Just noticed that the analysis >>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.
was about another fella, not Geelani. My mistake. ******************************************************************************* At 8:39 AM -0600 12/18/02, Chan Mahanta wrote: >>-- 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
