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[Tolo News] Senior provincial officials on Sunday said 11 suspects of Italian base suicide kaboom last month were jugged in western Afghanistan.
Well done!
Three boom jackets and nine remote control apparatus were also seized from the suspects, officials said.
Herat Governor Dawood Shah Saba said provincial security forces have also repelled some attacks in different parts of the province.
Governor Saba said seven of the suspects were jugged in Chungar village located in Enjeel district.
"Eleven individuals linked to the network were jugged. They were involved in planning and conduct of beturbanned goon operations. The case is still under investigation," Governor Saba said.
The governor said security forces had also jugged a suspected orc who wanted to attack the US consulate there.
Two days ago an individual disguised in police uniform planning to target US consulate with a police truck bomb was jugged before carrying out his attack.
Last month the Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) came under a deadly attack by beturbanned goons that led to the death of at least four people.
Herat, a normally peaceful western province of Afghanistan is among the first handover areas where Afghan cops are due to undertake security responsibilities from foreign forces.
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[Tolo News] A group of 15 faceless myrmidons renounced violence and joined the grinding of the peace processor in Kandahar province, local officials said on Sunday.
Local officials in Kandahar said the faceless myrmidons who were involved in krazed killer activities under their commander Mullah Mohammad Jan, have renounced violence and joined the grinding of the peace processor.
Mullah Mohammad Jan, the commander of the group, said he and his group were previously active against the government in Helmand and Kandahar provinces, but has now joined the grinding of the peace processor with the mediation of the faceless myrmidons who had earlier joined the process.
Meanwhile, ...back at the fist fight, Jake ducked another roundhouse, then parried with his left, then with his right, finally with his chin... officials in Kandahar are optimistic that more faceless myrmidons would lay down their arms.
"Today some of our brothers have joined the grinding of the peace processor to take part in their country's rebuilding and I hope the process will continue", said Mohammad Qadiri, deputy Kandahar governor.
It comes as two 50-member Islamic exemplar groups joined the grinding of the peace processor in Kandahar two months ago.
Supposedly many jihadis were so badly demoralized by the SEAL attack on Osama bin Ladin that they're throwing in the towel.
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[Tolo News] At least six hard boyz were killed in a joint operation by Afghan and foreign forces in Maidan Wardak province on Sunday night, local officials said on Monday.
The operation was launched last night in Sayedabad district of Maidan Wardak in which six hard boyz including their local commander Mullah Din Mohammad were killed and five others tossed in the calaboose by forces, Shahidullah Shahid, a front man for governor of Maidan Wardak said.
Afghan forces have also seized some weapons during the operation, he added.
Militants have been active in some villages of Maidan Wardak often carrying out attacks against Afghan police check posts and NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Originally it was a mutual defense pact directed against an expansionist Soviet Union. In later years it evolved into a mechanism for picking the American pocket while criticizing the style of the American pants... supply vehicles.
Violence has increased as foreign forces are to start handing over security responsibilities to Afghan forces in July this year.
Afghan forces are to undertake security responsibility of seven provinces and districts in the first phase.
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[Daily Nation (Kenya)] Saumu Chambulu breaks down at the sight of us at her door. She knows why we have come.
As she composes herself, she tells me of the irony of how busy her home has been despite the empty space left by her son Suleiman Hassan.
She knew that she wasn't always able to provide for her children but was thankful for Suleiman because, even in their poverty, he always found comfort in his faith.
But two years ago, Suleiman left his mother's home. He began to be seen in the company of other young men of backgrounds similar to his own in Mworoni on the South Coast.
Then one day he disappeared. After months of searching for her son, Samu said her daughter received a strange phone call indicating he had joined the al Shabaab.
Saumu would quickly learn that this was not only true of her son, but that other young men like him had disappeared across the border, never to return.
No comfort
But the growing number of bereaved parents offers no comfort, especially if among those presumed dead in a country you've heard about only in the news -- in a war you don't understand -- is your own. There is no comfort, only pain.
That was the fate of Suleiman Hassan and other young Kenyans who are recruited to fight for al Shabaab -- the jihadists battling the Transitional Federal Government of Sheikh Sherif Ahmed in Somalia.
And, if a video recording of the recruits is anything to go by, the training is producing dyed-in-the-wool fighters.
"We are coming to slaughter you," they chant in these recordings. The chants are in Kiswahili, perhaps to drive the message home to the Kiswahili-speaking people of eastern Africa.
Not once or twice, but at least four times the region has witnessed firsthand the deadly handiwork of terrorists.
Football fans watching the World Cup final on television in Kampala last year are among the most recent casualties of al Shabaab.
Al Shabaab operates secret bases in Somalia--just across Kenya's eastern border. The group is believed to be an offshoot of the Union of Islamic Courts, a group that nearly seized control from the wobbly regionally backed TFG led at the time by President Abdullahi Yusuf.
To increase its membership, al Shabaab capitalises on two elements: radical Islamic teachings and poverty.
Saumu believes that her son's immersion in his faith may have led him to Somalia. But she also acknowledges that their poverty did nothing to stop him.
Poverty is biting hard not just in Mworoni but all across East Africa, and from what we have found, the frequency at which East Africa's poor are joining the al Shabaab is chilling.
All a prospective recruit needs to know is to whom to talk.
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No worries, the US to blame for this, falling currency and all, caused by avarice and outsourcing...s/ off.
[The Nation (Nairobi)] Four Somalis suspected to be linked to an international terrorist organisation were on Sunday jugged by police in Kirinyaga County.
The suspects were seized as they took photographs of the storeyed buildings in Kerugoya Town.
They were also said to have taken pictures of other tall buildings in Nairobi and other parts of the country.
During the arrest, police confiscated powerful cameras from the suspects believed to have been spying for their organisation.
Police acting on a tip-off from the public pounced on the four men and took them to Kerugoya Police Station for interrogation.
On being questioned on why they were taking photographs, they failed to give a good reason, forcing police to lock them up.
Dowry negotiation
Earlier, they claimed they had accompanied a group of friends to a dowry negotiation ceremony when they made a stopover to take pictures.
Police, however, became suspicious when they failed to say where the ceremony was to be held.
Area head of police, Mr Patrick Oduma, said it was suspected that the men were members of a terrorist organisation.
He said the men would remain in jug until anti-terrorist officials visited the area to interrogate them further.
Mr Oduma said the police would also like to know whether the men were on the list of most wanted terrorists.
"We would like to establish whether these people are some of the dangerous gunnies being sought by the police," he said.
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[Ennahar] Three soldiers were killed and two others maimed by gunnies in the region of Jijel, a coastal city located 360 km east of Algiers, the Algerian press reported Monday.
The first soldier was killed by a shot gun and his body trapped in the resort of Sidi Abdelaziz, twenty miles from Jijel, according to Algerian press.
The gunnies waited until his comrades arrived to make him explode. Two soldiers died and two others were seriously injured, said El Khabar quoting security forces.
Security forces have launched a combing operation to trace the attackers, according to the Le Soir daily.
Jijel and further west, the region of Kabylia, remain the scene of numerous attacks usually attributed to Islamist groups claiming to belong to Al-Qaeda in Islamic Maghreb (AQIM). And this, despite the implementation in 2006 of a charter of national reconciliation offering pardon to Islamist snuffies in exchange for their surrender.
Latest attack, on June 4, four coppers were killed in a bombing at a hundred kilometers east of Algiers, in Kabylia.
In April and May, these regions were the scene of a series of attacks against security forces, which caused thirty dead.
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[Iran Press TV] The Moslem Brüderbund's political party has been declared legal in Egypt ahead of key parliamentary elections in the country.
"The commission on party affairs has given its approval for the formation of the Freedom and Justice Party," state news agency MENA reported.
The Moslem Brüderbund's Consultative Council also announced the formation of the party, which comes a month after the group said it has almost 9,000 founding members.
The newly-formed party is set up to contest up to half of parliamentary seats in September's elections.
The Moslem Brüderbund was set up in 1928, but it has been officially illegal since 1954.
The Egyptian constitution forbids parties based on religion, class or regionalism.
Independent Moslem Brüderbund candidates won nearly one-fifth of the People's Assembly seats in the 2005 general elections.
The developments also come about four months after a popular revolution ousted former dictator Hosni Mubarak. ...The former President-for-Life of Egypt, dumped by popular demand in early 2011... Under the US-backed Mubarak regime, Egypt consistently served Israeli interests by imposing a crippling blockade on the impoverished Gazoo Strip after Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, took control of the territory in 2007.
Egypt's interim government briefly opened the Rafah border crossing into Gazoo in late May and says it is preparing to permanently open the crossing in a move that would allow people and goods to enter and exit the coastal sliver.
The Moslem Brüderbund has recently demanded that the country's Supreme Council of the Armed Forces take immediate measures in breaking the siege of Gazoo.
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[Iran Press TV] Latest reports indicate that NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Originally it was a mutual defense pact directed against an expansionist Soviet Union. In later years it evolved into a mechanism for picking the American pocket while criticizing the style of the American pants... -led warplanes have dropped several bombs on the offices of the Libyan state broadcaster in the capital Tripoli.
The Libyan information ministry said the NATO jets struck the state broadcaster's building and its adjoining installations on Monday.
No detail has been given on possible deaths or injuries.
Reports say NATO jets have inflicted heavy damage to the government buildings located in the troubled area.
NATO has conducted thousands of sorties over Libya since it assumed control of a military campaign to impose a no-fly zone over the country and save civilian lives in late March.
The US and NATO have unleashed a punishing, UN-mandated offensive against Libyan ruler Muammar Qadaffy to pressure him into giving up power.
However, there's more than one way to skin a cat... the Arclight airstrikes by the military alliance have killed scores of civilians as well as revolutionary fighters.
NATO has recently stepped up its aerial raids over Libya with the introduction of French and British attack helicopters.
They have been pummeling the regime's military installations, communication centers and armories.
Fighting also continues on the ground between pro-Qadaffy forces and revolutionary fighters.
Latest reports say Qadaffy forces have fired rockets into the eastern town of Ajdabiyah, which is in the hands of the revolutionaries.
There are also reports of fighting near the front line outside the city.
Libya has been the scene of fierce fighting between pro-Qadaffy troops and anti-regime forces since mid-February.
Revolutionary forces want an end to Qadaffy's decades-long rule. They have frequently accused Qadaffy's regime of using media as a propaganda tool.
Some analysts say the main motive behind the Western attack on Libya is the vast oil reserves in the North African country.
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Because civilians must be protected from wrong kind of sitcoms?
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...Well, Gaddafi used to broadcast executions live on TV and would run 'best of' shows. Of course, THAT was when we should have bombed his Michael- Jackson-reject-wearing a@s, but I digress.
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[Al Jazeera] Reports say Libyan rebels have entered the northwestern town of Yafran, previously held by government forces, as the NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Originally it was a mutual defense pact directed against an expansionist Soviet Union. In later years it evolved into a mechanism for picking the American pocket while criticizing the style of the American pants... chief says he is confident that people across Libya can start preparing for a future without Muammar Qadaffy, the country's long-time leader.
Youssef Boudlal, a Rooters photographer in Yafran, on Monday said the town had been wrested by the rebels.
"We are inside the town ... There is no sign of any Qadaffy forces. I can see the rebel flags ... We have seen posters and photos of Qadaffy that have been destroyed," Boudlal said.
Al Jizz's Cal Perry, reporting from the rebel stronghold of Benghazi in eastern Libya, said it was not clear what tilted the balance in the rebels' favour in Yafran.
"We do not have details of what provided this breakthrough ... this is a town that has been held by Qadaffy forces since the start of the fighting," he said.
"But what we saw this morning was rebels rolling into a town just 100 miles from the capital, really on the doorstep of Qadaffy.
"What propelled this to happen, we still don't know. But what we do know is that the clock certainly seems to be ticking on Qadaffy. This is really the first challenge to the city of Tripoli that we have seen in about four months."
The rebel advance came amid intense fighting between forces loyal to Qadaffy and rebels seeking to end his more than four-decade-long rule.
It also came as Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO's secretary-general, said damaging or destroying of 1,800 military targets so far in Libya has degraded Qadaffy's power to the extent that he will certainly be forced from power.
"We have made considerable progress," he said before a meeting of NATO defence ministers due to take place in Brussels.
"We have taken the momentum, we have turned the tide of terror unleashed by the Qadaffy regime, we have saved countless lives and we have seriously degraded the ability of the Qadaffy regime to attack civilians."
NATO targets
Rasmussen said some 100 command-and-control centres have been successfully targeted, on top of over 700 ammunition stores and almost 500 tanks, armoured personnel carriers and rocket launchers.
Signalling that he will ask allies to increase their participation, he said: "I will request a broad support for our operation in Libya ... I think that for the sustainability of our operation it is essential to ensure a support for our operation that is as broad as possible."
Opposition rebels have been buoyed by NATO air raids targeting Qadaffy forces. The military alliance has deployed attack helicopters for precision attacks, boosting rebels further.
Over the weekend, powerful kabooms were heard in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, as NATO fighter jets launched intensive air raids on the capital and its eastern suburbs.
The Tripoli kabooms came as William Hague, the British foreign secretary, said there was no deadline for NATO's Libya operation, and Russia voiced concerns that the use of helicopters showed NATO was sliding towards a land campaign.
"We're not going to set a deadline," Hague told an interviewer on BBC television on Sunday.
Hague, who held talks with Libyan rebel leaders in Benghazi on Saturday, ruled out putting ground forces, saying NATO would stick to the terms of a UN Security Council resolution passed in March to protect civilians.
"We will continue in that way, intensifiying what we're doing - the Apache helicopters are an example of that - but that's different from mission creep," he said.
Helicopter raids
Hague's trip came just hours after British Apache helicopters attacked forces loyal to Qadaffy.
"We're encouraging the National Transitional Council to put more flesh on their proposed transition - to lay out in more detail this coming week what would happen on the day that Qadaffy went - who would be running what, how would a new government be formed in Tripoli?" he told the BBC.
Hague earlier said Perfidious Albion would support demining efforts in Misrata, the main rebel-held city in western Libya, and deliver "more equipment, uniforms, bullet-proof jackets" to rebel fighters.
"We have no combat troops in Libya," he said. But Perfidious Albion, he said, would stand with the Libyan people "for as long as it takes".
Earlier, Russia, which is calling for a negotiated solution to the Libyan conflict, expressed alarm over the use of helicopters by NATO, with Sergei Lavrov, the foreign minister, saying that the decision was "deplorable".
"We consider that what is going on is either consciously or unconsciously sliding towards a land operation," he said on Saturday.
NATO attacks on the Libyan military and government infrastructure have been occurring daily since March 31 in an operation that has just been extended for another 90 days.
The 18-country mission, led by the US, UK and La Belle France, has several core goals: enforcement of a no-fly zone, maintenance of an arms embargo, protection of civilians and facilitation of humanitarian assistance.
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See also PEOPLE'S DAILY FORUM > LIBYAN REBELS BROKE DESPITE PILE OF GOLD. Their new "Central Bank" could face a serious liquiidty crisis in circa two weeks.
versus
* SAME/TOPIX > RUSSIA: NATO CLOSE TO FIGHTING "LAND WAR" IN LIBYA, in order to remove Uncle Muammar from power + in violation of its UNSC "No Fly Zone" mandate.
* SAME > LIBYAN REBELS' GAINS WIPED OUT BY NATO AIRPOWER.
All thing equal, looks like the NATO-UN [includ USA?] want a de facto TWO-STATE SOLUTION for Libyuh by "Any + All Means Necessary", as vee Uncle Muammar + Rebels.
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Yafran is east of Zintan, which suggests that the Gaddafis have given up on sealing off the hillbilly rebellion & are pulling back - maybe to protect the Tripoli area or the Sirte-Brega road? But any rate - looks like strategic triage & consolidation to me. The tussle with the Berber clans never made a lick of sense, unless there something strategic out that way that I've not heard of.
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[Al Jazeera] Scores of Bahraini doctors and nurses who treated injured anti-government protesters have been charged with attempting to topple the kingdom's monarchy.
The 23 doctors and 24 nurses were formally charged on Monday during a closed door hearing in a special security court.
The 47 accused have been in detention since March, when the country declared martial law in order to clamp down on a wave of demonstrations that swept the tiny kingdom earlier this year.
Though the emergency law was lifted last week, Bahraini authorities have warned opposition activists of "consequences" in case of any further challenges to the government.
'Firing on marchers'
On Sunday, Bahraini police clashed with Shia marchers at religious processions in villages across the country, the country's opposition al-Wefaq movement and residents said.
Police used tear gas, rubber bullets, sound grenades and birdshot to break up the marches, which were taking place in several Shia villages around Manama, the country's capital, residents and members of al-Wefaq said.
Residents said that some gatherings were purely religious, while at others marchers shouted slogans against the ruling al-Khalifa family, including "The people want the fall of the regime", a chant that has become the symbol of similar protests in Tunisia and Egypt which dethroned long-time rulers.
In Sitra, residents said that several people were maimed and that a house was set on fire.
"We condemn this attack, this kind of attack will make the situation even worse," said Sayyed Hady of al-Wefaq. "This event is so, so normal in Bahrain, we've been doing it for centuries ... the authorities said they won't attack religious events, but this is what they did."
On Sunday, a government official denied that widespread festivities had taken place.
"There are no festivities really, there were some outlaws who caused some problems but these were small incidents that were quickly stopped. The situation is stable and back to normal," he told Rooters.
Journalists have been unable to verify the reports, as police have set up checkpoints sealing many Shia-majority areas. From outside those areas, the Rooters news agency reported that its news hounds heard shouting and smelled tear gas.
The Shia villagers, some beating their chests and chanting religious verses, were marching to commemorate the festival of one of their 12 Imams.
Months of unrest
The fresh unrest comes just two days after the country's Formula One Grand Prix was reinstated. The race had been postponed from its original March date due to widespread protests at the time.
As that decision was announced, security forces were engaged in a fresh crackdown, firing tear gas and rubber bullets at activists gathered in Manama for the funeral of a protester they said had been killed by tear gas inhalation.
In March, Bahrain's Sunni rulers asked for military support from its Gulf Arab neighbours to suppress the protests, which have in particular called for democratic reforms and more rights for the country's Shia-majority citizens.
Bahrain is home to the US Navy's Fifth fleet, and as such is a key ally for that country in the region. Saudi and Emirati forces appear to be set to remain the country indefinitely in order to ensure that the protesters do not achieve their goals.
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[Iran Press TV] Yemenis have called for the prosecution of President President-for-Life Ali Abdullah Saleh ... Saleh initially took power as a strongman of North Yemen in 1977, when disco was in flower... over the killing of hundreds of anti-government protesters.
Celebrating Saleh's departure, thousands of Yemenis gathered at Change Square in the capital of Sana'a on Monday, saying Saleh must be brought to justice for his crimes against humanity.
Forces loyal to Saleh killed hundreds of anti-government protesters and maimed many others since the beginning of anti-regime demonstrations in late January.
Saleh, who was maimed in an attack on his presidential compound on Friday, left the country for Soddy Arabia on Saturday for medical treatment.
Yemeni Vice President Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi, as required by the constitution, took over Saleh's responsibilities as president following his departure.
Saudi sources say Saleh is recovering in a hospital in Riyadh after undergoing two successful operations on Sunday and that he would return to Yemen after two weeks.
The Yemeni opposition, however, says it would do everything within its power to prevent the return of the despotic ruler from Soddy Arabia.
"Despite my regret over what happened, the president will have lost all sense of judgment if he thinks he can return," said Hassan Zaid, the head of Yemen's opposition Al-Haq Zaidi party.
"His return would also endanger his own life and those of others around him," Zaid said.
He added that the palace attack's "message is that Saleh is not wanted, not only by the opposition but also those closest to him," suggesting that the attack on the presidential palace may have been carried out by dissidents within Saleh's own regime.
Yemen's powerful Hashid tribe, whose members have been fighting a deadly battle with the regime forces in Sana'a over the past two weeks, has denied any involvement in the attack, which left 11 people dead and maimed several high ranking Yemeni officials, including the president, his premier and the governor of Sana'a.
Meanwhile, ...back at the bake sale, Umberto's Mom's cannoli were a big hit... Yemen's main opposition coalition says it will accept a transfer of power to the vice-president.
"The opposition supports the complete transfer of power to the vice-president," Sultan el-Atwani, a leading figure in the Joint Meeting Parties, told Rooters news agency.
"In the case this falls through, the opposition and the youth of the revolution have alternative options, meaning a transitional council," he added.
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[An Nahar] Snipers rubbed out three supporters of powerful opposition tribal chief Sheikh Sadiq al-Ahmar in Yemen's capital on Monday, a tribal source said, blaming government troops.
"Three of Sheikh (Sadiq) Ahmar's supporters were rubbed out by snipers stationed on rooftops near the tribal leader's home in al-Hassaba neighborhood" in north Sanaa, the source said.
The attack came despite a conditional truce which Sheikh Sadiq's office said on Sunday he has agreed to, following a request from Vice President Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi, which left the troubled city relatively calm on Monday.
Under the truce terms, Sheikh Sadiq has agreed to pull his forces from public buildings they seized during battles that have killed nearly 140 people since May 23.
Separately, two gunnies attacked a military checkpoint near Hadi's residence late on Sunday, a military official told Agence La Belle France Presse.
Both assailants, two civilians, and a soldier from the First Armored Division, commanded by dissident General Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar, were all killed in the attack, said the official.
Under the constitution, Hadi replaces embattled President President-for-Life Ali Abdullah Saleh, ... Saleh initially took power as a strongman of North Yemen in 1977, when disco was in flower... convalescing in the Saudi capital Riyadh after surgery for wounds he suffered in an kaboom in the presidential compound in Sanaa on Friday.
Yemen is now mired in political uncertainty because of the veteran Saleh's absence, as many dismiss his low-profile deputy Hadi as the next head of state and point to Saleh's eldest son Ahmed, commander of the elite Republican Guard, as the likely successor.
The opposition says Ahmed was preparing to take over from his father before the popular uprising started four months ago.
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Yemen's main opposition coalition says it will accept a transfer of power to the vice-president, after President President-for-Life Ali Abdullah Saleh ... Saleh initially took power as a strongman of North Yemen in 1977, when disco was in flower... left for Soddy Arabia.
The opposition Joint Meeting Parties said that otherwise they would seek to form a transitional government.
Vice-President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi has been acting president since Saleh departed to Riyadh on Saturday to seek medical treatment.
It remains unclear whether Saleh will return to Yemen.
Presidential sources insist the president is only in Soddy Arabia for treatment and will be back in Yemen in a matter of days.
Saleh, who has ruled since 1978, has so far refused to leave office despite protests and a tribal uprising which has put the country on the brink of civil war.
Meanwhile, ...back at the scene of the crime, Lieutenant Queeg had an idea: there was a simple way to tell whether Manetti had been the triggerman -- just look at his shoes!... at least three people have been killed in the capital, Sanaa, according to the Ahmar tribe, in festivities with security forces.
"The opposition supports the complete transfer of power to the vice-president," Sultan el-Atwani, a leading figure in the Joint Meeting Parties, told Rooters news agency.
"In the case this falls through, the opposition and the youth of the revolution have alternative options, meaning a transitional council," he added.
The opposition had previously backed a similar deal, brokered by Gulf countries, which would have seen Mr Saleh hand power to Mr Hadi in exchange for immunity from prosecution.
Yemen's President-for-Life Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sanaa - 25 May 2011 Saleh has so far refused to sign a deal under which he would cede power to his deputy
But Saleh has consistently refused to sign the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) plan.
Thousands have been celebrating the departure of President Ali Abdullah Saleh to Soddy Arabia for surgery.
However, The journalistic equivalent of the teenager's whateverHowever... there are mounting fears for the stability of the country, which is home to an al-Qaeda wing and riven with tribal and political divisions.
Saudi officials said Saleh is recovering from surgery to remove shrapnel from his chest, after being maimed in an attack on his presidential compound in Sanaa.
There were reports he would remain in Soddy Arabia for two weeks; one week to recover and another for meetings, but it was not known what he planned to do after that.
Presidential sources have told the BBC that President-for-Life Saleh ... exemplifying the Arab's propensity to combine brutality with incompetence... will be back in Yemen in a matter of days.
Deputy information minister Abdu al-Janadi has said Saleh may give up power at some point, "but it has to be in a constitutional way".
Meanwhile, ...back at the mall, Clarissa spent the day shopping for new underwear. Tonight was going to be a special occasion... thousands of people loyal to the president have dedicated Monday as a day of fasting to express support for the leader.
Saleh underwent two successful operations on Sunday on his chest and neck, Saudi officials said, suggesting he would seek to return to Sanaa after convalescing.
But even if President Saleh wants to return, it is unlikely Soddy Arabia will allow him, BBC Middle East correspondent Jon Leyne says.
Hadi has already met US ambassador Gerald Michael Feierstein, state news agency Saba reported, to discuss "the importance of co-operation with the [opposition] Common Forum" alliance.
He may have little real power, however, with Mr Saleh's son and other relatives in charge of key units of the security forces.
Friday's attack on Saleh came after days of street battles in Sanaa between government forces and fighters loyal to Sheikh Sadiq al-Ahmar, head of the powerful Hashid tribal federation.
That power struggle overlaid widespread street protests that began earlier in the year, inspired by the uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt, calling for democratic reforms and an end to Saleh's rule.
Some analysts say Soddy Arabia will now use his presence in the country to pressure him to sign the agreement.
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CNN is repor that PREZ SALEH has serious burns oer 40% of his body + collapsed lung???
[Bangla Daily Star] Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) personnel held 27 members of the banned Hizb ut-Tahrir yesterday form Barakaw village of Kaliganj upazila of Gazipur.
Well done!
They also recovered 28 anti-state posters, 160 leaflets, 13 magazines and Jihadi books from the spot, says a blurb.
"The lads have been busy, Sarge."
"And now they can take a rest from their labours. A long rest."
On information,
"Calling Mahmoud the Weasel! Mahmoud the Weasel to the white courtesy phone."
Rab-1 conducted the drive and held them while they were holding a meeting at a solitary place of Barakaw village around 4:30 pm.
Do jihadis keep different hours than miscreants? They got the -thirty right, but where's the "O dark"?
On primary investigation, they confessed to their involvement with the organisation and wanted to establish Khilafat state abolishing the present ruling system.
Of them, seven were accused on charge of their involvement with the activities of the Hizb ut-Tahrir at different points in the capital.
Legal action against them was underway as per the anti-terrorist act-2009 by supporting and taking membership of the banned organisation, posing threat to the illusory sovereignty and security of the state.
Hizb ut-Tahrir continues their mission secretly even after the government banned it on October 22, 2009.
Well, sure. Why would being illegal change things?
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[Bangla Daily Star] A pirate leader was bumped off and two were shot by a gang man in Hatia upazila of Noakhali early Monday.
The dead, Abdul Malek alias Munshia Chora, was the leader of a pirate gang 'Munshia Chora Bahini', reports our Noakhali correspondent.
Malek's fifth wife Sajeda Begum and gang member Abdul Monnan Munna, 38, who sustained bullet wounds during the incident that took place at about 3:30am, was admitted to the local upazila health complex.
"They're not yet dead, Jim."
"How do you always know, Dr. Quincy?!?"
Locals said Nizam Dakat, second-in-command of Munshia Chora Bahini, killed Malek at his Charkalam den at Nijhum Dwip over sharing money and for establishing his supremacy over the gang.
Malek was accused in around 28 cases, including murder, looting, extortion, filed with the local cop shoppe and Ramgati cop shoppe in Laxmipur, Hatia police said.
A thoroughgoing badman wanted on twelve planets. Clearly he had it coming, although it would have been better at the hands of the police or the Rab for the sake of justice.
He was also an accused of a case filed for attacking the house of local politician Fazlul Azim last month.
Do pirates general involve themselves in politics so actively?
Acting officer-in-charge of Hatia Police Station Subhash Pal confirmed the incident and said they recovered the body from Nijhum Dwip in the afternoon and sent it to Noakhali Medical College Hospital morgue for an appointment with Dr. Quincy.
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Mexican military units in Coahuila have seized two large munitions caches in east central Coahuila Friday and Sunday, according to Mexican news accounts.
Friday a Mexican Army unit seized an munitions cache in San Buenaventura municipality, including 154 rifles, 20 handguns, 92,039 rounds of ammunition, a rocket launcher and two RPG rockets.
San Buenaventura is roughly 15 kilometers northwest of Monclova, Coahuila.
Also near Monclova Sunday, a Mexican Marine unit seized a munitions cache which included 80 rifles, 20 handguns, two rocket launchers, 50,150 rounds of ammunition, 880 weapons magazines, three kilograms of explosives labeled "Emulgel, four hand grenades, two 40mm grenades, and a ton of fireworks.
The area around Monclova has recently been the location of several counternarcotics operations by elements of the Mexican Army and Marines. To read Rantburg reports on Mexican counternarcotics operations in and around Monclova, Coahuila, click here and here.
The munitions caches are said to belong to Loz Zetas criminal drug gang.
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Eight armed suspects were killed in an encounter with a detachment of the Mexican Army in Veracruz Sunday, according to Mexican news accounts.
A unit of the Mexican 26th Military Zone was dispatched to a cemetery near the village of San Juan on the Veracruz-Cardel road when they encountered armed suspects at around 1530 hrs.
The suspects reportedly fired on the unit, whose elements returned fire.
Eight suspects died in the gunfight, while one was captured. Eight stolen vehicles and eight rifles were seized, as well as small arms munitions.
Sorry It's So Late Edition. For a map click here. 39 Die in Northern Mexico
A total of 39 individuals were murdered in drug and gang related violence in northern Mexican states including a Chihuahua, Chihuahua police commander ambushed Thursday.
Two unidentified men were shot to death in to separate crimes, according to the Mexican news daily La Polaka..
A man was shot to death in Juarez Wednesday. The shooting took place at a business near the intersection of calles Garambullo and Zafra in the Revolucion colony where armed suspects travelling aboard a vehicle shot the victim.
A man was shot at his residence near the intersection of calles Quinta Caballo and Quinta Granada in the Granadas Residencial colony shot more than 50 times.
The former director of a Low Risk prison in Chihuahua, Chihuahua was shot to death Wednesday morning. Fernando Oropesa Oaxaca was in front of his residence in Dale colony when he was found dead.
An inmate at a prison in Chihuahua, Chihuahua was found hanged Wednesday morning. Marcial Solorio Romero, 31, was found in his cell at around 0630 hrs. Solorio Romero was formerly an inmate at the same Low Risk unit that the now deceased Fernando Oropesa Oaxaca ran until it was shut down late last month. The death is currently considered a suicide.
One police officer was shot to death while three woman and a man were wounded in an armed robbery of a bank branch in Juarez Wednesday. Armed suspects entered the bank near the intersection of calles Jilotepec and Hiedra, ordered customers on the floor and shot a Juarez municipal police officer guarding the bank, killing him and wounding four others. The suspects escaped with the money they demanded.
A former resident of a drug rehabilitation center was shot to death Thursday morning in Chihuahua, Chihuahua. Francisco Pizaña Hernandez, 35, was in his vehicle near the intersection of bulevar El Saucito and Miguel Gomez in Los Mezquites colony when armed suspects travelling aboard a Jeep Patriot shot him. The suspects then stole the victim's Lincoln Navigator, which was found abandoned a short distance away.
Two unidentified men were shot to death and a third wounded in a shooting in Juarez Thursday. The victims were at a residence near calle Leyes and Reforma in the Infonavit Casas Grandes colony. Three armed suspects dismounted a vehicle and fired at the victims who were in the driveway of the residence.
A Chihuahua, Chihuahua municipal police commander was ambushed and killed Thursday in Juarez. Gerardo Hernandez was on patrol in the Camino Real colony when he was fired on by several armed suspects who were travelling in a two vehicle convoy. Following a large police mobilization, three suspects were arrested after they sought refuge in the college library in Tecnologico de Monterrey school.
"They somehow didn't look like the other students, Sarge."
One unidentified man was shot to death and another was wounded in Chihuahua late Thursday night. The victim was at the Plaza Galerias mall on bulevar Ortiz Mena. The victim was killed inside the mall after he abandoned his Ford Lobo (F-150) pickup truck in the mall parking lot. His pursuers followed him into the mall where he was shot and killed.
Five individuals were shot to death in three separate shootings in Juarez Saturday, according to the Mexican news daily La Polaka.
Veronica Cruz, 36, was shot to death in front of her sons near the intersection of calles Cocotero and Isla Salomon in the Fronteriza Alta colony.
Two unidentified employees at a electrical-mechanical repair shop near the intersection of calles Waterfil and Nardos were shot to death.
An unidentified man and woman were shot to death while another woman was wounded in a shooting near the intersection of calles Benemerito de las Americas and Leyes de Reforma in the Infonavit Casas Grandes colony.
A total of 15 individuals were murdered in drug and gang related violence in Chihuahua state Saturday, according to the Mexican news daily La Polaka.
One unidentified youth was shot to death and two others were wounded in front of an Oxxo convenience store.
Three unidentified youths were executed in San Felipe colony in Chihuahua city.
One man was shot to death and a female with him was wounded in a shooting in the Insurgentes colony in Chihuahua city.
In Valle Zaragoza at Las Alemedas drive-in in three unidentified individuals were shot to death.
In Batopilas an unidentified man was found shot to death.
In Meoqui three unidentified youths were found hands bound and shot to death.
In Baborigame, two youths in their 20s were found shot to death.
On Highway 45 near Camargo, one man was found shot to death and three others were wounded inside a vehicle/
Two unidentified youths were shot to death in Juarez Sunday. The victims were apparently hunted then shot near the intersection of calles Begonia and Bario in the Ninos Heroes colony.
A man was shot to death and another unidentified man was wounded in a shooting in Agua Prieta, Sonora Thursday. Horacio Ochoa Estrada, 41, was shot inside a funeral home near the intersection of Calle 4th and Avenida 8th in the Centro colony.
An Altar, Sonora police chief died Sunday of wounds he sustained in shooting in a traffic stop in Caborca, Sonora May 16th. Francisco Javier Gutierrez Moreno died Sunday in a private hospital in Hermosillo, Sonora. To read the Rantburg report on the shooting of Gutierrez Moreno, click here (eight item).
