Friday, January 28, 2011

Cairo’s audacity of hope - Indian Express

Saturday, January 29, 2011



Comments posted on Indian Express website over news story: Cairo’s audacity of hope

The serial toppling of Arab/African govts. is a new wave of regime change mode of war on the weak by the strong: the US. It has exhausted its funds for wars by losing in Iraq and Afghanistan. It is now using Face-book and Twitter, as new tools of war to sow dissent and divisions in restive people of the region and impose its hegemony through its chosen proxies. Progressives like herd of sheep, are helping US strengthen its stranglehold on new colonies. US after unleashing its fake 'war on terror' is now embark on a new fake 'revolution for democracy' campaign by organized protests even in friendly countries to deepen its tentacles in their governance. Egypt is targeted for refusing to supply gas to Israel. Just like Mullah Omar was toppled and demonized for refusing to give UNOCAL permission of a pipeline through Afghanistan. Argentina's govt toppled (for cutting in on UNOCAL). Indian media and people should be very vigilant with US moves in the name of common strategies that will eventually rob of its freedom.


Ghulam Muhammed, Mumbai

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Sat, 29 Jan 2011

Cairo’s audacity of hope


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Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak ordered the military into the streets to reinforce police struggling to contain one of the most serious challenges to his long and autocratic rule.



The president also imposed an overnight curfew nationwide, but fighting continued on the streets of Cairo and smoke from fires blanketed one of the city’s main streets along the Nile. The ruling party’s building was in flames at nightfall, and dramatic video footage on Al Jazeera showed a crowd pushing what they identified as a burning police car off a bridge.

CNN said Mubarak was expected to deliver a televised address, though it was unclear when that would happen. Internet traffic into and out of the country was cut off and cellphone networks disrupted. Vodafone said “all mobile operators in Egypt have been instructed to suspend services in selected areas.”

Demonstrations began earlier in the day as thousands poured from mosques after noon prayers, growing increasingly violent as protesters clashed with police who fired tear gas, rubber bullets and water cannons. The demonstrations, on what protesters called a “day of wrath,” were on a scale far beyond anything in the memory of most residents.

The unrest in Egypt came after weeks of turmoil across the Arab world that toppled one leader in Tunisia and encouraged protesters to overcome deep-rooted fears of their autocratic leaders and take to the streets. But Egypt is a special case — a heavyweight in Middle East diplomacy, in part because of its peace treaty with Israel, and a key ally of the United States. The country, often the fulcrum on which currents in the region turn, also has one of the largest and most sophisticated security forces in the Middle East.

Calling out the military is a signal of how dramatically the situation had spiraled out of control. The army, one of the country’s most powerful and respected institutions, prefers to remain behind the scenes and has not been sent into the streets to quell unrest in many years. But the police, a much reviled force prone to violent retribution against anyone who publicly defies the state, appeared unable to quell the unrest. In several cases in the capital and elsewhere, the police were forced to back down by throngs of protesters.

In one of the most dramatic scenes of the day, in Alexandria, protesters snatched batons, shields and helmets from the police. Honking cars drove up and down a main street, holding police riot shields and truncheons out the windows as trophies.


In both Cairo and Alexandria, some army patrols were greeted with applause and waves from the crowds — a seemingly incongruous response from demonstrators who say they want to bring down the president.
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, reading a prepared statement, called Friday on Egypt’s government to “restrain the security forces” and said that “reform is absolutely critical to the well-being of Egypt.”

“We urge the Egyptian authorities to allow peaceful protest and to reverse the unprecedented steps it has take to cut off communications,” she said. She also urged that protesters “refrain from violence and express themselves peacefully.”

The unrest in Egypt, a close ally, poses unique challenges for the Obama Administration, which has publicly supported Mubarak but privately pushed him to reform after decades in power.

At least one person appeared to have been killed during rioting in Suez, east of Cairo and the site of some of the most violent clashes. Reuters reported that protesters were carrying a man’s body through the streets as one demonstrator shouted, “They have killed my brother.” Details of his death were not immediately clear.

According to the Associated Press, Egyptian security officials said they had placed the most prominent opposition figures, Mohamed ElBaradei, under house arrest, but that could not be independently confirmed and reports throughout the day had been contradictory.

Shortly before, police doused ElBaradei with a water cannon and beat supporters who tried to shield him. 

“This is an indication of a barbaric regime,” said ElBaradei, the former head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, as he took refuge in a nearby mosque. “By doing this they are ensuring their destruction is at hand.”

At Al Azhar in old Cairo, thousands of people poured from one of the most iconic mosques of Sunni Islam, chanting “The people want to bring down the regime.” DAVID D KIRKPATRICK & ALAN COWELL

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Aljazeera English TV acts like a war room for US/Uk/Israel waging a proxy war to overthrow regimes in Arab World and Africa thru reporters
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The passion AlJazeera brings blow by blow commentary on Egypt protests, gives people of the world virtual participation in an illegality.
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US role so uncharacteric of Obama's character, is a blatant attempt to impose its will on Nations; while swearing in the name of democracy.
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Is Obama in charge or Republicans have hijacked his presidency?
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Warning to Indian Government dithering with corruption and price rise; lest US/UK/Israel may try their 'regime change' strategy in India.



