Wars Jews and Myths

Good Morning!
A salad for this morning (meaning different things):
In Uri Avneri’s latest article The Gazelle and the Lion the first couple of sentences refer to the Jewish history as Myth, he then goes on to dissect it with a type of scientific enquiry, curiously Haaretz has also been reported as reviewing a book ( Ofri Ilani’s book, When and How the Jewish People Was Invented?) showing that the ‘light coloured Jews originate from the Khazars’ , maybe Koestler’s “13th tribe” will be reprinted, I think it was he who first introduced this theme. In a noble manner Uri Avneri uses his whole article for the purpose of getting the Israelis to acknowledge they need to get along with their Arab neighbours 

Sadr’s speech the other day, when he threatened all out war, is summarised and roughly translated at roads to Iraq. I sense he is cornered, he is lashing out at everyone, the government he helped create, the Pope for visiting the occupiers country without a mention of Iraq, and even the Sunnis.

We are living in the day of the Jews, according to me, the flies, the butterflies, all and sundry. A Chinese person once asked me how can 25 million people run the world? Well it’s a lot less than that.
To discuss what Jewishness is, is all any of us are reduced to, whether you are religious, agnostic or whatever.
Dear Jews, please do not blow it. Please stop the wars. Please do not turn the myth’s rituals into laws. Please be merciful.

Sadr forces relinquish Basra

Sadr relinquishes Basra.

As the Israelis have outfoxed the Arabs.  Now Iran is Outfoxing the West.

By not allowing itself to be baited, and realizing time is on its side.

There must have been a lot of behind the scenes mediating.

How does Iran always come out smelling of roses and pushing for peace?

Presumably the oil revenues have been divied, this time there was no blowing up of the oil pipes.

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There are still unanswered questions, fighting continues in Sadr city, and Sadr is threatening an all out war. Well Rice’s unannounced visit is for a reason.

Upping the Ante on Sadr and Iran

By provoking the Mahdi army.

With increased battles in Bahgdad

More arrests in Basra

There is the possibility of finally drawing Iran in.

Iran will see this as the gravest threat yet.

Shi’ite fighting Shi’ite, and its latest prodigy under attack.

I don’t think Iran would allow Sadr to sink.

And there are reports of fierce fighting in Bahgdad.

Saw one report of US Stryker on fire in Sadr city, (sorry don’t know where I saw it).

Maliki is making threats, but Malaki is only what the Americans tell him.

All of this is going on while Israel is rehearsing ‘war games’ and Syria and Hezbollah are on heightened states of alert, and Barak chose not to go on his planned foriegn trips’. Doesn’t it sound like the eve of a war.

Fire erupts in Sadr-City because of the fights, Iran ignores the U.S. talk offer Roads to Iraq, via Iraqwar russian web site

U.S. and Iraqis battle militias to end attacks New York Times, Through warincontext