Nbadan
03-01-2005, 06:17 AM
Mr. Baloch might be the Pakistani equivalent of Rush Limbaugh, but it is newsworthy that he's saying this to the media.
Pakistan could be targeted after Iran
Monday, February 28, 2005
CHINIOT: "The United States’ evil designs against the Muslim Ummah will not end even after attacking Iran, as Pakistan could be next," said Liaqat Baloch, deputy secretary general Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA). (a Pakistani political party)
Talking to journalists on Sunday, he said that the Ummah was passing through a difficult period, as the US and European countries were trying to destroy Islam. He slammed the government for removing the religion column from the passport, terming it as a step to destroy the Islamic culture of the country. MMA, he said, would fight against the ongoing government drives aimed at changing the image of Islam
Daily Times (http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_28-2-2005_pg10_2)
The MMA is a Islamic right-wing political party with deep support in areas bordering Afghanistan. They even have a provincial government. So people do notice when they talk. Does this mean that the U.S. will someday attack a fellow nuclear power as Baloch insists? Probably not, but this won't stop the MMA from using this to publicly attack the President General Pervez Musharraf government over its support for the U.S. led global war on terrorism. The Pakistani military, which is still mostly loyal to Musharraf, but has come under increasing fundamentalist influence, is the only opposition standing between fundamentalist extremists possibly possessing nuclear weapons someday.
Pakistan could be targeted after Iran
Monday, February 28, 2005
CHINIOT: "The United States’ evil designs against the Muslim Ummah will not end even after attacking Iran, as Pakistan could be next," said Liaqat Baloch, deputy secretary general Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA). (a Pakistani political party)
Talking to journalists on Sunday, he said that the Ummah was passing through a difficult period, as the US and European countries were trying to destroy Islam. He slammed the government for removing the religion column from the passport, terming it as a step to destroy the Islamic culture of the country. MMA, he said, would fight against the ongoing government drives aimed at changing the image of Islam
Daily Times (http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_28-2-2005_pg10_2)
The MMA is a Islamic right-wing political party with deep support in areas bordering Afghanistan. They even have a provincial government. So people do notice when they talk. Does this mean that the U.S. will someday attack a fellow nuclear power as Baloch insists? Probably not, but this won't stop the MMA from using this to publicly attack the President General Pervez Musharraf government over its support for the U.S. led global war on terrorism. The Pakistani military, which is still mostly loyal to Musharraf, but has come under increasing fundamentalist influence, is the only opposition standing between fundamentalist extremists possibly possessing nuclear weapons someday.