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| India to withdraw 'mercenaries' from Iraq | ||
| 2004-05-27 | ||
India 's new ruling coalition has said it will take steps to withdraw "Indian mercenaries" from Iraq while reiterating the country's "decades old commitment" to the Palestinian cause. "Steps will be taken to withdraw Indian mercenaries from Iraq while further recruitment for this purpose will be barred," said the Common Minimum Programme (CMP) for governance of the Congress-led coalition, backed by the left parties. The CMP was released Thursday by the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson and Congress party president Sonia Gandhi at a crowded press conference at Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's 7, Race Course Road office. The reference to "Indian mercenaries" comes in the wake of news reports that hundreds of retired Indian Army and paramilitary personnel had enlisted themselves with US troops in Iraq without the knowledge of the Indian government.
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| Posted by:Steve |
| #7 Maybe this article will lend clarity, #6. The new PM of India is a Sikh[first time in India's history that a Hindu is not PM] and the head of state is a Muslim. The communist and socialist fringe parties support the new "left leaning" UPA gov't and Pakistan was the first nation to extend its congratulations. As Drudge would say: Developing.... http://reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=515653§ion=news "Singh takes over as India's PM" |
| Posted by: rex 2004-05-27 9:13:04 PM |
| #6 Jeeze, guys, I feel like I just went through political vertigo, esp with RWV's post #5. Why should India give a rat's behind about the Paleos? Who are they trying to impress? Makes as much sense as a hatrack for a moose.... |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2004-05-27 5:57:00 PM |
| #5 Maybe the Israelis should cancel the sale of the Phalcon AEW to India and offer the deal to Pakistan. Israel supporting Pakistan makes as much sense as India supporting Arafat. |
| Posted by: RWV 2004-05-27 5:18:32 PM |
| #4 Interesting what an about face India did. Under the Hindu Nationalist Party they got the economy going and scared the Pakistani's enough that there was some discussion on Kashmir. So the Indians voted them out of power and we hear the march of the Islamic appeasers again. Hey Hindus, I have news for you. The Islamofascists hate you more than they hate America. You can't buy them off with empty talk of supporting the Palestinians. Just hope the Muslim masses in the Indian slums don't smell blood in the water. |
| Posted by: ruprecht 2004-05-27 4:00:53 PM |
| #3 But the Gurkhas aren't Indians. They are Nepalese. I suppose that many of them would be Indian army retirees, but I doubt very much that the prospect of losing Indian-army-scale retirement pay (even if it comes to that) would be much of a disincentive. |
| Posted by: buwaya 2004-05-27 3:49:50 PM |
| #2 They're talking about Ghurkas. I've read that many have taken jobs as private security. When they're not scaring Argentinians, that is. |
| Posted by: Chuck Simmins 2004-05-27 3:07:38 PM |
| #1 I wonder how they can do that if these people are there as private employees. This sounds like empty posturing. |
| Posted by: buwaya 2004-05-27 2:46:31 PM |