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November 13, 2009

Quraishi's Coup: Who Is He Really Working For?

Filed under: Media — Tags: Ahmed Quraishi, conspiracy theories, Constitution, Coup d'Etat, Democracy, Media, Military, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Pervez Musharraf, Propaganda, Quaid-i-Azam, Taliban, Trojan Horses, United States — admin @ 11:42 am

Ahmed Quriashi has graduated from conspiracy propagandist to seditionist, it seems. On his Facebook page, Quraishi has been posting semi-coherent rants calling for the military to overthrow the Pakistani government with force:

The American house of cards in Pakistan – Zardari, NRO, Malik-Haqqani and the famous Mush-BB deal – are all coming down. I urge Gen. Tariq Majeed and Gen. Kayani to ditch that deal and save the country from this US- and UK-imposed leadership. Not that the replacement is any better. But we’ll deal with that later. Get rid of CIA and MI6 agents in Islamabad first.

Ahmed Quraishi calls for coup in Pakistan

This is an explicit call for the violent overthrow of the Pakistani government, and an outright act of sedition by a member of the media. In fact, Mr. Media Taliban has taken this call for return to military dictatorship to the airwaves and tried, in a very clever way, to say that his plan is for the military to overthrow the democratically elected civilian government and replace it with…a civilian government. Presumably, this new government of Quraishi’s would be hand-picked by him.

In the course of his unhinged ranting, Media Taliban Ahmed Quraishi goes so far as to call Pakistan “a failure” and to suggest that we throw out the Constitution! Ahmed Quraishi cynically calls himself a “nationalist,” but he can never call himself a PATRIOT. No REAL Pakistani Patriot and Nationalist would so insult the legacy of Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah!

“Pakistan’s parliamentary system is a failure for the past 60 years…”

Ahmed Quraishi insults Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah

Let’s take a close look at Quraishi’s call for a coup d’etat. This is a ridiculous and dangerous proposition from the start.

One, after suffering under military dictatorship for so long, does Quraishi really believe that the military would overthrow the government just to walk away from power? Of course, Ahmed Quraishi, the man who has never met a dictator he didn’t like, would probably be more than happy to another Musharraf back in power.

Ahmed Quraishi receiving an award from Gen. Pervez Musharraf

Two, let’s put aside for a moment the fantasy world in which Ahmed Quraishi lives and examine this idea in the real world. What would happen to Pakistan if the military overthrew the democratically elected government? For a hint, we can look at the recent situation in Honduras. Following the coup d’etat there, Honduras became a global pariah, completely isolated from the world and under a state of emergency and riots. Do we really think things would be better in Pakistan?

Three, building off points One and Two, we can clearly see that this proposal of Mr. Quraishi is a trap for the military. As we clearly demonstrated in our post about Quraishi’s colleague Shireen Mazari’s suggestion that the military cut ties with the Americans, isolating the military will cripple Pakistan’s ability to defend itself. There is no question about this. For an example, we can again look at the recent coup in Honduras. Following the military’s overthrow of the democratically elected government, the US suspended military aid to Honduras.

The United States said on Wednesday it had suspended $16.5 million in military aid to Honduras following last month’s coup, and ousted President Manuel Zelaya demanded his rivals hand power back to him in 24 hours.

For all his anti-American rhetoric, one question keeps coming to mind. Who does Ahmed Quraishi work for?

Ahmed Quraishi appears as a member of the American Association of Political Consultants. He is an expert propagandist, of that there is no doubt. So the question remains, who is Quraishi’s American client? Who is he really working for?

Ahmed Quraishi's member profile for the American Association of Political Consultants

Certainly Quraishi is not working for the Americans. He is clearly trying to force a wedge between the American and and Pakistani military. So then who is supporting him and giving him his talking points? To discover the answer, we must look at what other clients could be registered in America. Perhaps the answer is that powerful and crafty lobby in the US – India?

It’s time for Ahmed Quraishi to come clean about who his real masters are. He should open up his financial records for review by an independent investigation. Jamaati Quraishi has every right to his point of view, but the people also have every right to know who is representing when makes seditious claims for a coup d’etat!

Ahmed Quraishi Media Taliban

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October 22, 2009

Are Pakistan’s Anti-US Hawks Indian Trojan Horses?

Filed under: india — Tags: Afghanistan, Ahmed Quraishi, Baitullah Mehsud, East Pakistan, Hamid Gul, india, Indian lobby, Jamaat-e-Islami, kerry-lugar, Khurshid Kasuri, Maududi, Musharraf, Pakistani Nationalism, PML-N, PML-Q, Prime Minister Vajpayee, RAW, Shahid Masood, Tariq Azeem, Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, United States, US-Pak, Zardari — admin @ 12:39 pm

Are Pakistan’s anti-American hawks – those constantly attacking the Americans and standing against close ties between Pakistan and the United States – Indian Trojan Horses? After all, at a time when India’s close relations with Washington are bringing it billions of dollars in investment and trade, sophisticated defence equipment and a civil nuclear deal, Pakistan’s anti-American turn can only benefit India.

