1982, The Year of Arab Catastrophes. By: Marwan Arikat

Months before the vicious massacres of Sabra and Shatilla Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon, perpetrated by extremist elements of the Maronite Phalangists with the help and direct support of Ariel Sharon and the Israeli Occupation Forces, a systematic genocide and extermination of innocent people was happening in neighboring Syria, more precisely in the city of Hama.  However, unlike the Sabra and Shatilla massacres, the genocide committed against the people of Hama did not receive much media coverage in international or even Arab media. Even the US government and major media outlets, which despises the Assad regime, ignored and downplayed  the genocide committed by Hafez Assad and his brother, Rifa'at Assad. This was probably due to the perception in Washington that Assad, as bad as he was, was fighting a common enemy of the US, Israel and the Syrian régime, the "Islamic Fundamentalists."   Moreover,  the United Nations and the rest of the so-called civilized world chose to turn a blind eye to the genocide in Hama that is considered today to be the worst mass extermination and killing in Arab modern history perpetrated by an Arab, the closest  other mass murder that resembled the Hama genocide, was committed by the Jordanian régime against the Palestinian population in Jordan between 1969 and 1970 in what is known as "Black September." Although no one was surprised by the Arab governments and régimes being a silent accomplice to the crimes in Hama, the fact that Arabs had to follow the Israeli media to get a glimpse of what was happening in Hama, Syria, was sickening.   Other than the Syrians, the Palestinians were mostly disgusted by the actions of the Syrian régime, who used and still uses the Palestinian card to silence his opponents, however, the Hama genocide showed the Palestinians that the real purpose of the weapons that the Syrian régime was accumulating was not to liberate Palestine or even the Golan Heights as we were taught in school, but it was used to demolish mosques, houses and infrastructure in the Arab and Syrian city of Hama. The death-toll in Hama, if we choose to ignore the Syrian civilians who until this day are still missing, was estimated to be between 20 to 40 thousands!  Today history is repeating itself, Assad the son, has launched his homicidal machine to crush the protesters in Hama and the rest of Syria. On the other hand, today we do not have any excuse to stay silent and blame mainstream media instead, because we all have access to our own media, thanks to the internet, so we have the choice to expose the Syrian regime or we can choose to be silent accomplices to Assad's crimes.

Assad's Worst Nightmare

By: Marwan Arikat ------------------------------------------------------------------ In the 2003 Arab summit and shortly before the US invaded Iraq, Bashar Assad of Syria berated the other Arab countries over their silence (and consent) to the US invasion of Iraq. He talked about the evils of allowing imperialist nations to intervene in what he regarded as an Arab internal affair. In addition, he warned the Arab countries that they will be the next target of foreign imperialism and intervention if they do not prevent the US plans to invade and occupy Iraq. Back then, he was regarded, by many people in the Arab world, as a shrewd, farseeing politician who displayed an uncanny wisdom for his age, he was extremely insightful to the extent that his own late cunning father seemed obtuse in comparison. However, the current brutality and violent suppression of the Syrian uprising by his army, security forces, secret police, and government thugs or "Shabiha"proves that Assad has reverted to the primitive mindset of the rest of the other Arab leaders and to the monstrosity of his old-man. This can't be the same perceptive, sagacious, smooth, and savvy Assad of 2003! In 2003, the educated, civilized and articulate Assad reached-out and appealed to the hundreds of millions of Arabs and non-Arabs around the globe. Now he seems incapable of establishing an adequate and a very simple dialogue with his own people. Furthermore, the vicious and cruel crackdown against the (unarmed) Syrian civilian demonstrators makes Assad look like the ignorant and imbecile savage leaders of Libya and Yemen. Moreover, Assad's crimes against his own people and the appearance of mass graves in northern Syria will inevitably pressure foreign countries, especially western nations, to intervene in Syria's internal crisis, thus, fulfilling Assad's worst nightmare. Additionally, Assad initiated foreign intervention in his own country the minute he asked for the support of the persian régime to help him suppress the Syrian local uprising. Iran, one of the Middle Eastern regional imperialist superpowers, was more than happy to mobilize thousands of its notorious and ruthless Iranian Revolutionary Guards (IRG) in support of Assad's grip on power in Syria, because Assad was always regarded as an Iranian proxy. Also, the Iranian régime always dreamt of gaining a foothold along the Lebanese and the Israeli borders in order to directly support and arm its own proxies in Southern Lebanon, Hizbollah. It is worth mentioning that the (IRG) happen to be experts on the suppression of uprisings because they practice it everyday in Iran. The Iranian intervention in Syria has triggered a a chain reaction in the region. For example, Turkey, another imperialist power and a rival of Iran in the region, is building up its troops along the Syrian borders and is threatening to intrude on Syrian territory to prevent the influx of Syrian refugees, escaping Assad's massacres, to Turkey. Likewise, Israel, which is currently deploying its elite units to its northern borders with Syria, will not set idle and accept the presence of Iranian troops in Syria or Lebanon. Besides, Israel is the only nuclear superpower in the Middle East and any Israeli intervention in Syria will cost the Syrians more than the Golan Heights, which Syria lost to Israel in the 1967 war. Also, any Israeli intervention will lead to the globalization of the conflict, because both Israel and Iran are armed to the teeth and both possess weapons of mass destruction. Thus, Assad, who was worried about the impact of foreign intervention in neighboring Iraq on his own country, will now have to deal with foreign intervention in his own backyard, thanks to his brutal and inhumane policy toward his people. Isn't that an Irony?

