In times of stress peoples’ real character comes. It so happened in the case of Republican Congresswoman from Minnesota, Michele Bachmann ((R-MN), who gave the most insensitive, callous, and irrational comments on the dastardly and brutal massacre of Sikhs in Oak Creek, Wisconsin.

An American Melting Pot

South Asian community may be small, but, it is highly educated. It is as American as Apple Pie. America is not a WASP nation. It is a melting-pot. ALL FOREIGNERS GIVE UP THEIR NATIONALITIES, AS PART OF BECOMING AMERICANS. Original Americans are Native Americans, and we respect their right as the first citizens of America.

South Asian Americans Contributions

South Asia may have its regional, class, creed, and other rivalries, but, it speaks with one voice against violence in any part of the world, including America. South Asian Americans are highly educated, high income, and politically aware community. South Asian Americans are Scientists, Doctors, Engineers, Architects, Nurses, Technicians, Professors, Computer and IT specialist, and a thousand other professions, serving and helping America grow and prosper.

South Asian Power at the Ballot Box

Congresswoman Bachmann should not underestimate our power at the ballot box. We will remember her remarks in November elections. We will vote against her and her Republican party, unless it disavows her statement. She needs to apologize to the Sikh community. Not only that, she should apologize all South Asians, because she dishonored Sikhs, an integral part of our community and full blooded Americans.

South Asians of Diverse Faiths, Speak with one Voice

We may be Muslims, Hindus, Sikhs, Christians, Parsees. or Jains, as far as our religions go; but, we speak with ONE voice, if a hatred filled bigot hurts our community. Pakistan Think Tank Organization appeals to all South Asian Sub-continent expatriates to take notice of such insensitive and callous people, whose subliminal racial hatred comes to the surface, when a non-Judeo-Christian or non-WASP community is attacked.

In this cause, we are NOT Pakistanis, Indians, Sri Lankans, Bangladeshis, Nepalis, or Afghanis, we are part of the South Asian Family. We must fight such bigotry, through our democratic rights.

And last but not least, NOT ONE South Asian was involved in 9/11. If. you try to connect us with them.

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Here are the remarks of this insensitive person, who happens to be a Republican Congresswomen from Minnesota. All South Asians and their friends take note and defeat such bigotry at the ballot box come November.

November 26, 2011: On the night of 25/26 November NATO helicopters and fighter aircraft carried out unprovoked firing on two Pakistani Army border posts in Mahmand Agency as a result of which 24 troops embraced shahadat and 13 were injured. Pakistani troops effectively responded immediately in self defence to NATO / ISAF’s aggression with all available weapons.

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Pakistan had closed the NATO supply routes in retaliation for US airstrikes that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers at the border with Afghanistan last November. Pakistan demanded an official apology from Washington in order to reopen the routes.

In line with Tuesday’s deal, signed in a ceremony at Rawalpindi, Pakistan will allow Afghanistan-bound NATO convoys to cross its territory until the end of 2015, one year beyond the deadline for allied troops pullout from Afghanistan, according to the New York Times.

Reuters

Pakistani police would ensure security of NATO trucks until they reach the restive tribal belt at the border with Afghanistan, where the paramilitary Frontier Corps would take over, the report said.

The deal also allows both sides to extend the deal in one-year intervals beyond Dec 31, 2015, the report said. The deal will apply to other NATO nations if they sign separate pacts with Islamabad.

The so-called “memorandum of understanding” codified a longstanding informal agreement on NATO transit through Pakistan struck with the government of former president Pervez Musharraf in the wake of the 9/11 attacks that preceded the launch of the US anti-Taliban operation in Afghanistan.

Islamabad agreed to resume the transit after US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said earlier this month that the US was “sorry” for the losses suffered by the Pakistani military and “acknowledged the mistakes” that resulted in the soldiers’ deaths.

Last week, however, Pakistan once against shut down the routes following an attack on a NATO truck blamed on the Pakistani Taliban.

Pakistani Air Aces Flt. Lt. A. Sattar Alvi, Flt. Lt. Saiful Azam, and Flt. Lt. M. Hatif’s Combat Successes Against Israel and Indian Air Forces in 65, 67,73 Wars

Wednesday, 01 August 2012

War is normally measured by its final outcome, but many individual heroes gave up their lives for the Arab side during the 1967 Six-Day War. (Image courtesy AP)

This past June marked the 45th anniversary of the Arab defeat of the 1967 war. War is normally measured by its final outcome, but many individual heroes faithfully gave up their lives for the Arab side, defending the honor of their nations. The actions of those men deserve to be highlighted and explained, especially the contributions of the Pakistani pilot Saiful Azam and the brave Jordanian soldiers of the battle of Ammunition Hill in Jerusalem.

Ali Younes is a writer, journalist and Middle East policy and defense analyst based in Washington D.C.

At 12:48 p.m. on June 5, four Israeli jets were descending on Jordan’s Mafraq air base to smash the country’s tiny air force, shortly after the entire Egyptian air force had been reduced to rubble. 

To intercept the incoming attack, Jordanian air force commanders deputized Flt. Lt. Saiful Azam, who was on loan as an advisor from Pakistan. Once airborne with other Jordanian pilots, Saiful Azam engaged the attacking aircrafts in an air-to-air combat, shooting down a Mystére commanded by Israeli pilot H. Boleh and shot and damaging another that crash-landed in Israeli territory.

Two days later he was urgently dispatched to Iraq along with several Jordanian pilots to defend the Iraqi air bases against the Israeli air force which by then had ruled without any challenge the Arab skies over Egypt, Syria, Jordan and now Iraq. Here, he again was deputized by the Iraqi air force, along with top Jordanian pilot Ihsan Shurdom, who later became the commander of Jordanian air force, to fly its Hunters in defense of its H-3 and al-Walid air bases. Once airborne the Jordanian and Iraqi pilots with Saiful Azam leading the formation intercepted the attacking Israeli aircrafts that ended up of the shooting down two of Azam’s Iraqi wingmen by the attacking Israelis. It was then when Saiful Azam used his air combat skills flying the Iraqi Hunter shot down two of the Israeli attacking planes. 

Within 72 hours, Saiful Azam became the only fighter-pilot in the world to hold the record of shooting down three confirmed kills of Israeli aircrafts in air-to-air combat, a record that still stands today.

Pakistani pilot Saiful Azam as a young Fl. Lt. pilot in the 1960s. (Photo courtesy AP)

His other records included being the only fighter pilot to fly in three air forces ─ Pakistani, Jordanian, and Iraqi. Adding to his record, was his downing of an Indian Gnat aircraft during the Pakistani war with India in 1965, making him yet again the only pilot to shoot down three kinds of military aircrafts in two different air forces. 

Azam was honored and awarded medals in Iraq and Jordan for his heroics but despite his remarkable military achievements and services in the Arab world, he remains unknown to the Arab public and very little is written about him in Arabic. A retired colonel in the Jordanian air force told me that “very few people know about Azam’s services outside the air force.” Azam then moved to Bangladesh after it became an independent country and served in its air force until his retirement.

All told, Pakistani Air Force pilots, in addition to Saiful Azam serving in Jordan, Iraq, Egypt and Syria, in 1967 war, downed as many as 10 Israeli aircrafts without losing a single pilot or a single aircraft. Pakistan, moreover, provided the Arab states with numerous military advisors and pilots who also served in 1973 war with remarkable achievements. The Pakistani military also provided critical military restructuring and reevaluation especially to Jordan after the 1967 war.
It is rather strange that the Pakistani contribution to Arab militaries is never mentioned in Arab culture let alone in official Arab histories of the war. Pakistan had a contingent of at least 16 pilots who served as volunteers in Jordan, Egypt, Syria and Iraq in1967 and 1973 wars.

Pakistani air force states that all its volunteer pilots scored direct hits against Israeli aircrafts and suffered no losses. During the 1973 war, for example Flt. Lt. A. Sattar Alvi became the first Pakistani pilot, flying a Syrian aircraft to shoot down an Israeli Mirage in air combat. Similarly and on the Egyptian front, PAF pilot Flt. Lt. M. Hatif , flying an Egyptian MiG-21 shot down an Israeli F-4 phantom in an air combat. Pakistani Air Force did not lose a single pilot or aircraft in any of the wars.

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Pakistan Army Captain Usman Ali Shaheed’s Mother Kissing His Photo. He was martyred in Nato Airstrike.

Capt. Usman Ali ShaheedAboutAboutCapt. Usman Ali Shaheed (Sitara-e-Jurrat) embraced shahadat in NATO air strike at Salala post in Mohmand Agency on 26 Nov 2011. He belonged to Sahiwal and joined 7AK Regiment of Pakistan Army with 116 Long Course – Salahuddin Company.BiographySitara-e-Jurrat.Embraced shahadat in NATO air strike at Salala post in Mohmand Agency on 26 Nov 2011. He belonged to Sahiwal and joined 7AK Regiment of Pakistan Army with 116 Long Course – Salahuddin Company.Basic InfoBorn February 28, 1988Location Sahiwal, Punjab, PakistanAwards Sitara-e-Jurrat.Gender MalePersonal Information Embraced shahadat in NATO forces air strike at Salala post in Mohmand Agency on 26 Nov 2011. He belonged to Sahiwal and joined 7AK Regiment of Pakistan Army with 116 Long Course – Salahuddin Company.