[DAWN] THE chief of the Pakistain Tehrik-e-Insaf ...a political party in Pakistan. PTI was founded by former Pakistani cricket captain and philanthropist Imran Khan. The party's slogan is Justice, Humanity and Self Esteem, each of which is open to widely divergent interpretations.... , Imran Khan ... aka Taliban Khan, who who convinced himself that playing cricket qualified him to lead a nuclear-armed nation with severe personality problems... , is scheduled to unveil his map for the future at a public meeting in Bahawalpur today. The announcement is being anxiously awaited against the backdrop of reported discussion within the party over which course it should follow from here onwards. In simple terms, the PTI is divided between the moderates who have the patience and will to work gradually within the existing system and the more radical elements who want to strive for forcing sudden change at the risk of severely endangering the system.
These are the two extremes Mr Khan has been shuttling between. One moment he presses for an investigation into vote fraud by the available apparatus and the next he threatens to join Dr Tahirul Qadri ...Pak politician, and would-be dictator, founder and head of Tehreek-e-Minhajul Quran and Pakistain Awami Tehrik. He usually resides in Canada, but returns to Pakistain periodically to foam at the mouth and lead demonstrations. Depending on which way the wind's blowing, Qadri claims to be the author of Pak's blasphemy law. Other times he says it wasn't him... . If the PTI is not too bothered about learning from its own experience in public protest so far, maybe there is a case for it to have a close look at the Pakistain Awami Tehrik's example: how Dr Qadri has been unable to sustain action that would indicate mobility. The drive — led either by Mr Khan or by Dr Qadri or by the two of them jointly — cannot go in fits and starts. There has to be decisive progress aimed at well-defined targets that are fully understood by and acceptable to the masses whose favour is being sought. There is more frustration than purpose to the two moves so far.
Imran Khan has reasons to be upset. He is within his rights to ask for a probe into alleged poll rigging. The delay in addressing his demands betrays problems in the system of governance that lacks an ability to effectively respond to discontent and complaints. Also, there is not too much room for disagreement over him questioning the arrogance with which the current rulers work. The big question, however, relates to the sensitive issue of just how far he can take his agitation and what serious repercussions his acts could entail, for his party and for the country on the lam. Mr Khan warns he could be ultimately forced to dissolve the provincial assembly in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa ... formerly NWFP, still Terrorism Central... where his party is in power. If this is a statement made in total disregard for the disastrous effects such a dissolution could have on the whole of Pakistain, it seems also to be based on an overestimation of what gains the PTI, now a political party with proven public support, could make in the ensuing chaos. The people want change but, oft bitten, they will be wary of being plunged into yet another period of uncertainty. The PTI leader will persist with his demand for poll-fraud investigation, but if he is to emerge as the alternative he must devote some of his energies to turning his Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa government into a model ready to be replicated all across the country.
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[DAWN] THE military operation in North Wazoo has raised hopes of getting rid of the myrmidons. In this euphoria, nobody is interested in tempering the expectations of the public and preparing them for the long drawn-out struggle this proposes to be, with chances of success only if all the parties play their role effectively. The parties in this game are the federal government, the army alongwith the agencies, and most importantly the four provincial governments.
The narrative of each of the four provinces and the army are different. Punjab wants to end terrorism but has no problem with entering into political dialogue with the likes of Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistain ...a Sunni Deobandi organization, a formerly registered Pak political party, established in the early 1980s in Jhang by Maulana Haq Nawaz Jhangvi. Its stated goal is to oppose Shia influence in Pakistain. They're not too big on Brelvis, either. Or Christians. Or anybody else who's not them. The organization was banned in 2002 as a terrorist organization, but somehow it keeps ticking along, piling up the corpse counts... . Sindh wants to end violence but sees no problem with going soft on the myrmidon wings of political parties. If the MQM has a myrmidon wing, the PPP is not left behind either and comes up with its People's Amn Committee
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KP and FC should get together and open up some clean fried chicken joints!
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[JerusalemCenterForPublicAffairs] o Immediately after ISIS emerged in Syria, sources in the Syrian opposition said, "We are familiar with the commanders of ISIS. Once they belonged to Assad's intelligence, and now they are operating on his behalf under the name of ISIS."
o Why would Shiite Iran support a Sunni jihadist organization like ISIS? Iran wants to be certain that a strong Iraqi state does not emerge again along its western border.
o The notion that Shiite Iran would help Sunni jihadists was not farfetched, even if it seemed to defy the conventional wisdom in Western capitals.
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I seriously doubt it.
I suspect ISIS is running strong with Saudi money. Saudi's have now mobilized, probably to militarize their own Shia population (inconveniently on the Saudi oil fields) as ISIS tries to grab the parts of Shia Iraq with the oil and while Iran moves in to stop such a move.
I suspect the end result is not to far off from the Iran/Iraq war of the 80s with trench lines and chemical weapons.
#4
ISIS will take anyone's money but then they do what they want to do. I think they're perfectly capable of taking Saudi or American or Turkish money and turning around and doing what Syria or Iran needs them to do in order to justify what Syria or Iran wants to do.
#5
isis has been massacring shiites in town after town
Iran may have provided some funding in the early days of isis when they were called al q of iraq in order to persuade them to concentrate on killing americans but this aid has surely ended by now
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Yuuup, but also beacuse ISIS was anti-Zawahiri as is Iran.
However, new ISIS BFF + fellow Qaeda affiliate Al-Nusra was suppos pro-Zawahiri, so now Iran is caught all by itself in a complex deelemma.
Saddam's daughter Raghdad was repor as being extremely happy that the ISIS insurgency was occurring - many of Daddy-O Saddam's ex-solders have joined up wid same.
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[JerusalemCenterForPublicAffairs] o Immediately after ISIS emerged in Syria, sources in the Syrian opposition said, "We are familiar with the commanders of ISIS. Once they belonged to Assad's intelligence, and now they are operating on his behalf under the name of ISIS."
