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| Terror Networks |
| One killed, 13 injured in Kashmir explosion |
| 2002-05-17 |
| A bomb on a motor scooter exploded Friday outside the state fire department headquarters in India's portion of disputed Kashmir, killing one person and injuring 13 others, police said. Police said they began firing warning shots immediately after the homemade device exploded and sealed off the area. The fire office is next door to the main administrative building in Srinagar, the summer capital of the state. There was no immediate claim of responsibility, but Indian officials usually attribute such attacks to Pakistan-based Islamic militants fighting to separate the Muslim-majority Kashmir region from Hindu-majority India. That's because that's who's usually to blame... The explosion happened as Parliament in New Delhi debated how to react to an attack Tuesday on an Indian army base in Jammu, the winter capital of Jammu-Kashmir state, that killed 34 people. India's government blamed Pakistan for that attack. Pakistan denied the charge. Sure looks like the Jihadis are trying to push India and Pakland into war. Far in the background from all this are Fazlur Rehman and the JUI-F, controlling Jaish and its allied groups; and Qazi Hussein Ahmed and JI, controlling Hizbul Mujahideen and its allied groups. The question rational minds ask is, "Why would they do something that dumb?" There's no rational answer. Instead, there's a vision of a post-apocalyptic Ummah ruled by Pashtuns and stretching from Burma to Iran with Qazi as khalif and never-ending jihad for the sake of jihad. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |