Tehreek-e-Hurriyat activist Bashir Ahmed being forcibly arrested by Indian police as they tried to scuttle protests (image via  Syed Ali Geelani)

 Today, (Saturday 7th November) Gowhar Ahmed Dar (22) was “critically injured” after allegedly being hit by a tear gas shell in Zainakote, Kashmir during protests against the visit of Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi. The people of Jammu and Kashmir have once again been subjected to a major clampdown and “curfew-like restrictions” to try to ensure the visit of the PM goes without a hitch. It was clear this was already failing.

There have been ongoing disputes in Kashmir since partition in 1947 when the Indian sub-continent was divided along religious lines leading to the formation of India and Pakistan. Since then a number of separatist movements have formed to fight for independence from India.

Artist MIR Suhail’s pictorial portrayal of impact of Modi’s visit on local Kashmiris

Prior to the event, mobile Internet services were reported as blocked in Srinagar with services suspended from 10 am till 2 pm. Separatist leaders and supporters were rounded up and detained. According to NDTV, Jammu and Kashmir lawmaker Engineer Rashid was detained  on Saturday morning “for holding a black balloon protest near the venue of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s rally.” Security was  tightened with over 50 Facebook and Twitter pages blocked. In addition, entry and exit routes were sealed with “concertina wires” in Srinagar to thwart efforts by separatist groups to hold a counter-rally at the Tourist Reception Centre close to Sher-i-Kashmir cricket stadium.

Today Indian paramilitary forces took to the streets of Srinagar to quell protests with sharpshooters deployed and businesses, schools and colleges remained closed. Samaa TV video shows the empty streets,

http://www.samaa.tv/international/2015/11/india-cracks-down-on-kashmiris-ahead-of-modi-visit/

Modi announces financial package for Kashmir, protesters call rally “fake”

PM Modi (who declared “India is not complete without Kashmiriyat”) arrived at Sher-e-Kashmir stadium, Srinagar, to announce a development package of eighty thousand crore rupees for the region. Modi spoke of his desire to see Kashmir as a tourist hub “like it was before” saying, “I have got the privilege to visit Jammu and Kashmir so often. This land draws me here.” Unfortunately for Modi, many Kashmiris are not welcoming his visit. Locals called the rally “fake” alleging that outsiders were transported reluctantly into Kashmir to boost his appearance. Some vehicles carrying “would be” participants were allegedly pelted with stones. Arshad Hussain told me, “virtually the whole Kashmiri nation is caged. Some pro Indian party workers, Indian labourers (that are nearly half a million there) made the Modi rally.”

Modi mantra is “Sabka Saath, Sabka” promoting that all parts of India must develop. He pledged $12 billion in relief and development funds and reminded the crowd of past support for flood victims saying, “my mother donated ₹ 5000 when there was flood in Kashmir.” He spoke of India being the “fastest growing economy in the world” and tried to tie in the importance of local industries such as the saffron and cashmere wool trade and the fact that “top Indian cricketers use bats made in Jammu and Kashmir.” Modi also highlighted the need to development infrastructure, saying, “we need highways. We also need i-ways.”

Kashmir Project tweeted,

Ironies ran riot today. Modi talked of Information Superhighway and yet his minions block Internet at the drop of a hat #Kashmir

Kashmiri Life did not appear impressed with the Modi event reporting that the rally was attended by “workers of Peoples Democratic Party and non-local labourers besides BJP activists” with a significant number of labourers from Bihar, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh spotted at the SK Stadium at Sonawar. The publication stated that according to one report, “as the presence of migrant labourers drew attention of media, PDP workers shoved them to the back rows in the stadium.”

Kashmir Global reported the words of Manoj Kumar, a labourer from Bihar who claimed he was pressurized to attend the rally and had lost Rs 400 because he could not work. He said,

“I have been brought here forcibly from my rented room in Rambagh (area of the city).”

 Qari Aabad stated, “will 80 thousand crore bring back”

Today also saw the funeral of Gowhar Ahmed Dar the engineering student from Mustafabad who succumbed to his injuries. Arshad Hussain stated, Indian forces have killed a youth in Srinagar after people, while getting partially released from the water tight restrictions on Modi’s return to Delhi, started protesting.” There were also reports of massive clashes going on at Narbal District Budgam Kashmir CRPF camp, attacked after the killing of this young man.

