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Jerusalem News-720
8 Shebet 5768, 15 January 2008
Contents:
1. You Never Can Tell
Sharon, savior of the settler, killer of Palestine
2. Guysen Israel News - Monday 14 January 2008
3. Steven Planck: Barry Chamish
and the Ringworm Children Hoax
4. Al-Qaeda
plotted to kill Queen
5. Dr. George Friedman: Why Did the US Invade Iraq?
The Saudi Problem
1. You Never Can Tell
Sharon, savior of the settler, killer of Palestine
http://www.kibush.co.il/show_file.asp?num=24535
By Bradley Burston
Haaretz
Note: This is a left-wing article from a biased perspective but they sometimes
get it right!
2.
Guysen
Israel News - Monday 14 January 2008
www.guysen.com
2008-01-13 , 7 Shevat 5768
Extracts:
21:18 Egypt claims that it has updated a network of engineers and officers in
the Egyptian army that was preparing a large-scale attack on Israeli territory.
An Israeli government source said that little credence was given to this
information. (Guysen.International.News)
21:06 Israel is preparing to eliminate the leadership of Hamas. According to
the Al Hayyat newspaper , the government of Hamas in the Gaza Strip had received
information from a European country on an Israeli operation of ''liquidation''
of the leadership of the terrorist movement. (Guysen.International.News)
18:57 The Canadian government will make aid payments to the Palestinians of
$200 million spread over five years. This was announced by the Canadian Foreign
Minister Maxime Bernier, on a visit to the Middle East. On Monday he will be in
Israel where he will hold talks with his counterpart Tsipi Livni. He will also
visit Yad Vashem.
18:28 American presidential elections : according to the latest poll released by
the American television channel CNN, if the elections were held today, Hillary
Clinton or Barack Obama would beat the favorite candidate for the Republican
nomination, John McCain.
14:54 ''Iran is the global sponsor of terrorism'', George Bush said in Abu
Dhabi. The American president, on a visit to the United Arab Emirates said that
''Iranian actions are a threat to the security of all countries and the United
States''. He called on ''all Arab countries to unite against this threat before
it is too late''. (Guysen.International.News)
11:36 Renault-Nissan is going to produce electric cars in Israel. This was
reported in the daily Ouest-France, which announced the arrival of the CEO
Carlos Ghosn of the French group in Israel on January 21, to conclude the
transaction with Shai Agassi, of the Better Place company. This project provides
for the establishment of electric car battery recharging points throughout the
country, a revolution that will allow Israeli motorists to reduce their fuel
expenses by two-thirds, if they adopt the concept. (Guysen.International.News)
04:14 Pakistan: British police investigating the death of Benazir Bhutto told
journalists from the Sunday Times that the terrorist organization Al Qaeda, was
responsible for the assassination of former Prime Minister. (Guysen.International.News)
3. Steven Planck: Barry
Chamish
and the Ringworm Children Hoax
http://plancksconstant.org/blog1/2007/03/ringworm_hoax.html
Another anti-Semitic false allegation by BC (the nefarious teller of tall
stories and professional muckraker) has been debunked.
4. Al-Qaeda
plotted to kill Queen
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23047044-2,00.html
[first noticed by us on the Origin of Nations List]
A PLOT by al-Qaeda operatives to kill the Queen during a state visit to Uganda
less than two months ago was foiled by security services.
The terrorists had planned to hide inside two broadcast vans owned by the
Ugandan Broadcasting Corporation and then set off bombs during the Queen's visit
to Kampala last November.
London's Sunday Express reported the vans were seized after a tip-off
from intelligence agents.
As a result, the broadcaster was unable to transmit live pictures of key summit
events, including the Queen's historic address to the Ugandan parliament on
November 22.
The Queen, Prince Philip, Prince Charles and his wife Camilla travelled to the
east African nation's capital for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting,
attended by more than 30 world leaders. Australia was represented by Richard
Alston, the High Commissioner to London.
Uganda's Internal Affairs Minister Ruhakana Rugunda said several suspected
terrorists were arrested.
"We received information that a terrorist group linked to al-Qaeda, the Allied
Democratic Forces, was planning to carry out terrorist activities at the
Commonwealth meeting," he told the Sunday Express.
"The security services in Uganda neutralised these threats."
Dr Rugunda refused to comment on the exact nature of the intended attacks or
reports that Ugandan armed forces had seized a speedboat loaded with arms and
homemade bombs.
