A Seed: What You Sow ……

If you plant honesty, you will reap trust

* If you plant goodness, you will reap friends

* If you plant humility, you will reap greatness

* If you plant perseverance, you will reap contentment

* If you plant consideration, you will reap perspective

* If you plant hard work, you will reap success

* If you plant forgiveness, you will reap reconciliation

* If you plant faith in God , you will reap a

harvest

So, be careful what you plant now;

it will determine what you will reap later..

“Whatever You Give To Life, Life Gives You Back”

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· The value of a man or woman resides in what he or she gives, not in what they are capable of receiving.

UK: Prince Harry in the Front Line with troops

      Which Indian Neta will send his son to the front?

     They want their brood to be protected by NSG round the clock

Prince Harry to leave Afghanistan after leaks

By Luke BakerLONDON (Reuters) – Prince Harry is to be withdrawn from Afghanistan after Internet leaks that he had been secretly serving on the front lines there for 2-1/2 months, Defence Ministry sources said.

      Military commanders have drawn up plans for his removal from the country but it is not known exactly when it will happen.“It will be relatively quick, and it will be an ordered and dignified retreat, but there’s no need to rush it,” a source at the ministry said.

       Harry was made aware of the news leak shortly after it was broadcast around the world on a U.S. Web site on Thursday.

      The leaks raised concern that Harry, who is on the front lines in Helmand, a dangerous province of southern Afghanistan, could become a “high-value target” for al Qaeda, the Taliban and other Islamist militants.

       Harry, 23, was deployed to fight against the Taliban in December, seven months after plans to send him to Iraq were scrapped following threats from Iraqi militants to kidnap or kill him.The military posted him only after the British media and selected members of the international press agreed not to report his presence until he had returned from a scheduled 4-month deployment.

      The embargo was broken on Thursday after German, Australian and U.S. Web sites reported he was in Afghanistan.The breaking of the embargo, a rare agreement in Britain’s usually free-for-all media environment, infuriated the military.

      “Now that the story is in the public domain, the chief of staff and I will take advice from the operational commanders about whether his deployment can continue,” the head of the army, General Richard Dannatt, said in a statement.“I am very disappointed that foreign Web sites have decided to run this story without consulting us,” he said.During his deployment, Harry has been responsible for calling in air strikes against Taliban positions, has conducted foot patrols through villages and has fired on suspected militants, pooled media photographs and film footage have shown.

      “His conduct on operations in Afghanistan has been exemplary. He has been fully involved in operations and has run the same risks as everyone else,” said Dannatt.In interviews given to reporters sent out to cover his deployment as part of a so-called “pool” arrangement, Harry said he was aware that if his presence in Afghanistan was reported it could make him a target for al Qaeda or other militant groups.

        “Once this film comes out … every single person that supports them will be trying to slot me,” he said.“Now that you come to think about it, it’s quite worrying. But as I say, now that this film has been made and now … people will know I’m out here, no doubt I’ll be a top target.”Talking about his experiences on the front lines, Harry said: “I haven’t really had a shower for four days, I haven’t washed my clothes for a week. It’s very nice to be sort of a normal person for once.

       “It was the Queen who told him he would be allowed to go to Afghanistan.Harry was at one time dubbed a royal “Wild Child” by the tabloids for his underage drink and drugs antics.Before he was deployed, Harry told reporters he sometimes wished he was not a member of the royal family as it made it difficult to do things that he enjoyed, including being a soldier in the army.

       “I wish that quite a lot actually,” he said, adding his older brother Prince William shared the view.(Editing by Steve Addison)Browne hails Prince’s bravery

Defence Secretary Des Browne has hailed Prince Harry as an example of a generation of young people willing to put themselves in danger for Britain’s security.Speaking during a visit to HMS Gannet, Rescue Centre, Ayrshire, Mr Browne paid tribute to the 23-year-old Household Cavalry officer.He said:

       “I am delighted Prince Harry was able to deploy to Afghanistan and to work with those who he trained with and do what he was trained to do as a soldier. “I think he is an example of a generation of young people who are prepared to take on these very serious and dangerous tasks for our security.

        “He was only able to do that because of the co-operation of the media who exercised a degree of discipline and I think they have to be commended for allowing him the space and time so we could manage the risks associated with that.”Mr Browne made no comment on Harry’s withdrawal from Afghanistan. But he said it was “disappointing” that the story had broken in the foreign media.Meanwhile, speaking during a visit to a telecommunications factory in Birmingham, Prime Minister Gordon Brown commended Harry and said the country owed him a “debt of gratitude” for his courage and bravery in Afghanistan.

        He said Harry had “served with a great distinction”. He said: “Security considerations come first. That has been the deciding factor which was made by our defence staff and I think that everybody will respect that is the right decision.”

       He thanked Prince Harry for his “professionalism and dedication he has shown”. 

Terrorism: Flaws in Fight against

     India is a Soft State.

     Event after event, tragedy after tragedy. Yet no firm organised actions from State Governments or Central Govt to tackle terrorism. 

    HOURS AFTER attackers in Rampur showcased the big holes in India’s fight against terrorism, central and state government officials were fighting over terrorism.

     Central intelligence officials said they had alerted their state counterparts to the possibility of such an attack. Shrugging off blame, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati said officials had in turn warned officials of the CRPF, at whose camp the attack occurred.

     The New Year attack highlighted the fatal flaws in India’s fight against terrorism – how it remains primarily a state subject, and how a crippling lack of information-sharing, databases, a tough legal framework, training and men rarely takes this so-called war beyond rhetoric.

     An amended version of a 1967 law, the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, is currently India’s main counter-terrorism legislation. Tackling terrorism is the preserve of the states – which may, under “normal” circumstances, seek forces, financial help and other expert guidance from the Centre. After the repeal of national antiterror laws TADA and POTA, the government has repeatedly rejected suggestions of a new law against terrorism, which gives the federal government powers but not sweeping enough to en able human rights violations.

      Alongside, the idea of a national body to tackle terrorism – like the US Department of Homeland Security – remains bogged down by political concerns. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has called Naxalite violence the biggest internal threat.

      But deep into India’s hinterland, political claims over tackling terrorism seem like a farce at the police stations where there is no electricity, telephones do not work, police vehicles and generators have erratic diesel supplies. Worse, insurgencies have become an alibi for misgovernance in most violence-affected states. India’s biggest anti-terror blank check, Security-Related Expenses, has been spent, says the Comptroller and Auditor-General, on renovating kitchens, repairing pump sets and buy ing guesthouses. The Rampur attack came more than a month after a dozen-odd people were killed in bombings at three courts in Uttar Pradesh.

     Mayawati had then announced the setting up of a special police unit to tackle terrorism. But the truth is that apart from the Greyhound force in Andhra Pradesh and perhaps Maharashtra, few states have shown the willingness or ability to locally deal with the before-and-after of terrorism.

      States barely keep databases and rarely share them. Those databases are rarely accessible in real time, especially after an attack. Of the 75-odd border checkpoints, less than half have computers and far fewer are connected to information networks. And when terror cases go to court, investigations are mired in the 20 per cent conviction rate of state governments – compared to 70 per cent for the CBI, which should be increasingly allowed to deal with terror trials.

     Judges specialising in terrorism cases are lacking – and that cannot yet be expected in a nation which has 10.5 judges per million citizens, compared with 107 per million in the US. The only major success comes from the Financial Intelligence Unit, which is using sophisticated electronic surveillance in the area of blocking out terrorism finance.

     But with some 750 million people in India without bank accounts, and many remittances coming in through hawala, it is a battle far more complex than the click of a mouse. neelesh.misra@hindustantimes.com