http://www.zerohedge.com/news/alleged-mastermind-behind-israel-bus-explosion-identified-swedish-national-mehdi-ghezali
Alleged Mastermind Behind Israel Bus Explosion Identified As Swedish National Mehdi Ghezali
The latest development in yesterday's Bulgarian bus bomb explosion, is the identification of the alleged bomber. According to Times of Israel he is Mehdi Ghezali, "reportedly a Swedish citizen, with Algerian and Finnish origins. He had been held at the US’s Guantanamo Bay detainment camp on Cuba from 2002 to 2004, having previously studied at a Muslim religious school and mosque in Britain, and traveled to Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. He was also reportedly among 12 foreigners captured trying to cross into Afghanistan in 2009."
There's more:
* * *Sofia also reported that the Bulgarian Interior Ministry managed to recover the fingerprints of the bomber, which they submitted to the FBI in the United States and the international police organization Interpol. The FBI and CIA joined Israeli and Bulgarian officials in investigating the attack.Interior Minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov told Sofia that DNA tests were being run to determine the identity of the Caucasian man, who the minister described as casually dressed with nothing suspicious about his appearance to set him apart from the crowd of people at the airport.
What is curious is that this is not the first time Mehdi has made headline news. Below is a lengthy exposition on the Swede from 2009 via the Weekly Standard:With a black baseball cap pulled tight over a mop of stringy long hair and a patchy, close-cropped beard, Mehdi-Muhammed Ghezali looked more like a Metallica roadie than a disciple of Ayman al-Zawahiri. He addressed the scrum of reporters in a clipped, heavily accented Swedish and accused the American government of wrongly detaining him for three years and "physically and mentally" torturing him. A book about his experiences was in the works; a documentary crew, cobbling together a film about American human rights abuses, had requested an audience; and his legal team was plotting a lawsuit against Donald Rumsfeld. It was 2004, and Ghezali was a free man.
http://www.infowars.com/bulgaria-terror-attack-a-pretext-for-an-israeli-invasion-of-lebanon/
Bulgaria Terror Attack: A Pretext for an Israeli Invasion of Lebanon
Kurt Nimmo
Infowars.com
July 19, 2012
Infowars.com
July 19, 2012
Israel will likely use the attack in Bulgaria as a pretext to take out Hezbollah in Lebanon.
Earlier this month, we reported on comments made by the IDF that revealed Israel plans to invade Lebanon and “the damage will be enormous.” Israel claims Syria is transferring missiles and chemicals weapons to Hezbollah, the Shi’ite paramilitary organization established following the Israeli invasion of Lebanon in 1982.
The New York Times has weighed in on the suicide attack in Bulgaria that claimed the lives of five Israelis:
A senior American official confirmed Israel’s assertions on Thursday that the suicide bomber who killed five Israelis in an attack here on Wednesday was a member of a Hezbollah cell operating in Bulgaria.The official said the current American intelligence assessment is that the bomber was “acting under broad guidance” to hit Israeli targets when the opportunity presented itself. That guidance was given to Hezbollah, a Lebanese militant group, by its primary sponsor, Iran, he said.
A senior Israeli official told the newspaper the attack in Burgas was part of a larger plan to carry out terrorist bombings against Israeli targets by Hezbollah and the Iranian Quds Force in response to the assassination of Iranian nuclear scientists.
The U.S. and Israel are pushing the Hezbollah-Iran narrative despite a complete lack of evidence. The New York Times reports “that there were no details yet about the bomber — his name, age or nationality. He also declined to describe what specific intelligence — intercepted communications, analysis of the bomber’s body parts and other details — that led analysts to conclude that the suicide bomber belonged to Hezbollah.”
Earlier today it was reported that the man was Mehdi Ghezali. He was purportedly detained at the Guantanamo Bay camp from 2002 to 2004. According to The Times of Israel, Ghezali previously studied at a Muslim religious school and mosque in Britain, and traveled to Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, where he was renditioned.
Infowars.com has extensively documented links between mosques in Britain and British intelligence.
The CIA and Pakistani intelligence collaborated together to create and run the Afghan Mujahideen in the war against the Soviet Union in the 1980s. A faction would later be converted into al-Qaeda and would be used as a destabilization force in the Balkans and elsewhere.
and.....
http://www.infowars.com/obama-backs-israel-as-netanyahu-blames-iran-for-burgas-blast/
Obama Backs Israel as Netanyahu Blames Iran for Burgas Blast
Kurt Nimmo
Infowars.com
July 19, 2012
Infowars.com
July 19, 2012
Obama has pledged support for Israel in the wake of a deadly blast yesterday in Burgas on the Black Sea.
“I strongly condemn today’s barbaric terrorist attack on Israelis in Bulgaria. My thoughts and prayers are with the families of those killed and injured, and with the people of Israel, Bulgaria, and any other nation whose citizens were harmed in this awful event,” Obama said in a statement. “These attacks against innocent civilians, including children, are completely outrageous.”
“The United States will stand with our allies, and provide whatever assistance is necessary to identify and bring to justice the perpetrators of this attack,” Obama added. “As Israel has tragically once more been a target of terrorism, the United States reaffirms our unshakeable commitment to Israel’s security, and our deep friendship and solidarity with the Israeli people.”
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu instinctively placed blame for the suicide bombing that killed at least six people and wounded 32 on Iran. “All signs lead to Iran,” Netanyahu said in a text message. “Israel will respond forcefully to Iranian terror.”
Bulgarian Foreign Minister Nikolay Mladenov said additional investigations will be required before a perpetrator is announced. “It is wrong and a mistake to point fingers at this stage of the investigation at any country or organization,” stated Mladenov.
Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said the attack was carried out “by operatives of Hezbollah, who are sponsored by Iran.”
Netanyahu pointed out that the attack came on the 18th anniversary of the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires.
Israel and Argentinian officials have blamed Iran and Hezbollah for the 1994 attack. Others insist the attack was an Israeli false flag.
Iran has denied any involvement in the attack. Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said the accusation is an attempt to divert attention away from Israel’s role in the assassination of Iranian nuclear scientists.
“The Zionist regime, which had a direct role in the assassination of our country’s nuclear scientists, is leveling baseless accusations to divert global attention to its own terrorist nature,” Mehmanparast said.
On Thursday, the establishment media pushed the Iran terror narrative and alluded to Iranian involvement despite a lack of conclusive evidence.
Israel will “certainly choose the time and place, and we will react firmly. The Israeli people, state, army of Israel will defend itself and Iranians will know they cannot shed Israeli blood with impunity,” said Michael Oren, the U.S. ambassador to Israel, according to a Fox News transcript.
Oren repeated this mantra on MSNBC during an interview with Andrea Mitchell.
The ambassador, however, cautioned Netanyahu about jumping to conclusions. He said Iranian involvement is “a well-founded suspicion” but said “one expects a little more proof.”
“Even if Netanyahu’s wish comes true, and evidence to Iran’s responsibility is found, it would not justify moving beyond the shadow war of what appears to be mutual terror attacks and onto a big war, the one that according to Ehud Barak would only take the lives of 500 Israelis – all in all, Burgas times 70,” he said.
Meanwhile, officials said the suicide bomber was Mehdi Ghezali, an Algerian-Swedish Islamist who spent two years in Guantanamo Bay.
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/oil-spikes-netanyahu-threatens-iran
Oil Spikes As Netanyahu Threatens Iran
The first on-the-record comments, regarding the bombing in Bulgaria, from Israel's Netanyahu are not the most politically correct. His ire with the world's ignorance of Iran's terrorist-fostering position is very clear as are his threats and promises for retribution. Not good. And sure enough, WTI crude is spiking on this news to $91.75 (18% higher than its EU-Summit lows) back to 2-mointh highs. Via Bloomberg,
- *NETANYAHU THANKS BULGARIA FOR AID TO VICTIMS OF TERROR ATTACK
- *ISRAEL'S NETANYAHU SAYS IRAN, HEZBOLLAH CARRY OUT GLOBAL TERROR
- *NETANYAHU SAYS ATTACKS WERE PLANNED IN INDIA, THAILAND
- *NETANYAHU SAYS HEZBOLLAH ACTED AT BEHEST OF IRAN
- *NETANYAHU SAYS TOO DANGEROUS TO LET IRAN HAVE NUCLEAR ARMS
- *NETANYAHU SAYS ISRAEL WILLPURSUE, PUNISH TERRORISTS WITH FORCE
- *NETANYAHU SAYS WORLD MUST RECOGNIZE IRAN AS TERROR THREAT
Meanwhile, as a reminder, a 4th carrier group is on its way to the Gulf...
and sure enough wholesale and retail gas prices are on the rise with their normal lag...
No comments:
Post a Comment