India-US relations: News and Discussions IV

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One always has to wonder why HAF is always late to the game or why doesn't make it to the article if not late.

Sikh cab driver viciously attacked and community groups suspect hate crime
https://indicanews.com/2019/12/19/sikh- ... ate-crime/
On its website, the San Francisco Bay Area office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-SFBA), an American Muslim advocacy group, expressed solidarity with the Sikh community and said the organization has also called on authorities to investigate a possible bias motive for the attack.
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I wonder if any Indian origin law or journalism students were involved in this investigation.


UMKC pushed false narrative after student from India was killed in KC restaurant
https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/a ... 47414.html

The Star reviewed more than 2,100 pages of emails and other documents obtained through an open records request to understand what might have motivated the university to change the facts. Step by step, the emails provide a glimpse into how — and perhaps why — that narrative came about.

Koppu’s off-campus job violated his F1 visa, which could have led to a federal investigation and put UMKC’s lucrative international student enrollment at risk. A precipitous drop in foreign students had already cost the university millions of dollars.
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Two Indian students killed in hit-and-run crash in U.S. on Thanksgiving night
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/ ... 134658.ece
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The United States now has two Presidents impeached for embarrassing Hillary Clinton. :mrgreen:
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Cancelled meeting

It would be a good idea to sound out opposition MPs if any of them would like to take on engaging lower level functionaries like Ms. Omar and Ms. Jayapal on Kashmir issues. That would stick to protocol I think.
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Let's hope the MEA continues to display spine as shown by the FM in saying not too diplomatically " bugger off", to the interfering nobody . We should call a spade a spade not only with the US but also China.With the US, it must in no jncertain terms be told to lay off our arms purchases,trade relations with Russia , Iran, whoever or face similar consequences and sanctions for Boeing, Lockheed, etc.! India DOES NOT need US arms as we have several western options like France, Israel, the UK/, Germany and other EU and Scandinavian nations, not to mention Israel for its non- US tech weaponry.Apart from these western nations, Russia is always there as the bulwark for our military strfngth with almost everything on offer from nuclear subs and tech,conventional subs, their latest missiles, aircraft like SU-57s, Armata MBTs,etc. And these deals are available in either barter or rupee- rouble payment. Therefore does India really have to kiss the backside of the US at all for its expensive old milware that comes with strings? The interfering busybodies in the US establishment should serve as a timely reminder to over- enthusiastic Indian " converts" to Pax Americana, that fundamentally the US looks at India not as equals but as a nation of 1.2 billion native " injuns", who must be at Uncle Sam'x bfck anc call and fight its wars for it in the future.
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chetak wrote:The United States now has two Presidents impeached for embarrassing Hillary Clinton. :mrgreen:
:lol:

Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned!
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...and screwed...!
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'Deeply Disturbing': Indian Minister to Cancel Meeting With US Lawmakers Over Rep. Jayapal's Kashmir Criticism
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/ ... p-jayapals
Published on Friday, December 20, 2019
by Common Dreams

"What are they hiding in Kashmir?"
by Eoin Higgins, staff writer

India's minister of External Affairs on Thursday canceled a meeting with U.S. lawmakers, reportedly because the delegation from the House Foreign Affairs Committee included Rep. Pramila Jayapal, a Washington Democrat who has been criticial of the Indian assault on the Kashmir region. "I have no interest in meeting her," Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar told Indian news agency ANI of Jayapal.

Jayapal told The Washington Post's John Hudson, who broke the story, that she was disappointed in the decision. An unwillingness on the part of Indian authorities to hear other views, said Jayapal, speaks to a broader problem in the way the country's government treats opposing views at a time when the world's most populous democracy is riven by internal conflict over a number of hardline policies, including a controversial citizenship bill targeted at Muslims.

