Islamabad has ruled out the existence of any camps in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir training Kashmiris fighting Indian occupation of Jammu and Kashmir. Speaking at a news conference following his talks with Pakistani officials, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage said President Pervez Musharraf has given him an "absolute assurance that there is nothing happening across the Line of Control." He added that Musharraf told him there were no militant training camps in Pakistani-controlled Kashmir, as India alleges and that "if there were camps they would be gone tomorrow."
| All I can think is that they're giving Perv plenty of rope to hang himself. The statement's laughable on its face... |
Pakistan has always denied existence of such camps and ruled out any role in anti-India movement going on in Kashmir since late 80s. Armitage, who held separate sessions with Musharraf, Prime Minister Zafarullah Jamali and the foreign minister during his two-day visit, acknowledged that cross border infiltration into Indian-controlled Kashmir was going down. "The infiltration and the cross-border violence and the lethality are down from this time last year," he told the news conference.
| On the other hand, if some goober with a turban is in the process of cutting off your head, you don't really care that not as many heads were cut off this year as last, do you? |
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