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the ISI, fearing that it would retard the peace dialogue. Indian political leaders and official spokesmen lay the blame on forces which want to retard the India-Pakistan peace process No Army or any intelligence agency in the world can act without a clearance from the topmost in the Government and in the case of Pakistan it was and continues to be General Musharraf and now General Kiyani also. With General Elections due next year it is the time for all upright and right-thinking Indians to demand that all political parties including the Congress Party assert in their Election Manifestoes and their leaders make public declarations that a stringent Anti-Terrorism Law even harsher than POTA would be introduced at the very first sitting of the Parliament to deter terrorist attacks against India and also deal equally harshly with their accomplices in India. Indian political leaders of all hues must recognize that cross-border terrorist attacks and bombings not only bleed India but also trample on the majesty of the Indian Republic and Indias NATIONAL HONOUR stands besmirched. Surely Indias NATIONAL HONOUR cannot be allowed to be held to ransom by terrorists and deterrent action against them be allowed to be politicized for narrow electoral gains. May 17, 2008