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by Nandu
05 Apr 2014 01:56
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US Strategic News and Discussion
Replies: 14521
Views: 1538635

Re: India-US Strategic News and Discussion

Just a routine arrest. The spin by some in the US that it is some kind of retaliation is irresponsible.
by Nandu
03 Apr 2014 05:01
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan - Jan 04, 2014
Replies: 2839
Views: 293041

Re: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan - Jan 04, 2014

There is no possibility of salvation for the pakis in this century. Ever. Musharraf was lured with secret deal to go on 5-year exile: Kasuri The Special Court bench hearing the treason case against the former military ruler, General (retd) Pervez Musharraf, had convicted him on five counts on Monda...
by Nandu
29 Mar 2014 04:43
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan - Jan 04, 2014
Replies: 2839
Views: 293041

Re: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan - Jan 04, 2014

Well, I remember him much more recently from when he refused to blame TV propaganda against Art of Living for the attack on their center.

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/did-p ... ter-n49036
by Nandu
25 Mar 2014 13:22
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan - Jan 04, 2014
Replies: 2839
Views: 293041

Re: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan - Jan 04, 2014

Normalising India ties: Pakistan counts on US help http://tribune.com.pk/story/686955/normalising-india-ties-pakistan-counts-on-us-help/ THE HAGUE: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has asked the United States to play its husbandary role in normalising relations between Pakistan and India. Now what does ...
by Nandu
25 Mar 2014 06:18
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan - Jan 04, 2014
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Views: 293041

Re: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan - Jan 04, 2014

partha wrote:http://tribune.com.pk/story/685490/expe ... echnology/
Expert-level talks: US says talks under way on civil nuclear technology
What's cooking?
Until some non-Paki source reports this, I would be very skeptical.
by Nandu
23 Mar 2014 00:32
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: BR Maths Corner-1
Replies: 2239
Views: 459446

Re: BR Maths Corner-1

Oopsie: Missed that p has to be prime. My apologies.
by Nandu
22 Mar 2014 19:37
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan - Jan 04, 2014
Replies: 2839
Views: 293041

Re: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan - Jan 04, 2014

Anujan wrote: I think treason trial and subsequent appeal to UN is a ploy by musharraf to get visa to foreign countries like Canada.
400%
by Nandu
19 Mar 2014 18:44
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan - Jan 04, 2014
Replies: 2839
Views: 293041

Re: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan - Jan 04, 2014

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/23/magaz ... laden.html
An excerpt from Carlotta Gall's upcoming book The Wrong Enemy: America in Afghanistan. 2001-2014. Any guesses as to who she thinks the real enemy is?
by Nandu
19 Mar 2014 02:27
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Malaysian Airlines Flight MH-370 goes missing
Replies: 3102
Views: 331862

Re: Malaysian Airlines Flight MH-370 goes missing

-deleted- because Saral posted the same stuff on the last page.
by Nandu
17 Mar 2014 02:46
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Malaysian Airlines Flight MH-370 goes missing
Replies: 3102
Views: 331862

Re: Malaysian Airlines Flight MH-370 goes missing

Final Words From Jet Came After Systems Shutdown
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/stor ... =290524970

Since the evidence is also that the ACARS system and the transponders were shut down separately, this points to the pilot(s) doing this intentionally.
by Nandu
17 Mar 2014 00:03
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Malaysian Airlines Flight MH-370 goes missing
Replies: 3102
Views: 331862

Re: Malaysian Airlines Flight MH-370 goes missing

The latest search "corridors" are based on distance estimation by the Inmarsat "pings". They either go north towards Kazakhstan or south towards the middle of the Indian ocean. In either case, am I right that the paths are entirely outside Indian airspace and all the speculation ...
by Nandu
15 Mar 2014 03:52
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan - Jan 04, 2014
Replies: 2839
Views: 293041

Re: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan - Jan 04, 2014

Agnimitra, you might be misreading omar ali. He hasn't expressed much Pakiness, generally.
by Nandu
15 Mar 2014 03:26
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US Strategic News and Discussion
Replies: 14521
Views: 1538635

Re: India-US Strategic News and Discussion

He is just guarding his H&D and making sure DK doesn't return.
by Nandu
14 Mar 2014 19:04
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan - Jan 04, 2014
Replies: 2839
Views: 293041

Re: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan - Jan 04, 2014

Isn't MFN required under WTO? Can't we take the dispute to WTO? The question is "why would you want to do that?". Please remember that WTO regimen is a double-edged sword. It looks like we are only getting one edge of it, we should use the other. Why should we want to do it? Because it wi...
by Nandu
14 Mar 2014 07:27
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan - Jan 04, 2014
Replies: 2839
Views: 293041

Re: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan - Jan 04, 2014

Isn't MFN required under WTO? Can't we take the dispute to WTO?
by Nandu
11 Mar 2014 13:02
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan - Jan 04, 2014
Replies: 2839
Views: 293041

Re: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan - Jan 04, 2014

Anujan wrote:http://www.dawn.com/nws/1092436
“We have to make sure that jihadist and right-wing elements are not in a position to blackmail us publicly,"
"So we will cave in to their blackmail privately."

Farking idiots.
by Nandu
10 Mar 2014 02:00
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Malaysian Airlines Flight MH-370 goes missing
Replies: 3102
Views: 331862

Re: Nukkad 72

Jhujar wrote: Wreckage is spotted in Andaman Sea.
Where is that info from? Only thing I see is the airlines has asked Thai navy to search in Andaman sea, not that any wreckage has been sighted.
by Nandu
08 Mar 2014 09:36
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan - Jan 04, 2014
Replies: 2839
Views: 293041

Re: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan - Jan 04, 2014

The point of visas at LoC, I think is to get its status as international border cemented.
by Nandu
05 Mar 2014 23:40
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US Strategic News and Discussion
Replies: 14521
Views: 1538635

Re: India-US Strategic News and Discussion

ramana wrote:Indo-US dialog Yahoo groups has full text of Neha Biswal's speech prior to her trip.
Nisha
by Nandu
28 Feb 2014 04:41
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US Strategic News and Discussion
Replies: 14521
Views: 1538635

Re: India-US Strategic News and Discussion

Similar, I would say, to how Church of Scientology used copyright law to suppress the leaking of their teachings.

IMHO, "intellectual property rights", which is a modern invention, should not be used to suppress information, only to make sure the creators are paid.
by Nandu
27 Feb 2014 23:19
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan - Jan 04, 2014
Replies: 2839
Views: 293041

Re: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan - Jan 04, 2014

abhijitm wrote:^^^
Ten fictions that pakistani defense officials love to peddle
Should this go in the first page of TSP dhaga?
Yes. I don't see a way to edit it now, but if I start the next thread, I will add this.
by Nandu
10 Feb 2014 23:20
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan - Jan 04, 2014
Replies: 2839
Views: 293041

Re: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan - Jan 04, 2014

Is Cyril a Christian? How soon before Immy's gang turns to the usual Paki method of getting rid of minorities?
by Nandu
07 Feb 2014 05:28
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US Strategic News and Discussion
Replies: 14521
Views: 1538635

Re: India-US Strategic News and Discussion

So, what is the Richards connection to that leaked phone convo?
by Nandu
02 Feb 2014 07:36
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan - Jan 04, 2014
Replies: 2839
Views: 293041

Re: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan - Jan 04, 2014

^ And Shrilleen (aka Shrieking Bimari according to TFT), says this is proof that Imran is universally loved. :rotfl:
by Nandu
28 Jan 2014 05:32
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: BR Maths Corner-1
Replies: 2239
Views: 459446

Re: BR Maths Corner-1

Came across this recently on those Ramanujan sums.
http://terrytao.wordpress.com/2010/04/1 ... tinuation/
by Nandu
23 Jan 2014 01:27
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US Strategic News and Discussion
Replies: 14521
Views: 1538635

Re: India-US Strategic News and Discussion

Amber G. wrote:Just for perspective, we can still thank that US or India is still not that bad..

