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June 2002 - India Special Weapons News

  • INDIA / MOUNTAIN FIGHTING Voice of America 30 June 1999 -- INDIA'S MILITARY OFFENSIVE IS TAKING PLACE ON SOME OF THE WORLD'S TALLEST MOUNTAINS. DESPITE INTENSE ARTILLERY SHELLING AND AIR STRIKES POUNDING POSITIONS OF AN ESTIMATED 1000 GUERRILLAS, THE OPERATION TO RECAPTURE THE MOUNTAINS IS SLOW. THE GUERRILLAS ARE ENTRENCHED IN STONE BUNKERS ON UNINHABITED, SNOWBOUND PEAKS.
  • INDIA / KASHMIR Voice of America 29 June 1999 -- INDIAN DEFENSE OFFICIALS SAY THEIR TROOPS STORMED GUERRILLA POSITIONS EARLY TUESDAY AND RECAPTURED POINT 4700, A STRATEGIC HIMALAYAN PEAK KNOWN BY ITS HEIGHT IN METERS.
  • INDO / PAK / KASHMIR Voice of America 26 June 1999 -- INDIA SAYS ITS MILITARY OFFENSIVE IN INDIAN KASHMIR TO EVICT ARMED INTRUDERS IS MAKING PROGRESS. THE MILITARY OFFENSIVE WAS LAUNCHED A MONTH AGO (ON MAY 26TH).
  • INDO-PAK KASHMIR Voice of America 25 June 1999 -- DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE GIBSON LANPHER WILL BRIEF INDIAN OFFICIALS ABOUT TALKS HELD IN ISLAMABAD BETWEEN PAKISTANI LEADERS AND GENERAL ANTHONY ZINNI -- COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE U-S CENTRAL COMMAND.
  • INDIA/KASHMIRVOICE OF AMERICA 24 June 1999 -- THE INDIAN ARMY INTENSIFIED ITS MILITARY OFFENSIVE IN KASHMIR THURSDAY WITH MORE AIR STRIKES AND ARTILLERY BATTLES AIMED AT EVICTING WHAT INDIA SAYS ARE MOSTLY REGULAR PAKISTANI TROOPS IN ITS TERRITORY. THE INDIAN PRIME MINISTER SAYS INDIA WILL NOT CROSS THE LINE OF CONTROL THAT DIVIDES KASHMIR BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES.
  • INDIA / PAK / KASHMIR VOICE OF AMERICA 24 June 1999 -- INDIA'S DEFENSE MINISTER SAYS ABOUT 80 PERCENT OF THE GUERRILLAS WHO ENTERED INDIAN TERRITORY IN KASHMIR ARE REGULAR PAKISTANI ARMY TROOPS. INDIA'S TOP ARMY COMMANDER SAYS CROSSING THE LINE OF CONTROL COULD BECOME A MILITARY OPTION; BUT ONLY IF INDIA'S CABINET APPROVES.
  • KASHMIR TOURISM VOICE OF AMERICA 24 June 1999 -- WITH INDIAN ARMY TROOPS FIGHTING WHAT THEY CALL PAKISTAN-BACKED INFILTRATORS ON KASHMIR'S MOUNTAIN PEAKS AND INDIAN SECURITY FORCES HUNTING FOR ISLAMIC MILITANTS IN THE KASHMIR VALLEY, KASHMIR HAS BECOME PARADISE LOST.
  • A HOT, BUT COLD WAR OVER KASHMIR VOICE OF AMERICA 23 June 1999 -- THOUGH MUCH OF THE WORLD'S MEDIA ATTENTION IS STILL FOCUSED ON YUGOSLAVIA'S KOSOVO PROVINCE, A POTENTIAL TROUBLE SPOT NEAR THE "TOP OF THE WORLD" IS GARNERING SOME ATTENTION.
