Israel faces wider threat

-Pritam S. Rana

The May 31 Mavi Marmara incident demonstrates that Islamic charities in the world are getting increasingly assertive in Israel-Palestinian conflict. The Insani Yardim Vakfi could well be an Al Qaida outfit but its capacity to rally Arab outcry against Israel is significant. First reports speak of Lebanese and other would be emulators to test the resolve of Israeli maritime resolve. Israel’s minimal force policy to deploy Sayeret Matkal special forces unit might be the policy to use minimum force as not to arouse brute force and genocide allegations. Economy of force is the basic tenet as the current global recession also affects Israeli society and its military budget. The so called activists on the other side also realize this. But on the front of the battle of charities, Israel is on the losing side.

Iran’s oil money coupled with vast Islamic diaspora in the West is acutely politically conscious and through Internet technologies capacity for organization is unmatched. Radio was the primary tool in 1948 to organize Arab youths in a fatal conflict on the question of ownership of the mandate territories. Thousands upon thousands rallied for Arab cause then and in 1967 and 1973 through organized leadership of Nasser, Sadat and Assad. After relentless pressure by US government, Israel had to give up its prized possession of Sinai, where Moses sermoned the world. In 1956, Israel’s participation in the war was easily portrayed by Arabists as a ‘colonialist’ when in fact Anglo-French Suez company was basically trying to recover its investments. The Six Day War was in response to massive build up of Soviet war machines by Nasser. Israel’s sovereignty was threatened by uncurtailed build up of Russian arms in both Syria and Egypt under the political aegis of United Arab Republic whose sole aim was to antagonize Israel and expel Jewish population by force of arms.

The issue of land for peace seems utopian but the guarantee for peace is a far cry. Golan Heights was a fortified area from where shelling was regularly conducted on Galilee settlements. Giving it way for peace with Hezbollah seems logical but who will guarantee that the same elements which cross the Blue Line and shell Moroccan Jewry with BM-21 Katyusha may not deploy T-72 Main Battle Tanks and BM-27 Grad rockets to dominate Israel’s northern towns.

Iran is assembling a vast array of rockets which are in fact powerful enough to deliver Nuclear Biological and Chemical (NBC) warheads. Iran’s de facto military, the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) also known as Sipah e Basij e Pasdaran recruits children as young as 15 or 16 to be cannon fodders in a foreseen struggle with Jews. The Quds Force of this unit, supposed to liberate Jerusalem from “Jewish occupation” reportedly controls Lebanon’s Hizballah. Hizballah (Party of God) which pilots a parallel government ala PLO in the 1970s and is also a powerful social service organization providing all services from medical care to recruiting volunteers to attack Israel. This force kidnapped Israeli soldiers Eldad Regev and Oudi Goldwasser in 2006 which began an Israel-Hizballah Summer War which killed more than 1,000 Lebanese and more than a hundred Israelis. Israel had to mobilize 30,000 young men and women to pacify this unruly aggression sponsored by Syria and Iran. Noteworthy is Lebanon now boasts ten MiG-29s in its fledgling air force of which one seat can be expected to belong to a Hizballah pilot.

Syria has been notorious supporter of anti-Israeli elements like Samir Kuntar who has been awarded with Syria’s highest medal for his campaign of bloody violence against Israeli citizens. The only sad news in United States is that $1 billion of our taxpayers money goes to Palestinian aid in Gaza. Saudi Arabian government also reinforced this aid with another $1 billion of its petro-dollars. World Alamanac lists Syrian charity as the largest while no one knows if there is any accounting or auditing of this aid if it does not reach terroristic activism whose soft form is Mavi Marmara.

Israel’s blockade of Gaza is only meant for controlling the flow of weapons from Egypt and the Mediterranean. If Israel were not to monitor and restrict its maritime frontier, arms galore will reach Gaza to arm Hamas fedayeens to open another front and invite wrath from Israeli military.

Iran’s nuclear ambition is seen as prestigious among its elites and its space program backed by cash hungry Russian government is sure to invite doom and massacre to Iran’s public. The only reason stopping Israel from launching Osirak style raid is the fear of antagonizing United States. US troops overseas will be legitimate targets of Teheran sponsored terrorists. The latest Shahram Amiri affair is nothing but a stark reminder by Iran’s conservative government that they mean business and seek nuclear parity with both Jerusalem and Washington. Iran’s nuclear capability and its strike capability to continental United States will give it enormous leverage and bargaining power from protecting its citizens abroad or threatening US withdrawal from Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. Restive Iraq is Iran’s playing field. A nuclear armed Iran will also be an important chess piece for Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) planners to mitigate US influence and values such as good governance, human rights, fair distribution of resources, fair wage (scientific management) and freedom from threat of annihilation. By eroding US security umbrella in close cooperation with other hegemons like Russia and China, Iran is exploring business contracts in Venezuela in open violation of US Monroe Doctrine. Analysts have accurately deduced US vulnerabilities and its growing trade imbalance as well as its foreign debt. Thus as published in 1990 Pentagon journal Soviet Military Power, the shift toward Arab superiority is clear in the seemingly untenable position of Israel in media forums while US is far stretched in dealing with one movement-political Islam. Threats from Russia, China and Iran is a subject of deeper analyses.

The most disturbing aspects of anti-Israeli politics in the business front is boycott of Israeli product in the United States by a store according to Caroline Glick, a noted Israeli journalist who spoke in Los Angeles on July 21, 2010. This denotes nothing but greater financing of public media by anti-Israeli activists. The consistent push by “human rights activists” to force Israel to open fire on knife wielding crewmen is a sad push to wider intervention.

THE END
July 22, 2010

Ambrose and Pri(t)am

American writer Stephen Ambrose, a peculiar personality with no service experience managed to compose Citizen Soldiers, an awe inspiring work on US experience in World War II. He interviewed veterans lost in memory yet conjured a book which reads better than those written by US Veterans themselves. I fanstasized much of my young life being a member of the US Army. I finished Tom Clancy Guided Tour series. That boosted my military knowledge to a new level after I repeatedly read Jane's Defense Weekly at age 15.

Then today, when I possess Bertrand Stewart's classic "Active Service Pocket Book", I feel privileged to be among the few in this great nation. I am an elite. Once a Cub Scout and now a junior in US. Steinbeck! Du warst in mein Familie Bibliothek. Wo bleibst dich?

When I posted it on craigslist.org for $15,000, ireceived a curious reply. I even contemplated putting it on propertyroom.com once owned reportedly by LAPD Chief Daryl Gates. Gates was the only personality I knew apart from Hollywood. And, the reply was that I was supposed to sell it for a million. Ha!Ha!

Then I thought," I could pay the Law School bill at USC Gould School and become the next Attorney General. Well Man Rana, my granddad did serve as an Attorney General during Sir Juddha Rana's times (WWII). And I would need a $350,000 house in San fernando as well as a convertible, another $60,000. Then, I would be in a position to...guess what?

Amerikaner Leben hatte gross Materialsmus sagte Europaischer Gemeinschaftfuehrer. Und ich bin gegibt Mordangst bei einige Menschen. Es gibt dass dies Welt wer ich bleibe ist nicht freundlich zu Auslandgeboren Amerikaner. Der Iraqkrieg und das Geschichte des dies gross Staat ist gewisst bei alles Auslandstudent und ich bin dass Superpatriot, ein Scherzchrakter fuer Liberalismuspolitik. Europa geht zu Konservatismus (sehe Engelland). Und, Amerika ist in Socialismus. Wer sind Adam Schmitt?

Der Totemacher

Der Totemacher
Goetz George spielt als Fritz Haarmann, ein Morder mit immoralischer Geschmack. Psychologer Ernst Schulze (Juergen Hentsch) gemachen kritikalischer Aufgabe ueber Haarmanischer Taetigkeit. Haarman, ein militaerdienstler spricht ueber sein glaube in Kaiserheeres und unlieblich fuer kommunistisch Angeboter wer gesucht Geld von ander Menschen. Der Graphik Mordgeschichte ist stark fuer jung und Kindern aber die kuenstliche wuerdigkeit ist hoch. Goetz George spielt besser, ein versatile Schauspieler. Einmal die Dialog gegibt Angst zu dass Stenographer (Pierre Franckh), ein Stoic Charakter. Industrial Gemeinschaft hatte mehr problem. Dies Geschichte war von 1924, ein Zeit wenn Freudian und Jungian Psychonalyticalwissenschaft war neues. Die Arzt gemacht mehr Geld bei Schriftung ueber dies Kasse, Haarman gespricht. Es guckte immoralischer und unchristlich zu machen Geld ueber schmerzen auf mehrere Familie. Die Buerokratischpraxis des Stenographer, Arzt und sein Befragung ist ein Konzept auf hoch Interesse fuer alles Student auf Max Weber. Die Befragungprozess guckte unpersoennlich aber es gibt ein tief Rundblick ueber ein Mann als ein Totemacher. Die stereotypischer Gucken gegen Militaerdienstlern ist da drueber aber nicht alles sind als gross Tatetiger als Haarmann. Haarmann ist kinderunfreundlich, ein Charakter dass ist unmenschenfreundlich. Mannschaft gebrecht!
Regie: Romuald Karmacher
Dies Kino gesiegt drei 1996 Deutscher Abzeichen.

Cover 06-12-2010

Month Date, Year

CEO,
Any Company,
Any Street, Los Angeles County,
CA

Dear Sir/Ma'am,
I would like to apply for the position of copywriter at your prestigious company. My area of expertise and interest is defense and foreign affairs. I began my career in The Kathmandu Post, the first broadsheet daily published by the private sector in Nepal. I have over three years experience in print and electronic media in both editorial and reporting. I specialized in defense analysis and have keen understanding of world affairs. I have written over twenty five strong articles in various broadsheet dailies (e.g. The Himalayan Times and Space Time Today) and news portals (e.g. www.nepaliperspectives.com and www.ekantipur.com).

I am a well read person. My first effort in journalism was a school project under Fr. Eric Zimmer, S.J. whence I produced a political non-fiction work on the Persian Gulf War of 1990-1991. An editorial assistant in 2000 at age 24, I produced commendable copies for the editorial at the leading English language daily in the country. I read Jane's Defense Weekly, a world’s leading authority on defense issues, since ninth grade. I also acquired their permission to use their materials in my published work.

I am a cheerful and smart person able to work with just any type of people. I have very high standard in application to work and I am very detail oriented. I am a self learner and a sound decision maker. Also, I am very dependable and highly responsible. Moreover, I am very much impressed by creative insights and believe in meritocracy.

I am a legal resident (green card) of the United States. I have BA in English Literature and Sociology from the oldest university in Nepal. Foundation of International Services, Inc, a DeVry University affiliate in Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles County, California has verified my degree as equivalent to Bachelor of Science in Political Science from any regionally accredited college or university in the United States. Additionally, I have good appreciation of Western arts and culture. And, I like both art and commercial movies produced in Hollywood and Europe. In 2008 presidential elections, I had a wonderful opportunity to campaign for Senator McCain/Governor Palin in our community and also for a local GOP candidate-Armineh Chelebian. I also managed to shore up support for the Grand Old Party’s 30th district US House of Representative candidate Mr. David Benning by participating on his telecampaign on June 2010.

Sincerely,

Pritam S Rana
14540 Hartland Street, Apt#206,
Van Nuys, CA 91405,
Tel. (818) 988 9623
Cell: (818) 571 3265

Cossack Fury

Year 2014. World economic turmoil has taken its toll. America is weak and has withdrawn to isolationaism. While Russia, newly wealthy with enormous industrial output fueled by a solid energy boom emerges as the world's primary arbiter of world leadership. Russian president Zhinonevsky defiantly declares Russian supremacy in the high seas. International oil trade is Russian control after Russia despatches an airborne invasion of Saudi Arabia. The Russian 106. Guards Airborne Division quickly seizes Riyadh. Dhahran oil fields in northern Saudi Arabia is swept by a composite motor rifle brigade from a disguised merchantman Nikolai Vatutin. The Russian North Sea Fleet, Baltic and Fleet ancillaries converge in Western Atlantic.

US President --- calls an emergency meeting where his national security adviser alerts of an imminent assault on Azores by the Voenno Morski Flota naval infantry units. President --- orders an immediate deployment of an Marine Expediatinary Unit aboard USS Wasp in a hastily assembled task force. The US Congress has authorized a strong caveat on deploying US forces against Russia. Speaker Brieski warned president of dire consequence in a nuclear showdown with Russia. "US would be overwhelmed," she spoke on national networks. Undaunted US President quickly authorizes Lt. Col. James Blackwell to immediately seize Azores and prepare a deliberate defense. "You can count on all support," the president called from his Oval Office telephone set specially designed to communicate with theater and subordinate commands.

Blackwell was a seasoned veteran of the Persian Gulf War. He had led a company of 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines part of MARCENT strike force that launched a frontal assault against Saddam's beleagured Shiite defenders of Kuwait city. His self esteem had hurt after Army Captain Herbert Raymond McMaster had gathered much publicity after the famed Battle of the 73 Easting. McMaster's cavalry troop had destroyed a battalion plus armored units of Iraq's famed Tawakalna Republican Guard armored division. Blackwell''s grunts had suffered worst yet they prevailed against enemy forces despite their older M60A3 Patton tanks much succeptible to deadly fire of Iraq's T-72s and T-62s. In fact even, Iraq's much older T-55s were a threat to his main battle tanks and LAV-25 cannon armed armored troop carriers. The Swiss vehicles from Switzeland's vaunted MOWAG company were extremely fast yet highly vulnerable to enemy hand held weapons like the RPG-7s and RPG-18s.

Blackwell called for a battalion XO conference in which the three comapny XO's were asked to conduct a Tarawa style amphibious landing involving both LAV-25, LVTPs and M1A1s carried by LCAC air cushion vehicles. Once landed, resistance by FSB saboteurs was expected given rampant anti-Americanism is Spain following the Madrid bombings of 1998. Pro-US Aznar government quickly fell out of power and was replaced by socialists, some of whom openly talked of withdrwaing from NATO's "unwieldy" alliance and its global commitment.

The D-Day was set for June 4, 2014. Battalion S-2, Priam Rana was busy reading surveillance snapshots from F/A-18F recon flights. The Russian strategic rocket/space forces and Cold War APVO units had been consolidated into one central Cosmokommando which operated from near Moscow. General Shevechkin, the new commander skillfully ordered the lasing and destruction of all US surveillance assets. NAVSTAR GPS navigation statellites, Big Birds, KH-11 Keyholes and other research satellites associated with government were eliminated in a swift one week cmapaign. Then General Rogers at JCS realized the potential of Laser based Intertial Navigation Systems developed by Litton. Secretary of Defense ordered a major shakedown of contracts after US Space Command was unable to report anything on foreign forces. This information travelled quickly across the globe enabling the likes of Indian born traitor Gowadia to quickly transfer highly classified information to Moscow and Beijing, the known centers of the new axis - The Shanghai Cooperation organization. Suddenly US Information Warfare specialists found themselves without internet. Public enterprises failed and communication free to the world's masses again became restricted only to selected group of enterpreneurs with radio sets. Ham radios, AM radios and FM were the public's source of information. Interactive communications and networks and communities dispappeared. The power quickly shifted from the public choice to government controlled information resulting in loss of public control of their lives.

(to be continued...)

Rommels Laufer

Einmal in Cyrenaica, Feldwebel Mannberger fahrt mit Kanonepilot des Luftwaffe DAK, Hans Joachim Marseille. Der Britischer 8. Heeres ausstosst Italienischer General Graziani von sein Romanersiegfall. Marseille besucht Mannberger zu fahren sein Angebot - Oel und gepacktessen weil der Jaeger aufklaren General Montgomerischerheeres Weststoss. Leutnant Stendall ausfuehren ein Gardezug in zwei klein Kraftwagen. Dies geheimnnis Verband fahren Ost durch das Kuestefahrbahn. Jebel Akhdar, ein Oaseninseln mit Atlasberg als ein Fremdname auf Gruenwald am ein Wueste mit Ghibli unglimpfich Wind. Herr Marseille gab Feindinformation zu DAK Heeresleitung aber Britischer Mosquito aufklarer fliegt hoch zu finden und umfassen dies klein Adler welch gab hochproblem zu Britischer 8.Armee Oberkommando..

Phoenix Talon

Russischer Nationalismus Regierung macht ein Fall zu Angeboten die Iranischer Regimischer Politik gegen US und Globalischer Erdoel Angeboter Staat. Russicher SRK einheiten fahren von ein klein Uralischer Burgischer Berg zu Vladisvostok durch die Trans-Sibirsicher Rollbahnlinie zu fueren ein SS-? Topol M salvo gegen Vereinigten Staaten Peacekeeper silos in Nord Dakota. Ein SS-18 mit hochdynamit bomben ansteichen und gezestoert mehrere Wingen des Vereinigten Staaten Luftwaffe einheiten Kommandoposten.

Vereinigten Staaten Luftwaffe schicken ein elite Bomber Krafteinheiten zu stossen durch Russland-China Grenzen von Afghanistan. Dies Flugzeug kreuzt Tajikistan zu Ost und wachset das Trans-sibirischer Rollbahn Linie zu jaegen das SRK surveil einheiten und fragen ATO Gummioerdnung zu zestoeren dies kranke einheiten mit hochexplosif Kurzlangeangrefporte eigen mit ein tausend pfund hochexplosif C-4 und ist gesiegt mit surprise trotz Russischer Alarm geringt. Russicher APVO einheiten 54. Aviatsionna Polk (Jagdgeschaeder Regiment) schicken acht MiG-31 Fuchshund zu anfangen die Amerikaner Luftwaffe angreif. Fier MiG-31 fliegen von Vladivostok und fier from Domodedovo in West Russland. Die neues Russicher Flugzeug mit hochtechnologie Radar und Avionicssytem schnell finden das Amerikaner Fliger mit Infraroet Jagersystem in link das nase des Russicher neuende Interceptor....
(warten fuer mehr...Priamos)

Achim Freyerischer Niebelungen

Achim Freyer's Nibelungen based on Richard Wagner's Ring Circle is the Nordic opera harking back to pre-Roman Germanic tribal social system. Its anrthropological analysis reveals the tribal nature of the Old Europe and appeals to family and power. Die Schwertfechter sind das Kindern des Verband und ...

Lebenslauf 02-19-2010

PRITAM S RANA
14540 Hartland Street#206,
Van Nuys, California 91405
USA
Tel: (818) 988 9623
Cell: (818) 571 3265
Email: prittwitz@live.com; pritamrana@yahoo.com
URL: www.pritamrana.com

EDUCATION:
MA, Tribhuvan University, Kirtipur, 2003-continuing
BA, Campion College, Lalitpur, 1999-2002
HS, St Xavier’s Katmandu, 1987-1992

EXPERIENCE:
Consultant, LH, Reston, VA, 2010
Seasonal Sales Associate, Macy’s West, Sherman Oaks, CA, 2009-2010
Sales Associate Trainee, 7-11, Glendale and Studio City, CA, 2009
Volunteer, McCain-Palin-Chelebian Campaign 2008, Tarzana-Van Nuys, 2008
Subeditor, TKP, Katmandu, 2004-2007
Recovery Officer, Enet, Lalitpur, 2004
Reporter, Channel Nepal, Katmandu, 2003
CSR, Ask Me, Katmandu, 2002
Coordinator, Swiftscribe, LH, Lalitpur, 2000-2001
Junior Sub-Editor, TKP, Katmandu, 2000

ACHIEVEMENTS:
Articles in broadsheet dailies and online portals, 2000-present
First position, College Essay Competition, 2001
US Legal Permanent Resident, 2007-present

ASSOCIATION:
Goethe Friend, 2009-present
LAPL Patron, 2007-present
AUSA, 1997-1999
British Council, 2007
Tribhuvan Army Officer’s Club, 1988-1993
Cub Scout, 1986

INTERESTS:
Model tanks, airplanes, books, board and PC games.

REFERENCE:
krishna.shah@gmail.com
vijaygrover@hotmail.com
pdhungel2010@kellogg.northwestern.edu

Lebenslauf (Profile)

PRITAM S. RANA
14540 Hartland Street, #206,
Van Nuys, CA 91405
Tel. (818) 988 9623
Cell: (818) 571 3265
Email: pritamrana@yahoo.com

OBJECTIVE:-
• To receive a suitable position as per my qualification.
• Carry out day to day operations in most professional manner.
• Meet highest safety standard and organization goals.
• Set an ethical standard and work with élan.

EXPERIENCE:-

Seasonal Sales Associate,
Macy’s, (Store#501) 14000 Riverside Drive, Sherman Oaks, CA 91423.
Phone: (818) 788 8350
Customer support ,recovery and sales in men’s wear.

***** Relentless customer service beyond department boundaries.

Sales Associate Trainee,
7-11 Food Store, (Store#13846) 11007 Ventura Blvd., Studio City, CA 91604-3547.
Phone: (818) 980 2888.
7-11 Food Store, (Store#27083) 500 West Colorado Blvd, Glendale, CA 91204-1161.
Phone: (818) 244 5550.
Sold food, drinks, chocolates and other convenience goods at a fast paced sales environment. Operated cash register, stocked goods, made coffee, cooked chicken wings, pizza, etc. and cleaned floor space. Maintained rapport with customers to fulfill their requirements and maintained vigil to minimize pilferage.

***** Flawless sales plus customer service.

Sub-editor,
Business Bureau, The Kathmandu Post, Kantipur Publications, P. B. No 8559, Kathmandu, NEPAL.
Phone: (977) 1 4480100, URL: www.ekantipur.com
Edited news stories filed by reporters. Advised reporters on English language usage, clarity of news and checking of facts, graphs and other quantitative analysis tools used in the pages. Selected international news from AP and AFP. Wrote headlines of news stories. Assisted in layout of pg7. Translated captions of photos and finalized the aforementioned page.

***** Upgraded language and style to Associated Press standard; reduced error to zero and covered premium international as well as unnoticed cottage and agricultural products.

R & U Officer,
Renewal and Update Department, Everest Net Pvt. Ltd., Ekantakuna, Jawalakhel, Lalitpur, NEPAL.
Phone: (977) 1 5546010, URL: www.enet.com.np
Handled customer care calls. Called clients with stale accounts in order to determine problems, to persuade them to renew accounts near expiry and assisted support department to determine clients with problems. Updated expired accounts and worked to retain customers.

***** Recovered scores of customers; run a major campaign on IT security, and helped reduce operational cost by implementing advanced managerial tools.

News Reporter (Journalist, Electronic Media),
News Department, Channel Nepal Television, Kathmandu, NEPAL.
Phone: (977) 1 4487750, URL: www.channelnepal.com
News reporting with camera crew, read TV news reports, translated news items from Nepali to English, assisted video editors and handled production of daily news bulletins.

***** Helped renew diplomatic and donor interest in Nepali development, security and social issues. Conducted responsible public information campaign with conservative editorial line.

Customer Service Representative,
Himalayan Telecommerce Pvt. Ltd (ASK ME), Sigma House, Kathmandu, NEPAL.
Phone: (977) 1 2111290, URL: www.askme.com.np
Worked in national and international call centers. Provided information to customers like phone numbers and about service and products of various business organizations based upon a database. Performed telemarketing to potential customers in the United States. Undertook customer care training.

***** Met and exceeded sales targets. Marketed to consumers wishing to save by choosing affordable products. Convinced customers of established giant telecom providers - AT&T and Verizon - to switch to our partner service provider.

Administrative Assistant,
Everest Net Pvt. Ltd., Ekantakuna, Jawalakhel, Lalitpur, NEPAL.
Phone: (977) 1 5546010, URL: www.enet.com.np
Assisted administrative manager in his daily operations, arranged meetings including the agendas and minutes, circulated administrative information to other staff members, documented and filled up company reports, updated staff profile and monitored media for notices with implications to the company.

***** Maintained high standards of professionalism.

Junior Sub-Editor,
The Kathmandu Post, Kantipur Publications, Subidhanagar, New Baneswor, Kathmandu, NEPAL.
Phone: (977) 1 4480100, URL: www.ekantipur.com
Edited feature articles contributed to the opinion-editorial page. Was responsible for the then Page4, the opinion page. Prepared initial draft for editorials.

***** Selected for copyediting op-ed page.

SKILLS:-
• News analysis – international politics, business and defense issues.
• Familiar with MS Office package, e-mail and Internet.
• Nepali, German.

EDUCATION:-
• Master of Arts, Tribhuwan University, Kirtipur, NEPAL, Political Science, 2003-present.
• Bachelor of Arts, Campion College, Lalitpur, NEPAL, English Literature and Sociology, 1999-2002
• High School, St. Xavier’s School, Jawalakhel, Lalitpur, NEPAL, 1987-1992.

PUBLICATION/AWARD:-
• Published more than thirty times in national dailies in Nepal since 2000 .
• First position, College Essay Competition, Campion College, 2001

REFERENCE:-
• Krishna Shah, Sun Certified Java Specialist, 12000 Market Avenue, Unit 461, Reston, VA 20190, (703) 589 0664, krishna.shah@gmail.com.
• Prasanna Dhungel, 1725 Orrington Ave, #620, Evanston, IL 60201, Tel. (847) 274-1114, pdhungel2010@kellogg.northwestern.edu.
• Vijay Grover, IT Analyst, Telepacific, 515 S Flower Street, Los Angeles, CA 90071 Tel. (626) 319 7511, vijaygrover@hotmail.com.

INTERESTS:-
Books, movies, tennis and model airplanes.

Ein Frau in Berlin

Max Faerberboeck gemacht ein Kino wobei shaut das Schmerz und Selbsterniedrigung des Deutschen Frauen unter Sowjetischer Besatzung. Nina Hoss spielt als Marta Hillers, ein Berlin Bewohner. Roterarmee kontrolliert Gebesiegt Deutschland mit Beschaemung gegen Weibervolk, geraubt in ihrem Haus, ihrem Land.

Arm Russischer soldaten zerstoeren Heimlichkeit als Tieren, gegensatz gebildet Deutscher menschen wer spielt Klavier und haben ein persoenlich Studio. Hungrig und schwach Maedchen, alt oder jung, sind zu Huren gestuerzt. Dass war Stalinbursche, ein strafe fuer alles Deutscher Volk fuer Russland einfall. Es gibt keine Amerikaner soldaten zu retten Deutscher Zivilvolk von Russischer Barberei.

Anonyma (Hillers name war Geheimnis in Deutschland)versagt zu sicheren ander Fraulein und aufgibt zu ein Russischer Oberst. Dies versichert sie von Plunder bei ander sexuell ausgehungert Russischer Untermenschen.

Die Welt gehoert Geschicht dass Deutschland war das Teufel in Zweite Weltkrieg. Der Kino gerrinert Weltpublikum dass Deutschland hoechst gerleidet. Deutscher Volk nicht verlieren ihre Wuerde. Anonyma (Nina Hoss) ist stark in grosser Haerte. Deutscher Menschen muss nicht vorgessen Stalinismus und roter Schrecklichkeit gegen Deutscher Fraulichkeit. Ein schoen Cinema mit ein ernst Thema.

Nepal: Kingdom better than Republic

Nepal's transformation into a republic hasn't been worthwile. Nepal's monarchy has a role of unifier since Prithvi Narayan Shah's time. The current leaders also failed to consider the sustainability of monarchy for tourism. Nepal's unique monarchy appealed to a lot of foreign visitors. If countries like UK, Denmark, Norway and the Netherlands can remain a monarchy despite strong parliamentary system, it was a tragedy that Nepal was forcibly transformed into a republic. The King's role as a unifier among diversity has been completely ignored.

The Seven Party Alliance and Maoists bear responsibility of Nepal's deterioration. The advent of multi-party democracy in 1990 was skilfully exploited by anti-democratic extremist forces. The Maoists, the chief driving force behind this extremist movement got away with all of its demands. Making Nepal a republic has been a terrible blow to Nepal's image. I honestly think Nepal's friends abroad have no interest to see Nepal sink into the abyss of lawlessness and insecurity. The bottom line is Nepal has lost its identity.

Images...

Gaze at rocks,
Stern and permanent.

Look at highways,
seemingly infinite.

Talk to people,
Beautiful and gay.

Stroll in Van Nuys,
Uncouth, bland...

Defense of Chad - a chivalric episode

October 14, 1986

The French bombing of Wadi Doum airfield has enraged Libya's leader Muammar Qaddafi. Qaddafi has ordered his air force to wreak havoc on Chadian capital Djamena. To destabilize Hissein Habre, Qaddafi has ordered his army to invade Northern Chad after weakening French allies with his air force. French President Francois Mitterand has counseled with former President Valery Giscard de Estaing has asked an elite force from the EC5 (Escadre de Chasse) in anticipation of Libyan air raid on Chad. Captain Claude Schramm and Lieutenant Jean Pierre Montpelier, detached as Luftflucht Kondor are deployed to Bangui with one E-2C Hawkeye and one Boeing 707 tanker under a secret ad hoc command.

Yevgeni Shevchenko, a Soviet air force Polknovnik turned mercenary for the Libyan Air Force is tasked by Libyan commanders to strike Djamena. France's foreign intelligence arm, DGSE gives accurate flight profile of jets flying out of military airfields at Tripoli and Benghazi.

Agent Bernice posing as a laborer Abdel passes secret coded SATCOM sigals to his controllers aboard a French patrol vessel off Corsica. As Shevchenko takes off, Bangui command alerts Cicogne controllers, and Schramm and Montpelier scramble at Bangui. The Boeing tanker is already on station while the E-2C patrols northern Central African Republic airspace. Each Mirage F1C is armed with two Super 530s and two R550 Magics, two tanks and one supersonic jammer.

Der Fall:- Captain Scramm and wingman Montpelier maintain altitude at 40,000 ft and establish BARCAP north of Djamena. As Shevchenko's Tu-22 approaches, the E-2C cues Luftflucht Kondor on interception position toward bearing 045, exactly six o'clock of the quarry. Schramm orders Montpelier to break formation and attack the enemy maintaining strict radar silence. 'Errinern die Pobacken Kanone,' (Remember the tail guns) keys Schramm in the highly secure and encrypted data modem. Montpelier, excited for his first kill quickly positions himself behind the Blinder. Still undetected, Montpelier unleashes IR guided R550 magic at a range of six clicks, way beyond the Tupolev's 23mm guns.

The attack is detected. Shevchenko launches his newly developed high intensity IR flares and performs evasive maeneuver. Unfortunately for Montpelier, his both missiles fail as they chase the flares. Shevchenko quickly programs his attack radar on Chadian power station and quickly launches an As-4 Kitchen cruise missile. The E-2C detects the attack and quickly alerts Schramm. 'Scheiss,' he screams breaking radio silence. He quickly moves to intercept the missile and turns on his Cyrano IV set. "Montpelier, zerstoeren das Feind," (Montpelier, destroy the enemy) he orders Montpelier.

Schramm orders a quick lock on and fires two Super 530s for a passive passive radar guided attack. Montpelier without the fire and forget Magics achieves a lock on on the enemy bomber and launches both of his remaining Super 530s. Meanwhile, Shevchenko orders his assistant Virkin to turn on ECM and jam enemy radar. Shevchenko nervous but calm with long experience climbs to 50,000 ft on Mach 1.8.

Schramm bags the AS-4 with a single hit and the missile reportedly falls on an uninhabited jungle area. A moment of tension on his face disappears as he is notified by the Hawkeye that he has succeeded in his mission. He has thus saved the life of 300 Chadian civilian workers and countless other civilians. If the missile had hit populated area of Djamena, the casualty count could have been terrible.

Schramm then orders Montpelier to quickly withdraw engaging the Tu-22. 'Montpelier, the whole Libyan air force will try to shove a spear up your ass if they get you,' he says. 'Retire, repeat, retire,' he roders hotblooded Montpelier who is furious at his failure. Both pilots have almost exhausted their fuel tanks and due to extreme supersonic maneuvers, they refuel once on air with the Boeing 707 tanker and then land at a KARI system defended base at Gemena. Chadian President Makosso, successor to previous leader Jean Bedell Bokassa, is a firm French ally. Anxious of the Libyan threat but eager for French assistance to continue his rule, Makosso wants French forces out of his capital Bangui, well within striking range of Libyan Blinders, even though only two were servicable. President Makosso feared Libyan reprisals and had invited French forces.

Once they landed, Schramm lambasts Montpelier for failing to destroy the Blinder in a sneak attack. "Hundreds could have died," he screamed at Montpelier. "I have to report to Paris." Before he relieves Montpelier, he gives a stern look to the young man and smiles. "Enjoy at Le Courbet's (with your girl). What is her name?"

"Marie, Monsieur."

"Ok go."

Schrammm returns to his quarters and writes to Elizabeth, his wife in Metz. He thinks of his son's Abitur and wants to be there in his school to watch the annual football game.

THE END

Amelia's rescue

Amelia was a Distinguished Service Cross Winner aviatrix par excellence. She could cross the Atlantic and break other aviation records at at time many women hardly had full freedom. Till yet, no woman has won presidential elections in this magnificent wonderland. Accept it; women do not control power here.

But when Amelia dispappeared in Howling Island, the US goverment mobilized several naval platforms and scores of aircraft to search for AMerica's most revered treasure. My granddad, Flying Officer BK Singh was seventeen when she dispappeared or was probably shot down or intercepted.

BKS, my granddad, was indeed a revindicarer extraordinaire. He was too young to do anything then. But he enlisted in the RAFVR and became the 2904th pilot of the British Empire. Thhe ongoing struggle between Europe and Asia over possession of vital markets and resources e.g spice, raw materials and trade was ravaging the world after the Great Depression. As an idealist Punjabi youth educated by the British, he could not afford to sit back and watch.

But if Priam would have been alive then. he would have migrated to US on a special training. he would have jumped to rescue Amelia as she represented the epitome of Ameican woman's achievement. A B-17 rigged for rescue would have been piloted by Captain Doolitle. Doolitle would have taken his elite rescue squad on a rescue run. And then, voila they spot an emaciated Amelia on a dinghy. It had happened that her plane was spotted by Imperial Japanese Army Hayabusas and intercepted. After threatening to shoot her down, the Jap pilot had damaged her rudder with 13mm machine gun fire. After loosing control Amelia lost control and ditched her abode at sea. As a Japanese destroyer approached her dinghy, the ghost ship appeared out of the blue and firebolted the destroyer Nishi. Nishi's captain gave in as he feared American reprisal. Then Captain Priam jumped from the B-17 in a special line designed by Noonan. With a tube in his shoulder, Priam reached the emaciated thinning body of a woman he admired. Carrying her in his shoulder. he gently lifted her and shot called WO Noonan aboard the Green Gull. With a gusto, the line lifted the rescuer with his prize. Aboard, a blanket was thrown open and Amelia's husband Putnam comforted his wife. With a cup of hot coffee and caramel, Amelia whipsered,"Where am I..".

Israel-LA ties strong

US-Israel ties strong

By P Rana
Van Nuys, San Fernando Valley, May 3, 2009

LASD Chief Lee Baca Sunday stressed on cordial US-Israeli ties. On the 61st anniversary of the founding of the Jewish state, the LASD chief also spoke of lasting bond between the 490,000 strong Jewish community in LA and Israel.

The Woodley Park event in San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles County was attended by Wendy Greuel (D), LA City Councilwoman, Gil Artzyeli, assistant consul general of Israel and Tel Aviv Mayor Ron Huldai. Stalls selling food, T-shirts, water filters as well as insurance, education and Judaica were present. Tel Aviv's famous Dizenghoff street was featured in the pavilion. The Ben Gurion pavilion displayed a stall featuring Israel's famous El Al airline. Councilman Jack Weiss (D) stall featured free combs to supporters. NCJW, thrift store chain, displayed its famous Judaica art. British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli's biography was also displayed. The GOP also had a stall.

The most striking feature was the parajump. Five skydivers carried flags of Israel and the United States. A chute painted with French tricolor was also among the others. DJ music, rock climbing and children's games were also part of the program. Israel's famous export, orange juice was also featured while a film festival display included art films to shore up Israeli culture.

Sixty-one years ago Israeli Jewish residents and migrants who escaped World War II, many of them victims of genocide, declared a Jewish state of Israel in Palestine, a backwater in the Ottoman Empire although culturally significant to Europe. Arab residents opposed its creation and the newly independent Arab states of Syria, Egypt and Jordan declared war. Israeli volunteers defeated the Arab invading armies and the new state was born. Israel today is the leading democracy among mostly authoritarian and sometimes hostile neighboring states. Jerusalem and Tel Aviv are cultural and learning centers in the Middle East.

*Data credit goes to Wikipedia.org while the writer was present there at the program.

Lt. Meir's Angst

Iran-Syria axis against Israel- A typical scenario

Time March 24, 2012

The US has undertaken limited military operations against Iran. Iranian reactor at Busehr was hit by conventional Peacekeeper wing from North Dakota based 23rd ICBM Wing. Iran threatened immediate reprisal against US assets and military personnel based in the Middle East. Blaming the attack on Israeli lobby, Iranian parliament passes a bill to undertake limited military operations against Israel. As the Iranian government under Ahmedinejad faced immediate Israeli counterstrike, the Iranian IRBM tipped ballistic missile force was to be used only as a last resort. Iranian IRGC chief General Hajestani auhtorizes a transfer of four former Iraqi Mirage F1EQ strike aircraft to Syria. Painted in Syrian Air Force markings but flown by veteran Iranian pilot, Major Rashadeh, the elite strike unit is despatched to Damascus. The four planes are configured as follows:-

-BS353 Mirage F1EQ two tanks and two AS-30 Laser guided anti-surface missiles (Maj Rashadeh)
-BS354 Mirage F1EQ two ARMAT anti-radiation missiles and two tanks (Capt. Rashani)
-BS355 Mirage F1EQ two Matra Magic and two AA-10 'Alamo' IR guided AAMs (Capt Dagestani)
-BS356 Mirage F1EQ two Matra Magic and two AA-10 'Alamo' Semi-active radar AAMs (Capt Mojiar)

-MT135 Ilyushin 76 Candid tanker
-MS136 Ilyushin 76 'Mainstay' AWACS

The self styled 'Jurrat' force leaves Mehrabad airbase and heads straight to Damascus. Brig. Gen. Nuristani, a Russian air force acaedemy graduate IRGC officer takes command of this unit. The Glonass, the Russian GPS system, backs up this task force while another strategic Iranian airlift deploys SA-10 'Grumble' batteries in Damascus airport. Syrian armored units equipped with T-72s and T-80s accompanied by BMP-3s roll to Southern Lebanon, screened by SA-11 Gadfly batteries with advanced jammers and Kolchuga passive sensors.

On October 25, 2012, Maj. Rashadeh attempts to strike Israeli border post, a barrack of the Golani brigade reconnaissance unit beyond the blue line. Another unit of Su-33 Flankers, piloted by Ukrainian mercenaries, organize a Barrier Combat Air Patrol in case Israeli fighters try to intercept the strike package. Beirut based Lebanese MiG-29 unit is already on alert in case Israeli air force attempts to take em out. On dawn 3:00 AM, Rashadeh's flight attempts to lase the barrack and strike it. But, IsAF quickly foils the attempt by scrambling F-15Cs. As the AS-30 Strike is foiled, Capt. Rashani fires two ARMAT at a Hawk battery and manages to take it out despite attempts by the battery crew to switch off the system and use the new Elbit designed jammer. Four IDF soldeirs including a Sergeant is killed. Ten others were injured. The IsAF quickly attempts to manage a hasty fighter sweep but is foiled by SA-10 batteries to penetrate deep into Damascus sky. As the F-22 Raptors were grounded due to prodcution problems associated with the global economic crisis, the F-15s had to return back. At that moment, Nuristani decides to outflank IsAF defenders.

Intel sources obtained from Moscow both HUMINT and IMINT has detected a US relief convoy of two ships, one 10,000 ton SS Maria and a 6,000 ton SS Vadim, Ukrainian freighters, loaded with 100 M1A2 Abrams hastily purchased from US stocks and sent to IDF as immediate replacement for its Merkava fleet. The Jewish Lobby had persuaded Senators and the president to despatch this immediate relief in light of Iranian threat to send thousands of Sipah e Basij e Pasdaran volunteers on trucks through Iraq via Syria to the Golan to evict IDF 'occupation of Syrian territory'. Feindish Nuristani asks Rashadeh to quickly pounce on these. Rashadeh and his flight quickly move toward Northwestern Syria and land at Baniyas airbase. From a missile cache built up from French blackmarketeers, Syrian groundcrew load newly acquired AM39 Exocets, three each on Shehadeh and Rashanis multi-role jets while the other two Mirages escort the strike package. The Israeli air patrol in this area was limited and the two Iranian pilots score a major victory. The two ships receive two hits each causing both ships to capsize and sink with its cargo. Some crew escape but a precious cargo of Abrams tanks costing the US government nearly five hundred million dollars is lost. The Iranians achieve this victory with spending just around a hundred million dollars. There is immediate UN brokered ceasefire and as in 2006, Israel is left without a decisive victory for the second time.

Dragon Fury

A limited force takeover of Taiwan by Beijing

The Republic of China and its political community had to contend a strong movement - The Chinese Communist Party led by Mao Tse Tung backed by Russia, communist Americans and other Third World leaders. In 1911, Sun Yatsen's Nationalist Republican movement deposed the ancient Manchu rulers after the country became extremely poor and ineffective. The country's major ports and trade were controlled by Europeans and Americans. From early 1930s Imperial Japan also asserted control over vast Chinese market and occupied with its land forces. The Nationalists and the Communists both fielded propaganda cadres and field armies. The Russians also helped the nationalists with aviation units and pilots according to Russian military newspapers available in Nepal. It is sold in Bajeko Pasal in Biratnagar, Eastern Nepal. These pilots conducted bombing missions against the Imperial Japanese positions inside China in apparently a broader effort to follow Russia's policy of containing Japanese power in Siberia, Sakhalin, Mongolia and Northwest China. Communist Chinese propaganda also spoke of Hitler's help to Nationalist forces in form of possibly monetary aid or technicians or aircraft and tanks and probably military experts like General Liman von Sanders who went to Turkey to counter Russian advances against Turkey's eastern provinces.

The Nationalists were also backed by Americans who sent their able General Stillwell who was quartered in Kunming, South China according to Robert Leckie's Delivered from Evil. Initially the Chinese Kuomintang (Nationalists) and Chinese communists fought among each other but briefly were diverted to fight the foreign Japanese invaders. After regular defeats at the hands of Japanese, US pilots under General Stillwell's orders organized the American Volunteers Group or the Flying Tigers under Colonel Claire Chennault. These valiant men attacked Japan's aviation and military logistics. Interestingly, these men wore jackets marked with the Nationalist flag, the red rectangle with blue corner with the white sun. Accompanying the Chinese flag were Cantonese characters asking peasants to save these pilots and spare them from Japanese retribution. To my chagrin, my father had a Hino Maru riddled with bulletholes, a family memento acquired by some veterans.

The Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor in Deecmber 7, 1941, in a bid to isolate US trade with China and assert total control of the Pacific. After surprising US naval units and incapacitating US Pacific Fleet, the Imperial Japanese forces quickly landed troops in Pacific theater ranging from Singapore, Siam, South Pacific in addition to the already occupied China. The Japanese also had a broader aim of invading and controlling Australia from European control.

Japan's European Axis allies Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy also declared war against US which was in my opinion a disastrous move by the German government. Germany should have left England alone and focused on Halsford Mackinder's lectures and moved swiftly to isolate communist control of Russia and the vast resources in Central Asia. Hitler's lack of foresight led to Germany's defeat in Africa despite the brilliant leadership of General Erwin Eugen Johannes Rommel. Also his failure to convince Churchill as he persuaded Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain that Germany's only threat was in the East and Germany could compete favorably with France and the British Empire in a freer hostilities free free trade in Africa and Latin America. Such was Germany's fate then.

The US became hopelessly engaged in European crusade against Germany and failed to help Germany to rescue the backward Russian people from Eurocentrism and enlightenment. Germany could have better managed Russia's natural resources and helped Russian people from throwing away the yoke of forced collectivization and godless anti-individual communism. Besides, Stalin was building a strong army - millions of men with tanks and airplanes to threaten Eastern Europe. His eventual goal was to spread communism throughout Europe and the Third World. Lenin had already produced a thesis severely criticising Euopean presence and supposed exploitation and control of Africa and Latin America by Europeans. Therefore it was natural for Germany to send its forces eastward to contain this Marxist threat.

But the United States government under President Franklin Delano Roosevelt continued warfare against Axis forces. Sending war materials to England created the Battle of the Atlantic, a fearsome struggle of Allied ships (British, Canadian and US) against Germany's vaunted U-Boats. German Admirals Erich Raeder and Karl 'Papa' Doenitz attempted to check US resupply of England and Russia in the high Atlantic. But the British forces prevailed and defeated Germany's pocketbatleship force as well as the U-Boats after a long and costly struggle. Allied invasion of Normany on June 6, 1944 diverted German troops from the Eastern Front leading to the collapse of German resistance against Russian advance. As Germany surrendered and Japanese were contained in the Pacific, anti-democratic communist forces became stronger. After the agreement to divide Germany into Allied zones, the Russians stamped out German culture in Eastern Europe. Ethnic Germans were kicked out of traditional German cities like Koenigsberg and other Polish towns like Danzig (renamed Gdansk by the victorious Russians and Poles). Iron Curtain, a term popularized by Churchill, descended upon Europe.

The Truman administration (Roosevelt died while in office) was forced to take Hobson's choice of either invading Japanese home islands or to drop newly developed atomic weapons to force the reluctant Japanese for unconditional surrender. The Army under General Douglas McArthur had already produced plans for Operation Olympic - the invasion of Kyushu, the southernmost Japanese home island. A more audacious albeit highly risky plan was the Operation Coronet, the invasion of Honshu island near Tokyo, the capital city. According to a Newsweek report Operation Coronet was likely to produce a million casualties for US servicemen. Therefore to mitigate casualties and to quell calls by servicemen to return home after a long and bloody armed conflict, Truman decided to use the untried weapons - Little Boy and Fat Man - against Hiroshima and Nagasaki resulting in over 200,000 Japanese casualties plus the radiation and cancer for many generations of Japanese city residents. But what could have he done? Could he ask one million US soldiers to die in vain effort to control a Samurai state? Tibbets just did what he was ordered to.

After Japan's unconditional surrender, communist Chinese forces swiftly asserted control of mainland China and defeated the Nationalists in one after another battles. The Nationalists retreated to Formosa with a million supporters while Mao Tse Tung declared victory and established a People's Republic, a communist dictatorship, in 1949.

The Taiwanese had to fear China's eventual invasion of Taiwan (Formosa) and they valiantly held small islands of Quemoy and Matsu despite artillery raids and constant loudspeaker propaganda. China has acquired vast quantity of arms from Russia and produces many aircraft and tanks of mainly Russian design without license in its state arsenal factories. It has the world's largest standing army while its military potentail remains largest due to its vast population of one billion and huge industrial capacity. China has strategic steel industry theoretically giving it expertise to produce ships as large as wartime Japan's massive battleship sisters Shinano, Yamato and Musashi. The Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) has acquired a Varyag (Kuznetsov class) carrier from Russia to expand its blue water capability. In addition its Jianghu frigates, Luhu destroyers and other fleet escorts have been available to other interested buyers from Southeast Asia.

The author would like to describe a scenario in which the PLAN equipped with Russian designed Sovremenny class destroyers (two were delivered in December 1999 and November 2000, while the other two were delivered in December 2005 and September 2006 according to www.naval-technology.com) armed with supersonic cruise Surface to surface missiles (SSMs) can support an amphibious operation to forcibly take control of Taiwan. At a time when Taiwan's traditional security guarantor the United States is already overtaxed with farflung contingencies and a global economic crisis, the Chinese generals and admirals Admiral Liu Huajing and Chi Haotian can plan a quick takeover of Taiwan with a principle of economy of force as well as their indigenous Sun Tzu's Art of War. A sea incident in pirate infested Molucca Straits against China's trade ships by US Navy boarding for suspected arms material to Third World rogue states or a standoff between Taiwanese Navy and PLAN vessels in Spratlys and Paracels disputed islands can easily falre up an already existing tensions to volcanic proportions. The Chinese military leaders can plan a swift conventional ballistic attack (nuclear weapons not preferred as Taiwan's infrastructure and population is to be saved) against Taiwan's Ministry of Defense and other defense facilities as well as political and military leaders like Dr. Lian Chen, former defense minister and Admiral Hau Peitsun by heliborne special forces. The Chinese J-11 (Su-27 copies) can swiftly establish offensive sweeps and BARCAP against Taiwan's F/A-18, F-16 and Mirage 2000-5 units. After sweeping the Taiwan's air force with sheer numbers (the same human wave Maoist tactic used successfully against infantry opponents) but backed by Ilyushin Il-76 Mainstay AWACS platform and a squadron of converted Boeing tankers acuired from Israel. Replicating Nazi takeover of Crete, the force majeure can quickly turn the tide of world opinion for a 'unification' on Beijing's terms.

