New Delhi, Dec 15: Seeds do not germinate or sprout
by themselves. They need a congenial soil to grow.
This is what Mohammad Amir Rana, a Pakistani journalist
who says he is under surveillance in his own country trying to
convey to the world through his new book "the seeds of
terrorism." Working for 'The Friday Times' from Lahore he says
he is already in the hit list of Pak officials after he
expressed his fearless views on state sponsored terrorism in
his first book "The Gateway To Terrorism."
The book says that the 'new' face of Pakistani President
Musharaf, as a fighter against terrorism is not the result of
any progressive thinking but result of a compulsion. A
compulsion aimed at not inviting the wrath of us after 9\11 as
us was trying to divide the world over the 'now' notorious
question 'whose side you are?'
Amir Rana recalls that "in 1979 General Zia ul Haq, on the
urging of Americans and in collaboration with the CIA, Saudi
Arabia and other Islamic states, established a Mujahideen army
based in Pakistan to take on Soviet Russia, in the hills of
Afghanistan." The author believes that it is the same move
which culminated into the deadly attack on 9\11 and says
"Frankenstein' monster had returned to haunt its creators."
Bureau Report
