TOP SECRET - EYES ONLY

By special messenger

To: Samuel Ben Ladensky, aka Osama Bin Laden
Cave B-35
El-Sharmuta Mountains
Pakistan

Sammy,

It came to our attention that our Hasbara operation, aimed to discredit a certain Larry Darby, backfired. Please take a good look at this picture:

This, apparently spineless, ball-less and sleazy lawyer has more to him than meets the eye. It was our mistake to let him live, I feel that we must confess to a serious error of judgment. And now look what he has done:

A Jew revealed to be a top al Qaeda leader

For the first time, a former Orange County, Calif. teenage rock music fan has revealed his role as a top al Qaeda leader.

Adam Gadahn, who disappeared from California seven years ago, appeared unmasked on an al Qaeda tape made public on the internet today. …

Adam Gadahn’s real name is Adam Pearlman. Adam is the grandson of the late Carl K. Pearlman; a prominent Jewish urologist in Orange County. Carl was also a member of the board of directors of the Anti-Defamation League, which was caught spying on Americans for Israel in 1993, much as AIPAC has been caught up in the more recent spy scandal.

This story is already out, and it is impossible to stop it. Of course, we have started a usual smoke and mirrors operation, including that FBI leaflet that confuses the issue with all these Muslim-sounding names and that Gadahn’s Muslim manifesto where he (purportedly) tells the story of becoming a Muslim and much more, thanks to one of the Hasbara tentacles named Michelle Malkin - she has done a sterling work on that story.

But the damage is already done. If that boy gets caught, being far from a genius (what with his brain irreversibly damaged by heavy metal), he will spill his guts, and where you are then? So we have decided to cut the losses. You are thus commanded to unglue the beard, to remove the towel and to proceed post-haste to the usual meeting point, where your next assignment will be expecting you. Take again a good look at the picture above - this is a free hint re your new assignment. You shall be allowed to make it a long one.

Please do not forget to take a shower somewhere on the route. We understand that this way was easier for you to blend in, but ten years are ten years, and there are some limits even for American Airlines.

And no, you are not allowed to bring that goat with you. Leave it to Al-Zawahiri, he is eyeing it for a long time already.

Your faithful
COO,
Elders HQ,
Somewhere

Cross-posted on SimplyJews

Is it war yet?

Iranian President, Mahmoud Ahmedinajad, during a regional conference on security in Iraq, called for the “elimination of the Zionist government.”

“There is a great desire for the disappearance of the Zionist government and its replacement by a Palestinian government in all areas of Palestine. The main problem in the Muslim world is the existence of a Zionist government and, thus, the whole Muslim world must act to eliminate the problem,” he said. (AFP)

If you’re planning on waiting for world condemnation, don’t.

In a series of photos of the Gaza Operation, there has been a consistent lie being told by the AP in nearly every caption. See if you can find the lie:

Palestinian youths take cover from Israeli sniper fire during an Israeli army incursion in Beit Lahiya, in the northen Gaza Strip, Friday July 7, 2006.

And another:

Palestinian youths run to avoid Israeli sniper fire during an Israeli army incursion in Beit Lahiya, in the northen Gaza Strip, Friday July 7, 2006.

No, not finished yet:

A Palestinian man runs past a burning tire to avoid Israeli sniper fire during an Israeli army incursion in Beit Lahiya, in the northen Gaza Strip,

Finally, the latest story/caption. This is the one link that will probably remain unbroken in this post (Yahoo! News tends to break links quickly).

Palestinians run past a burning tire to avoid Israeli sniper fire during an Israeli army incursion in Beit Lahiya, in the northen Gaza Strip, Friday July 7, 2006.

Have you picked out the consistent lie yet?

Now, let’s check out a caption from the terrorist point of view:

A Palestinian militant takes a position during an exchange of fire with Israeli soldiers near Karni Crossing outside Gaza City.

Isn’t it amazing that the palestinian terrorists take part in and “exchange of fire” but the Israeli soldiers are “snipers”?

No, there’s no anti-Israel bias in the AP. None whatsoever.

This article on CNN site drew my attention not because of its contents - most of the stuff is reported by other MSM sources, but because of a photo gallery attached.

The capture under this first picture says:

An injured boy is brought to a hospital after an airstrike by Israeli forces on Beit Lahya.

(To clarify: Beit Lahya is a village which environs are used by the Gazan rocket scientists for their Qassam launches.) That is tragic in any circumstances: children should not be hurt by the stupidity of the grown-ups. As a side remark, other grown-ups that take care of the wounded children could save some crucial time by not posing for the cameras, but it could be hardly helped, knowing the modus operandi of some local tribes.

But then comes the second picture:

And its capture is:

Two Palestinian militants fire during a gunfight with Israeli soldiers Thursday in Northern Gaza.

(To clarify - this is where the village of Beit Lahya is located.) If you disregard the theatrical posturing and the non-military handling of the rifles, and concentrate instead on counting the people in the picture, you shall come to inescapable conclusion: there are some children there that hardly belong in a firefight.

Any ideas about the connection between the two pictures?

Cross-posted on SimplyJews

I need to pay more attention to the goings-on in Russia. One could miss a very important event and find oneself completely out of the picture and without a dry towel.

The story started here: Russia’s Putin Kisses Little Boy Walking Through Kremlin.

Russian President Vladimir Putin astonished a young boy when he stopped by during a walk through the Kremlin. Despite the current political pressures about Iran and the G8 summit scheduled to hold in Russia in two weeks, Putin still found it necessary to exchange a words with the little boy before lifting his shirt to kiss him on the stomach, All Headline News reports.

Aside of the surprising insistence of Mossnews (essentially a Russian media outlet) that the deed was done by a Russian Putin, as if there were several more non-Russian ones, the story did not overwhelm me. After all, I myself was known to kiss some people on their stomachs. Although, come to think of it, the people I have treated that way were grown-ups and not of male persuasion. And I have almost never done it in public places, aside of some emergency situations.

But then the confusion and the uncertainty started to spread. Of course, the trouble-mongers of the Western press refused to accept the explanation, like in Putin fails to explain kissing boy on stomach:

After a week of frenzied speculation across Russia, President Putin finally explained yesterday that he had kissed a young boy on the stomach in the Kremlin because he wanted to “stroke him like a kitten”.

“People came up and I began talking to them, among them this little boy. He seemed to me very independent, sure of himself and at the same time defenceless, so to speak, an innocent boy and a very nice little boy,” Mr Putin said. “I tell you honestly, I just wanted to stroke him like a kitten and it came out in this gesture. There is nothing behind it.”

So what’s not good enough with that answer? No only is this journo a snooty Western capitalist running lackey dog, he is also a cat-hater to boot, apparently. For me, as a cat lover, it is a perfectly reasonable explanation. In the absence of an available cat, Putin has had to do with material at hand, so here.

But then this Times character shows off his expertise in all matters Russian:

Russians occasionally kiss babies on the stomach, but almost never five-year-old boys.

Wow, man! That was real deep, I say! Almost of par with the news that Muscovites are known to wrestle white bears on the streets of their city, both the bear and the Muscovite being under influence.

Anyway, the silly attempts of the Western MSM to throw a shadow, to divert attention and to pass the blame are doomed to failure. And Vladimir Vladimirovich is most definitely one unsquare dude. I see a new trend here, and the sooner the Western politicos start kissing boys on the stomach the better.

They can start training with their staff’s stomachs in the privacy of their offices. Under supervision of a trained nurse, to prevent apoplexy and knee injuries.

Cross-posted on SimplyJews