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fellowtruthteller <fellowtruthteller@...> wrote:
fellowtruthteller <fellowtruthteller@...> wrote:
Strong in the World Respected At Home....does it sound familiar,
sort of? It should, it is the exact opposite of the Strong At Home
Respected in the World mantra being sung by Senator John Forbes-Kohn-
Kerry and his running mate Senator Edwards and the Democratic Party
these days. We think that Senator John Forbes-Kohn-Kerry and company
have got it backwards. In June of 1940 Hitler had conquered France
and would not attack Russia, with whom he had a non-agression pact,
the infamous Hitler-Stalin Pact, for another year. The so-called
international community that did not support the liberation of Iraq
in 2003, made up principally of France, Germany and Russia is not
all that different from the France, Germany and Russia of June 1940.
No candidate who is perceived
by the electorate as soft on terrorism in general or, more
specifically, soft on Saddam Hussein the terror gang boss who sent
bin Laden to attack America on the 11th anniversary to the day of
Bush I's speech to Congress on Iraq of September 11th,1990, and who
threatened the US with chemical, biological and nuclear
weapons, can be elected to the White House. Nor can Democrats who are
tarred with the same brush as those Democrats who voted to appease
Saddam Hussein. I am reminded of the Science
Fiction classic: "The Coming of the Quantum Cats" by Frederik Pohl
Mass Market Paperback Publisher: Bantam Books; ASIN: 0553257862;
Reissue edition (August1987)Hardcover: 304 pages Publisher: Bantam
Books; ISBN: 0553051296; (May 1986)"The book above was originally
serialized in paperback in Analog, a science fiction magazine, in
1986. It described a series of alternate universes, starting in one
in which the protagonist lived in a Moslem dominated United States of
America in which topless swimming by males was illegal. The author
Frederik Pohl belonged to a group called The Futurians, a science
fiction club in New York City which included Cyril Kornbluth,Isaac
Asimov,...
http://www.hoboes.com/html/FireBlade/Books/WayFuture.shtml
"1935: I meet members of the Young Communist League-Frederik
Pohl and Isaac Asimov. We try to get people to boycott
German and Japanese goods and to vote for FDR
http://www.mactyre.net/october/campaign/mystic/MYSTIC11.html
"The struggle against Trotskyites reached down even into the
Party's youth organization [pp. 141-2] the Young Communist League.
(There is nothing here about trouble with the President of
the YCLF Flatbush III Chapter bringing in science fiction fans, not
to mention Cyril Kornbluth's anticipating his majority [Frederik
Pohl, The Way the Future Was, pp. 52-6 and 78-
81]."http://members.iglou.com/jtmajor/SecWorl.htmPohl would later
reminisce about those times. Describing a toast to "the victory over
the bourgeoisie" made by some friends of his in June of 1940 who were
in the Moscow line YCL (Young Communist League) when Hitler marched
triumphantly into Paris during the infamous Hitler-Stalin Pact era
from 1939-1941 which totally turned Pohl off to such evils. The
modern period which sees many in the so-called "Left" allied with
those whose very families have historic ties to Hitler, such as
arafat,bin laden and Saddam Hussein, reminds me that "the more
things change the more they are the same".
ARAFAT'S UNCLE THE GRAND MUFTI OF JERUSALEM
http://www.srpska-mreza.com/library/facts/mufti.html
The following photograph was referenced in: Encyclopedia of
Holocaust, Edition 1990, Vol. 2, page 704.The caption under the
photograph reads (quote):Hajj Amin al-Husseini, mufti of Jerusalem,
inspecting troops in Bosnia(1943).The Grand Mufti of Jerusalem
visiting Muslim S.S. troops. LOOK AND SEE FOR YOURSELF ARAFAT'S
UNCLE, HITLER'S ALLY, THE GRAND MUFTI OF JERUSALEM The Mufti and
Hitler
http://notendur.centrum.is/~snorrigb/muftism.htm
Mufti of Jerusalem salutes the Bosnian SS division From the
Encyclopedia of Holocaust, Edition 1990, Vol. 2, page 704. The
caption under the photograph reads: Hajj Amin al-Husseini, Mufti of
Jerusalem,inspecting troops in Bosnia (1943).click on the url
below
http://www.flamemag.dircon.co.uk/yugoslavia_collaboration.htmhtt
p://www.srpska-
mreza.com/
BOSNIAN MUSLIMS VOLUNTEER EN MASSE INTO NAZI SS
http://www.srpska-mreza.com/library/facts/hanjar.html "the Grand
Mufti of Jerusalem visiting Muslim S.S. troops"
http://www.srpska-/mreza.com/library/facts/mufti.html
see also: "The book in the Muslim
hands has German title: "Islam und Judentum".The volunteers have
swastika on their collars." At
http://www.srpska-mreza.com/library/facts/hanjar-book.html
"HIMMLER WAS THEIR DEFENDER" at
http://www.srpska-mreza.com/handzar/handzar.htm
and "Albanians and Afghans fight for the heirs of to Bosnia's SS
past" at
http://www.srpska-mreza.com/library/facts/again-
hanjar.htmlthe allies of Arafat's uncle were the nazis and the
Croatian version of the nazis the Ustashis under Ante Pavelic. The
following despicable quote is typical of that gang:"Great leaders
Adolf Hitler and Poglavnik (Fuhrer) Dr. Ante Pavelicare calling you
to defend your homes. Join volunteer units of Croatian SS."
at http://www.srpska-mreza.com/library/facts/u-legion.html
and "Heinrich Himmler inspects the Bosnian Muslim 13-the
Waffen SSDivision" at
http://www.srpska-mreza.com/library/facts/himmler.html
and "CROATIAN FASCISTS"
at http://www.srpska-mreza.com/library/facts/u-eyes.html
Germany helps to increase Saddam Hussein's poison
arsenal
http://www.sunday-
times.co.uk/news/pages/tim/98/02/17/timfgnirq03003.html
Appeasing Iraq, France, Germany and Russia in 2003 made no sense.
Appeasement, Isolationism, Ostrich Heads in the Sand, are bad
policies now,
they were bad policies in 2003 and in 1940.
Among the firms in which Saddam allegedly invested: the French
publishing
giant Hachette, publisher of Elle, Car and Driver, and George, JFK
Jr.'s
magazine, Matra, the French missile maker, Daimler Benz, which now
inlcudes
Daimler Chrysler.
Supplier: Marrel (via Daimler Benz) Exporting Country: Germany
Company/Individual: Marrel (via Daimler Benz) Program: Missile
Date Occurred: Unknown to July 1990 Activity Memo:
Exported to the Al Walid group (code name for Iraqi missile
launchers) of the Technical Corp (TECO) Project 144/5 (codename for
one of Iraq's SCUD missile enhancement programs), 20 trailers and 26
tractors specially designed by partner Mercedes-Benz, found by U.N.
inspectors to be capable of serving as mobile missile launching
pads; four tractors were fitted with plank-beds and infra-red
protected covers; all trailers had camouflaged lights and support
legs; charges dropped.4/25/2000 Exporting Country:
Germany Source:
http://www.iraqwatch.org/search/view_record.asp?sc=suppliers&id=113
Germany possesses an indigenously developed aerodynamic missile, the
AS 34 Kormoran 1 & 2, which could pose a threat to the United States
if launch from air-borne or sea-borne platforms. In addition, the
unclassified literature suggests that
Daimler-Benz aerospace, the nation's largest aerospace firm, is
developing
the ASS 500, a missile that can carry a 500 kg payload to a range of
500 km. Reports suggest that this missile will be fielded by 2015.
Like the AS 34 Kormoran, it will only present a threat to the United
States if launched from airborne or seaborne platform.
This does not suggest, however, that Germany's behavior has not
threatened U.S. national security interests. Germany's export
policies have been extremely problematic. German equipment,
technology and technical know-how were used in Iraq's nuclear,
chemical and biological weapons programs as
well as ballistic missile programs prior to the Gulf War.
Furthermore, German companies helped Libya construct several
chemical weapons facilities during the 1980's, illustrating the
willingness of German industry to assist foreign WMD programs during
the 1980's.... reports suggest that German companies continue to
supply material and technology to Syria, Iraq and Iran for use in
their ballistic missile programs. These nations continue to obtain
dual-use equipment from German companies, and frequently apply them
for military purposes. Nations like Iran have ... obtain equipment
for its ballistic missile programs...German equipment, technology
and know-how were used by Iraq to develop WMD and ballistic missile
delivery systems prior to the Gulf War....
The following sections outline Germany's past assistance to Iraqi WMD
programs, examines Germany's current export control system, and
reports how Germany may continue to assist ballistic missile
programs in Syria, Iraq and Iran.
Germany and Iraq: Prior to the Gulf War
Following the Gulf War it was revealed
that Germany had offered extensive assistance to Iraq's WMD and
ballistic missile programs. Some scholars, like Michael Ledeen, have
asserted that hundreds, and perhaps thousands, of German scientists,
businessmen and middlemen played an integral role in Iraq's $50
billion effort to develop nuclear, chemical and biological weapons,
as well as ballistic missile
delivery systems. 4 As many as 80 German companies, including
companies
like MBB and Karl Zeiss were implicated as suppliers for Iraq's WMD
programs after the Gulf War.
Ballistic Missile Program
Beginning in the early 1980's, Germany provided fundamental
assistance to
Iraq's ballistic missile programs. In 1984, Iraq's Saad General
Establishment signed a contract with Gildemeister Projecta of
Bielefld,
West Germany, a wholly owned subsidiary of the German machine tool
manufacturer Gildemeister AG or GIPRO. Under the terms of the
contract,
Germany agreed to design, construct and fit a complete missile
research,
development and test center near the Iraqi city of Mosul that
included,
advanced wind tunnels, electronics workshops, manufacturing
facilities for
missile parts, and missile assembly plants. German companies such as
MBB,
BP, Carl Zeiss, Degussa, Rhinemetall and Tesa also won contracts to
supply
the Iraqi facility which later became known as Saad 16.
In order to hide the true nature of the facility from the
international
community, GIPRO disguised the complex as a university research
facility,
insisting in German export licensing documents that the facility
would
comprise laboratories and workshops similar to those German
universities.
In all, more than 38 West German companies supplied equipment to this
facility, including, MBB, Siemens, and Thyssen. In his book, The
Death
Lobby: How the West Armed Iraq, Kenneth Timmerman asserts that the
German
government asked no questions about the proposed contract. It was
worth far
too much money for German industry. 5 In fact, Gildemeister applied
for and
received a blanket permit to export whatever it desired to Saad 16,
and did
not require any further licensing requirements. According to
Germany's
Federal Economic Agency which supplied the permit to Gildemeister,
constructing a ballistic missile design and testing center was
considered
legitimate business for German companies.
After Saad 16 had become operational, German scientists, technicians
and
researchers continued work conducted in Argentina and Egypt on the
Condor I
and II projects. 6 Some assessments of Germany's involvement in Saad
16
assert that German technical assistance was integral in enabling
Iraq to
increase the range of the Tamuz-1, an Iraqi missile that resembles
the
Condor-2, to 1000 km. 7 Others suggest that without German
assistance,
Iraq's Al-Huseyn missiles would never have been able to reach Israel
during
the Gulf War. German laxity in enforcing its export controls allowed
German
industry to transfer compressors to Iraq that were used to improve
the
range of Scud missiles. 8
Chemical Weapons Program
German involvement in Iraq's chemical weapons program began in 1977.
In
1980, Germany began construction on what the Iraqis labeled
a "pesticide
plant" at Samarra, despite its extreme security measures, barbed wire
fences and armed guards. Four years later, the facility became
operational.
The key technologies for Samarra came from four German companies for
a
number of years: Kolb and its subsidiary, Pilot Plant; Walter
Engineering
Trading (WET); and Preussag AG.
In the early 1990's, a Swiss Chemical Weapons expert, Werner
Richarz, was
hired by the German government to determine whether Samarra had been
built
to construct chemical weapons. Richarz bluntly concluded that German
technology and assistance greatly enhanced Iraq's ability to
manufacture
poison gas and prussic acid. 9 He also noted that Samarra was
probably one
of the largest chemical weapons facilities in the world.
In addition to aiding the development of Iraq's Samarra chemical
weapons
facility, German assistance was integral to the creation of Iraq's
other
main chemical weapons facility at Salman Pak. The German firm Thyssen
Rheinstahl Technology (TRT) headed the development of this facility.
In
addition to supplying technologies for the development of chemical
weapons,
Thyssen helped Iraq construct an array of biological weapons such as
anthrax, cholera, and typhoid agents in large quantities in TRT built
laboratories. 10
Although not related directly to the Samarra or Salman Pak
facilities,
German companies also helped Libya construct chemical weapons
facilities at
Rabta and the Sabba military base, further illustrating the
willingness of
German companies to assist foreign WMD programs during the 1980's. 11
Nuclear Weapons Program
On January 13, 1992, experts from the Iraqi centrifuge program at the
Tuwaitha Nuclear Research Center gave IAEA inspectors their most
comprehensive description of Iraq's centrifuge program to date. The
Iraqis
announced that they had imported German technology and material
needed to
manufacture centrifuge components....Iraq used an intricate web of
middlemen to obtain German equipment for its
gas centrifuge program. These individuals disguised the destination
of
dual-use imports to assure German suppliers that the equipment would
be
used for peaceful purposes. Scholars have concluded that German
companies
such as Interatom (a subsidiary of Siemens AG) and H&H Metalform were
therefore unaware that their exports were being used in Iraq's gas
centrifuge enrichment program. 12
According to Michael Ledeen's article "Iraq's German connection,"
some
German firms continued to supply materials for Iraq's nuclear
program even
after Iraq's annexation of Kuwait in August 1990. He also concludes
that
German companies may have continued to ship nuclear technology to
Iraqi
contacts in Pakistan three weeks into the Gulf War. 13...reports have
surfaced that German companies have continued to supply dual-use
goods and
technologies to WMD and ballistic missile programs in Syria, Iraq
and Iran,...
