Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Ahmadinejad Gives Obama "Cold Shoulder"

President Obama has made a start at trying to "change" American Middle East policy. Admittedly, different people see that change differently. Some of the right see a weak Obama pandering to the "Arab Street." Some on the left think that Obama's policies are starting to look like "Bush III." The harshest foreign critics of Obama have been the al Qaeda leaders, the Iranian leadership, and assorted Islamists.

Iranian President Ahmadinejad today offered his reaction to Obama's interview on al-Arabbiya. Different agencies reported it very differently. The Reuters headline was: "Iran Tells US to Show Change in Policy Not Tactics." The Tehran Times announced: "Iran welcomes change in U.S. foreign policy: Ahmadinejad." The IRNA so far has nothing on the story, but does cover a response from a lower-level Iranian official. . The Fars News Agency carried the harshest headline: "Ahmadinejad: US Should Apologize to Iran to Show 'Change.'"

What, in fact, did Ahmadinejad actually say? (Bolding mine)


TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called on the new US administration to extend an apology to Tehran if it really intends to put Obama's campaign slogan of "change" into practice.

"The people who want to make changes in the US should apologize to the Iranian nation and compensate for their crimes against the Iranians" Ahmadinejad said during his tour of the western Iranian province of Kermanshah on Wednesday. "We welcome change provided that it will be fundamental and in the correct direction, otherwise the world should know that if any one even with new words but with Mr. Bush's literature, spirit and aggressiveness wants to speak with Iranians, their response is the one they have stressed for years," he added.


Ahmadinejad further noted inauguration of the new US administration, and stressed, "The fact that a new administration with the slogan of 'change' has come to power and said that it wants to change US policies is good as Mr. Bush's policies were inhumane, immoral and alien to the prophets' teachings." "They say we want to make changes but change can occur in two forms: One form is basic change and the other form is tactical change and changing the words they use which is political warfare," the Iranian president said. Noting that change means not interfering in other countries affairs, he reiterated, "Mr. Bush humiliated the US nation, wiretapped their phone calls and did whatever he wanted (to do) without soliciting them." A real change, Ahmadinejad said, is a change in policies which means "removing pressure from the American people and allowing them to freely decide about their fate".

Didn't we just have an election? That last line may seem cryptic, but it's not. Can you guess whom Mahmoud Ahmadinejad believes is pressuring the American people and whose control needs to be ended? Hmmm? It can't be the Republicans or Neocons, because the Democrats control the House, Senate, and Presidency. Bush is home in Texas. The Congressional Black Caucus? NOW? Who could it be except--THE JEWS! After all, given all the other wacky theories Adhmadinejad holds, I'm sure he's convinced Rahm Emmanuel, Obama's chief-of-staff, is a Mossad agent. See it here!




Tuesday, January 27, 2009

One for the Books!!!! Puke Alert!

This is the most disgusting overtly anti-Semitic video I've yet to see coming out of the Islamic world. You have to register to see the clip. It's worth it, assuming you have a strong stomach. Bolding is mine.

This "cleric's" history and timeline is messed up; there are far too many errors to annotate. But he at least doesn't deny that there was a holocaust. Unfortunately, he looks to it as a model that Muslims should emulate!

Keep in mind that this guy is an Islamic "religious leader," who is being broadcast on Egyptian TV.

I'm beginning to see the power of anti-Semitism. It makes life so simple. You don't have to bother studying history, political science, economics, or anything else. If a problem arises you "Blame the Jews." "Death to the Jews!" It's all in the Qur'an.

January 26, 2009
Clip No. 1999


Egyptian Cleric Amin Al-Ansari Justifies the Holocaust, Airs Footage, and Declares: "This Is What We Hope Will Happen But, Allah Willing, at the Hand of the Muslims" WARNING: Extremely Disturbing Holocaust Footage
Following are excerpts from a show featuring Egyptian cleric Amin Al-Ansari, which aired on Al-Rahma TV on January 26, 2009.

Warning: The show contains extremely disturbing Holocaust footage.

