Political Issues - English PDF
Political Issues - English PDF
Political Issues - English PDF
Introduction
This book covers seven issues of the most important occupied Muslim countries, as it
is the case at the end of the first quarter of 1425 Hijri year, about the mid of 2004 CE,
ie 1/3/1425 AH 21/5/2004 Ac. These countries are: Palestine, Kashmir, Chechnya,
Afghanistan, Cyprus, South of Sudan and Iraq.
This is not a historical book about these countries, though it is not free of history. It is
not also study of the geography of the mentioned countries, though it includes some
of it.
It is a reminder to Muslims that their countries are slashed from their sides, rather
from their heart and centre.
It is a reminder to Muslims that nations compete over them, not because they are few,
rather because they were stricken by the wahan, which is love of the dunya and hate
for akhirah. Otherwise, they count many.
It is a reminder to them that they became underneath the nations, after they were at
their head. They became at the margins of the world events after they used to kick off
and direct the events.
It is a message for them so that they remove away the darkness of the corrupt
civilization of the West and its vile culture by the light of the shining and radiant
civilization of Islam; for there would be no darkness wherever light exists.
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Furthermore, this book is a cry sent to the hearing of Muslims that three arrows had
caused the loss of their country:
The first arrow, which had the greatest portion in this loss, is the treason of the
Muslim rulers, beside their loyalty to the infidel imperialists.
The second arrow is the silence of Muslims about accounting their rulers, challenging
them and changing of them.
The last arrow, whose portion in this loss is the least, is the arrow of the open infidel
enemy.
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It is moreover, a call and appeal to Muslims so that they listen to the call of appeal
sent by women, old and children, regarding the violation of honour and sanctities and
regarding the various atrocities committed in the prisons.
It is a call to the blood so that it agitates in the veins, to the hearts so that they become
full with rage; thus they become firmly resolved, have far-reaching aims, and their
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PALESTINE
Palestine started as a jewel in Muslims history since Allah (swt) linked it with His
Holy Mosque (in Makkah) with one bond, when He (swt) carried His Messenger
(saw) by night from the Holy Mosque to Al-Masjid Al-Aqssaa. Allah (swt) says:
"
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Glorified be He Who carried His servant by night from the Holy Mosque (al-masjid
al-haraam) to the Far Distant Place of Worship (al-masjid al-aqssaa) the
neighbourhood of which We have blessed. [TMQ 17: 1]
Thus, He (swt) made it a blessed land. He (swt) had tightened Muslims hearts to the
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In the same year, in 2/11/1917, English gave a promise, which they named (Balfour),
after the name of their foreign minister at that time. In that promise, Britain pledged
to help Jews to occupy Palestine and create a state for them there.
By the end of World War I and after the elimination of the Khilafah state, the
victorious states formed (the League of Nations), which in turn forced British
mandatory authority over Palestine in 1922 so that Britain realizes Balfour promise to
Jews.
Britain started to take measures that help Jews to immigrate to Palestine from every
corner in the world; it started to train them and provide them with weapons. The
United Nations organisation was created after World War II, where resolution
number 181 was issued by the General Assembly of the UN in 29/10/1947. This
resolution divided Palestine between its people and those who aggressed on it. Britain
paved the way completely and then decided to hand over most of Palestine to the
Jews and to establish a state for them. It generated a play for achieving that; where it
created a formal war between the puppet Arab rulers, who were then seven, and the
Jews, under the pretext of preventing the Jews from establishing their state. This
meant to show at the end of the war that the Jews have defeated the seven Arab
armies. Thus they gave to the Jews, stricken with humiliation and wretchedness, a
glory of power and bravery, which never suited them. Palestine was rather given as a
grant by the retreating agents, so that the Jews can declare after that they resisted a
war waged by seven armies. It is the war that they called Independence war. Finally a
state for them was declared in 15/5/1948.
The infidel states then accelerated their recognition of this ugly state. The major
powers at that time, namely America, Russia, Britain and France competed with each
regarding recognition. Later on the infidel, colonialist and influential states in the
region, particularly Britain and America competed in drawing plans for the issue of
Palestine, which they called later on (the crisis of the Middle East). All of these plans
were laid down to serve the interests of these states through embracing the Jewish
state and giving it a weight more than the weight of all other states in the region.
The infidel west has achieved many goals through their embrace of the Jewish state
and planting it as a poisonous dagger in the heart of Muslim lands. These are some of
these goals:
1)
They created an alien body between the Muslims in the region, which hinders
their continuity and distances their unity.
2)
They preoccupied the region with struggle with Jews and made them forget
their original struggle with the infidel west, which destroyed the Khilafah.
Before Jews were helped to have a state in Palestine, struggle was between
Muslims and the west. After Jews occupation of Palestine, struggle was
focused on this usurping entity, and it diminished with those who created this
entity.
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3)
They got rid of the Jews problems in their own country, because Jews are
distinguished for their corruption and perversion wherever they settled down.
The American president, Benjamin Franklin, had taken notice of this matter
when he gave a word in the foundation conference of the American
constitution, in 1789, as advice for the American people. He said: (There is a
great danger that threats the United States of America, which is the threat of
Jews. Wherever they settled down they degrade the ethical standard and
decrease the standard of trading trust .They suck blood and blackmail
wealth I warn you gentlemen that if you did not drive away the Jews
completely, then your children and grandchildren would curse you when you
are in your graves..).
Thus the infidel west created this cancer body in the Muslim lands. After that,
there was a violent international struggle over Palestine, between the states of the
infidel west, particularly America, Britain and then Europe. This struggle
extended from Palestine to include the whole region. This is because Palestine
remained alive in the hearts of Muslims, and a centre of influence in the
neighbouring Arabic countries. Rather, struggle expanded to reach the remaining
Muslim lands.
After the division resolution of 1947and establishing in 1948 the Jewish entity that
occupied Palestine, the international resolutions continued with common criteria
in all of them, which is the preservation of the Jewish entity and providing it with
all means of power. This is regarding the Jewish side. As regarding the Arabs side,
the resolutions came as human solution for the issue of the refugees, where they
have to live, and their relationships with the countries they emigrated to. All of the
resolutions set out of these two factors: the Jewish entity is an accomplished fact
that cannot be touched; rather, every effort should be done to have Arab rulers
recognition in it, and the human rights of Palestinians through solving the refugees
issue, their settlement in the remaining part of Palestine or the Arab countries and
their relationships with them.
If the 29/11/1947 resolution of division was the legal basis for the Jewish state,
then its acceptance as a member in the United Nations in 28/3/1948 was the
international legal authentication of the Jewish state.
Britain, which is known of its wicked political cunning, viewed the necessity of
creating a secular and democratic state over all of Palestine, ie in Palestine
occupied in 1948 and that which remained of it, namely the West Bank that was
annexed to Jordan, and Gaza strip that was under the Egyptian administration. It
wanted all of these parts to be one Palestinian state, based on democratic basis,
similar to Lebanon. Thus, the authority in whole Palestine would be to the Jews,
who would associate with them some Muslim and Christian ministers. This state
that would be actually governed by the Jews becomes a member in the Arab
league, and thus becomes accepted by the region. The English considered this
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solution a guarantor for keeping Jews as effective factor in the region. However, if
they were separated in one state for them only, then they will remain viewed by
Muslims as enemy, and they will be destroyed as it happened with crusaders,
sooner or later. Many of the Jew politicians were convinced of this view and they
strived for it. Britain used to pave the way for this solution by concluding peace
between Jews and Arab rulers in the region, who were mostly her agents. Then
after concluding peace, the issue will be sorted out according to the mentioned
plan.
However, the diplomatic representatives of America in the Middle East met
together in Istanbul in 1950 under the chairmanship of George Maggie, who was
then the foreign minister deputy for the Middle East affairs. After that meeting,
America decided to use all of her weight in the region, and to address the hot
issues, in separate of Britain and instead of her. These are some of the decisions
taken in that meeting: (To encourage the United Nations for implementing the
division of Palestine into two states, one is an Arab and the second is Jewish; and
solving the issue of refugees). America started the course in this plan by
convincing the Jew politicians that having a Jewish state is better for their survival
in Palestine than to be integrated with others and thus disseminated in them, which
finally brings Arabs authority in Palestine. However, the political influence of
Britain on the first Jew politicians such as Ben Gourion, and the ambition of these
Jews to dominate over whole of Palestine did not help America, at the beginning,
to proceed effectively in her plan.
In 1959, at the end of Eisenhower administration, America forcefully adopted its
plan with some detail. This can be summed in creating an entity for the
Palestinians in West Bank and Gaza strip, making al-Quds international and
solving the problem of the Palestinian refugees by returning a small part of them
to the occupied Palestine under the authority of Israel and giving compensation for
their majority beside their settlement outside Palestine. Abdul Nasser, the main
American agent in the region was delegated to implement this plan. It was also
delegated to the other American agent in Iraq, Addul Karim Qasim who called for
creating the Palestinian republic and arming the people of Palestine to deliver their
land. They made contact with the High Palestinian Commission and embraced it.
King Sa ud, who was also an American agent, was charged to make contact with
king Hussein and impose pressure on him to proceed in this plan. The media
started to call to this plan in a noticeable way. However, king Hussein did not
accept the plan and opposed it based on recommendation from the English.
America started to exercise pressure on Jordan. The Arab League called then for a
meeting in Shtura, in Lebanon, in 1960, where, under great pressure, the Jordanian
Prime Minister, Hazza al-Majali, agreed to the American plan. This means he
agreed upon creating a Palestinian entity in the West Bank. However, the
agreement of Hazza al-Majali did not materialize because he was murdered after
that.
When Kennedy came to power in 1961, he sent his well-known letters to king
Sa ud of Saudi Arabia, Abdul Nasser, the Egyptian president, Abdul Karim
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Qasim, the Iraqi president, Hussein, king of Jordan and Fuad Shihab, the Lebanese
president. America undertook to finance the refugees issue and solve the issue of
river Jordan waters. An Arab summit was then held in Cairo in 10/6/1961. This
summit increased pressure on Jordan to make it accept the view of a Palestinian
state. On the evening of the summit day, the American Ambassador in Amman
held a meeting with Bahjat Talhooni, the Jordanian Prime Minister to make him
agree to the Palestinian entity. But king Hussein called upon Talhooni and
threatened him, and thus he again foiled the American plan and frustrated the
summit.
Thus, the American attempts continued for creating a Palestinian entity in West
Bank and Gaza strip, besides establishing an international entity in al-Quds. All of
these attempts failed because they were rejected by the English and king Hussein.
This is because their plan was to establish one secular state in Palestine dominated
by the Jews, which will enter into distinct relations with Jordan. After that the
Palestinian Liberation Organisation (PLO) was created under the chairmanship of
Ahmad Shuqairi and by the support of Jamal Abdul Nasser in the Arab Summit
that was held in 1964. The aim of the PLO was to try to separate the West Bank
from Jordan and create in it an independent Palestinian entity, besides an
international entity in al-Quds and Bethlehem.
The British answer to these American plans and attempts came in 1964 and 1965,
at the hands of the Tunisian president, Al-Habib Burqeebah, the old English agent.
He called to create one secular entity in whole Palestine, which is based on
sectarian balance, where the Jews naturally represent the majority in it. The Arab
states were divided between these two plans: the American plan that calls to create
Palestinian entity separate from Jordan and Israel, and the British plan-Burqaibah
project-that calls for one secular entity, which depends on sectarian balance, on
the model of Lebanese entity.
Tthe Egyptian role, which represents the American policy in the Middle East,
increased due to the rise of Abdul Nasser s influence, such that the English and
their agents took the defence position. The Arab masses rejected the plan of
Burqaibah, besides Nasser s campaign intensified against king Hussein and the
British policies in the Middle East. This pushed Britain to arrange an Arab Israeli
war in the region, where king Hussein would concede West Bank to the Jews so as
to escape the pressure imposed upon him for establishing a Palestinian state on it.
Thus, king Hussein provoked Abdul Nasser so as to associate him in the war and
implicate him in it, because he was not prepared to engage in any war with Israel.
King Hussein intended to give Nasser a great blow so as to reduce the American
pressure imposed on him, which is represented in the rising power and popularity
of Nasser. Some military operations were carried out against Israel before the war
so that Israel takes these as a ploy to enter war. He provoked Nasser, who did not
expect the size of the Israeli military attack against Egypt. So he closed Teeran
straits before the Israeli shipping in the Red Sea and expelled the International
Forces. Israel used this as an excuse and thus waged an extensive war against
Egypt, Jordan and Syria in June 1967. It resulted in the fall of West Bank, Golan
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Heights, Gaza strip and Sinai in the hands of the Jewish entity within six days.
The Jew leaders presented themselves as victorious over three Arab armies, and
ultimately showed Israel, in their view, as invincible. However, they are well
aware that their victory was not due to their power; it was rather due to the
defeatism and conspiracy of Arab rulers. This is clear in the lack of preparation for
war by the Egyptian regime, the withdrawal of the Jordanian regime from the
West Bank and its surrender to Jews, and the announcement made by the Syrian
regime of the fall of Qunaitrah, which was behind the Syrian army lines that was
still fighting in Golan; this led to its confusion and withdrawal.
This forged war was considered a great turning point in the Arab-Israeli struggle
in the region and in the initiatives afterwards for its solution.
The talk before the war was about creating a Palestinian entity and an international
Quds, but after it talk became about removing the effects of aggression. Matters
froze up, and Israel managed to swallow West Bank, Gaza and Golan. Thus talks
focused on the withdrawal of Israel from the territories occupied in 1967.
Resolution number 242, known for play and manoeuvre in its wording was issued
by the Security Council. It called upon Israel to withdraw from (territories) it
occupied during the war. America started to concentrate on solving the
relationship between Israel and Egypt, which is considered more urgent in her
view. The Palestinian file was thus left aside, and America started to prepare for a
new war to move the peace process and to cement her influence, which was
shaken in her main basis in the region, namely Egypt, which received fatal blows
in the war and it lost Sinai.
It was only after few years that America managed to ignite a limited war between
Egypt and Syria on one side and Israel on the other. War of October 1973 was a
tactical war that led to signing Camp David treaty between Egypt and Israel in
17/9/1978. This came after an introduction represented in the visit of the Egyptian
president, Anwar Sadat to occupied Quds and delivering a speech in the Israeli
Knesset in 1977.
After Egypt had signed Camp David treaty, Israel withdrew from Sinai and
returned it back to Egypt; on condition it is stripped of weapons and has multi
national forces under American leadership, so as to guarantee removal of Egypt
from the battle. Thus, Israel was contained from the southern side, and on the
other side, confidence was restored in her agent, Anwar Sadat, ruler of Egypt, who
had lost his popularity before the Egyptian people.
After peace with Egypt was concluded, the American weight increased in the
region, and her activity moved to the Northern front. America advised Israel to
subdue Lebanon and throw PLO out of it. Thus, 1982 war took place, where Israel
invaded Lebanon and forced Arafat to leave Lebanon to Tunisia, under the Israeli
military pressure and the American diplomatic pressure. Before his departure, a
delegate from the American Congress came to Beirut and divested from him an
explicit recognition of the Jewish entity so that this becomes introduction to
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concluding peace with the Jews. In 25/7/1982 Arafat signed what was known as
Makloski document, in which Arafat said: (The PLO recognizes the right of
existence to Israel). The American Congress member, Makloski read the
document before the journalists in presence of Arafat. He sad: (Yaser Arafat
signed today on a written document, in his capacity as PLO chairman. The
document states that PLO accepts all UN resolutions regarding the Palestinian
issue). By Arafat signature on this document, he would have given up the English
view regarding the one secular state that is built on sectarian balance in Palestine.
He would then have made the first step towards the American plan that calls to
creating a Palestinian state alongside the state of Israel.
The second step came in the National Palestinian Assembly held in Algeria in
October 1988 and also before the UN meeting in Geneva in December 1988.
Arafat gave speech in the two meetings that the idea of one Palestinian state on the
land of whole historical Palestine has finished and that dream came to an end. He
said he accepts creating a Palestinian state on the Palestinian territories occupied
in 1967; and he declared the creation of the Palestinian state on paper.
King Hussein was obliged in the same year, in July 1988 to agree to the
administrative and legal separation between Jordan and the West Bank, which was
a sign of his acceptance to the creation of a Palestinian state on it.
Britain and Europe have agreed as well on the idea of creating a Palestinian state.
Thus, the American plan got the upper hand over the British plan, whose mention
dwindled and its influence weakened, except some heresy from Qaddafi, the ruler
of Libya. He started at the beginning of the 21st century to talk about the old
English plan as solution to the Palestinian issue, which is one state in Palestine for
the Arabs and Jews. He, however added to it a new flavour by deriving a new
name to this state, which is Isratin, ie it is derived from Israel and Filistin. Nobody
took notice of his two novelties: the novelty of the name and the novelty of
reviving the British plan after its death.
After the second Gulf war, America gathered all the sides in Madrid Peace
Conference in 1991, and forced them to follow courses in accordance with the
American solution. However, Britain undertook its last attempt to obstruct the
American plans, in coordination with the leaders of Labour ruling party in Israel,
namely Rabin and Perez. It managed to conclude Oslo accord in 1993 between
PLO and Israel. This accord was an attempt from Britain and Europe to bypass the
idea of Madrid conference, which America put as a basis for the solution after the
second Gulf war in cooperation with the leaders of the Jewish entity and the
leaders of PLO.
Arafat came to the West Bank and Gaza, based on this accord, and he was allowed
to establish a Palestinian authority that has no real sovereignty that was rather to
Israel. However, America managed to change this accord into time-consuming
and complicated negotiations, controlled by America so as to guarantee there is no
any solution except in accordance with the American standards.
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reoccupy the areas, which were put under the PA administrative authority, such as
Jericho, Jenin, city of Gaza and Arrabah; and it used excessive violence against
the Palestinians. Israel used the tanks, helicopters and Israeli fighters for imposing
its authority over these cities. The size of the barbaric crimes committed by
Sharon became quite obvious; so America feared this might have effect on her
preparations for aggression against Muslims (Afghanistan and then Iraq).
Therefore, it wanted to calm down the situations, thus she showed again her
interest in the region. She declared in October 2001 that which she called
(Initiative of New Middle East). It aimed from that to win the support of the Arabs
to America s war against terrorism.
The paper called Israel also to reoccupy the Palestinian territories and search for a
substitute to Arafat, besides developing a new stronger relationship with the USA
based on self-sufficiency and mutual interest. It seems Ihud Barak and Sharon
used this political paper as a real road map for Israel. Later on, Eliot Abrahams,
the head of Middle East Section in the (American) National Security Council, was
charged with preparing the Road Map. Eliot has also played a great role in
pushing Bush to accept Sharon plan of withdrawal. During some weeks of
diplomacy, Condaliza Rice and Eliot played an effective role in supporting the
view of Sharon for strengthening the future of the Jewish state.
Secondly: It is the PLO and Palestinian Authority mentality of concession. Jews
have noticed they gained new concessions through their escalating crimes. The
PLO conceded Palestine of 1948 and demanded of that of 1967. Then it demanded
of the majority rather than all of Palestine of 1967. Thus it continued in giving
concessions, to the point that which it considers nonnegotiable today changes
tomorrow. The rerun of refugees (to their lands) that was considered red lines, not
one red line, PA started to draw back from it indirectly, then explicitly. In
1/12/2003 the PA, shyly but publicly signed Geneva document. Abu Ammar sent
to Geneva his security adviser Jibreel Rajjoob and state minister Qaddorah Faris
together with a word given in the name of Abu Ammar, the head of the PA and
chairman of the PLO, in the conference held for taking signatures on the
document. This means the PLO officially accepted Geneva document. Thus, the
refugees right of return did not become nonnegotiable, and not a red line; it rather
changed into yellow or green.
There is a third factor added to these two factors, which are the unlimited support
to the Jewish state by the new Conservatives in the American administration and
the continuous concessions given by the PLO and consequently by the PA. It is
the disgraceful and shameful position taken by the Arab rulers. Egypt and Jordan
have official agreements with Jews, besides open embassies with them. They have
mutual visits and normal rather distinguished relations. There are other Arab states
that have open roads to Jews under different names such as trading office, human
office, economic or sports conferences, etc, like Qatar, Morocco and Oman. The
country of least naturalization with the Jewish state is that which recognizes it
practically but without an official announcement, so it negotiates with it and
recognizes its entity. This means there is no any Arab country that considers Israel
as an illegal entity that must be destroyed because of its occupation of Palestine
and its various crimes that reached humans, trees and houses, and that we are in a
real state of war with Jews till its occupying entity is eliminated and Palestine
returns to Islam lands. Therefore, the Arab states, since the first summit they held
in Cairo till the last one in Tunisia, they do not scratch rather than upset an enemy.
The Saudi initiative in Beirut Summit recognized the Jewish entity and wasted
Palestine, exactly the same as any other initiative presented by America or Europe
for the support of Jews. Arab states are not against the Jewish state, and nor they
are neutral. The rather effectively contribute in proposing initiatives for the
interest of Jews there. They even help to rescue the Jewish state when it falls in
any predicament. The shuttle visits of the head of Egyptian Intelligents
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Arab rulers considered the Road Map as a victory, despite its iniquity, for it
alluded to a state. However, the points that came in the stages of the Road Map
make this state a name without substance.
As for Europe, it grabbed the plan, which thus became an international map for
the four great parties: America, Europe, Russia and UN. Meetings were repeated
for its study, and the envoys started their trips between the PA, Europe, UN and
America.
Despite all of that, America was not serious concerning its implementation. She
was completely busy with her aggression against the official regime in Iraq, and
with the predicament, which the heroic resistance in Iraq put her in. So, America
was preoccupied with a subject, which is more important to her than the Road
Map. Therefore, she left the verbal discussion interact in the region about the
Map; while the actual action was troops of American army and their allies moving
to Iraq, in a warm war, which flares up again every time it cools a while.
As for Jews they realized the lack of seriousness of America regarding the
implementation of the Road map, at least in the current term of Bush
administration. This is because America is preoccupied with its dilemma in Iraq
and she is in a year of elections. Therefore, they put fifteen reservations against
the map, such that these reservations made of it not executable. They continued in
committing their barbaric crimes under the name of fight against terrorism in
Palestine. Despite that, talk continued about the map loud and low, but in vain,
because it was in origin designed to achieve the well known saying (I hear roar
without seeing grinding).
America became preoccupied in the dilemma in which she fell in Iraq. Her main
concern became the protection of her soldiers from the resistance because of her
occupation of Iraq. She left the subject of Palestine, militarily to Sharon, and
politically to the interactions of the Road Map, though she knew it was born dead
from the first moment. This situation continued till Sharon presented his plan from
one side in April 2004.
Sharon concentrated in his plan on unilateral withdrawal from Gaza and made that
his main concern. As a way of throwing dust in the eyes, the subject of withdrawal
from Gaza was followed by insignificant one in the West bank (four insignificant
settlements), besides effectively annexing the main settlements in the West Bank
to the Jewish state. Thus, the withdrawal mentioned in the plan was from Gaza
strip. So, Sharon managed to transfer the issue mainly to Gaza, following the Jews
style in transferring the issue gradually from the whole to the part and then to part
of the part. The issue at the beginning was the (stolen Palestine of 1948), which
changed to the (West Bank and Gaza of 1967), and then it became (parts of the
West bank and Gaza of 1967), where it finally became Gaza only. Mention of the
four marginal settlements in West Bank can hardly be considered inclusion of the
West Bank, as a whole, in the plan of Sharon.
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Sharon paved the way for his plan (unilateral withdrawal from Gaza strip) by
visiting Washington in April 2004. He got everything he wanted from Bush during
this visit. The American president, George Bush expressed his support to the plan,
which Sharon promotes. It requires unilateral withdrawal from Gaza strip and four
unimportant settlements in the West Bank. Bush described the proposal of Sharon
as historical and brave work .
Bush said in a joint press conference with Sharon in Washington in 13/4/2004 that
Palestinian refugees must be settled in the future Palestinian state, and not in
Israel. As service to the Israeli position, he gave great concession, saying the facts
on ground have changed regarding Israel s relinquishment of the Jewish
settlements in West Bank.
Bush said after meeting Sharon in the White House: (If the parties decided to
follow this plan (of Sharon), then this will open the way for progress, and put an
end to one of the most complicated conflicts in the world).
The American president added: (This might also lead to establishing a viable,
compliant and democratic Palestinian state).
Thus Bush settled the final solution issues, as they call, in accordance with the
wishes of Sharon.
Sharon said, from his side his plan (will create a better reality concerning the state
of Israel), and it can represent a basis for negotiations with Palestinians. The
Israeli prime minister said in 22/4 in the Knesset (that the American support to the
withdrawal plan from Gaza is considered unprecedented success. Since the time
we announced (the creation of) our state, we did not receive support similar to that
which president Bush expressed). He added that (the Palestinians realize that the
written pledges (of Bush) are the severest blow levelled at them since the
declaration of our independence) in 1948.
The Israeli prime minister added that he wanted to speed up building of the
security wall in the West Bank; and he reminded with the written pledges, which
the Americans undertook during his last visit to the White House.
By Bush s agreement to the plan of Sharon, he confirms America s absence of
seriousness regarding the implementation of the Road Map during the current term
of Bush administration. This is because, despite play with words, the plan blows
up the Map in many of its points. Had Bush been serious about his Map, he would
have not agreed to Sharon plan, and would have not said after his meeting with
Sharon in the White House: (If the parties decided to follow this plan (of Sharon),
then this will open the way for progress, and put an end to one of the most
complicated conflicts in the world). This means he abandoned his Map for solving
the problem, and that which solves it is (Sharon initiative).
This does not mean the Road Map is better than Sharon plan, rather they are worse
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of each other. Rather, this means Bush s proposal of the Road Map, for creating a
state, ultimately in 2005, was a laugh in the face of the PA and Arab rulers, so as
to tickle their emotions, where he knew they would accept any thing. When Bush
announced his ideas about the Road Map, in his speech of 24/6/2002, and he
announced it officially and handed it over to the PA and Israel in 30/4/2003, he
was only concerned about the interest of America and her war against in Iraq,
besides tickling the emotions of the PA and Arab rulers with honeysweet words.
Then he wanted to mislead Europe that he achieved to them that which they can
talk about, which is the solution of the Middle East crisis.
This lack of seriousness is confirmed by the hesitant position of the American
administration concerning the barrier wall, which indicates collusion between
Bush and his friend, Sharon in this issue. Therefore, no one in Israel dealt
seriously with the Road Map, because Jews knew Bush was not serious enough
regarding its implementation.
It seems the European countries felt they were misled and bypassed by the
American administration through its adoption of Sharon plan. This is because
Europe always insisted on a solution concluded by the concerned parties, under
the umbrella of the quadrant committee that takes custody of peace in the Middle
East. However, Europe that still dreams of an effective political role in the Middle
East, under the name of the European Union found itself marginalized and
abandoned, though it carries the economic burden of any solution imposed on the
region. Therefore, the European foreign ministers announced they would
endeavour to revive the Road Map through holding meetings with the four parties
that support the map, which are the USA, UN, Russia and EU.
Brayan Koyn, the Irish foreign minister, whose country presides over the EU in its
current term, confirmed after a meeting for the EU foreign ministers saying the
Road Map is the only political mechanism capable to achieve permanent peace in
this region .
It seems, however, Europe tried to save as much as it could, so it returned to
welcome with the plan of the Israeli prime minister for disengagement from
Palestinians, during the last meeting of the quadrant committee (USA, Russia, UN
and EU). It said that (it welcomes and supports this step that provides a rare
opportunity in the effort for bringing peace in the Middle east). This statement
indicates of some European submission to the American policy, so that Europe is
not left behind alone and does not leave room open for America alone. Therefore,
Europe accepted matters that disagree with the policy it already pronounced, and
instead agreed to and even praised Sharon plan for disengagement from the
Palestinians without negotiations, a matter that fundamentally disagrees with the
Road Map.
This is different to the position of Britain that complies with the American policy,
whatever it was, besides trying to obtain or defend some interests, at the same
time it keeps good relations with the EU. This position is represented in the
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mid eighties, the Israeli authorities dug artesian wells on the eastern borders of the
strip with Negev after conducting wide exploration operations of underground
water reservoirs and their trends underground. Since that time, Negev started to
flourish while the quantities of underground water in the strip started to diminish,
to the point that many of the artesian wells in the strip started to produce salt water
due to its advance for rplacing the fresh underground water. This is not a reversal
operation; which means if Israel stopped in future to pump water to Negev, the
water will still remain salt in the areas affected by saltiness, because the question
is connected with ions and chemical processes. It is also known that municipality
of Gaza city started, since the end of the eighties, to dig new water wells outside
its borders, specifically in the Northern areas that belong to the municipalities of
Jabalia and Bayt Lahia, to neutralize the salinity of its wells. The purpose of
mentioning this information about the problem of water in Gaza is to link it to the
secret appendices of Camp David treaty with Egypt. This treaty stipulated
supplying Israel with the Nile water through the (peace canal). If we took in
consideration that Gaza would not have any drop of fresh water by 2020,
according to the predictions, then this would be suitable reason for building the
(peace canal) to supply Sinai with Nile water, and extending that to Gaza strip and
Israel, under the pretext of Gaza strip and provision of Palestinians with water.
It is necessary to mention here a significant subject that Bush often called for the
change of the Palestinian leadership, claiming it is incapable to bring peace. He
called for brining an alternative leadership capable to take brave decisions that
lead to peace in the Middle East. Therefore, the American administration
exercised pressure on the PA to create position for a prime minister. This resulted
in bringing Mahmoud Abbas whom Arafat quickly got rid of when he realized that
he would try to dominate him in the PA by stripping him of his responsibilities,
particularly that related to the security dossiers and structures. Abbas intended to
assign these to Mohammad Dahlan, who was nominated to become interior
minister in his government. Therefore, Arafat replaced Abbas with Qurai so as to
guarantee his loyalty to him.
Arafat did not honestly comply with American plans for the Middle East, and nor
he was of her sincere people. He goes along with the English since the foundation
PLO. After the decline of the British influence in the Middle East, the English
advised him to comply with the American course. Therefore, he accepted a state in
West Bank and Gaza after he used to call for a secular state in Palestine for all the
religions of Muslims, Christians and Jews, in accordance with the British view, so
as to facilitate the acceptance of Jews in the region and their control over it.
However, his ties with Europe, particularly with Britain have never been broken.
Thus, America was not sure of the results of his compliance with her. Therefore
she announced the necessity of removing him as a leader to the Palestinians. And
she called for bringing a Palestinian leadership that does not only go along with
America but remains tied with Europe; it is rather tied to her alone. Jews followed
America s course in this matter. Thus, the idea of founding a prime minister was
an introduction to become the competent authority instead of Arafat. However, it
seems there are international circumstances, particularly European, that prevented
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America from effectively and fully changing him. She instead adopted decreasing
his authorities gradually. Had she been serious in executing this matter currently,
she would have done so; because the man is within the reach of the Jews, and it is
not difficult to fabricate a suitable theatrical operation for his removal.
Anyhow, Europe still supports Arafat; and his relationship with it, particularly
with Britain still remains; and the contacts of Europe with him still continues. The
question that arises now is: Can Europe continue in his support, and can it oppose
the wish of America if this wish became a serious decision? It is expected Europe
would not be able to continue that till the end, if America decided to realize her
mentioned desire. This is because there were many issues in which Europe
opposed America, but when America took the decisive decision Europe retreated,
particularly if Europe managed to reach an understanding with America that gave
it some interest when it went along with her. Therefore, the European support to
Arafat might dwindle if he became loser, and the gamble on him is also losing;
besides taking his side does not realize its interests.
It is noticed that the question of changing the leadership became debatable, and
the different (Palestinian) organizations rushed for solidarity with the symbol,
besieged president. In the ocean of these events Israel assassins many people, kills
humans and destroys trees and buildings. All of this takes place while the besieged
president is within its reach without being touched. This reminds of the story of
the disaster of June (1967) when the following statement was repeated: as long as
the leader, the chief is safe, then the country is good; even if most of the country
was occupied .
O Muslims:
Palestine cannot be liberated from the filth of Jews by rulers who succumb to the
enemy, and openly concede the sanctities of the ummah to them, all of this as
price for retaining disgraceful thrones and crowns. Likewise, an impotent
authority (PA) cannot liberate it. It is Omer who conquered Palestine; Salahuddin
is the one who liberated it from the crusades; so it is in need of people like the
descendants of Omer and Salahuddin to liberate it from the filth of Jews.
The issue of Palestine does not concern the people of Palestine or the Arabs alone.
It is rather an Islamic issue. It is simply an issue of a land and an issue of Islamic
sanctities robbed by the infidel Jews, with the support of the infidel superpowers:
America and Britain, and with the help of the agent Muslim rulers. Palestine is an
Islamic country; and it is the southern part of Sham area. Muslims conquered it
with their blood; so hardly you can find an inch of it without having the dust of the
horse of a mujahid, or blood drops of a shaheed. It is property of the whole
Muslims; and it is duty upon them to offer their souls and lives for regaining it.
Any concession of any inch of it is betrayal to Allah, His Messenger and the
believers. Allah obliged jihad upon Muslims for liberating Palestine from the
Jewish state, and for eliminating the Jewish entity from Palestine, besides
removing the control of America and all infidel countries away from it.
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This is the issue, and this is its reality. It has turned to become an international
field of struggle between America and Britain during many past decades. It
became one of the international issues after the downfall of the Ottoman state; and
the infidel western countries undertook the responsibility of reshaping the region
based on their perception.
People of Palestine were the food for this struggle during the past decades; and
they still pay of their blood and souls the price of achieving goals that often serve
the infidel colonialists.
The influence of America in the last decade of struggle in Palestine became the
strongest in the region, not only on her agents, but also on the British agents who
cannot confront her; and even if they confronted her they back off. The American
mark dominated the plans presented for the solution of the Middle East crisis. It is
noticed that America proposes the projects and plans, while the others take over
these projects and plans trying to solve them in accordance with their interests or
according to the level of struggle. As for the Arab rulers, they have no any role in
that except implementation. The superpowers: Russia, Britain and France try to
have a role through joining America in processing the American plans. Thus,
America proposes the plans first, and then the other countries take them over and
proceed with them. This is clear in terms of the Road Map, where America
announced it, and these states adopted it. These states acknowledged that their role
is to complete and facilitate the American role, rather than to be its alternative.
It is necessary to mention in this context the following:
The fact that America is superior internationally, that its influence is the strongest
in the region, and that the other major powers could not shift her from the position
of leading state.
That fact that Jews are the spoiled child of America, where she provides them with
weapons, ammunition, funds and even with men who carry the two nationalities.
The fact that the people of PA and Arab rulers fall in line with the infidel
colonialists in Europe and America.
All of these facts do not mean to succumb to America, and submit the capabilities
and resources of the Muslim lands to her disposal, particularly the issue of
Palestine, the pure and blessed land.
These also do not mean America is invincible and invulnerable. Rather, her men,
despite their amble weapons and developed ammunition, are not people of bravery
or challenge. Their failure to deliver themselves from their predicament in
Afghanistan and Iraq is good evidence. They lost the reputation they had, in the
battles of the heroine Faloojah. If this is the reality of America, how is then the
reality of those who are inferior to America like Britain or those dependent on
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And indeed, you are the uppermost, Allah is with you and He will never waste
your deeds . [TMQ 47: 35]
(2)
KASHMIR
India conducts its mad campaign against Kashmir, while repeating the tempo of
terrorism and terrorists, so as to place thick cloud on the issue. It wants some people
to think that Kashmir is one of the Hindus properties, and it is supposed to be under
their rule in the first place. The reply of Muslims in Kashmir to the aggression of
India against them is, in their view, considered rebellion against the Indian state,
which has the right of destroying them. Thus, they want to give false portrayal of the
issue. In reality, Kashmir is an Islamic land; rather the whole of India is an Islamic
land, which Muslims conquered and enlightened after it lived in darkness. The
authority of Islam continued in it till the middle of 19th century when Britain
aggressed against India and committed massacres and violations that reached
humans, trees and homes.
Kashmir is an Islamic land, which Muslims conquered and Islam entered towards the
end of the first Hijri century. This came within the conquests of Sind and Hind at the
hands of the Muslim General, Muhammad al-Qasim, which started in 94 AH
(712AC). Islam then spread in it and the remaining parts of the Indian subcontinent in
the time of the Abbasid Khaleefah, al-Mu tasim, 218-225 AH (833-839 AC). The
authority of Islam continued in it and the whole subcontinent, which is known today
as India, Pakistan, Kashmir and Bangladesh.
British invaded the Indian subcontinent in 1819, where it was faced with strong
resistance from the Muslims. The war continued with alternate success between the
Islamic authority in the subcontinent and invading Britain with the help of some kufr
forces of Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists and others. Britain could not achieve stability and
control over it except after 27 years of vigorous wars with the Muslims, ie in 1846.
Britain managed after that to extend its authority over the region, and divided it into
three parts: she directly ruled one of these parts, which represents 55% of the
subcontinent, and Muslims are majority in it. It ruled the other part through governors
of provinces that include Hindus and Muslims. These governors were appointed over
565 provinces of autonomy. The third part, which is Kashmir, it leased to a Hindu
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feudist for 100 years, in accordance with a lease contract signed in (Amstar), and
became known later on in the name of Amstar agreement. This agreement covers the
period between 1846 and 1946.
Thus, Kashmir, the Islamic land became governed by Hindus in accordance with the
mentioned lease agreement.
Kashmir is about 217,935 sq. km., surrounded by Pakistan, India, China and
Afghanistan. Its population are 12 millions; 85% of them are Muslims, while the
remaining 15% are of the other sects, like Hindus, Sikhs and Buddhists. The Muslim
conquerors called Kashmir the ceiling of the world or the garden of Allah on earth
because of its good climate, abundant forests and sources and the existence in it of
the highest (Himalayan) mountain peaks in the world. Kashmir is a country that is
rich with its waters and rivers, for it has the rivers of Sind, Jilhim and Ginab. Its land
is generally rises over the sea level by about (1200) m. It is crossed by the famous
Silk Road, and it is the only link between China and Pakistan. In 1983, sapphire and
ruby were discovered in it, a matter that increased India s obstinacy in the occupation
and constant domination over Kashmir.
This is Kashmir that was occupied by Britain, the criminal and belligerent state. It
usurped from its Muslim population and rented to a tyrant Hindu who was enemy to
its people. They come now to say that Kashmir is property of state of India, and that
the Muslims resistance against them is considered terrorism and aggression.
The Hindu Maharaja that governed Kashmir in accordance with the lease contract
made with the English had used all types of tyranny and torture against Muslims to
the point that one of his ministers resigned because of the horrible crimes committed
by the rule of the Maharaja against the people of Kashmir. That minister declared the
people of Kashmir are herded like cattle, and they are oppressed and suppressed
without being listened to by any official. He added the government in Kashmir is
completely isolated from the people. This is what the enemy say; so how is the fact
itself?
The Hindu rule in Kashmir used to defile the Muslims sanctities such as the Glorious
Quran and the mosques like it happened in 1931, when one of the Hindu security
officers defiled the Glorious Quran that led to the breakout of the Muslims uprising
there. The Muslims of Kashmir are known for their resolve and determination in
truth. One of their wonderful marks of their firmness is the incident of 13/7/1931,
which Muslims of Kashmir compare with the battle of Mu tah. In that day, many
Muslims of Kashmir met to announce their solidarity with a person called Abdul
Qadir Khan who gave a speech in the Friday prayer against the decisions of the
Hindu king, which were hostile to Muslims. A Hindu security officer stopped him
from giving the speech and he was then thrown in the prison. During the solidarity
meeting they held in the prison yard, the time of noon (zuhr) prayer came, so one of
them read the azan (call for prayer). The Hindu security forces shot at him
immediately and killed him. Another man stood up and continued in reading the azan,
but he was shot and killed. His companions stood up to continue reading the azan one
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after the other till 22 people were killed in this incident before the whole azan was
read.
Though the agreement expired, the Hindu ruling continued by the support of the
English, sometimes openly and sometimes secretly. In 1947 the English divided the
Indian subcontinent, apart from Kashmir, into two states: India and Pakistan, in
accordance with the population. However, the Hindu governor of Kashmir joined
India against the will of the Muslim population. It worth mentioning that when
Britain divided the Indian subcontinent between India and Pakistan, the British
ministerial mission confirmed in its memorandum dated in 12/5/1946, which was
directed to the governors of the 565 Indian provinces, that they have to abide by the
wishes of their people regarding the decision of their provinces unification with one
of the two states, India and Pakistan.
However, the unification of three provinces to Pakistan has been obstructed, which
are Hayderabad, Jonagra and Kashmir. The reason of this obstruction is that the
governors of provinces of Hayderabad and Jonagra were Muslims, while the majority
of their population were Hindu, so they were annexed to India. However, the majority
of Kashmir population were Muslims and its governor was Hindu, yet it was annexed
to India as well. The bias of the English towards the Hindus is the factor that enabled
India to annex the three provinces, particularly Kashmir, to it. This led to many wars
between India and the Hindu ruling from one side, and Pakistan and Muslims of
Kashmir from another side. Thus, India occupied two thirds of Kashmir (65%), while
another part (30%) remained with the Pakistani side; China took over (5%) of
Kashmir. This is the current situation of Kashmir.
At the beginning of the war, in 13/8/1948, the first resolution regarding Kashmir was
issued by the Security Council, which decided ceasefire and formation of
International Observation Force for the sake of the assurance of continuous ceasefire.
This was followed by another resolution for the withdrawal of the Indian and
Pakistani forces from Kashmir in preparation to conducting a referendum, in which
the people of Kashmir decide their final future. In 5/1/1940 India and Pakistan
accepted the resolution, however India rejected to withdraw. Then Jawaharlal Nehru
decided in 1956 to annex the part of Kashmir controlled by the Indian army to India,
and he lifted the Indian flag on top of the government offices, and considered it an
indivisible part of India.
In 14/2/1957 another resolution was issued by the Security Council that confirm the
necessity of the withdrawal of the Indian forces from the province. However, as
usual, it ignored the resolution, in collusion with Britain. Then it started to study the
styles and means that were used by the tyrants to attack Islam and Muslims, and to
seduce them from their deen, so as to use these styles and means in Kashmir.
Therefore, it sent in 1965 a delegation of experts to Spain so as to study the way
Muslims were eliminated in Andalusia after the fall of Granada. India entrusted also
its ambassador in Moscow to study the styles of eliminating the Islamic character
used by the old Soviet Union against the Islamic presence there. Then the Indian
authorities increased its cooperation with the Jewish state after it recognised it and
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accepted its seizure of Palestine, and started to study the Jews plans they used in their
massacres against Muslims. Their declarations have revealed this cooperation.
Benjamin Shan, a member in the previous government of Shamir said: (India and
Israel face a common danger, which is the Islamic fundamentalism in Palestine and
Kashmir. We understood how to deal with the Arabs and Muslims, and in turn we are
going to provide India with our experience in this field).
India persisted on using different styles in Kashmir so as to create there generations
detached from their deen, or ignorant of the proper understanding of their Islam. This
is because it believed it could remove Islam from Kashmir after some years.
However, the results were far from what they wished. Muslims increase their
attachment to Islam, and their loyalty to Islam strengthens after every vicious attack
the Indian authorities wage against Muslims, whether the attack was through
oppression, torture or any other devious styles of distortion and delusion.
India committed massacres in Kashmir in 1989 that resulted in the murder of 25
thousand shahid; then it followed these with other massacres in the following years.
The broadcast of the committee of Kashmiri Muslims relief announced based on
statistics obtained from UN sources, India media, International Media agencies and
from Kashmiri sources that the Indian authorities in Kashmir committed, since
January 1990 till December 1998, the following crimes:
63,275 shahid were murdered with gunshots.
775 people of politicians, ulema and imams of mosques were eliminated.
3,370 shahid were tortured to death.
81,161 people are locked in prisons without hearing in court.
This is in addition to incidents of violation of honour and sanctities, wounded and
lost, which count in hundreds of thousands. The reports of International organisation
are full of atrocities committed by India in Kashmir, like the report of International
Amnesty issued in 6/2/1999.
This is a part of the oppression and torture committed by the Indian authorities in
Kashmir. As regards the other styles of distortion and deception, the authorities
embarked on discontinuation of Glorious Quran and Arabic language teaching in the
state schools, besides introducing the Hindu language as compulsory language. Then
they used the media for carrying out intense campaigns against the Islamic values of
family and women dress. This was in addition to promotion of alcohols in Kashmir
and the laws of mixed marriage between Muslims and Hindus, followed by the
implementation of birth control plan through using surgical operations to the point
that the province of Kashmir known of its Muslim majority had won the highest
medal in birth control.
This is Kashmir that suffered and still suffers of the barbaric activities committed by
the Indian army and police against Muslims there. Its issue looks more similar to that
of Palestine. Hindus occupied Kashmir at the same period Jews occupied Palestine
and established a state for them there. The rulers of Pakistan have neglected Kashmir
in terms of its protection and liberation the same way the Arab rulers surrounding
Palestine did to Palestine.
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Pakistan remained for long period, from 1947, the year of division (of Indian
subcontinent) and independence (of Pakistan), till 2003, to call for the
implementation of the international resolutions and granting the people of Kashmir
their right of self-determination. However, India continued to reject these resolutions
the same Israel does. Then a change happened in the position of Pakistan at the
beginning of 2004, where Pakistan abandoned the negotiations based on international
resolutions and the right of self-determination, and accepted instead bilateral
negotiations with India with need of internationalising the issue. It further accepted to
give up Pakistan s conditions related to Kashmir s right of self-determination.
The reason behind the loss of Kashmir and abandoning the defence of its Muslims do
not cone from the weakness of Muslims in Pakistan. This is because they are capable
to regain it from India easily. It is rather due to the fact that rulers of Pakistan are
agents to America, which made them give to India continuous concessions regarding
Kashmir. Ayyub Khan waged a war in 1965 because of Kashmir, but he surrendered
to India three rivers that were Pakistan s share. As regards Yahya Khan and Zulfiqar
Ali Butu, they lost in 1971 East Pakistan that became Bengladesh. At the time of
Diyaa ul-Haqq, the Indians occupied the mounts of Siyanshin. At the time of
Nawwaz Sherif, the mujahisdoon and the Pakistani army were deprived of keeping
Kargil heights in 1999 after Muslims were about to realize victory. However, in
compliance with US orders, Nawwaz Sherif gave his orders to the army and the
fighters to withdraw. This was in support of Vajpayee, the Indian prime minister at
that time, and creating heroic popularity for him before his opponents of the Congress
party, on the account of Muslims blood.
Ultimately, and for the first time, giving the people of Kashmir the right of selfdetermination and their liberation from the authority of the Indians have been
abandoned, in the time of Prevez Musharraf.
