Month: July 2010

  • Clinton’s Visit to Genocide Monument Necessary but not Sufficient

    Clinton’s Visit to Genocide Monument Necessary but not Sufficient

    During her visit to Armenia on July 5, U.S. Secretary State Hillary Clinton placed a wreath at the Armenian Genocide Monument at Tsitsernakaberd in Yerevan. Regrettably, however, the U.S. Embassy in Armenia issued a press release describing the visit as “private.” By using such a characterization, U.S. officials were trying to preempt any backlash from the Turkish government.   In my opinion, the State Department mishandled Secretary Clinton’s visit to the Armenian Genocide Monument. Here are the reasons why:

    • There was no need to downplay the visit by characterizing it as “private,” since such visits are standard procedure for foreign dignitaries visiting Armenia.
    • Paying a visit to the Genocide Monument does not necessarily imply recognition of the Armenian Genocide, as all previous and current U.S. Ambassadors have visited this site every April 24.
    • Secretary Clinton’s visit to the Genocide Monument could not have been described as “private,” since it was a part of her “official” visit to Armenia.
    • The characterization of the visit as “private” was contradicted by the fact that the ribbons on the wreath she laid at the Genocide Monument carried the inscription: “From Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton.”
    • Clinton’s visit the day before to the “Alley of the Martyrs” in Baku was not described as “private,” creating the disturbing impression that U.S. interests in Azerbaijan’s oil weigh heavier than its humanitarian concerns for victims of genocide.
    • Another double standard was Clinton not allowing any Armenian government officials to accompany her to the Genocide Monument in Yerevan, while she was accompanied to the “Alley of Martyrs” in Baku by a Deputy Minister of Azerbaijan!
    • Clinton permitted neither the international press traveling with her nor the local Armenian media, except Armenian Public TV, to report on her visit to the Genocide Monument. Her action undermines her advocacy for media freedom.
    • There was no reason for Secretary Clinton to be coy about Genocide recognition, since Pres. Reagan had acknowledged it in 1981, and the U.S. House of Representatives had recognized it in 1975 and 1984.

    Even though the State Department downgraded Secretary Clinton’s visit to the Monument, Armenian officials did their best to publicize it as much as possible! This time they acted more decisively than last May, when Mevlut Cavusoglu — Turkish President of Council of Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly — refused to visit the Genocide Monument. They insisted that the Secretary add to her itinerary a stop at the Genocide Monument. They then arranged for Armenian Public TV and other TV stations to repeatedly air the video of Clinton’s July 5 visit to the Monument.

    In addition, the website of the State-owned Armenian Genocide Museum prominently featured Clinton’s visit by displaying photos of her wreath with ribbons that carried a visible inscription of her name and title, and an authentic medal issued by the American Near East Relief Committee that Museum Director Hayk Demoyan presented her.

    Pointing across the Turkish border, Demoyan told Secretary Clinton that Mount Ararat is “a symbol of Armenia.” In addition to explaining the basic facts of the Armenian Genocide, Demoyan told her that the graves of heroes fallen in Artsakh (Karabagh) were located near the Monument, since Armenians consider that war to be a continuation of the Armenian Genocide. The Secretary was also given a historical photo in which Armenian children in the American orphanage of Alexandropol (Gumri) were standing in formation that spelled out the words: “AMERICA, WE THANK YOU.”

    Clinton’s visit was both praised and criticized by Armenian-American organizations. The Armenian National Committee of America took Clinton to task for her “secret” visit to the Genocide Monument, while the Armenian Assembly of America commended her for the visit. Former U.S. Ambassador to Armenia, John Evans, told The California Courier that “Clinton’s visit was a small, but positive step forward.” The last Secretary of State to have visited Armenia was James Baker in 1992, who did not, however, make a stop at the Genocide Monument.

    In my view, Secretary Clinton should be commended for making such a positive gesture, but also blamed for going to such lengths to downplay her visit to the Genocide Monument. Why was she so concerned about offending Turks who have brazenly undermined every major U.S. foreign policy initiative in recent months?   Unfortunately, Secretary Clinton, Vice President Biden and Pres. Obama have drifted far away from their campaign promises to recognize the Armenian Genocide! Clinton’s brief stop at the Genocide Monument on July 5 is a welcome first step that fell short of her solemn commitment to support recognition of the Armenian Genocide.

    ================== COMMENT —- YORUM ================================================

    Democrats are in serious trouble. They need every vote they can get in November so that is why they are posturing around.
    I would like to see the day when Turkey can care less and shrug off  the American and Armenian clamors, resolutions etc  about this farce of genocide.
    Turkey and Azerbaijan should unite more and defy this idiotic nonsense..
    Almost 80 million Turks being manipulated by a 2 million weakling nation and its masters in Washington…Disgusting….

    .. Oya Bain [[email protected]]

  • Hamas is a threat to the Palestinian cause

    Hamas is a threat to the Palestinian cause

    By RicHard Cohen

    Tuesday, June 29, 2010

    It’s a pity that Israel, while substantially loosening its grip on Gaza, will continue to enforce a blockade when, with just a little imagination, it could insist on a deal with the activists once again steaming its way: You can proceed to Gaza if, once you get there, you demand that Hamas cease the persecution of women, institute freedom of religion, halt the continuing rocketing of Israel, release an Israeli hostage, ban torture and rescind an official charter that could have made soothing bedtime reading for Adolf Hitler. This may take some time.

    In fact, these demands would never be met. Gaza is a mean and brutal place with a totalitarian government steeped in a cult of violence and death. This hardly means that the government does not have a measure of popular support and did not, as some of the activists naively point out, come to power by democratic means. So did the Nazis.

    The term “Islamic fascism” gets thrown around a lot. I initially recoiled from it because I prefer to reserve fascism for fascists. The term is too loosely employed — New York City cops were called fascists by Vietnam-era peace demonstrators — but Paul Berman, in his new book “The Flight of the Intellectuals,” makes a solid case that it can, with justice, be applied to Hamas.

    Berman traces Hamas’s intellectual pedigree to Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood, whose founder, Hassan al-Banna, greatly admired Hitler, and to Haj Amin al-Husseini, the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem who spent much of World War II in Germany cozying up to Hitler, organizing a Muslim SS unit and, on occasion, remonstrating with the Nazis for not killing enough Jews. (See also Robert S. Wistrich’s recent book, “A Lethal Obsession.”) It’s appalling not only that Husseini was granted sanctuary in Arab countries after the war but also that he continues to be revered as a Palestinian patriot.

    The successor to both Banna and Husseini was Sayyid Qutb (1906-66), an Egyptian intellectual of uncontested importance whose influence can be found in the writing of the Hamas charter. Qutb was an indefatigable author (more than 20 books, some written while in an Egyptian prison where he was tortured), but the article that should interest the pro-Hamas activists the most is called “Our Struggle with the Jews.” It is a shocking and repellent work of anti-Semitism that, among other things, says the “Jews will be satisfied only with the destruction” of Islam. Qutb cites that hoary anti-Semitic forgery “The Protocols of the Elders of Zion” for substantiation — suggesting that his status as an intellectual is somewhat due to heroic grade inflation.

    The extremely useful term “useful idiots” was originally coined to describe Soviet sympathizers in Western countries. But there is no reason it cannot be applied to so-called activists who wish to break the blockade, which is an increasingly untenable exercise that Israel, bit by bit, is loosening. That’s a good thing. But if Israel is expected to release its grip on Gaza, it’s entitled to a bit of reciprocity — at the very least the release of the hostage Gilad Shalit, who was captured not in Gaza but on the Israel side of the border. He has been held for four years now and has never once been visited by an outsider. How about maybe one ship in the approaching flotilla just for him?

    Now is the time, I suppose, to say that Israel is not exactly perfect either. It continues to overreact, uses too much force and has often trampled on the rights of Palestinians. Still, Israel is Thomas Jefferson’s idea of heaven compared with Gaza, which could serve as a seaside Club Med for Jew-haters. One country is consonant with the Enlightenment; the other is a dark place of religious intolerance where the firmest principles of anti-Semitism — not anti-Zionism or pro-Palestinianism — are embedded in the Hamas charter.

    The irony is that Israel is often called a colonialist power. In some sense, the charge is true. But the ones with the true colonialist mentality are those who think that Arabs cannot be held to Western standards of decency. So, for this reason, Hamas is apparently forgiven for its treatment of women, its anti-Semitism, its hostility toward all other religions, its fervid embrace of a dark (non-Muslim) medievalism and its absolute insistence that Israel has no right to exist. Maybe the blockade ought to end — but so, too, should anyone’s dreamy idea of Hamas. It’s not just a threat to Israel. It’s a threat to the eventual Palestine.

    [email protected]

  • Hillary Clinton: “The ball is in Turkey’s field”

    Hillary Clinton: “The ball is in Turkey’s field”

    Democrats are in serious trouble. They need every vote they can get in November so that is why they are posturing around.
    I would like to see the day when Turkey can care less and shrug off  the American and Armenian clamors, resolutions etc  about this farce of genocide.
    Turkey and Azerbaijan should unite more and defy this idiotic nonsense..
    Almost 80 million Turks being manipulated by a 2 million weakling nation and its masters in Washington…Disgusting….

    .. Oya Bain [[email protected]]

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    Armenia’s April decision was impressive and praiseworthy. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton declared at a joint press conference with Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandyan today in Yerevan, when speaking about Armenian side’s decision to suspend the process of ratification of the Armenia-Turkey Protocols.

    Speaking about the Armenian-Turkish normalization process Hillary Clinton reminded that she personally attended the ceremony of signing the Protocols. “It was a brave decision by the two Presidents aimed at complete normalization of relations,” Secretary of State mentioned meanwhile expressing concern over their non-fulfillment.

    “You know that the signed documents have not been fulfilled yet, and there are some problems. I am happy that irrespective of the difficulties coming, certainly, from Turkey, Armenia is ready to continue the process,” Hillary Clinton declared. She mentioned that under the circumstances Armenia’s decision was impressive and praiseworthy, and they appreciate Armenia’s readiness to continue the process.

    Using football terminology Secretary of State concluded: “The ball is now in Turkey’s field.” She also added that the American side also encourages Turkey to undertake some steps.

    Source: Panor

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    Clinton: The Ball is in Turkey’s Field

    Monday, 05 July 2010 16:20

    Armenia’s April decision was impressive and praiseworthy, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton declared at a joint press conference with Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian in Yerevan, when speaking about Armenian side’s decision to suspend the process of ratification of the Armenia-Turkey Protocols.

    Speaking about the Armenian-Turkish normalization process Hillary Clinton reminded that she personally attended the ceremony of signing the Protocols. “It was a brave decision by the two Presidents aimed at complete normalization of relations,” Secretary of State mentioned meanwhile expressing concern over their non-fulfillment.

    “You know that the signed documents have not been fulfilled yet, and there are some problems. I am happy that irrespective of the difficulties coming, certainly, from Turkey, Armenia is ready to continue the process,” Hillary Clinton declared. She mentioned that under the circumstances Armenia’s decision was impressive and praiseworthy, and they appreciate Armenia’s readiness to continue the process.

    Using football terminology Secretary of State concluded: “The ball is now in Turkey’s field.” She also added that the American side also encourages Turkey to undertake some steps.

    US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said that the US believes that the Armenian-Turkish normalization will bring peace, stability and prosperity to the region. The steps taken to this end will contribute to the normalization of relations between the two states, said Hillary Clinton during a joint briefing with Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian in Yerevan.

    “Though the Protocols have not been ratified yet, but President Sargsyan stated that Armenia is ready to continue talks with Turkey as soon as it makes a step forward, and we hail this statement. The US agrees with this point of view, and we estimate positively the Armenian leadership’s statement,” stressed Clinton.

    For his part, Edward Nalbandian noted that Armenia is ready for a dialogue with Turkey without preconditions as soon as Ankara is ready for it.

    ‘Despite the fact that Turks were, and remain unready to establish relations with Armenia without preconditions, it is very important for us to feel the attitude of the US administration on the matter,’ RA President Serzh Sargsyan said during the meeting with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.  He also expressed gratitude to President Barack Obama and the Secretary of State for their attempts to normalize Armenian-Turkish relations.

    In her turn, Hillary Clinton thanked the Armenian leader for his personal contribution to the improvement of relations with Turkey.

    News.am, PanARMENIAN.Net,  Panorama.am

  • Syria warns of Mideast instability amid Israel-Turkey crisis

    Syria warns of Mideast instability amid Israel-Turkey crisis

    (AFP) – 12 hours ago

    MADRID — Syrian President Bashar al-Assad warned Monday that the Israel-Turkey crisis could affect stability in the Middle East and undermine Ankara’s role in the region’s peace negotiations.

    “If the relationship between Turkey and Israel is not renewed it will be very difficult for Turkey to play a role in negotiations” to revive the Middle East peace process, Assad said on an official visit to Spain.

    This would “without doubt affect the stability in the region,” the Syrian leader said, speaking alongside Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero.

    Assad said “the real cause” of these setbacks for regional stability were “Israeli attacks”, referring to the raid on May 31 on Turkish ships carrying aid to Gaza in which nine Turks were killed.

    Turkey warned Israel it would cut ties unless it received an apology for the deadly raid, but the Jewish state said it will never say sorry for defending itself.

    Ankara has also recalled its ambassador, cancelled military exercises with Israel and closed its airspace to Israeli military aircraft.

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  • Islam Explained in Layman’s Terms

    Islam Explained in Layman’s Terms

    DEGERLİ DOSTLAR
    BU  VE BENZERİ  MESAJLAR ARTTİ
    SURATLE YAYİLİYOR
    BUNU BANA GONDEREN   VE BODRUMDA  FARUK BEY OLARAK TANİNAN
    SU SİRALARDA  TURK VATANDASLİGİNA GECMEK UZERE OLAN   AMERİKALİ  ARKADASİM  (YASİ 70)
    ULKESİNDE  GELİSMEKTE OLAN NEFRET   SOYLEMİNE  DİKKAT CEKMEK  İSTEDİGİNİ BİLDİRDİ
    COK UZULDUGUNU  EKLEDİ
    USTELİK BUNU KENDİSİNE  YOLLAYAN   BİRLESMİS MİLLETLER ORGIUTUNDE YUKSEK DUZEY  GOREVLİ OLAN ARKADASİ DA   BU  NEFRET SOYLEMİNE  KATİLMAK İSTEMEDİGİNİ
    BUNA RAGMEN   DURUMU  BİLGİMİZE  SUNMAK İSTEDİGİNİ  BELİRTMİS

    MEDENİYETLER   YA DA DİNLERARASİ  BARİS  VE BUNU SAGLAMAGA YONELİK  GİRİSİMLER
    KİFAYETSİZ KALİYOR
    HUNTİNGTON HAKLİ Mİ SORULARİ SORULUYOR
    BU BAGLAMDA TURKİYENİN  ROLU  DE   DOGAL OLARAK  GUNDEMDE ON PLANA CİKİYOR

    URDUNDEN  SOZ  EDEN VAR Mİ?  SUUDİLLERE   MİSİR  TAM SİPER…

    ZİRA  ULKEMİZ   SON BİR KAC YİLA KADAR   BOLGEDE  BİR DENGE  OGESİ İSLEVİNİ  YURUTUYORDU
    YA DA BİZ OYLE SANİYORDUK

    AKP  HUKUMETİNİN  HAMAS’İN  DEMOKRATİK YONTEMLE SECİLMİS  GRUP OLDUGU  VE  “MUSLUMAN TEROR  EYLEMİ YAPMAZ” SOYLEMİ
    (HAMAS  SON OLARAK  SECİME  GİTMEYİ REDDETTİ-UNUTMAYALİM)
    -İRAN  NUKLEER SİLAH YAPMİYOR  SAVİ
    (BU ORNEKLERİ  ARTTİRABİLİRİM- HEPİMİZİN BİLDİGİ  KONULAR)

    TURKİYEYİ  MUTTEFİKLERİNDEN  UZAKLASTİRİYOR
    BASİMİZİ KUMA SOKARAK BUNLARİ GORMEZLİKTEN GELEMEYİZ
    DAHA  DOGRUSU
    BASKALARİNİN BİZİ NASİL GORDUGU HUSUSUNU    GAYRİ, VAKİ-YANLİS-ONYARGİLİ DİYEREK  SAVUSTURAMAYİZ
    ONLARİN  GORUSUNU BU  KABİL  YANİTLARLA  DEGİSTİREMEYİZ.

    SAYİN BASBAKANİMİZ İLE OBAMA ARASİNDAKİ  SON GORUSMEDE BU HUSUS  KENDİLERİNE
    NAZİK BİR USLUPLA  AMA    SERAHATLE   ANLATİLMİS

    GELİSMELER  AKİLCİ ADİMLAR İLE   VE GETREKTİİGİNDE  GERİ ADİM  ATİLARAK DUZELTİLMEZ İSE TURKİYE  İRAN VE HAMAS  İLE BİRLİKTE  YANLİZLİGA  SURUKLENİR

    TABİİ BU DA BİR SECİMDİR   İRAN’İN  TAVRİ BİR SECİM OLDUGU GİBİ
    AMA BEDELİNİ  COK AGİR BİR SEKİLDE ODEME DURUMUNDA KALABİLİRİZ

    CARİ ACİK-KİBRİS- TEROR-  EGE  VESAİRE GİBİ KAMBURLARİMİZ VAR

    BU ALANLARDA  (YENİ MUTTEFİKLERİMİZ) BİZE  YARDİMCİ OLAMAZLAR- BUGUNE KADAR  OLMADİLAR DA

    BENİ DUISUNCEYE SEVKEDEN   EN ONEMLİ HUSUS
    ASAGİDAKİ MESAJİN İCERDİGİ  DEGERLENDİRMENİN    YAYGİNLLASMASİ  VE  ADETA
    UZERİNDE BUYUK MUTABAKA B ULUNAN BİR   “GERCEK”  HALİNE GELMESİ

    PULAT TACAR

    Turkish Forum Danisma Kurulu Uyesi

    Buyukelci (E)

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    Adapted from Dr.. Peter Hammond’s book: Slavery, Terrorism and Islam: The Historical Roots and Contemporary Threat

    Islam is not a religion, nor is it a cult. In its fullest form, it is a complete, total, 100% system of life.

    Islam has religious, legal, political, economic, social, and military components. The religious component is a beard for all of the other components.

    Islamization begins when there are sufficient Muslims in a country to agitate for their religious privileges.

    When politically correct, tolerant, and culturally diverse societies agree to Muslim demands for their religious privileges, some of the other components tend to creep in as well.

    Here’s how it works:

    As long as the Muslim population remains around or under 2% in any given country, they will be for the most part be regarded as a peace-loving minority, and not as a threat to other citizens. This is the case in:

    United States — Muslim 0.6%
    Australia — Muslim 1.5%
    Canada — Muslim 1.9%
    China — Muslim 1.8%
    Italy — Muslim 1.5%
    Norway — Muslim 1.8%

    At 2% to 5%, they begin to proselytize from other ethnic minorities and disaffected groups, often with major recruiting from the jails and among street gangs. This is happening in:

    Denmark — Muslim 2%
    Germany — Muslim 3.7%
    United Kingdom — Muslim 2.7%
    Spain — Muslim 4%
    Thailand — Muslim 4.6%

    From 5% on, they exercise an inordinate influence in proportion to their percentage of the population. For example, they will push for the introduction of halal (clean by Islamic standards) food, thereby securing food preparation jobs for Muslims. They will increase pressure on supermarket chains to feature halal on their shelves — along with threats for failure to comply. This is occurring in:

    France — Muslim 8%
    Philippines — 5%
    Sweden — Muslim 5%
    Switzerland — Muslim 4.3%
    The Netherlands — Muslim 5.5%
    Trinidad & Tobago — Muslim 5.8%

    At this point, they will work to get the ruling government to allow them to rule themselves (within their ghettos) under Sharia, the Islamic Law. The ultimate goal of Islamists is to establish Sharia law over the entire world.