Separatist leaders and supporters rounded up and detained to silence dissent (Image, MIR Suhail)

According to Kashmir Million MARCH FB page, Hurriyat Conference (G) chairman Syed Ali Geelani (allegedly already under house arrest for several months) was detained with other leaders around 1pm on Saturday afternoon and taken to Humhama police station. He had organized a “Srinagar million march” to counter Modi’s rally. Earlier, Geelani claimed via local media that to sabotage the proposed program, the “’puppet state government’ on the ‘direction of Indian home ministry’ has started a massive process of arrests, raids and search operations in every nock and corner of the state.” He said,

“we are not scared of arrests and restrictions and we will continue with our ‘Srinagar Million March’ come what may.”

Geelani detained but not silenced (Image AP)

Geelani alleged that youths were being stripped of their clothes and subjected to severe custodial torture in Shargarh police station” adding “the police and administration is pushing the youths to the walls and instead of peaceful means, they are forced to adopt other options of resistance.” A further post by Kashmir Million MARCH alleged that, four students of Higher Secondary Surankote and Government Degree College were hospitalised in the lead-up to the rally after troops from army’s 25 RR (allegedly) thrashed them.” The students were objecting to the frisking of bags of female students.

Geelani stated,

“the arrests and crackdown on the pro-freedom people is the result of the directions of the Indian Home Ministry in which they have passed directions to their local agents in Kashmir to keep close vigil at the movements of the pro-freedom people.”

“These types of directions and actions prove that the Indian government and their agents in Kashmir had virtually accepted their defeat and they are scared of facing the pro-freedom leadership of Kashmir on democratic front. India had never honoured the wishes and sentiments of the Kashmiri people and had always tried to quell the every peaceful voice of Kashmir which is raised against their illegal and forced occupation”

 “Despite the strict restrictions, arrests, raids and other oppressive measures, our Million March program will definitely take its practical shape in any way and preparation with this regard is at its peak.”

The oppression of the Kashmiri people is set also within a wider context of what Rehman Anwer terms “India’s deep rooted bigotry” by Hindu extremists “against the Muslims in general and the Pakistanis in particular” see following link,

terms http://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2015/11/07/comment/indias-deep-rooted-bigotry/

Indian author and activist Arundhati Roy who has often spoken out against abuses in Kashmir recently returned the national film award she won in 1989 for writing the screenplay of ‘In which Annie Gives it Those Ones’. She said she was “shocked” at the “growing intolerance” being fostered by the present government and drew attention to lynching, shooting, burning and mass murder of fellow human beings.” Roy stated,

“I am very pleased to have found (from somewhere way back in my past) a National Award that I can return, because it allows me to be a part of a political movement initiated by writers, filmmakers and academics in this country who have risen up against a kind of ideological viciousness and an assault on our collective IQ that will tear us apart and bury us very deep if we do not stand up to it now.”

Roy’s speech can be read on the following link,

http://scroll.in/article/767153/arundhati-roy-intolerance-is-the-wrong-word-for-the-lynching-and-mass-murder-of-human-beings

The protests in Kashmir will not stop whatever the measures to curb them. The last word goes to Unidentified Kashmiri who tweeted,

“Syed Ali Shah Geelani has called for Kashmir Bandh tomorrow in protest of civilian killing at Mustafabad, Zainakote.”

Links

“A brief history of the Kashmir conflict”

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/1399992/A-brief-history-of-the-Kashmir-conflict.html

“State of human rights in Kashmir, 2015”

https://activist1.wordpress.com/2015/02/01/state-of-human-rights-in-jammu-and-kashmir-in-2015/

“Kashmir: Thousands on the streets to protest killing of LeT militant leader Abu Qasim shot by Indian security forces”

https://activist1.wordpress.com/2015/10/30/kashmir-thousands-on-the-streets-to-protest-killing-of-let-militant-leader-abu-qasim-shot-by-indian-security-forces/

Carol Anne Grayson is an independent writer/researcher on global health/human rights and is Executive Producer of the Oscar nominated, Incident in New Baghdad . She is a Registered Mental Nurse with a Masters in Gender Culture and Development. Carol was awarded the ESRC, Michael Young Prize for Research 2009, and the COTT ‘Action = Life’ Human Rights Award’ for “upholding truth and justice”. She is also a survivor of US “collateral damage”.

