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"MULTICULTURALISM" FORUM GATHERS MOSCOW'S
SUPPORTERS
Jamestown Foundation ^ | October 19, 2005 | Vladimir Socor

Posted on 10/19/2005 7:06:09 PM PDT by Tailgunner Joe

On October 15 in Moscow, officials from the presidential
administration and other Kremlin-connected figures hosted a "Forum
on Democracy and Multiculturalism in the Euro-East." The participants
included representatives of Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Transnistria, and
Karabakh, activists of pro-Russia parties and associations from
several post-Soviet countries, and Moscow figures who -- according to
Kremlin consultant Gleb Pavlovsky, speaking at the Forum -- "play a
major if often shadowy role in developing Russia's real policy"
(Regnum, October 15).

continued at above link, with valuable comments.

Tailgunner Joe was kind enough to post these links in Post
#21, I had missed them and thought that you might have also, the entire thread should be read...........

Looks like Russia is getting some help from the UN on the Georgia
front. It's clear that Russia is advancing the Eurosocialist mission to
Balkanize Georgia and Eastern Europe

Abkhazia: Europe's Trap Door - "Wahhabi organizations have sprung
up on the territory of Abkhazia, and where Wahhabis are, terrorists
are not far behind."

Russia welcomes Balkans' integration into EU - "The role of the EU in
the region will be constantly increasing until the issue of Balkans'
integration in the European community is resolved."

Russia says UN should continue monitoring Kosovo - "Moscow has
always advocated the key role of the UN in every stage of the Kosovo
settlement."

Putin praises role of International Court of Justice - "The very
existence of the International Court of Justice in the system of the
United Nations is a major condition for the stability and lawfulness of
the organization..."

**Russia signs International Criminal Court treaty!!!**

Russia Warns U.S. not to Break International Law in Afghan Attack

Russia Urges Respect for "International Law" With Al-Qa'idah Suspects

Iraq war unjustified: Putin - "Anything done without the sanction of the
UN Security Council, cannot be accepted as just and justified."

Putin blasts US war in Iraq - "The use of force abroad, according to
existing international laws, can only be sanctioned by the United
Nations. This is the international law."

I hope US learns 'Iraqi lessons': Putin - "We have repeatedly called
our American partners' attention to this reality. And eventually they
realised the need to reach a political settlement in Iraq using the UN
mechanisms. I believe that the new administration will undoubtedly
bear in mind 'Iraqi lessons' when determining its foreign policy."

Putin Wants U.N. to Take Lead in Iraq

Russia's Putin urges US to give UN role in Iraq - "The faster we go
along the path as set down by international law, the better it will be.
The longer we delay a resolution within the U.N. framework, the more
it will look like a colonial situation."

UN must lead global fight against terrorism -Putin

Putin meets Annan, praises global UN role - "We have no other
effective mechanism for resolving international problems today."

Annan praises Putin as Russia formally accedes to Kyoto Protocol -
"This is a historic step forward in the world's efforts to combat a truly
global threat."

Putin Calls for Global Fight Against Terrorism Under UN Flag - a "new
global constitution free of Cold War stereotypes"
21 posted on 11/22/2005 6:46:50 PM PST by Tailgunner Joe

November 23, 2005 Anti-Terrorism News

Terrorism suspects held in Spain
http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/11/23/spain.arrests/index.html
Police have arrested eight suspected Islamic terrorists in Alicante and
Granada wanted for providing logistical support, including financing,
to radical Islamic groups; most of the eight arrested appeared to be
Moroccan-born or Algerian-born militants, and were likely linked to the
Islamic radical Salafist Group for Call and Combat

(Spain) Drugs gang arrested for financing Islam terrorism
http://www.expatica.com/source/site_article.asp?subchannel_id=81&story_id=25585&name=Drugs+gang+arrested+for+financing+Islamic+terrorism
Different story on arrests in Alicante and Granada

(Netherlands) 'Terrorist suspect escaped during detention centre fire'
http://www.expatica.com/source/site_article.asp?subchannel_id=1&story_id=25578&name=%27Terrorist+suspect+escaped+during+detention+centre+fire%27
the 30-year-old man, identified only as Mustafa A., was being monitored
by the Dutch security service (AIVD) prior to his escape

(Iraq) Indian kidnapped in Afghanistan found dead
http://www.washingtontimes.com/upi/20051123-044832-3643r.htm

Iraq Insurgents Kill Senior Sunni Leader
http://interestalert.com/story/siteia.shtml?Story=st/sn/11230000aaa06298.ap&Sys=siteia&Fid=WORLDNEW&Type=News&Filter=World%20News

