The dilemma facing Pakistan By Rahimullah Yusufzai, Correspondent Published: February 20, 2009, 23:02 Pakistan is caught in a dilemma. Whenever it m

The dilemma facing Pakistan
By Rahimullah Yusufzai, Correspondent
Published: February 20, 2009, 23:02


Pakistan is caught in a dilemma. Whenever it makes a peace move to try and resolve the conflicts taking place on its territory, there is invariably strong criticism from not only foes such as India but also friends and allies in the Western world.

This happened again when the federal government in Islamabad and the provincial authorities based in Peshawar engaged a non-violent Islamic group, Tanzim Nifaz Shariat-i-Mohammadi (TNSM) in peace talks and sought to use the influence of its charismatic leader Maulana Sufi Mohammad to persuade the violent Taliban faction operating in the Swat district to lay down arms.

The US reaction has been cautious with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton saying that the Swat peace accord was under study and a State Department spokesman describing it as nothing objectionable because the issue was handled by Pakistan in keeping with its Constitution. However, the US-led Nato and American military commanders in Afghanistan expressed concern over the peace deal as they felt it could turn Swat into a safe-haven for the Taliban and other militants.

At home, secular and liberal forces termed the Swat peace accord as capitulation before the Taliban. They felt the government was giving a free hand to terrorists who had beheaded opponents and security forces personnel, blown up schools, banned girls' education and set up a parallel administration and Sharia courts in Swat.

However, the critics never bothered to find out that the accord was made with an Islamic group that believed in peaceful struggle for enforcement of Islamic law in Swat and rest of Malakand region and had pledged to bring peace to the area. No agreement had been made with the Maulana Fazlullah-led Taliban in Swat who were part of the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) headed by Baitullah Mehsud. Instead, the elderly cleric Sufi Mohammad had been tasked to convince Maulana Fazlullah, who happened to be his son-in-law also, to stop fighting the Pakistani security forces and settle for an Islamic system of justice. The system wasn't a full Sharia but was just an improvement on the Qazi courts functioning in Swat and rest of Malakand region since 1994. The courts were to be manned by judges trained both in secular and Islamic law and not by mullahs as it was being made out in the Western media.

The Swat peace deal isn't a done thing. President Asif Ali Zardari, vulnerable to US pressure and lacking credibility in Pakistan, hasn't signed the Nizam-i-Adl Regulation, commonly known as Sharia Ordinance, and has linked it to restoration of peace in Swat. Pakistan's powerful armed forces that lost a significant number of troops in Swat and in the tribal areas in the battle against local and foreign militants, are also keeping an eye on the development as they may not support amnesty for Taliban leaders accused of crimes and human rights abuses.

Besides, the provincial government in the North-West Frontier Province (NWFP) that comprises the secular ANP and PPP and had spearheaded the peace talks in Swat, don't want to fail again after having made a failed peace accord with the Swati Taliban in May last year. So much is at stake for all the stakeholders that they want the peace effort to succeed. Failure would certainly lead to yet another round of fighting.

Elsewhere in the province, the Pakistan Army is still busy in its military operations in Bajaur and Mohmand tribal regions. The military action in Bajaur started in August 2008 but the militants haven't been defeated yet even though they have suffered heavy losses. The operation in Mohmand has made some headway but the militants are still able to launch attacks against the security forces. The troops are also alert in the semi-tribal territory of Darra Adamkhel, where recently Taliban militants brutally killed Polish engineer, Petr Stanzak, after having kidnapped him from Attock district in Punjab province late last year.

Of greater worry to the US and its Nato allies are the tribal regions of South Waziristan and North Waziristan. The Pakistan Army has stopped military action there after making peace accords there with the Taliban groups. It seems Pakistan has left the two Waziristans at the mercy of the US Army. The CIA-operated drones carried out a record 32 missiles attacks in the South and North Waziristan last year and five such strikes have taken place since the inauguration of President Barack Obama. The pilotless US predators have extended their range and scope of targets by attacking suspected hideouts of militants in the Kurram, Khyber and Frontier Region Bannu tribal regions. Despite Pakistan's protests, the US has refused to stop the missile strikes in the Pakistani terrirtory as Washington is convinced the attacks have killed a number of important Al Qaida figures and forced others to flee the tribal areas.

However, on the flip side the US missile attacks have contributed to a radicalised population and embarrassed Pakistan's leadership.

Whole of PAF made nuclear: Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal

Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Tanvir Mehmood Ahmed on Tuesday said that the whole of Pakistan Air Force (PAF) has been made nuclear with the aim to giving it the status of a real deterrent force. We have made the whole of PAF a nuclear force, he said while talking to media after launch of a book titled A new dawn of PAF on PAF development during a decade till 2008. The PAF has achieved such a deterrence level that no one can cast an evil eye on the motherland, he said. Air Chiefdesignate Air Marshal Rao Qamar Suleman (Deputy Chief of Air Staff perations), who will take over the PAFs command on Wednesday was also present with the Air Chief Marshal Tanvir Mahmood Ahmed on the accession.


