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by Judith Bergman
• February 2, 2017 at 5:30 am
- Swiss
authorities are currently investigating 480 suspected jihadists in
the country.
- "Radical
imams always preached in the An-Nur Mosque... Those responsible are
fanatics. It is no coincidence that so many young people from
Winterthur wanted to do jihad." — Saïda Keller-Messahli,
president of Forum for a Progressive Islam.
- Switzerland is
the answer to those who claim that Islamic terrorism is reserved for
those countries that have participated in operations against ISIS or
other Muslim terror organizations. Switzerland has done neither, yet
its flag figured among sixty other enemy flags shown in an ISIS
propaganda video.
- "Huge sums
of money from Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait
and Turkey are flowing to Switzerland... There is a whole network of
radically-oriented mosques in Switzerland. The Muslim World League
is behind it.... The network is a hub for Salafists. The Swiss
authorities make a big mistake of not looking into the
mosques." — Saïda Keller-Messahli.
- There are
around 70 Turkish mosques financed directly from Turkey through the
Diyanet Foundation in Switzerland.
- The Swiss
government appears to give Qatar, one of the primary propagators of
Wahhabi Salafism in the world today, extremely special treatment.
The an'Nur Islamic Cultural Center in Winterthur,
Switzerland. (Image source: Google Maps)
In November 2016, Swiss police arrested the imam of the an'Nur
mosque in Winterthur, in the canton of Zürich, for calling for the murder
of Muslims who refuse to participate in communal prayer. The young imam,
who had come from Ethiopia, had been in Switzerland for only a short
time. The Zurich Federation of Islamic Organizations (Vioz) declared it
was "shocked", and suspended the an'Nur mosque from the
federation until further notice: "We are shocked that an imam in one
of our houses of prayer called for violence."
There is little cause for "shock". Already in 2015,
Winterthur made headlines in Switzerland as an emerging center for young
Muslims with jihadi ambitions. Four people from Winterthur managed to
travel to Syria to join ISIS and a fifth was stopped at the airport in
Zürich.
by Majid Rafizadeh
• February 2, 2017 at 5:00 am
- "Regarding
the issue of production of ballistic missiles for hitting moving
targets, I should say that we are among a handful of countries that
have gained the knowhow (in this field)". — Iranian Brigadier
General Hossein Salami, January 29, 2017.
- Iran has the
largest ballistic missile arsenal in the Middle East.
- "Iran has
received Soviet-designed Scud-B missiles and it has adapted the
design into two independently-built versions; the Shahab 1 and
Shahab 2." — Center for Strategic and International Studies,
November 2014
- Helpfully,
National Security Advisor Michael Flynn has put Iran "on
notice."
Right after the executive order from the White House to put a hold
on issuing visas to seven countries including Iran, Tehran has test-fired
a ballistic missile. The U.S. intelligence community was able to detect
Iran's launch. Iran conducted the launch at a well-known location near
the capital, Tehran.
Iran has confirmed firing a ballistic missile. This ballistic
missile's launch would constitute Iran's ninth test-firing of ballistic
missiles since the nuclear deal, the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action
(JCPOA), reached between P5+1 and Iran.
by Stephen Blank and Peter
Huessy • February 2, 2017 at 4:30 am
- Putin's Russia
is determined to demilitarize NATO in Eastern Europe, end Western
economic sanctions, allow the permanent amputation of Ukraine's
sovereignty and territorial integrity including the Crimea, secure
Bashar Assad's rule over all of Syria, and in general establish
Moscow in world affairs on a plane of "equal status with
Washington".
- This last goal
is not going to be acceptable to any US president. It would give
Russia a veto on U.S. activity abroad and a free hand in its
self-proclaimed sphere of influence. Moreover, it would divide NATO,
demoralize the EU, and almost certainly encourage further Russian
aggression.
- Energy policy
is the key. A smart, aggressive, and self-interested energy policy
makes America stronger and the world safer.
- The US and
Europe should agree to hold a major NATO summit in advance of a
Trump-Putin sit-down. This move would demonstrate renewed NATO
strength and resolve.
- The proposed
American conventional modernization must embrace the entire zone
from the Baltic to the Black Sea. It must be coordinated by the U.S.
with its allies. It is thus hoped that by doing so, the conventional
modernization will help check Russia's nuclear threats.
- Realistically,
the US-Russia rivalry will remain in place -- but a "strong and
nationalist United States," writes Victor Davis Hanson, can be
a diplomatic, military and economic "hinge" upon which
U.S. efforts to "discourage" Putin from doing things
unwise can succeed.
The rivalry between the United States and Russia is entering a new
era with the election of Donald Trump. While Trump has made no secret of
his desire for better relations between the two nations, he has also
called for a more muscular and efficient US military.
The new President seeks to modernize the US nuclear deterrent,
expand effective missile defenses, and significantly increase
conventional military capability, while reforming and revitalizing NATO.
These plans will no doubt rub up against Mr. Putin's objectives.
Putin's Russia is determined to demilitarize NATO in Eastern Europe, end
Western economic sanctions, allow the permanent amputation of Ukraine's
sovereignty and territorial integrity including the Crimea, secure Bashar
Assad's rule over all of Syria, and in general establish Moscow in world
affairs on a plane of "equal status with Washington".
by Geert Wilders
• February 2, 2017 at 4:00 am
Geert Wilders:
President Donald Trump, what a relief! What a relief in comparison with
the leftist dictatorship of the fearful cowardly and willfully blind
leaders that we have in the rest of Europe and also here in this Chamber.
It makes one cry. I tell you, finally America has a President, finally a
Western country has a President who not only fulfills his promises, but
also states that the security of his own citizens is his primary concern.
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