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Beauty and the Beast: Eyeful's Adaptation in PowerPoint
Created: Wednesday, April 12, 2017, posted by Geetesh Bajaj at 4:00 am
The folks at Eyeful recently created their own version of the Beauty and the Beast tale, all within PowerPoint!
I reached out to Eyeful, and their Managing Director, Rob Bailey graciously responded.
Rob: For the past 12 years, Eyeful's creative team of designers have worked in PowerPoint day in, day out, to bring our customers' presentations to life in visually stunning ways.
It is this immersion in PowerPoint on a daily basis which means that our design team has an unparalleled knowledge of the capabilities of the software.
This knowledge is further enhanced through regular innovation sessions, in which our design team is unleashed to think completely out of the box and let their creative juices flow to push the software to its limits.
It was one such innovation session which led to one of our senior designers Lorna choosing Beauty and the Beast as inspiration to demonstrate just what can be achieved when PowerPoint is in the right hands.
I'll let Lorna tell you more…
Geetesh: How satisfying is it to do something that steps beyond the limits using PowerPoint?
Lorna: I think as a company, we are always trying to push PowerPoint as far as we can, to prove to people that it isn't just bullet points on slides. There's so much potential for PowerPoint that remains untapped as it is always dismissed as quite restrictive. It's really satisfying to make something that shows just what's possible when you invest time and creative thinking into a presentation.
Geetesh: And what motivated you to choose Beauty and the Beast as a deck project?
Lorna: We were set the task of creating visuals to a piece of audio for an innovation piece. I've always loved Disney films and knew I wanted to create something that told a story and looked hand made. My original inspiration came from the opening sequence for Disney's Mulan, where landscapes build across the screen in ink, and I wanted to create something similar but with a watercolor effect. The music and voiceover at the start of Beauty and the Beast are so atmospheric and seemed to fit really well with the watercolor style.
Thanks to Olivia Walsh of Eyeful, who made this feature happen!
Having spent his early career in a variety of sales and marketing roles, Rob Bailey successfully transitioned into managing sales teams' growth across a variety of industries before joining Eyeful Presentations as a senior consultant in 2011.
Over the past 5 years, Rob has developed a deep understanding of Eyeful's proposition and people whilst managing a significant number of strategic Eyeful clients. In his new role as Managing Director, his passion for the business will further establish Eyeful's position as the most innovative, exciting and influential consultancy in the presentation sector.
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CCM Responds to Introduction of Feinstein Water Bill
Taylor Hillman February 11, 2016 Drought, General, Water
Senator Dianne Feinstein introduced a revised drought relief water bill that puts California one step closer to comprehensive water policy reform, according to California Citrus Mutual (CCM) President Joel Nelsen.
"The introduction of the California Long-Term Provisions for Water Supply and Short-Term Provisions for Emergency Drought Relief Act by Senator Dianne Feinstein identifies several paths by which California can improve its water infrastructure and create a more reliable water system for all water users," says Nelsen. "Everybody wants something. Most want to help people and the environment as well as sustain the production of food and fiber. But, the stakeholders who are singularly focused have been an impediment to improving California's water crisis."
The bill contains language to create short-term solutions for existing problems and focuses on the vibrant future for California's water policy.
Over two years ago CCM made water a priority following a historical zero surface water allocation for Central Valley Water Project water users, namely growers in the Friant service area. Challenges also persist in Southern California which requires attention at the federal level. "CCM was closely involved with the State Water Bond negotiations and advocated for stronger language and dollars to assist citrus growers in Southern California and Monterey County, for example," continues Nelsen. "It was a natural next step that we seek federal movement toward a balanced water policy."
"Does this bill give us everything we want? Not by a long shot. However, it is a very necessary and positive step toward a policy that both protects the integrity of the Endangered Species Act biological opinions and clarifies where flexibility could exist in the storage and movement of water," says Nelsen.
Nelsen and CCM Board Chairman Kevin Severns are currently in Washington, D.C. to advocate on behalf of California's $3 billion citrus industry that Congress act now to address California's water crisis.
"A silent disaster is taking place," says Chairman Kevin Severns. "It's clear Senator Feinstein is willing to work with the House to negotiate a water bill that benefits all California water users."
Nelsen and Severns met with Senator Feinstein today along with executives from Wonderful Citrus and Sunkist to discuss the bill. "It is promising, and Senator Feinstein has every interest in getting something done for California water security once and for all," says Nelsen.
CCM in conjunction with other like-minded entities will now work to help move this package through the Senate, hopefully as part of a Western Water Bill, and then seek House supporters. "More good ideas could materialize and we're willing to listen to the Senator, but those that seek to impede achievement under the guise of 'helping' must be held accountable for placing California's future in jeopardy," concludes Nelsen.

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BV sells REAN to Hitachi Vantara
BV Investment Partners has sold REAN Cloud to Hitachi Vantara, a subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd. No financial terms were disclosed. Headquartered in Herndon, Virginia, REAN Cloud helps customers design, build, migrate, and manage their IT workloads and applications on Amazon Web Services.
BOSTON, October 23, 2018 – BV Investment Partners ("BV"), a middle-market private equity firm focused on the business services, software and IT services sectors, today announced the sale of REAN Cloud ("REAN"), an Amazon Web Services (AWS) Premier Partner and global cloud systems integrator, to Hitachi Vantara, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE: 6501, "Hitachi").
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BV invested in REAN in 2016 in partnership with the existing REAN leadership team. The company is led by industry veterans with deep cloud services expertise supporting customers in predominantly highly regulated end markets. In addition to its AWS Premier Consulting Partner status, REAN is a designated AWS Managed Services Partner, whereby it enables 24/7/365 best-practice large-scale cloud operations for customers. The Company has also achieved the AWS DevOps competency, assisting customers in implementing continuous integration, continuous deployment (CICD) pipeline automation, built leveraging the industry's best tools. REAN has grown rapidly since its inception and currently has over 120 employees worldwide. REAN can now leverage Hitachi Vantara's global delivery ecosystem and multi-cloud service offerings to deliver a leading portfolio of end-to-end cloud solutions across public, private and hybrid environments.
Matt Kinsey, Managing Director of BV, said, "Having invested in managed hosting and application hosting businesses, we identified the industry's shift towards cloud hosting several years ago. REAN stood out as one of the few AWS partners in the space that had demonstrated an ability to profitably deliver and scale enterprise-grade professional managed AWS services. Given the leading position of the Company, coupled with an exceptional management team, we felt we were in a solid position to rapidly grow the business in a short period of time. We are very pleased with the outcome of our investment and return for investors."
Sekhar Puli, REAN managing partner, said, "REAN is today tackling some of the most complex projects to help clients successfully migrate to a cloud infrastructure, seamlessly and securely, and efficiently. Our partnership with BV allowed us in a relatively quick time frame to further scale our business, and we look forward to building on our momentum under new ownership."
Sean Wilder, Principal, of BV, said, "Working with the talented and creative founders at REAN to execute on our growth plan in just over two years was extremely exciting for us at BV. As a result of implementing a number of growth initiatives, targeting compliance sensitive industries, and completing several targeted acquisitions, we have expanded the company's footprint beyond its core geographies and competencies."
About REAN Cloud
REAN Cloud, a global cloud systems integrator and Managed Service Provider (MSP), is a Premier Consulting Partner in the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Partner Network (APN) and a Microsoft Azure Silver Partner. REAN Cloud offers managed services and solutions for hyperscale-integrated IaaS and PaaS providers, and is one the few systems integrators capable of supporting the entire cloud services life cycle. Backed by extensive security DNA and deep compliance IP and expertise, REAN Cloud specializes in helping enterprise customers that operate in highly regulated environments – Financial Services, Healthcare/Life Sciences, Education and the Public Sector – accelerate their cloud investments while extracting maximum value from use of the cloud itself. For more information about REAN Cloud, please visit www.reancloud.com.
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About Hitachi, Ltd.
Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE: 6501), headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, delivers innovations that answer society's challenges, combining its operational technology, information technology, and products/systems. The company's consolidated revenues for fiscal 2017 (ended March 31, 2018) totaled 9,368.6 billion yen ($88.4 billion). The Hitachi Group is an innovation partner for the IoT era, and it has approximately 307,000 employees worldwide. Through collaborative creation with customers, Hitachi is deploying Social Innovation Business using digital technologies in a broad range of sectors, including Power/Energy, Industry/Distribution/Water, Urban Development, and Finance/Social Infrastructure/Healthcare. For more information on Hitachi, please visit the company's website at http://www.hitachi.com.


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C&L's Saturday Chiller Theater: 'Creature From The Black Lagoon'
Creature From The Black Lagoon is one of the best creature features of the 1950's and a worthy choice for tonight.
By John Amato — September 12, 2015
I wonder if Peter Benchley was inspired by this sea monster tale when he wrote "Jaws," because it certainly shares some similarities. We do know it influenced his "Creature" series for ABC, but in reality this is one of my favorite creature features of all time. It's never fun when your group of scientists and exporers traveling down the Amazon, become hunted down by an amphibian humanoid, who digs chicks.
Jack Arnold directs this tale and he also directed last week's The Incredible Shrinking Man. I must admit that I didn't realize he directed both films when I chose the gill-man for tonight, but he's got to be considered up there with the great creature director's of all time.
There's been talk for decades of a remake, but so far it hasn't come to fruition, although Jeff Pinker has been hired to write the script.
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require 'assert'
require 'qs/qs_runner'

require 'much-timeout'
require 'qs'
require 'qs/message_handler'

class Qs::QsRunner

  class UnitTests < Assert::Context
    desc "Qs::QsRunner"
    setup do
      Qs.config.timeout = Factory.integer
      @handler_class = TestMessageHandler
      @runner_class  = Qs::QsRunner
    end
    teardown do
      Qs.reset!
      Qs.init
    end
    subject{ @runner_class }

    should "be a runner" do
      assert_true subject < Qs::Runner
    end

    should "know its TimeoutInterrupt" do
      assert_true TimeoutInterrupt < Interrupt
    end

  end

  class InitTests < UnitTests
    desc "when init"
    setup do
      @runner = @runner_class.new(@handler_class)
    end
    subject{ @runner }

    should have_readers :timeout
    should have_imeths :run

    should "know its timeout" do
      assert_equal TestMessageHandler.timeout, subject.timeout
      handler_class = Class.new{ include Qs::MessageHandler }
      runner = @runner_class.new(handler_class)
      assert_equal Qs.config.timeout, runner.timeout
    end

  end

  class RunSetupTests < InitTests
    desc "and run"
    setup do
      @optional_timeout_called_with = nil
      Assert.stub(MuchTimeout, :optional_timeout) do |*args, &block|
        @optional_timeout_called_with = args
        block.call
      end
    end

  end

  class RunTests < RunSetupTests
    setup do
      @handler = @runner.handler
      @runner.run
    end

    should "run the handler in an optional timeout" do
      exp = [@runner.timeout, TimeoutInterrupt]
      assert_equal exp, @optional_timeout_called_with
    end

    should "run the handler's before callbacks" do
      assert_equal 1, @handler.first_before_call_order
      assert_equal 2, @handler.second_before_call_order
    end

    should "call the handler's init and run methods" do
      assert_equal 3, @handler.init_call_order
      assert_equal 4, @handler.run_call_order
    end

    should "run the handler's after callbacks" do
      assert_equal 5, @handler.first_after_call_order
      assert_equal 6, @handler.second_after_call_order
    end

  end

  class RunWithInitHaltTests < UnitTests
    desc "with a handler that halts on init"
    setup do
      @runner = @runner_class.new(@handler_class, :params => {
        'halt' => 'init'
      })
      @handler  = @runner.handler
      @response = @runner.run
    end
    subject{ @runner }

    should "run the before and after callbacks despite the halt" do
      assert_not_nil @handler.first_before_call_order
      assert_not_nil @handler.second_before_call_order
      assert_not_nil @handler.first_after_call_order
      assert_not_nil @handler.second_after_call_order
    end

    should "stop processing when the halt is called" do
      assert_not_nil @handler.init_call_order
      assert_nil @handler.run_call_order
    end

  end

  class RunWithRunHaltTests < UnitTests
    desc "when run with a handler that halts on run"
    setup do
      @runner = @runner_class.new(@handler_class, :params => {
        'halt' => 'run'
      })
      @handler  = @runner.handler
      @response = @runner.run
    end
    subject{ @runner }

    should "run the before and after callbacks despite the halt" do
      assert_not_nil @handler.first_before_call_order
      assert_not_nil @handler.second_before_call_order
      assert_not_nil @handler.first_after_call_order
      assert_not_nil @handler.second_after_call_order
    end

    should "stop processing when the halt is called" do
      assert_not_nil @handler.init_call_order
      assert_not_nil @handler.run_call_order
    end

  end

  class RunWithBeforeHaltTests < UnitTests
    desc "when run with a handler that halts in an after callback"
    setup do
      @runner = @runner_class.new(@handler_class, :params => {
        'halt' => 'before'
      })
      @handler  = @runner.handler
      @response = @runner.run
    end
    subject{ @runner }

    should "stop processing when the halt is called" do
      assert_not_nil @handler.first_before_call_order
      assert_nil @handler.second_before_call_order
    end

    should "not run the after callbacks b/c of the halt" do
      assert_nil @handler.first_after_call_order
      assert_nil @handler.second_after_call_order
    end

    should "not run the handler's init and run b/c of the halt" do
      assert_nil @handler.init_call_order
      assert_nil @handler.run_call_order
    end