Air Marshal Rao is architect of an effective strategy to deal with the Indian threat of carrying out surgical strikes against Pakistan. Due to this strategy the adversary had to shelve its nefarious plan of surgical operations. Air Chief Marshal Tanvir Mehmmod Ahmed said that the country achieved nuclear power back in 1998 with the aim that the defence of the country be made impregnable and over the years PAF has been able to successfully achieve the target. We fought two wars with India in 1965 and 1971 and prevented three imminent wars in 1998, 2002 and in recent days in the aftermath of Mumbai attacks. India had threatened Pakistan of undertaking surgical strikes against her but seeing the level of preparedness and alertness of PAF the looming dangers from the adversary were averted effectively, which showed that the attainment of nuclear power has helped in achieving peace in the region.


It helped deter any misadventure in the region. he said. Answering a question, he said 95 % of PAF personnel and officers are not out to earn livelihood but they joined PAF with the passion to defend the motherland through obtaining mastery over the machine and ammo. Talking about the last ten years, the Air Chief said the PAF today is much more effective and potent force than what it was in 1998 and it shall continue to excel further with the passage of time. Earlier, making remarks at the book launching, the Air Chief termed all the sanctions imposed by the west from time to time in the past a s blessing in disguise saying this helped us a lot to achieve indiginization of technology. It has brought us at the higher pedestal. We would have not gone nuclear. We are now a nuclear state and it is all due to the sanctions, he said.


The coproduction with China of a modern fighter aircraft like JF17 Thunder is also an outcome of the sanctions. We achieved all that with minimal spending while living within our limited financial resources. About the book he said the author Alan Warne (Editor of UK based Air Forces Monthly) has written the book on his own as the PAF had facilitated the writer to carry out his work with an unbiased approach independently. He appreciated the efforts of the writer for creating a masterpiece within a short span of about 15 months. He said the book covers past, present and future of the PAF, presenting salute to heros of the force besides shedding light on future plans. He also appreciated the services of former Director Public Relations (Air) Air Commodore Sarfraz Ahmed Khan for facilitating the author for accomplishment of his task.


He also mentioned the DPR (Air) Air Commodore Humayun and his able team in the Directorate. Earlier, the author of the book said that the PAF during the last 40 years had been undergoing sanctions and despite all that what it has achieved is highly appreciable. PAF is the only air force of the world which has been cobuilding modern fighter aircraft like JF17 Thunder, he said. Chairman International Relations Department of QuaideAzam University Islamabad Prof. Dr. Ishtiaq Ahmed and Assistant Professor of Strategic Studies QuaideAzam University also spoke about the book. A large number of senior officers of PAF attended the function.

India's military power suffers from serious flaws

First came news of Russia's decision to ground a substantial number of its MiG-29 fighters owing to structural defects. The news sparked off immediate concern for both the Indian Air Force (IAF), which flies three squadrons of this 'air superiority' aircraft that played a role during the Kargil war, and for also the Indian Navy which will begin taking delivery of the first four of a total 45 of this aircraft's naval variant, the MiG-29K, later this year.


Almost simultaneously came news of the Obama Administration's directive to General Electric to stop all work on the US-supplied gas turbine engines powering the Shivalik-class frigates just when the Navy was all set to launch sea trials of the first of these three stealth warships. This freeze will stay until the US government finishes reviewing its military ties with different countries. India is now reportedly turning to an Italian company to help operationalise the engines of the 4,900 tonne warships so that sea trials begin within the next two months.


Ironically, this decision coincides with Washington clearing the sale of eight P-8I Poseidon maritime reconnaissance aircraft priced at $2.1 billion making it the largest arms transfer to India so far in the history of bilateral relations. But then all purchases from the US come with the rider that India sign the End-Use Verification Agreement (EUVA) that entails 'on-site inspection' and 'physical verification' which New Delhi has been resisting. And now comes news that the IAF is looking for advance jet trainers (AJT) other than the British-supplied Hawk aircraft to train its pilots. This is because the IAF is facing considerable problems relating to product-support for the 66 Hawks bought only a few years ago. The AJT plays a vital role in training rookie pilots to transition from subsonic trainer aircraft to 'high-performance' supersonic fighters.


These three events in quick succession are only a few of the many such incidents that have been occurring with monotonous regularity. It is repeatedly exposing the Indian armed forces' vulnerability to the whims and vagaries of foreign suppliers that range from sudden foreign policy shifts, price hikes to glitches in technology. This adversely affects every aspect of India's war-fighting capabilities, as was witnessed during the Kargil war when the Army chief commented on India's lack of preparedness famously saying that "if a war was thrust on us, we will fight with whatever we have". The Ministry of Defence is still grappling with the Russians who have almost tripled the original cost of refitting the 44,500 tonne aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov (since renamed INS Vikramaditya). The arrival of this aircraft carrier, which is vital to India's strategic interests in the Indian Ocean because of its role in sea control, has been delayed further by four years to end-2012.


In 2008, the Russian company Rosoboroexport had suddenly hiked the price of 80 Mi-17-IV transport helicopters from $650 million to $ 1 billion after the deal had been finalised. In 2007, the Indian Navy refused to take delivery of an upgraded Kilo-class submarine from the Russians after they noticed deficiencies in the accuracy of the freshly fitted cruise missiles. That same year, India also expressed reservations over the upgraded Russian-made IL-38 maritime reconnaissance aircraft after the Navy complained that its Sea Dragon multi-mission electronic warfare suites were not working to parameters. Then in the mid-1990s, many of the British-supplied Sea Eagle anti-ship missiles turned out to be duds. The French refused an Indian request for the 'proven' Exocet anti-ship missiles that had been successfully used by Argentina against the British naval fleet during the Falklands war. After continued refusals, the US only recently agreed to sell to India the 'war proven' Harpoon anti-ship missiles, which, incidentally, it supplied to Pakistan two decades ago. India may boast of the world's third largest Army, fourth largest Air Force and seventh largest Navy, but even 61 years after Independence the Indian military continues to be almost entirely dependent on foreign countries for its weapon systems.



From rifles and machine guns for its Infantry to tanks, artillery guns, fighter aircraft and submarines, the list of imports reads endless and runs into billions of dollars. The Indian armed forces are currently in the midst of their most expensive modernisation and upgrading programme. But India's military is almost entirely foreign dependent. India is slated to spend a whopping $50 billion on defence purchases in the next five years. This does not include the $32 billion worth agreements signed between 2000-2007. But the time lines, cost escalation, rapid advances in military technology and continued depletions in force-levels continue to take their toll on the armed forces which can only hope to attain their complete modernisation by 2025, which is still a decade-and-a-half away.



The order for big-ticket items all of them replacements for an ageing fleet is indeed daunting. It includes 126 multi-role combat aircraft valued at $10.4 billion; six more submarines; six more maritime reconnaissance aircraft to replace the ageing Soviet-origin IL-38s; six C-130J 'Super Hercules' transport aircraft from the US for the Special Forces valued at $962.45 million; a range of artillery ranging from 1,500 pieces of 155 mm towed artillery guns, 180 wheeled Self Propelled Guns and 140 ultra light howitzers; 347 more T-90 tanks from Russia; a range of helicopters ranging from Mi-17-IVs, 384 light helicopters including 259 for the Army and 125 for the IAF priced at a total of about $1.6 billion to replace the vintage French-origin Chetaks and Cheetahs, and 22 attack helicopters to replace the ageing Soviet-origin Mi-25/35s; 16 anti-submarine warfare helicopters for the Navy to replace the British-made Sea King fleet, and 15 heavy-lift utility helicopters to replace the four Soviet-origin Mi-25 helicopters.



Unfortunately, India's quest for self-reliance and indigenisation of defence hardware that began in the late 1950s is far from fruitition. Of particular dismay is the performance of the Defence Research and Development Organisation, which has failed to develop a single major weapon system. Even 37 years after its development, the Arjun tank continues to suffer from performance deficiencies, forcing India to buy T-90s from Russia, which has since been creating hurdles in technology transfer. Indigenous efforts to make the Kaveri engine for the Tejas Light Combat Aircraft, developed with the help of the US and still a few years from induction into the IAF, have failed, forcing India to look for a foreign collaborator. The Akash and Trishul surface-air-missiles have remained a non-starter even after 26 years forcing India to buy Barak and Spyder missiles from Israel. Both the Agni and Prithvi surface-to-surface missiles have only achieved limited success. In contrast to military powers of reckoning, India's defence exports were a dismal $105 million in 2006-2007 allowing it little leverage in contrast to our long-term competitor and adversary, China, which signed export agreements worth $3.8 billion in 2007 alone. Even the most expensive Indian defence exports comprise second-hand defence equipment of foreign origin. This over-dependence on foreign vendors coupled with a failure to become self-dependent in defence hardware does not auger well for a country that is seeking to be a global player in a world that is dictated by realpolitik and where military power is still key in a multi-polar world along with the other two major forms of power Economic and Soft.

http://theasiandefence.blogspot.com/

PAF Selects Lockheed Martin Sniper Advanced Targeting Pods for F-16

The U.S. government has awarded a contract to Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] for 18 Sniper® Advanced Targeting Pods (ATP), a part of the new Advanced Block 52 F-16 aircraft program for Pakistan. Pakistan is the eighth international customer to join the U.S. Air Force and Air National Guard flying with Sniper ATP. The contract includes spares and training services. Terms of the contract were not disclosed. This sale culminates a two year combined effort by Lockheed Martins Missiles and Fire Control and Aeronautics businesses to upgrade the precision attack capability of one of our key allies, said Ken Fuhr, director of Fixed Wing Targeting Programs at Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control. Sniper continues to demonstrate exceptional performance in meeting the requirements and expectations of the Warfighter. With deliveries [having begun] in 2008, the Pakistan Air Force will benefit from Sniper ATPs exceptional stability and superior imagery, allowing aircrews to perform intelligence, targeting, surveillance and reconnaissance missions from extended standoff ranges. The Pakistan Air Force joins the U.K. Ministry of Defence; the Canadian Forces, the Royal Norwegian Air Force; the Polish Air and Air Defense Force; the Royal Air Force of Oman; the Belgium Defence; and other international customers with its selection of the Sniper ATP. Sniper ATP is currently flying on the U.S. Air Force and multinational F-15s, F-16s, F-18s, A-10s, B-1s and the Harrier GR9. Sniper ATPs have accumulated tens of thousands of flight hours in thousands of sorties in support of Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom.Sniper incorporates a high-resolution, mid-wave third-generation forward-looking infrared (FLIR), a dual-mode laser permitting eye-safe operation in urban environments, a CCD-TV along with a laser spot tracker and a laser marker. Sniper is fully compatible with the latest J-series munitions and precision-guided weaponry. Its superior detection ranges are vital to pilots, helping keep them out of range of threat air defenses. Headquartered in Bethesda, Md., Lockheed Martin employs about 140,000 people worldwide and is principally engaged in the research, design, development, manufacture, integration and sustainment of advanced technology systems, products and services.

Pakistan is the eighth international customer to join the U.S. Air Force and Air National Guard flying with Sniper ATP.

The U.S. government has awarded a contract to Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] for 18 Sniper® Advanced Targeting Pods (ATP), a part of the new Advanced Block 52 F-16 aircraft program for Pakistan. Pakistan is the eighth international customer to join the U.S. Air Force and Air National Guard flying with Sniper ATP. The contract includes spares and training services. Terms of the contract were not disclosed. This sale culminates a two year combined effort by Lockheed Martins Missiles and Fire Control and Aeronautics businesses to upgrade the precision attack capability of one of our key allies, said Ken Fuhr, director of Fixed Wing Targeting Programs at Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control. Sniper continues to demonstrate exceptional performance in meeting the requirements and expectations of the Warfighter. With deliveries [having begun] in 2008, the Pakistan Air Force will benefit from Sniper ATPs exceptional stability and superior imagery, allowing aircrews to perform intelligence, targeting, surveillance and reconnaissance missions from extended standoff ranges. The Pakistan Air Force joins the U.K. Ministry of Defence; the Canadian Forces, the Royal Norwegian Air Force; the Polish Air and Air Defense Force; the Royal Air Force of Oman; the Belgium Defence; and other international customers with its selection of the Sniper ATP. Sniper ATP is currently flying on the U.S. Air Force and multinational F-15s, F-16s, F-18s, A-10s, B-1s and the Harrier GR9. Sniper ATPs have accumulated tens of thousands of flight hours in thousands of sorties in support of Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom.Sniper incorporates a high-resolution, mid-wave third-generation forward-looking infrared (FLIR), a dual-mode laser permitting eye-safe operation in urban environments, a CCD-TV along with a laser spot tracker and a laser marker. Sniper is fully compatible with the latest J-series munitions and precision-guided weaponry. Its superior detection ranges are vital to pilots, helping keep them out of range of threat air defenses. Headquartered in Bethesda, Md., Lockheed Martin employs about 140,000 people worldwide and is principally engaged in the research, design, development, manufacture, integration and sustainment of advanced technology systems, products and services.

MASSIVE Zionist Propaganda about "Muslim nuclear threat":

MASSIVE Zionist Propaganda about "Muslim nuclear threat":


Stu Bykofsky (Jewish Columnist): We need another 911

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2X0celzXN9U

Biden (Zionist): Obama will be tested in the first 6 months


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpiNfuG8YY8



Former VP Cheney warns of nuclear attack on United States under President Obama
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politic ... ear_a.html

Al-Qaida nuclear attack in planning stages
http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/st ... 50:00%20PM

Obama sees higher risk of a nuclear attack
http://www.dailynews.com/ci_12079940

Government warns of nuclear terror threat
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstop ... hreat.html

The Threat of Nuclear Terrorism
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/indepth_cov ... hreat.html

UN warns of nuclear terrorist threat
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/1634464.stm

Physicians warn of nuclear terrorist threat
http://www.harvardscience.harvard.edu/c ... ist-threat

Nuclear or biological attack on US 'within five years'
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/ ... 90363.html

Iran could attack U.S. with nuclear bomb
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1047586.html

Nuclear, biological attack 'likely': US commission
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008 ... 437003.htm

Mossad, Nukes, and attacks on US Nuclear Facilities:
http://www.rense.com/general53/isswrr.htm

US Takes Steps to Prepare for Potential Nuclear Attack
http://www.voanews.com/english/archive/ ... 2008-06-26

Risk of Nuclear Attack on Rise
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/co ... 02969.html

Report: World at Risk of Bio, Nuke Attack
http://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/LawPolitic ... 476&page=1

Biden Guarantees an International Crisis in Six Months if Obama Wins
http://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-s ... obama-wins

Nuclear threat from terrorists rising, ex-senator says
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09 ... index.html

US "Dangerously Vulnerable" To Chemical, Biological, Nuclear Attacks: Reports
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/0 ... 25217.html

Risk of Nuclear Attack on U.S. Rises
http://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/Risk_o ... 88469.html

Are U.S. Ports Open To Nuclear Attack?
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/08/ ... 4030.shtml

CIA Director Quietly Buys Nuclear-Attack Insurance
http://www.theonion.com/content/news_br ... ietly_buys

Sarah Palin Fears a Possible Nuclear Attack on Alaska
http://www.opposingviews.com/articles/v ... -on-alaska


Chemical or nuclear attack threat 'more realistic'
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/po ... 52747.html

Nuclear attack: Now anything seems possible
http://edition.cnn.com/2001/US/11/08/re ... index.html

Nuclear or Bioterror Attack on U.S. Likely by 2013
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,459927,00.html


Al-Qaida plotting nuclear attack on UK
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2006/nov/1 ... a.politics

Top police officer warns that nuclear attack is inevitable
http://www.sundayherald.com/news/herald ... itable.php


There will be a nuclear attack on a major city somewhere in the world
http://russiatoday.com/Politics/2009-04 ... orld_.html


Preventing a Terrorist Nuclear Attack on the U.S.
http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/pub ... nukes.html


US NUKES MISSING:


Is a Second More Deadly 9/11 Now In the Works?
http://www.thepeoplesvoice.org/cgi-bin/ ... /22/p20501


Missing Nukes: Treason of the Highest Order
http://globalresearch.ca/PrintArticle.p ... cleId=7158



Zionists Need A Ghastly Body Toll To Shock People


Such a false flag would have to be much more harder-hitting than 9/11. It would have to terrorize the masses in a way they have never seen before.

