Monday, December 29, 2008
Support Gaza
On Saturday December, 26th, Israel once again unleashed a wave of violence against the Palestinians, this time conducting aerial bombings of the Gaza Strip. In what is being called the bloodiest day in the Gaza since the 1967 war, Amerikan-made F-16s rained down over 100 tons of bombs on an area of only 139 sq. miles, killing over 227 and injuring over 700. This day will forever be remembered as another stark example of the violent and oppressive legacy of U.S. imperialism and it lackey settler-state, Israel.
Like Amerika, Israel is founded on land stolen from an indigenous population. Today, the Palestinian territory is a small fraction of its original size, existing in walled ghettos and two main spatially separated tracts: the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. In the context of this historical situation, these continued attacks on the Palestinian people can be viewed as nothing less than an act of protracted genocide.
Palestinians for their part have resisted. In 2006 the Palestinian people by a landslide elected the Hamas movement to Parliament. Supported by the U.S. and Israel, the ruling Fatah Party launched a coup, throwing the Palestine into a brief civil war. From the fighting, Fatah regained control of the West Bank and Hamas
consolidated their rule in Gaza. Since then, the U.S. and Israel have enforced a tight embargo upon Gaza, inducing food and energy shortages which some have called a humanitarian crisis.
This most recent attack was clearly directed towards the Hamas led government in the Gaza Strip. Police stations, civil administration buildings and official military outposts were targeted for aerial bombings. Of the killed, many were functionaries of the state: police, military, bureaucrats and local officials. The real intentions of these attacks are obvious: to cripple Gaza society even further.
Israel claims that its latest actions are aimed at stopping “rocket attacks.” The attacks referred to are mortars and small projectiles shot by small handfuls of mobile combatants. Usually fired from between half a mile and a mile away, Palestinians resisting genocide aim high towards a settlement, often hitting
nothing. Rarely, such acts of resistance kill Israeli citizen non-combatants.
Beyond philosophical questions of ‘parities’ of violence between Israelis and Palestinians, there is the question of survival. For Palestinians, every settlement represents an outpost of invasion. Like the Amerikan invasion of North America before it, the indigenous Palestinian faces the real possibility of being completely annihilated by Israel. With meager means and an even more desperate situation, ‘indiscriminate’ mortar attacks and even suicide bombings become viable options in fighting for survival. Those who support Palestine’s right to exist must also support their right to resist the ensuing Israeli invasion. RAIM-Denver can be counted amongst this
group.
Like the genocide of indigenous North Americans, crude acts of resistance are used to build public opinion for further aggression. The same is happening today in Gaza. While it is hard to say exactly how many in the Israel and the West actually support this latest aggression towards Palestinians, it is obvious that their is very little solidarity with the Palestinian victims. This should be lesson to the oppressed masses of the world: the First World does not care if you die.
RAIM-Denver joins the international chorus of outrage at this latest attack and mourning for those who lost their lives. Our sincerest condolences go out to the loved ones of those who died in this latest act of U.S.-supported Israeli aggression. We cannot imagine the pain you’ve been made to endure. Moreover, we look forward to the day when you live free, safe from aggression and oppression and in equal standing with the world community.
Down with U.S. Imperialism
Down with Zionism
Defend the Palestinian People’s Right to Self Determination
MASS PROTESTS TO CONDEMN...........
A W A M I BH A R A TMASS PROTESTS TO CONDEMN THE ONGOING ISRAELI HOLOCAUST OF THE GAZAN POPULATION.
DEMONSTARTIONS WILL BE HELD AT:
AZAD MAIDAN, OPP CST ON THE 30TH OF DECEMBER FROM 2PM ONWARDS
GAZA HAS BEEN REDUCED TO A CONCENTRATION CAMP SIMILAR TO AUSCHWITZ OR THE WARSAW GHETTO, BY THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT AND ITS MILITARY MACHINE.
THE 1 MILLION GAZANS CONTINUE TO BE BRUTALISED ON A DAILY BASIS WHILST THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE WORLD WATCH.
THE ONGOING AERIAL ASSAULT THAT HAS CLAIMED THE LIVES OF MORE THAN 300 PALESTINIANS AND INJURED MORE THAN 700 ODD MORE IS TESTIMONY TO THE FACT OF THE NATURE OF THE NAZI ELITE THAT RULES ISRAEL
WE CALL FOR THE TOTAL BOYCOTT OF ISRAEL WHICH IS A COLONIZER, APARTHEID AND NAZI STATE SUPPORTED BY THE US IMPERIAL POWER, THE EUROPEAN UNION AND THE COMPLICITY OF THE ARAB ELITE ESPECIALLY IN SAUDI ARABIA, EGYPT AND JORDAN.
ORGANIZED BY:
QUAMI MAJLIS-I-SHURA, VIDYARTHI BHARTI, PHULE-AMBEDKARI VICHAR MANCH, DALIT-OBC INTELLECTUAL FORUM, INDIAN SOCIAL MOVEMENT AND OTHER SUPPORTING ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE LENT THEIR SUPPORT
Feroze Mithiborwala, Kishore Jagtap, Farid Khan, Amol Madame, Sayeed Khan, Varsha V V, Arif Kapadia, Chetna Birje, Munawar Khan, Reshma Jagtap, Ghazala Azad, Jyoti Badekar, Gaurav Kariya, Thomas Winnie, Tito Eapen, Jagdish Nagarkar, Sudhir Dhawale, Bhagwan Kesbhat, Mulniwasi Mala and Harshawardhan Vartak.
editorial - The Frontpage
Break the Silence
The brutal attack by Israel on the helpless civilians of Gaza has to be strongly condemned and deplored. Israeli leaders have been giving interviews justifying an attack that has violated all international laws and conventions. Over 270 persons have been killed, many more hundreds injured, and the numbers are still going up in what can only be described as the combined assault on freedom and sovereignty by the US and Israel. This has taken place just days after Israel's aggressive foreign minister was seen smiling and laughing with her Egyptian hosts, in what is yet another example of Arab subservience to the emerging military power in the region.
The United Nations has to step in for whatever it is worth and stricture Israel for this violence. Peace cannot return to West Asia until the Palestinian issue is resolved, and countries like Lebanon, Syria, Iran, Libya and others with half a conscience still left must immediately speak out and move for the isolation of Israel in the region. Saudi Arabia that has always exported its religion but refrained from actively supporting the Palestinians must realize that its own house will come under threat if it does not take a stand to protect those who have faced the brunt of US and Israeli injustice for decades.
