Militant flays Zardari over India and "terrorists"

The founder of one of Pakistan's most feared armed Islamist groups accused President Asif Ali Zardari of being too dovish toward India, and criticized him for referring to militants in Indian-held Kashmir as "terrorists."Hafiz Mohammad Saeed, founder of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), a major militant group fighting in Indian Kashmir, described Zardari's comments as "a clear violation and digression from the consistent policy of Pakistan."Though India and Pakistan have fought three wars since their partition in 1947, Zardari told the Wall Street Journal in an interview published on Saturday, that "India has never been a threat to Pakistan."His remarks were encouraging for a peace process that has made glacial progress on core territorial disputes like Kashmir since his predecessor, General Pervez Musharraf, began talks with India nearly five years ago. But Zardari's perception stands at odds with traditional thinking in a Pakistani military establishment that has always seen its eastern neighbor as the Muslim state's greatest threat."It tantamounts to rubbing salt on the wounds of Kashmiris at a time when their movement has turned into a popular uprising."Around 40 people have been killed by the Indian security forces and 1,000 wounded in these protests."I think the peace process should be abolished ... Pakistan should support the uprising. Right now there is no militancy there, now it's a popular movement," Saeed said.