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To: longnshort who wrote (6013)	2/16/2006 5:34:47 PM
From: Peter Dierks	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9838

I haven't read a post of yields in many months.

To: longnshort who wrote (6013)	2/20/2006 8:29:19 AM
From: Proud_Infidel	Respond to of 9838

Ladakh burns in imported terror (Buddhist-Muslim clashes) HT India ^ \| New Delhi, February 16, 2006 \| HT India Ladakhis are not used to this: religious tension, clamping of curfew and the army marching through the place better known for its Buddhist chants, prayer flags fluttering between mountains and the arid, pristine moonscape. Old timers say Ladakh has not seen communal tension since the 1970s when Buddhists and Muslims went for each other's throat over minor incidents. This time, as the world burns in the Prophet cartoon row, the division between the two communities happened over the reported desecration of the Holy Koran in Bodh Kharbu. The picturesque village, which is mainly populated by Buddhists, is located in the Muslim-dominated district of Kargil in the Ladakh region. Infuriated locals say a Muslim youth had witnessed a page or two of the Koran being shredded to pieces. The young man has gone missing but Ladakh simmered with tension for over a week as youths from both the communities tried to outdo each other in acts of vandalism. Houses were torched, a police officer was attacked and his eye almost gouged out. The worst-hit places, apart from Bodh Kharbu, were Leh and Chhuchod, the biggest village in Ladakh. While the army marched through Leh to enforce peace, the Muslim-dominated village of Chhuchod became an easy target for mob violence. At night, the Buddhists in the village were forced to flee to the nearby hamlets of Stok and Matho. Residents of Bodh Kharbu wonder how their village ended up in communal flames. "If it is proved that one of the villagers was involved in the unholy act, he wouldn't be spared," say local people. Buddhist leaders like 60-year-old T. Dorjey say terrorism was imported into this highland of peace and tranquility. They suspect the role of Kashmiri militants in fomenting seeds of discord among peace-loving Ladakhis.

To: longnshort who wrote (6013)	2/20/2006 11:53:03 AM
From: Proud_Infidel	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 9838

Pappy' Shot Down by Campus Ignoramuses WSJ- Opinion Page ^ \| Friday, February 17, 2006 2:31 p.m. EST \| John Fund It's well known that college students today aren't as educated in our nation's history as they should be, but it's still hard to grasp the mind-bending political correctness just displayed by the University of Washington's student senate at its campus in Seattle. The issue before the Senate this month was a proposed memorial to World War II combat pilot Gregory "Pappy" Boyington, a 1933 engineering graduate of the university, who was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for his service commanding the famed "Black Sheep" squadron in the Pacific. The student senate rejected the memorial because "a Marine" is not "an example of the sort of person UW wants to produce." Digging themselves in deeper, the student opponents of the memorial indicated: "We don't need to honor any more rich white males." Other opponents compared Boyington's actions during World War II with murder. Read more at opinionjournal.com .... opinionjournal.com