(Post via Islamic EMirate of Afghanistan)

“Shell allegedly used on Marea ..”

An article published yesterday by Reuters news agency confirms my concerns detailed in an article on September 3rd 2015 that insurgents used chemical weapons against another insurgent group in Marea, northern Syria. On that day I wrote,

“yesterday I received an image via Twitter from a local journalist which sent a chill down my spine. It showed a long canister spilling a dark liquid that had allegedly been fired on Marea close to Aleppo, northern Syria. The question was… was the image authentic, when was it taken and if so what weapon was being fired in the area? I had already heard rumblings that Islamic State had access to chemical weapons. The fear was that this was the deadly sulfar mustard gas a cytotoxic and vesicant agent meaning that it can seriously affect body cells and causes large skin blisters and due to its properties is now banned from use.”

Another tweet I recorded stated,

Sept 2nd from the Local Coordination Committees of Syria (LCCS) referring to a Facebook page alleged the following,

“yesterday morning, ISIS targeted ‪#‎Marea‬ city in the northern suburbs of Aleppo with more than 20 Gvozdika shells loaded with chemical agents and others loaded with toxic gases. The shells were launched from ISIS-controlled areas in ‪#‎Tel_Malid‬ village, about 3 km from the city, which led to dozens of casualties. The medical units in the region received many of them.”

See my article for further details

“From a gassed grandfather to alleged use of chemical weapons by IS, the horrors of mustard gas”

https://activist1.wordpress.com/2015/09/03/from-a-gassed-grandfather-to-alleged-use-of-chemical-weapons-by-is-the-horrors-of-mustard-gas/

My article also highlighted an earlier alleged incident of mustard gas on 21st August 2015.

 Reuters article (6th November) states,

“A confidential Oct. 29 report by the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), a summary of which was shown to Reuters, concluded “with the utmost confidence that at least two people were exposed to sulfur mustard” in the town of Marea, north of Aleppo, on Aug. 21.”

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/11/06/us-mideast-crisis-syria-chemicalweapons-idUSKCN0SU2PZ20151106#SiBqLFi4OrQKVIKV.99

Washing off chemicals, image unconfirmed believed to be from September 1st attack which I received

Reuters also reported that according to Kurdish authorities earlier this month, “blood samples taken from around 35 fighters who were exposed in the attack southwest of the regional capital of Erbil showed “signatures” of mustard gas.” Photos I received in September showed what appear to have been the first two fighters to die from mustard gas exposure. The first was unknown, the second named as Ayman Hafez.

Alleged… “The first casualty of isis chemical attack on marea. .died today ..”

Alleged “Second casualty of isis chemical attack on marea died today 22 years old Ayman Hafez. ..”

Suspected mustard gas victim (Image via Yasser Alhaji, Aleppo)

The Guardian had detailed the 21st August incident highlighting that “50 civilians showing symptoms of chemical exposure” arrived at a field hospital in Marea. This included the family of Ahmed Latouf whose 4 year old daughter was not expected to live. In the recent Reuters report they state, “it is very likely that the effects of sulfur mustard resulted in the death of a baby.

It is likely the chemical weapons were left over from a stockpile belonging to the Bashar al-Assad regime which Syria was supposed to have surrendered 18 months ago. Any use of such arsenals would violates U.N. Security Council resolutions and the 1997 Chemical Weapons Convention. I sent a list of questions to Islamic State regarding their alleged use of chemical weapons but have not received a response on this issue to date.

Carol Anne Grayson is an independent writer/researcher on global health/human rights and is Executive Producer of the Oscar nominated, Incident in New Baghdad . She is a Registered Mental Nurse with a Masters in Gender Culture and Development. Carol was awarded the ESRC, Michael Young Prize for Research 2009, and the COTT ‘Action = Life’ Human Rights Award’ for “upholding truth and justice”. She is also a survivor of US “collateral damage”.

(Post via Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan)

Have you ever wondered why the west is investing billions of dollars in the Muslims world to give ‘freedom’ to women by removing their veils? There is a big secret lying behind it all.

Come! lets us gaze over how former great powerful civilizations crumbled.

