12-26-2017, 10:56 PM
*** 27-Dec-17 World View -- Christians celebrate Christmas in Pakistan under tight security
This morning's key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com
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**** India kills 3 Pakistani soldiers in Kashmir in revenge attack
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Methodist Church in Quetta, Pakistan, after a double suicide bombing on Dec 17 (Las Tampas)
Indian officials are bragging about a "tit-for-tat" revenge attack on
Monday evening, when Indian army troops crossed the Kashmir Line of
Control (LoC) and crossed from the Indian-governed side to the
Pakistani-governed side. There they conducted a "localized tactical
operation," first creating an explosion 100-300 meters across the LoC,
and then ambushed a unit of Pakistani army troops, killing three and
wounding one.
Indian officials call it a "tit-for-tat" response to an almost
identical raid carried out by Pakistani troops on Saturday on Indian
troops, killing one Major and three soldiers.
India adopted a policy of retaliatory revenge attacks after 19 Indian
soldiers were killed when terrorists attacked an Army camp in Uri on
September 19, after which India's army conducted "surgical strikes"
into Pakistani territory in Kashmir.
However, Pakistan's Foreign Office (FO) is denying that Indian troops
ever crossed the LoC into Pakistani soil. Instead, the FO said that
the Pakistani soldiers were killed by the explosion. According to
Pakistan, firing by Indian forces had "provided a cover for the
planting of IEDs [improvised explosive devices] by non-state actors",
which resulted in the martyrdom of three soldiers. Daily Pioneer (India) and Dawn (Pakistan) and The Quint (India)
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**** Christians celebrate Christmas in Pakistan under tight security
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After a brutal terror attack on a Methodist Church in Quetta,
Afghanistan, on December 17, Christians in Pakistan celebrated
Christmas under tight security, provided by Pakistan's government in
the form of commandos, snipers and plain-clothes policemen deployed
across the country to protect Christians and Christian churches on
Christmas.
On December 17, two suicide bombers attack a Methodist Church in the
city of Quetta, the provincial capital of the restive province of
Balochistan. Hundreds of worshippers were attending services when the
attack occurred. Nine people were killed, and dozens wounded.
On March 26 of last year, at least 69 people, mostly women and
children, were killed and more than 300 injured in a suicide bombing
attack in a park in Lahore, Pakistan, crowded with Christians
celebrating Easter Sunday. The suicide bomber was apparently
targeting children, as the explosion took place in a children's
playground, near swings and other rides.
Christians and other religious minorities have regularly faced
atrocities across Pakistan. Shia Muslims are targeted most often,
along with Hindus, Ahmadis and Christians.
Christians have been systematically targeted by Pakistan’s perverse
blasphemy laws, which prescribe a mandatory death sentence for any act
purportedly bringing Islam and its Prophet to disrepute. Most
recently, a Christian man, Nadeem James Masih, was sentenced to death
on September 15, 2017, for blasphemy. Nadeem was arrested in July
2016, after his friend Yasir Bashir told the Police that he sent him a
poem on WhatsApp that was insulting to Islam. Straits Times and AP and South Asia Terrorism Portal (SATP - India) and Las Tampa (Italy)
Related Articles
KEYS: Generational Dynamics, Pakistan, India,
Kashmir, Line of Control, LoC, Uri,
Quetta, Balochistan, Lahore,
Nadeem James Masih, Yasir Bashir
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This morning's key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com
- India kills 3 Pakistani soldiers in Kashmir in revenge attack
- Christians celebrate Christmas in Pakistan under tight security
****
**** India kills 3 Pakistani soldiers in Kashmir in revenge attack
****
Methodist Church in Quetta, Pakistan, after a double suicide bombing on Dec 17 (Las Tampas)
Indian officials are bragging about a "tit-for-tat" revenge attack on
Monday evening, when Indian army troops crossed the Kashmir Line of
Control (LoC) and crossed from the Indian-governed side to the
Pakistani-governed side. There they conducted a "localized tactical
operation," first creating an explosion 100-300 meters across the LoC,
and then ambushed a unit of Pakistani army troops, killing three and
wounding one.
Indian officials call it a "tit-for-tat" response to an almost
identical raid carried out by Pakistani troops on Saturday on Indian
troops, killing one Major and three soldiers.
India adopted a policy of retaliatory revenge attacks after 19 Indian
soldiers were killed when terrorists attacked an Army camp in Uri on
September 19, after which India's army conducted "surgical strikes"
into Pakistani territory in Kashmir.
However, Pakistan's Foreign Office (FO) is denying that Indian troops
ever crossed the LoC into Pakistani soil. Instead, the FO said that
the Pakistani soldiers were killed by the explosion. According to
Pakistan, firing by Indian forces had "provided a cover for the
planting of IEDs [improvised explosive devices] by non-state actors",
which resulted in the martyrdom of three soldiers. Daily Pioneer (India) and Dawn (Pakistan) and The Quint (India)
Related Articles
- India's 'Operation All-Out' brings Kashmir closer to all-out war (24-Jun-2017)
- New terrorist attack in Kashmir threatens India-Pakistan retaliation (19-Sep-2016)
- Pakistan expected to retaliate after India invades Pakistani soil in Kashmir (30-Sep-2016)
- Pakistan and India in farcical dispute over 'surgical strikes' in Kashmir (16-Oct-2016)
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**** Christians celebrate Christmas in Pakistan under tight security
****
After a brutal terror attack on a Methodist Church in Quetta,
Afghanistan, on December 17, Christians in Pakistan celebrated
Christmas under tight security, provided by Pakistan's government in
the form of commandos, snipers and plain-clothes policemen deployed
across the country to protect Christians and Christian churches on
Christmas.
On December 17, two suicide bombers attack a Methodist Church in the
city of Quetta, the provincial capital of the restive province of
Balochistan. Hundreds of worshippers were attending services when the
attack occurred. Nine people were killed, and dozens wounded.
On March 26 of last year, at least 69 people, mostly women and
children, were killed and more than 300 injured in a suicide bombing
attack in a park in Lahore, Pakistan, crowded with Christians
celebrating Easter Sunday. The suicide bomber was apparently
targeting children, as the explosion took place in a children's
playground, near swings and other rides.
Christians and other religious minorities have regularly faced
atrocities across Pakistan. Shia Muslims are targeted most often,
along with Hindus, Ahmadis and Christians.
Christians have been systematically targeted by Pakistan’s perverse
blasphemy laws, which prescribe a mandatory death sentence for any act
purportedly bringing Islam and its Prophet to disrepute. Most
recently, a Christian man, Nadeem James Masih, was sentenced to death
on September 15, 2017, for blasphemy. Nadeem was arrested in July
2016, after his friend Yasir Bashir told the Police that he sent him a
poem on WhatsApp that was insulting to Islam. Straits Times and AP and South Asia Terrorism Portal (SATP - India) and Las Tampa (Italy)
Related Articles
- Pakistan Taliban branch takes credit for Easter massacre of Christians in Lahore (28-Mar-2016)
- Widespread riots in Pakistan triggered by phony blasphemy charges (26-Nov-2017)
- In Pakistan, you may murder anyone with impunity by accusing him of blasphemy first (25-Apr-2017)
KEYS: Generational Dynamics, Pakistan, India,
Kashmir, Line of Control, LoC, Uri,
Quetta, Balochistan, Lahore,
Nadeem James Masih, Yasir Bashir
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