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undoubtedly contribute heavily to
the 200 million man army of Revela–
tion 9: 16. After Communist China,
India has the largest popu1ation of
any country in the world. India today
is militarily the most powerful coun–
try in the South Asia region.
The nation of India is officially a
neutralist state aspiring to a nonal–
igned stand between the superpow–
ers. But in light of India's long and
often tension-ridden borders with
China and Pakistan, the Soviet
Union has become necessary insur–
ance for New Delhi. India leans on
Soviet protection to counterbalance
the alliance of China and Paki–
stan.
India is heavily dependent on the
Kremlin for key military supplies.
New Delhi also has a friendship
treaty with Moscow, signed in 1971
by Prime Minister lndira Gandhi .
And the Soviet Union has become
lndia's major trading partner.
Because of lndia's close relation–
ship with Moscow, events in Afghan–
istan have been viewed differently in
India than in many other parts of
South Asia. Mrs. Gandhi has been
· careful not to openly denounce the
Soviet occupation. She cannot afford
to undercut the Kremlin at this time.
Her position on Afghanistan has
raised serious doubts among opposi–
tion parties within India and among
the lndian press about the strength
of New Delhi's commitment to non–
alignment.
PAKISTAN
The government of Pakistan–
lying to the east and south of Soviet–
occupied Afghanistan-is growing
more nervous by the day.
Pakistan now stands as the only
May 1980
obstacle between the Soviet troops in
Afghanistan and Moscow's goal of a
warm-water Arabian Sea port. By
virtue of the Soviet military presence
in Afghanistan, the Kremlin is now
in a prime position to exert political
and military pressure on Pakistan.
The Moslem nation of Pakistan
consists of four provinces, two on
each side of the lndus river. The two
provinces on the eastern
side-Pun–
jab
and
Sind- are
firmly in the
control of President Zia ul-Haq's
government in lslamabad.
The two provinces west of the
lndus- North-West Frontier
and
Baluchistan-are
in a state of un–
rest. These provinces share a 1,200-
mile border with Soviet-occupied
Afghanistan. The Pakistani govern–
ment fears that the Soviets may now
use Afghanistan as a base to exploit
the separationist sentiments among .
the ethnic groups in these two prov–
inces. Trouble among these ethnic
minorities is already straining Paki–
stan's unity.
Of primary concern is the long–
simmering independence movement
among the Baluchi tribesmen of
western Pakistan. The Baluchis there
have long sought to unite with fellow
tribesmen in southern Afghanistan
and eastern Iran to form an indepen–
dent state of Bah1chistan.
There is strong evidence .of deep
Soviet involvement in this effort to
~arve
out a separate Baluchi state. A
pro-Russian vassal state in Baluchis–
tan would effectively extend Soviet
influence al! the way south to the
Arabian Sea. The Kremlin would at
last have the warm-water ports that
it has sought since the days of the
czars.
As an added bonus, the Soviets
would be in a position to control the
major oil supply lines leading from
the Persian Gulf!
Pushtu-speaking tribesmen in
nortbwestern Pakistan and eastern
Afgbanistan bave also long dreamed
of their own independent state of
Pusbtunistan. These peoples, like the
Baluchis, provide potentially fertile
soil for Soviet revolutionary propa–
ganda.
The predominantly Moslem nation
of Bangladesb- formerly known as
East Pakistan-broke away from
Pakistan in a bloody civil war almost
nine years ago. Though Bangladesh
officially adheres to the principie of
nonalignment, its military govern–
ment .has gradually moved into the
lndian and Soviet orbits.
CENTRAL ASIA
Also allied with Gog will be
"Gomer, Togarmah and all their
bands" (Ezekiel 38:6) .
Gomer was the eldest son of
Japheth. Contrary to the assertions
of many studeñts of Bible prophecy,
Gomer in this prophecy is not West
Germany.
Who, then, is Gomer? Among the
Oriental descendants of Gomer's
three sons are found elements of the
Turkic and Tatar (Turko-Mongol)
peoples of the Asían steppes and
deserts.
Many of these peoples-inhabiting
the five socialist republics of Soviet
Central Asia-have already been
incorporated into the U.S.S.R. The
nation of Mongolia, wedged between
the Soviet Union and China in the
region just south ofSiberia, is a virtual
Soviet satellite. TheTurkicUighurs of
Sinkiang (western China) and the
Mongols of Inner Mongolia are under
Communist Chinese control.
Gomer's third son, Togarmah, is
specifically mentioned in Ezekiel 38.
Togarmah, in part, settled ancient
Armenia. Descendants of Togarmah
also migrated eastward into Mongol–
ia, where they are today found mixed
with elements ofMagog. Togarmah's
modern-day descendants are also
found in China's Sinkiang (Xin–
giang) province and in Russian
Siberia or Tartary.
Ezekiel, however, speaks specifi–
cally of Togarmah "in the uttermost
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