Fall of the Greek civilization

History is a witness and has proven that the fall of the Greek civilization was due to sweeping prevalence of women being uncovered, nudity, flattery and intermixing with men, adornments and showing off beauty of the body. The Romans had their women covered in veils, safeguarding their dignity, modesty and chastity. But as the Romans began military advancements, women all of a sudden began leaving their homes; veils were set aside, streets began filling with half naked women, intermixing with men in common gatherings and venues and becoming tools of their pleasure and desires, generally heating up the bazaar of immodesty which slowly but surely began eroding the morality of their male counterparts. Their thirst for combat and ecstasy of courage began subsiding, precipitating their strength, sensitivities, military might and feelings towards defense of the motherland. Their power, awe and prestige was shattered, their warrior spirit was replaced with tambourine, violin, alcohol, adultery, dancing and magic. All these are things which eat away a people’s sense of pride, valor, freedom, power and might.

In the final stages of the Roman Empire, their knights and influential government officials became pawns in the hands of women, whatever the women desired happened and the entire empire became a plaything for these immoral women, finally bringing down the great empire that was.

Louis Pérol notes in the 11^th edition of ‘Review of Reviews’ journal under the heading ‘Political Corruption’:

The solid wall of morals stated above can only be brought down by women.

Many revolutions have come about due to the prevalence of immodesty in women, filling thousands upon thousands of pages in the history books but I fear drifting away from the main subject and will suffice with this.

The great civilization of Andalus

Andalus or what today has come to be known as Spain, was a hotbed of oppression, ignorance and darkness but it became a colony of Muslims through Jihad and conquests. 800 year rule of the Muslims turned it into a cradle of knowledge, enlightenment and pristine edification of Islamic civilization, becoming synonymous with ‘heaven on earth’. Just imagine how far a land would advance in terms of Islamism, knowledge and development if ruled by the Muslims for 800 years?! and why would such a land of the Muslims drift out of their orbit?

Extravagance, vice and immorality became prevalent in the Muslim society of Andalus. They developed a fondness for danseuse and licentious women, their leaders began putting on weight (obesity) and drowned in worldly luxury, forsaking Jihad and protection of borders, competing with each other in accumulation of concubines and women, interaction with women swelled and money was wasted on lavish structures. When rulers and governors began marrying Christian women, the doors of corruption and infighting were flung wide open.

The Muslims ranks were disarrayed, paving the way for Christian incursions and takeover of Andalus which is still beholden at their mercy. There is no symbol of Islam left despite the Muslims ruling over this land for 800 years.

The world players have always used women as a dangerous and effective tool of war!

Period of Crusades

During the period of Crusades, the Christians sent women as presents to the great warrior Salahuddin Ayubi (may Allah have mercy on him) in order to influence his behavior! Just think, out of all the weapons of war, why would someone send a gentle being as a present?! Because they use women as an effective tool for waging wars!

The most dangerous trial for the Ummah

This is why the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) has labeled women as the most dangerous trial, he (peace and blessing be upon him) has said:

مَا تَرَكْتُ بَعْدِي فِتْنَةً أَضَرَّ عَلَى الرِّجَالِ مِنَ النِّسَاءِ.  متفق علیه

Translation: I have not left behind (after me) any fitnah more harmful to men than women (agreed upon)

The only way to prevent and safeguard oneself from this dangerous fitnah is through complete cover and veil between man and woman…

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Carol Anne Grayson is an independent writer/researcher on global health/human rights and is Executive Producer of the Oscar nominated, Incident in New Baghdad . She is a Registered Mental Nurse with a Masters in Gender Culture and Development. Carol was awarded the ESRC, Michael Young Prize for Research 2009, and the COTT ‘Action = Life’ Human Rights Award’ for “upholding truth and justice”. She is also a survivor of US “collateral damage”.

HELMAND, Nov. 05 – Officials reporting from Sangin district say that at around midnight, Mujahideen launched coordinated attacks on 2 ANA check posts in Chughak area located close to the district bazaar.

The attack lasted for about 2 hours resulting in both check posts overrun, forcing the fleeing enemy to leave behind 26 corpses.

3 US machine guns, 19 US rifles, 2 RPG launchers, 2 mortar tubes, 2 comm. radios, 5000 small arms rounds and other equipment was seized in the successful operation while all praise belong to Allah alone, no Mujahideen were harmed.

This comes a night after Mujahideen dismantled 3 other check posts in the bazaar peripheries, destroying an APC and 3 vehicles as well as seizing a sizable amount of equipment.