A number of suspected ADF guerillas aboard the boat on Lake Victoria are
believed to have been taken into custody, the Sunday Express reported.
Security was tight for the CHOGM meeting, with roads in Kampala's centre closed
off to local traffic and identity checks carried out venues.
Dai Davies, former head of royal protection, told the Sunday Express: "It
will have huge implications globally for the royal family's protection. It will
obviously put forward planning into a huge new phase of concern.
"But the Queen's security arrangements are very sophisticated. There would have
been thorough advanced planning ahead of the trip to Uganda, an exit strategy
would have been worked out, and so on.
"At the end of the day, the Queen is a great pragmatist - she's a great believer
in what will be will be. But she has absolute faith and trust in her protection
team."
In her speech to Uganda's parliament, the Queen praised the country's army for
its peacekeeping role in war-torn Somalia. She also noted great advances by the
East African country better known for the bloody ravages inflicted by its 1970s
tyrannical ruler Idi Amin.
AAP, in The Australian
5. Dr. George Friedman: Why Did the US Invade Iraq?
The Saudi Problem
Iraq was believed to possess WMD (Weapons of Mass Destruction)
and was liable to use them against its neighbors as it had done to its own Kurdish community in the past.
Iraq did possess WMD despite claims to the contrary and that was the official reason given
for the US invasion.
There may have been other factors.
Brit-Am has suggested that the US need to preserve oil resources and oil prices
being fixed in dollars was one of them:
http://www.britam.org/USAMatsor.html
http://www.britam.org/jerusalem/jerusalem691to720.html#695The
George Friedman, in a book that has just reached us, suggested other reasons.
"America's Secret War. Inside the Worldwide Struggle
Between the United States and its Enemies",
by George Friedman (founder of Stratfor) 2004,
Upgraded Paperback version 2006.
George Friedman puts the blame on Al-Qaeda (headed by Osama bin Laden) the organization responsible for the Twin Tower Tragedy of 9-11-2001.
Al-Qaeda is an expression of Wahabi Islam which is what the Saudis propagate.
Al-Qaeda desires the obliteration of the USA. This is regardless of the
existence of Israel.
There is no real difference between official Saudi doctrine and Al-Qaeda apart from the question of tactics and priority. Al-Qaeda is financed by Saudi
funds and draws its leadership from leading Saudi families. Most of those who participated in the 9-11 attacks on US soil were Saudi citizens.
Previously, Saudi agents assisted by the US had enabled the defeat of the Russians in
AFGHANISTAN. This resulted in the Wahabi-Taliban cult gaining control of the country.
Al-Qaeda grew out of the experience of Saudi agents in Afghanistan.
The US is threatened by Al-Qaeda. After 9-11-01 it was decided to take action.
The Taliban in Afghanistan were effectively a branch of Al-Qaeda. The Taliban worked hand in
hand with the Security Services -especially the Inter-Service Intelligence (ISI)- of Pakistan.
[Incidentally, see the above item: British police investigating the death of Pakistani Opposition Leader, Benazir Bhutto, told
journalists from the Sunday Times that the terrorist organization Al Qaeda, was
responsible for the assassination of the former Prime Minister.]
After 9-11 the US threatened Pakistan with the use of
restricted nuclear devices designed to neutralize the nuclear capability of the country. At the time Pakistan was also
threatened by India within whose territory Al-Qaeda had carried out serious terrorist attacks.
Faced with these threats Pakistan, under President Pervez Musharaff, was forced to cooperate to some degree in the effective US takeover of
Afghanistan.
According to George Friedman the USA needed to also neutralize or at least
contain Al-Qaeda in Saudia. An invasion of Saudia was considered but rejected as impractical and
possibly counter-productive.
By taking control of Iraq however the US would be able to maintain forces in
contingency with Saudia and thus exert a restraining influence.
Iraq also borders Iran, the Gulf States, and Turkey as well
as being within striking distance of Pakistan and Afghanistan all of which areas require placation.
This is what Friedman says.
An outgrowth of the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq included Russia agreeing to US bases in Central Asia in return for a free hand in Chechyna in the Caucasus where Islamic terrorism had grown to major proportions and was threatening the stability of Russia itself.
US bases in Central Asia provide access to Afghanistan and Pakistan but also could help overawe both China and North Korea.
Sound far-fetched?
It could be but Friedman brings facts and analysis and does more justice to his
ideas than I can in a few lines.
Even if he is wrong it would appear that all this is at least a factor in the
overall equation and is worth remembering.
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