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Zulhijjah 7,1430/ November 25, 2009, # 55
From Imam Badi Ali [Jamaat al-Muslimeen North Carolina]
Spotlight: Many Americans eat "on the run." Fast food has
become part of the culture. We seldom eat together and even
when we do, the TV is on and we don't [can't] talk to each
other. Slow down! Enjoy the meal and the company of your
family be it on Thanksgiving or Eid.
Direct Link between Israel and NATO operations in
Afghanistan: In Israel's Own words.
Scroll down to war news.
Censored by US Media
History in the Making: Women on the Move. US Intervention,
Pakistani military operations and political corruption condemned:
Thousands of Pakistani women rallied in Islamabad [Nov. 18].
They were led by women activists in their hundreds who wear
niqab [face veil] to show total rejection of western
cultural imperialism. For photos of the rally and speech by
Jamaate Islami's top leader Syed Munawar Hasan
scroll way down.
[It is said that when burqa clad women come out on the
streets, the country is ready for revolution.]
Next two items from NT's media monitor.
Our America: Making New Enemies. #1
Obama Day 308:
Glittering State Dinner for India's PM Manmohan Singh: Move
to Remove Pakistani troops from Indian border. Kashmiris,
Sikhs, Dalits, Christians, Tamils, Naxalites Dumped.
November 24, 2009: In a show of hubris, Hindus and Jews put
up a united front at President Obama's first state dinner.
Indian Lesbian Ms. Vaid was there along with Spielberg,
Friedman and Ari Emanuel [re: Rahm] with camp followers like
Fareed Zakaria.
Outside the White House Kashmiris demonstrated and chanted
slogans against Indian atrocities. US-Kashmiri activist
Ghulam Nabi Fai asked for Obama's compassion for
Kashmiris.
Obama's claim that India is a democracy is belied by the
horrific poverty which is visible across the length and
breadth of India. It is a society based on caste and demeans
women as no other country does. Kashmir is under the boots
of India's occupation army. The Sikhs have been brutally
crushed with hundred of extra-judicial killings of opponents
of India. Hostility to Christians has taken on endemic
proportions and in parts of India the peasantry has risen up
in arms against the Indian army under Naxalite-Maoist
leadership.
The main purpose of the Hindu-Jewish unity is to assure
Pakistan's military that it has to be friendly with India
for the sake of fighting Islamic resistance forces like the
Taliban, Lashkare Taiba and al-Qaida. Pakistan is to be
persuaded to remove its troop concentrations defending the
border against India and put them on the Waziristan-Bajaur
front.
Our America: Making Enemies. #2
FBI Moves Against 14 Islamic Somalis in Minnesota: Support
for Al-Shabab Illegal.
February 24, 2009: Mahamud Said Omar, 43, is facing
extradition from the Netherlands to the US to face charges
of recruiting young Somalis to fight in Somalia for the
Islamic force known as al-Shabab. A number of Somalis who
returned to the US were arrested. Three of them have pleaded
guilty to terrorism charges. One is saying not guilty.
Others are being investigated and/or interrogated.
The Zionist regime in USA admits that al-Shabab has done
nothing against America and is only fighting for the
liberation of Somalia. Yet because it is an armed Islamic
force, the US decided to brand it as a "terrorist" group.
Thus the Zionists within the regime are getting America to
fight every Islamic force wherever it might be. Potentially
every Islamic force is anti-Israel. The Jews have cleverly
handled Bush and now Obama to convince them that enemies of
Israel are also enemies of America.
Nov. 20, 2009: In a serious setback for the rule of Law in
America, attorney Lynne Stewart, who defended the Blind
Shaikh Dr. Omar Abdel Rahman, was sent to prison though she
is a grandmother and in bad health. See full report with
special permission to New Trend.
Scroll way down
Photo of Sis. Lynne Stewart. She remained defiant even on
the day of imprisonment and said she would always defend
Shaikh Omar Abdel Rahman.
[FOX TV's Michelle Malkin expressed her obscene pleasure at
the imprisonment of Lynne Stewart. Malkin's other great
pleasure was the desecratation of the Qur'an in
Guantanamo.]
Islamic Woman Prisoner in Far Away Louisiana Keeping the
Faith under Stress:
Her Library trashed by "Authorities."
by Dr. Mulazimuddin Rasool [Boston, MA]
Asalamu Alaikum
Maryam Uloho #464534 is approaching her seventh year at
Louisiana Correctional Institute for Women, on a 25 year bid
for a fabricated obstruction of justice charge. In the past
six months Maryam has suffered two heart attacks and a
possible stroke.
After her last attack, she was sent back to solitary. She is
allowed only one hour a week for exercise, two postage
stamps a week, and is not allowed to use the phone. She is
continually place in solitary for 90 day stints to keep her
from influencing the other inmates with Qur'an and sunnah.
The chaplain and guards are rabid Islamophobes and have
vowed to keep her in solitary for the remainder of her stay
at Louisiana's version of Guantanamo.
She has been sent to solitary (a 6' x 12' box) for acts
termed aggravated disobedience, which include pouring water
on the ground, forgetting she sent a memo to the chaplain
(lying), and walking too slow from the infirmary in leg
irons (refusing a direct order to walk faster).
Her library of 150 books on Islam and other topics was
trashed and she is in need of medical care. The support for
Maryam has been poor, very poor. Please write Warden Howard
Prince at Hunt Correctional Facility, PO Box 174, St.
Gabriel, LA 70776, and tell him the religious vendetta
against Maryam needs to stop, and she needs to be taken out
of solitary so that she can receive adequate medical care.
Please send Maryam a card or letter and add $20 to help her
with medical fees.
She is in need of a lawyer. Maryam's address is: Maryam
Uloho #464534, LCIW, PO Box 26, St. Gabriel Louisiana 70776.
