{EOB}Ex-CIA Officer Philip Giraldi: Israel Spies The Most On The US

Former CIA counterterrorism officer Philip Giraldi says Israel conducts more espionage against the United States than any other US ally.

The former CIA officer explained to a Press TV reporter in Washington how Israel steals both technologies and secrets from the US and sells them to other countries.

An example, Giraldi said, is the Chinese Chengdu Jet J-10 that has been built with technologies that originally came from the US.

This is despite the fact that Israel relies heavily on the US for political and military support.

“It should almost be seen as an act of war,” Giraldi emphasized.

He also made a reference to the strong influence the Israeli lobby is allowed to exercise in Washington.

The ex-CIA officer, who is currently the Executive Director of the Council for the National Interest Foundation, has authored the report The Spy Who Loves Us.

In the report, Giraldi has sought to expose the dangers and costs that the Israeli espionage poses for the US.

According to the report, almost all US government bodies, including the FBI and General Accountability Office, have confirmed that Israeli espionage continues to take place.

In a 2010 interview with Press TV, Giraldi said "many of these state agencies are actually Israeli companies" that are working in line with the US government.

"This happened recently in Pennsylvania, where an Israeli company was collecting information on war protesters and in the state of New Jersey an Israeli was appointed as homeland security director for the State."

A Washington Post investigative report showed that the US government is using the largest and most technologically advanced system in the country's history to spy on its citizens.

The system collects, stores and analyzes information on thousands of US citizens with the help of every state and law enforcement agency and then feeds the information to the FBI. 

{EOB}Baseless propaganda by CIA's planted moles against ISI.

It is quite embarrassing that people are being compelled to watch all this and it is high level of perception management that is carried against Pakistanis by our very own media outlets. The role of Pakistani media is quite negative and they are tarnishing the image of country and its security apparatus. We are very sorry to say that Media is part of the problem not solution because they are being paid and trained to promote mayhem in the country. Its high time that patriots should come in front and stop propagandists with full force. Rest assured, the presence of patriots in main stream media outlets is quite low.

{EOB} A PATRIOTIC EYE

A Patriotic Eye

Dilating pupil of an elderly eye
Wrinkles around, tears of pride
Counting faithful deeds done
Emitting light, better vision

Foundation laid in the name of Islam!
A nation named, beloved “Pakistan”
Immigrants greeted, reaching motherland
Refreshing the event of Arabian land

Thousands killed, we never mourned
Ready for hazards of newly born
Thriving nation for ultimate goal
Sports or science! On the role

Future is the young generation
Jinnah, said it all, as Father of the nation
Elderly eye, dejected and dismal
Could not yield, men of principle

They ask from elders” what we got from this land”?
Not enough for them! They can call it homeland
Nurtured and bloomed on this very soil
Not ready! To own, sacrifice and toil

Not everybody is same! Eye blinked with hope
They are not for sale against piece of loaf
Patriot peaks with sacrifice
Give bloods and brains, sweat and rise

(INSHA ALLAH)

Written by
Jawad Raza Khan

{EOB}US close to bankruptcy: As predicted by syed zaid zaman hamid (brasstacks)

Beijing/Washington: Adviser to the People’s Bank of China Li Daokui has said that a default could undermine the US dollar.
United States’ Republican lawmakers are “playing with fire” by contemplating even a brief debt default as a means to force deeper government spending cuts, the adviser said on Wednesday.
The idea of a technical default essentially delaying interest payments for a few days has gained backing from a mounting number of mainstream Republicans who see it as a price worth paying if it forces the White House to cut spending, the global economy sour and already tense relations with big US creditors such as China, government officials and investors warn.
Li Daokui said that a default could undermine the US dollar, and Beijing needed to dissuade Washington from pursuing this course of action. “I think there is a risk that the US debt default may happen,” Li told reporters on the sidelines of a forum in Beijing. “The result will be very serious and I really hope that they would stop playing with fire.” China is the largest foreign creditor to the United States, holding more than $1 trillion in treasury debt as of March, US data shows, so its concerns carry considerable weight in Washington.
The US Congress has balked at increasing a statutory limit on government spending as lawmakers argue over how to control a deficit which is projected to reach $1.4 trillion this fiscal year. The US Treasury Department has said it will run out of borrowing room by August 2.
If Washington cannot make interest payments on its debt, the Obama administration has warned of “catastrophic” consequences that could push the still-fragile economy back into recession. “It has dire implications for the economy at a time when the macro data is softening,” said Ben Westmore, a commodities economist at National Australia Bank.
The Republicans theory is that bondholders would accept a brief delay in interest payments if it meant the US finally addressed its long-term fiscal problems, putting the country in a stronger position to meet its debt obligations later on.

{EOB}Karachi incident: SCP takes suo moto action

Islamabad: Supreme Court of Pakistan has taken suo moto action against the brutality of Rangers personnel in Karachi that killed a youth on Wednesday and summoned DG Ranger Sindh, Inspector General Polce Sindh and Provincial Interior Secretary on Friday.
A five-member larger bench of the apex court chaired by the Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhary, would conduct the case.
Rangers Personnel killed a 17-year-old boy Sarfraz Shah in an alleged encounter in the eastern city of Pakistan on Wednesday.
Meanwhile CJP said that he was concerned over violation of human rights. Police could serve the masses by eliminating crimes, he added.
Iftikhar Chaudhary said, “Administration of justice is not only the duty of courts, indeed all the stakeholders are required to play role in dispensing justice. The role of police is the most apparent in criminal justice system because they are the first to be approached by the victim or the aggrieved person.”
He said that the apex court was guarantor of the constitution and all the lower courts are bound to its judgments.

{EOB}Tahawwur found not guilty of assisting in Mumbai attacks

Chicago: An American court on Thursday found Chicago businessman Tahawwur Rana not guilty on charges that he assisted in carrying out the 2008 terrorist attacks in Mumbai that killed more than 160 people.

But he was convicted by a jury in federal court for his role in a thwarted plot targeting a Danish newspaper that printed controversial cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad.

He was also found guilty in assisting the militant group, Lashkar-e-Taiba.

Rana’s terrorism trial drew international attention, particularly for the startling testimony of the prosecution’s star witness, convicted terrorist David Coleman Headley.

Rana allowed Headley to use his immigration business as a front so Headley could research sites for the deadly plots, prosecutors said.

But defense attorneys said Rana, 50, was unaware that his childhood friend was scheming overseas.

Headley, who took the stand for the bulk of the eight-day trial, gave an insider’s account of a complex terrorist network involved in the attacks and claimed that Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence agency and the militant group, Lashkar-e-Taiba, separately gave him identical instructions for scouting and surveilling locations for the Indian siege.

“They coordinated with each other,” Headley said, describing what he believed to be a cozy relationship between Lashkar-e-Taiba and the government intelligence agency.

“ISI provided assistance to Lashkar” through military and financial assistance and moral support, he continued.

Headley’s characterization of LeT and the ISI working in concert was a stunning admission given outstanding questions of the ISI’s possible role in helping protect Osama bin Laden as he hid in Pakistan before he was killed by US forces on May 2.

Headley also said he met with Ilyas Kashmiri to discuss an attack on the newspaper offices of Jyllands-Posten, whose 2005 depictions of the Prophet Muhammad sparked protests in the Muslim world.

Kashmiri, believed to be a senior al-Qaeda member, was killed in a US drone attack earlier this month.

Headley has pleaded guilty for his roles in the Mumbai attacks and the Denmark plot.

{EOB}Killer Identified: Raymond Allen Davis

By Sultan Hijazi |The Writer

The identity of the undercover intel officer who shot dead two Pakistani security operatives has been verified and authenticated. The full name of the perpetrator is Raymond Allen Davis, who is a technical officer employed by Hyperion Protective Consultants LLC.

