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>                           Valley of torture, rape
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>                               By Brij Bhardwaj
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> (This article excerpted from the Hindustan Times, New Delhi, 23 August 1992)
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>New Delhi, Aug.22:
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>Terrorism  hides  carefully  the  brutal force it has to use to overcome its
>   opponents, but there are not many instances of force used with such total
>   disregard  of  human  values  as   in   Kashmir  by   Pakistani - trained
>   fundamentalists who during the last  two years have killed 1,585 innocent
>   people.
>
>According  to  reports  prepared  by  intelligence agencies and the migrants
>   belonging to the majority as well as  the  minority  communities, most of
>   those killed in Kashmir were not enemies, in the traditional  sense, that
>   is security personnel, but innocent people, including women and  children
>   in large numbers.
>
>Among the 1,585 victims,  981 were  Muslims,  218  Hindus,  mostly  Kashmiri
>   Pandits, and 23  Sikhs.  The  number of security personnel killed was 383.
>   The total included 12 prominent  political  leaders  and  510  Government
>   officials. Many of them were termed as  informers,  but  the truth is not
>   difficult to establish. The aim  of  the  killings was to destroy all who
>   were not prepared to obey the orders of the militants.
>
>The  worst  part  was  the  torture  which was inflicted on the victims. The
>   bodies bore ample evidence that the  militants  had  no love for Islam or
>   human values, crushed bones, torn limbs, burnt skin,  eyes gorged out and
>   private parts mutilated.
>
>The number of women raped can only be known from the figures  available from
>   hospitals in Srinagar as many of  them  had  to  seek  medical  help  for
>   termination of unwanted pregnancies.
>The treatment meted out to  two  jawans of the Border Security Force was the
>   worst  as  they  were  not only tortured but also blown to bits with live
>   bombs  tied  to  their bodies.  A  well  known Kashmiri poet Sarwant Koul
>   "Prem" and his son were killed after brutal torture.
>
>Death in the hands of the militants is generally without any formalities and
>   quick but in some cases mock trials  are  staged and the victims executed
>   publicly. The  militants  have no respect for age as the victims included
>   a  veteran  freedom fighter  Maulana Masoodi, former member of Parliament,
>   who had crossed 90 and was leading  a  retired  life.  Another victim was
>   Mr Subhan Dar, a former member of the State  Assembly,  in  his  eighties,
>   an  87-year  old  veteran  Communist  leader  Abdul  Sattar  Ranjoor.
>
>The  victims  included  many  a  few  months  old infants. To demoralise the
>   judiciary a retired sessions judge, Mr K.N.Ganjoo  -  who  had  convicted
>   a militant, Maqbool Bhat - and prominent  advocates  like Mr P.N.Bhat and
>   Mr Mohammad Sheban were eliminated. The political leaders killed included
>   Awami Action Committee chairman Mohammad Farooq and Mir  Mustafa, neither
>   of whom could be accused of being pro-India.
>
>To enforce the use of the burqa, unknown in Kashmir till  recently, acid was
>   thrown on young girls to disfigure their faces.  Young militants going to
>   well-to-do families and demanding  that  they  should be allowed to marry
>   their daughters, forced a large-scale migration from Srinagar.
>
>These cases became so common that even leaders of the militants had to issue
>   a warning  to  their  followers  and  express their unhappiness over such
>   happenings.
>
>The number  of women attacked is estimated to be over 300, and in many cases
>   provoked angry demonstrations in towns like Srinagar and Anantnag.
>
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i would be really interested to hear the comments of our "freedom-loving,
noble, terrorism supporting" neighbours.
I wouldnt be surprised to see the above actions defended by some more 
skewed logic about how its my country's army that is somehow responsible for
all the shit mentioned.

And the sad part of it is, they will all, to a man, support their govt.'s
stupidity  in kashmir.
Look at afghanistan......"Freedom due to the great pakistan!"
and todays paper says they closed their borders to refugees from afghanistan..
I feel reasonably sure, pakistan will only be happy when the situation in
Kashmir(what a beautiful place), resembles the chaos in afghanistan.
Wonder what kind of sadistic "happiness" that is...

-harsh
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