Jihadists or dupes? Fort Dix terror trial opens

Their clients, they said, were young men who had been manipulated by paid government informants into a conspiracy they had no intention of carrying out. “He talked the talk, but was never going to walk the walk,” Rocco Cipparone Jr. said of his client, lead defendant Mohamad Ibrahim Shnewer.

Cipparone and the other defense attorneys challenged both the credibility and motivation of the two key government witnesses, Mahmoud Omar and Besnik Bakalli. Both, he said, were “lifelong criminals” who had reasons to create a conspiracy where none existed.  >>>>>

86 on Trial in Turkish Coup Case

SILIVRI, Turkey — One of the most sensational public trials in Turkish history began Monday, as a court started hearing a case against 86 people — among them retired army generals, journalists and a former university rector — charged with assassinations, bomb attacks and trying to topple the government…

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, whose governing party, Justice and Development, is said to have been a prominent target in the plots, has been accused of using the case to silence critics who say his party has an Islamist agenda.  >>>>>

Not one time in this article is the word ‘terrorism’ used.  If a secularist group of conspirators TERRORIZES by trying to topple a democratically-elected government that has ‘Islamic’ leanings, it is not looked upon as being terrorism.  Furthermore, instead of making the Prime Minister seem like a victim, this article paints him as a shrewd politician that somehow wrongfully uses this as a means of protecting his Islamist agenda.  This is a subtle approach, yet still pure propaganda.

Occupiers attack Palestinians

HEBRON: Jewish occupiers attacked a Palestinian photographer who was taking pictures of Palestinian farmers picking olives in the West Bank yesterday.

The incident, filmed by AP Television News, shows four Jewish thugs passing through an orchard in this West Bank town. They are then seen punching and kicking the photographer, Abed Hashlamoun of the EPA photo agency.  >>>>>

If it was flipped, the soldiers and/or police involved would have handled things differently, and the Palestinians would be viewed not as settlers, victims of an occupation; but rather terrorists.

Dialogue between Muslim and Christian worlds must: Kazakhstan president

“First, we should give up centuries-old stereotypes. Second, we should consciously resist temptation to invade spheres sacred to other people. Something that is sacred for one cannot be a butt of jokes for another. Third, we should realise that there are threats that are common for all cultures and civilisations. Not only terrorism but also proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, transnational crime and environmental degradation.”

He said a “fateful denial of spirituality, a tradition that has existed for thousand years – thanks to many religions mainly Islam and Christianity, was even more dangerous”.  >>>>>

‘The Elephant in the Room’ Movie

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Spanish police arrest 12 Islamist suspects

The raids targeted networks suspected of hiding and aiding the escape of al Qaeda members, a police statement said, including some linked to the 2004 Madrid train bombings which killed 191 people and wounded more than 1,800.  >>>>>

‘Great’ terror plot brewing in UK: Top official

“There is another great plot building up again and we are monitoring this,” warned Lord West, who advises British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on security matters.

“We have done all the things that we need to do, but the threat is building – the complex plots are building,” West told the House of Lords, without elaborating.  >>>>>

Further elaborating may be self incriminating.

Damascus says Lebanon, Syria face same militant threat

Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem told Lebanon’s as-Safir newspaper that the uncovering of “terrorist cells” in both countries had shown that “the source of danger to both countries is one.”  >>>>>

Pak warns US against border violations

Pakistani Government sources were quoted by the Dawn News channel on Monday as saying that Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari had told British officials on the same day that violations of Pakistan’s frontiers would not be tolerated...

Islamabad says the strikes are an infringement of its sovereignty and are counterproductive in the battle against militants. Pakistani civilian and military leaders have frequently protested over the US incursions into Pakistan’s tribal region, with Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani terming the attacks as an ‘act of terrorism’. >>>>>

Extremists attack several Arab homes in Akka; more Israeli right wingers are flocking into the city

Extremist Jewish rioters continued their attacks against Arab homes and property in Akka, especially in the Eastern neighborhood. Eyewitnesses reported that the attack was more violent than yesterday and that the mobs are surrounding an Arab home.

Dozens of Arab residents of Akka warned that hundreds of Jewish residents from Akka and different parts of the country could carry crimes that could lead to losses in lives, and slammed the police for practically begging the attackers to leave.

Cong gives facelift to its campaign, hires PR agency

The Congress seems to hope that the minorities will come back to its fold.

CNN-IBN has learnt that the party’s poll campaign will highlight the fact that associating Islam with terror attacks is not right as in the case of Jamia encounter.

The Congress has raised questions and that attacks on Christians in Orissa and Karnataka show that under the NDA, minorities are unsafe.  >>>>>

When you have to hire a public-relations firm to handle your image, there is a serious question about your behavior.