"This only furthers the idea that the Indian government isn't willing to listen to any dissent at all," said Jayapal. "The seriousness of this moment should've been a reason for a conversation, not dictating who's in the meeting, which seems very petty." Carnegie Endowment for International Peace India scholar Ashley Tellis told the Post that the decision to cancel the meeting represents "a missed opportunity" for the Indian government. "Minister Jaishankar is incredibly thoughtful and articulate," said Tellis, "and not engaging with Congress, which has traditionally been a bastion of strong support for India, is shortsighted."
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With idiot liberal “friends” like this, who needs enemies? Shame on Indian born person doing this. Vote the bitch out!
g.sarkar wrote:'Deeply Disturbing': Indian Minister to Cancel Meeting With US Lawmakers Over Rep. Jayapal's Kashmir Criticism
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/ ... p-jayapals
Published on Friday, December 20, 2019
by Common Dreams

"What are they hiding in Kashmir?"
by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
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Indian born/Indian origin foreign politicians want to show Americans that they are really pro-US by being anti India. We should not trust them even a little bit as they are looking after their own narrow interests. Their behavior is completely different from the Jewish lawmakers, who keep the interests of Israel in their heart. However, nothing to worry about. Today India and the Indian economy is strong enough to ignore such pin pricks.
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What are we "hiding in Kashmir"....." Nuts buddy, walnuts!"
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g.sarkar wrote:Indian born/Indian origin foreign politicians want to show Americans that they are really pro-US by being anti India. We should not trust them even a little bit as they are looking after their own narrow interests. Their behavior is completely different from the Jewish lawmakers, who keep the interests of Israel in their heart. However, nothing to worry about. Today India and the Indian economy is strong enough to ignore such pin pricks.
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There is definitely a mindset issue amongst a bunch of desi's - primarily those in the journo, liberal arts streams - that they seek to curry favor (pun intended) by slagging on the country of their ethnic origin. Its amazing how many do so. A random perusal of around a dozen reporters, artsy types all showed how badly they have internalized a severe dislike of an assertive India and some of the claims they make are completely Hinduphobic. Can't be all opportunism, but has to be ideological as well.
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I think maybe it is because we invented zero. We have a cultural tendency to define everything as a zero sum game onlee. IOW, we always tend to think that to prove A, it is required to prove that !B.

Secular Yindoo => Bash Yindoos
Bideshi of Indian origin => Bash India / Indians
Indian Boss => Be extra harsh on Indian Staff
Maloo Interviewer => Give less marks to Maloo Candidate
Known Pandu => Two extra slaps. (Well, that is a Maloo adage onlee)
Mammootty Fan => Bash Mohanlal
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Dileep, LOL. Could very well be.

To be charitable, it could merely be personal gain or survival too. To survive in an intensely A environment, if you are B, you will never advance, so you become A too. Either-ways, its really eye-opening to watch.
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I would suggest a test.

Have Congresswomen Jayapal, Senators Harris, Warren and Sanders jump of a cliff. And, let us see how many Jihadis give up terrorism (diff to gauge it, granted) to save their lives.

Or, GoI restores full whatever - internet, etc. Every time a bomb explodes in Kashmir valley one of the four jumps off a cliff. After four explosions GoI can remove the internet, etc.

By asking GoI to restore the internet, etc they are asking the people of Kashmir to commit suicide.
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^^^The Democratic Party is that which is beholden to Islamic interests. No Indian origin person should vote for the Democrats.
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Karan M wrote:
g.sarkar wrote:Indian born/Indian origin foreign politicians want to show Americans that they are really pro-US by being anti India. We should not trust them even a little bit as they are looking after their own narrow interests. Their behavior is completely different from the Jewish lawmakers, who keep the interests of Israel in their heart. However, nothing to worry about. Today India and the Indian economy is strong enough to ignore such pin pricks.
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There is definitely a mindset issue amongst a bunch of desi's - primarily those in the journo, liberal arts streams - that they seek to curry favor (pun intended) by slagging on the country of their ethnic origin. Its amazing how many do so. A random perusal of around a dozen reporters, artsy types all showed how badly they have internalized a severe dislike of an assertive India and some of the claims they make are completely Hinduphobic. Can't be all opportunism, but has to be ideological as well.
"Jewish" law makers keep Israeli interests at heart

"Indian" law makers do not keep Indian interests at heart

The clue to the problem is in the above.
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The problem with that thinking is that it is "Indian origin" that is causing this problem.

There is one guy who is very proud of his grandfather, as though only he had a grandfather that did anything great.

Then there is another who is very proud to be born in India!!!!!!!!!

A third is confused. Wants to be the next Prez, but cannot run a campaign to save her own life.

Including Tellis. Tellis seems to be in a time capsule.



Personally, I do not get into any of this. It is the attack on Jaishankar that has brought me out. When the MEA has been open, engaged anyone and everyone (I follow him fairly closely) and he says "unfair", he did not pull that statement, likeJayapal, etc, out of his rear. There is a trail that he built for him to definitely state that Jayapal is "unfair". Jayapal, etc have not done their homework.


I would like Jayapal to withdraw her whatever she has tabled and apologize at a minimum and resign.

So too with Harris. She needs to resign. She is not fit for anything, much less a Senator.

Sanders will, well best left alone.

Warren ....................
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That is not quite what I meant :-) Lets see if others pick up what I am implying.
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Vidur wrote:That is not quite what I meant :-) Lets see if others pick up what I am implying.
If you are referring to my post, I was not responding to yours.
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Vidur wrote:That is not quite what I meant :-) Lets see if others pick up what I am implying.
Yes.
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Vidur wrote: "Jewish" law makers keep Israeli interests at heart

"Indian" law makers do not keep Indian interests at heart

The clue to the problem is in the above.
True and agree if i understood you correctly .

Jewish lawmakers proudly identity as Jewish. No ifs and buts about it.

Indian Hindu origin law makers dont identity as Hindu much less as Proud Hindu. Even those who say they are "proud of Indian roots" (both Kamala and Pramila said they were proud of their Indian roots) are simply infected by Indian type Psudo-secularism and cultural marxism or psudo-liberalism and are Hinduphobic beneath the surface and see any perceived actions benefiting Hindus and causing perceived discomfort to Muslims as "Hindu nationalist" and hence needs to be opposed. In effect these "Indian" origin lawmakers are not much different from resident Hinduphobes like Sid Varadarajan or N.Ram or Mani Iyer.

Tulsi Gabbard and to some extent Raja Krishnamoorthi are the only ones i know who proudly identified as Hindu from the beginning. Not surprisingly, they are the least anti-Indian or Hinduphobic of all.
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^
"True and agree if i understood you correctly .

Jewish lawmakers proudly identity as Jewish. No ifs and buts about it.

Indian Hindu origin law makers don..."

Also, in Canada, journalists of Hindu background (partly or wholly) like Vinay Menon, Heather Mallick, Shree Paradkar et al, never speak up in defense of anything or anyone Hindu. They are totally indifferent( like Menon and Mallick) or like Paradkar, are very critical of anything that speaks of Hindu-Indian assertiveness or advantageousness. Meanwhile Moslem journalists/editors like Haroon Siddiqui and Azeezah Kanji spare no effort to defend, explain, mitigate or justify any Islamic behaviour, particularly if it is misunderstood in their eyes.
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Varoon et. al, as I mentioned many times, its all a manifestation of colonialism and colonial disease.

Hypothetically speaking, if tomorrow for whatever reason, being Hindu is chic among the white Madonnas, pretty soon you will see our colonized eunuchs, both NRI and RNIs, sport Hinduism on their sleeves.

Even this bogus obsessive secularism is in part, a manifestation of that disease. Note the libtards who scream loudest about secularism in India, never utter a word or raise a little finger at how Muslims are treated in west. Or for that matter as I posit, starting post 9/11, FBI watches the shadow of every Muslim living in US. That's their commitment to national security.

Ditto Islamic terrorism. Libtards routinely mock Indian claims of ISI terror in India, but the same punks accept t face value when US claims a train wreck in Biluxie, MS was caused by Iran.

