-Caveat Lector- Assalamu'alaikum, Anti-Taleban faction sides with Bin Laden By Jim Muir in Tehran http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/south_asia/newsid_1551000/1551297.stm A leading figure in Afghanistan's anti-Taleban opposition, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, has said the Americans are wrong to blame Osama Bin Laden for the attacks in New York and Washington. Speaking to the BBC, Mr Hekmatyar said the Americans had no right to attack Afghanistan. He warned that if they did, his and other groups would fight against them. Mr Hekmatyar and his Hizb-e Eslami party were major players in the struggle to end the Soviet occupation of the country and in the subsequent power struggle between rival Afghan factions before the Taleban practically swept the board in the mid-1990s. Since then he has been based in Iran, though he retains some pockets of influence in northern Afghanistan. National loyalty first But now, far from cheering the Americans on against the Taleban, he says Washington is making a big mistake. Mr Hekmatyar said he had no reason not to believe Bin Laden's denial of involvement in the New York and Washington attacks. He said the Americans had no justification for an attack on Afghanistan in which the Afghan people would be the victims. He made it clear that if the Americans staged an invasion and tried to install a friendly regime, his and other groups would return to Afghanistan and oppose them. New unity "I think if Afghanistan is attacked by America, then our nation has no other choice but to defend their country... The whole of our nation will stand against the attack on their country and... we will go and join our nation," Mr Hekmatyar said. The Afghan opposition is notoriously fragmented. But Mr Hekmatyar said that if the Americans staged a major operation, as he believed they would, they would succeed in uniting the Afghan factions against them in the same way as the Soviets did. And he believed that the US would be no more successful than the Soviets were in imposing their will on the country. If nothing else, Mr Hekmatyar's warning served as a reminder of the dangerous vacuum and likely chaos that would ensue if the Taleban regime were to be driven out. ================================================================================ ININ List Archives Found Here: http://www.egroups.com/messages/inin ================================================================================ TO SUBSCRIBE: To subscribe please e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the body type: "subscribe inin-net" TO UNSUBSCRIBE: To unsubscribe please e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the body type in: "unsubscribe inin-net" ================================================================================ ISLAMIC NEWS AND INFORMATION NETWORK: HTTP://WWW.ININ.NET VISIT: HTTP://WWW.MEDIAMONITORS.NET WE AFFIRM THAT INJUSTICE ANYWHERE IS A THREAT TO JUSTICE EVERYWHERE!!!! DEFINING APARTHEID Article 2 of the "International Convention of the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid" of 1973 clearly defined the term "crime of apartheid." This includes similar policies and practices of segregation and discrimination as practiced in South Africa and which also apply to inhuman acts committed for the purpose of the establishment and maintaining of domination by one racial group over another. This includes the deliberated imposition of living conditions calculated to cause physical destruction and any legislative or other measures preventing a racial group from full development of their political, social, economic and cultural life. This is an accurate description of what the zionists are doing to the Palestinian people with the full support of the USA. <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance�not soap-boxing�please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds�is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
