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India urges UN to ban alleged terrorist front group suspected in Mumbai attacks

By Bernard Hibbitts (editor) and University of Pittsburgh School of Law students.

[JURIST] The Indian government on Tuesday urged the UN Security Council to ban a Pakistani charity seen as a front for the group being blamed for the Mumbai terror attacks. Indian Minister of State for External Affairs E. Ahamed asked the UN to proscribe Jamaat-ud-Dawa, which it believes is a front for the Pakistani terrorist group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT). Ahamed told the members of the Security Council:The Jamaat-ud-Dawa and other such organizations need to be proscribed internationally and effective sanctions imposed against them. Their country of origin needs to take urgent steps to stop their functioning. A message must also go out that perpetrators of terrorist acts must be brought to book and not given sanctuaries in some states.A Pakistani diplomat said that Pakistan would not oppose sanctions against the organization, as a gesture of good will. In a related development, Pakistani officials on Wednesday confirmed the arrest of Zarrar Shah, an alleged conspirator of the attacks. The attacks in Mumbai, which claimed at least 170 lives, were carried out at ten locations across the city, including the landmark Taj Mahal Palace hotel. In the wake of the attacks, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh pushed for tougher anti-terrorism measures. On Sunday night, Pakistani police raided a militant camp and arrested Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, head of LeT, along with several other individuals believed to be responsible for the attacks. Pakistani officials said Tuesday that Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi will not hand over to India any Pakistani citizens arrested in connection with the attacks, insisting instead on a joint investigation with Indian officials.

Full post as published by JURIST - The Paper Chase on December 10, 2008 (boomark / email).