Africa: What Lies Behind Different Reactions to Paris and Beirut Attacks? And, Baghdad?

                                          ISIS struck Beirut, then Baghdad, then Paris.

Many are asking, "Why Paris - Again?!".

"France is also a country with a strong anti-immigration political rhetoric that actively discriminates against those who are different. The most renowned case was the controversy surrounding the hijab.

ISIS has claimed responsibility for these attacks.

World leaders have pledged support, solidarity and condemnation of terrorism. In the next few weeks we may even see a resurgence of rhetoric calling for more resources to fight this (abject failure known as the) War on Terror (which has only succeeded in producing more terrorists!).

There is also the inherent risk that Islamophobia may take deeper root - not just in France but in Europe as a whole.

Yet as the world consumed the messages of support, sentiments of outrage and condemnation of violence, some also asked:

'Why such a strong show of support for Paris but, not the same for Beirut?'

The answer, seemingly, was that it is because Arab lives matter less than those of Europeans."
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Contrary to what President Hollande declared, these were not 'acts of war'.

These were Acts Of Terrorism committed by individual people compelled by - what? Desperation... marginalisation and... what else?

Perhaps it's rage at the West for doing whatever it wants to do, to whomever it wants to do it, whenever it wants (*and 'damn the torpedoes!')?:

"Oops!  Our bad!  (sheepish grin)  Sorry for bombing the hell out of your beloved homeland and - in doing so - for blowing up your families, homes and businesses - all in the name of some non-existent WMDs!  Wow!  Are our faces red?!  Ttyl!  Oh, and good luck with Al Qaeda!"

Perhaps we should start to try to figure that out?"

Africa: What Lies Behind Different Reactions to Paris and Beirut Attacks - allAfrica.com

Dear Humanity: Mass Surveillance Is NOT Effective For Finding Terrorists. Here's Why...

Please don't let the 'powers that be' convince you that global fascism will make you 'safer'.


It's a LIE.

Mass surveillance not effective for finding terrorists - tech - 15 January 2015 - New Scientist

David Cameron: This means YOU!

No Nukes Is Good Nukes Or Where's Jack Bauer When We Need Him?

How often do you think about things such as...

Black-market multi-million dollar dealing of both nuclear bomb-making materials and the highly-radioactive substance(s) which are meant to fill them?

If you're like me, you've spent a small amount of time considering such unsettling scenarios... and probably did so only during either a big budget, Hollywood spy vs spy blockbuster or Fox's incredibly tense (and often nuclear terror-related) TV show "24".

Well...

It now appears that truth/reality has taken a cue from these frightening fictional performances.

Last week, in Pretoria, South Africa, a (thankfully) successful police "sting" operation was carried out after a group of men attempted to sell both highly-radioactive Cesium 137 and an "industrial nuclear device" to a man who happened to be an undercover police officer.

This conclusion of the "sting" involved a great many police officers, a foot-chase of one suspect through a busy Pretoria intersection and a shoot-out between the police officers and the suspects.

In the end, five men - all South African citizens - were arrested (with the lead-encased Cesium on them). Unfortunately, the so-called "industrial nuclear device" has yet to be located, but officials believe that it does exist and are actively searching for it.

Yikes.

Too bad Jack Bauer is a fiction...

Or is he?

The July 9th events haven't had much coverage here (Why is that?), but here's a brief clip from TRMS.

Enjoy!

From: The Rachel Maddow Show.

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How many licks does it take...
Current mood: cynical
Category: News and Politics

Ding...Dong...Zarqawi's "Dead"..... Again.
I have so many doubts about the reliability of anything... Sheesh!... Everything that is reported in the mainstream press. Have doubted the veracity of their stories for longer than I can remember. Maybe it isn't all of their fault...maybe it is just that they are repeating what they were told by the "authorities"/spin secretaries. Maybe they should begin their news broadcasts with a disclaimer..."Everything we report to you tonight as "news', may or may not be true and may be retracted/revised at a later date." Sounds a lot like the "We can neither confirm not deny...." line of the intelligence community (...and I use that term loosely.)

Re: Zarqawi:
I came across a posted response to a Blog (on Blogger's "The Truth Will Set You Free") that piqued my interest...basically it poses the question... "If a fire on a few floors of the WTC can cause it to fall in on itself, (...don't get me started on that one...oh boy!) how is it that 1000 lbs of military explosive ordinance dropped on Zarqawi seems to have only left his body with a bloody nose? What's he made of? I guess he ate his Wheaties. The rubble that was the "safe-house" he was in fared far worse than he did. Besides, isn't this the 3rd or 4th time he's been killed? I guess previous reports of his "...death have been greatly exagerrated."

The "Good News" is that, whether or not it is true, if this spec-ops attack was orchestrated to try to impede the free-fall of Bush's ratings (which ripples out to damage his party), and be a image booster/photo-op, it failed miserably. Bush, when talking about the reported death of Zarqawi, decided to invoke the names of the Americans Zarqawi (allegedly, there's no evidence it was he, they all had masks on) beheaded. The father of one young man, now a Green Party candidate for office, said he took no joy in Zarqawi's death. He said that both the terrorists in Iraq and the terrorists in D.C. (my terms for them) just keep going back and forth lobbing violent vengeful acts at each other and it will never stop until someone on one of the sides says, "Enough! I am not going to participate in this violence anymore!". (Good Luck!) He also said that he won't be happy until our troops are home and Bush is "...gone.". I second that emotion!!

And another thing...
Regarding: "The Canadian 17".
There seems to be a sudden silence in the press about the 12 men and 5 boys arrested and facing domestic terrorism charges in Canada. Considering the 'authorities' claimed that they planned to attack the Parliament and "behead" the Prime Minister (what an terror-izing thing to say.)... Well... I just think that, if the allegations were true and backed up by real evidence, wouldn't that deserve some more ink or airtime?

One other thing regarding them.... What 'terrorist' worth his or her salt would be soooo stupid as to purchase excessive amounts of the chemicals/ingredients necessary to build a bomb, in a way that can be traced back to them??? I am sure there are other ways. Also, I have heard that they were aware that they were under surveillance...yet gleefully continued to attempt to manufacture mayhem..... Hmmmm.... Curiouser and curiouser.

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What better way to manufacture support for militarism/suppression of Constitutional and Civil Rights than make it look like there are boogeymen here, there..and ....Oh my God! ... Look Out! ... They are Everywhere! And they want to behead the Canadian Prime Minister! Those bastards!!!

Don't worry...it will all be over soon. :-)
L