How The Saudi Monarchy Betrayed The (Salafist) Abd Al-Wahhab and crushed "Wahabism"!

How The Saudi Monarchy Betrayed The (Salafist) Abd Al-Wahhab and crushed "Wahabism"! By: Marwan Arikat I.Who is Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab? A. An 18th century Muslim theologian, from the district of Najd in the Arabian Peninsuela which is currently known as Saudi Arabia B. He was a devout followers of the Hanballi Islamic school of thought, which is one of the four Islamic schools of thought recognized by Sunni Muslims. C. He is associated with the revivalist religious movement of Salafism II. What is Salafism and is it the same as "Wahhabism"? A. A Salafi is one who follows the tradition of Salaf. The word Salaf literally means predecessor, and it is short for the phrase "al-Salaf as-Saleh", which means "The Pious Predecessors." B. The Salaf or " The Pious Predecessors" refers to the first three Generations in Islam, the first generation are the companions or disciples of the Prophet of Islam, the second generation are the followers of the first generation of Islam and the third generation are the followers of the followers of the First generation of Islam. C. According to the Salafi interpretation, the ways and the traditions of the Salaf(The Pious Predecessors), embody the Islam that was preached by Muhammad and practiced by his Companions, as well as the second and third generations succeeding them, which was a pure, unadulterated Islam, and, therefore, the ultimate authority for the interpretation of the two sources of revelation given to Muhammad, namely the Qur'an and the Sunnah. D. Salafism is a puritan Islamic movement, and Salafism as we know it today is based on teachings of Ahmad Bin Hanbal whose main accomplishment was integrating and unifying the other three Islamic schools of thoughts of his mentors and predecessors into one school of thought to prevent any innovations or distortions of Sunnah(the Pure Tradition of Prophet Muhammad), thus, Ibn Hanbal earned the title of "The Imam of the Sunnis." E."Wahhabism" is an orientalist derogatory term, was first coined by the British to describe Salafis, because Salafi fighters known as "Ikhwan(not Al-Ikhwan)"were raiding British Mandate areas such as Transjordan and Iraq. The term was then used by members of anti-Sunni Islamic branches, like Sufis and Shia'a. F. The insinuation behind the terminology of "Wahhabism" to describe Salafism is to make Salafi-thought seem as a foreign concept to Islam, by associating Salafism with the British word "Wahhabism", Muslims might believe that this puritanical Islamic school of thought is an invention by Abd al-Wahhab. Even though, the Salafist movement first appeared 1400 years ago, after the Assassination of the third Muslim head of state, Othman Bin Affan, who was also a close companion of the Prophet of Islam. 1.Salafism appeared as a reaction to the appearance of many deviant "Islamic" Ideologies and groups, some of which encouraged or justified the Killing of Othman 2. Salafism tried to reunite Muslims after the murder of Othman, and tried to prevent the civil wars and the unrest caused by the murder of Othman. 3. The two most famous figures who are mostly associated with initiating the foundations of Salafism, after the civil tension(caused by the murder of Othman) intensified between the Muslim Leadership in Baghdad and the Muslim Leadership in Damascus, were Abdullah Ibn Al-Abbas, the first cousin of Prophet Muhammad, and Abdullah Ibn Omar Ibn Al-Khattab, a young companion of the Prophet and the son of one of the most beloved companions to the Prophet. III. The Pact between Ibn Saud and Ibn Abd al-Wahhab: A.Ibn Abd al-Wahhab and Muhammed Ibn Saud ( the founder of the first Saudi State), signed a pact in which Ibn Abd Al-Wahhab would support Ibn Saud leadership on the condition that Ibn Saud would implement and enforce Ibn Abd-al-Wahhab's teachings, especially ridding the Arabian peninsula of innovations (heretics) in the practice of Islam by bringing the religion back to its purest form. B. The pact or alliance was formalized by the wedding of Muhammad bin Abdul-Wahhab's daughter to Abdul Aziz, son and successor of Ibn Saud. IV. Salafists(Salafis) in the Arabian Peninsula were not pacifists! A. Although Abd- Wahab's ideology is misrepresented these days as a pacifist movement which blindly obeys the "House of Saud," Abd al-Wahhab believed that the peaceful call for Islam cannot be seperated from the physical striving in the cause of God. B. Salafis in the Arabian Peninsula have established a military wing which initiated the first waves of anti-colonial armed resistance and armed raids against the British Occupation forces and their Arab proxies in Transjordan and Iraq. C. The armed wing of Salafism was named "Ikhwan" which meant "brothers" (not to be confused with "Al-Ikhwan" or the non-salafi Muslim Brotherhood.) D. "Ikhwan" raided Transjordan and Iraq, which were under British occupation, so many times that the Birtish were enraged and wanted to crush the Salafist"Ikhwan." E. The Saudi Family did not have an army, so it relied on "Ikhwan" to subdue the Arabian Peninsula based on the agreement with Abd al-Wahhab. F. The "Ikhwan" is one of the first anti-colonial resistance moveme in the Arabian Peninsula. G. The "Ikhwan" stood out, because resistance movements in the Middle East were usually initiated by the educated, city inhabitants who belonged to middle or upper class. While " Ikhwan" were religious, salafi Bedouin tribesmen. Thus, the "Ikhwan" did not conform to the common Arab stereotype that Bedouins were primitive in their thinking, because Bedouins are believed to be tribally oriented, rather than ideologically oriented. H. "Ikhwan's" allegiance were to God and His Prophet and loyalty to the tribe came second. Their mission was to eliminate all forms of idolatry in the Arabian Peninsula and the rest of the Arab World. The interest of the tribe was not their priority. I. After the British occupation failed to crush "Ikhwan," they conspired with the Saudi Family to eliminate "Ikhwan." The Brits promised to support the Saudi future state if the "Ikwan" were defeated, and sure enough the Saudi established alliances with different tribes and were armed by the British with modern weapons, along with the support of British Royal Air-force, helping the Saudi Family defeat the "Ikhwan" who relied on primitive weapons like swords and spears. V. How did the Modern Saudi Monarchy silence the many descendants of Abd al-Wahhab? A. The Saudi Family knew that even after the defeat of "Ikhwan", the countless descendants of if Abd al-Wahhab (later named Al-Sheikh, or the tribe of the [religious]Scholar) were concentrated in Najd which happens to be the home base of the House of Saud, and Al-Shiekh were as large as the Saudi Family or the House of Saud. B. Moreover, Al-Shiekh was more supported by the religious scholars and followers of Abd al-Wahhab than the Saudi Family. C. To ensure the support and the allegiance of Al-Shiekh and their supporters, the Saudi Family established a pact with Al-Shiekh which puts the Islamic Holysites under the control of Al-Shiekh, in addition, legislation of internal affairs as well as the religious courts of law are to be based on the salafi principals put down by Abd al-Wahhab. D. Therefore, the legislative council or "Shura" council in Saudi Arabia, is run until this day by the descendants and the followers of Abd al-Wahhab. E. In addition, the affairs and the management of the Two Holy Mosques in Mecca and Medina must be run by a direct descendant ( not only a follower) of Abd al-Wahhab, which was a coup d'état against the Hashemites (the tribe of the Prophet of Islam) and the their relative tribes of Mecca and Medina who were the ones in charge of the of the two Holy Mosques since the death of the Prophet ( In the case of Mecca, the Meccan tribes, including the Hashemites, controlled Mecca for centuries before the Birth of the Prophet of Islam) until the collapse of the Ottoman empire in 1917. VI. Why is this deal a betrayal of the original pact with Abd al-Wahhab? A. Abd al-Wahhab wanted the basics of Islam or the traditions of the Salaf spread around the Muslim World, and more specifically in the eastern part of the Arab World(Arabia, Yemen, Great Syria and Iraq) while the Saudi Family limited the teachings to the borders of modern Saudi Arabia. B. Abd al-Wahhab did not separate between internal and external affairs, he was determined to ensure that Islamic law would apply to all affairs of the state, and not only limited to internal affairs. C. Abd al-Wahhab and other Salafis refused any harmonious relations with colonial powers( "Ikhwan's" raids and battles against the British.) D. Abd al-Wahhab believed that Muhammed Ibn Saud ( the founder of the first Saudi State) will run the state as Caliphate State not as a royal state. E. Abd al-Wahhab would've not made the pact with the Saudi Family if he had known that they would follow secular traditions with regard to State's external affairs, monarchy system or the State's funds and wealth. F. Salafis in general do not regard anyone, especially the head of the state and his family, as exempt from the Islamic law of the land. G. In addition, almost all Salafis agree that the head of the state is a care taker and enforcer of the Divine Law which is interpreted by the legislative council or the council of the scholars (Shura Council). This means that the head of the state must implements Shura Council laws, hence, the head of the state cannot make-up any laws.

