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2006-05-12 India-Pakistan

India charges five army officers over civilian deaths in Kashmir

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Posted by Steve White 2006-05-12 00:34|| || Front Page|| [11132 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Rebels have different DNA than civilians? How's that work?

Posted by PBMcL 2006-05-12 02:36|| 2006-05-12 02:36|| Front Page Top

#2 "rebel" here means Pakistani (ignore for a moment how a Pakistani can be rebelling against India, that is media stupidity).

The army was under pressure to find the terrorists responsible for the massacre and some people were killed. It was claimed by this COIN unit that they were militants .. ie infiltrated Pakistanis..

Villagers however had missing kin and suspected the bodies in the graves were their relatives.
DNA testing revealed this to be so.

Posted by john 2006-05-12 17:11|| 2006-05-12 17:11|| Front Page Top

#3 The counterinsurgency unit probably laid an ambush and these locals got caught up in it. Then it was a matter of covering their behinds.

Posted by john 2006-05-12 17:19|| 2006-05-12 17:19|| Front Page Top

#4 Now let's see if the courts can handle this .

From an Indian report...

Allegations that security forces act with impunity seem to be based more on prejudice than fact. Complaints of human rights violations have in fact been on a steady decline, mirroring the overall fall in levels of violence in Jammu and Kashmir. From 142 in 2001, complaints went down to 74 in 2002, 25 in 2003, 16 in 2004, and just seven in 2005. Seventy-nine Border Security Force personnel and 134 soldiers received sentences ranging up to life imprisonment for human rights violations between 1990 and 2004.

Posted by john 2006-05-12 17:22|| 2006-05-12 17:22|| Front Page Top

#5 "Rebels have different DNA than civilians? How's that work?"

Relatives of the victim come foreward and dna can be matched against the suspect, therefor proving that its not the named individual the Indian army is looking for.
Sorry for being pedantic, but genetics is genetics and always right.

Posted by pihkalbadger 2006-05-12 18:37|| 2006-05-12 18:37|| Front Page Top

#6 Thanks. Now it's clear. But the story should have said "missing locals", not the very less informative "civilians.".

Posted by PBMcL 2006-05-12 22:29|| 2006-05-12 22:29|| Front Page Top

#7 Rantburg University lectures are always welcome, pihkalbadger. Thanks!

Posted by trailing wife 2006-05-12 22:48|| 2006-05-12 22:48|| Front Page Top

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