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Jamaat al-Muslimeen is planning to hold a rally in support of Br. Abdul 
Hamid 
(Walker)'s human rights on FEBRUARY 25 (Monday) in Alexandria, Virginia 
at 10 
AM. If you would like to join, let us know.
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Bush/Mush to Fight Islam ("Terrorism") Together
Indian Threat is a Convenient but Dangerous Ploy
U.S. will Help Musharref Alter Islamic Medressa System
{NEWS from AFGHANISTAN: (1)The U.S. air force lost an MC-130 P 
refueling 
plane on February 13. The U.S. as usual claims that the crash was not 
owing 
to hostile fire. A number of soldiers were injured. The U.S. destroyed 
the 
plane after the crash. Observers suspect that the plane was shot down 
by 
Al-Qaeda, the fifth to go down this year. If there were no gunfire 
marks on 
the plane, the U.S. could easily show photos of the plane after it was 
downed.
(2) A U.S. soldier was killed in Bagram, near Kabul, said to have been 
crushed by heavy machinery WHICH FELL ON HIM. He must have been taken 
by 
surprise. Again it seems the action of civil resistance.
(3) U.S. media say there was a THIRTY MINUTE gunfight at Kandahar's 
U.S. 
military stronghold. U.S. losses have not been revealed. How an attack 
could 
occur on such a fully secured base is difficult to believe unless one 
also 
accepts that some Taliban are carrying out guerrilla warfare.}
Britain has RELEASED on bail LOTFI RAISSI, an Algerian pilot who was 
held in 
prison for five months for alleged connection with the 9/11 hijackers. 
The 
U.S. has no evidence against him. Algerians are the targets of USA 
because of 
U.S. support for the murderous Algerian regime which has killed 
thousands of 
Muslim men, women and children.
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BUSH AND MUSH LIKE TWO PEAS IN A POD:
On February 13,Pakistani President  Musharref spoke at the Woodrow 
Wilson Center and then together with President Bush, took part in a 
press 
conference. The following impressions stand out:
1. Musharref has no pretensions to being a Muslim, Islamic or Pakistani 
nationalist leader. His dress on both occasions was a clear giveway. 
Looks 
like he shopped at Macy's before making his speeches all decked out in 
coat 
and tie. There were no clear references to any Islamic or Pakistani 
aspirations in his talks.
2. Kashmir will not be liberated. Musharref is interested in keeping 
Kashmir 
as an issue to be talked about with India.
3. The target of Bush and Musharref is Islam. India's buildup on the 
border 
is meant to divert the Pakistani masses from the government's attack 
on 
Islamic groups.
{Compare with the events during anti-Musharref demonstrations when 
suddenly a 
Christian church was attacked and there were incidents instigated on 
the 
Kashmir border.}
4. It's a dangerous game. India might see Pakistan's internal diversion 
as a 
opportunity to end Pakistan as a viable state and turn it into a 
Bantustan.
5. Some of the things Musharref said revealed his propaganda tactics 
against 
the Pakistani people. After the kidnapping of WSJ reporter Pearl and 
the 
demands calling for release of Afghan ambassador Zaeef and the 
detainees in 
Cuba, plus the call related to F-16s for which Pakistan paid the U.S., 
Musharref suddenly announced that Pearl's kidnappers were on the phone 
with 
India.
5a. Now with Bush, Musharref came out and said that the kidnapping was 
"fallout" from his crackdown on "religious extremists." Thus the "phone 
calls 
to India" story was a fake.
6. BUSH  HAS been given THE RIGHT TO RE-DESIGN PAKISTAN'S EDUCATION 
SYSTEM. 
President Bush EXPRESSED HIS CONCERN ABOUT MEDRESSAS (Islamic schools). 
(See 
also our earlier our report on the CIA Director's attack on Medressas.) 
The 
U.S. will provide money for what was euphemistically defined as 
"education 
reform." {In effect an attempt to take authentic Islam out of the 
medressas 
and make them subservient to the government. Students will be taught 
"English!")
7. Musharref came out again with his "jihade akbar" story that Jihad 
really 
means the struggle against illiteracy, hunger, etc. {In Islam, jihad is 
armed 
struggle against oppression as in Palestine, Kashmir, Chechnya, Iraq, 
Somalia 
and Sudan. Muslims won't be fooled into thinking that because the 
Palestinians do not have 100% literacy, they should give up jihad 
against 
Israel, or that Kashmiris should stop fighting and instead integrate 
themselves into the Indian education system .... Slaves have no rights. 
Hence 
without jihad, there can be no real education. Look at the education 
the rich 
Pakistanis got. They are busy serving America instead of their own 
people.}
{The narration about Jihade Akbar is a fabrication meant to divert 
the 
Muslims from the struggle against slavery.}
8. President Bush dodged a question from a Pakistani reporter about the 
Pakistanis detained in America after 9/11. The reporter wanted to know 
why 
they could not be given permission to stay in America in return for the 
help 
Pakistan has provided in the war against "terrorism." Bush said "we 
will 
defend Americans" and there are attorneys available for those arrested, 
and 
he looked real disturbed by the question. Thus there is little hope for 
the 
arrested Pakistanis who have not wronged America except that they are 
Muslims.
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