:-o Six police officers (in a host country) are shot dead by consular security guards protecting their citizen :-o

Enjoy.
Where does it say they were killed by consular security guards?
by Nandu
16 Jan 2014 06:13
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan - Jan 04, 2014
Replies: 2839
Views: 293041

Re: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan - Jan 04, 2014

Apparently, Sunanda has indeed confirmed that she sent the tweets using Shashi's account.

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/new ... 856972.cms
by Nandu
16 Jan 2014 02:28
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US Strategic News and Discussion
Replies: 14521
Views: 1538635

Re: India-US Strategic News and Discussion

http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/us-wants-restoration-of-diplomatic-privileges/1/336231.html Devyani Khobragade row: US wants restoration of diplomatic privileges ..US embassy has sought a meeting with the MEA officials to seek restoration of airport passes for its diplomats, besides a review of t...
by Nandu
13 Jan 2014 02:26
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US Strategic News and Discussion
Replies: 14521
Views: 1538635

Re: India-US Strategic News and Discussion

I am sure (from what I've read in many of his dispatches) that Chidu is a regular lurker here at BRF.

Hi Chidu! Wave. :D
by Nandu
12 Jan 2014 05:01
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US Strategic News and Discussion
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Views: 1538635

Re: India-US Strategic News and Discussion

Why aren't the FB posts with the dog on the tumblr site? Need a site with all the FB posts collected together so we can sent it appropriate people.
by Nandu
12 Jan 2014 04:56
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US Strategic News and Discussion
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Re: India-US Strategic News and Discussion

Sanjay wrote:(1) PB looks like an idiot (I mean what imbecile starts an incident then tries to bargain it down to a misdemeanour ? - plead guilty for no jail term after all of that drama: smacks of prosecutorial intimidation of a defendant).
Actually, this is SOP for prosecutors in the US.
by Nandu
11 Jan 2014 05:02
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US Strategic News and Discussion
Replies: 14521
Views: 1538635

Re: India-US Strategic News and Discussion

Now that the DK issue is settled (at least for her), let us hope GoI will show similar zeal when ordinary Indian citizens get in undeserved trouble abroad.
by Nandu
10 Jan 2014 05:30
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US Strategic News and Discussion
Replies: 14521
Views: 1538635

Re: India-US Strategic News and Discussion

SaiK wrote:So, DK will ask for kids to quit as well? I am not sure about her husband... this is as good as virtual divorce conditions for her.
Yes, but on the other hand, I think it was a mistake on her part, while on diplomatic posting, to marry an US citizen with the intention of staying in the US.
by Nandu
10 Jan 2014 02:02
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US Strategic News and Discussion
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Views: 1538635

Re: India-US Strategic News and Discussion

Breaking news on twitter is it's actually been settled on the lines of rediff article above.

PB indicted her, but told judge DK has been accorded diplomatic immunity and has left the country.

I hope GoI doesn't slack off too much on reciprocity.
by Nandu
10 Jan 2014 00:38
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US Strategic News and Discussion
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Re: India-US Strategic News and Discussion

ramana, It was a flippant remark, and I apologize if you feel it doesn't meet the seriousness of the issue. However, it was also prompted by a feeling I've had for a while that irrespective of how the individual case of DK proceeds or is settled, the long term effects of India insisting on reciproci...
by Nandu
09 Jan 2014 23:51
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US Strategic News and Discussion
Replies: 14521
Views: 1538635

Re: India-US Strategic News and Discussion

Lalmohan wrote:the whole thing is like watching a train wreck in slow motion... and no one can stop it
Stock up on popcorn.