Adil Najam
The cowardly suicide attack on the Danish Embassy in Islamabad which has led at least eight people dead is not just an attack on a foreign embassy in Pakistan, it is an attack on Pakistan.
There is and there can be no excuse for this dastardly action, and to make excuses is to become part of the apparatus of validating the terror itself. There are those who will make misplaced claims about this being an act of ghairat (honor). Let us be very clear, this is a bay-ghairat (dishonorable) act, no matter what the concocted excuse or justification might be.
The Associated Press pictures above (and below) tell the story of hate and destruction; here are the details, from The News:
The death toll in a huge blast near Danish embassy in F-6 II area in the Red Zone of the federal capital Islamabad on Monday has reached to eight, while seven wounded said to be in a critical condition. The car blast near the Denmark embassy damaged a boundary wall of the building, while nearby UNDP office premises were also damaged in the blast. According to sources 10 to 15 kilogram explosives were used in the blast, which also shattered the vehicles parked in the area. Huge clouds of smoke were seen over the area. The blast created four feet deep crater sources said. Police have cordoned off the area to collect evidence about the incident. Relief operations were underway and the wounded being transferred to hospitals.
While leaders in Pakistan as well as Denmark have condemned the dastardly act, we the people of Pakistan also need to condemn and be outraged at this. These acts of venom and hate are being done in our name. And no matter what the cause we need to stand up and say that this cannot, must not, be allowed to happen in our name.
This is just the latest in a string of hate blasts across Pakistan, including in Islamabad. We at ATP have been worried and have been warning against this culture of violence that has been festering in Pakistan. ATP commentator Deeda-i-Beena has provided some thoughtful ideas of steps that can be taken to begin addressing this cancer. It is time we think of them seriously.
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EXCELLENT POINT by “Liberal Elite”. Thank you.
You are right. Lets focus on who is systematically killing Pakistanis and Muslims in Pakistan.
Two groups - BOTH RIGHT WING CONSERVATIVES - are in the business of systematically killing Pakistanis and Pakistani Muslims. First, George Bush and his Neocons who send these drones and this senseless policy of war. Second, Pakistani religious fanatics who are also conservative and right wing who support suicide bombers and justify and defend them and actually the suicide bombers themselves are right wing nuts and conservative.
So the real axis of murder are the right wing conservatives of the world. I am also a Liberal. I condemn BOTH. The Right Wing Conservatives who sends the drones to kill Pakistanis and the Right Wing Conservatives who send the suicide bombers to kill Pakistanis.
Machil Kahn blabbers: “Obviously the acts of killing innocent civilians with bombs stamped “unfortunately the liberal elite of Pakistan doesn’t have the guts to condemn.”
I can’t figure out these guys who think they KNOW what other are thinking. I guess they think they are God or something. I guess the ONLY WAY you could know if in fact the “liberal elite” (whatever the hell that is) don’t have the guts or not woudl be if YOU were a liberal elite yourself.
So, Mr. Liberal Elite Machil Khan Sahib. I don’t know about you but I am a liberal and I STRONGLY CONDEMN the US attacks.
In fact, the ONLY PEOPLE in the world who condemn these attacks are the LIBERALS. The conservatives and neo-conservatives actually like throwing the bombs… its the LIBERALS who are against the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and Pakistan and are out on the streets all over the world condemning these killings and wars.
The RIGHT WING is always more interested in killing people. The Pakistani Right Wing does this by supporting the suicide bombers and being suicide bombers, in USA the Right wing (Bush and friends) support killing of Muslims abroad… in a way The PAKISTANI RIGHT WING and the US RIGHT WING are BOTH in the business of killing Muslims, the PAKISTANI RIGHT WING is much worse because they kill and they support the killing of their own people!
Kabir,
Obviously the acts of killing innocent civilians with bombs stamped “Made in the U.S. of A” are cowardly and dastardly, acts unfortunately the liberal elite of Pakistan doesn’t have the guts to condemn.
Suicide attacks in Pakistan are in general cowardly, (a) because most of the time the targets are innocent civilians and bystanders and (b) by nature killing others by way of committing suicide is cowardly. This is not the Jihad that Islamic History is rampant with. Battle field warfare was manly, it required skill, it required bravery and guts. Those who fought for Muslim causes fought with swords and guns. They fought the enemy neck to neck, they accepted defeat if it come otherwise they enjoyed victory and thanked the Creator for it. What we see today is individuals waving the banner of Jihad but they don’t have the guts or bravery to fight for their rights and lives in the proper respectable way rather they choose the easy way of blowing themselves up. This is probably why they are not respected by the proper religious Muslims and the irreligious.
Of course the killing of innocents by US drones is also cowardly and dastardly. And while I get as angry at that as these cursed suicide bombers, those are no justification for killing more Pakistanis!!!!!
How is killing more innocent Pakistanis a justification or a revenge or a reaction or anything to the killing of innocent Pakistanis!!!!!
Kabir Das…
both are cowardly…
However, in light of the context of the relentless onslaught that we face from the Mullah…your question is completely besides the point…
So the Mullah has struck again…
and lo and behold done nothing more than spill Innocent Pakistani Blood…
The Mullah Mentions Iraq…Palestine…Afghanistan…and then goes and kills innocent Pakistani’s who just happen to be standing at the wrong place at the wrong time..makes perfect sense doesnt it??
Shame on all those pathetically immoral souls here who are even trying for a minute to justify this act…
and as a side note…please all those amongst us who were salavating at the thought of ‘peace deal’s (read surrender deal’s) with the evil Mullah should take a step back and analyse the results..such good the negotiated peace has done us…
it is clear that the bearded brigade has not declared any end to the attacks on innocent Pakistani’s….(please refer to recent act in Mardan as well)…
so what now chums?? elected government is negotiating with them…Musharraf is no more in power…
so much for the intellectually bankrupt theory of ‘Of if only Musharraf would go…milk and honey would start to flow yet again..’…so much for defeatist tripe…a nation reduced to cowering before uneducated animals trying to convernt the country to their ‘CULT’..i am ashamed to no end at this….as we all should be ashamed…
expecting people who would pervert the Word of Allah to justify anything to keep their word….brilliant…
IN case there are yet people out there who are ignorant of the enemey that we face…the enemy that wants me to keep my daughter uneducated and my son vulnerable to polio….should take a look at this clip…and see the face of true evil..evil that grows within us at frightening pace and grips our society like a vice..
http://youtube.com/watch?v=MxmZZa__XUk
Allah keep us all from the Mullah…Aameen..
I don’t see anyone calling missile attacks from drones killing innocent children
Kabir Das because that is done by America, the Vatican of enlightened leftists of Pakistan. They know well that the day they say anything against US(their Godfather), the US officials will kick on their back and deport to the land which they ran away long time back. They usually close eyes if kid is killed in tribal area because the father of the kid had beared and wears shalwar above ankles. In short they are educated yet illeterate that they can’t hide their ignorance and hypocrisy even if they try!
I often wonder if such acts are indeed cowardly. If this is a cowardly act how come I don’t see anyone calling missile attacks from drones killing innocent children, women and men cowardly. Will someone please answer this question for me before I proceed further on this issue.