"Terror" IDF claims that Turkish "Freedom Flotilla" activists linked to terror

[al Haq]

‘Terror’ smear against IHH springs from a familiar source
by Marsha B. Cohen on June 4, 2010

The IDF (Israeli Defense Forces) has backed down from the claim that forty activists in the Gaza flotilla, who had resisted the ship's interception by Israeli commandos in international waters on Monday, are "al Qaeda mercenaries."

Some participants in the Gaza convoy are members of Insan Hak ve Hürriyetleri İnsani Yardım Vakfı --the Foundation for Human Rights, Liberties, and Humanitarian Relief-- IHH, a Turkish non-governmental organizaion (NGO) established in the early 1990s. Its mission is to provide humanitarian relief in regions of conflict or that have experienced natural disasters. For the past six years, IHH has held Special Consultative status as an NGO (non-governmental organization) in the United Nations Economic and Social Council.

According to Max Blumenthal, when he and Lia Tarachansky, an Israel-based freelance journalist fluent in Hebrew, called the IDF requesting more conclusive evidence of al Qaeda affiliation than possession of bullet-proof vests and night vision goggles, they were each told, "We don't have any evidence." The IDF press release had been based on information emanating from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's National Security Council.

The next day, Blumenthal notes with satisfaction, the IDF's press office changed the headline to Attackers of the IDF Soldiers Found Without Identification Papers, although the browser retains the original accusation of a link with al Qaeda. The rewritten story, which still bears yesterday's date and the original time it was posted, omits any mention of a connection of the group with al Qaeda.

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Whatever a French anti-terrorism judge may have testified about IHH, the French government doesn't consider it a terrorist group. Despite rumblings in the right wing blosgosphere that the CIA is hinting at members of Gaza flotilla's terrorist ties, it's not on the US State Dept.'s list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations either, nor on Great Britain's. As Athanasiadis points out in the Christian Science Monitor, Israel is the only country in the world to ban the IHH as a terrorist organization--and only since 2008-- primarily because of its sympathy for the Palestinian cause and Hamas. Athanasiadis also notes that "The current Turkish government has publicly supported the organization and hinted that it might send an armed escort with the next ship or ships running the Israeli blockade of Gaza."

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‘Terror’ smear against IHH springs from a familiar source

 

[Quantum Windbag]

Canada

Turkish group linked to Montreal cell

 

[al Haq]

Canada

Turkish group linked to Montreal cell

The OP article discussed Bruguiere's allegations. They were not enough to persuade the French government:

Whatever a French anti-terrorism judge may have testified about IHH, the French government doesn't consider it a terrorist group.

 

[Quantum Windbag]

Wow, that certainly convinces me. The fact is that many countries link IHH to terror organizations, not just the IDF. The links may not convince everyone, but they do exist.

 

[al Haq]

Wow, that certainly convinces me. The fact is that many countries link IHH to terror organizations, not just the IDF. The links may not convince everyone, but they do exist.

Which countries have linked the IHH to terror groups?

 

[Mr.Fitnah]

I m pretty sure this is nailed down

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JI09BxM8hlU]YouTube - IHH 1.wmv[/ame]
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzUMlJwyKbs]YouTube - IHH 2.wmv[/ame]
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ixq9RL5Fvg]YouTube - IHH 3.wmv[/ame]
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JA9WC4SeI8k]YouTube - IHH X.wmv[/ame]

AP INTERVIEW: Turkish aid group had terror ties - Yahoo! News

3 flotilla fatalities 'dreamt of martyrdom' - Israel News, Ynetnews

 

[al Haq]

I m pretty sure this is nailed down

<Glen Beck videos>

AP INTERVIEW: Turkish aid group had terror ties - Yahoo! News

3 flotilla fatalities 'dreamt of martyrdom' - Israel News, Ynetnews

The question was: "Which countries have linked the IHH to terror groups?"

1.) Glen Beck is not a country.

2.) The Yahoo article you linked repeats the very same Bruguiere claims already mentioned above in this thread. Bruguiere is not a country.

3.) The Ynet article you linked says that a Dutch newspaper accused a Dutch citizen who was aboard the flotilla of being the "local Hamas leader." A newspaper is not a country, either.

Which countries have linked the IHH to terror groups?

 

[Quantum Windbag]

Canada, the US, and Israel.

 

[blu]

a terrorist group calling another groups terrorists. why do we care?

 

[P F Tinmore]

I knew it was coming. Israel's terrorist bull shit propaganda machine.

If Israel wasn't a proven lying sack of shit country, people would believe it.

 

[P F Tinmore]

canada, the us, and israel.

surprise, surprise, surprise!

 

[Shai]

why do we care?

I knew it was coming. Israel's terrorist bull shit propaganda machine.

If Israel wasn't a proven lying sack of shit country, people would believe it.

Indeed why do yu care? For some reason everyone care if its mean they can trash Israel i dont see pepole protesting when Hamas kill palestine only because they are a fatah members, when pepole been killed because they didnt prize Muhammad not to mantion woman right and ect..
After all that been said about Israel and all the official diplomatic statements from all countries when its came to the bottom line everyone know who the Hamas is and thats the reason why nothing is dane to help then(In the opposite to the support that the fatah get).

Israel bull shit prpaganda? realy? So how came Egypt act the same to the Hamas? Its because they love us so much? Some of the richest countries in the world are Arab countries what they dane to help the Hamas? The only Arab countries that help Hamas are Iran, Turkey, Syria and lebanon those countries as been know for their strong support to non violent action in the world, freedom of speechand, human right and pluralism.

 

[P F Tinmore]

why do we care?

I knew it was coming. Israel's terrorist bull shit propaganda machine.

If Israel wasn't a proven lying sack of shit country, people would believe it.

Indeed why do yu care? For some reason everyone care if its mean they can trash Israel i dont see pepole protesting when Hamas kill palestine only because they are a fatah members, when pepole been killed because they didnt prize Muhammad not to mantion woman right and ect..
After all that been said about Israel and all the official diplomatic statements from all countries when its came to the bottom line everyone know who the Hamas is and thats the reason why nothing is dane to help then(In the opposite to the support that the fatah get).

Israel bull shit prpaganda? realy? So how came Egypt act the same to the Hamas? Its because they love us so much? Some of the richest countries in the world are Arab countries what they dane to help the Hamas? The only Arab countries that help Hamas are Iran, Turkey, Syria and lebanon those countries as been know for their strong support to non violent action in the world, freedom of speechand, human right and pluralism.

Fatah sold out a long time ago. Abbas is a US military dictator. Of course he will get all the money and weapons. The US gives Egypt $2B a year to side with Israel at the displeasure of its own citizens.

 

[P F Tinmore]

why do we care?

I knew it was coming. Israel's terrorist bull shit propaganda machine.

If Israel wasn't a proven lying sack of shit country, people would believe it.

Indeed why do yu care? For some reason everyone care if its mean they can trash Israel i dont see pepole protesting when Hamas kill palestine only because they are a fatah members, when pepole been killed because they didnt prize Muhammad not to mantion woman right and ect..
After all that been said about Israel and all the official diplomatic statements from all countries when its came to the bottom line everyone know who the Hamas is and thats the reason why nothing is dane to help then(In the opposite to the support that the fatah get).

Israel bull shit prpaganda? realy? So how came Egypt act the same to the Hamas? Its because they love us so much? Some of the richest countries in the world are Arab countries what they dane to help the Hamas? The only Arab countries that help Hamas are Iran, Turkey, Syria and lebanon those countries as been know for their strong support to non violent action in the world, freedom of speechand, human right and pluralism.

CAIRO, (PIC)-- Egyptian MP Dr. Hazem Farouk has announced that a land convoy would head to Gaza on Monday loaded with construction material in implementation of the Arab League resolution and in harmony with Egyptian authorities' indefinite opening of the Rafah crossing.

Farouk, who was one of the Egyptian MPs taking part in the Freedom Flotilla, said in a press statement on Friday that insistence on breaking the siege on Gaza would never be forsaken.

The lawmaker said that the blood of martyrs shed in the Israeli attack on the Freedom Flotilla would not go in vain.

Meanwhile, thousands of Egyptians hit the streets of various cities after the Friday congregation denouncing the Israeli bloody attack on the peaceful Flotilla that was carrying humanitarian assistance to the Gaza Strip.

The demonstrators called for closing the Israeli embassy in Cairo and for expelling the Israeli ambassador.

They called for trying the Israeli war criminals, breaking the siege on Gaza, and retaining the Rafah crossing open on permanent basis.

Egyptian aid convoy en route to Gaza

 

[Shai]

why do we care?

I knew it was coming. Israel's terrorist bull shit propaganda machine.

If Israel wasn't a proven lying sack of shit country, people would believe it.

Indeed why do yu care? For some reason everyone care if its mean they can trash Israel i dont see pepole protesting when Hamas kill palestine only because they are a fatah members, when pepole been killed because they didnt prize Muhammad not to mantion woman right and ect..
After all that been said about Israel and all the official diplomatic statements from all countries when its came to the bottom line everyone know who the Hamas is and thats the reason why nothing is dane to help then(In the opposite to the support that the fatah get).

Israel bull shit prpaganda? realy? So how came Egypt act the same to the Hamas? Its because they love us so much? Some of the richest countries in the world are Arab countries what they dane to help the Hamas? The only Arab countries that help Hamas are Iran, Turkey, Syria and lebanon those countries as been know for their strong support to non violent action in the world, freedom of speechand, human right and pluralism.

CAIRO, (PIC)-- Egyptian MP Dr. Hazem Farouk has announced that a land convoy would head to Gaza on Monday loaded with construction material in implementation of the Arab League resolution and in harmony with Egyptian authorities' indefinite opening of the Rafah crossing.

Farouk, who was one of the Egyptian MPs taking part in the Freedom Flotilla, said in a press statement on Friday that insistence on breaking the siege on Gaza would never be forsaken.

The lawmaker said that the blood of martyrs shed in the Israeli attack on the Freedom Flotilla would not go in vain.

Meanwhile, thousands of Egyptians hit the streets of various cities after the Friday congregation denouncing the Israeli bloody attack on the peaceful Flotilla that was carrying humanitarian assistance to the Gaza Strip.

The demonstrators called for closing the Israeli embassy in Cairo and for expelling the Israeli ambassador.

They called for trying the Israeli war criminals, breaking the siege on Gaza, and retaining the Rafah crossing open on permanent basis.

Meanwhile Egypt builed a steel wall on Gaza Strip border so no one can get out or in.

 

[P F Tinmore]

Indeed why do yu care? For some reason everyone care if its mean they can trash Israel i dont see pepole protesting when Hamas kill palestine only because they are a fatah members, when pepole been killed because they didnt prize Muhammad not to mantion woman right and ect..
After all that been said about Israel and all the official diplomatic statements from all countries when its came to the bottom line everyone know who the Hamas is and thats the reason why nothing is dane to help then(In the opposite to the support that the fatah get).

Israel bull shit prpaganda? realy? So how came Egypt act the same to the Hamas? Its because they love us so much? Some of the richest countries in the world are Arab countries what they dane to help the Hamas? The only Arab countries that help Hamas are Iran, Turkey, Syria and lebanon those countries as been know for their strong support to non violent action in the world, freedom of speechand, human right and pluralism.

CAIRO, (PIC)-- Egyptian MP Dr. Hazem Farouk has announced that a land convoy would head to Gaza on Monday loaded with construction material in implementation of the Arab League resolution and in harmony with Egyptian authorities' indefinite opening of the Rafah crossing.

Farouk, who was one of the Egyptian MPs taking part in the Freedom Flotilla, said in a press statement on Friday that insistence on breaking the siege on Gaza would never be forsaken.

The lawmaker said that the blood of martyrs shed in the Israeli attack on the Freedom Flotilla would not go in vain.

Meanwhile, thousands of Egyptians hit the streets of various cities after the Friday congregation denouncing the Israeli bloody attack on the peaceful Flotilla that was carrying humanitarian assistance to the Gaza Strip.

The demonstrators called for closing the Israeli embassy in Cairo and for expelling the Israeli ambassador.

They called for trying the Israeli war criminals, breaking the siege on Gaza, and retaining the Rafah crossing open on permanent basis.

Meanwhile Egypt builed a steel wall on Gaza Strip border so no one can get out or in.

That was our puppet state. That is what we get for our $2B a year.

 

[al Haq]

Canada, the US, and Israel.

The IHH is not listed as a terror organization by either the U.S. government nor the Canadian government.

Israel is the only country in the world that considers the IHH to be a terror group.

