Of Missing Weapons and Secret Airbase...

Of Missing Weapons and Secret AirbasesFaryal Leghari (ISSUES)
25 February 2009
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The recent weeks have seen some astounding revelations, first with the
report from the US General Accountability Office (GAO) to the Congress
on the case of the unaccounted weapons in Afghanistan and,

second; with the highly controversial disclosure of the American drones
being flown and operated from within Pakistan! Trivialities aside, these
are no joking matters and have far reaching implications. Moreover, they
reveal the deep fissures that run across the political and military
administrative landscape in both the countries.

The GAO report of the unaccounted weapons run into an astounding amount,
from the supplies procured by the US and coalition forces for the Afghan
National Security Forces (the ANSF, include the Police and the Army).
The unaccounted weapons constitute 87,000 or nearly a third from a total
of 242,000 weapons, costing $120 million that were supplied by the US,
besides the 135,000 obtained at a cost of $103 million from 21 countries
in the 
coalition forces.

These weapons that included rifles, pistols, shotguns, mortars and
launchers for grenades, rockets and missiles, have simply disappeared
hoodwinking the integrated link of audit measures that are typically
employed in the process. The weapons were part of the supplies meant to
equip and train the ANSF under the $16.5 billion programme run by the
United States, from June 2002-2008. Besides the listed arms, 15 night
vision goggles, a highly sought after 
insurgency equipment, have
also seemed to disappear.

The GAO report states that accountability lapses occurred throughout the
supply chain but the major compromises occurred during transportation
and storage. The report listed "corruption, illiteracy and unclear
guidance" as the main reasons that brought this about. Though the
need to implement stringent accountability measures is being called for,
this is bound to have some impact on request for the additional fund of
$5.7 billion that is earmarked for training and equipping the

Afghans in 2009.

Moreover, the programme for formation of armed village militias to
support the Afghan police may also backfire on the lines of the
Auxiliary Police programme that was launched some times back. The
implication of this momentous carelessness on the side of the US-led
coalition and deliberate bungling by the Afghans is not easy to digest.
It is bound to be more acutely felt by the ISAF who are combating an
increasingly, challenging insurgency. The greater number of the missing
weapons in all likelihood may have been sold to the insurgents, while
others may have found their way to the private militias of some
warlords. In a country where organised crime groups, some of who are
involved in narcotics, while others run the illegal weapons trade, are
having a field day in making millions of dollars in catering to the
demand of different groups.

It is also rumoured that certain regional countries, in order to
perpetuate their vested interests are guilty of financing and arming
various insurgent groups in Afghanistan. Irrespective of the origin and
supply of the illegal weapons that are easily procurable, the covert
illegal weapon markets in the area seem to be thriving.

It is expected that the recommendations made for establishing clear
accountability procedures, by the GAO, to the US Department of Defense
would be mulled over and integrated into the future military procedures.
At the same time, what is more important is for the implementation of
stricter monitoring overseeing sensitive security matters on the Afghan
side, that seriously needs to tackle the endemic corruption that
permeates almost all levels in the government administration.

Now on the issue of the drones, that have, actually become a droning
nuisance for the Pakistan government that has been raging against them,
from the times of President Musharraf to the democratically elected PPP
government! Predator drone strikes that to date have exceeded 60,
started sometimes in 2004 and were operating mainly in North and
Waziristan Agency near the Afghan border.

The latest attack, till the time of writing this article was in the
Kurram Agency. Thus the drone-christening of Kurram took place with 30
people killed in a refugee camp that is believed to have been run by
Gulbuddin Kekmatyar's Hizb-i-Islami party, and was reportedly
housing some poor Afghan families besides some high value Taleban
figures, that were the intended targets of the attack.

Violations of Pakistan's sovereignty are expected to continue with
no signs of abatement as top US military commanders from General
Petraeus downwards, have all reiterated that the strikes are necessary
and have been productive in taking out high value Al Qaeda operatives in
Pakistan's tribal areas. This hardcore military logic does not take
into account the deaths of civilians nor the public outrage that is
building up within the country.

The acknowledgement of a covert agreement by the government with the US
on the drone issue would be akin to political suicide. Uptil now
diplomatic protests about the drone strikes to every visiting US
government official have managed to keep opposition at bay. Well, as the
age-old saying goes about truth being unable to be covered for long,
confirmation about Pakistan's involvement in the drone strikes even
superseded the protested-but-accepted belief that they were being
directed from Afghanistan. The disclosure came from the very surprised
Chairwoman of the US Senate Intelligence Committee, Dianne Feinstein,
about the fuss made by Pakistan on the drone strikes since they were
being launched from inside the country.
This was as expected, followed by vehement denials that came thick and
fast by the Pakistan government, including the Defense Minister Ahmad
Mukhtar who went on to question the basis of Senator Feinstein's
statement.

Furthermore, the news of the CIA using the Shamsi airbase in Balochistan
to launch drone attacks inside Pakistan has triggered further outrage. A
British newspaper, The Times has claimed that 730,000 gallons of F34
aviation fuel worth $3.2 million, was delivered to the airbase from
Pakistan Refineries in Karachi in 2008 -- that is believed to be used by
the Predator drone aircraft. Similarly, the CBS News has also run a
story regarding confirmation of Pakistan airbases for drone strikes by
an anonymous NATO official. Satellite pictures from Google earth,
printed in a Pakistani newspaper, show unmanned aircrafts at an
undisclosed airbase in Balochistan.

The reaction of the Pakistan Army was only to confirm the use of the
Shamsi airbase by US forces for logistical purposes, while omitting any
comments on the drone issue.

