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The root cause of terrorism in Pakistan lies in Afghanistan.
Timming of CNN report and sudden surge in terrorist activities suggest that this programme was controlled by the very same elements who are centrally controlling the terror activities in Pakistan.
All terrorists seems to have a professional source of intelligence and I don't believe that these mullahs are running an organisation equivalent to RAW.
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I beg to disagree with this statement. The root cause of terrorism lies inside Pakistan. Taliban were trained by Pakistan. We are reaping what was sowed by the Zia Ul Haq and his hand picked ISI henchmen such as Hamid Gul. These people are still given undue importance by the media and their views aired again and again.
Not all; but quite a few of the Madrassas produce only Zombies who have an extremely miopic view of the world in general and the believe in ultimate righteousness of their cause; regardless of what thuggery they commit in the name of Islam. Female students of the Jamia Hafsa were claiming that this was a battle between " Haq and Batil" meaning good and evil. Did they realise that original allotment of land to Lal Masjid was only one kanal ( 650 Sq yards) whereas current area the complex occupies is two acres ( 9,000 sq yards) all the exta land has been illegally occupied thru slow but deliberate encroachment, with law enforcement authorites powerless to do any thing because of their powerful friends such as Ijazul Haq.
But this is OK because this is in the name of Islam. What logic!!
Entire society is being held hostage by some extremley biased people. This includes media as well. Reporters and anchormen of both the Geo and ARY were extremely onesided in their coverage. In exactly the same manner that Jewish controlled media in the West shows plight of the parents a single dead girl killed by the Palestinian rocket attack but completely ignores hundered of Palestinian girls who are victims of Israeli Gunships. Pak media was again and again interviewing and repeated showing misery of the relations of the terrorists fighting inside the mosque and thus generating sympathy for these extremists. No one cared to show what happened to family of the Ranger killed by these thugs, which started the affair in the first place.
Media has made a hero of a "goonda' and a traitor; Abdul Rashid Ghazi. Freedom of the press doesnot imply uncontrolled spin on the news. Even respected anchors such as Hamid Mir of Capital Talk and Dr Maqsood of Meray Mutabiq seem to be very reluctant in openly condemning the actions of the Lal masjid mullahs.
As posted by some of the Hon Members earlier, once you decide to take on the Army with 'Guns'. It is "TREASON". All the people left inside the Lal Masjid were there on their own accord. This included women who are defiant even now. You may call me ruthless but when all else fails, the 'Fitna' has to be eliminated because if you let it be, it will engulf the whole nation.
As a nation, we the Pakistanis have become irrational in their thinking. For some, hate of Musharraf is so great that they dont find in their heart to conmdemn the Lal Masjid mob and try to somehow condone their actions. Dislike of a person need not cloud one's judgement and one should applaud correct decsions by even by your worst enemy.
IMO Pakistan is surely one the way to talibanization. Freedom of the media is regretably proving to be a boon for the extremists and media is free to spin the news as they see fit. Look at the case of CJ as an example. People tell me that some channels sush as AAJ TV showed the CJ's procession for 17 hours contniuously!!. Muslim League Q is also full extremist minded people who are reluctant to act against religious thugs. Ijazul Haq must be tried for his part in getting the Ghazi brothers off when guns were found in their vehicle. Law of the land must apply to every one equally. Additionally, there must be an inquiry as why and how so many guns reached inside the masjid in the first place. There must be some elements inside police and ISI who were secretly providing succour to the Ghazi brothers. The danger lies within Pakistan, not without.
I salute BB who finally came out in open and said that there was no other way but to take the action against the Lal Masjid mob. Benazir is also right in not being a part of the Grand Alliance. Only people who will benefit from such a coalition are extremist parties such as MMA or single MNA parties such as Tehreek Insaaf. PPP is already the largest party in Pakistan. they dont need alliance with any one.
