Archive for the ‘South-central Asia’ Category

July 2, 2009

US Soldier Captured By Taliban

A US soldier missing since June 30 is a prisoner of the Taliban in Afghanistan.
The US spokeswoman would not provide further details.

May 20, 2009

U.S. Military Burns Qur’ans ahh Bibles

Appears that U.S. Military in Afghanistan burned Christian Bibles rather than have them fall into Afghan hands.
Shameful. Another sign of how far we’ve fallen as a society.

May 13, 2009

Navy Decommissions USS Kitty Hawk

The Navy has decommissioned USS Kitty Hawk.
“Kitty Hawk had been the Navy’s oldest active warship since 1998 and turns over the title to the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65). Kitty Hawk was also the Navy’s last remaining diesel-fueled aircraft carrier. Throughout its lifetime, Kitty Hawk has had 407,507 arrested carrier landings and 448,235 [...]

April 15, 2009

India Tests Nuclear Capable Prithvi-II

India has conducted a successful test of its improved Prithvi-II nuclear capable missile.
Express India says that “India on Wednesday successfully test-fired an improved version of nuclear-capable ‘Prithvi-II’ ballistic missile with a range of 350 km from the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur, about 15 km from Balasore, off the Orissa coast.”

April 10, 2009

Top US General Sorry For Mistakes Studies Islam

Top US General in Afghanistan, Gen. David McKeirnan, is so sorrrrry for all the mistakes America has made and is now studying Islam.

March 6, 2009

Give India The GE LM 2500 Engines

Talk about wacky decisions, the U.S. Department of State has denied India’s request for GE LM2500 gas turbine marine engines, ordering GE to stop work.
India chose the superb GE engine to power its new Shivalik-class frigates.
GE describes the LM2500 as a “simple-cycle, high-performance engine. Derived from GE’ CF6-6 aircraft engines, the LM2500 consists of a [...]

February 9, 2009

Bangladesh: Angry Muslims Beat Bible Student

Muslim pilgrims attending an Islamic conference in Dhaka, beat and threatened to kill a Christian man handing out gospel tracts to Muslims.
The Compass Direct report says “A throng of more than 50 raucous Muslims kicked, slapped and punched him, he said, leaving him with a split lip. Clutching his collar and tearing his shirt, they [...]

January 12, 2009

Female Reporter Uma Singh Hacked To Death In Nepal

Journalist Uma Singh was hacked to death Sunday night by attackers armed with Khukuris. A recent article she published may have led to her death. Singh reported on women’s issues. GroundReport has photographs of her.
Makunda says Singh was “killed at her house Sunday evening.”

December 2, 2008

Indian Muslims: We Don’t Want Terrorists In Our Cemeteries

Our cemeteries have no room for the terrorists of Mumbai. That is where Indian Muslims stand and their feelings are loud and clear.
NDTV quotes Hamid Abdul Razzak—president, Dawat-e-islami—as saying: “The killing of innocents is against Islam. They are bringing shame to 25 crore Muslims of India. These men are not Muslims. Why should we [...]

November 30, 2008

Mumbai Massacre—It’s The Jews Fault!

JIDF reports on some anti-semitic groups —including some on Facebook—that are blaming Jews for the Mumbai massacre.

Just the other day I read that Deepak Chopra and Iran were blaming America. The terrorists went to Mumbai, killed innocent men, women, and children and the best people can do is blame Jews and blame America; incredible.
JIDF [...]