The question is, if the joint consensus among the security officials on
both the Pakistan and the US side is in favour of the strikes, why are
they not being conducted by the Pakistan air force, who should be given
the required number of Predator aircrafts to conduct the operations.

A logical way of resolving the sovereignty violation debate would be to
shift the onus of the necessary attacks onto Pakistan. Assuming
responsibility and owning up to its role with honesty in the ongoing
operations against terrorists and dissident militant groups, who
challenge the state, is something Pakistan establishment must take on.
This would ease the extreme pressure and mistrust among the public who
are not ready to be fooled any longer.

Faryal Leghari can be reached
at faryal@khaleejtimes
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Published: March 16, 2009
We are now in an astonishingly noncommercial moment. Risk is out of favor. The financial world is abashed. Enterprise is suspended. The public culture is dominated by one downbeat story after another as members of the educated class explore and enjoy the humiliation of the capitalist vulgarians.

 

Over the centuries, the United States has been most conspicuous for one trait: manic energy. Americans work longer hours than any other people. We switch jobs more frequently, move more often, earn more and consume more.

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This energy was first aroused by abundance, by the tantalizing sense that dazzling wealth was available just over the next hill. But it has also been sustained by a popular culture that celebrates commercial ambition. From Benjamin Franklin and Alexander Hamilton, through Horatio Alger and Norman Vincent Peale, up until Donald Trump and Jim Cramer, popular figures have always emerged to champion the American gospel of success, encouraging middle-class people to strive, risk and make money.
This gospel gets dented during each of the nation’s financial crises, but it always returns with a vengeance. The late 19th century was a time of economic turmoil. Yet it was also a time when this commercial creed was preached most fervently. Andrew Carnegie published “The Gospel of Wealth.” Elbert Hubbard published “A Message to Garcia,” which celebrated industriousness and ambition and sold nearly 40 million copies. The Baptist minister Russell Conwell traveled the country delivering his “Acres of Diamonds” sermon to rapturous audiences more than 6,000 times.
“I say that the opportunity to get rich, to attain unto great wealth, is here now within the reach of almost every man and woman who hears me speak tonight!” Conwell thundered to his audiences. “I say that you ought to get rich, and it is your duty to get rich ... Money is power, and you ought to be reasonably ambitious to have it. You ought, because you can do more good with it than you could without it.”
The Great Depression suppressed economic activity, but not the commercial spirit. In the middle of it, Dale Carnegie published “How to Win Friends and Influence People,” which promised imminent success and went on to sell more copies than any other book to that point but the Bible. The stagflation of the 1970s didn’t discredit capitalism. It gave rise to the supply-side movement and the apotheosis of the entrepreneur.
In short, the United States will never be Europe. It was born as a commercial republic. It’s addicted to the pace of commercial enterprise. After periodic pauses, the country inevitably returns to its elemental nature.
The U.S. is in one of those pauses today. It has been odd, over the past six months, not to have the gospel of success as part of the normal background music of life. You go about your day, taking in the news and the new movies, books and songs, and only gradually do you become aware that there is an absence. There are no aspirational stories of rags-to-riches success floating around. There are no new how-to-get-rich enthusiasms. There are few magazine covers breathlessly telling readers that some new possibility — biotechnology, nanotechnology — is about to change everything. That part of American culture that stokes ambition and encourages risk has gone silent.
We are now in an astonishingly noncommercial moment. Risk is out of favor. The financial world is abashed. Enterprise is suspended. The public culture is dominated by one downbeat story after another as members of the educated class explore and enjoy the humiliation of the capitalist vulgarians.
Washington is temporarily at the center of the nation’s economic gravity and a noncommercial administration holds sway. This is an administration that has many lawyers and academics but almost no businesspeople in it, let alone self-made entrepreneurs. The president speaks passionately about education and health care reform, but he is strangely aloof from the banking crisis and displays no passion when speaking about commercial drive and success.
But if there is one thing we can be sure of, this pause will not last. The cultural DNA of the past 400 years will not be erased. The pendulum will swing hard. The gospel of success will recapture the imagination.
Somewhere right now there’s probably a smart publisher searching for the most unabashed, ambitious, pro-wealth, pro-success manuscript she can find, and in about three months she’ll pile it up in the nation’s bookstores. Somewhere there’s probably a TV producer thinking of hiring Jim Cramer to do a show to tell story after story of unapologetic business success. Somewhere there’s a politician finding a way to ride the commercial renaissance that is bound to come, ready to explain how government can sometimes nurture entrepreneurial greatness and sometimes should get out of the way.
Walt Whitman got America right in his essay, “Democratic Vistas.” He acknowledged the vulgarity of the American success drive. He toted up its moral failings. But in the end, he accepted his country’s “extreme business energy,” its “almost maniacal appetite for wealth.” He knew that the country’s dreams were all built upon that energy and drive, and eventually the spirit of commercial optimism would always prevail.

