Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi believes that it is the US and Israel which is creating sharp differences between India and Pakistan, so that the latter could not target its "Muslim bomb" against the West.
"The Pakistanis are told that their enemy is the Hindus, not the Jews or Christians, and therefore their bomb should be directed towards them, the Pakistanis' immediate enemy, and not anyone else," he wrote in The Washington Times.
Similarly, the Indians are led to believe their real enemy is Pakistan and that the Pakistani bomb was directed toward them rather than the Israelis or Americans, Gadhafi said in an opinion piece published last week.
"This policy aims to preoccupy Pakistan with India and India with Pakistan. Perhaps this is why America has not been willing to contribute to solving the Kashmiri problem, whereas the Israelis will try to keep it always flammable," he said.
If Islamic extremist affiliated to al Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden governed Pakistan, which is a possibility.
"If any of these extremist groups were to hold power, the key to the nuclear bomb would be in their hands. This has created the Pakistani quagmire for the Americans and Israelis. To address this potentially dangerous situation, they have attempted to further drive a wedge of hostility between Pakistan and neighbouring India," Gadhafi said.
"Truly, the Pakistani nuclear bomb is a Muslim bomb," he wrote in his piece.
"On the other hand, if political parties, such as the Pakistan People's Party, or even the army, ruled, things would be relatively safe because they presumably constitute responsible institutions. Unfortunately, there is no guarantee that they can form sustainable governments," he said.
These groups like, the Jama Islamiya, the Association of Muslim Scholars, the Ulamaa of Pakistan and others in fact, provided protection for bin Laden and his movement.
They are numerous, vocally declaring their fanatic concept of Islam. The danger such fanatic groups constitute for the Israelis and Americans is that they may hold the reins of power, to which they indeed aspire.
Observing that there can be no Pakistan without Islam, as Islam was the basis for its separation from India and its raison d'etre as a state, he said, "Islam for the Pakistanis is not a question of faith only but also a question of identity."
Pakistan, he argued, is witnessing dramatic changes because of its complex demographic structure. Socially, it is composed of various ethnicities and fierce tribes - bordering Afghanistan - that have no loyalty to either Pakistan or Afghanistan.
"Pakistan faces challenges even within its region. It is threatened by the Shi'ite Muslim state of Iran and the Hindu India."
"This is the reason behind the formation of violent Muslim groups affiliated with the fierce tribes in Afghanistan as well as al Qaeda and Osama bin Laden," he said.
