Saturday, February 27, 2010

Clashes between Christians and Hindu extremists, Protestant church burned

Clashes between Christians and Hindu extremists, Protestant church burned

Nirmala Carvalho

Violence sparked by an image of Jesus drinking beer and smoking. The faithful protest, demanding the closure of shops and businesses. Hindu fundamentalist groups wage urban warfare. Bishop of Jalandhar condemns the "provocative actions", but calls on the faithful to peace and forgiveness.

Jalandhar (AsiaNews) - Authorities in Batala, a town of Punjab, have partially removed curfew after clashes broke out last February 20 between Hindu extremists and the Christian minority. To violence was sparked by the publication of a cartoon with a picture of Jesus raising a beer in one hand and holding a cigarette in the other. The chief minister of Punjab condemns the blasphemous image and promises an iron fist against anyone who "foments sectarian hatred." Bishop Anil Couto, Bishop of Jalandhar, invites the faithful "to peace and brotherhood."

The cartoon, published by a publisher in Delhi, has sparked protests from the Christian community of Batala, a town in the district of Gurdaspur in Punjab. On 20 February the city streets were the scene of violent clashes between Hindus and Christians, who wanted the closure of shops and businesses. Activists of Bajrang Dal, Vishwa Hindu Parishad and Shiv Sena - Hindu extremist groups - waged a guerrilla war on the Christians, injuring to 10 people, damaging several shops and the burning of the Salvation Army Mukhi Fauj church, the city's oldest and best known.

To stem the violence, local authorities have imposed a curfew, which has been partly removed today. A police official says that they want to give people the possibility to "to leave their homes for shopping or other necessities." He also adds that "the level of alert" remains high to prevent new clashes.

Parkash Singh Badal, Chief Minister of Punjab, has condemned the offensive image and points the finger at "those who do not appreciate peace” and foment sectarian hatred. He adds that the police have recieved well-defined guidelines to "punish those guilty of sacrilege."

Mgr. Anil Couto, Bishop of Jalandhar, appeals for calm and brotherhood. The prelate calls the faithful to practice the teachings of the Gospel, promoting peace and forgiveness, but at the same time points out that too often "provocative actions or images" wound the soul and the religious feelings of Christians. He invites the faithful to "be proud" of their religion, while not forgetting the message "of peace and love brought by Jesus Christ."

Even some Hindu organizations have condemned the insulting image that portrays Jesus as he drinks and smokes. They call for the arrest of those who would hurt the sentiments of Christian community.

Indian Army Chief licks his own spit

Indian Army Chief licks his own spit

From Christina Palmer & Ajay Mehta

The War of generals in Indian Army seems to be lingering on with full sensation with Indian Army Chief General Deepak Kapoor submitting to the latest onslaught of the Army Chief designate Lt. General Vijay Kumar Singh as General Kapoor was left with no other option but to lick his own spit when following Defence Minister’s clear cut orders the Indian Army Chief reversed his own orders of initiating Administrative Action against the Military Secretary Lt. General Avadesh Prakash and finally, on Friday, issued revised orders of commencing Disciplinary Action by convening the Court Martial against the disgraced Military Secretary, involved in corruption through wrongful sale of military lands, reveal the findings of The Daily Mail.

Acting on the “advice” of Defence Minister A.K. Antony, Indian Army Chief Gen. Deepak Kapoor has ordered a Court Martial of his top aide Lt. Gen. Avadesh Prakash for his involvement in a land scam in West Bengal’s Sukhna cantonment, a defence officials announced here on Friday.

The Daily Mail’s findings indicate that the Indian Defence Minister had overturned the Army Chief’s earlier orders of initiating ‘administrative’ action against his top aide Prakash, especially since the indicted officer has been accused of being the kingpin in the entire conspiracy to aid the transfer of a 71-acre tea estate adjacent to Sukhna military station to his family friend and real estate developer Dilip Agarwal. These findings indicate that although Lt Gen Prakash retires from army service tomorrow (January 31), he will still be governed by the Army Act and can face a court martial. His punishment could vary from dismissal from service to cut of pay and pension. Depending on the severity of the offence, he could even face imprisonment.

The Daily Mail’s findings further indicate that indicate that the Eastern Army Commander, Lt Gen V K Singh who is also the Indian Army Chief designate, had recommended tough action against Lt Gen Prakash and other accused officials on the basis of a Court of Inquiry which indicted them for issuing a no-objection certificate (NOC) for sale of military land adjacent to Sukna military station in West Bengal’s Darjeeling. However, General Deepak Kapoor, instead, by passing the recommendations of Judge Advocate General (JAG) branch, initiated and Administrative action and not a Disciplinary action when he was pressurized by the Defence Ministry to initiate swift action against the involved army officers in the said land scam.

The Daily Mail’s findings further indicate that General Singh held two detailed meetings with Defence Minister Antony as the Fort Williams boss visited New Delhi in connection with the Republic Day engagements, after being formally nominated by the government as the upcoming Army Chief. These findings indicate that during his meetings, General Singh forced the Defence Minister to order General Kapoor to reverse his (Kapoor’s) earlier orders of initiating Administrative action against the top army officers, including the Military Secretary of the Indian army, Lt. General Prakash. The sources told this scribe that General Singh was told by the Defence Minister that since General Prakash was going to retire any way within a week’s time and was already facing an Administrative action so there was no need to punish him any harder. But General Singh showed no flexibility in his demand and insisted for conversion of Administrative action orders into Disciplinary action orders against Prakash by Kapoor after which Defense Minister ordered general Kapoor for the same.

The Daily Mail’s findings indicate that earlier, on 14th of this month, General Deepak Kapoor had ordered an Administrative action instead of disciplinary action against the Generals, proved guilty of compromising India’s national security through a massive military land scam, defying the recommendations of Military Headquarters’ Judge Advocate Generall (JAG) branch, the commander of the Eastern Command of the Indian Army, Lt, General V.K Singh insists for a disciplinary action against the guilty Generals as he stands by the findings and recommendations of the Court of Inquiry (CoI), convened by him These findings indicate that investigations by the Eastern Command of the Indian Army did find that senior officers, including the top aide to the army chief, overrode national security concerns to strike a deal with a realtor in north Bengal’s Siliguri Corridor, the strategic “Chicken’s Neck” that runs between three international boundaries and connects the Northeast with the rest of the country.

These findings indicate that Army Headquarters, on special directives of Army Chief General Kapoor, issued show-cause notices for administrative action against Military Secretary Lt Gen. Avadhesh Prakash, Lt Gen. Ramesh Halgali and Maj. Gen. P. Sen and disciplinary proceedings (that may lead to a court martial) against Lt Gen. P.K. Rath while till Sunday all of them were facing disciplinary action under the same charges.

The Daily Mail’s findings indicate that the information that dripped out on the “Sukna land scam” from Army Headquarters clearly painted a story of corruption while, sources in army headquarters insist that there was no “scam”, a view that reflects the opinion of the realtor, Dilip Agarwal, the contractor, too.

The Daily Mail’s findings reveal the outcomes and the opinion of the Court of Inquiry that was convened by the Eastern Army Commander, Lt Gen. V.K. Singh, in Fort William invest far greater strategic importance in the case.

These findings indicate that the 33 Corps, headquartered in Sukna, was facilitating underhand commerce in a corridor it is tasked to protect militarily. The area of responsibility of the 33 Corps is on the China front and includes territory in Sikkim, north Bengal and Bhutan.

However the Officers Commanding it and the Military Secretary, in charge of posting the officers and troops, not only ignored security concerns in allowing a commercial project on land adjacent to its headquarters but also actively facilitated Agarwal’s venture.

These findings reveal that they bent rules, altered policies, escorted the realtor, ignored the higher (Eastern) command, tailored formal agreements to suit the deal and put pressure on juniors to hurry it through while they kept suppressing evidence, the Court of Inquiry had found. All the while, the Military Secretary was in constant touch with Agarwal. Lt Gen. Prakash introduced Agarwal to the 33 Corps Commander and deputy chief-designate (now the appointment has been cancelled), Lt Gen. Rath, as a family friend, the court of inquiry says in its report forwarded to army headquarters.

These findings further reveal that Agarwal used to visit the Military Secretary in his house in Delhi. Agarwal and Lt Gen. Prakash were likely to have met when the military secretary served as commander of the Indian Military Training Team (Imtrat) in Bhutan, within the 33 Corps’ area of responsibility.

Agarwal issued a media release in Siliguri on December 31, 2009 in which he said: “The question of an ‘army land scam’ does not arise. The land never belonged to the army and the controversy is unnecessary.” However, toeing Agarwal’s line, a day after the show-cause notices were issued, Army Headquarters officials said that they did not know why the Eastern Army commander had recommended such strong action (“termination of service”) against the military secretary because “we never owned the land and, therefore, there is no scam. Only you guys and the General and Fort Williams appear to be knowing about it”, said at senior officer at the Army Headquarters when contacted by this scribe.

The Daily Mail’s findings disclose that what Indian Army Headquarters’ spin maestros are conveniently ignoring is that the force was actually in the process of acquiring the land from the Bengal government because of security concerns. The Bengal government appreciated these concerns and had conveyed to the army that it was “favourably disposed” towards transferring the land.

These findings further disclose that controversy relates to a “tea tourism” project to build villas and malls in an estate surrounded by army units. When construction was stopped, an “education” project was proposed to get around the ban.

The Court of Inquiry found that Agarwal had floated the Geetanjali Education Trust registered in Ghaziabad in 2001. “It has not functioned in a true sense and has constructed no school or college so far,” the report said. Agarwal was “reluctant to part with information regarding his companies”. Yet, the 33 Corps Headquarters entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with him after deleting “Paragraph 17” of the draft. The report describes this clause as “the most potent” paragraph because it gave rights to the army to terminate the MoU “on security grounds”.

The Daily Mail’s findings indicate that in their review of the case, the investigators reported that the Chumta Tea Estate spread over 2,711 acres was on a 33-year lease from the Bengal government. It is inside the Sukna military station and is surrounded by army units.

Of this land, nearly 72 acres were barren and was handed over to the Bengal government. The Bengal government in turn offered it on lease to four firms (Mata Vaishnodevi Mercantile Pvt Ltd, Sheetla Vyapaar Pvt Ltd, Akshara Vanijya Pvt Ltd and JF Low and Co Ltd) represented by S. Bajoria.
“The barren portion of 71.55 acres is enclosed like a lobe within the tea garden, with one side literally bordering the (33) Corps Headquarters,” the CoI report said and pointed out that “the sensitivities of the Siliguri Corridor also necessitated that no civil construction be permitted in the close proximity of the Corps Headquarters”.

The Daily Mail’s findings indicate that in February 2008, the army discovered in newspaper reports that the barren land was being developed for “tea tourism” and would include a film city, villas and malls. The then Commander of 33rd Corps, Lt Gen. Deepak Raj, informed the Eastern Army Commander and told the Bengal government’s Chief Secretary that all construction on the land must be stopped. The Bengal government agreed and gave the orders accordingly.

“The army’s objections to civilian construction on Chumta Tea Estate were based on security implications, arising out of proximity of the site to corps headquarters and Ascon (the army’s dedicated telecommunications network) node,” the CoI report said.

In July-August 2008, Agarwal went to Bajoria and with him proposed building a girls’ school at the site while on December 29, 2008, Lt Gen. Rath, who was then the 33 Corps Commander, received a request for a “no-objection certificate” to establish a residential school with a franchise of Mayo College.
The Daily mail’s findings disclose that the next month, Agarwal and Bajoria met Rath. Rath forwarded the proposal from Agarwal with a note “Please examine, a new angle project we may consider” to the administration in charge, Brigadier (now Maj. Gen.) Sen.

In between, in October 2008, Military Secretary Prakash visited Sukna on an official trip and met Agarwal. He introduced Agarwal to Rath and Lt Gen. Ramesh Halgali, who was Chief of Staff of the Corps, as a friend. In July 2008, Prakash and Agarwal were said to have met Gaj Singh of Jodhpur.
The Daily Mail’s investigations reveal that this set the ball rolling till the MoU was signed in talks between March 18 and 20, 2009. In those three days, Agarwal and Lt Gen. Prakash were in constant touch, according to telephone records called by the investigators who describe this connection as the “influencing factor”.

These findings indicate that the Eastern Army Commander, Lt Gen. V.K. Singh, grew suspicious and called off the deal. He convened the Court of Inquiry on September 30 which finally came up with the conclusion that the generals were proved guilty and recommended disciplinary action against them. The findings of the CoI were dispatched to JAG branch and Adjutant General’s branch and JAG branch also agreed with the recommendations of the CoI of the Eastern Command but it highly irked the Army Chief General Kapoor who straight away approached the Defence Minister but to no avail. He finally managed to convince the Defence Minister Antony to handle the matter his way and on Monday, transformed orders of disciplinary action into Administration action while the Commander Eastern Command is not satisfied with this climax of the case.

Talking to The Daily Mail Lt. General (rtd) Kamal Davar said that the action should have been taken in the light of the recommendation of the CoI of the Eastern Command as it was the only body that examined and investigated the matter. He said that transformation of disciplinary action into Administration action by Army Chief against those who were found guilty of compromising national security would come up with nothing else but as source of encouragement for such elements in the Indian army in future.

Irresponsible Countries Endangering Global Peace

Irresponsible Countries Endangering Global Peace
Zaheerul Hassan

End of 20th and start of 21st centuries brought rapid changes in the world politics and economy. Apart from positive development for mankind, the violence, conflicts, wars and state terrorism have occupied most of the period of these centuries. According to the carefully prepared reports more than 41 millions people have been died as result of terrorism, clashes and confrontations among the countries and tribes. The root causes of these altercations and conflicts turn around terrorism, social injustice, poverty, depleting economy, energy crises, power grabbing, religious extremism, desire of expansionism and arms race between regional and global powers. However, major conflicts and clashes occurred in Asian and African regions only. Israel and India are only those two countries, which could be seen as wrongdoer in every crisis, off course being supported overtly by US. Thus, it would not be wrong if I say that world peace is at stake just because of irresponsible attitude of two American watchdogs India and Israel. These countries have taken the world as their killing grounds. Their Intelligence agencies are busy in targeting leadership, killing innocent people, storming terrorism, crushing minorities and creating political instability in neighbouring countries.

According to a research report "Death in Wars and Conflicts in the 20th Century prepared by Milton Leiten Berg, out of 41 millions people 15.5 were Muslims. In this connection, the organization likes Black Water and "Triple III Agency (Israel-India Intelligence Agency) "on the direction of their mother agencies (RAW. Mossad and CIA) do carry out sabotage activities and implement upon their covert agenda of eliminating Muslim community. The main causes of death of Muslims community were state terrorism of India and Israel. Both these countries do carry out joint operations in against Muslims and other minor communities too.

The real co-partner of New Delhi is Tel Aviv. Her naked brutal actions like phosphorus bombing on innocents' children, women, young and old Gazans are unforgettable. The Palestine problem has yet to be resolved because of unethical US support to Israel. Intelligence agency of Israel is following the Palestinian leadership all over the world. In this connection she is being openly supported by RAW and CIA. Mossad has also connections with MI 6, CIA & RAW. Dubai is almost remained occupied by RAW's agents. Triple III (Israel-India Intelligence Agency) agency has facilitated Mossad in provision of weapons and other equipments to Mossad's agents in Dubai. The murder of Hamas Guerrilla Mahmoud al-Mabhouh has also been carried out by Mossad. The use of British passport does reflects that MI-6 is not involved in it. I think it's only RAW which provided them physical assistance in assassination of Hamas Mahmoud al-Mabhouh.

Both Israeli and Indian joint ventures are real threat to the global peace. Mascaras of Gujarat (crushing Muslims), raping women and killing of Kashmiris, murdering Sikhs in 1984, blasting Samjota Express (train), pitching Bangladeshi civil armed forces against regular army, grabbing water resources, launching Dalai Lama against china, supporting LTTE in Sri Lanka, smashing Maoists and Tamils are glaring examples of Indian intrigues against minorities and neighbours.

Again, proliferation of Indian enriched Uranium, abduction and murdering of her nuclear staffs, bogus nuclear capability and undernourished emerging India with defense budget of Rs1.42 trillion are those open secrets which are sufficient to put a big question mark on the credibility of so called incredible India.

She is busy in arms deal with Western countries and America. Rs 548.24 billion have been marked as capital outlay to procure weapons. The rise in the defense spending is a clear depiction of her mindset. In this connection, the statement of deaf Indian Army Chief General Deepak Kapoor regarding fighting against China and Pakistan do confirms her hegemonic regional design. The top political and military brass is hiding real face of the country from the public and portray that India is an emerging global power. To prove it, her country's chief military scientist, V.K. Saraswat recently claimed that India is set to test within a year an Agni – V nuclear-capable missile with a range of more than 5000 Km. But according to the Economic Times report of February 14, 2010 Chinese Rear Admiral Zhang Zhaozhong, a professor at the Chinese National Defense University, negated New Delhi claim and said that she is still 10 to 15 years behind China in terms of missile technology.

Earlier too some time back Mr. P. K. Iyengar, former head of India's main nuclear body, told the BBC that India's nuclear tests were inconclusive and ambiguous and that the 1998 nuclear test was not a deterrent against China, though it was against Pakistan. His comments came in response to atomic scientist K Santhanam, who was associated with India's 1998 nuclear tests, categorically stated that nuclear tests were not as successful as claimed. Meaning, the yield of the thermonuclear explosions was actually much below expectations and the tests were perhaps more a fizzle. Lets for get out for a while from fake Indian claim regarding purchases of armament and nuke and simply imagine the real situation conditions of actual problems of India. According to US based international survey report 2009 and Express India of December 2008 reports , India stands third, leaving behind countries like Sri Lanka, Jordan and Argentina, when it comes to rape cases, latest data of the Union Home Ministry suggest. Ahead of India are only the United States and South Africa. According to the data, 18,359 rape cases were registered in India in the first three quarters of this year while in the US, 93,934 and in South Africa 54,926 rape cases were registered respectively.

The Indian media also reports that thousand of poor formers and soldiers have committed suicides since maximum population is living below poverty line in India , it is notable here that maximum Indian individuals are spending their life with an average of RS.2000/- per month. Any how, we can say that incredible and bleak picture of so called regional power is emerging after reading the reports and knowing the actual facts about Indian economy. I think India should not go for making new deal of purchasing armaments system and nuclear plants without taking preventive measures against future incidents in Bhabha and Kaiga Nuclear Power Plants. She should start taking interests in improving bilateral relations with her neighbours; it is quite encouraging too that indo-Pak sectary level talk has been scheduled on February 25, 2010 in New Delhi. Pakistani Prime minister said that Islamabad would take up all core issues with New Delhi and emphasized on the need for early start to the now-stalled composite dialogue process. But again India is not serious in resolving the core and burning issue like Kashmir, water problem and interference in Balochistan and FATA.

Ambassador Richard Holbrooke, U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, also visited Pakistan on February 19, 2010. Ambassador Holbrook met with the leadership of Pakistan and also showed his concern over serious water problem of Pakistan. He revealed in the interview on a private TV Channel that India would be asked to water and other regional issue with Pakistan.

It is further added here that Pakistani leadership has successfully came out from political turmoil and deserve congratulation on peacefully resolving pity matters like of court . Now, the government should pay more attentions internally for accomplishing basic needs of the masses and externally determining the cores issues with India. World community should also be approached to pressurize India to solve Pakistan's water problem according to Indus Water Basin Contract. Here, I would also like to claim here that Kashmir and water problems, if left unsolved then nuclear war going to be imminent soon. The western countries and America should ask Israel and India to stop behaving irresponsibly , otherwise there is no doubt in saying that anymore irresponsible action of these countries will push the world into nuke war.

The following is the list of images of the few of the weapons recovered by Pakistan Army from Terrorists, called Taliban. These weapons are manufactured India, Israel and USA.

1. http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/2028/pkm1.jpg
2. http://img202.imageshack.us/img202/7133/gp302101a.jpg
3. http://img203.imageshack.us/img203/759/gp30ak741.jpg
4. http://www.haqeeqat.org/ext/img/indian-weapons-in-swat-and-fata.jpg

Indian white lies have begun to get exposed

Indian white lies have begun to get exposed

By Asif Haroon Raja

Indian Hindu political leaders have a track record of going to any extent to get their needs met. They have always been submissive to the powerful and pitiless against the weak. During 1000 years rule of India by the Muslims, the Hindus served the Muslim masters most submissively despite their intense hatred for the Muslims. No sooner the British took over; the Hindus became their most obedient servants and joined hands with the new masters to persecute the Muslims. At the time of partition of India in 1947, Indian Congress leaders including Nehru got around Mountbatten and Lord Cyril Radcliff to snatch the whole cake and give only crumbs to Quaid-e-Azam led Muslim League that had demanded independent Pakistan. Having gobbled the cake they now want to eat the crumbs also.

Indian leaders religiously follow the guidelines given by their guru Chankya how to go about spreading doubts, suspicions and misgivings among target audiences. Going by Chankyan teachings, Indian leaders and psychological operators disregard morals and scruples, utter falsehood unhesitatingly and convert truth into half truths to achieve ulterior motives. They are adept in art of deceit, drama and propaganda warfare. They turn reality into fiction and indulge in all sorts of underhand tactics to create bad blood between friendly neighbors, communities and sects. They bend over backwards to win over a particular country which is powerful and can serve their interests.

Apart from subversive acts to create cleavages within various communities in Pakistan, Indian propaganda machinery has been consistently painting Pakistan in black by accusing it of all acts of terror in India. These included terrorist attack on Indian Parliament on 13 December 2001, Mumbai train blast on 11 July 2006, Malegaon blasts on 8 September 2006, Samjhota Express Train blasts on 19 February 2007, Hyderabad Mecca Masjid blast on 18 May 2007, Ajmer Sharif Dargah blast on 11 October 2007, serial blasts in Utter Pradesh courts on 23 November 2007, Jaipur blasts on 13 May 2008, Ahmedabad blast on 26 July 2008, Malegaon blasts on 8 September 2008, Delhi blasts on 13 September 2008 and Mumbai carnage on 26 November 2009. Even some of the plane hijackings in 1999 were lumped on Pakistan including the one to Kandahar. Majority of victims of all those acts of terror were Indian Muslims. In case of Samjhota Express, most victims were Pakistanis returning to Lahore. Suicide attack on Indian Embassy in Kabul in July 2008 was also put on the doorstep of Pakistan. India uses Vishwa Hindu Parishad, Shiv Sena and right wing Hindu political organizations to whip up frenzy against Pakistan. Recently, India has added a new weapon in its arsenal in the form of water terrorism and as an instrument of war.

Indian lies began to unveil when Mahrashtra anti-terror squad Chief Hemant Karkare bumped across hard evidence of involvement of Hindu terrorist groups linked with certain Indian army officers. The accused Lt Col Purohit and other co-accused had confessed their crimes and trial was in advanced stage. Karkare’s investigations revealed that most acts of terror in which Pakistan was accused were executed by this gang. He also learnt from confessional statement of Purohit that number of colonels and majors of Indian army like Col Raikar, Col Hasmukh Patel and Col Bapaditya Dhar were part of Malegaon and Samjhota Express terrorism and that there was an established nexus between RAW-Army-Hindu terrorists.

A retired Indian defence artillery officer Col Chitali who lives close to Purohit house in Pune, runs Maharashtra Military Foundation. After Mumbai incident he proudly stated that he has 1000 boys serving in three services and that each one has been brainwashed and motivated by him to perform any task assigned. Purohit had also remained his trainee. Recent terrorist attack in Pune on 13 February has a definite connection with Chitali. Retired Lt Gen Hoon (a contemporary of Qari Hussain) had openly declared that he runs a Hindu suicide bombers centre. Successive Indian governments have known about the evil linkage between military-Hindu terrorists-RAW, but turned a blind eye to it considering it to be in national interest.

The revelation involving BJP, RAW, Shiv Sena and serving and retired senior army officers was so damning that RAW had to hurriedly plan a drama in Mumbai to kill several birds with one stone. Karkare received life threats as disclosed by his wife. Trained terrorists of Atma Ghatak Phatak (AGP) were picked up for the gory job to eliminate him in a way that the blame could be put on Pakistan and ISI. Karkare and his assistant were assassinated in Mumbai on 26 November and blame pasted on Pakistani national Ajmal Kasab. But India fell into the hole it dug for Pakistan. Inefficiency of Indian police, army, navy, coast guard and intelligence agencies came under intense Indian public censure. Finding itself cornered the Indian government had to play up Pakistan bashing card and has shamefacedly continued to blame Pakistan and has spurned repeated Pakistani offers to resume dialogue which India suspended in a huff. Had India been serious in finding the real culprits it would have jumped to the Pakistani offer of joint investigations?

The lone witness Kasab on whom the whole evidence had been built has started to talk. He disclosed before the session court in Mumbai that he had been arrested by Indian police much before 26 November and that he was taken to the site on that fateful day, shot and injured and later tortured to give statement as per their dictates. He also disclosed that Indian nationals had attacked Oberoi Hotel. Sensing their rigid stance cracking up, Indian Home Minister grudgingly admitted that some Indian handlers might have been involved in guiding the ten terrorists.

On 23 November 2009, Indian leading newspapers disclosed that Liberham Commission has finally come out with its finding and has held top guns of BJP like Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Advani, Manohar Joshi and others responsible for demolishing Babri mosque in Ayodhia on 6 December 1992 and killing thousands of Muslims. No action has been taken against the killers of Muslims. Likewise, murderers and rapists involved in carnage of Muslims in Gujarat have not been touched.

While Indian leaders blame Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Muhammad for perpetrating acts of terror in India, they ignore hundreds of Hindu terrorist outfits and dozens of insurgencies within India. Baal Thakeray head of Shiv Sena is renowned for fanning hatred against Muslims and for indulging in subversive activities. He has urged Hindus to prepare suicide bombers to challenge Islamic extremism. Sangh Parivar patronised by BJP, Avidhar and serving and retired Indian army officers are involved in almost all terror acts in India including demolition of Babri mosque in 1992, Samjhota Express bombing and bomb attacks in Muslim heavy Malegaon in which Pakistan was blamed. Sangh Parivar runs training centres in Gujarat and Maharashtra in full knowledge of all concerned.

All extremist Hindu outfits hate Pakistan and Indian Muslims as well as other religious minorities residing in India and vie for Hindutwa. Hindu extremists consider Indian Muslims biggest threat to Indian existence and advocate that they should either convert to Hinduism or else they should be exiled or eliminated. This was the pattern adopted by the Spanish Christians against the Muslims when they conquered Spain in 1492. Hindu extremists have penetrated Indian armed forces particularly Army in a big way. Elections in India are manipulated by Hindu extremists using high handed tactics and all Indian governments remain at their mercy. If there is any nuclear country where nuclear weapons are in danger of falling into the hands of terrorists it is none other than India.

Having failed to coerce Pakistan and to make it accept its childish demands of dismantling India specific terrorist networks in Pakistan and to punish culprits named by India allegedly involved in Mumbai attacks, it has now reluctantly agreed to resume talks from 25 February onwards. India has not shown any large heartedness or has succumbed to US pressure but has softened its mulish stance after realising that it has gained nothing and has lost a lot. For the consumption of home audience, Indian leaders continue to insist that terrorism would be the chief focus of talks. Pakistan has for a change taken a firm stand that Kashmir and water would take precedence over all other issues. As far as terrorism is concerned, India, Israel and USA are the biggest terrorist states and all others are victims of their terrorism. I am giving it in writing that nothing would come out of talks since India is only interested in gaining time through never ending monkey tricks and conceding nothing.

The writer is a retired Brigadier and a defence analyst.

Thursday, February 25, 2010

Indian Intervention in Balochistan Proved

Indian Intervention in Balochistan Proved

Although Pakistan’s civil and military leadership has repeatedly stated that Indian secret agency, RAW supports separatism in the province of Balochistan, and its evidence will be shown to the western countries at the right occasion, yet Indian intervention in Balochistan is not confined to verbal statements, it has in fact proved in light of the following developments.

In the recent past, the Institute of Defence Studies and Analysis (IDSA), New Delhi organised a seminar titled: South Asia 2020 in connection with Balochistan. In their speeches, various scholars and thinktanks maligned Pakistan in one or the other way.

Besides the seminar, on November 5, 2009 a secret conference titled: “Pakistan is Problem in Balochistan” was organised by the Observer Research Foundation (ORF) in New Delhi. It was headed by the former secretary of RAW and Indian former chief of army staff. In that conference, high ranking selective officials, journalists and three Baloch leaders, namely, Dr Wahid Baloch, Khan of Kalat and Munir Mengal participated.

The speech of Dr. Wahid Baloch, General Secretary of the American Friends Balohistan (AFOB) is of special attention. He distorted the history by pointing out that in 1948, Balochistan was forcibly occupied by Pakistani armed forces because Nawab of Kalat had refused to abide by the demands of Muhammad Ali Jinah.

It is well-known fact that the partition of India was made on the basis of religious demographics that led to the creation of Pakistan. The people of Balochistan, overwhelmingly voted to join Pakistan in a referendum that was held on June 30, 1947. The Indian Independence Act, 1947 allowed the independent states to join either India or Pakistan. The Khan of Kalat acceded to Pakistan on March 27, 1948 as a result of the free will of the Muslims of the province.

While vocally raising false allegations in line of the Indian conspiracy against the federation Pakistan, Dr. Wahid Baloch explained, “Balochistan still remains under the occupation of Pakistan and the international community should interfere in preventing atrocities on the Baloch people, being committed by Pak Army and ISI. Dr. Wahid also indicated his misperceptions that several Baloch leaders, engineers and doctors were kidnapped, torture and killed ruthlessly through Pakistan’s state terrorism.”

