NOVANEWS
By Sajjad Shaukat
At least 37 people have been killed and several seriously injured in the coordinated terror attacks
at Brussels international airport and a city metro station, which took place today. The state-
owned Belga news agency reports that shots were fired and shouts in Arabic were heard before
the two explosions. The attacks come four days after Salah Abdeslam, the main fugitive in the
Paris attacks, was seized in Belgium.
French President Francois Hollande said, “The terrorists have struck Belgium, but it is Europe
Belgium’s Interior Minister Jan Jambon had said on Monday that the country was on the highest
level of alert for possible revenge attacks after the capture of Salah Abdeslam. He told Belgian
radio: “We know that stopping one cell can… push others into action. We are aware of it in this
As yet there has been no claim of responsibility, but according to jihadi watcher Michael
Horowitz, a security analyst at the Levantine Group, social media accounts linked to Islamic
State militants (ISIS or ISIL) have praised the attacks. The daily, Express also pointed out ISIS
behind Brussels blasts.
However, we cannot blame Israel for the Brussels terror attacks without some solid reasons. In
this regard, first of all, it is notable that regarding a case in the court, a judge always wants solid
evidence to give his verdict. While a lawyer or advocate always defends the case of his client at
every cost. Sometimes, reality of the event exists, but there is no solid evidence which could be
produced in the court. It gives benefit of doubt to the accused who is set free by the concerned
court. Even, in some cases, a judge is so impressed by the arguments of a lawyer that he ignores
the circumstantial evidence. Quite contrarily, in international politics, we need in-depth analysis
to know the real entity, as in relation to the Brussels blasts.
As regards terrorism, Machiavelli advises the rulers to have a lion-like image outwardly, and act
upon the traits of goat inwardly. He also suggests them foreign adventures and the use of terror
to obtain their goals. In his sense, a good ruler should be a good opportunist and hypocrite. While
echoing Machiavelli, Morgenthau points out that sometimes, rulers act upon immoral activities
like deceit, fraud, falsehood and even murder to fulfill their selfish aims.
Indicating double game, Morgenthau, and Palmer and Perkins opine, “Just as power became the
instrument of ambitious nationalism and state’s leaders, it has now become the tool of ideologies.
The true nature of the policy is concealed by ideological justifications and rationalization.”
If the double game of President Bush (The Senior) and George W. Bush franchised Al-Qaeda on
global level, President Obama’s dual policy franchised both Al-Qaeda and ISIS as part of the
anti-Muslim campaign and left no stone unturned in advancing the agenda of the Zionists, Israeli
lobbies and the neoconservatives in the pretext of global war on terror. Secretly, Obama
authorized CIA to create ISIS. His perennial covert support to the Israeli atrocities on the
Palestinians, silence over the supply (Smuggling) of oil by ISIS to some European countries
whose governments have also not taken action against those companies which are exporting oil
from the ISIS-controlled regions of Iraq, CIA-assisted Al-Qaeda (Al-Nusra Front) and ISIS
militants in Syria, continued sectarian violence and prolonged engagement of its troops (NATO)
in Afghanistan might be cited as instance. By continuing the secret strategy of his
predecessor—occupation of Afghanistan and Iraq, Obama-led Administration went on with
various techniques of ruthless terror and extrajudicial killings of the innocent persons—assisting
undemocratic forces, toppling the elected government in Egypt, and like Iraq, creation of more
failed states such as Libya, Syria, Yemen etc., opening the doors for Al-Qaeda and ISIS militants
to establish Israel’s supremacy in the Middle East in particular and the world in general.
In this respect, the US President Barrack Obama, the neoconservatives and the Zionist-lobbies
who have been backing the different war for a greater Israel, at cost of the Muslim World and the
loyalist Americans were badly frustrated by unexpected developments after the September 30,
2015 such as Russian successful airstrikes on the ISIS targets in the northern Syria and Israeli-
occupied Golan Heights, its coalition with Iran, Iraq, Syria and Lebanon-based Hezbollah in
support of Syrian President Assad, US Defense Department’s announcement to abandon the goal
of training the Syrian rebels, retreat of the CIA-supported rebels and mercenaries after their
failure to topple the Assad government, proving links of Al-Qaeda and ISIS with America and
Israeli, Putin’s clear-cut statement, indicating the Zionist regime in the US and Israel for their
“phony war on ISIS”, and remarking, “NWO (New World Order) agents and Satan worshipers
simply have no clothes,” including the first Vienna meeting where the US Secretary of State
John Kerry agreed to keep the Syrian president in power, not to allow ISIS militants group to
reign in Syria, absence of Israel in the meeting and America’s decision of sending 50 special
forces to Syria to help in taking down ISIS terrorists had clearly exposed the covert aims of the
US global war on terror.
