[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 527 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]








109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. RES. 527

Condemning in the strongest terms the July 11, 2006, terrorist attacks 
 in India and expressing sympathy and support for the families of the 
   deceased victims and wounded as well as steadfast support to the 
 Government of India as it seeks to reassure and protect the people of 
India and to bring the perpetrators of this despicable act of terrorism 
                              to justice.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 12, 2006

 Mr. Lugar (for himself, Mr. Biden, Mr. Frist, Mr. Reid, Mr. Coleman, 
 Mr. Feingold, Mr. Voinovich, Mr. Allen, Mr. Alexander, Mr. Hagel, Mr. 
Obama, Mrs. Dole, Mr. Cornyn, Ms. Collins, Mr. Chafee, Mrs. Boxer, Mrs. 
  Clinton, Mr. Sarbanes, Mr. Brownback, and Mr. Sununu) submitted the 
        following resolution; which was considered and agreed to

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Condemning in the strongest terms the July 11, 2006, terrorist attacks 
 in India and expressing sympathy and support for the families of the 
   deceased victims and wounded as well as steadfast support to the 
 Government of India as it seeks to reassure and protect the people of 
India and to bring the perpetrators of this despicable act of terrorism 
                              to justice.

Whereas, on July 11, 2006, during evening rush hour, 7 major explosions occurred 
        on commuter trains in the Indian financial capital of Mumbai, killing as 
        many as 200 and wounding more than 400 innocent people;
Whereas the Prime Minister of India, Manmohan Singh, has urged calm in the 
        country and vowed to take all possible measures to maintain law and 
        order and to defeat the forces of terrorism;
Whereas the Mumbai attacks occurred shortly after a series of grenade attacks 
        took the lives of 8 innocent civilians and wounded 39 others in tourist 
        areas of Srinagar, the capital city of Indian Kashmir;
Whereas the United States and India are both multicultural, multireligious 
        democracies that abhor terrorism in all its forms and will continue to 
        work steadfastly together to overcome terrorist ideology and establish 
        peace and security;
Whereas the people of India have long faced, with bravery and resolve, past acts 
        of terrorism, including twin bombings at a train station and a temple in 
        the Hindu holy city of Varanasi that killed 20 people in March 2006, a 
        series of bombings in New Delhi a day before the Hindu festival of 
        Diwali that resulted in the death of more than 60 people in October 
        2005, 2 simultaneous car bombings in Mumbai that killed 52 people in 
        August 2003, a bombing on a passenger train in Mumbai that killed 10 
        people in March 2003, an attack on a Hindu temple in the state of 
        Gujarat that left 33 people dead in September 2002, an attack on India's 
        parliament in New Delhi in December 2001 that left 14 people dead and 
        precipitated a 5-month military stand off with neighboring Pakistan, a 
        series of bombings that struck the Mumbai stock exchange, killing 257 
        people and wounding more than 1,000 others, and countless attacks in 
        Indian Kashmir that have resulted in the deaths of tens of thousands of 
        people over the last 16 years;
Whereas the terrorists responsible for these attacks seek to disrupt the free, 
        democratic, and pluralistic lifestyle enjoyed by the people of India;
Whereas the Government of India has been engaged in joint efforts with the 
        United States Government to combat terrorism and to ensure a safer and 
        more secure world; and
Whereas the governments of countries throughout the world strongly condemned the 
        attacks in Mumbai, including the United States Government and the 
        Governments of Pakistan, the United Kingdom, and France: Now, therefore, 
        be it
    Resolved, That the Senate--
            (1) condemns in the strongest terms the July 11, 2006, 
        terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India;
            (2) expresses its condolences to the families and friends 
        of those individuals killed in the attacks and expresses its 
        sympathies to those individuals who have been injured;
            (3) expresses its solidarity with the Government and people 
        of India in fighting and defeating terrorism in all its forms; 
        and
            (4) expresses its support for the enhancement of strategic 
        cooperation between the United States and India, with the goal 
        of combating terrorism and advancing peace and security.
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