India's patience running thin on 26/11 probe, says Antony

New Delhi, Jan 21 (PTI) India Thursday made it clear that
it was becoming impatient over the slow pace of investigation
and trial of 26/11 terrorists by Pakistan and wanted the US to
put pressure on it to do more.

"Unless Government of Pakistan takes action against those
involved in the heinous acts of 26/11....strong, convincing
action to dismantle the terrorist outfits across the border,
Indian people will be always impatient," Indian Defence
Minister A K Antony told reporters here.
He was responding to questions regarding US Defence
Secretary Robert Gates' remarks that it would "not be
unreasonable to assume that India's patience will be limited
were there to be further attacks" such as the Mumbai attacks.
"I also told him that our people are becoming impatient.
So you (the US) please advise Pakistan ... they must act
against those involved in terrorist activities such as 26/11.
Almost all these terrorist outfits are operating across the
border and they are still very active," he said.
The Indian government and the people, Antony said, did not
want any confrontation with the neighbouring countries, but it
would be difficult to move forward on the peace process unless
Pakistan took tangible steps.
"Unless Pakistan takes action on these two fronts
(punishing 26/11 perpetrators and dismantling terror
infrastructure), forward movement is difficult," he said,
noting that India was aware that "enemies will make numerous
attempts to repeat what happened in the past." PTI NCB
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