More on the Al Dura Hoax March 11, 2009

Power Line – Al Dura Hoax Exposed?

The Al Dura Hoax is also known as a blood libel. In this case the boy in the photograph who is with his father was supposed to have been killed. The video footage that I have seen to date indicates that the boy and man were not in fact in any danger, that the Israelis could not possibly have hit that particular spot, and now it turns out that there is really no evidence that the boy actually died.

When the actual incident occurred the new footage was seen all around the world, and this alleged killing of a young boy became the cause for the Intifada against Israel. It has also been the reason why a lot of people around the world literally turned their backs on Israel. However, the whole thing has been a fraud – a hoax.  It was set up by the Palestinian factions who wanted to get even with the Israelis and provide what is known as blood libel.

A few years ago, I followed a case in the French courts regarding the exposure of this blood libel via the case of Phillipe Karsenty. The original verdict had gone against Karsenty, that is the verdict had stated that there was no hoax or fraud, but the French appellate court overturned that verdict in May 2008, and France 2 was ordered to release raw video footage of the incident.

On March 4 German public TV ARD have broadcast a documentary that confirms that the news report submitted by Charles Enderlin and broadcast by France 2 on September 30, 2000, is a fraud.

The evidence provided in the documentary is:

• via biometric analysis of the faces it has been proven that the boy who was filmed by France 2 was not the boy presented at the Gaza morgue. The eyebrows and lips are different.

•  using lip-reading technique the German TV read the father’s lips. They discovered that Jamal al Dura gave instructions to the people who were behind France 2’s cameraman during the filming of the scene.

• the boy whose funeral took place, as though it was Mohammed al Dura arrived at the hospital before 10.00 am, whereas the France 2 news report was filmed after 2.30 pm.

The deception of the al Dura hoax has caused irremediable damage to Israel. This is the problem with blood libel. It goes to show the depths to which the Palestinians will sink in order to lay false charges against Israel.

UN launches Tribunal to prosecute the assassins of Harari March 2, 2009

U.N. opens prosecution over Hariri assassination – CNN.com

A tribunal has been convened at the The Hague more than 4 years after Hariri was killed in a massive car bombing in Beirut on February 14, 2005.  The bomb had detonated as Hariri’s motorcade passed through the seaside district of Corniche. The bomb itself contained hundreds of pounds of explosives and it left buildings shattered and streets littered with the mangled wreckage of the vehicles. The blast killed 22 other people.

The Tribunal will have 11 judges, 4 of whom will be Lebanese. Four senior generals have been held over the killing, but the United States and the U.N. investigators believe that Syria ordered the assassination, even though this is denied by Syria.

The killing sparked widespread protests that led to the eventual withdrawal of Syrian troops from Lebanon (followed by the build up of Hezbollah the Syrian puppet organization) and the election of the anti-Syrian bloc in parliament.

The U.N. investigators who were tasked to find the killers of Hariri found links between the Syrian government and Hariri’s asassination.

The U.N. says that the case is expected to be ready for trial by 2010.

UN Suspends Aid in Gaza – Hamas caught stealing again February 8, 2009

The UN aid agency in Gaza has announced that it has suspended all aid shipments, accusing Hamas of seizing supplies of food.

The shipment consisted of ten lorries carrying flour and rice, which were taken from the Palestinian side of the Kerem Shalom crossing.

The UN Secretary –General Ban Ki-moon has stated that Hamas must immediately release the shipment, and he has called upon Hamas to “refrain from interference with the provision and distribution of humanitarian assistance in Gaza”.

Despite the stern warnings from the UN, Hamas have given what can only be considered a sleight of hand response by stating that the goods would only be returned to the agency

“if it turns out it is indeed its property”.

Such a statement is no assurance that the goods will be returned. It is the kind of statement that is intended to give an “out”.

Hamas is being caught out in its double dealing and to add further examples of the double dealing it has been reported that Hamas is ignoring Gazans who are not supporters of Hamas, and that these other people have only received limited financial aid from Hamas, despite having their homes destroyed owing to the actions of Hamas. (I will deal with these actions in another post)

He lost his daughters and a niece… share the anguish February 6, 2009

An Israeli probe into the death of the three daughters of a Gaza doctor in a recent offensive has concluded that they were kiled by Israeli fire. The Israeli troops had fired shells at what was considered to be “suspicious figures in Dr. Isseldeen Abuelaish’s house, believing they were observers directing sniper fire.

Dr. Izzeldeen Abuelaish is an Israeli trained doctor who is fluent in Hebrew. He denies that there were snipers near his house. It could be that the snipers were indeed hiding nearby, knowing that the doctor was a friend to Israel (this is speculation).

His response to the inquiry shows the good doctor to be a remarkable person:

“We all make mistakes, ad we don’t repeat the.”

He also added ” I have two options – the path of darkness or the path of light. The path of darkness is like choosing all the complications with diseases and depression, but the path of light is to focus on the future of my children. “

Let us pray for the good doctor and his family during their time of sorrow and grief.

What happens if there is “Not in my backyard syndrome” for Gitmo detainees January 24, 2009

A Saudi national released from U.S. detention centre at Guantanomo Bay, Cuba in September 2007 has retruned to previous activities and is believed to be a key leader of Al Qaeda operations in Yemen. What does that say about a foolhardy decision – foolhardy from the point of view that it has been orderd too quickly without thinking about the consequences of the new mealy-mouthed president of the United States?

Mr “smooth” Obama who is so careful about what he says, disguising his real agenda at the same time, has made a decision without thinking through all of the consequences. Surely he could have waited until he had done everything possible to ensure that these detainees, who are not political prisoners, but who have been actively engaged in an act of war, are located to some other secure location.

Ali al-Shiri is a Saudi national, and he was released from Guantanamo for rehabilitation in Saudi Arabia. That did not last long, because he escaped and returned to Yemen where he has continued with his illegal terrorist activity.

One of the major problems that has to be confronted right now is the “not in my backyard syndrome.” From an Australian point of view I agree, we do not want this scum in our country. It is bad enough having David Hicks return to this country, and ditto Mahmoudo Habib. Both are traitors to Australia. They are not heroes. They should not be given a free ride by allowing them access to sue anybody for their detention. Hicks was discovered in Afghanistan, working with the Taliban. Habib was with similar types in Pakistan.

These detainees do not merit special attention since they have murdereous intent against westerners.

Al Qaeda leader demands terror war for Britain and the USA January 23, 2009

As is typical of the Al Qaeda leadership, Abu Yahya al-Libi called for a new round of terror for western nations. Now this should not come as a surprise to anyone (except of course for the poor besotted Barack Obama fools who think that it will all go away now that Obama is the president of the USA).

The Al Qaeda leader urged the terror network followers to “rise up like angered lions” whilst declaring: “It is high time that this criminal country, I mean Britain, paid the price of its history”.

The illogic of the statement is that this person is blaming Great Britain because Hamas use civilians as human shields. You see women and children in Islam are really quite dispensable commodities as far as Hamas are concerned. Even so, yes there were many innocent victims, like the daughters of the Palestinian doctor who has always worked for peace. Could it be that his daughters were just in the wrong place at the wrong time, or were they targeted by Hamas so that they would be in the way of any retaliating fire – after all the doctor is a friend to Israel and speaks Hebrew. (and yes I am being very cynical in the way I am writing this comment)

My heart goes out to Dr. Abuelaish over the loss of his children in such distressing circumstances:

A distraught Dr Abuelaish said the events were the antithesis of everything he had brought up his dead daughters to believe. "I raised my children to work and be soldiers of peace," he said. "I believed medicine could be a bridge for peace between Israelis and Palestinians."

An army spokesman said a preliminary investigation into the incident had found that soldiers in the area of the doctor’s house in the Jabalia Refugee Camp had been returning fire from the source of shooting towards them. The spokesman also noted the Israeli army did its best to avoid civilian casualties, a task made difficult by what he described as an enemy that took shelter in civilian areas.

If anyone is to blame for this man’s loss, then it is the members of Hamas who were using the area as a shield for their terror activities against the state of Israel.

It is not over – Al Qaeda makes noises January 23, 2009

Abu Yahya al-Libi is urging Islamist militants to launch attacks in the West, specifically the USA and Great Britain.

Anyone who thinks that a change in the US Presidency is going to stop these attacks and the threat of attacks have rocks in their heads.

They say it is unIslamic to hit your wife – but… January 22, 2009

Imam Samir Abu Hamza in a lecture given in 2003 stated that under Islamic law men could demand sex with their wives. This is despite an Australian law requiring consent. In a cover up of what is preached within Islam i is now claimed that Islam does not condone either the hitting or raping of their wives. Now it seems that the Imam is trying to cover up his faux pas by claiming what he said was metaphorical.

A statement by the current Australian Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, on this subject is in my opinion very unhelpful. It seems to me that he is extremely ignorant about the real Islam.

Now I will give the benefit of the doubt to Islamics in Australia, that the majority prefer a reformed version of Islam – that is there is an effort to clean up the violence that is allowed in some Islamic countries. However, I cannot accept that Mr. Haset Seli is telling the truth about Islam as it is practiced elsewhere when he says of the Imam:

“His lecture was absolutely ludicrous, unIslamic and highlighted the ignorance of the man”.

On the other hand, in this story I do see some hope for Islamic women in Australia, that they will be subjected to less violence in the future. The hope comes from comments by Sharene Hassan, vice president of the ICV because she is organizing a series of workshops for Victorian imams on the issue of domestic violence.

She says:

“There may be individuals who have interpreted this lecture as condoning violence against women – it’s not the first time we have had this problem, ” she said.

The good news is that imams are meeting to plan workshops to find ways of discouraging domestic violence among their followers.

It seems that there is a discrepancy between the two views expressed – the male says that the women are not treated with violence; the woman says that there have been problems in the past. I prefer to believe sherene Hassan, not the staff member from the mosque in Coburg.

Militant arrested over London attacks January 22, 2009

Pakistani forces have arrested 7 militants, including a senior Al-Qaeda operative allegedly wanted for questioning in connection with the 2005 London attacks.

The militant has been named as Zabi ul Taifi, and he is an Arab national. It is not know what role he played in the London bombings.

I guess they failed the bomb making course given at this madrassa December 5, 2007

BBC NEWS | South Asia | Fatal blast at Pakistan madrassa

The bomb at an Islamic madrassa has killed at least 6 people, whilst several others were injured in the blast at Qila Saifullah in the Balochistan province near the Afghan border. All of the casualties were students attending the madrassa.

Since no one admitted carrying out an attack it might be fair to question whether or not this is a case of the students failing their bomb making course (or perhaps even passing the course with flying colours).

However, the officials in the area report that the bomb was concealed in clothing that had been left by an Afghan refugee who had spent the night at the Imdadul Uloom madrassa. The Afghan spent only one night on the premises, so this begs the question, did he leave his hosts a little present, or was he supposed to pick up this little present and take it with him?

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