Israel hopes to colonize parts of Iraq as ‘Greater Israel’
by Wayne Masden
Contributing Writer
http://onlinejournal.com/artman/publish/article_4301.shtml
Jan 30, 2009, 00:20
(WMR) -- Israeli expansionists, their intentions to take full control of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip and permanently keep the Golan Heights of Syria and expand into southern Lebanon already well known, also have their eyes on parts of Iraq considered part of a biblical “Greater Israel.”
Israel reportedly has plans to relocate thousands of Kurdish Jews from Israel, including expatriates from Kurdish Iran, to the Iraqi cities of Mosul and Nineveh under the guise of religious pilgrimages to ancient Jewish religious shrines. According to Kurdish sources, the Israelis are secretly working with the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) to carry out the integration of Kurdish and other Jews into areas of Iraq under control of the KRG.
Kurdish, Iraqi Sunni Muslims, and Turkmen have noted that Kurdish Israelis began to buy land in Iraqi Kurdistan, after the U.S. invasion in 2003, that is considered historical Jewish “property.”
The Israelis are particularly interested in the shrine of the Jewish prophet Nahum in al Qush, the prophet Jonah in Mosul, and the tomb of the prophet Daniel in Kirkuk. Israelis are also trying to claim Jewish “properties” outside of the Kurdish region, including the shrine of Ezekiel in the village of al-Kifl in Babel Province near Najaf and the tomb of Ezra in al-Uzayr in Misan Province, near Basra, both in southern Iraq’s Shi’a-dominated territory. Israeli expansionists consider these shrines and tombs as much a part of “Greater Israel” as Jerusalem and the West Bank, which they call “Judea and Samaria.”
Kurdish and Iraqi sources report that Israel’s Mossad is working hand-in-hand with Israeli companies and “tourists” to stake a claim to the Jewish “properties” of Israel in Iraq. The Mossad has already been heavily involved in training the Kurdish Pesha Merga military forces.
Reportedly assisting the Israelis are foreign mercenaries paid for by U.S. Christian evangelical circles that support the concept of “Christian Zionism.”
Iraqi nationalists charge that the Israeli expansion into Iraq is supported by both major Kurdish factions, including the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan headed by Iraq’s nominal President Jalal Talabani. Talabani’s son, Qubad Talabani, serves as the KRG’s representative in Washington, where he lives with his wife Sherri Kraham, who is Jewish.
Also supporting the Israeli land acquisition activities is the Kurdistan Democratic Party, headed by Massoud Barzani, the president of the KRG. One of Barzani’s five sons, Binjirfan Barzani, is reportedly heavily involved with the Israelis.
The Israelis and their Christian Zionist supporters enter Iraq not through Baghdad but through Turkey. In order to depopulate residents of lands the Israelis claim, Mossad operatives and Christian Zionist mercenaries are staging terrorist attacks against Chaldean Christians, particularly in Nineveh, Irbil, al-Hamdaniya, Bartalah, Talasqaf, Batnayah, Bashiqah, Elkosheven, Uqrah, and Mosul.
These attacks by the Israelis and their allies are usually reported as being the responsibility of “Al Qaeda” and other Islamic “jihadists.”
The ultimate aim of the Israelis is to depopulate the Christian population in and around Mosul and claim the land as biblical Jewish land that is part of “Greater Israel.” The Israeli/Christian Zionist operation is a replay of the depopulation of the Palestinians in the British mandate of Palestine after World War II.
In June 2003, a delegation of Israelis visited Mosul and said that it was Israel’s intentions, with the assistance of Barzani, to establish Israeli control of the shrine of Jonah in Mosul and the shrine of Nahum in the Mosul plains. The Israelis said Israeli and Iranian Jewish pilgrims would travel via Turkey to the area of Mosul and take over lands where Iraqi Christians lived.
Previously published in the Wayne Madsen Report.
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samedi 31 janvier 2009
vendredi 30 janvier 2009
Recep Erdogan storms out of Davos after clash with Israeli president over Gaza (photos)
See Today's Zaman:
Photos REUTERS DAVOS
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Article in the Guardian:
Recep Erdogan storms out of Davos after clash with Israeli president over Gaza
Associated Press
Associated Press
guardian.co.uk, Friday 30 January 2009 05.59 GMT
Article history
The Turkish prime minister received a hero's welcome when he returned home after storming out of the World Economic Forum in Switzerland follwing a clashwith the Israeli president over Israel's offensive against Gaza.
Thousands of people gathered at Istanbul's Ataturk airport to greet Tayyip Erdogan when he returned, waving Turkish and Palestinian flags and chanting "Turkey is proud of you".
In a heated exchange, Erdogan told Shimon Peres the Israeli air strikes and invasion of the Palestinian territory were "very wrong" and said "many people have been killed".
The incident came after a lengthy debate at the Davos forum about the Israeli offensive, in which at least 1,300 Palestinians were killed.
Erdogan tried to rebut Peres as the discussion was ending, asking the moderator, the Washington Post columnist David Ignatius, to let him speak once more.
"Only a minute," Ignatius said.
Erdogan said: "I remember two former prime ministers in your country who said they felt very happy when they were able to enter Palestine on tanks.
"I find it very sad that people applaud what you said. There have been many people killed. And I think that it is very wrong and it is not humanitarian."
Ignatius said: "We can't start the debate again. We just don't have time."
When the Turkish prime minister said: "Please let me finish," Igatius replied: "We really do need to get people to dinner."
Erdogan replied: "Thank you very much. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. I don't think I will come back to Davos after this."
The confrontation saw both Peres and Ergodan raise their voices, and stunned ther audience, which included Valerie Jarrett, a close advisor to Barack Obama.
"I have know Shimon Peres for many years, and I also know Erdogan," the former Norwegian prime minister Kjell Magne Bondevik said.
"I have never seen Shimon Peres so passionate as he was today. I think he felt Israel was being attacked by so many in the international community. He felt isolated.
"I was very sad that Ergodan left. This was an expression of how difficult this situation is."
Amr Moussa, the former Egyptian foreign minister who now leads the Arab League, said Ergodan's action was understandable.
"Mr Ergodan said what he wanted to say and then he left," he added. "That's all. He was right." Of Israel, he said: "They don't listen."
jeudi 29 janvier 2009
Iraq's Provincial Elections: Kurds are positioning their Peshmerga militias in front of the Polling Centres of Tuz Khurmatu
The Peshmerga stand in front of the polling centres in
Tuz Khurmatu.
ITC Media Kerkuk
29th January 2009
Yesterday, two police members, one of whom was an officer, have been killed in front of one of the polling centres in the city of Tuz Khurmatu (75 Km south of Kerkuk).
As usual, the identities of the perpetrators of these assassinations are not known.
Using these attacks as a pretext, the Kurds have brought the Suleymaniya battalion from the fourth squad, known as Peshmerga, to Tuz Khurmatu and they have positioned 15 elements of this battalion to each of the city’s polling centres with an excuse of weakness in security. This, despite the fact that a battalion from the Governorate of Salaheddin had arrived immediately after the attack as has been confirmed by an official source from the Ministry of Interior.
When the Tuz Khurmatu branch of the Iraqi Turkmen Front objected to this procedure the Kurds suggested they would position their Peshmerga 200 meters from the polling centres. ITF refused this proposal and demanded the withdrawal of the Peshmerga outside the boundaries of the city.
The Iraqi Turkmen Front asked the government authorities to intervene immediately and together with other political parties ITF demanded that the security of the polling districts should be under the responsibility of the Ministry of Interior in order to ensure the transparency and impartiality of the elections so as to avoid the vote rigging and forgeries committed by the Kurds during the January 2005 elections.
Telafer, Türkmenlerin gözbebeğidir
Irak’ta, yerel seçimlere saatler kala Irak Türkmen Cephesi seçim propagandasını tam hızıyla sürdürüyor.
Türkmeneli bölgelerini dünya kamuoyuna tanıtma ve Türkmen Halkını seçime yoğun bir şekilde katılması kapsamında, Irak Türkmen Cephesi Kerkük il Başkanlığı, Türkmen Edebiyatçılar ve Öğretmenler Birliğinin katkısıyla, ''Telafer, Türkmenlerin Gözbebeğidir'' sloganı altında bir şiir şöleni düzenlendi.
Şiir şöleninde bir konuşma yapan Irak Türkmen Cephesi Kerkük İl Başkanı Erşat Salihi Türkmen Telafer kentinin Türkmen Siyasi haritasındaki önemine değindi.
Salihi: ''Telafer kenti Türkmeneli’nin en hassas ve önemli bölgelerinden birisidir. Zira Telafer Irak'ın en büyük ilçesi olmasına rağmen bugüne kadar il edilmemiştir, Acaba bunun arkasında siyasi bir plan var mı?'' İfadesi kullandı.
Konuşmasına devam eden Salihi Telaferlileri sandık başına gidip ITC (206)numaralı seçim listesine oy vermelerine çağırdı.
Salihi: ''Telaferliler, Irak Türkmen Cephesi'nin (206)numaralı seçim listesine verdikleri zaman Türkmen varlığı belli olacak. Belli olunca Irak'taki siyasi sahada ağırlıkları görünecek''.Sözlerine ekledi.
Ayrıca Şölende, Telafer sevdası ve seçime teşvik konusunda şiirler ve Hoyratlar Türkmen Şairleri tarafından seslendirildi.
Özdemir HÜRMÜZLÜ_Kerkük
Iraq's Provincial Elections: KRG's new evil tactics against non-Kurdish communities in the North of Iraq
The following is an Appeal from the Yezidi Community-Canada
Dear Members of International Communities, colleagues and friends,
These are the KRG's new developments against the innocent Yezidis of Iraq and in Nineveh Plain in Particular. The Iraq's provincial elections are very important for the minorities in Iraq, which could give them the opportunity to have their voices in the Iraqi governments. But unfortunately the KRG's new evil tactics are preventing any developments forward in the minorities' regions and Kirkuk and Nineveh Plain in particulars. And it is very clear that the Iraqi government is unable to protect the Iraq's minorities, such as Yezidis, Chaldo-Assyrians, Mandaens, Turkmens and Shabaks.
As a minority, we urgently call upon the US, UK, EU, UN Officials and NGOs International Communities to take an immediate steps and right measures towards these injustices and atrocities by KRG against the minority groups in Iraq, and also free Nineveh Plain from KRG's militias ( terrorists). Therefore, the minority groups could live in peace and freedom and select their desired representatives of choice.
These are some of the current incidents we report includes:
1- KRG militias threatening the Yezidis people of Sinjar if they don't vote for Kurdish list, there will be no compensation payment to those Yezidis who were relocated into collective villages in 1975, which the Iraqi government agreed to give 10 millions Iraqi dinars to each family and which already has been given to small amount of the Yezidis in Sinjar regions about 6-8 months ago and the KRG left the rest of the money for its election campaign.
2- The KRG's threatening the Yezidis to cut the salaries of the families of the martyrs, if they don't vote for KRGs.
3- KRG's militias are threatening the Yezidis of Sinjar regions, that they cannot visit Kurdistan to work, visit doctors and hospitals in the KRG, if the Yezidis don't vote for Kurdish list.
4- The KRG's militias' circulation of polling stations already started.
5- The KRG's militias post their political campaign posters at all check points in the Yezidis' regions in Sinjar, and warn the Yezidis to keep quiet.
6- The KRG's using Iraqi army vehicles and Iraqi soldiers of Kurdish origin for the election campaign to frighten the Yezidis and the Kurdish militias to paste their posters on these military vehicles.
7- Cowardly criminal act of KDP's militias and those affiliated to the party attacked the family of Amin Farhan Jejjo (Member of Parliament and head of Yezidis Movement for Reform and Progress) and is known for his patriotism and dedication to the noble service of Iraq and the Iraqis and to fight for the process of injustices against the Yezidis and the division of Iraq.
It seems that this attack came after the submission of a traffic video cameraman to the Independent Electoral Commission of the Office of Nineveh, one of the electoral irregularities of Barzani is to use of the army in the electoral propaganda and intimidation of the people to win the electoral votes.
Here, we call upon US, UK, EU Officials, all International Communities around the world and all honest Iraqis to condemn these cowardly act by Kurdish militias' occupied regions, which can obscure the true voice of the Iraqi citizen to express his/her opinion in the selection of representatives.
Best Regards,
Mirza Ismail
chairman
London Yezidis Community-Canada
P.O.Box 39045
London,ON NY5L51
ezidis@gmail.com
yezidis.canada@yahoo.ca
mercredi 28 janvier 2009
TURKISH PRESIDENT INVITES KERKUK ETHNIC GROUPS TO GATHER IN ANKARA
ANKARA - Turkish President Abdullah Gul has called on the representatives of Kirkuk's ethnic groups to convene in Ankara, an Iraqi Shi'ite Turkmen MP from the United Iraqi Alliance said on Monday.
The fate of Kirkuk, an ancient city that was once part of the Ottoman Empire, is one of the most divisive issues in Iraq. Control over Kirkuk, a mixed city of Arabs, Kurds and Turkmen, and the surrounding oil wealth, is in dispute between the city's three ethnic groups.
"The meeting of the representatives of the Iraqi components is related with their approval and willingness to discuss this sensitive issue on a round table with a Turkish readiness to offer the circumstances of succeeding the meeting," Abbas al-Bayati told Baghdad-based al-Sabah newspaper.
Turkey sees the status of Kirkuk as a major concern, and thinks a hurried referendum, which has already been postponed, might trigger ethnic clashes in the city.
Provincial elections will be held in Iraq on Jan. 31.
The regional Kurdish administration will not be holding provincial elections with the rest of Iraq. Nor will the disputed oil province of Kirkuk, where the vote was postponed indefinitely as ethnic groups there fail to agree on a power-sharing formula.
http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/english/domestic/10859752.asp?scr=1
The fate of Kirkuk, an ancient city that was once part of the Ottoman Empire, is one of the most divisive issues in Iraq. Control over Kirkuk, a mixed city of Arabs, Kurds and Turkmen, and the surrounding oil wealth, is in dispute between the city's three ethnic groups.
"The meeting of the representatives of the Iraqi components is related with their approval and willingness to discuss this sensitive issue on a round table with a Turkish readiness to offer the circumstances of succeeding the meeting," Abbas al-Bayati told Baghdad-based al-Sabah newspaper.
Turkey sees the status of Kirkuk as a major concern, and thinks a hurried referendum, which has already been postponed, might trigger ethnic clashes in the city.
Provincial elections will be held in Iraq on Jan. 31.
The regional Kurdish administration will not be holding provincial elections with the rest of Iraq. Nor will the disputed oil province of Kirkuk, where the vote was postponed indefinitely as ethnic groups there fail to agree on a power-sharing formula.
http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/english/domestic/10859752.asp?scr=1
mardi 27 janvier 2009
Talabani discusses with Allawi political process
January 27, 2009 - 07:50:26
BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: Iraqi President Jalal Talabani on Tuesday discussed with the Head of National Accord Movement Iyad Allawi the latest political developments in Iraq, according to a presidential statement.
“Talabani discussed with Allawi the latest political developments in Iraq and in the region and their affects on the political process in the country ahead of the local and general elections,” said the statement received by Aswat al-Iraq news agency.
“The meeting was attended by Deputy Prime Minister Burhan Saleh, Minister of Water Resources Latief Rashied and Head of the Kurdistan Alliance Fouad Maasoum,” it added.
SH (P)/SR
BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: Iraqi President Jalal Talabani on Tuesday discussed with the Head of National Accord Movement Iyad Allawi the latest political developments in Iraq, according to a presidential statement.
“Talabani discussed with Allawi the latest political developments in Iraq and in the region and their affects on the political process in the country ahead of the local and general elections,” said the statement received by Aswat al-Iraq news agency.
“The meeting was attended by Deputy Prime Minister Burhan Saleh, Minister of Water Resources Latief Rashied and Head of the Kurdistan Alliance Fouad Maasoum,” it added.
SH (P)/SR
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