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Just Over Half Of Americans Disapprove Of The Presidents Job Performance

Nearly Six In 10 Say They Are Uncertain, Worried Or Pessimistic About What He Will Do With The Remainder Of His Presidency
Disapproval For Congress, Too, Is Near Its All-Time High

Jan. 28, 2014 By Neil King Jr. and Patrick OConnor, Wall Street Journal [Excerpts] Since the rise of modern polling in the 1930s, only George W. Bush has begun his sixth year in the White House on rockier ground than Mr. Obama. Large majorities of respondents said they want the White House and lawmakers to focus on job creation and early-childhood education, and a slimmer majority favored increasing the minimum wage. The survey found that just over half of Americans disapprove of the presidents job performance, with 43% approving, a trough that remains little changed since the early summer. Nearly six in 10 say they are uncertain, worried or pessimistic about what he will do with the remainder of his presidency. Disapproval for Congress, too, is near its all-time high.

ACTION REPORTS

Outreach To New York National Guard

From: Alan S To: Military Resistance Newsletter Sent: February 07, 2014 \ Subject: 2/6/14 Outreach to New York National Guard Yesterday at one of NYC's commuter terminals I encountered 4 soldiers and gave them each a Military Resistance Newsletter, Military Resistance intro card [see below] and DVDs of Authority & Expectations and Sir! No Sir! with the exception of one, a young private, who already had the DVDs so he knew about Iraq vet Wray Harris's attack on politicians (among others) [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyfkLubnyBw] in Authority & Expectations. We met not long ago at another terminal at which he was receptive to receipt of material. Also, he wanted to know how I felt about a 9/11 conspiracy. I told him anything was possible but if U.S. government agents had indeed planned and/or executed such a plot and if it had gotten out the resulting debacle would have made other government scandals seem like child's play. After all, I reasoned, high treason isn't looked upon kindly here or anywhere else. He nodded thoughtfully. Yesterday, the private seemed glad to see me again and was very grateful to receive a copy of Soldiers in Revolt GI Resistance during the Vietnam War plus a Military Law Task Force Newsletter which delighted him even more. The private wishes to be as well informed as possible. He's a history buff you see.

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ACTION REPORTS WANTED: FROM YOU!

An effective way to encourage others to support members of the armed forces organizing to resist the Imperial war is to report what you do. If youve carried out organized contact with troops on active duty, at base gates, airports, or anywhere else, send a report in to Military Resistance for the Action Reports section.

Same for contact with National Guard and/or Reserve components. They dont have to be long. Just clear, and direct action reports about what work was done and how. If there were favorable responses, say so. If there were unfavorable responses or problems, dont leave them out. Reporting what went wrong and/or got screwed up is especially important, so that others may learn from you what to expect, and how to avoid similar problems if possible.

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The Military Resistance Organization Mission Statement:

1. The mission of Military Resistance is to bring together in one organization members of the armed forces and civilians in order to give aid and comfort to members of the armed forces who are organizing to end the war of empire in Afghanistan. The long term objective is to assist in eliminating all wars of empire by eliminating all empires.

2. Military Resistance does not advocate individual disobedience to orders or desertion from the armed forces. The most effective resistance is organized by members of the armed forces working together. However, Military Resistance respects and will assist in the defense of troops who see individual desertion or refusal of orders as the only course of action open to them for reasons of conscience.

3. Military Resistance stands for the immediate, unconditional withdrawal of all U.S. and other occupation troops from Afghanistan. Occupied nations have the right to independence and the right to resist Imperial invasion and occupation by force of arms.

4. Efforts to increase democratic rights in every society, organization, movement, and within the armed forces itself will receive encouragement and support. Members of the armed forces, whether those of the United States or any other nation, have the right and duty to act against dictatorships commanding their services, and to assist civilian movements against dictatorship.

This applies whether a political dictatorship is imposed by force of arms or a political dictatorship is imposed by those in command of the resources of society using their wealth to purchase the political leadership.

5. Military Resistance uses organizational democracy. This means control of the organization by the membership, through elected delegates to any coordinating bodies that may be formed, whether at local, regional, or national levels. Any member may run for any job in the organization. All persons elected are subject to immediate recall, by majority vote of the membership. Coordinating bodies report their actions, decisions and votes to the membership who elected them, and may be overruled by a majority of the membership.

6. It is not necessary for Military Resistance to be in political agreement with other organizations in order to work together towards specific common objectives. It is productive for organizations working together on common projects to discuss differences about the best way forward for the movement. Debate is necessary to arrive at the best course of action.

Membership Requirements:
7. It is a condition of membership that each member prioritize and participate in organized action to reach out to active duty armed forces, Reserve and/or National Guard units. 8. Military Resistance or individual members may choose to support candidates for elective office who are for immediate withdrawal from Afghanistan, but do not support a candidate opposed to immediate, unconditional withdrawal. 9. Members may not be active duty or drilling reserve commissioned officers, or employed in any capacity by any police or intelligence agency, local, state, or national. 10. I understand and am in agreement with the above statement. I pledge to defend my brothers and sisters, and the democratic rights of the citizens of the United States, against all enemies, foreign and domestic. ----------------------------(Signed (Date)

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FORWARD OBSERVATIONS

At a time like this, scorching irony, not convincing argument, is needed. Oh had I the ability, and could reach the nations ear, I would, pour out a fiery stream of biting ridicule, blasting reproach, withering sarcasm, and stern rebuke. For it is not light that is needed, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need the storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake. The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppose. Frederick Douglass, 1852

The past year every single day of it has had its consequences. In the obscure depths of society, an imperceptible molecular process has been occurring irreversibly, like the flow of time, a process of accumulating discontent, bitterness, and revolutionary energy. -- Leon Trotsky, Up To The Ninth Of January

FYI: Military Resistance Website Visits:

Top Ten Locations Of Visitors Ranked 1-10
[January 2014]
1 United States 2 China 3 Netherlands 4 Germany 5 Great Britain 6 Canada 7 Ukraine 8 France 9 Saudi Arabia 10 Romania Readers from an additional 62 have also accessed. Source: AWStats

How Will Members Of The Armed Forces Know That The Revolutionary Movement Is So Determined To Win That It Makes Sense To Refuse Orders To Attack It And Instead To Defend It?
One Indication That The Revolutionary Movement Is Determined Is If It Uses Arms In Self Defense When It Makes Sense To Do So
[Excerpt from: The History of the Russian Revolution By Leon Trotsky, Volume One: The Overthrow of Tzarism: February 23-27, 1917]

THE LEADERS OF THE WORKERS FUMED, LOOKED FOR FIREARMS, DEMANDED THEM FROM THE PARTY.

AND THE ANSWER WAS: THE SOLDIERS HAVE THE FIREARMS, GO GET THEM
The Vyborg section [revolutionaries] staged a meeting near the barracks of the Moscow regiment. The enterprise proved a failure. Is it difficult for some officer or sergeant major to work the handle of a machine gun? The workers were scattered by cruel fire. A similar attempt was made at the barracks of Reserve regiment. And there too: officers with machine gun interfered between the workers and soldiers. The leaders of the workers fumed, looked for firearms, demanded them from the party. And the answer was: The soldiers have the firearms, go get them. Either the machine gun will wipe out the insurrection, or the insurrection will capture the machine gun. But out of this complicated web of material and psychic forces one conclusion emerges with irrefutable clarity: the more the soldiers in their mass are convinced that the rebels are really rebelling that this is not a demonstration after which they will have to go back to the barracks and report, that this is a struggle to the death, that the people may win if they join them, and that this winning will not only guarantee impunity, but alleviate the lot of all the more they realize this, the more willing they are to turn aside their bayonets, or go over with them to the people. In other words, the revolutionaries can create a break in the soldiers mood only if they themselves are actually ready to seize the victory at any price whatever, even the price of blood. And the highest determination never can, or will, remain unarmed.

