Indian Army chief Bipin Rawat defends use of human shield in Kashmir, says dirty war to be fought through innovation
▻http://www.firstpost.com/india/indian-army-chief-bipin-rawat-defends-use-of-human-shield-in-kashmir-says
Là carrément l’#innovation c’est en réalité de la #régression.
Elle est incroyable cette image (au sens propre du terme). Mais pour une fois, elle est une illustration correcte de l’expression
Cela dit, pas exactement une «innovation»…
Human shield - Wikipedia
▻https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_shield#Israel
According to Israeli defense officials, the Israel Defense Forces made use of the “human shield” procedure on 1,200 occasions during the Second Intifada (2000-2005), and only on one occasion did a Palestinian civilian get hurt.[17][18]
Israeli soldiers convicted of using Palestinian boy as human shield | World news | The Guardian
▻https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/oct/03/israel-soldiers-human-shield-palestinian
Two Israeli soldiers were today convicted of using a nine-year-old Palestinian boy as a human shield during the three-week Gaza war in 2008-9 and could face a prison sentence of up to three years.
The soldiers, who ordered the boy to open bags suspected of containing explosives, were charged with inappropriate behaviour and overstepping authority in a closed military trial.
Israeli soldiers use Palestinian child as human shield – Middle East Monitor
▻https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20161230-israeli-soldiers-use-palestinian-child-as-human-shield
▻https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NDH1UaoARI
A group of Israeli soldiers ambushed and detained a seven-year-old boy during the weekly demonstration in Kafr Qaddum last Friday and used him as a human shield, video footage has shown.
Dans les archives récentes de visionscarto (2012), il y a cette évocation de la difficile sinon impossible représentation cartographiques des frontières dans le secteur du Cachemire. C’est toujours d’actualité : rien n’est jamais vraiment simple en carto.
Le Cachemire, un casse-tête cartographique
▻http://visionscarto.net/cachemire-un-casse-tete-cartographique
L’Inde est une grande démocratie, où la liberté de la presse est garantie par l’article 19 1 (a) de la Constitution. Mais quand le magazine anglais The Economist a publié, en mai 2011, un long article d’analyse sur les relations et les rivalités indo-pakistanaises et le conflit du Cachemire, la grande démocratie a quand même sorti les griffes pour expliquer que — même en démocratie — la presse ne peut pas faire « n’importe quoi ». Non pas à cause de l’article lui-même, mais en raison de son accompagnement cartographique — d’une facture très classique —, retraçant la géographie de ce conflit gelé depuis des décennies.
After Kashmir attack, US media threaten to support India in war with Pakistan - World Socialist Web Site
▻http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2016/09/29/uspa-s29.html
With India pledging to “punish” Pakistan for the attack Islamist militants mounted on an Indian army base at Uri in the disputed Kashmir region, a concerted campaign has begun in the US media indicating support for aggressive Indian action against Pakistan. Given that India and Pakistan are nuclear-armed states that have fought four bloody wars against each other, this campaign is extraordinarily reckless.
On Wednesday, the Wall Street Journal carried a column on Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s policy titled “Modi’s Restraint Toward Pakistan.” It wrote, “Modi is practicing restraint for now, but Islamabad can’t rely on that continuing. Modi’s offer of cooperation, if rejected, will become part of a case for making Pakistan even more of a pariah nation than it already is.”
c’est aussi le sujet du “dessous des cartes”, sur #google_maps et les frontières Inde / Pakistan / Chine
▻http://www.arte.tv/guide/fr/060139-021-A/le-dessous-des-cartes
4th Kashmiri Dies in Clashes With Indian Troops Amid Curfew - ABC News
▻http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/curfew-imposed-kashmir-indian-army-fire-kills-38353707
Indian authorities on Wednesday imposed a curfew in parts of Kashmir to stop fresh anti-India demonstrations following the killings of four people by Indian troops and a general strike called by separatists.
The latest death occurred when a man was hit on his head by a tear gas shell fired by security forces and died in a hospital in the northern village of Drugmulla, police said.
He was part of hundreds of rock-throwing protesters who clashed with government forces for a second straight day Wednesday as authorities enforced a curfew in Srinagar, Handwara and neighboring villages.
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The protest and clashes in the northern town of Handwara erupted Tuesday following an allegation by residents that an Indian army soldier tried to sexually assault a teenage schoolgirl.
Indian Student Builds #Drone Bomber for £400
▻http://m.ibtimes.co.uk/drone-india-student-pakistan-kashmir-china-uav-501190.html
A 21-year-old computer science student in India has come up with a design for a drone bomber aircraft made of scrap metal and costing £400, IBTimes UK has learned.
The unmanned aircraft cost Subhanjan Saha about £610 (60,000 Indian rupees) and he is hoping the Indian army will buy his design.
The cost of the aerial vehicle will fall to £400 for bulk orders, said Saha.
The battery-operated drone, codenamed Safety Aircraft for India (SAFI), can fly at an altitude of 5,000 to 10,000 feet and has a range of 10km.
The prototype is capable of dropping bombs and launching rockets. But Saha admits that the machine’s operational effectiveness needs to be improved. The inexpensive materials used in the aircraft could also be replaced with more advanced ones, he adds.
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Bengal youth have brittle bones, army stops staffing - Hindustan Times
►http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/Kolkata/Bengal-youth-have-brittle-bones-army-stops-staffing/Article1-827410.aspx
Bone deformities due to #arsenic poisoning are rampant among youth in Bengal, the Indian army has found. Less than 100 youths among the 2,000 who turned up for an army recruitment drive in February, passed the physical test.
“We had 200 vacancies, but we could not even fill even 50% of the posts,”
High arsenic levels in groundwater in Bangladesh are not the result of human activities but instead are part of a natural process, researchers say.
U.S. scientists including researchers from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory say those natural processes predate any recent human activity such as intensive pumping of groundwater.
▻http://www.menafn.com/menafn/728ae69e-9e7f-4862-8d47-79e4d9e7b466/Arsenic-Bangladesh-water-said-natural