We don't have enough salt at the Burg to cover this one; please bring your own.
Disclaimer: I find this interesting and Neil Bush is a rogue but its not clear to me if all these items are related. That said its worth some discussion and we may see these items in new conspiracy theories that will show up after this article.
The author, Bill Gallagher, is a Peabody Award winner and a former Niagara Falls city councilman who now covers Detroit for Fox2 News. His e-mail address is gallaghernewsman@sbcglobal.net. Citigroup Laundering Saudi Cash Used To Fund Jihadist Terrorism
DETROIT -- Did Citigroup, one of the most powerful financial institutions in the world, help transfer funds into accounts used to bankroll terrorism? Why do prominent Saudis involved in funneling money to "charitable" accounts that end up funding terrorism escape scrutiny?
Why would the FBI, when given evidence of such conduct, promise to investigate, and then wait 17 months to question the whistleblower? Why would the FBI then suddenly drop the probe just two weeks into it?
These questions haunt Leonard D. Wallace, and the Florida-based financial consultant has spent more than five years working to expose and unravel a baffling $5 billion deal involving Citigroup, a fabulously wealthy Saudi prince and money transfers bouncing around the world.
Wallace suspects money shuffling into what the Saudi government dubbed an Account 98. These are supposed to be accounts supporting humanitarian causes, but some of the money from them has been given to the families of suicide bombers, honored "martyrs." Saudi money has enabled and nurtured al-Qaeda and Osama bin Laden's operations from the get-go. Those funds and the spiritual inspiration of radical clerics helped provide bin Laden with the 15 Saudi hijackers of the 19 he used in the 9/11 attacks.
The Saudi government keeps a tight lid on Account 98 records and shields them from any outside examination. Interpol, the CIA and many other intelligence and criminal investigation agencies would find a treasure trove in the trail of international terrorism and who provides the funding for it with just a peek at Account 98 records. That's why the Saudis wrap them in secrecy.
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Maybe when the Democrats take over Congress someone will have the nerve to ask the Saudis and their bankers what they planned to do with that $5 billion. Don't count on it. This is one of those deals where the group that must maintain their wealth and power overrides any obligations to honesty and patriotism. In short they have no loyalty to this Nation or western civilization, money and power for their families is the ultimate priority.
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This is from the "Niagra Falls Reporter", a "paper" whose editor believes Bush served a plastic turkey to troops and who has been involved in a pissing match with Tim Blair.
Said editor also inflates his military record, and believes the 1965 blackout was caused by UFOs. Here's a good start.
Take everything -- EVERYTHING -- published in this paper with a mine's worth of salt.
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Opinion? More like "Short Attention Span Theatre!"
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I've been telling you the Bushes & Sauds are peas in a pod. This Neil Bush is in on every dirty deal on the planet. He gives monthly speeches somewhere in the Middle East to the tune of $2-3 million per trip. And, he's dyxlectic yet. Hell, if he could speak properly, maybe they'd give him $5 million per trip. I wonder if they give him goats on the side over there. He has an office in Mexico City where he spends most of his time. I sure hope he's not involved in this SPP operation. I wonder if he's been discussing Pemex operations with Vinny Fox ? Maybe they provide donkeys as a gratuity.
The Bushes seem to operate like an international Mafia family. But why ? You only can spend so many billions after all.
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Maybe the Bushs learned the corruption and double-dealing from the Rockefellers or the Kennedys, and simply decided that the Repubs deserved their cut?
The power to photograph and fingerprint all non-EU nationals, currently living in the United Kingdom, has been announced by home secretary, John Reid.
So, non-EU nationals will have to have interesting, yet to be designed, British ID cards. It sounds a bit like Nazi Germany in the 1930s.
They did not have the same technological data systems in Berlin in 1933. But, if they had, they would surely have made use of similar computer-style operations.
According to The Guardian, the new 'ID card scheme' is in the interest of national security.
Back in the old days, everything the government did, to protect the nation, was always in the 'interests of national security'. Has the philosophy all changed from pre-war to post-war? Not really. It is just a new-era format of defining if you are British or not British.
