[An Nahar] A Sri Lankan man wanted on an international arrest warrant for terrorism, was discovered in La Belle France by accident, after he walked into a cop shoppe to complain about poor working conditions.
Jeyanthan Tharmalingam, 35, went last Thursday to give a statement in a case about illegal employment in which he was a victim, at a cop shoppe in the eastern suburbs of Gay Paree, judicial sources said.
But police quickly realized he was the subject of "an international arrest warrant for terrorism", a police source said. He appeared before a Gay Paree court where he was notified of the warrant against him before being released on bail.
Tharmalingam is alleged to be a member of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam which waged a 37-year long separatist war that left at least 100,000 dead, according to U.N. estimates, and was defeated by the army in 2009. He is listed on the Interpol website as wanted for terrorism.
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NAIROBI --- As Somalia's new prime minister, Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed, gets ready to announce his new cabinet, analysts warn that the fragile Somali administration could come unstuck if further conflicts hit the executive. Ahmed assumed office on 26 December following a no-confidence vote against his predecessor Abdi Farah Shirdon 'Saa'id' on 2 December.
"The removal of the former PM [Prime Minister] Shirdon has, in fact, created a loss of credibility, because internal political crisis has been a norm for Somalia's transitional governments since the year 2000," Abukar Sanei, the director of the Center for Policy Analysis and Research, a Somali think-tank, told IRIN by email. "The expectations of the people from this 'permanent government' was to avoid internal political clashes, and move the country forward in the peace-building and state-building processes."
According to a briefing by the Mogadishu-based Heritage Institute for Policy Studies (HIPS), the change in administration in Somalia is derailing the country and "another phase of infighting could lead to a collapse of this government."
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TEHRAN -- Senior parliamentarians from Iran and Somalia, in a meeting in Tehran on Monday, expressed hope that the bilateral ties between the two friendly states would witness further enhancement in various sectors, particularly in parliamentary fields.
Two peas in a pod, they are...
During the meeting, First Vice-Speaker of the Iranian parliament Mohammad Hassan Aboutorabi Fard said Tehran and Mogadishu should use the existing opportunities to expand their bilateral relations.
The Iranian parliament, he said, supports expansion of cooperation with the African countries in industrial and economic fields.
Meanwhile, members of the Somali delegation called for fostering bilateral ties between the two countries, parliamentary relations in particular.
Because who else would you turn to for an education in parliamentary matters if not Tehran?
The Somali delegation is in Tehran at the invitation of Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani.
Iran is an observing member of the African Union (AU) and has shown an active presence in previous AU summit meetings.
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I seem to recall that Iran is active in several other African countries, as well, presumably buying influence and future converts.
[An Nahar] Egyptians queued to vote on a new constitution Tuesday amid high security, in a referendum likely to launch a presidential bid by the army chief who overthrew Islamist president Mohammed Morsi ...the former president of Egypt. A proponent of the One Man, One Vote, One Time principle, Morsi won election after the deposal of Hosni Mubarak and jumped to the conclusion it was his turn to be dictator...
Polling at most stations got off to a smooth start, but five people were killed in festivities between Morsi supporters and police and anti-Morsi groups in central and southern Egypt, security officials said.
The violence highlighted the government's precarious grip on the most populous Arab country, still reeling from Morsi's ouster and a bloody crackdown on his supporters.
An Islamist coalition led by the former president's Moslem Brüderbund had urged protests and a boycott during the two-day vote.
A small bomb went kaboom! without causing injuries outside a Cairo court shortly before polls opened in the morning, as hundreds of thousands of soldiers and police deployed to guard polling stations.
The interior ministry had pledged to confront attempts to disrupt voting.
Defense minister Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, the general who overthrew Morsi in July, visited a polling station at a north Cairo school after voting began to inspect security preparations.
"Work hard. We need the referendum to be completely secured," he told soldiers guarding the school.
The government hopes a large turnout in favor of the constitution will bolster its disputed authority, while Sisi will monitor it for an "indicator" of his popularity, an official close to the general said.
Interim president Adly Mansour urged voters to cast their ballots.
"The people must prove to dark terrorism that they fear nothing," he said after voting.
"The voting is not only for the constitution, but also for the roadmap, so the country can have an elected president and a parliament."
The referendum will be followed by parliamentary and presidential elections.
Security forces deployed in force across the country amid fears a spate of recent spate of snuffies attacks and protests would discourage voters.
At one station for women at a school, dozens queued to cast their ballots, some waving Egyptian flags and chanting pro-military slogans.
"We must be with our police and army so that no one can terrorize us. Even if a bomb went kaboom! in my polling station, I would vote," said Salwa Abdel Fattah, a 50-year-old gynecologist.
It is unclear how many Egyptians will vote because of security worries, but the constitution appears certain to pass.
Charter bolsters army's powers
The charter has done away with much of the Islamist-inspired wording of Morsi's constitution, suspended on his overthrow, and its supporters say it expands women's rights and freedom of speech.
But it has bolstered the military's powers, granting the army the right to appoint the defense minister for the next eight years and to try civilians for attacks on the armed forces.
The runup to the vote was marred by a crackdown on Morsi's supporters and arrests of activists who campaigned for a "no" vote.
The capital has been festooned with banners urging Egyptians to vote "yes", often featuring military motifs such as a general's hat, an allusion to Sisi.
Many Islamists revile Sisi as the man who overthrew the country's first freely elected and civilian president, but the general is adored by the millions who erupted into the streets in July to demand Morsi's resignation.
He is widely expected to run for president, and has said he would stand if he felt there was "popular demand," state media reported this week.
The authorities are worried a low turnout would empower their Islamist opponents in Morsi's Brotherhood and cast further doubts over their legitimacy, analysts say.
"Prove to the world that what happened was a popular revolution," Interior Minister Mohammed Ibrahim said in a visit to a polling station, referring to Morsi's overthrow.
Backers of the constitution are hoping for at least a 70 percent vote in favor of the constitution as a satisfying majority.
Morsi's constitution passed with 64 percent of the vote, but on a turnout of barely 33 percent of the country's 53 million voters.
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[MAGHAREBIA] Three of the Algerian diplomats kidnapped by al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) were handed over to the Movement for Tawhid and Jihad in West Africa (MUJAO) following the In Amenas attack, Echorouk reported on Monday (January 13th). The diplomats are reportedly in Mali under the control of Sultan Ould Badi. Talks are under way for their unconditional release.
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[DAWN] Britannia has granted asylum to an atheist from Afghanistan due to fears he would be prosecuted back home, in what is believed to be the first case of its kind, his lawyers said Tuesday.
The unnamed man was brought up a Moslem but after arriving in Britannia in 2007 at the age of 16 gradually lost his faith, according to the university whose law school helped his case.
His leave to remain was due to expire in 2013 but he feared being sent back to Afghanistan, where he risked being prosecuted for abandoning his faith.
The man's case was taken up by Kent Law Clinic, a free service provided by students from the University of Kent in southeast England and supervised by qualified lawyers.
Claire Splawn, the undergraduate law student who prepared his case, said they argued that an atheist should be entitled to protection "in the same way as a religious person is protected."
Her supervisor, Sheona York, added that they were "absolutely delighted for our client", who had originally come to Britannia after a conflict with his family.
"We believe that this is the first time that a person has been granted asylum in this country on the basis of their atheism," she said. "The decision represents an important recognition that a lack of religious belief is in itself a thoughtful and seriously-held philosophical position."
In a submission to the Home Office, the lawyers included detailed evidence that the man's return to Afghanistan could result in a death sentence for being an apostate unless he remained discreet about his atheist beliefs.
They argued that remaining discreet would be virtually impossible, however, because every aspect of daily life and culture in Afghanistan is permeated by Islam.
A Home Office spokeswoman refused to comment on an individual case, but said Britannia had a "proud history" of granting asylum to those who needed it.
Andrew Copson, chief executive of the British Humanist Association, welcomed the government's action.
"Freedom of belief for humanists, atheists and other non-religious people is as important as freedom of belief for the religious, but it is too often neglected by Western governments who focus too narrowly on the rights of Christians abroad, as we have seen recently," he said.
"It is great to see Britannia showing a lead in defending the human rights ...which are usually open to widely divergent definitions... of the non-religious in the same way."
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[An Nahar] Paleostinian diplomats have apologized for hiding illegal weapons at the Prague embassy where a blast killed the ambassador on New Year's Day, the Czech foreign ministry said on Tuesday.
Paleos ran into a Foreign Minister with a spine, did they?
"A high-ranking Paleostinian foreign ministry official... issued an official apology from the Paleostinian side for the illegal presence of weapons on the premises of the Paleostinian embassy," the ministry said in a statement.
After the deadly blast, police found 12 firearms at the embassy, including submachine guns and sidearms that were not officially registered in the Czech Republic.
They have refused further comment on the weapons pending the results of an official probe.
The DNES newspaper said police found Skorpion VZ61 submachine guns and VZ82 sidearms produced in the former Czechoslovakia and supplied to the Paleostine Liberation Organization before communism fell in Czechoslovakia in 1989.
The Paleostinians also apologized "for the incident that resulted in the tragic death of Paleostinian ambassador Jamal al-Jamal on January 1," the ministry statement added.
Jamal, 56, died only three months after taking office, following an kaboom that occurred soon after he opened a safe.
Czech police have described it as an accident, but have refused further comment pending their investigation.
The late diplomat's daughter Rana al-Jamal, however, believes her father was murdered.
Czech foreign ministry spokeswoman Johana Grohova refused to identify the official who issued the apology on Monday.
"Both sides have agreed it is necessary to wait for the outcome of the police investigation... The Paleostinian side has expressed its resolve to fully accept its conclusions," the Czech foreign ministry said.
"The Paleostinian side stressed it had drawn the relevant conclusions and taken the necessary measures to prevent similar incidents from happening," it added.
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[An Nahar] Turkish President Abdullah Gul called on Tuesday for a shift in government policy towards Syria after years of vocal opposition to the Damascus regime.
His comments came just a week ahead of peace talks aimed at ending the civil war in Syria that are due to open in Switzerland ...home of the Helvetians, famous for cheese, watches, yodeling, and William Tell... on January 22.
"I am of the opinion that we should recalibrate our diplomacy and security policies given the facts in the south of our country (in Syria)," Gul told Turkish ambassadors gathered in Ankara.
Turkey has long called for the ouster of Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad The Scourge of Hama... but he remains in power in the face of an increasingly fragmented rebel movement almost three years since the uprising against his regime erupted in 2011.
Ankara has been accused by its Western allies of backing some of the more radical rebels in Syria and of shipping weapons to al-Qaeda linked groups, allegations it has strongly denied No, no! Certainly not!
But it does host the exiled Syrian opposition on its soil as well as hundreds of thousands of refugees fleeing the increasingly deadly conflict.
"We are pondering what to do for the realization of a win-win situation in the region," Gul said, saying it called for "patience, calmness... and, when necessary, silent diplomacy.
"Today's situation, however, represents a lose-lose scenario for each state, regime and people of the region. Unfortunately we see there are no magic formulas to reverse this picture."
Turkey found itself increasingly isolated over the civil war when the United States decided last year not to launch air strikes against the Syrian regime after an August chemical weapons attack.
The opposition National Coalition is due to debate on January 17 at a meeting in Istanbul whether to attend the so-called Geneva II peace conference.
The United States and Britannia have told the opposition that they will stop their support if it fails to turn up.
The Syrian regime has said it will attend the negotiations but insists that Assad's departure is not on the table.
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WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from a former top official in Somalia who has been ordered to pay Somali torture victims $21 million.
The justices did not comment Monday in letting stand lower court rulings against Mohamed Ali Samantar, who now lives in a suburb of Washington. He had been a top official in dictator Siad Barres regime in the 1980s and early 1990s.
Federal courts found that Samantar could be held liable for human rights abuses and rejected claims that he should be immune because he was an official of a foreign government.
The case is Samantar v. Yousuf
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However, not everyone in the US is 'angered' at Yaalon's comments; some of us rather enjoyed them. Kerry sponsored precisely three bills in his entire Senate career; his ineffectualism (to put it mildly) is / was predictable.
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"To question his motives and distort his proposals is not something we would expect from the defence minister of a close ally."
I agree. It isn't something a "close ally" would say. Perhaps the alliance needs mending and the deployment of a less buffoonish mediator.
By the way, does the Secretary of State have other duties, or is this just a method used to keep he [and his predecessor] out of town and engaged in meaningless, media diverting events ?
