Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Pakistan's Frankenstein

Once again terrorism's ugly face rises in Pakistan and this time too its the unsportsman like behaviour by the Pakistan's official's which is more disturbing than the act of terrorism itself.
Adding insult to serious injury came the instantaneous statement that it was the LTTE that attacked the Sri Lankan team and the blatantly shameful attempt by the Govt. to cover up the security mishap.
To this moment Pakistani officials say that adequate security was provided to the Lankan team. What are there parameters for "adequate security" are beyond logical reasoning, perhaps the fact that police was present at all suffices or probably the fact that five security personnel were killed in the attack provides enough proof on behalf of Pakistan's arrangements.
News reports suggest that a prior warning was sent to the Police about the attack and lankan bus routes were changed and yet a pre-planned attack was executed with deadly accuracy.
The most amazing aspect of the whole event, for me, is the unbelievable fact that out of a dozen terrorist not even a single one was captured or killed by the security personnel, tells a lot about the level of skill of the police and raises questions on their intent. One thing is for sure the only Pakistani officials with "balls" to be found were inside the stadium.
This attack has now once and for all stamped the fact that the Frankenstein called Terrorism that Pakistan has "made" and nurtured on its own home is now out of its control and will lead to is own destruction soon enough. They are again trying to play the "foreign hand" card but they will have to face the bitter truth that their homegrown beast has turned on the master.
I only have pity for the general public who are suffering at the hands of terrorists and the Govt. because they neither hold the gun nor the seat but are victims to both. The only way out for them is probably to start speaking against the Govt., the official and the parallel one, just like we have after the Mumbai attacks because no matter how divided we are in life in death we all are united. Many uncanny similarities are being drawn between the two attacks and let one more be added to the list, the citizens, the people, the common man will not take a bullet or stains of dirty politics lying down. Its time we started cleaning up our homes of these pests. Do not be afraid of the gun or the seat because it's you who wields them both.
Sometimes I feel our freedom cost us too much, a price we still are unable to pay, but I hope that rather than bullets flying across the border white doves will fly, however improbable it may seem today.

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