26/11 attackers got "significant" support from India: Zardari

London, Apr 8 (PTI) Claiming that the Mumbai carnage
had "significant support from within India itself," Pakistan
President Asif Ali Zardari feels New Delhi is "not
dissatisfied" with the level of cooperation by Islamabad in
probing the incident that has seriously hit bilateral ties.

"Our investigation into the Mumbai attacks is
continuing," Zardari said in an interview to 'The
Independent'.

"Some of these terrorists may in fact have been born
in Pakistan. But we believe that this operation was
international, with significant support from within India
itself," he said when asked whether Pakistan had any news
about the nine militants whose bodies are still in a mortuary
in Mumbai.

Zardari, 54, did not answer a question if Pakistan was
ready to accept the nine bodies.

Asked to comment on India's charge that Pakistan was
not doing enough to assist in the investigation into the
Mumbai attacks, Zardari said: "I think the Indian government
is not dissatisfied with the level of our cooperation."

"We have offered to help, and we have helped. We have
made substantial arrests of people within groups that may have
been involved in the Mumbai attacks," he said.

"But we need cooperation from India to build the case
for effective prosecution of these accused in our courts. Many
of the extremists are the same people that conduct acts of
terrorism within our own country," Zardari said.

He noted that Pakistan had condemned the Mumbai
attack on November 26 last year.

"Mumbai was attacked and we condemn it. But let us
remember that every day Pakistan is attacked by terrorists.
They destroyed our Marriott hotel in Islamabad and killed over
50 people," Zardari said.

"We will cooperate with all nations including our
neighbours in identifying and pursuing terrorists wherever and
whoever they are. We will prosecute them and we will punish
them upon conviction.

"Remember, this is our war. Our children and women are
dying, and hundreds of our soldiers have been killed," the
Pakistan President noted, referring to the frequent suicide
bombings and terror attacks in the country, especially in the
restive tribal areas bordering Afghanistan.

Pakistan above all nations on earth is in the trenches
of the war against these fanatics and terrorists. "Our very
existence is at stake," Zardari said.