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India-Pakistan
Kashmir militants arrested in Pakistan
2003-04-02
Police in Pakistan-administered Kashmir have arrested more than a dozen Kashmiri snuffies militants over fears of a possible clash between two rival groups. Police said the arrests were made on Tuesday in Muzaffarabad, the capital of terrorism Pakistan-administered Kashmir. The arrested men belonged to two rival factions of Hizb-ul-Mujahideen. Police said they were tipped off about a possible rumble tong war ritual bloodletting clash between the two rival groups and arrested 14 people, 7 from each side, as a preventive measure. The detained militants will be kept in custody till Friday.
"Now, you boyz can jes' set here in jug 'til you cool off. y'cain't be fightin' amongst yerselfs when we gots Injuns to slaughter!"
Tuesday's police action against the militants is unusual and suggests that the split in the group is significant. A break in ranks became apparent last week when around 200 supporters of the group's former commander, Abdul Majid Dar, staged a protest demonstration in Muzaffarabad against the killing of their leader. Mr Dar was killed over a week ago by unknown assailants in his hometown of Sopore, in Indian-administered Kashmir.
"Boss! Da deed is done! Abdul Majid Dar sleeps widda fishes!"
"You dumped his body in the river?"
"No. But we hid some catfish in his burial turban!"
The protesters publicly accused Syed Salahuddin, the Godfather Duce head of another faction of the group, over the killing. A spokesman for Mr Salahuddin, Salim Hashmi, piously condemned the killing, but did not blame anyone for the attack. He said the group would conduct its own probe into Mr Dar's killing.
"Yeah, yeah. We'll look into it. Big Achmed, here, he's gonna find out what happened and report back to me! Completely independent investigation, y'know? Ain't you, Big Achmed?"
"Duh. Yeah, boss!"
Tufail Altaf, one of Mr Dar's leading supporters and former district commander of the Hizb-ul-Mujahideen, told journalists last week in Muzaffarabad that a new faction of the group had been launched. He also said Amed Yaseen had been appointed as chief of the group and claimed they have the support of 40% of the militants in the group. Syed Salahuddin had expelled Mr Altaf late last year for supporting Mr Dar.
Posted by:Fred Pruitt

#3  When I saw "Dar" in the article, I wondered what YOUR reaction would be, Dar! *chuckles*
Posted by: Ptah   2003-04-02 20:11:30  

#2  I appreciate that they call me "Mister" Dar, but I was here in western PA all along!

Actually, I'd prefer if they called me "O Illustrious One".
Posted by: Dar   2003-04-02 16:36:58  

#1  "... arrested 14 people, 7 from each side ..."

I wonder if they put all 14 in the same cell.
Posted by: Tadderly   2003-04-02 16:13:46  

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