Ceasefire and Crack the terrorists

1. My Take on the Lebanese ceasefire:

I was thinking "Gods must be crazy", but the Gods finally answered to the weeping mothers of the Lebanese and the Israelis. A much awaited ceasefire came into force this Monday, after a bloody month.

Israel's agenda before the war:
1. Get the 2 soldiers back
2. Eliminate Hezbollah as an armed force
What Israel achieved:
1. International recognition of the border problem
2. Bolstering of the UN force
3. No word on the two soldiers who were kidnapped
4. Hezbollah celebrating victory in Lebanon, they are far from being tarnished.

I was hearing to Michael Young on the NPR radio. Young is one of the writers in the Daily Start, an English newspaper in Lebanon. The Hezbollah was created as an armed resistance against the Israeli occupation. It cannot be expected that the armed group will disarm so easily. The Hezbollah is just not a political party.

Recently the head of Hezbollah, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah sounded as if he was the president of Lebanon. The general public opinion in Lebanon is now divided, over the disarmament of the Hezbollah. Most acknowledge the role of Iran in the functioning of Hezbollah, and the support that it provides to the group, but again it is an indigenous armed resistance that was born in Lebanon by the Lebanese people. Few people among the current Lebanese administration hinted that the Hezbollah may be inducted in the mainstream Lebanese army over a period of time, but that too now seems to be impossible in the foreseeable future, instead it is now worried that the Hezbollah may snatch the opportunity to take control of the whole military and political structure in Lebanon, if the current government does not act swiftly in maintaining law and order. Nasrallah stated that Hezbollah would not be disarmed with threats or under pressure. "The demand the grouping to be disarmed cannot happen urgently or through pressure and provocation", Hassan Nasrallah said in a TV address.

The situation is going to be very delicate and tense, and the ceasefire maybe very short lived. Even after the much sought after cease fire, there have been some skirmishes between the Hezbollah and the Israeli defense forces. The ceasefire succeeded in stopping the humanitarian and economic casualties, but the uphill task still remains at large. Any settlement in the Middle East has to involve Syria, Iran, Palestine, and Israel, with the Arab League and the United States as the moderators. Or else forget about peace. In the recent war, Lebanon was just a pawn in the whole complex game.

2. Terrorists caught red handed @ the London airport. Good job aayye!!

Finally kudos to the Scotland Yard, and the Pakistani Intelligence which acted under pressure to catch the freaking radical terrorists red handed. What can I say, when I come from a country where some states have been wrecked by terrorism for more than 20 years. They were planning to use a deadly concoction of liquid which can bring hell inside the aero plane...Duh!! How will some security guard know if three friends are traveling with some Gatorade, shampoo, gel and some water looking liquid, which will pass as medicine? Once they sit in their seats, and Hola!!...they can each go to the restroom and assemble the lethal life sucker bomb.

It all started when a concerned neighbor suspected some fellow and reported to the police, and that sparked the run, stalking each movement of the group, until it was perfect time to catch all the 19 of them red handed. Investigators said the attackers planned to use common electronic devices to detonate liquid explosives to bring down as many as 10 U.S.-bound jumbo jets. Security sources say that the would-be terrorists discussed blowing their bombs in midair over American cities, maximizing casualties in the air and on the ground.

Air travel has taken a new shift as an aftermath of the unfolding of the terror trap. All liquid and gels have been restricted. Carry on baggage have been strictly restricted to just one. As the saying goes, "Prevention is the best medicine", we have to take the best medicine for years to come, or else we will fall into the hands to the terrorists.

3. Digboi ULFA Bombing:
Sadly on 7th August my beloved hometown Digboi got a shot in the arm when the ULFA allegedly planted a bomb at a security check point. Long alienation by the Govt Of India, (at least some portion of the population feel that way) provoked armed resistance against the Indian establishment. Members from the outlawed group lobbed a grenade at a security checkpoint in the oil township of Digboi. The explosion took place at 7.30pm. A small boy died in the explosion while three paramilitary soldiers and as many civilians were seriously injured in the attack.