At 12:20 PM 9/12/01 -0300 Alberto Monteiro wrote:
>I've just read that the muslim separatists of Cashemire
>[part of India, they want to be part of Pakistan] claimed
>the attack. No confirmation yet.
In English, the region is generally spelled "Kashmir."
The region is actually nominally part of India, but after one of the
Indo-Paksitan Wars was left divided by a Line of Control that leaves most
of Kashmir in India, but a small mountainous slice in Pakistan, and a small
postage stamp of Kashmir in the PR of China.
It is unclear what option the predominantly Muslim Kashmiris would prefer -
union with India, union with Pakistan, or independence. A particularly
active group of rebels, however, advocates union with Pakistan, with
Paksitan's support.
JDG
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