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Chapter IX, Part II
NOTICE -- ALL TIMES ARE REPORTED IN PAKISTANI STANDARD TIME (GMT+0500)
05/03/99 06:14
Local shephards in the Kashmir region report to local Indian administrator of Pakistani incursion into the neutral zone at Kargil.
05/03/99 06:16
Report recieved by Indian high command; small patrol of soldiers sent up into Kashmir to investigate claims and deter further Pakistani aggression.
05/03/99 06:35 - 07:19
Indian patrol and Pakistani forces encounter each other outside Kargil. Skirmish erupts between Indian forces and Pakistan. Indian forces retreat after approximately one hour of fighting. Five Indian soldiers are taken prisoner by the Pakistanis and are tortured for information. All five prisoners are killed by Pakistan after they reveal Indian military positions outside of the Neutral Zone.
05/03/99 07:22
President Conyers, Vice President Sanders, Secretary of State Albright and other high figures of the United States government are summoned to the Situation Room at 22:22 EDT.
05/03/99 07:25
Chairman Zhao is informed the situation by the PLA Central Command.
05/03/99 07:26
Chairman Zhao places phone-call to Washington D.C. and speaks briefly with President Conyers on the situation in possibility of escalation in the sub-continent.
05/03/99 07:40
At the Pentagon's suggestion, US forces worldwide are brought to DEFCON 3; down from DEFCON 4.
05/03/99 07:56
Pakistan shells Kargil; severely damages an ammunitions dump; 3 civilian casualties.
05/03/99 08:00
India formally condemns Pakistani incursion and demands withdrawal from the region.
United States, China and the Soviet Union all issue statements urging both parties to maintain calm and exercise diplomatic solutions.
05/03/99 08:15-10:45
Pakistani Army advances and begins mobilization into the Dras, Kaksar and Mushkoh sectors of Kashmir and Jammu.
Indian army begins mobilizing armed forces along the Pakistani border and orders strategic placement of forces in the Kargil sector as to "chokehold" Pakistani troops.
Fighting erupts in numerous locations, grinding primarily to stalemates.
05/03/99 10:45 - 05/05/99 03:31
Continued fighting in Kashmir continues for two days without end; current civilian casualties reach up to the high eighties; India and Pakistan accuse each other of "aggressive acts" and vow to not stop until either side capitulates.
05/05/99 03:33-13:41
People's Liberation Army formally mobilizes and increases readiness level. Military exercises begin in Indochina between China, Bangladesh and Burma.
India warns China that "wanton aggression will not be tolerated" and mobilizes in Arunachal Pradesh.
China issues condemnation of Indian "militarism and aggressive behaviour" and steps up war-games.
President Conyers calls Beijing and asks for China to "dial down the rhetoric".
China complies and winds down war-games in Indochina.
05/05/99 13:41
Confirmed by USAF, PLAF, NASA and the Ministry of Space Exploration in Beijing; Pakistan has tested another nuclear weapon.
05/05/99 14:20
Confirmed; India has tested another nuclear weapon.
05/05/99 18:18
Two fighter jets under the Indian Air Force; A MiG-21 and a MiG-27, are downed by Pakistani anti-air near the Pakistani border. Fleet Lieutenant Nachiketa is taken as prisoner of war by the Pakistanis; and is tortured.
05/05/99 21:38
Pakistan ramps up military attacks. Bombs NH 1A; India's primary highway into Kashmir. Significant military casualties are reported, as well as 24 civilian ones. The civilian casualty count now exceeds 110 by midnight on May 6th.
05/06/99 00:01
India issues ultimatum to Pakistan: "Withdraw from Kashmir or face war."
05/06/99 00:04
Pakistan withdraws Ambassador from New Delhi, rejects ultimatum.
05/06/99 00:10
Indian Army attacks Pakistan in two thrusts; in the South towards Karachi; and in the North, attempting to push Pakistan from the outskirts of Kargil.
05/06/99 02:45-06:30
In an emergency meeting, Pakistan formally declares war on India.
United States formally raises readiness state from DEFCON 3 to DEFCON 2, after another string of Indian nuclear tests.
People's Republic of China issues full mobilization order.
Soviet Union and her allies mobilize for war.
05/06/99 06:31-07:18
Military declares martial law in Luang Prabang; Laos' CIA-backed government, after decades of power, collapses.
United States requests formal explanation from Beijing after new junta announces intentions to join the Beijing Pact.
Beijing claims to not know what goes on in Laos, and mentions that it has not had ties to the leftists in Laos since the government of Aisin-Gioro Pu-yi.
05/06/99 07:19
Indian army calls off military offensive after failure to push Pakistan back on all fronts. Pakistan launches salvo of bombing raids upon India's border cities in Kashmir and across the standard border. Over 245 civilians die in the bombing raids; bringing the death toll now into the mid-300s.
05/06/99 11:09
Pakistan launches offensive against India. Kargil, Jaisalmer, Bikaner, Ludhiana and Srinagar are all pounded by Pakistani air and artillery.
05/06/99 - 05/13/99
Pakistan conducts lengthy military offensive against India and sees great results. Over the seven days, India is rapidly pushed back in Kashmir.
05/13/99 00:00-08:30
While losing ground in Kashmir, India launches large-scale military offensive into the heart of Pakistan to capture Islamabad. Indian artillery and air support bombard the capital city of Pakistan through the early morning. India, either purposefully or by accident, during a bombing raid at an air field, bombs a large Pakistani school, currently housing over 3,000 children who are attending classes. The bombing kills 763 children, and injures over 1,100.
05/13/99 08:33
Pakistani state media issues warning that "India has worn out the good graces of Allah's children," and that a "great jihad will soon darken your doorstep".
05/13/99 08:35
Osama bin Laden, leading Press Secretary for the Sultan of Saudi Arabia, calls for "calm restraint in the coming days" by both sides.
President Conyers as well, makes personal appeal to both India and Pakistan's rulers and is firmly rebuffed.
05/14/99-05/20/99
India launches "Operation Saphalat" and begins rapidly advancing against Islamabad and begins to push back in Kashmir. However, heavy casualties begin to pile up, both of Pakistani civilians, and of Indian troops.
05/20/99 08:15
Pakistan formally issues orders for nuclear weapons to be activated and institute "full readiness policy".
India does the same twenty minutes later.
China, fearing the worst, formally goes to total readiness in all matters, and prepares nuclear arsenal for deployment.
United States and Soviet Union both enter nuclear readiness.
05/21/99 06:29
Pakistan detonates two tactical nuclear warheads against advancing Indian troops along the Kashmir and Islamabad front. The resultant fallout carries into India.
05/21/99 06:30
United States confirms nuclear attack against Indian divisions; DEFCON 1 declared, United States nuclear assets go live.
President Conyers, Vice President Sanders and other members of the United States government are evacuated to bunkers and safe zones.
Soviet Union issues emergency warning and begins evacuations.
05/21/99 07:00
India launches full-scale nuclear attack on Pakistan.
Pakistani nuclear launch occurs, however, the Pakistani nuclear program is significantly less powerful; Pakistan targets a handful of cities in Northwestern India.
05/21/99 07:17
Islamabad is hit.
05/21/99 07:30
New Delhi is hit.
05/21/99 07:30-09:00
For one and a half hours, India and Pakistan's major cities in the region are devastated by nuclear attack. The United States, Soviet Union and China hold their breath and are a hair away from pulling the trigger on their own nuclear arsenals.
05/21/99 09:01
President Conyers and General Secretary Rzhykov converse again, and affirm that the situation is not relevant to them, but to the sub-continent.
United States remains at DEFCON 1, but civil defence emergency is rescinded and all-clears are given.
Soviet Union does the same.
China, however, formally enters Arunachal Pradesh after reports of Indian units turning on each other is reported.
05/21/99 09:01-23:59
Fallout settles across the northwestern subcontinent, killing millions. India and Pakistan effectively cease to exist as sovereign governments, as remaining Pakistani military units declare themselves in rebellion and carve out weakened warlord states with the help of surviving natives.
India, similarly, completely collapses as military units turn on each other. Within the next 9 days, India will effectively collapse.
05/22/99 - 05/25/99
NASA, Pentagon and other sources confirm that India and Pakistan have both been devastated; as several major cities were hit by nuclear attacks.
Chinese forces formally declare the annexation of Arunachal Pradesh, and enter into Kashmir and Jammu to restore order. United States and Soviet Union do not comment.
Bangladeshi forces enter into Bengal to "restore order". Soviet forces do similarly into parts of Pakistan, avoiding known radioactive locations.
American forces enter into Balochistan and Sindh from their ally in Iran.
The Soviets occupy the provisional capital of Pakistan that the Islamist regime fled to, and arrests all leaders for war-crimes. They are given a kangaroo trial and promptly executed. Soviets prop up a rather obvious Soviet puppet regime called the Democratic Republic of Pakistan.
The China does similarly, using her ties to Indian communists to prop up the remaining Indian rump regime as the People's Republic of Hindustan.
05/25/99
United Nations emergency session is held and the situation is discussed.
Attempts by more moderate influences in the UN to declare the entire subcontinent a "UN emergency zone" and deploy peacekeepers is rebuffed by the Big Five, who have no interest in allowing the UN to continue the situation.
The UN, Red Cross and foreign aid organizations begin the process of working on the famine that is bound to begin very soon.
05/30/99
The rump India and Pakistan formally sign a peace agreement after a week of chaos and rapid movement by foreign forces into the Subcontinent to "restore order".
The Kargil War, which has killed millions of people, formally comes to an end.
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A history of Modern China
I Don't Want To Set The World On Fire
May 3, 1999 - May 30, 1999
A history of Modern China
I Don't Want To Set The World On Fire
May 3, 1999 - May 30, 1999
NOTICE -- ALL TIMES ARE REPORTED IN PAKISTANI STANDARD TIME (GMT+0500)
05/03/99 06:14
Local shephards in the Kashmir region report to local Indian administrator of Pakistani incursion into the neutral zone at Kargil.
05/03/99 06:16
Report recieved by Indian high command; small patrol of soldiers sent up into Kashmir to investigate claims and deter further Pakistani aggression.
05/03/99 06:35 - 07:19
Indian patrol and Pakistani forces encounter each other outside Kargil. Skirmish erupts between Indian forces and Pakistan. Indian forces retreat after approximately one hour of fighting. Five Indian soldiers are taken prisoner by the Pakistanis and are tortured for information. All five prisoners are killed by Pakistan after they reveal Indian military positions outside of the Neutral Zone.
05/03/99 07:22
President Conyers, Vice President Sanders, Secretary of State Albright and other high figures of the United States government are summoned to the Situation Room at 22:22 EDT.
05/03/99 07:25
Chairman Zhao is informed the situation by the PLA Central Command.
05/03/99 07:26
Chairman Zhao places phone-call to Washington D.C. and speaks briefly with President Conyers on the situation in possibility of escalation in the sub-continent.
05/03/99 07:40
At the Pentagon's suggestion, US forces worldwide are brought to DEFCON 3; down from DEFCON 4.
05/03/99 07:56
Pakistan shells Kargil; severely damages an ammunitions dump; 3 civilian casualties.
05/03/99 08:00
India formally condemns Pakistani incursion and demands withdrawal from the region.
United States, China and the Soviet Union all issue statements urging both parties to maintain calm and exercise diplomatic solutions.
05/03/99 08:15-10:45
Pakistani Army advances and begins mobilization into the Dras, Kaksar and Mushkoh sectors of Kashmir and Jammu.
