Two Rogue Governments behind ‘War on Terror’
Reading Tarek Fatah’s book, “Chasing a Mirage; The Tragic Illusion of an Islamic State,” I was struck by something similar in the countries who provide the money and manpower for Islamic expansion: they both are rogue states! By that I mean Saudi Arabia and Pakistan are equally guilty of illegally overrunning and absorbing another country.
Let’s look at the two in turn, Saudi Arabia which finances Wahhabi mosques around the world and Pakistan which furnishes manpower for the Jihadist cause in Afghanistan, Iraq and elsewhere.
Saudi Arabia claims to be the guardians of Islam’s two holiest places, but it basically stole the area from another ruling family. Here’s Fatah:
By 1924, Sultan Abdel-Aziz al-Saud of Nejd had gone on a rampage throughout the peninsula. In invading the emirate of Mecca (which by now was known as the kingdom of Hejaz), they once more carried out a massacre in the town of Taif to send a message to Meccans; Surrender or die. On capturing Mecca and Medina, they started smashing the tombs of Muslim saints and imams … By 1932, Abdel-Aziz al-Saud merged the sultinate of Nejd and the Kingdom of Hejaz to become the new kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and crowned himself as monarch. (page 51)
In other words, al-Saud invaded a neighbour, captured its principal cities and incorporated the area into his own; exactly what Saddam planned to do with Kuwait. Pakistan was no better. Fatah takes us back to the months after independence:
Few Pakistanis are aware of the fact that on August 11, 1947, the British protectorate of Baluchistan declared its independence. Three days later, Pakistan also became an independent nation. But the two states coexisted for less than a year. In March 1948, the Pakistan army took action and seized Baluchistan. Under threat of imprisonment, the traditional Baluch leader, the Khan of Kalat, Mir Ahmed Yar Khan, was pressured to sign a treaty of integration. A civil war started and the ill-equipped Baluch irregulars were no match for Pakistan’s army. (page 43)
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