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Old 06-05-2006, 19:36 PM   #22 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Hari_Om
...Perhaps the difference is that one is an occupation Army the other is not, so one can afford to be blasé about civilian deaths. To be entirely specific the Indian Army does nor operate as an Army of occupation.
Let's see, there are what 500,000 Indian troops in Kashmir? Local curfews, restricted travel....But that's not an occupation.

140,000 US troops in Iraq are there under UN mandate, at the request of the elected government of Iraq, working very hard to turn over security to Iraqis so that we can bring our troops home. But that's an occupation.

Where is your UN mandate for Kashmir?
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