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O Rulers! Do not slander Islam to cover-up your evil deeds

Linking the notorious NRO (Nation Reconciliation Ordinance) with Misaq-e-Madina (Covenant of Medina) doesn't only amount to disgracing Islam but it also brings disrepute for the Messenger of Allah (saaw). We ask the rulers what corruption charges were dropped under Misaq-e-Medina?! How many Sahaba (r.a) were pardoned for murder?!

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  Operation Moshtarak weakens America's occupation of Afghanistan

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    Over the past few days the American crusaders have been bragging about the success of operation Moshtarak in the southern province of Helmand, Afghanistan. The operation is the biggest since the fall of the Taliban regime in 2001, and involves some 15000 soldiers functioning under the aegis of the American aggressors. The goal of the operation is to clear out the Taliban from the town of Marjah and then to keep hold of the territory through a combination of meek Afghan troops and support from the corrupt central government. The role of Karzai's sleazy government is to provide essential services to the local population and the Afghan troops are meant to keep the Taliban out- something which has eluded Karzia and his henchmen for the past nine years.

 These occupying crusaders expect will diminish the local Afghan support for the Taliban and serve as a template to be applied elsewhere in the country. Furthermore, the Americans are convinced that the approach would erode Taliban's effectiveness and force them make concession in any negotiations with the occupiers. This is as far as theory goes. The reality however, threatens to turn very ugly for the Americans and their allies.

Thousands of civilians have fled the area and those who were left behind were unscrupulously targeted by the crusaders. Last week a NATO airstrike slaughtered 12 civilians. Some western newspapers chose to cover up the ghastly crime by claiming that the rogue missile hit the correct target. Yet, none of these media outfits report the glaring fact that more and more afghan men who are not affiliated with Taliban choose stand and fight the crusaders in a desperate bid to protect their Islam, women and children.

Even those who are meant to be on the same side as the occupiers are not safe. A few days ago, a NATO airstrike killed several Afghan policemen. Zemarai Bashary, the Afghan interior ministry spokesman described the incident as a mistake. So if the government cannot stand up to the occupiers and defend those who are responsible for providing security to the local populace, then what chance do ordinary civilians have? All along the Americans have maintained the success of their plan depends on minimizing civilian casualties. And like their previous pseudo pledges the recent bouts of reassurance have turned out to be nothing more than lies.

Nor has the operation provided any long-term answers on what America intends to do with the Taliban that opt to disappear from the combat zone only to reappear somewhere else and cause havoc for the occupiers.

The operation also threatens to bring down the fragile crusaders alliance. Only this Saturday, the Dutch government collapsed over plans to extend its Afghan mission. This means that 2000 Dutch troops will ditch Afghanistan by the end of 2010 and return home defeated and humiliated. The move is a first for the NATO alliance and signals that more European governments are set to follow the Dutch. The Americans are furious and want the Europeans fill the void. "The one most important shortfall is in the category of trainers," said a senior US official. "We'd like them [Europeans] to step up. We'd like every ally to put up more trainers. This is critical." The whole episode threatens to splinter the crusader alliance and has ushered in a period of political uncertainty.

Hence, increasingly and like its previously failed strategies and ineffectual operations, America is relying more and more on the Pakistani army to play a significant role. This explains why India has relented to American pressure and offered talks with Pakistan to resolve bilateral issues- an euphuism for the resolution of Kashmir.  This America hopes will eventually lead to the redeployment of Pakistani soldiers from the border with India to the border with Afghanistan. America has also released overdue payments from the coalition support fund. In return, Pakistan apprehended Mullah Baradar-number 2 in the Afghan Taliban leadership-but is refusing to hand him over to the CIA.  All of this appears to indicate that the Pakistani leadership is haggling with America for a few measly dollars. But why bargain with a losing side?

Anyone with a modicum of common sense can see that America is facing a catastrophic defeat in Afghanistan.  If the Pakistani army switched sides, Pakistan could make America's defeat a reality and end the crusader occupation of Afghanistan and their savagery in the tribal areas.  The practical way to achieve this result is for the Muslims of Afghanistan and Pakistan to work for the re-establishment of the Caliphate. The Caliphate will unite the Pakistan army and Pushtun resistance into a powerful force and then oust the crusaders from the region.

Abid Mustafa

Feb 21 2010

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Headline news for 25-2-2010

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  • World trade plummets by 12%
  • Strikes in Greece e bring country to a halt
  • Turkey warns Israel against striking Iran
  • U.S. plans for possible delay in Iraq withdrawal
  • Pakistan received $18 billion for siding with America's war against Islam

 

News Detailes:

  • World trade plummets by 12%
    Global trade flows contracted by a catastrophic 12% in 2009, the fastest pace since the second world war, Pascal Lamy, director general of the World Trade Organisation revealed today, as he urged its 153 member countries to breathe new life into the ailing Doha trade round. This latest estimate is considerably worse than the WTO's previous forecast of a 10% decline for last year, underlining the hefty costs of the financial crisis for the world economy. "The main explanation for this freefall in trade has been the simultaneous reduction in aggregate demand across all major world economies," Lamy told a conference in Brussels.

  • Strikes in Greece e bring country to a halt
    This week police in Greece clashed with protesters striking over austerity measures designed to save the economy. Police fired tear gas at a group of some 50 protesters as a rally attended by some 25,000 people ended in Athens. It is the second general strike in two weeks and coincides with growing anger at the EU's response to the crisis. The action was the biggest since Greece's socialist government introduced cuts to bring the country's debt and deficit under control. Greece closed airspace to all flights, while trains and ferries stood idle and archaeological sites remained shut for the day. The country currently has a spiralling public deficit of 12.7%, more than four times higher than eurozone rules allow. The government has pledged to cut this to 8.7% this year, and also reduce the 300bn-euro ($419bn; £259bn) national debt, by freezing public sector salaries, raising the average retirement age to 63 by 2015, and increasing taxes on petrol, alcohol and tobacco. It also wants to crack down on tax avoidance. Greece's black economy is estimated at 30% of official gross domestic product.

 

  • Turkey warns Israel against striking Iran
    Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned of an Israeli strike in Iran, saying it would lead to a "disaster in the entire region." In an interview to Spanish newspaper El Pais published on Monday, the Turkish PM responded to a question on the results of a pre-emptive Israeli strike in the Islamic Republic saying, "this would have unforeseeable consequences that I would not even want to imagine." He stressed that the dispute between the West and Iran over the latter's nuclear program must be resolved through diplomatic channels, and added that economic sanctions would also have an impact on the entire region.  "Don't leave the negotiations table until the end of the process," he said. In the past, Turkey has offered to mediate in talks, but the Iranians objected.
    However, Israel is concerned about Turkey's rapprochement with Iran. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, "There are three strong countries in the Middle East that are not Arab," he said. "Israel has always been rooted in the West. Iran was once Western but is currently the leader of radical Islam. The third is Turkey, which used to be close to the West but in recent years has begun to look eastward, towards Iran, and that is why its systematic glide east should worry us."

 

  • U.S. plans for possible delay in Iraq withdrawal
    The U.S. military has prepared contingency plans to delay the planned withdrawal of all combat forces in Iraq, citing the prospects for political instability and increased violence as Iraqis hold national elections next month. Under a deadline set by President Obama, all combat forces are slated to withdraw from Iraq by the end of August, and there remains heavy political pressure in Washington and Baghdad to stick to that schedule. But Army Gen. Ray Odierno, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, said Monday that he had briefed officials in Washington in the past week about possible contingency plans. Odierno declined to describe the plans in detail and said he was optimistic they would not be necessary. But he said he was prepared to make the changes "if we run into problems" in the coming months. Under Obama's plan, about 50,000 troops will remain in the country through 2011 to train Iraqi forces, perform counterterrorism operations and help with civilian projects. The United States has signed a legal agreement with the Iraqi government to withdraw all forces by the end of 2011. U.S. commanders have already reduced the presence in Iraq to about 96,000 military personnel, Odierno said -- the first time since the 2003 invasion that fewer than 100,000 U.S. troops have been in the country. The U.S. military presence reached a peak of 166,000 troops in October 2007.  "Right now, our plan is to be at 50,000 by the 1st of September," he said. "And if you ask me today, I'm fully committed and I believe that's the right course of action."

  • Pakistan received $18 billion for siding with America's war against Islam
    Pakistan received nearly $18 billion as aid from the United States, including $11.5 billion as military assistance, according to Congressional documents. A Congressional compilation of the US aid to Pakistan says Islamabad has received $6 billion in civilian aid after the September 11 attack in New York. The Obama Administration, in its latest annual budget, has proposed $1.6 billion in military assistance and about $1.4 billion as civilian assistance to Pakistan. This takes the total US aid to Pakistan to more than $20.7 billion post 9/11, according to the data compiled from information received from the Departments of Defence, State and Agriculture and US Agency for International Development. Of the military assistance, the maximum amount $7.345 billion has gone to Pakistan as Coalition Support Fund (CSF), which many do not consider as foreign assistance as this is reimbursement that Pakistan receives for its support of the US military operations in Afghanistan. This is followed by $2.164 billion as Foreign Military Assistance. After coming to power, the Obama Administration has so far provided $1.1 billion ($400 million in 2009 and $700 million in 2010) for Pakistan Counterinsurgency Fund/Counterinsurgency Capability Fund. For the year 2011, Obama has proposed to the US Congress $1.2 billion for Pakistan under this category. Non-military assistance to Pakistan has increased considerably under the Obama Administration, which is mainly attributable to the Kerry-Lugar- Berman bill, which grants $7.5 billion to Pakistan in five years beginning 2009.
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Headline News for 4-3-2010

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Titles:

  • UK: Muslim women who refused to take full-body scan are barred from flying
  • Dutch anti-Islam leader is major winner in polls
  • U.S. Wages Food War Against Somalia
  • Astonishing number of birth defects reported in Fallujah
  • That was a war council in Damascus
  • Ensure Pakistan does not use military aid against us: India

News Detailes:

UK: Muslim women who refused to take full-body scan are barred from flying

Two Muslim women have become the first passengers to refuse to subject themselves to controversial 'naked' full body airport scans. The pair - who security officials insist were selected at random - opted to miss their flight to Pakistan and forfeit tickets worth £400 each rather than be screened. One of the women refused to go through the full-body scanner at Manchester Airport on religious grounds while her companion also declined for 'medical reasons'. The women were travelling together to Islamabad when they were selected to pass through the controversial security screen after checking-in at Terminal Two at the airport. An estimated 15,000 people have already passed through the scanners, with the pair the first passengers to refuse a scan.

Dutch anti-Islam leader is major winner in polls

Dutch anti-Islamist leader Geert Wilders scored major gains in local authority polls Thursday, making him a serious challenger for power in a June national election, preliminary results showed. In the first test of public opinion since the collapse of Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende's coalition government last month, Wilders's Freedom Party (PVV) led in the city of Almere and was second in The Hague. The results came on top of an opinion poll showing that the PVV, which campaigns against Muslim immigration as its main platform, would win the most seats -- 27 in the 150-member Dutch parliament -- in the June 9 election. The popularity of Wilders, who compares Islam to fascism and the Koran to Adolf Hitler's book "Mein Kampf," has dented the image of the Netherlands as a country that has often portrayed itself in the past as a bastion of tolerance. The PVV has been pitching its policies to a nation of 16 million that is turning increasingly inward as the economy struggles and social tensions rise. There are nearly 1 million Muslims in the Netherlands. "The leftist elite still believes in multi-culturalism, coddling criminals, a European super-state and high taxes," Wilders told cheering supporters at a rally in Almere after polling ended Wednesday. "But the rest of the Netherlands thinks differently. That silent majority now has a voice," he said.

