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August 2002 - Pakistan Special Weapons News

  • PAKISTAN ARRESTS VOA 28 Aug 2002 -- Authorities in Pakistan are said to have arrested 12-members of an outlawed Islamic organization linked to the al-Qaida terror network.
  • Armitage Holds "Very Full Discussion" With Musharraf Washington File 26 Aug 2002-- Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage described his mission to Pakistan as "broad," and as one that "encompasses the full range" of U.S. - Pakistani relations.
  • PAKISTAN/ARMITAGE VOA 24 Aug 2002-- A top U-S diplomat says tensions between India and Pakistan have eased somewhat since his last visit in June. However, the two South Asian nations remain in a military standoff over the disputed region of Kashmir, with nearly a million troops deployed along their border
  • Indians suffer heavy casualties in attack on Pakistani Post Associated Press of Pakistan 23 Aug 2002 -- Pakistan Friday termed the use of Indian air force in an attack on its post in Northern Kashmir as "highly escalatory" and said Pakistani Army successfully defended the post causing heavy casualties to the enemy. (...) " Unable to make any headway, despite losing dozens of personnel, the Indians in their frustration resorted to a highly escalatory act by bombing the area using the Indian Air Force," he said.
  • PAKISTAN / TERRORISM VOA 14 Aug 2002-- Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has vowed to intensify efforts to crush Islamic extremism -- blamed for a series of recent attacks on Western and Christian targets in the country. In a speech marking the 55th anniversary of Pakistan, the military leader also urged neighboring India to begin talks to resolve the long-running dispute over Kashmir
  • PAK / ATTACK VOA 09 Aug 2002-- At least four people have died and more than 20 were injured in a grenade attack on a Christian missionary hospital near the Pakistani capital, Islamabad
  • PAKISTAN/INDIA/MONKS VOA 06 Aug 2002-- A group of Buddhist monks have started a three-month peace march across Pakistan and India to urge the rival South Asian nations to avoid the dangers of nuclear war. The beginning of their peace demonstration coincides with the August 6th anniversary of the U-S atomic bomb attack on Japan in 1945
  • PAK / ATTACK VOA 05 Aug 2002-- Unknown gunmen in Pakistan have attacked a Christian school, killing at least six-people
  • CHINA/MUSHARRAF VOA 02 Aug 2002-- Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has conferred with his Chinese counterpart during a brief stopover in Beijing



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