>Not everyone has an agenda *** That is a welcome bit of revelation.
*** But I still remain curious about: >>>-- 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? At 9:16 AM -0800 12/18/02, D Deka wrote: >The symptoms of "Foot in Mouth" disease are being noticed. Our resident >Goru Daktor will tell you that the antidote to this is to read the >contents carefully before firing off a patent response based on >preconceived notion about people. The same Goru Daktor will also tell you >that not all visitors to the village clinic are sick. Not everyone has an >agenda. Some visit just to do a little socializing and to drop off the >latest gossip in the village. > >Dilip Deka > > Chan Mahanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >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!? >>> Yahoo! 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