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109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. RES. 527 

Condemning in the strongest terms the July 11, 2006, terrorist attacks 

in India and expressing sympathy and support for the families of the 

deceased victims and wounded as well as steadfast support to the Government of India as it seeks to reassure and protect the people of India 

and to bring the perpetrators of this despicable act of terrorism to 

justice. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 12, 2006 

Mr. LUGAR (for himself, Mr. BIDEN, Mr. FRIST, Mr. REID, Mr. COLEMAN, 

Mr. FEINGOLD, Mr. VOINOVICH, Mr. ALLEN, Mr. ALEXANDER, Mr. 

HAGEL, Mr. OBAMA, Mrs. DOLE, Mr. CORNYN, Ms. COLLINS, Mr. 

CHAFEE, Mrs. BOXER, Mrs. CLINTON, Mr. SARBANES, Mr. BROWNBACK, 

and Mr. SUNUNU) submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to 

RESOLUTION 

Condemning in the strongest terms the July 11, 2006, terrorist attacks in India and expressing sympathy and 

support for the families of the deceased victims and 

wounded as well as steadfast support to the Government 

of India as it seeks to reassure and protect the people 

of India and to bring the perpetrators of this despicable 

act of terrorism to justice. 

Whereas, on July 11, 2006, during evening rush hour, 7 

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dian financial capital of Mumbai, killing as many as 200 

and wounding more than 400 innocent people; 

Whereas the Prime Minister of India, Manmohan Singh, has 

urged calm in the country and vowed to take all possible 

measures to maintain law and order and to defeat the 

forces of terrorism; 

Whereas the Mumbai attacks occurred shortly after a series 

of grenade attacks took the lives of 8 innocent civilians 

and wounded 39 others in tourist areas of Srinagar, the 

capital city of Indian Kashmir; 

Whereas the United States and India are both multicultural, 

multireligious democracies that abhor terrorism in all its 

forms and will continue to work steadfastly together to 

overcome terrorist ideology and establish peace and security; 

Whereas the people of India have long faced, with bravery 

and resolve, past acts of terrorism, including twin bombings at a train station and a temple in the Hindu holy 

city of Varanasi that killed 20 people in March 2006, a 

series of bombings in New Delhi a day before the Hindu 

festival of Diwali that resulted in the death of more than 

60 people in October 2005, 2 simultaneous car bombings 

in Mumbai that killed 52 people in August 2003, a bombing on a passenger train in Mumbai that killed 10 people 

in March 2003, an attack on a Hindu temple in the state 

of Gujarat that left 33 people dead in September 2002, 

an attack on India’s parliament in New Delhi in December 2001 that left 14 people dead and precipitated a 5- 

month military stand off with neighboring Pakistan, a series of bombings that struck the Mumbai stock exchange, 

killing 257 people and wounding more than 1,000 others, 

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sulted in the deaths of tens of thousands of people over 

the last 16 years; 

Whereas the terrorists responsible for these attacks seek to 

disrupt the free, democratic, and pluralistic lifestyle enjoyed by the people of India; 

Whereas the Government of India has been engaged in joint 

efforts with the United States Government to combat terrorism and to ensure a safer and more secure world; and 

Whereas the governments of countries throughout the world 

strongly condemned the attacks in Mumbai, including the 

United States Government and the Governments of Pakistan, the United Kingdom, and France: Now, therefore, 

be it 

1 Resolved, That the Senate— 

2 (1) condemns in the strongest terms the July 

3 11, 2006, terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India; 

4 (2) expresses its condolences to the families and 

5 friends of those individuals killed in the attacks and 

6 expresses its sympathies to those individuals who 

7 have been injured; 

8 (3) expresses its solidarity with the Government 

9 and people of India in fighting and defeating ter10 rorism in all its forms; and 

11 (4) expresses its support for the enhancement 

12 of strategic cooperation between the United States 

13 and India, with the goal of combating terrorism and 

14 advancing peace and security. 

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