American Intifada: A Reply to Julie O'Neill

Submitted by Jaisingh Thakur (India), Jul 22, 2007 at 09:47

For the information of Julie O'Neill and others who may bask in being the first to honour " the great mujahid", Osama bin Laden, I wish to tell her that politicians in India, as banal and despicable as they come, have already bestowed the highest honour possible on him. During the Assembly elections in the Indian state of Bihar, one of the prominent politicians was seen going about the rounds of his constituency in the company of an exact look-alike of Osama bin Laden.

Being a mere politician, it may not have been in his power to bestow any honorific on him, but who knows ? A large section of our population being in sympathy with these terrorists, along with Osama, some day some one may come up with the brilliant idea of honouring criminals like Dawood Ibrahim, and Chhota Shakeel for their " brave" deeds and on the lines of 11th Sept. in the U.S.A. our spineless politicians may be forced to declare 12th March as a " National Holiday" every year.!

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