US warns terrorists may be using sea routes of India
New Delhi, August 25, 2007: The US feels India's fears of terrorists using sea routes to sustain their campaign are well-grounded and has suggested that counter-measures like Container Security Initiative needed to be ratified soon.
"Such fears are realistic as terrorists are feeling hemmed in their present sanctuaries," Top US Admiral Timothy J Keating said in New Delhi adding, "possibilities of their using maritime domain are alive."
A joint strategy needs to be evolved to combat such tactics and "we are in dialogue with nations on this," Keating, Commander of the key US Pacific Command, now on a visit to New Delhi, said.
After meeting top Indian defence and strategic brass, Keating, elaborating on terrorists using sea routes, said, "such attacks are already happening with attempts on some US Naval ships and on commercial shipping lines."
--IANS
SALEM VOICE MINISTRIES NEWS SERVICE (SVM NEWS)