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Malaysian Prime Minister Says 'Jews Rule The World' |
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by Agence France-Presse spammed repost by DAN Disinfo
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16 Oct 2003
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Mahathir Mohamad called on Muslims to emulate the Jewish response to oppression, saying the Jews had "survived 2000 years of pogroms not by hitting back, but by thinking". |
Jews rule the world: Mahathir
Agence France-Presse, October 16, 2003
Putrajaya (AFP) - JEWS rule the world, getting others to fight and die for them, but will not be able to defeat the world's 1.3 billion Muslims, Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has told a major Islamic summit.
"The Europeans killed six million Jews out of 12 million. But today the Jews rule this world by proxy. They get others to fight and die for them," Mahathir said, adding, "1.3 billion Muslims cannot be defeated by a few million Jews."
The veteran Malaysian premier, who has become notorious for his controversial speeches during his 22 years as leader of this moderate Muslim country, was addressing the opening session of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) summit.
He told the biggest gathering of Muslim leaders since the 2001 attacks on the United States that all Muslims were suffering "oppression and humiliation", with their religion accused of promoting terrorism.
Acknowledging weakness and division in the organisation's ranks, Mahathir said they could at least take a common stand on the Palestinian struggle against Israel and it was time to plan a "counter-attack" against the enemies of Islam who treated Muslims with "contempt and dishonour".
He called on Muslims to emulate the Jewish response to oppression, saying the Jews had "survived 2000 years of pogroms not by hitting back, but by thinking".
"They invented and successfully promoted socialism, communism, human rights and democracy so that persecuting them would appear to be wrong, so they may enjoy equal rights with others.
"With these they have now gained control of the most powerful countries and they, this tiny community, have become a world power.
"We cannot fight them through brawn alone, we must use our brains also," he said.
"Of late because of their power and their apparent success they have become arrogant. And arrogant people like angry people will make mistakes, will forget to think.
"They are already beginning to make mistakes. And they will make more mistakes. There may be windows of opportunity for us now and in the future. We must seize these opportunities."
Mahathir, however, who has in the past condemned Palestinian suicide bombers as "terrorists", appeared to suggest that it was time for an end to violence against the Israelis.
"Over the past 50 years of fighting in Palestine we have not achieved any result. We have in fact worsened our situation."
He said the Koran "tells us that when the enemy sues for peace we must react positively. True the treaty offered is not favourable to us. But we can negotiate".
He said he was aware that this proposal could not be popular and its opponents "would want to send more young men and women to make the supreme sacrifice. But where will all these lead to? Certainly not victory."
However, he did call on Muslims to match their studies of religion with attention to science and mathematics because "we need guns and rockets, bombs and warplanes, tanks and warships for our defence".
This was apparently a reference to what he sees as a broader assault on Muslims by the Western world in the guise of the war on terrorism. He said enemies of Islam "attack and kill us, invade our lands, bring down our governments".
Among the more than 30 Muslim leaders present for the summit are Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, Prince Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz of Saudi Arabia and Megawati Sukarnoputri, the president of the world's largest Muslim country Indonesia. |
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Re: Malaysian Prime Minister Says 'Jews Rule The World' |
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16 Oct 2003
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It's true, you know. We really do rule the world. That's why all the television newscasts are now in Yiddish.
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Hercules Plane Removes Israelis From Bolivia As Asshole-puppet Prez Is Given The Boot |
by Haaretz Service and agencies repost by DAN "Obssessed" Disinfo
(No verified email address) |
Current rating: 0
18 Oct 2003
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The plane, leased by Israel from
Peru, made two trips from a
military airport near La Paz to
transport 102 Israelis out of
Bolivia to Peru.
Hundreds of foreign tourists,
including around 100 Israelis
spent five days holed up in
hotels across La Paz after
violent protests against the government's
economic policy, primarily the export of the
country's natural gas reserves.
A Foreign Ministry spokesman, Moshe Debi,
confirmed a rescue operation was underway.
Meanwhile, Bolivia's President Gonzalo Sanchez
de Lozada formally resigned in a letter to
Congress on Friday following the deadly popular
revolt against his free market economic
policies.
"I put my resignation before the consideration
of the beloved Congress," Sanchez de Lozada
said in the letter read aloud to Congress by an
official as government opponents heckled,
screaming "murderer."
The Vice President Carlos Mesa was sworn in to
take over the presidency later on Friday.
Mesa is a journalist and historian who entered
politics in mid-2002 to run for office with
Sanchez de Lozada. He is not a member of a
major political party
Israel Radio reported Friday that the tourists
made their way on foot from their hotels to one
of the main squares in the city center, where
they were transported to the international
airport at El Alto. From there they were
secretly flown to a neighboring country, the
radio reported.
On Thursday, tens of thousands of Bolivians
rallied to demand the president's resignation,
after protest leaders rejected the government's
offer to compromise over a gas export plan that
triggered weeks of deadly street clashes.
Soldiers guarded the presidential palace as
columns of farmers, workers, miners and
indigenous groups descended on La Paz, setting
off dynamite and wielding sticks demanding the
presidents resignation. Others waved the
rainbow-colored flag that is the symbol of
Bolivia's Indian community.
Over the past three weeks, demonstrators have
set up roadblocks and battled police in a
crisis pitting the ruling elite against a poor
Indian majority over market reforms that have
failed to narrow the gap between rich and poor
in South America's poorest country.
Human rights groups say some 65 people have
died, most of them at the hands of police and
military. The government has not confirmed the
deaths.
In Washington, the State Department issued a
travel warning urging all U.S. citizens to
defer travel to Bolivia.
Late Wednesday, the president sought to defuse
the growing crisis with a nationally televised
address in which he offered to hold a national
referendum vote over his gas export plan.
But Evo Morales, a powerful Indian opposition
leader and head of the country's coca growers,
said the president has no choice but to step
down.
"There are too many deaths now," he said.
Roberto de la Cruz, a union leader in the city
of El Alto, where popular rejection of the
president and the gas export plan has been
strongest, repeated his demand that Sanchez de
Lozada abandon office.
"Now there is no choice: he must resign," he
said
Critics say the proposal to construct a $5
billion pipeline to export gas to the United
States and Mexico will only benefit the
wealthy. They're also angered over the gas
being possibly exported through a Pacific port
in neighboring Chile, the country's longtime
rival.
The government's heavy-handed response to the
protests galvanized thousands of labor unions,
students and government opponents who long have
harbored discontent with Sanchez de Lozada's
administration.
Demonstrators Thursday shouted "Goni assassin!"
as they marched through the downtown streets,
referring to the president by his nickname.
Elsewhere in the capital, long lines formed
outside grocery stores over worries of food
shortages as demonstrators continued to block
roads, choking off the city from the rest of
the country.
Sanchez de Lozada has said he would not consider
resigning. But the president has found himself
increasingly isolated since the protests began
in late September as key members of his ruling
coalition government have distanced themselves
from him.
Sanchez de Lozada embarked on his free-market
plans during his first term in office from
1993-1997, privatizing many state industries.
Now 73, he took office for a second term in
August 2002, promising a similar free-market
plans.
The austerity programs have angered many, while
impoverished Bolivians say their lives have not
improved. Some 60 percent of the population
lives on $2 a day or less.
Rosendo Fraga, a South American political
analyst at the Nueva Mayoria think tank in
Buenos Aires, Argentina, said the president was
facing his toughest challenge since taking
office and "it's looking increasingly
difficult."
The crisis, meanwhile, was drawing the concern
of world governments besides the United
States.
Brazil President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said
he asked Bolivia's government officials to work
toward a solution.
"They need to make every effort possible to urge
the people and Bolivia's government to find a
peaceful and democratic solution," Silva said
while visiting Argentina.
In Brussels, the European Union called for a
halt to the bloodshed that has gripped Bolivia,
denouncing the often violent protests as an
attack on a democratically elected government.
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Hercules Plane Airlifts Israelis From Bolivia As Asshole-puppet Prez Is Given The Boot |
by Haaretz Service and agencies repost by DAN Disinfo
(No verified email address) |
Current rating: 0
18 Oct 2003
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The plane, leased by Israel from
Peru, made two trips from a
military airport near La Paz to
transport 102 Israelis out of
Bolivia to Peru.
Hundreds of foreign tourists,
including around 100 Israelis
spent five days holed up in
hotels across La Paz after
violent protests against the government's
economic policy, primarily the export of the
country's natural gas reserves.
A Foreign Ministry spokesman, Moshe Debi,
confirmed a rescue operation was underway.
Meanwhile, Bolivia's President Gonzalo Sanchez
de Lozada formally resigned in a letter to
Congress on Friday following the deadly popular
revolt against his free market economic
policies.
"I put my resignation before the consideration
of the beloved Congress," Sanchez de Lozada
said in the letter read aloud to Congress by an
official as government opponents heckled,
screaming "murderer."
The Vice President Carlos Mesa was sworn in to
take over the presidency later on Friday.
Mesa is a journalist and historian who entered
politics in mid-2002 to run for office with
Sanchez de Lozada. He is not a member of a
major political party
Israel Radio reported Friday that the tourists
made their way on foot from their hotels to one
of the main squares in the city center, where
they were transported to the international
airport at El Alto. From there they were
secretly flown to a neighboring country, the
radio reported.
On Thursday, tens of thousands of Bolivians
rallied to demand the president's resignation,
after protest leaders rejected the government's
offer to compromise over a gas export plan that
triggered weeks of deadly street clashes.
Soldiers guarded the presidential palace as
columns of farmers, workers, miners and
indigenous groups descended on La Paz, setting
off dynamite and wielding sticks demanding the
presidents resignation. Others waved the
rainbow-colored flag that is the symbol of
Bolivia's Indian community.
Over the past three weeks, demonstrators have
set up roadblocks and battled police in a
crisis pitting the ruling elite against a poor
Indian majority over market reforms that have
failed to narrow the gap between rich and poor
in South America's poorest country.
Human rights groups say some 65 people have
died, most of them at the hands of police and
military. The government has not confirmed the
deaths.
In Washington, the State Department issued a
travel warning urging all U.S. citizens to
defer travel to Bolivia.
Late Wednesday, the president sought to defuse
the growing crisis with a nationally televised
address in which he offered to hold a national
referendum vote over his gas export plan.
But Evo Morales, a powerful Indian opposition
leader and head of the country's coca growers,
said the president has no choice but to step
down.
"There are too many deaths now," he said.
Roberto de la Cruz, a union leader in the city
of El Alto, where popular rejection of the
president and the gas export plan has been
strongest, repeated his demand that Sanchez de
Lozada abandon office.
"Now there is no choice: he must resign," he
said
Critics say the proposal to construct a $5
billion pipeline to export gas to the United
States and Mexico will only benefit the
wealthy. They're also angered over the gas
being possibly exported through a Pacific port
in neighboring Chile, the country's longtime
rival.
The government's heavy-handed response to the
protests galvanized thousands of labor unions,
students and government opponents who long have
harbored discontent with Sanchez de Lozada's
administration.
Demonstrators Thursday shouted "Goni assassin!"
as they marched through the downtown streets,
referring to the president by his nickname.
Elsewhere in the capital, long lines formed
outside grocery stores over worries of food
shortages as demonstrators continued to block
roads, choking off the city from the rest of
the country.
Sanchez de Lozada has said he would not consider
resigning. But the president has found himself
increasingly isolated since the protests began
in late September as key members of his ruling
coalition government have distanced themselves
from him.
Sanchez de Lozada embarked on his free-market
plans during his first term in office from
1993-1997, privatizing many state industries.
Now 73, he took office for a second term in
August 2002, promising a similar free-market
plans.
The austerity programs have angered many, while
impoverished Bolivians say their lives have not
improved. Some 60 percent of the population
lives on $2 a day or less.
Rosendo Fraga, a South American political
analyst at the Nueva Mayoria think tank in
Buenos Aires, Argentina, said the president was
facing his toughest challenge since taking
office and "it's looking increasingly
difficult."
The crisis, meanwhile, was drawing the concern
of world governments besides the United
States.
Brazil President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said
he asked Bolivia's government officials to work
toward a solution.
"They need to make every effort possible to urge
the people and Bolivia's government to find a
peaceful and democratic solution," Silva said
while visiting Argentina.
In Brussels, the European Union called for a
halt to the bloodshed that has gripped Bolivia,
denouncing the often violent protests as an
attack on a democratically elected government.
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