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Our terror, their terror
83 years ago
An interesting read indeed. The column was published in the Hindustan times. The writer, Vir Sanghvi, exposes the BJP’s double standards and how Muslims are victimized in India.
Shortly before LK Advani spoke at the HT Summit on Friday, I was chatting to Ajit Doval. Though he is not yet a household name, Doval is a former director of the Intelligence Bureau who was close to Advani when the latter was Home Minister and he will probably be National Security Advisor if the BJP comes to power.
As Advani has — by his own admission — been reluctant to say very much about the allegations of terrorism against various militant Hindus, I asked Doval how he viewed the arrests and the claims made by the Anti Terror Squad (ATS).
Doval’s response was that the term ‘Hindu terror’ worried him. There were, he said, two dimensions to any battle against terror. The first was law and order. You should treat all terrorists as murderers regardless of their religions, ethnic origins or whatever. (more…)
India ‘staged’ Mumbai drama, hotel guests testify
3 years ago
A recent report published by the BBC points more fingers towards Indian security agencies for actually staging the entire Mumbai drama. The stories craft by the Indian electronic and print media were absolutely absurd from the very beginning. Now we have it that the guests who had trapped themselves inside hotel rooms for safety were actually instructed by policemen to leave the building while the fighting raged on.
Several other things have been left unanswered, including the gross failure of Indian security and intelligence agencies that such a big terrorist attack happened right under their nose, in a country aspiring to become a regional superpower. All these questions that raise in one’s mind have been discussed before here and at several other forums.
So much so that the Indian minister for minorities had to resign for raising the issue of Mr. Karkare’s suspicious killing at an unknown location on the same day – the senior Indian policeman who had exposed the masterminds of the Samjhota express bombings and held a Hindu serving Indian army Colonel for the same.
Three major undersea cables slashed
93 years ago
Reports have indicated that three major undersea cables, SEA-ME-WE 4 (SMW4), SEA-ME-WE 3 (SMW3) and FLAG EA went out around early morning on Friday. The cables were cut in the Mediterranean between Egypt and Italy. SMW4 and SMW3 are owned by a group of telephone companies from around the world; where as FLAG EA is owned by Reliance Globalcom. These cables carry a high percentage of voice and data traffic between Europe, Middle-East and Asia.
SMW4 and FLAG were also among the five cables that faced a similar damage earlier this year but at that time SMW3 was used to re-route traffic.
France telecom has reported that around 14 countries have been majorly hit by these cable slashes. An estimate shows a following impact on traffic: (more…)
Is the ‘PP’ Pakistani anymore?
63 years ago
The People’s Party government in Islamabad has either done or tried to do almost everything that the Indians have been demanding. With Musharraf in power, Pakistan had the courage to tell the United States and India of their involvement in the Balochistan and the Frontier province unrest. What use is a democracy that cannot uphold our dignity, sovereignty and self-respect? Where has one of the three P’s in the PPP gone? The Pakistan?
Amend Foster
Sunday, December 14 – 2008
Ever since it came to power, the People’s Party government in Islamabad has either done or tried to do almost everything that the Indians have been demanding Pakistan to do for them over the past several decades.
While Musharraf was in power, the government was labelled ‘cowardly’ and one that strictly followed American directives. We dived into the ‘War on terror’ for the United States at a heavy cost. We handed over Pakistani citizens who were ‘suspected’ of being involved in terrorism.
But with Musharraf in power, Pakistan had the courage to tell the United States and India of their involvement in the Balochistan and the Frontier province unrest. It had the power to tell the United States ‘Sorry, we will not support you to attack Iran from our territory’. It had the guts to say ‘No, Gawadar port shall be built and completed’ much to the United States anguish.
Let me come to where I wanted to take you. What use is a democracy that cannot uphold our dignity, sovereignty and self-respect? I am not opposed to democracy, I am talking about this specific form of democracy that is in place in Pakistan. A democracy so fragile and insecure that if Mumbai is attacked, the President of this country (sitting happily over the 17th ammendment) comes out to say that it is an attack on the democratic establishment in Pakistan. Absurd right? Absolutely! (more…)
Indian Fighter Jets Violate Pakistani Air space
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Indian government continues with its aggression and news just in is that fighter planes of the Indian air force violated Pakistani airspace in Lahore and Kashmir.
The ever-ready Pakistan Air Force swung into action and forced the Indian Jets out.
We are proud of our defense forces! I will keep you updated on this here.
Long Live Pakistan.
Update (12:40 AM): Indian Fighter Jets were fully equipped with ammunition and explosives.
Update (12:46 AM): Indian jets traveled as far as 4 km’s into Pakistani air space. PAF spokesperson confirms they were equipped with ammunition.
This raises serious questions on the intentions of the Indian government. Thankfully, the Pakistan Air Force was already on high alert and reacted immediately to the violation and forced the jets out.
I would like to know how many jets entered Pakistani air space and what their target(s) were.
Update (01:02 AM) – The COWARDLY PPP GOVERNMENT SPOKESPERSON, SHERRY REHMAN:
Sherry Rehman, Information Minister for the PPP government in Islamabad has said that the Pakistani government has contacted the Indian government over the issue.
She further said the Indian administration clarified that the incursions were ‘inadvertent’ (read: unintentional). (more…)
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