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The world cannot be silent to such an audacious serial toppling of governments that is nothing short of waging war on UN member countries.


Purohit plotted to kill RSS leader Indresh Kumar: Report - The Indian Express - Mumbai - India


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Fri, 28 Jan 2011

Purohit plotted to kill RSS leader Indresh Kumar: Report

By Shishir Gupta

Tags : Indresh Kumar, RSS, Colonel Prasad Srikant Purohit, Malegaon blast, Abhinav Bharat, Mecca Masjid, Samjhauta Express


Posted:
Fri Jan 28 2011, 03:03 hrs


New Delhi:
A Military Intelligence report of the Army on disgraced officer Lt Colonel Prasad Srikant Purohit — now in jail for his alleged role in the Malegaon 2008 blast and links with Hindu extremists — reveals that his organisation, Abhinav Bharat, had plotted to kill senior RSS leader Indresh Kumar.

Its reason: Indresh, Purohit suspected, was the “mole of the ISI” (Pakistan’s Inter Services Intelligence) in the Sangh Parivar and had received fake Indian currency to the tune of Rs 21 crore from the Pak agency.

Indresh’s name also figures in statements made by some of the accused in a string of terror attacks on Muslim targets, including Malegaon, Mecca Masjid and the Samjhauta Express. Indresh has denied any role and said the government has been playing politics with the investigation.

The plot to kill Indresh Kumar was revealed by Purohit in his interrogation in connection with the September 29, 2008 Malegaon blast, according to the MI report which has been obtained by The Indian Express.

Incidentally, the MI report on Purohit says: “Malegaon bomb blast coincided with birthday celebrations of Col Purohit’s younger son. It may not be a mere coincidence.”

Purohit was jointly questioned by the Maharashtra Anti-Terror Squad (ATS) then headed by Hemant Karkare, the Intelligence Bureau and Military Intelligence-9 on October 29-30, 2008.

The MI report says Abhinav Bharat was Purohit’s brainchild, set up to counter ISI activities in India with “financial assistance” from wealthy RSS supporters. The report says that a Pune-based rich, “staunch” RSS supporter, Shyam Apte, was roped in to finance the plot to kill “ISI agent” Indresh with a fraud Sharda Peeth Shankaracharya alias Dayanand Pandey jumping onto the bandwagon to make money.

“Ajay Rahilkar aka Raja handled the financial affairs (of Abhinav Bharat) as directed by Col Purohit. One Shyam Apte (70 years), a committed worker of RSS was the main provider of funds. Rahilkar has disclosed payment of Rs 3.20 lakh to Rakesh Dhavde (the arms supplier of Abhinav Bharat) to buy arms as directed by Purohit. This has been separately confirmed by Dhavde and Col Purohit, who stated that these weapons were being procured on directions of Shankaracharya who tasked Col Purohit to eliminate one Indresh Kumar, a senior RSS functionary based in Delhi. Indresh Kumar was allegedly an agent of ISI and along with one Subedar Singh was also involved in pumping of fake Indian currency,” says the interrogation report.

While Purohit claimed that it was “Shankaracharya” who asked him to “eliminate” Indresh, Shyam Apte told the Maharashtra ATS that it was Purohit who told him that during a special assignment in Nepal, entrusted to him by Director General Military Intelligence, he unearthed the involvement of Indresh in ISI activities.

Purohit then reportedly claimed that Army headquarters didn’t act on his report and frustrated at this, he (Purohit) approached Apte to help kill Indresh as he was “the enemy of the country and Hindu dharma.”
The report underlines the fact that Sadhvi Pragya Singh also said that when she discussed the issue of the “proposed elimination” of Indresh, who was like a father to Pragya, the “Shankaracharya conveyed that it was Purohit who had requested him to accommodate two commandos (at his Faridabad ashram) in Delhi.”

The report says: “Shankaracharya told Pragya that he refused to accommodate the two commandos of Colonel Purohit as they had been sent to eliminate Indresh Kumar.”

The plan to assassinate Indresh was activated during Purohit’s visit to Delhi from Panchmarhi during January 26-29, 2008. According to the report, Purohit stayed at the Shankaracharya Ashram in Faridabad and introduced Major (Retd) Ramesh Upadhyay, Bharat Bhai and Sameer Kulkarni to Dayanand Pandey. According to Purohit, it was during this meeting that the Shankaracharya asked him to procure weapons for killing Indresh.

According to the report, it was during Abhinav Bharat’s first public meeting in Bhopal on April 11-12, 2008 that Purohit managed to bring the Shankaracharya and Swami Aseemanand on a common platform. “Presence of Sadhvi, Ramji Kalsangra and Sandeep Dange at the function also demonstrated his proximity to the core group who had undertaken anti-Islamic acts in the recent past. The officer initially denied his presence at the meeting but on confrontation with Sadhvi admitted to his illegal presence. He also admitted handing over a 9 mm pistol to one Aloke, close associate of Shankaracharya, at Bhopal Railway Station to kill Indreshji in Delhi,” the MI report said.