The issue of Kashmir has been seriously submitted for discussion since Musharraf s
visit to America and his reception by Bush in Camp David in 24/6/2003, for that visit
was a turning point regarding the political and military action towards Kashmir. Not a
single ruler in Pakistan dared in the past to speak about a solution for Kashmir
through negotiation with India, in order to divide it. It was rather quite clear in every
political proposal about it before that all of Kashmir, which includes Azad Kashmir
that is with Pakistan, and Jammu Kashmir that is with India, becomes all of it
independent from India. India used to reject that and considered Jammu and Kashmir
are part of it, as it came in the declaration of Nehru in 1956.
Musharraf explicitly announced in that visit his approved a Road Map to solve the
issue of Kashmir, on the same model of Middle East. He added about his readiness to
give important concessions for reaching a permanent solution about Kashmir. This
proposal of concessions was given during discussions with American (congress)
representatives in Washington in 26/6/203, during that visit. He added by announcing
that he will stand in the face of the Muslim extremists , ie the jihadi groups in
Kashmir.
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So, Perevez Musharraf called, in 11/8/2003 for negotiations to solve the disputes with
India. The statements of Musharraf that emphasised his commitment to discussions
with New Delhi came one day after a statement given by Atal Bihari Vajpayee, the
Indian prime minister, calling for the necessity of stopping the blood shed between
the two countries.
The news agency of Reuters reported in 17/12/2003, after an interview with
Musharraf that he is ready to be brave and flexible regarding the peace efforts
between the two nuclear neighbours. Musharraf displayed in the interview flexibility
regarding Kashmir.He said that if we wanted to solve this problem, then the two sides
need to speak to each other with flexibility, disregard for the declared positions and
meeting in the midway .
After that Musharraf went on issuing laws, one after the other, for preventing and
harassing any opposition from the Muslims to the occupation of Kashmir by India. At
the end he met Vajpayee in 5/1/2004, where the practical foundations for negotiation
with India regarding Kashmir were laid down.
The close positions in negotiation between the two countries started to appear. Lal
Krisna Advani, the Indian deputy prime minister said in 12/3/2004 that his country
is ready to take and give, in attempt to conclude peace with Pakistan regarding the
area of Kashmir under dispute.
Then Vajapayee said on Friday 18/4/2004, within a rare proposal to Pakistan, that
dialogue is the only way to bring peace to Kashmir. Jamali rushed to welcome this
call, saying that this represents a positive development . Zafarallah Jamali, the
Pakistani prime minister, welcomed the proposal for holding talks regarding
Kashmir, which was presented by the Indian Prime Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
Jamali informed the media correspondents in Islamabad, saying: The position of
Pakistan is still as it was. However, once the negotiations started .there will be
flexibility from both sides .
India and Pakistan had resumed in 16/2/2004 the dialogue that was disrupted between
them when the tension reached its climax two years and half before. The delegates of
the two countries conducted talks in Islamabad for the purpose of drawing an agenda
and framework for negotiations, which will hopefully lead to settle the dispute
between then over Kashmir, as being the main point in the dossier of differences.
The US endeavoured since some time to improve its relations with India. This came
after the breakdown of the Soviet Union at the beginning of the nineties. After
America completed the stage of containing China at that period, it started the stage of
reducing (cut the size of) China. Since India has traditional enmity with China,
besides it also has huge human resources and military capabilities, it was the best
candidate to play this role. America understood the value of India for this role. It
actually tried since the Independence of India in 1947 to have the influence in it.
However, the English and The Congress party prevented that. Through a significant
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development, America enhanced the level of her attempts in 1990, where she sent
Robert Jits, one of the CIA officials, to India, but her attempts did not produce the
desired success except after the advent of her agent, Vajpayee, in 1998. There was a
talk inside the American circles about central or leading states in the various regions
of the world, where the USA would promote them to lead the regions they exist in;
and she recommended India to lead the region of South Asia.
Since the issue of Kashmir was a burden for India, and it was like a thorn in its side,
America endeavoured to remove that pain from the side of India, so that its complete
attention will be focused on its disengagement as a rival for China in the region. This
is also to prevent the hot issue of Kashmir from having influence on the American
war in Afghanistan.
Therefore, once the two states of India and Pakistan became under the influence of
America, she endeavoured to create mutual understanding between them over
Kashmir. She also changed her original view regarding the solution of the problem.
She wanted at the beginning to internationalise the issue, but she now urges the both
sides to solve it bilaterally. The current view of America regarding this solution is to
divide Kashmir, where the liberated part of Kashmir will go to Pakistan, while that
part which is under the authority of India will go to India. The parts of Kashmir
occupied by India, which are of Muslim majority, will be given some form of
autonomy, but stay under the authority of Indian government. Despite that Musharraf
and Vajpayee (before the last Indian elections) were under the control of America,
however there are some obstacles before this division plan, which are represented in
some elements in the Pakistani army and some Hindu hard liners. The events of
September 11 2001, allowed America to confront these obstacles head on. America s
strategy was to force Pakistan to make several compromises over Kashmir.
Consequently Pakistan made several concessions, which ultimately strengthened
Vajpayee s position amongst the hard liners.
The concessions consisted of withdrawing support to the jihadi groups, closing down
training camps, decreasing Pakistani troops from the LOC (Line of Control), and
abandoning any support for the Kashmiri Muslims. Finally, the situation reached the
point that Perevez Musharraf, the eminent agent of America and the prime enemy of
Muslims in the region that he announced in his visit to America, as we mentioned
above, about his approval of a Road Map to solve the issue of Kashmir, on the same
model of the Road Map of the Middle East. This map would lead to direct
negotiations with India regarding the study of the American solution. He said he
would confront the 9Extremist) Muslims, ie the jihadi groups in Kashmir and the
Islamic parties and organisations in Pakistan.
America hoped these concessions would increase the popularity of Vajpayee and his
party in the sight of the Indian electoral, particularly it used to support Vajpayee
militarily and to prevent Pakistan from owning developed weapons (such as
postponing the handover of the fighters deal despite Pakistan had paid its price) .It
also entered into a treaty of strategic partnership, so that Vajpayee appears before the
Indian Public as the cause of their military superiority over their opponent, Pakistan.
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She also supported Vajpayee economically to create economic revival. She did all of
that because it saw the strong support of the Congress part, and that JANATA is a
coalition that cannot stand before the Congress without support.
However the vulnerable spot of JANATA came from this support, particularly the
economic one. This is because USA gave plentiful economic support, discharged
funds to the government of JANATA and pushed it to adopt the (privatisation). This
policy created huge companies and economic revival according to the capitalist
model, ie more concentration of the wealth. This policy however does not suit a
country in which poverty prevails. Therefore, rich people, finance companies and
factories increased in the cities, but the poor increased in poverty, particularly in the
countryside and villages.
Another factor was added, which is the deep-rooted nature of the Congress party, and
its political shrewdness that follows the British style. So, it challenged the hard line
position of the religious JANATA through displaying the secularism of the Congress,
which is not taking side with any particular religion. It also attacked the capitalist
nature of privatisation through displaying the Congress leftist face, by calling for
creation of projects, which the state takes charge of them and thus creates jobs for the
labours and the poor. The Congress party then focused on the position of JANATA
regarding Kashmir, where it showed its weakness before Pakistan. This is because the
Congress party does not accept occupied Kashmir to be subject of negotiation, since
Nehru annexed it by a declaration in 1956, and considered it an indivisible part of
India.
Thus, the results of the general elections in 10/5/2004 came as a loss to the ruling
party of JANATA (BJP) and victory to the Congress party that supports Britain. This
led to blowing up of America s plan to solve the dispute over Kashmir through
creation rapprochement between the two states. The loss of (BJP) had levelled a blow
to the wider plan of America, which is putting India in the face of the growing power
of China.
The victory of the Congress means India would strengthen its hold on Kashmir more than (BJP), as
it came to surface after its victory. On 09/05/04 India s now national security adviser JN
Dixit said, We will have a firmer policy on Kashmir There cannot be any
territorial alienation of the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. There can be
marginal adjustment along the Line of Control in Kashmir. On 23/05/04, India s
External Affairs Minister Natwar Singh said that the bedrock of Indias relations
with Pakistan was the 1972 Simla Agreement and subsequent agreements and
declarations between the two countries. On 24/05/04, Musharraf responded to
Natwar s remarks and said, If he (Natwar Singh) means that there will be no
movement or a status quo decision, well I beg to totally differ with him. That is
not the solution. If the Line of Control is to be made permanent and that is all,
this is not the solution. If he means we will go by the Simla agreement, then I
don't agree with him.
Despite that the Congress party explained it wants friendly relation with America, as
Natwar Singh said, it is in our interest, it is in their interest and the interest of
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the world community that relations between India and the US should be on a
steady course and not episodic". However the security, defence and policy agenda
paper written by Congress for its 2004 Manifesto states: Sadly a great country like
India has been reduced to having a subordinate relationship with the USA
where the USA takes India for granted. This is the result of the BJP/NDA
Governments willingness to adjust the US priorities and policies without giving
due attention to Indias own vital foreign policy and national security interests
The Congress will give the policy of non-alignment a new direction keeping in
view political and economic changes that are taking place in our region and
elsewhere. The Manifesto also calls for India s foreign policy to be built on Nehru s
vision thus indicating a return to a pro-British foreign policy. It states The most
important task of the Congress would be to retain for India freedom of options
in conducting its foreign relationsThis is the essence of Indias foreign policy
on which Jawaharlal Nehru built a national consensus, a consensus that has
been eroded during the tenure of the BJP-led NDA government.
All of this means that America will now have to reconsider her position with India.
The option of using Pakistan to foment a new Kashmiri uprising to weaken the
Congress party and her coalition partners may seem attractive in the short term. But
given the strong feelings for the return of Islam and it peak, jihad, amongst the
Muslims of Pakistan and Musharraf s precarious position, it is unlikely that the US
will risk such a policy. Worse for America, is that the congress party has begun to
restructure the armed forces, which enjoyed warm relations with the US military.
Congress has already initiated a purge of pro-American officers. No doubt this will
weaken America s ability to gain influence inside the armed forces. Hence this leaves
America with little option but to wait. Most likely it will be after the US elections
before there is any firm movement on putting together a new policy for India. Under
no circumstance America will easily abandon India after she penetrated it during the
whole period of Vajpayee government. Thus, the issue of Kashmir will remain in the
hands of the unbelievers, where they will shove it around according to their interests
and influence.
How can we then put an end to these treacheries of Pakistan rulers against the
mjahideen and Muslims of Kashmir?
The answer to this question is confined in the active work of the Muslims of Pakistan
to throw away the government of Musharraf and establish an Islamic state in Pakistan
that stands up for reclaiming Kashmir by jihad and by force. It also continues the
struggle with India till it restores the entire of the Indian subcontinent to the authority
of Islam as it was before for long time. This is not impossible with the presence of
strong iman, resolve and determination to continue this course till the Muslims aim in
liberating their country from the filth of the Hindus is realized. This is feasible,
because Pakistan has a huge military force and nuclear power, which it can hint to it
for liberating Kashmir, which the diplomatic means failed to achieve through a period
of more than half a century.
O Muslims:
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Indeed Kashmir is an Islamic land, as well as the entire of India. As the Islamic
Khilafah had conquered it in the first hijri century, it can bring back again the
authority of Islam to Kashmir and the entire Indian subcontinent. It can as well
remove the oppression, tyranny and barbaric practices of the Hindus and their
followers against Muslims. The Muslims in the subcontinent are capable to do so.
Pakistan alone is capable to do so when a sincere ruler, a righteous khaleefah that
governs it by the law of Allah, leads it and fight with it against the enemies of Allah.
Pakistan has the resources necessary for the Khilafah rashidah that will regain the
might of Muslims and deliver them from the disasters that fall on them day and night,
not at the hands of the unbelievers only, but also at the hands of the puppet rulers,
who squander the vigour of the army in fighting their own Muslim brothers
everywhere, so as to protect the interests of America and the Hinds.
O people of Pakistan; you are capable to ignite again the torch of goodness, raise high
the banner of Khilafah, the banner of la ilaha illa Allah, Muhammadun Rasulullah.
"
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Verily Allah will help those who help Him. Lo! Allah is Strong, Almighty. [TMQ 22:
40]
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CHECHNYA
Chechnya is part of the Caucasus region, and it is a mountainous area that is located
between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea. This region includes Ingush, Daghistan,
North Ossetia and Chechnya. These countries fall in North of Caucasus. It also
includes Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan and parts of Turkey and Iran. These countries
fall in South of Caucasus.
Both of north and south Caucasus are Islamic countries in which Islam came early.
They were conquered even before both of Persian and Roman lands. The Muslims
reached it in year 22 hijri, at the time of Omer b. al-Khattab (r.a), and the great sahabi
Abu Dujanah took part in its conquest; besides Tiblisi, the capital of Georgia was
conquered at the hand of the leader Habib b. Maslamah, at the time of Uthman (r.a)
Caucasus remained part of the lands of Islam at the time of the Umayyad and
Abbasid Khilafah. However, the weakness that befell the Abbasid state after the fall
of Baghdad at the hands of Tatars (Moguls) in 656 hijri led to the destruction of
Islamic authority in Caucasus at the hands of Moguls. It is interesting that the Moguls
who tortured the Muslims had embraced Islam at the hands of the defeated people of
Caucasus. They then established an Islamic authority in the Caucasus in the 13th
century BC and took Qazan, east of Moscow as capital for their authority. Their state
strengthened and expanded towards the south, so it annexed the Caucasus regions. Its
authority reached Siberia and Moscow itself, and became known as the Golden
Kingdom because of the great of gold it gathered in its capital, and due to its great
wealth and the grandeur of its status over its neighbour states at that time. However,
the emergence of the Russian state, and the unification of its Orthodox Christian
emirates under the leadership of Moscow led to the continuous conflict with the
Tartaric Islamic state. This conflict ended after two centuries with the fall of the
Tartaric state, destruction of its capital, Qazan, annihilating of its people and
transforming them by force into Russians after eliminating their men and giving their
women as wives to Russian men. Thus the Islamic presence in the centre of Russia
was eliminated because their Muslim brothers in the south, in the centre of the state
were negligent and did not come for their help. At that time the Ottoman state
emerged and started to pass aid to the Muslims of Caucasus and look after them. It
thus started to struggle with Russian state over the control over the Caucasus areas,
which became frontier areas between two great states, which are Russia and the
Ottoman state.
The Ottoman state managed to impose its authority over Caucasus except Azerbaijan,
which seceded from its authority to that of the Safawi state in Iran in 1578. The
Islamic rule continued in it till 1722, when Caesar of Russia, Peter the great attacked
Caucasus and occupied a part of it. However, the Muslims drove the Russians out
temporarily in 1753, but the war continued in ups and downs between the Muslims
and Russians.
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The people of Caucasus managed by the support of the Ottomans to stand in the face
of the invading Russian armies for more than three centuries till the Ottoman state
declined. After that the Russians managed to defeat the Islamic resistance and thus
impose their authority over the Caucasus in the second half of the eighteenth century.
However, the resistance of the people of the Caucasus continued against the Russian
Caesars despite the different barbaric styles used by the Russians, which varied
between annihilation, imposing Christian religion on them, transfer/resettlement,
torture, burning the forests and replacing the Arabic, Turkish and Persian languages
with the Russian language.
The Chechnya resistance emerged as the strongest among the Caucasus resistance.
Scholars/ulema and mujahidun emerged in this resistance and were capable to assume
successful jihadi leadership to the Chechnya people, which made them offer great
sacrifice and made sleepless the Russian Caesars that succeeded one other in power.
Sheikh Mansur, the Chechnya was one of the prominent leaders of Chechnya
resistance, where he led a fierce war against the Russian Caesars, from 1785 till
1794; and he used to call it the holy war. Mawlay Muhammad followed him, where
he led a severe war against the Russian occupation from 1824 till 1832. Imam Shamil
came after him and he engaged in continuous battles for thirty years against the
Russians from 1832 till 1859.
The revolt against the Russians continued against the Russians under the leadership
of Chechnya leaders such as Umadwueve, Tabi Adayeve movement, Zelmayeve
movement and the movement of Chechen leader Ali Beg Hajji who was hanged by
the Russians in Grozeney in 1878. The Russians did their utmost to prevent Chechens
from jihad, so they directed them to dervish orders so as to discharge their energy in
small mosques and circles of celebrating Allah s name. However, this did benefit the
Russians, because all the sects in Chechnya stood together for fighting against the
Russians, including the Sufis.
The resistance of the Muslims in Caucasus against the Russian army was very
forceful that overburdened the Russians to the degree that Lenin interpreted the
speedy defeats that befell the Russian army in World War I was due to the fatigue
that befell the army throughout a war that flared vigorously in Caucasus for many
centuries.
At the communist era, Stalin transferred at the end of World War II all the people of
Chechnya from their country to Siberia and Kazakhstan. Half of the people of
Chechnya, which count one million and two hundred thousands, died in exile. The
people remained in exile till 1957, where they were allowed then to return back.
The maltreatment of the Russian communists to the Muslims of Chechnya increased
more than it was at the time of the Caesars. They destroyed the mosques, banned the
religious education, imposed the atheist communist thought over the people and
exercised the worst torture to them.
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Despite that, the people of Chechnya continued to feel strong due to their belief in
their Lord, and superior by their deen, where the crimes of Communists only
increased them in resolve and perseverance. Many of the Russian literary
acknowledged that.
Buskin, Lirmentov and Tolstoy used to hold great admiration close to fright to these
Muslims of Chechnya. The play of Hajj Murad written by Tolstoy was only
glorification for the bravery of Chechens and the love for liberation from the noose of
the unbelievers. Hirzin enquired whether Chechens belong to special species of
human race. During the period that Solgentsin spent in Golak Archipelago, which is a
chain of Russian prisons, he met people from 150 races who were arrested there. He
said the only people from among these who were not cave in were those from
Chechnya.
After the fragmentation of the Soviet Union into fifteen republics in 1991, Caucasus
was not one of these independent republics; it rather remained annexed to the
republic of federal Russia. Chechens, under the leadership of Jawahir Dodayeve,
announced an independent state for them in 1/11/1991. The Russian immediately
refused to recognize it and fought against them without respite. Then the Russians
invaded it in 1995, but they failed in that war and suffered heavy losses. Chechen
state continued to struggle for having complete separation from Moscow. In 1999,
Russians succeeded in occupying Chechnya and annulment of the announced state.
They committed huge massacres and horrible torture in it; and there was no state in
the world that stood to help the people of Chechnya or support them against the
Russian barbarism that exceeded every limit.
Ana Politcofiskaya wrote a book about the crimes of the Russian army in Chechnya,
under the title (The Russian shame). Ana Politcofiskaya is one of the most famous
(women) journalist after the communist era, and she worked as correspondent to
(Novaya Gazitta), ie the new magazine. She visited Chechnya many times since
1999, and reported in her book live scenes of the Russian crimes in The Chechen war.
She recorded in this book the reality of the Chechen tragedy. The capital, Grozeny is
full with wreckage, while hundreds of Chechen villages turned to become shelters for
ghosts. There are collective graves, while half of the population live under miserable
conditions in refugee camps in neighbouring Angutia . Ana Politcofiskaya provided a
list that included war crimes committed in Chechnya, such as collective deportation
operations that resulted in deporting half of the people of Chechnya from their houses
as well as the collective killing . Ana Politcofiskaya revealed about hanging 150 civil
Chechen by the Russian forces without legal prosecution .
The non-governmental Memorial association that stands for defending the human
rights accused the Russian authorities that they carry out in Chechnya methods
similar to those used during the most repressive years of Stalin. In a press conference
held in the headquarter of the International federal of human rights organisations,
Lida Yosubuva, the coordinator of the Memorial organisation in the Chechen capital,
Grozney, and Uleg Orlove, the office manager of the organisation of human rights
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office in Moscow, they accused Russia of using methods that were used by the
Stalinist political police in the thirties and forties. Yusobova said the Russian forces
and their allied Chechen forces use the same methods of the Stalinist secret police by
kidnapping, with steadily increase numbers, entire families to coerce the wanted
people to surrender.
In 1999, the Russian forces stormed Chechnya again so as to resolve the Chechen
issue for the advantage of Russia, after it was about to impose its independence. This
was based on American-Russian mutual understanding that emanated from mutual
understanding between Evanove and Albright. However, the Chechen, as it is
expected from them and despite the losses they faced, did not yield; they rather
continued struggle against the entire Russian military force, without showing
cowardice.
After the events of 11/9/2001 and Bush declaration of war against terrorism , Butin
tried to exploit the stage for the interest of Russia in Chechnya. So he called for
global war against terrorism and tried as well to win an international recognition that
the war in Chechnya is war against terrorism. He repeated such claim often; and the
last time he used this was when he called the international community, in 6/2/2004 to
fight against terrorism, which he described as the evil of the 21st century . This was
after the attack that took place in the underground metro in Moscow. This is despite
that the past Russian minister of information; Buris Mironove drew the attention, in a
talk to al-hayat , to the concurrence of the great explosion operations and the
elections. He pointed out to the metro explosion operation as being a repeated
version of the explosion in the residential buildings that came before the presidential
elections of 1999. The explosions at that time pushed the security dossier to the top of
the priorities of the president, who pledged to restore security to the Russians and
close the hot files in Chechnya and in the entire region of Caucasus.
However, Butin failed to make the war in Chechnya part of war against terrorism in
the world, though he achieved partial success in that. This is not because America
and Europe have a supportive stance towards Chechens; on contrary they want to
exchange with Russia interests it concedes over the issue of Chechnya.
and cannot be solved except through the use of political means. We believe the
efforts Moscow spent till now are not enough (approval of Chechen constitution and
election of president of a republic). We also still condemn the violations of human
rights by the federal forces and the apparatuses used by Ahmad Qadrove (the elected
Chechen president) . And he said: The issue of authority in the old Soviet space will
represent the greater challenge before the Russian-American relations .
During the visit of Colin Powel, the American secretary of state, to Moscow in
26/1/2004, he expressed the worry of his country regarding some of the aspects of
the internal policy of Moscow in Chechnya, as well as the relations of Russia with its
neighbours in the states of the independent confederation . He added, that
Washington respects the unity of the Russian territories , but it equally observes the
rights of the neighbours of Russia . It worth noticing that Powel gave these
statements the moment he arrived to Moscow, coming from Georgia.
The American ambassador in Moscow, Alexander Veshu described the visit as of
prime importance. He said Powel wants to discuss with the Russian side the issues
related to the old Soviet republics, pointing out that one of the most important aims of
the visit is to search for points of agreement between the Russian and American
sides in the old Soviet space.
This shows the issue of Chechnya is not more than a commodity, which America
gives in return to that Russia gives a blind eye about the American expansion in the
Caucuses Georgia , central Asia and East Europe. The statement of Powel that
Washington respects the unity of the Russian territories , but it equally observes the
rights of the neighbours of Russia , is understand within this context. It is within this
context as well comes the acknowledgement of the transitional Georgian president,
Ninu Bordjanadza that Tiblis provided large facilitations to the Chechen resistance.
Some sources close to the Kremlin considered the conditions ready for building the
confidence between the Russian and Georgian sides after the visit of Bordjanadza to
Moscow and her meeting with Vladimir Butin.
However, the declarations of the American ambassador in Moscow, Alexander
Virshbu are nothing also but encouragement and intimidation to Moscow. On the one
hand, he acknowledges the unity of the Russian territories, but on the other he does
not consider the struggle in Chechnya linked to terrorism only; rather its roots are
local, and it results from political- separatist activity.
