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Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, one of Barack Hussein Obama’s greatest allies in the region, has openly blamed Israel for “insecurity” in the Middle East many times before. It’s quite apparent that he still perceives his southern Jewish neighbor as the root of all regional instabilities. If Turkey’s nationwide protests continue, what is implicitly inferred today may be explicitly expressed tomorrow. And we all have a pretty good idea of where this will all eventually lead …

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus, The Jewish Press – “In one of Turkey’s largest newspapers, Sabah, the blame for all the rioting and ensuing damage to the Turkish economy is finally being blamed on the same people who were blamed for the Bubonic Plague, the death of the leader of one of the world’s great religions and Mel Gibson’s fall from grace…the financial lobby – some would call that code for ‘Jews.’

On Friday, June 7, an article appears in Sabah that reveals Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan spoke to ‘tens of thousands’ of supporters who came out to greet him when he returned from a three day visit to North African countries.

Erdoğan’s trip abroad happened during the worst of the ongoing nationwide protests in Istanbul’s Taksim Square, which were sparked by plans to level a large park to be used instead for commercial purposes.

‘We’ve gotten to this point despite the interest rates lobby, and this lobby right now thinks it’s threatening Turkey with speculation in the markets,’ is how Bloomberg reported the event. ‘No power can stop Turkey’s rise except God,’ while supporters chanted: ‘Open the way and we’ll crush Taksim.’

Erdogan has accused ‘extremist’ groups, including terrorist from far-left organizations, and ‘unidentified foreign provocateurs’ of having a role in the fiercest anti-government protests in years.

But Sabah, a fiercely pro-Erdoğan media outlet, merely quoted the Turkish Prime Minister of blaming a non-specific ‘financial lobby’ or ‘interest lobby.’  Perhaps Walt or Mearsheimer are looking for reporting opportunities – they may be a good fit for Sabah.” Read more.

Flashback: Turkey’s Erdoğan Blames Israel for Mideast Insecurity – “Turkey’s prime minister stepped up criticism of Israel on Wednesday and scoffed at remarks by Israel’s prime minister, a sign of escalating distrust between the Jewish state and its only ally in the Muslim world… Erdogan told reporters in Paris that he perceived Israel as the principal threat to Middle East peace…” Read more.

Flashback: Turkey Installing New Military Tech That Will Allow Warplanes and Ships to Target Israel as the Enemy – “In yet another sign of the deterioration in Israel-Turkish ties, Turkey’s Star Gazete reported Tuesday that the military is installing new technology that will allow warplanes and ships to target Israeli vessels. Previously, Turkish planes, ships and submarines used American technology, which automatically classified Israeli equipment as ‘friendly.’ The new system, developed in Turkey, will allow the Turkish military to decide which targets to label as friendly. The switch was pioneered by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s regime.” Read more.

Flashback: Turkey: An Aggressive Emerging Islamist Autocracy That May Soon Become ‘The Greatest Threat To Israel’ – “Bernard Lewis, one of the world’s greatest experts on the Islamic world … predicted that Turkey would evolve into an aggressive Islamist dictatorship and could become the greatest threat to Israel. Alas, his prediction about Turkey is being realized … Clearly [Erdogan’s] objective is to emerge as the popular leader of a neo-Ottoman Sunni Muslim arc. To promote this objective, he has consciously exploited popular hatred of Israel as a vehicle by which to gain widespread support from the Arab masses. To this end, he has transformed Turkey’s former close alliance with Israel into one of aggressive confrontation and demonization, emerging as one of the leading Arab states directing hostility against the Jewish state.” Read more.

By Nicolai Sennels, Jihad Watch – “This confirms what thinking people have known for many months, but few state authorities admit: that Western Muslims travelling to Syria to learn jihad are returning to the West in order to carry out attacks. Berlingske – FE: Westerners are the primary threat

The greatest threat to the West from al-Qaeda’s involvement in Syria is Westerners who have links to the militant network and return home with bad intentions, estimates The Danish Defence Intelligence Service.The Defence Intelligence Service (FE) is closely monitoring the civil war in Syria and its influence on Denmark’s security.

This is the conclusion in a new report from the FE that gives an insight into FE’s assessments and general work in 2011 and 2012.

“The primary threat to the West from al-Qaeda’s involvement in Syria is Westerners who get weapons training, combat experience and contact with the militant network and then travel back to the West to carry out attacks,” says the report.

Source – Jihad Watch.

Flashback: Senior Jihadi Writer Says Muslims In America And Europe Should Slaughter Non-Muslims, Put Their Decapitated Heads On Display – “On September 18, 2012, Muhib Ru’yat Al-Rahman, a senior writer on leading jihadi forum Shumoukh Al-Islam, suggested that Muslims living in Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, and the U.S. slaughter people, and display their decapitated heads along roads with a statement reading: ‘This is the punishment of those who insult our prophet.'” Read more.

Flashback: Jihadi Tourism Hits Europe, ‘In Back Rooms And In Cars … There Is No Shortage’ Of Potential Jihadists – “Increasing numbers of Muslims in Europe are travelling to Afghanistan, Pakistan, Somalia and other conflict zones to obtain training in terrorist methods… Jonathan Evans, the head of MI5, Britain’s domestic security service, recently provided important context to the threat posed by would-be jihadists… Evans also said that al-Qaeda militants are using the countries which toppled their leaders in the Arab Spring as bases to train radical Western youths for potential attacks on Britain: ‘This is the completion of a cycle.'” Read more.