P-15 India and Kashmir.... Hindu against Muslim

Indian army says tide turning in restive Kashmir

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's army chief said on Tuesday violence in the troubled Himalayan Kashmir region was lessening as more disillusioned Islamist militants surrendered and more were detained...... General J.J. Singh, chief of the army staff, said the security situation in the restive state was "manageable" as militants were not engaging the army in head-on combat and local people were giving more information on infiltrators.

"Violence levels have come down by 20 percent. There may be an odd incident of a grenade thrown at one place or the other, but that can happen anywhere in the world," he told a news conference. By and large (Kashmir) is peaceful."......Some 166 militants have surrendered this year compared to 82 in all of 2005, he said, adding this proved the situation was improving in region where a 17-year-old separatist revolt has killed over 45,000 people.

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Just the other day I did a post on India and Hinduism on my "Religions, denials and truth" blog... India and Hinduism....a country and a religion in turoil... and today they're in the news..... India and Kashmir.... Hindu against Muslim... Things that make you go hummmmm.

Saysame.. JR

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