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Publication: The Hindustan Times
Date: June 6, 2004
Till now, we have had lists of the
best and worst dressed, the most popular and unpopular, the most beautiful
and not so beautiful, the do's and don'ts on the health front etc.
How about a listing on the do's
and don'ts on terrorism! This seems to be first, and where else can such
a "Blue Book" on terror emanate from - Pakistan.
Called the Hidayat Nama or the Book
of Instructions, this Urdu and Arabic listing was recently seized from
a Harkat-ul-Mujahideen Alalmi (HMA) terrorist Murtaza.
According to the Daily Times, the
list is as follows:
Don'ts
* Terrorists should not divulge
information if they are arrested.
* They should avoid meeting family
members.
* They should not keep organizational
literature and militants' addresses on their person while they travel.
* They should not to discuss operational
matters with family.
* They should not to rely on Punjabis
if on mission or in transit, because most intelligence officials are from
Punjab.
* Don't discuss personal matters
with your companions.
* They should not to quarrel with
traffic police and police at check posts.
* They should not to lose their
temper if lawmen insult members of their family, which the booklet says
is a routine tactic employed by law enforcement officials.
Do's
* They should always use code names.
* Every Muslim's foremost goal is
to be familiar with and believe in the Islamic concept of martyrdom.
* Militants should be law-abiding,
especially as far as vehicular documents are concerned.
