Category Archives: Jingoism – pushing for war

‘Israel releases map detailing hundreds of Hezbollah sites in Lebanon’

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From Haarets

Map obtained by the Washington Post reveals that Israeli intelligence officials believe that the 550 underground bunkers identified have been stocked with weapons transferred from Syria since the 2006 Second Lebanon War.

By Natasha Mozgovaya Tags: Israel news Hezbollah Lebanon

Israeli military officials have provided a map detailing nearly 1,000 sites and facilities monitored by the Hezbollah militant group in southern Lebanon, the Washington Post reported on Wednesday.

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Map detailing Hezbollah sites in Lebanon Map detailing Hezbollah sites in Lebanon, provided by the Washington Post on March 30, 2011

Israeli intelligence officials believe that the 550 underground bunkers identified have been stocked with weapons transferred from Syria since the 2006 Second Lebanon War, according to the report. The map obtained by the Washington Post also details 300 surveillance sites and 100 other facilities Israel believes belong to Hezbollah militants.

The map indicates Israel’s deep concern regarding relations between Syria and Hezbollah, according to the Washington Post, which cites Israeli officials as having said in interviews that most of Hezbollah’s weapons are secretly transferred from arms depots near Damascus to facilities in southern Lebanon. Continue Reading →

Egypt Air wipes Israel off the map – a sign of where Egypt could be headed

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H/T AA

From The Telegraph:

By Praveen Swami World Last updated: March 25th, 2011

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Israel has quietly dropped off Egypt Air’s route map this week.

The airline’s explanation is that “flights to Tel Aviv are operated by Air Sinai, which is a separate company.” It explains that “our website exclusively show destinations to which our own EA flights travel to.”

I’ve been unable to find a phone number, website or postal address for Air Sinai. That’s because it doesn’t seem to exist.  Wikipedia states it “ceased airline operations in its own right in 2002 and operates as a ‘paper airline’ for its parent company, Egypt Air.”

Like a fair few other people, I suspect, I’m wondering if this is a sign of things to come in the Egypt-Israel relationship, because of the growing influence of people who would like to see Israel erased from maps, not just route maps.

Egyptians who backed the movement against Hosni Mubarak, the country’s unlamented former ruler, are beginning to realise that the revolution they sacrificed so much for isn’t headed quite where they’d expected.

Earlier this month, more than three-quarters of Egyptian voters backed constitutional amendments which will facilitate the early election of a new parliament and new president. This gives the Muslim Brotherhood, the country’s best-organised and largest political force, an advantage: its opponents just haven’t had time to get their act together. Continue Reading →

Iranian propaganda video with translation by Reza Kahlili

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Translation was done by Reza Kahlili who runs the site, www.Atimetobetray.com Reza is a former CIA agent who was stationed within the Iranian security services for some time.

More information here:

http://atimetobetray.com/blog/iran-leaders-the-coming-is-upon-us-%E2%80%93-israel-shall-be-destroyed-watch-the-video/

And CBN interviewed Kahlili on this video here:

Israel braces for flare-up as Gazan rockets hit

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Yahoo News:

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Palestinian rockets struck two cities deep in Israel on Wednesday, wounding a resident and prompting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to threaten lengthy “exchanges of blows” with the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip.

Islamic Jihad, a smaller Gaza faction and occasional Hamas ally, claimed responsibility for the attacks on Beersheba and Ashdod.

They followed Israeli air strikes and shelling in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday that killed four Palestinian civilians, including three children playing football, and five militants, medical officials said.

Netanyahu, who voiced regret for Tuesday’s civilian deaths and said Israel sought no escalation, took a tougher tone after some members of his cabinet mooted a wider offensive on Gaza.

Israel’s three-week war in the impoverished coastal enclave in 2009 killed about 1,400 Palestinians, drawing heavy international censure. Hamas had mostly held fire since.

“No country would be prepared to absorb protracted missile fire on its cities and civilians, and of course the State of Israel is not prepared to,” Netanyahu said in parliament.

“It could be that this matter will entail exchanges of blows, and it may take a certain period of time, but we are very determined to strike at the terrorist elements and deny them the means of attacking our citizens,” he said, according to a transcript issued by his office. Continue Reading →

Iran seeks volunteers to participate in suicide bombings against Saudi interests around the world

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From Pajamas Media:

The Iranian leaders, furious over the Saudi intervention in Bahrain and what they call crimes against the Shiites of that country, have openly created centers to recruit volunteers for suicide bombings against Saudi Arabia’s interests worldwide:

Several grand ayatollahs in Iran have issued a fatwa for Muslims to come to the aid of their Shiite brothers in Bahrain, who they claim are suffering horrific crimes from their government in collaboration with the Saudi armed forces. They further emphasized that the people of Bahrain have every right to demand freedom and their fair share from the state.

Shia-News, a site associated with Ayatollah Mesbah Yazdi (a hard-line Shiite Twelver and an influential figure in the suppression of Iranians during their uprising to protest the fraudulent presidential election of 2009), is registering volunteers to participate in suicide bombings against Saudi interests around the world. Hundreds have already registered. Reports from inside Iran indicate that an alert has gone out to the Revolutionary Guards Quds forces throughout the world to prepare for attacks on Saudi establishments.

The translated text of the Shia-News article:

Please click over to PJ Media for the rest of this article.

Pakistan Airforce on Red Alert. Says ‘India Seeking Scapegoat’

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News Outlook India:

Pakistan continued to be confused, defiant and in denial. But despite mounting pressure from around the world to take immediate action against terrorism,  it stuck to its old chant of “no proof”.

But even as Pakistan’s Prime Minister said that he did not foresee a war, Pakistan put its air force on red alert and warplanes conducted “emergency scrambles” from four key airbases, in what has been described as whipping up war-hysteria to mount pressure on the West.

