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**** Indian Kashmir separatists split over announcement of Zakir Musa as al-Qaeda leader
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Zakir Musa ® became leader of Hizbul Mujahideen in July of last year, after the previous leader Burhan Muzaffar Wani (L) was killed in a gunfight with Indian police. Musa was named al-Qaeda commander last week.
Al-Qaeda's public relations department has announced that one of
Kashmir's most popular militant leaders Zakir Musa, 23, has been
appointed the head of Ansar Ghawzat-Ul-Hind, the al-Qaeda linked
terrorist organization in India-controlled Kashmir.
Musa, an engineering college dropout, is the son of an engineer in the
Jammu and Kashmir government and his brother is a doctor in Tral,
about 30 km from Srinagar, the provincial capital of Kashmir. He took
over as leader of the Kashmir separatist group Hizbul Mujahideen (HM)
after its previous leader, Burhan Muzaffar Wani, was killed by Indian
security forces last year.
Hizbul Mujahideen was formed in 1989, funded by Pakistan's
Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency. It's been very popular in
Kashmir, with thousands of anti-India protesters, and is demanding
that Kashmir be separated from India and made part of Pakistan.
However in May of this year, Musa split with HM because didn't have
sufficiently grandiose plans for Musa. Musa said:
> [indent]<QUOTE>"I see that many people in Kashmir are engaged in a
> war of nationalism, which is forbidden in Islam. [The fight
> should] not be for the sake of Kashmir. It should be exclusively
> for Islam so that sharia is established here."<END QUOTE>[/indent]
The Indian media is treating this as an extremely serious development,
but it strikes me as rather comical. The thousands of young
stone-throwing separatists in Kashmir believe that their lives would
be better if Kashmir were separated from India and attached to
Pakistan, but they have absolutely no desire to have a terror attack
in Paris or to see Israel pushed into the sea.
Even more comical is another statement by Musa, declaring war on
Pakistan:
> [indent]<QUOTE>"There is no Islam [in Pakistan] at present, so we are
> unhappy with it. We have to do jihad with Pakistan as
> well."<END QUOTE>[/indent]
No wonder he flunked out of college.
The leaders of several separatist factions in Kashmir issued a joint
statement blaming Musa's alignment with al-Qaeda on "Indian secret
agencies," in order to bring a bad name to HM. According to the
statement:
> [indent]<QUOTE>"Groups like ISIS and Al-Qaeda are non-existent in
> Jammu and Kashmir and there is no role for these groups within our
> movement which is local in nature and indigenous in character.
>
> By linking Kashmir movement with some global organizations, they
> (Indian agencies) are planning their roguish activities to
> influence the international community.
>
> The peace-loving nations of the world have also acknowledged the
> disputed status of Jammu and Kashmir and we are pursuing a
> peaceful movement for its resolution."<END QUOTE>[/indent]
One wonders why Musa chose to link to al-Qaeda rather than ISIS. The
reason may be that ISIS is being defeated in Syria and Iraq, and ISIS
is no longer the glittering, highly fashionable terror organization it
once was.
The situation is typical of the confusion that arises all to often
today, when a local jihadist militant group decides to declare
allegiance to al-Qaeda or to the so-called Islamic State (IS or ISIS
or ISIL or Daesh). This declaration allows the group to claim that
al-Qaeda or ISIS is now conducting terror attacks in the region, but
in fact the pledge of allegiance is almost meaningless, except as a
publicity stunt to impress the mainstream media, who always fall for
it, hook, line and sinker. Guardian (London) and Hindustan Times and India Times and Pak Observer and India Times
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**** India says that Kashmir's law and order situation is improving
****
Zakir Musa became leader of Hizbul Mujahedeen (HM) following the July 8 2016 death of HM leader Burhan Muzaffar Wani in a gunfight with the Indian army.
Wani's death
triggered large anti-Indian stone-throwing riots of the past year
throughout the rest of the summer and fall, and resumed in Spring of
this year. In the last year, almost ten thousand people were injured,
and thousands of Kashmiris have been blinded in one or both eyes by
pellet guns used by Indian security forces, and thousands of youths
have been arrested.
India's Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) is now saying that the law and
order situation is improving, with fewer stone-pelting incidents than
in the past. According to the MHA, 95 terrorists have been
eliminated, although 38 security personnel had lost their lives as
well, while 89 were killed in 2016. Indian Express and Indian Express
Related Articles
KEYS: Generational Dynamics, India, Pakistan, Kashmir, Jammu,
Zakir Musa, Burhan Muzaffar Wani, Hizbul Mujahideen, HM,
Pakistan, Inter-Services Intelligence, ISI,
al-Qaeda, Ansar Ghawzat-Ul-Hind,
Islamic State / of Iraq and Syria/Sham/the Levant, IS, ISIS, ISIL, Daesh
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This morning's key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com
- Indian Kashmir separatists split over announcement of Zakir Musa as al-Qaeda leader
- India says that Kashmir's law and order situation is improving
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**** Indian Kashmir separatists split over announcement of Zakir Musa as al-Qaeda leader
****
Zakir Musa ® became leader of Hizbul Mujahideen in July of last year, after the previous leader Burhan Muzaffar Wani (L) was killed in a gunfight with Indian police. Musa was named al-Qaeda commander last week.
Al-Qaeda's public relations department has announced that one of
Kashmir's most popular militant leaders Zakir Musa, 23, has been
appointed the head of Ansar Ghawzat-Ul-Hind, the al-Qaeda linked
terrorist organization in India-controlled Kashmir.
Musa, an engineering college dropout, is the son of an engineer in the
Jammu and Kashmir government and his brother is a doctor in Tral,
about 30 km from Srinagar, the provincial capital of Kashmir. He took
over as leader of the Kashmir separatist group Hizbul Mujahideen (HM)
after its previous leader, Burhan Muzaffar Wani, was killed by Indian
security forces last year.
Hizbul Mujahideen was formed in 1989, funded by Pakistan's
Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency. It's been very popular in
Kashmir, with thousands of anti-India protesters, and is demanding
that Kashmir be separated from India and made part of Pakistan.
However in May of this year, Musa split with HM because didn't have
sufficiently grandiose plans for Musa. Musa said:
> [indent]<QUOTE>"I see that many people in Kashmir are engaged in a
> war of nationalism, which is forbidden in Islam. [The fight
> should] not be for the sake of Kashmir. It should be exclusively
> for Islam so that sharia is established here."<END QUOTE>[/indent]
The Indian media is treating this as an extremely serious development,
but it strikes me as rather comical. The thousands of young
stone-throwing separatists in Kashmir believe that their lives would
be better if Kashmir were separated from India and attached to
Pakistan, but they have absolutely no desire to have a terror attack
in Paris or to see Israel pushed into the sea.
Even more comical is another statement by Musa, declaring war on
Pakistan:
> [indent]<QUOTE>"There is no Islam [in Pakistan] at present, so we are
> unhappy with it. We have to do jihad with Pakistan as
> well."<END QUOTE>[/indent]
No wonder he flunked out of college.
The leaders of several separatist factions in Kashmir issued a joint
statement blaming Musa's alignment with al-Qaeda on "Indian secret
agencies," in order to bring a bad name to HM. According to the
statement:
> [indent]<QUOTE>"Groups like ISIS and Al-Qaeda are non-existent in
> Jammu and Kashmir and there is no role for these groups within our
> movement which is local in nature and indigenous in character.
>
> By linking Kashmir movement with some global organizations, they
> (Indian agencies) are planning their roguish activities to
> influence the international community.
>
> The peace-loving nations of the world have also acknowledged the
> disputed status of Jammu and Kashmir and we are pursuing a
> peaceful movement for its resolution."<END QUOTE>[/indent]
One wonders why Musa chose to link to al-Qaeda rather than ISIS. The
reason may be that ISIS is being defeated in Syria and Iraq, and ISIS
is no longer the glittering, highly fashionable terror organization it
once was.
The situation is typical of the confusion that arises all to often
today, when a local jihadist militant group decides to declare
allegiance to al-Qaeda or to the so-called Islamic State (IS or ISIS
or ISIL or Daesh). This declaration allows the group to claim that
al-Qaeda or ISIS is now conducting terror attacks in the region, but
in fact the pledge of allegiance is almost meaningless, except as a
publicity stunt to impress the mainstream media, who always fall for
it, hook, line and sinker. Guardian (London) and Hindustan Times and India Times and Pak Observer and India Times
****
**** India says that Kashmir's law and order situation is improving
****
Zakir Musa became leader of Hizbul Mujahedeen (HM) following the July 8 2016 death of HM leader Burhan Muzaffar Wani in a gunfight with the Indian army.
Wani's death
triggered large anti-Indian stone-throwing riots of the past year
throughout the rest of the summer and fall, and resumed in Spring of
this year. In the last year, almost ten thousand people were injured,
and thousands of Kashmiris have been blinded in one or both eyes by
pellet guns used by Indian security forces, and thousands of youths
have been arrested.
India's Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) is now saying that the law and
order situation is improving, with fewer stone-pelting incidents than
in the past. According to the MHA, 95 terrorists have been
eliminated, although 38 security personnel had lost their lives as
well, while 89 were killed in 2016. Indian Express and Indian Express
Related Articles
- India's 'Operation All-Out' brings Kashmir closer to all-out war (24-Jun-2017)
- Kashmir violence surges as India launches massive house-to-house sweep (06-May-2017)
- Police clashes in India-governed Kashmir kill 36 and leave thousands injured (14-Jul-2016)
- India threatens retaliation on Pakistan terrorists for Pathankot air base attack (12-Jan-2016)
KEYS: Generational Dynamics, India, Pakistan, Kashmir, Jammu,
Zakir Musa, Burhan Muzaffar Wani, Hizbul Mujahideen, HM,
Pakistan, Inter-Services Intelligence, ISI,
al-Qaeda, Ansar Ghawzat-Ul-Hind,
Islamic State / of Iraq and Syria/Sham/the Levant, IS, ISIS, ISIL, Daesh
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