On: 4 accused of bombing plot of Bronx synagoges.
All the hype about anti-semitism creates a self fulfilling prophecy, as kooks who want to pose as victims realise that to get media attention there is only one way to go.
I have in mind two women, the first on a train in France, the second in the main station of Geneva, who simulated aggressions on themselves, with for the first only swastikas carved on her body, the second the same with an added flip – the loss of twins in the station toilet!
(Fetal deaths are usually aimed at a US audience. Note also the spots chosen, very public, very policed, huge audience, having the added connotation of public space not being safe..)
The second was Brazilian (neither were Jewish afaik), and this story created a shit storm in Brasil and was a heavy diplomatic incident, because the Geneva police refused to accredit the story, ‘held back information’, ‘were uncooperative’, ‘tried to hide things’ then ‘were lying’, etc. The French girl created a hullaballo as well with all the French pols coming out saying they were considering sending anti-semites to jail for the duration, etc.
Both were obvious fakes, right from the start. Witness testimony of suspicious details was supressed. But the media storm, the attention, the care that must be taken, the encouragement from powerful ppl see to it that such stories get world coverage, and then ,,, nobody remembers, or even is informed, of the end of the story, the unwinding. Brasil for ex offered an official apology to Switz. (iirc.)
I don’t know why they bother setting up more false flags… I guess there is a market for that kind of thing, instigators willing pay, and very poor ppl willing to risk a tremendous amount for ready cash, approval, belonging, a position, become terrorists, so to speak, persons of some importance, actors on the world stage. The fact that there aren’t more, and each incident is hyped up beyond all belief, is quite comforting.

Posted by: Tangerine | May 21 2009 11:20 utc | 4

Listening this morning to the Voice of Israel… or was it NPR? Hard to tell the difference these days. They were yammering on and on about the four Very Bad Men who were gonna blow Judaism to hell; the radio propagandist went on and on about how these four had a surface to air missile and also left “explosives” in front of a temple…
Sickos to be sure, but are these four really anti-semite or were they tricked into this plot by the FBI “informant” ?
There is a backlash brewing to these reports… I don’t know how or when, but the public is gonna get sick hearing about anti-semitism when most americans have so many more pressing problems to address, and when that happens, hold-on ’cause hell hath no fury like pissed-off poor people.
I don’t doubt there is plenty of anti-semitism in the world… but there is a hell of a lot more racism against people of color than there are against Jews… What is worse; being hated for your skin color or for your religious practices? (I suppose Jews fall under both, but I doubt there are many in the US who haven’t been hired ’cause of their skin color)
Black americans are the folks who should be really pissed-off about this crap. Years since slavery was abolished and Blacks are still taking it in the hindquarters from white america… Blacks are about 13% of the United States population… Jews are about 1.7% – who do you think suffers more from “hate” crimes?
Oy Vey!
The way AIPAC is heading, soon anti-semitism will be defined as the breathing of air by any non-jew…

Posted by: DavidS | May 21 2009 13:10 utc | 6

The link, sorry: http://pulsemedia.org/2009/05/20/harmans-plan-for-the-disintegration-of-iran/

Posted by: andrew | May 21 2009 13:33 utc | 8

I need a personal favour from everyone. Would you kindly sign the following Petition against the statements of Congresswoman Jane Harman who publicly called for the Balkanization and partitioning of Iran?
Many Americans have already signed and found her comments despicable.
http://www.petitiononline.com/iran200/petition.html

Posted by: Parviz | May 21 2009 16:41 utc | 10

Thanks Andrew, I was in such a rush to post this that I didn’t check other posts beforehand.

Posted by: Parviz | May 21 2009 16:43 utc | 12

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/22/nyregion/22terror.html?_r=1&ref=global-home&pagewanted=all
Reading this story is another reminder of how far our FBI is willing to go to generate news stories to enhance their public image. This whole sad tale is very obviously another example of the FBI creating a “cell” from a group of not very smart or capable petty criminals, who would never have come together for any so-called terrorist purpose without the aggressive leadership of FBI “cooperator”, who acquired the fake weapons, and even drove the “terrorists” to their targets. Despicable. As is the behavior of the public officials who are preening in front of tv cameras praising law enforcement for the entrapment.

Posted by: David | May 21 2009 17:17 utc | 14

david
yes it is another story of happy mutual infantilism between the incompetens who have no intention of any action – organised or otherwise & the childish conspiratorial activity of security beaurecrats
it is as absurd as it read like the so called liberty tower conspiracy
it is yet more proof if proof is needed that political islam is neither capable nor wants any armed action & that ought to be good news for the empire & its minions but on the contrary it gets in the way of the demonisation if islam & of the real thwarting of islam’s real political initiatives
as i sd in another post i don’t see any essential difference between the salafists & western security apparatus – for me they are one & the same thing

Posted by: remembereringgiap | May 21 2009 18:53 utc | 16

On the local NYC 11pm news last night, the (literally breathless) reporter was reading from the FBI and DOJ press releases, but still did some actual questioning on video.
Can’t recall if it was FBI, DOJ, or NYPD spokesperson, but the reporter asked if the alleged terrorists were knowledgeable enough to know the fake explosives were not real, and the answer was no, they did not.
I wonder who came up with the actual idea, who built the bombs, or supplied the detonators, etc.
But the term “homegrown terrorists” was everywhere last night, including comments by Sen. Chuck Schumer. The perps were identified as “recent converts to radical Islam” with no connections to Al Qaeda. The ostensible leader was said to be very angry about the high numbers of civilian deaths in Afghanistan; he possibly has family in Afghanistan, but that was not certain.
The plot was also allowed to “ripen” to the point of the Newburgh Four (not sure that will be the MCM name or not) parking the cars filled with what they thought were explosives outside two synagogues in the Bronx. On a Tuesday, when few people would be there, interestingly. So, this will make prosecution much easier: It’s not just thought, but actions.
In the Sears Tower case, it took three trials and a change of venue to get the guilty verdicts. It was so obvious the guys from Liberty City were just so inept and dirt poor and lead by the nose. Didn’t matter to the Illinois jury, the third try.
Timing seems quite convenient as well….

Posted by: jawbone | May 21 2009 20:02 utc | 18

Guantanamo ‘recidivism’ – it seems, yet again, that there is huge exaggeration of the return of Guantanamo releasees to ‘terrorism’.
The NYT article details evidence at the end, of 2 named people, and possibly 3 more, out of 534 released – that’s under 1% compared with 68% recidivism accepted as normal in the US itself.
Dammit, these people (nearly 800 of them – 534 released, 240 still in the hell-hole) were supposedly picked up on the battlefield, resisting US invasion (but more probably sold to the US by collaborators). If they were subject to the SOP of Guantanamo, then I am sure they’d be resentful, and want revenge.
So, I’m surprised that 99% of them have not returned to fight the invaders..

Posted by: Richard | May 22 2009 1:43 utc | 20

New York 4 –
This is so blatantly a sting operation, so perhaps the only question oustanding is – why the timing of the release?
If a smart FBI officer could convince these poor sucker patsies to plant fake bombs (with his materials) then:
– who told them to plant them outside synagogues? Go on, guess.
– why isn’t the FBI officer in court to answer charges of conspiracy?

Posted by: Richard | May 22 2009 2:00 utc | 22