DATE=5/27/99
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-249849
TITLE=INDIA / KASHMIR / AIRSTRIKES / S
BYLINE=JIM TEEPLE
DATELINE=NEW DELHI
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: INDIA THURSDAY LAUNCHED A NEW WAVE OF AIRSTRIKES IN
KASHMIR AGAINST WHAT IT DESCRIBES AS "INFILTRATORS," DUG IN ON
HIGH GROUND ON THE INDIAN BORDER WITH KASHMIR. V-O-A'S JIM
TEEPLE REPORTS PAKISTAN IS CALLING THE AIR RAIDS VERY SERIOUS AND
SAYS IT HAS RESERVED THE RIGHT TO RETALIATE.
TEXT: A NEW WAVE OF JET FIGHTERS ROARED OVER THE VILLAGES OF
KARGIL AND DRAS THURSDAY, TARGETING SOME OF THE SAME AREAS THAT
WERE HIT WEDNESDAY. THE AREA IS ABOUT 200 KILOMETERS NORTHEAST
OF SRINIGAR -- THE SUMMER CAPITAL OF INDIA'S JAMMU AND KASHMIR
STATE. AIR COMMODORE SUBASH BHAJWAN, WHO DIRECTS OFFENSIVE
OPERATIONS FOR THE INDIAN AIR FORCE, SAYS INDIA IS TAKING ALL
NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS NOT TO STRIKE PAKISTANI TERRITORY.
// BHAJWAN ACTUALITY //
WE ARE RESTRICTING OUR AIR OPERATIONS WELL CLEAR OF THE
"LINE OF CONTROL." THIS IS OUR TERRITORY. IT IS UNDER
OUR CONTROL. IT IS MARKED ON THE MAP.
// END ACTUALITY //
COMMODORE BHAJWAN AND OTHER SENIOR OFFICIALS SAY INDIA WILL NOT
TOLERATE ANY INTERFERENCE WITH ITS CURRENT AIR OPERATIONS. ANY
ESCALATION OF THE CURRENT CONFLICT THEY SAY WILL BE ENTIRELY THE
RESPONSIBILITY OF PAKISTAN.
(SIGNED)
NEB / JLT / WD / WD
27-May-99 1:33 AM EDT (0533 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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