Rajab 26, 1425/ September 11, 2004 #90
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BREAKING NEWS
Fighting Breaks out in Northern
Pakistan:
Heavy Casualties Among Pakistani Troops and Pakistani
Mujahideen
Pakistan Army Bulldozes Market of Pakistani Villagers
Pakistani newspapers are reporting heavy fighting between Pakistani troops
and Islamic Pakistani tribesmen supporting the resistance to
America.
Heavy casualties are occurring on both sides.
The prestigious Urdu language daily
Nawa-e-Waqt
has reported the specific areas of the fighting which erupted early
September 10 (Friday).
The Islamic tribes of the Ahmed Zai Wazir are mobilizing to attack the
advancing Pakistani troops which have seized an important mountain hub
in the Karoon Manja area of subdivision Luddha in Southern Waziristan.
The Islamic fighters have set ablaze a Pakistani military convoy, killing
a large number of pro-American troops. Hundreds of armed tribesmen are
moving towards the Pakistani forces.
In the subdivision Wana, Pakistani troops and paramilitary forces cordoned
off the Rustam market and bulldozed the entire complex belonging to the
Awaz Khel, a sub-clan of the Ahmad Zai which supports Islamic resistance
to pro-American forces. The Pakistan army has also closed down the
transportation center in Mughal Khel. These two steps are meant to
destroy the economy of the Islamic communities.
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ALL KILLED in MUSHARRAF's AIR ATTACK were CIVILIANS
Mairajuddin, an elected representative of the Frontier people, said on
September 10 that ALL the people killed in the air strike on September
9 were Pakistanis. He said that if the Musharraf government can produce
even one "foreigner" killed in the two hour bombing by the PAF, he would
be willing to have his own nose cut off. [The Musharraf government claimed
that those killed were
Chechens,
Uzbeks
and
Arabs.]
[The number of people killed in the air strike by Musharraf's air force has
now risen to above 100, all from the Mahsud tribe. A Pakistani mujahid
leader known only as Abdullah told
BBC
that the tribes will fight back. He said our fight is not against Pakistan
but against America. He added that 10 to 15 Americans are supervising the
Pakistani attacks on the Islamic communities.]
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9.11:
It's time to give up Conspiracy theories and face the facts [Details on the
Hijackers]
by Buut Shikan (Idol Breaker)
Middle class Muslims have built up a defense mechanism against the 9.11
attacks. In
Egypt,
Pakistan and the U.S. some Muslims like to claim that it was a 'Jewish
conspiracy' or that perhaps the
Bush
government was behind it. The conspiracy theory was started by
pro-Iran
Al-Manar TV
and gradually developed a life of its own.
The 9.11 Commission carried out a comprehensive investigaion. Many of its
interpretations are way off the mark. The basic facts have, however, been
pinned down with sufficient evidence to be acceptable. Muslims should read
The 9/11 Commission Report [567 pages] if they missed the Commission
hearings on TV.
The hijackers were caught on camera while boarding the planes they hijacked.
During the hijackings, some of the passengers called on their cell phones.
The hijackers too spoke a little. These voices were made available on TV.
The seats on the planes where the hijackers sat are now known. If you
missed it on TV, read it in the printed Commission Report.
Some of the hijackers were stopped from boarding {"selected" by security]
and then allowed to board because the security officials were looking for
weapons and explosives. The methodology of the attack and the willingness
of the hijackers to sacrifice themselves made the attacks deadly and
successful with consequences which have changed the world.
One passenger on American Airlines flight 11, Daniel Lewin (who had
"served four years in the Israeli military," p. 5) tried to stop the
hijackers but was stabbed. Passengers on other flights thought they were
undergoing a "traditional" hijacking and had no idea what was going to
happen.
Only on United Flight 93, the passengers realized what was going to happen.
They fought the hijackers and the plane crashed in a field in Pennsylvania.
Its target was the White House. It fell short by 20 minutes. The plane had
left 25 minutes late and by the time it was hijacked, the Twin Towers had
been struck.
On American Airlines Flight 11, the Egyptian Mohammed Atta was in seat 8D
(business class). When he took over the plane, he tried to keep the
passengers calm. One of the statements he made is now well known: "we have
some planes. Just stay quiet, and you'll be okay. We are returning to the
airport." (p.19)
When American Air flight 77 ploughed into the Pentagon, it had throttled to
maximum power and was going at 530 miles per hour.
The most dramatic evidence of hijacking came from United flight 93. When
the passengers rushed the cockpit, Ziad Jarrah flipped the plane two and
fro to destabilize the passengers. [Jarrah was the reluctant hijacker who
lived an unIslamic lifestyle, even had a girl friend, and decided to clean
himself up by doing the most important attack in recent human history.]
Here is what the report says, based on the clear information from the plane
recorder on United 93 which was headed for the White House:
'The recorder captured the sounds of loud thumps, crashes, shouts, and
breaking glasses and plates. At 10:00:03, jarrah stabilized the airplane.
Five seconds later, Jarrah asked, "Is that it? Shall we finish it off." The
sounds of fighting continued outside the cockpit. Again, Jarrah pitched the
nose of the aircraft up and down. At 10:00:26, a passenger in the background
said, "In the cockpit. If we don't we'll die!" Sixteen seconds later, a
passenger yelled, "Roll it!" Jarrah stopped the violent maneuvers at about
10:01:00 and said, "Allah is the greatest! Allah is the greatest!" He then
asked another hijacker in the cockpit, 'Is that it. I mean, shall we put it
down?' to which the other replied, "Yes, put it in it, and pull it down."
'The passengers continued their assault and at 10:02:23, a hijacker said,
"Pull it down! Pull it down!" The hijackers remained at the controls but
must have judged that the passengers were only seconds fron overwhelming
them. The airplane headed down; the control wheel was turned hard to the
right. The airplane rolled on to its back, and one of the hijackers began
shouting "Allah is the greatest. Allah is the greatest." With the sounds of
the passenger counterattack continuing, the aircraft plowed into an empty
field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, at 580 miles per hour, almost 20
minutes' flying time from Washington, D.C.'
'Jarrah's objective was to crash his airliner into symbols of the American
Republic, the Capitol or the White house. He was defeated by the alerted,
unarmed passengers of United 93.' [p. 14. The words of the passengers in
English and of the hijackers in Arabic are clear on the FDR and CVR systems
of the plane.]
What happened after 9.11 and how the crisis was handled by the United States
cannot be properly discussed until the Muslim world is willing to face the
basic facts of 9.11. Conspiracy theories come from people who cannot face
reality and are mentally defeated.
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[Here is evidence how Europeans Destabilize and loot
Africa.]
Zimbabwe convicts UK mercenary
[Courtesy
Al Jazeerah,
August 29]
The high profile case relates to a coup plot in Equatorial Guinea
A Zimbabwean court has convicted a former British SAS officer of dealing in
illegal firearms in connection with a coup plot in Equatorial Guinea.
Simon Mann and 69 others - all travelling on South African passports - were
arrested in Harare on 7 March, allegedly on their way to stage the coup.
Another 15 foreigners, including eight South Africans, were detained on
similar charges in Malabo, the capital of the Central African nation.
Sentencing is due to begin on 10 September.
An alleged desperate written appeal for help that Mann managed to smuggle
out of his high-security prison in Zimbabwe drew attention to Mark Thatcher,
the son of former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher.
Thatcher was arrested in Cape Town on Wednesday and charged with bankrolling
the alleged putsch.
His arrest is shining a spotlight on powerful members of the British elite
who may have colluded to take over the oil-rich African country.
Other names from rarefied circles have been linked to the conspiracy,
including disgraced writer Lord Jeffrey Archer, London-based businessman
Ely Cahlil and millionaire David Hart, who is said to be close to
Lady Thatcher.
Charge denied
Mark Thatcher, 51, has denied the charge of putting up $275,000 to fund the
coup attempt against Equatorial Guinea President Teodoro Obiang Nguema.
Since 1979, Nguema has been at the helm of the country where huge oil
reserves were discovered recently, attracting the attention of several
foreign firms and governments.
