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Ayodhya verdict keeps India on knife's edge

Posted on 27 September 2010.

Ahead of the verdict on Ayodhya title suit, the Madhya Pradesh Police has arrested 8,000 anti-social elements as part of measures to maintain law and order in the state. A total of 8,000 anti-social elements In Mumbai, Hindu gangs stopped men in the street and forced them to strip to check if they were circumcised [...]

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NATO attacks: Pakistan should move beyond 'bumper sticker protests"

Posted on 27 September 2010. Tags: NATO

NATO attacks: Pakistan should move beyond ‘bumper sticker protests”

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Aafia Siddiqui's Sentencing: Viceral Reaction

Posted on 27 September 2010.

On September 23, the FBI headlined, “Aafia Siddiqui Sentenced in Manhattan Federal Court to 86 Years for Attempting to Murder US Nationals in Afghanistan and Six Additional Crimes.” In sentencing, Judge Richard Berman ruled her acts premeditated, contradicting jurors saying they were not. More on the press release below. No matter that she’s completely innocent, [...]

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North Waziristan Residents Live In Constant Fear: 18 US Drone Attacks Launched This Month

Posted on 27 September 2010.

A rare interview of a close relative of a recent US drone attack victim in North Waziristan provides some insight into the havoc created by the widespread and indiscriminate attacks that have claimed hundreds of innocent lives. This year 72 drone attacks have been launched. The latest attack was launched on Saturday (Sept. 25) killing [...]

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Pakistan's Strategic Response to US Retribution Plan to bomb 150 sites in Pakistan

Posted on 27 September 2010. Tags: US Threats to Pakistan: Kissinger to Obama

Pakistan has been used to threats. They can discern what is a threat and what is a bluff. The state was threatened by Nehru on the day of her independence. Many think that Liaqat Ali Khan was murdered for working on a plan for a confederation with Afghanistan.. Kruschev threatened Islamabad of dire consequences if [...]

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Busting Blackwill's Balderdash

Posted on 27 September 2010. Tags: Robert Blackwill

Robert Blackwill’s blathering does not fall on deaf ears–he gets huge audiences in Mumbia and Delhi where Bharatis love to hear a white man bash Pakistan. Robert Blackwill was the US Ambassador to Bharat (aka India). Now he has sold his soul and is functioning as the Bharati Ambassador to the West. He is the [...]

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Self-defence is no excuse for violating Pakistani airspace and our sovereignty': Marvi Memon

Posted on 27 September 2010.

The NATO provocation has opened a Pandora’s box with Islamabad reacting very angrily against NATO and ISAF. Pakistan does not accept ‘Hot Pursuit” as a valid argument. Repeated violations could jeopardies NATO supplies the bulk of which traverse Pakistan. Pakistan on Monday lodged a strong protest with NATO over air strikes by alliance helicopters on [...]

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Taliban want Dr. Aafia swapped for UK hostage

Posted on 27 September 2010.

Justice needs to be done and the appearance of justice being done should be transparently apparent to all. If a sense of injustice is prevalent than major issues give birth to violence. In the case of Dr. Aafia most believe that justice was not done. Her sentence on attempted murder was 86 years. She herself [...]

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Pakistan should not meet India at UN: Its a ploy to assuage US, Kashmiris

Posted on 27 September 2010.

The tables have turned on Bharat. Its foreign policy is in tatters. The US is leaving. Mr. Karzai is back in the Islamabad camp. Afghanistan has been lost to Bharati arrogance, Nepal is up in arms, Lanka has gone Chinese, and the Beijing-Islamabad Nuclear deal sends chills up the spine of the Bharati Foreign Office. [...]

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Australia: Another Indian beaten up after being asked if he was Indian

Posted on 27 September 2010.

After a long lull in the racial attacks in Victoria, a 21-year-old man was reportedly bashed and bruised after being asked if he was an Indian. According to a local newspaper Dandenong Leader, police said the man was walking to Sandown Park rail station about 6.40 am when four teenage approached him, three with baseball [...]