YES, 5 INSTANCES OF TERROR - THAT LEAD BACK TO DATES IMPORTANT TO ISRAEL AND ITS ALLIES.
Dear All,
The ongoing terror attack on a police training complex near Lahore, has once again transfixed the eyes of the global population to millions of TV screens. Another case of "Islamic terror" and the chaotic nature of the region.
Needless to say, that the doctrine of "controlled chaos" is part of the NeoCon-ZioCon doctrine, and has been adopted by the Obamacons as well.
Again it is the "political timing" of the terror attack and it's scale that we must analyse.
The coincidences are now far too many to be negated anymore.
YES, 5 INSTANCES OF TERROR - THAT LEAD BACK TO DATES IMPORTANT TO ISRAEL AND ITS ALLIES.
Consider the following:
1) February-April 2002 - Gujarat (India) & Jenin (West Bank - Palestine):
The state sponsored Gujarat genocide ran parallel to the Israeli carnage in the refugee camps in Jenin, in the West Bank of Palestine. Bulldozers ran over the camps, burying people in their wake.
The perpetrators of the anti-Muslim pogroms deployed tactics and skills horned by their Israeli trainers.
2) July 11, 2006 - Mumbai (India) - Israel attacks Lebanon:
Serial terror bomb blasts in seven trains kill more than 350 ordinary Indians.
On this very day Israel launches it's war on Lebanon.
The channels & print media across the world for the next 7 days were giving top billing to Mumbai and the threat of "Islamic terror", "Al Qaeda" rent the air.
So whilst the world is captivated by another instance of Islamic terror in Mumbai, Israel terrorises Lebanon.
The calculation of the Israeli political leadership led by Olmert and Barak and the Military leadership led by Halutz had calculated that 7 days was all that they would need to defeat the Hezbollah and capture all of South Lebanon till the borders of the Litani river. They were proved wrong and the Israeli war machine had to beat an ignominous retreat. And we will all recall that the Lebanon war of 2006 was pre-planned by their own admission, with the tacit backing of the Bush administration.
Another terror attack, another date and another date of importance on the Israeli calendar.
3) May 13, 2008 - Jaipur (India) - 60th Anniversary of the NAKBA - Catastrophe for Palestine:
Serial terror attacks across Jaipur.
This attack occurred on the eve of the 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CREATION OF ISRAEL ON MAY 14, 1948. it was also the EVE OF THE INTERNATIONAL DEMONSTRATIONS IN SOLIDARITY WITH PALESTINE WHO RIGHTLY REFER TO THAT DAY AS THE AL-NAKBA OR THE CATASTROPHE.
Another terror attack, another date and another date of importance on the Israeli calendar.
4) November 26, 2008 - Mumbai (India) - Israel's war on Gaza - December 27 '08-'09:
It was in the backdrop of the terror attack of 26/11 that Israel launched it's genocidal war on Gaza on December 27, during the Christmas festivities and ended the same, two days prior before Obama the supposed saviour took the oath.
We have clearly stated our position on the 26/11 terror attack and we believe that they were basically mercenary-terrorists brought in from Pakistan. Our RAW, IB had informed the government well in advance and the targets and the timing of the attacks were known. The CIA too had warned India, but did not warn their Pakistani friends to whom they give billions of dollars in aid to fight "terrorism".
Post Mumbai 26/11, a new form of "Islamic terror" was discussed across the airwaves and the possibility of similar attacks in any city in America or Europe was also played out.
It was with the backdrop of Mumbai 26/11, that Israel played out it's hand whilst unleasing it's entire arsenal on the Palestinian-Gazan population.
But 26/11 - Mumbai and 27/12 - Gaza ??, some would say.
Yes, the Mumbai terror attack served it's own strategic purposes for the larger agenda of the Indian elite within the Congress and the BJP, both of whom are committed to a strategic allaince with the US and Israel and thus these attacks occured just prior to the elections across 5 states.
Amongst the other objectives were:
a) Put an end to the investigation into the Brahmanical terror network led by the Abhinav Bharat with its roots in the various fronts of the RSS as well as sections of the Military and the Intelligence.
b) To prepare the Indian people for a War. The US despeartely needs Indian troops to be sent into the Afghan war theatre and thus the TV commentators and the print media have been screaming and shouting that the Taleban poses a threat to India as well and is barely a 100 odd kms away. Indian troops will also then be sucked into the coming war on Iran, as Iran has common borders with Afghanistan.
c) Israel was the greatest benefactor and so was America. It would have been unthinkable in India, but now we have the FBI running amok across the country. The MOSSAD as well as the CIA are developing a very strong presence. So now we have the FBI active in both India and in Pakistan and investigating terror attacks that they themselves plan. And not a word of dissent from any political party or social organization or Trade Union or the media.
d) The Congress government has signed a Weapons deal worth a whopping Rs10,000/- CR ($1.4 Billion) with Israel, right on the eve of the elections. Israel also continues to move deep into the security networks and tieups with private security firms especially in corporate security.
d) It was the Interpol that should have been given the exclusive domain to pursue the matter. The Interpol has stated that the 26/11 attacks were planned and executed across 7 countries. Interesting, as we can atleast think of 5 as of now.
There are other factors as well and they have been stated earlier and we stand by our stated positions.
Another terror attack, another date and another date of importance on the Israeli calendar.
5) & Now today, March 30, 2009 - Lahore (Pakistan): Today is the International Call for the Boycott of Israel
and again today a bewildered world looks on as the terrorists lay siege.
Undoubtedly the global demonstrations calling for the "Boycott of Israel" will recede into the background and Lahore will captivate audiences across the world.
Also another strategic objective is to basically state that Af-Pak is totally out of control.
Obama is on record saying that the next terror attack on America will emerge from Pakistan.
Interestingly Mr.Obama, hope your predictions are as wrong as they are on the economy and your ill fated bailouts with 10,000 daily foreclosures and more than 20,000 Americans losing jobs whilst your buddies in the banks help themselves to perks and vacations.
Interestingly 80% of Hitler's army was constituted of the legions of unemployed across Germany!!
Richard Holbrooke (an expert on Balkanization), another Obama appointee, yesterday stated on CNN that the reason they were going ahead with the surge and for the deepening of the war across Af-Pak was that "unlike Vietnam that never posed a direct threat to the American Homeland, Af-Pak does". Then he went into a drawl over 9/11 and Al Qaeda (which is a undercover CIA-MOSSAD-MI5-ISI operation according to the leading honest experts) and Bin Laden (who is dead !!).
And as we had previously stated that with Obama having boycotted Durban II along with Israel, Canada, Italy and a growing number of Anglo-Saxon & European countries, stands to be exposed & thus expect a major upheveal in this period as Obama's absence from the world's most important stage against racism and apartheid will further expose Obama as a tool of the ZionCons and NeoCons.
This, my dear friends in the media is breaking news, but not a word apart from a jubilant Israeli media, on Obama having boycotted Durban II. This is headline news, but not a word.
Why, may we ask ??
Obama, who symbolised the aspirations of the African American people, who had tears in their eyes as he took the oath, will be boycotting the most important international conference against racism, where the question of reparations for the victims of more than 500 years of African slavery will dominate the proceedings along with Palestine / Israel.
Having lost the script within two months, with "Hope", "Change" & "We Can" sounding very hollow and boring and with the increasing opprobrium & ridicule that Obama faces, due to his connivance with the interests of the Banking-Corporate elite and the Military-Industrial Complex, Obama has begun to play the TERROR & WAR CARD.
Obama & Cheney & Rumsfeld and Juval Aviv & Fox News have all "predicted" a major terror attack on US soil.
Netanyahu who predicted 9/11 & was present in New York on that day and was also present in London during the Tube bombings of 7/11, has now predicted (Jan 28, '09) that "Al Qaeda" will target the "Church of the Holy sepulchre"in Jerusalem.
So we are not the only ones who are making the predictions. All of the above are & have the wherewithal to plan, finance and execute their "predictions".
As General Ivashanov (ex-chief of Staff, Russian Army) has stated that,
"International terror cannot operate without the manipulation of the major powers".
"The global war on terror is a hoax"
"Terrorism is an instrument to establish the rule of a global elite".
"and it is precisely this elite that constitutes the key element of world terrorism, it's ideologists and it's godfathers".
"Todays international terrorism is a phenomenon, that combines the use of State and Non-State political structures as a means to attaining political objectives".
"It is the secret services that create, finance and control extremist organizations. Without the support of the secret services, these organizations cannot exist, let alone carry out operations of such magnitude inside countries so well protected as in America and Europe (in context of 9/11 WTC and London 7/11)
Media: "Terrorism is the weapon used in this new type of war. At the same time, International terrorism in complicity with the media becomes the manager of global processes. It is precisely the symbiosis between the media & terror, which allows 'modifying' international politics and the existing reality".
With now Netanyahu-Lieberman-Barak in power, the combination in Washington DC and Tel Aviv along with Brown in London, Merkel in Berlin, Sarkozy in Paris and Berloscuni in Rome as well as Rudd in Canberra and Harper in Ottawa, it's all very perfect as all of the above are beholden to their commitment to the Imperial project and to Israel.
ANYWAYS - 5 TERROR ATTACKS & 5 IMPORATANT DATES THAT LEAD BACK TO ISRAEL-USA, WHEN EITHER WARS WERE UNLEASHED OR "BOYCOTT ISRAEL" CALLS WERE DROWNED OUT IN THE CACOPHONY OF "ISLAMIC TERROR" is too much of a coincidence as our woerst detractors would agree.
THINK AND ANALYSE & THEN DECIDE.
All of the 5 as coincidences, we think not, once maybe, twice possible, but 5 times, not impossible.
THE WORLD IS BEING PUSHED INTO WW III AND THE TARGET IS PALESTINE AND THE TOTAL ETHNIC CLEANSING OF THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE FROM ALL OF HISTORIC PALESTINE.
The fear for India is that we will be sucked into this war. They are desperate but they also know that they cannot win the war, without the millions of soldiers that India can provide !!
Due to the media hype, ordinary Indians have begin to believe & fear that the Taleban possesses a nuclear bomb, that it will unleash on India !!
The dominant sections of the intellectuals as well the political leadership as well as the media are committed to parroting out the US-Israeli line without any independent political analysis of the larger Imperial-Zionist agenda of the global oligarchy.
Very few are aware that it is Dick Cheney who possesses a Nuclear bomb and at a confrontation at barksdale airforce base (Aug 2007), one missile out of six went missing. It was Cheney who said that soon after Obama takes power he can expect the worst.
The Washington Times (owned by Rev. Moon - a Christian Zionist) & The Sun (owned by Rupert Murdoch - a Jewish Zionist) have recently claimed that the Al Qaeda has access to Biological and chemical weapons. Both these newspapers have very dubious credentials.
A systematic attempt is being made to demonize the Muslim community and Islamophobia, which it's backers want to end with a "Muslim Shoah-Genocide", exceeding the "Jewish Shoah."
In the last 5 years the alliance between the Israeli Zionists and the Indian Brahmanical elite has increased manifold. Brahman conferences - sammelans, attended by hundreds of thousands are being held and the name of Parshuram, the mass murderer of Kshatriyas and Shudras, is being invoked.
Both the ideologies of Zionism and Brahmanism are supremacist and in allaince with Imperialism will prove deadly.
Today itself, Shri Sharad Pawar (Founder-President of the Nationalist Congress Party) has stated in the Marathi daily "Prahar" that ever since the role of the brahmanical terror network was uncovered, the instances of terror across India have decreased.
After, 26/11, an politically estranged Narayan Rane, a senior leader of the Congress Party in Maharashtra, had said that he was aware of the politicians who were involved in the 26/11 terror attacks. He refused to divulge the names and was soon accomadated within the party echelons with an important post in the cabinet.
After Mumbai july 11, 2006, Mr. Pasricha the then Director General of Police, who was known to be both effecient and honest, had similarly stated that he too was aware of the local politicians who were involved in the Mumbai terror attack. There was an uproar against him and then he was silenced.
The questions regarding all the terror attacks are far to many. From the massacre of Chittispora, to the Parliament, to the Red Fort, to Malegaon (twice), Ajmer, Samjhauta express, Mecca Masjid (Hyderabad), Beed, Jalna, Parbhani, Kanpur, Nanded, to the fake encounters in the hundreds, the torture and victimization of Muslim youth, the exceedingly low rate of conviction on terror attacks by the Courts (a paltry 1-2%), yes the list is long . . . .
Even though the political class within the Congress and the BJP is complicit and the corporate media very docile due to
various factors and interests, the common Indian, the AAM AADMI across communities is asking questions and seeking answers and we have some of them.
It's all is very simple actually.
The reason for the wars, resistance and terror across South Asia is the presence of the US-Israeli-NATO warmachine.
Apart from the Central Asian - Afghanistan Pipelines routes that the US seeks to control, the US strategists are also very deeply involved in resource rich Baluchistan.
This region is also meant to be balkanized so as to create a "Greater Baluchistan", comprising the Baluchi region of both Pakistan & Iran. The US is funding and arming extremist Wahabbi groups within Pakistan to infiltrate Iran and who also attack Pakistani Shia's, so as to further weaken Pakistani society, spread chaos and anarchy and thus lead to it's disintegration.
The appointment of Richard Holbrooke, who oversaw the balkanization of Yugoslavia, is meant to play a similar role here as well as he is well acquainted with this art.
Similar links exist between the CIA and the Lashkar-i-Taiyaba as well, when they worked together in Bosnia and Kosovo.
the Indian media and intellectuals also seem totally unaware of the links between the much dreaded Dawood Ibrahim and the CIA. Today Dawood looks after the CIA's drug smuggling and weapons operations across this entire war theatre. maybe we should now ask the CIA to hand over Dawood, that may be more wothwhile.
The battle or the "Great Game" also further centres around the Caspian region and the countries thereof, due to the OIL rich resources.
The single most important issue though is the centrality of the Palestine-Israel conflict. It is clear that the Israeli leadership is committed to the total ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian nation. This, after their losses to the Hezbollah (2006) & the Hamas (2009) is not possible, if until the US is directly involved in the war theatre to nuetralize Iran that stands as the only fortress in the region.
Thus the need for WW III and for which massive terror attacks will be enginerred by the NeoCon-ZionCons, with unthinkable consequences.
It is the armageddonists and the MIC that we are up against and they have a confluence of interests though to a certain degree.
In anycase for South Asia, the solution lies in the total withdrawal of all these forces and for an International peace keeping force under the auspices of the UN, with troops drawn in from the Non-Aligned countries to bring peace to the region.
It is a battle for the sovereignty of the South Asian people and their nations.
It is a battle for the survival and safety of the people of India.
This can only be achived if the people and the governments of South Asia work in tandem to restore peace in Afghanistan, end the drugs and the weapons trade and work to establishing the roots of secular-democracy and economic and social equality across the region.
The attack has "again" occurred on the day of the International call for the "Boycott of Israel."
This attack has also fortutiously occured at the right time for the ObamaCons who are all set to deepen the war in the Af-Pak region.
This terror attack provides further justification for the ill concieved strategy, which is a further extension of the Bush-neoconservative policies.
This too we had predicted that whilst Obama will talk the language of peace, he will deepen the Neocon agenda.
As we had earlier stated, the terrorists that struck Mumbai on 26/11 and Lahore 3/3 (with their terror attack on the Sri Lankan team), came from the same pool. The terrorists both in Mumbai & in Lahore had the same appearance, training, weapons etc.
There is a common hand that is pulling the strings across the entire region.
The penetration of the CIA, MI5 and the MOSSAD into the terrorist organizations within both Pakistan and Afghanistan are recorded facts.
