| Author | Message | | Alpha | | Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2005 4:34 pm Post subject: War on Terror Should Focus at Source |
| James J. David is a retired Brigadier General and a graduate of the U.S. Army's Command and General Staff College, and the National Security Course, National Defense University, Washington DC. He served as a Company Commander with the 101st Airborne Division in the Republic of Vietnam in 1969 and 1970 and also served nearly 3 years of Army active duty in and around the Middle East from 1967-1969. He is a regular contributor to Media Monitors Network (MMN).
War on Terror Should Focus at Source
by James J. David
(Monday July 11 2005)
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"U.S. Policy in the Middle East has been the greatest recruiting tool that the terrorists could possibly have. Its lopsided support of Israel is the main reason we have so many problems we have today."
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The Jewish campaign to effectively silence any critic of Israel may well be the biggest contributing factor in this birth of world terrorism we see today.
In his weekly radio address, two days after the London bombing attacks, President Bush said: "We are now waging a global war on terror -- from the mountains of Afghanistan to the border regions of Pakistan, to the Horn of Africa, to the islands of the Philippines, to the plains of Iraq."
I wanted to scream and yell, "What about Israel, President Bush? If you really want to fight a war on terrorism, then the first place you need to go to is Israel. Stop wasting your time in those places you just mentioned and go to the source of terrorism. Go to where all the terror began. You can bring about a victory on the war on terrorism without sacrificing more than 1,700 American servicemen, and over $1 trillion of U.S. taxpayer money. Iraq isn't the place where terror began. Go to Israel. Go to where it all began and continues today."
All he would need to do is break clean from Israel and suspend all aid until Israel relinquishes its control of the occupied territories, stops building and expanding illegal Jewish settlements, accedes to the Palestinians right to self-determination and evacuates Jewish settlers now living in areas of the West Bank, Gaza, and the Golan Heights.
Just one day after President Bush made his remarks on the war on terrorism, Israel's Cabinet, ignoring Palestinian objections and U.S. misgivings, endorsed a Jerusalem separation barrier that will cut off 55,000 Palestinian residents from the city. The barrier leaves four Arab neighborhoods of Jerusalem, with some 55,000 residents, on the West Bank side, while including the largest Jewish West Bank settlement, Maaleh Adumim, with close to 30,000 people, on the Jerusalem side. This is the same wall that dips deep into the West Bank in several places to encircle main Jewish settlements grabbing thousands of acres of Palestinian land. Calling it anything other than a land grab would be misleading.
During this past week, the Israelis demolished 8 Palestinian homes and a gas station in Arab East Jerusalem in order to make way for a park. This, after a report showing that Jewish settlement construction in the West Bank was up 83 percent for the quarter even after Ariel Sharon had promised not to build any new settlements during last month's White House visit with President Bush. Once again, only misgivings came from the White House, and nothing from the State Department.
By getting tough with Israel and initiating my recommendations, the president could instantly, and without firing a shot, quiet guerilla warfare in Iraq, eliminate terrorism here and abroad, and reduce anti-American protests throughout the world. Further, he would be taking a major step toward restoring the U.S. to the position of respect and honor it once held among all Muslim and Arab nations.
U.S. Policy in the Middle East has been the greatest recruiting tool that the terrorists could possibly have. Its lopsided support of Israel is the main reason we have so many problems we have today. The unquestionable protection of Israel and our refusal to condemn and take action no matter what crimes and human rights violations it commits is the fuel that ignites the birth of terror. Get tough with Israel and you will succeed in the war on terror.
Sounds simple, but we know the obstacles that prevent such action are all too real. The Israeli and Jewish lobby, the fundamental Christians, the media, the corporate bosses, the ADL, the big campaign contributors, are all obstacles that keep our politicians from doing what's right. Who dares to criticize Israel without inheriting the label of "bigot" or, even worse, "anti-Semite?" It is absurd and dangerous to claim that bigotry is at the root of calls for adherence to basic standards of human rights. But the ongoing threat of the "anti-Semitic" label helps to prevent U.S. politicians from criticizing Israel. Which one of them would be brave enough not to vote "yes" to any of their demands, even when the demands threatens peace to the world? The Jewish campaign to effectively silence any critic of Israel may well be the biggest contributing factor in this birth of world terrorism we see today.