The Indian government has condemned the attack, but the rhetoric has to be followed by immediate sanctions, military and economic. The defence relations between India and Israel are increasing by the day, to a point where Tel Aviv has entered the league of big military players because of support from New Delhi. India is being equated as the third wheel in the US-Israel axis and it is imperative that the government actively supports the Palestinians with a concrete plan of action seeking to isolate Israel and push it towards a just and equitable solution giving Palestinians their homeland. India is a powerful voice in the region that has fallen silent on important issues, and it has to raise this in keeping with the traditional foreign policy objectives that had placed it on the side of the oppressed peoples of the world soon after it became independent of colonial rule.
This brutal attack will only lead to further instability in the region. Hamas has avowed to revenge the killings, and large scale protests have broken out all over the West Bank as indeed on the Arab streets. This will make it doubly difficult for the Arab governments to contain their people, and for the US to control Iraq and Afghanistan. The anger against both Washington and Tel Aviv is palpable, and the death of hundreds in Gaza can now be expected to fuel further reactions. It is almost as if Israel wants the cauldron to keep boiling over, as this then is used by the Zionists to justify military action and the US presence in the region. The Arab governments have to find the courage to drop the US mantle and act in the interests of their people, the Palestinians and the region.
Sunday, December 28, 2008
Slaughter In Gaza
More Than 200 Killed As
Israel Drops 100 Tons Of Bombs In Gaza CityThe BBC Video ReportIsraeli F-16 bombers have pounded targets across the Gaza Strip, killing more than 200 people, according to local medical workers. Click to view
Israel Drops 100 Tons Of Bombs In Gaza CityThe BBC Video ReportIsraeli F-16 bombers have pounded targets across the Gaza Strip, killing more than 200 people, according to local medical workers. Click to view
Israeli Attack on Gaza, Kills 205
Israeli warplanes have carried out a massive airstrike on the Gaza StripBy Press TVVideo footages showed the bodies of dead people including men, women and children on Gaza streets. Continue
By BBC We can see from our office here in Gaza, in the middle of Gaza City, ambulances are still evacuating the injured from buildings and school kids are trying to find secure places. Continue
Hamas Press Conference After Israeli Attacks On Gaza
Video - 27 Dec08Taher al-Noono, a Hamas spokesman, speaks to reporters in Gaza following Israeli attacks which killed more than 195 people and wounded more than 200 others. Continue
Bush Winks at Israel’s Slaughter in Gaza,
Obama and Clinton Are SilentBy Matthew RothschildPresident-elect Barack Obama and Secretary of State-to-be Hillary Clinton were shamefully silent in the first hours after the attack. Bush’s reaction, and the non-reaction by Obama and Clinton, underscores the point that Hanan Ashrawi made on Saturday. “Israel has gotten used to not being held accountable and to being a country that is above the law,” said the Palestinian legislator and human rights activist. She called the bombings a “massacre.” Continue
Gaza Massacres Must Spur Us To Action
By Ali Abunimah"I will play music and celebrate what the Israeli air force is doing." Those were the words, spoken on Al Jazeera today by Ofer Shmerling, an Israeli civil defense official in the Sderot area adjacent to Gaza, as images of Israel's latest massacres were broadcast around the world. Continue
Gaza Massacre Israel’s Cynicism Supported by the West’s Complicity
By Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC)Today
the Israeli army launched its long awaited strikes against the Gazan people, an unarmed, captive civilian population. The West, including the British government, has supported the last two years’ of blockade of the Palestinians in Gaza for the crime of exercising their democratic rights in a manner not to Israel’s liking. Continue
One Israeli killed, 4 hurt as Palestinian rockets hit Negev home:
Palestinians in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip fired at least 54 Qassam and Grad rockets into southern Israel on Saturday after Israeli air strikes killed more than 195 Palestinians in Gaza, according to Palestinian sources.
Israel to mount emergency international PR effort in wake of savage attacks on Gaza:
Livni instructed senior ministry officials to open an aggressive and diplomatic international public relations campaign, in order to gain greater international support for Israel Defense Forces operations in the Gaza Strip.
In Pictures :Israeli Attack On Gaza:
courtesy: Informationclearinghouse
Thursday, December 25, 2008
DECEMBER 26, '08 WILL MARK THE MONTH TO....
A W A A M I B H A R A T
DECEMBER 26, '08 WILL MARK THE MONTH TO THE DAY WHEN OUR CITY WAS ATTACKED BY TERRORISTS.
ON THIS DAY WE APPEAL TO THE PEOPLE OF MUMBAI AND INDIA AS WELL, TO REMEMBER THE SACRIFICES OF THE BRAVE PEOPLE, THE POLICE, THE ARMY, THE FIREMEN AND ALL THE OTHERS WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES TO DEFEND OUR LAND.
UNDOUBTEDLY IT WAS THE ATS CHIEF AND HIS TEAM WHO SYMBOLISED THE BRAVERY OF THE INDIAN PEOPLE AND THUS WE WILL BE GATHERING AT THE SITE WHERE THE ATS OFFICERS WERE SLAIN.
SHAHID HEMANT KARKARE, SHAHID ASHOK KAMTE AND SHAHID VIJAY SALASKAR AMAR RAHE !!
CALL TO PAY HOMAGE TO THE BRAVE MARTYRS OF THE MUMBAI TERROR ATTACK
"SHRADHANJALI AND SARVADHARMA PRARTHAN"
THE PROGRAMME WILL BE TO LIGHT CANDLES & SING SONGS OF PEACE AND COMMUNAL AMITY.
WE WILL ASSEMBLE AT THE SPOT WERE THE MARTYRS LOST THEIR LIVES IN DEFENSE OF THE NATION, BEHIND ST. XAVIER'S COLLEGE, AT THE CORPORATION BANK, NEAR RANG BHAWAN, MUMBAI.
DATE: 26th DECEMBER 2008 / TIME: 6pm to 7pm
S A T Y A M E V J A Y A T E !!
ORGANIZERS
FEROZE MITHIBORWALA, KISHORE JAGTAP, DILIP BANSODE, MULANIWASI MALA, SAYEED KHAN, VARSHA V V, AMOL MADAME, JAGDISH NAGARKAR, SHRIDHAR SHIRSAGAR, SANJAY SHINDE, ARIF KAPADIA, CHETNA BIRJE, RESHMA JAGTAP, JYOTI BEDEKAR, AFAQ AZAD, WINNIE THOMAS, TITO EAPEN, AVINASH KAMBLE, MUNAWWAR KHAN, HARSHAWARDHAN VARTAK, GHAZALA AZAD, IRFAN MULLA, INAYAT GAURAV KARIYA, HUSSAIN, ANIL, ISTIAQUE MUKAMMAD,
VIDYARTHI BHARTI, DALIT INTELLECTUAL FORUM, PHULE - AMBEDKARI VICHAR MANCH, YUVA SARKAR, MUSLIM INTELLECTUAL FORUM, YUVAK KRANTI DAL, OBC INTELLECTUAL FORUM & GANAI SANSKRUTIK ANDOLAN
DECEMBER 26, '08 WILL MARK THE MONTH TO THE DAY WHEN OUR CITY WAS ATTACKED BY TERRORISTS.