The term “Trojan Horse” dates back to the Greek civilization and basically means “any trick that causes a target to invite a foe into a securely protected bastion or place.” We now know that even Baitullah Mehsud was an Indian agent as he received lots of funds from the Indian intelligence agencies. But for years Pakistan’s Jihadis and their media advocates built Mehsud up as an anti-American hero.

Indian support for Mehsud is no surprise. As we proved in the first part of this series, only India stands to gain from the destabilization of Pakistan’s government and from worsening Us-Pakistan relations. The question for this part of the series, then, is who are the Pakistani anti-US hawks that are intentionally or inadvertently acting as Indian Trojan Horses?

A daarhi does not a patriot make.

The meddling by Indian intelligence service RAW in Afghanistan and support for the destabilizing religious militants there is also no secret. Of course they do not want to see a strong and independent Islamic republic in Afghanistan that has normal relations with Pakistan, and they know the most effective way of ensuring that Afghanistan is unstable – and by that effect, sapping Pakistan’s resources – is to support militants.

Likewise, it has been well documented that Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan and Baitullah Mehsud received substantial funding and support from RAW. And this should come as no surprise, really – after all, should Mehsudis prevail, it will be India that gains the most.

This use of religion to confuse and manipulate the ummah is a most diabolical act, but there are just as many civilian Trojan Horses also. Let us take a look at all those people who in the last one year have been attacking the attempts by the elected Zardari government to build better ties with United States.

Hypernationalists, Anti-Americanism, and India’s Prospering

Hypernationalists are often specifically targeted by intelligence agents who manipulate their passionate loyalties. We must not forget that, despite his support for Musharraf, Ahmed Quraishi’s anti-American rants created problems between the Americans and the Musharraf administration. Could it be that he is manipulated by India as what in intelligence parlance is known as “an unwitting agent?”

An inadvertent agent is often more valuable to intelligence agencies than intentional ones because they can easily pass lie detection devices and do not give themselves away so easily. After all, if Ahmed Quraishi believes he is being a nationalist, he will be more believable.

Let us also look at people like Hamid Gul and Shahid Masood. Again these people are well known anti-Indians, but their pitch has always been more anti-American. Why does Shahid Masood live in Dubai? Whom does he meet in Dubai? There are lots of Indians in Dubai and do any of them finance or influence him? Should that not be the subject of some analysis or concern in Islamabad?

Trojan Horses in Parliament?

Jamaat-e-Islami’s founder Maulana Maududi was opposed to the creation of Pakistan from the beginning and since independence the JI’s chief goal has been to grab power in the name of Islam. The overall effect of the Jamaat-e-Islami’s policies –whether in erstwhile East Pakistan or in Pakistan today—has been to weaken the Pakistani state? The Jamaatis constantly divide Pakistanis along religious lines. They make us think of each other as Kafirs or bad Muslims or unpatriotic. There is no difficulty visualizing that RAW is creating Trojan Horses from Jamaatis with the objective of not letting Pakistan live in peace.

If we turn to the Pakistan Muslim League (Q) are there any persons there who could be Trojan Horses? During Musharraf’s era they wanted to normalize relations with India and were content with being US surrogates. Both Tariq Azeem and Khurshid Kasuri who these days are screaming at the top of their lungs about the Kerry-Lugar bill were championing the opening of ties with India.

Pakistan Muslim League (N) is no better. Its hostility to the Pakistan army resulted in the 1999 coup d’etat and the party has no lost no opportunity to control the army or to put down the army top brass. While in power PML (N) initiated the bus diplomacy with India and even invited Indian Prime Minister Vajpayee to Pakistan against the wishes of the military. It maintained good relations with the United States. But out of power it is happy to push the anti-India, anti-US button as if destablising Pakistan is its real objective.

So what have these Trojan Horses tried to do?

One, engineer a clash between the civilian government and the military to make Pakistan unstable and weak.

Two, tried to also create a clash between US and Pakistan to ensure that India is not whipped by the superpower and US interests in America continue to expand while Pakistan’s ability to lobby the US continue to weaken.

Three, launched an attack campaign to discredit the reputation of those in the government who are well liked by Americans like President Zardari, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi and Ambassador Husain Haqqani and others to make Pakistan appear weak and childish in front of the world. If the hawks are the only Pakistani faces for Americans, the US will continue to turn against Pakistan thereby strengthening the Indo-US relationship.