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Carol Anne Grayson is an independent writer/researcher on global health/human rights and is Executive Producer of the Oscar nominated, Incident in New Baghdad . She is a Registered Mental Nurse with a Masters in Gender Culture and Development. Carol was awarded the ESRC, Michael Young Prize for Research 2009, and the COTT ‘Action = Life’ Human Rights Award’ for “upholding truth and justice”. She is also a survivor of US “collateral damage”.

The aftermath of Kunduz hospital bombing (posted by Jason Cone Executive Director, Doctors w/o Borders MSF, USA)

Medecins Sans Frontier has released its “initial internal review” on the horrific bombing of their hospital in Kunduz City, north east Afghanistan on October 3rd 2015 where staff and patients were shot at, decapitated and burnt alive by US forces. MSF have called for an independent and transparent investigation into the attack which appeared to violate internationally accepted rules of war and could constitute “a war crime”. The hospital was targeted following allegations that Taliban that had recently taken over Kunduz were firing from the within the grounds. This was strongly denied by MSF and in a statement from Islamic Emirate. MSF stated,

“on 7 October 2015, MSF launched a call for an independent investigation by the International Humanitarian Fact Finding Commission. Although the IHFFC has made itself available for an investigation, the United States and Afghan Governments have yet to consent to this request. Consenting to the IHFFC is a critical step in demonstrating a commitment to the Geneva Conventions. Today, we are handing over this internal report to both the public and the IHFFC. The attack on our hospital in Kunduz destroyed our ability to treat patients at a time when we were needed the most. We need a clear commitment that the act of providing medical care will never make us a target. We need to know whether the rules of war still apply.”

The main conclusions of the report are as follows:-

MSF can conclude the following points, based on the facts reviewed in this initial overview of events before, during and immediately after the US airstrikes on 3 October 2015:

• The agreement to respect the neutrality of our medical facility based on the applicable sections of International Humanitarian Law was fully in place and agreed with all parties to the conflict prior to the attack.

• The KTC was fully functioning as a hospital with 105 patients admitted and surgeries ongoing at the time of the airstrikes

• The MSF rules in the hospital were implemented and respected, including the ‘no weapon’ policy and MSF was in full control of the hospital at the time of the airstrikes

• There were no armed combatants within the hospital compound and there was no fighting from or in the direct vicinity of the KTC at the time of the airstrikes

• The GPS coordinates provided to all armed groups were accurate and MSF teams in Kabul and New York made the relevant contacts to alert the parties to the conflict of the airstrikes.

Based on these conclusions, there is an urgent need for a widely agreed upon and unambiguous recognition of the practical rules under which hospitals operate in conflict zones. This means:

• A functioning hospital caring for patients, such as the one in Kunduz, cannot simply lose its protection and be attacked

• Wounded combatants must be treated without discrimination and cannot be attacked

• Medical staff cannot be punished or attacked for providing treatment to wounded combatants.

See following link for full report

“Attack on Kunduz Trauma Centre | AFGHANISTAN
Initial MSF internal review”

http://kunduz.msf.org/

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This is not the first massacre at Kunduz. Back in 2009, World Socialist web reported, “an air strike ordered by the German army at the end of last week has resulted in one of the worst massacres in the history of the eight-year-old NATO war in Afghanistan”. A statement by the Socialist Equality Party read,

“it is now clear that in the course of Thursday night at least 125 persons were killed in the attack, which had been ordered by the military commander of the German “Provincial Reconstruction Team” (PRT) in Kunduz, Colonel Georg Klein. In addition to armed fighters, the attack wiped out many inhabitants of neighbouring villages. The incident was one of the bloodiest air strikes since US forces invaded the country in the autumn of 2001.”

German Chancellor Angela Merkel attempted to defend the German attack on 2 oil tankers which had become stuck in sand in a river claiming only “armed Taliban” had being killed in the air strike and no civilians had been harmed. However photographs emerged allegedly showing a number of child victims. The Socialist Equality Party went on to report,

“according to the Washington Post report and numerous eye-witnesses, inhabitants from nearby villages, including many children, had rushed to the scene in the middle of the night to collect some of the gasoline carried in the tankers. The gasoline, which was due to have been delivered to German occupying troops, is a luxury item for the vast majority of Afghanis.”