Amin Al-Ansari: Let us examine the civil strife the Jews have caused throughout the world. Of course, we know what problems they caused the Muslims. They have always been like that, but in modern times, they only turned to the Muslims [relatively] late. They went around the world – to the East and West – because they love money, and the West was full of money – in England, France, Germany, and of course, in America, which was still a new country. This was 200 years ago. They focused on these places, and this is why they have spread in America and control the money. They immigrate to any place where there was money.

The Jews spread corruption in the land during World Wars I and II. Let me tell you a very short story, so that you understand their way of thinking. The Jews do not know how to climb from the bottom up. They do not want to meet poor people, and then climb up, in order to reach the rulers of any country. Instead, they go straight to the rulers.

In the 19th century, there was a man called Herzl, who was a scientist and had nothing to do with politics. [I don't know what he's talking about.] What did this Theodor Herzl do? He used explosives to invent a weapon. He could have invented anything else – something that would benefit the world – but no, he had to invent explosives, bombs, and missiles. Annihilation underlies their ideology. This Theodor Herzl looked for the most powerful country in the world back then. It was England, which was occupying India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Egypt, and so on. So he became close to the British prime minister, and said to him: I’ve invented something that could benefit you in your colonialist wars. [At the time of his death in 1904 Herzl was pushing for a Jewish homeland in Uganda, not Palestine.]

Balfour promised them [in fact, he did not] a state for the Jews in the land of Palestine. So the Jews began channeling all their loyalty and support to England. They began traveling all over the world in support of England. What did they do? They waged World War I, and tried to crush all the forces that were fighting England, such as Germany and other countries. They spread corruption in the land – in Czechoslovakia, in Germany, and in the republics of the USSR [Czechoslovakia and the USSR did not exist during World War I].

The corruption spread by the Jews was very great. Very great. It got to the point that the rulers themselves had no solution but to annihilate them. This was said even by the rulers of America themselves. You see that America supports Israel, but this is partly because it hates and fears Israel, since the [Jews] are corruptors. Most of the U.S. rulers said to the American people: We’d better give them a place of their own, and keep them and their evil at bay from our European countries. They wanted to places them in a country of their own, far from anything to do with the European peoples.

In a nutshell, the holocausts of the Jews in Germany were because of their own deeds. They were killing Germans, kindling civil strife, inciting the people against their rulers, and corrupting the peoples. “Every time they kindle the fire of war, Allah extinguishes it.” Let me show you what corruption they caused, and what damage they inflicted upon all the countries of the world – upon peoples and governments alike. Let’s watch the holocaust that the Jews underwent, which were Allah’s way of wreaking vengeance upon them. Let’s watch what the German people, or the German army, did to them. This is, of course, a part of the corruption of Germany by the Jews.

Amin Al-Ansari gives running commentary against the backdrop of Holocaust footage

This is the Germany army. It is clear. These are children in the German army. Consecutive wars, which lasted many years, annihilated the people, so the Germans began using children as soldiers.

Look, this is Berlin. The German cities were bombed from all directions, because of the Jews, who were destroying countries... Observe the great similarity between Gaza and the German streets back then, even though Germany is a very large country.

These people like to spread corruption, and when they can’t, they look for those who can, and encourage them to do it. Back in those days, it was England that they encouraged to spread corruption. This is Germany, and this is the destruction it suffered in 1945.

Observe these cities, and think about what exactly is happening. These are the armies that Israel encouraged to corrupt and destroy the German army and country. See the rubble and the dead people on the ground. The world was dying – country and civilization was being annihilated. This is what the Jews did. The Germans were, of course, strong. When they realized that the Jews were behind all this, they took revenge on them. They were not weak, as the Muslims are today. They had something different in mind. Let’s watch what Germany did to Israel – or rather, to the Jews – so we can understand that there is no remedy for these people, other than imposing fear and terror on them.

There is one language that the Jews understand – the language of force. If you are stronger than them, they are afraid of you. That is why Allah said: “They fear you in their hearts more than Allah.” Allah said: “Prepare for them whatever force and steeds of war you can, to strike terror in the hearts of Allah’s enemies and your enemies.” The Jews is afraid of you more than he is afraid of God. When the Germans revealed the treachery and the war of the Jews against them, and the fact that they were spreading corruption in their country – let us watch how oppressors are killed by the people they oppressed.

What we have here are German graves, but let’s watch what the Germans do to the Jews. These are corpses of dead humans and the shattered bones of Jews. Here we have a crematorium, in which the Jews were burnt. These are Jews who are being prepared to be burnt. Look, these are Jews dying of hunger or by gas. Look how they round them up and put them on trucks. Note the humiliation on his face, Allah be praised. “Abasement and humiliation were brought down upon them, and they became deserving of Allah’s wrath.”

Look what starvation [the Germans] inflicted upon them. Look what humiliation. These are people being buried alive. Does this look like a human being? He is placed in a ditch to be buried alive. This is a pile of bodies. Ibn Mas’oud was right... Look, this is a barbed wire, used to crush their bodies. He and five others will be hanged with a single chain. Concentrate on this, my brothers. Watch this. Look, they are tying five heads together. These are bodies. Here they are drilling a hole in his back with a nail. This child awaits his turn. Watch their humiliation. These are corpses, Allah be praised. The [Jews] are oppressors. They are being deported. Ibn Mas’oud was right when he said: “All the oppressors are killed by those they oppress.”

These are bodies, these are dead people, these are skulls. These are the bodies of the Jews being loaded like animals. Watch this tractor clearing away the corpses of the Jews, and these are the refugees awaiting their turn to be killed. A German soldier will come now, and you will see a Jewish woman kissing his hand. Notice what humiliation, fear, and terror have struck her. See how much she is kissing his hand. Watch her humiliation. This is what we hope will happen, but, Allah willing, at the hand of the Muslims.

These are the bodies of the Jews. These are oppressors. Not so long before, they were fighting these soldiers [actually, the soldiers in the video in this section are Americans who had liberated the camp], who are now standing and looking at their corpses.

Watch, my brothers. This is the German army. These are the tractors clearing away the bodies of the Jews, in order to put them in collective pits. These are the images that the Jews are now exploiting in order to make people feel sorry for them.

These holocausts and all that are a thing of the past. But they are renewing it again and again, and have even turned it into a holiday, which will be marked in a few days. They call it the Holocaust Holiday, in which they rekindle what happened to them, for the whole world to see, so that people will feel sorry for them.

They got the whole world on its feet over these holocausts, so that they can continue to extort people politically and financially forever. They like money.

[Amin al-Ansari concludes with an anti-Jewish joke]

Obama's al-Arabiya Interview

Here's President Obama's interview with al-Arabiya TV.


More Arrests in Turkey

The International Herald Tribune reports that nine security officers have been arrested in turkey on suspicion of plotting a coup against the government.

Sun Revolves around Flat Earth

Forget evidence to the contrary. Read the Qur'an!

While we wrestle with evolution and creationism, Islamic Science still wrestles with the heliocentric/geocentric debate.

I can't embed this one so you have to go to the You Tube link below.

ttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7F5kYWceTsI

Monday, January 26, 2009

Iran Seeking Ties with Zimbabwe?

Why not? Who else would offer anything to Mugabe? We're not talking about an "Axis of Evil;" we're talking about a new "Axis of Bottom Feeders!" The IRNA reports:

According to report by the Public Relations Department of Islamic Culture and Relations Organization, documentary film ‘Today Iran’ will be aired in the English language in 20 episodes each lasting 20 minutes in cooperation with Iran’s Cultural Office in Herare. The series will portray Iran’s achievements in scientific, industrial and agricultural fields.

Paks Admit Swat Lost

The Daily Times of Pakistan reports that officials admit that they've lost control of the Swat district along the north west frontier [soon to be renamed Afghania] to the Taliban.