The Taiwanese air force and navy units attempt massive resistance. Its air force strikes and disables a single Sovremenny destroyer Admiral Chu Teh and quickly orders an orderly withdrawal to Japan. Naval platforms also withdraw to Japan and the US. The Taiwanese diaspora is permanently lodged in San Francisco and Los Angeles planning for a comeback which is a far cry. The Third World quickly accepts Beijing's unification campaign while the US is unable to do anything for fear of provoking a nuclear exchange with Beijing's newly built fleet of rail mobile ICBMs. Also the president and the Pentagon cannot discount threat posed by China's SSBNs or in a limited scenario an unrestricted submarine warfare conducted by China's Mao class of SSNs. The threat posed by Chinese ocean going diesel boats in choke points like the Straits of Molucca cannot be discounted. And, recent threats by North Korea's missile test over Japanese airspace and UN's inability to tame the ambition of Pyongyang's unpredictable leadership and its reclusive leaders Kim Jong Il and his son recounts the volatility of the international system.

THE END.

-Pritam S Rana

Note:-This article lacks logos appeals of up to date statistics and is basically enthymematic. I recommend to interested parties to insert more objective tools and graphics to enhance this article into a professional piece on par with those produced by writers of Jane's and IACSP Journal. Much of the original information and name credit goes to Jane's Defense Weekly, apublication registered in Surrey, United Kingdom. I became a defense analyst reading their materials and the JDW magazine in 1990-91 period. The publication gave me rights to use their material with proper accredition. I remember a letter by editor Michael Howard, if the name is still correct in my memory.

Al Qaida draws US Navy into Hornet's Nest

-Pritam S Rana or Priam

The waters of Somalia is known haven for pirates, formerly Somali coastguard workers who are unemployed after the United Nations and Europeans failed to set up an orderly state in Somalia. These men have taken up law against neutral shipping and broken the Ten Commandment law of "Thou Shall nOt Steal and Kill", earning a lable of pirates. The same group are highly vulnerable to recruitment by Al Qaida. Al Qaida number two front man, Aiman Al Zawairi invoked the Salafists to send volunteers and fight US interests in Somalia. And US has engaged these terrorists since 2006 and is busy forming the African Command, a joint military command to police the restive continent of Africa from would be transnational terrorists and states that have a history of supporting terrorism.

The kidnapping of Captain Richard Philips and other crewmen of SS Maersk Alabama denotes the pirates are inspired by Al Qaida and seek hostilities with the United States. These same forces, the clans engaged in intercenine warfare among themselves, were active in kidnapping the crew of Saudi supertanker Sirius Star and its cargo of two million tons of crude oil. According to respected German magazine Der Spiegel, the merchandise was worth nearly $100 million in the world market. The pirates however did a commendable job in kidnapping Russian arms peddler MV Faina in September 25, 2008. This Africa bound ship was carrying a cargo of 33 T-72s , enough to arm an armored battalion. This powerful force of tanks was reportedly destined for Juba in Southern Sudan. It would probably have been used to conduct military operations against Darfur rebels by the Islamist Sudanese regime. Or worse, it could have ended in Al Qaida's undisclosed camps in Sudan to rehearse a possible combat with US XVIII Airborne Corps rapid reaction force or NATO's Allied Command Europe's Mobile Force or France's numerous contingents supporting various peacekkeeping and security forces throughout Africa.

When Indian naval forces including frigate INS Tabar (sourced from AP/Der Spiegel picture, issue Nr48, 24/11/08) conducted bombardment of these pirate forces, Al Qaida cells responded swiftly by conducting terrorist raids against Bombay areas of importance, chiefly frequented by American and Western tourists, including a rabbi. The signature attack which killed 173 and wounded 308 corresponded with Al Qaida's anti-Western, anti-Jewish footprint. This writer believes intuitively that there is a strong link between India's participation in NATO naval operations and the Bombay attacks.
These pirates have defied the world community and made a mockery of international trade. The dropping of $2 million dollars denote how vulnerable international oil trade is to blackmailing and terrorism. Greater danger looms ahead as US Navy is being drawn to combat these fierce clansmen who fear nothing. The men are professional killers and butchers. The whole idea of kidnapping US merchant mariners could be a ploy by Al Qaida to draw American ships into free fire zone and again use the same technique used to destroy US Navy destroyer USS Cole in 2000. Al Qaida leader Osama bin Laden was the main culprit, according to US magazines Newsweek.

Establishing a functioning state in Somalia is a titanic task given the enormous risk and costs involved in the invasion of the country plagued with intercenine clan warfare. Since Siad Barre's fall from power in 1991, the country has been rife for terrorist exploitation. Presence of anti-American forces under such fanatical clans like Mohammed Farah Aidid whose forces attacked UN forces and engaged US Army rangers in 1993. President George Herbert Walker Bush's policy to allow orderly distribution of food and restore order met with fierce clashes with Aidid's Habar Gadir militia. Possible infiltration by Arab Jihadis who trained local Somali fighters to shoot down US helicopters using rocket propelled grenades was artistically presented to public eye in Hollywood bluckbuster, 'Black Hawk Down'. But the sight of parading of US soldiers by the militia was unpalatable and revulsive to most Americans. It seems the mother of all battles began in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia's defense. However, the focus is in Horn of Africa. The big oil's footprint is clearly visible in the new Great War. And, Somalia's decay can partly be blamed on its bloody war with Ethiopia over the Ogaden region. The then Soviet Union and its Cuban communist proxy forces destroyed Somalia's military manpower and left the country dry of bright and able leaders.

Although US intelligence has bird's eye view of the world through its massive network of spy satellites, the terrorist forces are studying ways to circumvent US surveillance of hotspots through recruiting quality technical manpower. According to April 9 report on the Wall Street Journal by Mr Gorman, the Russians and Chinese hackers now have the capability to map US electrical grid ostensibly to shut it down in case of future armed conflict with the US and its NATO allies. If US grid can be mapped, it can be assumed that these foreign states now have the technical capability, resources and organization to map every US Internet based architecture and possibly disable it to through destructive virus program once US is militarily enaged with rogue states and hostile organizations. The scenario described in Dan Brown's Digital Fortress is now real as ever before.

Information and intelligence warfare has evolved radically in favor of hostile powers and transnational groups. Although the technology and its architecture is US built and controlled, foreign sofware engineers have mastered much and are capable of controlling information superhighway as exemplified by China's grip on access to Internet within its borders. Der Spiegel report further speaks of presence of spies among foreign expatriate laborers in Arab countries who use widely available Internet and sophisticated communication devices like satellite phones to report movement of cargo ships to terrorists and pirates abroad in places like the Horn of Africa.

Furthermore, piracy is rife also in other poorer states like the Straits of Malacca. Allied with such terrorist outfits as Khaddafi Janjalini's Abu Sayyaf terrorist outfit, the threat is tangible. Much of Japan's trade with Asia still passes through the straits and Singaporeean military although armed with latest US platforms cannot be everywhere to curtail carefully planned or massed terrorist operations by such groups seeking media exposure or hard cash. The depreciation of US and World economy further heightens threat to existing commerce. The author feels that US government should chose to delegate sea policing tasks to private security companies so as to lessen the burden on scarce budget resources. The private firms operation under international maritime law might be questionable. But latest incidents have denoted that private sea security firms are likely to be licensed by US maritime authorities. Eric Prince and his Blackwater has much potential to lucrative contracts in an insecure world infested by pirates and arms traffickers.

