War on terror in Pakistan

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US polly tics

India went nuclear under Indira Gandhi
and we paid the price: Sanctions

Today India wanted to buy gas from Iran
USA offered nuclear fuel and technology instead

BUSH came to India to clinch the deal
and he did

is dis good for India?

India has a hostile neighbour in Pakistan armed by the US
A bomb on one of our nuclear reactors could be catastrophic

Nuclear fuel is a clean fuel though
But it wont be clean
when it is bombed

Delhiites remain calm pleeez

An eye for an eye will make the whole fucking world go blind

- M. K. Gandhi

WMD - Nuclear carrier, the Kitty Hawk in Japan

Friday, October 7, 2005 at 05:52 JSTYOKOSUKA — The mayor of Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, Ryoichi Kabaya, conveyed local opposition to a reported U.S. plan to deploy a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to the city in a meeting with U.S. Ambassador to Tokyo Thomas Schieffer on Thursday, city officials said.
Kabaya visited the envoy at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo and handed him a letter requesting that a conventional carrier replace the Kitty Hawk, which is to be decommissioned in 2008, they said.© 2005 Kyodo News. All rights reserved. No reproduction or republication without written permission.


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US carrier captain sacked in Japan

The Kitty Hawk can carry a maximum crew of 5,500
The captain of the American aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk has been sacked after a series of incidents led his superiors to lose confidence in his ability to lead the crew.
Captain Thomas Hejl's dismissal from the 85,000-tonne craft, based in the Japanese port of Yokosuka, came after a number of crew members were arrested for alleged robbery, assault and drug-smuggling.
At this time, the global war on terrorism, it's very important for us not to have this kind of situation arise
Commander Matthew Brown US Seventh Fleet commander Vice Admiral Robert Willard said the dismissal was "due to a loss of confidence in Captain Hejl's ability to lead his crew and carry out essential missions and taskings."
"The United States is engaged in a global war against terrorism and it is vital that our forward deployed ships be ready to carry out our nation's taskings when ordered, " he said.
Crew arrests
A series of incidents have plagued the Kitty Hawk in recent months.
On 11 August a 23-year-old crew member was arrested in Yokosuka on suspicion of attempted robbery and causing injury.
Three days earlier a 29-year-old sailor was arrested at an airport near Tokyo on suspicion of smuggling marijuana into Japan.
Four others were arrested in two separate robbery incidents, Japanese police said.

The carrier played an important role in the war against the Taleban
Commander Matthew Brown, a spokesman for the Seventh Fleet, said other issues had also influenced Captain Hejl's dismissal, including equipment breakdowns apparently caused by crew members failing to follow correct procedures.
Another factor was the Kitty Hawk's collision with a buoy in Singapore earlier this year that damaged one of the ship's propellers.
"We had a deficiency and it wasn't getting any better," said Commander Brown.
Vital military role
The Kitty Hawk normally has 70 to 80 aircraft on board and can carry a maximum crew of 5,500.
The carrier was sent to the Indian Ocean last year to help support the US military response to the 11 September attacks on New York and Washington.
It played a key role in the US-led ground war in Afghanistan by ferrying special forces troops and helicopters.

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BUSH gone MAD

Rice refuses to rule out attack on SyriaEgypt warns against stirring new tensions in regionCompiled by Daily Star staff Thursday, October 20, 2005
The United States on Wednesday refused to rule out possible military action against Syria but said it had not exhausted diplomatic moves to get Damascus to change its ways over Iraq and Lebanon.
The remarks made by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice came as Egypt's foreign minister warned against turning Syria or Lebanon into a new focus of tension in the Middle East.
Addressing the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Rice said both Syria and Iran were allowing fighters and military assistance to reach insurgents in Iraq.
"Syria and Iran must decide whether they wish to side with the cause of war or with the cause of peace," Rice told a hearing called to discuss U.S. strategy in Iraq.
Pressed by senators over whether the Bush administration was planning military action against Syria in particular, Rice said the United States was still on a "diplomatic course" with Damascus but the military option remained open.
"The president never takes any option off the table and he shouldn't," said Rice when asked about a military option.
Rice declined to say whether the president would present any plans to Congress before launching military action against Syria, saying she did not want to circumscribe his powers.
At the White House, spokesman Scott McClellan declined to answer when asked whether Bush had signed any orders enabling U.S. forces to cross the border with Syria to engage foes who may be looking to enter Iraq.
"Whether or not he had or not, I would not get into talking about that, because it's classified in nature," he told reporters.
McClellan also warned that Syria was "trending in the wrong direction from the rest of the Middle East" and accused Damascus of allowing extremists to cross into Iraq and of backing terrorist groups that seek to undermine the peace process.
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dis guy is guv of some sorry state in the US of A

