Dear Goanetters,

The truth is there for all to see and read, as per e-mail below:-

_ "Security forces had already been deployed in Bolangir, Bargarh,
Kandhamal, Gajapati, Ganjam, Koraput, Rayagada, Bhadrak and Kendrapada
districts to curb the violence, which has claimed 14 lives".

The Indian Army and Defence Minister Anthony, cannot protect Christians, hence, 
we will lose any war against any of our neighbouring countries.

Neither, District collector of Kandhamal - Krishan Kumar,nor, Director General 
of Police Gopal Chandra Nanda, know what is happening in Orissa, AND HOW MANY 
CHURCHES AND CHRISTIANS - BURNT, nor can they control the violence. SO SAD.

Only media knows what is happening in Orissa, hence members of media, should 
now be given above jobs.

Regards,
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Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2008 01:04:49 +0530
From: "Goanet News" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Goanet] 12 Orissa districts in grip of communal violence
12 Orissa districts in grip of communal violence


Bhubaneswar, Sep 1 (IANS) The communal violence that engulfed nine
Orissa districts following the Aug 23 murder of a Hindu leader has
spread to three more districts, forcing authorities to deploy
additional security personnel, an official said Monday.

"Security forces had been deployed in nine districts since Aug 23 but
policemen are now being deployed in an additional three districts,"
Inspector General of Police Pradeep Kapur told IANS.

However, Kapur did not disclose the names of the three districts in
which the forces will be deployed.

Security forces had already been deployed in Bolangir, Bargarh,
Kandhamal, Gajapati, Ganjam, Koraput, Rayagada, Bhadrak and Kendrapada
districts to curb the violence, which has claimed 14 lives.

A curfew has been clamped on all major towns in Kandhamal district and
in Jeypore town in Koraput district.

Media reports said six churches and some houses had been burnt in
Boriguma area of Koraput district and in some places in Rayagada
district Sunday.

Director General of Police Gopal Chandra Nanda, however, said "only
three or four churches had been set on fire".

Fresh violence was also reported from the troubled district of
Kandhamal where mobs set fire to some churches and houses Sunday
evening. The incidents occurred in Bataguda and Parampanga area.

District collector of Kandhamal Krishan Kumar said two houses were
burnt by a mob at Bataguda but he was not sure if there was any
violence in Parampanga.

The state has been on the boil since the evening of Aug 23, when Swami
Laxmanananda Saraswati, a member of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad's (VHP)
central advisory committee, and four others were killed by suspected
Maoist guerrillas at his Jalespata ashram in Kandhamal.

Saraswati was leading a campaign against cow slaughter and religious
conversion in the communally sensitive Kandhamal district - which with
a population of around 600,000 including 150,000 Christians has
witnessed numerous clashes between Hindus and Christians in the past.

Radical Hindu groups in the state blamed Christians for the crime and
alleged that Christians killed Saraswati because he was opposing
religious conversion. Christian organisations deny these allegations.

Orissa is not new to communal violence between Hindus and Christians.

On Jan 22, 1999, Australian missionary Graham Staines and his two
sons, 10-year-old Philip and six-year-old Timothy, were burnt alive by
a Hindu radical mob in their vehicle in Keonjhar district.

Indo-Asian News Service

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