In his message, Professor Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu pointed out that “the OIC, out of its keenness to achieve sustainable development in its Member States, adopted a comprehensive project for political and socio-economic reform in the Member States within the Ten-Year Program of Action adopted by the Extraordinary Makkah Summit of 2005, which seeks to meet the aspiration of the poeple by realizing their prosperity and progress.” OIC being an toothless organisation, when it comes to protecting Muslim majority living in Muslim sates, has not achieved even a tiny portion of the set reform agenda. Kazakhstan, the present OIC chair itself is in the middle of a Constitutional crisis.

Will OIC change to reflect the true reflections of the Muslim people? Hopefully yes.

With Japanese coast guard, Chinese fishing vessel was even more bolder. A single trawler managed to collide with two Japanese Coast Guard patrol vessels near the disputed Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea in early September.
On March, 2009, Chinese claimed that their deployment of a vessel in the disputed Spratly Islands was a “fishery patrol ship, not a warship.” During February 2010, Vietnamese Coastal Border Guard complained that a Vietnam fishing boat with a 16-man crew was stopped by a Chinese patrol near the Paracel Islands in the South China Sea.

In April, 2010, China’s fishery administration stated that it has begun regular patrols of the South China Sea. They sent two patrol boats, to take over from the two vessels which were escorting Chinese fishing boats in the area. The Chinese patrols had begun in the sea area of Nansha Islands (Chinese name for Spratly Islands) since April 1. The Chinese fisheries head claimed that China wanted to enforce its fishing rights in the waters around Nansha Islands.

Chinese mouth piece “Global Times” on September 8 claimed ” China did not encourage or instigate its people to cruise into the Diaoyu waters.” With increasing Chinese maritime and fishing vessels plying in internationally, only time will tell if China is or not playing the the fishing trawler offensive game. Meanwhile, India should suitably increase its guard in Andaman and Nicobar islands. Even though its not disputed, Chinese fishing vessels now have a reputation of being state pawns.

Meanwhile world must re look at the the policy of repatriating captured boats and crew to their country of origin. In the light of the Chinese captain ramming the Japanese military ships and getting away has taken away the element of deterrence. Maybe, world can formulate a sub clause for such behavior exhibited by the errant Chinese fishing trawler.

The very threat of burning Quran has brought in a new dimension in the way we should be looking into fundamentalism. Even though, the burning of Quran has not actually taken place, but, a fire has been lit. A lot of minds could have been ignited about the possibility of burning Quran as a possible revenge against Islamic Fundamentalist ill manners. What if an Islamic militant attack is responded by burning of Quran? This can cause even greater catastrophe than what possibly a nuclear bomb can cause.

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The Muslim world protests on burning Quran threat was drowned by deafening world wide outcry by the world leaders. A lot of civilized world condemned the threat. But, it cannot be taken for granted that the incident may not actually occur, as a lot of people around the world have been silently or verbally supporting it. Fortunately this has not translated in physical support for burning Quran or mosques or other Muslim places. After all, the pastor has nailed the one single aspect that actually causes the Islamic world, including fundamentalist to wince.

Another aspect is that the Christian world has demonstrated amazing control over its population. It shows that if there is will, the world can cut through fundamentalism. Unfortunately, the Muslim leaders have not been able to demonstrate such control over its population. It is time that Muslim leaders accept the responsibility of pastors reason for taking the extreme step of Quran burning threat.

Why are they not fighting the Pakistani Punjabi’s?

One of the biggest mistake of the “latest” Afghan war is that US and allies are fighting symptoms and not the cause. Let me give you two distinct characters in the terrorist structure. 1) The Tribes 2) The Pakistani Punjabis. I will explain them in same order.

1) The Tribals: We know them as Tribals, Adivasis and may be as Aborigines. These are simple folks. I am sure we all have had tribal ancestors sometime ago. A lot of us have evolved so called “sophisticated” or “civilized.” I am not using these words in the strictest definition. We have these folks up in arms worldwide against us sophisticated people, because, we exploit their lack of sophistication or civilization. The fights manifest in many names. In India we call them Maoist because of the Chinese connection and influence. In other parts of the world we have other names. There are 3 distinct characteristics of them. A) They fight very hard and don’t seem to be dying off B) they fight for a theme C) they can be exploited. You cannot fault them for not understanding our civilized ways. In fact, nations are scrambling to protect them via legislation’s and other measures. Since I have generally explained them, let me move on to the Afghan scene.

