Oh wow... that one just made me sit here and cry my eyes out.... wow! Sherwani Mustafa wrote: > > _Oh The aggressors! Oh The killers of the Innocent !_ > > > > When the tide of time turns against you, > > When 'mis' is added before your 'fortune', > > When the trigger of the gun goes to your victims, > > When you are pounded with the rain of bombs > > Call me, my dear sisters ,brothers and sons! > > I will come to sacrifice my life for your sake. > > > > Today my faint voice for you is a mad man's cry, > > You are inebriated with the power of air, land and sea, > > Tomorrow when you are forlorn, with empty hands, > > Weeping over the heaps of dead and wailing injured, > > Call me, my dear sisters ,brothers and sons! > > I will silence their revenge with the Triumph of Mecca > > > > Today is the time for you to learn from the past, > > Divine parables are enough to show you the path; > > The aggressors have always met their ugly fate, > > When the aggressed of today stand on your chest, > > Call me, my dear sisters ,brothers and sons! > > I will placate their fury with the verses of Holy Book. > > > > When the pangs of conscience make you sleepless, > > When you are left with nothing but regret and remorse, > > When the images of today frighten you with every breath , > > When the memory of your vicious deeds makes you numb, > > Call me, my dear sisters ,brothers and sons! > > I will console you as I have a human heart. > > > > Dr.Mustafa Kamal Sherwani ,LL.D. > > President, All India Muslim Forum,Lucknow, India > > E;mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] com > <http://aa.mc656.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > --- > > > > > > > US Massacres Afghan Kids > > > by Robert Dreyfuss > > Contributing Editor > > So how, exactly, did the United States come to slaughter > nearly a hundred Afghans, two-thirds of whom were children > aged three months to sixteen years, while they slept? And what > does it mean? > > US officials say they're investigating, while staunchly > maintaining that the raid killed twenty-five "militants." But > Afghan officials, local residents, and the United Nations are > counting scores of bodies, and it is feared that many more > might be buried udner the rubble. (It's not unusual for > American planes to bomb civilian gatherings and wedding > parties in Afghanistan, but the many dead this time may > represent the highest single toll in any atrocity since the > start of the war.) > > What happened? The /Post/, happily carrying water for the Bush > administration, quotes a US official > > <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/26/AR2008082600301.html> > -- who provides zero evidence for his claim -- saying that the > Taliban deliberately fed bogus intelligence to the United States: > > A U.S. official in Washington, speaking on the condition > of anonymity, said the Taliban has become adept at > spreading false intelligence to draw U.S. strikes on > civilians. "The fact is that the Taliban now has pretty > good insight into where we're picking up information and > how we're developing it into actionable intelligence, " > the official said. "They've figured out a way to misguide us." > > The /Times/, on the other hand, quotes members of the Afghan > parliament > > <http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/27/world/asia/27herat.html?_r=1&oref=slogin>saying > that bitter tribal rivalries, not the Taliban, fed false > intelligence to the trigger-happy US Air Force: > > How the military came to call in airstrikes on a civilian > gathering is unclear. Two members of Parliament, Mr. Safi > and Maulavi Gul Ahmad, who is from the area, said the > villagers blamed tribal enemies for giving the military > false intelligence on foreign fighters gathering in the > village. > > My own guess is that US intelligence in Afghanistan is so > ridiculously bad that blaming either the Taliban (which isn't > that clever) or tribal rivalries won't wash. Somewhere, a US > Air Force commander ordered planes carrying dumb, 2000-pound > bombs into action based on, well, pretty much nothing. And > they've done that repeatedly. > > The /Guardian/ says that the death of the sixty children and > other civilians is the "final straw" > <http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/aug/27/afghanistan.usa> > for the government of Hamid Karzai. We'll see. Karzai fired > two top Afghan army commanders > > <http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/two-army-officers-sacked-as-89-civilians-die-in-irresponsible-raid-907798.html>for > their role in the attack, and he says he will demand a > status-of-forces agreement with the United States that will > provide greater Afghan control over the US bombing campaign. > Meanwhile the entire country is in an uproar, and there are > demonstrations against the United States. According to Xinhua, > "The gruesome incident prompted hundreds of Afghans in the > affected area to take to the streets > <http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-08/25/content_9709369.htm>, > chanting anti-America slogans." In other words, rather than > killing dozens of Taliban, the attack may have created scores > of recruits for the movement. > > By all rights, this ought to be a turning point for the Afghan > war. The solution? It has two parts: first, the new government > in Pakistan has to chip away at the Taliban bases in that > country, and cut off the covert ties between subversive > Pakistani military officials and the Islamic fundamentalists > among the Pashtun in both countries, and second, the United > States and NATO should get out and let the regional powers > help Afghanistan deal with its problems--that means Pakistan, > India, Russia, and Iran. > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > New Email addresses available on Yahoo! > <http://sg.rd.yahoo.com/aa/mail/domainchoice/mail/signature/*http://mail.promotions.yahoo.com/newdomains/aa/> > > > Get the Email name you've always wanted on the new @ymail and @rocketmail. > Hurry before someone else does!
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