Baby Food and Pasta Are “Weapons of Mass Destruction”
By: Ali Baghdadi
(arabjournl@aol. com   Chicago)
If you were told that the U.S. government banned baby food from reaching Iraqi infants, and that the Israeli government prevented pasta from entering besieged Gaza, you most likely would immediately dismiss these two statements as a dirty “joke” or an outright “lie”.
Sadly, it is not a joke or a lie.  It is real and documented.  It can be easily researched and verified.
It is difficult to believe that “civilized” countries that care for animals, spend millions of dollars to feed them and groom them, support their rights, and punish people that mistreat them, could allow their governments to be cruel to fellow humans.   To be blunt, this contrast in dealing with animals and humans can be simply characterized as “split personality”.   It must be dealt with.
Not only had it destroyed the only Iraqi infant milk formula plant during the 1991 Gulf War.  The U.S. government also prevented Iraq from importing baby food to feed millions of its malnourished children for thirteen years of economic sanctions designed to topple the late Iraqi president, Saddam Hussein.
 Likewise, in the aftermath of its recent barbaric Gaza invasion that fair minded Jewish historians and intellectuals condemn as genocide, the Israeli government stopped emergency relief shipments of pasta from reaching the tiny strip in order to bring down the Hamas government which, according to former President Jimmy Carter, came to power through free and democratic elections.
What a tragedy!  For thirteen years, baby food was among a list of more than a million items that Washington forbade Iraq from importing.  No logical or rational explanation was provided.  For thirteen years, did the U.S. government consider Iraqi infants as potential “terrorists”, who may convert this food to poison gas and seriously threaten American cities.
The list of sanctioned items included ambulances, hearing aids, eyeglasses, paper, pens, pencils, toothbrushes, toothpaste, epilepsy medication, soap, shampoo, and even toilet paper.
The amount of food and medicine allowed into Iraq was no more than about a third of what the country usually imported to meet the needs of its people prior to the unjustly imposed sanctions.   The twenty million Iraqis had virtually become a herd of sheep whose minimal requirements had been reduced to foodstuffs, a few medicines and some essentials that the Sanctions Committee residing in New York determined.  As confirmed by the World Health Organization and the U.N. Children Fund, and many other organizations, the slow genocide due to starvation and health hazards caused the demise of more than one and a half million innocent Iraqis, mostly children.
The same cruel and savage policy and behavior have been repeated in Gaza.  The tiny strip has been under Israeli siege for almost two years.  Nothing can enter Gaza by sea, air or land without Israeli approval.  Most of the humanitarian food and medical supplies donated to relieve some of the pain and suffering inflicted by Israel against the people of Gaza have not been allowed to enter.  For seven weeks, an international aid organization, Mercy Corps, has been trying to send 90 tons of pasta to feed the 1.5 million starving people of Gaza, but to no avail.  According to U.N. aid workers, “Israel does not define pasta as part of humanitarian aid”. 
"We're at the end of our rope,..  "This is just ridiculous. It's absolutely absurd," commented David Holdridge, the head of the emergency relief efforts for Mercy Corps.
“When the delivery of aid is restricted to an argument of pasta vs rice, then the situation becomes a little ridiculous.  No security reasons justify a blockade on pasta," Sammay Mshasha, a spokesman for UNRWA commented.
Ironically, pasta is not the only “weapon of mass destruction” that Israel bans from reaching Gaza, the largest open concentration camp on the globe.  The list is too long.  It includes everything from lentils, tomato paste and fruit juice to paper, textbooks and crayons.  Healthy educated Palestinian children are viewed as a threat to the continued illegitimate existence of the Jewish settler state.
The list also contains construction material, steel, cement and glass.  Approximately, 15,000 buildings were destroyed as a result of 22 days of Israeli carpet bombing.  More than 50,000 men, women and children are left homeless.  In addition, agricultural supplies that include seedlings, fertilizers, and piping which are essential to revive the economy that Israel destroyed are banned.  Medicine and medical equipment, as well as spare parts for water and sewage treatment plants are severely curtailed.  
Senator John Kerry, the Chairman of the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee, became aware of the pasta “episode” during his fact finding mission to Gaza in the aftermath of the Israeli genocidal attack.  Only after the U.S. senator, protested, and demanded an explanation for the ban, did Israel’s Defense Minister, Ehud Barak, give the green light for the pasta to enter into Gaza.
U.S. Representatives Brian Baird and Keith Ellison, who also toured Gaza, expressed similar complaint, and criticized Israel's "idiosyncratic and arbitrary" inhumane policy.
 "When have lentil bombs

In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
Introduction to Global Economic Solution
by Irshad Mahmood - PRESIDENT
Siraat - al Mustaqeem Dawah Centre
http://global-right-path.webs.com

World has enough to feed but not greed: Tax the Greedy NOT the Needy

High Officials and Politicians must be true protector and knowledgeable persons

Also High Officials and Politicians need to have a mandatory one week vacation every year, deductible from their earned vacation, to live in true poverty in that area which they represent, so that they can feel the pain of poor people. They ust record their experiences to share with others locally as well as globally. Also they need to have a mandatory one month fasting period, like Muslims do in the month of Ramadan, to feel the pain of hunger; they should only be excused from these practices if they have a valid reason for their excuses e.g. medical issues.

Remember: In the Current Global Economic Slow Down (Global Recession) during 2007 and onward, cow did not have stopped giving milk, it is human who stopped taking Guidance from the Quraan causing people around the globe suffering very badly.

Educate yourself to face all the present and future challenges. Allah taught us through penmanship, which is not only the old style fountain pens, or pencils, BUT typewriters, printing machines, computers and internets and who knows what could be the future pens (ref: Al_Quraan_096.004).

 

With the advancement of technology the world has joined together. News from one side of the world quickly spreads to the rest of the world and sometimes it has a big impact on rest of the world as well. Some examples of such events are Global Warming and Global Dimming, natural disasters, and man-made disasters. Ultra Fast communication makes it easy to move around as well as send goods around the world. This way the world has shrunk and joined as a Global Village and needs a Global Economic Solution to govern the global Society. Muslims already believe in a Global Family since we are all the children of Adam and Eve. Since Global Economics is a vast subject, thorough explanations are needed to fully understand it. In this article I would like to highlight the fundamental points.
Global Family:

The World is shrinking and becoming a Global Family. I found this a KEY point in cooling down the minds of others: so always remember and keep reminding people that we are the children of Adam and Eve and we are Cousin Brothers and Cousin Sisters and we are a Global Family.
 
