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Monday, March 24, 2003

# Posted 7:28 PM by Ariel David Adesnik  

THE UNKNOWN FRONT: Muslim gunmen murdered 24 Hindus in a remote Kashmir village today. The gunmen first overpowered the village's guards and then shot defenseless men, women and children.

This sort of strategy provides a disturbing contrast to that of Palestinian suicide bombers. On the one hand, the Kashmir gunmen were dignified enough to first face down armed guards before attacking civilians. On the other hand, the calculated decision to first overpower the guards and then murder civilians at will is evidence of a brutality reminiscient of the ethnic cleansing in Bosnia, or even of the SS.

Sadly, this brutality will not end for as long as there is military rule in Pakistan. The United States must learn that democracy is our greatest ally in the war on terror.

UPDATE: Glenn Reynolds posted on the Kashmir murders before I did. Good for him!
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