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This is a psec lobby inside India matching up with the non-proliferation mullahs to create a buzz to see if it gets momentum. There could be some words or declaration.

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Experts please check this out Unveiling Pokhran With Satellite Images Francis C. Assisi This is the story of two Indian American scientists - a father and a son. But it will be mostly about the son. To begin with, the Guptas -- father Chaitan, 62, and son Vipin, 32, -- are experts in their respectiv...

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The president's stated desire to continue as Chief of Army Staff (COAS) -- the top military post -- for at least one more year has led to scuffling in the wheelhouse of the ship of state. Seven full generals are due to retire before that time -- without a crack at COAS. Aziz Khan, a fundamentalist,...

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Originally posted by ramana: This KSA-TSP pact appears not well thought out. Isnt KSA now a legitimate target for all and sundry? Hasnt the KSA endangered the holy sites with this foolishness? So should the Royal family continue as the custodian of these sites? This is to create the political cente...

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It can be safely assumed that a major portion of the genetic bio diversity of India has been collected by the west in the last 30 years under the eys of the GOI.

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India a `rich' market for clinical trials? Amit Mitra Pharma industry analysts say that the present trend reflects global CRO majors joining forces with the Indian CROs for undertaking a range of clinical trials. Mumbai , Oct. 17 THE fact that India has a huge population, especially in the rural are...

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Originally posted by Div:
Not in this instance;

Div, look at this way. TSP and Iran in the 90s were moving towards becoming surrogate power of a future super power.
TSP is just a messenger in this.
NK comes in the picture as the TSP for Japan

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Originally posted by ramana: All in all very convienent to blame AQK from thief to smuggler to proliferator? BTW what is his religious inclinations? I know he is from Bhopal. Khan has a photo in his office of dead bodies of muslims on the train coming from India after partition in 1947. There is no...

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Originally posted by Daulat: so i don't think that they have them. what they're quaking about right now is the revelation from Eye-ran about nooks (if any have been built let alone weaponised) i think this is sabre rattling from saud to signal to others that they are not going to be rolled over and...

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Originally posted by John Umrao: N guru>> The SSSSnake Mushy is implying that India does not need (to be sold) Arrow . Very true, They are building a case so that India does not need the Arrow or the Phalcon if possible. THere will be some campaign regarding this in DC and other places. Keep a watch.

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Propoganda stuff An Indian 'War on Terrorism' Against Pakistan? by Kanti Bajpai Since the events of September 11, 2001, many in India have argued that if the United States can justify its wars in Afghanistan and Iraq in the name of combating terrorism, destroying weapons of mass destruction, and cha...

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From an Indian point of view, we need to be ready to move in and re-arrange the furniture if and when a particularly intense lovers' quarrel disrupts our peace and quiet.
Because of that reason alone, this discussion is most important and timely.

AD, THis beats Clancy novel anytime.

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New angle on the US, Pakistan, India triangle However, the US remains wary about the durability of Musharraf's commitment to fight terrorism. The increased clout of Islamists in Pakistan is capturing the attention of Washington decision makers. Besides, it is always befuddling to American intellige...

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There was a time lag of three years after Zia led the coup and the soviet invasion of Afghanistan when Zia became the darling. Between 1978 and 1992, the US government poured at least US$6 billion into the mujaheddin factions, mainly through the ISI. Saudi Arabia offered billions more. Other governm...

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My firm belief is that as a national policy, the United States of America does NOT bow to blackmail.
The threat is not to the USA but to a third country.

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Months after Pakistan's nuke noodity was suggested, Hamid Gul/Aslam Beg and all the MMA guys suddenly chose to breathe fire about nuking India and Israel if the US attempted to `take away their nukes'. This was months after the first signs of a US surveillance regime on Pakistani nukes had appeared...

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ramana Member # 356 posted 27 August 2003 10:15 AM Most Indians think this must be the case for mollycoddling the TSP since 911? But to those familiar with the Cold War saga, wouldnt the US take extraordinary measures to protect itself from this threat? Does TSP have unstated 'redlines' vis a vis t...

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Nuclear weapons have created insecurity, say panelists CHENNAI: India's nuclear weapons programme has only created more insecurity in the region, said panelists in a discussion held recently in connection with the publication of the book "Prisoners of the Nuclear Dream." Pakistan also foll...

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Though Pakistan failed in its attempt to capture the Bilfond La pass but Indian also lost the strategic initiative. It failed to appreciate that takeover of Khapalu (Can somebody point out where is this ) rather than the control of either Siachen or the Saltoro-ridge line was strategic to Indian sec...