Therefore, the Chechen issue is not more than a subject in which America exchanges
with Russia regarding her interests in The Caucasus, central Asia and east Europe. If
Russia yielded to the American designs, then the America would continue to support
the ruthless killing of the Chechens. If Russia however declined to do so, then
America would raise the files of human rights in Chechnya, and the right of the
Chechens to self-determination. She would also change the Chechen issue into an
international one, where it is discussed in the international meetings and
organisations. She would as well encourage the new government of Georgia to
provide assistance to the Chechens, support them and give them safe heaven against
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expansion of the EU, which Moscow says it might affect its interests. Regarding the
Chechen issue, Cherack said they discussed it within the frame of fight against
terrorism. He however hoped that a political way-out to the issue can be reached.
The Russian president, Vladimir Butin had criticised, in 22/4/2004, the stance of the
EU regarding Chechnya. He compared the call directed to Moscow for making
dialogue with those whom he called the Chechen terrorists with the call made by
Usama b. Laden, in which he called Europe to sit down on the table of negotiations.
On the occasion of his inauguration together with Silview Berlskooni, the Italian
Prime Minister, one of the joint Russian-Italian projects in Libtsik, he said: There
are some people who always call upon us to make dialogue with those whom we
consider as terrorists. Terrorist number 1, Usama b. Laden had sent a call to Europe,
recommending in it to have negotiations, but that was rejected, according to my
knowledge. I ask about the reason that made Europe reject such call as long as there
are some people who try to send it to us . Butin said he considers the fight against
terrorism a fundamental issue in the relations of Russia with the EU. He pointed out
that Moscow will receive tomorrow Roman Brudi, the chairman of the European
Legation; and it will be put for discussion with him the issues related to all the
questions, including terrorism in Chechnya and the call sent by Bin Laden to
Europe .
In 23/4/2004, Roman Brudi said in a word he gave in Moscow: Let us explain that
the EU gives unconditional and complete support to the unity of the Russian
territories. Further more, we both have a common issue, which is the need to fight
against terrorism . One day after conducting in Moscow talks with the Russian
president, Vladimir Butin, regarding the expansion of the EU to reach the borders of
Russia by 1/5/2004, Brudi added: It is not possible to fight against terrorism by force
only. Fight against terrorism makes our continuous adherence to the democratic
values more important . The old chairman of the European Legation, however
emphasised that the respect of human rights does not restrict the efficiency of fight
against terrorism .
Thus, under the conditions of the abandonment and collusion of the Muslim rulers,
who did not find any thing to provide for the Chechens except the resolution of the
OIC that was held in October last year, which considers the dispute in Chechnya an
internal Russian issue . This is besides delivering an invitation to the enemy of Allah,
the crusader disbeliever, and the butcher of Muslims, Vladimir Butin to attend the
OIC summit that was held in Kula Lumpur, where they gave him a reception of
heroes. Under yielding their issue to exchange of interests between the countries that
brag freedom, democracy and human rights, the Chechens do not find other than
Allah to support them. The Chechens will remain with their old strategy that might
became part of their brave nature, which is always to fight assuming there are no
friends, for they used to do that always. When the Chechens were deported
collectively from their lands, there was no one voice that protested against that. So,
how long they will continue to fight alone?
When will the Muslims have a Khaleefah who gives a general call to arms and
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dispatches the armies for their help, and for taking revenge to the old men, women
and children, by levelling strikes that make the Russians forget the whispers of the
Shaytan, and also bring Muslims back to the true might of Islam?
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AFGHANISTAN
Afghanistan is distinguished as being a buffer state between some of the superpowers
and regional powers in Central Asia. It is a buffer state between China and Indian
subcontinent, besides it prevents Russians from reaching the warm waters of the
Indian sea and Arab gulf.
At the time of the British colonilization to India, Afghanistan was a real barrier
between Russia of Caesars and the imperialist Britain, to the point that one of
Afghanistan rulers portrayed it as a sheep that stands between the Russian bear and
the British lion. In drawing the political borders of Afghanistan between Russia and
Britain, it was noticed to annex to it the mount of Bamir and the strait of Wakhan
(Khyber) as a way out for the British-Chinese-Russian struggle over the region. Thus,
the map of Afghanistan from the northeast side looked like the neck of ooze,
extending till China so as to separate Pakistan from Russia and its old satellite
countries represented n Central Asia republics. Lord, Curzon, the deputy of the king
of Britain in India used to call Afghanistan Asia s theatre of war , due to the
successive wars on its territories.
The nature of this sensitive geographic location of Afghanistan, and the fact that it is
a state that has no outlets to the sea, made it a foothold, a passage and a gate for the
invaders and conquerors of Asia. The Macedonian Alexander took it in the past a
foothold for the Greek invasion to the east in 329 AC. Muslims conquered it and
annexed it to Islam land in 654. Jinkizkhan, Turks, Indians and Persians took it as
passage for their armies. In the modern history, the English, Russian Caesars and the
Soviets knocked on its doors, and finally the Americans who realized its importance
as being the siege gate of Russia and China through Central Asia. This is in addition
to its importance as passage for the oil and gas pipelines from Central Asia across
Afghanistan to Pakistan, and then to the huge ports, which it built on its coasts at
Indian sea and Arab sea. The subject of oil, wherever it existed, is America s centre
of attention, where she endeavours to control it together with its lines.
The Afghani people, with all of its races of Bashtun, Tajik, Uzbek, and Hazara and
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others are generally strongly devoted Muslims, who do not believe in other than
Islam as a system for their daily matters and way of life.
In the nineteenth century Afghanistan fell prey to the British-Russian struggle.
Britain engaged in three wars against Afghan people to control Afghanistan and then
contain Russia. The first war was between 1839 and 1842, in which the British army
was defeated badly. After this war, Abdul Brahman Khan followed neutral foreign
policy between the Russian and British empires. The second war was between 1878
and 1880, in which the British were also defeated, and could not achieve their aims in
terms of controlling Afghanistan. The third war was in 1919, which ended with
signing the treaty of Rowalpendi by Britain and the Afghani king, Amanullah who
consolidated the British political influence in Afghanistan.
When this king tried to take the Afghani country out of its Islamic civilization, and
decided to ban the hijab (women head cover) and introduce the western norm of life
to Afghanistan, an Islamic people s rebel broke out against him under the leadership
of Habibullah, nicknamed as ibnusaqqa (son of the water carrier). The king was
removed from power, and the Islamic norm was restored to Afghanistan. However,
Britain that controlled Afghanistan militarily during the authority of Amanullah
managed to kill the son of the water carrier (ibnusaqqa) by Nadir Shah, one of the
previous military leaders who were allied to Amanullah. This man restructured the
royal system that was allying with the English in Afghanistan.
In 1933 Zahir Shah, the son of Nadir Shah, assumed the power when he was only 19
years old. He continued in power as ally to the English for about forty years. During
the fifties and sixties particularly he governed independent from Russia and Britain,
by exploiting their conflicting interests. He managed to follow a policy alien to both
of them; then he would go back again to the policy of the English. This continued till
his cousin, Mohammad Dawud, who had leftist inclinations supportive to Russia,
overthrew him in 1973.
During the long ruling of Zahir Shah, the Soviet Union managed to make some
infiltrations in Afghanistan for its advantage, such as selling modern military
equipment to the Afghani government in 1953 and providing assistance for forming
an Afghani communist party in 1956 under the leadership of Mohammad Nur Taraqi.
It also managed, in the last years of the authority of Zahir Shah, to incite some
political unrests in Afghanistan, following the way of creating contradictions and
class struggle, which communism used to follow.
After Mohammad Dawud assumed the power in 1973, Afghanistan went out of the
grip of the English. The communists easily took power five years after that, where
they swept away Mohammad Dawud who helped them in inserting communism to
the country. They brought in his place Mohammad Nur Taraqi in 1978, who signed in
the same year a treaty with the Soviet leader Briginev that allows the Soviet forces to
enter Afghanistan. This incited the resentment of America and Britain. For the first
time since many decades, this disturbed the delicate balance of international powers
for the advantage of the Russians in a sensitive and considerably dangerous region.
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In this stage, the role of America in the struggle against the Soviet Union over
Afghanistan became noticeable. It arranged a coup against Mohammad Nur Taraqi at
the hands of a communist who is allied to the West, called Hafeezallah Amin. He had
deceived the Russians by appearing as a communist when he was at the same time
with contact with the CIA. He took power in 1979, killed Taraqi and tortured the
communists allying with the Soviets. The Russians responded to that vigorously by
invading Afghanistan in 27 December of the same year. They killed Hafeezallah
Amin and appointed a new communist government in Kabul under the leadership of
Babrak Karmil whom they brought with them from Russia. A violent resistance broke
out immediately, and it spread through the entire country. Emigrants started to flow
out of the country, and fighters joined together in many militia groups. A new page of
the Afghani history started where the jihad factor became noticeable in the fight
against Communists. The soul of jihad spread strongly in all the countries of the
Islamic world, against the aggressor, communist disbelievers.
America exploited this new situation in Afghanistan, and it intervened very heavily in
it under the pretext of the Soviet invasion to the Afghani land, which disturbed the
historical treaties with Britain. Those treaties did not allow the Russian forces in that
region to cross the limits of the river of Amodarya (Jihun). The military and financial
aid started to pour out to the Afghani Mujahidoon starting from 1980, where the
American aid to the Mujahidoon reached 700 million dollar annually. This is besides
Stinger rockets that started to reach to the Mujahidoon by the end of 1986, and which
was the main cause of crippling the Soviet aviation and shooting down hundreds of
Soviet fighters.
The purpose of America from this intervention was to benefit from this valuable
historical opportunity and enter a region she did not tread before. She wanted to
become ultimately face to face with each of Russia and China, and to hasten the
overburden of the Soviet Union economically and thus overthrew it. She wanted to
become a major player in countries that are of significant importance to the leading
state in the world. This is because that region is full of far reaching important
interests for America, particularly it is close to the regions of Central Asia, and the
Caspian sea, which is rich with oil, gas and various riches.
Russia felt, seven years after its invasion to Afghanistan that it is in real dilemma.
This is because the resistance started to cause massive losses to the Soviet forces; and
the Russian economy started to drain out. The matters in Afghanistan started to
develop against its advantage. Therefore, it tried to find a political way out of its
dilemma; so through an unsuccessful attempt in 1987 it peacefully replaced Karamil
with Nagibullah, where Karamil resigned and Nagibullah, who was the head of
intelligence, took over. He started to call for policy of (national reconciliation) with
the resistance groups, in preparation to the withdrawal of the Soviets from the
country. However, this policy did not work as well, because the voracity of war
increased, and the mujahidoon realized many victories against the Russians, and they
shot down about 200 Soviet fighters.
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The Soviets realised after this that they are going to be defeated. More than 15
thousand of their soldiers were killed. They became certain America will never stop
its support to the mujahidoon. So, they were forced to withdraw from Afghanistan in
14/2/1989.
Fight continued between the mujahidoon and the government of Nagibullah, which
the Soviets continued to support till 1992, when the capital, Kabul fell in the hands of
the mujahidoon and the communist rule in Afghanistan completely ended.
Power was then assumed by Burhanuddin Rabbani, the leader of the Islamic
association that was supported by the military militia of the association under the
leadership of Ma ud Shah. However, there was a problem that Rabbani and his group
were Tajik who do not represent majority in Afghanistan. More important, they were
not supported by Pakistan, which is their strong and main neighbour, and which
supported the mujahisdoon throughout the long years of war against the Soviets.
Therefore, the Bushtun group led by Hikmatyar and dependent on Pakistan at that
time, rejected to recognise the leadership of the Tajik to the government because the
Bushtun tribes had claimed monopoly to the authority the whole centuries. An
uninterrupted internal fight between the forces of Rabbani and Mas ud from Tajik
and the forces of Himatyar from the Bushtun, resulted. The victims of the sectarian
fight between the two groups counted 25 thousands Afghani. During this fight, Iran
and Tajikistan supported the group of Rabbani with funds, arms and political support
in the international circles, while Pakistan embraced the group of Hikmatyar.
When Hikmatyar failed to settle the struggle with Rabbani for the advantage of
Pakistan, the Pakistani government turned away from him, and started in 1994 to
form a new Bushtuni group known as (Taliban). The Pakistani intelligence services
undertook its preparation with the knowledge of the American intelligence services,
as an alternate to Hikmatyar.
Taliban burst out strongly and quickly with support from Pakistan. It swept over the
Afghani lands and towns, which fell to its authority one by one. Withing two years
only, Taliban managed to capture the capital, Kabul, where its forces entered the
capital in 1996. It established in Afghanistan an Islamic emirate under the leadership
of Mullah Mohammad Omer. It then brought down Rabbani government, whose
forces fled to the northeast areas, neighbour to Tajikistan.
Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Emirates recognised the authority of Taliban. Thus, the
matters were settled in Afghanistan for the advantage of America through the way of
Pakistan, which is the main puppet state for America in the region, and which used to
support Taliban directly and strongly.
However, fight did not stop north of Afghanistan between Taliban forces and the
forces of Rabbani and Mas ud, together with the Uzbek militia led by Abdul Rashid
Dostum. Russia, Britain, Iran and India used to support the forces of Mas ud, while
Pakistan and Saudi Arabia, with American help; they supported the forces of
Taleban.
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Between 1996 and 1998 there were negotiations between officials from Taliban and
American officials, related to the recognition of America of Taliban movement as an
official government in Afghanistan and handing over the empty seat of Afghanistan
in the UN to Taliban. There were other negotiations between Taliban movement and
the American company (Yunocal) and the Saudi company (Delta) for concluding an
agreement regarding a deal for transferring gas from Central Asia, through
Afghanistan, to Pakistan and Indian Ocean. However, exploding the two American
embassies in Kenya and Tanzania in 1998 suspended the treaty that was signed in
Ishqabad, the capital of Turkmenistan in 1997.
The relation of Taliban with the USA and Saudi Arabia was friendly and good.
However, exploding the two embassies poisoned this relation. America, followed by
Saudi Arabia, started to re-examine this relation. Taliban started negotiations with
Saudi Arabia for the handover of Usamah b. Laden to it, because he was accused to
be behind these explosions, so as to put an end to this issue. The attack of the
American planes against Afghanistan in 1998 prevented the conclusion of the
negotiations regarding the handover. Torky al-Faisal, the head of the Saudi
intelligence at that time, said in an interview with MBC TV channel: Taliban
authorities were ready at that time to handover Ben Laden to Saudi Arabia. There
were negotiations concerning this smatter, but the events of 1998 aborted the
process .
After that operations ascribed to al-Qaidah increased. So, America started to look for
new alternates for Afghanistan outside Taliban, which was considered patron to alQaidah organisation that America started to consider a terrorist group.
When the explosions of 11 September (2001) took place, the matters changed
radically, and the view of America towards the Islamite people, which she used to
cooperate with them in the past, has radically changed. She adopted the idea of fight
against (terrorism) as a basis for the new American foreign policy of Bush
administration.
America quickly resumed its relations with the group of Rabbani and Mas ud, and
brought Dustum, who was a political refugee and expelled to Turkey, back to
Afghanistan. She supplied the forces of Mas ud and Dustum with weapons and funds,
and turned its back to Taliban. This coalition between these forces supported by
America was called (North coalition). The American savage invasion to Afghanistan
started after Pakistan stopped the support to Taliban, and allowed America to use its
air space, water ports and land bases for the attack against Afghanistan. Taliban
recorded at its last days a strong stance by freeing itself from the American and
Pakistani influence. This emancipation was reflected in its refusal to the Pakistani
pressures for executing the demands of America. It drove back the Pakistani
government delegates that exercised strong pressures on them and did not yield to
their demands. However, this stance came late after it was pushed in the corner.
America used the forces of the North coalition as land troops to the American army
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and as human shield so as to reduce its losses. Thus, in 7/10/2001, the head of kufr,
America and her ally, Britain waged a savage war against Muslims. She bombarded
the Afghani cities: Kabul, Qandahar, Jalalabad and others with Tomahook rockets,
bombers and various weapons. These rockets and bombers took off from the air
space, waters and lands of Muslims, which the treacherous Muslim rulers,
particularly Pakistan and Uzbekistan, allowed the aggressors to use. This continued
for some weeks without interruption. The Muslims showed great courage, and
extraordinary resolve in resisting the aggressors, with the simple weapons they had
compared to the forces of aggression. However, the condensed barbaric attack of the
aggressors, together with the treachery of the rulers neighbouring Afghanistan, led to
the downfall of Afghanistan in the hands of America in 2001.
The number of the Afghani victims during quarter of the last century reached about
two millions. This big number of victims was killed only in the period starting from
the Russian invasion to Afghanistan in 1979 till the end of the American invasion to
it in 2001. These huge Afghani sacrifices were unfortunately crowned with
appointing Hamid Karzay, as a ruler puppet to America in Afghanistan.
Bonn Agreement that laid down the new Afghani constitution was signed in
6/12/2001. America obtained resolution number 1883 from the Security Council to
support this document. The constitution that was mentioned in the document gave to
America, under the guise of UN, a distinct role in deciding the internal and external
affairs of the Afghani people, and supervision over every matter in Afghanistan. So,
the document stipulated American presence in the formation of the constitutional
committee, the formation of the civil servant committee, the activities and tasks of the
government, any change related to the rules of proceedings of all the state
departments, and supervision over the implementation of all the aspects of the
document. This means America appointed herself as the actual ruler of the state,
forever. This reveals the hidden intention of America that the purpose of the invasion
was to control the Islamic region, rather than creating a liberal authority as she
claims. In fact, her war that she waged under the name of fighting terrorism is not
save an introduction to a crusader war against Islam and Muslims. She wants to
consolidate her control over the Muslim lands and to eliminate Islam from their life
as they did and still do in Afghanistan and Iraq, and is it is recorded in their plan of
(Great Middle East). It is a crusader war disclosed by the military, political and
educational actions, which America pursues everywhere she stayed in Islamic lands.
Bush, the son, had even disclosed this aim since the first days of the events of 11/9
(2001). This came in his speech in 16/9/2001, where he declared that his war against
terrorism is a crusader war. This is despite his speech came four days only after the
mentioned huge explosion event, which is a period not enough to complete an
investigation of an incident that is one percent of this event. This reveals the plans
hidden in the storerooms of the American politicians against Islam and Muslims.
Though he said, it is (a crusader war) to rally the enemies of Islam around him; it
however rallied the Muslims to resist him. Thus, we see the resistance in Afghanistan
intensifies to the point that the news reported those who disputed with each other in
the past, like Taliban and Hikmatyar, the leader of the Islamic party; they fight
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The fluctuating position of the resistance continued despite all the forces that
America rallied, in terms of international forces, NATO and American forces, besides
the assistance of the Pakistani forces. However, these forces could not have control
over the security for holding the elections. Therefore, those who draw the American
policy resorted to the political actions in attempt for preparing the security
environment for elections.
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The secretary of the NATO suggested working to strengthen the relations between
the forces of ISAF and the American forces distributed in Afghanistan, which reach
12 thousands .
However all of these efforts failed to weaken the resistance, militarily and politically.
The result was that the resistance of Muslims, from Taliban, al-Qaidah and others has
become stronger and harder; and the fight against the occupants as disbelievers has
concentrated in the Afghans minds and increased in power.
This is Afghanistan; and this is the result of the war waged by America, Britain and
their allies, from one side, and the resistance represented by Taliban as a state and a
movement, Hikmatyar and the rest of Muslims. It deserves attention, particularly the
rule of Taleban, the rule of North alliance, the rule of Karzay and the role of America
and Pakistan. These events deserve contemplation due to their importance and for
learning lessons from them. Thus, the Muslim becomes aware of his matter, and does
not fall in the trap of the enemy and regrets when it is late.
The first lesson is the obligation of not cooperating with the foreign disbeliever, and
nor have trust in him, whatsoever. This is because the disbelievers do not want any
good for this ummah. They fight in the path of shaytan, conspire against the Islamic
ummah and wait disasters for us. Even those who cooperated with America obtained
nothing, for America abandoned them once their role finished.
Thus, having trust in America is like having trust in shaytan. Dependence on her is
reliance upon a malicious enemy that continuously shows hostility to the Islamic
ummah, with all of her sections. Even Pakisatn that betrayed Taliban and helped
America to enter Afghanistan and destroy Taliban, did not also benefit any thing
from America as price for its horrible treachery. America joined with India, the arch
enemy for Pakistan, and compelled Prevez Musharraf to concede Kashmir and
suppressed the mujahidoon.
The second lesson is not to have trust in the agents of America. The ruling power in
Pakisatn was behind the creation of Taleban; but when the interest of America
required something different, they abandoned Taliban and tightened the grip around
their throat.
The third lesson is the political awareness. The believer must be intelligent and bright
and not be taken unaware. Taliban used to associate itself with the ruler of Pakistan at
a time when he was completely in her grip. Taliban thought at that time she did well
by such action.
As for the last lesson, it is the fact that Islam does not admit compromise. Taliban
assumed the power in Afghanistan, so it should have declared it Khilafah, and
dissociated itself from the agents of America in Pakistan. At the same time it should
have sought help and assistance from the influential people for implementing the
rules of shar properly and seek proper knowledge in it. Instead, they declared it as an
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Imarah, which is from one side, linked to Islam; but from the other side it was linked
to Pakistan, which is operated by America that strongly opposes the system of
Khilafah.
However, the solution is not beyond our reach; it is rather so close. It only requires
Pakistan breaks out from the influence of America, and establishes a sincere
authority, rather a true Islamic system in it, which is Khilafah rashidah. Then it
implements the shar of Allah, makes jihad fee sabeelillah and turns together with the
mujahidon in Afghanistan and outside Afghanistan to uproot the American influence
from Afghanistan and annex it to the Khilafah. This will raise high the banner of
Islam (la ilaha illa Allah, Muhammadun Rasulullah). Though this matter might look
difficult at the first glance, but it is easy for those to whom Allah made it easy.
Indeed this is not hard for Allah . [TMQ:
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CYPRUS
Cyprus is one of the most important and beautiful Islamic countries. It holds an
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important strategic location, and considered the corner stone in the east of
Mediterranean Sea. Therefore, the super powers struggled continuously to control it.
It was conquered and opened for Islam at the time of the guided Khaleefah Othman
(r.a). He had asked Mu awiyah, the governor of ash-Sham at the time, to open
Cyprus, which took place in 649 BC. Muslims continued to control Cyprus till the
end of 19th century. During the last times, it became sometimes target for attacks
from Byzantines and Crusaders, but Muslims used to drive them away and extend on
it again the authority of Islam.
Therefore, Cyprus is an Islamic land, and an Islamic island. The Greek unbelievers
who remained in it are considered people of Zimmah, who are not allowed to have
control over it, the same as their likes in other Muslim countries.
The power of Russia, in the 19th century, enhanced and it posed threat to the Ottoman
state and Britain, which was the leading state, at the time. Britain became concerned
about its vital road that passes through Gibraltar to India across Suez Canal. It
realized access of Russia to Cyprus that stands at the eastern waist of the
Mediterranean Sea, would place Suez Canal under the Russian threat. This came at
the time when Britain came out of seven years of war with France (1756-1763) over
India, where the influence of France was completely eliminated from India that
became entirely in Britain s hands. Maintaining the security of the sea road between
the British islands and India across Gibraltar and Suez Canal was vital for Britain.
Therefore, Britain used its political shrewdness with the Ottoman state, which had
control over the island of Cyprus, in order to reach the island. From another side, the
Ottoman state at that time realized the growing power of Russia and feared its access
to Cyprus. Britain thought, by way of power, to have a foothold in Cyprus. While the
Ottoman state thought, by way of weakness, to maintain its authority over Cyprus.
Britain managed to convince, or rather deceive the Khaleefah Abdul Hameed to
conclude an agreement, which apparently looked as protection of Cyprus against its
occupation by Russia through temporary English presence in it, who will later on
leave. This is the way the Kahaleefah looked at that agreement. According to the
designs of Britain, the agreement was an introduction to permanent British
occupation of the island. Based on this understanding, an agreement was concluded
between the Ottoman state and Britain in 1876, which stipulates the following:
1) Maintaining the military and political authority to the Ottoman Khilafah.
2) The English pay annual royalty of 92 thousands golden coin.
3) The English remain under the Ottoman military leaders during their presence
in the island.
4) The English depart after the cessation of the Russian danger, which England
claimed it had reliable information that Russia, was going to attack the
Dardanelle and pass through to the Mediterranean Sea and then to Cyprus.
Sultan Abdul Hameed, who is known of his political shrewdness, wanted to tackle the
weakness of the sate before the Russians by dragging England to conflict with the
Russians. This would halt the Russians danger against Cyprus, protect the island and
the English would leave. He did not take account of the cunning and deception of the
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English, though he (may Allah have mercy on his soul) looked in his memoirs aware
of the malice and deception of the English. However, it appears he knew the English
persisted to have a foothold in Cyprus, with or without an agreement. So, he preferred
the agreement with strict conditions, betting on the change of international situation
and finally removing the English out. However, things did not go the way Sultan
Abdul Hameed desired, for the enemies of Allah and His Messenger conspired
against him and deposed him of power in 1908. The Union and Progress society
assumed the power after him; so they did not attach great importance for the state,
and were incapable of fulfilling the plans of Khaleefah Abdul Hameed (may Allah
have mercy on his soul). Then, World War I broke out in 1914; and Britain cancelled
the treaty and annexed Cyprus to it under the pretext of alliance between the Ottoman
State and Germany against Britain in that war. It was annexed officially in 5/11/1914.
After the rebellion of Mustafa Kamal against the Khaleefah by support from the
English, formation an authority in Ankara in parallel with the authority of the
Khaleefah and sending delegates for negotiating with the English over the peace
conditions. Mustafa Kamal ordered his delegate led by Ismat Inonu, who was an
English agent like his master, to sign in July 1923, a treaty with the English, in which
the government in Ankara recognized the ultimate English authority over Cyprus and
annexing it to Britain, thus considering it English territories. It is known, this is one
of the services criminal Mustafa Kamal delivered to the English. The abolition of the
Khilafah comes at the top of these services, to indicate his loyalty to the English and
his treason to Allah, His Messenger and the believers.
It was mentioned in the treaty of Mustafa Kamal that Cypriot Muslims have to accept
either the Turkish or English nationality. However those who prefer the Turkish
nationality have to leave the island. Article 21 in that treaty had stipulated the
following: Cypriot Turks have the right to hold British nationality; but they have to
concede their Turkish nationality within two years after signing this treaty. Whoever
wanted to obtain a Turkish nationality must leave the island within 12 months after
choosing this right .
In March 1925, an English governor was appointed over Cyprus; and it was declared
as a crown colony. Cyprus continued to officially follow the British crown till 1959,
where it was officially declared (an independent republic).
However, the situation in Cyprus became unstable to the English after World War II.
This is because Britain emerged from the war weak internally due to the destruction
resulting from the war. Then it became less significant internationally, because
America emerged as a leading state on the international arena. Thus, America started
to look for controlling the colonies of the western states, particularly Britain and
France, and Cyprus was not far from her ambitions. As a result, the actual situation in
Cyprus started to shake. America has noticed the great political importance of Cyprus
in relation to Asia, Europe and Middle East. So it determined to eliminate the English
influence in it under the title of abolition of colonies , which is an American
trademark., so as to inherit the western states in their colonies, particularly Britain
and France. Thus, she took her first step in that direction, where the church, with
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American support, revealed the result of a referendum made to the Cypriot people,
which shows they want to get out of the colonilization of Britain and join Greece.
The result of that referendum carried out on 15/1/1950 was 96%. Since that time the
claim of Greece to Cyprus started.
The matter that pushed this claim forward is that Italy handed back 12 islands in the
Aegean Sea after it came out defeated in World War II. It had occupied between
1911-1912, and handed them over to Greece after signing the peace treaty in Paris.
This pushed Greece to look towards Cyprus with support from America. By
encouragement from America, it submitted between 1952-1954 an official
application to the UN asking the withdrawal of England from Cyprus. Then it
submitted in 16 Augusta, 1954, a complaint against England in the UN, where it
demanded right of self-determination to the Cypriot people. However, Britain that
was still influential at the international arena foiled these efforts. It used to incite
Turkey that was ally to it to oppose the Greek demands and to mobilize the Turkish
public opinion against annexing of Cyprus to Greece, a matter, which the Turkish
people reject.
However, America continued to coerce Greece for harassing England. As a result
America started in 1955 to incite the Roman Orthodox (Cyprus inhabitants of
Christians) who were antagonist to the English. The Romans had originally the idea
of (Anosys), which means union of Cyprus with Greece or its total annexation to it,
but the English continued to oppose this idea. America exploited this situation, and
tried to expel the English by stirring disturbances trough her agents in the island. She
rather encouraged these unrests to become operations with bombs, as it happened in
the beginning of 1955, where hundreds of the English were killed.
As a result, England held a conference in London in 29 August 1955 to study the
situation in Cyprus. It managed to include Turkey along side Greece for discussing
the Cyprus issue. It realized this would lead to the failure of the conference because
of the different views the two states carry regarding Cyprus. Thus, the conference did
not produce any results. However, the historical significance of London conference is
that Turkey has been officially accepted for the first time as a party in the issue, from
political aspect.
The disturbances continued in Cyprus, stirred by America and Greece and their
followers in the island so as to expel the English influence from it, and inserting the
American influence, whether directly or indirectly, by annexing it to Greece that was
ally to America. The struggle was fierce because Britain had built two military bases
inside the island over an area of about 256 square kilometres. These two bases enjoy
complete British sovereignty.
America was interested in removing these two bases and the entire English influence.
This is because she delivered Europe in World War II, so she finds herself entitled to
inherit its colonies. Therefore, struggle between America and Britain broke out as we
mentioned above. This struggle intensified in 1958, where America kindled a
revolution in Cyprus against the English by inciting the Greek and pushing them to
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demand annexing of Cyprus to Greece. So, they fought against the English to expel
them from the island. However, Britain used to have strong control over the island; so
it pushed its loyal agent, archbishop Makaryus to lead the revolution against the
British occupation, demanding dependence rather than annexation to Greece. Then
the British exiled Makaryus to the island of Sechele in the Indian Ocean. This was to
increase his popularity, return as leader of Cyprus, and foil the idea of annexing the
island to Greece, and instead demand independence. On the other side, Britain pushed
the Turks to oppose the annexation of the island to Greece. Thus, Britain managed to
frustrate the American plan and maintain its presence in Cyprus. It completed its
game by giving Cyprus its independence, where it changed to a republic as a result of
the talks in Zurich that continued from 5-11 November 1959. These talks were
concluded by signing the document of independence (Zurich Document), which is
formed of 27 articles. It gives both of the Turks and Greek in Cyprus the right of
Veto concerning matters related to the independence of the island.
In 20 January 1960, Britain enhanced its authority by making Cyprus member in the
Commonwealth.
However, America tried to hinder the government process in the island by using the
article of the constitution that grants the right of Veto for both sides regarding the
future of the island. America endeavoured to incite the Turks by spreading amongst
them that Greece wants to annex Cyprus. She used two factors to achieve that. The
first is that the public opinion in Turkey stands at the side of the Turks in Cyprus and
strongly rejects the control of Greece over Cyprus. The second is that the rulers of
Turkey who assumed power through the coup of 1960 were incapable to firmly face
America, because some of them got their role in the coup by the help of America,
though the leader of the coup, Esmat Inono is of the old friends of England. These
two factors helped America to stir the Turkish masses, so as they use the
constitutional article of Veto to protest against the conduct of Makarius concerning
the island except with the approval of the Turks in Cyprus. This annoyed Britain, so it
answered back by suggesting to its agent, the president Makarius to abolish the
constitution and refer to the majority rule. This resulted in the movement of the Turks
against Makarius. America used this disorder and carried the case to the UN. She
aimed at removing the British bases from the island. However, Britain pressured the
UN member states and limited the international forces dispatched to the island to
forces friend to Britain only, beside its own forces and Canadian forces ally with it.
Thus it frustrated the new American plan of using the UN for removing the British
military bases from the island; and the island remained effectively in the hand of
Britain by the name of the Security Council for the first time.
Struggle continued over the island between America and Britain, where the first tries
to remove the British influence and the British military bases, and the second tries to
maintain its influence and bases.
Then America tried another approach; so it used her direct influence with Turkey and
Greece. She contacted both of them directly, used all possible pressure and proposed
three solutions to the island, which all of them focus on eliminating the British
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in his talk, he discharged the brunt of his anger against England. He explained that
Greece would act as a state and start a crusade campaign against Turkey and the
Cypriot Turks. He said the issue must be transferred to the UN, because it is an
international issue. In other words, he spoke as a voice for the American policy. The
UN took after that a resolution that recommends the immediate withdrawal of the
Turkish army, which it called the occupier, from Cyprus. Then the council of the
federal state of Cyprus (the Greek part) took a decision in 17 June 1982 regarding the
right of the Cypriot people to self-determination. The Cypriot Turks answered back
by declaring the creation of the Turkish republic of Cyprus in its north in 15
November 1983. Thus, England succeeded in protecting its influence in Cyprus. In 18
November 1983, the Security Council condemned this (Turkish) declaration. In other
words, America did not support this declaration; and the Security Council issued
resolution number 550, in 13 May 1984, in which it described the declaration of
Turkish Cypriot republic in the north fragments the island, and it is not accepted
internationally.
Furthermore, the troubles in Turkey were continuous and severe. They continued
fluctuating till Uzal; the American agent became a Prime Minister in 1983, then
president of the republic in 1984. So the time of Uzal started in Turkey.
After the creation of the Turkish republic in north Cyprus, and the long period of the
authority of Uzal, the American agent (1984-1990), international meetings and
discussions about Cyprus renewed, though lesser than it was before 1980. The plan
regarding Cyprus Treaty prepared by the UN secretary in 17 January 1985 in New
York, and in 29 March 1986 did not give fruit.
After the disintegration of the Soviet Union and the satisfaction of America, she
turned her attention to the Islamic countries, so it revived the issue of Cyprus.
However, the policy of America towards Cyprus after the cold war had differed to
what it was before. The thing that changed was her style and not her policy, because
in origin, the policy of America was always to ultimately remove the English from
Cyprus.
In 1990, New York summit was held and Security Council adopted resolution
number 649, through which the UN directed a call to the two sides in Cyprus to find
out an acceptable solution, which carries the concept of two communities and two
divisions, and the leaders of the two parties have to sit down face to face. The
important point in the resolution is that it depended on the situation present in the
sixties, rather than that of 1974.
Torgut Uzal gave attention to the subject and showed in 1991interest in the concept
of a quadrant summit that states the Cypriot issue must be between Turkey, Greece,
the Turkish Cypriot republic and the Roman Cypriots. In 28 June 1991, he informed
the UN secretary, Perez de Culliar in his report to the Security Council that he
accepted the concept of quadrant summit. The intention of the quadrant summit was
to exclude England; however could not succeed in that because he either died or was
killed after a short while.
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In 11 October 1991, the Security Council accepted in the UN resolution number 716
that supports the report prepared by the general secretary Perez De Cuilliar regarding
the Cypriot issue. This report that was presented in 28 June to the Security Council
contained also the idea of the quadrant summit presented by Uzal. In 1992, the
Security Council presented to the parties a set of ideas prepared by the UN, which
contain 100 article that contain various solutions to the different aspects. The Turkish
side did not accept all the ideas of this set, while the leader of the Roman side,
Fasilio; the American agent accepted them all. However, during that period Fasilio
was deposed and replaced by the English agent, Claidese, who rejected all the
articles.
After that, the EU that was created by signing its political treaty in 7/2/1992 in
Holland entered the struggle arena when it agreed to examine the Greek Cyprus for
joining the EU as representative of Cyprus. The EU announced the application meets
all the required conditions. In the same year, and after the selection of Clairdese as
president of the republic, Britain thought of initiating the idea of bilateral treaties
between Greece and Cyprus, on the assumption they are two different entities, thus
removing the American idea of annexing Cyprus to Greece. Therefore, the idea of
common defence between Greece and the Roman part of Cyprus was approved, on
condition of rejecting the UN set of ideas, speeding the membership of EU and
increasing the armament activity. All of these steps have been taken to maintain the
current situation in Cyprus and to frustrate the American plans, because the UN set of
ideas is an American proposal. England urged on the membership of the EU because
if Cyprus became a member in the EU then its issue would not become an
international one, rather related to the EU, where it becomes difficult for America to
interfere in it.
As regarding the armament, the crisis of S-300 missiles was an important event in
1997. England installed Russian-made S-300 missiles in the Greek island of Crete,
which is close to Cyprus, by the Greek army, as part of the common defence between
Greece and the Greek part of Cyprus. The purpose of that was to warm up the
atmosphere in the island between the Cypriot Turks and Greek, for these missiles
strengthen the Greek Cypriots. Accordingly, the demonstrations and disputes in
Cyprus at the separation lines reigned over the situation. Therefore, supplying the S300 missiles aimed at frustrating the peace solutions proposed by America through
the UN, by escalating the situation between the two sides and preventing them from
setting together for any talks. America took interest in the subject and considered it
dangerous. So, it undertook serious attempts with Russia, the source of the missiles,
and strong pressure on Greece for withdrawing the missiles. She succeeded in that,
and the missiles crisis came to an end.
At the same time, a proportional change took place in the policy of the EU. In
January 1997, the EU declared the full membership of Cyprus is linked to the
political solution, and the Turkish side must also take part in the EU
recommendations. This meant rejecting to examine the application of the Greek
Cypriot side alone, as representative of the island, as it was promised before. Greek
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reacted against this declaration and informed the EU of its intention in using the right
of Veto for it is a founder member in the EU. The change in the policy of the EU was
due to American pressure, because she considered the membership of the Greek
Cyprus in the EU not enough to expel the English from it. America was at that time
interested with expelling the English from Cyprus and removing its bases from it. She
has also noticed England play a double game, and there must be solution from the
UN that agrees with her demands. In December 1999, in Helsinki, Turkey was
accepted within the list of the states recommended for the EU membership. Neither
America or Britain opposed to that; they rather both accepted and supported it when
it was proposed, but each of them from its own angle. Therefore, after Turkey was
accepted in the recommended list of membership, Clinton sent to Turkey a
congratulation message, where he said in it: Your leadership had an obvious role in
helping the initiation of discussions regarding Cyprus . In the summit of Helsinki, the
EU manifested the necessity of finding a political solution for Cyprus. In other words,
the EU did not want to join Cyprus to the union while it faces division and problems,
for this creates troubles for it. Therefore, the continuous English-American struggle
over Cyprus would bring troubles and problems rather than benefits to the EU. The
summit of Helsinki was the fruit of a balanced policy, which says to Turkey (solve
the problem of Cyprus and join the EU), and says as well (if it is necessary, Cyprus
can join as it is). Since Cyprus is an important strategic location, and because the EU
suffered at that time of the international pressure, Cyprus was unlikely to be
dispensable.
In November 2000, the EU declared the document of partnership related to the
membership of Turkey in the EU. The issue of Cyprus was mentioned in this
document, in the section of (short term objectives). This indicated the membership of
Turkey in the EU is directly linked with the issue of Cyprus. After that, Danktash
withdrew from the indirect talks conducted through the UN general secretary. Then
the chairman of the EU council, Romani Brudi announced in 2001 that Cyprus could
join the EU with its current situation, and without solving the problem. As a result
Turkey replied it is ready to pay any price or alternative for the sake of Cyprus. Thus,
talks resumed in January 2001 between Danktash and Clairids. The UN general
secretary, Koufi Annan and the special envoy of Cyprus, Alfaro De Suto joined the
talks. In 2001, UN general secretary went by himself to Cyprus and joined the talks.
In the autumn of 2002, the EU invited Danktash to understand his formal views.
During that the UN general secretary invited Danktash and Clairids to New York.
America knew that the continuous problems created by Danktash would make him an
obstacle in their way, therefore she claimed he was sick and thus kept him in New
York for some time after his arrival there. During that time, the general secretary,
Koufi Annan prepared the plan that carries his name.
As regarding Turkey, there was a coalition of three parties that governs Turkey. The
major influence in it was for the English, while America has some in it. This was
during this period of Cypriot talks, and the problems created by Danktash to distance
any solution proposed by America through the UN. The members of this Turkish
coalition were the English agent, Bulent Ajawid, the chairman of the Democratic
People party, the American agent Dawlat Bhishli, the chairman of the National
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Movement party, and the English agent, Mas ud Yelmaz, the chairman of the Mother
Homeland party. America faced difficulty in presenting a solution to Cyprus due to
the great English presence in the Turkish government. Therefore, America paved the
way for toppling the ruling coalition and pushing the group (of old Islamite) who had
allied with them under the leadership of Abdullah Ghul and Rajab Tayyeb Ardoghan.
In other words they pushed their ally, the Justice and Development party to take the
power in Turkey. America undertook many measures to achieve that goal. The most
significant and noticeable one was her withdrawal of 5 billion dollars from the
Central bank, which led to economic crisis. This economic crisis caused the decline
of the popularity of the government to the ground. After that came the statement
given by Dawlat Bhishley, the American ally, which is: Either the elections are held
on 3 November or we would withdraw from the coalition . Thus, the government was
forced to take the decision of early elections; which were conducted on 3 November
2002. The Justice and Development party led by Rajab Ardoghan won an
overwhelming majority in the elections.
Since that moment a government completely loyal to America was formed in Turkey.
At that time, the UN general secretary presented his plan (Annan plan) to the parties
in Cyprus, benefiting from the accession of America s allies to authority in Turkey.
The plan was submitted to Danktash and Clairidis in 11 November 2002, ie one week
after the victory of Ardoghan.
Under the shadow of the issue of Cyprus, membership of the EU and the American
war against Iraq, the government of Ardoghan undertook a standard number of visits
and reception of foreign delegates. It also declared it will solve the problem of
Cyprus, the membership of EU and AGSP at the same time. It increased its pressure
on Danktash, but with passing by him, because he had deep roots in the issue of
Cyprus and support in the Turkish army. Danktash understood the radical change in
the Turkish foreign policy, and its endeavour to solve the Cyprus issue according to
Annan paln . Therefore, Danktash spoke harshly in January 2003, saying: If
Turkey is going to abandon its national principles, and it is ready to accept Annan
plan as it is, then let it declare that openly. In that case, they can find a person other
than me that accepts this plan as it is, put his signature, and thus the problem would
be solved .
Annan plan contained a fundamental document, attach with other five documents.
These documents had many other documents linked to them. These documents
include: a foundation treaty, arrangements linked to the stage the settlement of
Cyprus issue, treaties concluded between the concerned states (Cyprus, Turkey,
Greece and England), the matters left to the decision of SC and UN, the matters
connected to the conditions required by EU for Cyprus membership in it, the
constitution of 1960 and matters related to the land, nationality/citizenship, and
ownership, internal security services. Simply, these documents contained every thing
related to the arrangement/organisation of the foreign and internal relations of
Cyprus. There was no any mention at all of the two English military bases in Dikilia
and Acrotiri. This means America and England had both agreed not to touch the two
bases. Thus, it can be stated the legal situation of these bases has been sanctioned and
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confirmed as it came in the independence treaty, which means they represent a third
entity alongside the other two entities of the Turks and Greeks. Beside, England
continued through its agent, Danktash, to create obstacles, which led to make some
changes in Annan plan, many times. Accordingly, the implementation time of the
plan was postponed many times. The different sides were supposed to complete their
meetings by 28 February 2003; however the plan was postponed till March 2004.
Danktash encountered a reprehensible defeat in the election undertaken in Cyprus in
14 December 2003. His votes percent had decreased so much compared to the high
number of votes he had obtained before. So, as a president of the republic, he was
obliged to confer upon Mohammad Ali Tal at, America s loyal man, the chairman of
the Republic Party, the task of forming the government. As a result, Tal at formed a
coalition with Sirdar Danktash, son of Danktsh, and the chairman of the Democratic
Party.
As a result of the pressure by the government of Ardoghan and paving the way in
Cyprus for the advantage of America, there was tendency to accept Annan plan.
America aims in this plan to form a united Cyprus, which will join EU as a union,
and finally remove Cyprus from the grip of England, except its military bases.
England, on the other side thought of keeping the current situation, as it is, ie two
independent states. Therefore, it endeavoured to frustrate and reject Annan plan,
through spreading clandestine propaganda against it. It viewed America would have
control over the Cypriot Union once Annan plan was implemented.
Finally, Annan plan was presented to the Cypriot people in 24 April 2004 for voting.
However, the result was unexpected, for it was rejected in the south, though it was
accepted in the north. This meant the end of Annan plan, though the result was
satisfactory and balanced for America, EU and England. Despite America could not
achieve success to the plan in the two sides, she however obtained an important
advantage in the north. Thus, the influence of England declined; and America would
be able to open the issue of Cyprus in future again if necessary. She is now removing
the siege imposed against the north (there are voices that demand of that). She will
secure to it economic progress, make of it an important business and tourist centre
and safeguard wide fame for it. She might also establish a military centre in the area
of Ad-Deeb Kirbaz (the tail of the island) so that it becomes a gun aperture directed
towards Asia. Thus, she would have controlled the strategic tail (of the island)
overlooking Asia and Middle East. Hence, America would have achieved success,
though it was not complete.
England had also achieved some share of success, because it did not allow any harm
to its influence in Cyprus, or encroachment to its military centres there. However, we
cannot say it feels comfortable, because it understands the prime aim of America is to
expel it from Cyprus, and she will not abandon that aim easily.
The EU wished that Cyprus became united and joined it as a union, but this did not
happen. Therefore, this is considered loss to the EU from this angle. However, the
EU obtained an important foothold through considering the application of South
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Cyprus alone to it. As regards Cyprus, it is difficult for it to obtain a benefit as long
as super powers like England and America struggle over it locally and internationally.
However, it might be said it obtained a partial benefit through using its strategic and
political position.
Therefore, these countries that struggle over Cyprus, namely America, Britain and
EU, will use the results of the elections as a starter to increase their relative success
so that it becomes a complete success that achieves their objectives.
Thus, Cyprus will remain a suspended and delicate issue that did not get the right
solution. The only solution is to return all of it back to its original body, which is the
Ottoman state, or Turkey currently. The sectarian solutions that serve the super
powers are undoubtedly colonialist solutions. The true solution is to return the island
back to its Islamic origin; and there is no any other solution.
This solution requires from the Muslims to support their brothers in the island and
Turkey, rather than turn to them their back. It is strange the agent states present in the
Islamic world were always preferably disposed to the Greek side against the Turk
side. When the Turks created a republic in north Cyprus, there was no any state of
those present in Muslim lands that stood on the side of Muslims authority in the
island; they rather recognised the Greek authority over the entire island.
This disgraceful stance of the Muslim rulers towards the important Muslim issues
indicates these rulers do not act in compliance with Islam, which they put alongside
their names in their identity cards, and nor in observance of the interests of their
people. They rather act in compliance with the interests of their masters of the
colonialist disbelieving states.
We are aware the puppet rulers in Muslim lands do not dare to adopt any one of
Muslims issues. Their situation is well known regarding all the issues of the ummah,
and not that of Cyprus only. Their main concern is only to please their masters,
whether Muslim lands were preserved or lost.
We, however, realize the ummah is in wait of great good, by the Allah s leave; these
rulers will vanish; and the Khilafah rashidah is on its way back, by Allah s leave.