ON THIS DAY WE APPEAL TO THE PEOPLE OF MUMBAI AND INDIA AS WELL, TO REMEMBER THE SACRIFICES OF THE BRAVE PEOPLE, THE POLICE, THE ARMY, THE FIREMEN AND ALL THE OTHERS WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES TO DEFEND OUR LAND.
UNDOUBTEDLY IT WAS THE ATS CHIEF AND HIS TEAM WHO SYMBOLISED THE BRAVERY OF THE INDIAN PEOPLE AND THUS WE WILL BE GATHERING AT THE SITE WHERE THE ATS OFFICERS WERE SLAIN.
SHAHID HEMANT KARKARE, SHAHID ASHOK KAMTE AND SHAHID VIJAY SALASKAR AMAR RAHE !!
CALL TO PAY HOMAGE TO THE BRAVE MARTYRS OF THE MUMBAI TERROR ATTACK
"SHRADHANJALI AND SARVADHARMA PRARTHAN"
THE PROGRAMME WILL BE TO LIGHT CANDLES & SING SONGS OF PEACE AND COMMUNAL AMITY.
WE WILL ASSEMBLE AT THE SPOT WERE THE MARTYRS LOST THEIR LIVES IN DEFENSE OF THE NATION, BEHIND ST. XAVIER'S COLLEGE, AT THE CORPORATION BANK, NEAR RANG BHAWAN, MUMBAI.
DATE: 26th DECEMBER 2008 / TIME: 6pm to 7pm
S A T Y A M E V J A Y A T E !!
ORGANIZERS
FEROZE MITHIBORWALA, KISHORE JAGTAP, DILIP BANSODE, MULANIWASI MALA, SAYEED KHAN, VARSHA V V, AMOL MADAME, JAGDISH NAGARKAR, SHRIDHAR SHIRSAGAR, SANJAY SHINDE, ARIF KAPADIA, CHETNA BIRJE, RESHMA JAGTAP, JYOTI BEDEKAR, AFAQ AZAD, WINNIE THOMAS, TITO EAPEN, AVINASH KAMBLE, MUNAWWAR KHAN, HARSHAWARDHAN VARTAK, GHAZALA AZAD, IRFAN MULLA, INAYAT GAURAV KARIYA, HUSSAIN, ANIL, ISTIAQUE MUKAMMAD,
VIDYARTHI BHARTI, DALIT INTELLECTUAL FORUM, PHULE - AMBEDKARI VICHAR MANCH, YUVA SARKAR, MUSLIM INTELLECTUAL FORUM, YUVAK KRANTI DAL, OBC INTELLECTUAL FORUM & GANAI SANSKRUTIK ANDOLAN
Monday, December 22, 2008
Sunday, December 21, 2008
India's New Anti-Terror Laws Draconian Say Activists
By Praful Bidwai
Inter Press Service
NEW DELHI, Dec 19 (IPS) - Following the late November terror attacks in Mumbai, India has passed two tough laws being seen by rights activists as potentially eroding the country’s federal structure and limiting fundamental liberties.
Parliament -- meeting under the shadow of the November 26-29 attacks on India’s commercial hub resulting in close to 200 deaths -- approved the legislations on Thursday with no considered debate and the ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA) of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh pushing them past amendments tabled by several parliamentarians.
One law, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) Act, seeks to establish a new police organisation to investigate acts of terrorism and other statutory offences.
The other, the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Amendment (UAPA) Act, radically changes procedures for trying those accused of terrorism, extends the periods of police custody and of detention without charges, denies bail to foreigners, and the reverses the burden of proof in many instances.
Civil liberties activists and public-spirited citizens are appalled at the new laws, which they describe as draconian and excessive in relation to the measures India really needs to take to fight terrorism.
"The UAPA Act is particularly vile, and will have the effect of turning India into a virtual police state," says Colin Gonsalves, executive director of the Delhi-based Human Rights Law Network. "It basically brings back a discredited law, the Prevention of Terrorism Act of 2002 (POTA), except for admitting confessions made to a police officer as legal evidence."
POTA was an extremely unpopular law, which the UPA government abrogated upon coming to power in 2004 in response to innumerable complaints of its selective and discriminatory use against India's Muslim minority, and its cavalier and irresponsible application to offences not even remotely connected with terrorism.
While rescinding POTA, the UPA kept in place all of India's criminal laws, which are much stricter than those in many democracies.
In addition, it also enacted an amendment to the Unlawful Activities Act, 1967, which increased punishment for committing acts of terrorism and for harbouring terrorists or financing them, enhanced police powers of seizures, made communications intercepts admissible as evidence, and increased the period of detention without charges to 90 days from the existing 30 days.
However, this was not enough to please those who want a "strong" militarised state which will prevent and punish terrorism by violating the citizen’s fundamental rights, including the right to a fair trial, and not to be detained without charges.
India's main right-wing political group, the Bharatiya Janata Party, has been stridently demanding that POTA be re-enacted. Until recently, the UPA, the Left and other centrist parties stood firm in rejecting the demand despite the numerous terrorist attacks that India has suffered over the past few years.
"But now, the UPA has suddenly, and shamefully, caved in to the BJP's demand under the pressure of elite opinion," says Jairus Banaji, a highly regarded Mumbai-based social scientist. "The capitulation seems to be based on the UPA’s anxiety to counter the BJP's ridiculous charge that it lacks the will to fight terrorism, and on its political calculations about the next general election due by May."
In its desperation to be seen to be taking a tough stand against terrorism, the Manmohan Singh government also tabled the NIA Bill earlier this week. The new agency will specifically investigate offences related to atomic energy, aviation and maritime transport, weapons of mass destruction, and Left-wing extremism, besides terrorism.
Significantly, it excludes Right-wing terrorism, which has become a greater menace in India.
Unlike the existing Central Bureau of Investigation, which needs the consent of a state before investigating crimes there, the NIA will not need a state's concurrence. This is a serious infringement of the federal system, where law and order is a state subject.
Many state governments and regional political parties have sharply criticised the Act on this count. In India, Central agencies are politically vulnerable to manipulation by New Delhi and often used to settle scores with states ruled by opposition parties.
The NIA Act also provides for special courts to try various offences. This too has drawn criticism from eminent lawyers such as Rajeev Dhavan, who argues that the potential misuse of this anti-terror legislation will now "come from both the states and the union, which can hijack the case".