  end

  class RunWithAfterHaltTests < UnitTests
    desc "when run with a handler that halts in an after callback"
    setup do
      @runner = @runner_class.new(@handler_class, :params => {
        'halt' => 'after'
      })
      @handler  = @runner.handler
      @response = @runner.run
    end
    subject{ @runner }

    should "run the before callback despite the halt" do
      assert_not_nil @handler.first_before_call_order
      assert_not_nil @handler.second_before_call_order
    end

    should "run the handler's init and run despite the halt" do
      assert_not_nil @handler.init_call_order
      assert_not_nil @handler.run_call_order
    end

    should "stop processing when the halt is called" do
      assert_not_nil @handler.first_after_call_order
      assert_nil @handler.second_after_call_order
    end

  end

  class RunWithTimeoutInterruptTests < RunSetupTests
    setup do
      Assert.stub(MuchTimeout, :optional_timeout){ raise TimeoutInterrupt }
    end

    should "raise a timeout error with a good message" do
      exception = assert_raises(Qs::TimeoutError) do
        @runner.run
      end

      exp = "#{@handler_class} timed out (#{@runner.timeout}s)"
      assert_equal exp, exception.message
    end

  end

  class TestMessageHandler
    include Qs::MessageHandler

    attr_reader :first_before_call_order, :second_before_call_order
    attr_reader :first_after_call_order, :second_after_call_order
    attr_reader :init_call_order, :run_call_order
    attr_reader :response_data

    timeout Factory.integer

    before{ @first_before_call_order = next_call_order; halt_if('before') }
    before{ @second_before_call_order = next_call_order }

    after{ @first_after_call_order = next_call_order; halt_if('after') }
    after{ @second_after_call_order = next_call_order }

    def init!
      @init_call_order = next_call_order
      halt_if('init')
    end

    def run!
      @run_call_order = next_call_order
      halt_if('run')
    end

    private

    def next_call_order; @order ||= 0; @order += 1; end

    def halt_if(value)
      halt if params['halt'] == value
    end

  end

end


This is one of the support programs of the agency concerned with the consuming public's information, education and assistance. The following subprograms further elaborate this program: Product Information and Consumer Aware-ness, Publications and Media Relations, Consumer Welfare and Assistance, Public Assistance and Customer Relations, and Information and Communications Technology.
The Product Information and Consumer Awareness Program is designed and conceptualized to inform and educate consumers about meat safety and quality, proper handling and buying of meat through seminars and orientation.
Furthermore, Publications and Media Relations Program make use of the mass media and print medium to convey messages and disseminate relevant information on meat safety and quality. Tools used in this program are broadcast and TV, major newspaper clippings and the production of Information, Education and Communication (IEC) Materials.
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UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Hector Luis TORRES-FIGUEROA, Defendant, Appellant.
Jonathan G. Merminand Preti, Flaherty, Beliveau & Pachios, LLP, Portland, ME, on brief for appellant. Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez, United States Attorney, Mariana E. Bauzá-Almonte, Assistant United States Attorney, Chief, Appellate Division, and Julia M. Meconiates, Assistant United States Attorney, on brief for appellee.
Jonathan G. Mermin and Preti, Flaherty, Beliveau & Pachios, LLP , Portland, ME, on brief for appellant.
Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez , United States Attorney, Mariana E. Bauzá-Almonte , Assistant United States Attorney, Chief, Appellate Division, and Julia M. Meconiates , Assistant United States Attorney, on brief for appellee.
Before Barron, Selya, and Stahl, Circuit Judges.
Hector Luis Torres-Figueroa ("Torres") challenges his sentence of 60 months' imprisonment. We affirm.
On September 10, 2015, Torres was indicted on four counts in the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico: first, possession with intent to distribute marijuana, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(C) ; second, possession with intent to distribute cocaine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(C) ; third, possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(A)(i) ; and fourth, possession of a machine gun in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(B)(ii). On September 24, 2015, Torres was convicted by a jury of the first and second counts and acquitted of the third and fourth counts.
The amended pre-sentence investigation report ("PSR") that the Probation Office prepared calculated Torres's base offense level by first grouping Count 1 and Count 2 into a single Count Group, pursuant to United States Sentencing Guidelines § 3D1.1(a). The PSR then determined that the applicable base offense level for that Count Group was 12, under U.S.S.G. § 2D1.1(c)(14), in consequence of the quantity of drugs involved. And, the PSR determined that Torres's criminal history category was II. The PSR then identified the sentencing range under the guidelines for Torres as 12-18 months' imprisonment.
Before sentencing, the government submitted a sentencing memorandum recommending that a two-level enhancement be imposed under U.S.S.G. § 2D1.1(b), which applies when the defendant possessed a firearm during the drug trafficking offense. That enhancement, combined with Torres's criminal history category, would yield a sentencing range under the sentencing guidelines of 18-24 months' imprisonment. The government, however, recommended that the District Court impose a sentence of 120 months' imprisonment. The government based that recommendation on, among other things, Torres's extensive drug-related criminal history and the fact that the gun that was allegedly in Torres's possession while he was engaged in drug trafficking was a fully automatic rifle with an obliterated serial number.
At sentencing, the District Court applied a base offense level under the sentencing guidelines of 12. The District Court did so because the District Court determined that Torres's drug trafficking involved less than 50 grams of cocaine. U.S.S.G. § 2D1.1(a)(5). The District Court noted that Torres did not object to the imposition of the two-level firearms enhancement, but that the District Court was not going to impose the enhancement because "I should not give him the two points and double count if you will." Instead, the District Court made a guidelines calculation that, in accordance with the PSR, yielded a recommended sentencing range of 12-18 months' imprisonment, and then imposed a variant sentence of 60 months' imprisonment. The District Court did so on the basis of the testimony of law enforcement officers at trial indicating that Torres "[had] been involved in drugs for a long, long time," and that he possessed, while committing the offenses for which he was convicted, a fully automatic rifle with the obliterated serial number, along with six magazines and over one hundred rounds of ammunition, notwithstanding that he was acquitted on the firearms counts. The District Court explained that it based 42 months of the 60 months of imprisonment on Torres's firearms-related conduct.
Torres contends that the District Court erred by imposing a 42-month variance over and above the top of the 12-18 months sentencing range set forth in the sentencing guidelines. Torres argues that, under the guidelines, the firearms-related conduct should have resulted only in the application of the two-level enhancement to his base offense level, and thus should have resulted in a sentencing range under the sentencing guidelines of only 18-24 months' imprisonment. And Torres further contends that the District Court made clear that it could not impose both the enhancement and the variant sentence without "double counting." Thus, Torres argues that, "if the [District Court] had given the two-level [enhancement]—as it was required to do—it would not have imposed a variance on top of the resulting 18-to-24 month range."
Torres concedes that he did not make this objection below. And, in fact, he specifically advised the District Court that it was not required to apply the two-level firearms enhancement, even if the evidence sufficed to support the enhancement's application. For that reason, the government argues that Torres has waived his right to contend now, in the course of challenging the variant sentence, that the District Court was required to apply the enhancement.
Without deciding whether Torres has waived this argument, we conclude that Torres's contention fails under the plain error standard of review, which Torres asks us to apply. See United States v. Ruiz-Huertas , 792 F.3d 223, 226 (1st Cir.), cert. denied , ––– U.S. ––––, 136 S.Ct. 258, 193 L.Ed.2d 191 (2015) ("[W]here a party fails to preserve claims of error in the court below ... review is for plain error."). "To prevail under this daunting standard, the defendant must establish (1) that an error occurred (2) which was clear or obvious and which not only (3) affected [his] substantial rights, but also (4) seriously impaired the fairness, integrity, or public reputation of judicial proceedings." Id. (alteration in original) (citation omitted). Torres cannot meet that standard.
A district court may vary a sentence on the basis of conduct that is in part accounted for by an enhancement in the sentencing guidelines so long as the district court "articulate[s] specifically the reasons that this particular defendant's situation is different from the ordinary situation covered by the guidelines calculation." United States v. Zapete-Garcia , 447 F.3d 57, 60 (1st Cir. 2006). And here, the District Court explained that Torres's situation was different in important ways from the ordinary situation covered by the enhancement, because of Torres's criminal history, the fully automatic nature of the weapon, the weapon's obliterated serial number, and the large quantity of ammunition. Moreover, Torres cites no authority to support the proposition that a district court must impose an enhancement in order to impose a variant sentence on the basis of conduct that would not only justify the enhancement, but would also justify a sentence greater than the guidelines range under the enhancement. Given that the record indicates that the District Court declined to apply the enhancement here in order to avoid double counting that portion of the conduct that was not different from the ordinary situation covered by the enhancement, we see no clear or obvious error in the District Court's deciding not to apply the enhancement and to impose a variant sentence of the length it selected.
The sentence is affirmed .


