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Separatist leaders in Kashmir speak out on terrorism
Separatist leaders in the troubled Indian state of Kashmir say there's a need to recognise the difference between terrorists and legitimate freedom fighters
This follows Washington's promise that its war on terrorism would include the type of violence India faces.
US Secretary of State Colin Powell conveyed the message to his Indian counterpart Jaswant Singh, at a meeting in Washington in which he expressed America's condolences for the 38 victims of Monday's suicide attack on Kashmir's state assembly.
Mr Powell called the attack on the legislature in Srinagar a "terrible terrorist" and "heinous act"
But a senior State Department official said later that Mr Powell had NOT intended to suggest that all separatists in Kashmir were terrorists.
3/10/01 23:50:45 | ABC Radio Australia News
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