This must come as a great shock to the Al Qaeda terrorists who have mounted six assasination attempts against Musharaff...
Posted on 03/01/2006 1:47:06 AM PST by Arjun
What a buddy you have, Mr Bush!
March 01, 2006
Dear President Bush,
As you embark on your courageous visit to Pakistan, the adopted homeland of Osama bin Laden, Ayman al-Zawahiri, Mullah Mohammed Omar and other brutal killers of hundreds of your fellow citizens, may I request you to spare a thought for your fellow citizens and for the nationals of other countries who continue to die at the hands of international jihadi terrorists given sanctuary in Pakistan?
May I, in particular, request you to spare a thought for a young American man called Daniel Pearl, who was kidnapped and brutally beheaded a little over four years ago at Karachi, from where Khalid Sheikh Mohammad, at the instance of bin Laden, planned and orchestrated the 9/11 terrorist strikes on America?
What was Pearl's 'crime'? The jihadi terrorists held him 'guilty' on three counts: He was American, he was Jewish, and he was a journalist working for The Wall Street Journal.
You and other American leaders often reiterate that no terrorist who kills a fellow American will go unpunished. Well, Mr President, Omar Sheikh, the man who orchestrated the kidnapping and murder of Pearl, has just completed four years of comfortable life in a so-called prison in Hyderabad in the Sindh province of Pakistan.
General Pervez Musharraf -- your buddy, as you are fond of calling him -- has seen to it that Omar Sheikh does not go to the gallows despite an anti-terrorism court having sentenced him to death three years ago.
From the so-called jail in Hyderabad, where he is provided with all the comforts and facilities he asks for --- computers, Internet connections, fax machines, etcetera --- Sheikh continues to mastermind acts of jihadi terrorism, violent attacks, and anti-US demonstrations in Pakistan, Afghanistan and other countries.
Sheikh orchestrated the anti-US demonstrations in Pakistan and Afghanistan over the alleged desecration of the Holy Quran by the security guards at the Guantanamo Bay detention centre in Cuba last year.
Sheikh's lawyers used to hold press conferences at which statements on the Holy Quran desecration allegations -- issued by the murderer of Daniel Pearl himself -- were distributed.
Sheikh inspired the three British nationals of Pakistani origin who carried out the London explosions of July 7 last year.
Sheikh orchestrated and continues to orchestrate demonstrations in Pakistan -- and earlier in Afghanistan -- over the publication of cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad in some European newspapers.
Mr President, you remember the two attempts to kill your buddy in December 2003 at Rawalpindi? Well, your buddy has ensured the guilty in those incidents were tried, appeals against their conviction disposed of, and sent to the gallows.
For your buddy, the law did not pose any difficulty in sending them to death for trying to kill him.
The same law, according to your buddy, has been standing in the way of the killers of Daniel Pearl being sent to the gallows.
Do you know how many times the hearing in Sheikh's appeal against the conviction has been adjourned by the appellate court? It was adjourned for the 41st time right on the eve of your visit to Pakistan.
On Sunday, February 26, the Sindh high court adjourned the hearing once again on the ground that Sheikh has sacked his defence lawyer and that the killer must be given time to find and engage another lawyer.
'The law is equal for everyone in Pakistan'
Mr President, you must be aware of the old saying that a man is known by the company he keeps. What a buddy you have, Mr President, in General Musharraf!
Your buddy does not have any powers to send the killers of Daniel Pearl to the gallows, but he had all the powers in the world to dismiss his own elected prime minister, arrest him and have him convicted on the charge of hijacking under the Anti-Terrorism Act.
Your buddy helped bin Laden, Zawahiri and their jihadi hordes to escape from Tora Bora in Afghanistan into Pakistan and is not taking any action to kill or capture Laden.
Your buddy is afraid that if bin Laden is eliminated, his own importance in your eyes could diminish.
Your buddy gave sanctuary to Mullah Mohammad Omar and his Taliban hordes in Pakistan from where they are staging a spectacular comeback in Afghanistan.