See link here for full story, 

“Massacre in Kunduz bares real nature of Afghanistan war”

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2009/09/psga-s09.html

With regard to the latest hospital attack, international human rights campaigners call on the US government and military to release cockpit footage of the aerial attack to help MSF staff and their patients gain answers to why they came under a fierce and sustained attack despite giving GPS coordinates for the hospital on several occasions. It is also in the public interest to allow any recordings, audio and visual to be placed in the public domain.

Carol Anne Grayson is an independent writer/researcher on global health/human rights and is Executive Producer of the Oscar nominated, Incident in New Baghdad . She is a Registered Mental Nurse with a Masters in Gender Culture and Development. Carol was awarded the ESRC, Michael Young Prize for Research 2009, and the COTT ‘Action = Life’ Human Rights Award’ for “upholding truth and justice”. She is also a survivor of US “collateral damage”.

The recent developments unfolding in Afghanistan clearly display that the Mujahidin of Islamic Emirate are flexing their military muscles and are rapidly retaking areas from the mercenary militias and gunmen once occupied by the foreign invaders. It has become evident from this year’s (Azm) advance that were the invader’s to stop supporting their mercenary forces, the Taliban per se would swallow the Kabul regime in a single bite and it wont take years rather a mere few months for the Taliban to spread their wings and bring the entire country under the control!

These are not meagre hollow claims rather it is an undisputed truth acknowledged even by the invaders and it’s propped up administration. Now that the time of their rule has come to an end and their souls have reached their throats (time of death), they do not see any benefit in trying to hide this reality.

The United Nations declared recently: Taliban strength is highest since 2001. The review by the United Nations concludes: The Taliban insurgency has spread through more of Afghanistan than at any point since 2001.

A report by ‘The New York Times’ concludes that the Taliban’s strength is at the same level as in 2001, according to the data compiled by the United Nations as well as interviews with numerous local officials.

According to the local officials in the affected areas, the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan over the past two weeks has evacuated four of its 13 provincial offices across the country.

This data, compiled in early September — even before the fall of Kunduz — showed that United Nations security officials had already rated the threat level in about half of the country’s administrative districts as either “high” or “extreme”, and this graph has only increased as the Taliban have begun mounting more daring attacks throughout the country, from north to south and east to west.

According to this report by ‘The New York Times’, the United Nations has not released this assessment publically but routinely shares it privately with countries in the international coalition forces in Afghanistan.

‘The New York Times’ adds that this report seems at odds with the assessment by its American commander, Gen. John F. Campbell, in his testimony to Congress last week where he stated that “The Afghan security forces have displayed courage and resilience in face of Taliban and they’re still holding and retain control of Kabul, all provincial capitals and nearly all of the district centers…….”.

The complete fall of Kunduz as well as liberation of large areas and strategic points in Takhar, Badakhshan, Baghlan, Saripul, Faryab, Ghazni and other provinces is nothing ordinary or mere talk rather these are huge military achievements and advancements in complete conflict with the assessments of the international powers over the past 14 years, shaking the throne of America and her allies, throwing their 14 year efforts into the abyss and crushing their wishful dreams.

After the brutal American bombing campaign which failed to differentiate between military and civilian, ending with the ruthless bombing a ‘Médecins Sans Frontières’ hospital and killing over 80 doctors, patients and their family members, indiscriminately targeting the citizens of Kunduz and carrying out numerous other transgressions, the leader of Islamic Emirate ordered his Mujahideen to withdraw from the city center into the outlying rural areas and have sympathy on its nation.

The withdrawal of Mujahideen from Kunduz city is a planned maneuver just as written in a statement release by the Emirate, indicating it to a be a Jihadi tactic and for safeguarding civilian life and property, clearly displaying the love of Mujahideen and their new leader with the Muslim nation. This statement was also warmly received by the invaders in the White House and this (Black Obama’s White House) attested to the fact that the goals of the Islamic Emirate are peaceful and carries a message of good intentions for the nations of the world. It also proved the false nature of the slogan ‘terrorists!!!’ heaped upon the Taliban by the foreign invaders.

The statement of Islamic Emirate said:

“The Islamic Emirate took into consideration the military situation and the fruitless cost of corporeal and material losses to Mujahideen in the protracted battle in defense of Kunduz city and therefore ordered its Mujahideen to withdraw from the main square markets and government buildings to the outlying rural areas of the city in order to reinforce their defense lines and reserve their strength for effective future operations.

