{"id":319,"date":"2004-09-01T01:19:50","date_gmt":"2004-09-01T06:19:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com?p=319"},"modified":"2005-01-14T00:48:19","modified_gmt":"2005-01-14T05:48:19","slug":"curfew_follows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/2004\/09\/01\/curfew_follows\/","title":{"rendered":"curfew follows chaos that came because of carnage."},"content":{"rendered":"

yesterday, vinod<\/a> had some “pulpy” advice for the nepalese government, via his Sepia Mutiny post on the unfortunate end of a dozen nepali hostages.<\/p>\n\n

today, in nepal’s capital of kathmandu, outrage<\/a> poured into the streets:<\/p>\n\n

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.<\/blockquote>\n\n
…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.<\/blockquote>\n\n
…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.<\/blockquote>\n\n
…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>.<\/blockquote>\n\n

i wonder if that last sentence destroys any possibility of retribution via Gurkha…<\/p>\n\n

…The government said it would take action against agencies illegally sending people to Iraq. <\/blockquote>\n\n
Nepal, one of the poorest countries in the world, has banned Nepalis from going to Iraq, despite the relatively well-paid jobs there.<\/blockquote>\n\n
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”.<\/blockquote>\n\n

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.<\/p>\n\n

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.<\/p>\n\n

as we say in the greek orthodox (and probably hated by the militants as well) church, “may their memory be eternal.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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