This is the sort of problem the Saudis have been quite happy to fix in other places -- and with their money comes their ideology. "Jihad jinx: J-K militants bankrupt," from the [1] India Monitor, with thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist:

Friday April 28, 2005,New Delhi:The militants are going through a rough patch in the Valley of Jammu and Kashmir. In a recent interception of communication between the outfits by the security agencies, its been discovered that the outfits are going through a crunch situation at present.

Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT), Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) and Hizb-ul-Mujahhiddin (HM) are facing manpower, money, weapon and ammunition crisis. And they have started communicating the urgency for these to their people across the border.

"The militants are in a very desperate situation currently. They are sending SOS messages to their people across the border to help them out," said BSF DIG K Srinivasan from Srinagar.

In the latest interception a fortnight back, LeT cadres in the Valley sounded desperate as they asked for ammunitions and weapons.