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OCCUPATION PALESTINE

Zionnist Forces Fire On Palestinians Protresting Their Endless Occupation Of Palestine:

30 Wounded By Live And RubberCoated Steel Bullets
09/02/2014 Ma'an RAMALLAH -- Dozens of Palestinians were injured on Friday as protesters clashed with Israeli military forces in villages across the West Bank. Demonstrations against the Israeli occupation took place in Kafr Qaddum, Beit Ummar, al-Jalazun, and Silwad on Friday afternoon. Israeli forces responded with force injuring more than 30 protesters with live and rubbercoated steel bullets as well as dozens more with excessive firing of tear gas. Five Israeli soldiers were also reported injured in the clashes after being struck by rocks.

Kafr Qaddum In the Qalqiliya area village of Kafr Qaddum, four people, including a child, were injured during a weekly protest against the annexation of local land by Israel. Saqer Obeid, 58, was injured after being struck in the head by a tear gas canister and Mahmoud Riyadh Eshtewi, 5, was struck with a tear gas canister in the leg. Kamil Barham, 23, and Nasser Hasan, 43, were shot with steel bullets in the hand and foot, while dozens suffered from excessive tear gas inhalation. Murad Eshtewi, a local coordinator for a popular resistance committee, said the protest started after Friday prayers, with hundreds of villagers and activists marching through the village. Israeli soldiers and border police units raided the area and fired tear gas, stun grenades and steel bullets at the protesters. An Israeli army spokesman said 40 Palestinians hurled rocks at Israeli security forces, who responded with riot dispersal means.

Protests are held every Friday in Kafr Qaddum against Israel's closure of a main road linking the village to its nearest city, Nablus. The road has been closed since 2000.

Beit Ummar In Beit Ummar, two Palestinians were injured and one detained during clashes with Israeli military forces. Israeli forces fired tear gas at Palestinians congratulating a local man who had been released from an Israeli jail after eight years. An Israeli soldier was hit by a rock, a local popular resistance committee member said.

Al-Jalazun Meanwhile, 12 Palestinians were injured with live gunfire and two were struck in the head by tear gas canisters in the Ramallah refugee camp of al-Jalazun. Dozens of other people were injured by rubber-coated steel bullets and four Israeli soldiers were injured when youths threw back a tear canisters at them. An Israeli spokesman said 300 Palestinians were throwing rocks, firebombs and burning tires. Israeli forces responded with riot dispersal means. Live fire was used against main instigators, he added.

Silwad More than 10 Palestinian youths were injured by rubber bullets and nearly 50 suffered from excesive tear gas inhalation during clashes with Israeli forces near the village of Silwad north of Ramallah. Four Israeli soldiers were also injured during the clashes, according to military sources, and had to be evacuated by ambulance after being struck by rocks. Protests erupted after noon prayers on the outskirts of town, but turned into clashes that continued into the center of town as large numbers of soldiers raided and chased youths through the village roads. The internationally recognized Palestinian territories of which the West Bank and East Jerusalem form a part have been occupied by the Israeli military since 1967.

Zionists Military Destroys Village In Occupied Palestine, As Usual:

Between 200-250 Palestinians Were In The Village At The Time
Israeli Forces Attacked The Residents Of Ein Hijleh, Beating Them Up, Kicking Them And Pushing Them To The Ground And Into The Fire
Many Injured Taken To Jericho Hospital

Palestinians in the in Ein Hijleh protest village, in the Jordan Valley, West Bank January 31, 2014. Over 300 Palestinians participated in the action as part of the Melh Al-Ard (Salt of the Earth) campaign against the Israeli plan to annex the Jordan valley. (photo: Keren Manor/Activestills.org at +972.)

Due to Israeli army roadblocks that do not allow cars to enter, Palestinians on horseback help deliver food and supplies to the protest village of Ein Hijleh, Jordan Valley, West Bank, February 3, 2014. (photo: Ryan Rodrick Beiler/Activestills.org at +972) 7 February 2014 Palestinian Popular Struggle Coordination committee; Uruknet Hundreds of Israeli forces have raided Ein Hijleh village in the Jordan Valley and evicted all its residents violently around 1:30 am and declared the village a closed military zone. And it is estimated that between 200-250 Palestinians were in the village at the time of eviction. 32 Palestinians were injured and taken to Jericho hospital after the eviction. At the time of the raid Israeli forces fired large amounts of sound bombs to scatter the crowd that gather at the center of the village while many women and children were automatically evicted from homes and tents where they were asleep. Israeli forces have attacked the residents of Ein Hijleh by beating them up, kicking them and pushing them to the ground and into the fire. The residents of the village were transferred after the eviction with Israeli occupation military buses while being humiliated and mocked by the soldiers on the bus. The residents of Ein Hijleh where transferred to the entrance of Jericho and were received by Palestinian security forces and taken to the center of Jericho city. Israeli forces have also attacked journalists and medical teams in the village at the time of eviction including a cameraman from Palestine TV who was pushed from one of the rooftops to the ground and one of the medics from the medical relief team was hit with a riffle on his chest. Several Palestinians were arrested at the time of eviction and were later released at the entrance of Jericho.

The activist from the popular struggle committee in AlMasara Mahmoud Zawahreh said that the activists have managed to revive the village and although they were evicted from Ein Hijleh but the Israeli occupation failed to evict the village and the great work achieved from the hearts and minds of Ein Hijleh residents. Activist from the popular struggle from Aida refugee camp in Bethlehem Monther Amira said that the eviction will not end the work of the activists in the Jordan Valley, he added we will continue with our campaign Melh AlArd (Salt of the Earth), and the revival of the village was only the start to our work in the Jordan Valley, we will continue our work and we will remain to be the salt to this earth working against Israeli policies in all of Palestinian lands especially against the Judaization and annexation of the Jordan Valley. List of the injuries taken from Jericho hospital: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. Bade Dwaik 41 years Mohammad Musa Daajneh 25 years Mohammad AbdelKarim AlKhatib 25 years Abdel Majeed Omar 22 years Mohammad Naem Hasan 29 Maher Taher Samara 29 years Mohammad Saeed Abu Gharbieh 19 years Baha Jalal Tamimi 26 years Ziad Abu Ein 54 years Ramzi Mohammad Abu Sada 30 years Abdel Majeed Bassam Omar 22 years Maher Nayef Saleh 47 years Murad Mohammad Omar 25 years Sami Ahmad Dies 25 years Mahmoud Ahmad Ismail 29 years Marwa Jihad Samhan 23 years Waed Basem Tamimi 17 years Ashira Ali Ramadan 29 years Mahmoud Naser 21 years Nibal Mohamad Abd Rabu 24 years Fadi Methqal AlJayousi 34 years (Palestine TV cameraman) Suhaib Rafe Sawafta 22 years Maen Jamal Daraghmeh 25 years Ahmad Daraghmeh 21 years Mohannad Abdel Fatah 23 years Anas Mahmoud Zghaiar 18 years Karam Akram Zghaiar 23 years Ala Zghaiar 25 years Hasan Othman Faraj 33 years Hamza Hasan Jawabreh 20 years Osama Hasan Naamreh 20 years Islam Saleh Tamimi 18 years

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Dr. Mustafa Barghouti Of The Palestinian Parliament On The Destruction Of Ein Hijleh
I Categorically Deny The Israeli Army Claims That There Was Any Stone Throwing Or Any Form Of Violence From People Who Were Stationed Inside The Village

February 07, 2014 The Palestine Monitor Dr. Barghouti was present at the site from the beginning of the project until the Israeli army invaded and forcibly evicted the occupants in the early morning hours of Friday 7 February. I categorically deny the Israeli army claims that there was any stone throwing or any form of violence from people who were stationed inside the village, Barghouti said Friday afternoon. He affirmed that the people in the village received no warning that they should evacuate the site, contrary to claims by the Israeli military.

In reality, he said, during the last eight days the Israeli army has been trying to provoke violence in every possible way, and they failed completely because of the discipline of the people in the village. According to Barghouti and dozens of witnesses, the Israeli invasion included violent beatings and the use of sound bombs, leaving 42 peaceful volunteers injured. Barghouti was also assaulted during the attack and eviction. There is no justification whatsoever, Barghouti continued. And this aggression was a violation of international law and human rights. And it showed that the Israeli side was pre-planning the evacuation for their unjust political aspirations of annexing the Jordan Valley and large parts of Area C. He also added that after the eviction the Israeli army declared the whole area, including the village site, a closed military zone. A convoy carrying essential construction material, including sewage latrine systems and other supplies, was stopped today at noon at an Israeli checkpoint and refused entry. Dr. Mustafa Barghouti is a member of the Palestinian parliament and one of the organizers of the Salt of the Earth campaign as well as the recently restored village of Ein Hijleh.

CLASS WAR REPORTS

Panic Hits Ukraine Banking System:

As Anti-Government Protests Continue, Government Restricts Ability To Get Money Out Of The Country:
This Is Just A Sign Of Desperation
Restrictions Would Disrupt Trade And Could Create A Parallel Market In The Ukrainian Currency
Feb. 7, 2014 Reuters. Reporting by Alastair Macdonald in Kiev and Sujata Rao in London; Editing by Andrew Heavens Ukraine's central bank said on Thursday it had introduced restrictions on certain types of foreign exchange purchase to help defend the stability of the banking system at a time of volatility in the currency market. In measures it said followed efforts to stabilize the hryvnia in recent weeks - during which political conflict in Ukraine has alarmed investors - the National Bank of Ukraine also said it would be offering extraordinary tenders to support banking liquidity, with funds available up to 360 days. The bank, which has used reserves intervening in the market but has failed to prevent a 10-percent slide in the hryvnia since November, did not publish full details of the measures in two news releases issued long after banks closed for the day. It said restrictions on foreign exchange purchases would not limit payments for education and healthcare abroad, transfers for people moving their country of residence or the payment of salaries of non-residents in Ukraine. However, international bankers said such restrictions would disrupt trade and could create a parallel market in the Ukrainian currency, which the central bank has been struggling to hold steady on a dollar peg.

The hryvnia fell below 9 per dollar on Wednesday for the first time in five years, though it steadied on Thursday to be fixed at 8.9838 per dollar. Taking account of the volatility in the hryvnia exchange rate and tensions in the currency market, the National Bank of Ukraine has taken a range of measures in recent weeks to support its equilibrium, the central bank said. The restriction on currency purchases would, it said, facilitate the stability of the national banking system. Timothy Ash of Standard Bank said that if the central bank was trying to balance the market, then it's not really a market. This is just a sign of desperation and will further the scarcity of FX, disrupt trade and economic activity, and make an already difficult situation that much worse. The danger is that this just creates a parallel market, he said. In a separate statement, the bank said it had, within the bounds of standard monetary procedures, created a mechanism for supporting bank liquidity that would maintain public confidence in the banking system in the event of a deterioration in market expectations and facilitate its stable operation. We want banks, and the people of Ukraine, to be confident that, whatever happens, the banks are capable of fulfilling their obligations to citizens in a timely and complete manner. Such confidence would underpin stability in banking activities even if market turbulence increased, she said. Collateral for refinancing could include Ukrainian state debt or foreign currencies, including dollars, euros, British pounds, yen and Swiss francs.

An Oppressed People Have The Right To Organize And Rise Up, Regardless Of That Groups Composition, And Regardless Of If It Mimics The Predominant Model Of Armed Formations In Mexico

The Self-Defense Groups Should Be Evaluated On What They Are, Not What One Would Wish Them To Be Or What One Would Desire They Do
And What They Are Is An Authentic Peoples Movement Organized Against An Oppressive Force

Photo: Juan Jos Estrada Serafn Feb 4, 2014 : By Scott Campbell, El Enemigo Comn By Scott Campbell Since mid-January, when armed self-defense groups launched an offensive against the Knights Templar cartel in the Tierra Caliente region of Michoacn, Mexico, much ink has been spilled evaluating the pros and cons of the self-defense movement. Critiques and speculations have been leveled from the left and right, yet what has largely been absent is an appreciation for the events in situ. From the right (including the government and mass media), the self-defense groups have been labelled as vigilantes, taking the law into their own hands, armed by an opposing cartel, and threatening to turn into paramilitary death squads a la the AUC in Colombia. Such meritless talking points are not of concern here. What is of concern is the predominant response from the left, where the self-defense groups have received a lukewarm reception at best.

Held at arms length, the self-defense movement is chastened for not being like the autonomous municipality of Chern in Michoacn or the CRAC community police in Guerrero. For not being indigenous, for not having a comprehensive platform, or for cooperating with the government. From behind computer screens, those who are dodging the bullets of the Knights Templar (and occasionally of the state) are patronizingly told what they are not and what they should be doing. Fortunately for the self-defense groups, they did not wait for nor did they petition the support of the left. For years, communities in the Tierra Caliente have faced murder, rape, kidnapping, extortion and terror at the hands of the Knights Templar cartel, which operated with impunity in the region. Faced with state inaction, or complicity, toward the cartel, the communities decided, via assemblies, to form self-defense groups. Emerging from these community assemblies, they can only be considered legitimate manifestations of the peoples will. The inclusion of landowners and businesspeople in the self-defense groups does negate their popular origin, as all members of the community were targets of the cartels actions. Similarly, the sole goal of ridding Michoacn of organized crime does not make them unworthy of support. Perhaps they are not, as armed formations, environmentalist, anti-capitalist or anti-authoritarian, though many among their ranks may be so. The focus on the cartels is clearly understandable, as it is the cartels who are the main impediment to a life with dignity for these communities. The focus on the Knights Templar specifically, as opposed to other cartels, is likewise easily comprehensible. Far from it meaning that the self-defense groups are armed and financed by rival cartels, it is simply the fact that it is the Knights Templar terrorizing the Tierra Caliente, so naturally they would be the primary target of groups originating from the Tierra Caliente. In numerous interviews, self-defense spokespeople have indicated their groups opposition to all organized crime operating in Michoacn and in Mexico. That the groups are not like Chern or the CRAC is also a misguided critique. Part of it is based on the fact that the self-defense groups are not wholly indigenous and not wholly rural. Instead of embracing the emergence of urban, mestizo self-organization, somehow this is held up as a point of criticism. Such a perspective is indigenist in the extreme, and a denial of agency based on ethnicity and locality.

An oppressed people have the right to organize and rise up, regardless of that groups composition, and regardless of if it mimics the predominant model of armed formations in Mexico. Finally, many participants are indigenous, it is just not the primary focus of the organization. Also held up as a distinguishing factor is that the self-defense groups, unlike Chern or the CRAC, cooperate with the police and army. This is both true and false. Yes, the self-defense groups have agreed to be integrated into the states forces. At the same time, the groups have previously shown their willingness to act in opposition to the state, which is precisely what brought so much focus of the plight of the Tierra Caliente and pushed the state into acting against the Knights Templar. Some may critique the move as nave, but if the main goal is to rid the area of organized crime, the groups remain empowered to do so, and remain armed. The agreement can be seen as a tactical move to achieve their goal. If it becomes a hindrance to doing so, there is no evidence that the groups would not break with the state and pursue their objectives on their own yet again. Cooperation with state forces, no matter how objectionable, is common to the selfdefense groups, Chern and the CRAC, blurring the lines of any criticism which uses state cooperation as the standard for support or not. Chern has invited both the Federal Police and the military to set up bases near their community to aid in fending off organized crime. The CRAC recently joined with a rival organization, UPOEG, and became a state-approved formation. Whether this is good or bad is another matter. The point is that the issue is not so cut and dry when it comes to the relationship of the state with self-organized armed groups and communities in Mexico. The crux of the situation is that the self-defense groups should be evaluated on what they are, not what one would wish them to be or what one would desire they do. And what they are is an authentic peoples movement organized against an oppressive force. To hold them to a standard of purity not even existent among the movements they are critiqued against and held up to is not only intellectually dishonest but also unconstructive. Evaluated based on their own process of formation, their proposals and their actions, the self-defense groups have not given cause to merit recrimination.

Ultimately, they will act regardless of what those of us from afar say or write about them. The minimum they deserve is a disinterested, fair evaluation.

DANGER: POLITICIANS AT WORK

Iraq Civil War -- Background And Overview:

Maliki Is Targeting Arab Sunnis In Different Provinces, With The Use Of Army Forces
Therefore It Is The Right Of Those Individuals To Defend Themselves In Every Way Possible

The Problem The Government Has Is That The Local Police Are Probably Not Going To Be Willing To Fight These Tribal Revolutionaries
7 February 2014 By Louise Redvers, IRIN [Excerpts] DUBAI The violence in Anbar has been portrayed as a fight between the government of Iraq and al-Qaeda factions who have spilled into the country from across the border in Syria. But while militants from the jihadist outfit, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), are certainly involved in western Iraqs Anbar, many analysts say this is only part of the story. Officially, the government says it is taking action against ISIL, which on 21 December killed five senior Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) commanders. However, according to Toby Dodge of the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), the seeds of the current violence in Anbar date back to December 2012, when the house of popular Finance Minister, Rafi al-Issawi, was raided and his bodyguards were arrested. The problem the government has is that the local police are probably not going to be willing to fight these tribal revolutionaries because they are part of the society to an extent, he said. From exile in Qatar, former Iraqi vice president Tariq al-Hashemi told Reuters he believed the violence could spread. Al-Hashemi was sentenced to death in absentia after being found guilty of running death squads - something he denies - in what was seen by many to be a politicized decision by the courts. Many people have blamed the rise of ISIL in Syria, which shares a long and porous border with Anbar, through which weapons and fighters flow largely unchecked, for the provinces surge in violence. That is a view pushed by the Iraqi government, which has been counting on the Wests fear of jihadist movements to solicit military and weapons support.

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Iraq Civil War Reports:

Summary Of Events Of The Iraqi Popular Revolution;

Bulletin No. 86 Monday 3rd February, 2014
February 4, 2014 by Iraqi Spring Media Center, Uruknet The Bulletin of events that happened during the last 24 hours. BAGHDAD: -An ambulance car carries wounded and killed elements of S.W.A.T forces and S.W.A.T forces in two cars terrify people and open fierce fire in front of Madinat Al Tib hospital. -The people of Amriya area, west of Baghdad organize a campaign to aid the displaced people from Anbar as a result of random bombing of Maliki forces . -Green Zone as a Hollywood in films producing: The ministry of Interior Affairs spokesman announces capturing of two cars bomb in Basrah booby trapped in the besieged Fallujah. -Maliki forces launch a campaign of searching in Gazaliya in Baghdad after closing the area completely. -Maliki forces and S.W.A.T militia make a raid on Al Hadeethi mosque in Gazaliya in Baghdad and seize all licensed weapons used to protect the mosque. -Killed and wounded in explosions hit Mahmoudiya , Baladiyat and Hurriya in Baghdad. -Notable deploying for the sectarian militias supported by Maliki forces in Latifiya , south of Baghdad. ANBAR: -Ayat Mohamad Fayadh -10 years injured by a splinter in head and all her family members killed as a result of random bombing for Maliki forces on civilians in Anbar RAMADI: -One of Maliki forces vehicle in Mala'ab area in Ramadi. SALAH ALDEEN: -2 Hummers burned and 4 elements of the treacherous alliance killed in clashes with the tribal rebels in Albu Khaddo , northern east of Samarra .

-A car bomb explosion near a crowd of Maliki Awakening militias in Beiji resulting in causalities. -20 killed in a car bomb explosion at the home of commander of Awakening militia ,Ali Al Hijab in Beiji. -Large Explosion shake Shirqat district, north of Tikrit in Salah Aldeen without details. -Explosion in Hay Al Qadisiya in Tikrit city in Salah Aldeen province without details. -4 explosions in Al Mustashfa Street in Tikrit in Salah Aldeen without details. -5 Hummers and 2 Bahbahan vehicles for Maliki army burned in Hafriyat in Suleiman Beg in Salah Al deen . TA'EMEEM: -Joint force of Maliki army and districts police make a raid on Al Noowar ,Shlaka, Abdulla Al Sawan ,Tala, Al Fakhera ,Al Ulwiya , Al Hamran ,Al Hashmiya ,Tal Aleed , Jwalah, Al Rash villages in Haweeja district . -3 roadside bombs then followed by clashes between the tribal rebels and police in Sami Al ood and Maftool villages in Riyadh district in Haweeja . -The commander of regiment 12 confesses of killing of 3 soldiers of Maliki forces and wounding of an officer in Kirkuk battles. -Killed and injured elements of the detachment2 regiment2 brigade 47 Maliki army- in an attack for the tribal rebels near Al Agoola village in Haweeja . -Maliki forces make a raid and search in Al Seeha village in Haweeja and arrest Arkan Ahmed Shihab and Mohamed Ahmed Hummadi and three of their visitors. -3 Hummers destroyed and crew killed in a roadside bomb targets convoys of Malik army in Hawth 26 , Shlaga in Riyadh district and Khirbat Aziz village in Haweeja. -Maliki forces make a raid on Sheikh Hasan Al Khalaf home , Sheikh Al Ta'an tribe from Abeed tribe ,in Riyadh district in Haweeja and arrest his son and take him to unknown place. MOSUL: -Hummer for Maliki army destroyed and crew killed in clashes with the tribal rebels on Mosul-Baghda road . - S.W.A.T militia make a raid on Hay Al Ulama'a yesterday night in the left side of Mosul and arrest two civilians from this neighborhood . DIYALA

-An officer in army and policeman wounded with serious injuries in stick bomb attached to their cars in Balad Rooz in Diyala . -Dozens of killed and wounded in bombing for Maliki forces on civilians in Makhyasah in Diyala ,including E'esa Omran, Abdul Jabbar Al Khamees,Misha'al Ibrahim Misha'al ,Zaid Ismaeel ,Ali Shamsa and Zaid Al Juboori Follow us on the following link Website: http://www.iraqispring.com/mrhbaa_bkm.html Youtube: www.youtube.com/user/iraqispring Twitter: @iraqispringMC Facebook: facebook.com/iraqispringmc Contact us on the following e-mails - iraqispringis@hotmail.com - iraqispringmc@gmail.com

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February, 6, 2014 by Ibrahim Ebeid, Uruknet The Iraqi Revolt is not a rebellion to achieve tribal gains; it is a popular revolt to restore the homeland to the people. It is a revolt to expel Maliki and all those who sold Iraq to the United States and Iran.

The people realized that Iran is controlling Iraq and ripping it apart and dividing the people into sects in order to abolish and diminish Iraq to nothingness. For this reason the armed popular revolt is taking place. The rebellion is inflicting heavy losses upon the militias and army of Maliki and demoralizing them. Today, on all fronts, in Mosul, Kirkuk, Salhuldin, Anbar, Fallujah, Ramadi and in the outskirts of Baghdad, the rebels destroyed vehicles, tanks and captured arms, weapons, vehicles and soldiers.

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