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110TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 1532 

Condemning the November 26, 2008, terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India, 

and expressing sympathy to the innocent victims from India and around 

the world. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 9, 2008 

Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York (for herself, Mr. BERMAN, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, 

Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. ROYCE, Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, Mr. ACKERMAN, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. COHEN, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. WEINER, Mr. 

DICKS, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. HIGGINS, Mr. HINOJOSA, Mr. MATHESON, Ms. 

MCCOLLUM of Minnesota, Mr. CARDOZA, Ms. LEE, Ms. HIRONO, Mr. 

TOWNS, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Mr. MORAN of Virginia, Mr. KIRK, Mr. 

WU, Mr. KENNEDY, Ms. HARMAN, Mr. ETHERIDGE, Mrs. MYRICK, Mr. 

DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. VISCLOSKY, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. HASTINGS of 

Florida, Mr. NADLER, Mr. MOORE of Kansas, Mr. HOLT, Mr. CARNEY, 

Mrs. MILLER of Michigan, Mr. MURPHY of Connecticut, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. HODES, Mr. LANGEVIN, Ms. SUTTON, Mr. 

MCGOVERN, Mr. GUTIERREZ, Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. SHIMKUS, Mr. ROTHMAN, 

Mr. LINDER, Mrs. MALONEY of New York, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. LEVIN, 

Mr. MCNERNEY, and Mr. PASTOR) submitted the following resolution; 

which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

RESOLUTION 

Condemning the November 26, 2008, terrorist attacks in 

Mumbai, India, and expressing sympathy to the innocent 

victims from India and around the world. 

Whereas, on November 26, 2008, coordinated and cowardly 

acts of violence were carried out throughout Mumbai, 

India, the country’s financial capital and largest city; 


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Whereas teams of gunmen stormed various locations throughout Mumbai, including two prominent hotels, a local cafe ́, 

a Jewish outreach center, a hospital, a railroad station, 

and a cinema, shooting and torturing their victims and 

setting off grenades and explosives along the way; 

Whereas after 60 hours of terror, these attacks were successfully brought to an end on November 29, 2008, by the 

Indian government; 

Whereas media outlets are currently reporting hundreds of 

injured victims and 172 fatalities, including 6 Americans; 

Whereas President George W. Bush and President-elect 

Barack Obama immediately condemned the Mumbai attacks and extended their condolences and the support of 

the American people to all Indians; 

Whereas this is the second large-scale terrorist attack in 

Mumbai since the July 2006 train bombings; 

Whereas India has long been ravaged by similar attacks over 

the past few years in other large Indian cities, including 

Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Delhi, and Hyderabad, as well as 

by attacks abroad, most recently at the Indian Embassy 

in Kabul; 

Whereas India has been a strong partner of the United 

States in combating violent extremism and offered immediate support to the United States after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001; and 

Whereas the United States and India are both multicultural, 

multiethnic, multi-religious democracies that oppose terrorism in all its forms and will continue to work steadfastly to overcome terrorist ideologies and to promote 

international peace and security: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 


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1 (1) condemns in strongest terms the senseless 

2 and barbaric November 26, 2008, terrorist attacks 

3 in Mumbai, India; 

4 (2) expresses its condolences to the families and 

5 friends of those individuals from India and abroad 

6 who were killed in the attacks and expresses its 

7 deepest sympathies to those individuals who have 

8 been injured; 

9 (3) joins with President George W. Bush and 

10 President-elect Barack Obama in expressing the soli11 darity of the people and Government of the United 

12 States with the people and Government of India at 

13 this difficult time; 

14 (4) vows its support and readiness to provide all 

15 appropriate assistance and resources to the Govern16 ment of India as it works to bring the terrorists re17 sponsible for the November 26, 2008, attacks to jus18 tice; 

19 (5) expresses its desire for improved coordina20 tion between the United States and India, with the 

21 goal of combating terrorism and advancing inter22 national peace and security; 

23 (6) rejects any effort to confuse or associate the 

24 horrific attacks on Mumbai with a particular people 

25 or faith as a whole; 


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1 (7) notes the Government of Pakistan’s con2 demnation of the attacks and welcomes that govern3 ment’s call for a thorough investigation; 

4 (8) calls upon the Government of Pakistan to— 

5 (A) work in full cooperation with the Gov6 ernment of India to ensure all those responsible 

7 are brought to justice; and 

8 (B) prevent its territory from serving as a 

9 safe-haven and training ground for terrorists; 

10 and 

11 (9) calls upon nations around the world to 

12 renew and strengthen efforts to— 

13 (A) defeat terrorists by dismantling ter14 rorist networks, restricting the financing of 

15 such networks, and exposing the violent and in16 tolerant ideology of terrorism; 

17 (B) increase international cooperation to 

18 advance personal and religious freedoms, ethnic 

19 and racial tolerance, political liberty and plu20 ralism, and economic prosperity; 

21 (C) combat extremist ideology and the so22 cial injustice, oppression, and poverty that 

23 breeds terrorism; and 

24 (D) make all appropriate international law 

25 enforcement, intelligence, and other resources 


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1 available to the Government of India to support 

2 a full investigation of the horrific terror attacks 

3 according to international legal standards. 

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