Historically, they have been fighters. They have been influenced by Muslim culture. In recent history, the British, Russians and now the American / NATO have been at the wrong side of them. Actually the Americans have been on the both sides of them. During the Soviet misadventure in Afghanistan, Americans supplied these tribals with financial and material aid. The people that is on the right side of them is the Pakistani Punjabis. But, the influence of both American and Pakistani Punjabis have not been constructive and positive. They have / have been exploiting the ruggedness of these folks under the Islamic banner. These tribes have locally active, but, do not have an international character. Even today. The Afghan Taliban and other factions are made up of these tribals.

2) The Pakistani Punjabis: For the people who love mysteries let me tell you secret, even though, its a know fact. Pakistan is dominated by people from Punjab province with 60% of the Pakistani population and unimaginable wealth. Pakistani side of Punjab is the home of “Islamic Trash.” These people are decedents of barbaric Muslim raiders who have raped local and Hindu women. This variety of Muslim’s (there are similar more in other parts of the world), have an inferiority complex because of their origin, as explained. They have to display parity with the original Muslims, especially from Arabian countries. Pakistan has made so many attempts like pleading to be declared as a Arabic state or creating a Islamic Empire or raking up Islamic causes etc. This fact has been exploited by the Arabs. Arabs consider these Islamic types as “expendable,” a fact I figured out during my brief stay in certain Arabian countries. I have been told, its an annual ritual for some rich Arabs to kill of some Pakistanis and other nationals (not scope of the article, so I am not naming), during the Haj season. From Hafiz Muhammad Saeed of Jama’at-ud-Da’wah to lowly Ajmal Kasab of Mumbai attack infamy, are expendable at different levels in Jihadi eco system.

Traditionally, these Pakistani Punjabi’s have lived off inviting some invader or the other for livelihood means. Last being the US of A and Arab countries. Some may argue that then US and Arabs should be fought not these Pakistani Punjabis. They are right, but, I am limiting myself to the Afghan problem. Besides, I am addressing the issue in this article. These are the people we must be fighting, if we have to win this Afghanistan war. They have living off both US money as well as the other terror money, like from Osama Bin laden. These people have extensive terror networks as well as poppy fields. Now, the Pakistani armed forces and the intelligence agency ISI are dominated by these Pakistani Punjabis. They exploit the “Islamic” theme to create issues around the world, including Afghanistan. Think about this, were Afghanistani Tribals responsible for September 9/11 or other terror attacks world wide? No. It is these Pakistani Punjabi’s along with al-Qaeda (or al-Qa’ida).

So, technically, US / NATO forces are fighting cannon fodder and not the cannon itself. Pakistani Punjabis’ are playing the age old trick of good cop and the bad cop and US is buying every bit of it. So we have Pakistani Army chief playing good cop, while collecting booty from US and the so called “army retires” and “ISI retires” who are running the terror war against US /NATO. Mind you, the rest of the Pakistan is also complain about the Pakistani Punjab.

And don’t get swayed by the Pakistani “Taliban’ term. The Pakistani Taliban is a collection of thieves and anti social elements.

Why does west hide the fact?

So, why is that the duplicity of Pakistani Punjabis being hidden from the “common man” in US and Western countries?

This is because “vested interest” has developed in these countries too. Other day, I wrote an article on Why Canada still backs terror in India? I explained how Canadian’s have developed an vested interest in promoting terror in India. The principle is the same.

British failed to conquer the Afghanistan area in its colonial days. But, they learn’t a lesson that would change the rest of the modern history. If you can’t beat them, then join them. This is a learning, they passed on to the Pakistani establishment. Pakistani Army started using these tribes against India and Afghanistan. subsequently, a new “regular” tribal force emerged. US, Arabs, Britis etc plugged into these system via Pakistani Army and ISI.

