Gen Mirza Aslam Beg: defends Jehadi Mentality ; blames Hindu Militants

Gen Mirza Aslam Beg : Article in Pakistan Observer

In this age of ‘information proliferation’ through the internet and the comments made by the Indian scholars, appearing in the press, it was not difficult to develop the image of the ‘other side of the picture’ of the ‘Mumbai mayhem’, which triggered an aggressive policy of blame-game, directed towards Pakistan. Only a few such comments would help to build-up the picture: “Why was Karkare killed? The whole point of the current terror operation was to kill Karkare and his team who had committed the daring act of exposing the Saffron Brigade. Karkare was close to exposing the names of Praveen Togadia and Chota Rajan in the Malegaon blasts.”

“Karkare, Salaskar and Ashok Kaamte, the three Police officers of the ATS killed in the terror attacks, were part of the anti-Pradeep Sharma group. Now the Indian media is talking about the underworld role. It is odd that all three Police ATS officers killed should belong to the anti-Pradeep Sharma, anti-Chota Rajan group.” “We owe this much to Karkare and the brave ATS men who had shown the courage to arrest Praggya Singh, Raj Kumar Purohit, the army officer and several others.”

“RSS sympathizers are cheering Karkare’s death. They say that he fell victim to the ‘paap’ (sin) committed by him in arresting Sadhus etc.” “Our worst fears have come true. It is clear that Mossad is involved in the whole affair. An entire city has been attacked by Mossad and probably units of mercenaries. It is not possible for one single organization to plan and execute such a sophisticated operation. It is clear that this operation was backed by communal forces from within the Indian State.” “If we are true Sanatanis and true Hindus and true Nationalists and true Patriots, we have to see this act as a clear attack by anti-national deshdrohi forces.”

“Crowds of Hindus and Muslims have come together in a united bid against what they see as a Mossad plot. These crowds are saying that if the police is not assaulting Nariman House, they will do so. The old adage: Is Ghar ko Aag lag gai ghar kay chiragh sey (This house got burnt from the flames lit by their own lamp) has explicitly come true in the gruesome tragedy that gripped the beautiful commercial city of Mumbai, killing around 195 people and several hundred wounded on November 26, 2008. The easy scapegoat – Pakistan and ISI – was the chatter initially, but this time, the story boomeranged on the anti-nationalist forces – the Saffron Brigade, which is a fascist force like that of Hitler, Stalin or Mussolini, the proponents of the so called ideology of ‘Hindutva’. This radical Hindu organization is well known for the massacre of Muslims, Dalits (low caste Hindus) and Christians. Hindustan, they uphold is only for the Hindus, and the rest either be excommunicated or reduced to ashes. The perverted men of this hate philosophy are the notorious Modi, Advani, Ball Thackeray and a whole lot, under different militant groups like RSS – BJP, VHP and Bajrang Dal etc.

It was a home grown conspiracy of the Hindu Militant groups in collusion with Mossad. The very few terrorists who took over Taj and Oberai hotels and the railway station, their main target was Hemant Karkare and the officers of Anti Terrorist Squad (ATS), who were killed, for the reason that Karkare was a brave nationalist officer, who was trying to expose the terrorist activities of the Saffron Brigade, in the Malegaon Blasts and the main culprit like Praggya Singh – an army officer who, along with other noted personalities of the BJP, RSS, Bajrang Dal and VHP were arrested. In retaliation Karkare and other members of ATS were eliminated and dastardly attacks were carried-out as the cover-up for the real crime. The gory drama was meticulously planned by the Hindu Terrorist organizations. The Ahmadabad Carnage was carried-out by these very groups. Nathu Ram Godssay, belonged to RS, who killed Mahatma Gandhi. Babri Mosque was demolished by such Hindu fundamentalists. What is very revealing in the whole killing spree is that, the centre of attack was the Nariman House in Mumbai, which is known to be the abode of Jews. Mossad’s dirty hand in this carnage has patently been exposed. Targeting Muslims and Pakistanis for all acts of terror inside India now rings hollow. The truth is that, Muslims in India are the most traumatized minority, followed by other non-Hindus.

There are secularist Hindus and Muslims, who strive for the liberal democratic forces to prevail in India, but the fascist forces are political radicals, who are immensely communal in their approach and thinking. The same is true of Pakistan, where the majority is for liberal Islam and distributive justice. Every fair election held in Pakistan testifies this reality. We also have some obscurantist forces in Pakistan, who continue to create problems for the elected governments. Mossad is now very active in India, in collusion with the communal parties to cause maximum harm to the Muslims. It was also their election strategy to deprive the Congress of the support of the Muslims and other secular elements, in the forthcoming elections. The Mumbai carnage should be an eye opener for the secular forces in India that their enemy is neither Pakistan, nor the Indian Muslims. The enemy is indigenous and from within, comprising some big names like K.L.Advani, Ball Thackeray and the very famous one of the Gujrat carnage – Narender Modi.

The ‘Saffron Sensibility’ found its worst manifestations in the horrifying episodes of killing Muslims as if they were objects of sport. A British historian Froude, rightly said: “Wild animals never kill for sports. Man is the only one whom torture, death of his fellow-creatures is amusing in itself. It was a matter of pride for some of the killers in the Ahmedabad carnage in Feb 2002, as one of them ‘Chawal’ heroically confessed how he and his accomplices first hacked former congress MG Ehsan Jafri apart, limb from limb and then made a heap of his body parts, which they set on fire. Every one in this killing game was proclaiming what was his score, i.e., how many Muslims he had killed – “Chun-chun ke mara hai” (we specifically hunted them down). One Bajrangi, a major killer also claims: “We hacked burnt, set on fire; many things were done … we, believe in setting them on fire because these bastards say they don’t want to be cremated. They’re afraid of it, they say this and that will happen to them … I have a wish that I go to Juhapura – a town dominated by Muslims – around seven or eight lakh Muslims live there. I will finish them off … at least 25-50,000 should die.” And so on. In the Gujrat massacre, every thing was planned and executed under the supervision of MPs, Police and even judges were part of them in the organized killing of Muslims: “There were the cool strategists, leaders, officials, ideologists. And there were the foot soldiers, who raped, killed and looted. The genocide was clinical.” “We killed these pigs, four or five of us, and then we hung the pig up from the mosque and raised a saffron flag.” For three days absolute anarchy reigned. Execution squads were formed, composed of the dedicated cadre of Hindu organizations such as the Vishva Hindu Parishad, the Rashtriya Swayasevak Sangat, the Bajrang Dal, the Kissan Sangat, the Akhand Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad and the Bhartiya Janta Party. Mosques and darghas were destroyed across the state. Seventy three Muslim religious places were torched in Ahmadabad alone, 55 in Sabarkantha, 22 in Vadodra (These episodes are reported in the Truth (Tehelka issue Vol. 4, Nov 2007). The ‘Mumbai Mayhem’ was also a well planned affair. No single terrorist or organization could have executed such a massacre. Israeli connection is evident from the new terrorist war strategy, which has not so far been seen in the context of Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan, where mostly the suicide bombers were used as weapon of terror. But what is alarming, that a very large number of militant Hindu groups are well organized and in cooperation with each other are out to destroy India’s secularism. Killing Indian Muslims is their prime target to forge greater animosity between India and Pakistan. They wish to subvert plans for restoring peace in the region, or settle the issue of Kashmir. This is the pathological mind-set of the radical Hindus, in the so called biggest democracy of the world, and supported by the “oldest democracy of the world – USA.” Pakistan is condemned for all ills and evils, but India is a ‘paragon’ of democratic norms and values. “What a semantic aberration, for a country where communal riots are so constant features of its existence, Dalit organizations operating in USA, Canada, and I guess, in other foreign countries are full of venom’ against the Hindu Caste-system. When I met some of them in the United Nations, I could not believe how bitter were the followers of Dr. Ambedkar, who had drafted the Indian Constitution. Like typical elephant, India has two set of teeth – one inside and the other for outer exposure. Indian democracy is one such façade.”

Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah was a far sighted leader, who even much before the creation of Pakistan, in late December 1938, remarked: “It is a misfortune of our country, indeed it is a tragedy that the High command of the Congress is determined, absolutely determined to crush all the communities and culture in this country and establish Hindu Raj. They talk of swaraj, but they mean Hindu Raj.” This was the main reason which actualized creation of Pakistan, on the basis of Two Nations Theory. ‘Mumbai Mayhem’ no doubt depicts the other side of the picture of Secular India.