Archive for March, 2009

Hizbullah Just South of the Border

Tuesday, March 24th, 2009

Kalashnikov AK-47 wielding gunmen storm the popular eatery.  “What’s up?” the owner asks.  His confusion is answered by a Kalashnikov butted into his leg, whereupon he’s abducted to a secret destination.

Casualties of Mexico's Drug Cartel War

Casualties of Mexico's Drug Cartel War

Ransom payments from family are made.  But that’s not enough.  So the kidnappers lop off his finger, and tuck the body part in a box as a “gift” for his girlfriend.  Eventually, he was found beheaded, arms and legs chopped off, discarded in a vacant lot.

Beheadings, kidnappings–sounds like the Middle East.  Lebanon, maybe Damascus?  Think again, this happened just a few miles from the U.S border in Tijuana, Mexico this year.

Hizbullah Means "Party of God"

Hizbullah Means "Party of God"

Murder, kidnapping, and general lawlessness reign supreme in Mexico right now.  The drug cartels have literally taken over entire towns.  The New York Times reports, “police are no match for the outlaws.”

A lethal vision ignites in my mind–beheadings, kidnappings–all the trademarks of Hizbullah, and other Islamic terrorist organizations.

Indeed, alarming past reports of Islamic terrorist activity in Mexico have lingered.  An “Organized Crime and Terrorist Activity in Mexico” report prepared by the Federal Research Division, Library of Congress, under an Interagency Agreement with the United States Government, in 2003 suggested terrorists could already have set up shop just south of America’s border.

Back in 2001, Adolfo Aguilar Zinser, then Mexican national security adviser and ambassador to the United Nations warned, “Spanish and Islamic terrorist groups are using Mexico as a refuge…”

Readers listen up: “Prior to September 11, Zinser’s remarks…

Hizbullah Rally 2005

Hizbullah Rally 2005

sparked speculation that the Lebanese Shi’ite terrorist organization Hizbullah may have established cells in Mexico,” the report cautioned.

Wait, there’s more.  By January 2002, Felipe Urbiola Ledezma, National Migration Institute official said, “We have people linked to terrorism…[those connected to] ETA, Hizbullah and even some links to Usama Bin Laden.”

If terrorists were hanging out down south in 2002, imagine the territory they’ve conquered to date.

Let’s connect the dots, shall we?  Iran’s recent ties to Hugo Chavez in Venenzuela, close proximity to Mexico, are concern enough.  With Hizbullah as Iran’s proven proxy, the Lebanese terrorist group has established cells all over Europe, and probably North and South America.  What exactly are they planning?

US-Mexican Border

US-Mexican Border

But is anyone listening?  “The ongoing [Mexican] violence is a concern, but not a national security threat to the United States,” says Mike Hammer, spokesman for the National Security Council.  By the way, Mike, there have been over 700 cartel related kidnappings over the past 2 years in Pheonix alone.

Despite recent beefed up security, there’s relative ease of back and forth flow across the US-Mexican border.  Who knows if foreign entities hostile to the United States could be the next crossovers–if they haven’t already.  This could be the next 9/11 in the making.

One thing’s for certain–Mexico’s violence these days sure is looking like a radical terrorist satellite just south of the border.

Sources:
(1) “Mexico under siege: Killing of Tijuana pizzeria owner leaves family, Mexican authorities at odds,” by Richard Marosi, latimes.com, March 17, 2009
(2) “Mexico under siege amid war on cartels,” by F. Brinley Bruton, msnbc.com, March 2, 2009
(3) “With force, Mexican cartels get their way,” by Marc Lacey, New York Times online, Feb. 28, 2009
(4) “Organized Crime and Terrorist Activity in Mexico, 1999-2002,” Report prepared by Federal Research Division, Library of Congress, under an Interagency Agreement with the United States government, February 2003
(5) “European Policy & Iran Nuclear Weapons Development,” conference call with Dr. Emanuele Ottolenghi podcast, March 18, 2009
(6) “Anti-Drug effort at border readied: Obama plans to send agents, equipment to aid Mexican fight,” by Spencer S. Hsu and Mary Beth Sheridan, washingtonpost.com, March 22, 2009
(7) Interview with US defense sub-contractor on US border control

The Lunatics Have Taken Over the Asylum

Friday, March 6th, 2009
Extremist Lunatic Fringe Leader, Iranian President Ahmadinejad

Extremist Lunatic Fringe Leader, Iranian President Ahmadinejad

Terrorists running around slaughtering innocents as human shields–beheading “infidels” at will–honor killing their own daughters, sisters, and wives–firing missiles at civilians all over the Holy Land.  Attica was tame in comparison.

The Middle East as Attica?  An analogy with possibilites.

In 1971, inmates at Attica prison in New York took 39 hostages in a four-day standoff, and all out riot.  Twenty-nine prisoners and 10 hostages were killed in the chaos. 

With all its violent bedlam, the Middle East has become a prison without bars.

In prison life, sadomasochistic politics reign supreme.  This Middle East penitentiary is no exception.

Attica Prison Post Riots

Attica Prison Post Riots

Israel’s the innocent man wrongly convicted of a crime he did not commit.  Israel’s cellmates?  An Iranian, neo-Nazi regime who demands full domination–of the entire prison.  These jailbird big dogs instigate anti-Semitic riots amongst fellow inmates, Hamas and Hezbollah, pitted against Israel.

Except the prison guards, otherwise known as the United Nations, allow Iran’s prison proxy mates to kill innocent Israeli civilians with Qassam and Grad rockets.  Under the UN’s watch, anything goes in this jail.

How is Israel forced to protect itself?  By enacting self-defense–the Gaza blockade to halt weapons smuggling.

And this Middle East Attica is always in revolt.  Instead of ‘Attica!  Attica!,’  Ahmadinejad and cohorts shout, “Wipe

The Middle East

The Middle East

Israel and the Jews off the map!”

One day Israel wakes up next to said, deadly cellmate, Iran.  And the Islamic regime’s got a knife to Israel’s throat.  This is no piddly switchblade.  Iran’s got a near complete nuclear program–its war heads aimed at the Jewish State.

Iran wants Israel to be their bottom half.  The Jewish State will not partake in proposed S&M power game.  Thanks, but no thanks.

But if you’re good boys, Israel might pummel your nuclear program with US grade A, vertical bunker busters.  Really give the Iranian leaders all they’ve been begging for.

The other terrorists wreaking havoc will find themselves under funded, without weaponry, and all alone.  Unholy nuclear-bombvows to destroy Israel–a faded, psychopathic pipe dream.

Let’s face it Hamas, you’re Iran’s bottom b**ches.

 
Sources:
(1) “As order slides, Palestinian women face honor killings,” by Ilene R. Prusher, The Christian Science Monitor.com, Nov. 20, 2007
(2) “Decapitation and the Muslim World,” by Nina Shen Rastogi, Slate.com, Feb. 20, 2009
(3) “Iranian Student Group: Hamas is a Terrorist Group and its Use of Civilians is Inhumane,” MEMRI, Jan. 5, 2009
(3) “The Final Report: Attica,” National Geographic Channel
(4) “Iranian-made rockets put 500,000 Israelis in range of Hamas,” Bloomberg.com, Jan. 14, 2009 
(5) “Report: Iran Can Get Material to Make 50 Nukes,” by James Rosen, Foxnews.com, March 4, 2009
(6) “Iranian Missiles Can Reach Israeli Nuclear Sites,” Gulf Times, March 5, 2009
(7) “Palestinian Academic: Hamas Must Amend Its Charter,” memri.org, March 2, 2009

Give These Louboutin’s the Boot

Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009

Has Christian Louboutin lost his mind?  Or does the famed shoe designer just need to rethink his marketing strategy? 

The LA Times breathlessly reports his latest creation is, “The Marie Antoinette.”   Stunned, I asked–is this a practical joke the French are playing on overexposed celebrities who buy his shoes in droves?  The Times goes on to say, “the

Louboutin's "Marie Antointette"

Louboutin's "Marie Antoinette"

ankle strap is adorned with a porcelain doll face topped with a rendering of a profuse wig.  For the record, the doll and its wig can be slipped off the strap.”

How very gauche.

Is it really apropos to launch a $6,295 shoe named “The Marie Antoinette” in this dire economy?  I’ve always been a fan of Louboutin’s.  I even own a pair.  But Marie Antoinette’s spirit tells me this shoe isn’t such a hot investment.

Naturally, the ostentatious, inappropriately priced accessory is a big hit in the cesspool of sin otherwise known as Los Angeles.  Does this suggest the City of Angels is devoid of saints?  In fact, gouge shopping in a doomed economy feels reminiscent of the eighties when the City of Angels had the soul of a junk bond raider.

We all know the fate of the ill-fated junk bond raiders.  Just ask Drexel, Burnham, Lambert.

Marie Antoinette, Queen of France

Marie Antoinette, Queen of France

More to the point–what about the fate of Marie Antoinette?  The very girl the shoe is named for.

That Israel Girl heard Marie Antoinette dabbled in tarot.  Apparently, she and her entourage desperately wanted to connect with the other side.  The notoriously young, ditz wanted to see her future.  Some say the spirits she unleashed followed her back, then inspired her beheading.

In between tarot readings, did Marie declare, “Let them eat cake,” while she shoveled delicacies into her pristine mouth?  Wait a minute, maybe I’m confusing her with Paris Hilton.

I guess the fortune teller didn’t tell Marie when you cross over to the dark side, even your royal hide and riches can’t save you.

So go ahead opulent ladies, prance around in your near $7,000 shoes.  But beware they might be hazardous to your health.  Rabid mobs could be breaking down your doors any minute.  And you won’t need Marie Antoinette’s fortune

Cinderella's Glass Slipper

Cinderella's Glass Slipper

teller–That Israel Girl predicts the mob will say, “Off with her head,” right before they put you and your shoes on the chopping block. 

Something tells me the guillotine won’t quite fit like Cinderella’s slipper.

Source:
(1) “Special Edition Chrisitan Louboutin’s attract So-Cal’s Well Heeled,” LA Times, March 1, 2009