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by Gerard
02 May 2020 09:18
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Bangladesh News and Discussion
Replies: 2752
Views: 541171

Re: Bangladesh News and Discussion

Risaldar Moslemuddin
They ran out of hemp rope in Bangladesh? He hasn't gone to the gallows yet?
by Gerard
02 May 2020 07:44
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: J&K Union Territory-2019
Replies: 4374
Views: 1438141

Re: J&K Union Territory-2019

Counter terror ops in J-K increase in lockdown
Out of 60 terrorists killed so far this year, 46% (28) were in April. The last time the Jammu and Kashmir police, army and the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) eliminated so many terrorists in a month was in May 2019 (28).
by Gerard
02 May 2020 07:28
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: J&K Union Territory-2019
Replies: 4374
Views: 1438141

Re: J&K Union Territory-2019

Such pensions or gratuity can certainly be seized under terror financing laws.
by Gerard
30 Apr 2020 23:12
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: 2020 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Replies: 10196
Views: 2183439

Re: 2020 Strategic and Political Analysis-1

Looks like the FATF just gave the UAE some data to collect and act on. UAE doing too little to stem terrorist financing, says watchdog The U.S.-allied Gulf state, which includes the region's financial and commercial center Dubai, will now be put under a year-long observation by the Paris-based Finan...
by Gerard
30 Apr 2020 23:09
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: West Asia News and Discussions
Replies: 1962
Views: 566602

Re: West Asia News and Discussions

UAE doing too little to stem terrorist financing, says watchdog
The U.S.-allied Gulf state, which includes the region's financial and commercial center Dubai, will now be put under a year-long observation by the Paris-based Financial Action Task Force (FATF).
by Gerard
29 Apr 2020 08:15
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Replies: 8809
Views: 2489528

Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV

Hilarious. Who are these agencies and officials of the Indian Government? And what did they do? What are these severe violations of religious freedom by the Government of India?
by Gerard
27 Apr 2020 20:02
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: 2020 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Replies: 10196
Views: 2183439

Re: 2020 Strategic and Political Analysis-1

“You cannot run government as a PIL petitioner!”, the Solicitor General added. Which is why a prohibition is needed. The elected leadership of India is answerable to the people of India, via the mechanism of elections. They are not answerable to unelected judges. These endless directives to the Cen...
by Gerard
27 Apr 2020 19:25
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
Replies: 14441
Views: 2837652

Re: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread

Indore Covid strain deadlier? Doctors in Indore, which has emerged as the one of the major coronavirus hotspots in the country, fear that virus strain plaguing the city could be deadlier than that in other parts of the country and have decided to send the samples to the Pune-based National Institut...
by Gerard
26 Apr 2020 19:15
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Post Wuhan-Virus(Covid19) World and India
Replies: 484
Views: 133253

Re: Post Wuhan-Virus(Covid19) World and India

Half of Sweden's households are made up of a single person. Combine that with population density and you have a pretty unique situation.
by Gerard
26 Apr 2020 04:48
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Endgame of NaPakistan: How and what afterwards
Replies: 831
Views: 237715

Re: Endgame of NaPakistan: How and what afterwards

and who's madam jalebi? Shireen Mazari, former Director of the Pakistan Insitute of Strategic Studies (PISS), now called ISSI (Institute of Strategic Studies, Islamabad) whose bevy of female 'researchers' included one Maria Kiani allegedly involved in the honeytrapping of British Brigadier Andrew D...
by Gerard
23 Apr 2020 07:40
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
Replies: 14441
Views: 2837652

Re: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread

Our vaccine's clinical trial will start from tomorrow: Vaccinologist Adrian Hill Production of Oxford University's ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine has already started at one partner, Serum Institute of India, the world's largest producer of vaccines. 5 million doses a month in two weeks time rising to ten ...
by Gerard
23 Apr 2020 04:50
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: International Aerospace Discussion - Jan 2018
Replies: 2810
Views: 1484946

Re: International Aerospace Discussion - Jan 2018

Iran's Revolutionary Guards ‘successfully launch military satellite’ IRGC's commander-in-chief, Maj-Gen Hossein Salami, said the force had taken "a major step in promoting the scope of [its] strategic information capabilities". "Today, we are looking at the Earth from the sky, and it...
by Gerard
22 Apr 2020 08:38
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
Replies: 14441
Views: 2837652

