Date & Time Dsk Vers Slug Status Dur'n St Jan 25 17:36 C* PARTITION: Tape 86 (cont) -:0K 4:56 R* By; *** Mod; 255 Lang; Side A cont ABDULLAH MUNTAZER, information secretary (based in Islamabad) for Lashkar-e-Toiba (The Army of the Pure), a Kashmiri militant group. From Abbotabad in NWFP - Hunko (??) his mother tongue. Young, full bearded, earnest - with a Pathan cap.Joined LeT in 1993 and trained in Afghanistan; was in Indian Kashmir in 1995, and expects to go again when his leadership so decide. Involved in militant attacks. Edits a weekly paper, Voice of the Jihad. Interviewed in his office in one of the less salubrious parts of Islamabad interviewed by AW, Islamabad, 25 Jan 2000 [this a dub from minidisc - ? end cut off] Q: forbears fought in Kashmir in 48 A: 'our family background is a jihadi background; our family members ... during war of 48, family members fought in the liberation of Kashmir ... so I have a jihadi background ... K is only 4 hours on walking track from our village, so it was our resp, they were thinking and I was thinking ... we joined in 48, and still I am fighting against the Hindu forces in Indian-held K' Q: part of tribal forces A: 'they were in tribal forces, and joined the war in 1948 in Kashmir against Indian forces' Q: heard family stories A: 'there was a time when our whole village was empty of men ... in 1948 ... the whole village went to join the war against Indian forces in 1948 ... the war against teh brutality against oppressive forces' Q: but not your struggle A: 'our Islam teach us to help the oppressed nations like Kashmiris' (and sort of action against Kashmiris) Q: how got into Indian K A: 'three days track ... this is a guerilla warfare tactic ... in our training, guer warfare training, we are taught how we will enter and how we will travel ... that was a v difficult job for us ... when I crossed loc that was 1 am in the night ... and we walked for whole night ... when we reached at the top of a mountain, we were v hungry, there was a K man, we got food from hi, that was a very delicious food ... that was a 3 day journey' Q: where trained A: Azad Kashmir, ...'in mountains of AK there are training camps of mujahideen' Q: who trains