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5 U.S.suspected of terror links

by Asad on Dec 10, 2009 Islam, Muslims, North America, Pakistan, Terrorism, World News • Comments Closed • Islam, Muslims, North America, Pakistan, Talibaan, Terrorism, USA, world

Nihad Awad, national executive director for the Council on American-Islamic Relations, spoke in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday about the arrests in Pakistan of five Americans

Police in Pakistan raided a house linked to an Islamic militant group Wednesday and arrested five young American Muslim men from the Washington, D.C., area, U.S. and Pakistani officials said.

One of the young men had left behind a video showing scenes of war, calling for the defense of Muslims and saying that “young Muslims have to do something,” said a person who had seen the video, describing it as a farewell of sorts.

It was the third known case since September in which Americans with ties to the Pakistan-Afghanistan region have been detained over possible terrorist connections.

The men were not accused of any crime, but their intent remained mysterious, and both U.S. and Pakistani officials emphasized that they were still gathering facts.

The five Americans, ranging in age from 19 to 25, were arrested in Sargodha, a dusty city in Punjab province, where several militant organizations with links to al-Qaeda and the Pakistani Taliban operate, according to a senior Pakistani official and a U.S. official in Washington. Both spoke on condition of anonymity.

Three of the men arrested Wednesday are Pakistani-Americans, one is a Yemeni-American and one an Egyptian-American, the Pakistani official said. Pakistani law enforcement officers had “continuously tracked” the men from the moment they arrived Dec. 1 at Karachi international airport. All carried U.S. passports, he said. (more…)

Drone attacks and US reputation

by admin on Feb 5, 2010 Afghanistan, Drones, Pakistan, Taliban, Terrorism, US • 4 Comments • Afghanistan, Army, Pakistan, Talibaan, Terrorism, USA

By Farhat Taj:

In terms of the drone attacks, the US must not make any distinction between al Qaeda and the Taliban. They both have internalised a global ideology that is anti-civilisation and anti-human

There is news coming up in the media that al Qaeda in Waziristan may run away to Yemen in the face of growing drone attacks. The people of Waziristan have expressed deep concern at this news. They do not want al Qaeda to run away from Waziristan. They want al Qaeda along with the Taliban burnt to ashes on the soil of Waziristan through relentless drone attacks. The drone attacks, they believe, are the one and only ‘cure’ for these anti-civilisation creatures and the US must robustly administer them the ‘cure’ until their existence is annihilated from the world. The people of Waziristan, including tribal leaders, women and religious people, asked me to convey in categorical terms to the US the following in my column.

One, your new drone attack strategy is brilliant, i.e. one attack closely followed by another. After the first attack the terrorists cordon off the area and none but the terrorists are allowed on the spot. Another attack at that point kills so many of them. Excellent! Keep it up!

Your drone technology has the full capacity to encircle and eliminate al Qaeda and the Taliban in Waziristan. If you fail to do so and al Qaeda manages to run away to Yemen or any other place, it could only happen in two cases: either you are highly incompetent people or you have ulterior motives.

The people who have established one of the world’s most vibrant democracies and have taken science and technology to a new zenith cannot be highly incompetent. Now the only possibility is that you have ulterior motives, which could facilitate al Qaeda’s escape from Waziristan. (more…)

Kayani writes to Mehsuds.

by Abdurrahman on Oct 20, 2009 Army, Mehsud, Muslims, Pakistan, Taliban, Terrorism • Comments Closed • Army, Interview, Pakistan, Talibaan, Terrorism

Chief of the Army Staff Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani has sought support of Mehsud tribes in the operation against militants in South Waziristan.

In an open letter to the Mehsud tribes, the copies of which were distributed among reporters at a press briefing jointly addressed by Information Minister Qamar Zaman Kaira and military spokesman Maj-Gen Athar Abbas, the army chief expressed the hope that the tribes would fully back the army in the operation and collectively rise against oppressive elements for a decisive action.

He made it clear that the operation in South Waziristan was not meant to target the ‘valiant and patriotic’ Mehsud tribes, but aimed at ridding them of the elements who had destroyed peace in the region. He said the target of the operation were Uzbek terrorists, foreign elements and local militants.

Gen Kayani said the army wanted to provide an opportunity to the Mehsud tribes to once again live in their area in peace.

He acknowledged that all tribes, including Mehsud, were loyal to Pakistan and had been working for the ‘defence of the country as an army without salary’.

The letter has a colour photograph of the army chief on the top, the national flag on one side and insignia of the Pakistan Army on the other. Urdu and Pushto versions of the message are reported to have been dropped in South Waziristan by helicopters. (more…)

New insights revealed on Osama Bin Laden’s real Identity(The Canadian National Newspaper Exopolitics Headlines)

by sufisahab on Dec 10, 2009 Islam, North America, Terrorism, World News • 2 Comments • Islam, North America, Talibaan, Terrorism, world

Osama Bin Laden.

by Paul Chen

William Shakespeare in his poem the “Seven Ages Of Man” wrote, “All the world’s a stage; and all the men and women merely players, they have their exits and entrances…” This famous Shakespearean citation appears to be very appropriate at least for Osama bin Laden. It appears that Osama bin Laden was created as a necessary villain for a military expansionist agenda. Have you ever noticed that his “tapes” seem to show up at the most opportune time for the U.S. Bush administration to justify unpopular regressive policies that are related to the so-called “War on Terrorism”?