Then this Khilafah rashidah will annex the island (of Cyprus) to the land of Islam,
and make of it again a lighthouse that shines in the east of the Mediterranean Sea, so
that it restores its old position as a departure point for the conquerors.
"
Indeed this is not difficult for Allah.
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(6)
SUDAN
(The South)
Sudan enjoys an important strategic location in Africa. It also represents the natural
depth to Egypt, which is the most important state in the east. Besides, it penetrates
through the depths of Africa, coming in contact with Congo, Uganda, Kenya and
Central Africa. It overlooks the Red Sea, thus facing Tohama and Hijaz in the Arab
Peninsular. Its eastern neighbours are Abyssinia and Eritrea, while Chad and Libya
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come in the west. This wide expansion of Sudan is paralleled by wide and huge
riches, weather and resources, which made of it the greatest agricultural and animal
producer. Nile, with its many tributaries, contributed to the outstanding fertility of its
soil, which is capable of providing the main food basket for all the Muslim countries.
This makes Muslims enjoy their necessary food security, which is not less important
than their military or political security.
Sudan riches are not confined to the agricultural field; rather its underground is full
with the precious metals necessary for industry, such as gold, chrome and mica,
besides the oil wells in its centre, which flow abundantly. It effectively has the
necessary elements required for a super power. This explains the struggle of the super
powers, in the past and currently, over dominating its fantastic and incessant riches.
Sudan is an old Islamic country, where Islam entered it in early times, in 31 AH, at
the hand of Abdullah b. As-Sarh, the governor of Uthman (ra) in Egypt.
When Sudan was under the British colonial authority, the British administration
issued a law in 1922 that made the South Sudan a closed and isolated area. This
aimed at preventing the infiltration of the people of the South to the North, and
preventing the people in the North from mixing with the South. It formed a local
army from the people of the South, under the leadership of English officers, so as to
create separation between the North and South, early in time.
This closure of the South encouraged the missionaries to freely carry out extensive
christianisation activities for its people. On the other side, colonial authorities
prevented the Muslims of the North to sending Islamic missions to the South. This
happened when the mission of the Graduates Conference tried in 1938 to send an
Islamic mission from Khartoum to the South for propagating Islam.
The British government called in 1947 some people from the North and others from
the South, for Juba conference. This conference was the first official trap Britain
designed for Sudan, so that the Sudanese people recognise the existence of two
entities in Sudan.
The view of Britain towards Sudan was basically built on the existence of two entities
in it: one of them is an Arab and Muslim, in the North, while the other was Christianpagan in the South. This is the same basis that America adopted later on.
Before the British colonial power left Sudan in 1956, Britain prompted a revolt in the
South of Sudan in 1955. This was the revolt that preoccupied all the Sudanese
governments that assumed the power, since that date till today.
After the independence, Britain appointed puppet rulers who accepted the South as an
inherited problem that needs special solution. In the round table conference held in
1965, the parties of the North and the South met and discussed the solution, on the
same basis laid down by Britain. However, they did not reach an agreement, and thus
the problem was more aggravated.
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Sadiq Al-Mahdi, one of the most prominent politicians in Sudan, recognised this
problem, since early time, before the constituent assembly. He demanded
transforming Sudan from a united republic to federal republic, and giving autonomy
to South Sudan under the pretext of having a special situation. He said in 1965: The
political parties in the North and South have reached now an agreement draft that
gives the South a local status, which accommodates its special situation, and gives it
as well a decentralized authority .
The politicians in Sudan differed regarding the nature of the special status of Sudan.
In 1967, the Prime Minister, Ismail Al-Azhari, launched an attack against the local
authority, which Al-Mahdi called for. He instead called for giving the South
autonomy only. Uganda was entrusted since that time of giving sanctuary to an exiled
government so as to become a concentration point for invading the South.
Britain left the problem of the South as a wedge, by which it kept Sudan busy through
the decades that followed the independence. It also placed the seed of the separation
of the South from the North, before it left Sudan. Later on, the western countries
looked after that seed and watered it to the point that the British agent rulers and the
American agent rulers who governed Sudan did not differ over it. They did not differ
over the view that the South had a special status. This was the view of most of the
parties, whether they were loyal to America, like the Khatmiyya sect, represented by
the Sudanese National Unity party, led by Al-Mirghani, or loyal to Britain like the
Mahdiyya Ansar sect, represented by the Ummah party, led by Al-Mahdi. All of
them approved the secession, in a form or another; the difference was only over the
styles.
The Mahdi government made dialogue on the basis of autonomy or local authority.
Numeiri government implemented the local authority and appointed an upper council
for assuming the authority in the South. The Salvation government, led by Omer
Hasan Al-Bashir, executed the federal authority and presented the idea of right to
self-determination to the Southerners. The opposition parties did not differ with AlBashir over this idea. The evidence to this is that the National Democratic Gathering,
which gathers the parties opposing the Salvation government led by Al-Bashir, had
offered right to self-determination to the Southerners and Juba Mountains in the
conference of vital issues that was held in Asmara, the capital of Eritrea in 1995.
The treacherous ideas, such as federalism and right to self-determination to the
people of the South became political demands and legitimate political realities. Thus,
the sons of the Islamic Mahdi revolt that broke out in 1881 against the English
occupation in defence of Sudan and its Islam, these sons changed to become agents
for implementing the English project. That great revolt had levelled many
reprehensible defeats against the English army at that time, and reclaimed capital,
Khartoum from their hands and killed the British commissioner in it, in 1885.
Sudan, like other colonies, had been a field for strong international struggle between
the old colonialist, Britain and the new colonialist, America, over its domination.
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When it was given independence in 1956, it was with Britain. It remained so with the
efficient leadership of Mahdi party and other politicians loyal to Britain. It continued
to fluctuate between Britain and America since then till 1969, where Ja far Numeiri,
with support from Nasser, the main America agent in the region at that time, led a
successive military coup against the parties and politicians loyal to England. Numeiri
held authority with military grip; and America successively managed to concentrate
its influence within the army during his relatively long term of government.
Under the rule of Numeiri, the problem of the South developed worse and became
more complicated. There were some factors that contributed to the complication of
the problem. One of which was the neglect of the South and absence of development
in it, by all the rulers that assumed the power. Another factor was their approval to
give the South a special status that would lead to its separation. John Garang became
prominent in the South at the end of Numeiri rule. He was an officer in the Sudanese
army, who was sent to the South to maintain security. He however seceded from the
government and formed a special militia loyal to him by the help of Uganda and
coordination with America. This aimed at creation of a Christian - pagan force that
prevents the spread of Islam in the South. It was also a tool in the hand of America,
where it would use it for exercising pressure against the Sudanese government and
directing it the way she wants. When the problems accumulated in Sudan, in all of its
security, political, economic and social aspects, America found it necessary to get rid
of Numeiri. So, Suwar ad-Dahab, one of the generals of the army, made a coup
against Numeiri when he was abroad. When Numeiri tried to return back to Sudan
and challenge the coup, Husni Mubarak, the Egyptian president, prevented him from
doing so in compliance with orders from America, and he forced him to stay in Cairo.
Suwar ad-Dahab was already known as one of the military loyal to Numeiri. His coup
was evidence that most of the senior officers in the Sudanese army became
completely under the American influence.
Suwar ad-Dahab remained only one year in authority, but the real authority was in the
hand of the army loyal to America. He handed the authority to the politicians and
allowed running elections; so the English agents returned to power. Sadiq Al-Mahdi
formed the government in 1985, where Sudan was left to fumble about for three years
during his government. In that period, a session was arranged in Washington in
February 1987, and a meeting was held in London in September 1987, where they
both were related to the South separation plans. Other initiatives were submitted in
Africa. All of these initiatives emphasised the formal unity of Sudan, besides the
focus on the cultural diversity, the importance of development and division of wealth
and authority. The army, at that period watched the situation closely; and when the
matters deteriorated to a point the people wished the military back, Omer Hassan
Ahmad Al-Bashir made a successful military coup in August 1989. He removed the
government of Al-Mahdi, and benefited of the mistakes of the previous military, like
Numeiri. So, he engrafted his military government by Islamic shade. He brought
Hasan Turabi, the chairman of the People Congress and the leader of the main
Islamic movement in Sudan, closer to government, so as to give his military authority
legal shade and popularity, which Numeiri lacked in the past.
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Thus, the military loyal to America got their strong hold over Sudan, and accordingly
America strengthened its grip over Sudan through the army. The military American
agents thus could achieve that which the English parties and politicians failed to do
by undertaking serious political actions that lead to the confirmed secession of the
South from the North.
Since Al-Bashir assumed the authority in Sudan, the mode of negotiations, meetings
and initiatives increased, paralleled with escalation in the encounters and battles in
the South so as to give these negotiations credibility and justification for achieving
vital progress in this delicate and dangerous issue.
There were meetings in Nairobi in 1989 under the auspices of the previous American
president, Jimmy Carter. These were introduction to those that followed. There were
meetings under the charge of Carter between the Sudanese government delegation led
by Mohammad al-Amin Khalifah and the delegation of the revolt movement led by
Lam Akol. In 1992, other negotiations were held at the initiative of the previous
Nigerian president, Ebrahim Babinjida in Abuja, between the government delegation
led by Mohammad Al-Amin and the delegation of the revolt movement led by
William Noon representing Garang group, and Lam Kol representing Nasser group.
These talks agreed on the necessity of solving the problem by dividing the resources
and creating a political institution that works based on racial, linguist and cultural
plurality in Sudan. In 1993, negotiations were held in Entebbe in Uganda under the
supervision of the Ugandan president, Yuri Musivini, between the government led by
Ali Hajj Mohammad, and the delegation of the People s Army (revolt movement) led
by Garang. In the same year, and one month after the past talks, a meeting was held
in Nairobi between the government delegation led by Ali Uthman Mohammad Taha
and the delegation of the revolt movement. Talks continued in Kenya and Nigeria till
a meeting was held in Nairobi in 17 March 1994, with initiative from the committee
of the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD), led by the Kenyan
president Daniel arap Moi and the membership of the presidents of Uganda, Ethiopia,
Eritrea and the presence of Omer Hassan Al-Bashir and the leader of the two factions
of revolt movement. The negotiations continued till it faced the disaster of signature
on "Joint Communiqu and Machakos Protocol in 20/7/2003. This was the most
dangerous in the process of ceding the South from Sudan. It was a fruit of tireless
efforts that lasted for tens of years, and was introduction to the final (peace treaty).
The protocol contained texts of delicate wording, considerable danger and includes
all the requirements of secession, such as right to self-determination. The texts were
worded with great attention so as to achieve the aim with minimum costs. The most
dangerous thing in the protocol is to stipulate an international role and a defined
mechanism for securing the implementation of the articles of the agreement so as to
achieve the secession. Thus, this protocol became a basis for all the forthcoming
negotiations. The talks were then resumed under international auspices of America,
Britain, Norway, Italy and the states of the Inter-Governmental Authority on
Development (IGAD). This was for discussing the details of the questions that were
left suspended at that time, such as dividing the wealth and authority and others. It
was noticed there was no disagreement in the talks between the international sides,
particularly America and Britain.
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In 25 September 2003, the security and military agreement between the government
and the revolt was signed. It stipulated presence of three armies: the army of the
government, the army of the rebels and a joint army from the government and the
rebels. Thus, the criminal secessionist revolt factions were preserved as an army
parallel to the official army, and legally equal to it. The agreement also stipulated the
necessary withdrawal of the government army from the South within a maximum
period of two years and a half.
The multitude of the armies in the country, as it came in the agreement, clearly aimed
at multiplicity of power centres. This would threaten the security and stability in the
country and thus drag it easily into wars, conflicts and fragmentation, particularly
when we speak about the rebels army, which is linked with the disbelieving west in
terms of the objective, training and armament. How is it possible for the people of
Sudan to feel safe when the rebels army exists in Khartoum, South of Blue Nile and
Nuba mountains, besides it alone controls the entire South of Sudan?
The idea of having two or three armies has been proposed and imposed on the
government by America after the negotiations reached a deadlock. The Sudanese
newspaper of Akhbar ul Yawm mentioned that explicitly in 25/9/2003. Thus,
America imposed the agreement on the government, and warned it of various types of
threats if it rejected the agreement.
In 17/1/2004, the Sudanese government and the rebels movement signed the
agreement of dividing the wealth. Accordingly, the oil and other revenues in South
Sudan and the other three disputed areas were divided equally between the
government and the rebels. Besides, it was agreed to set up two separate bank
systems: one belongs to the government, and the other to the South. This aims at
sanctioning secession from economic aspect as it was sanctioned from military
aspect.
Negotiations still continued over dividing the authority and the future of the three
disputed regions, which are Ebi, South of Blue Nile and Juba Mountains. Al-Bashir
government is about to concede Abi to the rebels according to an American paper
carried by Reverenced John Danforth, the America envoy of Bush to Sudan. This
paper was submitted to the negotiators in Nivasha, and it contained giving the people
of Abi the right to self-determination as that given to the people of the South.
It also contained the agreement of security measures stated in paragraph (c) article
(4), which stipulates a joint force in (Juba Mountains made of 6 thousands) and in
(South of Blue Nile made of 6 thousands). This represents an introduction to creating
a special status to the three regions on the same model of South Sudan.
The newspapers published in Khartoum mentioned in 20/3/2004 the details of the
American paper that was submitted to the two sides of negotiations in Nivasha (the
government and the rebels movement) for solving the issue of Ibyi. They are almost
the same proposals presented by the rebels movement, which the government
rejected. The most dangerous matter that came in this paper is (that the people of Ibyi
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make a separate referendum at the same time of the referendum in Sudan, which
comes after the transitional period, so as to decide whether they remain with the
North or join Bahr el-Ghazal). John Danforth said in a press conference he held in
Nivasha, which was published in the Sudanese newspaper of Akhbar ul-Yawm ,
issue number (3378) in 20/3/2004: President Bush is annoyed, he thinks peace can
be achieved before the end of the current month, and the American administration
considers the side that obstructs the peace process responsible for the collapse of the
negotiations . All of this confirms the impartiality of the American administration
and it completely and totally takes the side of the rebels movement. It also shows the
explicit threat of the administration to the government if it did not approve the paper
(as it came in the press conference made by the special American envoy for peace in
Sudan, John Danforth). This confirms the American paper is the final stance of the
American government regarding the issue of Ibyi.
The rebels movement rushed to accept the paper, which is natural to do for, in
origin, it is its proposals.
The Sudanese government accepted the paper as a basis for negotiation, according to
the Sudanese newspaper As-Sahafah , issue (2882) in Sunday 21/3/2004. This came
in a broad meeting attended by president Al-Bashir, the leaders of the ruling party,
and some of the army generals, besides three people of the negotiating team who
returned back from Nivasha. They extensively discussed the American proposal and
considered it suitable as a basis for negotiation. This indicates the impotence of the
government and its emaciated stance.
The position of those who described the American proposal to be reconciliatory
confirms their submission to the American pressures and their endeavour to please
her. While Allah (swt) says:
"
".
Indeed Allah and His Messenger are more worthy to be pleased . [9: 62]
The American embassy in Khartoum announced on Thursday, 13/5/2004 that the next
week will witness the signature of the agreement between the Sudanese government
and the '
Sudanese People'
s Liberation Movement'(SPLM), led by Doctor George
Garang, over the three regions and the division of the authority. Besides the final
agreement would be signed in the middle of next month. One of Garang Movement
officials confirmed the main points of the Peace Agreement are ready.
The Charge de Affaires of the American embassy in Khartoum, Jerard Kaloshi said
also in the same date that the mid of next month, June will witness the signature of a
comprehensive Peace Agreement in Nairobi between the Sudanese government and
the Sudanese People'
s Liberation Movement'(SPLM). He added before a limited
number of journalists on Wednesday Thursday night that his country started, since
some time, constructive discussions with the Sudanese government. He said the
American administration would start complete normalization of her relations with
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Khartoum once peace agreement was concluded and the phase of complete and final
cease-fire arrangements was reached.
Kaloshi said lifting the American sanctions from the Sudanese government depends
on three issues, which are cooperation in the dossier of fight against international
terrorism, conclusion of peace agreement through the Inter-Governmental Authority
on Development (IGAD), and production of comprehensive progress in the dossier of
human rights. He said Washington expects lifting the state of emergency after signing
the peace agreement. The Sudanese Peoples Liberation Movement (SPLM), led by
John Garang confirmed that the main points of the Peace Agreement are ready , but
it recommended seeking the help of a third party as an arbitrator regarding the
remaining details in case the first deputy of the president of Sudan, Ali Uthman
Mohammad Taha and Garang failed to solve them .
UN sources indicated, There are some difficulties that face the Sudanese
negotiators . However the official spokesman of (SPLM), Yasser Irman said, the
main issues have been solved. The remaining details should have not taken all the
time they too; they need decisions from both sides for solving them, and the
movement considers this viable . He confirmed, the main points in the agreement
are ready; and the two sides have to proceed to finalizing and signing the agreement .
He revealed that the remaining issues are two types: one of them relates to
rewording of some paragraphs of the agreement, while the other is objective that
relates to the Blue Nile and Juba Mountains, besides the central authority . He went
on explaining, that Khartoum offered the Movement 40% of the authority in Blue
Nile and Juba Mountains, and 60% for the government. It also offered the Movement
28% of the central authority while the Movement demands of 38% . As regards the
association of other political powers, Erman pointed out that study of the
participation of others has started and still continues between the two sides . As
regards the capital, he mentioned, that the issue of the capital has been settled, and
the two sides agreed on the main points .
During these talks and before finalizing the negotiations regarding the secession of
the South under the leadership of the rebel John Garang, there was emphasis on the
region of (Darfor), west of Sudan. Three factors have created and aggravated this
problem:
These are local competition over the land and pastures, foreign intervention and
incitement of the problem, and the neglect of the Sudanese government in looking
after its citizens as dictated by Islam with fairness and kindness.
As regarding the local competition, Darfor accommodates the African tribes of (For)
and other Arab tribes. The struggle started when the natural resources declined at a
time the flocks and the planted areas increased. Moreover, the Arab tribes that have
camels looked for owning lands for grazing. On the other side the African tribes of
(For) refused to share the land and pastures with Arabs, as being their owners through
inheritance.
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Revolt started dependent on the tribe of (Zaghawa), but these wanted to attract other
tribes in the rebel. So they started to scare them by invading them and imposing taxes
against them. Thus, the tribes faced two options: either they join the rebel or form
militia to protect themselves against the attack. So, these tribes formed militia, which
they soon became strong due to the availability of weapons that come from the
neighboring countries. This aggravated the situation, which became worse and
complicated every day. Thousands of lives were lost, hundreds of villages were burnt
and hundreds of thousands of people were driven away from their homes and left
without bedding except the sky and the ground. Some of them fled to Chad fearing
for their lives.
As regarding the foreign intervention and incitement of the problem, the Europeans,
particularly France and Britain, stirred the incidents of Darfor. The evidence on this is
that the rebels from the African tribes of For received support from Chad and its
rulers loyal to France, in term of supplies, concentration point and seeking refuge.
London worked as media center for the leaders of the revolt.
America tried to cover up her agent, Al-Bashir by giving statements only. She did not
demand from his government to abstain from suppressing the rebels, though she
could do that. However, after the crisis aggravated and developed into human
disaster, the human organizations and UN incited by Europe exercised pressure
on Sudan and demanded it should hold its support to the Arab militia (Janjaweed)
that maltreated the African, as it is circulated.
The media focused the light on the incidents of Darfor, in terms of the number of
dead that reached thousands, and the misplaced that reached one million. The media
described the events in Darfor as the greatest human disaster in this century, and
demanded immediate intervention by the international community; otherwise more
thousands of African would die monthly. After all that had happened, America found
she is obliged to intervene and join and lead the campaign. She ordered the Sudanese
government to stop the disaster through some requests: sending 6000 Sudanese police
to Darfor for keeping security of the African citizens and dissolving the (Janjaweed)
militia.
The Europeans were not satisfied with these America measures. They rather
demanded imposing sanctions against Sudan and dispatching foreign forces to
Darfor. Europe, particularly France started to raise doubts about the role of America
in imposing sanctions against Sudan.
The British stance was strangely hostile against the Sudanese government. Britain
worked to embarrass America through agitation, exaggeration and issuing
provocative statements against the Sudanese government.
America did not wish to discuss the issue of Darfor except after finishing the issue of
the South, signing the agreement between Garang and the Sudanese government and
proceeding in the steps of its implementation. After that she would move towards the
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issue of Darfor. As for Europe: France and Britain, they wanted to raise the issue and
inflame the situation at the same time so as to create troubles to the government of
Al-Bashir, which is loyal to America, for overthrowing or penetrating it.
The Charge de Affairs in the American embassy, Jerard Kaloshi declared in the
middle of this month, May 2004 that the situations in the province of Dafour, west of
the country are considered of vital importance in the dossier of human rights in
Sudan. He added he had reservations regarding the link of the peace process in the
South with achieving peace in the province of Darfor. This indicates America
endeavors to complete the measures for the secession of the South before she moves
to focus on the subject of Northern regions.
However, Europe: France and Britain understood this point, so they concentrated on
raising the issue of Darfor, militarily, politically and in the media to embarrass
America and destabilize the authority of Al-Bashir, loyal to America. This is after
America managed to have the effective role in the subject of the South, and
marginalized the role of Europe in it. Therefore, Europe: France and Britain, wanted
to have effective role in Darfor that compensates their weak role in the South.
In conclusion, America was obliged to take these measures against the Sudanese
government after she was embarrassed before the international public opinion
because of Darfor problem, which was blown up quickly and suddenly. Had the
problem remained internationally within reasonable limits, under control, and not
blown up, America would have not intervened. However, France and Britain
provoked it.
Therefore, the foreign intervention and provocation had a prime role in the revolt of
Darfor.
As regarding the neglect of the Sudanese government in looking after the affairs and
its confusion about the matter, this is clear from leaving the problem to grow and
exacerbate. This is the case despite that such problems in the tribal areas are normal.
Darfor is a Sudanese province, in the west of Sudan, along the borders with Chad.
The area of this province is about that of France. It accommodates Arab and African
tribes who are all Muslims. The province is called Darfor after the name of the
African tribe (For). The Arab tribes joined them and shared with them living, deen
and destiny.
The problems that usually occurred between the tribes were simple and related to
areas of farming, irrigation, grazing and water collections. The leaders of the tribes
used to quickly solve such problems. It is well known that this type of problems is
normal in the tribal areas, and it is one of the natural disputes that arise in the mobile
tribal communities.
The government did not solve such disputes with wisdom and good caring, by
providing pastures to the flocks owners, and supplying the needs of farming and
irrigation to the landlords, who live in the villages. They could have done this by
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bringing both sides together and look after them impartially, thus preventing the use
of the problem for intervention. The government instead left the matters between the
Muslims, Arab and African to exacerbate and complicate. They left the African
militia expand with the support of France through Chad. They left Britain give them
wide media support, and Garang, the rebel of the South, gave them covert support.
The government gave also support to the Arab militia. Thus things turned into utter
confusion; the crime spread, the people dispersed, and the state left the militia
struggle against each other without intervention from the state so as to stop them and
look after the affairs of both sides. Had not America been embarrassed by Europe,
and then intervened by ordering Sudanese government to as a state in settling the
problem, the militia would have continued struggle in a field independent of the state
and its order.