For background information please contact Dr. Mulazimuddin
S. Rasool at
GidedImgry@aol.com
Prayers Requested on Eid
On Eid al-Adha, pray for the success and endurance of ALL
Islamic political prisoners in US jails. The most prominent
among them whom we specifically project based on their
leadership level, Islamic knowledge and non-violent but
non-compromising approach are:
Dr. Shaikh Omar 'Abdel Rahman
Imam Jamil Abdullah al-Amin
Ahmed Abdel Sattar
Dr. Ali Timimi
Masoud Khan
Abu Ali
Dr. Kifah al-Jayyousi
Prof. Sami al-Arian
Imam Siddique Abdullah Hasan
Dr. Aafia Siddiqui
Jose Padilla
Sis. Maryam Uloho
and many, many others.
Pray that Allah may accept Imam Luqman's martyrdom and heal
Major Hasan's wounds.
What do African American Muslims say about the brutal murder
of Imam Luqman? It is certainly different from the
opportunism of Siraj Wahhaj and W.D. Muhammad cliques.
Please scroll down
to an uncensored article about Imam Luqman.
Also on Eid remember those who have embraced Islam in US
prisons. There are more than TWO MILLION people in prison of
whom about 1.5% are reported to have accepted Islam and many
more are on the way. Some of them ask us, why "outside"
Muslims don't respond.
The time is NOW to send Eid Al-Adha Cards and other messages
of support to Dr. Aafia!
The address is:
AAFIA SIDDIQUI, #90279-054
MDC Brooklyn
Metropolitan Detention Center
P.O.Box 329002
Brooklyn, NY 11232
As always, please do NOT discuss her case or matters of
political or legal nature. Simple, sincere messages of
support and friendship will be most helpful.
Editorial: Strategically, Zionism is Losing: by Kaukab Siddique
Obama's Dilemma: Most Muslims accept One Ummah and See a War
on Islam, not on "terrorism"
Malcolm X, Imam Jamil, Imam Luqman, Major Hasan are Signs of
Slow but Steady Radicalization of US Muslims
Muslims still respect a man who has a beard, a woman in
hijab, who prays five times a day, fasts, pays zakat, goes
for Hajj.
For America's "Rand Corporation Islam," he/she is a
FUNDAMENTALIST.
Most Muslims respect a Muslim, male or female, who speaks
out or writes or protests against Israel and condemns US
attacks on Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan or rejects US control
of Somalia, Sudan, Nigeria, Algeria, Egypt.
For "made in America" Islam, he/she is an EXTREMIST.
Many Muslims, though wise not to say it in public, admire
the mujahideen who are fighting against America in the
countries it has occupied. Shaykh Osama is held in high
repute throughout the Muslm world, as just about every
survey shows. It's like the Black community's respect for
Nat Turner.
For made in America "Islam," such admiration is support for
"TERRORISM."
The miracle of Islam is apparent in the response of American
Muslims to the wars and repression imposed by this country's
zionist-imperialist power structure all the way from
Palestine, Somalia, Iraq, Afghanistan, to Pakistan. The
government was optimistic that the imposition of tiny
subservient cliques on America's Muslims would stifle the
spirit of Islam in this country. The media were put to work
to fashion a new "Islam" which would want to accept the rape
committed by International Jewry on Palestine. Unfortunately
for the media, the American adventure in Iraq
self-destructed. The flood of GI Joes into Afghanistan is
backfiring. General Kayani failed to crush the Pakistani
Taliban and the BBC is reporting that 45% of the people of
the Punjab are supporting the Pakistani Taliban.
In Africa, Somalia is now largely in the hands of al-Shabab
with Islamic victory barely thwarted by massive American
help for Somalian collaborators thru Ethiopia. A Taliban
type uprising was crushed with great brutality in Maiduguri
and other parts of Nigeria but it is only a matter of time
that the "wretched of the earth" will rise again in Nigeria.
Indications from news reports in Africa are that al-Qaidah
is spreading from Algeria into Mali and other west African
countries and the US has been rushing military aid to
regimes in West Africa. Qaddafi is very concerned that the
"fundamentalists" might topple him if Uncle Sam does not
protect him.
The Muslims of America were the greatest hope of the Zionist
power structure. The Muslims here are very comfortable and
are insulated against the problems of social change by a
thick layer of high incomes. The immigrants from Muslim
countries were seen as an endless resource for spying,
infiltration and treachery in the Muslim world. The lackey
groups, like ISNA, CAIR, WD, MPAC etc did not care in the
slightest about the Qur'an's prohibition of any cooperation
of any kind with oppressors. The race was on to obtain
invitations to the White House, the Pentagon and the State
Department. Collaborators besmirched the image of Islam in
America. The lackey groups confessed that they have been in
bed with the FBI for eight years. W. D. Muhammad was on his
way to the White House when the 9.11 attacks happened. The
government thought that with W.D. in its pocket, the strong
African American communities could easily be disconnected
from the world of immigrant Muslims. [1]
Zaid Shakir, a mediocre "scholar," was brought up as a
leader and he declared, to the satisfaction of "massa," that
he was not perturbed by the execution of the President of
Iraq on Eid al-Adha. Shakir was presented as the mentor of
Muslims [along with his side kick Hamza Yusuf] and
accordingly admonished the Muslim world for its angry
demonstrations against the cartoons of the Prophet Muhmmad,
pbuh, coming out of Denmark.
These "leaders" were unflappable. The destruction of the Red
Mosque-Jamia Hafsa by America's General in Islamabad left
them untouched; the desecration of the Qur'an in
Guantanamo's cages could not stir them up. The Zionists
thought they had done their job well. [2]
Unfortunately for Bush [and now Obama], Islam is quite
strongly rooted in America. Visit America's mosques. Other
than in a few of the very rich ones like ADAMS in Virginia,
[3] or the little W.D. Muhammad enclaves, it will be
difficult to find a Muslim who wants to recognize Israel or
supports the bombing of Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan. The
Somalis too were a great disappointment for the White House.
America's Muslims are scared but they are not fooled. Only
some few from India are genuinely against the aspirations of
the Ummah. CAIR and other very rich groups can collect a
million dollars from the tiny filthy rich elites, but most
Muslims come to these mosques to pray, not to support CAIR,
ISNA, etc. There is a containing mechanism at work from the
old hands in the Muslim Brotherhood [Barzinji, Totonji,
Idris etc] in ISNA but it has reached its limits.
The Zionist regime in DC did not realize that from the blood
of Malcolm X flowed a genuine Islam which would not
compromise wih the oppressors. The work of Malcolm X was
carried on by Imam Jamil who refuses to sell out in spite of
personal mistreatment and humiliation in prison. Shaikh Omar
Abdel Rahman [the Blind Shaikh] is helpless but has not
forgotten the Qur'an. From Imam Jamil have come a whole
series of outspoken and fearless Imams as well as others who
are quite independent like Imam Musa.
With the martyrdom of Imam Luqman recently, there were shock
waves throughout the Islamic communities, particularly the
African Americans. This is new: an Imam who fights back with
weapons and gives his life. This is terrifying for the
lackey groups.
Then comes Major Hasan. We are now living in a process of
transformation and radicalization of the Muslims of America,
though it may be only at the mental stage. How the
government will pressure him and use him to terrify the
Muslims remains to be seen. He seems to have been quite
changed by the doctrine of jihad. With four bullets in him
and paralysis, the US will try to soften and shape him for
terrorism against US Muslims.
America's media are a major obstacle to peace. They are
working for Israel in great detail otherwise the issues
would become apparent to the people of America. Palestine
has been occupied by the Jews. Until Palestine is liberated,
conflict will continue and get worse.
Why will it get worse? Because there is Islamic resurgence
sweeping the globe. One million Iraqis died of US sanctions.
Then came 9.11. The US supported torture in Egypt. From
those dungeons of horror rose Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri and
Muhammad Atta.
Israel is threatening Iran. Through the US-Zionist hand in
the "glove" of Obama, Iranian mosques in America are being
threatened. This will change Shi'ite attitudes towards
America. Instead of seeing "wahhabis" as their enemies,
Iranians and Shi'ites in general should see Zionism using
America as the real problem. America will sooner or later
have to choose between Israel and the Muslim world.
Our role should be to call for peace between America and
Islam. The American wars are not against terrorism or
extremism, as Mr.Obama, like Mr. Bush, would have us
believe. These are wars against Islam, and Israel is the
instigator of these wars. There is only ONE UMMAH and
American Muslims are part of that Ummah. The
Zionist-Imperialist power structure should realize that when
you hurt ONE Muslim, you hurt ALL Muslims. That is Islam.
That is what our leader Muhammad, pbuh, has taught us.
What should US Muslims do:
-
Do not cooperate or compromise with the oppressors, in
particular the power structure.
-
Do not carry out any economic activities which help
Israel directly or indirectly.
-
Distribute New Trend big time. This is the only Islamic
voice on major issues across America.
-
Ask your imam to pray for the health and strength of our
political prisoners.
-
Pray 5 times a day. Reduce food intake. Help the needy,
take care of the sick,give zakat to free the captives.
-
Work within the law of the land. Always be calm and
peaceful. Know your rights. Speak out, write, email,
protest, demonstrate.
-
American Muslim Center, Dearborn, Michigan. "The imam,
Mohamed Mardini, is a moderate cleric with strong ties to
city and state officials; when the CIA hosted a dinner in
Dearborn recently, he sat at the head table with Director
Leon Panetta." [Time magazine, Nov. 30] There are many like
him who do NOT represent US Muslims but are well placed.
Check out Johari Abdul Malik [on CNN with Larry King] and
Yahya Hendi, "Chaplain" at a military college who claimed
that America comes before Islam!
-
Some Muslim "leaders" like ICNA's Zulfiqar Shah beg to
join Israel but are refused by the Israelis. The Islamic
Society of Milwaukee is quite upset that Zulfiqar was not
allowed to travel to Israel though he is part of the
"interfaith" activity with Jews. "Muslim leaders challenged
Simon's assertion that Shah would be denied entry, calling
him a distinguished scholar and U.S. citizen who does not
need a visa to enter Israel." {Milwaukee Journal Nov. 21,
2009]
-
ISNA is the snake in the Muslim home. Read this: "The
Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) announced yesterday
the launch of a special fund for the benefit of the families
of the victims of the senseless Ft. Hood attack that killed
13 soldiers and injured many more. Recognizing the important
sacrifices made by our soldiers and their families, we feel
it is imperative for all Americans to join hands in
supporting those affected by this tragic incident." [From
ISNA's press release.]
Who is Kaukab Siddique?
Dr Kaukab Siddique talks with Hesham Tillawi about Islam in America
[Posted by "Lara ancientwarrior" on Bangla-vision] [Dated
video good for background.]
Very interesting view of a Muslim scholar regarding Islam
and Muslims in America and what should they do to defend
Islam and protect themselves. He gives major Muslim
organizations such as ISNA and ICNA a failing grade F in
dealing with the issues and accuses them of working for the
government
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8324983986509749450#
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Mark Glenn Pinpoints Nevzlin, Jewish-Zionist Criminal:
Welcomed by American Jewish Federation: Russian Court
Sentenced him in Absentia to Life in Prison.
Jew Convicted of Murdering 5 People Flees to Israel, Later
becomes Obama's Guest at the White House
Published November 21, 2009
An article appearing in a recent online edition of the
Jewish Forward lays out perfectly the criminal syndicate
that is Israel and how any Jew anywhere, convicted even of
multiple murders, can not only flee there and be safe, but
even be invited to the White House later.
Begin Forward article-
In his lively introduction of Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu at the recent General Assembly in Washington,
Leonid Nevzlin reminded the audience just how unexpected and
unusual a role this was for him.
"There was a time not so long ago when I couldn't even
imagine standing here in this place, in this country, only
blocks from the decision-making capital of the world, with
this responsibility," Nevzlin said, describing his life as a
businessman and apathetic Jew in Moscow before he made
aliyah in 2003 and became a heavyweight among Jewish
philanthropists.
His prominent speech - which earned him a standing ovation
by the collected leadership of the American Jewish
federation world - was the privilege given to him as
international chairman of the yearly gathering and its major
sponsor. And though the exact figure has not been disclosed,
organizers of the G.A. have told the Forward that his money
played a significant part in making the three-day event
happen. Nevzlin's charity, NADAV, was also conspicuous as
one of the main organizers of the conference's many forums
and workshops.
The speech represented a crowning moment of what has been a
complete rebranding effort by Nevzlin, 50, erasing his past
as a Russian oligarch who just narrowly escaped jail,
convicted in absentia last year in a Moscow courtroom to
life in prison for ordering the murder of five people. A
recent article about him in Forbes magazine - which
estimated his wealth in 2004 to be $2 billion - was
headlined, "The One Who Got Away."
Israel, which has refused repeated attempts to extradite him
to Russia, has helped greatly in this transformation. He has
become an important philanthropist there, using his charity
to fund projects that promote "Jewish peoplehood" and to
gain influence and respectability in the process. This past
September, he made a donation of $6 million to establish the
Museum of the Jewish People, a new iteration of Beit
Hatfutsot, Tel Aviv's Diaspora Museum.
Now, with a very visible onstage handshake with the Israeli
prime minister and a visit with President Obama at the White
House as one of 50 invited guests during the G.A., Nevzlin
is effectively positioning himself to become a philanthropic
force in the United States, as well.
According to Dede Feinberg, co-chair of this year's G.A. and
former president of the Jewish Federation of Greater
Washington, Nevzlin's problems with the Russian authorities
were not an issue in granting him the chairmanship. "I did
not know about it. And it was only after the G.A. that I
asked," Feinberg said. "And I learned that he was completely
exonerated by courts in Israel. I said, okay, good enough
for me." Feinberg was referring to Israeli courts' refusal
to extradite Nevzlin.
The only hint in Nevzlin's speech that he has a past that
still hounds him was his mention of Mikhail Khodorkovsky,
the onetime head of the Yukos oil company, who is now
sitting in a Siberian jail, serving a nine-year prison
sentence. Nevzlin was Khodorkovsky's deputy, and together
with him he held the controlling shares in Yukos, a
multibillion-dollar enterprise that made them both very rich
and powerful in the 1990s.
In October 2003, Khodorkovsky was arrested for tax evasion
and fraud, accused of embezzling $25 billion. He and his
supporters, however, have blamed Vladimir Putin for
inventing the charges as a way of breaking up the
influential business empire. Khodorkovsky was then the
richest man in Russia, and he made no secret of his
political ambitions, funding opposition parties and
democracy efforts.
The same month that Khodorkovsky was arrested, Nevzlin
entered Israel on a tourist visa and began his self-imposed
exile.
"My friend Khodorkovsky never came to terms with his Jewish
identity, and that's one of the reasons why Putin and his
henchman have gotten him and many others behind the barbed
wire of the modern-day Gulag," Nevzlin told the G.A. in his
speech.
Though he had been involved in reviving Jewish life in the
former Soviet Union, it's clear that Nevzlin immigrated to
Israel not only because, as he put it in his speech, "it was
time for me to join the Jewish people," but also because he
was escaping the fate that his friend and business partner
had met. Nevzlin and his representatives did not return
calls for comment on this story.
Not long after Nevzlin left, the Russian authorities charged
him with a whole range of criminal offenses. He was said to
have contracted out Yukos's head of security - who is now
serving a 24-year jail sentence and has denied both
Nevzlin's guilt and his own - to kill individuals who were
getting in the way of Yukos's business dealings. Among the
dead were Valentina Korneyeva, a Moscow businesswoman who
owned a building in central Moscow that Yukos's holding
firm, Menatap, wanted to buy, and Vladimir Petukhov, mayor
of Nefteyugansk, where Yukos's largest production unit was
based.
Twice the Russian authorities tried to extradite Nevzlin,
but both times Israel's State Attorney's Office denied the
request, citing insufficient evidence. In 2006, the argument
even reached Israel's High Court of Justice, which concurred
with the State Attorney's Office.
Last summer, Russian courts tried and convicted Nevzlin in
absentia and sentenced him to life in prison. Earlier this
year, in response to an appeal, they upheld the verdict and
ordered him to pay 5.5 million rubles, about $235,000, in
compensation to the victims and their families.
Nevzlin has maintained that all the accusations against him
are baseless, politically motivated fictions invented by
Putin and his circle. The Russian authorities have continued
to pursue Nevzlin's extradition, even demanding that the
United States, where he now travels frequently, hand him
over. But his visit to the White House with Jewish leaders
offers strong proof that he has been given a de facto
exoneration by America's government. The White House
confirmed his visit and his meeting with Obama on November
9, but not whether he was vetted by the state department or
any other government agency.
Meanwhile, his life in Israel has revolved largely around
his philanthropic efforts. He set up an institute on Eastern
European and Russian Judaism at the Hebrew University of
Jerusalem, and has funded many projects through his charity,
NADAV- named after himself and two other Yukos shareholders,
Vladimir Dubov and Mikhail Brudno. Run by his daughter, it
tries to confront what Nevzlin said in his G.A. speech was
the biggest threat facing the Jewish world: "A failure to
articulate a single, global Jewish identity."
In addition to donating heavily to, and leading, the renewal
of Israel's Diaspora Museum, Nevzlin is on the board of
governors of the Jewish Agency for Israel and the board of
trustees of Keren Hayesod-United Israel Appeal.
Misha Galperin, executive vice president and CEO of the
Jewish Federation of Greater Washington, said he was
responsible for the marriage between Nevzlin and the Jewish
Federations of North America, organizers of the G.A. He
thinks that Nevzlin's appearance at the gathering marks his
entrance on the American Jewish scene. "Many people were
quite taken with him," Galperin said.
Asked if Nevzlin's past had been an issue, Galperin bristled
and wondered whether one would ask the same question of
Natan Sharansky, the new head of the Jewish Agency for
Israel who was accused by the Soviet Union of being a CIA
agent and sentenced to 13 years in jail. "The two cases have
absolutely the same validity," Galperin said, "none."
-end of Forward piece
Once again, the organically-criminal nature of the Jewish
state is unmasked. One can just imagine the shrieking that
would take place if someone convicted of murder in
Israel-absentia or not-were to flee to another country and
that country refused to extradite the criminal back to
Israel for justice. Furthermore, the fact that Nevzlin-A MAN
CONVICTED OF ORDERING THE MURDERS OF 5 PEOPLE-was treated as
a guest in the White House by the president himself shows
just who is running things in Washington.