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
BOYCOTT ISRAEL - 30th MARCH - INTERNATIONAL CALL
AWAMI BHARAT
IN SOLIDARITY WITH PALESTINE
BOYCOTT ISRAEL - 30th MARCH - INTERNATIONAL CALL
VENUE: JANATA KENDRA, TULSIWADI, TARDEO, NEAR BOMBAY CENTRAL STATION (WEST)
DATE: 30TH MARCH '09 / TIME: 6-9pm
VARIOUS POLITICAL PARTIES AND SOCIAL MOVEMENTS HAVE AGREED TO ATTEND AND OFFER THEIR SUPPORT FOR THE CAUSE.
THEY INCLUDE THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF INDIA (CPM), COMMUNIST PARTY OF INDIA (CPI), RASHTRIYA SAMAJ PAKSH (RSP), COMMUNIST PART OF INDIA (M-L), BAMCEF, JAMAT-I-ISLAMI--I-HIND, REPUBLICAN PARTY OF INDIA (RPI), SAMAJWADI PARTY (SP), BAHUJAN SAMAJ PARTY (BSP), JANATA DAL (S), RASHTRIYA JANATA DAL (RJD), LOKRAJ SANGATHAN, NAPM, DALIT SENA, VIDYARTHI BHARTHI, YUVA SARKAR,
PHULE-AMBEDKAR VICHAR MANCH, PAKISTAN-INDIA PEOPLE'S FORUM FOR PEACE & DEMOCRACY,
MARATHI BHARTI, QUAMI MAJLIS-I-SHURA, JHUNJHAR & YASHWANT SENA.
After more than 60 years, Zionist Israel continues with it's brutal occupation and ever expansionist colonization of Palestine. Israel is a racist-apartheid state, closely aligned & currently at the core of US Imperialism. The recent Israeli wars in Gaza ('08-'09)and in Lebanon ('06), have once again reaffirmed to fascist nature of the Israeli state and it's war machine.
Also the fact lies that the Congress led UPA is on the verge of signing another major weapons contract worth Rs 10,000/- Crores. Under the guise of security, Israel continues to penetrate into our innermost systems and undoubtedly Israel has been the greatest benefactor of the terror attacks across India. Israel is to now launch an Indian spy satellite, more so during the ensuing elections. To our shame, we are now the biggest purchasers of Israeli weapons and thus it is our money and increasing political co-operation led by both the Congress and the BJP, that sustains Israeli the occupation of Palestine, hegemony and expansionist designs for the region.
But the Israeli record across the world has been despicable and we are clear that it poses a threat to our unity and democracy. It is the deadly combination of US and Israeli Imperialism that are at the core of the policies of global terror and wars.
Solidarity with the anti-colonial struggles across the Third World, especially Palestine has been woven into the very fabric of our history. Thus the current bonhomie between the Indian ruling Brahmanical caste-class elite and the Israeli Ashkenazim constitute the very betrayal of the values of our Independence movement.
We thus call upon all to our friends and comrades to attend the meeting to express our solidarity with Palestine
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IN SOLIDARITY WITH PALESTINE
BOYCOTT ISRAEL - 30th MARCH - INTERNATIONAL CALL
VENUE: JANATA KENDRA, TULSIWADI, TARDEO, NEAR BOMBAY CENTRAL STATION (WEST)
DATE: 30TH MARCH '09 / TIME: 6-9pm
VARIOUS POLITICAL PARTIES AND SOCIAL MOVEMENTS HAVE AGREED TO ATTEND AND OFFER THEIR SUPPORT FOR THE CAUSE.
THEY INCLUDE THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF INDIA (CPM), COMMUNIST PARTY OF INDIA (CPI), RASHTRIYA SAMAJ PAKSH (RSP), COMMUNIST PART OF INDIA (M-L), BAMCEF, JAMAT-I-ISLAMI--I-HIND, REPUBLICAN PARTY OF INDIA (RPI), SAMAJWADI PARTY (SP), BAHUJAN SAMAJ PARTY (BSP), JANATA DAL (S), RASHTRIYA JANATA DAL (RJD), LOKRAJ SANGATHAN, NAPM, DALIT SENA, VIDYARTHI BHARTHI, YUVA SARKAR,
PHULE-AMBEDKAR VICHAR MANCH, PAKISTAN-INDIA PEOPLE'S FORUM FOR PEACE & DEMOCRACY,
MARATHI BHARTI, QUAMI MAJLIS-I-SHURA, JHUNJHAR & YASHWANT SENA.
After more than 60 years, Zionist Israel continues with it's brutal occupation and ever expansionist colonization of Palestine. Israel is a racist-apartheid state, closely aligned & currently at the core of US Imperialism. The recent Israeli wars in Gaza ('08-'09)and in Lebanon ('06), have once again reaffirmed to fascist nature of the Israeli state and it's war machine.
Also the fact lies that the Congress led UPA is on the verge of signing another major weapons contract worth Rs 10,000/- Crores. Under the guise of security, Israel continues to penetrate into our innermost systems and undoubtedly Israel has been the greatest benefactor of the terror attacks across India. Israel is to now launch an Indian spy satellite, more so during the ensuing elections. To our shame, we are now the biggest purchasers of Israeli weapons and thus it is our money and increasing political co-operation led by both the Congress and the BJP, that sustains Israeli the occupation of Palestine, hegemony and expansionist designs for the region.
But the Israeli record across the world has been despicable and we are clear that it poses a threat to our unity and democracy. It is the deadly combination of US and Israeli Imperialism that are at the core of the policies of global terror and wars.
Solidarity with the anti-colonial struggles across the Third World, especially Palestine has been woven into the very fabric of our history. Thus the current bonhomie between the Indian ruling Brahmanical caste-class elite and the Israeli Ashkenazim constitute the very betrayal of the values of our Independence movement.
