Israel Simulates Attack On Freedom Flotilla

06/30/2011

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June 30, 2011
Saed Bannoura

Israeli sources reported that the army, a number of Israeli security officials and politicians, conducted on Tuesday a drill simulating the interception of the Freedom Flotilla 2, that will be heading to Gaza to deliver medical and humanitarian supplies.

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Israel lobby prepares America for war with Pakistan

06/30/2011

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June 30, 2011
Maidhc Ó Cathail

  No doubt taking their cue from Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, who has said that Pakistan poses the biggest strategic threat to Israel, three of the Israel lobby’s loudest mouthpieces used a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing  to mentally prepare Americans for what will most likely be dubbed another “war of Muslim liberation."

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And What About Jewish Anti-Gentile Studies?

06/29/2011

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June 29, 2011
Gilad Atzmon

American Jewry won a victory last week: Yale University bowed to pressure - it is now starting yet another initiative to study anti-Semitism, after a decision to cancel an earlier programme had sparked criticism.

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Israel and the Tactics of Mistake

06/29/2011

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June 28, 2011
Alan Sabrosky

Given the pervasiveness of Zionist influence in the US government and its intelligence and security agencies (including of course the Defense Department), two broad scenarios are possible. One is that the neo-cons and their cohorts were in the driver's seat with Israel in the passenger seat with a map and the baggage. The second sees Israel driving with the neo-cons and others handling the map and baggage.                                                            

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Israel passes draft law requiring Palestinians to pay for their own home demolitions

06/29/2011

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Saed Bannoura
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A Committee of the Israeli Knesset (Parliament) passed a first draft of a law that will require that Palestinians whose homes are destroyed by Israeli forces pay the Israeli government for the demolition costs.

The law will now be passed to the full Knesset for a final reading, where it is expected to pass due to the current makeup of the Knesset.

Since 1967, Israeli forces have demolished 24,813 Palestinian homes. 90% of these homes were destroyed for 'administrative' reasons – because they either lacked a permit or were in an area designated for expansion by the Israeli military. No permits have been issued by Israeli authorities for Palestinian construction in the Occupied Territories since 1967. The remaining 10% of the demolitions have been 'punitive' demolitions of the homes of Palestinians accused of attacking Israel, or of their families' homes.

In the first five months of 2011, Israeli forces demolished more Palestinian homes than in the entire year of 2010, rendering homeless 706 Palestinians, including 341 minors. This is according to the most recent numbers released by the Israeli Civil Administration.

If the law passes the full Knesset, any Palestinian whose home is destroyed by the Israeli military will have to pay thousands of dollars to cover the cost of the demolition. Already, many Palestinian homeowners, mainly in Jerusalem, have been forced to pay for the forced demolition of their homes.

Israeli forces use US-made armored D9 bulldozers, manufactured by the Caterpillar Corporation, to carry out the demolition of Palestinian homes. This has led US and international activists to call for a boycott of the Caterpillar corporation, saying that the use of the bulldozers to demolish Palestinian homes is a violation of international law and the Fourth Geneva Convention.
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Israeli Government Hand in Hoax Anti-Flotilla Video

06/29/2011

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June 28, 2011
Tikun Olam
  
It’s beginning to appear that virtually every statement, every tweet, every Facebook Wall posting from the Israeli government about the Flotilla is either steeped in fraud or simply wrong.    
                                                                          
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FBI Entraps Two More Muslims

06/28/2011

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by Steve Lendman

By now, the familiar storyline sounds more like a film plot than criminal indictment, especially when Muslims are involved, and the most recent case repeats the same scenario used last December.

Then it involved Antonio Martinez, aka Muhammad Hussain, accused of plotting to attack an armed forces recruiting center. An undercover FBI agent lawlessly entrapped him, supplying an inert bomb, then stopping him after he allegedly tried to detonate it by remote control. A previous article discussed him, accessed through the following link:

http://sjlendman.blogspot.com/2010/12/fbi-sting-entraps-another-victim.html

In fact, like dozens of others, he was maliciously ensnared by an FBI orchestrated sting operation, entrapping him to declare another war on terror victory. Innocence or guilt doesn't matter, just the illusion that America is now safer when, in fact, each conviction assures greater insecurity, leaving many to wonder who's next.

Abu Khalid Abdul-Latif (aka Joseph Anthony Davis) and Walli Mujahidh (aka Frederick Dominque) are the latest victims, a June 23 Justice Department press release headlining, "Two Men Charged in Plot to Attack Seattle Military Processing Center - Defendants Sought Firearms and Grenades to Attack Complex where Enlistees Report," saying:

Arrested on June 22, both men were "charged by criminal complaint with terrorism and firearms related charges....Unbeknownst to the defendants, the weapons were rendered inoperable and posed no risk to the public. (They) initially planned an attack on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, but later changed targets. (They) intended to carry out their attack with both grenades and machine guns."

Other bogus plots involved surface-to-air and stinger missiles, automatic weapons, bombs and other explosive devices, as well as other heavy firepower beyond the ability of ordinary people to obtain even with help. Yet indictments suggest it's simple for anyone to get them over the counter or by other means.

According to US Attorney Jenny Durkan:

"The complaint alleges these men intended to carry out a deadly attack against our military where they should be most safe, here at home. This is a sobering reminder of our need to be vigilant and that our first line of defense is the people who live in our community. We were able to disrupt the plot because someone stepped forward and reported it to authorities."

In fact, according to Seattle Post-Intelligencer writers Levi Pulkkinen and Scott Gutierrez, a convicted felon informant entrapped both men in a plot they may never have conceived without prodding.

However, the storyline goes that both defendants met with the unnamed man, explained the planned attack, then surveilled the recruiting station together. Why three were needed for a one-man job wasn't explained, other than for help to provide weapons no ordinary person could get.

According to the FBI, Abdul-Latif told the informant he wanted to obtain AK-47 assault rifles, rocket-propelled grenades, other grenades, and bullet proof vests.

The Justice Department indictment said:

"Law enforcement (learned) of the potential threat when a citizen alerted them that he/she had been approached about participating in the attack and supplying firearms to the conspirators. The person then agreed to work with law enforcement, which began monitoring" both men.

Since early June, "the conspirators were captured on (easily manipulated) audio and videotape, discussing a violent assault on the Military Entrance Process Station (MEPS)....where each (military branch) screens and processes enlistees."

According to Acting Assistant Attorney General for National Security, Todd Hinnen:

"Driven by a violent, extreme ideology, these two young Americans are charged with plotting to murder men and women who were enlisting in the Armed Forces to serve and protect our country."

Abdul-Latif and Mujahidh are charged with:

-- conspiracy to murder US officers and employees;

-- conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction (grenades); and

-- possession of firearms to commit violent crimes.

If convicted on all charges, both men face up to life in prison. On June 24, they were arraigned in court, then held without bail. On July 7, a preliminary hearing is scheduled after which a trial date will be set.

Abdul-Latif's wife described him as loving man, saying she didn't believe her husband could be accused of a terror attack, adding:

"He's not that type of person. I don't know if he got involved with bad people or something, but I don't have any idea. (Investigators) told me they (were) looking for weapons, and I told them I don't have weapons in this house."

Calling her husband a good man and good husband, she explained:

"He goes to mosque. He works hard. I don't have to pay rent. I don't have to (buy) food. I don't have to pay (for) clothes. He's clothing me. He's housing me."

Neighbors also expressed surprise, including Mozaia Walton, saying:

"Well, he just seemed like a working guy, like he would come and he would go. His wife was really nice."

Another neighbor, Janice Ackman, said:

"It's an absolute surprise. As they say in the media, he's the last person I would have expected."

After entrapping victimized targets, the Justice Department disingenuously ends relevant press releases, saying:

"The charges contained in the complaint are only allegations. A person is presumed innocent unless and until he or she is proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law."

In fact, prosecutors have already convicted them by accusation, hanging them out to dry for being Muslims in America at the wrong time, imprisoning hundreds of innocent victims of Washington's war on terror.

On June 24, Los Angeles Times writer Kim Murphy headlined, "Pair accused of plotting Seattle attack," saying:

"A bankrupt janitor from Seattle who admired Osama bin Laden and a Los Angeles man who said he was going on jihad were accused of plotting (the alleged attack) as vengeance for violence committed against Afghan civilians, describing a storyline straight out of Hollywood, including:

-- obtaining automatic weapons, rocket-propelled and other grenades;

-- planning to use a truck with a battering ram "that looks like the Titanic;"

-- approaching the recruiting center; and

-- attacking "anybody wearing green or a badge," alleged conversations explaining their plan like a screenplay.

A Final Comment

A previous article explained how innocent Muslims are entrapped, accessed through the following link:

http://sjlendman.blogspot.com/2011/06/entrapping-innocent-muslims.html

It discusses a recent New York University School of Law Center for Human Rights and Global Justice (CHRGJ) report titled, "Targeted and Entrapped: Manufacturing the 'Homegrown Threat' in the United States."

It explains how innocent Muslims have been ruthlessly targeted, paid informants often performing services in return for reduced charges or sentences they face, a powerful incentive why they cooperate.

Several high-profile examples explained the threat all Muslims today face, entrapped for political advantage. Nearly always, Washington invents plots. America's media headline them. People feel safer, unaware innocent people face spurious charges. The pattern repeats regularly, often strategically timed.

Instead of pursuing criminals, Homeland Security, the FBI and Justice Department prosecutors embrace racist radicalization notions to entrap innocent victims despite no plot or crime except ones they invent. As a result, everyone today is vulnerable when government repressively works against people, not protectively for them.

That's today's America, besides wasting the nation's resources on imperial wars and handouts to corporate predators.

Stephen Lendman lives in Chicago and can be reached at lendmanstephen@sbcglobal.net.

Also visit his blog site at sjlendman.blogspot.com and listen to cutting-edge discussions with distinguished guests on the Progressive Radio News Hour on the Progressive Radio Network Thursdays at 10AM US Central time and Saturdays and Sundays at noon. All programs are archived for easy listening.

http://www.progressiveradionetwork.com/the-progressive-news-hour/.
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Are Media’s ‘Muslim Spokesmen’ Even Muslims?

06/28/2011

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June 24, 2011
Keith Johnson

Obama wants your guns, and he’s determined to get his hands on them no matter what kind of dirty tricks he has to pull. If that means deploying fake al Qaeda actors to read from a script and perform in a slick, choreographed, Hollywood-esque anti-gun commercial—so be it.
                                                            
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Israel's Bullying Power Once Again Stifles Free Speech

06/24/2011

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June 23, 2011
  
Apple has removed the "Third Intifada" app from its online store in compliance with the demands of Israel's Diplomacy and Diaspora Affairs Minister  Yuli Edelstein. In the following JT article, the typical lies are propagated to characterize Palestinians as violent threats to the Israeli's when, in fact, just the opposite is true.          
                                                                                
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Report: ‘mass surveillance’ on Arab world by U.S.

06/24/2011

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June 23, 2011
David Edward

 "For at least two years, the U.S. has been conducting a secretive and immensely sophisticated campaign of mass surveillance and data mining against the Arab world, allowing the intelligence community to monitor the habits, conversations, and activity of millions of individuals at once," said the leader of a major hacktivist group.                                                             
 
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