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Petraeus warns Koran burning could endanger Americans
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/worl ... 513878.cms


This is ridiculous. Burning another religious text in public not only endangers American soldiers but also endangers any American people who are visiting any Islamic countries. It is equal to instigating terrorism. The existence of all human race is threatened by such religious fundamentalists all over.

While US has done in bringing down the terror in Afgan under control, such people can bring terror in US by making Muslims to hate and react to such events. The US government should deal with such internal insanity should be stopped. THey must be put in prison. This is not freedom rather threatening freedom. Now moderate Muslims have been very supportive to US actions particularly withdrawl of US army from Iraq and Obama's attempt to solve the issue between ISrael and Palestine.

Such activities also have implications for India as increasingly such activities increases terror activities around the globe and thus the impact can be realised not only on US but also on India.
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Raghuvanshi mian, You are not related to SaiK by any chance, are you? Coz your posting style is very similar to his.
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About Terry Jones and the Koran burning stuff. Agree it's an unnecessary provocation but ironically it's protected by the same constitution that guarantees Park51. Rauf and Daisy Khan have every right to build that mosque/islamic center there.

Unfortunately, Jones has every right to burn anything he wants; Koran, Bible, Bhagvad Gita and even the American Flag
which is an act of protected speech under the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, as established in Texas v. Johnson, 491 U.S. 397 (1989), and reaffirmed in U.S. v. Eichman, 496 U.S. 310 (1990). Source is Wikipedia.

They even used the fire code to stop him but to no avail.

So it boils down to sensitivity I guess.

In India, they arrested school kids who draped themselves with the flag as gesture of respect.

All I can say is the Pakis will really have to multi task if he goes through with it what with bombing shias, putting down the peasants and battling floods. The guys in krachi must be stocking up on US, Israeli and Indian flags for the obligatory rage riot.
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joshvajohn wrote:Petraeus warns Koran burning could endanger Americans
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/worl ... 513878.cms


This is ridiculous. Burning another religious text in public not only endangers American soldiers but also endangers any American people who are visiting any Islamic countries. It is equal to instigating terrorism. The existence of all human race is threatened by such religious fundamentalists all over.

While US has done in bringing down the terror in Afgan under control, such people can bring terror in US by making Muslims to hate and react to such events. The US government should deal with such internal insanity should be stopped. THey must be put in prison. This is not freedom rather threatening freedom. Now moderate Muslims have been very supportive to US actions particularly withdrawl of US army from Iraq and Obama's attempt to solve the issue between ISrael and Palestine.

Such activities also have implications for India as increasingly such activities increases terror activities around the globe and thus the impact can be realised not only on US but also on India.
Joshvajohn , while I agree that burning quran is silly and not required , Terry jones is not doing anything illegal.He is well within his rights to burn quran if he likes it.By the way if there are moderates among muslims they will ignore terry jones and deal with other moderate americans.If they are truly moderate then what's the need for violence?

On a personal note after having read the quran and Muhammad's biography I don't think Islam is moderate especially for infidels.Infact islam is to infidels what nazis were to jews.To make islam moderate Quran will have to be changed which is almost impossible.

Also if muslims are so offended by the burning of quran then why do they burn national flags of other countries such as USA,Israel,India etc.For many citizens of these countries their national flags must be as sacred as quran is to muslims if not more.Why can't muslims show some sensitivity?

Having said that I totally agree with you that burning quran is completely unnecessary and uncalled for.The important thing is to create awareness about the evil that is written in Quran and hatred it spreads against infidels.People should be educated about Muhammad and his genocidal methods.And there are better ways to do all this than burning Quran.
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Deal of the day: India’s pylon giant heads to the US
http://blogs.ft.com/beyond-brics/2010/0 ... to-the-us/
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Fareed Bhai

What America Has Lost
It’s clear we overreacted to 9/11.

http://www.newsweek.com/2010/09/04/zaka ... -9-11.html
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Hillary Clinton finds her 'groove'

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0910/41819.html
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Lessons from ex-U.S. diplomats

http://walt.foreignpolicy.com/posts/201 ... _diplomats

And the "lessons" he draws about our Afghan experience ought to be on the desk of every ambitious "nation-builder" in Washington. Here they are:

Ensure that the U.S. commitment in blood and treasure is clearly commensurate with U.S. vital national interests and does not push aside more important strategic challenges.

Keep U.S. policy objectives feasible. No dreams allowed.

Take into account that local realities dominate global constructs.

Stay out of long ground wars in general, and especially stay out of long ground wars in Asia.

Reject the notion that America has the capability to socially engineer far-off societies fundamentally different from our own.

Be cautious about making counterinsurgency the U.S. Army's core competence. Interacting with exotic foreign cultures on the ground, not to say dramatically changing them, is not exactly America's comparative advantage.

Accept that diplomacy is almost always a better instrument of U.S. national purpose than the use of military force.

Remember that often purported worst case consequences of U.S. external behavior don't ever happen, not least because we remain the most powerful and resilient country on earth.
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PSYOPS to bring Peace between Christianity, Islam and Judaism and Hinduism

http://corporaterisks.info/blog/?p=657

Social Engineering with PSYOPS

BTW, Nations are controlled by Ideology:

1. Religious Ideology
2. Political Ideology
3. Individual Ideology

This is why I advocate PSYOPS which needs to be in place in Middle East and India

Path Analysis of Mystical Ecstasy Sufi Practices:-

Intelligence – Competitive Intelligence – Active Intelligence – Human Intelligence – MICE – Ideology – Religious Ideology – Mystical Ecstasy Sufi Practices
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Bliss to post in the Intelligence dhaaga.
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Ohio bans offshoring of IT projects by govt depts


http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/busi ... 517588.cms
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^^^Where are our esteemed BRF members from Ohio to defend the actions of the Democratic governor of Ohio who is suppose to be a friend of Indian-Americans?
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Mort Walker wrote:^^^Where are our esteemed BRF members from Ohio to defend the actions of the Democratic governor of Ohio who is suppose to be a friend of Indian-Americans?
Time for some le-education for our fellow BRFites

http://forums.bharat-rakshak.com/viewto ... 65#p891865
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Here's some education. Tough talk - but timely nonetheless:








and a word from Pat:



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^^^ Sorry I disagree with the rants above. They only harm the fabric of India. Yes Hindus have suffered but to keep sanity atleast one side has to use their head even if the other side is going nuts. Unfortunately the responsibility in this case falls on Hindus.
I wish Indians would keep out of the mosque discussion.
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Clinton Speech Offers Policy Overview

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/09/world/09diplo.html
It was not quite as lofty as Madeleine K. Albright’s description of the United States as the world’s “indispensable nation,” but Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton came close to channeling her predecessor on Wednesday in declaring a “new American moment.”

...

“After years of war and uncertainty,” she said, “people are wondering what the future holds, at home and abroad. So let me say it clearly: The United States can, must, and will lead in this new century.”

In an era of engagement and multilateralism, Mrs. Clinton’s speech at the Council on Foreign Relations was almost a throwback — an unalloyed statement of American might. It seemed intended to send a bracing message during a tough election season in the United States, with President Obama battling economic problems at home. But it also sent a strong message about Mrs. Clinton herself.

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In the category of foreign policy achievements, Mrs. Clinton said the administration had put American relations with Russia on a new footing, deepened its dialogue with China and India, and masterminded a global response to Iran’s nuclear ambitions.

On several of these, however, it may be premature to claim victory. Mrs. Clinton said, for example, that the United States had prodded the United Nations into passing its most robust sanctions ever against Iran, and that the Iranian government was starting to feel the heat.

“Through classic shoe-leather diplomacy,” she said, “we’ve built a broad consensus that will welcome Iran back into the community of nations if it meets its obligations, and will likewise hold Iran accountable if it continues its defiance.”

But two newly ambitious players, Brazil and Turkey, voted against the Security Council resolution, displeased that Washington brushed aside their effort to broker a diplomatic solution. It is also unclear how much sanctions have slowed Iran’s enrichment of uranium for nuclear fuel.

Similarly, Mrs. Clinton said the United States had re-engaged with Asia and with the alphabet soup of economic and political organizations in that region. But none of that has prevented relations between the United States and China from fraying over exchange rates, North Korea and military issues.

Success in foreign policy process, in other words, has not always translated into success in foreign policy substance.

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One indisputable success is Russia, where, as she noted, the White House signed an arms treaty that now goes to the Senate for ratification.

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Oh man, that lady on CNN is shredding Imam Rauf.
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Video of Clinton's speech and interview at Council on Foreign Relations

http://www.state.gov/video/?videoid=605487960001
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Can someone give the dirt on "Council of Foreign Relations"
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Jarita wrote:^^^ Sorry I disagree with the rants above. They only harm the fabric of India. Yes Hindus have suffered but to keep sanity atleast one side has to use their head even if the other side is going nuts. Unfortunately the responsibility in this case falls on Hindus.
I wish Indians would keep out of the mosque discussion.
I second that even though I didn't waste my time listening to those rants. We Hindus don't have a dog in this mosque debate; Its Christians Vs Muslims. I am just watching the debate for entertainment and to see how US elites who are so quick to preach "religious freedom" to India deal with this. And I am also amused at the spectacle of Muslims bending down on their knees and begging for what is their legitimate right; the very same people who probably would have waged a bloody jihad against the state had a soft country like India and majority Hindus opposed and want to deny them such a right. All in all makes for good entertainment.

As for Amercian Hindus jumping into the fray, all I can say is they are making a fool of themsleves. White Christian Americans opposing this mosque are not asking for support from their Hindu compatriots, and in any case their views towards Hindus is no different from their hatred of Muslims. Remember some tea part Nazi invoked "monkey God" in reference to the mosque. In joining the anti-mosque bandwagon, Hindus will come out looking like a bunch of opportunistic Uncle Toms when the need of the hour is aloofness and detachment, and if and when the situation arises, using this sordid drama to hit back at whites when they pompously and self righteously talk about "Hindu nationalism" or "Hindu extremism".
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I was wondering if Zakaria thinks Muslims overreacted to Mohammed cartoons.
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CRamS wrote: As for Amercian Hindus jumping into the fray, all I can say is they are making a fool of themsleves. White Christian Americans opposing this mosque are not asking for support from their Hindu compatriots, and in any case their views towards Hindus is no different from their hatred of Muslims. Remember some tea part Nazi invoked "monkey God" in reference to the mosque. In joining the anti-mosque bandwagon, Hindus will come out looking like a bunch of opportunistic Uncle Toms when the need of the hour is aloofness and detachment, and if and when the situation arises, using this sordid drama to hit back at whites when they pompously and self righteously talk about "Hindu nationalism" or "Hindu extremism".
Absolutely, the idea is to gain favor with the conservative faction. Foolish endeavor, their opinion is not solicited in the debate.
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Karan Dixit wrote:I was wondering if Zakaria thinks Muslims overreacted to Mohammed cartoons.
Yes he does. He is an establishment mouthpiece and won't stray astray too much. What he is saying about 9/11 over-reaction has been said by many other heavy-weights like Tom Friedman who in the same vein coined the phrase: America is not about 9/11, it is about 4/7. So Zakaria is quite safe on that one. He won't be labeled a radical.
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"Pastor" Jones,seems to be as loony as another infamous American called Jones,the late Rev.Jim Jones,who took himself and his followers off to the "Promised land" using poison laced "Coke" as "aviation fuel"!
He now wnats the "Koran burning" event to go "wholesale",not satisfied with just one copy.
I can't understand why the US authorities do not arrest him and ban his book burning,as it definitely endangers US troops and expats serving in Muslim countries.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world ... 74224.html

We will burn hundreds of copies of the Koran, insists Florida church

Pastor Terry Jones is sticking to his plan to send an incendiary anti-Islam message – unless God gives orders to the contrary
By David Usborne in Gainesville, Florida
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State Dept Press Briefing

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/dpb/2010/09/146914.htm
QUESTION: Secretary Clinton in her speech this morning, she said that the government is laying the foundation for an indispensable partnership with India. But in the last few weeks there have been certain developments in which the businesses from both the countries are concerned about, like, the increase in visa fee or the banning of outsourcing by Ohio governor, the passing of a liability bill by the Indian parliament which you said yesterday (inaudible) they’re concerned about. Are these the kind of foundations or the issues which are laying the foundation for the Indo-U.S. partnership?

