Her husband did a great disservice to this country by not chopping off her tongue as he did with her ears.sunnyP wrote:Mehbooba Mufti lays siege to secretariat
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Her husband did a great disservice to this country by not chopping off her tongue as he did with her ears.sunnyP wrote:Mehbooba Mufti lays siege to secretariat
This is a very Palestinian tactic. Throw stones in a procession, have kids to do that, generate bad press for the security forces, and sympathy and monetary gains for the orchestrators. Too bad, DDM is falling for it hook, line and sinker.Anindya wrote:Folks - a lot of the media photographs of the stone throwers in the valley, show only one particular aspect of this - essentially, to show up the Indian forces in a bad light - you see this battle being fought on social networking sites, blogs and in media too.
It is perhaps important to collect in one place a set of photographs that show how brutally aggressive these stone throwers from the valley really are - the URL below does some of this. So, I would recommend that if you have good photographs that show the murderous side of these stone throwers - please post links and other references. If we end up with a good set of links and photo sources - we can encourage editors to start publishing some of these.
http://thekashmir.wordpress.com/
Thoughts/comments?
What more restraint do you want the security forces to show?joshvajohn wrote:But Indian government particularly CRPF should show a lot of restraint at this level.
J&K has 1% of india's population and yet receives 10%-12% of all grants given by GoI, that's more than any other state. If that's not enough how much more do you propose to give?joshvajohn wrote:They should pass a resolution in Parliament about the state assembly giving a bit more share of local taxes.
Pics are from http://www.daylife.comAnindya wrote:Avinash - great picture - can you point me to the source of the picture or who filed it?
Certainly lethal force should not be used, but I think retaliatory action on kids who were actually throwing stones is good. Broken bones and their parents will learn to keep the kids home.Nihat wrote:It's very important that we seperate the bad apples, innocent non-participants should not be killed (even inadvertently) , however those pigs to pelt stones and burn state infrastructure should not be spared either. I have negative sympathy for those who were killed in police firing if they were involved in activities such as triggering blasts in police camps. They deserve their Jhannun.
Nihat wrote:It's very important that we seperate the bad apples, innocent non-participants should not be killed (even inadvertently)
New Delhi: Expressing pain over the upsurge in violence in Kashmir, Congress president Sonia Gandhi has said the state government should give a push to development to address the situation besides bringing to book elements who are "instigating" unrest in the valley.
Gandhi, whose party is a coalition partner in the Omar Abdullah government, said, "We are pained by the upsurge in violence in Jammu and Kashmir recently. My deepest condolence to those innocent men and women who were killed in this mindless violence."
In a message to party cadres in the Congress mouthpiece 'Sandesh', she said, "I understand there are elements with ulterior motives that were instigating these attacks. These elements must be identified and brought to book."
At the same time, she said there should be a continued push on the development agenda. "Ultimately development, which creates jobs and livelihood opportunities, is the key instrument against terrorism and violence.
Read more at: http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/sonia ... s-41548?cp
Now that Rajmata has made her stand clear, i would expect the SoG and assorted hit squads in plain clothes to start roaming the streets very soon and start bumping off the ringleaders. Expect lots of snatch and grabs in certain localities also if the patience of Delhi is tested any longerNew Delhi: Expressing pain over the upsurge in violence in Kashmir, Congress president Sonia Gandhi has said the state government should give a push to development to address the situation besides bringing to book elements who are "instigating" unrest in the valley.
The abdullah's went to the last elections seeking votes in the farook's name and the CM candidate projected was farook not omar.RamaY wrote:I was talking to a Kashmiri Hindu friend who visited Srinagar recently. Apparently these stone throwers were given compensation based on what they attack. Separate prices for breaking a glass, hitting a police/CRPF officer and so on.
Central Govt must support Omar Abdullah to take the sponsors of these stone-pelting organization. Can they do it?
http://telegraphindia.com/1100803/jsp/f ... 763977.jspNew Delhi, Aug. 2: Harder measures, including an unannounced shoot-at-sight regime, are in the works for Kashmir.
“The situation is close to anarchic, it has to be quickly taken in hand, that is the immediate bottom-line,” a top government source told The Telegraph today as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh held a war-room meeting with Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah and members of the cabinet committee on security (CCS).
A role for the army is not on the table yet but it could be called in if the current eruption refuses to ebb. “More central forces are being flown and the army is always on standby in the Valley,” the source added. “The forces will no longer fire only in self-defence, they will fire at every violation of curfew, they will fire at any threat to public property or supply lines.”
Srinagar, Aug. 2: Mosque loudspeakers crackled across Kashmir today, blaring not a call to prayer but a call for rebellion.
The shrines turned protest pulpits overnight in a throwback to the early 1990s when the governor of the day, Jagmohan, had dubbed them “centre of revolution (sic)”.
The trigger for the return to a tactic used 20 years ago was the death of eight civilians in clashes with security forces yesterday, the bloodiest day of the seven-week unrest that started in the second week of June.
.....If the streets were on fire, mosques appeared to rekindle a familiar spark.
A police officer who had been on duty in Srinagar in 1990 highlighted the parallels between the events then and now. “People know the power of mosques. They had used it with perfection during Jagmohan’s stint as governor and they tried to repeat it today.”
Mosques, the officer said, serve two purposes for protesters. “It amplifies their call. The slogans coming from mosques make one feel as if the entire population has joined the protests. It frustrates the government. Plus, they (the people) feel safe, thinking they are protesting peacefully inside and will not be harmed by the police.”
Jagmohan mentioned several incidents in his book, My Frozen Turbulence in Kashmir. “The subversives used mosques extensively for rearing, nursing and fanning their activities. In fact, one of the instructions was to make mosques centre of revolution (sic).”
History was repeating itself today as scores of mosques reverberated with azaadi songs, and pro-freedom and anti-India slogans. Thousands, including the elderly and children, flocked to such mosques. Some went even at night.
......The authorities aren’t unaware of the trouble that can be fomented from mosques, and Jagmohan’s “centre of revolution” phrase is on their mind. That could explain why they have not permitted prayer gatherings in some mosques. That includes the Jamia Masjid, Kashmir’s main mosque, where Friday prayers have not been allowed for five weeks now.
.....Officials said reinforcements were rushed to such spots before dawn to enforce the curfew, but many mosques, mostly on the city outskirts, continued to draw protesters.
Even tasers are not fully safe, the 3 deaths in canada attest to that.abhishek_sharma wrote:Tasers should be used. It would help in arresting people.
Wooden sticks for "lathi charge" are not sufficient. We need iron rods.