The assassins
Recently there have been assassinations in Lebanon, London and Baghdad. These are different in type or cause, but have a common political basis. Those who wish to disrupt the workings of the democratic system use assassination as a tool.
First, we should note that the term "assassin" comes from the word hashish that was used by a medieval Arab gang to help them face the prospect of murdering Arab rulers. This group of assassins considered it a religious duty to remove Arab/Muslim leaders who were not acceptable to their interpretation of Islam.
Much the same attitude motivates the Sunni and Shia extremists who are killing each other in Baghdad today. Friday was the most murderous day in recent Iraqi history, 230 Shia were killed in the Sadr City region of Baghdad, and some 60 Sunnis were murdered in retaliation in other parts of the city, particularly when Shia burnt down several Sunni mosques. This is sectarian violence that borders on civil war, and the Iraqi Government, against which the killings are also targeted, was forced to declare martial law and close the city down. A few days ago two deputy Ministers of Health in the Iraqi Government were attacked, one was killed and the other escaped with injuries. This is a characteristic form of Arab-Muslim violence that has nothing to do with the existence of Israel. The Sunni-Shia conflict has been going on for 1,200 years, and was merely frozen by the Western occupation of Iraq, where there is the biggest concentration of Shia in the Arab world, excluding Iran which is Shia but non-Arab.
Another area of Shia domination is South Lebanon. That's why there is constant violent aggression against both Israel and the rest of Lebanese society, consisting of Sunnis, Christians (of various sects) and Druse. While Shia constitute 30% of the total population, they are not content to rely on democratic means, they seek to dominate the whole of Lebanon. This is why, acting as proxy for Syria and Iran, they attack both Israel and the Christian anti-Syrian forces. We do not know exactly who assassinated Rafik Hariri or Pierre Gemayel, but we can be sure that they were pro-Syrian and professional. Syrian intelligence with the aid of Lebanese actors has brought assassination to the level of an art form. If they want to kill you they can and will. And their message is crude, oppose us and you will die. Now they are risking a further outbreak of the civil war in Lebanon that pitted Muslim against Christian and Druse, only this time the Sunnis will be on the Christian side, since they will not act as agents for Syria or Shia Iran. We can expect the murders in Lebanon to continue and escalate.
The assassination of Alexander Litvinenko in London is a different case, but shares the same basis. It is a warning from the FSB, the successor to the KGB in Russia, to any defector or former spy, that you are in our sights and you will die horribly. All this talk about it having been done by criminals or oligarchs (the very rich Russian businessmen who have either been imprisoned or forced to flee to the West) is nonsense. Only the Russian Government of Pres. Putin can be considered to "gain" from such an assassination. The use of Polonium 210, a highly radioactive isotope that requires State involvement to produce enough to kill someone (even though only a minute amount is needed) clearly indicates a State-sponsored assassination. How the material was made, brought into the UK, and administered to the poor fellow is unclear, but that it was done and that the Russian State is responsible for this cannot be doubted. However, do not expect the British authorities to do anything about it. They do not have the capability nor the balls to charge any Russian for this murder, as Lebanon might do using the UN Commission to charge a Syrian with Hariri's assassination. They will investigate for a few months and then declare the case unsolvable. Meanwhile the assassinations of journalists critical of Putin and the Government in Russia will continue, and more defectors may die in the wake of Litvinenko's murder. The assassins are active again.
First, we should note that the term "assassin" comes from the word hashish that was used by a medieval Arab gang to help them face the prospect of murdering Arab rulers. This group of assassins considered it a religious duty to remove Arab/Muslim leaders who were not acceptable to their interpretation of Islam.
Much the same attitude motivates the Sunni and Shia extremists who are killing each other in Baghdad today. Friday was the most murderous day in recent Iraqi history, 230 Shia were killed in the Sadr City region of Baghdad, and some 60 Sunnis were murdered in retaliation in other parts of the city, particularly when Shia burnt down several Sunni mosques. This is sectarian violence that borders on civil war, and the Iraqi Government, against which the killings are also targeted, was forced to declare martial law and close the city down. A few days ago two deputy Ministers of Health in the Iraqi Government were attacked, one was killed and the other escaped with injuries. This is a characteristic form of Arab-Muslim violence that has nothing to do with the existence of Israel. The Sunni-Shia conflict has been going on for 1,200 years, and was merely frozen by the Western occupation of Iraq, where there is the biggest concentration of Shia in the Arab world, excluding Iran which is Shia but non-Arab.
Another area of Shia domination is South Lebanon. That's why there is constant violent aggression against both Israel and the rest of Lebanese society, consisting of Sunnis, Christians (of various sects) and Druse. While Shia constitute 30% of the total population, they are not content to rely on democratic means, they seek to dominate the whole of Lebanon. This is why, acting as proxy for Syria and Iran, they attack both Israel and the Christian anti-Syrian forces. We do not know exactly who assassinated Rafik Hariri or Pierre Gemayel, but we can be sure that they were pro-Syrian and professional. Syrian intelligence with the aid of Lebanese actors has brought assassination to the level of an art form. If they want to kill you they can and will. And their message is crude, oppose us and you will die. Now they are risking a further outbreak of the civil war in Lebanon that pitted Muslim against Christian and Druse, only this time the Sunnis will be on the Christian side, since they will not act as agents for Syria or Shia Iran. We can expect the murders in Lebanon to continue and escalate.
The assassination of Alexander Litvinenko in London is a different case, but shares the same basis. It is a warning from the FSB, the successor to the KGB in Russia, to any defector or former spy, that you are in our sights and you will die horribly. All this talk about it having been done by criminals or oligarchs (the very rich Russian businessmen who have either been imprisoned or forced to flee to the West) is nonsense. Only the Russian Government of Pres. Putin can be considered to "gain" from such an assassination. The use of Polonium 210, a highly radioactive isotope that requires State involvement to produce enough to kill someone (even though only a minute amount is needed) clearly indicates a State-sponsored assassination. How the material was made, brought into the UK, and administered to the poor fellow is unclear, but that it was done and that the Russian State is responsible for this cannot be doubted. However, do not expect the British authorities to do anything about it. They do not have the capability nor the balls to charge any Russian for this murder, as Lebanon might do using the UN Commission to charge a Syrian with Hariri's assassination. They will investigate for a few months and then declare the case unsolvable. Meanwhile the assassinations of journalists critical of Putin and the Government in Russia will continue, and more defectors may die in the wake of Litvinenko's murder. The assassins are active again.
posted by Jack Cohen at 7:31 PM
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