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India and Pakistan trade fire in Kashmir, killing nine
Washington Post ^ | 10/20/2019

Posted on 10/20/2019 10:18:54 AM PDT by BenLurkin

Five civilians and one soldier were killed on Pakistan’s side of the Line of Control, a spokesman for the Pakistani army said Sunday. Two Indian soldiers and one civilian were also killed, a spokesman for the Indian Defense Ministry said.

India and Pakistan claimed to have killed larger numbers of the other country’s soldiers in the incident, but such assertions could not be verified independently.

Indian media outlets cited unnamed defense sources saying that Pakistani forces fired to provide cover for militants attempting to cross into Indian-controlled territory. Pakistan rejected such accusations and said India’s firing was “unprovoked.”

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TOPICS: War on Terror
KEYWORDS: india; kashmir; pakistan

1 posted on 10/20/2019 10:18:54 AM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

Those playfull pokistahni’s


2 posted on 10/20/2019 10:22:01 AM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true, I have no proof, but they're true..)
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To: BenLurkin

Hey Linda Graham, should we send our troops over there to be policemen?


3 posted on 10/20/2019 10:26:12 AM PDT by Parley Baer
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To: BenLurkin

The second President Trump says something,the a-hole Trump haters will go the opposite direction. So if the President calls for calm,resolution and that the USA should NOT interfere,the Trump haters will want America going Defcon 1.


4 posted on 10/20/2019 10:46:04 AM PDT by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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To: BenLurkin

Would love to see India kick the hell out of our ally Pakistan.
Ally? crappola.


5 posted on 10/21/2019 4:00:20 AM PDT by Joe Boucher ( Molon Labe' baby, Molon Labe)
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To: knarf

Apu on the ‘Simpsons’...Paki or Indian? Asking for a friend who wants to avoid a potential ‘faux pas’ at the doctor’s office later.


6 posted on 10/21/2019 4:31:01 AM PDT by who knows what evil? (Yehovah saved more animals than people on the ark...siameserescue.com)
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To: who knows what evil?

Apu is Indian, Hindu not Muslim


7 posted on 10/21/2019 4:39:27 AM PDT by PapaBear3625 ("Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities." -- Voltaire)
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