The terror influence traveled up the chain. That influenced the diplomats, intelligence agencies, contractors and even the politicians back home in US and Western countries. The US diplomats, US contractors and the US politician nexus can be better understood in their own country. This is a major factor of the afghan war from the US perspective. How will they earn their money? Pakistan/Afghanistan sector has been an money spinner since past 60 years!. Another factor is that the US/western intelligence have got influenced. Don’t be surprised if wiki leaks again and tells you of the US hand in the current situation. The next factor is that US and western countries have given asylums to radicals. These radicals have become a vote bank in these countries.

When Barack Obama ans Hillary Clinton took office for the new term, they confessed that they have made mistakes in the past and would correct the situation in Afghanistan. They have well intentionally poured billions of American tax payers money into Pakistan, even at a time when US citizens needed that money during the economic crisis. But, they fail to understand they they are feeding the same system in a different name.

Some time back an ex Indian external intelligence agent called B Raman wrote a book The Kaoboys of R&AW: Down Memory Lane. His opening chapter was with a scathing attack of his frustrations with US State department. US should be looking at redefining the US state department, the CIA structure and the contractors. Obama and Hillary should do this if they have intentions of winning the Afghan war. US also should be looking at containing the “un officials” from the Arab countries.

If the Afghan war has to be won, the old structure of Pakistani Armed forces, the ISI and the old order of the Us and western countries should be dismantled.

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The JPAC reasoning is that needed negotiations with the Indian Government regarding MEDEVAC and communications procedures could not be completed and therefore the final phase of the recovery had to be delayed a year. The note reads:

This spring, JPAC started attempts to coordinate technical talks with GOI representatives to establish the groundwork for logistical requirements needed to conduct the operations, e.g., guides, communication frequencies, area access, provincial contacts/coordination etc. Despite our best efforts, no time window became available to establish the necessary arrangements with the GOI for this recovery operation. JPAC is still attempting to gain clearance to conduct investigation and survey operations in a nearby province and plans to deploy teams in the November 2010 time frame if that clearance is granted and logistical arrangements can be made.

The technical meeting for this mission is critical to ensure a successful and safe excavation and must be the first step taken toward the next excavation of MACR 2140. As you might be aware, the site is in Arunachal Province, which is involved in a territorial dispute between India and China. Also, the site is in a remote and rugged area, heightening the need to establish sound medical evacuation (MEDEVAC) procedures and communication capabilities to ensure the safety of our team members and those accompanying the team.

US can push through multi-billion deals like C-130 J Hercules, P-8I Poseidon etc. Its hard to fathom that US is not able to push through a simple recovery deal. The standards set by US for recoveries is amazing, as Locals living in Arunachal Pradesh frequent this place and manage to take off the plane parts and sell it in the local market as scrap. Even US knows, if they follow the procedures of Indian government to the hilt, they will get their job done in another 60 years. Why is that they don’t follow this case with same fervor like they do with multi-billion dollar jobs? Or is it that US won’t push, unless its contractors don’t benefit?

Now, Our friends from HRW have a new advice.

They say India should immediately review state government policies of occupying and using school buildings as part of operations against Maoist armed groups, known as Naxalites, and give schools better protection from Maoist attacks.

HRW fails to tell us who is going to protect our police forces who have to protect the schools? So far between P. Chidambaram’s loud mouth and Maoist’s action, in excess of 200 police men have been already killed.

Then a so called “Asia researcher on children’s rights” [you know the kind of fancy titles these HRW guys can think of] at Human Rights Watch, Bede Sheppard (am not able to figure if that name is for a male or female) mentions this brilliant statement. She / He says “Both the security forces and the Maoists in India are exploiting and harming children, destroying their chances at an education and causing damage that will affect their entire lives.” Now, this I find as brilliant. You need to be a researcher in HRW to tell that. In India, even an illiterate can say that.

As I don’t want to nit pick any more (allow me my P. Chidambaram moments) of what HRW said, I will get straight to the point. The HRW release says

The UN Security Council has stated repeatedly that it will consider targeted sanctions, including arms embargoes, against parties to armed conflict that do not end their use of child soldiers.

