Friday, June 28, 2013

There will be no Update next week. 

Afghanistan
Taliban insist on using 'Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,' flying flag at Qatar 'political office'  - Bill Roggio (The Long War Journal) The political office is being used by the Taliban as a de facto embassy, while the West is mistakenly praying the Taliban are seeking to use the office to conduct meaningful negotiations.  

Israel
Israel Demands UN Condemn Gaza Rocket Fire - Stuart Winer (Times of Israel) Israel called on the UN on Monday to categorically denounce rockets fired by terrorists in Gaza at Israel's civilian population after a barrage of rockets slammed into southern Israel. "The usual statements calling for mutual restraint are not enough. This is not a matter of two sides, but one side and one side only that continues to repeatedly impose terror on innocent civilians....After seven years it's about time that the Security Council unanimously condemned these attacks, which are not based on any provocation from Israel."  

Palestinians
Before Sunday's shelling from Gaza and response from Israel: 
Islamic Jihad Rocket Chief Killed by Hamas (AFP) Hamas police on Saturday killed one of the commanders of the Islamic Jihad's Al-Quds Brigades in Gaza, Raed Jundiya, 38. Islamic Jihad said: "Gaza government police shot him in the head in his home....The martyr was, as everybody knows, on the top of the Zionists' hit-list as he headed the Brigades' rocket unit." The Hamas Interior Ministry said Jundiya had opened fire on police, prompting them to respond.Abbas libels Israel:  "[Israel's] evil and dangerous plot  to destroy Al-Aqsa [Mosque] and build the alleged Temple" - Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik (PMW)
Palestinians: "No Jews Allowed" - Khaled Abu Toameh (Gatestone Institute) If you request a meeting with any senior Palestinian Authority official in the West Bank these days, you are likely to hear, "We will approve the meeting on condition there are no Jews."

Qatar
How Qatar Seized Control of the Syrian Revolution - Roula Khalaf and Abigail Fielding-Smith (Financial Times-UK) People close to the Qatar government estimate that Qatar has contributed as much as $3 billion to the rebel cause. 

Saudi Arabia
Saudis Repeat Al-Aqsa Libel - Again - Mohammed Mar'i (Saudi Gazette)

Syria

United States of America
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Thursday, June 20, 2013

Egypt
The new governor of Luxor appointed by the president is a member of Al-Gamaa al-Islamiya. That’s the Islamic terror group responsible for the Luxor massacre. The 1997 attack killed 58 foreign tourists, and four Egyptians inside the Temple of Hatshepsut as well as the local tourism industry. Al-Gamaa al-Islamiya also tried to assassinate Hosni Mubarak and was implicated in the assassination of Anwar Sadat. 
EU audit finds €1bn aid had little effect on Egypt - Joshua Chaffin (Financial Times) It also warned that Brussels was unable to track about 60 per cent of the aid money after it was transferred to Egyptian government coffers, raising concerns about widespread fraud and mismanagement.
Report: Egypt's Sinai on High Alert (Ma'an News-PA) Egypt has declared a state of alert in Sinai after extremist Islamist fighters set up a military base in the peninsula, Egyptian security officials said Monday. Militants from Egypt, the Palestinian territories, and Mali affiliated to Jihadist groups and al-Qaeda have deployed heavily in bunkers in a desert area in central Sinai, Egyptian security officials said. Some of the militants entered Sinai through tunnels from Gaza, the officials said. The militants have large amounts of ammunition and weapons, suggesting they plan to join demonstrations against the Muslim Brotherhood planned for June 30. 

Indonesia
Extremism Overpowering Indonesia  - Mohshin Habib (Gatestone Institute)

Palestinians - Hamas, Palestinian Authority, etc.
PA TV: Two terrorist murderers  brought "honor" and "pride"  to "all humanity" -  Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik (PMW) The PA TV host of the program dedicated to prisoners Link in a Chain stated that both murderers had brought "honor" and "pride" "to all humanity." A terrorist  who beat an 84 year-old to death with a hoe was lauded as "Our hero still writing the finest epics of endurance, heroism and self-sacrifice. "

United States
Wiesenthal Center Blasts Alice Walker’s ‘Hysterical’ Revisionism (Simon Wiesenthal Center) The Simon Wiesenthal Center today criticized Alice Walker’s new book, The Cushion in the Road for both its ‘hysterical’ and historical revisionism.
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Friday, June 14, 2013

Egypt

Israel
Israel Accelerates Cybersecurity Know-How as Early as 10th Grade - Christa Case Bryant (Christian Science Monitor)
Syrian Doctor, in Unprecedented Note, Asks Israel to Save Patient's life - Gavriel Fiske (Times of Israel)  Israel has so far treated around 20 Syrians who have been injured as a result of the Syrian civil war, and the IDF has set up a field hospital along the Israeli-Syrian border to help care for the injured. 

Jordan
The Brutal Reality For Syrians Inside Jordanian Refugee Camp (Le Monde/Worldcrunch) “Considering this country is home to just six million people, it’s a considerable effort for them to harbor 500,000 refugees,"

Palestinians- PA, Hamas
Palestinians Come Clean: They Want All of Israel - Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik (Palestinian Media Watch)
Kids Play 'Kidnap Israeli Soldier' in Summer Camp - Elior Levy(Ynet News)

Russia
Putin: Iran Threats against Israel "Unacceptable"  (AFP/Channel News Asia - Singapore)

Saudi Arabia

Syria
Syria: The New Problem from Hell - Aaron David Miller (Foreign Policy)

United States
National Defense vs. the Ideology of Jihad - Clare M. Lopez (Gatestone)

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Friday, June 7, 2013

Canada
Algeria shows more work needed to root out Canadian sources of terrorists - Rob Benneian (Toronto Sun/Muslims Facing Tomorrow)

Iraq
Martin Kobler is the UN Secretary-General's Special Representative for Iraq; these articles are regarding Iranian refugees in Iraq. The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention has twice in the past year described Camp Liberty as a "prison." Mr. Kobler has refused to press Iraq to grant freedom of movement to the residents and international access to the camp. 

Palestinians/Palestinian Authority, Fatah, Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, etc
I've read that Hamas military wing has issued a declaration of allegiance to Iran and Hezbollah, yet Palestinian refugees in Lebanon are burning supplies donated by Hezbollah.
Radical Islam Arrives in Ramallah- Khaled Abu Toameh (Gatestone Institute)
Popular Palestinian song broadcast repeatedly presents Israeli cities as Palestinian - Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik (PMW) 5 different versions of song  broadcast repeatedly on PA TV in 2013
Palestinians Campaign to Regain "Occupied" Latrun - Herb Keinon (Jerusalem Post)  One Israeli official was stunned by the Palestinian campaign over Latrun, saying: "It's almost as if every time we move forward, or every time there is a prospect of moving forward, the Palestinians bring up an issue which they know is a game breaker." The Palestinian decision to make this an issue "raises concerns as to their seriousness."

Russia
Russia Announces Permanent Mediterranean Naval Presence- Alexei Anishchuk (Reuters) In Russia's first permanent naval deployment in the Mediterranean since Soviet times, it has stationed 16 warships and three ship-based helicopters in the region. President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that the deployment was not "saber-rattling" and not meant as a threat to any nation. Russia cooperates with NATO navies against piracy and its ships call at Western ports. 

Syria
Dozens of Syrians try to flee fighting into Israel - Lazar Berman and Gavriel Fiske (Times of Israel)

Turkey
What Caused the Turkish Protests? - Ihsan Dagi  (Zaman-Turkey) Protests erupted when the government sought to demolish Gezi Park in the center of Istanbul and build a shopping mall and luxurious residences. Now Erdogan says he will build a mosque in Taksim. Trying to shift the debate from building a shopping mall in Gezi Park to the building of a mosque instead is a prime example of how religion is used to cover up and generate popular support in Turkey. The ruling party knows that as the debate revolves around Islamic symbols, it can control and rely on the support of the religious masses. The disproportionate and indiscriminate violence used by the police under the command of the government turned an environmentalist movement into an anti-government protest.
Islamization of Istanbul Continues - Pinar Tremblay (Al-Monitor)

United States of America
US offers rewards for Boko Haram, African al Qaeda leaders  - Bill Roggio (Long War Journal) 
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