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To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (48276)	4/8/2005 3:39:29 AM
From: IQBAL LATIF	Respond to of 50167

A day in life of a Pakistani 'even our dacoits are Islamic'-The truth is that, apart from being adept in commando training, the robbers these days wear beards and observe the tenets of Islam. They have been reported as telling their victims that they should say namaz and read the Quran and give money in charity. As they rob the inmates of a house they appreciate their observance of namaz and advise their women to observe the Islamic veil. This goes to show that the state has done a good job of Islamising the society in the country. Even its dacoits are Islamic! According to Jang, (February 10, 2005) three dacoits were killed in a police encounter near Gujranwala. The dacoits killed three police officials too before they were shot. The police said the high official casualty was because of the way in which the dacoits faced the police. They said that the three seemed to be trained guerrillas who had come out of jihad and turned to robbery. The truth is that, apart from being adept in commando training, the robbers these days wear beards and observe the tenets of Islam. They have been reported as telling their victims that they should say namaz and read the Quran and give money in charity. As they rob the inmates of a house they appreciate their observance of namaz and advise their women to observe the Islamic veil. This goes to show that the state has done a good job of Islamising the society in the country. Even its dacoits are Islamic! The commando training has come via jihad which the state inculcated among the sons of the poor and the unemployed. Many jihadi militias did dacoity on the side and thus enriched their leaders. *

To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (48276)	4/8/2005 1:41:44 PM
From: JD	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50167

"Awards for what?" ..."the overwhelming majority of award winners are always senior officers, Lt Colonels and above"... ..."So, the distribution of these awards on the basis of battlefield performance is simply out of question." -------------------------------- One can see the same thing here in the US, with the exception being those awards that demand the highest standard of battle field conduct: Son accepts dad's Medal of Honor WASHINGTON -- Paul Ray Smith's 11-year-old son, standing only chest-high to President Bush, accepted the nation's highest award for valor Monday for his late father, who exposed himself to enemy fire in Iraq and saved at least 100 of his fellow U.S. soldiers. Outnumbered and exposed, Army Sgt. 1st Class Smith stayed at his gun, holding back an advancing Iraqi force until a bullet in his head claimed his life. Bush presented the Medal of Honor on the second anniversary of the day Smith died in battle in 2003, near Baghdad International Airport. borderlandnews.com -------------------------------- It seems to me that those Kashmiris from both sides of the border who had the courage to ride the bus on that first day deserve awards, also... The silver lining of the post 9/11 terrorism cloud is that every act of cowardice performed by a terrorist is being eventually answered by 1000 acts of courage by ordinary citizens, as illustrated by the bus riders above and by those brave Iraqis who were the first to appear at the polls on election morning.