Adil Najam
LATEST DEVELOPMENT: Following a gun-battle early morning on Sunday that left three of teh hostages and foru terrorists dead, teh remaining 25 hostages have been freed. Details, from The News:
Operation against terrorists in GHQ has entered into last stages and 25 hostages have been freed. According to sources, 25 hostages have been freed, three hostages were martyred and four terrorists were killed after successful operation in GHQ. According to DG ISPR, Athar Abbas, operation against terrorist was launched early today at 6 am. “After the successful operation 25 hostages have safely been freed, while four terrorists were killed.†A terrorist was wearing suicide jacket to blow himself up causing maximum damage in case of operation, Athar Abbas added. Meanwhile clearance operation in the Head Quarter is continuing.
Earlier Post: In the latest horrendous development in the ongoing war against Pakistan, a planned terrorist attack on the Army General Headquarters (GHQ) has left at least six Pakistani soldiers and four attackers dead. A hostage situation continues with the attackers having taken more than ten military personnel hostage.
Coming a day after a heinous attack in Peshawar that left 49 Pakistanis dead, including little children and women, and less than a week after an attack on a UN office in Islamabad that the Taliban have taken responsibility for, this is also seen as an attempt by the Taliban to reassert themselves after recent setbacks in the Swat region and the death of their leader Baitullah Mehsud.
According to a report in The News:
About 4 to 5 terrorists in a security office near second GHQ check post are holding 10-15 people, including security and civil personnel, hostage after the attempted attack on GHQ, DG ISPR Maj. General Athar Abbas said on Saturday. Security personnel have surrounded the office, ISPR added.
Earlier, six terrorists attempted to launch an attack on GHQ which was foiled by the security personnel. Four terrorists were killed while two escaped from the scene. Six security men including a Brigadier and Lt. Colonel were also martyred in the incident. Six terrorists in army uniform attempted to get entry into GHQ at 11:30 am on Saturday from gate no 1. When stopped by security officials, they reached at check post no 1 and opened fire on security men after taking positions after leaving the car. Four terrorists were killed and two fled during trade of fire between security officials and terrorists. Army gunship helicopters started hovering over the area for vigilance. The commandos seized the bodies of terrorists and shifted them.
The DG ISPR confirmed killing of four terrorists whereas six security personnel including Brigadier Anwar and Lt. Col. Wasim were also martyred in the operation. Two terrorists managed to flee. The security men later found that the escaped terrorists took shelter in a nearby security office which is now surrounded by security forces. The ISPR said that more than two terrorists are in the security office where several security personnel are held hostage.
Here are more details, as reported in Dawn:
Heavily-armed militants tried to storm Pakistan’s army headquarters Saturday, with six soldiers and four militants killed in an audacious attack near the capital Islamabad, officials said. Six insurgents armed with automatic weapons and grenades shot their way through one check post in the garrison town of Rawalpindi, before being stopped by security forces at a second post. Two militants have fled, officials said.
Pakistan has seen a surge in attacks blamed on Taliban militants in the past week, as the insurgents vow to take bloody revenge for the death of their leader Baitullah Mehsud in a US drone missile attack in August. ‘The terrorists were wearing army uniform and were armed with sophisticated weapons and grenades,’ army spokesman Major General Athar Abbas said on state-run television. ‘They came in a van and tried to enter from gate one to gate two in the sensitive area. They were stopped and now the situation is under our control,’ he said in a separate interview on private TV channel Geo.
‘The fighting is over now. The situation is under control.’
His deputy Colonel Attiqur Rehman told AFP: ‘Six soldiers were martyred in the attack.’ The firefight came a day after a car bomb attack blamed on the Taliban killed 52 people in the northwest city of Peshawar, and as the military readies for an offensive against militants in their northwest tribal stronghold. Another military official in Islamabad said there were at least six attackers in the assault on the heavily-fortified army command centre.
‘There were at least six attackers. Four were killed. Two are still missing. The hunt is going on,’ said the official with Pakistan army’s media wing. He blamed the Rawalpindi attack on Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), the umbrella militant movement based in the mountainous, semi-autonomous tribal belt that runs along the border with Afghanistan. Soon after the attack, army commandos encircled the area and helicopter gunships flew overhead.
An AFP journalist at the scene of Saturday’s gun battle reported that the firefight lasted about an hour and a half, with helicopters ferrying the dead militants away after the battle ended. Witnesses said that the militants hurled hand grenades, with one man saying five explosions rang out amid the gunfire. ‘A car was signalled to stop outside army headquarters,’ local police officer on the scene Amjad Ali told AFP.
