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Gaza Aid Delivery Sites Guarded by American 'Infidels MC' Biker Club


While the slash-and-snap between Israel and Hamas goes on, it's not hard to forget that food, medical supplies, and other aid materials are still being delivered to Gaza, and those supplies are supposed to be delivered, not to Hamas, but to what non-Hamas civilians remain in Gaza. Telling sheep from goat here must be a daunting task indeed, but the effort is going on.

Here's where things get complicated. The presence of Hamas in the area (along with whatever other goblins may want to grab some medical supplies or foodstuffs) requires security to guard the storage and distribution sites. On Wednesday, a BBC story revealed an interesting bit of news: Some of that security is being handled by members of the Infidels MC (motorcycle club), which consists mostly of American service veterans, and which, as you might guess from the name, takes a distinctly anti-Islamic tone.

The firm guarding sites where aid is distributed in Gaza has been using members of a US biker gang with a history of hostility to Islam to run its armed security, a BBC investigation has found.

BBC News has confirmed the identities of 10 members of the Infidels Motorcycle Club working in Gaza for UG Solutions - a private contractor providing security at Gaza Humanitarian Foundation sites, where hundreds of civilians seeking food have been killed in scenes of chaos and gunfire.

We can reveal that seven members of the gang are in senior positions overseeing sites at the controversial aid operation backed by Israel and US President Donald Trump.

UG Solutions (UGS) defended its employees' qualifications for the job, saying it does not screen people out for "personal hobbies or affiliations unrelated to job performance".

Note the third paragraph: We must note, very plainly, that despite the BBC's fuzzy wording, the aid operation - not the use of the Infidels MC - has been backed by Israel and President Trump. I will not speculate as to the reason for the Beeb's fuzziness here.

The Infidels MC makes no bones about their distaste for Islam. 

Infidels MC was set up by US military veterans of the Iraq war in 2006 and members see themselves as modern Crusaders, using the Crusader cross as their symbol - a reference to the medieval Christians who fought Muslims for control of Jerusalem.

The gang is currently hosting anti-Muslim hate speech on its Facebook page and has previously held a pig roast "in defiance of" the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.

Again, I'd be very cautious as to what the notoriously leftist BBC might consider "hate speech." Furthermore, the Infidels haven't murdered anyone, nor raped anyone, nor have they attacked any music festivals or peaceful rural kibbutzim, so that puts them leaps and bounds above Hamas by any measure you care to name. But there are a couple of real-world considerations that UG Solutions should consider here.

On the one hand, the Infidels are, by all accounts, some tough, imposing dudes. They appear to be mostly, if not all, military veterans. Their appearance would deter a casual thief, and their armed presence may well give a band of Hamas marauders pause.

On the other hand, there are other tough, imposing dudes out there. The appearance of the Infidels - and there can be little doubt that the nature of the group will be known to Hamas, if not before, then certainly after the BBC broke the story - will stir up Hamas. It's almost inviting an attack, as opposed to deterring it. We all like to see jihadis annoyed and outraged, but this seems a step too far. On balance, it seems like UG Solutions is just asking for trouble. 

Granted, with recent history in mind, most especially the October 7th attacks - not to mention the World Trade Center attack, which happened 24 years ago this coming Thursday - it's rather viscerally satisfying to see someone stick a metaphorical thumb in Hamas's eye, and by association, the eye of every jihadi goblin out there. Lunatic imams are wandering around the streets of American cities, after all, threatening shopkeepers to refrain from selling pork and alcohol, threatening them if they refuse. 


It's emotionally satisfying, perhaps, to see a little "turnabout is fair play" here. But this probably isn't the time or the place, or the way to go about it.

None of this should imply that UG Solutions or anyone else involved should meekly give in to Hamas's lunatic bigotry and hate. Hire big, tough, imposing dudes. Most especially hire big, tough, imposing American dudes. We've got plenty of them, and the fact that Americans are guarding these supplies will annoy the Hamas goblins as opposed to setting them into a screeching rage. We might note that most of Hamas is trying to avoid being turned into flying spare parts by the Israel Defense Forces right now, so they have to be doing a little risk assessment before taking on anything other than scurrying like cockroaches avoiding daylight.

Thanks to the BBC, this cat is now well and truly out of the bag. UG Solutions would be well advised to find another source of big, tough, imposing dudes.