Finally, see how MMS and his mouthpieces like Coupta wear this western scripted gold standard, Al Queda and ISIS, as a badge of honor on their sleeves when they proclaim: "no Indian Muslim was part of Al Queda". Such bloody colonized eunichs for whom Indian Muslims colluding with Paki LeT, Jaish, ISI in killing their own people are somehow not evil than Al Queda and ISIS. Or this bogus distinction that US makes between 'global terror' and otherwise to let Pakis off the hook. And this same distinction is repeated by our liberandus.
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Doing equal equal between joo-wery (mostly European stock) and Hindus circles, and beating ourselves with a stick because Hindu establishment in the land-o-milk-y-honey is a bad idea. This is because it is not apples to apples comparison between 2 communities, due to timing differences. For example, The idea of the land of milk and honey being founded on Judeo-Christian principles did not become mainstream until 40s and 50s. In fact some argue, that it was cleverly made mainstream. Before this time, it was not cool to refer to the national foundation being built on Judeo-Christian principles. Anti-she-mytism has been to milked to the last drop to achieve favorable outcomes for a population of <5%. And, how Anti-she-mytism is kept alive for continued milking is topic for another day. After 50 years and counting of success in businesses and finance which is cornered for the most part, it is cool to be a jhoo and/or marry one. Yindoo is just getting started, plus without a European shield, it is an uphill Road. Not saying that some of these elected representatives are not ignorant fags.
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Glad to see that at least this people are worried about Hindus, becoming more like Jewish and not hiding behind doors like some.

Indian diaspora in United States hold rallies in support of CAA to counter myths and lies spread by leftist organisations
https://www.opindia.com/2019/12/indian- ... tist-lies/
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Darshan, I don't think its a good idea for several reasons:

1. These public rallies in foreign countries take our petty fights to those countries, where 99% of people could give a rat's ass. It makes us look like eunuchs. Nothing wrong with sponsoring talks on campuses etc, but not these rallies.

2. It could be a double edge sword. Next time BIF takes out a rally, and most likely joined by liberal goras, we would like hypocritical criticizing BIF for sullying India's name in foreign lands.
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The hot-pink India-US romance is ending; New Delhi needs to worry
https://www.cnbctv18.com/politics/the-h ... 928701.htm
* Even though President Donald Trump has often been supportive of the strategic partnership with India, the pile of unresolved issues has mounted.

*New Delhi needs to get its act in order — or risks having to negotiate the dark alleyways of our dangerous world alone.
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The CNBC article, if one reads through, shows up as a space-filler. Not a single new fact there, except some stupid WhatsApp-Forward-Quality "quote" from Tricky D1ck Nixon to Chou-En-Lai (yeah, and u were listening in ur previous life as a gecko on the wall?). The gist is that Americans view foreign relations as transactional, but Indians if it they know what is good for their lazy subcontinental asses, should bend over to the Americans every time, selling the nation down the river ever faster. {yawn}
Reminds me of the British War Correspondents in Africa who wrote through a drunken haze from their hotel rooms. Now **THAT*** is an art that has been mastered by the desi MSM.
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The infamous Dmitry Firtash, involved in the current Trump scandals (see https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archi ... en/605188/ )


From 2014:
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/six-defe ... e-titanium

Six Defendants Indicted in Alleged Conspiracy to Bribe Government Officials in India to Mine Titanium Minerals


A federal indictment returned under seal in June 2013 and unsealed today charges six foreign nationals, including a Ukrainian businessman and a government official in India, with participating in an alleged international racketeering conspiracy involving bribes of state and central government officials in India to allow the mining of titanium minerals. Five of the six defendants are also charged with conspiracy to violate the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), among other offenses.

Acting Assistant Attorney General David A. O’Neil of the Department of Justice’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Zachary T. Fardon for the Northern District of Illinois and Special Agent in Charge Robert J. Holley of the FBI’s Chicago Field Office made the announcement.

“Fighting global corruption is part of the fabric of the Department of Justice,” said Acting Assistant Attorney General O’Neil. “The charges against six foreign nationals announced today send the unmistakable message that we will root out and attack foreign bribery and bring to justice those who improperly influence foreign officials, wherever we find them.”

