weird Hitchens comments on Israel

Ulhas Joglekar uvj at vsnl.com
Thu Dec 5 07:06:04 PST 2002


Ulhas Joglekar :
> andie nachgeborenen wrote:
>
> > A-Q has existed for say, ten years. It has
> > probably killed four thousand people in that time, say
> > five thousand, though that is a high estimate--500 a
> > year.
>
> This figure may be correct for A-Q attack on 9/11 in the US. But if you
> could consider the wider picture. Casualties in Kashmir in last ten years
> range between 35,000 and 70,000 dead. These are estimates, of course. Dead
> people include civilians, terrorists, indian security forces. About 60-70
%
> of terrorists killed are non Kashmiris. They are armed with sophisticated
> weapons, night vision equipment etc.

I should have clarified that all non-Kashmiri terrorists active in Kashmir are not A-Q members. I meant the overall death toll due to terrorism.

Ulhas



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