More than this though, the most notable thing is the
complete absence of outrage from the Jewish community. Much
like their moral silence when it came to other infamous
individuals such as Bernie Madoff and the organ harvesting
rabbis, so too do American Jews obviously have no problem
with one of their most powerful and important organizations
associating with a convicted murderer, the attitude
apparently one of "The victims were Gentiles, so what's the
BFD?"
And people still wonder why there is this thing known as
"Islamic terrorism" when criminals such as this are free to
come and go as they please and when American leaders are so
willing to consort with men whose hands are covered with
innocent blood?
(c) 2009 Mark Glenn
Israeli Rabbi Approves Murder of Non-Jews
Vita Bekker -- The National (UAE)
http://www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/2009111/FOREIGN/711109835/1011/NEWS
A book published this week by a radical Jewish rabbi from
the Israeli-occupied West Bank and endorsed by prominent
religious right-wing figures suggests killing any non-Jew,
including children and babies, who pose a threat to Israel
.. .. Children, the authors insist, should not be exempt
from this fate. They add: "There is a reasonable explanation
for killing infants if it is clear that they will grow up to
hurt us - and in this situation, the strike should be
directed at them." .. .. The rabbis added that non-Jews
could also be killed if they "violate .. .. commandments"
such as the prohibition against stealing, murdering or
idol-worshipping.
Lynne Stewart: Heroic Human Rights Lawyer Jailed
by Stephen Lendman [By permission to New Trend.[ The writer
lives in Chicago]
On November 20, New York Times writer Colin Moynihan broke
the news headlining:
"Radical Lawyer Convicted of Aiding Terrorist Is Jailed,"
then saying:
"Defiant to the end as she embraced supporters outside the
federal courthouse in Lower Manhattan, Lynne F. Stewart, the
radical lawyer known for defending unpopular clients,
surrendered on Thursday to begin serving her 28-month
sentence for assisting terrorism."
Fact check:
Stewart did what all attorneys should, but few, in fact, do
- observe the American Bar Association's Model Rules saying
all lawyers are obligated to:
"devote professional time and resources and use civic
influence to ensure equal access to our system of justice
for all those who because of economic or social barriers
cannot afford or secure adequate legal counsel."
Also to practice law ethically, morally and responsibly to
assure everyone is afforded due process and judicial
fairness in American courts. Sadly and disturbingly, Stewart
was denied what she did for others heroically, unselfishly,
and proudly. More on that below.
Stewart (prison number 53504-054) is now jailed at:
MCC-NY
150 Park Row
New York, NY 10007
Betrayed by American Justice
For 30 years, Stewart worked heroically to defend America's
poor, underprivileged, and unwanted, never afforded due
process and judicial fairness without an advocate like her.
Where others wouldn't go, she defended controversial figures
like David Gilbert of the Weather Underground, Richard
Williams of the United Freedom Front, Sekou Odinga and
Nasser Ahmed of the Black Liberation Army, and many more
like them. She knew the risk, but did it fearlessly and
courageously until bogusly indicted on April 9, 2002
for:
-- "conspiring to defraud the United States;
-- conspiring to provide and conceal material support to
terrorist activity;
-- providing and concealing material support to terrorist
activity; and
-- two counts of making false statements."
She was also accused of violating US Bureau of Prisons
Special Administrative Measures (SAMs) that included a gag
order on her client, Sheik Abdel Rahman. When imposed, they
prohibit discussion on topics the Justice Department (DOJ)
rules outside of "legal representation," so lawyers can't
discuss them with clients, thus inhibiting their
defense.
At former US Attorney General Ramsey Clark's request, she
joined him as part of Rahman's court-appointed defense team.
In his 1995 show trial, he was convicted and is now serving
a life sentence for seditious conspiracy, solicitation of
murder, solicitation of an attack on American military
installations, conspiracy to murder, and conspiracy to bomb
in connection with the 1993 World Trade Center attack
despite evidence proving his innocence on all charges.
The DOJ's case wasn't about alleged crimes. It reflected his
affiliations and anti-western views. Rahman was connected to
the Egyptian-based Al-Gamaa al-Islamiyya - a 1997 US State
Department-designated "foreign terrorist organization." In
the 1980s, however, he helped the CIA recruit Mujahadeen
fighters against the Soviets in Afghanistan. For his work,
he got a US visa, green card, and State Department-CIA
protection as long as he was valued. When no longer, he was
targeted along with Stewart.
Her case was precedent-setting, chilling, and according to
the Center of Constitutional Rights Michael Ratner:
sent "a message to lawyers who represent alleged terrorists
that it's dangerous to do so."
Her attorney, Michael Tigar, called it:
"an attack on a gallant, charismatic and effective fighter
for justice (with) at least three fundamental faults:
-- (it) attack(ed) the First Amendment right of free speech,
free press and petition;
-- the right to effective assistance of counsel (by)
chill(ing) the defense; (and)
-- the 'evidence' in this case was gathered by wholesale
invasion of private conversations, private-attorney-client
meetings, faxes, letters and e-mails; I have never seen such
an abuse of government power."
Her 2004 - 2005 show trial was a mockery of justice with
echoes of the worst McCarthy-like tactics. Inflammatory
terrorist images were displayed in court to prejudice the
jury, and prosecutors vilified Stewart as a traitor with
"radical" political views. In addition, days before the
verdict, the militant pro-Israeli Jewish Defense
Organization put up flyers near the courthouse displaying
her address. It threatened to "drive her out of her home and
out of the state," and said she "needs to be put out of
business legally and effectively."
It was part of the orchestrated scheme inside and outside
the courtroom to heighten fear, convict Stewart, and
intimidate other lawyers to expect the same treatment if
they dare represent unpopular clients effectively.
On February 10, 2005 (after a seven month trial and 13 days
of deliberation) she was convicted on all five counts. Under
New York state law, she was automatically disbarred, and the
state Supreme Court's Appellate Division denied her petition
to resign voluntarily. On October 17, 2006, she was
sentenced to 28 months imprisonment, but remained free on
bond pending appeal before the US Court of Appeals for the
Second Circuit.
Stewart Ordered to Prison
The Justice for Lynne Stewart web site (lynnestewart.org)
announced the news. On November 17, the Appeals Court
revoked her bond, upheld the verdict, ordered her surrender
forthwith, but stayed it until November 19 at 5PM to let her
attorney file a motion for reconsideration. It was denied,
so she must report to federal marshals as directed. A
November 19 conversation with Lynne and her husband Ralph
confirmed it.
The situation remains fluid, dire, and complicated by
Stewart's battle with breast cancer. She has surgery
scheduled for December 7, unlikely now, but if done in
prison or where authorities direct, it won't be the quality
she deserves.
In its ruling, the three judge panel (John Walker, Guido
Calebresi and Robert Sack) was firm, hostile and belligerent
in upholding the lower court's conviction. Judge Sack
accused Stewart of lying and called for a longer sentence.
"We think that whether (she) lied under oath at her trial is
directly relevant to whether her sentence was appropriate,"
he wrote, and directed District Court Judge John Koeltl to
re-sentence her "so as to reflect that finding." Judge
Walker was even harsher, calling the original sentence
"breathtakingly low." Judge Calabrese said: "I am at a loss
for any rationale upon this record that could reasonably
justify a sentence of 28 months' imprisonment for this
defendant."
They all said Stewart was "convicted principally with
respect to (her violating) measures by which (she) had
agreed to abide," namely SAMs. They rejected her "argument
that, as a lawyer, she was not bound by (them), and her
belated argument collaterally attacking their
constitutionality." They also:
"affirm(ed her conviction) of providing and concealing
material support to the conspiracy to murder persons in a
foreign country (and) of conspiring to provide and conceal
such support....We conclude that the charges were valid
(and) the evidence was sufficient to sustain the
convictions. We also reject Stewart's claims that her
purported attempt to serve as a 'zealous advocate' for her
client provides her with immunity from the
convictions...."
"Finally, we affirm Stewart's convictions for knowingly and
willfully making false statements....when she affirmed that
she intended to, and would, abide by the SAMs. In light of
her repeated and flagrant violation of (them), a reasonable
factfinder could conclude that (her) representations that
she intended to and would abide by the SAMs were knowingly
false when made. We reject the remaining challenges to the
convictions. (We) affirm the district court's rejection of
Stewart's claim that she was selectively prosecuted on
account of her gender or political beliefs....We therefore
affirm the convictions in their entirety."
They redirected her case to District Court Judge Koeltl for
re-sentencing. The DOJ wants 30 years. Koeltl originally
imposed 28 months, let Stewart remain free on bond pending
appeal, implied his decision might be overturned because of
a gross miscarriage of justice, effectively rebuked the Bush
administration at the time, and handed it a major defeat.
Her fate is now in his hands, but justice has already been
denied at a time we're all as vulnerable as she if we dare
resist state policies, unchanged under an administration no
different from its predecessor.
In a November 17 news conference, Stewart said:
"I'm too old to cry, but it hurts too much not to." In
criticizing the Court's decision, she said its timing "on
the eve of the arrival of the tortured men from offshore
prison in Guantanamo" suggests that lawyers appointed to
represent them may face the same fate as she. "If you're
going to lawyer for these people, you'd better toe very
close to the line that the government has set out (because
they'll) be watching you every inch of the way, (so those
who don't) will end up like Lynne Stewart. This is a case
that is bigger than just me personally (but she added that
she'll) go on fighting."
So will her lawyer, Joshua Dratel, who said he'll pursue it
"as far and as long as we can," including a possible Supreme
Court review. The Obama US attorney's office was silent,
effectively affirming a gross injustice at a time the due
process and judicial fairness thresholds are so low that all
Americans risk the same fate as Lynne.
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Pakistan: Women Oppose Imperialist-Zionist Activity.
Islamic Women's Rally Addressed by Syed Munawar Hasan
Urges Dialogue with Taliban, not with India.
Condemns US Intervention and Blackwater Terrorism
by Umeed Khan [Lahore] Special to New Trend
November 18, 2009: ISLAMABAD - Thousands of women took to
the streets on against US presence in the region in a
protest titled 'Go America Go Rally' organised by Women Wing
of Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Islamabad chapter. The 'Go America
Go' rally is part of the countrywide campaign launched by
Jamaat-e-Islami. The women participating in the ralley were
holding banners and placards inscribed with slogans against
the US policies.
Jamaat Chief Syed Munawar Hassan told the rally that the
activities of the American Blackwater organization have
increased in Pakistan but the government has become merely a
silent spectator. He said that the Jamaat will frustrate the
humiliating plan to turn islamabad into a mini-Pentagon.
The Jamaat chief said that the presence of the American
forces in Afghanistan is the main cause for instability in
the region. He said the US is not interested in regional
peace and stability, but is only interested in securing its
own interests.
He also said that the Jamaat will continue the 'Go America
Go' campaign and will intensify the movement after
Eid-ul-Azha. Hassan asked the Pakistani government to quit
the U.S-led coalition.
Hasan also opposed the military operation against the
militants and called for dialogue with the Taliban to
resolve the issues. He said that the Pakistani government
has imposed "an American war on the people of Pakistan."
He condemned a US aid bill, which has put tough conditions
on Pakistan, describing it against the sovereignty of
Pakistan.
Syed Munawar Hassan demanded that Prime Minister Syed Yousuf
Gilani and Army Chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani should
inform the nation about the balance sheet of military
operations, as terrorism had increased manifold. He strongly
condemned the government's policies and suggested that the
Army Chief should write a letter to US President Obama to
halt drone attacks instead of dispatching message to tribal
elders.
He said it was very strange that dialogue was being proposed
to India, a country threatening direct attacks, while an
operation had been launched against our own countrymen. The
JI questioned the prospective result of the operation when
five million people would be displaced and also asked why
the Army and government were hesitating to take action
against former president Pervez Musharraf.
He said that it was a miscalculation of the top military and
civil leadership to enter the notorious US-led Nato alliance
against so-called War on Terrorism. 'Do More' mantra of the
US had damaged sovereignty of the country of 170 million to
a great extent.