“Criminal conspiracies that extend beyond our borders are not beyond our reach,” said U.S. Attorney Fardon. “We will use all of the tools and resources available to us to ensure the integrity of global business transactions that involve U.S. commerce.”

“This case is another example of the FBI’s willingness to aggressively investigate corrupt conduct around the globe” said Special Agent in Charge Holley. “With the assistance of our law enforcement partners, both foreign and domestic, we will continue to pursue those who allegedly bribe foreign officials in return for lucrative business contracts.”

Beginning in 2006, the defendants allegedly conspired to pay at least $18.5 million in bribes to secure licenses to mine minerals in the eastern coastal Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The mining project was expected to generate more than $500 million annually from the sale of titanium products, including sales to unnamed “Company A,” headquartered in Chicago.

One defendant, Dmitry Firtash, aka “Dmytro Firtash” and “DF,” 48, a Ukrainian national, was arrested March 12, 2014, in Vienna, Austria. Firtash was released from custody on March 21, 2014, after posting 125 million euros (approximately $174 million) bail, and he pledged to remain in Austria until the end of extradition proceedings.

Five other defendants remain at large: Andras Knopp, 75, a Hungarian businessman; Suren Gevorgyan, 40, of Ukraine; Gajendra Lal, 50, an Indian national and permanent resident of the United States who formerly resided in Winston-Salem, N.C.; Periyasamy Sunderalingam, aka “Sunder,” 60, of Sri Lanka; and K.V.P. Ramachandra Rao, aka “KVP” and “Dr. KVP,” 65, a Member of Parliament in India who was an official of the state government of Andhra Pradesh and a close advisor to the now-deceased chief minister of the State of Andhra Pradesh, Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy.

The five-count indictment was returned under seal by a federal grand jury in Chicago on June 20, 2013. All six defendants were charged with one count each of racketeering conspiracy and money laundering conspiracy, and two counts of interstate travel in aid of racketeering. Five defendants, excluding Rao, were charged with one count of conspiracy to violate the FCPA.

As alleged in court documents, Firtash controls Group DF, an international conglomerate of companies that was directly and indirectly owned by Group DF Limited, a British Virgin Islands company. Group DF companies include: Ostchem Holding AG, an Austrian company in the business of mining and processing minerals, including titanium; Global Energy Mining and Minerals Limited, a Hungarian company, and Bothli Trade AG, a Swiss company, for which Global Energy Mining and Minerals was the majority shareholder. In April 2006, Bothli Trade and the state government of Andhra Pradesh agreed to set up a joint venture to mine various minerals, including ilmenite, a mineral which may be processed into various titanium-based products such as titanium sponge, a porous form of the mineral that occurs in the processing of titanium ore.

In February 2007, Company A entered into an agreement with Ostchem Holding, through Bothli Trade, to work toward a further agreement that would allow Bothli Trade the ability to supply 5 million to 12 million pounds of titanium sponge from the Indian project to Company A on an annual basis. The mining project required licenses and approval of both the Andhra Pradesh state government and the central government of India before the licenses could be issued.

As alleged in the indictment, the defendants used U.S. financial institutions to engage in the international transmission of millions of dollars for the purpose of bribing Indian public officials to obtain approval of the necessary licenses for the project. They allegedly financed the project and transferred and concealed bribe payments through Group DF, and used threats and intimidation to advance the interests of the enterprise’s illegal activities.


According to the indictment, Firtash was the leader of the enterprise and caused the participation of certain Group DF companies in the project. Firtash allegedly met with Indian government officials, including Chief Minister Reddy, to discuss the project and its progress, and authorized payment of at least $18.5 million in bribes to both state and central government officials in India to secure the approval of licenses for the project. Firtash also allegedly directed his subordinates to create documents to make it falsely appear that money transferred for the purpose of paying these bribes was transferred for legitimate commercial purposes, and he appointed various subordinates to oversee efforts to obtain the licenses through bribery.