We reassure the world and our Mujahid nation that just as the Mujahideen of Kunduz repelled the American and hireling Special Forces backed by air power and made them repeatedly flee towards the terminals of Kunduz airbase, they can at this very moment bring Kunduz city back under their control and once again force the enemy out with the help of Allah Almighty.

Withdrawal from Kunduz city bazaar and government buildings is done purely for the higher interests of Jihad, the main goal of which was to secure the population from air raids and protect the human and material cost of Mujahideen from waste in a protracted defensive battle.”

Fortunately today these same invaders have been compelled to acknowledge the Taliban as a military force in complete opposition to the previous assessments and are unable to label them ‘terrorists’ because they cannot provide evidence otherwise.

And there is no doubt left that despite suffering huge losses and dispersion, the Taliban remain a potent force which today is again being accepted by the United Nations and America, with both acknowledging that the Taliban strength is at the same level as in 2001. Today they have turned back to being a force with capabilities of taking over a militarily strategic provincial capital like Kunduz within a few hours and can bring the country’s northern parts once deemed safe by the Americans under the shadow of their swords!

The anticipation of the people has increased many folds and the moment has dawned closer when Islamic Shariah shall rule over the land as the infidel invaders and their lackeys pack their bags. A day when this oppressed nation shall see the fruits of their sacrifices and hopes of the martyrs become a reality with their own weary eyes!!!

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Carol Anne Grayson is an independent writer/researcher on global health/human rights and is Executive Producer of the Oscar nominated, Incident in New Baghdad . She is a Registered Mental Nurse with a Masters in Gender Culture and Development. Carol was awarded the ESRC, Michael Young Prize for Research 2009, and the COTT ‘Action = Life’ Human Rights Award’ for “upholding truth and justice”. She is also a survivor of US “collateral damage”.

Source: https://twitter.com/IHHen/status/439712908788768768/photo/1/

The following is a link to a report “Hear our Screams: Making a case for Rohingya genocide” which has been co-authored by Protect the Rohingya3, a South African based awareness organisation that advocates for the rights of the Rohingya, and the Muslim Lawyers Association which is a non-profit making body committed towards creating a community free of injustices as prescribed by Islam.

Abstract

“This report represents a well-documented scream for help. It aims to warn and informs the international community of the imminent threat of genocide on the Rohingya people of Myanmar. It further strives to formulate a plea for immediate international action. The report contains a map of the areas where the violence has been concentrated including a time line of the recent violence, and an overview of where the violence stems from. This is followed by an exposition of the legal instruments pertaining to genocide within the framework of international law and a detailed presentation of the brutal conditions under which the Rohingya are forced to live. This report is based on locally sourced information and numerous reports by human rights organisations and articles.”

Full report can be read here on the following link,

Click to access Hear_Our_Screams.pdf

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Carol Anne Grayson is an independent writer/researcher on global health/human rights and is Executive Producer of the Oscar nominated, Incident in New Baghdad . She is a Registered Mental Nurse with a Masters in Gender Culture and Development. Carol was awarded the ESRC, Michael Young Prize for Research 2009, and the COTT ‘Action = Life’ Human Rights Award’ for “upholding truth and justice”. She is also a survivor of US “collateral damage”.

The death of respected teacher and renowned religious personality, Dr Sher Ali Shah sahib is not less than any major grief. In these times when the Muslim Ummah is passing through the most difficult and delicate time, the death of such great personalities is a very big loss. But they will always remain alive in our hearts in the shape of Islamic thought and ideology for which Hazrat had dedicated his life. We join together with the family members of the respected teacher and are joined together in their grief and pray to Allah to grant our respected teacher Jannat ul Firdus (the highest stage in Jannah).

Ehsanullah Ehsan Tehreek-e-Taliban Jamat al Ahrar (TTP JA)

Carol Anne Grayson is an independent writer/researcher on global health/human rights/WOT and is Executive Producer of the Oscar nominated, Incident in New Baghdad.  She is a Registered Mental Nurse with a Masters in Gender Culture and Development. Carol was awarded the ESRC, Michael Young Prize for Research 2009, and the COTT ‘Action = Life’ Human Rights Award’ for “upholding truth and justice”. She is also a survivor of US “collateral damage”.