In fact, the secret conference organised by the Indian officials itself and participation of the Baloch leaders including anti-Pakistan elements proves that Indian RAW is behind all the events like hostage-takings, sectarian violence, targeted killings of the high profile leaders and other subversive acts being committed in Balochistan. Besides, people of Balochistan enjoy equal rights and opportunities like the people of other provinces of Pakistan. Meanwhile, on Dec 12, 2009, the signing ceremony of the National Finance Commission (NFC) Award was held in the port city of Gwadar. In this regard, Punjab province has shown much flexibility as a good gesture of sacrifice especially for Balochistan. So it is wrong to say that Balochistan is under occupation.

While favouring the Sardari system (Fedual lords), Dr. Wahid maintained that Balochistan is a tribal society which follows the directions of their tribal chiefs. In this way, he not only justified support for the Baloch Sardars but also for Khan of Kalat as they have been leading separatism in the province. As a matter of fact, the unrest actually started in Balochistan when various projects were undertaken by the previous government to develop the backward regions of the province. The sole aim was to eliminate frustration among the people by providing infrastructure and employment opportunities. The Baloch Sardars who had been backed by India and other external powers started opposing all the developmental projects. These Sardars who were running their own private jails and ‘farrari camps’ resisted the government plans as they did not want to give up the old system of feudal lords. It was Pak Army which occupied private jails and farrari camps and thus set free several innocent people.

Dr. Wahid accused in the sense of foreign propaganda campaign against Islamabad that Quetta Shura and Taliban leaders have taken shelter in the capital of Balochistan with the help of Pakistan.

In reality, Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) which has been fighting for secession of the province get logistic support from India, while another CIA and Indian-supported separatist group, Jundollah (God’s soldiers) is also working against the cordial relationship of Pakistan with China and Iran. In the past few years, their militants with the cooperation of foreign agents kidnapped and killed many Chinese and Iranian nationals in Pakistan, while committing other subversive acts in the province.

While impressing New Delhi, Wahid Baloch said, “We are a secular nation and not Islamist or extremist…our secular culture is under attack by Pakistan and Iran for which we needs your help. He requested, “We also need your help for newly established council of Balochistan so that we can established its offices all over the world.”

Dr. Wahid read out a message of Balochs to the audience, appealing the Indian government “to take a bold step in order to stand up against the tyranny and state terrorism of Pakistan inside Balochistan.” He also appealed to the Indian high officials to raise the question of Balochistan on all international forums and the UN bodies. Concluding his anti-Pakistan speech, Wahid Baloch pointed out that the ultimate goal of Baloch struggle was to seek a greater Balochistan comprising territory on either side of the Goldsmith line in Pakistan as well as Iran.

Indian officials and RAW ex-officers in connivance with the participating Baloch leaders and friends also decided to continue the process and to establish some new organization which they decided before conducting the next meeting. Besides, Khan of Kalat expressed similar thoughts like Dr Wahid, indicating that the meeting has been a source of good interaction with the Indians, and they will use every source so as to get support for their struggle of independence.

Indian involvement in Balochistan plot could also be judged from the fact the Munir Mengal who repeated the thoughts of Dr. Wahid in the meeting held with the faculty of IDSA which assured him that India fully backs Baloch struggle and will definitely undertake necessary steps for making the same a success. It also pledged that all future activities of Baloch movement like guidance and help will be coordinated by a US team under the sponsorship of IDSA. Besides Munir Mengal also gave a presentation at ORF in which he also misinterpreted the economic aspects of Gwader Port as a threat to international community, opposing proposed China’s naval base at Gwader.

America which signed a nuclear deal with India in 2008, intends to make India a mini-super power of Asia by containing China and destablising Pakistan as well as Iran. Balochistan where China has invested billion of dollars to develop Gwadar seaport irritates both Washington and New Delhi.

Nevertheless, finally, Dr Wahid, Munir Mengal and Khalat remarked that their visit was very successful. They also met Indian deputy minister and other officials who told them that this is ever first meeting of its kind and things will further improve by the next such meeting. They also assured to the Baloch leaders that Baloch movement has not gain the momentum so far as expected, therefore, they could not support them openly—however, covert support will continue. While encouraging Baloch ledears to continue their struggle with full zeal and enthusiasm, the Indian officials paid 25000 dollars to each Baloch leader, assuring them more positive response by the next secret meeting to be held in February 2010.

Meanwhile on November 21, 2009, with the consent of the Baloch national leader Mir Hyrbyair Marri, Laurie Deamer who is active member of the Independence American Friends of Balochistan read out the resolution in the first international conference at the Nation Press Club in Washington DC. The resolution also raised same allegations in connection with Pak Army and state terrorism by implicating Islamabad and Tehran, emphasizing the necessity of an independent Balochistan.

Nonetheless, while taking the breaking of Pakistan as inevitable and in the interests of the international community, especially the Baloch people and the United States, the conference called upon the US government and its affiliated departments to talk directly with Baloch independence, sending American leaders in Balochistan and abroad.

No doubt that after these conferences and secret meetings among the Indian officials, foreign agents and Baloch leaders, particularly Indian intervention in Balochistan has been proved.

Pakistanis Protest Thailand Hosting Anti-Pakistan Event Funded By A US Group





Pakistanis Protest Thailand Hosting Anti-Pakistan Event Funded By A US Group

The Zardari government is silent on a major development where the government of Thailand allowed foreign-backed anti-Pakistan groups, including groups funding terrorism inside Pakistan, to hold a conference in Bangkok on Feb. 22 and 23.

The conference explicitly called for international support for the breakup of Pakistan and for carving out smaller states in its place.

Dissidents claiming to represent Balochi-speaking Pakistanis and Iranians were invited to the conference, full expenses paid.

An unknown group that calls itself Baloch Voice Foundation, based in Paris, organized the event. The group is funded according to reports by the Washington-based Jamestown Foundation, a US think tank that shows a lot of interest in promoting separatism inside Pakistan and Iran.

Bangkok is known in intelligence circles as a favorite CIA destination for shady public events.

CIA, with Indian help, recruited Mr. Brahamdagh Bugti to wage a terrorist insurgency inside Pakistan in the name of freedom for Balochi-speaking Pakistanis. Mr. Abdolmalik Rigi was hired to spread terror inside Iran. Pakistani authorities have shared evidence with Washington proving that rogue CIA elements are sponsoring Mr. Bugti. Iran on the other hand has shown more boldness than Pakistani authorities, intercepting a plane and arresting Mr. Rigiafter he visited a US military base in Afghanistan.

A group of Pakistani citizens gathered in front of the hotel in Bangkok carrying banners that read, ‘Stop using Thai soil against Pakistan’ and ‘Balochistan is Pakistan’ among others.

Pakistanis who wish to protest with Thai authorities for this blatant act of war, please use one or more of the following options:

1. Fax: Embassy of Thailand, Islamabad, Fax number + 92 51 225 6730
2. Email:
2.1 thaiemb@dslplus.net.pk
2.2 thaikhi@mfa.go.th
2.3 thaicon@go4b.com

3. Telephone: (92-51) 228-0909, 228-0586, 225-2185
4. You can also send letters to the Thai Embassy in Islamabad. The address is Embassy of Thailand, House 23, Street 25, F-8/2, Islamabad.

If you are going to contact the Thai authorities, please observe the following in your emails/letters/calls:

a. Be courteous and respectful
b. Clearly mention that you are writing with reference to the Conference on Balochistan organized by a group of non-state actors in a Bangkok hotel on Feb. 22 and Feb. 23, 2010
c. Say that Pakistanis resent that the Government of Thailand allowed the use of its soil against Pakistan, and that it is unacceptable.
d. Pose this question: How would you like Pakistanis to collect funds to support insurgents and terrorists fighting the Thai government in one part of your country?

Here are some facts about the conference and its organizers and participants:

1. Event organized by Mr. MUNIR MENGAL, indicated with an arrow in the picture above.
2. Munir Mengal is the founder of Baloch Voice TV, better known for promoting a false story where he claimed he was jailed in Pakistan with female Pakistani Baloch prisoners. The Provincial Government of Nawab Aslam Raisani later investigated the claim as part of last year's efforts to free an abducted UN official in Quetta. Mengal's lie was exposed when not a single Pakistani Baloch lady was found in jail anywhere in Pakistan.
3. Selig Harrison, who is linked to the US intelligence, indirectly participated in the conference and presented a paper.
4. Followers of Khair Bux Marri, a feudal Pakistani politician from Balochistan, boycotted the conference. His son was arrested in London for financing terror activities inside Pakistan. UK refused to hand him over to Pakistan.
5. The conference led to internal feud between several groups that claim to represent Pakistani Balochs. One of these groups is something called the Washington-based American Friends of Balochistan, and there are Moscow- and Dubai-based groups, not to mention the self-styled Government of Balochistan in Exile, which says it is based in Tel Aviv, Israel.
6. All of these groups have mushroomed following the US invasion and occupation of Afghanistan. The Afghan soil is apparently being used by foreign powers to target other countries in the region.
7. Elements in Washington, New Delhi, and the US puppet government in Kabul have manufactured a separatist insurgency in Pakistan’s Balochistan province as a means to pressure the Pakistani military into relinquishing Pakistan’s interests in America’s war in Afghanistan.

Karkare rewarded for honesty

Karkare rewarded for honesty
ALI SUKHANVER
After the Mumbai Blasts, the whole life in India began to revolve around this horrible incident. One can find the after shocks of this quake even after so many months. Certainly it was the worst episode in the Indian history of terrorism. The democratic people of India were of the opinion that the matter would be investigated thoroughly and the culprits would be penalized. In the beginning there was noticed a great hustle and bustle with reference to the investigations but then at once it all stopped after coming to a dead end. The statement of the Indian naval chief, questioning the expertise of the Indian marines put a full stop to the story. He had very boldly stated that the terrorists involved in the Mumbai Blasts could not have entered the Indian soil if the Indian marines were vigilant and alert. His statement was inwardly pointing towards the well wishers of the terrorists who were there to help out the terrorists in the garb of mariners. After this statement the government of India turned all its cannons towards Pakistan blaming that the terrorists belonged to Pakistan. The Pakistan government bore this blame with patience and provided all possible help and support to the Indian government regarding the investigations. Luckily it was found that the terrorists involved in this heinous activity were purely non-state actors and they had nothing to do with Pakistan. The honourable courts of Pakistan also did their best to see the matter in depth and found the alleged ones totally innocent. But all these sincere efforts by Pakistan could not satisfy the Indian government and it tried to copy the style and manner of the US government by saying again and again , Do More , Do More , We are not Satisfied.’
The Mumbai Blasts have been a favourite topic of discussions and analysis throughout the world since after their occurrence. Most of the analysts smell the Hindutva Philosophy behind these blasts. Hindutva is a term coined by Vinayak Damodar Savarkar in his 1923 pamphlet entitled, ‘Hindutva: Who is a Hindu?’ This philosophy urges the Hindus to get united for crushing the Non-Hindus and the Hindus mean those who are Hindu by belief not by land. It is the Hindutva philosophy which gave birth to the organizations such as the RSS, Bharatiya Janata Party, Bajrang Dal, and the Vishwa Hindu Parishad.
This ideology has existed since the early 20th century, but came to prominence in Indian politics in the late 1980s, when two events attracted a large number of mainstream Hindus to the movement , according to a world renowned encyclopedia. The first of these events was the Rajiv Gandhi government’s use of its large Parliamentary Majority to overturn a Supreme Court verdict granting alimony to an old woman that had angered many Muslims. The second was the dispute over the 16th century Mughal Babri Mosque in Ayodhya — built by Babur after his first major victory in India. The Supreme Court of India refused to take up the case in the early 1990s, leading to a huge outcry. Tempers soon flared, and a huge number of nationalist Hindus from all parts of India razed the mosque in late 1992, causing nationwide communal riots. The razing of the mosque and subsequent conflict arguably lifted the BJP and Hindutva to international prominence. Today this Hindutva Philosophy is nurturing so many Hindu extremist organizations which are always busy in conspiring against the Muslims whether they are in India or outside India. To achieve their heinous desires these organizations don’t spare even the innocent Hindus who have nothing to do with extremism. The killing of the former Maharashtra ATS chief Hemant Karkare during the Mumbai blasts episode is also one of such activities of the Hindu extremists. Recently a new book came to surface with the title,’ Who Killed Karkare?’ The writer S.M.Mushrif, a former IG Police of Maharashtra has pointed out the presence of a nationwide network of Hindutva terror which has its roots spread up to Nepal and Israel is out to destroy India and to remold it into same kind of Afghanistan under the Taliban. The writer has reconstructed a fearsome picture out of former Maharashtra ATS chief Hemant Karkare’s chargesheet against alleged Hindutva terrorists like Lt. Col. Purohit, Sadhvi Pragyasingh Thakur and others. The chargesheet pointed towards an astonishing nationwide conspiracy with international support to destabilize the constitutional order of the secular democratic Indian state and replace it by a Hindutva state run according to a new Constitution. The conspirators were planning for a massive bloodshed, using bomb attacks on religious places to trigger an anti-Muslim holocaust.
According to the reports, Hemant Karkare, the former ATS chief, was one of the few honest and diligent officers .He was well aware of the forces which were eager to destabilize India. He did a lot of research in this context and exposed a number of retired and serving army and intelligence officers involved in the conspiracy against the democratic secular India. He succeeded in tracing a plan which indicated the possible assassination of 70 Indians who were creating hurdles in the projection of Hindutva philosophy. Most of these 70 targets were the Indians of high profile and in case of their assassination; so many Muslims could have been framed. If Karkare had not exposed the heinous designs of these Hindutva Plans, there would have been an endless blood-shed in India taking lives of thousands of Muslims and surely hundreds of Hindus because without killing of Hindus , the picture would not seem real. Moreover it is a part of the Hindutva philosophy to kill even the Hindus if it is in the greater interest of Hinduism. The unlucky Hemant Karkare is also one of the escape goats in this context
The affairs of the country in India are run by a particular group of extremist Hindus. These extremists are all time supporting and financing the culprit organizations which support the Hindutva philosophy. They are always trying to shelter the Hindutva terrorists. The horrible Samjhota Express incident provides a very strong proof in this regard. On the Basis of the reports provided by the Indian IB The government of India started blaming the Pakistan ISI for carrying out these blasts ; but at a later stage Hemant Karkare disclosed the reality that Lt.Col.Prohat of the Indian army was the person who provided the RDX used in the blasts. Col.Prohat had accepted the allegation during the investigations. The IB was not happy over Karkare’s honest investigations so he was removed from the scene. Very soon after his killing, K.P.Raghuvanshi, a police officer with extremely low credibility in the Muslims was brought to the scene to replace Karkare.This K.P.Raghuvanshi has a bad repute for letting off known Hindutva terrorists and framing Muslim youth even in bomb attack cases on mosques. But we cannot condemn the IB or the Hindutva terrorists for awarding the death penalty to Hemant Karkare because all is fair in love and war.

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Indian hand in Balochistan

Indian hand in Balochistan
Sayed GB Shah Bokhari

Interior Minister Rehman Malik is one man who in his capacity as head of police and civilian intelligence agencies receives the most intricate information on what goes on in the country. When he claims publicly that Indian hand is visible in fomenting acts of terrorism, there is substance to it. On the other hand, Indian Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh, in his address to a public meeting in Srinagar, the other day, denied what Malik and other Pakistani leaders have been saying about India’s involvement. Nonetheless, ground realities speak volumes that but for a strong financial support from a foreign country with vested interest the militants waging atrocities against Pakistan’s security forces could not sustain their activities for such a long period of time.

Pakistan’s intelligence setup has found irrefutable evidence to establish that the Indian spy agency, Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), is working its way to the anti-state militants in Balochistan via its embassy in Kabul and the large number of her consulates located in proximity of Pak-Afghan border particularly the Kandahar consulate.

In a period of two months Balochistan has lost two ministers and a senior bureaucrat who fell prey to target killing. Balochistan’s education minister was gunned down outside his house on October 25. Earlier terrorist pursued Provincial Minister Sardar Rustam Jamali right up to Karachi and killed him in Gulshan-e-Jauhar area. On 31 October Hamid Mahmood, Secretary Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, was critically injured by motorcycle-riding terrorists in Quetta. Non-Baloch bureaucrats who have been living in Balochistan for ages and are heading educational institutions and other development projects have been the target of the militants. Responsibility for these killings has been claimed by Baloch Liberation United Front, a rebel group known to be fully backed by New Delhi.

The modus operandi of the assailants in these three incidents, like in so many other sabotage acts in the past, suggests that the object was to target political leaders and non-Baloch bureaucrats with a view to create general unrest and despondency among the masses that would lead to destabilise Pakistan. Which country would go for destabilising Pakistan except India which has fought three wars and is encouraged by bisecting the country in 1971, after fomenting internal strife? New Delhi wishes to replay the same tactics i.e. to whip up public emotions against the government and political leadership.

Commander of US troops in Afghanistan, General Stanley Mcchrysal, in a report to the American Congress has stated that the burgeoning Indian influence in Afghanistan was a destabilising factor in the region.

Balochistan has a long porous border with Afghanistan. The Indian consulate in Kandahar, a border town, provides a firm base to train, arm and dispatch militants across the border to undertake sabotage activities in Balochistan. Indian companies have been awarded contracts on various projects to link Kabul with Balochistan near Iranian border; and in the bargain it makes the job of RAW easier. Brahamdagh Bugti, Pakistan’s most wanted rebel leader and commander of Balochistan Liberation Army, which has taken arms against security forces of the country, is sitting in Kabul whence he directs his militants on the advice of Indian military consultants. His personal expenses and that of his force, the BLA, are borne by RAW, as a quid pro quo for the former accomplishing the Indian objective of destabilising Pakistan. The para-military force, the Frontier Corps, fighting militants has seized weapons and equipment that bear Indian marking from the possession of militants killed or captured during action.

Adviser to Afghan government, Ehsanullah Aryanzai, in a recent statement disclosed that India was using Afghan soil to conduct across the border anti-Pakistan activities. Additionally, New Delhi’s widely read newspaper, Indian Express, in an article published on 31 July 2009 has revealed India’s involvement in backing terrorists in Balochistan with a view to shake the elected government there.

Anti-state elements have tried to exploit the innocent Baloch people on the basis of economic under-development, and the prevalent poverty in the province for which the federal government and dwellers of Punjab are held responsible. In actual fact, however, the shoe is on the other foot. The local tribal sardars who have exercised a no-questioned-asked sway over their tribes for years cannot withstand any measure of the government that could bring prosperity in the region and develop awakening among the masses that would lead to erosion of their draconian authority.

Insurgency in Balochistan that started in 1975, had re-emerged in 2000 when the government began exploring the province’s vast hithertofore untapped oil and natural gas fields. Instead of assisting the government the sardars instigated the locals on the ground that non-Baloch were trying to rob Balochistan of its mineral wealth. This environment provided golden opportunity to RAW to exploit the emotions of Baloch people against the government of Pakistan.

Pakistan is engaged with Iran for supply of natural gas through a pipeline that would cost 7.5 billion dollars and would overcome the energy needs of the country. The pipeline running between the two countries through Baloch territory is to see Iran supplying 750 million cuft of gas per day to Pakistan over next 25 years. India too was a partner in the deal but backed out under pressure from the United States that does not want any of its allies to establish trade relations with Iran. Tehran has also offered to Pakistan supply of 1000 megawatts of electricity at a discounted price of 6 cents per unit. Probably the happy Pak-Iran trade relations were not to the liking of India who had to do something to sabotage the friendly overtures of the two neighbours.

On 18 October a suicide attack targeted the Revolutionary Guards in Iran’s Sistan-Balochistan province. Forty-two men were killed, seven of them high-ranking members of the elite corps. Jundullah, a shadowy Baloch militant group, claimed responsibility for the attack. It may be recalled that most weapons and ammunition used by this group bear Indian marking. They also receive financial backing from New Delhi. Large-scale Indian support to militants in Swat and tribal territory of NWFP has also been witnessed.
India is expert at diverting world’s attention from its role in terrorist activities by highlighting and presenting Pakistan as exporter of terrorism. The 26/11 Mumbai attack was fully exploited to convince the world that not India but Pakistan was the mother of all sabotage acts.

During the three-day tour of US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, to Pakistan the leadership here brought to her attention the support New Delhi was providing to militants who are fighting Pakistan’s security forces and kill innocent citizens. Instead of encouraging extremist activities in Pakistan India must concentrate on her domestic affairs where a quarter of its billion plus population sleep empty stomach on open footpaths.

New evidence about Hindu terrorism

New evidence about Hindu terrorism
Sajjad Shaukat

Last year, Indian Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) of the Maharashtra arrested a serving Lt. Col. Srikant Purohit, a retired army Major Samir Kulkarniand and some other officials in connection with the bomb blasts in the Malegaon and some other Indian cities including explosion of Samjhota express which killed many Muslims and 68 Pakistani passengers.

But latest reports suggest that after receiving directions from high level, an Indian team, consisting of police and Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has compromised with the Hindu terrorists, especially of Indore regarding the incident of Smjhota Express. New evidence has revealed that with the help of Indian secret agency, RAW, certain items such as suitcases, bottles and batteries used in the blasts were purchased by the Hindu extremists from Indore.

One of the most ruthless anti-Muslim extremist group, Ramji’s links have been proved with a local leader BJP, which was involved in the Malegaon blasts, targeting Muslims. Apparently, probe in relation to Smajhota Express had met a dead end as New Delhi had decided to keep it pending because Indian army officers were involved. But for its own information, Indian government continued investigation clandestinely, which has leaked out by some reliable sources. According to new revelations, the investigators have checked the records of phone calls which proved that members of the BJP-linked Ramji killed an extremist, Sunil, pertaining to the RSS—a member of their own affiliated organization so that unaware police officers could not reach all the network of the Hindu terrorists whom high officials of Indian RAW and the concerned army officials themselves want to conceal. However, further details have indicated that before the recent elections in Maharashtra, blasts in Goa were carried out by a Hindu terrorist group, Sanatan Sanstha which was also involved in the communal riots in Miraj and Sangli. In this regard, those fundamentalists officials who are well-penetrated in Indian police and RAW, provoked violence with hateful anti-Muslim propaganda—its result was that Hindu mobs pelted stones and damaged mosques at more than seven places, hoisting saffron flags.

This fact was also verified by various human rights activities which pointed out that the main aim of the communal riots during election times was to lead to massive votes for Hindu right-wing parties, especially BJP. Nevertheless, in Margao, Thane and Kanpur, Hindu terrorists had carried out the bombs, which also went up accidentally, killing them at some places where they were engaged in bomb-making. Notably, on October 19, this year, The Times of India quoted Goa Home Minister Ravi Naik stating that the police would probe links of the state transport minister’s wife with Sanathan Sanstha. In this respect, reliable sources have also disclosed that his wife has close ties with the members of this extremist group. Under the cover of family terms with some of its fundamentalists, she has provided the latter with secret information in order to conduct subversive acts against Muslims and their premises. As a matter of fact, Naik avoided mentioning thousands of Israeli tourists who frequently visit Goa.

New secret inquiry has also shown that Col. Purohit with the backing of RAW and Indian fundamentalists had prepared a plan for displacing the Indian government, and setting up a government in exile in Israel. Some anti-Muslim Indo-Israeli lobbies were also supporting the plan. It is notable that Indian Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) which had arrested Col. Purohit and other army officials including a Hindu Sadhu (holy man) and a Sadhvi (holy woman) had already disclosed the confession of Purohit in respect of Smajhota Express and bombing at various Muslim places. ATS had also revealed after a thorough inquiry that Col Purohit and some other army officers were helping in training the Hindu terrorists, providing them with the military-grade explosive RDX, used in the Malegaon bombings and terrorist attacks in other Indian cities. It is of particular attention that last year, prominent politicians of the Hindu extremist parties having close ties with the arrested officials have been pressurizing the Congress regime to release the culprits. In this respect, last year, the prosecutor told an Indian court about the confession of Purohit, but next day, he backed out of his statement due to threats of Hindu fundamentalists.

In this context, during simultaneous attacks in Mumbai on November 26, 2008, the death of Anti-Terrorism Squad Chief Hemant Karkare exposed that Indian intelligence agencies in coordination with Hindu extremists had planned the scheme to pressurize Pakistan and to take political advantage over the latter especially on Kashmir issue as the US President Obama and UK seemed serious to resolve this dispute. New Delhi not only wanted to divert their attention from this issue, but also desired to abandon peace process with Pakistan, which it had suspended under the pretext of Mumbai carnage. As regards the assassination of Karkare, in the Indian Mail Today, Narayan Rane, an Indian-Hindu leader of the Congress had remarked on December 16, 2008 that Hindu politicians of India provided logistical and financial support to Hindutva terrorists for killing Karkare While, Indian Minority Affairs Minister Abdul Rahman Antulay who had changed his statement after duress from Congress had clearly revealed in the Lok Sabha that the killing of Karkare in Mumbai was a conspiracy, saying that he was assassinated owing to his leading role in the investigation against Hindus regarding the Malegaon bombings which had killed eight people outside a mosque. He further elaborated, “Anyone trying to go to the roots of terror has always been a target”, calling for a separate inquiry into Karkare’s death. It is mentionable that concrete evidene had emerged about the existence of Hindu terrorism which was exposed on April 6, 2008 when in the house of Bajrang Dal fundamentalists in Nanded, a bomb went off. The police seized the Muslim clothing, fake beards, names and addresses which showed the location of mosques and houses of the prominent Muslims. The investigations proved that the militants belonging to the Bajrang Dal were found in the bomb-making and attack on a mosque in Parbhani in 2003. It was also proved that Hindu extremists with the help of fundamentalist parties, Shiv Sena, BJP, VHP and RSS were responsible for bombings of Malegaon, Modasa, Ajmar and Hyderabad including some other cities.

The fact of the matter is that in the aftermath of Mumbai catastrophe, Islamabad had repeatedly asked New Delhi to send exact information regarding the investigation of Col. Purohit including other accused in relation to the bombing of Samjhota Express. Although India has promised to share its findings with Pakistan, yet little has been shared in this regard.

In fact, by concealing the details of the incident, New Delhi has been trying to hide Hindu terrorism. But such developments as role of Indian extremist group, Sanatan Sanstha behind blasts in Goa and communal riots in Miraj and Sangli before elections in Maharashtra including the revelations of Naik in relation to the activities of fundamentalists—especially in connection with the state transport minister’s wife’s secret relationship with the group have shown new evidence about Hindu terrorism. Interestingly, regarding Hindu terrorism, BBC had indicated on November 21, 2008, “a new phrase has entered the sometimes cliche-riddled Indian press: “Hindu terrorism”, calling it the latest addition to the media lexicon. But now latest evidence has endorsed the fact.

Saturday, February 20, 2010

RAW Kidnaps Three Pakistanis for Use in Future Terror Dramas to Blame ISI

RAW Kidnaps Three Pakistanis for Use in Future Terror Dramas to Blame ISI

After the collapse of the Taliban government in Kabul, India came into action. Many Pakistanis were abducted from Afghanistan and secretly transferred to India. Some of them were used to recruit terrorists and informants inside Pakistan. Others are killed by Indian security in occupied Kashmir and then bodies are presented to foreign diplomats in New Delhi as evidence of ‘terrorism’ from Pakistan. On Jan. 1, 2010, India failed to exchange with Pakistan a list of Pakistani prisoners in Indian jails. Unfortunately, weak Pakistani politicians and a confused Pakistani media have failed to pay attention to the fact that every single Pakistani citizen returning from Indian jails comes back with acute mental disorders due to torture. In this case, investigated by the Daily Mail, Indian government held three alleged Pakistani ‘terrorists’ but when time came to release them to Pakistan, the three mysteriously disappeared in India.

From AJAY MEHTA
The Daily Mail of Pakistan.


In a rather mysterious move, Indian intelligence agency, Research & Analysis Wing (RAW) on Friday kidnapped three Pakistani nationals from New Delhi after they had completed their sentence in prison and the Indian authorities had taken them to a hospital, prior to deport them back to Pakistan, reveal the findings of the investigations made into the matter by The Daily Mail.

According to The Daily Mail’s findings the Delhi Police, on the evening of the 1st of January, 2010 announced that three ‘high profile terrorists, belonging to Pakistan managed to escape from the official custody while the authorities had taken them to an official hospital to meet the procedure, required to deport them to their home country as they had completed the term of the sentence, awarded to them by the court, some ten years back.

The Daily Mail’s investigations indicate that three Pakistanis, kidnapped by RAW officials on Friday, were earlier arrested on October 30, 2000, from Rohtak and Delhi by RAW with the allegations that they were possessing a huge quantity of arms and ammunition, including 17 kg of high-grade RDX as well as 50 kg of heroin etc and were convicted accordingly. They were subsequently sent to prison where they completed their respective sentences in December last and were now in the process of being deported back to home country. The three, identified as Sadiq, Rafaqat Ali and Razzak are officially reported to be aged 55, 56 and 61 years, respectively.

“They were not in the custody of the police. But they were under restraint orders of the FRRO. They were being taken to Guru Nanak Eye Hospital by Meghalaya police personnel who were on deputation to the Delhi Police’s Special Branch when they fled. We have registered a case and are searching for them,” Joint Commissioner of Police Karnal Singh said while talking to the media on Saturday.

