To: ratan lal who wrote (9333 ) 11/4/1999 6:38:00 PM From: JPR Respond to of 12475
Posted November 4, 1999 Islamic militants exalt holy war against India, US india-today.com A Motley group of mercenaries from Islamic States vow to take on US and India.---JPR Muridke (Pakistan), November 4: Thousands of militants gathered here for congregation of the fundamentalist Pakistani mercenary group, Lashkar-e-Toiba, have extolled jehad against India and the US with Taliban delegates vowing never to hand over world's most wanted terrorist Osama Bin Laden. Militants get a nod from Mushhead Musharaff---JPR A sprawling tented village has sprung on the outskirts of Lahore Where thousands of militants have gathered with the apparent go ahead of the new military rulers in Pakistan with participants singing praises of the holy war all over the world. Fraternal militant and fundamentalist delegates from Afghanistan, Sudan, Egypt and Saudi Arabia are also participating. Lashkar Chief Qazi with an OOZIE----JPR A prominent Lashkar chief, Qazi Abdul Wahid, on Thursday praised the military takeover in Pakistan disclosing that the organisation and other militant outfits feared a major crackdown from the deposed regime of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. "We were being crushed by evil forces and the military takeover saved groups like ours. The Nawaz Sharif government was about to initiate a big crackdown on religious groups and against US. But he was removed from power," Qazi Wahid said accusing Sharif of what he called 'betraying Kashmiri militants'. The militants of this group were believed to have been behind Wednesday's attack on the army Corp headquarters in Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir with the attack ending in two Islamic militia being killed. Rs 10 is the cost of one bullet and One Indian----JPR The group, under consideration by the US to be declared a terrorist outfit, was openly seeking to recruit militants for Kashmir. Banners were strung throughout the tented village extolling the values of jehad or holy wars throughout the world. The banners condemned the US as an enemy of Islam. As people entered the camp, they were asked to contribute Rs 10 towards the jehad against India. "Rs 10 is the cost of one bullet," said Jamil-ur-Rehman, who was collecting money. Mohammed Yusuf, a young bearded man from neighboring Afghanistan, where the hard-line Taliban religious army rule much of the country, attacked the US for its relentless demands that Osama Laden be handed over for trial on terrorist charges. "We can never hand him over. He is a hero of Islam." If he is not handed over by November 14 the UN will impose sanctions on Afghanistan. OOZIE Qazi says US owns UN; Wahid lectures on Jihad----JPR "There is no UN. It is the puppet of the US," Qazi Wahid told those who had gathered to listen to his lecture on Islam, jihad and the threat to Muslims worldwide posed by the US.