TERRORISM IN INDIA
EXTRACTS FROM INDEPENDENT REPORTS FROM THE
WESTERN, PAKISTANI, AND INDIAN PRESS
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
India, as attested by the CIA, successive Administrations, and
senior State Department officials, is facing an expensive and in-
direct conflict with Pakistan. Pakistan, by training and sup-
porting insurgents in Punjab and Kashmir, has induced instability
in these border regions. As evidenced in Punjab, Kashmiri ter-
rorists are successfully propagating a dis- information campaign
alleging human rights excesses, rapes, and the like. The Press
Council of India, an independent, statutory body of journalists,
judiciary, business men, and other eminent Indians examined these
allegations closely and has released a report titled "Crisis and
Credibility: Lancer Paper IV." According to the report, although
there were human rights excesses, a majority of the allegations
were militant propaganda. In instances where the security per-
sonnel were found guilty, they were immediately punished. In a
recent edition of a reputed video magazine, "Newstrack," several
women acknowledged having falsely accused the security personnel
at the insistence of terrorists. Many of these women, after hav-
ing been repeatedly raped by the terrorists, have now joined the
Border Security Force (BSF) and are now urging others to take re-
fuge with the BSF. As evidenced in that report, the popular sen-
timent is now against the insurgency it once favored.
The terrorists have systematically silenced dissenting voices --
Vice-chancellors, judges, lawyers, teachers, journalists, pri-
ests, and families of security personnel are among those mur-
dered. This terror campaign that runs across religious boun-
daries has resulted in the exodus of several hundred thousand
civilians from the Kashmir valley. Many, never to return again
and claim property they legally own. Once prosperous areas, the
border regions now have struggling economies. Development aid is
necessary to restore normalcy and bring hope to the people.
Recently, the New York Newsday and The Statesman quoted a CIA
study ("Heroin in Pakistan: Sowing the Wind") to demonstrate
that Pakistan has been using profits from state-sponsored drug-
trafficking activities to fund Sikh and Kshmiri terrorists. The
Times of India reports that Pakistan sponsored gun-running is
rampant not only in Punjab and Kashmir, but also Maharashtra, Gu-
jarat (Ahmedabad), and indirectly Bihar (sale through Punjab ul-
tras).
The United Press of India reported an official of the then Nawaz
Sharif Government's cabinet, Sardar Assef (then minister for
economic affairs) resigning from the cabinet because ``Prime min-
isters or foreign ministers of every Muslim country that I visit-
ed complained against the presence of terrorists on Pakistani
soil. Every time I returned, I informed Sharif and the Foreign
Office, but nothing whatsoever was done.'' He further added that
"nothing was done" when the Tunisian Prime Minister asked Islama-
bad for help in catching a militant who had established himself
in Pakistan.
The Washinton Post in its analysis on U.S.-Pakistan relations re-
poted "In recent weeks, Pakistan has figured, if circumstancial-
ly, in a rash of high-profile terrorist incidents. People who
have come from, fled to, trained in or had other ties to Pakistan
have cropped up, sometimes in tenuous ways, in reports about
bombings in Bombay and at the World Trade Center in New York, the
shootings outside CIA headquarters in Langley, VA., and attacks
on police and tourists in Egypt."
The Internation Herald Tribune repoted that "Muslim guerillas
fighting the India government in Kashmir acknowledge that they
are receiving arms and training from Pakistan, as well as advice
from Pakistan's Inter Services Intelligence Agency...In the Indi-
an state of Punjab, radical Sikh separatists continue to wreak
havoc with weapons obtained in Pakistan."
The Time analyzed that the "ISI emphasis on promoting pro- Pakis-
tan parties stems from Islamabad's eagreness to claim Kashmir for
itself; a stress on Islam reflects the influence of Jamaat-e-
Islami, a small but highly influential party that is part of
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's ruling coalition. The party...(is)
convinced that the only legitimate uprising for Muslims is Jehad,
a holy war based on Islamic teachings." The Statesman in an edi-
torial on the assassination of Dr. Guroo stated that "The killing
of Dr. Guroo follows a familiar pattern. Mirwaiz Maulvi Farooq
and Mir Mustafa were assasinated in 1990 when the Janata Dal
Government had initiated an equally hasty peace process which
ended abruptly in a way that the rabid pro- Pakistani militants
interpreted as a victory for them. It is likely that Pakistan is
involved in the command or operational part of the crime, or
both, since peace in Kashmir would signal a political and mili-
tary defeat for Islamabad and follow the familiar strategy of us-
ing teh Hezbul Mujahideen to eliminate peace brokers in Kashmir
and thwarting even preliminary attempts at negotiations."
The India Today's Newstrack video magazine's editorial comment on
the terrorism in Kashmir and alleged human rights violations by
the security forces "....For years we have been hearing the so-
called "excesses" of the security forces in Kashmir. Amenesty
international and other organizations have been drowing us in
oceans of crocodoile tears. There have been excesses and they
have been covered by the press. But why don't the bleeding heart
liberals worry about the terrorist atrocities in the state? Why
dont they worry about innocent young girls rapend by the mili-
tants and the young boys inducted into the movement at gun-
point. It may be fashionable to lecture the security forces on
human rights. But what about the human rights of the innocent
civilians who become victims of terrorism?""
The Times of India in an editorial following the killing of a
fdreaded terrorist and the violence that ensued commented "The
three-day long orgy of violence and destruction of property in
the Kashmir valley after the death of Muhammed Maqbool Ilahi, the
Hizbul Mujahedeen division commander for Srinagar, has effective-
ly derailed Mr. Rajesh Pilot's best-laid plans to restore normal-
cy in the troubled state. Perhaps this was precisely the inten-
tion of the Hizbul cadres and their puppeteers across the bord-
er."
Independent and responsible sources in the West, Pakistan, and
India have repeatedly reported Pakistan's complicity in assisting
terrorists activities in India (and many other countries). The
wave of terror that it has resulted has caused unsettled and
caused distress to millions of people and has diverted millions
of dollars from economic development into fighting a wasteful and
bloody war.
The Nation quoted the then Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif as saying
"He (Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif) said that Kashmir would become
part of Pakistan and thanksgiving prayers would be offered in
Srinagar..." The Nation again reported that "The Gates Mission (
led by Robert Gates, Deputy National Security Adviser to the U.S.
President) has confirmed that the information (regarding
Pakistan's running 31 training camps for the Kashmiri militants)
was supplied by the Pakistani officials."
MEDIA REPORTS FROM THE INTERNATIONAL PRESS AND MEDIA
Summary of sources cited:
New York Newsday, February 23, 1993 -- "CIA: Herion Rules
Pakistan" by Knut Royce
Study: "Heroin in Pakistan: Sowing the Wind" commissioned
by the CIA
The Washington Post, April 21, 1993 -- "After Cold War,
U.S.-Pakistan Ties Are Turning Sour" by Molly Moore and John
Ward Anderson with contributions from Kamaran Khan in Karachi,
Pakistan
The Washington Times, November 2, 1992 -- "Outsiders join
'jihad' in Kashmir" by Robert Ehrlich
The Washington Times, November 1, 1992 -- "Rebel chieftan
defends 'jihad' to join Pakistan" by Richard Ehrlich
The Washington Post, April 23, 1990 - Selig S. Harrison
Independent Television News (Channel 4), September 14, 1991
Reuter, April 22, 1990
Internation Herald Tribune, Dec 10, 1990 - Steve Coll
The Economist, July 9, 1990
The Guardian, July 20, 1990 - Derek Brown
Washington Times, May 15, 1990
Time, July 22, 1991 - Edward W. Desmond
BBC, May 1, 1990
New York Newsday, February 23, 1993 -- "CIA: Herion Rules
Pakistan" by Knut Royce
Study: "Heroin in Pakistan: Sowing the Wind" commissioned by
the CIA
"The study cites "numerous reports" that Pakistan powerful mili-
tary intelligence agency, the Inter Services Intelligence Direc-
torate, used drug money to fund groups it supports in neighboring
conflicts. These reports, the document says, are that the ISI
"use herion profits" to help finance the war in Afghanistan
(against the former Soviet Union) and has developed similar fund-
ing arrangements with Sikh militants in India and Kshmiri insur-
gents in Indian-controlled Kashmir."
