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Infiltration continued in 2002: US
April 01, 2003 15:38 IST
Pakistan-backed terrorists continued their incursions into Jammu and Kashmir throughout 2002, the US state department said in its annual report for 2002.
"The concerted campaign of execution-style killings of civilians by Kashmiri and foreign-based militant groups continued and included several killings of political leaders and party workers," the report, released on Monday, said.
The terrorists were responsible for killings of armed forces personnel, policemen, government officials and civilians, torture, rape and "other forms of brutality", it said.
Quoting government figures, it said terrorist activity increased notably during 2002 in Jammu and Kashmir.
In two separate attacks in May and November, terrorists entered the Raghunath Temple in Jammu and killed 25 people. On May 15, 30 people were killed and 48 injured by terrorists in Kaluchak.
While terming the October assembly election in the state as "somewhat fair", it noted that more than 260 civilians, 250 security personnel and 370 militants were killed in politically motivated violence during the year.
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Sub: infiltration in 2002
If this fact is known to the US State Dept, would somebody elnlighten me as to why the represenatives of the country harbouring and sponsoring ...
Posted by S.K.SARMA
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Sub: infiltration
This is about a country with out work ,except trying to foment trouble every where in the world in the name of religion.And Indians should ...
Posted by Raghuveer
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Sub: Infiltration into India.
This is simply that infiltration of terrorists are taking place in our country by our very own neighbours. Although we have proved it to them ...
Posted by Jagannath Roy
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Sub: Eye opener
Atlast the US state department confirms that Pakistan-backed terrorists continued their incursions into Jammu and Kashmir throughout 2002 (it should be written throughout the last ...
Posted by Rohit Sharma
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Sub: Infiltration continued in 2002 : US
US knows everything & still enjoys a good relationship with PAkistan. Had PAK done the same with US, imagine how many cities in paksitan BUSH ...
Posted by amethyst
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