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<b>Gulbuddin Hekmatyar urges Islamist revolt in Pakistan </b>

KABUL: An Afghan warlord on Thursday condemned the Pakistani army’s raid on Lal Masjid and called on Muslims there to revolt against the US-backed government, a spokesman said. Veteran Islamic fighter Gulbuddin Hekmatyar charged that President Pervez Musharraf “attacked the mosque to please [US President George W] Bush,” according to Hekmatyar’s spokesman Haroon Zarghon. “We strongly condemn the brutal killing of innocent students by the Pakistani army in Lal Masjid,” said the spokesman for Hekmatyar, the one-time leader of the anti-Soviet Hezb-i-Islami and a former prime minister. “Musharraf martyred the students to please Bush.” Zarghon said Muslims were now left with no choice but to fight the “infidel powers” and their puppet governments — like Musharraf’s.<b> “Today all Muslims around the world are oppressed by infidels — at the top the US. The Islamic movements started by Muslims around the world will result in real Islamic governments in Palestine, in Pakistan and in Afghanistan.”.” He said, “This is an imposed crusade war by Bush and his allies, but gone are the days they have dreamt of. Muslims will now stand united for their rights.” </b>Zarghon said Hezb-i-Islami wishes a “<b>Pakistani Muslim nation’s revolt against the Musharraf regime” but said Hekmatyar’s faction had no intention of getting involved militarily. “We voice only our political support to them,”</b> he said. “We already have a mission to finish in Afghanistan. Our country is invaded and there are 50,000 foreign troops here. We cannot extend any military support.” Meanwhile, Taliban spokesman Yousuf Ahmadi declined to give an official reaction to the crisis in Islamabad. He said the Taliban had no interest in interfering in other countries’ affairs. “We cannot extend our war experience physically to them by training them, but they can copy our tactics of suicide attacks and roadside bomb attacks — just as we did from Iraq.” afp
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