Muslim World News On-line
Date of Publication: May 2000
INDONESIAN MUSLIMS FOR GLOBAL PEACE AND JUSTICE
Bismillaahirrahmaanirrahiim.
Assalamu'alaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarokaatuh
INDIAN FORCES CONTINUE MURDERING MUSLIM CIVILIANS
Wednsday, May 10, 2000
(LAHORE -- 5/5/00) Indian forces continued to brutalize Kashmir*s civilian
population, killing and wounding several in crackdowns and military
operations. The Indian army has particularly targeted civilian homes,
dragging their occupants from their homes and beating them, on the pretext
that they are searching for mujahideen. As of May 5, seven civilians were
martyred by the Indian army. Many others were dtained. The following are
some details of those actions:
PULWAMA
The Indian army killed three civilians in their home. The soldiers rushed
into a Kashmiri Muslim*s home with guns blazing. The family defended
themselves and managed to kill an Indian Police Assistant Commandant, and
wounded another officer and their driver before they were killed.
KUPWARA
During the course of a cruel operaton in Bandipura the Indian army burnt to
ashes several homes and a school building. The mujahideen interrupted their
operation and killed an Indian Navy commando. Several Indian soldiers
sustainded serious injuries. In the Lasipur region of the district of
Kupwara, the mujahideen threw hand grenades at a Rashtria Rifles Unit
patrol and killed one soldier. Another soldier was wounded.
SURANKOT
Two Indian soldiers were killed and six other received serious injuries
when a battle took place betweeen the Mujahideen and the Indian army*s
Paranine unit in the village of Milian of Surankot. The incident took place
when a spy for the Indian army disclosed the mujahideen*s location,
whereupon the Indian army fired upon them.
BADHAL
Mujahideen gunned down a personnel of Indian Blak Kit commando unit in
Lehzari area of Tehsil Badhal. The Indian commando was undertaking a
surveillance operation in preparation for an anti-Mujahideen operation when
he came under fire from the mujahideen.
THANNA MANDI
Two of the BSF (Border Security Force) were killed in a clash with
Mujahideen. This battle took place in the village of Dharal.
SRINAGAR
In the Jahangir Chowk region of Srinagar, the capitol of Kashmir mujahideen
targeted an Indian Army task force camp; two Indian soldiers were killed.
INDIAN ARMY- SHELLING ACROSS THE LoC.
Four persons embraced shahadah (martyrdom) while eleven, including a
innocent baby of five years, were wounded in an unprovoked shelling by the
Indian army on various sectors across the Line of Control. The wheat fields
caught fire in CHAMB sector. Dozens of cattle wer killed. In a counter
operation by the Pakistan Army on Chamkotti sector, two Indian posts were
shattered while various Indian soldiers including the officers were killed.
"NEW KASHMIRI GENERATION LIKE AN AN INJURED LION"
Excerpts from "New faces join fray in Kashmir," from the American
publication "Christian Science Monitor," May 2, 2000, page 1.
"Ten years into an uprising that has claimed an estimated 60,000 lives -
more than US troop casualties in Vietnam - the militancy is entering a new
phase...
"Unlike previous militants who posed defiantly with homemade guns and made
political statements about Kashmir*s independence, these young new
militants are more sophisticated. They keep their identities hidden from
family members, attack mainly military targets, and act out of what they
say are Islamic motives, which often include the merger of Kashmir with
Pakistan...
"The new militancy, combined with the mujahideen fighters who cross into
Kashmir from Pakistan, is designed to indefinitely perpetuate the
conflict...The new militancy presents a serious problem for Indian
security.
"Perhaps most important, local frustrations are increasingly mediated by an
orthodox message of Islam. The mosque is the place where boys pick up new
ideas and are often approached by recruiters. In the mosques, new groups
are bringing a message of justice as found in the holy Koran and appealing
to the young men.
"Moreover, in a city where Army and security forces patrol every few
blocks, the mosque is a safe place for the boys..."
Lashkar-e-Taiba, whose name means "the army of Madinah," is the military
wing of Markaz Ad-Dawah Wal Irshad. The group is engaged in a military
campaign that targets the occupying Indian forces to force their withdrawal
from Kashmir. Markaz Ad-Dawah Wal Irshad is devoted to da*wah and jihad
based on the principals of Qur*an and Sunnah.
Wassalamu'alaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarokaatuh
(DI-10/05/00)
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