Nuclear Strike Against the Legacy of Non Violence and Peace

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Nuclear Strike Against the Legacy of Non Violence and Peace

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THE WINNER: Manmohan Singh will, in the run up to the Lok Sabha
elections, occupy centre stage. New Delhi: The passing of the Indo-US
Nuclear Deal by the US Senate has done a great deal to increase the
Prime Minister's standing within his own party.


Bush ready to sign nuclear bill into law
Lalit K Jha
Thursday, October 02, 2008, (New York)
US President George Bush is now assured of leaving the White House
with his personal stamp on America's foreign policy.

Just like Richard Nixon, the US President from 1969 to 1974, is known
for forging a new relationship with China, Bush would now be
remembered for bringing India on board.

He is likely to put his permanent seal on this Indo-US relationship by
signing into law the Indo-US Nuclear Cooperation approval and Non-
proliferation Enhancement Act. The bill was ratified by the Senate
late on Wednesday night (US time) by a landslide margin of 86 votes to
13 and in the US House of Representatives a couple of days ago by two-
third majority.

"I look forward to signing this bill into law and continuing to
strengthen the US-India strategic partnership," Bush said a statement
which was issued soon after the bill crossed its last legislative
hurdle from the Senate.

Administrative sources told NDTV.com that the bill could be signed
into law as early as this week itself or by next week at the most.
Bush had initially hoped to sign the deal last week when the Prime
Minister Manmohan Singh met him at the White House on September 25.

At a time, when nothing seems to be going right for the US President
be it the financial crisis or the war against terror in Iraq and
Afghanistan with the passage of the bill, Bush can now have a sigh of
relief that he has been successful in initiating and completing a
major foreign policy landmark in the US history.

"This legislation will strengthen our global nuclear nonproliferation
efforts, protect the environment, create jobs, and assist India in
meeting its growing energy needs in a responsible manner," Bush said.

The agreement ends a three-decade ban on US nuclear trade with India;
it opens up opportunities for American businesses to engage with India
in nuclear trade worth billions of dollars.
http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20080067421&ch=10/2/2008%201:41:00%20PM

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Richard Attenborough’s Gandhi was the best depiction of Bapuji!Many
would support. others may choose the simplest way of Munna Bhai, the
gandhigiri!but the fact remains that the best-portrayed image of
Gandhi was by the British actor Ben Kingsley, in Richard
Attenborough’s 1982 film Gandhi, which also won the Academy Award for
Best Actor and the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year. The
film not only spoke about Gandhiji’s personal or political life during
the independence movement but also depicted the growth of Gandhi as a
political leader and national hero who became an inspiration for all
the generations.

Sony Max screened the film `Gandhi’ today on 12 AM Noon.Not very late,
Indian TV Channels broke the ultimate News! The NUKE Deal got through
US Senate and Barrack Obama as well as Mc Cain Voted for! As expected,
US democracy has fooled itself. In spite of clearance from both Senate
& House, Indo-US nuke deal stands non- ratified. This deal is not even
worth the paper it is printed on.
Incompetent members of House & senators who cannot silence worthless
gay-lobby of US are passing silly resolutions. This simply means that
American policy makers are NOT part of US democracy. Only kids across
the globe will take American democracy seriously.

What a tribute to Gandhi!

I am not a Gandhian any way. I never consider him the Father of the
Nation. for me, he was the destroyer of the Indian geopolitics! The
supreme architect of Indian Brahminical Hegemony which incidentally
realigned in US lead completing the Phoenix circle of Mansmriti based
Post Modern Sensex Brahminical Hindutva, Zionism and White Apartheid!
The coincidence, thus, seems quite interesting for me!

Rather I am stunned to see the manner of Indian ruling class to pay a
tribute to the legacy of Non Violence and Peace, in fact, prefaced by
lord Buddha!

The United Nations General Assembly today decided to observe the
International Day of Non-Violence each year on 2 October – the birth
anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, who helped lead India to independence
and inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world.
Introducing the resolution adopted by the 192-member body, Anand
Sharma, India’s Minister of State for External Relations, said the
idea originated at an international conference on “Peace, Non-Violence
and Empowerment – Gandhian Philosophy in the 21st Century” convened in
New Delhi in January this year.

The late leader’s “novel mode of mass mobilization and non-violent
action” brought down colonialism, strengthened the roots of popular
sovereignty, of civil, political and economic rights, and greatly
influenced many a freedom struggle and inspired leaders like Nelson
Mandela and Martin Luther King Jr., Mr. Sharma stated.

The Assembly, “desiring to secure a culture of peace, tolerance,
understanding and non-violence,” invited States, UN bodies, regional
and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and individuals to
commemorate the Day, including through education and public
awareness.

In a further effort to promote a culture of peace and cultural
diversity, the Assembly also decided to recognize the year from 12
September 2007 to 11 September 2008 as “the year commemorating the
Ethiopian Millennium.”

Highlighting the significance of the event, Ethiopian Ambassador
Negash Kebret Botora, said it is “not only for celebrating the unique
and distinct nature of our system of calendar” but also “helps promote
and further strengthen cultural understanding among the people of the
world.”

The Assembly began its work today by extending its condolences to the
family of former UN Secretary-General and Austrian President Kurt
Waldheim, who died yesterday, as well as to the Government and people
of Austria.

Leading the Assembly’s remembrance of Mr. Waldheim, Secretary-General
Ban Ki-moon paid tribute to him and all his predecessors, who have
served in what has been called “the most impossible job on earth.”
15 June 2007

Majority Leader Reid, a Nevada Democrat, exercised his authority to
attach the bailout plan to an unrelated piece of legislation already
on the Senate calendar, a bill that mandated equal treatment by
healthcare insurers for mental and physical illnesses. This
parliamentary maneuver allowed the Senate to evade the constitutional
requirement that all spending legislation originate in the lower
house.

This fragrant disregard for the constitution that is designed to
protect the rights of the citizens is the in keeping with the program
of the the Democrats, a program of cow-towing to the diktats of big
business at the expense of those they have been charged to represent.

The US is not a Democracy, it is a plutocracy, headed by a parasitic,
criminal cabal of murders, thieves and thugs, on both side of the
house.

Buoyed by the ban on smoking in public places that went into force
across the country on Thursday, a jubilant Union Health Minister
Anbumani Ramadoss said his next big wish is to see a ban on all
tobacco products. According to Ramadoss, Jharkhand, Delhi and
Chandigarh are some states which have already begun implementing the
ban. A pet project of Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss, the ban
on smoking would cover hotels, restaurants, pubs, offices and even
international airports.

While a majority of states are enthusiastic about implementing the
ban, few like Maharashtra and Bihar have shown reluctance in doing so.
The ban has evoked mixed response from smokers and non-smokers with
some calling it a “draconian” measure while others consider it a “god-
send” gift that may help them in bringing down the intake of nicotine
and reduce cutting a hole in their wallets. Ramadoss, however, said
the states have been given two options -- one is to use the money for
tobacco control programme and the other is to deposit it in the state
treasury in line with the fine amounts for traffic violations.


Any violation of the ban is a punishable offence with fine up to Rs
200. The Centre, meanwhile, is also not “so sure” about the
implementing agencies of the ban. While anybody can complain to
authorities concerned if a person is found smoking, there is no hard
and fast rule as to where the Rs 200 fine would be deposited.

Which is more polluting Nuclear Energy or smoking?

What they have done to the nation shifting the war zone exclusively in
Indian geopolitics, the South Asia!

Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that Gandhiji's
ideology of non violence could be the best answer to the global
terrori
sm.

Modi, who was at Gandhiji's birth place Porbunder on the occasion of
his 139th birth anniversary, said, "we should follow the path of
Gandhiji and adapt his non-violence against the global terrorism."

Terrorism has no limits and has spread to every corner of the world,
Modi said, adding the world could be freed from it only by adapting
Gandhiji's ideology of non-violence.

The Gujarat government has decided to develop rural areas in the state
on lines with the Gandhiji's thoughts and has given the villages
latest technologies and blood bank facilities, he said.

The Chief Minister laid foundation stone of new collector office in
Porbunder, to be constructed with a cost of Rs six crore, and also
unveiled statues of Gandhiji and Kasturba at Sandipani ashram.

Labelling terrorists as "enemies of the country" and terrorism a
"national problem", Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Thursday said
their designs would not succeed and also warned those making political
mileage out of the issue.
Speaking at a rally in Panipat on the occasion of Mahatma Gandhi's
birth anniversary, Sonia Gandhi said, "Lakhs of freedom fighters laid
down their lives in the freedom struggle... But today some people
through terrorism are killing several innocent people and creating an
atmosphere of terror."

Taking a strong stand against terrorism, Gandhi said, "They
(terrorists) want to end social unity and brotherhood.

Such people are enemies of society and the country. Such activities
should be rooted out. This is a national problem and everybody should
come together to fight it."


In Delhi, the ban on smoking in public places is already there. The
administration has fined 1,131 people for smoking in the capital till
July 31 this year.

In a tongue and cheek comment, Shah Rukh Khan on Thursday said, “it is
a good step to make sure that the country is smoke free. Better step
would be to ban cigarettes, make them illegal and hang anyone who is
smoking. We cannot do that as we are a democratic country.”

However, he said he think that everybody should follow the ban. “I
hope everyone call upon their good self to do it.

I myself would try my best,” he added.

Asserting that the smooth passage of the Indo-US nuclear deal in the
US Congress was a vindication of its stand, India on Thursday said t
he step had corrected a "historical wrong".

"A truly historical moment in terms of ending the long, long isolation
of India not just in terms of nuclear commerce but in terms of high-
technology denial," Indian ambassador to the US Ronen Sen said after
the deal cleared its last legislative hurdle is the Senate.

"A sense of vindication for India and a correction of a historic
wrong," he said.

Sen said it was a "remarkable day" with 86 out of 100 Senators
supporting the bill."It shows the solid bi-partisan support at the
time of great divisiveness in this country.

"It is a historic moment and personally for me it is a deep sense of
gratification...the leadership shown by Prime Minister Manmohan
Singh."

In Washington:The US Congress on Wednesday approved a landmark deal
ending a three-decade ban on US nuclear trade with India, handing a
victory to President George W Bush on one of his top foreign policy
priorities.
Final approval came as the Senate voted to ratify the deal, 86-13,
sending the legislation to Bush to sign into law. The Senate's move
came just ahead of an expected trip to India this weekend by US
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.

Bush said he looks forward to signing the bill into law.

"This legislation will strengthen our global nuclear nonproliferation
efforts, protect the environment, create jobs, and assist India in
meeting its growing energy needs in a responsible manner," Bush said
in a statement.

In New Delhi: Hailing the passage of the Indo-US nuclear deal by US
Congress, India on Wednesday said the world at large has now
recognised it as a nuclear power.
"The world needs India as India needs the world. It's something which
we have understood but the world at large has now recognised...We are
now a recognised nuclear power," National Security Adviser M K
Narayanan said.

With the Senate overwhelmingly voting a bill rejecting all killer
amendments, the US Congress has put its stamp of approval on the
nuclear deal, paving the way for the implementation of the major
initiative between the two countries.

The deal, entered into between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and
President George W Bush in 2005 and which nearly brought down the UPA
Government, was approved by the Senate with 86 voting for and 13
against with bi-partisan support after rejecting the killer amendments
moved by two Democratic Senators.

With the Senate vote, the deal is now ready for signing by US
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice when she arrives in New Delhi on
her rescheduled trip on Saturday with External Affairs Minister Pranab
Mukherjee.



Finally, it's done: India back on the nuclear train
2 Oct 2008, 1110 hrs IST, Chidanand Rajghatta,TNN

WASHINGTON: Three decades of nuclear apartheid that New Delhi had been
subjected to, ended, appropriately enough, on Gandhi Jayanti (day) in
India. E
jected from the train of nuclear elites and their submissive groupies
following its experimental 1974 nuclear test, and hounded and
ostracized since then for its infractions, including the five 1998
tests, India has got back on board, with a helping hand from Uncle
Sam.

The final Senate vote on Wednesday that approved the US-India civilian
nuclear agreement was a foregone conclusion, as was the thumping 86-13
margin. But what was striking was the across the board support that
found even rival presidential candidates, John McCain and Barack
Obama, besides a host of heavyweights on both sides of the aisle such
as Hillary Clinton, Richard Lugar, and Joe Biden, backing the deal on
what was a momentous day for more than one reason. ( Watch )

That the Senate took up the nuclear deal vote on the same day it
considered the monumental financial rescue package was a testament to
both its own sense of sense of occasion and the Bush administration's
relentless pursuit of a strategic objective despite overwhelming
domestic distraction.

But on both counts, history was made. One vote overturned three
decades of nuclear prejudice; another upturned an even longer run of
unfettered capitalism. Never before had the Senate, sometimes
described as the most powerful club on earth, essayed such a double
deal.

The successful vote also capped a rare foreign policy triumph for an
administration that is otherwise set to bow out of office in
disrepute. Bush himself was quick to congratulate the Senate for its
vote. "This legislation will strengthen our global nuclear
nonproliferation efforts, protect the environment, create jobs, and
assist India in meeting its growing energy needs in a responsible
manner," he said in a statement immediately after the vote.

The President is expected to sign the bill into law, possibly as early
as Thursday or Friday. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, a former
Stanford University provost who scripted the Bush administration's
strategic shift towards India that led to the deal, will arrive in New
Delhi on Saturday to sign the inter-governmental instruments that will
operationalize the deal.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/3551691.cms

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In Washington:The US Congress on Wednesday approved a landmark deal
ending a three-decade ban on US nuclear trade with India, handing a
victory to President George W Bush on one of his top foreign policy
priorities.
Final approval came as the Senate voted to ratify the deal, 86-13,
sending the legislation to Bush to sign into law. The Senate's move
came just ahead of an expected trip to India this weekend by US
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.

Bush said he looks forward to signing the bill into law.

"This legislation will strengthen our global nuclear nonproliferation
efforts, protect the environment, create jobs, and assist India in
meeting its growing energy needs in a responsible manner," Bush said
in a statement.

In New Delhi: Hailing the passage of the Indo-US nuclear deal by US
Congress, India on Wednesday said the world at large has now
recognised it as a nuclear power.
"The world needs India as India needs the world. It's something which
we have understood but the world at large has now recognised...We are
now a recognised nuclear power," National Security Adviser M K
Narayanan said.

With the Senate overwhelmingly voting a bill rejecting all killer
amendments, the US Congress has put its stamp of approval on the
nuclear deal, paving the way for the implementation of the major
initiative between the two countries.

The deal, entered into between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and
President George W Bush in 2005 and which nearly brought down the UPA
Government, was approved by the Senate with 86 voting for and 13
against with bi-partisan support after rejecting the killer amendments
moved by two Democratic Senators.

With the Senate vote, the deal is now ready for signing by US
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice when she arrives in New Delhi on
her rescheduled trip on Saturday with External Affairs Minister Pranab
Mukherjee.

In washington:The landmark India-US civil nuclear deal received a
resounding 86-13 approval from the Senate, but not before Secretary of
State Condolee
zza Rice had assured that a nuclear test by India will result in "most
serious consequences".

As the Senate began a debate on the approval legislation on Wednesday
Rice sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid saying the
Bush Administration would prefer a "clean legislation" with no fresh
amendments, but also held out an assurance that a test by India would
entail automatic cut-off of US cooperation besides several other
sanctions.

"I understand that some Senators have questions about the impact of an
Indian nuclear test on this initiative," wrote America's top diplomat
who has been leading the administration's all out push to get the deal
done at the earliest.

"We believe the Indian Government intends to uphold the continuation
of the nuclear testing moratorium it affirmed to the United States in
2005 and reiterated to the broader international community as recently
as September 5, 2008," Rice said.

Appreciating Reid's consideration of the Bill "within such an
extraordinary time-frame", Rice said they wouldn't be asking for such
exceptional action if they did not believe it was necessary to
complete an initiative on which both the Administration and the
Congress have worked very hard and on a thoroughly bi-partisan basis
since 2005.

Meanwhile at the White House, spokesman Tony Fratto made it a point to
tell reporters that President George Bush engaged as he was in
telephonic conversations with lawmakers to win Congressional passage
for the administration's $700 financial rescue plan, was also paying
attention to the deal.

"And also one other thing to point to: This evening there will also be
votes on the India civil nuclear agreement, and so we'll be paying
attention to those votes also," he said.

At the State Department, Spokesman Sean McCormack said before the
vote: "We have been working quite closely with both sides, the House
and the Senate. The House has acted and it is now for the Senate to
consider the measure."

"We would urge the passage of the legislation, as we have done in the
past.

We think it's an important legislation that's good for the United
States. It's good for the global non-proliferation regime, and it's
good for the US-India relationship," he said.

There had been "No, no change of heart. No," on the part of
administration on the deal said McCormack in reply to another
question.

Asked if Rice had many phone calls to the lawmakers Wednesday, he
said: "I don't believe that there were any phone calls today. But
she's been quite active in working this issue over the past ..."

"We're hoping - we're hopeful for a positive vote. But again, each
individual senator is going to have to express their views through
their vote. And we hope the final tally is one that allows the
legislation to pass," McCormack said.


The Bush administration says the pact will secure a strategic
partnership with the world's largest democracy, help India meet its
rising energy demand and open up a market worth billions.

But critics say the deal does grave damage to global efforts to
contain the spread of nuclear weapons, by letting India import nuclear
fuel and technology even though it has tested nuclear weapons and
never signed the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).

"The US-Indian Agreement for Nuclear Cooperation is, nonetheless, a
nonproliferation disaster," said Daryl Kimball, head of the Arms
Control Association.

"Contrary to the counterfactual claims of proponents and apologists,
it does not bring India into the "nonproliferation mainstream."

The ACA is a non-partisan Washington-based arms control policy
organization.

India has a yawning energy deficit, and the accord opens up this
market worth billions to American companies such as General Electric
and Westinghouse Electric, a unit of Japan's Toshiba Corp.

Rice spent much of the past month in an all-out effort to persuade
Congress to approve the pact, which the Bush administration says will
transform the US-India relationship. Bush wanted the deal approved
before leaving office in January; Congress is expected to adjourn soon
for elections.

The accord enjoys bipartisan support in Congress, where many lawmakers
favored it as a way to create jobs in the US civil nuclear industry
while cultivating the small but affluent Indian-American community.

Critics said the deal was deeply unwise, overturning decades of US
policy of refusing to sell nuclear technology to nations lacking full
safeguards against that technology's diversion into nuclear weapons
programs.

IRAN CONCERNS

"Why are we rushing to pass this gravely flawed agreement?" demanded
Sen. Tom Harkin, an Iowa Democrat, before the vote. There was nothing
in it, he said, to prevent India from resuming nuclear testing. India,
which first detonated a nuclear device in 1974, last tested in 1998.

The deal would also weaken US efforts to deny Iran a nuclear weapon,
Harkin said. He said Indian entities already had sold sensitive
missile technologies to Iran, which the Bush administration suspects
is pursuing a nuclear bomb.

But supporters said they expected India to move quickly to negotiate a
new safeguards agreement with the International Atomic Energy Agency.

"The benefits of this pact are designed to be a lasting incentive for
India to abstain from further nuclear weapons tests and to cooperate
closely with the United States in stopping proliferation," Indiana
Republican Sen. Richard Lugar said.

Before approving the pact, the Senate rejected an amendment by Sen.
Jeff Bingaman of New Mexico and Sen. Byron Dorgan of North Dakota,
both Democrats, making clear that another Indian nuclear test would
lead to termination of the deal.

Lugar argued the amendment was unnecessary, saying India had been
warned repeatedly that the consequences of another test would be
"dire": US nuclear trade would be cut off.

The deal could open up around $27 billion in investments in 18-20
nuclear plants in India over the next 15 years, according to the
Confederation of Indian Industry.

But there is global competition. France announced on Tuesday that it
had signed a nuclear cooperation agreement with India, and Russia is
already building two 1,000 megawatt reactors in the southern Indian
state of Tamil Nadu.

Local media say India's monopoly Nuclear Power Corp has tentatively
picked four suppliers, including Westinghouse Electric and France's
Areva, for planned new projects.

India is also reported to be negotiating with General Electric,
Japan's Hitachi Ltd and Russia's atomic energy agency Rosatom.





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Basic facts about Indo-US nuclear deal
2 Oct 2008, 0725 hrs IST,REUTERS
WASHINGTON: The U.S. Senate voted on Wednesday to approve a deal that
would end a three-decade ban on U.S. civil nuclear trade with India.


Overturning a 34-year-old ban, it allows India access to US civil
nuclear fuel and technology although it has never signed the Non-
Proliferation Treaty, conducted nuclear tests in 1974 and 1998, and
has not ruled out doing more.

India must separate its civil and military nuclear facilities, and
submit civil facilities to inspections by the International Atomic
Energy Agency. * The agreement means other countries can sell India
nuclear technology and fuel. France signed such a deal this week.

Why is it controversial?

Critics say it undermines the NPT, membership of which has long been
the guideline for the 45-nation Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) export
cartel to provide civilian nuclear assistance.

Critics also say it undercuts Washington's efforts to curtail Iran's
nuclear programme and opens the way for a potential arms race in South
Asia between India and Pakistan.

India says 14 of its 22 nuclear facilities are civilian. The pact
could make bomb-making easier at the other eight, as civilian nuclear
fuel needs will be met by the United States.

Who will benefit?

US and European companies that supply nuclear technology and help
build reactors. The deal could open up around $27 billion in
investment in 18-20 nuclear plants over the next 15 years, according
to Confederation of Indian Industry.

By 2030, the economic benefits that will accrue to India's economy as
a result of nuclear trade could touch $500 billion, says Imagindia
Institute, an Indian lobby group.

India. It becomes a de facto nuclear power. New Delhi even says it
still can test nuclear weapons if it needs to, although a waiver of
NSG rules adopted to allow trade with India indicates this would be
cut off if India tested again.

India's economy. It relies on imported oil for some 70 per cent of its
energy needs and the government says nuclear power will help feed its
rapidly expanding economy.

Washington. The deal will mean deeper ties between Washington and
Delhi just as India starts to embrace the West. It is not just about
friendship -- the United States, for example, may now have a better
chance of winning a $10 billion fighter deal from India, the world's
biggest arms contract.

Who won't benefit?

Pakistan , India's nuclear rival, has sought a similar deal with
Washington but was refused because of a poor non-proliferation record.
As a result, Islamabad has talked of expanding nuclear cooperation
with China. Pakistan has not signed the NPT.

China. Some analysts see the India deal as part of attempts by the
United States to counterbalance China's influence in Asia.

The environment. The deal will still have a minimal impact on India's
power industry. Dirty coal-fired power stations and hydroelectric dams
will continue to account for the lion's share of its power
generation.

Is the deal popular in India?

Polls show most Indians are far more worried about the economy and
inflation than some abstract nuclear deal.

The powerful communists withdrew their support for the Congress-led
government over the deal, saying it made India a pawn of Washington.
Hindu nationalists also oppose the deal, saying it limits India's
ability to test nuclear weapons.

Nevertheless, the deal is seen as one of Prime Minister Manmohan
Singh's biggest achievements in four years in power.

Fresh violence in Kandhamal, curfew reimposed
2 Oct 2008, 0120 hrs IST, Sandeep Mishra,TNN

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BHUBANESWAR: Curfew was reimposed in nine major locations in Kandhamal
on Wednesday amid fresh attacks on Christian prayer halls in some
parts of theSinged By Communal Fire. (TOI)
riot-ravaged district.

Police, for the first time since the violence erupted, arrested a
number of saffron leaders of the region, giving rise to tension and
protests in different areas.

Stray incidents of violence continued and an enraged mob of around 100
tribals damaged at least 16 houses and a prayer hall in worst-hit
Raikia area, said official sources.

At least four houses were gutted at Beheragaon. Torching of some
houses was also reported from Gochhapada, while some agitated locals
protesting against arrests gheraoed the police station at
Tumudibandh.

Another church attacked in TN

COIMBATORE : Another church in Tamil Nadu came under a spell of stone
pelting by miscreants — this time, in communally sensitive Coimbatore.
The glass door of Scion Assembly of Church in Kuppanur near Perur in
rural Coimbatore was damaged on Tuesday evening.

This is the sixth incident of stone pelting on churches in Tamil Nadu
in the aftermath of attacks on Christians and churches in Orissa and
Karnataka. Last week, the statue of infant Jesus kept at a church in
Dharapuram in Erode was damaged barely a couple of days after the
statues of Mary were desecrated in Nagercoil and Madurai.

According to the Perur DSP, Kumarasamy, a local ‘‘rowdy, Mayilsamy,
was taken into custody.


N-deal with India unbelievable mistake: Dorgan
Lalit K Jha
Wednesday, October 01, 2008, (New York)

Opposing the nuclear bill and proposing killer amendments, two
Senators Byron L Dorgan and Jeff Bingaman on Wednesday said on the
floor of the Senate that the Indo-US civilian nuclear bill is an
unbelievable mistake on the part of the Bush Administration.

"This agreement is an unbelievable mistake. We are saying to India it
is okay if you produce additional nuclear weapons if we cannot see
them. I think that is almost unbelievable," said Senator Dorgan moving
the amendment on the bill that he said allows India to build on its
nuclear arsenal behind a curtain.

The Dorgan-Bingaman amendments to make several changes in the Indo-US
nuke deal, quite unacceptable to New Delhi, which relates to what
happens if India decides to detonate a nuclear weapon. The Dorgan
section of this bill states that the US will not conduct trade in
nuclear technology with India if they detonate a nuclear weapon.

The second part of the amendment moved by Bingaman requires the US
President to certify to Congress that the US-supplied technology is
not what has enabled India to go forward with detonation of a nuclear
weapon.

Third part of the amendment requires that if India tests a nuclear
weapon, the US will not enable other countries to further India's
nuclear program. The Senate is scheduled to vote on the amendments and
the bill later in the day. Opposing the bill, Senator Bingaman said by
modifying US nonproliferation laws for India in a circumstance where
India has not signed the NPT, the US is not only sending wrong signal
to Iran, which is a signatory and desires to have its own nuclear
program, but also sending the wrong signal to North Korea, to
Pakistan, to Israel all of which are not signatories to the NPT.

"It's entirely conceivable that India may want to improve their
nuclear weapons now that they have access to advanced technology from
this nuclear suppliers group. Certification that we provide for in
this amendment would force the President to ensure ahead of time that
appropriate export controls are in place to begin with," Bingaman
argued.

"Country should exhibit its leadership, its world leadership that is
required of this country to not only stop the spread of nuclear
weapons but to begin marching back to reduce the number of nuclear
weapons, at this exact time this government, this administration and
this Congress is saying to an ally, we will give you the green light
to produce more nuclear weapons even though you have never signed the
NPT," Dorgan said.

"That is almost unbelievable to me," Dorgan said in a charged speech
in which he questioned the decision of the Bush Administration to rush
this bill.

"No one can stand up in this discussion and say this agreement doesn't
allow a country that has refused to sign the nonproliferation treaty;
this does not allow them to produce them. It does on its face.
Everyone knows it. Everyone wants to pretend that it doesn't exist.
This is a horrible mistake," he said.

"I am enormously surprised after so many decades of talking seriously
about nuclear nonproliferation that we reward those countries that
misuse nuclear technology to secretly produce nuclear weapons and now
say to them, and secretly test nuclear weapons, and now say to them,
by the way, here's your reward, an agreement by which you can continue
to do that, an agreement which is written in a way that says, we will
allow you to produce more nuclear weapons and, by the way, if you
test, we won't even put in the test that we will nullify it," Dorgan
argued.

Dorgan said the message coming out of the deal is: ""You can misuse
American nuclear technology and secretly develop nuclear weapons. You
can test the weapons. You can build a nuclear arsenal in defiance of
the UN resolutions, and you will be welcomed as someone exhibiting
good behavior with an agreement with the US." "What kind of message is
that?" he asked.

"What message does that sell to others -- tell to others who want to
join the nuclear club? If we don't find a way to begin systematically
reducing the number of nuclear weapons and stopping the spread of
nuclear weapons and trying to find every way to prevent a nuclear
weapon from ever again being exploded in anger on this planet, one day
we will ruefully regret what we have done here," Senator Dorgan said.

Expressing his doubt over India's intentions, Senator Dorgan said:
"What we have discovered about India, a respected ally of ours, a
trading partner of ours, a country that we hold in high esteem, we
have discovered that they misused American nuclear technology to
secretly develop their own nuclear weapons."

"We've discovered that they tested those nuclear weapons. They have
defied the UN resolutions and international sanctions. And now we have
discovered that an agreement has been reached with the government of
India that all will be forgiven," he alleged.

"We'll sign a new agreement with you that I believe unwinds and undoes
the entire architecture of nonproliferation of nuclear weapons. All
will be forgiven. In fact, what we will do is we will say to you that
you can create nuclear power plants because you need nuclear power and
our corporations and international corporations can sell -- this is
about business or a lot of business -- can sell to you the technology
and the construction materials to produce nuclear power plants,"
Dorgan said.
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Dean Baker writes that the bailout fails to recognize the roots of the
economy's current problems; Dennis Kucinich discusses the need for
Plan B on the bailout; regulator warns that McCain is repeating
Keating era economic mistakes; Homeland Security's satellite-
surveillance program moves forward despite domestic privacy concerns;
US financial crisis threatens UN goals of reducing poverty worldwide;
and more ... Browse our continually updating front page at http://www.truthout.org

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Dean Baker | Bailout Fails to Recognize Housing Bubble
http://www.truthout.org/100108A
Dean Baker, The Center for Economic and Policy Research: "The near
hysterical discussion (count the times 'Great Depression' appears in
news stories) of the bailout still largely fails to recognize the
roots of the economy's current problems in the collapse of the housing
bubble. Much of the discussion assumes that the problem is just bad
subprime loans and that house prices will bounce back once the credit
markets are working properly."

Rep. Dennis Kucinich Rejects $700 Billion Bailout
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Amy Goodman, for Democracy Now!, interviews Congressman Dennis
Kucinich, who said: "We're the Congress of the United States; we're
not the board of Goldman Sachs. Goldman Sachs is struggling to
survive. And, you know, their former chief is now the head of the US
Treasury. He's in a position to be able to direct assets in a way that
would help enhance his own financial standing. I mean, that's a clear
conflict of interest. And, you know, that's something that needs to be
said."

McCain Repeating Keating Era Mistakes, Regulator Warns
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Seth Colter Walls, The Huffington Post: "As the stock market recovers
from its biggest single-day drop since the crash of 1987, a former
federal regulator who had a front-row view of John McCain's role in
the Savings and Loan scandal says he is repeating some of the same
mistakes."

Satellite-Surveillance Program to Begin Despite Privacy Concerns
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Siobhan Gorman, The Wall Street Journal: "The Department of Homeland
Security will proceed with the first phase of a controversial
satellite-surveillance program, even though an independent review
found the department hasn't yet ensured the program will comply with
privacy laws."

No "Bailout" for the World's Poorest
http://www.truthout.org/100108E
Thalif Deen, Inter Press Service: "As a spreading financial crisis
threatens to deepen the economic recession in the United States, the
news of an unprecedented 700-billion-dollar bailout package
reverberated through the corridors of the United Nations last week as
over 100 world leaders gathered in New York for the annual talk-fest:
the 63rd session of the General Assembly."

VIDEO | Rep. Dennis Kucinich Rejects $700 Billion Bailout
http://www.truthout.org/100108B
Amy Goodman, for Democracy Now!, interviews Congressman Dennis
Kucinich, who said: "We're the Congress of the United States; we're
not the board of Goldman Sachs. Goldman Sachs is struggling to
survive. And, you know, their former chief is now the head of the US
Treasury. He's in a position to be able to direct assets in a way that
would help enhance his own financial standing. I mean, that's a clear
conflict of interest. And, you know, that's something that needs to be
said."

US backs down, will give Cuban journalists visas

38 minutes ago

WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States has reversed itself and decided to
allow two journalists for the Cuban news agency Prensa Latina to
return to their posts at the United Nations, the State Department said
Wednesday.

The department's original decision to deny re-entry to husband and
wife team Tomas Granados Jimenez and Ilsa Rodriguez Santana had drawn
condemnation from the press advocacy groups Reporters Without Borders,
based in Paris, and the New York-based Committee to Protect
Journalists.

"In accordance with our U.N. headquarters agreement, we have decided
to issue visas to the two individuals in question," the department
said in a footnote to the transcript of spokesman Sean McCormack's
daily briefing.

McCormack had said he had been told that visa matters were
confidential but added: "I think that they have appealed the decision,
and I think that appeal is being considered right now."

The couple have covered the United Nations for Prensa Latina since
2005. They have been on leave in Cuba. The agency said U.S.
authorities in Havana had not explained why their return entry
permission was rejected.
ACTION ALERT

October 2008



Stand up against intervention in El Salvador
Salvadoran Foreign Minister calls for more U.S. involvement in Latin
America


El Salvador’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Marisol Argueta, has
publicly urged the U.S. government to help prevent the leftist FMLN
party from winning next year’s presidential election in El Salvador.
Act now to ensure that the U.S. does not repeat its electoral
intervention of 2004.

Call your Congressional Representatives TODAY to insist they make a
commitment to free and fair elections in El Salvador. Congress must
refute the ruling ARENA party’s call for intervention by declaring its
neutrality and willingness to maintain a positive relationship with
any government freely elected by the Salvadoran people.

In a speech on September 18 at the American Enterprise Institute, a
right-wing think tank in Washington, D.C., Argueta called on the U.S.
government to be more active in Latin America, lest countries such as
El Salvador elect “dangerous populists” in upcoming elections. Along
with her open-ended exhortation for the U.S. to “do more” to prevent
an opposition government from being elected, she specifically lobbied
for the U.S. to pass immigration reform legislation and to increase
its funding for El Salvador’s police. For a summary of Argueta’s
speech, go here: http://www.aei.org/events/filter.,eventID.1794/summary.asp

The panel discussion in which Argueta took part was moderated by Roger
Noriega, who himself perpetrated electoral intervention in El Salvador
while serving as Assistant Secretary of State in 2004. At the time,
Noriega publicly threatened that U.S. relations with El Salvador would
be ruptured in the case of an FMLN victory at the polls. Such threats
led many Salvadorans to fear that their relatives in the U.S. – whose
remittances make up nearly 20% of the Salvadoran economy – would be
deported if the FMLN were elected.


TAKE ACTION!


1) Call your Congressional Representative using the following
number and ask to be connected to your Representative’s office: (202)
224-3121. See below for sample script.

2) Sign the petition calling upon Salvadoran President Saca to
ensure that government employees do not use their positions to
influence the results of upcoming elections: http://www.share-elsalvador.org/

3) Sign onto CISPES’ “People’s Pledge to Defend Free & Fair
Elections in El Salvador” and accompany the Salvadoran people by
standing in solidarity with them during their struggle for REAL
democracy. Go to www.cispes.org/pledge2009

-----------------------------------

You can use the following script to talk to your Congressional
Representative. Call (202) 224-3121.

1. I am calling to urge Representative ___________ to publicly
support democracy in El Salvador by declaring that Congress will not
seek to influence the results of the 2009 elections.

2. In speech on September 18, El Salvador’s Minister of Foreign
Affairs called upon the U.S. to help ensure that the opposition FMLN
party does not win the country’s March 2009 presidential election.

3. In 2004, officials from the Bush Administration and some Members
of Congress publicly threatened that the election the FMLN’s
presidential candidate would jeopardize the relationship between the
U.S. and El Salvador. In one glaring example, Congressman Tom Tancredo
threatened that the U.S. would restrict the money that Salvadoran
immigrants living in the U.S. send home, but only if the FMLN’s
candidate were to be elected.

4. This statement, among others, caused many Salvadorans to vote
out of fear of U.S. retaliation, rather than as their own convictions
led them. As someone who believes in democracy, I want to make sure
the U.S. does not intervene in El Salvador’s elections again in 2009.

5. It is extremely important that Members of Congress stand up for
the Salvadoran people’s right to freely elect their government,
without foreign manipulation. I am calling on Representative
____________ to declare neutrality toward the 2009 Salvadoran
elections, and to assert that Congress is willing to seek a positive
relationship with any government freely elected by the Salvadoran
people. We are also interested in having your office co-sponsor a
letter to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice U.S. calling for
neutrality in the Salvadoran elections.

NOTE:

If your representative’s office agrees to make a statement or co-
sponsor the letter, ask for the contact information of the person that
the letter should be sent to. Then contact Burke Stansbury at
bu...@cispes.org to pass on the contact information and
Representative’s name. We will follow up with that Representative.
Now, Ramadoss wants to ban tobacco products

Agencies
Posted: Oct 02, 2008 at 1830 hrs IST
Chennai, October 2: Buoyed by the ban on smoking in public places that
went into force across the country on Thursday, a jubilant Union
Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss said his next big wish is to see a
ban on all tobacco products.
Ramadoss, who persisted with his dream of enforcing the ban on
smoking, unfazed by criticism from top Bollywood actors like Amitabh
Bachchan and Shah Rukh Khan to members of civil society, took part in
the campaign to publicise the salient provisions of the law banning
smoking in public places.
Distributing pamphlets highlighting the ban to passengers at a bus
terminus here, Ramadoss said "my intention and my aim is to make India
a tobacoo-free nation. But I do not have the power to do so."
He said 152 countries had signed a WHO-supported international
agreement to ban the production of tobacco products in a phased
manner.
"Though we wish to ban the production of tobacco-related products, we
cannot do it immediately. We have to take into consideration thousands
of farmers who are cultivating tobacco. We have to provide them with
alternative employment before introducing such a ban," he said.
Kandhamal: Police crack down heavily on arsonists
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Agencies
Posted: Oct 02, 2008 at 1700 hrs IST
Phulbani (Orissa), October 2: Additional para-military force was
rushed to Orissa's riot-hit Kandhamal where police cracked down
heavily on arsonists and abettors, even as curfew was relaxed in all
nine areas of the district on Thursday.
“Curfew was relaxed in all nine police station areas during the day as
no untoward incident took place. Night curfew will, however, remain in
force,” Kandhamal District Collector Krishna Kumar said adding police
were asked to remain alert to any eventuality.
Ten more companies of CRPF, sent by the Centre, came to Kandhamal in
phases for deployment in sensitive areas. with this, as many as 46
companies of para-military forces are engaged in fighting Kandhamal
violence, he said.
According to police, about 48 people, including some belonging to the
Sangha Parivar, were arrested following a tough strategy adopted by
the new director general of police Manmohan Praharaj, camping in the
trouble-torn district since Wednesday.
Besides taking stock of the situation last evening at the district
headquarters town here, the DGP on Thursday visited G Udaygiri and
Raikia areas that witnessed violence recently.
“Containing violence is the first priority for me,” Praharaj told
reporters adding that persons, irrespective of their religion, would
be booked if they were found to be involved or instigating others for
violence.
With the arrest of 48 persons since Tuesday, the total number of
arrests in Kandhamal district has increased to 337.
This apart, order had been issued asking all licensed gun holders to
surrender weapons at their respective police stations in the wake of
violence for over a month.
Senate 'Bailout' Bill a Bizarre Blend Indeed
By Marc Sheppard
Call it what you will, but the $700,000,000,000 credit rescue Bill
that passed the Senate last night is one strange piece of lawmaking.
Take one part Monday's failed H.R. 3997 and soften it to liberal
pleasure. Now add it to a mental health parity measure that's
languished on Capitol Hill so long it's got Paul Wellstone's name in
its main title. Add a one-year patch to the alternative minimum tax,
a dash of disaster relief for Hurricane Ike victims, and a green
energy Bill that might well have otherwise been adorned with veto ink
- now stir well, and Voilà!

The "bailout plan" itself, H.R. 5685 (the Emergency Economic
Stabilization Act of 2008) , is being bundled as an amendment to H.R.
1424, a Patrick Kennedy (D-RI) Bill that modifies sections of the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 "to require equity in
the provision of mental health and substance-related disorder benefits
under group health plans." The pure perfection of their fit is surely
undeniable to all but the most cynical.

According to the Library of Congress, the Kennedy Bill passed the
House and was received in the Senate in March of this year. Oddly
enough, Wednesday was the first time it was ever brought to the Senate
floor for consideration.

The new Bill also snuck in Charlie Rangel's (D-NY) H.R. 6049 (the
Energy Improvement and Extension Act of 2008) which had already added
the ‘Tax Extenders and Alternative Minimum Tax Relief Act of 2008'' in
addition to "Heartland and Hurricane Ike Disaster Relief" to its
broadly green legislation. Simpatico measures, to be sure.

Rangel's Bill had passed both houses -- the Senate just last month --
but had been awaiting President Bush's signature, which, according to
a Statement of Administration Policy, was far from a slam dunk. The
Bill includes a hodgepodge of green initiatives, including a "Carbon
Audit of the Tax Code" which states that:

"The Secretary of the Treasury shall enter into an agreement with the
National Academy of Sciences to undertake a comprehensive review of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to identify the types of and
specific tax provisions that have the largest effects on carbon and
other greenhouse gas emissions and to estimate the magnitude of those
effects."

Apropos indeed.
From: Travis
Subject: Ideas for a Plan to Solve the Subprime Mortgage Crisis
Date: Wednesday, October 1, 2008, 4:15 AM

Ideas for a Plan to Solve the Subprime Mortgage Crisis
Rene Guerra

Years of malicious policies by the Democrats and stupid mistakes by
home buyers have created an economic nightmare in America , but $700
billion ---and probably more--- in new debt for worthless mortgages,
and a systemic drift toward socialism and autocratism is not the
answer.

The solution to the problem cannot be worse than the problem itself;
it cannot be a bailout that wastes taxpayer money, foments socialism
and implants autocratism. It has to be a workout based on free-
entrepreneurialism, which is one of the greatest assets of America . A
partial plan is presented at the bottom.

The problem must be solved at its superficial manifestations and at
its roots. Furthermore, the solution must also include prophylactic
measures that prevent similar problems in the future. To that effect,
a brief review of the origin and development of the crisis fits here.

On the one side, the Democrats craftily perverted and inversed the pro-
free enterprise goals of the Bill Clinton administration Gramm-Leach-
Bliley Act (GLBA) of 1992 into a piñata in the housing market, where
credit unworthy individuals were given mortgage loans that they
couldn't pay; "Ninja" loans, were called those "instruments" of credit
that in essence was bad paper, mere Monopoly money.

"Ninja = a member of a Japanese feudal organization practicing
clandestine activities."

In a jujitsu-like massive operation, the Democrats used the pro-
capitalism momentum-generating-power of GLBA to create critical
conditions that would eventually lead to pushing America further
toward socialism. The genuine intention of GLBA is to promote
capitalism but the Democrats maneuvered to use GLBA to promote
capitalism's antithesis: socialism.

"Jujitsu: a Japanese martial art mainly consisting of cleverly
attacking an opponent by using his/her strength and weight to her/his
disadvantage, rather than engaging in attacking him/her directly."

Using GLBA as the lever and the Carter Administration Community
Reinvestment Act (CRA) of 1977 as the fulcrum, the Democrats created a
clever mechanism to manipulate the housing market into a great chaos,
conducive ultimately to socialism. And, in the process, it conduced as
well to the enrichment of some Democrat apparatchiks, such as Jamie
Garolick (the very one who built the walls between the national
security agencies, which contributed heavily to 9/11), Franklin
Raines, James Johnson, Penny Pritzker and others who, by the way, are
very close to the Obama campaign.

Add to it that Senate Banking Commission Chairman Christopher John
Dodd (aka Chris Dodd) became the largest beneficiary of Fanny Mae and
Freddy Mac political contributions, followed by none else than Barack
Hussein Obama, in second place.

Using CRA and GLBA, the Democrats pushed Fanny and Freddy to in turn
push banks to make Ninja loans like in giving away candy in a piñata
party. Fanny and Freddy bought the phony paper by boxcar loads. The
big investment-banks (Lehman Brothers and the rest here in the U.S.A.
and abroad, went into a piranha frenzy buying the worthless paper from
Fanny and Freddy, in the illusion that if the two Fs were selling them
in their condition of Government Sponsored Enterprises (GSE), they had
to be good . . . although they neither looked nor were good, at all.

On the other side, hundreds of thousands of entirely credit unworthy,
giddy homebuyers jumped into the occasion and gingerly applied and
obtained their Ninja loans. They perfectly knew that they couldn't pay
those loans; however, they went ahead with it. The realtors who sold
them the homes knew it too; however, they went ahead with it. The
banks that made the loans knew it too; however, they went ahead with
it.

The bubble that Ninja-ism ---along with other causes that would take
too long to discuss here--- had contributed to create in the housing
market had to burst. And, in the aftermath, the Democrats would push
for the statization of the resulting failing financial entities under
the disguise of a bailout that taxpayers would pay for. Pure
socialism, the end result would be.

Duplicitously clever creatures, the Democrats indeed are; they make
the American people pay from their own pockets for the yoke ---
socialism--- that they will be enslaved with.

Thanks to true conservatives ---that is, conservative talk show radio
anchors, some conservative columnists, some Fox Business Channel and
Fox Business Channel anchors, and hundreds of conservative bloggers
and Internet journalists--- Americans are aware of what is going on
and have, by the tens of millions, realized that the entire thing is
the duplicitous socializing work of the Democrat Party.

We need not a solution to the crisis, but the proper solution. That
is, we need a solution based on workout rather than bailout. What we
need is a solution based on free-entrepreneurialism, not in socialism.

The stronghold in the crisis resides in the fact that the failing
financing institutions ---having mal-invested huge resources in
worthless Ninja mortgages--- have run out of cash to cope with their
other financial operations and with their obligations. Most of their
cash is captive by worthless paper; they need cash; they are suffering
a lethal lack of liquidity.

That's the problem . . . on the surface.

But the underlying problem must be addressed and corrected as well,
and that problem resides in the intrusion of the government in the
realms of the private sector. And that governmental intrusion
materializes, in this particular case, through Fanny Mae and Freddy
Mac, and in general, through other GSEs.

GSEs lend themselves to political manipulation and cronyism, and
therefore, to corruption and unaccountability. As long as GSEs exist,
they will keep being fertile ground for the generation of crises like
the one the Democrats created with Ninja-ism. We must make sure that
similar crises don't repeat in the future.

Borrowing heavily from the "Commonsense Plan" that conservative author
and TV and Radio Show anchor Dave Ramsey has posted on his website,
and expanding with the help of commonsense ideas from others and from
my own, I have compiled a partial plan to solve the liquidity problem
and the root problem of the mortgage sub-prime meltdown.

No bailout at all is included, and the plan is rich in measures that
stimulate the economic growth we need to work our way out of this
mire. Serious measures to prevent similar problems in the future are
included.

I call it "Commonsense Plan++", meaning that it is Ramsey's plan plus
some other goodies that bite hard, and you can find it below.




Commonsense Plan++
To Solve the Current Finance Crisis

I. INSURANCE

A. Insure the subprime bonds/mortgages with an underlying FHA-type
insurance. Government-insured and backed loans would have an instant
market all over the world, creating immediate and needed liquidity.

B. In order for a company to accept the government-backed insurance,
they must do two things:

1. Rewrite any mortgage that is more than three months delinquent
to a 6% fixed-rate mortgage.

a. Roll all back payments with no late fees or legal costs into
the balance. This brings homeowners current and allows them a chance
to keep their homes.

b. Cancel all prepayment penalties to encourage refinancing or
the sale of the property to pay off the bad loan. In the event of
foreclosure or short sale, the borrower will not be held liable for
any deficit balance. FHA does this now, and that encourages mortgage
companies to go the extra mile while working with the borrower—again
limiting foreclosures and ruined lives.

2. Cancel ALL golden parachutes of EXISTING and FUTURE CEOs and
executive team members as long as the company holds these government-
insured bonds/mortgages. This keeps underperforming executives from
being paid when they don't do their jobs.

C. This backstop will cost less than $50 billion—a small fraction of
the current proposal.

II. MARK TO MARKET

A. Remove mark to market accounting rules for two years on only
subprime Tier III bonds/mortgages. This keeps companies from being
forced to artificially mark down bonds/mortgages below the value of
the underlying mortgages and real estate.

B. This move creates patience in the market and has an immediate
stabilizing effect on failing and ailing banks—and it costs the
taxpayer nothing.

III. CAPITAL GAINS TAX

A. Remove the capital gains tax completely. Investors will flood the
real estate and stock market in search of tax-free profits, creating
tremendous—and immediate—liquidity in the markets. Again, this costs
the taxpayer nothing.

B. This move will be seen as a lightning rod politically because many
will say it is helping the rich. The truth is the rich will benefit,
but it will be their money that stimulates the economy. This will
enable all Americans to have more stable jobs and retirement
investments that go up instead of down.

IV. BUSH TAX CUTS

A. Make the Bush tax cuts permanent. Much more money will be
available to invest and stimulate the economy to grow.

B. Same as in III B above

V. TAX MISCELLANEA

A. Lower business taxes considerably, say, to no more than 10%.

B. Abolish the death tax.

C. Ban federal and state tax hikes for at least 10 years.

F. Similar as in III B above

V. GOVERNMENT SPENDING AND SIZE

A. Cut government spending drastically, by at least 5% (about $140
Billions at minimum).

B. Reduce the civilian size of government (126 in 1808; 2,720,688 in
2006; no one knows in 2008, not even the U.S. Office of Personnel
Management knows) drastically, by at least 5%.

C. Ban earmarks for at least 10 years.

D. This will reduce the budget deficit and will lower the need of
further taxation.

VI. GENERAL

A. Give the President line-item veto powers.

B. Name a special prosecutor ---with subpoena and Federal Grand Jury
convening powers--- to investigate any wrongdoing by officials ---and
indict them if necessary--- of failing financial institutions tangled
in the crisis, including Fanny Mae and Freddy Mac.

C. Create and install a Subprime Mortgage Meltdown Commission ---not
a sham like the 9/11 one--- with subpoena power, to investigate the
whole affair, from its origin to the meltdown itself.

D. Privatize Fanny Mae and Freddy Mac.

E. Ban the creation of new Government Sponsored Enterprises and wean
any existing GSEs from the government.

G. Remove Christopher John "Chris" Dodd and Barnett "Barney" Frank
from their positions as heads of, respectively, the Senate Banking
Commission, and the House Financial Services Commission, for their
grossly complicit dereliction in the matter.
As to the "bailout" provisions themselves, in addition to establishing
the "Troubled Asset Relief Program (‘TARP') to purchase troubled
assets from financial institutions," the Senate version "raises the
debt ceiling from $10 trillion to $11.3 trillion" and adds a number of
sections the left had been insisting on. These include foreclosure
mitigation efforts, executive compensation and corporate governance,
and recoupment from the financial industry of losses to the taxpayer.
Additionally, the FDIC insurance limit would be temporarily increased
to $250,000.

This strange amalgam was passed by the Senate last night 74-25. It
now moves back to the House, for consideration today, where
opportunists get another shot at marking it up further with extraneous
pet-projects at the bargaining table.

There was genuine concern voiced that provisions added to appease the
left might send congressmen on the right who voted "Aye" on Monday
running for the hills on Friday.

There were similar concerns expressed about the reverse dilemma
arising.

But if there was any real give on the part of Senate Democrats in
modifying this "emergency" Bill, it sure as hell escapes me.

What a mess.