And surely We have honored the children of Adam, and We carry them in the land and the sea, and We have given them of the good things, and We have made them to excel by an appropriate excellence over most of those whom We have created. (Al_Quraan_017.070)
(All) people are a single nation; so Allah raised prophets as bearers of good news and as warners, and He revealed with them the Book with truth, that it might judge between people in that in which they differed; and none but the people of the book who were given it differed about it after clear arguments had come to them, revolting among themselves; so Allah has guided by His will those who believe to the truth about which they differed and Allah guides whom He pleases to the right path. (Al_Quraan_002.213)
Natural Disasters making people's life miserable: Is it a Test or Punishment?

The world is fed up with Natural Disasters like Tsunamis, Tornadoes, Hurricanes, Cyclones, Floods, Earthquakes etc., so they need to take concrete steps to overcome and perhaps stop these Natural Disasters from happening again.  To do this we need to find the root causes of these disasters, which could be due to three main reasons: either Allah (God) is angry with us or we have polluted the world or Allah is testing us. Allah did not leave human beings alone without help; instead He sent prophets/messengers regularly and again and again, untill the last and final prophet/messenger Rasool Allah (saw) came, carrying Allah's final message to the mankind. The Quraan is the only book of guidance which helps people understand why disasters occur.
And every nation had a messenger; so when their messenger came, the matter was decided between them with justice and they shall not be dealt with unjustly. (Al_Quraan_010.047)
Whenever We sent a Prophet (Informer / Warner) to a town, We took up its people in suffering and adversity, in order that they might learn humility. (Al_Quraan_007.094)
O you who believe! Obey Allah and His Messenger and do not turn back from Him while you hear. And be not like those who said, We hear, and they did not obey. Surely the worst of animals, in Allah's sight, are the deaf, the dumb, who do not understand. (Al_Quraan_008.020-022)
But why were there not among the generations before you those possessing understanding, who should have forbidden the making of mischief in the earth, except a few of those whom We delivered from among them? And those who were unjust went after what they are made to enjoy of plenty, and they were guilty. Your Lord never annihilates any community unjustly, while its people are righteous. (Al_Quraan_011.116-117)
Corruption has appeared in the land and the sea on account of what the hands of men have wrought (done), that He may make them taste a part of that which they have done, so that they may return. (Al_Quraan_030.041)
Do men think that they will be left alone on saying, We believe, and not be tried? And certainly We tried those before them, so Allah will certainly know those who are true and He will certainly know the liars. (Al_Quraan_029.002-003)
And We will most certainly try you with somewhat of fear and hunger and loss of property and lives and fruits; and give good news to the patient, Who, when a misfortune befalls them, say: Surely we are Allah's and to Him we shall surely return. Those are they on whom are blessings and mercy from their Lord, and those are the followers of the right course. (Al_Quraan_002.155-157)
Say: I have no power to hurt or benefit myself, save that which Allah willeth. For every nation there is an appointed time. When their time cometh, then they cannot put it off an hour, nor hasten (it). (Al_Quraan_010.049)
And how many a community have We destroyed that was thankless for its means of livelihood! And yonder are their dwellings, which have not been inhabited after them save a little. And We, even We, were the inheritors. (Al_Quraan_028.058)
No nation can outstrip its term nor can they lag behind. (Al_Quraan_015.005)
Then after them We brought forth other generations. No nation can outstrip its term, nor yet postpone it. (Al_Quraan_023.042-043)
Have they not traveled in the land to see the nature of the consequence for those before them? They were more numerous than these, and mightier in power and (in the) traces (which they left behind them) in the earth. But all that they used to earn availed them not. And when their messengers brought them clear proofs (of Allah's Sovereignty) they exulted in the knowledge they (themselves) possessed. And that which they were wont to mock befell them. Then, when they saw Our doom, they said: We believe in Allah only and reject (all) that we used to associate (with Him). But their faith could not avail them when they saw Our doom. This is Allah's law, which hath ever taken course for His bondmen. And then the disbelievers will be ruined. (Al_Quraan_040.082-085)
Have they not traveled in the land and seen the nature of the consequence for those who were before them? They were stronger than these in power, and they dug the earth and built upon it more than these have built. Messengers of their own came unto them with clear proofs (of Allah's Sovereignty). Surely Allah wronged them not, but they did wrong themselves. (Al_Quraan_030.009)
And do not stretch your eyes after that with which We have provided different classes of them, (of) the splendor of this world's life that We may thereby try them; and the sustenance (given) by your Lord is better and more abiding. (Al_Quraan_020.131)
Also, after the Last Prophet/Messenger Rasool Allah (saw), Allah put responsibility on the whole Ummah to spread the word of Quraan; some are responsible for Full Time Dawah and the rest for Part Time Dawah:
You are the best of peoples (doing Part Time Dawah), evolved for mankind, enjoining (ordering) what is right, forbidding what is wrong, and believing in Allah. If only the People of the Book had faith, it was best for them: among them are some who have faith, but most of them are perverted transgressors. (Al_Quraan_003.110)
And from among you there should be a party (doing Full Time Dawah like Scholars, Ulemaas, Auliyas) who invite to good and enjoin what is right and forbid the wrong, and these it is that shall be successful. (Al_Quraan_003.104)
Shaitans descend on Disbelievers by luring and tempting them, BUT the Angels are with the True Believers:
Shall I inform you (of him) upon whom the Shaitans descend? They descend on every sinful, false one. SHAKIR: They descend upon every lying, sinful one, They incline their ears, and most of them are liars. And as to the poets, those who go astray follow them. Do you not see that they wander about bewildered in every valley? (Al_Quraan_026.221-225)
(As for) those who say: Our Lord is Allah, then continues in the right way, the angels descend upon them (True Believers), saying: Fear not, nor be grieved, and receive good news of the garden which you were promised. We are your guardians in this world's life and in the hereafter, and you shall have therein what your souls desire and you shall have therein what you ask for: A provision from the Forgiving, the Merciful. (Al_Quraan_041.030-032)
Man-Made Disasters making peoples life miserable: State Terrorism MUST be banned:

The world is also fed up with Man-Made Disasters, including Terrorism which may cause Global Food Crises, Global Warming, Global Dimming, and may trigger more and more record breaking disasters like Cancer and other Miserable Diseases. We must take steps to  prevent future man-made disasters and overcome the present ones. Again, to do this, we must find the root cause of these problems, which are due to three main reasons mentioned earlier; either Allah (God) is angry with us or we have polluted the world or Allah is testing us. Keep in mind that if one has treasure, robbers will always behind him. Capitalism, Socialism, Communism and Religion etc. need to analyze in detail to serve humanity in a balanced way, without robbing people. The key point to remember should be to save the lives of people by all means. Food and Shelter are the most important thing to sustain life, then comes health and finally security-protecting people from the space, land, and sea. Sometimes raising many little peaceful voices can help save innocent civilians, BUT unfortunately some religions have failed many times to raise their peaceful voice against the cruel sufferings of innocent civilians of other faiths. Many politicians advertise that voting for them will lead to a luxurious lifestyle for everyone BUT either they fail to serve the people due to lack of knowledge of Guidance from the Quraan or they merely fool innocent people. Here I will reiterate: Allah did not leave human beings alone without help; instead He sent prophets/messengers regularly and again and again, untill the last and final prophet/messenger Mohammad (saw) came, carrying Allah's final message to humans. The Quraan is the only book of guidance which exists to serve and protect people. After Rasool Allah (saw), Allah put this responsibility on Muslims to do Dawah with wisdom.
The mutual rivalry for piling up (the good things of this world) diverts you (from the more serious things), Until you come to the graves. (Al_Quraan_102.001-002)
Corruption has appeared in the land and the sea on account of what the hands of men have wrought (done), that He may make them taste a part of that which they have done, so that they may return. (Al_Quraan_030.041)
Even if a Quraan caused mountains to move, or the earth to tear asunder, or the dead to speak (they will not believe). Allah controls all things. Is it not time for the believers to give up and realize that if Allah willed, He could have guided all the people? The disbelievers will continue to suffer disasters, as a consequence of their own works, or have disasters strike close to them, until Allah's promise is fulfilled. Allah will never change the predetermined destiny. (Al_Quraan_013.031)
And whoever turns away from My reminder (message), he will have a miserable life, and We will raise him on the Day of Resurrection, blind. (Al_Quraan_020.124)
And when We wish to destroy a town, We send Our commandment to the people of it who lead easy lives, but they transgress therein; thus the word proves true against it, so We destroy it with utter destruction. And how many of the generations did We destroy after Nuh! and your Lord is sufficient as Knowing and Seeing with regard to His servants' faults. (Al_Quraan_017.016-017)
But why were there not among the generations before you those possessing understanding, who should have forbidden the making of mischief in the earth, except a few of those whom We delivered from among them? And those who were unjust went after what they are made to enjoy of plenty, and they were guilty. Your Lord never annihilates any community unjustly, while its people are righteous. (Al_Quraan_011.116-117)
In the manner of the people of Pharaoh and those before them; they disbelieved in Allah's communications, therefore Allah destroyed them on account of their faults; surely Allah is strong, severe in requiting (evil). This is because Allah has never changed a favor which He has conferred upon a people until they change their own condition; and because Allah is Hearing, Knowing. (Al_Quraan_008.052-053)
Centralization Crisis:

Centralization may create huge chaos if not dealt intelligently. e.g. if all the banks' data are centralized and if there is huge data loss due to some mega disasters, the world may go into the stone age again. An intelligent choice would be to have backups in other places around the globe. Genetic engineering in foods may create problems in the future if not dealt properly and on time. e.g. eggs you can eat but cannot bread to  have chicken. Similarly you can eat fruits and vegetables, BUT if you want to plant the seeds from a fruit or vegetable it may not work because it is from genetically modified food, and you have no other choice but to buy special seeds from those who are doing the genetic engineering. Once they get the upper hand, they might start playing with it by increasing the price and you are left with no other choices than buy from them. An intelligent choice would be to plant fruits and vegetable plants instead of other trees in the parks, on the side of streets, and backyards in such a way that they may not fall on houses or other buildings in the case of possible natural disasters to prevent huge financial losses.
Also in centralization in the form of super stores, there is possibility of closing down of small corner variety stores, which lead to create a big burden on general public, which need more transportation and hence increase the pollution. An intelligent choice will be to have price control on major items like rice, flour, sugar, salt and milk etc., so that general public will be able to buy at major items from there, which will reduce their trip to super stores and will help reduce pollution. This will also help general public to reduce their transportation bills. This can only happen if it is fully Government Controlled for the major items only in small Utility Stores / Variety Stores.
Food Crisis:

The world may face a Food Crisis for many reasons, including the greed of people, who refuse to help the needy. It will be a Crime against Humanity if people start using foods for different purposes, i.e. to fulfill their own selfish desires, instead of serving humanity. We can already see the start of the Global Food Crisis.
People should have in-house arrangements to stock in their home with food for maximum of up to seven weeks or one season worth of major foods, while businesses should be able to stock their stores with food for up to maximum of seven months or two seasons worth of these major foods, without burdening on government.
Also there is danger in genetically modified food, due to any possible outbreak which may wipe out certain kind of produce due to bacteria etc., or due to disaster the centralized producer of seeds may collapse.
Government must have major foods (grains like Wheat and Rice, Salt, Sugar, and Dried Chickpeas etc.) in stock for up to seven years at least, if possible for any possible crisis. Lessons can be taken from the story of prophet Yusuf (pbuh) in the Quraan (Ref. Al_Quraan_012:043-050).
Health Crisis:

The world may face a Health Crisis for many reasons, also involving the greed of people. It will be a Crime against Humanity if people start playing with the health and safety of other people.
Japan: The atomic bombings on Hiroshima and Nagasaki were nuclear attacks at the end of World War II against the Empire of Japan by the United States at the order of U.S. President Harry S. Truman on August 6 and 9, 1945. The bombs killed as many as 140,000 people in Hiroshima and 80,000 in Nagasaki by the end of 1945. Since then, thousands more died from injuries or illness attributed to exposure to radiation released by the bombs. In both cities, the overwhelming majority of the dead were civilians.  The United States were already well on the verge of victory, however, the president chose to involve the innocent civilians of Japan in a sort of human experiment, to test the newly invented nuclear bomb.

Iraq: UK radiation jump blamed on Iraq shells
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article732523.ece
From The Sunday Times
February 19, 2006

RADIATION detectors in Britain recorded a fourfold sharp increase in uranium levels in the atmosphere after the “shock and awe” bombing campaign against Iraq, according to a report.
Environmental scientists who uncovered the figures through freedom of information laws say it is evidence that depleted uranium from the shells was carried by wind currents to Britain.
Afghanistan: Depleted Uranium Radiation Threatens Canadian Troops in Afghanistan
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=viewArticle&code=20061105&articleId=3704
Global Research, November 5, 2006
Toronto Star

OTTAWA—In addition to their flak jackets, rifles and helmets, Canada's troops in Afghanistan are carrying another little known piece of protective equipment: radiation meters.
Housing Crisis:

The world may face a Housing Crisis for many reasons, which once again include the greed of people. It will be a Crime against Humanity if people start playing with it for different purposes, instead of serving humanity. We can already see the Global Housing Crisis as more and more people are becoming homeless. The difference between the rich and the poor is increasing dramatically.
To have an Ideal Sweet Home, most of us don't realize the true facts, since we don't do the homework first. We mostly listen to the Media, where the speaker is paid by those who offer the loans. That is a GREAT TRAP. Those who fall into this TRAP, start facing many problems, which include more and more work to payoff debts sooner and more stress being put on their health, which could lead to a life miserable. Having an Ideal Sweet Home also depends on where you live, and many other factors, including your urgency for a home. Generally in the west, it is a GREATLY advised that when the Mortgage Rate is very high, the price of the house is usually very low, and that is the right time to purchase a house BUT make sure to pay a minimum 25% down payment at the time of purchase and pay all the debts as soon as possible. Also keep in mind when you are going to retire. If one is considering buying a house just a few years before his/her retirement, with a very small down payment, that will be GREAT FOOLISHNESS, because after few years he/she will be off the job and will have no extra income to pay off the debt. Also the Government should impose big taxes on people who have extra homes (more homes than the one they are living in) unless it is in a transition period of six months to move to a new home or if they are buying a home for their kids who are above 18 years of age. The Government should also impose a law that no mortgage should be more than 15 years, so that people can try to save some money for their kids' education. Remember those who tell you that there is a Real Islaamic Housing Scheme, which gives you a real interest-free loan, could actually charge you much more than what you might be paying on the interest based system  An intelligent choice could be to go for something which will make you pay your total mortgage, plus other expenses that is much less than the rent you are paying right now, even if the interest rate becomes higher at later stage. The best thing to do, if you can, is to avoid interest based loans. Always remember, no matter what interest based loan can never become Halaal. The Government should have a good policy to support those who don't have their own home to live in; this may help reduce the production cost as well, since repair and maintenance cost is usually much less than mortgage or rent a home.
And remember We took your covenant (to this effect): Shed no blood amongst you, nor turn out your own people from your homes: and this you solemnly ratified, and to this you can bear witness. (Al_Quraan_002:084).
Energy Crisis:

Energy is the backbone for all nations to succeed.  The world may face an Energy Crisis for many reasons, which again include the greed of humans. It will be a Crime against Humanity if people start playing with it for different purposes other than that of serving humanity. We can see that recently the Global Energy Crisis has begun. The government needs to search for Clean Energy Resources, like Dams, Wind Mills, Solar Energy, etc., which wastes very little energy and creates very little or no pollution. People need to support their Government for this good cause to build more Dams, Wind Mills, Solar Energy systems etc. The government must keep in mind the after effects of any step they take before tackling major projects and they must try to minimize human suffering and if necessary, help people relocate for the good of the nation.
The government must be prepared for any consequences due to moving to new direction, e.g. if one is extracting oil from the ground, the side effects could be a massive sinkhole in the ground like what happened in Texas, USA. Fox News Thursday, May 08, 2008.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,354501,00.html
DAISETTA, Texas —  The massive sinkhole, with the crumbling dirt around its edges resembling sharp teeth, had managed to swallow up oil tanks and barrels, tires, telephone poles and several vehicles.
Two Major Crises Creators: Interest Based and Supply & Demand System are the most conniving things for people:

Firstly, the Interest Based System is one of the major Crises Creators for people. Do your homework before falling into this TRAP. If you analyze in detail any interest based loan, including Mortgages, you may find that initially you might be paying around a 90%interest on your loan. Remember, no loan should be forever. Mortgage should not be for more than 15 years at maximum for a personal home and Education Loans should not be for more than 5 years if it is not for FREE. Government should take special steps to provide reduced tuition fee if not for FREE education up to professional level with good standards to provide youngsters a debt free start to their life to build their country. Low income families must be able to afford condominiums (apartments) at least, and other higher income families should be able to buy houses. The government must take action to help people get interest free loans for their legal and extremely necessary desires, like owning home for their living purposes or education. This will also help reduce the production cost hence increasing job environments. Also if every person owns their fully paid home, then they will naturally go for renovation, that will sure create huge businesses which is good for economy, otherwise many might be on the mercy of landlords who might do unnecessary delay in fixing, mice, bedbugs issue or heating or other necessary issues which might be bad for economy since it slowdowns it, as well as for tenants suffering badly, which they should not. Also it is unjust for a landlord by charging rents in full and not providing facility on time or not at all. Allah already warned unjust persons in the Quraan (ref: Al_Quraan_005.044-047). This is just an example, similarly there might be many other business if goes to individual hands instead of Government, then that might also slowdown economy. In simple any businesses which effect general public should be fully government owned to serve the public instead of robbing them. Remember, World has enough to feed but not greed.
O you who believe! Fear God, and give up what remains of your demand for usury (interest), if you are indeed believers. If you do it not, Take notice of war from God and His Apostle: But if you turn back, you shall have your capital sums: Deal not unjustly, and you shall not be dealt with unjustly. (Al_Quraan_002.278-279).
Secondly the Supply and Demand System is a Scam and hurts poor People very badly. The government must come up with a concrete system to balance the prices for all items, thereby helping people by stabilizing the Global Economy. The government must also take notice of HOW MUCH IS TOO MUCH on making profits. If there is one getting tremendous profits, the government must take the extra profits from them and help balance others or invest in other projects.
..... And they ask you as to what they should spend. Say: that which is superfluous (in excess). Thus does Allah make clear to you the communications that you may ponder. (Al_Quraan_002.219).
And others have confessed their faults, they have mingled a good deed and an evil one; may be Allah will turn to them (mercifully); surely Allah is Forgiving, Merciful. Take alms out of their property, you would cleanse them and purify them thereby, and pray for them; surely your prayer is a relief to them; and Allah is Hearing, Knowing. Do they not know that Allah accepts repentance from His servants and takes the alms, and that Allah is the Oft-returning (to mercy), the Merciful? (Al_Quraan_012:043-050).
Charities are only for the poor and the needy, and the officials (appointed) over them, and those whose hearts are made to incline (to truth) and the (ransoming of) captives and those in debts and in the way of Allah and the wayfarer; an ordinance from Allah; and Allah is knowing, Wise. (Al_Quraan_009.060).
Avoid Wasting including Time: Recycling is an intelligent way to save the world from pollution:
And the servants of the Beneficent Allah are they who walk on the earth in humbleness, and when the ignorant address them, they say: Peace. And they who pass the night prostrating themselves before their Lord and standing. And they who say: O our Lord! turn away from us the punishment of hell, surely the punishment thereof is a lasting. Surely it is an evil abode and (evil) place to stay. And they who when they spend, are neither extravagant nor parsimonious, and (keep) between these the just mean. (Al_Quraan_025.063-067)
And give to the near of kin his due and (to) the needy and the wayfarer, and do not squander wastefully. Surely the squanderers are the fellows of the Shaitans and the Shaitan is ever ungrateful to his Lord. (Al_Quraan_026-027)
Help Allah to get Help from Allah:
O you who believe! If you will Help Allah, He will Help you, and plant your feet firmly. (Al_Quraan_047.007)
Allah did not leave us without any guidance. The Quraan is our First Guide, because it is the word of Allah, and after that, those Hadeeths of Mohammad (saw), which do not contradict the Quraan and finally Ijtihaad in the light of the Quraan and Authentic Hadeeth, by Scholars (Ulema, Auliya), who spend their whole life keeping Islaam alive can be looked to for guidance. These scholars can be from past, present and future as well. We learn with time, similarly a nation learns according to time as well. Previously communication was not fast enough, BUT now we have thousands of books on our computer and in a matter of a few minute, we can access a lot of information through our computers. Allah knows how fast it will be in the future. The World is getting more challenging than ever before, and the effort to save the Ummah and the new coming scholars are huge. BUT Allah has sent Great, Intellectual Scholars (Ulemaas and Auliyas) to keep Islaam alive according to the time. We must respect all the previous, present, and future Scholars and we must be with them and help them establish DEEN, if they are sincerely and peacefully working to establish DEEN. Since Violence is Hurting Islaam very BADLY. And Remember : There is NO Compulsion in Religion..... (Al_Quraan_002:256)