It is a historically documented fact that the bin Laden character was created in a Taliban organization, which was designed by the U.S. as “freedom fighters” against the Soviet Communists in Afghanistan. Michael Moore’s award winning and critically acclaimed film, Farenheight 9/11 also documents an apparent working relationship among the Oil interests that would form the current U.S. Bush administration.

It is apparent that Osama bin Laden is some kind of scripted Hollywood actor, who is just playing a paid role, in a real life drama so-to-speak, with devastating consequences, for commercial profit. This apparent scripted actor, is making billions upon billions of dollars for the same Big Oil interests featured in Farenheight 9/11, and for the rest of the military-industrial complex that former U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower warned about upon his retirement. And anyways, why would the prevailing fascist interests that control America actually want to apprehend someone who has provided such soaring financial profits?

The U.S., has access to too much technology for someone like bin Laden to be anything but an actor, in the similar way that scholars have exposed the World Trade Center official account to be a “cover story”. His tapes are getting out because the Directors, who bin Laden reports to, want the tapes to continue to be distributed. The Directors seek to keep the image alive of a “vilified principal terrorist, in the public’s collective imagination of bin Laden, who is an apparent actual paid actor, who continues to apparently operates as a political mercenary. (more…)

Osama bin Laden – a myth or reality

by Abdullah on Dec 9, 2009 Afghanistan, Islam, Muslims, North America, Terrorism, World News • Comments Closed • Afghanistan, Islam, Muslims, North America, Talibaan, Terrorism, world

Among the 19 hijackers that struck targets in New York and Washington on 9/11, none was an Afghani or Pakistani. They were Arab Muslims, mostly from Saudi Arabia, based in Europe and trained in USA, in all probability by Jews.

Yet all hell broke on Afghanistan and now Pakistan is being punished for its uncommitted crimes and US blunders. It may be recalled that when the US and its allies decided to invade Afghanistan in October 2001 on a flimsy excuse of getting hold of Osama bin Laden and disrupting and dismantling Al-Qaeda to avenge terrorist attacks allegedly masterminded by Osama, in that timeframe Al-Qaeda was an unknown entity. If nabbing or killing blue-eyed boy of CIA Osama and his 2-3000 ill-organised and ill-equipped henchmen from different countries was the real purpose, there was absolutely no reason for carrying out grand mobilisation and invading Afghanistan where he was based.

Either dialogue together with coercive diplomacy should have been carried out for another month or so, or some proof of his involvement furnished to Mullah Omar as asked by him to justify handing over his guest, or his rational suggestion of putting Osama on trial in a neutral country heeded to. In case these efforts failed, the US should have then carried out a combined covert cum commando operation backed up with well-coordinated intelligence backup support to round them up. Drones or cruise missiles could have been used to for the purpose.

However, the US tried to kill a fly with a huge hammer, which still managed to fly away. The real purpose of invasion was not Osama but to topple Taliban regime that had disagreed with unjust terms and conditions of US oil and gas tycoons wanting to pipe down energy resources from Central Asia to European and US markets via Afghanistan and Pakistan. Eager to give practical shape to its New World Order, the US wanted to convert Afghanistan into a permanent military base wherefrom it could monitor regional countries of its interest. (more…)

Pakistan Closes Schools Amid Attacks

by Asad on Oct 21, 2009 Islam, Knowledge, Muslims, Pakistan, Taliban, Terrorism • Comments Closed • children, Islam, Knowledge, Muslims, Pakistan, Talibaan

Children prepare to sing the Pakistani National Anthem prior to the start of classes in a school in Qutbal, Pakistan, on Oct. 13

Pakistan’s schools closed their doors Wednesday, a day after bombings at an Islamabad university, amid warnings of more attacks on a wider range of targets around the country.

The recent spate of attacks in Pakistani cities has come as the army prepared for, and launched, a military offensive in the tribal region bordering Afghanistan that is seen as a stronghold for Taliban and al Qaeda militants.

Intelligence officials warned that the militants could target foreign-controlled gas stations, banks and food chains.

All schools, universities and student hostels were ordered closed and vacated for an indefinite period, “until appropriate security measures are taken,” said Qamar Zaman Kaira, the federal minister for information.

Many private schools in Islamabad and other major cities had already shut this week after intelligence reports that suggested militants would try to take students hostage to exchange for militants held by the security forces.

The Taliban has claimed responsibility for the two suicide bomb attacks on International Islamic University, which killed four students and two bombers Tuesday. (more…)

Pakistan death toll climbs to 118

by Abdurrahman on Oct 30, 2009 Islam, Muslims, Pakistan, Taliban, Terrorism • Comments Closed • Islam, Pakistan, Talibaan, Terrorism

The death toll after Sunday’s bombing in Pakistan has risen to 118 after more bodies were recovered from the debris.

