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Were Bear Stearns And 9/11 Economic Terror? Islamic Jihad?

Michael Redbourn — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 12:30:24 +0000

Economic Terrorism: Was the 2008 Collapse Intentional …

Economic jihad perhaps. Reply. Big Ugly, Wyoming says: January 20, 2012 at 10:32 am. There is no doubt in my mind that the “Crash of 2008″ was intentional …. orchestrated by Obama's handlers ….. headed by George …

Ireland may be the first EU state to sell Islamic bonds – Jihad Watch

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McCormick Foundation: Shariah, Law and 'Financial Jihad' and How Should America Respond? 1. Recommendation: Enforce and prosecute violations of current laws on disclosure, racketeering, anti-trust, material support for …

Glen Beck talks to Kevin Freeman, the author of the book "Secret Weapon", about economic terror.

I edited the interview because the sound was so low as to be almost inaudible, and the clip was very long.

It seems like economic terror is now an official part of Jihad and its intent is to cause a collapse of the US economy!

Frightening stuff!

If you can’t destroy the US militarily then destroy it economy!

Both the Arabs and George Soros (seems like he’s involved too) have lots of money at their disposal, and their motivation to destroy the US economy is sky-high.

The bottom line is that the dollar and America’s credit rating are under attack, and the attack is very very serious!

So what can be done?

Please post your thoughts and suggestions.

Joint US-Israel Missile Drill Will Be The Biggest Ever

Michael Redbourn — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 19:27:08 +0000

Largest Ever, Upcoming U.S.-Israel Joint Drill Sending Message to …

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Arrow 3 Defense Missile Launch Test (Photo credit: Israeli Defense Ministry via Israel Hayom). A planned American-Israeli missile defense exercise is receiving special attention on the heels of a 10-day Iranian naval exercise …

Israel and US to hold joint missile drill | Aerospace & Defence News

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Israel and the United States are to hold a joint missile defence exercise, the Israeli military said late on Thursday. ASDNews … Last week it test-fired three missiles during war games east of the strait at the entrance to the Gulf. …

An upcoming American-Israeli missile defense exercise is receiving special media attention because it comes on the heels of a ten-day Iranian naval exercise, plus Iranian threats of closing the Strait of Hormuz.

Israeli Defense Forces played down the timing of the announcement, calling such periodic exercises “routine:”

“These exercises, which are part of a long-standing strategic partnership, are planned in advance and part of a routine training cycle designed to improve the interoperability of our defense systems. Like other bi-lateral exercises, Austere Challenge 12 represents another milestone in the strategic relationship between the US and Israel, as well as a step forward in promoting regional stability".

“The exercise scenario involves notional, simulated events as well as some field training, and is not in response to any real-world event".

“The exercise has been planned for at least two years and therefore has no relevance to any world events".

The AP quoted a senior military official who said on condition of anonymity:

"Thousands of American and Israeli soldiers from different units will take part, and the drill will test multiple Israeli and U.S. air defense systems against incoming missiles and rockets".

In a speech last month, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta previewed the exercise, citing it as an example of what he called,

"The administration’s unprecedented levels of defense cooperation with Israel to back up our unshakable commitment to Israel’s security".

And on Sunday’s Face the Nation, Panetta stated two red lines for the U.S.:

"Our red line to Iran is do not develop a nuclear weapon. That’s a red line for us. I think they need to know that, that if they take that step, that they’re going to get stopped. We made very clear that the United States will not tolerate the blocking of the Straits of Hormuz. That’s another red line for us and that we will respond to them.".

And Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey on the same show said he believes,

" Iran has the capability, for a period of time to block the Strait of Hormuz, but we would take action and reopen the Straits".

Efraim Inbar, who is director of the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies at Bar Ilan University, says that even if it’s not intended as a response to Iranian moves:

“Any military exercise has political implications. The military organ is always connected to political even if that’s not the intention on the part of the Americans or Israelis. It’s a clear political signal to the bad guys. After we saw the military exercise by the Iranians last week, everybody with political sensitivity tends to believe this is a counter-flexing of muscle".

Inbar also addressed expressions of isolationism in the U.S., something which has been gaining more media attention due to the presidential campaign of GOP candidate Ron Paul:

“This type of exercise expresses the importance of Israel to the U.S. particularly when the U.S. is seen as being weak in the region. It is leaving Iraq, it is on its way out of Afghanistan. Israel is probably the only place a U.S. military airplane will eventually be able to land in the Middle East".

“U.S.-Israel strategic cooperation is beneficial to both sides. The U.S. is a super power and we are a small state but in our area contrary to what isolationists say in the U.S., we all still need allies, or what used to be called ‘calling stations’. Israeli ports are open to the U.S. In fact, the only port where the U.S. can probably bring ships safely in the Eastern Mediterranean is to Israel. Looking at the other countries: Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Egypt, Libya, the Mediterranean is becoming an Islamist lake".

And an Israeli Air Force officer emphasized that not only Israel gains from the relationship:

“The Americans are eager to conduct this exercise, we are their laboratory in the field of missile defense. A laboratory because Israel has extensive firsthand experience of absorbing incoming rockets and missiles from Hamas and Hezbollah and regularly activates its Iron Dome system to combat the threat".

The Telegraph reported from London that the UK will deploy its largest warship, the HMS Daring, to the Persian Gulf to,

“send a significant message to the Iranians”.

The UK destroyer is due to arrive in late January.

And Oil Supplies?

Western powers have agreed a contingency plan to tap a record volume from emergency stockpiles which could replace nearly all the Gulf oil that would be lost if Iran blocks the Strait of Hormuz.