We thus call upon all to our friends and comrades to attend the meeting to express our solidarity with Palestine
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Monday, March 16, 2009
DEMOCRATIC REVOLUTION IN PAKISTAN AND IT'S CONSEQUENCES FOR SOUTH ASIA
By Feroze Mithiborwala,
Mumbai, India
Yes, truly !! I was up at 3am last morning and was extremely, though pleasantly surprised to see the Breaking News when the government agreed to the demands of the Pakistani people.
This mass democratic movement as of now seems to be the only hope for Pakistan. It is finally sowing and spreading the seeds of a democratic culture that is remarkably non-violent and built on the People's power and mass mobilization. It's also a counter to the culture of violence and terror that is corroding the foundations of that beleaguered nation.
Over the last few days, once again we sat in front of our TV screens, captivated by the teeming hundreds of thousands who took to the streets across Pakistan, challenging the might of the state and shouting slogans, similar to those that we chant in our country. I was also surprised to learn that the police had enforced Section 144 to stop the people from congregating. For a moment I laughed and then realised that it was part of our common colonial legacy.
The people refused to be provoked by the police and sat down in thousands of dharnas (demonstrations) across the streets and chowk's of Pakistan, when they were stopped from proceeding to gherao or rather lay siege to their Parliament in Islamabad. The police by and large sensed the popular mood and decided not to take on the the masses, but there were a spate of midnight knocks, house arrests and also we were witness to tear gas shells to disperse the crowds, but the People carried on undaunted.
Remarkably Rehman Malik, the Interior Minister kept on threatening the exuberant crowds and warned them of the possibility of terror attacks. Thus he said that the police presence was there to protect the people from possible suicide bombers. What a laugh !! Even during the time of the anti-Musharraf agitations, suicide bombers had attacked the rallies of both the opposition PPP and the PML-N as well as that of the lawyer's. But not a single attack on the political meetings of Musharaff's own party the PML-Q.
Remarkable !! It is very clear as to how the Pakistani state also uses terror as a weapon to control the masses.
As the agitation proceeded on the 12th of March, on the very next day, a deal was sought to be struck to restore the PML-N government in Punjab, but Nawaz Sharif refused to fall for that bait. He had decided to go all the way and he clearly has now arisen as the most popular leader in Pakistan with strong democratic credentials. The fact that he is now the "Lion of Punjab" is also important because he will have to take on the gauntlet of the spreading ideology of the Taliban in the south of Punjab as well.
In the last two years or so, the people of Pakistan have taken on the Military and Musharraf and won. Then a corrupt President Zardari and the state power that he could unleash - and won. These are victories that can and will change the trajectory of political events and the history of South Asia.
This movement again has galvanized the Middle classes and have included all classes, the women who were there on the streets of Lahore till early in the morning, the students & youth, the media and the overwhelming majority of civil society. Undoubtedly the PML-N, the Imran Khan led, Tehreek-i-Insaf and the Jamaat-I-Islami led by Qazi Ahmad Hussain, were also part of this struggle and this shows the complex political and social forces that constitute the democratic struggle in Pakistan.
Within the PPP, the schisms showed up early as this was the very party that has time and again spearheaded the democratic struggle and has made numerous sacrifices. The resignation of Sherry Rehman, the Minister for Broadcasting and Communications, when there was a clampdown on the media was admirable. Even the differences between the PM Gilani and President Zardari were there for all to see. In the end the democratic core of the PPP & it's cadre prevailed and Zardari had to relent. Many hope to see the back of him and soon.
The venerable Wali Khan of the Awami National Party, too played a major role in pressuring the PPP to relent and from the very first day he took a position to both restore the government in Punjab and reinstate the Chief Justice and the Judges.
The legacy of Mahatma Gandhi & Abdul Ghaffar Khan - the Frontier Gandhi still endures and the "stayagrahis" on the streets of Lahore, Quetta, Rawalpindi, Peshawar, Karachi & across Pakistan are a testament to their vision of a South Asian people with common bonds of language, culture, religion, resistance and a glorious history.
Also the total absence of the clergy and other religious elements in this struggle was very visible and rather telling.
It is the secular and the modernist elements who are leading this struggle for the democratization of Pakistan and this should be noted by all those who try to reduce Pakistani society to a Talibanized society with no hope whatsoever.
I beg to differ.
The Taliban are a result of the dehumanization of a society wracked by more than three decades of war and mayhem. The intervention by the USSR and then the resultant role and disastrous policies of the USA to establish an Imperial stronghold in a region, that by reason of geography has been victim of the "great game" on a "grand chess board" strategies, of all the Empires of recent years or rather centuries.
The Taliban are abnormal in their understanding of human nature and I am convinced that Pakistani civil society has both the will and the vision to redeem Pakistan from this obscurantist and backward version of Islam, that has no roots in the Quran & it's message of emancipation, universal brotherhood, respect for all religions, the rights of women and their empowerment and a God of all creation that is merciful, loving and gracious.
The Taliban is far removed from the core of the Quranic message and thus they are an exception and not the rule. As Pakistani society begins to rebuild itself on priciples thus enunciated, Talibanization will wither away. But they will not go away without a sustained struggle and the withdrawal of the US from the region, for this is a must.
As we in India do not need the US to fight the RSS-Bajrangdal-ization of our society, similarly each society has the latent power within to combat the forces of obscurantism and religious extremism.