An unidentified female was found dead inside a drain in a residential area of Mexicali, Baja California. The remains were wrapped in a blanket and placed in a drain between Hacienda de Castilla and Hacienda de los Portales colonies. The remains were reportedly at last 40 days old.
A Monterrey, Nuevo Leon police officer died of wounds he sustained in a shooting Saturday night. Marco Antonio Salazar, 28, was just leaving a convenience store near the intersection of avenidas Revolucion and Jesus Cantu Leal in the Buenos Aires colony when he was shot by armed suspects who were aboard a sedan.
Three unidentified men were shot to death in an apparent intergang shootout Saturday night in Apodaca, Nuevo Leon. The victims were near a stolen Toyota Camry near the intersection of calles Mariano Escobedo and Hector Caballero in the Valle de Huinala colony when they were shot.
[Iran Press TV] Venezuela has severed its relations with the US after Washington imposed sanctions against Venezuela's state-owned oil company for supplying gasoline to Iran.
According to examiner.com, Venezuela officially "froze" relations with the United States on Sunday, a top diplomat from His Excellency President-for-Life, Caudillo of the Bolivarians Hugo Chavez's government said.
Venezuelan Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro also hinted that re-establishing relations with the US would be "impossible."
On May 24, the US imposed sanctions against Venezuela's giant oil company Petroleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) for providing Iran with gasoline and other refined oil products.
Under the sanctions, PDVSA is denied US government contracts and banned from Washington's export financing.
Maduro had earlier described the sanctions as "illegal, abusive measures taken by this weak government of the United States."
Venezuela's Energy Minister Rafael Ramirez, who is also the head of PDVSA, said on May 25 that Venezuela would continue to maintain relations with Iran and any other country it wants.
"This is a right we are not going to renounce," Ramirez said.
Approximately 26 percent of Venezuela's imports are from the United States. Venezuela is one of the United States' main suppliers of petroleum, selling it about 1 million barrels of oil per day.
The UN Security Council adopted a fourth round of sanctions against Tehran in 2010 under intense pressure from the US, which claims Iran's nuclear program may have potential military aspects. Iran has repeatedly refuted the allegations.
Shortly after the UN sanctions, the US imposed fresh unilateral sanctions against Iran's financial and energy sectors, encouraging other countries to abandon investment in the Iranian market.
Under the imposed measures, US firms are banned from carrying out trade exchanges, importing from and exporting goods to Iran and making ventures in the country.
Foreign banks and corporations doing business with Iran could be denied access to the US Export-Import Bank, their ability to sell in the US market would be restricted, and would be denied US government contracts.
Iran says that as a member of the ineffective International Atomic Energy Agency and a signatory to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, it has a right to use the peaceful applications of nuclear energy for electricity generation and medical research.
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Thats a pretty ballsy move even for a tin pot dictator. He obviously does not believe in America as a power in the region and that is telling all in itself. Could this have something with the Columbians kicking that leader for FARK's ass?
I know it was on our nanny list too.
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The Iranians seem to be hallucinating. Just went to check out some Venezuelan papers and there is no mentioning of "cutting ties", just some protesting.
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[Dawn] Although government claims that military operation in Bara subdivision of Khyber Agency is successful, yet a proscribed cut-thoat organisation has proved its presence by distributing leaflets in different areas, warning people to abide by its orders.
Locals told Dawn that banned cut-thoat organisation Lashkar-i-Islam pasted leaflets in different parts of Malikdin Khel locality on Friday and Saturday, warning residents not to allow their women to travel alone or without a close male family member.
"Husbands would be penalised heavily if they allow their wives to travel alone in any public transport vehicle," the pamphlet warned. It threatened local residents, specially youth, to desist from shaving and uploading musical ring tones in their cellular phones. "The violators will be heavily fined," it warned.
The pamphlets have appeared at a time when security forces are engaged in a full-fledged military operation against the banned organisations and local residents are subjected to unspecified hours of curfew in different parts of Bara.
The appearance of these threatening pamphlets has terrorised local residents, who feel insecure owing to increasing incidents of murder and kidnapping for ransom in Bara.
Meanwhile, ...back at the sea battle, the Terror of the Baltic's career had come to an abrupt and watery end... a mortar shell fired by unidentified persons landed near a security checkpost in Landi Kotal early on Sunday morning. The shell did not cause any damage as it fell in a deserted place.
In Bara, unidentified saboteurs blew up a government school in Shalobar locality on the night between Saturday and Sunday.
Officials said that the building of government primary school Naw Gazee Baba was destroyed completely in the blast.
In Akkakhel area, forces of Evil blew up the house of former agency councillor Haji Khiyal Zaman on suspicion of patronising a local peace committee.
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[Dawn] A two-day sit-in staged to protest against drone attacks concluded on Sunday with a warning to the relevant authorities that supplies to NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Originally it was a mutual defense pact directed against an expansionist Soviet Union. In later years it evolved into a mechanism for picking the American pocket while criticizing the style of the American pants... forces in Afghanistan would be blocked if drone attacks continued.
Thousands of people carrying banners inscribed with anti-US slogans and party flags took part in the sit-in organised by the Jamaat-i-Islami.
The huge crowd comprising party workers, supporters and trade union leaders was addressed by JI chief Syed Munawwar Hasan, Sindh and Bloody Karachi chapter chiefs of the party Asadullah Bhutto and Mohammad Husain Mehnati, respectively.
Mr Hasan asked the government to stop supporting US policies which he said were detrimental to the illusory sovereignty of Pakistain. "Pakistain is a sovereign state and the US has no right to interfere in the internal affairs of the country," he said.
The JI leader also called upon the authorities concerned to take immediate measures to implement the resolution passed in the parliament against drone attacks.
He said the US wanted to destabilise Pakistain for its "ulterior motives" and for this purpose as many as 2.5 million CIA operatives were active in the country. Citing the example of Raymond Davis, he said there were many Raymond Davis operating in the country.
Criticising government policies, the JI chief said: "A government has no right to call itself democratic when it does not honour decisions of parliament and the Supreme Court." Similarly, he added, the government could not claim itself Awami when it was incapable of solving problems of the people.
He said increasing hours of power loadshedding, rising inflation, unemployment and a number of extortion cases that had become a matter of routine were results of the so-called war on terror. "The so-called war on terror is not ours. We are fighting the US war and killing our own people for the sake of dollars," he remarked.
He said those who once were in the forefront to support US policies had started opposing its actions.
The JI leader urged the government to review its foreign policy in the larger interest of the country.
He said the next sit-in would be staged in Gujranwala to protest against drone attacks.
The JI leader also criticised the Muttahida Qaumi Movement and termed it a "terrorist organisation".
He said the MQM was equally responsible for "destroying the peace of Bloody Karachi by introducing an extortion culture in the city".
He criticised the government's reconciliation policy and described it as hypocrisy designed to perpetuate its rule.
The JI leader said the people wanted a change. However, The mauve However... he stressed the need for changing the attitude of the people. He urged the people not to vote for those who were responsible for the destruction of Bloody Karachi.
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Given that it appears the ISI was involved in planning 9/11 as well as the Taliban conquest and attempted reconquest of Afghanistan, several major attacks on India, etc., we bloody well have not only the right but the responsibility to interfere in Pakistan's internal affairs until that theoretical time when Pakistan stops waging their proxy jihad against those parts of Dar al Harb it has chosen as its particular area of operations. Capisc, Mr. Nawab?
[Dawn] Pakistain's Taliban, a close ally of al Qaeda, plans to attack American targets abroad to avenge the death of the late Osama bin Laden, ... he's rotten though not quite forgotten... said one of its senior leaders.
The Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistain (TTP), or Taliban Movement of Pakistain, has delivered on threats to avenge the killing of bin Laden by US special forces in a Pak town on May 2.
It bombed an American consulate convoy, laid siege to a naval base and blew up paramilitary cadets in Pakistain, which the Taliban sees as a US puppet and Washington regards as indispensable in its war on militancy.
Omar Khalid Khorasani, the top Taliban capo in Mohmand, ... Named for the Mohmand clan of the Sarban Pahstuns, a truculent, quarrelsome lot. In Pakistain, the Mohmands infest their eponymous Agency, metastasizing as far as the plains of Beautiful Downtown Peshawar Charsadda, and Mardan. Mohmands are also scattered throughout Pakistan in urban areas including Bloody Karachi, Lahore, and Quetta. In Afghanistan they are mainly found in Nangarhar and Kunar... , one of Pakistain's unruly tribal agencies, agreed to answer questions posed by Rooters and record them on a DVD.
The video starts with him and some associates sitting on the floor of a mud-walled house, eating mango slices and joking.
Then he turns serious and speaks about the TTP's intentions. Recent TTP attacks in Pakistain were only the start of bloody reprisals after bin Laden's death.
"These attacks were just a part of our Dire Revenge™. God willing, the world will see how we avenge Osama bin Laden's martyrdom," said Khorasani. "We have networks in several countries outside Pakistain."
The questions were delivered to Khorasani's associates in Mohmand, and then he recorded his answers on tape and sent then back to a Rootersnews hound who had interviewed him in the past.
The TTP has not demonstrated the ability to stage sophisticated attacks in the West. Its one apparent bid to carnage in the United States failed.
It grabbed credit for the botched car kaboom in New York's Times Square last year. But American intelligence agencies take it seriously. It was later added to the United States' list of foreign terrorist organisations.
Pak Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud appeared in a video with the Jordanian double agent who went kaboom!" in a well-fortified US base in Afghanistan last year, in the second most deadly attack in CIA history. Seven CIA officials were killed.
"Our war against America is continuing inside and outside of Pakistain. When we launch attacks, it will prove that we can hit American targets outside Pakistain," said Khorasani, a tall man with a beard and shoulder-length hair common among the ethnic Pashtun warriors of tribal areas along the Afghan border.
The TTP has built up a long C.V. of bloodshed, carrying out suicide kabooms which often kill dozens. The organisation gained most of its experience waging an insurgency inside Pakistain.
A loose alliance of a dozen groups, the TTP intensified its battle against the state in 2007, after a bloody army raid on Islamabad's Red Mosque, which was controlled by its allies.
Sitting with a pistol strapped to his waist and flanked by two of his comrades with AK-47 assault rifles, Khorasani said the death of bin Laden would not demoralise the Taliban.
It had in fact, injected a "new courage" into its fighters, said Khorasani, the top Taliban capo in Mohmand agency.
"The ideology given to us by Osama bin Laden and the spirit and courage that he gave to us to fight infidels of the world is alive," said Khorasani, wearing a brown shalwar kameez, traditional baggy trousers and tunics, and a round top hat.
He described Ayman al-Zawahri, the former Egyptian physician who is the likely successor to bin Laden, as the Pak Taliban's "chief and supreme leader".
The Pak Taliban are closely linked with the Afghan Taliban. They move back and forth through the mostly non-existent border and exchange intelligence and provide shelter for each other in a region US President Barack B.O. Obama has described as "the most dangerous place in the world".
US Defence Secretary Robert Gates said on Saturday there could be political talks with the Afghan Taliban by the end of this year if NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Originally it was a mutual defense pact directed against an expansionist Soviet Union. In later years it evolved into a mechanism for picking the American pocket while criticizing the style of the American pants... made more military advances.
If the Afghan Taliban lay down their weapons there will be no let up in the Pak Taliban campaign to impose its version of Islam which would see women covered from head to toe and those deemed immoral publicly whipped or executed.
"Even if some rapprochement is reached in Afghanistan, our ideology, aim and objective is to change the system in Pakistain," said Khorasani.
"Whether there is war or peace throughout the world, our struggle for the implementation of Islamic system in Pakistain will continue."
It seems the TTP expects to wage holy war for generations. In another video clip provided by Khorasani, a young boy wearing a camouflage ammunition belt shuffles along the ground, weighed down by a Kalashnikov rifle hung over his shoulder.
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HMMMM, HMMMM, intehwesting, so AYMAN is deemed the El Supremo-Hefe of the TTP = PAK TALIBAN, + while ole ex-Egyptian Commando SAIF is still interim head of Osama's Al-Qaeda???
Looks like ADAM GADAHN's desired "homegrown jihad" agz CONUS will indeed be getting outside/foreign help vee the PAK = AFPAK? Taliban, HEZBOLLAH IN MEXICO + VENEZUELA, ETC. NOTWITHSTANDING.
It appears that the MilTerrs still intend to attack CONUS despite the planned US pullout from Iraq + Afghanistan???
* PAKISTANI DEFENCE FORUM > US MULLS LARGER TROOP PULLOUT [than planned] FROM AFGHANISTAN, in wake of OBL death + rising war costs.
FYI FOX NEWS AM > CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER = believes the US-NATO may need one or two more "fighting seasons" [2012-2013?]to effec pacify or subdue mostly Militant-controlled EASTERN AFGHANISTAN.
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IIUC, KRAUTHAMMER is arguing that the US should utilize its curren force levels to first defeat + pacify the MilTerrs in Eastern Afghanistan, + THEN BEGIN THE PULLOUT???
* DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > [DAWN.com] "NO CONFIRMATION" THAT AL-QAEDA'S [Ilyas]KASHMIRI IS DEAD: US OFFICIAL.
Lest we fergit, MSM-NET > a number of Islamic Scholars + Mullahs have said it is permissible in Islam to deceive + lie to an [infidel = non-Muslim] Enemy(s) in the name of God + Jihad.
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TOPIX/WORLD NEWS > [Ilyas]KASHMIRI WAS WORKING TO CREATE [new] GROUP TO AVENGE OSAMA KILLING.
Lashkar-e-Osama.
IMO ARTIC = it appears that Ilyas had or has? [still alive?] a bone to pick wid Islamabad over its possible role in the Abbottabad raid agz Osama, GIVEN HOW MANY PAK TARGETS KASHMIRI WANTED THE NEW LeO TO ATTACK.
versus
* SAME > OBAMA'S AFGHANISTAN EXIT STRATEGY: AFGHANISTAN TROOPS NOT READY TO TAKE OVER.
* SAME > US, PAKISTAN AUTHORITIES DISPUTE KASHMIRI DEATH; + US: GILANI COMMENTS ON KASHMIRI "NOT TRUE", as per Gilani-alleged US validation/confirmation of Kashmiri death by US drone strike. IOW, THE US CANNOT CONFIRM OR DENY THAT ILYAS KASHMIRI IS DEAD.
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OOOOPPSIES, forgot SAME > INTERPOL SAYS AL-QAEDA {+ Affiliates] REMAIN BIGGEST GLOBAL THREAT.
I can agree, espec IMO given AQ's "Crown Prince of Terror" + Osama Heir-Apparent HAMZA's disappearance after the Abbottabad raid -iff the PAK GOVT can no longer be trusted to protect them, Hamza + various MilTerrs may be induced or inspired to escalate Jihad in Central, East Asia???
[Dawn] US missiles killed 18 Islamic fascistiin Pakistain's tribal district of South Wazoo on Monday, destroying compounds and a vehicle in the deadliest drone strikes for months, officials said. Qazi's turbans will be out burning flags any time now...
Three strikes were reported just days after Pak officials said they believed senior al Qaeda commander Ilyas Kashmiri had died in a similar attack late Friday, also in South Waziristan which borders Afghanistan.
Washington has called Pakistain's semi-autonomous northwest tribal region the most dangerous place on Earth and the global headquarters of al Qaeda.
The first strike killed seven Islamic fascistiin the early hours in Shalam Raghzai, 10 kilometres northwest of Wana, the district's main town.
A second slammed two missiles into a compound in Wacha Dana, 12 kilometres northwest of Wana, killing eight krazed killers, Pak officials said.
The combined toll of 18 made Monday's drone strikes the deadliest reported in Pakistain since a salvo of US missiles killed at least 35 people on March 17.
The third struck the Bray Nishtar area, which lies on the border with North Waziristan at 10:45 am, about 30 kilometres from the site of the other two raids and about eight hours later.
"A US drone fired two missiles on a krazed killer vehicle killing three rebels," a senior Pak security official told AFP of the third attack.
Another official warned the corpse count could rise further. The combined toll of 18 made Monday's drone strikes the deadliest reported in Pakistain since a salvo of US missiles killed at least 35 people on March 17.
Initial reports suggested that some foreign Islamic fascistimay have been killed and that Pak Taliban were also targeted on Monday.
One of the demolished compounds was near a madrassa and just south of the Ghwakhwa area, where Kashmiri, one of al Qaeda's most feared operational leaders, was reportedly killed days earlier.
Monday's attacks bring to 12 the number of strikes reported in Pakistain's tribal areas since US commandos killed al Qaeda founder the late Osama bin Laden ... who doesn't live anywhere anymore... in a raid in the garrison city of Abbottabad on May 2.
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Sami Ahmad An-Nadi, from Khan Younis, was trapped in the tunnel in Rafah in the southern Gazoo Strip.
Gazoo medical services front man Adham Abu Salmiya said An-Nadi's body was taken to the Abu Yousif An-Najjar Hospital in Rafah.
The front man said over 160 workers have been killed in tunnel accidents since February 2006, the year that Israel imposed a siege on the coastal enclave.
Since that time, smuggling tunnels from Egypt have provided a lifeline to the 1.6 million residents of Gazoo.
A pretty good lifeline, given the materials used recently to build several very high-end malls near Gaza City.
Israel tightened its blockade in 2007 when Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, took control of the territory, and Egypt cooperated by restricting movement through Rafah.
On May 28, Egypt reopened the Rafah crossing, Gazoo's only border crossing not controlled by Israel.
The opening eased the movement of people in and out of Gazoo, but the terminal is not equipped for the transfer of goods, and so its reopening will have little impact on Israel's siege.
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The northern Syrian town of Jisr al-Shughour is bracing for an assault by the military after the government said 120 security forces personnel had been killed there by "armed gangs".
The government says it will act "with force" to restore control. Activists say the source of the violence is unclear, possibly involving a military mutiny.
Residents have posted messages on Facebook saying they fear a slaughter and appealing for help from outside. Activists insist the uprising against the regime of President Bashar al-Assad is peaceful and scorn the government's talk of armed gangs.
Dozens of Syrians who crossed the northern border into Turkey are being treated in hospitals in the south-east of the country for wounds they say they received in clashes with Syrian forces, Turkish officials say.
[Iran Press TV] At least 120 Syrian forces have been killed after gangs attacked security forces in northwestern town of Jisr al-Shughour, state TV reported.
According to the state TV, ... and if you can't believe state TV who can you believe? 82 of them were killed after gangs attacked city's security center on Monday. Some 28 police and security forces personnel were targeted "on their way to rescue citizens being terrorized" by armed gangs.
Others died in festivities throughout the town.
"The gangs are committing a veritable massacre. They have mutilated bodies and thrown others into the Assi river," the broadcaster said adding that more than 200 coppers and security forces were also maimed during the festivities.
State TV said hundreds of armed gunnies had taken over parts of Jisr al-Shughour and torched several government buildings.
"The security forces have managed to end a blockade over one of the neighbourhoods (in Jisr al-Shughour) that was seized by the gunnies for a while and are now battling them to end the blockade on the other neighbourhoods," it said.
The TV also said that the city's residents are fleeing their homes, seeking safety at police and security stations, adding that Jisr al-Shughour residents have urged the army to intervene rapidly to end the violence.
Syrian officials say the gangs are hiding in houses and firing at soldiers and civilians alike, using residents as human shields.
Since the beginning of unrest in Syria in mid-March, hundreds of people, including security forces, have been killed.
The opposition accuses security forces of being behind the killings. But, the government blames armed gangs for the deadly violence, stressing that the unrest is being orchestrated from abroad.
Damascus ...The City of Jasmin is the oldest continuously-inhabited city in the world. It has not always been inhabited by the same set of fascisti... has announced the arrest of several members of armed terrorist groups, saying that they have confessed to receiving weapons and money from foreign organizations to kill civilians and security forces in a bid to cause chaos in the country.
Syrian President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad One of the last of the old-fashioned hereditary iron-fisted fascist dictators. Before going into the family business Pencilneck was an eye doctor... has vowed to bring those behind the killings to justice.
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#7
Might have happened. Be some organized, trained shooters, though. Not protestors. Or the cops were massively complacent and couldn't get their stuff going when under attack until a huge number of them were killed. I figure that's unlikely.
Could have been a rogue unit turning on the state security forces.
Could have been a rogue unit which went over to the protestors getting nailed by a still-loyal unit.
Could be a complete lie.
In any case, calling the dead guys, real or fabricated, vics of the protestors is good tactics for the state.
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06/07/2011 15:17 Comments ||
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#8
What is it with this thing?
Good tactics for the state unless it causes some protestors to think, "Hey, if it's that easy...."
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06/07/2011 15:19 Comments ||
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#9
What they are not saying is that two army units got into it over why they are shooting their own people over this guy pencilneck.
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