veteranstoday--2020-01-24--US Plotting to break up Iraq to secure troops, rebuild ISIS

The US is reportedly seeking to carve out a “ Sunni state ” in Iraq ’ s Anbar province in a bid to secure the presence of its military forces in the Arab country amid the Iraqi nation call for the expulsion of all foreign troops .
Washington has in recent weeks been promoting a plan to create an autonomous Sunni region in western Iraq , a new report by the Middle East Eye reveals .
Officials from both countries have told the MEE that the US efforts come in response to the Iraqi Parliament ’ s attempts to expel @ @ @ @ @ @ @ US has long been pursuing the break-up of the Arab country in order to secure its interests in the region , particularly by exploiting the country ’ s rich oil resources .
The idea of carving out an autonomous Sunni region dates back to a 2007 proposition by Joe Biden , who is now vying to be the Democratic Party ’ s presidential candidate .
Thirteen years on , the US is now reviving the plot under the administration of Donald Trump amid efforts to expel the US troops .
The Americans have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the drawer and putting it on the table , ” a former US official familiar with the project confirmed .
“ The creation of a Sunni region has always been an option for the US , ” the former US official said .
Saudis come to US help The plot to create the Sunni autonomous region has been discussed at a secret meeting nine months ago between Saudi ambassador to Jordan and a group of Iraqi politicians and businessmen from Anbar , Salah al-Din and Nineveh provinces , the MEE reveals .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Amman , was hosted by the Saudi minister for Persian Gulf affairs , Thamer bin Sabhan al-Sabhan , who is Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ’ s point man for the region .
On the agenda was a plan to push for a Sunni autonomous region , akin to Iraqi Kurdistan .
The meeting reportedly ended in vigorous agreement .
A bigger meeting was held some weeks later , this time attended by a US and Israeli representative .
The MEE has quoted the US envoy as telling his Saudi counterpart : “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s welcome.
” A third meeting was held in Dubai , this time attended by Iraq ’ s Sunni Parliament Speaker Mohamed al-Halbousi .
He has denied that plans to create a Sunni region were discussed or agreed upon , but Sunni members of the Iraqi Parliament have broken the cover .
One of the most vocal of this group , deputy for Anbar province Faisal al-Issawi , said that “ practical steps ” had started towards forming an autonomous province on the lines of Iraqi Kurdistan in the north of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ plan following the recent developments .
Anbar comprises 31 percent of the Iraqi state ’ s landmass .
It has significant untapped oil , gas and mineral reserves .
It borders Syria .
If US troops were indeed forced by the next Iraqi government to quit the country , they would have to leave the oil fields of northern Syria as well because it is from Anbar that this operation is supplied .
Anbar has four US military bases , the MEE reports .
A source has told MEE that the “ creation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the options being considered by Washington ” as part of its broader plot to disintegrate the Arab country .
Iraq ’ s unity “ is no longer a priority now for the US , ” the source said .
In his latest article , Abdel Bari Atwan , the well-known Arab author and editor-in-chief of Rai al-Youm , has also warned about the White House ’ s project to break up Iraq based on ethnic and sectarian divisions .
The US plot comes as major crowds of people gathered in the capital @ @ @ @ @ @ @ presence in the country after the US assassinated top Iranian General Qassem Soleimani and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis , who was second-in-command of the Iraq ’ s PMU , in Baghdad earlier this month .

The US is reportedly seeking to carve out a “Sunni state” in Iraq’s Anbar province in a bid to secure the presence of its military forces in the Arab country amid the Iraqi nation call for the expulsion of all foreign troops.
Washington has in recent weeks been promoting a plan to create an autonomous Sunni region in western Iraq, a new report by the Middle East Eye reveals.
Officials from both countries have told the MEE that the US efforts come in response to the Iraqi Parliament’s attempts to expel American troops from their country.
The US has long been pursuing the break-up of the Arab country in order to secure its interests in the region, particularly by exploiting the country’s rich oil resources. The idea of carving out an autonomous Sunni region dates back to a 2007 proposition by Joe Biden, who is now vying to be the Democratic Party’s presidential candidate.
Thirteen years on, the US is now reviving the plot under the administration of Donald Trump amid efforts to expel the US troops.
The Americans have worked on “taking this project out of the drawer and putting it on the table,” a former US official familiar with the project confirmed.
“The creation of a Sunni region has always been an option for the US,” the former US official said.
Saudis come to US help
The plot to create the Sunni autonomous region has been discussed at a secret meeting nine months ago between Saudi ambassador to Jordan and a group of Iraqi politicians and businessmen from Anbar, Salah al-Din and Nineveh provinces, the MEE reveals.
The meeting, which was held in Amman, was hosted by the Saudi minister for Persian Gulf affairs, Thamer bin Sabhan al-Sabhan, who is Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s point man for the region.
On the agenda was a plan to push for a Sunni autonomous region, akin to Iraqi Kurdistan. The meeting reportedly ended in vigorous agreement.
A bigger meeting was held some weeks later, this time attended by a US and Israeli representative. The MEE has quoted the US envoy as telling his Saudi counterpart: “If you can do it, it’s welcome.”
A third meeting was held in Dubai, this time attended by Iraq’s Sunni Parliament Speaker Mohamed al-Halbousi. He has denied that plans to create a Sunni region were discussed or agreed upon, but Sunni members of the Iraqi Parliament have broken the cover.
One of the most vocal of this group, deputy for Anbar province Faisal al-Issawi, said that “practical steps” had started towards forming an autonomous province on the lines of Iraqi Kurdistan in the north of the county.
Washington is fully behind the plan following the recent developments.
Anbar comprises 31 percent of the Iraqi state’s landmass. It has significant untapped oil, gas and mineral reserves. It borders Syria.
If US troops were indeed forced by the next Iraqi government to quit the country, they would have to leave the oil fields of northern Syria as well because it is from Anbar that this operation is supplied. Anbar has four US military bases, the MEE reports.
A source has told MEE that the “creation of a Sunni region is just one of the options being considered by Washington” as part of its broader plot to disintegrate the Arab country.
Iraq’s unity “is no longer a priority now for the US,” the source said.
In his latest article, Abdel Bari Atwan, the well-known Arab author and editor-in-chief of Rai al-Youm, has also warned about the White House’s project to break up Iraq based on ethnic and sectarian divisions.
The US plot comes as major crowds of people gathered in the capital city of Baghdad to denounce US military presence in the country after the US assassinated top Iranian General Qassem Soleimani and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, who was second-in-command of the Iraq’s PMU, in Baghdad earlier this month.


veteranstoday--2020-01-24--Total US Censorship: Demonstrations in Iraq for US Removal, Play by Play by co-Host Gordon Duff on P

Total US Censorship: Demonstrations in Iraq for US Removal, Play by Play by co-Host Gordon Duff on Press TV

and again at 23:41 , an interesting story here… Iraqis have rallied in Baghdad in massive numbers to call for an end to US military presence in the country following high-profile assassinations and airstrikes targeting anti-terror forces .
Sayed Sadiq al-Hashemi , the director of the Iraqi Center for Studies , said more than 2.5 million took part in the demonstrations on Friday .
Since the early hours on Friday , huge crowds of men , women , and children of all ages converged on the Jadriyah neighborhood near Baghdad University .
The protesters were seen carrying banners and chanting @ @ @ @ @ @ @ forces .
“ Get out , get out , occupier !
” some shouted , while others chanted , “ Yes to sovereignty !
” Iraq ’ s al-Ahd news network reported that Iraqis from all of the country ’ s provinces had gathered in the city .
On January 5 , the Iraqi parliament voted overwhelmingly in favor of a resolution calling for the expulsion of all foreign forces after the US assassination of Iran ’ s General Qassem Soleimani and his Iraqi trench mate Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis .
The massive rally @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on Iraqis to stage “ a million-strong , peaceful , unified demonstration to condemn the American presence and its violations ” .
Sadr issued a statement on Friday calling for US bases to be shut down and Iraqi airspace closed to US warplanes and surveillance aircraft .
He warned that US presence in the country will be dealt with as an occupying force if Washington does not agree with Iraqi demands to withdraw for the country .
In a message delivered through a representative at Friday prayer in the holy city of Karbala @ @ @ @ @ @ @ urged Iraqi political groups to do what is needed to safeguard the country ’ s sovereignty .
He called on Iraqi groups to stand united , far from any foreign influence in countering the dangers which threaten the country .
On Thursday ahead of the planned rallies , Sadr called on Iraqis to mobilize and defend the country ’ s independence and sovereignty .
“ Oh women , men , and youth of the country , the time is now upon us to defend the country , its sovereignty , and dependence , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ Spread the word of an independent future Iraq that will be ruled by the righteous ; an Iraq which will not know of corruption nor aggression ” he added , calling on Iraqis to expel the “ tyrants ” .
Various Iraqi resistance groups affiliated with the country ’ s Popular Mobilization Units ( PMU ) have also backed the anti-American rally .
Speaking to the Lebanese al-Mayadeen television channel , Jaafar al-Husseini , a spokesman for the PMU-affiliated Kata ’ ib Hezbollah resistance group , said “ other means ” will @ @ @ @ @ @ @ do not leave Iraq .
The American presence , he said , has led to corruption and instability in the country .
In an interview with Iran ’ s Tasnim news agency , Firas al-Yasser , a member of the political bureau of Iraq ’ s Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba , said Friday ’ s rallies marked “ a new chapter ” in the Arab country ’ s relations with the US .
He said Iraqi resistance groups support the stance of the country ’ s clerical leadership , which does not tolerate Washington @ @ @ @ @ @ @ humiliation ” of Iraq .
“ We believe we have reached the Zero Hour in facing off with the US , ” he said .
Yasser added that Iran ’ s missile attack on the Ain al-Assad base in the western Iraqi province of Anbar earlier this month was a “ prelude ” to the expulsion of US forces from the country .
Qais al-Khazali , leader of Asa ’ ib Ahl al-Haq , which is part of the PMU , described Friday ’ s rallies as a “ second revolution ” a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 1920 against British forces .
• An Iraqi PMU group says it is ready to inflict a heavy loss on US military forces if they refuse to withdraw from the country .
• Iran ’ s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps ( IRGC ) has targeted US airbases in Iraq .

and again at 23:41, an interesting story here…
Sayed Sadiq al-Hashemi, the director of the Iraqi Center for Studies, said more than 2.5 million took part in the demonstrations on Friday.
Since the early hours on Friday, huge crowds of men, women, and children of all ages converged on the Jadriyah neighborhood near Baghdad University.
The protesters were seen carrying banners and chanting slogans calling for the expulsion of US forces.
“Get out, get out, occupier!” some shouted, while others chanted, “Yes to sovereignty!”
Iraq’s al-Ahd news network reported that Iraqis from all of the country’s provinces had gathered in the city.
On January 5, the Iraqi parliament voted overwhelmingly in favor of a resolution calling for the expulsion of all foreign forces after the US assassination of Iran’s General Qassem Soleimani and his Iraqi trench mate Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis.
The massive rally came after influential cleric Muqtada al-Sadr called on Iraqis to stage “a million-strong, peaceful, unified demonstration to condemn the American presence and its violations”.
Sadr issued a statement on Friday calling for US bases to be shut down and Iraqi airspace closed to US warplanes and surveillance aircraft.
He warned that US presence in the country will be dealt with as an occupying force if Washington does not agree with Iraqi demands to withdraw for the country.
In a message delivered through a representative at Friday prayer in the holy city of Karbala, top cleric Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani also urged Iraqi political groups to do what is needed to safeguard the country’s sovereignty.
He called on Iraqi groups to stand united, far from any foreign influence in countering the dangers which threaten the country.
On Thursday ahead of the planned rallies, Sadr called on Iraqis to mobilize and defend the country’s independence and sovereignty.
“Oh women, men, and youth of the country, the time is now upon us to defend the country, its sovereignty, and dependence,” Sadr said in a tweet.
“Spread the word of an independent future Iraq that will be ruled by the righteous; an Iraq which will not know of corruption nor aggression” he added, calling on Iraqis to expel the “tyrants”.
Various Iraqi resistance groups affiliated with the country’s Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) have also backed the anti-American rally.


veteranstoday--2020-01-24--Diminished by Trump: US being removed from both Europe and the Middle East

Pravda.ru : Along with the assassination of an Iranian general , the United States once again did not give a visa to the UN to the Iranian foreign minister .
More recently , the same was true for Russia and other countries .
In fact , the States have placed themselves above the UN and the whole world .
But at the same time , it clearly resembles dying convulsions .
Read the beginning of the interview : • By killing Suleimani , the US has outlawed itself • The United States has shown the helplessness and uselessness of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the assassination of General Kassem Suleymani , Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif was supposed to come to the UN , but the Americans did not give him a visa .
Daria Mitina : Although he was obliged to be present there on a post .
Of course .
Before that , they did not give a visa to other Iranian and not only Iranian , many of our politicians .
Thus , the Americans also completely brazenly and shamelessly do not fulfill their obligations to the UN .
Of course , the UN @ @ @ @ @ @ @ But that ’ s all .
And everyone was silent .
And in the end , there is no international law , there is only the law of power .
Who is stronger is right .
And the phrase that we will leave Iraq when you give us billions for the base that we have built … That is , the Americans came to Iraq , bombed it , they killed a bunch of people , and now Iraq also owes them .
And what is the international reaction ?
Again no .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ the position of Europe in this situation ?
Apparently , it is obvious that they are not very happy with what is happening .
Vyacheslav Polosin : You see , even if the US Democratic Party is so dissatisfied that it legally limited the authority of its president in this region after the action he committed , there is no talk of Europe , which Trump himself noticed the other day , although he defends it from Russia .
Somewhere on Twitter , he left such a post the other day .
There @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , in my opinion , have been crooked by such a policy .
How Europe responds to US actions Will it somehow manifest itself in real changes ?
Or will there be only dissatisfied statements and condemnations of US policy ?
Or will it still lead to some results ?
VP : I think that in the end , all this will lead to pragmatism .
DM : In the momentary turnover , I think the voice of Europe is not very audible .
Except that a number of countries have already announced @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Iraq , as they say , away from sin .
But countries like Germany have already pulled themselves up .
In general , this is simply a signal to the Americans that the European powers can no longer feel safe enough under the “ reliable ” wing of the United States , as they felt before .
Because earlier , if such military contingents were introduced , then , firstly , this was done under the auspices of NATO , which , as an international organization , was responsible for the safety of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ can see , the situation has become a mess .
Therefore , NATO countries are slowly crawling away from this whole plot , no longer willing to put their lives at risk .
And this is a very bad and serious indicator .
And in fact , this suggests that everything is concentrated in the United States .
That is , the States are feeling more and more detached , not wrapping themselves up in such empty formalities as agreeing with NATO itself or with its parliament .
This is all very unfortunate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
As for the Syrian theater of operations , here it is also of great importance .
Because if we consider this region as a single , it is very good that the Iraqi parliament voted to end the anti- Igil operation ( ISIS – a terrorist organization banned in Russia – Ed . )
.
This suggests that there is at least some kind of legal basis for demanding the withdrawal of American troops .
Because while it ’ s pure , what ’ s called , in fact .
They are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ any agreements , any international decisions , rights , and laws .
The United States is there simply because they came and occupied , as they say .
And this Iraqi precedent is , in my opinion , a precedent in this regard is very positive , because it laid the foundation for diplomatic , at least , extrusion of the United States .
As for NATO , it seems to me that France , in the person of President Macron , is also already looking for some kind of move , as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the influence of the United States and pursue its own policy .
Moreover , France was initially in a special position in NATO , did not participate in a military organization , but only in a political one .
Therefore , the weakest link in NATO is , in my opinion , France .
Although it seems that Germany is beginning to be weighed .
Not only they are burdened .
They ’ re already quite a lot of people who want to leave NATO .
VP : There will be a question @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Therefore , they will not , of course , abruptly tear .
But if possible and as the pressure on them from the ocean decreases , they will try to free themselves and create some kind of their own security system .

Machine translated from Russian
Pravda.ru: Along with the assassination of an Iranian general, the United States once again did not give a visa to the UN to the Iranian foreign minister. More recently, the same was true for Russia and other countries. In fact, the States have placed themselves above the UN and the whole world. But at the same time, it clearly resembles dying convulsions.
The chief editor of Pravda.Ru, Inna Novikova, was told about this by the doctor of philosophical sciences, candidate of political sciences, political scientist Vyacheslav Polosin and the secretary of the United Communist Party of the Russian Federation Daria Mitina.
Read the beginning of the interview:
Just at the same time as the assassination of General Kassem Suleymani, Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif was supposed to come to the UN, but the Americans did not give him a visa.
Daria Mitina: Although he was obliged to be present there on a post.
What Americans do wrong
Of course. Before that, they did not give a visa to other Iranian and not only Iranian, many of our politicians. Thus, the Americans also completely brazenly and shamelessly do not fulfill their obligations to the UN. Of course, the UN expressed its disagreement with this position. But that’s all. And everyone was silent. And in the end, there is no international law, there is only the law of power. Who is stronger is right.
And the phrase that we will leave Iraq when you give us billions for the base that we have built … That is, the Americans came to Iraq, bombed it, they killed a bunch of people, and now Iraq also owes them.
And what is the international reaction? Again no. Vyacheslav Sergeevich, how do you assess the position of Europe in this situation? Apparently, it is obvious that they are not very happy with what is happening.
Vyacheslav Polosin: You see, even if the US Democratic Party is so dissatisfied that it legally limited the authority of its president in this region after the action he committed, there is no talk of Europe, which Trump himself noticed the other day, although he defends it from Russia. Somewhere on Twitter, he left such a post the other day.
There, for a long time, people, in my opinion, have been crooked by such a policy.
Trump was very instrumental in making Europe more and more trying to get out of the influence of the United States.
How Europe responds to US actions
Will it somehow manifest itself in real changes? Or will there be only dissatisfied statements and condemnations of US policy? Or will it still lead to some results?
VP: I think that in the end, all this will lead to pragmatism.
DM: In the momentary turnover, I think the voice of Europe is not very audible. Except that a number of countries have already announced the withdrawal of their military contingents from Iraq, as they say, away from sin.
Even such wonderful “bastions” of America in Europe, “large” regional powers, such as Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Slovakia, already a whole Latvian and as many as three Slovaks, apparently left the territory of Iraq.
But countries like Germany have already pulled themselves up. In general, this is simply a signal to the Americans that the European powers can no longer feel safe enough under the “reliable” wing of the United States, as they felt before.
Because earlier, if such military contingents were introduced, then, firstly, this was done under the auspices of NATO, which, as an international organization, was responsible for the safety of its combatants. Now, as you can see, the situation has become a mess. Therefore, NATO countries are slowly crawling away from this whole plot, no longer willing to put their lives at risk.
And this is a very bad and serious indicator. And in fact, this suggests that everything is concentrated in the United States.
The demonstration of power capabilities, military muscles is more and more polarized precisely at the pole of the United States.
That is, the States are feeling more and more detached, not wrapping themselves up in such empty formalities as agreeing with NATO itself or with its parliament. This is all very unfortunate, but this is reality, unfortunately.
As for the Syrian theater of operations, here it is also of great importance. Because if we consider this region as a single, it is very good that the Iraqi parliament voted to end the anti- Igil operation (ISIS – a terrorist organization banned in Russia – Ed. ).
This suggests that there is at least some kind of legal basis for demanding the withdrawal of American troops.
I think that Syria will also take some sort of diplomatic moves in the near future to articulate its disagreement with the fact that American soldiers remain on its territory.
Because while it’s pure, what’s called, in fact. They are there in fact but are outside of any agreements, any international decisions, rights, and laws. The United States is there simply because they came and occupied, as they say.
And this Iraqi precedent is, in my opinion, a precedent in this regard is very positive, because it laid the foundation for diplomatic, at least, extrusion of the United States.
There is still not enough strength for power, but at least the diplomatic squeezing of the United States from the Middle East has begun, in my opinion.
As for NATO, it seems to me that France, in the person of President Macron, is also already looking for some kind of move, as it were, to get out of the influence of the United States and pursue its own policy. Moreover, France was initially in a special position in NATO, did not participate in a military organization, but only in a political one. Therefore, the weakest link in NATO is, in my opinion, France. Although it seems that Germany is beginning to be weighed.
Not only they are burdened. They’re already quite a lot of people who want to leave NATO.
VP: There will be a question, I agree here, purely pragmatic.
Europeans will not sacrifice their interests, wealth, for fear of some harsh sanctions, because they are dependent.
Therefore, they will not, of course, abruptly tear. But if possible and as the pressure on them from the ocean decreases, they will try to free themselves and create some kind of their own security system.
Interviewed Inna Novikova
Yuri Kondratyev prepared for publication
Source: Pravda.ru


veteranstoday--2020-01-24--2007: Bush, Rumsfeld, Cheney Deemed Soleimani “Untouchable”…and were so right

Sputnik News/Moscow : The prominent military leader ’ s assassination on 3 January in Baghdad skyrocketed tensions between the US and Iran .
The act was condemned not only by Tehran but also by some American politicians , who slammed the unnecessary escalation of tensions in the Middle East and considered limiting POTUS ’ s ability to order strikes against Iran .
Iranian elite Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani , who was killed earlier in January by a US airstrike , was in fact in Washington ’ s sights on numerous occasions with US intelligence having detailed info on his @ @ @ @ @ @ @ last decade , several sources in the American military and intelligence told Yahoo News .
An anonymous former US intelligence officer has claimed that back in 2007 an American Predator drone spotted a mass gathering in the neighborhood of Sadr City , mainly inhabited by Shiites , a key force behind various Iran-backed Iraqi militias .
Once the US Task Force 17 , monitoring the drone feed , learned via intercepted communications it was the Quds Force commander himself , it started discussing whether they should use Predator ’ s missiles to take @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
In the end , it was decided that they couldn ’ t take out Soleimani even if he had been alone in Sadr since the Quds Force general was considered “ untouchable ” by the US administration , the former intelligence officer claimed .
In turn , John Maguire , a former senior CIA official added the main reason for that was the fear of the consequences from such a move on US-Iran relations .
Another anonymous former US intelligence official noted that the US government also saw the Iranian Quds Force @ @ @ @ @ @ @ USSR ’ s KGB , which led to it deeming the use of lethal force to counter it as inappropriate .
In addition , Task Force 17 ’ s ability to conduct strikes against Shiite militias and the Quds Force was hindered by restrictions imposed by then-Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki , the news outlet indicated .
On another occasion in 2007 , Soleimani ’ s convoy , crossing from Iran into northern Iraq was also in the crosshairs of Stanley McChrystal , the former commander of the US Joint Special Operations Command @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with the Foreign Policy Magazine that he opted not to attack due to the “ contentious politics that would follow ” such a decision .
Former CIA official Maguire claimed that eventually , Soleimani himself realized he was “ untouchable ” and continued to move back and forth between Iran and Iraq without taking extra precautions , like picking only ground transport , disguising his rank or avoiding using the phone or the radio .
Another former CIA official anonymously told Yahoo News that Soleimani even snuck in and out of Baghdad ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The Quds Force commander practically abandoned any secrecy in his movements and was “ moving around with impunity ” in Iraq , when Shiite militias and the US forces formed an “ awkward ” alliance to repulse the Daesh* insurgence from Iraq , Daniel Hoffman , the former chief of the CIA ’ s Middle East division stated .
Soleimani would reportedly appear on battlefields , taking selfies with local Shiite militias fighting the terrorist organization .
US Army General Tony Thomas recently claimed that Washington knew exactly where he was in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ News alleged that Soleimani believed his “ untouchable ” status hadn ’ t changed with the new US administration until his last moments , though no solid proof exists that he ever felt this way .
The general was killed in a US airstrike on 3 January 2020 near Baghdad International Airport with Washington justifying the action by claiming Soleimani planned to attack American embassies .
US officials have since struggled to name the exact targets only insisting that Soleimani had malign intentions .
Tehran condemned the assassination as a “ terrible crime @ @ @ @ @ @ @ against American military facilities in Iraq .
While US President Donald Trump claimed that no one was hurt in this attack , refusing to respond militarily to it , US military reports later showed that some servicemen were transported out of the base with minor injuries for treatment hours after the missile strike .
Sputnik News : Trump Tells Republican Donors Top General Soleimani ‘ Was Saying Bad Things ’ Before Being Killed

Sputnik News/Moscow: The prominent military leader’s assassination on 3 January in Baghdad skyrocketed tensions between the US and Iran. The act was condemned not only by Tehran but also by some American politicians, who slammed the unnecessary escalation of tensions in the Middle East and considered limiting POTUS’s ability to order strikes against Iran.
Iranian elite Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani, who was killed earlier in January by a US airstrike, was in fact in Washington’s sights on numerous occasions with US intelligence having detailed info on his movements for the better part of the last decade, several sources in the American military and intelligence told Yahoo News.
An anonymous former US intelligence officer has claimed that back in 2007 an American Predator drone spotted a mass gathering in the neighborhood of Sadr City, mainly inhabited by Shiites, a key force behind various Iran-backed Iraqi militias. Once the US Task Force 17, monitoring the drone feed, learned via intercepted communications it was the Quds Force commander himself, it started discussing whether they should use Predator’s missiles to take out the general, the source revealed.
In the end, it was decided that they couldn’t take out Soleimani even if he had been alone in Sadr since the Quds Force general was considered “untouchable” by the US administration, the former intelligence officer claimed. In turn, John Maguire, a former senior CIA official added the main reason for that was the fear of the consequences from such a move on US-Iran relations.
“We were asked for our assessment of what would be the fallout, and we said the Iranians would see this act as inflammatory. The Bush folks decided that escalating things would not be worth it and moved on”, he said.
Another anonymous former US intelligence official noted that the US government also saw the Iranian Quds Force as an intelligence organization like the former USSR’s KGB, which led to it deeming the use of lethal force to counter it as inappropriate.
In addition, Task Force 17’s ability to conduct strikes against Shiite militias and the Quds Force was hindered by restrictions imposed by then-Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, the news outlet indicated.
On another occasion in 2007, Soleimani’s convoy, crossing from Iran into northern Iraq was also in the crosshairs of Stanley McChrystal, the former commander of the US Joint Special Operations Command, who revealed in a 2019 interview with the Foreign Policy Magazine that he opted not to attack due to the “contentious politics that would follow” such a decision.
Former CIA official Maguire claimed that eventually, Soleimani himself realized he was “untouchable” and continued to move back and forth between Iran and Iraq without taking extra precautions, like picking only ground transport, disguising his rank or avoiding using the phone or the radio. Another former CIA official anonymously told Yahoo News that Soleimani even snuck in and out of Baghdad’s high-security Green Zone on several occasions.
“This was a bit of an embarrassment to some in the Bush administration, and there were several officials who wanted to detain him next time this happened”, he said.
The Quds Force commander practically abandoned any secrecy in his movements and was “moving around with impunity” in Iraq, when Shiite militias and the US forces formed an “awkward” alliance to repulse the Daesh* insurgence from Iraq, Daniel Hoffman, the former chief of the CIA’s Middle East division stated. Soleimani would reportedly appear on battlefields, taking selfies with local Shiite militias fighting the terrorist organization. US Army General Tony Thomas recently claimed that Washington knew exactly where he was in his last years in Iraq.
“We had almost daily information about his whereabouts for the better part of the last decade”, Thomas said.
Yahoo News alleged that Soleimani believed his “untouchable” status hadn’t changed with the new US administration until his last moments, though no solid proof exists that he ever felt this way.
The general was killed in a US airstrike on 3 January 2020 near Baghdad International Airport with Washington justifying the action by claiming Soleimani planned to attack American embassies. US officials have since struggled to name the exact targets only insisting that Soleimani had malign intentions.
Tehran condemned the assassination as a “terrible crime” and conducted a retaliatory missile strike against American military facilities in Iraq. While US President Donald Trump claimed that no one was hurt in this attack, refusing to respond militarily to it, US military reports later showed that some servicemen were transported out of the base with minor injuries for treatment hours after the missile strike.
Sputnik News: Trump Tells Republican Donors Top General Soleimani ‘Was Saying Bad Things’ Before Being Killed


veteranstoday--2020-01-24--Harry Dunn’s Family: Trump Has Taken “Wrecking Ball” to UK/US Relationship with Extradition Rejectio

Harry Dunn’s Family: Trump Has Taken “Wrecking Ball” to UK/US Relationship with Extradition Rejection

Daily Beast : President Donald Trump has been accused of taking a “ wrecking ball ” to the relationship between @ @ @ @ @ after the U.S. State Department rejected a U.K. government request to extradite Anne Sacoolas , @ @ @ @ @ a teenage motorcyclist .
Sacoolas , 42 , has been charged with causing Harry Dunn @ @ @ @ @ driving .
Sacoolas claimed diplomatic immunity as the wife of an intelligence agent and left @ @ @ @ @ August .
The British Home Office described the decision by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo @ @ @ @ @ as a “ denial of justice.
” Radd Seiger , the Dunn family spokesman , @ @ @ @ @ is behaving lawlessly and taking a wrecking ball to one of the greatest alliances in @ @ @ @ @ a lawless , corrupt administration that appears intent on attacking even its closest international ally.
@ @ @ @ @ family will not give up its fight to have Sacoolas extradited , saying : “ @ @ @ @ @ , but this extradition request will never go away .
”

Daily Beast: President Donald Trump has been accused of taking a “wrecking ball” to the relationship between Britain and the United States after the U.S. State Department rejected a U.K. government request to extradite Anne Sacoolas, who is accused of killing a teenage motorcyclist.
Sacoolas, 42, has been charged with causing Harry Dunn’s death by dangerous driving. Sacoolas claimed diplomatic immunity as the wife of an intelligence agent and left Britain after the crash last August.
The British Home Office described the decision by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to reject an extradition request as a “denial of justice.” Radd Seiger, the Dunn family spokesman, said: “This administration is behaving lawlessly and taking a wrecking ball to one of the greatest alliances in the world. This is a lawless, corrupt administration that appears intent on attacking even its closest international ally.” The spokesman added the family will not give up its fight to have Sacoolas extradited, saying: “This administration will go away, but this extradition request will never go away.”
Source: TheDailyBeast.com


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veteranstoday--2020-01-24--Never Again, and that doesn’t just apply to Auschwitz

If on January 27 the heads of state of the world will travel to Jerusalem to commemorate the victims of National Socialism and to liberate the Auschwitz extermination camp , then one thing is certain : they will become part of a staging of the Jewish-Zionist occupation regime that is second to none examined .
As Haaretz reported , “ fittingly ” to the event , the Mayor of Jerusalem , Moshe Leon , invited the participants in the World Holocaust Forum , which is taking place this week in Jerusalem , to a “ unique ” event with live @ @ @ @ @ @ @ town .
This Zedekiah Cave , also known as the “ Solomon Quarries , ” is operated by the state-owned East Jerusalem Development Company .
( A Jerusalem “ Judaizing ” authority ) When this draft of the invitation had leaked unplanned , the party was tried to play down as an event for the press , that the invitation was “ only ” a draft that was leaked to the media while in the official version no DJ or “ after-party ” is mentioned .
( 1 ) Four days before this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ place in Yad Vashem , which Auschwitz wants to remember as a synonym for uniqueness .
In fact , Auschwitz and the factory-like extermination and persecution of Jews are unique in Nazi Germany , but still comparable to later crimes and genocides .
It is in no way a matter of offsetting if we make comparisons , probably not equating them , between the persecution of Jews and the ongoing expulsion and occupation in Palestine .
That must be allowed 75 years after the liberation of Auschwitz and the end of World War @ @ @ @ @ @ @ out today that on the 75th anniversary the representatives of the Allied States of the victorious powers will deliver their speeches that have freed the world from the Holocaust , together with Germany as the perpetrator who has recognized the guilt ” , together with Israel the representative the “ Jewish nation ” , then this commemoration is more than questionable .
Few states and people offered protection to Jews from persecution , housed them and prevented them from being annihilated .
I would like to explicitly refer to Turkey , which provided @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from persecution .
It should not be forgotten that Turkey currently welcomes around 3.8 million Syrian refugees .
The Netanyahu regime should not forget this when it attacks the Turkish government , which , under Erdogan , is one of the few who repeatedly criticize the crimes of the illegal occupation and their consequences .
In fact , Erdogan is right when he compares the Gaza concentration camp to the Holocaust and attacks the Israeli “ state terror ” .
Finally , the strictest standards are imposed on Turkey , and the media @ @ @ @ @ @ @ while Israel and Jews are placed on a pedestal and protected as “ treasures ” .
Germany , which itself welcomed so many refugees , should support Turkey in its pursuit of EU membership instead of rejecting it .
Muslims are in a very bad position in society , are marginalized , defamed and attacked .
While anti-Semitism is excessively exaggerated and the anti-Semitism officers of almost all federal states ignore the main problem , the legitimate criticism of Israel ’ s politics is instead branded as anti-Semitism by all means in order @ @ @ @ @ @ @ same context , Muslims are demonized as new anti-Semites because they no longer want to silently accept the occupation crimes visible to all in the “ Jewish state ” .
Islam hatred has long been established in Germany and we have to defend ourselves against it .
Muslims as New Jews ?
It is precisely the memory of Auschwitz that makes it necessary to fight against the prevailing Islamophobia and to show solidarity with the Muslims instead of with international crimes under Jewish law .
( 2 ) ( 3 ) ( 4 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Wasn ’ t it Allies who refused to accept Jewish refugees and weren ’ t they blind to the persecution of the Jews ?
Who made Hitler so strong and who supported him and his Nazi regime financially and ideologically ?
The British Chamberlain and the Petain-Vichy government in France , Mussolini and Franco as allies contributed much to the strength , fighting power and possibility of war .
Large US corporations , as well as international , sometimes professing anti-Semites , were fired up for Hitler and his henchmen .
( 7 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ( 10 ) German industry and banks , which are now infamously closing the accounts of Israeli-critical Jews and organizations in order to celebrate a new anti-Semitism and who outbid themselves in their friendship with the “ Jewish state ” , are the example of how anti-Semitism has turned into philosemitism .
The myth of the “ Jewish people ” While the Jewish-Zionist establishment , from left to right , still denies the disaster of the Palestinian people , the Nakba , when Israel was founded in 1948 , and does not want @ @ @ @ @ @ @ were expelled and expropriated , with the intention of this people To deny his identity , the myth of the “ Jewish people ” was invented and the “ invention of the Jewish people ” was born .
Judaism is a religion like any other and by no means , a “ people ” , as Schlomo Sand impressively stated in his book .
But only with these myths could the Zionist regime advance the recognition of the existence of a “ Jewish state ” , with the constant Judaization of Palestine as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 11 ) No “ German Reason ” for the “ Jewish State ” So how can one recognize a Jewish apartheid state 75 years after Auschwitz that uses a Nakba law that denies state funds to cultural and educational institutions that commemorate the Israeli atrocities that the Palestinians have suffered and makes shoddy attempts To rewrite , cover-up and deny parts of the story ?
The same applies to the nation-state law , a completely one-sided and discriminatory law that deliberately excludes minorities and unilaterally favors the Jewish population .
With this “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the “ Jewish state ” has finally become an ethnocracy only for Jews , which the Chancellor has declared to be the “ German Reason ” and whose false demand for “ right to exist ” has to be recognized by the Germans .
( 12 ) The “ Jewish state ” tries to silence us all Have Jews forgotten the Holocaust when they persecute Palestinians as descendants of the victims , persecute human rights defenders and BDS supporters , and the hypocritical community of states also allows these crimes if they deal @ @ @ @ @ @ @ we are all committed to helping the Palestinians achieve their freedom because we can not allow them to remain the last victims/victims of the Holocaust , and it is completely without fault .
The “ Jewish State ” is trying to silence us all , to cover up and continue to commit the crimes in peace , now even more strengthened by the US and the Trump administration than willing helpers .
Why do you think the Israeli Ministry of Strategic Affairs , which leads the international smear campaign against the increasingly successful @ @ @ @ @ @ @ anti-BDS propaganda in major news outlets and buying space in mainstream Israeli newspapers to cover up its messages spread of objectivity in these paid articles .
We also find this influence of the Israel lobby increasingly common in German Leit ( d ) media .
The Zionist regime and its lobbyists are trying more and more to spread this opinion-making process , but readers and media consumers are becoming increasingly awake and disgusted by this lobbying and find out information in reputable internet media .
And that is exactly what is a thorn @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they know about the danger of this competition .
The media , politics , and lobby should not be too stupid and think that we can not distinguish very well what is offered on the Internet .
We notice very quickly when we are presented with Hasbara propaganda , and more and more often after trips to journalists paid for by the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs .
No matter how proud the ministry is , it has created a “ network ” of national and international organizations to implement its policies .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ more democratic , even if we are repeatedly instructed to do so .
Ultimately , it will not benefit them , it will only harm them and expose them as the eternal illegal occupiers of Palestine .
( 13 ) that we can not distinguish very well what is offered on the Internet .
We notice very quickly when we are presented with Hasbara propaganda , and more and more often after trips to journalists paid for by the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs .
No matter how proud the ministry is , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of national and international organizations to implement its policies .
That does not make this apartheid state more democratic , even if we are repeatedly instructed to do so .
Ultimately , it will not benefit them , it will only harm them and expose them as the eternal illegal occupiers of Palestine .
( 13 ) that we can not distinguish very well what is offered on the Internet .
We notice very quickly when we are presented with Hasbara propaganda , and more and more often after trips to journalists paid @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Affairs .
No matter how proud the ministry is , it has created a “ network ” of national and international organizations to implement its policies .
That does not make this apartheid state more democratic , even if we are repeatedly instructed to do so .
Ultimately , it will not benefit them , it will only harm them and expose them as the eternal illegal occupiers of Palestine .
( 13 ) No matter how proud the ministry is , it has created a “ network ” of national and international @ @ @ @ @ @ @ does not make this apartheid state more democratic , even if we are repeatedly instructed to do so .
Ultimately , it will not benefit them , it will only harm them and expose them as the eternal illegal occupiers of Palestine .
( 13 ) No matter how proud the ministry is , it has created a “ network ” of national and international organizations to implement its policies .
That does not make this apartheid state more democratic , even if we are repeatedly instructed to do so .
Ultimately , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ will only harm them and expose them as the eternal illegal occupiers of Palestine .
( 13 ) In the end , the truth will prevail No matter how many propaganda articles , letters to the editor and threats against us are published , in the end , the truth will prevail that can not be covered up in the long run .
Seventy-five years after the liberation of Auschwitz , it is time for an avenue to honor the people who hid and helped Jews to hide their lives .
There is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , but the memory of the righteous in Germany .
As a warning for a NEVER AGAIN , also a NEVER AGAIN when Palestinians and Muslims are affected .
So I want to remind you of my father Heinz Galinski ’ s legacy .
“ I did not survive Auschwitz to remain silent about the new injustice.
” Do not remain silent if the “ Jewish state ” commits injustice The liberators of Auschwitz should also think of this when they meet this week in Yad Vashem for commemoration and do not remain @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Jewish state is guilty .
Never again ; and that doesn ’ t just apply to Auschwitz About Author : Evelyn Hecht-Galinski , daughter of the former Central Council President of the Jews in Germany , Heinz Galinski , is a publicist and author .
She regularly writes her comments for the NRhZ from “ Hochblauen ” , the 1165 m high “ local mountain ” in Baden , where she lives with her husband Benjamin Hecht .
In 2012 her book “ The eleventh commandment : Israel may do everything ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ISBN 978-3940456-51-9 ( print ) , price 17.89 euros .
On September 28 , 2014 , she was awarded the fourth “ Cologne Karls Prize for committed literature and journalism ” by the NRhZ .
You don ’ t want to hear me because you don ’ t want to be robbed of what I ’ m telling you it ’ s wrong .
Do you think I can say it easily and without hesitation ?
Do you think I enjoy speaking against people , many of whom have only been driven astray @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they have run away ?
Do you think it is very easy to call in all four winds that some of my relatives who escaped the SS took their murderers ’ actions as their role models ?
I ’ m almost as reluctant to say that as you hear it Do you think it leaves me cold to receive a letter from an old mother whose three sons were gassed in Auschwitz and who asks me how can I speak against my own people because so much blood has been spilled from our @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not really speaking against the Jews , but only against the wrong way of those Jews who believe in crimes against the Palestinians a country and a future can be built I know that I am trying to help save the Jews in Israel and their children by timely complaining against those crimes in their name that would otherwise be their doom But before the letter from the woman with the dead sons it is no consolation that I know better • Turkey opposed to anyone that stands by Israel , says Erdoğan @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Supported and Inspired the Nazis • What the British and the French Actually Thought About the Decision to Appease Hitler at Munich in 1938

By Evelyn Hecht-Galinski, VT Germany
If on January 27 the heads of state of the world will travel to Jerusalem to commemorate the victims of National Socialism and to liberate the Auschwitz extermination camp, then one thing is certain: they will become part of a staging of the Jewish-Zionist occupation regime that is second to none examined.
“Unique” event
As Haaretz reported, “fittingly” to the event, the Mayor of Jerusalem, Moshe Leon, invited the participants in the World Holocaust Forum, which is taking place this week in Jerusalem, to a “unique” event with live music and DJ Cave under the old town.
This Zedekiah Cave, also known as the “Solomon Quarries,” is operated by the state-owned East Jerusalem Development Company. (A Jerusalem “Judaizing” authority) When this draft of the invitation had leaked unplanned, the party was tried to play down as an event for the press, that the invitation was “only” a draft that was leaked to the media while in the official version no DJ or “after-party” is mentioned. (1)
Auschwitz as a synonym
Four days before this anniversary, a commemorative event will take place in Yad Vashem, which Auschwitz wants to remember as a synonym for uniqueness. In fact, Auschwitz and the factory-like extermination and persecution of Jews are unique in Nazi Germany, but still comparable to later crimes and genocides. It is in no way a matter of offsetting if we make comparisons, probably not equating them, between the persecution of Jews and the ongoing expulsion and occupation in Palestine. That must be allowed 75 years after the liberation of Auschwitz and the end of World War II.
More than questionable memory
When it is wholeheartedly pointed out today that on the 75th anniversary the representatives of the Allied States of the victorious powers will deliver their speeches that have freed the world from the Holocaust, together with Germany as the perpetrator who has recognized the guilt ”, together with Israel the representative the “Jewish nation”, then this commemoration is more than questionable.
Turks bashing and Israeli state terror
Few states and people offered protection to Jews from persecution, housed them and prevented them from being annihilated. I would like to explicitly refer to Turkey, which provided shelter for many Jews and saved them from persecution. It should not be forgotten that Turkey currently welcomes around 3.8 million Syrian refugees. The Netanyahu regime should not forget this when it attacks the Turkish government, which, under Erdogan, is one of the few who repeatedly criticize the crimes of the illegal occupation and their consequences.
In fact, Erdogan is right when he compares the Gaza concentration camp to the Holocaust and attacks the Israeli “state terror”. Finally, the strictest standards are imposed on Turkey, and the media outbid Erdogan criticism and Turkish bashing, while Israel and Jews are placed on a pedestal and protected as “treasures”.
Germany, which itself welcomed so many refugees, should support Turkey in its pursuit of EU membership instead of rejecting it. Muslims are in a very bad position in society, are marginalized, defamed and attacked. While anti-Semitism is excessively exaggerated and the anti-Semitism officers of almost all federal states ignore the main problem, the legitimate criticism of Israel’s politics is instead branded as anti-Semitism by all means in order to silence it forever. In the same context, Muslims are demonized as new anti-Semites because they no longer want to silently accept the occupation crimes visible to all in the “Jewish state”.
Islam hatred has long been established in Germany and we have to defend ourselves against it. Muslims as New Jews? It is precisely the memory of Auschwitz that makes it necessary to fight against the prevailing Islamophobia and to show solidarity with the Muslims instead of with international crimes under Jewish law. (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
Wasn’t it Allies who refused to accept Jewish refugees and weren’t they blind to the persecution of the Jews? Who made Hitler so strong and who supported him and his Nazi regime financially and ideologically? The British Chamberlain and the Petain-Vichy government in France, Mussolini and Franco as allies contributed much to the strength, fighting power and possibility of war. Large US corporations, as well as international, sometimes professing anti-Semites, were fired up for Hitler and his henchmen. (7) (8) (9) (10)
Anti-Semitism turned into Philosemitism
German industry and banks, which are now infamously closing the accounts of Israeli-critical Jews and organizations in order to celebrate a new anti-Semitism and who outbid themselves in their friendship with the “Jewish state”, are the example of how anti-Semitism has turned into philosemitism.
The myth of the “Jewish people”
While the Jewish-Zionist establishment, from left to right, still denies the disaster of the Palestinian people, the Nakba, when Israel was founded in 1948, and does not want to acknowledge that these indigenous Palestinian people were expelled and expropriated, with the intention of this people To deny his identity, the myth of the “Jewish people” was invented and the “invention of the Jewish people” was born. Judaism is a religion like any other and by no means, a “people”, as Schlomo Sand impressively stated in his book.
But only with these myths could the Zionist regime advance the recognition of the existence of a “Jewish state”, with the constant Judaization of Palestine as a reason for the state. (11)
No “German Reason” for the “Jewish State”
So how can one recognize a Jewish apartheid state 75 years after Auschwitz that uses a Nakba law that denies state funds to cultural and educational institutions that commemorate the Israeli atrocities that the Palestinians have suffered and makes shoddy attempts To rewrite, cover-up and deny parts of the story?
The same applies to the nation-state law, a completely one-sided and discriminatory law that deliberately excludes minorities and unilaterally favors the Jewish population. With this “race law” and apartheid model, the “Jewish state” has finally become an ethnocracy only for Jews, which the Chancellor has declared to be the “German Reason” and whose false demand for “right to exist” has to be recognized by the Germans. (12)
The “Jewish state” tries to silence us all
Have Jews forgotten the Holocaust when they persecute Palestinians as descendants of the victims, persecute human rights defenders and BDS supporters, and the hypocritical community of states also allows these crimes if they deal with the past incorrectly. No, we are all committed to helping the Palestinians achieve their freedom because we cannot allow them to remain the last victims/victims of the Holocaust, and it is completely without fault. The “Jewish State” is trying to silence us all, to cover up and continue to commit the crimes in peace, now even more strengthened by the US and the Trump administration than willing helpers.
Disgusted by this lobbyism
Why do you think the Israeli Ministry of Strategic Affairs, which leads the international smear campaign against the increasingly successful non-violent BDS movement, is funding its anti-BDS propaganda in major news outlets and buying space in mainstream Israeli newspapers to cover up its messages spread of objectivity in these paid articles. We also find this influence of the Israel lobby increasingly common in German Leit (d) media.
The Zionist regime and its lobbyists are trying more and more to spread this opinion-making process, but readers and media consumers are becoming increasingly awake and disgusted by this lobbying and find out information in reputable internet media. And that is exactly what is a thorn in the side of the lobbyists, they know about the danger of this competition.
The media, politics, and lobby should not be too stupid and think that we cannot distinguish very well what is offered on the Internet. We notice very quickly when we are presented with Hasbara propaganda, and more and more often after trips to journalists paid for by the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs. No matter how proud the ministry is, it has created a “network” of national and international organizations to implement its policies.
That does not make this apartheid state more democratic, even if we are repeatedly instructed to do so. Ultimately, it will not benefit them, it will only harm them and expose them as the eternal illegal occupiers of Palestine. (13) that we cannot distinguish very well what is offered on the Internet.
We notice very quickly when we are presented with Hasbara propaganda, and more and more often after trips to journalists paid for by the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs. No matter how proud the ministry is, it has created a “network” of national and international organizations to implement its policies.
That does not make this apartheid state more democratic, even if we are repeatedly instructed to do so. Ultimately, it will not benefit them, it will only harm them and expose them as the eternal illegal occupiers of Palestine. (13) that we cannot distinguish very well what is offered on the Internet.
We notice very quickly when we are presented with Hasbara propaganda, and more and more often after trips to journalists paid for by the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs. No matter how proud the ministry is, it has created a “network” of national and international organizations to implement its policies. That does not make this apartheid state more democratic, even if we are repeatedly instructed to do so.
Ultimately, it will not benefit them, it will only harm them and expose them as the eternal illegal occupiers of Palestine. (13) No matter how proud the ministry is, it has created a “network” of national and international organizations to implement its policies. That does not make this apartheid state more democratic, even if we are repeatedly instructed to do so. Ultimately, it will not benefit them, it will only harm them and expose them as the eternal illegal occupiers of Palestine. (13)
No matter how proud the ministry is, it has created a “network” of national and international organizations to implement its policies. That does not make this apartheid state more democratic, even if we are repeatedly instructed to do so. Ultimately, it will not benefit them, it will only harm them and expose them as the eternal illegal occupiers of Palestine. (13)
In the end, the truth will prevail
No matter how many propaganda articles, letters to the editor and threats against us are published, in the end, the truth will prevail that cannot be covered up in the long run.
Seventy-five years after the liberation of Auschwitz, it is time for an avenue to honor the people who hid and helped Jews to hide their lives. There is no need for stealing, no monuments, but the memory of the righteous in Germany. As a warning for a NEVER AGAIN, also a NEVER AGAIN when Palestinians and Muslims are affected. So I want to remind you of my father Heinz Galinski’s legacy. “I did not survive Auschwitz to remain silent about the new injustice.”
Do not remain silent if the “Jewish state” commits injustice
The liberators of Auschwitz should also think of this when they meet this week in Yad Vashem for commemoration and do not remain silent when injustice occurs, especially when the Jewish state is guilty.
Never again; and that doesn’t just apply to Auschwitz
About Author: Evelyn Hecht-Galinski, daughter of the former Central Council President of the Jews in Germany, Heinz Galinski, is a publicist and author. She regularly writes her comments for the NRhZ from “Hochblauen”, the 1165 m high “local mountain” in Baden, where she lives with her husband Benjamin Hecht.
In 2012 her book “The eleventh commandment: Israel may do everything” came out. Published by tz-Verlag, ISBN 978-3940456-51-9 (print), price 17.89 euros. On September 28, 2014, she was awarded the fourth “Cologne Karls Prize for committed literature and journalism” by the NRhZ.
The Bitter
by Erich Fried
You don’t want to hear me
because you don’t want to be robbed
of what I’m telling you
it’s wrong.
Do you think I can say it easily
and without hesitation?
Do you think I enjoy
speaking against people,
many of whom have only been driven
astray by persecution and despair, on which they have run away?
Do you think it is very easy
to call in all four winds
that some of my relatives
who escaped
the SS took their murderers’ actions
as their role models?
I’m almost as reluctant to say that
as you hear it
Do you think it leaves me cold
to receive a letter
from an old mother
whose three sons
were gassed in Auschwitz
and who asks me
how can I speak against my own people
because so much blood has been spilled
from our blood?
I know that I am not really
speaking against the Jews,
but only against the wrong way of
those Jews who believe in crimes
against the Palestinians
a country and a future can be built
I know that I am trying to help save
the Jews in Israel and
their children
by timely complaining
against those crimes
in their name
that would otherwise be their doom
But before the letter from
the woman with the dead sons
it is no consolation that I know better
Footnotes:


veteranstoday--2020-01-24--Indian Republic Day: Every Day is a Black Day for Kashmiris

Every year , 26th of January is being celebrated by India as the Republic Day while , the day is being observed by the Kashmiris on both sides of the Line of Control ( LoC ) and all over the world , including their Pakistani brethren as the Black Day in protest against Indian illegal occupation of Kashmir .
This time , this very day is coming at a time when almost six months have been passed .
But , Indian forces have continued lockdown and curfew in the Indian Occupied Kashmir ( IOK ) .
More restrictions have been @ @ @ @ @ @ @ foods and even medicines for the patients .
In order to hide human rights violations , communication services ( Especially the Internet ) have been cut off from the world and foreign journalists are not allowed to enter that region .
Indian forces have broken all previous records of gross human rights abuses since August 5 , 2019 , when Indian extremist Prime Minister Narendra Modi ’ s government ended the special status of the Jummu and Kashmir by abolishing articles 35A and 370 of the Constitution to turn Muslim majority into a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ While , Indian fanatic rulers are also escalating tensions with Pakistan to divert attention from the drastic situation of the Indian Held Kashmir , and have continued shelling inside Pakistani side of Kashmir by violating the ceasefire agreement in relation to the LoC .
Besides , implementing the August 5 announcement , the Indian central government issued a notorious map on October 31 , 2019 .
In accordance with it , Jammu and Kashmir were bifurcated into two union territories—Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh .
However , during the partition of the Sub-continent @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Jammu and Kashmir ( J & K ) which comprised the Muslim majority decided to join Pakistan according to the British-led formula .
But , Dogra Raja , Sir Hari Singh , a Hindu who was ruling over the J & K in connivance with the Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and Governor General Lord Mountbatten joined India .
The design to forcibly wrest Kashmir began to unfold on August 16 , 1947 , with the announcement of the Radcliffe Boundary Award .
It gave the Gurdaspur District—a majority Muslim area to India @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Indian armed forces to move into Kashmir .
There was a rebellion in the state forces , which revolted against the Maharaja and were joined by Pathan tribesmen .
Lord Mountbatten ordered armed forces to land in Srinagar .
Indian forces invaded Srinagar on October 27 , 1947 , and forcibly occupied Jammu and Kashmir in utter violation of the partition plan and against the wishes of the Kashmiri people .
When Pakistan responded militarily against the Indian aggression , on December 31 , 1947 , India made an appeal to the UN @ @ @ @ @ @ @ which ultimately came into effect on January 01 , 1949 , following UN resolutions calling for a plebiscite in Kashmir .
The Security Council adopted resolution 47 ( 1948 ) of 21 April 21 , 1948 , which promised a plebiscite under UN auspices to enable the people of Jammu and Kashmir to determine whether they wish to join Pakistan or India .
On February 5 , 1964 , India backed out of its promise of holding a plebiscite .
Instead , in March 1965 , the Indian Parliament passed a bill , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ integral part of the Indian union .
The very tragedy of Kashmiris had started after 1947 when they were denied their genuine right to self-determination .
They organized themselves against the injustices of India and launched a war of liberation which New Delhi tried to suppress through various forms of state terrorism .
Passing through various phases , the struggle of Kashmiris which has become an interaction between the Indian state terrorism led by the Indian security forces and war of liberation by the freedom fighters keeps ongoing unabated .
It is notable @ @ @ @ @ @ @ maintain its illegal control , India has continued its repressive regime in the Occupied Kashmir through various machinations .
In this regard , as already mentioned that India forcibly occupied Kashmir in gross violation of the “ Partition Plan of the Indian Subcontinent , but , through the so-called-Instrument of Accession of October 27 , 1947 , which is illegal , and remains controversial , New Delhi justifies its hold on the Kashmir .
Nevertheless , various forms of state terrorism have been part of a deliberate campaign by the Indian army and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ since 1989 .
It has been manifested in brutal tactics like crackdowns , curfews , illegal detentions , massacre , targeted killings , sieges , burning the houses , torture , disappearances , rape , breaking the legs , molestation of Muslim women and killing of persons through fake encounter .
In fact , Indian forces have employed various draconian laws like the Jammu and Kashmir Disturbed Areas Act , and the Armed Forces ( Jammu and Kashmir ) Special Powers Act and Public Safety Act in killing the Kashmiri people , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for an indefinite period .
Besides Human Rights Watch , in its various reports , Amnesty International has also pointed out grave human rights violations in the Indian controlled Kashmir , indicating , “ The Muslim majority population in the Kashmir Valley suffers from the repressive tactics of the security forces ” .
In its report on July 2 , 2015 , Amnesty International has highlighted the extrajudicial killings of the innocent persons at the hands of Indian security forces in the Indian Held Kashmir .
The report points out , “ Tens @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in Indian-administered Kashmir…the Armed Forces Special Powers Act allows troops to shoot to kill suspected militants or arrest them without a warrant…not a single member of the armed forces has been tried in a civilian court for violating human rights in Kashmir…this lack of accountability has , in turn , facilitated other serious abuses…India has martyred one 100,000 people .
More than 8,000 disappeared ( while ) in the custody of army and state police.
” In this respect , the European Union has passed a resolution about human rights abuses committed by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
It is of particular attention that in 2008 , a rights group reported unmarked graves in 55 villages across the northern regions of the Indian-held Kashmir .
Then researchers and other groups reported finding thousands of mass graves without markers .
In this context , in August 2011 , Indian Jammu and Kashmir State Human Rights Commission officially acknowledged in its report that innocent civilians killed in the two-decade conflict have been buried in unmarked graves .
Foreign sources and human rights organizations have revealed that unnamed graves include those innocent persons @ @ @ @ @ @ @ paramilitary troops in the fake encounters , including those who were tortured to death by the Indian secret agency RAW .
In the recent past , more unmarked graves have been discovered .
It is worth-mentioning that report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights ( OHCHR ) released on June 14 , 2018- “ Situation in Kashmir ” pointed out Indian atrocities in the Indian Occupied Kashmir ( IOK ) .
It said : “ From July 2016 , the High Commissioner for Human Rights has on numerous occasions requested @ @ @ @ @ @ @ his Office be given unconditional access to Kashmir to assess the human rights situation .
India rejected this request ; while Pakistan offered access… The refusal to allow unhindered access to United Nations team into Indian-Administered-Kashmir gave rise to an idea of “ Remote Monitoring ” .
The report was then compiled by doing “ remote monitoring ” on the situation of Human Rights in Kashmir .
The report by the independent authority is an eye-opener for many .
The focus of the report is on the situation of human rights in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ July 2016 to April 2018 .
During this period ‘ OHCHR ’ received reports of allegations of widespread and serious human rights violations by Indian security forces that led to numerous civilian casualties .
Besides , Indian fanatic rulers also started implementing the Indian Citizenship Amendment Act 2019 ( CAA ) , passed by the Indian Parliament .
The CAA ( The National Register of Citizenship ) is against Muslim immigrants especially from Pakistan , Bangladesh , and Afghanistan .
Despite criticism of the rights groups , foreign leaders , the UNO and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ across India , the Modi-led government has not withdrawn the CAA/NRC .
Notably , in the World Report 2020 , Human Rights Watch said on January 14 , this year , “ The Bharatiya Janata Party-led Indian government ’ s actions over the past year [ 2019 ] have caused enormous suffering and rights violations…its unilateral revocation of Kashmir ’ s special constitutional status and the use of draconian laws to silence criticism…The Indian government has tried to shut down Kashmir , hiding the full extent of the harm caused there , ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at Human Rights Watch…The Indian government , under Prime Minister Narendra Modi , failed to properly enforce Supreme Court directives to prevent and investigate mob attacks , often led by BJP supporters , on religious minorities and other vulnerable communities… Muslims were also beaten and forced to chant Hindu slogans…India ’ s recent moves to implement a citizenship verification nationwide , including fast-tracking citizenship [ even ] for non-Muslims who migrated from Pakistan , Afghanistan , and Bangladesh before 2015 as highly exclusionary…National Register of Citizens across the country…list excluded nearly two million @ @ @ @ @ @ @ including many who have lived in India for years…verifications in an arbitrary and discriminatory manner that risked leaving millions virtually stateless.
” Especially , in his address at the UN General Assembly , Pakistan ’ s Prime Minister Imran Khan said on September 27 , 2019 : “ Modi ’ s entire election campaign revolved around an anti-Pakistan narrative…Illegally , they [ India ] revoked Article 370 which gave Kashmir the special status…they put eight million people under curfew…what RSS is .
Modi is a life member [ of RSS ] …It is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
They believe in racial purity and superiority .
They believe they are an Aryan race…They believe in the ethnic cleansing of Muslims… [ Nearly ] 100,000 Kashmiris have died in the past 30 years because they were denied their right to self-determination .
Eleven thousand women were raped….The world hasn ’ t done anything…After the curfew is lifted…What is going to happen will be a blood bath .
The people will come out in the streets…The soldiers will then shoot them .
They have already used pellet guns…What about the 1.3bn Muslims @ @ @ @ @ @ @ happening because they are Muslims ?
… .
What would the Jews of Europe think if 8,000 Jews were stuck…Among the 1.3bn ( Muslims ) someone will pick up arms…Muslims will become radicals because of this , not because of Islam… .
You are forcing people into radicalization…Two nuclear countries will come face to face .
If a conventional war starts between the two countries…When a nuclear country fights till the end it has consequences far beyond the borders ” .
In his third meeting with the US President Donald Trump on the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on January 21 , 2020 , Prime Minister Khan has once again expressed his desire for mediation by the US on the Kashmir issue between Pakistan and India by remarking : “ Pakistan-India conflict is a very big issue for us in Pakistan and we expect the US to play its part in de-escalating the tensions because no other country can.
” In response , President Trump once again stated : “ We ’ re talking about Kashmir…if we can help , we certainly will be helping .
We ’ ve been watching @ @ @ @ @ @ @ closely.
” Meanwhile , Indian extremist Prime Minister Modi ’ s government led by the extremist party BJP is propagating that there is a strong likelihood of a major terrorist attack from Pakistan in India .
In fact , such a fake drama India , itself , will arrange to implicate Pakistan in order to divert the attention from the perennial military clampdown in the IOK .
India ’ s preplanned drama to involve Islamabad has been exposed even by Indian media on January 12 , this year .
But , despite it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ scheme of false flag operation , as Pakistan ’ s civil and military leaders have repeatedly warned the international community about it .
In this connection , Kashmir remains a nuclear flashpoint .
Nonetheless , by exposing the myth of Indian claim of the largest democracy-26th of January which is celebrated as the Indian Republic Day is being the observed by the Kashmiris , living on both sides of the LoC , Pakistanis , and Kashmiris across the globe as the Black Day to express solidarity with the freedom fighters of Kashmir , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ In terms of Indian continued lockdown and crackdown in the IOK , every day has become Black Day for Kashmiris .
About Author : Sajjad Shaukat writes on international affairs and is author of the book : US vs Islamic Militants , Invisible Balance of Power : Dangerous Shift in International Relations .
He can be reached via email at [ email protected ]