As alleged in the indictment, Knopp supervised the enterprise and, together with Firtash, met with Indian government officials. Knopp also met with Company A representatives to discuss supplying titanium products from the project. Gevorgyan allegedly traveled to Seattle and met with Company A representatives. Gevorgyan also engaged in other activities, including allegedly signing false documents, monitoring bribe payments and coordinating transfers of money to be used for bribes. Lal, also known as “Gaj,” allegedly engaged in similar activities, reported to Firtash and Knopp on the status of obtaining licenses, and recommended whether, and in what manner, to pay certain bribes to government officials.

The indictment further alleges that Sunderalingam met with Rao to determine the total amount of bribes and advised others on the results of the meeting, and he identified various foreign bank accounts held in the names of nominees outside India that could be used to funnel bribes to Rao. Rao allegedly solicited bribes for himself and others in return for approving licenses for the project, and he warned other defendants concerning the threat of a possible law enforcement investigation of the project.

The indictment lists 57 transfers of funds between various entities, some controlled by Group DF, in various amounts totaling more than $10.59 million beginning April 28, 2006, through July 13, 2010.

The indictment seeks forfeiture from Firtash of his interests in Group DF Limited and its assets, including 14 companies registered in Austria and 18 companies registered in the British Virgin Islands, as well as 127 other companies registered in Cyprus, Germany, Hungary, the Netherlands, Seychelles, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and one unknown jurisdiction and all funds in 41 bank accounts in several of those same countries. Furthermore, the indictment seeks forfeiture from all six defendants of more than $10.59 million.

This case is being investigated by the FBI’s Chicago Field Office. The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Amarjeet Bhachu and Michael Donovan of the Northern District of Illinois and Trial Attorney Ryan Rohlfsen of the Criminal Division’s Fraud Section.

The Justice Department has worked closely with and has received significant assistance from its law enforcement counterparts in Austria, as well as the Hungarian National Police, and greatly appreciates their assistance in this matter. Significant assistance was also provided by the Criminal Division’s Office of International Affairs.

An indictment contains only charges and is not evidence of guilt. The defendants are presumed innocent and are entitled to a fair trial at which the government has the burden of proof beyond a reasonable doubt.
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Wow these congressi scum bags
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:rotfl:
chetak wrote:The United States now has two Presidents impeached for embarrassing Hillary Clinton. :mrgreen:
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No mention of cooperation from Indian polis. Why no arrests in desh on this I wonder.
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Donald Trump reportedly didn't know India and China shared a border
https://www.news.com.au/world/north-ame ... 1fc84696eb
17 Jan 2020
Donald Trump once left Indian prime minister Narendra Modi shocked after telling him India and China didn’t share a border, according to a new book by two Pulitzer-winning journalists.

In the book, A Very Stable Genius, Washington Post journalists Phillip Rucker and Carol Leonning claim the incident took place during a face-to-face meeting between the pair, although it doesn’t specify which one.

“It’s not like you’ve got China on your border,” Mr Trump told Mr Modi. The Indian leader’s eyes “bulged out in surprise”, according to one of the President’s aides.

Mr Modi’s expression “gradually shifted, from shock and concern to resignation” following Mr Trump’s remarks. The aide said they felt Mr Modi probably “left that meeting and said, ‘This is not a serious man. I cannot count on this man as a partner’.”
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Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV

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A question for the US gurus here. How come Minnesota always elects rabid Muslims like Keith Ellison, Ilhan Omar, etc? A look at the demography shows that Muslims are not so numerous in Minnesota. So what gives here?
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Maybe same reasons as Sweden, Norway etc. All cold places. I don't know why cold makes people tolerate green. They also elect Greens Party, hain? Maybe confused. Someone knowledgeable and now long gone, told me that Scandinavians moves to Seattle and Washington State because the constant rain and tall trees and gloom perfectly suited their depressed mindset. MAYBE when it's 50 below they dream of running around palmtrees wearing u no what like what is seen in "modern" Malloo movies.
But good question! Can't speak for US Gurus, obviously, but remember that Mongolia is also a frozen desert inhabited by Khans. :shock:
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There are 5 million people in Minnesota ... 5 mil ... even 100K in couple of counties can make a difference
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