Dawood Ibrahim is a designated international terrorist. He is the mastermind of 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts that killed 250 people. He runs huge racket of narcotics, betting, hawala and more. He is among most wanted criminals in India.

Even after all this, Dawood Ibrahim has evaded clutches of Indian agencies for decades. But had it not been for Pakistan's support, he would have been brought to justice long time ago. Indian agencies had detected long ago that Dawood stayed in a posh area of Karachi. He even enjoyed support and security from Pakistani Government. However, Pakistani Government has been falsely denying this.

Pakistan had to finally admit the obvious. And even the proof is out now. WION&nbsp;is in possession of information that irrefutably proves that Dawood lives in Karachi indeed.

Pakistan issues CNIC number to its citizens. CNIC number represents unique identity of each Pakistani. It is similar to Aadhaar number issued to Indians by Unique Identity Authority of India.

Dawood's CNIC number is 4 2 3 0 1-2 7 3 9 0 9 0 9.

What does Dawood's CNIC number signify?

Pakistan's CNIC number yields a lot of information. The first digit denotes the region where a person lives.

Number 1 denotes that the person stays in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.

Number 2 means that the citizen lives in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA)

Number 3 means the person lives in Punjab.

Number 4 means the CNIC card holder lives in Sindh (Karachi is capital of Sindh)

The numbers 5, 6 and 7 point towards residence in Baluchistan, Islamabad and Gilgit-Baltistan.

Dawood's CNIC number starts with the digit 4. This puts him in Sindh province.

Second digit of the CNIC number denotes the division in the province. The third digit gives an idea about the Tehsil in the division and fourth tells us about the local union council the jurisdiction under which home of the person is located.

One glance at the CNIC number and we can easily determine that Dawood Ibrahim, the dreaded gangster and an international terrorist indeed has been residing in Karachi.

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Dawood Ibrahim's home address&nbsp;is D-13, Block 4, KDA Scheme 5, Clifton Karachi, Pakistan.

It is located in the Defence Housing Authority area in Karachi. The area is considered very safe as many high ranking Pakistan Army officials stay here. His house has been barricaded and even a defence pickett is located in the premises. This means Dawood has been living in complete security.

This has exposed lies of Pakistani establishment that claimed for decades that Dawood Ibrahim did not stay in Pakistan and that it did not ensure that he remained safe.

 
What forced Pakistan to admit?

Pakistan is already in the cross-hairs of Financial Action Task Force (FATF), a global watchdog that keeps an eye on terror financing. FATF has powers to impose sanctions.

It is well-known that Pakistan provides all sort of support to terrorists and their organisations. These terror outfits then wreak havoc in places like Jammu and Kashmir.

Also Read:&nbsp;<a href="http://13.235.153.162/south-asia/pakistan-confirms-putting-dawood-ibrahims-name-in-new-terror-sanctions-322540">Pakistan confirms putting Dawood Ibrahim's name in new terror sanctions</a>

Pakistani activities brought it under the lens of FATF who put it under Grey List and asked it to take action against terrorists.

But Pakistan has famously been reluctant to eliminate terror network which it uses as 'tool of foreign policy'.

This compelled FATF to threaten Pakistan's inclusion in Black List that would have imposed economic sanctions on the country. This would have proved disastrous to Pakistani economy.

The cumulative pressure <a href="http://13.235.153.162/south-asia/fatf-effect-pakistan-admits-1993-mumbai-serial-blasts-mastermind-dawood-ibrahim-resides-in-karachi-322451">forced Pakistan to admit</a> that Dawood stayed in Karachi.

The D-Company :

Dawood has been declared an international terrorist by India and the US. Dawood and his associates are masterminds of 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts that killed 250 people.

Dawood's empire is believed to be spread in West Asia, Europe to name few global regions. The D-Company has an extensive presence in international betting rackets, hawala transactions, money laundering and other illegal activities that even involve contract killings.

Law catches up with Dawood:

British authorities arrested some of Dawood's associates in 2018-2019. This included Haroon Aleem Yusuf, Ranjeet Singh Bindra and Jabeer Motiwala.

There is a possibility that the UK may extradite Jaber Motiwala to the US as he ran drug cartel and money laundering racket. A lower court has even ordered Motiwala's extradition.

WION has obtained exclusive information from questioning of Dawood's associates by British authorities. Even these exclusive bits of information say that Dawood has been living in Karachi and has been enjoying protection from Pakistan.

In spite of all this, Pakistan has not included Dawood's name in its list of terrorists. Pakistan's National Counter Terrorism Authority, which reports to Imran Khan, has not included Dawood in this list.

 
More proof of Dawood's stay in Pakistan :

WION has obtained details of properties and bank accounts of Dawood Ibrahim and his family. Dawood Ibrahim has a number of passports issued under various aliases.

Though the names change, all passports mention that Dawood stayed in Pakistan.

Another proof is Dawood's wife's passport. The don's wife Mahjabeen Shaikh looks after his business. Shaikh's passport has her CNIC number which again, is associated with Dawood's house in Clifton Karachi.&nbsp;&nbsp; 
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Dawood Ibrahim is a designated international terrorist. He is the mastermind of 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts that killed 250 people. He runs huge racket of narcotics, betting, hawala and more.

Dawood Ibrahim is a designated international terrorist. He is the mastermind of 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts that killed 250 people. He runs huge racket of narcotics, betting, hawala and more. He is among most wanted criminals in India. Even after all this, Dawood Ibrahim has evaded clutches of Indian agencies for decades. But had it not been for Pakistan's support, he would have been brought to justice long time ago. Indian agencies had detected long ago that Dawood stayed in a posh area of Karachi. He even enjoyed support and security from Pakistani Government. However, Pakistani Government has been falsely denying this. Pakistan had to finally admit the obvious. And even the proof is out now. WION is in possession of information that irrefutably proves that Dawood lives in Karachi indeed. Pakistan issues CNIC number to its citizens. CNIC number represents unique identity of each Pakistani. It is similar to Aadhaar number issued to Indians by Unique Identity Authority of India. Dawood's CNIC number is 4 2 3 0 1-2 7 3 9 0 9 0 9. What does Dawood's CNIC number signify? Pakistan's CNIC number yields a lot of information. The first digit denotes the region where a person lives. Number 1 denotes that the person stays in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. Number 2 means that the citizen lives in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) Number 3 means the person lives in Punjab. Number 4 means the CNIC card holder lives in Sindh (Karachi is capital of Sindh) The numbers 5, 6 and 7 point towards residence in Baluchistan, Islamabad and Gilgit-Baltistan. Dawood's CNIC number starts with the digit 4. This puts him in Sindh province. Second digit of the CNIC number denotes the division in the province. The third digit gives an idea about the Tehsil in the division and fourth tells us about the local union council the jurisdiction under which home of the person is located. One glance at the CNIC number and we can easily determine that Dawood Ibrahim, the dreaded gangster and an international terrorist indeed has been residing in Karachi. × Dawood Ibrahim's home address is D-13, Block 4, KDA Scheme 5, Clifton Karachi, Pakistan. It is located in the Defence Housing Authority area in Karachi. The area is considered very safe as many high ranking Pakistan Army officials stay here. His house has been barricaded and even a defence pickett is located in the premises. This means Dawood has been living in complete security. This has exposed lies of Pakistani establishment that claimed for decades that Dawood Ibrahim did not stay in Pakistan and that it did not ensure that he remained safe. What forced Pakistan to admit? Pakistan is already in the cross-hairs of Financial Action Task Force (FATF), a global watchdog that keeps an eye on terror financing. FATF has powers to impose sanctions. It is well-known that Pakistan provides all sort of support to terrorists and their organisations. These terror outfits then wreak havoc in places like Jammu and Kashmir. Also Read: Pakistan confirms putting Dawood Ibrahim's name in new terror sanctions Pakistani activities brought it under the lens of FATF who put it under Grey List and asked it to take action against terrorists. But Pakistan has famously been reluctant to eliminate terror network which it uses as 'tool of foreign policy'. This compelled FATF to threaten Pakistan's inclusion in Black List that would have imposed economic sanctions on the country. This would have proved disastrous to Pakistani economy. The cumulative pressure forced Pakistan to admit that Dawood stayed in Karachi. The D-Company : Dawood has been declared an international terrorist by India and the US. Dawood and his associates are masterminds of 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts that killed 250 people. Dawood's empire is believed to be spread in West Asia, Europe to name few global regions. The D-Company has an extensive presence in international betting rackets, hawala transactions, money laundering and other illegal activities that even involve contract killings. Law catches up with Dawood: British authorities arrested some of Dawood's associates in 2018-2019. This included Haroon Aleem Yusuf, Ranjeet Singh Bindra and Jabeer Motiwala. There is a possibility that the UK may extradite Jaber Motiwala to the US as he ran drug cartel and money laundering racket. A lower court has even ordered Motiwala's extradition. WION has obtained exclusive information from questioning of Dawood's associates by British authorities. Even these exclusive bits of information say that Dawood has been living in Karachi and has been enjoying protection from Pakistan. In spite of all this, Pakistan has not included Dawood's name in its list of terrorists. Pakistan's National Counter Terrorism Authority, which reports to Imran Khan, has not included Dawood in this list. More proof of Dawood's stay in Pakistan : WION has obtained details of properties and bank accounts of Dawood Ibrahim and his family. Dawood Ibrahim has a number of passports issued under various aliases. Though the names change, all passports mention that Dawood stayed in Pakistan. Another proof is Dawood's wife's passport. The don's wife Mahjabeen Shaikh looks after his business. Shaikh's passport has her CNIC number which again, is associated with Dawood's house in Clifton Karachi.

Exclusive: Here's the proof that Mumbai blasts mastermind Dawood Ibrahim lives in Pakistan

By:&nbsp;Ghadi Francis for WION 
 
Equations in West Asia are changing. Israel struck a peace deal with UAE recently. The agreement was brokered by the USA. Hezbollah, the organisation in Lebanon often finds itself part of various equations in the region. WION spoke with Ibrahim Al Moussawi, Lebanese&nbsp;MP and Hezbollah spokesperson on situation in West Asia and the organisation's role in it. 
 
WION: First viewers in the world, West Asia see Hezbollah as the villain or terrorist group. Where would you like to start in defining what Hezbollah is regarding in the area in the region?

Ibrahim Al Moussawi: Well thank you for giving the opportunity to give a kind of review of Hezbollah. It's not the viewer who views Hezbollah as the terrorist or the villain of West Asia, I would say we're a, simply we are a resistance movement against occupation, when you resist them, you resist an action, that is a reaction to an action, we resist the Israeli occupation, the Israeli invasion, the Israeli expansionist trend in the area. We all know that Israel is one manifestation of the new liberal, capitalist,....... colonial West.

We have to remember that the number one supporter of Israel in the whole world is the USA, and America itself ,the United States of America is responsible for most of the problems all over the world, you know it spreads the military bases all over and it interferes in internal affairs of many countries, it supports operations.

I will simply put Hezbollah as a group of people, organised people, who stood against the occupation against the operation. they are rightful people. We are rightful people. We support the right, the independence, the liberty, we have never attacked anyone, we have never come to anybody's land, we are talking about our land, we are talking about West Asia, we are talking about Palestine, occupied Palestine, not Israel, the manifestation or the cancerous &nbsp;glands (reference to Israel) that has been put by the West into this part of the area, our sense, the existence of Israel.

We are suffering not only in the Lebanon, in the Arab world, in Syria, we have .... heights that are occupied in Egypt during the ....., we have .... it has no full independence, also we are talking about Jordan, we are talking about west bank and Gaza, we are talking about Palestine.

