Sunday, January 11, 2009

On the trail of Pakistan's Taliban

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jan/10/pakistan-taliban-intelligence-report

Pakistan talks about needing help from the West to control the terror it produces.

It all about corrective action NOT Preventive Action.
It talks about creating an investigative unit: an Elite Special Investigation Group (Sig)

As the group is created, and trained to go after and prosecute the terrorists and their inciters, the madrassas are free to continue to churn out the young brain washed foot soldiers of Al Qaida.
So on one hand the country wishes to provide leads on terrorist plots and provide bodies for Western countries for prosecution, on the other hand they will continue to generate the bodies willing to blow themselves up for the cause brainwashed into them.

So the story continues. Just as in Musharraf's time, when he would hand over a bunch of Pakistani citizens with a "wink wink nudge nudge", and collect bounty money on the sale of his hapless countrymen, Musharraf would ensure that his pot of gold would continue to be replenished by supporting the terror outfits that would churn out the graduates needed to be "sold" to the American jailers.

Zardari and Gilani does not seem to "get it".
There is no desire or thought to nip the evil in the bud. Stop the creation of these terror zombies mesmerized by the evil teachings of the inciters of terror.

They do NOT talk about:
1. Reforming the Madrassas (Seminaries) which is the fount of this evil.
2. Changing the syllabus of the seminaries to teach science, the arts and commerce.
3. Clamping down on the Zakat (Charity) money being funneled from Saudi Arabia,Egypt and UAE into these seminaries.
3. Going after the money launderers who transfer money illegally between the middle east and Pakistan.
4. Arresting, trying and convicting the Arab Sheiks who are the patrons of these evil seminaries.

This requires an effort from multiple channels: the finance ministry, customs, Home department, Police, Army, Law department, Education, religious affair ministry.
I don't see any of that happening.Without a comprehensive plan of reforms, its just talk with minimal action.

Talk is cheap. Action is what is required before Pakistan blows itself up.

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