The India-Pakistani Conflict... some background information-

various links | 5-25-02 | backhoe

[backhoe]

In light of the escalating conflict between India & Pakistan, here are some links to bring everyone up to speed:

Our own articles regarding aspects of the conflict:

-FR search of recent "India" posts--

-FR search of recent "Pakistan" posts--

-FR search of recent "nuclear" posts--

Some more specific information:

CIA -- The World Factbook -- India
Description: An overview of the country's government, economy, population, system of transportation, and military.
Category: Kids and Teens > School Time > Social Studies > World Cultures > Asia > India

CIA -- The World Factbook -- Pakistan
Description: Political and geographical information about Pakistan.
Category: Regional > Asia > Pakistan > Guides and Directories

A Glance at Indian, Pakistani Nuclear Arsenals

British Military Preparing for Nuclear War Aftermath-India Situation 'Desperately Serious'

Fallout effects from Indi-Paki nuke exchange

PBS 'Map a Nuke Blast' Simulator

Links to keep handy- and pass on to others:

Nuclear, Biological, & Chemical Warfare- Survival Skills, Pt. II

Nuclear News you *can* use--

[BullDog108]

The Truth About Kashmir

Hindu Holocaust Museum

[The Obstinate Insomniac]

FreeRepublic southasia_list 5/10

Kashmir - 5 Pakistanis, one Afghani gunned down ( Detail Update - ISI - More dead terrorists
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/681655/posts

Pak to test fire medium range missiles
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/681634/posts

Pakistan's Muslim extremists praise suicide bomber, but say he should have targeted Americans
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/681457/posts

The Kashmir Time Bomb
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/681429/posts

U.S. Pakistan Envoy to Return Home
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/681572/posts

US State Department fears renewal of India-Pakistan tensions this summer
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/681589/posts

[The Obstinate Insomniac]

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290'militants' caught after Pakistan blast
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/681942/posts

First Indo-US war games in four decades
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/681786/posts

India, U.S. expanding bilateral defence cooperation
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/681892/posts

Indian, U.S. Forces Begins Exercises in North India
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/681855/posts

Kashmir - 2 LeT ultras among 5 killed in region, 5 killed in Valley
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/682087/posts

Musharraf Creates Terror Task Force
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/681842/posts

Nuclear war feared in South Asia, says report
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/682010/posts

Pakistan made preparations for nuclear strike on India
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/682052/posts

[The Obstinate Insomniac]

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"Pak Army planned nuke attack in 99"
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/682294/posts

First Indo-US wargames in four decades, held in the back yard of the Taj Mahal
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/682360/posts

India - Ansari reveals links with Sheikh ( Pearl update
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/682408/posts

India - Investigation into Terrorists in New Delhi
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/682329/posts

India - Pakistan - US envoy in talks to avert Kashmir war
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/682425/posts

Pakistan - Why Musharraf clings to power
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/682406/posts

[The Obstinate Insomniac]

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Battlefield Pakistan - al Qaeda expected to rock Pakistan with terror attacks this summer
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/683037/posts

Conflicts threaten to spread in S. Asia
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/683027/posts

India: Suicide attack on Jammu Army camp, 7 killed
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/683031/posts

Indian Army Camp in Kashmir Attacked
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/683046/posts

Kashmir - Headnapping - 3 civilians, SPO shot dead by terrorists
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/682890/posts

Kashmir Attack kills 17 including women and children
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/683084/posts

Minister Says India Won't Attack Pakistan
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/683113/posts

U.S., India working to expand defense ties
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/683035/posts

[The Obstinate Insomniac]

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33 die as Islamic militants storm Indian barracks
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/683623/posts

Al-Qaida fugitives, radical Pakistanis open front in Pakistan to protest U.S.-led war
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/683411/posts

At least 32 killed in suicide attack in India's Kashmir
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/683140/posts

India - Delhi dangles arms carrot before US
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/683635/posts

India - Message to Rocca
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/683558/posts

India hints at launching attack on Pakistan
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/683605/posts

Kashmir - 11 children, 5 women killed army camp (Update, Local Reporters Account
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/683437/posts

Militants timed J&K raid with Rocca visit: [Indian Home Minister] Advani
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/683566/posts

Pakistan's most wanted terrorist believed killed
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/683559/posts

Suspected Islamic Militants (sic) Storm Indian Army Camp
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/683229/posts

US plans a high-tech border (Kashmir) to keep peace
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/683620/posts

[The Obstinate Insomniac]

No post for 5/15
FreeRepublic southasia_list 5/16

India - Pakistan - Dicing with Armageddon
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/684297/posts

India - US to send Armitage to cool Indo-Pak flashpoint
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/684367/posts

Kashmir - HM's Hizbul Mujahideen top terrorist Dawood among 2 killed, one held
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/684541/posts

Musharraf admits referendum 'might have' been flawed - but he 'might have' won even if it wasn't
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/684648/posts

Musharraf Brought Region to Brink of Nuclear War
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/684036/posts

Pakistan - Suicide Bombing?
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/684672/posts

War Clouds Seen Gathering Over South Asia
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/683946/posts

[The Obstinate Insomniac]

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India - Are we prepared for war?
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/685311/posts

India poised for Kashmir response
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/684826/posts

India warns US it may be about to attack Pakistan
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/685218/posts

India, Pakistan troops trade heavy fire in Kashmir
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/685338/posts

Indian, Pakistani troops trade gunfire
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/684868/posts

Kashmir Blast Kills One, Injures 13
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/684840/posts

Socialism has failed in India (Duh!
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/685222/posts

[The Obstinate Insomniac]

FreeRepublic southasia_list 5/18

India Asks Pakistan's Ambassador to Leave After Cabinet Meeting on Latest Militant Attack
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/685409/posts

APNewsAlert - India tells Pakistan ambassador to leave
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/685385/posts

Body Latest Terror Link to Al Rashid
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/685349/posts

India and Pakistan step up artillery battles, 20 die in Kashmir
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/685656/posts

India may move UN over Pak
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/685608/posts

India readies to strike
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/685729/posts

Indian Army on six-hour alert
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/685542/posts

Indian Firing Continously for 24 hrs - Heavy Firing spreads Along all of LOC
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/685628/posts

Indo-U.S. Paratroopers joint exercise(Balance Iroquois) photos
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/685530/posts

Karachi is sitting atop a volcano - the suicide bombing may just be the beginning of more terrorism
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/685621/posts

Kashmir: Do polls hold key to peace?
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/685639/posts

Pak fears limited Indian strike
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/685641/posts

Pakistan Today - My contemporaries and the banana republic
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/685642/posts

PM reviews situation, military option open
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/685589/posts

Ten Pakistani soldiers killed in Indian firing
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/685583/posts

This time, all dressed up and somewhere to go?
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/685605/posts

Upset with America, govt weighs options
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/685602/posts

[The Obstinate Insomniac]

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American Diplomacy and the 1999 Kargil Summit at Blair House
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/685898/posts

Analysis: India's rising anger
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/685928/posts

Desperate Pak ready to nuke India
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/686153/posts

Ethnic Cleansing Continues In Pakistan [Sunni radicals killing Shiites]
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/685976/posts

India announces stepped-up mobilisation in Kashmir
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/685892/posts

India cautious, but sure to counter Pakistan
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/685989/posts

India choking lines of communication with Pakistan, opening war option: analysts
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/685858/posts

India goes into a huddle with Russia (re:Declaration of Strategic Partnership)
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/686025/posts

India Pakistan Kashmir - Both cause and effect
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/685957/posts

India puts forces in action mode
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/685995/posts

India warns Pak against violating border
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/685916/posts

India weighing options to modify Indus Treaty
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/685930/posts

India, Pakistan Trade Fire After Envoy's Expulsion
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/686126/posts

India- Pakistan tensions rise; envoy expelled
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/685751/posts

India-US Joint Exercises - Diplomacy by other means (warning:author is an anti-military leftist)
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/685975/posts

Indian Kashmir camp attacked
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/685806/posts

Indo-US defence meeting to begin in Washington on Monday
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/685985/posts

ISI agent, his wife arrested
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/685860/posts

Kashmir - Fidayeen eliminated in retaliatory firing (Update + Local color
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/686031/posts

Pakistan "ready for full-fledged war" / US fears Indian attack on PoK camps
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/685831/posts

Pakistan army conducted war manoeuvre before Jammu attack
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/685861/posts

Sans hope and desperate, Pakistan ready to nuke India
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/685887/posts

[The Obstinate Insomniac]

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Alarm bells heard, Delhi rush begins again
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/686688/posts

Army asked to consult 'War Book'
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/686716/posts

Calling Musharraf s bluff
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/686660/posts

China's Missile Exports and Assistance to Pakistan
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/686673/posts

India, Pakistan Trade Heavy Fire, Tensions High
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/686264/posts

Indian army enhances its movement on LoC
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/686368/posts

Indian officials - War unlikely before September
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/686567/posts

Indian PM to Visit Jammu, Kashmir
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/686701/posts

Pak positions missiles, men
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/686684/posts

Pakistan expands war front - fires on villages in Punjab
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/686559/posts

[The Obstinate Insomniac]

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india 'will go to war after the monsoon' India 'will go to war after the monsoon'
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/687225/posts

Army in war mode, withdraws from Gujarat
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/687299/posts

India preparing for limited punitive strikes in Kashmir - analyst
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/687322/posts

India, Pakistan "very close" to war
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/687369/posts

India-U.S.: The Beginning of a Beautiful Friendship?
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/687208/posts

Indian forces moved to Forward Positions
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/686960/posts

Kashmir assassination intensifies war fear
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/687268/posts

Kashmir just the beginning in jihadis' vision of war (this is a chilling read)
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/687195/posts

Kashmiri separatist leader shot dead
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/687065/posts

Murder is jihadi vision from Kabul to Kolkata, Pak in the middle
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/687307/posts

Naval ships head west
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/687311/posts

