Émission de L'Autre Monde du 18 novembre 2007: La crise au Pakistan
Émission de L'Autre Monde du 18 novembre 2007: La crise au Pakistan
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Voici enfin les informations concernant le cas du Pakistan qui est sous le coup non seulement d'une dictature supportée par les États-Unis, mais aussi d'une instauration de la loi martiale et d'une sauvage répression. Pervez Musharraf qui a saisi le pouvoir en 1999 par un coup d'état refuse de quitter la scène autant politique que son poste de chef de l'armée. Malgré le fait que le Pakistan est censé être un grand allié de Washington dans la guerre contre le terrorisme, le Pakistan a depuis longtemps supporté le terrorisme tout comme les Talibans. On se rappelera que l'Al Qaida fut crée par la CIA à travers des canaux comme le ISI pakistanais, qui est l'agence des services secrets là-bas.
Maintenant, n'oublions pas aussi de noter que le Pakistan a pu développer son programme nucléaire que parce qu'il receva le support technique et matériel et surtout le couvert des États-Unis, de façon clandestine. Et la bombe nucléaire de la Korée du Nord est devenu une réalité à cause de l'aide du père de la bombe nucléaire pakistanaise et des manipulations de Rumsfeld.
Alors le gros problème qu'on a est le chaos qui règne dans le pays et du fait que les Talibans prennent des villages qui ne sont qu'à 4 heures de routes de la capitale Islamabad, ce qui rend nerveux beaucoup d'observateurs internationaux pour le risque grandissant que les bombes nucléiares tombent des mains d'extrémistes.
Encore une fois, on voit à l'oeuvre des politiques étrangères débiles qui font des gros "backfires". Mais qu'à cela ne tienne, le régime Bush a déclaré que Musharraf, le dictateur qui a déjà tué plusieurs centaines de civils en quelques semaines, qui a déclaré l'état d'urgence et la loi martiale dans tout le pays, est un grand démocrate et homme de démocratie.
Voilà enfin une définition claire de ce qu'ils entendent par "démocratie" Et n'oubliez pas que c'est la même chose qu'ils veulent pour nous ici en amérique aussi. L'Union Nord Américaine, ça vous dit de quoi....?
Pour avoir tout le reste de mes commentaires sur la situation au Pakistan, ne manquez pas d'écouter l'émission du 18 novembre et celle de cette semaine, soit le 25 novembre.
He soon discovered, however, that senior officials in government were taking quite the opposite view: they were breaking US and international non-proliferation protocols to shelter
This is a repeat of
Pakistanis lose rights to free speech, assembly, property rights, lawyers
U.S. Aid to Musharraf is Largely Untraceable Cash Transfers
Musharraf, of course, has been a crucial American ally since the start of the Afghanistan war in 2001, and the U.S. has rewarded him ever since with over $10 billion in civilian and (mostly) military largesse.
In fact, however, a considerable amount of the money the
This isn't really "foreign aid": this is a bribe.
Foreign aid is supposed to have something approximating accountability attached to it.
This arrangement has none.
And don't you find it comforting just how money gets thrown at some of these thugs who are, in essence, "our thugs" while homeless vets are sleeping in our streets?
Musharraf's new court to give him 5-year term
If this landmark endorsement emerges, it would clear the way for Gen Musharraf to end the state of emergency having secured his grip on power. Allies predict he would then resign as army chief, in accordance with Western demands, and allow elections to be held.
200 killed as Pakistani troops battle border militants
Pakistan's president, General Pervez Musharraf, who secured a new five-year term in office in a controversial vote at the weekend, faces intense
so Musharraf is slaughterintg his own to keep
But how long can this continue before he's dealing with a backlash his army can no longer control?
A reign of terror in Islamabad
The
Musharraf is hanging by a thread in
And it appears that
The question is, just how long the will the Pakistani people continue to take the abuses his regime's "law enforcement" stooges hand out before there is a national uprising?
Knives out for Musharraf as US loosens ties
Any
Diplomats said Mr Negroponte's message might be tempered by a division within the Bush Administration, where some policymakers say General Musharraf could still survive and so must not be alienated. They added that Mr Negroponte also must avoid appearing to interfere in Pakistani affairs.
Let me get this straight: " Mr Negroponte also must avoid appearing to interfere in Pakistani affairs"?
I hope the writer of this article appreciates the intense irony of that statement.
Musharraf Faces Limited Options
Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, president of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League, said that while a complete military takeover under martial law had been ruled out, a state of emergency that would allow for the postponement of elections for up to a year and the curtailment of individual liberties was still on the table. "Martial law is a very harsh word," Hussain said in an interview. "Emergency rule is not so harsh."
Memo to Chaudray Shujaat Hussain: the Pakistani people are very intelligent: please do not insult them with this attempted softening of language to make what is being considered in the name of "security" sound like something more gentle.
The Pakistani people know precisely what they are dealing with in Musharraf, and understand that there is really no such thing as "martial law light".
Bush makes effort to salvage rule by Musharraf
Fearing the collapse of a friendly government, the Bush administration has begun a concerted public effort to salvage the presidency of Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf by pushing him to compromise with political opponents and abandon emergency rule,
Anyone in Washington who still thinks that some sort of political rapprochement between Bhutto and Musharraf is truly possible is probably in a really deep state of denial.
American intervention in the Pakistani political scene will make things worse, not better, for Musharraf, as a majority of Pakistanis believe that US support for Musharaff is a huge part of the problem.
U.S. seeking alternatives to Pakistan routes for Afghanistan war supplies
The
According to the Defense Department, 75 percent of military supplies for
This is going to be tricky in the extreme.
Neighboring states include Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Iran.The question has to be asked, which of Afghanistan's neighbors would be really happy to see a stepped up US presence in their country?
And the honest answer has to be, not very many, if any, at the moment.
Commonwealth ultimatum to Pakistan
Commonwealth foreign ministers threatened Pakistan last night with expulsion from their organisation if its president, Pervez Musharraf, fails to repeal the state of emergency and step down as army chief in the next nine days.
The world is watching and collectively holding its breath, wondering just how safe those nukes in
And the Taliban have recently captured several cities in the Swat valley region of
Musharraf Gives No Date for End to Rule
In a defiant news conference Sunday, the Pakistani president, General Pervez Musharraf, refused to give a date for the end of the de facto martial law that he imposed more than a week ago and suggested that it would continue indefinitely, including during parliamentary elections in early January.
Speaking one day after President George W. Bush said General Musharraf was the best president for
Smooth move, there, Pervez!
It's almost as though the man wants to provoke the very violence he claims he wants to prevent.
Look for this to get much more ugly very quickly.
And there's not a heck of a lot the
What this has shown to the world, in no uncertain terms, is that the
This absolutely puts the lie to Bush's statements about wanting to sow the seeds of democracy around the world
If what we see in
Pakistanis' anger at Musharraf extends to U.S.
"We blame the
This administration has no other people than themselves to blame for this.
And it dovetails very neatly with the myopic, not-thought-through haze which has passed for "foreign policy" in this country for far too many years.
The names on this Hit Parade" of thugs who were "our Thug"s include - but are not limited to: The Shah of
AFP: US has plans to safeguard Pakistan's nukes: report
The
Former and current administration officials say they believe that
But they worry that its security could be weakened if the current turmoil persists or worsens. They are particularly concerned by early signs of fragmented loyalties among
Take a good look at
Any kind of
Pakistan blocks Bhutto with house arrest
"I am your sister fighting for democracy," she told police through a megaphone as she tried to get through a wall of barbed wire.
This was one big fat, hairy mistake on Musharraf's part.
U.S. strategy for Pakistan looks increasingly fragile
In pushing for the deal that took Benazir Bhutto back to
But Musharraf's sweeping crackdown over the past week has raised questions about that strategy, not least when he sent thousands of police officers on Friday to prevent Bhutto from leading a protest rally against his imposition of de facto martial law.
Translation: this gambit has blown up like a bad trick cigar in this administration's face.
SETTING UP IRAN GOES AWRY AS TEHERAN SPIT OUT THE BAIT OF PLANTED NUKE-PLANS...
It is interesting that Teheran stated that those blueprints in these documents were handed "unasked" to
Commonwealth ultimatum to Pakistan
Commonwealth foreign ministers threatened Pakistan last night with expulsion from their organisation if its president, Pervez Musharraf, fails to repeal the state of emergency and step down as army chief in the next nine days.
The world is watching and collectively holding its breath, wondering just how safe those nukes in
And the Taliban have recently captured several cities in the Swat valley region of
Musharraf Gives No Date for End to Rule
In a defiant news conference Sunday, the Pakistani president, General Pervez Musharraf, refused to give a date for the end of the de facto martial law that he imposed more than a week ago and suggested that it would continue indefinitely, including during parliamentary elections in early January.
Speaking one day after President George W. Bush said General Musharraf was the best president for
Smooth move, there, Pervez!
It's almost as though the man wants to provoke the very violence he claims he wants to prevent.
Look for this to get much more ugly very quickly.
And there's not a heck of a lot the
What this has shown to the world, in no uncertain terms, is that the
This absolutely puts the lie to Bush's statements about wanting to sow the seeds of democracy around the world
If what we see in
Pakistanis' anger at Musharraf extends to U.S.
"We blame the
This administration has no other people than themselves to blame for this.
And it dovetails very neatly with the myopic, not-thought-through haze which has passed for "foreign policy" in this country for far too many years.
The names on this Hit Parade" of thugs who were "our Thug"s include - but are not limited to: The Shah of
AFP: US has plans to safeguard Pakistan's nukes: report
The
Former and current administration officials say they believe that
But they worry that its security could be weakened if the current turmoil persists or worsens. They are particularly concerned by early signs of fragmented loyalties among
Take a good look at
Any kind of
200 killed as Pakistani troops battle border militants
Pakistan's president, General Pervez Musharraf, who secured a new five-year term in office in a controversial vote at the weekend, faces intense
so Musharraf is slaughterintg his own to keep
But how long can this continue before he's dealing with a backlash his army can no longer control?
Pakistanis lose rights to free speech, assembly, property rights, lawyers
Tribal revolt pushes Pakistan to brink
A full-scale insurrection is taking hold in Waziristan, the most restive part of the tribal region which lies on the border with
"Tomorrow they may declare the Islamic emirate of
The only question is, how long can Musharraf manage to hang on without losing the rest of his military support?
When that happens, all bets are off.
Musharraf is a thug and a dictator, but he's OUR thug and dictator, and his latest murderous attacks against his own people was for
But more and more, it looks as though the people of
Civilians killed in military strike
Pakistani aircraft bombed a village bazaar packed with shoppers near the Afghan border yesterday, pushing the death toll to
The attack on Epi village in North Waziristan tribal region killed dozens of militants and civilians — deaths that are likely to harden domestic opposition to President Pervez Musharraf's alliance with
Good ol' Pervez: willing the hearts and minds of his citizens, one dead civilian Pakistani at a time.
But this was not for national consumption: this was Musharaff's way of saying to
Civilians killed in military strike
Pakistani aircraft bombed a village bazaar packed with shoppers near the Afghan border yesterday, pushing the death toll to
The attack on Epi village in North Waziristan tribal region killed dozens of militants and civilians — deaths that are likely to harden domestic opposition to President Pervez Musharraf's alliance with
Good ol' Pervez: willing the hearts and minds of his citizens, one dead civilian Pakistani at a time.
But this was not for national consumption: this was Musharaff's way of saying to
*****Musharraf Isn't the First, but He Should Be the Last
In his 2005 inaugural address, President George W. Bush declared that the
Every time this country's policy makers back a particular carnage-prone dictatorial thug, because he's "our thug", they seem astonished that the people of that country aren't exactly responding to its leadership by throwing rose petals at the feet of their dictator.
