Where the Jihad Lives Now

It is a fact that Pakistan's current situation is not good but it does not mean that it is most dangerous country.

Editors and columist of this weekly newspaper doest not know anything about the real picture and interpret according to their typical mentality whcih is all baseless and beyond the truth. Anyway none of them any impact to the people of the Paksitan, and their news are just taken as another joke.

The U.S. can control its southern border any time it wants. It chooses not too b/c the impact to the economy would be too great. It's always about money, and this goes for any nation.

This is coming from an American-born, with no American heritage. For all those not from the ???West???, and who don???t know much about the U.S. and/or what it???s like here, Americans understand well how the media easily spreads propaganda. Americans understand how our politicians behave, we???re not that na??ve. I would say to the common ???non-Western??? man, there is a systemic issue here. The only ones that want war are the insane presidents time and time again who will use their MIGHT ??? and I???m speaking about the U.S. here. U.S. politicians and citizens know exactly how this started in 1970s and 1980s, and now they are trying to fix a mess of what they made on their own. We must separate politicians from citizens??? opinion. The U.S. consensus has been divided for a long time, and even more so now. It???s not about American citizens being bullies and wanting to destroy other countries. Anywhere in the world, the un-educated and ignorant (usually through no fault of their own) will believe anything you tell them, but this is not the majority in the U.S. We want peace just as much as the next person.

And let me say to the person who asks to see the other side of the picture: this works both ways. I know plenty of people in the U.S. - Muslims, Christians, Hindus, Jewish, etc. ??? who don???t have tolerance for the respective other religion, and will not hesitate to ???categorize??? the other. This happens all over the world, not just in the U.S. and not just against Islam. This is just human nature. As a Christian, we are taught to be tolerant of others as well.

Pakistan Is An Easy Scapegoat

I read the cover story of Newsweek October 29, 2007 with disgust and dismay. The authors have squarely put blame on Pakistan for not controlling the Afghan/Pakistan border. They accused President Musharraf for not cracking down hard on Taliban and al Qaeda terrorists hiding in Pakistan.

If United States cannot even control its southern border and prevent effectively the influx of poor unarmed immigrants, how can one can expect Pakistan to control its border with Afghanistan, which is over a thousand mile long, extremely rugged and tortuous. The people crossing this border are not just immigrants to find shelter, they include fully armed terrorists; ready to kill or be killed. Earlier this year President Musharraf proposed a plan to erect a fence along the border. The Afghan government officials criticized it for creating obstacles to the free flow of legitimate refugees between the two countries. Cracking down on terrorists in Pakistan is no picnic contrary to what the authors of the article tried to portray. America with all its might has learned tough lessons both from Iraq and Afghanistan. It is unthinkable what will happen if Pakistan allows direct involvement of U.S. forces on its soil. It can quickly become a war-ravaged country not unlike Iraq and Afghanistan. When push comes to shove, terrorist may flee to neighboring India. Pakistan in the current state is providing a buffer zone between Afghanistan and India.

Pakistan used to be a peaceful country before the first Afghan war in Eighties. It provided the support to U.S. in its proxy war against Russia. Pakistan also provided shelter to millions of fleeing refugees from Afghanistan. The massive exodus not only brought economic hardships, but also much unwanted weaponry into Pakistan. Poverty, weapons and lack of education are a recipe for disaster for any country. Vicious crime including murders and kidnappings started to take place in broad daylight in cities as far south as Karachi. Life in Pakistan since then has changed forever for the worst. US/Afghan war after 911, made the things even worse for Pakistan. Taliban, al Qaeda fighters and their leaders allegedly found refuge Pakistan to escape the US action. I am not saying that the only terrorists in Pakistan are foreigners, there is a significant threat from its own homegrown terrorism, but it all started from the first Afghan war. If any country that has suffered more from the Afghan wars, is Pakistan, excluding of course, Afghanistan itself.

