Muhammad
26th August 2003, 10:12 PM
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To Die For US
uploaded 26 Aug 2003
#1576;#1616;#1587;#1618;#1605;#1616; #1575;#1604;#1604;#1607;#1616; #1575;#1604;#1585;#1617;#1614;#1581;#1618;#1605;#1 606;#1616; #1575;#1604;#1585;#1617;#1614;#1581;#1616;#1610;#1 605;#1616;#1616;
To Die For US
It is no more a point of contention. It is official; the US is stuck in a quagmire in Iraq. GI’s continue to get killed on a nearly daily basis. With the temperatures as high as 50 degrees centigrade and a lack of energy to power vital infrastructure, the people of Iraq aren’t too happy about the situation either. This makes the hard task of stabilising the country even harder. There is no more talk of winning hearts and minds; there are only questions of an exit strategy. The US military is stretched thinly across the globe, imposing a strain and pressure on its serving personnel and the US bursary. Besides, another election is just on the political horizon, a steady stream of body bags bodes ill for a re-election for George Bush and even he knows he can’t keep winning by a court verdict.
The US knows it needs to come up with an exit strategy real fast. At times like these it knows it can always count on its allies to step in and give their support. The US has asked other countries like India, Azerbaijan, Pakistan, and Turkey to send peacekeepers. India flatly turned down the offer to replace US targets in Iraq with her own troops. But the US is more interested in troops from Muslim countries since they reason they are less likely to be targeted by the Iraqi opposition. The US was more than happy to lay waste to the lives of countless innocents in the name of “liberation” but it is now turning out to be a problem when her own boys are paying a hefty price for it. The US has come to the conclusion it is now high time others shared the burden of “liberation” with them.
The Turkish Government is already trying to curry favour with the US by considering sending in troops. The Foreign Minister, Abdullah Gul, alluded to this when he said reimposing stability in Iraq and improving the welfare of “our Iraqi brothers” was important for Turkey. These words of concern come from a government that was willing to let America use its resources before the war to attack their “Iraqi brothers” for the right price. Nevertheless, the Ummah in Turkey could see through this hypocrisy as they demonstrated against this latest reprehensible act of betrayal in Istanbul. Expressing the sentiment of the people, Derya Sazak, a commentator for the leading daily Milliyet wrote, “Turkey managed to stay out of the war but is going to serve as a shield to invading forces which continuously suffer casualties,”.
Unlike the government of Turkey, Musharraf’s administration in Pakistan doesn’t suffer from this confusion of loyalty to the Ummah. It obviously felt it hadn’t done enough service for the kuffaar by betraying the Muslims of Afghanistan in 2001. The government is busy making plans to justify a fait accompli to send our Muslim brothers to Iraq to cover for Musharraf’s comrades in arms, the American troops.
The U.S. request to the Arab states to send peacekeepers to Iraq was rejected throughout the Arab world. The Arab governments do not want to appear to support and save American soldiers from the Iraqi resistance and give credence to the U.S.-led occupation of the country. They claim they are waiting for that other bastion of world justice, the UN, to authorise troop deployment, no less to give them perceived legitimate cover. Most likely, they are still trying to contain the overwhelming unpopularity they generated within their own people for letting the war go ahead in the first place. For instance, Saudi Arabia has been battling with restless elements within its society ever since the war ended.
The recent strike carried out against the UN headquarters in Baghdad indicates that even the UN is not considered an impartial player in the mess created by the US. The thought that it was the UN that imposed a harsh 12-year sanctions regime that harmed Iraq as much as Saddam did isn’t far from the collective memories of the people. It is highly unlikely that other countries will now send troops to Iraq in response to US demands if the UN itself is considered a target.
The US request for peacekeepers from other nations to help continue the unpleasant job of occupation is a familiar pattern of colonial behaviour of Western nations. They used to make use of foreign troops to fight their wars and once the task of invasion had been wrapped up they would utilise the human resources of their colonial subordinates to perpetuate the colonisation. This was a favourite style of the British Empire, as the Indians know truly well. In 1916 The Indians, who composed a sizable number of the 12,000 troops who were sent to secure Mesopotamia – old Iraq - lost a significant number of soldiers due to Britain’s misadventures in the region. In the following year in Egypt, the British also began to encourage the kidnapping of peasants to serve in their labour groups in Palestine. Thousands of fellahin were sent to Syria, and Mesopotamia.
There is something definitely wrong in a world in which Muslims are sent to die on behalf of kaafir occupiers of Muslim lands. It is unprecedented and unheard of in the history of the Ummah. However, we may continue to witness more stranger and tragic things until and unless the Muslim Ummah is able to regain control of her political will from leaders who have no compunction in sending our brothers to die fee sabee lil kuffaar [for the sake of the kuffaar] and not fee sabee lillah [for the sake of Allah subhana wa ta’ala].
