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| Indian PM's Stockholm Syndrome |
| 2006-09-17 |
| By B.Raman In simple terms, the expression Stockholm Syndrome, which came into vogue in 1973, refers to a psychological condition in which a victim of terrorism, finding himself powerless in the hands of a terrorist, starts empathising with the terrorist. 2. Our Prime Minister, Dr.Manmohan Singh, seems to have been smitten with the Stockholm Syndrome ever since the Mumbai blasts of July 11,2006, in which 184 suburban train commuters were killed by suspected members of the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LET), a Pakistan-based terrorist organisation, which is a member of Osama bin Laden's International Islamic Front (IIF) For Jihad Against the Crusaders and the Jewish People. 3. At a time when a growing number of Western analysts and even policy-makers has started doubting the sincerity of Pakistan's President, Gen.Pervez Musharraf, and suspecting that he has been a playing a double role----openly as a front-line ally in the war against terrorism and covertly as the supporter of the Pakistan-based jihadi terrorists--- our Prime Minister has sought to play down the extent of Musharraf's perfidy with regard to jihadi terrorism directed against India from Pakistani territory with the help of organisations such as the LET, which operate under the control of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence ( ISI). 4.The growing suspicion of Musharraf's role in the West has been evident in Western and even independent Pakistani analysts' comments on his so-called peace accord with the Taliban in North Waziristan and the subsequent release of nearly 2,500 persons arrested in Pakistan after 9/11 because of their suspected involvement in acts of jihadi terrorism. |
| Posted by:john |
| #2 An Indira Ghandi wouldn't have succumded to this sort of SS. The Congress cannot traditionally get their acts together decisively. |
| Posted by: Duh! 2006-09-17 16:19 |
| #1 Imagine Israel accepting a proposal from President Ahmadinejad of Iran for a joint anti-terrorism co-operation mechanism! hmmm.. but in a way, if you think about Iran's proxies and Kofi and Lebanon ... oh, never mind. |
| Posted by: Shush Sholuth7794 2006-09-17 11:06 |