Word: jammu
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Three well-dressed young men walked into Maulvi Muhammad Farooq's office in Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, last week and politely asked to see him. When the Muslim cleric and political leader joined them, they pulled out pistols, shot him ten times and ran. One hour later, Farooq, 45, died on the operating table at a nearby hospital...
...guerrillas were also hitting hard. The Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front killed three hostages. Another militant group carried the conflict beyond Kashmir for the first time by bombing a train near Bombay, injuring 35 people, as well as two New Delhi police stations, where four policemen were wounded...
...just the sort of event that India and Pakistan fear could provoke a fourth war. There had been a huge rally in Sialkot, Pakistan, to mark a nationwide strike protesting India's crackdown on Muslims in the state of Jammu and Kashmir who are agitating for independence or merger with Pakistan. Afterward, about 4,000 people marched to the village of Suchetgarh and threatened to cross into India. Pakistani rangers tried to stop them, but 150 protesters pushed through, chanting anti-India slogans and setting fire to bushes and grass. Indian border troops warned the encroachers, then fired, killing three...
...Brave Kashmiris," came the summons from loudspeakers in minarets throughout Srinagar, summer capital of the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir, "the time has come to lay down your lives. Come out and face the occupation forces as true soldiers of Islam." By the thousands, Muslim separatists answered the call last week. Enraged by the detention of 400 locals accused of terrorism, they surged through the narrow alleys of the decrepit city, chanting "Indian dogs, go home!" and pelting police and soldiers with stones. Security forces replied first with tear gas, then with rifle fire. By week...
Singh has conceded, however, that the Kashmiris have many justified laments. Two weeks ago he appointed as governor Jagmohan, an efficient administrator who governed the state from 1984 to 1989, thereby prompting Farooq Abdullah, the unpopular chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir, to resign in protest. Eager to demonstrate his goodwill, Jagmohan has distributed food during curfews, created new jobs and offered nearly $3,000 each to the families of three civilians killed by Indian guards. But tempers in Kashmir are still too short to be soothed by token measures...