Soon after the Pakistan Air Force went on red alert, emergency scrambles were conducted at the Lahore, Rawalpindi, Sargodha and Mianwali airbases, sources were quoted as saying by the private NNI news agency.

F-16 and Mirage combat jets carried out aerial surveillance of the Chashma nuclear power plant complex and other sensitive sites, sources said.

Residents of Mianwali in Punjab province shouted slogans against “Indian aggression” as they watched the jets soaring through the skies over the city, the report said.

The Civil Defence Organisation informed people about safety measures to be observed in the event of air strikes. Siren exercises will be conducted in the city for people to observe a black out, the sources said.

The PAF began conducting sorties over major cities, including the federal capital, on Monday in a show of enhanced vigilance following the escalation of regional tensions.

The contradictions however were apparent in the shifting stance by its various various luminaries. What came up with just in the course of the last 24 hours makes for fascinating reading:

‘They Want To Make Someone The Scapegoat’

Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani was the one who perhaps summed up the Pakistani response in its totality:

“The government and armed forces of Pakistan are prepared for all eventualities in the face of mounting tensions between the two countries. The armed forces of Pakistan are assessing the situation but I do not think there will be a war. If they (India) try to indulge in any adventure of this kind, the people and institutions of Pakistan are united to defend the country and its territorial integrity. While the operational preparedness of our armed forces is at an optimal level, nobody wants tensions on the borders. We are moving responsibly and with caution..The government is aware of the situation in the region and will act as things move. Continue Reading →

‘I will wear this fine as a badge on my shoulder’: Shameless Muslim extremist dismisses £50 fine for Armistice Day poppy burning

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By Daily Mail Reporter The Daily Mail:

Last updated at 6:16 PM on 7th March 2011

  • Veterans dismiss ‘futile sentence’

A shameless Muslim extremist who burned a poppy on Armistice Day today boasted that would wear his £50 as ‘a badge on my shoulder’.

Emdadur Choudhury , 26, who was convicted at Belmarsh Magistrates’ Court of a public order offence, also claimed the charge levelled against him was ‘ridiculous’.

Choudhury, of Spitalfields, East London, was caught on camera unfurling several large plastic poppies on the ground before burning them at the end of the two-minute silence to honour the war dead.
Mohammad Haque (left) and Emdadur Choudhury (right) pictured today. Choudhury was convicted of a public order offence after he burned a poppy on Armistice Day and fined £50. Fellow defendant Haque was found not guilty of the same offenceMohammad Haque (left) and Emdadur Choudhury (right) pictured today. Choudhury was convicted of a public order offence after he burned a poppy on Armistice Day and fined £50. Fellow defendant Haque was found not guilty of the same offence

He was convicted of ‘using threatening, abusive, or insulting words or behaviour within hearing or sight of a person likely to have been caused harassment, alarm or distress’ by District Judge Howard Riddle, following a one-day trial last month.

His fellow defendant, Mohammad Haque, 30, of Bethnal Green, was found not guilty of the same public order offence.

Neither defendant appeared at the court, where Choudhury was ordered to pay the money, alongside a £15 victim surcharge. The maximum fine he could have received was £1,000.

SO WHY WAS HE JUST CHARGED WITH A PUBLIC ORDER OFFENCE?

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EDL demo filmed from the other side of the fence.

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Interesting lack of dogs on this side. Also, the cries we hear don’t seem very British to me. Well these days perhaps. Also, this side seems to actually be guilty of everything they accuse the EDL of being, while actually failing to provide any evidence the EDL is as described.

STRATFOR: Iran: Warship Deployment Continues

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The Iranians have indeed learned to manipulate the leftist narrative with the newly minted phrase, ‘Iranophobia’. Given the origins of the name Iran, I suppose that makes us Naziphobic as well.

March 5, 2011 STRATFOR
Iran’s warships dispatched to the Mediterranean Sea and the Syrian coasts were successful and the navy will continue similar missions to confront and defuse the West’s “Iranophobia propaganda,” Iranian navy commander Adm. Habibollah Sayyari said March 5, Fars news reported. The deployment was aimed at sending Iran’s message of “peace and friendship” to the region and strengthening relations with other states, Sayyari said, adding two Iranian military vessels, the 33,000-ton supply vessel Khark and the 1,500-ton patrol frigate Alvand, prove that Iran is ready to defend its interests in any place.

Egyptian Armed Forces Demolish Fences Guarding Coptic Monasteries

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From AINA.ORG:

(AINA) — Egyptian armed forces this week demolished fences surrounding ancient Coptic monasteries, leaving them vulnerable to attacks by armed Arabs, robbers and escaped prisoners, who have seized the opportunity of the state of diminished protection by the authorities in Egypt to carry out assaults and thefts.

“Three monasteries have been attacked by outlaws and have asked for protection from the armed forces, but were told to defend themselves.” said activist Mark Ebeid. “When the terrified monks built fences to protect themselves, armed forces appeared only then with bulldozers to demolish the fences. It is worth noting that these monasteries are among the most ancient in Egypt, with valuable Coptic icons and manuscripts among others, which are of tremendous value to collectors.”

On Sunday February 20, armed forced stormed the 4th century old monastery of St. Boula in the Red Sea area, assaulted three monks and then demolished a small fence supporting a gate leading to the fenceless monastery. “The idea of the erection of the gate was prompted after being attacked at midnight on February 13 by five prisoners who broke out from their prisons,” said Father Botros Anba Boula, “and were armed with a pistol and batons. The monks ran after them but they fled to the surrounding mountains except for one who stumbled and was apprehended and held by the monks until the police picked him up three days later.” Continue Reading →