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India-Pakistan
India reacts...
2006-07-12
Singh Vows Terror Fight as Governments Condemn Mumbai Attacks
India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh pledged to tackle terrorism with ``all possible measures'' as governments across the world condemned the worst attack in Mumbai in 13 years. At least 163 people were killed.
I'd suggest killing large numbers of turbans, but that doesn't seem to be politically possible for anybody...
``We will work to defeat the evil designs of terrorists and will not allow them to succeed,'' Singh said yesterday after seven blasts on the suburban rail network in the country's commercial hub.

Britain will ``stand united with India'' in a ``shared determination to defeat terrorism,'' Prime Minister Tony Blair said in a statement. ``The terrorists to blame for carrying out this evil act must receive the harshest punishment,'' Russian President Vladimir Putin said.
Posted by:Fred

#17  Hey john you'r overinformed, if you ever want to join a pub quiz team just let us know.
Posted by: pihkalbadger   2006-07-12 21:39  

#16  The Army chief - General JJ Singh, is one cool looking, spiffy dude. At least from his looks, he looks like an a$$-kicking guy. Only thing that worries me is those rose-colored shades he's wearing. Anyway, that's my take on the pic. My photo interpretation, heh.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2006-07-12 21:32  

#15  That BTW (for those who may not know) is Mohammed Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan.

Here is a fascinating article from a 1947 interview of Jinnah by Margaret Bourke-White, correspondent and photographer for LIFE magazine during the WW II years...

The Messiah and The Promised Land
Posted by: john   2006-07-12 19:44  

#14  On the topic of turbans: in India turban wearers are actually less likely to be muzzies. The muzzies usually wear caps like this:

In the village where I lived in India, almost all of the local Hindu farmers wore turbans - none of the local muzzies did.

/pedantic mode off
Posted by: xbalanke   2006-07-12 19:18  

#13  That was Kabir Bedi


Kabir Bedi is an Indian international film actor, most famous for his roles of Sandokan in the TV series Sandokan, Prince Omar Rashid in the soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful and Gobinda in the James Bond film Octopussy.
Posted by: john   2006-07-12 18:14  

#12  I think I saw JJ in a Bond film...

Octopussy, I think.
Posted by: mojo   2006-07-12 17:30  

#11  Ah! Ed was right. Head of state is a muslim. Thanks John.
Posted by: 6   2006-07-12 16:15  

#10  For a "steely eyed missile man" like Kalam, a few words of praise from Werner Von Braun must be worth ten doctorates.
Posted by: john   2006-07-12 15:55  

#9  thanks for setting me straight john... i was misinformed on Kalam's education.
Posted by: Crolunter Phique5007   2006-07-12 15:51  

#8  Though Kalam is referred to as "Dr", these are honorary doctorates (he was chancellor of a university).
He has just a first degree in aeronautical engineering.
He never bothered to obtain a PhD - too busy building rockets and overseeing military projects.
Werner Von Braun visited him in India, complimenting him on the SLV rocket. That speaks for itself.




Posted by: john   2006-07-12 15:44  

#7  I think John sed he was a Muslim. Weird, no?

The Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (head of government) is a Sikh - PhD in economics
(note the turban - Sikhs must not cut their hair, hence the need to wrap it).

The Army chief - General JJ Singh is also a Sikh



The Indian President Abdul Kalam (the head of state) is a muslim



He is NOT a nuclear scientist, as is sometimes written in the press. He is a rocket scientist - the designer of India's first satellite launch vehicles and ballistic missiles. He is good at project management and was in overall charge of the 1998 nuclear tests at Pokran.

The real power in Delhi is actually a woman - the head of the congress party - Sonia Gandhi - a christian


Posted by: john   2006-07-12 15:32  

#6  Found out that Singh has a PhD in Economics, and the Indian president (Kalam) has a PhD in Nuclear Physics. Talk about qualifications to run a country...
Posted by: sludge   2006-07-12 13:51  

#5  Singh = Sikh. Also that turban is a Sikh dastar.
Posted by: ed   2006-07-12 12:56  

#4  I think John sed he was a Muslim. Weird, no?
Posted by: 6   2006-07-12 12:26  

#3  I believe he may be a Sikh. Sikhs wear turbans as a matter of religious observance, but they're not generally "turbans" in the "turbans and automatic weapons" sense.
Posted by: Mike   2006-07-12 10:59  

#2  Yep, the prime minister is wearing a turban after all.
Posted by: sludge   2006-07-12 08:41  

#1  //I'd suggest killing large numbers of turbans, but that doesn't seem to be politically possible for anybody... //

doent say that. sadlee reminz me of em jakass hoo killt that sikh in AZ shortlee after 911.

>:(
Posted by: muck4doo   2006-07-12 02:05  

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