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India-Pakistan
Indian Kashmir gunbattle enters seventh day
2009-01-07
A gunbattle between Indian soldiers and a group of heavily-armed Islamic militants raged for a seventh day Wednesday, making it one of the longest battles in Kashmir in years, officials said.

The fighting erupted last Thursday in the Indian-administered Kashmir district of Poonch after soldiers and police, acting on a tip-off, carried out a search operation of a densely forested area. The battle has so far left four terrorists militants, two soldiers and a policeman dead and several security force members wounded.

The terrorists militants were using natural caves as hideouts, senior army officer Brig. Gurdeep Singh said. "We are carrying out a deliberate operation to wear out the terrorists and to ensure that the casualties among our own forces are avoided," he said.

Police say about eight to 10 terrorists militants are holed-up in the area.
Posted by:ryuge

#3  WAFF > US: PAKISTAN ["turbulent regions"] POSES THREATS TO INDIA AND WORLD ala NatSecur Advisor Stephen Hadley. HADLEY > CANNOT SOLVE PAKISTAN WIDOUT [FIRSTLY]SOLVING AFGHANISTAN???

Also from WMF > INDIA TO FENCE BANGLADESHI BORDER [Israeli-asst super-fence].
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2009-01-07 20:04  

#2  One good round of WP into that cave, and your troubles would be over

That would be disproportional.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2009-01-07 11:47  

#1  One good round of WP into that cave, and your troubles would be over. Don't tell me the Indian Army doesn't have a 106mm Recoilless in its inventory.
Posted by: Old Patriot   2009-01-07 11:36  

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