The collective & inexorable trajectory of human society is for democratic and secular societies where religions have a role in adherance to universal principles. the secularism of Asia, Africa and South America is about the principle of "Sarva Dharma Samabhava" and where religion is a living force within the people and their culture.
The reinstatement of Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhary will have once again established the Judiciary and the rule of law as one of the pillars of Pakistani democracy. The media and the people are playing their role to perfection. The military has withdrawn to the barracks. It is now upto the political class and leadership to play and honest role and not fritter away the gains of this struggle. If this historic opportunity is lost, they will be solely to blame.
But the price of liberty is eternal vigilance and the people of Pakistan will have to continue to play that role if democracy & freedom have to strike deep roots across Pakistan.
On our part, we the people of India, should come out in public support of the Pakistani people and offer our solidarity with their struggle. This will further strengthen the resolve of the Pakistani nation to resist and triumph.
The Indian media was trying to portray it all as further proof of the seeming "march into chaos & turmoil", but fortunately we had some very good experts (KS Singh for example) who stated that this was in fact the need of the hour for Pakistan and the fact that this democratic struggle needs to be welcomed and supported by the Indian people.
For all those who though that the Pakistani military would step in, they have been proved wrong. The military is far too hated and far more corrupt than even the political class.
This democratic movement has the capacity to fight three battles that are now crucial to the future of Pakistan:
1) The fight for the deepening of the democratic roots that have been time and again weeded out either by the military or a myopic & corrupt political elite.
2) The battle against religious obscurantist forces led and symbolized by the Taliban. The battle is between a modernist egalitarian, gender just and democratic Islam vs the revanchist version propagated by the Taliban &
3) The battle against US-Zionist Imperialism that has been the bane of both Pakistan and Afghanistan & all of South Asia for that matter. The Pakistani civil society movement that is now at the forefront to restore democracy in their country will now have to focus their power of mass mobilization to force the US from:
a) Ending its bogus war on terror, that has only led to the destabilization of the Pakistan, Afghanistan as well as India and all of South Asia. It is not a War ON Terror that the US and it's allies are pursuing, but it is a War on the people and nations of the World BY Terror.
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b) Finally evict the US and NATO from our region.
This will thus require an alliance between the anti-imperialist masses and political forces of India and Pakistan and the rest of the South Asian nations. This movement will have to build fraternal bonds with the resistance movements across the Middle East as well and with Russia, China, Iran and the Central Asian nations. The larger struggle is for the freedom of the Asian people and our continent that has been the cradle of all of the major civilizations, religions and cultures. This is the Asian century and will give rise to a egalitarian and multi-polar world order. A new international architecture will emerge and Asia will be at the core of this.
The key is to fight these battles, both against the forces of religious extremism, casteism, chauvinism and Imperialism & they will have to be fought simultaneously for the simple reason that the attacks are varied and none of these struggles can be postponed.
Across South Asia, their all welcome winds of change. The democratic struggle in Nepal has broken the back of the monarchy and the casteist hierarchy. The Maoist democratic revolution has liberated the masses of Nepal.
In Bangladesh, the recent elections gave a defining victory to the forces of secularism and defeated the anti-liberation forces backed by the military and the forces of religious extremism.
In Sri Lanka though, we hope to see a political and a federal solution to emerge, one that can finally resolve the Tamil - Sinhala issue.
In Afghanistan, the US by it's own admission has lost the war. In what manner will the US extricate itself from a quagmire of it's own making, will also determine the course of events in our region. Though clearly the solution is political and not that of a military nature.
A political solution and dialogue that involves and includes all of the ethnic, religious and sectarian diversities in Afghanistan will go to ensure a move towards a peaceful resolution of the conflict.
For this to happen the withdrawal of the US and NATO from Afghanistan and the rest of the South Asian region is a must.
In order to maintain peace, between the warring parties, UN peace keeping troops drawn in from Third World nations, should be asked into to move in and take over the task.
Troops from all European nations as well as allies like Japan and South Korea will have to leave.
From this position, a system of drafting a new constitution to ensure sharing of power, protection of minorities as well as the key questions of women's rights and the basis for a federal polity, will have to be mirrored in the Constitution.
I am sure that the Indian experience and our constitution will prove of immense help to the Afghan quest for a collective nationhood that can address the complexities as well as the recent violent history of the Afghan people.
The key is India thou.
Unfortunately whilst in the rest of the region, the US and Israel stand exposed, the Indian elite with its erred vision is intent on embracing the US Imperial designs for the region, as it's junior partner as was evident during the shennanigans over the Indo-US nuclear deal and the plethora of joint military exercises.
But again the hope here lies in the Indian people and they are aware of the destruction that the US has wrought on Pakistan as well the potential for the same to happen to our very own nation.
Moreover in India, the Parliamentary forces themselves led by the LEFT as well as Socialists and regional parties constitute a formidable challenge and opposition to the US and Israeli designs. For India to free itself from the talons of the Eagle is critical, not only to South Asia but also to the balance global geo-politics.
The people of India and the rest of South Asia have a common & glorious anti-colonial history and it is back to those common roots that we have to delve and seek our unity.
The need is of the hour is to create a South Asian Union from Afghanistan to Bangladesh and from Nepal to Sri Lanka. The seven countries back as a Union, is the solution which will resolve most of the major outstanding issues ranging from religious fanaticism to extreme poverty plaguing each of our nations.
