[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 160 (Thursday, November 13, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H10775]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              SWIFT PUNISHMENT FOR TERRORISTS IN PAKISTAN

  (Mr. BRADY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BRADY. Mr. Speaker, as my colleagues know, a terrible tragedy 
occurred on Tuesday in Karachi, Pakistan. A car containing four 
Americans from Houston, TX, and their driver was ambushed. Reportedly, 
a car came up from behind the vehicle in which the employees of Union 
Texas Petroleum were riding, fired upon the car and forced it off the 
road. At that point the gunmen calmly fired more than a dozen bullets 
through the car's windshield, killing everyone instantaneously.
  This terrorist attack is an absolute outrage, and while the 
investigation has just begun, it is widely believed that this is in 
response to Monday's conviction here in America of the Mir Aimal Kasi 
in United States court for the 1993 shooting of two of our CIA agents 
in Virginia. America's justice in no way should justify this behavior 
in Pakistan, and unfortunately this is not the first terrorist attack 
on Americans in that country.
  Our thoughts and our prayers go to the families of this attack. They 
were good people who did not deserve to die, and they will be sorely 
missed.
  Mr. Speaker, the greatest tribute America can pay them is to find and 
punish those who were responsible for this attack, and do the greatest 
we can do to protect the lives of other innocent Americans abroad.

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