When the day comes when we have a president and congress brave enough to finally say, "enough is enough," then we will see the beginning of the end to world terrorism. Until then, we have a long war ahead.
President Bush has the power to end the reign of terror right now if he is willing to break clean from the stranglehold of the Jewish lobby. Politically, it is a hard choice, but ultimately a sensible and realistic one that would bring about true peace and justice in the Middle East and reduce tensions around the world.
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Dealing with the core of Mideast Terror
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Last edited by Alpha on Tue Jul 26, 2005 5:19 pm; edited 1 time in total | |  | | Alpha | | | | Alpha | | | | Alpha | | | | Alpha | | Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2005 7:43 am Post subject: 55,000 Palestinians to be cut off by J'lem fence |
| From: BGJDAVID
Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2005 11:02:46 EDT
Subject: 55,000 Palestinians to be cut off by J'lem fence
If the United States and Great Britain are really serious about defeating terrorism then the first and foremost priority should be at the source of terrorism. And the best place to start would be in Israel and the crimes committed against the Palestinian people. Allowing Israel to continue committing such crimes will insure defeat of any battle against terrorism. The Israeli government and the Jewish lobby have successfully silenced any critic of Israel no matter what crimes she commits. This silence is what fuels the fires of terrorism. When will the American people wake up?
Haaretz - Israel News - 55,000 Palestinians to be cut off by J lem fence
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon entering the weekly government meeting in Jerusalem on Sunday. (AP)
Last update - 15:51 10/07/2005
55,000 Palestinians to be cut off by J'lem fence
By Amos Harel, Haaretz Correspondent
The separation fence surrounding the Jerusalem area will cut off some 55,000 Palestinian residents of East Jerusalem from the rest of the city, the government ministers decided during the weekly cabinet meeting Sunday.
The government also decided on September 1 as the new deadline for completing the construction of the fence, which will leave the Shu'afat refugee camp and the village of Aqab to the east of the fence.
The government approved a plan to address the "daily life" issues of Jerusalem's Palestinian population who will be affected by the separation fence.
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According to the plan, the Jerusalem municipality will make arrangements to ease passage at the fence and to bus students from one side to the other, as well as procedures for administering medical and humanitarian services to those in need.
The government will also encourage East Jerusalem hospitals to open branches beyond the fence. Deputy Prime Minister Ehud Olmert will oversee the implementation of the plan.
The ministers approved a supplementary NIS 17 million to the Public Security Ministry budget as well as NIS 8 million for the Jerusalem municipality for providing the new services.
Health Minister Danny Naveh said that the intention is to create convenient passage for the stranded residents and to allow them to receive health services on both sides of the fence without interference. Deputy Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said that 3,655 school children will also be left on the cut off side of the fence, "for whom we will have to provide daily transportation to their schools," Olmert said.
The cabinet ministers were told that the Jerusalem fence will include 12 passage gates, and that schools, post offices and National Insurance branches will be built on the other side of the fence, in order to alleviate the life situation of the residents caught behind it.
Minister Without Portfolio Haim Ramon said the gates and crossings in the fence must remain open, and be shut down only in emergency situations. According to Ramon, public services on this side of the fence must be brought to the same level as on the other side.
Deputy Construction Minister Avraham Ravitz said "we want the changes to remain unfelt, so that leaving tens of thousands of Palestinians outside the fence will not cause them to feel isolation and inability to function." | | | | Alpha | | Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2005 8:40 am Post subject: Subject: Jews |
| Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2005 16:14:01 -0700
From: "jinxer"
Subject: Jews
In the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, a 17-year-old student from the Gush
Katif settlement spoke on the intended pullout from the Gaza Strip:
"They (Israelis) don't understand that being uprooted from your home
is like a spiritual death."
Perhaps the average Israeli cannot understand the immense pain of
being evicted from a land that bears religious sanctity. The settler,
however, fails to recognize the land in which he lives was ethnically
cleansed by Israel so his family could stake their claim of
spirituality.
The confiscation of land Zionists deemed necessary for a Jewish state
to exist is a major obstacle to peace in the century-long conflict.
Most Israelis dodge, deny or justify the ethnic cleansing of 700,000
indigenous Palestinians in 1948. David Ben-Gurion, then leader of the
Jewish militant group Haganah, forthrightly declared, "After we become
a strong force as the result of the creation of the state, we shall
abolish partition and expand to the whole of Palestine."
Zionists contend Israel was a defenseless nation looking for peace
with its Palestinian neighbors. Israeli historian Benny Morris proved
the contrary, citing extensive examples from declassified Israeli,
British and American archives. Morris concludes, "From April 1948,
Ben-Gurion is projecting a message of transfer. There is no explicit
order of his in writing, there is no orderly comprehensive policy, but
there is an atmosphere of (population) transfer. The transfer idea is
in the air. The entire leadership understands that this is the idea.
The officer corps understands what is required of them. Under
Ben-Gurion, a consensus of transfer is created."
Recognition of Palestinian displacement continues to manifest itself
in Israel today. The majority of politicians, including the "dovish"
Labor Party, imbue the teaching that the Palestinians of 1948 left on
their own accord, rather than by forceful displacement or fleeing for
safety. The denial of transfer within the Israeli leadership
perpetuates the indoctrination of falsities in Israeli society.
The Haganah implemented Plan Dalet in April of 1948. The plan set in
motion the "atmosphere of transfer" Morris cites. The massacre of Deir
Yassin occurred on April 9, leaving 246 Palestinians dead. Within a
month, the expulsion of Palestinians from Jaffa, Haifa, Tiberias and
Safad occurred. Israeli historian Ilan Pappe describes the directives
of Plan Dalet, which consequently adds to Morris' "consensus of
transfer". He states, "The plan was executed because the soldiers in
the battlefield were oriented by a general attitude from above and
motivated by remarks made by the Yishuv's leaders on the need to
'clean' the country. These remarks were translated into acts of
depopulation by enthusiastic commanders on the ground, who knew that
their actions would be justified in retrospect by the political
leadership."
Zionists, infusing heroism into the creation of Israel, portrayed the
conflict as an Israeli David versus an Arab Goliath. Pappe debunks the
assertion Israeli forces were outmatched by the Arab armies. In his
book A History of Modern Palestine, Pappe writes: "The Arab
governments fielded about 25,000 troops, and as the war went on raised
the number to 100,000. Similar numbers were deployed by the Jewish
community, including both the Haganah and Irgun."
The Arab troops were using older weaponry. The British did not restock
the Arabs' ammunition and supplies. A United Nations decree ordered
the British to comply with an arms embargo on the Arab armies. The
British followed through with the order. In contrast, the Israelis
illegally purchased arms from the Eastern Bloc, which gave the Jewish
forces the extra strength necessary to maintain the upper hand in the
war. The Jewish forces acted more productively under a central
command, while the Arab states moved more independently, which led to
confusion and inefficiency. The Arab governments were fighting for
control of territory, rather than in conjunction with the rights of
the Palestinian people. Jordan's Arab Legion avoided clashing with the
Israeli forces and focused on securing dominance of the West Bank.
Excluding the fight for Jerusalem, an agreement to avoid confrontation
by Jordanian King Abdullah and Jewish Agency political director Golda
Meyerson (Meir) upheld throughout the war.
The implementation of Plan Dalet in April of 1948 refutes the notion
that Israel stood only in defense against the "brutal" Arab armies.
The first Arab-Israeli war did not start until May 15, 1948, which
also counters the claim that expulsion resulted as an effect of the
Arab invasion. The Jewish forces had displaced one third of the
Palestinian population by May 15, 1948.
Israel regards itself as the victim, rather than the aggressor, as
many historical sources illustrate, and most damningly by Israel's own
archives. This mentality of victimization tries to excuse the
atrocities committed against Palestinians and overlooks the
ramifications of disregarding rights to property, self-determination,
and international law. Recognizing an academically denuded portion of
Israeli history and transforming the Jewish collective memory are
essential for creating an "atmosphere of peace".
The Palestinians have felt the power of dispossession and understand
the experience of ethnic cleansing. The 17-year-old student seems to
feel that same harsh reality. If only those inside Israel would refer
to the material their own people have left behind, moves to displace
the "atmosphere of conflict" could happen much more quickly. | | | | Alpha | | Posted: Sat Jul 16, 2005 9:38 am Post subject: London Bombers Were Angered by War in Iraq |
| London Bombers Were Angered by War in Iraq
By SCHEHEREZADE FARAMARZI, Associated Press Writer
Fri Jul 15, 5:32 AM ET
Shahzad Tanweer, the 22-year-old son of a Pakistani-born affluent businessman, turned to Islam, the religion of his birth, a few years ago. The transformation was gradual, but then his relentless reading of the Quran and daily prayers became almost an obsession, his friends told The Associated Press. He became withdrawn and increasingly angry over the war in Iraq, according to those who knew him best.
