Goodbye Iraq: Last US combat brigade heads home!Thus, the War zone is Fully Shifted in South Asia from Middle East!The Return of US Army would NOT change anything in India where the Aboriginal Indigenous Humanscape is facing the heat and dust of Corporate war under ZIONIST HINDU Strategic realliance. Super Power Hndu Nuclear India is now a Partner of AMERICAN War, the War against Terror and US Army is physically present in Indian subcontinent as the most Decisive Force of global Political Economy and Galaxy Post Modern Manusmriti Satanic Order Illuminiti! Hence, I am afraid to say that we Indians, specifically the Black Untouchables share the Destiny of Iraq People, MASS Destruction and Ethnic Cleansing!
Back Home in India,the Government has issued an advisory to the States and put the country on high alert in the wake of some Intelligence inputs that Pakistan-based terrorists may strike during the upcoming festive season.
Mamata Banerjee asked to explain her Lalgarh remarks
Opposition in both the houses of the parliament sought clarification from the central government on its stand on WB Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's comments during her Lalgarh rally.
In Rajya Sabha, Sitaram Yechury asked, "How can a minister side with Maoists?" Congress on its part says that Mamata made those comments in her capacity as a chief of a political party and not as a minister.
Banerjee on Wednesday said that she stood by her statement that it was wrong to kill Maoist leader Cherukuri Rajkumar alias Azad. "Whatever I said in Lalgarh, I stick to it. In our democratic set up, we always prefer an amicable settlement and a peaceful solution. In a democratic set up we are for amicable and peaceful solution. I have heard the Independence Day speeches of the President and the Prime Minister. They also spoke on the same lines," said Banerjee.
West Bengal asked to hand over nine immigration checkposts
Expressing concern over increasing infiltration from Bangladesh into West Bengal, the central government has asked for control of nine immigration check posts (ICPs) in the state, a senior state government official said Thursday.
A central team comprising officials from the finance and external affairs ministries met state government officials at the state secretariat in the afternoon to discuss the issue.
'The team members alleged that the infiltration from Bangladesh into West Bengal has increased because of improper monitoring and controlling of the ICPs by the state government,' the official said, adding the team urged the state government to hand over the nine ICPs including that located near Haridaspur in North 24 Parganas.
Confirming the development, Home Secretary Samar Ghosh said: 'We will apprise the central government about our views on this issue shortly after discussing the matter.'
Kalmadi stays away from CPP meeting
Suresh Kalmadi, who is in the eye of a storm over alleged corruption in the Commonwealth Games, did not attend the Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP) meeting today. This was despite the fact that the meeting was convened by the Congress MP from Pune in his capacity as CPP Secretary.
Party sources said Kalmadi was asked to stay away from the meeting where Congress President Sonia Gandhi said the government will look into the allegations of malpractices and spare no one found to be involved in them after the event. Kalmadi had also not participated in the discussions in the Lok Sabha on the Commonwealth Games held last week.
At that time, party and government sources had said Kalmadi neither approached the party''s flood managers in Parliament for giving him an opportunity to speak as party MP nor did he move the Presiding Officer or the party to make a personal explanation. The debate in the Lok Sabha had seen a sharp attack on Kalmadi by several opposition members.
Kalmadi was not present in the House when Sports Minister M S Gill had replied to the debate.
Row over N-Liability Bill, govt promises to address concerns
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Goodbye Iraq! Last US combat brigade heads home!Thus, the War zone is Fully Shifted in South Asia from Middle East!For me, it is quite an Experience as I began the Interactive Novel AMERICA SE SAVDHAN, Be Aware of America during the First Gulf War launched by senoir Bush.I was then working as Chief sub editor in Amar Ujala on the Middle east war desk! Since the time, the Map of the world is changed. USSR disintegrated. Indian Ocean Peace zone has been taken Over by United States of America and Israel. India has become a FREE MARKET Democracy and the World is on Fire!The Return of US Army would NOT change anything in India where the Aboriginal Indigenous Humanscape is facing the heat and dust of Corporate war under ZIONIST HINDU Strategic realliance. Super Power Hndu Nuclear India is now a Partner of AMERICAN War, the War against Terror and US Army is physically present in Indian subcontinent as the most Decisive Force of global Political Economy and Galaxy Post Modern Manusmriti Satanic Order Illuminiti! Hence, I am afraid to say that we Indians, specifically the Black Untouchables share the Destiny of Iraq People, MASS Destruction and Ethnic Cleansing!
Back home in India, the Government has issued an advisory to the States and put the country on high alert in the wake of some Intelligence inputs that Pakistan-based terrorists may strike during the upcoming festive season.
Row over N-Liability Bill, govt promises to address concerns
PTI
New Delhi, Aug 19 (PTI) The Nuclear Liability Bill was today embroiled in a fresh row with BJP and Left objecting to an amendment proposed by a Parliamentary panel on suppliers' obligation in case of an accident but the government sought to allay the apprehensions of opposition parties. The Union Cabinet meeting scheduled this evening to consider the Bill was postponed till tomorrow, apparently to consider the objections raised by the opposition. BJP and Left parties raised objections to addition of a word 'and' in the Clause 17 which says that "the operator of a nuclear installation shall have a right to recourse where -- (A) such right is expressly provided for in a contract in writing". The parties fear that insertion of the word dilutes the obligations on the suppliers of equipment in case of a nuclear accident. Government, on its part, sought to allay apprehensions over the recommendations of the Standing Committee, saying all concerns would be addressed. "I assure my friends in BJP and Left that we have already taken their concerns on board. If there are any concerns, there are some concerns that have been raised today, all those concerns will be addressed in all seriousness," Minister of State in PMO Prithviraj Chavan told reporters. "Wait till the amendments are brought to Parliament," he said when his attention was drawn to objections raised over the amendments. The report of Standing Committee on Science and Technology, which examined the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damages Bill 2010, proposed that the Clause 17(A) may end with word 'and'. It also proposed modification of Clause 17(b) to say "the nuclear incident has resulted as a consequence of latent or patent defect, supply of sub-standard material, defective equipment or services or from the gross negligence on the part of the supplier of the material, equipment or services". BJP, which had agreed with Congress on changes in the Bill, shot off a note to the government, saying clubbing of Clause 17(A) and (B) dilutes provisions relating to the liability of suppliers. BJP said adding 'and' was not discussed at the Standing Committee or at the meetings the opposition leaders had with Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee. BJP contended the "efficacy and utility of Clause 17 (b) on the supplier is completely destroyed by the supplier not agreeing to an agreement in writing. Thus, what Clause 17(b) gives as a protection to the operator, the word 'and' snatches it away". The BJP note, handed over to Minister of State for Science and Technology Prithviraj Chavan by party leader Arun Jaitley, said "since the nuclear power plants are to be operated only by the government or government companies, it would be to our own advantage to delete the word 'and'." (MORE) PTI SKU AKK
Goodbye Iraq: Last US combat brigade heads home
By REBECCA SANTANA (AP) – 20 minutes ago
KHABARI CROSSING, Kuwait — A line of heavily armored American military vehicles, their headlights twinkling in the pre-dawn desert, lumbered past the barbed wire and metal gates marking the border between Iraq and Kuwait early Thursday and rolled into history.
For the troops of the 4th Stryker Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, it was a moment of relief fraught with symbolism but lightened by the whoops and cheers of soldiers one step closer to going home. Seven years and five months after the U.S.-led invasion, the last American combat brigade was leaving Iraq, well ahead of President Barack Obama's Aug. 31 deadline for ending U.S. combat operations there.
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EDITOR'S NOTE: The 4th Stryker Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division was officially designated the last combat brigade to leave Iraq under Obama's plan to end combat operations in Iraq by Aug. 31. Associated Press writer Rebecca Santana joined the troops on their final journey out of the country.
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When 18-year-old Spc. Luke Dill first rolled into Iraq as part of the U.S. invasion, his Humvee was so vulnerable to bombs that the troops lined its floor with flak jackets.
Now 25 and a staff sergeant after two tours of duty, he rode out of Iraq this week in a Stryker, an eight-wheeled behemoth encrusted with armor and add-ons to ward off grenades and other projectiles.
"It's something I'm going to be proud of for the rest of my life — the fact that I came in on the initial push and now I'm leaving with the last of the combat units," he said.
He remembered three straight days of mortar attacks outside the city of Najaf in 2003, so noisy that after the firing ended, the silence kept him awake at night. He recalled the night skies over the northern city of Mosul being lit up by tracer bullets from almost every direction.
Now, waiting for him back in Olympia, Wash., is the Harley-Davidson he purchased from one of the motorcycle company's dealerships at U.S. bases in Iraq — a vivid illustration of how embedded the American presence has become since the invasion of March 20, 2003.