City police chief Liaquat Ali confirmed the toll, saying the body of a child was among those retrieved from the rubble in the Meena market.

The blast triggered a huge fire and gutted shops in the market. The blaze destroyed about half a dozen buildings and rescue teams are still working to remove the debris, three days after the carnage.

Rescuers have found it hard to deploy heavy machinery because of the narrow streets around the market in the conservative Muslim city, which lies on the edge of a tribal belt thick with Taliban and al-Qaeda extremists.

Only two excavators and three tractors were engaged in clearing the area, dumping onto a waiting truck bricks, concrete slabs and twisted iron bars from the devastated buildings, rescuers said.

The city’s bomb disposal chief, Shafqat Malik, said a Suzuki van was rigged with more than 150kg of explosives.

Pakistan pleads for weapons aid

by Abdullah on Oct 30, 2009 Army, Canada, North America, Pakistan, Politics, Taliban, Terrorism, World News • Comments Closed • Army, North America, Pakistan, Politics, Talibaan, Terrorism, world

A Pakistani soldier braces himself as an army helicopter takes off in the battle zone of South Waziristan

Canada’s arms embargo against Pakistan adds to the dangers faced by Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan, a Pakistan government official says, demanding Ottawa end its 11-year-ban.

“Canada needs to step up,” Abdul Basit, a Pakistani foreign ministry spokesman, told the Star. “We can see that other countries are increasing their aid to Pakistan. Look at the U.S. with what it’s doing with the (aid boosting) Kerry-Lugar bill. Canada’s arms embargo on Pakistan is short-sighted.

“These terrorists move across the border (from Pakistan) to Afghanistan and kill Canadian soldiers. Why would Canada not want to help us in this battle? Canada needs to change this policy.”

Pakistan is ensnared in a landmark battle with Islamic militants who call themselves Taliban and fighting has been fierce in South Waziristan, the country’s tribal region that has acted as a lawless safe haven for insurgents

When Pakistan began its military campaign, senior officers said they were concerned because the army and air force lack enough night-vision goggles and unmanned aerial drones. Canadian companies make both products well yet aren’t allowed to sell them here.

Pakistan doesn’t understand why, Basit said.

The subject of Canada’s arms embargo has been debated inside the Canadian High Commission in Islamabad for more than a year as some staffers tried to make a case to Ottawa that Canada should offer support to Pakistan in its fight against the Taliban. Canadian officials in Ottawa have said no. (more…)

Pakistan support keeps Taliban alive

by Asad on Jun 14, 2010 North America, Pakistan, Talibaan, Terrorism, World News • Comments Closed • Pakistan, Talibaan, Terrorism, world

Pakistan must stop helping the Taliban if Afghanistan is to ever see peace, said a former Canadian and United Nations diplomat.

Christopher Alexander who spent six years working in Afghanistan — first as Canada’s ambassador, and then as a UN envoy — says the Taliban would have folded up shop by now were it not for the support given to the insurgency group by Pakistan’s military establishment, especially the Directorate for Inter-Service Intelligence.

Alexander made the explosive comments Monday before the Senate Standing Committee on National Security and Defence.

The former diplomat and now declared candidate for the Conservative Party said the world needs to be open and frank about Pakistan’s role in Afghanistan’s ongoing struggle.

Pakistan has several seats on local military councils that plan the insurgency throughout Afghanistan, said Alexander.

“These networks, whose leadership, fundraising, training, bomb-making, supply and planning centres are based overwhelming on the territory of Pakistan, constitute the primary threat to peace and security in Afghanistan today.”

As for the Taliban’s role in recent peace talks with the Karzai government, Alexander said: “The Taliban doesn’t want peace. They don’t want a piece of the pie; they want to blow up the pie.”

Pakistan trying to stop terror plotters

by Abdurrahman on Sep 18, 2009 Muslims, Pakistan, Politics, Talibaan, Terrorism, World News • Comments Closed • Muslims, Pakistan, Politics, Talibaan, Terrorism

Zardari

Pakistan is determined not to let its territory be used as a launch pad for attacks by Islamic extremists, President Asif Ali Zardari said in a speech in London on Friday.

Zardari took issue with the accusation that many of the terror plots unleashed against the world originated in Pakistan, but acknowledged that many “passed through” his country.

“We are determined not to allow anyone to use our territory against a third country,” he said in an address at the International Institute of Strategic Studies.

He said Pakistan was fighting the “mindset” which led to the planning of attacks against Western forces in Afghanistan and to the attack which killed his wife, former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, in Pakistan in December 2007.

“All I can say is that we are doing what we can. It is not something that can be done overnight,” Zardari said.

But the civilian government, by deposing of the military-led administration of president Pervez Musharraf, had “taken the initiative out of the terrorists’ hands.”

He called on the West to do more to support his government “to fight the militants.

“We urge the world to provide us with law enforcement and counter-terrorism capabilities,” said Zardari, whose son Bilawal, a student at Oxford University, was watching his father from the front row at the IISS event.

The president said that after seeing his wife pay “the ultimate price” to establish democracy in Pakistan, (more…)

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