"Asked whether the top Pakistani officials at the very least con-
doned the drug trade, Tom O'Grady, the Drug Enforcement
Administration's acting chief of herion investigations, said,
"Precisely." "
The Washington Post, April 21, 1993 -- "After Cold War,
U.S.-Pakistano Ties Are Turning Sour" by Molly Moore and John
Ward Anderson with contributions from Kamaran Khan in Karachi,
Pakistan
"The United States issued its warning based what U.S. officials
said is evidence that Pakistan is aiding secessionists in two
neighboring Indian state, Kashmir and Punjab."
"In recent weeks, Pakistan has figured, if circumstancially, in a
rash of high-profile terrorist incidents. People who have come
from, fled to, trained in or had other ties to Pakistan have
cropped up, sometimes in tenuous ways, in reports about bombings
in Bombay and at the World Trade Center in New York, the shoot-
ings outside CIA headquarters in Langley, VA., and attacks on
police and tourists in Egypt."
"But according to a former ISI official who spoke on condition of
annonymity, Pakistani officials cultivated close ties to Indian
Muslims who participated in the Afghan jihad. The official said
Pakistan segregated them in special training camps and, after
they returned to India, supplied help through them to insurgences
in Kashmir, Punjab and the northeastern state of Assam."
"Now, with the United States focusing on the terrorism issue, ISI
increasingly is funneling assistance to India through third par-
ties, according to a second former ISI official. He said
Jamaat-i-Islami has hired former employees of ISI and the Special
Services Group, the army's elite commando force, to run its Kash-
mir operations."
The Washington Times, November 2, 1992 -- "Outsiders join
'jihad' in Kashmir" by Robert Ehrlich
"Hundreds of Muslim militants from throughout the MIddle East are
in Kashmir to take part in an Islamic "jihad" against Indian
government, according to high-ranking officers of the Hez-ul Mu-
jahideen, or Party of Holy Warriors."
"Muslim militants are attempting to gain control of about two-
thirds of Kashmir, which is ruled by India, and create fundemen-
talist Islamic state."
The Washington Times, November 1, 1992 -- "Rebel chieftan
defends 'jihad' to join Pakistan" by Richard Ehrlich
"The most powerful guerrilla in Kashmir, Supreme Commander Syed
Salludin, says he is leading a "jihad," or holy war; to rip this
valuable state from Inaid, attach it to Pakistan and establish a
fundementalist Islamic regime."
The Washington Post, April 23, 1990 - Selig S. Harrison
"Pakistani stimulation of the Punjab insurgency goes back to the
beginnings of the Zia ul Haq regime in 1978. By 1984 the Pak
Army's Field Intelligence Unit was helping to organize the Li-
beration Front in the Indian held Kashmir Valley. By 1988, the
Inter Services Intelligence Directorate (ISI) in Islamabad had
begun to set up training camps in Pakistan held Azad Kashmir,
manned by retired Pakistani Army officers."
Independent Television News (Channel 4), September 14, 1991
"There is mounting evidence that Sikh separatists in the Punjab
are getting significant help from neighbouring Pakistan, though
Pakistan has always denied it."
Reuter, April 22, 1990
""With this we have trained about 200 so far" said Rehman (a Pak-
istani instructor) at Miramshah. "After 40 days training on a
variety of weapons, unarmed combat and sabotage," he said,
"course graduates were sent back across Pakistan to infiltrate
Indian controlled Kashmir."
Internation Herald Tribune, Dec 10, 1990 - Steve Coll
"Muslim guerillas fighting the India government in Kashmir ack-
nowledge that they are receiving arms and training from Pakistan,
as well as advice from Pakistan's Inter Services Intelligence
Agency... In the Indian state of Punjab, radical Sikh separa-
tists continue to wreak havoc with weapons obtained in Pakistan."
The Economist, July 9, 1990
"The doctor (Farooq Hyder, vice-president of the JKLF) declared
that the Front has 10,000 armed supporters."
The Guardian, July 20, 1990 - Derek Brown
"Clearly Pakistan's involvement with the uprising goes beyond the
"political and moral support" it says it gives."
Washington Times, May 15, 1990
"Some of them (Kashmiri youths) said they were trained to use ri-
fles, anti-tank weapons and even anti-aircraft guns in their re-
bellion against Indian rule of Kashmir."
