Standoff Between India and Pakistan
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Lavoy, Peter
Rana, Surinder
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2002
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February/March 2002
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Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School
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On December 13, 2001 the Indian parliament was attacked by terrorists who India claimed belonged to two Pakistan-based militant outfits: Lashkar-e- Taiba (LeT), and Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM). Pakistan's government denied that any groups based in its country carried out the attacks. Despite this denial, a number of Indian political leaders urged their government to take strong action against Pakistan. Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpai's administration ordered mobilization of the military and demanded that Pakistan eliminate militant groups operating against India from Pakistani territory, and in Kashmir. Prime Minister Vajpai further announced that India will respond to this act of terrorism, and that the use of military force will be one possible option. Pakistan in turn mobilized its army. At present the two armies are facing each other across the Line of Control in Kashmir and along the 2,200 mile international border in Punjab, Rajsthan, and Gujarat.
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Strategic Insights, v.1, issue 1 (February/March 2002)
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