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| Hizb purges three top commanders |
| 2002-05-05 |
| Kashmir's dominant terrorist group, Hizbul Mujahideen, on saturday expelled its three top former commanders for being "defiant as well as inconsistent with the ideology and policies of the group." Does that mean they're murderous thugs, or that they haven't been successful enough in killing people? "Abdul Majid Dar, Asad Yazdani and Zafar Abdul Fateh are ousted from Hizbul Mujahideen for their thoughts and actions in contradiction with the organisational polices and disobedience," said a statement issued by Hizb spokesman Salim Hashmi. The decision was taken by the group's Command Council which held an exclusive meeting here to discuss policy matters, operational strategy and other related issues. Whatever the reason, they were purged. Wonder why? The meeting was presided over by the group's supreme commander, Syed Salahuddin, who also heads the Mutahidda Jihad Council - the 15-party So the decision's right from the top... Abdul Majid Dar was appointed Hizbul Mujahideen's chief commander in occupied Kashmir on June 7, 2000, and was replaced by another commander, Saiful Islam, on October 26, 2001. He shot to fame when he declared a 3-month unilateral cease-fire against the Indian troops in the troubled Himalayan region on July 24, 2000. The move even took the Azad Kashmir-based Hizb leaders by surprise, but they endorsed it immediately notwithstanding strong opposition by almost all other Mujahideen groups. That didn't help his credentials as a bloodthirsty killer, did it? The truce offer was, however, withdrawn after 15 days on August 8, 2000, as India refused to accept Hizb's demands that talks (on Kashmir) should be unconditional and tripartite, involving Islamabad, New Delhi and the Kashmiris. Truces don't last long in those parts. What they do, is give a certain amount of legitimacy to those who call them, a sort of official notice of existence. The other two, Yazdani and Fateh, were the divisional commanders of the group for southern and central parts of Kashmir, respectively. Yazdani was also spokesman for some time, but both were relieved of their responsibilities along with Dar in October last year. "From now onwards, Dar, Yazdani and Fateh have no affiliation or link with the Hizbul Mujahideen and (therefore) none of their actions or moves can be attributed to this organization," the statement said. Excommunicated. Bell, book and candle, by Gawd. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |