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To: iowamann, Spam Queen who wrote (437)	1/21/2002 10:35:40 PM
From: thestockrider	Respond to of 450

The quagmire is going to be the second year of Jr's presidency when the Enron crap eats up the congressional agenda. Judicial nominations ... uh, mebbe later after the Enron depositions. Didja see this article on the Bushies turning the screws on the Indians and Pakistanis? This time the Indians get the heat. hindustantimes.com Key commander was shifted at US behest Vishal Thapar (New Delhi, January 21) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lt-General Kapil Vij, commander of 2 Corps was removed from his post after the US expressed “concern” over the forward deployment of the strike formations under his command. Government sources confirmed that the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) issued instructions that the general be shifted. Consequently, the army asked Lt-General Vij to proceed on leave. He has been replaced by Lt-General B.S. Thakur, the chief of staff of the Army Training Command, Shimla. The army had said that Lt-General Vij had gone on leave for personal reasons. Last week US satellites picked up the movement of the Ambala-based 2 Corps of which Lt-General Vij was the General Officer Commanding. The satellite images apparently showed that some armour columns of 2 Corps had moved into strike areas from their concentration areas, which are generally at a safe distance from the border. Forward movement of strike corps can be construed as a threatening stance. “The information was also made available to Pakistan. The Americans discussed the issue with Pakistan during US Secretary of State Colin Powell’s visit to Pakistan last week. Following this, the US expressed its concern to India,” said sources. The US reportedly confronted India with the images. But the government apparently professed ignorance, and denied that it had instructed the strike formations to move to forward locations. “The PMO immediately asked the army to take action against Lt-General Vij,” a senior officer revealed. Army Headquarters complied by asking the corps commander to go on leave. One of the three strike corps of the Indian Army, 2 Corps is trained, equipped and tasked to launch offensive operations inside enemy territory. A strike corps has a substantial armour (tank) component. All three strike corps, including the Mathura-based 1 Corps and the Bhopal-based 21 Corps, have been mobilised in the ongoing Operation Parakram. Sources in the army admit that it is “improbable” for a strike commander to issue movement orders without the approval of his seniors. Lt-General Vij’s immediate superior is Lt-General S.S. Sangra, commander-in-chief of the Western Army. An Armoured Corps officer, Vij has earlier commanded 31 Armoured Division from Babina. He was promoted to Lt-General in June 2000, and was given command of the strike corps, a prestigious assignment. Army Headquarters said that the replacement of Lt-General Vij is no reflection on his professional competence. In the current build-up, 2 Corps is a crucial formation. It was this corps which was to conduct an exercise to display India’s armoured might. However, as a conciliatory measure, India has decided not to hold the exercise.