‘Youths have given fresh lease of life to movement’ WAR QUESTIONS MIRWAIZ’S ‘UNITY’ MOVE

Srinagar, Sep 06: PPP Chairman Engineer Hilal Ahmed War has questioned Hurriyat (M) Chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq’s hollow unity initiative terming it as mere political stunt. War said that Kashmiris who are laying down their lives for the attainment of right to self-determination cannot be fooled by such gimmicks. “More than sixty youths have been martyred by police and paramilitary for raising their voice against Indian occupation and nobody would be allowed to play with their blood,” said War adding “I think Mirwaiz hasn’t done enough homework or else it is some foreign idea which Mirwaiz wants to experiment.” War said that unity shouldn’t be restricted to three people offering Eid namaaz. “Such trinity shows can’t be used to hoodwink the masses.  These are mere photo-ops and the pro-freedom leadership needs to be more practical,” said War.

“It is beyond me why Mirwaiz called All Parties Meeting at Mirwaiz Manzil Rajouri Kadal in the month of June if his definition of unity is bringing just two more people in confidence. Confining the effort to three  people and barring other pro-freedom parties and genuine resistance forces is highly questionsable,” said War.

He said that the resistance movement has reached the decisive phase and the Kashmiri youths are doing a commendable job by taking it out from mosques and shrines by reaching out to the world through all possible means. “From internet resistance to street resistance, Kashmiri youths have given a fresh lease of life to the movement spilling their blood for the attainment of the right to
self-determination,” said Er Hilal War.

He said Mirwaiz needs to refrain from such futile, childish exercises and try to understand the dynamics of Kashmir issue.

Death toll 79 : 4 more innocent youth martyred in occupied Kashmir

Srinagar, Sep. 06 :  Indian troops and police personnel in their fresh acts of state terrorism martyred four more innocent Kashmiri youth in Kupwara and Pattan areas.

The troops martyred three youth at Afroda in Handwara area of Kupwara during a siege and search operation, which continued till last reports came in. A 15-year-old boy was martyred when the police personnel fired on a group of youth at Palhalan in Pattan.

Meanwhile, the Chairman of All Parties Hurriyet Conference, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq in a statement issued in Srinagar urged India to release all the illegally detained innocent Kashmiris before Eid-ul Fitr. He appealed to the world human rights organisations to send their teams to take cognisance of the miserable plight of the detainees at different jails in and outside the territory.

Senior Hurriyet leaders, Syed Ali Gilani and Agha Syed Hassan Al-Moosvi, in their separate statements in Srinagar strongly condemning the recent suicide attacks in Pakistan expressed deep grief and shock at the loss of life in these attacks and sympathy with the families of the victims. They said that the suicide bombings were the handiwork of the forces that wanted to destabilize the country.

The Chairman of JKLF-R, Farooq Ahmed Dar, in his statement said that India would not be able to suppress Kashmiris’ liberation struggle by resorting to brute force.

A delegation of Al-Ghani Welfare Educational Trust visited different hospitals in Srinagar and enquired about the health of the people who were injured by Indian police and troops during the ongoing uprising in the territory. 

Iran army official: Reconciliation plan is a hypocrisy for nations

TEHRAN, August 4: An Iranian senior army official warned reconciliation plan between Palestine and Zionist regime seeks an after-shock in the World of Islam and Palestine, reports ISNA.

"Reconciliation plan is a superficial action to deceive nations and it is a psychological operation launched by the US and Israel," Iran's Armed Forces Joint Chiefs of Staff Major General Hassan Firouzabadi told ISNA.

"The US is seeking Zionists' goals through raising the subject of reconciliation plan, so it can be said to be nothing new," he said.

"Zionists have been after confronting Islam, Islamic Ummah and the Islamic World since occupation of Palestinian lands, they expelled Palestinians from their homes to make a country for themselves."

He then added, "Quds Day protest rally sends the signal that the issue of Palestine is the world's primary subjecct."

"It also represents the message that human rights in Palestine are totally violated, Palestinian men, women, youth and children are killed and their homes have been destroyed."

"Today, Zionist regime is a fake one whose leaders admitted that it will be annihilated," he continued.

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and Zionist regime's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met in Washington on September 2 with the US Secretary State Hillary Rodham Clinton also present.

India ignoring ground realities,warned the government not to force Kashmiri youth to become Fidayeens

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Srinagar, August 4: The Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front Chairman, Muhammad Yasin Malik, Friday warned the government not to force Kashmiri youth to become Fidayeens (suicide bombers), by responding to the peaceful protests with bullets. The Front chairman urged Kashmiris to keep the ongoing protests peaceful.
 

“I want to tell New Delhi and political leaders of India that they should not compel Kashmiri youth to become Fidayeens. The whole Kashmir is out on the roads, protesting peacefully, seeking right to choose their destiny. I urge the government of and world community that without wasting anytime start working for resolution of Kashmir. (But) they should keep one thing in mind that Kashmir will not be solved unless the aspirations of the people are kept in mind,” Malik told the Friday congregation here.
 

Terming youth as “leaders and soldiers” of the movement, Malik asked them to keep the ongoing movement peaceful. “A peaceful movement will be poisonous for India. Peaceful revolution is powerful than atom bomb. They have overthrown many governments in the past,” he said.
 

He said the ongoing movement in Kashmir witnessed a transitional shift from gun to peaceful protests. “India would always bring it up as an excuse that for talks it was necessary that the Kashmiri youth should give up their gun. Our movement witnessed a transition to peaceful protests. But India continues to crush our peaceful struggle with force and bullets,” he said.
 

Referring to the peaceful protests going on for the past three months, Malik said the state government has caged the people in their houses by clamping down frequent curfews and restrictions.
 

“Teenagers are being killed with bullets and beaten to death in police stations. They are accused of burning down the police stations and damaging government vehicles. Our youth are being targeted for taking over the reins of the ongoing movement from their elders. Sixty-five Kashmiris particularly teenagers and youth were killed during the past three months,” Malik said. “Even my house was targeted. My two relatives (nephew and maternal cousin) became the target of state violence. Our youth are out on the roads to talk about right to self determination but he is meted with bullets and lathis.”
 

He termed Kashmir youth as the “leader and the solider” of the ongoing movement. “He is the one who receive bullet on his chest and gives blood to the movement. He is the leader of the movement going on this time on the roads and streets of Kashmir,” Malik said.
 

He asked families of the persons killed during the past three months to get the cases of their dear ones registered in the police stations.(Writer-South Asia)