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FROM XENOPHOBIA TO OIKOPHOBIA

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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2014 AT 4:31PM GILAD ATZMON
Alimuddin Usmani Interviews Gilad Atzmon - we spoke about Dieudonné, the 'socialist' , The Zionification of the Left,  Oikophobia, the devastating impact of the Frankfurt Yeshiva and the 68 revolution, Bernard-Henri Lévy, Shoa & Humour, the Jewish Question and more..  
Alimuddin Usmani: Joe le Corbeau is a French cartoonist. He is a friend of Dieudonné and often makes a mockery of Zionist figures like BHL, 'the Holocaust religion' and the New World Order. On January 28, he was arrested by the police for having posted on his website a picture of someone performing the quenelle salute in front of a Jewish school. Joe le Corbeau has been accused of incitement to ethnic or racial hatred. Dozens of mainstream media outlets published the same quenelle without having any problem. In your opinion, is Joe le Corbeau subject to tribal revenge via the French judiciary? 
Gilad Atzmon: Once again, we learn that neither the French ‘Socialist’ government nor its Jerusalemite paymasters can cope with a certain type of parody. Is it a coincidence?
For generations, Yiddish humor has been outrageously mocking the goyim’s alleged ‘naivety’ and ‘stupidity’ while simultaneously celebrating an imaginary ‘Jewish wit’. But as we learn, once again, ‘mocking others’ is a Jews-only territory. 
At least the French ‘Socialist’ government has been kind enough to let us know what Jewish chosenness actually means in practice.  
But it goes even further. In the past, the Left was concerned with the rise of xenophobia – animosity towards the stranger, the foreigner, the ‘Other’.  But what we see in contemporary France is the complete opposite, namely Oikophobia –­ an emerging hatred and fear of the Oikos, i.ethe home, the indigenous, the host, the rooted, the authentic.    
In order to combat xenophobia, the New Left, dominated by Frankfurt Yeshiva graduates, introduced us to identity politics  – a manifest attempt to break society up into multiple marginal sectors. The outcome was a swift metamorphosis of Left culture. Traditional working class politics was replaced by a fake notion of diversity that was translated, in practice, into a manifold of meaningless sectarian clashes.  
Threatened by nationalism and patriotism, the Jewish intelligensia wanted to see society broken up into manifold discourses driven by ethnicity, race and gender (e.g. LGBT). It basically re-defined the Western ethos as a collective of godless synagogues.  The post-'68 Left joined this very dangerous political experiment in a desperate attempt to break down the overtly cohesive, nationalist working class. As we all know, the consequences have been devastating. Instead of overcoming xenophobia, racism or intolerance, each of us has become a stranger in our own home. We voluntarily Other-ised ourselves to the point of oblivion.   
This is exactly where Dieudonné intervenes. By means of humour, he has managed to re-unite us all: the Black, the Arab, the White, the poet and the patriot. He has reminded us all what is really meant by resistance.
Dieudonné has managed to re-launch a genuine Left dialectic dynamic fuelled by negation. Once again, we are united by our oppressors. And they can be easily identified – the forceful and domineering Jewish Lobby and its ‘Socialist’ puppet government.  
Joe le Corbeau is also opposed to Oikophobia – his humour is an emblem of the Oikos, i.e. the home, the nation, the rooted, the authentic, Frenchness.  I guess that a half-century of Frankfurt School indoctrination is about to come to an end.
Alimuddin Usmani: Joe le Corbeau is the publisher of 'Shoah Hebdo', a parody of the satirical publication 'Charlie Hebdo' which often targets Catholicism and Islam. Since Charlie Hebdo is regularly supported by the French government, does Joe Le Corbeau's work help us to become aware of the double standard concerning blasphemy? 
Gilad Atzmon: It is far from a coincidence that the only people who still touch upon truth within Western society are comedians and satirists.  Politics, media, academia and the Arts have long since been castrated by means of political correctness.
Satire is certainly the last frontier, and it explains very well why the French Jewish elite unleashed its Socialist Big Brother to impose the current Orwellian Newspeak measures in a desperate attempt to remove le Corbeau, Dieudonné and others from our public milieu.  But, so far, their desperate campaign has backfired. They have made Dieudonné into an international hero. 
Alimuddin Usmani: What did you think of theHolocaust cartoon contest organised
by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s  government?
Gilad Atzmon: At the time, I published many of the cartoons on my site. I think that the contest delivered an astute message. It juxtaposed the Jewish Holocaust and the Palestinian one. 
It ridiculed the Holocaust denial laws – absurd European legislation that is set to prevent us revisiting and revising our past.
But it also mocked the Holocaust religion – a banal concept fuelled by an amalgam of tribal vengeance and Judeo-centric victimhood. 
But most importantly, let me tell you, I grew up in Israel in a society that was deeply embarrassed by the Holocaust and repelled its survivors (read Tom Segev’s "The Seventh Million"). The Holocaust jokes I heard in Tel Aviv were far more vile and cruel than anything I’ve ever seen in the Iranian contest or anywhere else.  
Alimuddin Usmani: Following its neighbor Spain's lead, Portugal is planning to grant citizenship to descendants of Sephardic Jews expelled in the 15th century. What is your reaction to this news? 
Gilad Atzmon: I think that it is quite brilliant. All we need now is to make sure that the Khazars take back the Ashkenazi Jews. This would be the final and most peaceful solution to the Jewish question.
Alimuddin Usmani: On February 9th, Bernard-Henri Lévy traveled to Kiev to support the Ukrainian opposition. Among the opposition, we find the Svoboda Party, a National Socialist Party using neo-Nazi symbols. In your opinion, is it a simple coincidence that BHL is on the same side as these people? 
Gilad Atzmon: It has become an established fact that Bernard-Henri Lévy has developed a unique interventionist mental affection. This peculiar morbid state of mind is indeed symptomatic of Zionists who for more than two decades have been launching and winning proxy wars (against Iraq, Iran, Syria, Libya, and now Ukraine).
However, the fact that BHL may eventually bond with a neo-Nazi party is actually a positive development. It only means that BHL has, at last, found his true intellectual and ideological roots. After all, Zionism is a racially-driven nationalist and expansionist concept. It is inherently Nazi-like.     
I am looking forward to see what kind of a deal BHL may strike with Svoboda. After all, the Holodomor – the systematic starvation of millions of Ukrainians, is by far the most horrid crime of the 20th century. The Jewish lobbies around the world have been investing a lot of energy and political effort attempting to conceal the role of Bolshevik Jews in this genocide.
Alimuddin Usmani: On March 20, you're giving a talk in Geneva. Can you tell us something about the content of this event? 
Gilad Atzmon: I will be talking about "Truth and Concealment". By contrasting Athens and Jerusalem, I will examine the devastating continuum between the Chosen and the progressive, between Israel, Zionism and the New Left. I am basically going to explain, once and for all, why nothing good has happened in Palestine, Paris or Detroit for quite some time. I will suggest that, as things stand, we are all Palestinians; and that we had better unite and start to move on again.

The Wandering Who? A Study Of Jewish Identity politics and Jewish Power in particular - available onAmazon.com  Amazon.co.uk

Massive Funeral for Palestinian Martyr Motazz Washaha

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Some 4,000 Palestinians bid farewell to martyr Motazz Washaha who was killed a day earlier by Israeli occupation forces in West Bank.
Washaha was martyred during a raid for occupation forces to his home in the town of Birzeit, north of the West Bank administrative center of Ramallah.
Palestinian martyr Motazz Washaha
The martyr was a member of the leftist Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, and the movement’s flags were visible at the funeral.
Mourners at the massive funeral called on Palestinian factions to unite and avenge Washaha’s killing.
Earlier, Amnesty International slammed the Zionist entity for killing of dozens of Palestinian civilians in the occupied West Bank over the past three years.
“In some [cases], there is evidence that they were victims of wilful killings, which would amount to war crimes,” a report for the non-governmental organization (NGO) said.
It “shows a harrowing pattern of unlawful killings and unwarranted injuries of Palestinian civilians by Israeli forces in the West Bank,” said Philip Luther, director of the Middle East and North Africa Program at the NGO.
“Without pressure from the international community, the situation is unlikely to change any time soon,” he continued.
Source: AFP
28-02-2014 – 15:19 Last updated 28-02-2014 – 5:19
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​God's 12 Biggest Dick Moves in the Old Testament

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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2014 AT 9:18PM GILAD ATZMON
Before Jesus arrived and his divine father chilled out, the Old Testament God was, ironically, kind of a hellraiser. He was not a nice guy. He really liked killing people. And he may have actually been insane, if his willingness to randomly murder devout worshippers like Moses was any indication. Here are the 12 craziest, most awful things God did in the Old Testament, back before that wacked-out hippie Jesus softened him up.
1) Sending Bears to Murder Children
So a guy named Eliseus was traveling to Bethel when a bunch of kids popped up and made fun of him for being bald. That had to suck, and you can’t blame Eliseus for being pissed and cursing them to God. But God had Eliseus’ back, by which I mean he sent two bears to maul 42 of these kids to death. For making fun of a bald dude. I have to think Eliseus was looking for something along the lines of a spanking, or maybe the poetic justice of having the kids go bald, but nope, God went straight for the bear murder. But on the plus side, that pile of 40+ children’s corpses never made fun of anybody again. (4 Kings 2:23-24)
2) Turning Lot’s Wife to Salt
Most folks know about the story of Sodom and Gomorrah, two cities of sin God decided to kill everyone in instead of, you know, making them not full of sin. But this was a town that, when two angels were staying at Lot’s place, gathered en masse and asked if they could rape them. I repeat: They wanted to rape angels. So they kind of had their destruction coming. Lot and his family were sent from the city before things went down, and Lot’s wife looked back, and God turned her into a pillar of salt. It’s generally understood that Lot’s wife was looking back in a wistful kind of way at her angel-raping hometown, but the fact is there’s nothing in the Bible to suggest this. Nor was Lot’s family warned about looking back. Maybe Lot’s wife wanted to see Sodom and Gomorrah get what was coming to it. Maybe she was thinking wistfully of the things she had to leave behind. Maybe she wondered if she left the oven on. We’ll never know, because God turned her into seasoning for breaking a rule she didn’t know existed. (Genesis 19:26)
3) Hating Ugly People
In what should be good news for intolerant religious conservatives, God really does hate people who are different from the norm. Of course, God isn’t as worried about skin color or sexual orientation as he is about whether you’re ugly or not. Because if you’re ugly, you can just go worship some other god, okay? (Even though God will punish you if you do and also they don’t exist.) Here’s the people God does not want coming into his churches: People with blemishes, blind people, the lame, those with flat noses, dwarves, people with scurvy, people with bad eyes, people with bad skin, and those that “hath their stones broken.” Given that God is technically responsible for giving people all of these afflictions in the first place, this is an enormous dick move. (Leviticus 21:17-24)
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Israeli army looks to recruit Palestinian Christians

