Xavier Patras William

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Christians are fleeing a Muslim rampage in Lahore after another “alleged blasphemy” accusation led to approximately 3,000 Muslims attacking Christians. Like often happens, the entire Christian community is fleeing over a minor alteration between a Muslim and Christian. Of course, if Christianity, Hinduism and Sikhism are mocked then nothing happens and this applies to the response of the minority non-Muslim communities and from a legal point of view.

It must be stated that when Shia Muslims are killed in vast numbers in Pakistan by Sunni Islamic militants, then this is usually based on major terrorist attacks. This applies to suicide attacks, Shia Muslims being taken of buses and killed in cold blood and by other deplorable terrorist ways.

However, the attack against the Christians of Joseph Colony which is near Badami Bagh, Lahore, was done by local Muslims. Sadly, this incident isn’t anything new and neither is the deplorable response whereby one “alleged comment” can lead to prison, death and the entire non-Muslim community being attacked where the “alleged” incident occurs.

Sawan Masih, 26, is the Christian involved in the “alleged incident” and now he fears for his life because of the hatred within the hearts of people who can’t accept religious equality and freedom. Equally alarming, is that the institutions in Pakistan are stacked against non-Muslims and Muslims who “allegedly blaspheme.” Therefore, many innocent Christians and Muslims are at the mercy of a failed law which incites hatred and which is open to enormous manipulation.

The Express Tribune, a Pakistan media group, stated that “The charged group gathered around Joseph Colony on Noor Road, led by Shafiq Ahmed, who was in search of the accused Savan, alias Bubby. The mob attacked Savan’s house, partially burnt it and pelted it with stones. Other houses in the locality – home to about 150 Christian families – were also attacked.  Many residents, including women and children, hastily fled to save themselves.”

It is known that a blasphemy case was registered therefore the police have taken Sawan Masih into custody. The case will be registered under the dreaded 295-C section number. Therefore, Sawan Masih will face a very dark period because violence can easily happen within the institutional system – or if he is released – given the nature of the hatred towards the local Christian community which expresses such hatred over such a minor “alleged altercation.”

Salamat Masih, a local Christian resident, stated that “We were busy in our daily work, we heard a noise “burn them alive,” and a huge mob rushed in and burnt our properties. They threw acid and threw stones at Christian houses. The authorities kept silent and didn’t intervene until everything was burnt.”

Apparently a local Muslim cleric stated that Sawah Masih should be killed if he is seen anywhere. Life for All which is campaigning against religious persecution is on the ground in order to help the local Christian community.

Sadly, it is clear that major democratic nations are not speaking out against issues like this. Yet with every case like this then Pakistan is “losing a part of its soul” to the forces of darkness. Many Pakistan nationals involved in human rights in this country, irrespective if Muslim, Christian, Hindu, Sikh, or secular; are “showing the light of Pakistan.” However, you have too many negative forces against them because the international community isn’t doing enough to support organizations which are trying to stem the tide of hatred. Therefore, it is imperative that the blasphemy law is taken out of the legal system in Pakistan because all citizens of this nation, irrespective of faith, can face a bleak future based on “a minor altercation” or “a false statement.”

Xavier Patras William based in Pakistan provided the above images

Xavier Patras William is based in Pakistan and he is a writer and human rights activist who kindly provides articles for Modern Tokyo Times.

http://tribune.com.pk/story/518244/alleged-blasphemy-mob-burns-100-christian-homes-in-lahore/

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Murad Makhmudov and Lee Jay Walker

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Another terrorist attack in Pakistan aimed at the Shia community killed at least 45 people in Karachi. The terrorist attack took place in a mainly Shia neighborhood and like usual Sunni Islamists care little about who they slaughter. Ironically, it is clear that Shia Muslims have greater safety and freedom in mainly Hindu India, despite the negative overtones often displayed within the Pakistan government towards this country.

In the minds of Islamists it is clear that Shia Muslims and other sects like the Ahmadiyya are deemed to be “infidels.” At the same time, non-Muslims face enormous institutional discrimination. For example, raped Christian and Hindu women often get very little justice in the courts of Pakistan. Likewise, you have enormous discrimination within the working environment and clearly Pakistan doesn’t appear to be a loving home for many nationals who reside in this country. This reality applies to state institutional discrimination and the Islamist angle whereby killing in the name of Allah is all too frequent – despite God never sanctioning these evil crimes.

Afghanistan is also alarmed by the reality of modern day Pakistan because just like Turkey is “a dagger at the heart of Syria,” whereby terrorists have a free hand; then Afghanistan feels the same towards Pakistan. Within all the madness and confusion of Pakistan you have many soldiers from this nation involved in fighting against Islamists in certain areas of this country. However, at the same time you appear to have a lot of collusion within certain channels in Pakistan which are working in tandem with Islamist forces. This murky reality mirrors the role of the United Kingdom and United States which are fighting against Islamists in some nations; yet, in other nations, like Syria, it is clear that you have a lot of collusion going on in order to meet so-called short term goals of London and Washington.

Clearly, nations like America, the United Kingdom and Pakistan can’t just switch the Islamist clock “on” and “off.” Therefore, short term goals soon become long term nightmares and this can ironically be seen in Afghanistan. This applies to the reality that America, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and the United Kingdom, and others, supported radical Islamism over 40 years ago. The upshot of this is that the same forces that were supported a long time ago are now enemies within the ongoing conflict in Afghanistan. Similarly, for Pakistan the terrorist angle and insurgency is now a reality within parts of this nation but unlike other nations which have openly changed sides in Afghanistan, it is clear that Pakistan is divided on this issue.

TOLO news media group reports that the National Security Council (NSC) in Afghanistan wants the ISI intelligence agency in Pakistan to be blacklisted on the grounds of supporting terrorism and the insurgency in Afghanistan. Rahmatullah Nabil, the Deputy National Security Advisor, commented about “Pakistan’s plots” against the people of Afghanistan.

He continued by stating to TOLO that “The interesting question is why is a terrorist blacklisted but the person who issues the Fatwa for them [to act] or who provides havens to them not blacklisted?”

“Against these people, organizations at a global scale should unite. People of Afghanistan and the government of Afghanistan will continue their voice of peace, but unfortunately there is not much hope from Pakistan’s side and therefore we should rely more on the inside and be more united, more mobilized, and not be deceived by them.”

Tahir Ashrafi, head of the Pakistan Ulema Council, justified suicide attacks and with this other forms of terrorism. He states that “Palestine is occupied by Israel, Kashmir by India, and Afghanistan by the US. So if Muslims don’t have the atomic bomb, they should sacrifice their lives for God.”

Sadly, this rhetoric of hatred is used by Islamist clerics in Saudi Arabia and other Gulf nations against Syria. In other words, it is fine to kill and slaughter because Allah demands it despite God never issuing anything. Equally alarming is the ignorance. After all, Tahir Ashrafi appears not to have noticed that Pakistan is a nuclear power and neither does he address the reality that these suicide attacks are merely killing more Muslims. Also, India and its civilization predates the nation of Pakistan by thousands of year in relation to Kashmir and clearly mainly Muslim Pakistan isn’t based on Muslim unity – after all – the Shia are being slaughtered in Pakistan and not in “mother India” which is mainly Hindu.

On Pajhwok Afghan News it was reported by Ahmad Saeedi (political commentator) that the ISI in Pakistan is behind the destabilization of Afghanistan. This news agency reports that the “Political commentator Ahmad Saeedi said Ashrafi had issued the fatwa at the behest of Pakistan’s spy service — Inter-Services Intelligence, which has long been accused of aiding the insurgency in Afghanistan.”

“A former diplomat who has served in the neighbouring country, Saeedi claimed the ISI influenced the appointment of the Pakistan Ulema Council head. Nobody could lead the body without the agency’s approval, he insisted.”

Turning back to the latest terrorist attack by Sunni Islamists in Pakistan aimed at Shia Muslims.  It is known that at least 45 people in the city of Karachi were killed in cold blood. This follows on from other recent deadly terrorist attacks against the Shia community in Pakistan. Also, the terrorist attack happened just after Shia worshippers were leaving a mosque nearby.

Until Afghanistan and Pakistan can stem the militant Islamist onslaught then it appears that the blood will keep on flowing. Obviously, for a variety of Sunni Islamist factions they don’t deem the blood of the Shia to count. One can only imagine how other religious minorities feel in modern day Pakistan because terrorism, ethnic issues and institutional discrimination are all eating away at this nation. Also, it is clear that patience in Afghanistan is running out because they feel betrayed by certain forces emanating from Pakistan.

http://tolonews.com/en/afghanistan/9650-afghan-security-council-calls-for-pakistan-spy-agency-to-be-blacklisted

http://www.pajhwok.com/en/2013/03/02/ashrafi-remarks-suicide-assaults-called-isi-decree

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Helmet Joachim Schmidt and Lee Jay Walker

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Sadly, it was yet another bloody week for the Shia of Iraq and Pakistan because Sunni Islamists slaughtered many innocents once more. It is clear that neither nation can contain the forces of sectarianism and terrorism because clearly vast areas are outside the control of central forces. Also, the ongoing instability in Afghanistan and Syria is aiding the Sunni Islamist terrorist cause. Therefore, real measures need to be taken to cut off the financial rat lines, areas of indoctrination emanating from Islamist schools, clamping down on Islamist clerics which are espousing hatred, preventing rogue charities from becoming “indoctrination fronts” and highlighting the various root causes.

Outside nations like France, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Turkey are clearly meddling negatively within the internal affairs of Syria. Meanwhile, the role of America, other Gulf nations and the United Kingdom are also very murky when it comes to Syria. Indeed, the United Kingdom and France are still trying to peddle the need to send military arms openly to opposition forces by claiming to regulate the flow of military hardware to so-called “moderate forces.” Of course, this is impossible to achieve because it is masking the reality that the Free Syrian Army (FSA) and various Islamist terrorist groups work in tandem. Also, you have “no moderate forces” to support. After all, the FSA and various Islamist factions have beheaded people, cleansed minorities, destroyed the infrastructure and done countless terrorist attacks throughout Syria.

It doesn’t take a genius to understand that failed states become fertile ground for Islamist terrorists. The crisis in Afghanistan goes back more than forty years when nations like America, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, the United Kingdom, and several nations in the Gulf, began to support various Islamist factions in Afghanistan. Since this period women have become “shadows” throughout Afghanistan and blowback for Pakistan is enormous. This reality means that the armed forces of Pakistan are openly fighting their former friends and even today you have many murky dealings between echelons within central forces in this nation and the torchbearers of terrorism.

The 1980s and early 1990s in Afghanistan not only witnessed fighting between Islamist factions and communist forces but it also gave a new lease of life for anti-Shia sectarian forces to grow. Therefore, in time the indoctrination of Islamist schools in Pakistan would unleash chaos within Afghanistan, Pakistan and against the Shia and other religious minorities throughout a vast area. Nationalist forces would also widen the divisions even further. Despite this, the US led invasion of Iraq went ahead without learning anything from the reality of Afghanistan with the upshot being terrorism and sectarianism.

More recently, the destabilization of Syria began by the usual players in the West and throughout the Gulf region – and this time Turkey would also fully participate in the “axis of chaos.” The failed states of Afghanistan, Iraq and Libya were ignored alongside the spreading of chaos to neighboring nations of the original man made instability. This applies to the ongoing crisis in Pakistan, the destabilization of Mali, terrorist ratlines in Tunisia and providing terrorists with ample opportunities to spread mayhem to other nations like Algeria (recent hostage crisis).

In recent months in Iraq it is clear that the destabilization of Syria is reinvigorating sectarian forces once more in this nation. Likewise, parts of Lebanon are becoming even more divided and Jordan is watching events very carefully given the internal situation of this nation. Therefore, terrorism, sectarianism and the spread of vast areas of chaos is growing because of outside nations which are too quick to destabilize others and then to forget about the carnage which follows.

This reality means that the Shia community in Iraq and Pakistan face daily threats and in Syria all minority groups reside in fear alongside all individuals which support the government of this nation. Indeed, in Syria several Sunni Muslim leaders have been killed by Islamist militants because of their moderation and because they desire to maintain the rich mosaic of Syria.

The recent terrorist attacks in Iraq and Pakistan are a clear reminder that once the “Islamist sectarian angle” is unleashed then it is very difficult to contain. Political leaders in Syria have repeatedly stated this but sadly Gulf nations and Turkey have been given the “green light” by major Western powers to continue to destabilize Syria. Therefore, the terrorist angle is growing in Syria and the convulsions are being felt in other nations like Iraq, Lebanon, and Tunisia.

In relation to the recent terrorist attack in Pakistan which killed at least 84 people the BBC states that “The attack was the second highly destructive bombing in Quetta in the space of a month. In January bombers targeted a snooker hall in the city, killing some 90 people…Another bomb at a Shia mosque earlier in February killed 24 people, raising the Shia death toll to more than 200 in less than two months of 2013, according to reports.

Meanwhile, the latest terrorist attacks in several parts of Iraq were aimed at the Shia and once more the blood was flowing. Fars News Agency comments that “The Iranian Foreign Ministry deplored the recent terrorist attacks in Iraq which have killed dozens of innocent people, and said such acts of terror have targeted the country’s unity and stability.”

“Such acts are the continuation of the hostilities of the streams which have targeted the independence, unity, peace and stability of Iraq,” Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehman-Parast said in a statement on Monday.”  

It is clear that the next sectarian terrorist attack in Iraq and Pakistan are only around the corner and likewise for Syria. In Afghanistan the Islamist insurgency shows no sign of stopping and clearly America, and other nations which helped to spread the chaos, now want to distance themselves. Yet in Syria the same forces which unleashed the chaos in Afghanistan more than forty years ago – before fighting the same forces they helped to unleash – have either learnt nothing, or the same Western powers and Gulf nations thrive on destabilization because they have collectively done the same to Syria.

If you look at a world map then you have vast areas of chaos and instability caused by major Western powers and nations in the Gulf. Turkey is now fully within this “axis of chaos” because this nation is the main terrorist conduit and supply of military arms to various terrorist groups in Syria. At the same time the Islamist indoctrination angle continues to flourish alongside the channel of funding from major players, organizations and wealthy individuals. Therefore, the blood continues to flow in Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan and Syria.

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Jibril Khoury and Lee Jay Walker

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The recent hostage crisis in Algeria led to the deaths of ten Japanese nationals and many other individuals from different nations. It was abundantly clear from the start that the Libya connection would enter the equation. After all, the terrorist infiltration was extremely close to the border of Libya. Also, since the demise of Gaddafi the region is awash with military arms. Within Libya itself you have various different Islamist terrorist organizations and at the same time many different militias which control parts of this nation. Therefore, in modern day Libya you have chaos and a non-functioning state which can’t control major cities and the same obviously applies to more remote geographical parts of this county.

Outside Meddling

Japan needs to question the so-called allies of this country about the policies of many Gulf nations and major NATO powers, which keep on creating more instability. This chaos can be seen from Afghanistan and stretching all the way to Mali. Of course, other nations are also being threatened by being swallowed up by the instability which is being left behind. Pakistan alongside nations in the Gulf, America and the United Kingdom all meddled in Afghanistan over 40 years ago. Since then, trillions of dollars have been spent on trying to stabilize and centralize this nation; after supporting Islamist forces which brought with it sectarianism, Islamist indoctrination and the enslavement of women. The policy enacted in Afghanistan was not only a complete abject failure but it also enabled the destabilization of Pakistan to take place (self induced from the point of Pakistan), September 11, gave Islamists breathing space to launch attacks against India and today growing internal hatred of “the other” is increasing in Pakistan.

Japan also is getting drawn into the objectives of Washington and this can be seen by supporting “dark forces” in Syria. Yet clearly the foreign ministry of Japan would not be embroiling itself in such “shadowy networks,” whereby Gulf nations and powers within NATO are enabling terrorists, including Al Qaeda, to grow in power and influence in Syria. Also, even major media agencies which are anti-Syrian government have stated that vast numbers of terrorist attacks have taken place in this country – yet how many times did the Japanese Foreign Ministry condemn these terrorist attacks?

It shouldn’t take a terrorist attack involving the deaths of Japanese nationals to wake up the government of Japan. Yes, sadly, it appears that nations often only take note when blowback kills innocent civilians. The United States found this out in such barbaric ways when thousands of innocent civilians were killed on September 11. After all, the terrorist forces of Al Qaeda were connected with the CIA, ISI in Pakistan and the British secret service which first manipulated the Islamist cause in Afghanistan and then replicated this in Bosnia (September 11, Madrid and other terrorist attacks linked to Afghanistan and Bosnia).

Therefore, when Yoshihide Suga, Chief Cabinet Secretary of Japan, announced that the tenth national from this nation was confirmed dead because of the brutal Islamist terrorist hostage crisis in Algeria – this isn’t enough. The rat lines linking the policies of America, France, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, the United Kingdom and other nations in the Gulf; must be scrutinized for what they created in Libya and are continuing to create in Syria. This reality must also focus on how Mali and Pakistan have been swallowed up by the failed policies of other nations (Pakistan is self induced unlike Mali) once the same players have meddled within the internal issues of other nations. Equally alarming, it is abundantly obvious to everyone that the nations which supported meddling in Afghanistan and Iraq, and then against Libya, not only have created failed states which have become breeding grounds for Islamist jihadist groups – but they then start to destabilize new nations, for example Syria, while the daily carnage continues in Afghanistan, Iraq and Pakistan. It is not only utter madness but it is a policy of “no shame” which is blighting America, France, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, the United Kingdom and other nations in the Gulf.

Russian Federation

The Russian Federation is trying to “contain the fires” being set by the above named nations because clearly political elites in Moscow fully understand the geopolitical realities. This applies to mass instability, growing terrorist networks, sectarianism, the enslavement of women, more poverty, failed health care facilities, failed states and other powerful negative forces. Therefore, it is time for political elites in Japan to take note of the Russian Federation to a much higher level instead of following Washington and others, which are creating “new dangerous paths.”

President Vladimir Putin of the Russian Federation states that “Upheaval in Libya, accompanied by the uncontrolled proliferation of arms, contributed to the deterioration of the situation in Mali. Terrorist attacks in Algeria that took away the lives of innocent people – including those from foreign countries – became the consequences of such tragic developments.”

President Vladimir Putin continued by stating that the Russian Federation “feels responsible for maintaining global security and is set to cooperate with its partners in order to address global concerns.”

It is time for the political establishment in Tokyo to look deeply into the events which are happening from Afghanistan to the frontline of Western Africa in Mali. This applies to many areas of instability and how outside nations keep on either rushing in much too early – or they are involved in covert operations of destabilization. The so-called “Arab Spring” is mainly ushering in the “Islamist winter” and the creation of failed states based on outside meddling and various internal issues. One only needs to look at the various contradictory policies which are being implemented by outside nations with regards to Bahrain, Egypt, Libya, Syria, Yemen and other nations which have serious internal problems. This applies to both constructive and destructive policies which are being enacted based on “narrow minded self interests.”

The Russian Federation knows about the convulsions of entire areas because the Soviet Union collapsed and alongside this nations became independent in Eastern Europe. Once Vladimir Putin took the helm then gradually the Russian Federation grew in power because centralization and various internal and external policies were enacted. Also, the Russian Federation is uniquely positioned because while the Orthodox Christian faith predominates you also have a sizeable Muslim minority throughout this nation – indeed, in certain parts of the Russian Federation the Muslim faith is the majority. Alongside this is the geographic reality of this major nation belonging to the Eurasian home which binds Europe and Aisa. Therefore, political leaders in this nation want to dampen the divisions which currently exist in many parts of the geographic space which overlaps with the Russian Federation – alongside traditional power projections in parts of the Middle East, the Balkans, Central Asia, Northeast Asia and Europe.

Japan and Hostage Crisis

The recent deaths of ten Japanese nationals in Algeria by Islamist terrorists is a clear reminder that the government in Tokyo needs to play a more constructive role in international politics. Japan supports the United Nations and other major institutions which are involved in education, alleviating poverty and supporting developing nations. However, it often appears that Japan is tied too closely to America even when it is detrimental for this nation – or when at least Japan should remain aloof from dark forces which are destabilizing nations. Of course, relations between Japan and America will remain to be the backbone of Japan’s foreign policy and not everything is negative. For example, American forces helped Japan greatly after the brutal 9.0-magnitude earthquake triggered a brutal tsunami which killed vast numbers. Also, the region of Northeast Asia is very volatile and given the reality of Article 9 within the Constitution of Japan, then clearly America plays an important role in defending Japan and containing possible dangerous regional situations. Despite this, when it comes to other areas of destabilization and the consequences of such short-sighted policies, then Japan should judge each situation on its own merit rather than following America carte blanche.

Hillary Clinton, Secretary of State, stated that “There is no doubt that the Algerian terrorists had weapons from Libya. There is no doubt that the Malian remnants of AQIM have weapons from Libya.” This omission by Hillary Clinton is yet another firm reminder of the blowback which created the current crisis in Afghanistan, Pakistan and turning the clock back further, which enabled September 11 to take place. Now, America is once more confirming that the destabilization of Libya can be traced to the current crisis in Mali and had a powerful hand in the tragic events which just happened in Algeria.

Yet, will this lead the government of Japan questioning the destabilization of Libya and the nations which have created a new nightmare in Mali after this reality happened? Similarly, will the government of Japan call in the ambassadors of all nations involved in the destabilization of Libya – given the knowledge that Japanese nationals have just been killed by the Libya connection?

Of course, while pain can be felt in Japan after the recent hostage crisis in Algeria. It should be stated that in Libya untold numbers of people have been killed and many pro-Gaddafi loyalists were brutally massacred. Indeed, even today people can be imprisoned in Libya on flimsy grounds by various different factions, whereby the central state is powerless to intervene. At the same time, just like in Mali, ancient Sufi shrines have been destroyed by Salafi Islamists and growing poverty is a reality throughout the region. Mali then felt the full storm of outside meddling and sadly the recent convulsions from Libya have just been felt in Algeria where ten Japanese nationals were killed.

Yet, for the government of Japan it should ask itself about who were the players in the destabilization of a vast region stretching from Afghanistan to Mali? Was it the Russian Federation – or, in all honesty, was it America, France, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, the United Kingdom and other nations in the Gulf? If Japan comes clean and desires to answer the people of this nation which want to know why ten Japanese nationals were killed in Algeria – then maybe it is time for Japan to respond to international events independently, while maintaining its special relationship with America within the power structures which exist. In this sense, Japan should move closer to the Russian Federation and other powerful nations like India, which seek a world based on international law and not “power control.”

http://rt.com/news/putin-libya-mali-algeria-704/

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Helmut Joachim Schmidt and Lee Jay Walker

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In the last few days the same massacres continue to follow a similar pattern in modern day Iraq, Nigeria and Syria. This applies to the forces of Sunni Islamist terrorist networks which are intent on literally slaughtering their way to power in several nations. More alarming, is that in Syria many Gulf nations and NATO powers are involved in this barbarity, while Iraq is still suffering from the consequences of the US led invasion which opened up many new vacuums that it could not contain. Meanwhile in Nigeria, just like in Mali, it is clear that Islamist indoctrination from the Gulf is intent on destroying indigenous black African Islam.

The hatred towards the Shia within the Sunni Islamist camp can be seen in many nations based on institutional persecution, terrorist attacks and countless massacres. Indeed, even in so-called moderate Malaysia some Islamists in the past week have called on people to burn Christian Bibles and more alarmingly the Shia faith is illegal. Shia Muslims in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia face institutional discrimination whereby power mechanisms have been installed to keep them down. Likewise, the followers of the Shia suffer enormous persecution in Yemen at the hands of Al Qaeda and central forces aligned with Saudi Arabia.

Massacres in Pakistan against the Shia resemble the sheer hatred of Iraq where vast numbers are slaughtered by Sunni Islamist terrorists. Of course, behind the scenes you have many Islamist clerics inciting hatred towards the Shia and other people from within the Muslim faith and outside of this religion. Therefore, the plight of Ahmadiyya Muslims, Christians, Hindus and Sikhs within Pakistan, is one of institutional discrimination and the threat of growing Islamist militancy. Sunni Muslims who speak out against such hatred face the same sword of Islamist militancy because Sunni clerics are also being killed in Nigeria, Syria, and in other nations, for trying to stem the tide of hatred, sectarianism, and terrorism.

This hatred is being financed within Gulf nations which have used their petrodollars to spread militant versions of Islam which hate diversity within the Muslim world alongside supporting discrimination against non-Muslims. Of course, this reality isn’t new but with Western powers and nations throughout the world utilizing the energy resources of feudal monarchs in the Gulf, then it appears that these nations have carte blanche to spread Islamist indoctrination. Levant Islam, just like black African Islam in Mali and Nigeria, is based on huge variations within the Muslim world when it comes to tradition and cultural realities. However, this diversity is hated by Salafi Islamists and other draconian voices within the militant Islamist world which seeks to crush culture, destroy architecture, re-write history, and eradicate knowledge and to destroy traces of modernity – while keeping women firmly in the shadow.

Islamists in Iraq, Libya, Mali, Nigeria, Pakistan and Syria have no qualms in destroying mosques belonging to other sects within the Muslim world. In Iraq, Nigeria and Pakistan this blind hatred can be seen by the fact that Islamists also have no qualms in slaughtering Muslims within mosques. Also, many Christians have been killed by terrorist attacks against churches while praying. The victims in Iraq and Pakistan within mosques are mainly Shia Muslims. Yet in Nigeria the forces of Sunni Islamism is killing fellow Sunni Muslims in mosques and in other walks of life. Of course, in the mindset of Islamist militancy they can’t lose either way – this applies to killing and hoping to fan the flame of hatred and sectarianism – therefore, if others turn to violence to counter-attack their hatred then this is also welcomed in their world of death.

In the latest attack in Iraq it is reported that at least 42 Shia Muslims have been killed inside a mosque. Yes, the same Islamists which demonstrate over a ridiculous film or cartoon, are the same Islamists which don’t mind killing Muslims in a mosque and destroying countless numbers of Korans. Of course, the media in the West and Muslim world appears to be failing to highlight this brutal hypocrisy. However, when a fellow Muslim can enter a Shia mosque so easily and kill in such a brutal way, then it is clear that the indoctrination espousing hatred is indeed barbaric.

Abu Muhammad al ‘Adnani in early 2012 (Al Qaeda in Iraq) stated “So, Iraq, Iraq, O people of the Sunnah. Stop the black extension that is coming towards you. Cut off the head of the [Shi'ite] snake, the tail of which is amongst you. Know that the coming stage is a stage of real confrontation and war against the despicable [Shi'ites], whether you like it or not, and that the war of the Sunnis with the [Shi'ites] is not a sectarian war, like people are braying about. A sect is part of something, and the [Shi'ites] don’t have anything to do with Islam; they have their own religion and we have our own. The war of the Sunnis with the [Shi'ites] is a religious war, a holy war of faith, a war of faith and unbelief, a war of idolatry and monotheism. There is no way out of it and there is no swerving from it. The [Shi'ites] know this well.”

The latest massacre by a suicide bomber within a Shia mosque will have been glorified within the Islamist militant world. After all, just like the words above, it is clear that Al Qaeda, which also butchered Shia Muslims in Afghanistan – and other Islamist terrorist groups which can be found in Nigeria, Pakistan, Syria and in other nations – view Shia Muslims to be infidels and the same applies to how they view other Muslim sects, non-Muslims and mainstream Sunni Muslims. In their world of hatred the killing of innocent people creates no qualms or excommunications. After all, they believe that they have a right to behead, slaughter, persecute and to sow the seeds of sectarianism, based on their militant ideology which is showing no signs of weakening.

In Syria the fervor of radical Sunni Islamism is clear for all to see because daily terrorist attacks and massacres are praised and spread all over the internet. Videos of Syrian soldiers being beheaded and Islamists encouraging children to participate have all been witnessed. Similarly, Shia moques and other religious places of worship have been burnt to the ground and violated. Yet in Syria you have a combination of forces which have sowed the seed of terrorism, sectarianism and sedition – whereby Islamists are partners within the grand scheme of destabilizing and destroying a strong Syria.

This reality highlights the madness of elites within NATO powers because they have joined forces with nations in the Gulf and countless different terrorist factions in order to destroy secular Syria. The armed forces of Syria are trying to stem the tide but with so many borders to defend and with the enemies being many, then their task is indeed great. At the same time, the nation of Syria is faced by Islamist indoctrination which supports sectarianism. Therefore, the “Islamist enemy from within” is an ideological war which is being waged by Gulf nations and Turkey. NATO powers in Ankara, London, Paris and Washington should all be equally ashamed of the role that they have played because being on the side of sectarianism and terrorism is truly barbaric.

Meanwhile, in Nigeria the forces of Boko Haram and Ansaru, which follow militant Islam, are now beheading individuals on the grounds of eating bush meat and playing games which may entice gambling. The same Islamists irrespective of the terrorist network slit the throats of 15 Christians in Maiduguri the month before. Likewise, many other attacks have taken place in other parts of Nigeria. This applies to attacking Christian churches and Muslim mosques alongside other brutal realities. Nigerian Islamists justify this based on the need to impose Islamic Sharia law. Therefore, they also have no qualms in attacking Muslims whom they deem to be infidels based on their Gulf inspired versions of Islamic radicalism.

Sufi shrines have also been attacked in Libya, Mali, Pakistan and Somalia. Not surprisingly, the forces of Gulf Arabism within the Islamist camp, cares little for Levant Islam, Sufi Islam, Shia Islam and indigenous black African Islam. After all, many Sufi shrines that have been attacked alongside the rich Islamic architecture of Mali were built a very long time ago. Therefore, this civilization which is being crushed within parts of the Muslim world is a new phenomenon and clearly all roads for sowing the seeds of hatred leads to the petrodollars of the Gulf. Yet Western nations are doing little to counteract this reality and to stem the funding of Islamist petrodollars, which are also spreading militancy within Europe and North America

Irfan Al-Alawi comments in Family Security Matters that “In late April of this year (2012), the Wahhabi grand mufti of Saudi Arabia, Sheikh Abdul Aziz Ibn Abdullah Aal Ash-Sheikh, who controls all Sunni Muslim clerics in the desert kingdom, announced that girls could be forced into marriage at age 10 or 12, without their consent, by contractual arrangement between families.” This clearly highlights the moral depravity of the same Islamists spreading their hatred far and wide.”

“The Saudi chief cleric then proceeded to conflict with repeated promises of the Saudi King, Abdullah, to foster interfaith respect and dialogue, by calling, in mid-March (2012), for the destruction of all Christian churches in the Arabian Peninsula. Responding to a query in Kuwait by Muslim clerics affiliated with the “Revival of Islamic Heritage Society,” favorable to Wahhabism, Aal Ash-Sheikh based his argument on a weakly-transmitted hadith, or oral commentary on the life of Muhammad, in which the Prophet allegedly mandated that there should not be “two religions” in Arabia.”

The above comment highlights the moral depravity and hatred within the highest echelons of Muslim leaders in Saudi Arabia. Yes, a nation where conversion from Islam can lead to the death penalty and where Buddhists, Christians, Hindus, Sikhs, and other faith communities, must worship secretly in their own home. Any outward expression means prison and not one non-Muslim place of worship is allowed throughout the whole of Saudi Arabia. Of course, Arabia once was very different because many faiths co-existed prior to the Islamization of Arabia. However, unlike the Levant where many faiths co-exist – all non-Muslim faiths were obliterated in this part of Arabia and even today apostasy is punishable by death in Saudi Arabia.

It is essential therefore that the diversity of Levant Islam survives the brutal Islamist indoctrination and terrorist rat lines which seek to crush the rich civilization of this region. Therefore, the Islamist terrorist and indoctrination angle against Syria needs to be repulsed and all outside nations should stop meddling into the internal affairs of this nation. Likewise, Iraq and Nigeria face serious problems because of the same forces which hate diversity and co-existence. Of course, each nation, like all countries in the world, will be beset by other important issues related to nationalism, poverty and internal political realities. Yet, the Islamist indoctrination reality threatens to destroy from within – while terrorists spread terrorism, sectarianism, create religious clashes with other faiths alongside other brutal realities – all of which are aimed at supplanting the nation state and enforcing a brutal new way of life based on religious authoritarianism – with the prime examples being modern day Saudi Arabia and what became of Afghanistan under the Taliban.

http://www.longwarjournal.org/threat-matrix/archives/2012/02/al_qaeda_in_iraq_rails_at_shia.php#ixzz2IsZ2pILQ

http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/detail/top-saudi-cleric-ban-christian-churches-in-arabia-and-let-girls-marry-at-10#ixzz2It7EvknK 

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Murad Makhmudov and Lee Jay Walker

Modern Tokyo Times

The real factors behind the Islamist terrorist attack in Algeria remains open to major interpretation but clearly the destabilization of Iraq, Libya, Mali and Syria is certainly helping the terrorist cause. Tunisia is also a very fraught nation whereby Salafi funding and indoctrination is penetrating this nation because of the deeds of individuals and organizations in the Gulf. Therefore, when it was announced that Tunisians formed the highest number of nationals involved in the terrorist attack in Algeria, then this fact wasn’t so surprising.

Similarly, the fact that the terrorist attack in Algeria took place so close to the border with Libya was also not surprising because clearly the aftermath of the fall of Gaddafi is one of a failed state. Throughout Libya you have various different militias and power brokers. Within this chaos the Salafi Islamist message and call for jihad isn’t so difficult to spread given increasing poverty, growing religious indoctrination and no clear path ahead for the majority of Libyans. The same can be equally said for many young Tunisians because the recent political changes haven’t brought certainty but instead the reality is new vacuums which are being filled by Islamist forces emanating from the Gulf.

Andrew McGregor, The Jamestown Foundation, comments about the recent terrorist attack in Algeria that “A terrorist attack of this type was somewhat unexpected, at least based on previous experience. Even at the height of clashes between Algeria’s Islamist militants and government forces in the 1990s, the Islamists never attempted to penetrate a heavy security cordon placed around Algeria’s vital oil and gas infrastructure in the southern desert region. Fighting from well-concealed bases in the heavily-wooded Kabylie Mountains of northern Algeria was always preferable to mounting operations in difficult desert terrain where no cover was available from air surveillance or attack. In this sense, it seems that proximity to Libya may have been the deciding factor in the selection of In Aménas as a target. Libya is still struggling to consolidate control of its desert interior and the distance from the Libyan border to In Aménas could be easily covered at night, allowing the attackers to emerge undetected with the rising of the sun. The nearby Algerian military camp entrusted with protecting the gas installation did not go into action until the terrorists has already seized the facility.”

If, and it appears most likely, that a Libya connection is behind this terrorist attack given the mass instability of this nation, then people should be pointing the finger at America, France, the United Kingdom and nations in the Gulf which supported the destabilization of Libya. After all, it is abundantly clear that the overthrow of Gaddafi in Libya opened up many power vacuums within this nation and created new dangers for regional nations like Algeria and Mali. The closeness of Aménas to the border of Libya would indicate that this nation was perfect cover because of the destabilization of this nation. Therefore, just like meddling in Afghanistan and Iraq opened up many Islamist terrorist cans of worms, then the same equally applies to Libya and the ongoing destabilization of Syria.

Xinhua, Chinese news media, comments that “The recent Algerian hostage crisis, with nearly 40 militants of seven nationalities ruthlessly hijacking more than 800 people, shocked the world. Notably, 11 Tunisians were among the abductors, the largest ratio in the group.”

“The presence of so many Tunisians among the ranks of assailants is not quite astonishing, observers said, as many Tunisian young men have joined Jihadist groups such as Jibhat Nusra and have been fighting against the Syrian regime.”

“What’s more, hundreds of Tunisians (no precise numbers are available) have also joined the ranks of Ansar El Shaaria in northern Mali where France, in collaboration with Mali’s army, launched a major ground and air operation to repel Islamic militants from Mali, Tunisian media reported.”

The Libya and Tunisia angle in the terrorist attack in Algeria highlights the failure of outside nations within the NATO alliance and throughout the Gulf. Yet for Islamist terrorist organizations and Islamist clerics which desire to spread militant Islam at the expense of indigenous Islam in Libya, Mali, Syria and Tunisia; then the role of outside nations were welcomed in the so-called “Arab Spring.” After all, these Islamist forces, whereby indoctrination is much more dangerous than terrorism in the long-term, knew full well that powerful vacuums, growing poverty, chaos, and other negative forces, would become the consequences of such change. However, with Afghanistan, Iraq and the self-induced chaos of Pakistan indicating this reality; then why did outside nations support the destabilization of Libya and the ongoing policy of supporting the forces of terrorism and sectarianism against Syria?

When Syria’s envoy to the United Nations (UN) began to provide the names of international jihadists fighting in Syria, it soon became clear that the Tunisia angle was potent. On one occasion when a list of 26 foreign Islamists was given it was stated that 19 of these terrorists had come from Tunisia. Since the early period when Syria began to collect lists of international jihadists it is clear that untold numbers have entered this nation in order to spread sectarianism, terrorism and hatred. Therefore, when it was stated that Tunisians accounted for the largest single ethnic group in the latest terrorist attack in Algeria – once more, the Tunisia angle emerged – alongside the reality that the destabilization of Libya created a breeding ground for Islamist terrorist forces.

In Syria the meddling of outside nations into the internal affairs of this nation is not only a disaster for the people of this nation but it is also creating new convulsions. For example, in Lebanon it is clear that Sunni Islamist forces are not only supporting terrorist groups in Syria but they are also intent on spreading their power base within Lebanon which is extremely multi-religious. Equally alarming, is that in neighboring Iraq the Islamist Al-Qaeda network and other terrorist factions are benefitting from the carnage in Syria. This in turn is threatening the already delicate situation in this country and the government of Erdogan in Turkey isn’t helping by his direct interference within the internal politics of Iraq. Jordan also must be looking into the mirror because Islamist political movements hope to change the political dynamics of this nation. Also, security forces in Jordan recently stopped a major terrorist plot and clearly the convulsions in Syria are causing a heavy shadow over the entire region – because a weak Syria is detrimental to all regional powers. Similarly, the destruction of the last major secular power within the Arabic speaking world doesn’t augur well for religious minorities, the role of women and pluralism within the Middle East and North Africa.

Gulf nations have long been involved in supporting the funding of ultra-conservative versions of Islam and involving themselves in internal conflicts. Recently, it is clear that Saudi Arabia and Qatar are hoping to expand their power mechanisms within the Levant and North Africa irrespective of the cost. After all, both nations have no qualms in supporting sectarianism and terrorism against secular Syria. Yet the crisis in Mali which became another blowback created by meddling nations after the demise of Gaddafi in Libya – means that one time allies may be about to clash over the future of this nation. This isn’t new, after all, in Iraq the majority of international jihadists who killed American and allied troops in this nation came from Saudi Arabia. Similarly, America and Pakistan which once had a shared interest in supporting Islamist terrorism in Afghanistan alongside other nations like Saudi Arabia and the United Kingdom in the 1980s and 1990s – would also turn on themselves and clash within Afghanistan and parts of Pakistan near to the Afghan border.

Recent reports in France and highlighted in several think tanks are also raising the specter of a political clash between France and Qatar over Mali. The Council on Foreign Relations(CFR) reports that “In Mali, there is good reason to question whether Qatar is helping the government of that country and those coming to its aid–France and France’s allies (including the EU, United States, and the nations of West Africa)–or helping the Al Qaeda-linked rebels. As long ago as last summer this question was being asked in France, due to the Qatari presence in northern Mali and its aid to areas controlled by the Islamist groups; the mayor of the town of Gao was quoted as saying “the government of France knows who is supporting the terrorists. There is Qatar, for example….” The same article quoted a specialist at the Sciences-Po in Paris saying “In the same way that Qatar has provided special forces to lead opposition to Gaddafi, we think a number of element Qatari special forces are now in northern Mali to ensure the training of recruits who are in place there, especially Ansar Dine.” The French weekly Le Canard Enchaine wrote last June that ”Based on information collected by the [Directorate of  Military Intelligence], the Tuareg rebels of the MNLA, Ansar Eddine, AQIM, and Mujao were assisted with dollars from Qatar.”

