ISIS conspiracy 4: Snowden

Edward Snowden, famed NSA leaker, claims to have the documents to prove it. In an article in Bahrain’s Gulf News:

Snowden said intelligence services of three countries created a terrorist organisation that is able to attract all extremists of the world to one place, using a strategy called “the hornet’s nest.”

Further leaks provided by Snowden revealed that Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was provided intensive military training for a whole year by the Mossad. As stated in conspiracy theory one, al-Baghdadi is the current head of ISIS.

By attracting international terrorists to the Middle East, the Jewish state would have the demonstrable right to defend itself and wipe out Islamists once and for all, which is beneficial to the West, too.

Further theories purport that Saudi Arabia might have a hand in the creation of ISIS too, as they are a Western-backed regime.

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ISIS 3: U.S. Regime Overthrows

The current leader of ISIS, the enigmatic Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, took over ISIS on May 16, 2010 and rumor has it that he seeded his caliphate dream with a donation of 20-30 million dollars.

Coincidence?

Na’eem says that in the U.S.’s quest to overthrow Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad, it began to fund anti-government terrorist groups within Syria way back in 2010 in hopes that the problem would work itself out domestically. 

It’s the U.S. funding the Taliban to overthrow the Soviets all over again! 

It’s not a farfetched suggestion. The U.S. has been behind many covert, and not so covert, attempted regime overthrows. It’s just that until recently the consequences of that level of subterfuge hasn’t played out on such an international stage.

U.S./U.K./Israel Behind ISIS; ‘Operation Hornet’s Nest’

 “Operation Hornet’s Nest” is the alleged term for creating a destabilized Middle East at the hands of international extremists, aided by the CIA, MI6, and the Mossad.

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ISIS conspiracy 2: U.S. Funded ISIS

The United States Funded the Creation of ISIS

Here are some interesting facts pulled from an Arabic interview with Sheikh Nabil Na’eem. Na’eem is an ex-al-Qaeda leader and founder of the Democratic Jihad Party in Cairo, Egypt.

In the interview, he claims that ISIS was funded by the U.S. at the price of 20-30 million dollars, trained in Jordan, and armed by the U.S.

Why would our government do that?

The modern day ISIS was established in 2010, but the group didn’t become a part of common American vernacular until around 2013. 2013 is when the Syrian Civil War came to international attention.

Redditor M1s4n7hr0p3 claimed in a thread about the topic:

I was part of a very hush hush operation in 2010 training Jordanian Army regulars and “special forces” how to suck less at life. We were told not to mention it after the fact. Supposedly, they were bound for A-stan but I never followed up….

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ISIS Conspiracy Theories

ISIS, or the Islamic State, has catapulted into news headlines with their barbarity and quest to establish a modern Islamic caliphate in Iraq, the Levant, and beyond.

But while it seems that the jihadist militia appeared out of nowhere, the group’s origins aren’t as mysterious as some would like for us to imagine. In fact, there is a lot of inconsistency surrounding the facts reported about ISIS by government officials.

Read on to learn about the top five conspiracy theories surrounding the Islamic State.

Ebola & ISIS: 

Could ISIS attack the United States with Ebola? Does the Islamic State have the capability to carry out a bio-terror attack on America with an "Ebola bomb"?

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India - nightfall in the Thar Desert 3

All his utensils came off the back of the camel and helping him build the fire made the experience a very special one. After the sumptuous meal and an afternoon siesta we set off deeper into the desert. By this time my camel and I were great friends.
Before nightfall we found camp – a perfect dune where we lit a fire and slept under a blanket of stars.

Top Tips for a Camel Safari
Your tour guide will have bottled water, but it doesn’t hurt to bring a bottle of your own. It’s thirsty work sitting on a camels back.
Sunscreen and more sunscreen. You’ll feel like you want to have bare arms and legs to cool you down, but you’ll just burn.
Wear super light long sleeves and trousers. Helps fend off sunburn and pesky sand flies.
Bring a torch. Our camp fire burnt out soon after nightfall and our guide must have been superhuman as he had no need at all for a torch. Our unaccustomed eyes just weren’t up to the job.
Bring some change and sweets to give to the crazy kids you’ll come across!

Kiri Bowers

photo: Janin 

India Camel Trekking 2

The safari consisted of hour after hour of arse breaking patience as our camels trekked through the heat. It’s quite an art getting comfortable on a camel. I won’t pretend to be an expert at it.
We were taken to a remote village where the children greeted us with an almost celebrity-like fanfare. Some of them were rather bold with their requests to have our sunglasses or our caps, one girl even asked if she could keep my ring! They were sweet if a little bit over zealous.
The journey continued on as we passed endless stretches of arid land, deep dunes and the odd withering tree. Stopping for lunch was most welcome and our guide revealed his many talents by putting on a meal that rivalled any we’d had so far in India. Seeing that I was half-Indian he wasn’t shy with the chili and it thoroughly blew our heads off. Traditional hearty vegetarian fare of spicy potatoes, pressure cooked vegetables and more chapati’s than we could ever eat.
Kiri Bowers
photo: Janin
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Camel Trekking Safari

India travel is full of the most memorable of moments. I found such beauty in Goa, titillating eroticism in Khajuraho and a step back in time on my camel trekking safari. I’ve always secretly longed for my very own Arabian nights moment and this was it. Looking back through my travel in India, I’ll never forget sleeping under the stars and hearing the camels snoring, and trumping away next to me.  

Jaisalmer sits in the state of Rajasthan and boarders Pakistan. The Thar Desert is its landscape for camel trekking and the experience takes you back to ancient crossings and desert life. Our tour was as simple as it gets. A tour leader, his young son and a camel each. The temperature was sweltering and nothing but the hazy dunes awaited us. 

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Kiri Bowers

photo: Janin Klemenčič

What's Happening In The Middle East 4

To Sunni Muslims, an attack by Shia Muslims (Assad and Iran) backed by Russians will be seen as something of a Holy War, and the ranks of ISIS will now be seen by the Sunnis as the only Jihadis fighting in the Holy War and hence many Muslims will now see ISIS as Good (Doh!). 

Sunni Muslims will also see the lack of action by Britain and America in support of their Sunni rebel brothers as something of a betrayal (mmm: might have a point.) and hence we will be seen as Bad. 

So now we have America (now bad) and Britain (also bad) providing limited support to Sunni Rebels (bad) many of whom are looking to ISIS (Good / bad) for support against Assad (now good) who, along with Iran (also Good) and Putin (also, now, unbelievably, Good) are attempting to retake the country Assad used to run before all this started?

So, now you fully understand everything, all your questions are answered!!!! 

photo: Janin Klemenčič

What's Happening In The Middle East 3

Now the British (obviously good, except that nice Mr Corbyn in the corduroy jacket, who is probably bad) and the Americans (also good) cannot attack Assad (still bad) for fear of upsetting Putin (bad) and Iran (good / bad) and now they have to accept that Assad might not be that bad after all compared to ISIS (who are super bad). 

 So Assad (bad) is now probably good, being better than ISIS (but let’s face it, drinking your own wee is better than ISIS so no real choice there) and since Putin and Iran are also fighting ISIS that may now make them Good.  

America (still Good) will find it hard to arm a group of rebels being attacked by the Russians for fear of upsetting Mr Putin (now good) and that nice mad Ayatollah in Iran (also Good) and so they may be forced to say that the Rebels are now Bad, or at the very least abandon them to their fate. 
This will lead most of them to flee to Turkey and on to Europe or join ISIS (still the only constantly bad group).

photo: Janin 

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What's Happening In The Middle East 2

Getting back to Syria.

So President Putin (who is bad, cos he invaded Crimea and the Ukraine and killed lots of folks including that nice Russian man in London with polonium poisoned sushi) has decided to back Assad (who is still bad) by attacking ISIS (who are also bad) which is sort of a good thing?

… But Putin (still bad) thinks the Syrian Rebels (who are good) are also bad, and so he bombs them too, much to the annoyance of the Americans (who are good) who are busy backing and arming the rebels (who are also good). 

Now Iran (who used to be bad, but now they have agreed not to build any nuclear weapons and bomb Israel are now good) are going to provide ground troops to support Assad (still bad) as are the Russians (bad) who now have ground troops and aircraft in Syria. 

photo: Janin 

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What's happening in the MIDDLE EAST.

In case you don't know what's happening in the MIDDLE EAST. 
...the good and the bad...

President Assad (who is bad) is a nasty guy who got so nasty his people rebelled and the Rebels (who are good) started winning (Hurrah!).

But then some of the rebels turned a bit nasty and are now called Islamic State (who are definitely bad!) and some continued to support democracy (who are still good.)

So the Americans (who are good) started bombing Islamic State (who are bad) and giving arms to the Syrian Rebels (who are good) so they could fight Assad (who is still bad) which was good. 

By the way, there is a breakaway state in the north run by the Kurds who want to fight IS (which is a good thing) but the Turkish authorities think they are bad, so we have to say they are bad whilst secretly thinking they're good and giving them guns to fight IS (which is good) but that is another matter.

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photo: Janin 

Chinese Paintings in Real Life 2

The most extraordinary landscape can be found in the karstic region near the towns Guilin and Yangshuo, in the southeast of the country. The massive rocks, covered with sub-tropic flora, are so steep we cannot even call them hills. They rise above the cultivated flatlands, above the picturesque villages and bamboo forests and above the river Li that connects the two towns.

If we add to this a wonderful park with a picturesque temple and a small lake, a classical Chinese idyll is nearly more perfect than any picture.

text & photo: Janin Klemenčič 

Chinese paintings in real life

Were you ever impressed by the lyrical character of Chinese landscape painting, by the mastery of the painters in their handling of coloured ink and, even more so, by their imaginativeness?

Their mastery and their lyrical character are really admirable, but they had no need for particular fantasy while painting. In fact, Chinese nature in the karstic region near the towns Guilin and Yangshuo, in the southeast of the country is not much less fantastic than the figurative products of its painters. 
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text & photo: Janin Klemenčič

Coiling Dragon Cliff skywalk

Situated on the side of Tianmen mountain in Zhangjiajie National Forest Park, Hunan Province, the walkway is 100 metres long and 1.6 metres wide. It’s known as the Coiling Dragon Cliff skywalk.

 you will be rewarded with an utterly breathtaking view that few will ever experience. The park is actually home to three glass walkways including a 430 metre glass bridge suspended 180 metres above the ground.