150yr old Temple in Kashmir attacked by Terrorist , 10 Innocent worshippers brutally slain
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Indo-American Kashmir Forum Prays For The Victims Of Suicide Terrorists Massacred In Kashmir, India
Mon Apr 1, 2:53 PM ET
To: International Desk
Contact: Rajiv Pandit, M.D. of the Indo-American Kashmir (news - web sites) Forum 877-340-2678
WASHINGTON, April 1 /U.S. Newswire/ -- On Saturday, March 30, suicide terrorists attacked a 150-year old famous Hindu temple in the state of Jammu and Kashmir, India. Ten people were brutally slain in a senseless attack on innocent worshippers. Local law enforcement officers have implicated the Pakistan-based Islamic terrorist group, Laskhar-e-Toiba, which is already being targeted by the U.S. for previous, similar acts of brutality. In the month of March alone, Islamic terrorists have also slaughtered over 40 other civilians in Kashmir.
This massacre is only the latest in a series of daring acts of terrorism perpetrated by Pakistan-based groups against the pillars of India's democracy. Pakistan's military commander, General Musharraf, has agreed in principal to assist the U.S. in the war against terrorism, yet he has already released nearly 1000 Islamic terrorists that were arrested in January, including leaders of terrorist outfits that are listed in the U.S. as official sponsors of global terrorism. In fact, Pakistani-trained terrorists have been responsible for the ethnic cleansing of thousands of people belonging to the Hindu minority community, and have forced over 400,000 to flee their home and live as refugees.
As Congressman Frank Pallone recently said in an interview, "Pakistan has encouraged terrorism in Kashmir for so long that I do not think it can be turned around so easily." Indeed, without a more aggressive stance, the seeds of terrorism sown throughout Pakistan will continue to grow, and will again strike at democracies such as India and the United States. Pakistani terrorists operating in Kashmir have already been directly linked to Sept. 11.
Moreover, U.S. military commanders chasing Al Qaeda operatives in eastern Afghanistan (news - web sites) have asked for permission to chase these terrorists across the border into Pakistan, yet Pakistani officials have resisted such measures. Evidence from various sources, including Yossef Bodansky, the director of the House Task Force on Terrorism and Unconventional Warfare, indicates that Pakistan's complicity in harboring terrorists will result in a shift of Al Qaeda forces from Afghanistan into Kashmir. Only sustained, international pressure on Pakistan can prevent this nightmare scenario from taking hold.
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