SRINAGAR, 22 February 2020, TON: As men with big brief cases carrying sophiscaed-equipment arrived here on 22 February 2020. A self-engineered Indian military operation was conduced by Indian Army, Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and Jammu and Kashmir Police on night 21 / 22 February 2020. These American and Israelis personnel were at New Delhi with regard to coordination of security aspects for the visit of US President Donald Trump.  As expected and planned whole India media as well as foreign channels were found telecasting breaking news and alertrs about Kashmiri militants belonging to Lashkar-e-Tayyiaba LeT) killed in the operation. It was NDTV, Firstpost, The Tribune, India Today, Outlook India, National herald India, Financial Express, News 18, Business Standard, Indian Express, DD News, Times of India, News 24, Times Now, DNA India, India TV News and many others which were continuously beating the drums.

The Indian media was found running alrerts and extensive media coverage to the encounter which media claimed to have taken place at night in the Sangam area of Bijbehara in south Kashmir during a cordon and search operation. The channels revealed that two Lashkar-e-Taibyyiba (LeT) terrorists were killed in an encounter with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag district on 22 February 2020. The media also disclosed that Indian security forces recovered weapons, including an AK-47 rifle, a pistol and ammunition from the site of the encounter. Meanwhile, India Army also carried out propaganda that Pakistani Army resorted to unprovoked firing from across the Line of Control (LoC) in the Qasba, Shahpur and Kirni sectors of Poonch district of Indian occupied Jammu and Kashmir. However, it was admitted that frining was carried out by both sides.

The Orient News had reported on 20 February 2020 about the leaked fake-military operation discussed during Indian Army Chief General MM Naravane visit to Headquarters 16 Corps in Nagrota in which “General Naravane directed the troops to show bravery and courage during live operation during the US President’s visit to the area to impress upon the nature of terrorism faced by Indian security forces and Indian operations to eliminated terrorists”. 

Interestingly, a day earlier, Corps Commander 15 Corps Lieutenant General Kanwal Jeet Singh Dhillon, top commander of Indian occupation forces in Jammu and Kashmir issued a statement here on Friday, confessing the reign of terror in occupied Jammu and Kashmir said, “Before 5 August 2019, funeral gatherings of killed terrorists (Mujahideen) used to be high and sometimes had more than 10,000 people, however, there has been a sharp decline in such tendencies as there were instances now where terrorists  (Mujahideen) were buried and funeral was attended by just by a dozen of close relatives". General Dhillon claimed, “There is remarkable decrease in the number of local youths joining various terror groups in Jammu and Kashmir was a result of Operation 'Maa' launched by the Indian Army, which also targeted the leaderships of outfits in a people friendly manner."

There is no doubt that the root cause of the tense situation in Jammu and Kashmir and the genocide of Kashmiris at the hands of Indian occupying military forces is non implementation of United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Resolution on the fate of disputed State of Jammu and Kashmir. Unless, the UN intervenes and allow the Kashmiris their right of self-determination through plebiscite to either to join India or Pakistan, peace cannot be restored.  One wonders how long the VETO powers, UNO, human rights organizations would ignore the issue and allow Indian occypying forces to continue genocide of the Kashmiris.