Taliban leaders Moved to Afghanistan from Pakistan

By Sajjad Shaukat

The armed forces of Pakistan have broken the backbone of the Taliban and other militant outfits by the successful military operation Zarb-e-Azb, which has also been extended to other parts of the country, including Balochistan. And Pakistan’s intelligence agency, ISI has broken the network of these terrorist groups by capturing several militants, while thwarting a number of terror attempts.

Since the government of the Balochistan province announced general pardon and protection to the Baloch militants as part of reconciliation process, many insurgents and their leaders have surrendered their arms and decided to work for the development of Pakistan and the province, peace has been restored in Balochistan. In these circumstances, Taliban leaders have moved to Afghanistan from Pakistan.

This fact has also been verified by a feature story of the Associated Press (AP), under the caption, “Leaders of the Taliban may have moved to Afghanistan from Pakistan,” Published on November 26, 2016.

The AP wrote, “After operating out of Pakistan for more than a decade, the leaders of Afghanistan’s Taliban movement may have moved back to their homeland to try to build on this year’s gains in the war and to establish a permanent presence…if confirmed, the move would be a sign of the Taliban’s confidence in their fight against the US-backed government in Kabul. It could also be an attempt by the militants to distance themselves from Pakistan.”

The AP reported, “The Taliban’s leaders have been based in Pakistani cities, including Quetta, Karachi and Peshawar, since their rule in Afghanistan was overthrown in the 2001 US invasion after the 9/11 attacks.”

According to this news agency, “Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid who said that the leadership shura, or council, relocated to Afghanistan “some months ago,” although he would not say to where…one Taliban official said that the shura had moved to southern Helmand province, which the insurgents consider to be part of their heartland and where most of the opium that funds their operations is produced. The official refused to be identified because of security reasons…other Taliban sources said the justice, recruitment and religious councils had also moved to southern Afghanistan. The statements could not be independently confirmed…Mujahid, however, said Kabul officials were aware of the moves, prompted by battlefield gains that the insurgents believed would put them in a strong position once talks with the Afghan government aimed at ending the war were restarted. Dialogue broke down earlier this year.”

The AP wrote, “The insurgents have spread their footprint across Afghanistan since international combat troops scaled down in 2014. They have maintained multiple offensives and threatened at least three provincial capitals in recent months: Kunduz, in northern Kunduz province; Lashkah Gar, in Helmand in the south; and Tirin Kot in Uruzgan…the US military has conceded the insurgents have gained ground, although definitive breakdowns are difficult to verify. This year, Afghan security forces are believed to have suffered their worst losses since 2001, with the military estimating 2016 fatalities at more than 5,000 so far.”

It added, “A permanent Taliban presence in Afghanistan would send a message to followers and fighters that the insurgents now control so much territory that they can no longer be dislodged by government security forces, said Franz-Michael Mellbin, the European Union’s ambassador in Kabul…but such a move could also be part of the Taliban’s attempt to try to create a more independent position, as parts of the Taliban would like to be under less direct pressure from Pakistan.”

The AP reported, “Ghani has failed to bring them into a dialogue aimed at peace. After a year-long diplomatic offensive, Ghani in late 2015 cut ties with Islamabad and has since openly accused Pakistan of waging war on Afghanistan, using the Taliban as its proxy. Pakistani authorities deny accusations that their powerful ISI intelligence agency supports the insurgents…with the major councils based in Afghanistan.”

It said, “If the move is confirmed, it could also indicate a unity among leaders, who have recently been portrayed by some observers, including the US military, as suffering widening divisions and struggling for cash—even though the opium production under their control has an annual export value of $4 billion, according to the UN Office on Drugs and Crime.”

The news agency mentioned, “The Taliban’s leadership shura consists of 16 elected officials who oversee activity across Afghanistan, give permission for any changes in planning and strategy, and mediate disputes among military commanders…the military commanders include Mullah Yaqoub, the son of the movement's founder, Mullah Mohammad Omar—who was declared dead last year—and Sirajuddin Haqqani, leader of the brutal Haqqani network and a co-deputy leader with Yaqoub…the Afghan Taliban are led by Mullah Haibatullah Akhundzada, who took over after the death of Mullah Omar’s successor, Akhtar Mansoor, in a US drone strike this year. High-ranking Taliban officials say Haibatullah is not engaged in day-to-day decision-making. They spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorised to talk to reporters.”

The AP disclosed, “A senior Taliban commander, Asad Afghan, told The Associated Press the move would consolidate the insurgents’ military gains and help lay the ground for a dominant position if and when peace talks resume…we are in the last stages of war and are moving forward, said Afghan, who is closely involved in formulating the insurgents' war strategy..we are the real government in Afghanistan, he said. The move across the border would give the movement more focus at a time it needs to be quick, clear and more secure about our decisions.”

However, almost all the terrorists or terrorist groups and insurgency in Pakistan, especially Balochistan have their connections in Afghanistan. The porous border between Pakistan and Afghanistan is frequently used by human and drug traffickers, criminals and terrorists. Their easy access through unguarded porous border provides opportunity to miscreants to cause havoc inside Pakistan and Afghanistan. For effective counter terrorism measures, strong border-control management is vital at Pak-Afghan border. But, Afghan rulers are using delaying tactics in this respect by rejecting Islamabad’s positive proposals.

Notably, as part of the dual strategy, based in Afghanistan, American CIA, Indian RAW and Israeli Mossad are in connivance with the Afghan intelligence agency, National Directorate of Security (NDS) and other terrorist groups. Based in Afghanistan, operatives of these foreign agencies who are well-penetrated in the terrorist outfits like Islamic State group (Also known as Daesh, ISIS, ISIL), Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and their affiliated Taliban groups are using their militants to destabilize Tibetan regions of China, Iranian Sistan-Baluchistan and Pakistan’s Balochistan by arranging the subversive activities. In this connection, the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is their special target. The militant groups have conducted several terror attacks in various regions of Pakistan, especially the recent ones in Balochistan province which has become center of the Great Game owing to the ideal location of Balochistan.

There is no doubt that as part of the double game of their countries, escalation of tension at Pak-Afghan border is deliberately engineered by the elements such as CIA, RAW and Mossad which are opposed to peace talks and improvement of bilateral relations between Pakistan and Afghanistan. Hence, their countries always shift the blame game to Pakistan.  

Undoubtedly, Afghan peace and reconciliation process is a reality, despite of its slow pace and continual interruptions. The positive trajectory of constructive relations between Islamabad and Kabul raised alarm-bells amongst the US-led adversaries who are attempting to affect the progressive Pak-Afghan relations through smear and sinister scheming.

Although Taliban leaders have moved to Afghanistan from Pakistan, yet especially America, India and puppet rulers of Afghanistan will continue blame game against Islamabad, because, despite the prolonged war of more than 15 years, the US-led entities or NATO have failed in coping with the resistance of those Taliban who are fighting for the liberation of their country.  America, India, Israel and some Western countries are also against Pakistan, as the latter is the only nuclear country in the Islamic World.

India Activates Dangerous Arms Race in South Asia

By Sajjad Shaukat

It is most regrettable that by ignoring the modern global trends like renunciation of war, peaceful settlement of disputes and economic development, India has activated dangerous arms race in South Asia.

In this respect, India test-fired its longest range surface-to-surface nuclear ballistic missile Agni-5 from the Abdul Kalam Island off the coast of Odisha on December 26, this year.

Agni-5 is capable of striking a target of more than 5,000 km away. The missile can carry a nuclear warhead of more than one tone. It can target almost all of Asia including Pakistan and China and Europe.

While, the Agni-6 is reported to be in early stages of development and the most advanced version, with a strike-range of 8,000-10,000 km.

New Delhi already has in its arsenal—the Agni 1, 2, 3 and 4 missile systems and supersonic cruise missiles like Brahmos.

According to Times of India, “Once the Agni-V is inducted, India will join the super exclusive club of countries with ICBMs (missiles with a range of over 5,000-5,500km) alongside the US, Russia, China, France and the UK.”

It is notable that in its report, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) had disclosed on February 22, 2015 that India is the world’s largest recipient of arms—“India (14 percent of global arms imports), China (4.7 per cent), Australia (3.6 per cent) and Pakistan (3.3 per cent).” In its report of 2016 also SIPRI pointed out India’s arms-import.

New Delhi’s military is acquiring a slew of new equipments from combat aircraft to submarines and artillery. It is currently finalising a deal with France’s Dassault Aviation to buy 126 Rafale fighter jets in a contract worth an estimated $12 billion.

Although peace and brinksmanship cannot co-exist in the modern era, yet India seeks to destabilize Asia through its aggressive designs, activated with new arms race.

And as part of the double standard, America brushed aside the Indian poor record regarding the safety of nuclear weapons and materials. And despite, Indian violations of various international agreements and its refusal to sign Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) and Additional Protocol with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Washington signed a pact of nuclear civil technology with New Delhi in 2008. During American President Barack Obama’s visit to India, on January 25, 2016, the US and India announced a breakthrough on the pact which would allow American companies to supply New Delhi with civilian nuclear technology.

On November 2, 2010, US agreed to sell India the most expensive—the new F-35 fighter jets including US F-16 and F-18 fighters, C-17 and C-130 aircraft, radar systems, Harpoon weapons etc. Besides acquisition of arms and weapons from other western countries—especially Israel, America is a potential military supplier to India. US also pressurized IAEA and the Nuclear Suppliers Group to grant a waiver to New Delhi for obtaining civil nuclear trade on larger scale.

In fact, US wants New Delhi to continue anti-China and anti-Pakistan role. Beijing is apprehensive about the emerging threat, as during the last visit of Obama to New Delhi, the intent of President Obama and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was quite clear, while mentioning about free sea lanes and air passages in the South China Sea.

In this connection, tension arose between India and China in the recent past, when Indian army erected a military camp in Chumar Sector of Ladakh at the Line of Actual Control (LAC)-disputed border, situated between the two countries. Similarly, tension remains over the Line of Control (LoC) in Kashmir, as India keeps on violating the ceasefire-agreement in wake of the unresolved issue of Kashmir.

It is mentionable that under the Pak-China pretext, Indian ex-Army Chief, General Deepak Kapoor disclosed on December 29, 2010 that the Indian army “is now revising its five-year old doctrine” and is preparing for a “possible two-front war with China and Pakistan.”

It is noteworthy that after 9/11, both India and Israel which had openly jumped on Bush’s anti-terrorism enterprise are acting upon a secret diplomacy, targeting Pakistan and China. It could be assessed from the interview of Israel’s ambassador to India, Mark Sofer, published in the Indian weekly Outlook on February 18, 2008. Regarding India’s defense arrangements with Tel Aviv, Sofer had surprisingly revealed, “We do have a defense relationship with India, and “with all due respect, the secret part will remain a secret.” In fact, with the support of Israel, New Delhi has been acquiring an element of strategic depth by setting up logistical bases in the Indian Ocean for its navy.

Particularly, fast growing economic power of China coupled with her rising strategic relationship with the Third World, and especially Pakistan—after signing of agreement, “China-Pakistan Economic Corridor” which is, though for the benefit of South Asia, but, has irked the eyes of Americans, Indians and Israelis. Owing to jealousy, America desires to make India a major power to counterbalance China in Asia.

Notably, on July 20, 2011, while hinting towards Pak-China ties, the then US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urged India to be more assertive in Asia, saying that as American ally, the country should play more of a leadership role. She explained, “India has the potential to positively shape the future of the Asia-Pacific.”

It is owing to the US dual policy that New Delhi openly follows threatening diplomacy in South Asia. In this context, in May 1998 when India detonated five nuclear tests, it also compelled Pakistan to follow the suit. The then Defense Minister George Fernandes had also declared publicly that “China is India’s potential threat No. 1.” Now, by setting aside peace-offers of Beijing and Islamabad, New Delhi has entangled the latter in a deadly arms race.

While, international community has been making strenuous efforts for world peace in wake of global financial crisis and war against terrorism, but India has particularly initiated deadly nuclear arms race in South Asia where people are already facing multiple problems of grave nature. Majority of South Asian people are living below the poverty level, lacking basic facilities like fresh food and clean water. Yielding to acute poverty, every day, some persons commit suicide.

Even, Indian civil society organizations, while complaining of excessive defense spending, recently, pointed out that the government spends very little amount for the betterment of people. Indian defense analyst Ravinder Pal Singh, while indicating New Delhi’s unending defense expenditures at the cost of poverty-alleviation, calls it guns-versus-butter question.

Nevertheless, by ignoring regional problems and especially resolution of Indo-Pak issues, particularly the Kashmir dispute which remains a nuclear flashpoint, Indian rulers state that they do not have any belligerent policy. But, it becomes a big joke of the 21st century, reminding a maxim, “armed to the teeth, but no enemy”, if we take cognizance of India’s increasing defense purchases and her aggressive designs.  Nonetheless, if India continues activating dangerous arms race in South Asia, it can occlude in a nuclear war.

Sajjad Shaukat writes on international affairs and is author of the book: US vs Islamic Militants, Invisible Balance of Power: Dangerous Shift in International Relations

Email: sajjad_logic@yahoo.com

Chahbahar Project-A Dream

 By Sajjad Shaukat

In response to the $46-billion project, the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), the US broadly supported India and Afghanistan in signing a deal with Iran for a transport corridor, opening up a new route to Afghanistan via the Iranian port of Chabahar. In this context, during his visit to Tehran, on May 23, 2016, the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi signed 12 agreements with Tehran, including a deal to develop Iran’s Chabahar port. India will spend $500 million on the project, with a plan to invest an additional $ 16 billion in the Chabahar free trade zone. Chabahar—located about 1,800 kilometres south of Tehran—is more than just a port with an adjoining free trade zone. But, CPEC is much bigger and viable project than Chahbahar, if Pakistan develops the project with speed, efficiency and transparency, it needs not be worried about Chabahar.

On November 11, this year, the Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Shari inaugurated the Gwadar Port warm-water; deep-sea port located on the Arabian Sea in Balochistan province, and is the center of the CPEC project. The port has formally been operationalized for trade activities through the western route of CPEC.

The establishment of CPEC between deep Gwadar seaport of Balochistan and the historic Silk Road city in western regions-Xinjiang of China will connect Gilgit-Baltistan through Khunjerab Pass. Beijing would also build an international airport at Gwadar, while the roads infrastructure in Gwadar would link the communication network of rest of the country to facilitate transportation of goods.

When Gwadar seaport becomes fully operational, it would connect the landlocked Central Asian Republics (CARs) with rest of the world. Being the commercial hub, the port is likely to increase volume of trade, bringing multiple economic and financial benefits to Pakistan like the Suez Canal which changed the destiny of Egypt when Israel returned it to the former. It will enable high-volume cargo vessels to move in the major oceans. Gwadar project will not only uplift the impoverished people of Balochistan by providing thousands of employment opportunities and is likely to develop whole the province by redressing their grievances. The resulting prosperity in the province would trickle down to the Baloch people and damp the separatist sentiments, which the hostile elements, supported by the US, India and Israeli do not want.

Regarding the two projects—CPEC and Chahbahar, on June 13, 2016, a Chinese newspaper, Global Times has blamed India for damaging the prospects of Gwadar by investing in Chahbahar to isolate Pakistan; however, it will not succeed in its designs. The paper elaborated, “Pakistan’s Sindh Province saw a bomb attack against Chinese engineers and small-scale protests against the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) recently. Meanwhile, the Pakistani government claimed that anti-CPEC activities by foreign forces have been busted in Baluch Province. At the Beijing Forum held in Islamabad in late May, countries including the US and Japan have shown concerns over CPEC construction and even bluntly criticized the China-Pakistan friendship. CPEC is a significant part of the Belt and Road initiative, which is not only a domestic strategy of China to open up its central and western regions, but also Pakistan’s domestic development plan as well as regional integration.”

However, the recent India-Iran-Afghanistan agreement to develop a trade route from Chabahar to Central Asia has been portrayed by Indian commentators as having changed the historical Great Game for control of the connection between South and Central Asia through Afghanistan. But, the project will remain a dream after the collapse of the inter-Afghan negotiations and acceleration of the attacks by Taliban on the US-led NATO forces and installations, including those of the Afghan soldiers. Afghanistan is moving to further lawlessness.

The Kabul administration feels paralyzed due to the acts of violence and is incapable to reinstate peace in the country, as both India and puppet rulers of Afghanistan want to prolong the stay of the US-led NATO forces in that country. As part of the double game, American CIA, Indian RAW and Israeli Mossad are destabilizing Afghanistan. Bringing the northerners into the mainstream, arming and equipping them are very much in the same connection. Fanning the flames of violence is and has always been their policy. Iran built Chahbahar Port for the same purpose and it was inaugurated at a time when Pakistan’s Gwadar Port is about to be launched and when China is determined to construct a port of international standard at Gwadar.

On the enticement of New Delhi which is against Pak-Iranian cordial relationship, Iran as a first step was able to convince and muster the support of India to partner Iran in the construction of Chahbahar Port. Thus, India not only undermines Pakistan’s interests, but also renders Afghanistan—unable to stand on its feet. India entrapped Iran by making its contribution in the development of Chahbahar Port has relieved Tehran of its stress to get Central Asian Republics (CARs) ready for transit of their trade goods only through Chahbahar. Therefore, Iran is not only constructing railway track and metalled roads for its trade with CARs via Turkmenistan, but also taking away roads and railways track from Afghanistan.

On line sources suggest that on the enticement of New Delhi, Iran’s intelligence agencies have tasked writers and experts to propagate for the Chahbahar project. Among these paid works is Tolo TV which has been appointed by Tehran in the TV channel. The said TV channel portrays the port in such a way, as if Afghanistan would harvest great benefits from it. The Kabul administration is also very active in this regard and defending the projects by resorting to narrative which is a mixture of facts and lies. The Kabul administration is like more loyal than the King in this respect.

Few writers say that Chahbahar is closer to Afghanistan than Gwadar and Karachi and freight charges would be less and the cargo would reach its destination in shorter time. It is a blatant lie and distortion of facts. In reality, Chahbahar is farther than Gwadar, Karachi and Wagah For instance, Kabul-Islamabad-360 km, Islamabad-Karachi-1100 km, Islamabad Wagah-290 km, Kandhar-Karachi-740 Km, Kandhar-Gwadar -760 km, Kandhar-Zabul-450 km, Zabul- Chahbahar-650-km, Kabul-Kandhar-500 km, Kabul-Wagah-360+ 290= 650 km, Kabul-Karachi - 360+1100=1460 km, Kandhar-Chahbahar-1100 km, Kandhar-Gwadar-760 km, and Kabul- Chahbahar-500 + 450 + 650 =1600 km show the real distances in this regard.

It is now clear that Kabul-Wagah is the shortest route, while the longest route is Kabul-Chahbahar. If Kabul is declared as the business centre then Kabul-Karachi route via Torkharn is 1460 km, while via Kandhar and Chaman it is 500+740=1240 km; Kabul-Gwadar via Kandhar is 500+760=1260 km while Kabul-Chahbahar is 500 + 1030 = 1580 km.

If Kandhar is considered as the business center then Kandhar-Karachi is 740 km and Gwadar is 760 km, while Chahbahar is one and half, and two times farther which is 1100 km.

Notably, each container coming via Chahbahar would cost US $ 500 to 1000 less than those reaching Afghanistan via Karachi. It is such a blatant lie which can be uttered only by a man without any scruples. If we subtract 700 km out of its (Chahbahar) total distance then the Chahbahar Port should exist either inside Afghanistan or close to Iran border rather than South of Iran.

A write who falsely said that Chahbahar Port is mere 70 km away from Gwadar, and also mentioned incorrect information about the distance from Gwadar to Karach, while the fact is that distance between Gwadar and Karachi is 180 km.

It should also be kept in mind that by preferring Chahbahar, Pakistanis, on one hand are relinquishing the Pakistani market for fruits and agricultural products and on the other hand, they are inviting problems by exporting Afghanistan’s fresh fruit to India via Wagah. Chahbahar is by no means an alternate route for export of fresh fruits from all provinces of Afghanistan, except few types of fruit, which do not come quickly, like those from Farah, Nimroz and to some extent from Herat and Kandhar. Neither, it is feasible for melon and grapes from Northern Provinces nor other agricultural products from Logar, Laghman and Ningarhar. Because of Indian factor, Iran, on one hand does not provide space to Pakistan’s fruits and agricultural products in its markets, and on the other hand, Islamabad is giving away markets in Pakistan and India, which if lost once, will be very difficult to find again.

What Afghanistan can do is to better prefer Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline project which is lifeline for Pakistan and India and other related countries—Afghanistan may convince Islamabad to facilitate Kabul in accessing Indian markets via Pakistan. Similarly, Pakistan can also convince New Delhi not to hunt for routes to access CARs other than through Afghanistan.

It is of particular attention that the US pro-Israeli and pro-Indian President-elect Donald Trump has stated that he would abandon the Iran nuclear deal, while differences are already deepening between the Russian-led coalition of Iran, Lebanon-based Hezbollah and Iraq which has broken the backbone of the US-CIA-assisted ISIS terrorists, Al-Qaeda’s Al-Nusra Front and the rebels who have been fighting to oust the Syrian President Assad’s government and against the current Iraqi regime as part of America’s double game to obtain Israeli interests.

Nevertheless, due to these developments including other dimensions, the US-backed Chahbahar project will remain a dream.

Berlin Terror Attack: The Only Option for Israel?

By Sajjad Shaukat

At least 12 people were killed and about 50 injured when a truck ploughed into a Christmas market at Breitscheidplatz in the German city of Berlin on December 19, this year (Monday evening). The Islamic State group (Also known as Daesh, ISIS, ISIL) claimed responsibility for the attack via its Amaq news agency.

Berlin police said on the next day, that investigators assume the driver of the truck did so intentionally in a suspected terrorist attack.

A man found in the truck was ruled out by police as the driver at the time of the attack. He died as a result of the crash and was later identified as a Polish citizen. Police also stated that the nationality of the suspected driver, who fled the crash scene and was later arrested, was unclear. He was also indentified as Pakistani.

The German interior minister Thomas de Maizière stated in the hours after the attack that the evidence had not yet made it clear that it was deliberate, though it was likely to have been one.

According to the latest reports, German police said that they may have arrested the wrong man over the Berlin terror attack,  and the real culprit could still be at large and armed and dangerous.

In the world of Zionist-controlled media, quite contrarily to the statements of Police and the interior minister, some German, British and American newspapers wrote that the driver of the vehicle which barreled into a crowded Christmas market was from Afghanistan or Pakistan who had entered Germany as refugee earlier this year.

However, terror attack in Berlin cannot be seen in isolation. Like the previous terror assaults in Europe and the US, including some other countries, this new one in Berlin is also a false flag operation, arranged by some state actors and their intelligence agencies in order to achieve secret aims.

In this respect, some state actors like the US and particularly, Israel are still acting upon the secret strategies of the old political thinkers like Hobbes, Machiavelli, Morgenthau and Kissinger to achieve their selfish aims in wake of the modern world trends such as renunciation of war, peaceful settlement of disputes and economic development, while social media or internet has not only accelerated the peoples’ interaction of various countries for the development of their mutual related-fields, but also exposed the hidden game of some state actors.

In this regard, there is a co-relationship of the double game, secret strategy and false flag operations which continue unabated.

Like the terror attacks in Paris, Brussels, Orlando, San Bernardino, Nice, Munich and latest one in Berlin is also a false flag operation and is part of the secret strategy of American CIA and especially Israeli Mossad which are in collaboration with each other in order to obtain the covert aims of their countries. Mossad might be alone involved in the terror assault of Berlin.

Various acts of terrorism show that without taking cognizance of the related-developments in the world, the general masses of a country and even some educated persons start blaming all the Muslims and the ISIS in this respect. Therefore, we need to go in-depth analysis to know who is behind the carnage in Berlin. In these terms, as part of the secret strategy of some states, double game and false flag operations are interrelated.

As regards terrorism, Machiavelli advises the rulers to have a lion-like image outwardly, and act upon the traits of goat inwardly. He also suggests them foreign adventures and the use of terror to obtain their goals. In his sense, a good ruler should be a good opportunist and hypocrite. While echoing Machiavelli, Morgenthau points out that sometimes, rulers act upon immoral activities like deceit, fraud, falsehood and even murder to fulfill their selfish aims.

Indicating double game, Morgenthau, and Palmer and Perkins opine, “Just as power became the instrument of ambitious nationalism and state’s leaders, it has now become the tool of ideologies. The true nature of the policy is concealed by ideological justifications and rationalization.”

After the false flag operations of Paris and Brussels, the shooting at San Bernardino, California etc., Israel achieved its several sinister designs. Like the drastic aftermath of 9/11 tragedy, rulers and politicians of the US-led Western countries, especially of Europe, including their media have been misguiding their general public by creating chauvinism against the Muslims. They are propagating the so-called threat of Islamophobia. In one way or the other, the Muslims are being persecuted in the US and other Western countries, particularly in Europe which has been put on high alert, as these subversive acts were being taken as attacks on the whole continent.

Mossad also funded the election-campaign of the Israeli-supported the US President-elect Donald Trump who won the presidential race of the Republican Party, as he had started exaggerating the threat of Islamophobia by manipulating various terror attacks in the US and Europe.

Trump manipulated the terror attacks which occurred in Paris, Brussels, San Bernardino, Orlando, Nice and Munich which were, in fact, false flag operations, conducted by Israeli Mossad in connivance with some CIA operatives who were playing the double game by using the terrorists of the ISIS in this respect, while, some incidents were not linked to ISIS, but were the result of self-radicalization of the individuals.

Donald Trump used each terror assault in fueling anti-Muslim racialism in America and to get the sympathies of a majority of the ordinary Americans and those of Europe, who did not have much time to go into depth-analysis and have been misguided by his emotional speeches, statements and false hopes. The more he exploited the threat of Islamic militants, the more popularity he got among general masses of America, who have been impressed by his stereotypes. After the incident at San Bernardino, which resulted in the deaths of 14 persons by a Muslim couple, Trump had called for a ban on Muslims, entering the United States.

The Washington Post in an article, under the caption, “Trump’s reckless, dangerous Islamophobia helps the Islamic State”, wrote on June 13, 2016, “Trump’s standards, his comments about the Orlando shooting have been reckless and self-serving. They are also dangerous for the country…the strongest remaining force that propels the Islamic State is the Islamophobia of Trump and his European counterparts, argue senior intelligence strategists for the U.S.-led coalition. Inflammatory, xenophobic statements about Muslims reinforce the jihadists’ claims that they are Muslim knights fighting against an intolerant West. Trump unwittingly gives them precisely the role they dream about.”

In this regard, Khaled A. Beydoun pointed out on the Aljazeera multimedia network on March 13, 2016, “The world brand Trump is becoming synonymous with expansion of racism and incitement of Islamophobia…I think Islam hate us, said Donald Trump, 24 hours before the Republican presidential debate in Miami…is a call to his voting base, to further galvanise them around a disdain for Islam that not only heightens hateful fervour at his rallies, but incites violence on American blocks and pushes bigots to the ballot box…the statement is rooted in the very ignorance and hate which made him the darling of bigots and surged him up the polls…Islamophobia¬-the suspicion and fear of Islam and its 1.7 billion adherent-is political ideology for Trump.”

Anti-Muslim rhetoric of Trump could be judged from his several other statements. Trump’s opposition to Muslim refugees, especially from Syria is very well known. During his appearance with the National Border Patrol Council’s Green Line radio show on May 15, 2016, Donald Trump predicted that refugees with ISIS-funded cell phones will conduct another 9/11-like terrorist attack in the US. During a GOP debate in December, 2016, he had already expressed similar thoughts by giving “Americans wake-up call about border security and to take it seriously,” elaborating that he had “no doubt, the attackers were already entering the country.” On February 14, 2016, CIA Director John Brennan warned that ISIS attacks on “U.S. soil is inevitable.” However, these warnings were exploited by the Mossad and its affiliated CIA operatives to target the night club of Orlando, (Florida) so as to provide Donald Trump with an opportunity to accelerate his campaign against the Muslims.

After the shooting at the gay night club in Orlando, he also criticized the US President Barack Obama to resign, slamming him for having “disgracefully refused to even say the words “Radical Islam.” Calling on his opponent-candidate Clinton to get out of the general election race for the same reason, Trump said, “Because our leaders are weak, I said this was going to happen…we cannot afford.” Trump again remarked that he would decrease immigration from the Middle East because “since 9/11, hundreds of migrants and their children have been implicated in terrorism in the United States.” He, once again, asked for the ban of any Muslims, entering the US. On June 19, 2016, during his interview with the CBC News, he called for racial “profiling of Muslims inside the United States to combat terrorism.”He reiterated his call for more surveillance of mosques and warned that radical Muslims were trying to take over our children.

Trump continued move against Muslims. In this context, toughening immigration checks for the French and Germans in the US, questioning NATO obligations and hinting at an exit from the World Trade Organization, Donald Trump said on July 24, this year, “We have problems in Germany and we have problems in France…they have totally been compromised by deadly Islamist attacks in Nice and last year in Paris…you know why? It’s their own fault…because they allowed people to come into their countries.”

Nevertheless, the incident of shooting at the gay club in Orlando not only exposed this false flag operation, but also endorsed other false flag terror-attacks in the US and Europe. In this regard, in an interview with Brazilian TV on June 14, 2016, the ex-wife of the Orlando shooter Omar Mateen Sitora Yusufiy revealed that American FBI pressurized her to keep quiet about his homosexuality. While, Mateen had been dubbed as an Islamic terrorist by the American politicians, senior officials and commentators, following reports that he had pledged allegiance to the ISIS, but FBI wanted to downplay the personal and self-hating nature of the assault. Even, President Obama stated on June 12, 2016, “Federal authorities had made no definitive judgment on the killer’s motivation, and whether he was inspired by or directed by Islamic State or other terrorist groups. Obama clarified by explaining “Orlando shooting was the result of Mateen’s personal resentment in relation to the gay club.”

Similarly, the teenager Ali David Sonboly who killed 9 people in Munich had no connection with the ISIS. Police investigation of France revealed that he was “a mentally troubled person” and police also discovered extremist material, linked to the attack by Andres Behring Brevik, the white supremacist who murdered 77 persons in Norway in 2011. And the shooting in the French city of Nice was also a false flag terror-act, as CIA-Mossad arranged it with help of ISIS which used homegrown terrorists of France.

Nonetheless, owing to the irresponsible approach of western leaders, far right-wing parties and “Stop Islam” movement in the West, especially in Europe are becoming popular by largely attracting their people. Amid a migrant crisis, sluggish economic growth and growing disillusionment with the European Union, right-wing parties in a growing number of European countries have made electoral gains. The right-wing parties range across a wide policy spectrum, from populist and nationalist to far-right neofascist.

In September 2016, German Chancellor Angela Merkel accepted responsibility for her Christian Democratic party's “bitter defeat” in Berlin state elections, voicing regret over mistakes that contributed to migrant crisis in Germany. More than a million migrants reached Germany. She has been widely criticized in Germany for the policy, which was a humanitarian gesture faced with the desperate plight of migrants, many of them refugees from the war in Syria. The right-wing, anti-migrant party Alternative for Germany (AfD) entered the Berlin state parliament for the first time with 14% of the vote.

With political norms and expectations shattered, attention is turning to the heart of western Europe—to France, Germany and Italy, each of which holds national polls in the coming months.

Recently, France voted to choose the rightwing candidate likely to face the far-right Marine Le Pen, head of the far-right Front National in next spring’s presidential election—just as Donald Trump’s US win has thrown the spotlight on France as the scene of the next possible shakeup of the political system.

What really draws down the darkening for Europe’s leaders, however, is the realization that there are plenty of other European politicians ready to remake their own image in that of Trump.

Besides revival of the fake global war on terror, Israeli-led America also got the support of its Western allies (NATO) against Russia in relation to Syrian civil war, and as part of the double game and secret strategy, American jet fighters and those of its Western coalition started targeting the ISIS terrorists in Iraq and Syria.

Meanwhile, despite criticism of the Democrats and other circles in wake of widespread protests, with 304 votes, Electoral College seals Donald Trump’s election as president on December 19, 2016.  

In order to divert the attention towards Moscow, Israel was behind election-victory of Donald Trump, while American President Obama ordered the CIA to review evidence that Russia was behind a series of cyber-attacks that compromised Hillary Clinton’s campaign and may have helped Donald Trump win the presidency. But, Russian President Vladimir Putin has denied the false allegations and demanded evidence in this regard.

In his recent statement, the US President-elect Donald Trump who has always backed Tel Aviv at the cost of the Palestinians, pledged to move the US Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem without bothering for monumental challenges in one of the world’s most tense environments. David Friedman, Trump’s pick for ambassador to Israel, reinforced this commitment on December15, this year by saying that he looks forward to serving “from the U.S. Embassy in Israel’s eternal capital, Jerusalem.”

Although the presidential nominee of the Democrats Hillary Clinton is also Israeli agent, yet her criticism about contributions of election-campaign from Wall Street backers, email-scandal, drone-scandal etc. have weakened her position. Hence, Trump best suited the interests of Tel Aviv. Notably, in an interview with the Daily Mail on May 2, 2016, Trump stated that Israel should continue construction of illegal settlements across the occupied West Bank.

Trump also intends to favour India, while opposing the nuclear weapons of Pakistan, as he stated in the recent past. He has brushed aside the ground realities that Indian Prime Minister Narindra Modi led by the ruling fundamentalist party BJP has been implementing anti-Muslim and anti-Pakistan agenda, while encouraging Hindutva (Hindu nationalism). Besides Muslims, BJP and other extremist outfits have also been targeting the Christians and their places of worship. Donald Trump has further encouraged Hindu terrorism inside India where other religious minorities are living under perennial fear.

But, some developments have frustrated the Israelis and the Zionist Jews.

Russian-led Syrian forces retook the Aleppo on December 13, this year by defeating the rebel groups and other militant outfits.

Retaking Aleppo, which has been split between rebel and government control since 2012, is biggest victory of the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in the civil war. Aleppo is strategically important and is industrial capital of Syria; therefore, analysts were already opining that the city will decide the Syrian war led by Russia and the US. America and Israel had thought that before Syrian forces-backed by Russia occupy more territories and cities; especially Aleppo, rebel groups and the ISIS should be given a free hand to continue fighting and to violate the ceasefire-agreements in relation to Syrian war, particularly Aleppo.

Russian-led coalition of Iran, Iraq, the Syrian army-the National Defense Forces (NDF) and Lebanon-based Hezbollah, which have broken the backbone of the Mossad-CIA-assisted ISIS terrorists, Al-Qaeda’s Al-Nusra Front and the rebels who have been fighting to oust the Syrian President Assad’s government and against the current Iraqi regime as part of America’s double game to obtain Israeli interests.

In case of Iraq on June 26, 2016, Russian-assisted Iraqi forces recaptured the city of Fallujah. They are likely to retake Mosul.

Although by taking advantage of the Russian-Syrian troops engaged in fighting in Aleppo, the ISIL re-occupied Syrian ancient town of Palmyra on December 11, 2016 after it was retaken by Syrian government and Russian forces nine months ago, yet the town will again retaken by the government forces in the near future. Next day, Moscow, deplored the lack of cooperation with the United States in Palmyra after ISIS re-entered the ancient Syrian city.

In this connection, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stated that the movement of IS fighters fleeing an Iraqi assault on Mosul to Syria and the offensive on Palmyra might be part of an orchestrated plan to ease pressure on rebel groups in the second city of Aleppo.

Meanwhile, Russia and China on December 5, this year vetoed a United Nations Security Council resolution calling for a ceasefire in the Syrian city of Aleppo to allow desperately needed aid into the war-ravaged zone. In fact, US-led some western countries wanted a temporary truce to rearm the rebel groups, under the cover of evacuation of the non-combatant civilians by propagating humanitarian crisis in Syria. It was the sixth Russian veto since 2011 on a Syria-themed resolution. China joined for the fifth time. Both Moscow and Beijing have same stand in relation to Syria’s war, rebel groups and terrorist outfits like ISIS.

However, victory of Aleppo has proved the Russian ground and air supremacy over the US-led entities. Undoubtedly, it is due to excellent leadership qualities and skillful diplomacy of the Russian President Putin that analysts have started saying that after victory in Aleppo, very soon, Syria will be liberated from the hold of the US-Israeli-led some western powers who have, covertly, been supporting the rebel groups and the ISIS. Defeat of these entities in Aleppo has also exposed helplessness of the US President Obama and its western allies who were fighting to oust the Syrian President Assad’s regime and the failure of the CIA-prepared plan-B of Syria’s partition. With the defeat in Syria’s civil war, the US-backed pipeline project would also prove fruitless.

After the defeat in Aleppo, Mossad arranged terror assaults in Turkey, Cairo (Church) and military base of Yemen.

Similarly, the US which is acting upon a secret strategy, wants to make India the superpower of Asia so as to counterbalance China.

During American President Obama’s visit to India, on January 25, 2010, the US and India announced a breakthrough on a pact which would allow American companies to supply New Delhi with civilian nuclear technology. On November 2, 2010, US agreed to sell India the most expensive—the new F-35 fighter jets including US F-16 and F-18 fighters, C-17 and C-130 aircraft, radar systems, Harpoon weapons etc. Besides acquisition of arms and weapons from other western countries—especially Israel, America is a potential military supplier to India.

During President Obama’s second visit to India, on January 25, 2016, the US ensured India to permit American companies to supply India with civilian nuclear technology, as agreed upon in 2008. US President Obama also announced $4 billion of new initiatives aimed at boosting trade and investment ties as well as jobs in India.

Nevertheless, setting aside the Indian irresponsible record of non-proliferation, and safety of nuclear arms, Washington also pressurized the International Atomic Agency (IAEA) to sign an accord of specific safeguards with India. America had already contacted the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) to grant a waiver to New Delhi for starting civil nuclear trade on larger scale.

As part of the double game, based in Afghanistan, operatives of American CIA, Indian RAW and Israeli Mossad which have well-established their secret network there, and are well-penetrated in the terrorist outfits like ISIS, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and their affiliated Taliban groups are using their terrorists to destabilize Tibetan regions of China, Iranian Sistan-Baluchistan and Pakistan’s Balochistan by arranging the subversive activities. In this context, the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is their special target. Recent acts of terrorism in Pakistan’s Balochistan are part of the same scheme.   

In case of Balochistan, these militant outfits and separatist groups like the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) and their affiliated groups, including Jundollah (God’s soldiers) and Lashkar-i-Janghvi which have been creating unrest in the Balochistan get logistic support from RAW and Mossad with the tactical assistance of America. In the recent years, these terrorist outfits massacred many persons through suicide attacks, bomb blasts, targeted killings and sectarian violence. These externally-supported insurgent groups had kidnapped and killed many Chinese and Iranian nationals in Pakistan, including Iranian diplomats. They have claimed responsibility for a number of terror assaults, including those on Shias in Balochsitan and Iranian Sistan-Baluchistan.

Notably, located on the southwestern coast of Pakistan, Balochistan’s Gwadar deep seaport which is the main part of the CPEC is close to the Strait of Hormuz from where more than 17 million barrels of oil passes every day. Its location among South Asia, the oil-rich Middle East, and oil and gas-resourced Central Asia has further increased its strategic significance. Besides, Balochistan’s abundant mineral resources irritate the eyes of the US, India and Israel which intend to weaken Pakistan for their collective aims.

It is noteworthy that during the sixth Heart of Asia Conference which was held in the Indian city of Amritsar on December 3 and 4, this year, addressing the conference, Russian envoy Zamir Kabulov rejected the Indian and Afghan allegations against Pakistan. He stated that Afghanistan is the pivot of the conference and the agenda of the conference should not be hijacked. He added that being friends and supporters, we should avoid the blame game and work together. He also said that Pakistan’s Adviser to the Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Azizj Aziz’s speech at the conference was friendly and constructive.

Downplaying Russia’s military exercise with Pakistan held two months ago, Zamir Kabulov, who oversees Russia’s engagement in Afghanistan also referred to India’s increasing cooperation with the US by saying, “India has close cooperation with the US, does Moscow complain?”

Reliable sources of Pakistan and media of the country revealed in the end of November, this year that Islamabad has approved Russia’s request to use Gwadar Port, which means Moscow could also join the CPEC project.

In response to the Pak-China project of CPEC, Washington broadly supported New Delhi and Kabul in signing a deal with Iran for a transport corridor, opening up a new route to Afghanistan via the Iranian port of Chabahar. In this context, during his visit to Tehran, on May 23, 2016, the Indian Prime Minister Modi signed 12 agreements with Tehran, including a deal to develop Iran’s Chabahar port. India will spend $500 million on the project, with a plan to invest an additional $ 16 billion in the Chabahar free trade zone. Chabahar—located about 1,800 kilometres south of Tehran—is more than just a port with an adjoining free trade zone. But, CPEC is much bigger and viable project than Chahbahar.

In accordance with the Israeli policy, the US pro-Israeli and pro-Indian President-elect Donald Trump has stated that he would abandon the Iran nuclear deal. Therefore, it is expected that Tehran which is very close friend of Russia will also use the Gwadar Port or join the CPEC project.

Russians and Iranians know that Gwadar seaport would connect the landlocked Central Asian states with rest of the world. Being the commercial hub, the port is likely to increase volume of trade, bringing multiple economic and financial benefits to Pakistan, Iran, Russia and China. It will enable high-volume cargo vessels to move in the major oceans.

While, the new Cold War has started between the US and Russia in wake of Syrian war which Moscow is winning, and America and its allies are also likely to be defeated in the Asia-Pacific region where Russia-China alliance with Pakistan would also castigate the US-led Indo-Israeli secret strategy.

Russia and China on December 5, this year vetoed a United Nations Security Council resolution calling for a ceasefire in the Syrian city of Aleppo to allow desperately needed aid into the war-ravaged zone. In fact, US-led some western countries wanted a temporary truce to rearm the rebel groups, under the cover of evacuation of the non-combatant civilians by propagating humanitarian crisis in Syria. It was the sixth Russian veto since 2011 on a Syria-themed resolution. China joined for the fifth time. Both Moscow and Beijing have same stand in relation to Syria’s war, rebel groups and terrorist outfits like ISIS.

Some other developments such as criticism of the controversial Turkish-EU refugee deal by a number of human rights groups, especially Amnesty International, success of first Muslim Pakistan’s origin Sadiq Khan as mayor of London by defeating the Conservative rival Zac Goldsmith-a wealthy Jew who was supported by the former British Prime Minister David Cameron, Britain’s decision to leave the European Union (EU), after the referendum (Brexit) on June 24, 2016, despite President Obama’s instance on London to keep aligned with the EU, prospects of Scotland and some other countries for separation from the EU, and the divide between the elite class which run multinational companies with the direct or indirect control of the Jews and the general masses who are suffering from multiple problems in wake of differences on the refugee crisis, Syrian war, Greece’s weak economy, recent violent protests against the labour laws in France etc.—the chances of European Union’s disintegration which will giving a greater blow to the US-Europe alliance against Russia, a rift between the NATO countries, as noted in the recent past by the “Stop NATO protests” in Europe are quite opposite to the Israeli secret interests.

While, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s rebuke of European nations, accusing them of dictatorship and cruelty for keeping their frontiers closed to the refugees, fleeing the Syrian conflict created a rift between the West and Turkey, the close ally of NATO. On February 10, 2016, President Erdogan lashed out at the US over its support for Syria’s main Kurdish group, saying, “The failure to recognize the Democratic Union Party (PYD) as a terrorist group is creating a “sea of blood”. He explained, “The PYD, on which the US relies to battle so-called Islamic State in Syria, is an offshoot of the banned Kurdistan Workers’ Party.”

As regards the failed rebellion-attempt of July 15, 2016, Turkey’s president Erdogan and top officials of his government have held the US and CIA for the failed coup to topple his regime by backing and replacing Erdogan with the CIA’s “designated figurehead”, cleric Fethullah Gülen, currently living in Pennsylvania in the US.

By neglecting American pressure, President Erdogan who has taken steps in the end of June, this year to improve relations with Russia to strengthen its hand in fighting against militants, stated that the attack at the Istanbul airport should serve as a turning point in the global battle against terrorism. Reports suggest that Ankara is also considering a military agreement with Moscow. However, these developments have also disappointed Tel Aviv.

