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| Pakistan Rejects India Proposal for Joint Patrols |
| 2002-06-05 |
| Pakistan on Wednesday rejected an Indian proposal for joint patrols along the disputed Kashmir border to stem the infiltration of militants, saying it was nothing new and "unlikely to work." Guess we'll never know, will we? Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee told a news conference in Almaty, Kazakhstan, that India could consider joint patrols along the tense Kashmir frontier if Pakistan stopped cross-border infiltrations by Pakistani-based militants. Figger the odds on that one, Atal... "If Pakistan decides it will not support infiltration, then both countries can work on a mechanism for joint patrolling," he said. Yeah. If they all become Baptists they can eat ham sandwiches, too. This is actually just a political gesture to shine light on the Paks' lies with regard to Kashmir. They're habitual, they're not even very plausible. And we already know it... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |