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India-Pakistan
India sparks anger with 'Israel-style' settlement policy in disputed Kashmir
2015-04-11
[Jpost] India's nationalist government plans to resettle tens of thousands of Hindus in three new townships in Muslim-dominated Kashmir, setting up a confrontation with separatists who say it is an Israel-style policy of creating settlements in occupied territory.
Ah. The Hinjoo accusation. The Muslims in that part of the worls are awfully fond of that locution, being as it's almost as clever as the juices.
Many Kashmiri Hindus, or Pandits, also say they are not in favor of the plan.
The answer to that will lie in how many Pandits sign up to move in.
Between 200,000 to 300,000 Hindus are estimated to have fled Kashmir after an armed revolt against New Delhi's rule erupted in 1989 and Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has long vowed to return them to their homes.
Posted by:g(r)omgoru

#7  Fortified toilets will bring in the masses.

:(
Posted by: Shipman   2015-04-11 14:14  

#6  Especially if the Hindu's driven out still own the land.
Posted by: tipover   2015-04-11 12:27  

#5  Well, free housing of substandard government construction on a mountain top is better than substandard cardboard boxes in a cesspool that are rented. I expect there will be some takers.
Posted by: Skidmark   2015-04-11 10:55  

#4  It won't go anywhere.
Posted by: newc   2015-04-11 10:08  

#3  ..weren't quite as well armed as Israel settlers.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2015-04-11 09:26  

#2  Kashmir had many more Hindu residents a couple generations back. Wonder what happened to them?
Posted by: Steve White   2015-04-11 09:10  

#1  oh noes! Seething commences!
Posted by: Frank G   2015-04-11 06:34  

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