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April 8th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda The base stands at 16,000ft and soldiers have to undergo months of training just to withstand the threat of altitude sickness.
More soldiers have died from the extreme conditions than enemy action.
By Sunday evening, 36 hours after the 70ft wall of snow struck, no one had been found dead or alive and hopes were fading.
“There is no hope, there is no chance at all,” said Colonel Sher Khan, a mountain warfare expert.
“You can survive only in the first 5-10 minutes.” A statement released by the military said the powerful army chief had visited the site of disaster and was supervising operations.
Specially trained search-and-rescue teams of army engineers equipped with the latest locating equipment and heavy machinery had arrived, it said, joining rescue units aided by sniffer dogs and helicopters.
A tailor and two barbers were among the civilians missing since Saturday morning.
The nuclear-armed rivals fought a fierce battle over Siachen in 1987, raising fears of all-out conflict, although the guns on the glacier have largely fallen silent since a slow-moving peace process was launched in 2004.
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