Saturday, August 30, 2008

From the Ministry of Truth...

"Day by day and almost minute by minute the past was brought up to date." George Orwell, 1984

http://www.ibnlive.com/news/jk-will-be-normal-in-10-days-nsa---middle-path/72491-3.html

Was the killing of Hurriyat leader Sheikh Abdul Aziz an inside job, and not done by the local police? That’s the claim made by the National Security Adviser MK Narayanan in an exclusive interview with CNN-IBN. Aziz was killed a fortnight ago during a Hurryiat protest rally, a killing that spurred the azadi agitation in the Valley. The NSA also said that Kashmir Valley would return to a semblance of normalcy within the next seven to 10 days.
Karan Thapar: When do you think Kashmir will return to anything like a semblance of normalcy?
M K Narayanan: Well, we are hopeful that this could be achieved in the next week to 10 days.
Karan Thapar: As soon as that?
M K Narayanan: Yes
Karan Thapar: A week or ten days?
M K Narayanan: Yes
Karan Thapar: You could have Srinagar going back to, what it was like in June?
M K Narayanan: Well may not be June, but I mean, signs of normalcy in the sense, what you can.
On Aziz’s killing
M K Narayanan: I am on record on saying that we would like to know who did the shooting, it wasn't done by the...
Karan Thapar: Who do you think did? You've raised questions about it, if it wasn't the police as the press has assumed you meant.
M K Narayanan: Yes, this is the concern even amongst Hurriyat and others, saying that who is now amongst us, who is trying to eliminate some of us?
Karan Thapar: You are saying that the Hurriyat accept that it wasn't the police who did the shooting?
M K Narayanan: Oh, they will never admit (to) it I suppose. But fact of the matter is....it was certainly not the police, he was shot in the back.
Karan Thapar: You are talking about Sheikh Abdul Aziz?
M K Narayanan: I am only talking about him
Karan Thapar: Do you have any idea who it might have been?
M K Narayanan: You'll know at the right time, when we are sure of who it is, or which group was responsible.
Karan Thapar: Does the finger point across the border to Pakistan?
M K Narayanan: No, we have no facts at the moment about A or B or C, what we are clear at the moment is this was not the police.

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