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To: MythMan who wrote (43440)	5/27/1999 8:39:00 AM
From: Cynic 2005	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 86076

--------------------------- May 27, 1999 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Pakistan Says It Shot Down Two Indian Fighter Jets ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Pakistan said Thursday it shot down two Indian fighter jets that crossed into its territory along the disputed Kashmir border, the flashpoint between two earlier wars between the uneasy neighbors. Using antiaircraft weapons, the Pakistan army said it shot down a MIG-27 and a MIG- 21 fighter jet. A pilot identified as Nachi Kita survived and has been arrested, the Pakistan army said. Another pilot died, they said. There was no immediate comment from the Indian side. The downing of the jets is seen as a major escalation in the battle over Kashmir, a Himalayan territory divided between India and Pakistan. The attacks came as Indian helicopter gunships launched fresh rocket attacks in Kashmir Thursday, the second day of a campaign to dislodge Pakistan-backed guerrillas from the disputed frontier. India said it had aimed rockets at Pakistani soldiers and guerrillas entrenched in rugged, snowcapped mountains in the Indian-held part of Kashmir. Pakistan, however, denied that its troops were involved and said India's aircraft had bombed Pakistani territory. The army said earlier that India soldiers had suffered heavy casualties and were driven back when they attacked Pakistani military outposts on the border. "The way things are escalating now and if bombs continue to fall inside Pakistan on our side of the line of control, we reserve the right to use our anti-aircraft weapons," Army spokesman, Brig. Rashid Quereshi, said. "They have been repulsed and they suffered heavy causalities...it seems there is an effort to occupy positions on Pakistani side of the line of control," he said. On Wednesday India launched airstrikes on its side of the border to flush out what it said were an estimated 600 Pakistan-sponsored militants in the rugged mountains that run like a seam along the dividing line that splits Kashmir between Pakistan and India. India says Pakistani soldiers are among the infiltrators.