Press Release
Delegation of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Bangladesh Handed Over Leaflet Issued by Hizb ut-Tahrir, Wilayah Pakistan to the Embassy of Pakistan in Bangladesh

A delegation of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Bangladesh headed by the Chief Coordinator and Official Spokesman Mohiuddin Ahmed handed over a leaflet issued by Hizb ut-Tahrir, Wilayah Pakistan to the Embassy of Pakistan in Bangladesh. The leaflet concerning the Pakistan government's offensive against the people of Swat valley was issued on 09 May 2009 and is entitled ‘Stop America's War which makes Muslims fight Muslims.' The full leaflet is attached with this press release. Excerpts from the leaflet are mentioned below:

"On 8 May, Pakistan's Prime Minister, Yousuf Raza Gillani, announced a war in Swat in a telecast address to the nation, in these words, "For the sanctity of this pure land, for national dignity, to suppress the extremists, to ensure the protection of people, the army has been deployed." However, the Prime Minister's venture is neither for the restoration of national dignity and nor for the public protection, rather it is to restore the dignity of the cowardly American occupying forces and for ensuring America's survival in Afghanistan, where she is immersed in a deep quagmire."

"Keeping control of Afghanistan is not possible without crushing the Mujahideen, who are fighting against America in Afghanistan. But cowardly American and NATO forces, whilst possessing the latest weaponry, are afraid of confrontation with poorly equipped, small groups of Mujahideen. Moreover, the American economy is in continuous, unabated recession, despite all efforts, whilst politically, in the international arena, America has lost the support of her allies in her campaign of occupation and hegemony. Countries like China and Russia are openly citing their concerns about the American presence in the region. Hence, in this situation America is unable to revitalise her failing campaign in Afghanistan alone."

"America depends upon the Pakistan Army to emerge from this deepening quagmire. America urgently desires that the Pakistan Army stands with her and fights wholeheartedly in support of the US war of occupation and hegemony. However, America knows very well that the Muslims of Pakistan harbour a deep hatred for America and absolutely reject the American presence in the region, and so are unwilling to launch their army for the sake of America's war. Moreover, there is a negative opinion within the Pakistan Army itself about America's war. All of which amounts to a great obstacle for America in getting essential military help from Pakistan. Thus it was necessary for America to create an atmosphere of chaos and fear to enable the start of military operations within Pakistan."

"These operations on the one hand ensure that the Mujahideen who are fighting in Afghanistan against the American occupation will now turn their guns away from the real enemy, America, and on to their Muslims brothers of the Pakistan Army; whilst on the other hand, these operations are an attempt to conceal the fact that the real cause of the chaos in the region is the illegal American occupation of Afghanistan, which the Pakistani government fully supports by providing supply lines for weaponry, food and ordinance to the occupying forces of America and NATO in Afghanistan, whilst deploying thousands of Muslim soldiers at the Pak-Afghan border to stop any attacks by Pakistani Muslims on the occupying forces."

"O Muslims of Pakistan!
How can you remain silent whilst your sons in the armed forces are being ordered to bomb and attack their own Muslim brothers? Do you not shed tears of blood when you see that your rulers are using your own army to plunge all the Muslims of the region under the dominance of their worst enemy, the America? Stand up and join Hizb ut-Tahrir in its movement to stop this military operation."

"O Ulema of Pakistan!
You adopted a half-hearted stance at the time of the Lal Masjid massacre and Musharraf succeeded in spilling blood of Muslim women and children in a mosque and madrassa in the very capital Pakistan. The pain of that operation is still present in the hearts of the Muslims of Pakistan. Today, these "democratic" rulers are seeking to turn the whole of Swat into a Lal Masjid for the sake of their masters, America. So, will you not rise now and stop these rulers from this wasteful campaign? Arise and mobilize all your students in madrassas and march towards the palaces of these rulers, before America eradicates all mosques and madrassas from Afghanistan and the Tribal Areas."

O Political Parties of Pakistan!
You claim that you look after the affairs of the Muslims of Pakistan. And you are witnessing that Muslims are being turned against Muslims for the sake of America. So is there any sincere person amongst you who will come forward and account these rulers in the manner that it deserves and seize their hands?

O Muslim sons of the Armed Forces!
Do you not desire that your pure blood is spilled in the way of Allah سبحانه وتعالى to raise the Deen of Allah سبحانه وتعالى as the highest, rather than to maintain the American Raj over the necks of your own people? For how long will these rulers keep using you as a fuel for America's war? Dethrone these rulers and give Nussrah to Hizb ut-Tahrir in order to establish Khilafah "Caliphate" which will relieve you from this state of disgrace and humiliation and raise you as the army of the believers, which will spread the Nur of Islam throughout the world.

Mohiuddin Ahmed
Official Spokesman of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Bangladesh