Red Mosque Hostages: When Freedom Fighters turn “Terrorist”

Red MosqueWhen Freedom Fighters turn “Terrorist”

Fidel Castro has been engaged in a war against the USA since the 60s. He was initially supported by the USA to put pressure on Mr. Batista. Saddam Husein was supported by the USA in his war against Iran. He was eventually hanged by those who had earlier supported him.

No one is allowed to create a state within a state. Most Pakistanis supported the military operation against those who were holed up in the Red Mosque. What most of us didn’t know was that Mr. Ghazi was a patriot and fought for Pakistan and against the USSR in Afghanistan. As the very least Mr. Ghazi was a “ghazi”, at his worst he was a “rebel without a cause”. In NWFP, Baluchistan the patriots were respo