Fai Arrest To Cost US Dear,Says Geelani

[The HBS Guy]

Fai Arrest To Cost US Dear,Says Geelani​

Srinagar, Dec 24: Nazir Ganaie/Mayank Madhukar: Claiming that arresting Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai would ‘prove costly’ for the US, the chairman of the Hurriyat (G), Syed Ali Shah Geelani, on Friday said that the indicted Kashmir American Council chief had been meeting Indian ministers on “a regular basis” in Washington over the past twenty years.

“Fai Sahib had channels of communication opened with the Indian embassy (in the US capital),” Geelani said at a seminar questioning the “atrocity” on the Kashmiri expatriate who has recently pleaded guilty to secret funding by Pakistan’s ISI over the Kashmir issue.

“The charges on Fai are totally untrue,” the separatist leader said, referring to the KAC chief’s roots as a Jama’at-e-Islami functionary in Srinagar, and asserted that the Kashmiri people would back him fully.

“I know him from the days he was working in the Jama’at-e-Islami office in Maisuma. He has been working tirelessly for the benefit of Kashmiiris, and is instrumental in organising the Kashmiri Diaspora across the world,” the separatist leader, who maintains that Fai is the victim of a diplomatic conspiracy, said.

Flaying Washington for its move against Fai, Geelani said that arresting him would prove costly for the US.

“It will prove costly for the US to arrest and muzzle the voice of person who represents the cause of the innocent people of Kashmir and articulates in America,” he said.

“The US claims to be the oldest democracy in the world, but their its wrong-doing came to light in the operations and oppressions it has carried out in many countries,” he said.

“We know what America did in Vietnam, and in Iraq. We know what they did in Afghanistan and Pakistan. And now they are pressurizing Iran. They are violating their own principles and precepts,” he said.

In a message to the seminar, noted human rights activist Gautam Naulakha backed Fai’s role, asserting that he had done a splendid job with the limited resources available to him.

The message was read out by columnist Dr. Javaid Iqbal as Naulakha could not make it to the seminar.

“I will not feign personal hurt or anger that Ghulam Nabi Fai Sahib admitted having received money from ISI. I thought it was politically unwise to allow the cause we hold dear to come under shadow because of doubts about our autonomy. Kashmiri diaspora had in itself the resources to fund Kashmir American Council,” his message said.

“It would be naive of me to ignore the dilemma that confronts resistance in a context of war and where everything that is attempted above ground is throttled by laws, rules, coercion and threat leaving few choices for the resistance,” it said.

“Even under US law his mistake was minor; not to have disclosed being in receipt of foreign funds. Had this been disclosed there would have been no problem. So its a fine point of law; Fai Sahib is actually a victim of a cross-fire between the US administration and the Pakistan government,” it said.

“Whether he was set up by US agencies or done in at the behest of India is a moot point. Fai Sahib and his colleagues did a marvelous and effective lobbying! Put it another way Fai Sahib used the limited resources to good use. He is truly someone who with his warm and generous personality acted as a force multiplier for bringing Kashmiri cause before the US public”

Fai Arrest To Cost US Dear,Says Geelani

 

[Awesome]

Man they should release Fai by now... Enough posturing. He did nothing wrong. Kashmir is a disputed issue in the UN and supporting it is a very legitimate thing to do.

 

[The HBS Guy]

Man they should release Fai by now... Enough posturing. He did nothing wrong. Kashmir is a disputed issue in the UN and supporting it is a very legitimate thing to do.

What about supporting 'it' on the payroll of the ISI all the while keeping the US authorities in the dark?

He has done more harm to your 'cause' than good. Tell me, from now on, who will take the comments of people such as Fai without a pinch of salt?

You never know if you're listening to a Kashmiri seperatist or an ISI mouthpiece.

Even more interesting was the stand of the Pakistani embassy in the US. Those guys were like, "We had nothing to do with him.".

So much for Pakistan's support to the Kashmir 'cause'.

You know who are the ones first to abandon a sinking ship. ROFLMFAO

 

[Awesome]

What about supporting 'it' on the payroll of the ISI all the while keeping the US authorities in the dark?

That's no big crime... He did it in the spirit to alleviate the suffering of millions of people. He hasn't built any palaces from ISI money, rather generated revenue for further advertising and lobbying for the Kashmir cause.

He has done more harm to your 'cause' than good. Tell me, from now on, who will take the comments of people such as Fai without a pinch of salt?

What salt, what pinch... Its not like Fai didn't believe in the cause and was a hired goon, its not like Pakistan doesn't believe in the cause either. Pakistan's entire position on Kashmir, is a better one than of India's.

What I'm trying to say is... His associates are irrelevant. It should be about why he did it and for whom he did it. He did it for the Kashmiris and he did it to help Kashmiris attain freedom. That's all that matters.

You can twist, and turn and spin this, but once you remove all the nonsense and see things from the basics, its quite very simple. It's all about Kashmir.

 

[The HBS Guy]

That's no big crime... He did it in the spirit to alleviate the suffering of millions of people. He hasn't built any palaces from ISI money, rather generated revenue for further advertising and lobbying for the Kashmir cause.

A crime is a crime. I suggest all these 'daleelein' be reserved for the court of law.

What he did with the money will become clear during the course of the trial.

What salt, what pinch... Its not like Fai didn't believe in the cause and was a hired goon, its not like Pakistan doesn't believe in the cause either.

The fact that he operated on ISI's payroll very much makes him a hired goon. Pakista's belief in the Kashmir 'cause' was all too manifest in the stand your embassy took. They were like, "We don't even know this SOB.". ROFL

So much for Pakistan's 'moral support'.

Pakistan's entire position on Kashmir, is a better one than of India's.

An Indian would say otherwise. Let's not get onto opinions. Let's stick to the facts.

What I'm trying to say is... His associates are irrelevant.

Really?

What kind of a skewed perspective of looking at crimes and criminals says that you should ignore the accomplices?

In fact in this particular case, the kind of eccomplices should also be a pointer to the motive of the crime.

That fact makes him a hired goon or the mouthpiece of the ISI in simple words; rather than that of the Kashmir 'cause'.

It should be about why he did it and for whom he did it.

The 'why' can also be used to justify rape and murder.

There was a 'why' behind what Raymond Davis did what he chose to do.

He did it for the Kashmiris and he did it to help Kashmiris attain freedom. That's all that matters.

I say he did it for the money in it.

Prove me wrong.

You can twist, and turn and spin this, but once you remove all the nonsense and see things from the basics, its quite very simple. It's all about Kashmir.

Sad (for your 'cause') your embassy believes otherwise.