Posted on 05/12/2003 7:38:30 PM PDT by Mike_Flats
Edited on 04/22/2004 11:48:53 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
India's prime minister recently announced the restoration of diplomatic ties and air links with Pakistan, part of an ambitious effort to end the dangerous state of enmity between the nuclear-armed neighbors. A month ago relations had sunk so low that India's foreign minister called Pakistan "a fitter case" than Iraq for pre-emptive action. So there could not be better news than a thaw between India and Pakistan. The only hitch is that India wants a stop to what it calls "cross-border terrorism" in Kashmir, meaning militant activity by people trained in Pakistan, before agreeing to talks.
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I might as well use the CNN quote here, one mans terrorist is another man freedom fighter, that said, do you ever notice, there always seems to be bloody borders with islamic countries?
WorldNetDaily.com: "CANADIAN IMAN SUPPORTS JIHAD AGAINST U.S." by Art Moore (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "A North American Muslim leader says he supports Saddam Hussein's call for jihad and believes Middle East Muslims should take up arms to expel U.S. troops from Iraq. "If I were there, I would fight with them," said Gamal Solaiman, imam of the mosque in Canada's capital, Ottawa. "I would fight the Americans with my nails and teeth," he declared Sunday in an interview with the CanWest News Service.") (April 8, 2003)
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