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    US asks Pakistan to stop the groups that carry out terrorism in India

    Would a random report from NYtimes count ? It is a newspaper of record in the United States (where you live). If you think it is wrong, you can prove that wrong in courts etc. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/08/world/asia/08terror.html?scp=2&sq=pakistan%20terrorism%20army%20isi&st=cse...
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    US asks Pakistan to stop the groups that carry out terrorism in India

    While it is true that Pakistan is no longer sponsoring terrorism after 2002 & Musharraf, the evidence is far from clear. You live in the US right ? Have you read the newspaper reports about Swat fights ? Most reports will at least mention once that Pakistani Army is supporting/was supporting...
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    Top Indian Myths about Pakistan!

    You have so far claimed that Kashmir is not a big issue in Pakistan without giving any backing. Here is my perspective, told by a (hopefully) neutral organization International Crisis Group - The View from Islamabad http://merln.ndu.edu/archive/icg/pakistankashmir.pdf Pakistan’s policy...
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    Top Indian Myths about Pakistan!

    What you are saying is that since Pakistani politicians do not talk about Kashmir, it is not important. That's not true. No politician talks about Pakistan being/not being a Muslim country either - but I would say that is central to Pakistan too. The difference between Kashmir and Islamiyat...
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    Top Indian Myths about Pakistan!

    I can't understand how I denigrated Pakistan. I was just saying that no party in Pakistan can afford to be seen as compromising on Kashmir. And that spending on Kashmir (defense) slows the growth for Pakistan. In spite of this people still vote for Kashmir. I agree that I made up the 0% 15%...
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    Gurkhas in the Indian Army - images and information

    They look like Indians. Lot of people in the North east of India look like Nepalis and many Nepali people look like Indians. Some more background: Gorkhas have a reputation for never losing their homeland a reputation that not even Afghans can match. After British were unable to conquer...
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    Top Indian Myths about Pakistan!

    I agree that this is a belief I personally have held /possibly still do (just not the way you describe it). One of the reasons for this is the repeated statements by Nawaz Sharief/Musharraf that people of Pakistan won't let me settle Kashmir issue. Or that this is the "central issue" The way I...
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    Top Indian Myths about Pakistan!

    That would make the so called Myth 2 and your Myth 3 the same. Why double count ?
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    Top Indian Myths about Pakistan!

    Pakistani budget is only $19Billion (Pak Rs 1549 Billion) http://www.finance.gov.pk/admin/images/budget/budgetbrief.pdf And defense spending is approximately one fourth of the amount in the original. This does not include "Public order and safety affairs". After borrowing another 250Billion...
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    Bangladesh urges Pakistan apology for 1971 ‘crimes’

    Publishing the Hamadoor Rehman report as he promised would be a start, if nothing else to get Pakistani people to start considering the issue (Even if the report puts the deaths at 26,000 which Bangladesh disputes) . A resolution condemning the loss of lives without going into specifics might...
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