Just because they are rumors, does not make them lies!

By: Marwan Arikat • Just because they are rumors, does not make them lies! • I. The rumors about possible relocation of Hamas leadership, from Syria to Qatar are based on actual facts on the ground: • A. Members of the Hamas political structure in Gaza have expressed discontent with the war crimes committed by the Assad Régime against Sunni Muslims, especially the Muslim Brotherhood in Syria, because Hamas happens to be a Member of the global Muslim Brotherhood movement. • B. Hamas leadership in Gaza did not approve of the recent support for the Assad Régime by the Hamas leadership in Damascus. • C. Hamas in Gaza refused the Iranian interference in Syrian Affairs, despite the fact that Iran provides rhetorical, political and some armed support to Hamas. • D. The contradiction, regarding Syrian oppressive crackdown of the "Sunni" uprising, between the Hamas leadership in Gaza and the Hamas leadership in Damascus, led to minor friction between the two entities. • E. The Syrian intelligence is trying to silence Hamas in Gaza by declaring some members as persona non grata(non-welcome persons.) • F. The Syrian Régime have made it clear that Hamas should relocate from Damascus to somewhere else for two reasons: • 1. The Syrian Régime feels betrayed by Hamas because Hamas did not echo the Syrian propaganda that the Syrian civil unrest was caused by foreign elements, and has nothing to due with the brutality of Assad's régime. • 2. The Syrian Régime is desperately trying to appease the American, in order to alleviate the international pressure on the régime to stop the genocide against the people of Syria. • II. Hamas leadership, especially in Gaza, always expressed that resistance is on the side of the oppressed, even if it meant alienating Hamas allies, thus proving that Hamas is a proxy to no one: • A. Hamas siding with the opressed, regardless of who are the oppressors: • 1. Hamas in Gaza publicly condemned the massacres committed by Iran's allies in Iraq against Palestinian refugees in Iraq and Iraqi Sunnis, Hamas condemned the extremist Al-Mahdi (Arab) Shiite militia and the persian-run, Bader Bigade who happen to be the Iranian Arm in Iraq. Risking offending the Ayatollah's Régime. • 2. Other examples of anti-Iranian rhetoric by Hamas in Gaza: • a. Hamas in Gaza condemned the execution of saddam hussein by the Shiite Sectarian Régime. • b. Hamas in Gaza condemned the murder of bin laden, another "nemesis " of Iran. • B. Hamas caused an embarrassment to Hizbollah (another resistance movement), by exposing Hizbollah's hypocrisy. Hizbollah supported the Shiite revolution against the Bahraini régime, however, Nasrallah's organization not only failed to condemn the Syrian Régime, on the contrary, Hizbollah echoed Assad's propaganda that the innocent people who were killed by Bashar's ruthless brother, Maher Assad, were Zionist & Saudi agents, including the children who were tortured by Assad's secret police in Dera'a, the incident that ignited the Syrian revolution

Just because they are rumors, does not make them lies!

By: Marwan Arikat "Hamas Relocation" - Just because they are rumors, does not make them lies!    - I. The rumors about possible relocation of Hamas leadership, from      Syria to Qatar are based on actual facts on the ground:        - A. Members of the Hamas political structure in Gaza have          expressed discontent with the war crimes committed by the          Assad Régime against Sunni Muslims, especially the Muslim          Brotherhood in Syria, because Hamas happens to be a Member of          the global Muslim Brotherhood movement.        - B. Hamas leadership in Gaza did not approve of the recent          support for the Assad Régime by the  Hamas leadership in          Damascus.        - C. Hamas in Gaza refused the Iranian interference  in Syrian          Affairs, despite the fact that Iran provides rhetorical,          political and some armed support to Hamas.        - D. The contradiction, regarding Syrian oppressive crackdown of          the "Sunni" uprising, between the Hamas leadership in Gaza          and the Hamas leadership in Damascus, led to minor friction          between the two entities.        - E. The Syrian intelligence is trying to silence Hamas in Gaza by          declaring some members as persona non grata(non-welcome          persons.)        - F. The Syrian Régime have made it clear that Hamas should          relocate from Damascus to somewhere else for two reasons:            - 1. The Syrian Régime feels betrayed by Hamas because Hamas              did not echo the Syrian propaganda that the Syrian civil              unrest was caused by foreign elements, and has nothing to              do with the brutality of Assad's régime.            - 2. The Syrian Régime is desperately trying to appease the              Americans, in order to alleviate the international              pressure on the régime to stop the genocide against the              people of Syria.    - II. Hamas leadership, especially in Gaza, always expressed that they support      resistance and they are ip on the side of the oppressed, even if it meant      alienating Hamas allies, thus proving that Hamas is a proxy to no      one:        - A. Hamas siding with the opressed, regardless of who are the          oppressors:            - 1. Hamas in Gaza publicly condemned the massacres committed              by Iran's allies in Iraq against Palestinian refugees in              Iraq and Iraqi Sunnis, Hamas condemned the extremist              Al-Mahdi (Arab) Shiite militia and the persian-run, Bader              Brigade who happen to be the Iranian Arm in Iraq. Risking              offending the Ayatollah's Régime.            - 2.  Other examples of anti-Iranian rhetoric by Hamas in Gaza:                - a. Hamas in Gaza condemned the execution of Saddam                  Hussein by the Shiite Sectarian Régime.                - b. Hamas in Gaza condemned the murder of bin laden,                  another "nemesis " of Iran.        - B. Hamas caused an embarrassment to Hizbollah (another          resistance movement), by exposing Hizbollah's hypocrisy.          Hizbollah  supported the Shiite revolution against the          Bahraini régime, however, Nasrallah's organization not only          failed to condemn the Syrian Régime, on the contrary,          Hizbollah echoed Assad's propaganda that the innocent people          who were killed by Bashar's ruthless brother, Maher Assad,          were Zionist & Saudi agents, including the children who were          tortured by Assad's secret police in Dera'a, the incident          that ignited the Syrian revolution

