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Bush to PM: an outrageous act

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George W. Bush (file photo)

NEW DELHI MAY 15. The Prime Minister, Atal Behari Vajpayee, has conveyed to the U.S. President, George Bush, that India would take "appropriate action'' in response to the terrorist killings near Jammu on Tuesday.

The Prime Minister made this observation when Mr. Bush phoned him this evening.

Government sources here said the U.S. President did not convey that India, in the given situation, should exercise restraint.

According to the spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs, Mr. Bush described the Jammu incident as an "outrageous terrorist act'' and said the U.S. was "appalled at the incident''.

The U.S. President, she added, expressed "understanding'' at India's distress. The Prime Minister, in turn, thanked Mr. Bush for his message of sympathy and condolences. Analysts here point out that by not emphasising restraint, the U.S. has signalled that it may not mount undue pressure which may hamper India's options. The Prime Minister, in the light of the Jammu attack, had declared in the Lok Sabha that "what has happened is very heinous and we have to counter it".

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