Re: Bungled Lal Masjid Operation!
**Asif: **No one believes one side or other, even though to believe government is natural. Unfortunately, government figures in past were so unreliable that today it is very difficult to believe government. But than, in past government use to give false figures and that is one reason government never allowed free media in Pakistan (or even now in most world countries). I am living in UK best part of my life and I can say with certainty that today Pakistani media is more free than British, rather Pakistan media is free and irresponsible.
In UK, even now, no media would publish that Palestinian is occupied land and Jews moved to Palestine and thrown people out of their home. No media in UK would dare to call British army as terrorist or criminals and … those criminals (madrassa people) as hero, as that media would get into trouble. Media no where in the world would bring terrorist on TV to negotiate with government (as Pak media did). No media in UK would publish that … well without quoting … many things … just because if they would do, they would be in trouble from the state.
In Pakistan, it is other way round. To shut the mouth of media in any country and to force them to show what government likes, within their boundary is very easy thing to do, even without masses knowing what happening. Thus, present Pakistan government is a bit different than past governments else they would not have allowed such irresponsible media freedom.
Anyhow, still being sceptical on Pakistani government figures, a conditioning of mind from past, we can still use our intelligence to work out something. Akhir intelligence tou Allah kee dayin hay and not to use it is a retarded behaviour. So, let use intelligence and work out from obvious.
There is no doubt that madrassa people were criminals. Crime means breaking the law of the land, and madrassa people were breaking law of Pakistan. They also broke law of Allah, as Allah does not allow anyone to illegally occupy other people's land, and they built their madrassa and major part of lal-masjid on illegally occupied land (Masjid after the episode is now can be called Masjid as it seems government is legalising those illegally occupied land). Taking laws in their own hand, Occupation of Library, kidnapping of aunty shameem, kidnapping of policemen, burning of other people's shop contents (video cassettes), burning of government building, killing of rangers, etc ... all were crimes in the eyes of Allah as well as state.
Let see who were liars? No doubt that people of Madrass were lying blatantly for all to see. Ghazi came on TV claiming at one time that there were no fire arms even when one can see their men on roads carrying arms. Later, after some embarrassing moments, he came and claimed that there are few licensed guns (note: they could not have AK-47 under license in Madrassa). Now you can find many pictures and even live footage of people from madrassa carrying AK-47 and other arms (you can even find at places on this forum). Only Allah knows how many and what sort of arms these terrorist had.
Well, there are many instances of lying from these goons. The girl on TV after the event was lying that there were no weapon in madrassa. She was playing the role of little devil liar. As for government, even though media tried their best, there are no lies that one can easily detect even now about the event comming from government.
Hence, logic says that the story of government is more likely to be true than rumours spreading by people of madrassa and all pro madrassa liars. Actually, the amount of lies these people sold in the name of Islam so blatantly that today, anyone that seems outwardly religious is getting taken a liar. All trust and respect of these people is lost. [At one time I use to think that these people may be misguided, maybe unintelligent, maybe ignorant, but I never use to think that they were liars]
Other logic: The biggest and very difficult to dispute. Media today is very nosy and they are not leaving anything unturned to undermine government statements. Government is also letting them do what they like (though recently have put some limits on that). Media is openly questioning government claim of casualties on pretext that they were not allowed to confirm the casualties just after the event. No one from media is claiming that media have any solid proof.
In such situation and circumstances, it is anyone’s guess that if there was such casualties, media would have brought family of those who are missing (if not for anything than just to embarrass government). They did not because there are none. This also confirms that those that got killed, they are also mostly combatant terrorists, as combatant terrorists family would not know where they are, hence none is coming. Only family of one terrorist came out, and that is also due to reason that the picture was published of him in newspaper as foreign terrorist (he turned out to be local terrorist).
If media can show the family members of one terrorist just to embarrass government claim because government claimed him as foreign terrorist, they could show the families of others too.
Other thing to think about is that, Lt Colonel lost his life in the hand of madrassa terrorist when commandos did not even entered the madrassa. He must be wearing bullet proof jacket. It shows that how trained and deadly those terrorist were in madrassa that they were target killing. It took commandos couple of days to capture that building shows the intensity of resistance there.
Fact is that, believe me, I would not cry even if 1000 did really got killed there. They took the fight and they asked for it. They got all the chances to save themselves but they did not. Actually, they fired on commandos (who were just doing their duty) and became cause of taking life of around 10 of them. If it was up to me, I would have preferred to kill them all and save the life of commandos, as they are employees of Pakistan, who fought for Pakistan (it was not their personal fight).
Actually, if I was in place of President Musharraf, I would have dealt with this situation differently. I would have made open announcement to them in building and Lal Mosque that all from those building come out as we are going to bomb them all those buildings to ground. After ultimatum time passed, I would have started destroying all buildings using air power, minimising any possibility of casualties of forces.
If media people, any ulema, or any of madrassa supporters would have asked that they want to go in the madrassa to see what is happening there or talk to them, I would have let them go in on their own risk, telling them too, that after such time if they could not come out, they would die inside too, as those building would come down.
These people in madrassa were khabees and it is duty of Muslims to get rid and thus clean this world from Khabees.