By Cliff Kincaid | December 21, 2006
A trend is developing whereby reporters for the New York Times let their hair down, drop any pretense of objectivity, and ream the Bush Administration. First it was Linda Greenhouse, the Times Supreme Court reporter. Now it's James Risen, the Times reporter who revealed the administration's highly classified NSA terrorist-surveillance program.
Speaking at Brown University, as reported by the college paper, Risen assailed the administration for creating a "climate of fear" within government agencies. The paper said, "Risen said the administration of President George W. Bush has limited press freedom more than any administration since former President Richard Nixon's, adding that government officials are scared to talk to reporters." Risen was quoted as saying, "(The fear) is palpable. It's been frightening to watch."
Frankly, government officials should be scared of disclosing information that can cost American lives.
The paper added that "Risen said Times editors delayed publishing the NSA story because the Bush administration pressured them to scrap the piece. In an Oval Office meeting, Bush told Times publisher Arthur Sulzberger that if the story's publication curbed anti-terrorism efforts and terrorists struck again, the paper would have 'blood on its hands.'"
Needless to say, this didn't stop the paper from publishing the story. And, unfortunately, the administration hasn't initiated a prosecution of the Times for violating a law against disclosing classified communications intelligence information. So Risen should be thanking the stars he's not in prison right now.
Risen called Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's resignation announcement "the best thing to happen in a long time," the paper said.
In a follow-up interview, Risen was asked if he ever feels like "a pawn." He said "that's the hard part-to try to avoid getting used."
But Risen was used in that NSA story by government officials, who could have been traitors or al-Qaeda agents, in order to damage one of the government's most effective counter-terrorism programs.
When and if the terrorists hit America again, it will be hard for Risen to argue that he does not have blood on his hands.
Risen and his family live just outside Washington, D.C. His paper is based in New York City. Both locations are prime terrorist targets.
The blood may be your own - or that of your colleagues.
Knock on wood. Or call the Hunter / Killer Team Clearinghouse Hotline at 212-867-5309.
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Another whom wants to move = live in the Russian-Chinese Commie Paradise, but won't becuz his anti-Materialist, anti-Capitalist Commie State uniform conflicts wid his private decadent Capitalist Americanski Wall Street Stocks + IRAs, etal.
By Bridget Johnson
was the night before Christmas, when all through the House,
The incoming Dems were beginning to grouse.
Their eyes turned toward the White House with care,
In hopes that Hillary soon would be there.
The candidates were courted by lobbyists to bed,
While visions of New Hampshire danced in their heads.
While Pelosi in Armani, Steny Hoyer on tap,
Prepared Washington for its long winters nap.
When on the telly there arose such a clatter,
It was Dennis Kucinich, mad as a hatter!
Sure not like Hillary in terms of his cash,
But determined to be a big pain in the ass.
A Clinton lock seemed to be sown,
Her campaign coffers continued to grow.
When, what to bewildered eyes should appear,
But a contender whos only served two years.
With a flourish they drove to 08 so quick,
Armed with the usual antiwar shtick!
More rapid than migrants to the border they came
Presidential fantasies from the usual names!
Now Kerry! now, Vilsack! now, Bill Richardson!
On, Biden! On, Edwards! on, Al Sharpton!
To the top of the polls! To the TV shows, yall!
Campaign away! Before your poll numbers fall!
As victory in Iraq would make some lefties cry,
Some said Baker-Hamilton should have a try.
With looming threats from Irans nutter too,
So the need for a good ballot grew.
Voters might be tempted by one of these blokes,
As long as he doesnt make a botched joke.
But Hillarys resolved to not lose ground,
To a junior senator whos been sniffing around
Obamas charming the folks, from his head to his foot,
But does he see the dark horse in the nook?
Al Gore may be ready to wage an attack,
After jumping on the Academys back.
His truths how inconvenient! his howling how merry!
Gores candidacy would be not unlike Kerrys!
Never mind most people find him a bore,
And Borats take just bashed Michael Moore.
