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| Hizbul trying to mend its internal fences |
| 2002-05-11 |
| The expelled Hizbul Mujahideen commander Assad Yazdani said on Saturday, the group led by Abdul Majid Dar was in touch with the Islamabad-based Hizb faction led by Syed Salahuddin for a possible reconciliation. "We have no direct contact with Salahuddin, but his associates are in touch with us and we are having deliberations and discussions regarding this," Yazdani told the "Star News". Yazdani said a reconciliation process could begin with revoking of the expulsion of Dar. Which would dent Salahuddin's iron-fist control... However, striking a pessimistic note, he said "they will have to accept the command, an alternative command" in reply to a question of what would happen if the efforts to bridge the growing differences between Pakistan-based and Jammu and Kashmir-based Hizbul Mujahideen failed. So it's not a cave-in to the Head Cheeses... To another question whether the group was holding talks with other groups and overground separatist leaders, he said "certainly, we are holding talks with some other groups as well." "Hey, we're skilled professionals. It's not like we can't find another position anywhere..." In a related development, Farooq-ul-Islam, a senior commander of Hizb in-charge of finances, has appealed to Dar and Salahuddin to iron out differences between the two. Yeah, 'cuz think how this mess screws up his accounting. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |