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Nine U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq, toll for April rises to 99
Malaysia Sun Saturday 28th April, 2007
The U.S. Defense Department has confirmed the deaths of nine American soldiers in Iraq.
Three servicemembers lost their lives Saturday when their patrol was hit by a roadside bombing southeast of Baghdad.
Five U.S. soldiers were killed Friday in combat in Al Anbar province, while another soldier died in another roadside bombing south of Baghdad.
The latest deaths took the number of U.S. servicemembers killed in Iraq in April to 99.
Elsewhere, a car bomb near a Shi'ite shrine in the holy city Karbala killed at least 58 people. According to The Associated Press it was the deadliest attack in Iraq since April 18, when 127 people were killed in a car bombing near the Sadriyah market in Baghdad, one of four bombings that killed a total of 183 people in the bloodiest day since a U.S.-Iraq security operation began in the capital more than 10 weeks ago.
In all, at least 119 people were killed or found dead Saturday, including the bodies of 38 people killed execution-style — apparent victims of the so-called sectarian death squads mostly run by Shiite militias.
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| By Anonymous, 04-28-07, 10:49 PM |
Nine U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq, toll for April rises to 99Thank you Mr President! The vendetta attacks against Iraqis in your attempts to kill Saddam have squandered more lives Today!
Your Feburary 16, 2001 attempt to kill Saddam only killed and injured a few people, but their lives and injuries had great meaning for them if not you. Much like the Families of Today’s dead and injured.
You once prematurely announced your mission accomplished, but now that you have your revenge in that Saddam is now dead, How about putting an end to the killing and destroying lives as an American Agenda?
I know you have shot your mouth off about glory democracy freedom wmd and a host of other excuses, and it will look bad of you as a failure, but keeping Americans in Iraq only kills more people with no end.
How about a little egg on your face to save lives? |
| By TI, 04-29-07, 03:12 AM |
Leaving will open the entire region up to warLeaving will open the entire region up to war. Saudi Arabia just yesterday put down an attack and they supply many countries with oil. If Saudi Arabia had not put down the attack the oil prices are estimated to have gone to $150 per barrel, nearly three times its current cost. Al-Quida are still very powerful and need to be put down.
Never mind the fools who say to leave. We need to finish the job. |
| By Anonymous, 04-29-07, 03:49 AM |
| Im not sure what we should do. We keep losing more and more soldiers. I wish we knew what the soldiers wanted. I’m inclined to side with the soldiers and do what they want. Of course I’m not making the decisions but if I could I would take a vote from the soldiers. Our leaders cant agree on what course to take so maybe we should let our military decide...I dont believe we have any true leaders, its just politics and how the politicians can remain in office, that seems to be all they worry about. I hate the war but I hate the politicians more....Clinton and Obama only want to make a name for themselves at the expense of the taxpayers. Too bad we dont have any real leaders. Americans have never been more divided at a time when we should be united. Shame on the congress and the Senate. |
| By Anonymous, 04-29-07, 03:57 AM |
| Yeah the politicians suck!!!! |
| By bobbyq38@yahoo.com, 04-29-07, 02:06 PM |
ProgressThe only “progress” I can see is the progressively climb of American deaths as well as Iraqi deaths. The new stradegy is to artillery fire into the Southern part of the city. It’s only numbers to Bush so who cares if the rising death toll is caused by the opposite religious party or the arrogance of Bush. Indiscriminate shelling of an area doesn’t count in his book. It’s better to include women and children of both sects to show the “progressive” numbers of deaths which can easily be labled Al Quida and dismissed. Again, I say flood Congress with support from the Iraqi people and pray that eventually they will impeach him. |
| By Anti-Jew, 04-29-07, 09:07 PM |
Jews are the foremost problem of the Worldhttp://www.conspiracyworld.com/index0128.htm As shown here Bush is a Talmudic, DNA Jew who goes to Talmud classes.
Jews did 911 and all world wars.
www.Jew-Crime.com
Wars are Jew profit machines. |
| By kshartle, 04-29-07, 11:08 PM |
9/11 is the KeyIt’s been five years. If you still believe the fairy tale then you are part of the problem. If you have clue about 9/11 then stop wating your time talking about Iraq, or Bush or torture or whatever. Exposing 9/11 and the crimminals behind it is the only hope for this country and the world. And don’t get caught up thinking Bush was involved. He’s a stupid monkey they sent to read a goat story to children. He had as much to do with Iraq and 9/11 as any of us. Another group did it and they control ALL mass media and 95% of the “conspiracy” websites. They also have the banks and economies of most nations. Figure out on your own who that group is and then oppose them! www.iamthewitness.com is the best place I know of for info. Don’t fall for the “jews did it” crowd either. The crimminals have no religion. |
| By Mike01, 05-05-07, 12:46 AM |
Zionist Jews are the problemAmericans, your country has been stolen. Zionist Jews control ALL your media and government. It is NOT a conspiracy “theory”. Its a fact. They are using you to kill their enemies, and gain control of middle eastern oil, while at the same time weakening your own country ready for a hostile takeover. “Homeland security” boss Michael Chertoff is a Zionist Jew, as are many top level officials.
Gun control is a must for these guys. The top gun control lobbyists are all Jews. Look for yourself.
Learn before its too late. |
| By Mike01, 05-05-07, 12:46 AM |
Zionist Jews are the problemAmericans, your country has been stolen. Zionist Jews control ALL your media and government. It is NOT a conspiracy “theory”. Its a fact. They are using you to kill their enemies, and gain control of middle eastern oil, while at the same time weakening your own country ready for a hostile takeover. “Homeland security” boss Michael Chertoff is a Zionist Jew, as are many top level officials.
Gun control is a must for these guys. The top gun control lobbyists are all Jews. Look for yourself.
Learn before its too late. |
| By Mike01, 05-05-07, 12:47 AM |
Zionist Jews are the problemAmericans, your country has been stolen. Zionist Jews control ALL your media and government. It is NOT a conspiracy “theory”. Its a fact. They are using you to kill their enemies, and gain control of middle eastern oil, while at the same time weakening your own country ready for a hostile takeover. “Homeland security” boss Michael Chertoff is a Zionist Jew, as are many top level officials.
Gun control is a must for these guys. The top gun control lobbyists are all Jews. Look for yourself.
Learn before its too late. |
| By Goys_against_zionists, 05-05-07, 12:48 AM |
Zionist Jews are the problemAmericans, your country has been stolen. Zionist Jews control ALL your media and government. It is NOT a conspiracy “theory”. Its a fact. They are using you to kill their enemies, and gain control of middle eastern oil, while at the same time weakening your own country ready for a hostile takeover. “Homeland security” boss Michael Chertoff is a Zionist Jew, as are many top level officials.
Gun control is a must for these guys. The top gun control lobbyists are all Jews. Look for yourself.
Learn before its too late. |
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| By Mor, 04-29-07, 05:08 AM |
| It is said that the war in Iraq was started to free the Iraqi people. It is said that the people there are now in charge and not a dictator. It is said that America has shown them the way to democracy (whatever the hell that is). Many things were said from the side of the neck. I ask you to say something to me today that might make sense to everyone. Please tell me why we here in America are losing all our freedoms. Please tell me how the rich can start wars on inanimate objects like the war on drugs. I mean who does this war target if not the citizens in the country that declared the war, for who has possesion of the drugs? How long will it take for most Americans to notice they are losing thier freedom of speach? But don’t be afraid my people thier war on an inanimate object called terror is having a reverse effect on thier campaign against us. The more freedoms they take, the more angry we shall become. Will they call me a terrorist for exposing them? Maybe I should have kept my mouth shut and not used the freedom of speach today. |
| By wow, 04-29-07, 04:43 AM |
our true enemiesThe politician in Washington DC,the congress and senate and the media.Woweeeeeeeeeeee |
| By Sammy, 04-29-07, 04:51 AM |
What has been accomplished in Iraq?Iraq has been the slaughterhouse of the 21st Century.
A meaningless war which has destabilized civilization, instigated through lies and decit, it has promoted injustice and corruption with a great loss of innocent lives, all human principles have been broken, men turned into animals and old religious animosities have been regenerated to promote violence and chaos among the different tribes for dominance of their age old principles upon each other.
All this was started by greedy money hungry evil men who are in search of wealth at the expense of the LOSS OF INNOCENT LIVES.
Bu the moral of this episode is that those that instigated are still free without being punished by the International community, because they are so powerful and no one dares to question their evil mission of destruction.
Sammy, a free thinker. |
| By yukon, 04-29-07, 11:01 AM |
| Sammy, a free thinker.
Sorry Sammy, non-thinker is more accurate. You just regurgitate leftist tripe.
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| By yukon, 04-29-07, 10:56 AM |
Mor
;25268: It is said that the war in Iraq was started to free the Iraqi people. It is said that the people there are now in charge and not a dictator. It is said that America has shown them the way to democracy (whatever the hell that is). Many things were said from the side of the neck. I ask you to say something to me today that might make sense to everyone. Please tell me why we here in America are losing all our freedoms. Please tell me how the rich can start wars on inanimate objects like the war on drugs. I mean who does this war target if not the citizens in the country that declared the war, for who has possesion of the drugs? How long will it take for most Americans to notice they are losing thier freedom of speach? But don’t be afraid my people thier war on an inanimate object called terror is having a reverse effect on thier campaign against us. The more freedoms they take, the more angry we shall become. Will they call me a terrorist for exposing them? Maybe I should have kept my mouth shut and not used the freedom of speach today.
Please tell us what freedoms you have lost? How do you spell speech? It’s plain to see the public education system has failed you or you it. Did you learn the difference between a democracy and representative republic? Why don’t you know what the hell a democracy is? |
| By Anonymous, 04-29-07, 11:52 AM |
It would be better...To ask someone, what freedom have been gained? How have you been made better?
Instead we see a pUNDIT supporter sign its name by vomitting on us!
Well, I suppose that’s why its a wanabee, instead of the real thing! The real pUNDITS just kill and cause injury first without thinking or caring about other peoples. Their thoughts go to making more Profit!
The is a race on that All Peoples should be aware of. It is a pUNDIT rACE! to be the fIRST tRILLIONAIRE. Billionaires are theives! Tillionaires(wanabees) have turned to adding anything goes, i.e., wars murder torture, whatever it takes! First off it took control of Our Governments and Our Resources. Globalization as pUNDITS see it, Enslavement of All Peoples any way it takes! War Divison and Lies are the tools.