So here you are talking about a ... high regime in the 21st century that is oppressing people, killing people, that are not allowing them to go to schools, there are a lot of massacres, ....... of massacres that they have done. It is evident for everybody, yet the United States continues to support it, with high tech weaponry, with the Veto power, in the United Nations, in the Security Council, and we are in a position to defend, to liberate and to fight operations.

WION: Okay, since you spoke profoundly about the ideology problem with Israel, where do you stand today when the UAE and Saudi Arabia are going to start flights after their peace deal? How does Hezbollah react to that?

Ibrahim Al Moussawi: Well we have, actually this is not the first time that an Arab country has done&nbsp;what the UAE did. Egypt has done this. It is of&nbsp;1980s.

Also, Jordan, we know about it, yet the Jordanians are not immune to the Israeli aggression, now they are talking about annexing&nbsp;parts of Jordan or if they are talking about a kind of exodus of the Palestinians to go to Jordan. Up till now there is a B plan in the Israeli agenda, in case they want the Palestinians to evacuate from Palestine from the remaining part of Palestine they want to send them to Jordan, as a second country or alternative country for them.

So here you talk about an Israeli occupation, an Israeli entity that we never recognized.&nbsp;We will never recognise [Israel] at any time because this is Palestine first. After this it can be about&nbsp;UAE or&nbsp;Saudi Arabia or Bahrain, Oman or any other country. You're talking about things that came to the public but it has always been there. We have never been surprised at all with the new ties between UAE...

[WION: Do you think how were they publicized is it really just the way..you..]

Ibrahim Al Moussawi: I would say it's a combination of so many different things, we know now that ....&nbsp;Netanyahu now is in a political dilemma and so is&nbsp;Trump. They want to have more points in their record to go to the race.&nbsp;For Trump, it is about the&nbsp;presidential race next November and for the Israeli entity, it is the problem of the political stalemate. So its there in the internal politics there but it has always been a fixed part of their agenda when it comes to the Palestinians and the Arabs.

WION: Having spoken about that, about the presidential race, about how this would affect or give them like I have delivered something to give to their voters. I want to ask you we have witnessed.. change in Europe, after the Syrian uprising and the Syrian war, the Europeans were affected, and they changed many.. many actions from the voters...

Today, as Hezbollah do you see that you really have effect (read influence) from West Asia to the world in the Presidential race. Because Syria did have effect in the Presidential races in Europe. Do you see Hezbollah's activities in the Syria, Iraq, Yemen and the GCC even countries as a strategic force in &nbsp;the West Asia. How does Hezbollah affect the elections in the United States?

Ibrahim Al Moussawi: We do not work or function on all of the places that you mentioned specially you said GCC or other places but if you mean the clout, the influence, the sympathy of the people, here in the Arab world we have to make a complete dichotomy between the regimes, the governments and the people, &nbsp;because if you go to the peoples opinion and you have rightful public opinion, pollsters will have complete leader-front results. The people hearts, the people minds are with Palestine, are against the normalisation of relations with Israel. They support the rightful case or cause of the Palestinians, of the resistance and this is very important if there were any kind of poll that would tell you and reflect the genuine, the real opinion of the people with a completely different regimes and governments, in this sense they are imposed from above, they are being supported by the Western colonialist powers in order to continue to perpetuate the interest of the West in out areas and you can see this.

The great arms deals that take place&nbsp;funnel&nbsp;billions of dollars to the West perpetuating&nbsp;their economy. And&nbsp;they are happy about the wars in our area. Now when you talk about West Asia, this is very important question from your side that I appreciate, when you talk about west Asia, those people all together and the resistance movement and the elites, those people who are sober enough, are aware enough, are conscious enough of the western American agenda in our area, they have to collaborate their efforts and co-ordinate and be whistle-blower, if we have something in Beirut, all of the people, all of the masses, all over the Arab world or the Islamic world or the West Asia they should be able to reflect their support to the cause of the oppressed people.

After all, if you want to make a differentiation, what's happening, you are talking here about right and wrong, you are talking about just and peace &amp; oppression and war, we are to the side of peace and the resistance and liberty and the independence away from the intervention of the expansionist, colonialist powers like United States or parts of Europe.

WION: But my question was..in the sense to make it as simple as possible. Does Hezbollah &amp; the prevailing of Hezbollah, the survival of Hezbollah in Lebanon &amp; Syria and the survival of Iran against the sanctions. Does this power in the West Asia affect the Presidential race in the United States?

Ibrahim Al Moussawi: To a certain extent, you know there&nbsp;are many, so many files in the department, we represent one or two .. in it. When the United States wants to prevail in Iraq and then the resistance in Iraq fails it and make it a complete failure, this is going to put a bad record, a bad remark for Trump

WION: Is this what's happening?

Ibrahim Al Moussawi: This is what's happening, absolutely. Withdrawn their troops from there, this has reshuffled the papers in the area and I would say that, the kind of rising resistance in the region is going to put an end to this colonialist expansionist American trend in the area, if this was not the case, I would say many of the powers in the West Asia would crumble and would collapse, even if you talk about governments.

Absolutely, I mean, even if you take this aside. &nbsp;Take India for example. It&nbsp;is a&nbsp;rising and important power.

India is not like&nbsp;United States or America. India is the country of Mahatma Gandhi. It's has history of revolution of peaceful people against British colonial power for centuries.

Had it not been for the will and determination of Indian people and leadership of Mahatma Gandhi, India would still be under the mandate of a Western power.

That's why people's movement is important in putting an end to colonial power and in raising hope for real independence.

That's why we want to collaborate as people. We are an organisation, we are a party, but we do represent millions of people all over the region &amp; we have to convince them.. the problem is that, here in this part of the world they used to say that the Israeli army is the invincible army, you can do nothing about it. It is supported by the United States, that it is going to guarantee their supremacy..supremacy of the Israeli forces, so you can do nothing about it.

Because we are the people who have determination, resolve, will, faith in our culture, our civilization. This is the same that is there in India &amp; in West Asia, for different cultures &amp; people, they have this patience, they have this perseverance, they have this faith in their culture.. then we will win &amp; we will prevail &amp; they will definitely fail.

If we are going to surrender, and say we are going to nothing about it, they are going to perpetuate &amp; make their colonial power survive.

Now this is not what we want to see.

WION: What kind of.. What kind of industrial or.. What kind of aspirations do you all have ----

Ibrahim Al Moussawi: There are many levels, we can coordinate our efforts together what they lack, we can give they have.. &nbsp;for example when you talk about India you think about a high-tech&nbsp;country. Even those who are making America prosper are Indians and not&nbsp;Americans.&nbsp;When you talk about talk about talent in in&nbsp;Silicon Valley,&nbsp;when you talk about those who are earning or those who have a high PhD per capita in America, you consider Indian-Americans. They are basically Indians or they come from Asia, not only from Pakistan..other countries.

And they were able to create the system that could serve as a magnetic absorb all of the capabilities &amp; creative power of people of all over the world.

We have to have this determination, we have to have this decision that we want to get with this brain drain. There is a brain drain happening in these areas &amp; they go to America &amp; they make more &amp; more perpetuation for the American glory per say.

That's why I believe we have huge opportunity in building..in high-tech, in technology.. in different areas weather industry or economy or agriculture, different areas of co-operation can work here

 
WION: And one more question because I didn't have .. this, one more which is the typical we are gonna ask.... being said its the 3rd biggest explosion&nbsp;in the world [Ibrahim Al Moussawi: True, 3rd or 4th we are not sure] Maybe, Beirut explosion, what happened afterwards..a lot of media is trying to deliver the message that &nbsp;Hezbollah has to do with the cargoes &amp; everything.

What do you have to say or to comment about the tremendous explosion that happened in Beirut, where does Hezbollah stand regarding that?

Ibrahim Al Moussawi: First of all, there is an organized campaign from the West, from America, from different mouthpieces in Europe like Der Spiegel, Le Figaro and other media outlets. They want to portray that&nbsp;Hezbollah was behind Beirut blast.

We have UNIFIL.. their ships..monitoring ships, monitoring &nbsp;systems in the Mediterranean. And they can watch every single thing that happened.

Hezbollah&nbsp;has&nbsp;categorically refused &amp; denied any responsibility or&nbsp; any connection with this explosion. We have never used the port of Beirut for any kind of military or security action.

It's under the supervision of the Lebanese state, Lebanese Army, the Lebanese security forces.

All of what you hear here of there by the Western media is the kind of agenda that they want to put Hezbollah name there, so it can do other actions and they can..if you want &nbsp;..mislead people about our identity, of our true figure.

We were in a complete shock after what&nbsp;happened. This is one of the result&nbsp;of huge corruption in the Lebanese state.&nbsp;[WION: They think the...] and we support investigation. &nbsp;Look when you talk about the investigation we have never done anything to jump to conclusions.

The investigation is underway.&nbsp;We have to wait&nbsp;till the investigation is concluded and then we will all see what happens.

WION: Okay, because anyone who is watching can see the port of Haifa is the.. most...

Ibrahim Al Moussawi: If you are alluding.. If you are alluding that the Israelis have interest, that they have keen interest, and they do serve many&nbsp;of their great interests in having an alternative place rather than the port of Beirut, this is one option.

But if we want to hold others responsible, we have to have a full evidence about it.

WION: There is one more question; Everyone in Lebanon will hear the lobby..intelligentia you are speaking about resolution that would happen ..or the talks that would happen with Iran, between United States &amp; Iran, once they are resumed many things would change, maybe after the Presidential race &amp; even say Nasrallah and President Bashar al-Assad have said many&nbsp;times that this kind of President is better than others, that Trump would serve better because he is bluntly stupid actually this what has been said. But regardless, what do you have to say about the Iranian-American talks and how would they affect. Do you really like look forward to that.. it would set peace..

Ibrahim Al Moussawi: I would say, look you are talking about very fluctuating issue that has to do with the Republicans &amp; the Democrats in America. Now with Trump would going to the Presidential race in next November, everybody is waiting. And he has said that he is going to finalize a deal with Iran within one week or whatever. But here you are talking about ab locate. &nbsp;Part of our.. we here in Lebanon are suffering from a very complicated manifold crisis that has to do with economy, monetary issues, financial issues, economic issues, social issues and there is a blockade against Lebanon by United States America, by part of its Arab countries that support United States America. We would rather depend on ourselves, we should not be waiting for anything. 
I would say if a deal has been concluded between Iran &amp; America, I believe this is going to help all over the region. But we do not pin hopes on what our enemies will do or wouldn't do. We have to depend on ourselves &amp; continue.

Patience, Perseverance &amp; Determination will help.

WION: This is something, I do not know if you are free to it answer or not, because you are speaking like that. We know that Hezbollah is a part of the Parliament, part of society in Lebanon and its not like [Ibrahim Al MOussawi: part of the govt, yes]. But still, you have a big percentage of Lebanese society that would say all the crisis, all the sanctions, all these issues are Hezbollah's fault and they are Lebanese &amp; they are perpetuating their points of views in Western media. So what do you have to say about Lebanon, are these...

Ibrahim Al Moussawi: They are not big percentage to tell you the truth ... We have a political division in the country, simply. Actually, sometimes people are being misled, certain are being misled.

I would say up till now, I would say ..and you have the right to go and see, as a party, as a political party we enjoy wider public support in the country.

Here you are talking about the wider public support in the country.

Though there is a political campaign against us from the Western media, there is a blockade &amp; they are pin-pointing against us. We know very well that Feltman said we have spent 500 million dollars in order to tarnish the image of Hezbollah in order to distort the image of Hezbollah.

Now they are doing the same, they are subduing, they are subjugating the Lebanese into kind of blockade &amp; say we are doing this because of Hezbollah. So they are trying to plant a wedge between Hezbollah &amp; Public. This is not going to happen.

the people are smart and keen enough to understand, others who are like serving .... as mouthpeice to the West and saying they are doing it because of the Hazebollah, you are talking keen about collaborative with, or represting the western view of the politics, while if you talk about the Lebanese, real Lebanese all over the factions they wouldn't agree with this description.

WION: Would you like to tell us about how strong is Hezbollah?

Ibrahim Al Moussawi: Look.. look we're strong and we are determined, we have resolve, we have determination, we have the voted people, dedicated people because we have this faith. It is not a matter of how many people do you have, it's not matter of how many arms and what kind of arms do you have. Look, those who have been supported by the Western part, we know very well that the west has the hi-tech, they have the best arms all over the world, they have the best intelligence all over, they have people who are fighting with them.

I believe this is something to do with the soul or the spirit of the West Asia or the Asians, here you talk about, we in this part of the world have spirit, have a different spirit, not a materialistic spirit. In India, you have this kind of homage and devotion for certain spiritual forces, that they define it. Here we believe in Allah, we believe in God, even the region here, it's the place of the heavenly religions you know,

Christianity, Judaism, Islam came to this part. The prophets, the messengers came here, we have this link with God, we have this link with heaven, we have this link with the divine and I believe when you talk about divinity, no matter how much you talk about materialistic things, it falls down.

By: Ghadi Francis for WION Equations in West Asia are changing. Israel struck a peace deal with UAE recently. The agreement was brokered by the USA. Hezbollah, the organisation in Lebanon often finds itself part of various equations in the region.

By: Ghadi Francis for WION Equations in West Asia are changing. Israel struck a peace deal with UAE recently. The agreement was brokered by the USA. Hezbollah, the organisation in Lebanon often finds itself part of various equations in the region. WION spoke with Ibrahim Al Moussawi, Lebanese MP and Hezbollah spokesperson on situation in West Asia and the organisation's role in it. WION: First viewers in the world, West Asia see Hezbollah as the villain or terrorist group. Where would you like to start in defining what Hezbollah is regarding in the area in the region? Ibrahim Al Moussawi: Well thank you for giving the opportunity to give a kind of review of Hezbollah. It's not the viewer who views Hezbollah as the terrorist or the villain of West Asia, I would say we're a, simply we are a resistance movement against occupation, when you resist them, you resist an action, that is a reaction to an action, we resist the Israeli occupation, the Israeli invasion, the Israeli expansionist trend in the area. We all know that Israel is one manifestation of the new liberal, capitalist,....... colonial West. We have to remember that the number one supporter of Israel in the whole world is the USA, and America itself ,the United States of America is responsible for most of the problems all over the world, you know it spreads the military bases all over and it interferes in internal affairs of many countries, it supports operations. I will simply put Hezbollah as a group of people, organised people, who stood against the occupation against the operation. they are rightful people. We are rightful people. We support the right, the independence, the liberty, we have never attacked anyone, we have never come to anybody's land, we are talking about our land, we are talking about West Asia, we are talking about Palestine, occupied Palestine, not Israel, the manifestation or the cancerous glands (reference to Israel) that has been put by the West into this part of the area, our sense, the existence of Israel. We are suffering not only in the Lebanon, in the Arab world, in Syria, we have .... heights that are occupied in Egypt during the ....., we have .... it has no full independence, also we are talking about Jordan, we are talking about west bank and Gaza, we are talking about Palestine. So here you are talking about a ... high regime in the 21st century that is oppressing people, killing people, that are not allowing them to go to schools, there are a lot of massacres, ....... of massacres that they have done. It is evident for everybody, yet the United States continues to support it, with high tech weaponry, with the Veto power, in the United Nations, in the Security Council, and we are in a position to defend, to liberate and to fight operations. WION: Okay, since you spoke profoundly about the ideology problem with Israel, where do you stand today when the UAE and Saudi Arabia are going to start flights after their peace deal? How does Hezbollah react to that? Ibrahim Al Moussawi: Well we have, actually this is not the first time that an Arab country has done what the UAE did. Egypt has done this. It is of 1980s. Also, Jordan, we know about it, yet the Jordanians are not immune to the Israeli aggression, now they are talking about annexing parts of Jordan or if they are talking about a kind of exodus of the Palestinians to go to Jordan. Up till now there is a B plan in the Israeli agenda, in case they want the Palestinians to evacuate from Palestine from the remaining part of Palestine they want to send them to Jordan, as a second country or alternative country for them. So here you talk about an Israeli occupation, an Israeli entity that we never recognized. We will never recognise [Israel] at any time because this is Palestine first. After this it can be about UAE or Saudi Arabia or Bahrain, Oman or any other country. You're talking about things that came to the public but it has always been there. We have never been surprised at all with the new ties between UAE... [WION: Do you think how were they publicized is it really just the way..you..] Ibrahim Al Moussawi: I would say it's a combination of so many different things, we know now that .... Netanyahu now is in a political dilemma and so is Trump. They want to have more points in their record to go to the race. For Trump, it is about the presidential race next November and for the Israeli entity, it is the problem of the political stalemate. So its there in the internal politics there but it has always been a fixed part of their agenda when it comes to the Palestinians and the Arabs. WION: Having spoken about that, about the presidential race, about how this would affect or give them like I have delivered something to give to their voters. I want to ask you we have witnessed.. change in Europe, after the Syrian uprising and the Syrian war, the Europeans were affected, and they changed many.. many actions from the voters... Today, as Hezbollah do you see that you really have effect (read influence) from West Asia to the world in the Presidential race. Because Syria did have effect in the Presidential races in Europe. Do you see Hezbollah's activities in the Syria, Iraq, Yemen and the GCC even countries as a strategic force in the West Asia. How does Hezbollah affect the elections in the United States? Ibrahim Al Moussawi: We do not work or function on all of the places that you mentioned specially you said GCC or other places but if you mean the clout, the influence, the sympathy of the people, here in the Arab world we have to make a complete dichotomy between the regimes, the governments and the people, because if you go to the peoples opinion and you have rightful public opinion, pollsters will have complete leader-front results. The people hearts, the people minds are with Palestine, are against the normalisation of relations with Israel. They support the rightful case or cause of the Palestinians, of the resistance and this is very important if there were any kind of poll that would tell you and reflect the genuine, the real opinion of the people with a completely different regimes and governments, in this sense they are imposed from above, they are being supported by the Western colonialist powers in order to continue to perpetuate the interest of the West in out areas and you can see this. The great arms deals that take place funnel billions of dollars to the West perpetuating their economy. And they are happy about the wars in our area. Now when you talk about West Asia, this is very important question from your side that I appreciate, when you talk about west Asia, those people all together and the resistance movement and the elites, those people who are sober enough, are aware enough, are conscious enough of the western American agenda in our area, they have to collaborate their efforts and co-ordinate and be whistle-blower, if we have something in Beirut, all of the people, all of the masses, all over the Arab world or the Islamic world or the West Asia they should be able to reflect their support to the cause of the oppressed people. After all, if you want to make a differentiation, what's happening, you are talking here about right and wrong, you are talking about just and peace & oppression and war, we are to the side of peace and the resistance and liberty and the independence away from the intervention of the expansionist, colonialist powers like United States or parts of Europe. WION: But my question was..in the sense to make it as simple as possible. Does Hezbollah & the prevailing of Hezbollah, the survival of Hezbollah in Lebanon & Syria and the survival of Iran against the sanctions. Does this power in the West Asia affect the Presidential race in the United States? Ibrahim Al Moussawi: To a certain extent, you know there are many, so many files in the department, we represent one or two .. in it. When the United States wants to prevail in Iraq and then the resistance in Iraq fails it and make it a complete failure, this is going to put a bad record, a bad remark for Trump WION: Is this what's happening? Ibrahim Al Moussawi: This is what's happening, absolutely. Withdrawn their troops from there, this has reshuffled the papers in the area and I would say that, the kind of rising resistance in the region is going to put an end to this colonialist expansionist American trend in the area, if this was not the case, I would say many of the powers in the West Asia would crumble and would collapse, even if you talk about governments. Absolutely, I mean, even if you take this aside. Take India for example. It is a rising and important power. India is not like United States or America. India is the country of Mahatma Gandhi. It's has history of revolution of peaceful people against British colonial power for centuries. Had it not been for the will and determination of Indian people and leadership of Mahatma Gandhi, India would still be under the mandate of a Western power. That's why people's movement is important in putting an end to colonial power and in raising hope for real independence. That's why we want to collaborate as people. We are an organisation, we are a party, but we do represent millions of people all over the region & we have to convince them.. the problem is that, here in this part of the world they used to say that the Israeli army is the invincible army, you can do nothing about it. It is supported by the United States, that it is going to guarantee their supremacy..supremacy of the Israeli forces, so you can do nothing about it. Because we are the people who have determination, resolve, will, faith in our culture, our civilization. This is the same that is there in India & in West Asia, for different cultures & people, they have this patience, they have this perseverance, they have this faith in their culture.. then we will win & we will prevail & they will definitely fail. If we are going to surrender, and say we are going to nothing about it, they are going to perpetuate & make their colonial power survive. Now this is not what we want to see. WION: What kind of.. What kind of industrial or.. What kind of aspirations do you all have ---- Ibrahim Al Moussawi: There are many levels, we can coordinate our efforts together what they lack, we can give they have.. for example when you talk about India you think about a high-tech country. Even those who are making America prosper are Indians and not Americans. When you talk about talk about talent in in Silicon Valley, when you talk about those who are earning or those who have a high PhD per capita in America, you consider Indian-Americans. They are basically Indians or they come from Asia, not only from Pakistan..other countries. And they were able to create the system that could serve as a magnetic absorb all of the capabilities & creative power of people of all over the world. We have to have this determination, we have to have this decision that we want to get with this brain drain. There is a brain drain happening in these areas & they go to America & they make more & more perpetuation for the American glory per say. That's why I believe we have huge opportunity in building..in high-tech, in technology.. in different areas weather industry or economy or agriculture, different areas of co-operation can work here WION: And one more question because I didn't have .. this, one more which is the typical we are gonna ask.... being said its the 3rd biggest explosion in the world [Ibrahim Al Moussawi: True, 3rd or 4th we are not sure] Maybe, Beirut explosion, what happened afterwards..a lot of media is trying to deliver the message that Hezbollah has to do with the cargoes & everything. What do you have to say or to comment about the tremendous explosion that happened in Beirut, where does Hezbollah stand regarding that? Ibrahim Al Moussawi: First of all, there is an organized campaign from the West, from America, from different mouthpieces in Europe like Der Spiegel, Le Figaro and other media outlets. They want to portray that Hezbollah was behind Beirut blast. We have UNIFIL.. their ships..monitoring ships, monitoring systems in the Mediterranean. And they can watch every single thing that happened. Hezbollah has categorically refused & denied any responsibility or any connection with this explosion. We have never used the port of Beirut for any kind of military or security action. It's under the supervision of the Lebanese state, Lebanese Army, the Lebanese security forces. All of what you hear here of there by the Western media is the kind of agenda that they want to put Hezbollah name there, so it can do other actions and they can..if you want ..mislead people about our identity, of our true figure. We were in a complete shock after what happened. This is one of the result of huge corruption in the Lebanese state. [WION: They think the...] and we support investigation. Look when you talk about the investigation we have never done anything to jump to conclusions. The investigation is underway. We have to wait till the investigation is concluded and then we will all see what happens. WION: Okay, because anyone who is watching can see the port of Haifa is the.. most... Ibrahim Al Moussawi: If you are alluding.. If you are alluding that the Israelis have interest, that they have keen interest, and they do serve many of their great interests in having an alternative place rather than the port of Beirut, this is one option. But if we want to hold others responsible, we have to have a full evidence about it. WION: There is one more question; Everyone in Lebanon will hear the lobby..intelligentia you are speaking about resolution that would happen ..or the talks that would happen with Iran, between United States & Iran, once they are resumed many things would change, maybe after the Presidential race & even say Nasrallah and President Bashar al-Assad have said many times that this kind of President is better than others, that Trump would serve better because he is bluntly stupid actually this what has been said. But regardless, what do you have to say about the Iranian-American talks and how would they affect. Do you really like look forward to that.. it would set peace.. Ibrahim Al Moussawi: I would say, look you are talking about very fluctuating issue that has to do with the Republicans & the Democrats in America. Now with Trump would going to the Presidential race in next November, everybody is waiting. And he has said that he is going to finalize a deal with Iran within one week or whatever. But here you are talking about ab locate. Part of our.. we here in Lebanon are suffering from a very complicated manifold crisis that has to do with economy, monetary issues, financial issues, economic issues, social issues and there is a blockade against Lebanon by United States America, by part of its Arab countries that support United States America. We would rather depend on ourselves, we should not be waiting for anything. I would say if a deal has been concluded between Iran & America, I believe this is going to help all over the region. But we do not pin hopes on what our enemies will do or wouldn't do. We have to depend on ourselves & continue. Patience, Perseverance & Determination will help. WION: This is something, I do not know if you are free to it answer or not, because you are speaking like that. We know that Hezbollah is a part of the Parliament, part of society in Lebanon and its not like [Ibrahim Al MOussawi: part of the govt, yes]. But still, you have a big percentage of Lebanese society that would say all the crisis, all the sanctions, all these issues are Hezbollah's fault and they are Lebanese & they are perpetuating their points of views in Western media. So what do you have to say about Lebanon, are these... Ibrahim Al Moussawi: They are not big percentage to tell you the truth ... We have a political division in the country, simply. Actually, sometimes people are being misled, certain are being misled. I would say up till now, I would say ..and you have the right to go and see, as a party, as a political party we enjoy wider public support in the country. Here you are talking about the wider public support in the country. Though there is a political campaign against us from the Western media, there is a blockade & they are pin-pointing against us. We know very well that Feltman said we have spent 500 million dollars in order to tarnish the image of Hezbollah in order to distort the image of Hezbollah. Now they are doing the same, they are subduing, they are subjugating the Lebanese into kind of blockade & say we are doing this because of Hezbollah. So they are trying to plant a wedge between Hezbollah & Public. This is not going to happen. the people are smart and keen enough to understand, others who are like serving .... as mouthpeice to the West and saying they are doing it because of the Hazebollah, you are talking keen about collaborative with, or represting the western view of the politics, while if you talk about the Lebanese, real Lebanese all over the factions they wouldn't agree with this description. WION: Would you like to tell us about how strong is Hezbollah? Ibrahim Al Moussawi: Look.. look we're strong and we are determined, we have resolve, we have determination, we have the voted people, dedicated people because we have this faith. It is not a matter of how many people do you have, it's not matter of how many arms and what kind of arms do you have. Look, those who have been supported by the Western part, we know very well that the west has the hi-tech, they have the best arms all over the world, they have the best intelligence all over, they have people who are fighting with them. I believe this is something to do with the soul or the spirit of the West Asia or the Asians, here you talk about, we in this part of the world have spirit, have a different spirit, not a materialistic spirit. In India, you have this kind of homage and devotion for certain spiritual forces, that they define it. Here we believe in Allah, we believe in God, even the region here, it's the place of the heavenly religions you know, Christianity, Judaism, Islam came to this part. The prophets, the messengers came here, we have this link with God, we have this link with heaven, we have this link with the divine and I believe when you talk about divinity, no matter how much you talk about materialistic things, it falls down.

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India is ramping up infrastructure along Line of Control (LoC) with Pakistan. The efforts are on to improve facilities to tackle the menace of cross-border infiltration and terrorism. Some of the areas like Machil did not have electricity at all after independence. But now, government has made arrangements for 24 electricty. Soon, all villages in Machil Sector will get electricity.

Machil Sector falls under Kupwara District and has become the second sector after Keran to get round-thge-clock electricity for the first time after independence.

ALSO READ: <a href="http://13.235.153.162/india-news/jammu-and-kashmirs-biggest-yoga-centre-to-come-up-in-udhampur-322509">Jammu and Kashmir's biggest Yoga centre to come up in Udhampur</a>

Currently, 9 villages in Machil Sector have been provided electricty. But the government aims to cover all 20 villages in less than a month.

Prior to government's initiative, 20 villages in Machil Sector used to get electricity through diesel generators. But now the sector is being connected to electricity grid.

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The Himalayan terrain is understandably difficult for any construction activity. It is even a challenge to erect electricity poles. However, the government is taking all measures to ensure that the necessary structures are erected and electricity is made available to people.

Kupwada District Collector Anshul Garg decribed this as second milestone in a month.

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India is ramping up infrastructure along Line of Control (LoC) with Pakistan. The efforts are on to improve facilities to tackle the menace of cross-border infiltration and terrorism.

