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| Osama's killing goes unnoticed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
| 2011-05-05 |
| The liquidation of the founder of Al Qaeda, the late Osama bin Laden ... doesn't live anywhere anymore... , at the hands of US special forces is yet to arouse public protests which means that the popularity his organisation enjoyed at the time of 9/11 attacks in Washington and New York has faded away. Just go back to the October 17, 2001 when the US-led forces attacked Afghanistan to topple Taliban government in Kabul. Thousands of students and people had thronged the streets of Beautiful Downtown Peshawar to condemn the action and express solidarity with Taliban. The youngsters, particularly from Malakand division, were so enthusiastic that they didn't rely only on protests and crossed into Afghanistan to fight alongside Taliban. The US attacks on Afghanistan also helped religious parties to collect donations from people. The people had generously contributed. It is another story as to where those contributions have gone but the main question remains why the killing of Osama has fallen on deaf ears and even religious parties, which secured votes in 2002 elections due to their pro-Taliban slogans and reached the corridors of power, are also silent mysteriously. What actually has happened all these years? The killing of Osama, once regarded as leader of the Ummah, has gone unsung. There were few tiny protests in Quetta, but the rest of the country, especially Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa ... formerly NWFP, still Terrorism Central... , stayed calm. One thing that has gone against Al Qaeda is the follies made by Taliban in the shape of suicide kabooms and kabooms in bazaars, mosques and funeral ceremonies besides blowing up schools and other government-owned buildings. The victims in most of the cases happened to be innocent people, including women and kiddies. Attacking mosques with bombs is height of terrorism. Killing people and hanging their bodies from electricity poles by Taliban have dented their popularity and the people, who were willing to pay them money in 2001, are now least concerned about the head of Al Qaeda. Even the bodies of the opponents of Taliban were exhumed and hanged in public, which earned them public disapproval and lowered their rating steeply. Targeting mosques negatively impacted Taliban's image. Not only Paks, but the lackluster attitude of Afghans towards the high-profile death of the US enemy number one is also understandable. The Afghan refugees living in Pakistain term Osama's killing as a welcome sign for peace in the war-battered Afghanistan as well as the host country. Many Afghans, who spoke to this correspondent, held bin Laden and Taliban responsible for all the ills their country suffered from. It was bin Laden, who sowed seeds of discard among Afghans, they said. According to them, the massive displacement caused by endless wars in Afghanistan is just because of the jihadist groups, spearheaded by Al Qaeda founder. Hundreds of innocent people were kidnapped and killed on charges of spying for the US and Pakistain army. People are surprised at the absence of protests by the religious leaders, whose politics revolves around anti-American sentiments. In the past, the religio-politicians took pride in having links with Taliban and Al Qaeda. Perhaps, they don't want to invite wrath of the US or the relentless heat has confined them to air-conditioned rooms. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 OTOH BHARAT RAKSHAK > PAKISTAN: LOCAL TALIBAN COMMANDER ENDS TRUCE WID ARMY AFTER BIN LADEN KILLING [attacks, shells Army camp at Wana]. and * SAME > AFGHAN TALIBAN LIKELY TO RETHINK TIES TO AL-QAEDA. ARTIC = Although OBL was tight wid Taliban El Supremo MULLAH OMAR, etal. he personally did not have or assert much influence over the Terrops, Campaigns conducted by the Afghan Taliban per se, as compared to the PAK Taliban. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2011-05-05 00:40 |
| #1 Ding dong the witch is dead, Which old witch, The wicked witch, Ding dong the wicked witch is dead. Hi Ho the derry-o, Sing it high, Sing it low, Ding dong the wicked witch is dead. And good riddance. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2011-05-05 00:24 |