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It's definitely not the worst book I have read but, anyways, it was painful to finish it. It bored me to death, really. Tally was... Was... Well, she was stupid, plain as simple like that. Even though she was supposed to be special and super smart and unique, she was just boring and super silly. And so selfish, also. Her thoughts are pathetic most of times. Ah,in a sum up, Tally will make you want to roll your eyes a gazillion times till they fall to the floor... Or something, I don't know.
The writing... Oh well, lets just say that's horrible as well. Repetitive, so simple and plain, it doesn't make the pace faster nor the story sound interesting. And the main idea of the book was cool. So, Uglies is a really good example of a good idea and an awful execution.
Then, you may ask why I gave it 2 stars... Just because I want to know what happens next. Lets see if it gets any better.


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Uprooted and Lost on Strange Soil
by Vijay Prashad May 1, 2014 September 23, 2020
By Vijay Prashad. This article was first published on Telegraph India.
India's lack of a proper refugee policy makes it easier for some political parties to express their exclusivist tendencies.
At Dandakaranya in Odisha
The Bharatiya Janata Party leader, Narendra Modi, while campaigning in Serampore, West Bengal, said, "You can write it down. After May 16, these Bangladeshis better be prepared with their bags packed." What Modi suggests is that undocumented Bangladeshi migrants would be deported by a BJP government without ado. Modi's statement echoes a long tradition in the BJP — with the Bangladeshi refugee story as part of the bedrock of the BJP's rise in north India. In the early 1990s, fiercely anti-Bangladesh statements from the sangh parivar pushed an obscure administrative problem to the centre of political life.
As a lead-up to the 1993 Delhi elections, the BJP national executive attacked the "infiltration" of immigrants from Bangladesh, accusing the Congress of taking no action "because it views them as a vote bank". The BJP in Delhi launched a "declaration of war" against Bangladeshis as the BJP-Shiv Sena government in Maharashtra called for Bangladeshis to "vacate the city on their own or be thrown out". The BJP continued to blow this trumpet till the end of the decade, and then, in government, toned down its rhetoric (much to the displeasure of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad and the Bajrang Dal). Modi's statement returns us to the days of Operation Pushback and Operation Flush Out — policies that derive as much from xenophobic political pressure as from India's lack of a refugee policy fully in line with international law.
India is neither a signatory of the United Nations's 1951 refugee convention nor of its 1967 protocol. The reasons why India did not join these was correct at those times — the 1951 convention defined "refugees" as Europeans who had to be re-settled and suggested that "refugees" were those who fled the "non-Free world" for the "Free world". In December 1950, at the UN's third committee, Vijaylakshmi Pandit objected to the Euro-centrism of the definition of refugee, "Suffering knows no racial or political boundaries; it is the same for all. As international tension increases, vast masses of humanity might be uprooted and displaced." She was right. The refugee crisis across the world is now severe for reasons of war and economic distress. Three years later, the foreign secretary, R.K. Nehru, told the UNHCR representative that the UN agency helped refugees from "the so-called non-free world into the free world. We do not recognize such a division of the world".
In spite of its reluctance to join these conventions, India has obligations under international law. India has signed onto the 1967 UN Declaration on Territorial Asylum and the 1948 UN Declaration of Human Rights. Even though it is not a member of the 1951 refugee convention that frames the work of the UNHCR, India is on its executive committee, which supervises the agency's material assistance programme. Along the grain of such a human rights policy, the Indian Supreme Court ruled in 1996 that refugees could not be forcibly repatriated because of the protections to life and personal liberty in Article 21 of the Indian Constitution (National Human Rights Commission vs. State of Arunachal Pradesh).
India's current refugee policy is governed by the Foreigners Act (1946) that does not even use the term "refugee". Without a firm policy, Indian governments over the years have toyed with the different refugee populations for political ends — India's treatment of Tibetans conforms to its relationship with China, for instance. The failure to have a sensible set of norms opened the door to the 1990s Operation Pushback, which used the Bangladeshi refugees as a tool for communal politics. It is what has allowed Modi to make his threatening statements against Bangladeshi migrants.
One of the bedrock principles of the international regime on refugees and asylum is that it be universal — all people who seek refuge should be treated equally. No tests of religion or ethnicity — or even politics — should be applied. The UN declaration is sensitive to the limits that states might place. For instance, the UN Declaration on Human Rights says that the right for refugee status "may not be invoked in the case of prosecutions genuinely arising from nonpolitical crimes or from acts contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations." Criminals, therefore, can be denied the right to sanctuary (although even here extradition procedures protect those who flee from malicious accusations).
The BJP's 2014 manifesto baldly states that "India shall remain a natural home for persecuted Hindus and they shall be welcome to seek refuge here". Such a statement mimics the policy of only one other country, Israel — which sees itself as a sanctuary for Jews who are given an automatic right to enter the country and earn citizenship (to conduct Aliyah). In February, Modi said, "We have a responsibility towards Hindus who are harassed and suffer in other countries. India is the only place for them."
But India — by its standing in various international protocols — has a responsibility to all asylum seekers and migrants, and must treat them equally. To do anything less than that would move India to join the wave of anti-immigration that has taken hold in Europe and North America, and has been structured into state policy in Israel.