Meanwhile, some other developments such as decision of the Canadian Prime Minister Justin
Trudeau to withdraw Canadian fighter jets from the US-led mission against ISIS, British Prime
Minister David Cameron’s announcement to abandon plans to carry out airstrikes against ISIS
positions in Syria, after his failure to receive support from Labour MPs, reluctance of NATO
countries to support America’s fake global war on terror and acceptance of Syrian refuges by the
European countries, especially Germany, the EU rule to boycott goods produced in Israeli
settlements on the West Bank, including US internal problems like curtailment of liberties,
failure of the of Obamacare, leakage of Transpacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA), (An
agreement to suppress sovereign democratic rights in favour of multinational corporations),
criticism of Hilary Clinton about contributions of election-campaign from Wall Street backers
etc. had disappointed the Obama Administration. While in wake of the election-campaign,
Republicans and American public was also criticizing the government of Democrats and CIA for
America’s (NATO) longest war in Afghanistan, facing defeatism, useless proxy wars under the
cover of global war on terror and US heavy cost of war which caused serious financial crisis,
adding to the dilemmas of Americans.
These developments had also frustrated Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu who also evolved a
new theory of the Holocaust to get the sympathies of the US-led western entities, particularly,
Europe by revealing, “Hitler didn’t want to exterminate the Jews, he wanted to expel the
Jews…a World War II-era Palestinian leader, the Mufti of Jerusalem, Nazi sympathizer, Haj
Amin al-Husseini convinced Hitler to adopt their final solution to exterminate Jews.”
It is of particular attention that on January 7, 2015, two Islamic militants attacked the office of
French satirical weekly newspaper Charlie Hebdo in Paris, and killed 13 people on January 9,
2015. Two brothers namely Said and Cherif Kouachi suspected for the incident were killed in a
shootout with Police—in a hostage-taking situation at a signage company in Dammartinen-Goele
where some people were also targeted. Thus, the gunmen killed total 17 persons. In this context,
on January 11, 2015, a rally was organized in Paris—with an estimated 1.6 million people in
which 40 world leaders including Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu participated to express
solidarity with the magazine. Afterwards, Mossad connections with Charlie Hebdo incident had
been exposed by many senior analysts and social media bloggers, as the Zionist groups and
Mossad used the episode to punish France on recognizing Palestinian state and to desist other EU
countries to avoid such approach on Palestinians.
Similarly, on July 22, 2011, the twin terror-attacks in Oslo, Norway, killed 80 persons. The
Norwegian man Anders Behring Breivik, a right-wing fundamentalist Christian, who admitted
these attacks was obsessed with what he saw as the Muslim immigration—left behind a detailed
online manifesto, calling for a Christian war to defend Europe against the threat of Muslim
domination. In this regard, Kevin Barrett disclosed on October 14, 2015 through Veterans
Today, “The official story claims that Anders Breivik acted alone…but survivors of the massacre
on Utoya Island, which annihilated the anti-Zionist leadership of the youth wing of the
Norwegian Labor Party, reported there were multiple gunmen…as in dozens of other false flag
terror operations. The purpose was to punish Norway and its Labor Party for two policy
breaches: Refusing to join NATO’s war on Libya, and moving toward a full boycott of Israel.”
Nevertheless, in order to revive the global war on terror, the neo-conservatives, Zionists and
Israel needed the assistance of the whole Europe. For the purpose, conspiracy of the November
13 terror attacks in Paris was definitely prepared and the leading role was played by Mossad. In
this respect, arrest of Israeli Col. Shahak in Iraq, his admission, proving links of Al-Qaeda and
ISIS with America and Israel (Mossad) and medical treatment of the ISIS warriors in the Israeli
hospitals might be cited as example. ISIS which was already being assisted by the CIA and
Mossad was directed to send its militants in Paris.