Fools like the uncle toms on this site are willing stooges even committed to moronic stealing of a name(galljdaj), and the gutterances of yukon. |
| By Anonymous, 04-29-07, 01:06 PM |
TI ... , COULD LEAD THE WAY!iT could take the 'Point' in the 'Fight'!
I feel we would hear strange sounds of ... bu.bu.bu.bu..... t I didn’t mean me!
Strangely the lil pUNDIT WAS AWOL, just like pUNDITS ALMOST ALWAYS ARE! They seem to like being in the Hands of the Good Hands Peoples when it comes to the real fighting! They seem to find Bunkers first, and others to do the real fighting.
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| By stalinism.org, 04-29-07, 01:38 PM |
Blood for oilAmerica attacked Iraq because Saddam Hussain applied brakes to American oil companies. Sanctions imposed by Bill Clinton made around 500000 Iraqis to starve and die. George Bush killed more than 650000 Iraqis including innocent babies. America is the supreme terrorist state of the world. America can be also called as “democratic Nazi” state. In past, American president Ronald Reagan helped Saddam Hussein against communists. Saddam even killed his own brother who was suspected as communist. Opportunist America forgot about the help of Saddam Hussein in their past anti-communist crusade (cold war) and they killed Saddam for oil. |
| By Anonymous, 04-29-07, 02:48 PM |
I see propaganda is alive and well
stalinism.org;25294: America attacked Iraq because Saddam Hussain applied brakes to American oil companies. Sanctions imposed by Bill Clinton made around 500000 Iraqis to starve and die. George Bush killed more than 650000 Iraqis including innocent babies. America is the supreme terrorist state of the world. America can be also called as “democratic Nazi” state. In past, American president Ronald Reagan helped Saddam Hussein against communists. Saddam even killed his own brother who was suspected as communist. Opportunist America forgot about the help of Saddam Hussein in their past anti-communist crusade (cold war) and they killed Saddam for oil.
Did you know Stalin Killed over 20,000,000 million people in his reign of terror?
Your numbers are inflated and incorrect your reasoning is very flawed.
Its to bad we did not cook and eat the babies what a waste. |
| By Anonymous, 04-29-07, 02:45 PM |
Won't happen
bobbyq38@yahoo.com;25295: The only “progress” I can see is the progressively climb of American deaths as well as Iraqi deaths. The new stradegy is to artillery fire into the Southern part of the city. It’s only numbers to Bush so who cares if the rising death toll is caused by the opposite religious party or the arrogance of Bush. Indiscriminate shelling of an area doesn’t count in his book. It’s better to include women and children of both sects to show the “progressive” numbers of deaths which can easily be labled Al Quida and dismissed. Again, I say flood Congress with support from the Iraqi people and pray that eventually they will impeach him.
Democrats are making money on the war as well you should put it into proper perspective. Rather then always being Bush this Bush that step back and see that very few people on the hill are doing anything but talking about ending the war.
Somehow they manage to pretend they are anti-war while still making huge profits.
Either way no one really gives two squirts of piss about Iraqis alive or dead.
They sure go out of their way to kill each other and blame it on the US either way. |
| By Profiteer, 04-29-07, 05:16 PM |
keep the war goingWe need to keep the war going, is the only way to keep dollar value, oil prices right, and holding the credit system alive ;)
We owe a lot of trillions around the world, and China is the biggest treasure bonds holder of the world, we wouldn’t want her to collect the receipt...
we need our boy’s blood to keep fueling our credit cards. |
| By stalinism.org, 04-29-07, 05:38 PM |
Killing own friendsFascists and imperialists even kill their own friends after using them for their selfish desires. So, American democratic Nazis killed Saddam Hussein though he helped them in their anti-communist crusade. |
| By Sammy, 04-29-07, 07:45 PM |
The American opportunity for the poor sure has changed from the past generationsAnonymous
04-29-07, 10:45 AM
Yes you are correct Democrats as well as Republicans are making a lot of money in these wars, and no matter how you cut it, they are there to keep these wars going.
Otherwise there would be a serious anti-war movement which surely would stop these useless conflicts in which many innocent lives are being lost daily.
But it seems that the promoters of these conflicts value monetary interests more than human lives.
Also with these conflicts many poor people are being either killed or having a chance to escape from poverty by enlisting in the military with a lucritive pay that would settle their financial problems if they come out alive.
But let us do not forget that the ones that volonteer to join the military are generally from the low economic sector of the American society, and to them this is the land of opportunity, yes the opportunity to be killed or to become wealthy becoming paid killers under the Bush regeme and at the same time having a chance to obtain US citizenship trough serving in the US armed forces.
So these are the American opportunities that the Bush administration is proposing and offering at the moment, sell your blood for money or kill or be killed.
Sammy |
| By Pontotoc Bill, 05-01-07, 04:28 PM |
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stalinism.org;25316: Fascists and imperialists even kill their own friends after using them for their selfish desires. So, American democratic Nazis killed Saddam Hussein though he helped them in their anti-communist crusade.
And Stalin didn’t? He is responsible for the deaths of many Old Bolsheviks wh helped Stalin to power. Then murdered somewhere in the vicinity of 20 million Russians. Hitler was a piker and copycat of Stalin. |
| By yukon, 05-01-07, 02:05 AM |
Sammy
Sammy;25330: Anonymous
04-29-07, 10:45 AM
But let us do not forget that the ones that volonteer to join the military are generally from the low economic sector of the American society, and to them this is the land of opportunity, yes the opportunity to be killed or to become wealthy becoming paid killers under the Bush regeme and at the same time having a chance to obtain US citizenship trough serving in the US armed forces.