However, the investigations of The Daily Mail reveal that the administration of the Guru Nanak Eye Hospital expresses its complete ignorance about the incident. “I do not remember any such case in last few days. We are verifying our records, but if any such incident would have taken place, it was supposed to be reported immediately as it is not a small matter. So far we have not even been contacted by Intelligence or Police official about this matter officially and only thing that we know in this direction is what we have heard or seen from the media reports,” the hospital’s Additional Medical Superintendent, Shashi Gururaja, said when contacted by The Daily Mail. Shashi also stated that it was not possible for people with ages of 55 years to 61 years to have escaped so easily particularly when they have spent last ten years in prison while he also stated that the hospitals own security was foolproof. Shashi Gururaja further clarified that in any case, to ensure the custody of the prisoners brought to hospital was no the responsibility of hospital administration as it was the sole duty of the relevant law enforcing officials. He expressed his surprise over Joint Police Commissioner Karnal Singh’s statement.

“We have announced a reward of Rs 50,000 each for providing information on the three Pakistanis. We have also released their pictures,” a senior police official said on Sunday, while after the escape, Delhi Police registered a fresh case against the trio for violating the restraint order under the Foreigners’ Act, a senior police official said. Home Ministry officials said an alert has been sounded in Delhi and adjoining areas to nab them.

The Daily Mail’s finding indicate that that some mysterious persons with underworld links (RAW links) as well as some officials of Maharashtra police, including a police inspector of Mumbai, identified as Inspector Tulsidas Khakkad of anti-extortion cell and a constable with the name Talu Salunke from Chembur police station of Mumbai’s suburbs were amongst the regular visitors of the kidnapped trio at the prison. According to head constable Manohar (the name has been change for the safety of the source) of the prison complex where the trio served the sentence for about a decade, the three Pakistani inmates throughout remained rather isolated from other prisoners and never tried to other prisoners of the Muslims community that were brought to prison on small and big crimes. Manohar however recalls that for the past couple of years, the trio was suddenly started visited by certain mysterious people including some cops. “ In the beginning, I thought the people that were visiting the trio were the people of famous Pakistani Don, Dawood Ibrahim but one day a colleague told me that he identified a couple of them as the workers of Mumbai’s underworld mafia Don Chhota Rajan. (Chhota Rajan is actually the head of Special Operations Division of RAW). I, later, also identified some of the visitors as members of Rajan gang while a couple of them I saw, earlier visiting as RAW officials to interrogate some other criminals. However, for the past one year or so, Inspector Tulsidas Khakkad of Mumbai’s police and constable Talu of Chembur police station of Mumbai also started meeting the trio and would come with some gifts for them including sweets on Eid etc”, asserted Manohar while giving his account to The Daily Mail. Manohar also says that all the three maintained very good behavior during their stay at the prison and were not in good health for the past few years. He said that the two, Sadique and Rafaqat used to respect Razzak as he was elder and would address him as Haji Saab. To a question, Manohar says that he learnt that Razzak’s was going to perform Hajj and prior to that had come to meet some relatives in India but was arrested in some terrorism case while he was around 51 years old at the time of arrest. Razzak would often cry in the prison, saying that he was about to go to Mecca to perform Hajj but the Indian intelligence officials criminally framed him in a fake case and deprived him of his life’s biggest desire.

Manohar said that upon this, almost all the cellblock inmates started calling Razzak as Haji Saab to cheer him up. Manohar also to The Daily Mail that Razzak had developed some heart trouble around three years back and was living a quite life since then and would avoid any stressful thing.

He also said that the two others were also not enjoying very good health as were often sent to prison’s hospital for medical treatments with complaints of asthma, cardio-vascular problems, diabetes and high blood pressure.

One of the cellblock inmates of the missing trio, Yadav, (name changed for the safety of the source) when contacted by this scribe as a visitor, told that the trios was known to him for the just last 2 years. Yadav says that he was brought to the same block of the prison as he was sentenced for 5 years in a case by the end of 2007. “After a few months, I developed good friendly relations with all the three of them. The told me that they had nothing to do with any terror move and knew nothing about any Don or any Jihadi organization. Sadiq told me that he had come to pay a visit to Khwaja Chishti’s Dargah (Shrine) at Ajmer but was abducted by some people from the bus stand of Ajmer while he was visiting India on proper passport and valid visa. He told me later he was tortured too much and was made to make a few confessions before the court which he did to avoid further physical torture. Almost same was the story of the rest of the two. Haaji ( Razzak) was the much depressed out of the three as he would often curse the time when he decided to come and meet some close relatives in India while he was set to go and perform Hajj in a couple of months. All the 3 were not very religious minded and were not regular in offering prayer but would hardly miss the Friday prayer. They were not in good health as they had developed multiple diseases including heart trouble, blood pressure etc. They were very happy when last month they were told that they were to return home by January 2010 as their sentence was completed,” asserted Yadav. To a question, Yadav said that he ask them once that who were the people that had been coming to see them in prison with gifts etc and Razzak and Sadiq told him that they did not know those people but those people identified themselves as frequent business travelers to Pakistan and claimed of knowing some of their friends and relatives in Pakistan.

The Daily Mail’s investigations indicate that RAW, for the past many years is following the policis of Israeli intelligence agency Mossaad. With this physical torture oriented policy, Mossaad has managed to create many fake terrorists out of the innocent Palestinians and made them to confess the crimes they never committed. The Daily Mail’s finding indicate that these tactic were adopted by RAW in the late 90s and suddenly the number of Pakistanis, arrested in India with terror charges started increasing dramatically by the late 90s while Ajmal Kasab being the latest in the series.

The Daily Mail’s findings indicate that the three old-age Pak nationals, that have now been kidnapped by RAW, have been abducted for two reasons. The tops reason is that RAW would like to use these “Absconding Terrorists” to add colour to some new terror drama to blame Pakistan and ISI to be patronizing them in near future or to kill them in some fake encounter with claims that they were killed while plotting some terror attack. The second reason behind this abduction appears to be that at this particular stage, RAW and the Indian government do not want at all that some Pakistanis who were framed in fake terror case and served imprisonment in India, should now, after being released, go back home safely and narrate their respective factual accounts to the media as such a move can expose further the drama through which the RAW and the Indian government framed an innocent Pakistani, Ajmal Kasab and presented him to the world as a Pakistani terrorist. Kasab case has already taken a unique turn, as unlike the mission trio, Ajmal Kasab has taken a u-turn in the court and has stated that he was tortured to make confessions by RAW and Police. Kasab case also went out of the hands of the Indians when a Delhi based- lawyer, in another case, proved that RAW and Police often frame innocent Pakistanis in fake terror cases and on the grounds of proofs, he managed to get two such accused released by the courts.

The Daily Mail’s findings also indicate that some five cops of Maharashtra police have been proved having links with RAW’s Chhota Rajan gang and have been suspended already by the top authorities. These findings indicate that 2 out of these underworld linked cops are those who have been seeing the missing trio at prison and to be more precise, these two are Inspector Tulsidas Khakkad and constable Talu Salunke This proves that Head Constable Manohar’s statement into the issue was based on facts and RAW was already planning to get hold of the three Pakistanis before they were to be deported back to Pakistan. It proves that the said three Pakistanis would soon be shown killed in some encounter or re-arrested in some “anti-terror operation” as police and Home Ministry have already issued red alert over the “escape” of “Pakistani terrorists.”

Talking to The Daily Mail, Dr. P J Arora, a seasoned criminology analyst said that he was shocked to see that three prisoner, in the ages of 50s and 60s, after completing their terms in prison for over a decade where they were never reported to be involved in any bid of a prison break etc. escaped from the official custody while they were just about to be sent back home and that too on the official expenditures. “I cannot believe this bullshit and I am sure no person with a sane mind would do so. A person when he has completed a term in prison is set to be a free bird in matter of hours and is fully aware of it, would never make such a blunder and in this case, these huffing oldies with last ten years in prison could not even imagine of doing such an act and even if they desire so, where would they get energy to do so. They had no money, they had no valid traveling documents, they were set to be sent home, their traveling expenditures were being born by the government, their traveling documents were prepared by the government and they were set be traveling back home through a safe, unpaid journey and right at that moment, they escaped and fled? Who will buy this,” asked Dr. Arora.

Friday, February 19, 2010

Why Indian neighbors are attracted to foster closer ties with China

Why Indian neighbors are attracted to foster closer ties with China

Dr.M Anwar


Myths are galore about Indian subjectivity, arrogance mixed with prejudices and wicked mischief which actually reflect Indian imperialist ambitions and hegemonic designs. India cunningly politicizes the issues to fit in her schemes to draw advantage through clever manipulation of events using propaganda as an instrument of her state policy. In her efforts to become a regional power, India sometimes tends to emulate the super power “America” to show her preponderance, bravura and virtuoso. The aim is to intimidate her small neighbors. She frequently dictates terms in all aspects of state functioning disregarding the sovereign status, national interests and legitimate aspirations of South Asian countries. Resultantly the “Shining India” image gets tarnished as India finds her neighbors in a contesting mode.


One wonders as to why South Asian states avert India to develop good neighborly relations? Why there is no substantial progress in the field of financial growth, economic development, cooperation for trade, commerce and other businesses despite the fact that SAARC provides a readily available platform and potential to develop the infrastructure required for the purpose. Why India has failed to attract her South Asian neighbors to develop liking and preference for Indian markets and other businesses? Why has India failed to assume the role of a good leader in South Asia despite her larger size, military strength and acclaimed economic prosperity? Why India could not resolve all the irritants with her neighbors and earn her respect to become a legitimate regional power? Why Indians feel jealous when South Asian sovereign states look towards China to develop bilateral relations and conduct public or private level business with that country?


These are the questions which find answers in Indian acrimonious feelings of hostility and animosity against her small neighbors. In fact India desires to crush her neighbors and occupy their land. Indian discourse is to demand the impossible from her neighbors while her own policies and lines of persuasions remain extremely rigid and intransigent. Resultantly India finds her South Asian neighbors to develop preference for China which is certainly more developed a nation (as compared to India) with rich economic resources and powerful military mechanism. The difference lies in how Chinese behave to earn their respect at international level. They simply respect the international laws and treat the sovereign states with deference taking care of cultural norms and national esteem of the nation concerned. India certainly needs to understand the implications of mutual coexistence and accommodation to win over the hearts and minds of regional countries if she wants to make headway to become a regional leader.

