FTR #721 A Mosque in Munich

The Nazi and fas­cist roots of con­tem­po­rary Islamism illus­trated by impor­tant new book; con­ti­nu­ity between Third Reich “Ost­poli­tik” and West­ern Cold War pol­icy per­pet­u­ate Islamic fas­cist and pan-Turkist ele­ments, many linked to Holocaust.

More on the Increasingly Vitriolic (and Depressing) Debate on the “9/11 Mosque”

Com­ment: In the increas­ingly Kafkaesque polit­i­cal land­scape in this coun­try, noth­ing high­lights the intel­lec­tual and moral bank­ruptcy of both sides of the polit­i­cal aisle than the debate over the “9/11 Mosque.” Con­ser­v­a­tive ele­ments have cor­rectly noted the links of Feisal Abdul Rauf and asso­ciates to the Mus­lim Broth­er­hood, as well as dis­turb­ing indi­ca­tions that his [...]

Bush Administration Arranged Tours for “Ground Zero Mosque” Imam

Com­ment: The Bush admin­is­tra­tion hired Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf to work on behalf of the U.S. on two tours in 2006, 2007. The Obama admin­is­tra­tion has con­tin­ued the trend, employ­ing him on a tour of the Mid­dle East at the moment.
In FTR #721, we noted con­ti­nu­ity between the Bush and Obama admin­is­tra­tions with regard to [...]

FTR #719 Interview with Philippe Karsenty about the Mohammed al-Dura Incident

Pales­tin­ian “Big Lie” exposed. Alleged “mar­tyr” Mohammed al-Dura could not have been killed by Israeli fire; he may not have been killed at all. French and world media cling to, and per­pet­u­ate the “Big Lie” anyway.

Bush, Bin Laden Families Linked To Funding of Ground Zero Mosque

Com­ment: Con­ser­v­a­tive com­men­ta­tor Pamela Geller has researched the fund­ing appa­ra­tus behind the con­tro­ver­sial “Ground Zero Mosque” project in New York City–the build­ing of a Mosque and Islamic activ­i­ties cen­ter two blocks from the site of the World Trade Cen­ter.
It turns out that the fam­ily and milieu of Abdul­lah Alireza are involved with the insti­tu­tions working [...]

U-2, Take II?

Com­ment: On the heels of Pres­i­dent Obama’s appar­ent diplo­matic rap­proche­ment with Russ­ian pres­i­dent Medvedev, in which progress on var­i­ous mat­ters appears to have been achieved, a “Russ­ian spy scan­dal” has dom­i­nated recent head­lines.
“Spy Scan­dal Casts Shadow on Obama-Medvedev ‘Burger Diplo­macy’” by Ria Novosti; Eura­sia Review; 6/29/2010.

Com­ment: In FTR #706, we exam­ined John Lof­tus’ con­tention that [...]

FTR #710 Update on 9/11 and Related Matters

Jihadist ele­ments wel­comed in Geor­gia (for­mer U.S.S.R.), appar­ently with U.S. bless­ing; Russ­ian fas­cism growing;Pentagon buy­ing “Peak Oil” hypoth­e­sis; cor­po­rate jets exempt from FAA reg­u­la­tions; cyber-attack on U.S. power grid?

With an Assist from the Muslim Brotherhood, Israel Shoots Itself in the Foot

Com­ment: With the rhetor­i­cal and diplo­matic firestorm unfold­ing in the wake of the fiasco staged by Israel in the Mediter­ranean, a num­ber of things become obvi­ous, includ­ing ques­tions about how Israeli intel­li­gence failed to grasp the inevitabil­ity of such an event, if extreme cau­tion were not exer­cised.
And it wasn’t.
First, the IHH–the char­ity that was at [...]

FTR #708 Going Deep with Daniel Hopsicker

Venice Air­port a cen­ter of intrigue long before Mohammed Atta and com­pany arrived; arms and drug traf­fick­ing a decades-long sta­ple of the milieu that oper­ated there; ele­ments asso­ci­ated with the JFK hit oper­ated here as well.

Guess Who Oversaw BCCI’s Afairs for the Treasury Department under Reagan/Bush?

Com­ment: The bril­liant new book Fam­ily of Secrets by Russ Baker ana­lyzes the BCCI imbroglio at great length. (It was the BCCI nexus that spawned the busi­ness rela­tion­ship between the Bush and Bin Laden fam­i­lies.)
Of course, the BCCI/James R. Bath con­cate­na­tion lies at the foun­da­tion of the inves­ti­ga­tion into the terror-funding appa­ra­tus that was exposed [...]