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...Attackers who take innocent people hostage must learn that violence against civilians only undermines their credibility, even when world opinion supports their cause. Tragedies like the Beslan killings should bring all nations together to root out terrorism. No country should be allowed to harbor terrorists. M. Farooq Shah Srinagar, Kashmir...
...opinion supports their cause. International organizations such as the U.N. and the European Union have condemned Russia, India and Israel for their actions. Tragedies like the Beslan killings should bring all nations together to root out terrorism. No country should be allowed to harbor terrorists. M. Farooq Shah Srinagar, Kashmir The Beslan tragedy is Russia's 9/11. Oddbjorn Aardalen Skjervedal, Norway The entire world is horrified by the killing of civilians by terrorists. But mere condemnation is not enough to eradicate terrorism. There are three steps to end it: using massive and decisive force against radical organizations and their networks...
...meeting without aides that lasted an hour. Later in the day, Musharraf traveled five blocks to Singh's hotel, the New York Palace, where the two delivered a joint statement saying their talk had been "constructive and frank" and that they discussed Kashmir, the major issue dividing the two nations. Singh quoted a wise and encouraging Urdu couplet that goes: "For mistakes of the moment, generations may have to pay the price." By Anthony Spaeth...
...delay taking on domestic extremists because of their complicated history with the Pakistani government and army. Some militant organizations now allied to bin Laden were once clandestinely funded and supported by Pakistan's spy agency, the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), to wage war in Afghanistan and Indian-controlled Kashmir. (In the case of the Kashmir conflict, Pakistan has always denied giving anything but moral support to the cause of Kashmiri self-determination, but militants who have fought there insist they had support from the military.) And when young Pakistanis were recruited for fighting in either Afghanistan or Kashmir, they were...
...that in 1999 the defense Ministry ordered 500 aluminum coffins for victims of the Kashmir conflict from an American company for $1.25 million ($2,500 each). The report mentions that, previously, coffins cost the ministry $172 apiece. The Ministry of Defense has never bought "coffins" at $172 apiece. The need was felt for aluminum caskets by the Indian army for some years, but the urgency arose during the Kargil conflict in 1999 when the government decided for the first time to send the mortal remains of the soldiers who died in the battlefield to their families for last rites. Till...