Thursday, October 08, 2009
china confidential
Is Washington Afraid of Beijing?
China's "influence" (in this context, a codeword for power) over the United States is growing, as shown by President Obama's strategic snub of the Dalai Lama. Click here for a thought-provoking analysis.Iran Nuclear Scientists Defecting to West
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Turns out, the missing scientists are defectors, not assassination or kidnapping victims. Intriguing....US Hints at Peace with Taliban, War with Al Qaeda
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As China Confidential has repeatedly predicted, eight years after 9/11, it is all coming down to this: American appeasement of any and all Islamists, from nuclear-arming Iran to the dreaded, medieval Taliban--except for Al Qaeda. For the time being, it is the only Islamist group outside the pale of possible diplomatic engagement.Al Qaeda Urges Uighur Jihad in China
Monarchist Sentenced to Death in Iran
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The man is innocent of the charges brought against him--he was tortured into confessing.
But China Confidential Middle East sources say the monarchist movement is stronger than commonly assumed, and growing in popularity, especially among members of Iran's middle class, who yearn for regime change and an end to Islamist rule.Maoist Rebels Kill 17 Indian Policemen
India's Maoist uprising is intensifying. The rebels even seem to be copying a gruesome tactic from Islamist terrorists, as shown by the following report:Maoist rebels ambushed a police patrol in Maharashtra on Thursday and killed 17 policemen, a day after home minister P. Chidambaram warned them to give up violence or face a major assault by security forces.
Enemy within: Home minister P. Chidambaram. The latest attack came a day after Chidambaram warned Naxals to give up violence or face a major assault by security forces.
The attack was the latest in a series of bloody assaults by the Maoists who ambushed the policemen near Laheri police station in Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra that borders Chhattisgarh.
The attack came two days after the Maoists beheaded [italics added for emphasis] a police officer in Ranchi district of Jharkhand.
The Gadchiroli attack took place a few hours before the cabinet committee on security chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh discussed in New Delhi the growing Naxalite threat in various parts of India and the measures required to counter it.
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India's Maoists represent a major security threat. They have waged a decades-old, on-again-off-again, armed struggle on behalf of the poorest of the poor--landless laborers and tribal people--who have historically been exploited by rich, upper caste landlords.
The rural poor constitute India's always-left-behind population. They live in a world where human and civil rights are virtually non-existent; social justice is a fantasy; law enforcement is a synonym for police killing, torture, and corruption; and child labor, farmer suicide, malnutrition, illiteracy, and disease are everyday problems, with no solutions in sight.
The Maoists enjoyed immense popularity in the 1960s and '70s. But they lost ground as a result of their human rights abuses against local villagers and gangster-like tactics, including allowing the richest and most powerful landlords--many of whom operate their own private armies and death squads--to buy immunity from attacks, while continuing to target those who could not afford to pay for protection.
In recent years, however, the Maoists have gained in strength, as the benefits of India's economic expansion have failed to trickle down to the poor.Pakistan's ISI Protecting Mullah Omar
Pakistan's pro-Islamist intelligence agency, the ISI, is protecting the fugitive Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Omar, according to China Confidential terrorism experts.
Omar is staying at a safe house in the Pakistani city of Quett, sources say.
Friday 9 October 2009
Al Qaeda has called on China's Uighurs to wage jihad. Click here for the story.
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