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The Political Comment

The US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice described the war between Hezbollah in Lebanon and Israel as part of “birth pangs of a new Middle East”. She dismissed the persistent calls for an immediate ceasefire describing it as a “false promise if the root causes of the conflict are not addressed. She added: “An immediate cease-fire without political conditions does not make sense.” The statements made by Bush and Bolton among other American officials, in addition to European and Arab officials blamed Hezbollah for starting the war and justified of “Israel” the right to retaliate. It was even sensed that the statements made by American officials in particular were pushing the “Israelis” towards waging war on Hezbollah and Lebanon. Before embarking upon the analysis of the events, it is imperative to shed light on the fact that the Ummah is effectively capable of confronting, hurting and even vanquishing her enemies. What is reprehensible is that while the Ummah sacrifices her children in every battle she fights against her enemies, this generous Ummah is yet to set forth and sacrifice in order to abolish the tools of America and the Kafir West, namely the rulers and chieftains who prevent her elevation, glory and liberation from the hegemony of the West that despises her Deen and covets the riches of her lands the Ummah is yet to move against those tools perpetrate their crimes, oppress her children and infringe their dignity night and day, offering them and the riches of their lands as an easy prey to their enemies the Kuffar and their agents.
 
As for the reality of the ongoing war, America realised while endeavouring to execute her “Greater Middle East Initiative”, which necessitates reshaping the Muslims’ lands culturally and politically under the theme of reforms that it was imperative to work towards settling the issue of Palestine in order to forge ahead with her reforms according to what she had planned and that the Jews constituted an insurmountable obstacle in the face of the solution. Despite what Sharon had achieved in terms of dismantling the Gaza settlements, erecting the security fence to act as the initial borders for the state of “Israel”, taming the rightwing and establishing the Kadima party on the embers of the Likud, his illness however failed to provide the newly formed Kadima party with an adequate success in the general elections, thus enabling it to form the government either single-handedly or in coalition with the Labour party. This made Olmert susceptible to the blackmail of the smaller parties and he was forced to include several parties in his current government. Some observers mentioned that the omens of a split with the Kadima were looming larger in the horizons; this will enhance the ability of the “Israeli” rightwing to impede any agreements. This split heralds the possible return of the “Israeli” public opinion intransigence and its reluctance to make any concessions, especially in the absence of the security threats. This is because any abatement in the security pressure on the “Israeli” public opinion leads to accentuating the tendency to dodge the progress towards a solution. The “Israeli” became less capable to fulfil America’s wishes and proceed according to the roadmap peace plan. What tempts the Jews, especially the “Israeli” rightwing, to constantly reject the solutions on offer using all pretences is their feeling of superiority and permanent ability to maintain their acquisitions as they possess the mightiest army in the region; on the other hand, America seeks to reshape the Middle East in a manner that achieves her interests and alienates the threat of Islam in the future lest it undermined her unilateral dominion over the world in this century. This is why it became evident that denting the grandeur of the “Israeli” army and scaring the Jews over the future of their state will push the Jews towards negotiations to achieve the so-called people’s peace.

Therefore, paving the way for a confrontation to erupt between the strongest army in the region and an armed militia, in which the “Israeli” army would fail to win the conflict and would even have its naval force neutralised after being dealt a severe blow when its most sophisticated gunship “Saer” was hit and withdrawn from the territorial waters, coupled with the failure of the air raids in achieving a telling impact as the Lebanese major targets run out and the inability to storm southern Lebanon in few days as was the case in 1982, as well as the lack of a deterrent preventing the missiles attacks that led to terrifying the Jews as the cities and settlements of north Palestine were shelled and their dwellers were confined to the shelters or forced to flee, in addition to the huge material losses suffered by the economy of the Jewish state, all this will impact upon the grandeur of the “Israeli army” and will lead to generating a public opinion compelling the “Israeli” government to negotiate, though the “Israeli” army will attempt to restore its dented pride even if it were forced to use internationally prohibited weapons in order to reoccupy some villages in south Lebanon, which Israel will use as a bargaining chip during the negotiations.
 
In order to defy the legend of the “Israeli” army and terrify the “Israeli” public opinion further, Syria sported the tiger’s skin in the face of “Israel” although she had in the past always resisted any type of confrontation with the “Israeli” army in Lebanon under the pretext that she did not want her enemy to impose the battle on her. The “Israeli” warplanes shelled Ain al-Saheb near Damascus and recently flew over the palace of Bashar Assad in Qardaha and yet Syria did not respond save for a handful of outdated surface to air missiles. However, Syria is now issuing statements threatening “Israel” with a harsh response and without hesitation if it came close to the Syrian territories; she even threatened to join the fighting when the ground battle to invade the south begins, although the commander of the “Israeli” army stated few days ago that there were no future plans to attack Syria. There are also the statements made by the Iranian leaders threatening “Israel” with a harsh response if it were to attack Syria and the recent threat of an Islamic outburst that could undermine the very existence of the Jewish state. Hence, there exists a conspicuous purpose behind the permission given to Syria, backed by Iran, to threaten “Israel” and to allow Hezbollah to possess such effective weapons.