‘The occupants opened fire and threw grenades at security guards who retaliated.’ Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani strongly condemned the attack, a brief statement issued by his office in Islamabad said. The military is wrapping up a fierce offensive against Taliban militants in the northwestern Swat valley launched in April, with the army now poised to begin a similar assault in the lawless tribal belt.
The Taliban had already claimed responsibility for a suicide attack on Monday on a UN office in Islamabad, which killed five aid workers. Taliban militants holed up in the northwest tribal belt have been blamed for a string of attacks and suicide blasts that have killed more than 2,100 people in the last two years, with 12 blasts hitting Islamabad alone. Several bomb blasts in the past two-and-a-half weeks in the northwest have killed dozens, with the Taliban threatening to unleash bigger assaults. There was a lull in bomb attacks after Baitullah Mehsud’s death in an August 5 US drone strike, but analysts had warned that the new Taliban leadership would likely be keen to show their strength with fresh, dramatic strikes.
Fuzair, it has nothing to do with religion. It’s manipulating the innocents to use them for someone’s hideous purposes. Extremism is bad in every sense but saying Allah Hafiz in place of Khuda Hafiz doesn’t come under extremism. Do you think that all hindus are extremist cuz they say namastay? People with fanatic beliefs about religion, patriotism, heros etc are all extremist and they will do anything for the things they believe in.
I agree fuzair… and not just in Pakistan, the Saudis throw money all over the world, and they have been so successful that their brand of Islam is now de facto, standardized, run-of-the-mill Islam, while on closer reading it is a horrible mutation of the faith… even apart from the political aspect of it, theologically it rejects all the contributions made by Imams and scholars of various schools of thought… they have gone to the extent of publishing known scholarly books with modifications they have themselves made to the texts to strengthen their claims…
Our people are very quick to talk about so-called Jewish conspiracies, American conspiracies, Hindu conspiracies, Masonic conspiracies, Martian conspiracies and what not, but in the meantime, the grand Saudi conspiracy to establish their mutant strain of Islam as the standardized version has succeeded spectacularly… it is high time we denounced the Saudis as the kernel of evil from which the evil we see marauding through Pakistan every day stems from…
And while we are at it, we can denounce in no uncertain terms, that charlatan some people portray as a great scholar: Abu Al-Ala Maududi…
No, the root cause is the Saudi promotion of a virulent brand of Islam and our own desi Arab wannabes who approve of it. Case in point, all of those that say “Allah Hafiz” instead of “Khuda Hafiz.”
I salute to the brave jawans of Pakistan Army.May God protect our country from the evils of taliban.
Subject Peace and Prosperity
Dear President Barrack Obama
The Great Leader of the World
I Agha Dilbar have sent Mr. President 100 registered research Letters (1000 new ideas to develop America and to Change the World for Peace and Prosperity) through Embassy of USA Islamabad till today and also direct sent these registered Letters to Whitehouse Washington DC 20500.These letters have been written on the guidelines of CHANGE WE NEED. And these letters are about the Common Men Problems of respected American Peoples and their Solutions. To end, Economic Recession, Unemployment and to Finish War, all round the World for Peace and Prosperity. In these letters I have sent one thousand new scientific Planning /Suggestions, about every walk of life for Peace through Friendship Progress and Prosperity all over the World.
Dear Barrack Obama, the Great Leader of the World, my Friend, my Brother, Provide
an opportunity to Agha Dilbar to pay an Official Visit to America, that we two brothers can sit together and by halting this horrible war(In this war 1-million peoples have died from 9/11 till today, if this war continues, it will become the 111- World War.200-Million people would die, if 111-World War is triggered) can take out 6.5 billion people of the World from abyss of destruction and then put them on the road to Progress and Prosperity.
Dear President Barrack Obama considers, from 9/11 till today, America has conducted
many war operations in connection with War on Terror, resulting the circle of war has spread hundred times. Millions innocent persons have died. Many
More have been rendered homeless. One Lak (10000) war affected youth joined the army of Al-Qaida and Talban by the help of anti American countries have begun gorilla war in a horrible manner. It is the result of wrong war strategy. I Agha Dilbar desire to solve all above mentioned problems in a meeting with President Barrack Obama by adopting new revolutionary planning by bringing an end to present gorilla war in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan. In the result the World can enter in a peaceful, advanced and progressive world, May it be so.
I Agha Dilbar have a new War Strategy to achieve success through Table Talk between Talban, Pakistan and American Govts. 90% of Talban that are fighting against Pak Army belong from Swat and Tribal Areas of NWFP. I can provide America all realistic facts in such manner that their implementation could convert these Talban into Patriotic Citizens of Pakistan. In this War Strategy Pakistan Gov will never send his Heavy Artillery, Tanks, Cannons and Air craft in war. In this way 5-million persons will never Displaced. In the end Talban by their will handover, their Weapons to Pakistan Gov, they will come to Table Talk and Suicide Bombing will come to an end in Pakistan. Through this War Strategy Pakistani and American Govts can save expenses
on war. Through this planning American and Pakistani Govts can utilize their saving on war budgets for development of Schools, Hospitals, Colonies, Markets, Roads, Bridges, Dams, Canals and Industries of Swat and Tribal Areas of NWFP that are war affected. On account of present war strategy, Billion Dollars are being wasted yearly.
This war can cause Fall of America instead of continuation of war, my best suggestion for America must keep his Supper Power on the World and should conquer the World instead of war, but by his No-1 scientific technology spending on agricular, trade, education, scientific development and tourisim,all round the World. Making an end to Economic Crisis in America.
A new Global Package is being offered for your kind honour.America will have to make complete and final announcement that in future all Multinational American Companies to get free land on 20-years lease and will set up under the BOOT agreement (in undeveloped and poor countries) factories, mills five star hotels, schools, colleges, universties, hospitals, air companies, shipping companies, latest railway, bus transport and steel mills. All these companies will be bound to handover without any cost to to underdeloped and poor countries well as their machinery and transport after 20-yaars. A new suggestion in connection with Global Peace is offered that in return of export American Agriculture and Industrial Products, will give his 50% prophet to the exporting countries and utilize as Aid on the development of agriculture, industry, trade, education and tourisim.This suggestion, macking an end to American Economic Crisis and get full support to enhance his Foreign Public Relations. May it be so?
To make successful American Foreign Policy on Global Level the following planning
is put before:
a) America will have to provide free scholar ships at least to ten top master students (in each country) of medical and science in underdeveloped and poor countries of the world.
b) Highly educated and well trained one hundred cultural groups (each group contains 100 persons) will have to arrange one hundred cultural shows for three months in big cities of underdeveloped and poor countries.
c) America will have to arrange exhibitions through his Embassies for his latest products, in the underdeveloped and poor countries .All these mentioned above industrial exhibitions will be arranged continuously for two months. In the above mentioned exhibitions present products will be sold except export order booking. In mentioned above exhibitions, American Cultural Programmed show will have to arrange and American Traditional Dishes will be kept for sale. In these exhibitions American Tourism Stalls will also be set of.
A new revolutionary planning is being submitted for facing unemployment and economic crisis in USA.
The federal gov of USA must bring its action for increasing agriculture production and eradication of dearness, following project.
1) The gov will announce positively the relief on incometex, 25% reduction on. Rates of electricity and petrol.
2) In USA latest industrial zones should be established for national and foreign investors. In such zones industrial plots developed in ranging 10-kanals to 100-kanals.
3) Latest agriculture forms and fruit forms should be established in USA.
4) Latest poultry forms and animal forms should be established in USA.
5) Feed mills should be established in USA.
6) In USA latest sugar mills, textile mills and paper mills will be set up.
7) In USA latest shoes, tires and tubes factories should be established.
8) Latest industries for manufacturing cars truck loaders tractors will be established.
9) Latest industries for manufacturing for production of fertilizer and insecticide in USA.
10) Latest medicine laboratories must be established in USA.
11) Steel mills equipped with latest scientific technology must be set up.
12) Latest computer industry must be established.
13) Latest mobile industry must be established in USA.
14) Latest multipurpose engine industry should be established in USA.
15) Latest furniture industries should be established in USA.
16) Latest electronic and sanitary industries should be established in USA.
17) Latest super stores should be established in USA and in such super stores all articles, small and large scale must be sold on the prophet of 10% only.
I Agha Dilbar have sent Ten Million research Peace Letters to International Community from 9/11 incident till today. This letter is my Great Peace Mission plan which is continued. Present Global Economic Crisis is the result of War on Terror. This Crisis if further accelerates could initiate a 111-World War. Please hear my Voice of Truth; I can save the World, for my Great Peace Mission, with the help of President Barrack Obama, Peace and Prosperity.
Mr. Barracka Obama you are not only the Leader of America, you are Great Leader of the World. In this connection I am waiting for your Email response, dated 2.10.2009.
Please Confirm.
Thank you, God blesses you and God bless America.
Agha Dilbar (founder)
International Revolution Movement
64-neelum block ait Lahore (Pakistan)
Phone 0092427830084
Cell 03224628349
Email aghadilbar4@gmail.com
This Open Letter has been sent One Lak (100000) to International Community for the welfare of Humanity till today. I Agha Dilbar authorize Newspapers, Magazines, Internet, to Publish and Radio, T.V. Channels to broadcast this letter all round the World