Originally posted by stupidissmart:
It still boils down to the Iraqi insurgents not having the guts to
combat the Americans.
You missed the the subject by digressing into the objectives of the
Insurgents, which is not the concern in this discussion of Asian
Lives.
The main point is 'Why target fellow Asians - killing 12 Nepalese
at one go ? "
Do the Iraqi Insurgents - being native Arabs - consider themselves
more superior than other Asians or not part of the Asian Community
in any way ?
The kidnappers had demanded that Nepal
stop sending its citizens to work in Iraq, although the government
already banned them from doing so because of safety concerns, and
it also had rejected US requests to contribute troops. But
many people from this impoverished Himalayan nation work abroad,
and Nepalese are known to work for foreign contractors in
Iraq.
Nepal's ambassador to Qatar, Mr Shyamananda Suman, who handles the
country's affairs in the Persian Gulf region, told The Associated
Press his government tried to make contact with the militants
holding the 12 Nepalese.
'There were no demands from the
kidnappers to negotiate, and then all of a sudden we hear that they
killed them,' he said.
'We wanted to get in touch with the
kidnappers, but there was no way to do so. I talked to the media
and appealed to the kidnappers to set them free or at least to know
their demands, but all that went in vain.' ]
Frankly, I do not see why do u say they feel more superior than
Asians when they killed the nepalese. They kill a lot of other
nationals too. Does tat mean they feel more superior than the rest
of the world ? American also kill a lot of Iraqis too, so american
must have feel more superior than iraqis ? Heck, vietnam had killed
a lot of american and vice versa int he past too. Why do u make tat
statement ?
The answer to your question was already posted - as shown in my
post below which you have quoted.
continuing post by stupidissmart: [quote]
Are the Nepalese lives so worthless that all TWELVE Nepalese can be
executed at one go, instead of killing one at a time over the next
few days, weeks or months ? They r in Iraq, they should probably
know they have a higher tendency to die there. Tat explains for
their high pay isn't it. 12 Nepalese at one go... sad to say there
has been so much killing in Iraq during these few years tat I begin
to feel imune to it. In the war and the months after, several ten
of thousands Iraqis r killed while millions of their lives has been
ruined. The americans even drop a bomb at a couple wedding, killing
tens of people instantly. Every day there r reports of insurgents
killed by the americans. R the iraqis lives so worthless tat they r
executed at one go ? Wat is 12 person lives compared with these
figures ? If u want to blame, u should blame why does the war has
to start.
Too bad if you cannot see the significance in killing TWELVE
Nepalese at one go, as when the Terrorists took their time to kill
one European at a time, when they had three or four, and
subsequently releasing the remaining survivors.
The war has already started, with or without the Americans - the
Iraqis would have been slowly murdered by Saddam Hussein or his two
Sons, and their henchmen; as have been documents made of their
reign of terror over the last thirty years.
The point remain is that Fellow Asians are in Iraq, as they are in
almost every country in the world - danger zones as well as
dangerous jobs included - to earn and support their families; and
at the same time contribute to the betterment of lives for the
Iraqis.
Why target these helpless Asian compatriots in the manner that they
have treated the Nepalese ?
Are the Nepalese lives less valuable than the single Filippino,
when the Terrorists did not even bother to have a channel of
communication ?
