[Reader-list] Real Face of Terrorist Yasin Malik

Fri Oct 24 16:09:08 IST 2008

Aditya,

I found your reply threatening & terrorising Sonia jabbar for not speaking
for you & your cause,

qoating you

"I sympathise with you Sonia; of whatever pain you suffered at India Gate.
It
was a cowardly act and unfortunate. However, this is the least one could
suffer after encouraging a terrorist openly and further justifying his
acts."

to clarify my stand  im not a fan of Yaseen Malik, or any other person whom
you call terrorist.

also I was wondering what would happen when you or other kashmiri young
leaders will rule the kashmir, i mean certainly there must be some thoughts
about the future of kashmir & its people, there is lot to do after
intimidating & terrorising people.

best,

Yunus

On 10/24/08, Aditya Raj Kaul <kauladityaraj at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> My dear friend Sonia Jabbar. It was a Times Now News item on Internet; the
> picture displayed; was self-explanatory and informative, so I decided to
> share it with the List members. Anyways, Thanks for refreshing my memory
> back into early 2007, when this terrorist Yasin Malik led your protest
> early
> in the morning of Feb. 22nd at Jantar Mantar near CP. I believe it was the
> same day; Yasin Malik chose to have a hunger strike, and was later seen
> enjoying mutton with Kasuri; while the very same mother's you mentioned
> were
> crying at the protest site. Nevertheless; it is certainly none of my
> business. :-)
>
> There is a lot of imagination which has resulted in your last e-mail;
> things
> need to be much more clear. Let me clarify a few myself. We had no
> intention
> to harm anybody; we merely had come to protest against a psychopath killer
> Yasin Malik. This cowardly act of some "Delhi group' of yours which you
> don't feel important to mention doesn't go in a good way.
>
> We all stood their opposite your protest gathering; raising slogans against
> Yasin Malik's presence. Despite our peaceful means; by your and those MP's
> (other powers) orders we 15-25 youth were forced into a barracde by the ACP
> of that area. Some of us were even beaten and arrested. Our crime was only
> that we were holding the tri-clolour and raising slogans against a
> terrorist
> peacefully. Some 300 Delhi Police Jawans and other para-military personnel
> surrounded us there suddenly.
>
> Early evening we ended our protest after Police released some of our
> activists who were earlier arrested. We called it a day then itself; and
> moved towards our respective homes. Late at night we received calls from
> Media and Police; questioning us on the incident which took place at India
> Gate. We had no information on it. Late into the night through some media
> sources we came to know that "Shiv Sena" members had taken responsibility
> into this incident.
>
> We 'Kashmiri Pandits' don't believe in harming others physically, that is a
> coward's sign. Yasin Malik being one of them who mindlessly raped,
> kidnapped
> and killed hundreds of innocent Hindus in the valley which led to the
> exodus
> of half a million souls. He didn't even leave IAF personnel and killed them
> on a bus stop; not to mention how he killed Kashmiri Muslim women; just
> because they were close to Kashmiri Pandits. If you still want to blame us
> and that makes you happy, I won't stop you. You can live with your
> imagination friend :-)
>
> I wonder, how could you organise such a public gathering; with a terrorist
> being a part of such act. I'm sure you must have thought a thousand times
> before such a drastic step.
>
> Also, How do you question our right to protest? Do you just always have a
> problem with RIK protesting against your friend Terrorist Yasin Malik? Why
> shouldn't we protest?
>
> Later, days after this event, a journalist believed to be close to JKLF
> Gang
> members, sent me a threatening e-mail; questioning my right to protest that
> very day. I need not mention more or else they might just harm me.
>
> Similarly, you mentioned about the Amnesty International event at Siri
> Fort.
> I don't know who briefed you about our protest; surely he/she didn't know
> the facts in totality. The protest was organised against the biased
> reporting conducted by Amnesty International India; on the occasion of 60th
> Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. I don't
> understand
> where "Sonia Jabbar" or her clicked photographs come in picture here. They
> must have been in some corner inside; that was none of our business; we
> were
> outside the auditorium; silently protesting. If you still have some doubts;
> please visit the following link which has photographs, details and even
> media cuttings of the event : -
>
> http://kashmiris-in-exile.blogspot.com/2008/01/kashmiri-pandits-protest-against.html
>
> I hope I've answered all your questions at length. I won't ask for any
> apology from you; this propaganda has become a trend now which we face on
> and off. Just to tease 'Kashmiri Pandit Community' which has constantly
> lived under the threat of terrorist organisation JKLF; a terrorist Yasin
> Malik is time and again flown to New Delhi given all 5-star treatment, and
> put in front of media glare as an Icon. Shame on those who glorify such
> killers and then say we sympathise with the victims. Understand the
> difference between a 'victim' and a 'terrorist'.
>
> I sympathise with you Sonia; of whatever pain you suffered at India Gate.
> It
> was a cowardly act and unfortunate. However, this is the least one could
> suffer after encouraging a terrorist openly and further justifying his
> acts.
> I for sure cannot take your e-mail so casually, where you openly mention of
> supporting a terrorist. Why ?
>
> I welcome your support for Pandits. But, Sonia let me inform you, inviting
> this bloody terrorist Yasin Malik'; would be indirectly inviting 'Roots In
> Kashmir' always. Please don't compare a terrorist with "an entire
> community'
> which was thrown out of the valley at gun point. Its strange and sad; why
> you don't stand up and raise your voice against the dastardly acts of
> terrorism committed by Yasin Malik and his gang ? I dare you to campaign
> for
> this.
>
> Its easy to write hundreds of words for such a person; but it is difficult
> to stand hand in hand with a 'minority' for Justice. Its been 18 years now,
> Sonia.
>
> In exile,
>
> Aditya Raj Kaul
>
>
>
> On 10/24/08, S. Jabbar <sonia.jabbar at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > I thank Aditya Raj Kaul for posting the link with the photograph of Yasin
> > Malik's paint spattered face.  Now I'm pretty convinced it was his
> > handiwork, despite Roots-in-Kashmir swearing to me that none of them had
> > anything to do with the attack on my car.
> >
> > I said it then and I will say it again-- now publicly-- the attack was
> > cowardly and despicable and that Aditya still chooses to snigger about it
> a
> > year and a half later is shameful.
> >
> > For those on the List who are unaware, here is what happened:
> >
> > In Feb. 2007 the mothers and wives of the victims of enforced
> > disappearances
> > in Kashmir, a group of about 60, came for a public hearing at Jantar
> > Mantar.
> > The event was organised by a group of Delhi based citizens, myself
> > included.
> > Yasin Malik and some other separatist leaders lent support to the event.
> >
> > It was a day-long event where woman after woman appealed to the
> conscience
> > of India.  Their message was simple: we don't want jobs or compensation,
> > just tell us if our children are dead or alive.  If they are alive allow
> us
> > to meet them, if they are dead, tell us so we can arrange for their last
> > rites and bury forever the hopes and fears that have tortured us for
> years.
> >
> > Instead of reaching out to these women-- a few who had only just exhumed
> > their loved ones at an unmarked grave in Ganderbal the week before--  and
> > making common cause with them, Roots-in-Kashmir decided to hold a noisy
> > protest across the street.
> >
> > Why? Simply because Yasin Malik, Sajad Lone and Syed Ali Shah Geelani had
> > arrived to express solidarity.  FYI invitations were sent out to all MPs
> > across party lines, and none besides Nirmala Deshpande came to the public
> > event. Had a few decided to express solidarity I wonder what
> > Roots-in-Kashmir would have done.  It was shameful to see old women
> weeping
> > and begging to be told the truth while a group of angry young Kashmiri
> > Pandits screamed and hurled invectives from across the street.
> >
> > That evening after the event we decided to proceed to the India Gate
> lawns
> > just so the women could relax for a bit before returning to the
> guesthouse
> > for the night.  The bus was full so Yasin got into my car.  As I turned
> at
> > the Meridien circle, something burst against my dashboard and half
> blinded
> > me.  I braked instinctively. When at last I had managed to wash the muck
> > out
> > of my eye and mouth from the bottle of water in the car, I saw that the
> > plastic bag full of some ghastly, indelible ink, which was obviously
> meant
> > for Yasin Malik had missed its target, splashing his cheek
> insignificantly.
> > Whereas, like most terror attacks, I was the victim, the collateral
> damage.
> > The irony was not lost on me.
> >
> > My eye watered for the next 24 hours despite medication.  It took more
> than
> > a week for ink to fade from my skin.  My clothes were ruined forever and
> > had
> > to be discarded.  My car still carries dark stains as fresh as the day of
> > the attack despite repeated efforts by the garage. But I was grateful to
> > have gotten off lightly. Had I been driving a little faster I knew I
> could
> > have crashed into the circle or into another car.
> >
> > I cannot take Aditya's post lightly.  Roots in Kashmir, of which Aditya
> is
> > a
> > member, has never apologized for the action.  Of course they will say how
> > can we apologize for something we didn't do.  Indeed you cannot, and I
> have
> > no proof that it was you or some other cowardly group, but Aditya
> betrayed
> > his gleeful approval of the event and this is what I question now.
> >
> > I also question the decision of Roots in Kashmir to hold a protest at the
> > Amnesty photography show earlier this year.  I was not present but heard
> > about it later.  Since the only photographs in the large group show that
> > had
> > to do with Kashmir were my photographs on enforced disappearances I
> assume
> > the protest was directed either at me and my work, or the victims of
> > enforced disappearances.  Why is it that Roots could not countenance the
> > exhibition, why did they want to shut me up? Was the work a pack of lies,
> > was it propaganda? Or does RIK have a problem with work that denounces
> > State
> > terrorism?
> >
> > As someone who has for years extended support to Pandits who were
> targeted
> > in the early '90s, I find it both amusing and sad that a group of Pandits
> > find it intolerable when I extend similar support to other victims of
> > violence in Kashmir. I can only say you damage your own cause by this
> > attitude: if you cannot find it within you to identify with the pain of
> > others, you will find it increasingly difficult to find others to
> identify
> > with yours.
> >
> >
> > Sonia Jabbar
> >
> >
> > > From: Aditya Raj Kaul <kauladityaraj at gmail.com>
> > > Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2008 23:11:11 +0530
> > > To: sarai list <reader-list at sarai.net>
> > > Subject: [Reader-list] Real Face of Terrorist Yasin Malik
> >
> > >
> > > The real face of Terrorist Yasin Malik :-) ...lol
> >
> > check here -
> > > http://www.timesnow.tv/NewsDtls.aspx?NewsID=19235
> >
> > --
> > Aditya Raj
> > > Kaul
> >
> > Campaign Blog: http://kashmiris-in-exile.blogspot.com/
> > Personal Blog:
> > > http://activistsdiary.blogspot.com/
> >
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> --
> Aditya Raj Kaul
>
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