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Palestinians scuffle with Israeli soldiers in the center of the West Bank city of Hebron, on February 21, 2014. (Photo: AFP- Thomas Coex)

By: Maral Quteina
Published Friday, February 28, 2014
Occupied Jerusalem- Compulsory military service was imposed on the Druze community in Israel in 1956 and on the Circassian community in 1958. Druze and Circassian girls and religious Druze however are exempt from service in the army. The percentage of Druze who serve in the Israeli army is about 83 percent according to Israeli army statistics and the Israeli media. There are also 1,100 Bedouins who are voluntarily serving in the Israeli occupation army in addition to hundreds of Palestinian Muslims and Christians.
In 1961, the Israeli authorities established the National Civil Service as an alternative to compulsory military service for religiously observant Jewish girls. This service has become a way out for girls who face social constraints and can not serve in the army.



The National Civil Service has also served as a loophole to attract young Palestinian men and women to serve the Jewish state. At the end of their service, they receive a special card just like a discharged soldier and they become subject to the orders of the region commander in the occupation army who can call them up for service if the state is exposed to a terrorist attack. That is tantamount to being available for reserve duty which applies to discharged soldiers. In other words, it is a kind of conscription.
Young Palestinian men and women fall for the trap of benefits and privileges granted after serving, oblivious to the fact that the occupation is always racist and the Israeli authorities could not care less about their agents’ services and they often abandon them.
When the Israeli authorities passed a law to recruit Arab youth into the occupation army, they knew what they were doing. Israel not only tried to impose its control on the entire Palestinian land and its people with its occupation and create minorities with its racist policies. Thinking long-term, Israel has always sought to wipe out the Palestinian identity among 1948 Palestinians and to indoctrinate them with a Zionist Israeli consciousness to the point where Arabs of all sects come to see themselves as Israeli.
The Israeli authorities were able to get the signature of about 16 figures that they decided were the representatives of the Druze community in order to force young Druze men to serve in the Israeli army. They created a battalion for them called the Sword Battalion and deployed Druze soldiers in all of the occupied Palestinian territories in order to reinforce its policy of divide and rule, whereby it creates a stereotypical image of the assimilated Druze in the Israeli security establishment.
The main goal of the Israeli state was to separate the Druze community from its Palestinian roots. Some members of the Druze community learned to de-emphasize their Arab Palestinian identity and emphasize instead their Israeli Druze identity. But the integration of the Druze community in Israeli politics and their representation in Zionist political parties did not put a stop to a persistent opposition to mandatory conscription in the occupation army from the day it began. The numbers of young Druze men who refuse to serve has increased lately. Despite their alleged integration, what happened with the Druze community is proof that the policy of rights in return for duties is deceptive and illusory. Close to 80 percent of Druze-owned lands were confiscated and thousands of homes are threatened with demolition.
Yaman Zidane is a lawyer, human rights activist, and one of the founders of the movement Refuse, which opposes the mandatory conscription imposed on the Druze community of Palestine and all other kinds of conscription.
He says: “There is a contradiction between what is said by political bodies and military information on one hand and the data provided at the national security conference held annually in the settlement of Herzliya on the other. The Israeli political media and the army-owned media claim that more than 80 percent of young Druze men serve in the army. According to their claims, it is a higher percentage than that of Jewish conscripts. However, every year, dozens of young Druze men are jailed because they refuse military service either for nationalist reasons or simply because they see no benefit in this service. According to the conference, 50.4 percent of young Druze men dodge compulsory military service or do not finish their service. The percentage of loyalty to Israel among Druze youth declined from 4.4 percent in 2002 to 2.3 percent in 2012.”
About 500 young Muslim men and women serve in the Israeli occupation army and the National Civil Service at a time when the Israeli occupation accuses Muslims of extremism and terrorism.
Lately, some groups have emerged calling for the recruitment of male and female Palestinian Christians into the occupation army. It is more dangerous than a simple phenomenon. It has turned into an actual practice as a growing number of Christians have joined the military in 2013. The number of Christians recruited into the ranks of the occupation army and the National Civil Service is almost 650 men and women according to statistics conducted by Dr. Yusri Khaizaran. This number sets off alarm bells for all those involved in and are active within the 1948 Palestinian community.
Father Gabriel Nadaf, a former Orthodox Christian priest in Nazareth, launched a forum to recruit young Christians into the Israeli army several years ago and managed to register it as an association in 2012.
He received support from extreme right-wing Israeli associations like Im Tirzu (If You Will It), an organization that seeks to spread Zionist ideas not only within Jewish Israeli society but also among non-Jews as well. This group calls for expelling Palestinians out of the country.



Dr. Azmi Hakim, leader of the Greek Orthodox community council in Nazareth, said: “Unfortunately, the government project to recruit Palestinian Christians is not a new one. In 1956 there was a desperate attempt spearheaded by a Catholic bishop, called Bishop Hakim, which failed when Arab leaders stood united against his factional scheme. Since the Israeli authorities want to divide us into sects and confessions, they do not deal with political parties as representatives of the Arab masses. Instead they want sectarian, tribal and familial leadership. To implement this project, they attempted to recruit clerics to their side. After a short search they found what they were looking for in Nadaf who answered their call without hesitation.”
This is a Zionist authoritarian project planned meticulously in the offices of the Defense Ministry, the Shabak - the Israeli security agency - and the office of the prime minister. Nadaf is a mere puppet in the hands of this elite, and the authority which mobilized support for him and his partners among some racist Zionist organizations, Hakim added.
Targeting Christians did not come out of thin air. It is the result of an apartheid policy that Israel has adopted towards Palestinians since it occupied their land. The Druze, Bedouins, and Circassians were the first victims and now the tragedy is being replayed by targeting Christians. Focusing on their recruitment into the army is an attempt to isolate Christians within sectarian boudaries as happened with the Druze. They invented a so-called Druze nationalism with the help of some governmental studies that claim that Druze are originally not Arab. Similar claims are now being regurgitated by some who claim that Christians are originally not Arab and promote the idea of military service.
Nadim al-Nashef, founder and director of Baladna, also known as the association for Arab youth, in Haifa said: “Recruiting Christian youth into the Israeli army is based on three notions. The first is that Christians are not Arab. They are Aramaic and not part of the region. The second is protecting Christians in the occupation state in light of the changes in the Arab world. Christians were the first to pay the price for the war in Iraq, Egypt and Syria with the rise of groups like al-Nusra Front and the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. The third is exploiting the fertile environment left in the wake of familial and political differences in some cities and villages to scare Christians if they don’t take up arms.”
The crisis in Nazareth between Islamist movements and secular movements created a fertile ground for Nadaf and his aids to emerge and try to control the scene, exploiting the general environment to launch a catastrophic initiative that makes the occupation seem like a refuge, opening its arms to Christians in this Islamist and extremist Arab world.
“It is surprising and shocking that this Orthodox Christian man would call on Christians to join the soldiers of the occupation state. The history of the Orthodox sect throughout the ages bears clear witness to its members affiliation with nationalist and patriotic causes. They are the pioneers of leftist, Marxist and secular movements,” said Dr. Yusri Khaizaran.



Asked if this was the emergence of a new Antoine Lahad (the leader of the South Lebanese Army militia that collaborated with Israel during Lebanon's civil war), Dr. Hakim replied: “I can not compare Lahad and Nadaf because of differences in geography, place and time. Lahad presided over an armed militia to protect Israel but the priest involved in military recruitment in this case can not be the head of a militia. He is simply peddling the idea that Christians serving in the army will protect Christians who are under threat from their Muslim brethren, even though we have called for international protection from Israeli apartheid policies that we all suffer from, Muslims, Christians and Druze.”
Is Israel trying to form an alternative to the South Lebanon Army? “I don’t think so because the Israeli occupation army does not allow armed gangs or militias to exist within its state. The issue is nothing more than a scheme to plant the seeds of strife between members of the same population and to divide them into sects and denominations. The occupation army does not need Christian recruits to protect it but it can use them in military intelligence because of their mastery of the Arabic language, even though they might deny their Arab identity,” said Dr. Hakim.
For Yaman Zidane, “We have to stand up to this conspiracy by raising collective awareness and prevent them from fragmenting the Palestinian social fabric even more by emphasizing that we are one people, our concerns are the same and we share the same destiny. In addition, we need to create real alternatives such as developing non-curricular frameworks as an alternative to curricular educational frameworks and developing institutions within Arab Palestinian society. This creates work opportunities and support and contributes to our economic independence which has a positive impact on intellectual independence.”
Some Arab youth have lost their cultural, national and historical identity and assimilated into Israeli society thinking that they might enjoy equality and better work opportunities by abandoning their Palestinian identity. What is worse is their lack of a real understanding of the National Civil Service and the new trap that has been set for them. But the most dangerous part is that the people behind these schemes have come out in public with no sense of shame. They have gained fame and money for marketing the occupation and its army.

