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To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (47955)	3/5/2005 5:59:15 PM
From: IQBAL LATIF	Respond to of 50167

And amidst war on terror and human rights tragedies ‘Peace with India blossoms..” the collateral benefit of post 911 policies.; Indian army experts began removing landmines from Kashmir near the disputed border with Pakistan on Saturday ahead of the first bus service linking the two parts of the Himalayan territory. Indian military authorities said that they would be able to clear the mines before the start of the bus service on April 7 between Srinagar and Muzaffarabad. New Delhi and Islamabad agreed to the bus after months of wrangling over the travel documents passengers would use to cross the disputed frontier. “The army has commenced the process of de-mining the stretch close to the LoC,” said a defence ministry statement. Reuters

To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (47955)	3/5/2005 6:06:26 PM
From: IQBAL LATIF	Respond to of 50167

Abbas asks Israel to give peace a chance RAMALLAH: Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas said on Saturday he could not impose law and order in the Palestinian areas until Israel hands over control of West Bank cities and urged Israel to return to talks on their transfer. “We have no control on the ground,” Abbas told a news conference in Ramallah. Militant groups have undermined recent attempts by Abbas to impose control over the armed groups, twice firing on Palestinian officials and police officers in the last week. Abbas said Palestinian forces would only be effective once Israeli troops leave. “Nobody can say we hold responsibility for the situation because we do not have a presence in the cities,” he said. Israel had promised to hand over five cities following the Feb.8 cease-fire declaration but suspended talks after a Palestinian suicide bomber killed five Israelis at a Tel Aviv night club last weekend. Abbas said the two sides must move ahead with transferring control of the cities. “The Israelis have stopped the talks and we call on them to resume the dialogue as soon as possible,” Abbas said. But Israeli officials said there would be no more talks until the Palestinians find those behind the Tel Aviv bombing and accused Abbas of dragging his feet. “We are waiting to hear the results of the (Palestinian) investigation into the bombing that came from the very same city they want us to hand over,” said Assaf Shariv, a spokesman for Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. The bomber came from a village near the town of Tulkarem, one of the first places slated for transfer. “We are waiting to see what he (Abbas) will do, so far it is not a lot,” Shariv said. Abbas said the Palestinians continued to investigate the attack. “We are conducting an investigation on this operation despite the fact it was orchestrated from places which we have no responsibility,” he said. Islamic Jihad leaders claimed responsibility for the Tel Aviv bombing, but blamed the attack on a local rogue cell working on orders from the Lebanese guerrilla group Hezbollah and not from Islamic Jihad leaders in the Palestinian areas. Israel and the US said the bombing was planned in Syria. Abbas said he had no information linking Syria to the attack. Abbas has been trying to persuade armed men to disarm, resisting calls from Israel and the international community for a crackdown. But many of the militants, who have become virtual rulers of the Palestinian cities during the last four years of violence are reluctant to give up their power. On Friday five Palestinians were wounded when militants opened fire on a Palestinian police station in Nablus, the West Bank’s largest city, after police apparently beat one of their members. Earlier this week, tensions between the Palestinian Authority and the Al Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades, a larger militant group linked to Abbas’ Fatah,Party descended into gunfire in the nearby town of Jenin. ap