Nuclear War Threat Over Kashmir Crisis
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/687273/posts

Nuclear war threat over Kashmir crisis
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/687393/posts

Pak threatens to withdraw troops from Afghan border if tensions mount
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/687137/posts

Religious tension hangs heavy in sacred Hindu city
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/687440/posts

Space Deal With U.S. Could Encourage Indian Restraint
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/687297/posts

US buys time to work on Pakistan
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/687300/posts

[The Obstinate Insomniac]

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Civil defence alert sounded
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/687884/posts

General Pervez Musharraf: His Past and Present
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/687740/posts

India , US tie up defence under shadow of Nuclear war
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/687805/posts

India ready for 'decisive battle'
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/687892/posts

India's prime minister tells soldiers at Pakistan border to prepare for `decisive battle.'
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/687669/posts

Indian prime minister tells soldiers to prepare for "decisive battle" against Islamic insurgents
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/687477/posts

Indian Strikes Could Escalate Into War With Pakistan
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/687839/posts

Kashmir - Pakistan stepping up infiltration: Army
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/687843/posts

Missile-carrying Indian warships sail near Pakistan, air force on alert
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/687730/posts

Nuclear threat over Kashmir
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/687683/posts

Pakistan - We are at War! We have to fight it whether we like it or not
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/687969/posts

Rallying the troops (India/Pakistan)
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/687932/posts

SOUTH ASIA AND THE IMMINENCE OF WAR
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/687809/posts

Straw Tells Britons: Get Out Of Pakistan
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/687871/posts

U.S. Urges Pakistan to Control Border
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/687836/posts

[Centurion2000]

excellent post. bookmarking

[The Obstinate Insomniac]

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Envoy Sees More Terrorist Attacks in Pakistan
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/688488/posts

India Builds Argument for Action
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/688440/posts

India Pakistan Kargil: What Does It Mean? 1999
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/688571/posts

India preparing for decisive victory: PM
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/688554/posts

India puts Pak on 2-month notice
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/688514/posts

India Talks of War, World Watches Warily (Who will use Nukes first..India or Pakistan?)
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/688083/posts

India, Pakistan Exchange Shelling and War Threats; Six Dead
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/688491/posts

India-Pakistan : Towards an unwinnable war
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/688587/posts

Indian strategic nuclear command to be in place next month
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/688058/posts

Just Three Minutes From Nuclear Strike
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/688510/posts

Misreading Musharraf
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/688527/posts

Naval Moves Pose Pyschological Threat to Pakistan
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/688524/posts

No talks, says India, amid warning of nuclear war
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/688437/posts

Pakistan alerts key departments( to launch emergency operations)
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/688415/posts

Pakistan deploys missiles along Line of Control
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/688134/posts

Pakistan primes its people for war
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/688588/posts

Powell Confers With Musharraf
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/688395/posts

Satellites detect Pak IRBMs near LoC
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/688402/posts

South Asia's proxy war
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/688443/posts

[The Obstinate Insomniac]

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HARDtalk Pakistan interviews Musharraf - Full Text
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/689099/posts

India running out of patience as Pakistan announces missile tests
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/689121/posts

India suspicious of Pakistan's missile tests
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/689315/posts

India weighs military response Events could force U.S. to join New Delhi in action against Pakistan
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/689105/posts

Musharraf government averts war by compromising on Kashmir
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/689210/posts

Nuclear Fears Cast Shadow in Kashmir
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/689065/posts

Only a Pakistan regime change will prevent war
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/688888/posts

Pakistan Prepares to Shift Troops From Afghan Border to Kashmir
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/688703/posts

Pakistan's Musharraf faces tough choice
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/689034/posts

South Asia on a hair trigger
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/689003/posts

Three Million Would Die In "Limited" Nuclear War Over Kashmir
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/688895/posts

U.S. Looks to Calm Pakistan, India
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/688932/posts

U.S. Presses Pakistan on Incursions
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/689300/posts

US criticises Pakistan missile tests
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/689232/posts

US to provide India with special forces equipment
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/689045/posts

[The Obstinate Insomniac]

Well enough for now.

[The Obstinate Insomniac]

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At least 3 million would die in nuclear conflict
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/689481/posts

In Pakistan, U.S. Embraces Friend of a Foe
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/689470/posts

India sets two-week deadline for Pakistan
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/689558/posts

Indian Army delays degradation operation ( war put on hold )
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/689454/posts

Intense Pak shelling in Kargil / 9 injured in J&K grenade attack [Breaking]
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/689472/posts

Kashmir - 2500 fidayeens awaiting to cross over Pak army converts forward posts into launching pads
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/689596/posts

Musharraf tells troops to stop cross-border terrorism into J&K: US media
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/689451/posts

NEARING DOOM
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/689372/posts

Pakistan army pays scant regard to Musharraf's talk: Captured militant
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/689539/posts

Pakistan Kashmir - Indians outline demands for border pullback (
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/689664/posts

Pakistan's ISI playing dangerous game
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/689527/posts

Why India Will Lose the War
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/689547/posts