[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 406 Introduced in House (IH)]
106th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. RES. 406
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Pakistan
should be designated as a state sponsor of terrorism.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 27, 2000
Mr. Pallone (for himself and Mr. McCollum) submitted the following
resolution; which was referred to the Committee on International
Relations
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RESOLUTION
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Pakistan
should be designated as a state sponsor of terrorism.
Whereas reliable reports from Western media sources have cited Pakistan as a
base and training ground for terrorist groups, and the Pakistani
Government's demonstrated reluctance to halt the use of its soil for
terrorist organizations;
Whereas media reports have implicated Pakistan's Inter Services Intelligence
(ISI) directly in terrorist activities, as well as the international
drug trade;
Whereas a large number of terrorist organizations, such as the Harkat-ul-Ansar
(later re-named Harkat-ul-Mujahideen), Lashkar-e-Toiba, Hizbul
Mujahideen, Hizbe Wahdat, Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi,
Sipah-e-Mohammad Pakistan, and Al Badr are based and receive support
from Pakistan;
Whereas the Harkat-ul-Ansar, a terrorist organization based in Pakistan, was
declared a foreign terrorist organization by the U.S. Department of
State in 1997;
Whereas the hijackers of the Indian Airlines plane in December 1999 were
identified as being part of the Harakat-ul-Mujahideen, and among the
hijackers' demands were the release of the organization's former General
Secretary, Masood Azhar, who hails from Pakistan, and other jailed
Pakistani militants;
Whereas during the December 1999 hijacking incident, it was reported that Indian
intelligence intercepted satellite telephone conversations between
militant groups in Kashmir that confirmed Pakistan had links to the
hijackers;
Whereas it has been reported that, after the resolution of the crisis, the
hijackers left Afghanistan for Pakistan;
Whereas this organization is linked to the militant movement waging a campaign
of terror and violence against both military and civilian targets in an
effort to end Indian governance of Kashmir;
Whereas this organization has been reported to be behind the kidnapping of four
Western tourists in Kashmir, two of whom were murdered and two others,
including an American, still remain missing;
Whereas the Lasjkar-e-Toiba, a terrorist organization based in Pakistan, is
currently reviewed by the U.S. Department of State as a foreign
terrorist organization;
Whereas Pakistan is one of three countries to recognize the Taliban in
Afghanistan;
Whereas the Taliban, which has been declared a foreign terrorist organization by
the U.S. Department of State, has provided refuge and assistance to
Osama Bin Laden;
Whereas the U.S. Department of State has declared Osama Bin Laden and associates
as a foreign terrorist organization;
Whereas Pakistan has hindered U.S. and international efforts to apprehend Osama
Bin Laden;
Whereas Pakistan was placed on the U.S. Department of State's ``watch list'' of
suspected state sponsors of international terrorism in 1993;
Whereas in November 1979, according to the U.S. Department of State, the
Government of Pakistan allowed for the U.S. Embassy and the American
Cultural Center in Pakistan to be destroyed by fire, which led to the
death of two Americans;
Whereas the perpetrators of the terrorist attacks at the World Trade Center in
New York and at the Central Intelligence Agency headquarters in Langley,
Virginia, who were Pakistani nationals, were found in Pakistan;
Whereas three Pakistani nationals, who were closely linked to Osama Bin Laden,
were arrested in 1995 in Manila, Philippines, in connection with an
alleged plot to kill Pope Paul II;
Whereas Americans and other Westerners have been the victims of attacks in
Pakistan, including a November 12, 1999, rocket attack on the United
States Embassy in the Pakistani capital of Islamabad, and a March 8,
1995, attack in Karachi, Pakistan, in which two United States diplomats
were killed and a third wounded;
Whereas Pakistan has acknowledged its ``political and moral'' support of the
separatist movement in Kashmir;
Whereas, pursuant to the Export Administration Act of 1979, the Secretary of
State of the United States designates the governments of certain nations
as having repeatedly provided support for acts of international
terrorism; and
Whereas Members of Congress have called on the President and the Secretary of
State to place Pakistan on Watch List of nations which support
terrorism: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the House of Representatives, That--
(1) the Secretary of State, pursuant to the Export
Administration Act should designate the Islamic Republic of
Pakistan as a country, the government of which has repeatedly
provided support for international terrorism; and
(2) in addition to terrorist organizations themselves,
those countries that harbor terrorist organizations or provide
them with technical, financial, political or other support
should also be held accountable; and
(3) that, given the shared threat that the United States
and other countries face from international terrorist
organizations, the State Department is urged to explore ways to
keep up U.S. cooperation with those countries in the struggle
against terrorism.
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