Let`s Eliminate Indian Terrorists in Bangladesh

By: Abu Zafar Mahmood, USA

Hasina-Monmohan cry wolf jointly. As they could not eliminate the Mosques and transform the Islamic nation in Deen-e-Elahee, Could not impose Hindi instead of Bangla in Bangladesh. Indian interests are to keep Muslim countries unstable as it needs Bangladesh-Pakistan-Afghanistan under their knees for grabbing wealth. Moreover the rapid growth of Bangladesh in terms of modernization and wealth influences over the North-East border Indian districts. It also bring the Delhi`s discrimination to that huge region too. So, Indian strategy of collapsing Bangladesh becomes their one of prime Military agenda. That matches Indian expansionist design. But the USA-European flows of winds turn for Bangladesh. A slogan, “Let`s eliminate Indian Terrorists in Bangladesh” shines on posters.

The Bangladesh administration is controlled by Indian Intelligence-RAW. It already collapsed BDR, weakened Armed-forces. Highest to lowest courts run under the same control. Prime Minister office is treated as RAW regional co-coordinating office. Ministry of Home-Foreign Affairs are directly dictated by the Indian officers. Indian trained Four Lac Eighty six thousand Nine Hundred Sixty (4, 86,960) Fanatic Hindu terrorists are the key fighters that are engaged in Government positions to collapse the sovereignty and Independence at the time sabotage in USA interests. These terrorists are all Indian trained. They instigate the instability of Bangladesh from inside the government. A surprising technique!

India has a long history of using terrorists and sending the hordes across borders. It captured Hyderabad, Junagarh and Manvadar illegally through police actions. It forced many smaller states to join the Indian Union by force of arms. It sent its forces to illegally capture Srinagar, using a fake article of accession which it now claims is lost–as if it ever existed. It sent militants to Tibet and Aksai Chin instigating a ferocious attack from China. It sent terrorists into Sikkim, and Bhutan and eventually illegally occupied Sikkim. It sent LTTE terrorists into Lanka trying to bifurcate the small peaceful Buddhist Island. It even tried terrorism in Myanmar and Maldives. It motivated the Hindu youths in Refugee camps, armed and engaged the Mukti Bahinee guerrilla groups across the border into East Pakistan in 1971. It than tried to incorporate Bangladesh using the Rakshi Bahinee after Awami League climbed on the government.

Now, Whatever Hasina, Rehana, Sajeeb Joy, Dipu Moni, Sahara and Ashraf are painting as friendlier relation with India is in real annexation procedure with India that the Fakhruddin-Moinuddin-Iftekharinitiated. Obviously, India needs terrorist regiments as Pakistani Army and ISI are rock to them  to defeat whereas Bangladesh is so rootless to them that it purchases the pillars as it needs. Indian officers train and control the civil and military officers in Bangladesh.

An article in one of Canada’s national magazines, Macleans, reported on an interview with a Pakistani ISI spy Farouk, who claimed that

India’s intelligence services, Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), have “tens of thousands of RAW agents in Pakistan.”

Many officials inside Pakistan were convinced that,

“India’s endgame is nothing less than the breakup of Pakistan. And the RAW is no novice in that area. In the 1960s, it was actively involved in supporting separatists in Bangladesh, at the time East Pakistan. The eventual victory of Bangladeshi nationalism in 1971 was in large part credited to the support the RAW gave the secessionists.”http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/04/23/new-delhi%E2%80%99s-endgame/

In September of 2008, the editor of Indian Defence Review wrote an article explaining that a stable Pakistan is not in India’s interests:

“With Pakistan on the brink of collapse due to massive internal as well as international contradictions, it is matter of time before it ceases to exist.” He explained that Pakistan’s collapse would bring “multiple benefits” to India, including preventing China from gaining a major port in the Indian Ocean, which is in the mutual interest of the United States. The author explained that this would be a “severe jolt” to China’s expansionist aims, and further, “India’s access to Central Asian energy routes will open up.”http://www.indiandefencereview.com/2008/09/stable-pakistan-not-in-indias-interest.html

In August of 2009, Foreign Policy Journal published a report of an exclusive interview they held with former Pakistani ISI chief Lieutenant General Hamid Gul, who was Director General of the powerful intelligence services (ISI) between 1987 and 1989, at a time in which it was working closely with the CIA to fund and arm the Mujahedeen. Once a close ally of the US, he is now considered extremely controversial and the US even recommended the UN to put him on the international terrorist list. Gul explained that he felt that the American people have not been told the truth about 9/11, and that the 9/11 Commission was a “cover up,” pointing out that, “They [the American government] haven’t even proved the case that 9/11 was done by Osama bin Laden and al Qaeda.” He said that the real reasons for the war on Afghanistan were that:

“The U.S. wanted to “reach out to the Central Asian oilfields” and “open the door there”, which “was a requirement of corporate America, because the Taliban had not complied with their desire to allow an oil and gas pipeline to pass through Afghanistan. UNOCAL is a case in point. They wanted to keep the Chinese out. They wanted to give a wider security shield to the state of Israel, and they wanted to include this region into that shield. And that’s why they were talking at that time very hotly about ‘greater Middle East’. They were redrawing the map.” http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2009/08/12/ex-isi-chief-says-purpose-of-new-afghan-intelligence-agency-rama-is-%E2%80%98to-destabilize-pakistan%E2%80%99/

He also stated that part of the reason for going into Afghanistan was “to go for Pakistan’s nuclear capability,” as the U.S. “signed this strategic deal with India, and this was brokered by Israel. So there is a nexus now between Washington, Tel Aviv, and New Delhi.” When he was asked about the Pakistani Taliban, which the Pakistani government was being pressured to fight, and where the financing for that group came from; Gul stated:

“Yeah, of course they are getting it from across the Durand line, from Afghanistan. And the Mossad is sitting there, RAW is sitting there — the Indian intelligence agency — they have the umbrella of the U.S. And now they have created another organization which is called RAMA. It may be news to you that very soon this intelligence agency — of course, they have decided to keep it covert — but it is Research and Analysis Milli Afghanistan. That’s the name. The Indians have helped create this organization, and its job is mainly to destabilize Pakistan.”

He explained that the Chief of Staff of the Afghan Army had told him that he had gone to India to offer the Indians five bases in Afghanistan, three of which are along the Pakistani border. Gul was asked a question as to why, if the West was supporting the TTP (Pakistani Taliban), would a CIA drone have killed the leader of the TTP. Gul explained that while Pakistan was fighting directly against the TTP leader, Baitullah Mehsud, the Pakistani government would provide the Americans where Mehsud was, “three times the Pakistan intelligence tipped off America, but they did not attack him.” So why all of a sudden did they attack?

Because there were some secret talks going on between Baitullah Mehsud and the Pakistani military establishment. They wanted to reach a peace agreement, and if you recall there is a long history of our tribal areas, whenever a tribal militant has reached a peace agreement with the government of Pakistan, Americans have without any hesitation struck that target.

… there was some kind of a deal which was about to be arrived at — they may have already cut a deal. I don’t know. I don’t have enough information on that. But this is my hunch, that Baitullah was killed because now he was trying to reach an agreement with the Pakistan army. And that’s why there were no suicide attacks inside Pakistan for the past six or seven months.

Further, there were Indian consulates set up in Kandahar, the area of Afghanistan where Canadian troops are located, and which is strategically located next to the Pakistani province of Baluchistan, which is home to a virulent separatist movement, of which Pakistan claims is being supported by India. Macleans reported on the conclusions by Michel Chossudovsky, economics professor at University of Ottawa, that,

“the region’s massive gas and oil reserves are of strategic interest to the U.S. and India. A gas pipeline slated to be built from Iran to India, two countries that already enjoy close ties, would run through Baluchistan. The Baluch separatist movement, which is also active in Iran, offers an ideal proxy for both the U.S. and India to ensure their interests are met.”

Even an Afghan government adviser told the media that India was using Afghan territory to destabilize Pakistan. http://www.app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=72423&Itemid=2

In September of 2009, the Pakistan Daily reported that captured members and leaders of the Pakistani Taliban have admitted to being trained and armed by India through RAW or RAMA in Afghanistan in order to fight the Pakistani Army. http://www.daily.pk/proof-captured-ttp-terrorists-admit-to-being-indian-raw-agents-11015/

The Council on Foreign Relations published a backgrounder report on RAW, India’s intelligence agency, founded in 1968

“primarily to counter China’s influence, [however] over time it has shifted its focus to India’s other traditional rival, Pakistan.” For over three decades both Indian and Pakistani intelligence agencies have been involved in covert operations against one another. One of RAW’s main successes was its covert operations in East Pakistan, now known as Bangladesh, which “aimed at fomenting independence sentiment” and ultimately led to the separation of Bangladesh by directly funding, arming and training the Pakistani separatists. Further, as the Council on Foreign Relations noted, “From the early days, RAW had a secret liaison relationship with the Mossad, Israel’s external intelligence agency.”http://www.cfr.org/publication/17707/

Bangladesh is in the endgame of destabilization. The Indian trained militants are already positioned to damage and eliminate the patriotic elements and collapse the sovereignty and independence of Bangladesh. The next scene is waiting to appear as it faces challenges. Indian terrorization and collapsing Bangladesh is far different than Pakistan-Afghan battle field in more cases.

Of course, the Obama administration has opened a new strategy on Bangladesh and it`s near that the real Bangladeshi nationalists are sourcing supports recently. Ex-Prime Minister Khaleda Zia`s significant visit in Washington DC, NewJersy and New York as the leader of the opposition in Bangladesh National parliament in last week will bring face to face the Indian terrorists and Bangladeshi nationalists in Dhaka. The professionals and Journalists are desperate under the leadership of renowned Journalist Mahmudur Rahman called for up rise to topple down the government. The World super power prefers to see the down fall of the Hasina government soon that`s the observers assumption. India is taken in partnership on Afghanistan and Pakistan sector with NATO and on the other hand the Bangladesh and up to China will be controlled by USA direct. That will come up.

(Writer is free-lancer Journalist and political analyst.E-mail:rivercrossinternational@yahoo.com & azmnyc@gmail.com Date: Washington DC, June 04, 2011.)

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বাংলাদেশের সীমান্ত নিরাপত্তা এবং জাতীয় সার্বভৌমত্ব

মেজর ফারুক (অবঃ)

ভূমিকা

 

নির্দিষ্ট সীমান্ত একটি রাস্ট্রের মৌলিক বৈশিষ্টের কয়েকটির মধ্যে অন্যতম। সুনির্দিষ্ট সীমান্ত বিহীন কোন রাস্ট্রের অস্তিত্বই কল্পনা করা যায়না। এজন্য একটি রাস্ট্রের পক্ষে – সীমান্ত চিহ্নিত করে তার যথাযথ সংরক্ষন যেমন জরুরী, তেমনি জরুরী – সে সীমান্তের মধ্য দিয়ে যে কোন বহিঃশক্তির আগ্রাসন, অনুপ্রবেশ, অবাধ চলাচল, চোরাচালান, মানব পাচার ইত্যাদি প্রতিরোধ এবং নিয়ন্ত্রন করা।

 

সাবেক পূর্ব পাকিস্তানের ভূখন্ডকেই আমরা মুক্তিযুদ্ধের মাধ্যমে ১৯৭১ সালের ১৬ই ডিসেম্বর থেকে স্বাধীন ভূমি হিসেবে লাভ করেছি।

১৯৭৪ সালের মুজিব-ইন্দিরা স্বাক্ষরিত সীমান্ত চুক্তি মোতাবেক বাংলাদেশের বেরুবাড়ী ছিটমহলটি সংবিধান সংশোধন করে ভারতকে হস্তান্তর করা হয়; বিনিময়ে ভারত বাংলাদেশকে তার ছিটমহল আংগরপোতা-দহগ্রামে যাবার জন্য ৩ বিঘা করিডোর হস্তান্তরের কথা ছিল; কিন্তু গত ৪০ বছরেও ভারত সেই ৩ বিঘা করিডোর বাংলাদেশকে হস্তান্তর করেনি।

 

আন্তর্জাতিক পর্যায়ে চুক্তি স্বাক্ষর করেও সে চুক্তিকে অমান্য করা এবং প্রতিবেশী দেশের উপর অর্থনৈতিক, বাণিজ্যিক, প্রাকৃতিক, সামরিক, রাজনৈতিক, কুটনৈতিক ইত্যাদি নানাবিধ বৈরী আচরন করে লক্ষ্যস্হ প্রতিবেশীকে তার নিয়ন্ত্রনে রাখার কৌশল অবলম্বন – ভারতের ভূরাজনৈতিক স্বার্থ রক্ষার উদ্দেশ্য চানক্য কুটনীতির বিষয় বলেই প্রতীয়মান।

 

আর ভৌগোলিকভাবে ৩ দিক থেকেই ভারত দ্বারা পরিবেষ্টিত বিধায় ভারতের বৈরী আচরন ও আগ্রাসনের শিকার বাংলাদেশ।

 

সীমান্তে আগ্রাসন

 

সীমান্তে ভারতের কাছ থেকে বাংলাদেশ যে সব বৈরী আচরণের শিকার হচ্ছে- তার কিছু উদাহরন হলোঃ

 

(১) সীমান্তে বিএসএফ কর্তৃক বাংলাদেশী মানুষ হত্যা করা।

(২) সীমান্ত দিয়ে মাদক দ্রব্য ও বেআইনী অস্ত্র পাচার করা।

(৩) সীমান্ত দিয়ে ব্যাপক চোরাচালান।

(৪) সীমান্ত দিয়ে অনুপ্রবেশ করে অপহরণ, ধর্ষণ, নির্যাতন ইত্যাদি অপরাধ করা।

(৫) বাংলাদেশের সীমান্তরক্ষী বাহিনীর নিরাপত্তা চৌকিতে হামলা করা যেমন- রৌমারীতে তৎকালীন বিডিআর পোস্টে আক্রমন করা হয়েছিল।

(৬) বাংলাদেশের সীমান্ত সংলগ্ন ভূমি দখল করা।

(৭) বাংলাদেশের সমূদ্র সীমায় জাগরিত তালপট্টি দীপ দখল করন।

(৮) বাংলাদেশের সমূদ্র সীমার দুই-তৃতীয়াংশ জুড়ে ভারতের অবৈধ দাবী উত্থাপন।

(৯) বছরে প্রায় ২২০০০ নারী ও শিশুকে পাচার করে তাদেরকে ভারতের বিভিন্ন পতিতালয়ে এবং কল-কারখানায় দাস হিসেবে ব্যবহার করা।

(১০) বেরুবারীর বদলে তিন বিঘা করিডোর হস্তান্তর না করা-ইত্যাদি।

 

বাংলাদেশের সার্বভৌমত্বের বিরুদ্ধে আঘাত স্বরুপ যে-সব কর্মকান্ড ভারত এ যাবত গ্রহণ করেছে সেগুলো হলোঃ

 

(১) ১৯৭১ সালেই মুক্তিযুদ্ধ চলাকালীন ভারত বাংলাদেশের প্রবাসী সরকারকে বাধ্য করে ৭ দফা চুক্তি স্বাক্ষরে- যার মাধ্যমে বাংলাদেশের মর্যাদা একটি সার্বভৌমত্বহীন রাস্ট্রে নামিয়ে আনা হয়।

 

(২) ১৯৭১ সালে ৯ মাস  ব্যাপী মুক্তিযুদ্ধে আমাদের লক্ষাধিক মুক্তিসেনা এবং পুরো জাতি যে সংগ্রাম ও ত্যাগ তিতীক্ষা বরন করেছে তাকে অস্বীকার করে পাকিস্তানী বাহিনীকে পরাজিত করার একক দাবীদার হিসেবে ভারত নিজেকে আবির্ভূত করে । কিন্তু বাস্তবতা হলো এই যে- বাংলাদেশের লক্ষাধিক মুক্তিযোদ্ধা এবং পুরো জাতি মিলে পাকিস্তানী বাহিনীকে পর্যুদস্ত না করলে এবং যৌথ বাহিনীকে সমর্থন না করলে – ভারত কোন দিনই পাকিস্তানী বাহিনীকে পরাস্ত করতে পারতো না।

 

(৩) মুজিব-ইন্দিরা স্বাক্ষরিত ২৫ বছরের গোলামী চুক্তির মাধ্যমে বাংলাদেশের প্রতিরক্ষা ও পররাস্ট্র নীতি ভারতের উপর নির্ভরশীল করা হয়েছিল।

 

(৪) ভারত ১৯৭৫ সালের পর কাদেরীয়া বাহিনীকে বাংলাদেশের সীমান্ত এলাকায় দীর্ঘদিন যাবত হামলা পরিচালনায় সহায়তা দিয়েছে।

 

(৫) ভারতের কোলকাতায় বসে ‘বঙ্গভুমি আন্দোলন’ নামক বাংলাদেশ বিরোধী বিচ্ছিন্নতাবাদী গ্রুপ মিটিং মিছিল ও সভা–সমাবেশ করে, যাদের দাবী – বাংলাদেশের দক্ষিন-পশ্চিমাঞ্চলে একটি হিন্দু রাস্ট্র গঠন করা।

 

(৬) ভারত বাংলাদেশের পার্বত্য চট্টগ্রামের বিচ্ছিন্নতাবাদী চাকমা সন্ত্রাসীদেরকে দীর্ঘদিন যাবত অস্ত্র, গোলাবারুদ, রসদ, আশ্রয় ও প্রশিক্ষণ দিয়ে পার্বত্য চট্টগ্রামে প্রায় ৩৫০০০ মানুষকে হত্যা করতে সহায়তা করেছে। ভারতের মাটিতে বসে তারা আজো বাংলাদেশ বিরোধী প্রপাগান্ডা চালাচ্ছে। বাস্তবে এটি হলো বাংলাদেশের বিরুদ্ধে ভারতের প্রক্সি যুদ্ধ।

 

(৭)  ভারতীয় সীমান্তরক্ষী বাহিনী কর্তৃক পাখির মত গুলি করে বাংলাদেশী নাগরিকদের হত্যা করা হয়। মানবাধিকার সংগঠন ‘অধিকার’-এর রিপোর্ট অনুযায়ী – ২০০০ সালের জানুয়ারীর প্রথম থেকে চলতি ২০১১ সালের আগষ্টের ৩১ তারিখ পর্যন্ত ভারত ৯৯৮ জনকে হত্যা, ৯৯৬ জনকে আহত,  ৯৫৭ জনকে অপহরন, ২২৬ জনকে গ্রেফতার এবং ১৪ জনকে ধর্ষণ করেছে।

 

(৮) ভারত বাংলাদেশকে কাঁটাতারের বেড়া দ্বারা ঘিরে ফেলে পৃথিবীর বৃহত্তম কারাগারে পরিণত করেছে।

 

(৯) ভারত বাংলাদেশে প্রবেশকারী ৫৪ টি আন্তর্জাতিক নদীর উপর বাঁধ নির্মাণ করেছে এবং টিপাইমুখ বাঁধ নির্মাণের পরিকল্পনা হাতে নিয়েছে- যা বাংলাদেশের বৃহত্তম সিলেট অঞ্চলকে মরুভুমিতে পরিণত করবে।

 

(১০) ভারত ফারাক্কা বাঁধের মাধ্যমে গঙ্গা নদীর পানি উজানে প্রত্যাহার করে নিচ্ছে। ১৯৯৬ সালে আওয়ামী সরকার গ্যারান্টি ক্লজ ও আন্তর্জাতিক মধ্যস্ততার বিধান ছাড়াই গঙ্গা চুক্তিতে স্বাক্ষর করে কিন্তু এযাবত কোন বছরেই ভারত বাংলাদেশকে পানির ন্যায্য হিস্যা দেয়নি। এছাড়া, একসাথে ফারাক্কার সবগুলো গেইট খুলে দিয়ে প্রতি বছর বাংলাদেশে কৃত্রিম বন্যা সৃষ্টি করছে। ফারাক্কা বাঁধের কারনে বাংলাদেশের নদীতে নাব্যতা কমে অনেক নদী সরু খালে পরিনত হয়েছে; উত্তরাঞ্চলে দেখা দিয়েছে মরুকরণ,আর্সেনিকে আক্রান্ত হয়েছে প্রায় অর্ধ কোটি মানুষ।

 

(১১) ভারত হাসিনা সরকারের সহায়তায় বাংলাদেশকে তার গোয়েন্দা বাহিনীর বিচরণ ক্ষেত্রে পরিণত করেছে; বাংলাদেশের ভিতর থেকেই ‘র’ এর সদস্যরা এখন হরহামেশা মানুষ ধরে নিয়ে যায়।

 

(১২) ভারত ‘ব্যাগ ভরতি টাকা এবং মন্ত্রনা’ দিয়ে বাংলাদেশের গত নির্বাচন তথা রাজনীতিতে হস্তক্ষেপ করেছে বলে লন্ডনের ‘ইকোনোমিষ্ট’ পত্রিকা তথ্য বের করেছে।

 

(১৩) ভারত জেএমবি নামক উগ্রবাদী গোষ্ঠী তৈরীতে মদদ দিয়ে বাংলাদেশকে তথাকথিত ইসলামী জঙ্গীদের দেশ হিসেবে বহিঃর্বিশ্বে উপস্থাপন করতে চায়।

(১৪) ভারতের গোয়েন্দা সংস্থা বাংলাদেশের সবচেয়ে জনপ্রিয় প্রেসিডেন্ট জিয়াউর রহমানকে হত্যার পরিকল্পনা হাতে নিয়েছিল বলে ভারতীয় লেখকেরাই এখন স্বীকার করছেন।

ভারতের গোয়েন্দা সংস্থা 'র'

(১৫) বাংলাদেশের সার্বভৌমত্ব বিরোধী করিডোর সুবিধা আদায়ের উদ্দেশ্যে ভারত  ‘সহযোগিতার জন্য কাঠামো চুক্তি’ স্বাক্ষর করেছে এবং বাংলাদেশের সকল সেক্টরে অনুপ্রবেশের সুযোগ হাতিয়ে নিয়েছে। এর ফলে বাংলাদেশের অর্থনৈতিক স্বার্থ, নিরাপত্তা ও সার্বভৌমত্ব দারুনভাবে ব্যাহত হবে।

 

(১৬) ভারত তার উত্তর-পূর্বাঞ্চলের স্বাধীনতা আন্দোলন দমন এবং বিতর্কিত অরুণাচল প্রদেশ নিয়ে চীনের সাথে সম্ভাব্য সংঘর্ষে বাংলাদেশের ভূমিকে ব্যবহার করার পরিকল্পনা নিয়ে তার সামরিক কার্যক্রমে বাংলাদেশকে জড়িয়ে ফেলার পরিকল্পনা নিয়েছে- এবং এ উদ্দেশ্যে বাংলাদেশের বুক চিড়ে তার সামরিক বহর চলাচলের জন্য করিডোর সুবিধা আদায় করেছে।

 

(১৭) বিএসএফ কর্তৃক বাংলাদেশী নাগরিকদের হত্যা করা হলেও সেসব হত্যাকান্ডকে স্বাভাবিক মৃত্যু বলে আক্ষায়িত করার জন্য ভারতীয় বিএসএফ প্রধান ঢাকায় বসে নছিহত করে গেছেন।

 

সরকারের প্রতি প্রস্তাবিত আহবানঃ

 

ভারতের উপরোল্লেখিত আচরনের প্রেক্ষিতে বাংলাদেশের সীমান্ত নিরাপত্তা এবং জাতীয় সার্বভৌমত্ব রক্ষার জন্য সরকারের প্রতি নিম্নোক্ত আহবান জানানো জরুরীঃ

 

(ক) সীমান্তে হত্যা, নির্যাতন, অপহরন, ধর্ষণ ইত্যাদি মানবাধিকার লংঘনের বিরুদ্ধে শক্ত কুটনৈতিক প্রতিবাদ জানানো এবং এসব অপরাধ বন্ধ না হলে জাতিসংঘের শরণাপন্ন হওয়া;

(খ) সীমান্তে ভূমি দখল, সশস্ত্র আগ্রাসন এবং সামরিক স্থাপনা নির্মান থেকে ভারতকে বিরত রাখা এবং কোন ভূমি ভারতের কাছে হস্তান্তরকরণ থেকে বিরত থাকা;

 

(গ) বাংলাদেশের অর্থনীতি, কৌশলগত নিরাপত্তা এবং জাতীয় সার্বভৌমত্ব পরিপন্থী করিডোর প্রদানের কার্যক্রম থেকে ফিরে আসা;

 

(ঘ) গঙ্গা পানি চুক্তি অনুসারে পানির ন্যায্য হিস্যা আদায়ে কার্যকরী ব্যবস্থা গ্রহন, টিপাইমূখ বাঁধ নির্মানে ভারতকে বিরত রাখা, স্থল ও সমূদ্র সীমানায় ভারতকে অন্যায্য দাবী-দাওয়া তোলা থেকে বিরত রাখা এবং ফারাক্কা বাঁধের কারনে ক্ষতিপূরন আদায়ের ব্যবস্থা নেয়া;

প্রস্তাবিত টিপাইমূখ বাঁধ

 

(ঙ) মুজিব-ইন্দিরা চুক্তি অনুযায়ী ১৯৭৪ সালে বেরুবাড়ী হস্তান্তরের বিনিময়ে ৩ বিঘা করিডোর সম্পূর্নভাবে বিনিময় করতে এবং তালপট্টি দ্বীপ ভারতের দখলমুক্ত করতে কার্যকরী ব্যবস্থা গ্রহন;

(চ) সীমান্তে চোরাচালান ও মানব পাচার বন্ধকরণ; এযাবত বিএসএফ এর হাতে ক্ষতিগ্রস্থদের জন্য আন্তর্জাতিক নিয়মানুসারে ক্ষতিপূরন আদায়ের ব্যবস্থা করন;

 

(ছ) ভারতের উত্তর পূর্বাঞ্চলীয় রাজ্যসমূহে চলমান স্বাধীনতা আন্দোলন দমনে এবং চীনের সাথে ভারতের সম্ভাব্য কোন সামরিক সংঘর্ষে বাংলাদেশের ভূমি ব্যবহারের ভারতীয় পরিকল্পনার অংশ হওয়া থেকে বিরত থাকা;

 

(জ) পার্বত্য চট্টগ্রামের সশস্ত্র বিচ্ছিন্নতাবাদীদেরকে সাহায্য-সহযোগিতা দান থেকে বিরত থাকতে প্রতিবেশী রাস্ট্রের সাথে দক্ষ কুটনৈতিক ব্যবস্থা গ্রহন;

 

(ঝ) তিস্তার পানি বন্টন চুক্তিকে করিডোর প্রদানের সাথে সম্পরকিত না করা এবং ভবিষ্যতে তিস্তা চুক্তিতে গ্যারান্টি ক্লজ ও আন্তর্জাতিক মধ্যস্থতার ব্যবস্থা রাখা;

 

(ঞ) পিলখানায় ৫৭ জন অফিসারকে হত্যার পেছনের ষড়যন্ত্রকারীদেরকে সনাক্ত করতে কার্যকরী ব্যবস্থা গ্রহন এবং সীমান্তের ৮ কিঃ মিঃ এলাকা থেকে পুলিশ-র‍্যাব তুলে এনে সীমান্তকে আরো অরক্ষিত করা থেকে বিরত থাকা;

 

( ট) বাংলাদেশে ভারতীয় গোয়েন্দা সংস্থা ‘র’ এর সকল কার্যক্রম বন্ধ করা এবং বাংলাদেশের অভ্যন্তরীন রাজনীতিতে ‘ব্যাগভরতি টাকা ও শলাপরামর্শ’ দিয়ে হস্তক্ষেপ করা থেকে ভারতকে বিরত রাখা।

 

(ঠ) সদ্য স্বাক্ষরিত ‘সহযোগিতার জন্য কাঠামো চুক্তি’ অনুসারে বাংলাদেশের সকল সেক্টরে ভারতীয় অনুপ্রবেশের সুযোগ সৃষ্টিকরন থেকে বিরত থাকা।

 

তারিখঃ ১৬ অক্টোবর ২০১১।

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Pakistan and “The Haqqani Network” : The Latest Orchestrated Threat to America and The End of History

by Dr. Paul Craig Roberts | Global Research,

Have you ever before heard of the Haqqanis? I didn’t think so. Like Al Qaeda, about which no one had ever heard prior to 9/11, the “Haqqani Network” has popped up in time of need to justify America’s next war–Pakistan.

President Obama’s claim that he had Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden exterminated deflated the threat from that long-serving bogyman. A terror organization that left its leader, unarmed and undefended, a sitting duck for assassination no longer seemed formidable. Time for a new, more threatening, bogyman, the pursuit of which will keep the “war on terror” going.

Now America’s “worst enemy” is the Haqqanis. Moreover, unlike Al Qaeda, which was never tied to a country, the Haqqani Network, according to Admiral Mike Mullen, chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, is a “veritable arm” of the Pakistani government’s intelligence service, ISI. Washington claims that the ISI ordered its Haqqani Network to attack the US Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, on September 13 along with the US military base in Wadak province.

Washington claims that the ISI ordered its Haqqani Network to attack the US Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan.

Senator Lindsey Graham, a member of the Armed Services committee and one of the main Republican warmongers, declared that “all options are on the table” and gave the Pentagon his assurance that in Congress there was broad bipartisan support for a US military attack on Pakistan.

As Washington has been killing large numbers of Pakistani civilians with drones and has forced the Pakistani army to hunt for Al Qaeda throughout most of Pakistan, producing tens of thousands or more of dislocated Pakistanis in the process, Sen. Graham must have something larger in mind.

The Pakistani government thinks so, too. The Pakistani prime minister,Yousuf Raza Gilani, called his foreign minister home from talks in Washington and ordered an emergency meeting of the government to assess the prospect of an American invasion.

 Meanwhile, Washington is rounding up additional reasons to add to the new threat from the Haqqanis to justify making war on Pakistan: Pakistan has nuclear weapons and is unstable and the nukes could fall into the wrong hands; the US can’t win in Afghanistan until it has eliminated sanctuaries in Pakistan; blah-blah.

Washington has been trying to bully Pakistan into launching a military operation against its own people in North Waziristan. Pakistan has good reasons for resisting this demand. Washington’s use of the new “Haqqani threat” as an invasion excuse could be Washington’s way of overcoming Pakistan’s resistance to attacking its North Waziristan province, or it could be, as some Pakistani political leaders say, and the Pakistani government fears, a “drama” created by Washington to justify a military assault on yet another Muslim country.

Over the years of its servitude as an American puppet, the Pakistan government has brought this on itself. Pakistanis let the US purchase the Pakistan government, train and equip its military, and establish CIA interface with Pakistani intelligence. A government so dependent on Washington could say little when Washington began violating its sovereignty, sending in drones and special forces teams to kill alleged Al Qaeda, but usually women, children, and farmers. Unable to subdue after a decade a small number of Taliban fighters in Afghanistan, Washington has placed the blame for its military failure on Pakistan, just as Washington blamed the long drawn-out war on the Iraqi people on Iran’s alleged support for the Iraqi resistance to American occupation.

Some knowledgeable analysts’ about whom you will never hear in the “mainstream media,” say that the US military/security complex and their neoconservative whores are orchestrating World War III before Russia and China can get prepared. As a result of the communist oppression, a signifiant percentage of the Russian population is in the American orbit. These Russians trust Washington more than they trust Putin. The Chinese are too occupied dealing with the perils of rapid economic growth to prepare for war and are far behind the threat.

War, however, is the lifeblood of the profits of the military/security complex, and war is the chosen method of the neoconservatives for achieving their goal of American hegemony.

Pakistan borders China and former constituent parts of the Soviet Union in which the US now has military bases on Russia’s borders. US war upon and occupation of Pakistan is likely to awaken the somnolent Russians and Chinese. As both possess nuclear ICBMs, the outcome of the military/security complex’s greed for profits and the neoconservatives’ greed for empire could be the extinction of life on earth.

The patriots and super-patriots who fall in with the agendas of the military-security complex and the flag-waving neoconservatives are furthering the “end-times” outcome so fervently desired by the rapture evangelicals, who will waft up to heaven while the rest of us die on earth.

This is not President Reagan’s hoped for outcome from ending the cold war.

Source: Pakalert Press

Can The US Afford a Military Conflict With Pakistan?

Dan Qayyum | PKKH Editorial

Pakistan’s forces and its 180 million strong population is ready in ambush. Obama must decide if he is ready to face the wrath of a nation that has held a grudge against this sworn enemy for decades.

Barak Obama

In face of the latest and unprecendated downturn in US-Pakistan relations, Pakistan Army can at the very least boast the kind of popular support that President Obama can only dream of.

General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani is the man of the moment, fast turning into a national hero by default, thanks to the hyperbole emanating from Washington. On the other hand President Obama resembles the captain of a ship that is sinking fast.

Under pressure due to a faltering economy and suffering humiliation in Afghanistan, the Obama administration has kicked off a noisy blame game pointing fingers at Pakistan for America’s failures in what is known as the ‘Graveyard of Empires’. Attacks on what were thought to be some of the most secure targets in Kabul have blown the cover of America’s false claims. With the Afghan Taliban in control of over 80% of Afghan territory and now knocking on the doors of Kabul, one can be forgiven for thinking that things could not get any worse for the American occupying forces. Because it looks that they will.

Around 75% of American and NATO military supplies pass through Pakistan. Shutting off this vital lifeline alone would spell disaster for the American and Nato forces stationed in Afghanistan.

Pakistan has a highly trained army which, unlike the Iraqi forces, are itching to hammer the Americans. It has a fairly strong air force that is, at the very least, capable of downing a good few US bombers. And it also has a modest navy that is quite capable of causing damage.

Around 200,000 US, NATO and Afghan forces that are incapable of fighting against the Haqqani insurgents, numbered between 5000 to 10,000 at most, will prove no match for Pakistan’s highly trained army consisting of around 600,000 active troops and another 550,000 reserves. Add to that the million strong tribals residing on the Pak Afghan border and armed to the teeth, who have pledged support to Pakistan’s armed forces in the event of a direct confrontation with US/NATO forces. Last but not the least are the Jihadi organisation active in Indian Occupied Kashmir, with a strength of around another 100,000.

US/NATO Forces

Pakistan is quite capable of unleashing hell on the US and NATO forces in Afghanistan if it decides to. And that is without even taking into account Pakistan’s fast growing nuclear arsenal and its advanced missile systems that are capable of hitting any US target within a 3,500 mile radius. Already under heavy fire from a rag tag poorly equipped and trained force of the Afghan Taliban, the US and NATO forces will prove easy pickings for Pakistan army’s elite commandos. Its missiles will level US bases and military installations to the ground.

Pakistan Army’s Elite SSG Commandos

President Obama, even in his wildest dreams, cannot dare to enter a military conflict with Pakistan at this moment in time. And therefore the the US tantrums seem nothing more than an immature bluff, without taking into account the geopolitical implications as well as the consequences it will have to face in Afghanistan, if it dares violate Pakistan military’s ‘red lines’.

The best they can hope to do is isolate Pakistan internationally declaring it a pariah state that sponsors terror, and enforce economic sanctions. Then again, if the Pakistani intelligence agencies and armed forces are indeed secretly helping the Afghan Taliban under the pretend of being a front line ally, imagine the damage they would be able to do if declared the enemy.

3 NATO Ships Sunk, 15 Senior NATO Personnel Held Captive In Benghazi

Leonor conveys the degree of censorship we are under, how little we are actually being told, from NATO atrocities to NATO losses.

The 15 NATO personnel abducted are talked about at 8 min 35.

 

 

Source: Pakalert Press

Muslim Well Known People In Pakistan Links With Freemasonry

The list in red confirms as a freemason and the list in blue confirms links with freemasons but can not be confirmed if the person himself is a freemason.

– Sultan Mohammad Shah, Aga Khan (One of the founder and the first president of All Muslim league)
– Syed Ahmed Ali Khan (The educator, politician, and islamic reformer)
– Allama iqbal (Muslim poet and philosopher)
– Muhammed Ali Jinnah (Politician lawyer and the leader of Pakistan)

So we have a small list of peoples of Pakistan so now we need a list from other Muslim nations such as Turkey, Syria,  Jordan, Egypt etc.

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The latest Mumbai attacks > Context and possible implications

Sultan Hijazi | TX Desk

According to AFP’s initial reports, three simultaneous blasts rocked the city of Mumbai in India on July 13 killing 21 people and injuring more than 100.

India’s Home Minister Chidambaram has already come out with a statement that the attacks are “a coordinated terror strike”, and as most might be speculating, the fingers are yet again pointing towards Pakistan especially the country’s premier intelligence agency.

Following these strings of planted bomb explosions, major cities across India have been put on red alert incase of further attempts at stalling the peace in the subcontinent which surely does not benefit both countries in any way since very recently, the Foreign Secretaries of both countries held mutual talks to discuss the security issue that is the root cause of stand-still between their relationships. For India, the issue of the previous Mumbai attacks itself had barely ended and the so-called revelations by American DEA double-agent David Headley nearing their finale that another event took place that has got Pakistan surrounded by aggressive interrogating nations in the geopolitical matrix which include the US, India and the UK.

When it comes to military relations, Pakistan has had strained relationships with the US. The Pakistan Army not long ago sent back many American and British military trainers because of security concerns since it was being noticed after the Raymond Davis incident that the American CIA, rather than actually helping Pakistan fight against the TTP militia was itself complicit in supporting the terrorists and providing hazarduous material to them which were used against the state. This bold move by the Pakistan military coupled with affirmed support from powerful China sent anger within Washington and Pentagon circles resulting in a decision that the $800 million in military aid promised to Pakistan were suspended.

Adding to yet another surprising development, the Pakistan military came out with a statement that uptil now, they have been fighting against terrorism on their own resources and will continue to do so self-dependently with ISPR’s Director General Maj. Gen. Athar Abbas saying, “Pakistan does not need American aid to fight”.

In the context, the OBL incident must also be taken into consideration since the staged hoax was ultimately aimed at putting the last nail into the coffin by holding the Pakistan Army and Inter-Services Intelligence responsible for alleged involvement in providing security to a mastermind leader who was already killed about a decade ago.

Primarily, Pakistan’s Army Chief Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani was the target since as per the Obama administration claims, “Osama was living in Abbottabad for the past 5 years”. In those days, Gen. Kayani was the Director General of the ISI under Gen. Musharraf’s regime. He is not alone though: After the revelations by DEA agent Headley and editorial by corporate bankster-controlled New York Times, the ISI’s current Director General Lt. Gen. Ahmed Shuja Pasha has been portrayed and projected as an alleged supporter of terror groups that cause danger to NATO-ISAF and India in the region who “must be removed“.

The Jamaat-ud-Da’awa or JuD has long been accused of terrorism like its similar organisations such as the Jaish-e-Muhammad and Hizbul-Mujahideen. The JuD and its founder Hafiz Saeed have repeatedly clarified that the group does not believe in terrorism and the killing of innocent civilians having condemned such inhuman practices strongly during sermons. Adding to its cadre of services in the field of humanity, the JuD’s charity foundation Falaah-e-Insaniyat Foundation (part of Jamaat ud Daawa) actively participated the most in private groups in aiding Pakistanis that were affected by disastrous floods.

So far, according to the latest input from hyper-sensationalist Indian media that has a history of wreckless reporting, the attacks are most probably carried out by the “Indian mujahideen“, which the Indian establishment initially blamed during the previous Mumbai attacks. They had claimed back then that the alleged group was based in Hyderabad (India) and was “supported by the ISI“. These claims were never proven and according to Tahawwur Rana who was acquitted and David Headley’s most recent statements, none of the ISI leadership or junior officers were involved.

The Context

> Destabilizing Pakistan through covert specops involving JSOC-trained
guerrillas for carrying out smear attacks like the one on the PNS Mehran base

> Portraying Pakistan as a dangerous country where terrorists roam about freely with full logistics and mapping

> Pakistan’s “inability” to deal with terrorists who can ‘most possibly‘ head into India to cause mayhem

The Implications

> False-flag attack in India (involvement of Indian establishment) or CIA’s direct meddling into their local apparatus and causing terror later to be traced back to North Waziristan, thus enabling world powers to force Pakistan into an offensive in the region wherein no significant danger exists

> More attacks on India mean the country can get more defence funding and high-tech supplies from American firms

> Further isolation of Pakistan on the regional geopolitical matrix thus disabling it with proper influence to exert on the subcontinent’s developments especially that in Afghanistan which India’s establishment is strongly eyeing

> India’s continuous lobbying against Pakistan in Washington will result in increased chances of ceasing various supplies, possibly leading to an embargo which might lead to the propping up of a CIA-sponsored ‘uprising‘ as is being done in the Middle East and North Africa

> Ultimately, the nuclear assets of Pakistan will be the focus of international criticism in the press despite frequent assurances by the country’s nuclear experts that they are in safe hands

> Increasing pressure on the Pakistan’s government to remove the ISI’s Director General Lt. Gen. Ahmed Shuja Pasha

> International pressure to launch operations in Punjab against ‘LeT militants and jihadi groups‘ thereby opening up another warfront for the Pakistan Armed Forces to be stuck in (which will surely lead to chaos, anarchy and possibly civil war)

> Discrediting the slightly better Congress government in India claiming to be ‘secular‘ thus paving way for hardcore Hindu fundamentalists and extremists like the BJP to come to power. To be noted that on 14th June 2011, the Indian Express newspaper reported that Giora Bacher, Director at Zionist Israel’s foreign ministry Asia and Pacific Desk attended a meeting in which she said that the “visits (to Israel) were actually better under the Bharatiya Janata Party government”

> Making way for BJP’s rise to power by discrediting present Indian regime will prove beneficial for Zionist Israel’s interest since it will find an equivalent partner in India with a party that believes in Brahminism’s fundamental concept of Akhand Bharat (Greater India or Hindu Zionism)

> Citing Osama’s alleged presence in Abbottabad as proof of existence of Al Qaeda’s ‘headquarters‘ and that of jihadi militants in Pakistan thereby giving a perfect perception that the ISI has been involved in the regional mess all along that poses a danger to the world at large and not only India

According to one intelligence official who was immediately contacted after news broke of the unfortunate incident today: “The timing is ripe, I am sure India might again exploit this occurrence. To protect the security of the country, we will have to keep a rigid watch on Tel Aviv”.

 

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The Destabilization of Syria and the Broader Middle East War

by Michel Chossudovsky

What is unfolding in Syria is an armed insurrection supported covertly by foreign powers including the US, Turkey and Israel.

Armed insurgents belonging to Islamist organizations have crossed the border from Turkey, Lebanon and Jordan. The US State Department has confirmed that it is supporting the insurgency.

The United States is to expand contacts with Syrians who are counting on a regime change in the country.

This was stated by U.S. State Department official Victoria Nuland. “We started to expand contacts with the Syrians, those who are calling for change, both inside and outside the country,” she said.

Nuland also repeated that Barack Obama had previously called on Syrian President Bashar Assad to initiate reforms or to step down from power.” (Voice of Russia, June 17, 2011)

The destabilization of Syria and Lebanon as sovereign countries has been on the drawing board of the US-NATO-Israel military alliance for at least ten years.

Action against Syria is part of a “military roadmap”, a sequencing of military operations. According to former NATO Commander General Wesley Clark–the Pentagon  had clearly identified Iraq, Libya, Syria and Lebanon as target countries of a US-NATO intervention:

“[The] Five-year campaign plan [included]… a total of seven countries, beginning with Iraq, then Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Iran, Somalia and Sudan” (Pentagon official quoted by General Wesley Clark)

In “Winning Modern Wars” (page 130) General Wesley Clark states the following:

“As I went back through the Pentagon in November 2001, one of the senior military staff officers had time for a chat. Yes, we were still on track for going against Iraq, he said. But there was more. This was being discussed as part of a five-year campaign plan, he said, and there were a total of seven countries, beginning with Iraq, then Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Iran, Somalia and Sudan.

…He said it with reproach–with disbelief, almost–at the breadth of the vision. I moved the conversation away, for this was not something I wanted to hear. And it was not something I wanted to see moving forward, either. …I left the Pentagon that afternoon deeply concerned.”

The objective is to destabilize the Syrian State and implement “regime change” through the covert support of an armed insurgency, integrated by Islamist militia. The reports on civilian deaths are used to provide a pretext and a justification for humanitarian intervention under the principle “Responsiblity to Protect”.

Media Disinformation

Tacitly acknowledged , the significance of an armed insurrection is casually dismissed by the Western media. If it were to be recognized and analysed, our understanding of unfolding events would be entirely different.

What is mentioned profusely is that the armed forces and the police are involved in the indiscriminate killing of civilian protesters. Press reports confirm, however, from the outset of the protest movement an exchange of gunfire between armed insurgents and the police, with casualties reported on both sides.

The insurrection started in mid March in the border city of Daraa, which is 10 km from the Jordanian border.

The Daraa “protest movement” on March 18 had all the appearances of a staged event involving, in all likelihood, covert support to Islamic terrorists by Mossad and/or Western intelligence. Government sources point to the role of radical Salafist groups (supported by Israel)

Other reports have pointed to the role of Saudi Arabia in financing the protest movement.

What has unfolded in Daraa in the weeks following the initial violent clashes on 17-18 March, is the confrontation between the police and the armed forces on the one hand and armed units of terrorists and snipers on the other which have infiltrated the protest movement.

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What is clear from these initial reports is that many of the demonstrators were not demonstrators but terrorists involved in premeditated acts of killing and arson. The title of the Israeli news report summarizes what happened:  Syria: Seven Police Killed, Buildings Torched in Protests.

(See Michel Chossudovsky, SYRIA: Who is Behind The Protest Movement? Fabricating a Pretext for a US-NATO “Humanitarian Intervention”, http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=24591 Global Research,  May 3, 2011)

The Role of Turkey

The center of the insurrection has now shifted to the small border town of Jisr al-Shughour, 10 km from the Turkish border.

Jisr al-Shughour has a population of 44,000 inhabitants. Armed insurgents have crossed the border from Turkey.

Members of the Muslim Brotherhood are reported to have taken up arms in northwest Syria.

There are indications that Turkish military and intelligence are supporting these incursions.

There was no mass civilian protest movement in Jisr al-Shughour. The local population was caught in the crossfire. The fighting between armed rebels and government forces has contributed to triggering a refugee crisis, which is the center of media attention.

Muslim Brotherhood Rebels at Jisr al Shughour Photos AFP June 16, 2011

In contrast, in the nation’s capital Damascus, where the mainstay of social movements is located, there have been mass rallies in support rather than in opposition to the government.

President Bashir al Assad is casually compared to presidents Ben Ali of Tunisia and Hosni Mubarak of Egypt. What the mainstream media has failed to mention is that despite the authoritarian nature of the regime, president Al Assad is a popular figure who has widespread support of the Syrian population.

The large rally in Damascus on March 29, “with tens of thousands of supporters” (Reuters) of President Al Assad was barely mentioned. Yet in an unusual twist, the images and video footage of several pro-government events were used by the Western media to convince international public opinion that the President was being confronted by mass anti-government rallies.

 

Syrians display a giant national flag with a picture of Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad during a
pro-government rally at the central bank square in Damascus March 29, 2011. (Reuters Photo)

On June 15, thousands of people rallied over several kilometers on Damascus’ main highway in a march holding up a 2.3 km Syrian flag. The rally was acknowledged by the media and casually dismissed as irrelevant.

AP. Thousands of supporters of Syrian President Bashar Assad carry a 2,300-metre-long Syrian flag in a demonstration in Damascus on Wednesday.

While the Syrian regime is by no means democratic, the objective of the US-NATO Israel military alliance is not to promote democracy. Quite the opposite. Washington’s intent is to eventually install a puppet regime.

The objective through media disinformation is to demonize president Al Assad and more broadly to destabilize Syria as a secular state. The latter objective is implemented through covert support of  various Islamist organizations:

Syria is run by an authoritarian oligarchy which has used brute force in dealing with its citizens. The riots in Syria, however, are complex. They cannot be viewed as a straightforward quest for liberty and democracy. There has been an attempt by the U.S. and the E.U. to use the riots in Syria to pressure and intimidate the Syrian leadership. Saudi Arabia, Israel, Jordan, and the March 14 Alliance have all played a role in supporting an armed insurrection.

The violence in Syria has been supported from the outside with a view of taking advantage of the internal tensions… Aside from the violent reaction of the Syrian Army, media lies have been used and bogus footage has been aired. Money and weapons have also been funnelled to elements of the Syrian opposition by the U.S., the E.U….Funding has also been provided to ominous and unpopular foreign-based Syrian opposition figures, while weapons caches were smuggled from Jordan and Lebanon into Syria. (Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya, America’s Next War Theater: Syria and Lebanon? http://globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=25000, Global Research, June 10, 2011)

The joint Israel-Turkey military and intelligence agreement

The geopolitics of this process of destabilization are far-reaching. Turkey is involved in supporting the rebels.

The Turkish government has sanctioned Syrian opposition groups in exile which support an armed insurgency. Turkey is also pressuring Damascus to conform to Washington’s demands for regime change.

Turkey is a member of NATO with a powerful military force. Moreover, Israel and Turkey have a longstanding joint military-intelligence agreement, which is explicitly directed against Syria.

…A 1993 Memorandum of Understanding led to the creation of (Israeli-Turkish) “joint committees” to handle so-called regional threats. Under the terms of the Memorandum, Turkey and Israel agreed “to cooperate in gathering intelligence on Syria, Iran, and Iraq and to meet regularly to share assessments pertaining to terrorism and these countries’ military capabilities.”

Turkey agreed to allow IDF and Israeli security forces to gather electronic intelligence on Syria and Iran from Turkey. In exchange, Israel assisted in the equipping and training of Turkish forces in anti-terror warfare along the Syrian, Iraqi, and Iranian borders.”

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Already during the Clinton Administration, a triangular military alliance between the US, Israel and Turkey had unfolded. This “triple alliance”, which is dominated by the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, integrates and coordinates military command decisions between the three countries pertaining to the broader Middle East. It is based on the close military ties respectively of Israel and Turkey with the US, coupled with a strong bilateral military relationship between Tel Aviv and Ankara. ….

The triple alliance is also coupled with a 2005 NATO-Israeli military cooperation agreement which includes “many areas of common interest, such as the fight against terrorism and joint military exercises. These military cooperation ties with NATO are viewed by the Israeli military as a means to “enhance Israel’s deterrence capability regarding potential enemies threatening it, mainly Iran and Syria.” (See Michel Chossudovsky,“Triple Alliance”: The US, Turkey, Israel and the War on Lebanon, August 6, 2006)

Covert  support to armed insurgents out of Turkey or Jordan would no doubt be coordinated under the joint Israel-Turkey military and intelligence agreement.

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan with (former) Prime Minister Ariel Sharon (2004)

Dangerous Crossroads: The Broader Middle East War

Israel and NATO signed a far-reaching military cooperation agreement in 2005. Under this agreement, Israel is considered a de facto member of NATO.

If a military operation were to be launched against Syria, Israel would in all likelihood be involved in military undertakings alongside NATO forces (under the NATO-Israel bilateral agreement).  Turkey would also play an active military role.

A military intervention in Syria on fake humanitarian grounds would lead to an escalation of the US-NATO led war over a large area extending from North Africa and the Middle East to Central Asia, from the Eastern Mediterranean to China’s Western frontier with Afghanistan and Pakistan.

It would also contribute to a process of political destabilization in Lebanon, Jordan and Palestine. It would also set the stage for a conflict with Iran.

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Cost of post-9/11 wars: $4 trillion

By Justin Elliott

Reuters/Baz Ratner

Canadian and U.S. army soldiers rest during a patrol in the Panjwai district of Kandahar province in southern Afghanistan on June 26.

A research group at Brown including “economists, anthropologists, political scientists, legal experts, and a physician” has tackled the always complex question of the costs of America‘s post-9/11 wars — economic, human, and political.

On the economic front, the team found that the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan have cost $2.8 trillion since 2001. Add costs of medical care and benefits for veterans through 2050, and that number jumps to $3.7 trillion.

The team included some items — like $400 billion in increased “homeland security” spending after Sept. 11 — that are debatable as “costs of war.” But it left out other costs, such as future interest payments on debt incurred to pay for the wars, state and local government spending on veterans’ services, and the classified spending on the CIA drone program in Afghanistan.

A few other findings from the researchers on non-economic costs:

 

• While we know how many US soldiers have died in the wars (just over 6000), what is startling is what we don’t know about the levels of injury and illness in those who have returned from the wars.  New disability claims continue to pour into the VA, with 550,000 just through last fall.  Many deaths and injuries among US contractors have not been identified.

• At least 137,000 civilians have died and more will die in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Pakistan as a result of the fighting at the hands of all parties to the conflict.

• Millions of people have been displaced indefinitely and are living in grossly inadequate conditions.  The current number of war refugees and displaced persons — 7,800,000 — is equivalent to all of the people of Connecticut and Kentucky fleeing their homes.

A website for the project explains the researchers’ methodology and is definitely worth a look.

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World War III Defined: Wider War Unfolding in Middle East

It’s time to identify the unfolding Middle East crisis for what it is– a wider world war. Alex Jones analyzes the more than nine years of expanding middle east conflict since 9/11, with the U.S. now engaging in 5 simultaneous proxy wars including Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Pakistan and Yemen.

 

 

Tensions with Syria, Russia, China and other players may further fan the flames in the region, as top globalists, including Bilderberg attendees, have announced their intention to put ground troops in Libya and kick-off a “big war” encompassing much of Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia.

Despite opposition to the wars in U.S. Congress and throughout the NATO alliance, the Nobel Peace President will continue to try and save face as he escalates deadly conflict on behalf of his masters under a “humanitarian” pretext. The elites have craftily planted the seeds of chaos under the guise of the “Arab Spring” they helped fund and organize, which is now blossoming into an all-out war that could draw in major powers and proxy regimes alike.

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