New “Axis of Evil”? – The Leftist Jihadist Alliance

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“Last weekend, canvassing support from the international community. Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad went on a tour of Venezuela, Nicaragua and Ecuador, the "red rain land" of Latin America”

“The intimacy between Iranian Islamists and Latin American socialists is now out in the open. One view is that the newfound rapport between the left and the jihad is only an evanescent residue of the "war on terror". But Fred Halliday, a British academic specialist on the Middle East, wrote recently, "There are signs of a far more developed and politically articulate accommodation in many parts of the world between Islamism as a political force and many groups of the left."

Halliday visualized critically that the left might be seeing "some combination of al-Qaeda, the Muslim Brotherhood, Hezbollah, Hamas and not least Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad as exemplifying a new form of international anti-imperialism that matches - even completes - their own historical project". “


Analyze and interpret.

Leftists are you cool with your boys getting so close to Islamists? Rightists are you cool with Islamists gaining further footholds/alliances in your backyard? Or is this over blown?

 

[HERESY]

I could see a so-called "terrorist" attack coming it from the mex/am border. Is america hated that much?

 

[2-0-Sixx]

A common scene during Venezuelan demonstrations are people holding Palestinian and Hizbollah flags and in Iran Chavez was greeted by Iranians waving Venezuelan flags. There is a sense of solidarity between the people of both regions, both bitterly opposing US imperialism.

The strategy and reasoning behind it is to form a anti-American alliance across the globe in hopes to undermine Washington's policies and objectives.

 

[DFresh77]

I could see a so-called "terrorist" attack coming it from the mex/am border. Is america hated that much?

maybe it will come from the Can/U.S. border...

 

[2-0-NINE]

DAMN COMMIES AND JIHADISTS!

 

[HERESY]

maybe it will come from the Can/U.S. border...

Thats possible, but if I were a betting man I would place my money on something coming through from the mex/am border, but coming from the can/am border would probably work also because it would be unexpected.

 

[HERESY]

A common scene during Venezuelan demonstrations are people holding Palestinian and Hizbollah flags and in Iran Chavez was greeted by Iranians waving Venezuelan flags. There is a sense of solidarity between the people of both regions, both bitterly opposing US imperialism.

The strategy and reasoning behind it is to form a anti-American alliance across the globe in hopes to undermine Washington's policies and objectives.

So america is hated that much.

 

[DFresh77]

i wouldn't label it as "AMERICA" being hated..more like the "United States" IMO ..when you type America..you are labeling the continent as a whole...but the U.S. is mos def hated by so many countries...

 

[2-0-Sixx]

So america is hated that much.

Amerika's government and policies, yes. The only place really in the world where there is positive opinion about the US is in Israel. Everywhere else, not so much...

 

[HERESY]

i wouldn't label it as "AMERICA" being hated..more like the "United States" IMO ..when you type America..you are labeling the continent as a whole...but the U.S. is mos def hated by so many countries...

No, when I type america I am referring to the united states of america and NOT the entire north american continent. When G.W.Bush says, "america is going to send more troops", he is not talking about the entire continent. When "Osama Bin Laden" or the president of Iran writes letters to "the american people" they are not talking about the entire "american" continent.

Please, don't look too far into things, and don't make things more difficult than they should be.

 

[HERESY]

Amerika's government and policies, yes. The only place really in the world where there is positive opinion about the US is in Israel. Everywhere else, not so much...

But according to some readers wouldn't that mean the policies of the american continent?

 

[DFresh77]

No, when I type america I am referring to the united states of america and NOT the entire north american continent. When G.W.Bush says, "america is going to send more troops", he is not talking about the entire continent. When "Osama Bin Laden" or the president of Iran writes letters to "the american people" they are not talking about the entire "american" continent.

Please, don't look too far into things, and don't make things more difficult than they should be.

I know..but you get what I'm trying to say ...but what bugs me the most is that people think that only people from the U.S. are the only Americans..i guess their schools didn't teach them shit geographical regions..

 

[HERESY]

Please, don't look too far into things, and don't make things more difficult than they should be.

 

[ReKz]

“Last weekend, canvassing support from the international community. Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad went on a tour of Venezuela, Nicaragua and Ecuador, the "red rain land" of Latin America”

That sure is some accurate reporting :dead: , his trip is scheduled for this weekend.

 

[kayvee]

^ nice

~k.

 

[R]

The US & A are tha hardest nigga on tha block

 

[WHITE DEVIL]

Thats possible, but if I were a betting man I would place my money on something coming through from the mex/am border, but coming from the can/am border would probably work also because it would be unexpected.

They have made many statements in online jihadist websites advising "brothers" to keep their attention on the Mexico border as the best possible way to smuggle in weapons.

 

[Lamberto Quintero]

Thats possible, but if I were a betting man I would place my money on something coming through from the mex/am border, but coming from the can/am border would probably work also because it would be unexpected.

I say if an attack comes, it will come from the Canadian border, because as you said, it would be unexpected. Plenty of attention is being paid down South to keep both drugs and illegal workers out. It makes more sense to come from up North where it is a larger, yet less-protected border.

 

[2-0-Sixx]

The presidents of Iran and Venezuela have agreed to spend billions of dollars to help other countries free themselves from what they describe as US domination.

Hugo Chavez announced the plan in a speech on Saturday with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

The two also called for Opec to cut oil production to support falling crude prices.

They had previously announced plans to establish a joint $2bn fund for projects in Venezuela and Iran but on Saturday they said that the money would also be used to help friendly third countries.

"This fund, my brother," Chavez said, "will become a mechanism for liberation."

Chavez said the fund "will permit us to underpin investments ... above all in those countries whose governments are making efforts to liberate themselves from the [US] imperialist yoke ... Death to US imperialism."

Ahmadinejad, who is on a tour of Latin America, said that Tehran and Caracas had the task of "promoting revolutionary thought in the world".

"The reason for all the current problems is the erroneous direction of the powerful countries, where there is poverty, hate, enmity and war," he added.

Oil agreement

The two presidents announced that they would make a joint effort to obtain new oil production cuts.

"Today we know that there is too much crude in the market, that's why we support ... the decisions that have been taken to reduce production and protect the price of oil," Chavez said.

He emphasised that he was sending the message "to all the heads of state in the Opec countries to continue to strengthen our organisation in this direction".

Members of the 11-nation Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) have expressed concern about the falling price of oil, which has slid 14 per cent since the start of the year.

Ahmadinejad has praised Chavez for his outspoken support of Iran's nuclear programme, which the US and European governments say may be part of a project to build atomic weapons.



Vocal supporter

Facing the threat of international isolation and sanctions imposed by the UN Security Council over its uranium enrichment work, Iran is keen to demonstrate it has backing among a number of leaders in Latin America.



Chavez is the most vocal supporter in Latin America for Iran and its president, with both men calling each other "brother" and relishing their status as fierce opponents of Washington's influence.


"Hugo is my brother," Ahmadinejad said during his last visit to Venezuela in September. "Hugo is the champion of the fight against imperialism."



In September 2005, Venezuela was alone in opposing a resolution at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) that found Iran in violation of nuclear safeguards. Chavez has since backed Iran's right to enrich uranium.



Iran and Venezuela are both important players in Opec and have signed numerous co-operation agreements in the energy sector and other fields.



During a visit to Iran last September, Chavez came out in support of Iran's nuclear programme, as well as denouncing Israeli military operations in Lebanon.



The two presidents also signed deals covering iron and steel production, petrochemicals, pharmaceuticals and health care equipment and munitions.



Cultivating allies

While Ahmadinejad seeks to cultivate Latin American allies, Condoleezza Rice, the US secretary of state, is in the Middle East to rally Arab support for a new US strategy in Iraq and counter Iran's alleged "interference" in Iraq.


Ahmadinejad arrived in Nicaragua late on Saturday, where Daniel Ortega has just returned to power. The Iranian president was met at the airport by the new Nicaraguan president.



On Monday, Ahmadinejad will take part in the swearing-in ceremony of Ecuador's new president Rafael Correa, who has vowed to forge stronger ties with Venezuela and not to renew a lease for a US military air base on the country's Pacific coast.


The Iranian president will also hold meetings with other South American presidents including Bolivia's Evo Morales on the sidelines of the ceremony in Ecuador, before finishing his tour on Tuesday.


http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/FBBF5028-87F2-4FD5-A411-BF01B23FCBF9.htm

 

[HERESY]

They have made many statements in online jihadist websites advising "brothers" to keep their attention on the Mexico border as the best possible way to smuggle in weapons.

1. What are the names of these websites?

2. How do you know they post stuff like that on the websites? Are you member of those websites?

3. Who owns the websites in questions and who owns the servers?