The Diversion of German Dual-Use Material and Technology: Syrian,
Iraqi and
Iranian "Spin-On" Efforts
A report released by the Central Intelligence Agency in September
1997
entitled "The Acquisition of Technology Relating to Weapons of Mass
Destruction and Advanced Conventional Munitions" stated that Germany
was
the principal target of nations who want to advance their WMD
capabilities.
The CIA concluded that German companies have maintained close
commercial
ties with Syria, Iraq and Iran, despite the vocal disapproval of the
German
Government. The following sections outlines specific examples of
Syrian,
Iraqi, and Iranian cooperation with German firms, and assesses their
importance for the Rumsfeld Commission. 14
Syrian-German Cooperation
German firms must receive permission to export dual-use goods to
Syria.
Germany's export control watch lists include Syria's Centre d'Etudes
de
Recherches Scientifiques (CERS), and its Higher Institute of Applied
Science and Technology (HIAST). CERS is classified as a government
agency,
but has since become the center of Syria's state R&D network. CERS is
identified as an organization of concern in Germany's national trade
law.
All German products exported to the Center Require a license.
In recent years, it appears that CERS has purchased dual-use
technology
from Germany. In November 1992, CERS sent a delegation to Germany to
purchase electronics goods and "connectors" that can be used in
ballistic
missile separation. 15 Six months earlier, CERS representatives
signed
contracts with German companies to obtained advanced technology
equipment.
16
In the early 1990's, it was reported that CERS attempted to establish
ballistic missile manufacturing facilities by soliciting German
companies.
In August 1992, Mednews reported that fifteen German companies had
supplied
CERS with dual-use materials to produce solid rocket fuel,
including, hot
isostatic presses and high temperature ovens. 17
Several months later in January 1993, Italian authorities stopped a
German
ship en route to Syria that was loaded with dual-use equipment that
could
be used to extent the range of Syrian Scud's from 300 to 700 km. 18
Furthermore, in August 1993, the Simon Wiesenthal Center issued a
study
revealing that as many as 100 German companies were both
intentionally and
unintentionally aiding Syria construct two underground ballistic
missile
factories. The report also revealed that German rocket engineers were
helping Libya develop its ballistic missile program. 19
In addition, there is considerable speculation that German firms have
helped Syria develop cruise missiles since the Gulf War. Jane's
Defence
Weekly reported in December 1993 that Syria and Iran were using
German
dual-use technology to jointly develop a new cruise missile. 20
Iraqi-German Cooperation
In an October 11,1995 report to the U.N. Security Council, UNSCOM
chief
Rolf Ekeus noted that, "new revelations (about Iraq's secret
procurement
network) cast into doubt the veracity of Iraq's previous declaration
in the
missile area, including the material balance for proscribed weapons
and
items." In the fall of 1995, United Nations and U.S. officials
accused Iraq
of covertly purchasing missile components from Russian and German
firms.
Ekeus accused Iraq of obtaining accelerometers and gyroscopes,
special
metals and machine tools in order to manufacture missile engine
parts and
guidance equipment. Ekeus also claimed that Iraq had placed orders
for
other related missile technology and material with German and Russian
industrial firms. While Ekeus and other U.N. officials conceded that
Iraq
has probably not assembled any new ballistic missiles since the Gulf
War,
they asserted that Iraq has stockpiled and concealed German
materials and
technologies in order to resume the manufacture of ballistic missiles
sometime in the future. These officials asserted that Iraq could
ultimately
increase the range of its Scud missile in the future with these
components
through reverse engineering 21
Nearly a year after the UN's report, in September 1996, the
International
Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) confiscated an Iraqi carbon-fiber-
filament
winding machine in Jordan. This machine can be used in production of
both
rocket motor cases and high speed gas centrifuges for uranium
enrichment.
This machine was allegedly built for Iraq by Karl-Heinz Schaab, a
former
employee of Germany's MAN Technology AG. Schaab planned to send the
equipment to Iraq through a Swiss company and a middleman in
Singapore.
Schaab allegedly built another filament winding machine at his German
company, Rosch GmbH, that was designed to wind about 50 carbon-fiber
rotor
tubes. The tubes were sold to Iraq around 1989. 22
These reports suggest that Iraq has continued to attempt to obtain
German
dual-use equipment and technology, as well as technical know-how,
for its
ballistic missile programs from German companies behind the back of
UNSCOM
inspection efforts. Whether intentionally or indirectly, German
companies
have continued to supply Iraq with dual-use materials that can be
used in
its ballistic missile programs despite a revamped domestic export
control
system. So long as German companies continue to do business with
Iraqi
entities, the possibility exists that dual-use equipment may be
diverted to
Iraq's ballistic missile program. In addition, the unclassified
literature
suggests that Iraq has attempted to set up a supplier network
through other
nations like Jordan. It appears that Iraq has placed fronts in other
nations between Germany and Iraq so that German companies do not
know that
they are actually delivering material and technology to Iraq.
Iranian-German Cooperation
In June 1995, German Chancellor Helmut Kohl said in Jerusalem that
Germany
could not break its commercial ties with Iran in order to ensure debt
repayment. Since this announcement, the United States has been
troubled by
Germany's insistence to maintain commercial ties with Iran....
Source:
http://www.fas.org/irp/threat/missile/rumsfeld/pt3_germany.htm
Our motivations have become increasingly non-partisan as we consider
the
2004 Presidential Election and related matters. We want what is best
for America, for Israel, for the world. To that end we offer what we
hope will be seen as constructive criticism of George Walker Bush
and of John Forbes Kohn-Kerry. We know that one of those two people
will
be raising his hand and taking the oath as President of the United
States
of America on January 20th, 2005. We hope that whoever wins will be
a great
American President. If you are a Bush or a Kohn-Kerry supporter we
hope
that you will benefit from the material we provide and will help to
influence your candidate to be a better candidate, and, if elected
in November
of 2004, a great American President.
The tragic cover-up of the truth about the weapons of mass
destruction
supplied to Iraq by the U.S., England, France, Germany,Italy, Egypt,
etc. continues.
The weapons inspectors were never meant to be weapons finders.
They were meant to inspect weapons turned over by Saddam for
inspection.
Saddam failed to turn weapons over. Thus Iraq was liberated after
Saddam
failed to adhere to the demand to turn those weapons over.
Imagine that you are trying to find the dope in your child's room.
Imagine that you have not been permitted to enter that room for four
years by that child, who has had those four years to hide the dope.
Good luck finding the dope.
Now imagine that your child's room is the size of Iraq and that
the dope is capable of being hidden in some not very large hidey
holes,
just like Saddam was.
Good luck finding the dope. In this case the dope is the weapons of
mass destruction.
Some of them were moved to Syria, assuming that Israeli Prime
Minister
Sharon was right, and perhaps to other countries as well,including
Jordan.
Some were no doubt destroyed by U.S. bombing over the years. Some,
we believe, are still hidden in Iraq. Some may have been found by
persons
unknown and moved to locations unknown. Whether those persons
include the
terrorists operating in Iraq is not clear but the recent Sarin
attack on
U.S. forces in Iraq MAY, and we repeat MAY, indicate that there may
be
more weapons of mass destruction IN THE HANDS OF ANTI-U.S. TERRORISTS
IN IRAQ, and that those weapons might be used elsewhere by those same
terrorists, perhaps even in the U.S.
Source for material immediately below:
http://www.jewishottawa.org/content_display.html?ArticleID=70171
"Syrians hiding Iraqi weapons for cash
By RICHARD SALE, UPI Terrorism Correspondent
United Press International
02/07/2003
Feb 06, 2003 (United Press International via COMTEX) -- Some U.S.
intelligence agencies believe that elements of Syria's ruling elite
have accepted millions of dollars in bribes in return for providing
a safe haven for some of Iraq's weapons of mass destruction,
according to former and serving U.S. officials.
Chemical and biological weapons were taken by truck to a Syrian
munitions compound near a military base near Khan Abu Shamet, about
50 miles northeast of Damascus, these officials told United Press
International.
The chief suspects in the operation are Bushra al Assad, the sister
of Syrian President Bashar al Assad, and her husband Gen. Assaf
Chawkat, the No. 2 in Syria's military intelligence organization,
the Mukhabarat.
U.S. officials -- most recently President George W. Bush -- have
charged that Iraq is moving around production and storage facilities
for chemical and biological weapons to hide them from U.N.
inspectors charged with disarming the regime.
The allegation that Iraqi strongman Saddam Hussein was trying to
hide suspected weapons of mass destruction in Syria was first made
on Dec. 23 by Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.
Sharon told Israeli television. "What we assume is that weapons that
he (Saddam) wanted to hide -- chemical weapons, biological weapons --
were indeed transferred to Syria."
The claim was repeated and firmed up by his foreign minister,
Binyamin Netanyahu, last month: "Those intelligence reports (about
the alleged transfer) are solid," he said on Jan. 19, according to
the Canadian Broadcasting Corp.
A former Israeli intelligence official said the unwillingness to
believe the Israeli reports was political at bottom: "The Bush
administration does not want to confront the Syrians, even though
they are bad news and working all along with Saddam," he said.
Israeli intelligence had given the White House reports about the
transfer, he said, but "the administration dismissed it."
"There is an institutional bias in Washington against taking on
Syria," the former Israeli operative said.
A former senior Pentagon official said "The CIA simply doesn't want
the story told."
Gal Luft, a former analyst for the pro-Israeli Washington Institute
for Near East Policy who has excellent Israeli and U.S. intelligence
sources, also said that materiel was being moved to Syria --
"certain individuals are taking money and hiding weapons"
Jordan is also engaged in similar activity in concealing small
amounts of Iraqi weapons, although former Israeli intelligence
sources lacked specific details."
end of material from source at :
http://www.jewishottawa.org/content_display.html?ArticleID=70171
"Pollard turned over documents that showed the existence of the Saad
16 ballistic missile plant in northern Iraq, prompting Israel to
pressure America to cut off sales to Saad 16 and other Iraqi weapons
plants. He supplied Israel with information detailing production
rates
at Iraqi chemical weapons facilities and
naming the German companies that had helped build them. He also
documented Egypt's cooperation with Iraq in acquiring technology for
a
long-range missile known as Condor-II, which would have given Iraq
the
capability of targeting Israel with chemical or even nuclear
weapons."
Source for material below:
SPIDER'S WEB: THE SECRET HISTORY OF HOW THE WHITE HOUSE ILLEGALLY
ARMED IRAQ by Alan Friedman ASIN: 0553096508
"I attended meetings where Bush made clear he wanted to help Iraq.
His door was always open to the Iraqis. If they wanted a meeting with
Bush, they would get it.' In August of 1986 then US Vice President
Bush met with Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak in Cairo. Bush "asked
Mubarak to tell Saddam to make better use of his air force against
Iranian troops." Mubarak "sold $3.5 billion worth of missiles and
arms
to Iraq" in the 1980s. In 1984 Mubarak Agreed "to work with Iraq on a
secret nuclear-capable ballistic missile program for Iraq that was
named The Condor II Project (or as it was called in Cairo, BMB, for
Ballistic Missile Egypt)" Mubarak "turned Egypt into a channel for a
wide range of NATO based missile technologies that front Companies in
Europe were smuggling to Baghdad.. We knew Mubarak was a middle man
for arms Sales to Iraq, for the Condor missile and other stuff '
recalled Teicher. ' He was actually (America's) covert agent.' After
Bush delivered his secret message about the need for Saddam to use
more air power, Mubarak acted. The Iraqi air force suddenly
intensified its raids against Iran, stepping up its bombing in
September 1986 and inflicting significant damage on Iranian oil
fields
and shipping facilities along the Gulf."
http://www.wisconsinproject.org/countries/egypt/milestones.htm
"1982: Egypt begins cooperation with Argentina and Iraq on
development
and production of a 1,000km-range missile known as the Condor II in
Argentina or the Badr-2000 in Egypt. German and Italian companies
supply missile technology. 1987-1990: Egyptian experts work in Iraq
on
Condor II missile development."
"Pollard
says he did some work in 1982 on the Interagency Contingency Options
Plan, drawn up on Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger's orders to
prepare a U.S. response to the Israeli invasion of Lebanon. Proposing
strong pressure on Israel to withdraw and even limited movements of
American forces , the document 'absolutely floored' Pollard once he
saw the entire text. He decided then and there to help Israel. ' I
was
genuinely scared to death by what Weinberger had tried to do.'
Pollard claims from his prison cell. "I realized that he had
instituted an undeclared intelligence embargo." Source: Page 304
"Every Spy A Prince : The Complete History of
Israel's Intelligence
Community Trade Paperback, 512 Pages, Houghton
Mifflin Company, April
1991 ISBN: 0395581206 Author: Melman, Yossi /
Raviv, Dan "Shortly
after returning from the US, Brigadeir General Sella was put in
command of Tel Nof Air Base, the biggest in Israel. American military
attaches were often there, south of Tel Aviv, debriefing Israeli
pilots on their missions in U.S. made warplanes as part of the
bilateral defense and intelligence cooperation. The other shoe
dropped
when Sella became the third and last person - after the Pollards- to
be indicted on criminal charges in the conspiracy. For the first
time,
a high-ranking military or civilian official of a U.S. Ally was
formally accused of espionage against the United States. George
Bush, then vice president, refused to visit Sella's base while
visiting Israel in 1986. The pressure worked. Israel's political and
defense leaders sacrificed the young general on the altar of
Israeli-American relations. Sella resigned his command." Source: Page
322 "Every Spy A Prince"
Q-And Children? A- And Children 'It's just gotten out of hand-I saw
FBI records where they collected lists of kids going to Jewish summer
camp.' The wiretapping had nothing to do with Pollard-'the arrest of
Pollard (in 1985) was used as a pretext to expand a supposedly
closed-down illegal covert operation by the FBI called SCOPE, whose
purpose was to compile lists of Jews in government, research and
institutional leadership, et. al. This operation was revealed
publicly in THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, January 17th, 1992. -The FBI's
collecting has gone beyond the pale of what could be considered
legitimate intelligence gathering. In addition to rosters of major
contributors
to Israeli funds, the Bureau has targeted the innocuous activities of
children. 'It's just gotten out of hand-I saw FBI records where they
collected lists of kids going to Jewish summer camp.'-As Jonathan
Pollard discovered to his horror · the German nerve gas factories
constructed in Libya and Iraq are using the identical formulas (used)
on Jews at Auschwitz. Source of Material directly above and in first
section directly below-The Secret War Against the Jews By John Loftus
With Mark Aarons: Paperback, 636pp. ISBN:
0312156480 Publisher: St. Martin's Press, Inc. Pub. Date: April 1997
"When James Baker was about to be sworn is as Bush's Secretary of
State a White House aide is said to have joked that American
Secretaries of State had hated Israel when they left office. "Baker
is
supposed to have joked: 'What if one started that way.' Baker's
personal investments in oil interests were so extensive that he may
have been violating federal conflict-of interest law by having any
influence on Middle East policy.-Memorandum, 'Holdings of James A.
Baker, III and his immediate family' January 25th,1989, disclosing
holdings in Amoco, Exxon, Texaco and a half-dozen petroleum trusts
and
partnerships.-Bush and Casey conspired to tilt US policy toward
Saddam
Hussein. (Then President)Bush was good friends with Saddam's deputy
foreign minister contrived anti-Israeli votes in the UN and made
personal phone calls to one of his former Yale classmates to obtain
American funding for Bechtel's oil pipeline in Iraq and later to
finance Iraq's weapons purchases. The Iraqis received everything the
Israelis were denied, from satellite down-links to advanced cluster
bomb technology. The Bechtel Corporation was even building Saddam
Hussein a chemical factory which he could use for poison gas
production.
France Betrayed U.S. to Saddam, Stifled Iraqis Opposing Saddam
NewsMax.com and NewsMax.com Wires
Monday, April 28, 2003
LONDON – France gave Saddam Hussein's regime regular reports on its
dealings with American officials, and it colluded with the Iraqi
secret service to undermine a Paris conference, British newspapers
report.
Documents unearthed in the wreckage of the foreign ministry in
Baghdad are the first Iraqi files to emerge documenting French help
for the dictatorship, the Sunday Times reported. Paris shared with
Baghdad the contents of private trans-Atlantic meetings and
diplomatic traffic from Washington, the documents reveal.
The Times reported:
The information, said in the files to have come partly from "friends
of Iraq" at the French foreign ministry, kept Saddam abreast of
every development in American planning and may have helped him to
prepare for war. One report warned of an American "attempt to
involve Iraq with terrorism" as "cover for an attack on Iraq."
Another, dated September 25, 2001, from Naji Sabri, the Iraqi
foreign minister, to Saddam's palace, was based on a briefing from
the French ambassador in Baghdad and covered talks between
presidents Jacques Chirac and George W Bush.
Chirac was said to have been told that America was "100% certain
Usama bin Laden was behind the September 11 attacks and that the
answer of the United States would be decisive."
The report also gave a detailed account of American attitudes
towards Saddam amid anxiety in Iraq that the country might soon
become a target of American reprisals.
The newspaper found a document in folders marked France 2001 that
said, "Information available to the French embassy in Washington
suggests that there is no intention on the part of the Americans to
attack Iraq, but that matters might change quickly.
"According to French information, a discussion about Iraq is going
on in Washington between Colin Powell and [Paul] Wolfowitz [the
deputy defense secretary]. Powell was against a military attack on
Iraq whereas Wolfowitz was in favor of a strong military operation
against Iraq."
Also noted: an account of a meeting between Hubert Vedrine, former
Socialist foreign minister of France, and Powell after 9/11....
Bernard Jenkin, British shadow defense secretary, said the briefings
showed France's "duplicitousness."
Anti-Human-Rights France Fights Saddam's Foes
The Daily Telegraph today quoted a letter from the Iraqi secret
service dated March 28 saying that "one of our sources" had met the
deputy spokesman for the French foreign ministry "with whom he has
good relations."
The letter added that no French visas would be given to Iraqi
opposition leaders, who wanted to attend the meeting, which opened
in a Paris hotel on April 14, 2000, the Telegraph said.
The documents regarding the human rights group Indict show that pro-
Iraqi elements, "Iraq and Arab brothers," gained access to the
conference at the Hotel La Concorde Lafayette. Indict's attempt to
mount a protest outside the Iraqi ambassador's residence was foiled
by the authorities.
A month after the meeting, a letter headed "Role of Southern France"
from Saddam's office authorized the finance ministry to pay $383,439
to undisclosed beneficiaries.
British Labor Member of Parliament Ann Clwyd, who heads Indict, told
the newspaper that she would demand an apology from the French
government for its "atrocious" attitude.
The files were retrieved from the looted and burned foreign ministry
by the Telegraph last week.
They include a six-page letter dated February 1998 from Hussein to
Chirac, welcoming his support in the campaign against U.N. sanctions
and assuring him that Iraq did not have weapons of mass destruction.
The newspaper published an editorial on the case headlined "France's
friends in Iraq." Source :
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2003/4/28/164443.shtml
The Exocet is a French-built anti-ship missile made in various
versions capable of being launched from surface ships and boats,
submarines, and airplanes. It has been extensively used in combat
from the 1980s onwards. The name comes from a French word for flying
fish.
Description
The Exocet missile is built by European company MBDA's division
Aérospatiale (who were also the French arm of the Anglo-French team
that built the Concorde.) It is one of the most successful Surface
to Surface / Air to Surface missiles currently in service.
Development began in 1967, as a ship launched missile named MM 38.
The air launched Exocet was developed in 1974 and entering service
with the French Navy in 1979.
The missile was designed to engage large warships. It is 4.7 m long,
has a wingspan of 1.1 m, weighs 670 kg and has a 165 kg warhead.
Guidance in the mid flight phase is inertial, followed by active
radar seeking to acquire its target. The solid propellant engine
gives the Exocet a maximum range of 65 km. The submarine-launched
version places the missile and a Narval booster motor within a
launch capsule.
The Exocet has been manufactured in a number of versions, including:
MM38 (surface-launched)
AM39 (air-launched)
SM39 (submarine-launched)
MM40 (surface-launched)
The chief competitor to the Exocet is the American AGM-84 Harpoon.
History
In 1982, during the Falklands war, air-launched Exocets were used
successfully by Argentinian forces against the British destroyer HMS
Sheffield (4th May) and support ship Atlantic Conveyor (25th May);
both sank. A surface-launched Exocet damaged HMS Glamorgan. The
Exocet that struck the Sheffield failed to explode but the impact of
a half-ton missile travelling at 700 mph and laden with unburnt
rocket fuel was enough to set the ship ablaze.
Although the loss of the Sheffield was a blow to British self-
esteem, the missile used earned itself a curious kind of respect,
and the word "an Exocet" passed into British colloquial use to
mean "a devastating attack". It is still occasionally heard, and
would be widely understood, today.
Iraq successfully used the air-launched version against Iranian
shipping during the Iran-Iraq War and later against the US Navy
Guided missile frigate USS Stark (FFG-31) (an Oliver Hazard Perry
class frigate). The Stark was heavily damaged but saved by the crew
and sent back for repairs.
Operators
The Exocet is currently in service with France, Germany, Pakistan,
Abu Dhabi, Argentina, Singapore, Brazil, Oman, Egypt, Iraq, Kuwait,
Libya, Qatar and Peru.
Source:
http://www.worldhistory.com/wiki/e/exocet.htm
MBDA was formed by the merger of Matra BAe Dynamics, EADS-
Aerospatiale ...
www.hoovers.com/mbda/--ID__134575--/free-co-factsheet.xhtml
Jacques Iraq aka Jacques Chirac:
French Policy Against Ousting Saddam Hussein in 2003
by T. R. Halvorson, Sidney, Montana
"The first, Jacques Chirac, described the second, Saddam Hussein, as
a personal friend, showed him around a French nuclear reactor and
invited him to his home for the weekend. It was about this time that
the prime minister was nicknamed Jacques Iraq."1
"Behind Jewish suspicion of the French agenda today stands the
legacy of anti-Semitism and the Second World War." -- Former Israeli
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, December 1996.2
Marshal Philippe P‚tain's collaborationist Vichy government, in
alliance with the Nazis, deported between 61,000 and 80,0002 Jews to
the extermination camps. Estimates vary.
On December 23, 2001, Deputy Foreign Minister Rabbi Michael Melchior
expressed his concern over the increasing anti-Semitism in France
and in Belgium. He stated that in the past 15 months, there had been
almost 200 anti-Semitic incidents in France.3 (Melchior is a
recipient of the Nobel Institute's Prize for Tolerance and Bridge-
Building.4)
In 1967, General Charles de Gaulle undercut Israel in crisis and
cultivated Arab countries.6
At the end of May 1967, a week before the Six Day War broke out, De
Gaulle ordered all French military aid to Israel stopped.2 De Gaulle
denounced the Jews "as an elite people, sure of themselves and
domineering."5
He sought to boost trade ties with oil-rich Arab nations and extend
French influence against the "Anglo-Saxons."6
By 1970, France was one of Iraq's main trading partners.6 Diplomatic
and economic ties were given a crucial boost in 1974, when the then
French Prime Minister, and current President, Jacques Chirac, called
Saddam Hussein a personal friend.6
In December 1974, then Vice President Saddam Hussein invited then
French Prime Minister Jacques Chirac to Baghdad. Chirac accepted and
visited Iraq in 1975. Chirac is the only Western leader to have a
personal knowledge of the Iraqi president.7
Saddam Hussein approved a deal granting French oil companies a
number of privileges plus a 23 percent share of Iraqi oil.7
Chirac agreed to sell two reactors to Iraq. The Iraqis purchased a
70-megawatt reactor, along with six charges of 26 points of uranium
enriched to 93 percent -- in other words, enough weapons-grade
uranium to produce three to four nuclear devices. Iraq also
purchased a one-megawatt research reactor, and France agreed to
train 600 Iraqi nuclear technicians and scientists -- the core of
Iraq's nuclear capability today.9 One of the reactors, at Al-
Toweitheh, 40 km south of Baghdad, was named Al-Tammuz or Osirak
(some say this is a contraction of Osiris and Iraq) in reflection of
its French predecessor, (Tammuz and Osiris are the names in
Babylonian and Egyptian, respectively, for the same god in ancient
pantheons.) Al-Tammuz emerged as the core of Iraq's efforts to
develop nuclear weapons.7
Jacques Chirac visiting Baghdad
At left: Saddam Hussein
Israel destroyed Al-Tammuz in an air raid. Ilan Ramon, the Israeli
astronaut who died in space shuttle Columbia on February 1, 2003,
was the youngest among the pilots who destroyed the Tammuz reactor
in Iraq in an air raid on June 7, 1981.
Tammuz 2 in ruins after American attack in 1991. (larger copy of
photo above)
In 1976, Saddam Hussein made his first and only visit to a western
capital.7 At Orly Airport, Chirac called Hussein his "personal
friend." Hussein agreed to sell France huge quantities of oil.2
Saddam Hussein in France visiting a nuclear reactor
At far right: Jacques Chirac
Saddam Hussein in France visiting a nuclear reactor
Second from left: Jacques Chirac
The dates of and sequence of transactions in these two reciprocal
visits are reported inconsistently. The years 1974, 1975, and 1976
are given, and sometimes the purchase of nuclear reactors is said to
have been made in the second visit (by Hussein to France) rather
than in the first visit (by Chirac to Iraq).
French arms sales and infrastructure projects in Iraq continued
apace through the remainder of the 1970s. By the late 1970s, France
was second only to the Soviet Union as a supplier of both civilian
and military equipment to Iraq.6
In the 1980s, the French socialist government continued the trend.6
France strongly backed Iraq in its war against Iran. Other Western
countries also did so. France and Russia provided the bulk of Iraq's
war support.6
France supplied Iraq with sophisticated weaponry, including Mirage
F1 fighter-bombers, Super Etendard aircraft equipped with Exocet
anti-ship missiles,6 and equipment to improve the accuracy and range
of Scud missiles.2 The sales are estimated at $20 billion.7
When Iraq had trouble paying, France rescheduled its debt.6
In a 1986 report about Chirac's attempt to return to the
premiership, the New York Times reported that the French
official "has said many times that he is a personal friend of Saddam
Hussein of Iraq."9
In 1987, the Manchester Guardian Weekly quoted Chirac as saying that
he was "truly fascinated by Saddam Hussein since 1974."9
Iranians referred to Chirac as "Shah-Iraq" and Israelis spoke of the
Osirak reactor as "O-Chirac."9
When Iraq invaded Kuwait in 1990, France took a lukewarm approach to
the Kuwait's liberation.
President Francois Mitterand sent emissaries to 24 countries to
assure their governments French participation was purely defensive.2
Just a few days before Operation Desert Storm began in 1991, French
envoys in Baghdad tried to find a diplomatic solution.6
Only after the French Embassy in occupied Kuwait was raided and four
French citizens kidnapped did Mitterand take a firmer line against
Saddam Hussein.2
Economically, French ties with Iraq have been a costly disaster.6
After helping Saddam Hussein build airports, factories and weapons,
France is saddled with $4 billion in unpaid bills.6
France helped arm a power that it later had to fight.6
French diplomacy with Iraq has yielded scant results.6
In 1992, author-journalists Claude Angeli and Stéphanie Mesnier
interviewed Saddam Hussein. While speaking of his sense of betrayal
by France for its participation in the Persian Gulf War, Hussein
threatened to expose French politicians for their support of his
regime unless they continued to support him. Angeli and Mesnier
published the quotation in their book, Notre Allié Saddam (Our Ally
Saddam) (O. Orban 1992) ASIN: 2855656583, 274 pages, which is now
out of print. They reported Hussein as saying:8
As for financiers, industrialists and above all those responsible
for military industry, the question must be put to French
politicians: Who did not benefit from these business contracts and
relationships with Iraq? . . . With respect to the politicians, one
need only refer back to the declarations of all the political
parties of France, Right and Left. All were happy to brag about
their friendship with Iraq and to refer to common interests. From
Mr. Chirac [now the center-right president] to Mr. Chevenement [the
socialist former defense minister] . . . politicians and economic
leaders were in open competition to spend time with us and flatter
us. We have now grasped the reality of the situation [of France's
support for the 1991 Gulf War, a betrayal in Saddam's eyes]. If the
trickery continues, we will be forced to unmask them, all of them,
before the French public.
In 1994, when American troops were rushed to the region after Iraq
massed two divisions of Republican Guards near the Kuwaiti border,
French Defense Minister Francois Leotard came to Iraq's defense. He
said Iraq had not violated any U.N. resolutions, and he accused the
United States of playing election-year politics.10
When Chirac became president, he followed his avowed model, General
de Gaulle, to promote Gaullist power against U.S. power and support
for Arab nations against Israel.2
In 1996 Chirac delivered a speech at Cairo University where he
forwarded France as an alternative to the U.S. as Middle East peace
broker.
Chirac said Arabs would benefit from the change because the U.S. was
too pro-Israeli.
In 1995, France reopened its embassy in Baghdad at the charg‚
d'affaires level.10
In 1998, when the U.N. arms inspection effort in Iraq was
collapsing, the French and Russians worked to head off an American
attack. France denounced an American-British operation when it was
staged.10
France's best friends in the Middle East are Syria, Iraq and Iran.
These are three of seven nations the U.S. lists as state sponsors of
international terrorism.11
A 2002 French bestseller says the Pentagon was not hit by American
Airlines Flight 77 on September 11, 2001. It says the damage to the
Pentagon could not have been caused by a Boeing 757, but was in fact
the result of a carefully planned truck bombing or missile strike
which was then made to look like a plane crash. It says the United
States government staged the entire Pentagon crash in order to
create justification for an invasion of Afghanistan. Francouz
Thierry Meyssan, L'Effroyable Imposture: 11 Septembre 2001, Carnot;
(January 2002), ISBN 291236244X; La L'Efroyable Imposture, El
Ateneo; (May 2002), ISBN 950028684X; and Pentagate, USA Books
(August 2002) ISBN 1592090281.
On April 12, 2002, the Simon Wiesenthal Center released its first
ever travel advisory. The advisory covered France and Belgium. Of
France the advisory said, "In the last 18 months there have been
over 400 hate crimes against Jewish targets in France including, in
recent days, arson attacks against synagogues, Jewish institutions,
beatings of Jewish school children and pedestrians and other acts of
threats and intimidation in Paris, Marseilles, Lyon and other
communities. As a result, the Simon Wiesenthal Center urges Jewish
travelers to France to exercise extreme caution while traveling to
that country."
While anti-war personalities claim the U.S. wants war for oil,
France may want no war for oil.
In December 1996, the Jerusalem Post quoted Iraq's Oil Minister Amir
Rasheed as saying: "'Friendly countries who have supported us, like
France and Russia, will certainly be given priority" when the
lucrative contracts for the reconstruction of Iraq are awarded after
the oil embargo is lifted.2
In December 1996, the London Mail reported that Western intelligence
services had learned French companies had signed multi-million
dollar contracts to help rearm Iraq, among other things, in exchange
for oil.2
At the 35th annual Baghdad international trade fair in November
2002, France was represented by 81 firms. Saddam Hussein gave the
French and Germans priority in entering the Iraqi market. Regarding
the Germans, this commercial priority was granted as a result
of "the firm positive stand of Germany in rejecting the launching of
a military attack against Iraq by the U.S," according to Al-Iraq, a
government-run newspaper. "The importance of this fair is that it is
a clear message that despite the risk of bombing, all these
companies and all these countries still believe in peace," said
Jihad Feghali, the managing Director of France's Nutris Company. The
sanctions committee at the U.N. that reviews contracts between Iraq
and international companies is constantly delaying and holding up
Feghali contracts for review of dual-usage i.e. military value.12
On February 14, 2003, The Irish Examiner reported that Richard
Perle, a former U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defense, said the French
anti-war stance was driven by economic interests. French state
controlled oil giant. TotalFinaElf has exclusive exploration
contracts worth $60 billion to $75 billion to develop the massive
Majnoon and Bin Umar oilfields in southern Iraq, he said. Perle said
oil experts who had analyzed the deal described it
as "extraordinarily lopsided" in favor of the French company.13
CIS Paris, a Parisian broker that is active in dealings of many
kinds with Baghdad, brokered a deal among the Chinese producer, the
Syrian land transporter and the Iraqi buyer of a chemical that is
among the best binders for solid propellant in long range surface-to-
surface missiles. The chemical is a transparent liquid rubber called
hydroxy-terminated polybutadiene, familiarly known in the advanced-
rocket trade as HTPB. This is not for the short-range Al Samoud 2 or
old mobile Scuds. The Chinese producer was Qilu Chemicals, 116 DaWu
Road in Zibo, Shandong province, China. A shipment of 20 tons of
HTPB, the sale of which to Iraq is forbidden by U.N. resolutions and
the oil-for-food agreement, left China in August 2002 in a 40-foot
container. It arrived in the Syrian port of Tartus (the
Mediterranean terminus for an Iraqi oil pipeline today) and was
received there by a trading company that was an intermediary for the
Iraqi missile industry. The HTPB was then trucked across Syria to
Iraq.14 The next day, the French government denied that it had
allowed the sales.15 "Despite French denials, U.S. intelligence and
defense officials have confirmed that Iraq purchased from China a
chemical used in making fuel for long-range missiles, with help from
brokers in France and Syria."16
In 2003, beginning in January, a French company sold aircraft and
helicopter parts to Iraq for its French-made Mirage F-1 jets and
Gazelle attack helicopters.17 This was amidst coalition preparations
to militarily disarm Saddam Hussein and debates on U.N. resolutions
to authorize that action. United Nations inspectors had previously
established that Iraq had modified Mirage F-1 drop tanks for the
delivery of biological and chemical weapons by a variety of means.
On March 6, 2003, UNMOVIC listed these drop tanks among unresolved
disarmament issues.18
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Footnotes
1. John Laurenson, French industry stands to lose, International
Herald Tribune, March 7, 2003.
2. Binyamin Netanyahu, Backgrounder: France in the Middle East,
Middle East Digest, Vol. 7 No. 12, December 1996.
3. Press Release, Announcement of the Forum for Coordinating the
Struggle Against Antisemitism, December 23, 2001.
4. Biography of Michael Melchior, Israeli Ministry of Foreign
Affairs.
5. Press conference held at the Elysée Palace on November 27, 1967.
Reported by Edward Dangooor, De Gaulle's opinion of Israel, The
Scribe: Journal of Babylonian Jewry, Exilarch's Foundation, Issue
74, Autumn 2001. A firestorm of charges of anti-Semitism followed
his remarks, culminating in an interesting exchange by two of the
world's elder statesmen, David Ben-Gurion and De Gaulle. Ben-Gurion
sent a long letter December 6, 1967 and De Gaulle replied on
December 30, 1967. The letters were made public with approval of
both men on January 9, 1968. The text is in the New York Times,
January 10, 1968. Donald Neff, Middle East History: November 1967:
De Gaulle Calls Jews Domineering, Israel an Expansionist State,
Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, American Educational
Trust, October/November 1999, pp. 81-82. See also Book review,
Jonathan Judaken, Department of History, University of Memphis, of
Pierre Birnbaum. Jewish Destinies: Citizenship, State and Community
in Modern France, Translated by Arthur Goldhammer. New York: Hill
and Wang, 2000.
6. Henri Astier, Iraq: the French connection, BBC News, February 23,
1998.
7. Amir Taheri, The Chirac Doctrine: France's Iraq-war plan,
National Review, November 4, 2002.
8. Melana Zyla Vickers, Saddam's French Connection: Does the Iraqi
dictator have the goods on French politicians? The Weekly Standard,
Volume 008, Issue 25, March 10, 2003.
9. The Chirac-Hussein Connection, Stratfor.com (Strategic
Forecasting LLC), February 19, 2003. Paid site. There are a number
of bootlegged copies on the web, but I do not link to them because
they might violate copyright. A copy is reproduced by permission
here.
10. War Talk Hits Its First Target: The Pivotal Ally, OOMO News,
September 14, 2002.
11. John Aravosis, September 11 and Intolerance: On September 11,
2002 is the world a better place? About.com U.S. Politics, September
11, 2002.
12. Matt Dolan, Europe has ulterior motives for avoiding war, The
DePaulia, February 14, 2003. Michael Freund, Business in Baghdad:
Trading with the enemy, National Review, November 15, 2002. Evelyn
Iritani, Iraq Fights Back With Commerce: Facing threat of war,
Hussein's government signs lucrative contracts, especially with
nations that oppose the U.S.-led effort to oust the regime, Los
Angeles Times, November 11, 2002.
13. Breaking News, France accused of oil-for-peace deal with Iraq,
Irish Examiner, February 14, 2003.
14. William Safire, French connection to Iraqi weapons reveals
dubious motive, The New York Times, March 13, 2003. William Safire,
A French connection on Iraqi arms, International Herald Tribune,
March 14, 2003.
15. France Denies Claim of Iraq Weapons Sale: France Denies
Columnist's Allegation of the Sale of Illegal Weapons Material to
Iraq, ABC News, March 14, 2003. France denies columnist's report
of 'French connection' for illegal sales of weapons material to
Iraq, Associated Press via MSNBC.com, March 14, 2003.
16. Bill Gertz, Chinese sold Iraq 'dual-use' chemical, The
Washington Times, March 15, 2003.
17. Bill Gertz, Iraq strengthens air force with French parts, The
Washington Times, March 7, 2003.
18. UNMOVIC (United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection
Commission), Unresolved Disarmament Issues: Iraq's Proscribed
Weapons Programmes, March 6, 2003, pp. 8, 57-61, 95-97, 100, 131,
159, 169. PDF format.
Additional References
Chua Lee Hoong, France's 'ethical' resistance a matter of self-
interest, The Straits Times, March 19, 2003.
Reinolf Reis, Alte Intimitäten zwischen Paris und Bagdad, ZDF.de,
October 14, 2002. Alternate location.
Joshua Glenn, Chirac's other Iraq Policy, Boston Globe, March 2,
2003, page E3.
Facts on Who Benefits From Keeping Saddam Hussein In Power, The
Heritage Foundation, WebMemo #217, February 28, 2003.
John Hulsman and Nile Gardiner, French Act Unilaterally When Their
Interests are at Stake, The Heritage Foundation, WebMemo #219, March
12, 2003.
Arms transfers to Iraq, 1973-2002, SIPRI (Stockholm International
Peace Research Institute).
André Glucksmann, France's five cardinal sins over Iraq,
International Herald Tribune, February 22, 2003.
Michel Gurfinkiel, A Beautiful Friendship? What France sees in Iraq,
The Weekly Standard, Volume 008, Issue 07, October 28, 2002.
Source: http://www.lexnotes.com/misc/jacques_iraq.htm
Collin Levey / Times editorial columnist
By scolding Israel's Sharon, France wallows in disdain
France is native soil to many mysterious theories of international
relations these days, but on Monday, President Jacques Chirac took
the folie to a new level. To prove France rejects anti-Semitism,
Chirac announced that Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon would be
unwelcome in the land of liberté, égalité and fraternité.
The contretemps began on Sunday, when Sharon, speaking to visiting
American Jewish leaders in Jerusalem, commented on the spreading
rash of anti-Semitic incidents in France and encouraged French Jews
to return to Israel "immediately." Despite Sharon's praise for
France's efforts to calm its roiling tensions, Chirac and his
foreign minister, Michel Barnier, took the opportunity to castigate
the Jewish leader on the world stage, calling the
remarks "unacceptable" and disinviting Sharon from a state visit
until he had an "explanation."
We wonder several things here, but first is exactly which part of
the remarks they didn't understand. The calling home of Jews to
Israel has been around practically longer than Israel itself, and
has been a frequent mantra for Sharon long before this week. The
object is as much practical and political as spiritual: As Sharon
has noted, if demographic trends continue as they are, Jews are on
track to become the minority in Israel a few years down the line...
the latest incident has as much to do with Paris's unrelenting
disdain for the United States as with its tension with the Jewish
state. In an editorial on the Sharon speech, the leftist French
newspaper Le Monde noted that "it's not exactly an accident that
Ariel Sharon's remarks ... were made in front of American Jewish
organizations." The piece went on to describe such groups
as "militant" and to suggest they are the ones who, since Sept. 11,
2001, have "poisoned the climate" of relations between Israel and
France.
Is it really a mystery to the French that by recent polls, some 57
percent of Israelis "feel antipathy" toward their country? France,
which is home to the third-largest Jewish population in the world,
has been lending political aid and comfort to the Palestinians for
several decades and quite ostentatiously so in the past handful of
years.
On previous visits to Israel, its representatives spent nearly equal
time with Yasser Arafat in his bunker as with Israeli leaders, even
as the terrorism continued. As a member of the United Nations
Security Council, France has regularly supported U.N. resolutions
condemning Israel. And the state has been supportive of the recent
International Court of Justice's strongly worded, if feckless,
opinion that Israel's protective fence on the West Bank was creating
undue hardships for the Palestinians.
The disproportionate response to Sharon's remarks was the worst kind
of political self-service: By casting itself as the injured party,
France deflected a broader discussion of how its policies in the
Middle East relate to the anti-Semitism within its borders. The
country saw 510 anti-Jewish incidents in the first half of 2004,
compared with 593 for the entire previous year. Earlier this year,
Chirac's efforts to calm religious strife bought the country an
atrocious law prohibiting public school children from wearing any
religious symbols in class, whether headscarves, crosses or the Star
of David.
Following this week's incident, many wire stories hurried to include
the anger of French Jewish groups at Sharon's remarks. The president
of the French Jewish Student Union said in an interview that he
finds it "particularly embarrassing that the Israeli prime minister
would use a subject as serious as anti-Semitism to settle his
accounts with French diplomacy." Really?
For all the bluster, Chirac still bears some responsibility for the
problem Sharon was addressing: Many of the Muslims who have come to
France in the past few years undoubtedly consider the nation an ally
of sorts in their war against Israel and America. The Arab world is
surely grateful and aware of France's role in the international
sphere, and in regards to the war in Iraq, its positions are often
parroted by Middle Eastern newspapers and cited in support of
continuing the fight.
France was once one of Israel's staunchest allies in the years
following independence, a position that eroded as Charles de Gaulle
began edging the state away from Israel in favor of improved Arab
relations — and contracts.
Some have suggested that Sharon's remarks were intended to expose
French bias for the palestinians...
But that dynamic was clear to the political classes long ago. The
real enlightenment has been the chance to see the French on the
world stage, "J'accuse" echoing from the past.
Collin Levey writes Thursdays for editorial pages of The Times. E-
mail her at clevey@s...
Source:
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/text/2001985191_collin22.html
Before you read the post below from the ZOA we wish to state that a)
we
are not connected with the ZOA but we support their work. and b) We
feel
that French Jews are indeed in danger in France and that Israel, to
make a
reality
of major French Jewish immigration to Israel should set up language
enclaves
in which towns, villages, and perhaps even cities, should be created
in which
French is the language spoken. The reason we support language
enclaves is
that one of the main reasons people do not immigrate to Israel is
that they
do not know Hebrew and lack confidence in their ability to learn
Hebrew, thus
we support the creation of a New France in Israel, for French Jews,
just as a
place
called New England was created in what became the United States of
America
for people from England who were not happy in England. We do support
the
teaching of Hebrew to everyone who wishes to learn it of whatever
age but we
feel that it is children who are by nature best able to learn a new
language,
having
none of their own to start with. Thus the children of French Jews
immigrating
to Israel should be taught BOTH French and Hebrew, as they can learn
BOTH
at an early age far easier than their parents and grandparents can
learn Hebrew.
It is far easier to learn a language as a child than as an adult. It
is not
impossible
to learn a new language as an adult, it is simply more difficult.
For Israel to
become more viable, to gain the millions of Jewish immigrants it
needs to
survive,
it must create language enclaves in which Jews from around the world
can feel
confident in their ability to speak and work in the language they
happen to
speak now, be it French, English, Spanish, Russian, etc. Similarly we
support
the creation in the land of Israel, which includes Judea and
Samaria, of a New
America, a New England, a New Canada, a New Argentina, a New Brazil,
a new
Russia,etc. for Jews from America, England, Canada, Argentina,
Brazil, Russia
etc. who would be happier in Israel than in America, England,
Canada, Argentina,
Brazil, Russia, etc. Does this mean that we think that ALL Jews in
America,
England, Canada, Argentina, Brazil, Russia, etc. should immigrate to
Israel?
We think that should be left up to each individual Jew and should in
large part
be based on the situation in each country.
We are terribly disappointed with BOTH George Walker Bush
and John Forbes-Kohn-Kerry for their support of a so-called
palestinian state.
We believe that BOTH George Walker Bush and John Forbes-Kohn-Kerry
should
declare the absolute OPPOSITION to the creation of a so-called
palestinian
state.
The post from the ZOA is below:
http://www.zoa.org/pressrel2004/20040721b.htm
News Release
The Zionist Organization of America
Jacob & Libby Goodman ZOA House Phone: 212-481-1500
4 East 34th St. New York, NY 10016 Fax: 212-481-1515
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July 21, 2004 Contact: (212-481-1500)
ZOA Agrees With Sharon: French Jews
Should Consider Immigrating To Israel
NEW YORK- The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has strongly
protested the French Foreign Ministry criticism of Israeli Prime
Minister Ariel Sharon for saying that French Jews should consider
immigrating to Israel, in view of the massive and often violent anti-
Semitism in France.
In response to the many recent instances of violent anti-Semitism in
France, Prime Minister Sharon said: "We see the spread of the
wildest anti-Semitism there ... If I have to advise our brothers in
France, I'll tell them one thing – move to Israel, as early as
possible. I say that to Jews all around the world, but there, I
think it's a must and they have to move immediately."
The French Foreign Ministry declared that Sharon "is not welcome" to
undertake his forthcoming planned visit to France, criticized
Sharon's statement as "unacceptable," and "demanded an explanation."
(New York Times, July 19, 2004)
ZOA National President Morton A. Klein said: "The French Foreign
Ministry is demanding an `explanation' for the Prime Minister's
statement. Well, here it is: violent anti-Semitism in France is out
of control, and the French government's response is to prohibit Jews
from wearing yarmulkes in public schools. In view of the ongoing
violence against Jews in France, not to mention France's long and
sordid history of anti-Semitism, of course French Jews should
seriously consider immigrating to Israel."
The ZOA notes numerous developments confirm Prime Minister Sharon's
assessment, including statements by French leaders that have helped
create a climate of hatred toward Jews and Israel:
* In the first six months of 2004 there were, according to French
Foreign Ministry statistics, 135 physical attacks against Jews in
France – compared to 127 such attacks in all of 2003.
* Jean-Marie Le Pen, leader of the anti-Semitic National Front
Party, received 4.5-million votes in the French presidential
election of 2002.
* The French Ambassador to England, Daniel Bernard, denounced Israel
in December 2001 as "a s---ty little country," yet was not fired.
* French President Jacques Chirac's initial response to the wave of
French anti-Semitism in 2002 was to deny that there was anti-
Semitism and to claim that American Jews, under orders from the
Israeli government, were conspiring to harm France's image.
* Former French Prime Minister – and current European Union MP –
Michel Rocard publicly denied Israel's right to exist. In a lecture
at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina in Egypt on June 16, 2002, Rocard
said that the 1917 Balfour Declaration, which paved the way for the
creation of Israel, was "a historic mistake." He said Israel is
an "abnormal ... entity that continues to pose a threat to its
neighbors until today."
* French Foreign Minister Michael Barnier refused to undertake a
state visit to Jerusalem during his visit to the region earlier this
month, and instead met with Yasir Arafat, despite Arafat's
continuing sponsorship of the mass murder of Israeli Jews.
* * *
The Zionist Organization of America, founded in 1897, is the oldest
pro-Israel organization in the United States. The ZOA works to
strengthen U.S.-Israel relations, educates the American public and
Congress about the dangers that Israel faces, and combats anti-
Israel bias in the media and on college campuses. Its past
presidents have included Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis and
Rabbi Dr. Abba Hillel Silver.
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Zionist Organization of America
Before you read former Democratic New York City Mayor Ed Koch's piece
on George Walker Bush and the upcoming Presidential Election in the
U.S. know this: We do not know whether George Walker Bush or John
Forbes-
Kohn-Kerry will be elected this November. We think that one of them
will and
hope that the constructive criticism of both we present from time to
time will
help to make the winner a better President.
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0704/koch.html
Edward I. Koch
Why Bush must win
http://www.jewishworldreview.com
I support the reelection of President George W. Bush. Why? Because I
believe one
issue overwhelms all others: the President's strong commitment to
fight the
forces of international terrorism regardless of the cost or how long
it takes to
achieve victory.
I do not agree with President Bush on a single major domestic issue,
but in my
view, those issues pale in comparison with the threat of
international
terrorism. Osama bin Laden and Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the evil poster
boys of
mass murder, are revered and supported by millions of Muslims
throughout the
world. The stated goal of al-Qaeda and its supporters is to kill or
convert
every infidel, and that means Jews, Christians, Buddhists, and
everyone else who
will not accept Islam's supremacy.
These terrorists are convinced that non-Islamic nations do not have
the will and
courage to persevere in this ongoing struggle, which could last
decades. They
believe the democracies are weak-willed and will ultimately yield to
whatever
demands are made upon them. By withdrawing their troops from Iraq in
response to
terrorist attacks, Spain and the Philippines have already shown that,
tragically, terror tactics, including suicide attacks, car bombings
and the
beheading of innocent civilians, do work. They also intend to
destroy moderate
Muslim governments that want to live in peace with countries that
are not
Islamic. Shortly after 9/11, President Bush announced his commitment
to the
struggle against Islamic fanatics who believe they can destroy the
values of
western civilization and democratic governments everywhere. On
entering this war
against terrorism after 9/11, President Bush said, "We shall go
after the
terrorists and the countries that harbor them." This Bush Doctrine
rivals in
importance the Monroe Doctrine, which limited the colonization
efforts of
foreign powers in the western hemisphere, and the Truman Doctrine,
which
contained the spread of Communism. President Bush has proven that he
is prepared
to keep to his commitment to fight terrorism.
If John Kerry were to win this presidential election, would he stand
up to
terrorism to the same extent as George Bush? I don't think so.
Regrettably, my
party, the Democratic party, now has a strong radical left wing
whose members
often dominate the party primaries. Those same left-wing radicals
have an
anti-Israel philosophy, reviling that democratic state which shares
the values
held by a majority of Americans.
Kerry is a patriotic American who performed heroically in the
Vietnam War.
Regrettably, he surrendered his philosophical independence to the
left wing in
the recent primaries in order to prevail over the original darling
of the
radicals, Howard Dean. Kerry owes his nomination in large part to
the supporters
of Dean and the support of Senator Ted Kennedy. Kennedy sadly
demonstrated his
loss of any sense of decency with his crude attacks on President
Bush using
unacceptable, abusive language. The hatred deliberately stirred by
Kennedy
directed at President Bush is contemptible and dangerous. It
encourages our
terrorist enemies with whom we are at war, and it incites the
crazies in our own
country.
On July 9th, a Kerry/Edwards fundraising concert was held at Radio
City Music
Hall. During that concert Hollywood comedienne Whoopi Goldberg
engaged in
unprintable, despicable, sexual references to the President and the
Vice
President. She combined the President's family name with allusions
to the female
anatomy, and she made a sexual reference to Vice President Dick
Cheney's first
name by referring to the male anatomy. Even worse was Kerry's thank
you from the
stage to all of the performers saying that they conveyed "the heart
and soul of
our country." Shameful.
Now a comment about the war in Iraq. Most Americans understand that
few, if any,
wars go smoothly. Just cast your mind back to the American
Revolutionary War,
during which New York City was occupied by enemy forces for seven
years, or the
American Civil War, in which Confederate armies won victory after
victory on the
battlefield, or even World War II, in which the Nazi menace was
defeated at an
enormous cost in human lives. Should we have gone to war with Iraq?
I believe
the answer is yes.
During a daily briefing after 9/11, then CIA Director George Tenet
told the
President that Iraq had the ability to wage chemical and biological
war on the
U.S. He referred to Iraq's possession of weapons of mass destruction
as a "slam
dunk." Had the President not engaged in the preemptive war against
Saddam, and
if this madman had subsequently released biological agents in the
U.S. or poison
gas, which he had already used against the Kurds and Iran, does
anyone doubt
that the President would have been impeached? The security agencies
of nearly
every democratic nation provided to their President or Prime
Minister the same
description of Iraq's weapons of mass destruction capability. The
U.S. Congress
had the same information and concurred with the President's
decision. The U.N.
Security Council unanimously concurred, passing Resolution 1441. But
it was
President Bush who had the courage to take up arms in defense of the
U.S. and
our allies. That is what leadership is all about.
A poll released by the Washington Post on July 14, 2004, showed
that "55 percent
of Americans approve of the way Bush is handling the campaign against
terrorism," and "51 percent also said they trust Bush more than
Kerry to deal
with terrorism, while 42 percent prefer the Democrat."
We also should not forget that President Bush, in my opinion, has
been the
greatest friend Israel has ever had in the White House. At the U.N.
Security
Council and in the U.N. General Assembly, allies of the U.S. and
others who are
indifferent or hostile to our country have conveyed the view that if
we end our
alliance with Israel, the only democracy in the Middle East, they
would welcome
back the U.S. into their circle. President Bush has refused to
abandon our ally
Israel. In my opinion, the U.S. presidents who have been Israel's
greatest
friends are, in order, the current President Bush, Ronald Reagan and
Bill
Clinton. This November, we Americans in the Jewish community should
remember our
friends. We should thank President Bush for his courage in the war
against
terrorism and for his strong and consistent support for Israel and
democracy.
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JWR contributor Edward I. Koch, the former mayor of New York, can be
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Bloomberg Radio (WBBR 1130 AM) every Saturday from 9-10 am
We can recall James "F--- The Jews They Don't Vote For Us Anyway"
Baker ,
a close friend, Secretary of State, and perhaps even a relative of
George
Herbert Walker Bush. We think it is time for George Walker Bush
to state the equivalent albeit more politely, of that statement, as
it relates
to
the stupid, and we use the word deliberatey, stupid , portion of the
arab
American
electorate that foolishly blames Bush for liberating Iraq, when they
should be
praising him for it, and will not vote for him because of that, and
to say in
his own
way: "F--- the arab Americans They Don't Vote For Us Anyway."
We feel that Iraqi Americans will most likely vote for George Walker
Bush out
of gratitude for the liberation of Iraq. Sadly many other arab
Americans will
vote not for Bush or for Kerry, but for their fellow arab American,
Ralph Nader.
They will not vote for Bush because they still do not get it: arab
tyrannies
are not good for arabs or for anyone else. They are still tied, in
all too many
instances, to support for those arab despots from Syria to Egypt to
Saudi Arabia
to Yemen and the Persian Gulf and beyond, arafat included. That is
truly
tragic, for if the arab peoples of the world are to
advance it must be through democracy, not through despotism. So John
Forbes-Kohn-Kerry, who will not get the votes of most arab Americans
because
so many arab Americans hate Jews and Senator John Forbes-Kohn-Kerry
has partial
Jewish ancestry through his father's father, should also say in his
own
way: "F--- the arab Americans They Don't Vote For Us Anyway."
Next the story of Senator John Forbes-Kohn-Kerry's Jewish roots is
breaking
in the Islamic world, and will no doubt break in a big way among
arab Americans
soon it has not already:
the url below aljazeerah !!!!! is where we found the story beneath
that url
http://www.aljazeerah.info/Opinion%20editorials/2004%
20opinions/April/1%20o/A%20\
Jewish%20Czech%20in%20John%20Kerry%27s%20Court%20by%20Jennifer%
20Anne%20Perez.ht\
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A Jewish Czech in John Kerry's Court
By Jennifer Anne Perez
Reform Judaism Magazine, Fall 2003, Volume 32, No. 1
The saga of a U.S. senator and presidential contender in search of
his
roots--and his reaction to the "revelation."
Photo of the "genealogical revelation" detailing John Kerry's
ancestry by Dana
Wilson.....
The story below is from Daily Times A New Voice For A New Pakistan
and was found at the url below:
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_21-7-2004_pg4_7
Kerry has Jewish ancestry
By Khalid Hasan
WASHINGTON: John Kerry obviously could not come himself, but his
brother Cameron
Kerry came to Israel last week to look around, meet people and see
the security
fence that has been declared illegal by the International Court of
Justice and
widely denounced elsewhere in the world.
It came to light last year that the Kerry family has Jewish roots in
Europe.
According to JTA, the Israeli news agency, Cameron Kerry, who is an
adviser ...
Jewish Voters May Decide 2004 Presidential Election
Though Jews make up a relatively small percentage of Americans
overall there is a very high turnout among Jewish voters relative to
voter turnout from other American voters. This high voter turnout
among
American Jewish voters ,combined with the presence of Jewish voters
in key swing states in the 2004 election could decide the election.
The electoral college is winner take all. Because Bush was awarded
the vote in Florida in 2000 he was able to take office as President.
Florida, which is the home of many Jewish voters is one key swing
state that may also decide the 2004 Presidential election.
New Jersey is another such key swing state. It has a very high
percentage
of Jewish voters and a very high turnout among those voters. Jewish
voters
may constitute as much as 10% of the overall voter turnout in New
Jersey's
2004 Presidential election.
We continue to view New Jersey as a swing state that could decide
the 2004 Presidential election. Bill Clinton took New Jersey by only
2% in 1992 against then President Bush.
Now the New Jersey Democratic party and the Democratic Governor of
New Jersey have evidently become targets of the FBI. "N.J. Gov.'s
Office Subpoenaed in Probe Friday Mar 5th 2004 By JOHN P. McALPIN,
Associated Press Writer
TRENTON, N.J. - Federal agents served subpoenas on the governor's
office and two state offices as part of an investigation of a
campaign fund-raiser who is a longtime associate of Gov. James
McGreevey. A law-enforcement source said the subpoenas, served
Thursday, are part of a larger probe into Democratic fund-raisers"
Source: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?
tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040306/ap_on_re_us/nj_governor_probe_2
AMERICA DECIDES 2004 By Ron Kampeas WASHINGTON, Feb. 3rd 2004 (JTA
Kerry, who after Tuesday's primaries has solidified his position as
the front-runner in the race for the Democratic presidential
nomination, appeals to competing constituencies otherwise at odds in
the battle for the Democratic soul. His Jewish stump speech
delivered with vigor
and passion, with barely a pause cites the
Roosevelt administration's decision to turn away a ship of Jews
fleeing Nazi-occupied Europe as a failure of U.S. policy he would
never repeat. He says he stood atop Masada and felt the echoes of
Jewish resistance call to him. He shouts, extending each syllable
with his broad Brahmin vowels: "Am Yisrael Chai!" People who have
known Kerry a long time say that such diversity is natural to any
Boston politician, who has to deal with large ethnic communities.
That includes a Jewish community of 275,000, about 4.5 percent of
the state's total population. the Boston Globe uncovered his
grandfather's Jewish birth a year ago. Kerry's grandfather,
Frederick, had been at pains to hide his Judaism long before his
arrival in the United States. He had changed his name from Kohn to
Kerry. His business career in the United States rose and then fell;
he shot himself to death in a Boston hotel in 1921. The article
suggested that without the considerable research resources of a
newspaper like the Globe, Kerry had no way of uncovering his
grandfather's origins although he had tried over the years. He was
apparently stunned when he found out a year ago. Now he routinely
mentions the fact when he campaigns among Jews. Lipsman, the
recently elected Iowa delegate, recalls telling Kerry, when she
first met him, that she favored Connecticut Sen. Joseph Lieberman
because she wanted to see a Jewish president elected. "`I'm part
Jewish, too," he allegedly said. He also notes his younger brother
Cameron's conversion to Judaism 20 years ago after marrying a Boston
Jewish woman. Kerry is sensitive to Jewish issues, his supporters
say. Last year, when an Arizona supporter derided Lieberman's
Sabbath observance, Kerry wasted no time in cutting off the
supporter.
He counts among his backers American Jews prominent in the
mainstream Jewish establishment, including Richard Sideman of San
Francisco, who has long been active with the American Jewish
Committee, and Norman Brownstein of Denver, who is on the U.S.
Holocaust Memorial Council and involved with several Jewish groups,
including the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, the pro-
Israel lobby. An official in a pro-Israel group described Kerry's
record on Israel-related votes during his nearly 20 years in the
Senate as "outstanding." Kerry is at pains to underscore his
commitment to Israel, and has made criticism of Saudi Arabia ?and
its closeness to the Bush administration a centerpiece of his
campaign among Jews.
"While Saudi officials and spokesmen have said repeatedly that the
Saudi government is opposed to every form of terrorism, the Saudi
regime openly and enthusiastically supports Hamas," Kerry said in
his JTA statement.
"The Saudis cannot pick and choose among terrorist groups, approving
some while claiming to oppose others."
Source: http://www.jta.org/page_view_story.asp?
strwebhead=Kerry+appeals+to+Jews%2C+Arabs&intcategoryid=3
"Kerry's Jewish brother
By SHARON LUCKERMAN Jewish Renaissance Media
DETROIT When Cameron Kerry fell in love with Oak Park, Mich., native
Kathy Weinman, he chose to convert from Catholicism to Judaism.
Little did he know that he already had a strong Jewish connection.
His father's parents were Jewish, a fact uncovered last year when the
Boston Globe hired a genealogist to check into the family roots of
his brother, John Kerry, the Democratic presidential frontrunner
thought by many to be of Irish background.
The Kerry family was traced back to a small town in the Austrian
empire, now part of the Czech Republic. There, the paper discovered
that before immigrating to America, the Kerrys changed their name
from Kohn and converted from Judaism to Catholicism.
"It was mind-blowing," says Cam Kerry about first learning his
grandparents' true history from the newspaper story. Also surprising
to him was the number of Jews in his synagogue who came up to him
with similar stories. "It's an American story, " he says.
It also could be a powerful Jewish story if John Kerry wins the
White House. He would be the first president of the US with Jewish
roots.
"If my zaydie (grandfather) could see this election," says Anne
Weinman, Cam's Farmington Hills mother-in-law, who with her husband,
Joe, originally emigrated from Eastern Europe.
"Joe, and I are first-generation Americans and it was inconceivable
back then that we could be connected to the president of the US."
Cam's wife, Kathy Weinman, adds, "We have to pinch ourselves once in
a while. It's amazing to have a ringside seat to history in the
making."
She and their two daughters, ages 13 and 17, also have participated
in this history. They were in New Hampshire during the primary. Her
daughters campaigned for their uncle, knocking on doors, making
calls and holding up signs. Their elder daughter worked in Iowa and
volunteered for the Kerry campaign last summer.
Cam, 53, has taken time off from his law firm, Mintz Levin in
Boston, and from his position as an adjunct telecommunications law
professor at Suffolk Law School there, to work on his brother's
presidential campaign.
Earlier this month, prior to the Michigan Democratic caucuses on
Feb. 7, he was in Detroit stumping for his brother.
He stayed with his in-laws in Farmington Hills, where, Anne says,
she keeps a kosher kitchen. Cam, who is knowledgeable of Jewish
dietary laws, is one of the few people she trusts in it.
Cam's wife, Kathy, 49, attended Oak Park High School and went to
Hebrew school at B'nai David in Southfield, Mich. Her mother is a
former English teacher at Berkley High and her father was part owner
of Murray Lighting in Detroit.
The Weinmans now belong to Beth Ahm in West Bloomfield.
After graduating from the University of Michigan law school in 1979 -
- magna cum laude
Kathy got her first job at a law firm in
Washington, DC.
At the same firm she met Cam, also a magna cum laude graduate (of
Boston College Law School). The two were married in 1983.
Though brought up Catholic, he decided to convert to Judaism before
the marriage.
"I was influenced by Kathy," says Cam. "Judaism is deeply held and
meaningful to her. Early on, we established we would raise any
children we had as Jewish. So it flowed from that. To be a full
participant in their religious education, I would convert."
Cam says what appealed to him about Judaism was the role of study in
the religion, that it valued learning and intellectual pursuits,
which were comfortable and a part of his upbringing.
He adds that standing on the bimah for each of his daughters' bat
mitzvahs as a full participant made his religious commitments well
worth it.
"Judaism is central to us," says Kathy, who is active in her
suburban Boston synagogue, Temple Israel in Brookline. "Judaism is a
core of my life and important to our family."
When asked how the Catholic and Jewish sides of the family relate,
Kathy replies, "It's a terrific relationship."
She says that candidate Kerry was supportive when his brother
converted to Judaism. He and his family have attended both nieces'
baby namings and bat mitzvahs. Kathy says she is very close to John
Kerry's two daughters.
And the Weinman and Kerry families have become mishpachah (family),
says Anne Weinman.
Cam's late "blueblood" mother, Rosemary, whose heritage goes back to
colonial times with family names like Winthrop and Forbes, and his
late father, Richard, were wonderful people proud of all four of
their children: Peggy, John, Diana and Cam. She adds that the Kerry
family including Cam's parents and John were present when Cam and
Kathy's daughters were named at the temple.
"Religion has never been an issue between Cam and his [side of the]
family," Kathy says. "John's always loved participating in our happy
occasions. He's always been there and part of our family."
The Weinmans say they are very active in the Kerry campaign. They
support the candidate because of his stand on the environment and
education, Anne says.
"I have a greater appreciation for the early caucus and primaries
and the role they play," Kathy says. "Our country is so big and it's
impossible for everyone to know the candidates. But the Iowans and
the people of New Hampshire get that opportunity. We saw them get to
know my brother-in-law and his opponents. They made their judgment
from the place of knowledge and understanding."
Of course, when asking Cam or the Weinmans why people should vote
for Kerry, you won't get a strengths-and-weaknesses kind of answer.
However, the warmth and intimacy of the reply gives another insight
into this political family of diverse backgrounds.
"There's nobody else I want by my side in a tough situation than my
brother," says the easy-going Cam, who has been at his brother's
side for all of John's campaigns for office.
"In times of war and great economic challenge, he's the kind of
leader we need."
Source: http://www.ijn.com/archive/2004%20arch/022004.htm#story1
"Who has Kerry's ear on Israel?
By RON KAMPEAS Jewish Telegraphic Agency
WASHINGTON Kerry's closest adviser, according to a profile published
over the weekend in the New York Times, is his younger brother
Cameron, who converted to Judaism two decades ago when he married
Kathy Weinman.
Weinman's family is active in the Detroit area Jewish community and
remains active in the Boston Jewish community.
Both Kerry brothers said they were surprised and pleased to learn
last year of their own Jewish connections through their paternal
grandparents.
"The pattern of how he does things is to get as many opinions as he
can," says Candy Glazier, a Kerry supporter from Longmeadow, Mass.,
who also is on AIPAC's executive committee.
"He'll listen to every side of the story, and he'll make the final
decision."
Israel advocates across the political spectrum are quick to say that
Kerry's voting record is "stellar."
On the domestic issues Jews care about, Kerry's record is
unchallenged. He actually may be one of the few leading legislators
who excites Orthodox and Reform Jews alike.
"He's very good at navigating the waters of the diversity of the
Jewish community...Kerry's suggestion that he would consider former
President
Carter
and former US Secretary of State James Baker as Middle East envoys
has especially worried some in the pro-Israel community.
Both Carter and Baker are unpopular among many pro-Israel activists.
A top Jewish Kerry supporter, New York Assembly speaker Sheldon
Silver, told the Forward recently that Kerry has backed down from
his intentions on appointing the pair of envoys.
That has not stopped anonymous opponents from circulating e-mails
citing the Baker and Carter references as a reason not to support
Kerry.
Kerry's supporters say the candidate will survive such attacks as it
becomes clear that while he listens to a broad range of opinion, in
the end he relies mostly on pro-Israel opinion, diverse as it is, in
his assessments of US policy in the Middle East.
"I'm one of the people who call on his office," said Glazier, of
AIPAC, "and he'll come and meet with us personally. Most people will
send their foreign policy adviser, but John takes quite a lot of
time to take questions."
Source: http://www.ijn.com/archive/2004%20arch/022004.htm#story1
It is time for Bush and Cheney and Kerry and Edwards to declare that
they
not only do not support a so-called palestinian state, they oppose
it.
It is time for Bush and Cheney and Kerry and Edwards to admit that
September 11th, 2001 was masterminded by Saddam Hussein in an
attempt to assassinate
former President George Herbert Walker Bush at the White House on
September 11th, 2001 using one or more of the hijacked planes.
Race To The White House Is A Race To The Truth
Who will be the first to tell the American people the truth about
September
11th, 2001?
Who will be the first to tell the American people that Saddam Hussein
sent Osama bin Laden to attack America on September 11th, 2001?
If it is John Kerry he can spin that truth into a story that former
President George Herbert Walker Bush left Saddam in power in 1991,
thereby making September 11th, 2001 possible.
If it is former President George Herbert Walker Bushs son George
Walker Bush he can spin that truth into a story that the liberation
of Iraq was at least in part the assertion of the right to self-
defense
by the United States of America after Saddam sent Osama bin Laden
to attack America on September 11th, 2001.
Both of the stories above are true. The first candidate, Bush or
Kerry, to get that story across with the spin of his choice will
win the 2004 Presidential election.
Second place does not count. There will be no do-overs. It is a
race to the truth. It is a race to victory in the 2004 Presidential
election.
We do not know which candidate, Kerry or Bush will tell the truth
first.
You, as a concerned citizen can do your part. Put your own spin
on it and get the truth out. Email the House and Senate. Email every
newspaper and radio and t.v. station on earth. Call in to every
talk show you can from ABC radio and Fox TV talk show host Sean
Hannity to Washington Journal on c-span.
Get the truth across. Get it across to the American people and to
the people
of the world.
Tell the Left. Tell the Right.
While you are at it tell the truth about the weapons of mass
destruction.
Those weapons are evidence of crimes committed by those who armed
Saddam with those weapons.
Dont let those crimes get covered up.
We dont know how many of those weapons were destroyed by American
bombing. We dont know how many of them are buried in Spider Holes
in Iraq, just like Saddam was until he got dug out of one.
We dont know how many of those weapons were transferred to Baathist
Syria by Batthist Iraq and may now be in Syria or in the Syrian
controlled Bekaa Valley in Lebanon.
The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously to demand that Saddam
turn
those
Weapons over. He failed to do so. The permanent members of the U.N.
Security Council
Had good intelligence about those weapons. France, Russia, the U.S.
the U.K. China all had good intelligence about those weapons. Many
of those countries, if not all, supplied
Saddam with those weapons in the first place. Their intelligence
agencies
knew they were
In Iraq because their intelligence agencies and their military
establishments
had supplied them to Iraq in the first place. Dont let anyone
tell you that the weapons of mass destruction were not there.
Lets start right here: Excerpted from Meet the Press Transcript
for March 14th, 2004 National Security Advisor Dr.Condoleezza Rice:
Tim, we also have to take this fight to the terrorists. They
committed an act of war on 9/11 against the United States. They went
for the Pentagon. They were going for the Capitol and for the White
House. They were trying to decapitate us. Thats an act of war. And
unless we
recognize that we have to go after them in their strongholds, were
going to sit here and try to defend, and we will not be able to do
it in a way that is consistent with the openness that we would like
to maintain as Americans. We are succeeding because slowly, but
surely, their world is getting smaller, not larger. They dont have
Afghanistan as a base of operations. They will not have Iraq as a
base of operations. *** They will not have Libya.... Slowly but
surely, their world is getting smaller, and its only through a
policy that is aggressive and tough that were ultimately going to
defeat them.
Source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4515556/
We do believe that the best defense is a good offense. We would
rather
fight the terrorists abroad than on American soil. We support as an
interim
measure, the security fence Israel is constructing to keep
terrorists out.
In the long term Israel needs to expel all non-Jews from Israel,
Judea,
and Samaria and return them to the arab world from whence they or
their
ancestors came in the first place.
With such a small target the terrorists naturally feel right at home.
http://www.palestine-net.com/geography/gifs/palmap.gif
This map from the so-called palestinians, shows the real
agenda-Israel is not even mentioned on this one.
"Alas, said the mouse, "the whole world is growing smaller every
day. At the
beginning it was so big that I was afraid, I kept running and
running, and I
was glad when at last I saw walls far away to the right and left, but
these long walls have narrowed so quickly that I am in the last
chamber already, and there in the corner stands the trap that I must
run into." "You only need to change your direction," said the cat,
and ate it up. Above from Franz Kafka's "A Little Fable" Whether it
is
Pakistan seeking to eat up Kashmir the Albanians eating up Kosovo,
the Moslems eating up Bosnia, the Croatians eating up the Krajina,
terrorists eating up Dagestan and Chechnya, Syria eating up the
Golan, the so-called "palestinians" eating up Judea, Samaria,
Jerusalem, ad
infinitum, no matter which direction we run to we seem to get eaten
up. It is time to stop running. As long as Israel is pressured into
giving up land for so-called "peace" the true name for the so-called
Process is the Piece Process, like Joel Grey's character in Cabaret,
who parodies "Hitler", a.k.a. Schikelgruber, in the skit, "all I want
is peace", "a little piece of Poland, a little piece of France." "The
Mufti of Jerusalem, Haj Amin al-Husseini was later the notorious Nazi
who mixed Nazi propaganda and Islam. He was wanted for war crimes in
Bosnia by Yugoslavia. His mix of militant propagandizing Islam was an
inspiration for both Yasser Arafat and Saddam Hussein: He was also a
close relative of Yasser Arafat and grandfather of the current Temple
Mount Mufti. "Arafat's actual name was Abd al-Rahman abd al-Bauf
Arafat al-Qud al-Husseini. He shortened it to obscure his kinship
with
the notorious Nazi and ex-Mufti of Jerusalem, Haj Muhammed Amin
al-Husseini." Howard M. Sachar, A HISTORY OF ISRAEL (New York: Knopf,
1976). The Bet Agron International Center in Jerusalem interviewed
Arafat's brother and sister, who described the Mufti as a cousin
(family member) with tremendous influence on young Yassir after the
Mufti returned from Berlin to Cairo. Yasser Arafat himself keeps his
exact lineage and birthplace secret. Saddam Hussein was raised in the
house of his uncle Khayrallah Tulfah, who was a leader in the Mufti's
pro-Nazi coup in Iraq in May 1941."Among the Nazi killers in Berlin
was Haj Muhammed Amin al-Husseini, the ex-Mufti of Jerusalem. That
Arab Nazi organized the killing of Jews in the Balkans and in Greece
at the behest of Hitler in that he instigated the Muslims of Albania
to form a Nazi brigade to commit these murders. The name of the
present terrorist tyrant of the so-called "palestinians" is also
Husseini. Here is his full name: Mohammed Abder Rauf Arafat al-Kudwa
al-Husseini, also known as "Yassir" Arafat. Arafat was born in Egypt
and not in Jerusalem as he pretends. Like his Nazi uncle, he too is
responsible for the indiscriminate murder of Jews. The prime minister
of Israel, Ariel Sharon, said recently that Arafat and his Nazis have
killed more Jews than anyone since the second world war. The Arafat
Nazis have thrown hand grenades into a Jewish old age home in
Frankfurt, Germany. They machine gunned a Jewish congregation at
prayer inside a synagogue in Turkey. They murdered an American Jewish
tourist who was sitting in a wheelchair on an Italian ship in the
Mediterranean, they bombed the World Trade Center in New York and
murdered the American ambassador to the Sudan. They hijacked
innumerable air planes and slaughtered thousands in their crazed
hatred of Sudanese Christians, whom they sell into slavery in
Arabia."
"SENIOR PA OFFICIAL: DESTROY AMERICA By: Aaron Lerner Date: 13 July,
1997 The following are excerpts from the weekly Friday sermon
delivered by Palestinian Authority [PA] appointed "Mufti of Jerusalem
and Palestine" Sheikh Ekrima Sabri, at the Al-Aqsa Mosque on the
Temple Mount in Jerusalem on July 11, 1997. The sermon was broadcast
on the PA's official radio station, Voice of Palestine. "Oh Allah,
destroy America "Allah will paint the White House black!" Dr. Aaron
Lerner, Director IMRA (Independent Media Review & Analysis) (mail POB
982 Kfar Sava) Tel 972-9-7604719/Fax 972-9-7411645 INTERNET ADDRESS:
imra@n... pager 03-6750750 subscriber 4811 ARCHIVE:
http://www.virtual.co.il/city_services/lists/archives/imra/
http://www.io.com/~jewishwb/iris/archives/961.h
"Weeks after the last pile of debris from EgyptAir Flight 990 was
pulled from the sea, investigators say they are more
convinced than ever of their original theory: The jet was crashed
deliberately."
http://abcnews.go.com/sections/us/DailyNews/egyptair000121.html "The
co-pilot under scrutiny in the crash of EgyptAir Flight 990 uttered
an Arabic prayer not once but as many as 10 times just
before the doomed airliner went down"
http://abcnews.go.com/sections/us/DailyNews/egyptair991121.html
"Aviation Analyst John Nance Talks About Flight 990 When a commercial
aircraft goes into a dive as steep and precipitous as the preliminary
radar data seems to indicate."
http://abcnews.go.com/sections/us/DailyNews/chat_johnnance110199.html
"The White House is bordered on three sides by buildings that are as
tall or taller than itself. (OEOB, Treasury, and Blair House.) Beyond
these buildings there are still more buildings, that also are taller
than the White House. The only flight path that is relatively
unobstructed if making a controlled, straight-in approach, is from
the
south, over the ellipse. Even the Marine helicopter the president
uses comes in from this direction and lands on the South Lawn. The
problem with flying a plane the size of a 757 or 767 in from this
direction is that there's a 555 ft tall structure in the way called
the Washington Monument. The Capitol, although a bigger target, is
similarly situated. There are buildings on all sides except for the
west side, which faces the Mall. Again, for a controlled, straight-in
approach, a pilot first would need to avoid the Washington Monument,
and then fly straight down the Mall. There is more room to do this,
but again, it would take considerable skill. Moreover, the buildings
in Roslyn, just across the river from and to the west of the Mall,
would have to be cleared, which means the plane's altitude would
probably be too high, or the angle of descent too steep to permit a
successful attack by anyone other than a skilled, experienced pilot."
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DeanBusters/message/2081
Imagine the rage and fury of Saddam Hussein
"On February 26th, 1982 the Reagan Administration told Congress that
it had dropped Iraq from the list of nations that supported acts of
international terrorism. Baghdad would now be eligible for American
government loan guarantees." source: SPIDER'S WEB: THE SECRET HISTORY
OF HOW THE WHITE HOUSE ILLEGALLY ARMED IRAQ by Alan Friedman ASIN:
0553096508 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DeanBusters/message/4982
Imagine Saddam's rage and fury when Kuwait was liberated on February
26th, 1991, 9 years to the day after the event described above! Is it
any wonder that Saddam would launch the first of his 2 attacks on the
World Trade Center on February 26th, 1993, the 2nd anniversary of the
liberation of Kuwait City, and the 11th anniversary of the event
described above, and that he would launch his 2nd attack on the World
Trade Center on September 11th, 2001, the 11th anniversary of the
Bush
I speech to Congress on Iraq. Saddam loves 11th anniversaries, for
instance " Saddam Hussein's speech on the 11th Anniversary of the
Great Victory Day In the Name of God, Most Compassionate, Most
Merciful Great People, The Valiant of Our Brave Armed Forces, Sons of
our Glorious Arab Nation…"
http://www.index.com.jo/iraqtoday/auguste.html
Second Attempt to Assassinate President Bush.
We all know that Saddam Hussein attempted to assassinate former
President
Bush in Kuwait in 1993. Laura Bush, wife of the current President
Bush,
along with the current President Bush's brothers, his parents, and
former Secretary of State Baker were actually in the air enroute to
Kuwait when the intelligence came in and their plane was turned back.
Then President Clinton later bombed an empty Iraqi intelligence
building
in retaliation for that attempt in which Saddam's homicide bombers
were
caught in Kuwait with the explosives strapped to them.
We believe that the Second Attempt to assassinate former President
George Herbert Walker Bush was made by Saddam Hussein using his
henchman Osama bin Laden on September 11th, 2001.
The key words from Ms. Rice above are:
They were going for the Capitol and for the White House.
Lets repeat four of them right here: for the White House.
Now who was in the White House on September 11th, 2001? Who was the
real target on September 11th, 2001? Lets ask First Lady Laura
Bush:
CNN LARRY KING LIVE Americas New War: Laura Bush Discusses the
Impact of September 11 Aired October 2, 2001 - 21:00 LARRY KING: A
couple of other things:
Have you spoken to your father- in-law (Not in transcript, but the
father in law in question is one George Herbert Walker Bush !!!)
LAURA BUSH: Ive spoken to my father-in-law. They were-they had
actually spent that Monday night here. (not in transcript but here
means at the White House !!!) LARRY KING: Really LAURA BUSH: I
had
just seen them off that morning when I got in the-got in the car and
found out about the first plane. LARRY KING: Didnt know that. LAURA
BUSH: They were-they were on their way to St. Paul, Minnesota to
give a speech, and they were in a private plane, and their plane was
diverted to Minneapolis.
http://www.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0110/02/lkl.00.html
How did the terrorists know where former President George Herbert
Walker Bush would be on September 11th, 2001? Perhaps the following
may explain how Saddam knew where former President Bush might be
spending the night of September 10th-11th 2001:
Like everyone else in the United States, the group stood transfixed
as the events of September 11 unfolded. Present were former secretary
of defense Frank Carlucci, former secretary of state James Baker III,
and representatives of the bin Laden family. This was not some
underground presidential bunker or Central Intelligence Agency
interrogation room. It was the Ritz-Carlton in Washington, D.C., the
plush setting for the annual investor conference of one of the most
powerful, well-connected, and secretive companies in the world: the
Carlyle Group. And since September 11, this little-known company has
become unexpectedly important. That the Carlyle Group had its
conference on Americas darkest day was mere coincidence, but there
is nothing accidental about the cast of characters that this
private-equity powerhouse has assembled in the 14 years since its
founding. Among those associated with Carlyle are former U.S.
President George Bush Sr., former U.K. Prime Minister John Major, and
former President of the Philippines Fidel Ramos. And Carlyle has
counted, Prince Alwaleed bin Talal bin Abdul Aziz Alsaud of Saudi
Arabia, and Osama bin Ladens family among its high-profile
clientele.
http://www.redherring.com/vc/2002/0111/947.html
Someone set the date and the location for that meeting. That someone
was who? We do not know but it certainly seems to us that someone
does know who set the date and location for that meeting.
Imagine the rage and fury of Saddam Hussein
On February 26th, 1982 the Reagan Administration told Congress that
it had dropped Iraq from the list of nations that supported acts of
international terrorism. Baghdad would now be eligible for American
government loan guarantees. source: SPIDERS WEB: THE SECRET
HISTORY
OF HOW THE WHITE HOUSE ILLEGALLY ARMED IRAQ by Alan
Friedman ASIN:
0553096508 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DeanBusters/message/4982
Imagine Saddams rage and fury when Kuwait was liberated on February
26th, 1991, 9 years to the day after the event described above! Is it
any wonder that Saddam would launch the first of his 2 attacks on the
World Trade Center on February 26th, 1993, the 2nd anniversary of the
liberation of Kuwait City, and the 11th anniversary of the event
described above, and that he would launch his 2nd attack on the World
Trade Center on September 11th, 2001, the 11th anniversary of the
Bush
I speech to Congress on Iraq. Saddam loves 11th anniversaries, for
instance Saddam Husseins speech on the 11th Anniversary of the
Great Victory Day In the Name of God, Most Compassionate, Most
Merciful Great People, The Valiant of Our Brave Armed Forces, Sons of
our Glorious Arab Nation?quot;
http://www.index.com.jo/iraqtoday/auguste.html
Saddam took credit for the September 11th attacks on America on
Baghdad Republic of Iraq Television. Saddam sent his henchman Osama
bin Laden to attack America and to assassinate former President
Bush, who was at the White House on the morning of September 11th,
2001,just as he had tried to assassinate former President Bush in
Kuwait in 1993. That is why Flight 93 was selected to hit the White
House on the morning of September 11th, 2001. Fortunately the heroes
of Flight 93 stopped that from happening and the plane went down in
Pennsylvania.
Second Attempt to Assassinate President Bush.
We all know that Saddam Hussein attempted to assassinate former
President
Bush in Kuwait in 1993. Laura Bush, wife of the current President
Bush,
along with the current President Bushs brothers, his parents, and
former Secretary of State Baker were actually in the air enroute to
Kuwait when the intelligence came in and their plane was turned back.
Then President Clinton later bombed an empty Iraqi intelligence
building
in retaliation for that attempt in which Saddams homicide bombers
were
caught in Kuwait with the explosives strapped to them.
We believe that the Second Attempt to assassinate former President
George Herbert Walker Bush was made by Saddam Hussein using his
henchman Osama bin Laden on September 11th, 2001. September 11th,
1990 Dubyas Dad Speaks to Congress on Iraq When
September 11th Yes ! September 11th 1990. Exactly 11 years to the
day before the infamous September 11th 2001 attacks on America.
Saddams Revenge !!! How clear it is!!! Address Before a Joint
Session of the Congress on the Persian Gulf Crisis and the Federal
Budget Deficit September 11, 1990.
We gather tonight, witness to events in the Persian Gulf as
significant as they are tragic. In the early morning hours of August
2d, following negotiations and promises by Iraqs dictator Saddam
Hussein not to use force, a powerful Iraqi army invaded its trusting
and much weaker neighbor, Kuwait. *** The crisis in the Persian Gulf,
as grave as it is, also offers a rare opportunity to move toward an
historic period of cooperation. Out of these troubled times, our
fifth
objective-a new world order-can emerge. *** READ THE WHOLE OF
DUBYAS
DADDYS SPEECH TO CONGRESS ON SEPTEMBER 11TH, 1990 AT
http://bushlibrary.tamu.edu/ Note: The President spoke at 9:09
p.m.in
the House Chamber at the Capitol.. The address was broadcast live on
nationwide television and radio. http://bushlibrary.tamu.edu/ Iraq
Cheers September 11th Attacks on America Wednesday, September 12,
2001 Baghdad TV Commentary: US Reaping Fruits of Crimes Against
Humanity Baghdad Republic of Iraq Television in Arabic 1700 GMT 11
Sep 01 [TV Commentary by Sad Yasin Yusuf read by announcer over
footage of explosions in New York] [FBIS Translated Text] [With
thanks
to Laurie Mylorie - Iraq Watch] The American cowboy is reaping the
fruits of his crimes against humanity. It is a black day in the
history of America, which is tasting the bitter defeat of its crimes
and disregard for peoples will to lead a free, decent life. The
massive explosions in the centers of power in America, notably the
Pentagon, is a painful slap in the face of US politicians to stop
their illegitimate hegemony and attempts to impose custodianship on
peoples. It was no coincidence that the World Trade Center was
destroyed in suicidal operations involving two planes that have
broken
through all US security barriers to carry the operation of the
century
and to express rejection of the reckless US policy. Panic has spread
among US official circles, which evacuated the White House following
a
series of explosions. They also evacuated the Pentagon, the State
Department, and Congress and closed down the airports and government
institutions. The collapse of US centers of power is a collapse of
the
US policy, which deviates from human values and stands by world
Zionism at all international forums to continue to slaughter the
Palestinian Arab people and implement US plans to dominate the world
under the cover of what is called the new [world] order. These are
the
fruits of the new US order. [Video of explosion rocking World Trade
Center] [Description of Source: Baghdad Republic of Iraq Television
in
Arabic-Official television station of the Iraqi Government]
http://www.imra.org.il/story.php3
"September 11th, 2001 - The White House is
evacuated. White House Sealed
http://www.september11news.com/AAWhiteHouseEvacReuters.jpg
"try to avoid having the principal
travel by commercial airline on terrorist anniversaries from The
Art
of Executive Protection
http://www.securitymanagement.com/library/000450.html
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2001/09/20010912-
8.html#intended-targets
MR. FLEISCHER: John, we have real and credible information that the
airplane that landed at the Pentagon was originally intended to hit
the White House.
Q Can you tell us about the nature of that evidence
MR. FLEISCHER: No, of course I cannot. Any questions relating to how
we have obtained any of this information, sources and methods, I
will, of course, not answer.
Q why it changed course, Ari Why it went to the Pentagon and not
the White House
MR. FLEISCHER: We really do not know the answer to that. But we
are
aware of what we have.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2001/09/20010912-
8.html#intended-targets
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/05/20/attack/main509535.shtml
"White House Was Flight 93 Target
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/05/20/attack/main509535.shtml
May 23, 2002
Volunteers in Shanksville this past weekend. (Photo: AP)
The San Francisco-bound jet had turned toward Washington and U.S.
fighter jets were flying to intercept it when it crashed. All 44
people aboard were killed.
(CBS) A high-ranking al Qaeda detainee told investigators the
intended target of United Airlines Flight 93, which crashed into a
Pennsylvania field on Sept. 11, was the White House.
Government sources said Abu Zubaydah, now in U.S. custody, is
believed to be the source of the information. He is being
interrogated by U.S. officials at an undisclosed location.
Investigators have linked Zubaydah directly to hijackers on board
Flight 93.
United Flight 93 took off from Newark, N.J., and crashed in Somerset
County, Pa.. A recorder on the plane and calls made to people on the
ground indicate passengers fought for control with the hijackers
before it went down.
The San Francisco-bound jet had turned toward Washington and U.S.
fighter jets were flying to intercept it when it crashed. All 44
people aboard were killed.
Officials previously had assumed the White House was a likely
target, but said the Capitol and CIA headquarters in McLean, Va.,
near Washington were other possibilities.Abu Zubaydah is believed to
have played a key role in organizing the Sept. 11 attacks, officials
said. As al Qaedas top operational planner, he ran the Khalden camp
in Afghanistan, where U.S. investigators have learned many of the
Sept. 11 hijackers trained. This suggests Abu Zubaydah may have had
direct contact with the hijackers and chosen them for training.
He also had telephone contacts with at least one Arab student at
U.S. flight schools, according to a July 10, 2001, memo from a
Phoenix FBI agent.
The CIA, FBI and Pakistani authorities captured and wounded Abu
Zubaydah in a raid by in Faisalabad, Pakistan, in March. He is
believed to have masterminded the failed millennium bombing plots in
Los Angeles and Jordan, and has been linked to failed plots on the
U.S. embassies in Paris and Sarajevo.
Abu Zubaydah was also indirectly linked, through a web of
associations with other al Qaeda members in Europe, to lead Sept. 11
hijacker Mohammed Atta and his cell in Hamburg, Germany. Three
members of the Hamburg cell were suicide hijackers; three others are
still at large. Ziad Jarrah, believed to be the pilot-hijacker of
Flight 93, was a member of the Hamburg cell.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/05/20/attack/main509535.shtml
(MY THEORY ABOUT THE CHOICE OF FLIGHT 93 WAS THAT
1993 WAS THE YEAR
IN WHICH SADDAM FIRST TRIED TO ASSASSINATE FORMER
PRESIDENT BUSH IN
KUWAIT, IT WAS ALSO THE YEAR IN WHICH SADDAM
HUSSEIN FIRST TRIED
TO DESTROY THE WORLD TRADE CENTER. IT TURNED OUT
TO BE AN UNLUCKY
NUMBER FOR SADDAM HUSSEIN BECAUSE THE PASSENGERS
ON FLIGHT 93 BECAME
HEROES AND STOPPED THE PLANE FROM GOING INTO THE
WHITE HOUSE)
So lets get Abu Zubaydah in front of the 9/11 Commission lets get
former White House Press Secretary for George Walker Bush ARI
FLEISCHER
in front of the 9/11 Commission. The questions we want to see them
and National Security Adviser Dr.Condoleezza Rice include, among
others,: How did you know that THE WHITE HOUSE was the target on
9/11? and Did y
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