Time, July 22, 1991 - Edward W. Desmond
"ISI emphasis on promoting pro-Pakistan parties stems from
Islamabad's eagreness to claim Kashmir for itself; a stress on
Islam reflects the influence of Jamaat-e-Islami, a small but
highly influential party that is part of Prime Minister Nawaz
Sharif's ruling coalition. The party...(is) convinced that the
only legitimate uprising for Muslims is Jehad, a holy war based
on Islamic teachings."
Time, July 22, 1991 - Edward W. Desmond
"Beg (leader of the student wing of the JKLF) had just returned
from a visit to Pakistan. There he had been persuaded that the
future lay in cooperation with Pakistan's powerful Inter Services
Intelligence (ISI), which has been playing a steadily stronger
covert hand in encouraging militant groups in Kashmir with
weapons and training. The price for that help; a pro-Pakistan
and pro-Islam stand."
BBC, May 1, 1990 "They (Kashmir dissidents) are being
trained in a variety of mordern armaments including automatic ri-
fles, stens, rocket propelled grenades and setting up ambushes.
Now because they were not allowed out of their camps they were
unsure whether it was in Pakistan, or in Pakistan occupied Kash-
mir, or whether it was in Afghanistan."
MEDIA REPORTS FROM THE INDIAN PRESS AND MEDIA
Summary of sources cited:
India Today, Newstrack, March 1993
The Economic Times, April 9, 1993 -- "Dhaka, ISlamabad
back out on law to ban terrorism"
The Statesman, April 15, 1993 -- "Top Babbar Khalsa
militant surrenders"
The Stateman, April 8, 1993 -- "Elusive Peace" Editorial
The Times of India, April 10, 1993 -- "Pak working to stop
Dawood extradition" by Subash Chakravarti
The Times of India, April 10, 1993 -- "Pilot offers job to
Valley rape victim"
The Statesman, April 15, 1993 -- "Mark of the ISI still
eludes" by Raju Santhanam
The Statesman, April 19, 1993 -- "Victim of militancy vows
revenge"
The Statesman, February 25, 1993 -- "Pakistani drug money
aiding militants in India, says CIA"
The Times of India, April 14, 1993 -- "Violence In The
Valley" Editorial
The Times of India, April 13, 1993 -- "ISI special camps
for militants"
The Hindustan Times, April 2, 1993 -- "The Shocking Tale
of Shahina"
The Times of India, April 10, 1993 -- All India Arms
market
The Economic Times, April 9, 1993 -- "Dhaka, ISlamabad
back out on law to ban terrorism"
"Pakistan and Bangladesh on Thursday refused to abide by a time-
frame in adopting enabling legislation to help implement the
SAARC convention on anti-terrorism to check cross-border terror-
ism...."
"Pakistan and Bangladesh are the only two countries of SAARC
which are yet to to pass enabling legislations to harmonize their
national laws with the SAARC convention o n anti-terrorism."
The Stateman, April 8, 1993 -- "Elusive Peace" Editorial
"The killing of Dr. Guroo follows a familiar pattern. Mirwaiz
Maulvi Farooq and Mir Mustafa were assasinated in 1990 when the
Janata Dal Government had initiated an equally hasty peace pro-
cess which ended abruptly in a way that the rabid pro- Pakistani
militants interpreted as a victory for them. It is likely that
Pakistan is involved in the command or operational part of the
crime, or both, since peace in Kashmir would signal a political
and military defeat for Islamabad and follow the familiar stra-
tegy of using teh Hezbul Mujahideen to eliminate peace brokers in
Kashmir and thwarting even preliminary attempts at negotiations."
The Times of India, April 10, 1993 -- "Pak working to stop
Dawood extradition" by Subash Chakravarti
"Pakistan is actively working to prevent the United Arab Emirates
giovernment from handing over a notorious smuggling don and the
prime suspect in the Bombay blasts case, Dawood Ibrahim, to the
Indian authorities,.
"Obviously to protect the suspects in the Bombay blasts including
the Memon brothers, Pakistan has taken diplomatic initiative to
influence teh UAE government."
"There is no gainsaying the fact that Pakistan has been extremely
active both in the UAE and other countries which have been the
playground of terrorists actively involved in creating distur-
bances in India."
The Times of India, April 10, 1993 -- "Pilot offers job to
Valley rape victim"
"Waiving government rules, the minister for internal security,
Mr. Rajesh Pilot, has offered a job as a CRPF constable to Ms.
Shaheena who was kidnapped and raped by Kashmir terrorists before
being rescued by security forces in the Valley recently."
The Statesman, April 15, 1993 -- "Mark of the ISI still
eludes" by Raju Santhanam
"At least six of the 16 people arrested in Bombay, who have con-
fessed that they received training in Pakistan, went to Islama-
bad. Passenger manifests of PIA mention their names and the
dates on which they travelled."
"Initial reports suggest that some of the grenades have been
traced to a firm in Austria with which Pakistan has a collaborra-
tion."
The Statesman, February 25, 1993 -- "Pakistani drug money
aiding militants in India, says CIA"
"Pakistan's military intelligence used narcotics profits to fund
separatist movements in India, according to an American Central
Intelligence Agency study, report PTI and UNI."
"The study found that the heroin trade had penetrated the
"highest political circles" of Pakistan and "is becoming the li-
feblood" of the conomy and Government in that countray, the New
York Newsday reported Tuesday."
"The intelligence documents assert that heroin traffickers fi-
nanced the ruling party, bought enough votes to win seats in the
National Assembly and gained access to the Prime Minister, Mr.
Nawaz Sharif, and the president, Mr. Ghulam Ishaq Khan," the re-
port said."
The Times of India, April 14, 1993 -- "Violence In The
Valley" Editorial
"The three-day long orgy of violence and destruction of property
in the Kashmir valley after teh death of Muhammed Maqbool Ilahi,
the Hizbul Mujahedeen division commander for Srinagar, has effec-
tively derailed Mr. Rajesh Pilot's best-laid plans to restore
normalcy in the troubled state. Perhaps this was precisely the
intention of the Hizbul cadres and their puppeteers across the
border."
The Times of India, April 13, 1993 -- "ISI special camps
for militants"
"The Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) of Pakistan abbetting and
arming militancy in various parts of India has set up special
camps to train militants at Aliabad, Kala Mulla, Nakyal, Gulpur
and Khuratta in Pak-occupied Kashmir (PoK), offical sources said
today, reports PTI."
"At present two joint training camps are being held for Kashmiri
and Punjab militants at Quetta and Gulpur in Nakyal, the hometown
of so-called PoK prime minister, Sardar Sikander Hayat Khan,
where about 300 Kashmiri, Punjabi, and Afghan insurgents are re-
ceiving training in high altitude warfare tactics and handling of
sopisticated weapons like remote controlled explosive devices and
shoulder-to-air fire stinger missiles."
The Hindustan Times, April 2, 1993 -- "The Shocking Tale
of Shahina"
"The sympathy of the common people in the valley for militants
has been seriously eroded by increasing incidents of kidnapping
of young women, rape, murder of the inocent, extortion, and the
forceible induction into terrorist rank. The dividing line
between their ideological committment albeit misguided and prone-
ness to criminality is becoming increasingly indistinguishable."
"This is the shocking story of 19-year old Shahina of Handwara,
who was rescued by the BSF. Narrating her nightmare she had
undergone to a group of newsmen in Srinagar, Shahina with tears
welling up in her eyes said that she was kidnapped, criminally
assaulted, and tortured by members of various outfits as she was
suspected to have passed on information about the presence of two
kidnappers of her younger brother in a house.
"The BSF officials have now recorded incidence of brutality and
merciless killing of several people including the killing of D.K.
Razdan of Srinagar who was shot dead and dumped on the road."
"It is stated often women have been gang-raped. Mrs. Girja Tiku
of Terehgan, Kupwara, was abducted, gang-raped and finally her
body were shredded."
"There have been numerous reports from rural areas in the valley
how some of the militants had acted in heartless fashion some-
times, they organized mock "trails" and awarded senteces includ-
ing death. Sentences are then executed in the public to scare
people of the area from cooperating with the security forces."
"According to the BSF estimates, from January 92 to October 92
Kashmiri militant groups had killed 1,585 men and women including
981 Muslims, 218 Hindus, 23 Sikhs, and 363 security personnel.
Among the persons killed were 12 political leaders and 510
Government officials.
