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...public safety - flaws that still exist a year after the attacks. According to his statement to police, Ahmed paid an acquaintance Rs. 50,000 (about $1,000) to buy admission to a college in Bangalore, and used his student ID to allay police suspicions while he was crossing from Kashmir to Bangalore - even as he was bringing a cache of weapons in by train. When he ran out of money, his handlers arranged to have funds sent to him through India's unregulated network of cash-transfer, or hawala, traders. For the equivalent of $2, an Indian, who had bought...
...more youth to extremism. When more repressive methods are adopted, they inflame passions and antagonize the local populace. In either situation, various steps taken by the Indian government favoring Kashmiris are forgotten. For example, non-Kashmiri Indians are barred from even owning property in the state of Jammu and Kashmir, thereby protecting Kashmiri identity and communities from the kind of occupation that exists on the other side in Pakistan or in Chinese Tibet and Xinjiang. Kizhanatham R. Srivarahan, Chennai, India...
...Peace in Kashmir will remain an illusion as long as there remains an Indian Kashmir and a Pakistani Kashmir. Instead of fighting against the prevailing poverty, illiteracy and other related problems in their respective countries, Pakistan and India have fought three wars over Kashmiri territory. Leaders of these countries should realize that their peoples are better served as partners than as rivals. Kashmir is not a volatile issue for India and Pakistan only: it is a threat also to world peace. The international community should, therefore, exert pressure on the two belligerent parties to resolve the problem amicably according...
...recognized the threat posed by internal militants, but it is difficult to overestimate Pakistan's continuing paranoia about India. Many commanders serving today cut their teeth during wars with India and remain convinced that the country is bent on destabilizing Pakistan and taking back all the disputed territory of Kashmir. That is why analysts like Nawaz say the only real solution to Pakistan's militancy is a regional dtente with India. That, he says, would allow "Pakistan to divert resources - not just troops but monetary resources - to the civil sector for better governance...
...Chords Of The Apocalypse” opens as a keyboard-fueled shuffle before devolving into a grungy rave-up in the chorus with Casablancas shredding his vocal chords over churning twin-guitar solos. The closer “Tourist” resembles the Led Zeppelin classic “Kashmir,” featuring its galloping drumbeat and Middle Eastern-sounding, snake charming guitar lines that rhythmically shift to accomadate the addition of space age synths. Casablancas’ experimental instincts add a much-needed dose of variety to the album, seeing as many of his other tracks...