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| Militants 'slit Hindus' throats' |
| 2005-07-29 |
| Suspected Muslim militants have raided a village in Indian-administered Kashmir, slitting the throats of five Hindus, police have said. The attackers entered Dhoob village, 200km (125 miles) north-west of Jammu and segregated Muslims from Hindus before the killings, the police said. No group has yet said it carried out Thursday night's attack. There are a number of Muslim militant groups in the region which have been fighting Indian rule since 1989. Deputy inspector general of police for the remote and mountainous Rajouri district, VK Singh, told the BBC the dead men were aged between 40 and 60. They were forced to stand in separate lines before the Hindus were taken a few metres away and killed. Mr Singh said senior police officers had been sent to begin an investigation. He said: "Killings such as these, by slitting throats, have increased for two reasons - they want to create terror and their supply lines of guns from across the border are coming under pressure from us." About 40,000 people have been killed in fighting between Indian security forces and militants in the region since 1989. Violence has escalated after a period of relative calm following peace moves between India and Pakistan. The peace moves are aimed at ending decades of dispute over Kashmir - a region both countries claim in its entirety. India accuses Pakistan of sponsoring a violent uprising in Kashmir, a charge Islamabad denies. Pakistan says it has only given diplomatic support to militant groups in the past and has now taken steps to ensure they no longer have bases in the country. |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #11 give India the all the nukes it needs ! |
| Posted by: Viking 2005-07-29 19:58 |
| #10 bigjim-ky: I'm afraid the only hope is that the Jihadi assholes step on Red China's toes. Aint' no ACLU to hold back an extremely pissed off China. |
| Posted by: Ebbavins Chomoth3961 2005-07-29 19:28 |
| #9 Islam is intent on pissing off the whole world. The world is just now realizing that we are in the middle of a pan-islamic uprising, and the world does not like it. Islam is becoming a nuisance that we can live without. I think in the very near future this little revolt of theirs will be quelled out for good and all. |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2005-07-29 16:22 |
| #8 It is doubtful the Indian government will do anything. After all, the jihadists terrorized the hindu population of Kashmir and caused three hundred thousand of them to flee. Many still live in refugee camps, one of the largest internally displaced populations in the world. |
| Posted by: john 2005-07-29 15:56 |
| #7 I wuz just be neighborly CH. :) Just cause you can bake your own apple pie don't mean it's not a thoughtful gift to receive. I want to help stock India's pantry. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2005-07-29 11:58 |
| #6 Wonder if India has access to cluster bombs. They'll go nicely with the F-16/F-18 deal. Throw in a few to sweeten the deal. Then throw in some more. That new wind-corrected number might be just the trick. I'd give them a few air fuel munitions just for a free trial. Nothing sends quite the same sort of "hi there" as baking and obliterating at the same time. The Indians are pretty bright people themselves. After all they have built their own satilites and launched them. I think they can or have figured out how to build cluster bombs. Much less Fuel-Air Explosives. I still think if and when a nuclear exchange between nation states takes place it will be on the Sub-Continent. And the Pakistanis will be gutted with a lot of spill over into certain other less than savory nations |
| Posted by: Cheaderhead 2005-07-29 11:23 |
| #5 Every murder, every atrocity adds to the growing well of implible hatred of islam. The butcher's bill is coming due and when it does it won't be very pretty. And the funny part is the muslims will have no idea why. |
| Posted by: Michael 2005-07-29 11:12 |
| #4 mojo: 400 million Hindus? Population of India is 1 billion. Try 800 million Hindus... |
| Posted by: BigEd 2005-07-29 10:49 |
| #3 This just shows the true stupidity of the Islamists. How many Hindus are right across the border? Do you freaks really want to piss all 400 million of them off? Can you understand the concept of revenge? Because I guarantee you the Hindus do. |
| Posted by: mojo 2005-07-29 10:32 |
| #2 I'd give them a few air fuel munitions just for a free trial. Nothing sends quite the same sort of "hi there" as baking and obliterating at the same time. |
| Posted by: MunkatKat 2005-07-29 10:28 |
| #1 Wonder if India has access to cluster bombs. They'll go nicely with the F-16/F-18 deal. Throw in a few to sweeten the deal. Then throw in some more. That new wind-corrected number might be just the trick. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2005-07-29 10:03 |