Four, it is very interesting that this debate on Kerry-Lugar is the first debate in Pakistan where there is no mention of India, only anti-Americanism. Since when have we heard so little about the RAW involvement in such an issue?

Trojan Horses weaken Pakistan

Pakistan has been a nuclear power for over 20 years and yet doesn’t seem to have obtained the security it sought. Why? This is because the Indian lobby and RAW has worked nonstop to interfere with our relations with other world powers. It was India that helped create a clash between Nawaz Sharif and the United States over the nuclear weapons program while making sure that India obtained a nuclear deal as well as supply of nuclear fuel. Today, this interference with Pakistan’s security continues through the manipulation of Kerry-Lugar debate by these Indian Trojan Horses.

REAL Pak Nationalists

Pakistanis know that in order to stand up to the Indian threat they need support – military and economic – from the Americans and need American understanding to make sure India does not throw its weight around in South Asia. Causing a clash between Pakistan and its oldest ally, United States, cannot be the work of true Pakistani nationalists. It has to be the work of Indian Trojan Horses who claim to be acting in Pakistan’s interest while actually undermining it.

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October 20, 2009

Is India pulling the strings behind Kerry-Lugar debate?

Filed under: india,kerry-lugar,Uncategorized — Tags: aid, F-16, india, Indian lobby, investment, kerry-lugar, Shah Mehmood Hussain Qureshi, United States — admin @ 8:57 am

Part 1 of a series

“So will I turn her virtue into pitch,
And out of her own goodness make the net
That shall enmesh them all.”

Othello, Act II Scene III

As the fight about the Kerry-Lugar bill continues, one question remains unanswered: Who is behind this bitter controversy? Accusations have been thrown from every direction, but little attention has been paid to the role of Indian manipulation. And so the question remains:

Are Indian agents manipulating the debate that threatens to tear our nation apart?

When considering a legal case, courts will ask ‘”Cui Bono?” – Latin for “Who benefits?”. If we apply the same logic to the Kerry-Lugar fight, we might ask who would benefit most from Pakistan rejecting the Kerry-Lugar bill. The obvious beneficiary is India.

The loudest voices attacking the Kerry-Lugar bill have no problem with the unprecedented $1.5 billion in non-military aid to Pakistan every year for the next five years. That Pakistan needs the aid is not in question. The outcry was caused, rather, by the conditions on Pakistan’s military imposed by the bill.

As noted by the Wall Street Journal, however, these conditions were very irregular and they had the fingerprints of the Indian lobby all over them. Surely, India’s powerful lobby knew that by placing these conditions in the bill, they would incite the anger of Pakistan’s nationalists, preventing the aid from reaching Pakistan.

But there is another, more sinister, purpose behind India’s manipulation of Kerry-Lugar – driving a wedge between Washington and Islamabad so that Pakistan is cut-off from the world.

Certainly the Indians would be glad to see Pakistan bankrupt. But this is not their only end. Rather, their purpose seems to have been to drive a wedge of anger and distrust between Pakistan and the United States while cozying up to Washington, DC themselves to ensure that India gets both a nuclear deal and also billions of dollars in American investment.

India has spent decades courting the Americans, trying to embed themselves with Washington in the same was Israel has – proclaiming that they are they only modern nation in the region, the rest being backwards nations with no respect for the international community. India would like nothing better than for Pakistan to be as impotent as the Arab nations in their mid-east controversy, all but locked out of the halls of power despite their billions of dollars in oil wealth.

But India has yet to succeed in completing their plan to isolate Pakistan. Indeed, over the past several months, relations between Pakistan and the USA have grown warmer than they have ever been. This creates a serious risk for India’s plan to dominate South Asia. If Pakistan succeeds in building trust with the Americans, we will have access to the military hardware and access to markets that ensure our ability to defend ourselves and grow our economy.

Is it any wonder that the Indian lobby timed the Kerry-Lugar debate at the exact moment the US was delivering Pakistan’s first F-16 fighters with night-vision technology?

The fight over Kerry-Lugar caught the Americans completely off guard. Anyone who watched the press conference with Minister Qureshi and American Secretary of State Hillary Clinton could see that Mrs. Clinton was clearly surprised by the uproar. The Wall Street Journal condemned the American Congress for being so diplomatically tone-deaf, but that is beside the point. It was clear that the Americans had been manipulated by the Indian lobbyists.

As a result, the American Senator John Kerry and his colleague House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Rep. Howard Berman issued a Joint Explanatory Statement to state very clearly that there are no conditions on Pakistan, and that the bill was intended as a gesture of friendship.

The Indian Embassy must have roared with laughter as they watched their drama unfolding.

Here are the Americans offering Pakistan more in aid and investment than India has ever received. After decades of Pakistani leaders like Nawaz Sharif, Pervez Musharraf coming to American with hat in hand and receiving crumbs, the Americans begin to open up their arms to Islamabad and treat Pakistan as a brother. Only through cunning manipulation could this result in the Americans and Pakistanis turning their backs in distrust.