Massive Funeral for Palestinian Martyr Motazz Washaha

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Some 4,000 Palestinians bid farewell to martyr Motazz Washaha who was killed a day earlier by Israeli occupation forces in West Bank.
Washaha was martyred during a raid for occupation forces to his home in the town of Birzeit, north of the West Bank administrative center of Ramallah.
Palestinian martyr Motazz Washaha
The martyr was a member of the leftist Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, and the movement’s flags were visible at the funeral.
Mourners at the massive funeral called on Palestinian factions to unite and avenge Washaha’s killing.
Earlier, Amnesty International slammed the Zionist entity for killing of dozens of Palestinian civilians in the occupied West Bank over the past three years.
“In some [cases], there is evidence that they were victims of wilful killings, which would amount to war crimes,” a report for the non-governmental organization (NGO) said.
It “shows a harrowing pattern of unlawful killings and unwarranted injuries of Palestinian civilians by Israeli forces in the West Bank,” said Philip Luther, director of the Middle East and North Africa Program at the NGO.
“Without pressure from the international community, the situation is unlikely to change any time soon,” he continued.
Source: AFP
28-02-2014 – 15:19 Last updated 28-02-2014 – 5:19
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COLLIN BELL: SOMETIMES THE TRUTH CAUSES DISCOMFORT -A BOOK REVIEW

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Concise, clear, and easy to read.

Gilad utilises a very readable style when articulating his ideas.
The book joins the dots and exposes, among other things, the many and various strands of zionist thought for what they are. A con and a fraud.
He also seeks to illustrate that many of the more pernicious among them actually pretend, on the surface, to oppose zionism.
A rather hollow pretense ?
Of course the Alan Dershowitz's (and fellow travellers) of this world will howl with indignation accusing Gilad of being anti-semitic, a self-hating Jew etc., etc., but hey, what's new ?
These people have been attempting to close down the Palestine debate for decades with just this sort of ploy, and it's wearing a bit thin.
The nonsense that one can somehow completely separate 'Jewish' and 'zionist' is pure fantasy land.
Have these people not noticed that Israel is (and always has been) defined as 'the Jewish state' ?
It was set up in the name of the Jewish people, and has been nurtured and maintained ever since by the various Jewish communities and their allies, around the world.
'Jewish' and 'zionist' ARE inextricably intertwined.
I agree that they are not quite the same thing, but there is enormous overlap and since the whole project of Israel was created in the name of 'Jewish', the idea that Gilad (or anyone else for that matter) should wish to explore just what is meant by 'Jewish' seems like a both logical, and necessary project to me.
'Project Israel' was set up as a secular state after all, decrying religion, yet the justification for it's existence is purely biblical.
Without the religious connection there would be absolutely no justification for the 'Jewish State's existence.
How's that for a paradox ?
So the question of just what is meant by 'Jewish' and 'the Jewish people' is at the heart of the whole subject.
Gilad is not the first, and I'm sure he won't be the last to attempt to get to the bottom of this conundrum.
Famous predecessors include Karl Marx who wrote extensively on this subject in 1843.
Marx didn't have many positive things to say, and in attempting to get to the bottom of this thorny question of identity, Marx never once used the word 'zionist' because of course the political movement called zionism hadn't yet been invented.
His musings were aimed fairly and squarely at 'The Jewish Question'.
One of his famous conclusions was that 'Jewish Internationalism' was 'the Internationalism of the financier' and that as such, lay at the heart of oppression everywhere.
But I'm wandering.
Gilad is very clearly on a journey toward understanding.
Understanding the central themes that shaped his life growing up in the newly formed Israeli state, and just like the story of 'the King's new clothes', on enquiring he finds that there is curiously little substance to the whole thing.
Jewish identity is, it seems, remarkably elusive.
All rather curious when one considers the impact that the creation of 'the Jewish state' (with it's accompanying creed of 'chosen-ness') has had (and continues to have) on the world stage.
If you like 'thinking outside the box' you will surely find this book interesting.
An absorbing journey, intelligently articulated.
Not a book for the rigid thinker.
 Gilad Atzmon's New Book: The Wandering Who? A Study Of Jewish  Identity Politics  Amazon.com  orAmazon.co.uk.

Lebanon: Terrorist group planned to kill speaker of parliament

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Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri. (Photo: Bilal Jawiche)
Published Friday, February 28, 2014
The threat of terrorist networks in Lebanon is being uncovered almost daily. Mahmoud Abu Alfeh’s arrest by the Information Branch on the morning of the Bir Hassan twin blasts has uncovered more plots to carry out car bombings and suicide attacks in Lebanon, much like Naim Abbas’s confession to the army intelligence earlier this month.
Abu Alfeh, who admitted to being part of the Abdullah Azzam Brigades, told investigators just before the Bir Hassan twin attacks, that Sirajdddin Zureikat, a brigades leader, instructed him to monitor security measures near the Iranian Cultural Center and neighboring al-Manar TV building.
Investigators were shocked when the twin explosions hit the region shortly after Abu Alfeh’s confessions.
Though it was difficult to extract information from him, Abu Alfeh spoke about his links to Zureikat and the tasks assigned to other men currently held in custody, including his cousin Hassan A. Abu Alfeh revealed that Zureikat instructed him to plan suicide attacks targeting Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri’s home in Ain al-Tineh. He told the Information Branch that he monitored the area a few times and examined all entrances leading to Berri’s home, as well as its iron gates and their capacity to resist explosions based on their size. He forwarded the information to Zureikat who had Berri as a target.

Though Abu Alfeh reported that it was almost impossible to reach Berri due to heavy security measures, the men didn’t give up and discussed waging attacks using many suicide bombers. Mahmoud and Hassan, both arrested in Tariq al-Jdideh, said that Zureikat also assigned them to monitor the residence of former minister Wiaam Wahab, living in close proximity to the Iranian Cultural Center and al-Manar TV.
Security sources said that the Tariq al-Jdideh group had not executed any security work yet, but it was monitoring areas in preparation for future suicide bombings. These sources said that information revealed by Abu Alfeh crossed with previous information about Berri’s name being added to a hit list that Lebanese security forces and European intelligence agencies were aware of. Some security reports even mentioned the names of the members of the group suspected of planning to assassinate him.
It turned out that this group is known to security forces for its links with al-Qaeda and affiliated organizations and it is active in Ain al-Helweh Palestinian refugee camp.
One report warned that this group might attempt to assassinate Berri using a sniper gun. Meanwhile, the Information Branch reported Abu Alfeh confessions to both Berri and Wahab. In addition, security sources said that people close to Berri had received in recent months warnings that groups with links to al-Qaeda put some members of his close circle on their hit list.
(Al-Akhbar)
This article is an edited translation from the Arabic Edition.
On the killing attempt, Takfiri war on Syria and Hezbollah, and Ukraine

ISIL, Nusra Clash... Who Arbitrates Who?

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Ahmad Farhat

Translated by Sara Taha Moughnieh 

Hours after assassinating Abu Khaled Al-Souri in Aleppo, North Syria, the clash took a new turn between the "Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant" and its opponent armed groups like "Al-Nusra Front" and "the Free Ones of the Levant", and warned of a fierce war that begins in the Levant and extends further beyond Iraq.

Daesh and Nusra fightWhile lamenting the death of Souri, leader of Al-Nusra Front, Abu Mohammad Al-Joulani threatened of the worst in case they refused to refer to "arbitration". This escalatory step was not surprising, as the developments in the Syrian field, especially concerning the warlords clash is a natural result for the Takfiri thought which rejects the other and declares war against him refusing any form of dialogue.

The significant point here is that some groups like "Al-Nusra Front" and "the Islamic Front" denied adopting the Takfiri thought and committing crimes, and held "ISIL" responsible for that.

However, the truth is that all these group adopt the same thought, a Takfiri and eliminative one, and they practice this thought on each other... executions in fields and camps, expulsions against each others' fighters, booby-trapped cars, suicide bombers, killings among each other, and issuing Fatwas as undercovers for their crimes.

Lately, a voice record was released for head of Al-Nusra Front which is connected to Al-Qaeda, Abu Mohammad Al-Joulani, in which he was heard threatening his former "Prince" Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi, and demanding him to refer to the "law of Allah" or else members of the front will exile ISIL even from Iraq.

Joulani's recording does not differ in content from a previous recording for Baghdadi, in which he called upon the armed groups to stop killing his militants or else "take note that in this state, there are men who do not accept injustice..." Baghdadi said.

By listening to the two parts, you cannot find essential differences between both speeches, even in the allegations and evidence they present, as both parts accuse one another of acting in contrary to Sharia, claim that they are being forced for war, and threaten of destruction in indication to the common mentality which has the same origin.

Sheikh Abdul NAsser Al-JabriSpeaking to Al-Manar website, Secretary General of Al-Ummah (Nation) movement, Sheikh Abdul Nasser Al-Jabri stressed that these groups adopt the term "Takfirism" to legitimize killing and destruction, and indicated that such acts are far from Islam and the Islamic Shria, as Islam preserves people's life, blood, and honor, while those legitimize the killing of people.

Surprisingly, Al-Nusra Front demands ISIL to refer to the "Law of Allah" and to three "significant scholars" whom Joulani named in his statement and they are "Abu Mohammad Al-Maqdissi, Abu Qutada Al-Filistini, and Suleiman Al-Alwan. Who are these?
Abu Mohammad Al-Maqdissi

His real name according to some internet pages is Issam Barqawi. He is a Jordanian of a Palestinian origin, and was labeled by Saudi media in 2004 as the most important sheikh who encourages violence. He is also considered one of the most significant speculators of "Jihadi Salafism" movement which Al-Qaeda follows.

Al-Maqdissi is imprisoned in Jordan and he communicates with his supporters through letters. A letter recently released by him called for thinking over before pledging allegiance to Abu Baker Al-Baghdadi as a "general Imam for Muslims".
Abu Qutada Al-Filistini

allegianceHis real name is Omar Mahmoud Othman, He is of a Palestinian origin and was born in Bethlehem in 1960. He was detained by the British authorities who returned him to Jordan last year. Al-Filistini is also a speculator of "Jihadi Salafism".

