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Sometimes it seems nobody wants peace in Kashmir. When two masked gunmen dressed in Indian police uniforms gunned down Abdul Gani Lone at a rally in the leafy summer capital of Srinagar last week, the list of suspects was notable for including almost everyone. Some naturally pointed the finger at India and its secret service: for decades Lone had staunchly opposed Indian rule in Kashmir. But the 70-year-old former lawyer had modified his stance in the past two years, and that had survivors, including Lone's son Sajjad, pinning the assassination on Pakistan, its powerful intelligence agency...
...with his death, the clouds of war grew immediately darker. Last week in India and Pakistan?and most concentratedly in Kashmir?the talk was not of whether there will be conflict, but when and what form it will take. Since 1947 the South Asian neighbors have squabbled over the lush Himalayan foothills; and since 1989 more than 35,000 people have lost their lives in a separatist rebellion, partly fueled by Pakistan. Lone's death followed a militant attack at an army camp in Jammu the week before that left 31 dead, and India declared it had lost patience with...
...they could simultaneously undermine Arafat's negotiating strategy and maintain popular support. In Pakistan, too, elements (which may include military and intelligence officers) opposed to Musharraf's relations with Washington may be learning that the best way to challenge that alliance is by provoking a confrontation with India in Kashmir...
...effect of the recent attacks has been to rekindle a crisis that detracts from Pakistan's assistance to Washington against al-Qaeda. Indian troops are massing in Kashmir now, and their prime minister has urged them to be ready to fight a "decisive" battle. Indications are that India will hold off attacking in order to give the U.S. time to pressure Musharraf into shutting down the militant groups on the Pakistan-controlled side of Kashmir. But faced with Indian pressure, Musharraf had no choice but to vow to respond in kind. And, in what may have been an attempt...
...have mastered the art of taking their quarrels to Washington. But one crucial difference is that the Palestinians don't have nuclear weapons. Although India has an overwhelming advantage in any conventional military confrontation, Pakistan won't necessarily fight a conventional war. For years it has pursued the Kashmir conflict through the proxy of Islamist guerrillas and terrorists. And although its nuclear doctrine is not yet clear, recent reports suggest that Pakistan actually mounted nuclear warheads atop missiles during the 1999 showdown with India over the Kargil section of Kashmir. Washington now has the unhappy task of averting a conflict...