NB: These SITREPs that Saker allows to be posted here will now be twice a week. Significant news events will be posted, recurring ones like the repeated failed attempts to take back a city, like Tikrit by the Iraqi military, will be avoided; unless there are other repercussions to that event. Also body counts are too depressing to keep reporting and there are other sources that list the everyday dead of Iraq.
The Saker has been very kind to allow these SITREPs from the start. I am grateful for his efforts and his commitment.
As always these are compilations of news stories from the MSM and non MSM sources. If I express an opinion commentators are welcome to question them, and in some extreme ‘Takfiri’ cases, my faith as well.
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30th Aug: The Iranians claim progress is being made on developing an indigenous alternative to the S300: http://rt.com/news/183856-bavar373-missile-iran-s300/
The Israelis finger Belarus: http://www.jpost.com/Features/Front-Lines/Iranian-Threat-Belarus-brotherhood-with-Iran
17th Sep: The Islamic practices of Daash: Four minor Yazidi girls are transferred to Mosul Hospital after sever Uterine Bleeding. The girls were reported to have been subjected to repeated sexual assault by “brave” Daash terrorists.
18th Sep: There will be blood: Daash vehicles roam the streets of Mosul calling for blood donations as Daash casualties mount.
20th Sep: Daash releases 49 Turkish hostages including the counsel general of Turkey in Iraq. However, Turkey refuses to participate in coalition airstrikes on Daash.
21st Sep: More than a 100000 Kurds are reported to be fleeing a Daash onslaught in north east Syria with the Kurdish city of Kobani coming under attack. The refugees head north towards Turkey.
22nd Sep: The US and its alliance of the willing (GCC excluding Kuwait and Oman, and non GCC member Jordan, a total of 30 countries) start to bomb Daash targets in Syria. Prior warning is given to the Government of Bashar Al Assad and an Iranian lawmaker states that Iran was also informed about the air assaults on Daash.
US airplanes also target Al Nusra Front positions and also those of the “Khorrasan” terrorist group.
The US authorities state that a female pilot from the UAE also participated in the airstrikes on Daash.
Belgium and The Netherlands send their F16 fighters and Belgium asks its military personnel not to wear their uniforms when not on duty out of fears of retaliatory attacks.
22nd Sep: Daash tries and executes Samira Salih al-Nuaimi, a lawyer and rights activists, on charges of Apostasy for having criticised the DI of Daash’s destruction of shrines and mosques in Mosul. Torture marks are clearly visible on her corpse.
23rd Sep: Brigadier General, Ahmad Reza Bordstan, of the Iranian Ground Forces clarifies that Iran will launch a much more penetrating assault on Daash positions in response to any attack on Iran’s border with Iraq.
24th Sep: Daash carries out a heavy assault on Baiji refinery. It involves three car bombings and blow up tankers using a suicide bomber. The military personnel protecting the refinery are backed by the Iraqi Airforce but suffer heavy casualties. Senior military commanders warn of a repeat of Spykar if the government does not degrade Daash’s capability to assault the refinery.
24th Sep: The US led coalition starts to bomb Daash positions on the outskirts of Kobani in Northern Syria.
24th Sep: Kurdish forces warn of the fleeing of Daash fighters from Syria to Iraq and ask the US led coalition to bomb Daash convoys entering Iraq.
24th Sep: Iraqi Security Forces and Peshmergas work in coordination in Qara Tapa, north east of Baqouba, Diyala to clear villages of Daash presence
24th Sep: Hassan Nasrallah states that he is opposed to the US led coalition that is bombing Daash. He stated that the Hezbollah fought the “infidel” Daash and will continues to do so, but referred to the US as the “mother of terrorism”
24th Sep: German ammunition, anti tank weapons and assault rifles arrive in Iraqi Kurdistan
24th Sep: An Algerian terrorist group with links to Daash beheads French hiker Herve Gourdel after the Afrench Government refuses to stop its participation in the coalition of the willing.
25th Sep: Rouhani blames the West and it’s allies (certain intelligence agencies: CIA) of creating Daash, refers to it as a global threat and asks the west to stop supporting dictators.
25th Sep: Two bombings in Baghdad leave 6 dead and 18 wounded
25th Sep: France confirms that it has carried out its first airstrikes on Daash positions in Iraq. The UK is expected to join the coalition of the willing soon.
25th Sep: The UAE claims that its woman pilot, Mariam Al -Mansouri, took part in its raid on Daash positions. Daash vows revenge.
25th Sep: Kurdish forces in Syria repel an assault on Kobani.
25th Sep: Jassim Mohammed Hassan al-Attiyah of the Salah al Din provincial council states that over 13000 US troops are expected at the Speicher Military Base. This is contrary to what Obama has stated, what Prime Minister Abadi has asked for, and what Sadr and Sistani have clearly opposed.
25th Sep: Daash blows up the historic Al Arbain mosque in Tikrit.
26th Sep: Bombing of Daash positions to the North and to the West of Mosul: Sinjar and Zammar has continued for three days ands ongoing. The “coalition of the willing” is bombing the monster it helped create.
26th Sep: Iranian expert refers to US assault on Daash as America’s plan B: http://www.almanar.com.lb/english/adetails.php?fromval=2&cid=19&frid=21&seccatid=19&eid=172896
Arabian Nights, night 2: the downfall of Ali Duba:
Reports suggest that Ali Duba was sidelined to make way for Bashar to take over power in Syria. However, a Syrian tale goes like this:
Hafiz Al Assad was having trouble with a senior member of the Muslim Brotherhood and asked his intelligence chief to get rid of the man. Ali Duba however, was made an offer of a large sum of money to let the man slip into exile. Duba took the money and the brotherhood man fled to Germany. Hafiz was assured that the man was with his maker.
Years later, the same man was terminally ill and dying. Away from home, he longed to return. His people approached Ali Duba and offered an even larger pot of gold to the let the man die in Syria. For this, Ali Duba had to approach Hafiz and it is then that Hafiz learnt of his instructions not being carried out. Ali Duba was no longer a trusted man.
Short Analysis: Are the Houthis linked to Iran?
Some commentators suggested that Iran is in no way involved in the Houthi uprising in Yemen, or in Bahrain. Although claims and allegations that Iran is backing rebels in Yemen and Bahrain play into the hands of the Empire, there is a grain of truth to them.
Iran has come under attack, with its embassy staff being kidnapped and shot in Yemen. The now deposed President had also accused Iran of meddling, which Iran denied. Saudi Arabia has also at one point in history been allied to the Zaidis in Yemen against the communist South. Saudi Arabia has more recently been paranoid and accused Iran of backing the Houthis. So why say Iran is siding with them now?
1) A religious argument
Islam in General, and the Shia faith in particular underwent a transformation with the events of Karbala. The Sacrifice of the Grandson of the Prophet reminds the Shia to oppose oppression, and to refrain from it too. While the Sunnis have generally been more pro establishment throughout history, it is the Shia that have resisted over time and over geographic distances. A reading of Shia history after the events of Karbala will show that in every few decades a Shia uprising has taken place against oppressive government.
Iran, perceiving itself to be the centre of the Shia faith, backs its co-religionists in, to name a few places, Kashmir, Pakistan, Iraq, Syria, and Nigeria. It even backs opposition to oppression against Muslims in General (Sunnis) in other places: Sudan, Bosnia, Kurds in Iraq, and the Northern Alliance in Afghanistan. It sees this as a religious purpose. Although, the Iranian revolutionary “Islamic” state was more aggressive in the past it has become much more pragmatic, but also a lot more tenacious and politically astute.
So why would Iran not back the Houthis and Bahraini Shias, in the latter case morally if not with material aid (physical, geographic restrictions, the invasion of the island by Saudi troops, and the US Naval base prevent Iran from giving more direct support; However, if Bahrain shared a land border with Iran, weapons would be smuggled across). Not supporting them on Iran’s part would be contrary to common sense.
2) A practical understanding
No guerrilla movement survives for long against a government backed by foreign powers for long without external support. A case in point is the Hezbollah. Even though it is a very powerful, if not the most powerful, resistance militia, it cannot survive or wield as much power as it does without Iranian/Syrian support. Similar examples are the Taliban, which no one can defeat as long as the Pakistani state continues to back it.
Although the Houthis may be a majority in the north, how long can they sustain a conflict without material help? Yes everybody in Yemen is armed, but where do you replenish stocks from and sustain an offensive? Why would Saudi Arabia allow the deposed President to negotiate a deal if did not feel threatened?
Now consider the Tibetan resistance against China that withered away after all India did was provide vocal support. The North Vietnamese had Chinese and Soviet support, the rebels in Syria have petrodollars backing them, the MEK had US/Israeli support after Saddam was overthrown. In fact it’s hard to point out to any opposition group that can last without external backing.
3) Coincidence: there are none
The first coincidence is the timing of the Houthi takeover. It conveniently occurred after Daash has taken over most of Sunni Iraq.
The second coincidence is form. In this 2010 article by Bhadrakumar: http://www.countercurrents.org/bhadrakumar180110.htm. He mentions that the Houthi armed groups are being modelled on the Lebanese Hezbollah.
Finally, to cut things short, I will agree that there is a remote possibility, a completely illogical one, that Iran is not involved in some way with the Houthis. But it is possible.
Further Reading:
US intelligence flying blind when it comes to the Hezballah
www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1300844/us-spies-knowledge-gaps-china-hezbollah-revealed
Holland decided to join ´the coalition of the ´willing´ (poodles) in Iraq, not Syria (respect for this; our PM at least understands international law).
But what happened today, I feel really ashamed about! ( I am generally very opposed to Dutch defense, not because I am against an army defending my country, but because of NATO, which always gives us the wrong partners, the wrong enemies and the wrong strategies.)
As of today, Dutch soldiers are not allowed to travel by public transport in uniform, because they might become targets of rogue jihadis.
DUH???
I thought a soldier was trained in one-on-one combat, should be able to spot a rogue attacker and probably take him out. The one chance he does not make it, he is a hero; he died in combat for a just cause.
But this is PR: ´we capitulate! please don´t hurt us!´.
Fortunately I don´t feel very Dutch anymore. But honestly: this still hurts and is shameful!
There is no such thing as Khorrasan group a totally made up fictional outfit.
As I posted earlier the UAE which just jailed like 30 members of the brotherhood for setting up a local office is now bombing the enemies of the brotherhood.. In fact the brotherhood is now illegal across the middle east.
Also the IS is making broad advances across the board. We already know that you can not defeat someone with just air strikes but they also can not go on an offensive. You lose all your best assets to be found on the battlefield. The other rebel groups are also saying they are not making any gains. The US is also bombing facilities used by IS last month or before. Basically turning to ruble houses of Syrian and Iraq civilians and now can never return home.
This farce would be funny if the joker was not so wild.
Oh yea, 100 bil for Ukraine, the US wans to stick Russia with it.. Since it seems Germany thinks its a hot potato. So Germany wanted Crimea as a Nato base and what would they have done with the rest of Ukraine???? They must have had a plan to deal with Ukraine even if Russia never did anything. They could never have counted on Russia to keep subsidizing Ukraine after it kicks out the Russian fleet.. This is where reserver currency comes in handy… US can print out that 100 bil and not bat an eyelash.. They do it now for their wars anyway.. Remember Vietnam.. it cost far less than than Afghanistan did but it almost broke the US and made them drop the Gold backing. The 7 Trillion Obama added should have raised the prices of everything in the US by at least 2 or 3 times, instead it raises the prices of everything for everyone else.
Strategic strengths of Islamic State:
1) Mountains of cash, some looted in captured cities, some gifted by wealthy donors
2) Manpower, real 30000 men army, well trained and motivated, elaborated recruitment system
3) Capability to retaliate abroad – yesterday’s beheading in Tunisia, 3000 members with Western passports
4) At least silent support from Turkey and Israel
5) Home ground – some members of IS are foreigners but majority consists from Sunni Arabs from Iraq and Syria. There is no relevant political competion to IS amongst these Sunni Arabs.
Which of these strategic strengths of IS is threatened by the both chaotic and expensive bombing? No one.
Fortunately I don´t feel very Dutch anymore.
