DATE=5/27/99
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-249862
TITLE=PAKISTAN/INDIA/KASHMIR (S)
BYLINE=AYAZ GUL
DATELINE=ISLAMABAD
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: PAKISTAN SAYS IT HAS SHOT DOWN TWO INDIAN FIGHTER PLANES
THAT CROSSED INTO PAKISTANI TERRITORY ALONG THE DISPUTED BORDER
IN KASHMIR. AYAZ GUL REPORTS FROM ISLAMABAD.
TEXT: A PAKISTAN MILITARY SPOKESMAN SAYS THE INDIAN JETS WERE
FLYING SIX TO SEVEN-KILOMETERS INSIDE PAKISTANI KASHMIR. THE
SPOKESMAN SAYS PAKISTAN FIRED ANTI-AIRCRAFT WEAPONS AT THE
RUSSIAN-MADE MIG FIGHTER PLANES.
// SPOKESMAN (RASHID QURESHI) ACT //
THE INDIANS INTRUDED INTO PAKISTANI AIRSPACE AGAIN. THERE WERE
TWO AIRCRAFT (A MIG-27 AND A MIG-21) BOTH OF THEM HAVE BEEN SHOT
DOWN.
// END ACT //
THE MILITARY SPOKESMAN SAYS ONE INDIAN PILOT DIED IN THE ATTACK
AND THE OTHER HAS BEEN CAPTURED BY PAKISTANI SOLDIERS.
THE DOWNING OF THE INDIAN PLANES IS SEEN AS A MAJOR MILITARY
ESCALATION IN THE DISPUTED TERRITORY OF KASHMIR. EXCHANGES OF
ARTILLERY FIRE BETWEEN INDIAN AND PAKISTANI TROOPS HAVE
INTENSIFIED IN THE PAST FEW DAYS.
WEDNESDAY, INDIA LAUNCHED AIRSTRIKES IN ITS PART OF KASHMIR TO
DISLODGE WHAT IT CALLS INFILTRATORS. THE SAME DAY, PAKISTAN SAID
INDIAN JETS BOMBED PAKISTANI TERRITORY AND WARNED OF RETALIATION.
(SIGNED)
NEB/AG/RAE
27-May-99 7:31 AM EDT (1131 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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