Terrorism Indigenised.. .. ..
The News Review:
- Terrorism Indigenised.. .. ..
- QUEEN IFRICA Singjay of the year
- Toyota finds success is a bitter-sweet pill
- It’s one sharia law for men and quite another for women
- Labour report backs all-black shortlists
Terrorism Indigenised.. .. ..
Asian Tribune - Feb 10, 2008
Reports about jihadi terrorist camps being run in Karnataka jungles validated the fear expressed only haltingly till recent days that the terror network was spreading into the southern states which were considered to be comparatively free from the scourge of terrorism. It is hardly comforting that terrorism took longer to cross the Vindhyas than it did to arrive at other corners of India from Pakistan. It is disturbing that quite a few of the ‘home grown’ jihadi militants come from middle class backgrounds and by no means belong to the unprivileged sections of society. It was easy to begin the export of terrorism to India through the northern parts of the country, especially Kashmir where Pakistan, the acknowledged epicentre of world terrorism, has been diligently working right from the time of independence in 1947 to arouse strong anti-India sentiments for carrying out subversive activities. Entry of terrorism through the eastern route was equally easy because of the wide porous border with Bangladesh and Nepal. Thanks of official condoning of the rising tide of fundamentalism in that country Bangladesh became an important agent of exporting made-in-Pakistan terrorism to India. The open seas that border the western part of the country had seen a thriving smuggling business into India… If these indigenous terrorists in India are able to serve the subversive interests of Pakistan over the next few months Pakistan may be able to start the charade of ordering closure of some India-specific jihadi-terrorist outfits that had changed their name, some claiming to have been converted into ‘humanitarian’ groups. Pakistan is not willing to take action against these dubious ‘humanitarian’ outfits without first raising a sufficient indigenous terrorist structure in India. With the seeds of ‘home grown’ jihadi warriors starting to sprout in various parts of India, Pakistan may be able to cut down the number of its own citizens sent into India for executing acts of terrorism. Islamabad can now consider a shift in its strategy because it thinks its efforts of nearly two decades to enlist local jihadi recruits in India has shown some success. Even after going to the extent of refusing to accept the bodies of its citizens killed by Indian security forces fighting terrorists Pakistan was finding it increasingly difficult to convince the world outside that none of its citizens took part in acts of terror in India. In recent days there has been a drop in the direct involvement of Pakistanis in the acts of terrorism in India. It is by no means an indication of Pakistan abandoning its ‘bleed India’ policy, which can now be continued with an army of ‘home grown’ Indian terrorists, complete with both active soldiers and sleeper cells.
QUEEN IFRICA Singjay of the year
Jamaica Observer - Feb 10, 2008
Previously, the presentation for the four-year-old brainchild of Richard ‘Richie B’ Burgess was held inside the studio of Hot 102, so the inaugural awards ceremony, a red carpet affair of sorts, which unfolded at the gardens of the Pegasus Hotel on Thursday evening, marked a welcome return of local music awards shows. However, there were one or two surprises, not least of which was the level of organisation. The home-grown music industry needs events like these that seek to give recognition to its members for excellence, but well-meaning as they are, they deserve to be organised at a level that sets the standard for the excellence that they seek to highlight and promote. She copped - the EME Award for Singjay of the Year. (Photo: Joseph Wellington)
With the ceremony scheduled to start at 8:30 pm, it was not until 9:10 pm, when Ian Andrews began singing the National Anthem.
Toyota finds success is a bitter-sweet pill
International Herald Tribune - Feb 10, 2008
Taking apart Chevys and Fords, Kiichiro and his small team knocked together their first passenger car, the Model AA, in 1936. A year later, Kiichiro spun off the automobile business from his father's loom company to establish Toyota Motor. It was another crisis, the 1970s oil shocks, that propelled Toyota's fuel-efficient cars onto the global stage, as U. consumers sought an alternative to big home-grown cars. Power III, founder of leading research firm J.
It’s one sharia law for men and quite another for women
Guardian Unlimited - Feb 10, 2008
Not everyone, however, will feel warmly towards a system in which as one Islamic scholar confirms: ‘Neither the Koran nor Hadith states that the first wife needs be consulted at all concerning a second marriage, let alone gain her approval. ‘ Yet so long as the marriages were contracted legally abroad, the Department for Work and Pensions has quietly ruled, husbands will be able to claim income support for multiple wives. The numbers and sums of money involved appear to be small, but home-grown bigamists setting out on the journey towards polygamy should note that this facility does not extend to their own practices, which remain subject to a seven-year jail sentence. In common with the archbishop, this government does not insist on the primacy of British law and values, favouring instead an extension of various faith-based indulgences. And never more generously than when those most likely to lose from the anomalies are women. About this article
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Labour report backs all-black shortlists
Guardian Unlimited - Feb 10, 2008
Positive discrimination is illegal in the UK, but the report concludes that, without a change in the law allowing parties to impose all-black shortlists, it would take more than 75 years for Britain’s ethnic make-up to be fairly reflected at Westminster. The findings come amid questions over Britain’s failure to develop a home-grown equivalent of Barack Obama, the black presidential hopeful. Although there have been three black cabinet ministers since 1997 - Paul Boateng and Valerie Amos, both of whom have since moved on, and Baroness Scotland, the Attorney General - no politician of the stature of Obama, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice or her predecessor, Colin Powell, has emerged. Harman is understood to be still considering the report’s findings in detail, but has expressed personal support for a change. Simon Woolley of Operation Black Vote and the author of the review, said talented candidates were not ‘getting past go’ at the moment. ‘The change in the law is not a sledgehammer to crack a nut; it’s not forcing parties to use all-black shortlists,’ he said.