Saturday 28 June 2014
USA Needs ISIS for Survival
Published 27-06-2014
Orhan Özkaya
The USA, which sooner or later fails every war it starts, destroyed the lives of Afghanis and became the symbol of evil. Attacking directly and calumniating Saddam, it ruined Iraq. Claiming to rescue Libya from dictator Gaddafi, it played havoc in Libya with its allies England, France, Italy, Canada and NATO. It got his eyes on Syria and did everything to ruin it, as well. It set al-Qaeda affiliated groups against Syria. To justify all these, it created 9/11. It started to exploit oil and water sources under the colour of saving the world from terrorism. Yet, it knows that it cannot reach a permanent achievement with these schemes, so it keeps attacking, just like it does with PKK in Turkey which killed more than 50, 000 people. Lenin said once: “Imperialism does not hesitate to collaborate with the most reactionist groups.”
Middle East will be a grave for the USA
The USA is paying a high price for its strategy with terrorism. Americans do not want to lose their children in the middle eastern and African deserts. They organize massive protests. So, the government does not dare to send American soldiers to the battlefield as easily as it did for Iraq. It uses intelligence organizations and private company soldiers instead. The CIA and MOSSAD oppress people with terrorism this time. All these extremist Islamist murderers are just a part of the US strategy, the aim of which is to exploit oil, gas and water. They do not care about innocent people getting killed.
Nations are resisting
Bolivarian Revolution beat imperialism in Latin America. All Latin Americans fought to death. Even if the armies fail, people come together and fight side by side, such as the ones in Iraq and Palestine. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant is doomed to be beaten by people who lost husbands, wives, children in this war. ISIS’ masters cannot get away with it, either. Iron weapons will be beaten by faith, courage and ideals. Nations will win against these imperialist forces.
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‘Black flag of jihad will fly over London’
Thursday, 26 June 2014 09:04
Terror alerts, 9/11-style bombings and murders of British citizens will soon come to London’s streets, according to chilling threats from UK citizens fighting alongside Islam’s most violent terrorist group operating in Syria and Iraq.
The threat comes from British nationals fighting for the Sunni militant group calling themselves the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/ISIS) in Syria. According to the Sunday Times, they promise that after they’re done there, Britain is next. The message comes from three such fighters, all youngsters in their teens and twenties.
According to the Times, these aren’t regular disenchanted youths at all: one is a 20-year-old hacker from Birmingham, who once stole Tony Blair’s details and posted them online, later serving time for an unrelated violence charge.
The “black flag of jihad” will fly over Downing Street, Junaid Hussain warned on June 4, spelling out the horrors to come. He’s been fighting in Syria for over a year now.
Another, 19-year-old Muhammad Hassan, from Portsmouth, was a student at a prestigious school. He warned on Twitter that if the US doesn’t cease threats over drone strikes on ISIS positions, 9/11-style attacks on America would follow.
The third, also from Portsmouth, promised a “killing spree” of British citizens if he were ever to return to Britain.
“Imagine if someone were to detonate a bomb at voting stations or ambushed the vans that carry the casted [sic] votes. It would mess the whole system up,” came another tweet from Junaid Hussain, before he re-tweeted a warning from a like-minded countryman for British people to “watch out,” because “we’ll come back to the UK and wreak havoc.”
Among his other offenses, Hussain has also been seen posting bomb-making advice on the internet, as well as tips on how to smuggle explosive devices through airport security.
Getting to Syria from Britain isn’t as difficult as some would think: the youths simply travel to Turkey, then crossed the border. One of them was caught by CCTV cameras at the time, traveling on a holiday flight from London Gatwick airport to Turkey’s Antalya. Hassan’s group (not including the aforementioned tweeters) had three other people, all in their mid-twenties. After reaching Turkey, they headed over to Syria by car.
This is nowhere near the first time the public has seen British nationals fighting alongside Middle-Eastern extremists. There have been numerous threats, government monitoring of scores of returnees and reports that British Sunni jihadists use Syria as a training ground before taking the battle to home soil.
What’s more striking is how news of their particular cruelty is widespread in Syria itself: Britons comprise an overwhelming majority of foreigners inside ISIS, an organization who are labeled ‘terrorists’ for their bloody campaign of ruthless executions and body mutilations even by other elements of the Syrian opposition.
One Free Syrian Army General spoke in horror of what some 400 British extremists fighting there were capable of doing. He pointed out that ISIS’s already dark record did not originate from actions by local fighters alone.
Further illustrating the scale of foreign involvement in ISIS operations, Mike Rogers, the US chairman of the Intelligence Committee, speaking to Fox News alleged that there are “thousands” of American and European volunteers and mercenaries fighting for ISIS, which “has the capability to tap people with Western passports to send them back to Europe and the United States for terrorist activity.”
“This is as dangerous as it gets,” said the Republican politician, who urged Barack Obama to use his influence with Sunni Arab states, such as Saudi Arabia and Egypt, to rein in ISIS – which is likely partly funded by powerful sympathizers within those countries.
The current threats take place amid a fearsome escalation of violence in Iraq, which has been spiraling out of control the closer ISIS got to Baghdad. Army desertions abound as militants storm through the country, capturing hundreds of millions of dollars in American weapons and equipment and parading them in videos.
The "rebels" are currently storming through the major cities of Mosul and Tikrit, continuing to post videos of beheadings on their way to the capital.
Britain has been taking steps to curb the spread of extremism on its soil. Over the weekend, Twitter blocked all ISIS-related accounts and the accounts of its supporters at home in the UK. This is a sensible move, given most of the communication between worldwide supporters of the jihadist cause is done on social networks, where the above British-born terrorists all use new Islamic names.
Prime Minister David Cameron is also ringing alarm bells, asserting that Britain has become too tolerant for its own good, bringing about a rise in extremism. The PM has called on several occasions for the protection and promotion of “British values” as a counterweight to the perceived malignant Islamization of Britain. He now believes the government has been too soft in a number of ways, according to a recent public address.
“It isn’t enough simply to respect these values in schools. They’re not options, they’re the core of what it is to live in Britain,” Cameron told the public.
"In recent years we have been in danger of sending out a worrying message: that if you don't want to believe in democracy, that's fine; that if equality isn't your bag, don't worry about it; that if you're completely intolerant of others, we will still tolerate you,” the PM asserted.
“That's not just led to division; it has also allowed extremism – of both the violent and non-violent kind - to flourish. We need to be far more muscular in promoting British values and the institutions that uphold them,” he said, shortly after a major scare involving an alleged Trojan Horse plot to Islamicize certain British schools, which prompted an investigation and much bickering within the government.
M.A.
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164,000 people displaced by Ukraine crisis: UN
A line of Ukrainians wait at a border checkpoint in the Donetsk region to cross into Russia’s Rostov region. (File photo)
The UN refugee agency says at least 164,000 Ukrainians have fled their homes, as tensions continue in the country’s troubled eastern regions.
Melissa Fleming, spokeswoman for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), said Friday that some 110,000 of the displaced Ukrainians have escaped to Russia, while the remaining are internally displaced.
"Worsening law and order, fear of abductions, human rights violations and the disruption of state services" were cited by displaced people as the main reasons for leaving their homes, Fleming added.
This is while renewed fighting was reported earlier on Friday in the troubled east, despite an ongoing ceasefire between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russia activists.
The clashes took place near a government checkpoint around the flashpoint city of Slavyansk and left more than 20 Ukrainian soldiers dead.
Ukraine’s mainly Russian-speaking parts in the east have been the scene of deadly clashes between pro-Russia activists and the Ukrainian army since Kiev launched military operations in mid-April in a bid to crush the pro-Russia protests.
The violence intensified after the Donetsk and Lugansk regions held local referendums on May 11, in which their residents voted overwhelmingly in favor of independence from Ukraine. The referendums echoed a March vote in Crimea that led to the reunification of the peninsula with the Russian Federation.
The government in Kiev says it is targeting armed protesters, but reports say many civilians have been caught in the shelling that has been going on for days.
According to figures released by the United Nations, an estimated 423 people have been killed between April 15 and June 20 in eastern Ukraine.
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USA funding terrorists in Iraq conflict, “moderate Syrian rebels” actually affiliated to Al-Qaeda
Obama seeks $500 million from Congress to help moderate Syrian rebels
Syrian rebels fighting Assad are a disparate array of groups including the radical Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, which seized parts of northern and western Iraq in an offensive this month; Nusra Front, which is affiliated to al Qaeda
Our contribution to this military operation that is enforcing a U.N. Security Council resolution is going to be limited
Al-Qaeda merges with Isis at Syria-Iraq border town
Al-Qaeda’s Syrian affiliate swears loyalty to Isis, opening way for jihadist group to control vast swathes of land on both sides of Iraq-Syria border
Looted Banks Fund Iraq Fighters Eyeing Wealth Al-Qaeda Never Had
Syrian rebels fighting Assad are a disparate array of groups including the radical Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, which seized parts of northern and western Iraq in an offensive this month; Nusra Front, which is affiliated to al Qaeda
Our contribution to this military operation that is enforcing a U.N. Security Council resolution is going to be limited
Al-Qaeda merges with Isis at Syria-Iraq border town
Al-Qaeda’s Syrian affiliate swears loyalty to Isis, opening way for jihadist group to control vast swathes of land on both sides of Iraq-Syria border
Looted Banks Fund Iraq Fighters Eyeing Wealth Al-Qaeda Never Had
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576 Palestinians Kidnapped By Zionist Terror State’s Army In Two Weeks
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported that the number of Palestinians, kidnapped by the Israeli Army in the last two weeks, has arrived to 576.
The PPS stated that the soldiers have kidnapped, on Friday at dawn, ten Palestinians in the southern West bank city of Hebron, while at least ten were injured in the attack.http://www.imemc.org/article/68245
It stated that Hebron witnessed the largest and most aggressive invasions and arrests, and that the soldiers kidnapped in 211 Palestinians in the district.
The soldiers also kidnapped 90 Palestinians in the Nablus district, 79 in Bethlehem, 56 in Jenin, 52 in Ramallah, 36 in Jerusalem, 24 in Tulkarem, 13 in Qalqilia, 2 in Tubas, 2 in Salfit, and 1 in Jericho.
The army stormed and ransacked hundreds of Palestinian homes, and property causing excessive property damage.
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PCHR Weekly Report: 6 killed, 14 wounded, 215 abducted by Israeli troopshttp://www.imemc.org/article/68246
540 Palestinians Kidnapped By The Army In Less Than Two Weeks
http://www.imemc.org/article/68223
Ahrar: “36 Detainees Receive Administrative Detention Orders”
http://www.imemc.org/article/68222
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The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported that the number of Palestinians, kidnapped by the Israeli Army in the last two weeks, has arrived to 576.
PCHR Weekly Report: 6 killed, 14 wounded, 215 abducted by Israeli troopshttp://www.imemc.org/article/68246
http://www.imemc.org/article/68223
http://www.imemc.org/article/68222
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How Daash thinks?? كيف تفكر داعش ؟؟
قضية في الاقليم _ كيف تفكر داعش ؟؟ / الاتجاه 27 06 2014
لماذا «داعش» وليس غيرها؟!
صالح القلاب
لكثرة ما تناقلت وسائل الإعلام العربية والعالمية صورهم وصور أعلامهم السوداء وأرتال سياراتهم فإنه يتبادر إلى الذهن في بعض الأحيان أن «داعش» هذه هي مجرد فقاعة إعلامية كبيرة وأن الذين يقودونها بارعون في إلزام الفضائيات بحجز شاشاتها لهم وعلى مدى ساعات الليل والنهار وهذا ما جعل المآسي التي تحدث في العراق وفي سوريا تغيب غياباً كاملاً ولم تعد هناك قضية إلاَّ القضية «الداعشية» وأخبار إنتصارات هؤلاء وتهديدهم ووعيدهم وكأنهم «شمشون» الجبار ولكن في هذه المرحلة التاريخية.
إنه لا يمكن إنكار وجود «داعش» إن في سوريا وإن في العراق وإنه لا يمكن إنكار دورها في إنهيار جيش نوري المالكي وهروبه هروباً كيفياً من الموصل وتكريت وبعض المدن العراقية لكن الواضح أن هناك تضخيماً أكثر من اللزوم لهذا التنظيم ولانتصاراته وكأنه جنكيز خان الشهير الذي كانت المدن تسقط لسماع صهيل حصانه وقبل أن يصل ويحاصرها.
إن الواضح أن هذا التنظيم يمتلك «ماكينة» إعلامية فعالة ومتفوقة وإلاَّ كيف إستطاع أن يحتل شاشات الفضائيات في العالم بأسره وهنا فإن السؤال:هل يا ترى أن كل هذا من فِعْل شبانٍ ربما أنهم يتقنون تفجير الرؤوس وجز الحلاقيم لكنهم بالتأكيد لا يعرفون شيئاً عن اللعبة الإعلامية وهذا يعني أنه ربما أن هناك قيادة غير معروفة تعيش في الظل وفي المساحات الرمادية وأن هذه القيادة بإستخدام الإعلام إستخداماً متفوقاً قد حوَّلت «داعش» إلى قضية كبيرة في العالم بأسره وإلى «مغول» هذا العصر الذين يؤدي مجرد ذكرهم إلى إثارة الرعب وإرتجاف الفرائص.
من هي الجهة التي نفخت في «داعش» كل هذا النفخ والتي تولت مسؤولية ترويجها إعلامياً وفي العالم كله..؟ ..إنَّ ما نعرفه هو أن النظام السوري قد شارك في هذا الترويج لإقناع الغرب أنه لا توجد أي معارضة فعلية وأن الصراع المحتدم منذ أكثر من ثلاثة أعوام وخلَّف كل هذه المآسي وكل هذا الدمار والخراب هو صراع بينه وبين الإرهاب وحقيقة أنه بالإمكان القول أنه ،أي النظام السوري، قد نجح في هذا التسويق الإعلامي نجاحاً كبيراً وإلاَّ ما معنى أن يقول باراك أوباما في آخر تصريح له إنه لا توجد معارضة سورية «معتدلة» لديها القدرة على إسقاط بشار الأسد.
إن المشاهدين يرون على شاشات الفضائيات العربية صورة لطفل يحمل علماً «داعشياً» طويلاً وعريضاً ويركض به مرفرفاً في منطقة صحراوية خالية وخاوية لا يوجد فيها غيره وغير معروف ما إذا كانت هذه المنطقة في سوريا أم في العراق أم في جهة «ما» في أفغانستان.. وهذا ينطبق على كل الصور التي تخرج من الموصل ومن كركوك وتكريت والقائم وراوه وعانة وأيضاً من دير الزور والرقة.. فهل يا ترى لدى هذه الـ»داعش» كل هذه الإمكانيات الإعلامية والتصويرية..؟ إن هناك أمراً غير معروف!!.
والغريب أنه تصدر في كل يوم ،منذ بدء هذه التطورات «الدراماتيكية» الأخيرة، تأكيدات من فصائل وتنظيمات عراقية الثابت أنها هي صاحبة الأدوار الحقيقية بالنسبة لكل ما جرى لكن الإعلام بكل وسائله يرفض الإهتمام بهذه التأكيدات ويصر على أن هناك «داعش» فقط وليس سواها وأنها هي التي تجتاح المدن وتحقق كل هذه الإنتصارات التي يتم تحقيقها بسرعة الضوء.. فما هي المشكلة ولماذا الإصرار على «داعش» وعدمم التطرق نهائياً إلى غيرها..؟!.