The UAPA Act contains a number of draconian clauses, and is also applicable to the entire country -- unlike the Unlawful Activities Act, which was originally not extended to the strife-torn state of Jammu and Kashmir. This too has drawn protests from Kashmir-based political parties and human rights groups.
The stringent clauses cover a broad range, including a redefinition of terrorism, harsh punishment extending from five years’ imprisonment to life sentence or death, long periods of detention, and presumption of guilt in case weapons are recovered from an accused person.
The new definition now includes acts done with the intent to threaten or "likely" to threaten the unity, integrity, security or sovereignty of India, and offences related to radioactive or nuclear substances, and even attempts to overawe, kidnap or abduct constitutional and other functionaries that may be listed by the government. Dhavan says: "The list is potentially endless."
Under the Act, an accused can be held in police custody for 30 days, and further detained without charges for 180 days, although courts can restrict the period to 90 days.
"This is a travesty of constitutional rights and the rule of law," says Gonsalves. "Even worse is the presumption of guilt in case there is a recovery of arms, explosives and other substances, suspected to be involved, including fingerprints on them. The police in India routinely plants such arms and explosives, and creates a false record of recovery."
"The very fact that offences such as organising terrorist training camps or recruiting or harbouring terrorists carry a punishment as broad as three or five years to life imprisonment shows that the government has not applied its mind to the issue,’’ Gonsalves added.
Under the Act, there is a general obligation to disclose any information that a police officer of a certain rank thinks is relevant to the investigation. Failure to disclose information can lead to imprisonment for three years. Journalists are not exempt from this.
Besides making telecommunications and e-mail intercepts admissible as evidence, the Act also denies bail to all foreign nationals, and mandates a refusal of bail to anyone if a prima facie case exists, which is decided on the basis of a First Information Report filed by the police.
POTA and its predecessor, Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA), were extensively abused. They typically targeted the religious minorities, specifically Muslims, and allowed for their harassment and persecution.
The TADA story is especially horrifying. Some 67,000 people were arrested under it, but only 8,000 put on trial, and a mere 725 convicted.
Official TADA Review Committees themselves found the law’s application untenable in all but 5,000 cases. In 1993, Gujarat witnessed no terrorism, but more than 19,000 people were still arrested under TADA.
Religious minorities were selectively targeted under both Acts. For instance, in Rajasthan, of 115 TADA detainees, 112 were Muslims and three Sikhs.
Gujarat had a worse pattern under POTA, when all but one of the 200-plus detainees were Muslims, the remaining one a Sikh.
The passing of the two new laws is certain to increase the alienation of India's Muslims from the state. They have been the principal victims of India's anti-terrorism strategy and activities in recent years.
Muslims are first to be arrested and interrogated after any terrorist incident, even when the victims are Muslims, and although strong evidence has recently emerged of a well-ramified pro-Hindu terrorist network, in which serving and retired army officers were found to be key players.
Muslims also distressed at the alacrity and haste with which the new laws were passed, especially since it contrasts with the UPA government’s failure to enact a law it promised five years ago to punish communal violence and hate crimes targeting specific religious groups.
"This will pave the way for more disaffection amongst Muslims and make the social and political climate more conducive to terrorism," argues Gonsalves. "Even worse, it will promote excesses of the kind associated with state terrorism. And that is no way to fight sub-state terrorism."
Copyright © 2008 IPS-Inter Press Service
Saturday, December 20, 2008
Read it its important
A W A M I B H A R A T
"E X P O S I N G T H E P O L I T I C S O F T E R R O R"
PRESS CONFERENCE
MARATHI PATRAKAR SANGH, CST, MUMBAI
20TH DECEMBER / 2 - 3 pm
SPEAKERS: FEROZE MITHIBORWALA (RASHTRIYA SAMAJ PAKSH - NATIONAL VICE PRESIDENT),
KISHORE JAGTAP (AWAMI BHARAT - SPOKESPERSON),
DILIP BANSODE (BHARIP BAHUJAN MAHASANGH - PRESIDENT - MUMBAI)
MULNIWASI MALA (PHULE-AMBEDKARI VICHAR MANCH)
WE DEMAND A SPECIAL HIGH LEVEL PROBE INTO THE
DEATHS OF SHRI KARKARE, SHRI KAMTE & SHRI SALASKAR.
It is rather bewildering to see that despite the fact that both the government and certain sections of the corporate media are trying to supress the public outcry over the deaths of the three valiant ATS officers, the government is refusing to institute an inquiry commission to put all doubts to rest. The point is if it is also obvious as we are given to believe then why is the government runnning scared. That itself is raising doubts and creating more room for suspicion.
We also support the demand made by Shri A. R. Antulay and are thankful to him for having brought this issue to the centre stage of the national debate. The genie is out now. The only answer is that a probe be ordered. The remarks by A. R. Antulay have stirred the latent doubts amongst all communities and the popular perception far differs from what the media would have us believe.
As part of the "People's Investigation" which we will thus have to undertake, some of questions are as follows:
1) The police version still states that Shri Karkare died of Ak-47 bullets. Our investigation shows that he was killed by 9mm bullets fired from a revolver that hit him in the neck. We demand that the Post Mortem report relating to all those killed be made public.
2) We demand that the phone records be made public as that will finally prove as to who was / were the individuals who sent the three officers to the Cama Hospital. It will reveal the names of the policemen and politicians involved and reveal their locations as well at the time of the calls.
3) Shri Karkare was known to be a meticulous officer and it is beyond us as to why he went unprepared to engage the terrorists.
4) At the time of the shooting at the Cama Hospital, why were not the policemen at the Azad Maidan Police station, barely 100 metres away, not called into action and the terrorists surrounded in Cama Hospital itself ?
5) Why the various conflicting reports in the media even regarding the time and place of their killings for the first few days? Why did not the police provide a clear picture of the events as they are trying to do so now.
The reason as to why the people do not trust the official police version as well as that of the establishment within the media is that the these sections had mislead and misinformed the people on the terror attacks at Malegaon, Jalna, Parbhani, Beed, Nanded, Kanpur, Ajmer and Mecca Masjid in Hyderabad, Samjhauta Express, to state a few. The investigations by the ATS squad revealed that these terror attacks were being perpetrated by the terror cells of the Abhinav Bharat led by Purohit and Sadhvi Pragnya. The roots of these cells also ran into the Bajrang Dal, ABVP and into the Bhonsla Military school.
Moreover the media had been reporting verbatim the police version without any independent investigation, barring a few journalists and newspapers.
