The missing “T-word”
Did anyone notice the missing “T-word”?
From JK: Six militants killed; blast on Amarnath route
…Six militants were killed across Kashmir in separate incidents on Monday.
From Four militants killed in J&K encounter:
…Four Lashkar-e-Toiba militants, including a self-styled district commander of the outfit, were killed in separate encounters with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla and Kupwara districts…
…sources said…the slain militants were believed to be Pakistan nationals.
From Army kills two militants in Jammu and Kashmir
…Two militants were killed in a gun battle with soldiers in a village in Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir early Monday, an official said.
A defence spokesperson here said…”While the soldiers were searching the village, the hiding militants opened fire at the troops. The soldiers returned fire and two militants were killed,“
I am shocked…I would dearly love to speak to this defence spokesperson and ask him/her when do terrorists become militants? and vice-versa…? or is this term now banned in official circles and in official media?
Or maybe that word is exclusively reserved for the likes of Sh. Narendra Modi?
From Narendra Modi is ‘terrorist number one’: Bukhari
“Narendra Modi is the terrorist number one in the country. He is unleashing state-sponsored terrorism in Gujarat. In the name to curbing terrorism, innocent people are arrested and harassed,” Bukhari said at an international conference against terrorism organised by the Jama Masjid United Forum here today (1st June).
…He claimed people were resorting to terrorism to take revenge against forces which harass them.
“When a boy sees his family members being brutally killed and is not getting justice, what will he do. Will he not become violent,” he asked.
[ I think about the thousands of refugees from Kashmir...and wonder if they did not have any "boys" within their families? ]
Actually there is an even better term that we can use…how about “some other forces” (this is to distinguish them from ”security forces”)
…Some other forces are also unleashing terror in the name of ‘Jehad’. They are killing innocent people in Jammu and Kashmir…(Imam Bukhari) said. [link]
Across the border in Pakistan though, they obviously have no such qualms…
From Pak leader links terror to madarsas
…A politician whose party is a partner in Pakistan’s ruling coalition today surprised a conference on terrorism here by declaring that madarsas in his country were “breeding grounds” of terror.
Hasham Baber, additional secretary-general of the Awami National Party, said political sermons, not just lectures on Islam, were delivered in such institutions in the federally administered tribal areas, bordering Afghanistan.
“The breeding grounds should be removed because on Fridays, it isn’t Islam that is taught but political sermons. Both Afghanistan and India will benefit,” he told the conference organised by Jama Masjid United Forum.
Predictably,
Syed Ahmed Bukhari, made it clear that Baber had only expressed his “own views” about affairs in Pakistan.
Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi disagreed with Baber, saying madarsas in his state weren’t teaching terror.
Social activist Teesta Setalvad spoke of the threat from “Right-wing Hindu schools in tribal areas” …
Related Posts:
An eye-witness account of *militants* crossing into J&K and
BBC’s “Objectivity Checklist” Goes Right Through the Window (Courtesy, Hawkeye)
Nice, politically correct reporting - UPDATED
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and my inferences are based on...
