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| There smells a Pak-bashing rat |
| 2010-05-08 |
| The arrest of Faisal Shahzad, a US citizen of Pakistan origin in connection with Saturday's failed New York Times Square car bombing might well be a conspiracy hatched by India to tarnish image of Pakistan and force the US to put more pressure on it in the fight against terrorists. According to leading analysts, Faisal Shahzad's prompt confession shows that the failed plot was certainly part of a wider conspiracy. Faisal Shahzad seems to have been lured by Indian and Zionist agents to achieve their nefarious designs. Pakistan, the only nuclear power in the world, is an eye-sore for both Israel and India whose animosity towards the Islamic countries is well known to every one. But, what they overlook is the fact that Pakistan's nuclear assets are much more safer than twenty years ago and the designs of countries inimical to Pakistan to deprive of its nuclear assets cannot succeed through conspiracies like the radicalisation of Faisal Shahzad who seems to have fallen prey to a wider international conspiracy against Pakistan. The handling of the case by India-born US Federal Attorney Preet Bharara, who was also spearheading the prosecution of 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed leaves no doubt about the outcome of the trial as he would be guided more by allegiance to his country whose bellicosity towards Pakistan is well known. As stated by the Foreign Office, Pakistan has condemned the attempt at New York Times Square but did not make public the kind of information that was being exchanged between Pakistan and the United States. It is pertinent to note that Faisal Shahzad is of Kashmiri descent, but it is not known if he was affiliated with any terrorist group. A source, who asked not to be named because the issue was sensitive, said the suspect, Faisal Shahzad, was born in 1979 and was from the disputed Kashmir region. He had been in the United States for some time. “Which group he may have belonged to and how he got radicalised, we don't know yet,' the source said. “He is Kashmiri by ethnicity.' Bharara,a naturalised American of Indian origin heads the US Attorney's office for the southern district in New York, which covers Manhattan, where the botched bombing took place, and John F Kennedy International Airport, where Shahzad was arrested at the last minute as he was boarding the plane for Dubai. Handling of the case by an Indian-born Hindu establishes the conspiracy theory against Pakistan. On the one hand it might be aimed at tarnishing Pakistan's image as a front line state against terrorism and on the other an attempt to dub the Kashmiris, struggling for their right to self-determination as terrorists. It is no more a secret that in view of its sinister designs against Pakistan, India is fully siding with the terrorists. It has established a chain of consulates in Afghanistan close to Pakistan border. From these consulates, which have no justification to be set up in large number and that too near Pak-Afghan border, India is supplying heavy arms and ammunition and funding them. This is amply proved by the recovery of huge cache of Indian made heavy weapons and foreign currency notes. Pakistan has repeatedly asked the United States to use its influence with India and desist her from indulging in such activities which would certainly not be in the world interest as it will embolden the terrorists to carry on their terrorist activities. Now as part of its nefarious agenda against Pakistan, India has got the opportunity to use Faisal Shahzad's case to defame Pakistan. India has linked him to Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) alleging that it was behind the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks. But despite repeated requests by Pakistan India refuses to provide any evidence against the organisation and its leadership which has been cleared by the Pakistani court during trial of alleged suspects in Mumbai terror attacks. There is no proof in the allegation that Faisal Shahzad besides Lashkar-e-Taiba had links with militants in Waziristan. It is yet to establish a link between him and Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) based in Waziristan. The Pakistan army is taking the report about the charges against Faisal Shahzad with a pinch of salt. Army spokesman Athar Abbas when approached by the media said that a link between Faisal Shahzad and Waziristan had “yet to be established. “Until and unless the link is established, it will be premature to say that he had gone there,' he said. “As for the TTP claim, anybody can get up and claim anything. We have to see the capability and reach of the organisation... so that is questionable,' said Abbas. |
| Posted by:john frum |
| #3 they're just happy to have got a pay day |
| Posted by: Frank G 2010-05-08 19:13 |
| #2 Hmm, the crowd seems to be having touble working up the rage today. The guy in front is having a good time, and the ones in back are bored. Their righteous fists of rage are all kind of flaccid. They had to import the fellow on the far end of the sign from Vietnam, looks like. Tough to get a good rent-a-crowd these days. |
| Posted by: Angie Schultz 2010-05-08 19:10 |
| #1 |
| Posted by: john frum 2010-05-08 13:01 |