Islamabad must cooperate over Mumbai attacks: US

WASHINGTON (Agencies) - The White House on Thursday called on Pakistan to “act with resolve, urgency” in cooperating with India on the probe into attacks in Mumbai that stoked tension between the nuclear rivals.
“Pakistan needs to act with resolve, urgency. They need to cooperate fully and transparently and they need to keep the line of communication open between their country and India,” said spokeswoman Dana Perino.
“We will continue to try to help to make that happen,” she said.
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, who just visited India and Pakistan, called back with updates to the White House and was expected to come brief US President George W Bush in person, said Perino.
Rice said she was “encouraged by what she heard from the Pakistanis and she’s going to continue to push them,” said Perino.
“It’s horrible enough that it happened to innocent Indians and also citizens from 10 different countries,” the spokeswoman said, “but six of our own citizens were killed as well, and so we take this very seriously.”
Perino refused to draw a linkage between Pakistan government and the terrorists while acknowledging that there is indeed movement of “individuals” from that country.
She said the US has really worked hard on relationships with both India and Pakistan, bilaterally and then multilaterally in the region, to try to help everyone realise that the common enemy is the terrorists.