Abdallah Adam
Khilafah.com Journal
28 Jumaad Al-Thani 1424 Hijri
26 August 2003
To Die For US
uploaded 26 Aug 2003
#1576;#1616;#1587;#1618;#1605;#1616; #1575;#1604;#1604;#1607;#1616; #1575;#1604;#1585;#1617;#1614;#1581;#1618;#1605;#1 606;#1616; #1575;#1604;#1585;#1617;#1614;#1581;#1616;#1610;#1 605;#1616;#1616;
To Die For US
It is no more a point of contention. It is official; the US is stuck in a quagmire in Iraq. GI’s continue to get killed on a nearly daily basis. With the temperatures as high as 50 degrees centigrade and a lack of energy to power vital infrastructure, the people of Iraq aren’t too happy about the situation either. This makes the hard task of stabilising the country even harder. There is no more talk of winning hearts and minds; there are only questions of an exit strategy. The US military is stretched thinly across the globe, imposing a strain and pressure on its serving personnel and the US bursary. Besides, another election is just on the political horizon, a steady stream of body bags bodes ill for a re-election for George Bush and even he knows he can’t keep winning by a court verdict.
The US knows it needs to come up with an exit strategy real fast. At times like these it knows it can always count on its allies to step in and give their support. The US has asked other countries like India, Azerbaijan, Pakistan, and Turkey to send peacekeepers. India flatly turned down the offer to replace US targets in Iraq with her own troops. But the US is more interested in troops from Muslim countries since they reason they are less likely to be targeted by the Iraqi opposition. The US was more than happy to lay waste to the lives of countless innocents in the name of “liberation” but it is now turning out to be a problem when her own boys are paying a hefty price for it. The US has come to the conclusion it is now high time others shared the burden of “liberation” with them.
The Turkish Government is already trying to curry favour with the US by considering sending in troops. The Foreign Minister, Abdullah Gul, alluded to this when he said reimposing stability in Iraq and improving the welfare of “our Iraqi brothers” was important for Turkey. These words of concern come from a government that was willing to let America use its resources before the war to attack their “Iraqi brothers” for the right price. Nevertheless, the Ummah in Turkey could see through this hypocrisy as they demonstrated against this latest reprehensible act of betrayal in Istanbul. Expressing the sentiment of the people, Derya Sazak, a commentator for the leading daily Milliyet wrote, “Turkey managed to stay out of the war but is going to serve as a shield to invading forces which continuously suffer casualties,”.
Unlike the government of Turkey, Musharraf’s administration in Pakistan doesn’t suffer from this confusion of loyalty to the Ummah. It obviously felt it hadn’t done enough service for the kuffaar by betraying the Muslims of Afghanistan in 2001. The government is busy making plans to justify a fait accompli to send our Muslim brothers to Iraq to cover for Musharraf’s comrades in arms, the American troops.
The U.S. request to the Arab states to send peacekeepers to Iraq was rejected throughout the Arab world. The Arab governments do not want to appear to support and save American soldiers from the Iraqi resistance and give credence to the U.S.-led occupation of the country. They claim they are waiting for that other bastion of world justice, the UN, to authorise troop deployment, no less to give them perceived legitimate cover. Most likely, they are still trying to contain the overwhelming unpopularity they generated within their own people for letting the war go ahead in the first place. For instance, Saudi Arabia has been battling with restless elements within its society ever since the war ended.
The recent strike carried out against the UN headquarters in Baghdad indicates that even the UN is not considered an impartial player in the mess created by the US. The thought that it was the UN that imposed a harsh 12-year sanctions regime that harmed Iraq as much as Saddam did isn’t far from the collective memories of the people. It is highly unlikely that other countries will now send troops to Iraq in response to US demands if the UN itself is considered a target.
The US request for peacekeepers from other nations to help continue the unpleasant job of occupation is a familiar pattern of colonial behaviour of Western nations. They used to make use of foreign troops to fight their wars and once the task of invasion had been wrapped up they would utilise the human resources of their colonial subordinates to perpetuate the colonisation. This was a favourite style of the British Empire, as the Indians know truly well. In 1916 The Indians, who composed a sizable number of the 12,000 troops who were sent to secure Mesopotamia – old Iraq - lost a significant number of soldiers due to Britain’s misadventures in the region. In the following year in Egypt, the British also began to encourage the kidnapping of peasants to serve in their labour groups in Palestine. Thousands of fellahin were sent to Syria, and Mesopotamia.
There is something definitely wrong in a world in which Muslims are sent to die on behalf of kaafir occupiers of Muslim lands. It is unprecedented and unheard of in the history of the Ummah. However, we may continue to witness more stranger and tragic things until and unless the Muslim Ummah is able to regain control of her political will from leaders who have no compunction in sending our brothers to die fee sabee lil kuffaar [for the sake of the kuffaar] and not fee sabee lillah [for the sake of Allah subhana wa ta’ala].
Abdallah Adam
Khilafah.com Journal
28 Jumaad Al-Thani 1424 Hijri
26 August 2003