No Kashmir solution without US involvement: Expert

[Judi Lynn]

No Kashmir solution without US involvement: Expert

Asian News International

Islamabad, February 24, 2005|18:13 IST

US analyst from the Middle East Institute, Washington, Prof Marvin G Weinbaum has said that a peaceful solution to the 57-year old Kashmir dispute won’t be possible without any US involvement in the matter.

According to The News, Weinbaum, while speaking at a national seminar on ‘Emerging world order and Pakistan-US relations’ organised by the Foundation for Research on International Environment, National Development and Security (FRIENDS), said that since terrorism in South Asia was intrinsically linked to the Kashmir problem, hence any effort to root out terrorism without solving Kashmir would not succeed.

He further said that the US was not happy with the lack of democracy in Pakistan.

Professor Zafar Iqbal Cheema, dean of Social Sciences at the Quaid-i-Azam University, on his part said that US had been the biggest hindrance in the establishment of democracy in Pakistan, adding that Neo Conservatives amongst the Republicans had served well their objective of strengthening their military establishments through the portrayal of enemies.
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http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/7598_1255876,000500020007.htm

[Bhaisahab]

1. not likely. kashmir does not have known reserves of oil (eom)

[teryang]

2. Neo-con regime supports Pakistan dictatorship,

in spite of its record of illegal nuclear proliferation, and its well documented support and export of fundamentalist terrorism.

This article is nonsense.