The Times of India, April 10, 1993 -- All India Arms
market
SStCenter Source Weaponary Causes
Seized/Tra
ded Calcutta Mostly from
Country made Self-protection, gang-
Bihar. firearms, rivalry
Pilferage hand made
from police bombs Ahmedabad ISI trained Rocket
To send for Punjab,
gun-runners launchers, inter-gang rivalry
through AK-47, AK-
Kutch / 56, rifles,
Bannaskanta machine
border, guns,
local Chinese
manufacturin automatic
g pistols Tamil LTTE (IPKF) AK-
47, for buyers in Nadu automatic
Bangalore, Kerala, AP
pistols Maharasht North AK-
47, AK- Drug smuggling, ra (country- 56, RDX,
gold/silver smuggling,
made); Czech made Punjab terrorism
Pakistan- 9mm pistols
controlled
mafia;
underworld Amritsar Cross-border Explosives, For
militancy in UP and
AK-47, AK-56 other areas Assam
Smuggled Khalishnikov Insurgency commercial (NE) from
China, s, light
Thailand machine
(thru guns,
Myanamar), Chinese M-22
Bangladesh automatic
(Tripura) weapons
also
storming
police
arsenals Srinagar Across the AK-47, Ak- In-
surgency for Punjab
border 56, rocket militancy
launchers,
etc. Bihar Punjab ultra Chinese
Dhanbad mafia
assault
rifles, AK-
47 U.P. Nepal border AK-47, Ak-
heroin trade
56, grenade
launchers Surat Internal
AK-47, AK- self-protection
56, crude
bombs,
jellatine
sticks
"Pakistan, of course remains the most common source for procure-
ment of weapons. So much so that last year, the Reserve Bank of
India had to "withdraw" Rs.500 denomination notes from circula-
tion in the Kashmir valley in order to make it difficult for the
arms smugglers to carry big amount sacross the border. Reports
from various parts of the counrty suggests that there is a direct
linkage between the decision of a group of terrorists to extend
their operation to any particular region of the country and the
availability of arms in that area."
REPORTS FROM PAKISTAN PRESS AND MEDIA
Summary of sources cited:
The Pakistan Journal, March 1 - March 14 -- "Saudi Arabia
threatens to ban entry of Pakistanis"
The Nation, May 3, 1992
Friday Times, May 17-23, 1990
Nawai-i-Waqt, Sept 18, 1991
The News, October 10, 1991
The News, October 10, 1991
Frontier Post, May 29, 1991 - Mushaid Hussain
The Nation, October 1, 1991 - Brig. Bashir
The Nation, June 3, 1990
The Nation, June 7, 1992
Kashmir Times, Feb 10, 1989
The Pakistan Times, April 21, 1991
The News, Dec 4, 1991
The Pakistan Journal, March 1 - March 14 -- "Saudi Arabia
threatens to ban entry of Pakistanis"
"Saudi Arabia has threatened Islamabad to ban entry of Pakistani
workers into the Kingdom in the wake of increasing narcotics
trafficking by Pakistanis in the recent days. Saudi authorities
are contemplating steps to ban entry of Pakistanis because they
allege Pakistani authorities have failed to nab drug smugglers at
airports and the steps taken by Islamabad were inneffective."
"At least 250 Pakistanis and Afghans have been arrested in the
past size months for trying to smuggle drugs into Saudi Arabia.
Most of them were from Pakistan. Recently the Saudi authorities
had supplied lists of 108 Pakistanis arrested in Saudi Arabia for
narcotics smuggling from January 1, 1993."
The Nation, May 3, 1992
"He (Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif) said that Kashmir would become
part of Pakistan and thanksgiving prayers would be offered in
Srinagar..."
Friday Times, May 17-23, 1990
"they (the terrorists) arrive at the Line of Control bearing code
letters from their organizations and are taken over by the Field
Intelligence Units (FIUs), the main grass roots operational and
counter intelligence units of the Inter Services Intelligence
(ISI)."
Nawai-i-Waqt, Sept 18, 1991
"Paramjit Sign, self-styled "Lt Gen" of Khalistan Commando Force
has said on Channel 4 BBC TV, that his companions were trained in
Pakistan...even recently some of his trained extremist companions
had gone to Pakistan to acquire further and more sophisticated
training and on their return they would continue their struggle."
The News, October 10, 1991
"Asked how the freedom struggle was progressing, Mr. Safi (the
Amir of Hezbul Mujahideen) said that a stage in the struggle for
self-determination had come where Kalashnikovs alone were insuf-
ficient. Remote control explosive devices, rocket launchers and
light machine guns were being brought into play..."
