Berto Jongman: Homicides, not Terrorism, Kill More

05 Civil War, 07 Other Atrocities, 09 Terrorism, 10 Transnational Crime
Berto Jongman
Berto Jongman

Terrorism is on the rise – but there’s a bigger threat we’re not talking about

It is statistically undeniable that terrorist violence is on the rise. But is today’s terrorist violence really more intense and widespread than in, say, the 1960s and 1970s? Are Western European and North American cities really the new front line of a global jihad? The answer partly depends on how terrorism is defined.  . . .  Complicating matters, governments routinely conflate terrorism and insurgency.

Joe Lauria: Why Muslims Hate the West…Understanding Legitimate Grievances that Explain Terrorism as a Tactic

04 Inter-State Conflict, 05 Civil War, 07 Other Atrocities, 09 Terrorism, 10 Transnational Crime, Civil Society, Corruption, Cultural Intelligence, Government, IO Deeds of War, Military, Officers Call, Peace Intelligence
Joe Lauria
Joe Lauria

Why We’re Never Told Why We’re Attacked

Joe Lauria, ConsortiumNews.com, 9 April 2016

It seems to be an effort to cover up a long and ever more intense history of Western military and political intervention in the Middle East and the violent reactions it provokes, reactions that put innocent Western lives at risk. Indirect Western culpability in these terrorist acts is routinely suppressed, let alone evidence of direct Western involvement with terrorism.

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Kevin Barrett: Belgium False Flag References

04 Inter-State Conflict, 05 Civil War, 07 Other Atrocities, 09 Terrorism, 10 Transnational Crime, Corruption, Government, Ineptitude, IO Deeds of War, Law Enforcement, Officers Call
Kevin Barrett
Kevin Barrett

You asked for a round-up of stories on the theme of Brussels attacks as false flag attacks. We covered some stories at FFWN. Here are a few others.

Brussels attack: First reactions

1) Several wounded after two loud explosions ‘heard at Brussels Airport’

2) Brussels shootout: Four arrested as Islamic State flag found near the body of gunman

3) 3/22 false flag! Gladio strikes Brussels on satanic holiday

4) BRUSSELS TERROR ATTACK. A FALSE FLAG?

5) CIA/Mossad Bombs Brussels Airport False Flag

6) The Brussels Attacks – Another False Flag?

7) The Tragic Assault on Human Dignity Through False Flag Terrorism

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Steven Aftergood: US Aid to Israel $124.3 Billion — to Palestine $5 Billion

04 Inter-State Conflict, 05 Civil War
Steven Aftergood
Steven Aftergood

US Foreign Aid to Israel (Congressional Research Service, 10 June 2015)

Israel is the largest cumulative recipient of U.S. foreign assistance since World War II. To date, the United States has provided Israel $124.3 billion(current, or non-inflation-adjusted, dollars) in bilateral assistance.

US Foreign Aid to the Palestinians (Congressional Research Service, 18 March 2016)

Since the establishment of limited Palestinian self-rule in the West Bank and Gaza Strip in the mid-1990s, the U.S. government has committed more than $5 billion in bilateral economic and non-lethal security assistance to the Palestinians, who are among the world’s largest per capita recipients of international foreign aid.

CounterPunch: Zero-Sum in Brussels – the Savage Vision Driving a Terror-Ridden World

04 Inter-State Conflict, 05 Civil War, 09 Terrorism

counterpunch squareZero-Sum in Brussels: the Savage Vision Driving a Terror-Ridden World

The atrocities in Brussels — and they are horrific, criminal atrocities — are not occurring in a vacuum. They are not springing from some unfathomable abyss of motiveless malevolence. They are a response, in kind, to the atrocious violence being committed by Western powers on a regular basis in many countries around the world. And just as there is no justification for the acts of carnage in Brussels (and Paris and Turkey and elsewhere), there is likewise no justification for the much larger and more murderous acts of carnage being carried out by the most powerful and prosperous nations on earth, day after day, year after year.

Antechinus: McGraw-Hill Censors Map of Israel’s History

04 Inter-State Conflict, 05 Civil War, 07 Other Atrocities
Antechinus
Antechinus

McGraw-Hill Map Censors Map of Israel's History

In March 2016 executives at McGraw-Hill took the extreme step of withdrew a published text from the market and then proceeded to destroy all the remaining books held in inventory. The book “Global Politics: Engaging a Complex World” contained a series of four maps that show “Palestinian loss of land from 1946 to 2000.”

Censored Map Below the Fold

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Mongoose: Is Israel Uniting Muslims Against Apartheid of Palestinians?

01 Poverty, 04 Inter-State Conflict, 05 Civil War, 06 Genocide, 07 Other Atrocities
Mongoose
Mongoose

Indonesia Leader Calls on Muslim World to Unite on Palestine

Indonesia's president on Monday urged a summit of Muslim nations to be part of the solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict rather than part of the problem. President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, who heads the most populous Muslim nation, said the entire world is concerned by the deterioration of the situation in Palestine and criticized what he called Israel's “unilateral and illegal policies.” Officials from 57 countries are meeting in the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, for a special summit of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation that is focused on Palestine and Jerusalem.