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Troops killed in Wana not martyrs: JI
"No virgins for you!"
The Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) seconded on Tuesday the decree that Pakistani troops killed in the Wana operation were not martyrs, while the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Sami (JUI-S) demanded the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) government resign because it failed to stop the operation.
| They're referring to the operation against the foreigners near Wana, who were maintaining a terrorist organization on sovreign Pakistani soil... |
The JI and the Jamaat-ud-Daawa (JD) arranged conventions in connection with the Pakistan Day at Ichhra and the Minar-e-Pakistan respectively. Addressing the JI convention, Jamaat Amir Qazi Hussain Ahmad said, âThe tribesmen and the mujahideen are the martyrs, while Pakistani troops are not because they are operating on US commands.â He said hatred against the Pakistan Army is growing among people because of the Wana operation and President Musharraf, who is acting on the American agenda, was responsible for that. âThere is need of an honest leadership in Islamabad, who can lead the Ummah and make decisions in the national interestâ, said Qazi.
| Either that, or Pakland needs to suppress foreign infiltration and rebellion within its borders... |
Qazi, who is also the acting president of the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA), said the MMA would launch a mass movement to remove the US-backed rulers.
| I thought they were a mass movement to remove the US-backed rulers? |
He also said secularism was spreading in Pakistan on an American agenda to eliminate jihad from society. âQuranic verses (about jihad) are being excluded from the syllabi, the education sector is being handed over to the Aga Khan Foundation and Hindu customs like Basant are taking root in Pakistan,â he said. NWFP Senior Minister Siraj-ul-Haq blamed the governor for the Wana operation. âThe governor is bypassing the elected government and the Wana operation is continuing under his supervisionâ, he said. Mr Haq said that only the MMA government could stop the destruction in the Tribal Areas.
| Infiltration and rebellion would seem to be a national problem, wouldn't it? |
Posted by: Fred 2004-03-24 |