“And The Rowaibeidah Have spoken”

قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: “سيأتي على الناس سنوات خداعات يصدق فيها الكاذب و يكذب فيها الصادق و يؤتمن فيها الخائن و يخون فيها الأمين و ينطق فيها الرويبضة قيل: وما الرويبضة؟ قال: الرجل التافه يتكلم في أمر العامة.” و ينطق فيها الرويبضة قيل: وما الرويبضة؟ قال: الرجل التافه يتكلم في أمر العامة. وونطق الروبيضة سيأتي على الناس سنوات خداعات يصدق فيها الكاذب و يكذب فيها الصادق و يؤتمن فيها الخائن و يخون فيها الأمين. و ينطق فيها الرويبضة. قيل: وما الرويبضة؟ قال: الرجل التافه يتكلم في أمر العامة. The Messenger of Allah ( Prayer and Peace Be Upon Him) said: Cunning years will come upon people, where the liar will be believed and the honest person  will be disbelieved. And the Treacherous will be trusted and the Trustworthy will be mistrusted. And the Rowaibeidah shall speak(publicly & with authority). The Prophet was asked: what is the Rowaibeidah? He answered: The silly, ignorant(Lacking knowledge or awareness or insight) man speaking(as an authority and an expert) in matters that are of concern (highly critical) to  the public (welfare.) “And The Rowaibeidah Have spoken” According to a Wikileaked US cable and titled KING AND QUEEN[Of Jordan] OUTLINE IRANIAN “NEMESIS”, the Royal couple Spoke to members of a delegation of staffers from the U.S. Senate. They stressed the threat Iran poses to security and stability in the region, and linked the “Israeli-Palestinian conflict to the rise of Iranian influence in the region.” ( I guess the Iranian Régime, which did not exist in 1948 or 1967, is behind the Israeli occupation of Palestine.) The King asserted that a collapse of the peace process would strengthen Iran’s hand( So the ultimate objective of the the so-called Peace Process is to weaken Iran, Justice for Palestinian is irrelevant here, so the real Mideast Conflict is Tehran, not Jerusalem, based.) The Queen added that economically strong, politically moderate alternatives in the region are the only thing that will ultimately defeat Iran’s influence.( So is The presence of an Israelis Zionist, Arab & Muslim-Hating Fanatic Régime, which is Nuclearly armed to the teeth, the moderate alternative for Iran’s “influence”?) The King stated”Failure (of the peace talks)will give Iran and its proxies exactly what they’re looking for,” (He failed to mention that any success for Iran and its “proxies” means a defeat for American/Israeli “proxies including, the King himself.”) The King stressed that we should “connect the dots” between regional stability and Iranian influence( while, The dots of the existence of the Zionist Régime and the region’s instability should not be connected) and avoid compartmentalizing(Big Psychological Word for the King of Jordan) Iran, Iraq and the peace process. (yet, It is OK to compartmentalize US aid for Jordan, Jordan being an oppressive dictatorship & Jordan being a border guard for Israel and a big Refugee camp to hold Palestinians.) The King said failure on the peace process would make Iran even more aggressive, compel a Sunni Arab response, and thus deepen conflict in Lebanon and Iraq. ( Failure at a “peace-process” will actually make the masses of the Arab world (especially Palestinians) more outspoken against their Régimes, specifically The Jordanian Monarchy , and compel the Jordanian Monarchy and other American/Israeli proxies in the region to act with brutality toward their people, which will increase civil unrest and threaten the Jordanian Monarchy’s existence. It is an insult to basic human intelligence to Project(another Psychological Word the King seem to have forgotten) the real instability caused by the Israeli presence in the Arab world, to the unrealistic and over-exaggerated (although for the Iranian leadership they are true ambitions) “Persian Threat.”

"And The Rowaibeidah Have spoken"

قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: "سيأتي على الناس سنوات خداعات يصدق فيها الكاذب و يكذب فيها الصادق و يؤتمن فيها الخائن و يخون فيها الأمين و ينطق فيها الرويبضة قيل: وما الرويبضة؟ قال: الرجل التافه يتكلم في أمر العامة." و ينطق فيها الرويبضة قيل: وما الرويبضة؟ قال: الرجل التافه يتكلم في أمر العامة. وونطق الروبيضة سيأتي على الناس سنوات خداعات يصدق فيها الكاذب و يكذب فيها الصادق و يؤتمن فيها الخائن و يخون فيها الأمين. و ينطق فيها الرويبضة. قيل: وما الرويبضة؟ قال: الرجل التافه يتكلم في أمر العامة. The Messenger of Allah ( Prayer and Peace Be Upon Him) said: Cunning years will come upon people, where the liar will be believed and the honest person  will be disbelieved. And the Treacherous will be trusted and the Trustworthy will be mistrusted. And the Rowaibeidah shall speak(publicly & with authority). The Prophet was asked: what is the Rowaibeidah? He answered: The silly, ignorant(Lacking knowledge or awareness or insight) man speaking(as an authority and an expert) in matters that are of concern (highly critical) to  the public (welfare.) "And The Rowaibeidah Have spoken" According to a Wikileaked US cable and titled KING AND QUEEN[Of Jordan] OUTLINE IRANIAN "NEMESIS", the Royal couple Spoke to members of a delegation of staffers from the U.S. Senate. They stressed the threat Iran poses to security and stability in the region, and linked the "Israeli-Palestinian conflict to the rise of Iranian influence in the region." ( I guess the Iranian Régime, which did not exist in 1948 or 1967, is behind the Israeli occupation of Palestine.) The King asserted that a collapse of the peace process would strengthen Iran's hand( So the ultimate objective of the the so-called Peace Process is to weaken Iran, Justice for Palestinian is irrelevant here, so the real Mideast Conflict is Tehran, not Jerusalem, based.) The Queen added that economically strong, politically moderate alternatives in the region are the only thing that will ultimately defeat Iran's influence.( So is The presence of an Israelis Zionist, Arab & Muslim-Hating Fanatic Régime, which is Nuclearly armed to the teeth, the moderate alternative for Iran's "influence"?) The King stated"Failure (of the peace talks)will give Iran and its proxies exactly what they're looking for," (He failed to mention that any success for Iran and its "proxies" means a defeat for American/Israeli "proxies including, the King himself.") The King stressed that we should "connect the dots" between regional stability and Iranian influence( while, The dots of the existence of the Zionist Régime and the region's instability should not be connected) and avoid compartmentalizing(Big Psychological Word for the King of Jordan) Iran, Iraq and the peace process. (yet, It is OK to compartmentalize US aid for Jordan, Jordan being an oppressive dictatorship & Jordan being a border guard for Israel and a big Refugee camp to hold Palestinians.) The King said failure on the peace process would make Iran even more aggressive, compel a Sunni Arab response, and thus deepen conflict in Lebanon and Iraq. ( Failure at a "peace-process" will actually make the masses of the Arab world (especially Palestinians) more outspoken against their Régimes, specifically The Jordanian Monarchy , and compel the Jordanian Monarchy and other American/Israeli proxies in the region to act with brutality toward their people, which will increase civil unrest and threaten the Jordanian Monarchy's existence. It is an insult to basic human intelligence to Project(another Psychological Word the King seem to have forgotten) the real instability caused by the Israeli presence in the Arab world, to the unrealistic and over-exaggerated (although for the Iranian leadership they are true ambitions) "Persian Threat."