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		<title>The Muslim Brotherhood&#8217;s Definition of &#8216;Legitimacy&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Aug 2013 04:11:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyle Shideler]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why the deposed Islamists aren't likely to go quietly. ]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://cdn.frontpagemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Egypt-Muslim-Brotherhood-008.jpg"><img class="alignleft  wp-image-199675" alt="Egypt Muslim Brotherhood presidential candidate Mohamed Morsie" src="http://cdn.frontpagemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Egypt-Muslim-Brotherhood-008.jpg" width="255" height="188" /></a>Following the ouster of Muslim Brotherhood leader and now former Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi the Muslim Brotherhood has conducted a propaganda campaign aiming at establishing themselves as the “legitimate” rulers of Egypt, wrongfully overthrown.</p>
<p>Indeed the very word itself, “legitimacy,” has been central in the Brotherhood’s protests and in their media outreach. Pro-Morsi activists have <a href="http://www.middleeastmonitor.com/news/africa/6795-brotherhood-insists-that-morsi-is-legitimate-representative-of-egyptians">organized around</a> “The National Alliance to Support Legitimacy.”</p>
<p>In the West, this battle of words has been interpreted primarily within the context of U.S. law and the question of whether U.S. aid to Egypt must be severed following the Muslim Brotherhood’s overthrow. Indeed, the American discussion of whether Morsi was “legitimate” has revolved almost entirely around the question of democracy and his election (which may very well not have been <a href="http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Peace/2013/07/30/Morsi-Was-Neither-Democratically-Nor-Duly-Elected">as fair or free</a> as advertised).  U.S. officials halted a shipment of F-16s to the Egyptian government in July, something they had aggressively refused to do during Morsi’s rule despite reports of attacks on Coptic Christians and secular activists, and the existence of Muslim <a href="http://frontpagemag.com/2013/raymond-ibrahim/brotherhood-torture-chambers-finally-exposed/">Brotherhood torture squads</a>. The British government has also <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jul/19/uk-revokes-arms-export-licenses-egypt">halted arms exports</a>.</p>
<p>In an Islamic context, however, the Brotherhood’s insistence that they represent “legitimacy” carries with it a different meaning. As the <i>New York Times</i> notes, the Ikhwan are encouraging their supporters to use “legitimacy” <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/29/world/middleeast/egypts-muslim-brotherhood-back-on-painful-ground.html?pagewanted=all&amp;_r=0">as code language</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p>A third man said the crisis had been useful in some ways. “It has been a tough test, but it has had benefits — now we know who our true friends are,” he said. “The liberals, the Christian leaders, they stood with the old regime. It was painful to see some fellow Muslims going against us at first, but they have now seen their mistake and returned to us. The Islamic path is clear.”</p>
<p>The Brotherhood has made some effort to restrain that kind of talk. On a recent evening, an older man in traditional dress was angrily shouting to a reporter about a “war against Islam” led by liberals and the military, and the need for all Muslims to fight against it. Several Brotherhood members urged the man to change his tone, telling him to stick to the words “democracy” and “legitimacy,” and then tried to escort the reporter away.</p></blockquote>
<p>The “Islamic path,” which is to say the Shariah, Islamic jurisprudence, is for the Brotherhood the ultimate evidence of their “legitimacy.” And to oppose their efforts to institute Shariah is interpreted, as the “older man in traditional dress” says, as a “war on Islam.” Brotherhood spiritual leader Yusuf Al-Qaradawi agreed when he issued a fatwa saying it was a religious “obligation” to support Morsi and a crime to oppose him. As reported by the <a href="http://www.investigativeproject.org/4097/qaradawi-comments-seen-as-fatwa-against-egyptian">Investigative Project on Terrorism</a>,</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;if he, who has disobeyed the ruler, does not repent, then he must be killed,&#8221; Qaradawi said, citing Quranic passages. &#8220;There is a legitimate ruler (in reference to Morsi) and people must obey and listen to him.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>In another Qaradawi video, the Egyptian-born scholar <a href="http://www.aina.org/news/20130730172201.htm">called for jihad</a> on behalf of Egypt from across the Muslim world. Nor is this an idle threat.  <a href="http://www.investigativeproject.org/4081/indications-of-syrian-palestinian-role-in-egypt">Syrians and Palestinians</a> in Egypt have already proven a security concern for the military as it struggles to maintain control in the midst of street clashes. Just days after Qaradawi’s statement calling for the death of those who opposed “legitimate” rulers, secular politicians <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/25/world/africa/tunisia-politician-killed">in Tunisia</a>, and <a href="http://in.reuters.com/article/2013/07/27/libya-protests-idINDEE96Q04L20130727">Libya</a> who were opposed to the Brotherhood were assassinated.</p>
<p>Last week Ayman Al-Zawahiri, leader of Al Qaeda, <a href="http://bigstory.ap.org/article/al-qaida-leader-says-egypts-morsi-abandoned-jihad">weighed in</a> on the “legitimacy” question saying to Morsi supporters, &#8220;We have to admit first that legitimacy does not mean elections and democracy, but legitimacy is the Shariah &#8230; which is above all the constitutions and laws.&#8221;</p>
<p>Zawahiri does not believe in code words.  And he does take some digs at the MB for its decision to participate in elections in the first place. But even so, Zawahiri condemns Morsi’s ouster, implicitly recognizing Morsi as a legitimate ruler, just as Qaradawi does, and with the same implications (that those who ousted Morsi should be killed).</p>
<p>Understanding the Brotherhood’s “legitimacy” <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/08/01/us-egypt-protests-camp-idUSBRE9700VE20130801">cry</a> in the context of the Islamic movement’s own language is far more useful for predicting the future of Egypt and the rest of the region than is buying into their misleading language.  Having squared themselves as being “legitimate” under shariah gives the Islamists no room to negotiate or maneuver even if they were inclined to (and they aren’t.) Thus, efforts by high-ranking U.S. <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/egypt-sides-far-apart-as-pro-morsi-protesters-buck-calls-to-end-sit-ins-us-envoy-visits/2013/08/03/ff9cb2fc-fc7d-11e2-89f7-8599e3f77a67_story.html">diplomats</a> to propose some kind of middle ground compromise are wasted entirely.</p>
<p>As Qaradawi and Zawahiri have made clear, the battle for “legitimacy” requires blood.</p>
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		<title>By Their Bloody Hands</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jun 2013 04:06:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Who is it exactly that is destroying our civilization "from within"?
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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://cdn.frontpagemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/itn-pic1.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-192061" alt="itn-pic" src="http://cdn.frontpagemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/itn-pic1.jpg" width="350" height="259" /></a>The vicious <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/may/29/woolwich-michael-adebowale-charged-murder">murder and beheading</a> of British Army drummer Lee Rigby by British Muslims Michael Adebowale and Michael Adebolajo has once again brought the specter of violent homegrown jihad into full view. Unlike the case of the Boston Marathon bombing, where the Tsarnaev brothers remained unidentified long enough to allow for rampant media speculation as to whether the attack was carried out by right-wing extremists or tax protestors, the two butchers held court in a Woolwich street on video, so they could not be misunderstood. In the video, they declaimed their grievances, including referring specifically to Sura 9 of the Koran (<a href="http://quran.com/9">Al-Tawbah</a>). That Sura includes two infamous verses, the “Verse of the Sword” (9:5), and Sura 9:29.</p>
<p><strong>Sura 9:5 reads:</strong></p>
<blockquote><p>Then when the Sacred Months (the Ist, 7th, 11th, and 12th months of the Islamic calendar) have passed, then kill the Mushrikun (see V.2:105) wherever you find them, and capture them and besiege them, and prepare for them each and every ambush. But if they repent and perform As-Salat (Iqamat-as-Salat), and give Zakat, then leave their way free. Verily, Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.</p></blockquote>
<p><strong>Sura 9:29 reads:</strong></p>
<blockquote><p>Fight against those who (1) believe not in Allah, (2) nor in the Last Day, (3) nor forbid that which has been forbidden by Allah and His Messenger (4) and those who acknowledge not the religion of truth (i.e. Islam) among the people of the Scripture (Jews and Christians), until they pay the Jizyah with willing submission, and feel themselves subdued.</p></blockquote>
<p>This is a call to implement the Sharia, Islamic law (i.e., “nor forbid that which has been forbidden”), and to do so by violence.</p>
<p>In response to this outrage, British Prime Minister David Cameron felt it <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/may/23/woolwich-attack-david-cameron-statement">necessary to warn:</a></p>
<blockquote><p>This was not just an attack on Britain – and on the British way of life. It was also a betrayal of Islam and of the Muslim communities who give so much to our country. There is nothing in Islam that justifies this truly dreadful act.</p></blockquote>
<p>Who do you imagine understands better what Islam does or does not justify, Adebolajo or Cameron? Despite the best efforts of the Woolwich butchers to have their message delivered, British politicians and the media have done their utmost to bury it. Instead they express concerns about the “backlash” which, as author Bruce Bawer notes, has yet again <a href="http://frontpagemag.com/2013/bruce-bawer/brits-arrested-for-internet-comments-after-london-horror/">failed to materialize</a>.</p>
<p>The British government has responded, not with indignation, but by arresting those who express indignation, including nearly a dozen individuals who commented on Twitter, and <a href="http://www.kentonline.co.uk/medway_messenger/news/Friday-prayers-patrol-1128/#.UZ_rRJr-yi0.twitter">an 85-year old woman</a>. They’ve also moved to provide Islamic hate preacher Anjem Choudary, in <a href="http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2013/05/woolwich-terrorist-attended-radical-islamist-protest-in-2007-video/">whose entourage</a> one of the killers was frequently seen, <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2333199/Police-rush-home-hate-preacher-Anjem-Choudary-protect-family-threats-blames-Camerons-crusade-turning-young-Muslims-terror.html">with police protection</a>.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, as some British politicians seek additional <a href="http://www.spectator.co.uk/features/8922171/the-enemies-within/">surveillance</a> powers, it is revealed that not only did British security service MI-5 already have Adebolajo on their radar but they may have attempted to <a href="http://www.voanews.com/content/friend-of-london-hacking-murder-suspect-arrested/1668254.html">recruit him</a>. And British diplomats provided the man with assistance; helping him return to Britain from a Kenyan prison after Kenyan security services arrested him for attempting to join Islamic militants in Somalia.</p>
<p>Even if the British government does receive additional surveillance powers, or establishes a <a href="http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-05-27/uk/39556740_1_radical-preachers-task-force-anjem-choudary">task force</a> against hate preachers (as PM Cameron has also requested), prior experience suggests these new tools will be used against those outraged over Jihadist violence, rather than against the Jihadis themselves.</p>
<p>Of course, it is common to point out (correctly) that not all Muslims support the implementation of Sharia, and certainly not all are jihadis. It is equally common to ask why “moderate Muslims” do not speak out against the betrayal (to use Cameron’s term) of their co-religionists.</p>
<p>But given the reprehensible servility of British elites, why should “moderate Muslims” not support Sharia? Why should they speak out against jihad, and the imposition of Islamic law, and take a stand against it, when Western governments do not? Are they expected to give a more full-throated insistence on separation of mosque and state than does the state? Should they be expected to oppose the Islamists who dominate the mosques and Muslim community organizations in Britain, when Western governments <a href="http://globalmbreport.org/?p=609">partner with</a> those same Islamists? The quote from Osama Bin Laden about the people favoring “<a href="http://www.nationalreview.com/content/mideast-bet-strong-horse">the strong horse</a>” may be over-referenced, but given the current trends, a simple cost-benefit analysis suggests that siding with Sharia may be the right choice.</p>
<p>Nor are the British elites alone in their efforts to “feel themselves subdued.”</p>
<p>It can scarcely escape notice that in connection with the attack in Benghazi, only a Coptic Christian filmmaker has been imprisoned, while the President of the United States has warned “that the future must not belong to those who slander the Prophet of Islam&#8230;” Or that the staff of the U.S. Embassy in Cairo “tweeted” their apologies for the movie even as the black <i>Shahada</i> flag of Al Qaeda was raised over the embassy after a mob stormed the building.</p>
<p>Until the West stands up for its own way of life, and for its’ own national laws and traditions, it is a hopeless dream to imagine that large swathes of the Muslim population in the West will do the same.</p>
<p>As the North American Muslim Brotherhood’s <a href="http://www.investigativeproject.org/documents/misc/20.pdf"><i>An Explanatory Memorandum On the General Strategic Goal for the Group In North America</i></a> notes, “a kind of grand jihad” is underway, “eliminating and destroying the Western civilization from within” and “sabotaging its miserable house by their hands…”</p>
<p>Not by the bloody hands displayed by Michael Adebowale and Michael Adebolajo on a Woolwich street.</p>
<p>But by our hands.</p>
<p><i>Kyle Shideler is the Director of Research and Communications for the Endowment for Middle East Truth (emetonline.org) </i></p>
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		<title>Did Tamerlan Tsarnaev Murder Jews on 10th Anniversary of 9/11?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 04:32:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What disturbing new evidence reveals about the Boston jihadist. ]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://cdn.frontpagemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/tamerlan1.png"><img class="alignleft  wp-image-187487" alt="tamerlan1" src="http://cdn.frontpagemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/tamerlan1.png" width="216" height="215" /></a>Did Boston Marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev murder Jews on the 10th anniversary of 9/11? That’s the question police are now asking, as they continue to dig into the past of Tamerlan Tsarnaev.</span></b></p>
<p>The three young men, Brendan Mess, Erik Weissman and Raphael Teken, were <a href="http://forward.com/articles/175264/slain-boston-bomb-suspect-tamerlan-tsarnaev-eyed-i/">found murdered</a> in an apartment in Waltham, Massachusetts on September 12, 2011. They had been killed the night before.  All three victims had their throats slashed, and their bodies were covered in marijuana. The crime scene was described <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/boston-bomb-suspect-eyed-connection-2011-triple-murder/story?id=19015628#.UXlzNrWG2uB">as particularly brutal,</a> with an investigator saying, “their throats were slashed right out of an al Qaeda training video. “ But Weissman had been arrested previously on charges of possession with intent to distribute, and neighbors also suspected Teken of being involved in the drug trade. For these reasons, police initially suspected a drug connection. At the time of the killing, investigators were looking for two suspects, who were believed to be known to the victims.</p>
<p>Tamerlan Tsarnaev was known to at least one victim. He has been described as having been a “friend” of Brendan Mess, although, notably, Tamerlan later claimed “I don’t have any American friends.” While Tsarnaev’s turn away from alcohol and cigarettes for religious reasons has been highlighted in the press, this declaration also contains intense religious undertones. Explicit prohibitions against friendship with nonbelievers appear repeatedly in the Qu’ran (see 5:51,5:80,3:28,3:118,9:23). It is important to note that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the second bombing suspect and Tamerlan’s brother, has been <a href="http://www.politico.com/story/2013/04/dzhokhar-tsarnaev-pot-90350.html">described</a> as a “pot head,” which suggests another possible connection.</p>
<p>Far from being merely randomly cruel, throat slitting could be justified religiously, <a href="http://www.qtafsir.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=2036&amp;Itemid=103#1">for instance, by Sura 47:4</a>, which reads, “So, when you meet those who disbelieve (in battle), smite (their) necks until you have fully defeated them, then tighten their bonds[.]”</p>
<p>And also <a href="http://corpus.quran.com/translation.jsp?chapter=8&amp;verse=12">Sura 8:12</a>: “Remember thy Lord inspired the angels [with the message]: &#8220;I am with you: give firmness to the Believers: I will instill terror into the hearts of the Unbelievers: smite ye above their necks and smite all their finger-tips off them.&#8221;</p>
<p>The killing of victims by slitting the throat is indeed an Islamic terrorist trademark for this very reason. This is perhaps best demonstrated by the murders of reporter Daniel Pearl and businessman Nick Berg. Not coincidentally, both men were also Jews.</p>
<p>The targeted murder of Jews by an increasingly radical Muslim population is already well underway in the Western world, especially in France. Just on Tuesday, April 23<sup>rd</sup>, a knife-wielding maniac screaming “Allahu akbar” <a href="http://www.jpost.com/Jewish-World/Jewish-News/Psych-ward-escapee-stabs-Rabbi-and-son-in-Paris-310786">attacked a Rabbi</a> and his son in Paris, attempting to murder them.  In 2012, <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2012/03/21/world/europe/france-shooting-suspect-profile/index.html?iid=article_sidebar">Mohammed Merah</a>, a French-Algerian terrorist with Al-Qaeda ties, <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2012/03/19/world/europe/france-shooting">murdered a Rabbi</a>, and three young Jewish children, along with two French soldiers, before being killed by French counter-terror forces. In 2006, Ilan Halimi, a Jewish salesman, was tortured to death by Islamist gangsters in Paris. According to witnesses, passages of the Quran <a href="http://www.nysun.com/foreign/tale-of-torture-and-murder-horrifies-the-whole/27948/">were chanted</a> while Halimi was stabbed and burned.</p>
<p>Islamic anti-Semitism played a role in all of these killings and attacks. Indeed the legacy of Islamic anti-Semitism <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Legacy-Islamic-Antisemitism-Sacred-History/dp/1591025540">is extensive</a>, and developed independently from classical Western anti-Semitism, although there are <a href="http://www.jta.org/news/article/2013/04/23/3125011/tamerlan-tsarnaev-sought-protocols-copy-report">areas of cross-influence</a>.</p>
<p>If evidence is discovered that shows that the Tsarnaev brothers (either one or both) played a role in the murder of these three young men (at least two of whom were Jewish) back in 2011, it will be easy to claim that, in hindsight, they should have been obvious suspects. This is somewhat unfair. The world is a violent place, and the drug underground even more so. Police see far too much murder and mayhem to be expected to immediately jump to such a conclusion.</p>
<p>But an understanding of how men like Tamerlan ascribe great import to classical, and violent, interpretations of Islamic texts does provide motive, and modus operandi that would have been valuable for investigators to understand. And unfortunately, these classical understandings are of the kind taught in <a href="http://www.meforum.org/2931/american-mosques">far too many</a> American mosques, including, likely, the one <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/04/23/boston-mosque-radicals/2101411/">Tsarnaev attended</a>.</p>
<p>More important is what it suggests moving forward. If Tamerlan was involved in the deaths of these three men on the anniversary of September 11<sup>th</sup>, in 2011, then he was already a hardened killer well before his return trip to Chechnya in 2012. All talk of his having been “radicalized” in Chechnya, already an unlikely claim, would be undermined. If Tamerlan was involved in the deaths of these three men, it also means that European-style, violent, Islamic anti-Semitism has reached American shores, and, as in France, carries with it direct ties to what is sanitized as terrorism, even though for men like Tamerlan Tsarnaev and Mohammad Merah, casual murder and high-profile bombings are simply different manifestations of the same jihad.</p>
<p>Given the tendency by the media to give short shrift to the religious motivations and violent ideology of Islamist terrorists, preferring instead to <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/24/health/boxing-boston-bombing/index.html?hpt=hp_t2">seek any other</a> kind of explanation, and the federal government’s <a href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/apr/23/blind-eye-conciliatory-fbi-policies-toward-islamis/">move to purge</a> counter-terrorism trainers who can provide instruction on the religiously-based motives and methods of Islamist violence, we can expect that more Islamist violence is likely to go undetected. And more murders may go unsolved.</p>
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		<title>Rise of the Militias in the Middle East</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2013 04:35:29 +0000</pubDate>
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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://frontpagemag.com/2013/kyle-shideler/rise-of-the-militias-in-the-middle-east/militia/" rel="attachment wp-att-178579"><img class=" wp-image-178579 alignleft" title="militia" src="http://cdn.frontpagemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/militia-450x252.jpg" alt="" width="315" height="176" /></a><em>“Hey! think the time is right for a palace revolution, but where I live the game to play is compromise solution…</em>”</p>
<p>–The Rolling Stones, “Street-Fighting Man”</p>
<p>Quite a bit of the recent news flowing out of the Middle East has an interesting common thread. Whether it&#8217;s Syria, Iraq, Egypt, or Tunisia, all states once known for their strong military leadership, the new power players may not be wearing the uniforms, but they’ve still got the guns.</p>
<p>On the Syrian front it was recently reported that <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/iran-hezbollah-build-militia-networks-in-syria-in-event-that-assad-falls-officials-say/2013/02/10/257a41c8-720a-11e2-ac36-3d8d9dcaa2e2_story.html">Iran and Hezbollah</a> are preparing a militia, <del cite="mailto:od" datetime="2013-02-18T17:37"></del>with as many as 50,000 fighters<ins cite="mailto:od" datetime="2013-02-18T17:40">,</ins> according to the Iranians, to deal with the potential post-Assad era.  If Assad does fall, the goal would be to use these militiamen to secure key Syrian territory, enabling Iran to continue to control supply lines to Hezbollah in Lebanon and maintain its influence. Despite suffering from financial sanctions, Iran is reportedly funneling millions of dollars in cash and equipment to their newest proxies.</p>
<p>This is an Iranian specialty. Even if you lose the war, you can still win the post-war chaos. They have played a <a href="http://articles.latimes.com/2011/jul/11/world/la-fg-iraq-panetta-20110711">similar game</a> in Iraq with great success. So pervasive is the Iranian presence in Iraq that the Sunni opposition there has accused Iraqi Prime Minister Maliki of <a href="http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/165057#.URipqk7naM">granting Iran permission</a> to bring in 50,000 Iranian Basij militiamen to crack down on protestors and target foreign embassies, including that of the U.S. While the Middle East has always been fertile soil for rumors and conspiracy theories, there’s likely a sliver of truth in the claim, with Iranian agents active on the ground in Iraq. Iran’s Basij militia is often credited with the regime’s success at putting down opposition after the fraudulent election in 2009.</p>
<p>That proven capability to suppress protests has been central to Iranian discussions with the new Muslim Brotherhood-dominated government of Egypt’s President Mohammad Morsi as well. Rumors have continued to swirl that Iran may provide advice and assistance to establish a <a href="http://www.jpost.com/Features/InThespotlight/Article.aspx?id=302723">Muslim Brotherhood militia</a> to help defeat street protests there. Other reports indicate that the Muslim Brotherhood may be able to rely on the Iranian-armed Muslim Brotherhood-offshoot Hamas<a href="http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/3580/hamas-egypt-alliance"> to provide 7,000 fighters</a> to secure Morsi’s rule.</p>
<p>In Tunisia, a vocal anti-Islamist politician, Chokri Belaid, was recently assassinated, leading to street clashes between secularists and the leading Islamist Ennahda party. While the secular left in Tunisia still controls major labor unions, and so maintains a base of power, protestors suffer from <a href="http://www.asharq-e.com/news.asp?section=1&amp;id=32876">continued violence</a> from the pro-Ennahada militia.</p>
<p>The power of sectarian, ethnic, tribal or party militias are greatest in regions where national identity has never really taken root, and the Middle East is one such region. For most of the Middle East, local loyalties have been either sectarian or tribal, while the ideologies that have held sway are supra-national in origin, with either Islam or Pan-Arab nationalism as the guiding belief system.</p>
<p>Thus it is no surprise that, as Daniel Pipes pointed out in a recent article, the United State’s continued focus on <a href="http://www.danielpipes.org/blog/2013/02/innocents-abroad-build-foreign-armies">creating national armed forces</a> and other national institutions in these states has historically failed, and continues to fail. There is little use <a href="http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/164869#.UR0L6KVwqh0">in bringing an F-16</a> to a street fight. Yes, Morsi’s Egypt will gladly take delivery of modern military technology, but his regime’s security is better served by thugs on motorbikes with guns and leather jackets than by fighter jocks in F-16 fighters. And he knows it.</p>
<p>There are forces in the region deserving of American support. Secular activists in Egypt and Tunisia, although small and routinely disorganized, are worthy of recognition. And ethnic and religious minorities including Christians, Kurds and Druze in Syria are sympathetic to our democratic values and all likely to be on the receiving end of violence from both Iran’s new militia and the majority Sunni-rebels if Assad should fall. Unfortunately, it’s unlikely that the U.S. will play a role in safe guarding these communities or giving them the ability to safeguard themselves.</p>
<p>The Obama administration has shown it is far more comfortable negotiating across the table from the Islamists, whether from Iran or the Muslim Brotherhood, than it is reaching out to secular and minority groups. And while U.S. officials at the CIA and the Pentagon expressed confidence that they could <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324906004578290060794022912.html">vet recipients of U.S. arms</a> in Syria, the administration’s track record in this area is not good.  Where the administration has played the militia game, they generally have failed.  For example, they selected the February 17<sup>th</sup> Martyrs’ Brigade <a href="http://www.dianawest.net/Home/tabid/36/EntryId/2264/Benghazis-Real-Scandal-Uncle-Sam-Joined-the-Jihad.aspx">to help guard</a> the Benghazi Consulate. They ended up selecting a Muslim Brotherhood-linked militia that <a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/121624110/JW-Benghazi-Report">conveniently</a> “failed to respond to repeated calls for assistance” when the Consulate came under attack.  Not encouraging.</p>
<p>So U.S.-manufactured weapons of war serve no good purpose (nor does the American influence they allegedly purchased), while the Islamist rulers establish and maintain their territories using the truncheons and bicycle chains of their militias against the remaining secularists and minorities. While the current administration continues to believe that the time is right for a compromise solution, it seems that in the Middle East “the time is right for fighting in the streets.”</p>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Aug 2012 04:25:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyle Shideler]]></dc:creator>
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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://cdn.frontpagemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/morsi.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-140675" title="morsi" src="http://cdn.frontpagemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/morsi.jpg" alt="" width="294" height="224" /></a>The signs were there for those who cared to see them.</p>
<p>Shortly after the August 5<sup>th</sup> attack on an Egyptian army base in the Sinai, in which more than a dozen Egyptian soldiers were killed by jihadists, <a href="http://www.longwarjournal.org/videos/2012/08/israeli_air_force_destroys_hij.php">who seized</a> two armored personnel carriers and attempted  to breach the Israeli border, Egyptian President (and Muslim Brother) Mohammad Morsi <a href="http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4266290,00.html">responded by sacking</a> the Egyptian intelligence chief, and the governor of Northern Sinai. He also replaced the head of the Egyptian presidential guard. That took place Wednesday, August 8<sup>th</sup>.  A communiqué issued the same day on the M.B.’s IkhwanWeb.com described a so-called “unfolding conspiracy,” in vague terms, calling the soldiers who died in the attack on the Egyptian base, “victims of treachery and treason” and complaining of an attempt to use the incident to “violently and viciously [target] Islamists.”  President Morsi also ordered APCs, troops and attack helicopters into the Sinai to target the “militants,” but residents were reporting <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/08/09/us-egypt-attack-sinai-idUSBRE87707K20120809">little evidence of battle</a>, although a handful of jihadists were reportedly killed in gunfights over the weekend.</p>
<p>Late Sunday night (in Washington), August 12<sup>th</sup>, reports began to trickle out that President Morsi had sacked Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) head, Defense Minister Tantawi,  Army Chief-of-Staff Sami Annan and several other notable commanders, and canceled the constitutional arrangement instituted by SCAF intended to limit Morsi’s power. Essam El-Erian, the Chairman of the M.B’s “Freedom and Justice Party,” called the move <a href="http://www.ikhwanweb.com/article.php?id=30244">an effort to</a> “foil counter revolutionary plots.”</p>
<p>It will probably never be known for sure whether the initial attack which precipitated events was in the strictest sense orchestrated by the Muslim Brotherhood in order to engineer the downfall of SCAF. It’s certainly possible, considering accusations by members of the Egyptian military that <a href="http://www.worldnewstribune.com/2012/08/10/egypt-ties-three-hamas-commanders-to-aug-5-sinai-attack/">several high-ranking Hamas members</a> in the Gaza Strip, Ayman Nofal, Raad Atar and Mohammed Abu Shamala, were responsible for the attack. Hamas<ins cite="mailto:od" datetime="2012-08-13T09:10">,</ins> after all<ins cite="mailto:od" datetime="2012-08-13T09:10">,</ins> openly describes itself as the “Palestinian” chapter of the Brotherhood, and Nofal actually escaped from a Sinai prison during the 2011 revolution, which would have given excellent opportunities for ties with both the Egyptian Brothers and the bedouins who frequently make up the Jihadist factions in the Sinai.</p>
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		<title>The Many Conflicts of Syria</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2012 04:15:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. administration has a coherent policy for none of them.]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://cdn.frontpagemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/syr.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-136862" title="syr" src="http://cdn.frontpagemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/syr.jpg" alt="" width="384" height="266" /></a>Since it evolved from the early Arab Spring-style demonstrations in some Syrian cities, to what is now, in the words of Bashar Assad, “a real state of war from all angles,” the Syrian conflict has drawn in nearly every interested party in the Middle East, leading to a confused and tumultuous situation with multiple interests at stake for every party.</p>
<p>Indeed we may be better served to talk about the multiple “conflicts” taking place in Syria, if we want to have any kind of accurate understanding of the situation as it now exists. Not all of them are shooting wars, but there are serious military and political conflicts being played out in Syria which will have consequences for the future of the entire region.</p>
<p>The first and most obvious conflict is that between the Syrian rebels and the regime of Bashar Assad. Taken as a whole the Syrian rebels’ position has improved substantially. Institute for the Study of War Fellow Joseph Holliday <a href="http://www.understandingwar.org/report/syrias-maturing-insurgency">suggests</a> that the Syrian opposition is reaching the point where it will control more territory than the regime, and has reduced the ability of Assad’s forces to maneuver outside of the urban territory they control in Damascus, Homs and other key areas. FSA commander Riad Al-Asaad stated in a <a href="http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Politics/2012/Jun-27/178378-free-syria-army-hezbollah-present-on-the-battlefield.ashx#axzz1ynEz65Eg">recent interview</a> that morale in the Syrian army was considered low and that in particular the elite 4th Armored Division, the Syrian Praetorian guard commanded by Bashar relative Maher Assad, had &#8220;completely collapsed.&#8221; Because of the rapid changes taking places within Syria, a plan for a buffer zone on the Turkish-Syrian border to protect Syrian refugees is now considered irrelevant by the FSA, which considers itself to be on the offensive now against Assad even as it complains of weapon and ammunition shortages.</p>
<p>Another growing potential conflict is between Turkey and the Syrian regime following the downing of a Turkish fighter jet somewhere near the Syrian border. Syrian officials and anonymous members of U.S. intelligence have suggested that the Turkish jet was likely inside Syria proper when fired upon, while the Turks have vehemently maintained that the jet was fired on in international waters. In response, the Turks have <a href="http://www.asharq-e.com/news.asp?section=1&amp;id=30186">reinforced their positions</a> on the Syrian border, including scrambling fighter jets in response to Syrian aircraft on the Syrian side. British papers have reported that the Syrian Air defense may have been assisted in downing the Turkish aircraft by <a href="http://www.timesofisrael.com/sources-russia-helped-shoot-down-turkish-plane/">Russian technicians</a>. According to the reports, the downing of the aircraft was intended as “warning” to NATO not to risk intervention.</p>
<p>This hints at another existing conflict – Russia versus the United States.  While it engages in talks in Geneva with Western diplomats, the Russian bear continues to take steps to keep its Syrian client engaged and in the fight. Reports of Russian troops <a href="http://thehill.com/blogs/defcon-hill/policy-and-strategy/232987-report-more-russian-troops-heading-to-syria-">moving into Syria</a> have continued at a steady pace since March, while the U.S. State Department complains ineffectually about the flow of Russian arms to Syria. The U.S. sees distancing Russia from Syria to be the key to solving the crisis. This has resulted in repeated efforts to produce joint agreements, such as the recent <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304058404577498504264174074.html?mod=googlenews_wsj">Geneva compromise. </a> This latest effort was <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304211804577500253326167014.html?mod=googlenews_wsj">promptly rejected</a> by the Syrian opposition since it was watered down to secure Russian cooperation to the point that it failed to call for Assad to leave power despite calling for a “transitional” government. It’s high time the U.S. recognize that its interests in Syria are in direct conflict with Russian interests, and that Russia cannot realistically be expected to act as a partner in securing an Assad-free Syria.</p>
<p>Then there is the struggle for the soul of the Syrian opposition.  <a href="http://www.tnr.com/blog/plank/104383/the-civil-war-in-the-syrian-opposition-how-long-can-the-free-syrian-army-hold-its-">As reported</a> by The New Republic, the Free Syrian Army, led primarily by former Syrian officers, is concerned about the growth of jihadist elements in Syria, which led them to execute the “Emir of Homs” Walid al-Boustani, a Lebanese-born jihadist with ties to Al-Qaeda-linked Fatah-Al-Islam.  Fortunately the history of cooperation between the Syrian regime and jihadist groups, including Al Qaeda, means that there is a strong element of distrust for these groups among the Syrian populace as a whole. However if the FSA should prove unable to effectively engage in opposition to Assad, while jihadist forces succeed in taking the fight to the enemy, this support may change.</p>
<p>The New York Times reported on the role of the CIA in Syria, which is <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/21/world/middleeast/cia-said-to-aid-in-steering-arms-to-syrian-rebels.html?pagewanted=all">seeking to keep arms</a> from flowing to Al Qaeda-linked militants as outside forces, most notably Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states, begin to traffic arms to the Syrian opposition. Unfortunately, it seems that the U.S. is intent on seeing arms directed to the Muslim Brotherhood, <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/15/world/middleeast/syria-torture-report-military-maintains-assaults.html?_r=1">through its control</a> of the Syrian National Council. The SNC has made <a href="http://english.al-akhbar.com/node/4710">clear in repeated statements</a> that it intends to dominate the rebel forces in country by serving as the primary channel for foreign arms assistance. To that end <a href="http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2012/03/01/197926.html">it has established</a> a “military council” to “support, organize and oversee” the FSA, <a href="http://thecable.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2012/03/06/obama_administration_moves_to_aid_syrian_opposition">a move backed</a> by the U.S. The SNC has repeatedly stressed, <a href="http://www.syriancouncil.org/en/news/item/612-snc-delegation-meets-with-un-envoy-kofi-annan.html">in their own words</a>, ”the importance of the SNC providing the political cover to avoid the uncontrolled distribution of arms as well as be able to control it later on.”</p>
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