MEDIA REACTION: INDIA/PAKISTAN,

UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 NEW DELHI 002206 SIPDIS STATE FOR NP, AC, PM STATE FOR INR/MR STATE FOR SCA/INS, PM/CBM, PM/PRO STATE FOR SCA/PPD, PA/RRU STATE FOR AID/APRE-A USDOC FOR 4530/IEP/ANESA/OSA FOR BILL MURPHY E.O. 12958:N/A TAGS: KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION: INDIA/PAKISTAN, PAKISTAN/TERRORISM, AFGHANISTAN/PAKISTAN, PALESTINE / ISRAEL; NEW DELHI. This countrywide cable reports on relevant media reaction/opinion from IndiaQs large non-English press. The Mission reports on English-language media via email through the daily QEarly EditionQ summary. -------------- INDIA-PAKISTAN -------------- ¶1. "MEANINGLESS OFFER, editorial in October 29 right- of-center Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: QIndia is ready to discuss all issues with Pakistan if it can effectively control terrorism emanating from its soil, PM Manmohan Singhsaid in Kashmir Thursday. Alas, the PMQs offer is in vain! Neither does Pakistan want to eliminate terrorism, nor does it want a peaceful solution to the Kashmir-issue It cannot be ignored that U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton also emphasized the need for India-Pakistan talks. India should tell the U.S. that it is impossible to talk with a country that has virtually made terrorism its state policy. India should fight Pakistan-sponsored terrorism on its own and not expect U.S. cooperation for resolving the Kashmir dispute. -------------- PAKISTAN/TERRORISM -------------- ¶2. QPESHAWAR EXPLOSION: A SIGNAL TO HILLARY CLINTON, editorial in October 31 centrist Marathi daily, SAKAAL: QThe explosion at Peshawar, which has been PakistanQs worst Taliban-engineered atrocity so far, is part of the unrelenting wave of attacks on targets including the army headquarters for more than three weeks. It is no coincidence that it came hours after the US secretary of state Hillary Clinton started her three- day visit to Pakistan. The civilian attack signals a clear-cut resolve on the part of the extremist elements to take every opportunity to destabilize the already- tattered and fractious administration in Pakistan. The insurgent groups also want to tell Clinton about the heavy price that the U.S. will have to pay in the war against terror ¶3. QTERRORISM AND PAKISTAN,Q editorial in October 31 right-of-center Gujarati daily, GUJARAT SAMACHAR: QTerrorists owing allegiance to Al Qaeda who were thrown out of Afghanistan have got free ground in Pakistan to continue their nefarious activities. The truth is there for all to see that Pakistan has failed completely in maintaining internal peace and security. With one hand Pakistan gets aid from the U.S. and with the other hand it allows terrorism to flourish in Pakistan. But the most pathetic situation is that of America whose PresidentQs effigies are burnt amidst anti-U.S. sloganeering day in and day out there. This is despite America giving huge amounts of aid to Pakistan. All in all, Pakistan has been caught in the cobweb of terrorism that it has nurtured over the years. NEW DELHI 00002206 002 OF 002 -------------- AFGHANISTAN/PAKISTAN -------------- ¶4. QCONTINUED BLOODSHED,Q editorial in October 30 independent Kolkata Bengali ANANDABAZAR PATRIKA: QCurrent U.S. efforts of combating the Taliban in Waziristan are being interpreted as an American ploy of curbing PakistanQs sovereignty. In Afghanistan too, U.S. troops are facing the bloodiest situation. It is hard to predict how long President Obama will be able to resist requests of sending more troops to the country. The Taliban will continue to unleash more violence in its desperation to derail the electoral process. -------------- PALESTINE /ISRAEL -------------- ¶5. QREPORT OF AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL,Q editorial in October 29 rightQof-center Urdu daily RASHTRIYA SAHARA: QA recent Amnesty International report shows the pitiable condition of the Palestinians, and their oppression by Israel. This explicitly shows that the so-called pressure from America and the international community has failed to stop Israel. New hopes had surfaced since Obama became the President of America. But those hopes are dashed. ROEMER