Archive | October, 2010

The Eurofighter Typhoon is the second most exp...

Gulf States to spend $120 billion on defense

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, Oct. 19: — As the U.S. Congress mulls the administration’s plans to sell Saudi Arabia advanced F-15S strike jets and other weapons worth some $60 billion, Riyadh’s Persian Gulf partners are also looking at new combat aircraft to counter Iran. Kuwait has expressed an interest in becoming one of the first operators [...]

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Indonesia's military shopping spree

Southeast Asia’s sleeping giant has begun to make some surprisingly wakeful noises. After decades of underinvestment and international isolation, the Indonesian Armed Forces, known as the Tentara Nasional Indonesia (TNI), are set for a capability overhaul that could reset the strategic balance of the Asia-Pacific region – at least if the ambitious pronouncements of Defense [...]

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Admiral Gorshkov was sold to India for convers...

More delays for Bharat on Admiral Gorshkov

More delays on Admiral Gorshkov: Russian Ambassador Kadakin India‘s buying spree has run into some serious hurdles. It had planned to spending $2.5 Billion on an obsolete Aircraft Career that even the mighty Russian Empire could not afford to operate.  Moscow has jacked up the price several times and now it is around $3 Billion. [...]

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The frace of Karzai's peace talks with the Taliban

Recent widely-reported contacts between senior Taliban and the Kabul government have little to do with a peace settlement and involve scarcely more than exchanges of cash and prisoners, diplomats and observers have told the Guardian. They say contacts with the Taliban have been under way for several years and reflect how war is waged in [...]

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Pakistani Constitution's Basic Structure is based on the Objectives Resolution (Qarardad e Maqasid)

Rebuttal to all Bharatis, Secularists in general and Mr. Yassar Hamdani’s article titled “Basic structure myth”. =============== How can you tell that a Skunk has been threatened. One can smell it a mile away. When the skunk has lost a battle, he sprays his enemy indiscriminately destroying the ecology for days and weeks. One such [...]

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British journalist, Yvonne Ridley.

Why Western born women continue to revert to Islam

Image via Wikipedia What is it with middle-class Englishwomen and the headscarf? Why do so many ladies from the most sexually-liberated and educated society in history just crave the feel of fabric against their hair? I was struck by this thought when watching Jihad Jenny Tonge being interviewed by Lauren Booth on Iran’s Press TV [...]

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French president, Nicolas Sarkozy

The beginning of the end for Sarkozy

Image via Wikipedia PARIS: French President Nicolas Sarkozy‘s approval rating has sunk to its lowest level yet, a poll reported Sunday, as protests over his pension reforms left the country struggling with gas shortages, travel chaos and school shutdowns. Despite raids by riot police last week to force open refineries blocked by striking workers, France’s [...]

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syed ali geelani

Can a Naxal-Muslim-Leftst alliance liberate Indians?

Image via Wikipedia A political alliance is emerging in Bharat–leftist liberal and good Hindus supporting the oppressed Kashmiris backed by the rebellious Naxalbaris (aka Maoists). The open rebellion against the Central government has indeed rattled Delhi and they have retaliated with the usual threats of force and incarceration. Any move against Geelani, or Roy will [...]

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KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN - AUGUST 13: People ride...

Afghans know that Karzai has failed them

Image by Getty Images via @daylife Hajji Mohammed Aman sits in the half-light of his west Kabul real estate office and makes a demand of his president. “When you decide to do something, you have to do it, even if it costs you your life,” he says, firmly but without bluster. The comment hints at [...]

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Afghan President Hamid Karzai meets with Secre...

What can Iran get in Kabul for bags full of cash?

Image via Wikipedia Mr. Karzai has admitted to receiving millions in cash donations from Iran–in return for an Iranian role in Afghan affairs. Similar charges were also levied against Mr. Karzai for accepting cash and money from Bharat (aka India). Delhi was able to peddle its influence and get some kep cabinet posts for its [...]

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