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To: ChinuSFO who wrote (12181)	6/6/2002 8:57:40 AM
From: ChinuSFO	Respond to of 12475

India's focus on sharing intelligence with U.S. By C. Raja Mohan NEW DELHI JUNE 5. Intelligence and technology sharing between India and the United States would be the most valuable step towards the effective monitoring and prevention of Pakistan-sponsored infiltration across the Line of Control, senior officials here say. As the Government prepares to engage the visiting U.S. Deputy Secretary of State, Richard Armitage, later this week, there is a strong view here that enhancement of its own national technical capabilities through cooperation with the U.S. is the best guarantor of a permanent end to cross-border terrorism. Mr. Armitage who arrives here on Friday after a round of intensive consultations in Pakistan is expected to convey strong assurances from the Pakistan President, Pervez Musharraf, that he is taking serious steps to prevent cross-border infiltration. As he delivers Gen. Musharraf's assurances to the Indian Government, Mr. Armitage would explore the various mechanisms by which India could satisfy itself that the words of Gen. Musharraf are indeed being translated into actions. India has rejected the various proposals from Pakistan and the international community for a third party monitoring of Gen. Musharraf's pledge on cross-border infiltration. This was reiterated today in Almaty by the Prime Minister, Atal Behari Vajpayee. Informed sources here say the offer of Mr. Vajpayee to consider joint patrolling of the border by Indian and Pakistani armed forces is unlikely to materialise, given the well-known reluctance of Islamabad to entertain such an idea. Since the late 1980s, India had been calling for a joint Indo-Pak. military action to curb cross-border terrorism. While Pakistan has not rejected the proposal outright, it has been unwilling to move down that road. It is in this context, Indian officials here say, bilateral cooperation between New Delhi and Washington might hold the key to effective verification of Gen. Musharraf's promises on cross-border infiltration. India and the U.S. have already discussed the sharing of various technologies in the recent sessions of their Joint Working Group on counter-terrorism. During the Home Minister, L.K. Advani's visit to the U.S. earlier this year he was given a demonstration of various sensors and systems for border management. Acceleration of these technology transfers in the near term and the sharing of intelligence in the immediate term, officials here say, should satisfy India that Gen. Musharraf is implementing his promises. Besides a discussion of the verification mechanisms on cross-border infiltration, Mr. Armitage would want to know what kind of reciprocal steps India would take once it is satisfied that cross-border infiltration has ended. India is expected to offer diplomatic de-escalation when infiltration ends, and consider additional steps towards military de-escalation when Pakistan implements a comprehensive programme to dismantle the infrastructure of terrorism on its soil. hinduonnet.com

To: ChinuSFO who wrote (12181)	6/6/2002 9:12:33 PM
From: Bread Upon The Water	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12475

Thank you for this news. At least it is a proposal which may lead to something.

To: ChinuSFO who wrote (12181)	6/6/2002 9:49:03 PM
From: sea_biscuit	Respond to of 12475

Mr Vajpayee ... took a sideswipe at his rival: "Nuclear powers should not use nuclear blackmail." This Vajpayee guy is an idiot. He should have known that the first and fundamental rule of the nuclear revolution is that nuclear superiority does not matter. A country possessing even a few crude nuclear devices can stave off a giant. The RSS government of India was also talking about how developing nuclear weapons would reduce their spending on conventional weaponry! The idiots are wrong again. Overt nuclearization has now made it possible for Pakistan to carry out a low-intensity conflict against India, and India has to respond only by conventional means. Even there, India can at best hope for a stalemate, because if it pushes Pakistan to the wall, then the latter can threaten to use the N-option! The late 90's Indian tests were partly because of the government's belief that Pakistan was way behind in its nuclear program (prior Indian governments were smarter; they did realize that Pakistan was a "screw-driver's turn" away from making the N-bomb, and so didn't rock the boat very much), and partly because the RSS ideology has only one item: hatred of Pakistan and of minorities within India. Looks like the whole thing has backfired now and India is making up things as they go along, reacting to events rather than anticipating them.