Posted on 02/05/2003 3:18:07 PM PST by swarthyguy
Edited on 07/12/2004 4:00:45 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
India is afraid that Pakistan will make it easier for Islamic insurgents to infiltrate Indian-held Kashmir to deflect expected domestic anger over that nation's support for U.S. war aims in Iraq, a senior official said yesterday.
"The danger [to Kashmir] is increasing," said Kanwal Sibal, India's foreign secretary, in a meeting yesterday with reporters and editors at The Washington Times. He said that India has pulled its troops back from the border, where more than 1 million men were ranged against each other last year, but that the tense situation could deteriorate if the gesture is not reciprocated. "Right now the passes [leading into Kashmir] are snowbound, so there is not that much traffic going back and forth. Our fear is when the snow melts, there will be large-scale infiltration," Mr. Sibal said. He said Pakistan
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Another bloody spring for the Kashmiris. And Mush will deny his role, as usual....
Question is, will the USA buy his bill of goods again?
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