NEWSWEEK Got it wrong this time. I have alwasy respected neweek profesionalism but I have to say they did factual errors on this reporting. More than 3 million people have died since US and Nato invaded in Iraq and Newsweek is labelling pakistan the most dangerous place. There has been hundred of thousand of people massacred in Africa and voilence in Middle east , Kashmir, for decades and Newsweek labelled Pakistan the most dangerous place. Pakistan has more than 15 million people living and calling them all jihadis and terrorist is a hasty generalisation for any sensible reader. wonder who's purpose are they serving by reporting such erronous reports.

newsreader 2007

YOUR days are numbered.. you jer*ks keep on killing people around the world and you think you'll get away with this..

You are just another Nazi generation.. you are killing people around the wworld..you are destined to doomed!!!

Hi readers n commentators,iam a simple tribal pathan from FATA and still for us its a mystery who the Talibans/Qaeda members are! cause we have our families,friends,relatives and not a single Talib we have found here!so thats why i would add here that our love for this country n our faith in jihad has totally been mis-used for the benifits of others,a secret hand is operating and creating such like chaos for their own ulterior motives,so my friends dont waste time over Talibans etc instead we need a sincere leader who could drive out our nation from this agony,the whole lot at Islamabad need to be changed and hence this puppet drama would come to an end.This article is also the part of that drama whose authors are sitting in Washington n London.Nothing as such exists except their own policies(world order) in pakistan trying to make lame excuse for halting our nuclear program.Rest i can speak well about the issue but cannot write much.Regards to all of you.

this is all wrong once the army of pakistan gets stop from the area of the extremest this will get stop
we love amerca and we want amerca to change its policy of killing people daily.
from a Pakistani

My name is faheem shahzad from karachi Pakistan
this is only happening because America wants to kill those who was living alon at Wazirastan and fata etc once they get back from there all will get fine .
this is my request to Amerca that please become a piece and make sure all the people that you are fighting for peace and as for my best knowlage the peac can come by talking to them and making them litreate by opening the modern schools.
hope an arm opretion will get end soon
from Faheem Pakistani
i love my Pakistan and i love peace

As a Pakistani citizen and a student, I strongly
object to most of the allegations in this article,
which is flagrantly biased and seems to be based
almost entirely on hearsay.
In this article Benazir Bhutto was painted as a
heroine, but the fact that she went inside the truck
to rest about 5 minutes before the blast (as opposed
to Newsweek's rather dramatic version statement that
she 'ducked inside' to escape) does not seem like pure
coincidence.
Practically no mention was made of the fact that it
was under American pressure that Pakistan opened it's
borders to Afghanistan, that the Americans trained and
established the Taliban and Al-Qaeda during the Soviet
war. This is the price that we are paying for being an
American ally (a position that we were bullied into,
in true American style).
The article childishly repeats that Pakistan is a
terrorist Islamist nation, an accusation which seems
ridiculous in light of the hundreds of thousands of
civilians killed by American forces in Iraq and
Afghanistan, not to mention the numerous other
atrocities committed in Al-Ghraib prison and
Guantanamo Bay.
I urge the people of Pakistan to open their eyes to
the truth, and not to fall into the deadly trap of
believing that Pakistan is an inherently militant
nation, a point that this article seems to be trying
too hard to make.

I beleive Ron Moreau and Michael Hirsh are a writers who are totally ignorant about the history of Pakistan and its ongoing circumstances. they might have read some pieces of sick newspapers on the streets around them compiled them again with their mean spicy words and presented up here just to earn their livelihood. Whole world knows the fact that WHO created Taliban??? America or Pakistan. Offcourse the answer is America to fight on behalf of them against Soviet Union and look at this HOW MEAN is that after they got their goal acheived, they waived their hands and left Pakistan with Taliban who had become all powerfull and tactful till that time.Pakistan is bearing that bitter fruit for which America is FULLY responsible. THE Backlash of Taliban. being a Pakistani i think whatever our president is doing he is right he is right in fighting against terrorism(not for America , for ourselves infact) and once you fight against the terrorists for sure your will go through the losses.About Osama i ask the whole world Where is he??? if so called SUPREME POWER AMERICA couldnt find him till now with all the intelligence resources they have then who will descend from skies to find him???and then for the information of all readers in eighties incident of explosions in pakistan army's ammuniton depot( Ojari Camp) near Rawalpindi a team came from America to investigate the incident and Osam was a member of that team. ( THINK OVER IT NOW AND CONCLUDE HOW HE MIGHT HAVE BEEN CREATED AND WHY TILL DATE HE IS NOT FOUND?) Its all America my dear all over and behind every problem that world is facing today and I dont knw till when.

Hi All,
It is amazing to view the things happening inside Pakistan and being a Pakistani I feel pity about it. The so called Moderate Muslim Government has lost humanity and is doing everything to the powers under; recent bomb explosion in the rally of Exiled Priminister Benazir proved alot in front of OPEN EYES. Why don???t they improve the standard of living in here??? Why are they buying foreign assets and why did she (and all other) flown away instead of facing the allegations???whether right or wrong??? Please understand the as a normal Pakistani (regardless of any religion) I don???t have time to think about any other thing rather than maintaining my life balanced (personally, religiously and professionally).
And please think again about the facts that the worlds most advanced intelligence services is still failing to capture the world???s most dangerous personality i.e. OSAMA BIN LADEN????
Regards,

Hi All,
It is amazing to view the things happening inside Pakistan and being a Pakistani I feel pity about it. The so called Moderate Muslim Government has lost humanity and is doing everything to the powers under; recent bomb explosion in the rally of Exiled Priminister Benazir proved alot in front of OPEN EYES. Why don???t they improve the standard of living in here??? Why are they buying foreign assets and why did she (and all other) flown away instead of facing the allegations???whether right or wrong??? Please understand the as a normal Pakistani (regardless of any religion) I don???t have time to think about any other thing rather than maintaining my life balanced (personally, religiously and professionally).
And please think again about the facts that the worlds most advanced intelligence services is still failing to capture the world???s most dangerous personality i.e. OSAMA BIN LADEN????
Regards,

WHY DON'T YOU ANSWER THE QUESTION? WHERE IS OSAMA BIN LADEN? WHY IS A.Q.KHAN NOT BEING SURRENDERED TO THE FBI? WHY IS NAWAZ SHARIF NOT ALLOWED TO RETURN TO PAKISTAN AND CONTEST AN OPEN ELECTION? WHY WAS BENAZIR BHUTTO WELCOMED WITH A BOMB? WHY IS THE PAKISTAN ELECTION COMMISSION UNABLE TO RUN ELECTIONS OR FULFILL ITS MANDATE? WHY HAS PAKISTAN CREATED, PROMOTED AND HARBORED THE TALIBAN ... EVEN POST SEPTEMBER 11, 2001. WHY WON'T MUSHARRAF MOVE OUT OF OFFICE AND UNIFORM?

NOW FOR THE ANSWER : PAKISTAN = ROGUE STATE.

I just want to make a couple of points here. There are a lot of comments about Pakistanis complaining that they are fighting the global war of terror for America. This may be true but they are NOT doing it for free. Pakistan was in serious economic crisis when they made that decision and had billions of dollars in debt erased as well as billions of dollars in fresh aid as conditions for entering this war - Musharraf did negotiate a good deal for Pakistan. This is one of the prime reasons that there has been an economic spurt in the recent past.
The comment about attacking Pakistan is ridiculous. It benefits everyone for Pakistan to be stable and progressive nation as opposed to a nuclear powered country in political turmoil. The article has highlighted true facts about certain sections of Pakistan which are Taliban and Bin Laden sympathizers. I do agree that Benazir was irresponsible by conducting the rally after being warned. However I think pakistanis should also acknowledge that these problems exist and deal with it instead of completely denying it or blaming the west entirely. Perceptions about a nation are created by observations made over a period of time and not just one Newsweek article. People are smarter that you give them credit for.

Now they are collecting reasons to attack on Pakistan