This irresponsible and uncritical reporting has caused untold damage to the fabric of the nation and has contributed to demonising a section of our society. Therefore it is very difficult to trust the government, the police and the media and all of them need to introspect if they will have to win back the faith of the masses. Thus a number of Muslim youth were wrongly arrested, tortured, maimed and labelled for life as terrorists for life the above blasts that were being traced to the Sangh Parivar. Those arrested were let of by the courts and thus the conviction rate is a dismal 1 - 2 % for all the brouhaha around us.
Thus the track record of the above sections that are coalescing together leaves much to be desired.
Who is answerable and accountable for individuals and families that have been destroyed. The judiciary needs to set a policy of checks and balances that will control a marauding police force with a increasing communal outlook that will compensate all those who are victims of false accusations and victimisation.
Also the point is that why are people refusing to believe that the deaths of the ATS officers are above board ??
The conditions prior to the terror attack were ranged against trhe BJP and the Sangh Parivar. This FACT none can challenge or discount. An entire infrastructure of terror was being slowly but surely unearthed much to the chagrin & dismay of the Hindutva Right. Leaders and newspapers of this section were clearly threatening Shri Karkare and this is no secret. Thus one direct impact of the deaths of the ATS officers will be that the investigation will be buried and the Sadhvi Pragnya's and the Purohit's be let of. And the terror network will remain intact to spread more terror.
Thus as the biggest gainer in this entire sordid terror episode is undoubtedly those political and social organizations that stood to be exposed and their nefarious terror gambit be laid bare. THUS THE SUSPICION AMONGST THE MASSES OF THE PEOPLE !!
We also demand that Ratan Tata apologise to the courageous members of the police and the armed forces who he says were inept at countering the terrorists.
The fact is that the terrorists had weapons and ammunition to last them for 60 hours. All of that was not broght in merely in a rubber dingy. Undoubtedly a vast number of weapons had been stocked in both the Taj and the Oberoi prior to the arrival of the terrorists. This factor is crucial to the investigation as this could not have happened without inner complicity. Also even though R. Tata had recieved adequate warnings he refused to comply with the security requirements "so as not to inconvenience the guests" This apathy led to the deaths of hundreds.
Moreover R. Tata has stated that he will be approaching "external agencies" (read MOSSAD) for his internal security. The privatization of security, defence & armaments will undermine our national security. Ratan Tata has tied up with Israeli & US aerospace and arms production companies.
We thus stand by our earlier poistion that certain political forces from within our country organized this terror attack with the help of the American CIA and the Israeli MOSSAD who organzied the mercenary-terroists from Pakistan to attack Mumbai. A genuine terror attack was required if
• India was to further align itself within the US-Israeli orbit and every terror attack has served this agenda. Any doubts on this FACT. Every terror attack isolates and demonisesd Indian Muslims and creates space for Bush and Israel style tactics.
• Finally with the Indian elite being targeted the warmongering reached a feverish pitch which was never the case till the Aam Aadmi faced the brunt.
• The US that is enmeshed in a losing quagmire in Afghanistan needs Indian troops to intervene as its European NATO allies are fast deserting the sinking ship. The USSR lost the war with 3.5laks troops and the US with 1.5 lakh stands little chance. Thus every attempt is being made to pressurise Pakistan to carry on waging the war in Afghanistan and the Mumbai terror attack does serve the US interests in the region.
• Worse India's task is to contain, threaten and wage war if need be against a Nuclear armed Pakistan. The crisis in the region is of the making of the US-Saudi-Israel and Pakistan and we would be best advised to avoid taking the American bait as that will only spread devastaion and war for India & the entire region.
For those who think that this theory is farfetched, they only need to STUDY the operations of the CIA and the MOSSAD within Pakistan.
FACTS:
• As all are aware the CIA has deep roots in Pakistan.
• The ISI chief Lt. General Shuja Ahmad Pasha is an American appointee.
• The Military Chief Ashfaq Parvez Kayani is also a US appointee.
• US blocked the recent attempt by the civilian government to control the ISI and the Military and infact it is the US that wields far more influence within these sections, far more than the civilian government.
• The ISI and the Pakistan Military are no. 3 on the list of US financial aid after Israel and Egypt.
• Time and again the CIA and the MOSSAD have organized these terror gangs to strike at targets in Bosnia, Chechenya, Kosovo, Afghanistan and parts of Central Asia, South America and other regions of the World.In fact Lashkar e Taiyaba played a role in Bosnia via the ISI-CIA nexus.This is all on record and the dissenters are welcome to challenge us publicly.
• The American school for training terrorists is in Fort Benning, Georgetown - "School of the Americas" also called the "Western Hemisphere School for Security Co-operation" (www.soaw.org) This is the worlds premier institute for terror training and especially reviled across South America that faced the brunt of the US backed death squads.
Since now the media has rightly raised the spectre of the involvement of Dawood Ibrahim in the terror attack, we need to further deeply investigate the matter. Undoubtedly Dawood works for the ISI in its nefarious activities ranging from narco-terrorism, money laundering, smuggling etc. All of these factors go into creating a terror industry.
The fact that is not being stated is that Dawood has for a long time been a CIA ASSET. According to an imporatnt article by Jeremy Hammond who is the editor of the much respected "Foreign Policy Journal", Dawood has been working for the CIA-ISI combine especially in its drug operation in Afghanistan, Central Asia and Europe. Russian writer Vladimir Radyunin had written about the role of the CIA in the increasing heroin cultivation and production in Afghanistan and the threat that it poses to Russia due to the widespread & increasing availibilty of refined heroin. The site ciadrugs.com will give all the necessary references to anyone who cares enough to research the matter and that is only to begin with.
Nariman House and the Israeli factor
One issue that continues to befuddle and boggle the mind is why Nariman House. Why was a building in a Colaba gaothan attacked. The common answer is that they were targeting Jews. Agreed !!
But why not attack the Israeli consulate located at Nariman Point barely a kilometre from the Oberoi, instaed of going all the way into the bylanes of Colaba into a building with no strategic value. Surely the Israeli consulate would seem far more probable.
We belive that the Jews who were killed were targeted as they were NOT ZIONISTS.
There are two clues in this direction:
1) During the funeral the family of the slain victims refused that the Israeli flag be draped over the coffin and angrily said that "WE ARE NOT ZIONISTS".
2) Inspite of continued insistence of the Israeli authorities, the Nariman House family refused to upgrade the security of their building and said that they had faith in their God (YAHWEH). Thus the fact of the matter was that unlike most Jewish families who are extremely security conscious, the Holtzbergs refused to undertake even the basics which even any Mumbaikar would look into.
For those who even have an elementary knowledge of the history of the struggle within the Zionists and the anti-Zionists Jews over a period of 125 years, the above theory and facts will make immense sense. (read A. Lilenthal)
Thus it is our stated position that it was the MOSSAD that had given Nariman House as one of the targets to the LeT terrorists.