There is no question that India has been behind this controversy.

It is quite clear who stands to benefit from a new era of suspicion and distrust between the Americans and Islamabad. Only India would gain from an isolated and increasingly instable Pakistan, cut off from military supplies and foreign markets. Their games are diabolical, and they must be stopped.

In the next part of the series, we’re going to look at the different players in the Kerry-Lugar debate. We will examine who is inadvertently or intentionally acting as an Indian agent.

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July 26, 2009

How Do We Fix This Love Affair?

Filed under: Uncategorized — Tags: 9/11, Afghanistan, aid, cooperation, foreign relations, Taliban, United States, US-Pak — admin @ 1:58 pm

Diving into the history of US-Pakistan relations may seem to be a good platform to initiate the conversation of this paper. However, I personally feel that consistently reminding ourselves of the roller coaster relationship we have had with the United States is not in our interests at this point in time. Focusing on the future with our national interest as our foremost priority should be the stance the Pakistan government needs to uphold. Meanwhile, the United States is also required to re-evaluate its strategy towards Pakistan in order to successfully gain the respect of Pakistani citizens.

The United States has always seemed to be Pakistan’s best friend when it only serves their own purpose. This is the common perception that Pakistani’s have of the US and has only been reaffirmed with the quick withdrawal of US assistance after the Soviets left Afghanistan, the placement of sanctions after testing the nuclear bomb and the billions of dollars of aid that Pakistan received after 9/11.

Many journalists in the US media argued against Pakistan’s acceptance of the Taliban and how this country of a 170 million people was sympathetic towards their radical cause. This constant reminder has made Americans grow wary of Pakistan and her citizens. However, this should not be the case. Pakistan has taken the war to the militants, and has gone to great lengths in order to root out those very terrorists who threaten Pakistan’s peace and security. The United States needs to acknowledge the work of the Pakistan Army and citizens. And in order to reduce the trust deficit, the US media community needs to stop portraying Pakistan in a dark image, especially in terms of leakage of nuclear weapons to terrorists and
the government falling to the Taliban.

First and foremost, the United States needs to not only successfully complete its mission in Afghanistan, but also more importantly, be a vital player in the rebuilding of this war torn nation. The United States is required to invest heavily in the Afghan infrastructure that has been bombarded while also focusing on basic human needs such as food, shelter, clothing, health and education for the Afghan people. The US needs to show serious commitment and firmness once the military offensive has completed, which must reciprocate into action as this would greatly benefit both Pakistan and Afghanistan.

Secondly, the United States needs to show its commitment towards Pakistan through long-term goals and put to rest the perception of only short-term gains. No doubt, the United States has helped Pakistan greatly over the years. Since Pakistan’s inception, billions of dollars have been given in aid for both, military and non-military assistance. What we as a nation have to show for this aid may be difficult but surely the effects are not absent. Many private industries within Pakistan have US investors, whereas various sectors such as electrical energy, agriculture and development have also been given US assistance and logistics.

Although the United States has clearly helped Pakistan over the course of the past 62 years, more is required. But it is also Pakistan’s responsibility to not ‘expect’ aid merely for providing assistance.

We need to work on our internal political concerns in order to create a safe and secure democratic Pakistan. It is difficult to stabilize our democratic institutions primarily due to the years of military dictatorship that we as a nation have endured. Many assume it is the easier route to blame military dictators for the political and economic problems we face today but we as citizens are required to look at ourselves first before pointing the finger of blame upon others. It is here where I repeat Quaid’s words “united we stand,
divided we fall”.

We must as a nation start giving credit where it is due. We need to accept that the United States has been our ally and has provided assistance to us over the years. We Pakistanis have this tendency of often picking on the criticism and pointing out the flaws of a relationship. This style of criticism is not healthy nor is it constructive and with the roller coaster relationship we have had with the United States, it has provided much fodder for the hard line critics.

By correcting its foreign policy and making it more Pakistan friendly, the US may be doing itself more of a favor, while it would be protecting the national interest of both countries. It is difficult for any government to conduct business if it has dissatisfied its citizens. If the United States enjoys labeling itself as the beacon of democracy, it must represent itself through actions as well.

Championing for democracy requires that one promotes accountability, liberty and justice, freedom of speech and religion for all. President Obama today, is arguing the cause for health care reform but most importantly he is not acting unilaterally and is exhaustively attempting to bring republicans and democrats on board. This approach of acting in the interests of all parties involved should also be extending when determining foreign policy. The US and Pakistani governments need all the political capital they can gain when clearing our world of the menace of terrorism. This is a multilateral fight that requires trust, cooperation and understanding from both countries.

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