Bin Laden: Fight for Palestinian cause fueled 9/11 attacks

Bin Laden: Fight for Palestinian cause fueled 9/11 attacks

Bin Laden: Palestinian cause fuels holy war (AP)
May 16th, 2008

Al-Qaida will continue its holy war against Israel and its allies
until it liberates Palestine, Osama bin Laden said in a new audio
statement Friday.
The message came as President Bush wrapped up his visit to Israel to
celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Jewish state.
Bin Laden says the fight for the Palestinian cause is the most
important factor driving al-Qaida's war with the West and fueled the
Sept. 11 attacks.
The authenticity of the close to 10 minute message could not be
verified, but it was posted on a Web site commonly used by al-Qaida.

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Video that gets to the Israel question:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1bm2GPoFfg

http://www.IRmep.org/jm.wmv

The Gorilla in the Room is US Support for Israel

http://representativepress.blogspot....pport-for.html

SCANDAL: 9/11 Commissioners Bowed to Pressure to Suppress Main Motive
for the 9/11 Attacks:


http://representativepress.blogspot....nt-inside.html

Additional at the following URL:

http://www.warwithoutend.co.uk/zone0...ic.php?t=39590

http://NEOCONZIONISTTHREAT.BLOGSPOT.COM

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Date: Thu, 15 May 2008 15:06:31 -0700 (PDT)
From:
Subject: Dr. Paul names the neocons

"Neocon who's who for dummies"
(info straight out of wikipedia & The Power of Nightmares)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4df1soW7Dho

Trotsky, Hitchens, Abrams, Kristol, Strauss, Wolfowitz.

McCain, NeoCons, the Israel Lobby Ron Paul Weekly Standard

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfLeZ...eature=related

The Mearsheimer/Walt book was mentioned during the 'Q & A' of the
Mideast panel (which took place at UCLA a few weeks ago in association
with the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books) that is initially airing
on C-SPAN 2/Book TV this coming Sunday (May 18th) at 8 PM (on the west
coast) and at 11 PM on the east coast (schedule at www.booktv.org) as
it can be viewed online as well via the streaming video link for C-
SPAN 2 at www.c-span.org (C-SPAN 2/Book TV is also airing a segment
with Dr. Paul earlier in the day about his new book - see the schedule
at www.booktv.org).

Why All of Our Efforts Won’t Stop an Attack on Iran

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May 12, 2008

The Limits of Exposure
Why All of Our Efforts Won't Stop an Attack on Iran

http://counterpunch.org/leupp05122008.html

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George Washington's 'Farewell Address' is included at the bottom of
http://astandforjustice.org as it was mentioned during a viewer call
on C-SPAN's 'Washington Journal' this morning which should be added to
http://NEOCONZIONISTTHREAT.BLOGSPOT.COM before long (Washington must
be rolling in his grave over what Bush did in the Knesset as the
following disgustingly conveys):

US and Israel agree
on war against Iran

US, Israel see need for 'tangible action' on Iran nukes
By BARAK RAVID & SAHAR ILAN
Haaretz Friday, 16 May 2008 / Iyyar 11, 5768

JERUSALEM — The United States and Israel agree on the need
for "tangible action" to prevent Iran from developing nuclear
weapons, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's spokesman said Friday,
after a visit by US President George W. Bush.

"We are on the same page. We both see the threat ... And we
both understand that tangible action is required to prevent the
Iranians from moving forward on a nuclear weapon," Olmert
spokesman Mark Regev said.

Regev described diplomatic efforts so far to exert pressure on
Iran as "positive", but added: "It is clearly not sufficient and
it's clear that additional steps will have to be taken".

Asked about the option of using military force, Regev said:
"Leaders of many countries have talked about many options
being on the table and, of course, Israel agrees with that."

Senior officials in Jerusalem said Thursday that Israel is fully
satisfied with the results of Bush's visit, including policy on
Iran's nuclear program.

Israel presents new 'evidence' on Iran

"In talks with the president of the United States during his visit
it was made clear that Bush's statements on the subject of
Iran's nuclear program are fully backed in practice," a senior
official said.

The president's attitude on Iran was well known in Israel, and
the expectation had been that he would use forceful language
against Tehran, both during talks with Israeli officials and in
his address to the Knesset, not only on the nuclear question
but on Iran's role in the region.

During meetings with Olmert and Defense Minister Ehud Barak,
more data was presented to back the desire for a reassessment
of an American intelligence report which concluded that Iran
had halted its nuclear weapons program.

One Israeli source said that it is hoped that the new information
would influence the administration's stance on Iran's nuclear
program.

The source said that Olmert would discuss the subject during
his visit to Washington in two weeks.

President Bush ended his three-day visit to Israel on Friday
and headed for Saudi Arabia.

President and first lady take Bible Land tour

The president and First Lady Laura Bush flew out of Tel Aviv's
Ben-Gurion Airport after a morning at Bible Lands Museum in
Jerusalem, where they viewed artifacts from the time of biblical
writings and spoke with young Israelis about hopes for peace.

In his address to the Knesset on Thursday, Bush promised
unflinching US support. "Citizens of Israel, Masada shall never
fall again, and America will always stand with you," he said.

Bush added that calls for negotiations with Iranian President
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad are akin to the efforts to appease
Hitler before World War II.

The president opened his speech by saying in Hebrew:
"Happy Independence Day." His address focused on the alliance
between the US and Israel.

"Israel's population may be just over 7 million. But when you
confront terror and evil, you are 307 million strong, because
America stands with you," Bush said.

"You have raised a modern society in the Promised Land,
a light unto the nations that preserves the legacy of Abraham,
Isaac, and Jacob. And you have built a mighty democracy
that will endure forever and can always count on America to
stand at its side."

Fulfilling 'ancient promise'

He noted that Israel's Declaration of Independence "was the
redemption of an ancient promise given to Abraham, Moses,
and David — a homeland for the chosen people in Eretz Yisrael."

The president also presented his vision of Israel in the next
60 years. "Israel will be celebrating its 120th anniversary
as one of the world's great democracies, a secure and
flourishing homeland for the Jewish people."

His address was interrupted no less than 14 times by loud
applause.

"America stands with you in breaking up terrorist networks
and denying the extremists sanctuary. And America stands
with you in firmly opposing Iran's nuclear weapons ambitions.

"Permitting the world's leading sponsor of terror to possess
the world's deadliest weapon would be an unforgivable betrayal
of future generations. For the sake of peace, the world must
not allow Iran to have a nuclear weapon," the president said.

Bush accused Ahmadinejad of seeking to return the Middle East
to the Middle Ages by calling for the destruction of Israel.

"Some seem to believe we should negotiate with terrorists
and radicals, as if some ingenious argument will persuade them
they have been wrong all along," he said. "We have heard this
foolish delusion before.

President manifests 'Zionist vision'

"As Nazi tanks crossed into Poland in 1939, an American senator
declared: 'Lord, if only I could have talked to Hitler, all of this
might have been avoided.' We have an obligation to call this
what it is — the false comfort of appeasement, which has been
repeatedly discredited by history."

After the speech made by German Chancellor Angela Merkel to
the Knesset in March, it was hard to expect a more pro-Zionist
speech.

But as a former Knesset speaker, MK Reuven Rivlin, put it
Thursday, "I wish our leaders would make speeches like this."
Rivlin described Bush as "manifesting the Zionist vision."

Contrary to the applause Bush received for his address, the
speech by Prime Minister Olmert was less popular and stirred
considerable controversy.

Olmert promised that when there is a peace agreement it
"will be approved by a large majority in the Knesset and it will
be supported by the vast majority of the Israeli public."

Two MKs from the National Union, Zvi Hendel and Uri Ariel,
left the plenum in protest, complaining that the event was
"used to promote a political agenda that is opposed by most
of the Israeli public."

Sanctions not the final stage

Hendel issued a statement calling on Olmert "to learn from
the president of the United States what Zionism is."

MK Aryeh Eldad (National Union) called out during Olmert's
speech, "in your dreams."

He later proposed that Bush should replace Olmert.

Throughout the exchanges among the rival Israeli politicians,
President Bush appeared to be enjoying himself. When Knesset
speaker Dalia Itzik finished her speech, he offered his hand in
a "give me five" kind of love.

On Iran, Olmert said that "the seriousness of the threat demands
that no means be discounted." However, he made it clear that
"a uniform international political and economic front against Iran
is currently in place, and tougher and more effective sanctions
are a necessary stage, even if it is not the final stage, on the
right way to block the Iranian threat."

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/984045.html