Kuwait: Door-to-Door Jihad Preachers Arrested
http://www.adnki.com/index_2Level.php?cat=Religion&loid=8.0.231654988&par=0

3 Brigades May Be Cut in Iraq Early in 2006
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10166449/

Car Bomber Kills 21 in Iraq (update)
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,176345,00.html
Update on Tuesday bombing in northern Iraq

U.S. Restores Military Ties With Indonesia
http://interestalert.com/story/siteia.shtml?Story=st/sn/11220000aaa00bc9.ap&Sys=siteia&Fid=WORLDNEW&Type=News&Filter=World%20News

Russia, Indonesia To Fight Terrorism Together
http://www.neftegaz.ru/english/lenta/show.php?id=59810

(NYC) House Leader Pledges to Return 9/11 Funds
http://1010wins.com/topstories/local_story_326120639.html

Bush al-Jazeera 'plot' dismissed
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/4459296.stm

Iraq Insurgents Kill Senior Sunni Leader
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051123/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq;_ylt=A86.I0faPYRDgwcBJhKs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA2Z2szazkxBHNlYwN0bQ--
Khadim Sarhid al-Hemaiyem, leader of Sunni Batta tribe and brother of
candidate in Dec. 15 election, killed along with 3 sons and son-in-law
at his home in Baghdad suburb

'Dirty Bomb' Suspect Padilla Indicted
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,176361,00.html
Suspected dirty bomber Jose Padilla indicted on criminal charges in
Miami

Canadian national charged with terrorism
http://www.canada.com/national/story.html?id=ca8c818b-f40c-414a-97f3-0319b5aa31a9
Padilla co-conspirator and former Canadian resident Kassem Daher has
been charged with conspiracy to murder and providing support to
terrorists as part of a North American cell. Daher, a former Edmonton-area
cinema owner, is a Lebanese native who came to Canada in the 1980s and left
in 1998. The Canadian Security Intelligence Service has linked him to
al-Qaida.

Student Convicted in Plot to Assassinate President Bush
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,176409,00.html
An Arab-American college student, Abu Ali, was convicted Tuesday of
joining Al Qaeda and plotting to assassinate President Bush. Ali could get
life in prison on charges that included conspiracy to assassinate the
president, conspiracy to hijack aircraft and providing support to Al
Qaeda.

(Iraq) Suicide bomber kills 18 in Kirkuk
http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/11/22/iraq.main/index.html
Mortar explodes near ceremony; U.S. ambassador safe

Terror website investigated (Australia)
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,17338345-1702,00.html?from=rss
Police investigating Anshar El Muslimin website linked to Jemaah
Islamiah that tells terrorists how to attack westerners and warns of attacks
across Jakarta

Israel Govt Calls on Lebanon to End Hezbollah Artillery Attacks
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000087&sid=aeyBkzFPrL0M&refer=top_world_news

US using 'technical means' to see if Zarqawi killed: official
http://www.breitbart.com/news/2005/11/22/051122161512.06wiw87k.html
US spokesman in Iraq: "We are looking into the incident in Mosul but we
have no indication at this time that any of the dead were Mr Zarqawi"

Israeli jets attack south Lebanon
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4459500.stm
Israeli warplanes have bombed southern Lebanon, a day after Lebanese
guerrillas attacked Israeli soldiers in a border area

Arab shows decry Islamists
http://www.washingtontimes.com/world/20051122-120054-8860r.htm

23 November 2005

In light of today's analysis on Uzbekistan, we encourage you to
read:

"The Significance of Sino-Russian Military Exercises"
http://www.pinr.com/report.php?ac=view_report&report_id=366

Uzbekistan's New Foreign Policy Strategy
Drafted By: Erich Marquardt, Yevgeny Bendersky
http://www.pinr.com

On November 14, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Uzbek
President Islam Karimov agreed to a mutual security pact. The
agreement is further fallout from the United States' loss of
Uzbekistan as a staging ground for operations in Afghanistan and
in the region. After becoming concerned that the United States
and the European Union were pushing for a change in
government in Tashkent, Karimov severed his ties with the
United States and the European Union and moved into the
embrace of Russia. The agreement, called the "Treaty on Allied
Relations," formalizes Uzbekistan's shifting foreign policy.

The Treaty on Allied Relations

The Russian-Uzbek security pact creates a military alliance
between the two former Soviet republics, stating that "in case of
aggression against one of the parties by a third state, it will be
viewed as an act of aggression against both countries." The
agreement also allows the mutual use by both parties of each
other's military bases and installations.

