The underlying logic here is probably just too complex for this ABCD to decipher –
AMRITSAR, India (AP) — Villagers in northern India briefly detained 37 foreign tourists, most of them British, to protest the kidnapping of three Indian workers in Iraq, police said Friday.The tourists, traveling in two buses, were stopped Thursday night near the village of Santoshgarh, the home region of two of the three Indians who are among seven truck drivers, who all work for the same Kuwaiti company, being held hostage by unknown kidnappers in Iraq.
The tourists — 22 Britons, two South Koreans, a Japanese, an American, a Canadian, two Swiss, two Poles, a Dutch citizen, three Tibetans and two others of unknown nationality — were returning to New Delhi from the Himalayan town of Dharmsala, said police officer Bimal Gupta.
To protest foreigners taking our people hostage… we’ll take other foreigners hostage?
I think their point was that the same countries that hired these desis were doing little to facilitate their release, they’re trying to get some diplomatic attention / more coverage in the press.
“My government will not negotiate with hostage takers or with the other hostage takers who demand that we talk to the first hostage takers”
well, wasn’t there a riot a year back between muslims & hindus over comments jerry falwell made about islam?
I don’t think they did anything wrong. They have a right to protest. After all they are not children of a lesser god. We have instances of other people going on the offensive and protesting for miniscule and frivolous reasons. This was right on part of the villagers.