Following are screen-grabs that are taken from the program "Reporter" (DAWN News Pakistan) which aired on February 1, 2011:

^ Passport shows Raymond entered Pakistan on an "Official Business" visit and not as a diplomat

^ This is a sample visa which shows that diplomats are issued distinct visas approved by the Foreign Office and Ministry of Interior which grant immunity to the bearers

{EOB}An Australian's Perspective: Stop Blind Support Of Israel

Australia needs to take a more balanced approach to the conflict in the Middle East.

 

Parliamentary motions, such as that adopted by our federal politicians on June 2, affirming Australia's unconditional solidarity with Israel, represent the manipulative influence of agents of a foreign country over Australia's democratic practices. But perhaps more importantly they highlight extreme levels of indifference, or ignorance, or both, among federal parliamentarians towards the continuing mistreatment by Israel of the civilian Palestinian population in Gaza and the West Bank. 

Israel's attempt to make permanent its illegal occupation of Jerusalem and the West Bank by continuing to build settlements there has had a negative effect on the chances of achieving a negotiated settlement. Yet, still our Parliament adopts motions which ignore both the human rights abuses to which Palestinians are subjected on a daily basis, and Israel's illegal occupation of Palestinian land.

Why is this so? Perhaps they are blinded by the Israeli mantra, repeated so often it has become a cliche and a deceitful one at that that Israel is the only democracy in the region, the last bastion of Western-style decency and enlightenment in a region where Israel is surrounded by autocratic regimes hostile to it. Israeli Arabs will have their own view of Israeli democracy and it won't accord with the view apparently adopted by most Australian parliamentarians. And ask the left-of-centre parties about Israeli democracy. 

The last time a Labor leader, Yitzhak Rabin, looked like carrying through a peace settlement, he was assassinated (in 1995) by a man with links to the extreme right. In any case, the current popular Arab awakening is rapidly changing the political landscape of the region. The mantra is tired, and its invalidity was on show for all to see the day Hamas was voted into power in Gaza in 2005. Perhaps our politicians were looking the other way at the time.

These motions also seek to affirm a close and ''unique'' relationship between Australia and Israel. But what is the essence of that relationship? Two-way trade between the two countries (worth $788 million in 2010) is dwarfed by the trade Australia has with its Arab trading partners ($10.76 billion in 2010). We may have some intelligence links with Israel designed to feed Australian concerns about the threat of international terrorism, but these are not significant to Australia's broader strategic interests.

There are undeniably strong people-to-people links through Israel's connections with the Jewish Diaspora in this country. But such links appear to be channelled primarily towards securing Australian political support for Israel, its illegal occupation of Palestinian land, and its mistreatment of Palestinians.

If asked to reflect on the relationship Australia has with Israel, most informed Australians would first and foremost recall last year's infamous forged passports scam in which Israeli intelligence illegally duplicated the passports of living Australian citizens who had visited Israel. That's a fair indication of the value Israel attaches to its relations with Australia. 

Those of us in the Australian community who voice our concern for Palestinian rights and our dismay at the outrageous behaviour of Israel are neither anti-Israeli nor anti-Semitic. We call for a principled approach by the Australian Government in upholding human rights norms across the globe, with no carve-outs for the sake of one particular country or relationship. 

We will not be fooled by an Israeli Prime Minister who gets up before the United States Congress and claims that Israel is not an occupier in the West Bank. And we do not expect our federal politicians who represent us in the Parliament to be fooled by that sort of nonsense either.

The Australian Government has much to do to rebalance the relationship we have with the parties to the conflict in the Middle East. By affirming our unconditional support for Israel we are simply fuelling the flames of the conflict, prolonging it and in fact obstructing the path to a permanent peace. If Israel is so keen on our friendship it should be told that conditions apply. As a minimum we should demand that Israel halt construction of all settlements on occupied land, that it should resume negotiating with the Palestinians and that it should negotiate in good faith and not deliberately string out the process with no intention whatsoever of coming to a settlement. Australia should also demand that Israel lift its blockade on Gaza and cease all other activities against the Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank which amount to a breach of international human rights law.

Israel's security concerns of course need to be addressed. But Israel's national security cannot be achieved through the illegal occupation or blockading of neighbouring territory. Israel needs a negotiated settlement, supported by international guarantees, and backed by a vibrant Marshall Plan-style economic development program for the region which will transform the region economically and lock today's current combatants into a future of intertwined economic activity and prosperity. Such a plan would cost a mere fraction of the annual financial burden faced by NATO in its pointless war in Afghanistan.

The Australian voting public does not need any more of these confected and vacuous motions in Parliament. What we do need are a few more politicians (in addition to Maria Vamvakinou and Melissa Parke) who may actually take the trouble to inform themselves of what is going on in Israel and the occupied territories, not by taking advantage of all-expenses paid trips to Israel and Jerusalem organised by Jewish groups or Israeli organisations, but by opening their minds to the growing voice of informed Australians who are concerned about the continuing injustices suffered by the Palestinian people, and about Israeli policies which continue to have an impact on global stability.

Australia needs politicians who are neither blind to human suffering, nor prone to intimidation by groups used to bullying and manipulating the truth. We need fair-minded leaders of this country who are not going to be swayed from a principled stance in upholding international human rights norms and standards of common decency when they risk being falsely labelled ''anti-Semitic''.

We need politicians who are prepared to draw the link that exists between Israel's oppression of the Palestinians and the continuing recruitment of suicide bombers and extremists and their supporters in Pakistan, Afghanistan and the Arab countries. We need politicians who will apply the Australian principle of a ''fair go'' to our international policies and profile. And most of all we need politicians who are prepared to put Australia's national interests above those of other countries.

Robert Newton is vice-president of the Australia Palestine Advocacy Network.

{EOB}The Abbottabad Incident: 5 Points That Show It Was A Hoax

Miriam Mehdi |The Writer

Bin Laden’s "recent" death marks a win against anti-terrorism. Confetti! 

Not only is there inconsistency but there are serious loop holes in the unveiling stories about the Abbottabad operation.

Here are five big question marks which force me to believe that this whole operation was nothing but a hoax:

1. No proper communications setup

If such an important leader of Al-qaeda has been living in Abbottabad for such a long time and also he has been taking major decisions of Al-Qaeda, wouldn’t he have a very strong and secure communication system? I am sure he was not relying on pigeon to convey all his messages:

"Alright, I am all set in Abbottabad, its go green for the next bomb attack. Also see the map attached to the right leg of the pigeon, the red circle is where you blast next”. What if one of the pigeon falls victim to a drone attack, how many days before they can tell they need a new pigeon?

If the master mind of the 9/11 attack was living in Abbottabad, a lot of laptops, cellphones, wireless sets and other gadgets would have been recovered from his hideout instead of a bunch of old fashioned PCs etc.

2. No proper food supplies

Food, after air and water are the basic necessities of survival and if you are living in a compound with your kids and wives, it seems impossible that there isn't a proper food stock. In fact, Osama was not the only person living there as the media suggests, which means more tummies and more food needs - there has to be proper system to feed people. Anyone hungry would go out and buy stuff from the nearest grocery store.

What about the electricity bills, water supply or gas bills for that matter? We sure don’t have a put-a-coin and get-the-supply system in Pakistan.

3. "Living for 5 years" - Seriously?

With the given facts and figures this does not seem like the case. Even if Osama was found there, he was probably on a run. It is hard to believe that he was living there for such a long time. Living for five years in such an important city adjacent to Pakistan's military academy with no proper security, supplies and networking.

4. Security issues

Such a high profile leader having a grand cash reward on his head, major intelligence agencies after him, the US waiting for the announcement of his death and he dies without fighting back? Only very few weapons are found, no guards, no security system is in place. I do not know but someone who planned 9/11, he is not expected to be this non-tech savvy. In fact, it is very hard to believe that the operation lasted for only forty-minutes in total with no major casualities on the other side. 

5. Money talks

Unfortunately in a country like Pakistan where one-fourth of the population is living below the poverty line, a lot of things sell for money. 

The timings is perfect, America had been operating in Pakistan for quite some time now and it was all going in vain. Their operations had resulted in more civilian deaths than militants and now the people of US had started to take notice. Unlike Pakistanis, when American citizens notice, that surely has an impact and gets due coverage. The Presidential elections are near and who does not like to stay in power?

So bingo, "OBL’s death" changes the picture. 

The writer is a business student and instructor, who actively takes part in social activities.

{EOB}Exclusive: What Happened At Kharotabad

Zaki Khalid | The Writer

On May 18, five would-be bombers including three women were gunned down by Frontier Corps personnel at the Kharotabad area of Quetta, the capital of Balochistan province in Pakistan.

Media reports just a few minutes after the take-down revealed that the would-be bombers were Chechen nationals, carried Russian passports which had Iranian visas issued on them. 

A while after this incident, the gleamy Chief Minister of Balochistan in a self-styled show of sympathy called for an inquiry into this incident. Nefarious yellow elements in the media picked up the case as "human rights abuse" and "killing". The reality of what happened that day is as follows (shared by our sources):

> Pakistan's intelligence received inputs that a van laden with explosives had entered into the country from Afghanistan via Chaman terminal. The intelligence input was direct HUMINT (HUMan INTelligence) from a security official

> Security was alert in the area for a day. Regional police identified the intruder vehicle based on the intel they received that foreigners were present in the van and tried to stop it, the van escaped

> Policemen deployed at a picket in Killi Khezi area near the airport informed police and law-enforcement agencies about a vehicle carrying some suspected foreigners (information was forwarded). The driver of the van ignored the police signal to stop and tried to speed away

> After failure by the police to stop the van twice, the FC was called. Frontier Corps personnel rushed to the area and cordoned it off. After reaching the Bazai-Cross, the suspects abandoned the vehicle and hurled two grenades at the FC checkpoint on the main roundabout, injuring three FC personnel. One of them sustained heavy injuries and succumbed to them. He passed away at hospital. His name was Lance Naik Muhammed Sajjad. No individual or media outlet made due mention of this attack on the soldier who later got martyred

Our sources who shared this news said it is highly unfortunate that people tend to cling to whatever the media feeds them such as the sensationalist report that one of the killed was apparently pregnant and had raised her fingers to surrender. Yet, when these same women would have been let go and who would have later blown up other women at a bustling market or in the middle of the city, the same people would have accused Pakistan's law-enforcement agencies of "criminal negligence" and in some far-fetched cases, of "involvement".

Laws follow evidence, not news. The FC was not alone engaging with the terrorists there, there were people too; ordinary people who witnessed the crime committed by the gang of those foreign miscreants and have already given their statements in the FIR registered with the police. The charge-sheet with all the necessary evidence have also been secured and archived. It is beyond doubt that the miscreants did stage a deplorable act of gaining sympathy before being eliminated before they went ahead with their heinous objectives. They were not killed in cold-blood.


Security officials speaking to us say that 2.5 kilograms of C4 explosives along-with 60 detonator bombs were found inside the van in which the supposedly "innocent" women were traveling along-with their male controller. They were not on a suicide mission. They were tasked to transport the ammo and explosives to anti-state elements. What is notable is that one of the women was blown up by her male controller once he suspected that the FC would capture her alive and take her for interrogation. Later on, they were cornered at Kharotabad area.


Instead of appreciating a successful counter-terror bust based on authentic HUMINT, the politicians, NGOs and yellow media groups have once again created a monster out of nothing. This goes to show that evidence and information do not influence the response from the Pakistani masses, rather emotions and corporate media rants do.