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By Farhana Mohamed Khan, Ph.D.

It was inevitable. India did exploit the current war on terrorism by using it as a devise to get even with Pakistan. While the December 13 terrorist attack on the Indian Parliament was a reprehensible act, India stubbornly refused to provide concrete evidence or assist in an independent inquiry to substantiate if specific organizations or individuals behind the attack were based in Pakistan. On the other hand the Pakistani government, on its own initiative, diligently apprehended several individuals of extremist organizations who might have acted on their own. However, it appears that this incident has instilled a war hysteria in the entire Indian nation. From the common man in Jammu to an urbanite in New Delhi, the war rhetoric is in the air combined with grandiose ambitions to annihilate Pakistan. For instance, one Indian news analyst wrote that in case of a nuclear war India would be the ultimate victor because “only” 140 million Indian population will be wiped out compared to the whole of the Pakistani nation.

The rapid unfolding of recent events has cleared all the doubts - if any - that India never accepted the existence of Pakistan. While the current extremist power brokers in New Delhi can be blamed for being the first to test nuclear weapons to bully Pakistan and for the systematic harassment of minorities in secular India, the previous “moderate” Indian rulers were no different in their hegemonic designs and hatred for Pakistan. During the Congress Rule, India conducted its first nuclear test in 1974, and mainly due to the ruthless military meddling by New Delhi, Pakistan lost its Eastern Wing in 1971.

The rapid mobilization of Indian troops alongside the Pakistani borders and the Line of Control is manifestation that India considers Pakistan as an impediment to establish itself as one of the major international powers. With Pakistan playing the frontline state role in the current war on terrorism, India’s hopes to totally alienate and cripple Pakistan under economic and military sanctions have been dashed. India also became increasingly frustrated and uncomfortable with the new importance being accorded to Pakistan as the result of its courageous and righteous anti-terrorist stance.

The other dangerous ambition of India is to hijack the indigenous Kashmiri freedom struggle as a fringe foreign revolt waged by cross-border terrorists. Granted, there have been some incidents of terrorist attacks on civilians - the movement mostly targets the brutal Indian Security Forces and is being spearheaded by the moderate All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) - an umbrella organization of 14 indigenous Kashmiri political parties. With APHC’s popular lobbying, the Kashmiri voter turnout in Indian- sponsored elections is never more than 10%. It is India that has subjected Kashmiris to horrendous atrocities - especially since the 1989 uprising - under the iron-fist control of 700,000 security forces in the Indian-Occupied Kashmir. So far almost 75,000 lives, mostly of civilians, have been lost by the brutal paramilitary action in Kashmir. India has also blatantly refused to address Kashmiri aspirations of plebiscite under the UN Security Council Resolutions of 1948 and 1950.

In August 1993, the Los Angeles Times, in a Column One article and area maps, showed Kashmir a “disputed territory wrongfully claimed by India” and called the brutal crackdown of uprising in Kashmir by the Indian Army as “one of the world’s dirtiest wars in one of the most spectacular settings.” Barbara Crossette, Senior Editor, New York Times and author, said that Kashmiri freedom movement was not an Islamic fundamentalist movement but basically a human rights issue (Pakistan Link, September 3, 1993). She described the onset of Kashmiri uprising of 1989 as a result of general alienation and disenchantment of Kashmiris due to lack of opportunities for the Kashmiri youths, corruption, open rigging of elections of 1987, and the dominance of Kashmiri Pundits in government jobs.

Pakistan cannot be held responsible for the sporadic but condemnable acts of terrorism on the Indian soil because it has also suffered immensely from the imported militant fundamentalism as a result of the aftermath of Soviet withdrawal in 1989. The United States armed the local and foreign freedom fighters in Afghanistan during its war against the Red Soviet Army from 1979 to 1988 but then abruptly abandoned the fighters and the impoverished Afghan nation after its interests were realized. The disenchanted fighters (now termed terrorists) then recruited more guerrillas and regrouped in Afghanistan and the North West borders of Pakistan. The Talibinization of Afghanistan by the United States and Pakistan in 1996 to curb violence and mayhem also backfired with parts of Pakistan becoming reluctant breeding ground for bloody sectarian violence and imported terrorism. Consequently during the nineties, instead of the resolving the core issue, the US unjustly penalized Pakistan by labeling it as a state likely to sponsor terrorism.

Pakistan began its efforts in 1993 to crack down on terrorists when hundreds of the former Mujahideen were apprehended and some extradited to Tunisia and Saudi Arabia. The US National Commission on Terrorism in June 2000 acknowledged Pakistan’s cooperation to curb terrorism with its extradition of the 1993 World Trade Center mastermind Ramzi Ahmed Yousef and playing an important role in intercepting the “millennium” terrorist attacks. Since September 11 Pakistan has become the first major Muslim state to offer unstinted cooperation in the International Coalition’s fight against terrorism and also taken concrete steps to curb terrorism on its soil. In December, Pakistan froze the accounts of two militant organizations, put the leaders of Jaish-e-Mohammad and Lashkar-e-Tayyaba (LET) under house arrest, and prompted Harkat-ul-Mujahideen to move its offices out of Pakistan. The Madrassahs (religious boarding schools) for boys are now under government control and steps are being taken to make their curricula broad based.

Thus India cannot hijack a legitimate freedom movement under the guise of deeming it terrorist. As Pakistani President Pervez Musharraff summed it up on January 5, “Pakistan is determined to eliminate terrorism,” but, “it is equally important that a distinction is maintained between the acts of legitimate resistance and freedom struggles on the one hand and acts of terrorism on the other.”
 
The leader of the Hurriyat Conference, Mirwaiz Umer Farooq, comes from one of the oldest and most prominent families of the Valley. His father and his uncle were moderates and they were assassinated. The school run by the family, one of the valley's best known schools, was burnt to the ground.

Another Kashmiri moderate who paid with his life was Abdul Ghani Lone.

A recent news article that describes the ongoing terror and intimidation follows:

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Tape exposes Mirwaiz-Geelani tension; Tehreek approached Hizb
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Praveen Swami

Strains among Kashmir secessionists reaching the breaking point

SRINAGAR: Strains among secessionist leaders in Jammu and Kashmir have reached the breaking point in the wake of a wiretap operation which shows that hardline Islamists have been lobbying terrorists for help to intimidate their more moderate counterparts.

Tehreek-i-Hurriyat leader Masrat Alam Bhat, the August 21 police wiretap shows, complained to the Hizb ul-Mujahideen’s Pakistan-based chief that efforts to accelerate the pace of anti-India mass mobilisation were being sabotaged by a group of spoilers seeking dialogue with the Union government.

Jammu and Kashmir police sources said that a tape of the conversation had been circulated to all top All Parties Hurriyat Conference leaders, including its chairman, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq.

In the tape of the intercepted August 21 conversation, Alam — who was arrested by the Jammu and Kashmir police after a fortnight-long hunt on Thursday — criticises the pro-dialogue group led Mirwaiz Farooq, who he derogatorily refers to as the “bachccha maulvi,” or “baby cleric.”

He also names Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front chief Yasin Malik, identified sarcastically as “Gandhi,” as another key pro-dialogue spoiler.

Some of Alam’s harshest invective is reserved for the APHC’s leading pro-dialogue dove, Abdul Gani Butt. Alam asks the Hizb ul-Mujahideen chief to “take action” against Butt, who he identifies as “tambakoowala.” or “the tobacconist,” in a sardonic reference to his heavy smoking. In the evident belief that Alam is advocating Butt’s assassination, Shah replies that such an action would discredit the Hizb ul-Mujahideen. Alam then clarified that he wanted the Hizb ul-Mujahideen chief to ask Butt’s backers in Pakistan to exert pressure on him.

Alam praises two APHC members — People’s League leader Shabbir Shah and Jammu Kashmir National Front chief Nayeem Ahmad Khan — for supporting Geelani and the Tehreek.

Later in the conversation, Alam claims that three members of the pro-dialogue faction —Mirwaiz Farooq, Sajjad Lone and Malik — met with National Security Adviser M.K. Narayanan during his August 19 visit to Srinagar. He also asserts that Lone flew to New Delhi with the NSA.

Neither allegation, highly placed government sources said, was true — but illustrates in stark relief the levels of mistrust between the two secessionist groups. Although the APHC has refused to comment on the contents of the tape, informed sources in the secessionist group said that the Alam-Shah conversation had inflamed its leadership. APHC sources said that at a meeting at Mirwaiz Farooq’s Nigeen home on Wednesday an incensed Butt threatened to issue a public letter accusing Pakistan of harbouring terrorists. Bilal Lone, for his part, demanded that Mirwaiz Farooq review the APHC’s alliance with the Tehreek.

Towards impasse?

While the Mirwaiz appears reluctant to make a public break with Geelani, efforts to shape a unified programme of anti-India agitation appear headed towards an impasse.

On Wednesday, a meeting of a coordination committee responsible for forging unity between the APHC and Tehreek had released a programme of agitation on behalf of both factions.

Secessionist leaders G.M. Hubbi, G.M. Bhat, Fazl-ul-Haq Qureshi, Shakeel Bakshi and Nahida Pervez called on Jammu and Kashmir residents to participate in a one-hour shutdown after congregational prayers on Friday, and follow this up with a strike on Saturday.

Geelani, speaking to journalists on Thursday, rejected the coordination committee’s programme, saying it does not have the hardline group’s consent. He announced that he would offer prayers at the Hazratbal shrine — a long-standing symbolic centre of National Conference authority — on Friday. Tehreek leaders, including Alam, had earlier chosen not to participate in the meeting, saying they feared arrest.

In July, Geelani had given a similar call for a march to Hazratbal.

Both he and Mirwaiz Farooq were detained before the July 4 march, but several second-rung leaders — including Alam, Shah and Khan — had participated in Friday prayers at Hazratbal.

Such public displays of unity have, however, done little to paper over the deep chasm between the two secessionist factions.

Geelani and Mirwaiz Farooq had signed a unity declaration on June 19, soon after protests began against the allocation of land-use rights to the Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board. But bitter disputes broke out between the two groups after Geelani proclaimed himself the sole leader of the anti-India movement in Jammu and Kashmir at an August 18 rally in Srinagar.
 
Would you say the same about NWFP, Balochistan and Azaad Kashmir, where people are fighting for "freedom" ???? :disagree:
 
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Frankly this article is a load of BS. its trying to paint Pakistan as some peaceful little haven that is constantly harassed by a retarded and evil foe, India. Lets see if I can point it out to you guys in a concise manner...

First of all, the Indian media at times isn't the most credible source of information, they blow things out of proportion, sensationalize things for no reason other than to up their ratings and you know the drill. The attack on the Indian parliament as far as I know was determined to be (by India obviously) the handiwork of terrorists that are sponsored by Pakistan. The parliament was attacked, not only is that a declaration of war but to ask for an independent inquiry at the time is retarded, the parliament was just attacked !!, to suggest that this was some sort of in house conspiracy is like saying 9/11 was an inside job, did the taleban ask for an independent inquiry into the matter? RAW is responsible for India's security, they are our best source of information and if they say you did it, its going down.

India does not need nuclear weapons to fight Pakistan, lets get that straight, they are meant for China. Sure Pakistan lost half its territory in '71, but who started the wars in '47 and '65, go look up some neutral sources and get back to me, in light of this you think India is going to let Pakistan attack us from two different sides? besides '71 was just India taking advantage of an already messy situation, you couldn't keep your house in order and to add to that you initiated two wars, you expect the GOI to hug you?

Pakistan's courageous and righteous anti-terror stance, what the article misses here is firstly, that Pakistan had no option to fight the WOT. Secondly, India didn't have to isolate Pakistan with military and economic sanctions, you did that to your self, so our hopes have not been dashed in anyway, you actually made our job easier wouldn't you agree?

Some incidents of terrorist attacks on civilians.. what about all the Kashmiri pandits that were driven out of the region? what about the insurgency that Pakistan fueled? of course there are going to be a few incidents of human rights violations when you're trying to apprehend cowards that hide behind civilians and then expect to go to heaven. The author also conveniently cites the LA and NY times, any idea what kind of articles the American media prints out about Pakistan these days? so I guess all of them are true too right? so then NWFP doesn't really belong to Pakistan and neither does Balochistan (I'll go find the article it was a while ago though).

The article says that Pakistan helped the Taleban grab power to stop the violence and mayhem in Afghanistan, yeah good job. The article makes it sound like Pakistan was an unwilling partner in America's game in Afghanistan back in the 80's, it forgets to mention how Pakistan skilfully used those people against India.

You know if this was really about Kashmir then Pakistan would've backed off and let their voice be heard, with the insurgency and politics in the mix it only made it sound more and more like a proxy war and lo and behold no one really gives a rats as* about Kashmir anymore. Had the protests been peaceful and organized their dream of self determination would've been realized a long time ago, heck a skinny half naked man did it and won all of us freedom from the English. India will never believe that Pakistan is doing all this for the aspirations of the Kashmiri's, who are you supposed to be the torch bearers of freedom? give me a break. Neo you're too smart to post an article like this, whats the deal bro?
 
The Balochi and now it seems Pashtun freedom struggle is not terrorism either.
 
And now we have 40-feet wide billboards that have mysteriously sprung up on the main roads of NWFP showing the map of a new country – Pashtunistan – with meticulously defined borders that incorporate most of northwestern Pakistan. This 'billboard campaign' has to be the boldest statement of rebellion and separatism ever made in the history of nation-states anywhere in the world. Yet it's business as usual in Islamabad.

Separatist billboards

Are these people who are putting these 40 feet billboards of Pashtunishtan freedom fighters?
 
Would you say the same about NWFP, Balochistan and Azaad Kashmir, where people are fighting for "freedom" ????

Sry to disappoint you, but they are not fighting for the freedom from Pakistan, but they are fighting for the freedom from Terrorists funded by our truly "peaceful neighbor".
thats Y they have created their own armies to fight against these Scums.
I HOPE YOU UNDERSTAND.


Regards
Champ
 
Islam can not be implemented through force or power ,muslim ruled spain and india hundred of years but now they are not muslim majority countries.

Why were these countries invaded and occupied by Muslims in the first place?

What if the Muslim countries are occupied and "ruled" for hundreds of years and then still remain Muslim majority? That would be OK?
 
Sry to disappoint you, but they are not fighting for the freedom from Pakistan, but they are fighting for the freedom from Terrorists funded by our truly "peaceful neighbor".
thats Y they have created their own armies to fight against these Scums.
I HOPE YOU UNDERSTAND.


Regards
Champ

Spot on friend, intrensic warfare at its best!
 
Main objective of muslim's life is to spread islam to every corner of world through peaceful way.

this what i say you from long time not with gun but with smile
 
Qasim attacked India to teach lesson to raja dahr for bad treatment with a arab women in his captivity.

That is reason Islam teaches us to establish khalafat(United Muslim Government) to defend right of muslims living any where .

If muslims are in majority in any country they should establish islamic system of government.

Main objective of muslim's life is to spread islam to every corner of world through peaceful way.
:enjoy:

So if some American women is raped in Pakistan and Saudi Arabia or if their embassy is blown or people harmed, is that enough reason to enslave them for hundreds of years?

Then you can't really blame the USA for what it is doing in Iraq and Afghanistan.

And you didn't say why Spain was invaded and occupied. Same for Eastern Europe.

Why were the flourishing universities in Nalanda and Takshila destroyed? Why did Timur Lame and Nadir Shah commit their genocides? Why were Bamiyan Buddhas destroyed?
 
America has right to claim blood money or justice if denied there is possibility of war which is justified.

No american citizen killed in Afghanistan or Iraq.US attack is unjustified in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Tariq went there to provide justice.Read history books

I dont know about Nalanda and Takshila or genocides of timur .

Idol worship is prohibbited in islam , that is reason omer destroyed them , mehmood ghaznvi also destroyed sumanat mandur due to same reason.

Wow...that's - erm - straightforward :lol:

No worries about appearing tolerant, eh?
 
America has right to claim blood money or justice if denied there is possibility of war which is justified.

What is blood money? So USA can compensate all those killed in Iraq and Afghanistan by paying off money!

No american citizen killed in Afghanistan or Iraq.US attack is unjustified in Afghanistan and Iraq.

American citizens were killed in the USA itself by Al-Qaida hosted by Taliban which was also running terror camps openly. The Afghan attach was justified and most of the world supports the USA including Pakistan.

The sheer inhuman regime that the Taliban had in Afghanistan itself made any attack on them justified.

Tariq went there to provide justice.Read history books

So if there is injustice in Pakistan and the rest of the Islamic world now (there undoubtedly is), others have a right to enslave them to establish justice!

I dont know about Nalanda and Takshila or genocides of timur .

So its you who needs to read history here.

Idol worship is prohibbited in islam , that is reason omer destroyed them , mehmood ghaznvi also destroyed sumanat mandur due to same reason.

So its not tolerance. Its called intolerance.

85% of the world does not believe in Islam. Do you think it entitles them to destroy Islamic places of worship?
 

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