We once again congratulate & salute the People of Pakistan in their hour of triumph, which is a victory for all of South Asia.
Jai Ho !!
South Asia ki Ekta Zindabad !! Zindabad !!
Mumbai, India
Yes, truly !! I was up at 3am last morning and was extremely, though pleasantly surprised to see the Breaking News when the government agreed to the demands of the Pakistani people.
This mass democratic movement as of now seems to be the only hope for Pakistan. It is finally sowing and spreading the seeds of a democratic culture that is remarkably non-violent and built on the People's power and mass mobilization. It's also a counter to the culture of violence and terror that is corroding the foundations of that beleaguered nation.
Over the last few days, once again we sat in front of our TV screens, captivated by the teeming hundreds of thousands who took to the streets across Pakistan, challenging the might of the state and shouting slogans, similar to those that we chant in our country. I was also surprised to learn that the police had enforced Section 144 to stop the people from congregating. For a moment I laughed and then realised that it was part of our common colonial legacy.
The people refused to be provoked by the police and sat down in thousands of dharnas (demonstrations) across the streets and chowk's of Pakistan, when they were stopped from proceeding to gherao or rather lay siege to their Parliament in Islamabad. The police by and large sensed the popular mood and decided not to take on the the masses, but there were a spate of midnight knocks, house arrests and also we were witness to tear gas shells to disperse the crowds, but the People carried on undaunted.
Remarkably Rehman Malik, the Interior Minister kept on threatening the exuberant crowds and warned them of the possibility of terror attacks. Thus he said that the police presence was there to protect the people from possible suicide bombers. What a laugh !! Even during the time of the anti-Musharraf agitations, suicide bombers had attacked the rallies of both the opposition PPP and the PML-N as well as that of the lawyer's. But not a single attack on the political meetings of Musharaff's own party the PML-Q.
Remarkable !! It is very clear as to how the Pakistani state also uses terror as a weapon to control the masses.
As the agitation proceeded on the 12th of March, on the very next day, a deal was sought to be struck to restore the PML-N government in Punjab, but Nawaz Sharif refused to fall for that bait. He had decided to go all the way and he clearly has now arisen as the most popular leader in Pakistan with strong democratic credentials. The fact that he is now the "Lion of Punjab" is also important because he will have to take on the gauntlet of the spreading ideology of the Taliban in the south of Punjab as well.
In the last two years or so, the people of Pakistan have taken on the Military and Musharraf and won. Then a corrupt President Zardari and the state power that he could unleash - and won. These are victories that can and will change the trajectory of political events and the history of South Asia.
This movement again has galvanized the Middle classes and have included all classes, the women who were there on the streets of Lahore till early in the morning, the students & youth, the media and the overwhelming majority of civil society. Undoubtedly the PML-N, the Imran Khan led, Tehreek-i-Insaf and the Jamaat-I-Islami led by Qazi Ahmad Hussain, were also part of this struggle and this shows the complex political and social forces that constitute the democratic struggle in Pakistan.
Within the PPP, the schisms showed up early as this was the very party that has time and again spearheaded the democratic struggle and has made numerous sacrifices. The resignation of Sherry Rehman, the Minister for Broadcasting and Communications, when there was a clampdown on the media was admirable. Even the differences between the PM Gilani and President Zardari were there for all to see. In the end the democratic core of the PPP & it's cadre prevailed and Zardari had to relent. Many hope to see the back of him and soon.
The venerable Wali Khan of the Awami National Party, too played a major role in pressuring the PPP to relent and from the very first day he took a position to both restore the government in Punjab and reinstate the Chief Justice and the Judges.
The legacy of Mahatma Gandhi & Abdul Ghaffar Khan - the Frontier Gandhi still endures and the "stayagrahis" on the streets of Lahore, Quetta, Rawalpindi, Peshawar, Karachi & across Pakistan are a testament to their vision of a South Asian people with common bonds of language, culture, religion, resistance and a glorious history.
Also the total absence of the clergy and other religious elements in this struggle was very visible and rather telling.
It is the secular and the modernist elements who are leading this struggle for the democratization of Pakistan and this should be noted by all those who try to reduce Pakistani society to a Talibanized society with no hope whatsoever.
I beg to differ.
The Taliban are a result of the dehumanization of a society wracked by more than three decades of war and mayhem. The intervention by the USSR and then the resultant role and disastrous policies of the USA to establish an Imperial stronghold in a region, that by reason of geography has been victim of the "great game" on a "grand chess board" strategies, of all the Empires of recent years or rather centuries.
The Taliban are abnormal in their understanding of human nature and I am convinced that Pakistani civil society has both the will and the vision to redeem Pakistan from this obscurantist and backward version of Islam, that has no roots in the Quran & it's message of emancipation, universal brotherhood, respect for all religions, the rights of women and their empowerment and a God of all creation that is merciful, loving and gracious.
The Taliban is far removed from the core of the Quranic message and thus they are an exception and not the rule. As Pakistani society begins to rebuild itself on priciples thus enunciated, Talibanization will wither away. But they will not go away without a sustained struggle and the withdrawal of the US from the region, for this is a must.
As we in India do not need the US to fight the RSS-Bajrangdal-ization of our society, similarly each society has the latent power within to combat the forces of obscurantism and religious extremism.
The collective & inexorable trajectory of human society is for democratic and secular societies where religions have a role in adherance to universal principles. the secularism of Asia, Africa and South America is about the principle of "Sarva Dharma Samabhava" and where religion is a living force within the people and their culture.
The reinstatement of Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhary will have once again established the Judiciary and the rule of law as one of the pillars of Pakistani democracy. The media and the people are playing their role to perfection. The military has withdrawn to the barracks. It is now upto the political class and leadership to play and honest role and not fritter away the gains of this struggle. If this historic opportunity is lost, they will be solely to blame.
But the price of liberty is eternal vigilance and the people of Pakistan will have to continue to play that role if democracy & freedom have to strike deep roots across Pakistan.
On our part, we the people of India, should come out in public support of the Pakistani people and offer our solidarity with their struggle. This will further strengthen the resolve of the Pakistani nation to resist and triumph.
The Indian media was trying to portray it all as further proof of the seeming "march into chaos & turmoil", but fortunately we had some very good experts (KS Singh for example) who stated that this was in fact the need of the hour for Pakistan and the fact that this democratic struggle needs to be welcomed and supported by the Indian people.
For all those who though that the Pakistani military would step in, they have been proved wrong. The military is far too hated and far more corrupt than even the political class.
This democratic movement has the capacity to fight three battles that are now crucial to the future of Pakistan:
1) The fight for the deepening of the democratic roots that have been time and again weeded out either by the military or a myopic & corrupt political elite.
2) The battle against religious obscurantist forces led and symbolized by the Taliban. The battle is between a modernist egalitarian, gender just and democratic Islam vs the revanchist version propagated by the Taliban &
3) The battle against US-Zionist Imperialism that has been the bane of both Pakistan and Afghanistan & all of South Asia for that matter. The Pakistani civil society movement that is now at the forefront to restore democracy in their country will now have to focus their power of mass mobilization to force the US from:
a) Ending its bogus war on terror, that has only led to the destabilization of the Pakistan, Afghanistan as well as India and all of South Asia. It is not a War ON Terror that the US and it's allies are pursuing, but it is a War on the people and nations of the World BY Terror.
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b) Finally evict the US and NATO from our region.
This will thus require an alliance between the anti-imperialist masses and political forces of India and Pakistan and the rest of the South Asian nations. This movement will have to build fraternal bonds with the resistance movements across the Middle East as well and with Russia, China, Iran and the Central Asian nations. The larger struggle is for the freedom of the Asian people and our continent that has been the cradle of all of the major civilizations, religions and cultures. This is the Asian century and will give rise to a egalitarian and multi-polar world order. A new international architecture will emerge and Asia will be at the core of this.
The key is to fight these battles, both against the forces of religious extremism, casteism, chauvinism and Imperialism & they will have to be fought simultaneously for the simple reason that the attacks are varied and none of these struggles can be postponed.
Across South Asia, their all welcome winds of change. The democratic struggle in Nepal has broken the back of the monarchy and the casteist hierarchy. The Maoist democratic revolution has liberated the masses of Nepal.
In Bangladesh, the recent elections gave a defining victory to the forces of secularism and defeated the anti-liberation forces backed by the military and the forces of religious extremism.
In Sri Lanka though, we hope to see a political and a federal solution to emerge, one that can finally resolve the Tamil - Sinhala issue.
In Afghanistan, the US by it's own admission has lost the war. In what manner will the US extricate itself from a quagmire of it's own making, will also determine the course of events in our region. Though clearly the solution is political and not that of a military nature.
A political solution and dialogue that involves and includes all of the ethnic, religious and sectarian diversities in Afghanistan will go to ensure a move towards a peaceful resolution of the conflict.
For this to happen the withdrawal of the US and NATO from Afghanistan and the rest of the South Asian region is a must.
In order to maintain peace, between the warring parties, UN peace keeping troops drawn in from Third World nations, should be asked into to move in and take over the task.
Troops from all European nations as well as allies like Japan and South Korea will have to leave.
From this position, a system of drafting a new constitution to ensure sharing of power, protection of minorities as well as the key questions of women's rights and the basis for a federal polity, will have to be mirrored in the Constitution.
I am sure that the Indian experience and our constitution will prove of immense help to the Afghan quest for a collective nationhood that can address the complexities as well as the recent violent history of the Afghan people.
The key is India thou.
Unfortunately whilst in the rest of the region, the US and Israel stand exposed, the Indian elite with its erred vision is intent on embracing the US Imperial designs for the region, as it's junior partner as was evident during the shennanigans over the Indo-US nuclear deal and the plethora of joint military exercises.
But again the hope here lies in the Indian people and they are aware of the destruction that the US has wrought on Pakistan as well the potential for the same to happen to our very own nation.
Moreover in India, the Parliamentary forces themselves led by the LEFT as well as Socialists and regional parties constitute a formidable challenge and opposition to the US and Israeli designs. For India to free itself from the talons of the Eagle is critical, not only to South Asia but also to the balance global geo-politics.
The people of India and the rest of South Asia have a common & glorious anti-colonial history and it is back to those common roots that we have to delve and seek our unity.
The need is of the hour is to create a South Asian Union from Afghanistan to Bangladesh and from Nepal to Sri Lanka. The seven countries back as a Union, is the solution which will resolve most of the major outstanding issues ranging from religious fanaticism to extreme poverty plaguing each of our nations.
We once again congratulate & salute the People of Pakistan in their hour of triumph, which is a victory for all of South Asia.
Jai Ho !!
South Asia ki Ekta Zindabad !! Zindabad !!
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