Further down CFR comments that “Using this combination of favourable factors, the emirate can see a way to continue making its influence heavily felt in Africa, work also undertaken in Egypt, Libya and Tunisia. In this respect, as in the case of Qatari engagement in Syria, two factors are in common. Firstly, after the success of the Libyan campaign, the emirate feels confident in being able to directly intervene abroad a power perspective. In addition, as in Syria, the presence of the emirate in Mali, if it is real, should be viewed in the context of a twofold competition: first with Saudi Arabia to control the Sunni Islamic world, but also to strengthen the power struggle of Sunni Muslims against Shiite Muslims (because the axis Iran – Syria – Hezbollah remains strong while the Shia in Iraq rises).”

The array of competing forces is a nightmare and like usual it is the ordinary citizens of Libya, Mali and Syria which are paying for outside meddling. Just like Islamist radicalism grew in power and strength in Afghanistan, Iraq and Pakistan. Meanwhile in Tunisia this country is getting a reputation for Islamist networks which are creating mayhem in Syria. More recently, Tunisians also accounted for the single largest national contingent within the terrorist attack which took place in Algeria. This is extremely worrying for the internal politics of Tunisia and of course many people are being murdered by Tunisian terrorists in several nations.

At the same time, the destabilization of Libya enabled new convulsions to erupt in Mali and clearly the Algerian terrorist attack took place near the border of Libya. It is known that Islamist terrorist camps exist in lawless Libya and attacks against Sufi shrines in this nation and Mali bare all the same hallmarks. Therefore, what happened to the so-called “Arab Spring” – or was it always “a mirage” from the start based on sinister forces in several Gulf nations alongside the connivance of America, France, Turkey and the United Kingdom?

Syria is blighted by daily terrorist attacks, sectarianism and a brutal economic blockade which is causing mayhem. Libya is now a failed state whereby terrorist and Salafists can plot actions against Algeria, Mali and Syria. At the same time Islamist indoctrination is behind the destruction of Sufi shrines in Libya and Mali and destroying other forms of indigenous Islam. Tunisia remains to be very delicate because poverty is a reality for many Tunisians and now this nation is becoming a hotbed for international jihadists – who have no qualms in killing Syrians and other nationalities in the name of jihad. Mali also is in crisis because of the convulsions of Libya, the role of outside nations in meddling negatively, the vacuum which enabled Islamists to enter the equation and other factors. Meanwhile, the nation of Algeria is now being drawn into the fray because of the destabilization of Libya and the growing influence of Islamist terrorist networks alongside the flow of Islamist indoctrination. At the heart of all this is the role of Gulf nations, organizations within the Gulf and extremely wealthy individuals which are supporting the Islamist cause. Similarly, the nations of America, France, Turkey and the United Kingdom have helped to destabilize several nations whereby Islamist terrorists have entered the vacuum and clearly the main victims of this are Iraq, Libya and Syria respectively – and Mali is now joining this equation.

The one single binding factor is that America, France, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, the United Kingdom and other nations in the Gulf have created mass instability which stretches from Afghanistan and reaches all the way to Mali. Following in the path of outside meddling are the failed states of Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Mali and others – and clearly Syria is struggling to survive the combined forces of NATO powers, nations in the Gulf and international terrorist networks. Likewise, parts of Pakistan must also come under the failed state scenario and now central forces in Egypt and Tunisia are extremely weak. At the same time, Nigeria is worried by the growing links of Islamist terrorist networks and Kenya, Uganda and Ethiopia are all worried by events in Somalia, Sudan and the role of Gulf petrodollars which are spreading Islamist indoctrination. Of course, various factors will apply to each nation mentioned above but clearly the same players keep on creating new convulsions whereby failed states, terrorism and Islamist indoctrination becomes the usual trinity.

http://blogs.cfr.org/abrams/2013/01/22/qatar-in-mali-which-side-are-they-on/

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/africa/2013-01/23/c_132120675.htm

http://www.jamestown.org/articles-by-author/?no_cache=1&tx_cablanttnewsstaffrelation_pi1%5Bauthor%5D=153

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Boutros Hussein and Lee Jay Walker

Modern Tokyo Times

The Algerian Hostage crisis witnessed the deaths of many innocent workers and it is known that at least seven Japanese nationals were killed. The likely figure will probably rise to ten Japanese nationals being killed in this tragic terrorist incident because three individuals are still deemed to be missing. Therefore, it is essential that the Japanese government of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe should question the actions of so-called friends of Japan. This applies to how their collective actions in Libya and other nations, is creating a breeding ground for Islamist terrorism and Salafi indoctrination.

Of course, the mainstream media in Japan on the whole, just like in the West and Gulf, is not exactly known for digging deep when it comes to international relations and taking dangerous policies to task. Despite this, the Japanese people need to know why their nationals were killed and why you have so much instability in North Africa, the Middle East, Southeast Asia and parts of the Balkans.

Japan for far too long appears to follow the Washington line even when it is detrimental to this nation. This applies to funding many economic operations after outside nations create mass instability in nations which include Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya and an array of others. Therefore, it is imperative that Japan’s foreign policy changes direction in order to distance itself with the foreign policies of so-called friends, which keep on creating new nightmares throughout a vast geographical region.

It should be remembered that Japan supports many international institutions which are involved in “the goodness of humanity.” For example, Japan supports the United Nations heavily in order to create mechanisms to tackle serious issues throughout the world. Japan is involved in alleviating poverty throughout the world, providing greater educational opportunities and other vital areas like health. Sadly, this reality is often overlooked because Japan adopts a “quietist policy” but this nation is doing its upmost to help internationally.

However, while Japan is playing by the rules too many powerful nations are not abiding by international law. This notably applies to America, France, the United Kingdom, Turkey and many nations in the Gulf. After all, the Islamist switch is being “turned on” and “turned off” when power mechanisms enable this – while at other times the Islamist terrorist switch then turns on the “hands that fed it to grow.”

America, Pakistan, the United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia and other Gulf nations and international players turned on the Islamist terrorist switch in Afghanistan over 40 years ago. Alongside the support of Islamist terrorism came enormous funding of Islamist indoctrination throughout the 1980s and 1990s. The upshot of this was the destruction of the last vestiges of Buddhism, many pogroms against Shia Muslims, stoning women to death for adultery and the demise of all central institutions. This policy which was supported in the 1980s and 1990s created a breeding ground for Islamist terrorists, Islamist movements which hate diversity and ultimately helped in creating blowback with regards to September 11 and the destabilization of Pakistan. Therefore, this reality meant that the “Islamist switch” couldn’t be turned off because former allies are now fighting each other and clearly the 40 year policy of meddling is a disaster for Afghanistan and Pakistan respectively. Also, terrorist shockwaves have also been felt in India because of the policies of Pakistan.

Similarly, the destabilization of Libya meant that NATO powers, nations in the Gulf, mercenaries, Islamist terrorist organizations, internal insurgents, covert operatives and an array of other forces all united together in order to overthrow the Gaddafi government. The upshot of this is that Islamist terrorists have destabilized northern Mali and now Libya is yet another failed state, whereby central institutions have no power mechanisms to control the nation state. Alongside this, black African Islam in Mali is being threatened by Salafi Islamists and Sufi shrines and monuments have been destroyed in Libya and Mali.

Syria faces the same “axis of evil” whereby the same players will use any means possible in order to destabilize a sovereign nation given any opportunity. Of course, the repercussions of this can also be felt in Iraq, Jordan and Lebanon. Likewise, Turkey should worry because the Pakistan blowback reality is clear for all to see. Therefore, Salafists may desire to crush Muslim diversity in Turkey in the future if they manage to win in Syria. Ironically, the survival of secular Syria is in the interest of Muslim diversity in Turkey because Islamists will not stop at national borders that they don’t recognize.

Japan therefore must distance itself from the foreign policy objectives of nations which keep on creating new convulsions. The Japanese government needs to ask itself one simple question – this applies to was terrorism a threat to Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya and Syria prior to America, France, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Turkey, the United Kingdom and other nations in the Gulf – began to meddle in these nations? After all, many Japanese nationals have just been killed because of the dangerous policies of their so-called friends. Therefore, surely Japan wants to seek real answers to why terrorism continues to flourish once their so-called friends keep on destabilizing nations and creating “a terrorist paradise.”

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Omar Abdullah Ismail and Lee Jay Walker

Modern Tokyo Times

The hostage crisis in Algeria is still ongoing and clearly many reports are conflicting with others. This means that the current number of deaths is still unknown and the same applies to the exact number of hostages which are still being held. However, it is shameful of some nations which have participated in the destabilization of others and created the Islamist nightmare – to suddenly comment on their concern about international terrorism.

CNN, which often propagates information which appears to follow the government line when important developments erupt, even stated that it appears that these Islamist terrorists had bases in Libya. Of course, when Gaddafi met his brutal death in Libya this was openly welcomed in America, France, the United Kingdom and in nations of the Gulf like Qatar which openly supported the demise of Gaddafi. However, modern day Libya is yet another failed state where various forces hold sway in certain parts of the country. Therefore, it will not surprise anyone that the same Islamist terrorists in Algeria have bases in “the new Libya.”

Since the early 1980s the United States, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, the United Kingdom and other Gulf nations were involved in training and providing major military weapons to Islamist terrorists in Afghanistan. These Islamists in the 1980s equally hated the Shia minority in Afghanistan, desired to cover women up from head to toe, to kill apostates to Christianity, stone homosexuals to death, to kill people for adultery and other brutal realities. After the fall of the government of Najibullah in Afghanistan because of outside nations, then this country witnessed more terrorism, hatred and the enslavement of women.

Pakistan in turn managed to destabilize itself because their former Islamist terrorist friends now turned against the “infidel nation state.” Likewise, the same Islamists which were supported in Afghanistan and Bosnia would then turn their hands to September 11, the Madrid bombings and a host of other major terrorist attacks.  Yes, blowback came back to haunt innocent civilians who have suffered at the hands of devious governments which appear to learn zilch. After all, the same mistakes keep on being made and currently this can be seen by daily terrorist attacks in Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Syria, and in other nations.

The simple reality is that terrorism was never a threat to the central states of Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya and Syria. However, once outside meddling started then new failed states were created and today all these nations can feel the convulsions of this reality. Of course, for Syria the daily terrorist reality is because of the brutal policies of America, France, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, the United Kingdom and other nations in the Gulf. This means that the “terrorist switch” was turned on in Afghanistan, Libya and Syria. In Pakistan this nation helped to create its own terrorist threat alongside other nations which supported Islamists in Afghanistan. For Mali this nation is the victim of outside meddling because the destabilization of Libya triggered the current crisis in this nation. In Iraq the terrorist nightmare wasn’t planned but once many vacuums were opened then Islamists filled this easily and even today sectarianism, nationalism and terrorism are tearing Iraq apart. It would now appear that Algeria is going to feel the effects of outside meddling because the current hostage crisis may be replicated in the future. Either way, the convulsions of this crisis will create economic problems for Algeria because of the over reliance on the energy sector.

Outside meddling by major NATO nations, powers in the Gulf and Pakistan in Afghanistan – have created failed states, greater sectarianism, daily terrorism in many nations and the systematic persecution of minority religious groups. More than 50% of Christians fled Iraq once America and its allies took charge of this nation. Shabaks, Mandaeans and the Yazidi religious groups also felt the brute force of Islamist persecution and terrorism in Iraq. Similarly, the Shia have suffered massacre after massacre in Iraq and today this nation is nothing more than a failed state whereby terrorist strikes are only a moment away.

In Afghanistan the Shia were also killed in vast numbers and many fled the brutal carnage which erupted in this nation. At the same time women became shackled in the 1980s and 1990s once Islamists were trained to destabilize and conquer Afghanistan. Also, the Islamist terrorist angle in Afghanistan alongside religious indoctrination then began to target the Shia in Pakistan. Other minority groups also began to feel the usual blowback in Pakistan and this applies to the Ahmadiyya Muslim community, Christians, Hindus and other minorities. In the last few weeks hundreds of Shia Muslims have been killed by Islamists in Pakistan.

In modern day Syria the Free Syrian Army (FSA) and a host of other Islamist terrorist groups continue to persecute the Alawites, Christians and others including the Shia. Mainstream Sunni Muslim religious leaders are also being killed and the same applies to any Syrian who is deemed to be pro-government in Syria irrespective of faith. Journalists are also openly murdered and daily car bombings and other forms of carnage is threatening the central state of this nation. Moderate Levant Islam, like black African Islam in Mali, is facing the real threat of Salafi Islamist hatred and indoctrination in Syria. Also, Sufi shrines are being destroyed in Libya and Mali by Islamists who hate culture and pluralism.

The current crisis in Mali was unintended just like in Pakistan but it is never that simple. After all, when central forces are destroyed then chaos will fill the void and with so many wealthy Islamists and organizations in the Gulf, then it doesn’t take long. Therefore, the government of Syria is pointing out to the enemies of this nation that the “Islamist switch” is extremely difficult to “switch off” once you support such dark forces.

Algeria Hostage Crisis

The current hostage crisis is still ongoing in Algeria but like CNN reports it does appear that these Islamist terrorists had training grounds in Libya. Yet given the promises of outside nations which destabilized Libya, then how could this happen on the watch of these nations and their friends in the government of Libya?

In The Long War Journal it is stated by Bill Roggio that “The jihadist assault team is said to have infiltrated Algeria from Niger, according to the Nouakchott News Agency. CNN reported that the attack was launched from Libya and and the fighters were trained at camps linked to al Qaeda.”

“The al-Mua’qi’oon Biddam assault unit was split into two teams, one that was led by Abu al-Bara’a al-Jaza’iri, who took hostages in the residential area of the facility, and another by al Nigeri himself, who targeted the factory and is also holding hostages there. Al Jaza’iri is reported to have been killed during the Algerian military assault. Al Nigeri claimed that the Algerian military killed 16 of his fighters and 35 hostages in an airstrike on vehicles that were transporting the hostages. Several foreign fighters, including a Frenchman, a Malian, two Tunisians, two Libyans, and three Egyptians are said to have been killed.”

Doubts still persist where these Islamists infiltrated from. Yet the Libya terrorist angle is a clear reality in Syria because many have entered from this nation and the same applies to other nations. Also, Islamist terrorist groups continue to gain from the destabilization of Libya therefore this nation will be part of the chain which led to the Algerian hostage crisis. Indeed, Al Qaeda and other Islamist terrorist movements have much to be thankful for when it comes to the deeds of America, France, Saudi Arabia, the United Kingdom, Qatar, Turkey and other nations based in the Gulf region. After all, these collective forces (includes Pakistan when Afghanistan is included) have destabilized so many nations that now you have countless numbers of failed states. This reality is serving the Islamists well and the same applies to Salafi indoctrination from the Gulf region.

The BBC comments that “Algeria says the militants are taking orders from Mokhtar Belmokhtar, until last year a senior commander in al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM).”

A statement from the kidnappers said the assault on the gas plant was launched in retaliation for French intervention against Islamist groups, including AQIM, in neighbouring Mali.

About 30 foreigners remain unaccounted for, including about 10 from the UK.”

Leon Panetta, US Defence Secretary, states that “Al-Qaeda needs to know that they have no refuge – in Algeria, in Mali, anywhere – we are not going to allow them to have a hiding place from which to conduct these terrorist acts.” Sadly, this comment is almost comical because the friends of America are supporting Al Qaeda and other terrorists groups openly in Syria. Also, the Islamist terrorist angle wasn’t part of the Iraq and Mali equation until outside meddling created many vacuums. The same applies to other nations mentioned in this article.

Meanwhile the government of Algeria is adamant that you can’t cut deals with Islamist terrorist groups which seek to kidnap and murder in the name of “Islamic jihad.” Algeria knows what it is talking about because in history this nation fought bravely against French colonialism and then the threat of radical Islamists in more recent history. Therefore, Algeria doesn’t need any fingers to be pointed at this nation. After all, the destabilization of Libya which snowballed into Mali is based on the meddling of outside nations which also continue to destabilize modern day Syria. This means that until outside countries stop destabilizing other nations alongside manipulating terrorism for personal geopolitical interests, then future hostage and terrorist issues will materialize in the near future. Given this reality, it is time for America, France, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, the United Kingdom, Qatar and other nations in the Gulf to stop destabilizing nations and spreading other dark realities.

http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2013/01/nigerien_jihadist_id.php

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Murad Makhmudov and Lee Jay Walker

Modern Tokyo Times

The reality of modern day Syria and Mali says much about the schizophrenic approach to foreign policy in relationship to America, France and the United Kingdom. Gulf nations and Turkey are also the major linchpins which are uniting the Western and Sunni Islamic plotlines but in Mali these interests are clashing. Therefore, while the usual players conspired against Colonel Gaddafi in Libya just like they are conspiring against the government of Syria; the Mali crisis resembles the Islamist vacuum which entered parts of Pakistan.

Syria and Mali also share other common denominators. For example, moderate religious forces are being undermined by Salafi Islamists which seek to impose an “Islamist year zero” on the people of both nations. Likewise, terrorism, the rule of fear, massive indoctrination and the destruction of older positive cultural aspects are being attacked. Indeed, many Sufi shrines have been destroyed by Salafi Islamists in both Libya and Mali alongside other religious based architecture.

In Mali the political vacuum was filled by Islamist factions who had a free reign during the “manmade” crisis of Libya. Once the Gaddafi government fell to the forces of NATO, Islamist terrorist factions, mercenaries, covert operatives and internal insurgents – then the region became awash with military hardware. Equally important, all centralization aspects of Libya collapsed and Islamist indoctrination from the Gulf also filled the vacuum for many individuals.

France highlights the schizophrenic approach to international terrorist networks. After all, Nicolas Sarkozy and Francois Hollande have equally been involved in this reality during the former period of Sarkozy and the current period under Hollande. Sarkozy had no qualms in bombing Libya and siding with terrorist Islamist networks in order to oust Gaddafi from power based on the self-interests of France. His mantle was taken over by Hollande who also manipulates the terrorist and mercenary rat lines in Libya in unison with the CIA, Turkey, Qatar, the United Kingdom, and Saudi Arabia, in order to destabilize Syria. Yet, both French governments under Sarkozy and Hollande are opposed to the same Islamist factions taking over Mali and other friendly nations in the region. Therefore, “the rent a terrorist” methodology is both chaotic and callous to the full.

The Daily Telegraph (UK) stated in late 2011 that “Abdulhakim Belhadj, head of the Tripoli Military Council and the former leader of the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group, “met with Free Syrian Army leaders in Istanbul and on the border with Turkey,” said a military official working with Mr Belhadj.”Mustafa Abdul Jalil (the interim Libyan president) sent him there.”

Of course, since this time it is clear that the rat lines have intensified against Syria. However, it does highlight the strong connection between the CIA, Libya, France, Qatar, Turkey, Saudi Arabia and the United Kingdom which have enabled countless different Islamist terrorist factions to spring up in Syria. Also, it is further evidence that outside nations have been involved in the crisis from the start and that they have instigated the horrendous bloodshed. Similarly, the growing strength of powerful Islamist factions is enabling many Al Qaeda splinter groups to grow in power. This means that just like in Iraq where Islamist terrorism was rare during the rule of Saddam Hussein – the same Islamist terrorist reality entered Syria just like it did in Afghanistan in the 1980s and 1990s. Of course, each time this reality only emerged once the former leaders were toppled or during toppling them because prior to outside meddling the Islamist terrorist angle was minor in scale.

The New York Times commented in June 2012 that “A small number of C.I.A. officers are operating secretly in southern Turkey, helping allies decide which Syrian opposition fighters across the border will receive arms to fight the Syrian government, according to American officials and Arab intelligence officers.”

“The weapons, including automatic rifles, rocket-propelled grenades, ammunition and some antitank weapons, are being funneled mostly across the Turkish border by way of a shadowy network of intermediaries including Syria’s Muslim Brotherhood and paid for by Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Qatar, the officials said.”

Meanwhile in Mali it was stated by Bill Roggio in The Long War Journal that “…the al Qaeda-linked Movement for Tawhid [Unity] and Jihad in West Africa, which controls Gao, announced the creation of the Abdullah Azzam, Al Zarqawi, and the Abu al Laith al Libi battalions, as well as the Martyrdom-Seekers Battalion. These battalions join the previously established Osama bin Laden Battalion.”

“As the Islamist alliance advances southward, the international community continues to sit on its hands. In mid-December, the UN approved the formation of an African military force called the African-led International Support Mission in Mali, or AFISMA, to retake northern Mali from al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb and allied Islamist groups. But the AFISMA force of about 3,300 troops is not expected to deploy until sometime in September 2013 and funding for AFISMA has not been established.”

This means that the crisis in northern Mali reached a new dimension after the demise of Gaddafi because various Islamist factions filled the vacuum. Yet while nations like America, France and the United Kingdom are opposed to these Islamist terrorist networks in northern Mali. The same nations are still manipulating and working together with many rat lines in Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, and Turkey, in order to destabilize Syria. Yet just like the Afghanistan issue in the 1980s and 1990s continues to haunt parts of Pakistan and modern day Afghanistan; the very same nations appear to care little about blowback and utilizing terrorism despite not being able to contain this reality afterwards. It also implies that American and British troops are just fodder for respective American and British governments. After all, in Afghanistan they are fighting former allies meanwhile in Syria both governments are working on the same side with Islamist terrorist networks which killed thousands of allied troops in Iraq.

In an earlier article about Libya, Mali, and Syria by Modern Tokyo Times it was stated that “The ‘bomb democracy’ Western and Gulf policy in Libya brought on the massacres of black Africans, killing of Gaddafi loyalists and created a “new society” based on disorder which is currently ongoing. Indeed, the chaos which is engulfing Libya is now destabilizing Northern Mali and creating problems for Tunisia. This destabilization is based on vast quantities of military hardware being available and more dangerously the Salafi ideology is spreading because of money from Saudi Arabia and Qatar.”

“Turning back to Libya and Northern Mali then currently Salafist organizations are intent on destroying all Islamic thought patterns outside of their “blinkered monoculture,” which thrives on hatred and fear. Indeed, in Syria video evidence survives which makes it clear that the Western and Islamist “marriage of convenience” is now spreading this dangerous ideology within this country. Therefore, mainstream Islam and religious minorities have much to fear in Syria. However, like usual political leaders in London, Paris and Washington will support any form of barbarity providing it meets their geopolitical ambitions.”

Therefore, the intended Islamist terrorist network was openly installed into full play against Gaddafi in Libya. This meant that NATO, Islamist terrorist networks, insurgents, mercenaries, covert operatives and powerful media outlets in the West and Gulf region all worked together against Gaddafi. However, the unintended northern Mali happened just like the ongoing crisis in Pakistan and the failure to turn off the Islamist terrorist angle in Afghanistan, which had been supported in the 1980s and 1990s. In Iraq “a clash emerged within friends” because clearly Saudi Arabia disapproved of the loss of Sunni power. Given this reality, Saudi Arabian jihadists represented the highest figure of international jihadists who went to Iraq in order to kill American, British and other allied troops – alongside the usual carnage and terrorism which followed. Currently the destabilization of Syria is still ongoing whereby the usual forces have joined forces once more despite differences within the intended terrorist networks which should be supported.

Overall, the policy of supporting “intended” and “unintended” Islamist terrorist networks is sadly becoming all too familiar. Likewise, after more than 40 years of meddling in Afghanistan and spending trillions of dollars you still have mass chaos, persecution against women, daily terrorism, rampant corruption, narcotic issues and apostates face the death penalty. Similarly, this reality created a nightmare for Pakistan and greater militancy is zapping the energy of this nation state which can’t control its border areas. In Iraq the power vacuum enabled Islamist terrorist networks to flourish after untold numbers were killed by sanctions prior to the invasion. Today this nation faces daily terrorist attacks and is a failed state whereby sectarian issues and ethnic issues remain unsolved. Libya also is currently a failed state whereby various militias rule the roost and Sufi shrines are now fair game. Meanwhile, Mali is now being dragged into the endless failures of interventionist policies whereby Libya created a vacuum for Islamist terrorist networks. Also, the ongoing meddling in Syria means that this multi-religious and multi-cultural society is being destabilized by barbaric forces which support sectarianism, terrorism, sedition, and Islamist indoctrination. These collective realities mean more failed states, fresh opportunities for international terrorist networks, vast numbers of people being killed, the increasing marginalization of religious minorities and the deteriorating reality for women which face many heavy burdens following the Western and Gulf alliance of collective chaos.

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http://moderntokyotimes.com/2012/12/22/mali-un-intervention-based-on-western-and-gulf-supported-chaos-libya-and-syria/

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Boutros Hussein and Lee Jay Walker

Modern Tokyo Times

The stark reality of the New Year is that Islamists will continue to kill in the name of Allah in many nations just like usual. In Syria radical Islamists are killing minorities and mainstream Sunni Muslims, who don’t follow their creed of hatred. Meanwhile in Pakistan it is open season against killing charity workers, health workers and burning people alive who allegedly blaspheme against the prophet of Islam.

Pakistan and other nations including America, the United Kingdom and Saudi Arabia supported Islamists against communist Afghanistan in the 1980s and early 1990s. The consequences of this are still reverberating today. However, the so-called elites in the above named nations have literally “gotten away with mass murder and chaos.”

More alarming, the same destabilization processes which were used against Afghanistan by supporting international jihadist networks in the 1980s and early 1990s is now being used against Syria. This means that mainstream Sunni Muslim clerics are being killed in Syria by international jihadists and indoctrinated Islamists at home. Therefore, the same forces which enabled September 11 to take place are once more involved in supporting radical Sunni Islamism in the Levant.

Of course nations like America, France and the United Kingdom are trying to cover their collective tracks. Yet their collective cover is blown because these nations are not putting pressure on Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Qatar to stop funneling resources, military hardware and creating many terrorist rat-lines in order to enter Syria. On the contrary, the usual players are delegating many intricate webs in order to destabilize Syria and clearly they all know that Islamists are filling the vacuum.

However, the massacre of charity workers by Islamists in Pakistan is a stark reminder that once the “Islamist genie is out,” then it is difficult to put it back in its bottle. Of the seven charity workers that were killed in Pakistan it is known that 6 were women. If Syria is anything to go by then the same Islamists will have probably been chanting “God is great” before killing women in cold blood – and the same applies to the death of the male charity worker. After all, in the world of “year zero Islamists” then killing in the name of Allah is all that matters irrespective if they are killing Muslims or non-Muslims. All that matters to these Islamists is death and destruction.

Prior to nations supporting international Islamists in Afghanistan in the 1980s and early 1990s, then the indoctrination of Salafi Islam and other radical conservative versions which hate diversity were on the back-foot. However, once the leaders of America, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, the United Kingdom and other Gulf states supported Islamic jihadist movements then a barbaric reality entered the vacuum. The consequences of this are still reverberating today and this applies to endless massacres against Shia Muslims in Pakistan, persecution of non-Muslims, enormous discrimination against Ahmadiyya Muslims, attacking teachers who want to educate women and a host of other barbaric realities.

In Syria you have daily terrorist attacks and the secular nature of this nation is under threat. If things reach the same climax then this nation is going to be damaged for decades to come and sectarianism and Islamist indoctrination will turn the clock back. Yet many of the same nations which have created countless vacuums in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya and created blow-back in Pakistan and of course enabled September 11 to take place; appear to care little because they are now involved in supporting sectarianism, terrorism and sedition against secular Syria. Also, for other nations like Mali and India then they have been victims of the terrorist networks which have been unleashed in the past by the axis of America, Saudi Arabia, the United Kingdom and other nations already mentioned.

The murder of the latest charity workers in Pakistan alongside the image of a Syrian soldier being beheaded while Islamists encouraged a child to hack at his head – highlights the pure brutality and hatred of these religious fanatics. Yet for too long many nations have worked collectively with the same Islamist networks when the time suited. This is the case once more in Syria therefore the deaths of these charity workers in Pakistan can be traced back to the same nations which supported international jihadists in the 1980s and 1990s. Likewise, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and several Gulf states have enabled Islamist indoctrination to spread far and wide. Meanwhile so-called democratic nations in the West are allowing the petro-dollars of Saudi Arabia and several Gulf states to indoctrinate in Western nations.

Several weeks ago health workers were killed by Islamists in Pakistan. It was stated in an article by Modern Tokyo Times that “Given this reality, then the criminal act in killing health workers on the grounds of jihad, sums up the warped logic of a religious movement which is intent on crushing all alternative thought patterns. In a world based on logic, then these health workers would be praised for dedicating their lives for the good of humanity. Yet logic within the mindset of Islamic jihadists is not only thin on the ground but it is equally neo-primitive to an extreme.”

“However, if we turn the clock back to the early 1980s then nations like America, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and the United Kingdom supported radical Sunni Islamists against communist Afghanistan. This meant that special operatives from within the CIA representing America and the ISI from Pakistan, and other operatives from nations like the United Kingdom, enabled international Islamists to get a foothold in Pakistan and Afghanistan. The upshot of all this is that a nightmare was created and today the world is witnessing this ongoing nightmare.”

Today another innocent seven people were killed by Islamists on the grounds that they were going to teach women and to help people who badly need support. These individuals in normal societies would be praised but in parts of Pakistan they are hated by Islamists. Yet when democratic nations condemn this attack, then the nations supporting the destabilization of Syria should take a good look in the mirror. After all, in Syria the same Islamist forces are encroaching on the “Muslim light of the Levant.” If Islamists win then indigenous Islam, Christianity and the Druze faith will all face a very bleak future in Syria. After all, Islamists care little about civilization and different thought patterns – instead they want a “year zero Islamist Islam” based on supremacy and hatred. Therefore, why are major Western nations in cohorts with nations like Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states – and why don’t they ever learn?

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Jibril Khoury and Lee Jay Walker

Modern Tokyo Times

The conflicts in Afghanistan, Bosnia, Kashmir, Kosovo, Libya and in other parts of the mainly Islamic world, or where you have Muslim and non-Muslim fault-lines, appears to have one binding factor. This applies to Western backed support for Islamists alongside using proxy outside nations to fulfill geopolitical ambitions. On top of this are powerful factors in the mainly Muslim world in nations like Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Qatar and other Gulf nation states which have either shared interests, or which encourage America, France and the United Kingdom to do their bidding – or to work collectively in order to spread Islamism.

In all the above mentioned places you will have a host of various factors and each conflict will be seen differently through the prism of different ideas. Syria is currently facing this shared attack between powerful dominant Sunni Muslim nations and hostile Western nations including America, France and the United Kingdom. However, the one binding factor is that in Afghanistan, Bosnia, Kashmir, Kosovo, Libya and now Syria; is that outside nations instigated the delicate internal mechanisms in order to unleash Islamism, terrorism and attacks against the ruling power mechanisms.

It mattered not if Hindus were cleansed in Kashmir or Alawites are being hanged and beheaded in Syria. Likewise, it matters not one jot if international terrorism is united in order to do the bidding of Washington, Riyadh, London, Ankara, Paris, Doha and other nations involved in the terrorist and destabilization rat-lines.

Prem Shankar Jha, The Hindu newspaper in India, comments about the shared dualities of Kashmir and Syria. He states that “But while nearly everyone wanted a change, almost no one wanted it at the cost of a violent disruption of their lives. In neither case, therefore, was the state the first to resort to violence: On the contrary, both insurgencies had to be stoked, so the first to pick up the gun were the insurgents. In Syria this was done by Salafi/Takfiri Islamists who crossed the border from Jordan in March 2011 and holed up in the Omari mosque in Dera’a before launching targeted provocations, and attacks on police stations and government offices.”

It is important to note that Kashmir and Syria were destabilized by Islamists using Pakistan and Jordan respectively. In the case of Syria, it is difficult to believe that America, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and the United Kingdom intelligence agencies weren’t involved in the chain of events which took place in March 2011 in Syria. After all, Jordan is within the collective remit of all the above named nations. Similarly, in Kashmir it is clear that Pakistan stoked up the crisis and like usual the angle of America, the United Kingdom and Saudi Arabia pops up again.

Prem Shankar Jha also comments that another parallel with Kashmir “…is the intervention of hostile foreign powers bent on converting a domestic upsurge demanding political empowerment into a movement for secession or regime change. In Kashmir, Pakistan did this by disarming the JKLF cadres still in training in Muzaffarabad in 1990 and creating the Hizb-ul-Mujahideen. In Syria, Turkey and Qatar are funneling money and battle hardened jihadis to start a sectarian war that will overwhelm the state.”

“Last and most important, like New Delhi, Damascus has been trying to prevent civil war by offering the insurgents the alternative of the ballot box. Mr. Assad began, on his own, by lifting all controls on the Internet in January 2011. Over the next six months, he first tried to negotiate peace with the Sunni zealots in Dera’a by sacking the governor and releasing 260 prisoners and 16 clerics, and promising to repeal the Emergency Laws and the ban on political parties that had been in place for 48 years. He fulfilled his first promise five days ahead of schedule on April 20 and his second three months later in July.”

However, while nations like the Russian Federation, Brazil, Iran, and others, supported a political solution to the crisis in Syria it is clear that the enemies of Syria upped the ante and began many terrorist rat-lines. Therefore, Turkey became a major player because the Erdogan government sensed an opportunity to install a compliant Sunni Muslim dominated Sharia state. The same applies to Saudi Arabia, Qatar and other nations in the Gulf.

In Bosnia it was reported that over 8,000 international jihadists entered this nation in order to do the bidding of Washington, London, Riyadh, Tehran and Ankara. Turkey was once more dreaming about its historical legacy and Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states were enticed by creating majority Muslim states in Europe. In Bosnia the Serbs were facing the might of NATO, international jihadists and the involvement of many hostile nations. America even allowed Iran to fly aircraft into the Balkans in order to support Islamist factions within the Bosnian Muslim forces. It somehow escaped the world that Yugoslavia was trying to preserve the mosaic of various different ethnic and religious groups while outside nations supported religious sectarianism and nationalism. Naturally, this in time spearheaded Serbian nationalism but just like Syria it was outside nations which began to carve up Yugoslavia.

Kosovo and Libya followed the same model because Libyan rebels and the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) sprung up from virtually nothing. Likewise, the Free Syrian Army (FSA) which is an amalgamation of many various factions came from nothing overnight. Yet clearly the speed of Islamist forces in Bosnia, developing a powerful Croatian military unit, the growth of the rebels in Libya, the rise of the KLA in Kosovo and the overnight creation of the FSA in Syria were well orchestrated – just like what happened in Kashmir when Pakistan was given the green light to create mayhem against democratic India.

The Council on Foreign Relations states that “Militancy in the disputed region of Kashmir has been major fuel for discord between India and Pakistan since the 1980s. Attacks in the region began to increase in scale and intensity following the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, when foreign insurgents flooded the region to join the Afghan Mujahadeen. The majority Muslim region has its own local militant groups, but experts believe most of the recent Kashmir and Kashmir-based terrorism has been the work of foreign Islamists who seek to claim the region for Pakistan. A spate of Islamist cross-border attacks into Indian-held territory, the December 2001 storming of the Indian parliament in New Delhi, and the 2008 Mumbai attacks have all reinforced Kashmir’s standing as the significant bone of contention between India and Pakistan. Both states have nuclear weapons, making Kashmir one of the world’s most dangerous flashpoints.”

Prem Shankar Jha in another article about the crisis in Syria in the early period of April 2011, states that “the U.S. has been fully aware of the presence of al-Qaeda in the so-called Free Syrian Army since April 20, 2011 when Jihadis captured a truck (or Armoured Personnel Carrier) near Dera’a, and killed all the 18 or 20 soldiers it was carrying not by shooting them but by cutting their throats in the approved Islamic manner. A few days later, the U.S. ambassador in Syria, Robert Ford, called some of his colleagues in Damascus, including the Indian ambassador, and told them that al-Qaeda had arrived in Syria.”

“April 20, however, was only the beginning. All through the summer and autumn of 2011, and throughout 2012, videos posted by the rebels themselves showed that the armed opposition in Syria has been sliding inexorably into the hands of radical Islamists. Thousands of foreign fighters have poured into Syria from Libya, Tunisia, Egypt, and places as far apart as Pakistan and Chechnya. Syrian television broadcast interviews with numerous young men captured in Homs and elsewhere, who gave graphic descriptions of how they had been recruited by al-Qaeda to fight for Islam against a heretical regime in Syria. The rebels themselves have posted YouTube videos showing them executing captured Syrian soldiers and civilians in the approved manner.”

“But the Obama administration has steadfastly chosen to believe that the jihadis make up only ‘a tiny fraction’ of the Free Syrian Army, and has continued to provide FSA with logistical support, that is, satellite-based information about Syrian troop and VIP movements, and look the other way while Qatar and Saudi Arabia have provided it with guns and mounted pick-up trucks, mortars and RPGs.”

Ironically, the main stumbling block for America is not supporting the Islamist sectarian side which includes Al-Qaeda, but it is history and the need to manipulate the media. After all, Al-Qaeda and the Saudi Arabia angle involving September 11 is clearly obvious and also in Libya this year several American personnel were killed by similar Islamist forces. Therefore, it is very difficult for the Obama administration to be seen to be working hand in hand with the same forces which killed thousands of American troops in Iraq, did September 11 and killed Americans in Libya. Likewise, American troops are being killed in Afghanistan by Islamist factions including the Taliban. This means that media manipulation and covert operations by America, France and the United Kingdom must be very delicate in order to achieve their collective goal of overthrowing the government of Bashar al-Assad.

In modern day Syria it is clear that the FSA and various Islamist factions working within the FSA or individually – have been, and continue to be, involved in horrendous massacres. Indeed, some Islamists are even teaching children to behead captured Syrian soldiers and then they circulate their evil crimes against humanity. The silence of the international community when terrorist attacks are killing civilians is shaming all the nations and media agencies which are siding with the objectives of Ankara, Doha, London, Paris, Riyadh and Washington.

The Syrian armed forces continue to remain loyal to the Syrian government and people of this nation. Therefore, despite all the barbaric realities being installed against this nation the military have somehow managed to preserve all major cities from being taken over by the FSA and various Islamist factions. However, outside nations which are hostile to Syria are still supporting sectarian, international jihadists and sedition against this nation. Indeed, it is clear that outside nations are intent on upping the ante despite the daily terrorist attacks, beheading individuals and hanging people openly in order to install terror in the hearts of Syrians.

Turning back to an earlier Modern Tokyo Times article about Bosnia it was stated that “The Bill Clinton administration gave the “green light” for international Islamists to enter Bosnia and Kosovo. In time this would manifest itself with the brutal September 11 attacks against America and other international terrorist attacks like Madrid. Bill Clinton isn’t the only American leader to “support international terrorism from a distance” but clearly it is no coincidence that conflict in Libya, and now in Syria, bare all the same hallmarks of “a marriage of convenience.” This certainly leads to the suspicion that the Clinton family – this time Hillary Clinton along with the “dark shadows” of people like Zbigniew Brzezinski – are following the same ratlines in Syria which have been used in Afghanistan, Bosnia, Kosovo and Libya.”

Further down in the same article it was stated that “The bottom line is simple. September 11, and the ratlines that did this, were the same individuals who were fighting on the same side of America in Afghanistan, Bosnia, and Kosovo – Simply put, no Bosnian Orthodox Christians and communists in Afghanistan did September 11. On the contrary, individuals involved in September 11 were on the same side in Afghanistan, Bosnia and Kosovo – yet this question remains unanswered. Likewise, no accountability! Put frankly, without past American administrations supporting Islamic terrorist ratlines either covertly or by doing nothing to stem the flow of Islamists, then September 11 would never have materialized.”

“It is dangerous therefore to see America once more moving in the same direction related to Syria. The Clinton family connection and the shadows of people like Zbigniew Brzezinski are very troubling because the same modus operandi is happening once more against the people of Syria. Therefore, the lessons learnt from September 11 have been lost and individuals within the chain that enabled this tragic event to happen have escaped their past deeds.”

Overall, Syria needs real support from friendly nations in order to stop the usual collusion between Islamists, Western powers and nations like Turkey, Saudi Arabia and several Gulf nations, from destroying an independent nation state. After all, look at modern day Afghanistan, Iraq and Libya because various factions exist and terrorism is a daily reality in Afghanistan and Iraq. Similarly, look at the reality for Hindu minorities in Kashmir and Orthodox Christian minorities in Kosovo because both can’t freely move around these entities. This means that it is imperative to stop the usual “failed domino system” from destroying secular Syria.

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