in_America_1.html">People in America</a></li></ul><div class="leftN_title">VOA English Learning</div><ul><li><a href="/Word_Master_1.html">Wordmaster</a></li><li><a href="/Learn_A_Word_1.html">Learn A Word</a></li><li><a href="/Bilingual_News_1.html">Bilingual News</a></li><li><a href="/American_Cafe_1.html">American Cafe</a></li><li><a href="/Popular_American_1.html">Popular American</a></li><li><a href="/Business_Etiquette_1.html">Business Etiquette</a></li><li><a href="/Sports_English_1.html">Sports English</a></li><li><a href="/Words_And_Idioms_1.html">Words And Idioms</a></li><li><a href="/Intermediate_American_English_1.html">Intermediate American English</a></li></ul></div><div id="rightContainer"><span class="title">Indian PM Calls High-Level Meetings in Wake of Mumbai Attacks </span><div id="contentAds"><script type="text/javascript"><!--google_ad_client = "pub-3585518775245612";/* 51VOAContent */google_ad_slot = "4281465902";google_ad_width = 336;google_ad_height = 280;//--></script><script type="text/javascript"src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"></script></div><span id="content"><EMBED src="/path.asp?url=/200811/herman_india_terror_response_29Nov08.mp3" width=280 height=40 type="audio/x-pn-realaudio-plugin" autostart="false" Controls="ControlPanel" tppabs=""></EMBED><BR><a href="/path.asp?url=/200811/herman_india_terror_response_29Nov08.mp3" class="wwmp3">» Download Audio</a><BR><BR><span class="byline"> By Steve Herman</span> <br> <span class="dateline">New Delhi</span><br> <span class="datetime"><em>29 November 2008</em></span><br><p><b>India's prime minister Saturday called together the country's topmilitary and intelligence chiefs. Officials say he wanted details onthe Mumbai terrorist attacks and the responsive actions being taken. InNew Delhi, VOA Correspondent Steve Herman reports the government isfinding itself under immediate pressure to show its resolve amidpolitical criticism. </b><br><br>On the day local elections were held inNew Delhi, with polling underway in five other states and Mumbaicounting bodies from the terror attack, top government officialshuddled in the capital. <br><br><table class="APIMAGE" style="direction: ltr;" width="168" align="right"><tbody><tr><td style=""><img id="||CPIMAGE:581830|" title="Professor Brahma Chellaney, Center for Policy Research (file photo)" alt="Professor Brahma Chellaney, Center for Policy Research (file photo)" src="http:/images/200811/voa_herman_india_brahma_chellaney_190_30May07.jpg" vspace="2" width="168" border="0" height="190" hspace="2"></td></tr><tr><td style="" class="imagecaption">Professor Brahma Chellaney<br></td></tr></tbody></table>An Indian academic security specialistpredicts little will result from the high-level meetings. BrahmaChellaney of the Center for Policy Research believes Indians havebecome accustomed to terrorism. He says officials lack the politicalwill to make fundamental changes, even after this attack, which heconsiders the worst since September, 2001. <br><br>"Just the waypeople here have come to accept corruption they've come to accept ahigh level of terrorism," said Chellaney. "It's like a part of life.This is a kind of attitude which you will not see in most other partsof the world. This is a terrorist siege of India. This is the wholecountry being held hostage again and again by small bands of terroristswho obviously have the backing of some important actors outside." <br><br>Oppositionpoliticians are wasting no time portraying Prime Minister ManmohanSingh and his allies as soft. Some of the political voices on the rightalso emphasize Pakistan and Islamic extremists as culprits, threateningto worsen tensions between India's majority Hindu and minority Muslimcommunities. <br><br><table class="APIMAGE" style="direction: ltr;" width="179" align="right"><tbody><tr><td style=""><img id="||CPIMAGE:581831|" title="BJP party newspaper ad" alt="BJP party newspaper ad" src="/images/200811/voa_herman_india_bjp_newspaper_ad_190_28Nov08.jpg" vspace="2" width="179" border="0" height="190" hspace="2"></td></tr><tr><td style="" class="imagecaption">BJP party newspaper ad</td></tr></tbody></table>The nationalist BJP party, for example, in Fridaynewspapers, ran front-page advertisements illustrated with bloodygraphics. It called the government weak, unwilling and incapable offighting terror. India's science minister, speaking on behalf of thegoverning coalition's top party, Congress, called the ads "a matter ofnational shame." <br><br>Some television news channels have beenrunning scrolling commentary from viewers calling for revenge againstthe culprits and demanding harsher security measures. <br><br>Strategicstudies professor Brahma Chellaney tells VOA News the government hasresisted tougher relevant laws, fearing their misuse. <br><br>"There'sa big political controversy in India about counter-terror laws,"hesaid. "I don't like special laws for the purpose of combatingterrorism. But the reality is when you are under siege you need certainlaws that will speedily bring perpetrators to justice." <br><br><table class="APIMAGE" style="direction: ltr;" width="186" align="left"><tbody><tr><td style=""><img id="||CPIMAGE:398910|" title="Manmohan Singh at Fortune Global Forum" alt="Manmohan Singh at Fortune Global Forum" src="/images/200811/Herman_Manmohan_Singh_at_Fortune_Global_Forum210.jpg" vspace="2" width="186" border="0" height="210" hspace="2"></td></tr><tr><td style="" class="imagecaption">Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh <br></td></tr></tbody></table>Prime Minister Singh wants a new federal investigation agency to combat terror. But that is being resisted by the states.<br><br>Thestates have been criticized for a lack of cooperation among themselvesand with the federal government in terror probes. Rivalries amongnumerous state and national agencies tasked with law enforcement,border security and intelligence gathering have also stymied pastinvestigations. <br><br>The prime minister met with military andintelligence chiefs as commandos still were going room to room in theTaj Mahal Palace and Tower hotel to secure the damaged Mumbai landmark.<br><br>Notably the man in charge of domestic security, Home MinisterShivraj Patil, was not present. Opposition leaders have been callingfor his ouster for his alleged weak response to terrorist bombings evenbefore the Mumbai attacks. <br><br>Patil also convened his own meeting of top officials of various military forces and law enforcement agencies. <br><br>TheHome Ministry's special secretary for internal security, M.L. Kumawat,says one immediate change after the Mumbai attacks will be improvedsurveillance of India's 8,000 kilometers of coastline. <br><br>"Itwas decided that there's a need to have better coordination between thenavy, coast guard and police by an institutional mechanism and furtherupgrade coastal security as expeditiously as possible," he said.<br><br>Some of the terrorists used boats to infiltrate Mumbai's Colaba coast. <br><br>PrimeMinister Singh has also called for all political party leaders to meetSunday in the capital to discuss the attack, which has shocked thenation and prompted calls for a clear and quick response. <br></p> </span><div id="list"><ol><LI><A href="VOA_Standard_English_26689.html" target=_blank>Pakistan Withdraws Pledge to Send Spy Chief to India</A></LI><LI><A href="VOA_Standard_English_26688.html" target=_blank>OPEC Ends Cairo Meeting with no Change in Oil Output</A></LI><LI><A href="VOA_Standard_English_26687.html" target=_blank>Zimbabwe Stalemate Hinges On South African Promise</A></LI><LI><A href="VOA_Standard_English_26686.html" target=_blank>Mumbai Siege Over, Indian Forces Kill Last Militants</A></LI><LI><A href="VOA_Standard_English_26684.html" target=_blank>Thai Police Take First Steps to Enforce State of Emergency and End Airport Protests</A></LI><LI><A href="VOA_Standard_English_26683.html" target=_blank>Suicide-Bomber Attacks Shi'ite Mosque in Musayyib, South of Baghdad</A></LI><LI><A href="VOA_Standard_English_26682.html" target=_blank>Some Worry Mumbai Terror Strikes Could Affect Investor Confidence</A></LI><LI><A href="VOA_Standard_English_26680.html" target=_blank>Afghan Officials Back Allegations of Regional Links to Mumbai Attackers</A></LI><LI><A href="VOA_Standard_English_26679.html" target=_blank>Pakistan's Gilani to Send Spy Agency Chief to Mumbai</A></LI><LI><A href="VOA_Standard_English_26678.html" target=_blank>Tentative Agreement Pushes Zimbabwe One Step Forward to Inclusive Government</A></LI></ol></div><div class="clearing"></div></div><div class="clearing"></div><div id="footer">© 2001-2008 Powered by <a href="http://www.51voa.com">51VOA.Com</a> <div id="topAds"><script language=javascript src="/topAds.js"></script></div> <div id="count"><script language=javascript src="/count.js"></script></div></div></body></html>⌨️ 快捷键说明
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