From: kartik@hls.com (Kartik Chandrasekhar)
Newsgroups: misc.headlines,soc.culture.indian
Subject: Re India and Afghanistan
Date: 5 Jan 1993 08:55:54 -0600
Organization: UTexas Mail-to-News Gateway
NNTP-Posting-Host: cs.utexas.edu

Hi,

This regarding Mr Sareer A. Fazili's posting in misc.headlines:

> regions, there will be just a trickle of news that is reported. India 
> has been running a holocaust of Nazi proportions in Kashmir for the 
> past 3 years, but only rarely do you ever hear of it. And when you do, 

> As for Afghanistan, now that the USSR is out, and also that the election 
> in this country is over, what does the US care about Afghanistan? There
> is nothing there for them either. In this country, unless there is a MAJOR 
> interest on the part of the US, don't expect to see a great deal of media 
> coverage.


	Pakistan is on the verge of being declared a terrorist state by the 
US. It now joins a select band of countries such as Libya, Syria, Iraq 
and Iran who sponsor terrorism. 

	Terrorists in Kashmir assisted by Pakistan have been indulging in a brutal 
orgy of murder, rape and oppression in the Kashmir valley. This clearly
justifies its place in this rogue gallery of terrorist states. 

	It is ironical that Pakistan which stones to death teenagers for 
eloping and dismembers petty thieves is talking about human rights in 
Kashmir. I do not disagree totally that Indian soldiers are involved in 
atrocities  but every war however big or small has such excesses including 
Vietnam and the World Wars. Moreover the terrorists are themselves 
responsible for some of the harsh measures taken by the security forces. 
Initially the security forces kept their distance from the Muslim women 
considering their conservative culture till it was found some of these
women were hiding AK-47s in their dress or were actually terrorists 
in disguise.

	Comparing the holocaust with the struggle in Kashmir is an insult to 
the Jewish people and denigration of the memories of the millions who were 
killed by the Nazis. The Jewish community in the US and in other parts of 
the world, monitors human rights abuses all over the world like no other 
watchdog group to prevent the horrors of World War II being repeated. 
Considering this it should be noted that Israel is covertly supporting 
the Indian security forces in the Kashmir valley to prevent the religious 
extremism  from spilling into the Kashmir valley. This is obvious
from the reports about the increased cooperation between the two countries 
regarding military matters.

	Libya, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Pakistan.... the pattern is ominously clear,
all states ruled by theocratic oligarchy or despotic dictators who 
maintain a tyrannical iron-grip over their masses. They  threaten 
them with cruel and inhuman punishments for their alleged transgressions
against Islam.  

	Hence it is not a surprise that Pakistans plea for discussion on 
Kashmir is considered a mere noise in the midst of the cries for help in 
Bosnia and Somalia. Learn a lesson from the Brave Bosnian Muslims who did 
not want the war in Bosnia to be an Islamic issue but an European issue and
a human rights issue. So they have desisted from an outright appeal to the
Islamic community for help. Their voices are now being heeded and 
rightfully so, although a little late unfortunately. 

	A word to Mr Sareer A. Fazili and  and Pakistan about expecting help 
for their country. Learn to be independent otherwise you are likely to be 
left in the cold when your sole worth i.e. your strategic position in 
world geo-politics is found to be no longer of any value.  Then your 
begging for external help will further lower you down into the abyss where 
Somalia finds itself today. 

	In conclusion I do not condone excesses if any committed by the Indian
security forces in Kashmir and believe that foreign journalists should be 
allowed in these areas. However it is a domestic problem and will be settled 
to the satisfaction of the Indian Muslims as well as the rest of India and
above all the Kashmiris.

ck

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