Besides, a prolonged war of history in Afghanistan by the US-led NATO countries, continued ambush attacks on their military installations and personnel by the freedom fighters (Taliban) have demoralized, particularly American military personnel who think that they have been sent abroad—Afghanistan, Syria and elsewhere in the world to maintain the supremacy of Israel, instead of protecting American national interests or their citizens. The cost of the endless war in Afghanistan is rapidly increasing, adding to the plight of ordinary citizens of the US and its Western allies. In order to divert the attention of Americans and its Western public, Mossad-CIA are acting upon the secret strategy of the US and Israel.

And the long-awaited 28 secret pages from the Congressional Joint Inquiry into the 9/11 Commission report were released on July 15, 2016, indicating that the alleged hijackers may have been in contact and supported by individuals connected to the Saudi Arabian government. On May 1, 2016, in connection with the Congressional investigation, CIA Director Brennan said that documents which could link Saudi Arabia to 9/11 terrorists should be kept classified, as like CIA and Mossad, Saudi Arabia has also been funding the ISIL (The Sunni group) against the Syrian government and Yemen.

Even, CIA-Mossad scheme to promote sectarian violence in the Islamic World on larger scale, after creating a rift between Saudi Arabia and Iran could not succeed, as after the recent bombings in Saudi Arabia, Saudi people have started thinking about the double game of America and Israel.

Here, connections of the Israeli secret agency Mossad are also noteworthy. In March 2015, Iraqi Special Forces pointed out that they had arrested several ISIL’s foreign military advisors, including American, Israeli and Arab nationals and four foreign passports in an operation in Mosul. Last year, a senior aide to Russian President Vladimir Putin also stated that Mossad is training ISIL terrorists, operating in Iraq and Syria. Meanwhile, arrest of Israeli Col. Shahak in Iraq, his admission, proving links of Al-Qaeda and ISIS with America and Mossad and medical treatment of the ISIS warriors in the Israeli hospitals might also be cited as instance. Mossad links with the ISIS terrorists can also be judged from the fact that this terrorist outfit conducted several suicide assaults and bomb blasts in Syria, Iraq, Yemen and Afghanistan. But, it did not target Israel.

Experience of the recent acts of terrorism show that general masses start pointing fingers at the ISIS, without going into depth to know the role of some state actors like America and Israel who are behind this outfit and as to what the covert aims, these countries want to achieve through their double game. General masses also forgot that as part of the double game, if President Bush (The Senior) and George W. Bush franchised Al-Qaeda on global level, President Obama’s dual policy franchised both Al-Qaeda and ISIS to obtain the unfinished agenda of the Zionist Jews and for a greater Israel at the cost of the Muslim countries and the patriot Americans. By following Israeli-led US flawed policies, consciously or unconsciously, European politicians are also providing Mossad with golden chance to exploit the ant-Muslim phenomena of Europe and to use ISI militants and their home-grown terrorists to conduct terror attacks in the continent.

When Iraq-based ISIS which itself broke away from Al-Qaeda, proclaimed a worldwide caliphate by its leader Abu Baker al-Baghdadi, on 29 June 2014, ISIS’s criminal actions had widely been criticized in the world, with many Islamic communities judging the group to be unrepresentative of Islam. One of ISIS’s goals has been to establish a radical Sunni Islamic state in Iraq and Syria Jordan, Palestine etc. (Levant region). It has been used by the CIA and Mossad for distorting the image of Islam and for inciting the feelings of Western Christians and Kurds against Muslims. Besides some Islamic countries, a majority of the religious extremists (Muslims) from the western world joined the ISIS. In this context, oblivion on the part of America and Europe about ISIS recruits from their countries is questionable.

Notably, Israel and Zionist lobbies which were clandestinely assisting America’s anti-Muslim, pro-Israeli Donald Trump wanted to see him as the president of the United States have succeed in their sinister designs.  

Without citing any evidence and prior to any investigation regarding the terror attack in Berlin, the US president-elect Donald Trump said that it was a terror attack and blamed Islamist terrorists. He elaborated: “Our hearts and prayers are with the loved ones of the victims of today’s horrifying terror attack in Berlin. Innocent civilians were murdered in the streets as they prepared to celebrate the Christmas holiday…Isis and other Islamist terrorists continually slaughter Christians in their communities and places of worship as part of their global jihad. These terrorists and their regional and worldwide networks must be eradicated from the face of the Earth, a mission we will carry out with all freedom-loving partners.” In fact, it was what especially Tel Aviv expected from Trump.

Scholars of international affairs agree that “foreign affairs are too foreign” to the citizens of a country. Renowned scholar Prof. Hoslti opines that “issues and situations” have “influence on public opinion” which in turn “influences the objectives and actions.” In fact, fault cannot be laid on the general masses, a majority of whom are swayed by emotions, stereotypes and prejudices created by the political leaders who keep on manipulating any crisis for their own self-interests with the sole aim of getting their sympathies to increase their vote bank. There are equal strong pressures from religious and nationalist forces in wake of global war on terror which is dividing the world on religious lines.

It is worth-mentioning that owing to its confused policies, Obama Administration was pressing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to agree for the two-state solution of the Israeli-Palestinian dispute. A majority of the intellectuals and analysts of the West have also been emphasizing upon the settlement of this dispute.

Even, a debate has started between the Zionists and non-Zionist Jews for the two-state solution of the Israeli-Palestinian dispute.

On the other side, some Western leaders and their media are also emphasizing upon the Indian Prime Minister Modi to stop massacre of the innocent Kashmiris in the Indian-Occupied Kashmir and to seek solution of this issue with Pakistan.

We can conclude that like previous terror attacks in the US and Europe, America and Israel are also behind the terror attack in Berlin. And responsibility is also fixed on Germany whose intelligence and law-enforcing agencies failed in this respect, despite warnings and previous terror attacks in Europe. Particularly, Tel Aviv is not accepting the two-state solution of the Israeli-Palestinian issue. Therefore, the only option for Israeli is to turn the world to clash of civilizations, especially between the Muslim and the Christian worlds or to cause a major war between Russia and the US-led European major powers.

Sajjad Shaukat writes on international affairs and is author of the book: US vs Islamic Militants, Invisible Balance of Power: Dangerous Shift in International Relations

Email: sajjad_logic_pak@hotmail.com

Courtesy Veterans Today