Indian army begins mobilizing armed forces along the Pakistani border and orders strategic placement of forces in the Kargil sector as to "chokehold" Pakistani troops.
Fighting erupts in numerous locations, grinding primarily to stalemates.
05/03/99 10:45 - 05/05/99 03:31
Continued fighting in Kashmir continues for two days without end; current civilian casualties reach up to the high eighties; India and Pakistan accuse each other of "aggressive acts" and vow to not stop until either side capitulates.
05/05/99 03:33-13:41
People's Liberation Army formally mobilizes and increases readiness level. Military exercises begin in Indochina between China, Bangladesh and Burma.
India warns China that "wanton aggression will not be tolerated" and mobilizes in Arunachal Pradesh.
China issues condemnation of Indian "militarism and aggressive behaviour" and steps up war-games.
President Conyers calls Beijing and asks for China to "dial down the rhetoric".
China complies and winds down war-games in Indochina.
05/05/99 13:41
Confirmed by USAF, PLAF, NASA and the Ministry of Space Exploration in Beijing; Pakistan has tested another nuclear weapon.
05/05/99 14:20
Confirmed; India has tested another nuclear weapon.
05/05/99 18:18
Two fighter jets under the Indian Air Force; A MiG-21 and a MiG-27, are downed by Pakistani anti-air near the Pakistani border. Fleet Lieutenant Nachiketa is taken as prisoner of war by the Pakistanis; and is tortured.
05/05/99 21:38
Pakistan ramps up military attacks. Bombs NH 1A; India's primary highway into Kashmir. Significant military casualties are reported, as well as 24 civilian ones. The civilian casualty count now exceeds 110 by midnight on May 6th.
05/06/99 00:01
India issues ultimatum to Pakistan: "Withdraw from Kashmir or face war."
05/06/99 00:04
Pakistan withdraws Ambassador from New Delhi, rejects ultimatum.
05/06/99 00:10
Indian Army attacks Pakistan in two thrusts; in the South towards Karachi; and in the North, attempting to push Pakistan from the outskirts of Kargil.
05/06/99 02:45-06:30
In an emergency meeting, Pakistan formally declares war on India.
United States formally raises readiness state from DEFCON 3 to DEFCON 2, after another string of Indian nuclear tests.
People's Republic of China issues full mobilization order.
Soviet Union and her allies mobilize for war.
05/06/99 06:31-07:18
Military declares martial law in Luang Prabang; Laos' CIA-backed government, after decades of power, collapses.
United States requests formal explanation from Beijing after new junta announces intentions to join the Beijing Pact.
Beijing claims to not know what goes on in Laos, and mentions that it has not had ties to the leftists in Laos since the government of Aisin-Gioro Pu-yi.
05/06/99 07:19
Indian army calls off military offensive after failure to push Pakistan back on all fronts. Pakistan launches salvo of bombing raids upon India's border cities in Kashmir and across the standard border. Over 245 civilians die in the bombing raids; bringing the death toll now into the mid-300s.
05/06/99 11:09
Pakistan launches offensive against India. Kargil, Jaisalmer, Bikaner, Ludhiana and Srinagar are all pounded by Pakistani air and artillery.
05/06/99 - 05/13/99
Pakistan conducts lengthy military offensive against India and sees great results. Over the seven days, India is rapidly pushed back in Kashmir.
05/13/99 00:00-08:30
While losing ground in Kashmir, India launches large-scale military offensive into the heart of Pakistan to capture Islamabad. Indian artillery and air support bombard the capital city of Pakistan through the early morning. India, either purposefully or by accident, during a bombing raid at an air field, bombs a large Pakistani school, currently housing over 3,000 children who are attending classes. The bombing kills 763 children, and injures over 1,100.
05/13/99 08:33
Pakistani state media issues warning that "India has worn out the good graces of Allah's children," and that a "great jihad will soon darken your doorstep".