Frontier Post, May 29, 1991 - Mushaid Hussain
"The other approach, which Pakistan has apparently adopted in re-
gard to Kashmir is an "Afghan Model," esstentially a protracted
war, which has made Kashmir into a bleeding wound for India,
raising the political, military, and psychological costs of its
occupation."
The Nation, October 1, 1991 - Brig. Bashir
"...the supporters of the movement" (should supply to the terror-
ists) "surface-to-air missiles." (Because) "such weapons will
inevitably raise the cost of the war for India."
The Nation, June 3, 1990
"The Gates Mission* has confirmed that the information (regarding
Pakistan's running 31 training camps for the Kashmiri militants)
was supplied by the Pakistani officials." * mission led by
Robert Gates, Deputy National Security
Adviser to the U.S. President
The Nation, June 7, 1992
"The threat of declaring Pakistan as a "terrorist state" is not
new. It was first officially conveyed to Pakistan wasy back in
April 1990 by the Under Secretary of State for Political Af-
fairs... Were the United States to go through with this threat
of declaring Pakistan a terrorist state it would mean Pakistan
joining the select company of states like Syria, Libya, Iran,
Iraq, and North Korea."
Kashmir Times, Feb 10, 1989
"He (Shabir Ahmed Shah of the People's League) said, Shaheed
(Martyr) Zia, late General Rahim Khan and others knew about this
plan and it was with their permission that training centres were
established in different parts of Pakistan where the youth from
this place received the latest in arms and other weapons."
The Pakistan Times, April 21, 1991
"Hekmatyar on a number of occassions has stated that the Jehad
(holy Islamic war) should be encouraged in Kashmir as well as in
Soviet Central Asia."
The News, Dec 4, 1991
"As the right of self-determination and the annexation of Kashmir
to Pakistan is a part of the two-nation theory, Pakistan is not
complete till Kashmir is annexed to it."
DEPARTMENT OF STATE REPORT ON THE PATTERN OF '91 GLOBAL TERRORISM
This report which was issued on April 13, 1991, makes the
following statement about the Pakistani involvement with the
foreign terrorist groups in India.
"There were continuing credible reports throughout 1991 of offi-
cial Pakistani support for Kashmiri militant groups engaged in
terrorism in India-controlled Kashmir as well as support to the
Sikh militant groups engaged in terrorism in Indian Punjab."
"The level of indegenous terrorism was high throughout 1991, as
Punjabi, Kashmiri, and Assamese separatists conducted
attacks...Violence related to separatist movements claimed at
least 5,500 lives in Punjab and over 1,500 lives in Kashmir."
In Kashmir and elsewhere, the terrorists conducted a:
"spate of kidnappings of foreigners in a bid to attract interna-
tion attentionof their cause. These kidnappings included abduc-
tion of 7 Israelis, a Dutch woman, two Swedish engineers and a
French engineer in Kashmir, among ,amy other innocent victims.
On October 9, the Sikh terroists kidnapped the Romanian Charge in
New Delhi and kept him in captivity for seven weeks. Many of
these kidnapped persons were killed in cold blood." PUBLIC STATE-
MENTS OF IMPORTANT PAKISTANI LEADERS
Summary of sources cited:
The Guardian, May 1, 1990 by Kathy Evans from Muzaffarbad
Nawa-i-Waqt, September 15, 1991, Saradar Qayyum
Nawa-i-Waqt, November 20, 1990, reported that Mumtaz
Rathore, so-called Prime Minister of the Pakistan Occupied
Kashmir
The Nation, May 13, 1991, reported that Sheikh Rashid Ahmad,
Adviser to the Prime Minister
The Nation, November 26, 1990, quotes Mumtaz Rathore, the
so-
called Prime Minister of Pakistan Occupied Kashmir
The Nation, May 22, 1991, quotes Nawabzada Nasrullah Khan,
Pakistan Democratic Party Chief
The most direct evidence of Pakistan's role in aiding and assist-
ing terrorism in India, is contained in the public statements
made to this effect by important Pakistani leaders.
The Guardian, May 1, 1990 by Kathy Evans from Muzaffarbad
"The President of Azad Kashmir state in Pakistan, Sardar Abdul
Qayyum Khan, has accussed the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front
of containing "terrorist elements"."
