By
Sajjad Shaukat
The militants attacked on the Holey
Artisan Bakery (Restaurant) in the diplomatic district of Dhaka on July 2, this
year and killed at least 20 hostages and two police officers. It includes nine
Italians, seven Japanese and one American.
The Islamic State group (Also known as
Daesh, ISIS, ISIL) claimed responsibility for terror attack on the restaurant.
But, without any investigation, Home Minister of Bangladesh Asaduzzaman Khan
blamed home-grown Islamist terrorists and Pakistan’s intelligence agency ISI
for the restaurant assault by adding, “There is no IS or al-Qaeda presence in
Bangladesh…the hostage-takers were all home-grown terrorists and not members of
IS or any other international Islamist outfits.” His statement was contrary to
the country’s top officials who have claimed that ISIS exists in Bangladesh. ISI
has accepted responsibility for a number of past attacks in Bangladesh. On
July 7, 2016, terrorists killed two policemen and a woman in an attack at Eid
congregation near Sholakia Eidgah in Kishoreganj,
Bangladesh. The
incident came, a day after the ISI video on social media in which, three Bangladeshi
youths appeared, threatening more attacks in the country, as the sources of Bangladesh
disclosed. It also proves that Bangladesh’s
home-grown militants have connections with the ISIL. However, availing the
opportunity of the Dhaka restaurant attack,
Indian media also began a campaign, accusing ISI.
Western analysts opine that ISIL was
behind the recent terror attacks in Saudi Arabia,
Turkey, Bangladesh and Iraq which killed scores of people.
These analysts said, “ISIS, now under pressure in its core territory of Iraq
and Syria
from where their militants are on flee owing to the successful military
operations led by Russian-supported forces. The group has started missions
elsewhere in the world.”
In fact, there is a co- relationship of
the double game and false flag operations. Indian secret agency RAW which is in
connivance with the intelligence agencies of Bangladesh,
and has been using the ISIL terrorists, is behind the restaurant attack of
Dhaka in order to distort the image of Pakistan and ISI. Therefore, it was
a false flag operation.
As regards the false flag operations,
shooting at the night club in Orlando
may be noted as an instance. In this context, on June 28, 2016, The New York
Times wrote, “The mass shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Fla.,
on June 12 included a curious phrase: false flag…The victims in the
shooting? They were “crisis actors” hired to promote the story as a pretext to
impose tighter gun restrictions, the theory goes…the term false flag relates to
naval warfare when a ship would fly a flag that would conceal its true identity
as a way to lure an enemy closer. Today, it is commonly a shorthand for an act
of deception…conspiracy theorists have applied the label to high-profile
attacks, including the shootings by a husband and wife last year in San
Bernardino, Calif, that killed 14…the phrase has even been used to doubt the
Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.”
Some other developments also endorsed the
false flag operation of the Orlando
club. In an interview with Brazilian TV on June 14, 2016, the ex-wife of the Orlando shooter Omar
Mateen Sitora Yusufiy revealed that American FBI pressurized her to keep quiet
about his homosexuality. Since the attack, Mateen has been dubbed an Islamic
terrorist by the politicians, senior officials and commentators in the US,
following reports he had pledged allegiance to the ISIL, as they wanted to
downplay the personal and self-hating nature of the assault so as to obtain
several secret aims of America, Israel, India and some European countries
against Russia, Pakistan and Syria where these US-led entities are also
supporting the ISIL militants to oust the government of President Bashar
al-Assad. Hence, American CIA and Israeli Mossad and Indian RAW are in
collusion with the ISIS militants to obtain the collective and individual
interests of their countries against Pakistan,
China, Iran and other
Muslim countries.
Besides, Israel,
India and Zionist lobbies
which are clandestinely assisting America’s
anti-Muslim, pro-Israeli and pro-Indian Donald J. Trump, the presumptive
Republican presidential nominee want to see him
as the president of the United
States.
Dhaka restaurant attack is also part of some
other interrelated developments in the region which also need attention to know
the double game. On January 13, 2015, at least seven personnel of the Afghan
security forces died during the suicide attack which targeted the Pakistani
consulate in Jalalabad. The ISIL claimed responsibility for the terror assault
which coincided with efforts to restart the suspended peace process with
Taliban insurgents. Pakistani sources suggested that Indian RAW was behind this
terror attack to thwart these peace talks. On May 21, 2016, the CIA-operated
drone strike killed the Chief of the Afghan Taliban Mullah Akhtar Mansour in
Nushki, Balochistan province
of Pakistan. After the
incident, Afghan Taliban leaders refused to participate in the US-sponsored
talks with the Afghan government. While, in the recent past, with the help of
Pakistan, a series of meetings were held in Islamabad and Kabul among the
representatives of Pakistan, Afghanistan, China and the US to develop an
understanding for the earliest possible resumption of stalled talks between the
Afghan government and the Taliban with view to ending nearly 15 years of
bloodshed in Afghanistan. This latest strike by the US
predator in Balochistan gave a greater setback to peace process for Afghanistan
under the Quadrilateral Coordination Group framework.
However, it shows that America is playing double game with Islamabad. Undoubtedly,
secret agents of CIA, Mossad and RAW which are well-penetrated in the ISIS, the
Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) are using the militants of these terrorist
outfits to destabilize Tibetan regions of China, Iranian Sistan-Baluchistan,
Pakistan’s province of Balochistan and Central Asia. In this connection, the
China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is their special target.
It is of particular attention the since
Bangladesh’s Awami League came into power, by following Indian directions,
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wajid has started a deliberate propaganda campaign
against Pakistan, its army and particularly Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI).
In this context, on the direction of
India, unlike the past years, a ceremony was held in Dhaka on March 24, 2013,
with full pump and show to honour ‘Foreign Friends of Bangladesh Award,’ in
relation to the crisis which led to the separation of East Pakistan in 1971.
For the purpose, Awami League and its leader, Prime Minister Hasina are propagating
against Islamabad through a well thought-out media plan in order to spread
venom against Pakistan, its armed forces and all those Bangladeshi nationals
who were loyal to the state during 1971 crisis.
Nevertheless Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina
who follows pro-Indian policies, had also refused to attend D-8 conference in Islamabad in December, 2012 unless Pakistan
tendered apology for the alleged genocide of Bengalis. Therefore, in connivance
with the judiciary, she hurriedly executed Abdul Qadir Mullah-leader of
Jamaat-e-Islami because of his loyalty to Pakistan.
The tragedy of dismemberment of East Pakistan was aimed at creating a compliant country
through Indian trained and financed terrorists (Mukti Bahini) who had killed
thousands of Pakistanis in cold blooded activities. In this connection, while
addressing a ceremony during his Bangladesh
tour, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi openly stated on June 7, 2015 that
Indian forces helped Mukti Bahini to turn East Pakistan into Bangladesh. He
elaborated that former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee had played an active
role in separating Bangladesh
from Pakistan, and he had
also come to Delhi
in 1971 to participate in the Satyagraha Movement, launched by Jana Sangh as a
volunteer to garner support for the Mukti Bahini members.
Reviving old animosity, media of Bangladesh and India also started highlighting
issue of 195 Pakistan Army officers allegedly involved in killing of Bengalis
in 1971 war. Although they were repatriated to Pakistan
after tripartite agreement between Pakistan,
India and Bangladesh in
1974, yet Prime Minister Hasina Wajid intended to file cases against them at
International Crime Tribunal (ICT).
While, a famous Bengali journalist Sarmila
Bose authored a book, “Dead Reckoning: Memories of the 1971 Bangladesh War”
after thorough investigation. Her book was published in 2011. While countering
exaggerations of the Indian and Bengali Journalists, Bose argues that the
number of Bengalis killed in 1971 was not three million, but around 50,000,
while Bengalis were equally involved in the bloodshed of Punjabis, Biharis,
Pashtoons and Balochis.
