Sunday, July 20, 2008

Gordon Brown to condemn Iran’s president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Gordon Brown will pledge “unbreakable” support to Israel

Gordon Brown to condemn Iran’s president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Gordon Brown will pledge “unbreakable” support to Israel while launching his strongest attack yet on Iran. The Prime Minister will send a tough message to the Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Monday, warning of imminent sanctions on oil and gas if he does not abandon his nuclear ambitions. In a landmark speech to the Israeli parliament, Mr Brown will say that Mr Ahmadinejad’s denial of Israel’s right to exist is “totally abhorrent”.

The European Union has already said it stands ready to push for a block on foreign investment in new Iranian oil and gas projects along with sanctions on the financial sector if the Gulf state does not comply with requests to suspend its uranium enrichment programme. British officials hinted that sanctions could extend to all parts of the oil industry in a bid to disrupt production by Iran, which exports some 2.5 million barrels a day. In his speech to the Knesset, the first by a British Prime Minister, Mr Brown will voice determination to prevent an Iranian nuclear programme. He will say that Iran now has a clear choice to make: “Suspend its nuclear programme and accept our offer of negotiations or face growing isolation and the collective response not of one nation but of many nations.”

Mr Brown will tell Israel that it has Britain’s unequivocal support: “Britain is your true friend. A friend in difficult times as well as in good times, a friend who will stand beside you whenever your peace, your stability and your existence are under threat; a friend who shares an unbreakable partnership based on shared values of liberty, democracy and justice. “Britain and Israel continue to stand together. So to those who question Israel’s right to exist and


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Wednesday, July 09, 2008

SOME HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE RELIGION OF 'PEACE' IN JUST ONE WEEK [July 2008]

SOME HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE RELIGION OF 'PEACE' IN JUST ONE WEEK [July 2008]

Pakistan, Islamic Bombing in the capital Islamabad.
Pakistan police arrest 4 bomb suspectsCNN International - Jul 8, 2008More than 100 people died when Pakistani security forces stormed the mosque on July 10, 2007, ending a weeklong standoff between military forces and Islamic ...http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/07/08/karachi.blast/

Palestinians Hamas [despite of 'truce' pact with Israel's Defense Forces, continue to] shoot missiles upon Israeli civilians.
Palestinians shoot at Nahal Oz farmers Ynetnews http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3564613,00.html

Muslim - Arabs in Israel arrested for supplying info and 'targets' for Al Qaeda.Two Israeli Arabs admit helping Al-Qaeda choose terror attack targets
Israel Insider, Israel In December, two Israeli Arabs from the city of Jaljuliya in northern Israel were arrested for allegedly planning al-Qaeda inspired terror attacks...http://web.israelinsider.com/Articles/Security/12967.htm

Afghanistan, Islamic terrorists bomb, murder at Indian embassy in Kabul, the largest Taliban attack since it's fall in 2001, many blame (also) Pakistan officials.
41 killed, 141 injured in Indian embassy bombing in Kabul Press Trust of Indiahttp://www.ptinews.com/pti%5Cptisite.nsf/0/A598C58F537451A96525747F0055E34C?OpenDocument

Darfur, Sudanese government's Arab Muslim militias attack UN, [after ambush U.N. spokesman says].UN Peacekeepers Killed In Darfur attack
Voice of America UNAMID has a mandate to “support the implementation of the Darfur Peace Agreement, and prevent the disruption of its implementation and armed attacks,http://www.voanews.com/english/Africa/2008-07-09-voa51.cfm

Somalia, Islamic "gunmen" murder U.N. food truck driver, the 4th this year to be killed.Gunmen kill fourth UN driver in Somalia
CNN International (CNN) -- Gunmen in southern Somalia have killed a truck driver carrying relief supplies for the World Food Programme -- the fourth WFP driver killed in...
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/07/09/somalia.driver/index.html

Turkey, 'gunmen' killing in front of U.S. embassy, AP: Suspected Al Qaeda involved, 3 policemen and 3 attackers are killed in the shootout in Istanbul.Shoot-out 'kills 4' near Turkey's US consulate
ABC Online, AustraliaThe US embassy in Ankara says it is aware of an incident near the Istanbul consulate, but has no further details. Turkey has seen armed attacks http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/07/09/2299274.htm

Iran, Islamic nuke threats - Islamic Republic of Iran fires missiles that could reach/destroy it's neighbours, (the "peaceful" oppressive 'ethnic cleansing' practicing Islamic regime, that advocates genocide and calling on "wiping off nations", says it's nuke weapons are for "peace", incidently, Iran has already has 150 kilos of enriched uranium).
Iran's Missile ThreatWall Street Journal No one in that neighborhood – least of all the Russians – actually believes Iran's missile program is anything but dangerous. Russians talk privately about ...http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121564702233840875.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

China kills Islamic terrorists planning attacks against ethnic Han - Muslims' ethnic cleansing in China.
Chinese Police Kill Five in Raid in Muslim RegionWall Street JournalWu Heping, a spokesman for the ministry, said those arrested were connected to an organization known as the East Turkestan Islamic Movement
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121561540376739307.html?mod=googlenews_wsj. ...
'Muslim terrorists' killed in China raid Telegraph.co.uk
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/2274715/'Muslim-terrorists'-killed-in-China-raid.html

Lebanon, 4 die in fighting among Lebanese government and the Islamic (Iranian backed) Hezbollah terrrorists [it's that Arab Muslim militia by Iran, organization of murderous thugs for Islamism that mass-murders in Lebanon, Iraq & Somalia, that claims to be "just a resistance movement"].
Sectarian battles continue in north Lebanon after four killed AFPhttp://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5iLbRHS1sn11z7Yw3qRkPMqnqF_xw

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Thursday, January 10, 2008

UN fears on (Islamic) Pakistan's nukes

UN fears on (Islamic) Pakistan's nukes
TheAustralian ^ | 01,10,08

UN fears on Pakistan's nukes

A WARNING from the UN atomic watchdog that Pakistan's nuclear arsenal could be seized by al-Qa'ida has been endorsed by reports that say extremists have penetrated "the state machinery".

The Daily Times asked: "How big is the number of those inside the state apparatus who owe allegiance to al-Qa'ida or hate the United States enough to place the country's nuclear assets in the hands of those they regard as the most legitimate 'Islamic response' to the policies of the US?"

The newspaper suggested last month's escape from custody of alleged al-Qa'ida trans-Atlantic airline bomb plotter Rashid Rauf was an "inside job" and said he had been "helped to vanish into the no-go territory of the tribal areas that have been virtually annexed by al-Qa'ida and its Taliban followers".

Leaks from the investigations into the assassination of Benazir Bhutto "point again and again to a facilitating hand inside the state structure", the paper said.

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Wednesday, December 05, 2007

Updates on the ISLAMIC REPUBLIC of IRAN'S NUKES DANGERM

[News, Editorials] Updates on the ISLAMIC REPUBLIC of IRAN'S NUKES DANGERM


NIE: "Our assessment that the program probably was halted primarily in response to international pressure suggests Iran may be more vulnerable to influence..."
The new estimate is sure to have considerable political impact. Before deciding on what the NIE means for policy, one should first be sure what it says. The reality is that the estimate says little about whether Iran still aims to produce nuclear weapons or when it might do so. The NIE's information supports the theory that Iran has simply changed the sequencing of its nuclear weapons effort -- not necessarily the theory that Iran is no longer pursuing nuclear weapons.

http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC05.php?CID=2689


Bush softens tone but insists Iran is dangerous

"Iran was dangerous. Iran is dangerous. And Iran will be dangerous if they have the knowledge necessary to make a nuclear weapon," he said, emphasising that ...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/12/04/wiran204.xml

Rice says easing of pressure on Iran a "big mistake" [Reuters]

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Tuesday it would be a "big mistake" to ease world pressure on Iran ...

http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSN0454283520071204


Bush insists Iran poses danger, despite report

AFP

WASHINGTON (AFP) — The United States refused to rule out a military attack on Iran and vowed to step up pressure on Tehran, despite a surprise US ...

http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5i7iyoBcxg7oQU0mmoayWHnO5aWXg


US: Iran Still Able to Develop Nukes
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iRqjZV1Meppj40hTs8IBOv4DdsQwD8TA7RN81



Hadley: US Policy Toward Iran Nuclear Weapons Must Continue

FOX News - Dec 3, 2007

It also concludes that Iran's decision to halt the program is likely based on a cost-benefit approach, influenced by international pressure...
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,314782,00.html


Tehran defiant on nuclear enrichment

Reuters, The Associated Press, The New York TimesPublished: December 2, 2007


TEHRAN: Further UN sanctions will not solve the dispute with the West over Iran's nuclear plans, the Iranian Foreign Ministry said Sunday, a day after six world powers discussed imposing new penalties on Tehran.
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/12/02/africa/iran.php



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Tuesday, December 04, 2007

ANALYSIS: Iran laughing at US lack of nuclear intelligence

ANALYSIS: Iran laughing at US lack of nuclear intelligence
By Amir Oren, Haaretz Correspondent

Tags: Adm. Mike McConnell

The noise that was heard last night in Tehran, according to credible reports, was a hearty Persian laugh after looking at the U.S. intelligence service's website. The unclassified document that Director of National Intelligence, Adm. Mike McConnell published, titled "
Iran: Nuclear Intentions and Capabilities," as a laundered version that faithfully represents the greatest secrets collected by the CIA and the other U.S. intelligence services, can appropriately be called "much evaluation on no intelligence."


The document's eight pages, which include embarrassing instructions on how to differentiate between different yet related terms ("it is possible," "it may be so," "one must not remove from the equation," and "it's reasonable to assume"), enable the Ayatollas' nuclear and operations officials and the heads of the Revolutionary Guards to reach this soothing conclusion - from their point of view: The Americans have no understanding of what is really happening in Iran's nuclear program. They have no solid information, they have no high-level agents and they have nothing more than a mix of guesswork and chatter. The dissemblance and concealment have succeeded, and the real dispute is not between Washington and Tehran, but within the U.S. administration itself.


Only five weeks ago, McConnell announced that as a rule, he doesn?t believe in the release of such documents. He regretted the publication of the principles of the intelligence evaluation on Iraq. Advertisement
McConnel kept quiet on Monday. Donald Kerr, his deputy, was enlisted to explain why the Iran assessment followed in Iraq's footsteps.


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Sunday, November 11, 2007

Why the Policy of supporting the lessor evil is not only 'correct' but 'vital'

Why the Policy of supporting the lessor evil is not only 'correct' but 'vital'

WHO WANTS THE US TO 'ACT' NOW?

Pakistan is in unrest, no one is calm, the strategic delicate map [Afghanistan-Iran] a lions' den of extremists, plus an Islamic State with
nukes, and/or how 'safe' they already are yet, it has been a mere week and we already hear drumbeats to "act", political writers/bloggers on the liberal spectrum, that usually cry out loud for any action by the US govt., all-of-a-sudden, now request a full US interference.Just as the far left critics of the Iraq war like to bring up again and again, how we [the US] had our hands full in scratching Saddam's back in the Iran-Iraq war.
OPEN SECRET OF 'UNHOLY ALLIANCE'

This argument and the like, has basically zero value, Does backing Saddam against the radical Mullahcracy of Iran mean we ever proclaimed or legitimized brutal Saddam-ism? or that anyone in the US government "loved" him?

Speaking of Iran, you can't go on without mentioning the [Jimmy] Carter factor/failure of pressuring the Shah way too much, that ultimately brought Iran to it's 'Islamic Revolution', which [now] puts the area if not the world in peril.

(IranianVoice.org - Carter Sold Out Iran 1977-1978, At the time, a senior Iranian diplomat in Washington observed, "President Carter betrayed the Shah and helped create the vacuum that will soon be filled by Soviet-trained agents and religious fanatics who hate America." Under the guise of promoting" human rights," Carter made demands on the Shah while blackmailing him with the threat that if the demands weren't fulfilled, vital military aid and training would be withheld. This strange policy, carried out against a staunch, 20 year Middle East ally http://www.iranianvoice.org/article774.html )


Let's not commit the same Iranian mistake in Pakistan, No! Musharraf is no Ghandi, not even a typical US, UK, Australian, Israeli, European, etc. leader, he is a typical [undemocratic] leader in the Islamic world (nor is Palestinian leader Fatah's Mahmoud Abbas a real moderate
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, but trust me, You want much less a Hamas Caliphate), but we need him, the world needs him, call it an "unholy alliance", the alternative is not only worse, it's a catastrophe.

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Friday, November 09, 2007

A Tip Of The Iceberg of monstrous Ahmadinejad / Islamic Republic of Iran

A Tip Of The Iceberg of monstrous Ahmadinejad / Islamic Republic of IranHere's a bit of the Iranian Islamic regime's crimes on it's people, on Argentina 1994, on Somalis, on Iraq, On Israel, etc.


Iranian students attack 'fascist Ahmadinejad' - Telegraph... Others were opponents of Mr Ahmadinejad, who shouted "death to the dictator" and "fascist president, the university is no place for you".
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/10/09/wiran109.xml

Iranian Ministers Accused Of Crimes Against Humanity - RADIO FREE ...14 December 2005 -- A leading human rights watchdog today implicated Iran's new interior minister in possible crimes against humanity connected with the ...
www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2005/12/0c5f8274-3e97-418f-be1a-57aef306b293.html

Stoning to Death in Iran: A Crime Against Humanity Carried Out By ...Information about the practice of stoning in Iran, including excerps from the Islamic regime's penal code and a case study of the stoning of Iranian women.
www.iran-e-azad.org/stoning/

Stoning to Death in Iran: A Crime Against Humanity Carried Out ...Since the inception of the mullahs' rule, hundreds of women of various ages have been and continue to be stoned to death throughout Iran. ...
www.iran-e-azad.org/stoning/women.html

Iran's Crimes Against Humanity (Regime Change Iran)
http://regimechangeiniran.com/2006/10/irans-crimes-against-humanity/

Iran is enriching uranium 'on an industrial scale' - TelegraphMr Ahmadinejad announced that Iran has started enriching uranium on an ... outside its Atomic Energy Agency chanting "death to America - death to Britain". ...
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/04/10/wiran10.xml

Rumsfeld: Blame Syria, Iran For Ferocious Iraq InsurgencyBut Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld on Sunday blamed Iran and Syria for the unexpected ferocity of the Iraq insurgency. ...
www.aina.org/news/20050210124852.htm

NEWS ANALYSIS / The Iranian factor in Iraq insurgency / Country is ...The question is how deeply is Iran involved in Iraq, and how far is it ... it is unlikely that Iran would be fueling an insurgency that is led primarily by ...
www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/08/21/MNGA5EB32L1.DTL

NPR : U.N. Report Ties Somali Islamists to HezbollahThere is an alarming new report about the situation in Somalia. United Nations monitors say seven countries and various groups are supporting Islamists who ...
www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6493083

Iranian and Hezbollah arrest warrants for 1994 AMIA bombing in ...Argentina government authorities have issued new and more extensive indictments ... Iranian and Hezbollah arrest warrants for 1994 AMIA bombing in Argentina ...
www.iranholocaustdenial.com/news/iranian-and-hezbollah-warrants-for-argentina-bombing.htm

Iran's Ahmadinejad issues new threats against Israel, U.S. Ahmadinejad (3rd from left on dais) looks at anti-Israel and anti-U.S. slogans on ... President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad stood before a banner blaring "Death to ...
www.nydailynews.com/news/wn_report/2007/09/23/2007-09-23_irans_ahmadinejad_issues_new_threats_aga.html

CNN.com - Iranian leader: Wipe out Israel - Oct 27, 2005
Ahmadinejad quoted a remark from Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini, the founder of Iran's Islamic revolution, who said that Israel "must be wiped out from the map ...

http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/10/26/ahmadinejad/

Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in his Own Words.
www.adl.org/main_International_Affairs/ahmadinejad_words.htm

BBC NEWS Middle East Ahmadinejad 'faces genocide case, 'Iran's president is expected to be the target of a lawsuit which accuses him of inciting genocide against Israel.
www.news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6181029.stm

Ahmadinejad/genocide
http://canadiancoalition.com/forum/messages/20854.shtml

"Sponsoring Terrorism: Syria and Islamic Jihad" (November-December ...7 "Terrorism Inc.: Islamic Jihad Founder Admits Funding by Iran... "Iran and Syria as Strategic Support for Palestinian Terrorism ...
www.meib.org/articles/0211_s1.htms

Iran's Ties to Osama bin Laden and Hezbollah, This section covers the formation of the ties between Iran, Hezbollah and Palestine Islamic Jihad. Kenneth Katzman, the terrorist analyst for the US ...
www.terroristwatch.tripod.com/iranianties.html

The Damascus-directed and Iran-funded Palestinian Islamic Jihad
www.intelligence.org.il/eng/sib/7_05/pij_net_e.htm

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Islamic Republic of Iran's Persecution of Minorities


The Persecution of Christians in Iran http://www.jubileecampaign.co.uk/world/ira1.htm

Religious minorities in Iran: Information from Answers.com - http://www.cambridge.org/us/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=0521770734

The Case of the Bahá'í Minority in Iran http://www.bahai.org/article-1-8-3-7.html

Escalating persecution in Iran - http://www.bahai.org.au/scripts/WebObjects.exe/BNO.woa/wa/pages?page=28/64/EscalatingpersecutioninIran1

Middle East Minorities Unite! by Joseph ... Iran ’s Islamic republic has created serious problems for the large communities of non-Persian minorities, including the Azeri’s and the Baluchis and is ... http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=24209

Iran Christian Persecution Profile http://www.cswusa.com/Countries/Iran.htm

Ahwazi: WS on the Case of Ahwazi Arabs in Iran, These persons, all members of Iran’s Ahwazi Arab minority were ... According to reports, demonstrators were demanding an end to the persecution of Arabs, ... http://www.unpo.org/article.php?id=3985

Kurds under oppression in Iran. You can easily find more than ten top film festivals around the world
http://shauheen.ngareh.com/archives/000146.html

C.H.A.K - Kurds in Iran: A History of Oppression and Resistance, Halabja Centrum Tegen Anfalactie en Genocide van Koerdische Volk- CHAK.
http://www.nawandihalabja.com/en/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=46&Itemid=25

The Unknown Oppression of the Kurds .... Iran had used the Kurdish parties of northern Iraq during its war with Iraq.
http://web.mit.edu/thistle/www/v12/2/kurds.html

history of iranian oppression of the kurds
http://vladimirkurdistan.blogspot.com/2005/10/again-oppression-in-iran.html

Q&A: Iran's Waning Human Rights - New York Times, Iran is a party to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, which affords legal rights to minorities and minors. Persecution of religious minorities ... http://www.nytimes.com/cfr/world/slot1_081006.html?_r=3&oref=slogin&oref=slogin&oref=slogin

Look Who's Persecuting Their Arab Minority! Persecution of an Arab minority. Confiscation of Arab land. Ethnic cleansing. It's just another day in...Iran. ... Tehran has a grand plan to make the Ahwazi a minority in their own land through ... As I have written from time to time, Islam is very unpopular in Iran ... http://daledamos.blogspot.com/search/label/Iran

Ahwazi: Twenty Persons Face Execution in Iran http://www.unpo.org/article.php?id=5371

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Monday, November 05, 2007

ISLAMIC THREAT, NUCLEAR PAKISTANI FRONT

The Iranian 1979 lesson of 'suffering from cracking down on a non Jihadi dictator in a Muslim country' tells us not to Teach him a hard lesson.

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ISLAMIC THREAT, NUCLEAR PAKISTANI FRONT



Understanding Al-Qaeda's Pakistan PSYOP and Insurgency

http://analysis.threatswatch.org/2007/09/understanding-alqaedas-psy

Understanding Al-Qaeda's Pakistan PSYOP and Insurgency
The Troubling Effectiveness of al-Qaeda's PSYOP On The Pakistani Army

By Steve Schippert


Going forward in the global conflict before us, it is important to acknowledge and understand that al-Qaeda is currently engaged in an Information Operation (IO) campaign inside Pakistan. This is in addition to its efforts to gain influence outside of Pakistan, particularly with Muslims in Europe, the Middle East and in the US. The primary target of the Pakistan campaign is the Pakistani military and it is driven by al-Qaeda’s accelerating insurgency inside Pakistan. Understanding how and why al-Qaeda has undertaken this effort allows decision makers greater understanding of al-Qaeda’s aims and equips them with a ‘lay of the land’ required to counter al-Qaeda’s message and objectives.