India is ramping up infrastructure along Line of Control (LoC) with Pakistan. The efforts are on to improve facilities to tackle the menace of cross-border infiltration and terrorism. Some of the areas like Machil did not have electricity at all after independence. But now, government has made arrangements for 24 electricty. Soon, all villages in Machil Sector will get electricity. Machil Sector falls under Kupwara District and has become the second sector after Keran to get round-thge-clock electricity for the first time after independence. ALSO READ: Jammu and Kashmir's biggest Yoga centre to come up in Udhampur Currently, 9 villages in Machil Sector have been provided electricty. But the government aims to cover all 20 villages in less than a month. Prior to government's initiative, 20 villages in Machil Sector used to get electricity through diesel generators. But now the sector is being connected to electricity grid. × The Himalayan terrain is understandably difficult for any construction activity. It is even a challenge to erect electricity poles. However, the government is taking all measures to ensure that the necessary structures are erected and electricity is made available to people. Kupwada District Collector Anshul Garg decribed this as second milestone in a month. Grid connected power for Macchil area on #LOC in #AspirationalDistrict #kupwara for first time ever; 2nd milestone in a month after Keran area; New era of development begins for over 25,000 people in 9 Panchayats that received only 3 hour power daily through DG sets; @NITIAayog pic.twitter.com/se1WdVyPWs — Anshul Garg (@hello_anshul) August 26, 2020 × Principal Secretary (Power) Rohit Kansal made a tweet in this regard as well #Thejourneycontinues#Promisefulfilled#GridpowertoLoC 25,000 people in 9 panchayats of Machhil area in #AspirationalDistrict Kupwara on the #LoC to now get grid power for the first time. Were earlier supplied limited power through DG sets@hello_anshul@manojsinha_@OfficeOfRKSingh https://t.co/eRoLVi0qBy — Rohit Kansal (@kansalrohit69) August 26, 2020 ×

Jammu and Kashmir: Machil Sector in Kupwara gets electricity 74 years after independence

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo praised President Donald Trump's foreign policy record in a Republican National Convention speech on Tuesday that Democrats criticized as a breach of protocol and perhaps the law.

Speaking in a recorded video from a Jerusalem rooftop during an official trip, Pompeo, a Trump appointee widely believed to harbor presidential aspirations, said the president had exposed the "predatory aggression" of the Chinese Communist Party, while defeating Islamic State militants and lowering the threat from North Korea.

Even before he spoke, critics pounced, saying Pompeo had broken with decades of protocol in using his appointed office for partisan purposes.

The chairman of a Democratic-led U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee announced on Tuesday an investigation into whether Pompeo's appearance broke federal law and regulations.

"The Trump administration and Secretary Pompeo have shown a gross disregard not only of basic ethics, but also a blatant willingness to violate federal law for political gain," Joaquin Castro, head of the House Foreign Affairs Committee's oversight subcommittee, said in a statement.

In a letter to Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Biegun, Castro said Pompeo's appearance was "highly unusual and likely unprecedented," and "may also be illegal."

A State Department official told a pool reporter traveling with Pompeo that the secretary was appearing in his personal capacity and no State Department personnel or resources were involved.

John Bellinger, the top State Department lawyer under former Republican Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, said the agency had long barred senior political appointees from partisan activity, including attending party conventions, even if they might be permitted under the 1939 Hatch Act limiting the political activities of federal employees.

Pompeo's address also appeared to violate his own instructions restating the department's prohibition on political activities - which applies to official and private time - sent to personnel in a July 24 cable reviewed on Monday by Reuters. [nL1N2FQ206]

In his letter to Biegun, Castro wrote that it was "readily apparent" from documents in his panel's possession that Pompeo's appearance may violate the Hatch Act, federal regulations implementing that law and federal rules.

He asked that Biegun answer a series of questions by no later than Sept. 1 and arrange a briefing for lawmakers by the same date.

In his remarks to the Republican convention, Pompeo described what he called Trump's foreign policy successes, including the president's decision to move the U.S. Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem and holding talks with North Korean leadership.

"The primary constitutional function of the national government is ensuring that your family – and mine – are safe and enjoy the freedom to live, to work, to learn and to worship as they choose," Pompeo said. 
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U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo praised President Donald Trump's foreign policy record in a Republican National Convention speech on Tuesday that Democrats criticized as a breach of protocol and perhaps the law.

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo praised President Donald Trump's foreign policy record in a Republican National Convention speech on Tuesday that Democrats criticized as a breach of protocol and perhaps the law. Speaking in a recorded video from a Jerusalem rooftop during an official trip, Pompeo, a Trump appointee widely believed to harbor presidential aspirations, said the president had exposed the "predatory aggression" of the Chinese Communist Party, while defeating Islamic State militants and lowering the threat from North Korea. Even before he spoke, critics pounced, saying Pompeo had broken with decades of protocol in using his appointed office for partisan purposes. The chairman of a Democratic-led U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee announced on Tuesday an investigation into whether Pompeo's appearance broke federal law and regulations. "The Trump administration and Secretary Pompeo have shown a gross disregard not only of basic ethics, but also a blatant willingness to violate federal law for political gain," Joaquin Castro, head of the House Foreign Affairs Committee's oversight subcommittee, said in a statement. In a letter to Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Biegun, Castro said Pompeo's appearance was "highly unusual and likely unprecedented," and "may also be illegal." A State Department official told a pool reporter traveling with Pompeo that the secretary was appearing in his personal capacity and no State Department personnel or resources were involved. John Bellinger, the top State Department lawyer under former Republican Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, said the agency had long barred senior political appointees from partisan activity, including attending party conventions, even if they might be permitted under the 1939 Hatch Act limiting the political activities of federal employees. Pompeo's address also appeared to violate his own instructions restating the department's prohibition on political activities - which applies to official and private time - sent to personnel in a July 24 cable reviewed on Monday by Reuters. [nL1N2FQ206] In his letter to Biegun, Castro wrote that it was "readily apparent" from documents in his panel's possession that Pompeo's appearance may violate the Hatch Act, federal regulations implementing that law and federal rules. He asked that Biegun answer a series of questions by no later than Sept. 1 and arrange a briefing for lawmakers by the same date. In his remarks to the Republican convention, Pompeo described what he called Trump's foreign policy successes, including the president's decision to move the U.S. Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem and holding talks with North Korean leadership. "The primary constitutional function of the national government is ensuring that your family – and mine – are safe and enjoy the freedom to live, to work, to learn and to worship as they choose," Pompeo said.

Pompeo addresses RNC for Trump from Jerusalem, sparks criticism

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