Right before it makes this ill-considered statement in its 2014 manifesto, the BJP praises its "NRIs, PIOs and professionals settled abroad" who are a "vast reservoir to articulate the national interests and affairs globally". But this population is able to live elsewhere because of the until now relatively liberal immigration policies of their countries of residence. It is telling that the BJP only points its finger at the professionals, saying nothing of the Indian workers across the world whose remittances support their families and Indian foreign exchange balances. Attacks on Bangladeshi slum-dwellers and disregard for Indian migrant workers indicate the class bias of the BJP. It is short-sighted as policy to create policies that discriminate within India, when Indians outside India rely upon non-discrimination for their own lives.
Not long after the shameful Operation Pushback, the former chief justice of India, P. N. Bhagwati, chaired a panel to create a model law for India on refugee rights. Bhagwati — who had also served as regional adviser for Asia and the Pacific for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights — suggested that "an appropriate legal structure or framework" would give Indian states "a measure of certainty" in their policy-making and it would give "greater protection for the refugees". Bhagwati's model law defined refugees as people outside their country of origin who could not return there because of "a well-founded fear of persecution on account of race, religion, sex, ethnic identity, membership of a particular social group or political opinion." This was a very broad and important standard, which would greatly improve Indian refugee policy. It would also protect refugees — often the most vulnerable population — from political games that are often played at their expense, most recently by Modi.
Bhagwati's report — like so many other well-meaning commissions — has made little impact. It turned into a draft law — the refugees and asylum seekers (protection) bill — but was unable to leave the home ministry for Parliament because of pressure from the Indian security establishment and various political calculations. Why the United Progressive Alliance did not push for a rational refugee policy is a question that the home minister should answer. The impact of no policy, of course, means that refugees remain tinder for the incendiary rhetoric of Modi and his BJP.
Vijay Prashad is the Director of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research, Chief Editor of LeftWord Booksand Chief Correspondent at Globetrotter.
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1 Chronicles 26
David Organizes the Priests
24 The divisions of the sons of Aaron were these. The sons of iAaron: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. 2 jBut Nadab and Abihu died before their father and had no children, so Eleazar and Ithamar became the priests. 3 With the help of kZadok of the sons of Eleazar, and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, David organized them according to the appointed duties in their service. 4 Since more chief men were found among the sons of Eleazar than among the sons of Ithamar, they organized them under sixteen heads of fathers' houses of the sons of Eleazar, and eight of the sons of Ithamar. 5 They divided them lby lot, all alike, for there were sacred officers and officers of God among both the sons of Eleazar and the sons of Ithamar. 6 And the scribe Shemaiah, the son of Nethanel, a Levite, recorded them in the presence of the king and the princes and Zadok the priest and mAhimelech the son of Abiathar and the heads of the fathers' houses of the priests and of the Levites, one father's house being chosen for Eleazar and one chosen for Ithamar.
7 The first lot fell to Jehoiarib, the second to Jedaiah, 8 the third to Harim, the fourth to Seorim, 9 the fifth to Malchijah, the sixth to Mijamin, 10 the seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to nAbijah, 11 the ninth to Jeshua, the tenth to Shecaniah, 12 the eleventh to Eliashib, the twelfth to Jakim, 13 the thirteenth to Huppah, the fourteenth to Jeshebeab, 14 the fifteenth to Bilgah, the sixteenth to Immer, 15 the seventeenth to Hezir, the eighteenth to Happizzez, 16 the nineteenth to Pethahiah, the twentieth to Jehezkel, 17 the twenty-first to Jachin, the twenty-second to Gamul, 18 the twenty-third to Delaiah, the twenty-fourth to Maaziah. 19 These had as their appointed duty in their service oto come into the house of the Lord according to the procedure established for them by Aaron their father, as the Lord God of Israel had commanded him.
20 And of the rest of the sons of Levi: pof the sons of Amram, Shubael; of the sons of Shubael, Jehdeiah. 21 qOf Rehabiah: of the sons of Rehabiah, Isshiah the chief. 22 Of the Izharites, Shelomoth; of the sons of Shelomoth, Jahath. 23 rThe sons of Hebron:1 Jeriah the chief,2 Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, Jekameam the fourth. 24 sThe sons of Uzziel, Micah; of the sons of Micah, Shamir. 25 The brother of Micah, Isshiah; of the sons of Isshiah, Zechariah. 26 tThe sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Jaaziah: Beno.3 27 The sons of Merari: of Jaaziah, Beno, Shoham, Zaccur, and Ibri. 28 Of Mahli: Eleazar, uwho had no sons. 29 Of Kish, the sons of Kish: Jerahmeel. 30 vThe sons of Mushi: Mahli, Eder, and Jerimoth. These were the sons of the Levites according to their fathers' houses. 31 These also, the head of each father's house and his younger brother alike, wcast lots, just as their brothers the sons of Aaron, in the presence of King David, xZadok, Ahimelech, and the heads of fathers' houses of the priests and of the Levites.
David Organizes the Musicians
25 David and the chiefs of the service also set apart for the service the sons of yAsaph, and of zHeman, and of aJeduthun, who bprophesied with lyres, with charps, and with cymbals. The list of those who did the work and of their duties was: 2 Of the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, and Asharelah, sons of Asaph, under the direction of Asaph, who bprophesied under the direction of the king. 3 Of Jeduthun, the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, Zeri, Jeshaiah, Shimei,1 Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under the direction of their father Jeduthun, bwho prophesied with the lyre in thanksgiving and praise to the Lord. 4 Of Heman, the sons of Heman: Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, and Romamti-ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, Mahazioth. 5 All these were the sons of Heman dthe king's seer, according to the promise of God to exalt him, for God had given Heman fourteen sons and three daughters. 6 They were all under the direction of their father in the music in the house of the Lord with cymbals, charps, and lyres for the service of the house of God. Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman were under the order of the king. 7 The number of them along with their brothers, who were trained in singing to the Lord, all who were skillful, was e288. 8 And they cast lots for their duties, fsmall and great, teacher and pupil alike.
