"Pakistan Shows its True Colours," screamed angry headlines here this morning after Pakistani Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi abruptly and defiantly refused to schedule talks with India about the 2008 terrorist attacks on Mumbai and the countries' longstanding dispute over Kashmir. Those attacks left 173 people dead. The terrorist group, Lashkar e Taiba, has claimed responsibility for the attacks, which shook this nation of over a billion people.It has also long been acknowledged that Lashkar e Taiba has been given safe haven in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan where they have been allowed to operate with relative impunity. All but one of the Mumbai attackers were Pakistani, and it is also suspected that Pakistani intelligence (ISI) provided them with logistical and other support on their trip by sea from Karachi, Pakistan, to Mumbai on India's west coast. Although Pakistan charged several members of the terrorist group in the attack, they are seen as...(Read Full Post)