Marc Sheppard is a frequent contributor to American Thinker and
welcomes your comments.
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Latin America Economic Boom Threatened as Credit Freeze Deepens
By Joshua Goodman and Sebastian Boyd
Oct. 2 (Bloomberg) -- Latin America's fastest economic expansion in 30
years may be coming to an end as the global credit crunch stunts
investment and squeezes demand for the region's commodities.
``We're in a serious economic crisis,'' Colombian Vice President
Francisco Santos said in an interview in his Bogota office.
``Financing is going to get scarcer and scarcer, and that means that
investment is going to be difficult to attract.''
The region's growth in 2009 may be cut to less than 3.3 percent, from
4.6 percent this year, according to economists at Barclays Capital.
The slowdown will make it harder to further reduce poverty that's
fallen to its lowest levels since before the ``Lost Decade'' of the
1980s in which countries borrowed more than they could repay.
The crisis will test Latin America's decade-old commitment to debt
reduction and open markets. Mexico this week shelved plans to
privatize an airport, citing the U.S. crisis, while Costa Rican
President Oscar Arias warned the country's growth rate may halve as
investment drops. In Brazil, lending that has powered the country's
fastest expansion in more than a decade is drying up, said Ricardo
Espirito Santo, head of the Brazilian unit of Portugal's Banco
Espirito Santo SA.
``The last four or five years were very good for Latin America, but
that cycle is coming to an end,'' said Rodrigo Valdes, chief Latin
America economist at Barclays Capital in New York. ``We expect a
deceleration in practically all economies.''
Cutting Forecasts
Brazilian economists lowered 2009 growth projections to 3.6 percent on
Sept. 26, from 4 percent two months earlier, according to a central
bank survey. JPMorgan Chase & Co. cut its forecast for Latin America's
largest economy to 3.2 percent from 3.8 percent.
Mexico, the second-biggest economy, may expand 2.5 percent next year,
according to the average estimate of 33 economists surveyed by the
central bank, which released its report yesterday. They had previously
forecast 3 percent.
The region has posted average growth of 5.5 percent a year during the
past five years, a pace not seen since 1970 to 1974, according to
International Monetary Fund statistics.
Latin America may also see a drop in remittances from emigrants living
in the U.S. Money transfers from Mexicans living outside the country
dropped a record 12.2 percent in August, the central bank said
yesterday. Remittances accounted for almost 3 percent of Mexico's
gross domestic product last year.
``Mexico is very tied to the U.S., and they're going to get
hammered,'' said Mark Weisbrot, co-director of the Washington- based
Center for Economic and Policy Research.
Plane Purchases Suffer
Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica SA, the world's fourth- largest
aircraft maker, said last week that tightening credit markets are
making plane purchases difficult for some buyers.
Brazil's Localiza Rent a Car SA, the region's biggest car- rental
company, delayed this week a 300 million real ($157.6 million) bond
sale because of ``adverse market conditions.''
Central banks are injecting liquidity as foreign credit lines dry up.
Chile's central bank canceled planned purchases of dollars and opened
up a $500 million foreign currency swap window as the cost of
borrowing dollars climbed.
``Local banks had counterparties overseas who provide them with
dollars, but those banks have failed, been bought or tightened
credit,'' said Ricardo Gomez, head of fixed-income sales and trading
at Larrain Vial SA in Santiago.
Commodity Rout
Prices for commodities such as soy, gold, copper and oil, which helped
fund the region's boom, have fallen 28 percent since their July 2
high, according to the RJ/CRB Commodity Price Index. Should prices
return to their 10-year average, Latin America's balanced budgets
would quickly revert to a deficit of 4.1 percent of gross domestic
product, Morgan Stanley said in a Sept. 29 report.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who has relied on oil to fund his
``21st-century socialism,'' said the U.S. crisis will hit the region
with the force of a ``hundred hurricanes'' and that ``no country can
say it won't be affected.''
Venezuela is the country most vulnerable to a commodity slowdown,
having seen its terms of trade, a measure of export earnings, more
than double since 2001, according to a study by Brazil's national
development bank. Brazil and Mexico's trading terms improved less than
the 22 percent regional average, according to the same study based on
United Nations data.
``The big question for Latin America is how long and deep is this
cyclical downturn going to be, and how much is it going to reduce
commodity prices,'' said Nicholas Field, who helps oversee about $18
billion in emerging-market equities at London- based Schroders Plc.
Building Reserves
Analysts including Paulo Leme, chief Latin American economist at
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. say the slowdown may be milder than in
previous crises. Many regional governments have used revenue from the
commodity boom to pay down debt and build reserves.
The eight largest South American economies shrank their debt as a
proportion of gross domestic product from 2001 to 2008, according to
Merrill Lynch research. Merrill expects growth to slow to 3.4 percent
next year from 4.6 percent in 2008.
``It was a good ride,'' said Gray Newman, chief Latin American
economist at Morgan Stanley in New York. ``But the era of abundance is
over.''
To contact the reporters on this story: Joshua Goodman in Rio De
Janeiro at jgood...@bloomberg.net; Sebastian Boyd in Santiago at
sbo...@bloomberg.net
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Mergers and Acquisitions `Frozen' Amid Credit Market Turmoil
By Ambereen Choudhury and Elisa Martinuzzi

Oct. 2 (Bloomberg) -- The pace of mergers and acquisitions declined 28
percent this year as the credit crisis checked companies' ability to
fund deals, and the U.S. and European economies teetered on the brink
of recession.

Companies announced takeovers valued at $2.37 trillion in the first
nine months of the year, down from the record $3.29 trillion in the
year-earlier period, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. The
value of U.S. mergers dropped 35 percent, while dealmaking in Europe
and the Middle East declined 28 percent, the data show. Only takeovers
in Asia, excluding Japan, increased, showing an 11 percent gain.

The collapse of the U.S. subprime mortgage market has roiled credit
markets globally, leaving companies unable to get funding from banks
to finance deals. In the past month, firms from Lehman Brothers
Holdings Inc. to Washington Mutual Inc. have failed, spurring the U.S.
Senate to pass a $700 billion financial-market rescue package last
night to avert a recession.

``The M&A market is all but frozen while politicians around the world
grapple with the economic crisis,'' said Simon Collins, head of
corporate finance at KPMG. ``With the debt market virtually
inaccessible, deal paralysis has also spread into sectors such as
energy, which were until recently considered resilient to the world's
economic woes.''

Xstrata Plc scrapped its 5 billion-pound ($8.8 billion) hostile bid
for Lonmin Plc, the world's third-largest platinum producer on Oct. 1,
blaming ``extreme'' turmoil in financial markets and concern over
financing for the deal for the collapse.

`Keen To Do Deals'

Fortis, bailed out by the governments of Belgium, the Netherlands and
Luxembourg, scrapped the 2.15 billion-euro ($3 billion) sale of half
its asset management arm, citing the credit crisis.

``There are plenty of people keen to do deals,'' said John Tattersall,
a partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP in London. ``But acquisitions
need bank funding in many cases, or share prices that are higher.''

Banks and insurers have booked more than $588 billion in losses and
writedowns since the global credit crisis began about 13 months ago.
That's forced them to merge with competitors or sell shares,
cushioning a bigger fall in deal-making.

Bank of America Corp.'s $40.4 billion takeover of Merrill Lynch & Co.
and Lloyds TSB Group Plc's $23.5 billion purchase of British mortgage
lender HBOS Plc lead $169 billion of deals in the industry in
September alone. Banks also make up almost half of the money raised in
share sales this year, Bloomberg data show.

IPOs Decline

The decline in stock markets this year has made it less lucrative for
companies to sell shares in initial public offerings. Stock offerings
fell 28 percent to $398.5 billion in the first nine months of the
year, Bloomberg data show. The MSCI World Index has dropped 25 percent
in the same period, its first decline in six years.

IPOs fell more than half in the period to $84.7 billion. Companies
from Salvatore Ferragamo SpA, the Italian maker of luxury shoes once
worn by Greta Garbo and Marilyn Monroe, and Poland's Enea SA, a state-
owned power group, have delayed IPOs until markets improve.

``Last time we had a similar decline in IPO business it was in 2001,
and it took two years to recover,'' said Gil Forer, global director of
IPO initiatives at Ernst & Young LLP in London. ``The uncertainty and
instability in the market make it difficult for companies'' to sell
stock.

The U.S. Senate passed the rescue package yesterday. The bill's
supporters cited the record 778-point drop in the Dow Jones Industrial
Average after the House of Representatives' 228-205 defeat of the
legislation Sept. 29 as evidence of the urgency to stabilize the
banking system.

``My gut feel is that dealflow will turn up in first quarter next
year,'' Tattersall said. ``But when and by how much depends on
rebuilding confidence.''

To contact the reporters on this story: Ambereen Choudhury in London
at achou...@bloomberg.net; Elisa Martinuzzi in Milan at
emart...@bloomberg.net

Honda, Nissan Join U.S. Slump as Asian Carmakers Fall (Update1)
By Alan Ohnsman and Mike Ramsey

Oct. 2 (Bloomberg) -- Honda Motor Co. and Nissan Motor Co., the only
big automakers to add U.S. sales through the first eight months of the
year, couldn't escape an industrywide plunge in September as the
credit crisis deterred buyers.

Sales for Asia-based brands fell 30 percent, led by Toyota Motor
Corp.'s 32 percent tumble, Honda's 24 percent drop and a 37 percent
decrease for Nissan. Toyota and Honda haven't posted declines that
large since the 1980s.

The results dragged U.S. market share for Japanese and South Korean
automakers to the lowest since April 2007 after lenders tightened
standards and bank failures chilled demand. Last month's total was
39.9 percent, down from 42.1 percent a year earlier, according to
industry-research firm Autodata Corp.

``The best thing we can say about September is it's over,'' Don
Esmond, senior vice president of Toyota's U.S. sales unit, said in a
conference call yesterday. ``We're seeing buyers on the sidelines,
hanging onto their wallets.''

Industrywide sales fell for an 11th straight month, the longest slide
in 17 years. Visits to dealerships fell more than 50 percent in the
last 10 days of September, after Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.
collapsed and debt markets seized up, said CNW Marketing Research of
Bandon, Oregon.

Toyota declined 1.6 percent to 4,390 yen as of 9:05 a.m. in Tokyo.
Honda dropped 1.6 percent to 3,090 yen and Nissan shed 1.6 percent to
685 yen.

Credit Crisis

Fallout from the credit crisis overwhelmed the advantages held by the
Asian brands through August, when rising fuel prices caused buyers to
shun the light trucks of Detroit automakers in favor of the smaller,
more-efficient vehicles that dominate Asian brands' lineups.

Overall sales of new vehicles dropped 27 percent last month, Woodcliff
Lake, New Jersey-based Autodata said. It was the biggest monthly drop
since January 1991, according to Ward's AutoInfoBank in Southfield,
Michigan.

