File spoon-archives/postcolonial.archive/postcolonial_2001/postcolonial.0109, message 264


Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2001 09:17:25 -0400
Subject: Re: rawa statement
From: cs <christina.sharpe-AT-tufts.edu>


Rawa has a website.  http://rawasongs.fancymarketing.net/



Christina Sharpe
Asst. Professor of English
Tufts University
Medford, MA 02155


on 9/18/01 7:22 PM, Mark LeVine at mark.levine-AT-iue.it wrote:

> does anyone know how to contact RAWA? are they in the US by any chance?
> 
> cs wrote:
> 
>> Sorry if this is a repost.
>> 
>> Christina
>> 
>> RAWA statement on the terrorist attacks in the US
>> 
>> The people of Afghanistan have nothing to do with Osama and his accomplices
>> 
>> On September 11, 2001 the world was stunned with the horrific terrorist
>> attacks on the United States. RAWA stands with the rest of the world in
>> expressing our sorrow and condemnation for this barbaric act of violence and
>> terror. RAWA had already warned that the United States should not support
>> the most treacherous, most criminal, most anti-democracy and anti-women
>> Islamic fundamentalist parties because after both the Jehadi and the Taliban
>> have committed every possible type of heinous crimes against our people,
>> they would feel no shame in committing such crimes against the American
>> people whom they consider "infidel". In order to gain and maintain their
>> power, these barbaric criminals are ready to turn easily to any criminal
>> force.
>> 
>> But unfortunately we must say that it was the government of the United
>> States who supported Pakistani dictator Gen. Zia-ul Haq in creating
>> thousands of religious schools from which the germs of Taliban emerged. In
>> the similar way, as is clear to all, Osama Bin Laden has been the blue-eyed
>> boy of CIA. But what is more painful is that American politicians have not
>> drawn a lesson from their pro-fundamentalist policies in our country and are
>> still supporting this or that fundamentalist band or leader. In our opinion
>> any kind of support to the fundamentalist Taliban and Jehadies is actually
>> trampling democratic, women's rights and human rights values.
>> 
>> If it is established that the suspects of the terrorist attacks are outside
>> the US, our constant claim that fundamentalist terrorists would devour their
>> creators, is proved once more.
>> 
>> The US government should consider the root cause of this terrible event,
>> which has not been the first and will not be the last one too. The US should
>> stop supporting Afghan terrorists and their supporters once and for all.
>> 
>> Now that the Taliban and Osama are the prime suspects by the US officials
>> after the criminal attacks, will the US subject Afghanistan to a military
>> attack similar to the one in 1998 and kill thousands of innocent Afghans for
>> the crimes committed by the Taliban and Osama? Does the US think that
>> through such attacks, with thousands of deprived, poor and innocent people
>> of Afghanistan as its victims, will be able to wipe out the root-cause of
>> terrorism, or will it spread terrorism even to a larger scale?
>> 
>>> From our point of view a vast and indiscriminate military attacks on a
>> country that has been facing permanent disasters for more than two decades
>> will not be a matter of pride. We don't think such an attack would be the
>> expression of the will of the American people.
>> 
>> The US government and people should know that there is a vast difference
>> between the poor and devastated people of Afghanistan and the terrorist
>> Jehadi and Taliban criminals.
>> 
>> While we once again announce our solidarity and deep sorrow with the people
>> of the US, we also believe that attacking Afghanistan and killing its most
>> ruined and destitute people will not in any way decrease the grief of the
>> American people. We sincerely hope that the great American people could
>> DIFFERENTIATE between the people of Afghanistan and a handful of
>> fundamentalist terrorists. Our hearts go out to the people of the US.
>> 
>> Down with terrorism!
>> 
>> Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA)
>> 
>> September 14, 2001
>> 
>> Spanish | Italian | Catalan
>> 
>> Some RAWA documents--Home Page
>> 
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