11 Apr 2003

Iraq: Looking Ahead
Institute For Topical Studies, Chennai, India
Supplied note: "The latest paper of the Institute For Topical Studies, A-2/3, Bharathi Dasan Colony, K.K.Nagar, Chennai---600078, India, (Tele.Fax.No. 44-4895235) on the above subject is now available at the Web site of the South Asia Analysis Group (SAAG), New Delhi, at [the URL below] - br."
Extract: "The Pentagon presently has a group of people ..., who are determined to put an end to jihadi terrorists, without worrying about the diplomatic niceties and about the likely damage to the US image in the eyes of the international community. This group is likely to emerge stronger after the Iraq operation. ... It is in India's national interest to work for a convergence of views with them, even if such a convergence immediately does not benefit us in dealing with Pakistan-sponsored terrorism in our territory. ... A modern, democratic and secular State in Iraq, opposed to the pan-Islamic terrorists, would be as much in India's national interest as it would be in the USA's. - b.raman."
The author of the paper, Mr B. Raman, is Additional Secretary (retd), Cabinet Secretariat, Govt. of India - ed.]
URL http://www.saag.org/papers7/paper658.html
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract.]
Link reported by: B. Raman (corde[use"@"]vsnl.com)
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