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JKLF leader warns of 'intifada' in Jammu and Kashmir
A senior Kashmiri leader has warned of an intifada in Jammu and Kashmir, as he believed the peace process between India and Pakistan had failed to show any tangible results. Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) leader Javed Ahmed Mir, who was here for the past one week meeting diplomats, said that India and Pakistan have failed to realise the anger building up in Srinagar. The bubble will burst in the near future, he said, forecasting that a repeat of a 1989 situation was in the pipeline, when people thronged the streets in large numbers. Mir is among the pioneers of the armed struggle in Kashmir. He has served as the chief commander of the JKLF also, and presently heads his own faction of the organisation. He said the confidence building measures (CBMs) introduced a few years ago including the bus service and free movement across the border had raised hopes in Kashmir. However, he said, they seem to have been dashed as the situation of human rights had not improved and the Indian Army was consolidating and widening its bases in Jammu and Kashmir. Posted by: Fred 2007-10-03 |
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