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So u r still there in U.A.E?
Ya,
Remember u told me about your return early this week!
Ya
But u r still there, any thing special to do?
No, nothing.
Then?
Its simple, can't risk my life.
I don't understand, will u talk simple?
My dear, when the exiled leader finalized his plan to return this week, I changed my plans. Can't afford to be in the same plane!
But your destination in Pakistan is not the same that of the exiled leader.
I know, but u never know what comes next, the destination doesn't matter, neither the life of an ordinary person, routes can be altered.
Only u can think of the remotest possibility.
One should my dear. One should.
Ok, now the leader has come and gone. Leaving aside the question whether he has landed on the soil or was in transit.
Ya, on an unscheduled special flight of national carrier to Jeddah.
As regards that special flight I had an idea.
Such as?
Allowing some poor people to board that plane to Jeddah for a subsidized "umrah"
True, as in the end these r the people who ultimately have to pay for the cost of that flight through taxes.
I have read that Pakistan kept the United States informed about developments concerning Shahbaz Sharif's failed attempt to return home.
Really?
The department's spokesman Richard Boucher, however, made it clear that the United States was "not in any way involved" in Pakistan's decision to deport Shahbaz Sharif or in choosing a destination for the deported leader.
Meaning?
Nothing, my dear, everything must have been done in the best interest of the nation.
U mean to say, in the best interest of a common man.
That's right!
My dear ordinary man is very important for accomplishment of Master's plans.
Meaning?
Look! America invaded Iraq to free ordinary people of Iraq from Saddam's cruel regime.
Ya, and these ordinary people r paying the price of so called freedom.
I didn't get u?
Up to 90 percent people arrested by US troops in Iraq were ordinary citizens and detained by mistake. A Red Cross report disclosed on Monday that it has been confirmed as 'authentic' by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).
Really?
And many have been subjected to abuse.
God knows better.
Read that the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and London-based rights group Amnesty International has been warning the US-led coalition about abuses and prisoner mistreatment for over a year.
Then the world should thank that soldier who made the world aware of abuse by posting those pictures.
Am thinking otherwise.
What's that?
They could ban soldiers possessing digital cameras. Who knows when one would feel sorry for their captives?
But am impressed!
For what?
Prime Minister Tony Blair on Sunday apologized for British soldiers' mistreatment of prisoners in Iraq
Great!
What's latest in the United States, I mean the architect of the Iraq invasion.
Oh!
They r playing their cards right. Senate committee is at work.
It's very impressive?
What?
Military generals testifying and that too on live telecast!
Looks very strange in our country's perspective.
Ya,
The general who investigated the mistreatment testified on Tuesday before the senate committee accused US armed forces for failure of leadership and discipline regarding abuse of Iraqi prisoners.
Failure of armed forces and that too of the Big Master's.
Great!
So the Donald Rumsfield is in soup now!
No, my dear, it appears that US is also learning from our politics.
I didn't get u?
I mean twisting everything in a way to make the nation believe it's in their interest.
Will u talk simple please?
The US President George Bush declared that the Americans "owed a debt of gratitude" to Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld
Debt of gratitude?
Ya,
For "courageously leading" them in the "war against terror".

Copyright Business Recorder, 2004

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