And withhold yourself with those who call on their Lord morning and evening desiring His goodwill, and let not your eyes pass from them (always yes sir, till they follow the Quraan and Really Authentic Sunnah), desiring the beauties of this world's life; and do not follow him whose heart We have made unmindful to Our remembrance, and he follows his low desires and his case is one in which due bounds are exceeded. (Al_Quraan_018.028)
Those who, should We establish them in the land, will keep up prayer and pay the poor-rate and enjoin good and forbid evil; and Allah's is the end of affairs. (Al_Quraan_022.041)
O you who believe! obey Allah and obey the Messenger and those in authority (Leader) from among you; then if you quarrel about anything, refer it to Allah and the Messenger, if you believe in Allah and the last day; this is better and very good in the end. (Al_Quraan_004.059)
Allah has promised to those of you who believe and do good that He will most certainly make them rulers in the earth as He made rulers those before them, and that He will most certainly establish for them their religion which He has chosen for them, and that He will most certainly, after their fear, give them security in exchange; they shall serve Me, not associating aught with Me; and whoever is ungrateful after this, these it is who are the transgressors. (Al_Quraan_024.055)
Have you not seen those who assert that they believe in what has been revealed to you and what was revealed before you? They desire to summon one another to the judgment of the Shaitan, though they were commanded to deny him, and the Shaitan desires to lead them astray into a remote error. (Al_Quraan_004.060)
O you who believe! be maintainers of justice, bearers of witness of Allah's sake, though it may be against your own selves or (your) parents or near relatives; if he be rich or poor, Allah is nearer to them both in compassion; therefore do not follow (your) low desires, lest you deviate; and if you swerve or turn aside, then surely Allah is aware of what you do. (Al_Quraan_004.135)
O you who believe! If you help Allah, He will help you and will make your foothold firm. (AlQuraan_047.007)
We will, without doubt, Help our messengers and those who Believe, (both) in this world's life and on the Day when the Witnesses will stand forth, (Al_Quraan_040.051)
Public's Duty:
Avoid loans and avoid waste as much as possible to help develop the country. First we need help as much as we can to build the country for the better future of our kids, only then we can hope that our kids will have the fruits of it and pray for us. Educate yourself and keep your knowledge up to date according to time, as much as possible without wasting a minute. If you have good knowledge teach or share with others for free if possible.
And give to the near of kin his due and (to) the needy and the wayfarer, and do not squander wastefully. Surely the squanderers are the fellows of the Shaitans and the Shaitan is ever ungrateful to his Lord. (Al_Quraan_026-027)
Government's Duty:
Government must be ready to abandon any law which might hurt economy of general public, in such a way which helps to move forward by forgiving and forgetting the past BUT taking lessons from the past.
They must help their citizens to have up to date education on reduced rate if not for free in addition to helping them to have their own home to reduce the production cost.
Their currencies must be issued by Government only, which must be based on living valuables of real wealth, such as Gold and Silver, not the paper base, since anytime paper can be devalued at a rate of paper waste or recycling papers by time by those who control its value.
They must also have major foods (grains like Wheat and Rice, Salt, Sugar, and Dried Chickpeas etc) in stock for up to seven years at least, if possible for any possible crisis in addition to the above mentioned. Lessons can be taken from the story of prophet Yusuf (pbuh) in the Quraan (Ref. Al_Quraan_012:043-050).
They need to provide full security to protect people and they need to take all necessary precautions, hidden or open, since they don't know who could be jealous of their good economy once developed and some robbers may be behind their wealth, including joint team of robbers.
You shall prepare for them all the power you can muster, and all the equipment you can mobilize, that you may frighten the enemies of GOD, your enemies, as well as others who are not known to you; GOD knows them. Whatever you spend in the cause of GOD will be repaid to you generously, without the least injustice. (Al_Quraan_008.060)
To run a Government which really serve and protect their people, it involves huge transactions and so need true security. To fullfill all of these, it needs huge funds, which they can get from balanced economy to get from the rich and feed the poor, i.e. Tax the Greedy NOT the Needy, and also from the produce of land e.g. Water, Fuel, Gas, Minerals, Treasures and all other things which involve public security and safety, including communication. Some of these services must be Essential if it hurts the general public.
United Nations must have enough power to control the Global Economy in the light of Quraan, which really shows clear guidance to serve and protect global people, in a same way Tax the rich country and feed the poor country.
Day light saving time may trigger some to cause anxiety which may trigger dangerous diseases like heart and stroke etc. World need to come together and take an average of winter and summer time to stabilize it permanently, which do not need any changing of time in a region.
None argue concerning the revelations (Ayaat) of Allah BUT those who Disbelieve... (Al_Quraan_040.004)
If Quraan cannot convince you nothing will; open your heart to Allah, because to him will you return and if you haven't gone through the manual (the Quraan) he has sent you and understood it properly, for sure Allah will not like it.

 

An Urgent Need to Do a Detailed Analysis on Global Economic Solution:
Thanks to Allah who gave me the opportunity to highlight the fundamentals of Global Economic Solution. For a detailed analysis on Global Economic Solutions, we need to work as a team. Institutions need to assign final year projects to graduating students and reports need to be submitted to the Central Institution to recommend to the Government. To work as a team we need Organizing Skills to learn the techniques to reach the audiences, which includes general people as well as rulers. We also need some basic knowledge of Comparative Religion and in depth knowledge of the Quraan and Authentic Sunnah, as I already mentioned in Siraat-al-Mustaqeem and Islamic Sharia Law which you can download these from the websites below:
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Repeatedly Relying on the Same Corrupted Person will NOT Change the Fortune of a Country. Do not think to try to re-appoint those who were failed to protect the corruptions in the land.

 

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