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...oh crap...Israeli Minister Apologizes For Insulting Kerry
*sullenly* "I'm sorry I said aloud what everybody knows, that the honourable American Secretary of State, John F. Kerry, is an empty headed blowhard who is trying to get Israel destroyed. There, I said it Bibi. Now can we join our wives for dinner already? Chana made my favourite."
[THEGLOBEANDMAIL] The man dispatched to represent Canada at memorial services for Ariel Sharon says the former Israeli prime minister understood that security is a necessary precursor to peace.
Chris Alexander, the federal Immigration Minister and a former ambassador to Afghanistan, made a quick flight to Israel on Saturday, the day after Mr. Sharon's death, to attend two services on Monday. The first, at Israel's parliament, included U.S. Vice-President Joe Foreign Policy Whiz Kid Biden The former Senator-for-Life from Delaware, an example of the kind of top-notch Washington intellect to be found in the World's Greatest Deliberative Body... and former British prime minister Tony Blair. The second was held at Mr. Sharon's beloved ranch in Israel's southern desert.
The man dispatched to represent Canada at memorial services for Ariel Sharon says the former Israeli prime minister understood that security is a necessary precursor to peace.
Chris Alexander, the federal Immigration Minister and a former ambassador to Afghanistan, made a quick flight to Israel on Saturday, the day after Mr. Sharon's death, to attend two services on Monday. The first, at Israel's parliament, included U.S. Vice-President Joe Biden and former British prime minister Tony Blair. The second was held at Mr. Sharon's beloved ranch in Israel's southern desert.
"It was particularly moving to be part of two ceremonies today for someone of the stature of Ariel Sharon, a staunch defender of his country, the architect of modern Israel in many ways, whose life is coincident with, coeval with, the country itself," Mr. Alexander said in a telephone interview with The Globe and Mail as he started the trip home.
In life, Mr. Sharon was both revered and reviled, known as the Bulldozer in Israel for his support for building settlements in the West Bank and the Butcher among Paleostinians for his strong-arm tactics. He was a primary force in the construction of the modern state of Israel and a war hero to his people. He was also a promoter of the settlement movement, though he presided over the controversial eviction of Israeli settlers from the Gazoo Strip. which has been a barrier to peace and which earned him the nickname of the Bulldozer. He resigned as the Israeli defence minister in 1983 after a Christian militia allied with Israel massacred Paleostinians at two Lebanese refugee camps.
Mr. Alexander said he believes the world is coming to understand the necessity of Mr. Sharon's hard line.
"He understood that you could not have peace without providing for Israel's security and providing for it in a robust way. And that's why he went to such great lengths influencing the very emergence of the Israeli defence forces, playing a role in these wars, playing a role in combatting terrorism, almost without equal in Israel's history, before he started going down the path to peace," Mr. Alexander said.
Canada hopes that the peace talks between Israel and the Paleostinian Authority that U.S. Secretary of State John F. I was in Vietnam, you know Kerry Former Senator-for-Life from Massachussetts, self-defined war hero, speaker of French, owner of a lucky hat, conqueror of Cambodia, and current Secretary of State... is overseeing will be successful, Mr. Alexander said.
"We want all parties to come back to the table without preconditions," Mr. Alexander said. "But Sharon shows that it is a difficult path. And without security for Israel, it is not a path that Israelis will be willing to travel because they have achieved success in their country -- democracy, economic success -- that no one else in the region has."
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Do you mean the world understands the need for a D-10 to replace the D-9? D-10.
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...News: North American Leader posits common sense in dealing with people who want to kill you...
...Not News: USA was not that North American leader...
Charity organisations pledged $400 million on Tuesday to help alleviate the humanitarian plight of Syrians affected by their countrys civil war, participants at a meeting of charitable NGOs said.
Make checks out to the "Widows Ammunition Fund"...
Kuwaits International Islamic Charitable Organisation said Kuwaiti charities pledged $142 million, while dozens of NGOs attending the meeting promised the rest.
The funds will target people inside and outside Syria, where more than 130,000 people have been killed and millions displaced during the 34-month conflict, IICO said in a statement cited by the KUNA news agency.
At a similar meeting last year, NGOs pledged $182 million for Syrian refugees.
How much was collected?
Tuesdays gathering came a day before the Second International Humanitarian Pledging Conference for Syria, which aims to raise $6.5 billion for more than 13.4 million Syrians facing extreme conditions inside the country and in neighbouring nations.
The United Nations has described the appeal as the largest ever in its history for a single humanitarian emergency.
Even more than for the Paleos?
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon will chair the one-day ministerial-level meeting, which will be opened by His Highness Shaikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah, Amir of Kuwait. Around 69 countries and 24 international organisations are attending.
The UN has said it needs $2.3 billion to support 9.3 million people inside Syria and $4.2 billion for refugees, expected to nearly double to 4.1 million by years end.
Ahead of his arrival in Kuwait, Ban warned that the humanitarian situation in Syria has been deteriorating and called on donor nations to help meet the target.
At the first donors conference in Kuwait last January, participating nations pledged $1.5 billion, 75 per cent of which was delivered, according to a Kuwaiti official.
Aid agencies say 10.5 million Syrians are food insecure or severely food insecure, over a million children under five suffer from acute or severe malnutrition, about half the population has no access to adequate water sources or sanitation facilities and 8.6 million have insufficient access to healthcare.
Lebanon is currently hosting the largest number of refugees with 905,000, followed by Jordan with 575,000, Turkey 562,000, Iraq 216,000 and Egypt 145,000. By the end of 2014, these numbers are estimated to rise to 1.65 million in Lebanon, 800,000 in Jordan, 1.0 million in Turkey, 400,000 in Iraq and 250,000 in Egypt.
How many of them are loyal to the crazed buggers in the resistance?
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[An Nahar] Abdullah Azzam Brigades ... Leb's current al-Qaeda affiliate, named after a guy whose car the current head of al-Qaeda had boomed... accused Hizbullah on Tuesday of removing the respirator of Majed al-Majed, who died in Leb recently, stressing that its project against Iran and the party will go on.
"The Sheikh (al-Majed) was in a coma when he was detained and his condition deteriorated... prompting Hizbullah to remove his respirator," a statement issued by the group that is loyal to al-Qaeda said via twitter. "They put gasoline in his IV bag! We seen it!"
The statement pointed out that al-Majed's illness forced him to resort to a high medical care since December 4, 2012.
"When al-Majed was submitted into hospitals he was in a coma... The Iranian party couldn't reach him until he was detained in December 27, 2013 after reports about his illness emerged," the brigades pointed out.
The statement noted that alleged reports that Hizbullah questioned al-Majed is "mere fabrications and an attempt to achieve moral victory on his account."
It criticized "attacks against Sunnis orchestrated by Iran's party, which controls Leb's military intelligence and manipulates it at will."
It also said Iran "manipulates all Lebanese state institutions to protect both its interests and those of its Baathist ally in Syria," a reference to Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad Light of the Alawites...
The brigades considered that al-Majed left behind him capable men, who could lead after him.
"His project will continue to target Iran and its party (Hizbullah) and the Jewish aggressors to defend Sunnis and those who are oppressed."
Brigades member Sirajeddin Zreikat had already threatened more attacks in Leb until Hezbollah ends its intervention.
Al-Majed, a Saudi national, died in Leb earlier this month while undergoing treatment at the Central Military Hospital after his health deteriorated, the army said in a communique.
He is accused of being behind the suicide kaboom that targeted the Iranian embassy in Beirut on November 19, 2013, and he was detained in December of the same year and had been held at a secret location.
He was also wanted by Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... on terrorism charges.
The Lebanese army said in a communique that al-Majed was detained on December 26, 2013, noting that DNA testing confirmed his identity.
The group was formed in 2009 and is believed to have branches in both the Arabian Peninsula and Leb.
The Lebanese unit is named after Ziad al-Jarrah, a Lebanese who took part in the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States.
It is named for the Paleostinian mentor of the late al-Qaeda chief the late Osama bin Laden ... who doesn't live anywhere anymore... . He was killed in a 1989 kaboom.
According to Islamist sites, Majed was revealed to be the leader of the Brigades in 2012.
In 2009, Leb sentenced Majed in absentia to life in prison for belonging to a different krazed killer group, the al-Qaeda-inspired Fatah al-Islam A Syrian-incubated al-Qaeda work-alike that they think can be turned off if no longer needed to keep the Lebanon pot stirred.
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See also DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > AL-QAEDA REACHES MANIPUR | NTI CENTRAL.
Recruiting.
* RELATED TOPIX > AL-QAEDA EXPANDS REACH INTO SOUTH ASIA.