You would think the folks in
And those who do not understand history are doomed to repeat it.
November 13, 2007
Musharraf Isn't the First, but He Should Be the Last
In his 2005 inaugural address, President George W. Bush declared that the
On Nov. 3, the U.S.-backed chief of the Pakistani army, fearing an imminent ruling by the Supreme Court which could have invalidated his hold on power, declared a state of emergency. He immediately suspended the constitution, shut down all television stations not controlled by the government, ordered the arrests of thousands of political opponents and pro-democracy activists, fired judges not supportive of his crackdown, jammed mobile phone networks, and ordered attacks on peaceful demonstrators. Leading Pakistani journalist Hamid Mir reported that the U.S. embassy had given a green light to the coup in large part due to its opposition to the chief justice of the Pakistani Supreme Court Iftikhar Chaudhry, who had issued key rulings challenging the government's policies on political prisoners, women's rights, and the privatization of public enterprises. Musharraf's efforts to sack the chief justice six months ago resulted in months of protests which led to his reinstatement just a few weeks before this latest crackdown.
No Impact
Within hours of the martial-law declaration, a Pentagon spokesman tried to reassure the regime that "the declaration does not impact on our military support." This reiteration of support comes despite the fact that the U.S.-armed police and military, instead of concentrating on suppressing extremists waging a violent jihad along the Afghan border as promised, are instead suppressing judges, lawyers, journalists, and other members of the educated, urban middle class struggling nonviolently for the restoration of democracy. Indeed,
Musharraf originally seized power in October 1999 following an effort by the democratically elected Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to dismiss him from his position as army chief. Sharif has been exiled by Musharraf ever since; an attempt by the former prime minister to return in September was aborted at the airport and he was immediately deported.
Despite its unconstitutionality and its repression, the
During his visit last year to
Bush has commended Musharraf's "courage and vision" while Negroponte told the recent House panel that the dictator was "a committed individual working very hard in the service of his country." Similarly, Columbia University president Lee Bollinger – who called Mahmoud Ahmadinejad a "cruel and petty dictator" in his introduction of the Iranian president – introduced Musharraf at an earlier forum by expressing his "great gratitude and excitement" of hosting "a leader of his stature," praising the Pakistani general's "remarkable" contributions to his country's economic development and the "international fight against terror."
Support for Extremists
The Bush administration and its supporters claim that the
"On terrorism,
In a press conference during a recent visit to Washington by Afghan President Hamid Karzai, in which Bush tried to blame Iran for the resurgence of the Taliban in Afghanistan, Karzai corrected him by noting that Iran had actually been quite supportive of his government's efforts and it was actually Pakistan that was backing the Taliban.
Support for Previous Dictators
For decades, the
Beginning in the late 1970s, as the extent of
However, George H.W. Bush's administration insisted that the cutoff of aid did not include military sales, so the transfer of spare parts for the nuclear-capable F-16s aircraft to
UN Resolutions
The
Indeed, the
Rogue States
One of the most disturbing aspects of
The Bush administration, despite evidence to the contrary, claims that the Pakistani government was not responsible for exporting such dangerous materials, but that these serious breaches of security were solely the responsibility of a single rogue nuclear scientist named Abdul Qadeer Khan. Unfortunately, the Pakistani military regime has not allowed
Blowback
Despite President Bush's claim that Islamist extremists attack American because they "hate our freedom," the reality is that most people in
The American Public
In 1971, during the height of the massacres of Bengalis by the Pakistani army, a small group of American Quakers organized a flotilla of canoes in Baltimore Harbor to block a Pakistani freighter from docking where it was to be loaded with American arms and munitions while other protesters on shore blocked the train which carried the weaponry. Though most of them were arrested and the weapons were eventually loaded, the publicity from the event alerted the American public to the largely clandestine
When protesters met another Pakistani freighter attempting to pick up weapons in Philadelphia shortly thereafter, dockworkers refused to load the ship, preferring to not get paid that day rather than to work for what their local union leader referred to as "blood money." Within weeks, in the face of public outcry against
Given the unwillingness of both the Republican administration and the Democratic-controlled Congress to stop
Plans by President George Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney to attack
Bhutto’s Pakistan People’s Party commands broad popular support, particularly among the poor and illiterate. But her attempt to unleash mass demonstrations has so far been thwarted by violent police repression against her supporters and the arrest of her political allies.
Musharraf’s imposition of martial law, arrest of Supreme Court justices who were going to rule illegal his continued role as commander-in-chief and president, arrest of other opposition figures and muzzling the formerly feisty media have proven most embarrassing to the Bush Administration which claims to be an apostle of democracy. Bush, who claims to have invaded Afghanistan and Iraq in order to bring them the light of democracy, must continue supporting
So, under heavy pressure from
Musharraf, who commands less than 8% popular support, and is widely hated as an American stooge, knows he would lose any honest election. What he plans are the same kind of farcical "democratic elections" held by the US-backed military dictatorships of
My Pakistani sources report growing unrest in the 619,000-man armed forces. Senior commanders, recently promoted by Musharraf after pre-approval by Washington, still support him. But they are increasingly dismayed by the threat of a clash with civilians. Many senior officers fear their continued support of Musharraf is turning the public against the armed forces and injuring its good name.
Gen. Ashfaq Kiyani, the newly named vice chief of staff, could be
Benazir Bhutto tells me pro-Taliban tribesmen and Uzbek allies in
This could mark the beginning of a rebellion in the ranks. The loyalty of the army’s senior officers has been rented by billions of dollars of secret aid the CIA has funneled through Musharraf. Those who could not be bought were ousted, including
Official post-9/11 US aid to
In lauding Musharraf, President Bush made no mention of the dictator’s disgraceful firing of Supreme Court justices who were about to declare Mush’s ongoing rule violated the constitution. Nor has Bush or the US Congress issued any demands that the exiled former PM Nawaz Sharif, leader of Pakistan’s other major political party, the Muslim League, be allowed to return to contest elections.
So much for supporting democracy. In the name of fighting extremism, Musharraf has jailed or intimidated nearly all of
In
Musharraf's Army Losing Ground in Insurgent Areas
In vast stretches of the country's rugged and wild northwest -- heartland of the Islamic extremist insurgency -- President Pervez Musharraf's army did not have any more control than it did when the military-led government imposed emergency rule nine days ago. In some areas, it had less.
Pro-Taliban militants take over key town in NWFP
The militants have taken over Alpuri, the headquarters of Shangla district and home to political affairs minister Amir Muqam, 'Dawn' newspaper reported on Wednesday. The militants already control almost 80% of the territory of nearby Swat district.
Pakistan warns against nuclear weapons grab
Pakistan warned Monday it had sufficient "retaliatory capacity" to defend its nuclear weapons, after a report the United States had made contingency plans to stop them falling into the wrong hands.
Memo to Pakistani Foreign Ministry Spokesman Mohammad Sadiq: forgive me, but the capabilities of the Pakistani army don't seem to be making a dent in the Swat Valley area of Northern Pakistan, where the Taliban are now in control of a number of cities which are just a 4 hour drive from Islamabad.
U.S. to Send Special Envoy to Confront Musharraf
“The president thinks we need to lift the emergency rule in order to have free and fair elections,” said Dana Perino, the White House spokeswoman. A senior administration official said that it remained an open question whether free elections could be held that reflected the true wishes of the Pakistani people if General Musharraf continued to jail or otherwise detain the opposition.
The comments reflected increased frustration within the administration over General Musharraf’s power grab, as well as mounting uneasiness about how much longer Pakistan can continue in the present chaos before descending into further instability. The plan to send an envoy to
Memo to Dana Perino: "free and fair" elections in
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