"The safe return of the captain is the top priority," AFP reporter Andre des Nesnera quoted Defense Secretary Robert Gates in Washington. Rogue state leaders and transnational terrorists know the weaknesses of current Obama led Democratic administration. Obama's lack of service record, low business confidence and his quarrels with US captains of industry is closely watched by foreign intelligence and diplomatic corps. North Korea's recent missile launch over Japan was most likely a test to check US resolve. The Democraic Party's utopian foreign policy objective of dialogue over realpolitik can easily be deduced by such states as weakness or a move to neo-isolationism. Venezuela is openly flouting Monroe doctrine and building up an arsenal of Russian arms. Cuba is still under grip of Raul Castro after ailing Castro gradually retires from power. Georgia is crushed and as the administration tries to release pressure on the military by withdrawing from Iraq and focusing on bin Laden in Afganistan, there looms a greater danger of a nuclear armed Iran. As US vacates Iraq, Iranian revolutionary Guards can pour into its ally, Syria's defense in large convoys of trucks to Diyar Awz Zor, a city attacked by Israeli forces in 2007. The Sipah e Basij e Pasdaran, a volunteer force of upto 15 year olds armed with latest Avtomat Kalashnikov AK-100s, Heckler and Koch G-3s and Austrain Steyr high powered sniper rifles can overwhelm Israel's defense line in the Golan. If we see 1973 again, the US Army Reserves and the National Guard will be called in to defend Israel, thanks to the powerful pro-Israel lobby in Washington. In such a scenario, the US$900 million earmarked for Palestinians can be channelled to purchase light arms, anti-tank missiles or even tanks and possibly light East European aircraft to attack Israeli and US military personnel in the war zones. It is notewrthy that even puny Lebanon has ordered MiG-29s from Russian arms manufacturers, making it risky for Israeli reconnaissance aircraft and drones from observing frontline positions near the Blue Line. The Offek satellites do work for now, but in a broader conflict, these can be knocked down by Russian and Chinese ground based laser or photon guns readily available for such client states as Iran and other would be SCO powers.

The Global War on Terror or the Third World War began in 1993 although 2001 is the 1939. To supply these forces, there exists a network of arms providers as exemplified by Faina's capture off Somalia. African dictators' insatiable appetite for arms is being fulfilled by Russian and Chinese arms manufacturers like Rosoberonexport and Norinco. In sharp contrast, US arms sales is regulated by Congress and the General Accounting Office (GAO). While US is overstretched; its military personnel pool engaged in difficult campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan, China has launched a major diplomatic offensive involving trade and aid to the Third World. Its military has now joined United Nations so that they gain first hand experience in Third World. After teaching the world about Maoist guerilla strategy and becoming a nuclear power able to balance the United States nuclear arsenal with its strategic rocket forces, China is busy increasing its military spending by 17 percent according to Wall Street Journal news snippets. Its enormous one trillion two hundred billion trade surplus with the United States has enabled it spend a lot of its money on R&D as well as industral and ther forms of espionage by paying qualified technical personnel abroad. Having acquired photon gun capability and aerospace technology on parity with US 1970s-80s level, the communist country with capitalist trading practices now commands awesome authority. Spending around $40 billion annually on its military (ref: AP reports), this country's once peaceful coastal defense force, the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) has already acquired guided missile destroyers of the Sovremenny class from Russia. Its blue water capability with Russian carrier Kuznetsov (Varyag) and submarines will give it enormous power projection capability. Australia can be quickly overrun ala the stark reminder of the Darwin raid by the Imperial Japanese Navy in February 19, 1942. Australia's puny military still depends on Australia New Zealand US Treaty (ANZUS), requiring US military manpower to defend its landmass in case there is an invasion of Australia as attempted by Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto in the heights of the Pacific campaign in World War II.

THE END

Achham incident: Another debacle

by Pritam S Rana

Published on Saturday, February 23, 2002 in either The Kathmandu Post or Space Time Today

The recent attacks by Maoist rebels in Achham on army police and civil administration has demonstrated that despite the emergency in effect, the rebels have not yet lost the initiative. it also proves our Prime Minsiter wrong when he exclaimed that the rebels have been defeated after the imposition of the emergency. The incident also demonstrates the weakness of the Royal Nepalese Army (RNA) and the largely ineffective police (vis a vis the Maoist insurgency).

The government's main fighting arm in countering the armed rebellion is the RNA. during the emergency, the RNA deployed itself to the remote corners of the country, especially the affected areas and arrested thousands of people suspected of rebel ties. it also neutralized by fire those unwilling to surrender. However, the Achham incident has shown that these efforts were simply not sufficient. The rebels simply appear to have relocated to areas where the security presence was the minimum, trained in those areas and struck out somewhere. It is ad that only incidents of this magnitude attracts the attention of the government and causes it to take some meaningful steps.

Whether anyone likes it or not there is a war going on in this country. Who is winning is pretty hard to tell. After the declaration of the emergency, many were convinced (that) it was the government that was, which was winning. But sadly the present Accham incident has proven that it is too premature to expect government victory. To combat the rebellion, the government should change its political and military tactics. There should be greater measures for security. The security forces have to be further furnished with modern equipment(s). The mental status of officials and leaders of the security apparatus should be changed.

In the Accham incident, an entire platoon (a unit of upto 40 soldiers) of RNA was wiped out. Hundreds, possibly a thousand or more rebels, did it. Here the culprit was lack of modern automatic weapons. An RNA platoon has only three automatic weapons while the US Army squad (7 soldiers) has seven automatic weapons. This shows that the smaller US unit has greater firepower than a much larger Nepali unit. If all the soldiers in the RNA platoon at Accham had automatic weapons, they would have been able to put out a massive volume of fire at the enemy forcing them to scatter and retreat. The standard RNA rifle is semi-automatic (Fusil Automatique Leger, Belgian design produced in UK and India) and fires at a slower rate. The Maoists used automatic weapons stolen from their past raid on the Dang barrack.

It has been demonstrated time and again that hte Maoists rely on human wave tactics to overwhelm police and Army. The only answer to counter this threat is to rely on massive firepower. The RNA and the police both have to procure automatic rifles as their individual weapons. The police will have to give up their vintage 0.303 (lee Enfield English design) rifles for more modern weapons. The army must also procure belt fed light machine guns and distribute it to sections, subunits of the platoon. It should do way with its magazine fed light machine gun for they are slow and need frequent changing of the magazine.

The RNA should also procure night vision goggles to detect and fight with the rebels at night. the news that some Army (Mil, Russian design) Mi-17 helicopters having night vision system is promising, but units in the field, the infantry also need night vision goggles. In counter-insurgency operations heavier weapons like the mortar should be given to front line units rather than held centrally by the battalions. if RNA troops in Accham had mortars, by their fires, they could have well dispersed the rebels at a distance making it much easier to defend.

nepal is a mountainous and hilly country. Much of the rebel activities are also in such remote and inaccessible terrain. So the primary means of movement is by foot. The RNA and police units have to move on foot to maintain their presence on the ground. But moving on the foot is terribly slow process. The alternative expensive means of transport is helicopters. Helicopters due to their vertical take off capability can reach all types of terrain. Helicopter does not even need to land or touch the ground to embark or disembark personnel or other loads. It can simply hover above the ground and do the job. The current inventory of helicopters is insufficient. The government should procure a large number of helicopters. It is well known that it is difficult for the government to purchase high cost helicopters. But it should look for other ways. Some time ago US Secretary of State Colin Powell was in Nepal. Nepal should ask for security assistance from US at atime hwn the US administration is up against fighting terrorism globally. The US provides miliatry aid to many countries in the world. (Note stress on the visit of generals Krishna Rana and Singha Rana during World War II and Nepal's crucial support to Allies especially the British whose crown colony India escaped Axis

The helicopter would be highly useful in the current counter-insurgency. Troops can be ferried rapidly from one point to another . isolated outposts like Achham garrison could receive ammunition, food and other supplies via helicopter. . A helicopter can also carry rockets, machine guns and canon capable of supporting ground troops. injured troops can also be rapidly evacuated to hospitals and other health facilities. Helicopters can be put to other uses as well: carrying out rescue operations in the aftermath of floods and famines.

The loss of RNA and police lives has also made it imperative that government boos the fighting capability of the security forces. A serious evaluation of the past strategy is to be undertaken. New tactics ought to be considered. If possible the RNA and the police should launch offensives against suspected territories where rebels have sanctauries and training facilities. it should invite experts from overseas in form of military advisers from countrie slike the US who have a history of counter-insurgency warfare. . in case of the US, it has Special Forces, who are elite troops capable of fighting in difficult terrain against all sorts of opposition. The US Special Forces include the Green Berets, rangers and Delta Force who have latest experience in Afghanistan.

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