Red Fort
raid embarrasses Army
Radio
intercepts suggest more strikes by
suicide squads
From B L
Kak
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DELHI, Dec 24: Panic buttons have
been pressed with the Prime Minister, Mr
Atal Behari Vajpayee, personally
addressing a high-level meeting to
oversee counter-operations following the
meticulously planned attack by the
Lashkar-e-Toiba’s suicide squad on
an Army establishment inside the historic
Red Fort in the Indian capital. The
meeting was attended, among others, by
the Defence Minister, Mr George
Fernandes, the Home Minister, Mr LK
Advani, and the External Affairs
Minister, Mr Jaswant Singh, besides the
Chief of the Army Staff, Gen S
Padmanabhan, and heads of the
Intelligence Bureau and the Research and
Analysis Wing. ...more
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Hurriyat
Conference denies playing
mediatory
role between India, Pak
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DELHI, Dec 24: Hurriyat
Conference today denied playing
any "mediatory role"
between India and Pakistan in
resolving the Kashmir issue but
said it wants to apply the
"keys with a purpose of
unlocking the doors of goodwill
and understanding." "I
do not agree (to the role of
mediator), we are a party to a
dispute and no party to a dispute
can pass for a mediator. We
would, however, as the principal
party choose to apply keys with a
purpose to unlocking the doors of
goodwill and understanding,"
Hurriyat chairman Abdul Gani Bhat
told PTI over telephone from
Srinagar. ......more
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DELHI, Dec 24: Home Minister L K Advani today indicated the
possibility of talks with militant organisations like
Hizbul Mujahideen and did not rule out dialogue with
Pakistan after an "assessment" of its behaviour
during the extended ceasefire peace initiative in Jammu
and Kashmir. "That possibility is there," he
said when asked about the chances of the Centre starting
a dialogue with militant groups in the State in the wake
of its bold peace measures. In a free-wheeling hour-long
interview to PTI, the minister said the situation with
regard to the ceasefire would be reviewed after the
Republic Day when the extension is set to end. ...
