November 20, 2007 (LPAC)--Indicating once again that the Cheney-led neo-cons of Washington are solely interested in enhancing unrest in Pakistan, the U.S. Ambassador to Islamabad, Anne Patterson, met Maulana Fazlur Rehman, chief of Jamiat-Ulema-Islami (JUI-F) and an often-used British asset in Pakistan. U.S. Embassy spokesman Elizabeth Colton told AFP that Patterson and Rehman discussed a number of issues, including the importance of lifting the emergency. Needless to say, Maulana Fazlur has publicly stated that he wants to see the state of emergency lifted before free and fair elections are held.

But Maulana Fazlur Rahman is known for his contribution to developing the core members of the Taliban movement through his multitude of madrassahs, or Islamic seminaries. His is one of the most influential and resourceful organizations in Pakistan working for what is described as a "pure, Islamic state."

When U.S. and allied forces began bombing Taliban strongholds in Afghanistan in 2001, Fazlur Rahman led large anti-U.S., anti-Musharraf, and pro-Taliban rallies in Pakistan's major cities. The Maulana fiercely criticized Presidents Bush and Musharraf, and threatened to launch a jihad--a holy war--against the United States if the bombings continued.

But, that was then. Now, Washington's neo-cons want more chaos in Pakistan in order to direct the U.S. troops in that country to seize control of Pakistan's nuclear button. For that reason, it makes perfect sense to bring Maulana Fazlur into the fold and unleash him and his fanatics against the Pakistani Army.

That the plan was brewing before, and not a plan developed after Nov. 3 when President Musharraf proclaimed a state of emergency in Pakistan, is evident from the fact that in Sept 2007, U.S. Undersecretary of State for South Asia Richard Boucher met Ghafoor Haideri, a close aide of Maulana Fazlur Rehman, in Islamabad. Previously the Americans, unlike the British, had kept Maulana Fazlur at bay since the Iraq invasion because of his threat that no American would be safe if Iraq were invaded.