Sammy
Geez Sammy, now you sound like that airhead John French Kerry LOL
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| By yukon, 05-01-07, 01:58 AM |
Anti-Jew
;25334: http://www.conspiracyworld.com/index0128.htm As shown here Bush is a Talmudic, DNA Jew who goes to Talmud classes.
Jews did 911 and all world wars.
www.Jew-Crime.com
Wars are Jew profit machines.
What cave did you crawl out of crackpot? Conspiracy World? |
| By Anonymous, 05-01-07, 04:20 AM |
You gotta be kidding about that site
kshartle;25348: It’s been five years. If you still believe the fairy tale then you are part of the problem. If you have clue about 9/11 then stop wating your time talking about Iraq, or Bush or torture or whatever. Exposing 9/11 and the crimminals behind it is the only hope for this country and the world. And don’t get caught up thinking Bush was involved. He’s a stupid monkey they sent to read a goat story to children. He had as much to do with Iraq and 9/11 as any of us. Another group did it and they control ALL mass media and 95% of the “conspiracy” websites. They also have the banks and economies of most nations. Figure out on your own who that group is and then oppose them! www.iamthewitness.com is the best place I know of for info. Don’t fall for the “jews did it” crowd either. The crimminals have no religion.
LOL So many stupid people so much time. |
| By Anonymous, 05-05-07, 02:56 AM |
moreSaudi moneybags has become Crimson sugar daddy, Hoya honey pot and Fox News policy maker
http://www.sullivan-county.com/id4/west121905.htm
By Diana West
There’s one good thing about the news that Alwaleed bin Talal, the richest Saudi prince in the world, just bought Harvard and Georgetown universities — or, at least buried them up to their ivy in $40 million.
It gives everybody reason to relive a McAuliffe moment. McAuliffe, of course, was Gen. Anthony C. McAuliffe, who, in response to a Nazi invitation to surrender during the 1944 Battle of the Bulge, sent back a one-word reply: “NUTS."
In kindred spirit, but in a very different war, Rudy Giuliani gave the United States a McAuliffe moment after he realized that Mr. Alwaleed’s $10 million donation to help rebuild the Twin Towers after 9/11 was in fact the price of principle. Having signed his hefty check, Mr. Alwaleed spoke his nasty piece: basically, that the United States had it coming — “it” being 9/11 — given America’s support of Israel.
Rudy didn’t say “nuts," but he immediately returned the money. “Not only are those statements wrong," Mr. Giuliani said, “they’re part of the problem." Sigh. That was then. Now, Mr. “Part of the Problem” is a Crimson sugar daddy, a Hoya honey pot, whose millions will buy a colossal expansion of Saudi-friendly Islamic studies at the heart of the Ivy League and inside the Beltway.
Smart. Not that anybody ever said a man worth $23.7 billion wasn’t smart. But Mr. Alwaleed explains his largesse this way: “Bridging the understanding between East and West is important for peace and tolerance." Funny how that bridge goes only one-way. We won’t ever, for example, see a Saudi prince (or anyone else) plunk down cold cash to expand — or even establish — Christian studies in Saudi Arabia, where exercising freedom of a non-Islamic religion is a crime.
This doesn’t stop Mr. Alwaleed from chattering about “bridges between East and West." Maybe that’s because, as a mega-mogul of the East with major holdings in the West, he crosses them all the time.
Take his media holdings. In the West, they include a sizeable stake in Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation, which owns Fox News, “fair and balanced” pride of any parent company. And Mr. Alwaleed takes pride — pride of ownership, anyway — in Fox as well. “During last month’s street protests in France," he bragged to an audience at a Dubai media conference, according to Middle East Online, “Fox ran a banner saying: 'Muslim riots.' I picked up the phone and called Murdoch” — Rupert — “to tell him these are not Muslim riots, these are riots out of poverty. Within 30 minutes," the prince recalled, “the title was changed from 'Muslim riots' to 'civil riots.'"
I guess money — oops, I mean, peace and tolerance — talks. Why else, as noted by Accuracy in Media (AIM), would News Corporation’s Harper Collins have published the prince’s “authorized biography”? In the DVD documentary accompanying the book — a royal bonus — Rupert Murdoch makes a cameo appearance (presumably “authorized”) to praise Mr. Alwaleed, dismissing Mr. Giuliani’s rejection as so much “politics."
Mr. Murdoch might well have added that not everyone is too proud to take the prince’s, well, princely sums. In 2002, Mr. Alwaleed contributed $27 million to a Saudi government telethon that raised more than $100 million for the families of Palestinian “martyrs." Like Harvard and Georgetown — like Andover ($500,000), like the Carter Center ($5 million) — no Hamas or Al Aqsa alums or legacies (survivors?) were about to give any bucks back.
And why should they? Harvard may have a record of Arab gifts gone wrong, including a $2.5 million donation the divinity school returned following revelations of the donor’s anti-Semitic, anti-American leanings. “But," as the Boston Globe noted, “problems with the Alwaleed donation do not seem probable."
