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Expose murderers

Sir

Indian police in Kashmir have arrested 2 Moslem terrorists of the Pakistan-backed Lashkar-e-Taiba gang for their involvement in the Chittisinghpura massacre of 39 Sikhs during President Clintons recent visit to India.

Some U.S. lawmakers like Edolphus Towns and others had accused the Indian government and army for the Sikh massacre. Some Sikh leaders in U.S. like Dhillon and Aulakh had shamelessly tried to push their separatist agenda at the expense of their fellow Sikhs.

The details of arrested Moslem terrorists should be circulated to all the US lawmakers who tried to pin the blame on the Chittisinghpora massacre of Sikh villagers on India. If possible, the GOI should tape the confessions and bring this issue of Pakistani terrorism up to all International Human Rights bodies.

For once, the Government of India must take the propaganda offensive. They will get all the support from the Sikhs everywhere.

Yours trualy
Dr. Harvinder Kaur Bhatia, M.D.
CHANDIGARH

Tit for tat

Sir,

We Indians worry too much and spend too much time in analysis without actually doing anything to solve our problems. I am talking about the issue of Pakistani terrorism. Pakistan has been using groups with different names but the exact same ideology to kill Indians without any reprisals.

Why havent Indian governments acted? We are afraid we may piss off the USA. We are afraid Pakistan will use nuclear weapons. We are afraid China will openly side with Pakistan.

The reality is that our superior economy and military strength is being wasted. Instead of making Pakistan worry about these, we have boxed ourselves in by defeatist thinking. We should be doing the things to Pakistan that it is doing to us. We should be making them beg for peace, not the other way round.

From all our analysis and no action, the enemy deduces correctly that we are scared, not smart. If ever the message of Bhagvad Gita was valid, it is now. For once, India needs to do the right thing to protect itself by actively bleeding the enemy. It is our duty to protect ourselves. Everybody becomes an enemy of the weak.

Yours trualy
Thakur Balwant Singh
Bhopal

Tackling Terror

Sir:

Islamic militants in the Philippines yesterday threatened to behead an American hostage unless the US agreed to release a jailed Islamic militant.

This is what the US govt has said - "We do not make deals with terrorists, we will not pay ransom, we will not change policies, we will not release prisoners or make any other concessions that reward hostage taking," the United States spokesman said.

In contrast, Indian governments led by V.P. Singh and others have chosen surrender as their first option. The Karnataka and Tamil Nadu governments continue this tradition of accepting defeat without even trying to fight.

The most insulting behaviour has been by the Vajpayee government. He released 3 Islamic terrorists during the Kandahar episode; one of those 3 now leads a killer gang which regularly murders Indians!

Till an Indian government sets an example of courage and determination, till we as a nation behave with self-respect, and till our government displays street smarts, we are doomed. Especially Vajpayee who latches on to the US for everything must learn from them how to deal sternly with terrorism.

Yours truly,
Karamjit Singh Punia
Shahdara, Delhi