[Assam] Revealed: Assam kids plant bombs for Rs 100

[Chan Mahanta]

At 5:11 PM -0700 10/18/06, Rajib Das wrote:
>Besides, the use of child soldiers - whether by legal
>national armies or extra legal liberation militants -
>is illegal. Offcourse if you are a terrorist, you are
>not bound by any kind of laws - even the human ones.


Ahhh, the legendary Indian rule of law here :-)! Them 'terrorists' 
flouting laws of warfare. How disgraceful!!

Maybe that poor fellow Nipul Saikia can tell us a thing or two about 
Indian Army's law-abiding professionalism after they stop his RECTAL 
BLEEDING. Or Ajit Mahanta can fill us in on Indian Army's compassion 
from inside that plastic bag.













>
>--- Ram Sarangapani <assamrs at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>  C'da,
>>
>>  >The point is about the continuation of the conflict
>>  spanning over two
>>  decades, getting worse  over time. And as the
>>  >asymmetry widens, so does the
>>  desperation and its resultant by-products.
>>
>>  So, as insurgents get desperate, children are at
>>  stake. When can we expect a
>>  Beslan?
>>
>>   >Will you have the courage to face the victims of
>>  the 'secret killings' of
>>  Assam to suggest that their loss is not nearly >as
>>  bad as, say the children
>>  of Dhakuakhana, since the former was perpetrated by
>>  unknown evil people,
>>  while the >latter was, to be reasonably suspected to
>>  be by ULFA?
>>
>>  All murders are bad, C'da. To the victims of secret
>>  killings or even the
>>  families of ulfa cadres the loss of their loved ones
>>  is terrible. Nothing
>>  that you or me or the GOI or the ULFA can make it
>>  right.
>>
>>  But as a society, we specially have a much softer
>>  corner for children. And
>>  when their innocence is used for ulfa's or the GOI's
>>  advantage, it doesn't
>>  speak well of the perpetrators.
>>
>>   >Or can you, with a straight face argue, that the
>>  millions of children of
>>  India scouring garbage piles left by the Great
>>  Indian Middle Class'
>>  >consumption , for the struggle to survive and dying
>>  untimely deaths,
>>  homeless, hungry, bereft of the most rudimentary of
>>  the necessities of life,
>>  is >somehow not nearly as grotesque as children used
>>  to plant bombs by
>>  insurgent groups?
>>
>>  Whats your point C'da? Yes, millions of children
>>  everywhere in the world are
>>  exploited - even in the US. This is a societal
>>  problem. But just because the
>>  society is derelict or hasn't been able to provide
>>  the best for our
>>  children, it certainly does not mean insurgent
>>  elements take that as a cue
>>  to send children into harms way?
>>
>>  >The outrage is SELECTIVE and CONVENIENT, designed
>>  to make political points
>>
>>  It may seem so. But the reality is that it does hurt
>>  when children are used
>>  in this way. There are no excuses here. If the GOI
>>  were to send India's
>>  children to fight its wars with Pakistan or fight
>>  insurgencies, my
>>  indignation would have been similar or more.
>>
>>  --Ram
>>
>>
>>  On 10/18/06, Chan Mahanta <cmahanta at charter.net>
>>  wrote:
>>  >
>>  >  Ram:
>>  >
>>  >
>>  > The point is about the continuation of the
>>  conflict spanning over two
>>  > decades, getting worse  over time. And as the
>>  asymmetry widens, so does the
>>  > desperation and its resultant by-products.
>>  >
>>  >
>>  > Do GoI's honchos huddle in the backrooms of the
>>  palace to connive to let
>>  > loose the army , armed with AFSPA  and other such
>>  devices, on the Assamese,
>>  > or Kashmiris or the myriads of groups across
>>  India?
>>  >
>>  >
>>  > One would have to say, NO. It does not happen that
>>  way.
>>  >
>>  >
>>  > *But the NET EFFECT is the same, isn't it?*
>>  >
>>  >
>>  > Does it matter to its ultimate victims whether it
>>  is an outcome out of
>>  > connivance of a few evil people, or universal
>>  exploitation or benign apathy?
>>  >
>>  >
>>  > Will you have the courage to face the victims of
>>  the 'secret killings' of
>>  > Assam to suggest that their loss is not nearly as
>>  bad as, say the children
>>  > of Dhakuakhana, since the former was perpetrated
>  > by unknown evil people,
>>  > while the latter was, to be reasonably suspected
>>  to be by ULFA?
>>  >
>>  >
>>  > Or can you, with a straight face argue, that the
>>  millions of children of
>>  > India scouring garbage piles left by the Great
>>  Indian Middle Class'
>>  > consumption , for the struggle to survive and
>>  dying untimely deaths,
>>  > homeless, hungry, bereft of the most rudimentary
>>  of the necessities of life,
>>  > is somehow not nearly as grotesque as children
>>  used to plant bombs by
>>  > insurgent groups?
>>  >
>>  >
>>  > Or maimed and deformed children begging on the
>>  streets of great Indian
>>  > cities, plucking their scabs to bleed a little
>>  more, to compete with those
>>  > others whose wounds are not nearly as bad; are
>>  nothing  compared to ULFA or
>>  > Kashmir militants
>>  > or tribal-Naxals exploiting their children to
>>  smuggle explosives to
>>  > destroy the lives and life-styles of other
>>  INNOCENT Indians?
>>  >
>>  >
>>  > Give me a break Ram.
>>  >
>>  >
>>  > The outrage is SELECTIVE and CONVENIENT, designed
>>  to make political points
>>  > and
>>  > augment the propaganda of the Indian
>>  establishment, to whom it is more
>>  > important to hold on to the real-estate, of Assam,
>>  of Kashmir, and damn
>>  > those who occupy the ground!
>>  >
>>  >
>>  >
>>  > c-da
>>  >
>>  >
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>>  > At 10:34 AM -0500 10/18/06, Ram Sarangapani wrote:
>>  >
>>  > C'da,
>>  >
>>  >
>>  >
>>  > >See, the Great Indian Middle Class, is soooo very
>>  kind to the children of
>>  > its under->classes, it must hurt their
>>  sensitivities to see these ULFA
>>  > rogues use children to do their >dirty work!
>>  >
>>  >
>>  >
>>  > This is what one would call 'spinning out of
>>  control' :)
>>  >
>>  >
>>  >
>>  > Yes, mal-treatment to children by any class of
>>  people is bad. But this
>>  > mal-treatment is not an organized effort by the
>>  GOI or some state or even a
>>  > group of people. What you are referring to is a
>>  social problem, and NOT a
>>  > connived effort by groups of people trying to harm
>>  children.
>>  >
>>  >
>>  >
>>
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