Re: [CTRL] Israeli Center Opened In Baghdad (How Nice)

[Lyn Milnes]

-Caveat Lector- -Caveat Lector- Some of this story is nonsense.��   Iraqi citizens must have used the word Israel.�� Israel was formed in 1948.�� Just from my personal experience, I know there were lots of long-established Jewish Iraqi citizens in Iraq before the political repression of them in the 1950s.�� >From about 1957, they fled for their lives to other countries, which was wise.�� Jews have been persecuted for so long, they quickly sense persecution and make the enormous sacrifice of packing up and moving on, to save their families.�� What else can they do?�� They are not warmongers by nature.   Why were Jewish people being persecuted suddenly in Iraq in the 1950s?�� I don’t know.��   I do know however that in the mid-60s there were ex-Nazi types who had become comfortably established in the Middle Eastern countries.�� I noted this during my own travels in the Middle East.�� This factor could have had something to do with the fact that cultured, educated Iraqi Jewish families who had lived there peacefully for many generations suddenly had to pack up and flee their own country.��   The whole attitude depicted in this story is disgraceful, in my view, and you shouldn’t be promulgating it.   L L Milnes     William Shannon wrote: (extract) … Dr. Anwar Abdu Aziz, professor of political sciences in Baghdad University, charged that MEMRI and its offshoots have sinister objectives. "Israel's underground goals in the Middle East are not a secret; this center is, in effect, a fa�ade for intelligence and security bodies orchestrated by the Mossad (Israel's intelligence service)," he stressed. The academic urged the U.S.-handpicked interim Iraqi Governing Council to immediately shut down the Israeli center in Baghdad  "because it will penetrate our security." For her part, Dr. Soad Bahudin al-Mousli from Al-Rafeden University, said Iraqis have never pronounced the word "Israel" and always referred to it as "the Zionist enemy." She wondered: "Who would have imagined that Baghdad would someday host a center serving Israeli plots and schemes?" Before the ouster of Iraqi president Saddam Hussein, Iraq was the only country in the Arab world – if not in the entire world – to sentence anyone who imported Israeli products to capital punishment. "This is the product of the U.S. occupation of Iraq and reaffirms out conviction that Israel and the United States are two sides of the same coin," Dr. Mousli underlined. She further exhorted Iraqis to stand up to this Israeli infiltration, which runs counter to the interests of the Arab nations. � www.ctrl.org DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om