The Bugbear

This world is full of affliction, hardship, and suffering. The sequence of dawn and dusk, of success and failure, of life and death has been going on since creation and will continue until the Creator and Lord of the worlds desires. This world has seen countless calamities and misfortunes that the storms of time have been unable to wipe out. We have witnessed one of these historical catastrophes that have brought to life the destruction of Pharaoh, the cruelty of Qaroon, the insensitivity of Namrood, the tyranny of Shaddaad, the barbarism of the Tartars, and the despotism of Hitler.

It was the 9th of Rajab and the 7th of October, the night between Sunday and Monday when the worlds strongest, most atrocious, cleverest, and most wicked country rained flames and firestorms over the worlds poorest and weakest country. This rain fell unchecked for weeks on end on cities, villages, mountains, fields, madaris, and mosques. No creature was safe from this rain, not men, not women, not children, not the living nor the dead……………..hospitals and graveyards too were at its mercy.

The assailants were after just one man whom they thought had masterminded the attack on the World Trade Center with his brains and resources. A handful of people proved that America was not indestructible by wrecking the whole security system of the country that professed its defense and security system infallible and that it could destroy any missile or rocket ready to strike its installations, the country that had vanquished the skies. The manner in which the attacks were carried out, the planning and the 100% attainment of their objectives proves that the attackers had intimate knowledge of their air and telecommunication system and how to breach all security. A popular opinion was that it might be a desperate and irritated mind of America itself. Based on several indications it was also put forward that Zionists had masterminded the project. History is witness enough that the Jews have always tried to cause tension between Muslims and Christians and they are still capable to do the same.

Only the Jews have the ability to disable America's internal, defense, and telecommunication system, and they are into every American institute. Apparently all fingers pointed at the Jews and it seemed impossible that the weak Afghans or the untrained Arabs or Palestinians, or that man could have anything to do with it thousands of miles away. But the thing that the world thought impossible was made possible by the American leadership. The man was charged and sentenced without a trial and America trailing all its air, naval, and land power sallied forth in search of the "accused", who still had many steps to go through before being considered the "criminal". This man had been in Afghanistan 17 years prior to the Taliban regime and is perhaps still there. When he had spearheaded the Arabs in the war against the Russians he had been the blue eyed boy of America and a great freedom fighter. But after the downfall of the Soviet Union he, like many others was branded a terrorist.

The gravest sin of the Taliban was the protection of this man. In the quest of this one man America devastated God knows how many villages, communities, hospitals, mosques, and madaris; orphaned and wounded God knows how many children; pushed into poverty and hunger God knows how many homes. The whole world's peace was at stake, the germs of hatred and antipathy multiplied manifold; countries, nations, communities, and groups were divided. But in spite of all these blows at humanity Mr. America has still been unable to reach even close to this man. If global peace had been dependant on the arrest of this one man, then what reason was there for all this frightful terrorism?

No one can differ with the reasonable suggestions the Taliban gave regarding this man. The Taliban stood him on trial for 45 days and appealed to the whole world including the west for any evidence against him for terrorism. But instead of responding to them the world said that it did not have confidence in the Taliban's judicial system. After the rejection of this proposal the Taliban vehemently appealed that an International Monitoring Group be sent to Afghanistan which should vigilantly watch the activities of Usama and see that he is not involved in any kind of terrorism. This proposal was also ignored. The Taliban put forward a third proposal that they were ready to prosecute Usama in Saudi Arabia or Pakistan with their consent. This offer was also rejected. After this the Taliban were right to believe that America was not interested in the arrest of any accused or criminal, but simply in a person or a country to present them as a bogey for their own reasons.

Before this America had portrayed Russia as the source of terrorism. The whole American film industry, electronic and print media, politicians, writers, poets, scholars, and artists were given the task of presenting Russia as an enormous bugbear big enough to dwatf the American World Trade Center. During those days, Gorbachev, the Russian chief openly declared that he was planning to take serious action against America. Every one began to feel that Russia was launching an atomic attack against America. But what happened was that America tore Russia into pieces. After the destruction of Soviet Russia many people were fired from the Pentagon, CIA, and FBI because after the evaporation of terror sign their services were no longer needed.

Although the services of these purchased slaves, professional spies, and cruel murderers who were getting heavy financial aid were no longer required but the need for a bogey was still there because this sign was as much needed in the political and military life of America as blood is for veins, soul for the body, and beat for the heart. It looks like the liquidation of a bogey spells the death of the culture, traditions, country and nation of flag bearers of this cruel civilization. As a result they erected one bogey one after the other. Many times it happened that they blew up a high terror sign, expected it to fly, but it soon dashed to the ground. From the American side the world had seen concocted terror symbols of Saddam Hussein, Muammar Qadhafi, Yasir Arafat, and Edhi Amin. After the fall of Russia the terror signs of Sheikh Usama, Al-Qaeda, and Muslim terrorists were erected. The whole world was made to believe that if they were not liquidated their houses and streets would erupt with explosions, The whole there would be devastation on land and water and there would be difference between mullahs and Brehmans. All Muslims and non-Muslims set forth to search out these terrorists and pretended to be successful.

The reality was that these so-called terrorists were muadhins of mosques, religious teachers, poor laborers, unknown cultivators, some were the previous Afghan mujahids and some were the targets of this devilish power, there were some Saudis and Iraqis, some were Bangladeshi and other Chechen. Some of them were found in the underground of mosques while the others were residents of far flung muhallas. The sad thing is that among these arrested people some had bullet torn chests, some had tears in their eyes, and the Kalimah on their lips. All these were Muslims and no non-Muslim was included among them.

The hands which killed were varied but the target was always the same. But who says that he has died? This bogey is still alive and will live on till the last true Muslim has any breath in him. The cruel civilization shall die but the bugbear shall live on. The concocter of that sign has erected it to live forever. Self conducted and artificial danger signs will go on falling like dry leaves but this sign will survive. It will neither fall nor evaporate. The storm of circumstances can conceal the face of this sign but cannot annihilate it. Beware of this real bogey who when come on the stage will cover the whole world, in the east and the west; he will be there in the palaces of Kremlin and the walls of the White House.