Iran, India and Russia behind Terrorism in Pakistan](http://paktribune.com/pforums/posts.php?t=38905&start=1#153070)
Javed Chaudhry speaks from Zero Point, Daily Express
(Translation of the article)
Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto was the first or perhaps the last statesman who fully understood American psychology. He went to America in 1949 for education and in Berkley he had the opportunity to see them closely therefore he found out that Americans are good enemies and worst friends. Mr Bhutto thought Americans never stretch hand of friendship towards those whom they don’t consider a threat and sooner or later they must harm their friends. Probably for the same reasons when Mr Bhutto got the power he made friendly relationship with America’s two big enemies, China and Russia. He said India could anytime be friendly with America after which America and Russia both would become enemies of Pakistan and that would be very dangerous for the integrity of Pakistan, therefore we must make China our friend and reduce tensions with Russia now.
In 1978 when Mr Bhutto was imprisoned, he sent a letter through his dentist Dr Niyazi, that letter was also published in a few newspapers of that time. Mr Bhutto revealed in that letter that American Foreign Minister, Henry Kessenger told him that Americans got a detailed report made regarding their failure in Vietnam War which said that it was a great mistake of Americans to send their troops to Vietnam. Vietnam was 8000 kilometres away from America and they had sent 582,500 troops by 1969. Though Russians gave only weapons, currency and training to Nothern Vietnam. America couldn’t control its armed forces because of the distance of 8000 km. War funds had crossed the limits, and America lost the Vietnam war.
Heny Kessenger told Mr Bhutto that now America will use the same tactic against Russia, it will compel Russia to send its troops to some country, supply weapons, dollars and technology to that country and revenge Russians for the defeat in Vietnam war. Mr Bhutto wrote in his letter that he feared that America would engage Russia in Iran or Afghanistan after which there would start a big war in the region, he anticipated that Pakistan would become an American ally which was going to be a blunder. Bhutto wrote that he had informed Shah of Iran as well of this threat and had requested him to keep a balance in his relationship with America and Russia so that they could be neutral in the forthcoming face of danger.
Bhutto’s apprehensions proved to be true, Soviets invade Afghanistan in 1979, Americans started supplying Afghan Mujahideen weapons, dollars and training on the same scale which Russians maintained during Vietnam war in 1960. Those days Pakistan was under illegitimate, extra-constitutional rule of General Zia-ul-Haq. General Zia was a wise general and dangerously clever politician, he knew that America couldn’t fight or win that war without Pakistani assistance, therefore he brought Americans to the negotiation table. Americans accepted his illegal rule to be legal and constitutional and in response Mr Zia opened the whole of Pakistan for Americans. Because of Mr Zia’s generocity the American sponsored Jihad started began in Pakistan. Mujahideen were brought from all over the world, they were given american weapons and dollars, and they started fighting in Afghanistan. This jihad lasted till 1989, it caused 15000 Soviet casualties and a loss of 70 billion dollars to Russians. In 1989, Russia declared it was leaving Afghanistan, but by then Soviets had become so injured that their union broke in 1991 and Soviet Union split into small states. Thus americans revenged russians for the vietnam war.
But in this war of elephants, Pakistan was like the crushed grass. Pakistan had become a parasite of America in the result of this war, therefore since 1991 to year 2000 we kept coaxing, begging them and knocking on their door for money.
Russia in the meantime kept planning for americans to repay for their defeat.
Usama bin Laden and his men were organised by americans, americans brought them to Afghanistan but after the Afghan Jihad was over, americans dumped them over there. These people were american allies till 1990 but all of a sudden in 1994, americans declared them terrorists and started launching operations against them. Russia was waiting for that time, therefore it started aiding them through Iraq. Usama bin Laden was receiving dollars and weapons through different sources and then 9/11 took place and overwhelmed by emotions americans made the same mistake as made in vietnam. They sent their troops to Afghanistan, it was the most joyous moment for russians, amerian troops had entangled themselves into the web of history. After Afghanistan, Americans headed to Iraq and it was a bonus. Russia at once started aiding mujahideen of Iraq and Afghanistan secretly. Mujahideen were supplied with weapons, dollars and techniques of suicide attacks and so American troops were treated exactly as they were treated in Vietnam in 1965 or as americans did to russians from 1980 to 1989. This war continued in Iraq and Afghanistan till 2006, in the meanwhile Pakistan had been offering its logisitc support to americans.
In 2004, Russia decided to expand this war to Pakistan, it had two reasons behind the decision. Firstly Pakistan was an american ally during Afghan war and russia considered pakistan an accomplice to the crime. Secondly, russia thought unless the situations in Pakistan didn’t get worse, it wouldn’t stop its logistic support to america. Russians decided to use India in the plan. On the move of Russia, India opened 4 high commissions other than embassy, 14 centres for the RAW, made roads, bridges and dams in Afghanistan as well as exported its agents in Pakistani tribal areas.
These agents gave training and weapons to militants in tribal areas, militants killed tribal ‘maliks (elders)’ and formed a parallel government in there. They started crossing the border to attack NATO forces as well. Under american pressure, Pakistan sent its troops to tibal areas and then the war broke out in our tibal belt.
It was the background of this whole issue, if we analyse the current situation we find out that Russia is supplying arms to this war, Iran has connected the line of battle and India is fully active in our tribal areas. Tribal fighters are given 200 dollars per month while they have good arrangement of food and transport. Pakistan Army has arrested such people from Tribal areas who are not circumcised, who eat meat of dogs and cats and drink alcohol, whereas suicide attackers have penetrated into Islamabad, Lahore and Karachi. Therefore the reality is that Russia, India and Iran have targeted Pakistan. Iran is playing this game in friendship of India and enmity of America. India wants to revenge Pakistan for its 61 year long drawn defeat while Russia wants Pakistan to pay the price of Afghan war through this.
Original article in Urdu here: