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| Kashmir jihad will continue, says Saeed |
| 2004-11-03 |
| KARACHI: Irrespective of what formulae General Musharraf proposes for Kashmir under American influence, the Mujahideen will continue their jihad in Kashmir since it is a matter of their and Pakistan's survival, said Hafiz Mohammad Saeed, Ameer of Jamat Al Dawa Pakistan, while addressing members of the Karachi Bar Council on Tuesday. Hafiz Saeed was also the chief of Lashkar-e-Taiba that was outlawed by President Musharraf in 2000. The ameer justified militancy in Indian-held Kashmir saying it had been the Mujahideen who had kept the Kashmir issue alive. "Had they not put on an armed struggle against Indian occupying forces, India would have changed the courses of the Chenab and Jehlum rivers and Pakistan would have had to survive on the Indus alone," he said referring to the geographical analysis of the seven regions of Kashmir recently presented by President Musharraf. |
| Posted by:Mark Espinola |