The NWFP [Northwest Frontier Province] government has lost its writ in the volatile Swat valley, the ruling ANP [secular Awami National Party] admitted in the Senate on Monday. ANP senators Haji Adeel and Ilyas Bilour said the insurgency was spilling over to the rest of the country and would “reach Islamabad sooner than Lahore”. Bilour said Taliban had demolished more than 300 schools in the region once considered liberal. Senator Razina Alam said more than 80,000 children could not go to school and 8,000 teachers had lost their jobs. Jamat-e-Islami Senator Prof Muhammad Ibrahim criticised the military saying it too had lost its writ in Swat. “How can Taliban demolish schools and behead civilians during curfew?” he asked.

Sunday, January 25, 2009

US Tilting toward India?

There were two interesting stories today in the Times of India.

The first involved statements by Vice President Joe Biden that when the Obama administration possesses "actionable intelligence" it will attack al Qaeda targets in Pakistan. The story also confirmed that the Obama administration has decided to continue the Bush policy of allowing US forces in Afghanistan to attack relevant targets in Pakistan.

The second reported the message sent to India on Republic Day from President Obama. According to the report Obama's message noted:

As Indian people celebrate Republic Day, they should know that they have no better friend and partner than the people of the United States," Obama said. Obama, who calls India a natural ally of the US and seeks inspiration from Mahatma Gandhi, in a message said: "It is our shared values that form the bedrock of a robust relationship across people and governments. Those values and ideals provide the strength that enables us to meet any challenge, particularly from those who use violence to try to undermine our free and open societies."

Taken together, these two reports should add additional pressures on Pakistan to address the charges of the Pakistani origins for the Mumbai attack.

But there's a possible added benefit. If the Obama administration is serious about putting pressures on Iran, it will need Indian help. While Iran produces and exports crude petroleum, it is an importer of refined product and much of that comes from India. Indian companies are also involved in expanding Iranian refinery capacity. If India joined a full fledged international sanctions regime against Iran, the pressure on Tehran would be far more serious than what it's been facing during the Bush years.

Iranian MP Demands Preconditions for US Talks

Fars News Agency reports today that Majlis member Falahat Pisheh has urged that Iran demand the end of US sanctions before beginning talks between the two countries.

Referring to the new US President Barack Obama's statement about Iran in which he repeated the preconditions of Bush's government for talking with Iran, he said, "If the new US president seeks to pursue outdated US policies in dealing with Iran, it will not bear any results."

I think it's becoming apparent that that there are many people in the Middle East who have decided that instead of taking advantage of Obama's election to work out some new dynamic, that they prefer to simply try to take advantage of Obama. While I'm not surprised, it remains nonetheless a shame.

Hamas Complicates Reconciliation

The Jerusalem Post reports today that Hamas spokesperson Osama Hamdan has announced that Fatah must end peace talks and cooperation with Israel before Hamas will resume reconciliation talks with Fatah. In short, the only way for Palestinian political reconciliation is for Fatah to renounce those political agreements with Israel that data back to Oslo and to adopt the position of Hamas--namely the goal of the total elimination of the Jewish state. (Bolding mine)

Speaking at a rally in Beirut Sunday, Hamdan said Hamas welcomed Palestinian dialogue, but any reconciliation should be based on "a resistance program to liberate territory and regain rights."

"We say clearly that we welcome a national Palestinian dialogue but this dialogue must include those who really belong to Palestine and to the Palestinian cause," he said.

He maintained that the Israeli-Palestinian peace process had ended.


Hamas is clearly playing the "claim that you won and act like you did" game while hoping the dupes in the Arab world and the West believe you. And, to be sure, there are the Chomskys of the world who will call for the Israelis to lift the siege of Gaza, hand over billions of foreign reconstruction dollars to Hamas (none of which, I'm certain, will find their way into weapons purchases), and do everything possible so the "militants" can import longer range missiles so that the next time they can rocket Tel Aviv.

Well, if the peace process has ended, at least the Israelis don't have to worry about derailing it down the road.