Pakistani Detainee Enjoyed Deep US Roots

sri

the reports just mentions arrest of 19 people ...without mentioing their nationality...


yours is an educated guess....

Canadians arrest 19 pakistani terrorists

http://news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,7040038%255E1702,00.html

Ali87:

Smart europeans never assimilated anywhere. Not in India, Not in Austrila, Not in America.... I think you are getting the drift..

..coz they came as conquerers, not as immigrants. Big difference. If immigrants want to be treated as wanna be conquerers they should not complain if they get their butts kicked..and hard.

#16 by sri on August 19, 2003 3:27pm PT

Smart europeans never assimilated anywhere. Not in India, Not in Austrila, Not in America.... I think you are getting the drift..

Its my carefully considered opinion that Al-Qaieda does not exists and its just a boggy created by USA itself to further its expansionist and world domination desires...



....you should take the content of the following website it this regard with a pinch of salt..
but what it says ot tries to say has substance...

ii suggest to read the content of the following website

www.serendipity.com

especially its content about 911

For an Honest and open Hypocrite--Hamidm2:
(The mammal that lays eggs).

Is no one above suspicion or are they bad actors?--what next? GWBush bin Laden? unsuspecting GHBush raised him?



From the Associated Press

9/11-Style Attack Predicted in Next Year

Monday August 18, 2003 1:19 PM
By AUDREY WOODS

Associated Press Writer

LONDON (AP) - Another Sept. 11-style terrorism attack is ``highly likely`` in the United States, which ranks fourth in an index assessing the risk to 186 countries, a research company said Sunday.

The London-based World Markets Research Center rankedColombia, Israel, Pakistan, the United States and the Philippines, in descending order, as the five countries most likely to be targeted in a terrorist attack in the next year, said Guy Dunn, author of the company`s World Terrorism Index.

The index, to be published Monday, assesses the risk of terrorism to the countries and their interests abroad, he said. The country least likely to be attacked by terrorists is North Korea, Dunn said.

The assessments used five criteria: motivation of terrorists, the presence of terror groups, the scale and frequency of past attacks, efficacy of the groups in carrying out attacks and how many attacks were thwarted by the country.

The categories also were weighted differently. For example, 40 percent was given to motivation and 10 percent to prevention.

``Another Sept. 11-style terrorist attack in the United States is highly likely,`` the report states. ``Networks of militant Islamist groups are less extensive in the U.S. than they are in Western Europe, but U.S.-led military action in Afghanistan and Iraq has exacerbated anti-U.S. sentiment.``

In terms of motivation, Dunn said, ``The United States, as a global superpower, is considered a legitimate, high-profile target.``

But in terms of the presence of terrorist cells, the United States has relatively few, ``although it is probably the most open society in the world,`` he said.

Terrorists also consider American interests in other countries legitimate political targets, he said.

Dunn said the United Kingdom, tied at 10th place with Sri Lanka, is a target partly because of its close relationship with the United States; its key roles in wars on Iraq, Afghanistan and terrorism; and the presence of sophisticated militant networks.

But Britain also ``probably has the strongest counterterrorism capabilities in the world`` because of years of fighting the Irish Republican Army in Northern Ireland, he said.

The company, specializing in country risk, has hundreds of clients in 45 nations. Approximately 80 percent are multinational companies and banks, Dunn said.

The remaining 20 percent are mostly governments, but also universities and charities. They include foreign ministries, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.

Terrorism has moved from being a peripheral threat before Sept. 11, 2001, to being a key risk to business, and no longer is isolated in the targeted countries, Dunn said.

In a client survey, 72 percent said they considered terrorism when making international location decisions, he said.

``What changed with 9-11 was that the threat was internationalized. .... All countries were at some risk. In essence terrorism has become a key risk to business. Companies have to take a much more specific interest in terrorism,`` Dunn said.


Guardian Unlimited © Guardian Newspapers Limited 2003

#15 by sarwar

Rehan siddiqui is a well mannered, easy going person and is now a successful creator of ``Voice of Asia`` in Dallas.

#9 by hamidm2

`` a lot of muslims in america are like pat buchanan`s proverbial zulus who land in brooklyn and refuse to assimilate ........they insist on clinging to their islamic identity ``

That`s the biggest problem I have with these thickheaded Mexicans and Mullahs..... if they insist on sticking to their roots so much, why don`t they just stay back in their respective homelands. Now, isn`t that the wonderful way of ``STICKING TO THEIR ROOTS`` .

Not having the ability to think in such simple logical terms gives them a lot of emotional disturbance.

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Those who seem to support the detention of the lad, invoking psychology and sociology no less, seem to be likely candidates themselves for a future meeting with one of Ashcroft`s minions.

Clearly, this kids best hope is from outside the screwed up desi community. For our self proclaimed defenders of everything secular, he`s no doubt a born again fundo-freak. The mullah brigade will probably be way too suspicious of his past to accept him as a ``defender`` of the faith. Poor kid...friend to no one, enemy of all.

Hopefully, his American friends will be able to get him out of this mess...

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hamidm

Whatup dawg?

(see I`am assimilated)

While it`s true that more moderate people are less likely to indulge in fundamentalist activities - it`s hard to predict. The lifestyle followed by the younger Mr. Paracha may appear to be that of a moderate -- but it doesn`t necessarily tell us about the kind of beliefs he had.

Also, I think being linked with Al Qaeda may not necessarily have a single purpose. People who move around in similar circles have varied interests, and even if he knowingly helped an Al Qaeda affiliate he may have done it for different reasons. We don`t know his reasons or motivations.

Perhaps the older Mr. Paracha`s business dealings got him involved in some way with Al Qaeda group and it was not easy to shake it off -- i know this is too much like a movie...but who really knows, the courts won`t know it.

9/11 has made it much harder on everyone. Who do you trust? How do you differentiate yourself from those who committ terrorist acts? What do you do if you believe some (if not most) of the blame does rest with US - does that make you a terrorist?

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manto,

...... you are right - during my three weeks in pakistan i heard less about islam than i hear from folks like urstruly living in the heartland of america ....... a lot of muslims in america are like pat buchanan`s proverbial zulus who land in brooklyn and refuse to assimilate ........they insist on clinging to their islamic identity which is at odds with the prevalent culture - a culture they don`t understand and therefore despise ............. the mosques continue to be the center of their social lives, and even though they might reside in the suburbs, they continue to live in the ghetto of their minds which are still mired in the the concept of the ummah ................and it wouldn`t be so bad if they did not insist on passing out their obscurantist and decrepit values to their children ............