  • INDIA / PAK / KASHMIRVOICE OF AMERICA 23 June 1999 -- INDIA'S ARMY CHIEF OF STAFF SAYS CROSSING THE "LINE OF CONTROL" WHICH DIVIDES KASHMIR BETWEEN INDIA AND PAKISTAN COULD BECOME A MILITARY OPTION. THE GENERAL SAYS ANY DECISION TO CROSS INTO PAKISTANI TERRITORY WOULD HAVE TO BE TAKEN BY INDIA'S CABINET.
  • INDIA / KASHMIR 22 June 1999 -- INDIAN TROOPS ARE LAUNCHING A MASSIVE OFFENSIVE AGAINST ARMED INTRUDERS ON A STRATEGIC MOUNTAIN RIDGE IN INDIAN KASHMIR. IT IS FOUR WEEKS SINCE NEW DELHI BEGAN ITS MILITARY OFFENSIVE IN KASHMIR. SINCE THEN, THE ARMY HAS REPORTED SLOW BUT STEADY PROGRESS IN ITS OPERATION TO REMOVE THE GUERRILLAS FROM THE MOUNTAIN PEAKS.
  • INDIA / PAK / KASHMIR / FIGHTINGVOICE OF AMERICA 21 June 1999 -- INDIA SAYS IT HAS MORE EVIDENCE THAT ITS TROOPS ARE FIGHTING PAKISTANI SOLDIERS IN KASHMIR AND NOT AFGHAN MERCENARIES OR KASHMIRI ISLAMIC MILITANTS. INDIA SAYS IT HAS LOST 149 MEN IN THE FIGHT TO REGAIN ITS TERRITORY IN KASHMIR WHILE KILLING 326 ENEMY SOLDIERS.
  • INDIA / KASHMIR 20 June 1999 --INDIA SAYS IT EXPECTS PAKISTAN TO PULL BACK ARMED INTRUDERS FROM INDIAN KASHMIR FOLLOWING A CALL BY THE WORLD'S LEADING INDUSTRIALIZED NATIONS FOR THE TWO COUNTRIES TO END THEIR CONFRONTATION IN KASHMIR. BUT INDIA SAYS ITS MILITARY CAMPAIGN TO ROOT OUT THE INFILTRATORS WILL CONTINUE. HE INDIAN ARMY ALSO SAYS IT HAS RECAPTURED A STRATEGIC PEAK FROM GUERRILLAS IN INDIAN KASHMIR.
  • KASHMIR CROSSFIRE VOICE OF AMERICA 19 June 1999 -- IN KASHMIR, FIGHTING CONTINUES, WITH INDIAN ARMY TROOPS BATTLING GUERRILLAS INDIA SAYS ARE BACKED BY PAKISTAN. MOST OF THE FIGHTING IS TAKING PLACE ON STEEP RIDGES HIGH IN THE HIMALAYAS. FAR TO THE SOUTH OF THE MOUNTAIN BATTLEFIELDS, IN THE KASHMIR VALLEY, THERE IS ALSO FIGHTING.
  • INDIA / KASHMIR VOICE OF AMERICA 19 June 1999 -- INDIA'S PRIME MINISTER (ATAL BEHARI VAJPAYEE) SAYS THE ONGOING BORDER CONFLICT IN KASHMIR WILL BE RESOLVED BILATERALLY BETWEEN INDIA AND PAKISTAN. THE COMMENT COMES AS NEW DELHI PRESSES AHEAD WITH ITS MILITARY CAMPAIGN, AIMING TO PUSH BACK WHAT IT CALLS PAKISTANI-BACKED INFILTRATORS FROM INDIAN KASHMIR.
  • TEXT: EIZENSTAT SEES SANCTIONS REFORMS AIDING NON-PROLIFERATION USIA 16 June 1999 -- "We continue to seek comprehensive and permanent national interest waiver authority for all of the Glenn Amendment and related sanctions against India and Pakistan," said Stuart E. Eizenstat, Undersecretary of State for Economic, Agricultural, and Business Affairs, to the U.S.-India Business Council annual conference on June 16.
  • TEXT: BROWNBACK: LIFTING ECONOMIC SANCTIONS WILL ENHANCE CLOSER TIES USIA 16 June 1999 -- Senator Sam Brownback, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee on Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, told businessmen on June 16 that the suspension of U.S. economic sanctions against India, imposed because of its nuclear tests last year, "will allow the U.S. to engage with India on many fronts out of the shadow of the CTBT (Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty)."
  • U.S. Department of State Daily Press Briefing 15 June 1999 -- Indian forces to make slow progress in ground attacks near Kargil against infiltrators from Pakistan. We have seen press reports that Pakistan has accused India of using chemical weapons in fighting. We have no evidence to support this assertion. We were encouraged that the Indian and Pakistani prime ministers continued their direct discussions of the fighting
  • INDIA / KASHMIR / PAKVOICE OF AMERICA 14 June 1999 --INDIAN ARMY TROOPS AND INDIAN AIR FORCE JETS CONTINUED ATTACKS MONDAY AGAINST POSITIONS OCCUPIED BY WHAT INDIA DESCRIBES AS INFILTRATORS BACKED BY PAKISTAN. FIERCE HAND-TO-HAND COMBAT IS REPORTED ON MOUNTAIN BATTLEFIELDS BY INDIAN COMMANDERS WHO SAY THEY CAPTURED MORE TERRITORY ON MONDAY.
  • CHINA/INDIAVOICE OF AMERICA 14 June 1999 -- INDIAN FOREIGN MINISTER JASWANT SINGH HAS ARRIVED IN CHINA FOR A THREE-DAY VISIT THAT INDIAN OFFICIALS SAY WAS SCHEDULED BEFORE NEW DELHI STEPPED UP ITS ATTACKS ON REBELS IN KASHMIR. MR. SINGH'S VISIT TO BEIJING COMES THREE DAYS AFTER A LIGHTNING TRIP TO THE CHINESE CAPITAL BY PAKISTAN'S FOREIGN MINISTER.
  • India and Pakistan Hold `Frosty and Tense' Talks on Kashmir By STEPHEN KINZER The New York Times 13 June 1999 -- The foreign ministers of India and Pakistan met Saturday for the first time since fighting broke out along their border last month, but did not agree on ways to lessen tensions between the two nuclear powers.
  • INDIA / PAK / KASHMIR Voice of America 13 June 1999 -- THE INDIAN ARMY SAYS IT HAS CAPTURED A STRATEGIC PEAK IN KASHMIR AFTER A FIERCE BATTLE WITH WHAT INDIA CALLS "INFILTRATORS" FROM PAKISTAN. INDIA'S PRIME MINISTER VISITED BATTLE AREAS IN KASHMIR SUNDAY JUST ONE DAY AFTER FOREIGN MINISTERS FROM INDIA AND PAKISTAN FAILED TO MAKE ANY PROGRESS ON HOW TO END THE KASHMIR CRISIS.
  • INDIA / PAK / KASHMIR Voice of America 13 June 1999 -- THE INDIAN ARMY SAYS IT HAS CAPTURED A STRATEGIC PEAK IN KASHMIR. INDIA'S PRIME MINISTER VISITED BATTLE AREAS IN KASHMIR SUNDAY JUST ONE DAY AFTER FOREIGN MINISTERS FROM INDIA AND PAKISTAN FAILED TO MAKE ANY PROGRESS ON HOW TO END THE KASHMIR CRISIS.
  • Statement by Prime Minister in Srinagar June 13, 1999 -- By sending mercenaries and its own armed personnel across the Line of Control in the Kargil Sector, Pakistan has once again committed aggression against India. Our Armed Forces are coping with this aggression with their customary bravery and efficiency.
  • External Affairs Minister's Press Conference June 12, 1999 - I made only two points. Firstly, vacation of aggression in Kargil and secondly inhuman treatment of Indian soldiers in Pakistani custody.