The old lefty guard has lost much of its teeth,
But midterms gave Dems a chance to breathe.
So people get ready to flock to your telly,
As 08 campaigning should get dirty and smelly!
Dems will pull Bush-bashing off the shelf,
As if GOP hopefuls dont think for themselves!
For all we know Osama may be dead,
But terrorists still give us much to dread.
Remember the GOP went straight to work,
Removing the Taliban, Saddam, and other jerks.
And though to the top the House Dems rose,
Their foreign policy should totally blow!
So the hopefuls fire off, like one of Kims missiles,
Trying to make their Dem challengers bristle.
But as winter makes D.C. all snowy and white,
Hear the GOP whisper, We havent lost the fight!
A *hot* topic, lol. For the amusement of all those who've submitted Dupes of yesterday's Sandy Burglar story, here's a Follow-up / Opinion piece that's not a Dupe, at least not completely, lol. Jay gets to say much of what we're all thinking about this absurd travesty.
By Jay Nordlinger
Call me a right-wing paranoid its been done before! but I think that, if Sandy Berger were a conservative Republican, the story of his criminality would be a really, really big deal. Bear in mind that the man was national security adviser. Do you know about his criminality? You may read about it here. Let me provide just a taste:
In October 2003, the [inspector generals] report said, an Archives official called Berger to discuss missing documents from his visit two days earlier. The investigators notes said, Mr. Berger panicked because he realized he was caught.
The notes said that Berger had destroyed, cut into small pieces, three of the four documents. These were put in the trash.
As I said, thats just a taste.
If Berger were a Republican, the word Nixonian would be making a big, big comeback at a minimum.
Remember how President Clinton and his people reacted shortly after the first news about Berger and the Archives came out? Oh, thats just Sandy, ha, ha, ha didnt surprise any of us, when we heard about it. You should have seen his desk at the White House! Sloppy Sandy ethical as the day is long, though.
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He headed toward a construction area. . . . Mr. Berger looked up and down the street, up into the windows of the Archives and the DOJ (Department of Justice), and did not see anyone, the interview notes said.
He then slid the documents under a construction trailer, according to the inspector general. Berger acknowledged that he later retrieved the documents from the construction area and returned with them to his office.
This is straight out of a cold war thriller: He was loading a dead drop. Find out who came to collect the goodies and you find out who paid Sandy's bills. My guesses: (1)Washington Post reporter; (2) Sandy's FSB case officer; (3)Sandy's Saudi controller. This guy should be in the same prison with Jonathan Pollard and the Walker spy gang; instead, he'll write his memoirs and be a hero to the left.
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Call me a right-wing paranoid its been done before! but I think that, if Sandy Berger were a conservative Republican...
Just think if he was an Asian during a Clinton witch hunt during Sandy's tenure as a White House official, and being held without bail in solitary confinement for 278 days. Helps being white liberal privileged male with connections and friends in the Washington establishment doesn't it?
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It should come as no surprise that the liberal elements of the media are reluctant to scorch one of their own. But Bergers light sentence transcends ideology or party affiliation. (And BTW Elmolurt Hupush8011, being a white male has even less impact on the situation.) Chock this one up as another Vapor Scandal for a virtually untouchable elite with enough inside baseball to start his own league.
By Donald Lambro
Some Democrats are beginning to doubt Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's electability in 2008 and are saying so publicly for the first time.
The New York liberal, who is far ahead of her rivals for the Democratic nomination in all the polls, is the most polarizing figure in American politics. Half the voters polled say they would support her if, as expected, she becomes a candidate, but the other half says they couldn't vote for her under any circumstances.
Her inability to reach out to more moderate voters worries Democrats who think '08 is their year to win back the White House if their party picks a candidate who can appeal to a broader electorate. Some think she has already "peaked too soon" and will gradually see her support erode. "Hillary Clinton is going to be a formidable opponent because she is able to raise more money. But does that make you a winner? Ask Howard Dean. He was raising more money than you can imagine but ended up doing poorly in '04," said former Iowa Democratic chairman Rob Tully.