Therefore, instead Al-Bashir government contained this militia and made conciliation
between the tribes; it escalated the situation and used its land and air forces to support
the Janjaweed, thus kindling the bloody struggle between the Muslims. Then it
started to fumble about solving the problem and wait solution from other countries. It
even waited from John Garang, the rebel of the South, who separated the South to
help. The Sudanese foreign minister declared in 14/5/2004 saying: You addressing
Garang have relation with the rebels in Darfor and you must have a positive role in
solving the problem . Before that, the government official in charge of the Sudanese
Government committees responsible for implementing the government
recommendations in Darfor said: The final solution of the problem in Darfor must
be through John Garang, once the problem of the South was solved and he comes to
Khartoum for assuming his post as Vice president. This is because Garang is more
capable in solving such disputes due to his long experience in them .
These are the officials statements though they realize Garang movement encourages
revolt in Darfor. In a press conference in 14/5/2004, the Sudanese foreign minister
answered, by saying yes to a question from a journalist that said: Do you consider
Garang movement responsible for the revolt in Darford? Despite this, the Sudanese
officials ask Garang to solve their problem. No doubt the solution he seeks for the
province of Darfor is its Secession from Sudan like the South.
Thus, the position of the Sudanese government was so disgraceful that it asked the
leader of the revolt in the South to solve the problem of the revolt in Darfor.
The Sudanese government still deals with the situation in a way that would definitely
lead to the aggravation of the situation in Darfor and other Northern regions. Though
it knew the relief organizations supplied the rebels with arms, it approved they
resume their activities there. It also approved the presence of African supervision
groups that will give the rebels a cover till they unite their forces and prepare for a
new revolt. The Sudanese foreign minister was asked in the mentioned press
conference: Are you please with the agreement that allows Ugandan forces to enter
South Sudan? He answered: Are you pleased with every thing you do? Sometimes
you do things just because they are required by necessity. He said this because he is
aware of what such forces will do, in terms of encouraging and supporting the revolt.
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lands to the authority of any disbelieving enemy is a great crime in the sight of Allah.
This would encourage other regions for secession and enable the enemy to demand
more concessions, because any concession, even the smallest, would leave the gate
wide open for more concessions.
The Arab poet said:
Whoever feels himself insignificant, humiliation becomes easy for him.
This is like the dead person who does not feel the pain of his wounds.
The example of concessions in Palestine, Indonesia and that which is going on in
Sudan, all of this pronounces this fact.
It is strange as well as painful that the (opposition) parties in Sudan, which oppose
the government in almost every thing, they agree with it regarding the crime of
conceding the South to the authority of the rebel Garang, based on American
planning and arrangement, and the negotiations that take place with the rebels in
Darfor, which might lead to its secession as the South. This reveals the bad stance of
the parties that call themselves opposition but do not fear Allah regarding the
abandonment of the Muslim lands.
The Sudanese government has to choose only one of two options:
First: It persists in the error (batil), continues the policy of concessions, depends on
America for solving its issues and makes the country a field for struggle between
America nd Europe.
Second: It returns back to the truth (haqq), where returning back to the haqq is virtue;
follows the shar of Allah, thus it cancels its agreement with Garang and stops its
talks with the rebels of Darfor, and addresses the issue of the country s unity based
on the fact it is a vital issue that must not be tolerated, for it is an issue of life or
death.
As regarding the first option it would draw the country into a great disaster:
humiliation, weakness, division, fragmentation and destruction, which is treason to
Allah, His Messenger and the believers.
As for the second option, it is glory, might, community, unity, prosperity and gaining
pleasure of Allah (swt) and His Messenger (saw).
Are the rulers of Sudan going to repent, and thus choose that which pleases Allah and
His Messenger, so they make good deeds that benefit them in the dunya and akhira?
Thus, a Khilafah is established in Sudan, which unifies Sudan, eliminates the rebels
and destroys the American and Western influence in Sudan, both in the North and the
South. Then Islam sets off from Sudan strongly to the different parts of Africa,
spreading guidance between the people, with da wa and jihad fee sabeelillah.
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Indeed Allah will help those who help Him. Verily Allah is Strong, Almighty . [22:
40]
(7)
Iraq
Iraq is the cradle and source of old human civilizations, such as Assyria, Babylon,
Nineveh (Neenawa), Ore and others. It is one of the most important and deep-rooted
parts of the world, where it goes back deep in history.
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Muslims conquered Iraq at the time of Omer b. Al-Khattab (ra), in 13-23 AH, 634644 AC. It became one of the important Muslim lands, where the big Islamic
conquests started and set out. Some of the greatest battles of Islam took place on its
soil, like Qadisyya and Mada in. Many great cities were also built in it, like Basra,
Kufa, Wasit, Baghdad, Samirra and Mousul.
Iraq is the twin and reserve of Ash-Sham, and it is the extension for Arab Peninsular.
The two rivers: Tigris and Euphrates cross its land, thus making of its wide plains the
best fertile and productive lands in the world.
Its distinctive geographic location at the head of the Gulf made of it one of the most
important roads that connect Europe with the Indian Ocean. In the modern colonial
era, Iraq won special importance for Britain, because it was considered a prime
trading road to India, which was a jewel in the British crown. Its importance
increased after the discovery of oil in it, at the beginning of 20th century.
Iraq remained a part of the Ottoman Khilafah till World War I, where struggle over it
between Britain on one side and the Ottoman State and Germany on the other
escalated. Britain tried to snatch it from the Ottoman State during the war. So it
occupied Al-Basra in the first year of the war, Al-Amara in the second year, but faced
great defeat in Al-Kut in the third year. However, in the fourth year, the British
managed to occupy Baghdad in 11 March 1917, led by General Mood. They
continued their drive to the north, where they occupied Al-Musul in October 8th,
1918. Thus, the entire of Iraq fell in the hands of the English and was placed under
British guardianship.
After that Britain appointed its stooge Faisal b. Hussein b. Ali, the governor of
Makkah, as a king to Iraq. This was a sort of compensation for his father s loss in
Hijaz, which was given to Al-Saud.
Britain retained under the Hashemite royal authority three military bases, which are
Ar-Rashid in Baghdad, Al-Habbaniyya, north of Baghdad and Ash-Shi aiba near alBasra. The British military, political, economic and cultural advisers were the true
rulers of the country. The British ambassador in Baghdad had the final word in
governing Iraq throughout the Hashemite rule that continued till 1958. Thus during
that period Iraq became a true British oasis.
In World War II, Hitler, the Chancellor of Germany tried to challenge the English in
Iraq. So, he made contact with Ghazi, the king of Iraq, who opposed the English. The
king responded favourably with him; but Britain used to keep an eye on him. Once it
discovered his relationship with the German, it quickly got rid of him by killing him
in a car accident. According to the order of succession to throne, his young son,
Faisal the second became a king. The British appointed his uncle, Abdul Ilah as a
prince regent and crown prince, who remained loyal to the British crown till his death
in the coup of 1958.
In 1941, Germany repeated its attempt to take Iraq from the English. So, it supported
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Rasheed Aali Al-Kilani who managed to take the authority in March 2nd, 1941, and
immediately declared war against Britain, taking side with Germany. However, Hitler
could not supply him with land troops for help; he rather sent him some German air
squadrons.
Britain was so much frightened of this sudden Iraqi coup, and the danger posed by
the access of the Germans to Iraqi oil fields. So it determined to very quickly
overthrow it. Its forces advanced quickly to Baghdad and occupied it. Al-Kilani fled
the country, four of the officers that participated in the coup were killed, Abdulilah
was restored to the throne, and Britain confirmed again its grip over the country.
The Iraqi resistance against the British colonialist did no cease during the entire
period of colonialism. There was violent resistance against occupation in 1920,
followed by strong resistance from time to time. However, British control over Iraq
continued for long time due to the challenge to the resistance undertaken by the
stooge government of Abdulilah and Nouri Said, who was the strong and effective
ruler in it. This is besides inciting division between the various sects and trends,
following the British policy of divide and rule .
America entered as a new player in struggle over Iraq after she abandoned her
isolation after World War II. She started competing with Britain over controlling the
oil of Iraq. America had, since San Rimo conference in 1920, demanded from Britain
her share in the oil of the Gulf. Britain was the leading state at that time, so it
unequivocally rejected the American demand. This prompted Wilson, the American
president at that time to send a letter to the British government saying: You want to
pursue a kind of colonialism, which became old fashion . Britain continued after
World War II to resist the American pressure for obtaining bigger share of the oil of
the Gulf. However, it could not ultimately prevent her from getting that. Churchill,
the British Prime Minister wrote to Lord Biffer Brook, a member in the British
ministry of war, in reply to a memorandum regarding the US demands of oil: I
understand you well; but I am afraid the post war world might collapse if we joined it
while fighting America over the oil .
The American president, Roosevelt sent at the end of World War II a presidential
committee to the Middle East. It visited Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Iran, Kuwait, Bahrain and
Qatar. After its return it submitted to president Roosevelt its report that starts with the
following phrase: The oil of the Middle East is the greatest treasure the nature left to
the history; and the economic and political influence of this treasure will be very
serious . When the secretary of state, James Pearnes asked president Roosevelt:
President! What is the share of the oil of the Middle East that we must control?
Roosevelt kept silent for a while and replied saying: Not less than 100% .
Harold X, one of the American delegates abroad wrote to the American president,
Roosevelt saying: Middle East is a huge world galaxy of oil fields that has no
parallel in the world. Saudi Arabia is the sun of this galaxy, for it is the biggest oil
well in Middle East. Its conditions are suitable, for its king Abdul Aziz Al Saud
wants two things: money and protection of the throne. USA must guarantee these two
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things . Thus, the matter was arranged with King Abdul Aziz when president
Roosevelt met him on the American warship Queensea in Suez Canal. America won
the oil of Saudi Arabia in accordance with a treaty between the king and the company
of (ARAMCO). This company consisted at that time of four oil companies, which
were New Jersey, Texaco, Sokal and Sokoni Vacuum.
The manager of Sokoni Vacuum stood in 1945 to literally speak: The management
of oil affairs differs from the management of any other commodity. The oil affairs are
90% politics, while only 10% are oil . Then he added: If it was inevitable upon
America to manage the affairs of oil in the world, then she is obliged to do that all the
time, even outside the bounds of its regional policy and outside the bounds of the
international law if that was necessary .
However, Britain that conceded to America the oil of Saudi Arabia and part of the oil
in Iran, it did not concede to her the oil of Iraq. It continued to safeguard Iraq as its
main basis in the region. So, it annexed Iraq to each of Turkey, Iran and Pakistan to
form Baghdad Pact in February 1955, and put all of them under its control.
America endeavoured to infiltrate this British hegemony over Iraq using a military
coup that was prepared like that of Nasser s coup in Egypt against king Farouq. A
movement of free (military) officers was organised under the leadership of Abdul
Karim Qassim and Abdul Salam Aarif, following the model of the movement of free
officers in Egypt. The situation in the region was adequately used, particularly the
success of Nasser in his coup against king Farouq, the failure of the trilateral invasion
against Egypt and the start of banishment and weakness of Britain in the region.
Abdul Karim Qassim and Adul Salam Aarif led a successful coup in 14 July 1958,
which overthrew the royal system in Iraq and established the Iraqi republic. Abdul
Nasser immediately welcomed the military that led the coup. Britain tried to
intervene for stopping the coup, so its forces landed in Jordan, American dispatched
her forces to Lebanon, Turkey mobilised its forces to its borders with Iraq, and king
Hussein called the states of Baghdad Pact to restore the royal system to Iraq. The
situation became tense and the matters complicated. The Soviet president, Khrucheve
strongly warned the western countries, particularly Britain and Turkey, of the
consequence of intervention in Iraq. The Soviet army mobilised it forces along its
borders with Turkey, and America connived with them. Thus, Britain feared after this
escalation, retreated and things calmed down. The new republic system in Iraq thus
stabilized and Iraq got out of the military and political
English grip after Iraq withdrew from Baghdad pact. Iraq also withdrew from the
British monetary grip by withdrawing from the Sterling region.
In 1961, a new Iraqi law was enacted by which the Iraqi State reclaimed most of the
concession areas of the foreign oil companies. This provoked Britain and other
western states against the government of Abdul Karim Qassim.
The leaders of the coup were divided towards Abdul Nasser. Abdul Salam Aarif was
considered loyal to Nasser, so he preferred Iraq join Egypt and Syria in the United
Arab Republic. However, Abdul Karim Qassim was against that. When Aarif noticed
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his friend Qassim not completely affiliated to Nasser policy, he renounced him and
started to look for an opportunity of making coup against him. Qassim then removed
him from the government in which he was considered the second person; and he was
later on arrested and put to trial.
The situation in Iraq aggravated because Qassim increasingly worked with the
communists in Iraq during the last years of his government. This strengthened their
position in Iraq and accordingly rallied the agents of America and Britain against him
equally. Nasser started to strongly attack him and his communist allies in Iraq,
accusing them of being agents to Moscow. He accused them of abandoning Arab
Nationalism. Therefore, Nasser supported some revolutionary movements against
Qassim, one of which was the movement of colonel Adul Wahhab Shawwaf, but it
failed. Ba th party started also to organise its cadres and prepared for a coup.
The Ba thists and nationalists united over overthrowing Qassim, and they effectively
tried to assassinate him in 1959. Abdul Nasser supported them, where his military
attach in Baghdad, Abdul Majid Farid paid 7000 Egyptian pounds to facilitate the
assassination operation, according to the information given by the secretary of Ba th
party at that time, Ali Saleh Sa di. However the attempt failed.
Political forces continued to rally against Qassim. America, Britain and oil companies
that were harmed due to withdrawing their concessions supported them. Matters
escalated more, and the Kurds joined the game, so the enemies of Qassim increased
and conditions became completely ripe for a new coup.
Then the coup came in 8 February 1963, where Ba th party and the national forces
led by Abdul Salam Aarif and supported by Nasser, conducted a bloody violent coup
that led to killing of Qassim and the elamination and torture of communists. Ali Saleh
Sa di, the secretary of Ba th party said after the coup: We came to power on an
American train . King Hussein of Jordan said in an interview with Mohammad
Hasanain Haikal, the former editor of Al-Ahram newspaper: Allow me to say that
what happened in Iraq in 8 February 1963 had enjoyed the support of the CIA . The
people of the coup were forces of mixed loyalty to America and to the English.
Therefore, it was not expected this coup would continue without one of the two sides
overcomes the other .
The coup was arranged of the Ba thists led by Ali Saleh Sa di, Mahdi Ammash,
Ahmad Hasan al-Bakr and other people loyal to the English, and of the nationalists,
led by Abdul Salam Aaarif, Tahir Yahya and others, who were favourite to Abdul
Nasser and supported by America.
Later on dispute took place between the partners in the coup, the nationalists and
Ba thists, due to their political views and international loyalties differences regarding
the government powers. Abdul Salam Aarif thus removed the Ba thists from the
authority, brought the Nasserites closer, strengthened his grip on the authority, and
started to imitate Abdul Nasser in the government styles, curries favour with him and
follows his policies. The Ba thists responded to their removal by trying to make a
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coup against Abdul Salam Aarif. So, they started to rally their forces and tried to
overthrow him in 1964, but they were exposed. Abdul Nasser immediately sent 600
Egyptian military to Iraq to support the forces of Aarif. This led to the failure of the
Ba thists attempt. Nasserites allying with the nationalists, who were led by Aarif,
were rewarded by giving them more posts in the Iraqi government.
In 13 April 1966, Abdul Salam died in a plane crash. So, his brother Abdul Rahman
Aarif was appointed as president of Iraq. America played a great role in his
appointment; however he was of weak character and not good for politics. Matters in
Iraq became unstable after the death of Aarif, and the influence in Iraq fluctuated
between the English and American. It finally settled for the advantage of the English
by the coup of July 1968, where the Ba thists loyal to the English led by al-Bakr and
his deputy Saddam Hussein took the reign of power.
Ten years after that al-Bakr was forced to concede the authority to Saddam Hussein
who managed to rally the Ba th forces behind him, and combined security forces in
his hand. Thus, matters settled to Saddam after he destroyed all the centres of military
forces in the state. Then Saddam started a war against Iran on behalf of the British
interests that were harmed by the revolution of al-Khumaini, where the war continued
for eight years and destroyed every thing.
In 1990, Saddam waged a new war against Kuwait, where he occupied it in the
summer of that year. Britain aimed from that war to be a means of pressure that leads
to negotiation over two matters: The first is to promote its agent Saddam, the strong
man in the region, which would lead to strengthen its position in the region. The
second is acknowledge America s share in the influence and oil in the Gulf.
However, America used that incident as an excuse to seize the Gulf, build military
bases in it and gain control over its oil and rulers, both the American and the British
agents, under the pretext of liberation of Kuwait. Britain attempted to reach a solution
through negotiation, but it failed. America, rather considered this the opportunity it
prepared for since many years, which is to become the master of the Gulf. When
Britain noticed her determination, it joined her in the war for only driving the Iraqi
regime from Kuwait rather than destroying it. This is because the war was announced
for liberating Kuwait, and they both agreed to that. Thus, the war started, where
America led a coalition of thirty foreign and Arab countries to fight against Iraq and
drive it out of Kuwait in 1991. America was about to overthrow the regime of
Saddam and take over Baghdad had she not observed her agreement with Britain,
particularly the declared reason was liberating of Kuwait. Thus, it abstained from
destroying the regime. Instead it left it to destroy the uprising of the Shiites and
Kurds against his authority. So, when Bush Senior contacted General Schowartscove
who was advancing towards Iraq, and asked him to halt and withdraw immediately,
the American general was surprised and said: (Sir! There is no any obstacle before us,
and within hours we would be in Baghdad and destroy Saddam s regime). Bush
answered him saying: (There are matters you do not know; return back immediately).
He was alluding to the deal he made with Britain. However, America used later on
the presence of Saddam for scaring the gulf by the Iraqi regime, so as to remain their
safe refuge. She also used his presence as an excuse to create no flight zones in the
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south and north of Iraq, under the pretext of preventing him from making air attacks
against his citizens and neighbours.
Thus, she was content with making siege against Iraq instead of overthrowing its
regime. The American siege continued under the UN cover till 2003, where the
American and British forces swept over Iraq again, occupied it, overthrew the regime
of Saddam and controlled the oil of Iraq. Thus, Iraq fell again to direct colonilization
under the leadership of America, and its ruler became for the first time an American
person called Paul Bremer.
War against Iraq was only the first step towards a huge project that was fashioned
before the current administration took power. This project was designed in
coordination with the military armament and oil companies, besides the forces of the
right wing in USA.
It started with thoughts for laying out new foundations for the new American foreign
policy in the 21st century. This new American foreign policy aimed at preserving
America as the leading state in the world, subjugating the entire world to the
American influence, and preventing any state or nation from trying to challenge
America or budging her away from the post of leading state in the world; even if this
needed unilateral military solutions without the approval of the UN. This policy was
first called: peace through strength , as it came in a document issued by the
Pentagon in 1992, when Dick Cheney was secretary of defence.
Work continued on this project till it was finally formulated in 1997. The founders of
this plan were Paul Wolfowitz, Donald Rumsfeld and Dick Cheney. This project was
called in its final form Project for the New American Century .
The project came in a document published in September 2000 under the title of
Rebuilding America s Defences: Strategies, Forces, and Resources for a New
Century . It called for:
Changing the unfavourable regimes, distribution of the American forces in South
Europe, South and Centre of Asia and Middle East, controlling the energy resources
in the world, militarising the space, and the intention of using nuclear weapons for
realising the American goals.
This document, which was disclosed by Sunday Herald , pointed out that Bush
administration had planned for military control over the gulf since many years,
whether there was or not Saddam Hussein in power. The document mentioned: The
United States has for decades sought to play a more permanent role in Gulf
regional security. While the unresolved conflict with Iraq provides the
immediate justification for a substantial American force presence in the Gulf.
Therefore, the plan for attacking Iraq was ready before. What was needed is only to
have the circumstances for its implementation; and thus the events of 11/9/2001 were
the required suitable opportunity.
America accordingly started to prepare the environment for executing that even
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The most important reason that made Bush Junior add Iran and North Korea to Iraq in
the axis of evil was firstly not to show Iraq the only target, for this would be harmful
from political and planning aspects. This would indicate the American administration
is focusing on Saddam; and thus all sights would be then focused on what would
Bush do in Iraq. Bush administration would then be in a difficult position before the
American and world public opinion. The second is that if Bush spoke about Iran
alone with Iraq, then it would be likely understood it is a new crusade war against
Muslims. This would create for Bush troubles in Muslim lands before the war against
Iraq starts. Therefore, North Korea was the third ideal state to choose, because it is
not Islamic and it is portrayed as enemy to America. Besides, America wanted to
preoccupy China and Russia through fuelling the front of North Korea. Thus, the
declaration of Bush about the axis of evil prepared the American public opinion to
accept a potential war for destroying that axis of evil.
Talk followed about Iraq possession of WMD (weapons of mass destruction) and that
it does not hesitate in using them. This is because it used them against its people,
besides it coordinates with the terrorists and might deliver to them these weapons.
Statements by senior officials in the American administration started to follow in
succession about that subject. Condoleeza Rice declared the reason for targeting
Saddam is also: (Iraq is an oppressive regime. It is true there are other oppressive
regimes in the world, but Iraq is a regime that attacks its neighbour countries. It is an
oppressive regime that threatens the American interests and her allies in the region.
There is no any other state similar to Iraq regarding the following subjects: Saddam
supported the terrorists in the Middle East against our friends, so he gave funds to the
suicidal Palestinians, and attempted to assassinate the American president (Bush
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Senior during his visit to Kuwait). There is no president in any state similar to
Saddam. Saddam was not content in manufacturing WMD, but he also used them.
There is no other state in the world that did the same).
Bush administration spoke loudly about WMD of Saddam; and it tried to convince
her allies and the American public opinion of that. The period between November
2001 and March 2002 was decisive for taking the decision of launching a war against
Iraq. The officials of Bush administration that spoke about WMD depended on the
analysis made previously by the UN, the American CIA and the western intelligence
agencies. They did not aim at verifying Iraq s possession of WMD; they rather
wanted to raise their voice about this subject so that it becomes a pretext for the war,
which America prepares the atmosphere for it.
Furthermore, the neo-conservatives who hold the reigns of the American
administration feared even the likelihood of WMD existence in Iraq. This is because
they considered that as danger and threat to the Jewish state, and accordingly to them,
for they viewed Israel as a vital interest to them in the region.
As regarding the possibility of Saddam giving WMD to the terrorists, this was one of
the greatest matters discussed in the American administration. Wolfowitz
acknowledged that when he said: (We have three worries regarding Saddam regime.
Firstly, the WMD; secondly, the regime support to the terrorists; and thirdly, the
crimes it committed against the Iraqi people. In reality, there is a fourth more
important reason, which is the link between the WMD and terrorism).
Thus, the neo-conservatives started to focus on Saddam s possession of WMD, and
the possibility of delivering them secretly to the terrorists for attacking America with
them.
Many scenarios were written about this subject. An American official said for
example: (The greatest danger that might come from Saddam is his use of Chemical
weapons by conventional means, as an example in a bag or a suicidal plane).
Rumsfeld spoke to the congress regarding the relation between Iraq and terrorism,
saying: (One of our first aims in war against terrorism is to prevent the replicate of 11
September and confronting America with WMD. It is not necessary here to discuss
whether the terrorist threat will come from a terrorist regime or a terrorist group.
What matters is to eliminate such threat regardless of its origin. The matter we know
is that Iraq possesses at this moment biological and chemical weapons, besides its
seeks to obtain nuclear weapons).
Few weeks after the end of attack against Afghanistan, ie after December, Iraq
became at the top of the American agenda. America prepared the its domestic
atmosphere, and did her best to prepare the possible international atmosphere, under
the pretext of Iraq s possession of WMD and its secret delivery to the terrorists.
