BLACK WATER IN ACTION !!

The western forces have succeeded in depriving Taliban of public support in Pakistan; surely a difficult question to be answered. For the last many years the reality of the Taliban has been a matter of confusions and misunderstandings. Since its beginning, the Taliban movement was simply and purely an ideology-based exercise strongly tinged with the flavour of militancy, but with the passage of time, the ideology vanished and there remained nothing but militancy. More strange is the fact that this militancy proved more fatal and injurious to the Muslims than to the forces eager to crush the Taliban. If we cast a look at the damages caused by the Taliban, we would find a less number of the effected Americans but the list of the targeted Muslim would be unending. The situation gives birth to so many suspicions. Are they really the Taliban who are taking the lives of innocent Muslims including school going children and women shopping in markets and the old men offering their prayers in mosques? Are they really the Taliban who are slaughtering the soldiers and officers of the Pakistan army just to create panic and harassment? No they are not the Taliban because it is against the tradition of the Afghans and the Pathans to deceive and dodge their benefactors; and most of the original Taliban are of the same traditional origin. They could never betray those who had always been favoring and supporting them at the time of need, particularly when the Russian forces were the most determined in wiping them off the scenario.

It is nothing but a conspiracy based on the philosophy of divide and rule. The US conspirators had realized it in the very beginning that it would be next to impossible for them to defeat the Taliban in the battlefield. They also knew that the Taliban enjoy a very strong moral support from the people of Pakistan and Afghanistan and from rest of the world; so they could not be defeated unless they are deprived of such admiring support. There was only one solution to this problem; insurgency in the rows of the Taliban. For this purpose, there could be no other effective tool but India because India itself was very much worried about the increasing role of the Taliban in the Afghan region. India was very well aware of the fact that it would have to get out of the Afghan lands in case the Taliban get stronger. Further there were very vivid possibilities of Taliban joining hands with the separatist activists who are already a pain in the neck for the government of India. So the Indian hi-ups accepted the assignment of dividing Taliban as a very sacred mission. The first step taken in this regard was to establish Indian Consulates in Lashkargah, Koshila Jadeed and so many other cities of Afghanistan. One thing was very common in all these consulates that most of them were established along the Pak-Afghan border. Their assignment was to search for the people who were against the Taliban and who could fight against the Pakistan Army. The consulates not only made arrangements for their proper training but also provided them with unchecked and limitless financial support. With the passage of time these trained groups of terrorists grew stronger and stronger and ultimately started introducing themselves as so-called independent groups or off-shoots of Taliban. Such groups had nothing to do with the actual Taliban cause; they had their own intentions. These groups started targeting the innocent Muslims both in Pakistan and Afghanistan. Their suicidal attacks in Pakistan and Afghanistan took lives of so many innocent citizens who had nothing to do with the USA or the NATTO forces. Then there came a time when the world known terrorist organization Black Water joined hands with these terrorist groups and added more cruelty and brutality to the activities already going on in the false-name of the so-called Taliban. With the joining of the Black Water there came into existence so many new groups of Taliban which became a grave challenge to the peace and security of the Pak-afghan region. With the passage of time the nefarious activities of these groups started expanding towards Baluchistan and soon the fact was revealed that this advancement towards Baluchistan was simply an attempt to keep China away from Gawadar port and create misunderstandings between Pakistan and china. The name of Islam and the original Taliban was misused for the attainment of specific aims and objectives.

It is certainly the achievement of the US planners that they succeeded in dividing the Taliban but it is going to be the last nail in the coffin of the worlds ‘biggest democracy’ India. Soon there will be a time when these misguided and de-tracked groups of US made Taliban would realize their folly and return to their origin with all the training and expertise which the Black Water had blessed upon them and their only target would be none but India. According to the latest reports the terrorist activities in Pakistan have no connection with the original Taliban movement, they are the handiwork of the Black Water working in collaboration with the CIA , Mossad and RAW.

Wayne Madsen, the well known analyst says in an article referring to the suicidal attack in Quetta, “Xe Services, the company formerly known as Black Water, has been conducting false flag terrorist attacks in Pakistan that are later blamed on the entity called Pakistani Taliban.” Some other sources confirm the involvement of the Xe Services in carrying out ‘false flag’ terrorist attacks not only in Pakistan but also in Afghanistan, Somalia, Iran, and Iraq and the Sinkiang region of China, in collaboration with the Mossad and RAW under the guidance of CIA. The ultimate goal of all such activities is to destabilize the Muslim world in general and Pakistan in particular. Pakistan is the most favourite target because it is a nuclear power. By generating disturbance and anarchy the western countries desire to take Pakistan to a point of no return. They intend to make Pakistan so helpless that it is left with no other option but to ask the Western powers to secure its nuclear weapons.

This situation must be eye-opening for all those who claim to be the Protectors of the message of Islam. Pakistan is the only patch of land in whole of the universe which has a soil very much fertile for the rebirth and regeneration of all that is good .So join hands together against the atrocities carried out in the name of religion. Make Pakistan stronger because its strength would add to the strength of all positive human values.

Should we buy new clothes for Eid this year?

Eid is being celebrated in this country on two different days. Muslims in the US have been compelled to celebrate modestly because the day coincides with the ninth anniversary of 9/11 and we also have a pastor in the US state of Florida trying to do something as condemnable as burn copies of the Holy Quran. To say that Ramazan this year has been depressing and heart-breaking would be an understatement. With a plane crash, floods, targeted killings, public lynching, cricket scandal and suicide bombers haunting the country by turns, Ramazan this year has been somber and painful. There were fewer invitations to iftar get-togethers and even fewer among us who found reasons to celebrate all things Ramazan or otherwise.

And yet, as the days leading up to Eid drew closer, frenetic shoppers were found searching for the right shoes, bangles and every accessory under the sun to complement their Eid joras. Supermarkets saw crazed housewives stocking up on sugar and milk (for the bucketfuls of sheer khorma they were probably going to make), chips, soda and the ilk in anticipation of the long, busy weekend. Predictably, critics frowned upon the relentless need to buy despite the sadness that engulfs the country at this point in time. There should be no celebration to begin with, they contend.

In this context, my question ‘Should we buy new clothes for Eid this year?

Pakistan is going through one of its biggest challenges with floods, cricket and inflation coupled with the comeback of a pre-Ramazan house guest: loadshedding. Walking through some of the posh areas of Lahore it does not seem like 20 million people of the same country became homeless less than a month ago. But should it?

We condone the government’s austerity drive but are reluctant to look into our own backyards. If we expect leaders to spend modestly, the elite must spend modestly too. Those who are disconnected with the common man will find it hard to empathise with the old couple who lost their entire world within hours or the mother who lost her three children right before her eyes, swept away into the abysmal death waters.

And they will continue to spend, much to the relief of small businesses which thrive only twice a year before Eid days. And these businesses need to thrive. It’s a tough balance to strike this year between promoting trade and promoting sensitivities.

I agree. Respect must be shown. It seems a tad distasteful be extravagant right now when there are so many who will go without food and water, let alone new clothes, on Eid this year. It’s also most unfortunate if you don’t realise that you are being insensitive to the misery. Having said that, however, I still think Eid calls for celebration. Maybe we shouldn’t indulge as much as we do every year but we should still celebrate. The reason is quite simple, really. As a nation, most of us, if not all, have shown remarkable sensitivity for the last six weeks. We’ve made donations, volunteered at relief camps and visited the flood affected areas to ensure that the people who deserve help right now are actually getting it. We didn’t look the other way – something that we’ve learnt to do over the years given the never-ending cycle of violence and tragedy – and we made a conscious effort to be consistent. Isn’t it enough of a reason to celebrate when a nation that has been desensitized and a society that has degenerated, manages to pull itself out of that rut and take action for once? In a place where the contrasts are so stark and the polarities so extreme that you are inevitably left disenchanted, a collective relief effort for those who’ve survived more than what they could bear; that transcends the ethno-political divides that we have so meticulously carved out for ourselves, is reason enough to celebrate.

