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To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (41266)	10/29/2001 3:12:54 AM
From: IQBAL LATIF	Respond to of 50167

Go and get killed, anyone who wants to go for Jehad in Afghanistan, we will send them with flowers in the collars, just as long as they don’t disturb the peace in Pakistan,’ he said. NWFP Governor Syed Iftikhar Ali Shah on Sunday told a meeting of provincial mayors that the men would not be stopped if they marched on the border. ‘Thousands of Pakistani tribesmen camped on the Afghan border Sunday ready to join the Taliban while others blocked the ‘Silk Route’ to China to oppose the US-led military campaign. The armed tribesmen in the northwest said they were waiting for a sign from the Taliban to cross into Afghanistan, while the others in the far north threatened to blow up vehicles that tried to pass their blockades. The Pashtun tribesmen set out Saturday in a 100-truck convoy to cross into Afghanistan and join the Taliban in its Jehad against the United States. They were led by Soofi Mohammed, head of Tehreek Nifaz-e-Sharia Mohammedi (TNSM) group which wants Sharia law in Pakistan. The tribesmen were grouped some eight kilometres from the border in Bajaur tribal area of NWFP. A TNSM spokesman at the border told AFP there were around 10,000 men, armed with weapons ranging from rocket launchers and Kalashnikovs to home-made rifles and swords. Other estimates put the number closer to 6,000. Extra paramilitary troops have been sent to the area but The situation is an embarrassment for the government of President Musharraf, who supports the US-led campaign in Afghanistan and has ordered the Taliban to stop accepting Pakistani volunteers. Pro-Taliban sentiment runs deep in semi-autonomous tribal regions bordering Afghanistan. There have been almost daily anti-US demonstrations since US air raids started on October 7. Our PeshawarCorrespondent adds:The armed lashkar of Tehrike Nifaze Shariah Mohammadi (TNSM) headed by Maulana Soofi Mohammad is still stationed in village Laghari of Bajaur Agency and awaiting for a response from Kunar governor before entering to that war-stricken country. The reports from Bajaur Agency reveal that around 10,000 armed TNSM activists from various districts of Malakand Division who reached there on Saturday last, have spent the night at different hujras and religious institutions. On Sunday morning Maulana Soofi Mohammad informed the activists that a delegation has been sent to Kunar province of Afghanistan for discussing the matter with Talibaan. The TNSM chief informed that on return of the delegation from Afghanistan, he would make the announcement to proceed to Afghanistan for waging a Jehad against the United States. He added that whatever may be the intentions of the govt, the lashkar would continue its journey. The reports reveal that there is nothing surprising on the part of government as military troops are busy in their routine assignments. The political administration have deployed heavy contingents of the Khasadar Force for controlling any untoward incident in the area but the authorities are reluctant to block the lashkar’s journey towards Afghanistan. The NWFP Governor has time and again suggested the leaders and stalwarts of the religious forces to go inside Afghanistan if they are sincere to their claims regarding Jehad. The reports reveal that TNSM Chief Maulana Soofi Mohammad has also established camps on district and agency level of his supporters who are equipped with modern and sophisticated weapons. KARAKORAM HIGHWAY BLOCKED: Meanwhile in the far north, hundreds of trucks and cars are said to have been stuck on the Karakoram highway linking Pakistan to China since armed militants blocked the road in several places on Thursday. The gunmen have vowed to maintain their blockade until Pakistan withdraws support for the US campaign to root out alleged terrorists in Afghanistan. They have also demanded the release of Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (JUI) leader, Maulana Fazlur Rehman, and other religious figures arrested for organising anti-US rallies. The 500 kilometre section of the Silk Route from the Middle East to China winds through high mountains up to 3,000 metres in altitude. ‘They are sitting on the road and also perched on mountains with automatic weapons threatening to blow up any vehicle which tries to pass,’ a police official in the region, Rab Nawaz Khan, told AFP by telephone. ‘The road has been blocked at several points suspending traffic on the main artery between the remote northern areas and Pakistan.’ Pakistan is the only country that still recognises the Taliban regime in Kabul after the September 11 attacks on New York and Washington. It allows the US military to use bases in Pakistan for logistical support and to launch search and rescue missions in Afghanistan. The JUI has close links to the Taliban and Fazl has urged followers to storm Pakistani airbases if the government allows them to be used for any attacks on Afghanistan. The government charged him with treason on October 17 and has kept him under house arrest.

To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (41266)	10/29/2001 3:14:18 AM
From: IQBAL LATIF	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 50167

The United States has not ruled out the possibility of using tactical nuclear bombs in Afghanistan. In reply to a question, as to whether he agrees with Senator Biden’s suggestion that if dropping of 5,000 lb bombs does not yield any results, small tactical nuclear bomb may be used against the Taliban, US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said that they have a plan and a strategy to use 5,000 lb bombs. He was further questioned that does it mean that he discounts the possibility of the use of nuclear devices, Rumsfeld responded: ‘We do not discount any possibility’. During the ‘Late Edition’ programme of the CNN on Sunday, Rumsfeld was repeatedly questioned about the use of nuclear weapons to eliminate the Taliban, he replied after a pause that at the moment there was no need to use such weapons, but possibility of their use cannot be ruled out. On the occasion Rumsfeld also quoted Gen. Musharraf’s latest statement calling for the limited bombing phase which should finish before Ramazan. Praising Gen. Musharraf for his help and efforts, Rumsfeld repeated that Muslims have been fighting during Ramazan in Palestine and among themselves, thus our plans cannot be modified. He was then asked that this means bombardment will continue during Ramazan. Rumsfeld replied. ‘We don’t announce our future plans.’