Headlines:
- French Mayor Claims Islam will be Banned from France by 2027
- Obama Offers Gulf Nations ‘Ironclad’ Security Cooperation
- Bin Laden Raid Was A Work Of Fiction To Bolster Obama’s 2012 Reelection?
- China Must Rethink Stand on Some Issues: PM Modi
French Mayor Claims Islam will be Banned from France by 2027
Robert Chardon, mayor of Venelles, a town in the south of France, tweeted: “We must ban the Muslim faith in France.” He called for the country to remove a secularism law dating back to 1905 – and instead “promote the practice of the Christian faith”. Chardon added, “We also need a Marshall Plan to send Muslims to countries where the religion is practiced.” He is confident that the religion will be banned in October 2027 – but did explain the significance of the date. He later explained to the newspaper La Monde that his plan is “the only solution for most of France’s problems”. Chardon is vice president of the Organisation of Municipalities around Aix-en-Provence. His right-leaning party, the Union for a Popular Movement, are now looking to expel him. France has an estimated five million Muslims. Many have faced suspicion following the massacre at Charlie Hedbo’s Paris offices in January. [Source: The Express]
Hatred of Islam is imprinted in the DNA of European nations, and France is taking the lead to return Europe back to the 15th century, when Muslims and Jews were annihilated from Spain under King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella.
Obama Offers Gulf Nations ‘Ironclad’ Security Cooperation
President Barack Obama pledged America’s “ironclad commitment” to anxious Persian Gulf nations Thursday to help protect their security, pointedly mentioning the potential use of military force and offering assurances that a potential nuclear agreement with Iran would not leave them more vulnerable. “Let me underscore, the United States keeps our commitments,” Obama said at a news conference. Thursday’s meeting at Obama’s retreat in the Maryland mountains was aimed at quelling the Gulf’s fears of U.S.-led nuclear talks with Iran. Gulf States worry that if Iran wins international sanctions relief, the influx of cash would embolden what they see as Tehran’s aggression in the region. The president acknowledged those concerns, but said the U.S. believes Iran’s focus would be on shoring up an economy that has struggled under the sanctions pressure. Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said Arab leaders were “assured that the objective is to deny Iran the ability to obtain a nuclear weapon” and that all pathways to such a weapon would be cut off. He added that it was too early to know if a final nuclear agreement would be acceptable, saying, “We don’t know if the Iranians will accept the terms they need to accept.” The U.S. and five other nations are working to finalize the nuclear deal ahead of an end of June deadline. [Source: Time]
America has once again exploited tensions between Iran and the GCC to tie the Gulf States into a long-term military and security alliance. But the difference this time, is that America is encouraging Iran to play a much more constructive role in protecting American interests in the region.
Bin Laden Raid Was A Work Of Fiction To Bolster Obama’s 2012 Reelection?
Our government’s story on the Bin Laden raid is full of lies, says Pulitzer Prize-winning author Seymour Hersh, BBC News reported a few days ago. The story of the raid, allegedly a work of fiction, was repeatedly exploited by both President Barack Obama and Vice President Joseph Biden during the 2012 election campaign.
“According to Pulitzer Prize-winning author Seymour Hersh, the US raid that killed al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden was not a secret, risky US action, it was a joint operation between the US and Pakistani military intelligence,” BBC News reported. Hersh alleges a deal in which Pakistani officials allowed the U.S. to raid the compound where Bin Laden had been incarcerated by the Pakistani ISI since 2006, to capture and kill Bin Laden in exchange, allegedly, for U.S. financial support for Pakistani intelligence services. Hersh also alleges that Obama was supposed to wait a week before announcing bin Laden was captured and killed, and then allegedly announced that bin Laden was killed in a drone strike. Obama allegedly broke this agreement and announced the raid that night. “Hersh said probably the biggest lie about the raid was that General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, Chief of the Army Staff, and General Ahmed Shuja Pasha, Director General of the ISI, were never notified of the U.S. raid on Osama’s Abbottabad compound. ISI stands for Inter-Services Intelligence agency, a Pakistani intelligence organization. Hersh says that since 2006, Osama bin Laden was under ISI control and had been receiving money for support from Saudi Arabia because they didn’t want Saudi involvement with Al Qaeda to become known. This makes sense since Obama has refused to turn over a 24 page report detailing Saudi Arabia’s involvement in the 9/11 attack to congressional investigators,” the DCClothesline reported on Seymour Hersh allegations about the bin Laden raid story being fiction. [Source: Inquisitor]
Again Pakistani military rulers have been exposed for helping America persecute its global war against Islam. This time Seymour Hersh tells what most Pakistanis always suspected and what Hizb ut-Tahrir Wilayah Pakistan always claimed that Pakistani officials not only had advance knowledge about the raid on Abbottabad but were in cohorts with America. The sooner the civil and military rulers of Pakistan are disposed of the better become the chances for Pakistan to pursue an independent foreign policy. But the real source of independence can only come when the Muslims of Pakistan re-establish the Khilafah Rashidah.
China Must Rethink Stand on Some Issues: PM Modi
PM Narendra Modi did some straight talking about India’s unease over aspects of China’s foreign policy, telling Beijing on Friday that it should “reconsider its approach on some of the issues that hold us back from realizing the full potential of our partnership”. A visiting head of government laying down his country’s interests in the Great Hall of the People is not an everyday occurrence. For many here, used to the gentle wording of international diplomacy, this came as a surprise. “I suggested that China should take a strategic and long-term view of our relations,” Modi said. Late afternoon, addressing students at Tsinghua University, Modi raised the issue of terrorism, pointing out that the source of the scourge for both India and China was the same, without naming any country. At a joint press meet with Premier Li Keqiang, Modi indicated that bonding with India could be a better option for China instead of relying on the policies of countries that produce terrorism, sources said. We both face instability in our shared neighbourhood that can threaten our security and slow down our economies. The spreading tide of extremism and terrorism is a threat we both face; for both, its source is in the same region,” PM Narendra Modi said in his address to students at Tsinghua University. [Source: Times of India]
Modi could not help but take a dig at Pakistan. Nonetheless, Modi’s remarks clearly underscore that India is more worried about Pak-Sino relations than the Pak-American relationship. But for the Pakistani elite, Pakistan’s lopsided relations with America trump all others. This is even though America has ditched Pakistan in the favour of India and Washington has made New Delhi its principal agent in the Sub-continent to represent American interests.