Billionaire Warren Buffett, the world's preeminent stock picker, said
the U.S. economy is ``flat on the floor'', in a television interview
with Charlie Rose that was to air late yesterday on PBS.

Economic Fear

``In my adult lifetime I don't think I've ever seen people as fearful,
economically, as they are now,'' said Buffett, chairman of Omaha,
Nebraska-based Berkshire Hathaway Inc.

Toyota, second in U.S. sales behind General Motors Corp., sold 144,260
vehicles, down from 213,042 a year earlier. It was the biggest
percentage decline since July 1987, Bob Carter, vice president of the
company's U.S. sales unit, said yesterday.

Sales fell across the company's Toyota, Lexus and Scion brands, with
the exception of two models: the revamped Sequoia and Lexus LX 470
large sport-utility vehicles that have been available for less than a
year.

Toyota's Esmond said the Toyota City, Japan-based automaker had no
plans to further curtail North American output beyond the previously
announced production halt for Tundra large pickups and Sequoias from
Aug. 8 through November to reduce inventory.

U.S. market share for Toyota, Asia's biggest automaker, was 15 percent
last month, down from 16.2 percent a year earlier.

Honda's Slide

``It's a credit story industrywide,'' said analyst Tom Libby, at
market-research firm J.D. Power & Associates in Troy, Michigan.
``There is a psychological impact of all the news about banks in
trouble.''

Honda, which hasn't had a full-year U.S. sales decline since 1993,
sold 96,626 vehicles, compared with 127,200. The drop was the biggest
for the Tokyo-based company since November 1981.

``Customers just weren't coming into dealerships,'' Honda spokesman
Chris Martin said in an interview yesterday.

Honda's market share last month was 10 percent, up from 9.7 percent a
year earlier.

Even companies with compelling new products aren't finding buyers,
said Jesse Toprak, director of industry analysis for automotive
research firm Edmunds.com in Santa Monica, California.

``The main reason for the decline is the lack of consumer
confidence,'' Toprak said in an interview. ``A lot of consumers have
the ability and desire to make a purchase, but are going to wait and
see how things turn out.''

Nissan, Hyundai

Nissan, Japan's third-largest carmaker, sold 59,565 autos, compared
with 94,269 a year ago. The Rogue small SUV and new GT- R sports coupe
were the only models to post gains for the Tokyo- based automaker.

The company had 6.2 percent of new-vehicle sales last month, down 1
percentage point from September 2007.

Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea's largest automaker, reported a 26
percent drop in sales. The Seoul-based company sold 24,765 vehicles,
down from 33,214 a year earlier.

Hyundai's market share was 2.6 percent, up 0.1 point, Autodata said.

Kia Motors Corp., a Hyundai subsidiary, sold 17,383 vehicles, down 28
percent. Ford-affiliated Mazda Motor Corp. said it sold 16,169 autos,
a 36 percent decline.

Among smaller brands, Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd.'s Subaru unit had a
12 percent drop. Mitsubishi Motors Corp.'s sales fell 39 percent and
Suzuki Motor Corp. said its sales dropped 47 percent.

To contact the reporters on this story: Alan Ohnsman in Los Angeles at
aohn...@bloomberg.net; Mike Ramsey in Southfield, Michigan at
mram...@bloomberg.net
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Bush Had No Plan to Catch Bin Laden After 9/11
Monday 29 September 2008
by: Gareth Porter, Inter Press Service
Washington - New evidence from former U.S. officials reveals that
the George W. Bush administration failed to adopt any plan to block
the retreat of Osama bin Laden and other al Qaeda leaders from
Afghanistan to Pakistan in the first weeks after 9/11.
That failure was directly related to the fact that top
administration officials gave priority to planning for war with Iraq
over military action against al Qaeda in Afghanistan.
As a result, the United States had far too few troops and
strategic airlift capacity in the theatre to cover the large number of
possible exit routes through the border area when bin Laden escaped in
late 2001.
Because it had not been directed to plan for that contingency, the
U.S. military had to turn down an offer by Pakistani President Pervez
Musharraf in late November 2001 to send 60,000 troops to the border
passes to intercept them, according to accounts provided by former
U.S. officials involved in the issue.
On Nov. 12, 2001, as Northern Alliance troops were marching on
Kabul with little resistance, the CIA had intelligence that bin Laden
was headed for a cave complex in the Tora Bora Mountains close to the
Pakistani border.
The war had ended much more quickly than expected only days
earlier. CENTCOM commander Tommy Franks, who was responsible for the
war in Afghanistan, had no forces in position to block bin Laden's
exit.
Franks asked Lt. Gen. Paul T. Mikolashek, commander of Army
Central Command (ARCENT), whether his command could provide a blocking
force between al Qaeda and the Pakistani border, according to David W.
Lamm, who was then commander of ARCENT Kuwait.
Lamm, a retired Army colonel, recalled in an interview that there
was no way to fulfill the CENTCOM commander's request, because ARCENT
had neither the troops nor the strategic lift in Kuwait required to
put such a force in place. 'You looked at that request, and you just
shook your head,' recalled Lamm, now chief of staff of the Near East
South Asia Centre for Strategic Studies at the National Defence
University.
Franks apparently already realised that he would need Pakistani
help in blocking the al Qaeda exit from Tora Bora. Secretary of
Defence Donald Rumsfeld told a National Security Council meeting that
Franks 'wants the [Pakistanis] to close the transit points between
Afghanistan and Pakistan to seal what's going in and out', according
to the National Security Council meeting transcript in Bob Woodward's
book 'Bush at War'.
Bush responded that they would need to 'press Musharraf to do
that'.
A few days later, Franks made an unannounced trip to Islamabad to
ask Musharraf to deploy troops along the Pakistan-Afghan border near
Tora Bora.
A deputy to Franks, Lt. Gen. Mike DeLong, later claimed that
Musharraf had refused Franks's request for regular Pakistani troops to
be repositioned from the north to the border near the Tora Bora area.
DeLong wrote in his 2004 book 'Inside Centcom' that Musharraf had said
he 'couldn't do that', because it would spark a 'civil war' with a
hostile tribal population.
But U.S. Ambassador Wendy Chamberlin, who accompanied Franks to
the meeting with Musharraf, provided an account of the meeting to this
writer that contradicts DeLong's claim.
Chamberlin, now president of the Middle East Institute in
Washington, recalled that the Pakistani president told Franks that
CENTCOM had vastly underestimated what was required to block bin Laden
exit from Afghanistan. Musharraf said, 'Look you are missing the
point: there are 150 valleys through which al Qaeda are going to
stream into Pakistan,' according to Chamberlin.
Although Musharraf admitted that the Pakistani government had
never exercised control over the border area, the former diplomat
recalled, he said this was 'a good time to begin'. The Pakistani
president offered to redeploy 60,000 troops to the area from the
border with India but said his army would need airlift assistance from
the United States to carry out the redeployment.
But the Pakistani redeployment never happened, according to Lamm,
because it wasn't logistically feasible. Lamm recalled that it would
have required an entire aviation brigade, including hundreds of
helicopters, and hundreds of support troops to deliver that many
combat troops to the border region - far more than was available.
Lamm said the ARCENT had so few strategic lift resources that it
had to use commercial aircraft at one point to move U.S. supplies in
and out of Afghanistan.
Even if the helicopters had been available, however, they could
not have operated with high effectiveness in the mountainous
Afghanistan-Pakistan border region near the Tora Bora caves, according
to Lamm, because of the combination of high altitude and extreme
weather.
Franks did manage to insert 1,200 Marines to Kandahar on Nov. 26
to establish control of the airbase there. They were carried to the
base by helicopters from an aircraft carrier that had steamed into the
Gulf from the Pacific, according to Lamm.
The marines patrolled roads in the Kandahar area hoping to
intercept al Qaeda officials heading toward Pakistan. But DeLong, now
retired from the Army, said in an interview that the Marines would not
have been able to undertake the blocking mission at the border. 'It
wouldn't have worked - even if we could have gotten them up there,' he
said. 'There weren't enough to police 1,500 kilometres of border.'
U.S. troops probably would also have faced armed resistance from
the local tribal population in the border region, according to DeLong.
The tribesmen in local villages near the border 'liked bin Laden,' he
said 'because he had given them millions of dollars.'
Had the Bush administration's priority been to capture or kill the
al Qaeda leadership, it would have deployed the necessary ground
troops and airlift resources in the theatre over a period of months
before the offensive in Afghanistan began.
'You could have moved American troops along the Pakistani border
before you went into Afghanistan,' said Lamm. But that would have
meant waiting until spring 2002 to take the offensive against the
Taliban, according to Lamm.
The views of Bush's key advisers, however, ruled out any such plan
from the start. During the summer of 2001, Rumsfeld had refused to
develop contingency plans for military action against al Qaeda in
Afghanistan despite a National Security Presidential Directive adopted
at the Deputies' Committee level in July and by the Principles on Sep.
4 that called for such planning, according to the 9/11 Commission
report.
Rumsfeld and Deputy Defence Secretary Paul Wolfowitz resisted such
planning for Afghanistan because they were hoping that the White House
would move quickly on military intervention in Iraq. According to the
9/11 Commission, at four deputies' meetings on Iraq between May 31 and
Jul. 26, 2001, Wolfowitz pushed his idea to have U.S. troops seize all
the oil fields in southern Iraq.
Even after Sep. 11, Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz and Vice President Dick
Cheney continued to resist any military engagement in Afghanistan,
because they were hoping for war against Iraq instead.
Bush's top secret order of Sep. 17 for war with Afghanistan also
directed the Pentagon to begin planning for an invasion of Iraq,
according to journalist James Bamford's book 'Pretext for War'.
Cheney and Rumsfeld pushed for a quick victory in Afghanistan in
NSC meetings in October, as recounted by both Woodward and
Undersecretary of Defence Douglas Feith. Lost in the eagerness to wrap
up the Taliban and get on with the Iraq War was any possibility of
preventing bin Laden's escape to Pakistan.
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Gareth Porter is an investigative historian and journalist
specialising in U.S. national security policy. The paperback edition
of his latest book, 'Perils of Dominance: Imbalance of Power and the
Road to War in Vietnam', was published in 2006.
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British Envoy Says Mission in Afghanistan is Doomed, According to
Leaked Memo
Wednesday 01 October 2008
by: Charles Bremner and Richard Beeston, The Times UK
The official version of the US-led campaign in Afghanistan
received a blow today with a leaked report that the British Ambassador
in Kabul believes that US strategy is wrong and the war is as good as
lost.
The potentially explosive views were published by Le Canard
Enchaîné, a respected French weekly, which said that they were direct
quotations from a diplomatic cable written by François Fitou, the
French Deputy Ambassador in Kabul.
Mr Fitou reported to President Sarkozy's office and his own
Foreign Ministry that Sir Sherard Cowper-Coles, the British
Ambassador, believed that "American strategy is destined to fail" in
Afghanistan, according to the newspaper.
It published a reproduction of what it said was the coded cable,
in which the French diplomat summarised the ambassador's main points
from a September 2 meeting.
"The current situation is bad. The security situation is getting
worse. So is corruption and the Government has lost all trust. Our
public statements should not delude us over the fact that the
insurrection, while incapable of winning a military victory,
nevertheless has the capacity to make life increasingly difficult,
including in the capital.
"The presence - especially the military presence - of the
coalition is part of the problem, not the solution. The foreign forces
are ensuring the survival of a regime which would collapse without
them. In doing so, they are slowing down and complicating an eventual
exit from the crisis (which, moreover, will probably be dramatic)."
The French diplomat sent the cable to brief President Sarkozy and
Bernard Kouchner, the Foreign Minister, ahead of meetings with Britain
and other Nato allies over the Afghan deployment. The French
deployment of some 3,000 troops there has become intensely unpopular
since 10 soldiers were killed in an ambush near Kabul in August.
The allies have been thrown on the defensive over the past 18
months by the resurgence of the Taleban rebel forces, who have moved
close to Kabul, where the Government of President Karzai is struggling
to establish its authority.
Sir Sherard, 53, was also quoted as saying that while Britain had
no alternative to supporting the United States, the Americans should
be told to change strategy.
Reinforcing the military presence against the Taleban insurrection
would be counter-productive, he said, according to Le Canard. "It
would identify us even more clearly as an occupying force and it would
multiply the number of targets (for the insurgents)," he was quoted as
saying.
The allied governments should start preparing public opinion to
accept that the only realistic solution for Afghanistan was to be
ruled by "an acceptable dictator".
"In the short term we should dissuade the American presidential
candidates from getting more bogged down in Afghanistan," the
ambassador was quoted as saying.
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office would not comment directly on
the leaked French diplomatic report, but a spokesman said that the
remarks did "not accurately reflect" the views of the ambassador or
his deputy.
"We are committed to working in support of the Government of
Afghanistan in order to deliver solutions to the challenges facing the
country through civilian and military efforts," said a spokesman.
He said that Britain would continue to work closely with Kabul and
that success in Afghanistan was a "long term" goal.
Although it is understood that the meeting between Sir Sherard and
the French envoy to Kabul did take place, the version of events
contained in the diplomatic cable is regarded in Whitehall as a
"parody" of what was said.
The British side is particularly dismayed that they reportedly
support a dictatorship in Afghanistan. Insiders insist these words
were never uttered. There is a suspicion that the British position was
deliberately "exaggerated" to produce a version that Paris wanted to
hear.
http://www.truthout.org/100108R