We also condemn the role and the changing positions of the Pakistani government and the Military. Every effort should be made without any excuses and the LeT and Jaish terror infrastructure must be destroyed without delay and Hafeez Saeed and Azhar Mahmood as well as Dawood be arested and tried and sentenced.
The problem is that we are dealing with governments from both sides of the border that are closely allied to the US-israeli orbit.
Thus our struggle is to create a genuine nationalist anti-imperialist movement within India and across the region.
Specific Intelligence Inputs
It is a blatant lie that the RAW had failed in its task of gathering information and warning the government and the various defense related sections. The RAW had tapped into the satellite phones of the LeT, warned of the boat taking off from Karachi, photograhed the same from its spy plane, given specific co-ordinates to the Navy on November 19, that even intercepted the boat but let it pas due to the fake ID cards that were issued from Probandar (Gujarat). RAW had given the targets as Taj and Marriot, the time, 9 - 11pm and both the Centre & the State were aware of these facts. Thus the question is, inaction or complicity.
Also interestingly the CIA had warned the Indian government of the impending attack. The basic question is why did not the CIA warn the civilian government led by Zardari and Gilani and also pressuried the ISI and its terror gangs from calling of the attack.
Are not these obvious questions that we should raise ??
Draw your own inferences !!
There are other questions that will emerge as part of our "People's Investigation", that we will keep on putting out in the People's domain. hard questions that will not be asked and answers that will remain buried.
That is the task ahead and the truth will prevail.
Satyamev Jayate !!
ORGANIZERS
SAYEED KHAN, VARSHA V V, AMOL MADAME, JAGDISH NAGARKAR, SHRIDHAR SHIRSAGAR, ARIF KAPADIA,
CHETNA BIRJE, RESHMA JAGTAP, JYOTI BEDEKAR, AFAQ AZAD, WINNIE THOMAS, TITO EAPEN, AVINASH KAMBLE, MUNAWWAR KHAN, HARSHAWARDHAN VARTAK, GHAZALA AZAD, IRFAN MULLA, INAYAT GAURAV KARIYA, HUSSAIN & ANIL
"E X P O S I N G T H E P O L I T I C S O F T E R R O R"
PRESS CONFERENCE
MARATHI PATRAKAR SANGH, CST, MUMBAI
20TH DECEMBER / 2 - 3 pm
SPEAKERS: FEROZE MITHIBORWALA (RASHTRIYA SAMAJ PAKSH - NATIONAL VICE PRESIDENT),
KISHORE JAGTAP (AWAMI BHARAT - SPOKESPERSON),
DILIP BANSODE (BHARIP BAHUJAN MAHASANGH - PRESIDENT - MUMBAI)
MULNIWASI MALA (PHULE-AMBEDKARI VICHAR MANCH)
WE DEMAND A SPECIAL HIGH LEVEL PROBE INTO THE
DEATHS OF SHRI KARKARE, SHRI KAMTE & SHRI SALASKAR.
It is rather bewildering to see that despite the fact that both the government and certain sections of the corporate media are trying to supress the public outcry over the deaths of the three valiant ATS officers, the government is refusing to institute an inquiry commission to put all doubts to rest. The point is if it is also obvious as we are given to believe then why is the government runnning scared. That itself is raising doubts and creating more room for suspicion.
We also support the demand made by Shri A. R. Antulay and are thankful to him for having brought this issue to the centre stage of the national debate. The genie is out now. The only answer is that a probe be ordered. The remarks by A. R. Antulay have stirred the latent doubts amongst all communities and the popular perception far differs from what the media would have us believe.
As part of the "People's Investigation" which we will thus have to undertake, some of questions are as follows:
1) The police version still states that Shri Karkare died of Ak-47 bullets. Our investigation shows that he was killed by 9mm bullets fired from a revolver that hit him in the neck. We demand that the Post Mortem report relating to all those killed be made public.
2) We demand that the phone records be made public as that will finally prove as to who was / were the individuals who sent the three officers to the Cama Hospital. It will reveal the names of the policemen and politicians involved and reveal their locations as well at the time of the calls.
3) Shri Karkare was known to be a meticulous officer and it is beyond us as to why he went unprepared to engage the terrorists.
4) At the time of the shooting at the Cama Hospital, why were not the policemen at the Azad Maidan Police station, barely 100 metres away, not called into action and the terrorists surrounded in Cama Hospital itself ?
5) Why the various conflicting reports in the media even regarding the time and place of their killings for the first few days? Why did not the police provide a clear picture of the events as they are trying to do so now.
The reason as to why the people do not trust the official police version as well as that of the establishment within the media is that the these sections had mislead and misinformed the people on the terror attacks at Malegaon, Jalna, Parbhani, Beed, Nanded, Kanpur, Ajmer and Mecca Masjid in Hyderabad, Samjhauta Express, to state a few. The investigations by the ATS squad revealed that these terror attacks were being perpetrated by the terror cells of the Abhinav Bharat led by Purohit and Sadhvi Pragnya. The roots of these cells also ran into the Bajrang Dal, ABVP and into the Bhonsla Military school.
Moreover the media had been reporting verbatim the police version without any independent investigation, barring a few journalists and newspapers.
This irresponsible and uncritical reporting has caused untold damage to the fabric of the nation and has contributed to demonising a section of our society. Therefore it is very difficult to trust the government, the police and the media and all of them need to introspect if they will have to win back the faith of the masses. Thus a number of Muslim youth were wrongly arrested, tortured, maimed and labelled for life as terrorists for life the above blasts that were being traced to the Sangh Parivar. Those arrested were let of by the courts and thus the conviction rate is a dismal 1 - 2 % for all the brouhaha around us.
Thus the track record of the above sections that are coalescing together leaves much to be desired.
Who is answerable and accountable for individuals and families that have been destroyed. The judiciary needs to set a policy of checks and balances that will control a marauding police force with a increasing communal outlook that will compensate all those who are victims of false accusations and victimisation.
Also the point is that why are people refusing to believe that the deaths of the ATS officers are above board ??
The conditions prior to the terror attack were ranged against trhe BJP and the Sangh Parivar. This FACT none can challenge or discount. An entire infrastructure of terror was being slowly but surely unearthed much to the chagrin & dismay of the Hindutva Right. Leaders and newspapers of this section were clearly threatening Shri Karkare and this is no secret. Thus one direct impact of the deaths of the ATS officers will be that the investigation will be buried and the Sadhvi Pragnya's and the Purohit's be let of. And the terror network will remain intact to spread more terror.
Thus as the biggest gainer in this entire sordid terror episode is undoubtedly those political and social organizations that stood to be exposed and their nefarious terror gambit be laid bare. THUS THE SUSPICION AMONGST THE MASSES OF THE PEOPLE !!
We also demand that Ratan Tata apologise to the courageous members of the police and the armed forces who he says were inept at countering the terrorists.
The fact is that the terrorists had weapons and ammunition to last them for 60 hours. All of that was not broght in merely in a rubber dingy. Undoubtedly a vast number of weapons had been stocked in both the Taj and the Oberoi prior to the arrival of the terrorists. This factor is crucial to the investigation as this could not have happened without inner complicity. Also even though R. Tata had recieved adequate warnings he refused to comply with the security requirements "so as not to inconvenience the guests" This apathy led to the deaths of hundreds.
Moreover R. Tata has stated that he will be approaching "external agencies" (read MOSSAD) for his internal security. The privatization of security, defence & armaments will undermine our national security. Ratan Tata has tied up with Israeli & US aerospace and arms production companies.
We thus stand by our earlier poistion that certain political forces from within our country organized this terror attack with the help of the American CIA and the Israeli MOSSAD who organzied the mercenary-terroists from Pakistan to attack Mumbai. A genuine terror attack was required if
• India was to further align itself within the US-Israeli orbit and every terror attack has served this agenda. Any doubts on this FACT. Every terror attack isolates and demonisesd Indian Muslims and creates space for Bush and Israel style tactics.
• Finally with the Indian elite being targeted the warmongering reached a feverish pitch which was never the case till the Aam Aadmi faced the brunt.
• The US that is enmeshed in a losing quagmire in Afghanistan needs Indian troops to intervene as its European NATO allies are fast deserting the sinking ship. The USSR lost the war with 3.5laks troops and the US with 1.5 lakh stands little chance. Thus every attempt is being made to pressurise Pakistan to carry on waging the war in Afghanistan and the Mumbai terror attack does serve the US interests in the region.
• Worse India's task is to contain, threaten and wage war if need be against a Nuclear armed Pakistan. The crisis in the region is of the making of the US-Saudi-Israel and Pakistan and we would be best advised to avoid taking the American bait as that will only spread devastaion and war for India & the entire region.
For those who think that this theory is farfetched, they only need to STUDY the operations of the CIA and the MOSSAD within Pakistan.
FACTS:
• As all are aware the CIA has deep roots in Pakistan.
• The ISI chief Lt. General Shuja Ahmad Pasha is an American appointee.
• The Military Chief Ashfaq Parvez Kayani is also a US appointee.
• US blocked the recent attempt by the civilian government to control the ISI and the Military and infact it is the US that wields far more influence within these sections, far more than the civilian government.
• The ISI and the Pakistan Military are no. 3 on the list of US financial aid after Israel and Egypt.
• Time and again the CIA and the MOSSAD have organized these terror gangs to strike at targets in Bosnia, Chechenya, Kosovo, Afghanistan and parts of Central Asia, South America and other regions of the World.In fact Lashkar e Taiyaba played a role in Bosnia via the ISI-CIA nexus.This is all on record and the dissenters are welcome to challenge us publicly.
• The American school for training terrorists is in Fort Benning, Georgetown - "School of the Americas" also called the "Western Hemisphere School for Security Co-operation" (www.soaw.org) This is the worlds premier institute for terror training and especially reviled across South America that faced the brunt of the US backed death squads.
Since now the media has rightly raised the spectre of the involvement of Dawood Ibrahim in the terror attack, we need to further deeply investigate the matter. Undoubtedly Dawood works for the ISI in its nefarious activities ranging from narco-terrorism, money laundering, smuggling etc. All of these factors go into creating a terror industry.
The fact that is not being stated is that Dawood has for a long time been a CIA ASSET. According to an imporatnt article by Jeremy Hammond who is the editor of the much respected "Foreign Policy Journal", Dawood has been working for the CIA-ISI combine especially in its drug operation in Afghanistan, Central Asia and Europe. Russian writer Vladimir Radyunin had written about the role of the CIA in the increasing heroin cultivation and production in Afghanistan and the threat that it poses to Russia due to the widespread & increasing availibilty of refined heroin. The site ciadrugs.com will give all the necessary references to anyone who cares enough to research the matter and that is only to begin with.
Nariman House and the Israeli factor
One issue that continues to befuddle and boggle the mind is why Nariman House. Why was a building in a Colaba gaothan attacked. The common answer is that they were targeting Jews. Agreed !!
But why not attack the Israeli consulate located at Nariman Point barely a kilometre from the Oberoi, instaed of going all the way into the bylanes of Colaba into a building with no strategic value. Surely the Israeli consulate would seem far more probable.
We belive that the Jews who were killed were targeted as they were NOT ZIONISTS.
There are two clues in this direction:
1) During the funeral the family of the slain victims refused that the Israeli flag be draped over the coffin and angrily said that "WE ARE NOT ZIONISTS".
2) Inspite of continued insistence of the Israeli authorities, the Nariman House family refused to upgrade the security of their building and said that they had faith in their God (YAHWEH). Thus the fact of the matter was that unlike most Jewish families who are extremely security conscious, the Holtzbergs refused to undertake even the basics which even any Mumbaikar would look into.
For those who even have an elementary knowledge of the history of the struggle within the Zionists and the anti-Zionists Jews over a period of 125 years, the above theory and facts will make immense sense. (read A. Lilenthal)
Thus it is our stated position that it was the MOSSAD that had given Nariman House as one of the targets to the LeT terrorists.
We also condemn the role and the changing positions of the Pakistani government and the Military. Every effort should be made without any excuses and the LeT and Jaish terror infrastructure must be destroyed without delay and Hafeez Saeed and Azhar Mahmood as well as Dawood be arested and tried and sentenced.
The problem is that we are dealing with governments from both sides of the border that are closely allied to the US-israeli orbit.
Thus our struggle is to create a genuine nationalist anti-imperialist movement within India and across the region.
Specific Intelligence Inputs
It is a blatant lie that the RAW had failed in its task of gathering information and warning the government and the various defense related sections. The RAW had tapped into the satellite phones of the LeT, warned of the boat taking off from Karachi, photograhed the same from its spy plane, given specific co-ordinates to the Navy on November 19, that even intercepted the boat but let it pas due to the fake ID cards that were issued from Probandar (Gujarat). RAW had given the targets as Taj and Marriot, the time, 9 - 11pm and both the Centre & the State were aware of these facts. Thus the question is, inaction or complicity.
Also interestingly the CIA had warned the Indian government of the impending attack. The basic question is why did not the CIA warn the civilian government led by Zardari and Gilani and also pressuried the ISI and its terror gangs from calling of the attack.