He claimed that the secret terrorist force of the US,
Blackwater, was the perpetrator of the terrorist attack on
GHQ. There is a dire need to conduct an independent inquiry
into the GHQ attacks, a very embarrassing incident in the
country's history, he maintained. If the Taliban executed
the attack then should it be accepted that they are much
stronger than the Army, and if a foreign hand was involved
behind the malicious act, then it should be exposed.
Amir JI demanded of the government to keep a strict eye on
the activities of US terrorist operators like Blackwater in
the country. "In the name of expansion, the US embassy in
Pakistan is trying to establish a mini Pentagon in
Islamabad, which is alarming", he regretted. Despite the
prevailing uncertainty in the country, the gathering of
thousands of women in the Capital showed their concern for
their beloved country, he said. He demanded that the US
diplomat be declared persona non-grata (undesirable person)
as he issued a disputed statement in Quetta, adding that the
entire nation rejected US intervention.
Photo One: Nov. 18: Syed Munawar Hasan, Ameer Jamaate
Islami, [center] addressing mass rally of women in
Islamabad.
Photo #2: Hundreds of niqabi women leading
the Rally. Placard in front, center, says: Go America: We
reject Kerry Lugar Bill. Shame on you America: Release Dr.
Aafia [it rhymes in Urdu: Sharam karo Amerika Sharam
karo:Doktar Aafia ko reha karo]
Photo #3: Women leaders with face veils hold
banner saying: A nation which cannot defend its ideological
frontiers cannot be sure of its geographic boundaries
either. The second banner urges expulsion of Blackwater "A
terrorist organization."
Photo # 4: Younger women are more radical
than their older sisters. With them Child holds placard
calling America "Global terrorist" in the Urdu.
The Martyrdom of Imam Luqman Abdullah
U.S. War on Terror Architects Turn Attention to Easier, Detroit Targets
By Br. Dennis S. Boatwright [Michigan]
A grieving Muslim community, and Detroit residents in
particular, lost a great leader and grassroots community
spokesman and organizer. Imam Luqman Ameen Abdullah was
viciously assassinated in a gallant, solo firefight with
marksmen FBI agents. Imam Luqman was put in the cross hairs
by FBI agents who hound the few remaining outspoken Muslim
leaders who dare to speak against the crusade-like
mistreatment and brutality of Muslims and poor people in our
neighborhoods. As expected, status quo media outlets wasted
no time uncritically accepting and zealously promoting the
FBIs account of the gun battle, totally disregarding any
pretenses of journalistic impartiality. Mainstream media
quickly collaborated to falsely characterized Imam Luqman as
a homegrown terrorist or Al-Qaeda affiliate in order to
discredit his remarkable involvement and his psychological
and symbolic meaning to oppressed people. To a certain
extent, their smear campaign achieved considerable success,
in that many ill-informed Muslim organizations--many of whom
in the past have without hesitation issued statements in
support of the government's positions on key issues like
Afghanistan, Iraq and Palestine--have joined their
oppressors in denouncing the members of Masjid Al-Haqq, a
small, humble place of worship that Imam Luqman admirably
administered. Not surprising, these typically are the
affluent, suburban, Muslim groups who issue statements such
as "Islam does not condone violence of any kind" (i.e.,
Muslims do defend themselves), and "those kind of Muslims
are not models but aberrations to Islam."
Perhaps their misplaced condemnation arises from the fear
and paranoia stamped in the minds of many Muslim communities
since the 9/11 World Trade Canter attacks. Others astutely
explain their traitorous stance as an attempt to justify
their own cowardice and inactivity in urban communities.
According to these Muslim-American apologists, the U.S.
government can do no wrong. Incidentally, these groups
consists of a very small percentage of people who are
inclined to believe that the United States invaded Iraq to
establish democracy, and occupied Afghanistan for the
purpose of fighting the Taliban.
The Imam' s murder happened during a whirlwind of dissension
and rancorous debate among the Obama administration and top
military brass concerning the uncertain status and vague
strategy of the Iraq and Afghanistan military invasions.
Support and confidence continues to flag on the heels of a
public perception that sees the United States losing in both
theaters. Pessimistic public perceptions of these wars are
well-founded in facts on the ground, considering that
resistance activities in both countries have intensified
greatly, causing a spike in U.S. soldier casualties just in
the last two months.
To be sure, the war on terror is an indispensable U.S.
foreign-policy trump card that must be held onto at all cost
in the interest of corporations and political careers living
off an inordinate defense budget. But this war, however, is
not unfolding as the Pentagon desires. Instead, the rank of
Iraqi resistance fighters are swelling, while U.S. and Nato
forces witness the Taliban re-establishing its influence and
control in previously held U.S. strongholds, not to mention
in northwestern Pakistan. Meanwhile, to give the impression
that there are successes being gained in their endless war
on terror, many keen observers notice the U.S. military
withdrawing substantial numbers of its troops from more
organized resistance groups to easier vanquishable targets
in our neighborhoods.
Hence, the enemies in the United States' war on terror are
increasingly profiled as poor, African-American Muslims who,
at most, are being coaxed and financially enticed by
undercover informants, posing as disgruntled Muslims, into
verbally venting their boiling frustration and justified
anger at a government that ceaselessly ignores their
socio-economic complaints.
It is worth noting that Detroit records the highest
unemployment rate in the nation, and the Detroit area has
the largest Muslim population in the nation. These two
factors combine to make the Motor City an attractive target
for intelligence agencies seeking to salvage their aimless
mission and to justify their oversized budgets. Legal
documents reveal how poor African-American Muslims are
approached by undercover agents and manipulated into
agreeing to partake in anti-government activities. Some of
these young, jobless Muslims find the stupendous sums of
money waved in their faces irresistible to turn down. It is
relevant to point out that all named in the indictments are
charged with conspiring and not actually committing a crime.
Certainly, the members of Masjid Al-Haqq are not domestic
terrorists as some would lead us to believe. In contrast,
they are victims of a reckless war on terror that is
desperately searching for new boogiemen to replace the
resilient Taliban and Iraqi guerrilla fighters who have
seemingly unlimited access to highly effective rocket
propelled grenade (RPG) launchers and improvised explosive
devices (TEDs). The United States sees it safer to fight
poorly unarmed African-American Sunni Muslims than the more
organized, lethal Middle Eastern groups.
Imam Luqman is the first casualty in this new war on terror
offensive, and we can only expect for this number to climb
as more armed government assassins are assigned to the
African-American community. Instead of the government
helping solve some of the social and economic woes plaguing
low-income communities, it prefers to waste millions of
dollars of taxpayers' money to target struggling Muslim
communities and to infiltrate our neighborhoods and masjids
(mosques) with treacherous Islamic snitches.
On a somber note, many wonder why Imam Luqman died alone
considering his prominent stature in Muslim and poor
communities, and how the surviving followers will explain
why they peacefully laid down their arms while their Imam
was gunned down right in front of their eyes. Even
"Freddie," the canine (K- 9), was accorded better treatment
then Imam Luqman, and scores of Black men routinely left
unattended to on the streets, when the FBI halted traffic to
allow a helicopter to land in order to airlift its wounded
pooch to the hospital.
Fiqhi Advice: If Eid and Juma are on the same Day
Salatul Jummah is Optional on the day of Eid if it falls on
a Friday.
A Hadith reported by Ibn Majah and narrated by Ibn Umar
(ra): 'Eid occurred two times on Fridays during the time of
Prophet Muhammad (saw). So he performed Salatul Eid with
the people, then said: "Whoever desires to come to Salatul
Jummah, may do so; whoever desires to remain absent, may
remain absent." ' Hadith, Ibn Majah, 5:166
This Hadith established that Salatul Jummah is optional on
the day of Eid; however, it also established the fact that
Salatul Jummah shall still be organized on the Day of Eid if
it falls on a Friday.
I would like to urge all believers to participate in Salatul
Jummah and attend Khutbah. It is the Commandment of Allah
for all believers, men, women, and youth:
"O You who believe! Leave all your transactions after the
Azaan has been called for Jummah; and rush towards the
remembrance of Allah. That is best for you, if you but knew
it." Quran, Suratul Jummah, 62:9
I invite all of you to Jummah to make our masajid vibrant
and alive on Jummah, the day of community. Please make
arrangement for the youth to participate, too. Pass the
word!
Ja-za-kumu(A)llah Khairun, may Allah reward you.
Eid Mubarak, Eid al-Saeed.
Your brother in Islam,
Imam Ali Siddiqui
California Muslim Institute & Center for Interfaith
Studies
2001 Range Ave, Suite 26
Santa Rosa, CA 95401
siddiqui@aol.com
www.onenationforall.org
707-545-5234
War News: Afghanistan. Guerrilla Warfare. Avoiding US Fire Power
Nov. 24, 2009. Breaking News: Information leaked to CNN from
the White House indicates that Obama plans to flood
Afghanistan with another 34,000 elite troops. [This will be
shown as LESS than what Gen. McCrystal had asked.
Nov. 24: US sources say 4 US troops were killed in Taliban
attacks today. No details were revealed except that the
Taliban used improvised explosive devices and small arms
fire.
Nov. 23. A US Special Forces trooper was killed in Pashtay
Kila when his unit traded fire with Taliban villagers.
Nov. 22. Two US troops were killed in Taliban IED attacks in
Zabul province. They were from America's best force 82nd
Airborne. In anothet Taliban attack, a US marine was killed
in Helmand province. The same day five Afghan Karzai troops
were killed in Taliban attacks near the Pakistan border in
Kandahar province.
Nov. 19. A martyrdom operator hit a column of the crack US
82nd Airborne in Zabul province killing 2 US troops,
wounding others. [Other than this, there have been no
Taliban losses.]
Direct Link between Israel and NATO Operations in Afghanistan
Jerusalem Post
November 20, 2009
NATO chief comes to study IDF tactics
Yaakov Katz
Criticism of Israel in the United Nations-commissione d
Goldstone Report did not prevent Chairman of NATO's Military
Committee Admiral Giampaolo Di Paola from visiting Israel
this week to study IDF tactics and methods that the military
alliance can utilize for its war in Afghanistan.
Di Paola left Israel on Thursday after a two-day visit as
the guest of IDF Chief of General Staff Lt.-Gen. Gabi
Ashkenazi. The timing of Di Paola's visit was considered
significant since it comes at a time when the IDF is under
increasing criticism in the wake of the Goldstone Report on
Operation Cast Lead as well as a decision by Turkey - a NATO
member - to ban Israel from joint aerial exercises.
This is Di Paola's third visit to Israel in the past four
years, both in his current position as well as in his last
post as top military commander of Italy.
Defense officials said that Di Paola used his meetings with
the IDF to learn about new technology that can be applied to
the war in Afghanistan. Israel is a known world leader in
the development of specialized armor to protect against
improvised explosive devices (IEDs), otherwise known as
roadside bombs.
Di Paola was also interested in Israeli intelligence-
gathering capabilities and methods that the IDF uses when
operating in civilian population centers. He noted that NATO
and the IDF were facing similar threats - NATO in
Afghanistan and Israel in its war against Hamas and
Hizbullah.
"The one thing on NATO's mind today is how to win in
Afghanistan, " a senior defense official said. "[Di Paola]
was very impressed by the IDF, which is a major source of
information due to our operational experience."
War News: Pakistani Tank Column Enters Bara area of Khyber Agency
Nov. 24: Pakistani forces attacked an Islamic group known as
Lashkare Islam in the Bara area. There was no fighting but
Pakistan said it had killed 23 "militants" and captured
their post.
Taliban Taking Over Bajaur Again: Pak Jet Fighters Attack
Nov. 22: Pakistani jet fighters [provided by the US] bombed
the Momand area of Bajaur province for two hours killing 5
Islamic militants, two of whom were said to be from Arab
countries. Meanwhile poorly armed Pak Taliban were preparng
to attack Pakistani military positions in the Khar area of
Bajaur when they were hit by Pak artillery and lost 11
killed according to Pak army.
[According to the Urdu daily Ausaf, Nov. 14, the Momand
Tehsil of Bajaur has been under military curfew for THREE
MONTHS.]
Latest: Curfew has been imposed on Khar to stop population
helping Taliban. [Nov.24]
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