So let’s not buy Eid gifts for one another this year; let’s not wear new clothes and go to lavish dinner parties if you can’t handle the guilt. I don’t blame you for feeling that way. Six weeks of crises (with more expected in the coming days) can take the life out of you. But we can still reconnect with the people who matter – the people who we never seem to have time for — and we can still wear our hair down and paint our toenails. Why? Because everyone needs a time-out. And Eid is as good a time as ever to take that break – especially since the road ahead is long and challenging.

Who is behind the Shia killings in Pakistan?

In a devastating series of sectarian attacks over the last three days, terrorists struck at two separate Shia rallies in two different cities in Pakistan, killing over 98 innocent people -- 38 in Lahore and 73 in Quetta.

Suicide bombers attacked Wednesday in Lahore as faithful Muslims commemorated the martyrdom of Hazrat Ali (RA), and Friday in Quetta while holding a huge Al-Qods Day rally to express solidarity and support for the oppressed people of Palestine.A spokesman from Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan claimed responsibility for the attacks, calling them “revenge for the slaughter of innocent Sunnis” and promising further attacks soon on targets in Europe and the United States.However, the statement sounds more like braggadocio than a true acknowledgement of responsibility for terrorist attacks, since the Taliban has a habit of claiming responsibility for anything that boosts their bloated tribal egos without the slightest concern over repercussions.

So, if the Pakistani Taliban militants did not carry out these terrorist attacks, then who did? Alternatively, if they actually did, then whom did they use as assassins?

The Pakistani Taliban has been involved in perpetuating a mindless cycle of violence in the northwestern part of the country. They have also carried out countless attacks on Pakistani security forces and government officials, frequently killing common people rather than hitting their intended targets, but provoking sectarian violence has not been part of their modus operandi. These people are mostly from primitive Pashtun tribes who seek revenge against the U.S.-led NATO forces for killing their Pashtun cousins across the border in Afghanistan. It seems that the Pakistani Taliban’s primary objective is to exact revenge from the alien forces and their supposed local allies, since they also have attacked the Pakistani army and police whom they view as friends of the enemy.

However, for some years now, men from various outlawed sectarian groups in Punjab province, such as Sipah-e-Sabah and Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, have joined the Tehrik-i-Taliban in order to actualize their sectarian fantasies.

Which brings us back to the question, who really attacked the Shia Muslims in Quetta and Lahore?

It appears to be the work of two different terrorist groups, probably unrelated to each other, each one acting independently based upon its own motives.

In August, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi allegedly assassinated an eminent Shia politician from the Mohajir Qaumi Movement, a Karachi-based political party of Urdu-speaking Muslims who migrated to Pakistan when the country emerged as an independent entity from British India in 1947. The event sparked sectarian and ethnic violence in the city, as the deceased politician’s supporters killed over hundred people for revenge in the business capital of the country. As authorities in Karachi got things back under some semblance of control and were maintaining a modicum of law and order in the Holy Month of Ramadan, terrorists struck at Shia rallies commemorating the martyrdom of Hazrat Ali (AS) in Lahore where security was almost non-existent since most of the security forces are deployed in the flood-stricken areas of the country. The Lahore attacks look more like the handiwork of those sectarian terrorists who failed to achieve their desired revenge in Karachi.

The Quetta attack is more complex and difficult to explain as chaos rules there. The city has become a hub for terrorists, criminal gangs, drug mafias, smugglers and a haven for the Pakistani Taliban, Afghan Taliban and Balouch insurgents fighting against the Pakistani state on behalf of foreign powers attempting to destabilize the country. The attack on innocent Muslims, who were merely expressing their solidarity with the oppressed people of Palestine, looks like the work of a hardcore terrorist organization and not the blowhard Taliban militants. It could have been the work of the remaining Abdolmalek Rigi loyalists, who fled to Quetta and were hiding there after conducting the recent terrorist attacks in Zahedan. On the other hand, foreign agencies may have employed members of Lashkar-e-Jhangvi from Punjab province to carry out the attacks in Baluchistan.

So it appears that these operations were false flag attacks meant to stir up sectarian and ethnic animosity and produce endless cycles of violence in order to further destabilize Pakistan.