The agreement was expected since it followed the United States'
loss of influence in Uzbekistan. While U.S.-Uzbek relations had
been souring for some time since their high in 2001, the catalyst
occurred when Karimov suppressed a rebellion in the city of
Andijan on May 13, 2005. The United States joined the European
Union in calling for an independent investigation of the incident.
Moscow, however, stood with Tashkent.

A little more than a month after the rebellion, Tashkent
restricted U.S. flights out of Karshi-Khanabad. Then, on July 29,
Tashkent chose to evict the United States from the base
altogether, giving it a January 2006 eviction ultimatum. [See:
"Rice Attempts to Secure U.S. Influence in Central Asia"]

The alliance served as Karimov's recognition that a security
blanket provided by Russia would serve the purpose of limiting
U.S. and E.U. attempts to weaken Karimov's government.
Karimov said on the same day of signing the agreement, "I
would say [Washington's] main goal is to discredit Uzbekistan's
independent policy, disrupt peace and stability in the country,
and make Uzbekistan obey."

For Russia, the alliance is important since it reasserts Moscow's
traditional influence in its "near abroad," and gives it the ability
to limit U.S. and E.U. influence in Central Asia. It also provides
Russia the opportunity to work on improving relations with other
former Soviet republics in the region that have drifted toward the
U.S. and E.U.

Indeed, the preamble to the treaty states that Russia and
Uzbekistan "will fully meet the vital interests of the two
countries' peoples and serve the cause of ensuring and
strengthening national, regional and international security and
stability." Putin, as reported by Interfax, said that the treaty "will
allow both countries to strengthen interaction, unite our forces
and resources and use their humanitarian potential in order to
ensure stability and achieve progress in the region." Karimov
echoed Putin's statements, saying, "The strengthening of
Russia's positions in Central Asia will guarantee peace and
stability and meet the fundamental interests of our peoples."

While Russia has security agreements with Tajikistan,
Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, its agreement with Uzbekistan goes
further as it commits Moscow to the military defense of
Uzbekistan if it is attacked by a third party. This statement refers
more to the ability of the two countries to integrate their efforts
against a large scale insurgency or even a civil war than the
actual defense against a third country since there are no real
threats from another state at present. The two possible states
that might have anything to do with such a definition are Iran
and China, and neither one of them is willing to antagonize
Russia by supporting anti-Uzbek actions. However, the clause
also is a veiled signal to the United States.

Uzbekistan's Geopolitical Position

(Continued at link)

[ATC] Non-Muslims are "Sinful Animals" says top Khamenei
Aide

Tehran, 21 Nov. (AKI) - A close advisor to Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali
Khamenei, Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati has condemned non-Muslims, saying they
"cannot be called human beings but are animals who roam the earth and engage
in corruption." Jannati made the controversial remarks on Sunday at a ceremony
in north-eastern Iran to commemorate the 'martyrs' of the Revolutionary Guards
and the (1980-1988) war against Iraq.

“If the Islamic Republic of Iran is still standing on its feet, we owe it to our
martyrs. If it was not for our martyrs, we would not have these precious young
men with vivid Islamist views,” Jannati was quoted a saying.

The ayatollah heads the powerful Guardian Council, a non-elected body made up
of clerics and lawyers, which can veto legislation. As well as being a top aide to
Khamenei, he is a mentor of Iran's hardline president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

http://www.adnki.com/index_2Level.php?cat=Politics&loid=8.0.231408514&par=0

The Newsletter gives a url of: jamestown.org

Note the end, the new contract with Russia is already taking effect.
granny

ANDIJAN SHOW TRIAL VERDICT CONDEMNED BY WEST

The first criminal trial related to the May uprising in Andijan, Uzbekistan,
ended in Tashkent on November 14. The Supreme Court of Uzbekistan
sentenced the 15 defendants to prison terms ranging from 14 to 20
years. According to Judge Bakhtier Dzhamalov, the investigation proved
that a peaceful demonstration in front of the Andijan district
administration building was the result of provocations. He then
announced that the court had found the accused guilty of violating a
number of articles of the Criminal Code of Uzbekistan, in particular,
terrorism, attempting to overthrow the constitutional order, murder, and
hostage-taking.

Two of the convicted men, Sabir Muidinov and Farkhad Hamidov, will
serve 20-year jail terms in high-security prisons. The other 13 people
will be sent to regular prison facilities. Three citizens of Kyrgyzstan, who
were among the accused, were sentenced to 14 years in prison.

The United States condemned the trial of the alleged organizers of the
disturbances in Andijan. State Department Deputy Spokesman Adam
Ereli called the trial verdicts "based on a less-than-transparent process
and less than credible evidence." Washington will «continue to call for an
investigation and continue to have doubts about the convictions, doubts
about the evidence, doubts about the process, and concerns about the
overall way this issue has been handled by the Uzbek government," he
added (state.gov, November 14).

United Nations High Commissioner For Human Rights Louise Arbour also
stated that "serious questions remain concerning the fairness" of the
trial. She called on the government of Uzbekistan to ensure that the
convicted men can invoke their right to appeal the verdict (Kommersant,
November 15, 16).

According to Kommersant, Russia was actually the only country that
unconditionally supported the way the Uzbek government dealt with the
Andijan uprising. As the newspaper points out, the trial of the first group
of suspects accused of organizing an uprising in Andijan was remarkable
for several surprising coincidences.

During the first days of the hearings, Russian Defense Minister Sergei
Ivanov flew to Tashkent to watch joint counter-terrorism maneuvers
between the two countries (see EDM, September 27). Many observers
concluded that the visit was a demonstration of Moscow's support for the
Uzbek authorities. The end of the trial, in turn, coincided with Uzbek
President Islam Karimov's well-publicized visit to Moscow. On November
14, the presidents of Russia and Uzbekistan signed a new bilateral
partnership treaty between Russia and Uzbekistan (see EDM, November
16, 17). According to Russian President Vladimir Putin, the treaty "takes
our countries to a critically new quality and maximum degree of
closeness of cooperation." Islam Karimov also remained content with the
results of the visit to Russia and stated that the treaty, "Demonstrates
with whose interests our interests coincide and with whom we intend to
build our future" (Kommersant, November 16).

The sudden worsening of relations between Uzbekistan and the West,
and the corresponding reorientation of Tashkent towards Moscow and
Beijing, were reflected in publications by the government-controlled
Uzbek press. According to the website uzbekinfo.narod.ru, the Uzbek
press launched a massive propaganda campaign against the West
following the Andijan events. As the website points out in the article, "A
Friend Is Known to be in Trouble," and published in the newspaper of the
Uzbek parliament, Novoe slovo, the United States was branded an
"enemy of the people." According to the author, China and Russia have
proved to be the best friends of the Uzbek people. "The number of such
articles is increasing with every day," a journalist from Novoe slovo
admitted, but who did not want to disclose his name to the website.
According to the website, Uzbek journalists had criticized only American
organizations prior to the bloody Andijan events: the Soros Fund,
Internews-Uzbekistan, the International Republican Institution, etc. Now,
according to Dzhahonghir Mamatov, a former member of the Uzbek
parliament, a leader of the Democratic Fund of Uzbekistan, there is an
unofficial order for all prominent Uzbek political scientists and politicians
to start writing articles sharply critical of the foreign policy of the United
States and other Western countries (uzbekinfo.narod.ru, November 15).

With the Andijan verdict, Tashkent has underlined its indifference to
Western opinion.

--Igor Rotar

This reads like a good novel.

URL is: Jamestown.org

HOPES FOR KREMLIN DIALOGUE WITH KABARDINO-BALKARIA
INSURGENTS FADE

On November 4, the Kabardino-Balkaria branch of the Russian Federal
Security Service (FSB) summoned Ruslan Nakhushov, chairman of the
local Islamic Institute, for interrogation. According to Kommersant,
Nakhushov visited the FSB the very day that the summons was served.
He returned to his office after the interrogation, but somebody called
him from the FSB and asked him to return. Nakhushov complied and,
after the second visit, called Susanna Varitlova, his deputy, to say that
everything was fine and that he would be in his office in 10 minutes.
Nobody has seen Nakhushov since. He apparently disappeared, and his
cell phone is not working (Kommersant, November 7).

Nakhushov, a former KGB officer who worked in North Africa, became a
famous public figure in Kabardino-Balkaria early the 1990s. After the
first Chechen war (1994-96) Nakhushov worked for the Peacemaking
Mission of Russian General Alexander Lebed. Nakhushov is credited with
freeing 180 Russian prisoners-of-war from Chechnya (Kommersant,
November 7).

Together with Anzor Astemirov and Musa Mukozhev, Nakhushov
organized the Islamic Institute, which seeks to protect the rights of the
Muslims in Kabardino-Balkaria. Nakhushov sharply criticized the local
security officials' repressive actions toward the Muslim population. Unlike
Astemirov, who became the leader of Yarmuk rebel group, and
Mukozhev, who went underground, Nakhushov had always tried to find
legal ways to solve problems, and he preferred to negotiate rather than
to use violence. After the October 13 attack on Nalchik, the capital of the
republic (see EDM, October 15), Nakhushov offered to negotiate
between the authorities and the Islamic rebels. Arsen Kanokov,
president of Kabardino-Balkaria, planned to meet with Nakhushov to
discuss a possible dialogue with the Muslims. In an interview with
Novaya gazeta Kanokov called Nakhushov "a candidate for building a
bridge to negotiate with young Muslims" (Novaya gazeta, October 31).

Nakhushov's relatives and friends immediately blamed security officials
for his disappearance. "We still hope that he will appear again, but such
witnesses are usually not left alive. Ruslan had a lot of information on
very sensitive issues about the activities of the special services in
Kabardino-Balkaria," journalist Orkhan Dzhemal told Kavkazsky Uzel
(November 7). The law-enforcement agencies did not like Nakhushov's
activity, and his office had been raided several times. On November 11,
Nikolai Shepel, the deputy Russian prosecutor-general for the Southern
Federal District, hinted that Nakhushov might have gone into hiding
because criminal proceedings had been started against him for assisting
terrorists. However, Shepel's words only served to fuel rumors that
Nakhushov had been kidnapped by security officials. "He did not plan to
hide or to be on the run," his lawyer insisted (Kavkazsky Uzel, November
11). Regnum news agency sources linked to law-enforcement agencies
also believe that Nakhushov was kidnapped by the local FSB (regnum,
November 11).

Nakhushov's disappearance from the Kabardino-Balkaria political scene
could stymie the last chance to start a peace process in the region. After
the raid on Nalchik, President Kanokov was ready for a dialogue. He
made a speech on local television and promised to return the bodies of
the rebels and civilians killed in the attack to their relatives. However,
he had to change his tone after meeting with Russian President Vladimir
Putin in Moscow. Kanokov claims that Putin told him that everything
should be done by the book, which in practice meant that no corpses
would be returned. Kanokov also obliquely indicated in his television
interview that the Russian authorities were very hesitant to build new
mosques in Kabardino-Balkaria, saying that they would start the process
"very slowly and carefully" (Novaya gazeta, October 31).

The Kremlin and local security officials did not welcome the measures
proposed by Kanokov, including a dialogue with the rebels through
Nakhushov, opening mosques, and returning the bodies. According to
Kommersant, Kanokov has a problem dealing with the republican
Ministry of Internal Affairs, which directly reports to Moscow. On
November 11, a group of Russian politicians, public figures, and human
rights activists, including Boris Nadezhdin, a deputy chairman of the
Union of the Right Forces political party, held a press conference in
Moscow at which they blamed the administration of the Russian
president and security officials for the "destabilization in the Caucasian
republics." The group demanded serious changes in Russia's ethnic
minority and religious policies (Kavkazsky Uzel, November 8).

However, the disappearance of Nakhushov and the failure of Kanokov to
control the law-enforcement agencies suggest that the policy is unlikely
to be significantly altered in the near future.

--Andrei Smirnov

This is from the Danial Pipes newsletter, the live links for the rest of the story will be there.
granny

http://www.danielpipes.org/blog/526

Saudi Arrested for Slave-holding also Probed for Terror Link I wrote
about Homaidan Ali Al-Turki, 37, a Saudi graduate student at the
University of Colorado, in June 2005, at "Saudis Import Slaves to America,"
telling how he (and his wife) was arrested on state and federal charges of
forced labor, aggravated sexual abuse, document servitude, and harboring
an alien. In short, he was keeping a slave and raping her.

Turns out there is more to the story. Rick Sallinger of CBS reports that
Al-Turki has also been since 1995 under a "full fledge investigation"
because he is suspected of being "closely aligned to terrorists and may be
providing material support to terrorism," according to documents filed by
his attorneys. The lawyers also say that the government has been
investigating the use of proceeds from his Albasheer Islamic bookstore in
Aurora, Col. And when he was stopped by the state police on Interstate 80
in Illinois last April, a message on the national crime information computer
warned the officers that he is "terrorist organization member," adding a
caution: "do not alert this individual to this notice." Although Al-Turki was
given only a warning for having an "obstructed view," his lawyers assert
that documents in his car were copied and a 38-page fax was sent by the
Illinois State Police to the FBI office in Denver.

The CBS report also bye-the-bye mentions that Al-Turki is "free on bond
paid by the government of Saudi Arabia." (October 22, 2005) Permalink