    When Muslims approach 10% of the population, they tend to increase lawlessness as a means of complaint about their conditions. In Paris, we are already seeing car-burnings. Any non-Muslim action offends Islam and results in uprisings and threats, such as in Amsterdam,  with opposition to Mohammed cartoons and films about Islam. Such tensions are seen daily, particularly in Muslim sections in:

    Guyana — Muslim 10%
    India — Muslim 13.4%
    Israel — Muslim 16%
    Kenya — Muslim 10%
    Russia — Muslim 15%

    After reaching 20%, nations can expect hair-trigger rioting, jihad militia formations, sporadic killings, and the burnings of Christian churches and Jewish synagogues, such as in:

    Ethiopia — Muslim 32.8%

    At 40%, nations experience widespread massacres, chronic terror attacks, and ongoing militia warfare, such as in:

    Bosnia — Muslim 40%
    Chad — Muslim 53.1%
    Lebanon — Muslim 59.7%

    From 60%, nations experience unfettered persecution of non-believers of all other religions (including non-conforming Muslims), sporadic ethnic cleansing (genocide), use of Sharia Law as a weapon, and Jizya, the tax placed on infidels, such as in:

    Albania — Muslim 70%
    Malaysia — Muslim 60.4%
    Qatar — Muslim 77.5%
    Sudan — Muslim 70%

    After 80%, expect daily intimidation and violent jihad, some State-run ethnic cleansing, and even some genocide, as these nations drive out the infidels, and move toward 100% Muslim, such as has been experienced and in some ways is on-going in:

    Bangladesh — Muslim 83%
    Egypt — Muslim 90%
    Gaza — Muslim 98.7%
    Indonesia — Muslim 86.1%
    Iran — Muslim 98%
    Iraq — Muslim 97%
    Jordan — Muslim 92%
    Morocco — Muslim 98.7%
    Pakistan — Muslim 97%
    Palestine — Muslim 99%
    Syria — Muslim 90%
    Tajikistan — Muslim 90%
    Turkey — Muslim 99.8%
    United Arab Emirates — Muslim 96%

    100% will usher in the peace of ‘Dar-es-Salaam’ — the Islamic House of Peace. Here there’s supposed to be peace, because everybody is a Muslim, the Madrasses are the only schools, and the Koran is the only word, such as in:

    Afghanistan — Muslim 100%
    Saudi Arabia — Muslim 100%
    Somalia — Muslim 100%
    Yemen — Muslim 100%

    Unfortunately, peace is never achieved, as in these 100% states the most radical Muslims intimidate and spew hatred, and satisfy their blood lust by killing less radical Muslims, for a variety of reasons.

    ‘Before I was nine I had learned the basic canon of Arab life. It was me against my brother; me and my brother against our father; my family against my cousins and the clan; the clan against the tribe; the tribe against the world, and all of us against the infidel. — Leon Uris, ‘The Haj’

    It is important to understand that in some countries, with well under 100% Muslim populations, such as France, the minority Muslim populations live in ghettos, within which they are 100% Muslim, and within which they live by Sharia Law. The national police do not even enter these ghettos. There are no national courts, nor schools, nor non-Muslim religious facilities. In such situations, Muslims do not integrate into the community at large. The children attend madrasses. They learn only the Koran. To even associate with an infidel is a crime punishable with death. Therefore, in some areas of certain nations, Muslim Imams and extremists exercise more power than the national average would indicate.

    Today’s 1.5 billion Muslims make up 22% of the world’s population.. But their birth rates dwarf the birth rates of Christians, Hindus, Buddhists, Jews, and all other believers. Muslims will exceed 50% of the world’s population by the end of this century.

    Adapted from Dr. Peter Hammond’s book: Slavery, Terrorism and Islam: The Historical Roots and Contemporary Threat

    Now ponder the following:

    Obama appoints two devout Muslims to Homeland Security posts. Doesn’t this make you feel safer already?

    Obama and Janet Napolitano appoint Arif Alikhan, a devout Muslim, as Assistant Secretary for Policy Development.

    DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano swore in Kareem Shora, a devout Muslim who was born in Damascus, Syria, as ADC National Executive Director as a member of the Homeland Security Advisory Council (HSAC).

    NOTE: Has anyone ever heard a new government official being identified as a devout Catholic, a devout Jew or a devout Protestant…?

    Devout Muslims being appointed to critical Homeland Security positions? Doesn’t this begin to explain why the Nigerian would-be suicide bomber on the watch list almost brought the plane down?

    ========================= YORUM =============================================

    To: [email protected]
    Subject: Antw: [TFAB:9903] : Fw: Islam Explained in Layman’s Terms
    Selam Arkadaslar,
    Bu yazi ” from Peter Hammond’s book..”, Kilise yayinlari gibi kokuyor biraz!
    Adam Muslumanlar hakkinda o kadar bilgi ve statistik toplamis ki!! Hmmm.
    Katolik hukumet gorevlisi var mi diye soruyor bir de; Katolizmin, devlet
    olarak Anasi var (Vatikan) ve bu tip calismalari da organize ve finanse eden de o.
    Evet, Siyasi islam oldukca palazlasmis keyfe gelmis, ama bunu bile
    besleyenlerin kim oldugu hakkinda  suphem vardir. Unutmayin, bu platforum da
    da, bazi siyasilerin nasil basa getirildigi defalarca yazilmis, cizilmis.
    Hem de unutmayin ki; Samuel Huntington siradan bir Yazar veya Akademik
    degil di – ABD DISISLERI Bakanligi Danismanligini omru boyunca yapmis olan
    bir Zat idi. Gerisini Arif olan anlar.
    Selam ve saygilarla
    Kufi Seydali
    Kufi Seydali [[email protected]]
    ===================================== YORUM ====================================
    DUNKU MARUZATİMİ  TEYİD  EDEN  MAHMUZLAMALARA BİR YENİ ORNEK

    Reuters gibi kuvvetli bir ajansın
    2009 yılı Dünya  fotoğrafları arasına
    2010 Avrupa Kültür Başkentlerinden biri olan İSTANBUL’dan,
    hatta Türkiye’den ,
    maalesef sadece aşağıdaki kare seçilmiş,
    Ve koydukları isme bakın: ( İSTANBULUN PENGUENLERİ)

    Pulat Tacar [[email protected]]

    ‘Istanbul Penguenleri’

    REUTERS yılın  fotoğraflarını yayımlamış bile. Türkiye için seçtiği

    Reuters’ın seçtiği yılın fotoğrafları – 1Uluslararası Haber ajansı Reuters’ın her yıl belirlediği “yılın fotoğrafları”

    bu yıl da dünyadan çarpıcı kareler ile seçildi. Türkiye’den ise yılın fotoğrafları arasına giren fotoğraf, bir banka oturmuş

    Haliç’i izleyen 4 çarşaflı kadının olduğu bir kare oldu. İşte Reuters tarafından seçilen ve bu yılın kameralara

    yansıyan en ilginç fotoğrafları…

  • Israel loses Turkey, gains Greece as strategic partner

    Israel loses Turkey, gains Greece as strategic partner

    DEBKA-Net-Weekly July 4, 2010, 11:09 PM (GMT+02:00)

    Greek FM George Panadreou shows interest

    Israel has finally moved on from its fractured relationship with Turkey – notwithstanding the impression conveyed by some US and Israeli circles that the damage is not beyond repair. This week, the Israeli Minister of Trade and Labor Minister, Binyamin Ben-Eliezer made last-ditch bid to save the relationship by initiating a meeting in Zurich with Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutolu. It went badly and was hotly debated at the Israeli cabinet meeting Sunday, July 4. Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said he thought it was worth a try, but most ministers said that given Ankara’s harsh hostility, it should never have taken place.
    Meanwhile, as Western and Turkish media outlets harped on Israel’s loss of its only Muslim ally in the Middle East, Jerusalem was busy acquiring a new strategic partner: Greece, a NATO member like Turkey with plenty of Middle East interests, has shown interest in stepping into Turkey’s shoes and investing in stronger military and intelligence ties.
    DEBKA-Net-Weekly 450 reported on June 25 from sources in Athens and Jerusalem that this development was not so much planned in Jerusalem as initiated by Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou, who boasts many Jewish and Israeli friends and business contacts, some of whom hold high political and intelligence positions in Israel. He saw Athens’ chance to slot into Ankara’s place in Jerusalem and transform their present diplomatic, economic, military and intelligence ties into a thriving strategic alliance, that would carry the same advantages to both sides as did Israel’s former relations with Turkey.
    According to some sources, Papandreou also hopes this alliance will help ease some of his country’s financial woes. But most of all, he is looking to Israel for help in speeding the upgrade of his armed forces and helping transform them into the Christian mainstay of NATO in the Balkans and southern Europe – in place of the Muslim Turkish army.

    This notion was not the direct outcome of Israel’s break with Turkey or the clash aboard the Turkish Mavi Marmara on May 31 between Israeli commandos and pro-Palestinian Turkish activists. It has been evolving for some time, first broached in the summer of 2008 when Papandreou allowed 100 Israeli F-15 and F-16 fighter-bombers to pass through Greek Mediterranean air space for practicing long flights and in-flight fueling.

    The distance between Israel and Greece there and back is 1,900 kilometers, identical to the distance between Israel and Iran.

    The Greek prime minister went out of his way to be of assistance, making available to the Israeli Air Force the crews and advanced S-300 PMU1interceptor missile batteries Athens purchased from Russia back in 2000. They were allowed to practice bombing sorties against these batteries, in case Moscow decided to sell them to Iran and Syria.

    The severe financial crisis besetting Greece this year enhanced the friendly ties between Athens and Jerusalem. While European Union countries spent long months discussing whether to bail Greece out and save it from collapse (eventually granting a €110 billion package), Papandreou turned to Jewish financial titans in Europe and the United States for help to keep the Greek economy afloat.
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    Greek FM George Panadreou shows interest

    Israel has finally moved on from its fractured relationship with Turkey – notwithstanding the impression conveyed by some US and Israeli circles that the damage is not beyond repair. This week, the Israeli Minister of Trade and Labor Minister, Binyamin Ben-Eliezer made last-ditch bid to save the relationship by initiating a meeting in Zurich with Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutolu. It went badly and was hotly debated at the Israeli cabinet meeting Sunday, July 4. Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said he thought it was worth a try, but most ministers said that given Ankara’s harsh hostility, it should never have taken place.
    Meanwhile, as Western and Turkish media outlets harped on Israel’s loss of its only Muslim ally in the Middle East, Jerusalem was busy acquiring a new strategic partner: Greece, a NATO member like Turkey with plenty of Middle East interests, has shown interest in stepping into Turkey’s shoes and investing in stronger military and intelligence ties.
    DEBKA-Net-Weekly 450 reported on June 25 from sources in Athens and Jerusalem that this development was not so much planned in Jerusalem as initiated by Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou, who boasts many Jewish and Israeli friends and business contacts, some of whom hold high political and intelligence positions in Israel. He saw Athens’ chance to slot into Ankara’s place in Jerusalem and transform their present diplomatic, economic, military and intelligence ties into a thriving strategic alliance, that would carry the same advantages to both sides as did Israel’s former relations with Turkey.
    According to some sources, Papandreou also hopes this alliance will help ease some of his country’s financial woes. But most of all, he is looking to Israel for help in speeding the upgrade of his armed forces and helping transform them into the Christian mainstay of NATO in the Balkans and southern Europe – in place of the Muslim Turkish army.

    This notion was not the direct outcome of Israel’s break with Turkey or the clash aboard the Turkish Mavi Marmara on May 31 between Israeli commandos and pro-Palestinian Turkish activists. It has been evolving for some time, first broached in the summer of 2008 when Papandreou allowed 100 Israeli F-15 and F-16 fighter-bombers to pass through Greek Mediterranean air space for practicing long flights and in-flight fueling.

    The distance between Israel and Greece there and back is 1,900 kilometers, identical to the distance between Israel and Iran.

    The Greek prime minister went out of his way to be of assistance, making available to the Israeli Air Force the crews and advanced S-300 PMU1interceptor missile batteries Athens purchased from Russia back in 2000. They were allowed to practice bombing sorties against these batteries, in case Moscow decided to sell them to Iran and Syria.

    The severe financial crisis besetting Greece this year enhanced the friendly ties between Athens and Jerusalem. While European Union countries spent long months discussing whether to bail Greece out and save it from collapse (eventually granting a €110 billion package), Papandreou turned to Jewish financial titans in Europe and the United States for help to keep the Greek economy afloat.