Abu Qutada demanded the "prince" of ISIL to pull out his militants from Syria and called on Baghdadi's men to join Al-Nusra Front under the banner of Joulani who on his part called him to seek reconciliation and declare war against some factions in the "Free Army". He also called on "The Free Ones of the Levant" movement (which was established by Abu Khaled Al-Souri) to avoid any alliance with what he referred to as "secular factions". This call was made before reporters at the beginning of this year ahead of his court hearing in Jordan.
Suleiman Al-Alwan

Suleiman bin Nasser bin Abdullah Al-Alwan is a Saudi who follows the Salafist movement. He was arrested several times by the Saudi authorities, and he is now imprisoned in the kingdom.

A voice record for Alwan was broadcast in which he was criticizing Baghdadi and stating that the latter did not have the right to demand anyone's allegiance...

We notice here that the conflict with ISIL is mostly because of Baghdadi's demand that the leaderships of "Jihadi Salafism" pledge allegiance to him as their "prince". For their parts, the Salafists blamed him for accusing them of infidelity and declared war against him amid regional and international intersections.

Arbitration

Regarding the concept of arbitration, Sheikh Abdul Nasser Jabri indicated that whoever wants to judge should be a scholar who has an experience in judiciary, and whoever wants to demand arbitration should be within the legitimate circle which can only be specified by scholars. Based on that, Jabri stressed that he did not find in any of these individuals the characteristics of a scholar.

Sheikh Jabri clarified that the three names mentioned above were not scholars, adding:
"We don't know where they have studied or who their professors were..."
A question should be asked here. How could he demand arbitration that who is not committed to the legislative law and rather takes the sword as his slogan, killing as his method, and criminality as his ideology, disregarding Prophet Mohammad's (PBUH) directions for his Armies on war?

Some of these directions appeared in the following quotes:
Ibn Abbas said:
"When the prophet (PBUH) used to address his armies before a war, he used to say: "Go in the name of Allah, and fight for the sake of Allah those who disbelieved in Allah; don't sell out, don't bear a grudge, don't torture, and don't kill children or worshipers."
Omran Bin Al-Hasseen said:
"The prophet (PBUH) used to urge us to give charity and prohibit us from torturing."
In the name of Allah, the most Gracious, most Merciful
"Therefore give admonition in case the admonition profits (the hearer). The admonition will be received by those who fear (Allah). But it will be avoided by those most unfortunate ones, Who will enter the Great Fire." {Al-Aala 9-12}
Allah has spoken the truth.

Source: Al-Manar Website
28-02-2014 - 13:26 Last updated 28-02-2014

Naim Abbas: ‘Exclusive agent’ for ISIS and al-Nusra Front in Beirut

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Lebanese judge seeks death penalty for Ahmad al-Assir

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Published Friday, February 28, 2014
Lebanon will seek the death penalty for Salafi cleric Ahmad al-Assir, who has been at large since deadly clashes between his followers and the army last year, a judicial source said Friday.
Military judge Riad Abu Ghida recommended seeking death sentences for Assir and 53 others, including singer-turned-fundamentalist Fadel Shaker.
The sentences are being sought in connection with the summer clashes in the southern city of Saida, which left at least 18 soldiers and 11 gunmen dead.
The suspects are accused of "having formed armed groups that attacked an institution of the state, the army, killed officers and soldiers, took explosive materials and light and heavy weapons and used them against the army," the indictment says.
The judicial source said Abu Ghida, the investigator responsible for recommending charges and penalties, has also recommended prison sentences for around 20 other people.
Assir and a number of his supporters, including Shaker, have been on the run since the clashes in June.
The cleric gained notoriety for his fierce opposition to Hezbollah.
Since becoming a fugitive, Assir has released a number of audio recordings and several tweets renewing his criticism of Hezbollah and its ally Iran.
He has also accused the Lebanese army of failing to protect the country's Sunnis.
(AFP, Al-Akhbar)

Syrian Army Advances in Aleppo, Kills Scores of Terrorists across Syria. Up to 20 Terrorists Killed Eastern Ghouta

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Syrian Army Advances in Aleppo, Kills Scores of Terrorists

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The Syrian army advanced in Aleppo and killed scores of terrorists in Hanano neighborhood, al-Jandoul area and al-Haouz roundabout, in addition to destroying their weapons and ammunition.Syrian Army

The Syrian army also repelled terrorists' attempt to sneak to the old neighborhoods of Aleppo, killing and injuring scores of them.

The source pointed out that other army units eliminated a number of terrorists in the villages and towns of Arbid, Kwaire, Rasm al-Aboud, Azan, Tal Jbeen, al-Bab, Andan, Huritan, Bianoun and the area surrounding the central prison of Aleppo, in addition to destroying many cars along with the weapons and ammunition.

The Syrian army killed members of an armed terrorist group from the so-called ''Ahrar Sawran Military Wing" in Hama countryside, among them the group's leaders, Mahmoud Adib Hassani, Hamed Abdul-Rahman Yassin, Anas al-Shiekh Omar al-Bakkour, Amin Mustafa, Abdul-Rahman al-Darraj and Karam yaser al-Sheikh.

In Homs countryside, the army units clashed with terrorists in many areas in al-Houla and Talbeseh, killing and injuring scores of them and destroying their weaponry and equipment.

Army units set an ambush for terrorists near the town of Nahlia in Idleb countryside, injuring a number of terrorists, killing others including Ahmad Saleh al-Na'es, and destroying their weapons and equipment.

An entire terrorist group was wiped out near the town of Bannesh including its leader Asaad al-Asaad, while an army unit targeted terrorist gatherings and hideouts in the towns of Kafrlata and Bannesh, leaving the terrorists dead or injured and destroying their vehicles.

Army units destroyed a terrorist hideout along with the weapons and ammo inside it on the road between al-Harak and al-Karak in Daraa's eastern countryside, while another unit pursued a terrorist group on the road to Deir al-Addas in the northern countryside, eliminating two of its members.

The army also eliminated a number of terrorists and injured others near al-Masri roundabout in Adra al-Balad, destroying their weapons and equipment.



Source: Agencies
28-02-2014 - 21:34 Last updated 28-02-2014


Up to 20 Terrorists Killed in Syrian Army Ambush in Eastern Ghouta


Local Editor

Syrian army ambushed and killed up to 20 terrorists in Damascus countryside, official news agency reported on Friday.

Syrian army soldiers (archive)
“An army unit on Friday killed up to 20 terrorists and injured others in an ambush,” according to SANA.

The agency said that the terrorists were “attempting to sneak via a byroad between Eastern Ghouta and al-Qalamoun in Damascus countryside.”

Meanwhile in Yabroud, the Syrian army eliminated an armed group affiliated to the so-called ''Ansar al-Khalifa Brigade'', SANA added, noting that among the killed militants were the group's leader, Nasser Nasser, Abu Baker al-Sabouni and Abu Ali al-Halabi.

In Aleppo, the army killed and wounded scores of insurgents as they were attempting to sneak to the old neighborhoods of the city, SANA quoted a military source as saying.


Source: Agencies
28-02-2014 - 14:41 Last updated 28-02-2014 - 14:41

Army’s Sweeping Blows Continue to Hit Terrorists across Syria


The Syrian Army eliminated on Thursday scores of militants and destroyed their dens and gatherings in several areas in Syria.Syrian Army
An army unit on Thursday destroyed militants' dens in al-Oqeirbat area in Hama countryside, killing many militants, SANA reported.
The bodies of the militants Suleiman Ahamad, Azzam Saleh, Saad Mousa and Dirar Yousef were identified among the dead.
Units of the Syrian Army destroyed dens of militant groups in several towns and neighborhoods in Aleppo and killed scores of militants.
A military source said that units of the army killed scores of militants in al-Ansari, Bustan al-Qasr, Bani Zaid and al-Kallaseh and destroyed their tools.
The source added that units of the army killed militants in Khan al-Assal, Fafin, Hreitan, Urum, Kwieris, Arbid, Jdeideh and the vicinity of Aleppo central prison.
Source: Agencies
27-02-2014 - 17:51 Last updated 27-02-2014 - 17:51



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    Israel tests the Resistance-Israeli Media: Recent Hezbollah Statement "Game-Changer"

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    Donation boxes bearing the portrait of the late Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah (L) and another bearing the portrait of Lebanese Shiite movement Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah (bottom) sit on a table next to piles of sandbags at the entrance of a shop in Beirut's southern suburb, placed to protect the owner from future explosions targeting the area, on January 28, 2014.(Photo:AFP-Joseph Eid)
    Published Thursday, February 27, 2014
    Hezbollah took about an entire working day before announcing its stance on the latest Israeli aggression. In a short statement, Hezbollah said that the Israeli enemy raided one of its positions inside Lebanese territory, finally solving the mystery of the targeted area while confirming that it will retaliate.
    However, the party made a mistake by saying that it “will choose the time, place, and appropriate means to respond.” In fact, Hezbollah doesn’t need to use such an expression, mostly interpreted by the Arab public as a justification for not retaliating. Hezbollah is not an Arab regime or party in the habit of not delivering on its threats.
    For the enemy, a working day became 36 hours. Israeli politicians, military and intelligence officials, had to wait this whole time for Hezbollah’s reaction. While many of them didn’t expect such a statement, others maintained this possibility as to avoid further miscalculations. In the end, the reply came and it shook up the situation, pushing Israel to look to the northern front from a different perspective.
    Monday night, an enemy aircraft targeted a fixed Resistance’s position located right on the border separating Syria and Lebanon. As there are no obvious border lines, it is fair to say that the target “ is in both Syria and Lebanon.” Israel chose this location on purpose to give Syria and the Resistance a chance “to deny” the strike, a procedure usually adopted by Israel when dealing with its enemies at the northern front to allow them to contain raids without a big fuss.


