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| 2008-10-27 |
| NOWSHERA (Rajouri): “As salam aleikum,’’ an elderly Qasi Afzal Masood greets this correspondent and leads him into his hut in Nowshera village close to the Line of Control (LoC). A small-time farmer, Qasi has no means of entertainment in his dingy hut except a radio which he says has been his prized possession for years now. So what does he listen to on the radio? ‘‘Sometimes news and otherwise Hindustani songs,’’ he says with a smile. But what he says next, rather casually, comes as a surprise: ‘‘One can also tune in to Pakistani radio programmes as their signals reach our village. Many other villages also listen in.’’ While the Army and police machinery are already worried about signals of Pakistani mobile service providers reaching the Indian side, Pakistani radio programmes have become yet another cause of concern. Had these only to do with songs and other entertainment it would have been a different matter. But some programmes talk of Kashmir’s ‘‘aazadi’’ and how blood should be spilt in all cities in India. Qazi, 55, who has seen militancy grow all these years in Nowshera, considered to be a stronghold of Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) and Hizbul Mujahideen (HM), tunes in his radio to the frequency 102 MHz. After a few minutes of static, on comes ‘‘Voice of Kashmir’’, a programme on Pakistani radio. A few advertisements follow (about soaps and washing powder) and then begins a 30-minute programme aimed at the Kashmiris in India. ‘‘Hamare Kashmiri bhaiyon ko Allah-tallah ka hukum hae ki Hindustaniyon ka qatal karo, sare aam unki gardane kato. Hindustani hukumat ko bata do ki unki koshishen humko juda karne ki kabhi kamayab nahi hogi. Kashmir hamara hai or rahega....’’ (Our Kashmiri brothers, the Almighty desires the public beheading of Indians. Show the Indian Government that its ‘‘efforts’’ to keep us separate will never succeed.) After 30 minutes of such incendiary exhortation, the speaker winds up with: ‘‘Kashmir zindabad, Allah hafiz.’’ ‘‘These people provoke us to pick up arms but I can tell you that most of us want to remain with India. We too are keeping track of what is going on in Pakistan,’’ says Qazi, who has witnessed fierce gun battles in his village, the most recent being the killing of two top HM members who were trying to infiltrate into India. But it is not only 102 MHz that is spreading the anti-India propaganda, another such frequency — 106 MHz — too has the same agenda. Star Radio has also taken up a ‘‘Hate India’’ campaign. Asked how the radio signals are being picked up in India and what they plan to do about it, police officials say they are helpless. ‘‘Earlier, the Pakistani mobile phone towers and radio towers used to be far from the LoC. Of late, they have brought them much closer to the LoC and now all signals reach Indian villages,’’ a police official said, adding that most of the content on the 15-hour radio broadcasts was anti-India. According to him, 60 per cent of the residents of Rajouri, Poonch, Nowshera, Deragali listen to the highly provocative speeches. ‘‘This issue has to be addressed by the higher-ups in New Delhi. We cannot do much except for monitoring the programmes,’’ he remarked. |
| Posted by:john frum |
| #8 Iran claims to have nukes, US does nothing, Israel removes Iran and parts of Iraq from the map (casualty of war). A 2nd Cold War starts between Russia, China, and US. The illuminati media claim that we are at fault. |
| Posted by: Pliny Uluque4891 2008-10-27 22:07 |
| #7 Obama allows an attack on US soil, then nationalizes everything in response. |
| Posted by: ex-lib 2008-10-27 21:46 |
| #6 Russia makes a play in South /Central America and Nobama cheers. |
| Posted by: USN, Ret. 2008-10-27 17:15 |
| #5 Iran attacks Israel and the US doesn't respond. |
| Posted by: bman 2008-10-27 17:04 |
| #4 Given my respect for RB'ers in general I would like to pose the following question for debate. This seems like an appropriate thread though not the best possible. Given Biden's rant about "the world is going to test Obama (aka the One)", I'd like to get a reading on A) what are the likely tests he will face, and B) what will he do about them? This is based on my assumption that the Dems will force us into unilateral retreat from Iraq & Afghanistan and probably South Korea and Europe. All in the name of cost cutting. My top ten choices in no particular order are: 1) Indo - Pak war 2) Afghan - Taliban (Pak) war 3) Iran - Iraq war 4) Paleo - Israel war (possibly Hez and Hamas together) 5) China makes a move on Taiwan of a strong economic / diplomatic take with a military backing. 6) Venezuela / Bolivia attack Columbia. 7)Iran goes nuclear 8) Arab on Black or Black on White genocide in Africa. 9) Russia makes a grab for something in Eastern Europe. 10)EUization of European Financial Industry. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2008-10-27 15:44 |
| #3 A high-altitude nuke explosion will shut 'em down real fast. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2008-10-27 13:45 |
| #2 Radio-mille colines. |
| Posted by: anonymous5089 2008-10-27 09:33 |
| #1 you should hear the bits on the 104 Morning Zoo Drive-by Show |
| Posted by: Frank G 2008-10-27 08:33 |