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[1] From: Sukla Sen <suklasen@yahoo.com> Date: Fri Jul 8, 2005 Subject: Letter from Wounded London [The London bomb blasts, and the likes, need be condemned in no uncertain terms. This is morally terribly wrong in so far as it targets non-combatants. The fact that Bush, or Blair, commits (much) greater wrongs does in no way mitigate. Some of those hit may very well belong to the anti-war camp. This is also, almost always, very much counterproductive. Such was the traumatic effect of 9/11, conspiracy theories had to be spawned to suggest that it was all a got up game. Got up or not, the effects have been extremely negative. The people of the US, UK and the developed North have a major role to play in the fight against the Empire. This was amply demonstrated on February 15, 2003. These morally reprehensible and brutal acts hugely undercut the fight for their hearts and minds and immeasurably strengthen the hands of reaction. Furthermore, the forces behind such acts, more often than not, are evils in themselves. And it provides a grand opportunity to the (evil) Empire and its cohorts to present themselves as the crusaders against the Evil, and thereby the angels. In fact, these evil forces also follow the very same tactic. Those who??™re fighting for a more rational and humane world cannot afford to economise on morality nor be blind to the practical impacts of such dastardly acts. They must fight both the evils relentlessly.] http://www.opendemocracy.net/conflict-terrorism/london_2655.jsp Letter from wounded London Isabel Hilton 7 - 7 - 2005 The terror attacks in London are a moment to reaffirm democratic values, says openDemocracy editor Isabel Hilton. It was a cruel contrast. On Wednesday Londoners rejoiced at the news that the city had won its Olympic bid. Thursday??™s front pages were given over to scenes of jubilation. But as those editions reached the newsstands, London was already a darker, grimmer place, as a series of coordinated explosions ripped through its transport network. The victims are still being rescued. The dead and injured are still being counted. We can only imagine the terror experienced by the thousands who were close to the explosions, some trapped in the darkened tunnels, dazed by the shock of what had overtaken them in the course of a normal journey to work. Millions more suffered that fear that grips the heart until friends and family can be reached. The dread, the deaths, the injuries, the lives devastated ??“ this was London??™s story today, as it has been the story of many others in many places, from Baghdad to New York, Paris to Bali, Madrid to Istanbul. London is a city of diversity and tolerance, a multicultural capital, open, crowded and dynamic. These are the qualities that give it its vitality. The transport system is an easy target. Today the city is at a standstill; emergency services struggle to reach the trapped and the wounded. Londoners have been stoic in the past in the face of terror. For thirty years the capital was the object of intermittent attack by the IRA, occasionally bombed, frequently disrupted. Each attack is an assault on the city??™s trust and tolerance and it would be naive to imagine that these qualities are not at risk. But now is a moment to reaffirm those values ??“ to resist blaming any community or faith for the actions of criminals, to defend traditions of justice, dissent and solidarity ??“ that broad ground on which the democratic citizen stands. Hundreds of thousands of these citizens have been in Scotland this week, gathering to demonstrate their discontent with the leaders of the G8, to argue for another path, for different priorities, for urgent attention to poverty in Africa and the cataclysmic threat of climate change. They are the voice of the democratic values that terror seeks to destroy. London is a wounded city today. Other attacks may follow. How should we, democratic citizens, respond? Terror alone cannot destroy democracy, but it can provoke us to do so. It is for the police to find the perpetrators, it is for the citizen to insist that the state must not do what terror cannot, it is for government ??“ however provoked ??“ to honour and defend our liberties. ----------------------- [2] From: Sukla Sen <suklasen@yahoo.com> Date: Fri Jul 8, 2005 Subject: London Attacks : United for a World of Peace and Justice From:"C?©line B?©vierre" <celine.bevierre@...> Declaration of the "Mouvement de la paix" London attacks : ??????United for a world of peace and justice ?» Mouvement de la Paix utterly condamns the horrible terrorist attacks wich have hit Londons??™heart. We salute the victimes and send our warmest sympathy to their relatives and to all the people injured. We express all our solidarity and friendship to the British People. Mouvement de la paix is fully ' joining the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament of Great Britain to say that: "Violence and killing cannot solve the world's problems, whether perpetrated by state or non-state actors. They only bring untold suffering to innocent people. We urge all peoples, (...), to unite to follow the path of peace and justice.??? The first reactions of the great powers leaders are worrying. It is not in more militarization througout the world and our societies that the human beings will be more secure. This old policy of force shows every day its tragic failure: while preparing war, it is not peace wich is coming, but war. As the G8 Summit is opened, the great powers can and have to take their responsabilities in front of History. The human security, the right for all to live decently as it has been decided in the UN through the Millenium Goals, is ready to hand: the military expenditures have just passed 1000 billion U$D.Less than 20% could insure to all human beings his/her fundamental rights. A world more just, more respectful of huan rights and international law is the funamental answer to what builds recrutements to fanatics and fascists. The G8 must hear it. *1035 U$D -source SIPRI june 2005 Paris July 8th 2005 ------------------------------------- [3] From: Pradeep Deshpande <proton54@hathway.com> Date: Fri Jul 8, 2005 Subject: Ayodhya to London.. proton54@hathway.com 1.The serial bomb explosions in London on 7th July only remind us the ghastly 9/11 attack.In both cases only innocent citizens have been killed .But so has been the case with terrorist game plans all over ;may they be Islamic nations or secular nations like India and mind you the nations like US and UK who boast to be democratic internally but resort to imperial terrorism in the name of 'World peace'. 2. The attack on London is certainly in sharp retaliation to G-8 summit where they are going to discuss global warming etc.They are not going to have global terrorism on their agenda; That was attended to by single G-1 named US seconded by another G-2 the Britain when they attacked Afghanistan and Iraq to catch Bin Laden alive or dead and their ended when they caught hold of Saddam all alive for his single mistake; he tried to nationalise his national wealth ; oil fields !. 3.So it's in reality a struggle between bigger terrorists and smaller ones ;the former resort to T.moves to bring the whole world under their iron heels and the latter with outright fascist move in resistance against G-8. 4.The G-9.. India is on the way to join hands with G-8.truely India wants peace of mind on the global scale and back home.The recent attack on Ramlalla campus in Ayodhya can not be said to be unwarranted.The terrorist camp back home invited the trouble 0n 6/12/1992 and then the progrom in Gujrat still fresh in the people's mind . It's said that army marches for food and livelihood and not to kill any outside enimies ;So is the case with multi faceted terrorism;It's a haven for job seeking youths between 20 to 35. All belong to poor families; not a single son of Shaikh, Guru, Maulavi, Father or priest or any one from affluent class have ever joined terrorism to feed themselves by pledging their lives. 5.The recent attack on Ayodhya has a sent a sound message to all ; Terrorism is a distinct phenamena and has nothing to do with any religion and religious teachings.Though the extreme right wing tried to make use of the event to dust it's fascist face, people around simply ignored them and the nation went back to to it's right to work and livelihood and our PM was free to join G-8 meet. 6 The ravagious rains, floods and overflowing rivers in many parts of the country only helped to calm down the likely communal tensions. The extreme and not-so-much extreme right wings were also not in mood to waste their energy in local war against terrorism -the Bush style, since they have been striving 7X24 for their own survival. 7.So friends, we may conclude this by saying;' Only Sultani terrorism can bring peace on earth provided it's recieves Aasmani aid- in-trade from the mother nature . The dates like 12/6, 1/13, 2/27, 9/11,7/5 and now 7/7 are the historical events worth celebrating during the entire 21 st century ! Agree ? Thanks for saying NO ! |
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