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To: hmbsandman who wrote (9672)	11/20/1999 7:18:00 PM
From: JPR	Respond to of 12475

Damn that sounds exciting! Those Indonesian pirates are a huge menace. If India can kick them where it hurts it would be a good thing for everyone concerned. Those Indonesian pirates got whupped in their ass by the cooperative efforts of the Indian Navy, Coast Guard and the aircraft. This is one of the reasons why India wants to control the sea lanes in its neighborhood. Some countries in the -hood are a little jealous and nervous about it. Too bad. The can't keep a good guy - India - down anymore. US and the west are realizing slowly that we own those lanes and no Schmuck can get past us in the -hood without us knowing about it. JPR

To: hmbsandman who wrote (9672)	11/20/1999 7:43:00 PM
From: JPR	Respond to of 12475

The Ugly American: Two Tales Two Cities London and Mumbai A WW II American soldier had been on the front lines in Europe for three months, when he was finally given a week of R & R. He caught a supply boat to a supply base in the south of England, then caught a train to London. The train was extremely crowded and he could not find a seat. He was dead on this feet and walked the length of the train looking for any place to sit down. Finally he found a compartment with seats facing each other; there was room for two people on each seat. On one side sat only a proper looking, older British lady, with a small dog sitting in the empty seat beside her. "Could I please sit in that seat?" he asked. The lady was insulted. "You Americans are so rude," she said, "can't you see my dog is sitting there?" He walked through the train more and still could not find a seat. He found himself back at the same place. "Lady, I love dogs - have a couple at home- so I would be glad to hold your dog if I can sit down." he said. The lady replied, "you Americans are not only rude you are arrogant." she said. He leaned against the wall for a time, but was so tired he finally said, "lady, I've been on the front lines in Europe for three months with not a decent rest for all that time; could I please sit there and hold your dog?" The lady replied, "You Americans are not only rude and arrogant, you are also obnoxious." With that comment, the soldier calmly stepped in, picked up the dog, threw itout the window, and sat down. The lady was speechless. An older, neatly dressed Englishman sitting across on the other seat spoke up. "Young man, I do not know if all you Americans fit the lady's description of you or not. But I do know that you Americans do a lot of things wrong. You drive on the wrong side of the road, you hold your fork with the wrong hand, and now you have just thrown the wrong bitch out of the window." --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mumbai court likely to haul US diplomat for contempt Mumbai, November 20 (HT Correspondent) hindustantimes.com The Metropolitan magistrate's court of Mumbai may initiate contempt of court proceedings next week against Brian Heath, vice-consul in the United States Consulate in Mumbai. Mr Heath allegedly insulted the Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Usha Iyer in court earlier this week, when she was hearing the case of Bhupendra Kapadia, a citizen of United States who is under arrest on the charge of smuggling gold and diamonds. Mr Heath asked the court's permission to meet Mr Kapadia. When the court wanted to know why, Mr Heath said, "It's none of your business." The magistrate has directed Customs officials to inquire into the identity of Mr Heath so a case could be made out against him. The Customs prosecutor told mediapersons that the diplomat behaved very arrogantly. US officials could not be reached for reaction as their offices were closed for the weekend. The Customs authorities are expected to submit their report on November 25 after which contempt proceedings will be initiated against Mr Heath.