So, the UN security council accepts that they are supporting groups who use children as soldiers? So what do they mean by ….it will consider targeted sanctions, including arms embargoes…? Are they already supplying arms?

Now, here is the fun part. India has $ 100 billion of arms purchase budget for next 10 years and Maoist don’t need arms from UN.

It is high time, UN and HRW stop their useless tirades and work for the benefit of the mankind. Just for example, the useless and mindless report they produced and the amount of time and energy they spend, it could be used for better purpose. While I do not dispute the fact that research is not important. On the Maoist issue, looking at their reports, I find that the UN and HRW is anti common people of India.

What Maoist areas need is money for development and respect from the government, something our government does not understand. May be UN through its agencies can attempt that. At the Maoist side, the UN should put pressure on them to stop exploiting children and women. Let it be a “Man’s Thing.”

US, UK, Canada especially and the Western European nations have been in the forefront of radicalizing religions around the world. They gave direct and indirect diplomatic, moral and material support to radical organizations around the world. These countries have educated their population with selective radicalization. Even as they try to hold high moral grounds with respect to radical Islam, these countries have not been able to shake up their own radicalization.

Gordon Campbell at Golden Temple, India, Image: The Tribune, Chandigarh

Even today, Canada houses majority of the Sikh Terrorist base. The selective radicalism practiced by these western diplomatic and leadership are not just hurting India and other victim countries. The terrorist have come home to roost and western countries struggle to wrestle with them. At the same time, due to high moral grounds, these countries fail to change themselves. Look at their attitudes. They want Pakistan to fight selective terrorism. They allow Pakistan to keep the India specific terrorism while asking it to finish the terror now “pissing on them.”  They don’t realize that there is no uni directional terror. Classic case is the New York Terror plot, where the Indian specific terrorist tried to strike US.

The Sikh terror has now percolated Canadian parliament. The Canadian politicians like Gordon Campbell, Dianne Watts, Penny Priddy, and various other federal and provincial politicians openly support these terrorist. The “other” politicians do not speak out because they want votes. Being Anti-India is a way of life in Canada, just like Pakistan. The only difference is that its White Mans terror, it is different and it’s sacred. We can understand that Pakistanis, who are a mix of Barbaric Islamic raiders and Indians, having a little connection with Islam and Islamic push towards India. But, what about White Canadians? What have they got to do with it? You can see how bad is the Canadian radicalization of its own country. The incident of High Commission in New Delhi is a manifestation of exactly that.

It’s true for US and UK and Western European nations too. They have terror MP’s right in their parliaments, terror diplomats in their foreign offices, terror state / home departments and the list goes on.

While US, UK, Canada and western nation continue to scour Afghanistan to hunt terrorist, terror sits at home.

HRW quotes:

On May 6, 2010, the Home Ministry issued a statement saying that, “It has come to the notice of the government that some Maoist leaders have been directly contacting certain NGOs and intellectuals to propagate their ideology and persuade them to take steps which would provide support to the CPI (Maoist) ideology.” Government officials warned members of civil society that the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, which calls for imprisonment of up to 10 years, could be used to punish individuals in contact with the Maoists. Home Minister P. Chidambaram had earlier called upon civil society demanding “voices of condemnation of those who have, erroneously, extended intellectual and material support to the CPI (Maoist).”

Let me make it clear, our home minister P. Chidambaram is a big bullshitter and does not mean any harm. I would have agreed with HRW if they would have come out with a statement of “should not Levi excess tax and burden common people with economic hardship by appointing a incompetent finance minister (when P. Chidambaram was the finance minister).” We used to have every day threats in the news papers via advertisements “pay up tax in time or jail and other punishments.” The P Chdambaram would claim “since the taxes collections are good, the economy is in pink of health.” That is true meaning of “Warnings to Civil Society a Threat to Fundamental Freedoms.” Civil society should enjoy the joy of earning and spending and not getting taxed for the sake of survival of the government.

P. Chidambaram is a “serial Warner” and no one of consequence will listen to him. Think about his warnings to Indian Industry, black marketers etc, while he was doing some nuclear deal in New York as the fiance Minister of India. Just the common people, who have actually lost their voice have no other option, but, follow his dictates that come via the government machinery. He is the kind of guy who would like to talk about nuclear deal when he is finance minister, finance when he is home minister etc. The time he would speak about his own job, he would either get a shoe, the parliament will get adjourned or more innocent people will get killed. So, please don’t take his statements seriously. And ofcouse don’t take Maoist seriously as they have got nothing to do with common man and the tribal’s.

As per HRW statement:

The Indian government appears to have threatened to curb the right to freedom of expression by treating it as equivalent to providing material or physical support for criminal acts by the proscribed Communist Party of India (Maoist), also known as Naxalites, which the government has banned.

I don’t know why you always support the militants? Be it Kashmir of Nagaland, why is HRW always on the wrong side of the situation? Try to understand this logic:

What Maoist got to do with tribal justice? -> What Maoist got to do with P. Chidambaram’s threat?

Maoist will anyway do what it pleases them. No one listens to P. Chidambaram, neither the terrorist, nor his cabinet colleagues. Even the common people don’t listen to him, but, are victims because of his use of the government machinery. P. Chidambaram’s initial qualification for Home Ministry’s job was his (pathetic) performance as finance minister and currently his reason to remain on chair is “what will Maoist think if we remove him.” You can see how much the government of India cares about Maoist’s opinion. They maintain P. Chidambaram even at the cost of central Reserve police being massacred almost every other day.

By pointing out petty objections, HRW is on the wrong side of the great Indian common man (and naturally the Indian tribal’s).

Imagine a worse Human Rights situation from the Indian government by bringing P. Chidambaram back to finance Ministry!

During his stint as finance minister, he taxed and hoarded the money that led to India’s economic woes to begin with. The money wouldn’t be released as India slipped into second part of economic crisis which was due to other factors. Later it was spent on the farmers loan weaver. No I am not against the idea of loan weaver for farmers. I am just against P. Chidambaram’s stupidity. Only people like him can come up with idea like money withdrawal tax.

P. Chidambaram is not fit to be the finance minister of the nation. He could be best a tax collector with some oppressive regimes. How else a person in right mind can recommend to tax the widows insurance and retirement pension?

I have no objection of P. Chidambaram being employed in some occupation that keeps him away from our money and lives. I am of the view that not just P. Chidambaram, but, also other have the right to live and not loose money. I hope Chidambaram will remember that too.

Chidambaram should also remember to take care of his own people in his vote bank. He has been using them to get votes and then trying to get himself noticed as a great leader in the rest of India.

P. Chidambaram acts like Mr. Know it all and Mr. Can do all. This time I hope he knows what he can do in home ministry. But, the issue is that he thinks that he has done some laudable job in Finance Ministry. And that is what I fear. What if he comes back?

This reminds me of the empty threats he had issued to Indian industry while sitting in USA, attending some nuclear conference, entirely non related to his work. I must tell this fact again that India got into economic issues even before the global meltdown happened. It was prudent measures by reserve Bank of India and nimble footed private sector which saved the day for India.

The latest sound bite he issued is “Let us not forget that the goal of the Naxalites is to overthrow the established authority of the Government through armed liberation struggle. We cannot – and we shall not – allow them to succeed in that goal.” This is something we already know from past 50 years.

The he bust out with another statement “the whole nation has expressed its sense of outrage at this horrific incident. We have heard the angry voices of the people. Nevertheless, I would urge that, even as we grieve, we remain calm, hold our nerve, and do not stray from the carefully chosen course that we have adopted since November 2009”. I am wondering who is he referring to? Remember India’s own 9/11? People are still not bothered.

The horrible killing came soon after he went went to the region for a tour. The newspapers led us to believe that the villagers poured to meet him. Its an amazing thing as he barely his own constituency election.

If people stop and think about it; terror strikes every time after this miserable man opens his mouth.

I am soft on writing on him, what if he comes back to Finance Ministry citing some excuse or the other?