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Indian opposition warns government against yielding to Pakistan on Kashmir Sunday December 24, 2006 By ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press Writer NEW DELHI (AP) An opposition leader accused India's government Sunday of trying to settle the half-century old dispute with Pakistan over Kashmir by backing away from New Delhi's long held position that the Himalayan region is an integral part of its territory. The statement came amid weekend violence in the divided region. Four suspected guerrillas were killed and three policemen wounded overnight in separate shootouts in the Indian-controlled area of Kashmir, authorities said Sunday. At the same time, two children were killed near the cease-fire line when they picked up an abandoned explosive, police said. ``I would like to warn the country that the government is planning to make a major surrender'' on Kashmir, L.K. Advani, a Hindu nationalist leader, told a meeting of his Bharatiya Janata Party in the northern city of Lucknow. Pakistani President Gen. Pervez Musharraf earlier this month said Islamabad was willing to give up its claim to the entire region if India agreed to jointly administer Kashmir, which would be granted significant autonomy. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh four days ago welcomed Pakistan's peace proposals, causing speculation that the two governments may be working on a deal. There was no immediate reaction to Advani's warning from Singh's government. India, which is predominantly Hindu, and Pakistan, mainly Muslim, have fought two wars over control of Kashmir, where most of the population is Muslim, since they won independence from Britain in 1947. Nearly a dozen rebel groups have been fighting since 1989 for Kashmir's independence from India or its merger with Pakistan. More than 68,000 people, mostly civilians, have been killed in the conflict. (Copyright 2006 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.) In the interest of timeliness, this story is fed directly from the Associated Press newswire and may contain occasional typographical errors +++ -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
