Posted on 23 February 2010.
The old Flying Coffins were the Mig 21. Hundreds crashed, and hundreds have been grounded. Now the new Flying Coffins–the Mig 27s have been grounded. The Mig 27 currently only remains in service with the Indian, Kazakh and Sri Lankan Air Forces in the ground attack role. All Russian and Ukrainian examples have now been [...]
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Posted on 22 February 2010. Tags: Mig 21, Mig 27
The old Flying Coffins were the Mig 21. Hundreds crashed, and hundreds have been grounded. Now the new Flying Coffins–the Mig 27s have been grounded. The Mig 27 currently only remains in service with the Indian, Kazakh and Sri Lankan Air Forces in the ground attack role. All Russian and Ukrainian examples have now been [...]
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Posted in Current Affairs, India CA
Posted on 21 February 2010.
INDIA’S AQUA BOMBS: Draught & floods imposed on Pakistan: Indus Water Treaty violations- state terror. Three Georges Dam Corporation of China among bidders for Basha Dam Bharti treachery on the Indus Water Treaty & Kashmir Pakistan’s 4,500 MW Diamer Bhasha Dam to be completed by 2016 Sindh-Punjab water crisis Bharats (aka India) has been unable [...]
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Posted in Current Affairs, India CA, Pak CA
Posted on 21 February 2010.
Pakistan has had good US Ambassadors and really bad ones. Ms. Ann Petterson’s tenure in Islamabad cannot be described as a happy relationship. Ambassador Patterson was rude, arrogant and could not eliminate or reduce the friction between the two countries. In fact, judging from her statements, she was part of the problem–and was definitely not the solution. Ms Patterson [...]
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Posted in Current Affairs, Pak CA, Politics, US CA, US Int Rel., US Poli
Posted on 21 February 2010. Tags: A Q Khan
Renowned nuclear scientist Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan said Pakistan is fully capable of inflicting irreparable loss on India in the event of nuclear war with its neighbor, report said on Sunday. Talking to an Indian newspaper in an interview, Dr Khan claimed that India can neither harm Pakistan; nor can destroy Lahore; but contrarily, Pakistan [...]
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Posted in Current Affairs, India CA, Pak CA, Politics
Posted on 21 February 2010. Tags: Dubai, Hamas, Israel, Mossad
The Dubai chief of police called yesterday for the arrest of Meir Dagan, the head of Mossad, if it is proved that the Israeli spy agency was behind the assassination of the Hamas commander Mahmoud al-Mabhouh. An image grab taken from hotel surveillance camera allegedly shows two murder suspects following Hamas militant Mahmud al-Mabhuh (front) [...]
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Posted in Current Affairs, US Int Rel., US Poli
Posted on 21 February 2010.
Perhaps, there was once a time when most westerners could pretend that the US-led onslaught against the Afghan people was a good thing. Perhaps they convinced themselves that because the government of that country had allowed Osama Bin Laden to live in the mountains there that there was reason enough to attack his neighbors and [...]
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Posted in Current Affairs, Pak CA, Politics, US Int Rel., US Poli
Posted on 21 February 2010.
It is clear that the U.S. military operations in the Af-Pak war have been increasing in number and lethal significance during the month of February. Now, in its pursuit of a demonstrable victory over the Taliban, an offensive is being mounted in the heart of Helmand province. As reported by Patrick Cockburn, the battle for [...]
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Posted in Afghan, Current Affairs, Pak CA, Politics, US CA, US Int Rel., US Poli
Posted on 21 February 2010. Tags: Dalit, India, Slavery
Payyanur in Kannur district boasts of a rich and glorious heritage. The town’s website says, “Payyanur is one of the ancient civilised places in Kerala.” It has a place of pride in the history of the freedom struggle and the Communist movement. Lately, however, it is making news for the wrong reasons. Last month, Paul [...]
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Posted on 21 February 2010. Tags: Indian Human Rights Violations, Kashmir
Introduction Since yesterday, we have been hearing about large scale violations of human rights of the people of this state. We had testimonies from about 37 victims and their kin. We have also had testimonies/statements from journalists and members of civil society. We went through the testimonies and evidence presented before us and are presenting [...]
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Posted in Current Affairs, India CA, Pak CA, Politics