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Pakistan: Musharref too Unscrupulous and Cunning for Electioneering
Politicians
National Humiliation and Anti-
Islam
Intrigues in Full Gear
Pakistanis Cry out as FBI swoops into Pakistani cities to Kidnap
Islamic Activists
Chances of peaceful change in Pakistan have receded as the people
gradually realize that Pakistani coup leader Pervez Musharref has once
again carried out
American-
Zionist
plans.
MUSHARREF-VAJPAYEE COLLUSION:
Events in December 2001 and May 2002 were synchronized by the U.S. to
use both Pakistan and India to distract attention from the war the U.S.
has been waging against the Islamic movement. Indian and Pakistani troops
in large numbers faced each other in a fake but dangerous game of "war."
The purpose was to line up Pakistanis behind Musharref and to distract
attention from the U.S. assault on Islamic fighters in
Afghanistan.
Both Vajpayee and Musharref have achieved their goals under American
guidance. Vajpayee had the audacity to hold "elections" in occupied
Kashmir
after Musharref had squeezed off most of the mujahideen movement across
the Kashmir "line of control." The Kashmiris fought back with all they had
but India was still able to declare that "elections" had been held.
In Pakistan, Musharref used the patriotic motif of "danger from India"
to entrench himself in power. He held a "referendum" with himself the
only "candidate" and declared massive support for himself in spite of
obvious low percentages of votes cast.
Musharref, evidently tutored by the U.S., declared "free" elections.
The political parties took the bait and by mere participation in this game
legitimized Musharref. The voting was very light and a good number of
Musharref supporters won owing to heavy rigging.
There were upsets in Frontier Province and Baluchistan where Islamic
parties united to win against long established secularist vested
interests.
The big pro-Osama and pro-Taliban vote made the Islamic election
victories
possible in these two provinces. However, it remains to be seen what games
Musharref will play to make the Islamic coalition ineffective. Already
the Islamists seem to be on the retreat and have agreed to let Vajpayee
come to Islamabad for the so-called SAARC summit.
While the Islamic coalition is patting itself on the back for its
election successes, Musharref is singlemindedly carrying out the
Bush
agenda against the Islamic movement. Even the day before the election,
Pakistani
police was chasing "Al-Qaida" in Karachi under the supervision of the
American FBI.
After the elections, while Pakistanis were thinking, democracy might be
achieved, there was the shocking news that the FBI had raided a house in
Lahore, the stronghold of Islam, and arrested a Pakistani physician
whom the
Americans claim had treated Osama bin Laden and had visited Afghanistan
to help alleviate the suffering caused by U.S. bombing. [There were
numerous
demonstrations against this humiliation of Pakistan's national honor
and now
the Musharref regime is saying that the physician is still in Pakistan
and is being interrogated and has not been taken away by the FBI.]
Musharref is actively participating in America's war against Islam. Like the
Israeli
Jews,
he has demolished the homes of Pakistanis who gave refuge to
Chechen
refugees. Hundreds of mujahideen have been handed
over to the FBI's tender mercies by Musharref without any process of law.
On October 30, the Pakistani government arrested the son-in-law of
Afghan mujahideen leader Hekmatyar who has called for jihad against the
U.S. occupation forces in Afghanistan.
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After Vajpayee and Musharref had fulfilled their agendas, recently both
of them announced that they are starting withdrawal of their forces
from the borders.
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Jamaate Islami and other Islamic groupings are peaceful movements
which have an underpinning of middle class genteel leadership. Inspite of
events in Turkey and Algeria, these groupings continue to think that a
military system backed by the U.S. can be removed by peaceful means.
The vast Pakistani military establishment continues to fatten itself at the
expense of
the masses of Pakistanis who live in poverty and are denied the basic
requirements of health and education. The Pakistani army since 1971 has
failed to win any victories except against the people of Pakistan.
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One of the most despicable acts of the Musharref regime was that it
handed over the Afghan ambassador, Abdus Salam Zaeef, to the U.S. Such a
crime, the handing over of an Islamic ambassador to the kuffar, is
unique in
Islamic history. Reports indicated that Zaeef, an outstanding man of great
piety and courage, has been tortured to death in U.S. custody. The
reports could not be confirmed.
After such a horrendous crime, the Islamic groupings were so naive that
they believed Musharref's word that he cared for Pakistan and even for
Islam.
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