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To: steve kammerer who wrote (4143)	12/30/2003 4:55:06 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER	Respond to of 22250

I was wondering why the Judeofascists are so eager to bump off Gen. Perwez Musharraf... Well, now I've got a clue: The hopeful dance of India and Pakistan A time for peacemaking By H.D.S. Greenway (H.D.S. Greenway) Monday, December 29, 2003 BOSTON Some of the best news this year has come from the Indian subcontinent, as its two nuclear powers, who have fought three wars and nearly went to war again two years ago, now seem to be almost competing in who can move faster to repair half a century of hostility. What began in earnest last April, when Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee of India announced he would make one more try at reaching an accommodation with Pakistan, has now proceeded to an offer by President Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan for a major policy change on how the two nations' dispute over Kashmir must be settled. All could be brought nearer to fruition when the two leaders meet in Islamabad at a regional summit next month. A recent journey to Jammu, the winter capital of Kashmir, as well as to New Delhi and Islamabad has confirmed to me that the timing is indeed right. There is a mood of optimism, and there is hard evidence of a new openness to accommodation. The Kashmiri separatists themselves, long rebellious against Indian rule, have split, with a moderate group now willing to negotiate with India. "Not a sellout, but a way out," said one separatist, Abdul Ghani Baht. Twice in the past, in the Pakistani city of Lahore in 1999 and in the Indian city of Agra in 2001, there were summits between Vajpayee and Musharraf. Both ended without real results, but both were rich in symbolism. This past October, India put forth some confidence-building proposals that included a bus service between the areas of Kashmir under Indian and Pakistani control. Then on Nov. 23, on the occasion of the Muslim feast of Id, Prime Minister Zafarullah Jamali of Pakistan surprised the Indians with a unilateral cease-fire offer along the Line of Control that separates divided Kashmir, the scene of constant fire between the two opposing armies. India accepted quickly and asked if the cease-fire might include the Saichen Glacier, since 1984 the scene of a bizarre confrontation at such high Himalayan altitudes that both armies every year lose more men to frostbite than to gunfire. When Pakistan said yes, the cease-fire became the most comprehensive in 14 years. The Pakistani offer was not contingent on India's stopping military activity in Kashmir, and that, too, was a breakthrough. The two countries have now agreed to further road, rail, air and sea links between them. [...] iht.com Musharraf has successfully pacified Pakistan's geopolitical environs, first in Afghanistan where a "Molotov-Ribbentrop" carve-up of the country rules out another (second) Russian invasion, and secondly in Kashmir --let's keep in mind that India is ruled by PM Vajpayee, an alleged BJP jingoist! That's really too bad for Israel who wants to provide India with ever more military gear (Phalcon,...). Moreover, a stabilized Pakistan will likely become more assertive farther abroad --in its relations with Iran, Turkey, and... Israel. After all, Pakistan is a Muslim powerhouse (150 million people). If Musharraf "the peacemaker" got wasted then the whole Indian subcontinent will be drawn back to square one: some army officers will put the blame of Musharraf's assassination on Kashmiri terrorists (bye-bye the rapprochement with India) and the Afghan leadership will be destabilized as well --and Pakistan will remain isolated and surrounded by foes... just like Turkey. Those Judeofascists are cunning, aren't they? Gus