Your buddy has closed his eyes to the international jihadi terrorists setting up a 'liberated' zone in his Waziristan region.
Do you know what bin Laden is today? He is the Amir of the International Islamic Caliphate with the provisional capital in Waziristan.
Your buddy has covered up his own involvement in the supply of military nuclear material by A Q Khan to Libya, Iran and North Korea. And your buddy has protected the scientist by repeatedly refusing to hand him over to the International Atomic Energy Agency for interrogation by independent investigators.
Your buddy's buddy bin Laden has recently issued a message warning of another 9/11 in your homeland. Where is it being planned from? Your buddy's homeland! What a buddy you have, Mr President! What a buddy!
With very warm regards, Sir,
Yours sincerely,
B Raman
Aw, c'mon.
The US isn't dumb and I suspect it full well knows the games Mushyboy has been upto.
This marriage of convenience won't last forever and the Pakis are acutely aware of whats on.
Pak and saudi are our worst 'allies' at the moment but before they turn into irans, I'd rather we handle one thron at a time. Pak's time will come, so help them God.
If Bush only said nice things about white Christian leaders, these same idiots would say he is a racist who is uncooperative with Middle Eastern and Asian officials.
I agree with you. This is a long term 'chess game.'
"The US isn't dumb and I suspect it full well knows the games Mushyboy has been upto."
If US knows and yet she choose to arm Pakistan with weaponry, then it can only mean that the US is playing a double game. Call me a conspiricy theorist but US would have a hard time explaining Indians why Pakistan is being rewarded when they haven't even started acting against the terrorists.
"Pak and saudi are our worst 'allies' at the moment but before they turn into irans"
Pakistan and Saudi are already worse than Iran just that they are still US lackeys.
Dumb? The dumbest thing the US COULD do with Pakistan is what it HAS done.
"You're either with us, or with the terrorists." This means what, exactly?
Life is a big chess game.
Mushy visited China a week back and came back with a deal to 'buy' 2 chinese nuke power plants. Ostensibly, this is a ploy to pressure Bush into a civilian nuke deal with Pak as well.
The US could easily squeeze Pak so hard economically alone, Pak will collapse within a week.
Right now, we deal with Iran first. India has suffered Pak sponsored jihad for years now. In another 10 yrs it'll be so far ahead of Pak in every conceivable sphere that Pak will have as much nuisance value as Bangladesh does today (minus the immigration timebomb though).
Its easy to pigeonhole behaviour and call folks stupid. State isn't perfect but it isnt blind either. Their considerations extend to beyond south asia and into central asia and the mid east. We dont want a Pak becoming another north korea right now, IMHO.
Yeah Mr. President, we demand you fight this war with NO allies and NO weapons. If you don't hate the guys we hate, then you're just not doing your job. You have to go into this thing with only US at your side, but don't depend too much on us because we haven't been able to do jack sh*t about this problem.
Did Bush mean what he said, or not?
You are missing the point. This isnt about not finding new allies. Its about finding the wrong ones.
This must come as a great shock to the Al Qaeda terrorists who have mounted six assasination attempts against Musharaff...
BS.
AQ has tried to kill Musharaff at least 3 times, probably more.....
ah ha!!
I see you and I agree :)
Alright, what is the alternative to getting the terrorists in the western provinces of Pakistan? Got any ideas?
You are too naive. AQ is not 1 cohesive organisation and Mush has been financing jehadi outfits in Pak for decades.
Also remember such attacks can also be orchestrated by Mush himself to convince people in the western world of his "credibility" ie to fool people exactly like you.. You have no freakin idea how murky the water is.
If we had finished that job when afghanistan was liberated and had cleaned up all of the neighbourhood instead of 1 part of it, we would definitely be better off. If Pak doesnt want to do it, somebody else has to.
Stick to making noodles.
Ah, so your solution is to declare war on Pakistan by invading their soverign territory.
Lets faceit.. they cant clean it up. You want to sit and watch? There are parts of that country where people are openly organizing and hatching plots and the authorities wont stop them then who will?
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