>-- What the convict hasn't yet realized is that asking for liberation is >not >terrorism,
*** Is that Deka's personal view or is it a commonly accepted reality in India today? Would anyone like to test the potency of POTA by uttering that publicly in India? >--but an attempt to blow up the parliament and kill people in it is >>terrorism. *** That would stand to reason. >Probably he thinks he is a soldier in an army and the battleground >>extends to >the crowded bazaars in Kashmir and Delhi, and the government >>offices. *** I have not seen any report of the above charges against Geelani. Neither of the two articles we saw in Assam Net suggests that Geelani was either charged of "attempting to blow up parliamament' or being 'a soldier in an army and the battleground extends to the crowded bazaars in Kashmir and Delhi, and the government offices." It would be nice to see where they came from. I just hope it is not a creation of assiduous analyses of Geelani's thought processes by expert mind-readers :-). At 5:40 AM -0800 12/18/02, D Deka wrote: >The following paragraph from the BBC news below is thought provoking. I am >sure there will be various different views from the netters. > > > >[As Hussain left the courtroom, he was reported as saying: "If asking for >the liberation of Kashmir is terrorism then I am a terrorist." ] -- What >the convict hasn't yet realized is that asking for liberation is not >terrorism, but an attempt to blow up the parliament and kill people in it >is terrorism. Probably he thinks he is a soldier in an army and the >battleground extends to the crowded bazaars in Kashmir and Delhi, and the >government offices. > > > >Dilip Deka > > Death sentences for India parliament raid > Nine people were killed in the parliament attack > An anti-terrorism court in Delhi has sentenced to death three men >convicted of helping militants attack India's parliament last year. > >Mohammed Afzal, a 35-year-old fruit merchant, Shaukat Hussain and SAR >Geelani, a Delhi college teacher, were convicted on Monday on charges of >waging war on the state and conspiracy to murder. > >The fourth, Navjot or Afsan Guru, wife of Hussain, who was found guilty of >"withholding information" from police, received five years imprisonment. > > They are enemies of mankind. They deserve no leniency > > Judge Dhingra >Police say Afzal and Hussain are members of the Pakistan-backed militant >group Jaish-e-Mohammad, fighting in Indian-administered Kashmir. > >Relations between India and Pakistan deteriorated after the attack, as >they mobilised up to a million men along their common border, leading to >international concern about a possible war. > >Lawyers for the men plan to appeal. > >The death sentence must also be ratified by a higher court under Indian law. > >Attack plot > >Judge SN Dhingra said the accused had also been inspired by Osama Bin Laden. > >"They are enemies of mankind. They deserve no leniency," he said. > >Nine people were shot dead when five armed gunmen entered the grounds of >parliament in Delhi in December last year. > >All five attackers were shot dead by police. > >None of the accused took part in the attack, but prosecutors said they >helped in the planning it. > >A recently-enacted anti-terrorism law views any aid to "terrorists" >carrying out an attack as "terrorism". > >The judge said the accused had intended to capture parliament and to kill >the prime minister and home minister. > >Kashmir > >As Hussain left the courtroom, he was reported as saying: "If asking for >the liberation of Kashmir is terrorism then I am a terrorist." > >India blames Pakistan for backing Kashmiri militant attacks on India - a >charge that Islamabad has denied. > >In recent months the tension has eased as both sides have pulled back >their forces. > >And in October, a new government came to power in Indian-administered >Kashmir after successful elections to the state legislative. > > > > >Do you Yahoo!? > <http://rd.yahoo.com/mail/mailsig/*http://mailplus.yahoo.com>Yahoo! Mail >Plus - Powerful. Affordable. ><http://rd.yahoo.com/mail/mailsig/*http://mailplus.yahoo.com>Sign up now