Here’s one. Prince “Crimson bin Hoya” is now not only one of American academia’s most generous benefactors ever, he’s co-owner of ART TV network, the Saudi company that includes what Steven Stalinsky of the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) has described in the New York Sun as “the anti-American, anti-Semitic, pro-Jihad Arabic TV channel Iqra."
That’s putting it mildly. Programming, Mr. Stalinsky writes, includes telethons — the notorious terrorist fundraiser (mentioned above) of 2002, and an August 2005 fundraiser for “Jihad in Palestine”; lectures that endorse suicide bombing and exhort Muslims to triumph over the West by the “slitting of throats and shattering skulls”; 9/11 conspiracy theories blaming the United States, Israel and the Vatican; children’s shows that instruct parents to teach their children to pray for “martyrdom”; a soap opera with Jews casting spells on Muhammad; and talk shows on wife-beating. I’d say it’s about time Rupert picked up the phone.
As for Harvard and Georgetown — NUTS. |
| By Anonymous, 05-05-07, 02:49 AM |
Another muslim dog barks at the moon!
Mike01;25981: Americans, your country has been stolen. Zionist Jews control ALL your media and government. It is NOT a conspiracy “theory”. Its a fact. They are using you to kill their enemies, and gain control of middle eastern oil, while at the same time weakening your own country ready for a hostile takeover. “Homeland security” boss Michael Chertoff is a Zionist Jew, as are many top level officials.
Gun control is a must for these guys. The top gun control lobbyists are all Jews. Look for yourself.
Learn before its too late.
http://www.americanthinker.com/2004/03/the_saudi_war_on_george_bush.html
March 10, 2004
The Saudi War on George Bush
By Ed Lasky
Saudi Arabia has launched an undeclared war on George W. Bush. This simple fact must be understood by policy and strategy elites, the press, and the general electorate. Otherwise, the Saudis may well succeed in their tacit campaign to sabotage the long term success of America’s war on terror, by engineering the electoral defeat of George W. Bush in November.
President Bush has provoked this response by proclaiming his intention to encourage democracy and liberalism in the Middle East, liberate the Arab masses from despotic rule, bring peace and prosperity to the region, and halt the spread of militant Islamic terror groups. Unlike past Presidents who, in varying degrees, paid lip service to these ideals, President Bush has acted decisively on them. His politically perilous actions, such as his invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq, his conditioning support for a Palestinian state on the cessation of terror, corruption, and dictatorship, and his active promotion and support for liberal groups in the Arab world, have aroused Saudi fears and provoked a quiet counterattack.
George W. Bush seriously disrupted the previous cozy relationship that Saudi Arabia historically enjoyed with the Bush family —— and with Washington power brokers, in general. The Saudis feel that their family’s absolute rule over the kingdom may be endangered, and that their efforts to spread their virulent brand of Islam, Wahabbism, may be curtailed by the current Administration. The Saudi royals may well feel abandoned, and in their disillusionment have resolved to prevent a second term for George W. Bush.
The Saudis traditionally had a symbiotic relationship with the Bush family and with George H.W. Bush’s coterie among the policy elites of the Republican Party. The largesse of the Saudi royal family is legendary. The Saudi Ambassador to the United States, Prince Bander bin Sultan, has boasted of his success in cultivating powerful Americans:
If the reputation then builds that the Saudis take care of friends when they leave office, you would be surprised how much better friends you have who are just coming into office.
The list of ex—office holders who propagate pro—Saudi spin is a long and disgraceful one. Hume Horan is an ex—Ambassador to Saudi Arabia who is a noble exception to the rule. He says this of his former colleagues who are now on the Saudi dole:
There have been some people who really do go on the Saudi payroll and work as advisors and consultants. Prince Bandar is very good about massaging and promoting relationships like that.
This phenomenon becomes self—evident in charting the history of Bush I and his White House staffers. Former President Bush I traveled the lecture circuit in Arab lands, earning upwards of $100,000 an appearance. Sentiment—tinged gifts to his Presidential Library and $500,000 to fund a scholarship in his name at Phillips Academy Andover (son George W’s preparatory school, not coincidentally) are certainly important, but pale in comparison to his profits from participating in the Carlyle Group.
The Carlyle Group is a supremely successful merchant bank, which also has James Baker (Bush I consiglieri) and Brent Scowcroft (Bush I National Security Adviser) as partners. This particular investment group has enjoyed access to investment funds from the Saudi royal family. Undoubtedly, the triumvirate of former officials, none of them previously renowned for investment prowess, has handsomely prospered from the arrangement.
One—sided relationships are fleeting and rare in the political world, and one is entitled to ask what the Saudis have received in return for their munificent gestures. Publicly, James Baker and Brent Scowcroft have written editorials critical of the approach Bush II has taken towards the Middle East (particularly his support for Israel and regime change in the dictatorships that rule the Arab world). The New York Times reported in 2001 that Bush I had phoned the Saudis in Bush IIs’s presence, and assured them that his son would do the 'right thing' with regard to the Israeli—Palestinian conflict. Presumably, this meant pressuring the Israelis.
This sort of arrangement, a comforting one for the Saudis, whose sybaritic lifestyles promoted a level of comfort unknown to all but a few human beings in the history of mankind, began to end as the two Boeing 767s approached the World Trade Center on that fateful morning over two years ago.
The terror attacks convinced George W. Bush that America’s approach to the Middle East needed to be drastically changed, to ensure America’s safety. His campaign to oust the Taliban from theocratic rule in Afghanistan and his defeat of Saddam Hussein sent a message to the Saudis that 'business as usual' was a thing of the past. In calling for liberalism throughout the Arab world and for the acceptance of other religions, Bush challenged the support structure of the Saudi royal family, whose legitimacy is predicated on their role as defender of Islam’s holy sites and propagator of the faith.
Much more importantly, in severing the ties that once bound, Bush II has declared that the ties of filial duty, which both animate and constrain the dynamics of the Saudi royal family, do not matter so much in his family. Not anymore, at least, no matter what the former appearances. In doing so, George Bush has become an apostate to the Saudis. It is not merely a matter of interests, but rather an issue of deep principle, fundamentally linked to their own way of life, and to their survival.
From the vantage point of the Saudis, Bush II is not just unreliable, but also a danger. He is a self—identified born—again Christian, and is closely allied with the religious wing of the Republican Party. In a theocratic nation which forbids the practice of Christianity, a leader linked to rival religion is anathema. In their eyes (as well as those of some of President Bush’s most ardent opponents) he may seem to be something of a theocrat himself, but from a longstanding historical rival religion.
When the President’s Christian moorings are combined with the exaggerated role that Jewish neo—cons supposedly have in the White House (once again the fevered imaginations of the Saudis bear some resemblance to those of the President’s most extreme domestic antagonists), trouble of the most fundamental sort looms for their regime. All along, the fanatic Wahabbi wing of the clergy has preached that a holy war exists with the West, and that accommodation with the infidels can only be a tactical pause in the eventual all—out war. From their perspective, it is easy to understand why George W. Bush —— the Christian 'puppet of the Jews,' and thus the embodiment of Wahabbi nightmares —— needs to be removed from office.
How have the Saudis acted to destroy George Bush’s political career? By using the 'oil weapon' to torpedo the American economy over the next eight months, and thereby weaken electoral support for George W. Bush’s candidacy in November.
The Saudis have traditionally been a swing producer within OPEC, acting to ensure oil prices remain 'just so —— not too high, not too low' by increasing or decreasing their marginal production. Oil prices which are too high may encourage conservation and the development of alternative energy supplies. Prices which are too high also weaken the Western economies where Saudi Arabia’s investments must be parked.
However, this historical concern seems to have been trumped by Saudi short term desires to inflict as much pain on the American economy as it can, by raising oil prices in the run—up to November.
By restricting OPEC output since the end of hostilities in Iraq, the Saudis have forced oil prices up over the past several months. The American economic recovery is being slowly, almost imperceptibly, throttled. From a low of $23.61 per barrel in May, 2003, average crude oil prices have risen rather steadily, to $31.03 last month, up nearly one—third in eight months. If this rate of increase continues over the next eight months, the economic consequences for America will be grim.
Jobs are not being created at the expected rate, and increasing voter dissatisfaction with the President is shown in public opinion polling, with jobs and the economy heading the list of concerns. Additionally, the Saudis may have been reducing their holdings of petrodollars and converting them into non—dollar denominated assets. This has hurt the value of the dollar. Money flows are difficult to follow, and currency manipulation may have unintended consequences, but a proxy for the Saudi desire to hurt America may be seen in the increasing number of oil field contracts going to non—US companies.
The other factor which may hurt Bush’s chances for reelection is the situation in Iraq. Terrorists have been streaming in from Saudi Arabia, to wreak havoc and fund terror groups, despite protestations to the contrary by Saudi spinmeisters. Although attacks have been trending downward, an increase over the next several months would trigger renewed cries of 'quagmire!'
On the domestic front, Saudi—funded think tanks such as the Meridian International Center and the Middle East Institute have been a fount of op—ed writers and experts on cable news channels, who criticize President Bush. The Middle East Institute (headed by ex—Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Edward Walker) is the home of one of President Bush’s fiercest critics, Joseph Wilson. Mr. Wilson was at the center of a scandal that plagued the White House when Wilson charged that the White House had leaked to columnist Robert Novak the information that Wilson’s wife was a CIA agent, thereby putatively endangering her.
Wilson has proudly declared that his goal in life is to destroy George Bush’s Presidency. It is telling that this man, who has no campaign experience, was recently hired by the Kerry campaign. Given that Wilson is also a fierce critic of Israel, the Saudis seem to have spent their money wisely.
The Saudis require stealth for their plan to succeed. They cannot be seen to be suddenly, openly, and catastrophically retaliating against President Bush, as OPEC did with its 1973 oil boycott in the wake of Israeli victory in war. The American public is in no mood to be pushed around by feudal Arab regimes. Instead, they have opted to quietly tighten the noose on the American economy, hoping to escape public blame.
The Bush Administration, which still needs to deal with the Saudis, and many other repressive Arab regimes on the receiving end of Saudi largesse, undoubtedly perceives what is going on, but is constrained by the norms of diplomacy from openly acknowledging the reality of the situation. Voices urging accommodation with the Saudis are still heard within the State Department and elsewhere in the foreign policy apparatus.
