War on Terror and its endless cost

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17 responses to “War on Terror and its endless cost”

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   Shakir Lakhani

   December 15, 2009

   @ confused Indian: “why Yousuf Youhana was forced to change his name, along with the religion, Mohammad Yousuf?” There is no proof that he was “forced” to change his religion or name. But before the conversion, there were rumours that he was being discriminated against because he was a Christian (most Pakistani Christians or their ancestors were Dalits, but Yousuf’s father was a priest).
   “how long danish kaneria will survive?” Kaneria is a Sindhi Hindu (I don’t know the caste), and Sindhi Hindus are respected because of their power (they’re landlords and businessmen). Juhi Chawla’s mother is from Karachi, she visited Karachi when her maternal grandmother was in hospital. My own family doctor is a Sindhi Hindu. There was another Sindhi Hindu cricketer in Pakistan’s team (Anil Dalpat, who is related to Dinesh Kaneria). Dalpat is settled in New Zealand.

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   confused indian

   December 15, 2009

   @ Shakir,

   why Yousuf Youhana was forced to change his name, along with the religion, Mohammad Yousuf?

   how long danish kaneria will survive?

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   Shakir Lakhani

   December 13, 2009

   @ confused Indian: so why did Indira Gandhi’s Sikh guards kill her? As for the muslim colonel, he is one in thousands of Indian army men who’re Muslims. Sometimes it seems there are no muslims in India, considering how few there are in the government, navy, air force and the army. Oh yes, there are some in the movie business, but they too will soon be replaced by Hindus.

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   confused indian

   December 13, 2009

   @ shakir,

   comparing operation bluestar with war of 1965 and 1971!

   so, you have missed my point completely. no problem.

   teaching kid since nursery that india is their (country’s) number one enemy, it’s not very difficult to evoke strong sentiment as they became soldier. but what will happen when they have to fight their own people, with their own faith, for the sake of country. they succumb! but our soldiers have not hesitated. that’s moral of my comment.

   by the way, what kind of sentiment lieutenant colonel mohammad israr evoke in you and other chowrangi readers? i would like to know.

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5. 

   hamid

   December 13, 2009

   @confused
   indian bravery is also written on walls………..atleast we never went far to return a pack of sheeps through our nose(indo china war 1962)

   same was the case with your nobility in srilanka where you were finding it difficult to find an exit path(PKF)

   mumbai was nothing but a pay back for your barbarianism in kashmir………..nd blv me instead of asking us like a confuse ask your government why you guys had to suffer such a night mare…..though we dont support an attempt like this…..

   Indian desire is the only pain this region is suffering……dats the black sheep….and your forces taking on the responsibility of our land……….may be before entering out tribal land you go back to the pages of history where in 1948 your forces were no where to be seen in azad kashmir except hanging from the polls……….

   why not u ask dem to control d 5 no go areas of ur own(maoist insurgency)………….and your law enforcement…….i forgot the name of that bandit(virapan something) whom u took 20 years to catch and that too with a deception or rather a lie……..atleast we never made films on baitullah but u made him a hero too

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   Shakir Lakhani

   December 12, 2009

   @ confused indian: apparently you don’t know anything about the resistance put up by the Pakistan Army in 1965 and 1971. You have given the example of just one soldier, hundreds of soldiers in our army put their lives in danger and threw the Indians out of the suburbs of Lahore in 1965 and sacrificed their lives in the 1971 war.

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   confused indian

   December 12, 2009

   it’s nice to see courage to reply, more importantly from a woman. bravo.

   tend to bore you and chowrangi readers again by including a rather longpiece of interview in which gen. brar told rediff.com about operation bluestar, for my explanation for india’s military intervention.

   rediff: Soldiers are God fearing. How did you motivate your men to carry out the operation in a holy shrine?

   Gen. Brar: On the day we went in, I decided I must talk to the men personally and tell them what we were doing and why we were doing it. I began at 4 am in the morning [of June 5], spent half an hour with the first unit; then half an hour with the next unit and so on. To every one of them, I explained this was not a mission against any religion or a temple, but a mission against some militants who have defiled the temple; it was no longer a place of sanctity but a defiled place and we were going to clean it out.

   Even so, I told my men if any one of them wanted to opt out of this operation, they were welcome. I gave them my word that they would not be hounded nor would their unit commanding officer mark them negatively.

   No one put his hand up to back out, not in the first, not in the second, not in the thirdÂ….

   In the fourth battalion, one hand went up. It belonged to a Sikh officer, Second Lieutenant Jasbir Singh Raina, in the unit commanded by [Lieutenant Colonel] Mohammad Israr [Lt Col Israr of the 10 Guards would lead the first unit into the Golden Temple]. I told Raina if he wanted to stay out, he need have no fear in doing so. Raina replied he had a request: he wanted to be the first person to enter the Golden Temple to wipe the militants who had defiled his holiest shrine. I was very happy and told Israr that Raina must be allowed to lead the first charge.

   The moment Raina entered, he came under a withering fire and suffered serious injuries to his legs. Yet, he refused to pull out. Israr Israr rang me up saying Raina was refusing to evacuate. I then ordered Israr to get Raina out and into the waiting ambulance. Months later, when he received the Ashoka Chakra [the highest bravery award in peace times], he came to receive the award in a wheelchair. I had tears in my eyes because I remembered this young boy standing up to say he wanted be the first to enter. These are things that not many people know.

   can you find such soldier in your military establishment?

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