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HAZRAT UMAR (R) 634-643 A.D. (13-23 A.H.)

This is security that Hazrat Umar (R), the servant of Allah,the commander of the faithful, granted to the people ofAelia:"This security is for their lives and possessions, theirchurches and their crosses. It is for all, whether healthy orsick. Their churches and their appurtenances, their cross-es, and their lands will not be reduced in any way. There willbe no harshness or oppression upon them in the matters ofreligion, nor shall they be harmed in any way"


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Patron-in-ChiefZaid Hamid

EditorialEditorFarzana Shah

Shehla ZafarMuhammed Sanaullah War on Terror and Collapse of the Justice System

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Balkanizing IndiaSynopsis of the MonthEditorial Board

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The Ultimate Solution ... !Dear Readers)\ssalam-o-)\laiklUl1In the 21 st century, the global peace and security is reliant on the strategic stability of South East Asia,particularly in the subcontinent. This region has been turned into a nuclear flash point, endangeringmore than one billion lives due to India's hegemonic, oppressive and expansionist policies. India hasannexed many of the princely states since 1947. Kashmir is the most vivid example of the Indiancoercive strategy in the region. Apart from that, Indian secret service has been involved inassassinations and regime change operations in the neighboring countries. Since the last decade,India, in collaboration with the US, has been waging a covert war on Pakistan. With an ever-increasingIndian hankering to become a global player, the strategic equation in the subcontinent has tilteddangerously. Pakistan is the last obstacle that India needs to overcome in order to become the regionalpower and now the Indian policy analysts are proposing the dismemberment of Pakistan. These arealarming developments on the ever turbulent Eastern front!Time is ripe for Pakistan to consider the ultimate solution to the Indian problem with the help of regionalplayers, i.e., Balkanizing India to its original historical shape, when she was comprised of many smallindependent states. There will be no peace until India remains in its current shape and size.This issue of Brasstacks also includes an analysis of the epic failure of Pakistan's judicial system inproviding support to the armed forces on the critically sensitive legal axis in their fight against theenemy's irregular war combatants in Pakistani urban centers. Resultantly, the Pakistani statecontinues to face the threats of the enemy's irregular war combatants who are enjoying a veiledprotection from within Pakistan in the form of current anti-terrorism laws. This is more of agovernmental failure than a judicial one, as the judiciary can act only within the confines of theconstitution. Due to this startling malfunction of the legislative bodies, not a single terrorist has beenconvicted since the last 11 years through the judicial procedure. This issue suggests some radicalpolicy level measures in this regard.On the economic axis, the power and energy crisis has reached critical levels, foreboding an ominousthreat to the entire economy and national cohesion due to uncontrolled inflation. If foreignintervention, government failure at policy formation, and terrorism were not enough, the economicmeltdown due to energy and power crisis would certainly bring the country to a deadly halt. This issueof Brass tacks unveils how the current government has artificially created a power and energy crisis inorder to systematically destroy the national economy, despite the country possessing vast energy andpower resources.)\11 these national security challenges are a mere upshot of the ultimate crisis of leadership andstatesmanship in the country.All the subsequent problems can be overcome swiftly, provided that thisgreat nation of ours gets visionary and courageous leadership. May Allah bless us with a worthy onewho can lead this country to its destiny. Ameen,

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The final solution for permanentpeace in South Asiaby: Zaid Hamid

India must be Balkanized! This is the only naturallogical solution for sustainable peace inAsia.Global peace and stability has been fatallyendangered due to the fiery geostrategic milieu inSouth East Asia. India's hegemonic and expansionistpolicies have proved to be the gravest threat to aregion wherein three nuclear powers possessmutually exclusive and long term strategic interests.Apart from the current critical geostrategic andgeopolitical circumstances, India's internal sociallandscape demands that it must be divided intomultiple smaller states for good. The suggestion ofthis division is not based on any kind of anti-Indiarhetoric, but history bears witness that India, in hercurrent size and constitution, is an unnaturalcombination where millions of people are deprived oftheir basic human rights, while being forced to live inthis federation. 160or more insurgent movements, thegreatest number in the world, forcefully endorse thisstatement.There are solid grounds which provide a rationale andjustification for Balkanizing the Indian federationinto its natural structure as it had been throughout her7,500 years of known history. India was never a singlestate, rather it was a division of multiple empires andstates governed and ruled by different administrationsand dynasties.

1. India is the only state in the entire world whichhas hostile relations with all her neighbors,including two nuclear powers: Pakistan andChina. This hostility is driven by thefanatically violent ideology of Hindutva,which has caused the whole region to becomea nuclear landmine which can explode anyminute. Had India not been in her current size,the entire region would have been saved fromthe current explosive situation.

2. India is ruled by a minority class of eliteBrahmins for whom the rest of the Indianpopulation comprises of mere untouchables.The fascist Hindutva ideology which is nowcontrolling India's internal and externalsecurity policies is inherently violent andanarchic which makes honorable co-existencefor Indian minorities - Muslims, Sikhs,Dalits, Shudars, Christians, Tamils and othercastes - impossible. The Indian subcontinentis complexly dense with respect to religions,cultures, languages, values and traditionsowned by various nations residing withinIndia. Quite often these beliefs contradict witheach other and create severe frictions insociety. Given the inherent contradictions ofthe Indian society and politics, every nationmust have its own country carved out ofIndia


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in order to protect its rights and beliefs. This isthe only way to ensure stability and progressamong these nations.

These crucial facts also prove that the division ofIndia, in 1947, into two independent states, based onthe Two-Nation theory, was absolutely sublime andjust as it set hundreds of millions of Muslims free andsaved millions of more lives, including Hindus, whichwould have been wasted had Pakistan not beencreated.India-An Artificial Federation:India was never one country but a patchwork ofalliances, deceitful conspiracies, shifting loyalties,loose associations, and constant rebellions against thecenter. Even the mighty Mughal armies could notcontrol the entire territory: If they quelled a rebellionin the West, trouble would start brewing in the East; ifthey crushed an aggressive potentate in the North, theSouth would be in revolt.Today history is being repeated. India inebriated by ameager success on economic and diplomatic level isblind to the real self-portrait of caste-infested penuryleading towards Balkanization.India as a single country is a misnomer and historyproves this assertion. The British "Indian" Empireincluded parts of the subcontinent, Iraq, Burma etc.The French "Indian" Empire included parts of theSubcontinent plus Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam. TheDutch "Indian" Empire included Indonesia and partsofthe subcontinent.

Many think ofIndia as a monolith state. In actual fact,there were more than 570 independent states beforeLord Clive entered Calcutta. Even during theCompany Raj (Plassy to War of Independence) theEast India Company controlled a small portion of theterritory (1176-1857). When the Crown formally tookover South Asia after the Company had almost lost theWar of Independence (Great Indian Mutiny), itcontrolled only about 40% of the region. The rest ofthe area was ruled by princes, potentates, rajas, kings,badshahs-who possessed varying degrees ofsovereignty and independence. Some of the largerstates were very independent; for example,Hyderabad was a country by itself, and Bhopal andKashmir were also not ruled by Delhi.The British conquered various kingdoms in the Indiansubcontinent one by one. Then, for ease inadministering (ruling) the conquered territories, theBritish set up an administrative unit called India. Acountry or administrative unit called India (or by anyother name), comprising of the current territories ofIndia, never existed in all known history before theBritish conquest and consolidation.

India, as a country, by any name, never existed beforethe British colonial rule, despite the oft-repeated falsepropaganda of the long history about the unity ofIndia.Now once again most of the Indian states, which wereonce ruled over by different rulers, want to beindependent; this has resulted in over 100insurgencies going on in India. The nations in EastPunjab, Kashmir, the Seven Sister states of the


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Northeast, the Naxalites and Nagaland do not want tobe part of India. Chennai and Tamil Nadu are moreconcerned with the Tamilian brothers of Sri Lankaand of Bangalore. The Seven Sister states of theNortheast consider themselves as colonies under themilitary rule of Delhi, and guerilla war is going on inall of them. Kashmir has been in turmoil for 25 years,crying for freedom or better autonomy, and in manycentral states the Maoist-Naxalite, guerilla wars havebeen going on for decades.India inModern History:Currently, India's grand strategy revolves around theidea of Akhand Bharat (United India). This ideologyis the harbinger of the Indian hegemonic expansionistdesigns towards her neighbors, particularly Pakistan,as according to it, India has every right to invade andreunite the lands which were separated from it in1947. This insane desire has not only brought millionsof Indians to a social and economic demise but, moreominously, has endangered global peace as well. Theentire region has turned into a nuclear landmine,which can explode any moment, due to the Indianbelligerence that started right after independence in1947, under the aspirations of Akhand Bharatideology.In 1948, Nehru forced all the states to join the "IndianUnion". Any state that tried to exist independentlywas to be declared as an enemy state, and India wouldbe at war with it. He used a fake article of accession tosend forces to Kashmir and tried to occupy it. Thisarticle of accession was never presented to Pakistan orthe UN-and is now purportedly lost-as if it everexisted. Nehru allowed Patel to instigate "PoliceAction" against Hyderabad and overtook it. The samestory was repeated about 560 times. Junagarh andManvadar had opted to join Pakistan but wereforcibly incorporated into India.Kashmir:Kashmir is the most explosive of insurgencies in thepresent times. For the last 63 years, the Indian militaryhas used every tactic and means, ranging from bulletsto curfews to sealing off the territory, in order torestrain and silence the voice of the Kashmiris fromreaching the world.Kashmir is the oldest unsolved dispute and the largest

prison camp in today's "free" world. It's a cageconfining millions of Kashmiris as hostages by morethan 700,000 Indian troops who possess the license tokill with complete impunity. Kashmiris are subjectedto the most brutal kinds ofhuman crime and atrocitiesby the Indian forces. There has been a continuous duelbetween the oppressors and the determination of thefreedom fighters for more than a 100 years now. Theonly things that changed in Kashmir during this timeare the faces of the oppressors, the atrocities of theIndian forces, and the Kashmiris' fervor for freedom,which is increasing with every passing hour. India hasbeen shaken by the Kashmiris' recent, unimaginablystrong will against the Indian state terrorism.Murders, abductions, custodial killings, shooting ofprotestors, raping of women, and robbing andtorching dwellings are routine acts committed by theIndian army and the paramilitary forces, underspecific laws made for the Kashmiris, in order tooppress them. Ironically, there has been an amoral


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global mum over this critical issue by the otherwisevery active and efficient human rights activists. Thisindeed is a conspicuous crime against humanity.After waiting too long for the internationalcommunity to pay heed to the pleas for justice, nowthe subjugated Kashmiris' are determined to make theinternational community hear their voice through therecent revolts in the Indian Held Kashmir (IHK). TheKashmiri struggle turned into a new intifada recentlywhen the youth, children and even women took to thestreets, armed with stones - the weapons of theoppressed civilians against the tyrants - bravingdeath. On the other hand, the Indian military is usingevery kind of tactic in its arsenal to bulldoze theKashmiris' freedom struggle, but have failedmiserably so far.

Understanding the Indian Political Philosophy:To cope with the ideological vortex of this Indianexpansionism, it would be prudent to have a look at theunderlying political ideology which is driving theIndian political and external policies. Indian politicsand policies are being driven by two thoughtprocesses:1-Machiavellian Politics ofChankya:

The present globalpolitical system ofthe democraticworld is based on thepolitical sciencedeveloped byMachiavelli. Thissystem is cruel andtreacherous, and thishas been proved bythe recent history ofglobal politics.There is neither anyethical boundary,nor any shred of fairplay in this politicalsystem. However,the question arises whether Machiavelli was the firstone to devise this kind of a political system? Theanswer is 'No'. Chankya's works predate Machiavelliby about 1,800 years. His work was rediscovered, inthe beginning of the 21st century after it had been lostnear the end of the Gupta Dynasty. Since then, the

Hindu politicians in India have been using Chankya'sdoctrine as their political guide. After independence,Chankya's book "Arthshasthar" has become theIndian foreign policy manual, according to which itwould be essential for India to suppress her opponentsin the region by using their neighbors, and never toconfront the opponent state unless ithas been renderedtoo weak to fight against India. The current Indianforeign policy is a vivid example of this ideology:India is working on the dismemberment of Pakistanthrough Afghanistan; in the past it had tried toestablish relations with Iran for the same purpose.To develop Chankya's ideology further, specialpolitical science institutions are being developed inIndia. Chankya Institute of Public Leadership (CIPL)has been established recently and is described as thefirst of its kind in India. It is a training school for thefuture leaders, inspired by the ancient Indian wisdomthrough Chankya's 'Arthshasthar' as the supreme texton Raj Neeti. The political thinking of the futureIndian leaders, trained in these institutes, must not bedifficult to anticipate.2- Fascist Ideology of Hindu tva:Unknown to the world, a terrorism-breeding fascistideology is taking decisive control over the largest"democracy" of the world, posing an existential threatto the region, as well as to the world at large. Under thefacade of secularism, driven by extreme sentiments ofhatred, and a desire for revenge for being humiliatedand ruled over for a thousand years by the Islamic andWestern civilizations, the Hindu Brahmin zealots inIndia are inflaming the masses' religious passions to amad frenzy, spreading the cancerous ideology into the


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Indian establishment as well as the armed forces. Thisfrenzy harbours a fierce desire to take control ofIndia's military and nuclear weapons in order to wagea decisive and total war for "Akhand Bharat" orgreater India!

The boundaries of this mythical land for the Brahminelite stretch from Malaysia to Kabul, but Pakistanremains the first and the most formidable hurdle in thisproposed Hindu Zionist expansion. Pakistan fights notjust for its own identity, ideology and geography, butalso for the entire civilized world, against this lurkingbut hitherto unknown threat!Outcome ofBrahmin's Hindutva Ideology:The vice of social inequality in India has gripped thebackward classes and communities which are treatedas untouchables in a reprehensible form, denyingthem any social or economic justice. There is noopportunity for these classes to develop theirindividual personalities and to participate in thepleasures and happiness oflife.Indians claim that the problems of poverty andunequal distribution of wealth is confined to thebigger cities and towns in India, but the problemaccentuated by the vice of social inequality prevails inthe entire country. For instance, the Harijansconstitute a large class of landless labourers who aretreated as untouchables by the rest of the community.They have no houses to live in, hardly any clothing tocover themselves with, hardly any nourishmentavailable to them, and sometimes even decentdrinking water is beyond their reach. Moreover, thepoor have no access to legal assistance. Vulnerable toinjustice, poverty fosters frustration, ill-feeling and abrooding sense of injustice. Democracy realizes thatthis problem, which concerns a large number ofcitizens, cannot be successfully met unless the law isused wisely to restore balance to the economicstructure and to remove the causes of economicinequality. But the use of the law for bringing equalitycan only be achieved through Balkanization of Indiainto small countries.For most of the Indians, their Indian identity isimportant to them only while they travel abroad, talkabout Bollywood, or watch a cricket match. Factually,there reside multiple frictions and fault lines withinthe Indian society, which is profoundly dominated bya savage caste system that creates a sense of being less

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India, and 62 years of a fake and sham democracy hasworsened it further, hence the artificial Indianfederation is slowly but surely moving towards itslogical dismemberment as it is the only natural course.Consequently, a majority ofIndians is fed up with the'shining India' slogans and wants to break away fromthis man-made system. Their sense of deprivation hasgrown so strong that there are almost 140 separatists'movements going on in some 200 districts all overIndia. India comprises of 28 states, mostly formed in1956 in an effort to reorganize the administrative unitsalong ethnic and linguistic lines, after the Britishcolonial rule. Some districts of a particularcommunity were included in the states belonging toother communities. This attempt by Delhi to controlthe local sentiments led to two tiers of separatistmovement:1. Armed militant struggle to get out of theIndian clutches2. Political activism inside India for the creationof new provinces / states.Active Autonomist and SecessionistMovements in India:Now the chickens have come home to roost. Thesituation is so tense in some ofthe insurgent areas, thattoday the central government of India controls only40% of the total territory of the land mass of thecountry. This is similar to the British Raj. The Naxa1scontrol 40% of the land, and Assam and Kashmiriscontrol the rest. Indian forces deployed in these statesare fighting a lost war as people have openly refused toaccept the Brahmin oppression. These insurgenciesand separatist movements are the outcome of decadesof Hindutva oppression of other classes in India, yetthis ideology preaches to grab more and more landmass by invading the neighboring countries.The demand for new states has opened the floodgatesof secession.Greater Assam:Since the mid-20th century, people from present-dayBangladesh (then part of Pakistan), have beenmigrating to Assam. In 1961, the Government ofAssam passed a legislation, making compulsory the

use of the Assamese language. This had to bewithdrawn later, under pressure from the Benga1i-speaking people in Cachar. Itwas discovered in the1980s, that electoral lists had been manipulated, totum locals into minorities in the world's largestdemocracy. This manipulation once again exposedIndia's true face, consequently stirring an armedrebellion inAssam.Separatist groups, like the United Liberation Front ofAssam (ULFA) and the National Democratic Front ofBodo1and (NDFB), emerged during the same time


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period. Despite assurances of regional autonomy andself-governance, these groups continue their revoltwith full support of the local tribes as they all aredeprived even of the basic necessities of life. ULFAand other such groups seek to establish a sovereignAssam via an armed struggle. The situation in Assamhas turned very serious in the recent years due to thecommunal clashes that continue in two centraldistricts of the state: Udalguri and Darrang. Theseclashes are the manifestation of Hindutva ideologyseeping into the Indian society at every level.The Government ofIndia had banned the organizationin 1990 and classified it as a terrorist group, while theUS State Department lists it under "Other groups ofconcern". Military operations against it by the IndianArmy which began in 1990, continue till date. In thepast two decades, some 10,000 people have died in theclashes between the rebels and the government.To make matters worse, Bodos, Dimasas and Karbitribes of Assam have renewed their demand forseparate states carved out of Assam following theCentre's decision to create a separate Telengana state.Bodoland:The social scars created by the criminal negligence ofthe Brahmin elite of Delhi are so severe and deep thatIndia is suffering divisions within divisions.Insurgencies have further divisions within them,segregating the Indian society even more. Bodoland isa classic example and presents a complete case studyin this regard.Bodoland is an area located at the north bank of theBrahmaputra River in the state of Assam in thenortheastern region ofIndia, by the foothills of Bhutan

and Arunachal Pradesh, and is inhabitedpredominantly by the Bodo-speaking ethnic group.Currently the hypothetical map of Bodoland includesthe Bodoland Territorial Areas District (BTAD)administered by the non-autonomous BodolandTerritorial Council (BTC). The map of Bodolandoverlaps with the districts of Kokrajhar, Baksa,Chirang and Udalguri in the state ofAssam.Gorkhaland:The rebel movement in Gorkhaland is yet anotherexample of multiple levels of divisions within India.There are so many nations within the Indianfederations, fighting for the survival of their

language, culture, economic interests and politicalidentities. This phenomenon would continue unlessthese nations get their rightful stature in the comity ofnations. This particular movement is an example ofpolitical separatist and nationalist movements.The Centre's move to initiate the process of carvingTelengana state out of Andhra Pradesh, triggeredanother separatist movement by the members of theGorkha lanmukti Morcha (G1M) in the Darjeelinghills and Dooars, demanding Gorkhaland state.The centrifugal forces continue to grow and ask formore and more.


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"We do not want to stay with West Bengal. We wantto be liberated from the colonial rule of the WestBengal government," GJM General SecretaryRoshan Giri told reporters.Nagaland:A high-intensity armed insurgency has been going onin this Indian state since 1955, when the Indian armyinvaded it in order to subdue the nationalist tendenciesof Naga in Assam. Later on, the Indian governmenttried to pacify the tribes through the facade of politicaland diplomatic negotiations. Nagas began theirpolitical struggle through Naga National Council(NNC) but in 1967, when the Indian governmentdenied their demands, armed rebellion began andtraining camps were established in the Jotsomajungles.This insurgent movement was organized during thelater years for the establishment of the proposed stateof Nagalim by the rebel organization NationalSocialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN). Agovernment-in-exile by the name of 'Government ofthe People's Republic of Nagaland' has been

established aswell. Along with Minipur, Nagaland is ano-go area for the Indian military units, particularlycomprising oftroops from other areas as well.Manipur:A separatist insurgency began in 1964 with thedemand of a sovereign state, separate from the Unionof India. Lack of development, plundering of localresources, and a general discontent are the majorcontributing factors for this uprising. Theinternational Human Rights Watch argues that human-rights violations by the Indian Security Forces haveonly fuelled the insurgency. It adds that the IndianArmy has at times acted with impunity as the anti-terrorism laws in the state make the prosecution of thehuman rights violators difficult.

There are currently 34 groups, including non-violentones, that demand independence from India. In 1999,some of these groups coalesced into an allianceorganization called the "Manipur People's LiberationFront." Of these, the most prominent is the UnitedNational Liberation Front (UNLF) with an estimated2500 active militants.As of today, Manipur is the worst case scenario in thenorth-east as far asmilitancy is concerned. Apart fromthe fact that there are more militant groups in the statethan anywhere else - at least seven prominent groupsoperate inManipur - the rivalries between these outfitsoften leads to greater violence.


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Khalistan:Khalistan is a proposed state. The Khalistanmovement is a movement in the Indian Punjab for thecreation of "The Land of the Pure" as an independentSikh state in all Punjabi-speaking areas, which include

Indian Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and someother Punjabi-speaking parts of states like Gujrat andRajasthan. Although Sikhs have played a critical rolein Indian defense during the last 63 years, but noweven they have realized that they would always betreated as a colonized community by the HinduBrahmin. Dil Khalsa is one of the most ferociousseparatist movements and is still active internationallydespite receiving a severe below in 1984 when theGolden Temple was attacked by the Indian forces.Rebel organizations include Khalistan CommandoForce, Babbar Khalsa International, KhalistanZindabad Force, International Sikh Youth Federationand Khalistan Liberation Force.Tamil Nadu:The Tamil movement, being run by Tamil NationalRetrieval Troops and Tamil Nadu Liberation Army,has been driven by Delhi's decision to impose Hindi

language on the vast majority of the Tamil-speakingmasses. There is anger among Tamil nationalists that a3,000-year-old language has not this been made theofficial language ofIndia, instead such status had beengiven to Hindi. They recall the words of the DMKfounder, Anna, who spearheaded the anti-Hindiagitations in the 1960's and argued that if Hindi weremade the national language because it was spoken bythe majority, then by the same reasoning, the commoncrow and not the peacock should have been made thenational bird.The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) dropped itsdemand for a separate Dravida nation almost half acentury ago, in 1963. Had the fore-mentioned 1962law not been passed, and had the Dravida MunnetraKazhagam (DMK) continued to use its vast resourcesand skills in its campaign for freedom of Tamil Nadufrom India, today most Tamils would be clamoring foran independent Tamil Nadu, free from the Indian rule.However, growing protests in Tamil Nadu against theIndian military assistance to Colombo in its waragainst the LTTE have resurrected separatist rhetoricin the mainstream politics.Water distribution problems with other states alsoplayed amaj orrole in the rise ofthe Tamil rebellion.Telangana:After Hyderabad was broken up and its pieces parsedout to "Andhra Pradesh" and other areas, the stateceased to exist. The city which was a center of Muslimculture and Urdu learning and was the cultural Meccafor the Muslims, ceased to exist.Now various ethnicities in Andhra Pradesh are


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fighting among themselves--the Telangana plan wasto create a separate state.Other groups pushing for separate statehood in Indiaare ratcheting up pressure on the government afterNew Delhi gave its nod for a separate Telangana stateto be carved out of the southern state of AndhraPradesh.

The Red Corridor:The Red Corridor is a term used to describe animpoverished region in the east of India thatexperiences considerable Naxalite communistterrorist activity. These are areas that also suffer fromthe greatest illiteracy, poverty and overpopulation inmodem India, and span parts of Andhra Pradesh,Bihar, Chattisgarh, Jh arkh and, Karnataka, MadhyaPradesh, Orissa, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengalstates. The Red Corridor is almost contiguous fromIndia's border with Nepal to the northern fringes ofTamil Nadu.The Naxalites have a force of approximately 15,000cadres spread across 160 districts in the states ofOrissa, Chattisgarh, Jharkhand, Andhra Pradesh,Bihar, Maharashtra, Karnataka and West Bengal.They operate primarily in the lawless, densely-forested areas of India's interior, with some estimatessaying that the Naxalites control approximately 10.03million hectares (about 25 million acres) of forestsnationwide. They also have an active campaign to

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recruit students and other youth to help spread theirleft-wing extremism into India's towns and cities.However, thus far, the N axalites have notdemonstrated the ability to operate in urban areas.

The areas encompassed by the Red Corridor tend tohave stratified societies, with caste and feudaldivisions. Much of the area has high indigenous tribalpopulations (or adivasis), including Santhal andGond. Bihar and Jharkhand have both caste and tribaldivisions and there is violence/ friction presentbetween these social groups. Andhra Pradesh'sTelangana region similarly, has deep caste divideswith a strict social hierarchical arrangement. BothChattisgarh and Orissa have significant impoverishedtribal populations.Hindutva and the Region!India is a disintegrating state; there are factions withinthe state fighting for their freedom but they do nothave any diplomatic support, and this is wherePakistan's role becomes decisive. Indian coercivediplomacy played a key role in breaking Pakistan in1971, and now it is payback time for Pakistan.Indian nuclear status must be the most worryingaspect for the whole world at this point, owing to theever increasing multi-level segregation in the Indianfederation and more importantly the existence ofHindutva- following military top brass.To conceal her inner weaknesses, India remains in astate of war with all of her neighbors. The 62 year,history of the Indian federation has witnessed theIndian overt or covert assaults on all its neighbors,particularly Pakistan, Bangladesh and China.


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Bangladesh: India played a central role in the creationof Bangladesh in 1971 by exploiting the mistrust ofthe citizens of East Pakistan and soon afterwards theBangladeshi people got a taste of the Chankyadoctrine, when India, under the facade of manysecurity and economic aid packages, tried to convertthis country into one of her colonies. The secession ofEast Pakistan was actually a move derived from theIndian desire of Akhand Bharat and the creation ofBangladesh was the first step in this regard. In thesecond phase, India signed many agreements with theMujeeb-ur-Rehman regime to practically colonizethis country. This noxious game met with a bloody endwhen some Bangladeshi army officers hunted downthe Indian pawn: Sheikh Mujeeb. Since then India hasbeen desperately trying to secure Bangladesh but nowthe Bangalis have seen through the Indian game andare consequently resisting her plans.The Indian response is a quiet and sinister war againstBangladesh. Water aggression has remained the mostpowerful and successful strategy of the bloodlessIndian wars in recent times. Apart from Pakistan,Bangladesh is also facing the same threat. India's planfor the construction of the Tipaimukh Dam, built onthe River Barak is part of this most dangerous schemebeing devised against Bangladesh in order to furtherharm all political, economic, financial and socialspheres of that small country. Before this project,India had already built the Farakka Dam on the Indianside of the Ganges River, to stop the flow of water toBangladesh. According to a study by Bridge andHussain, Farakka Dam was the root cause of arsenicpoisoning through groundwater in Bangladesh in2004, and over 80 rivers in Bangladesh have dried upduring the last three decades due to the construction ofthe Farakka barrage by India. Some environmentalistshave termed this barrage as the greatest man-made

economic disaster of our time.Apart from water aggression, Indian military forcescontinuously violate the international border withBangladesh. On the diplomatic front, India hasaccused Bangladesh and Pakistan of supportinginsurgencies within India, which actually are theoutcome of social atrocities of certain classes andcommunities in the Indian federation.China: Being one of the most powerful global playersin the economic and political spheres, China certainlyremains the biggest challenge for India. India has hadhistorically turbulent relations with Beijing owing tothe tension over the border dispute of Tibet andHamachal Pradesh. Both countries have fought a warover this region in 1962. India had to face ahumiliating defeat at the hands of the Chinese. In therecent times, new axes of Sino-India rivalry haveemerged in the military, economic and politicalvortexes. China is a historically powerful civilizationin this region and now she is expanding her economicand political clout all over the world. On the otherhand, driven by insecurities and sheer sense ofhumiliation, the modem day India, which came intoexistence only in 1947, is trying to replace China. Forthis purpose, India is seeking global support andsympathy from the West and the US, who are using theChinese excuse to arm and help India.

The Three Dynamics of the Indo-ChineseRelations:1. Border issues regarding the Tibet region andHamachal Pradesh: China has claim over thesetwo areas while India declares them as itsintegral part.2. Geopolitical threat perceived by India due tothe robust economic and militarymodernization of China. India has indulged inan armed race with China which is also

affecting Pakistan's external security threatperception.

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Sino-Pak soldiers exhibiting longstanding friendshipbetween the two the countriesof China's rise in the military and economicdomains, but has also helped Pakistan to be in aposition of strategic comfort regarding defenseand external security.

All the bravado of Indo-China relations is just acosmetic practice by Delhi to convince Beijing to limitits cooperation, particularly in the military domain,with Islamabad. But the Chinese are well aware of theIndian game plan and countered the Indian bluffsuccessfully when it was suggested on a semi-officialChinese website that India must be Balkanized inorder to gain regional stability.Pakistan: India is the traditional enemy of Pakistanand both the countries always remain in a state of waron the diplomatic level. Indian hegemonic policies,and the mad frenzy driven by the violent Hindutvaideology to create Akhand Bharat, have turned thisregion into a volatile nuclear flash point. The unjustdivision of the subcontinent's North Western region ofJammu and Kashmir and the illegal Indian occupationsowed the seeds of detestation not only across thesubcontinent, but also within India, on a communaland religious basis. On four different occasions, since1947, the world has witnessed the physicalincarnation of this prolonged duel. The major cause ofthe wars in 1948 and 1965was Kashmir. This decades-old dispute between the two arch rivals is a nuclearmine which can explode any moment.

Bangladesh.

With the Indian water aggression, anentire new dimension has been addedto an already very explosive Kashmirproblem. Just like Bangladesh,Pakistan is faced with Indian policyof aggression.In 1971, India supportedinsurgencies and political chaos inEast Pakistan to make a physicalincursion across the internationalborders to attack and then dismemberthe Eastern wing of the country.Indian-backed Mukti Bahni carriedout one of history's worst genocidesof Pakistani citizens, especially thosebelonging to West Pakistan. Later,India violated all international laws,invaded East Pakistan, and allowedtraitors like Sheikh Mujeeb to secedefrom Pakistan and create

In 1986, both the countries came close to a war onceagain when nuclear-armed India carried out the largestmilitary exercises along the borders with Pakistan,whose defense at that time was completely relying onconventional weapon systems.In 1999, both the countries bitterly fought over thehills of Kargil, almost leading to a high-intensitynuclear war. This war played a key role in highlightingthe Kashmir issue and the possibility of a nuclearexchange in the subcontinent due to it. In 2002,another major standoff involving over a million armed


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troops was witnessed by the world, almost to the brinkof a regional nuclear holocaust. But Pakistan's nucleararsenal was the only factor which averted aninevitable war. In 2008, after the Mumbai attacks boththe countries again came dangerously close to anotherwar. Apart from these, countless clashes over the Lineof Control in Kashmir and across the workingboundary have taken place. Any of these can lead to afull-scale war between the two nuclear-armedcountries.Though there is a military ceasefire right now, but thisconstant state of confrontation is pulsating on all otheraxes - political, economic and diplomatic - and hasalways been ruthless, sinister and noxious. ForPakistan it is a matter of survival, for India it is part ofher long-term hegemonic designs in the region asPakistan is one of the principal hurdles in the Indianexpansionist designs for the whole Eurasian regionand Indian ocean. The fact of the matter is that bothcountries cannot co-exist, despite all the publicrelations facade put up by the politicians, diplomatsand media, unless all the outstanding issues getresolved in ajust manner. All those who do not acceptthis harsh truth are devoid of historical and militaryreality.New Axes ofthe Indian War Against Pakistan:After 1998, the Indians had realized that they couldnot find any solution to break Pakistan, which remainsthe biggest hurdle in their envisaged regional designon the strategic and political axis. 9/11 provided theIndians with an opportunity to disgrace Pakistan withthe help of the US by painting Pakistan as the'epicenter of evil and terrorism' that must bedenuclearized in order to save its strategic assets andthe world from terrorists.Right now, Indians are working on multiple axesagainst Pakistan in a complex 4GW. For this war,Afghanistan has been serving as a staging area for theIndian intelligence agencies to launch a covert rarearea war with the help of irregular combatantsrecruited from Afghanistan and the tribal areas ofPakistan to act as Non-State Violent Actors (NSVAs).With the active support and collusion of CIA/Moss ad,Indian RAW turned Pakistan into a slaughter house byusing the Afghan soil; they trained murderers of theTTP and created the prevailing strategic confusion inIslamabad about how to build a response to combat

this menace.After 9111, the Indian and the US strategic interestsconverged completely vis-a-vis Pakistan. For theIndians and the Americans alike, Pakistan remains anirritation in the US game plan for the region in the 21 stcentury. Being an ideological state, Pakistan remainsthe ultimate threat to the American plan and Indianexpansionist designs. On the geostrategic axis, Pak-China relations, particularly their nuclear and militaryties, are another factor where the Americans arecompletely on board with the Indians. This unanimityof strategic interests helped India to occupy center-stage in the US foreign policy for the region. India hasthe potential to serve the US interests against Pakistanand China both. But the Indians are playing their owngame which revolves around the dream of becoming aglobal player by undermining Pakistan's nuclearcapability and replacing China on the economic andpolitical planes. To achieve the first phase ofundermining Pakistan's nuclear potential, Indians, inopen collaboration with the US, launched 4GWagainst Pakistan in 2004-05. Main vortexes of thesewars are asunder:

Insurgencies in the North and North Westernprovinces. These are supported by IndianRAW from Afghanistan. TTP in FATA andBLA in Baluchistan are creating mayhem andchaos by unleashing terrorism and anarchy.Both insurgencies are completelyheterogeneous in tactics and pose diversechallenges for the security forces.

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private mercenaries like Blackwater (XeWorldwide), with an opportunity to establishtheir independent footprints in Pakistan inorder to carry out kidnappings, assassinationsand sabotage operations, as well aseavesdropping and spying. The entire droneoperations and subsequent assassinations arebeing conducted by the CIA and theirmercenary contractors with impunity.

Economic intimidation of Pakistan and todestroy Pakistan's food supply chain throughwater aggression is relatively new, but is themost ruthless move in this hushed war byIndia. Violating the Indus Water Treaty, Indiabuilt multiple dams on Pakistani rivers in theKashmir region. Due to these illegal dams,India can block Pakistani waters or releaseexcessive waters into Pakistani rivers in orderto cause destruction through artificially-created floods.

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aggression within her borders by adopting a similarresponse. That is the ultimate solution for Pakistan andfor regional stability aswell.The Ultimate Solution:The ultimate solution is to return India to its naturalhistorical form, consisting of many smallerprincipalities, regions and territories, ruled by localrulers and lords, or to bring it under Muslim or foreignrule. This solution is natural considering the countlesscommunities residing inside the Indian federation andtheir conflicts. This solution will benefit the minoritiesin India, and will ensure their safety along with theireconomic and political rights, which remain crampedunder the current Brahmin Raj.To implement this final solution, the worldcommunity will have to be mobilized by Pakistan.Pakistan has some support in this regard from somecountries that are facing the Indian aggression oneway or the other. Pakistan must take the initiative toachieve the goal as a legitimate act of self- defense andto respond to the Indian act of breaking up Pakistan.Pakistan has all the right to break India - in self-defense and in revenge, to achieve the natural balance

of power in the region for ajust and lasting peace, elsethe world should wait for a nuclear holocaust whichwould be initiated by the Zionist Hindu ideology.India is actively supporting insurgencies in Pakistanwhich give Pakistan all the legitimacy in reciprocatingthis phenomenon on the Indian soil where morehumans are desperate to break away from thetreacherous Brahmin Raj. The Indian occupation ofKashmir and water aggression must be used as thesecond biggest driving factor behind putting this ideainto motion. Finally, freedom struggles in other partsofIndia give Pakistan a reason to dismember India. In1971, India used the same excuse, but now Pakistanhas a genuine cause in hand as Balkanizing Indiawould not only ensure the regional stability, but wouldalso set millions of poor free, enabling them to choosetheir destiny according to their own will.There exists a considerable potential to form aregional block against the Indian expansionist andintimidating foreign policies towards her neighbors.Isha Khan, a Bangladeshi researcher proposed thefollowing as a solution to the Indian problem:"Best option for Dhaka is to cope with this new stylewar of New Delhi through its own tactics of modernwarfare. In this respect, demonstrations insideBangladesh, contacts of their opposition leaderswith the affected communities of Manipur,


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particularly abroad, organising protests in the USand Europe in cooperation with theenvironmentalists are essential for the survival ofthe country. All these efforts are likely to succeedwith the help of the media which has become animportant tool of warfare, and can also be employedfor defensive purposes. "The Chinese have already hinted that they canconsider this option. The International Institute forStrategic Studies published a report in 2009,containing a roadmap for breaking up India:

"To split India, China can bring into itsfoldcountries like Pakistan, Nepal and Bhutan, supportULFA in attaining its goal in Assam's independence,back aspirations of Indian nationalities like Tamiland Nagas, encourage Bangladesh to give apush tothe independence of West Bengal and lastly recoverthe 90,000 sq km territory in southern Tibet. "

According to IISS, the idea of the Balkanization ofIndia is as old as the Indian state itself. Afterindependence, in 1947, in the political circles ofEurope, many observers were predicting that India,after the tragic start with partition, will not holdtogether. After all, India had never been a singlepolitical unit. The British Empire put it together andmarked the boundaries from east, north and west.India does not have a common language. Immediatelyafter independence there was internal fighting toredraw the boundaries of the different Indian states.The criterion of division according to the differentlanguages was accepted. But many states are stillquarrelling for the boundaries and for the utilization ofriver water.According to the report, Balkanizing India is the onlyultimate solution for the subcontinent:"In view of the above, China in its own interest andthe progress of the whole of Asia, should join forceswith different nationalities like Assamese, Tamil andKashmiris, and support the latter in establishingindependent nation-states of their own, out of India.Only after India has been broken up into 20-30pieces will there be any real reform or social changein the country."

International media is also realizing this probableoutcome of Hindutva-driven India. Christian ScienceMonitor stated the following in this regard:"In 2000, three new states were made:Chhattisgarh, which was part of Madhya Pradesh;Uttarakhand, from Uttar Pradesh and Jharkhand,

out of Bihar. Telangana will be India's 29th state.More locally, there arefears that if the up andcoming city of Hyderabad is included in Telangana,Andhra Pradesh, which has invested heavily in itsmain city, will lose significant amount of revenue. "These studies by the Bangali and Chineseintelligentsia, Indian history, and the internal chaoticsituation in majority of the Indian states demonstratethat Balkanizing India is not just a theoretical idea butit must be perceived as a serious and practical politicalsolution by Islamabad. Pakistan must forge analliance with China, Srilanka and Bangladesh on adiplomatic, political and strategic level to achieve thissolution. The separatists' movements in India need avoice on international forums and Pakistan canbecome their voice. This is exactly what the Indiandiplomacy did to Pakistan in 1971when they launcheda global propaganda campaign against Pakistan andblamed us for committing "atrocities" in EastPakistan. This initiative would certainly help theKashmir cause as well, where Pakistan's diplomaticactivism has met with go-slows during the recentyears.This is the only way forward for a permanent peace inthe region and in the world which has beenendangered by the violent Hindutva ideology and theexpansionist designs of the Brahmin elite reigning inthe Delhi. Pakistan will have to make a strong case onthe diplomatic level by exposing what the world mustknow about the artificially-formed Indian federationby highlighting the internal demise of human rights,political and military suppression of the minorities,and the Indian confrontational attitude with all herneighboring countries, particularly with Pakistan andChina, which can lead to a complete nuclear holocaustin the subcontinent.Fortunately, for Pakistan, this strategic thinkingprevails in the region and needs to be nurtured.Pakistani foreign office has a massive task at hand andit must undertake it not only to secure our ownborders, but also to ensure the lives of billions in theregion that has been caught in the strategic rambling ofa chaotic power and where the situation is gettingexplosive with every passing day. It is time to relegateIndia into the dustbin of history. It is do-able and mustbe done.

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Syno psis o f the M o nthBy: Zaid Hamid

Eastern Front:Pakistan's Navy was most severely incapacitatedwhen the Indian backed TTP waged an audaciousattack on the Naval base. But the threat that has nowbecome reality is the massive global diplomaticmaneuvering against Pakistan's nuclear program, thatforms the backdrop ofthis attack.Pakistan is well and truly in a state of war but thepolitical leadership remains treacherous almostcausing a total collapse of national security. The rulingelite is still in fatal denial, considering it a local lawand order issue and launching police FIR's for everyact of war committed by enemy combatants in thisruthless conflict being waged on the streets ofPakistan. This is 21st century warfare -decentralized,urban, asymmetric high intensity conflict throughurban guerillas against a regular army and the state inorder to soften it up for a regular invasion by hostilearmies leading to occupation or dismemberment ofthetarget state.

The war doctrine of the Pakistani military, media andsociety still remains embedded in the 1965 mindsetwhen wars were fought by regular armies oninternational borders. In 1971, Indians deployedurban guerillas in East Pakistan to cripple and bogdown the regular Pakistan Army and then crossed theinternational borders to wage a two pronged waragainst the Pakistani forces- urban guerillas andregular Indian armies combined to create that lethalforce which broke Pakistan. Now, another dangerousand sinister dimension has been added to the 1971phenomenon: the USINATO factor. Urban guerillasand illegal enemy combatants are softening up thePakistani armed forces and civil society in a highintensity urban war within Pakistan while Indianbattle groups are waiting on the borders to roll in undertheir Cold-Start doctrine. The third axis i.e. the US andNATO are also waiting in the wings to make anotherIraq or Libya of Pakistan. Pakistan today is entirelysurrounded but the war doctrine remains obsolete andincapable of responding to these 21st century threatswhich have already brought a new generation war


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upon the nation.In this end phase, Pakistan is faced with the worstnightmare of national security where a simultaneousinvasion by the US and India is highly plausible. Thisis a precarious situation for Pakistan's defense andsecurity managers. Pakistan's epic political anddiplomatic failure has been proven by the events thatoccurred after theAmerican raid inAb bottabad on 2ndMay, 2011. The massive unchecked diplomatic andpsychological onslaught is the gravest failure byIslamabad, where a weak and incompetentgovernment is reigning without any 'governance'whatsoever!The Pakistani foreign office is running without aForeign Minister at a time when it is being targeted byan impetuous scheme that aims to isolate Pakistan inthe comity of nations after having it declared a failedand a terrorist state. This is the gravest threat forPakistan at the moment in the post-Abbottabadscenano.US law- and opinion-makers have already declaredPakistan as the epicenter of terrorism and are advisingthe American Congress to cut all kinds of aid toPakistan. If the Americans are not pulling theeconomic plug totally, it is certainly not due to thiscorrupt regime in Islamabad, but to the fear of publicand military backlash and suspension of their supplyroute toAfghanistan that is keeping them atbay!The policy of allowing CIA operators to work insidePakistan has exposed the real damage done by thisgovernment to national sovereignty. The currentpolicy of cooperation in the so-called WoT is self-

contradictory and self-defeating. During the last 10years, the national leadership has failed enormou~ly i~comprehending the rather simple fact that Pakistaniand American interests in the region cannot have anyunanimity in the post cold war era. In the Americanforeign policy vision, it is India which holds the keystrategic position in the 21st century while Pakistan'srole is deemed to be reduced to a subservient state,thus protecting US/Indian interests in the region. ThisUS designed arrangement envisions Pakistansurrendering the Kashmir cause aswell.Meanwhile the US continues to build more pressureagainst Pakistan, raising the friction and increasingthe possibility of a direct military clash between thetwo countries ifthe US repeats Abbottabad style raids,or public sentiments in Pakistan force the parliamentto block US supplies through the country. Itmay seemalmost unbelievable but Pakistan and the US canactually go to war. Itonly needs a spark!It is not just that Pakistan is under attack physically onground- it is also being encircled legally anddiplomatically through court cases, lawsuits andallegations to nail down Pakistan's security andintelligence apparatus. This is a total war againstPakistan but the amazing fact is that India remains atpeace while waging this war, while Pakistan literallybums on all axes. US courts have registered casesagainst Pakistan's lSI and its DG, and the legal nooseis being tightened while the US administration alsoaccuses Islamabad of complicity in the Osama BinLaden case.While the Pakistani security agencies desperately tryto battle the urban enemy combatants, more attacks


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are reported every day almost exhausting the lawenforcement agencies.Afghanistan remains the centre of gravity of all warand anarchy spreading into Pakistan today. Allterrorism, insurgencies, war and bombings areflowing in from Afghanistan, backed by the IndianRAW and CIA.The entire terrorism campaign inside Pakistan isorchestrated from Afghanistan and the Pakistani tribalareas. For years, these terrorists have been protectedby the CIA but sometimes when they turn rogue or arecaught in the company of those wanted by the CIA,they get taken out aswell.A very serious aspect is that while Pakistan remainswell and truly in a state of war on the western borders,the Indians have started to flex their muscles on theeastern boundary too. India have just concludedmilitary exercises near Pakistan's border and clashesalong the Kashmir Line of Control have also becomefrequent, where Indians continue to test Pakistanidefenses and response time.We can foresee the ongoing rapid militaryencirclement of Pakistan at a time when Pakistaniarmed forces are thoroughly bogged down in an urbanwar inside the national boundaries. Since 1971, theIndians have never achieved this level of militaryadvantage and are now counting on the US andWestern forces in Afghanistan and the Gulf to exertmore pressure on Pakistan to further succumb to levelswhere its forces would not be able to resist the internalinsurgency as well as an external high intensity attackby Indian battle groups under the Cold -Start doctrine.

Pakistan will have to do all in its power to influencethe war in Afghanistan so that the Indians are denied afirm foothold in that country to create a secondwestern hostile flank for Pakistan.Pakistan will have to enter Afghanistan to attack anddestroy the terrorist sanctuaries there if the US andNATO cannot do it. If Pakistan does not take the war tothe Indian backed insurgents inside Afghanistan, thewar will continue flowing into Pakistani cities andtowns. There are no two ways about it.Pakistan Army is now under severe attacks not just onthe battlefronts but also in the international and localmedia. All CIA and RAW backed assets in local andinternational media as well as opponents in nationalpolitics have launched a vicious anti-army campaigndirected at destroying the only institution that isholding this country together. The campaign is sointense that it actually caught even the militaryleadership by surprise. PML(N) are simply behavingsenselessly, venting their rage against the army andplaying right into the game plan being orchestrated bythe CIA and RAW.Pakistan is now surrounded on three hostile axes onground:1. USINATO, which are waging a war inside

Pakistan under AfPak to cripple the state fromwithin. The entire Afghan war is being sentinto Pakistan. Even the top US diplomats areacknowledging this secretly.

2. Indian battle groups, who are ready under theirCold-Start Doctrine to enter Pakistan themoment the situation within deterioratesenough to incapacitate Pakistani armed forces.Indian strategy is to bog down the Pakistanarmy within its own borders in multiple highintensity wars to make it impossible for it torespond to external threats.

3. Insurgents and Terrorist gangs, who arewaging a ruthless urban war from Karachi toKhyber, crippling the national economy,governance, law and order, and social fabric.The TTP, BLA and MQM are the primeCIAIRAW assets for this mission.

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the state and the armed forces.1. Economic collapse is being orchestrated and

the Army's and lSI's funds are being blockedby the PPP regime.2. Media and information war has been

launched.3. A judicial collapse has been synthesized to

prevent any legal remedy to the imposed warand insurgencies. Unknowingly, the ChiefJustice is contributing to this onslaught againstthe forces in judicial over-activism, furtherdemoralizing the armed forces. However, inthe last 11years not a single terrorist has beenpunished through the judicial system- and thegovernment and the Supreme Court do notseem serious at all in addressing the real issuethat ismost urgent.After China, Iran was the only other country whichcame to Pakistan's rescue, setting off an alarm over theUS game plan to create internal chaos in Pakistan todisarm Pakistan's nuclear assets. The Iranian~resident's alarm sent shock waves globally, and evenIII Islamabad where his words were respected andtaken very seriously by Pakistani Armed Forces.The Pakistani armed forces and Iranians also feel thatthe US may be trying to create a Ben Ghazi typescenario in Pakistan- where the US and NATO

intervened in Libya hiding behind the pretext that theLibyan army was committing crimes against civilians.MQM wants to draw the Pakistan Army into the city ofKarachi for an urban war. That is the reason why wesee so much disinformation and propaganda beingspread against the Rangers, exploiting the mistake ofone soldier who killed a boy. The MQM and PPPregime want to further cut the powers and control ofRangers which would create even greater mayhem~nd anarchy in Karachi, thus forcing the army to stepm. That would be the time for the MQM, which is fullyarmed even with anti-aircraft guns, to launch an urbanwar in the streets of Karachi.In that case NATO's supply lines would be disruptedas the entire present logistical operations are carriedout through Karachi port. The US and NATO wouldneed an alternate port further away from mainlandPakistan that would provide the shortest route toAfghanistan. Gwadar is the ideal port for theseoperations. The US and NATO want to take control ofGwadar in case Karachi gets out of hand or NATOsupplies are disrupted. Pakistan's insurance policy

would be to give China the control of Gwadar. In thatcase, any attack on Gwadar would be an attack onChina. This is where the PPP regime comes in veryhandy for the CIA. The Zardari regime refuses to giveGwadar to China despite strong pressure from thearmed forces.Though the Pakistan Army appreciated the Iranianconcern against US threats, the PPP regime wasembarrassed and tried to play down the Iranianstatement. The PPP regime is hand in glove with theCIA and is duty bound to protect US interests. ThePakistani foreign office under the control of the PPPregime tried to salvage its relations with the US.There were many speculations both in Islamabad and


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in Washington for the source of the Iranian President'sinformation. It is amusing that the media and theregime doubted BrassTacks and the author forinfluencing the Iranian President. Our latest visit toIran and meeting with the top Iranian policy analystsand leadership stirred many imaginations.On the international plain, India suffered a majorsetback in their disinformation drive against Pakistanwhen a US court cleared a Canadian born man of hisrole in the Mumbai attacks. India was counting uponthis case to nail down Pakistan and the lSI but is nowred faced as their case fell flat. This was a majorembarrassment for Indian secret services and thegovernment inDelhi.The Pakistan Army and security establishment willhave to fight a multipronged war in the coming days todefend not just the country, but also their own honorand prestige. The only solution is a regime change inIslamabad; else we should expect urban wars andanarchy. Pakistan is already in a state of undeclaredwar- invaded by internal and external enemiesworking on a comprehensive 4 th generation war. Theseare unprecedented threats where Pakistan urgently

needs allies in the region. China, Iran, Saudi Arabiaand Turkey are the natural choices.Western Theatre:Despite all the frictions between Pakistan and theUnited States, the latter still remains hopelesslydependent upon Pakistan for survival inAfghanistan.The Afghan Taliban are gaining ground each day andnow even Tajik and Uzbek groups are beginning towage war against the US and NATO, causing heavylosses to the foreign forces. The NATO supplies andthe ability of Pakistani lSI to act as mediator betweenthe Afghan Taliban and Haqqani are the most usefulstrategic leverages which Pakistan has on the US. TheUS has no choice but to acknowledge the strengthsand ability of the lSI to act as a game changer in theAfghan scenario. The US is desperate now. If the lSIdecides to play tough, the US would face a disaster inAfghanistan.The Karzai regime also knows now that their future istied with Pakistan. The US remains a foreign force,hated by the local population. Karzai has no futurewhen the Americans leave or when Pakistan begins tore-exert itself inside Afghanistan. Pakistan is makingsure that Karzai iswell aware ofthis reality.


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The ultimate US nightmare is the formation of aunified regional security and economic block betweenPakistan, China, Iran, Turkey and Saudi Arabia. Thisis one more reason why the US cannot push Pakistanbeyond a certain limit for fear of losing Pakistantotally.A realization of the fact that Pakistan's failure is not atstrategic or tactical level- rather, it is a policy failure, isthe first and primary requirement of handling thecurrent situation. Pakistan is in need of a robust policyshift from US dependence in conventional warfare to anew regional security setup including Iran, China,Saudi Arabia and Turkey and if possible Russia aswell. The prevailing security crisis demands acollective security arrangement on the regional basis.To achieve these grand strategic goals, Pakistan willhave to bring about decisive changes in its foreignpolicy and diplomatic posturing. Diplomacy is stillPakistan's largest and most powerful option which canavert a potential war threat provided that the Pakistanigovernment and foreign office play their cardscarefully. To make a robust start, Pakistan mustembrace its role as the key strategic player in theregion by immediately signing a collective defensepact with China. The Chinese have already proposed acollective security arrangement forAsia.The post-Abbottabad national security scenario callsfor rethinking and revisiting Pak-US relations. In therecent briefing to the parliament, it has been madeclear that the military leadership is willing to acceptany foreign policy adopted by the civiliangovernment. But it must also be understood that thispresent regime in Islamabad is part ofthe problem andnot part of the solution. Regime change in Islamabad

has now become a national security requirement.It is the ultimate US desire to initiate a collisionbetween Pakistan and the Afghan Taliban. Pakistanhas been resisting this intense pressure by the US for along time, but now US patience is running thin andthey are actually threatening that if Pakistan does notinitiate hostilities against the Afghan Taliban, the USwould invade the tribal areas and do the jobthemselves. That would mean a total and completewar with Pakistani forces! Itis a fearsome scenario forthe entire region- and a dream come true for theIndians.It is very audacious of the US that Pakistan does notknow of any such plans to start a fresh offensive inNorth Waziristan but US generals are speaking for thePakarmy.The US is losing the war in Afghanistan. Sooner orlater, they will have to initiate talks with the Afghanresistance but right now the battle situation is in thefavor of the resistance and not the occupation forces.For any talks or dialogue to succeed in the favor ofoccupation forces, ground realities must be changed intheir favor. It is for this reason that the US wantsPakistan to wage a war for them in the tribal areasagainst the Haqqani group. In the end, the US willeven talk to Haqqani but for now they want war tocreate a favorable situation. Also, Pakistan's role asnegotiator of peace between the combatants becomescritical here. This is where Pakistan can actuallydictate terms to the US. NATO supplies remain themajor vulnerability of the US. Pakistan must use itsgeography, clout and military prowess to bring the USto its terms. Despite all the threats and intimidations,the fact remains that the US is not in a position to wagea war against Pakistan. Pakistani leadership mustexploit this US weakness to eliminate Indian and CIAsupport for insurgent groups inside Pakistan.It is a marriage which is breaking up. For the last 11years, the US has been waging a secret war againstPakistan under the facade of 'War on Terror'. Obama'sAfPak-doctrine actually meant that the Afghan warwould now be shifted into Pakistan. For the lastdecade, the Joint Special Operations Command andCIA have been creating terror and insurgence assetslike the TTP, BLA and MQM for this day when theydecide to launch AfPak inside Pakistan. The US dronestrikes are an integral part ofthis war which is meant toignite hatred and anger in the Pakistani tribal areas


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against the Army and Pakistani society. US drones areattacking those tribal communities which have peacedeals with the Pakistan Army, or which are part of theAfghan resistance. TTP assets are not targeted by thedrones.The lSI and Army have now seen through this gameand are resisting US pressure at every step despiteserious betrayals by the PPP regime against thenational interest. That is why the US wants a removalof the lSI head, General Pasha, and is orchestrating a

vicious media campaign against the army and securityforces. It is all connected to the resistance beingoffered by the army to the American and Indian gameplans. The Pakistan Army is making it very clear thatthey are not happy with the way the US is exploitingthe WoT to undermine Pakistan's national interests.US frustration is breathtaking.To avoid a very angry Pakistan Army, the US isworking on the PPP regime to bypass the militaryestablishment. Hamid Karzai is another stooge beingdeployed at this stage to exploit his clout within theZardari camp. Karzai is only a stooge of the US withno inherent power in his own hand. He has closerelations with Zardari and is working to find ways tobypass the military establishment to achieve USobjectives.The reality is that Karzai is involved in waging amassive high intensity war inside Pakistan, allowingthe USINATO and Afghan army to attack Pakistanipositions to clear the way for TTP terrorists to operatein the tribal areas. Wherever the Pakistan Army beginsto gain ground in the tribal areas, Afghan and NATOtroops give safe passage and access to the TTP towithdraw into Afghanistan and re-group and re-organize. All these attacks originate fromAfghan soil.Pakistani Armed Forces will continue fighting areactive war inside Pakistani borders as long as we


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have this PPP regime in Islamabad and US presence inAfghanistan. It is a self-inflicted wound on thePakistani state which Musharraf gifted to the nationand now the PPP insists upon carrying it forward. Theinternal threats exist because the external threatssupport them from Afghanistan and India. There is noway the Pakistani armed forces can win this warwithout addressing the external factors orchestratingthe internal threats.Political/ EconomicAxis:These politics are so confused, shameless anddisoriented that they have lost all sense of directionand purpose at a time when the nation is at war andeconomic and social anarchy is at its peak, threateningthe very existence of the state. Opposition parties arelooking for issues and excuses to stay in the picture butlack the strength, conviction and the numbers to createsomething positive.Promoting corruption, deceptions and diversions butnot addressing or handling the real issues is thehallmark of this government, judiciary andopposition, literally sending the country to the dogs!The media and PML(N) remain busy bashing the armyand creating false alarms over national issues. TheMinistry ofInformation is spending billions of rupeesin secret funding to orchestrate anti -army campaignsthrough compromised journalists. Corruption is aliveand kicking as ifthere is no tomorrow, with officers ofthe highest level keeping embezzled assets abroadwithout declaring them to the tax department or thestate.The much dreaded budget finally arrives, containingharshest measures sucking the blood of the citizens tofill the coffers of a corrupt regime working under thediktats ofthe IMP. Economic indicators are all blazingred with the vital food and health sectors taking worsthits. It is all figure-fudging when they try to show theirprogress. The budgets comprise of nothing butdraconian blood sucking at state level. The entirefocus is on taxing the middle class and the poorestthrough indirect taxes, while the rich and the powerfulruling class remain immune. Political parties areoblivious of the mounting storms and remain on thewarpath with each other, creating more anarchy andgovernance failures in the country. If corruption is notenough to stall the state machinery, the war betweenthe two largest parties is now bringing the house downeven more rapidly.

The economic and political systems are both goingdown. The Supreme Court has disappointed many ofits supporters as it has not yet taken any solid step tosend this most corrupt regime packing. In fact, therecent actions of the SC against Rangers and on themurder of a journalist are actually damaging to thearmy at a time when the country is in a desperate stateof war. If the anarchy gets any worse, the army will nothave any choice but to step in to restore the balance. Inour assessment, it is already too late for the army. Thecost of restoring the system is rising every day as longas this regime is in power.This is a failed regime which is critically damaging thestate as well. Every day, the cost of survival is rising aseven the Supreme Court seems to have beencompromised. Now it is the army or nothing! The oddsare getting heavier and stronger against the armedforces. The patriots in the media and the youth aredesperately trying to regroup and counter-attack tooffer support to the armed forces. The battle is on bigtime!Internal Security:While the focus of the world and the security agenciesremains on FATA and fighting the TTP insurgencies,Baluchistan continues to slip out of the control of thefederal government. A compromised and corruptregime in Quetta is paving the way to a nationaldisaster. This month the helpless governor finallydecided to inform the federal government of hiscomplete failure. The situation is indeed serious inBaluchistan where the Afghanistan based and Indianbacked BLA continue to raise havoc.In Karachi, the SC decision to remove the DG Rangershas seriously demoralized the Rangers and now thetargeted assassinations have risen again. Police inKarachi is corrupt and compromised, and is no matchfor the armed gangs of the city. The Rangers were theonly stabilizing force and now even they are unwillingto do their duties. Karachi is going to be the next urbanbattleground where the MQM, ANP and other foreigngangs are working overtime to draw the army into thestreets for an urban war. By attacking the Rangers inhaste over doctored media reports, unfortunately, theSChas helped the enemies to achieve this objective.

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In this scenario, the judiciary had remained the onlyhope to keep intact the people's faith, by providingjustice and prompt punishment to the culprits. Butunfortunately, the judicial collapse that has emerged inPakistan now is the worst one thus far, and due to it thefaith of the masses in the judiciary has been shattered,and the national security is in complete panic on theinternal axis. This failure has led the whole nation tothe brink of complete social anarchy. A glimpse of thishorrendous situation can be seen in many of our urbancenters, particularly in Karachi.Subsequently, this leaves the military as the onlyinstitution to bear the entire burden of fighting a covertirregular urban war in Pakistani cities where the Non-State Violent Actors (NSVAs) have been used byhostile forces like the CIA and RAW. The LawEnforcementAgencies and the military are fighting anextremely complex, nerve-wracking and endless waragainst the foreign-funded NSVAs within thePakistani borders. The judicial crisis is so severe thatthe military top brass has openly expressed theirunease with the current state of judiciary vis-a-visconvicting the terrorists. In this way the military topbrass has marked the Achilles' heel in the entire chainof administrative and governance measures to combatthis menace.Post 9/11 Changes in Anti-TerrorismLegislation:9/11 changed the world, and internal security and anti-terrorism laws all over the world were no exception tothis change. The most visible change was observed atthe global lawmakers' reaction against the emergingthreats of terrorism and how they devised new waysand mechanisms to deter these threats. LEAs allaround the globe got special permission to cope withthe emerging internal security challenges.USA: The introduction of new anti-terrorism laws andmeasures began in the US after 9111with the creationof the Department of Homeland Security (DRS). Thisnew department was established by the Bushadministration right after 9111 to prevent anyemergence of local and foreign terrorism within theUS. To achieve this, the department was provided fulllegal support from the US congress. Many servicesand departments were consolidated in the form ofnewly-formed agencies under the DRS. Immigrationand custom services were put under DRS, and theirfunctions and services were restructured as per the

emerging challenge of the foreign terrorists trying toinvade the US soil. Border security and healthinsurance services were the next in the list of servicesput under DRS. These provisions played a major rolein the prevention of any high-scale terrorist attack inthe US after 9111.

The establishment of the DRS was followed by thecomprehensive legislation of anti-terrorism laws tofurther enhance the efficacy of the DRS. USA PatriotAct was passed after 9111.This law, on its inception in2001, faced a lot of criticism by the RR organizationsand the critics, as it put every American citizen underobservation by the various US authorities anddepartments. The title of the Act is constituted by athree-letter acronym (USA) preceding a seven-letteracronym (PATRIOT), which in combination stand for'Uniting and Strengthening America by ProvidingAppropriate Tools Required to Intercept and ObstructTerrorism'-Act of 2001. As its name suggests, itenabled the American LEAs to have appropriate toolslike searching telephone, e-mail communications,medical, financial, and other records along with theprovision of broader detention and deportationauthority to the US immigration department workingunder the DRS. Apart from that, this act labels theAmerican Citizens as 'Enemy Combatants' only onsuspicions ofbeing involved in terrorism.Despite all the political antagonism over every otherissue, the US politicians showed complete unanimityover this critical one. While drafting this act,legislation in the following areas was done by the UScongress and was supported by both the Republicansand the Democrats in the US congress and the senate. Enhancing domestic security against terrorism Surveillance procedures Anti-money-laundering to prevent terrorism Border security Terrorism criminal law Victims of terrorism and their families Improved intelligenceApart from the USA PATRIOT Act, there were otherlaws passed as well which shows the level of concern


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among the US legislative bodies to strengthen thelegal side of their efforts against terrorism. All thecriticism and cynicism was ignored while devisingthis policy. The John Warner Defense AuthorizationAct officially allows the US President to implementmartial law. This is perhaps the only law in thedemocratic world allowing the elected president tooverride all the state and local authorities and stationtroops anywhere in America to "suppress publicdisorder".UK: Just like the US, some of the toughest anti-terrorism laws were introduced in the UK after 9/11.The changes made in the anti-terrorism laws gavespecial permission to the UK authorities to conducttheir operations aggressively. New Control Ordersregime was introduced, assigning unprecedented legalpowers to the British police and other LEAs includinga provision to impose curfew for 16 hours at any placeon need basis, without wasting time in seekingapproval from the British government. The purpose ofthese laws is to enable the British LEAs to monitor andinvestigate the suspects with a more comprehensivelegal cover provided by the British government.Hence the UK authorities were able to detain 1471suspects from 9/11 to 31112/2008. Though only 196were finally convicted by the courts, but even thatbecame possible only due to the new anti-terrorismlegislation by the Labour Party. The British police wasallowed to detain any suspect (without charging him)for 28 days.Furthermore, in 2007, the Academic TechnologyApproval Scheme (ATAS) directive was introduced aswell to set strict criteria for foreign students whowanted to study in the UK. Along with obtaining thespecific clearance before the visa application, theBritish government labeled some areas of sciences as"sensitive subjects" for the students hailing fromcountries not included in the European Union (EU).The British government had to face severe criticismfrom various comers including the HR circles fromwithin the UK. The London based GuardianNewspaper published the following in 2009 in thisregard:"Labour has passed an unprecedented amount oflegislation since coming into power, roughlyestimated as creating one new criminal offence forevery day in office, with numerous pieces of anti-terrorism legislation. "

Lord MacDonald who oversaw the government'sreview of counter-terrorism powers commented, ,UKover-reacted after 9/11 attacks'. Lord MacDonald toldtheBBC:"I think we saw some powers, some laws, enactedwhich did go toofar. "But a firm political commitment to provide theeffective sheathing on the legal axis helped the UKintelligence and Law Enforcement Agencies to makethat country more secure.According to the UK security chief, special powers toLEAs are the essential tool in cases where there isintelligence that someone is involved in extremismbut has not yet committed a crime, such as someoneassociating with the known plotters. Countlessterrorism suspects have been released by the Pakistanicourts as the Pakistani LEAs have no such power orauthority thus enabling the terrorists to seek easyacquittals from the courts.European Union: In the EU, work on anti-terrorismlaws was already in progress before the 9111 attacks,but there existed a considerable amount of criticismover these proposed anti-terrorism laws. Two securitypackages, built on a considerable amount oflegislation, were already under consideration. But theadaptation of these laws was still a concern whichchanged dramatically after 9111. This incidentcertainly sped up the process of adopting the highlydebatable laws. This phenomenon was observed in theentire EU region, where the member nations reached aconsensus which was not there previously. Had it not


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been for 9111, it would have taken years ofnegotiations among the EU member states beforeimplementing these laws. The regulations on asylumand immigration across the EU remained the majorfocus ofthe new laws.Evelien Brouwer asserts:'It appears that the events of 11th September were,in the first months following this date, particularlyused as a trigger to consolidate policies, measuresor legislation, which had been waitingfor a longtime for enough support, but found onlyacceptance in the joint resolution to combatterrorism after 9/11.'

India:Although the Indian reaction after 9111was a biasedone, but it was firm and decisive in nature. Preventionof Terrorist Activities (POTA) Act was the officialconstitutional and legal reaction to the threats like9111.It was introduced in March 2002. Irrespective ofits draconian nature, this law helped Indian LEAs toexpand the legal precincts of their operations due tothe provision of more powers and political will of theIndian lawmakers. Former deputy Prime MinisterL.K. Advani, in 2002, described it as 'a post-91l1imperative'.

POTA was one of the harshest anti-terrorism lawspassed after 9111 due to its abhorrent provisions likeputting the responsibility on the accused to prove theirown innocence. The confessions made to the police(often obtained under torture) were to be accepted ascredible evidence in order to punish the accused one.Though this law was repealed once the BJP was oustedin the 2004 elections, but still it demonstrated thepolitical will to constitute the required laws in order todeter any perceived threats by providing necessary orrequired powers to the Indian LEAs and military.

State of the Pakistani Anti-TerrorismLegislation:Unlike the world community, not a single legislationattempt was made after 9111 to prevent and obstructterrorist activities on Pakistani soil. This negligenceprovided opportunities to the global terroristorganizations to establish their financial and

personnel networks inside Pakistan, particularly inFATA and Baluchistan. Now both these areas havebeen turned into battle zones where the LEAs andintelligence agencies failed to check these terrornetworks preemptively due to the absence of any clearanti-terrorism policy and adequate legal tools to avertthe plans of these terrorist groups. But that was just thebeginning!Consequently, when the hostile intelligence agencies(CIA/RAW) established cloak-and-dagger terrornetworks in Afghanistan and FATA, which werecompletely asymmetric and irregular in nature andoperation, the shortcomings of the Pakistani laws forthe purpose of internal security were exposedcompletely. Pakistan isunder attack, but ironically, thePakistani government, the institutions and thelawmakers are still debating over how to improve thelaw and order situation! While the country is beingattacked by foreign-funded murderers and anarchists,even the realization of the need to discuss thesechallenges and build responses is not there among thepolitical elite of the country, which is too busy inplundering, looting and power-grabbing games. Thereis simply no political will or capacity to undertake thischallenging task!The brief history of anti-terrorism laws in Pakistanvividly explains the sheer lack of commitment andearnestness by the Pakistani politicians. The last anti-terrorism act was promulgated in 1997. Though theterm "terrorism" was defined for the first time in thislaw, but this definition is certainly not going to help incoping with the threats of the ongoing multifaceted

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