Meanwhile, not to be outdone by South Asia, as per FREEREPUBLIC Artic FLOTUS Michelle visits alleged OSAMA kiddie + possible BOSTON BOMBING-linked suspect "HAMZA BIN LADEN" for chat in local US hospital.
[An Nahar] The White House dismissed on Tuesday an aggressive claim by Iran's President Hassan Rouhani that a nuclear deal showed that world powers are bowing to Tehran's will.
"It is not surprising to us and nor should it be surprising to you that the Iranians are describing the agreement in a certain way towards their domestic audience," front man Jay Carney said.
"It does not matter what they say, it matters what they do."
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"It is not surprising to us ......that the Iranians are describing the agreement in a certain way towards their domestic audience," front man Jay Carney said.
No, not surprising at all......since they do exactly the same thing with their own "domestic audience" on a near daily basis.
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Let's hope some Western city doesn't gets lit up as the result of this feckless f*cking around by Champ and his minions. Seems like I've seen similar movies before.
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* ION BIGNEWSNETWORK > [World Tribune] IRAN SAYS US HAS NO OBJECTIONS [in new P5+1 interim Nuke Deal] TO INSTALLATION OF ADVANCED CENTRIFUGES.
That sound you're hearing is "We're-supposed-to-be-the-World's-first-Islamic-Superpower-not-Iran PAKISTAN going "ARRRGH/NNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOO"!
Move along, people, clearly no OWG Globalist Co-Superpower agenda here.
VERSUS
* FREEREPUBLIC > [Truth Revolt = Fars News Agency/FNA] IRANIAN GENERAL [MGEN. Ataollah Salehi]: US PURSUING DIPLOMACY BECAUSE THEY CANNOT DEFEAT US [Iran] MILITARILY.
* DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > [JPost] MIDDLE DEFENSE EXPERT WARNS OF GROWING STRATEGIC THREAT TO ISRAEL. Steady ongoing improvements to the LRBM Sys + related MilTechs by Israel's Muslim neighbors andor dedicated enemies.
I've times argued or inferred that the sooner Israel joins NATO or NATO-EU the better for its LT survival, to include advantages for the PA.
[An Nahar] Washington on Tuesday hit out at Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif for laying a wreath of flowers on the tomb of slain Hizbullah military commander Imad Mughniyeh during his latest visit to Beirut.
"The United States condemns the decision taken by Zarif ... to place a wreath at the grave of Imad Mughniyeh, a former leader of Lebanese Hizbullah responsible for heinous acts of terrorism that killed hundreds of innocent people, including Americans," U.S. National Security Council Spokesperson Caitlin Hayden said in a statement.
"The inhumane violence that Mughniyeh perpetrated -- and that Lebanese Hizbullah continues to perpetrate in the region with Iran's financial and material support -- has had profoundly destabilizing and deadly effects for Leb and the region," Hayden added.
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At least Zarif has principles; did Champ do any honors @ Pearl Harbor last December? How about that last Gettysburg get together, where was he????
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Don't slam or condemn.... simply take note. Use the event to confirm already existing indications and warnings. Hayden's puerile rhetoric accomplishes nothing.
[An Nahar] French President Francois Hollande ...the Socialist president of La Belle France, an economic bad joke for la Belle France but seemingly a foreign policy realist... said Tuesday that 700 people had left La Belle France to join the fighting in Syria in what he called a "worrying" trend. I believe most of them are colonists, even those permanent residents in La Belle France.
"A certain number of young Frenchies and young foreigners living in La Belle France... are fighting in Syria -- 700 are listed, that's a lot. Some are dead," Hollande told a presser in Gay Paree.
Hollande said young people needed to be warned about the dangers of going to Syria and that La Belle France needed to "fight against a certain number of networks and havens that sustain terrorism."
French officials have warned of the dangers from French citizens fighting with bully boy and al-Qaeda linked groups in Syria.
Gay Paree prosecutor Francois Molins said this week that more than 400 people were either ready to go to Syria, were in the country or had been and returned.
Western security officials have raised fears that imported muscle trained in Syria could carry out attacks on home soil.
Officials say about 20 French citizens have died in the Syria conflict.
The country was unsettled last week when reports emerged of two brothers who had converted to Islam dying within four months of each other in the conflict.
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And Hollande will be dumb enough to let them back in.
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