“A welcoming friend to many a terrorist”:http://www.sulekha.com/redirectnh.asp?cid=307813
bq. The orchestrated campaign against Syria mounted by the United States is more proof of what this writer has been saying for weeks, namely, that neutralization of jihadi terrorism directed against Israel and the US and not oil is the priBook Review: Pakistanmotivating factor of US actions in the Middle East.
This comment is particularly interesting as the person writing this is the former head of the counter-terrorism division of the Research & Analysis Wing, India’s external intelligence agency.
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Conspiracy Theory
Riyadh, Islamabad Share Stand on Iraq and says
bq. The two sides urged the US-British forces to leave Iraq as soon as possible and set up an interim administration with a view to establishing a constitutional government
Is this why are getting statements like this from the Administration ? to show that Uncle Sam is not happy with Pakistan
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Avoiding the Radar
” First stealth warship launched”:http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/stories/2003041905530100.htm
bq. The “Shivalik” and its sisters are 143 metre long and 16.9 metre wide (at beam). Their stealth character diminishes physical signatures ? radar, infra red and sound ? making it difficult for an enemy to detect and attack them.
” India develops ‘silent’ intercept radar”:http://www.irna.com/en/head/030416235131.ehe.shtml
bq. India has developed a low probability intercept radar that cannot be detected by incoming aircraft and can escape from anti-radiation missile attack, local media reported on Wednesday.
Communists in other countries
“Comrades for the market!”:http://www.himalmag.com/2003/april/briefs.htm
bq. ?Let no one doubt that we are seeking an open economy. We have in mind an economic system where there is healthy competition in industry, run with private investment?
And the person saying this is Krishna Bahadur Mahara, a member of the Maoist group of Nepal. Wish the communists in Kerala would learn from this.
Know your neighbor
“Shahriar Kabir: The zealous secularist”:http://www.amantran.com/Exclusive/SectionFiles/exclusive5.asp
bq. When Zia-ur-Rehman came to power after the assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the entire history of our liberation war was distorted. It was not taught properly in the schools. It was in 1995, when BNP was in power, one day I was watching a quiz programme. A young boy was asked: Against whom Bangladesh fought the liberation war in 1971? The boy replied, `India’. They are taught in schools that `Pakistan is our friend and India is our enemy.’
and how many Indian lives were lost to liberate Bangladesh ?
Blog Mela #8
As the “peace lovers” change their stand from “We hate war, We love Uncle Saddam”, to “We hate Saddam, but we also hate war” to “We hate America, all other wars are OK” to “I don’t hate America. But why didn’t we kill Saddam directly”, to “I love America, I opposed the war only because I thought it would upset the camels in Basra”, here is this week’s Bharateeya Blog Mela — The Candles of Marina Beach
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Against Caste Based Reservation
“Infosys mentor against caste-based reservations”:http://www.sulekha.com/redirectnh.asp?cid=307585
bq. It [the reservations] cannot be based on a certain caste. It doesn’t matter to what caste an individual belongs, as long as such a person or his/her family is handicapped because of resources…I think they alone deserve to be considered for reservation, be it in education or employment, Murthy said.
Only a politician who does not want to be elected again will remove caste based reservations for Govt. posts. If you read Krishna’s statements in the same article, you can see that he wants caste based reservations even in private sector.
Thus Said Cho!
“We have no moral right to condemn US”:http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=21999
bq. What were we doing when the NATO forces were bombing Serbia? If we are concerned with the primacy of the UN, did Parliament condemn Iraq for thwarting UN resolutions for 12 years? If morality were to be the guiding force, one can apply it only if one has been always following it. We lost the moral authority to condemn US action when we decided to ignore all that Saddam has been doing.
There are people near the Marina Beach area who are not holding candles!
Explain!
“The anti-war crowd has some explaining to do”:http://www.townhall.com/columnists/jonahgoldberg/jg20030411.shtml
bq. I want to rub it in the anti-war crowd’s face so badly. I want to hear the protesters explain why it’s a bad thing we released more than 100 children from an Iraqi gulag for underage political prisoners. I want them to talk about how they were fighting for the Iraqi people as the Iraqi people hug and kiss the American forces in Baghdad and greet the human shields with signs reading “Go Home You Wankers.” I want them to explain why it wasn’t worth it.
(Link via “MercuryBlog”:http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/special_packages/iraq/weblog/)
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To Anti-War Indians
“Ravikiran”:http://www.ravikiran.com/?RequestId=257 asks some questions to Anti-War Indians, you know the guys who are light candles only when America is involved in a war.