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To: Mohan Marette who wrote (5529)	8/10/1999 9:13:00 AM
From: Mohan Marette	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12475

India downs Pakistani plane India has shot down a Pakistani military aircraft killing all 16 people on board. Pakistani Information Minister Mushahid Hussain: "The aircraft was inside our territory" Pakistan Information Minister Mushahid Hussein told the BBC that it was "unprovoked aggression" by India. He said that the aircraft was on a routine surveillance mission, off the coast of Karachi in southern Pakistan. Pakistani naval authorities said the aircraft - a French-built Atlantique - went missing at 11.00am Pakistan time. The wreckage of the aircraft was discovered shortly afterwards. The BBC's Zaffar Abbas: "The situation is not clear" Mr Hussein said the aircraft was a few kilometres inside Pakistani airspace. He said that journalists would be taken to see where the plane came down. He said five of the dead were officers of the Pakistan navy. India has admitted shooting down the aircraft, but says it was flying in Indian airspace. "A Pakistani maritime reconnaissance and anti-submarine aircraft intruded into Indian airspace," the Ministry of Defence said in a statement. "The aircraft was shot down by Indian Air Force combat planes at 11:15am (0545 GMT). The wreckage of the Pakistani aircraft has been found on the Indian side of the international border," the statement said. They said the wreckage is lying off Kori creek near the western Indian state of Gujarat. The BBC's Zafar Abbas in Islamabad says it is not clear whether the aircraft was hit by an Indian naval ship in the Arabian Sea or an aircraft belonging to the Indian air force. The incident follows some 10 weeks of fighting between India and Pakistani-backed forces inside Indian administered Kashmir. Although fighting in the region ended last month, sporadic shelling between the two sides has continued. There has also been an increase in militant activity in Indian administered Kashmir. Indian military camps have come under militant attacks using rockets and artillery. news.bbc.co.uk

To: Mohan Marette who wrote (5529)	8/10/1999 10:08:00 AM
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Bodansky Rips Off Benazir's Ideological Purdah Former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto gets high marks for double-speak and hypocrisy from Yossef Bodansky, a leading expert on Islamic fundamentalism, and author of the recently published explosive book, Bin Laden. Osama bin Laden, the man who has declared war on America, Bodansky told rediff.com in an exclusive interview this week, has thrived in his jihad (Islamic holy war) to a great extent because of the support he has received from Pakistan. While the Pakistani rulers pretend to help America in its efforts to nab bin Laden, the billionaire-turned-Islamic revolutionary, they actively work with their Inter-Services Intelligence to safeguard and shore him up. "He is the security blanket" for Pakistan, Bodansky, director of the House of Representatives Task Force on Terrorism and Unconventional Warfare, argues passionately...... "But Pakistan certainly backs terrorism," he asserts. The backing is not confined to Kashmir alone, he adds. 216.32.165.70