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| Sheikh Rashid trained Kashmiri fighters: Yasin |
| 2005-06-14 |
| When the armed struggle in held Kashmir was at its zenith, Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed set up a camp where around 3,500 Jihadis were trained in guerrilla warfare, revealed Yasin Malik, the Jammu & Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chairman, at an exhibition of 1.5 million signatures by Kashmiris demanding their involvement in the dialogue process. "Sheikh Rashid has played a great role for Kashmir's liberation. He used to support the frontline Jihadis, but very few people know about his contributions," the JKLF chief informed the audience. The JKLF leader praised Rashid for his contribution to the armed struggle, but the minister refused to comment when journalists approached him. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 Ahah! The old "wudn't me" defense... |
| Posted by: Fred 2005-06-14 09:40 |
| #2 Malik may be referring to some other Sheikh: Rashid In a deft attempt to divert adverse attention following comments by JKLF leader Yasin Malik that he organised camps to train militants to fight in Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan's Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed today said the separatist leader may have been referring to some other "Sheikh" and not him. "I do not know which Sheikh he is referring to. There are so many Sheikhs in Rawalpindi," Rashid told PTI here in response to Malik's remarks made during the inauguration of a photo exhibition organised here by the JKLF leader yesterday to mobilise signatures to involve Kashmiris in Indo-Pak talks. |
| Posted by: Paul Moloney 2005-06-14 08:04 |
| #1 but the minister refused to comment when journalists approached him I bet he did. It doesn't make much sense that the Information Minister would have the kind of power to set up and run a training camp, but maybe he was the front for the people who did. |
| Posted by: Paul Moloney 2005-06-14 02:13 |