Date: Thu, 03 Sep 1998 16:22:34 -0700
Subject: Why Throw Americans Out of Middle East... by Taliban


I'm reposting an "article" posted on the Pakistan News Service list,
which I think some Postcolonial listmembers may find interesting. Some
months ago I was perplexed by the lack of attention on this list to the
nuclear testing in India and Pakistan... now I'm perplexed by a similar
lack of attention to America's latest misadventures in Sudan,
Afghanistan (and, as it turns out, Pakistan). No doubt some of you will
wonder why on earth I'm posting this lengthy piece to the postcolonial
list (as some of you did when I posted some opinion pieces on the
nuclear testing)... all I can say in anticipation is that if (as I
think) the postcolonial is about attending to the social and political
processes that struggle against and work to unsettle the architecture of
domination established through imperialism, then what Taliban has to say
against the Americans, against Israel and Judaism, about Islam and Saudi
Arabia, is at least as relevant to this list as are discussions over
who's the bigger asshole, Naipaul or Theroux.

David...


10. Why throw Americans out of Middle .......................... by
Taliban

                                       by
                                    Taliban
                  Why throw Americans out of Middle East


    From: Info Times

    What is the Gulf crisis? Why are the American and Jewish troops
encamped
    around this sacred area? Why are the Muslim leaders calling the
presence
    of  the  Christian  and  Jewish  troops,  in  the  holy  land,  a
deep,
    well-planned conspiracy  against  Islam  and  the Islamic world? Why
has
    America, the arch enemy of the  Muslims,  accepted the
responsibility of
    protecting their holy sites?

    The 'police man' of the world,  America,  when it took no action to
stop
    the inhuman, shocking atrocities being  committed against the
Muslims in
    Bosnia, in Kashmir, how did it,  with  its massive war machinery,
latest
    weapons of mass destruction,  formidable  air and ground force
arrive in
    Saudi Arabia, overnight, at a single  request from the Saudi rulers?
Why
    are its  troops  still  encamped  there,  in  the  sweltering  heat
and
    inclement weather of the region?

    They buildup of its massive troops around the two holy cities, a
defence
    against which threatening  danger,  a  deterrent  to  which human
rights
    violation? To find out the  answers  to  all  these questions it
will be
    necessary  to  study  the   geographical   importance,   the
religious
    significance of Saudi Arabia and  its  influence  upon the
international
    economic and financial system.  An  effort  has  been made, through
this
    article to make the Muslims aware of a Zionist conspiracy, the net
which
    is gradually being drawn around them.

    It is now time for the  Muslims  either  to  come  to their senses
or be
    ready to be destroyed  forever;  either  to  wake up from their
sleep of
    apathy, destroy the evil  conspiracies  against them, wipe their
enemies
    off the face of the earth or  be  prepared  to  face  the wrath of
Allah
    Taala, wait for the day when Allah shall remove them from this world
and
    bring others in their place, who instead  of being immersed in a
life of
    luxury shall be ever ready to  sacrifice  their lives for the
protection
    of Allah`s Deen and their own holy cities.


    The importance of Saudi Arabia

    Since  the  beginning  of   creation,   Saudi   Arabia  has  held
great
    significance for many reasons and  its  importance  and superiority
over
    the rest of the countries of the  world  shall  continue till the
Day of
    Qiyamah. First so  the  religious  aspect.  The  major  religious of
the
    world, Islam, Judaism, Christianity, etc. were sent down in this
region,
    and from here spread throughout  the  world.  Notable prophets were
sent
    down towards the people of this  land.  All four holy books, and
most of
    the heavenly scriptures were sent down from heaven to this country.

    This land saw great  empires,  the  ruins  of  which  can still he
found
    scattered here. For these and many other  reasons this land is
sacred to
    the Muslims and the Christians and Jews  as well. Besides the holy
sites
    of the Muslims, the  places  held  sacred  by  the  Jews  and
Christians
    themselves are found in this part of the world too.