05/13/99 08:35
Osama bin Laden, leading Press Secretary for the Sultan of Saudi Arabia, calls for "calm restraint in the coming days" by both sides.
President Conyers as well, makes personal appeal to both India and Pakistan's rulers and is firmly rebuffed.
05/14/99-05/20/99
India launches "Operation Saphalat" and begins rapidly advancing against Islamabad and begins to push back in Kashmir. However, heavy casualties begin to pile up, both of Pakistani civilians, and of Indian troops.
05/20/99 08:15
Pakistan formally issues orders for nuclear weapons to be activated and institute "full readiness policy".
India does the same twenty minutes later.
China, fearing the worst, formally goes to total readiness in all matters, and prepares nuclear arsenal for deployment.
United States and Soviet Union both enter nuclear readiness.
05/21/99 06:29
Pakistan detonates two tactical nuclear warheads against advancing Indian troops along the Kashmir and Islamabad front. The resultant fallout carries into India.
05/21/99 06:30
United States confirms nuclear attack against Indian divisions; DEFCON 1 declared, United States nuclear assets go live.
President Conyers, Vice President Sanders and other members of the United States government are evacuated to bunkers and safe zones.
Soviet Union issues emergency warning and begins evacuations.
05/21/99 07:00
India launches full-scale nuclear attack on Pakistan.
Pakistani nuclear launch occurs, however, the Pakistani nuclear program is significantly less powerful; Pakistan targets a handful of cities in Northwestern India.
05/21/99 07:17
Islamabad is hit.
05/21/99 07:30
New Delhi is hit.
05/21/99 07:30-09:00
For one and a half hours, India and Pakistan's major cities in the region are devastated by nuclear attack. The United States, Soviet Union and China hold their breath and are a hair away from pulling the trigger on their own nuclear arsenals.
05/21/99 09:01
President Conyers and General Secretary Rzhykov converse again, and affirm that the situation is not relevant to them, but to the sub-continent.
United States remains at DEFCON 1, but civil defence emergency is rescinded and all-clears are given.
Soviet Union does the same.
China, however, formally enters Arunachal Pradesh after reports of Indian units turning on each other is reported.
05/21/99 09:01-23:59
Fallout settles across the northwestern subcontinent, killing millions. India and Pakistan effectively cease to exist as sovereign governments, as remaining Pakistani military units declare themselves in rebellion and carve out weakened warlord states with the help of surviving natives.
India, similarly, completely collapses as military units turn on each other. Within the next 9 days, India will effectively collapse.
05/22/99 - 05/25/99
NASA, Pentagon and other sources confirm that India and Pakistan have both been devastated; as several major cities were hit by nuclear attacks.
Chinese forces formally declare the annexation of Arunachal Pradesh, and enter into Kashmir and Jammu to restore order. United States and Soviet Union do not comment.
Bangladeshi forces enter into Bengal to "restore order". Soviet forces do similarly into parts of Pakistan, avoiding known radioactive locations.
American forces enter into Balochistan and Sindh from their ally in Iran.
The Soviets occupy the provisional capital of Pakistan that the Islamist regime fled to, and arrests all leaders for war-crimes. They are given a kangaroo trial and promptly executed. Soviets prop up a rather obvious Soviet puppet regime called the Democratic Republic of Pakistan.
The China does similarly, using her ties to Indian communists to prop up the remaining Indian rump regime as the People's Republic of Hindustan.
05/25/99
United Nations emergency session is held and the situation is discussed.
Attempts by more moderate influences in the UN to declare the entire subcontinent a "UN emergency zone" and deploy peacekeepers is rebuffed by the Big Five, who have no interest in allowing the UN to continue the situation.
The UN, Red Cross and foreign aid organizations begin the process of working on the famine that is bound to begin very soon.
05/30/99
The rump India and Pakistan formally sign a peace agreement after a week of chaos and rapid movement by foreign forces into the Subcontinent to "restore order".
The Kargil War, which has killed millions of people, formally comes to an end.
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