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Gaddafi talks Kashmir at UN, embarrasses India
Nidhi Razdan, Thursday September 24, 2009, Washington
Maverick Libyan leader, Muammar Gaddafi, has embarrassed India at the United Nations. In his marathon speech Gaddafi raised the Kashmir issue.

"Kashmir should be an independent state, not Indian, not Pakistani. We should end this conflict. It should be a Ba'athist state between India and Pakistan," he said.

And he also opposed expanding the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to include countries like India, saying that would add more injustice and tension to the world.

"The preamble says all nations are equal whether they are small or big. Are we equal in the permanent seats? No we are not equals," Gaddafi said.

Instead of his allotted 15 minutes, Gaddafi spoke for nearly 100 minutes during which he slammed the United States and the United Nations, and described the UNSC as the terrorist council.
 
About an hour into his speech, Gaddafi had complained of jet lag and having to get up early for the General Assembly, but it seems the rest of the United Nations General Assembly was also fatigued by then, as more than half the seats were empty.
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Posted by Romel on Oct 02, 2009
I think the issue of J&K is a very complex one.With due respect to both the Indian and Pakistan Govt. there should be talks and facts unfolded so that a resolution can be reached. Moreover its an issue between India and J&K why is Pakistan getting involved? Infact no country should get involved and if some one says the Kasmiris are tortured , many people doesnt know that J&K is the only union territory which enjoys subsidised education rather than any state and religious freedom. I think the problem is much more political and strategically important for military purposes to both India and Pakistan. But we must not forget the Kashmiris. I hope there never comes a day how Khalistan movement was massacared with strong force Kashmir doesnt have to go through--after all its the common people who are sufferers.
Posted by ashraf aziz on Sep 28, 2009
Sooner or latter india has to accept the disputed nature of kashmir.For how long India will hold the kashmir by keeping its 700,000 armed men how have crossed all the limits viz human rights ,rapes ,killings and so on.first prime minister of india has promised kashmiris that plebisite be held in kashmir and masses in kashmir are waiting since more than 60 years and have sacrifised more than 90,000 lives for the implimentation of UN resulations.If india want to be wise she should implement it as soon as possible and with out any delay and not be so late and wait till 180,000 more kashmirs to sacrifise their lives.
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