Many internet truth-tellers suggest that Zion will try a nuclear false flag somewhere, to be blamed on Iran and/or Pakistan.

We are already hearing Zionist media shills talking about the danger of Pakistan's nuclear arsenal not being properly secured.


What is It All About?

This is about a world financial implosion, and the eventual creation of a one-world government, along with a universal currency.

The Zionists, who control the Federal Reserve, have used fiat credit to create an enormous inflation for the past 40 years. They used this wealth transfer to buy hard assets, especially monetary metals such as gold, as well as oil, knowing the coming financial crisis will demand a new currency, and that currency will be commodity-based.

The ensuing world depression will collapse prices, enabling those holding certain commodities to be in a position to buy everything for pennies. The best part for the Zionist elite, is that it will all be blamed on the Muslims.


The Scapegoats

The attack will be blamed on Al Qaeda and easily linked to either Pakistan or Iran.


A Flood Of Nuke America Movies

Over the last few years, Hollywood has produced a number of movies and mini-series portraying a Muslim nuclear attack on America.

Zionists Have Been Setting The Stage For Thirty Years

Israeli agent Abu Nidal hijacked jets for 30 years, and Hollywood flooded our psyches with countless movies about ruthless Arabs and blood-crazed Muslims. After years of Zionist orchestrated 'Muslim hijackings', America readily accepts that Muslims orchestrated 9/11.

The Nuclear Attack

It will be a sizeable nuclear bomb detonated. There will be at least 200,000 dead. It will be at night, and it will be captured live through a TV feed.



Financial Consequences

The economy implodes and the world's currencies devalue. Israeli currency speculators will become rich beyond imagination. After the Federal Reserve-engineered 1929 collapse, this will become the world's greatest wealth transfer. Stocks, bonds, and all financial assets will collapse.

People Are Angry With The Economy

As public anger grows daily over the taxpayer-funded bailout of the banking industry, the Zionist power cartel is being exposed at astonishing speed.

The public is openly talking about Jewish crime, whereas only months ago, they would feared to even have thought such, out of fear of being branded "Anti-Semitic".


The Question Is When?

Your indicators will be gold, and the attack on Iran. A breakdown of gold ownership is: ~ 40% by Zionists, 30% by central banks, and 30% by individuals. For the last decade, the central banks have sold or leased their gold, but individuals have held tight with it. In order to pressure individuals to sell, the Zionists will engineer a gold collapse. Before the attack, the Zionists will have closed all their vital operations in the United States, and have them set up in Israel ahead of time, to manage this massive financial scheme

During the collapse panicked investors will dump their remaining gold, just for cash.


Jewish Bankers Offer Salvation

There will be a total financial collapse and the good Zionist bankers will come to the rescue. They will propose a commodity based on a new worldwide currency, that will be based off gold.


Why Gold?

Any commodity would work: hogs, lumber, oil, etc. But you need to store, transfer, and grade the commodity.

Think of 50,000,000 chickens in Fort Knox, or shipping 200,000 hogs to China for a currency settlement. Gold has always been the only legitimate money for thousands of years.

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Nuclear blast predicted by the Prophet (saws):

Nuaim reports via Abdallah Ibn Masood that the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said:

"When there is a scream [sayhah] in Ramadan, then there will be bloodshed in Shawwal, and the tribes will form groups in Dhul-Qi'dah, and blood will be spilt in Dhul-Hijjah, and al-Muharram! What will happen in al-Muharram?" saying it three times, "Indeed, indeed! The people will be killed in a great massacre".

We said: "What is the scream, O Messenger of Allah?" He said: "This will be in the middle of Ramadhan, on a Friday morning. That will be when the month of Ramadan begins on a Friday night. There will be a blast that will awaken one who is asleep, and bring the young women out of their rooms, on a Friday night during a year of many earthquakes and severe cold."

Nuaim reports via Abdallah Ibn Masood that the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said:

"During Ramadan there will be a sign in the sky, as a bright pillar of light, and in Shawal a catastrophe, and in Dhul Qada many perishing, and in Dhul Hijja the Pilgrims are plundered, and what will make thee understand what Moharam will hold...
A devastating sound will be heard in Ramadan, and a commotion in Shawal, and in Dhul Qada conflict between the tribes, and that year the Pilgrims will be plundered and a great confrontation will unfold at Mina with many killed and much blood spilled as they stand on the rock of Al Aqaba. If the blast occurs in Ramadan, then there will be commotion in Shawal...
We asked what is the blast, oh messenger of Allah, and he said: a strong blast of sound in the middle of Ramadan on a Friday night. This blast will wake the sleeping and knock down the standing, and move the aged women from their shelter on a Friday night of a year that will witness many earthquakes."


Al-Hakim narrated from Abu Hurayrah [r.a] from the Prophet (saws) that he said:

"There will be a blast in Ramadan that will awaken one who is asleep and terrify one who is awake. Then there will appear a group in Shawwal, then bloodshed in Dhul-Hijjah, then the prohibitions will be violated in Al-Muharram, then there will be death in Safar, then the tribes will conflict with each other in Rabi, then the most amazing thing will happen between Jumada and Rajab. Then a well-fed she-camel will be better than a castle sheltering a thousand.



The prophet talks about a "Blast" with a "devastating sound" that will "awaken the one who is asleep and terrify the one who is awake" and which will appear as a "sign in the sky, a bright pillar of light".



Does this look like a "sign in the sky", a "bright pillar of light" ?



(Actual photo of a real Russian nuclear blast)

People often use the expression "bright pillar of light (or fire)" to describe a nuclear explosion.




Exact date of the "Blast": Friday, 4th September 2009

"This will be in the middle of Ramadhan, on a Friday morning. That will be when the month of Ramadan begins on a Friday night"

Ramadan this year will begin on a Friday night (August 21), and the middle of it will also be on a Friday (September 4th).

Islamic Calendar 2009 with latest moon sighting:
http://www.moonsighting.com/calendars/2 ... lqura.html

This means that the exact date of the nuclear attack is the Friday, September 4th, 2009.

The prophet then talks about a Commotion that will follow the blast, this is the global civil unrest that the global financial collapse is gonna cause.




The discovery of the Euphrates gold after the Nuclear attack:

Nu'aym ibn Hammad narrated from Ka'b that he said:

"There will be on the banks of the Euphrates, in the direction of Sham of a little before it, a great assembly. They will fight each other over wealth, and seven out of every nine will be killed. And that will be after the bast and the collapse in the month of Ramadan, and after the appearance of three banners, each of whom will seek the kingdom for himself, among them a man whose name is "Abdullah"."

This hadith tells us that the civil strife between the tribes that the gold of the Euphrates is gonna cause will take place after the blast and the global collapse in the month of Ramadan.

Note: The Euphrates has already started uncovering it's hidden treasures due to drought:

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There is a hadith which says that the battle of the Euphrates is a sign of the appearance of the Mahdi:

Ibn Majah narrated from Thawban [r.a] that the Messenger of Allah said:

"Three men will fight at the place where your treasure is, each one of them the son of a khalifah, but it will not go to any of them. Then, the black banners will come out of the east and kill you as no people have ever been killed" Then he said something that I do not remember, then he said: "So when you hear of him, then go to him and give the bay'ah to him, even if you must crawl over ice. For he is Allah's khalifah, the Mahdi."


The author notes about this hadith:

"Ibn Khatir said that the treasure referred to in this hadith is the treasure of the Ka'bah, over which three sons of the khulafa will fight at the end of time. Allah knows better as to why he said this, as he did not bring any evidence for it , and there do not appear to be any well-known authentic texts indicating it.

However, there are other athar indicating that the treasure refers to the gold that will be uncovered from the Euphrates:

"There will be on the banks of the Euphrates, in the direction of Sham of a little before it, a great assembly. They will fight each other over wealth, and seven out of every nine will be killed. And that will be after the bast and the collapse in the month of Ramadan, and after the appearance of three banners, each of whom will seek the kingdom for himself, among them a man whose name is "Abdullah"."



The Nuclear Attack will spark WW3, the "Great War" that precedes the appearance of the Dajjal, and during which the Mahdi shall appear:

You really need to understand this scheme, this is about destroying the world in order to bring the Jewish Dajjal in the middle of the chaos as the saviour of humanity, to imitate the second coming of Jesus that everybody is waiting for. This is why he's called the False Messiah.

Albert Pike, Jewish Illuminati who talks about 3 World Wars to bring out in the open the Dajjal. Listen to what he says about WW3, it's about bringing out the universal manifestation of the doctrine of Lucifer (The Dajjal, Satan's ultimate weapon):

"The Third World War must be fomented by taking advantage of the differences caused by the "agentur" of the "Illuminati" between the political Zionists and the leaders of Islamic World. The war must be conducted in such a way that Islam (the Moslem Arabic World) and political Zionism (the State of Israel) mutually destroy each other. Meanwhile the other nations, once more divided on this issue will be constrained to fight to the point of complete physical, moral, spiritual and economical exhaustionWe shall unleash the Nihilists and the atheists, and we shall provoke a formidable social cataclysm which in all its horror will show clearly to the nations the effect of absolute atheism, origin of savagery and of the most bloody turmoil. Then everywhere, the citizens, obliged to defend themselves against the world minority of revolutionaries, will exterminate those destroyers of civilization, and the multitude, disillusioned with Christianity, whose deistic spirits will from that moment be without compass or direction, anxious for an ideal, but without knowing where to render its adoration, will receive the true light through the universal manifestation of the pure doctrine of Lucifer, brought finally out in the public view. This manifestation will result from the general reactionary movement which will follow the destruction of Christianity and atheism, both conquered and exterminated at the same time." 4

The prophet refers to WW3 as the "Great War" and the Dajjal will appear in the final stages of the war:

Hadith - Abu Dawood #4283
The Prophet said: The time between the great war and the conquest of the city (Constantinople) will be six years, and the Dajjal (Antichrist) will come forth in the seventh.


The Mahdi will appear during the global social cataclysm (WW3):


Abu Sa'id al-Khudari(RA) narrated that the Prophet (SAWS) said:

"Severe calamity from the direction of their ruler will befall my people during the Last Days. It will be a calamity which, in severity, shall be unprecedented. It will be so violent that the earth with injustice and corruption will shrivel for its inhabitants. The believers will not find refuge from oppression. At that time God will send a man from my family to fill the earth with justice and equity just as it is filled with injustice and tyranny."




Chronology of the events mentioned in the hadiths:


--- Blast (Nuclear Attack) --- Collapse (Financial collapse) --- Commotion (Civil unrest) --- Massacres (WW3 starts)--- Three Black Banners --- Conflict of the Euphrates --- Appearance of the Mahdi.


Some hadiths taken from the book "Fitan End of Times" which can be found here:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/12344855/Fita ... imes-Ebook

Pak nuclear programme faces 35 pc cut

Pak nuclear programme faces 35 pc cut

By Ansar Abbasi

ISLAMABAD: Pakistanís nuclear programme is facing severe financial cuts, badly hampering some core classified projects, it is learnt.

A source told The News that several development programmes of the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission, including some classified ones, have been slowed down and some even halted as the government has imposed an unprecedented squeeze.

The classified side of the PAEC development budget saw a cut of almost 35 per cent while for the open development programmes only 15 per cent of the budget has been released, thus affecting more than 30 projects. The source said that senior nuclear scientists and those holding key positions in the countryís nuclear programme apparatus were extremely upset with the situation and fear that the cut would badly damage the nuclear programme and would tantamount to a quiet unannounced rollback.

The PAEC member administration, however, denied this but conceded that there had been belt-tightening because of the global recession. Major-General Khalid Mushtaq, while talking to this correspondent on phone from his office, said that the global recession had led to the belt-tightening and the emphasis was on the judicious utilisation of the available resources.

He denied any compromise on the countryís nuclear programme and its development. The resource crunch, he said, should not be interpreted in a manner that may show that there was any compromise on the programme.

General Mushtaq said that he did not know the details of the spending as he was on the administration side of the PAEC. But he insisted that any impression of funds stoppage or slowing down of development programmes would not be true.

He said that there could be prioritisation of different development programmes but the funds had not been stopped. ìNo, no there is no such thing,î the general said.

A source also disclosed that the financing system for the nuclear programme had also been changed, and insisted that it had been done to the disadvantage of the nuclear programme. The source explained that a new system called Assignment Account System (AAS) had been introduced despite the opposition of the PAEC and the SPD.

The new system, it is said, would not only expose the classified purchases of the PAEC but would also not allow these strategic organisations to keep their allocated money in their respective bank accounts.

General Mushtaq, however, said that there might be a change in the accounting system but not in the funding resource, which remains the government of Pakistan. When asked to refer this correspondent to an official who could share the details, he said he had enough information to respond to The News queries. Spending on the countryís nuclear programme remains confidential, he added.

According to the source, while the government has allocated tens of billions of rupees for projects like the Green Karachi and the Benazir Income Support Programme, the countryís nuclear programmeís core classified development projects are still not being provided the badly needed amount, which is not more than Rs 10 billion.

The strategic organisations of the country should be the top most priority of the government but still they got less than 0.5 per cent of the GDP. Those running the nuclear programme and the strategic organisations are extremely upset and do not know why this is being done. Some key officials of the PAEC, the sources confirmed, had even resigned in protest over this strange attitude of the government.

Such an attitude, it is said, had demoralised and de-motivated those handling the core classified projects. The issues of massive slashing of funds and the change in the financial system were also discussed at the highest level but to no avail.

This is like creating hurdles in the progress and development of the country's nuclear programme, an extremely concerned source said, adding that no government had even done what was being done by the present government.

But a Finance Ministry official said that because of serious financial crunch, Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani had recently approved a summary to scale down budgetary allocations for the Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) by over Rs 118 billion for the ongoing fiscal year 2008-09.

After getting approval from the prime minister to reduce allocation for the federal share of the PSDP to around Rs 219 billion from its initial allocated amount of Rs 371 billion, the Planning Commission (PC) barred the ministries/divisions on March 24, 2009 from undertaking work on new schemes in the remaining months of the ongoing fiscal year.

Earlier, the government had excluded Rs 34 billion for the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) from development expenditure and put it under the current expenditures.

Under the IMFís prescriptions, the government is taking steps to curtail fiscal deficit within the agreed limit of 4.2 per cent of the GDP or Rs 562 billion and mainly compromising development expenditures. But not many knew that this situation is also affecting the nuclear programme of the country.

Interestingly, while the nuclear programme as well as the development projects under the PSDP is facing financial slash, the government has terribly failed to control current expenditures as only the prime minister has cut down its expenditures by around 38 per cent. The federal ministries and divisions are not following his footsteps.

The Planning Commission, in its March 24th circular, had asked the ministries and divisions that if there were very necessary spending requirements, then the ministries/divisions should approach the PC for getting a No Objection Certificate (NOC).


http://thenews.jang.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=21848

Update on Khushab Plutonium Production Reactor Construction Projects in Pakistan

By David Albright and Paul Brannan
ISIS has obtained commercial satellite imagery from DigitalGlobe taken January 30, 2009 of the Khushab plutonium production reactors in Pakistan. The imagery shows that major construction of the buildings associated with the second Khushab reactor is likely finished and that the roof beams are being placed on top of the third Khushab reactor hall (figure 1). The operational status of the second reactor is unknown, but it could start in the near future.
A comparison of commercial imagery of the second Khushab reactor from September 3, 2008 and January 30, 2009, shows that in the span of almost four months, there have been few changes to the structures and that there does not appear to be ongoing construction of any additional buildings (figures 2 and 3). This indicates that major construction of the buildings associated with the second Khushab reactor may have been completed.
The most recent imagery shows the construction of defined roads and lane dividers on the compound near the second Khushab reactor, whereas the September 3, 2008 imagery shows only dirt tracks made by vehicles (figures 4 and 5). While it is unclear whether these roads are paved in the new imagery, they are well-defined and paving would be likely to follow soon. Such preparation indicates that construction crews do not anticipate using most types of heavy construction equipment on or around the second reactor and its associated buildings.
DigitalGlobe imagery from September 3, 2008 showed the reactor cylinder inside the third reactor building because the roof had not yet been placed on top.4 Imagery from January 30, 2009 shows that the roof beams are being placed on top of the reactor hall and the reactor cylinder is no longer visible (figures 6 and 7). Also in the January 30, 2009 imagery is a footprint for a large building adjacent to both the second and third Khushab reactors (figure 8). The arrangement of the footprint, and its location outside the main perimeter fence, indicates it will be a large administrative building with multiple wings, though the basement for this building appears unusually deep.
Conclusion
Pakistans increase in plutonium production capability stands to accelerate an arms race with India. In the current climate, with Pakistans leadership under duress from daily acts of violence by insurgent Taliban forces and organized political opposition, the security of any nuclear material produced in these reactors is in question. India can easily match Pakistans actions, given its own capabilities to produce plutonium for weapons in heavy water power reactors and a breeder reactor currently under construction. Rather than standing by as a dangerous surge in the production of fissile materials for weapons unfolds in South Asia, the United States should make it a key priority to convince Pakistan to join the negotiations of a universal, verified, Fissile Material Cutoff Treaty (FMCT), which would ban the production of plutonium and highly enriched uranium for nuclear explosives. As an interim step, the United States should press both India and Pakistan to suspend any production of fissile material for nuclear weapons. Current U.S. policy, focused primarily on shoring up Pakistans resources for fighting the Taliban and al Qaeda, has had the unfortunate effect of turning the United States into more of a concerned by-stander of Pakistans expansion of its ability to produce nuclear weapons. The Obama Administration has an opportunity to make a verified FMCT a top priority again and insist that Pakistan and its rival India join these negotiations in good faith.

Catholics fear Hindu 'Taliban'

Amanda Hodge, South Asia Correspondent | April 27, 2009
Article from: The Australian

THE Catholic Church has warned that electoral victory for the conservative Bharatiya Janata Party next month could result in a Hindu-style "Talibanisation" of India and lead to the suppression of human rights for all religious minorities there.

Father Babu Joseph, a spokesman for the Catholic Bishops Conference of India, which represents 168 diocese, said the church feared the results of the current national elections, which are being held in five stages and conclude on May 13.

"They want to demolish secularism - they're very clear there has to be a Hindu nation and only Hinduism is acceptable," Father Joseph told The Australian. "Last time the BJP was in power, they began the process of amending the constitution of India to try and take away the rights of the minorities."

The constitution enshrines the rights of minority groups and religions to establish institutions for their communities.

But Father Joseph said: "If that's removed then tomorrow all our institutions, including our schools, could be taken over."

Communalism has been a constant theme in Indian elections as parties seek to woo voters along religious lines.

One of the most startling moments in an otherwise lacklustre campaign this election was a hate speech delivered by Varun Gandhi, great-grandson of India's founding prime minister and great secularist Jawarhalal Nehru. The young Gandhi was jailed for a fortnight after allegedly telling supporters he would cut off the hands of any Muslims who threatened Hindus.

In August and September last year, the Christian community was targeted in riots across the state of Orissa, triggered by the murder of a local hardline Hindu priest who preached radical Hindu exclusiveness among his followers.

Some 50,000 Christians - many of them converts from the socially backward Dalit caste - have been displaced in the violence, which claimed dozens of lives and saw thousands of Christian houses and churches burnt in villages across the state. Many have left the state but as many as 4000 Christians are still sheltering in refugee camps.

The riots occurred under the coalition state government of the BJP and former political ally the Biju Janata Dal.. But the BJD last month broke off its alliance and has since been trying to persuade people to rebuild their homes and their lives.

Father Joseph said a fraction of Christians displaced in the violence had returned to their villages to rebuild with the help of the Government and the church.

In some, reconciliation had also begun, as Hindus and Christians worked side by side in the reconstruction. But many others had been forcefully converted to Hinduism on their return.

"It's like what is happening in Pakistan - trying to apply sharia law. This is the Hindu version of it," he said, adding that Hindu nationalist parties such as the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh were indoctrinating poor tribal people in Orissa against Christians.

"This is the worst we have seen so far but we wonder what is still to come depending on what kind of party comes into the centre," Father Joseph said.

However, BJP MP and national party spokesman, Prakash Javadekar, dismissed the church's concerns as "political propaganda", pointing to the success of BJP governments in Christian-dominated states such as Goa.

Mr Javadekar told The Australian yesterday that Indian minorities were safer under a BJP government than under the Congress party, which he said had been responsible in 1984 for inciting India's worst communal violence since independence following the assassination of prime minister Indira Gandhi by her Sikh bodyguards.

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25389187-25837,00.html