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'Foreign Intelligence' Behind Attacks: Faizi
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Bangladesh
What can be done about Jamaat?
[Dhaka Tribune] Jamaat-e-Islami
...The Islamic Society, founded in 1941 in Lahore by Maulana Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi, aka The Great Apostosizer. The Jamaat opposed the independence of Bangladesh but has operated an independent branch there since 1975. It maintains close ties with international Mohammedan groups such as the Moslem Brotherhood. the Taliban, and al-Qaeda. The Jamaat's objectives are the establishment of a pure Islamic state, governed by Sharia law. It is distinguished by its xenophobia, and its opposition to Westernization, capitalism, socialism, secularism, and liberalist social mores...
and its student wing, Chhatra Shibir, have once again come to the focus of attention due to strong demand from many quar-ters -- national and international -- for the imposition of a ban on their politics. However,
some people are alive only because it's illegal to kill them...
Jamaat (which includes Shibir) thinks the ruling Awami League might not proceed to outlaw them. Rather, the AL would prefer to keep the party under pressure, as banning them would mean losing a vital part needed towards winning the national polls. The ruling party is really frightened over that issue.

Prime Minister the loathesome Sheikh Hasina
...Bangla dynastic politician and current Prime Minister of Bangladesh. She has been the President of the Bangla Awami League since the Lower Paleolithic. She is the eldest of five children of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founding father of Bangla. Her party defeated the BNP-led Four-Party Alliance in the 2008 parliamentary elections. She has once before held the office, from 1996 to 2001, when she was defeated in a landslide. She and the head of the BNP, Khaleda Zia show such blind animosity toward each other that they are known as the Battling Begums..
, after the January 5 elections, in a presser confirmed that her government would not proscribe Jamaat as a terrorist organization by applying executive power, since a case on the ban over the party was pending with the top court of Bangladesh.

The government, when it had lodged an appeal with the apex court seeking the death penalty for Ghulam Azam, the chief of Bangladesh chapter of Jamaat in 1971, also sought the ban on the party for its role in the Liberation War.

As a political party, the AL carries out the political calculation of benefits and losses on the ban issue. But we think the party should be banned not because of war crimes only, but also for deep flaws in its ideology. Jamaat says it is working towards establishing an "Islamic state." However,
some people are alive only because it's illegal to kill them...
it does not follow the teachings of the Qur'an, the scripture of Islam, which stands for peace and for upholding human rights
When they're defined by the state or an NGO they don't mean much...

In fact, they have a vision to establish a theocracy to suppress the people in many ways in the name of Islam. When this type of party climbs to power, first they execute their Mohammedan opponents who preach human well-being and the unmasking of zealots as the first and foremost duty, terming them as "Murtad" (a person who forsakes Islam).

After the International Crimes Tribunal's first verdict which ordered the hanging of Abul Kalam Azad alias Bachchu Razakar, a former leader of Jamaat, in my capacity as a journalist I met a top Jamaat leader who was also a former chief of Shibir. At that time, I asked him where in Islam it was prescribed that execution was the punishment for an apostate.

At first, he said it could be found in the Qur'an. Then I affirmed that not a single verse of the Qur'an said such a thing. He then backtracked from his stance, but stuck to his point saying the Hadith said this. When these leaders are not sure about things, how could they run this country according to Islam?

Islam would teach us to protest against the oppression that was waged on us by the then West Pakistain regime. So, when a political party under the guise of Islam actively supports the oppressors, what word should be used to describe them? Though it is evident from the recent resolution of the Pakistain parliament that Jamaat actively supported them in 1971, the party has not yet apologised to the people of this country for their reprehensible stance.

The war crimes trial, which started in 2010, has played a substantive role in unmasking the character of Jamaat. The party has left no stone unturned -- causing bloodshed while persuading the international community, including superpower USA, to mount pressure on Bangladesh in order to save Bangladeshi leaders from execution or conviction on charges of crimes against humanity, genocide, and other heinous crimes committed in the Liberation War of 1971. But they failed eventually.

The phone call from US secretary of state John F. I was in Vietnam, you know Kerry
Former Senator-for-Life from Massachussetts, self-defined war hero, speaker of French, owner of a lucky hat, conqueror of Cambodia, and current Secretary of State...
did not succeed in saving Jamaat leader Abdul Quader Molla from the gallows, as the people of Bangladesh wanted the execution of all war criminals.

