(Lets not forget that its the oil rich Arabs who control the oil and money, NOT the Zionists.MBS)
"Saudi Arms Deal Advances White House to Notify Congress Soon of $60 Billion Package, Largest Ever for U.S. By ADAM ENTOUS
The Obama administration is set to notify Congress of plans to offer advanced
aircraft to Saudi Arabia worth up to $60 billion, the largest U.S. arms deal
ever, and is in talks with the kingdom about potential naval and missile-defense
upgrades that could be worth tens of billions of dollars more.
In a notification to Congress, expected to be submitted this week or next, the
administration will authorize the Saudis to buy as many as 84 new F-15 fighters,
upgrade 70 more, and purchase three types of helicopters—70 Apaches, 72 Black
Hawks and 36 Little Birds, officials said.
On top of the $60 billion package of fighter jets and helicopters, U.S.
officials are discussing a potential $30 billion package to upgrade Saudi
Arabia's naval forces. An official described these as "discreet, bilateral
conversations" in which no agreement has yet been reached. That deal could
include littoral combat ships, surface vessels intended for operations close to
shore, the official said.
Talks are also underway to expand Saudi Arabia's ballistic-missile defenses. The
U.S. is encouraging the Saudis to buy systems known as THAAD—Terminal High
Altitude Defense—and to upgrade its Patriot missiles to reduce the threat from
Iranian rockets. U.S. officials said it was unclear how much this package would
be worth.
Pro-Israel lawmakers have voiced concerns in the past about arms sales to Saudi
Arabia that they say may undercut Israel's military edge and provide support to
a government with a poor human rights record.
Boeing Co., which makes the F-15s, the Apaches and the Little Birds, believes
the Saudi package would directly or indirectly support 77,000 jobs across 44
states. It is unclear how many jobs, if any, would be supported by the Saudi
purchase of Black Hawks, made by Sikorsky. Production levels are already high at
Sikorsky, which is owned by United Technologies Co."
This is the link to the story if you want to read the rest of it.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704621204575488361149625050.html?m\
od=WSJ_World_LeadStory
This is from Al Jazeera US pushing $60bn Saudi arms deal
The largest ever US deal to sell advanced fighter jets to Saudi Arabia is
expected to support at least 75,000 US jobs.
The Obama administration sees the sale as part of a broader policy aimed at
supporting "Arab allies against Iran," and is expected to notify the US congress
about these plans in the upcoming weeks, the report said.
The Israelis were expected to buy a more advanced fighter jet, the F-35, and
should receive them around the same time the Saudis are expected to start
getting the F-15s, the report said.
The F-35 is designed to avoid detection by radar and could play a role in any
Israeli effort to knock out what it regards as a threat posed by Iran's disputed
nuclear programme.
Last month, Ehud Barak, the Israeli defence minister, approved the purchase of
20 F-35 warplanes from the US, in a deal worth almost $3bn."
Balance of article here.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2010/09/20109137124379527.html
Saudi Arabia is worried about Al Qaeda aided attacks on the regime from the
south in Yemen and from Shiite rebellion aided by Iran in the north. Resistance
to the oppressive regime has waxed and waned. The support of the US military
machine has been crucial in maintaining the Saudi royal family in power. What is
a rich Saudi prince to do but to arm to the teeth and buy more weapons from the
USA. How long though can they pay an army to stay loyal to such a blatantly
superfluous elite?
This is from an article about Shiite resistance to Saudi state in Real Clear World
Saudi Arabia's Shiites Stand Up By Mai Yamani
Some 2,000 Shiite pilgrims gathered near the mosque that houses the prophet's
tomb for the commemoration of Muhammad's death, an act of worship that the
ruling Saudi Wahhabi sect considers heretical and idolatrous. Thus, the
religious police of the Committee for the Preservation of Virtue and the
Prohibition of Vice, armed with sticks and backed by police firing into the air,
tried to disperse the pilgrims. The pilgrims resisted. Three pilgrims died and
hundreds were injured in the ensuing stampede. A number of pilgrims remain in
detention, among them 15 teenage boys.
The Shiites are a special case, constituting 75 percent of the population in the
Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia's main oil-producing region, and identifying far
more strongly with Shiites across the border in Iraq than with the Saudi state.
Indeed, the empowerment of Iraq's long-suppressed Shiites has raised
expectations among Saudi Arabia's Shiites that they, too, can gain first-class
status.
From the regime's point of view, however, Shiite Iran is now the most serious
security threat. The Saudi authorities perceived the Shiite demonstrations as an
assertion of Iranian policy, as they coincided precisely with Iran's celebration
of the 30th anniversary of its Islamic Revolution. Suppression of the Shiites is
thus a part of Riyadh's strategy to counter Iran's bid for regional hegemony.
But this thinking is tremendously shortsighted. Only by transforming Saudi
Arabia's currently monolithic Saudi/Wahhabi national identity into a more
inclusive one will Saudi Arabia become a model that is attractive to its
minorities. Today, the disempowered Shiites are forced to seek political
connections and backing from the region's wider Shiite political movements to
compensate for the discrimination they face at home.
For the full article
http://www.realclearworld.com/articles/2009/03/saudi_arabias_shiites_stand_up.ht\
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Article on Yemen
http://www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100107/REVIEW/701079992/1\
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Article From Socialist perspective
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2010/jun2010/saud-j21.shtml
So what does Obama do? He supports the corrupt regimes and doesn't even consider
the rights of the oppressed people. Where do they turn? Socialism seems to have
been temporarily suppressed and discredited in much of the Middle East, so they
go to the radical right, Al Qaeda for the Sunni's and Iran for the Shiites.
What of Anarchist and Communist resistance in the Middle East? Most of it is
focused on Israel and the occupation of Palestinian lands at least as far as the
west is concerned. Much of the overt resistance is in Israel where western style
conditions of bourgeois parliamentary democracy prevail and allows for more
public displays of symbolic resistance. But there has been a socialist movement
in the Middle East that has survived the demise of the Soviet Union.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Communist_parties_in_the_Middle_East
http://www.google.com/search?q=Communists+in+Middle+East&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&\
rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a#q=Socialism+in+Middle+East&hl=en\
&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&prmd=ivdf&source=univ&tbs=vid:1\
&tbo=u&ei=7MeOTM_3H4ScsQPjsambCw&sa=X&oi=video_result_group&ct=title&resnum=7&sq\
i=2&ved=0CD8QqwQwBg&fp=ab5cdb1806fef4a
http://www.greenleft.org.au/node/40839
http://flag.blackened.net/revolt/ws/61/emac.html
Iran the seeming target of much of the American buildup in the Middle East has a
puny military capacity. It's air force is mostly made up of 1970's vintage US
planes that it has managed to keep flying. Its army while fairly large has few
tanks or advanced armaments. Its navy consists mostly of patrol boats. In other
words, Iran poses little or no threat to the US or Israel and its main threat to
Saudi Arabia is in motivating the Shiite population to revolt.
This is an excerpt from an article in Foreign Policy More hype about Iran? Stephen M. Walt
The Military Balance, published annually by the prestigious International
Institute for Strategic Studies in London:
GDP: United States — 13.8 trillion
Iran –$ 359 billion (U.S. GDP is roughly 38 times greater than Iran's)
Defense spending (2008):
U.S. — $692 billion
Iran — $9.6 billion (U.S. defense budget is over 70 times larger than Iran)
Military personnel:
U.S.–1,580,255 active; 864,547 reserves (very well trained)
Iran– 525,000 active; 350,000 reserves (poorly trained)
Combat aircraft:
U.S. — 4,090 (includes USAF, USN, USMC and reserves)
Iran — 312 (serviceability questionable)
Main battle tanks:
U.S. — 6,251 (Army + Marine Corps)
Iran — 1,613 (serviceability questionable)
Navy:
U.S. — 11 aircraft carriers, 99 principal surface combatants, 71 submarines, 160
patrol boats, plus large auxiliary fleet
Iran — 6 principal surface combatants, 10 submarines, 146 patrol boats
Nuclear weapons:
U.S. — 2,702 deployed, >6,000 in reserve
Iran — Zero"
More here
http://walt.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2010/04/20/more_hype_about_iran
http://www.voltairenet.org/IMG/pdf/Military_Power_of_Iran.pdf
The Kuwaiti elites in particular are feeling vulnerable and seem determined in
their belief that they need to encourage the western powers, i.e. the US and or
Israel to strike at Iran. This might be CIA disinformation, or simply
conservative elites in Oil rich states worried about their money tree getting
taken from them by dissatisfied workers supported by Iran.
http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/4592.htm
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/Special/2010/09/01/Gulf-Arabs-see-Iran-terror-cell-t\
hreat/UPI-51951283362218/
This is from McClatchy Newspapers July 29, 2010 By Maggie Bridgeman
WASHINGTON — The United States is currently the world biggest weapons supplier —
holding 30 per cent of the market — but the Obama administration has begun
modifying export control regulations in hopes of enlarging the U.S. market
share, according to U.S. officials.
President Barack Obama already has taken the first steps by tucking new language
into the Iran sanctions bill signed in early July. His aides are now compiling
the "munitions list," which regulates the sale of military items.
The administration's stated reason for the changes is to simplify the sale of
weapons to U.S. allies, but potential spinoffs include generating business for
the U.S. defense industry, creating jobs and contributing to Obama's drive to
double U.S. exports by 2015.
Critics say the reforms are being rushed and warn that the expedited procedures
could allow weapons technology to fall into the wrong hands.
India, which currently is seeking 126 fighter-jets worth over $10 billion, 10
large transport aircraft worth $6 billion, and other multi-billion dollar
defense sales, could be among the possible beneficiaries. Allies seeking
advanced U.S. weaponry and equipment, who now often buy elsewhere due to the
cumbersome U.S. approval process, would draw immediate benefit from the reforms,
U.S. officials said.
Obama first called for the reforms in August 2009, then referred to them in his
Jan. 27 State of the Union address as an element toward doubling exports by
2015.
The administration hopes that by streamlining the process, allies will be able
to receive more weapons and technology faster, making their equipment more
compatible with that of the United States, and making it easier to complete
joint operations.
"It spells the difference between U.S. forces going it alone or having allies
who are able to operate in the lethal battle space with U.S. military forces,"
said former Bush administration arms regulator Amb. Lincoln Bloomfield Jr.
Rep. Donald Manzullo, R-Ill., represents a district with aerospace and other
manufacturers, and said reform is needed for the survival of U.S.
manufacturing.""
Read more:
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2010/07/29/98337/obama-seeks-to-expand-arms-exports.h\
tml#ixzz0zSCnF0yc
World Military Spending from Global Issues
"Summarizing some key details from chapter 5 of the Stockholm International
Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)'s 2010 Year Book on Armaments, Disarmament and
International Security for 2008:
* World military expenditure in 2009 is estimated to have reached $1.531
trillion in current dollars;
* This represents a 6 per cent increase in real terms since 2008 and a 49 per
cent increase since 2000;
* This corresponds to 2.7 per cent of world gross domestic product (GDP), or
approximately $225 for each person in the world;
* The USA with its massive spending budget, is the principal determinant of the
current world trend, and its military expenditure now accounts for just under
half of the world total, at 46.5% of the world total;
SIPRI has commented in the past on the increasing concentration of military
expenditure, i.e. that a small number of countries spend the largest sums. This
trend carries on into 2009 spending. For example,
* The 15 countries with the highest spending account for over 82% of the total;
* The USA is responsible for 46.5 per cent of the world total, distantly
followed by the China (6.6% of world share), France (4.2%), UK (3.8%), and
Russia (3.5%):"
For more info http://www.globalissues.org/article/75/world-military-spending
From Reuters "U.S. arms sales could hit $50 billion next year By Andrea Shalal-Esa
FARNBOROUGH, England (Reuters) - U.S. arms sales will be little changed in
fiscal 2010 but could surge by nearly one-third to $50 billion next year, the
Pentagon's chief arms seller told Reuters in an interview.
The U.S. government arms sales for the current year, which ends September 30,
are likely to be close to $37.8 billion, said Vice Admiral Jeffrey Wieringa,
director of the Pentagon's Defense Security Cooperation Agency.
Sales in the last fiscal year totaled $38.1 billion.
Wieringa, who says he is looking forward to driving his two Corvettes and a jet
ski when he retires at the end of the month, had forecast last October at the
Dubai air show that weapons sales could reach a record $50 billion this year.
Now, he believes that figure is more likely to be hit next year.
"A lot of countries have built up cash reserves and they intend to continue
buying," Wieringa said.
The Pentagon agency, which overseas major foreign arms sales, is likely to
notify Congress of a large number of arms sales over the next few months, said
Wieringa, who oversees 12,995 different arms sales involving 218 countries and
retires with total of $300 billion of requests still open.
One deal that has already been included in the Pentagon's accounting of weapons
sales is a big sale of Lockheed Martin Corp fighter jets to Israel, which was
first approved by the Pentagon in September 2008.
Wieringa said the U.S. government is days away from signing an agreement with
Lockheed for an initial purchase of 19 warplanes, with options to buy a total of
75 planes , said Wieringa.
The sale to Israel would be the first foreign military sale of the new warplane
to a foreign country outside of the eight partner nations that are helping to
develop the plane.
Wieringa has traveled extensively to various countries, logging over 300,000
miles in air travel, with eight separate visits India, a key emerging defense
market.
Over the past decade, U.S. arms sales have grown from $8 billion, and they are
likely to continue growing in coming years, Wieringa said, noting that a recent
major review of defense programs has emphasized the need for greater security
cooperation with countries around the world.
Sales to Afghanistan alone totaled nearly $20 billion for fiscal years 2009
through 2011.
Among the biggest potential arms deals on the table now are huge fighter jet
competitions in India and Brazil, various modernization programs for Saudi
Arabia, and continuing support for arms sales to Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan and
Lebanon.
Wieringa welcomed a drive by Defense Secretary Robert Gates and other
departments to reform cumbersome U.S. export laws, saying he had often heard
complaints about existing rules.
U.S. defense contractors often complain that U.S. export rules hinder their
competitiveness overseas.
Wieringa has worked hard to expand training and staffing for U.S. military and
civilian workers involved in global arms sales, boosting his agency's budget
from $373 million in fiscal 2007 to an estimated $850 million in the fiscal 2012
budget being drafted now.
(Reporting by Andrea Shalal-Esa; Editing by Steve Orlofsky)"
"US Trade Deficit Narrows in July By: TradingEconomics.com, AFP
The US trade deficit dropped more than expected in July as exports reached their
highest level in two years, boosting hopes for the US economic recovery.
The trade deficit dropped to 42.8 billion dollars in July, a 14 percent decline
from the previous month's revised figure of 49.8 billion dollars — its highest
level in 20 months, the Department of Commerce said. The total July exports rose
1.8 percent to 153.3 billion dollars from June to its highest level since August
2008 on the back of strong sales of aircraft, industrial machinery, computers
and telecommunications equipment, it said. Imports fell 2.1 percent to 196.1
billion dollars in July from the previous month. The July deficit beat most
analysts' expectations of 47.3 billion dollars. Traditionally, increasing US
imports are seen as heralding greater demand from American consumers, who play a
critical role in fueling local and global growth. The US trade deficit with
China also fell to 25.92 billion dollars from 26.15 billion dollars in June as
lawmakers increasingly call for steps against what they see as unfair trade
practices by China."
This is from Wikipedia
"The economy of the United States is the world's largest national economy. Its
nominal GDP was estimated to be $14.3 trillion in 2009, approximately a quarter
of nominal global GDP. Its GDP at purchasing power parity was also the largest
in the world, approximately a fifth of global GDP at purchasing power parity.
The U.S. economy also maintains a very high level of output per capita. In 2009,
it was estimated to have a per capita GDP (PPP) of $46,381, the 6th highest in
the world."
More info
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_the_United_States
According to the US Census Bureau the USA exported $1.57 Trillion dollars worth
of goods & services in 2009.
Arms sales in the last fiscal year totaled $38.1 billion. A very small part of
the total US economic output. Arms are only a drop in the bucket in terms of the
total US economy and US exports. What they do represent is a large element in
destabilizing the world. The Middle East and South Asia are two areas where war
could break out or already has.
http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/Press-Release/2009pr/final_revisions/
http://www.thejewishweek.com/news/new_york/chulent_go
Chulent To Go?
(While a few "anti-Zionists" felt this article worthy of posting, did anyone tell them that there are other resources for these people (such as Chabad) and that these people are NOT all being shunned by their families. These people themselves represent a tiny minority within a minority within a minority. MBS)
(Hell, they are illegal. Let them HIRE a lawyer from their own country instead of expecting the US taxpayers to provide them with free legal counsel, if they don't like it. Instead of boo hooing it for the illegals, how about some boo hoo for the taxpayers? MBS)
The majority are in facilities beyond the reach of legal aid groups, resulting in caseloads of 100 detainees per attorney, a rights group reports. An additional 10% have no access to any legal aid.
By Ken Dilanian Chicago Tribune Washington Bureau September 14, 2010
Even as the Obama administration seeks to create a more humane system of detention for illegal immigrants, most continue to be held in rural jails without ready access to legal representation, a human rights group says in a report to be released today.
In a survey of immigration detention facilities nationwide, the Chicago-based National Immigrant Justice Center found that more than half did not offer detainees information about their rights, and 78% prohibited private phone calls with lawyers.
More than 80% of detainees were in facilities that were isolated and beyond the reach of legal aid organizations, resulting in heavy caseloads of 100 detainees per immigration attorney, the survey found. Ten percent of detainees were held in facilities in which they had no access at all to legal aid groups.
The Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, or ICE, detains about 400,000 immigrants annually at a cost of $1.7 billion this fiscal year, its budget documents say. Agency head John Morton has pledged to overhaul the detention system after years of news reports spotlighting poor treatment and deaths of detainees.
Illegal immigrants facing deportation proceedings have no guaranteed right to a lawyer, but a network of nonprofit organizations offers legal help to immigrants in detention. That network is overstretched, and immigrants are often moved to facilities that are far from legal support groups, said the report by the justice center. The report surveyed 150 immigration detention facilities that accounted for 97% of the detention beds.
"While access to legal counsel is a foundation of the U.S. justice system, our survey found that the government continues to detain thousands of men and women in remote facilities where access to counsel is limited or nonexistent," said Mary Meg McCarthy, executive director
of the National Immigrant Justice Center. "In some facilities, it is impossible for detained immigrants to find attorneys."
Federal officials said they were making progress in helping provide legal help for detained immigrants.
"ICE is committed to allowing detainees access to telephones, legal counsel and law library resources," agency spokesman Brian Hale said in a statement. "ICE is working with our stakeholders, including the U.S. Department of Justice … and nongovernmental organizations, to expand and support pro bono representation for those in our custody."
The issue of lawyers for immigrant detainees is not new. Last year, the Constitution Project, a bipartisan legal group that promotes the right to legal counsel, argued in a report that the government should consider public funding for legal aid to detained immigrants. Illegal
immigrants ordered held are placed in a patchwork of about 350 mostly private facilities, many of them in less populated parts of the country. Detainees often find themselves transferred to facilities far from their homes, families and friends.
Last month, the immigration enforcement agency unveiled an online detainee locator to allow people to find and track those in custody.
"They do seem to be on the road to making some substantial reforms," said Carl Shusterman, a former immigration official who practices immigration law in Los Angeles. Nevertheless,
Shusterman said, he recently had a client who was transferred to El Paso and a lawyer had to fly out to a hearing to represent the man. He won his case and was not deported.
A 2005 Migration Policy Institute study found that 41% of detainees applying to become lawful
permanent residents who had legal counsel won their cases, compared with 21% of those without representation. In asylum cases, 18% of detainees with lawyers were granted asylum, compared with 3% for those without.
Granting immigrants better access to counsel could even save taxpayer money, the
immigrant justice group argues, because detainees often would be released sooner, saving the $122-a-day cost of detention.
Peru President Alan Garcia backtracks on 'amnesty law' BBC
(While the world whines and whines abput Israel, where is the world communities outrage over this and all the other human rights violators, such as the Moslem countries? MBS)
Peru's president has asked Congress to revoke one of his own decrees setting limits on prosecuting human rights abuses, after acclaimed novelist Mario Vargas Llosa criticised the move.
The decree said trials for abuses committed before 2003 would be halted after three years.
But Mr Gracia asked for it to be annulled hours after Mr Vargas Llosa called it an "amnesty in disguise".
Peru's army fought bitterly against leftist rebels in the 1980s and 1990s. The military has been accused of rights abuses, but few people have been charged.
Critics argued that the decree in effect made it impossible to bring successful prosecutions.
'Legal trick' Mr Vargas Llosa, Peru's most famous novelists, wrote in an open letter to Mr Garcia that the measure "constitutes a barely disguised amnesty to benefit a good number of people condemned or being prosecuted for crimes against human rights - murders, tortures and
disappearances".
In protest, Mr Vargas Llosa resigned as head of a commission to build a memorial to victims of Peru's conflict with the Shining Path Maoist guerrillas, which claimed almost 70,000 lives in the 1980s and early 1990s.
"There is, in my judgement, an essential incompatibility between, on the one hand, supporting the erection of a monument to the victims of the violence unleashed by the terrorism of Shining Path, and on the other, opening the back door of the prisons with legal trick," he wrote.
Mr Vargas Llosa suggested Mr Garcia may have issued the decree to protect himself from any future prosecution over massacres committed by the armed forces during his first term in office in 1985-90.
Shortly after the letter was published, the president's office announced it was seeking an urgent annulment of the decree.
"To avoid the decree being put to bad use, the executive office deems it appropriate that it be revoked," officials said in a message on the social networking website Twitter.
Analysts say the decree may also have protected ex-President Alberto Fujimori - an old rival of Mr Vargas Llosa who is already in prison for human rights abuses.
The novelist was defeated by Mr Fujimori in the 1990 presidential election, and he has since spent most of his time outside Peru and has taken on Spanish citizenship.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-11292138
In Memory of Victims of Islamic Terror Worldwide.
Since 9/11 attack on the United States there was no popular demonstration, staged by Muslims in their countries, not a PR exercise organised by local community bureaucrats, in protest of brutal Islamic terror against Western countries. In contrast, Muslims are quite prompt and extremely vocal in their mass protests against the cartoons or a Qur'an burning. Few days ago, on September 11, at the end of Ramadan and during the Eid festival, Muslims around the world did not repent the sins committed by their brothers against humanity, but they were vigorously protesting against fake intention of self-promoting pastor to burn Qur'an. In Muslim countries burning of our flags, putting people in prison for their religious believes, destroying Bibles, even of transit passengers in airports, is widespread practice . If there are moderate Muslims, where are they and why are they silent? We are told by our inapt leadership to be tolerant and understanding of Islam. We have done so - but our enemies have no interest in acceptance or respect of others. They have been committing acts of terror in hideous and hateful manner
worldwide, enjoying global energetic or silent support from the majority of Muslims. Appeasement does not work - it is time to regain our self-respect and fight back. We own it to the victims of Islamic terror! Modern Western political correctness is self-destructive. Our enemies are just laughing at us.
Jewish Blood as Portrayed in the Western Media. by professor Phyllis Chesler
Four young civilians: human beings, fathers, mothers, one of whom was also pregnant, collectively the parents of seven children, were brutally gunned down by armed, masked terrorists. Their murders were openly celebrated in the streets by their attackers and by thousands of their supporters. You would think that the world would recoil in horror - or that those who report the news, world-wide, would do so. Think again. These four precious souls were Israeli "settlers" and, as such, have already been so demonized that they are now seen as having provoked their bloody, pitiless deaths & The New York Times, which presents this incident on page 4, not on page 1; the early pages are usually reserved for all incidents in which Israelis fight back so that Israeli "evil" is seen immediately and framed as among the most
"important" world news of the day. The accompanying Times headline? Unbelievably, it is this: "Killing of 4 Israeli Settlers on the Eve of Peace Talks Rattles Leaders on Both Sides." It's really not clear who killed the "settlers." What is clear is that "both sides" are "rattled." ...The piece also positions President Mahmud Abbas as the "good" guy who, like his negotiating partner, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, has "condemned" the attacks. Yes - even as Abbas is busy honouring the Palestinian terrorist who planned the Munich massacre of Israeli athletes at the 1972 Olympic games, Amin Al-Hindi, as well as the Palestinian terrorist, Omar Muhammad Ziyada, who murdered an Israeli civilian in a human bomb homicide in 2002. &My point here is simply this: If American journalists, professors, scholars, teachers, read and trust only the New York Times, they will continue to view "militant Israeli settlers" as more blameworthy than Islamist Palestinian terrorists... In edition after edition, this point is made over and over again...
Food for Thought. Steven Shamrak
There is a Jewish saying: "Any evil can be justified by quoting Torah out of context". Anti-Jewish bigots have been readily justifying Islamic terror, not just again Israel, in order to diminish the right of Jews to live in peace on Jewish ancestral land?
When Praying is a Crime. Two Jews who entered the Fatah-controlled city of Jericho were arrested by IDF forces after praying along with eight other worshipers at the ancient Naaran Synagogue. (There will be no freedom of worship in PA control territories, Jews will not be allowed to live there and Christians will be forced to study Koran, as they do in many Muslim countries. Why is Israeli government facilitating this insanity?)
Actuality of 'Peace' Process. Thirteen armed Palestinian groups, including the militant Islamist movement Hamas, say they have set up a centre to co-ordinate operations against Israel . " We have decided to create a co-ordination centre for our operations against the (Israeli) enemy," said Abu Obeida, spokesman for the Ezzedine al-Qassam brigades, Hamas's military wing, speaking on behalf of the 13 groups. He pledged to hit "the Zionist enemy in any place at any time", adding that "all options are open" in response to a question on the possibility of firing rockets at Tel Aviv from Gaza. (It is time for Israel to open all options for consideration!)
Strange Deal. Russia and Israel signed a framework military cooperation deal that Rassion Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov suggested would lead to further purchases of Israeli weapons and technology. "It's very important to us that in the transition to a new image, the Russian armed forces use the experience the Israeli armed forces have and the work they have done," Serdyukov said. (What will stop Russia from selling those weapons and technologies to the enemies of Israel?)
Stillborn Negotiation. Nabil Shaath, a member of Palestinian negotiations team, told the Voice of Palestine radio that the Palestinian negotiating team turned down Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's request to discuss the recognition of Israel as a Jewish state during the upcoming round of peace talks in the Egypt . (They want to create another Islamic state on Jewish land, but will never recognize Israel. full stop! In response, we are still pretending
that there is a peace process.)
Time to Worry. Head of the left-wing Peace Now group, Yariv Oppenheimer, has congratulated Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu for creating a positive atmosphere for negotiations with the PA. In his speech, Netanyahu referred to Judea and Samaria as the "West Bank", not Judea and Samaria, called PA chief Abu Mazen his "peace partner" and called for "painful concessions", which Israel only "must" make. (When a self-hating Jews, enemies within, makes compliment to Prime Minister of Israel it is time to be concerned!)
Another Israel "Lover" in the Media. Time Magazine's latest issue has a cover story "Why Israelis Don't Care About Peace", slamming and accusing the Israeli people of not wanting peace, claiming that Israelis have abandoned the idea of peace and that they are mainly engaged in worldly matters like making money and spending time at sea (Why shouldn't Jews in Israel have some normality in their life? It is long overdue! Time Magazine, like all other Jewish 'friendly' media bigots, does not question if PA wants peace and what "painful concessions" has it made or ready to make to achieve it! The answer is - None!)
Neglect of the Judaism's Holiest Site. State Comptroller is expected to release a damning report on the State's mismanagement of the Temple Mount , Judaism's holiest site. Israeli media report that the report will slam the government for not enforcing Israeli law on the site - first and foremost the law forbidding digging or building on an archaeological site by Arabs.
Open Your Eyes - problem is Global! A police official in Germany reported that there has been an increase in the number of Muslim citizens training in terrorist bases outside the country, including Afghanistan. According to the report, law enforcement officials in Germany have identified more than 400 radical Muslims living in Germany and at least 70 German citizens have participated in military training in terrorist bases.
Hypocrisy in Action: Mideast peace talks can secure Clinton's legacy - Security of Israel or genuine peace is not essential? The short-lived 'legacy' is important, at any cost! "Troubling" is not Enough! The White House said that a report by the International Atomic Energy Agency that Iran was speeding up its uranium enrichment was "troubling". A statement by the United States presidential staff said the report showed that Tehran is still trying to develop its ability to create nuclear weapons. Iran has produced 2.8 tons of enriched uranium.
Low Expectations - No Result! by Steven Shamrak (Mar 2003)
(I published this article 7 years ago. Has anything changed?)
Re: Middle East Leaders Set Bar Low in Israeli-Palestinian Peace Talks
President Bush said: "I'm the master of low expectations". What does it mean?
For 55 years the voice of Jewish national aspiration - Greater Israel - was subdued in order to achieve normal life - Peace. With each year even this "low expectation" became more and more illusive. The true leader must inspire people and lead them toward realization of their highest potentials. One can't achieve it by setting mediocre goals. There is another saying: "Aim low and you get nothing". That is precisely what Israel is getting by building peace on faulty
foundation and pretence:
In the Gaza Strip on Friday, thousands of armed masked Hamas followers marched against the Middle East road map and demanded continuation of anti-Israel violence. Many Arab Palestinians have been dismayed by Abu Mazen's statement in Aqaba. He actually, did not say much at all. But they are always angry. There is a need to blame someone but not themselves!
Six Israeli casualties when three Palestinian gunmen opened fire on an Israeli military position at Gaza Strip-Israeli crossing early Sunday. They approached the position in heavy early morning mist. They were dressed as Israeli solders and were hiding among Arab workers on the way to Israel. Terror shop was never closed. Business as usual! But, Arabs are never blamed!
PA Deputy Foreign Minister 'Adli Sadeq described President Bush as the "the head of the snake". He could be right. Media and President Bush are still blaming Sharon for 'driving down road map'! They were silent, as usual and did not blame Arabs for wrecking the peace process when 4 solders were killed in Gaza and Hebron. President Bush refused to negotiate with Al-Qaida, Teliban and Iraq. At the same time Israel must. Why? Michael Semel, 24, a security guard from Jerusalem, said "Nobody rewarded Al-Qaida for blowing up the 'twin towers', so why are we giving these terrorists who murdered us a prize?"
http://yidwithlid.blogspot.com/2010/09/wheres-outrage-christian-pakistanis.html
Where's The Outrage? Christian Pakistanis Denied Flood Aid, Increase in Violent Acts Against Non-Muslims
Christians and members of other minority religions are being treated as second-class citizens, said Father Mario Rodrigues, the Lahore-based director of Catholic Mission.
"They often receive little assistance or are excluded altogether," he told Fides, the Vatican's news agency
Zubair Masih said: "I have come from Sukkur. We were overcome by waters and we lost everything. We went to a refugee camp near Thatta, but they did not allow us to enter because we are Christians."
Abid Masih, a Christian who lives in a camp near Larkana, said: "My wife is sick, but the doctor refused to visit her and treat her, saying that we should wait for the World Health Organization to send Christian doctors. Aamir Gill, among the refugees from Dadu, says: "I arrived with my family at a camp near Hyderabad, but the camp administration refused to register us because we are Christians and they did not give us anything. We were forced to leave."
Carl Moeller, President of the American organization Open Doors, which publishes a report on persecuted Christians around the world, in a statement sent to Fides says: "Some Christian refugees are openly denied aid, while others are told to leave or convert to Islam. You can imagine that terrible choice: either you abandon your faith or you cannot feed your child."
Along with the lack of aid to Christian's and other religious minorities, the end of Ramadan signals the growth of the simmering hate against Christians
In some areas, however, tension remains high. In Karachi, the local Catholic community is still shaken by the attack suffered in recent days by Asghar Bhatti, 61, a lay Catholic and family man, member of the Parish Church of St. Paul. Bhatti was hit by two gunshots fired by two radical Islamic militants, right in front of the Church of St. Paul. "It's a miracle he's alive. They wanted to kill him and he got away with two shots to the shoulder. He is now in the hospital," Fides was told by Fr. Saleh Diego, Pastor of St. Paul's Church and Chancellor of the Diocese.
"We are very concerned. It seems to me to be a serious act of intimidation. Asghar Bhatti is very active in lay ministry and used to visit the homes and families of parishioners. It is a warning to all Catholics, to discourage or prevent them from preaching and put a damper on pastoral activity," said the priest, demanding greater police protection in order to stop the extremists. "We are helpless and defenseless against these attacks. Asgahr is only alive by the grace of God." The pastor has informed the Bishop, while a delegation of Christian leaders of Karachi have met with representatives of the Muslim party "Jamaat-e-Islami," asking for support and underlining the apprehension of the Christian community.
The Catholic community of the Parish of St. Paul, in the meantime, is very active in assisting the refugees who have flocked in thousands to the city of Karachi. The southern part of Sindh is still affected by torrential rains that worsen the situation. The road between Karachi and Hyderabad is flooded and this makes things even more difficult for the rescue operations. According to local sources, some 3 million refugees in Sindh and southern Punjab have not received any humanitarian assistance
Burning a Quran or any book considered holy to a people is a despicable act. Causing the deaths of people just because they believe in a different holy book than yours, is even worse. The media across the world spent much of the past week, concentrating on the possible incineration of one holy text while ignoring the deaths of innocents. There is something very wrong with their priorities.
http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Christian-church-and-school-set-on-fire-in-Punjab-because-of-the-Burn-the-Quran-proposal-19445.html
Christian church and school set on fire in Punjab because of the 'Burn-the-Qur'an' proposal by Nirmala Carvalho
Protests against insulting the Qur'an continue in India. In predominantly Muslim areas, a mob burns a church and a school. At least 11 people, including demonstrators and a police agent, are killed. The authorities impose a curfew. Christians condemn the violence.
New Delhi (AsiaNews) – Muslim extremists set fire to a Church and to a Christian school in Punjab in reaction to the proposed Qur'an burning by Rev Terry Jones, a US clergyman, in order to commemorate 9/1, an action he later abandoned but still caused protests among Muslims and anti-Christian violence. In India, the latter have taken a distinctly political and separatist tone. The resulting incidents with police left 11 people dead.
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Society_&_Culture/Christian_communities.html
The Christian Communities of Israel
(While all these atrocities occur against Christians, there are still some Christians who whine and whine about Israel and Jews. Christians are quite welcome Israel as are Moslems. MBS)
The Orthodox Churches
The Non-Chalcedonian Churches
The Latin and Uniate Churches
The Protestant Churches
Freedom of Religion
Holy Places
Communal Autonomy
"Recognized" Communities
~Herm Albright~
Israel should not be fearing world opinion. Israel should be making the world fear her!!!
Mech'el B. Samberg
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