Neither the Bush Administration nor the Saudis can afford to have explicit and open conflict disrupt important ongoing common interests. Third parties also depend on the smooth flow of oil to markets. Nobody wants a cessation of Saudi oil exports or any other extreme measures, which could cripple America economically, and disrupt our military readiness, not to mention the disastrous consequences for poorer countries.
Nevertheless, it appears to be the case that the Saudis are engaged in a silent slow motion war with George W. Bush’s Administration, aimed at limiting his Presidency to a single term. If they continue with this plan, Republicans can take nothing for granted in November |
| By Anonymous, 05-05-07, 02:54 AM |
Saudi prince ups News Corp stakeSaudi prince ups News Corp stake
Chris Tryhorn, City correspondent
Tuesday September 6, 2005
MediaGuardian.co.uk
Prince Alwaleed bin Talal: repeated his support for Mr Murdoch when buying further shares. Photograph: Stan Honda/AP
Rupert Murdoch’s efforts to retain control over his News Corp media empire were boosted today when a billionaire Saudi prince upped his stake in the company.
Prince Alwaleed bin Talal now has 5.46% of voting shares in News Corp through his investment company, Kingdom, replacing a 3% stake in non-voting shares he held previously.
The prince repeated his support for Mr Murdoch, whose grip on the company through his family’s 30% shareholding has been threatened since rival media mogul John Malone built up an 18% stake earlier in the year.
“Last November I said that I had the utmost confidence in Mr Murdoch, his management team and his succession planning, and that if necessary, the Kingdom companies would replace their non-voting shares with voting shares," Prince Alwaleed said in a statement today.
“The Kingdom companies now own a significant interest in News Corporation voting shares and may purchase more if the situation warrants."
Mr Malone said recently he would like to add to his stake, but News Corp has put in place a “poison pill” plan to stop him.
This has angered many investors, who believe the company promised not to extend the plan without asking their opinion.
Mr Murdoch intends to keep News Corp in family hands, with the most likely successor being his 32-year-old son James, the chief executive of satellite TV company BSkyB
This prince owns 19% or Rupert Murdochs holdings in news media as of today! What was that about Jews? |
| By Anonymous, 05-05-07, 03:00 AM |
Huge lobbyist groupDangerous group is slowly gaining control of what we see and hear on the media. See funding and who has a controlling interest in this lobbysit group.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council_on_American-Islamic_Relations
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) is an advocacy group which seeks “to enhance understanding of Islam, encourage dialogue, protect civil liberties, empower American Muslims, and build coalitions that promote justice and mutual understanding.“[1]
CAIR is a major non-profit, non-governmental, Muslim organization in North America, funded by American Muslims and also in significant part by sources with connections to Arab Middle Eastern governments.[2] Critics have accused the group of being associated with Islamic extremism.[2]
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Headquartered in Washington, D.C., with 32 regional offices and chapters in the U.S. and Canada, CAIR was founded in 1994 by Nihad Awad, Omar Ahmad, and Rafeeq Jaber[3][4] of the Islamic Association of Palestine ) with funding from the Hamas group Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development.[5] The Holy Land Foundation was later closed as a money-laundering scheme for terrorist support. Hamas is still denominated as a “Designated Foreign Terrorist Organization” by the United States Department of State. [1]
CAIR’s literature claims its vision as a Muslim civil liberties and advocacy group is to build coalitions that promote justice and mutual understanding.[6] Its mission is based on 3 core goals – enhancing understanding of Islam, promoting Islamic justice [2][3]and empowering American Muslims.
CAIR works in close cooperation with other civic and civil liberties groups such as the American Civil Liberties Union, Amnesty International, NAACP, Hispanic Unity, Organization of Chinese Americans, Japanese American Citizens League, Sikh Mediawatch and Resource Task Force, among many others. In 2003, the Ohio chapter of the ACLU gave its annual Liberty Flame Award to the Ohio chapter of CAIR “for contributions to the advancement and protection of civil liberties." [4].
CAIR has successfully formed partnership with the National Council of Churches and held dialogue with representatives of the National Association of Evangelicals.
CAIR has been critical of a number of U.S. criminal prosecutions, arguing, for example in one of many cases, that Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman, deemed the ringleader of the World Trade Center bombing in 1993, and convicted of conspiring to blow up the Lincoln Tunnel and other New York City landmarks, did not receive a fair trial.
CAIR commonly works to defend supposed “Islamic Charities” accused of sending money to terrorist groups in the Middle East. CAIR has issued a statement condemning the most recent indictments against members of the Islamic American Relief Agency, the American branch of which was closed in 2004 after being declared a global terrorist organization. [5]
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In 1999, the Islamic Development Bank gave a 250,000 US dollar grant to CAIR to purchase land for a national headquarters.[7]
In 2002, the World Association for Muslim Youth (WAMY), a Saudi government-funded organization, financed a 2002 weekly advertising campaign in American publications estimated to be worth $1.04 million dollars[8]
In 2003, Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal donated $500,000 to place books in US libraries.
In 2006, Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai and UAE Minister of Finance and Industry, financed the building of a property in the US to serve as an endowment for the organization.[9] This gift is thought to generate income of approximately 3 million US dollars a year.