On February 28 last year, when the war crimes tribunal ruled for the execution of Delwar Hossain Sayeedi
...Islamic orator and politician. He was a former Member of Parliament in the National Assembly of Bangladesh from 1996 to 2008, and is one of the most prominent leaders of the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami...
, a rumour was widely circulated that the face of the Jamaat leader was seen on the moon. Asked about the issue, a Jamaat leader in Cox's Bazaar said believing such things went against Islam, but was correct as a strategy.

This is the character of Jamaat men. In Jamaat-Shibir, there are many activists whose intentions are good, but they fall victim to brain-washing. We urge them to ponder over the message of the Qur'an, think freely, and scrutinise the party leaders and their ideology, which will lead them to leave the religious fanatics and work for the well-being of humanity.

We press for the banning of the politics of Jamaat-Shibir for the sake of humanity. If the government ensures sound education and helps people understand that the banning of bully boyz is not something that will merely serve a political purpose, but the greater interest of the country, I think there is very little chance for Jamaat-Shibir to continue as a terrorist organization. Power revolves around the people.
Posted by: Fred || 01/29/2014 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Jamaat-e-Islami


Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Why Ukraine Is So Important
...a presentation so clear that even I can understand it...
Posted by: Uncle Phester || 01/29/2014 00:00 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Yuuup.

But UKRAINE is historically also Russia's breadbasket for food, as well as for much of the rest of Eurasia.

Lest we fergit, much like its now the US-VS-CHINA-VS-NUCLEAR-ISLAM in Asia-Pacific, China is now also involved in the Ukraine brouhaha.

* VARIOUS > CHINA OFFERS NUCLEAR DEFENSE/SECURITY GUARANTEE TO UKRAINE.
Posted by: JosephMendiola || 01/29/2014 1:17 Comments || Top||

#2  There was an article in Gates of Vienna that presents a quite different view Things Are Not What They Seem.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 01/29/2014 4:05 Comments || Top||

#3  g(r)omgoru, is that link suggesting another chapter of the teutonic vs. slav campaign? I just defaulted on the good guys winning because neither Obama or Occupy has farted a whisper - is this the I was for Hitler before he attacked Stalin deal?

Being stuck between a boar and a bear is not good, but is there a way to not join either? Ukraine has a strategic position both in energy (Russia/EU trade), food, and Black Sea?

Real question as I checked the morning news for info and found that puppies really are cuter after two glasses of champaign.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 01/29/2014 10:22 Comments || Top||

#4  It suggests Ukrainian nationalists: google Stephen Bendera.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 01/29/2014 10:25 Comments || Top||

#5  p.s. If they overthrow the pro-Russian gov, Putin will cut of their gas (that why the current gov is pro Russian)
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 01/29/2014 10:27 Comments || Top||

#6  IMHO its what Russia is going to do to the EU anyways in the long game - right government or no gas. They could just get their energy from...oh that's right, the EU chose to live off of windmills and tulips.

I'm sure Russia's obsession with the Black Sea has a part in it. Russia having a hand in Israel's energy field. The EU and Obama being the EU and Obama, kinda puts Ukraine in strategic and isolated.

I'm not agreeing with, but does it make sense for a Russian alliance - other than the memories of being in the Russian alliance?

Then there is Turkey over there, trying to pick a fight with Syria, who is allied with Russia.

Russia didn't mind rolling up Georgia not too long ago.

I'm guessing Ukrainian nationalist means not friend of Jews?

What a mess. After watching the grammys last night I do not see anything effective from the USA until 2018, if there is even an interested population.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 01/29/2014 10:51 Comments || Top||

#7  In the GoV article, there is a graphic in which the symbolism is identified except for "some unidentifiable beige object". That object would appear to be a Saracen helmet.
Posted by: Rex Mundi || 01/29/2014 12:06 Comments || Top||

#8  The more I read about this, the less I understand it. I need a drink. F150!!
Posted by: SteveS || 01/29/2014 19:16 Comments || Top||

#9  Ukraine is also one of VladVedev's desired key energy links between Mama Russia + the EU.

* DEMOCRATIC UNDERGROUND > [ABC] WORLD'S FIRST "NUCLEAR CIVIL WAR" MAY BEGIN IN UKRAINE - SECURITY SERVICE OF UKRAINE [SBU] STATEMENT.

ARTIC = denotes that Ukraine has 15 NucReax in current operation, wid 4 not operating at Chernobyl.

VERSUS

* RIA.RU > RUSSIA WANTS MORE FTZS [Free Trade Zones] LINKING EU, MOSCOW-LED CUSTOMS UNION, aka
EurAsian Economic Union comprised of Russia, Belarus, + Kazakhistan.

HHHHMMM, HHHMMMM, + the China-shared SCO-CSTO???

FYI IIRC Beijing has officially denied recent MSM-Net Reports that it will set up to 12 new FTZS around the country, including in + around Pudgy-land NORTH KOREA???
Posted by: JosephMendiola || 01/29/2014 20:02 Comments || Top||

#10  A problem, If Vlad cuts off gas, doesn't he also cut off food?

It takes gas to run tractors and combines.
Posted by: Redneck Jim || 01/29/2014 20:25 Comments || Top||

#11  A problem, If Vlad cuts off gas, doesn't he also cut off food?

See Holodomor holocaust - a very nasty piece of work the soviet union inflicted on the Ukraine before.

Holodomor: (Ukrainian: Голодомор, "Extermination by hunger" or "Hunger-extermination"; derived from 'Морити голодом', "Killing by Starvation")
Posted by: CrazyFool || 01/29/2014 23:10 Comments || Top||


Fifth Column
The blind fury of the gun zealots
Posted by: badanov || 01/29/2014 00:00 || Comments || Link || [7 views] Top|| File under:

#1  That they'll come to perceive government officials, including the police, as enemies.

No longer a perception. It is now a given.

Posted by: Besoeker || 01/29/2014 0:08 Comments || Top||

#2  What reasonable people should not do is engage in loose talk about armed resistance against a duly elected government.

Unless the government in question is headed by Bush II?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 01/29/2014 3:53 Comments || Top||

#3  ...duly elected government.

Remember Saddam got 99 percent of his last vote.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 01/29/2014 8:17 Comments || Top||

#4  This gentle rhetoric, softly spoken is how tyrants sooth the masses. "Cuomo isn't seizing anyone's guns. His law bans the future sale of assault weapons. Here is the problem, a Bersa .380 pistol is an assault weapon in the new law. People who already own such firearms are free to keep them and use them -- provided they register them with local authorities. Read prepared for future confiscation, as is happening now to registered gun owners in NYC.

I can do this through his whole article. These soft propagandists are more dangerous than the CNN pit bull. They play on our good nature.
Posted by: 49 Pan || 01/29/2014 10:39 Comments || Top||

#5  Was this the original article, which seems to have gone away?
Posted by: Bobby || 01/29/2014 13:01 Comments || Top||

#6  It's fixed - for now.
Posted by: Pappy || 01/29/2014 15:50 Comments || Top||

#7  When the state is disarmed I'll believe the people can be too.
Posted by: Bright Pebbles || 01/29/2014 16:20 Comments || Top||


Home Front: WoT
Obama Has Made It Impossible For Israel To Strike Iran
A taste:
[AmThinker] I called a hardheaded realist, a Harvard trained PhD who has been watching the Middle East professionally for decades, to ask him about Obama's Iran deal. This is what he told me.

It's done. Iran will get a bomb.

They want a bomb and they will not be denied unless somebody stops them. Obama does not want to stop them. He does not want a friendly regime in Iran. He wants Iran as a counterforce to America and Israel. Obama is not a Mohammedan, but he is a radical. He sees the U.S. and Israel as imperialistic and oppressive. He doesn't like the U.S. military. He'd cut it to nothing if he could get away with it.

This deal makes it essentially impossible for Israel to strike -- not least because the U.S. has Israel under a microscope, by satellite and other technical means, and also with spies in the government and the IDF (Israeli Defense Force). At the first hint that a mission is imminent, the White House will leak it to the Washington Post, the New York Times
...which still proudly displays Walter Duranty's Pulitzer prize...
, destroying operational security. Just as the U.S. leaked about Israel's strikes into Syria.
Posted by: trailing wife || 01/29/2014 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran

#1  Obama is not a Mohammedan....

Where I stopped reading.
Posted by: Besoeker || 01/29/2014 0:24 Comments || Top||

#2  I suspect that Isreal knows they have foxes in the henhouse and keep them on a short leash, feeding them enough juicy bits to keep the DC bosses satisfied. But when the time comes, they will act and Bambi and the rest of the Clown Force will be surprized.
Posted by: USN, Ret. ontheroad || 01/29/2014 0:41 Comments || Top||

#3  "IRAN as a counterforce to America + Israel"

The Author must mean Amerika, but that's beside the point - isn't the above one of the major or base premises of having IRAN, ETAL. as OWG Global "Co-Superpowers"???

Or did I miss something?

* FYI IIRC TOPIX, WORLD NEWS, DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > PAKISTAN TELLS KERRY: DON'T FORGET ABOUT US.

[SIMPLE MINDS' "BREAKFAST CLUB" Theme here].

Personally, I'm more interested in any covert agreements, formal andor "handshake", between the DemoLeft + GOP-Right, as well as between Globalists and Anti-Globalists, as to the specific or particular details of their agenda, I.E. THE DETAILS THEY DELIBERAT DON'T WANT TO TELL THE VOTERS/MAINSTREAM UNTIL ITS TOO LATE, IFF AT ALL.
Posted by: JosephMendiola || 01/29/2014 0:57 Comments || Top||

#4  As for ISRAEL, the prob is notsomuch Israel + IDF being unable to attack Iran, for Israel most certainly can do so conventionally in limited strike = limited war, or in alternat wholly via its Nuclear LRBMS - THE MAIN PROB FOR ISRAEL IS ALLEGED MARXIST-ANARCHIST-GLOBALIST, "RED-LINE" BUSTING POTUS OBAMA BACKING THEM UP, INCLUD BY THREAT OF PRO-ISRAELI MIL INTERVENTION, AS HIS PREDECESSORS DID???

Libya, Egypt, anti-Assad Syrian FSA, soon potens to be joined by US Allies Japan + ROK + PHIL + Taiwan, etc. + India, Other in East Asia???

OBAMA THE NATIONALIST, VERSUS OBAMA THE GLOBALIST; OBAMA THE PRO-SOVEREIGNTY NATIONALIST VERSUS OBAMA THE ANTI-SOVEREIGNTY GLOBALIST???
Posted by: JosephMendiola || 01/29/2014 1:10 Comments || Top||

#5  Lets hope Obama thinks so.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 01/29/2014 4:09 Comments || Top||

#6  It's done. Iran will get a bomb. The word "traitor" comes to mind in regards to the politicians and their policies that allowed this to happen.
Posted by: JohnQC || 01/29/2014 10:56 Comments || Top||

#7  ValJar has done her work well.
Posted by: CrazyFool || 01/29/2014 11:07 Comments || Top||

#8  When the story unexpectedly leaked that there were secret air bases being set up by Israel in order to strike Iran - whether true or not - well, we know.

Let me try to unwrap this a bit, and help is appreciated, but there Israel was striking targets of Assad at the same time the US was trying to support anti-Assad groups, and still leaked that info. Is this a tell on the level of support, or more of this pissing in a colendar and calling it soup committment to operational security?
Posted by: swksvolFF || 01/29/2014 11:19 Comments || Top||


Home Front: Culture Wars
I Want To Teach the World to Sing
by Sarah Hoyt

When I was a kid I went through years of angst, because you see, what I wanted to do -- all I wanted to do, the only work I didn't find boring or annoying -- was write, and yet I had imbued the belief that I should do something that "was socially relevant" or "contributed to society."
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 01/29/2014 15:37 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:



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Two weeks of WOT
Wed 2014-01-29
  'Foreign Intelligence' Behind Attacks: Faizi
Tue 2014-01-28
  Tunisia approves new constitution, appoints government
Mon 2014-01-27
  Somali militant commander killed by missile in suspected drone attack
Sun 2014-01-26
  Arc Light Iraqi planes, artillery strike rebel-held Falluja
Sat 2014-01-25
  Drone Strike Kills Three Qaida Suspects in Yemen
Fri 2014-01-24
  Accidental car boom in Peshawar kills six
Thu 2014-01-23
  'Germans among Dead' in Pakistan Air Strikes
Wed 2014-01-22
  Bomb kills at least 22 Shiite pilgrims returning on bus from Iran to Pakistan
Tue 2014-01-21
  Taliban bombing near GHQ kills 13
Mon 2014-01-20
  Explosion kills 20 in Bannu; TTP claims attack
Sun 2014-01-19
  Iranian diplomat shot dead by gunmen in Sana'a
Sat 2014-01-18
  Suicide Bomb Rocks Downtown Kabul
Fri 2014-01-17
  Car Bomb Kills 3, Hurts Dozens in Hermel, 'al-Nusra in Lebanon' Claims Attack
Thu 2014-01-16
  Syria Opposition Says Army Attacked Rebels with Poison Gas
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  Sharia begins in Libya


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