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Pakistan president on CNN Larry King Live:

Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari denied his nation was involved in last week’s deadly attacks on Mumbai, India, and told CNN on Tuesday he’s seen no evidence that a suspect in custody is a Pakistani national as Indian officials claim.

“I think these are stateless actors who have been operating all throughout the region,” Zardari said on CNN’s “Larry King Live” in an interview set to air Tuesday night. “The gunmen plus the planners, whoever they are, [are] stateless actors who have been holding hostage the whole world.”

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King: What do you know about this lone surviving attacker, the man that’s in custody? Is he definitely a Pakistani?

Zardari: Not as yet. We have not been giving any tangible proof to say that he is definitely a Pakistani. I very much doubt, Larry, that he’s a Pakistani.

King: Really? Who do you think — what’s your guess?

ZARDARI: Like I said, these are stateless individuals who operate throughout — I mean, I’ve got a situation in Pakistan that the fourth largest army in the world is challenged on my border on the west. I’ve got 150 people out, boys out, soldiers out. We have casualties every day.

We’ve had incidents just the past two days in Karachi where we’ve lost more than 40 to 45 people, hundreds injured. These are stateless actors who are moving throughout this region.

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