Mark Thatcher's friendship with Mann, one of the alleged masterminds, who
was also educated in private British schools and the scion of a Watney
brewing empire, highlighted the "old boy" network of the alleged soldiers
of fortune and their patrons.
Mann's letter, replete with public-school jargon, said all those involved
including "Scratcher" - a presumed reference to Thatcher - should pitch in
and help, according to
media
reports.
Mann reportedly said bribes could settle the affair, evoking the possible
need for a "large splodge of wonga", adding: "Now it's bad times and
everyone has to pull their ... weight."
Mann and Nick du Toit, a South African on trial as a co-conspirator in
Equatorial Guinea, set up Executive Outcomes, which operated from Pretoria
in South Africa and helped the Angolan government protect its oil
installations from rebels during the war.
No special treatment
South Africa's
This Day daily,
in a cutting editorial on Thursday, highlighted the privileged backgrounds
of the alleged key players, describing Thatcher as an "old Harrovian" and
Mann as an "old Etonian well connected to the Conservative party".
It pointed out that while mercenaries had a "long and dishonourable history
of plying their trade in Africa ... a particular kind ... the
colonially-minded British expat has come to typify this species".
A spokesman for South Africa's elite Scorpions investigating unit, Makhosini
Nkosi, has said Thatcher will not be accorded any special privileges despite
being the offspring of the formidable "Iron Lady".
"Mr Thatcher is an ordinary resident of South Africa. He is not royalty nor
is he an ex-head of state," he said.
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Rebel cleric killed says Yemen
Friday 10 September 2004, 15:45 Makka Time, 12:45 GMT
Al-Huthi is accused of staging anti-US and
Israel
protests
Yemeni forces say they have killed opposition cleric Husain al-Huthi and
tens of his supporters.
Officials said on Friday that his death marks the end of a series of
clashes over several months that have left over 200 rebels and troops
dead.
"We can confirm that al-Huthi and tens of his supporters were killed today
in morning fighting," the official said. "This is the end of the rebellion,"
said one official.
Another government source told Aljazeera that al-Huthi's body had been
found after clashes with government forces.
The government accused al-Huthi, leader of the "Believing Youth" group and
the Zaidi sub-sect of Shia
Islam,
of setting up unlicenced religious centres and of forming an armed group
which has staged violent protests against the United States and Israel.
Yemen had offered a $54,000 reward for al-Huthi's capture and in June,
security forces launched an operation to capture him in the mountainous
Saada province, some 240 km north of the capital Sanaa.
Killed in fighting
Some of the rebel preacher's supporters were also killed while others
surrendered, a joint statement from the defence and interior ministries
said.
A defence ministry official said that al-Huthi had been hiding out with
supporters in Jarf Salman, a village in the rugged mountains of Maran,
which lies in Saada, and was killed during the culmination of three days
of intense fighting.
Jarf Salman had been under siege since late August as the army closed in on
al-Huthi and his armed supporters.
Witnesses in the area told news agencies that clashes continued until late
on Thursday between those holed up with Razami and the army.
Military sources said they expect Razami to be arrested within days.
Hundreds killed
Yemen had been battling the cleric and his supporters since 18 June when
the rebellion erupted, since leaving more than 400 people dead on both
sides.
Hundreds of al-Huthi's estimated 3,000 supporters have also been detained.
The official statement said a ministerial committee is to be formed at the
behest of President Ali Abd Allah Salah to assess the damage to the region
after months of deadly clashes, and to rebuild those areas destroyed.
The scores of people that fled their homes during the unrest have also been
urged to return and resume life as normal.
'Scapegoat'
Al-Huthi told
AFP
in July that the conflict was a result of his anti-US stand and accused
Salah of seeking "to please the United States at the expense of his own
people."
"I am working for the propagation of the
Quran
and the fight against the United States and Israel," al-Huthi had said,
rejecting government claims he was linked to foreign forces.
The self-styled "Amir al-Muminin," or Prince of Believers, headed the
Faithful Youth organisation, an offshoot of the Islamist opposition
movement Al-Haq formed in 1992.
Born in 1956 in Saada province and the son of one of the most influential
Zaidi religious officials in Yemen, al-Huthi served as an MP in Yemen's
parliament from 1993 to 1997.
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