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Grooming terrorists

Sir,

Collin Powell asks India to exercise restraint (DE December 17). Any one who watches the mainstream US Media these days shall find no difficulty in articulating that all it harps on is the thesis of Huntington "Clash of civilizations." The terrorist attacks of September 11 and the bombing of Afghanistan are projected in the context of this thesis. The images presented are so graphic and anecdotal that they leave no room for any one to pose the Americans a question. Who groomed the monsters-the theocratic terrorists.

There is no denying the fact that the modern Jehadi Islam is the by product of the intrigues by the USA to keep the Islamic world under its thumb. It has always been patronising theocratic dictatorial regimes in the Islamic countries only to use them as whipping boys whenever attention needed to be diverted on any issue which involved its interests.

We are told by the Americans these days that Osama bin Laden set out on the path of theocratic terrorism during the course of American bombing on Iraq in the 1990's.

Here they forget that every honest and sincere students of inter national relations knows it fully well that by 1986 the CIA chief William Cassey with the help of Britian's M16 and Pakistan's ISI had recruited 100,000 Muslims radicals from 43 Islamic countries in the Middle east, north and east Africa, Central Asia and the far East to join ranks against the Soviet infidels in Afghanistan. Among these thousands of foreign recruits was Osama bin Laden. Is it not a fact that the ISI on the instructions of the CIA had long wanted prince Turki bin Faisal, the head of Istakhbarat, the Saudi Intelligence Service, to provide a Royal Prince to lead the Saudi contingent to Afghanistan in order to show Muslims the commitment of the Royal family to the Jehad against the Soviets? But no Saudi Prince was ready for this and on the insistence of his father who was close to the Royals, Osama under took the responsibility.

It was the CIA who supported Zia-ul-Haq in creating thousands of Madrasas from which the germs of Taliban emerged. Zia-ul-Haq was with Williams Cassey when the later on a secret visit to Pakistan crossed the border into Afghanistan to review the Jehadi groups. It is quite apparent that even Parvez Musharraf has become a blue eyed boy of the Americans Government since he too like Zia-ul-Haq pulled down a democratically elected Government.

Let we see to it that America breeds theocratic terrorism and we should have our own way.

Yours etc...
Predhuman K. Jeseph Dhar
Jammu.

No allegation

Sir,

Apropos 'court summons Maj Gen G S Jamwal, others' appearing in the Daily Excelsior dated 17 Dec. 01. Surprisingly, you have published the press release given by four directors out of 15 directors of the Board of Directors which include six directors from the Govt viz director from NCDC, director planning J&K Govt, MD SIDCO, Additional Registrar Cooperative Societies, MD JAKFED and General Manager Super Bazar, without any basis. Even these directors have not alleged any allegation in their petition to the Registrar dated 06 Dec 2001. The directors have only appealed on an point of law that under the SRO 404 dated 20 Sep 2001 the chairman is not allowed the second term, but since the Act has been amended removing this bar, the SRO does not apply to the new Act as it is inconsistent with the provisions of the new Act. This point was raised by these directors with the Returning Officer at the time of election, but was over-ruled. Thereafter these very directors elected the Chairman unanimously, and now they have appealed against their own unanimous verdict. Since the appeal is with the court the matter is subjudice.

Incidentally, all the four directors Major BR Dogra, Major KS Padwal, Junior Warrant Officer Mohan Singh and Havildar BS Manhas stated in the Court of Registrar Cooperatives during the hearing on 18.12.2001 that they had not given this release to the Press.

There is no other allegation in the appeal which you have mentioned to malign the name of a soldier who has dedicated his life for the welfare of the ex-servicemen. All the allegations, even statements are false i.e it is alleged that the factory has incurred Rs. 6 crores loss in nine years. It is not true, the Society has actually made a profit in 1998.

The reasons for the losses are entirely different which were beyond the control of the Society such as effect of Earthquake on Kandla Port, hike of import duty by the Central Govt. by Rs. 6000/- per ton after we had tendered to the Army and the Price hike of mustard due to agremore deaths and the levy of additional toll tax of 4 percent at the entry by the State Govt thereby causing a loss of Rs. 1.5 crores. All this has been submitted to the Govt along with the Resolution passed by these very Directors which shows that all these losses were beyond the control of the Society which has also been accepted by the Govt and the NCDC.

All this amounts to defamation of the Chairman and harming the business prospects of the Ex-servicemen's Society which is not only deplorable but shocking.

Yours etc...
Maj Gen Goverdhan Singh Jamwal,
(AVSM, MLC)
Chairman JAK Ex-Servicemen Coop Store Ltd
Bari Brahmana Jammu.