  • INDIA / PAK / TALKS / UPDATE Voice of America 12 June 1999 -- TALKS HAVE ENDED BETWEEN INDIA AND PAKISTAN. THE FOREIGN MINISTERS OF BOTH COUNTRIES ENDED THEIR DISCUSSIONS AFTER HOLDING A BRIEF MEETING, FOLLOWED BY A WORKING LUNCH.
  • INDIA / PAK / TALKS Voice of America 12 June 1999 -- TALKS BETWEEN INDIA AND PAKISTAN ON DEFUSING THE KASHMIR CRISIS HAVE ENDED WITHOUT AGREEMENT IN NEW DELHI.
  • INDO / KASHMIR / FIGHTING Voice of America 11 June 1999 -- INDIA SAYS IT WILL GO AHEAD WITH TALKS WITH PAKISTAN ON THE KASHMIR CONFLICT DESPITE WHAT IT DESCRIBES AS THE "BARBARIC TREATMENT OF ITS PRISONERS OF WAR." INDIA SAYS AUTOPSIES ON SIX OF ITS SOLDIERS, RETURNED BY PAKISTAN, INDICATE THEY WERE TORTURED BEFORE BEING KILLED. PAKISTAN REJECTS THE ALLEGATIONS
  • Shri Jaswant Singh, External Affairs Minister at a Press Briefing June 11, 1999 -- This establishes beyond any doubt the involvement and complicity of the Pakistani establishment in this misadventure.
  • INDIA / PAK / KASHMIR Voice of America 09 June 1999 -- INDIAN FIGHTER JETS ALSO ATTACKED BUNKERS ON HIGH GROUND IN KASHMIR OCCUPIED BY WHAT INDIA DESCRIBES AS "INFILTRATORS FROM PAKISTAN." BOTH COUNTRIES HAVE NOW AGREED TO HOLD TALKS ON SATURDAY BUT THERE ARE FEW INDICATIONS THAT THE TALKS WILL END THE CRISIS.
  • INDIA / PAK / KASHMIR Voice of America 09 June 1999 -- THE ARTILLERY ATTACKS FOLLOW AGREEMENT BY BOTH COUNTRIES TO HOLD TALKS ON THE KASHMIR CRISIS THIS SATURDAY IN NEW DELHI. INDIAN OFFICIALS SAY THE TALKS WILL GO AHEAD, BUT SO WILL INDIA'S MILITARY CAMPAIGN TO PUSH WHAT IT DESCRIBES AS INFILTRATORS OUT OF ITS TERRITORY IN KASHMIR.
  • INDIA / PAK / KASHMIR Voice of America 08 June 1999 -- INDIA'S FOREIGN MINISTRY ON TUESDAY SAYS IT HAS ACCEPTED A FORMAL PROPOSAL FROM PAKISTAN FOR TALKS BUT THE TALKS WILL BE CONFINED TO GETTING WHAT INDIA DESCRIBES AS "PAKISTANI-BACKED ARMED INTRUDERS" OUT OF INDIAN TERRITORY IN KASHMIR.
  • TRANSCRIPT: RIEDEL URGES PAKISTAN, INDIA TO SHOW RESTRAINT IN KASHMIR USIA 08 June 1999 -- Bruce Riedel, special assistant to President Clinton on Near Eastern and South Asian affairs, urged Pakistan and India to show restraint in Kashmir and stressing that the U.S. believes "the best way to resolve this problem is through bilateral discussions."
  • Joint meeting of the National Security Council, Strategic Policy Group and National Security Advisory Board June 8, 1999 - Army-Air Force operations in Kargil were the right response to the Pakistani armed incursion across the LoC. All necessary means required to reverse this should be used. Pakistan's recent official pronouncements reveal an inclination towards adventurism.
  • Prime Minister Vajpayee's address to the nation on Kargil situation June 07, 1999 - Pakistan has used force in an attempt to unilaterally alter the Line of Control. Army regulars have been sent. They have been sent to occupy our territory. And, having occupied it, to choke off our links with other parts of our country - in particular with Siachin and Ladakh.
  • INDIA / KASHMIR / PAK Voice of America 07 June 1999 -- INDIA'S PRIME MINISTER SAYS PAKISTAN IS DIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT HE DESCRIBES AS THE INCURSION OF HUNDREDS OF FIGHTERS INTO INDIAN TERRITORY. THE PRIME MINISTER'S COMMENTS CAME LATE MONDAY AS INDIAN FIGHTERS AND ARMY TROOPS ATTACKED POSITIONS OCCUPIED BY THE INFILTRATORS IN KASHMIR.
  • INDIA/FIGHTING Voice of America 06 June 1999 -- INDIAN TROOPS ARE CARRYING OUT MAJOR GROUND ASSAULTS IN INDIAN KASHMIR AGAINST, WHAT NEW DELHI CALLS -- PAKISTAN-BACKED INFILTRATORS. AIR STRIKES RESUMED SUNDAY AFTER BEING HALTED FOR A DAY.
  • INDIA/PAKISTAN Voice of America 05 June 1999 -- INDIA HAS DECIDED TO DELAY TALKS WITH PAKISTAN PROPOSED ON THE KASHMIR CRISIS. INDIAN AUTHORITIES HAVE SEALED OFF THE BORDER REGION WHERE FIGHTING IS TAKING PLACE TO CIVILIANS -- INCLUDING JOURNALISTS.
  • INDIA / PAK / KASHMIR Voice of America 05 June 1999 -- INDIAN AND PAKISTANI TROOPS EXCHANGED ARTILLERY FIRE ACROSS THE KASHMIR BORDER TODAY, AS INDIAN FIGHTER JETS CARRIED OUT ATTACKS AGAINST GUERRILLA INFILTRATORS INDIA SAYS CROSSED THE BORDER FROM PAKISTAN. INDIAN AUTHORITIES NOW SAY THEY HAVE PROOF OF DIRECT PAKISTANI INVOLVEMENT IN THE FIGHTING.
  • INDIA/FIGHTING Voice of America 04 June 1999 -- INDIAN AUTHORITIES ARE ACCUSING PAKISTAN OF ATTEMPTING TO ALTER THE SO-CALLED LINE OF CONTROL THAT DIVIDES KASHMIR BETWEEN INDIA AND PAKISTAN WITH THE HELP OF ARMED GUERRILLAS AGAINST WHOM NEW DELHI HAS LAUNCHED A MASSIVE MILITARY OPERATION.
  • SITUATIONS IN KOSOVO AND KASHMIR DISCUSSED IN CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT 4 June 1999 Press Release DCF/370
  • INDIA / PAK / KASHMIR Voice of America 03 June 1999 -- INDIA IS ACCUSING PAKISTAN OF UNPROVOKED SHELLING OF CIVILIAN AREAS INSIDE INDIAN TERRITORY IN KASHMIR. INDIAN OFFICIALS SAYING THEY WERE MISQUOTED WHEN THEY WERE REPORTED TO HAVE OFFERED INFILTRATORS SAFE PASSAGE BACK TO PAKISTAN.
  • INDIA / PAK / KASHMIR Voice of America 02 June 1999 -- INDIA SAYS IT IS CONSIDERING ALLOWING INFILTRATORS FROM PAKISTAN SAFE PASSAGE BACK TO PAKISTAN IF THEY QUIT FIGHTING. INDIAN CLAIMS THEIR GROUND TROOPS HAVE RETAKEN ALMOST HALF THE TERRITORY SEIZED BY THE INFILTRATORS.
  • INDIA / FIGHTING Voice of America 01 June 1999 -- INDIA SAYS IT IS ACHIEVING SUCCESS AGAINST WHAT IT CALLS PAKISTAN-BACKED INFILTRATORS. CROSS-BORDER FIRING IS REPORTED TO HAVE INTENSIFIED ALONG NEW SECTIONS OF THE KASHMIR BORDER, AS BOTH SIDES HAVE DEPLOYED MORE TROOPS IN THE TENSE REGION.



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