The foreign secretary Jack Straw last night urged Britons to leave India immediately because of its "dangerous" military stand-off with its nuclear rival Pakistan and advised all nationals against traveling to the region.
The decision was taken after western intelligence assessments warned that a new terrorist attack in India or the Indian-controlled part of Kashmir could spark war between the two countries, leading to a nuclear exchange.
"The situation is extraordinarily serious. It could very rapidly lead to nuclear war," a well-placed source said last night."This is a credible scenario, millions of people would be killed and untold damage be done to the infrastructure."
Diplomatic sources insisted that such a doomsday scenario was "very real". Neither the Indian nor Pakistani government had grasped the seriousness of the situation and the leaders of both countries would find it very difficult for domestic political reasons to back down, the sources said. ...........
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Betcha a de-valued dollar that once the Nasdaq tests, probably fails the Sept 01 lows and gold hits the 340's this crisis will die down. Dastardly clever of the govt to issue a warning but not provide transport. Rummy certainly seems in no particular hurry to get there so maybe he could fly commercial. The lady in the picture sure evacuates light. The bottom suitcase is empty.