America has even  incited the “Israeli” army to shell and attack Hezbollah, especially after she had corroborated the claims made by three Arab countries, namely Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Jordan, accusing Hezbollah of starting the war, which provided the “Israeli” army with the justifications to use all the means available to fight Hezbollah, so that public opinion in “Israel” and the world, including the people of the region, may witness the limitations of the “Israeli” army’s capabilities, even though it was only  facing a militia and not a regular army, and yet it could not settle the conflict in its favour. This became more conspicuous when the commander of the “Israeli” army announced that there were no plans to invade the south and when the “Israeli” defence minister accepted the deployment of international forces provided they belonged to NATO. What is worth mentioning is that the condition to have the international forces deployed from NATO conforms with what America had requested from Europe, namely to partake in the “Greater Middle East Initiative” by securing the security requirement for the region.

Hence, what Condoleezza Rice said about Lebanon witnesses “birth pangs of a new Middle East” and about a ceasefire being a “false promise if the root causes of the conflict are not addressed”, all this indicates that the rules of the game have changed in a flagrant manner in order to compel “Israel” to proceed in the path of negotiations, then the solutions would be produced according to the wording of Amr Moussa “in the shape of a package”, something which Condoleezza Rice later confirmed during her visit to “Israel” yesterday Monday, namely to proceed towards settling the issue of the “Israeli” prisoners in Lebanon, settling the issue of the Sheba’a Farms, spreading the authority of the Lebanese government over the south and settling the issue of the Hezbollah weapons, in addition to proceeding in peaceful negotiations between the Lebanese and the “Israeli” sides; the Syrian track may also be introduced to the negotiations. This will be accompanied by a progress on the Palestinian track aimed at concluding an agreement on the issue of prisoners’ exchange and initiating talks with the “Israeli” side. Hence, the progress will have quickened the pace in order to settle the Middle East issue and “address the root causes of the conflict” according to Rice’s words, so that America may work towards executing the so-called Greater Middle East Initiative without any hindrances.

Dear Muslims!

If “Israel” is capable of hitting targets through its air force, the intensive acquisition of missiles, especially if their navigational signals are upgraded to help them track their targets accurately, will paralyse and deter the entity of the Jews. Then they can be confronted and vanquished together with those who stand behind them. Despite the reports about the Jewish state having nuclear weapons, it will not be able to use it against any Gulf state nor Iran, because America will not forsake the oil of the Gulf and she will allow neither “Israel” nor any other state to spread nuclear radiations in an area that she deems vital. Besides, using nuclear weapons against countries neighbouring “Israel” will harm the Jewish entity itself, in addition to the possibility of confronting the Jews with chemical or biological weapons if they dared to use a nuclear weapon with limited effect. In a nutshell, the Ummah is capable of supporting herself so that Allah may support her and capable of vanquishing her enemies; all she has to do is intensify her efforts to get rid of the squalid thrones that defiled the history of this virtuous Ummah.

Dear Blessed Ummah!

America is racing against time in order to tighten her grip on the Muslims’ lands. She has brought the Greater Middle East Initiative to reshape the mentalities, alter the rules, concentrate the thoughts of the Western culture anew, alienate people from their Islam and fragment even the freak states in their lands after evoking the sectarian, doctrinal and ethnic feuds, so that she may seize the riches of the region to compel the states of Europe, Japan and  East Asia to comply with her dictates and to prevent the rise of a sincere entity by establishing new military bases in the region and dividing it on a sectarian basis.

Dear Muslims!

What kind of patience do you have for the treacherous clique that sits heavily on our chests? It has become apparent to anyone with eyesight that the armies of the Muslims are capable of curbing the freak entity of “Israel” and even wiping out of existence if they had the true resolve and if they acquired the willpower and the effective weapons to fight their battle against the enemies of the Ummah. You can see with your own eyes how America moves those collaborators and how they accept to act as obedient tools, sometimes to terrify people from “Israel” and her capabilities and other times to curb “Israel” and force it to negotiate.

Does anyone have any excuses after witnessing what the Muslims’ lands are enduring in Palestine, Lebanon, Iraq, Afghanistan, Darfour and Somalia for not working and shouldering the responsibility to change the status quo of the Ummah? After realising that Islam and the Islamic Ummah are the targets of America the head of Kufr and those with her from among the agents and tools? Will the armies remain idle in their barracks while their brethren are killed and dislodged and while the honours of the Muslims are violated right under their noses? Will they continue to obey the instructions of the gang leaders in the Muslims’ lands and to listen to the trivial American agent Amr Moussa appealing to the Arab health ministers but not the defence ministers and the army commanders? We invite you dear Muslims to work with us towards redressing the situation and salvaging the lands and the servants, while remembering the saying of Allah (swt): “and it was due from Us to aid those who believed”

29th Jumada al-Akhira 1427h  

25 July 2006   

Hizb ut-Tahrir       

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