06-22-2006, 10:05 PM
<b>Army finds huge weapons caches near LoC</b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->The recoveries include some 900 grenades, over 60 kg of explosives, anti-tank mines, <b>flame throwers</b>, a large number of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and assault rifles.
The dumps were located close to the LoC, army sources said, to enable the terrorists to sneak into Kashmir without weapons and then pick up the arms from the Indian side of the frontier.
Personnel of 41 Rashtriya Rifles and 20 Jammu and Kashmir Rifles stumbled on two huge such arms dumps near<b> Naogam and Khanabal areas of Kupwara district on June 20.</b>
The Rashtriya Rifles personnel, acting on intelligence tip-offs, searched a heavily wooded area close to the LoC in Naogam and recovered a sniper rifle, two assault rifles, two universal machine guns, pistols, 17 grenades and 12 kg of explosives.
In nearby <b>Khanabal</b>, a contingent of Jammu and Kashmir Rifles found 851 grenades, four AK-47 rifles, a sniper rifle,<b> two flames throwers</b>, 35 IEDs, 50 kg of explosives and some anti-tank mines.
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Are they planning mini war?
The dumps were located close to the LoC, army sources said, to enable the terrorists to sneak into Kashmir without weapons and then pick up the arms from the Indian side of the frontier.
Personnel of 41 Rashtriya Rifles and 20 Jammu and Kashmir Rifles stumbled on two huge such arms dumps near<b> Naogam and Khanabal areas of Kupwara district on June 20.</b>
The Rashtriya Rifles personnel, acting on intelligence tip-offs, searched a heavily wooded area close to the LoC in Naogam and recovered a sniper rifle, two assault rifles, two universal machine guns, pistols, 17 grenades and 12 kg of explosives.
In nearby <b>Khanabal</b>, a contingent of Jammu and Kashmir Rifles found 851 grenades, four AK-47 rifles, a sniper rifle,<b> two flames throwers</b>, 35 IEDs, 50 kg of explosives and some anti-tank mines.
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Are they planning mini war?