Former Indian admiral warns of nuclear war with Pakistan

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Former Indian admiral warns of nuclear war with Pakistan

-- Look (Watch@Listen.com), June 18, 1999

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What will that do to the price of cashmere sweaters...?

There, that's the most cynical thing you'll likely hear all day.

-- way (over@the.top), June 18, 1999.


hmmm. Just in time to satisfy Nostradamus's "fire from the sky in July 99" quatrain.

Former Indian admiral warns of nuclear war with Pakistan

NEW DELHI, June 18 (AFP) - A former Indian navy chief on Friday said there was "serious risk" of a nuclear war between Pakistan and India over Kashmir, the Press Trust of India (PTI) reported. "Before things go out of hand, there is a need to cease all military activities and take steps to restore peace and stability in the region," former admiral N. Ramdas said. He told reporters in the southern city of Hyderabad that since both these South Asian nations had nuclear capability, "there was serious risk of a nuclear war breaking out either by accident or by intention." This, he said, would have "disastrous and horrifying consequences" for the region. He blamed Pakistan for the current fighting in Kashmir, a Himalayan state claimed by both countries and which has sparked two wars between them in the past five decades. "The violation of the Line of Control (which divides the Indian and Pakistan-governed Kashmir) by the Pakistan-backed infiltrators has led to this unfortunate situation," he said. New Delhi says heavily-armed "intruders," including Pakistani troops, have entered Indian Kashmir from Pakistan and occupied strategic hills in the Himalayan state. The intrusion has triggered heavy fighting between India and suspected Pakistani troops.

-- a (a@a.a), June 18, 1999.


Now you are hitting on something that I really AM an expert on. Cashmere! As a matter of fact, I was supposed to be flying to Mongolia this week, for the UN, to do a project with the herds of casherme goats.But getting this close to roll over; panic; screwed up FAA projects; threats of terrorism by Bin Laden,etc., I decided it was a good time to stay home. After all, if any of you have been to Mongolia, you know its ALREADY TEOWKI. I can't think of a WORSE place to get stuck in if all hell breaks loose with Y2k. Another thing was that I had to stop in Seoul overnight and with the mess going on there, I wasn't too anxious to spend ANY time in Korea, even over nite. Anyway, a war between Pakistan and India won't do a thing to the availability of cashmere. Now isn't this just the most important y2k info you have read today??? LOL Got your sweaters? I do, I grew them myself.

Taz

-- Taz (Tassie @aol.com), June 18, 1999.


great!! wasn't it said by george collins "ancient enemies,thermonuclear weapons,and great! both sides believe in reincarnation".something to that effect??

-- eddy (xxx@xxx.com), June 18, 1999.

Drudge Gets into the act:

North Korea: U.S. trying to start new Korean War

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http://www.tampabayonline.net/news/news1001.htm

6/18/99 -- 4:31 PM

North Korea accuses U.S. of trying to unleash new Korean War

UNITED NATIONS (AP) - North Korea accused the United States on Friday of trying to unleash a new war on the Korean peninsula by deploying advanced weapons and provoking South Korea to fire on North Korean naval ships this week.

``The touch-and-go situation is now created in the Korean peninsula where a war may break out any time,'' North Korea's U.N. Ambassador Li Hyong Chol warned in a letter to the Security Council.

The latest tensions involve rich crab fishing territory claimed by both Koreas off the peninsula's western coast. An armistice that ended the 1950-53 Korean War never outlined the maritime border.

North Korea accused South Korea of infiltrating naval warships into its territorial waters daily from June 4, deliberately ``bumping'' vessels, and firing at its patrol boats on Tuesday.

The high-seas shootout sank one northern patrol boat, badly damaged five others, and is believed to have killed 30 North Korean sailors, according to U.S. officials in Washington.

Since the firefight, tensions in the area have subsided considerably, with North Korean ships staying out of the disputed waters the past three days.

The only reason this week's clash in the Yellow Sea did not escalate into all-out war is ``our great patience and self-control,'' Li said in the letter delivered to Gambia's U.N. Ambassador Baboucarr-Blaise Jagne, the current council president.

Li said North Korea wanted the Security Council to know ``the truth'' about the naval clash ``and take a measure to cease at once the military provocations on the part of the U.S. and the south side.''

The United States has appealed for restraint on both sides.

Since the late 1970s, North Korea has been sending fishing boats and naval ships into the zone 20 to 30 times a year. But when challenged by South Korean patrol boats in the past, they usually have withdrawn quickly.

The U.N. Command unilaterally demarcated the sea frontier in 1953 and created a buffer zone to avoid armed clashes. But tension persisted as the North contested the borderline.

Li stressed in the letter that North Korea has never recognized the ``northern boundary line.''

Li said that the military ``provocation'' in the Yellow Sea was coupled with other activities that have led North Korea to believe the United States and South Korea have been preparing for another war in the Korean peninsula.

The United States is now deploying AC-130 ground attack planes, F-15 and F-18 fighter bombers, and precision-guided bombs in South Korea and has moved warships into the area and put U.S. Marines in Okinawa on alert, he noted.

North Korea also accused the United States of walking out of military talks at the border village of Panmunjom on Tuesday which it proposed to discuss the shooting incident.

The U.N. Command said the talks recessed while the North Korean officers conferred with their leaders in Pyongyang, the northern capital.

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-- Look (Watch@Listen.com), June 18, 1999.



The ultimate "The dog ate my homework." excuse for companies which fail their Y2K efforts.

"We were well along on our way to being done. Honest, we really were. But we'd out-sourced key parts of the code to some company in New Dehli. And wouldn't you know that they were ground zero when Pakistan and India started nuking it out..."

Yep, "Our software got nuked." ought to stand up in real well court when XYZ Corp gets lynched by customers and shareholders. Providing of course, that any court is around and functioning to hear Y2K lawsuits.

WW

-- Wildweasel (vtmldm@epix.net), June 18, 1999.


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