U.S. Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA) Decries U.S.-India Nuclear Agreement

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US congressman's response to Indian PM on nuclear deal

Mon Aug 13, 1:43 PM ET

WASHINGTON (AFP) - A veteran congressman on Monday branded a landmark US civilian nuclear deal with India as a "capitulation" to New Delhi and demanded details on Indian ties with Iran.

Representative Ed Markey released a statement following Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's defense of the accord in a speech to parliament.

"The Bush administration claims it is seeking nuclear cooperation, but in reality, the agreement it negotiated is 'nuclear capitulation' to India's every wish," the Massachusetts Democrat said.

"Prime Minister Singh's comments today are yet another indication that this agreement does not comply with the law Congress wrote and passed last year ... to condition and restrict any agreement.

"As currently drafted, this is a bad deal for our country and a damaging blow to non-proliferation efforts worldwide," Markey said.

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AND, residents of India don't like it either:

U.S. nuclear deal protests disrupt Indian parliament
Mon Aug 13, 2007 10:11AM EDT


NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Noisy protests against a historic but controversial nuclear energy deal between India and the United States disrupted the Indian parliament on Monday as lawmakers demanded the government cancel the agreement.

Members of the regional Samajwadi Party, which is opposed to warming ties between Washington and New Delhi, shouted slogans against the deal in the centre of the lower house and refused to return to their seats. "Cancel the nuclear deal", "We don't want to be American stooges", the MPs shouted despite pleas by the speaker, Somnath Chatterjee, to allow the house to function.

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