Ghulam Reshi, in window, at his home in the remote village of Bothoo in Indian-controlled Kashmir. His son Nazir, below, lost a leg when he was shot by rebels. (Ruth Fremson/The New York Times)From International Herald Tribune:
BOTHOO, Indian-administered Kashmir: More than a decade before the attacks last month in Mumbai, militants from Lashkar-e-Taiba showed up here, turning this pine-ringed village into a lair that became known as "the cat's attic."
Locals immediately recognized that they were different from the Kashmiri guerrillas before them. These fighters were mostly from the Punjab Province of Pakistan. They were well armed, well trained and ruthless. They introduced suicide bombings here in 1999. The following year they attacked a nearby Indian Army camp, recording the screams of the soldiers holed up inside and then playing them back to locals, who lapped it up.
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