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Thread ID: 3842 | Posts: 8 | Started: 2002-12-04
2002-12-04 08:11 | User Profile
It appears that things will be escalating. Coming soon to a shopping mall near you: Palestinian suicide bombers. If this happens, I'm waiting to see how the American people will react when they discover the Israeli-Arab War has been permanently brought to their shores. When will the public cry "Uncle" and finally force the government to get out of the Middle East and deport the immigrants and seal the borders, etc.? How much pain will be enough to catalyze awakening...and change?
[url=http://asp.washtimes.com/printarticle.asp?action=print&ArticleID=20021204-29720774]Hezbollah calls for global attacks[/url]
Paul Martin
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Published 12/4/2002
LONDON ââ¬â The leader of the Lebanese Muslim group Hezbollah is urging a global suicide bombing campaign, increasing the prospect that the regional conflict between Arabs and Israelis will expand to mimic or even merge with al Qaeda's war against the West.
Two recent speeches by the Lebanon-based Hezbollah leader, Sheik Hassan Nasrallah, have raised the specter of attacks outside the region by a powerful and well-organized military force ââ¬â a force that successfully pushed the Israeli army out of southern Lebanon two years ago.
"By Allah, if they touch Al Aqsa we will act everywhere around the world," Sheik Nasrallah told an estimated 10,000 gun-toting, bearded fighters in southern Lebanon on Friday. Several hundred "suicide commandos" also took part.
Al Aqsa refers to a sacred Muslim site in Jerusalem that, although under Israeli military control, is in practice administered by Palestinian Muslim authorities.
The site, holy to both Jews and Muslims, is a flash point for tension and outbreaks of violence.
Taken alone, Sheik Nasrallah's remarks might be interpreted as no more than a warning to Israel not to alter the status quo.
But earlier in the week, at a rally in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley, Sheik Nasrallah issued a far more ominous threat.
"Martyrdom operations ââ¬â suicide bombings ââ¬â should be exported outside Palestine," he said.
"I encourage Palestinians to take suicide bombings worldwide. Don't be shy about it," he added.
Both speeches were broadcast by a Hezbollah-owned TV station in Lebanon.
The sheik has made no direct comment on Thursday's twin attacks in Kenya, in which missiles were fired at an Israeli passenger jet and suicide bombers attacked an oceanfront hotel.
However, a previously unknown group calling itself the Army of Palestine claimed responsibility for the attacks in a press statement sent from Beirut.
"The rapid statement, and the peculiarity of Lebanese fundamentalist terminology used in that statement, leads me to believe that this was the hand of Hezbollah," said Walid Phares, a professor of Middle Eastern studies and religious conflict at Florida Atlantic University.
The Palestinian militant groups in Gaza and the West Bank insist they have no intention to take their battle with Israel outside the region.
Islamic Jihad spokesman Nafez Azaam said yesterday his group's "ideology and strategy is based on fighting the occupation and liberating the Palestinian lands."
"We have no interest in transferring the battle to any field outside Palestine," he told the Associated Press by phone from Gaza.
Hamas spokesman Ismail Abu Shanab also told AP his group had "no interest in engaging in battle with anyone else outside the land of Palestine."
But Mr. Phares warned that Hezbollah had been establishing closer ties with Palestinian radical groups, holding meetings in Lebanon with representatives of Hamas and Islamic Jihad every couple of weeks and issuing joint press statements.
Although Palestinian groups in exile actively attacked Western targets in the 1980s with high-profile hijackings and bombings outside the region, the focus shifted with the onset of the first Palestinian uprising against Israel in 1988.
Throughout the 1990s, Hezbollah and Palestinian groups operating from the West Bank and Gaza Strip pursued a strictly national agenda.
Since Israel withdrew from southern Lebanon in May 2000, Hezbollah has sought a new and expanded role, and had strengthened its contacts with radical Muslims including al Qaeda, Mr. Phares said.
In that context, Mr. Phares described Sheik Nasrallah's comments as a "benchmark."
Hezbollah enjoys strong financial backing from its mentor Iran, and has been permitted and encouraged to operate, within certain confines, by Syria, which controls Lebanon.
Its military prowess has been seen as a model by Palestinian leaders, who had hoped that by initiating a second uprising against Israel in September 2000, they too could force a similar withdrawal by Israeli forces from the West Bank and Gaza.
Hezbollah would never openly declare an alliance or relationship with al Qaeda, according to analysts, because that would embarrass Syria.
Syria is actively being courted by the United States because of Syria's longtime animosity toward its neighbor Iraq.
Hezbollah has already made some inroads into Palestinian insurgency: Its yellow flag, with the words "Allah is Great" inscribed in green, appears at many radical Palestinian demonstrations.
The flag can even be seen in some Arab villages in Israel.
Israel's defense force chief, Lt. Gen. Moshe Yaalon, on Monday said al Qaeda was already operating against Israeli targets.
He said his forces had already foiled many al Qaeda attacks in Israel, adding that the organization made use of Palestinian operatives in the West Bank and Gaza.
In some ways a tacit alliance between the two is surprising, in that al Qaeda along with Hamas and Islamic Jihad are strong adherents of Sunni Islam, while Hezbollah's followers are Shi'ites.
The two branches of Islam reflect a schism that occurred in one generation after the founder Muhammad.
However, the branches' common hatred of the West appears to have muted social and doctrinal differences. Hezbollah has close Sunni allies in two key Lebanese cities, Tripoli and Sidon.
Imad Mughnieh, the Hezbollah official who masterminded the attacks against the U.S. Marine barracks, French Marines and the U.S. Embassy in 1983, fled to Iran. Intelligence sources report he met with al Qaeda operatives in the late 1990s.
Of concern for anti-terror agencies is the stronghold Hezbollah has established in Canada, which is seen as a springboard for future actions and influence inside the United States.
Canada's government has been under fire from the opposition, lobbies and some parliamentary members of the ruling Liberal Party to ban the organization. Canada's only action so far has been to order banks to freeze the assets of the group's "External Security Force," the National Post newspaper reported.
The newspaper also reported that Bill Graham, the minister of foreign affairs, had decided not to outlaw Hezbollah in its entirety because the group is also involved in social and political work in Lebanon.
The group has been using Canada as a source of money, forged documents, stolen cars, recruits and military-use equipment, the Post reported Saturday, citing unnamed police and intelligence officials.
One of Sheik Nasrallah's top men, Ayub Fawzi, 38, operated from Canada for several years. He was on the list of 22 wanted terrorists published by the United States after the September 11 attacks.
At some point, he moved back to the Palestinian territories and was captured by Israeli security forces in June.
2002-12-04 08:43 | User Profile
**"By Allah, if they touch Al Aqsa we will act everywhere around the world," Sheik Nasrallah told an estimated 10,000 gun-toting, bearded fighters in southern Lebanon on Friday. Several hundred "suicide commandos" also took part.
Al Aqsa refers to a sacred Muslim site in Jerusalem that, although under Israeli military control, is in practice administered by Palestinian Muslim authorities.**
Hezbollah has no other reason to launch a global jihad than over a freaking mosque?! So if that sinkhole underneath it caves in that the Islamics and the Jews have been blaming each other for all hell's gonna break loose. Then there's that section of wall bulged out.
Whoever thought worldwide conflicts would hinge upon archeological events.
Hezbollah enjoys strong financial backing from its mentor Iran, and has been permitted and encouraged to operate, within certain confines, by Syria, which controls Lebanon.
And I'm sure this fact isn't lost on the War Party. If Hezbollah starts attacking western targets it might give the Likudniks here and abroad enough ammo to justify "regime change" in Iran. I wouldn't rule out a black bag job on the temple mount to "help things along."
Of concern for anti-terror agencies is the stronghold Hezbollah has established in Canada, which is seen as a springboard for future actions and influence inside the United States.
Yes, those Canucks are gonna get us all killed with their multiculturalism. You'd think with Izzy Asper's Zionist hammerlock on the Canadian press he could have spinmeistered enough material by now to get the towelheads deported, but I guess Canuckistan is so far the rathole it wouldn't matter.
2002-12-04 09:00 | User Profile
This is great news for us in the "worse is better" crowd.
A world-wide suicide campaign, perhaps including American black Muslims, brings us closer to the much-needed "clash of civilizations". War against the Muslims is the only thing capable of awakening our people's group identity and instinct for tribal survival. And once that instinct is aroused, then there's no telling which groups it will turn on. If it continues long enough, we'll all have to admit finally that this War on Terror is at bottom a Darwinian race war a la Sir Arthur Keith.
The beauty of it is that our Zionist masters must support the rise of white racial consciousness. They're in furious denial over this painful truth - witness all the talk about "anti-Muslim hate crimes" and the endless chanting of the patently absurd "Islam is a religion of peace" slogan.
But the time will come when their homeland will be threatened and the white West will be tired of fighting and sacrificing for them, and they'll face the stark choice of facing 1.3 billion Muslims alone or conjuring Wotan from his long-imposed slumber.
They'll choose Wotan. And Wotan will be real pissed off.
Walter
2002-12-04 09:10 | User Profile
**The beauty of it is that our Zionist masters must support the rise of white racial consciousness. They're in furious denial over this painful truth - witness all the talk about "anti-Muslim hate crimes" and the endless chanting of the patently absurd "Islam is a religion of peace" slogan. **
Walter, any hardcore Likudnik Zionist wants Muslims out of America, and Hispanics too for that matter. Why do you think they've suddenly jumped on the anti-immigration bandwagon with such vigor? The "religion of peace" prattle might be coming from left-wing Jews, but it ain't coming from Zionists.
2002-12-04 10:28 | User Profile
Originally posted by Centinel@Dec 4 2002, 09:10 > The beauty of it is that our Zionist masters must support the rise of white racial consciousness. They're in furious denial over this painful truth - witness all the talk about "anti-Muslim hate crimes" and the endless chanting of the patently absurd "Islam is a religion of peace" slogan. **
Walter, any hardcore Likudnik Zionist wants Muslims out of America, and Hispanics too for that matter. Why do you think they've suddenly jumped on the anti-immigration bandwagon with such vigor? The "religion of peace" prattle might be coming from left-wing Jews, but it ain't coming from Zionists.**
They're all Zionists.
The Wall Street Journal remains adamantly pro-immigration, but they're signaling now that they're re-considering that position.
The fact that some are now jumping the fence proves that there a vigorous debate is underway. Most will follow Steinlight, but not all have gotten the message yet from Hive Central.
It's happening now.
Walter
2002-12-04 10:41 | User Profile
The Wall Street Journal remains adamantly pro-immigration, but they're signaling now that they're re-considering that position.
The liberal "free trade" wing of the GOP that wants cheap labor is at odds with the Zionists and evangelicals, and you're seeing that battle played out in miniature on the WSJ Op/Ed pages.
2002-12-04 19:32 | User Profile
Originally posted by Centinel@Dec 4 2002, 06:41 > The Wall Street Journal remains adamantly pro-immigration, but they're signaling now that they're re-considering that position.**
The liberal "free trade" wing of the GOP that wants cheap labor is at odds with the Zionists and evangelicals, and you're seeing that battle played out in miniature on the WSJ Op/Ed pages.**
Excellent observation, Centinel. A lot of people worry that we on the Authentic Right have too many internal divisions and "circular firing squads," but they overlook what you point out: the New World Order crowd have their own internal splits and spats. Since they're the ones currently in control, they have to worry about being weakened by these spats than we do with our own internal spats, since they are in a precarious position at the top and have more to lose, while our self-criticism can only make us leaner and meaner in the end. We have nowhere to go but up.
2002-12-05 06:43 | User Profile
Originally posted by Centinel@Dec 4 2002, 10:41 > The Wall Street Journal remains adamantly pro-immigration, but they're signaling now that they're re-considering that position.**
The liberal "free trade" wing of the GOP that wants cheap labor is at odds with the Zionists and evangelicals, and you're seeing that battle played out in miniature on the WSJ Op/Ed pages.**
Exactly.
I think we agree.
My point is that they're all of the Tribe. The WSJ is the Sanhedrin's central organ. The "liberal free traders" that you mention are mostly of the Tribe - they're not some external force of gentiles. They are all Zionists - either by blood or conviction.
While the outer party elites have their own, separate interests in third world immigration, the heart of the debate is strictly internal to the Sanhedrin.
The Steinlight article last year was the kick-off for that discussion. Stephen Steinlight headed the Sanhedrin Committee on Immigration Policy. He changed his mind after 9/11 and wrote his infamous article . Steinlight advocated a one-eighty for Sanhedrin policy from "let's innundate the white Americans with coloureds because those whites look like cossacks and make us feel uncomfortable" to "we need a strong, wealthy and confident America to defend Israel, and that TRAGICALLY means a white America."
Walter