5 terrorists exchanged for a captive?

Most of the countries have the policy of not undertaking any negotiations of any sort with terrorists but Afghanistan seems to have forgotten that rule.rather they negotiated with the terrorists when the Taliban kidnapped the Korean christian group and it is rumored that the Taleban were paid off then.naturally the taleban being who they are naturally used that money to regrouped,get new arms and get a whole deal stronger.now they kidnapped a german contractor as well as his 4 Afghanistan helpers.on hearing about this,the Afghan government immediately started negotiating with the Taleban and gave in to the Taleban demands that about 5 of their comrades who were being held in Afghan prisons to be let off right away.the Afghan government complied and got the German freed.
This sets a rather bad precedent to the rest of the world and what is more such acts by any government only serves to strengthen the Taleban and in future,the Taleban will think that they have the upper hand.when will the Afghan government realise that they have committed a serious error in judgement and they need to be more careful in the future when dealing with such terrorists.

U.S company provided weapons to Iraqi terrorists??

Stranger things are happening in real life compared to reel life.it seems that a U.S firm in Blackwater,USA may have provided weapons to Iraqi terrorists and terrorist organisations in the middle east.normally whenever we talk of weapons procurement we tend to think of shady cafe's with a dark interior,fat men smoking cigars and gravelly tones.well,it seems that all that has changed.now it is a United states office building,air conditioned,and men in ties that do the procurement for the terrorists.

Weapons have always been a fast profit making business for many a weapons dealer but to hear the news that the Feds are investigating a firm in Blackwater for this very reason is kind of surreal,in the sense that the terrorists are being provided the very weapons that attack us not by shady arms dealers in a dark cafe in,say,Syria but rather by United states citizens in a well lit air conditioned office in the United States of America.times have sure changed and not for the better especially if the allegations are proven to be true.

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Hyderabad blasts-more terror?

This is indeed sad to see so many people and their families in such misery.my heart goes out to all of the victims and their families.this is one cowardly act and the people who have committed this crime should be made to face what they have done.the perpetrators are such cowards,they do not even have the courage to give themselves up.it is high time that the government took a very firm step with all militants and shows them no mercy whatsoever.
The recent trend has shown that the infiltration has not stopped and what is also worrying is that there are so many misguided youth who undertake such cowardly acts.whoever they may be i totally condemn them and pray to god that they will be made to pay in more ways than one!

The United States warns Pakistan!

The United States intelligence agencies have warned Pakistan that Al queda may be regrouping in the NWP of Pakistan.that is only logical to assume that in view of he ongoing attacks on Nato troops stationed in Afghanistan.and naturally the Pakistani government is a bit peeved that it is now being asked to act on assumptions and ideas without any factual proof.the Pakistani government in a recent press conference pretty much said that.what is more they have indicated to the United States that they are doing a lot in this war against terror and hope to be suitably rewarded,so the United States has made a recent grant of 1 Billion dollars to Pakistan in its fight against terror.what remains to be seen of course is whether the erstwhile president mr Musharaff can deliver on his promises to the U.S.

Bush says NO to Iraq pullout!

George Bush has threatened to Veto any legislation that may be passed by both the houses.so the war that nobody wants goes on.this is a war whose reasons were found on the most flimsiest of reasons.and even as i write this the War against the Iraqi's still rage on.with hundreds dying every month is it any surprising that the fate of the entire nation is being decided thousands of miles away in the American heartland.i do not in any form or matter sympathise with the militants and do believe that they should be dealt with most severely.but the fact of the matter is that many innocents are being caught in the crossfire or the militants A.K.A terrorists are using them as human Shields.when will the blood letting stop.
I have to say that any American withdrawal under the present circumstances will be deadly for the Iraqi's and a full fledged civil war will break out.as much as we may love to disagree with Bush but in this case we would have to agree with him.the war should have never happened but it did.so lets not dwell on whether it should or should not have happened and let us face facts.
one:an American withdrawal without any allied presence in Iraq would allow Iran and the militants to foment a civil war.
two:if America does indeed want to withdraw its troops it should do only after the United nation forces take their place
three:the United nation forces are at the moment understaffed and their weapons outdated,so before any substitution can take place this must be corrected
four:Iran should be made to understand in very clear terms that any interference in Iraq affairs will not be tolerated by the world at large.
five:the middle east as a whole should understand that a stable Iraq is in their best interests.
six:the militants/subversives,terrorists should all be hunted down and dealt with right away so that security and peace for the Iraqi's is assured.
no troop withdrawal can take place before all of the above points are dealt with.otherwise it will be disastrous for Iraq and its citizens!

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American contractor killed by Taleban in Kabul!

Today saw the Taleban flexing its muscles of sort in Kabul.the Taleban managed to kill an American security contractor by crashing their car into his.to make matters dicey,they had rigged up thier car with explosives.an eyewitness reported seeing the two cars of the contractors rushing past him,then the taleban's car with explosives made a beeline for the contractor's car and then there was a loud bang.in the explosion an afghan citizen along with the american contractor was killed on the spot.another american was injured.this scene is almost out of a movie.i am not a security expert but should one not vary one's ingress and exgress[entry and departure] points from time to time so as to avoid such ambushes?anyway the Taleban are flexing their muscles but it is all for nothing.the whole world has seen what the Taleban can do and would not allow the rise of it again not even in a minor position!as far as the world is concerned the Taleban is a terrorist group and as such would be dealt with accordingly!

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Lebanon on a simmering boil !

Lebanon is slowly but surely heading into the danger zone of a civil war as fresh clashes broke out between the lebanese army and the militant group Fatah islam.this islamic militant group is holed up in one of the many palestinian refugee camps in lebanon.ironically these camps were set up by the Lebanese for the palestinian refugees
fleeing as a result of Israel incursions.and now it seems that Lebanon may have bitten more than it could have chewed.what is worrying many of the security advisors of the current government is the rapid pace with which this new "intifadaa" is spreading across the multitude of refugee camps.it all started with the Palestinian refugee camp of Nahr el-Bared,and recently a U.N convoy was hit as it was caught in the crossfire bewtween theLebanese army and the Fatah group.the third truce which was declared bewteen the two groups did not even last one whole hour before it was broken all over again.in all of this i should guess that Israel may be feeling a little smug as they had faced this militant groups many many times and Lebanon had always downplayed any objections the israeli's may have raised in the international fora vis-a-vis militancy!

Another blast in Baghdad!

This seems to go on again and again.trying to prevent such bomb attacks from happening is not going to be easy.but i think that the solution to the problem is tackling it at the groundroots rather than just building a bunker.events in baghdad are spiraling out of control and the fatalaties seem to be on the rise all over again.if the U.S as well as the other allied powers are not careful then we may end up having a full fledged sectarian war.it is sad that two sects belonging to the same religion can hate one another so much but then again,in christianity,the roman catholics and the protestants hate one another with the same intensity as it can be seen more clearly in Ireland.
Regarding Baghdad,we cannot simplify the problem.there are militants there who would like nothing better than to see a civil war break out and watch them tear the country apart.this is what the heads of both the communities must realise.they must realise that as more car bomns and attacks of sectarian nature take place,the militants are slowly but surely tearing Iraq apart and that they are winning the war,not the Iraq government or the sunnis or the shias or the Allied powers.That is the sad truth.so tackle the problem at the ground roots and make both the communities realise what is at stake.after all religious sentiments or false pride alone is not going to put the food on the table,is it?