Israel achieved its several sinister designs in the post-Paris attacks phenomena and the shooting
at San Bernardino, California. Like the drastic aftermath of 9/11 tragedy, rulers and politicians of
the US-led Western countries, especially of Europe, including their media have been misguiding
their general public by creating chauvinism against the Muslims. They are propagating the so-
called threat of Islamophobia. In one way or the other, the Muslims are being persecuted in the
US and other Western countries, particularly in Europe.
As regards the anti-Muslim policy, on January 18, 2015, while singling out only Muslim women
British Prime Minister David Cameron announced that Muslim women who fail to learn English
to a high enough standard could face deportation from Britain. He also suggested that poor
English skills can leave people “more susceptible to the messages of groups like Islamic State
Earlier, Donald Trump, the Republican Party’s nominee for US presidential candidate had called
for a ban on Muslims, entering the United States.
On January 25, 2016, The EU’s law enforcement agency Europol disclosed that ISIS has set up
special forces style training camps in Europe, as they plot mass casualty civilian strikes on the
continent. And under the threat of ISIS, especially European governments and EU have been
expelling the immigrants, particularly the Muslims from their countries, while discouraging more
Syrian refugees. On the other side, they are also trying to resolve the Syrian crisis. However, it
shows contradictory policy.
After the Paris terror attacks, Israel-led America also got the assistance of its western allies
(NATO) against Russia. And as part of their ambivalent approach, American jet fighters and
those of its Western coalition are targeting the ISIS terrorists in Iraq and Syria including Libya.
It was due to the dual policy of the US-led Europe that ISIS which is most dangerous terrorist
group than Al-Qaeda rapidly spread its tentacles all over the world. On January 14, 2015,
multiple blasts and gunfire killed seven people and jolted the Indonesian capital Jakarta. The
ISIS claimed responsibility. On October 4, 2015, ISIS-affiliated militant outfit Boko Haram
claims responsibility for Nigeria’s deadly suicide bombings which killed 18 people on October 4.
This outfit is also behind recent suicide attacks in Syria, Turkey, Iraq etc.
After the Paris attacks and acceleration of threat by ISIS, some of the European leaders have
been empathizing upon the solution of the Palestinians issue.
In this connection, the Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom’s statement, hours after the
Paris tragedy caused a stir in Jerusalem, as she said that “to counteract the radicalization, we
must go back to the situation in the Middle East of which not the least the Palestinians see that
there is no future: we must either accept a desperate situation or resort to violence.”
Even, a debate started between the Zionists and non-Zionist Jews for the two-state solution of the
Israeli-Palestinian issue. Even, a majority of the western intellectuals have also been
emphasizing upon the settlement of this dispute.
Most significantly, some recent developments like demoralization of the ISIS terrorists and the
rebels who are on flee, after the Russia-led coalition reoccupied several territories in Iraq and
Syria, UNO-backed ceasefire in Syria, brokered by the major powers including Russia and the
United States, Russian President Putin’s surprise announcement to withdraw most of the forces
from Syria, after strengthening the Assad regime—and hailing of Putin’s decision by Obama,
UNO and European leaders irritated Tel Aviv. Putin’s favour to the UNO peace plan for Syria
has also thwarted the B-Plan of Kerry who had said that if ceasefire or peace plan failed, Syria
Besides, in wake of the presidential election-campaign, ordinary Americans are focusing on
internal problems which are the result of prolonged war on terror. Patriot Americans are openly
criticizing the Zionist-protected policies of the US. Taking cognizance, Obama has asked Turkey
to withdraw its forces from Iraq’s territories. In the recent past, John Kerry gave ultimatum to the
Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu to agree for the two-state solution of the Palestinian dispute.
In these circumstances, with the help of ISIS and Mossad, Israel again targetted Europe by
arranging the Brussels blasts in order to avoid the settlement of the Israeli-Palestinian issue, and
to implicate Syria-based ISIS—to thwart the ceasefire in Syria, to cause a major war between
Russia and the US-led NATO, while turning the world to clash of civilizations, especially
between the Muslim and the Christian worlds.
Sajjad Shaukat writes on international affairs and is author of the book: US vs Islamic Militants,
Invisible Balance of Power: Dangerous Shift in International Relations