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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 ter-
rorists within its borders was highlighted in February
1995 when Mr. Ramzi Ahmed Yousef, the suspected mas-
termind 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 involve-
ment in terrorism and the international drug trade;
Whereas according to a May 16, 1994, Washington Post arti-
cle, ‘‘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 des-
ignates the governments of certain nations as having re-
peatedly provided support for acts of international terror-
ism;
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 Pak-
istani 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
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate
concurring), That—
(1) the Congress expresses its profound condo-
lences to the families of the three United States dip-
lomats murdered by terrorists in Pakistan; and
(2) the Secretary of State, pursuant to the Ex-
port Administration Act of 1979, should designate
the Islamic Republic of Pakistan as a country, the
government of which, has repeatedly provided sup-
port for international terrorism.
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