[Reader-list] Geelani demands merger of J&K with Pakistan

[TaraPrakash]

He seems to be out of touch with reality. Islam tied East Pakistan with 
mainland Pakistan too but we know what happened to that tie. It won't be too 
long when this Islam crap will again be falsified. I wonder if Geelani was 
asleep when in late December thousands of people in Pakistan were chanting 
"naheen cahie Pakistan" and "Pakistan murdabad." If Geelani and handful of 
his supporters want to join that sinking ship, they should be allowed to go 
but if merger with Pakistan is the only solution, then there is no solution 
to the Kashmir problem. Such a Merger is never going to happen.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kshmendra Kaul" <kshmendra2005 at yahoo.com>
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Subject: [Reader-list] Geelani demands merger of J&K with Pakistan


> Here is another one for those shameless Indians who have in the past and 
> continue to support the separatists in Kashmir in their so called "Secular 
> movement for Independence" of "Azadi", "Hurriyat", "Freedom".
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> Press Trust of India Monday, August 18, 2008 (Srinagar)
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> separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani Monday demanded the merger of 
> Jammu and Kashmir with Pakistan, as leaders of the moderate Hurriyat 
> faction spoke about independence and a dialogue over the state, triggering 
> a leadership and ideological clash in the Muslim-dominated valley.
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> Tens of thousands of Muslim Kashmiris marched towards a United Nations 
> office here amid heavy security arrangements, demanding UN intervention to 
> solve the more than 60-year-old Kashmir dispute.
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> Demonstrators shouting "We Want Freedom", "Aiy zaalimo, aiy kaafiro, 
> Kashmir hamara chhod do" (Tyrants and oppressors, leave our Kashmir), as 
> they marched past police barricades near the UN Military Observer Group in 
> India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP) office in the summer capital Srinagar.
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> Addressing the mammoth gathering at the Tourist Reception Centre here, 
> octogenarian Geelani said there was "no solution to the Kashmir issue 
> other than merger with Pakistan".
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> "We are Pakistanis and Pakistan is us because we are tied with the country 
> through Islam," he roared, as the crowd cheered and chanted along with 
> him: "Hum Pakistani hain, Pakistan hamara hai" (We are Pakistanis, 
> Pakistan is ours).
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> Much to the "ugly surprise" of the moderate Hurriyat leaders, who were 
> sharing the stage with him, Geelani said the leadership issue of the 
> Kashmiri separatist movement was "solved today".
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> "Do you have faith in my leadership? I will be faithful to you till my 
> death and will carry everyone along," he said, as the crowd applauded him 
> shouting in unison "zaroor" (certainly).
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> Moderate Hurriyat leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq in his speech earlier called 
> for a trilateral dialogue over Jammu and Kashmir, whose ownership is 
> disputed by India and Pakistan who claim the region in full but rule in 
> parts.
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> "We ask India to start a dialogue over Kashmir, open the 
> Srinagar-Muzaffarabad road for trade and release all Kashmiris in Indian 
> jails," he said. Muzaffarabad is the capital of Pakistan-administered 
> Kashmir.
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> Pro-independence leader Yasin Malik said that Kashmiris want "complete 
> freedom" - implying from both India and Pakistan.
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> "Is paar bhi lenge azadi, us paar bhi lenge azadi" (we will free both 
> Kashmirs) was Malik's slogan, as the crowd also cheered him.
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> However, Geelani countered their remarks saying all these issues would be 
> solved once Kashmiris get their right to self-determination and merge with 
> Pakistan.
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> The two factions of the Hurriyat Conference had been at loggerheads but 
> got united when the Kashmir Valley saw protests against the transfer of 
> government land to the Amarnath shrine management two months ago.
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> The state government cancelled the order - provoking protests in Jammu 
> region and triggering an unprecedented communal divide in the state. The 
> Jammu agitation revived protests in the Valley that have snowballed into 
> anti-India protests reigniting calls for Kashmir's independence.
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> Violent protests last week killed at least 22 Muslim demonstrators, 
> including a senior separatist leader.
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> UNMOGIP is one of the oldest UN missions and monitors a 1949 ceasefire 
> line dividing Kashmir between India and Pakistan.
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> Hurriyat supporters travelled in cars, buses, and on motorcycles carrying 
> green flags, as police and paramilitary troopers, asked to exercise 
> maximum restraint, looked on.
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> Geelani's leadership claim and pro-Pakistan slogans have led to a 
> bickering between the two factions of the Hurriyat that were joining hands 
> after the separatist conglomerate broke up in August 2003.
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> A moderate Hurriyat leader said it was Geelani's dream to emerge as the 
> "king of Kashmir".
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> "But if you cannot carry the load of sanity, you have no right to live not 
> to talk of leading people," said the separatist leader, speaking on 
> condition of anonymity given the "precarious" situation in the separatist 
> camp.
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> "One who seeks leadership, don't make him a leader," the separatist leader 
> quoted a saying of the Prophet to challenge Geelani's claim.
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> "About Geelani's claim and today's rally and sloganeering, I have kept my 
> lips sealed. I am not going to speak to anybody about it," Abdul Gani 
> Bhat, former chairman and spokesman of the moderate Hurriyat, said.
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> http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/StoryPrint.aspx?ID=NEWEN20080062037&ch=633547534103310000
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> http://in.news.yahoo.com/43/20080818/818/tnl-geelani-calls-for-merger-with-pakist.html
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