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104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. CON. RES. 35

Expressing the sense of the Congress that Pakistan should be designated

as a state sponsor of terrorism.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MARCH 9, 1995

Mr. ENGEL (for himself, Mr. MCCOLLUM, Mr. ANDREWS, Mr. LINDER, and

Mr. PALLONE) submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was

referred to the Committee on International Relations

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

Expressing the sense of the Congress that Pakistan should

be designated as a state sponsor of terrorism.

Whereas on March 8, 1995, two United States diplomats

were brutally killed and a third seriously wounded by a

terrorist attack in Karachi, Pakistan;

Whereas the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is frequently cited

as a base for terrorist groups;

Whereas in a March 8, 1995, article, the Washington Post

reported that a radical organization known as ‘‘Harkatul

Ansar’’ (Movement of Friends), sworn to fight for the

global supremacy of Islam, was headquartered in the

Pakistani capital, Islamabad, and had trained more than

4,000 militants in weapons use and bomb-making since

1987;
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Whereas most reports indicate a profound reluctance by the

Government of Pakistan to crack down on the training

and arming of terrorist organizations within its borders;

Whereas Pakistan’s lack of determination to apprehend terrorists within its borders was highlighted in February

1995 when Mr. Ramzi Ahmed Yousef, the suspected mastermind of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing in

New York, fled to Pakistan in an effort to evade capture

and was only arrested by Pakistani police when United

States Government officials led them to Mr. Yousef’s

hideout;

Whereas reports indicate that elements of the Government of

Pakistan are connected with extremist, militant activities;

Whereas the Pakistani Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) has

been implicated in several news accounts for its involvement in terrorism and the international drug trade;

Whereas according to a May 16, 1994, Washington Post article, ‘‘many private organizations also continue to send

arms to the insurgents in operations overseen by the

Pakistani army’’;

Whereas, pursuant to the Export Administration Act of

1979, the Secretary of State of the United States designates the governments of certain nations as having repeatedly provided support for acts of international terrorism;

Whereas the United States included Pakistan on the Watch

List of nations which supported terrorism in 1992;

Whereas the Secretary of State did not include Pakistan on

the list of governments which supported terrorism in

1993, but maintained that ‘‘there were credible reports in

1993 of official Pakistani support to Kashmiri militants’’;
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Whereas on October 7, 1994, nineteen members of Congress

wrote to President Clinton expressing concern about Pakistani support for international terrorism and asking that

Pakistan be placed on the Watch List of nations which

support terrorism; and

Whereas other nations, including Jordan, the Philippines,

Russia, Egypt, and Algeria have expressed concern about

the involvement of Pakistanis in extremist or separatist

movements in their countries: Now, therefore, be it

1 Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate

2 concurring), That—

3 (1) the Congress expresses its profound condo4 lences to the families of the three United States dip5 lomats murdered by terrorists in Pakistan; and

6 (2) the Secretary of State, pursuant to the Ex7 port Administration Act of 1979, should designate

8 the Islamic Republic of Pakistan as a country, the

9 government of which, has repeatedly provided sup10 port for international terrorism.

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