9 The first lot fell for Asaph to Joseph; the second to Gedaliah, to him and his brothers and his sons, twelve; 10 the third to Zaccur, his sons and his brothers, twelve; 11 the fourth to Izri, his sons and his brothers, twelve; 12 the fifth to Nethaniah, his sons and his brothers, twelve; 13 the sixth to Bukkiah, his sons and his brothers, twelve; 14 the seventh to Jesharelah, his sons and his brothers, twelve; 15 the eighth to Jeshaiah, his sons and his brothers, twelve; 16 the ninth to Mattaniah, his sons and his brothers, twelve; 17 the tenth to Shimei, his sons and his brothers, twelve; 18 the eleventh to Azarel, his sons and his brothers, twelve; 19 the twelfth to Hashabiah, his sons and his brothers, twelve; 20 to the thirteenth, Shubael, his sons and his brothers, twelve; 21 to the fourteenth, Mattithiah, his sons and his brothers, twelve; 22 to the fifteenth, to Jeremoth, his sons and his brothers, twelve; 23 to the sixteenth, to Hananiah, his sons and his brothers, twelve; 24 to the seventeenth, to Joshbekashah, his sons and his brothers, twelve; 25 to the eighteenth, to Hanani, his sons and his brothers, twelve; 26 to the nineteenth, to Mallothi, his sons and his brothers, twelve; 27 to the twentieth, to Eliathah, his sons and his brothers, twelve; 28 to the twenty-first, to Hothir, his sons and his brothers, twelve; 29 to the twenty-second, to Giddalti, his sons and his brothers, twelve; 30 to the twenty-third, to Mahazioth, his sons and his brothers, twelve; 31 to the twenty-fourth, to Romamti-ezer, his sons and his brothers, twelve.
Divisions of the Gatekeepers
26 As for the divisions of the gatekeepers: of the Korahites, Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph. 2 And Meshelemiah had sons: gZechariah the firstborn, Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth, 3 Elam the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, Eliehoenai the seventh. 4 And hObed-edom had sons: Shemaiah the firstborn, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, Sachar the fourth, Nethanel the fifth, 5 Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Peullethai the eighth, ifor God blessed him. 6 Also to his son Shemaiah were sons born who were rulers in their fathers' houses, for they were men of great ability. 7 The sons of Shemaiah: Othni, Rephael, Obed and Elzabad, whose brothers were able men, Elihu and Semachiah. 8 All these were of the sons of Obed-edom with their sons and brothers, able men qualified for the service; sixty-two of Obed-edom. 9 And Meshelemiah had sons and brothers, able men, eighteen. 10 And jHosah, of the sons of Merari, had sons: Shimri the chief (for though he was not the firstborn, his father made him chief), 11 Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth: all the sons and brothers of Hosah were thirteen.
12 These divisions of the gatekeepers, corresponding to their chief men, had duties, just as their brothers did, ministering in the house of the Lord. 13 And they cast lots by fathers' houses, ksmall and great alike, for their gates. 14 The lot for the east fell to Shelemiah. They cast lots also for his son Zechariah, a shrewd counselor, and his lot came out for the north. 15 Obed-edom's came out for the south, and to his sons was allotted lthe gatehouse. 16 For Shuppim and jHosah it came out for the west, at the gate of Shallecheth on the road that goes up. Watch corresponded to watch. 17 On the east there were six each day,1 on the north four each day, on the south four each day, as well as two and two at the gatehouse. 18 And for the ncolonnade2 on the west there were four at the road and two at the colonnade. 19 These were the divisions of the gatekeepers among the Korahites and the sons of Merari.
Treasurers and Other Officials
20 And of the Levites, Ahijah had charge of othe treasuries of the house of God and the treasuries of the dedicated gifts. 21 The sons of Ladan, the sons of the Gershonites belonging to Ladan, the heads of the fathers' houses belonging to Ladan the Gershonite: pJehieli.3
22 qThe sons of Jehieli, Zetham, and Joel his brother, were in charge of the treasuries of the house of the Lord. 23 rOf the Amramites, the Izharites, the Hebronites, and the Uzzielites— 24 and sShebuel the son of Gershom, son of Moses, was chief officer in charge of the treasuries. 25 His brothers: from tEliezer were his son Rehabiah, and his son uJeshaiah, and his son Joram, and his son Zichri, and his son vShelomoth. 26 This Shelomoth and his brothers were in charge of all the treasuries of the dedicated gifts that David the king and the heads of the fathers' houses and the officers of the thousands and the hundreds and the commanders of the army whad dedicated. 27 From spoil won in battles they dedicated gifts for the maintenance of the house of the Lord. 28 Also all that xSamuel the seer and Saul the son of Kish and Abner the son of Ner and Joab the son of Zeruiah had dedicated—all dedicated gifts were in the care of vShelomoth4 and his brothers.
29 Of the Izharites, Chenaniah and his sons were appointed to yexternal duties for Israel, zas officers and judges. 30 Of the Hebronites, aHashabiah and his brothers, 1,700 men of ability, had the oversight of Israel westward of the Jordan for all the work of the Lord and for the service of the king. 31 Of the Hebronites, bJerijah was chief of the Hebronites of whatever genealogy or fathers' houses. (In the fortieth year of David's reign search was made and men of great ability among them were found at cJazer in Gilead.) 32 King David appointed him and his brothers, 2,700 men of ability, heads of fathers' houses, to have the oversight of the Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of the Manassites for everything pertaining to God and for dthe affairs of the king.
Military Divisions
27 This is the number of the people of Israel, the heads of fathers' houses, the commanders of thousands and hundreds, and their officers who served the king in all matters concerning the divisions that came and went, month after month throughout the year, each division numbering 24,000:
2 eJashobeam the son of Zabdiel was in charge of the first division in the first month; in his division were 24,000. 3 He was a fdescendant of Perez and was chief of all the commanders. He served for the first month. 4 gDodai the Ahohite1 was in charge of the division of the second month; in his division were 24,000. 5 The third commander, for the third month, was hBenaiah, the son of Jehoiada the chief priest; in his division were 24,000. 6 This is the Benaiah iwho was a mighty man of the thirty and in command of the thirty; Ammizabad his son was in charge of his division.2 7 jAsahel the brother of Joab was fourth, for the fourth month, and his son Zebadiah after him; in his division were 24,000. 8 The fifth commander, for the fifth month, was kShamhuth the Izrahite; in his division were 24,000. 9 Sixth, for the sixth month, was lIra, the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite; in his division were 24,000. 10 Seventh, for the seventh month, was mHelez the Pelonite, of the sons of Ephraim; in his division were 24,000. 11 Eighth, for the eighth month, was nSibbecai the Hushathite, of the Zerahites; in his division were 24,000. 12 Ninth, for the ninth month, was oAbiezer of Anathoth, a Benjaminite; in his division were 24,000. 13 Tenth, for the tenth month, was pMaharai of Netophah, of the Zerahites; in his division were 24,000. 14 Eleventh, for the eleventh month, was qBenaiah of Pirathon, of the sons of Ephraim; in his division were 24,000. 15 Twelfth, for the twelfth month, was rHeldai the Netophathite, of sOthniel; in his division were 24,000.
Leaders of Tribes
16 Over the tribes of Israel, for the Reubenites, Eliezer the son of Zichri was chief officer; for the Simeonites, Shephatiah the son of Maacah; 17 for Levi, tHashabiah the son of Kemuel; for Aaron, uZadok; 18 for Judah, Elihu, one of David's brothers; for Issachar, Omri the son of Michael; 19 for Zebulun, Ishmaiah the son of Obadiah; for Naphtali, Jeremoth the son of Azriel; 20 for the Ephraimites, Hoshea the son of Azaziah; for the half-tribe of Manasseh, Joel the son of Pedaiah; 21 for the half-tribe of Manasseh in Gilead, Iddo the son of Zechariah; for Benjamin, Jaasiel the son of Abner; 22 for Dan, Azarel the son of Jeroham. These were the vleaders of the tribes of Israel. 23 David did not count those below twenty years of age, for the wLord had promised to make Israel as many as the stars of heaven. 24 Joab the son of Zeruiah began to count, but xdid not finish. Yet ywrath came upon Israel for this, and the number was not entered in the chronicles of King David.
25 Over the king's treasuries was zAzmaveth the son of Adiel; and over the treasuries in the country, in the cities, in the villages, and in the towers, was Jonathan the son of Uzziah; 26 and over those who did the work of the field for tilling the soil was Ezri the son of Chelub; 27 and over the vineyards was Shimei the Ramathite; and over the produce of the vineyards for the wine cellars was Zabdi the Shiphmite. 28 Over the olive and asycamore trees in the Shephelah was Baal-hanan the Gederite; and over the stores of oil was Joash. 29 Over the herds that pastured in bSharon was Shitrai the Sharonite; over the herds in the valleys was Shaphat the son of Adlai. 30 Over the camels was Obil the Ishmaelite; and over the donkeys was Jehdeiah the Meronothite. Over the flocks was Jaziz the cHagrite. 31 All these were stewards of King David's property.
32 Jonathan, David's uncle, was a counselor, being a man of understanding and a scribe. He and Jehiel the son of Hachmoni attended the king's sons. 33 dAhithophel was the eking's counselor, and Hushai the Archite was the king's friend. 34 Ahithophel was succeeded by Jehoiada the son of fBenaiah, and gAbiathar. Joab was hcommander of the king's army.
David's Charge to Israel
28 iDavid assembled at Jerusalem all the officials of Israel, the jofficials of the tribes, the officers of the divisions that served the king, the kcommanders of thousands, the commanders of hundreds, the lstewards of all the property and livestock of the king and his sons, together with the palace officials, the mmighty men and all the seasoned warriors. 2 Then King David rose to his feet and said: "Hear me, my brothers and my people. nI had it in my heart to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the Lord and for the ofootstool of our God, and I made preparations for building. 3 But God said to me, p'You may not build a house for my name, for you are a man of war and have shed blood.' 4 Yet the Lord God of Israel qchose me from all my father's house to be king over Israel rforever. sFor he chose Judah as leader, and in the house of Judah my father's thouse, and among my father's sons he took pleasure in me to make me king over all Israel. 5 And of uall my sons (for the Lord has given me many sons) he vhas chosen Solomon my son to sit on the throne of the kingdom of the Lord over Israel. 6 He said to me, 'It is wSolomon your son who shall build my house and my courts, for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father. 7 I will establish his kingdom rforever xif he continues strong in keeping my commandments and my rules, as he is today.' 8 Now therefore in the sight of all Israel, the assembly of the Lord, and in the hearing of our God, observe and seek out all the commandments of the Lord your God, that you may possess this good land and leave it for an inheritance to your children after you forever.
David's Charge to Solomon
9 "And you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve him with a ywhole heart and with a willing mind, zfor the Lord searches all hearts and understands every plan and thought. aIf you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you forsake him, he will cast you off forever. 10 Be careful now, for the Lord has chosen you to build a house for the sanctuary; bbe strong and do it."
11 Then David gave Solomon his son the cplan of the dvestibule of the temple,1 and of its houses, its treasuries, its upper rooms, and its inner chambers, and of the room for the emercy seat; 12 and the plan of all that he had in mind for the courts of the house of the Lord, all the surrounding chambers, fthe treasuries of the house of God, and the treasuries for dedicated gifts; 13 for the gdivisions of the priests and of the hLevites, and all the work of the service in the house of the Lord; for all the vessels for the service in the house of the Lord, 14 the weight of gold for all golden vessels for each service, the weight of silver vessels for each service, 15 the weight of the golden ilampstands and their lamps, the weight of gold for each lampstand and its lamps, the weight of silver for a lampstand and its lamps, according to the use of each lampstand in the service, 16 the weight of gold for each table for the showbread, the silver for the silver tables, 17 and pure gold for the forks, the basins and the cups; for the golden bowls and the weight of each; for the silver bowls and the weight of each; 18 for the jaltar of incense made of refined gold, and its weight; also his plan for the golden chariot of the kcherubim that spread their wings and covered the ark of the covenant of the Lord. 19 "All this he made clear to me in writing from the hand of the Lord, lall the work to be done according to the plan."
20 Then David said to Solomon his son, m"Be strong and courageous and do it. Do not be afraid and do not be dismayed, for the Lord God, even my God, is with you. He will not leave you or forsake you, until all the work for the service of the house of the Lord is finished. 21 And behold the ndivisions of the priests and the Levites for all the service of the house of God; and with you in all the work will be oevery willing man who has skill for any kind of service; also the officers and all the people will be wholly at your command."


