Terming the 2008 Mumbai attacks as a ‘crime against humanity’, Ed Royce, the next chairman of the powerful House Foreign Relations Committee has said that there is a need to exhort pressure on Pakistan to bring to justice the culprits of the mayhem. ‘These terrorists have committed crimes against humanity.
They need to be brought to justice and that's where I think the pressure needs to be applied,’ Royce told a group of Indian journalists.
‘I do not care if this is in the international criminal court, if its in The Hague, or we try them in Pakistan, but they have to be tried for the crimes they have committed.
‘We have to put pressure on the Government of Pakistan to see that justice is done, because you cannot have this kind of mayhem, this type of wholesale slaughter of innocent people, men women and children and not see justice done,’ he said. Royce was speaking at the Capitol Hill on the sidelines of the annual 'US-India Congressional Caucus Appreciation Dinner' organised by the Indian American Forum for Political Education.
On Wednesday, the Republican Party, which has a majority in the US House of Representatives, announced that Royce would be the Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. He replaces Congresswoman, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen.
Besides pushing Pakistan to act strongly against the 26/11 perpetrators and other terrorist attacks, Royce said he would also focus on improving trade relationship between the two countries, and more India-US co-operation in counter-terrorism sector.
26/11 ACCUSED DAVID HEADLEY TO BE SENTENCED IN JANUARY
The sentencing of American-born Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist David Headley, accused of involvement in 26/11 Mumbai attacks, has been fixed for 17 January next year while that of his accomplice Tahawwur Rana has been rescheduled for 15 January from 4 December.
According to Chicago court spokesperson Randall Samborn, US District Judge Harry Leinenweber will announce the sentence of the two accused, who have been charged with conspiracy of 2008 Mumbai attack and plan to attack a Denmark newspaper. ‘The sentencing date for Tahawwur Rana has been rescheduled from December 4, 2012, to January 15, 2013, and the sentencing of David Coleman Headley has been scheduled for January 17, 2013.
The 52-year-old Healdey, who conducted reconnaissance of all the targets in the 26/11 Mumbai attacks for Lashker-e-Taiba, has pleaded guilty of all the charges framed by the Federal Bureau of Investigations. Headley was accused by the FBI of plotting against the employees of a newspaper in Copenhagen and later of conspiring to bomb targets in Mumbai, providing material support to Lashkar-e-Taiba and aiding and abetting the murder of US citizens in the 2008 Mumbai attacks.
They need to be brought to justice and that's where I think the pressure needs to be applied,’ Royce told a group of Indian journalists.
‘I do not care if this is in the international criminal court, if its in The Hague, or we try them in Pakistan, but they have to be tried for the crimes they have committed.
‘We have to put pressure on the Government of Pakistan to see that justice is done, because you cannot have this kind of mayhem, this type of wholesale slaughter of innocent people, men women and children and not see justice done,’ he said. Royce was speaking at the Capitol Hill on the sidelines of the annual 'US-India Congressional Caucus Appreciation Dinner' organised by the Indian American Forum for Political Education.
On Wednesday, the Republican Party, which has a majority in the US House of Representatives, announced that Royce would be the Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. He replaces Congresswoman, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen.
Besides pushing Pakistan to act strongly against the 26/11 perpetrators and other terrorist attacks, Royce said he would also focus on improving trade relationship between the two countries, and more India-US co-operation in counter-terrorism sector.
26/11 ACCUSED DAVID HEADLEY TO BE SENTENCED IN JANUARY
The sentencing of American-born Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist David Headley, accused of involvement in 26/11 Mumbai attacks, has been fixed for 17 January next year while that of his accomplice Tahawwur Rana has been rescheduled for 15 January from 4 December.
According to Chicago court spokesperson Randall Samborn, US District Judge Harry Leinenweber will announce the sentence of the two accused, who have been charged with conspiracy of 2008 Mumbai attack and plan to attack a Denmark newspaper. ‘The sentencing date for Tahawwur Rana has been rescheduled from December 4, 2012, to January 15, 2013, and the sentencing of David Coleman Headley has been scheduled for January 17, 2013.
The 52-year-old Healdey, who conducted reconnaissance of all the targets in the 26/11 Mumbai attacks for Lashker-e-Taiba, has pleaded guilty of all the charges framed by the Federal Bureau of Investigations. Headley was accused by the FBI of plotting against the employees of a newspaper in Copenhagen and later of conspiring to bomb targets in Mumbai, providing material support to Lashkar-e-Taiba and aiding and abetting the murder of US citizens in the 2008 Mumbai attacks.