U.S. Military Overrules Elected Government?

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U.S. Military Overrules Elected Government?

On the night of Dec. 1, President Obama announced his plan for a surge of 30,000 troops to be dispatched to Afghanistan. The troops would top 100,000 after this surge, but Obama offered the condition that they would start to withdraw from Afghanistan by June of 2011.

Coming on the heels of the President's speech, however, the announcement made by Defense Secretary Robert Gates removed any reassurance that was offered. Contradicting the President’s words, Gates clarified that there are no deadlines on the horizon for withdrawal.

Around the same time as the surge announcement, media reports revealed that the U.S. army is planning to expand its undeclared war in Pakistan, through drone attacks targeting the Baluchistan region. These drone attacks, the primary means of warfare that the U.S. army deploys in Pakistan, continue to cause the death of dozens of civilians each time they are put to use, and are thus a blatant violation of the international law.

Over the past eight years of Bush and Chaney the U.S. government has made a habit of bypassing international law through the use of the latest innovations of its military-industrial complex, such as drone attacks. These cutting-edge technologies of cruelty are developed so rapidly that the U.N. regulations can only follow them with a time-lag.

It is this lag in time that the U.S. administration cashes in on to claim more civilian lives in Pakistan, a country where it has not even officially declared a war, and in the neighboring nations. The people of Pakistan have, at this moment of crisis, no food and no jobs. The youth have no future. Any attack on the sovereign integrity of Pakistan the patriotic youth will take as assault on their dignity, which is all that they have left.

As Pakistanis living abroad, and particularly in the U.S., we condemn the U.S. administration’s decision to escalate war in the region, a decision that is made hastily and in utter disregard of the widespread opposition throughout the world. The militarists are trying to get the upper hand of the civil government of the U.S., as evidenced in the manner in which Gates and other military figures contradict the President's speech. Their haste is obvious in their decision for fast-track deployment of the troops planned to take place within a mere two weeks, so that they can turn a deaf ear to the rampant public outcry and protest--protests that began as soon as the president made his announcement at West Point.

If the U.S. militarists have no time to lose in muffling the voices in the U.S. and in the international community, nor can the people of Pakistan, the people of the Middle East and working people here in the U.S. have a minute to lose in opposing the decision to escalate war in Afghanistan. The people of the whole world need the hundreds of billions of dollars wasted on war and destruction to be spent on providing jobs through building schools, hospitals, roads and housing. In this time of economic crisis we need programs to stop housing foreclosures and layoffs not to wage endless war.

The U.S. and its European allies in NATO have done nothing to stop these wars of aggression; in fact, they have been active in promoting and participating in them, in the interest of their own profits and against the demands of their own people. Therefore, we call on the governments in the region, including Pakistan, Afghanistan, India, Iran, Iraq, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Russia and China to convene a meeting to discuss the pending consequences of the U.S. and European military aggression in the region and to seek a solution to the problems of Kashmir and Palestine, all of which poses a grave threat to the national sovereignty of each of these countries.

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Shahid Comrade Secretary General (917) 280-0840

Dr. Mohammed Shafique President (718) 343-1653

SUPPORTING LYNNE STEWART, COURAGEOUS FIGHTER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS!