That presence is far from over. Scatterings of troops still await departure, and some 50,000 will stay another year in what is designated as a noncombat role. They will carry weapons to defend themselves and accompany Iraqi troops on missions (but only if asked). Special forces will continue to help Iraqis hunt for terrorists.
So the U.S. death toll — at least 4,415 by Pentagon count as of Wednesday — may not yet be final.
The Stryker brigade's departure left about 52,600 U.S. troops in Iraq as of Thursday, said Lt. Gen. Robert Cone. The U.S. military's top spokesman in Iraq, Maj. Gen. Stephen Lanza, called Iraqi security forces ready to defend the country despite "some violent acts that we've seen."
"Their capability continues to grow, which has enabled us to conduct our responsible drawdown," Lanza said on CBS's "The Early Show."
Based in Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington state and named for the vehicle that delivers troops into and out of battle, the Stryker brigade lost 34 troops in Iraq. It was at the forefront of many of the fiercest battles, including operations in eastern Baghdad and Diyala province, an epicenter of the insurgency, during "the surge" of 2007. It evacuated troops at the battle of Tarmiyah, an outpost where 28 out of 34 soldiers were wounded holding off insurgents.
The U.S. military kept a tight lid on security, restricting the media embedded with the U.S. troops from reporting on the brigade's movements until they were almost to the border.
The brigade's leadership volunteered to have half of its 4,000 soldiers depart overland instead of taking the traditional flight out, a decision that allowed the unit to keep 360 Strykers in the country for an extra three weeks. The remainder of the brigade flew out with the last of the troops slated to leave later Thursday.
U.S. commanders say it was the brigade's idea to drive out, not an order from on high. The intent was to keep additional firepower handy through the "period of angst" that followed Iraq's inconclusive March 7 election, said brigade chief, Col. John Norris.
It took months of preparation to move the troops and armor across more than 500 kilometers (300 miles) of desert highway through potentially hostile territory.
The Strykers left the Baghdad area in separate convoys over a four-day period, traveling at night because the U.S.-Iraq security pact — and security worries — limit troop movements by day.
Along the way, phalanxes of American military Humvees sat at overpasses, soldiers patrolled the highways for roadside bombs, and Apache attack helicopters circled overhead as the Strykers refueled alongside the highway.
Chief Warrant Officer 3 Gus McKinney, a brigade intelligence officer, acknowledged that moving the convoys overland put soldiers at risk, but said the danger was less than in past.
The biggest threat was roadside bombs planted by Shiite extremist groups who have a strong foothold in the south, McKinney said.
But except for camels straying into the road, and breakdowns that required some vehicles to be towed, there were no incidents. The last of the Strykers rolled across the border just before 4 a.m. Thursday into Kuwait, honking their horns and waving to the small crowd gathered at the crossing.
The brigade's leadership was on hand to greet the troops after they crossed the border and pulled into a parking lot where they shed their sweaty armor and stumbled out of their Strykers.
"This is powerful. This is exciting for me. As a commander, this means that all of my soldiers are safely inside of Kuwait and getting ready to redeploy back to their families," Norris told The Associated Press.
The worst of the ride was conditions inside the Strykers — sitting for hours in a cramped space — and the temperatures outside that reached 50 Celsius (120 Fahrenheit).
The driver's compartment is called the "hellhole" because it sits over the engine and becomes almost unbearably hot. The vehicle commander and gunner can sit up in hatches to see the outside world. At the tail end are hatches for two gunners. Eight passengers — an infantry squad in combat conditions — can squeeze in the back.
Riding as a passenger felt a bit like being in a World War II-era submarine — a tight fit and no windows. The air conditioning was switched off to save fuel on the long ride south to Kuwait. Men dozed or listened to music on earphones.
Once out of Iraq, there was still work to be done. Vehicles had to be stripped of ammunition and spare tires, and eventually washed and packed for shipment home.
Meanwhile, insurgents have kept up a relentless campaign against the country's institutions and security forces, including a suicide bombing this week that killed 61 army recruits in central Baghdad. It was only the latest violence to highlight the shaky reality left by the departing U.S. combat force and five months of stalemate over forming Iraq's next government.
For Dill, who reached Kuwait with an earlier convoy, the withdrawal engendered feelings of relief. His mission — to get his squad safely out of Iraq — was accomplished.
Standing alongside a hulking Stryker, his shirt stained with sweat, he acknowledged the men who weren't there to experience the day with him.
"I know that to my brothers in arms who fought and died, this day would probably mean a lot, to finally see us getting out of here," he said.
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