By Sajjad Shaukat for VT
Every year, 26th of January is being celebrated by India as the Republic Day while, the day is being observed by the Kashmiris on both sides of the Line of Control (LoC) and all over the world, including their Pakistani brethren as the Black Day in protest against Indian illegal occupation of Kashmir.
This time, this very day is coming at a time when almost six months have been passed. But, Indian forces have continued lockdown and curfew in the Indian Occupied Kashmir (IOK). More restrictions have been imposed in the wake of shortage of foods and even medicines for the patients. In order to hide human rights violations, communication services (Especially the Internet) have been cut off from the world and foreign journalists are not allowed to enter that region.
Indian forces have broken all previous records of gross human rights abuses since August 5, 2019, when Indian extremist Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government ended the special status of the Jummu and Kashmir by abolishing articles 35A and 370 of the Constitution to turn Muslim majority into a minority in the Indian Controlled Kashmir.
While, Indian fanatic rulers are also escalating tensions with Pakistan to divert attention from the drastic situation of the Indian Held Kashmir, and have continued shelling inside Pakistani side of Kashmir by violating the ceasefire agreement in relation to the LoC. Besides, implementing the August 5 announcement, the Indian central government issued a notorious map on October 31, 2019. In accordance with it, Jammu and Kashmir were bifurcated into two union territories—Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.
However, during the partition of the Sub-continent, the people of the State of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) which comprised the Muslim majority decided to join Pakistan according to the British-led formula. But, Dogra Raja, Sir Hari Singh, a Hindu who was ruling over the J&K in connivance with the Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and Governor General Lord Mountbatten joined India.
The design to forcibly wrest Kashmir began to unfold on August 16, 1947, with the announcement of the Radcliffe Boundary Award. It gave the Gurdaspur District—a majority Muslim area to India to provide a land route to the Indian armed forces to move into Kashmir. There was a rebellion in the state forces, which revolted against the Maharaja and were joined by Pathan tribesmen. Lord Mountbatten ordered armed forces to land in Srinagar. Indian forces invaded Srinagar on October 27, 1947, and forcibly occupied Jammu and Kashmir in utter violation of the partition plan and against the wishes of the Kashmiri people.
When Pakistan responded militarily against the Indian aggression, on December 31, 1947, India made an appeal to the UN Security Council to intervene and a ceasefire which ultimately came into effect on January 01, 1949, following UN resolutions calling for a plebiscite in Kashmir. The Security Council adopted resolution 47 (1948) of 21 April 21, 1948, which promised a plebiscite under UN auspices to enable the people of Jammu and Kashmir to determine whether they wish to join Pakistan or India. On February 5, 1964, India backed out of its promise of holding a plebiscite. Instead, in March 1965, the Indian Parliament passed a bill, declaring Kashmir a province of India-an an integral part of the Indian union.
The very tragedy of Kashmiris had started after 1947 when they were denied their genuine right to self-determination. They organized themselves against the injustices of India and launched a war of liberation which New Delhi tried to suppress through various forms of state terrorism.
Passing through various phases, the struggle of Kashmiris which has become an interaction between the Indian state terrorism led by the Indian security forces and war of liberation by the freedom fighters keeps ongoing unabated.
It is notable that since 1947, in order to maintain its illegal control, India has continued its repressive regime in the Occupied Kashmir through various machinations. In this regard, as already mentioned that India forcibly occupied Kashmir in gross violation of the “Partition Plan of the Indian Subcontinent, but, through the so-called-Instrument of Accession of October 27, 1947, which is illegal, and remains controversial, New Delhi justifies its hold on the Kashmir.
Nevertheless, various forms of state terrorism have been part of a deliberate campaign by the Indian army and paramilitary forces against Muslim Kashmiris, especially since 1989. It has been manifested in brutal tactics like crackdowns, curfews, illegal detentions, massacre, targeted killings, sieges, burning the houses, torture, disappearances, rape, breaking the legs, molestation of Muslim women and killing of persons through fake encounter.
In fact, Indian forces have employed various draconian laws like the Jammu and Kashmir Disturbed Areas Act, and the Armed Forces (Jammu and Kashmir) Special Powers Act and Public Safety Act in killing the Kashmiri people, and for the arbitrarily arrest of any individual for an indefinite period. Besides Human Rights Watch, in its various reports, Amnesty International has also pointed out grave human rights violations in the Indian controlled Kashmir, indicating, “The Muslim majority population in the Kashmir Valley suffers from the repressive tactics of the security forces”.
In its report on July 2, 2015, Amnesty International has highlighted the extrajudicial killings of the innocent persons at the hands of Indian security forces in the Indian Held Kashmir. The report points out, “Tens of thousands of security forces are deployed in Indian-administered Kashmir…the Armed Forces Special Powers Act allows troops to shoot to kill suspected militants or arrest them without a warrant…not a single member of the armed forces has been tried in a civilian court for violating human rights in Kashmir…this lack of accountability has, in turn, facilitated other serious abuses…India has martyred one 100,000 people. More than 8,000 disappeared (while) in the custody of army and state police.”
In this respect, the European Union has passed a resolution about human rights abuses committed by Indian forces in the Indian held Kashmir.
It is of particular attention that in 2008, a rights group reported unmarked graves in 55 villages across the northern regions of the Indian-held Kashmir. Then researchers and other groups reported finding thousands of mass graves without markers. In this context, in August 2011, Indian Jammu and Kashmir State Human Rights Commission officially acknowledged in its report that innocent civilians killed in the two-decade conflict have been buried in unmarked graves.
Foreign sources and human rights organizations have revealed that unnamed graves include those innocent persons, killed by the Indian military and paramilitary troops in the fake encounters, including those who were tortured to death by the Indian secret agency RAW. In the recent past, more unmarked graves have been discovered.
It is worth-mentioning that report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) released on June 14, 2018-“Situation in Kashmir” pointed out Indian atrocities in the Indian Occupied Kashmir (IOK). It said: “From July 2016, the High Commissioner for Human Rights has on numerous occasions requested the Governments of India and Pakistan that his Office be given unconditional access to Kashmir to assess the human rights situation. India rejected this request; while Pakistan offered access…
The refusal to allow unhindered access to United Nations team into Indian-Administered-Kashmir gave rise to an idea of “Remote Monitoring”. The report was then compiled by doing “remote monitoring” on the situation of Human Rights in Kashmir. The report by the independent authority is an eye-opener for many. The focus of the report is on the situation of human rights in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir from July 2016 to April 2018. During this period ‘OHCHR’ received reports of allegations of widespread and serious human rights violations by Indian security forces that led to numerous civilian casualties.
Besides, Indian fanatic rulers also started implementing the Indian Citizenship Amendment Act 2019 (CAA), passed by the Indian Parliament. The CAA (The National Register of Citizenship) is against Muslim immigrants especially from Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan. Despite criticism of the rights groups, foreign leaders, the UNO and moderate Hindus in wake of violent protests across India, the Modi-led government has not withdrawn the CAA/NRC.
Notably, in the World Report 2020, Human Rights Watch said on January 14, this year, “The Bharatiya Janata Party-led Indian government’s actions over the past year [2019] have caused enormous suffering and rights violations…its unilateral revocation of Kashmir’s special constitutional status and the use of draconian laws to silence criticism…The Indian government has tried to shut down Kashmir, hiding the full extent of the harm caused there,” said Meenakshi Ganguly, South Asia director at Human Rights Watch…The Indian government, under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, failed to properly enforce Supreme Court directives to prevent and investigate mob attacks, often led by BJP supporters, on religious minorities and other vulnerable communities…
Muslims were also beaten and forced to chant Hindu slogans…India’s recent moves to implement a citizenship verification nationwide, including fast-tracking citizenship [even] for non-Muslims who migrated from Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh before 2015 as highly exclusionary…National Register of Citizens across the country…list excluded nearly two million people, many of them Muslims, including many who have lived in India for years…verifications in an arbitrary and discriminatory manner that risked leaving millions virtually stateless.”
Especially, in his address at the UN General Assembly, Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan said on September 27, 2019: “Modi’s entire election campaign revolved around an anti-Pakistan narrative…Illegally, they [India] revoked Article 370 which gave Kashmir the special status…they put eight million people under curfew…what RSS is. Modi is a life member [of RSS]…It is an organization inspired by Hitler and Mussolini. They believe in racial purity and superiority. They believe they are an Aryan race…They believe in the ethnic cleansing of Muslims…[Nearly] 100,000 Kashmiris have died in the past 30 years because they were denied their right to self-determination.
Eleven thousand women were raped….The world hasn’t done anything…After the curfew is lifted…What is going to happen will be a blood bath. The people will come out in the streets…The soldiers will then shoot them. They have already used pellet guns…What about the 1.3bn Muslims watching this who know this is only happening because they are Muslims?….
What would the Jews of Europe think if 8,000 Jews were stuck…Among the 1.3bn (Muslims) someone will pick up arms…Muslims will become radicals because of this, not because of Islam…. You are forcing people into radicalization…Two nuclear countries will come face to face. If a conventional war starts between the two countries…When a nuclear country fights till the end it has consequences far beyond the borders”.
In his third meeting with the US President Donald Trump on the sidelines of World Economic Forum in Davos on January 21, 2020, Prime Minister Khan has once again expressed his desire for mediation by the US on the Kashmir issue between Pakistan and India by remarking:
“Pakistan-India conflict is a very big issue for us in Pakistan and we expect the US to play its part in de-escalating the tensions because no other country can.” In response, President Trump once again stated: “We’re talking about Kashmir…if we can help, we certainly will be helping. We’ve been watching that and following it very, very closely.”
Meanwhile, Indian extremist Prime Minister Modi’s government led by the extremist party BJP is propagating that there is a strong likelihood of a major terrorist attack from Pakistan in India. In fact, such a fake drama India, itself, will arrange to implicate Pakistan in order to divert the attention from the perennial military clampdown in the IOK.
India’s preplanned drama to involve Islamabad has been exposed even by Indian media on January 12, this year. But, despite it, Indian fundamental rulers can implement their scheme of false flag operation, as Pakistan’s civil and military leaders have repeatedly warned the international community about it. In this connection, Kashmir remains a nuclear flashpoint.
Nonetheless, by exposing the myth of Indian claim of the largest democracy-26th of January which is celebrated as the Indian Republic Day is being the observed by the Kashmiris, living on both sides of the LoC, Pakistanis, and Kashmiris across the globe as the Black Day to express solidarity with the freedom fighters of Kashmir, demanding their legitimate right of self-determination. In terms of Indian continued lockdown and crackdown in the IOK, every day has become Black Day for Kashmiris.
About Author: Sajjad Shaukat writes on international affairs and is author of the book: US vs Islamic Militants, Invisible Balance of Power: Dangerous Shift in International Relations. He can be reached via email at sajjad_logic@yahoo.com