The U.S.-led war was what likely drove him to blow himself up on a subway train last week, said his friends.
"He was a Muslim and he had to fight for Islam. This is called jihad," or holy war, said Asif Iqbal, 20, who said he was Tanweer's childhood friend.
Another friend, Adnan Samir, 21, nodded in agreement.
"They're crying over 50 people while 100 people are dying every day in Iraq and Palestine," said Iqbal. "If they are indeed the ones who did it, it's because they believed it was right. They're in Heaven.
"Have you ever been inspired in life?" he asked.
Tanweer and three other bombers detonated their backpacks on a bus and three subway trains in London on July 7, killing at least 53 people, themselves included, and injuring more than 700.
Tanweer turned to religion before the war in Iraq began in 2003. His friends don't know the reason, but said they didn't see anything wrong or unusual about it.
"He always told me to read the Quran and said Islam is the way (of life)," recalls Iqbal.
Everyone interviewed in his neighborhood — those who knew him well like Iqbal and Samir, who were schoolmates, or those who saw him in passing — described Tanweer as pleasant and kind.
"He was a nice lad. I don't know how many times he served me fish and chips," said Peter Douchworth, 58, a Beeston resident for over 30 years. "He went out of his way to help."
Tanweer sometimes worked at his father's fish and chips shop, but an employee there said he hadn't worked there for a while.
The family's white house — which has been cordoned off by police since Monday — stands in stark contrast to the surrounding gritty red-brick Victorian row houses. Two fancy cars are parked in the parking lot at the back.
A devoted athlete, Tanweer studied sports science at Leeds Metropolitan University and planned to get involved in sports professionally. He showed up twice a week for pickup soccer games, said a teammate who gave his name only as Saj.
He had a younger brother and two sisters and always lived in the working-class multiethnic Beeston area of the city of Leeds in northern England.
Media reports said he was arrested once for shoplifting.
His uncle, Bashir Ahmed, said Tanweer traveled to Lahore, Pakistan, this year to study Islamic religion. He said his family believed he was attending "some religious function" on the day of the bombings.
Forensic evidence has linked Tanweer to the blast on the Underground train near Aldgate.
Friends Iqbal and Samir claimed ignorance as to how their friend became involved in Islamic militancy and how he became a prey to terrorist recruiters.
"All Muslims are connected," Iqbal said.
The friends said they had never been approached by anyone trying to indoctrinate them into militant Islam.
Where would Tanweer and his co-activists meet or plan their attacks?
"How do football fans get together and talk about football? It's the same thing," said Iqbal.
Tanweer's friend, Hasib Hussain, is another of the bombers identified by police. At 18, the handsome, 6-foot-tall soccer player was the youngest of the bombers. He was also the youngest of four children, two sisters and a brother. Like Tanweer, his family came from Pakistan.
Hussain, suspected of carrying out the suicide attack that claimed 13 lives on a double-decker bus, was known for his sense of humor and style. He sometimes wore blue contact lenses and long hair parted in the middle, according to a friend.
Some people said Hussain became more religious two years ago but never abandoned his boyhood friends for radicals. Mohammed Sidique Khan, 30, born in Pakistan and another of the suicide bombers, is known in his neighborhood as an exemplary community worker.
A father of an 8-month-old baby girl, Khan was a popular former teacher of children with learning disabilities.
Documents belonging to Khan were found in the debris of the Edgware Road subway blast.
Former students at the Hillside Primary School said Khan left for Pakistan last December to look after his ailing father. It was not clear when he returned to Britain.
"I liked him. He was nice," said Billy Sandersen, 13. He and other former pupils said they were shocked when they saw his picture in the papers as one of the suspects.
However, they said they still liked him.
"Just a little bit, but not for what he's done — killing innocent people," Sandersen said.
"I still like him," said Sean Woodham, 13, another former pupil, "because he always helped me with my homework."
Maroof Latif, an unemployed Beeston resident, said he knew Khan since he was a child and believes if he took part in the terrorist bombings of the subways it was because of his anger over the war in Iraq and the U.S.-British occupation. | | | | | ©2002-2009 WarWithoutEnd.co.uk |
