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India-Pakistan

Militant behind Hindu massacre in Kashmir killed

2006-09-15

(IANS) A top Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militant allegedly responsible for the massacre of 13 Hindus in Jammu and Kashmir in May was gunned down by security forces in Udhampur district Thursday. Based on specific army intelligence inputs, personnel of the 12 Rashtriya Rifles, the Border Security Force (BSF) and police launched a joint operation Thursday morning in Panera village of Udhampur, about 150 km north of Jammu. Security forces circled a house in the village where LeT militants were reported to be hiding and a fierce fire fight began. The security forces were able to shoot the militant, identified as Ejaz Ahmad, a top militant of LeT. According to official sources in Udhampur quoting the latest reports, the militant was behind the killings of the 13 Hindus on May 1 in this area. An Indian soldier was also injured in the encounter.

Officials described the killing as a 'major success' as the security forces had been on his trail for a long time. The gun battle was still continuing with his accomplices holed up in the house, officials said. In two major successes earlier this month, security forces had killed Billoo Gujjar, a top commander of Hizbul Mujahedeen, in the Gool area of Udhampur district as well as a top militant of the Al Badr in Rajouri district.

Posted by:Fred

#6 Ghandi was right, TW. The creation of Pakistan was a huge mistake.

Posted by: mcsegeek1 2006-09-15 15:01

#5 India doesn't want Pakistan, Gliper Phereck2334, and neither do we. From all I've read about it, especially Rantburg's professor of history (Indian Subcontinent) john (tenured, of course) and the blogs of disaffected emigrants, Pakistan is the question which the neutron bomb was invented to answer. I can only hope that our bomb makers are building up the inventory in anticipation of this future need.

I do not believe in glassing over large portions of the limited real estate available on humanity's only planet, however satisfying that might feel. We have non-nuclear weapons that can clear the landscape of bad people and their dangerous things without permanently (a couple thousand or hundred years is permanent enough for me, given my projected span of 120 total) taking the real estate out of inventory, not to mention that which floats downwind. Yes, I know that people moved back to Hiroshima ahortly after, and I know that Chernoble is now a flourishing nature preserve, while Europe appears largely unaffected by the windborn dust. And I've reluctantly concluded that it's highly probable we are going to have to wipe out the Arab world, to keep from having to kill every single Muslim and Muslim sympathizer everywhere... But different weapons for different purposes: glassing over Western Saudi Arabia would be a salutory lesson for the Muslim world, while limiting harm to crucial assets, but glassing over Pakistan teaches nothing, while preventing overflow Indian population from productively colonizing empty lands.

Gliper Phereck2334, I realize you only suggested invasion, not nukes. But I'm working through this, and I'm afraid your post triggered the fallout. (Sorry!)

Posted by: trailing wife 2006-09-15 13:34

#4 Why dont India invade Pakland with the US help,That country is the epicentre of terrorism worldwide!!!!

Posted by: Gliper Phereck2334 2006-09-15 11:42

#3 Perv is dead?

Posted by: gromgoru 2006-09-15 10:39

#2 Militant behind Hindu massacre in Kashmir killed

Good, more of this and the problem vanishes.

Posted by: Redneck Jim 2006-09-15 06:19

#1 Every little bit helps.

Posted by: gromgoru 2006-09-15 01:36

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