TALIBAN TAUGHT US HISTORY - OBAMA AND SARKOZY DISCUSS ABOUT TALIBAN

By : Koshur Mazloom
Obama and Sarkozy Discuss About Taliban

Obama:

To the warning of the world, Bush paid no heed,
The pangs of his venture, now I am unable to bear.

Sarkozy:

You echo the voice of my heart, my dear friend, !
This Blair legacy has brought laughter and jeer.

Obama:

But as mighty nations, we are to save our grace,
Coming empty , we will lose all our awe and
fear.

Sarkozy:

Our army says, they are giants in human shape,
For them, mountains and rivers are no barrier.
Our commanders tremble while narrating the tale,
'These Talibans fight with smile, and die with cheer.

Obama:

I have used all the wiles, my mind could conceive,
I deployed Pak-Afghan stooges from front and rear.
Our media gave their profile as most demonic race,
To our misfortune, all this made their tide stronger.

Sarkozy:

History traces millions of our graves in that land ,
Russians have the memory even darker and bleaker.
This time we believed in NATO and your drones,
To erase the past stigma, and open a new chapter.

Obama:

Our weapons and drones have yielded no result,
The death of innocents has exposed
us to sneer.
When we think, our bombs finished their creed,
They emerge again, with a spirit, bolder and purer.

Sarkozy:

I confide in you brother, my generals have told,
‘They bury their dead with eyes having no tear.
I am convinced from what I have heard and seen,
Each drop of their blood produces a new warrior.

Obama:

I think it sagacious to discard these brutish folk,
And declare our move as a humanitarian gesture.
We both must call it the folly of
Bush and Blair,
And pretend, we are peaceful and morally superior.

Sarkozy:

I admire your genius, and endorse your views,
If we fail to withdraw , our future is drearier .

Shadows in Kashmir torture cells longer than Abu Ghraib

Srinagar: Ever since the situation in Kashmir began to be monitored internationally in mid nineties, torture cells and interrogation centres skipped the attention with prisons and detention centres becoming the main highlight.Soon after the eruption of armed uprising in Kashmir a network of torture centres came up and threw a blanket of fear around the Valley. "The treatment much brutal than the Nazi concentration camps was meted out to the detainees," recounts a former militant who is now affliated to separatist outfit JKLF.

Detention, says another activist, had always been a routine affair in Kahsmir since partition of British India and "lawlessness was all pervading with jails being filled with Kashmiris and torture cells toiling with screams."

Woman separatist Farida Behanji cannot bring herself to recaptulate her torture trails saying she has lost the count. "I was physically tortured at a stretch for 26 days when State Task Force dragged me out of my residence in 1996," reminds Farida, who heads Kashmir Mass Movement. Having served the sustained jail term of five years at Tihar Jail, New Delhi, Farida is currently afflicted with joint disorders.

"Tell me why should the prison abuse in Iraq's Abu Ghraib panic us when we have the memories more horrible, much more guresome," Asharaf grovels when asked to coment on Iraq's prison controversy."

Besides Joint Interogation Centres across the state Papa 1, Papa 2, Gogoland, Cargo centre, Hariniwas and Bag-e-Mehtab have hair-raising tales attached to them. From naked bashing to anal rupture, harrowing stories are being told by those survived through the fatal tortures. Electrocuting private parts over water soaked bodies was the most commonly employed procedure in these centres, most of the released detainees recount.

"Over seven troopers pounced upon me as I was blindfolded. They took me to the notorious Papa 2 where I was asked to get undressed. Then the troopers beat me ruthlessly, my limbs tied down with rope. I fell unconscious and found my self in another torture cell when I regained senses," former SLF militant Tahir Mir recalls.

Liberation Front activist Ashraf-bin-Salam while tracing back the amount of brutality rebels would face in torutre cells, says the forces torturing the detainees would stoop so low that they would force the detainees to undress before each other and humiliate their fellows by slapping them. "Tell me why should the prison abuse in Iraq's Abu Ghraib panic us when we have the memories more horrible, much more guresome," Asharaf grovels when asked to coment on Iraq's prison controversy.

Most of the victims believe state government's introducing Jail Manual only in 1996 shows the callousness of state government. The new Jail Manual came up after international agencies including ICRC began to monitor the situation in Kashmir. ICRC signed an MOU in 1994 with Indian government that permitted their visit to various prisons of the strife-torn state of Jammu and Kashmir. However, the agreement doesn't approve their access to various torture cells and interrogation chambers resulting [in] the free hand to the forces at the helm.

"People beating their chests on Iraq revelations would fall flat if the horrifying stories from Kashmir torture centres were to get as much publicity as Abu Ghraib," says a down-range worker of Jama't-e-Islami. (Greater Kashmir, Srinagar, 5 June 04).

EXCLUSIVE PHOTOGRAPHS (viewer's discretion advised)

Farooq Ahmed Malik s/o Gh. Rasool r/o Bahuddin Sahab Nowhatta arrested by security forces on 22 May 1993 at Hawal Srinagar and killed same day.Source: Unabated arson and agony in Kashmir (Srinagar 1993), p. v 

Cover photograph of Catch and Kill, vol, I (Srinagar 1993)

Cover photograph of Catch and Kill, vol, I (Srinagar 1993)

Signs of brutal torture on the body of Mohd Saleem r/o Badarwah who was killed on 24 May 1993 by security forces
Source: Unabated arson and agony in Kashmir (Srinagar 1993), p. 8

Cover photograph of Tearful Summer in Kashmir (Srinagar 1993)

Cover photograph of Tearful Summer in Kashmir (Srinagar 1993)

Indian trooper arrested for molesting woman in Indian-occupied Kashmir

Srinagar, June 17 (KMS): In occupied Kashmir, an Indian Army personnel was arrested for molesting a woman at Mendhar town.

The trooper molested a woman near Dak Bungalow in the town.

Some people who heard some noise when the trooper attempted to molest the woman informed police and arrested the accused on the complaint of the victim. The woman was sent for medical examination to hospital.
   
On the other hand, a young girl was disgraced by a miscreant at Shalli in Dansal area under the jurisdiction of Jhajjar Kotli police station in Jammu, while a woman pilgrim, who had come to attend the annual urs at Babanagri in Kangan has been missing for past 5-days.

Meanwhile, three persons including a child died and 23 were injured in separate incidents across the Kashmir valley.

Courtesy: Kashmir Media Service

Indian troopers in occupied Kashmir get new Israeli assault rifles

Indian troopers in occupied Kashmir get new Israeli assault rifles

Srinagar, (KMS): In occupied Kashmir, the personnel of Indian Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) are finally laced with Israeli assault rifles 'X95' and 'Tavor' to suppress Kashmiris’ just liberation struggle.
A local daily in a report said that one of these sophisticated rifles 'X95' had already been received by the CRPF while 'Tavor' was yet to be procured.

A top CRPF officer, wishing anonymity, told media men that both the weapons were costly and were first used in some areas in India by the CRPF personnel. "Since both the rifles are difficult to operate so the CRPF men will be made to undergo a special training to use them," the report said.

Confirming that the CRPF men in the valley will be laced with the two sophisticated weapons, Public Relations Officer (PRO) of CRPF, Prabhakar Tripathi said that they had already procured 'X95' and the 'Tavor' would be procured soon.

Holy Prophet (PBUH) in dream asked Jinnah to lead Muslims

Quaid related his dream to Allama Usmani, Chaudry Fazl-e-Haque quotes Usmani

Islamabad—As against general impression that the Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah had returned to India from London in end 1934 on persuasion by prominent Muslim leaders, the new evidence proves that the Quaid decided to end his self exile after he dreamt of the Holy Prophet (PBUH) who asked him to go to India and lead the Muslims in their struggle for a separate homeland for the Muslims of South Asia.

During an exclusive interview with Pakistan Observer, former Interior Secretary, Chaudry Fazl-e-Haque, talked about some episodes relating to his meetings with Quaid-i-Azam and Allama Shabbir Ahmed Usmani who were kind to him for his devotion to the cause of Pakistan.

Chaudry Fazl-e-Haque, now in 90s, who had frequent chances to meet with Quaid-i-Azam and Quaid’s very close associate and confidant, Allama Shabbir Ahmed Usmani, said that Mr Jinnah had told Allama about his dream, in New Delhi when the Pakistan movement had been launched by the Quaid. The Quaid-i-Azam asked Allama Shabbir Ahmed Usmani not to mention the dream to anyone during his (Quaid’s) life time.

Chaudry Fazl-e-Haque as a great devotee of Quaid-i-Azam would visit him in New Delhi during 1940s when he was also there. The Quaid though living in Bombay visited the Indian Capital during assembly sessions, meetings with viceroy, party conferences and exchanges of views with Congress leaders. The Quaid was kind to him and met him briefly after his breakfast. It was there that he developed his relationship with Allama Shabbir Ahmed Usmani who also frequently visited the Quaid in the morning before Mr. Jinnah took up his day,s work.

After the emergence of Pakistan, Allama Shabbir Ahmed Usmani migrated to Karachi where he had the unique honour of unfurling national flag at the ceremony marking the Independence Day in the presence of the Founder of the State. After the demise of Quaid-i-Azam, Chaudry Fazl-e-Haque who was serving the police department in Karachi, had frequent meetings with Allama Shabbir Ahmed Usmani. During those meetings the main topic was naturally the personality of the Founder of Pakistan. As both the Allama and Chaudry were highly devoted to Quaid-i-Azam, they would fondly recall moments they had the privilege to have spent with him. During one such meeting between the two, the topic was Return of the Quaid to India in 1934 and his assumption of All India Muslim League’s leadership. When Chaudry Fazl-e-Haque talked about people who as common belief had been, motivated Mr. Jinnah to return to India and assume their leadership, Allama Shabbir Ahmed Usmani spontaneously reacted saying the reality was something else. And then he narrated an episode, that had never been mentioned by anyone. The Allama said that a couple of years before the emergence of Pakistan, he was discussing something with Mr. Jinnah and there was a reference to his return to India in 1934. When Allama Shabbir Ahmed Usmani mentioned names of the people who he believed had motivated the Quaid to end his exile, Mr. Jinnah said it was not the correct impression. He told Allama Shabbir Ahmed Usmani about his dream of Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) and said he had returned to India in 1934 on order by the Prophet (PBUH) he loved most.

Allama Shabbir Ahmed Usmani quoted the Quaid-i-Azam as saying:

“One evening, I was strolling in the lawn of my house in London when I smelt a unique fragrance. First I thought it was temporary phenomenon but the fragrance continued to prevail in the air. I could not understand as to what was the source of that fragrance. I decided to go to sleep. I could not sleep for quite some time. During sleep I saw a holy personality in my dream. The holy personality addressed me: ‘I am Prophet Mohammad (PBUH). I order you to go to India and lead the Muslims to their destiny. After the dream I awoke and started preparation for my return journey to India’.

Though Founder of Pakistan, Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah outwardly looked to be a Westernized man in terms of life-style, he had deep love for the Prophet (PBUH) and the Muslims of South Asia. That was the reason why he had devoted his life and all to the cause of the Muslims and fought relentlessly to attain rights they had been deprived of.

People who have studied various phases of the Pakistan Movement and political career of Mr. Jinnah or those who have had access to Quaid’s associates, are convinced that the Founder of Pakistan took guidance from the Holy Quran and life of the Holy Prophet (PBUH). This scribe has been meeting with such people including the President, Nazriya Pakistan Council (NPC) Trust to have a better understanding of the Pakistan Movement and personality of the man who had emerged as the Sole Spokesman of the Muslims of the sub-Continent. They all agree that the Quaid’s commitment to the cause of the Muslims had no bounds. This scribe came to know that a former senior bureaucrat Chaudry Fazl-e-Haque, during his youth had chances of meeting the Quaid-i-Azam in New Delhi and also Quaid’s close associate Allama Shabbir Ahmed Usmani.

The testimony given by Chaudry Fazl-e-Haque clearly shows two facts: One that Quaid-i-Azam took up his mission after he was asked to return to India by the Holy Prophet (PBUH) in dream. This also shows his devotion to the Holy Prophet (PBUH). Two: That Pakistan came into being with the blessing of the Holy Prophet (PBUH).

There are several events that indicate Quaid’s love for the Holy Prophet (PBUH). He had selected Lincoln Inn for his study of law in London when he was only a young boy. During the struggle for Pakistan, he on several occasions, stressed that the best role model for the Muslims in every respect is the Holy Prophet (PBUH). He always said that teachings of Islam as provided in the Holy Quran and examplified by life of the Holy Prophet were relevant for all times and climes.

Link: Interview Ashraf Ansari

Kashmir is a separate country, another Australian Govt website

Map showing Kashmir and Arunachal Pradesh out of India map on Australian Govt website.

Map: Kashmir shown as disputed in another Govt website of Australia

Brussels: The website of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) of Australia has displayed the disputed state of Jammu and Kashmir as well as Arunachal Pradesh separated from an India map

According to Indian media, Australia admitted that the map was an "error" and said it will be removed from the website.

"The map was an error and is being removed from the website," an Australian High Commission spokesperson in New Delhi was quoted by Indian media.

A map of India on an Australian Government website has omitted the states of Jammu and Kashmir and Arunachal Pradesh triggering strong protests from the Indian community in the country.

Following the protests, Australia admitted that the map was an "error" and said it would be removed from the website.

"The map was an error and is being removed from the website," an Australian High Commission spokesperson in New Delhi said.
The Indian community in Australia had lodged strong protests with the Australian government over the incorrect map of India, posted on a government website in Australia which omitted the border states of JK and Arunachal Pradesh.

The website of the Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) of Australia had the "incorrect" map in its website.

The Council of Indian Australians Inc (CIA), an apex body representing the Indian Australian community in New South Wales, had asked the DIAC to correct the map on its website.

"The CIA Inc wishes to bring this (incorrect map) to the attention of the Government of Australia and urges the DIAC to rectify this incorrect map and display the revised map showing correct boundaries," a CIA statement said.