[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 10]
[Senate]
[Page 14186]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




               CONDEMNING THE TERRORIST ATTACKS IN INDIA

  Mr. McCONNELL. I ask unanimous consent that the Senate now proceed to 
the consideration of S. Res. 527 which was submitted earlier today.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A resolution (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.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the 
resolution.
  Mr. McCONNELL. I ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed 
to, the preamble be agreed to, and the motion to reconsider be laid 
upon the table.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The resolution (S. Res. 527) was agreed to.
  The preamble was agreed to.
  The resolution, with its preamble, reads as follows:

                              S. Res. 527

       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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