OBAMA,AL QAEDA AND SOUTH ASIA

November 20,2008-9 pm
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The Al-Qaeda, largely a byproduct of the escalating American Zionist policy following the Balfour declaration ,bifurcation of Palestine state in 1948 and eventual extinction of the Palestine half- state, prior to its partial restoration after Wye river agreement, has been in the scanner of American militrary-foreign policy offensive- in one word, American 'exceptionalism 'as discussed in his book Diplomacy of Henry Kissinger_ the accepted pragmatic Machiavellian of the last century.

Obama's focus on Afghanistan may go beyond Bush doctrine; in the process- in the middle of his tenure, a strong confrontation may be imminent.The spill-over would reach out to South Asia and may even re-align the political Islamists of South-East Asia and South Asia.Myanmar,Indo-China pot belly bears significant presence of political Islamists armed and committed to their own convictions. On November 19 last, Arabic TV channels did broadcast al Qaeda no.2 leader's slanging Obama with indecency and challenging the US might in Afghanistan;
Obama team chose it wise enough to play soft till the swearing in is a reality.

Asean,East Asia,BIMSTEC and SAARC had their own scripts for fighting out terrorism.The yet-to-be- sworn-in Obama presidency would try to link up the Asian instrumentalities.In the mess-up,even genuine national liberation movements of non-independent peoples in South Asia would be painted by the same terrorist brush leading to even more entanglement,let alone the envisioned containment strategy.

The possible mess-up thought may lead to escalation of the unrest, let alone cleaning up the genuine terrorists- fundamentalised in their respective faiths and spiritualism.In the fundamentalisation process,it would be unfair to singularise only the extremist fringe of political Islam.Analysts from Pakistan expressed their worry about a possible US invasion in tribal areas of Pakistan that harbours the al Qaeda terrorists.Already, US drones had bombed out select areas in Pakistan thereby inviting Pakistani protest against US intrusion in a friendly country.Strategic analysts of South Asia feel that nuclear armaments from South Asia including Pakistan may fall into terrorists' hands. It is time that all the South Asian experts of the president-elect prepare strategic-economic -military roadmap.

The US gesture to Talibans- originally, the abandoned children of the US,let loose against the strongest ever communist presence-may not be extricated from the US approach to Al Qaeda. Gunaratana's book-AL QAEDA- well-researched [ for six years on the ground]book on the organisation cites the Islamic urges upon the USA to leave the Arabs alone and lift away the US army from Arab states in order to de-legitimize the political-military objective of the AL Qaeda.

Reportedly ,there might have have several thousands of al Qaedists in sixty countries, as Osma claims so .There are some grains of truth though.The US has been conjecturalised as the unipolar monster globally policing the world.How far Obama's change could provide space for 'change from within' is yet to be guessed.America's lost moralist stance is yet to be restored. Can America afford tobe half-immoral lies within moralistic perceptions.

South Asia,particularly - Assam and the NE region carries history's semi-colonial burden; by twists and turns, the imbroglio has escalated horizontally.In a nuclear war that won't happen as we hope so, a messy South Asia may not retain a peaceful NE region in India.It is till alarmist as much as every alarmism bears s a rationale.The legitimate issues are yet to be addressed with right perspectives and peace initiatives.A troublesome South Asia is undoubtedly a threat to world peace and security.