yesterday, vinod had some “pulpy” advice for the nepalese government, via his Sepia Mutiny post on the unfortunate end of a dozen nepali hostages.
today, in nepal’s capital of kathmandu, outrage poured into the streets:
An indefinite curfew has been imposed in the Nepalese capital following violent protests against the killing of 12 Nepali hostages in Iraq. Angry mobs in Kathmandu attacked a mosque, government offices and the offices of two Middle East airlines.
…The news was received with anger and grief in Nepal with one official describing it as “one of the worst days” in his country’s history.
…The government is being heavily criticised for doing little to free the hostages and there have been calls for the prime minister to step down.
…The government denies the criticism and has condemned the incident as a “barbarian act of terrorism”, and pressed the international community to hunt down the killers.
i wonder if that last sentence destroys any possibility of retribution via Gurkha…
…The government said it would take action against agencies illegally sending people to Iraq.
Nepal, one of the poorest countries in the world, has banned Nepalis from going to Iraq, despite the relatively well-paid jobs there.
The militants said the 12 Nepalis had been killed because they “came from their country to fight the Muslims and to serve the Jews and the Christians”.
they came to fight the muslims? from what i’ve read, they came to cook and clean for a jordanian company. if those tasks are now considered hostile acts, i’ve got one hell of an excuse to avoid housework.
i mean no disrespect to these twelve innocents. i apologise in advance if any of you read it that way; i’m just exasperated at the lunacy that stole their lives.
as we say in the greek orthodox (and probably hated by the militants as well) church, “may their memory be eternal.”
What has happened in Iraq is a sad comment on the affairs of the world. Innocent people trying to earn their livelihood have been targeted for no fault of theirs. The path followed will lead to no answers only a greater quagmire from which everybody involved will find difficult to emerge.
“May their souls rest in peace”
The famous Gurkha Regiments are with the British and Indian Armies. The Nepalese army is woefully underequipped and not as well trained. Open recruiting sessions are held every year with the best getting a shot for positions in these regiments.
Nepal is stuck fighting its own Maoist insurgency, no chance in hell would they send anyone to Iraq.
Don’t you mean “Syrian” Orthodox or are we dissociating ourselves from that part of the world now.
Imagine the burden of a muslim in the West!!
Point of Clarification: i am not disassociating myself from anything.
though mummy fondly refers to me as her “poor little blonde girl” due to her conviction that i am quite the zany airhead, i assure you that i am consummately aware of what church my parents married in, baptized me in and raised me as a part of…
i’m clueless about many things, what church i belong to is thankfully not one of them. 😉
i AM greek orthodox, not jacobite or syrian orthodox. i can understand why someone might assume differently.
thanks for the comment, though. 🙂
Sorry. Didn’t mean nothing by it.
Read some more. Kinda like your views.
no worries 🙂
thanks for giving me the opportunity to clarify that detail; i wouldn’t want anyone to think that i WAS making a statement via “greek” vs “syrian”.
i wasn’t offended or anything.
Read some more. Kinda like your views.
well! i kinda like the fact that you comment a lot! please continue. 😀
Thanks. I hate being presumptive. Sorry again.
This is a good site you guys have here.
Less Hannity and more Colmes please:)