CNN.com - India unveils peace measures - June 10, 2002

First off, they lifted a ban on commercial flights from Pakistan. They're pulling back their fleet as well. But nobody is moving back from the border, and tensions are still pretty high. It's too easy, and too common, for a war to be sparked essentially by accident by commanders at the front. And militants in Kashmir -- which include, Rumsfeld indicates, al-Qaeda -- want a war between India and Pakistan. They're essentially milleniallists who think God is on their side and you can't reason with people who want to bring about the Apocalypse. We're not out of the woods yet, but things look a lot better than they did a week ago.