Historical Dictionary of Terrorism Third Edition

346 • KANSAI REVOLUTIONARY ARMYrecent years there have been no significant terrorist incidents. As ofthe 9 May 2004 Congrès Territorial elections, the FLNKS coalitionwas the third-largest grouping, having won 13.7 percent of the voteand holding eight of the 54 seats in the Congress. The Union Calédoniennewas in fourth place, having won 11.9 percent of the voteand seven seats, while two other minor separatist parties, the Uniondes Comités de la Coopération pour l’Indépendence and the LibérationKanak Socialiste, won 3.2 percent and 2.0 percent of the vote,respectively, and were awarded one seat apiece.KANSAI REVOLUTIONARY ARMY. Name of covert action groupof Chukaku-Ha.KANSI, MIR AIMAL. See CIA HEADQUARTERS ATTACK.KASHMIRI SEPARATISM. Movement by Islamic fundamentalistsseeking to impose Muslim control over that part of Jammu and Kashmirthat has been under Indian administration since the partition ofIndia and the first Indian-Pakistani war in 1947. There are a numberof groups that claim to seek this goal including the Kashmir LiberationFront, the Harakat ul Mujahideen (HUM), formerly called theHarakat al Ansar, the Lashkar-e Tayyaba, the Jaish-e Muhammad,the Harakat ul Muminim, al Hadid, and al Faran, some of which maybe multiple names used by the same core of militants. It is not entirelyclear whether these militants are seeking to replace Indian rule withPakistani rule or if they are seeking to create the territorial basis ofa future independent Kashmir. Although the rhetoric of these groupssuggests that they are seeking to create an Islamic state in Kashmir,it is unlikely that their immediate goal is an independent Kashmiristate because these groups enjoy Pakistani state support in the formof money, arms, and sanctuary. India controls about 45.1 percentof the territory of Kashmir, in which 70 percent of the population isMuslim, and Pakistan controls 38.2 percent; the 16.7 percent of theterritory occupied by China is claimed by India as its own territory.Jammu and Kashmir is the only state in the Indian federal system inwhich the majority of the population is Muslim.The current insurgency began in 1989 with separatist militantscarrying out attacks on the Indian army and police forces along thecease-fire line, attacks on Hindus living within Kashmir, and also kidnappingsof foreign tourists. In January 1990 the Indian government