Unfortunately India has developed some complex and chronic irritants with her neighbors which are the major source of their repulsion. India must resolve all conflicts with her neighbors and for that Indian leadership requires a political transformation with mental flexibility to accommodate the demands of her neighbors while reviewing her own unbending and unattainable demands. India must also stop considering any bilateral relations between China and South Asian sovereign states with political contempt and mistrust as all nation states are free to protect their national interests and therefore can venture to acquire their national aspirations anyway they feel appropriate. India needs to learn from Chinese model rather than maintaining confrontational approach using oblique angle vision and rebuking posture for her small neighbors. Her regional or global aspirations are tied to relations with her small neighbors.

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

How people discuss water problem

How people discuss water problem
Monday, November 23, 2009

Zafar Alam Sarwar

The multiplicity of problems, more often than not, causes tension to people of Rawalpindi and Islamabad. Among matters of socio-economic importance are sky-high food prices and infuriating bills of electricity and gas.

“What gets on our nerves nowadays is the latest decision of the government to raise power rate up to 20 per cent by instalment in a couple of months. The Pakistan Post has already doubled the ordinary envelope’s price from four to eight rupees,” say the repugnant elders. In such circumstances, they regard water as their number one problem for purposes of cooking food, drinking and growing vegetables and fruit.

Men and women from various urban and rural areas of the country doing jobs in public and private sectors and living in the twin cities agree to the view that the need for building new small and big dams for cultivation of food grains and generation of electricity has become more urgent than before.

This feeling has spiritually brought them on one platform as Pakistanis — not Balochs, Pushtuns, Sindhis, Punjabis and so on. Already disgusted at imposition of anything by violent means, whether it’s religious or mundane, the people dislike compulsion, which amounts to exploitation and oppression. That’s why they say the building of dams by India in violation of the Indus Water Treaty is against the principles of socio-economic justice, democratic norms and human rights. Is such a wicked act not water terrorism? They assert in their discussion that any form of terrorism, for instance depriving us of our legal share of water, is tantamount to terror, which affects the common man’s life.

The citizens express their fear that Baglihar hydro-electric project along the River Chenab in the Indian-occupied Jammu and Kashmir will deprive their country’s wheat-bowel province of Punjab of vital irrigation water. The controversial dam violates the World Bank brokered 1960 treaty, which governs the sharing of common river waters.

“Why should we be deprived of our share of 321,000 acre feet of water during the three months of Rabi season and face far-reaching effects on our agriculture,” argue the educated old and young men of Mirpur, Rawat, Mandra and Gujar Khan, who earn livelihood by plying taxi-cabs in the federal capital. Non-availability of irrigation water significantly reduces the yield, or causes crop failures if India goes to the maximum capacity in times of need in our homeland, say the area farmers.

How relevantly they recall a last year’s announcement of Indian water resources minister that the irrigation and hydroelectric potential of the country’s western rivers would be harnessed to the fullest. He had said two more projects — at Burser on River Chenab and at Ujjh on a tributary of River Ravi — were in pipeline. Has the neighbour regularly sent the daily flow data of hydrological sites on the Indus Basin, along with flood warnings, to us as required of her under the treaty, the patriotic citizens ask one another.

An analyst rightly pointed out that Professor Raymond Lafitte, an expert appointed by the World Bank, with typical Swiss finesse managed to weave an elusive formula that appeared to appease both the parties. The expert overruled all the objections of Pakistan to the dam, except for asking India to lower the height of the 144.5 metre-dam by one-and-a-half metres. The so-called neutral expert had, “In effect, produced a fine-cut gem that gave out a different glow depending on which facet one looked it. It was this quality that prompted each side to claim that its claim had been upheld.” According to the treaty, India is allowed to build a reservoir on the River Chenab only if it does not interrupt the flow of water to Pakistan.

A farmer, who visited Islamabad the other day, angrily said that 20,000 cusecs shortfall in the River Chenab was the result of water aggression by India in the shape of Baglihar Dam constructed on it. Similarly, this scribe was startled to hear from two media persons of Dhaka that the people of Bangladesh are worried over India’s dam scheme being executed in violation of bilateral water sharing agreements. Two major rivers of former East Pakistan, Surma and Kushiarra, which are lifeline of the Sylhet region, will get a blow from the under-construction Tapaimukh dam on the Barrak River in Manipur state. The area, known for tea gardens and tropical forests, will turn into a barren wasteland. That’s why the common man there feels terrified because his economic well-being depends upon the river system.

One is not surprised to conclude from constant interaction with the citizens of Rawalpindi and Islamabad that Indian dual policy has exasperated them in the same way as it has created anger and mood of protest in the minds of the masses of Dhaka and Sylhet and other towns. After all, the people of Pakistan and Bangladesh in many ways think alike against oppression by breach of water sharing accords. Most of the people seem to be making up their mind to protest against water terrorism. They want all democracy claimers to pressure Delhi for justice to masses of neighbouring countries.

zasarwar@hotmail.com

Saturday, February 13, 2010

Mossad Tied to 'Underwear Bomber'

Mossad Tied to ‘Underwear Bomber’
By Victor Thorn

“His explosives couldn’t have blown up his own seat. Even if full power, it
wouldn’t have worked.” These were the words relayed to me during a Jan. 2 interview with military analyst and counterinsurgency specialist Gordon Duff in regard to the attempt of Christmas Day underwear bomber Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab [sometimes referred to as Abdulmutallab] to ignite 80 grams of the explosive PETN on a flight destined for America. He also explained how the patsy’s country of origin, Nigeria, is clandestinely controlled by the Israeli army and Mossad.

These entities train the military, sell weapons, run the airports, and wield power over DICON (Defense Industries Corporation). Furthermore, Mutallab’s father is a Mossad partner and Israel’s No. 1 contact in Nigeria. As the former CEO of his country’s most influential bank and the man who ran their national arms industry, Mr. Mutallab also harbors extremely close relationships with the U.S. ambassador and CIA chief in Nigeria.

On Nov. 19, 2009, Mutallab supposedly felt so alarmed about his errant son’s behavior that he met with the CIA’s station chief in Nigeria. Duff describes the father in a Dec. 31 article for Veterans Today as “one of the richest people in the world, head of a major bank, head of the national armaments industry, and close associate of the U.S. ambassador,” as well as being a Mossad asset. Yet we’re to believe that nobody prevented his Yemeni-influenced “terrorist” son from boarding a plane ultimately bound for Detroit?

Another significant detail is being neglected by mainstream media sources. The firm in charge of security at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport is the Israeli-owned International Consultants on Targeted Security (ICTS).They’re also the same outfit responsible for all three airports used by “Muslim hijackers” on 9-11. ICTS also handled security for London’s bus system during their 7-7 “Muslim bombing,” while doing the same at Charles de Gaulle Airport when “shoe bomber” Richard Reid boarded a plane in Paris on Dec. 22, 2001.

When a Michigan passenger, attorney Kurt Haskell, reported that a “well-dressed” Indian man arranged for Umar Mutallab to perform a “walkaround” without a passport in Amsterdam, ICTS was one of only a few entities that could have permitted this security breach to take place.

Despite tighter screening processes since 9-11, Northwest Airlines Flight 253 experienced no delays in takeoff. According to the Mathaba News Agency on Jan. 2, “It is evident that clearing the terrorist with higher-ups took a matter of a minute or so—the ‘Indian’ obviously had a high-level pass (CIA, Mossad or high-level security clout).”

Then, during the flight, onlookers noted that another passenger spent a great deal of time filming 23-year-old Mutallab with his camcorder. Even stranger, once the suspect tried to ignite his “crotch bomb,” Mathaba reported, “Throughout the incident, the man continued recording the terrorist, calmly and without interruption.”

Next, after the plane landed, another Indian man was led away in handcuffs after bomb-sniffing dogs smelled explosives in his luggage. Now, more than a week later, officials have refused to release Schiphol CCTV airport footage from Amsterdam, the air-bound “video passenger” film, or identify the man arrested in Detroit.

This Indian link doesn’t surprise Duff. “Israel and India are very close business partners, especially via their military contracts. Also, the Indian intelligence agency (Research and Analysis Wing) works hand-in-hand with Israel. Essentially, the two governments are one.”

But the Mossad’s reach extends even further, directly into the country where Mutallab purportedly trained. On Oct. 7, 2008, BBC News reported, “Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh has said that security forces have arrested a group of alleged Islamist militants linked to Israeli intelligence.”

The ties go even deeper, straight to Mutallab’s home country. In a Sept. 5, 2008 article by Tashikalmah Hallah and Francis Okeke entitled “Nigeria: Lawmakers Divided Over Mossad,” Sen. Nuhu Aliyu voiced his support for their pact with Israel. “They (Mossad) are professionals, and they are here to help train our own intelligence agents. I don’t see any way by which their presence in the country poses a threat to our national security.” One final element of the equation needs to be addressed; specifically, the “terrorist cell” that ostensibly trained Mutallab prior to his Christmas Day terror attempt.

However, Duff paints an entirely different picture. “There is no al-Qaeda in Yemen. George Bush released a couple of phony operatives from Guantanamo, and after traveling to the Middle East, they hooked up with the Mossad. The only reason Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez released them is because they’re assets.”

Of course, the American public is being misled again into believing that this “lone nut” terrorist sneaked through the system (no-fly lists, airport scrutiny etc) due to mere incompetence, similar to what occurred on 9-11.

Yet Israeli intelligence provided security at the Amsterdam Airport, where Mutallab boarded a plane with no passport; the NSA is equipped to electronically eavesdrop anywhere around the world; the Mossad is tied to Yemen, Nigeria and India; while the suspect’s father opened up banking and arms contacts in the Middle East while harboring an extremely close relationship with American and Israeli intelligence.

What we’re being fed is another propagandized cover story that is intended to keep ratcheting up Orwellian-style trauma and fear, all the while further spreading our global “terror war” to Yemen and the African continent.

Victor Thorn is a hard-hitting researcher, journalist and the author of many books on 9-11 and the New World Order. These include 9-11 Evil: The Israeli Role in 9-11 and Phantom Flight 93.