This thing is going to get out of control.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Pakistan and
India conducted tit-for-tat nuclear-capable missile tests yesterday.
The U.S. may be focused on the war in Iraq, but the tests served as a
reminder that other conflicts continue.
India yesterday also accused Pakistan of having a hand in this week's
murder of 24 Hindus in disputed Kashmir, and the two countries exchanged
heavy artillery across the ceasefire line dividing the Himalayan province
between them.
Pakistan condemned the massacre by suspected Islamic separatists and
called for an independent inquiry.
Analysts in Pakistan said they feared New Delhi might be trying to take
advantage of the U.S. war in Iraq to ratchet up tensions over Kashmir.
"There is always the danger that India will try something while the
United States' attention is on Iraq. We would be foolish not to be
wary," Shireen Mazari, head of Pakistan's Institute of Strategic
Study.
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