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Army's secret 'people zapper' plans

Nov. 3, 2002 - The U.S. is reportedly developing non-leathal weapons that can be activated from airplanes to temporarily blind enemies by using laser beams, or burn their skin with microwaves.

Source:Observer.co.uk

India plans war within two weeks

June 6, 2002 - Sources say that India is planning to begin a war in the disputed area of Kashmir within the next two weeks, using smart bombs and other conventional weapons.

The planned campaign would be similar to the American attack in Afghanistan, in which air strikes would be followed by ground assaults by special forces transported by helicopter, military sources said yesterday.

Source:Telegraph News UK

Nuclear exchange possible: Musharraf

June 5, 2002 - In Kazakhstan, a high level meeting of many countries, including India and Pakistan, Pakistani president Musharraf reminded those present that...

having atomic weapons implies they will be used - once again raising fears that the conflict over Kashmir could explode into a nuclear war.

Source:The Star

Pakistan moves troops, prepares for airstrikes

June 1, 2002 - India and Pakistan have both prepared for a possible war, and have about 1 million troops along the Line of Control that divides Kashmir. Both countries have claimed ownership of Kashmir since they gained independence from Britain in 1947.

Authorities said Friday the city of Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistani-administered Kashmir, will be under a nighttime blackout from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m.

Source:CNN

Pakistan shifts troops from border

May 30, 2002 - Approximately 1000 Pakistani troops are being moved from the Afghanistan border area where they are presently helping U.S. troops search for al-Qaida and Taliban fighters, to the Kashmir region. Tensions are still very high between Pakistan and India over the disputed territory.

Source:MSNBC

India, Pakistan at boiling point

May 29, 2002 - Stratfor Global Intelligence reports that India and Pakistan are almost unable to control the tension between them about Kashmir.

New Delhi cannot tolerate paramilitary attacks such as the one against its parliament in December, but the regime of Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf simply may not be able to rein in the militants.

Source:World Net Daily

Three million would die in "limited" nuclear war over Kashmir

May 24, 2002 - A new study warns that the India/Pakistan issue could erupt into nuclear war, and that even if the parties waged a "limited war," three million people could die.

The estimates are comprised of the immediate casualty list from blast, fire and radiation if only a tenth of both countries' nuclear weapons were exploded above 10 of their largest cities. It does not take account of the inevitable suffering that would result from the loss of homes, hospitals, water and energy supplies, or the cancers that could develop in future years.

Source:New Scientist

Leaders sign major nuclear arms deal

May 24, 2002 - In a historic agreement in Moscow, US President George W Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a pact which should result in dismantling two-thirds of the two nations' nuclear weapons.

Speaking after the signing, President Bush said the treaty would "liquidate the legacy of nuclear hostility between our two countries".

Source:BBC

Nuclear war threat over Kashmir crisis

May 22, 2002 - With a million soldiers in place on the India-Pakistan border tensions are very high. The killing of a prominent Muslim leader yesterday could cause terrorist initiatives against India.

According to senior Whitehall sources, one plausible doomsday scenario presented to ministers envisaged the two sides fighting a bloody war that would lead to the first use of atomic weapons since Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Source:Times Online UK

Scientists Advance "Doomsday Clock" Again

May 21, 2002 - The "Doomsday Clock," maintained by the Board of Directors of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, took positive and negative world developments into consideration before moving the minute hand to seven minutes to midnight. The development of weapons of mass destruction, little progress on nuclear disarmament, terrorism, US abandonment of the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty, and the crisis between India ande Pakistan were some of the negative issues.

Source:Cosmiverse

Attacks raise India-Pakistan tension

May 20, 2002 - There is a possibility of new war between India and Pakistan over the disputed area of Kashmir.

Fresh militant attacks on security forces in Indian-administered Kashmir and heavy exchanges of fire across the border are heightening fears of another Indo-Pakistani conflict.

India expelled Pakistan's High Commissioner Ashraf Jehangir Qazi on Saturday. The two nations have have gone to war twice before over Kashmir. Now both sides have nuclear arms.

Source:BBC

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