U.S. Wages Food War Against Somalia

While nearly half the population of Somalia teeters at the edge of starvation, the U.S. is preventing the United Nations from delivering desperately needed food. According to documents obtained by the New York Times, the Americans demand that aid agencies guarantee that no fees are paid "at roadblocks, ports, warehouses, airfields or other transit points" controlled by Shabab resistance fighters. Since the Shabab and other militias control more than half of the area in conflict, United Nations compliance with U.S. conditions would mean starvation for about three million people.Indeed, if international aid were restricted to areas controlled by the U.S.-backed puppet regime, only a few neighborhoods in Mogadishu, the capital, would be fed. As the Americans' Somali puppets' position becomes more untenable, the U.S. squeezes the UN's food delivery system, in effect punishing the entire Somali people. U.S. food relief to the UN's Somali operations in 2009 was only half that of 2008. In 2007, United Nations officials declared Somalia the "worst humanitarian crisis in Africa...worse than Darfur," as a result of the U.S.-backed Ethiopian invasion in late 2006. Thus, the United States has been waging continuous war against the people of Somalia, directly or by proxy, for over three years under the guise of the "war on terror."

Astonishing number of birth defects reported in Fallujah

Doctors are investigating reports of a very high rate of birth defects in a city of Iraq that was often the scene of heavy fighting involving U.S. troops. The BBC reported the residents of Fallujah are seeing birth defects, including heart problems, at a rate of 95 in every 1,000 births. The report said that represented 13 times the number of similar birth defects in Europe. A doctor told the BBC she is seeing two or three cases every day of birth defects, including paralysis, brain damage and cardiac problems. Data indicate prior to 2003, doctors would have seen perhaps one such case every two months. Local officials have advised woman in Fallujah not to have children, the BBC said. Residents link the timing of the surge in defects with about a year after a U.S. military-led offensive in Fallujah in 2004 and suggest armaments used in the fight may be to blame for their children's problems. Military officials told the BBC they had received no official reports of an increase in birth defects in the area but that exploded ordnance is a "recognized hazard." One researcher said she had seen "footage of babies with an eye in the middle of the forehead, the nose on the forehead."

That was a war council in Damascus

The three-party meeting that took place in Damascus on Friday gathering the Syrian president Bashar al Assad, the Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the Hizbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah was a war council to devise counterattack plans and assign tasks in the event of an Israeli offensive on one or all parties, wrote Abdelbari Atwan, the editor-in-chief of the pan-Arab newspaper Al Quds al Arabi. "The timing of the meeting, the way it was undertaken and the ensuing press conference that was held at its conclusion, all point to a strategic coalition being reinforced. This is the build-up of a new front that will spearhead the confrontation with the US-Israeli alliance and whichever Arab countries that may, expressly or implicitly, be affiliated with it."The Iranian president said he expects war to break out somewhere between spring and summer of this year.

Ensure Pakistan does not use military aid against us: India

Raising concern over the reported decision of the United States to supply sophisticated arms to Pakistan, New Delhi on Thursday said Washington should ensure that the military aid was not used against India. Defence Minister A.K. Antony expressed concern over the move to supply a whole array of sophisticated laser guided bomb kits, surveillance drones and latest-model F-16 fighter jets to Pakistan. In a statement here, Mr. Antony said: "Given our bitter past experience of how Islamabad used such aid against India, Washington should ensure that the latest tranche of military aid is used only for the purpose of countering al-Qaeda and Taliban terrorists and not against India." Pentagon also decided to refurbish and expand the F-16 fighter jets Pakistan has been using since the 1980s. It also has got Cobra attack helicopters and C 130 transport aircraft from the U.S. Last week the Wall Street Journal reported that the Obama administration was expanding weapon sales to India and Pakistan "in a bid to forge closer ties with each country, while creating new opportunities for American defence firms." It said that while India paid for its own weapons, Islamabad used American grants to fund most of its arms purchases. During the visit of U.S. Defence Secretary Robert Gates to Pakistan, there were reports of Pentagon willing to offer surveillance drones to Islamabad, now used in the frontier areas. The U.S. annual military aid to Pakistan is now around $3 billion.

