Karzai hails the death of Zarqawi
Afghan President Hamid Karzai says the death of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the al-Qaeda leader in Iraq, is a "severe blow" to global terrorism. Mr Karzai said Zarqawi had been responsible for the deaths of thousands of Muslims in Iraq and Afghanistan.
These words were also used by British Prime Minister, Tony Blair. I'm not sure that with the death of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi the situation in Iraq will improve. The U.S. media, military and intelligence agencies actually made al-Zarqawi bigger than what he in fact was. I do agree that he and his group were responsible for alot of attacks in Iraq but there are other forces on the ground - Iraqi nationalists and elements loyal to former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein - which play a more effective and prominent role in the Iraqi insurgency movement. The media doesn't give much exposure to other forces involved in insurgency, but instead all the attention has been devoted to secterian violence in the country.
If we analyze the situation on the ground in a rational way, then we shouldn't ignore the fact that Iraq is under moment under occupation at this moment and the U.S.-led forces try to impose a western style version of democracy which is very difficult to implement in countries like Iraq and Afghanistan. We first have to create circumstances and conditions in which the democratic values can flourish and the most important point is to take into account the local culture and traditions otherwise the democratic process will face a certain deadlock. Violence and chaos will be the order of the day in societies where the local cultural and traditional values have been ignored and an imported version of western democracy has been imposed against the will of people. Afghanistan and Iraq are the perfect examples of this nearly failed experiment and I don't see that the situation on the ground will improve with the elimination of people like al-Zarqawi. The only way out is to re-address the core issues facing the people and to actively support the democratic and progressive forces instead of sectarian and religious fundamentalists in those countries.
Shuja said,
June 10, 2006 @ 11:55 am
Oh that’s just a political correctness move to please his western masters. Let us not forget that Karzai himself was a part of the taliban in the beginning.
kandahar said,
June 12, 2006 @ 10:39 am
Let Karzai say whatever his masters order him, but his words never represent Aghans as a whole, he is a figurehead man. He most of the time say without any considerations i.e. crap.
malik said,
June 21, 2006 @ 9:37 am
I agree with Shuja, yes karzai was part of taliban and the same time i agree with mr karzai too that zarqawi was trying to create division between muslims in Iraq by killing inocent Shuite muslim. so we shouldn’t be sad for his dead.
Dr. Sc. Agra. Moohibullah Mukhles said,
July 7, 2006 @ 1:54 am
We need to speak very cautious and rational and consider our responsibility. Many of our brethren said word and speech without the consideration of their option in phrases. I think H.E. Karzai wasn’t the part of Taliban but he was an open minded Mujahed in general. If he was a part of Taliban then why Taliban killed his father? Mr. Karzai is the president of a country right now. We have to respect him as a leader of the people of Afghanistan. We should help him and our country to stand on his own feet. We must not expect him and our country to help us but we should help our people and country. We need not to blame him as the servant of his western masters. If it is so then why not northern alliances? In such a serious moment we all Afghans are responsible to overcome on all versions of our different problems and think about the future of the development of our people and country. We have to think, how to stop the dirty war and flourish peace, prosperity and unity among the different ethnic groups and all Muslims even among all humankind’s on the earth.
what said,
September 8, 2007 @ 11:09 pm
good thing zarqawe died…….he killed civilians