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| India-Pakistan |
| Pak jehadi groups in disarray |
| 2002-06-04 |
| Pakistan-based jehadi groups are a divided lot after coming under intense pressure to end cross-border terrorism, but they may call a conditional truce in Jammu and Kashmir soon. Like Afghanistan's Taliban militia earlier, some of the mujahideen groups are already accusing Islamabad of letting them down while others are trying to overcome a crisis of sorts by preparing to announce a temporary peace in Kashmir. If the jihad collapses this quickly with the crossing closed, that pretty well puts the lie to any statement that Kashmir's an indigenous problem... The influential proprietor-editor of the newspaper, Zahid Malik, said in a column that the "dramatic and stunning" truce would change the course of history in the subcontinent once and for all. "We are aware that it has now become almost impossible for Pakistan to resist the world pressure and therefore we would like to postpone our Jihad against the Indian Army for some other opportune and favourable time," an unnamed guerrilla commander was quoted as saying. "We are grateful to Pakistan for the moral and diplomatic support it has extending to us," the commander added. Save your jihadi money, boys, 'cuz the mujaheddin's gonna rise again! However, two other commanders outlined different views. One of them said: "We are under tremendous pressure," while the other was quoted as saying: "We have been betrayed." "Rat bastards won't let us blow anything up. We might have to get jobs! And they gave us crummy grenades..." The report said Pakistan had sealed all possible points along the Line of Control (LoC) that divides Kashmir between India and Pakistan and which are used by guerrillas to cross into Jammu and Kashmir. The Hizbul Mujahideen, the dominant Kashmiri separatist group in Jammu and Kashmir, had declared a conditional ceasefire July 22, 2000. But the ceasefire collapsed in August. The usual Islamic good faith. Truces and cease-fires are for bringing up more ammunition... "Though the ceasefire likely to be announced in June will certainly change the course of events in the region, it is to be seen whether it will be permanent," said the paper. The paper says this would probably be a temporary arrangement that will shift world pressure from Islamabad to New Delhi. Having seen the results of the similar actions Perv took against the jihadis in December and January, we can expect the closure to be temporary at best, a political measure designed to put the onus on India. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |