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The collapse of a business empire

On Aug. 7, 1989, in the dark of night, Ahmad Chalabi fled Amman, Jordan. He took few possessions with him, a sign either that he thought he would return soon or that the urgency of his departure left him no time to pack. He drove north, which would take him through the hills on the outskirts of the city and then toward the Syrian border. The wrath of Jordan would follow him as he left because Petra Bank, more than any other Chalabi family enterprise, left the most damage in its wake.

Note: Ahmad Chalabi dikenal sebagai collaborator ketika US menginvasi Irak tahun 2003 yang lalu.

Fitna disini artinya chaos, strife (perselisihan??), beda dengan arti fitnah yang sudah umum di telinga kita. Saya sendiri bingung kenapa kata serapannya bisa berbeda. Secara umum, apabila sering mengunjungi situs-situs anti islam seperti Memri, JihadWatch atau HotAir, tidak ada yang baru dari film ini, hanya pengulangan saja.

Misalnya cuplikan terjemahan yang salah dari ayat Alquran yang bisa diklasifikasikan sebagai ayat-ayat perang. Sebagai informasi (cmiiw yah), Alquran memuat ayat-ayat perang dan ayat-ayat damai. Ayat-ayat perang turun dalam konteks peperangan, jadi suasananya laksana dalam perang, sedangkan ayat-ayat perdamaian, suasananya memang damai beneran…

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Mantan kepala CIA, Stansfield Turner, pernah mengatakan bahwa Mossad bukanlah badan intelijen yang excellent, tapi bagus dalam hal public relation. Mossad mampu membuat orang untuk berpikir bahwa mereka tahu segalanya dan bisa melakukan semuanya. Dalam kenyataannya, kemampuan organisasi ini mempunyai beberapa keterbatasan. Simak saja dari peristiwa assasination orang Palestina yang salah sasaran, juga kegagalannya untuk mengumpulkan informasi dalam perang melawan Hizbullah tahun 2006 yang lalu.

Kutipan dari Munich Review:

Former CIA man in Beirut Robert Baer said this about the Mossad–I am translating this from an interview he gave to Al-Jazeera: “Let me tell you something, what people most err in in the Middle East, and I am responsible for my words to the end, is related to Israeli intelligence.  To be sure, they can kill somebody in Paris or Rome or killing the wrong person in Finland or wherever else they did that in [he meant Norway]. To be sure they know Europe and Palestinians, and they know many things about Palestinians, but when it comes to the rest of the Middle East, I have not seen anything from their part that indicated their knowledge of those countries.”

Baca juga:
The Mossad: in the dark
Deliberate Deceptions: Facing the Facts about the U.S.-Israeli Relationship
Munich Review

Cuplikan dari youtube ini menayangkan detik-detik akhir meninggalnya Benazir Bhutto. Dari situ, kita bisa melihat tersangka pelaku penembakan berikut aksinya yang terekam dalam video.

It Will All Fall Down

DC: Is that a theme? That they seem to think that they can control situations and they consistently get out of hand?

SH: Again, it seems like it is, but it’s also very possible that everything that’s happening is also what they want. It could be, basically, the notion of chaos. Kissinger once said about the Iran-Iraq War back two decades ago when they were killing each other: “Let them kill each other.” Let’s help each side kill the other guy. And that may be one of the theories to explain the Sunnis versus Shia. It’s almost impossible to figure out what they’re thinking.

Masih terkait dengan teori konspirasi 911…

Robert Fisk: Even I question the ‘truth’ about 9/11 

But – here we go. I am increasingly troubled at the inconsistencies in the official narrative of 9/11. It’s not just the obvious non sequiturs: where are the aircraft parts (engines, etc) from the attack on the Pentagon? Why have the officials involved in the United 93 flight (which crashed in Pennsylvania) been muzzled? Why did flight 93’s debris spread over miles when it was supposed to have crashed in one piece in a field? Again, I’m not talking about the crazed “research” of David Icke’s Alice in Wonderland and the World Trade Center Disaster – which should send any sane man back to reading the telephone directory.

I am talking about scientific issues. If it is true, for example, that kerosene burns at 820C under optimum conditions, how come the steel beams of the twin towers – whose melting point is supposed to be about 1,480C – would snap through at the same time? (They collapsed in 8.1 and 10 seconds.) What about the third tower – the so-called World Trade Centre Building 7 (or the Salmon Brothers Building) – which collapsed in 6.6 seconds in its own footprint at 5.20pm on 11 September? Why did it so neatly fall to the ground when no aircraft had hit it? The American National Institute of Standards and Technology was instructed to analyse the cause of the destruction of all three buildings. They have not yet reported on WTC 7. Two prominent American professors of mechanical engineering – very definitely not in the “raver” bracket – are now legally challenging the terms of reference of this final report on the grounds that it could be “fraudulent or deceptive”.

Sudah diketahui umum bahwa Bernard Lewis termasuk salah satu panutan kelompok neocon. Dia juga termasuk salah satu penggagas konsep ‘shock and awe‘ waktu Amrik ingin menginvasi Irak tahun 2003 lalu, bersama Fouad Ajami dan Kanan Makiya dengan “sweet and flower“-nya.

Dan sekarang, peranannya sangat dibutuhkan dalam membentuk opini dalam rangka persiapan Amrik menyerang Iran. Untuk itu, media spt Fox News mulai mengeluarkan amunisinya utk melancarkan propaganda2 anti iran dan bisa kita lihat di sini.

Namun, walaupun sering disebut sbg pakar, beberapa artikelnya sering mengundang tanda tanya. Contohnya:

• http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110010080

The Muslim willingness to submit to Soviet authority, though widespread, was not unanimous. The Afghan people, who had successfully defied the British Empire in its prime, found a way to resist the Soviet invaders. An organization known as the Taliban (literally, “the students”) began to organize resistance and even guerilla warfare against the Soviet occupiers and their puppets. For this, they were able to attract some support from the Muslim world–some grants of money, and growing numbers of volunteers to fight in the Holy War against the infidel conqueror. Notable among these was a group led by a Saudi of Yemeni origin called Osama bin Laden.

Di artikel itu, sepertinya Mujahidin lebih tepat dipakai dibanding istilah Taliban. Taliban baru muncul tahun 90-an setelah Sovyet keluar dari Afghanistan.

• http://www.opinionjournal.com/extra/?id=110008768 (artikel tahun lalu)

What is the significance of Aug. 22? This year, Aug. 22 corresponds, in the Islamic calendar, to the 27th day of the month of Rajab of the year 1427. This, by tradition, is the night when many Muslims commemorate the night flight of the prophet Muhammad on the winged horse Buraq, first to “the farthest mosque,” usually identified with Jerusalem, and then to heaven and back (cf Koran XVII.1). This might well be deemed an appropriate date for the apocalyptic ending of Israel and if necessary of the world. It is far from certain that Mr. Ahmadinejad plans any such cataclysmic events precisely for Aug. 22. But it would be wise to bear the possibility in mind.

Kalau mau membaca artikel yg berisi kritikan yg ditujukan kpd Bernard Lewis, bisa dilihat di sini.

Lebih dari setengah tahun, saya telah mencermati CNN, BBC, dan Al Jazeera. Dari pengamatan ini, ada beberapa hal yang menarik perhatian saya.

• CNN cenderung meliput secara lebih mendalam tentang China
• BBC meliput lebih mendalam tentang India
• Timur Tengah menjadi kawasan yang paling sering diliput
• Indonesia jarang diliput oleh BBC dan CNN
• Berita dari Al Jazeera lebih beragam (Amerika Latin, Afrika, dan Asia Tenggara)
• Berita tentang Indonesia cukup sering disiarkan oleh Al Jazeera

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Video tentang manipulasi Gedung Putih yang berkaitan dengan invasi Irak.