Assad Altaee Abu Guilal, the Iraqi governor of the predominantly Shi’ite province of Najaf, (site of Shi’ia Islam’s holiest shrines) described his thoughts of the day, that saw local Iraqi government receive control over their province from the US-led Coalition….. in fluent Finnish: “Rauhallinen,…
Iranian President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s “Kiss of Friendship” with a member of the notoriously anti-Israel “Neturei Karta” symbolizes the bizarre atmosphere at that festival of hate, bigotry and racism. Holocaust revisionists from around the globe flocked to Iran for a chance to air their despicable views,…
“With The Help Of Useful Idiots, [The Islamists] Are Shattering The Secular Edifice Of The French Republic – In The Name Of Human Rights”.Sounds as frightening as it being utterly absurd. French-Algerian Scholar Dr. Kamal Nait-Zerrad sounds the alarm to his fellow French citizens, to…
Dr. Kenneth W. Stein, [Professor of Contemporary Middle Eastern History, Political Science, and Israeli Studies]: “For the record, I had nothing to do with the research, preparation, writing, or review of President Carter’s recent publication. Any material which he used from the book we did…
No, just inventive journalism. I occasionally like to observe the Finnish headlines of controversial stories in the US media. It appears Finland’s Helsingin Sanomat has followed suit with the following headline concerning Robert Gates, and his supposed total admission that the US is losing in…
China’s flirtation with the Muslim Middle-East within the last decade, is not unlike Europe’s in the late 60’s. I will be posting more on this towards the end of the week, when Tundra Tabloids will be back in Finland. More here. KGS Share this:FacebookTwitterReddit
Tundra Tabloid reader Daniel makes the following observation: “Inspired by the article “How Should Israel Respond to War Crimes – Accusations from the War in Lebanon?”, I visited the homepage of ICRC. I read parts of the “Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12…
Just who is kidding who? Hizbullah has been receiving arms shipments from across the Syrian border, but it’s Israeli reconnaissance flights (that are monitoring the smuggling) that are of concern to the French. French Defense Minister Michele Alliot-Marie: “I remind that the violations of the…
Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury, is the same Bangladesh editor I posted about before, and this time around, the evidence is overwhelming that the Bangladeshi state itself was complicit in Mr. Choudury being recently beaten. “The mob beat Choudhury, leaving him with a fractured ankle, and…
The Syrian mule train is back in action in spite of UNSC 1701. The EU Finnish presidency has been quiet about the resuming of the flow of weapons from Iran via Syria into Lebanon. But hey, wait a minute, Finland did get the Syrian Foreign…
This picture, taken in the western portion of Finland called “Pohjanmaa”, near the town of Kurikka, was the scene of some serious hunting, which ended in 19 moose being bagged. I can only hope that the fight against Islamist Extremism is as successful as the…
Mr.Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury, as a Bangladeshi journalist and a Muslim modernist, has been for years, fighting for international dialogue and peace with Israel and with the Christian world. Mr.Choudury is now on the run and faces his greastest challenge, the fight for his own…
Helsinki University professor of Islamic culture and languages, Jaakko Hämeen-Anttila, spoke to a packed church hall crowd in Jyväskylä about Islam’s similarities to Christianity. To all of Tundra Tabloids visitors who live outside of Finland, Hämeen-Anttila is basically the only voice in Finland who is…
This is too big to pass up. I usually try to limit my posts to the ME and Islamism in general as it effects Scandinavia, but since France is a very big part of the European Union in which I live, what happens there effects…
I admit that one must be an optimist in order to succeed in impossible endeavours, but as it stands right now, there is no one to do business with in the Palestinian Authority. New elections would have to be called, in order for the following…
Last week, four people (three of them of Muslim background) were arrested for their role in firing upon a Jewish synagogue in the Norwegian capital of Oslo. As a result of police interrogations, the four revealed their intentions to blow up both Israeli and US…
Syrian promises to enforce an arms embargo on the Hizbullah are proven to have been disingenuous from the very moment they were given. According to the commander of the UN peacekeeping force, Maj.-Gen. Alain Pellegrini: “last week a Syrian weapons convoy on its way to…
The European Union under the “leadership” of Finland, is nearly tripping over itself to recognize the Islamist/Fattah “unity government” of the P.A.. Due to the inability of the Islamists to pay their gunmen, (proving the impossibility of trying to run a government from suitcases stuffed…
According to the French news daily L’express, French President, Jacque Chirac in a conversation with his Foreign Minister, Philippe Douste-Blazy, during the Council of Ministers of August 30 in Finland, is supposedly to have made an offhanded remark about Finland’s Foreign Minister, Erkki Tuomioja: “Finland’s…
When you thought it couldn’t get any worse, Annan names Lakhdar Brahimi, as his “special mediator”, to hold negotiations between Hizbullah and Israel. Brahimi is best known for his anti-Israel vectum while being Kofi Annan’s top adviser at the UN. Yeah, this is just “peachy”.…
Palestinian Church leaders based in Jerusalem, who represent world wide Christian denominations, such as, Latin Patriarch Michel Sabbah, Archbishop Swerios Malki Mourad of the Syrian Orthodox Patriarchate, Bishop Riah Abu El-Assal of the Episcopal Church and Bishop Munib Younan (pictured) of the Lutheran Church, should…
Finland’s YLE main news broadcast yesterday(4.9.06) at 20.30: Although minister Herzog’s justified accusations against Hizbollah using the UN as their shield was clearly verified by a footage showing Israeli soldiers blowing up a Hizbollah bunker next to a UN post, the Finnishreporter still implied that…
What does Al-Qaida’s American propagandist, Adam Gadahn and Finland’s YLE documentary director and journalist, Pertti Pesonen have in common? They both have the same affection/respect for British journalist Islamist propagandist, Robert Fisk. In a recent video , Al-Qaida spokesman (for the English speaking world) American…
Finland’s parliament spokesman and former PM, Paavo Lipponen: “Judaism in the state Finland has special protection”. He was particpating in the event that celebrated the 100th anniversary of Helsinki’s Jewish Synagogue. Seeing that the Jewish community has suffered vandalism over the past few months, I…
The Finnish EU Presidency represented by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs under the guidance of its FM, Erkki Tuomioja, is trying to provide a picture of competency and unanimity during the recent conference of EU ministers that gathered in the city of Lappeenranta, situated on…
Local – Global Perspective; an afternoon lecture and discussion in Helsinki, with Member of the Knesset Avshalom (Abu) Vilan, co-founder of Israel’s first active peace movement, Peace Now Never (IMHO). I have to first start by saying that I greatly respect Avshalom Vilan, he is…
To be honest, the situation that is currently unfolding in Lebanon is a difficult “nut to crack”, even for the most seasoned of analysts. The dust has yet to settle before any clear analysis can be made over the direction Lebanese and Israeli relations will…
Director of the Foreign Policy Institute, Tapani Vaahtoranta, opined in today’s Helsinginsanomat 24.8.06 (Finland’s premier daily newspaper) under the title of “The US has not achieved its goals in the Middle-East”, that: “big changes (in the ME) have long been discussed amongst researchers, that signs…
Here is another classic example of media manipulation that appears to have become a permanent fixture within the journalistic profession. If that’s not the case, then one would have to ask where was the “gate keeper” (editor) at the time, when this story and accompanying…
As the French abdicate their role in building a more “robust” Unifil force in southern Lebanon, the Italians are being asked by Israel, to take a leading role in the new Unifil force that’s set to take over areas in conjunction with the Lebanese army…
Yesterday(20.8.06), in the Finnish capital of Helsinki, thousands of people from all over Finland gathered to show their support for Israel, by marching through the center of the city carrying signs of; support, calls for the Finnish gov’t to act in behalf of the abducted…
Many of the political observers here in Finland have cast the war in Lebanon as being either solely between the Israelis and the Hezbollah (exm: retired general Gustav Hägglund), or a proxy war between the US and Iran. I see it as being both, but…
As fast as Israel withdraws from S.Lebanon, the Hezbollah moves in quickly to return to their “old stomping grounds in Hezbollastan”, that utopian state which allows …”the rest of Lebanon to operate autonomously”. Yes, we see the dramatic pictures of the Lebanese army being transported…
Here is another kidnapping by Arab terrorists that’s not getting any play time here in Finland….not one mention at all. Nothing on the state news channels nor on any other TV radio outlets. What gives? This is most certainly news, but I gather that the…
Not surprisingly, Finland’s EU presidency representative, Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja has come down decisively against Israel’s decision to enlargen its war operations inside Lebanon (which it recently rescinded temporarily). Saying; “A sustained ceasefire requires the support of all members of the United Nations Security Council,…