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I must point out that no one is answering the questions I am repeatedly asking.Why did wisdom suddenly dawn in 1983.There was enough activity by Pakistan much before that.Please see Bishwa's response above.Do you mean to say that all the corps/army commanders/chiefs were militarily incompetent befo...

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THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE KARGIL CRISIS http://www.rand.org/publications/MR/MR1450/ The import of the Kargil crisis was generally very different for bothcountries. While Pakistan appears to have concluded that Kargil-likeoperations are not likely to be successful for many reasons andtherefore are not...

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Nisar said, "deliberately differences and misunderstandings were created between Musharraf and Nawaz."

Is this due to Foreign Hand

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What were the geopolitics that drove Turko-Afghan and later Islamized Mongols horde towards India? By then the Arabic Islam was dead or dying. In 1480 The Moscow ruler stopped payment to the Mongol Hordes and assumed the title of Tzar ( Ceaser from the Roman empire) The expansion of the russian emp...

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The person they selected to execute the operation was again one distinguished by out of proportion ambition i.e Major General Javed Hassan , author of a book in 1990s that claimed that India was on its way to disintegration and in which </font> can somebody find out more about General Javed Hassan ...

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The aim of Kargil Operation was not to conquer Kashmir but to conquer Islamabad and that was accomplished on 12th October 2002. 500 men sacrificed for the capture of the capital of an Islamic state with nuclear weapons. From the amin article we see that they allude to multiple power centers were af...

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How prophetic India now knows that China is her mortal enemy and will be so for years to come. She now knows how fateful was the decision of her revered Nehru to let Pakistan separate from India when India acquired independence from Britain in 1947. Hindu India had the manpower and the resources to ...

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http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~poyntz/India/images/ 20-Mar-2003 05:34 - 0769.jpg 24-Aug-2002 09:47 7k 50.gif 22-Feb-2003 13:37 6k AfghanFrontier.JPG 28-Jan-2002 11:36 791k AfghanFrontier.jpg 23-Aug-2000 06:15 808k Agra1893.jpg 07-Nov-1999 14:22 193k Ajmere&Malwa.jpg 18-May-2002 03:44 988k Allah...

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Another falsehood http://news.ft.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=FT.com/StoryFT/FullStory&c=StoryFT&cid=1051390406873&p=1012571727169 A troubling empire By Edward Luce Published: May 30 2003 17:28 | Last Updated: May 30 2003 17:28 The Mughal Throne: The Saga of India's Great Emperors ...

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The existence of communities within the body politic who segregate themselves and refuse to be assimilated causes the moral tone and cultural integrity of the nation to be depreciated THis is because of the external influence. The Indian state has stood the test of time but other pwoers are testing...

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There is a theory floating out there that Islam's spread in South west Europe and China was held in check partly due to the restrictions on Pork consumption . Pork is part of the staple diet in these parts and it may been very diificult to wean potential converts away. I recall in the thread on Hin...

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Chinese also have jaichands amongst them

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Flying coffin or no, rookie fighters raring to go

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State funding on education is the biggest difference. China managed to change its literacy map within a few decade. Indian lawmakers are still arguing about the increase in education budget.

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On August 2, 2002, the Saudi defense minister was taken on a tour of Pakistani nuclear facilities, and lesser Saudi defense officials have visited Pakistani nuclear sites on two other occasions.

The strengthening of the saudi pak alliance after Jun 2002 is significant.

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Sudharshan, You are right about Vasco de Gama, I have corrected it. The EIC date is accurate. It was formed earlier than Dutch east Indian company but grew larger due to sea power. IN 1688 the Dutch royal family married into the English royals after the coup in England which combined both the compan...

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There was an analogy I read sometime on the method adopted by the European powers to keep the Russian bear under check, when their imperialist ambitions first began. 1498 – Vasco De Gama lands in India via the searoute 1599 – English East India Company formed 1602 – Dutch East Indian Company formed...

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The difference between dharma and the monotheistic Semitic religions is as profound as the difference between the Euclidean and non-Euclidean geometry. They are based on different axioms. The key point of conversion of the new variety in societies such as India is to break the political unity of so...

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Russian expansion after 1582 triggered the great game between the Russian orthodox church and western catholic chruch and Protastant church.
The WEstern churches/countries moved into the Indian ocean and took the southern part of the eurasian landmass to prevent Russia to have acess to warm waters.

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HH, THank you for te eurasian history in the middle ages. The Russian empire was just Moscow until 1582. The real expansion to the east started after 1582 and continued until 1800s. THis was the start of the great game. Russia the land of the Tzars is being shown in PBS. Can you give a short history...

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