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American troops presence in Kashmir opposed

IRNA

Srinagar, Sept 11, IRNA -- A key coalition partner in Jammu and 
Kashmir (J&K) state government has criticized New Delhi for letting 
American troops land in a sensitive Kashmir region to hold joint 
military exercises with India. 
Bhim Singh, who heads Jammu and Kashmir Panthers Party, accused 
the Vajpayee government of being in a hurry to `divest` Jammu and 
Kashmir to the Americans. 
In a statement, Singh, who is a partner in the Mufti Mohammed 
Sayeed-led J&K government, accused Sayeed of colluding with the Center
on the issue of joint exercises. 
"Never before in the history of India the Americans have been 
allowed this kind of access to a crucial state like Jammu and Kashmir.
Who knows how many of the officers who are participating in the joint 
exercises would pass on information to their friends in the ISI in 
Pakistan," the tough talking politician from Jammu region said. 
He also flayed Indian government for inviting Israeli Prime 
Minister Ariel Sharon to India. 
"We have been traditional friends of Palestine. When the UN 
resolution was passed in 1947 to create the state of Israel after 
dividing the then Palestine, India had opposed the motion. Ariel 
Sharon was responsible for massacre of thousands of innocents in 1967 
when he was a brigadier in the Israel Army. He is the one who did not 
let the Oslo accord to be implemented. We should stand by our 
traditional friend Yasser Arafat," he said. 
IND/AH/210 
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