On 18^th of August Pakistan Army announced the end of military operation in Kurram Agency of the Tribal region, formally known as FATA.  The Chief of the Army Staff, Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, visited the area to participate in a photo-shoot organized for the media.  Shamelessly smiling, amidst his comrades, he is a general who conquered his own people for the sake of the enemy!

Kurram operation was unique in a way that the agents in the Military leadership were able to keep a tight lid on the media. There was almost a blackout on print as well as the electronic media regarding the killings on both sides.  Most of the Pakistanis didn't even know that there was an operation going on in the Tribal belt let alone the number of dead and displaced. Not a single picture appeared on any newspaper of the 30,000 families who were forced to evacuate and live in camps during the blessed month of Ramadhan.  Not to mention there are hundreds of thousands of internally displaced from previous military operations, who have been forgotten by the government and media and are left to die in camps.  During the whole length of Kurram operation Pakistan was thrown into various fake crisis such as electricity, gas, petrol and inter-party political rivalries which not only sucked the media in but the whole public attention, allowing Kayani and his corrupt kitchen-cabinet to kill and maim Muslims with artillery and aerial bombardment.

The other important development, which coincided with this act of butchery, was Zardari's signing of political activities act and FCR reforms of the tribal areas.  This is the first step towards reigning in the independent tribal's by bring them under tight government control.  Hence either FATA will be joined to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province or be made an independent province.  All existing government laws, regulations and taxes will apply on them.  This will make FATA completely under the writ of the government.  This could not have been possible previously because there were no military or police presence in FATA.   Now the army has established checkpoints almost in every tribal agency through military operations for the last 4- to 5 years.  This is why the Gas and Oil pipelines from Central Asia to the Arabian Sea which the western multinationals companies such as Unocal dreamt of laying through this region can now be a reality.  After stabilizing Afghanistan, FATA and parts of Baluchistan this energy route would be completely secure for the multinational corporations who have been greedily waiting to rape the resources of the Muslims Central Asia for the past decade.  Hence, US hit two birds with one stone.  By initiating a civil war in FATA America minimized the insurgency coming out of Pakistan as well as it made sure that oil pipeline routs were made secured by Pakistani Army without shedding the blood of a single American soldier.  This all was made possible through  the agent political and military leaders who worked diligently to secure the interests of the Americans.  In this War of Terror (WoT) Pakistan has not only ruined its economy, its internal peace but has also gotten 35,000 citizens killed and that too without firing a single shot at the real enemy, the US.  This is way more than what Afghanistan suffered during the last 10 years or so.

The end-game in Afghanistan is nearing and so is the game in FATA.  Muslims are clear about the treachery of their rulers and are calling for change.  The government is feeling the pressure and is coming after the members of Hizb ut Tahrir.  But it seems the imperialists and their agents have exhausted all their tricks and now their bag is empty.  The Ummah in the Arab and Non-Arab world is alive and kicking.  Change is the buzz word and the day of victory is inching closer every second.  The day when the Momineen will be happy for the establishment of the Kilafah and the colonialists will wish they had not lived to see the day!

Naveed Butt

The official Spokesman of Hizb ut Tahrir in Pakistan