Are not these obvious questions that we should raise ??
Draw your own inferences !!
There are other questions that will emerge as part of our "People's Investigation", that we will keep on putting out in the People's domain. hard questions that will not be asked and answers that will remain buried.
That is the task ahead and the truth will prevail.
Satyamev Jayate !!
ORGANIZERS
SAYEED KHAN, VARSHA V V, AMOL MADAME, JAGDISH NAGARKAR, SHRIDHAR SHIRSAGAR, ARIF KAPADIA,
CHETNA BIRJE, RESHMA JAGTAP, JYOTI BEDEKAR, AFAQ AZAD, WINNIE THOMAS, TITO EAPEN, AVINASH KAMBLE, MUNAWWAR KHAN, HARSHAWARDHAN VARTAK, GHAZALA AZAD, IRFAN MULLA, INAYAT GAURAV KARIYA, HUSSAIN & ANIL
Friday, December 19, 2008
The Monster In The Mirror - By Arundhati Roy
The Monster In The Mirror
By Arundhati Roy
What we're experiencing now is blowback, the cumulative result of decades of quick fixes and dirty deeds. The carpet's squelching under our feet. The only way to contain -it would be naïve to say end - terrorism is to look at the monster in the mirror. We're standing at a fork in the road. One sign says Justice, the other Civil War. There's no third sign and there's no going back. Choose."
By Arundhati Roy
What we're experiencing now is blowback, the cumulative result of decades of quick fixes and dirty deeds. The carpet's squelching under our feet. The only way to contain -it would be naïve to say end - terrorism is to look at the monster in the mirror. We're standing at a fork in the road. One sign says Justice, the other Civil War. There's no third sign and there's no going back. Choose."
Thursday, December 18, 2008
PRESS CONFERENCE
A W A M I B H A R A T
"E X P O S I N G T H E P O L I T I C S O F T E R R O R"
PRESS CONFERENCE
MARATHI PATRAKAR SANGH,
CST, MUMBAI 20TH DECEMBER / 2 - 3 pm
SPEAKERS: FEROZE MITHIBORWALA (RASHTRIYA SAMAJ PAKSH - NATIONAL VICE PRESIDENT), KISHORE JAGTAP (AWAMI BHARAT - SPOKESPERSON), DILIP BANSODE (BHARIP BAHUJAN MAHASANGH - PRESIDENT - MUMBAI)MULNIWASI MALA (PHULE-AMBEDKARI VICHAR MANCH)
NEW ISSUES AND QUESTIONS HAVE EMERGED SINCE THE LAST PRESS CONFERENCE THAT WE HAD ORGANIZED AFTER THE MUMBAI TERROR ATTACK,ESPECIALLY IN CONTEXT OF THE THREE SLAIN ATS POLICE OFFICERS, SHRI KARKARE, SHRI KAMTE AND SHRI SALASKAR.
AT THE POPULAR LEVEL OF THE MASSES & WE THE PEOPLE ARE DEMANDING A HIGH LEVEL JUDICIAL PROBE
INTO THE VERY MYSTERIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES THAT LED TO THE UNFORTUNATE DEATH OF THE ABOVE THREE OFFICERS.
WE SUPPORT THE DEMAND MADE BY CABINET MINISTER A. R. ANTULAY AND FOR THE NATIONWIDE DEBATE THAT HE HAS CATALYSED BY RAISING THE ISSUE IN THE PARLIAMENT ITSELF.
WE ALSO CATEGORICALLY DEPLORE THE STATEMENT MADE BY RATAN TATA WHERE HE HAS INSULTED THE MEMORIES OF THE MARTYRS OF 26/11 BY STATING THAT OUR POLICE AND ARMY ARE INEPT.
RATAN TATA HAS A LOT TO ANSWER FOR AS HE WAS CLEARLY AND REPEATEDLY WARNED ABOUT THE IMPENDING ATTACK ON THE TAJ & YET REFUSED TO TAKE ADEQUATE MEASURES WHICH THEN COST THE LIVES OF TEN'S OF INNOCENTS.
CERTAIN OTHER FACTS IN TERMS OF THE INTELLIGENCE REPORTS AND CLEAR WARNINGS HAVE ALSO COME TO LIGHT, WHICH RAISE THE QUESTIONS OF BOTH LETHARGY OR WORSE COMPLICITY !!
WE ARE ALSO IN THE PROCESS OF CREATING A FACT FINDING TEAM THAT WILL INCLUDE A NUMBER OF OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AS WELL AS CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS FROM OTHER CITIES AS WELL.
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF OTHER QUESTIONS AND SMOKING GUNS THAT WE WILL BE RAISING AND WILL CONTINUE TO RAISE IN THE PUBLIC FORA TILL THE TRUTH OF 26/11 IS FINALLY EXPOSED AND THE TRUE CULPRITS BE BROUGHT TO JUSTICE.
Sunday, December 7, 2008
Mumbai for Peace - Join Hands in Unity - 12th December '08 / 12 to 12.15pm
SAY NO TO TERROR AND WAR! SAY NO TO VIOLENCE!
We, the people of Mumbai, from all walks of life, of all faiths, all linguistic groups, all ages, will express our commitment to peace by coming out on the streets and holding hands in unity from 12 noon to 12.15 pm. on Friday the 12th of December 2008.
We, the people of Mumbai, who have seen hatred and bloodshed in our city, pledge that we will not give in to terror and to those who preach war, violence, hatred and intolerance. We undertake to keep Mumbai a city that is peaceful and united. We commit to building a world based on the principles of tolerance and peace, equality and justice.
We expect:
1.
Government must take responsibility and map out long-term and short-term strategies, and take action on them.
2.
Accountability, better coordination amongst various security and intelligence agencies to deal with terror; and sharing of intelligence and information.
3.
Joint action between India and Pakistan governments to curb religious extremism of all shades in both countries.
4.
Punishment of those responsible for attacks on minorities, which is also an attack on the multi-cultural body politic of India.
5.
Swift, transparent and credible trial and punishment for all those involved in terror, whatever the religion they may profess.
6.
Protection of civil and human rights of people and no arrests and torture of innocents in the name of ant- terror measures.
7.
A comprehensive Communal Violence Bill in place of the one pending in the Parliament.
8.
Immediate implementation of police reforms, providing equipment and training, basic service conditions to police personnel and state security forces. Active facilitation of community participation in security and intelligence gathering.
9.
Ensuring moderation and sensitivity in media reporting of violence whether terrorist or any other form, through self-regulation.
10.
Evolve a policy for legal action against hate speech and demonization of any religion or community.
MUMBAI FOR PEACE: a campaign of Mumbai based organizations.
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