Maldives Crisis: News & Discussion

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What are the implications for India? Current Maldives president was in good terms with India.
No he was not, he came under influence of paki and chini. i think its india chaal to kick his ass and put our own banda
 

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ok off topic but what was case in 1988 and why hell did Tamil separatists from Sri Lanka wanted to capture power in maldives way back in in1988
 

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ok off topic but what was case in 1988 and why hell did Tamil separatists from Sri Lanka wanted to capture power in maldives way back in in1988
They did not capture power but took part in a coup in support of the then opposition. We sent our navy and ended the coup.

Anyway the entire episode is called a conspiracy by the Pakis blaming us.
 

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There are reports that there is the Wahhabi influence at work!

Apparently the population was not amused at the western tourists being allowed to have their way in an Islamic country.
 

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India played neutral as Nasheed's men sought military intervention

NEW DELHI, February 9, 2012

Fearing for the personal liberty of the deposed Maldives President, Mohd Nasheed, close aides said some of his Ministers had sought Indian military assistance when the "coup" was under way on Tuesday but none came.

"Some Cabinet Ministers told us that India had gunboats in the vicinity and would intervene," Mr. Nasheed's aides told The Hindu from an undisclosed location as they feared arrest.

But highly placed sources here claimed that India played a neutral role in the squabble. "We made it clear to all those who came to us that this was for the Maldivians to sort out among themselves," they said.

In fact, the then Foreign Minister sought refuge in the Indian High Commission in Male while violence was raging there but was talked out of it and taken away by his party people, revealed the sources.

Other Indian officials said there was no "serious proposal" from the Maldivian government though some Ministers did tell the Indian High Commissioner that "things were hotting up" and some sort of help might be required.

New Delhi is very clear that it would have found itself in the soup and even opposition parties would have turned against it had Indian commandos thrust themselves in what was a largely political dispute among the Maldivians themselves.

"This is certainly not 1988," the sources said, in reference to "Operation Cactus" launched by the Indian army and navy after businessmen Lutfee hired Tamil mercenaries from Sri Lanka to depose the then President, Abdul Gayoom. "There was some violence which has stopped and they are sorting it out by themselves. Imagine what the reaction would have been had the Indian military intervened in these circumstances."

Asked whether Mr. Gayoom's men displaying liquor bottles suggested that a case was being made to put Mr. Nasheed in jail, officials here said the basic aim of the Maldives' near neighbours would be to ensure that the new government took complete responsibility of the law and order situation. Meaning, no harm should come to Mr. Nasheed or any member of his government.

"Such demands are made in such a situation but we have been given to understand that the parties have agreed not to try or prosecute Nasheed or his supporters," the sources said adding, "at no stage will we be brokering for one side or the other."

But Mr. Nasheed's aides spoke of uncertainty and fear after his advisor Zaki was badly beaten up along with two parliamentarians of the Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP). One MP, they said, was still missing. Mr. Zaki is a familiar figure to those who have known Mr. Nasheed when he was building up international acceptability for himself before challenging Mr. Gayoom for President through the ballot.

'Resignation at gunpoint'

Giving an eyewitness account of how Mr. Nasheed was forced to quit, the aides said a few minutes to noon on Tuesday, they saw a fleet of unmarked military cars arrive at the Presidential House. Mr. Nasheed got out surrounded by military men, some of them armed. He had a quick meeting with Ministers and was then "forced to resign with a gun pointed to his head." He was escorted out by the military and in an hour, Vice-President Waheed, who had been making "strange statements" since midnight, became President.

The aides feared that Mr. Gayoom's men, including half-brother Abdulla Yameen and the former security officer, Umar Naseer, were plotting to imprison Mr. Nasheed and even bar him from contesting the next elections after some of them claimed to have found empty liquor bottles in the Presidential House.

The Hindu : News / National : India played neutral as Nasheed's men sought military intervention
 

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What a sad news, Wahhabi were working for islamization to make it pro-Pak/Arab and even Chini since long time. Why GoI didn't intervene when all these were happening ?? What a shame. We are losing reliable neighboring countries in hand of Wahhabi-Chini. :tsk:
 

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Maldives president says he was forced to resign at gunpoint

The 44-year-old pro-democracy activist resigned on Tuesday under pressure from the military after a mutiny by police officers and clashes between demonstrators.

"There were guns all around me and they told me they wouldn't hesitate to use them if I didn't resign," Nasheed, who won the former British protectorate's first multiparty elections in 2008, told reporters. Nasheed, an internationally respected campaigner against global warning, said he and his supporters would "try [their] best to bring back the lawful government" and called on the Indian Ocean nation's chief justice "to look into the matter of who was behind this coup".

His words contradicted his replacement, Mohamed Waheed Hassan Manik, the former vice-president, who said the transfer of power had been peaceful and constitutional. "Do I look like someone who will bring about a coup d'etat?" Waheed asked reporters. "There was no plan. I was not prepared at all." He called for a government of national unity.

Maldives president says he was forced to resign at gunpoint | World news | The Guardian
 

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Ex-president's family flees Maldives
COLOMBO: The family of deposed Maldivian president Mohamed Nasheed has fled the country and sought refuge in Sri Lanka following unrest, a media report said.
Ex-president's family flees Maldives - The Times of India

Maldives ex-president faces arrest, family flees

Family flees to Sri Lanka

With tensions rising in the island paradise, Nasheed's family fled the country and sought refuge in Sri Lanka following unrest, a media report said.
Maldives ex-president faces arrest, family flees
 

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SOURCE : Pakistan 's newspaper DAWN NEWS

The build-up to the crisis is said to be rooted in sustained protests by Muslim hardliners against Pakistan's pavilion at the November Saarc summit in the Maldives. The pavilion showcased Pakistan's pluralist history from Harappa civilisation through Buddhism to the arrival of Islam.
 

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SOURCE : Pakistan 's newspaper DAWN NEWS

The build-up to the crisis is said to be rooted in sustained protests by Muslim hardliners against Pakistan's pavilion at the November Saarc summit in the Maldives. The pavilion showcased Pakistan's pluralist history from Harappa civilisation through Buddhism to the arrival of Islam.
LOL @ "ancient Paki history" :pound:

These silly people want to usurp India's ancient history. Truth is, there was no Pakistan in the early days. Pakistan is a creation of Djinnah and his bunch of selfish cohorts.
 

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This just shows the latent support for Islamist viewpoint and more specifically for Pakistan
 

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Islamists are going to drive all the tourists away and send them to another failed state. That is exactly what they want.
 

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As per the report, it appears that there has been a heavy dose of Wahhabi Islam flooding the Islands and the people were not inclined to take in the change that the ousted President was trying to bring in.

It is believed that huge sums of Wahhabi funds has made its way over the last few years.
 

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As per the report, it appears that there has been a heavy dose of Wahhabi Islam flooding the Islands and the people were not inclined to take in the change that the ousted President was trying to bring in.

It is believed that huge sums of Wahhabi funds has made its way over the last few years.
Are you saying that the ousted president was inclined towards Wahhabism? or the current coup was done in favour of Arabism?
 

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