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Next generation
of terrorists will come from Pak says U.S. think tank
Priyaleen K Renuka
 WASHINGTON:
As if things weren’t already bad enough in
Pakistan,
which is in a suspended state of anarchy, a
U.S.
think tank is the latest in line to amplify the chorus: that
Pakistan is heading towards a chaotic collapse.
With reports of
the Taliban having taken over the Swat valley and gradually making
inroads into the rest of the country, Daniel Markey of the Council
of Foreign Relations in Washington says in his latest 17-page report
that if the rapid Talibanisation of Pakistan continues, the next
generation of the world's most sophisticated terrorists will be
born, indoctrinated, and trained in this nuclear-armed nation.
While Markey is bound to be hailed in the western world for his
insightful report, one might deign to ask why is everyone surprised,
if indeed they are, by Markey’s finding or forecast, call it what
you will.
Pakistan’s
current state of affairs is a result of not only its own political
masters’ doing but also a result of the concerted
U.S.
foreign policy in the region, including
Afghanistan.
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In
a recent report, the U.S. Council of Foreign Relations suggests
that Pakistan is potentially the next breeding ground for
Islamist extremism given its steady Talibanisation and its
proximity to
Afghanistan.
The question is – Is anyone surprised by this or rather is the
average Pakistani being given a better option? |
It is no secret
that the Taliban are a creation of the
United States;
with Osama bin Laden armed by and having fought as a faithful
soldier of Uncle Sam in the 1980s to counter the Soviet infiltration
into Afghanistan.
It suited the
United States very well at the time that Afghanistan was on its way,
again courtesy U.S. sponsored arms and money, to become a haven for
the Taliban and its regressive ideology. That Afghanistan became a
breeding ground for terrorists was clearly known to America and
actively encouraged by it then, because it suited the United States’
geopolitics in the region.
Pakistan’s
unashamed catering of the whims and fancies of the U.S. army and air
force in the region also clearly signaled the things to come. The
fact that even now, Pakistan allows unsuspecting and innocent
Pakistani civilians to be slain on a daily basis by surprise U.S.
drone attacks should be evidence enough of the Pakistani state’s
active collusion in the matter.
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Pakistani
Taliban invite Osama bin Laden to settle in Swat
Sending the
Pakistan government into a tizzy to do some damage control, the
Taliban in Pakistan's Swat Valley have said they would welcome
militants from
Saudi Arabia
and other Arab countries who intend to settle in the region.
Muslim Khan, a Taliban spokesman said insurgents of Arab origin
who are willing to fight the US-led troops in neighbouring
Afghanistan were welcome and would be protected. Khan added,
"Osama (Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden) can also come here |
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That Pakistan
chose to openly be a part of the U.S fake “war on terror” and that
it allowed itself to be used actively by America as it arbitrarily
waged its personal war against the Muslim world and killed hundreds
of thousands of innocent people in the Middle East, in Afghanistan
and Pakistan in the name of justice, is also something that the
average Pakistani populace is aware of.
To top it all,
the complete failure of Pakistan as a nation state and the complete
failure of successive military and civilian regimes to ensure a
decent and safe livelihood for its people, should perhaps be reason
enough for its people to think that extremism might be a better
option.
They will, of
course be disappointed there as well.
22
April 2009
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