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Dates: during 2002-2002
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...insurgency movement in Kashmir, discovered that the anger of Pakistan's domestic jihadis is a destructive force that won't be contained, only fatally redirected into murderous attacks on his home soil and possibly, suicide strikes in the Indian heartland. "The temple attack was a typical act of the fidayeen (suicide squad) terrorists," said a senior intelligence official in India, fingering Pakistan. "It has been a trend for banned groups like the Lashkar-e-Toiba or the Jaish-e-Mohammad to take credit through an unknown front organization...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tight Bind | 9/30/2002 | See Source »

...beginning of the year, both have mobilized their armies along their common border and kept them at high alert, a state of war readiness prompted by a December terrorist attack intended to blow up the Parliament building in New Delhi. And last week, 30 people were killed by some fidayeen, a suicide squad that sneaked in from Pakistan, setting off a fresh round of accusations, the possible expulsion of Pakistan's ambassador from New Delhi, and some heavy shelling at the Line of Control, the de facto border that splits Kashmir...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: No Place for Kids | 5/20/2002 | See Source »

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