2001 Delhi Attacks: India on nuclear path, says Rice
India had deployed nuclear-capable missiles on its western borders and refused to budge under United States pressure.
WASHINGTON:
India had deployed nuclear-capable missiles on its western borders and refused to budge under United States pressure to hold any talks with Pakistani leadership after the 2001 parliament attacks, asserts former top American diplomat Condoleezza Rice in her memoir ‘No Higher Honour’ that is set to hit the stands next week. What added to the tension in the White House’s Situation Room in December 2001 was the sharp differences between the Pentagon and CIA about the ground realities in South Asia, reflects Rice in her book. While CIA was informing the White House that India was on its way to war, the Pentagon was concluding that it was not the case according to Rice, who then was national security adviser to President George W Bush.
Published in The Express Tribune, October 30th, 2011.
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