DODA, Nov. 25: Rarely does one across a mother who would ask her son to pick up the gun and become a terrorist. This has happened in a far-flung, mountainous village in the militancy-infested Doda district of Jammu province. Hajma Bi, a resident of Kashtigarh village, asked her son to become a terrorist. The boy did so and joined a terrorist group, operating in the area for some time. But he had a mission.
Inayatullah Khan, a young boy was leading a harsh but simple mountainous life in a difficult terrain with his large family of sisters and brothers. Perhaps, the whole family would never have imagined that the events would take such a shape that it would be difficult for them to lead normal lives.
Heavily armed terrorists swooped upon his village one day and asked Inayatullah's father to give them his son to take part in the jihad in Jammu and Kashmir. As the father refused, the terrorists let loose a reign of terror on the poor peasant family. “The terrorists started returning everyday to harass us,” said Hajma Bi, Inayatullah's mother.
Fear and uncertainly forced Hajma Bi and her husband to send their son elsewhere. The terrorists got frustrated when they did not find the boy around. They belonged to the Hizbul Mujahideen. The terrorists led by Bashir Luhaar molested the daughters and daughters-in-law of the family, beat up the father and tortured the male members. Inayatullah's brothers were asked to undress before they thrashed them. The old father died after being beaten up so mercilessly. This became too much for the family. The mother took a decision,” said Mr Mahohar Singh, senior superintendent of police, Doda.
Hajma Bi asked his son to avenge the killing of his father and humiliation of the women of the family. Inayatullah became a terrorist, killed Bashir Luhaar and his associates and fulfilled the promise that he made to his mother. “I am happy to have fulfilled the promise to my mother,” said Inayatullah, who recently surrendered before the Doda police at a surrender ceremony.
But his wife Nasreen Begum is scared for she fears retaliation by other members of the Hizbul Mujahideen. “They would try to kill us as my husband killed a top Hizbul Mujahideen commander. We need protection,” said a worried Nasreen Begum.
http://www.thestatesman.net/page.arcview.php?clid=2&id=205155&usrsess=1
Karachi, 26 Nov. - Pakistan's president Pervez Musharraf will step down as army chief and be sworn in as a civilian president on Thursday, his spokesman Rashid Qureshi confirmed to Adnkronos International (AKI).
“November 28, Wednesday will be General Pervez Musharraf's last day as chief of army staff," retired major general Rashid Qureshi told AKI. "He will preside over his last meeting as corps commander on Wednesday and will say farewell to his military colleagues. He will take the oath as President of Pakistan on Thursday,” said Qureshi.
“He will retain all his present staff with him including the security staff. The special services group of the Pakistan Army under a brigadier will continue to guard him," said Qureshi. "All the military officers with him at present will also continue as his staff even after his retirement,” he said.
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http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Politics/?id=1.0.1599892021
Palestinians to reject Annapolis summit results says Hamas
Gaza, 26 Nov. - Palestinians are unlikely to accept any outcome or decisions from this week's Middle East peace conference in the United States, said a spokesman for militant Islamist group Hamas on Monday.
"The Palestinians will never recognise any of the results that emerge from the conference in Annapolis and will act as if it never even happened," said Mushir al-Masri, a spokesman for the Hamas movement which controls Gaza.
Palestinian and Israeli leaders began arriving in Washington on Monday to attend the conference in Annapolis to try and move forward in the Middle East peace process.
Sixteen Arab nations, including Saudi Arabia and Syria, have agreed to attend Tuesday's one-day meeting with Israel. However Hamas will not be participating. Hamas is considered a terrorist organisation by the United States and the European Union and was not invited to the Annapolis summit.
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