The government ended up releasing five dreaded militants. The hijacking of Indian Airlines plane during Christmas 1999 ended after a deal between the Indian Government and the hijackers to free three Kashmiri militants from prison. Now, Veerapan the timber dacoit in Tamil Nadu, has kidnapped South Indian Film idol Rajkumar. Government is bent over backwards to meet his demands of releasing Tamil extremists from various jails. Unless a tough and principled stand is taken by Indian Government, this cycle of terroristic crimes will keep on reoccuring like clockwork.
Crime does pay in India.
Instead, Dalai Lama will be sending a delegation of three senior religious leaders to represent him at the event. The conference of religious leaders, which will take place, in part, at UN Headquarters in New York, was organized by the Millennium World Peace Summit, a private, non-governmental organization. Although the White House has downplayed the importance of the visit in finding a solution to the Jerusalem issue, diplomatic sources in Jerusalem said that the visit is part of an attempt to flesh out proposals Mubarak has made on Jerusalem, as well as the US attempt to press Arafat to be more flexible. He said WFP has delivered 407 metric tonnes of food aid to the troubled area, which has been besieged by fighting between the Taliban and the Northern Alliance while suffering from drought. The assistance will reach the most vulnerable of the area's people, providing three months' worth of food rations to 2,600 families.