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Mr. Ainsworth: It never was said that there was hope of not a shot being fired. What was said......by the then Secretary of State was that we would be happy if not a shot were fired........, but he would not have been putting 16 Air Assault Brigade into a theatre of war if he thought that there would not be a little bit of trouble in the area.
John Reid :.. May I confirm what the Defence Secretary has just said? May I tell ..Mr. Ancram that.. he has just misled the House? I never at any stage expressed the hope, expectation, promise or pledge that we would leave Afghanistan without firing a shot.
I did, however, insist that we would not be aggressors. We did not seek war. We did not go there as part of an invasion. For our part, we would be happy to go and work with the Afghan Government and leave without firing a shot. It was clearly in that sense that it was said, and I would be extremely obliged if that could be confirmed again from the Front Bench, and that Opposition Members would stop the misrepresentation of what was said when we went in.
the time......that is what I recall my right hon. Friend saying at the time.
The Secretary of State for Defence John Reid:............. I fully accept that it is more dangerous in the south than anywhere else where we have been present hitherto, but whatever the dangers, they are less than the danger of the Taliban and the terrorists taking over Afghanistan again, which would be a danger to not only our forces but the people of that country.
Mr. Michael Ancram (Devizes) (Con):........ Why is there such hesitation about the announcement of the deployment of additional troops to Afghanistan, which only yesterday the Chief of the General Staff conceded would be necessary? Surely, the military implications of expanding ISAF into south Afghanistan are already well known? Is the delay not the result of failure to reach agreement with other participants on operational issues, not least as to whether the task is to be expanded into counter-insurgency, and is there not damaging confusion about the rules of engagement under which they will operate? Surely, the Secretary of State can be a little more forthcoming.
John Reid: I would not accept the description of a policing role, although my hon. Friend is correct in that I did make the point that we are not in Afghanistan primarily to wage war or to search for and destroy terrorists. Rather, we are there to act as a protective military force, protecting not only ourselves but the Afghan Government and those working with them to build their economy, their democracy and their security.
There are two elements to our force protection. The first is our force configuration�including air mobile components and Apache helicopters deployed for the first time in action�which was specified by our chiefs as the necessary one to defend our forces. Secondly, we are of course not going into the south of Afghanistan alone: to the east of us will be about 2,500 Canadian troops; and to the north in Oruzgan province there will be 1,400 Dutch troops, several hundred Australians, and Estonians and troops from the Afghan national army. There are around 9,000 troops there, and although I do not for one moment belittle the difficulties and dangers of deployment to the south, I am satisfied that, subject always to preliminary operations of our forces on the ground and what they discover, we have the configuration necessary to protect our troops.
Anne Milton: Is the Secretary of State satisfied that there are enough troops in Afghanistan, bearing in mind the lessons from Iraq that ground troops are essential in order to complete missions adequately?
Dr. Liam Fox (Woodspring) Unless a full programme is in place to compensate Afghan farmers, we might find that the war against opium makes the war against terror more difficult by creating a resurgent Taliban. Exactly what steps will be taken to provide alternative income to Afghan farmers and in what time scale, so that the risks to our troops are minimised?
John Reid: .....I agree with the hon. Gentleman ....The Department for International Development will put some �20 million into Helmand, and the American moneys allocated to that area, which amount to some $100 million, will continue for at least 18 months. Every effort will be made to ensure that any intervention to cut off income is supplemented by alternative income in the first instance and, eventually, by alternative livelihoods; otherwise, as the hon. Gentleman has rightly pointed out, we will create not stability, but further insurgency.
John Reid ...Southern Afghanistan is undeniably a more demanding area in which to operate than either the north or the west. The Taliban remains active. The authority of the Afghan Government�and the reach of their security forces�is still weak. The influence of the drugs traffickers, by contrast, is strong.
John Reid ...ISAF must be prepared to meet these challenges. It means different forces and it may mean different tactics�not because we want to wage war: that is not our aim....... But just as the threat is greater, so must be our ability and willingness to deter and defend ourselves against attack.
John Reid ...The size and structure of the task force has been guided by a careful assessment of the likely tasks and threats that it will face.
John Reid . I am the first to accept that there is a long, long way to go. Extending ISAF into stage 3 in the south is a small but hugely significant step on the journey.
.....if we are attacked while pursuing our reconstruction objectives ....we will respond robustly.
Let me tell the House why I have refused at this stage to make an announcement about deployment. As I continually said to the House under questioning more than four months ago, I will not announce the detailed deployment to the south, although the principle of deploying to the south has already been announced, until I am absolutely satisfied about three things. The first is that the British military configuration is sufficient to meet the task in hand in the opinion of my commanders who advise me. The second is that the economic development aid and moneys are sufficient to offer alternative livelihoods and development if we are to tackle narcotics. The third is that we have a NATO configuration of military troops around us that satisfies me. As I pointed out to the House on Monday, I am satisfied on the first and I am satisfied on the second, but I am not yet satisfied on the third.
Michael Moore. The Secretary of State said last month that there was not a complete distinction between counter-terrorist and counter-narcotics activities. How will those different demands be reconciled?
John Reid: They will be reconciled through two separate missions: "seek and destroy" against terrorists; and building and reconstructing Afghanistan's democracy, governance, economic development and security forces. However, only someone who is dreadfully naive would think that we will be allowed to carry out the second of those tasks�the NATO task, in which we will be involved when we go to the south�unhindered by any attacks. ......... if our troops are attacked while reconstructing Afghanistan, or helping and protecting the aid workers, or helping President Karzai's Government to extend, we will robustly defend ourselves. ......We are still there for the reconstruction of Afghanistan, but we will defend ourselves if attacked.
Mr. Pelling: If more of our troops are deployed, what assessment has been made of the risks that they will face as a result of the separate command structures for ISAF and Operation Enduring Freedom? What work has been done to mitigate the identified risks?
John Reid: A great deal of work has been done, and... more will be done. We have agreed to begin phase 3 in principle, but I have said that we will not begin it until I am convinced that we have the correct British configuration and adequate complementary economic development aid money.
John Reid: ...... nor do I suggest for one minute that we are embarked on a project in Afghanistan that will be without its difficulties, or that will be finished, for the Afghanis, within five or 10 years.
John Reid ...That does not mean to say that those who are there are not dangerous. A relatively small number of terrorists, particularly those unconstrained by any convention of morality or legality and prepared to murder civilians and to make no distinction between civilians and combatants, can be very strong. I do not believe, however, that we are putting in, or considering putting in, a force of insufficient configuration of size.
John Reid: ......... In principle, I am prepared to see a significant contribution from British troops to the south of Afghanistan as NATO expands from the north, the west and to the south. I also said that that last decision, in principle, had to be subject to the correct military configuration from the British point of view, the correct multinational dimension and configuration within NATO and the correct complementary assistance in aid and development resources in terms of our counter-narcotics strategy to offer alternative livelihoods. All of those issues stand and no final decision has been made on the second point regarding British troops.
John Reid ...........I can confirm that we continue to hold discussions with the Supreme Allied Commander Europe and with NATO. I have spoken to Bill Graham, Robert Hill and Henk Kamp, my opposite numbers in Canada, Australia and the Netherlands about the possibility of going into the south and the configuration that we will use. However, as I have said, we have not achieved a final configuration that satisfies me that the configuration that Britain is prepared to provide is suitably encompassed within a NATO configuration. When we reach that stage I will, of course, make an announcement on deployment to the House. I would merely say that the delay in that final decision has not caused any risk of lack of preparation or training for our troops, because my right hon. Friend the armed forces Minister announced some weeks ago that training and preparations would go ahead on a contingency basis.
John Reid. ...................... I will not announce the deployment to Helmand until I am satisfied that we have the military configuration that we ourselves need, and until we have the necessary back-up and resources across government here to provide alternative livelihoods to farmers whose current livelihood may be dependent on narcotics. To take away one form of income without substituting another would encourage insurgency rather than stability. Finally, I will not make that announcement until I believe that the multinational jigsaw has been put together and we have the necessary input from our NATO colleagues both in and around Helmand.


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