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CAIR claims that it works to promote a positive image of Islam and Muslims in America through media relations, lobbying, education, and public advocacy. CAIR tries to get a Muslim voice represented in the media, and to present American Muslims' side of issues in current events. Its members often appear on news programs when a story involves Muslims in America. Over the years, CAIR has become an often-cited source for journalists who are seeking input or a quote from Muslim leaders or the Muslim community.[citation needed]
CAIR issues “Action Alerts” to its online subscribers to call attention to hate crimes or harsh statements against Islam and Muslims in the media. Often, it will encourage a letter-writing campaign to ask politicians or editors to condemn hate speech. It also publishes positive reports of interfaith cooperation and examples of businesses that reach out to Muslims, and often asks the subscribers to write letters of gratitude to those leaders and companies.[citation needed]
CAIR also focuses on the civil rights of Muslims in America. It advocates on behalf of Muslims and others who have experienced religious discrimination, defamation, or hate crimes. It often mediates with employers to ensure that companies respect the religious rights of their Muslim workers, such as the right to wear a hijab at work or get time off for Islamic holidays.[citation needed]
CAIR also conducts research on the American Muslim community, releasing annual reports on civil rights and statistics on the Muslim community. It also sponsors voter registration drives in communities and outreach and interfaith relations with other religious groups in America.
After 9/11 Americans en masse took an increasing interest in Islam. CAIR created a “library project” which sold packages of educational books and tapes about Islam (over $300 worth per library) for donation to public libraries in the United States. In 2002 Saudi Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal donated $500,000 to CAIR to support the program. [6] The Washington Times noted in 2003 that although CAIR claimed to have sent 37 packets, the city had received only one.[7] The libraryproject.org page was last updated in 2005 and the domain became defunct.
CAIR coordinated the release of a fatwa (religious pronouncement) that stated in part, “Islam strictly condemns religious extremism and the use of violence against innocent lives. There is no justification in Islam for extremism or terrorism. Targeting civilians' life and property through suicide bombings or any other method of attack is haram or forbidden - and those who commit these barbaric acts are criminals, not martyrs.”
In 2005, following retracted media reports of the desecration of the Quran at Camp Delta in the Guantanamo Bay detainment camp, as well as negative stereotypes against Islam in the media, CAIR started an “Explore the Quran” campaign, intended to promote understanding of the Quran by distributing complimentary copies to any interested member of the American public.
In 2006, during the worldwide Muslim outrage over the publication of cartoons visually depicting the Prophet Muhammad, CAIR responded by launching an educational program “Explore the Life of Muhammad” aimed at providing free copies of a DVD or book about the life of the Muhammad to any person who requests it. Over 16,000 requests were received as of September 2006.
In June 2006, CAIR announced a $50 million project to influence the American media ($10 million per year for five years). According to the article, the project will be spearheaded by Paul Findleya former US Congressman. Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal was going to be contacted to help fund the project. [8]
[edit] Disputes and dialogue
CAIR has criticized several recent films and television shows featuring Muslim terrorists. For instance, it lobbied against the film The Sum of All Fears in a campaign lasting two years, during which time CAIR was in contact with Paramount Pictures and Mace Neufeld.[9] The campaign was ultimately successful and the Islamist terrorists which had featured in the original book were replaced with neo-Nazis in the film version.
CAIR also issued a complaint on September 29, 2005, following an ad for the Bell/Boeing CV-22 aircraft which portrayed soldiers storming a mosque.[10] The following day, Boeing sent a formal apology to CAIR, and Bell and the National Journal contacted CAIR to express their regret.[11]
On January 26, 2006, CAIR issued a complaint following a segment on Los Angeles radio program The Bill Handel Show which allegedly mocked the deaths of Muslims in a recent Hajj stampede.[12] CAIR had been monitoring the program for “anti-Muslim material” and had previously filed complaints over another inflammatory incident in 2004, which resulted in a formal apology issued on-air by the station (KFI).[13]
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Main article: Criticism of the Council on American-Islamic Relations
CAIR has received criticism from a number of both governmental and non-governmental sources, for actions it has taken and people and organizations it has been involved with.
Critics have accused CAIR of having ties to terrorist organizations, and of “pursuing an extreme Islamist political agenda”.[2][10][11][12][13][14][15] As of 2006, at least four former CAIR officials have been charged with terrorism-related offenses. Critics claim CAIR is a spin-off of the Islamic Association for Palestine, which is alleged to be a “front group” for Hamas.[16]
Critics have also taken aim at CAIR’s fundraising and sources of funds. Shortly after the 9/11 attacks, CAIR’s website solicited donations for what it called the “NY/DC Emergency Relief Fund.“[17] However, clicking on the donation link led to the web site for Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development (HLF).[17][18] Later that year, HLF was later designated as a terrorist organization by the European Union and U.S. because of alleged connections to Hamas, and shut down by executive order.
CAIR has also been accused of doctoring photographs and reporting fraudulent statistics about the Muslim population of the United States in support of its own private agenda. Finally, another source of criticism is that CAIR attempts to suppress criticism of Islamic terrorism and intolerance through accusations of racism and anti-Muslim bias.
Investor’s Business Daily publicly condemned CAIR as being “the PR machine of militant Islam” after CAIR “dispatched its henchmen” to try to shut down the first Secular Islam Summit. [14]
Among the numerous books donated to libraries in CAIR’s “library project” was former congressman Paul Findley’s 'Silent No More', which includes positive statements about convicted terrorist Abdul Rahman al-Amoudi.[19]
What were you baying about?? Ah yes how the Jews control the media. |
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