Analysis, Side Feature

Views on the News – 15 April 2017

Headlines:

  • American Bombing in Afghanistan indicates Hidden Deal with Pakistan to Stop Jihad
  • America Succeeds in Intensifying Tensions over North Korea
  • Russia issues Fake Warning while working hand-in-glove with America in Syria
  • Wolfgang Schäuble to Muslim Migrants: If You Don’t Like Europe, Leave
  • Russian MP Blasts ‘STUPID’ America for Helping ISIS By Bombing Syrian Base
  • US Drops Mother of All Bombs on Afghanistan
  • India Continues its Oppression
  • Nobel Winner in Denial
  • Bank of England Scandal


American Bombing in Afghanistan indicates Hidden Deal with Pakistan to Stop Jihad

America’s dropping of its largest bomb, the MOAB, in eastern Afghanistan is further evidence of a new secret understanding between America and Pakistan. Despite severe pressure from the Taliban Mujahideen in southern Afghanistan, America has chosen to undertake an intensive military campaign in eastern Afghanistan instead. According to the New York Times:

The strike on Thursday targeted a set of mountain tunnels in the Achin district, a stronghold of the Islamic State’s regional affiliate, and it was the first use in combat of the GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast, referred to as the “mother of all bombs.” The bombing was part of an intense air campaign against the Islamic State, with American airstrikes in Afghanistan averaging as many as 10 a day in the first two weeks of April.

The Pakistani government has long complained about the presence of militant bases in eastern Afghanistan used to target Pakistani military and civilian targets. Although the Pakistani media attributes such bases to Indian and Afghan sponsorship, it is evident that the continued existence of these bases would not have been possible without tacit American support.

America’s entire Afghan policy is in crisis because of the increasing strength of the Afghan jihad. It is apparent therefore that America’s decision to move against the very small presence of ISIS instead is part of a deal with Pakistan, according to which Pakistan will work to interfere with the Afghan jihad.

Pakistan is the reason that America is in Afghanistan. It was the Pakistani regime of Pervez Musharraf that provided the gateway for American forces to enter Afghanistan. And now it will be the Pakistani regime of Nawaz Sharif that will secure America’s presence in Afghanistan.

 

America Succeeds in Intensifying Tensions over North Korea

Despite Western rhetoric, it is well known that the disbelieving Western imperial states, primarily Britain and America, try their best to foster problems, tensions, conflicts, and political vacuums throughout the world in order to find a way to involve themselves globally. The American policy towards North Korea is just one example of this. Rather than work sincerely towards a peaceful solution, America deliberately stokes the Korean conflict, provoking North Korea into ever greater escalation, only so that America can increase its presence on China’s border. China knows this well. According to Reuters:
China said on Friday tension over North Korea had to be stopped from reaching an “irreversible and unmanageable stage” as a U.S. aircraft carrier group steamed toward the region amid fears the North may conduct a sixth nuclear weapons test.

Concern has grown since the U.S. Navy fired 59 Tomahawk missiles at a Syrian airfield last week in response to a deadly gas attack, raising questions about U.S. President Donald Trump’s plans for North Korea, which has conducted missile and nuclear tests in defiance of U.N. and unilateral sanctions.

The United States has warned that a policy of “strategic patience” is over. U.S. Vice President Mike Pence travels to South Korea on Sunday on a long-planned 10-day trip to Asia.

China, North Korea’s sole major ally and neighbor which nevertheless opposes its weapons program, has called for talks leading to the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula.

“We call on all parties to refrain from provoking and threatening each other, whether in words or actions, and not let the situation get to an irreversible and unmanageable stage,” Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told reporters in Beijing.

The root of the world’s misery is not the American or British regimes only, but the secular Capitalist ideology that has compromised with atheist materialist values, resulting in rapacious Western elites that relentlessly strive to consume ever increasing wealth and power. The world will be unable to return to the peace and prosperity that existed before the beginnings of Western colonialism in the 18th century until the re-establishment of the righteous Islamic Khilafah state working on the method of the Prophet ﷺ.

 

Russia issues Fake Warning while working hand-in-glove with America in Syria

Russia has issued a warning to America in the aftermath of its attack on a Syrian airfield in response to the alleged use of chemical weapons on its own population by the Assad regime. According to the Independent Newspaper:

Russia’s foreign minister Sergey Lavrov has strongly warned the United States against launching new strikes on Syria.

Mr Lavrov, who hosted representatives from Iran and Syria in Moscow on Friday, said that further US intervention in Syria would entail “grave consequences not only for regional but global security”.

“We have reiterated our position that the attack was an act of aggression, which blatantly violated the principles of international law and the United Nations Charter.”

In fact, Russia has been working closely with America in Syria, and these empty statements follow on the visit to Moscow of US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. Furthermore the American strike itself was militarily insignificant. As reported in Politico:

Washington notified Russian authorities to warn them of the impending attack so Russian military personnel could be evacuated. Just as everyone should have expected, the Russians notified the Syrians, who reportedly moved their most important aircraft elsewhere before the strike. The very next day, Syrian airplanes were once again flying from the base to hit rebel targets.

Despite the ‘humanitarian’ face that America attempts to present to the world, it is America that stands behind Russia in Syria, and it is America that stands behind the bloodthirsty Assad regime. America is struggling to hold onto its empire in the Muslim world as the falsehood and evil of the Western superpower is becoming exposed for all to see. As Muslims continue a renewed Islamic renaissance, their rejection of Western-imposed regimes is becoming ever more intense. It is only a matter of time before America and her agents are completely ejected from Muslim lands.

 

Wolfgang Schäuble to Muslim Migrants: If You Don’t Like Europe, Leave

Muslim migrants are welcome in Germany but “have to accept our way of life,” German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble said. If they don’t like Europe’s culture, they have made “the wrong decision” in moving to the continent, Schäuble said during a panel discussion in Berlin Wednesday evening, according to local media. “There are better places in the world to live under Islamic law than Europe,” he added. On the upcoming French presidential election, the finance minister said Germany needed “a pro-European France.” “We need France to hold together Europe,” he said, adding that he hoped far-right candidate Marine Le Pen would not become president. On Tuesday, the conservative politician said he would vote for independent candidate Emmanuel Macron if he were French, rather than the center-right’s François Fillon. [Source: Politico].

European leaders are openly demanding Muslims must submit to Western values or leave. Schäuble’s remarks are reminiscent of the days of the Spanish Inquisition in the 15th century. Are we about to see a repeat of one of Europe’s greatest crimes against humanity?

 

Russian MP Blasts ‘STUPID’ America for Helping ISIS By Bombing Syrian Base

A furious Russian MP branded the United States “stupid” for their recent airstrike on a Syrian government airbase. Vitaly Milonov, a member of Russia’s foreign relations committee, claimed Donald Trump was fighting in favour of Islamic State (ISIS) jihadis after authorising an attack of 59 tomahawk missiles on Thursday. The US President was reacting to a chemical attack which killed 89 Syrians, allegedly carried out by the Russian-backed Bashar Hafez al-Assad regime. As tensions continue to mount between the two superstates, Mr Milonov launched an angry tirade against the US during a BBC Radio 4 interview. Justifying the Kremlin’s support of the Syrian Government, the Russian MP fumed: “Russian aircraft are helping the legitimate government of Syria to fight terrorists. “If American soldiers would like to help to fight the terrorists, they’re warmly welcomed.”  Alluding to the US airstrike, Mr Milonov added: “Now I can see the American army with all their stupid generals, trying to restore the struggle between Russia and the United States. “They’re trying to help the Islamic State because they did this in favour of the Islamic State and any bomb being blown in Europe, in Russia is a result of this big American assistance to world terrorism.” Meanwhile, Russia and Iran have warned the US they will respond “with force” should America carry out any further attacks on Syria. In a joint statement released in response to the US attack, the group’s command centre wrote: “What America waged in an aggression on Syria is a crossing of red lines.  “From now on we will respond with force to any aggressor or any breach of red lines from whoever it is and America knows our ability to respond well.” The UK’s Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson praised President Trump for showing “a resolve and willingness that has been sadly missing in the last few years”. He said: “We cannot miss this moment. It is time for Putin to face the truth about the tyrant he is still propping up.” [Source: Daily Express]

It is a great shame to see, Islamic lands an open ground for major powers to contest their supremacy. The current leadership of the Muslim world is inapt in repelling such nefarious ambitions of major powers. Only under the leadership of Khilafah Rashidah can Muslims free the Islamic lands from foreign interventions.

 

US Drops Mother of All Bombs on Afghanistan

GBU-43/B device targeted Isis ‘tunnel complex’ and is the largest non-nuclear bomb US has used in combat. Up to 36 suspected Islamic State militants were killed in Afghanistan when the US dropped the largest non-nuclear bomb ever used in combat, the Afghan defence ministry said on Friday. To target what the military described as a “tunnel complex” used by the Isis’s Afghanistan affiliate, the US for the first time used what the military colloquially calls the “mother of all bombs”, the GBU-43/B. Dawlat Waziri, an Afghan ministry spokesman said of Thursday’s strike: “No civilian has been hurt and only the base, which Daesh used to launch attacks in other parts of the province, was destroyed.”  Designed for destroying underground targets but not itself a deep-earth penetrator weapon, the GBU-43/B has the explosive yield of more than 11 tons of TNT. The massive bomb is dropped from air force planes and detonates before reaching the ground, resulting in an enormous blast radius. Only the Massive Ordnance Penetrator GBU-57, which has never been used in war, is a larger conventional weapon. The psychological effect on survivors or observers is considered an added impact of the weapon. Asked whether he had authorized the bombing, Donald Trump said: “Everybody knows exactly what happened. What I do is I authorize my military. We have the greatest military in the world and they’ve done a job as usual. We have given them total authorization and that’s what they’re doing and frankly that’s why they’ve been so successful lately.” Did this bombing send a message to North Korea? “I don’t know if this sends a message; it doesn’t make any difference if it does or not,” the president said. “North Korea is a problem, the problem will be taken care of.” He implied that China was “working very hard” on this issue. Army Gen John W Nicholson, the commander of US forces in Afghanistan, said in a statement that the GBU-43/B was the “right munition” to use against the Islamic State in Khorosan, or Isis-K. [Source: The Guardian]

It is evident that the US is using Afghanistan to test the most destructible conventional weapons, and strike fear amongst other nations. However, it is with great sadness to see the present rulers of the Muslim Ummah remain silent at this crime. Do not they realise that America will use similar weapons on them? Do not they see what happened to loyal western agents such as Gaddafi, Saddam and others?

 

India Continues its Oppression

Indian police have imposed curfew-like curbs on movement of people across several parts of Indian-administered Kashmir, a day after clashes with protesters during a by-election killed eight people and injured more than 200. Separatist factions in Kashmir have called for a two-day strike in protest on Monday. Their calls to boycott the poll in Srinagar, and the ensuing violence, resulted in voter turnout of a mere seven percent on Sunday and forced 70 polling stations to shut down. Whilst initially Indian police used tear gas to disperse the protestors they began to use live round as attempts to disperse them failed. This resulted in the death of seven people. “People can see how much India oppresses us, abuse our mothers and sisters, abuse our religion Islam and puts our brothers into graves,” said Asif Rasool, at the funeral of one of the killed protestors. It is evident to see that the Kashmiri people are not content with an Indian administered solution to their occupation be it democratic or otherwise, it is evident that the call of the Kashmiris is one of liberation and unification with the land of the Muslims. In response to this India’s security forces continue to tighten their group over the people. The Indian government informed the Supreme Court that authorities would introduce new rubber-based bullets for security forces to deal with so called violent protests in the region paving the way for yet more bloodshed.

 

Nobel Winner in Denial

Nobel Prize Winner Aung San Suu Kyi in an interview with the BBC denied the occurrence of a genocide in the Rakhine state of Myanmar. She alleged that the word genocide was “too strong” and claimed, “It is Muslims killing Muslims, as well, if they think they are collaborating with authorities.” Once again, she has shifted the blame of the bloodshed which has seen 75000 Rohingyan Muslims fleeing from Myanmar, only to be turned away by the Muslim brethren elsewhere. Muslims, who pinned so much of their hopes on Suu Kyi and with the international community silent on this genocide it seems this genocide will be allowed to occur within Burma, unhindered and not disturbed.

 

Bank of England Scandal

A secret recording that implicates the Bank of England in Libor rigging has been uncovered. The 2008 recording adds to evidence the central bank repeatedly pressured commercial banks during the financial crisis to push their Libor rates down. Libor is the rate at which banks lend to each other, setting a benchmark for mortgages and loans for ordinary customers. The Bank of England said Libor was not regulated in the UK at the time. The recording calls into question evidence given in 2012 to the Treasury select committee by former Barclays boss Bob Diamond and Paul Tucker, the man who went on to become the deputy governor of the Bank of England. He told the programme: “It sounds to me like those people giving evidence, particularly Bob Diamond and Paul Tucker were misleading parliament, that is a contempt of parliament, it’s a very serious matter and I think we need to urgently summon those individuals back before parliament to explain why it is they appear to have misled MPs. It’s extremely serious.”