Obsession`s Secret Producer Revealed, Rep. Jewish Coalition Ties to Clarion Uncovered

Thanks to investigative reporting of Will Evans and reader Robin McLaren, we’ve uncovered the identity of one of the formerly secret producers of Obsession (you’ll recall that the Clarion Fund listed two producers’ names for the film and both were fake). His name is Erik Werth, and he’s a former Clinton Administration advisor for “homeland security issues” (though there was no such concept in the Clinton Administration) and news producer for NBC’s Dateline.  >>>>>

So, do the people who complain about the disproportionate power within the mainstream media at least get an “I told you so?”

“By the way, if Clarion and all these other alleged 501c3 Jewish groups are NOT supporting or opposing political candidates (remember that IRS exemption application question), then what are they doing at the RJC dinner? In particular, why is the producer of the film at a Republican-affiliated dinner and being identified with the film in this blog? Shouldn’t that make an IRS official begin to wonder whether this group is really non-partisan? And I wonder whether Clarion paid for their tickets? Wouldn’t that constitute yet another partisan activity?

And the next time you read any of these groups like Clarion, Stand With Us, JINSA or the Shalem Center claim that they are non-partisan, remind them of this passage and then laugh at the joke.”  (Ending of linked article).

Criminalising free speech

To suggest that the Palestinians, Lebanese, Iraqis or Afghans have the right to resist occupation and aggression through armed struggle could easily be construed as public provocation to terrorism. Advocates of direct action against corporations, government policies and intergovernmental organisations like the EU may also fall foul of the new laws. >>>>>

RIGHTS-US: Muslim Charity to Get Its Day in Court

In what appears to be another stunning legal rebuke to President George W. Bush’s policies in the “global war on terrorism”, a federal judge has blocked the government from blacklisting a Muslim-oriented charity to give the group a chance to defend itself after its assets were frozen almost three years ago. >>>>>

Imran Khan says Islam is not the enemy

“Everyone must understand terrorism is never caused by religion. The roots of all terrorism lie in politics and so do the solutions.

“When (US President) George Bush and (former British prime minister) Tony Blair talk about radical Islam . . . the man in the street in the West is suspicious of all Muslims.”

He said the US was “manufacturing terrorists” through its continuing military action in Pakistan’s border regions with Afghanistan, where they believe al-Qaida forces are in hiding.  >>>>>

What has Islam to do with terrorism?

The logic of most Western countries runs thus: all Muslims are not terrorists, but all terrorists are Muslims. The first part of the statement is nothing but a craven concession to realpolitik, in that the West needs to keep Muslim countries round the world in good humour; the second part betrays profound ignorance of the history of terrorism.  >>>>>

Islam, Arab-Muslim world in American electoral speech

The marginalisation of Islam and Muslims has been spreading industry in the United States since the September 11, 2001 attacks. It lives on the relative ignorance of the American people in international issues and their sometimes strange relationship to the otherness, this ambivalent and complex relation with the other.

Among Republicans, this policy of fear is one of the major components of the winning electoral strategy since the departure of Bill Clinton. Charlie Black, one of McCain’s gurus, said in the June issue of Forbes magazine that “what we would need, is a good attack”.

In substance, it would be enough to have real or made-up terrorist attacks against American interests for the popularity of the republican candidate to pick up again.  >>>>>

Robert Spencer’s 10 Points of Obfuscation

Why is it that Islamophobes continue to come up with “tests” that American Muslims must pass in order to be considered moderate, or for that matter to be considered real Americans.  Daniel Pipes has a test and I’m proud to say, that I like Hamza Yusuf would fail.  David Horowitz has a petition for Muslim students to sign to prove their “moderation” as part of his recent “Islamo Fascism Awareness Week” whose four key principals any Muslim could agree with, but which would require any Muslim signing the petition to agree with the mischaracterization of terrorists and extremists as “Islamo Fascists” thus blaming the religion of Islam for their criminal acts.

Blast jolts secret intelligence briefing in Pakistan

PAKISTAN’S new spy chief has shown law-makers images of militants slaughtering people in a rare, closed briefing on the country’s battle against the Taliban and al-Qaida.

But, just as intelligence and military chiefs were briefing law-makers on the campaign against Islamist extremists, a bomber struck at police headquarters in the heart of the capital.  >>>>>

Israel-Linked Terrorist Cell Dismantled: Yemen

“A terrorist cell was arrested five days ago and will be referred to the judicial authorities for its links with the Israeli intelligence services,” Saleh was quoted as saying by the official Saba news agency. He said the group operated under the “slogan of Islam.” >>>>>

This is not receiving the kind of attention that it should.  If accurate, then this has grave implications towards the world re-looking at what really happened in 9-11 and 7-7, to name a couple of dates whereby many around the world believed those who were accused did not commit the atrocities.

President Saleh deserves a great deal of credit for not attempting to blackout this information, which is usually done by many West and Western-propped government officials.