pic stolen from http://lolalane.blogspot.com/

The polly tics of dynasty rule, Indian National Congress

The Freedom Movement
The rapid expansion of the British Empire and the means employed to annex and expand, forced changes in the generations old, well-accustomed life style of Indians and resulted in commotion in different parts of the country. Many minor uprisings were recorded between 1816 and 1855. The last and most severe was the revolt of 1857 -1859 in which many grief-stricken princely rulers, landed aristocracy and peasantry rallied against the British
The revolt was the out come of changes in political, socio economical, religious and military.The revolt shook up the mighty fabric of the British Empire to its very foundations. The empire was able to resolve the mutiny in 1859. Even though the revolt was not an organised National Movement or War of Independence, it exposed the weakness of British Empire and changed the political outlook in India. It also ended the East India Company rule in India as the British Crown took over.
The construction of a vast railway network to facilitate transport by the British also brought the peoples of India in easy reach of each other and helped to spread the idea of Indian unity. As it was impossible for a few foreigners to administer a vast country like India, the British engaged the local elite to help them. They set up an educational system to serve the purpose. But it also helped the Indians to familiarise with the intellectual and social values of the West. Ideas of democracy, individual freedom and equality gained momentum among Indian thinkers like Raja Rammohan Roy, Bankim Chandra and Vidyasagar. The leadership of freedom movement was passed on to this class and Indian National Congress was formed in 1885.
Opposition to British rule began to increase at the turn of the century. The Indian National Congress began to push for a measure of participation in the Government of the country. An unpopular attempt to partition Bengal in 1905 resulted in mass demonstrations against it. Launching of the Swedeshi Movement brought the freedom movement to the common man by leaders like Bala Gangadhar Tilak and Aurabindo Ghose. But Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, the most charismatic leader of the century, mobilised the people into an invincible force against the British in the freedom struggle.
Mahatma Gandhi

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born in Porbander on October 2, 1869. Educated in London, he returned to India to practice law. In 1893 he went to South Africa on a job assignment. During the 20 years he was in South Africa, Gandhi struggled for the elementary rights for Indians. He preached passive resistance. He was jailed many times and in 1914 he was able to achieve many concessions from South African Government. After completing his contract in South Africa, Gandhi returned to India.
Back in India, Gandhi became a leader in the struggle for home rule. He launched his movement of passive resistance against the British gaining millions of followers. A demonstration against Rowlett Acts, which gave sweeping powers to the colonial authorities, resulted in a massacre of Indians in Amritsar by British soldiers. When the British Government failed to amend the act, Gandhiji proclaimed an organised campaign of non co-operation. People boycotted public offices, government agencies schools etc. His 'swaraj' movement advocated the boycott of British goods and revival of cottage industries. He lived a spiritual and ascetic life of prayers, fasting and meditation and advocated non-violence. Gandhi became the international symbol of free India. And people called him 'Mahatma'.
In 1921 Indian National congress gave Gandhiji complete executive authority including the power to nominate his successor. In 1922 he was again arrested and imprisoned. After his release in 1924, Gandhiji withdrew from active politics and concentrated on communal unity. But he was again drawn in the main stream of freedom movement. In 1930 Gandhiji proclaimed a new campaign calling on the Indian masses to refuse to pay tax for salt. In the campaign he marched to the sea with thousands of followers and made salt by evaporating seawater in defiance to the British. In 1931 he ceased the campaign after British heeded to his demands. During his campaigns he fasted for long periods several times and fast was an effective measure against the British.
In 1934, Mahatma formerly resigned from politics being replaced as leader of Indian National Congress by Jawaharilal Nehru. He travelled throughout India preaching 'Ahimsa'. In 1935 British granted India limited home rule. In 1939 Gandhiji again returned to active politics because of the pending Federation of Indian principalities with the rest of India.
By 1944 the Indian struggle for independence reached its final stages. The British Government had agreed to independence and initiated a number of constitutional moves to effect the transfer of power. Because of various developements, partitioning of the country was inevitable to achieve freedom. Mahatma was against partitioning the country but he ultimately has to agree.
After the partition, millions of people were forced to move to and from India and Pakistan and communal riots errupted. Mahatma pleaded to the people to live in communal harmony and fasted till the riots ceded. On January 30, 1948, as he was on his way to his evening prayer meeting, a Hindu fanatic, Nathuram Godse assassinated him. Mahatma Gandhi was the most remarkable and charismatic leader of the 20th century, perhaps in history.

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