[Assam] Iraq & -jihadi-and war on terror

[umesh sharma]

I am watching CNN now about a series called "Dead Wrong" -- that US went to war with Iraq which had no "Weapons of mass destruction" --ie no nuclear or chemical weapons etc -even the chemical weapons Iraq had used on Kurds earlier as on Kuwait had disappeared. There was no history  of the existence of such weapons ever.
   
  There was indeed history that Iraq then was openly rewarding suicide bombers in Palestine (as did many other nations in the Middle East -like in Qatar even my landlord -hailing fro India had to pay $200 pa to support Chechneya rebels in a govt run company) - giving thousands of dollars to those who died as jihadis - against Israel.
   
  US needed to fight war on terror (after Sep 11) --in the heart of the problem -Middle East -where even now top Saudi muslim clerics denounce US etc -as during i think Condo Rice's visit this year. Afghanistan has no rich supporters nearby-mostly remote like Artic circle. 
   
  The hotbed was in Middle East -and in SE and South Asia -with muslim minority India, Singapore, Thaliand then feeling the brunt. Then Jihadi muslims impudently hijacking Indian Delhi plane from Nepal to Afghanistan in Dec 1999 - and getting their 5 hard core leaders released in return: India watching helplessly. There was no help nearby: Bangladesh , Pakistan -both with Islamic fundamentalists as dominant minority (with India already smarting from Kargil [Kashmir] war six months previously with Pakistan's current Prez's behest- in May 1999-stopped by Bill Clinton's intervention forcing Pak to take back its troops). Afghanistan was more like a backwater where all sorts of fungi grow up -with germs orginating and  coming from elsewhere.
   
  Any comments on how the war on terror would have played out if there had been no active US military presence in Middle East ? Would the Arab nations and Iran etc been eager to hand over the jihadis to US//UK/UN etc?
   
  Would India have been safer then? Would we have seen lesser scenes like Delhi bombings etc which killed 50 people?
   
   
  Umesh

umesh sharma <jaipurschool at yahoo.com> wrote:
    life expectancy i only 63 years --lower than Inida and equal to Egypt.
   
  http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/iraq_statistics.html scroll down. Fertility rate is very high.
   
  So where was the Iraqi heaven many talk about?
  

umesh sharma <jaipurschool at yahoo.com> wrote:
    
http://www2.unesco.org/wef/countryreports/iraq/rapport_2_1.html
   
  it seems edu was good there atleast at primary level. 
   
  adult literacy was very low --about 20% literate
   
  http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/iraq_statistics.html
   
  Secondar school ednrolmment is only 30% and highre education even worse. I winder Iraqi minister thinks Iraq's glory days are over after 2003.
   
  It seems the illiterate adults turned jihadis are fightining the US army.
   
  Any comments?
   
  Umesh
   
  
umesh sharma <jaipurschool at yahoo.com> wrote:
    http://www.gse.harvard.edu/impact/stories/other/al-bakaa.php
   
  what did he learn (and teach)?
   
  Umesh


Umesh Sharma
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Harvard Graduate School of Education,
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Class of 2005

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5121 Lackawanna ST
College Park, MD 20740

1-202-215-4328 [Cell Phone]

Ed.M. - International Education Policy
Harvard Graduate School of Education,
Harvard University,
Class of 2005

weblog: http://jaipurschool.bihu.in/     
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Umesh Sharma
5121 Lackawanna ST
College Park, MD 20740

1-202-215-4328 [Cell Phone]

Ed.M. - International Education Policy
Harvard Graduate School of Education,
Harvard University,
Class of 2005

weblog: http://jaipurschool.bihu.in/    
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Ed.M. - International Education Policy
Harvard Graduate School of Education,
Harvard University,
Class of 2005

weblog: http://jaipurschool.bihu.in/
 		
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