India excited over next week's Kerry visit - reporter points to BCCI and

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how it figures into the current state of global nuclear proliferation.

At least India's reporters know the importance still of the BCCI story.

Note that India had requested further investigation into the A Q Khan network - I will BET that Bush is discouraging the investigation because we all know that his daddy and Cheney and their cronies were ALL covertly involved in the illegal networking. (And likely, Bin Laden, too)

HEY - STUPID AMERICAN REPORTERS - BCCI holds the answers to EVERYTHING HAPPENING TODAY!


Saturday, January 07, 2006

Kerry’s coming, Delhi hopes he will soften on n-deal

Visit Will meet PM on Jan 11; he was among first to warn of A Q Khan

PRANAB DHAL SAMANTA

NEW DELHI, JANUARY 6 Amid debate in the US over the July 18 nuclear deal with India, former Presidential candidate and high-profile US Democrat Senator John Kerry will make a brief visit to India next week as the Bush Administration prepares to approach Congress for an exemption to take the deal forward.

Kerry, edged out by Bush in a closely fought election last year, is slated to meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on January 11. He is currently also a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

Considered an ardent advocate of tightening non-proliferation controls, a supportive view by Kerry will count in building a positive climate for passing the India-specific legislation that the Bush Administration plans to table soon. The proposed legislation, which will grant full exemption to India from US non-proliferation laws, needs to be passed by both chambers of the Congress.

While Kerry has always emphasised on strengthening the international non-proliferation regime, he has not openly opposed the Indo-US nuclear deal. To that extent, New Delhi will look to impress upon him the logic that the deal will actually strengthen multilateral efforts to realise long-term non-proliferation objectives.

Kerry is far from a learner on these issues. Back in December 1992, Kerry was among the first few to raise the finger of suspicion on the clandestine dealings linked with the Pakistani nuclear programme. He named A Q Khan in his report on the BCCI (Bank of Credit and Commerce International) affair and identified the matter as one that must be fully investigated in the future.

“BCCI provided $10 million in grants in the late 1980s to finance an officially ‘private’ science and technology institute named for Pakistani President Ishaq Khan, whose director, A. Qadir Khan, has been closely associated with Pakistan’s efforts to build a nuclear bomb. The institute is believed by some experts to be the headquarters for Pakistan’s efforts to build an Islamic bomb,’’ he had said then. South Block officials feel that Kerry’s understanding of the issue runs deep and that he has indicated in the past a greater role for India in curbing the clandestine spread of nuclear weapons.

India has already argued in the IAEA for a more detailed investigation into unraveling the A Q Khan network that, it feels, lies at the heart of addressing the Iran nuclear issue. This was also partly reflected in the last IAEA resolution in the matter.

Kerry’s visit comes during what has come to be known as the season for ‘‘Co-dels (Congressional delegations)’’ in Delhi. US Speaker of the House of Representatives Dennis Hastert, the third highest ranking official in Washington, leads a strong delegation of around 10 members, including the Indian-American Congressman Bobby Jindal, on January 13 for discussions with Indian officials. Another Congressional delegation will follow the week after.

Besides this, US Under Secretary for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns too will be here in mid-January for talks on implementing the nuclear deal.

© 2005: Indian Express Newspapers (Bombay) Ltd. All rights reserved throughout the world.

[Eric J in MN]

1. here is a link to article

http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=85439

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5. Grazie.

Knew I forgot something.

[DoYouEverWonder]

2. Interesting timing for Kerry to go to India

and draw attention to the BCCI scandal and the Khan network. I hope he has ulterior motives?

[MH1]

3. I think this trip has been planned for awhile. n/t

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4. Not sure that it's Kerry drawing attention to it - In India BCCI is STILL

a HUGE story. Especially when Khan was outed a couple years ago for supplying nuclear weapons around the world. Funny, how BushInc downplayed that whole story even as they exaggerated the threats from Iraq, Iran amd Syria.

The American newspapers will NOT touch the story. I swear they must know they will be targeted for severe or deadly punishment if they do.

I have long suspected that Plame or her associates had gotten too close to the Khan network and that was why she was outed.

[ragin_acadian]

6. and BCCI's legacy is still alive and well,

in other english speaking countries. evidence this: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4399336.stm

how 'bout this: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4399336.stm - BBC actually mentions Abu Nidal! They could have gone one step further, and just posted a pic of good ol' uberpatriot Ollie.

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9. If journalists would only take a step back into IranContra and BCCI, they

would be able to find the roadmap for everything that BushInc and the fascists are up to today.

[ragin_acadian]

11. wouldn't you just love to have a vintage, 1980's era, tinfoil hat,

right about now? damn. i bet those things are worth money. :woohoo:

someone sat on mine at a party, and i don't think it is worth much, but i still have my Pete Brewton book. AUTOGRAPHED!

sorry for the sarcasm, but yes, if some syndicated columnist could just tell us about:
Jim Bath - http://www.cbc.ca/fifth/conspiracytheories/saudi.html
Adnan Khashoggi - http://www.questionsquestions.net/docs04/khashoggi-911.html
or
Camilo Padreda - http://georgewalkerbush.net/BushFamilyValue$.htm

and their relevance to the federal deficit, the current regime, and quoteunquote terrorism.

then there would be no need for this board.

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14. Reynold's aluminum is the same - hasn't changed a bit

Howeve,r the BFEE has gotten stronger since they bought up control of most broadcast media.

[ngGale]

7. There was this odd happening....

Dr AQ Khan's files going missing from a Dutch court:-
Amsterdam | September 11, 2005

A court in Amsterdam which sentenced Pakistan's father of nuclear programme DR AQ Khan to four years in prison in 1983, has lost Dr Khan's legal files. The court's vice-president suspects US intelligence agency CIA to be behind the documents disappearance.

"Something is not right, we just don't lose things like that. I find it bewildering that people lose files with a political goal, especially if it is on request of the CIA. It is unheard of," The News quoted judge Anita Leeser as saying in a Dutch news show NOVA.

She added: "Now I think somebody lost the files on purpose ... I think that there was some political influence at play nationally and internationally."

http://news.webindia123.com/news/showdetails.asp?id=115422&n_date=20050911&cat=World

Don't suppose we would have to ask, why? :scared:

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8. HOLY CRAP!!!!! I missed that one. Something is DEFINITELY afoot.

Maybe those papers went missing BEFORE Fitzgerald could track them down?

[MelissaB]

12. Oh, what a tangled web we weave...

Dammit, I hate spiders!

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13. And this is an octopus size spider.

There's a good reason why the operation run by the Bushes was named the Octopus. Long tentacles that can reach in 8 different directions around the globe.

[karynnj]

15. We really are an outlaw nation in the eyes of many

Look at this quote:

"Something is not right, we just don't lose things like that. I find it bewildering that people lose files with a political goal, especially if it is on request of the CIA. It is unheard of," The News quoted judge Anita Leeser as saying in a Dutch news show NOVA."

This is really devastating to read - I still can't believe half the nation voted for Bush's values over Kerry's real values.

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16. The media made certain the public didn't HEAR the truth about either man.

They had invested 4 years worth of covering up and whitewashing Bush's actual record, and they couldn't let the truth about Kerry and his actual record be known.

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10. This is a great article.

Seems to recognize that to get Kerry's support, India has to offer something of value in enhancing global non-proliferation efforts.

This is certainly a well-written and intelligent article compared with much of the shallow tripe we are fed by American media (and I mean that beyond just the pro-Kerry spin. Oh wait, it's the intelligent analysis that makes it seem so pro-Kerry...) :banghead: