Author: AFP
Publication: The Times of India
Date: March 24, 2004
URL: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/579417.cms
Lashkar-e-Taiba vowed on Wednesday
to strike within India to avenge the killing of Hamas spiritual leader
Sheikh Ahmed Yassin.
"We will take revenge here in India
as Yahud (Jews) and Hanood (Hindus) are two sides of the same coin," a
spokesman for Lashkar-e-Taiba was quoted saying by Greater Kashmir newspaper.
"We will convene a meeting of field
commanders shortly to decide as to how revenge could be taken," the spokesman
said.
India and Israel have been forging
closer ties since the late 1990s, particularly in military cooperation.
The government, however, said it
was "appalled" by the helicopter strike on Sheikh Yassin on Monday in Gaza
, saying the assassination of the wheelchair-bound cleric "would exacerbate
the cycle of violence."