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> The shootings at Ft Hood base are another tragedy of US war and occupation. It is not enough to train people on how to console others who have participated in US wars and occupation; we must end the wars and occupations themselves (and dismantle the bases in the Philippines, Japan and elsewhere). The man accused of the shootings, Maj. Nidal Malik Hassan, who earned a medical degree in Virginia in 2003, was born and trained in the United States. He daily heard the real stories of death, destruction and frustration by US soldiers, and this tragedy is on the hands of the US government. PAKUSAFF demands a full public inquiry and open disclosure into the Ft Hood shootings. We also demand a full public inquiry and open disclosure into the FBI shooting of Imam Luqman Ameen Abdullah, Imam of the Masjid Al-Haqq in Detroit. When the US government tries to hide its crimes, one thing that we can do is to demand a full injury and open disclosure to the public, not only about these events, but also about their illegal wars and occupations. Yesterday, the US government seized 4 mosques and an office building in the US, alleging that they were controlled by the Alavi Foundation and the Iranian government. This will not increase the respect for the US government by Muslims in either the US or around the world. Openness is the only way to justice. This is the same as with Dr Aafia and Fahad Hashmi, and we must demand and fight for the truth. We support the decision of Attorney General Holder to bring Khalid Sheik Mohammed to trial in open court. This is the only way that the facts can come out, including any possible connections between Sheikh Mohammed and the US government when he fought against the Soviet Union in Afghanistan in 1987. The US was founded on the basis of truth and justice, and only in this way can the government really break with the policies of the Bush era and earn respect.
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> Pakistan USA Freedom Forum and the Pakistani community wish to thank all those who have shown their support to Dr. Aafia, whether by coming to the hearings or sending messages of support or by aiding the legal fund, which is a blessing from the family of Dr. Aafia Siddiqui. At a time when the working people of the U.S. are suffering from the economic crisis, the bailout to the banks, loss of jobs, foreclosures and evictions, from the wars of aggression, we understand that this support is especially difficult but also especially important. In particular, we want to thank the International Action Center, May 1st Coalition, Bail Out the People, Troops Out Now, Workers World, World Can’t Wait, Progressive Women, Working People’s Voice, No Police State, Free Speech Union Square, students, artists and women’s organizations who have come out to show the face of the real New Yorkers who stand for justice.
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> Thanks to Ms. Yvonne Ridley for coming to the USA to make a speaking tour for Dr. Aafia, with the blessing of her brother, Muhammad Siddiqui. Thanks to the Theaters Against War ( www.thawaction.org ), who have performed skits for justice.
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> Elaine Sharp elainesharp@sharplaw.biz, Charles Swift cswift@prolegaldefense.com, Dawn Cardi dcardi@cardilaw.com, and Linda Moreno cmcdonald@prolegaldefense.com
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> We salute Lynne Stewart, the only lawyer prosecuted and convicted for aggressively defending unpopular clients, whose bail is being revoked while she is being re-sentenced.
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> Both Judges Berman and Preska, in the cases of Dr. Siddiqui and Fahad Hashmi, respectively, have been frequently changing the dates of the hearings at the last minute. This makes it difficult for the organizations involved to inform the public. Please visit these websites for more information: www.muslimsforjustice.org and www.freefahad.com .
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> On November 3rd Dr. Aafia was brought to the court against her will, on the basis of her refusal to submit to inhumane strip searches. She will not accept any further humiliation, no matter the consequence to her hearing and trial. How can she get justice in this situation? Perhaps they will be able to put a camera in her cell. This will be a question for the Judge about how she can uphold the Constitution in this situation. The hearing took place in front of a packed court of Dr Aafia's supporters, including youth, students, people from the religious community and others.
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> For up-to-date information, see www.freeaafia.org , the family-approved web-site for Dr. Aafia, or e-mail news@freeaafia.org, sidd2@hotmail.com (e-mail of Muhammad Siddiqui), or pakusaff@hotmail.com.
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> We want to remind our friends that all these horrible inhumane events happen to innocent people due to the wrong foreign policies enforced by the Bush administration and dictator Musharraf and Shoukat. They declared the so-called war on terror on innocent men and women and shoved them into secret prisons at Guantanamo Bay, Bagram and Abu Graib without any evidence. PAKUSAFF is proud to give solidarity to DHRP in its struggles for the missing people whose camp in front of the Supreme Court Pakistan from November 2-13, 2009, which won the victory of setting Nov. 16 for a hearing on missing persons. E-mail mrsjanjua@gmail.com and be among the first voices of human rights to bring this truth to the public eye. We vow to continue working hard for truth and justice.
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> PAKUSAFF would like congratulate the men and women of Honduras for their continued struggle for democracy and freedom in Honduras. In the struggle against the military coup in their country, they continue to sacrifice their lives, attacked by the coup forces during peaceful actions and demonstrations. We were not satisfied with Obama's policy with Honduras.
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> Obama and the US State Department continue their refusal to support the people of Honduras against the coup government. The people of Honduras are our partners in Pakistani struggles against the Bush-Musharraf and US polices that have been protecting the Pakistani dictators. We need to unite together and organize in support of the people of Honduras in all of our communities.
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> PakUSAFF is once again calling on all human rights activists, men, women and students of all ages, colors and religions to come out and support Dr Aafia Siddiqui and Fahad Hashmi. Judge Berman has declared that Dr. Aafia is fit to stand trial, so her trial will actually begin on January 19. But it will be almost impossible for Dr. Aafia to get a fair trial because of the negative publicity by the U.S. government.
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> Dr Aafia is currently in solitary maximum security prison in Metropolitan Detention Center, Brooklyn, NY; she is mentally and physically ill and is not allowed to meet or talk to family. Dr Aafia has been forced to undergo a strip search every time she is taken from and returned to her cell to meet anyone, and as a result she refuses to see anyone including her defense team to avoid these inhumane, painful and demoralizing procedures. Dr. Aafia has refused the help of any lawyer, and has stated that she only wants to question the man who shot her. The elected Pakistani government of PM Gillani has provided $2 million for Dr. Aafia’s defense, most of which has already been distributed to her current and former lawyers. Judge Berman has accepted all 3 of the lawyers paid for by Pakistan and accepted by Dr. Aafia’s family (Charles Swift, Linda Moreno and Elaine Sharpe) as well as her earlier lawyer, Dawn Cardi. Even though the Pakistan Assembly has passed a resolution to bring back Dr Aafia, she has been demonized by the U.S. media.
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> Dr Aafia is a 36-year-old Pakistani neuroscientist, charged with allegedly attempting to murder FBI agent(s) in Afghanistan. These charges, as well as fabricated tales about her supposed ‘ties to Al Qaeda’, have been spread in the U.S. media without any credible evidence. She was illegally kidnapped with her three young children in Karachi in 2003 by US agencies with the help of local agencies and taken into U.S. custody in Afghanistan, where she was shot and severely wounded during interrogation by FBI agents. Her sister, Dr. Fauzia Siddiqui, and family, friends and her lawyers believe she was tortured in Afghanistan and the children were terrorized in US custody. The family and friends have been fighting diligently to get support from the Pakistani government as well as from international human rights organizations. Her older son was freed after 5 years of abuse to Pakistan; the youngest infant is still missing and it is believed that he died in custody, and no one knows the whereabouts of her daughter (about 11 years now). US authorities claim that they have no knowledge of this, which is highly suspicious as the entire area is under the microscopic eyes of US intelligence agencies.
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> Hashmi is a 29-year-old Pakistani who received a BS in political science from Brooklyn College in 2003 and a master's degree in international relations from London Metropolitan University in 2006. According to London Police, he allowed an acquaintance, Junaid Babar, to stay at his London apartment for two weeks in 2004. Babar left raincoats and waterproof socks at the apartment in Hashmi’s luggage and later on Hashmi was arrested by London Police at Heathrow Airport on June 6, 2006, and charged with providing material support to al-Qaeda. He was not accused of providing money or resources to al-Qaeda, or personally giving anything at all to any member of al-Qaeda, or being a terrorist himself. Yet he was held in general population of Belmarsh Prison in England for 11 months, and then extradited to the United States, where he has been held in solitary confinement for over a year without any charges. It would be almost impossible for an attorney to get justice for him and relieve his mother and family from the insufferable torture, when the government has put so many hurdles in his way in the name of “national security” and deprived him of all the required information. Jury selection in Fahad Hashmi’s trial has been set for Tuesday, December 1, 2009 at 9:30 AM.
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> We want to remind our friends that all these horrible inhumane events happen to innocent people due to the wrong foreign policies enforced by the Bush administration (and continued under Obama) and dictator Musharraf and his PM Shoukat Aziz. They declared the so-called war on terror on innocent men and women and shoved them into secret prisons at Guantanamo Bay without any evidence. PAKUSAFF is proud to be among the first voices of human rights to bring this truth to the public eye and we vow to continue working hard for truth and justice.
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President Obama, Do You Know Your Federal Courts Are Not Open to the Public?

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President Obama, Do You Know Your Federal Courts Are Not Open to the Public?

Pakistan USA Freedom Forum is asking everyone to support our demand that Dr. Aafia Siddiqui receive a fair trial, currently under way in New York's Federal District Court, 500 Pearl St., Room 21B, before Judge Richard Berman. Never before have court officials harassed supporters by taking names and I.D. numbers before they entered a courtroom. Such intimidation denies Dr. Aafia a free, fair and open trial. We protest this abuse.

On Thursday, January 21, when Shahid Comrade went to enter the courtroom of Judge Berman, the martial asked him, as he had asked everyone else entering that courtroom, to show him his ID so he could write down his name and number. Comrade refused, and stated that this was against the Constitution of the United States. The marshal stated that this was the order that he had been given by the Chief Marshal. Comrade found noted civil-rights attorney Norman Siegel, who was in the court building on another matter and told him what had happened. Together, they went to the Chief Marshal of the New York Federal District Court, on the fourth floor of 500 Pearl St. After the Marshal asked Comrade to remain outside, Siegel spoke to the Chief Marshal asking him to rescind the order. The Chief Marshal told Siegel he would get back to him. So far, this order has not been lifted.

Afterwards, Siegel told Comrade that, in his 40 years as a practicing attorney, he has never heard of a trial in which visitors were told they had to provide their names and ID numbers to get into a trial, and to his mind this was unconstitutional. Pakistan USA Freedom Forum wishes to thank Norman Siegel for all his assistance in his defense of civil rights and the Constitution.

Pakistan USA Freedom Forum is asking all organizations concerned with human, civil and constitutional rights, political parties and media to demand fair and open courts, insisting that Judge Berman Federal District Court halt this intimidating attempt to deny justice to Dr. Aafia Siddiqui.

We would also like to thank all those who gave support once they heard that officials were ignoring the Constitution. We particularly want to thank Sara Flounders, one of the leaders of Workers World Party, and all those who attended her talk last Friday who stood up and applauded the immigrants and Muslims who stood up for the cause of civil rights in the United States. We will never walk away from sacrifices for the cause of humanity.

Pakistan USA Freedom Forum demands that Judge Richard Berman and the Courts halt the collection of supporters' names and I.D. numbers, publicly identify why this information was collected, whether this information was shared with any other agencies and destroy any data collected in the process.

An end to this intimidating practice will help ensure a fair and open trial for Dr. Aafia Siddiqui and all people brought before the court. We ask President Obama to send the New York Chief Marshal, and all marshals in the Federal Courts, to a refresher course on the Constitution of the United States.

Dr. Muhammad Shafique President

Mr. Shahid Comrade General Secretary (917) 280-0840

Letter Sent to Renowned Civil and Human Rights Attorneys

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PAKISTAN – USA FREEDOM FORUM 82-44 243 St., Bellerose, NY 11426 Tel (718) 343-1653 or (718) 763-3543 E-mail: pakusaff@hotmail.com

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Letter Sent to Renowned Civil and Human Rights Attorneys

We are writing to you in response to the trial and guilty verdict in the case of Dr. Aafia Siddiqui, the U.S.-trained neuro-scientist convicted in the Southern District Federal Court in New York City on February 3, 2010. Dr. Aafia was kidnapped from Pakistan with her 3 small children in 2003 and reappeared in the U.S. controlled Bagram Air Force base in Afghanistan. While being interrogated by U.S. agents, she was shot and seriously wounded in the abdomen, and was then again kidnapped and put on trial for allegedly shooting at two of the U.S. agents, neither of whom was wounded. She was convicted solely on the testimony of military and other U.S. personnel; there was no forensic evidence against her, no fingerprints on the gun, no powder burns on her hands and no bullets produced. While Dr. Aafia has been portrayed in the U.S. press as a “terror mom,” in Pakistan she is treated as the daughter of the Pakistani people, and the government was forced to put up $2 million for her defense.

In particular, we feel that it is very important that the case was not tried in open court. All visitors had to provide their identification, which was written down, and they had to sign in before they were granted admission to the court, or even to the overflow rooms. To our knowledge, this is unprecedented in trials in the U.S. It undermines the public’s belief in the fair trials and is only for purposes of intimidation, wince all visitors to the court building have already passed through security scans. It is also very important now when other trials of people accused of terrorism are coming before the courts, and this treatment of visitors to Dr. Aafia’s trial can be used as precedent.

Pakistan USA Freedom Forum, as an organization of Muslim immigrants in this country, is proud to be taking a stand on this issue that is important to the defense of Constitutional rights, freedom of speech and assembly and open courts. This country has a proud tradition of fighters for workers, civil and human rights, including Joe Hill (labor leader framed and executed in Utah in 1916), Rosa Parks (Afro-American woman who initiated the Montgomery Bus Boycott in 1955 when she refused to give her seat on a bus to a white man), Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, William Kunstler (famed civil rights lawyer), Lynne Stewart (lawyer currently serving time in prison for aggressive defense of her client, Sheikh Rahman), and many others. We hope you will take up the case for open courts in the U.S. We will be glad to give any assistance we can.

Sincerely,

Shahid Comrade

Dr. Muhammad Shafique President

Mr. Shahid Comrade General Secretary (917) 280-0840

The above letter was sent to well-known lawyers in New York City. Many of the fighters that we feel proud to associate ourselves with were known to have defended what were considered unpopular causes at their time.

Union Leaders and Immigrants Struggle in the USA, 2010

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Union Leaders and Immigrants Struggle in the USA, 2010

Honorable brothers and sisters in the Labor Movement,

The Pakistan USA Freedom Forum (PUFF) greets you and congratulates you on successfully bringing thousands of people from the immigrant communities of New York City to Washington DC on Sunday, March 21^st. That day we stood together with New York Civil Liberties Union, the New Sanctuary Coalition – NYC, the New York Immigration Coalition, Families for Freedom and the May 1^st Coalition for Worker and Immigrant Rights, and the Bail Out the People Movement.

It was a beautiful display of solidarity with the human beings that make up a great majority of New York City’s population.

But the people who came on your generously subsidized buses, came to Washington for one reason. They want, they need, just and humane immigration reform: legalization for all, opposing deportations, opposing the imprisonment of tens of thousands of innocent immigrants, and the unity of families, and opposing the huge industries that are profiting from the victimization of millions of undocumented people, NOT the Schumer-Graham Bill, promoted by many Democratic speakers on March 21^st over huge jumbotrons, and espoused by no less than President Barack Obama, that was touted as “comprehensive immigration reform.”

PUFF has always called for immigration legislation that does not create two kinds of human beings in one country, for we believe no human being is illegal. Schumer-Graham is travesty of “just” reform. If it passes, undocumented and even the documented will be fined and marginalized and hunted down like prey. And anti-immigrant racism and xenophobia will be legitimized.

We have marched from Union Square where we stood against the deportation and imprisonment of immigrants. We have demanded, with the other members of the May 1 Coalition, legalization and civil equality; we have demanded justice for all workers in the USA. Every year we have gathered at Union Square. In 2005 we gathered in the hundreds, with African Americans and immigrants, and progressive white workers for worker rights. In 2006, over a million people marched from Union Square demanding rights for immigrants and all workers. In 2007, 2008 (Bush Era) and 2009 (Obama Government), despite growing threats from ICE (Immigration Custom Enforcement) who feel no remorse for tearing apart innocent families in midnight raids, we marched in the tens of thousands from Union Square, with the same demands: Legalization for all! An end to the raids! No Deportation! Equal rights for all workers! An end to splitting apart families! An end to spending billion$$ on militarization of the border and illegal wars.

PUFF stands for unity of all workers. Labor Unions are supposed to be the standard bearers of this principle. But we have been troubled to learn that some organizations have decided to divide the working classes of the city and to organize a separate May Day rally.

Pakistan USA Freedom Forum calls union leadership and NGOs at this moment of economic and social crisis to use their money and power to unite the immigrant struggle for those documented and undocumented in New York and the United States of America, and not to dilute the struggle of the immigrants and workers. Let those in labor unions and the unorganized march together from Union Square!

Previously, in decades past, immigrants and workers, unionized and unorganized, marched from Union Square for workers’ rights. So it is an ode to history that we rally at Union Square. But then we will march to Wall Street, which we hold responsible for the exploitation and degradation of workers from New York to Karachi, from Dublin to Dubai, and Johannesburg to Mexico City. The neoliberal restructuring of the world economy is bringing down wages and causing unemployment, migration, and poverty all around the world.

In that light, we wish to remind you that we have been a proud part of the New York May 1 Coalition for five years. From 2005, 2006 and to the present time we have organized with workers and immigrants in New York City to defend our rights.

Brothers and sisters, stand with the workers, not the bosses. Unite together with immigrants and all workers. Do not turn your backs on our undocumented brothers and sisters in the working class. Join the May 1 Coalition at Union Square. Oppose the Schumer-Graham Bill. In unity there is strength!

Shahid Comrade
Secretary General (917) 280-0840

Dr. Mohammed Shafique
President (718) 343-1653

Meet “Friends of Pakistan” ?!

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Meet “Friends of Pakistan” ?!

Pakistani Americans are deeply concerned about the current economic situation in the United States. We feel empathetic towards American people and anticipate that the administration will change its policies for the benefit of ordinary citizens instead of helping corporations and their CEOs.

The Pakistani community living abroad strongly feels that the effort of the so-called “Friends of Pakistan”, formed on September 26, 2008, in New York, to help Pakistan is not the right way to support the country. We believe that an independent nation like Pakistan does not need a charity summit but is owed reparations. Pakistan helped the USA and the rest of the world to defeat the USSR during their occupation of Afghanistan and became host to 5 million refugees from Afghanistan due to this war. During the terrorism campaign Pakistan is playing a pivotal role as a frontline state. Pakistan has deployed more than 150,000 soldiers in the tribal areas to support NATO forces. Pakistan has lost more people than NATO and has suffered tremendous economic loss due to its direct involvement. The result is bad law and a poor economic status due to this war. After such extraordinary sacrifices Pakistan needs compensation for those losses from these so called “Friends of Pakistan,” not charity.

The Pakistani people would be very happy if these friends (Turkey, Saudi Arabia, UAE, China, etc.) can help Pakistan by asking NATO to leave Afghanistan and Iraq and influence Americans to stop selling arms to Israel and India, since this is against international peace pacts and will negatively affect the peace process in Asia and Middle East. They can also set up international committees to start working on disputed territories (Kashmir and Palestine), and correct their discrimination towards Pakistani immigrants living in Europe and America. We think the best way to help Pakistan is to stop cross-border attacks and respect Pakistani sovereignty. Instead of holding such degrading conferences, these “friends” should ensure that NATO reimburse Pakistan for the use of its land for moving NATO troops and goods to Afghanistan, exploiting its other resources (such as the loss of Pakistani lives due to cross-border attacks), and should ensure payments of compensation to victims of cross-border attacks, as they did in the case of the alleged Libyan attack on a civil airline in England.

We are worried and concerned about the deteriorating relationship between the Americans and Pakistanis due to undue pressure of America on the democratic government. Pakistan is in great danger as a result of 10 years of Musharraf’s dictatorship. A lack of democracy ruined its economy and the law and order situation is in shambles. There is poverty across the country. According to international economists, the country needs at least $150 billion to survive and to rebuild institutions that suffered badly from the support Pakistan gave to the US and Western powers and from the destruction by US and Western-backed dictators. This is definitely not sufficient, since 60 years of alliance with America and Allied Forces has put the country at collateral and economic damage. In addition, the friends of Pakistan, the US and European universities should make available immigration and scholarships to Pakistani students. We need technical cooperation to develop civil nuclear technology to overcome our energy shortage which is hampering economic development.

