"If you love wealth more than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, depart from us in peace. We ask not your counsel nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains rest lightly upon you and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen." Samuel Adams, (1722-1803)
Friday, March 18, 2005
U.S. revokes visa of India state official
NEW DELHI (AP) - The U.S. Embassy on Friday denied a visa to the Hindu nationalist chief minister of India's western Gujarat state, citing his role in 2002 religious riots that killed hundreds of Muslims. The chief minister called the decision an insult to India. snipThe spokesman said a U.S. law makes any foreign government official responsible for "severe violations of religious freedom" ineligible for a visa. Modi called the U.S. decision "an insult to India and its constitution." "The United States can't impose its laws on other countries. In the same way, India should deny visas to U.S. officials as a protest against Washington's policies in Iraq," Modi said.
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