Sørasias Sarajevo-skudd kan fort vise seg å komme fra Kashmir (se
artikkel nedenfor fra bbc).
Atombomber synes igjen å være i vinden. I USA har Bush II uten
rettergang dømt en mann med en påstått plan om en "skitten atombombe"
til minst livsvarig fengsel. Enhver atombombe er selvsagt en forbrytelse
mot menneskeheten, selv i miniutgaven, men ikke en kjeft spør seg i
denne situasjon HVEM det var som i 1945 åpnet Pandoras eske i
maktbegjær. Og vi hørte USAs høylytte prostester både mot Frankrikes
atomforsøk og Pakistans og Indias. Men USAs egne? Israels? OG hvorfor er
miltbrannetterforskningen blitt stoppet ved inngangen til USAs
militærindustri, som er det eneste sted denne typen miltbrann sies å
kunne stamme fra?
Beviset mot mannen med den mulige skitne bomben? Foreløpig utelukkende
Bush IIs utsagn: "He is a bad guy". Det er selvsagt fullt mulig at han
er ytterst farlig. Og fint at slike arresteres. Men er det fint (og
nødvendig) at de dømmes av presidenten på en pressekonferanse? Hva enda
verre er: det US-amerikanske rettssamfunnet når hermed ny bunnrekord -
det er ikke engang mulig for den arresterte å PRØVE å bevise sin uskyld,
og USAs lovgivende, utøvende og dømmende myndighet er nå i visse saker
(hvilke avgøres av presidenten selv) samlet i een persons skikkelse:
presidentens. Hans ord er lov og dom (hvor er det nå, jeg har lest om
denslags før? Sovjet 1936? Kanskje. Men selv Stalin avholdt i det minste
en formelt "juridisk" skueprosess, det var ikke nok at han utskrek den
anklagede som ond i en enkelt stuttsetning...) Før i tiden, i den
gammeldagse demokratiske verden het det seg, at man er uskyldig inntil
det motsatte er bevist.
I USA og i Sverige (og hvor ellers?) er man nå anklaget, skyldig OG dømt
til en uviss straff - i een setning, hvis presidenten som ble valgt av
et mindretall mener man er ond. Den norske statsministeren (bl.a.) synes
å mene denne "rettstilstand" er noe han bør kunne beordre sine landsmenn
til å dø for. Men er han i stand til å fortelle oss, hvordan han vil
unngå justismord og bremse den glidende overgangen mot et fascistisk
system innviklet i rase- og atomkriger i verdens fattige bakgårder?
Norske journalister er gode til å streike. Men tør de stille spørsmål
til sin regjering når tampen brenner? De taler mye om ytringsfrihet. Men
har de en de tør bruke?
Og vi her. Hvorlenge tør vi ennå skrive hva vi mener?
Karsten Johansen
Wednesday, 12 June, 2002, 18:53 GMT 19:53 UK
Bin Laden's men 'in Kashmir'
Members of Bin Laden's network may be in Kashmir
US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has said there are indications that
members of Osama Bin Laden's terror group are operating along the Line
of Control dividing Indian and Pakistani Kashmir.
It has been a situation that has been tense and it continues to be a
tense situation
Donald Rumsfeld
The defence secretary was speaking after meeting Indian Prime Minister
Atal Behari Vajpayee in Delhi, before setting off for Pakistan on a
regional tour aimed at reducing the threat of war between the two
nuclear-armed rivals.
"I have seen indications that the al-Qaeda is operating in areas near
the Line of Control," Mr Rumsfeld said.
Indian officials have previously insisted that al-Qaeda militants were
operating in Kashmir, but this is the first time as US official has
backed the claim.
Pakistan has not formally responded, but BBC regional analyst Owen
Bennett-Jones says the suggestion of an al-Qaeda presence in Kashmir
will cause concern.
Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf is already facing complaints about
giving in to US and Indian pressure, and now that pressure is likely to
increase from Washington to arrest any al-Qaeda members.
Mr Rumsfeld has now arrived in Islamabad, where he is due to hold talks
with General Musharraf on Thursday.
Mr Musharraf is under pressure at home over Kashmir concessions
Our analyst says the US envoy is expected to ask Pakistan to make
permanent its new Kashmir policy of blocking the Line of Control to
militant separatists.
In Delhi, Mr Rumsfeld said he and Indian Prime Minister Vajpayee
discussed the participation of international troops in Kashmir, and the
possible use of American surveillance technology to monitor militant
incursions across the line.
But he added that no firm decision had been reached.
Naval withdrawal
Mr Rumsfeld backed the steps taken by India to resolve its crisis with
Pakistan and said the moves were "constructive".
The situation will remain grim till we disengage on the borders
President Musharraf
"I must say the leadership in India has demonstrated their concern and
interest in seeing that things are resolved in an appropriate way," Mr
Rumsfeld told journalists after meeting Indian Defence Minister George
Fernandes.
Pakistan's reaction has been lukewarm, with the foreign ministry
pointing out that hundreds of thousands of India's troops remain massed
on along the Line of Control and the international border "in a
dangerous posture of confrontation".
Mr Rumsfeld has described his role as that of a friend rather than a
mediator and pointed out he was not bringing any new proposal to help
the two neighbours resolve their differences over Kashmir.
Mutual mistrust is still running high
His arrival in the region comes soon after India began pulling back
warships from waters close to Pakistan in a bid to reduce tensions - a
move that followed its earlier ending of a six-month long ban on
overflights by Pakistani aircraft.
Mr Rumsfeld said there were encouraging signs that a conflict could be
avoided after what he called the very firm commitment from Mr Musharraf
to stop Islamic militants infiltrating the Indian-controlled part of
Kashmir.
But US envoy admitted the situation "continues to be tense"
General Musharraf has called the Indian naval withdrawal "a very small
beginning" and said more needed to be done.
The BBC's Zaffar Abbas, who is in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, says
there has been a lowering of tension timed to coincide with Mr
Rumsfeld's visit to the region.
But an Indian defence ministry spokesman said the two sides had
continued to trade heavy fire at many points along the Line of Control.
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