Our record shows that we are a nation of great principles, that we have stood by our friends, and have fought wars against aggression, and now we deserve support from “Friends of Pakistan”; after the $150 billion in reparations are paid, they need to really show they are friends of Pakistan by continued support until Pakistan is back on its feet. At the same time it has every right to use any weapon (F16 / F18) to defend its boundaries against anyone who will use Air Strikes and war on land.

Shahid Comrade Secretary General (917) 280-0840

Dr. Mohammed Shafique President (718) 343-1653

Respect,Not Might, is theKey to U.S.Pakistan Strategic Dialogue

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Respect, Not Might, is the Key to U.S. Pakistan Strategic Dialogue

Today, at 6 am, on October 22, 2010, we are standing in front of the US State Department in Washington DC in solidarity with Pakistanis who lost their loved ones in continuous civil unrest in Karachi and elsewhere. We are here with hopes that the third round of US-Pakistan Strategic Dialogue will result in some concrete improvements in the lives of Pakistanis.

We demand the following outcomes from the Strategic Dialogue as the first steps toward meaningful friendship between the two countries:

(1) Stop the drone attacks and respect Pakistani sovereignty. (2) Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Pakistan. (3) Kashmir issue must be central to a successful dialogue. (4) Stop supporting dictatorships in Pakistan and all countries. (5) Abolish Pakistan’s foreign debt. (6) Proper and adequate compensation to the families of Pakistanis killed as a result of U.S. wars, the same amount per person as was received from Libya in the Lockerbie case. (7) Repatriate Dr. Afia Siddiqui to Pakistan. (8) Missing people and their families deserve a full accounting from the U.S. and Pakistani government. (9) End the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. (10) An announcement that Pakistani land and bases will not be used as a launching pad against Iran.

The present government of Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani and President Asif Zardari came to power following a secret deal (national Reconciliation Order – NRO) with former dictator Pervez Musharraf/ Shaukat Aziz, and with the consent of and pressure from the US and British governments. This is a message to the future dictators who get overthrown that they and their cronies will be safe with their looted money. This continues a sad history that contradicts our vision for Pakistan.

The father of the Pakistani nation, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, declared that Pakistan will stand for equality, freedom of speech and civil society, and against racism, bigotry, occupation, colonialism. Unfortunately, our history has been dominated by dictatorships and weak civilian governments that bend to the will of stronger Western powers.

Pakistani Dictators backed by western governments never allow civil and human rights. Rather, they crush the intelligentsia, kill political leaders, disappear citizens who end up torture victims in Baghram, Guantanamo Bay and elsewhere. They loot national resources, and create crisis after crisis in the country. Young students see no hope for the future.

History has taught us that when the U.S. government gets involved in other countries, the results are ugly. The U.S. used Pakistan as a means to carry out a proxy war against the Soviet Union in neighboring Afghanistan, which led to major upheavals in both countries. Since that time, the U.S. has left both countries and the million Afghan refugees in Pakistani camps, to their own devices.

For the first time in 20 years, the U.S. is going to train Pakistani officers on U.S. soil. We do not want these officers to be trained like the officers in the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (“School of the Assassins”), or like U.S. officers who practice torture and degradation of people in Abu Graib, Baghram and Guantanamo Bay. We demand that the Pakistani air forces chief should resign because he has failed to stop the drone attacks.

The slow response of the U.S. to help Pakistan after the recent floods, even as they carry out their war plans from Pakistani soil, shows the true motives of the U.S government.

The Pakistani people are always proud that from day one we have stood for respect of international borders and treaties, for the right of the Palestinian people to return to their homeland, self-determination for the Kashmiri people, against torture and rendition, against dictatorships, standing with the Vietnamese people’s struggle. We are always opposed to the arms race (including the $123 billion arms deal with Saudi Arabia and other Arab states), as well as the double standard of providing nuclear supplies to India and turning a blind eye to Israel’s nuclear weapons, while threatening war against Iran.

Peace and truth will always win out!

Dr. Muhammad Shafique President

Mr. Shahid Comrade General Secretary (917) 280-0840

Comrade S.
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