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Article: The India-Pakistan war machine.(EDITORIALS)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- June 5, 2002
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Byline: THE WASHINGTON TIMES
There was radiation in the air around an Asian summit yesterday, though not because certain attendees had actually launched their nuclear weapons. But they were talking about it. Russian President Vladimir Putin had offered to broker a peace between Pakistan and India on the sidelines of the 15-nation summit that ends today, but he failed, miserably.
While Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee refused even to shake the hand of Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, the Pak general defended his right to use nuclear weapons first. Mr. Putin failed to even get a commitment from Mr. Vajpayee to go to Moscow for another ...