[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.