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...civilian population of just 5 million). The military's hard-line tactics have sparked considerable anger among the local populace. The presence of those troops - despite the decline of the separatist movement - is the core complaint for ordinary Kashmiris like Baig. India ignores the rage of these young men at its peril. Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, head of Srinagar's central mosque and chairman of the moderate faction of the Hurriyat group of separatists, warned in a recent speech that if the concerns of the Kashmiri people are not heard, "the mind-set of those individuals, particularly youth, will likely deteriorate...
...Will such disillusionment evolve into a more serious threat against the Indian state? In their jeans and Nikes, the resentful young men of Srinagar identify most closely with youths on the streets of Gaza and the West Bank, not those in jihadist training camps. But they also insist that religious heads support what they do, and that if they die in a protest, they will be considered martyrs. A military intelligence official in New Delhi who has served in Kashmir worries, "Many young Kashmiris have taken arms and embraced radical Islam because there is no hope of a good life...
...helped us achieve unparalleled prosperity. I was telling John and Deval on the ride over here, you just get excited being here and seeing these extraordinary young people and the extraordinary leadership of Professor Hockfield because it taps into something essential about America -- it's the legacy of daring men and women who put their talents and their efforts into the pursuit of discovery. And it's the legacy of a nation that supported those intrepid few willing to take risks on an idea that might fail -- but might also change the world...
...British immigration officials landed at Baghdad International Airport with about 50 illegal Iraqi migrants from British deportation facilities. Armed Iraqi soldiers stormed the plane and ordered the officials to take the Iraqis back to Britain. British newspapers described the incident as a hugely expensive blunder. Nine of the men chose to stay in Baghdad voluntarily, while the rest were flown back to immigrant jails in Britain. One of the Iraqis aboard the plane told an Iraqi refugee organization that the soldiers had ordered the British officials to "go away and not try to send people back by force again...
...have been startled by the revelation that Griffin had once shared a platform with Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke, and won't have been reassured by Griffin's risible statement that the KKK is "almost totally non-violent." Griffin also said he found "the sight of two grown men kissing in public really creepy." A lesbian audience member told him "the feeling of revulsion is mutual." She spoke for a large numbers of Britons, who would never have dreamed of voting for the BNP anyway. (Read: "Europe: Scowling Voters...