    Since the very beginning the Jews  have  had  designs upon this area
and
    have desired to gain control  over  certain  parts  and create a
Zionist
    state there. The two blue stripes shown  in the national flag of
Israel,
    stand for the River Nile and the River Tigris, considered by the
Jews to
    be the boundaries of their state. The  Jews had been trying to
establish
    a purely Jewish state in the area between these two rivers for ages.
But
    the rejected people, disobedient  to  the  laws of Allah Taala,
insolent
    towards His prophets,  had  had  no  success  in  their  aims  until
the
    cowardice of the Muslims, their  renunciation  of  Jihaad, enabled
these
    unclean people to get their clutches into the land of Palestine.

    In short, the establishment  of  Israel  in  this  limited area, was
the
    first step of the Jews towards  the  creation  of  an  extensive
Zionist
    empire. Now, with the onslaught of the western troops upon the Gulf,
the
    stage is set for the last decisive battle.


    Part 2:

    A Jew or a Christian  is  always  commander  of  the  troops  of
western
    countries which are stationed in Saudia Arabia and the nearly
countries,
    on one pretext or another.  The  majority  of  the troops themselves
are
    Christians, Jews and Mulhids.  Their  arrogance  is such that not
even a
    high-ranking Saudi Officials is allowed to enter their military
bases or
    settlements.

    An incidence has already been published  by the international media
of a
    Saudi officer who was dismissed by  the  Saudi government at the
request
    of the Americans, because he was found  arguing with security
officer of
    an American base, who had denied him entry. All these military bases
are
    directly under the command of the  Americans,  fully  self-governing
and
    answerable to none. Is this an  attitude  of a force which has only
been
    summoned to guard a country?

    The massive build-up of their troops and weapons, their immense land
and
    air-force is claiming loud and  clear  that  their presence in
Saudia is
    not merely as a  deterrent  to  Saddam,  but  a  part of deep,
dangerous
    conspiracy. For if a defence against  the imaginary danger of Saddam
was
    really the object, then the troops  should  have been stationed near
the
    border of Iraq. What does their  presence,  thousands  of miles
away, in
    the heart of Saudi Arabia, in  Jaddah  and Taif, within a few
kilometres
    of the Haram, mean? Even if  we  suppose  that  the holy sites of
Saudia
    Arabia were  threatened  by  Saddam,   were  Bahram,  Oman,  and
Egypt,
    thousands of miles away threatened  by  him too? Why have American
bases
    been set up in Qatar and  Musqat?  To  confront  one  danger, is
another
    greater danger invited to one's house? Is Saddam more dangerous than
the
    cunning and dirty Jews, the  bigoted  Christians?  When Saddam keeps
the
    doors of Kofa and Baghdad open for  all  the Muslims of the world,
would
    be forbid them the Hajj of  BaitulLah,  the pilgrimage of
Haram-e-Nabavi
    SallalLahu 'Alayhi Wasallam?

    Actually the Saudia was not in any  danger  it  was the Saudi rulers
and
    their government which felt threatened. The threat too was imaginary
and
    false, created by the deceiving  Jews.  They  showed deceptive
satellite
    pictures to the Saudi rulers,  which  indicating an imminent attack
upon
    their country by Saddam Husain. These  pictures were created into
such a
    monster that the Saudi rulers were  given  no  time to think, to
consult
    other Muslim countries, ask for  their  assistance.  Without giving
them
    tune even to think, thousands of troops  and latest weapons were
brought
    over to Saudi Arabia overnight.  And  it is the height of craftiness
and
    deceit that the Muslims are being made  to pay all the expenses of
these
    troops! Has the sky ever been a witness to such a lamentable,
deplorable
    scene?

