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India and Pakistan test fire missiles

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Wednesday March 26, 2003

Bitter rivals India and Pakistan both test fired nuclear-capable missiles today, raising tensions on the subcontinent three days after 24 Hindus were murdered in the disputed region of Kashmir.
India appeared to have moved first, firing a surface-to-surface Prithvi missile at 11.30am (0600GMT) from a testing range in the eastern state of Orissa. A defence ministry spokesman, Baljit Singh Menon, described the short-range missile test as a routine event to improve the version of the Prithvi that would be used by the army.

"The launch was witnessed by senior army officials. All the objectives of the mission were met and the launch was successful in every respect," Mr Menon said.

Pakistan then test fired a short-range nuclear-capable missile with range to hit parts of India, the Pakistani foreign ministry said.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/kashmir/Story/0,2763,922291,00.html

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I have only one comment to make. The US should stay the hell out of it.

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Anyhting which India does, pakistan has to ape - except maybe for democracy !! Smile

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These 2 countries have been at each others throats for over 50 years. The history goes back way before Pakistan become a nation in 1948. An arrangement brokered by Britain in the hope of sanity and peace when giving India its independance.
India and Pakistan have had verbal battles, fought each other on the cricket field and had the occasional gun battles.
Testing missiles is another story board in the tapestry of their respective lives.
Right or wrong Gautam ?

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Mostly right except for

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An arrangement brokered by Britain in the hope of sanity and peace when giving India its independance.

The British broke up India with the game plan of sending India into turmoil. Sort of, if we cant keep them, we will not let them live in peace.

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Gautam

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The British broke up India with the game plan of sending India into turmoil. Sort of, if we cant keep them, we will not let them live in peace

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Please explain if you will. It would seem to me that people of the two religions do not tolerate each other very well. That unfortunately is the plague that is presently infecting our world. "Religion." Or should I say continues to plague our world. Is it possible we are fighting the wrong enemy.

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