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| India imposes curfew in Srinagar after protests |
| 2010-09-13 |
| [Dawn] India deployed thousands of security forces and slapped an indefinite curfew on Srinagar on Sunday -- a day after Mohammedans set fire to public buildings in protests against New Delhi's rule, officials said. The Indian government has been trying to respond to the biggest separatist demonstrations in two years in Kashmir triggered by the killing of a 17-year-old student by police in June. Seventy people have died, most from police firing into protesters. Troops equipped with assault rifles patrolled deserted streets and blocked off lanes with razor wire and iron barricades in Srinagar, the heart of an insurgency where tens of thousands of people have been killed in two decades of violence. The curfew extended to other big towns in the Kashmir valley. Omar Abdullah, the chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir, told NDTV news channel that the fresh violence in Kashmir had dealt a setback to an anticipated new government peace initiative. "Such protests create problems for everybody else," Abdullah said. "How can you take this move forward if violence continues?" Police have accused the region's main separatist leader, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, of instigating violence and arson. Farooq denied the charges. After Eid prayers to mark the end of the Ramazan fasting month, tens of thousands marched through Srinagar on Saturday, allegedly setting fire to government and police buildings. Farooq led the main demonstration. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 People have been burning Korans as a political protest for years. This is the first time the media decided to make it an issue. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2010-09-13 18:55 |
| #2 I know that assorted Rantburgundians will disagree with me, but I say that Jones has blood on his hands. As do the breathless media people that give dangerous fools like him a platform. If Jones had a clue about world events, he would know that the islamofascisti would use his actions and that other character in Tennessee as yet another excuse to butcher their Christian neighbors. The man who adds gasoline is as guilty of arson as the man who lights the match. |
| Posted by: mom 2010-09-13 14:51 |
| #1 From the BBC Reports that copies of the Koran were damaged by anti-Islam protesters in the US on the anniversary of 9/11 over the weekend have further stoked tensions in the Kashmir Valley. Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets in Budgam and other towns, chanting anti-America slogans. An angry mob has set fire to a Protestant-run school. |
| Posted by: john frum 2010-09-13 06:21 |