    [Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 37, Number 51 (Monday, December 24, 2001)]
    [Pages 1817-1818]
    [Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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    Statement on Pakistan Extremist Groups

    December 21, 2001

        Yesterday, at a ceremony marking the 100th day since the September
    11 terrorist

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    attacks, I detailed actions the United States Government has taken in
    response to terrorist attacks here and abroad.
        At the same time, I announced that the U.S. Government had blocked
    the assets of two more terrorist organizations:
     <bullet>    Umma Tameer-e-Nau (UTN), an organization that claimed to
                feed the hungry and needy of Afghanistan but that in fact
                provided information about nuclear weapons to Al Qaida; and
     <bullet>    Lashkar-e-Taiba, a stateless sponsor of terrorism that has
                conducted operations against Indian troops and civilian
                targets.
        I also condemned the terrorist attacks against the Indian Parliament
    and the Kashmir Legislature and extended condolences to the Indian
    Government and the families of the victims.
        These attacks were meant to strike at India's democracy and kill its
    leaders but were also intended to undermine Pakistan, harm the rapidly
    improving U.S.-Pakistan relationship, and to destabilize the global
    coalition against terrorism.
        I have strongly condemned the attacks. I call upon President
    Musharraf to take decisive action against Lashkar-e-Taiba, Jaish-e-
    Mohammed, and other terrorist organizations, their leaders, finances,
    and activities.
        President Musharraf has condemned the terrorist attacks on the
    Legislature in Srinagar and on the Indian Parliament. He has said that
    he would move against those involved in the attacks. As President
    Musharraf does so, he will have our full support.