America added a further objective, which she used to emphasise on frequently. It is
the civilization struggle against the Islamic region to promote in it the Western
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civilization, so as to replace Islam in the people s minds. The Americans thought they
could through this project spread their false values, and lay down the education
curricula for moulding the minds of the future generations in the region according to
their designs. They started to speak much about freedom, democracy, supporting
women (rights) and human rights. They wanted to portray their occupation of Iraq as
a way to carry these (shining) values to the region. The project of the (Great Middle
East), which they were occupied with since the beginning of 2004, came in that
context. They planned to present it to the G8 (Industrial Countries) summit in middle
June, and to NATO conference late June. America wanted to make of Iraq a centre
for spreading the Western values in the region. Thus they would generate a bad
political class that stands an obstacle before the ambition of the Islamic ummah. This
ummah yearns to her great Islam and to resume her Islamic way of life by
establishing the Khilafah rashida. The Khilafah rashida became anxiety to the west
and particularly America. So, they plan to attack the Khilafah and attack Islam on
which it stands, even before it comes to sight.
Thus, America prepared the atmosphere for her attack against Iraq: She wanted to
eliminate the WMD, and spread the democratic principles, freedom and the corrupt
western values in the region. The war broke out in 19/3/2003, where America
occupied Iraq by destroying the official regime in 9/4/2003. The regime was already
defeated from within because of its abandonment of the aqeeda of the ummah and its
peak, which is jihad. Bush announced the end of the major combat operations in
30/4/2003. America thought she won the war and stabilized after demolishing the
official regime. However, she was shocked by the Muslims heroic resistance to the
occupation, which surprised her. It is a violent resistance, which the American
enemies before others acknowledged its strength. The events in Falluja, Najaf and
other Iraqi regions are live examples, which give witness to that. This prompted
America to speed up the authority handover, at least symbolically, to the agents of the
CIA in Iraq, so as to reduce the military and moral pressure against her. She also tried
her best to bring in Iraq some forces from the countries that support her in this war.
She even tried to involve the NATO in Iraq as she did in Afghanistan. She decided to
make the end of June (2004) the time for the symbolic authority handover, to her
agents in Iraq. She thought this would deliver her of the predicament she walked in.
Senior officials in the American state department and Pentagon said before the
American Congress in 1/7/2004, regarding their explanation of the authority transfer
to the Iraqis that the new interim Iraqi government is expected to assume its tasks in
1/7/2004. This government would not enjoy except a limited sovereignty over the
country. It would not have authority over the military forces of the USA and the
coalition forces present in Iraq. In a listening session before the committee of arm
forces in the American Congress, Paul Wolfowitz, defence minister assistant, and
Mark Grossman, deputy of state department said: USA functions in accordance with
the state management of the interim period, which was approved by the Iraqi
Governing Council and the resolution issued by the Security Council last October.
Both legislations give the American military leaders the task of running the security .
Though, the process of transferring the authority to the Iraqi interim government is
described as granting of full sovereignty, Grossman described it as limited
sovereignty , because it is limited by the interim law and the UN resolution .
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According to the current plan, the envoy of the UN general secretary, al-Akhdar alIbrahimi will supervise the formation of an interim government that runs the Iraqi
government institutions for a period of six months. It will then pave the way for
electing an interim national assembly in January 2005, which would select a second
government and coin a draft of permanent constitution. Wolfowitz described the
government of 1st July as completely interim , and its task is to run the ministries.
But that which is more important is to prepare for the elections . He added, the
government will further run the police, but with coordination with the Central
American leadership, because this situation is not natural in this aspect . The
republican senator, John Warner directed a question to the head of the Joint Chief of
Staffs, General Richard Meyers, saying: We will then transfer the sovereignty, but
the military decisions will remain totally in the hands of the American general; is that
true? Meyers replied saying: Yes; this is true .
Wolfowitz spoke shedding light on the efforts aiming at creating a new big military
force there: Sovereignty is not a matter that might or we want to restore it. Security
of Iraq will be part of a multi national force under American leadership, including
Iraqi forces .
The USA warned that the new Iraqi government, which is expected to assume the
authority in Iraq on first of July might have to give up some of its functions for the
coalition forces.
Colin Powel, the secretary of state said it is necessary the coalition forces continue to
undertake their tasks under the American leadership.
Powel had also said in an interview with Reuters: The Coalition forces must remain
under American leadership. This might overstep that which some people call as
complete sovereignty . He added saying: He hopes these details are worded in the
UN resolution .
Approaching the time of the authority handover, as they called it, to the Iraqis,
confrontations between the occupation and the resistance blazed. When the Falluja
was under siege, conflicts broke out with the supporters of As-Sadr (al-Mahdi army).
The occupation, by request from Bremer himself, asked the intervention of the Iraqi
Islamic party, Sunni Ulema Society, and other Shiite parties like Hizb ud-Da wa and
some Shiite religious authorities, like Sastani. This was to mediate for reaching
ceasefire between the people of Falluja and supporters of As-Sadr on one side and the
occupation on the other side. However, the occupation insisted on its conditions.
Despite the presence of ceasefire, the occupation continued to mobilise its forces for
besieging Falluja, and they remained persistent on arresting or killing As-Sadr and
disbanding his militia of al-Mahdi army .
Arrival of America to Iraq for its occupation and making of it a passageway and a
spring board for starting and continuing its project for the American century, obliges
it to form an Iraqi stooge government, unique of its kind. This government would
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give America extensive powers and unlimited concessions so that she uses the land of
Iraq as a starting point for the creation of the American empire and finalising the
project of American century. The statements given by Wolfowitz before the Congress
explain this matter, where he said: Sovereignty is not a matter that might or we want
to restore it. Security of Iraq will be part of a multi national force under American
leadership, including Iraqi forces .
This is also explains the statements of some American officials who said the USA
wants to pursue her operations in Iraq after the handover of authority to the Iraqis in
1st of next July, by signing a security agreement with the Iraqi side.
General Richard Meyers, head of Joint Chief of Staff announced also that the period
of the American military presence in Iraq is still unknown .
He talks about more than 130 thousand soldiers stationed in at least seven military
bases inside Iraq.
America tried to increase her barbaric activities against the resistance in Iraq so as to
stabilize the matters till the time of the symbolic authority handover to her agents in
Iraq. She used various fighting means, but she could not shake the power of the
resistance despite her torture to the people. She could not also create security for
herself; rather fear and terror overwhelmed her soldiers once they left their tanks.
Even inside their tanks they do not enjoy any security or safety. Falluja, the twin city
of Jenin gives witness to that and speaks of it, despite the aerial and land strikes
America conducted against it.
Later on, the barbaric crimes of America appeared revealing the torture means she
used in the Abu Ghraib prison, which reached a degree animals would abstain from
doing by their instinct; however America did that. So, she is really like what Allah
said:
"
(They are like the animals, rather worse). [TMQ
".
Thus, the disreputable civilization of America and her despicable values appeared in
their true nature; these civilization and values, which they claimed would liberate Iraq
and the entire region.
American aggression against Iraq has exposed America in her true nature, as declined
ideologically and intellectually, even militarily. Look at these few young believers
who do not count so many in numbers, yet they rubbed America s face in dust. The
events have also shown that the huge weapons, which America possesses, are used by
fainthearted people who are not good for challenge or bravery. Had not America
possessed this huge arsenal of weapons, cowardice of her people would have been
exposed the same way her despicable civilization and values were exposed.
Therefore, the symbolic authority handover planned at end of next June will not
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deliver them from the quagmire they fell in. Their ambassador, Negrobonti who was
appointed in Iraq after 30/6/2004 will not also deliver them, though he was selected
for being a leading person in politics and crime.
The choice of John Negrobonti as America s ambassador to Iraq for replacing
Bremer comes within the American plan for suppressing the people of Iraq and
eliminating all the centres of resistance and opposition to the wicked American
projects. Negrobonti had gained wide experience in Hondoras - when he worked as
an ambassador there in dealing with those who dissented from the American will.
He is known to have been directly implicated in training and equipment of regiment
316 , known as regiment of death in Hondoras. This regiment killed, during
Negrobonti service there, about 200 dissidents that opposed the use of Hondoras as a
non immersed planes carrier during the war. The militia of Contra against
Sandinists in Nicaragua waged that war at that time. Negrobonti did not hesitate in
making lies under oath during his witness before the Congress regarding his complete
knowledge of the happenings in Hondoras, and his implication in Iran Contra
scandal. He acknowledged transferring American aid assigned to Hondoras to the
Contra, a matter that disagrees with the American law. This violation was naturally
enough to remove him from any high post. However, they considered his crimes
record preferable to his violation, which qualified him to become the ambassador and
the absolute master in Iraq.
In order to silence any condemnation to Negrobonti in Hondoras, Bush
administration after nominating him to a post of delegate in the UN removed some
people of regiment 316 from the USA. This included the regiment s founder
General Loise Alonso Discowa Alivira, who assumed the post of deputy to the
ambassador of Hondoras in Washington. This general had later on revealed many of
the facts about the American support to the regiment.
This is the ambassador of USA she intends to appoint in Iraq after the symbolic
authority handover, so as to replace Bremer in governing Iraq. Thus he would
become the true governor of Iraq, and nominally an ambassador of the USA.
After understanding the reality of this man, it is possible to imagine the crimes, which
he will commit in Iraq if the future of Iraq remained, Allah forbidding, the way they
plan for it.
It is unlikely to have a change in the American policy if Kerri won the coming
presidential elections in 4/11/2004. This is due to the political facts that are dictated
and will be still dictated on the world. So this would limit the options available to the
winner regarding the international policies. John Holsman, an analyst in the
conservative institution of Heritage said: The difference between the two
(candidates) regarding the war against terrorism is very much less than most people
think. There might be a difference in the degree of harshness, but not in the general
essence . Other foreign analysts and diplomats say: Despite the difference in
methodology, the political facts, such as escalating violence in Iraq, the continuous
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attacks of the extremists worldwide, the limited resources, the structure of the
Congress and the internal public opinion; these will dictate the policies of Bush or
Kerri .
Moreover, the activities adopted by the current administration will naturally impose
specific matters on the coming administration. Steven Hiss, the expert in presidential
policies in Brookings Institute has pointed to this by saying: The government and
the world are inside a lift; so you cannot simply stop and say, I think I have to leave
here .
A former official in Bush administration said to Reuters: Kerri might wage a more
effective war against terrorism, than Bush. This is because he might follow a more
complicated approach due to large-scale treats. He might merge between the military
power and soft power, such as building coalition, and struggle to winning hearts and
minds .
This is the American position that planned the aggression against Iraq, and
determined the phases of this aggression for realizing America s objectives in Iraq,
and for using it as a basis and a spring board to the entire region.
In order to have a complete picture, we will mention the European position,
particularly the French, Russian and English:
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An informed French source explained the position of his country regarding the content of the new
resolution of the SC, which is supposed to define a course that leads to elections. He clarified France
wants the resolution to emphasise the Iraqi sovereignty is real, and the handover of authority would
be genuine and complete at the end of next June.
The source said: France wants to verify this sovereignty through actions on the
ground , particularly in connection with the Iraqis management of their resources by
themselves . He added: The second matter that Paris wants is that the Iraqi
government, which will be formed after 1st July, is entitled to examine the activities
of the multi national forces. It insists the Iraqi military forces must not be annexed to
the American forces. He confirmed his country insists on including this in the
wording of the SC resolution; indicating this represents a limit .
He pointed out France wants, after running the elections that result in a sovereign
and legitimate Iraqi government, that this government has the right at any time to ask
the departure or continuance of the foreign forces. The important matter is that it has
the choice to clearly express its wish .
He continued to say France does not want the new resolution to have any point about
review of the conditions at a particular (future) date. This is because SC has no right
to decide the date of this review for adjudicating the issue of withdrawal, which is
entrusted to the Iraqis and the Iraqi government resulting from the elections. He
added: In case France did not obtain such confirmation within the framework of the
new resolution, it will abstain from voting without using the Veto .
The source confirmed there are European countries, like Germany and Spain that
support the Russian position, which differs little. Moscow envisages two resolutions:
The first is for approving the formation of the new government, while the second is to
emphasise the importance of accepting the demands of this government. Voting will
then take place in the SC over these demands so as to decide the authority and size of
sovereignty given to the government. He said France prefers issuing one resolution,
beides clear commitment of the return of sovereignty .
It is clear France and Russia endeavour, through exploiting the conditions in Iraq, to
obtain the support of Europe for generating a change in the American international
policy. This is because they are aware of the American plans for the period that
comes after Iraq, and that America wants to make the entire world an American
ranch. This would put France and Russia and the rest of Europe at America s mercy
for many decades. She does not want to permit any international role to France and
Europe, not even to maintain their interests in the world. Therefore, they will try to
obstruct the symbolic authority handover to Iraq through using an international
resolution that gives legitimacy to the presence of America in Iraq for decades to
come. This would enable her bringing in Iraq forces from Arab and non-Arab
countries so as to join the coalition forces in Iraq, and thus leave America free to
engage in her other military tasks in the world. Therefore, European countries and
Russia will try to prevent using the UN for serving American interests in Iraq.
Europe has a long road to go before it can speak in one voice, a matter, which Chirac
pointed to when he expressed his doubt about Europe s capability to realize this aim.
However, France will try through Europe to frustrate the American plans in Iraq so as
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to prevent America from proceeding in its plans for building the American empire
and finalizing the project of American century. It will try to do this in defence of its
interests. However, this does not mean France, Russia or any state in the world wants
America to completely fail and withdraw from Iraq, thus leaving it free of any
western influence. They would not like to see Muslims in Iraq restore their authority
without being controlled by a bunch of western agents. This would cause more harm
to their interests than leaving America complete its plans. The worst thing crusader
Europe fears, as well as all the evil forces in the world is that America leaves Iraq
free from the grip of a bunch of Western agents. This is because Europe, contrary to
America, is close to the Islamic world. Europe tasted the acrimony of war with
Muslims. It is aware what the liberation of Muslims from the noose of the
disbelievers means. This is particularly if that became a beginning to the liberation of
the entire Islamic world from the noose of the crusader disbelievers in the Middle
East.
British Position:
As for Britain, it still follows its usual course since it retreated from influencing the
international events and controlling its own plans and designs. Since then, it did not
leave the American wagon move without joining it, even if it had to ride a secondclass carriage. It struggles to protect its interests in the colonies of its perishing
empire, and tries to obstruct the American plans, wherever it is possible. It tried to do
that in Iraq, and is still trying. It aspires to have a share with America, regardless of
its size, and to be within the picture of the events as a co-player with the leading state,
even if its role was according to America s plans. However, it never missed seizing
any opportunity to disturb her plans. It did that before the war was waged against Iraq
when it coerced America to resort to the SC, seeking the issuance of a resolution that
permits her aggression. Britain knew at that time SC would not agree because it was
aware of the effective countries in the SC. Thus America would then wage the war
without having an international resolution, and appear violating the international law.
Despite America would not bother for that, Britain considered that enough.
Therefore, on one side Britain complied with America, but on other side it agreed
with Europe in frustrating America and foiling her plans. It does this in accordance
with its own way, ie without open challenge. Thus, it complies with America without
dissociating itself from Europe, following the policy of: (a foot in America and
another in Europe).
The policy currently followed by the American president, Bush, towards Iraq comes
within the frame of the long term American plan. The strategist designers of the
American policy for controlling the Gulf laid down this plan. The former American
president, Nixon started effectively the implementation of this plan in 1970. This
came after the government of the British Prime Minister, Harold Wilson decided on
the 1st of January 1968 to withdraw from its colonies east of Suez Canal, including
the Gulf, by the end of 1970. Nixon and all the American presidents who came after
him started to implement this plan according to the available conditions and within a
project whose execution requires some decades.
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The events of 11/9/2001 provided Bush Junior with the appropriate condition to
attack and occupy Iraq. Besides controlling its oil after she controlled the oil of most
of the Gulf States, America does not want Iraq to become again a strong and coherent
state. She rather wants it to be made of impotent linked parts so as to control it easily.
She wants as well to fulfil to the Kurds her promises to them when they were
opponents to Saddam, by having a strong position in Kurdistan of Iraq similar to an
entity.
America endeavoured since World War I to create an entity to the Kurds. After the
emergence of the Kurds issue as a result of the settlements of World War I and
fragmentation of the Ottoman State, the American president, Wilson called in
Versailles Conference to grant the Kurds right to self-determination. However,
Britain that was the leading state at that time, ignored this American wish, and
divided the territories of Kurds between Turkey, Iran, Iraq and Syria to please its
stooge at that time, Mustafa Kamal.
America used to always support the Kurdish separatist movements in North Iraq
despite the loyalty of these movements to Britain. This is because America preferred
the absence of a single strong state in Iraq. She took this matter as her strategy since
it abandoned its isolation. When Abdul Karim Qassim assumed authority by her
support, she proposed to him making Iraq a federal state made of three parts. After
the second Gulf war, America seized the opportunity of the siege on Iraq, so she
sanctified the presence of the safe areas (no flight zones) to fragment Iraq and to pave
the way for establishing a Kurdish state. Therefore, America made conciliation
between the fighting Kurdish groups, and sought to build a Kurdish ruling entity for
them, particularly the conciliation between the main two Kurdish parties: The
Kurdish Democratic Party (KDP), led by Barzani, and the Patriotic Union of
Kurdistan (PUK), led by Talbani. America tried to convince Turkey with the idea,
and she sent delegates to the Congress for this purpose. Then she supervised the
elections process in the Kurdish areas for establishing state institution there,
including a parliament.
Graham Fowler, the deputy of the former head of American Intelligence Council of
Iraq affairs, said in August 1996: Iraq must be divided into three parts. America
insists on her plan for creating a Kurdish state . Richard Holbrook, assistant of
former secretary of state, who was sent by his government to Turkey for convincing it
with the American idea, said to the Turkish president, Dimiril in 5/9/1995: The best
solution for Iraq is the federal one . Dimiril replied by saying: Federalism means
division, which will hurt Turkey .
Britain however strongly opposes the division. Douglas Hog, State minister of British
foreign affairs said: Our clear policy towards Iraq is based on no support or
encourage to any attempt that aims to creating an independent Kurdish state inside
Iraq, within its international borders. We believe Iraq must remain a united state, and,
by all of our efforts, we oppose its division. We believe that creating a region to the
Kurds in Iraq, which enjoys autonomy, can solve their issue there. We agree with the
Turks over this subject; and if we disagree with the government of Saddam, this does
not mean we desire in dividing Iraq .
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The interests of Turkey and other neighbour countries make them agree with the
British policy that aims at preventing the division of Iraq. Secretary of Turkish
foreign ministry said: It is wrong to define North Iraq as Kurdish area, for it has 300
thousand Turkmen .
America tries through Bremer and her stooge, Iraqi Governing Council to take in
consideration the special situation of the Kurds by preparing the fragmentation of
Iraq into impotent entities under the name of union or federalism. America had
already promised the Kurds (when they were in opposition outside Iraq at the time of
Saddam) of large racial federalism that includes Karkook, which becomes a nucleus
for an independent state. Therefore, when Saddam was removed, the Kurds tried to
undertake practical measures for implementing this promise and for annexing
Karkook to the autonomy area, which existed at the time of Saddam. However,
America faced, after occupation of Iraq, opposition from her other agents regarding
Karkook. Therefore, it was content by only strengthening the former autonomy area.
So, she gave it effective authorities, and stipulated that in the constitution coined by
the Governing Council , in compliance with the wishes of America. Thus, the article
number 53 in the Iraqi constitution coined by Bremer and approved by his stooge
Governing Council state in paragraph (a): The government of Kurdistan is
recognised as the official government of the territories that were run by the
government mentioned in 19/3/2003 . The term of Government of Kurdistan that
came in the law means the Kurdish National Assembly, Kurdistan cabinet of
ministers, and the local judiciary authority in the province of Kurdistan. This means it
is a state inside the state. Article number 54, paragraph (b) stated: Regarding the
application of the federal laws in the Province of Kurdistan, the Kurdish National
Assembly is allowed to adjust the implementation of any of these (federal) laws
inside the region of Kurdistan . If this were not separation, what it would be then?
This is the criminal constitution that was written under the guns of occupation. The
sincere sons of Iraq must address this constitution before it is too late, and they have
to abrogate it. They have abrogated before (al-Yasiq) that was coined by Tartars after
they swept over Baghdad and burnt every thing and threw millions of the Islamic
culture transcripts in Tigris River. If they did not rush to abrogate it, then Iraq might
be torn up into fighting impotent states. It will then become breeding ground for
corruption, and market for promoting every deviant thought, and every abominable
and odd opinion and thought of disbelief.
Muslims in Iraq will never despair and nor surrender. They are part of a deep-rooted
nation, the Islamic ummah that reigned over the dunya for many centuries. The
American and British occupation will vanish, sooner or later. The Islamic ummah
worldwide is about to set out for liberating herself of the yoke of the new American
colonialism, its oppressive and disbelief laws, and its criminal authority. By these
laws, the division of the ummah was sanctioned, and her might was proscribed and
her honour was disgraced. Thus, America s inhumanity was openly exposed in killing
the Muslims in Falluja, Karbalaa, Ba qooba, Baghdad and Najaf. The evil smell of
the oppressive colonialist civilization appeared in its ugly treatment to the Iraqi
prisoners in the prison of Abu Ghraib. That ghastly horrible treatment alarms the
hearts, and tongues feel ashamed to describe. The repugnant smell of this barbarian
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civilization has spread everywhere at a time the American media clamour and fill
space by talking about promised democracy and freedom.
Iraq was afflicted, since the fall of the Ottoman Islamic State, with stooge, misguided
and corrupt rulers. They are some of its disrespectful sons who were imposed over
the heads of the Iraqis by the unbeliever colonialists. Since the moment the filthy feet
of the British touched the land of Iraq during World War I, Muslims in Iraq have
been groaning and suffering under the oppression of these wicked, traitor and slave
rulers, stooge to Britain and America. They have pushed Iraq in the fire of the British
and American struggle over interests in the region. They have spread terror all over
Iraq due to the hectic struggle between their national, communist, Nasserite and Ba th
movements over authority. This bitter struggle over authority destroyed the state and
changed it into ruin. They already caused havoc in it, and shed a lot of blood, and
finally they returned Iraq again to direct colonialism, after this long bloody journey.
So, the outcome of 80 years of government by these stooge rulers is simply: ruin,
destruction, killing, torture, and tribulations, and then the return again of direct
colonilization.
This is the outcome and this is the harvest. The ummah must properly comprehend
this bitter and difficult experiment of Iraq s history, and understand its danger. We
should not pass by it as if nothing had happened. The lesson we learn from this
experiment is represented in creating a complete and absolute conviction that the
national, Ba th, communist, Arab and Nasserite movements have utterly failed. We
should not then rely on such and like movements and parties that adopt such ideas.
We must rather believe the loyalty of these movements to the foreigner is not only
political, but intellectual as well. Once this conviction existed in the ummah, the path
she has to follow for revival must only be return to Islam, and its pure source. There
is no way for proper return to Islam except through its political sense, which dictates
the establishment of the Islamic State, the Khilafah State. This state alone can deliver
Muslims in Iraq and in the entire Islamic countries from the unbeliever colonialists,
agents, tyrants and hypocrites.
APPENDIX
During the preparation of this book for printing, some matters happened regarding the
subjects that were under discussion in the book:
1)
The Sudanese government and the rebels of the South signed the treaty of
(Nivasha), on Thursday night 27/5/2004. The treaty consists of three
framework agreements related to division of legislative and executive authority
between the government, the rebels and some political powers. This is related
to the centre, South regions, South of Blue Nile and Nuba Mountains. The
agreements stipulated as well giving autonomy Ebyi followed by a referendum
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