MR. CROWLEY: Well, I mean, first of all, we do have an ongoing Strategic Dialogue with India. We do believe earnestly that the world’s oldest democracy and the world’s largest democracy have a great deal in common. And in fact, India can be, as the Secretary said in her remarks today, developing new partners who are able to assume greater responsibility for critical issues in the future.

Certainly, from a bilateral standpoint, we will have issues that crop up from time to time, and we are in an effective dialogue to resolve those issues. But we’d also recognize that India is an anchor of stability in a critical part of the world. India will have to play a significant role in the global action to combat climate change. And India can play a leading role in terms of the institutions that the Secretary talked about today, the regional architecture that we hope to build in different parts of the world to be able to address regional and global issues more effectively.

QUESTION: How do you plan to address the concerns of the businesses from both India and U.S.? They have expressed --

MR. CROWLEY: We will do it by what we’re doing now. We’ve been focused on this for a long time. We believe that this agreement and its full implementation is in both the interest of the United States and India. We’ve – we are having discussions with India about what just passed the parliament. We recognize that there are others – both other countries and businesses within India that have raised similar concerns. And we’ll work with the Government of India to address those concerns.
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WSJ - us cos dont even want to be liable for a pitiful 1500cr

India Law Threatens U.S. Energy Deals


By AMOL SHARMA in New Delhi and PAUL GLADER in New York

The U.S. government is scrambling to preserve the benefits of a civil nuclear agreement with India—the cornerstone of a broad new relationship between the world's two largest democracies—after India passed a law that threatens to effectively exclude U.S. companies from its market for nuclear power.

The Indian law, passed last week, was supposed to be the final chapter of an agreement proposed in 2005. The U.S. used its global influence to end an international moratorium on nuclear trade with India that was put in place after the country's first atomic-weapons tests in 1974.

In return, the U.S. expected India to put a civil nuclear regime in place that would open a new market for companies such as General Electric Co. and Westinghouse Electric Co. that is estimated to top more than $150 billion in coming years as India seeks to bolster its power sector.

But the payoff of the agreement for the U.S. has been thrown into doubt by the new Indian law, which exposes firms supplying equipment to nuclear plants to liability in the case of accidents—unexpectedly making India a difficult market for U.S. suppliers to operate in. In nearly all countries with nuclear power, suppliers are immune from lawsuits while all liability is channeled to nuclear-plant operators.

In the newly passed nuclear-liability law, the critical provision caught U.S. companies by surprise. The American firms refrained from lobbying openly, mindful that such activity to prevent the provision—and their current efforts to repeal it—could backfire among members of Parliament eager not to be seen as catering to U.S. demands.

The provision also caught Washington off guard, according to people familiar with the talks, and has sparked discussions between the countries on how to deal with it.

U.S. Ambassador to India Timothy J. Roemer said, "We are aware of the concerns of industry regarding the final version of the legislation passed by the Indian Parliament. The U.S. government is engaged with the government of India to ensure that the full potential of this historic agreement can be realized."

The matter threatens to overshadow the progress the countries are making on other fronts, such as stronger commercial ties. Discussions about the new law have taken on a sense of urgency because of the impending visit to India of President Barack Obama scheduled for early November, a trip meant to bolster ties in trade, education, energy, agriculture, and national security. Washington has made it clear to India it wants to see movement on the nuclear issue before Mr. Obama's visit.

The U.S. and India are now discussing ways for American nuclear suppliers to circumvent the new law, people familiar with the matter said. If they can't find a workaround, American companies could effectively be left on the sidelines in India. Russian and French state-controlled nuclear-equipment companies have an advantage, since their governments provide a certain amount of liability protection, but even they are concerned about the impact of the Indian law, people familiar with the matter say.

One option the U.S. and India are considering, according to a U.S. official, is a government-to-government agreement that would take precedence over the law, whereby India would pledge to indemnify foreign suppliers should they be sued.

Another option under consideration, the official said, is for India to negate the effect of the law when it formally implements it. That would be akin to a presidential signing statement, in which the chief executive declares his interpretation of recently passed legislation—at times challenging the measure.