 

[Shai]

IHH &#8211; Insani Yardim Vakfi


IHH &#8211; INSANI YARDIM VAKFI



Insani Yardim Vakfi in Turkish "The Islamic Humanitarian Help Foundation" (in German - International Humanitaire Hilfsorganization) known generally as IHH was formed in Turkey in 1992 by a member of the Turkish Refah Party and formally registered in Istanbul in 1995, with its main offices in Zagreb and Sarajevo and headquarters in Germany. The foundation was initially formed to support the Bosnian Muslims against the Christian Serbs in the civil war in Yugoslavia which was largely an ethnic and religious conflict. The Bosnian Muslims had and have long historical ties with Turkey since the Ottoman Empire.



Already in 1996 the IHH was identified by the USA as having connections with extremist groups in Iran and Algeria as part of 15 organizations employing members or otherwise facilitating the activities of terrorist groups operating in Bosnia.



In 12/1997, in a police raid in Istanbul on IHH's offices, police uncovered weapons and explosives. From documents recovered in the search the organization was supporting terror activity in Afghanistan, Bosnia and Chechnya.



The Danish Institute for International Studies claimed in a report in 2006 that IHH had connections to Al Qaeda and various organizations that supported the idea of Global Jihad (see also - IHH Ties).



Today (05/2010) IHH is operating, in cooperation with other Islamic charities in over 100 countries, many of them in Africa, and is conducting many humanitarian operations among the needy in the Muslim world.



IHH is a member of the Union of Good, an umbrella organization of more than 50 Islamic funds and foundations around the globe, channels money into Hamas institutions in the Palestinian Authority-administered territories and since the Hamas took over Gaza Strip, in summer 2007, IHH support mainly the Hamas institutions and activity in Gaza Strip. IHH, which has become an important factor in global fund-raising for Hamas, transfers significant amounts of money to Hamas institutions in Judea and Samaria, including the Islamic Charitable Society in Hebron and the Al-Tadhamun Charitable Society in Nablus (Hamas&#8217; two central &#8220;charitable societies,&#8221; both outlawed by Israel).



The secular regime in Turkey distanced itself from IHH Islamic activity but since 2002 and the Islamic regime of Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan, the relations between the Turkish administration and IHH became very close (see -Turkish Radicalization). The growing rift with Israel even tightened the relations to the degree that a so-called humanitarian aid flotilla to Gaza Strip was organized by IHH with the full diplomatic support and backup of the Turkish government in 05/2010. They rejected any suggestion or offer, made by Israel, to transfer the aid and supplys through Israel or any other international recognized organization such as the Red Cross or the UN.



* Nine activists of the organization and volunteers were killed when they attacked with knifes and iron poles Israeli Naval commando who tried to board the Turkish ship "Mavi Marmara", on 05/31/2010 dawn, and diverted it to the Israeli Ashdod Harbor, just 30 Km North of Gaza Strip.

 

[al Haq]

IHH – Insani Yardim Vakfi


IHH – INSANI YARDIM VAKFI



Insani Yardim Vakfi in Turkish "The Islamic Humanitarian Help Foundation" (in German - International Humanitaire Hilfsorganization) known generally as IHH was formed in Turkey in 1992 by a member of the Turkish Refah Party and formally registered in Istanbul in 1995, with its main offices in Zagreb and Sarajevo and headquarters in Germany. The foundation was initially formed to support the Bosnian Muslims against the Christian Serbs in the civil war in Yugoslavia which was largely an ethnic and religious conflict. The Bosnian Muslims had and have long historical ties with Turkey since the Ottoman Empire.



Already in 1996 the IHH was identified by the USA as having connections with extremist groups in Iran and Algeria as part of 15 organizations employing members or otherwise facilitating the activities of terrorist groups operating in Bosnia.



In 12/1997, in a police raid in Istanbul on IHH's offices, police uncovered weapons and explosives. From documents recovered in the search the organization was supporting terror activity in Afghanistan, Bosnia and Chechnya.



The Danish Institute for International Studies claimed in a report in 2006 that IHH had connections to Al Qaeda and various organizations that supported the idea of Global Jihad (see also - IHH Ties).



Today (05/2010) IHH is operating, in cooperation with other Islamic charities in over 100 countries, many of them in Africa, and is conducting many humanitarian operations among the needy in the Muslim world.



IHH is a member of the Union of Good, an umbrella organization of more than 50 Islamic funds and foundations around the globe, channels money into Hamas institutions in the Palestinian Authority-administered territories and since the Hamas took over Gaza Strip, in summer 2007, IHH support mainly the Hamas institutions and activity in Gaza Strip. IHH, which has become an important factor in global fund-raising for Hamas, transfers significant amounts of money to Hamas institutions in Judea and Samaria, including the Islamic Charitable Society in Hebron and the Al-Tadhamun Charitable Society in Nablus (Hamas’ two central “charitable societies,” both outlawed by Israel).



The secular regime in Turkey distanced itself from IHH Islamic activity but since 2002 and the Islamic regime of Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan, the relations between the Turkish administration and IHH became very close (see -Turkish Radicalization). The growing rift with Israel even tightened the relations to the degree that a so-called humanitarian aid flotilla to Gaza Strip was organized by IHH with the full diplomatic support and backup of the Turkish government in 05/2010. They rejected any suggestion or offer, made by Israel, to transfer the aid and supplys through Israel or any other international recognized organization such as the Red Cross or the UN.



* Nine activists of the organization and volunteers were killed when they attacked with knifes and iron poles Israeli Naval commando who tried to board the Turkish ship "Mavi Marmara", on 05/31/2010 dawn, and diverted it to the Israeli Ashdod Harbor, just 30 Km North of Gaza Strip.

Cut and paste from GlobalJihad.net....

 

[Shai]

IHH – Insani Yardim Vakfi


IHH – INSANI YARDIM VAKFI



Insani Yardim Vakfi in Turkish "The Islamic Humanitarian Help Foundation" (in German - International Humanitaire Hilfsorganization) known generally as IHH was formed in Turkey in 1992 by a member of the Turkish Refah Party and formally registered in Istanbul in 1995, with its main offices in Zagreb and Sarajevo and headquarters in Germany. The foundation was initially formed to support the Bosnian Muslims against the Christian Serbs in the civil war in Yugoslavia which was largely an ethnic and religious conflict. The Bosnian Muslims had and have long historical ties with Turkey since the Ottoman Empire.



Already in 1996 the IHH was identified by the USA as having connections with extremist groups in Iran and Algeria as part of 15 organizations employing members or otherwise facilitating the activities of terrorist groups operating in Bosnia.



In 12/1997, in a police raid in Istanbul on IHH's offices, police uncovered weapons and explosives. From documents recovered in the search the organization was supporting terror activity in Afghanistan, Bosnia and Chechnya.



The Danish Institute for International Studies claimed in a report in 2006 that IHH had connections to Al Qaeda and various organizations that supported the idea of Global Jihad (see also - IHH Ties).



Today (05/2010) IHH is operating, in cooperation with other Islamic charities in over 100 countries, many of them in Africa, and is conducting many humanitarian operations among the needy in the Muslim world.



IHH is a member of the Union of Good, an umbrella organization of more than 50 Islamic funds and foundations around the globe, channels money into Hamas institutions in the Palestinian Authority-administered territories and since the Hamas took over Gaza Strip, in summer 2007, IHH support mainly the Hamas institutions and activity in Gaza Strip. IHH, which has become an important factor in global fund-raising for Hamas, transfers significant amounts of money to Hamas institutions in Judea and Samaria, including the Islamic Charitable Society in Hebron and the Al-Tadhamun Charitable Society in Nablus (Hamas’ two central “charitable societies,” both outlawed by Israel).



The secular regime in Turkey distanced itself from IHH Islamic activity but since 2002 and the Islamic regime of Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan, the relations between the Turkish administration and IHH became very close (see -Turkish Radicalization). The growing rift with Israel even tightened the relations to the degree that a so-called humanitarian aid flotilla to Gaza Strip was organized by IHH with the full diplomatic support and backup of the Turkish government in 05/2010. They rejected any suggestion or offer, made by Israel, to transfer the aid and supplys through Israel or any other international recognized organization such as the Red Cross or the UN.



* Nine activists of the organization and volunteers were killed when they attacked with knifes and iron poles Israeli Naval commando who tried to board the Turkish ship "Mavi Marmara", on 05/31/2010 dawn, and diverted it to the Israeli Ashdod Harbor, just 30 Km North of Gaza Strip.

Cut and paste from GlobalJihad.net....

Sorry for not giving credit when i post that i had less then 15 posts so i wasnt abule to post the link