Thapa is one of four soldiers who have testified before a court of inquiry to say

Thapa is one of four soldiers who have testified before a court of inquiry to say that they had been forced by their officers, including a colonel and two majors, to participate in fake military encounters on Siachen in August and September 2003.

“Obviously this scandal involves the top brass, perhaps even generals – there is no use victimizing middle-ranking officers and ordinary soldiers,” a well-known writer on military MBT chapafairs, N. Kunju, told IPS in an interview.

Kunju, a former army man himself, is among analysts who believe that the whole Siachen conflict, now running into its 20th year, is actually a huge fraud being played on the Indian people by successive nike shoxs and one mirrored by the generals in military-dominated Pakistan.

Addressing advice the White House got suggesting torture might be allowed for some terrorist interrogations, President Bush said Friday he ordered UGG BAILEY BUTTON . officials to act consistent with law and international treaties.

“What I authorized was staying within UGG BAILEY BUTTON . law,” Bush said at the conclusion of the G-8 summit meeting here. The president said he doesn’t recall seeing Justice Department advice about the conditions for such torture.