    Officials who took this decision in Tel Aviv thought that the location would allow Hezbollah to imitate Damascus in ignoring the strike completely. Israeli officials must have argued that the party is currently busy in Syria and that the open military battle there and the security and political battle inside Lebanon have exhausted it, so it is in no position to open a new front.
    Knowing Israel so well, we have learned to take other theories into consideration. The Hebrew state might have been trying to test Hezbollah by checking its initial reaction after the raid or has been seeking to figure out how it would deal with such an event. In this case, one of the test’s results was Hezbollah’s public announcement yesterday acknowledging the raid and saying that it targeted one of its positions inside Lebanon. We can also assume that the Israeli test is not restricted to the raid itself or the resulting statement, therefore it is fair to ask: is Israel instigating the Resistance to retaliate in order to determine how much its involvement in Syria and its security alertness in Lebanon has impacted its readiness on the Israeli front?
    In this case, is Israel getting ready for a new round of fighting against the Resistance? For a clash? Or even a confrontation that would escalate into a full scale war? This time, the aggression was not an intelligence operation such as an assassination for example, but an obvious military one, giving Hezbollah a larger scope for a military retaliation, which the party won’t be required to discuss.
    Hence we ask, is Israel signaling its intent to wage a full scale battle? Does it believe that it can now accomplish all what it has failed to deliver in the last decade? Is it aiming to support the Syrian armed groups which are now cooperating with Israel, by launching strikes that may assist them in toppling the Syrian regime?
    These legitimate questions derive from the Israeli vindictive mentality against the Resistance and the fact that all parties, whether inside Syria or in neighboring and regional countries and the West, must realize that any attempt to change the situation in Syria must go through a strike against Hezbollah whether there or in Lebanon.
    There is much evidence suggesting this Israeli approach. Hezbollah Secretary General Sayed Hassan Nasrallah has already warned in a recent speech that the Resistance’s alertness against Israel is not related to any other battles.
    What Nasrallah refrained from saying in public, he said in meetings with Hezbollah’s military and security officials, urging them to work as if they are fighting on three fronts: in Syria, in Lebanon, and against the enemy!
    Obviously, the Resistance in Lebanon is unlike any other party opposing Israel. When the Resistance says that it will retaliate against the aggression, it means that it will retaliate. It will respond in a way that will make the enemy understand that it cannot change the rules of the game.
    Meanwhile, the statement issued yesterday aborted a festivity in political, military and media Israeli circles that was anticipated if Hezbollah had remained silent about the aggression.This is Israel… always in a rush; its leaders adhere to an old Israeli saying: an Israeli man reaches orgasm fast, just so he can rush to tell his friends that he had sex! But in Lebanon, we now have a saying of our own: If you strike, we shall strike… wait for the retaliation!
    This article is an edited translation from the Arabic Edition.

    Israeli Media: Recent Hezbollah Statement "Game-Changer"

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    The Israeli media outlets continued detecting the consequences of the recent statement that Hezbollah issued in response to the Israeli air raid against the Lebanese territories, describing it as game-changing.Israeli Jets

    The Zionist newspapers considered Hezbollah announced the raid in order to gain the legitimacy for his response, stressing that Hezbollah broke the theory which is  based on denying the attack in order to avoid an obligatory response.

    The Israeli papers pointed out that Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah changed the game rules and expressed his readiness to respond despite the party's military participation in Syria.

    A Zionist military analyst wondered whether it is wise to inflame a war as a result of destroying a number of rockets.



    Source: Agencies
    28-02-2014 - 20:50 Last updated 28-02-2014 


    حزب الله وحماية لبنان


    حزب الله وحماية لبنان
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    على جبهتين وفي وجه تهديدين كبيرين يتحرك حزب الله ويقدم التضحيات الكبرى من أجل حماية لبنان واللبنانيين من الاعتداءات والأطماع الصهيونية ومن العدوان الدموي التدميري الذي يتحرك من خلال مشروع التكفير الإرهابي وهو لهذا السبب يواجه حالة متأصلة من الجحود والإنكار والتآمر تنصبها قوى مرتبطة تقليديا بالغرب وبمشاريعه في المنطقة.
    أولا قد لايكون في تاريخ لبنان الحديث حزب سياسي تعرض لمثل ما يواجه حزب الله منذ انطلاقته من هجمات وحملات تشويه وتحريض ومؤامرات تتشابك فيها أوامر الخارج بقوى الداخل ومحور القصة كلها نجاح هذا الحزب بقيادته وشبابه وبثقافته الوطنية المتجذرة في إسقاط الأسطورة الاستعمارية الصهيونية عن قوة لبنان في ضعفه وتحقيق الحزب لإنجاز تاريخي ثمين حول لبنان من بؤرة لحبك المؤامرات الاستعمارية في المنطقة إلى مصدر للقلق الوجودي الإسرائيلي .
    تعاظمت هيبة المقاومة واشتد التآمر عليها منذ نجاح الحزب الباهر في طرد الاحتلال بعد مقاومة ضارية طيلة ثمانية وعشرين عاما مجللة بانتصارات وبتضحيات كبيرة تراكمت حتى جعلت هروب الغزاة دون قيد او شرط هدفا يتسابق إليه قادة الكيان الصهيوني ويتنافسون في تقريب اجله خلال انتخاباتهم التشريعية التي سبقت التحرير الكبير عام 2000 ، تقدم حزب الله في كفاحه ضد الاحتلال بينما كان خصوم الحزب في لبنان يشنون عليه أشرس الحملات ويتهمونه بتقديم الذرائع لحروب إسرائيل وغزواتها المدفوعة بخطط الهيمنة التي كشفها العديد من الزعماء والرموز الذين سبقوا في التحذير من الخطر الصهيوني الوجودي على لبنان ومنهم موريس الجميل وميشال شيحا وأنطون سعادة وفرج الله الحلو ورشيد كرامي وكمال جنبلاط وموسى الصدر ومجيد إرسلان ومعروف سعد وسواهم .
    جميع هؤلاء ومن شاركوهم الأفكار والخيارات دعموا فكرة تكوين مقاومة شعبية لبنانية ضد العدو الصهيوني وبعضهم كانوا من قادتها في زمانهم وقد راكموا في نضالهم الفكري والسياسي عناصر الوعي الوجودية لصراع لبنان ضد الصهيونية التي تستهدف وجوده.
    ثانيا حزب الله انجز المهمة التي كان جميع اولئك الكبار يتطلعون إليها بالتوالي منذ اغتصاب فلسطين وبدء عهد استضعافها للدولة اللبنانية منذ اتفاقية الهدنة التي نصت صراحة على نوعين من القوات اللبنانية المسلحة وهي كانت موجودة بالفعل آنذاك : قوات نظامية هي الجيش اللبناني وقوات المقاومة الشعبية او قوات الفدائيين كما كانوا يسمون آنذاك وهذا ما يوضح ان المنادين بشطب معادلة الجيش والشعب والمقاومة يريدون حكومة أشد تخلفا وتهاونا ورجعية من حكومات الأربعينات في عهد الاستقلال الأول رغم ما برهنت عليه التجربة الواقعية في سبعين عاما.
    بكل تواضع وإيثار واستعداد مستمر للتضحية يتولى الحزب نيابة عن جميع اللبنانيين مسؤولية تطوير معادلات الردع في مجابهة العدو وهو بات يمتلك من القوة والقدرات ما يجعل منه قوة إقليمية مهابة يحسب لها الحساب وتثبت اختبارات القوة بين المقاومة التي يقودها وبين العدو الصهيوني تفوقا متعاظما للقدرات الرادعة التي يكتسبها بتصميم وطني وبإرادة صلبة في حماية لبنان ومع تمسك المقاومين بالعلم والمعرفة وبالعمل الحثيث بعيدا عن الصخب الذي تثيره الحملات السياسية والإعلامية المكرسة لتشويه سمعة المقاومة وصورتها والتي تقودها أجهزة أميركية وغربية وخليجية مهيمنة على شبكات إعلامية دولية وإقليمية ومحلية وتوضع في تصرفها المليارات كما اعترف السفير السابق جيفري فيلتمان في شهادته الشهيرة امام لجان الكونغرس .
    أولوية المقاومة ضد الكيان الصهيوني في هموم حزب الله تشكل العامود الفقري لمشروعه ولحركته في جميع المجالات وعندما انبثق الخطر التكفيري القادم من سوريا نهض الحزب لمقاومته وإبعاده عن لبنان لأنه مشروع تفتيت يلاقي الخطة الصهيونية ويندمج بمسارها وقبل ان تأتي الأحداث لتظهر مقدار الدعم الإسرائيلي الذي تناله الجماعات المسلحة في سوريا وحجم الحرص الصهيوني على التدخل لصالحها كلما برزت معالم الاختلال المتصاعد لتوازن القوى لمصلحة الدولة الوطنية السورية .
    ثالثا طور حزب الله في قتاله ضد الخطة الاستعمارية لتدمير الدولة السورية وفي معركته الاستباقية ضد جماعات التكفير الإرهابية مرتكزات جديدة ومضافة لمنظومته الرادعة في وجه العدو الصهيوني وذلك عملا بقاعدة تحويل التهديد إلى فرصة وهذا بذاته يؤسس لمزيد من التحولات الكبرى في المنطقة ويفتح الأبواب لعهد جديد من قواعد الصراع العربي الصهيوني يخشاه قادة العدو ويحسبون له الحساب وقد خرج بعض من ذلك إلى العلن من خلال تحذيراتهم ومحاولاتهم المستمرة تحت عنوان منع حصول الحزب على أسلحة كاسرة للتوازن بينما يرصد خبراء العدو العسكريون ما يجري من اندماج في الخبرات والقدرات والمعارف العسكرية داخل الميادين السورية وعبر الشراكة العضوية المتأصلة بين المقاومة اللبنانية والجيش العربي السوري .
    يتبين بالتجربة العملية ان تحرك حزب الله إلى سوريا حد من الخطر الإرهابي على لبنان ووفر مرتكزات واقعية لحماية لبنان من هذا الخطر المدمر الذي يهدد جميع اللبنانيين وهو ما يفسر هستيريا العداء للحزب كلما سددت ضربات جديدة لشبكات التكفير الإرهابي في لبنان وكلما تأكد عجز حلف العدوان عن تحقيق أي تقدم في سوريا .
    ما يجب ان يعرفه جمهور الحزب ومناصروه هو ان انجازات تاريخية حققها دم شهدائهم وان هجمات الإرهاب كانت ستضرب لبنان بمئات أضعاف ما حصلت لولا ما قامت به قيادة المقاومة ومعها الحلف الوطني الحاضن لخيارها بجميع اطرافه وبينما نخوض فصلا حاسما من الصراع الكبير على مستقبل المنطقة ندخل إلى حلقة تستدعي الصبر والمزيد من التحمل والمزيد من التروي والتبصر والثقة السياسية التي تكبر بالهموم الكبرى ويتضاءل أمامها الكثير من التفاصيل والشكاوى والانتقادات المحقة والمقدور على تداولها في أضيق نطاق فقيادة المقاومة تخوض النضال على جبهتي حربين عالميتين دفعة واحدة وأقل واجبات الثبات والإسناد هو إدراك الأولويات والعمل من ضمنها  .
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    The "Lame duck Warns" Russia: There Will Be ‘Costs’ to Ukraine Intervention

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    Earlier on Saturday, the speaker of the Russian State Duma Council Valentina Matvienko said that the current circumstances in Ukraine make such a move possible.
    It’s possible in this situation, complying with a request by the Crimean government, even to bring a limited contingent of our troops to ensure the safety of the Black Sea Fleet and the Russian citizens living on Crimean territory. The decision is for the president, the chief military commander, to make, of course. But today, taking the situation into account, even that variant can’t be excluded. We need to protect the people,” Matvienko said.
    “In connection with the extraordinary situation in Ukraine, the threat to the lives of citizens of the Russian Federation, our compatriots, and the personnel of the armed forces of the Russian Federation on Ukrainian territory (in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea)... I submit a proposal on using the armed forces of the Russian Federation on the territory of Ukraine until the normalization of the socio-political situation in the that country.”
    The Russian government has so far been careful in its assessment of the new self-proclaimed Ukrainian government in Kiev. Matvienko said the reason for that was Russia counting on its Western partners, who vowed to guarantee the February 21 agreements between Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich and the opposition.
    Russia did not interfere in the situation in Ukraine for a very long time and showed restraint, assuming that the Western states, which became backers of the agreements, would see that strict compliance with the deal is observed,” she said.
    However, after “violent upheaval” took place in Ukraine, the Western states did not come up with “any reasonable measures or responses,” Matvienko said.
    Russia, in contrast, for a very long time has urged the situation to be resolved by lawful means, and called for the anti-coup sentiments in Crimea and in eastern Ukraine to be heard, she said.
    Not seeing an adequate reaction from the West, we could no longer maintain status quo,” the speaker concluded.
    Matvienko stated as thousands of pro-Russian demonstrators rallied in the Crimean cities of Simferopol, Melitopol, Yevpatoria and Mariupol, protesting against the rule of new Kiev authorities.
    According to the Russian Constitution, the use of Army on foreign territories can only be approved by the majority of the Federation Council members upon a request by the President.
    The developments follow an appeal by the Prime Minister of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Sergey Aksyonov, who requested that Russia to help cope with the crisis and ensure “peace and calm” in the region.
    The tension in Crimea escalated following an attempt to seize the building of the local Interior Ministry by gunmen overnight. Russia’s Foreign Ministry condemned the move in a statement, blaming the new authorities in Kiev for intending to “destabilize the situation on the peninsula.

    Obama Warns Russia: There Will Be ‘Costs’ to Ukraine Intervention


    US President Braack Obama expressed “deep concern” on Ukraine on Friday, as he warned Moscow that military intervention in the former Soviet country lead to "costs”.

    "We are now deeply concerned by reports of military movements taken by the Russian Federation inside of Ukraine," he told reporters.

    Obama and European leaders would consider skipping a G8 summit this summer in the Russian city of Sochi if Moscow intervenes militarily in Ukraine, a senior U.S. official said.

    "The United States will stand with the international community in affirming that there will be costs for any military intervention in Ukraine," Obama said in the White House briefing room.

    Facing yet another confrontation with President Vladimir Putin after butting heads with him over Syria, Obama said any “violation of Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity” would be "deeply destabilizing."

    Obama did not spell out what he meant by Russian military intervention.

    Russia has a huge naval base in Ukraine's Crimea Peninsula and says it has the right to move troops in Ukraine under an agreement between the two former Soviet neighbors.
    U.S. officials said they saw indications of Russian troop movements into Crimea but that their numbers and intentions were unclear.

    The crisis has presented Obama with a difficult challenge days after pro-Western protesters prompted Ukraine's pro-Moscow President Viktor Yanukovich to flee to Russia.

    Armed men took control of two airports in the Crimea region in what the new Ukrainian leadership described as an “invasion” by Moscow's forces, and Yanukovich surfaced in Russia a week after he fled Kiev.

    Ukraine fell into political crisis last year when Yanukovich spurned a broad trade deal with the European Union and accepted a $15 billion Russian bailout that is now in question.

    Source: Reuters
    01-03-2014 - 09:49 Last updated 01-03-2014

    What really happened overnight in Crimea?

    The Saker

    The European Saker - in his own words:This night sure was interesting.  It appears that a group of unidentified armed men took control of the Belbek and Simferopol airports and, according to some reports, of an air-traffic control facility, then left.  They kept a low profile, were extremely polite and said that they had come to prevent a "Ukrainian paratrooper force" from landing, but that this had been a false alarm.  They then apologized and left.  The pro-nationalist media first accused the Black Sea Fleet, which immediately issued a denial, then they blamed the Russian Spetsnaz GRU for the operation.  

    Interestingly, a group of Mi-24 attack helicopters was seen flying in the direction of the Belbek airport the same day, and filmed by a civilian driver on the highway.  Check it out:

     
    Pro-nationalist sites have published the following photos which they claim show the armed men in question:




    Also, a detachment of Ukrainian Border Guards in Balaklava have been surrounded by what the nationalists claim is Russian Naval Infantry unit which, according to the same sources, declared that they mission was to prevent weapons from falling into the hands of insurgents.


    Finally, it was reported that a Turkish airliner which was scheduled to land in Crimea decided to turn around and fly back upon hearing the news of the seizure of the airports.

    What does all that mean?

    I will be honest with you and immediately admit that I don't know for sure.  My sense is that something triggered an alert on the Russian side, possibly the arrival of the Turkish aircraft.  After all, why did it turn back instead of either landing like other aircraft did, or land somewhere nearby?  Could it be that there was something aboard this plane which the Turks did not want the Russians to seize?

    Concerning the helicopters seen: these are Mi-24 which the Black Sea Fleet does not use.  As far as I know, the only Mi-24 unit of the Russian Navy is the 125th Independent Helicopter Squadron of the Baltic Fleet and it is based in Chkalovsk, near Kaliningrad, very far from the Ukraine.

    Again, I might be mistaken (maybe the footage is ancient, or filmed elsewhere), but I have the feeling that the nationalists are saying the truth when they claim that Russian combat helicopters have crossed the border and executed some mission in the Crimea.  I counted a dozen Mi-24 in this video, which is *a lot* of firepower.  Also, each Mi-24 can fit up to 8 soldiers, so in this case we could assume that each could carry at least 4 heavily armed soldiers and their gear, for a total of 48 combatants.  But since there is no shortage of local manpower, my guess is that these were flying as fire support for another unit, probably those who seized the airports.

    But if Russia thought that some threat justified sending in 12 Mi-24s is broad daylight, could it also have sent in some Spetsnaz units?  I would say that yes, this is possible.  So, again, I think that the nationalist who claim that what they saw was a Spetsnaz GRU operation might well be right.  Lastly, and very subjectively, that very polite and low profile attitude towards bystanders is very typical of Russian Spetsnaz forces, I saw that with my own eyes in Moscow in 1993 when the arrogant and big-mouth forces which has crushed the Parliament were replaced by real Spetsnaz units: these guys were all very polite, very distant and, frankly, very scary in highly focused attitude.

    So my sense is that there was some threat which was perceived serious enough by the Russian military to send in troops from across the border, probably not because of any shortage of manpower locally, but because specialized troops were better suited to the mission.  The Russian Spetsnaz secured the airports, the Naval Infantry unit blocked the Ukrainian Border Guard while the local volunteer militias were used to shut down the roads and assure general protection.  The threat than receded, and Russians left their positions and withdrew.

    Or maybe there never was any threat and the purpose of all that was a show of force.  Could be.  The maneuvers ordered by Putin in western Russia will make it very hard for the US to keep track of who is doing what and under the cover of training missions a lot can be done.  So maybe this was just a way to send a message to Kiev, Brussels and Washington? 

    Whatever may be the case, and maybe I am totally wrong here, but my sense is that Russian forces did cross into Crimea last night.

    The Saker

    PS: in the meantime, the Russian Duma has been busy working on two proposed laws: on granting Russian citizenship to Ukrainians on a expedited and accelerated basis and on, I kid you not, making it easier for a foreign state to join the Russian Federation.  The writing is on the wall.

    Return to Sayyeda (Lady) Zeinab—Now Secured and in Protective Hands

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    Sayyeda Zainab. Syria
    Al-Manar

    During a meeting at the Dama Rose hotel in Damascus the other morning this observer was being briefed by ‘Abu Modar” a reputedly battle honed field commander of the “Death Brigade” which is based in the northern Syria Eskanderoun region north of  Latakia. Abu Modar explained that he personally had chosen the rather peculiar name for his brigade
    “Death” to symbolize his militia’s willingness to die for their cause which is protecting Syria. “Before each battle or each mission I ask my God to let me die defending Syria”.



    As the gentleman was explaining the history of his militia, one of thousands reportedly operating in Syria these troubled days, which included his predecessors fighting with the PLO in Beirut during the summer of 1982, his phone rang. He advised this observer that his ‘contact’ called to tell him that certain  intelligence sources had received information overnight that an individual had been observed in the vicinity of  Zeinab’s shrine placing a parcel of explosives into a vehicle presumably with the intention to detonate it near her resting place. This riveted my attention, partly because by chance this observer was scheduled to join an army escort the next day and visit the historic site located about 40 minutes south of Damascus.

    Nearly two months ago, the government regained control of the sight but there are still some snipers around I was advised by friends.  Abu Modars specific mission was to take some of his commandos and kick in the door of the suspect’s house sometime during the night and arrest him and turn him over to someone for interrogation.  His mission struck me as simple enough and he was matter of fact in outlining his plan.
    “We do this sort of mission often. This is part of our expertise and we do it whenever we are asked by friends. It spares the army for their normal work on battlefields and our unit is specialized and from long experience we have acquired certain useful skills.:

    I demurred when Abu Modar invited me to join him, explaining that I was a bit out of shape and did not want to get in the way of his men’s work or in any way mess up their operation. But he insisted saying that I could stay in his jeep and just observe the mission and he doubted that I would be in any serious danger. I was tempted to accept his invitation and agreed to his proposal to meet after lunch to finalize our plans for that nights outing.  I called a trusted and knowledgeable Syrian friend who knows a lot about these matters and she seemed exasperated with me that I would even consider tagging along with the Death Brigade’:
    “Absolutely not Franklin! Khalas! (finish!) You are visiting Seyeda Zeinab bokra with the army and you are not going with anyone else!”
    Frankly, I was a bit relieved but my mentor and friends unequivocal counsel, and my new pals from the “Death” militia, who knows her, understood. My interpreter said that Abu Modor laughed and claimed a badge of honor when he was recently shown U-tube videos about his macho George Patton style exploits in Qusayr and villages around Qalamoun and rebel claims that he and his brigade were “the number one pro-regime murderers in Syria.”



    It should be noted that Abu Modor’s unit, “Death” is part of the, not well known in the West, Popular Front for the Liberation of Iskanderun (PFLI) which is currently fighting rebels north of Latakia in the mountains bordering Turkey and whose forces have also periodically been among units that have spent time  guarding the resting place of Zeinab.

    Sayyeda Zainab ShrineReferences to the geographical place name, “Seyeda Zeinab”, normally a 40 minute drive south from Damascus using the airport road, can be confusing for an untutored foreigner.  The reason is that “Seyeda Zeinab” refers both to a group of five small cities, in the Governate of  Damascus including, Al Zeyabeya, Hujayr, Husseiniya, Akraba and Babila, and at the same time  Sayeda Zeinab refers to the sacred burial place and shrine for Zeinab bint Ali, the  daughter of the first Shia Imam, Ali, and his first wife Fatima and the sister of Hussein and Abass of Karbla as well as the granddaughter of  Prophet Mohammad  (PBUH). Her shrine and pilgrimage destination is located in the small town of Seyeda Zeinab but given its fame, the name also refers to a wider area.  As a holy shrine and place of prayer and scholarship, one imagines this place to be in the category of perhaps Qoms in Iran and Najaf in Iraq.  All three attract thousands of pilgrims,  and tourists and since the area surrounding Seyeda Zeinab was liberated and essentially pacified by the Syria army recently and is being protected by its soldiers, visitors are again arriving daily from countries including Yemen, Bahrain, Iraq, Iran, India, Pakistan and Lebanon, among others.

    The Mayor of Seyeda Zeinab, this observer’s gracious host, is Mohammad Barakat, a Sunni engineer from Homs seemingly in his early 50’s.  His staff is of mixed religious backgrounds, and as with most Syrian citizens I have met over the past three years, were essentially blind and uninterested in sectarian differences before the current crisis.  All the Mayors staff members are working long hours receiving numerous requests for post liberation help which they try their best to accommodate with their limited available resources.  During a three hour discussion with Mayor Barakat, perhaps a couple of  dozen times an aid would appear to secure his signature or mayoral  stamp on citizen petitions that might range from an urgent request for food stuffs, problems with housing or seeking employment with a municipal project now getting started.


    Lamb
    In his bee hive of an office, Mayor Barakat used a pointer to highlight locations on a large wall map hanging next to his desk, illustrating area repair and construction projects being readied.  Mr. Barakat enthusiastically proclaimed “2014 is the year we intend to start and finish area restoration work and we take pride in the prospect that what we achieve here in Seyeda Zeinab can be a model for restoration work all over Syria that hopefully can begin soon.”

    The mayor and three staff members accompanied this observer on an informative and inspiring tour of the Mosque and Shrine of Saeyda Zeinab.

    The shrine, our hosts informed us, is an example of Shia architecture and the dome is made of pure gold. The grave of Zeinab is enclosed within a raised crypt like structure, centered directly beneath the massive golden dome. The doors of the shrine are apparently also made of pure gold with mirror works on the roof and walls. The minarets and the entrance gate of the holy shrine are covered with Iranian Moarrahg tile designed by the most famous Iranian traditional tile work and architect named Ali Panjehpour. My colleague from the Mayor’s office allowed me to finger one and explained that each 4 x 4 inch, of which there were hundreds of thousands in the complex, cost more than $ 100 USD. There is also a large mosque adjoining the shrine which this observer was advised can accommodate more than 1,300 people and a further 150 in the attached courtyards.  The two tall minarets, one of which was damaged by a rebel mortar, dominate the architecture and the  large souk on the other side of a newly built security wall.

    In the cavernous nave of the Seyeda Zeinab and just next to the  beautifully inlaid elevated crypt holding her remains, approximately 50 men were performing mid-day Salat al Duhr  prayers. Some were in camouflage uniforms and appeared to be on military leave or from the security units guarding the inside and perimeter of Zeinab’s Shrine.

     This observer did not want to awkwardly press his hosts for details about who are who among the armed men guarding Seyeda Zeinab. Some Western media sources have speculated that Shia fighters from Iraq and Lebanon came to Syria to protect Sayeda Zeinab following the desecration in Syria of the tomb of Hajar Bin Aday. Several sites on the Internet, published reports claiming that a takfiri group exhumed the tomb of Bin Aday, who was one of the most prominent Muslim leaders at the time of the Prophet Muhammad and loyal to Imam Ali bin Abi Talib. His remains were reportedly taken to an unknown location.

    At the entrance to the women’s area, several women were praying and others appeared to be part of  the shrine’s  Women’s Auxiliary or Guild as they directed visitors while graciously assisting and providing female visitors with black chadors upon entering this sanctuary.  One charming middle age woman who appeared to be Iranian, was smiling knowingly at me and with a twinkle in her eyes, jokingly offered this visiting American a chador as “a gift and souvenir from our Holy Shrine and from our community to take back to your country in appreciation of you not bombing us…yet!” And she laughed at her own joke, as all who heard it did, including the Mayor and some nearby soldiers and teen-aged visiting students.

    Update on the capture of the bad person sought by Abu Modar

    Well, did Abu Modar and his “Death Brigade” get their man?

    They did indeed, and it was the night before this observer’s arrival at Seyeda Zeinab. Abu Modar  detailed to this observer and a few of this militia guys the evenings events as we made plans to leave the next morning for the Iskandroun region and an interview the PFLI President, Ali Kyali.  But not by kicking in the alleged bad guys door American SWAT TEAM, style.   Rather the suspect was stealthily followed and during the early morning of 2/25/14 he was apprehended at one of the Syrian army checkpoints that surround the village of Seyeda Zeinab.

    Such incidents make plain that Seyeda Zeinab is still of target of some jihadist types given its great importance to Syria and the region and among Muslims globally. But across sectarian divides here, where there are growing signs of the great majority of the exhausted populations being ready to a degree, to forgive and forget at least some of the events of the past nearly 36 months.

    Visiting Seyada Zeinab, this observers, second visit, is a wonderful, solemn, exhilarating and inspiring ecumenical experience. It is highly recommended to all tourists planning to come to the Syrian Arab Republic as improving security conditions begin to allow for the return of international visitors.

    May the Sainted Martyr, Zeinab bint Ali, whose life was devoted to charity and to nursing others, and who is a model for all humanity of Resistance and defiance against oppression and all forms of injustice, forever rest in peace.


    --Franklin Lamb is a visiting Professor of International Law at the Faculty of Law, Damascus University and volunteers with the Sabra-Shatila Scholarship Program (sssp-lb.com).

    Source: Al-Manar Website
    01-03-2014 - 16:12 Last updated 01-03-2014

    Huge pro-Russian rallies today in Kharkov and Donetsk - Some kind of attack on Crimea definitely happened yesterday

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    Donetsk

    ----Some kind of attack on Crimea definitely happened yesterday

    First, a shot bullet style news update from the Ukraine:
    • New government in Kiev declared that Russia had deployed 6'000 soldiers to the Ukraine.
    • A car with 400kg of TNT-equivalent explosives was intercepted a a checkpoint yesterday in Crimea.  There is no word on the diver or possible passengers.
    • Crimean authorities had decided to hold the referendum on the status of Crimea on March 30th, and not May 25th as originally decided.
    • Gazprom is threatening to cancel the rebate on gas it had granted the Ukraine in December saying that the Ukraine had not paid on time.
    • Authorities in Crimea have declared that nationalist insurgents had attempted to seize control of the building of the Internal Ministry building in Crimea.  That assault was repelled by local militias, but there are casualties.
    • There are reports of a number of APC intercepted during an attempt to enter the Crimean peninsula.
    • The Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Crimea, Sergei Aksionov, declared that Kiev had attempted to nominate a nationalist insurgents as commander of the internal ministry (police) affairs forces in Crimea and that armed insurgents had attempted to seize control of local government buildings.  He therefore appealed to Putin to help protect the Crimean Peninsula.
    • Russia declared that it will act on Aksionov's request.
    • Telephone, Internet and cell-phone connections were re-established in Crimea (they had been cut by unknown people yesterday)
    • The Russian Parliament and the heads of the various parties represented there adopted an appeal to President Putin to take action to protect Crimea.
    • In Kiev, Iatseniuk has told his finance minister to contact his Russia counterpart to begin negotiations to financial issues.
    • Iatseniuk also promised never to use force in the Crimean Peninsula.
    • The self-style "acting President" of the Ukraine, Alexander Turchinov, has declared that he will veto the recent bill of the insurgent-controlled Parliament in Kiev which has repealed the previous "law on languages" and that a new law will have to be adopted.
    • Nationalists have taken control of an administration building in Kharkov.  A mass rally around the building has arisen, clashes have been reported between the demonstrators and the nationalists in the building, one reporter has just reported that the crowd had given assault to the building.
    • Obama appeared to made a special statement warning of a "price to pay" if Russia intervened militarily in the Ukraine. 
    Russian forces in Crimea
    What does all that mean?  Can we discern a pattern?  Do these events hint at what the various forces confronting each other might be doing.  Let's ask a few basic questions of common sense:

    1) If all parties agreed never to use any violence in Crimea, and if the local people were given a free choice on the future of the Peninsula, which side would win this referendum - the nationalists of the Russian-speaking and pro-Russian majority?  The answer is obvious - the pro-Russians would win.
    2) If the pro-Russians are sure to win in any free and fair political contest, who is the party which would benefit from an escalation of violence in Crimea?  The answer is obvious again: the Ukrainian nationalists?
    3) Considering that a clear majority of the local population is pro-Russia and that there are plenty of Russian forces in Crimea, what would the Kremlin gain by sending in Russian military forces into Crimea?  Again a obvious answer: nothing.
    4) The insurgents in Kiev know that a clear majority of Crimeans is opposed to their rule, and Iatseniuk is trying to negotiate with Russia on economic issues, while Turchinov says that he will veto the repeal of the former law on languages, what could Kiev hope to achieve by sending in insurgent forces into Crimea?  Nothing, of course, it would only make things worse.

    and now a few more question I will not immediately answer: 

    5) Somebody cut off all communications (phone, Internet, cell-phones) out of Crimea yesterday; today is was restored.  Who would gain from that and why?  6) Nobody disputes that some kind of unidentified but clearly professional and pro-Russian force suddenly took control of two airports in Crimea, only to later apologize and withdraw leaving just a few guards.  What could have triggered such a move? 
    7) Russia has admitted that it had closed the airspace over Crimea overnight.  Why would it do that?
    8)  While the 6'000 Russian paratroopers claimed by Kiev appears to be false, it is most likely that some kind of Russian force, supported by helicopters, was seen in operation yesterday.  What could they have been doing?

    What follows is only my interpretation and I might be 110% wrong.  Still, this is how I connect the dots.

    Some kind of attack on Crimea definitely happened yesterday and it was repelled.  I don't think that the attacking side was controlled by the new regime in Kiev as Iatseniuk and Turchinov had nothing to gain from such an action and much to lose.  I think that the attacking side was a third party, most likely some kind of assault force of Ukrainian and/or Tatar nationalists organized and controlled by US special forces.  I believe that this force tried cutting off the communication lines of the local authorities and attempted to storm the Internal Ministry building to seize control of the local police.  The Russian military clearly believed that some kind of force would be sent to the Crimea by air and that triggered a move by the Russian to seize the airports and defend them by force if needed.  When they saw that their move had been detected and preempted, the attacking force withdrew.  The US was clearly worried enough about the Russian reaction to have Obama issue a public threat about a "price to pay" should Russia invade the Ukraine.  As for the Russians, they are clearly incensed and key political figures have all expressed their demand that the Kremlin take action to protect Crimea.  Both sides are clearly in shock over what took place last night.

    What is going to happen next?

    Frankly, I believe that unless Obama does something truly extraordinary, Russia will move additional military forces in over the week-end.  The Kremlin simply cannot appear to ignore the plea from the local population.  Considering how much the West has been lying to Russia over the past 30 years or so, it would take some truly extraordinary reassurances and guarantees from the USA to stop a Russian military move into Crimea.  Russia will also take control over the Crimean airspace.  As for the tiny and rusting Ukrainian navy force, nobody needs it, but as long as it sits tight and stays put, it will basically be ignored.

    The US and EU reaction to that will be a truckload with of anti-Russians hysterics, followed by a boycott of some meetings and activities, and that's about it.  For Russia, this is even far more important that South Ossetia and Obama understands that, even if he will never acknowledge that publicly.  The US is not going to war with Russia over Crimea.  I think that the real message of Obama to Putin is "don't do the same thing in the eastern Ukraine" (Kharkov, Dnepropetrovsk, Lugansk, etc.).

    On the mid term, Crimea will vote to become an independent state within a Ukrainian Federation with the option to secede should the fascist regime remain in power in Kiev.

    So what do you think?  Does my (admittedly highly speculative) interpretation make sense or do you connect the dots differently?

    Kind regards,

    The Saker

    IDF to the rescue of Neo-Nazis in Ukraine!

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    Via FLC


    "... Delta, a Ukraine-born former soldier in the Israel Defense Forces, spoke to JTA Thursday on condition of anonymity. He explained how he came to use combat skills he acquired in the Shu’alei Shimshon reconnaissance battalion of the Givati infantry brigade to rise through the ranks of Kiev’s street fighters. He has headed a force of 40 men and women — including several fellow IDF veterans — in violent clashes with government forces."

    Mursi’s Son Arrested for Drug Possession near Cairo

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    Egypt: Abdullah Mohammad MursiA son of ousted Egyptian president Mohammad Mursi was arrested in eastern Cairo on Saturday for "drug possession."

    In a statement, the Qalioubiya Security Directorate said Abdullah Mursi and A. A, an employee, were arrested in a car in Obour, a commercial residential district in eastern Cairo.

    According to the statement, the pair were arrested in possession of two marijuana cigarettes and were referred to prosecutors for investigation.

    But the family of the ousted president described the arrest as an attempt to "tarnish the image of honorable people".

    "The charges aim to tarnish the reputation of the sons of the president," Abdullah's brother, Osama, told media outlets.

    He argued that the family had received warnings about attempts to fabricate charges against Mursi's sons.

    Osama and his elder brother Ahmad have been banned by Egypt's military-backed authorities from travelling abroad. No reasons have been given for the move.


    Source: Websites
    02-03-2014 - 10:28 Last updated 02-03-2014

    Um al-Fahem in Occupied Palestine Stands in Solidarity with Syria

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    Local Editor

    Palestine: Um al-Fahem in solidarity with SyriaThe popular committee for solidarity with the Syrian people and leadership in Palestine on Saturday staged an activity in solidarity with Syria in the Palestinian city of Um al-Fahem with participation of the Greek Orthodox Archbishop of Sebastia, Archbishop Atallah Hanna.

    The participants in the activity raised the Syrian and the Palestinian flags, chanted the Syrian anthem and observed a minute of silence for the souls of the martyrs.

    ام الفحم اجتماع لنصرة سوريا بحضور المطران عطالله حنا



    They expressed solidarity with the Syrian leadership, army and people and rejection of all the conspiracies targeting Syria’s unity and sovereignty.

     لتخرج المجموعات المسلحة فورا من اليرموك 
    They also expressed rejection of extremism, takfiri terrorism and violence.

    Source: Agencies
    02-03-2014 - 14:58 Last updated 02-03-2014 - 14:58 
    سانا/284/

      تحت شعار فلسطين ستبقى دوما مع سورية/اللجنة الشعبية للتضامن مع الشعب السورى وقيادته تقيم فعالية تضامنية فى مدينة ام الفحم الفلسطينية
    ام الفحم/المثلث الفلسطينى/1/3/سانا

    اقامت اللجنة الشعبية للتضامن مع الشعب السورى وقيادته الوطنية اليوم فعالية تضامنية مع سورية فى مدينة ام الفحم فى منطقة المثلث بفلسطين المحتلة بمشاركة المطران عطاالله حنا رئيساساقفة سبسطية للروم الارثوذكس من القدس الشريف ووفد منالجولان العربى السورى وشخصيات فلسطينية من ام الفحم وغيرها منالمدن والبلدات العربية فى داخل فلسطين المحتلة منذ عام/1948/0


    ورفع المشاركون فى الفعالية الاعلام السورية والفلسطينية بينما استهل اللقاء بالنشيد العربى السورى وبالوقوف دقيقة صمت اكراماللشهداء ثم القيت بالمناسبة كلمات الاسير المحرر المناضل الكبير صدقى المقت والمطران عطاالله حنا ووصفى عبدالغنى سكرتير لجنةالتضامن مع سورية جددوا فى سياقها التضامن الكامل مع سورية قيادة وجيشا وشعبا ورفض كل  الموءامرات والمخططات الهادفة 



    الأقصى في خطر"ولكن الطريق يمر بدمشق"

    الحركة الاسلامية في ام الفحم: "لا اهلا ولا سهلا بشبيحة السفّاح بشار في ام الفحم"




    Hezbollah comments on Michel Suleiman's speech: Baabda resident can't differentiate between golden and wooden

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    Hezbollah: Baabda Resident Cannot Differentiate between What’s Golden or Wooden
    حزب الله

    Hezbollah commented on Lebanese President Michel Sleiman Friday’s speech in which he referred to the “army-people-resistance” formula that had saved Lebanon for year by saying it’s a “wooden” formula.
    “With all due respect to the presidency and to what it represents, we consider that Baabda Palace became in need to a special care during the last months of the current term because its resident became cannot differentiate between what’s golden and what’s wooden,” Hezbollah’s statement read.


     | ناصر قنديل 28-2-2014








    Nationalists captured by pro-Russian crowd in Kharkov

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    The saker

    This just sent to me by "T" (thanks!):

    The nationalists who had seized the local administration building have been evicted by a pro-Russian crowd after a nasty fight, they are now surrounded by cops who protect them form the angry crowd which is screaming "this is Kharkov, not Kiev!" and "Fascists!":
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