    Observe the simplicity of the  Muslims  Behold the cunning of the
others
    too. It is no longer a  secret  now  that  on  their  arrival  in
Saudia
    Arabia, the Jewish troops held celebrations in Khyber. Their rabbis
made
    speeches, dishes prepared with ham  were  eaten, wine flowed freely.
Not
    only that but all the Jews of the  world  celebrated that day for
having
    avenged their humiliating  defeat  of  a  thousand years ago. O
Muslims!
    heirs of the conqueror of  Khyber,  where  is  your  sense of honour
and
    shame? The Sahaba-e-Kiraam whose feet thundered over the fort of
Khyber,
    what must their souls have felt, are  your rusted hearts aware of
it? Do
    you offer your Salat, keep fasts  for  this day only when the dirty
feet
    of the Jews trample under their  feet  those places which were
conquered
    by your illustrious ancestors at the cost of their lives, and you
sit at
    home as mere spectators! Rise ! take  up your arms and be ready to
fight
    the Kuffar, or your Salat will be  of  no use, rolled up in a dirty
rag,
    they will be thrown in your faces.  The  Ka'abah  towards which you
turn
    your faces while offering Salt, when  that is in danger, of what use
are
    your prostrations? Allah has no need of them.

    The Prophet SallalLahu 'Alayhi Wasallam  upon whom you send Durood,
when
    the Kuffar are within a  few  miles  of  his  sacred  Raudhah, will
your
    continuous offering of Durood, be  considered  wise, a sign of your
love
    and obedience or mere stupidity and cowardice? The last Wasiyyah of
your
    Holy  Prophet  SallalLahu  `Alayhi  Wasallam  was  "Expel  the  Jews
and
    Christians from the land of  Arabia.  This  command was for those
Kuffar
    who were born Arabs, who had  been  living  here  through the
centuries.
    When their existence, without Islam, could not be tolerated, how can
the
    dirty, unclean Mushrikeen, citizens  of Britain and America the
homes of
    Kufr, be invited to stay here? When they were not allowed to stay in
the
    deserts and the far-flung corners  of  Arabia,  how can they be
provided
    permanent bases on the outskirts of the two holy cities?

    When they could not live as shepherds, paying Jizyah to the Muslims,
how
    can they arrogantly walk  about  in  the  holy  land?  Can  it
really be
    believed that these  enemies  of  Allah  have  come  here to protect
His
    house? Can any  save  person  believe  that  the  deceitful  people
who
    conspired to murder the  Holy  Prophet  SallalLahu  Alayhi Wasallam,
who
    succeeded in putting poison in his food,  have after his death
repented,
    and travelling across thousands of miles  are bearing hardships just
for
    the sake of protecting his sacred shrine, his Raudhah-e-Mubarak?

    Is there no Muslim in the entire  world  who  is capable of guarding
his
    religious, sacred sites? Are true  men  and Mujahids no longer been
born
    among the Muslims? Have the Muslim  women  stopped  giving birth to
male
    children, that they are now begging  their eternal foes to protect
them?
    Your true book itself has made it  clear  upon you that the Jews and
the
    Christians are your worst  and  eternal  enemies,  don't make
friends of
    them. These people can never be  your  well-wishers  proclaims your
holy
    Book, O Muslims Yet  you  have  gone  even  further.  Let  alone
making
    friends, you are bent upon making  them  your guardians, your
protectors
    and your allies? Do you  really  believe  that  their temperament,
their
    natural disposition has changed?

    Remember, the nature of a  thing  does  not  changes. Never will a
snake
    give up biting, a scorpion stinging;  except that it were de-fanged,
and
    the sting of the scorpion removed. In  the same way, the Jews will
never
    give up their enemity towards the  Muslims,  until the yoke of
Jizyah is
    put around their necks. And Jizyah can only be collected through
Jihaad.
    The nation  which  entrusts  the  protection  of  its  sacred
sites  to
    non-Muslims, how cant it wage  Jihaad  against them? How can it
possibly
    collect Jizyah  from  these  non-Muslims?  If  at  the  time of
Saddam's
    attack, Saudia did not have an  army,  then  when Saddam Husain with
the
    intentions of plundering the oil  wealth  of Kuwait, could get ready
one
    million young men within a  single  year,  can't  Saudi  Arabia, for
its
    legitimate defence  purposes  prepare  a  few  platoons even after
eight
    years?

