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Newspaper editor shot in Kashmir
CNN Asia ^
| 05/29/2002
| staff
Posted on 05/29/2002 8:00:18 AM PDT by lyonesse
Edited on 04/29/2004 2:00:34 AM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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SRINAGAR, India (AP) -- Unidentified gunmen ransacked the office of a Kashmiri newspaper and shot an editor in the head. He was in serious condition, hospital officials said.
At least three men walked into the office of Zafar Iqbal, a copy editor at Kashmir Images newspaper, on Wednesday and started arguing about a story that appeared in the morning edition of the daily newspaper, staffers said.
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: india; pakistan; southasialist
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posted on
05/29/2002 8:00:19 AM PDT
by
lyonesse
To: lyonesse
So much for Islam being a "tolerant religion."
2
posted on
05/29/2002 8:04:06 AM PDT
by
Dog Gone
To: lyonesse
The pen is mightier than the sword.
However, those who live by the sword get shot by those who don't.
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posted on
05/29/2002 8:15:24 AM PDT
by
elbucko
To: lyonesse
To spread terror and instill fear, it is essential that free press is destroyed. Rest will follow. Wake up, folks, this is now a war between civilizations. In the end, one will survive. Religio-theocracy or liberal western capitalistic democracy.
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posted on
05/29/2002 9:31:50 AM PDT
by
Pal10523
To: *southasia_list
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