Well you could always visit one of the smoke houses and have a cool one.. It dulls all the hurt thoughts.. Just make sure you watch for all the trams when going back home, dont want to get run over being foggy and all..
On a more serious thought, If the UK had not alreayd taken the pissboys post, Holland definetely would have.. They have always supported the empires ambitions as much as the UK but no one pays much attention to them and instead keep wondering when the dyke will break as that little boy just cant stand there all day with his finger in it.
Last I remember Holland also does not do any peacekeeping missions now after roasting some dark meat..
You fail to recognize that each county has spree of influence for political reasons. Take for example Russian’s political spree of influence which include Syria. You confuse this political spree of influence with being religious.
Another thing, you fail to recognize Iran cultural influence over it neighbors. For example, almost 80% of Dubai population were originally Iranians and spoke Persian beside Arabic. In the last 20+ years they were ashamed to speak Persian in public as they were marginalized.
Add to that the Bahrain once belonged to Iran about 200 years ago, and it was given away on some terms and conditions.
As I have said earlier, that you should stick to Iraq’s SITREP only, as the Middle East is beyond your comprehension. Even though Saker lives in USA, he can write on Ukraine as he is from Russia.
And, you should stick to political SITREP and don’t venture into religion too much. You even don’t know what the word, “takfiri” mean.
Best regards,
Mohamed.
@rootman
Not at all rootman, don’t be embarrassed. It’s worse on this side where fellow Muslims have proved that they are capable of killing servicemen in the country where they reside. It’s becoming hard to tell people you are a Muslim.
Mindfriedo
I hav to agree with PCR’s latest piece:
http://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/09/25/will-russia-china-hold-fire-war-alternative-paul-craig-roberts/
It’s hard to understand why Russia and China are so subservient.
Note that PCR is not talking about military intervention here; rather he lists economic/financial tools Russia and China could use to begin to put an end to all this madness.
Today we see that Russia has capitulated on the Syrian question.
Do they actually believe they will be left alone after this?
Also, how do Russia’s partners feel in light of what has happened to Lybia and Syria? It basically advertises that Russia is not reliable as a partner.
Finally, does anyone know when Russia is scheduled to speak at the UN?
From a friend’s email:
Are you confused by what is going
on in the Middle East? Let me
explain. We support the Iraqi government in the fight against
ISIS. We don¹t like ISIS, but ISIS is supported by Saudi Arabia who
we do like.
We don¹t like Assad in Syria. We support the fight against him, but ISIS is also fighting against
him. We don¹t like Iran, but Iran supports the Iraqi government in
its fight against
ISIS. So some of our friends support our enemies, some enemies are now our friends, and some of our
enemies are fighting against our other enemies, who we want to lose, but we don¹t want our enemies who
are fighting our enemies to
win.
If the people we want to defeat are defeated, they could be
replaced by people we like even
less.
And all this was started by us
invading a country to drive out terrorists who were not actually there until we went in to drive them
out.
It’s quite simple, really. Do you understand now?
Look at these pages….
http://newsrescue.com/genesis-of-islamic-radicalism-the-us-textbook-project-that-taught-afghan-children-terror/#ixzz3Ce2bbh00
http://www.historycommons.org/context.jsp?item=a120497texasvisit
To Rootman:
Same here as for the ‘not feeling very Dutch anymore’!
I am appalled, ashamed, disgusted and more hopeless and defeated every day…. For many more reasons than “only” this war, it’s everything. I want out! I want to be free!
The one small good thing I saw today was when rapper Lange Frans lashed out on twitter, check it out.
Yes, Saker is Russian.
But Russia is no longer USSR.
I was wrong. Putin is NOT a communist. The USSR no longer exists. Russian nationalism has become Putin’s party. This is both good and bad.
Because communist and progressive regimes were deposed by the CIA throughout the Middle East in the 1950’s and 1960’s, both progressive and reactionary tendenices has surfaced in religious movements throughout the Middle East. Because communist parties and communists were slaughtered throughout the world.
The situation is complex and not black and white.
But no truth comes out of the bourgeois press whatsoever. They only play on fear to keep the War regime in Washington which includes both parties going.
That is why I understand and support Glazyev’s remarks. They recognize the progressive nature of religious movements which can go in either direction.
Now, as for the Russian Orthodox Church, under the USSR they were active in Russia’s international Peace Councils. I remember my father sitting with a Russian Orthodox priest in Czechoslavakia in the 1980’s. That is why I support international Peace Councils as a tool once again for peace. They create unity amongst people of all religions.
The other day was the Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah. I went to Jewish Voice for Peace’ facebook page which was filled with greetings from Muslims for the Jewish New Year from around the world. This is what an international peace movement can do. Bring together peaceloving peoples from all religions and countries together around the world. Peace is the ultimate aspiration for people of all faiths around the world. To live in peace and harmony with one another.
The UN website’s page on the daily speakers doesn’t provide info about who’ll speak over the next several days, which is really a shame–bad tech support, IMO. However, this statement was issued by Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which hints that Lavrov will be the person making Russia’s address when its time comes, http://www.mid.ru/brp_4.nsf/0/594ECCF2496BBE9444257D5E001C60B6
It’s interesting to note the parallels in that statement in some areas with Sergei Glaziev’s paper.
@ 2014 16:47
I have a great respect for Paul Craig Roberts, saying that I don’t think his understanding of Russian culture/Politics is up to scratch. Whatever Russia is doing now ( or is not doing) is well calculated with an eye for a distant future, and this is where it greatly differs from the western styles of politics. This is not just about perceptions, you’d never see Putin uttering ultimatums and threats; whenever he moves his chess pieces he tends to do it in secret and without any noise. So far his actions proved to be very effective. I don’t believe for a second that Putin gave up on Syria, I suggest we wait and stay patient before expressing our judgments.
Is true Russia seems like an unreliable partner
Why did not sell the 300 to Iran or for that matter to Lybia and Syria
Well, this link is absolutely brutal, not for the soft people and another example of divide and conquer.
On a different blogs there are signs of the description that these killers are the Wahhabi’s trained by Mosad just to clean up the teritory.
Is somebody can explain here, that how come Muslim can do this to his brother and even watching the execution and shouting?
Warning, it is extremely graphic!
http://www.asgraphic.org/videos/video382/index.htm
Funny how the Zionazis believe that they can control the behaviour of every country on Earth. As for Iran being ‘isolated’, they, in fact, enjoy the support of the Non-Aligned Movement, the vast majority of humanity and states, in their rights under the NPT. If you want to see isolation, look at UN General Assembly votes against Israeli barbarity towards the Palestinians.
Rootman, it’s just part and parcel of cranking up the hate. No doubt there are carefully groomed ‘jihadists’ just awaiting the order from their intelligence handlers to attack a soldier, like the unfortunate Rigby in the UK. There being hordes of Islamic youth, outraged by Western aggression and hypocrisy, disenfranchised and vilified daily by the Rightwing MSM hate machine (in Australia this filthy work is led by the Murdoch sewer, which has been engaged in a vicious Islamophobic campaign since the time of the Gaza slaughter)some drug addicts, some psychological cripples, that there is ample supply to find those one or two susceptible victims to be unleashed at the right time. We just had a false accusation by a service-man that he was ‘threatened’ by two bearded, swarthy, undoubtedly Moslem types. The whole thing stank right off, but the MSM sewer went hysterical, then, when a few days later, he admitted that it was a hoax, the comparative silence was deafening. It is the hate that counts.
Rootman, it’s just part and parcel of cranking up the hate. No doubt there are carefully groomed ‘jihadists’ just awaiting the order from their intelligence handlers to attack a soldier, like the unfortunate Rigby in the UK. There being hordes of Islamic youth, outraged by Western aggression and hypocrisy, disenfranchised and vilified daily by the Rightwing MSM hate machine (in Australia this filthy work is led by the Murdoch sewer, which has been engaged in a vicious Islamophobic campaign since the time of the Gaza slaughter)some drug addicts, some psychological cripples, that there is ample supply to find those one or two susceptible victims to be unleashed at the right time. We just had a false accusation by a service-man that he was ‘threatened’ by two bearded, swarthy, undoubtedly Moslem types. The whole thing stank right off, but the MSM sewer went hysterical, then, when a few days later, he admitted that it was a hoax, the comparative silence was deafening. It is the hate that counts.
@Mohamed
As I have said earlier, that you should stick to Iraq’s SITREP only, as the Middle East is beyond your comprehension.
And, you should stick to political SITREP
Yes sir and yes again.
I get the feeling Mindfriedo is a decent guy and he tries very hard.
According to Ayatollah Misbah Yazdi:
The first and the most important question an intelligent and thinking existent should answer, and select one’s way of life accordingly, by free will and rational choice, is whether we are gods or servants? If we accept that we are servants, the sign of servitude is to make our will fade away in Allah’s will. Therefore, all affairs in our lives, whether individual, economical, governmental, or political, should be governed by the will of Allah; Vali al-‘Amr should rule with Allah’s permission as well. Otherwise — as the Late Imam Khomeini (r.) said — a person who rules without the permission of Allah and that of an Infallible is a taghut.
Best regards,
Mohamed.
@vicious Islamophobic campaign
I am afraid that “Islamophobia” goes hand in hand with “Antisemitism”. Both try to shift the blame to the victim.
“It is a universal and immutable rule that the targets of prejudice are not the cause of prejudice. Just as Jews (or Jewish organizations, or the Jewish state) do not cause anti-Semitism to flare, or intensify, or even to exist, neither do black people cause racism, nor gay people homophobia, nor Muslims Islamophobia. Like all prejudices, anti-Semitism is not a rational response to observable events; it is a manifestation of irrational hatred. Its proponents justify their anti-Semitism by pointing to the (putatively offensive or repulsive) behavior of their targets, but this does not mean that major figures in the world of human rights advocacy should accept these pathetic excuses as legitimate”. http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2014/09/does-human-rights-watchs-kenneth-roth-understand-the-nature-of-prejudice/380556/
quote “@Mohamed”
Middle East is beyond your comprehension.
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Actually middle east violence is really easy to understand. Is called ISLAM.
The cause of all violence in Middle east usually is about Islam. The exception of that is Hama vs Israel that is a territorial issue. Western Powers understand the flaws on Islam and its prophet and find very easy to turn muslins against muslin in the name of religion. In America and Europe wars for religions never happen. Christian do not fight other christians for religion.. only for territorial disputes also for politics and injustice. If all middle east was christian.. it will be impossible for terrorist groups to exist or for western powers to fuel conflict based on religion.
@Where-Wolf
I get the feeling Mindfriedo is a decent guy and he tries very hard.
Yes sir and yes again.
Mindfriedo is a very nice guy, he just need to relax some and let the matters be in the hand of Almighty.
Best regards,
Mohamed.
@Nora
Where is my dearest sister Nora?
Where is my dearest sister Nora?
Where is my dearest sister Nora?
Where is my dearest sister Nora?
I miss you my beloved sister and need your OIL.
Love and peace to both you and your loved ones!
Mohamed.
@Dearest Saker,
One more request. There is a fatwa issued in Abu Dhabi by one of the leading Sunni Ulema. I would really appreciate, if you could post the whole fatwa and the underneath reasoning for the fatwa for our views and discussions by all of us on this blog, including both the Sunni and Shia brothers.
This fatwa and the reasoning is very close to the Shia belief.
Here is the full fatwa and the full underneath reasoning, This is Not the Path to Paradise : Response to ISIS.
“Earlier this week in his speech before the United Nations, President Obama signalled out the leadership being offered by a group of Muslim Clerics lead by Shaykh Abdallah bin Bayyah.”
One Of The World’s Most Influential Sheiks Has Issued A Fatwā Against ISIS
If you remember dearest brother that once I made the comment that in Shia Islam, the fatwa for Religious Jihad can only be issued by either Prophet and/or Imam.
You asked me that Imam Khomeini, being an Imam, can he issue this fatwa.
I answered you that, Imam simply means, “leader”.
And NO, Imam Khomeini cannot issue this fatwa, where as Saddam Hussein do so in Iraq/Iran war.
Would really appreciate it.
Thanks best brother,
Mohamed.
Anonymous 7.54, the quote you posted, re. ‘antisemitism'(TM), is, in my opinion, pure garbage. Everywhere in history that the Jews have lived, with a few exceptions, the Jews have ended up being the victims of host society antipathy, manifested in pogroms, expulsions and other crimes. Why is this so, in societies separated by time, geography, religion, custom and social arrangements? The thesis that it is everywhere and always the fault of the hosts, and never that of the Jews, is simply preposterous. It doesn’t pass the laugh test.
We see the process in action today, when any criticism of Israeli bad behaviour, like the brutal massacre in Gaza, is greeted by tsunamis of abuse and intimidation as ‘antisemitism’. Of course the thugs who operate this stand-over system, by doing so, equate Judaism and the Jews with brutal murder and destruction of defenceless civilians, and are therefore, ironically, guilty of real ‘antisemitism’ themselves. The analogy with blacks in the USA, the descendants of slaves and ever after politically and economically disenfranchised and repressed is particularly odious.
Hatred of Jews, as with hatred of any other group, en masse, despite the differences in individual behaviour and character, is, like hatred of all Roma, blacks, Hispanics, Chinese or Martians, wicked and stupid. But to deny that the Jews have at many times brought down the antipathy of their host communities by their very own behaviour, is simply ridiculous, and is an attempt, I believe, to set the Jews up above all other human communities as eternally innocent and guiltless everywhere, which, looking at Gaza alone, is utterly mendacious and morally insane.
And Anonymous, as soon as I saw that the author of that jollop was Jeffrey Goldberg, in my opinion one of the most deranged Zionazi stand-over men and Islamophobes, I realised just where the agit-prop was heading. If there has been a more sordid propaganda effort than the Zionazis and their Sabbat Goy Toys abusing those who dared protest Israel’s murderous brutality as ‘antisemites’ on the ‘evidence’ of one or two purported nasty chants and slogans, as if that somehow cancelled the sheer brutality of Israel’s actions, then I have not yet seen it. There could not be a clearer example of both Israeli indifference to the suffering of the Gazans and their narcissistic self-obsession and complete contempt for the decent opinion of humanity. They really do see themselves as set over and above the rest of humanity, as their religion most certainly teaches them to believe.
@Anonymous 7.54, the quote you posted, re. ‘antisemitism'(TM), is, in my opinion, pure garbage
But, of course. I should have made it more explicit. It was a quote from the original article by Jeffery Goldberg, quoted by Kevin MacDonald: “Jeffrey Goldberg’s fantasy world” (The Occidental Observer” on 22 September 2014):
“A recent rather egregious case of refusing to come to grips with Jewish behavior as part of the phenomenon of anti-Semitism is Jeffrey Goldberg’s comment in The Atlantic on reactions to the Gaza war in Europe: …
Sorry for the misunderstanding created.
Interesting what Palestinians think… They hurt so tend to forgive their lapse of good judgment. But no one else seems to care about them. Iran and Qatar are supporters? While Iran and Qatar are in a proxy war in Syria? WTF is wrong with all these people. Dont worry, Christians killed just as many Christians as muslims did. The US invaded the Philippines to bring the darn heathen catholics Christianity!
Special Gaza War Poll- press release
Gaza War ends with a victory for Hamas leading to a great increase in its popularity and the popularity of its approach of armed resistance: for the first time since 2006, Hamas wins parliamentary and presidential elections if they were to take place today while West Bankers support transferring Hamas’ approach to the West Bank
57% of the public say that they supported the June 2014 kidnapping of the three Israelis in the West Bank when that incident took place. Support for the kidnapping reached 67% in the Gaza Strip and only 45% in the West Bank.
Similarly, a majority of 54% supported the killing of the three kidnapped Israelis and 42% opposed it. Support for the killing reached 69% in the Gaza Strip and only 42% in the West Bank. 52% of the West Bankers opposed the killing of the three kidnapped Israelis.
The public is divided over the identity of those who carried out the kidnapping and the killing of the three Israelis: 32% accuse Israel, 30% accuse Hamas, 21% believe a Palestinian acted on his own, and 2% accuse Fatah.
http://www.pcpsr.org/en/node/489