    The Arab Mujahideen who taught a  lesson  to  the Russians, who make
the
    Afghan communists acknowledge their  superiority, wouldn't they have
put
    a noose around the necks  of  Saddam's  supporters?  Instead  of
seeking
    their help, why does? Those who bestow the titles of Mujahids and
heroes
    upon those who fought  the  Russian  Kuffar,  why  do  they  brand
those
    fighting against the American  Kuffar,  as terrorists? Are the
Americans
    less filthy Kafirs, than the Russians?


    Part 3:

    Fighting against the Russians is a  Fardh-e-Ayn,  merely talking
against
    the Americans is Haraam?  Was  Afghanistan  more  holy  a place than
the
    Haramayn, that the Mujahids going  to  fight there had their
photographs
    published in  Saudi  papers,  were  given  a  60  per  cent
discount in
    air-fare, while those  who  stood  up  to  guard  the  holy  cities
were
    threatened with extradition on rigorous  imprisonment? Conceded that
the
    unchecked, autocratic rule of  the  noble  leaders  is threatened by
the
    Mujahideen, what about the  other  Muslim  countries  of the world,
like
    Pakistan, whose troops are the best-equipped in the world, who are
ready
    to lay down their lives for  the  protection  of  their countries,
don't
    they have enough religious spirit to protect the house of Allah?

    There do exist such  Muslim  countries  in  the  world whose troops,
for
    their  memorable  services,  their   splendid  military  traditions
are
    considered to be  military  powers  of  the  highest  rank in the
world;
    depraving these states the honour of guarding the holy cities and
giving
    it to the foul-smelling,  dirty  Kuffar,  whose  very  presence
probably
    fills the angels with disgust, what  kind of a justice is that? How
come
    monumental expenses of  the  non-Muslim  troops  are  being borne to
the
    extent that they are  even  being  provided  wine,  women  and  pork
for
    guarding the  holy  cities,  while  this  duty  is  being  denied to
the
    Pakistani troops who are willing to  work at a meagre pay, nay are
ready
    to render this duty  even  without  any  pay,  but  just  as an
honour a
    service in the way of Allah?

    The non-Muslims are filling their treasures  with the wealth robbed
from
    the Muslims and our  Muslim  brothers  are  forced to beg for loans
from
    this same  plundered  wealth.  America  requires  fifty  million
dollars
    yearly for the upkeep of  its  troops.  If  Saudia  were to given
even a
    hundredth art of this amount to  Pakistan,  then  not only would all
the
    defence budget be met but an  exceptional  bond of brotherhood and
unity
    among the Islamic countries would appear.

    The truth is that the non-Muslim troops  have neither arrived to
protect
    the holy cities nor  will  they  leave  when  the  danger of attack
from
    Saddam is over. When Shah Faisal can  be murdered, the planes of
General
    Zia-ul-Haq and  other  top-ranking  military  leaders  can  be
blown to
    pieces, a bomb can  be  planted  in   `AbdulLah  Izam's  path,
American
    commandos can sniff around  the  world  like  dogs,  in search of
Yousuf
    Ramzi and Aimal Kansi, a special  CIA  cell can be set up for the
arrest
    of the distinguished, revered Arab Mujahid,  Osama Bin Laden, then
is it
    difficult for America to dispose of Saddam Husain?

    How come America, which is determined  to either buy off its
adversaries
    in the world or to dispose of them, it cannot end the mischief of
Saddam
    Husain once and forever? Are  its  secret  agencies,  its
highly-trained
    commandos so weak and helpless  that  they  cannot end he perfidy of
one
    because of whom its troops, in such  massive numbers, are forced to
camp
    in the burning deserts so far  from  home?  Isn't  it  possible that
the
    bogey of Saddam has been  created  by  America  itself? whenever
America
    needs to deploy its forces, stock pile  its weapons, or increase the
war
    expenses of its troops it winds up  this  robotic bogey ad
threatened by
    its fierce roar, its intimidating  blood-shot  eyes, the Saudis bow
down
    into obeying every kind of demand made in accordance with the
directives
    of Pentagon. When the demand has been met, the Americans put this
Saddam
    genii back into a bottle, bury it in an underground palace-cellar,
to be
    used in future emergencies.

    Had the American troops any  intention  of  returning home, Shah
Fahad's
    brother Tallal Bin 'Abdul 'Azeez  wouldn't  have  told the BBC
during an
    interview " The American troops will not return even if we ask them
to."
    These words of a highly responsible, Saudi emir should be enough to
open
    the eyes of the Muslims all over the  world. They would realize that
the
    America against whom they chant  slogans,  whom  they wish to
destroy to
    pieces, revealing the height of  its  evil and loathsome nature, has
now
    infiltrated their holiest  land.  The  hated  enemy,  whom they
nurtured
    thoughts of confronting, has now entered  their own land. The Heaven
now
    wants to  see  whether,  repeating   the  history  of  their
honourable
    ancestors, the Muslims now  crush  the  pride-filled,  arrogant
heads of
    these Kuffar under their feet, or  indulging  in  a luxurious and
sinful
    lie they come to the worst possible end they deserve.

    The people who believe the intentions  of America to be good should
give
    some deep thought  to  this  item  of   news   broadcast  by  the
world
    communication media some time ago-when President Clinton paid a
visit to
    boost the morale of  the  American  troops  stationed  in  Saudia,
then
    instead of visiting the Saudi  leader  first  as demanded by
established
    international diplomatic norms, he  landed  straight  at the US
military
    base in Hafar al  Batin.  Then  instead  of  accepting  the
governor of
    Riyadh's  offer  of  hospitality,  he   summoned  the  governor  to
his
    residence. Is he the  British  viceroy,  being  repeated again with
just
    some slight changes in names and places?

    The first reason for the Jews  and  Christians  interest  in the
Arabian
    peninsula has thus been  explained.  Now  we  come to the second
reason,
    which is geographical in nature.  Saudi  Arabia is situated in the
heart
    of the world. The most important sea routes pass by it. Whoever
controls
    Arabia is considered to be in  control  of nearly all the most
important
    transit routes of the world. On one side is the Arabian Gulf under
which
    flows 62 to 75 per cent of all  world  oil.  The oil, the main
artery on
    which depends all the progress of  the  modern  world, all the
military,
    economic and political power of  the  western countries. On another
side
    is the Arabian Sea and Indian Ocean,  flanked by the Gulf of Oman on
the
    eastern side and Gulf of Aden on  the  west. This entire area is the
sea
    passage of the East and West, the  universal  highway of world trade
and
    every kind of transportation.

    On the other side of Saudi Arabia lies the Red Sea which is the
deriding
    line between the Asian  Continent  and  the  Continent of Africa. On
the
    third lies the Mediterranean Sea,  with  Syria,  Lebanon and Egypt
lying
    along is  coast.  Opposite  the  Mediterranean  is  found  the
European
    Continent. The island-like Saudi Arabia lies strategically between
these
    immense areas of land. Trade  between  these  continents and sea
voyages
    are not possible without passing across it. If someone would
undertake a
    sea journey to Europe and America  from  Asia,  without crossing the
Red
    Sea, he would have to arrive at the  Gulf of Aden, sail along the
coasts
    of Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania and Mozambique,  touch the furthest
point of
    land, the southern-most tip of the African continent, Cape Town and
from
    there turn towards  his  destination  reaching  it  after  a
journey of
    several months across thousands of miles.


    Part 4:

    If someone wanted to go to Europe and  America from Asia by sea,
without
    wanting to cross the Red Sea, he would have to set said from the
Gulf of
    Aden, sail along the coasts of Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, and
Mozambique,
    and then turning from the furthest point  of land, the Southern-most
tip
    of the African continent,  Cape  Town,  and  thus  reach his
destination
    after a journey of several months  across  thousands  of miles. The
cost
    and time consumed by such a journey  would not make his business
venture
    profitable, but a disastrous loss. On  the other hand, if the Red
Sea is
    used, then entering the Gulf  of  Aden  at  Bab ul Mandeb and Dij
bouti,
    passing by Jaddah and Yenbo  through  the  Suez Canal, the
Mediterranean
    can be easily reached.

    The coastal cities of  Europe  lie   along  the  Mediterranean.
Turkey,
    Greece, Italy, Albania, France and Spain all lie along the
Mediterranean
    coast. At Spain the Mediterranean comes to an end. At this point, on
one
    side lies Spain and Morocco  on  the  other.  Between  them  both is
the
    narrow Strait of Gibraltar.  Across  the  Strait  of  Gibraltar lies
the
    Atlantic Ocean, on the Eastern side  of which is Europe and Africa
while
    America lies of the  Western  side.  This  route,  just  outlined is
the
    shortest and the safest for those plundering Saudia's wealth and
carting
    it off to Europe and America. Since the break up of the Soviet Union
and
    consequent independence of the  Central  Asian Republics, the
reservoirs
    of natural, mineral wealth,  all  the  countries  of the world are
vying
    with each other to  establish  trade  links  with  these  Central
Asian
    Republics. And this has increased the value of this sea route
manifold.

    Thus due to its strategic  location,  this  area has become the
entre of
    attention, of all the avaricious world  powers. The Western
countries in
    their greed for acquiring global  economic  supremacy,  are trying
their
    best to get a foot  hold,  to  sink   their  teeth  into  Saudi
Arabia.
    Inhabitants of the coldest regions  of  the  world, these
white-skinned,
    insipid people are not suffering  the  grilling  heat of the deserts
for
    the protection, progress and prosperity  of the people here but are
here
    to promote their own economy, to  further  their own national
interests.
    They are well aware that in these modern  times of fast trade only
those
    countries can make  rapid  progress  which  have  control  over the
warm
    waters of the world.

    According to economic  experts,  in  the  race  for  capital,  only
that
    country can  take  precedence  over  the  others  which  can  employ
the
    cheapest means of transportation by  sea. Without this, let alone
taking
    a lead in world trade it would be  extremely  difficult for a
country to
    maintain its economic position  among  the  other progressive
nations of
    the world. It is the  deep  misfortune  of  the  Muslims that
inspite of
    being the possessors of this main artery of world trade, they are
unable
    to maintain total control over it and use it for the welfare ad
progress
    of the Muslims of  the  world.  This  is  due  more  to  the Muslims
own
    indifference  to   religion,   disregard   for  Jihaad  fi
SabillilLah,
    mismanagement, lack of foresight, love for luxury and immorality,
rather
    than to the cunningness and deceit of the non-Muslims.

    Now let us see how these global plunderers, robbers, how America and
its
    menials, and the other Kuffar Western  nations slowly, stealthily
gained
    control of these strategic, vital sea routes, and water passageways;
how
    they deprived the  Muslims  of  these   magnificent   means  of
income,
    plundered their wealth and how  with  the utmost shrewdness they are
now
    doling out mere pence from this  plundered  wealth to the Muslims in
the
    form of loans on strict terms. In exchange  of this loan or "aid",
these
    plunderers have not only  compromised  the faith of the Muslims but
have
    made them utterly dependent on themselves too.

    Come let us try to understand  these  cunning tricks of the Jews,
become
    aware of their deceit, recognize  their  camouflaged snare with the
firm
    resolve that one day we shall  recover  every  single penny of ours
from
    these usurers;  split  their  fat   flabby  bellies,  and  retrieve
the
    plundered wealth which, taking  advantage  of our carelessness they
have
    swallowed.




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