Usama bin Laden’s latest recorded message is the third in just two weeks following three years of virtual silence from the al-Qaeda leader. In it, bin Laden calls on Pakistani Muslims to acknowledge that Musharraf’s actions are examples of his loyalty to the United States and representative of his unbelief. For bin Laden and his compatriots, such unbelief marks Musharraf as ‘kufr’ and places the requirement on believers to make “armed rebellion against him.” The misguided understanding that bin Laden and al-Qaeda have of Islam makes it obligatory to fight against those who rule outside of their interpretation of Islam, and its overly broad application of tawhid. Yet bin Laden crafts a different message for the Pakistani Army, whom he advises to “resign” from their jobs, “disassociate yourself from Pervez and his Shirk (polytheism)” and “enter anew into Islam.” There is a reason for this, which will be discussed below.

Ayman al-Zawahiri’s latest video message and bin Laden’s audio message, released on the same day, mark as-Sahab’s 77th and 78th propaganda productions this year alone. There is a clear shifting of gears in the al-Qaeda Information Operations, most notably within Pakistan as well as their international efforts surrounding the 6th anniversary of the September 11th attacks.

Before looking further into the al-Qaeda Pakistani IO campaign, we must address the al-Qaeda-Taliban insurgency actively ongoing in Pakistan.

al-Qaeda in Pakistan - From Terrorism to Insurgency

There is, of course, no single agreed upon definition of terrorism. Terrorism is defined in the US Code of Federal Regulations as “…the unlawful use of force and violence against persons or property to intimidate or coerce a government, the civilian population, or any segment thereof, in furtherance of political or social objectives.” (28 C.F.R. Section 0.85) For instance, terrorism is – among other things - a tactic employed to increase support for a group through inspiration while also decreasing effective resistance to the group through intimidation. An example of this type of terrorism would be the beheading of those deemed to be ‘spies’ for the Americans in South Waziristan, the multiple car bomb and rocket attacks, or the anti-aircraft assassination attempts on Musharraf. Additionally, the bombings that took place after the Pakistani government raid on Lal Masjid (the Red Mosque) are an example of the use of terror to gain influence. No matter the definition of terrorism being applied, al-Qaeda has clearly been a terrorist organization in Pakistan.

Beyond Pakistan, Al-Qaeda seeks to – in part - influence American foreign policy through terrorist means. But within Pakistan, al-Qaeda has clearly and by specific design transformed from being simply a dangerous international terrorist group within Pakistan to a full-fledged internal insurgency against it. This transformation is represented through the efforts of al-Qaeda to acquire the armored assets of a state Army and its nuclear weapons, as well as the pursuit of land holdings to be integrated into the larger objective of creating an Islamic state to be ruled by a successor to the Prophet, a Khalifa or Caliph, nearly 1350 years after the last of the ‘rightly guided’ rulers.

An insurgency is a movement with specific governmental designs on the host country. In
Countering Evolved Insurgent Networks, Col. Thomas X. Hammes (USMC, Ret.) quotes Bard O’Neill to define an insurgency. O’Neill wrote, “Insurgency may be defined as a struggle between a nonruling group and the ruling authorities in which the nonruling group consciously uses political resources (e.g., organizational expertise, propaganda, and demonstrations) and violence to destroy, reformulate, or sustain the basis of one or more aspects of politics.”

In more accessible terms,
Terrorism-Research.com offers that the ultimate goal of an insurgency “is to challenge the existing government for control of all or a portion of its territory, or force political concessions in sharing political power.”

Both aptly describe al-Qaeda’s actions, operations and aims within Pakistan, a ready-made nuclear power which the terrorist group seeks to wrest complete control.

Perhaps the best way to describe al-Qaeda’s Pakistan insurgency is to call it a “Death by a Thousand Cuts.” They have openly sought not only the assassination of Pervez Musharraf, but also the demise – or reconfiguration – of the Pakistani national government. In a strategy that has been executed with remarkable patience, al-Qaeda has gained acknowledged control of several sizable territories in Pakistan’s Federally Administered Tribal Areas.

After defeating Pakistani forces on the battlefield, the Taliban-al-Qaeda alliance have secured various ‘peace accords’ replete with concessions from the Musharraf government. Effective control of North Waziristan, South Waziristan, Bajour and Swat have been ceded to them and Pakistani forces were – upon agreement – effectively withdrawn from the areas handed the Taliban-al-Qaeda alliance through the accords. The accords, no matter how presented by the Musharraf government, represented abject defeat.

Al-Qaeda Insurgency: Destination - Islamabad

Domination in these territories has allowed al-Qaeda the haven necessary to rebuild its training and planning infrastructure as well as replenish its human resources. After a few short weeks of basic military training, Taliban conscripts are sent in waves across the border to battle US and Coalition forces in Afghanistan.

However, al-Qaeda has no designs on investing in regaining that territory. There are no resources for them there – and a more formidable, if reduced, military force to be reckoned with. One whose defeat of the terrorist group drove them into Pakistan’s border regions to begin with. Al-Qaeda’s designs are not back towards the west, but rather onward deeper into the heart of Pakistan.

While al-Qaeda’s Pakistan insurgency has been largely waged in the FATA region, it’s territorial aims are by no means limited to it. Rather, al-Qaeda seeks control of all of Pakistan, including its military, weapons and economic capabilities. Al-Qaeda has been executing this strategy one territory, one victory at a time. And it now closes in on Islamabad.

Indeed, an analysis by the Pakistani Interior Ministry warned Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf of precisely this. The
New York Times reported that the 15-page internal Pakistani document warned Musharraf that “the influence of the extremists is swiftly bleeding east and deeper into his own country, threatening areas like Peshawar, Nowshera and Kohat, which were considered to be safeguarded by Pakistani government forces.” The Interior Ministry document said that Peshewar endures the “highest number of terrorist incidents, including attacks on local police,” and that in Bannu and Tank regions, police are “patronizing the local Taliban and have abdicated the role of law and order.”

It is important to note that Peshewar is the capital of the North West Frontier Province (NWFP). Much of the Pakistani government, non-Islamist educators, officials and police forces live inside heavily armed and walled communities in the NWFP, where they are more safe from al-Qaeda attack. The NWFP borders the Federally Administered Tribal Areas under direct Taliban-al-Qaeda control on one side and the Pakistani capital of Islamabad on the other. The rising violence is a clear indicator of the expansion of al-Qaeda’s insurgency as it marches patiently but steadily toward Islamabad. As evidenced by bin Laden’s latest message, that patience may be nearing an end.

Usama bin Laden’s latest message implored the Pakistani public to take up arms against Musharraf and warned the army’s soldiers to break ranks and fight Musharraf with al-Qaeda rather than serve him. This is a sign that al-Qaeda’s patient approach to its Pakistan insurgency has run its course. There could be a maelstrom of events to follow in Pakistan.

AQ Targets Police for Violence and Army Soldiers for Influence

The al-Qaeda Information Operation (IO) is designed to support the insurgency’s incremental march on Islamabad. The key to understanding the al-Qaeda IO and its insurgency goals is to understand how al-Qaeda primarily targets Pakistani Interior Ministry forces (police, constabularies and the Frontier Corps) for physical attack while targeting Pakistani regular army forces for influence and subversion.

The persistent mention of Pakistani police forces – rather than Pakistani Army forces – is expected in any Pakistani Interior Ministry report, as the Police forces fall under the Interior. But Pakistani police forces also decidedly bear the brunt of al-Qaeda’s lethal attacks and not the Pakistani Army. It’s not that al-Qaeda and their indigenous Taliban allies cannot attack the Pakistani Army with expectations of success. They most certainly can and have. With bin Laden’s latest audio message delivering a combination invitation and ultimatum to Pakistani Army soldiers, al-Qaeda’s designs for the Pakistani Army are more clearly visible. The reason for attacking Pakistani police forces is two-fold and – in this writer’s view - also the most elusive and yet perhaps most important indicator of the ongoing al-Qaeda insurgency.

First, the Interior Ministry is widely regarded as the one segment of the Pakistani government with unwavering loyalty to Musharraf, whom al-Qaeda has sought to assassinate several times. Unlike the military and the military’s intelligence arm (ISI), the Pakistani police forces, constabularies and Frontier Corps of the Interior Ministry do not have historical ties to Islamist groups such as Lashkar-e-Taiba, al-Qaeda and the Taliban. Interior Ministry loyalty to Musharraf makes their ranks logical targets for the Islamists who seek to kill and replace Musharraf atop an Islamist-run Pakistani government.

Secondly, and most importantly, al-Qaeda at the same time seeks to avoid open bloody conflict with the Army. Not because it fears the deadly consequences of such a confrontation, but rather because al-Qaeda senior leadership wants the Pakistani military intact – for themselves. Ideally, they do not want to ultimately find Musharraf killed or oustered only to have the military splintered internally between pro-government and pro-al-Qaeda commanders. Al-Qaeda is executing an insurgency to gain control, not to touch off a civil war.

In the end, al-Qaeda’s design is also to co-opt an intact military in order to gain command of a military force with the assets of a state (aircraft, armor, etc.) and direct control of Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal. Recent reports of defections of Pakistani military elements since bin Laden’s latest message to them indicates a level of success in the al-Qaeda IO campaign targeting them.

Measuring al-Qaeda’s PSYOP Success

Three weeks ago, well over 200 Pakistani Army soldiers surrendered to a much smaller number of fighters from the Taliban-al-Qaeda alliance without a shot fired. But the al-Qaeda IO campaign primarily targeting the Pakistani regular army forces has a spillover effect on other forces - and the general populace - as well. It is reported in Pakistan that many soldiers in the Pakistani Army, Frontier Corps paramilitary and police forces are refusing to fight or putting up little fight against their own countrymen inside the Federally Administered Tribal Area.

It is difficult to dispute the success of al-Qaeda’s Psychological Warfare efforts inside Pakistan. The message has been consistent for several years and al-Qaeda’s patience and restraint in seeing it through are significant qualities of the terrorist organization turned insurgent group. With every message and in all their forms, al-Qaeda has sought to convince the Army soldiers that they are not al-Qaeda’s enemy, rather that they are simply being misled by Musharraf. In bin Laden’s latest message, he said of the Pakistani Army, “we see the armies becoming tools and weapons in the hands of the Kuffaar [unbeliever, referencing Musharraf and the US] against the Muslims.”

This message resonates, as many Pakistanis are reluctant to take up arms against other Pakistanis, whether those they would confront are Taliban or al-Qaeda or not. It must also be considered that upwards of 30% of the Pakistani Army are, like the Taliban, ethnic Pashtuns. The vast majority of them are enlisted foot soldiers, as very few ethnic Pashtuns hold leadership positions, largely due to internal social and educational dynamics.

Even among the Pakistani police forces in the North West Frontier Province, many are said to have requested leave or simply deserted when faced with the outlook of deadly confrontations with fellow Pakistanis among the Taliban-al-Qaeda alliance. In other instances, including the Interior Ministry’s report that specifically cited the Bannu and Tank regions, police are “patronizing the local Taliban and have abdicated the role of law and order.”

Where True Power Lies…And Grows

This is an indication that fear is also a prime motivator among Pakistanis. In the North West Frontier Province capital of Peshawar, al-Qaeda’s black banner of jihad can be seen displayed in the widows of many shops and flying in various places. This does not necessarily mean that there is explicit support in the hearts and minds of all Pakistanis there – even among those flying the al-Qaeda banner.

Though Peshewar and the rest of the NWFP are technically under Pakistani state control, this indicates a reflection among the populace of where the true power lies – outside the walled communities where many government employees and ‘moderate’ citizens take refuge. In many cases, the al-Qaeda banner may well be flown simply out of self-protection to avoid attack on their particular shops.

The police cannot protect everyone all the time, but al-Qaeda and the Taliban can attack at their choosing. And from a local’s perspective, this is where the true power lies. And as more and more Pakistanis in the police forces, the Frontier Corps and the regular army begin to show a reluctance to do battle, the al-Qaeda power in these region grows, both in measurable means on the ground and within the minds of the Pakistani populace.

Such are the tangible gains of effective, persistent and robust al-Qaeda information operations, a classic PSYOP directed at both the Pakistani population writ large and also expressly directed at the Pakistani Army. As a result, Pakistani forces are engaging al-Qaeda and the Taliban less and less. In fact, President Musharraf announced that in 2008, there will be no Pakistani Army activity at all in al-Qaeda-held territory, deferring engagement to the less capable and less effective Frontier Corps and Pakistani police and constabularies.

Conclusions

The growing success of this long running al-Qaeda PSYOP makes it clear that the defeat of al-Qaeda and the elimination of their global headquarters in Pakistan will not come from Pakistani sources or initiative. As with so many other theaters in this global conflict, the initiative must again come directly from the United States. The American public and American political leaders must prepare themselves for the reality that, at this stage, defeating al-Qaeda in Pakistan most likely requires American boots on Pakistani soil.

The continued disengagement from the fight by Pakistani military forces unwilling to combat terrorists and insurgents within their own country is indeed troubling. President Musharraf’s
recent decision to fully disengage and withdraw his most capable combat forces from the Federally Administered Tribal Areas by January 2008 certainly does not bode well for continued distanced engagement or non-engagement by American forces. In the end, defeating al-Qaeda in Pakistan will require direct American military action on the ground. The alternative is to accept the consequences of a strengthening al-Qaeda insurgency that is gaining momentum.

There can therefore be little debate that al-Qaeda and its global headquarters in Pakistan must be defeated before they consume Pakistan and the assets of a nuclear-armed state with professional military forces. The first step is an effective IO strategy of our own to counter this very powerful aspect of the insurgency. At current, only Pervez Musharraf openly engages the Taliban-al-Qaeda alliance in the war of words and ideas within Pakistan. Unfortunately, these efforts amount to little given his poor domestic credibility. More Pakistani voices are required, and they must address the Pakistani people, bottom up, in a credible manner.



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CNN - Nov 4, 2007
Al Qaeda would certainly flourish in a country distracted by a worsening state of emergency. Then, there is the issue of the nukes



http://www.cnn.com/2007/LIVING/studentnews/11/04/sn.transcript.mon/



Al-Qaeda pursuing nukes, biological weapons: US


Daily Telegraph, Australia - Oct 9, 2007
The NIE, which prefigured much of today's report, said al-Qaeda had regrouped in Pakistan "and would not hesitate'' to use weaponas of mass destruction



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Monitoring Syria's Nukes?

Monitoring Syria's Nukes?

Defense Tech: CIA: "GROWING CONCERN" ABOUT SYRIA NUKESCIA: "GROWING CONCERN" ABOUT SYRIA NUKES. "In a marked shift from previous assessments, the CIA said in a report released today that it is monitoring Syria...
http://www.defensetech.org/archives/000668.html

U.N. probes possible Syrian nuke site - Mideast/N. Africa - MSNBC.comUN experts have received satellite imagery of the site struck last month by Israeli warplanes and are analyzing it for signs...
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12784361

FOXNews.com - U.N. Experts Analyze Satellite Pictures of Reported ...Syrian Official Says Israeli Airstrike Hit Nuke Facility · U.N. Nuclear Agency Seeks Details on Syria. The investigation by the IAEA is crucial...
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,303537,00.html

The Corner on National Review OnlineMore Syrian Nukes? [Stanley Kurtz]. According to Olivier Guitta over at the Counterterrorism blog, there may be at least two other Syrian sites...
http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=Y2VhZWYzNjc0MWQ2MDFmMTRjODNlMzI5NDJlOGNlYjg=


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Israel should have [a long time ago] press the UN for:
1) Condemming Arab Muslim 'Palestinian' parents, teachers, leaders, Mullahs, for using Arab kids as human shields and as human bombs, clarifying the real culprits in Arabs' deaths.
2) Violations by ILLEGAL PA Arabs "settlers" on Israel's "agreed" borders by the UN.
3) "Palestinian" Violation of virtually ALL agreemants pacts with Israel (Oslo, Camp David, etc.).
4) The PA official media & education = hate (crimes) campaign on "the joos", (not just on Israel...).
5) Exposing the constant intimdation on nations by the GOLIATH ARAB MUSLIM (oil) block, to tarnish innocent Israel in the UN.

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TO THE ARAB MUSLIM ANTI-ISRAEL PROPAGANDIST:

1) Are you denying that the Arab racist attacks on Jews in Israel/"palestine" has started since 1838 (Safed) [so were the attacks in 1883, 1920, 1921, 1929 - Hebron, etc.]?

2) Had Israel be a (mostly) Arab-Muslim State, would the intolerant Arab-Muslim Goliath world not accept them?

3) Why is there a complete silence on the historical fact of Arab immigration late 1800s early 1900s into Israel/"palestine"?

4) What anti-Israel bigotry is stronger, the "Arab racism"; factor? or the 'Islamic-Jihad' factor?

5) 'Moral equivalence' Do you have Arab activists on behalf of Israeli victims, just like you have Jewish, Israeli, Zionists activists for the (so called) 'Palestinian cause' (whatever that is...)?

6) If humane Israel would really go after "unarmed poor palestinians" as the 'Pallwood' propagandists tell us, How many Arabs would have survived Israel's might?

7) Who's more at fault, the Arab Muslim "Palestinians" parents pushing for Shahid-isim, or the indoctrinating Mullahs, Imams in the holy Mosques for using "Palestinian" kids and women as human bombs and as human shields (so they can blame the Zionists when Arab kids die)?

8) What would have happened if Arab Muslim "Palestinians" would have invested as much energy in rebuilding their lives as they do in destroying both nations' lives in fascistic Jihad, total hatred and campaign for GENOCIDE [to "drink the blood of the Jews" or to "push them all to the sea", or to "wipe them off of map"]?

9) Why does "bad" IDF Israeli army announce an area residents' civilians to evacuate before an operation against terrorists?

10) Why did Humane Israel's IDF invented specially low range missiles designed to hit ONLY the [terror] target and minimize collateral damage?

11) When was the last time the "Palestinian" well oil-ed propaganda machine has retracted [or even apologized] for it's usual PALLYWOOD fake images industry?

12) What's the difference between a Christian in Indonesia, Buddhist in Thailand, Christian in Nigeria, in Philippines, Australians in Bali (2002), non Muslims in London (0707/2005), in Madrid (bombing), "not the-right-kind-of-Muslims" in Shiite-Sunni hateful massacres in Iraq, oppression & massacres in the "Islamic Republic of Iran", and Israeli victims of the same "evil ideology"?

13) What's a harder oppression, your "average" Arab Muslim regime's on it's own people, Hamas-tan Islamic Apartheid [which most "Palestinians" supported!] on non Muslims, or the pro-Jihad parents' on their kids?

14) What would have happened if at least ONE Arab Muslim nation [regular or oil-ed one] would really care about the Arab [brothers, that since the 1960's started to call themselves as] "Palestinians" and let them get off the terror slum into normality and even prosperity?

15) What part of 'BLIND FASCISM' do Arab-Muslims deny, the usual obsessed anti Israel demonization [no matter what Israel does] or the reluctance to see Israel's super kind gestures for those that are trying to kill them [releases from prison, giving away own land vital to it's security, humanitarian aid, etc.] not as goodness but as "weakness"?

16) Why is it that when Islamists terrorists [Hamas or Hezbullah, Islamic Jihad, etc.] succeed in making sure Arab kids die [with their known tactics of cowardly firing among or behind children, etc.] the Arabs, Muslims rejoice and the Israelis, Jews are saddened ?

16) How can land be an issue [or the blatant lies the Arab lobby's financed: Jimmy Carter has said, though he admitted that Israel is a great equal democracy for all, Arabs and Jews alike!'] if "moderate" Palestinian official government still has venomous hatred and pro 'death cult' in it's regular curriculum and on it's official TV, or that such "moderate" Arab media outlets [like Al Jazeera] still glorify mass murder as "martyrdom"?

17) Who's more powerful, the Arab Muslim Goliath Oil mafia "lobby" on the world or a Chinese, Italian, Israeli, Irish, pharmaceutical, cigarettes lobbyists in Washington?

18) Had the International Arab Muslim lobby of nations in the UN [or the EU] not threatened other nations to bash Israel 24/7 [motivated by intolerance only!], What would be then the outcome?

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Let's make it clear, even if there will be a "Palestine" state, it will never change the factual history, that a group of foreign Arab immigrants came into the (historic) land of the Jews (and started to call themselves as "Palestinians" in the 1960's) and hijacked the world comunity via terrorism and Arab oil power to give them yet a second 'Palestine' state (after Jordan).

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