der detaillierte Bericht über das traurige Ende des Kriegshelden Abdul Haq
www.observer.co.uk/afghanistan/story/0,1501,582247,00.html
inclusive Hilferufen,Einkesselung in einer Schlucht,augehängt oder erschossen?...
Haq was well known locally. When, last month, he arrived back from Dubai, where he had been in exile for nearly a decade, he seemed the ideal candidate to lead an opposition alliance into Afghanistan to oust the ruling Taliban.
He had three things going for him: his reputation as a brave and effective warrior against the Russians was intact, he was known to have eschewed the vicious internecine conflict of the immediate post-Soviet years and, most importantly, he was from the same Pashtun tribes who had provided the bulk of the support for the Taliban. It was widely felt that if anybody could unseat them in their strongholds, he was the man.
Senior US officials now agree with British assessments, previously scorned, that the war 'might take years'. Donald Rumsfeld, the American Defence Secretary, even admitted that the US might 'never get bin Laden'. And as the military flounder, the diplomats sweat.
The death of Abdul Haq, a portly, avuncular and popular 43-year-old, could not have come at a worse moment.
In einem Interview,das erst jetzt veröffentlicht werden soll,äusserte Haq Kritik an den USA und verwies darauf,dass erst die Amerikaner die Araber nach Afghanistan gebracht haben und 10-15 Kampfgruppen gründeten.Als das kommunistische System kollabierte sind die Amerikaner gegangen und haben uns den Schiet dagelassen.Haq war unstrittig gegen die Bombardemants.Er sagte,dass Washington nur die Öffentlichkeit zufrieden stellen wollte...
Haq had also kept a distance from the Northern Alliance: "The US brought the Arabs to Pakistan and Afghanistan... Gave them money, training, and created 10 or 15 different fighting groups. The US and Pakistan worked together," he had said.
"The minute the pro-Communist regime collapsed, the Americans walked away - and didn't even clean up their shit. They brought this problem to Afghanistan."
Haq said he tried to convince US leaders not to bomb Afghanistan and give him time to undermine the Taliban regime.
"We could've had a solution," he said. "But Washington went ahead to satisfy the American public. And Afghanistan has to lose hundreds of lives. Afghan blood is cheaper than anything."
www.hindustantimes.com/nonfram/281001/dLAME06.asp
Tausende von Pakistanis auf dem Weg in den Heiligen Krieg
Hunderte von britischen Muslims auf dem Weg nach Afghanistan
Imame in Deutschland rufen Freiwillige auf für Afghanistan:
THOUSANDS of Pakistani warriors armed with automatic weapons, axes and swords headed for the Afghan border yesterday to join forces with the Taliban regime shielding Osama Bin Laden.
Between 5,000 and 10,000 were reported to be travelling in a convoy of trucks, buses and vans on the northwest frontier. They vowed to fight a holy war against the United States.
Last night hundreds were massing in the mountains on the Afghan border, carrying everything from rocket launchers to pickaxes.
The organisers claimed similar-sized groups were camped around towns, ready to join them today. There were reports, however, that Pakistani authorities were trying to prevent them crossing into Afghanistan.
Mullah Mohammed Omar, the Taliban leader, had appealed for tribes in border provinces to provide men to help him resist American-led attacks. The fighters, urged on by clerics, plan to join Taliban forces, who are thought to number about 40,000. Their ranks are being swollen by Islamic fundamentalists from many countries, including Britain.
Already thousands of Afghans have been conscripted into the army to fight the rebel Northern Alliance and prepare for attacks by US and British troops. Volunteers brandishing Kalashnikovs and shotguns said they considered themselves lucky to go to Afghanistan and face a martyr's death.
"Everybody should be ready to sacrifice their lives," said Mohammed Khaled, a leader of the newly formed force.
The news comes amid reports of thousands of Pakistani fighters heading for the border with Afghanistan to join 'jihad brigades'. Unconfirmed reports from British groups in Pakistan say that hundreds of young British Muslims have flown out to the country since 11 September.
The British group were all associated with the controversial organisation al-Muhajiroun (the emigrants), which is known to recruit among young British Muslims. The news that the first British deaths in the conflict were on the Taliban side will lead to renewed calls to outlaw the group in this country. The British-based leader of al-Muhajiroun, Omar Bakri Mohamed, last night refused to comment on the deaths, but representatives in Pakistan confirmed that the men were missing in action and considered as martyrs in the war in Afghanistan.
www.observer.co.uk/afghanistan/story/0,1501,582322,00.html
German Imams have called for Muslims to take part in a jihad or holy war on the side of the Taliban forces in Afghanistan according to a report in the weekly Focus magazine due to be published on Monday.
The magazine says such calls have been made in mosques in Hamburg, Bremen, Frankfurt and Cologne.
It quotes an unnamed police source from a unit set up to coordinate the fight against Islamic terrorists as saying: "We are sure that several mosques are trying to recruit fighters for Afghanistan."
www.hindustantimes.com/nonfram/281001/dLAME101.asp
War against Taliban going badly: US officials PTI
(Washington, October 28)
The US war against terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden and the Taliban is currently going badly, American officials have said.
The US had suffered a week of setbacks, followed by the capture and execution of powerful Afghan opposition leader Abdul Haq, which "tested US patience and its plan of attack," the Washington Post quoted them as saying.
"Despite 20 days of punishing airstrikes, the US military has yet to really engage the Taliban," it quoted administration officials as saying.
"As the campaign enters its fourth week, with the Muslim holy month of Ramzan and winter fast approaching, the Bush Administraton has begun to hunker down and admit to itself what it has repeatedly insisted in public -- that the war against the Taliban and the terrorists it shelters will be neither short nor easy," the report said.
"We are kind of like wrestlers, with totally different styles," said one official referring to the US and the Taliban militia. "We are still trying to figure out whether leverage point is on these guys. We haven't found it yet"
The Post said that time may not be on the Administration's side, "especially as key Muslim allies in the anti-terrorism war, most notably Pakistan and Egypt, begin to demonstrate open impatience with the pace and results of the campaign."
www.hindustantimes.com/nonfram/281001/dlame26.asp
In Grossbrittannien regen sich ernste Zweifel an den Erfolgen im Krieg,man ist entsetzt,dass der Krieg wohl 4 Jahre dauern kann
The emergence of the Pakistani "jihad brigade" coincided with evidence that the British government is concerned over the progress of the war against terrorism.
Tony Blair sought yesterday to restore confidence 48 hours after admitting to the cabinet that it was not going well.
Blair and senior ministers were said to be aghast that Admiral Sir Michael Boyce, the chief of the defence staff, had indicated that the war could last for four years.
Tension over the next phase of the war has been heightened by the execution of Abdul Haq, a prominent Afghan opposition leader captured by the Taliban, and by the failure of the Northern Alliance to make any significant military gain.
The Taliban were keen to exploit the impression that their opponents were in disarray. "Haq's fate is the biggest political setback for America," said Mullah Rehmatullah Kakazada, their consul-general in Karachi. "They have attacked mosques, Red Cross offices, schools and hospitals. They have miserably failed."
www.sunday-times.co.uk/
vielleicht sollte ich darauf hinweisen,dass es sich um heutige Berichte von International anerkannten Zeitungen handelt,die keineswegs dem linken Spektrum zuzurechnen sind , also auch Meldungen,die erst morgen hier in den Medien auftauchen(oder eben nicht!)
www.observer.co.uk/afghanistan/story/0,1501,582247,00.html
inclusive Hilferufen,Einkesselung in einer Schlucht,augehängt oder erschossen?...
Haq was well known locally. When, last month, he arrived back from Dubai, where he had been in exile for nearly a decade, he seemed the ideal candidate to lead an opposition alliance into Afghanistan to oust the ruling Taliban.
He had three things going for him: his reputation as a brave and effective warrior against the Russians was intact, he was known to have eschewed the vicious internecine conflict of the immediate post-Soviet years and, most importantly, he was from the same Pashtun tribes who had provided the bulk of the support for the Taliban. It was widely felt that if anybody could unseat them in their strongholds, he was the man.
Senior US officials now agree with British assessments, previously scorned, that the war 'might take years'. Donald Rumsfeld, the American Defence Secretary, even admitted that the US might 'never get bin Laden'. And as the military flounder, the diplomats sweat.
The death of Abdul Haq, a portly, avuncular and popular 43-year-old, could not have come at a worse moment.
In einem Interview,das erst jetzt veröffentlicht werden soll,äusserte Haq Kritik an den USA und verwies darauf,dass erst die Amerikaner die Araber nach Afghanistan gebracht haben und 10-15 Kampfgruppen gründeten.Als das kommunistische System kollabierte sind die Amerikaner gegangen und haben uns den Schiet dagelassen.Haq war unstrittig gegen die Bombardemants.Er sagte,dass Washington nur die Öffentlichkeit zufrieden stellen wollte...
Haq had also kept a distance from the Northern Alliance: "The US brought the Arabs to Pakistan and Afghanistan... Gave them money, training, and created 10 or 15 different fighting groups. The US and Pakistan worked together," he had said.
"The minute the pro-Communist regime collapsed, the Americans walked away - and didn't even clean up their shit. They brought this problem to Afghanistan."
Haq said he tried to convince US leaders not to bomb Afghanistan and give him time to undermine the Taliban regime.
"We could've had a solution," he said. "But Washington went ahead to satisfy the American public. And Afghanistan has to lose hundreds of lives. Afghan blood is cheaper than anything."
www.hindustantimes.com/nonfram/281001/dLAME06.asp
Tausende von Pakistanis auf dem Weg in den Heiligen Krieg
Hunderte von britischen Muslims auf dem Weg nach Afghanistan
Imame in Deutschland rufen Freiwillige auf für Afghanistan:
THOUSANDS of Pakistani warriors armed with automatic weapons, axes and swords headed for the Afghan border yesterday to join forces with the Taliban regime shielding Osama Bin Laden.
Between 5,000 and 10,000 were reported to be travelling in a convoy of trucks, buses and vans on the northwest frontier. They vowed to fight a holy war against the United States.
Last night hundreds were massing in the mountains on the Afghan border, carrying everything from rocket launchers to pickaxes.
The organisers claimed similar-sized groups were camped around towns, ready to join them today. There were reports, however, that Pakistani authorities were trying to prevent them crossing into Afghanistan.
Mullah Mohammed Omar, the Taliban leader, had appealed for tribes in border provinces to provide men to help him resist American-led attacks. The fighters, urged on by clerics, plan to join Taliban forces, who are thought to number about 40,000. Their ranks are being swollen by Islamic fundamentalists from many countries, including Britain.
Already thousands of Afghans have been conscripted into the army to fight the rebel Northern Alliance and prepare for attacks by US and British troops. Volunteers brandishing Kalashnikovs and shotguns said they considered themselves lucky to go to Afghanistan and face a martyr's death.
"Everybody should be ready to sacrifice their lives," said Mohammed Khaled, a leader of the newly formed force.
The news comes amid reports of thousands of Pakistani fighters heading for the border with Afghanistan to join 'jihad brigades'. Unconfirmed reports from British groups in Pakistan say that hundreds of young British Muslims have flown out to the country since 11 September.
The British group were all associated with the controversial organisation al-Muhajiroun (the emigrants), which is known to recruit among young British Muslims. The news that the first British deaths in the conflict were on the Taliban side will lead to renewed calls to outlaw the group in this country. The British-based leader of al-Muhajiroun, Omar Bakri Mohamed, last night refused to comment on the deaths, but representatives in Pakistan confirmed that the men were missing in action and considered as martyrs in the war in Afghanistan.
www.observer.co.uk/afghanistan/story/0,1501,582322,00.html
German Imams have called for Muslims to take part in a jihad or holy war on the side of the Taliban forces in Afghanistan according to a report in the weekly Focus magazine due to be published on Monday.
The magazine says such calls have been made in mosques in Hamburg, Bremen, Frankfurt and Cologne.
It quotes an unnamed police source from a unit set up to coordinate the fight against Islamic terrorists as saying: "We are sure that several mosques are trying to recruit fighters for Afghanistan."
www.hindustantimes.com/nonfram/281001/dLAME101.asp
War against Taliban going badly: US officials PTI
(Washington, October 28)
The US war against terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden and the Taliban is currently going badly, American officials have said.
The US had suffered a week of setbacks, followed by the capture and execution of powerful Afghan opposition leader Abdul Haq, which "tested US patience and its plan of attack," the Washington Post quoted them as saying.
"Despite 20 days of punishing airstrikes, the US military has yet to really engage the Taliban," it quoted administration officials as saying.
"As the campaign enters its fourth week, with the Muslim holy month of Ramzan and winter fast approaching, the Bush Administraton has begun to hunker down and admit to itself what it has repeatedly insisted in public -- that the war against the Taliban and the terrorists it shelters will be neither short nor easy," the report said.
"We are kind of like wrestlers, with totally different styles," said one official referring to the US and the Taliban militia. "We are still trying to figure out whether leverage point is on these guys. We haven't found it yet"
The Post said that time may not be on the Administration's side, "especially as key Muslim allies in the anti-terrorism war, most notably Pakistan and Egypt, begin to demonstrate open impatience with the pace and results of the campaign."
www.hindustantimes.com/nonfram/281001/dlame26.asp
In Grossbrittannien regen sich ernste Zweifel an den Erfolgen im Krieg,man ist entsetzt,dass der Krieg wohl 4 Jahre dauern kann
The emergence of the Pakistani "jihad brigade" coincided with evidence that the British government is concerned over the progress of the war against terrorism.
Tony Blair sought yesterday to restore confidence 48 hours after admitting to the cabinet that it was not going well.
Blair and senior ministers were said to be aghast that Admiral Sir Michael Boyce, the chief of the defence staff, had indicated that the war could last for four years.
Tension over the next phase of the war has been heightened by the execution of Abdul Haq, a prominent Afghan opposition leader captured by the Taliban, and by the failure of the Northern Alliance to make any significant military gain.
The Taliban were keen to exploit the impression that their opponents were in disarray. "Haq's fate is the biggest political setback for America," said Mullah Rehmatullah Kakazada, their consul-general in Karachi. "They have attacked mosques, Red Cross offices, schools and hospitals. They have miserably failed."
www.sunday-times.co.uk/
vielleicht sollte ich darauf hinweisen,dass es sich um heutige Berichte von International anerkannten Zeitungen handelt,die keineswegs dem linken Spektrum zuzurechnen sind , also auch Meldungen,die erst morgen hier in den Medien auftauchen(oder eben nicht!)
