[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 34 (Thursday, March 23, 2000)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E401]
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EXPRESSION OF SORROW FOR THE VICTIMS OF THE MASSACRE IN THE VILLAGE OF 
                            CHATI SINGHPORA

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                          HON. DAVID E. BONIOR

                              of michigan

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, March 23, 2000

  Mr. BONIOR. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to express my profound sorrow 
at the horrific massacre of 35 Sikh men in the Kashmiri village of 
Chati Singhpora.
  Today in Chati Singhpora, 35 families are mourning the loss of their 
fathers, their brothers and their sons. These men are victims of an 
inhumane war, suffering an unspeakable death before the eyes of their 
loved ones. The assassins who inflicted this punishment upon the 
families of Chati Singhpora are unknown. Regardless of their 
nationality and religion, they have covered this Kashmiri village with 
the blood of their victims and have taken 35 innocent men from the arms 
of their loving families.
  Hundreds of villages like Chanti Singhpora are trapped, guilty only 
of unfortunate geography. I call upon all people to end the slaughter 
of innocents, to halt the violence which has divided Kashmir, and to 
search for common ground upon which a just and lasting peace may be 
erected. No more families should know such horror. I ask all of my 
colleagues here today to pledge themselves to peace in Kashmir, and to 
stop at nothing until the bloodshed has ended.

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