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To: Thomas M. who wrote (8275)	11/9/2001 10:44:31 AM
From: goldsnow	Respond to of 23908

No Indian, in his right mind, would claim to be satisfied with the way things are in the Kashmir valley. Despite our many problems, we value our democracy and our freedoms. We are desperately unhappy with a situation where thousands of soldiers are required to maintain law and order in a state. Nor do we deny that there are human rights violations — our own press and judiciary speak out against these, despite the anger of our security forces. But the freedoms and opportunities offered to the people of Kashmir are no different from the freedoms offered to the people of Karnataka or Punjab or Orissa: the freedom to participate in the political process, to fight elections and to change things the democratic way. These are freedoms not available to the people of Pakistan. hindustantimes.com

To: Thomas M. who wrote (8275)	11/9/2001 10:50:41 AM
From: goldsnow	Respond to of 23908

Lebanon was in the grip of a civil war that began in 1975 and killed some 100-200 thousand people by the time it ended in 1990. There were many factions involved but in its beginnings there were only two: Maronites and Palestinians. The latter came in 1948 and then in 1970 when Arafat's PLO fought the Jordanian army, resulting in many thousand deaths, mostly Palestinians. The Christian Maronites controlled Lebanon's armed forces. The other religious groups were not armed. The Shi'ites who lived mostly in southern Lebanon were quiescent. The militant Palestinians armed themselves in a plan to attack Israel from within Lebanon. ncmonline.com Ghassan al-Imam, a regular commentator for the As-Sharq al-Ausat wrote in its April 17 issue: "The Israeli raid on the Syrian radar facility on a peak along the Beirut-Damascus was really a response by Ariel Sharon to the speech Baasher al-Asad gave at the recent Arab summit in Amman Jordan. And in part it also was aimed at Hizbullah's attack on an Israeli armored car in the disputed Shaba Farms area.' 'But the raid also served Syrian purposes in weakening those Lebanese who want Syrian forces to get out of Lebanon. It also was a signal to Arafat that there was no chance that a Syria under threat could do anything to help Arafat if he persisted in his 'option' of continuing the Intifada."