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How the Pakistani and Indian press are reporting the crisis

Owen Gibson
Monday October 8, 2001

KASHMIR TIMES

The Kashmir Times reports the US president, George W.  Bush, informed
the Indian prime minister, Atal Behari Vajpayee, of the attacks shortly
before they began. 

In a long leader, the paper reports on the consequences for Kashmir of
the global war against terrorism. 

Of the prime minister, Tony Blair's, visit to the region, it says: "Then
came UK premier Tony Blair, apparently the chief spokesman of the global
coalition, to Delhi.  He condemned the attack on the Kashmir legislature
and expressed his condolences. 

"After his detailed meeting with the prime minister, in which the latter
talked in detail about India's victimhood, Blair told media persons that
terrorism needs to be rooted out but nations have to behave in a
civilised way and respect the rule of law. 

"Without mincing words he conveyed Kashmir is no immediate priority for
the coalition. 

THE TIMES OF INDIA

"Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf said he had received assurances
the US military action against Afghanistan would be short and targeted."

Leader: "The US moves to enlist the help of Pakistan in its proposed
campaign to capture Osama bin Laden and replace the Taliban have caused
understandable concerns in India. 

"While India wholeheartedly supports the US joining the war on
terrorism, there are worries whether general Musharraf will not extract
a price from the US for his cooperation by getting Pakistani terrorism
against India and the proxy war in Kashmir exempted from the definition
of terrorism."

INDIA EXPRESS

"Following Sunday's launch of US-led military strikes in Afghanistan,
the Indian armed forces have been put on high alert officials said on
Monday."

DAWN

The biggest selling English language daily in Pakistan writes:
"President Pervez Musharraf said today Pakistan could not accept another
influx of Afghan refugees and would not open its borders following
US-led attacks in Afghanistan.  He said a future government in
Afghanistan should be friendly to Pakistan. 

"President Pervez Musharraf warned of anarchy in Afghanistan if the
anti-Taliban opposition forces are allowed to dominate a future
government."

Leader: "In the pre-September 11 scenario, Pakistan was hoping, at best,
to remain afloat economically as the world seemed not in favour of
abandoning this country.  But what has happened in the post-September 11
period is simply spectacular from the point of view of Pakistan's
economic prospects in the medium term.  "

PAKISTAN OBSERVER

Leader: "Many military strategists believe the Afghans would give a
tough time to the US-led forces and they would prolong the war.  Most
probably, the longer the war, the more would be the sympathies of
pro-Taliban forces, especially the Islamic radicals throughout the
Muslim world."

A second leader piece states: "If the military action against Osama bin
Laden in Afghanistan is justified, and if Milosevic can face trial at a
war crimes tribunal at the Hague, then how come Ariel Sharon, the prime
minister of Israel, is scot-free? Ariel Sharon was the Israeli defence
minister in September 1982 when thousands of innocent Palestinians were
butchered by the Lebanese Philange Christian militia at the two
Palestinian refugee camps of Sabra and Shatila in west Beirut, then
under Israeli occupation."

HINDUSTAN TIMES

Leading on the Pakistani reaction to the strikes, the Hindustan Times
writes: "The US-led military strikes on Afghanistan used Pakistan
airspace but no attack was launched from Pakistani soil, president
Pervez Musharraf said on Monday."

Leader: "Notwithstanding India's efforts to link its own experience with
terrorism with what happened in the US on September 11, it is clear
enough that the US and the West in general would like to focus at
present only on Afghanistan. 

"As much was evident from prime minister Tony Blair's disinclination to
let the emphasis shift from Afghanistan, when he was asked at a press
conference in New Delhi last Saturday about the incongruity of Pakistan
opposing terrorism in one place while encouraging it in another. 

"Similarly, the American reluctance to include the Jaish-e-Mohammed in
its list of terrorist organisations underlined its need not to
antagonise Pakistan in any way at present."

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