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| Hizbul Mujahideen still arguing about the purge |
| 2002-05-09 |
| Two more Hizbul Mujahideen commanders have refused to accept the decision of the supreme commander Syed Salahudin to expel Abdul Majid Dar and his two associates. Talking to a local news agency CNS at an undisclosed place, the Hizb launching commander Abu Aamir and district chief Kupwara Asghar Bin Rehman said Salahudin’s decision was wrong and "they and their hundreds of colleagues have refused to accept it". Sounds like a real revolt in their disciplined ranks... Some of the other commanders who according to them were behind them in their principled stand have been identified as Mumtaz Safder, Mumtaz Hussain, Abdullah, Aadil Mushtaq, all batalion commanders, Malik Asad, deputy district commander and financial administrator Majid Gani. However, the two commanders have rejected the possibility of any split in Hizb ranks saying the outfit was still united but was "nobody’s fiefdom". "We won’t let Hizb to become anybody’s personal property", the commanders added. That'll be a change, won't it? The commanders have also come out openly in support of a change in Hizb strategy "as an expedient move in the new circumstances" and even refer to Quran’s teachings to validate their argument. When asked whether they were in the interest of giving up the gun, the commanders answered in the negative but added they also wanted to give one more chance to peace. "We want to give peace a chance but in the process we will continue to carry gun on our shoulders", they said. Now that sounds like a philosophical sea change... In a strong rebuff to Salahudin, the first of its kind from within the Hizb ranks, the commanders accused him of being unaware of the prevailing ground situation in Kashmir. "Salahudin has been living in the free atmosphere of Muzafferabad for the last seven years and as such he can’t understand the ground realities", the commanders said. Well, of course he can't. You can't expect him to risk getting shot or something, can you? Besides, he has important things to do, things that you wouldn't understand. Important things. With important people like him... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |