alang bidara journal

There are articles and writing posted on the internet on the war on Iran has been planned.

Though they claim the diplomatic is being pursued to resolve the Iran nuclear stand-off, but the war option has been planned to the details such as the budget, bomb payloads and the operationals nitty-gritty.

Even a nuclear tactical option is being seriously considered and examined.

It is clear the kuffar's aim and agenda to exterminate Muslims and Islam.

But what are the actions planned by the Muslims worldwide to overcome the kuffar's agenda?

It is becoming clearer now who the traitor is.

Hamas was voted in overwhelmingly by the Palestinian voters and Fatah was thrown out.

But Fatah is doing all they can to bring down the Hamas-led government, even at the cost of the Palestinians' ineterst and well-being.

They seem ever more willing to collaborate with the Americans and the Israelis just to be in power in Palestine.

Hamas raison d'etre is resistance to the occupation by the Israelis, so any attempt to persuade or force them to recognize Israel and renounce 'violence' (read armed resistance) is futile.

Hamas will either succeed in their struggle or perish in the process, but never will they give up their struggle.

Union of Islamic Courts (UIC) has called all Somalis, living in Somalia or abroad to participate in jihad against those intefering in the Somalia internal affairs.

Though the call is mainly to persuade Ethiopia to withdraw their troops from Baidoa, the capital of for the Transitional Federal Government, it is also to deter all enemies of Somalia.

It is an open secret that the US has been trying to interfere with Somalia affair but since the Black Hawk Down fiasco that claimed the lives of eighteen of their servicemen in October 1993, their role has been delegated to their proxies in the Horn of Africa. The US provide the fiscal support and perhaps some advisory capacity.

Now that the UIC has called for jihad as announced by one of their well-known leaders Sheikh Shariff Sheikh Ahmad, it would be curious to see if the US will directly involve themselves in Somalia, since they are also focussing their attention to Iraq and Afghanistan.

It had to happen one day.

From the day Hamas won the Palestinian elections the conflict with the thrashed Fatah had to happen. It was just a matter of time.

The Palestinian people have had enough of Fatah, after years of ineffective government and corrupt practice, they voted Hamas in, and voted Fatah out.

Fatah now seems to be more willing to be an American and Israel proxy rather than the representative of the Palestinian people. Well the people had shoed them off, anyway. So they think it would be more profitable to be the puppet for the Americans and Israelis than to fight for the rights and freedom of Palestine.

We believe that Hamas will prevail and Fatah will be beaten.

We do not see or hear much news about Palestine these past two weeks.

Is it because the occupied territories have suddenly attained peace and quiet?

We seems to forget many MPs from Hamas are still being detained by the Israelis. The people of Palestine still suffer due to the economic blockade and with no help from the outside world.

Even any attempt to help the Palestinians by Muslim or non-Muslim countries economically is being thwarted by the Israelis with the unquestioned backing of the US and even the EU.

It seem that any help for the Palestinians is only coming from within and between them.

Iran has rightly defends its right under NPT to continue uranium enrichment.

The US and its allies have accused Iran of acquiring nuclear weapons, and Iran denied it.

Despite increasing pressure from the UN to stop the enrichment, Iran defiantly resisted any attempt by the US, its allies or even the UN to stop it.

In the world of diplomatic battles, Iran has time and time again displayed deft maneuvering skill and cleverness, and this has continuously aggravated the US and its allies.

With China having invested billions of dollars in Iran in the petroleum and gas sectors, it is doubtful the US will muster enough support for UN sanctions against Iran.

It is highly unlikely that China will not use its veto to vote against any UN proposal for economic or political sanction, let alone a military option.

(alang bidara - kuala lumpur)

Khartoum government have achieved a success of sort in their mediation effort to bring peace to the Horn of Africa country, Somalia late Monday 4 September, 2006.

The Islamist Union of Islamic Courts (UIC) has agreed to form a united national army with Baidoa-based transitional federal government (TFG).

Details will be worked out during the October 30 talk continuation.

Meanwhile, the UIC has agreed not to make any more territorial gain.

Both sides have also agreed not to make any more propaganda against each other.

We are pleased that Sudan has made some real progress in their mediation effort.

However, we are disappointed with the progress so far, made by Khartoum in their resolution disputes with Darfur rebels.

We really hope that Sudan will not spare any effort to exhaust all avenues to find solution to the conflict, thus will eventually deny any success for the American and western effort to take control of Sudan's Darfur.

The Kurdish problem is a very sensitive issue in both Turkey and Iraq.

There are Kurds living in both Turkey and Iraq. Neither country would entertain giving autonomy to the Kurdish regions, let alone contemplating giving them independence.

It is ironic that the Turks, the Iraqis and the Kurds are all Muslims. And yet they are not able to resolve the problem that has plagued them for the past 100 years or so.

Why are they not able to resolve the problem as brothers in Islam?

Turkey is still seeking approval from its Parliament to send its troops to Lebanon under the UN peacekeeping mandate.

The question is still a sensitive one among Turkish citizens, because many of them believe the UN peacekeeping is more of a protection contingent for the Israelis rather than peacekeeping per se.

UN peacekeeping force may be tasked to disarm the Lebanon resistant movement, Hizbullah.

Many political experts doubt the ability of UN to disarm Hizbullah, when even the so-called juggernaut in the form of Israeli armed forces were hard-pressed against the highly-trained Hizbullah fighters.

Even the role of UN is highly questioned by many in the Islamic world because it is trying to enforce an arms embargo on Hizbullah, when at the same time Israelis are free to replenish their armaments.

Whatever the UN or the US or even the EU wish, if the occupation of Lebanon by Israel is never-ending, so will the resistance by Hizbullah.

As long as the occupation continues, the resistance persists.

I am at home, enjoying the Independence break, surfing the internet, blogging and chatting away until I decided to create a blog in livejournal dot com domain.

Hopefully I will regularly update this blog, so that at least I can show my link with pride to my friends and contacts.

Happy reading.

(alang bidara - 31 August 2006)