A third route would involve India's only nuclear operator, a state-run firm, signing contracts promising to take on all liability with U.S. suppliers.

The U.S. industry isn't confident any of those measures would work perfectly and would prefer that the law be amended outright so all supplier liability could be explicitly removed, people familiar with the matter say, but such a move would face stiff opposition in New Delhi.

Any watering down of India's nuclear-liability law would be hugely controversial among members of Parliament, where those opposing efforts to shield suppliers from lawsuits have invoked the toxic-gas leak at a pesticide plant owned by a subsidiary of Union Carbide Corp. in Bhopal 26 years ago—the world's worst industrial disaster. Lawmakers are angry at the government's inability to prosecute Warren Anderson, the top U.S. executive of Union Carbide at the time.

Ravi Shankar Prasad, a member of India's parliament and spokesman for the country's main opposition party, the Bharatiya Janata Party, said the party wouldn't be open to any rollback of the nuclear-liability law. He summed up the party's stance: "India is a huge market. Come on my terms or don't come at all."

In a meeting in New Delhi with local newspaper editors Monday, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh reportedly said he was confident foreign suppliers will find India's nuclear-buying spree too lucrative to turn down.

"I hope their profits will tell the true story," he said, according to local news reports. "If they make a lot of money, they will forget some of the concerns they have expressed."

Spokesmen for Mr. Singh and the Ministry of External Affairs didn't return calls and emails seeking comment. Attempts to reach Indian officials responsible for nuclear-energy policy were unsuccessful.

Last year, Washington also signed a nuclear-cooperation agreement with the United Arab Emirates for some of the same reasons it signed one with India: It would be good for business and aid global nonproliferation efforts. At the end of the day, though, American firms got almost nothing out of the agreement, with almost all the major contracts bid out by the U.A.E. going to a consortium led by South Korea's Korea Electric Power Corp.

Nuclear-energy lawyers say that if a solution isn't found, it may be difficult for U.S. suppliers to get insurance for Indian projects, even if they want to sell their goods. Publicly, the companies have said little about the law, though they are lobbying behind the scenes to find ways around it.
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President Barack Obama listens to India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at the Nuclear Security Summit in April.

In response to a question about India's new law at a recent investor meeting, John Rice, GE's head of infrastructure-technology businesses, said: "We are not going to chase bad deals. And we're not going to do business in countries where the nuclear-liability regime is not well-defined."

GE's nuclear operations are run through a joint venture with Hitachi Ltd. India is one of the first places the company plans to build its newest boiling-water reactor design.The company has plans to build six reactors in India and is still working with the U.S. government to finish agreements that would allow GE to export nuclear technology to India. Scott Shaw, a spokesman at Westinghouse Electric, which has headquarters in Pennsylvania and is a unit of Toshiba Corp., said the company was "evaluating what we are going to do" after India's legislation passed.

In a statement, the U.S. India Business Council, which represents the interests of American companies in India, said a nuclear-liability regime that doesn't protect suppliers from lawsuits could "preclude involvement by the private sector—both Indian and foreign—and stymie India's multiyear effort to develop civil nuclear power."

Though the law took a hard line against nuclear suppliers, the Indian government is also concerned about scaring away vendors it needs to build up its energy market. India's nuclear-plant operator, state-run Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd., has itself said making suppliers liable, whether domestic or foreign, will hurt India's nuclear projects because no manufacturers will want to participate in them.

Though India generates only 3% of its electricity from nuclear energy now, the country plans to increase its nuclear-power capacity to 35 gigawatts from 4.5 gigawatts by 2020. Boosting nuclear power is crucial as the country seeks to alleviate severe power shortages and shift away from coal to cleaner energy sources.

The 2005 nuclear deal altered the trajectory of relations between Washington and New Delhi, positioning India after years of nonalignment as a firm U.S. ally in a troubled region and as a democratic buttress to China's rise. The pact's last major hurdle was India's passage of liability legislation according to international standards, channeling all liability to the operators of plants.

