An Indian army soldier stands guard outside as Kashmiri separatist leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, unseen, launches a signature campaign on a petition to President Barack Obama in Srinagar, India, Sunday, Oct.24, 2010. The petition sought intervention by Obama on the long standing Kashmir dispute ahead of his upcoming visit to India. The conflict over Kashmir has been the main source of friction between India and Pakistan since they won independence from Britain in 1947.