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2003:
India's war on terror
Special
Report
Every
possible effort was made during the year to strengthen measures
for maintaining internal security and law and order in the country.
Considering the problem of cross-border terrorism in Jammu &
Kashmir, special efforts were made to check infiltration of
militants from across the border. As a major success Shah Nawaz Khan .......More >>>> |
Pakistan's
self-appointed junta
ruler
What others
say..........
The past week has given the Bush
administration more cause to reconsider its heavy reliance on a
single general, Pakistan's Pervez Musharraf, to maintain stability
in one of the world's most dangerous areas. On Thursday Mr.
Musharraf narrowly escaped another attempted assassination -- the
second in less than two weeks and the fourth in .......More >>>> |
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Last
Emperor: After Musharraf, what?
B Raman
President
General Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan very, very narrowly escaped
an assassination attempt on his life at Rawalpindi on the afternoon
of December 25, when two pick-up vans carrying explosives and
reportedly driven by suicide bombers rammed into his convoy from two
different directions. Two policemen and 12 passers-by were killed
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Kashmir:
Look beyond the UN resolutions
Mufti
Sayeed
Any
attempt to place the Kashmir issue into water-tight compartments
– islamic militiancy, cross-border terrorism, secessionist
insurgency, ethno-national demand -- does less good and more damage
to the variety of factors and the sheer complexity of elements, and
their radical hybridity that have caused the problem in .......More >>>> |
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Israel
& the
case
against
Saddam
Gary
Fitleberg
Israel
has a very strong case against Iraq and Saddam Hussein for
supporting terrorism against it. The case is twofold. First for the
Scud missiles fired on Israel during Gulf War I. Secondly, for
supporting so-called “suicide bombers” (actually “homicide
bombers”) by paying a reward of $25,000 per bombing to the
families of the bomber .....More >>>> |
Musharraf: Walking the knife-edge
Ajai
Sahni
The
coup and the assassination have been integral to political
transition in Pakistan virtually since the moment of its creation
[the country's first Prime Minister, Liaqat Ali Khan, was
assassinated in 1951, and violence or machinations have marked
virtually every change of regime since]. This ruinous legacy
continues to reassert itself at each ......More >>>> |
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BJP
Sweeps the Assembly Elections
Ram
Puniyani
The
Assembly election results of MP, Rajasthan and Chattisgarh
(Dec.2003) have upset the calculations of pollsters, has surpassed
BJP's own expectations and given it a clear majority. Many factors
have been at play in the defeat of Congress. To name a few its lack
of coordination with the fellow opposition, its not being so
professional in conducting the .......More >>>> |
America, Iran
& Nukes
Gary
Fitleberg
America
believes Iran is heading down a destructive path with its
nuclear program designed not for peaceful purposes but for weapons
of mass destruction. “Iran’s nuclear weapons program and its now
well-documented pattern of [nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty]
safeguards violations are deeply troubling,” stated a United .....More >>>> |
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Jihadi
Terror: The Bangladesh connection!
Haroon Habib
The
Bangladesh Government recently and sharply rejected a Canadian
Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) report that had alleged that
Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia's Government was "not doing
enough" to prevent the country from becoming a "haven for
Islamic terrorists" in South Asia. The report, obtained by the
Canadian .......More >>>> |
Mad
Cow Disease comes to America
Swaraj
Singh
America just had its first Mad Cow disease
case. This happened in Sunny Dene Ranch in Mabton, 40 miles south of
Yakima. Yakima is the largest city in the central part of Washington
state. Yakima is 30 miles south of Ellensburg, where we live. Yakima
is the fruit capitol of Washington state. Orchards around Yakima
produce more apples, pears.......More >>>> |
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