That legal approach meant to create "a swift, efficient mechanism for paying damages" and isn't intended to absolve suppliers of responsibility but "rather to attract the best and most capable vendors to a given market, which helps foster safety and performance," said James Glasgow, a nuclear-energy attorney at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP who advises equipment companies and other stakeholders on nuclear trade in emerging markets.

Nuclear-energy experts say India's new law deviates from international standards of liability for power plants in accidents.

Under India's law, the cap on liability for any nuclear accident is about $322 million . Though plant operators would be primarily responsible for accidents, they could seek "recourse" by suing suppliers.

Shielding suppliers from liability "is a major element of the international nuclear liability regime," said Norbert Pelzer , a nuclear law expert at Germany's University of Gottingen, adding that India's law "will cause a political problem with the United States."

Write to Amol Sharma at amol.sharma@wsj.com and Paul Glader at paul.glader@wsj.com
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Obama's failed foreign policy strategy

http://shadow.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2 ... y_strategy

It also illustrates why I think the administration's foreign policy is unsuccessful:

A failure to understand the strategic importance of seeing the Iraq war through to a successful conclusion.

A false equivalence between what could be achieved in Iraq and Afghanistan.

An inattention to risk mitigation measures (such as what we would do if Iraq's timeline didn't match our drawdown or the

Karzai administration proved an inadequate partner for achieving our aims).

A belief that enemies will accept our characterization of our actions (the "responsible drawdown" in Iraq, for example) rather than drive up the costs of our choices.
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Philip wrote:
Pastor Terry Jones is sticking to his plan to send an incendiary anti-Islam message – unless God gives orders to the contrary
I don't think he will stick to his pledge. I am sure he has already gotten some phone calls from big wigs in DC. As the bolded part indicates, he is beginning to ski downhill :-).
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Obama to end tax breaks for firms creating jobs abroad

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/busi ... 523017.cms
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India Inc slams offshoring ban by Ohio

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tec ... 521596.cms
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CRamS wrote:
Philip wrote:
Pastor Terry Jones is sticking to his plan to send an incendiary anti-Islam message – unless God gives orders to the contrary
I don't think he will stick to his pledge. I am sure he has already gotten some phone calls from big wigs in DC. As the bolded part indicates, he is beginning to ski downhill :-).
Ahem! Deal-making is a cooking!

It seems to me, if the Pastor pulls back, many others would start this hobby, as it sounds very rewarding!
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Indian filmmaker pleads guilty, subsisted on “bread and water”
Indian filmmaker Vijay Kumar, who was arrested at an airport in Houston for carrying brass knuckles, may be able to leave the United States within “five to seven days”, according to his lawyer. His lawyer also said that Mr. Kumar was forced to survive on bread and water for the last 20 days he spent in jail.
because he was vegetarian and the jail authorities only supplied him with meals consisting of meat and bread.
While this was completely legal under federallaw, federal law is not consistent with Texas law — which forbids carrying brass knuckles in any baggage or on one’s person — and thus Mr. Kumar had fallen afoul of the latter.
His case was further complicated when what was described as “Jihadi literature” was found in his luggage too. Yet in an ironical twist to the tale, it emerged that the material related to Mr. Kumar’s plans to deliver a lecture to the Hindu Congress of America on interfaith discussion between Hindus and Muslims and the harms of terrorism.
While Mr. Kumar’s voluntary departure from the U.S. still leaves him with the possibility of getting a U.S. visa in the future, Mr. Scheiner said that as a result of his misdemeanour conviction and visa revocation, it would definitely be harder to obtain any U.S. visa.
His incarceration on the immigration charges also made him lose the will to fight on in the criminal case, and so he was left with a misdemeanour conviction.
sad story.
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With such paranoid, xenophobic, racist zomby mindset, it infuriates me that they have the gall to pontificate about human rights and other self-righteous crap.

What was this poor guy's crime other than stupidity?
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Ameet wrote:India Inc slams offshoring ban by Ohio

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tec ... 521596.cms
So much :(( by "He who refused to sing national anthem before client-master"! Sovereign government is the ultimate protector of trade interests and not slavish attitude befitting a supplicant. The same national institutions that were insulted by act of these folks are batting for them, ironic and sad.
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Vandalism at Madera mosque called hate crime
Posted at 11:54 PM on Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2010
By John Ellis and Jim Guy / The Fresno Bee
http://www.fresnobee.com/2010/08/25/205 ... enter.html

Imam Abdullah Salem arrived at the Madera Islamic Center on Tuesday to find a pair of menacing signs, including one that read "Wake up America, the enemy is here."


It was the latest in a series of incidents that the Madera County Sheriff's Department is investigating as hate crimes. On Sunday, a brick nearly smashed a window at the center on Road 26 just outside Madera. Last week, another sign left on the property read "No temple for the god of terrorism."
Signs left at the mosque claimed to be from a group called the "American Nationalist Brotherhood." Sheriff's officials said they hadn't heard of such an organization.

Some local Muslims worry that talk radio hosts who have repeatedly invited callers to express their anger about the controversy surrounding a proposed Islamic center near the site of the 9/11 terrorist attacks in New York City are fanning flames of intolerance -- and putting their families in danger.
"It's hate talk on the radio," said Dr. Mohammad Ashraf, a Madera cardiologist who is Muslim. "It's everywhere -- not only in Madera. [It's in] San Diego, Kentucky, Tennessee."

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Madera County Sheriff's Department Undersheriff Frank Benard shows signs Wednesday that were posted at the Madera Islamic Center recently in what the department is investigating as a hate crime.
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Valley Muslims gather to urge end to hate crimes

Imam Seyed Ali Ghazvini of the Islamic Cultural Center of Fresno agreed.
"Sound bites are so easy to spew out, and the truth doesn't bring in higher ratings," Ghazvini said in an e-mail. "I believe that these unfounded attacks are dangerous and irresponsible. Radio talk show hosts across this country and locally live to insult Muslims and rile people against them."
Two local talk-radio hosts, however, deny that they are promoting intolerance.
"The audience is pretty much whipped into a frenzy," acknowledged radio personality Ray Appleton, who hosts a lunch-hour show on KMJ (AM 580). "I've done my best to hold the rhetoric down."
Appleton said he has worked to keep his callers on subject -- which he said is a "lack of sensitivity" in building the Islamic center near Ground Zero in New York. He said he tries to redirect callers who attack Islam -- or cut them off.
Former Fresno Mayor Alan Autry, who hosts a morning radio show on KYNO (AM 940) that has spent considerable time on the New York Islamic center, also put the blame on his callers. Addressing the Madera mosque incidents, he said "knuckleheads do things like that. They don't need to be stirred up."
The attacks at the Madera Islamic Center come during the month of Ramadan -- the faith's most holy time. Salem said that made the incidents especially worrisome.
The center's approximately 150 families are not angry, he said. "But they are worried about the safety of the children and the ladies."
During Ramadan, it is important for believers to pray throughout the day, the evening and at night. That makes it more likely that women and children will be at the mosques late.
Ashraf said the center plans to hire security and increase video surveillance. Salem stayed at the center all night Tuesday after he found the most recent signs.
Salem said the recent vandalism at the Madera mosque is greater than anything else seen in its 15-year history -- including the days after 9/11.


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Obama to Take India to ‘Next Level’ :roll:
http://blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime/2010 ... ext-level/
With the full benefits of the nuclear deal in jeopardy, those executives should now be saying to themselves: Take absolutely nothing on faith in India.Still, the U.S. appears determined to pursue all these other avenues and opportunities — in security, in education, in green technology, in agriculture to name a few — even if the nuclear deal doesn’t deliver on what the U.S. has counted on for the last half-decade.While the pact may not ultimately be the poster child for the new bilateral relationship that the U.S. hoped it would be, nor do its problems mean that all is lost between the two countries and the dark ages are about to return.
As it happens, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton appeared before the Council on Foreign Relations in Washington yesterday. It was a wide-ranging speech on U.S. foreign policy that looked at all the major issues and initiatives around the world, from Palestine to Afghanistan to China. But there was India front and center and addressed in the most positive possible light.
“India, the world’s largest democracy, has a very large convergence of fundamental values and a broad range of both national and regional interests,” she gushed. “And we are laying the foundation for an indispensable partnership. President Obama will use his visit in November to take our relationship to the next level.”
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