Re: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread

Coronavirus Kills More Americans in One Month Than the Flu Kills in One Year The seasonal flu kills 0.1 percent of people infected, but the new coronavirus has already killed 0.1 percent of the entire population of the state of New York. That may seem like a small percentage. But imagine the entire...
by Gerard
22 Apr 2020 04:08
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: 2020 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Replies: 10196
Views: 2183439

Re: 2020 Strategic and Political Analysis-1

Holy Cow :shock: (pun intended). From wiki: Camel urine has been used in the Arabian Peninsula for medicinal and religious purposes for centuries, being a part of Islamic prophetic medicine.[1] The World Health Organisation has urged people to refrain from drinking camel urine. It has been linked w...
by Gerard
22 Apr 2020 04:05
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: 2020 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Replies: 10196
Views: 2183439

Re: 2020 Strategic and Political Analysis-1

Cain Marko wrote: Interesting. I've noted this with the Christian community, especially Protestant.
This comes from the custom of giving a child the name of a saint at their baptism or confirmation within the Catholic Church. If given at baptism, it becomes part of the legal name.
by Gerard
21 Apr 2020 18:33
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
Replies: 14441
Views: 2837652

Re: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread

MIT Professor: Subways Seeded the Massive Coronavirus Epidemic in NYC The near shutoff of subway ridership in Manhattan – down by over 90 percent at the end of March – correlates strongly with the substantial increase in the doubling time of new cases in this borough. Maps of subway station turnsti...
by Gerard
20 Apr 2020 18:08
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terroristan - November 11, 2019
Replies: 2848
Views: 949998

Re: Terroristan - November 11, 2019

If even 1/5 of the claims made by his ex wife in her book are true, anything is possible with Imran Khan Niazi. Maybe he was weeping for Kashmir?
by Gerard
20 Apr 2020 06:57
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: 2020 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Replies: 10196
Views: 2183439

Re: 2020 Strategic and Political Analysis-1

There is apparently a petition in the Supreme Court seeking a directive to the Union Government to deploy the army to enforce lockdown. I think India is the only country in the world where such nonsense is entertained by courts. What next? A court order to invade Pakistan? High time the Indian const...
by Gerard
20 Apr 2020 05:47
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terroristan - November 11, 2019
Replies: 2848
Views: 949998

Re: Terroristan - November 11, 2019

I think that this is the guy who wrote "A Case of Exploding Mangoes".
Yep. An entertaining read.
by Gerard
20 Apr 2020 05:38
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
Replies: 14441
Views: 2837652

Re: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread

The American aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt made a port call in Vietnam. The crew was given shore leave. After they left Da Nang....
by Gerard
19 Apr 2020 20:10
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: 2020 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Replies: 10196
Views: 2183439

Re: 2020 Strategic and Political Analysis-1

https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/3-killed-by-mob-in-maharashtras-palghar-over-rumours-of-organ-harvesting-2214013 Mumbai: Barely 125 kilometres from Mumbai, a small village in Maharashtra's Palghar district has reported a horrific case of mob killing; three people, including a 70-year-old man, were a...
by Gerard
19 Apr 2020 09:08
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
Replies: 14441
Views: 2837652

Re: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread

Coronavirus man-made in Wuhan lab: Nobel laureate 2008 Nobel Prize for Medicine Winning Dr Luc Montagnier Says Covid-19 was “manipulated” for HIV Research With my colleague, bio-mathematician Jean-Claude Perez, we carefully analyzed the description of the genome of this RNA virus,” explains Luc Mon...
by Gerard
19 Apr 2020 06:39
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India Nuclear News and Discussion 4 July 2011
Replies: 4532
Views: 708767

Re: India Nuclear News and Discussion 4 July 2011

ashbhee wrote:Is India working on LFTR reactor?
With abundant Thorium, if India masters LFTR technology it will be a game changer.
India is working on the Advanced Heavy Water Reactor (AHWR) that will use LEU-Th MOX fuel
by Gerard
19 Apr 2020 00:18
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: 2020 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Replies: 10196
Views: 2183439

Re: 2020 Strategic and Political Analysis-1

Bart S wrote:Who is this 'Princess Hend Al Qassimi' .
Ex wife of the Emir of Qatar
by Gerard
18 Apr 2020 08:21
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
Replies: 14441
Views: 2837652

Re: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread

No mutation found in three virus strains in India: ICMR “The initial samples had a virus sequence similar to what was found in Wuhan, China (where the outbreak began in December); the second sequence was what was circulating in Iran and has similarities to the Wuhan virus; and the third strain is w...