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The wiping away of the World means less to Allah than a Believer to be killed unjustly (Ibn Maja)

In an airstrike on Sunday, Feb the 21, NATO troops fired on a convoy of three vehicles in the south near the border of Uruzgan and Dai Kondi, killing at least 27 civilians, four women and a child, injuring another 12. The Afghan cabinet condemned the deaths as "unjustifiable" act and the NATO commander Stanley McChrystal said in a statement: "I have made it clear to our forces that we are here to protect the Afghan people and inadvertently killing or injuring civilians undermines their trust and confidence in our mission.''

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  The rulers sacrificed our brave soldiers to protect the "elite blood" of the crusaders

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    After returning from Brussels, General Kayani met Urdu columnist of Pakistani papers and informed them of the "sacrifices" rendered by the Pakistan army in "war on terror". Later these details were released to the media by the public relation wing of the Pakistan armed forces, ISPR According to these details 30,452 people have been killed and injured from 9/11 to date in Pakistan. Out of these 8,785 are military personal while the rest of 21,673 are civilians. Of course these official statistics do not include the thousands of deaths not "officially verified". According to ISPR, some 2,273 Pakistani soldiers including 78 officers (one three star General, 2 two star generals and 5 brigadiers besides others) have lost their lives while 6,512 sustained injuries. On the other hand only 1582 US and NATO troops have been killed so far. On an average, 10 soldiers were killed or injured each day in 2009. The report adds that Pakistan has setup 821 border check post on the Pak-Afghan border, the Durand line, to stop the cross border movement of the militants while all the 43 nations NATO has only setup 112 check posts on the border. ISPR report proudly claim that Pakistan has arrested 17,742 "terrorist" so far and conducted 209 brigade level operation while the US has not even done 10 operations. 73 sleuths of intelligence agencies are killed and 264 injured while CIA lost only 11 agents. The biggest disclosure by Kayani was about the "silent surge" which Pakistan has undertaken in this area to increase its troops from earlier 90,000 levels to 147,000 while the 43 nations NATO troops deputed at the other side of the border are less than 100,000. Let's not forget that Pakistan has lost more than 35 billion dollar in this war as confirmed by Hina Rabbani Khar in the budget speech in the National assembly while the current year loss assessment has been more than 10 billion dollar as per Hafiz Pasha, Chairman planning commission. This is the price Pakistan is paying for this American war contracted by our rulers without paying even the smallest attention to the interest of Pakistan, Islam and the Muslims. This is the price we have not borne even in 1965 Pak India war and Kargil war combine.

   Earlier Kayani, while informing the foreign correspondents, told them the "five fundamentals" that was the basis of his strategy, consisting of public opinion, media support, army's capability and resolve, owning this war as ‘our war' not ‘US war' and a comprehensive strategy based on four phases namely clear, hold, build and transfer. However the strange part of this strategy is that public opinion against the operation was suppressed only through the bomb blast that occurred in the public places and this forced the large portion of media, not to criticize the bloody operations that displaced millions in extreme hot and cold seasons. The army chief statement was later published in media saying it was our operations that reduced attacks on the NATO troops on the other side of the border, thus disclosing the real aim of the operations.

   Thus, it is clear that it is only the traitor rulers of Pakistan who have given the crucial support to the crusaders to stay in Afghanistan through the "rent an army" service and through providing vital logistic routes to the US. Had there been a K000 in Pakistan, there would have been no America in this region from the very onset. And only Allah Knows how many American and NATO soldiers will be prisoners of war (PoWs) once K000 is established in Pakistan, which is not a distant future.

Imran Yousafzai

Deputy Spokesman of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Pakistan

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