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...The problem here is that if Sen. Clinton manages to win in IA and NH, the MSM will anoint her as the candidate because she has 'momentum'. The infighting to stop her would be vicious, but the Clintons are masters of that sort of thing. Add to that the fact that this time the Dems will pull out all the stops and do anything they have to to get their candidate elected, and it will be one ugly election.
Mike
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I agree, but the Dhims are going to do whatever they have to to win anyway - regardless of who gets the nomination.
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Haven't we seen the press do these mid-term coronations before? Before a year is out the candidate isn't "new," isn't "news," and when the primaries eventually roll around the golden boys are nowhere to be found.
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Well with Repubs. running around trying to figure which end of the gun to put to their heads, the Dems got a real good chance of winning. And with third party crowd consisting of the former Perotistas and Buchanonites starting to opennly talk third party, the Hilldebeast and Osama-bama really only need a plurality. So, welcome to the Clinton Paradise, Redux.
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The WOT/9-11 is ultimately about inducing = forcing AMerica under anti-American, anti-sovereign OWG + National-Global Socialism. Iff one believes that Hillary wants 8 years of PCorrect, Bill-style, geopol "quiet", the Hillary will NOT want to be POTUS as long as Radical Islam, etal. continues to make threats of attack agz America. POTUS HILLARY = INFANTRY LEADER IN FRONT - we all know in modern battle or general war, THE ENEMY MAKES A POINT TO KILL LEADERS OF ANY OPPOSING ARMED UNIT. DYING = GETTING BLAME IS WHAT MALE GOP-DEMS ARE FOR IN HILLARY-WORLD. As long as Radical Islam threatens America wid WMD-NBC-capable attack, IMO Hillary for 2008 will choose to be at best, VPOTUS; at worse stay a Senator from NYC. THE BLAMELESS DEMOLEFT WANTS TO STAY THE BLAMELESS DEMOLEFT - CHICKEN LITTLE > SMART POLITIX, correct. Its highly doubtful that Moud + Osama, etc will wait 4-8 years to attack the USA while US milfors in the ME destroy the best men and networks of Radical islam, and give up Regional-Global ambitions, just becuz mere-woman Hillary is POTUS of "the Great Satan" + Democrat. The OWG/Global Muslim State-minded Radicalists want the USA out of the ME unilaterally + completely + IMMEDIATELY, and iff POTUS Hillary "the Centrist", Fascist =Communist/Limited Communist, doesn't deliver, IMO Hillary and the Dems will be targeted for terror. 2008 > unless Radical Islam is either destroyed, or forced to rescind its terror threats agz America, at best HILLARY WILL "RUN TO LOSE", i.e. will PC overtly run a national campaign for POTUS but"lose" and accept a VPOTUS position. Iff any new 9-11s occur, espec agz Washington-NPE, VPOTUS Hillary will become POTUS Hillary [CO-POTUS?]becuz she "survived" while most or all of her GOP-DEM opposition [Dubya?]are glow-in-the-dark dead, injured, or post-Amer Hiroshima too scared/frightened to lead the Nation. The ME will be discarded in favor of rebuilding the Nation from the GOP-CAUSED/BLAMED NATIONAL CATASROPHE. America = Amerika is the sole cause for American Hiroshima, ergo Americans can't be depended on to govern themselves for themselves, ergo OWG where America is just one nation among many, unilaterally voluntarily = forcibly, governed by a world coalition of
Nations weirdly and mysteriously, but only co-incidentally, dominated by Russia-China. OOOOOOOOOPPPPSIES. Remember, America is not even officially SOCIALIST, COMMUNIST, or under OWG BUT AMERICA HAS ALREADY LOST 1/2 [=ALL?] OF ITS TERRITORY + 200MILYUUUHN AMERICANS, BEFORE ANY SHOTS HAVE BEEN FIRED.
By Rachel Ehrenfeld
To understand what feeds former president Jimmy Carter's anti-Israeli frenzy, look at his early links to Arab business.
Between 1976-1977, the Carter family peanut business received a bailout in the form of a $4.6 million, "poorly managed" and highly irregular loan from the National Bank of Georgia (NBG). According to a July 29, 1980 Jack Anderson expose in The Washington Post, the bank's biggest borrower was Mr. Carter, and its chairman at that time was Mr. Carter's confidant, and later his director of the Office of Management and Budget, Bert Lance.
At that time, Mr. Lance's mismanagement of the NBG got him and the bank into trouble. Agha Hasan Abedi, the Pakistani founder of the Bank of Credit and Commerce International (BCCI), known as the bank "which would bribe God," came to Mr. Lance's rescue making him a $100,000-a-year consultant. Abedi then declared: "we would never talk about exploiting his relationship with the president." Next, he introduced Mr. Lance to Saudi billionaire Gaith Pharaon, who fronted for BCCI and the Saudi royal family. In January 1978, Abedi paid off Mr. Lance's $3.5 million debt to the NBG, and Pharaon secretly gained control over the bank.
Mr. Anderson wrote: "Of course, the Saudis remained discretely silent... kept quiet about Carter's irregularities... [and] renegotiated the loan to Carter's advantage."
There is no evidence that the former president received direct payment from the Saudis. But "according to... the bank files, [it] renegotiated the repayment terms... savings... $60,000 for the Carter family... The President owned 62% of the business and therefore was the largest beneficiary." Pharaon later contributed generously to the former president's library and center.
When Mr. Lance introduced Mr. Carter to Abedi, the latter gave $500,000 to help the former president establish his center at Emory University. Later, Abedi contributed more than $10 million to Mr. Carter's different projects. Even after BCCI was indicted and convicted - for drug money laundering, Mr. Carter accepted $1.5 million from Abedi, his "good friend."
A quick survey of the major contributors to the Carter Center reveals hundreds of millions of dollars from Saudi and Gulf contributors. But it was BCCI that helped Mr. Carter established his center.
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President Bush has officially put a stake into the heart of the peace dividendall that money we were going to save because the Cold War ended. Bush now says he believes the Army and Marine Corps should be expanded.
With the world the way it is, a lot of people agree with Bush. But take a look back to the days of his fathers administration and the presidency of Bill Clinton. The world was a nasty place then, too. But during that period, we went through years of declining military budgets. For my book Clear Moral Objectives, I built a timeline of what was happening in the world and how we addressed those events with our Defense Department budgets.
Pick up the story with newly-sworn-in President Bill Clintons first budget, submitted on March 27, 1993. He asked for $263.4 billion$10 billion less than the final budget under the first President Bush. The budget scrapped most funds for President Ronald Reagans Strategic Defense Initiative, called Star Wars by the media.
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That's correct. Treatment of the military during Clinton I was abysmal. That's why we can't afford Clinton II.
Republicans can't piss this year away. They've got to identify a candidate who stands for patriotic values. I certainly like what Tom Tancdredo says. Anyone think he can make it ?
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Tom Tancreado really does not have much in the way of a national presence. It would also be way to easy for his competition to paint him as a "tin foil" hat wearer with his own words. Great guy, real good ideas, he just comes off a little over the edge sometimes.
Posted Dec 20, 2006
Last year, Osama bin Laden's deputy, Ayman al-Zawahri, wrote to the head of al Qaeda in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, telling him to "be ready starting now" for America to run from Iraq, reminding him how America cut and ran from Vietnam and the "aftermath of the collapse of American power in Vietnam, and how they ran and left their agents."
Alas, Zarqawi never got to implement his Iraq takeover plan because the same troops that are allegedly losing the war right now killed him in June.
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Good article - all the Dems have is Vietnam, since they can't claim anything from the Clinton 90's thanks mainly to BillC himself. They want to foster revolution, anarchy, OWG and Marxist-Socialist "re-structuring" in America but have been unwilling to move above perennial Two-Party PCorrectness-PoliTiX.
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What is interesting is that the latest strategy for dealing with the situation in Baghdad is an adaptation of a plan that actually WORKED in VIETNAM.
Maybe He Was Just Lost
"U.S.-led forces captured a senior al-Qaida leader who was responsible for hundreds of civilian deaths and housed foreign fighters who carried out suicide bombings, the U.S. military said Wednesday," the Associated Press reports from Baghdad:
The leader, who was not identified, was arrested in a raid in Mosul on Dec. 14, the military said in a statement.
"The terrorist leader was attempting to flee from the location when Coalition Forces chased him across a street and detained him," the statement said.
It said the suspect served as al-Qaida's military chief in Mosul in 2005, and then took up the same job in western Baghdad.
"During that time, he coordinated car vehicle-borne improvised explosives device attacks and kidnap for ransom operations in Baghdad," the military said. It cited reports that said he organized an attempt to shoot down a U.S. military helicopter in May this year.
"After a few months he fled Baghdad due to Coalition Forces closing in on him," the statement said.
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Zawey also made it clear indirectly that, by his comment that FREE ELECTIONS WITH SECULAR INSTITUTIONS, will not free the Pals., that ANTI-DEMOCRACY = is QURAN ERGO+ RADICAL ISLAM, and that POST-AMERICA ANY AND ALL PALS = MUSLIM ME can look forward to the STATUS QUO, OR WORSE, WID NO HOPE OF REFORM OR CHANGE.
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So far as we know, this is the first time Reuters has reported as fact that al Qaeda carried out the 9/11 attacks. In the past, the "news" service always used formulations like "which America blames for the attacks."
Which means they figure that nobody cares anymore.
Baker-Hamilton Would Sell Out Democracy By Masrour Barzani
IRBIL, Iraq -- The Iraq Study Group's recommendations will accomplish nothing in Iraq. Its expressions of "gratitude" to those of us Iraqis who fought on the battlefield for freedom and liberty ring hollow. The report ignores our accomplishments, dreams and sacrifices in favor of a concern for those whose ultimate goal is the destruction of democracy.
Our federal constitution, which the majority of the Iraqi people voted for, is treated flippantly, as though it were a negotiable document rather than the hard-fought result of lengthy negotiation among those willing to participate in the new Iraq. Further, the study group's approach is driven by the concerns of the countries in this region rather than by the concerns of the Iraqi people.
Many Iraqis, especially the Kurds, are justifiably concerned about this. No one from the study group visited Iraqi Kurdistan, which the group admits is safe and pro-American, and where there has not been a single U.S. casualty since the war. Kurds not only fought alongside Americans but lost some of our best men to American friendly-fire incidents. Yet we staunchly support the work of the coalition and are eternally grateful for the sacrifices the American people have made for our future.
The report is right to acknowledge that part of the problem in Iraq is America's inability to distinguish friend from foe. Unfortunately, Baker-Hamilton fares even worse in this regard. This comes as little surprise, since it was partly written by those who orchestrated the saving of Saddam Hussein in 1991.
To call upon Iraq's neighbors, which have chosen Iraq as a place to fight the United States, is a grave mistake. Seeking their participation would inevitably backfire. They would not only contribute to the instability within the country but would implement agendas in direct contradiction to America's occupation goals.
The plan would reward regimes that have undermined the U.S. effort at every turn. Iraq would fall under the regional powers, and the Iraqi people would come out the losers. Any vacancy left in Iraq by the coalition forces before Iraq is ready to stand on its own would be filled by those opposed to democracy. American credibility would dissipate, and any chance for success in Iraq would evaporate. If this comes to pass, hopes for real democracy in the Middle East will be history. The regional powers that border us have an interest in keeping us weak and divided.
Once again Kurds are about to be sold out. Should the U.S. administration adopt the recommendations of Baker-Hamilton, the Kurds will be sacrificed to protect the interests of Iraq's neighbors. We were massacred in 1975 and 1991 by Saddam Hussein because we thought that our commitment to democracy and tolerance made us natural U.S. allies. We responded then, as we did four years ago, to American calls for the introduction of a new era in the region. Like Americans, we dream of a better future for our children, one in which they can grow up without deformities caused by chemical attacks on our villages.
It is true we fly Kurdish flags. This is yet another similarity we have with Americans, who are proud not only of their country but also of the accomplishments and unique identities of their states. The harbinger of successful democracy in the United States was the willingness of its founders to recognize the particular interests of states and to craft a constitution to safeguard their rights. Baker-Hamilton would deny Iraqis the same rights and thus doom our efforts to construct a system in Iraq that protects all its citizens. It would strip Kurdistan of rights it has negotiated with the central government to protect it from abuses like those it has suffered in the past. We should not forget that over-centralization has been a disaster for the Iraqi people.
Iraq's constitution should be treasured. Iraq's neighbors should not be allowed to violate our sovereignty. Democracy and federalism are the popularly chosen basis of the new Iraq. Never again should Kurdish wealth be stolen to finance genocide against the Kurdish people.
While Kurds welcome American troops into their homes, Baker-Hamilton proposes that the United States revise its policies to meet the demands of those firing at its soldiers. According to the study group, we are all part of "a problem" that needs fixing, and we are equally unworthy of America's protection.
Don't sell us out to our authoritarian neighbors and those who are terrorizing our communities. We agreed democratically to participate in this project because we were guaranteed the rights needed to protect our people. We Kurds are asking President Bush and America to remember the sacrifices we have made to keep your loved ones safe in Iraq. We are asking you to keep a promise where those before you have failed.
The writer is the director of the Intelligence and Security Agency of the Kurdistan Regional Government in Iraq and a high-ranking member of the Kurdistan Democratic Party.
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STRATEGYPAGE > WHY MOST IRAQIS FEEL SAFE. While the majority of attacks have been agz US-Allied forces, THE MAJORITY OF CASUALTIES SUFFERED is by Muslims in a small handful of contested provinces. Greatest threat to SUNNIS/SUNNI ARABS is NOT INSURGENT VIOLENCE BUT EMIGRATION - at current rates, all SUNNI ARABS will be gone from Iraq in four years [Year 2010?]
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He brings up a great point, who amongst the ISG was in Iraq? They sure as hell never made it to the Kurdish sections. Did any of them even step foot in the country? Did any of them do what Bill Roggio did and get knee deep into the real deal on the ground? My bet is no.
By Alan Dershowitz | December 21, 2006 - You can always tell when a public figure has written an indefensible book: when he refuses to debate it in the court of public opinion. And you can always tell when he's a hypocrite to boot: when he says he wrote a book in order to stimulate a debate, and then he refuses to participate in any such debate. I'm talking about former president Jimmy Carter and his new book "Palestine Peace Not Apartheid."
Carter's book has been condemned as "moronic" (Slate), "anti-historical" (The Washington Post), "laughable" (San Francisco Chronicle), and riddled with errors and bias in reviews across the country. Many of the reviews have been written by non-Jewish as well as Jewish critics, and not by "representatives of Jewish organizations" as Carter has claimed. Carter has gone even beyond the errors of his book in interviews, in which he has said that the situation in Israel is worse than the crimes committed in Apartheid South Africa. When asked whether he believed that Israel's "persecution" of Palestinians was "[e]ven worse . . . than a place like Rwanda," Carter answered, "Yes. I think -- yes."
When Larry King referred to my review several times to challenge Carter, Carter first said I hadn't read the book and then blustered, "You know, I think it's a waste of my time and yours to quote professor Dershowitz. He's so obviously biased, Larry, and it's not worth my time to waste it on commenting on him." (He never did answer King's questions.)
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"You know, I think it's a waste of my time and yours to quote professor Dershowitz. He's so obviously biased, Larry, and it's not worth my time to waste it on commenting on him."
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Grom is being sarcastic, but there is truth in humor. He's given a free pass because he is Jewish and lives in Israel. :-)
About time for that gal to call Carter and $hit in his cornflakes again like she did so well last time.
In my opinion, Carter's answer is just fluff to make the immediate situation he was in go away. He owes an answer to that question to many people, not just Dershowitz. He should have taken the opportunity to address it. If his book had any meaningful thought behind it, he should have anticipated and have been able to answer the question.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
By Donald Lambro
