November 15, 2006 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E2045 were implicated in sexual exploitation. As of On January 2, 2002, the Washington Times lice broke up a Christian religious festival May 22, 2006, the Department of Health and reported that is supporting cross-bor- with gunfire. Recently, militant Hindus from Human Services (HHS) had certified 1,000 der terrorism in Sindh, a province of Paki- the Bharatiya Janata Yuva (a youth move- stan, the very same kind of thing that Prime ment affiliated with the BJP and the Fascist victims of human trafficking since the TVPA Minister Singh was claiming is victimizing RSS) attacked the Convent of Loreto and the was signed into law in October 2000. In FY India. In addition, India’s leading newsmaga- school there. A spokesman for the BJP, Mr. 2005, HHS certified 230 foreign victims of zine, India Today, reported that the Indan H. Dikshit, demanded an investigation of the human trafficking from a remarkably diverse government created the Liberation Tigers of school! array of countries. Tamil Eelam (LTTE), identified by the U.S. The murderers of 2,000 to 5,000 Muslims in On a personal note, during his tenure as Di- government as a terrorist organization, and Gujarat have never been brought to trial. An rector of the State Department’s Office to its leaders were put up by the Indian govern- Indian newspaper reported that the police were ordered not to get involved in that mas- Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, ment in the finest hotel in Delhi, How can you blame Pakistan when India started sacre, a frightening parallel to the Delhi Ambassador John R. Miller has been a friend cross-border terrorism with its own actions? massacre of in 1984. The most impor- and colleague to those of us in Congress who The Indian government has committed ter- tant mosque in India, the Babri Mosque, was have taken a leadership role against modern- rorism against its own minorities. It has destroyed by militant Hindu fundamentalists day slavery. We wish him well in his future murdered over 250,000 Sikh infants, children, who have never been held responsible for work as a Professor of International Studies at youth, men, women, and elderly since 1984, their actions. George Washington University. as well as more than 300,000 Christians in It is good that you have admitted the guilt Nagaland, over 90,000 Mulims in Kashmir, of the Indian government for the Delhi mas- f tens of thousands of Christians and Muslims sacres, in which over 20,000 Sikhs were COUNCIL OF KHALISTAN HAS throughout the country, and tens of thou- killed, by apologizing for the massacres, but SUCCESSFUL CONVENTION sands of Assamese, Bodos, Dalits, Manipuris, what good does it do the Sikh Nation? Where Tamils, and other minorities. A report by are the apologies for the Golden Temple at- the Movement Against State Repression tack, the destruction of the Akal Takht, and HON. EDOLPHUS TOWNS (MASR) states that 52,268 Sikhs are being the desecration of Darbar Sahib, and the OF NEW YORK held as political prisoners in India without other atrocities? Where is the compensation IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES charge or trial, mostly under a repressive for the victims’ families? That operation was law known as the ‘‘Terrorist and Disruptive yet another act of Indian domestic ter- Wednesday, November 15, 2006 Activities Act’’ (TADA), which expired in rorism. Mr. TOWNS. Mr. Speaker, recently, Indian 1995. Many have been in illegal custody since The Guru granted sovereignty to the Sikh Prime Minister publicly stat- 1984! There has been no list published of Nation, saying ‘‘In Grieb Sikhin Ko Deon those who were acquitted under TADA and Patshahi.’’ We must remind ourselves of our ed that India is the victim of cross-border ter- those who are still rotting in Indian jails, heritage by raising slogans of ‘‘Khalistan ror. The Council of Khalistan under the leader- Tens of thousands of other minorities are Zindabad’’ and beginning a Shantmai ship of Dr. Gurmit Singh Aulakh wrote to also being held as political prisoners, accord- Morcha to liberate our homeland, Khalistan. Prime Minister Singh and reminded him that ing to Amnesty International. Tell the fami- Whoever is honest and dedicated in leading India has been sponsoring cross-border ter- lies of these innocent Sikhs and others that that Shantmai Morcha deserves our support. rorism in Sindh, a province of Pakistan, as the there is no terrorism in India. Every rooming and evening we recite, ‘‘Raj Washington Times reported on January 2, lndian police arrested human-rights activ- Kare Ga Khalsa.’’ Now is the time to act on ist Jaswant Singh Khalra after he exposed 2002 and that it created the Liberation Tigers it. Do we mean what we say every morning their policy of mass cremation of Sikhs, in and evening? of Tamil Eclam, which our government has which over 50,000 Sikhs have been arrested, The flame of freedom continues to burn identified as a terrorist organization, according tortured, and murdered, then their bodies blightly in the heart of the Sikh Nation. No to Indian Today, which is the leading news were declared unidentified and secretly cre- force can suppress it. Recently, Dal Khalsa magazine in India. mated. Khalra was murdered in police cus- and the Shiromani Khalsa Dal announced It has also sponsored domestic terrorism tody. His body was not given to his family. that they are uniting for sovereignty for against the minorities within its borders, in- No one has been brought to justice for the Khalistan. This was met with chants of cluding murdering a quarter of a million Sikhs kidnapping and murder of Jaswant Singh ‘‘Khalistan Zindabad.’’ The Punjab Legisla- Khalra. The only witness to the Khalra kid- tive Assembly proclaimed the sovereignty of and holding another 52,000 as political pris- napping, Rajiv Singh Randhawa, has been re- Punjab when it cancelled the water agree- oners; killing Muslims by the tens of thou- peatedly harassed by the police, including ments. Only by liberating Khalistan can we sands in Kashmir, where more than 90,000 having been arrested for trying to hand a put an end to the repression and terrorism have been killed, Gujarat, where between note to then British Home Secretary Jack against the Sikh Nation by the Indian re- 2,000 and 5,000 died in a massacre pre- Straw. Last year, 35 Sikhs were charged and gime. Now is the time to rededicate our- planned by the government, and elsewhere; arrested in Punjab for making speeches in selves to the liberation of Khalistan. killing Christians throughout the country, in- support of Khalistan and raising the Last year, Sikh farmers were expelled from cluding over 300,000 just in Nagaland; and Khalistani flag. How can making speeches Uttaranchal Pradesh and their land was and raising a flag be considered crimes in a seized. They were beaten up by the police. mass killing many other minorities. Yet India democratic society? Their homes were bulldozed by paratroopers. proclaims itself the victim of terrorism and pro- The police never released the body of Their homes in many cases were built using claims itself a democracy. Well, Mr. Speaker, former Jathedar of the Akal Talkht Gurdev their life savings and by their own hands. We it certainly doesn’t act that way. Singh Kaunke after SSP condemn this act of state terrorism by the The repression and terrorism must be Ghotna murdered him, He has never been government of Uttaranchal Pradesh. As you stopped. We should end all aid and trade with tried for the Jathedar Kaunke murder. In know, Sikhs are prohibited from buying land India until such time as the repression ends 1994, the U.S. State Department reported in Rajasthan and Himachal Pradesh. Now and people enjoy the most basic human that the Indian government had paid over Uttaranchal Pradesh joins that list. Yet 41,000 cash bounties for killing Sikhs. The there are no restrictions on land ownership rights, and we should throw our full support MASR report quotes the Punjab Civil Mag- in Punjab by non-Sikhs. People from any- behind self-determination in Punjab, Khalistan, istracy as writing ‘‘if we add up the figures where can buy land in Punjab, including peo- in Kashmir, in Nagalim, and wherever people of the last few years the number of innocent ple from Rajasthan and Himachal Pradesh. are trying to be free. In addition, we should persons killed would run into lakhs [hun- India is trying to subvert Khalistan’s inde- designate India a terrorist state and impose dreds of thousands.]’’ The Indian Supreme pendence by overrunning Punjab with non- the sanctions that that designation brings. Court called the Indian government’s mur- Sikhs while keeping Sikhs from escaping the Mr. Speaker, I would like to insert the Coun- ders of Sikhs ‘‘worse than a genocide.’’ brutal repression in Punjab. It is incumbent Missionary Graham Staines was murdered on the Sikh diaspora to free Khalistan. We cil of Khalistan’s open letter into the RECORD. along with his two sons, ages 8 and 10, by a must redouble our efforts. That is the only It is a frightening record of Indian terrorism. mob of militant, fundamentalist Hindu na- way to keep these atrocities from continuing COUNCIL OF KHALISTAN, tionalists who set fire to the jeep, sur- and to protect the Sikh Nation and the Sikh Washington, DC, October 10, 2006. rounded it, and chanted ‘‘Victory to religion. OPEN LETTER TO INDIAN PRIME MINISTER Hannuman,’’ a Hindu god. Missionary Joseph The conspired with the Indian MANMOHAN SINGH: INDIA ISATERRORIST Cooper was beaten so badly that he had to government in 1984 to invade the Golden STATE, NOT A VICTIM spend a week in an Indian hospital. Then the Temple to murder Sant Bhindranwale and DEAR PRIME MINISTER SINGH: On October 4, Indian government threw him out of the 20,000 other Sikhs during June 1984 in Pun- you said that India is it victim of country. None of the people involved has jab. Among those who conspired with the crossborder terrorism. India is a terrorist been tried, The persons who have murdered government, according to Chakravyuh: Web state itself and should be subject to the pen- priests, raped nuns, and burned Christian of Indian Secularism, were Dr. Chohan, alties that are imposed on terrorist states. churches have not been charged or tried. Po- Ganga Singh Dhillon, and Didar Singh Bains

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Professional recognitions include sion, as a long-serving Commissioner and Co- have been accusing each other of being tied in with being designated as one of the top eight hos- Chairman, I am pleased to recognize and ‘‘terrorists.’’ These leaders view support for pitals in the State of California for cardio- commend John Finerty for his faithful service Khalistan as terrorism, as the Indian govern- vascular surgery by the California Office of and tireless defense of human rights and dig- ment does. They have shown where their loy- Statewide Health Planning and Development. nity. alties lie. How will these so-called Sikh lead- Mr. Speaker, the ground-breaking and f ers account for themselves? Remember the planned opening of this hospital has come to words of former Jathedar of the Akal Takht fruition due to the tireless efforts of the mem- HONORING CHIEF TERRENCE P. LI- Professor Darshan Singh: ‘‘If a Sikh is not a bers and board of the Peninsula Health Care PINSKI OF THE BRIDGEVIEW Khalistani, he is not a Sikh.’’ District, Mills-Peninsula Health Services, and FIRE DEPARTMENT ON HIS RE- Sikhs will never get any justice from TIREMENT Delhi. Ever since independence, India has Sutter Health, as well as the extraordinary mistreated the Sikh Nation, starting with support of community leaders and residents. Patel’s memo calling Sikhs ‘‘a criminal Without their spectacular efforts, this state-of- HON. DANIEL LIPINSKI tribe.’’ What a shame for Home Minister the-art facility would be nothing more then a OF ILLINOIS Patel and the Indian government to issue dream. I urge all my colleagues to join me in IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES this memorandum when the Sikh Nation congratulating the Mills-Peninsula Hospital Wednesday, November 15, 2006 gave over 80 percent of the sacrifices to free community on the successful ground breaking India. There is no place for Sikhs in sup- of their new hospital. Mr. LIPINSKI. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to posedly secular, supposedly democratic honor Chief Terrence P. Lipinski of the India. Our moment of freedom is closer than f Bridgeview Fire Department, in recognition of ever. Sikhs will continue to work to make RECOGNIZING JOHN FINERTY’S 25 certain that we shake ourselves loose from his retirement, after 30 years of dedicated the yoke of Indian oppression and liberate YEARS OF SERVICE ON THE service. Chief Lipinski has been an invaluable our homeland, Khalistan, so that all Sikhs COMMISSION ON SECURITY AND asset to the fire and emergency management may live lives of prosperity, freedom, and COOPERATION IN EUROPE community in the United States and we are dignity. forever grateful for his passion, wisdom, and Sincerely, HON. CHRISTOPHER H. SMITH guidance. DR. GURMIT SINGH AULAKH, OF NEW JERSEY Terrence Lipinski began his career with the PRESIDENT, Council of Khalistan. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Bridgeview Fire Department as a firefighter, rising to the ranks of lieutenant and shift com- Wednesday, November 15, 2006 f mander before becoming chief. He has served HONORING THE MILLS-PENINSULA Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. Mr. Speaker, as chief for over a decade, while simulta- MEDICAL CENTER GROUND today I am pleased o pay tribute to John neously taking on other state and national BREAKING Finerty for his 25 years of faithful service to leadership roles. the Commission on Security and Cooperation During his career, Chief Lipinski has been HON. TOM LANTOS in Europe, the Helsinki Commission. John president of the Bridgeview ETSB Board, began his work as a member of the profes- OF CALIFORNIA president and vice president of the MABAS Di- sional staff on November 8, 1981, just 6 years IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES vision 21 Chief’s Board, a trustee for the after the signing of the Helsinki Final Act, a Bridgeview Fireman’s Pension Fund, and a Wednesday, November 15, 2006 period marked by ruthless Soviet repression member of the Illinois Fire Chiefs Association Mr. LANTOS. Mr. Speaker, on November 1, and widespread violations of human rights and Executive Board. During times of devastation 2006 is a day that will long be remembered in fundamental freedoms. and disaster, as in the aftermaths of the tor- Burlingame, California, as the ground breaking Driven by a passion for upholding the dig- nado in Utica, IL and Hurricane Katrina, Chief for the construction of the Mills-Peninsula nity of the downtrodden, John devoted himself Lipinski has responded as a member of the Medical Center. This medical facility, located to documenting the cases of political prisoners first command incident team. He has also as- in my Congressional District, is a continued and prisoners of conscience cast into the So- sisted in establishing a mutual aid system in example of why the Bay Area continues to be viet gulag or banished because of their beliefs. Texas and, recently, the State of Illinois ap- at the forefront of nation’s healthcare system. His career at the Commission began in the pointed him as a lead coordinator for a state- The New Mills-Peninsula Medical Center, aftermath of the Soviet invasion of Afghani- wide exercise. Currently, Chief Lipinski is vice scheduled to open its doors to the public in stan, a situation he followed closely. He also president of the Mutual Aid Box Alarm System 2010, will be an extraordinary facility inte- focused on the plight of Soviet Jewry, abuse and serves on the Region 7 EMS Advisory grating the latest environmentally friendly tech- of psychiatry and use of slave labor in the Board, the Christ Advocate EMS Advisory nology design into a state-of-the-art $528 mil- USSR, the persecution of human rights de- Board, and the Moraine Valley Community lion 450,000-square-foot building. This newly fenders, and repression of religious believers. College Fire Education Advisory Board. constructed modern marvel will boast an His determined efforts were undertaken for It is my honor today to recognize Chief Ter- emergency room 40 percent larger then that of well-known dissidents and the unknown alike rence P. Lipinski. After 30 years, the the existing Mills-Peninsula Hospital, and will without distinction. The resolution of hundreds Bridgeview Fire Department is privileged to also provide 243 patient beds in all-private of Soviet human rights cases were brought have had his dedication, determination, and rooms. This new hospital will also have space about in no small measure as a result of impeccable service. Chief Lipinski’s contribu- designated for accommodations for family John’s diligence. tions, insights, and hard-work have truly made members of patients, allowing for those who The end of the Cold War brought new chal- our great nation a better place to live. I wish have traveled great distances the ability to re- lenges and opportunities and once again him the very best in retirement and congratu- main close to sick loved ones. The blueprints John’s talents proved invaluable to me and my late him on his accomplishments. also include an attached office building that fellow Commissioners as freedom began to f will offer space for physician offices, a new take root in the former Soviet Union and the parking garage and gardens for people to get subjugation of the Baltic States came to an PAYING TRIBUTE TO PAUL C. away from the hustle and bustle of the hos- end. Throughout the turbulent transition, John FISHER pital. remained focused on promoting peaceful Mr. Speaker, the Mills-Peninsula Hospital democratic change while continuing his vigi- HON. JON C. PORTER has been in existence for nearly 100 years lant defense of human rights. He was part of OF NEVADA and is consistently held up as a beacon of ex- the first teams to monitor elections in the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES cellence for hospitals in the Bay Area. The former USSR. While the conflict in Chechnya hospital has been a recipient of numerous has faded from the focus of many, John has Wednesday, November 15, 2006 awards and recognitions including, being not been willing to forget its victims. Similarly, Mr. PORTER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to named the Best Hospital in San Mateo County he has helped draw attention to those who honor the life of my good friend Paul C. Fish- 14 years running by the readers of the San have fallen victim to terrorists in places like er, who passed away on Friday, October 20, Mateo County Times as well as being named Beslan. 2006.

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