| শিরোনাম | সূত্র | তারিখ |
| ১১০। যুদ্ধ অত্যাসন্ন | নিউজ উইক | ৮ নভেম্বর, ১৯৭১ |
NEWSWEEK, NOVEMBERS, 1971
WAR WAITING TO HAPPEN
In their 24 years as independent nations. India and Pakistan have shown a boundless capacity for squabbling each other. They have argued endlessly over Kashmir and bit of Westland called the Rann of Katch, and six years ago they plunged into a brief but bloody war. “These two countries" remarked one Western diplomat. "have hardly ever been genuinely at peace". And certainly they were not last week. Along 3.000 miles of border, Indian and Pakistani troops massed in menacing formations. Most observers felt that the current travels of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, who is due in the U.S. this week ruled out the likelihood that India would go to war for the moment. But there remained the ominous feeling in both nations that, sooner or later, they would stumble into conflict.
Certainly, announcement, emanating from Pakistan did nothing to cool emotions. Indicating that Indians for unprovoked artillery and mortar attacks that, allegedly took the lives of some 150 civilians in East Pakistan. The Government of Pakistan (Mohd. Yahya Khan) maintained that its forces had killed nearly 600 “Indian troops and agents" in two days. But observers noted that many of the shells blamed for the civilian deaths came from 2 inch mortars, short range guns that could not have been fired from India. And they further pointed out that Pakistan uses the terms “Indian Agents" to refer to the Bengali rebels in East Pakistan who have been fighting the Government since April. In India, the claims were much more modest: New Delhi cited one direct clash with Pakistan attackers and a mortar barrage that killed six civilians. “Personally" said one American observer in India, “I think Pakistan's reports are basically designed to bolster morale at home to stir up war frenzy."
In much of Pakistan, that seemed unnecessary. Newspapers creamed with headlines such as CONCERTED DELHI BID TO UNDO PAKISTAN and CRUSH INDIA. Stickers were slapped on Ilonda motor-cycle scat; and even the blinders of horses pulling hansom cabs. “India is playing with fire and she will get burned." a Pakistani Air Force officer told News Week's senior editor Araaud de Borchgrave. "This time we will take a major chunk of her territory." But other voices, including that of President Yahya himself, were less than enthusiastic about going to war. And near Pakistan's Western border with India flag waving was rare, for there, nine Pakistani divisions were overwhelmingly out manned by opposing Indian forces. Last weck News Weck's Maynard Parker visited India's border forces and found a mood of confidence, almost anticipation.
Parker's Report
Swathed in the smoky sunlight Autumn, the Punjab is magnificent wild golden country, while peasants cut the last of the wheat, lime and turquoise birds shimmer in the sky like tiny jewels. But the atmosphere is not exclusively one of pastoral tranquility. For
