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Musharraf's blackmail

Musharraf's blackmail

Author: Editorial
Publication: The Free Press Journal
Date: February 9, 2006
URL: http://www.samachar.com/features/090206-editorial.html

President Musharraf of Pakistan has been flying a number of political kites of late for a solution of Kashmir. In his latest unsolicited advice to India, he says that the first step for ending terrorism in India is the withdrawal of Indian troops from three cites of Kashmir, namely Srinagar, Baramula and Kupwara, the nerve centre of Pakistansponsored terrorism.

Which is a confession on the part of Musharraf that he wills so, he can end terrorism. This is nothing short of blackmail. This is putting a price on achieving peace in Indian cites and towns.

After masterminding the most heinous attack on a congregation of scientists at the Institute of Science in Banglore, for which the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Toiba is responsible, going by a number of indications (LeT has already taken responsibility for the attack on the Delhi market on the eve of Divali last year), Musharraf is almost telling India: `Let your army withdraw from the above-mentioned places and then I shall stop terrorism.'

Conversely, if the Indian army does not withdraw from those three places, terrorists will go on attacking and it is business as usual as far as the Pak army and ISI are concerned.

The new trend in Pak terrorism is to attack India's knowledge industry centres and bleed India (a thousand cuts on India) so that its economic and scientific prowess will be affected. Before the Bangalore attack, it was rumoured that a terrorist attack on the IT complex there was imminent, according to Indian intelligence.

Other equally important targets have been identified, murder equipments are made available to Pak marauders and logistics and other assistance are supplied. Only the strike hour to be decided in accordance with the circumstances prevailing in the judgement of the terrorists. Unwittingly Musharraf disclosed that Pak army has a role in all this with him.

Musharraf is talking about ending terror in India through his own agenda. This is the typical language of the soldier who is trained not to see the other side of the river. The government of India has already made it clear that it will not be browbeaten in the discharge of its sovereign duties like when to withdraw army units from a place or when to redeploy them.

And the General wants India to trust him, since the whole world trusts him. He is welcome to his folly. But even Muslim states like Afghanistan, Kuwait, central Asian republics and even Iraq do not trust him. After Kargil, India cannot and will not trust him. His policy is to show a pleasant face to the outside world of a reasonable and result-oriented politician and to keeping his powder dry, when it comes to India.

Here is a man who seriously suggests to divide Kashmir into seven regions and controlling them jointly by India and Pakistan. All one can say is that the General can pull out as many rabbits from his hat as occasion demands. Now that the Hurriyat delegation is in Pakistan, badmouthing India, the General thinks aloud that self-governance, something between autonomy and independence, would be a Kashmir solution.

All that we tell the Hurriyat people is to win an election and then talk to the Kashmir people. Musharraf's terrorists may be hiding in several parts of India. Hence his attempt to blackmail India. This country will not be cowed down by his double-talk.

His terror badge will not come unstuck by his "comfort level" talks. This country has withstood the blackmail of several of his predecessors.


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