Santorum Reveals Weakness In US Students Gay Logic

Michael Redbourn — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 16:24:45 +0000

Santorum Instructs Students On Same-Sex Marriage and Health …

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When a student asked Santorum asked about health care, the student cited a 2009 Harvard study and noted that he did not “think God appreciates the fact that we have 50 to 100000 uninsured Americans dying due to a lack of healthcare every year.” He should know better to cite an academic study to Santorum …. Many have simply packed up and left the state (which helps keep the unemployment rate statewide low). Those who stay in rural Iowa are often the elderly …

American Power: Santorum Sharpens Aim at Romney

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"A lot of blue collar workers have been left behind in America," Mr. Santorum said Thursday in Manchester. Later, at a campaign event in Tilton, he said his family and his friends' families had worked in factories. To a man who …

What disturbs me most about this video is that the students from New England College are unable to follow the simple logic behind Santorum’s questions.

Santorum knows that his anti-g**-marriage stance will cost him votes, but he was at least patient and trying to make our next generation think a little.

But sadly, they were unable to.

Why Is That Important?

Because if our students aren’t either encouraged, or convinced to give up on their simplistic thinking, then America will soon lag behind a great many countries.

Consider perhaps the attitude that most US students have toward Israel.

They believe that Israel is the villain and that Palestinian land has been appropriated when in fact a Palestinian people never existed

People were displaced, both Jews and Arabs, but Israel absorbed the displaced Jews whereas Arab countries never absorbed displaced Arabs.

Both displaced peoples were around the same size; about a million people.

Why do they have that attitude?

Because they were seduced by simplistic propaganda when they could have checked out the facts easily and quickly, but they didn’t and don’t.

Why?

Because their professors are rabid left-wingers, and the students are lazy and want to be spoon-fed!

Every year, campus hate groups such as the Muslim Students Association and Students for Justice in Palestine join a festival of lies called the “Israel Apartheid Week” whose theme is that Israel is an apartheid state, in spite of the fact that Israel has Arab members of the Knesset; that Arab Israelis can and do vote without any restrictions; that Arabs use the same toilets, buses and restaurants etc. as Jewish Israelis.

Happily, and alternative is now being presented and it’s an honest one and not simply a propaganda one.

Please check out: The Wall Of Lies

What are Stuxnet and Duqu?

Michael Redbourn — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 20:50:35 +0000

Stuxnet may have up to 4 malware siblings made on the same …

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Stuxnet has been called the most sophisticated computer worm ever created. We know there are siblings to the malware which took down Iran's nuclear centrifuges, but now Kaspersky labs is saying there may be up to four …

'Stuxnet weapon has at least 4 cousins' «

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Stuxnet has already been linked to another virus, the Duqu data-stealing trojan, but Kaspersky's research suggests that the cyber weapons program that targeted Iran may be far more sophisticated than previously known. …

According to new research by the Russian computer security firm Kaspersky Lab, the Stuxnet virus that damaged Iran’s nuclear program last year is likely one of at least five cyber weapons developed on a single platform.

Costin Raiu, who is Kaspersky’s director of global research & analysis said,

"The platform is comprised of a group of compatible software modules designed to fit together, each with different functions".

"It’s like a Lego set. You can assemble the components into anything: a robot or a house or a tank".

"When a machine becomes infected with Duqu or Stuxnet, the programs search for two unique registry keys on the PC linked to Duqu and Stuxnet, that are then used to load the main piece of malware onto the computer".

"The viruses have not yet been seen in the wild and it’s unclear whether they, like Stuxnet, have been built to cause failures at nuclear plants, or engineered for another purpose".

Kaspersky believes that Tilded traces back to at least 2007 because specific code installed by Duqu was compiled from a device running a Windows operating system on Aug. 31, 2007.

* Right now the words, "malware", "malicious", and "infected" are being used when describing the Stuxnet family but other words may be needed if the programmers’ intent is to prevent Iran from getting nuclear weapons – My opinion.

The Search For Missing Family Members

Security experts detected the malicious software by ‘keys’ in Stuxnet itself which suggest that it is looking for other family members to communicate with.

Duqu, which is a trojan horse program related to Stuxnet was detected in industrial systems earlier this year searches for Stuxnet and other Duqu machines that contain other members of the family.

Duqu is a scout program that is designed to steal information which can later be used in cyber attacks on industrial control systems, most likely producing a crippling cyber attack.

And what’s really amazing is that both Stuxnet and Duqu appear to be searching for three other relatives that have not been found yet.

Who’s Designed The Software?

Right now, experts believe that either the US or Israeli programmers did, and are doing the work, and some believe that the countries are working together.

Related info can be found at:

How Safe Are US Military Computer Systems?

Iran Confirms Stuxnet Caused Damage To Nuclear Sites!

S. Sudan Delegate At Durban 3 Denys Claim That Zionism Is Racism

Michael Redbourn — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 13:10:33 +0000

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Simon Deng, a former South Sudanese slave in Islamist Northern Sudan, gave the following speech at Durban Watch Conference in New York on Sept. 22nd.

Simon Deng advocates for Israel! He's so cool! | What am I thinking?

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"Simon Deng, the South Sudanese delegate at the recent Durban III conference on racism (in New York), shattered the hypocrisy of the anti-Israeli front one normally witnesses at such meetings. Mr. Deng pointed out that …

Simon Deng, a former South Sudanese slave in Islamist Northern Sudan, gave the following speech at the Durban Watch Conference in New York on Sept. 22nd.

He passionately refuted the malicious ‘Zionism is Racism’ fabrication and pointed out that it is the Arab Islamists who have engaged in the ethnic cleansing of millions of Sudanese, both Muslim and Christian.

He further noted that Israel is the ultimate destination of Sudanese refugees, not Egypt, who has attacked and oppressed them.

I want to thank the organizers of this conference, The Perils of Global Intolerance.

It is a great honor for me and it is a privilege really to be among today’s distinguished speakers.

I came here as a friend of the State of Israel and the Jewish people. I came to protest this Durban conference which is based on a set of lies. It is organized by nations who are themselves are guilty of the worst kinds of oppression.

It will not help the victims of racism. It will only isolate and target the Jewish state. It is a tool of the enemies of Israel. The UN has itself become a tool against Israel. For over 50 years, 82% of the UN General Assembly emergency meetings have been about condemning one state, Israel and Hitler couldn’t have been made happier.

The Durban Conference is an outrage. All decent people will know that.

But friends, I come here today with a radical idea. I come to tell you that there are peoples who suffer from the UN’s anti-Israelism even more than the Israelis. I belong to one of those people.

Please hear me out.

By exaggerating Palestinian suffering, and by blaming the Jews for it, the UN has muffled the cries of those who suffer on a far larger scale.

For over fifty years the indigenous black population of Sudan, Christians and Muslims alike, has been the victim of the brutal, racist Arab Muslim regimes in Khartoum.

In South Sudan, my homeland, about 4 million innocent men, women and children were slaughtered from 1955 to 2005. Seven million were ethnically cleansed and they became the largest refugee group since World War II.

The UN is concerned about the so-called Palestinian refugees. They dedicated a separate agency for them. and they are treated with a special privilege.

Meanwhile, my people, ethnically cleansed, murdered and enslaved, are relatively ignored. The UN refuses to tell the world the truth about the real causes of Sudan’s conflicts.

Who knows really what is happening in Darfur?

It is not a "tribal conflict".

It is a conflict rooted in Arab colonialism well-known in north Africa.

In Darfur, a region in the Western Sudan, everybody is Muslim. Everybody is Muslim because the Arabs invaded the North of Africa and converted the indigenous people to Islam.

In the eyes of the Islamists in Khartoum, the Darfuris are not Muslim enough. And the Darfuris do not want to be Arabized. They love their own African languages and dress and customs.

The Arab response is genocide!

But nobody at the UN tells the truth about Darfur.

In the Nuba Mountains, another region of Sudan, genocide is taking place as I speak.

The Islamist regime in Khartoum is targeting the black Africans, Muslims and Christians.

Nobody at the UN has told the truth about the Nuba Mountains.

Do you hear the UN condemn Arab racism against blacks?

What you find on the pages of the New York Times, or in the record of the UN condemnations is "Israeli crimes" and "Palestinian suffering".

My people have been driven off the front pages because of the exaggerations about Palestinian suffering.

What Israel does is portrayed as a Western sin.

But the truth is that the real sin happens when the West abandons us: the victims of Arab/Islamic apartheid.

Chattel slavery was practiced for centuries in Sudan. It was revived as a tool of war in the early 90s.

Khartoum declared jihad against my people and this legitimized taking slaves as war booty.

Arab militias were sent to destroy Southern villages and were encouraged to take African women and children as slaves.

We believe that up to 200,000 were kidnapped, brought to the North and sold into slavery.

I am a living proof of this crime against humanity.

I don’t like talking about my experience as a slave, but I do it because it is important for the world to know that slavery exists even today.

I was only nine years old when an Arab neighbor named Abdullahi tricked me into following him to a boat.

The boat wound up in Northern Sudan where he gave me as a gift to his family.

For three and a half years I was their slave going through something that no child should ever go through: brutal beatings and humiliations; working around the clock; sleeping on the ground with animals; eating the family’s left-overs.

During those three years I was unable to say the word "no". All I could say was "yes", "yes", "yes".

The United Nations knew about the enslavement of South Sudanese by the Arabs.

Their own staff reported it.

It took UNICEF, under pressure from the Jewish led American Anti-Slavery Group sixteen years to acknowledge what was happening.

I want to publicly thank my friend Dr. Charles Jacobs for leading the anti-slavery fight.

But the Sudanese government and the Arab League pressured UNICEF, and UNICEF backtracked, and started to criticize those who worked to liberate Sudanese slaves.

In 1998, Dr. Gaspar Biro, the courageous UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Sudan who reported on slavery, resigned in protest of the UN’s actions.

My friends, today, tens of thousands of black South Sudanese still serve their masters in the North and the UN is silent about that.

It would offend the OIC and the Arab League.

As a former slave and a victim of the worst sort of racism, allow me to explain why I think calling Israel a racist state is absolutely absurd and immoral.

I have been to Israel five times visiting the Sudanese refugees.

Let me tell you how they ended up there.

These are Sudanese who fled Arab racism, hoping to find shelter in Egypt.

They were wrong.

When Egyptian security forces slaughtered twenty-six black refugees in Cairo who were protesting Egyptian racism, the Sudanese realized that the Arab racism is the same in Khartoum or Cairo.

They needed shelter and they found it in Israel.

Dodging the bullets of the Egyptian border patrols and walking for very long distances, the refugees’ only hope was to reach Israel’s side of the fence, where they knew they would be safe.

Black Muslims from Darfur chose Israel above all the other Arab-Muslim states of the area.

Do you know what this means!!!??

And the Arabs say Israel is racist!!!?

In Israel, black Sudanese, Christian and Muslim were welcomed and treated like human beings.

Just go and ask them, like I have done.

They told me that compared to the situation in Egypt, Israel is "heaven".

Is Israel a racist state?

To my people, the people who know racism, the answer is absolutely not.

Israel is a state of people who are the colors of the rainbow.

Jews themselves come in all colors, even black.

I met with Ethiopian Jews in Israel. Beautiful black Jews.

So, yes, I came here today to tell you that the people who suffer most from the UN anti-Israel policy are not the Israelis but all those people who the UN ignores in order to tell its big lie against Israel: we, the victims of Arab/Muslim abuse: women, ethnic minorities, religious minorities, homosexuals, in the Arab/Muslim world. These are the biggest victims of UN Israel hatred.

Look at the situation of the Copts in Egypt, the Christians in Iraq, and Nigeria, and Iran, the Hindus and Bahais who suffer from Islamic oppression. The Sikhs.

We, a rainbow coalition of victims and targets of Jihadis, all suffer.

We are ignored, we are abandoned.

So that the big lie against the Jews can go forward.

In 2005, I visited one of the refugee camps in South Sudan. I met a twelve-year-old girl who told me about her dream. In a dream she wanted to go to school to become a doctor. And then, she wanted to visit Israel.

I was shocked.

How could this refugee girl who spent most of her life in the North know about Israel?

When I asked why she wanted to visit Israel, she said: "This is our people". I was never able to find an answer to my question.

On January 9 of 2011 South Sudan became an independent state.

For South Sudanese, that means continuation of oppression, brutalization, demonization, Islamization, Arabization and enslavement.

In a similar manner, the Arabs continue denying Jews their right for sovereignty in their homeland and the Durban III conference continues denying Israel’s legitimacy.

As a friend of Israel, I bring you the news that my President, the President of the Republic of South Sudan, Salva Kiir, publicly stated that the South Sudan embassy in Israel will be built, not in Tel Aviv, but in Jerusalem, the eternal capital of the Jewish people.

I also want to assure you that my own new nation, and all of its peoples, will oppose racist forums like the Durban III.

We will oppose it by simply telling the truth. Our truth.

My Jewish friends taught me something I now want to say with you.

AM Y’ISRAEL CHAI!

The people of Israel lives!

Thank you!

And he received a standing ovation!

A video of the speech is availabe at PJTV.

Hezbollah Now Linked To Mexican Drug Cartels

Michael Redbourn — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 12:42:57 +0000

Israel Matzav: Hezbullah partners with the Mexican drug cartels

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Some of you in the US may not realize it, but just south of your border there's a war going on. The war is between the Mexican drug cartels and the Mexican government. The cartels are getting help from a familiar name in …

Maysaloon – ??????

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Over the past few years there have been many allegations that Iran, and Hezbullah, have connections with drug gangs and extensive networks in Latin America. This is the first time that something this substantial and is …

U.S. authorities stated on Tuesday Dec 13, 2011 that a Lebanese national, Ayman Joumaa,is the ringleader of a huge international drug smuggling ring that has links to the militant group Hezbollah.

At the indictment in federal court in Alexandria Va. it was alleged that he led a conspiracy that, among other activities, sold nearly 100 tons of Colombian cocaine to the Zetas drug cartel in Mexico between 2005 and 2007 that was later smuggled into the United States.

Joumaa, who is currently at large was indicted on drug and money laundering charges after allegedly realizing more than $850 million in illicit profits.

According to court documents, the conspiracy was said to have run since at least 2004 and at times brought in as much as $200 million in a single month.

Law enforcement officials believe Joumaa is currently in Lebanon and it’s unclear whether U.S. officials will be able to obtain his extradition.

The indictment seeks the forfeiture of at least $850 million, which is the amount that Joumaa allegedly obtained over the course of the conspiracy, according to the grand jury.

The Hezbollah Connection

Earlier this year, the Treasury Department designated Joumaa as a drug trafficker and described how Hezbollah profited from his network.

One of the members of Joumaa’s network is a suspected Hezbollah supporter; bank managers had links to Hezbollah officials; and the treasury accused a major Lebanese bank, the Lebanese Canadian Bank, of being complicit in Joumaa’s money laundering and turning a blind eye to massive cash transactions.

In The Courtroom

The court’s documents show that Joumaa’s network played a major role in the global drug trade for years, helping Colombian producers get their product into the hands of cartels in Central America and Mexico, and from there into the U.S.

It needs be said though, that the criminal indictment itself makes no mention of links between Joumaa, 47, and Hezbollah, which the U.S. government designated a terrorist group in 1997.

Neil MacBride, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, whose office is prosecuting the case said:

“Money fuels the drug trade, and Mr. Joumaa is alleged to be at the center of it all, working with those producing the vast majority of the world’s cocaine to get their drugs safely into the hands of Mexican cartels. Organized crime networks know no borders, and neither can U.S. law enforcement".

According to the DEA (Drug Enforcement Administration), The Lebanese Canadian Bank was sold to an affiliate of France’s Societe Generale in March to restore confidence after those accusations triggered concerns in Lebanon that the U.S. would begin targeting Lebanon’s banking sector as a way to exert pressure against Hezbollah.

Lebanon is a major financial hub for the Middle East and its banks, like those in Switzerland, have a reputation for secrecy so it’s not surprising that attempts to contact the bank for comment were unsuccessful after working hours Tuesday.

Mounting Evidence That Hezbollah Is Involved

This is the second time in recent months that federal prosecutors in Alexandria have announced charges against major international drug trafficking rings.

In July, authorities announced they had taken down a major drug ring that was smuggling drugs from Ghana through Dulles International Airport near Washington and most of those charged in that ring, including the ringleader, were eventually extradited to the U.S. and are facing trial.

In addition, two men of Bangladeshi origin were caught by Customs and Border Protection illegally crossing the US-Mexico border last June and they confessed that they were members of a terrorist organization that’s allied with Bin Laden against America.

This latest Mexican-Hezbollah revelation should make one thing clear though:

Hezbollah’s infiltration of Latin American is an increasing threat, and in the absence of greatly improved border security measures, it is likely to worsen.

Israel India Ties Are Stronger After Mumbai

Michael Redbourn — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 12:09:49 +0000

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India, saluting its real heroes. Teary-eyed relatives of the men who died in the line of duty were joined by ordinary Mumbaikars as the city remembered those killed in the 26/11 terror strikes.

Zionist ups the ante on Pak to punish perpetrators of 26/11 attacks …

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Pakistan should bring 26/11 perpetrators to speedy justice: S.M. Krishna · 'Kolaveri' crosses 4 mn mark, Big B hooked on … New Delhi: The gruesome incident of 26/11 Mumbai attacks happened three years back, however, the scars still remain. Now, Israel too has upped the ante on Pakistan … Rabbi and his wife, of Brooklyn origin, got killed when the terrorists entered the Chabad Lubavitch Centre on November 26, 2008. Tags: 26/11 attack, demand, Israel, mumbai, …

Terror In Mumbai – November 26, 2008

The 2008 terrorist attacks in Mumbai left more than 170 dead amongst whom were 28 foreign nationals from ten countries.

The bodies of many of the dead showed signs of torture and/or disfigurement and Indians were so traumatized by the events that they now refer to the attacks as 26/11 meaning that it was their equivalent of America’s 9/11.

The Targets

The targets were for the most part symbolic and included a commuter rail station, an upscale coffee shop and two luxury hotels, all of which represented the democratic, market-oriented, global values that have been embraced by India over the past 20 years.

"Symbolic" meaning that they were unacceptable to the sick extremists who carried out the atrocities.

And The Jewish Community Center?

The Chabad House, which is a global symbol of Jewish outreach and hospitality, was deliberately and brutally assaulted, and six Jews were killed.

India is a country that doesn’t, and has never suffered from the scourge of anti-Semitism; so what did the terrorists hope to accomplish by attacking a Jewish Community Center?

It would seem that by choosing such a small and somewhat insignificant target, the assailants were not merely expressing their hatred of all things Jewish, but were also sending an overt message to the Indian government and its citizens that they should distance themselves from a fast growing relationship with the state and the people of Israel.

And in this regard, the terrorists utterly and completely failed.

Why Are Ties Between Israel And India Getting Stronger?

A mutual concern about the rise of global terrorism and the need to protect citizens served as the original impetus for significantly strengthening and broadening the areas of mutual cooperation.

And a mutual drive for technological excellence has led to bilateral trade that now surpasses $5 billion annually.

A free trade agreement is expected to be signed in 2012, a year which will mark the 20th anniversary of the formal launch of diplomatic relations between the two countries, and it will likely mean a doubling of the volume of goods and services flowing between the two countries.

The Best Of Both Worlds

Israeli and Indian researchers and entrepreneurs are presently collaborating on a wide range of life improving technologies such as water management, agricultural production, alternative energy sources, biotechnology and medicine, space, nano-technology and homeland security.

And on a more pragmatic level however, the partnership brings together the best of both worlds, because it marries Israel’s penchant for developing and commercializing new technologies with India’s vast reservoir of experienced, global managers and educated human resources.

Perhaps most importantly though, the blossoming Indo-Israel partnership is anchored by a mutual love and respect for the principles of democracy, and a passion for realizing a better future for their peoples.

The Extremists Failed

The people that planned and executed the 26/11 attacks apparently wanted to drive a wedge between the Indian and Israeli peoples, but the opposite has occurred.

The chaos and sadness of those 60 hours of siege served only to amplify and reinforce the mutual concerns that both countries have, and their growing closeness serves as a resounding rejection of the destructive ideology that still seeks to undermine them.

How Or Why Did Obama Lose The War In Iraq?

Michael Redbourn — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 13:31:37 +0000

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Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice warned Sunday that President Obama's plan to pull all U. S..

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Max Boot says the end of the U.S. military mission in Iraq is not a triumph but a defeat for the United States.

So Why did the US Lose In Iraq?

It must, in all fairness be said, that Barack Obama was critical of the Iraq war from its beginning.

But when he became president in January 2009, he was handed a war that had already been won!

The surge had succeeded!

The US Had It Won!

Al-Qaeda in Iraq had been routed, driven to a humiliating defeat by an Anbar Awakening of Sunnis fighting side-by-side with the infidel Americans!

And perhaps even more remarkably, the Shiite militias had been taken down, with U.S. backing, by the forces of Shiite Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki!

The Sadr militias from Basra to Sadr City had been crushed!

So Obama Inherited A Very Simple Task

He simply needed to negotiate a new (SOFA) Status-of-forces agreement in order to reinforce the gains and to create a strategic partnership with the Arab world’s only democracy.

But he blew it, and negotiations, such as they were, finally collapsed in October 2011.

There is no longer an agreement, and no partnership, and as of Dec. 31, and the U.S. military presence in Iraq will to all intents and purposes be ended.

So How Did The Obama Administration Blow It?

The deadline didn’t suddenly sneak up on Obama because he had three years to prepare for it, and everyone involved, both Iraqi and American, knew that the 2008 SOFA which called for full U.S. withdrawal was meant to be renegotiated.

And all the major parties but one, the Sadr faction, had an interest in maintaining a residual stabilizing U.S. force, similar to the postwar deployments in Japan, Germany and Korea.

Joe Biden Was Handed The Negotiating Job

During the last three years, there were two abject and serious failures.

The First Major Failure Was Caused By

The administration’s inability, at the height of American post-surge power, to broker a centrist nationalist coalition governed by the major blocs.

Between

The predominantly Shiite (Maliki’s).

The predominantly Sunni (Ayad Allawi’s).

And the Kurds who won a large majority (69 percent) of the seats in the 2010 election.

Vice President Biden was given this relatively simple job, but even this was way beyond his limited capabilities.

(Why did Obama choose Biden as his vice president?).

The Iraqi government ended up effectively being run by a narrow sectarian coalition wherein the balance of power is held by a relatively small (12%) Iranian-client Sadr faction.

The Second Failure Was

Obama’s Status-Of-Forces Agreement!

U.S. commanders recommended approximately 20,000 troops, which would have been considerably fewer than our 28,500 in Korea, 40,000 in Japan and 54,000 in Germany but our president rejected those proposals, and chose instead a level of 3,000 to 5,000 troops.

The President’s Decision Was Therefore Doomed To Failure!

Because a deployment so incredibly small will effectively have to expend ALL its energies simply protecting itself.

The Lebanese Deployment

Similar to our tragic and somewhat aimless 1982 Lebanon deployment, we’ll now be left with.

No capability to train the Iraqis.

No capability to build their U.S. equipped air force.

And no capability to mediate ethnic disputes.

Did Obama Really Want A Successful Outcome?

Almost certainly, "No", he didn’t!

Because Obama’s proposal was an unmistakable signal of unseriousness, and it quickly became clear that he just wanted out.

Some Proof Of What I’m Writing?

Massoud Barzani, who has been the leader of the Kurds for two decades and was the staunchest of U.S. allies, just visited Tehran to bend a knee to both President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Obama’s Lame Excuse

Our friends should not have been left out in the cold to seek Iranian protection.

Three years and a won war gave Obama the opportunity to establish a lasting strategic alliance with the Arab world’s second most important power.

Obama’s excuse is the Iraqi refusal to grant legal immunity to U.S. forces, but the Bush administration encountered the same problem and overcame it.

Obama obviously had little desire to so however, and is now attempting to portray the withdrawal as a success.

So Why Didn’t Obama Want To Win?

Obama opposed the war which is understandable.

But when he became commander in chief, the terrible price had already been paid in blood and treasure, so surely his obligation was to make something of that sacrifice, to secure the strategic gains that sacrifice had already achieved?!

The Bottom Line

Years from now, we will most likely still be asking, not,

"How did the US lose the war in Iraq?".

But, "Why did the Obama Administration do it?".

Female Genital Mutilation – FGM – Is On The Rise!

Michael Redbourn — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 21:59:39 +0000

The McGill Daily » The realities of female genital mutilation

www.mcgilldaily.com10/6/11

Eighty to ninety per cent of women and children in eight different African countries undergo Female Genitalia Mutation (FGM). This practice is not restricted to Africa but is also prevalent in developed, …

UNFPA Holds First International Conference on FGM | FMF Blog

feminist.org10/21/11

This week the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) held the first ever international conference on female genital mutilation (FGM), which discussed research, healthcare …

Female circumcision, or female genital mutilation (FGM), as it’s also known, involves removing part or the entire clitoris, and in more severe forms of the procedure, the labia minora is removed and the vaginal opening is stitched up.

The Arab Spring?!

There are three thousand years of tradition behind the barbarism, and in post-Mubarak Egypt there are fewer and fewer voices that dare offer any alternative to FGM.

FGM was outlawed in 2007 after a 12-year-old girl died from the procedure, but the practice is still close to ubiquitous.

The various campaigns to end FGM in Egypt were fighting an uphill battle even before the revolution, and the number of girls aged 15 to 17 who underwent FGM only dropped from 77% in 2005 to 74% in 2008.

And according to the 2008 Egypt Demographic and Health Survey (EDHS) 91% of all women in Egypt between the ages of 15 and 49 have undergone one form of FGM or another!

Not Only But Also

And perhaps surprisingly, the practice is widespread not only amongst Muslims, but also in the Christian community which constitutes 10% of the Egyptian population.

In 1995, only 45% of all FGM operations were conducted by doctors but by 2008 the percentage had risen to 72% and experts say that the practice is mostly perpetuated by mothers making decisions for their daughters!

It Will Only Get Worse

For years, activists combating FGM in Egypt described their fight as:

“Painfully slow", but in the post-revolution Egypt they say, "The process has become glacial. We have no leader and we have no strategy".

The U.N. is well aware that the issue is a minefield and is therefore keeping a low profile for the time being, for fear that the U.N. will be characterized as an agency promoting the Western agenda or worse, Mubarak’s legacy.

“We have to be very careful right now as we don’t want the issue to be captured by the ultra-orthodox".

Islam’s Goal – In Layman’s Terms

Michael Redbourn — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 20:56:03 +0000

Bosnia, Cyprus and Kosovo: America and Islamism in the Balkans …

leejaywalker.wordpress.com10/25/11

Shaul Shay in his book called Islamic Terror and the Balkans comments on page 191 that “The “Afghan model,” in which an “ad hoc” alliance was forged between radical Islam and the West with the aim of defeating a common …

Islamism actually is Islam | The Ground Zero Declaration

www.groundzerodeclaration.org10/23/11

The following is from a best selling book entitled:

Dr. Hammond, who has a doctorate in Theology was born in Capetown in 1960, grew up in Rhodesia and converted to Christianity in 1977.

Islam Is Not A Religion Or A Cult

In its fullest form, it is a complete, total, 100% system of life!

Islam has religious, legal, political, economic, social, and military components, but the religious component is simply a beard for all of the other components.

How Is Islamization Achieved?

Islamization begins when there are sufficient Muslims in a country to agitate for their religious privileges.

When politically correct, tolerant, and culturally diverse societies agree to Muslim demands for their religious privileges, some of the other components creep in as well..

Here’s How It Works

* The following figures were correct in 2008 so most countries will have experienced and increase in Islamization since then.

Whilst the Muslim population remains around or under 2% in any given country, it will for the most part be regarded as a peace-loving minority, and not as a threat to other citizens.

This is still the case in:

United States — Muslim 0.6%
Australia — Muslim 1.5%
Canada — Muslim 1.9%
China — Muslim 1.8%
Italy — Muslim 1.5%
Norway — Muslim 1.8%

But From 2% To 5%

Muslims begin to proselytize from other ethnic minorities and disaffected groups, often with major recruiting from jails and street gangs.

This is happening in:

Denmark — Muslim 2%
Germany — Muslim 3.7%
United Kingdom — Muslim 2.7%
Spain — Muslim 4%
Thailand — Muslim 4.6%

From Five To Nine Percent

From 5% – 9% Muslims begin to exercise an inordinate influence in proportion to their percentage of the population.

How?

They begin by pushing for the introduction of halal food which in turn secures
food preparation jobs for Muslims.

They then increase pressure on supermarket chains to feature halal on their shelves, along with threats for noncompliance.

This is happening in:

France — Muslim 8%
Philippines — 5%
Sweden — Muslim 5%
Switzerland — Muslim 4.3%
The Netherlands — Muslim 5.5%
Trinidad & Tobago — Muslim 5.8%

At this point, Muslims will work to get the ruling government to allow them to rule themselves under Sharia, the Islamic Law.

The ultimate and openly expressed goal of Islamist leaders is to establish Sharia law throughout the world, and I admire Muslim leaders for their honesty!

But sadly for non-Islamic countries, their leaders mostly say, “They’re just saying that”.

From Ten To Twenty Nineteen Percent

When Muslims approach 10% of the population, they increase lawlessness by protesting their conditions, and in Paris, cars are still being burned every night.

Any non-Muslim action offends Islam, and results in uprisings and threats, such as in Amsterdam, with opposition to Mohammed cartoons and films about Islam.

Such tensions are now seen daily, particularly in Muslim areas in:

Guyana — Muslim 10%
India — Muslim 13.4%
Israel — Muslim 16%
Kenya — Muslim 10%
Russia — Muslim 15%

From Twenty To Thirty Nine Percent

After reaching 20%, nations can expect hair-trigger rioting, jihad militia formations, sporadic killings, and the burning of Christian churches and Jewish synagogues, such as in:
Ethiopia — Muslim 32.8%

From Forty To Fifty Nine Percent

At 40%, nations experience widespread massacres, chronic terror attacks, and ongoing militia warfare.

Such as in:

Bosnia — Muslim 40%
Chad — Muslim 53.1%
Lebanon — Muslim 59.7%

From Sixty To Seventy Nine Percent

From 60%, nations experience unfettered persecution of non-believers of all other religions (including non-conforming Muslims), sporadic ethnic cleansing (genocide), use of Sharia Law as a weapon, and Jizya which is a tax placed on infidels.

Such as in:

Albania — Muslim 70%
Malaysia — Muslim 60.4%
Qatar — Muslim 77.5%
Sudan — Muslim 70%

From Eighty To Ninety Nine Percent

After 80%, expect daily intimidation and violent jihad, some State-run ethnic cleansing, and even some genocide as these nations drive out the infidels and move toward a 100% Muslim population.

Such as has been experienced and in some ways is on-going in:

Bangladesh — Muslim 83%
Egypt — Muslim 90%
Gaza — Muslim 98.7%
Indonesia — Muslim 86.1%
Iran — Muslim 98%
Iraq — Muslim 97%
Jordan — Muslim 92%
Morocco — Muslim 98.7%
Pakistan — Muslim 97%
Palestine — Muslim 99%
Syria — Muslim 90%
Tajikistan — Muslim 90%
Turkey — Muslim 99.8%
United Arab Emirates — Muslim 96%

One Hundred Percent

100% should usher in the peace of ‘Dar-es-Salaam’, which is the Islamic House of Peace!

But There Is No Peace!

At this point there is supposed to be peace, because everybody is a Muslim, the Madrasses are the only schools, and the Koran is the only word.

Such as in:

Afghanistan — Muslim 100%
Saudi Arabia — Muslim 100%
Somalia — Muslim 100%
Yemen — Muslim 100%

Peace is never achieved however, because in these 100% states the most radical Muslims intimidate and spew hatred, and satisfy their blood lust by killing less radical Muslims, for a variety of reasons.

Ghettos In Non-Islamic Lands

It is important to understand that in some countries, which have well under 100% Muslim populations, such as France, the minority Muslim populations live in ghettos, within which they are 100% Muslim, and within which they live by Sharia Law, and the national police daren’t even enter these ghettos.

