Expressing his "deepest condolences" for the victims of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack and their families, former US president George W. Bush Saturday termed the daring attack a “moment of clarity” for India.
Like 9/11 in America, "26/11 served as a moment of clarity" in India, he said at the annual HT Leadership Summit here.
Addressing the summit, he noted that the anniversary of the 26/11 terror attacks was round the corner.
On Nov 26, 2008, 10 armed terrorists sneaked into Mumbai, the commercial capital of the country, and unleashed mayhem that left over 170 people, including many foreign nationals, dead. The audacious attack has often been compared to the attack on the twin towers of World Trade Centre in the US in 2001.
Coming to India for the first time after retirement, Bush said the fight against terrorism was common to both the countries.
“Both nations (India and US) were engaged in ideological struggle against fundamentalists. They hate our lives, our vision for human rights... we should use our intelligence to find them, break up their network and bring them to justice,” Bush said.
The former US president stressed that the best way to combat terrorism would be to promote values of justice and liberty.