-Caveat Lector- WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War! War games to equip troops for nuclear, biological strike begin Reuters (New Delhi, May 5) INDIA LAUNCHED on Saturday its biggest military exercise in over a decade near the border with Pakistan, the defence ministry said. About 50,000 troops and more than 100 combat planes are taking part in the manoeuvres aimed at equipping soldiers to cope with a nuclear, biological or chemical weapons strike. "The main exercise has begun, it is a five-day war game," an Army spokesman said. The government said Pakistan had been informed about the exercises in the Bikaner sector, some 250 km from the border, but Islamabad said there was no advance notice. Tensions between nuclear-capable India and Pakistan have been running high since they came to the brink of a third conflict over the disputed region of Kashmir two years ago. The Army spokesman said he was not at liberty to give details except that it was a training exercise in which soldiers would practice drills and procedures against a nuclear backdrop. Officials said the desert exercises named "Complete Victory" will include a mock battle involving ground troops, fighter planes and commandos. Fighter planes will test their ability to launch deep strike missions and the Army's elite commandos and paratroopers will aim at seizing "enemy" assets as part of the mock war games. Defence Minister Jaswant Singh, who is also the country's foreign minister, and the chief of the Army staff General S. Padmanabhan are expected to watch the exercise which will end in a firepower demonstration in the Pokhran test range. Pokhran is also the site of India's nuclear underground nuclear tests carried out three years ago. Pakistan answered the Indian explosions with tests of its own in May 1998. *COPYRIGHT NOTICE** In accordance with Title 17 U. S. C. Section 107, any copyrighted work in this message is distributed under fair use without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for nonprofit research and educational purposes only.[Ref. http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml ] Want to be on our lists? Write at [EMAIL PROTECTED] for a menu of our lists! <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
