Opinion: Western media propaganda is the most powerful tool to distort the reality and corrupt our judgment

It does not come as a surprise that the Western led media create a blackout on the atrocities being committed by the countries in the Satanic Coalition fighting the 'War on ISIS'. We have been bombarded with the actions ISIS have carried out, using professional 'Hollywood' directing that has only benefited the Western agenda and had a detrimental effect on the aspirations of the Ummah to live under the System of Allah (swt).

Why is it that the 57 killed by Jordanian missile attacks, 12 of which were children, has not been uttered in mainstream news? What about the 8 killed by Egypt's intervention Libya, 4 of which were children between the ages of four and seven?

It is because the media is used to sway public opinion, thwart opposition narrative and embolden supporters of the Satanic Coalition. As Muslims we should be more politically astute when making our judgment upon realities as today it is not easy to formulate a valid opinion without being influenced by Western propaganda.

At the same time it does not mean we are supporters of ISIS who have only willingly or unwillingly closely aligned themselves to the Greater Middle East Initiative by demonizing core fundamental Islamic concepts such as the Sharia of Allah (swt) being established, the non-recognition of borders and nationalities, the application of the Hudood (laws) and the divine method to establish an Islamic Society.

In light of Obama's speech on the 18th March 2015 to 60 nation leaders, it has become clear that the West seek to destroy the notion of Islamic authority, and that anyone or any group seeking authority in the name of Islam should be attributed to ISIS and combated the same way they are doing it today.

Let us not be of those who make judgment having only heard one side, especially when that side of the story is of the wrongdoers. Ameen.

US plans to establish military base in Kurdistan

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/news/americas/16887-us-plans-to-establish-military-base-in-kurdistan

The United States is planning to establish a military base in the Iraqi Kurdistan town of Erbil, the regional capital. The intention is to provide logistical support to military aircraft deployed against ISIS positions, it has been report by Anadolu.

A spokesperson for the Peshmerga Ministry, which looks after military affairs for the autonomous Kurdish government, said on Monday that military officials and aircraft will be based in Erbil as soon as construction work is finished. "The aircraft will carry out surveillance," said Helgurt Hikmet, "but those on bombing missions will not take off from the new base." He did not disclose how many aircraft will be based in Erbil, but said that all 60 member states of the coalition fighting ISIS could make use of the new facilities.

The US-led coalition has launched numerous airstrikes against ISIS targets in both Iraq and Syria in recent months.

Hikmet added that military advisors from eight countries are helping to train Peshmerga personnel.

How the Jordanian revenge beheading only unites ISIS with Al Qaeda and al-Nusra for the West's proxy war on Syria and MidEast

http://carnegie-mec.org/2015/02/04/wider-implications-for-jordan-s-revenge-against-islamic-state/i15c?mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRomrfCcI63Em2iQPJWpsrB0B%2FDC18kX3RUtJL%2Bbfkz6htBZF5s8TM3DUVtFXqBR9kEAS7M%3D

Neither of the jihadists executed by Jordan are connected with ISIS in its current incarnation, but with al Qaeda. For example, one of them is Ziad Karbuli, an Iraqi national linked with the late al Qaeda in Iraq leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi and who had been detained in Jordan on death row since 2006. Through their execution, therefore, Jordan has inadvertently strengthened the link between ISIS and al Qaeda.

This is significant because the two groups have been engaged in a battle over resources and legitimacy since the start of the Syrian conflict. ISIS has been trying to present itself as the "true" al Qaeda, causing the latter to increase its military activities worldwide as well as within Syria to affirm its influence. Despite initial condemnation of the brutality of ISIS, al Qaeda's Syrian offshoot Jabhat al-Nusra has recently begun engaging in similar activities itself, such as beheadings and other forms of public violence.

One reason behind this is that al-Nusra has felt upstaged by the Islamic State and has escalated its violent acts in order to assert its presence in the face of its rival. But another reason is that the actions of the international coalition set up to fight ISIS have pushed the two groups together.

The coalition airstrikes in Syria have targeted both ISIS and Jabhat al-Nusra, thereby presenting the groups with a common enemy. The Syrian regime's attacks on ISIS following the organization's advance in Iraq in June 2014 also shifted the position of ISIS away from the regime, aligning the organization with Jabhat al-Nusra, which still regards fighting the Assad regime as its primary objective. In the Qalamoun area bordering Syria and Lebanon, ISIS and Jabhat al-Nusra have begun cooperating against the Syrian regime and Hezbollah.

The coalition's mediocre support for the moderate Syrian opposition in southern areas of Syria not only contributed to the Free Syrian Army's vulnerability to attack by al-Nusra brigades but also pushed some members of the two entities to maintain a working relationship based on material necessity and backed by sharing the mutual goal of fighting the Assad regime.

Today, several towns along Syria's south-western border witness al-Nusra presence. In the north, a number of towns have shifted their alliance from al-Nusra to ISIS due to a number of reasons, from fear to coercion to seeking material gains.

Now that ISIS and al-Nusra have been pushed towards one another even more as a result of the Jordanian executions, a similar shift of allegiance is likely in southern Syrian towns as well. If that were to happen, Jordan, which has borders with southern Syria, would find itself with ISIS on its doorstep overnight.

This bears bad news for the coalition. The south is where the Free Syrian Army retains more control than anywhere else in Syria, and where the coalition is planning on empowering the moderate opposition through training and weapons provision. Being confronted with ISIS in the area derails this plan.

The presence of ISIS in the south would also push Jordan to escalate the level of its engagement in the Syrian conflict. It will be forced to change from a supporter of its patrons, the United States and Saudi Arabia, in their fights against ISIS and into a participant in frontline warfare with the organization. This will in turn trigger further entrenchment by not just those two countries but also other members of the coalition in the war as they scramble to aid their Jordanian ally in its fight against ISIS.

Such a development would heighten the reactive nature of the coalition's strategy towards ISIS.

Carnegie Interview with New York Times journalist regarding ISIS burning to death of Jordanion pilot has swayed public opinion completely

http://carnegieendowment.org/2015/02/03/jordan-finds-no-compromise-is-possible-with-islamic-state/i1q4

ROD NORDLAND: You know, a week ago, people were saying, and we were reporting actually, that a lot of Jordanians thought this shouldn’t be their war, they shouldn’t be a part of it.

And there’s been a huge change in attitude, even before this awful video of his murder came out. Even before that, Jordanians were really rallying around the flag and turning against ISIS and its tactics. And I think if they thought that this video was going to turn Jordanians away from joining in the coalition, I think they badly misjudged the mood. And I think we will see even more support for Jordan’s role.

GWEN IFILL: How do you stop them from doing this?

MARWAN MUASHER: You stop them first militarily, but also culturally.

I think we need a cultural war of values to address the very grievances that, you know, a lot of people have and are frustrated enough to move them to join such barbaric groups.

And it is a war that, you know, the region has to take for itself. They need to be fought militarily, but the underlying causes of frustration and marginalization have also to be addressed. And I hope that is going to be the case. The king, as I said, made it very clear that this is a cultural war, that the region needs to make it clear that Islam, you know, has no place in it for such groups.

John Kerry invites foreign ministers from the International Coalition against ISIS to a conference in London

Sources:
http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/us-led-coalition-meets-british-fm-says-anti-isis-efforts-could-last-years

Key Points:
Foreign ministers from the international coalition against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) gathered for talks in London on Thursday following jihadist attacks in France, as Britain's Foreign Secretary said the coalition's efforts could last at least two years.

"This isn't going to be done in three months or six months. It's going to take a year, two years to push ISIL (ISIS) back out of Iraq but we are doing the things that need to be done in order to turn the tide," Hammond told Sky News.

"In Iraq and Syria, American leadership — including our military power — is stopping ISIS' advance," Obama said.

((But it is not destroying ISIS - it means they are controlling how far ISIS expand and how long they last in Iraq.))

Asked whether the US-led airstrikes had been helpful to him, Assad, whose army has been fighting rebel groups for over three years, told a French magazine in December that the strikes in Syria have made no difference.

"It isn't true that the strikes are helpful. They would of course have helped had they been serious and efficient,” Assad asserted.

According to Paris Match, the Syrian president said that ISIS continues to advance in territories bombed by the coalition.

"You can't end terrorism with aerial strikes. Troops on the ground that know the land and can react are essential. That is why there haven't been any tangible results in the two months of strikes led by the coalition," he said.

Damascus, Iran and other critics opposed to US involvement in the conflict with ISIS have pointed out that Washington in partnership with its Gulf allies, including Saudi Arabia, played a role in the formation and expansion of extremist groups like ISIS by arming, financing and politically empowering armed opposition groups in Syria.

Moreover, the influx in terrorist attacks all over the world, particularly in Iraq, raises questions about the effectiveness of the US "War on Terror" launched by the Bush administration after the 9/11 attacks, which included the US invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan.

The campaign failed to eliminate or even reduce terrorism, as a recent report revealed a steady increase in the death toll over the last 14 years, from 3,361 in 2000 to 11,133 in 2012 and 17,958 in 2013.

The countries confirmed to be attending Thursday's conference are Australia, Bahrain, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Egypt, France, Germany, Iraq, Italy, Jordan, Kuwait, the Netherlands, Norway, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates.

Hypocrisy of the nations

"So here are some of the staunch defenders of the free press that attended the solidarity rally in Paris today..."

1) King Abdullah of Jordan, which last year sentenced a Palestinian journalist to 15 years in prison with hard labour
http://www.jpost.com/Diplomacy-and-Politics/Jordanian-Palestinian-who-writes-for-Post-sentenced-in-Jordan-to-life-with-hard-labor-341596

2) Prime Minister of Davutoglu of Turkey, which imprisons more journalists than any other country in the world
http://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2013/dec/18/journalist-safety-turkey

3) Prime Minister Netanyahu of Israel, whose forced killed 7 journalists in Gaza last year (second highest after Syria)
http://en.rsf.org/press-freedom-barometer-journalists-killed.html?annee=2014

4) Foreign Minister Shoukry of Egypt, which as well as AJ staff has detained journalist Shawkan for around 500 days
http://www.dailynewsegypt.com/2014/12/20/photojournalist-shawkan-describes-endless-nightmare-behind-bars/

5) Foreign Minister Lavrov of Russia, which last year jailed a journalist for "insulting a government servant"
http://en.rsf.org/russie-journalist-arrested-after-17-09-2014,46974.html

6) Foreign Minister Lamamra of Algeria, which has detained journalist Abdessami Abdelhai for 15 months without charge
http://en.rsf.org/algerie-journalist-held-without-trial-in-17-11-2014,47235.html

7) The Foreign Minister of the UAE, which in 2013 held a journo incommunicado for a month on suspicion of MB links
https://cpj.org/2013/08/uae-authorities-release-egyptian-journalist-after.php

8) Prime Minister Jomaa of Tunisia, which recently jailed blogger Yassine Ayan for 3 years for "defaming the army"
http://www.amnesty.org/en/news/tunisia-blogger-jailed-military-court-should-be-released-2015-01-06

9) The PMs of Georgia and Bulgaria, both of whom have a record of attacking & beating journos
http://en.rsf.org/georgie-at-least-a-dozen-journalists-27-05-2011,40365.html
http://en.rsf.org/bulgarie-police-attack-journalists-covering-26-07-2013,44980.html

10) The Attorney General of the US, where police in Ferguson have recently detained and assaulted WashPost reporters
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2014/08/13/washington-post-reporter-arrested-in-ferguson/

11) Prime Minister Samaras of Greece, where riot police beat & injured two journalists at a protest in June last year
http://en.rsf.org/greece-riot-police-injure-woman-13-06-2014,46435.html

12) Sec-Gen of NATO, who are yet to be held to account for deliberately bombing and killing 16 Serbian journos in '99
http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/news/no-justice-victims-nato-bombings-20090423

13) President Keita of Mali, where journalists are expelled for covering human rights abuses
https://cpj.org/2013/05/malian-army-expels-french-journalist-from-gao.php

14) The Foreign Minister of Bahrain, 2nd biggest jailer of journos in the world per capita (they also torture them)
http://cpj.org/2014/02/attacks-on-the-press-in-2013-bahrain.php

15) Sheikh Mohamed Ben Hamad Ben Khalifa Al Thani of Qatar, which jailed a man for 15 ys for writing the Jasmine poem
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2013/10/qatar-court-upholds-sentence-against-poet-20131021123723850815.html

16) Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas, who had several journalists jailed for insulting him in 2013
http://www.jpost.com/National-News/Palestinian-journalist-jailed-for-insulting-Abbas-308014

17) Prime Minister Cerar of Slovenia, which sentenced a blogger to six months in prison for "defamation" in 2013
http://en.rsf.org/slovenia-blogger-gets-six-months-in-jail-16-05-2013,44621.html

18) Prime Minister Enda Kenny of Ireland, where "blasphemy" is considered a criminal offense
http://en.rsf.org/ireland-making-blasphemy-an-offence-takes-04-01-2010,35672.html

19) Prime Minister Kopacz of Poland, which raided a magazine to seize recordings embarrassing for the ruling party
http://en.rsf.org/poland-violating-confidentiality-of-20-06-2014,46487.html

20) PM Cameron of the UK, where author ities destroyed documents obtained by The Guardian and threatened prosecution
http://en.rsf.org/uk-government-s-culpable-20-08-2013,45073.html

21) Saudi ambassador to France. The Saudis publicly flogged blogger @raif_badawi for "insulting Islam" on Friday

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jan/09/saudi-blogger-first-lashes-raif-badawi

World leaders joined the Paris March? No they just closed off a street for a picture

They were not at the forefront of the millions in Paris. A farce.