وهنا وبالتأكيد فإن هناك من يريد تعميم التجربة السورية على العراق.. ومن يريد أن يقنع العرب والعجم وسكان الكرة الأرضية كلهم بأن نوري المالكي لا يواجه معارضة فعلية ومطالب سياسية حقيقية أولها تنحيته وإستبداله وإنما إرهاب «داعش» وهذا هو ما قاله الرئيس الروسي فلاديمير بوتين في برقية التأييد الكيدية التي بعث بها إلى رئيس الوزراء العراقي المنتهية ولايته وهو ما يقوله الإيرانيون على الطالع والنازل وما اعتبر مبرراً لحملات التجييش الطائفي والمسيرات التي غدت تجتاح يومياً بغداد وبعض المدن العراقية.
إنه لا يمكن إنكار وجود «داعش» إن في سوريا وإن في العراق وإنه لا يمكن إنكار دورها في إنهيار جيش نوري المالكي وهروبه هروباً كيفياً من الموصل وتكريت وبعض المدن العراقية لكن الواضح أن هناك تضخيماً أكثر من اللزوم لهذا التنظيم ولانتصاراته وكأنه جنكيز خان الشهير الذي كانت المدن تسقط لسماع صهيل حصانه وقبل أن يصل ويحاصرها.
إن الواضح أن هذا التنظيم يمتلك «ماكينة» إعلامية فعالة ومتفوقة وإلاَّ كيف إستطاع أن يحتل شاشات الفضائيات في العالم بأسره وهنا فإن السؤال:هل يا ترى أن كل هذا من فِعْل شبانٍ ربما أنهم يتقنون تفجير الرؤوس وجز الحلاقيم لكنهم بالتأكيد لا يعرفون شيئاً عن اللعبة الإعلامية وهذا يعني أنه ربما أن هناك قيادة غير معروفة تعيش في الظل وفي المساحات الرمادية وأن هذه القيادة بإستخدام الإعلام إستخداماً متفوقاً قد حوَّلت «داعش» إلى قضية كبيرة في العالم بأسره وإلى «مغول» هذا العصر الذين يؤدي مجرد ذكرهم إلى إثارة الرعب وإرتجاف الفرائص.
من هي الجهة التي نفخت في «داعش» كل هذا النفخ والتي تولت مسؤولية ترويجها إعلامياً وفي العالم كله..؟ ..إنَّ ما نعرفه هو أن النظام السوري قد شارك في هذا الترويج لإقناع الغرب أنه لا توجد أي معارضة فعلية وأن الصراع المحتدم منذ أكثر من ثلاثة أعوام وخلَّف كل هذه المآسي وكل هذا الدمار والخراب هو صراع بينه وبين الإرهاب وحقيقة أنه بالإمكان القول أنه ،أي النظام السوري، قد نجح في هذا التسويق الإعلامي نجاحاً كبيراً وإلاَّ ما معنى أن يقول باراك أوباما في آخر تصريح له إنه لا توجد معارضة سورية «معتدلة» لديها القدرة على إسقاط بشار الأسد.
إن المشاهدين يرون على شاشات الفضائيات العربية صورة لطفل يحمل علماً «داعشياً» طويلاً وعريضاً ويركض به مرفرفاً في منطقة صحراوية خالية وخاوية لا يوجد فيها غيره وغير معروف ما إذا كانت هذه المنطقة في سوريا أم في العراق أم في جهة «ما» في أفغانستان.. وهذا ينطبق على كل الصور التي تخرج من الموصل ومن كركوك وتكريت والقائم وراوه وعانة وأيضاً من دير الزور والرقة.. فهل يا ترى لدى هذه الـ»داعش» كل هذه الإمكانيات الإعلامية والتصويرية..؟ إن هناك أمراً غير معروف!!.
والغريب أنه تصدر في كل يوم ،منذ بدء هذه التطورات «الدراماتيكية» الأخيرة، تأكيدات من فصائل وتنظيمات عراقية الثابت أنها هي صاحبة الأدوار الحقيقية بالنسبة لكل ما جرى لكن الإعلام بكل وسائله يرفض الإهتمام بهذه التأكيدات ويصر على أن هناك «داعش» فقط وليس سواها وأنها هي التي تجتاح المدن وتحقق كل هذه الإنتصارات التي يتم تحقيقها بسرعة الضوء.. فما هي المشكلة ولماذا الإصرار على «داعش» وعدمم التطرق نهائياً إلى غيرها..؟!.
وهنا وبالتأكيد فإن هناك من يريد تعميم التجربة السورية على العراق.. ومن يريد أن يقنع العرب والعجم وسكان الكرة الأرضية كلهم بأن نوري المالكي لا يواجه معارضة فعلية ومطالب سياسية حقيقية أولها تنحيته وإستبداله وإنما إرهاب «داعش» وهذا هو ما قاله الرئيس الروسي فلاديمير بوتين في برقية التأييد الكيدية التي بعث بها إلى رئيس الوزراء العراقي المنتهية ولايته وهو ما يقوله الإيرانيون على الطالع والنازل وما اعتبر مبرراً لحملات التجييش الطائفي والمسيرات التي غدت تجتاح يومياً بغداد وبعض المدن العراقية.
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- «داعش» وأخواتها... بين فرضيّة «الإيديولوجيا» وواقع «الاستعمال»!
- «داعش» السلفيّة.. النشأة.. القيادة والتنظيم..
- القاعدة وداعش .. عائلة الأطفال الأمريكية المدلّلة
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Tweet This! The ISIS Terrorists and Social Media
Global Research, June 26, 2014
Few people, if any, would argue the existence of the ISIS terrorists. Fewer still doubt the origins and motivation of the group. Appearing on CNN’s “State of the Union” Senator Rand Paul (R-Kentucky) said: “I think we have to understand first how we got here,” …..”I think one of the reasons why ISIS has been emboldened is because we have been arming their allies. We have been allied with ISIS in Syria.” ISIS features prominently in every new outlet around the world – but what’s with the Twitter?
Curiously, while the conflict in Syria has destroyed its infrastructure, amidst the bombing, fleeing, starvation, power cuts and fuel shortages, mainstream media would have us believe that ISIS has successfully set up shop in Syria to recruit “jihadist” using Google Chat, Skype, and Twitter (CNN). Clearly, these terrorists are tech-savvy and know how to use in Twitter Digital Terrorism.
In their study, Burson-Marsteller concluded that Twitter was ‘a powerful channel for digital diplomacy’ – but what of propaganda? To borrow from President Eisenhower, surely, Twitter propaganda ‘has proved its right to a place of dignity in our military arsenal.’
Let us recall the role Twitter played in Iran’s 2009 presidential elections. While the mainstream media in the US hailed the success of “Twitter Revolution” in Iran, Wired Magazine dispelled the notion in an aptly titled article “Iran: Before You Have That Twitter-Gasm…” pointing to the origins of the tweets (US) and their irregularity. Elsewhere, it was revealed that much of the mischief behind the ‘newsfeed’ from Iran traced back to Israel.
Egypt was another example. The Western media contributed to the success of the Egyptian revolution to social media, Facebook and Twitter, earning Google boy Wael Ghonim a glorious, albeit fleeting moment in history. This narrative obfuscated America’s role in the uprisings. Freedom House had provided “advanced training on civic mobilization, strategic thinking, new media, advocacy and outreach“. In 2010, Freedom House boasted of teaching new media tools to Egypt’s “hope”.
This much said, what is the purpose behind tweeting gruesome images of mass killings in Iraq; proposing that Westerners are being recruited, and in some cases, ‘ordered to go back to Britain’ to continue the ‘jihad’; prompting the British PM David Cameron to warn that ‘jihadist were planning to attack Britain’ (The Telegraph)? Regardless of where these tweets are being originated, one must surely wonder Cui bono?
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To understand to whose benefit, we must look at the potential impact of these messages. Without a doubt, the fear instilled by seeing images of these atrocities could break down or weaken resistance. This is an old tactic using modern technology. For example, during the Persian Gulf War of 1991, PSYOP units dropped over 29 million leaflets to encourage Iraqi soldiers to surrender, usually by stressing the inevitability of their defeat. Estimates show that “nearly 98% of all Iraqi prisoners acknowledged having seen a leaflet; 88% said they believed the message; and 70% said the leaflets affected their decision to surrender.” Of the estimated 100,000 soldiers who deserted or surrendered, many were found carrying leaflets in their hands or carrying them in their clothes[i]. It is plausible that surrender is a motive behind these tweets.
Additionally, both fear-induced surrender and revenge could serve to draw in fighters to side with one group or another, lubricating the killing machine. As importantly, if not more so, the tweets promoted by mainstream media are intended not only for Western audiences, but also as far and wide as the media’s reach takes it. Accompanied by propagandist commentaries and language such as another 9/11 is upon us, the US (with help from some allies) has presented a justification for intervention and occupation of sovereign lands – a plan in the making for decades (see Terror in Iraq; Roots and Motivation).
In all this, there is another prize. The US-led countries that devastated Iraq, Libya, and Syria in the last decade alone have been harshly criticized for barring refugees from entering their country, even those Iraqi interpreters who helped the allied forces. The ‘threat’ of “jihadists” going to Britain (France, Germany, or elsewhere) ensures that that door is slammed shut in the faces of those who escape from the mayhem created by the “free and civilized world” (with help from local allies).
It may well be that these tactics are not without some forethought. In 2006, Max Boot who was introduced to a gathering at the Milken Institute as one of the top 500 most influential people in the making of US foreign policy in America, addressed the matter of ‘homebound terrorists’. Using 21st century terminology ‘Jihadist’, he was referring to the 1859 invasion of Sudan by the British and the ease with which the crazy ‘jihadist Mahdi’ and his followers were gunned down without any fear of repercussion that the enemy – Sudanese who had been terrorized, would follow them back to England. In his view, these days, open borders posed a problem which could open the door to ‘enemy Jihadists’ retaliating. Rest easy Max. Twitter has solved the problem for you.
Soraya Sepahpour-Ulrich is an independent researcher and writer with a focus on U.S. foreign policy and the role of lobby groups in influencing US foreign policy.
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ISIS declares war on Lebanon
ISIL-Affiliated Terrorist Group Claims Beirut Bombing
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A Saudi suicide bomber who blew himself up during a raid by Lebanese security forces was a member of the so-called 'Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant' terrorist group, according to a statement published on Friday that Lebanese security officials said they were taking seriously.
"Two lions of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), who infiltrated the city of Beirut at the Duroy Hotel, engaged a group from the General Security service," the statement said.
The group calling itself the state of Damascus-Qalamoun said via twitter that two ISIL members targeted General Security agents at the hotel in Raouche.
It warned the Lebanese army of more terrorist attacks, saying Wednesday's bombing was just the start.
Three members of the security forces were wounded when they stormed Beirut's Duroy Hotel on Wednesday and the Saudi suspect detonated his explosives, killing himself and wounding an accomplice, also a Saudi citizen, who survived the blast and is being questioned at hospital.
The General Security agency on Thursday circulated the picture of a Lebanese man, al-Monzer Khaldoun al-Hasan, accused of providing the Duroy Hotel bombers with explosives.
Media reports have said they were plotting to target a busy restaurant in Beirut's southern suburbs.
The announcement came three days after a statement in the name of the al Qaeda-linked Abdullah Azzam Brigades terrorist group which - without directly claiming responsibility for two bombings on Friday and Monday - warned of further attacks against targets in Lebanon.
It was the third bomb blast in five days in Lebanon.
The Lebanese army said on Wednesday five members of a "terrorist cell" suspected of planning to kill senior security officers had been arrested in the north of the country, and a French national was detained last week on suspicion of planning an attack.
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ISIS declares war on Lebanon
By: Radwan Mortada
Published Friday, June 27, 2014
The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has decided to instigate a full-scale conflagration in Lebanon. All indications show that the al-Qaeda offshoot is resolved to bring back suicide bombings en masse to the country of the cedars.
After all, Lebanon is within the borders of ISIS’ coveted emirate, yet its most important significance may be the fact that it is the home of Hezbollah, “the biggest enemy fighting Sunnis in Syria” in the eyes of the jihadis. Hence, hitting Hezbollah there would increase ISIS’ popularity in jihadi circles in Syria and among other global jihadi groups.
Security sources have revealed to Al-Akhbar that the terrorist cells intercepted at the Napoleon and Duroy hotels in Beirut had been dispatched by ISIS as part of its strategy to overwhelm Lebanon with a formidable wave of suicide bombings. The security services base this reading on the previous modus operandi and strategy of the terrorist cells, and also the information relayed by U.S. and European sources, indicating that the suicide bombers had been dispatched by ISIS to Lebanon.
According to available information, the jihadi operatives who have been activated are mostly combatants who travelled from Syria to Lebanon via Turkey, or Lebanese, Palestinian, and Syrian nationals who had fought in Syria, before returning to Lebanon to form logistical networks assisting suicide bombers sent from abroad. What reinforces the view that ISIS is involved is the sheer amount of money that has been spent on the suicide bombers, including their travel, accommodation, and transportation costs, and the nature of the terrorist gear, since ISIS has access to huge human, material, and intelligence resources compared to other jihadi groups.
In the course of the ongoing investigations, the ISIS hypothesis has been further corroborated by the identity of the alleged terrorist fixer Al-Monzer Khaldoun al-Hassan, brother of two jihadis who died in Syria nearly a year ago. Hassan booked the hotel rooms, transported the suicide bombers, and provided them with the necessary equipment. Hassan reportedly has ties to fugitive Palestinian national Ahmed Taha, who is suspected of staging rocket attacks on Dahiyeh and involvement in bringing car bombs to Beirut’s southern suburb, bearing in mind that Taha is likely to be present in Syria where he has pledged allegiance to ISIS.
In the meantime, investigators are leaning strongly to separating the case of the suicide bombers caught in the hotels and the case of the perpetrators of the attacks in Dahr al-Baidar and Tayouneh. Furthermore, the vehicle used in the first attack had been brought to Beirut from the Bekaa, while the vehicle used in the second attack had been purchased in Beirut; surveillance cameras did not spot it moving outside the capital, meaning the car had not been rigged in the Bekaa Valley.
Security officials involved in the investigations believe it likely that the Abdullah Azzam Brigades were indeed behind the attacks in Tayouneh and Dahr al-Baidar. By contrast, the security officials say the would-be suicide bombers intercepted in two Beirut hotels are likely to be part of a plot hatched outside Lebanon, which confirms that ISIS is behind them.
The same sources declined to talk about current surveillance operations, but pointed out that ISIS intends to stage major attacks, with a view to settle the question of who should lead jihadi groups in its favor.
On Thursday, social media sites were abuzz with an unverified message declaring ISIS was behind the suicide bombers caught in the hotels. Meanwhile, al-Nusra Front military commander Abu Hammam al-Suri has called on all “mujahidin” to prepare themselves to take the fight to “Shia cities in Lebanon” and for a showdown with Hezbollah.
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