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Northern Alliance denounced |
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by Kerwin and RAWA
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04 Oct 2001
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Northern Alliance is just as bad as the Taliban
Will the CIA simply create a new Taliban and Osama to takeover from the old?
It sure looks that way. |
Hello,
I wrote RAWA, the Revolutionary Association of Afghan Women, if they still felt that the Northern Alliance was just the same as the Taliban (as they had written in earlier communications). Their response is quite revealing. So the U.S. supported the Taliban against the Soviets, and now it supports the drug-running Northern Alliance (along with nuclear-armed Pakistan, who actually built up the Taliban, along with CIA help) against the Taliban? Perhaps this is yet another stupidly short-sighted "real Politick" move. The U.S. pits one "bad guy" against another, and never builds up a genuinely democratic elements, leaving only "bad guys." Of course, there are reasons for these things...
Please pass along this RAWA commentary as the U.S. is obviously allying itself with the Northern Alliance (who, by the way, are still the regime that most nations of the world recognize as the "legitimate" rulers of Afghanistan). I might also add that on October 2nd, the New York Times ran a photo with a caption that read: "Urging a New Afghan Government: A group of academics, individuals, and moderates gathered at the Shiraz Hotel in Peshawar, Pakistan, yesterday, calling for a new government in Afghanistan, determined by the Afghan people. The group opposes the Taliban and the Northern Alliance." Being a shining example of war-time misinformation, the Times did not offer *any* additional information relating why this group might oppose the Northern Alliance (I have been looking everywhere on the web for info, but no luck so far). Approximately 19 women, and 6 men are visible in the photo, and it looks like the room is much bigger than that, but it's impossible to be sure. In any case, the message from RAWA, below, provides some context.
If you want to check out the RAWA website, you can do so at <www.rawa.org> or <www.afghan-women.org>. You can also get on an email listserv by linking up at <www.rawa.org/ml.htm>.
I have added a couple of commentaries to their message [in brackets].
Take care, Kerwin
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from RAWA:
In our opinion there is no difference between Taliban and Northern Alliance. Both are criminal and anti-democratic forces to the marrow of their bone.
Please note that one of the forgotten aspects of the Afghan catastrophe is the role of Rabbani-Masoud & Co (Northern Alliance also called Jehadis) in destroying and looting the country and the death and destitution they brought with them after the fall of the pro-Soviet puppet regime. More importantly hundreds of girls, women and even young boys were raped and a great number of girls committed suicide lest be assaulted by the barbaric Jehadis (Northern Alliance) henchmen. Most of anti-women rules and measures to deprive, suppress and insult them were taken when these Jehadi murderers came to power till 1996 when their brethren-in-creed-Taliban replaced them.
One of Mr.Masoud important ally Rasul Sayyof had stated that Kabul and its citizens were "sin full" and have the color of the "communists" and therefore they should be totally destructed. Cinemas, theaters and other entertainments were banned; compulsory veil for women was announced. And women and school girls couldn't dare to go out due to immanent danger from the Jehadi gunmen and thus educational institutions and many offices were boycotted by females.
Please take a look at some of the reports of those horrible years on our site to get a wider idea about the matter. [These are available at <www.rawa.org>]
Of course after they (Rabbani-Masoud & Co) lost to the Taliban --who were once praised by Masoud as "our beloved Islamic brothers"-they started to talk about "democracy", "human rights" and even "women rights" just to pose as very "enlightened", "moderate" and "democracy loving" rivals of the Taliban in order to solicit support from the West, a play they are continuing successfully.
The UN unilateral sanctions and the recent approach of the UE [European Union] and the US to the Northern Alliance are nothing but another sinister design to perpetuate the dirty domination of the fundamentalists on Afghanistan. The Jehadis are more evil-minded and treacherous than the Taliban. The only difference is that the former are deceitful enough to conceal their real agenda and face and the latter as the prevailing power don't need much to hide their policies in this regard. However, both are birds of a feather.
As many in Afghanistan say Masoud was a mini-Khomeni dressed in pants & shirts! The NA [Northern Alliance] inter alia is being assisted and consulted by the agents of the Iranian regime.
You asked about our statement on the current situation. You may find the statement on this link: www.rawa.org/ny-attack.htm.
Thanks again for your interest and looking forward to hearing from you again very soon.
Warmest regards,
Mehmooda
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