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  • Musharraf and the truth about the Kargil war with India

    09/25/2006 8:20:38 AM PDT · by sukhoi-30mki · 14 replies · 3,327+ views
    The Hindu,India ^ | Monday, Sep 25, 2006 | Praveen Swami
    Musharraf and the truth about Kargil Praveen Swami General Musharraf's account of the Kargil war is a feisty defence of Pakistan's military — but sits ill with well-established facts. KARGIL, PERVEZ Musharraf wrote on his official website two years ago, "proved a lesson to the Indians and a rude awakening to the world of the reality of Kashmir." Now In the Line of Fire: A Memoir by Pakistan's President has sought to give shape and form to that controversial contention in the first official account that has emanated from Islamabad on the causes and course of the Kargil war. In...
  • Details of shootout emerge (Massillon, OHIO)

    08/11/2002 3:23:16 AM PDT · by ResistorSister · 84 replies · 1,027+ views
    The Canton Repository (OHIO) ^ | Sunday, August 11, 2002 | LORI MONSEWICZ
    MASSILLON — A 61-year-old man in a straw hat led a state trooper and then city police on a chase that ended in a hail of gunfire when the man whipped out a high-powered Czechoslovakian military weapon and fired away Friday night. Investigators are continuing to piece together what started out as a seemingly routine traffic stop for a speeding violation and ended 12.3 miles and 12 minutes later in a double shooting that left a police officer, Eric Taylor, and the suspect, Donald W. Matthews, dead. On Saturday, authorities released more information to a stunned and grieving community. Mayor...