[Reader-list] Marriot Bombing_breaking News

[Shuddhabrata Sengupta]

Rashneek,

I am absolutely appalled that you should find anything to laugh about  
in a terrible tragedy like what has occurred in Islamabad. I hope  
that all list members will join me in condemning this. I grieve for  
those who died in Islamabad as much as I grieve for those who died in  
Delhi, or Bangalore, or Ahmedabad, or Jaipur. As I am sure many  
sensible people would. No doubt, there will be people, not unlike  
you, in Pakistan, who will jump to the gun and say that the blast was  
the handiwork of 'Indian' agents. There is a mirroring that goes on  
in Pakistan of every stupid xenophobic paranoid sentiment in India.  
Such moves need to be resisted in Pakistan exactly as much as they  
need to be criticised and resisted in India. The security and  
intelligence apparatus of both states function in an arbitrary and  
unaccountable manner that ultimately rebounds back on the common  
people of both countries. It is time, that in both India, and in  
Pakistan, we saw through this game.

No one on this list has ever condoned terrorism in any form, whether  
it happens in India, Pakistan or anywhere else. We do not make light  
of terrorism. Those of us who ask questions about the nature of  
investigations done by security agencies , do so, not because we have  
some kind of pathological desire to create a climate of contempt  
regarding acts of terror, but because we are deeply concerned at the  
mounting numbers of lives that are lost to terror. We are not  
convinced that the arbitrary and un-professional manner in which  
these investigations are conducted, be they in India, or indeed, in  
Pakistan, are actually instrumental in achieving any results. We are  
not convinced that  the conduct of the investigative agencies betrays  
a fidelity to the need for getting to the actual culprits.

The reasons for our skepticism lie in the statements that are made by  
the invesitgative agencies, and the discrepancies and inconsistencies  
in them, and in the lackadaisical manner in which the pursuit of the  
sources of terror in all cases is conducted. They make an utter  
mockery of professional standards, be they forensic, or legal.

If you are really interested in combatting terrorism, you will need  
to do more than laugh the next time a lot of people lose their lives,

Shuddha


On 22-Sep-08, at 11:26 AM, rashneek kher wrote:

> Dear Friends,
>
> A news agency called Sarai Express has just reported that the Marriot
> Bombing is a handiwork of Majrang Dal and Billi Police.The  
> investigating
> team comprising of crime journalists,forensic experts,explosive  
> experts and
> cyber intelligence team of the agency has reported a conversation  
> between
> Talvin Pogadia(hiding in Kajaur) and Bhaliwal(hiding in the North  
> Zaristan)
> congratulating each other after the blasts.
> While still on crime they have unearthed how the Delhi bombings was  
> also a
> handiwork of the Sikh Nationalist force of Afghanistan and Hindu  
> Terrorists
> of Pakistan.They have also brought to light how terrorists of both  
> groups
> were trained in Kafirkot.
> This news sheds new light on how IM and SIMI(both harmless family
> planning and welfare organisations)were wrongfully being targetted  
> by the
> Indian Agencies.
>
> (SARAI)
>
> Regards
>
> -- 
> Rashneek Kher
> Wandhama Massacre-The Forgotten Human Tragedy
> http://www.kashmiris-in-exile.blogspot.com
> http://www.nietzschereborn.blogspot.com
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Shuddhabrata Sengupta
The Sarai Programme at CSDS
Raqs Media Collective
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