Fred, I appreciate your posting this news. This is one of the rare instances when news such as this which although common in India has made it to this forum. Let's hope this turns into an effort to provide Indian news and Goan news in totality rather than the communally lopsided reporting and discussions we have seen in the past on this forum. 3 Cheers for goanet!!!
On the actual news itself, this is just another instance of the barbarious and inhuman activities of Pakistan and their Islamic terrorists. And for the people of Jammu and Kashmir it is a story much repeated. But I don't see it any different from Staines, Godhra, Gujarat, and all the other communal and politically motivated riots and killings we see everyday in India. I truly cannot understand the psyche of a person who is so obsessed with his religion that he has no qualms about killing innocent men, women and CHILDREN ! The Islamic terrorists have virtually destroyed any honour which the world had given to Islam. The Hindu militants have shown shades of similar colours in Gujarat recently, albeit in a reaction to Godhra. My question is when will it ever end ? Or will it ? Sunila >From: Frederick Noronha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: [Goanet] NEWS: 33 die in gruesome Kashmir massacre >Date: Wed, 15 May 2002 01:54:13 +0530 (IST) > >33 die in gruesome Kashmir massacre (THIRDLEAD) > >By H. Joshi, Indo-Asian News Service > >Jammu, May 14 (IANS) Terrorists dressed in military fatigues Tuesday shot >dead children and wives of Indian soldiers even as the victims begged for >mercy in a gruesome massacre that left 33 people, including the three >attackers, dead in Jammu and Kashmir. > >A sombre Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah blamed Pakistan-backed guerrillas >for the brutal killings and said the death toll - in what is undoubtedly >one >of the worst acts of terrorism in the Himalayan state - could be much more. > >About 40 people were injured, and many were reported to be in critical >condition. > >"We normally don't stop on the highway," said Satish Sharma, the conductor >of the bus and who survived the massacre. "But when we saw men in uniforms >flagging us down, we stopped. Little did we realise what was in store for >us." > >The nationality of the killers was not immediately known, but the >pro-Pakistan Jamiat-ul Mujahideen and the unknown Al-Manzooria claimed >responsibility for the "suicide operation". > >In a statement to a news agency in Srinagar, the groups identified the >three >terrorists who died in the attack as Abu Marsad, Abu Jaffer and Abu Sheal. >Indian officials said all three were in their early 20s. > >The orgy of violence began early in the day when three gunmen, dressed in >military fatigues, boarded a bus carrying Hindu pilgrims from the hill >state >of Himachal Pradesh at a small township near the Pakistan border. > >But by the time the terrorists were gunned down, police sources told >IANS,>they had displayed unprecedented cruelty. > >Many of the victims were children who were asleep in their beds. In some >instances, their mothers begged for mercy from the killers but were mowed >down. A few women survived by hiding under the cots. > >"It is one of the worst setbacks for the army in Kashmir," a police officer >said. _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-W-E-B---S-I-T-E-=-=-= To Subscribe/Unsubscribe from GoaNet | http://www.goacom.com/goanet =================================================================== For (un)subscribing or for help, Contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dont want so many e=mails? Join GoaNet-Digest instead ! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Help support non-commercial projects in Goa by advertizing!! * * * * Your ad here !!