Majib was already in collusion with India for separation of East
Pakistan. Therefore, when East Pakistan was occupied by Indian
Army in 1971, he stated with pleasure that his 24 years old dream of an
independent Bangladesh
had been fulfilled.
By neglecting Islamabad’s
positive approach, Bangladesh
government has continued its anti-Pakistan approach to please India. It could
be judged from the statement of Prime Minister Hasina Wajid who has vocally
said, “Bangladesh has no
room for the people loving Pakistan.”
For her second tenure, with the support of
RAW, Prime Minister of Bangladesh and leader of the ruling party, Awami League,
Sheikh Hasina Wajid won the general elections 2014 in wake of bloodshed due to
her dictatorial steps. In this regard, head of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party
(BNP), Begum Khaleda Zia who was leading the alliance of the opposition parties
protested against the rigging, deliberately practised by the Awami League, was
placed under virtual house arrest during the election-campaign. The country’s
largest religious party, Jamaat-e-Islami was also banned from taking part in
the elections.
However, Bangladesh’s
ruling party, under Sheikh Hasina Wajid maintains an anti-Pakistan posture by
keeping the Indian-backed “hate Pakistan”
agenda alive, while, her government has failed to deliver the goods to the
people.
Undoubtedly, Prime Minister Hasina Wajid
acts, as if she is an Indian national. Her sole aim is to remain in power and New Delhi has assured her
that she will never lose political power, if she follows a strong anti-Pakistan
posture. While, Prime Minister Hasina has badly failed in providing good
governance and relief to the poor and maintains her relevance in Bangladesh
only by propagating against Pakistan and making the latter a scapegoat of her
dirty politics.
Notably, Hasina Wajid is anti-Islam and
hates her own country’s Muslim majority as much as she hates Pakistan. So,
the people of Bangladesh
will soon recognize her real face and she will again be rejected by her own
people.
No doubt, a majority of Bengalis are
against pro-Indian policy of the government of Bangladesh
at the cost of Islamabad, the real perpetrator
is New Delhi which desires to see a permanent
rift between Islamabad and Dhaka.
Regarding false flag operations, it is
also of particular attention that Indian RAW had arranged the Mumbai terror
attacks of November 26, 2008 and assault of the Indian parliament of December
13, 2001, and without any enquiry, Indian high officials and media had started
deliberate blame game against Islamabad by alleging that Mujahideen and the
banned Lashkar-e-Tayba based in Pakistan and ISI were behind those terror events.
While, on July 19, 2013, the Indian former
home ministry and ex-investigating officer Satish Verma disclosed that terror
attacks in Mumbai in November 26, 2008 and assault on Indian Parliament in
January 12, 2001 were carried out by the Indian government to strengthen
anti-terrorism laws.
Similarly, on January 2, this year, Indian
intelligence and security agencies had arranged the terror attack at Indian Air
Force Base in Pathankot in order to implicate Pakistan’s ISI, linking this spy
agency with some banned militant groups. Afterwards, this orchestrated drama
was also exposed, as Indian police and other security agencies did not
cooperate with Pakistan’s
joint investigation team which visited India in this respect.
Nonetheless, as part of anti-Pakistan
rhetoric, every time, these conspirators come up with new strategy to implicate
Pakistan
and its security agencies. In these terms, terror attack at Dhaka restaurant is
another false flag operation, conducted by Indian RAW with the cooperation of
intelligence agencies of Bangladesh
so as to distort the image of Pakistan
and ISI.
Sajjad Shaukat writes on international
affairs and is author of the book: US vs Islamic Militants, Invisible
Balance of Power: Dangerous Shift in International Relations
Email: sajjad_logic@yahoo.com
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