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Originally posted by RawAlex@Mar 27 2003, 01:18 PM
Colin, there are flareups all the time over there... About a year ago, they finally threatened nukes. As I said, the only time the US got involved was because they threatened nukes... it got covered for as long as that piece of news hit the cycle. Once that was over, the reports disappeared.
They have been fighting for this piece of land for a long time. People die all the time. They fire shots at eachother regularly (daily basis, from what I can tell) - but it gets no coverage in the US because there is no US interest.
I bet if they yelled "NUKES" tomorrow, they would be front page for a couple of weeks again...
Alex
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Alex, the U.S. tried to exert what influence it can on that conflict long before either country was a nuclear power. As an old fucker, I can remember a lot of instances when the U.S. played a role in averting/attempting to avert a war between them.
You'll find references to most flareups in Kashmir in the major newspapers (NY Times, etc).
Interesting to note that this situation seems to be getting more tense within days of a series of attacks by
Hindus on Shiks that killed over 50. That too happens all the time, and gets even less coverage than the India/Pakistan conflict. You almost have to wonder if there is a domestic component to the increase in tensions on the Indian side.