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Your comments and questions are always welcome. To send comments and questions please click here to go to our main page. By Rahul Bedi in New Delhi (Filed: 06/06/2002) India's military is seeking final authorisation to invade the Pakistani side of divided Kashmir in the middle of this month to destroy the camps of Islamic militants. The planned campaign would be similar to the American attack in Afghanistan, in which air strikes would be followed by ground assaults by special forces transported by helicopter, military sources said yesterday. Smart bombs and other advanced ordnance are reported to have been loaded on to French-made Mirage 2000H and Russian-built MiG-27 aircraft at bases in northern and western India. As Jack Straw, the Foreign Secretary, strengthened his warning to Britons to leave the region, military planners in Delhi expressed confidence that a war would not boil over into a nuclear exchange. A senior Indian official accused Britain, America and other western countries of "adding their weight to Pakistan's nuclear blackmail" by telling their citizens to leave. "This is jumping the gun," he said. "Our intention is not to have an all-out war. It would be a limited action." Most senior Indian officers expect that the conflict would last about a week before pressure from America and other powers forced a ceasefire.
Car bomb kills 17 on bus in Israel
June 5, 2002 Posted: 1434 GMT
MEGIDDO JUNCTION, Israel (CNN) -- An explosives-laden car pulled alongside a bus and blew up Wednesday morning in northern Israel, killing at least 17 people aboard the bus and the bomber, according to Israeli police and emergency medical services.
Hours later, Israeli military sources said Israeli tanks had entered the town of Jenin in what was being described as a "pinpoint operation." Palestinian security sources said seven tanks entered the town from two directions.
Within a few hours, the Islamic militant group Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the attack, according to a report on a Hezbollah TV station in Lebanon. It said the claim came in a telephone call to the station. The report said the bomber was from the Jenin area. END
It's more of the same for Israel. Actually, I'm surprised it has gone on this long. I would've figured that Arafat would have cut it out by this time. Maybe he's not as powerful as perceived. I still believe he could do much more but has elected not to.
I am surprised that Israel has not taken a more proactive stand against Palestine. Surrounding Arafat's compound with tanks is not strong enough. But again, I don't know how peace talks are progressing in the region.
The India-Pakistan confrontation is at a fever pitch and has taken the world spotlight off of the Middle East for now. The potential fallout from this conflict is enormous and many millions could perish. India is taking a big chance that Pakistan will not retaliate from the cross border attacks India is proposing. I truly believe that this conflict is a lot more dangerous than the world thinks it is.
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