Nawa-i-Waqt, September 15, 1991, Saradar Qayyum said:
"Islam would strengthen freedom movement and determination of ac-
cession to Pakistan."
"Pakistan should courageously announce that it was extending
every possible help to resistance movement as it was not a seces-
sionist movement but movement of accession to Pakistan."
Nawa-i-Waqt, November 20, 1990, reported that Mumtaz
Rathore, so-called Prime Minister of the Pakistan Occupied
Kashmir:
decided to utilise Rs. 430 million worth of the Zakat fund to ex-
tend practical aid to the Kashmiri militants.
The Nation, May 13, 1991, reported that Sheikh Rashid Ahmad,
Adviser to the Prime Minister, said:
"that present liberation struggle in Held Kashmir will continue
till realisation of its objectives."
Addressing public rallies at five different places in London and
Birmingham on Saturday and Sunday he said "any deviation from the
Kashmir freedom movement would be a national and religious
crime."
The Nation, November 26, 1990, quotes Mumtaz Rathore, the
so-
called Prime Minister of Pakistan Occupied Kashmir:
"The very purpose of the state (of POK) is to serve as base camp
for the liberation of held Jammu and Kashmir."
The Nation, May 22, 1991, quotes Nawabzada Nasrullah Khan,
Pakistan Democratic Party Chief:
"Pakistan was not complete without Kashmir." PUBLIC STATEMENTS BY
LEADERS OF TERRORIST GROUPS
Associated Press, Rawalpindi, December 17, 1989
Independent Television News Limited, London (UK) (Channel
No. 4) Sept 14, 1991 at 1900 hours, Paramjit Singh Panjawar,
Khalistan Commando Force:
Horizons, March 31, 1992 - Ayesha Haroon, Part of team that
hijacked Indian Airlines Plane "GANGA" bound for Srinagar to
Lahore in January 1971.
Quami Awaz, May 15, 1992 - Hashim Quershi, Co-Founder of
JKLF
Quami Awaz, June 1, 1992 - Hashim Quershi, Co-Founder of
JKLF
Associated Press, Rawalpindi, December 17, 1989
"Pakistan trained Kashmir subversives who traded the Indian Home
Minister's daughter for five of their jailed colleagues, have
vowed to continue hitting Indian targets in Jammu and Kashmir, a
leader said today."
"Amanullah Khan, Chairman of the Pakistan based Jammu and Kashmir
Liberation Front said the subversives will wage an 18 month-old
campaign of terror, including killings and more hijackings amd
kidnappings."
Independent Television News Limited, London (UK) (Channel
No. 4) Sept 14, 1991 at 1900 hours, Paramjit Singh Panjawar,
Khalistan Commando Force:
"Training is give(n) to any militant who crosses into Pakistan.
On his return he trains others. Some of these newly trained
cross over to Pakistan to receive more proper and advanced train-
ing. Then they come back to continue the fighting."
"We hijacked a factory bus belonging to the Swaraj Mazda tractor
factory. It had 30 people on it. We killed 27 of them."
Horizons, March 31, 1992 - Ayesha Haroon, Part of team that
hijacked Indian Airlines Plane "GANGA" bound for Srinagar to
Lahore in January 1971.
"We were told to set ablaze the plane..." "India was presurrizing
the (Pakistan) Government for the return of the plane."
Quami Awaz, May 15, 1992 - Hashim Quershi, Co-Founder of
JKLF
"Ammanullah Khan before his organization was dropped by ISI in
favor of fundementalist pro-PAK terrorist groups about 2 years
ago, openly boasted that his front started terrorist activities
in Srinagar with the support of the ISI."
"Now, on the strength of their guns, the militants are raping and
killing innocent women - as they did in the last week in March in
the House of Pandit Mohan Lal in the Gaokadal area. Three armed
men broke into his house and raped his wife and 19 year old
daughter before killing all three of them...We are being called
leaders just because we carry guns - but no constructive pro-
gramme."
Quami Awaz, June 1, 1992 - Hashim Quershi, Co-Founder of
JKLF
"Inter Service Intelligence (ISI) of Pakistan or Pakistani
rulers, who master-minded tremendous bloodshed in Kashmir, have
managed stifling of the voices of Kashmiris for their self-
determination...They have totally distorted the entire movement.
The ISI and Pakistani rulers will not give up the battle for
their interests."
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