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US Urges ‘restraint’
The Indian Air Force crossed into Pakistan for the first time since 1971 to carry out a 21-Minute mission using Mirage-2000 Jets and laser guided bombs against targeted terror base camps.
Indian officials claim the base camp, occupied by Jaish-e-Mohammed, housed as many as 300 fighters. This strike took place after Jaish-e-Mohammed fighters killed over 40 Indian security forces in an apparent suicide attack.
The US has urged caution between the two Nuclear armed nations who both lay claim to the region of Kashmir.
Tensions in Kashmir have persisted at high levels for the past year. An exchange of gunfire, unrelated to the above incident, between Pakistani and Indian forces resulted in 7 deaths (including children).
Pakistan government has stated it reserved the right to retaliation due to the incursion into their airspace. Pakistan’s military has downplayed the incident, likely staving off an embarrassment similar to that experienced after UBL was killed by US Navy Seals in Abbottabad.
JeM exists for the sole purposes of reclaiming the disputed Kashmir region, and its Muslim occupants, and returning the region to Pakistan. Indian officials believe JeM was created by ISI (Pakistani Intelligent Services) to operate against India via proxy. Some media sources have written the attack off as political posturing during an election year for India’s government. (KG)
Update: 2 Indian planes shot down. Pakistani planes forces back toward Pakistan and Airports closed. Reuters updates via twitter: https://twitter.com/reuters/status/1100633385201008640?s=21
Sources:
• Al- Jazeera (Qatari Based - Govt Funded) https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019...an-avoid-escalation-cost-190227025749478.html
• NYT (US based - Left lean) https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/26/world/asia/india-pakistan-kashmir-airstrikes.html
• India Today (Indian based - centrist) https://www.indiatoday.in/india/sto...kistan-what-we-know-so-far-1465083-2019-02-26
• Times of India (Indian based - centrist) & https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/...304-jaish-the-isi-start-up-1461410-2019-02-22
US Urges ‘restraint’
The Indian Air Force crossed into Pakistan for the first time since 1971 to carry out a 21-Minute mission using Mirage-2000 Jets and laser guided bombs against targeted terror base camps.
Indian officials claim the base camp, occupied by Jaish-e-Mohammed, housed as many as 300 fighters. This strike took place after Jaish-e-Mohammed fighters killed over 40 Indian security forces in an apparent suicide attack.
The US has urged caution between the two Nuclear armed nations who both lay claim to the region of Kashmir.
Tensions in Kashmir have persisted at high levels for the past year. An exchange of gunfire, unrelated to the above incident, between Pakistani and Indian forces resulted in 7 deaths (including children).
Pakistan government has stated it reserved the right to retaliation due to the incursion into their airspace. Pakistan’s military has downplayed the incident, likely staving off an embarrassment similar to that experienced after UBL was killed by US Navy Seals in Abbottabad.
JeM exists for the sole purposes of reclaiming the disputed Kashmir region, and its Muslim occupants, and returning the region to Pakistan. Indian officials believe JeM was created by ISI (Pakistani Intelligent Services) to operate against India via proxy. Some media sources have written the attack off as political posturing during an election year for India’s government. (KG)
Update: 2 Indian planes shot down. Pakistani planes forces back toward Pakistan and Airports closed. Reuters updates via twitter: https://twitter.com/reuters/status/1100633385201008640?s=21
Sources:
• Al- Jazeera (Qatari Based - Govt Funded) https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019...an-avoid-escalation-cost-190227025749478.html
• NYT (US based - Left lean) https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/26/world/asia/india-pakistan-kashmir-airstrikes.html
• India Today (Indian based - centrist) https://www.indiatoday.in/india/sto...kistan-what-we-know-so-far-1465083-2019-02-26
• Times of India (Indian based - centrist) & https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/...304-jaish-the-isi-start-up-1461410-2019-02-22