There are no national courts, nor schools, nor non-Muslim religious facilities.

In such situations, Muslims do not integrate into the community at large.

The children attend madrasses.

They learn only the Koran.

To even associate with an infidel is a crime punishable with death.

Therefore, in some areas of certain nations, Muslim Imams and extremists exercise far more power than the national average would indicate.

The Growth Of Islam

Today’s 1.5 billion Muslims make up 22% of the world’s population, but their birth rates dwarf the birth rates of Christians, Hindus, Buddhists, Jews, and all other believers.

Muslims are likely to exceed 50% of the world’s population by the end of this century.

Adapted from Dr. Peter Hammond’s book:

Slavery, Terrorism and Islam: The Historical Roots and Contemporary Threat.

Dr. Hammond, who has a doctorate in Theology was born in Capetown in 1960, grew up in Rhodesia and converted to Christianity in 1977.

Islam Is Not A Religion Or A Cult

In its fullest form, it is a complete, total, 100% system of life!

Islam has religious, legal, political, economic, social, and military components, but the religious component is simply a beard for all of the other components.

How Is Islamization Achieved?

Islamization begins when there are sufficient Muslims in a country to agitate for their religious privileges.

When politically correct, tolerant, and culturally diverse societies agree to Muslim demands for their religious privileges, some of the other components creep in as well..

Here’s How It Works

* The following figures were correct in 2008 so most countries will have experienced and increase in Islamization since then.

Whilst the Muslim population remains around or under 2% in any given country, it will for the most part be regarded as a peace-loving minority, and not as a threat to other citizens.

This is still the case in:

United States — Muslim 0.6%
Australia — Muslim 1.5%
Canada — Muslim 1.9%
China — Muslim 1.8%
Italy — Muslim 1.5%
Norway — Muslim 1.8%

But From 2% To 5%

Muslims begin to proselytize from other ethnic minorities and disaffected groups, often with major recruiting from jails and street gangs.

This is happening in:

Denmark — Muslim 2%
Germany — Muslim 3.7%
United Kingdom — Muslim 2.7%
Spain — Muslim 4%
Thailand — Muslim 4.6%

From Five To Nine Percent

From 5% – 9% Muslims begin to exercise an inordinate influence in proportion to their percentage of the population.

How?

They begin by pushing for the introduction of halal food which in turn secures
food preparation jobs for Muslims.

They then increase pressure on supermarket chains to feature halal on their shelves, along with threats for noncompliance.

This is happening in:

France — Muslim 8%
Philippines — 5%
Sweden — Muslim 5%
Switzerland — Muslim 4.3%
The Netherlands — Muslim 5.5%
Trinidad & Tobago — Muslim 5.8%

At this point, Muslims will work to get the ruling government to allow them to rule themselves under Sharia, the Islamic Law.

The ultimate and openly expressed goal of Islamist leaders is to establish Sharia law throughout the world, and I admire Muslim leaders for their honesty!

But sadly for non-Islamic countries, their leaders mostly say, “They’re just saying that”.

From Ten To Twenty Nineteen Percent

When Muslims approach 10% of the population, they increase lawlessness by protesting their conditions, and in Paris, cars are still being burned every night.

Any non-Muslim action offends Islam, and results in uprisings and threats, such as in Amsterdam, with opposition to Mohammed cartoons and films about Islam.

Such tensions are now seen daily, particularly in Muslim areas in:

Guyana — Muslim 10%
India — Muslim 13.4%
Israel — Muslim 16%
Kenya — Muslim 10%
Russia — Muslim 15%

From Twenty To Thirty Nine Percent

From Forty To Fifty Nine Percent

At 40%, nations experience widespread massacres, chronic terror attacks, and ongoing militia warfare.

Such as in:

Bosnia — Muslim 40%
Chad — Muslim 53.1%
Lebanon — Muslim 59.7%

From Sixty To Seventy Nine Percent

Such as in:

Albania — Muslim 70%
Malaysia — Muslim 60.4%
Qatar — Muslim 77.5%
Sudan — Muslim 70%

From Eighty To Ninety Nine Percent

After 80%, expect daily intimidation and violent jihad, some State-run ethnic cleansing, and even some genocide as these nations drive out the infidels and move toward a 100% Muslim population.

Such as has been experienced and in some ways is on-going in:

One Hundred Percent

100% should usher in the peace of ‘Dar-es-Salaam’, which is the Islamic House of Peace!

But There Is No Peace!

At this point there is supposed to be peace, because everybody is a Muslim, the Madrasses are the only schools, and the Koran is the only word.

Such as in:

Afghanistan — Muslim 100%
Saudi Arabia — Muslim 100%
Somalia — Muslim 100%
Yemen — Muslim 100%

Ghettos In Non-Islamic Lands

There are no national courts, nor schools, nor non-Muslim religious facilities.

In such situations, Muslims do not integrate into the community at large.

The children attend madrasses.

They learn only the Koran.

To even associate with an infidel is a crime punishable with death.

Therefore, in some areas of certain nations, Muslim Imams and extremists exercise far more power than the national average would indicate.

The Growth Of Islam

Today’s 1.5 billion Muslims make up 22% of the world’s population, but their birth rates dwarf the birth rates of Christians, Hindus, Buddhists, Jews, and all other believers.

Muslims are likely to exceed 50% of the world’s population by the end of this century.

Adapted from Dr. Peter Hammond’s book:

Slavery, Terrorism and Islam: The Historical Roots and Contemporary Threat.