Sw
India says historical wrong stands corrected with the N deal
2 Oct 2008, 1153 hrs IST,PTI
WASHINGTON: Asserting that the smooth passage of the Indo-US nuclear
deal in the US Congress was a vindication of its stand, India on
Thursday said t
he step had corrected a "historical wrong".

"A truly historical moment in terms of ending the long, long isolation
of India not just in terms of nuclear commerce but in terms of high-
technology denial," Indian ambassador to the US Ronen Sen said after
the deal cleared its last legislative hurdle is the Senate.

"A sense of vindication for India and a correction of a historic
wrong," he said.

Sen said it was a "remarkable day" with 86 out of 100 Senators
supporting the bill."It shows the solid bi-partisan support at the
time of great divisiveness in this country.

"It is a historic moment and personally for me it is a deep sense of
gratification...the leadership shown by Prime Minister Manmohan
Singh."

Sen said he was in the Atomic Energy Commission at the time of
Tarapore agreement which was abrogated by the US.

"I remember the sense of frustration and the betrayal we felt at that
time and now it has a come a full circle," he said.

"In a real sense it is a completion of a truly historic process and
there have been a lot of naysayers and doubters since Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh and President George W Bush first embarked on this
journey in July 2005.

On the killer amendment which was rejected by the Senate, Sen hoped
that it will "send a signal" back home where the deal is being opposed
by the Left and the BJP.

"At least for sometime we had a fairly heated debate in India on this
issue itself. I hope that summary rejection of the this amendment will
send out its own signal," Sen said.

'Terrorists are victims who create more victims'
2 Oct 2008, 0019 hrs IST,TNN

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Midway through the news meeting on Wednesday, the grim news came in:
Agartala had been rocked by serial blasts. All eyes immediately turned
to VeneraTOI Guest Editor Thich Nhat Hanh. (TOI Photo)
ble Thich Nhat Hanh, the Guest Editor for our special Peace Edition.
As journalists, what should we do on a day like this?

The Zen master, who has rebuilt bombed villages, set up schools and
medical centres, resettled homeless families and for a lifetime
advocated tirelessly the principles of non-violence and compassionate
action, pondered for a while.

When he spoke, it was with great clarity, ''Report in a way that
invites readers to take a look at why such things continue to happen
and that they have their roots in anger, fear, hate and wrong
perceptions. Prevent anger from becoming a collective energy. The only
antidote for anger and violence is compassion. Terrorists are also
victims, who create other victims of misunderstanding.''

This, remember, is the monk — now 82 years old — credited with a big
role in turning American public opinion against the war in Vietnam —
for which Martin Luther King Jr had nominated him for the Nobel Peace
Prize in 1967. And so, his words are not to be dismissed lightly.

''Every reader has seeds of fear, anger, violence and despair, and
also seeds of hope, compassion, love and forgiveness,'' said Thich
Nhat Hahn, affectionately called Thay.

''As journalists, you must not water the wrong seeds. The stories
should touch the seeds of hope. As journalists, you have the job of
selectively watering the right seeds. You must attempt to tell the
truth and yet not water the seeds of hate. It's not what's in the
story, but how you tell it that's important.''

But how should the State deal with terror? Thay's answer: ''We should
invite those who believe they are victims of discrimination and
injustice to speak about it. We should initiate sessions of deep
listening and invite deeply spiritual people, who don't have to be
famous, to attend these. We must televise these sessions nationally. I
am sure you will see a dramatic drop in the level of violence. A war
on terror cannot succeed, because you cannot bomb perceptions. The
only solution is dialogue.''

He cited the example of an experiment by his own group of monks at
Plum village, south of France, in 2006. ''We asked people to write
letters to terrorists and more than 40 letters came in. Some claimed,
'I am the terrorist because I am also violent and there is suffering
in me as well'. We need to get together. When we address suspicion and
anger as a collective, when we talk informally about suffering, then
we can find answers. If we reduce the violence in us, and change, then
we change others around us because then we are connected to them.''

Talking about world peace, the monk said, ''Political leaders meet at
peace summits but no lasting solutions to the world's problems are
found. Therefore, political leaders, before they get down to talking
at summits, should practice sitting, walking, talking informally with
each other and practice techniques to calm themselves. Only then can
talks lead to positive results.''

The history of Vietnam in the last century was fraught with violence.
Thay has himself seen war from close quarters. Naturally, the question
came up: Does he believe non-violence can help find solutions in
today's complex world?

Thay's reply was surprisingly pragmatic. ''Non-violence can never be
absolute. However, you can make aggressive action less violent. In
war, the generals must try and avoid the death of innocents. Even
soldiers can show compassion. The first step towards nonviolence is to
be calm and compassionate yourself.''

Questions on wars and conflicts led to the next logical query. How can
humanity relate with each other when it is divided within confines of
national or ethnic or racial identities?

That brought the Buddhist teacher into his element, propounding on one
of Buddhism's basic tenets of 'non-self'. The problem, he said, arises
when one's self is set against another's self. Once we realize that
self is made of non-self, then the issue of identity gets settled.

''Man is made of non-me elements. I am made of so many non-me elements
— my parents, the food I eat, the education I received, animals,
vegetables. Take away all the 'non-me', and there is no 'me' left.
Buddhism is made of non-Buddhist elements. A Christian is made of non-
Christian elements and a Muslim is made of non-Muslim elements,'' said
Thay. Once we realise that we are all interconnected, we will begin
caring for all other things.

That's why, Thay says, we need to learn from suffering. Because only
after we have understood the nature of suffering can we understand
true happiness. ''Happiness and safety can't be individual matters. If
you have peace on your side, only then can you promote peace in the
world. Individual happiness is impossible, as is individual suffering.
Because we are not one but a collective.''

And what about the financial crisis that is causing many to suffer?
The answer, says Thay, is related to greed and fear. ''As journalists,
you must help people so that they don't become victims of greed and
fear. If the aim is happiness, then you must be prepared to give up
riches and fame and power, all of which are transitory.''

Can the modern economy — fuelled by conspicuous consumption — co-exist
with a monk's lifestyle? After all, if everyone stopped consumption,
industries would shut down and unemployment would rise. So should
individuals, in their pursuit of 'selfish' happiness, create
unhappiness for others?

''Many of us have started believing in happiness from consumption. But
happiness is largely a problem of the mind. You don't have to run into
the future, you have enough conditions to be happy right here and now.
But in our search for more conditions to be happy, we sacrifice the
present. The remedy for us is to go home to the present moment. Don't
get stuck with the past or get sucked into the future. So many wonders
of life are with you. Development is like a wild horse that we are
riding, over which we have lost control,'' responded Thay.

But then, isn't it much simpler for a monk to talk about not consuming
than for people who have to deal with the world on the world's terms?
Can regular people with regular lives follow his teachings?

According to Thay, ''The meditative practice is for everyone, monks
and non-monks, the young and the less young. The conditions for
reaching out for Buddha-hood are there for everyone. We are just
caught up in our worries and projects. The kingdom of God is available
for you. But are you available for the kingdom?''

We couldn't resist asking: what were his feelings when the Taliban
destroyed the Bamiyan Buddhas? His reply: ''There was no anger. We
have a tendency to punish whoever has dared to make us suffer. We seek
relief by making the other person suffer. If we see whoever is hurt as
a victim, then a neuro pathway will open in our brain and we will
forgive the person and reduce his suffering, which in turn will help
us to suffer less. All this is not based on speculation but on the
basis what we have done, in our group sessions.




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