A very high-level delegation from Pakistan is currently visiting Washington for what has been termed as the "Strategic Dialogue" - a new US foreign policy gimmick.  The delegation consists of Federal Foreign Minister, Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Chief of the Army Staff, Gen. Ashfaque Kiyani, Chief of Inter Services Intellegence (ISI) and Federal Secretary of Foreign Affairs among other high officials.  The talks will be chaired by US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi.  The talks will cover not just security, but also economic development, water and energy, education, communications and public diplomacy, and agriculture. Pakistan has mentioned ten topics, including health as well as science and technology.

These talks are touted as a step forward in the long-term partnership between US and Pakistan.  All this is to dispel the deep feeling present in the political and intellectual medium that US will ditch Pakistan once she is done with Afghanistan as she did during the nineties when Soviets were kicked out of Afghanistan.  Through these talks US wants to show the people of Pakistan that she cares for their problems such as electricity crisis and is willing to help.

However, the reality is completely opposite.  Pakistan's miseries are solely tied to imperialist intervention, capitalist system and the treachery of its rulers.  The rulers, to cover-up for their connivance, always try to portray Pakistan as a weak country that cannot survive without US's political and financial support.  But the reality is that the amount of economic loss which Pakistan bears is far greater than what she gets in return. Pakistan lost $35 billion since it joined the crusading war of Terror; not to mention all the chaos, bomb blasts and insecurity that came as a bonus.  And in return she was given the gift of humiliating Kerry Lugar Law under which Pakistan was to get $1.5 billion each year for the next five years.  This is what we call peanuts!!!

Through this "strategic dialogue" Pakistani government shows its people that she is pushing for civil nuclear deal with America to overcome the energy crisis.  This again is a lie since Pakistan has other means available to produce abundant electricity through coal, wind and hydro resources and they need not rely on nuclear energy.  As a matter of fact only Thar coal field has the "potential to generate 100,000MW of electricity for 300 years" according to Federal Government's Engineering Development Board's monthly magazine "Industrial Bulletin (June 2008 issue)."  Hence this is a fake dependence on the US to continue to justify her slavery.

On the other hand US's real objective behind this "Strategic Dialogue" is to further meddle in Pakistan's affairs.  America has learnt through her experience that she has to be more hands-on and cannot depend on these incompetent, lazy and inapt rulers who don't even have the capability to be servants let alone be rulers.  It is for this very reason Gen. David Petraeus calls for "whole of government" approach rather than just dealing with political and military leadership alone.  This micro-management is already being witnessed in the areas of security and intelligence where America has deployed FBI agents, Blackwater and armed personals under the guise of trainers. Hence through "strategic dialogue" US wants to develop a mechanism via which she would have a legal and official channel to micro-manage Pakistan's affairs related to economy, water and energy, education, communications and agriculture. 

One of the most important issues to be discussed in these talks would be the US's War of Terror in Pakistan.  A new military operation is on the cards and the recent spate of violence is the precursor to it.  US has been demanding for a military operation in North Waziristan for quite some time and its regular drone attacks are softening down the opposition for the last few months.  Pakistani military has also sealed off the region to gain strategic advantage.  These talks will convey detail instructions to the military and political leadership for the upcoming carnage in Pakistan and how to manage its fall-out in public. 

Hence, the "strategic dialogue" is nothing but ‘strategic surrender' of Pakistan. Pakistan's puppet rulers are the biggest assets US can have in the region. But Al-Hamdulillah, these assets are exposed before the Ummah and have lost all credibility.  Now it is the responsibility of the sincere among the people-of-power to step up and provide Nusrah to Hizb ut-Tahrir so that Khilafah "Caliphate" is established and these agents are uprooted.  This is the only way of liberating the Ummah from US slavery.

Naveed Butt

The Official Spokesman of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Pakistan

After the series of bomb blasts in Lahore, Hizb ut-Tahrir made it clear to the Ummah that, similar to the past, these blasts are being conducted to build public opinion for another military operation. Alas! This came true and the killing in Orakzai agency has already started.

Titles: 

•  Secret unit finds Muslims and non-Muslims blaming UK government for using terror attacks to justify aggressive foreign policy
• Lebanese army fires on Israeli jets
• Turkey presses for major constitutional changes    
• British military intelligence ran renegade torture unit in Iraq
• Taliban say not involved in Kabul peace talks

News Detailes:

Secret unit finds Muslims and non-Muslims blaming UK government for using terror attacks to justify aggressive foreign policy
The Research, Information and Communications Unit (RICU), has published for the first time some of the reports from focus groups it has conducted on the attitudes of Muslims and members of the public to terrorism.  The unit was started three years ago to provide better information across government departments on how their messages on terrorism have been received. A report, called Understanding Perceptions of the Terms ‘Britishness' and ‘Terrorism' found that many in the focus groups could "understand why some UK Muslims resort to extreme violence." It found that many Muslims believed terrorists were themselves victims who had been manipulated by others into believing it was their religious duty to fight back against British policy in Afghanistan and the Middle East. The research also found that many Muslims believed that the British and US governments are themselves "terrorists" for invading Iraq and Afghanistan. Some argued that terrorists could be labeled "freedom fighters" and a small number who participated in the groups said they believed al-Qaeda was a "media or US government creation used to demonise Muslims."  Worryingly for the UK government, both Muslims and non-Muslims said they believed the Government "used terrorist attacks to justify aggressive foreign policies in Iraq and Afghanistan" and several added that it had "increased rather than diminished the threat of terrorism within the UK" by increasing the risk of reprisals.

Lebanese army fires on Israeli jets
The Lebanese army says it has opened fire on two Israeli warplanes that were violating the country's airspace at medium altitude. "The army's anti-aircraft guns fired at two Israeli warplanes overflying Hasbaya in southeastern Lebanon," the Lebanese army said in statement. Israel's regular overflights across southern Lebanon are in violation of the UN Security Council Resolution 1701, the statement added. The resolution calls on Tel Aviv to stop invading Lebanon's sovereignty by land, sea and air. Resolution 1701 was unanimously adopted by the UN Security Council in August 2006 that brought to end Israel's 33-day war on Lebanon, during which Israeli forces failed to achieve any of their objectives. The violation occurred amid Israel's escalating war threats in the region. The army says Israeli warplanes have entered Lebanese airspace on an almost-daily basis during the past months.

Turkey presses for major constitutional changes    
Turkey's pro-American governing party and the country's staunchly secular judiciary traded insults on Tuesday over whether to overhaul the country's Constitution. Senior judicial bodies, responding to constitutional changes proposed Monday by the leadership of the governing Justice and Development Party, called the proposals unlawful and a direct challenge to the judiciary's independence. But Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan,  argued that the proposals derived from international practices and would promote a more democratic state. The party has proposed major structural changes to the Constitutional Court and the Supreme Council of Judges and Prosecutors, both strongholds of the secular state; these would give the government more oversight authority over the courts. Both bodies have been critical of the governing party's ‘roots in political Islam' and criticized what they called government infringement on the judiciary.

British military intelligence ran renegade torture unit in Iraq
Fresh evidence has emerged that British military intelligence ran a secret operation in Iraq which authorised degrading and unlawful treatment of prisoners. Documents reveal that prisoners were kept hooded for long periods in intense heat and deprived of sleep by defence intelligence officers. They also reveal that officers running the operation claimed to be answerable only "directly to London". The revelations will further embarrass the British government, which last month was forced to release documents showing it knew that UK resident and terror suspect Binyam Mohamed had been tortured in Pakistan.The latest documents emerged during the inquiry into Baha Mousa, an Iraqi hotel worker beaten to death while in the custody of British troops in September 2003. The inquiry is looking into how interrogation techniques banned by the Government in 1972 and considered torture and degrading treatment were used again in Iraq.Lawyers believe the new evidence supports suspicions that an intelligence unit - the Joint Forward Interrogation Team (JFIT) which operated in Iraq - used illegal "coercive techniques" and was not answerable to military commanders in Iraq, despite official denials it operated independently.In a statement to the inquiry, Colonel Christopher Vernon said he raised concerns after seeing 30 to 40 prisoners in a kneeling position with sacks over their heads. He said those in charge said they were from the Defence and Intelligence Security Centre, based at Chicksands, Bedfordshire, the British Army's intelligence HQ.

Taliban say not involved in Kabul peace talks
A Taliban spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahid, said his movement, which refers to itself as the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, the country's name when it ruled from 1996-2001, had not altered its position: that no talks could be held until troops withdraw. "The Islamic Emirate has a clear position. We have said this many, many times. There will be no talks when there are foreign troops on Afghanistan's soil killing innocent Afghans on daily basis," Mujahid said. Although direct contacts between the government and senior Taliban officials have been denied by both sides, Western officials say they believe indirect and lower-level contacts have taken place throughout eight years of war. The outgoing U.N. mission chief in Kabul, Kai Eide, said last week he had held meetings with Taliban representatives over the past year, which ended abruptly this year when Pakistan arrested the number two Taliban leader, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar. Some Afghan officials have said the government had made contact with Baradar, and blame Islamabad for arresting him to ensure that it has leverage over any future talks. Karzai's spokesman has said the government had no "direct" contacts with Baradar, but declined to comment on whether it had had "indirect" contacts.

24/3/2010

On 22nd March, 2010 media announced that President Hamid Karzai met the super envoy of Gulbudin Hekmatyar the leader of Hizb -e- Islami in Kabul. The aim of this meeting was to initiate the process of dialogue and engage Hizb-e-Islami in negotiations. The policy of the dialogue with the rivals is the extension of London conference where it was decided to engage the opponents into a dialogue and get them in the government. All this is taking place in a time where the US and NATO forces are killing tens of Muslims every day.