[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 13278]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




           CONDEMNING TERRORIST ATTACK ON KASHMIRI CIVILIANS

  (Mr. WILSON of South Carolina asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Mr. Speaker, I condemn Saturday's 
terrorist attack in Kashmir that killed 28 people. This attack was just 
another reminder to the Kashmiri Pandit community that Hindus are still 
being targeted by Islamic militants in order to drive them from the 
Indian state of Kashmir. This was cold-blooded murder of civilian men, 
women, and children, who were innocently listening to a radio sports 
event at a tea stall.
  More than 400,000 Hindus in Kashmir have been forced from their homes 
due to targeted attacks of Islamic militants. For many years, 
Pakistan's military worked together with its intelligence agency, the 
ISI, to coordinate attacks against civilians in Kashmir. These very 
same forces helped in creating the Taliban and al Qaeda.
  Pakistan must stop the movement of al Qaeda members from the 
northwestern part of Pakistan into the Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. 
Pakistan must also shut down its terrorist camps, remove the influence 
of extremist religious clerics from government affairs, and make 
generous peace offerings to India. Only then can a dialogue between 
India and Pakistan take place.

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