In this post I include portions of texts by Lebanese writers, Michael Béhé, (for the Metula News Agency), and Dr.Joseph Hitti, (president of the Americans for Lebanon) who offer a differing Lebanese point of view of the conflict, and Hezbollah in particular. It contrasts greatly…
As I noted before in a previous post of mine, Finland’s “gadfly” armchair ME analyst, Hannu Juusola, has a penchant for describing the politics of the Middle East in the manner of someone who has a limited capacity for rational thought. In spite of all…
On August 3, more than 400 Finns showed up at the Israeli embassy to show their support for Israel. There was not any violence and a good atmosphere prevailed during the whole event. The Israeli ambassador to Finland, Shemy Tzur came out to welcome the…
I have stated before on this blog that Iranian officials have are already been on record declaring that “Iran is Hezbollah and Hezbollah is Iran”, and that “Hezbollah is a central part of Iranian foreign policies vis-a-vis Israel”. I have also noticed correctly that Israel’s…
Moral equivalence at its worst. While I was away from this blog, the apologist for terrorism network, Al-Jazeera, was busy with making an interview with Finland’s president, Tarja Halonen (SDP) . To Halonen’s credit, she faced a vicious interviewer whose line of questioning took the…
The tin foil hat resting upon Finnish FM, Erkki Tuomioja’s head, represents the disconnect with reality this new EU presidency has with reality. In response to a question about the status of Hezbollah, would it be included on a EU list of organizations that are…
Dear Foreign Minister,This article by Mr. Alan Dershowitz , articulates the need to clearly differentiate between the actions and motives of terrorists who intentionally target civilians, and a society that takes a concerted effort to minimize civilian casualties. Retired Canadian major-general Lewis MacKenzie recently stated…
Presently, Israel has been disparaged by both the EU Finnish Presidency and the international media at large, for the actions taken in sealing off Lebanon’s sea and air space and the targeting of Hezbollah’s infrastructure throughout Lebanon. Israel’s military actions have been deemed “disproportionate” by…
An excellent article by David Horowitz, who writes:“Americans need to take a hard look at what is going on in the Middle East, because it provides the clearest picture possible of the war we are in. On one side are al-Qaeda, Hamas, Hizbollah, Syria and…
Earlier, the Finnish Foreign Ministry had posted a press release that demanded the return of the Israeli soldiers abducted in yesterday’s invasion by the Hezbollah of the Israeli border. It also called for the Lebanese government to exert its authority over its own territory, which…
It appears that once again in the reporting on events in the Middle East, the lie sails clear around the world before the truth has barely gotten its pants on. The IDF has been miserably slow in getting its side of the story out to…
At least according to a captured Iraqi document that’s where its buried. The Free Republic just published a translation of Joseph Shahda, that claims its buried chemical materials in the Fallujah district of Al Subbayhat. In the Name of God The Most Compassionate The Most…
The daily newspaper in Finland’s capital of Helsinki, the Helsingin Sanomat, contains a couple of op-eds today, that characterizes the usual standard for that paper. One editorializes the “new and improved” UN Human Rights Council, that its not the failure that the US and Israel…
The 17 Canadian Islamist terrorists caught in Saturday’s police operation, have been linked to a number of ongoing probes in the United States, Britain, Bosnia, Denmark, Sweden, and Bangladesh. The fact that neutral countries have produced Islamist terrorists comes as no surprise. Last October in…
On a day that celebrates the 1ooth anniversary of Finland’s parliamentary democracy, I post a graphic that appeared in the May 25th issue of Al-Risala, a Hamas weekly newspaper, that expresses Hamas’ true sentiments for the process they abused to get into power. The cartoon…
Actually the title should read, “The Dark Side Of A ‘Pair Of Dice’ “, as Sweden gambles with its future as a democratic state. While I am not so sure about Fjordman’s claim that: “Sweden is one of the leading countries in this process, quite…
I can’t help but include the recent exchange between myself and Finland’s Rauhanpulustajat’s ME analyst, Jussi Sinnemaa. He provides an excellent example of someone “willing to chuck the public record into the mire, in order to safeguard an anti-American ideology. Its a classic case of…
This is one angle missed by the media, whether in the US or here in Finland. And why not, the media has been peddling a completely different product for the last three years since the US and the Coalition enforced UNSCR 1441, and ended the…
