[Breitbart] Green Party presidential nominee Jill Stein blasted Hillary Clinton's "laughter at the lynching of an African ruler" as "disturbing," referring to a 2011 CBS video clip of Clinton laughing about the death of Muammar Gaddafi. Nearly everything about this creature is "disturbing."
Clinton "left Libya in bloody chaos," Stein wrote.
Stein went on to warn progressives that Clinton is a "corporatist hawk" who, if elected president, would threaten to move the country further towards "neocon, warmongering tendencies." Painful, but credit must be given to Stein. Incorrect prognosis, but no less threatening.
Or is that an honorary name for the method of murder, named after our current Attorney General?
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is that an honorary name for the method of murder, named after our current Attorney General? The latter. It refers to an event that occurred on a tarmac in Phoenix where the entire country got screwed bigly.
[NATION.PK] There is no excuse for violence or for harming another individual, unless it is for self-defence. Anger, humiliation, ridicule, verbal abuse ‐ all categories of non-physical harm do not make a person liable to be physically assaulted. Such an assault would be unfair, proportional, and its logic justifies further reactionary violence.
This simple moral realisation is something many Paks have not been able to grasp. This was most recently exhibited in a video clip that went viral on social media where a National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) security guard in Liaquatabad, was harassed by a female news hound and lashed out physically and slapped her. On Thursday, the Gulbahar police registered an FIR against FC guard Hasan Abbas posted at the Nadra office in Liaquatabad for allegedly slapping the news hound. A "counter-case" was then registered against the news hound of a private news channel on the complaint of a Nadra official for creating "hindrances in official work".
The whole story points out some glaring problems in our governance and interpersonal relations. The reason cameras were on the scene outside the Nadra office was to report on the difficulties faced by people. Nadra did not care about the rudeness of their security personnel and rather than apologising to the victim, furthered a legal battle, a further drain of citizen’s resources. This logic, that "she had it coming" is why domestic abuse, mob culture, and extremism have become so prevalent. Many have questioned the news hound’s professionalism and the way she was addressing the FC guard and challenging him among dozens of people. This is valid criticism, however, it still does not give him the leeway to hit her for being unprofessional.
According to its modern definition, the state is the only legitimate source that can exercise violence, and that two after neutral arbitration between grieved parties. Additionally, our state and its constitution are based on 19th century ideas of liberty that purport that the only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilised community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others. The causing of harm is what creates oppression, the state is there to make sure that such oppression and harm does not come to pass.
Thus in cases of verbal attacks, logic dictates that the response be only in kind. Our religion in most cases dictates forgiveness. All modern law dictates that the response be deferred to a state authority that will determine punishment impartially and proportionally. In our country, with our warped notions of honour, none of these apply.
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[NATION.PK] t has been almost four years since the bizarre case of ’honour’ killing in Kohistan ...a backwoods district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa distinguished by being even more rustic than is the norm among the local Pashtuns.... surfaced, yet there has been no justice for those who were senselessly murdered, instead their death has been shrouded with mystery and cover-ups. A blurry video showing a group of young women clapping and singing as two men danced during a wedding ceremony in 2012, became public, following which, a Jirga, comprising 12 elders, reportedly sentenced four women, a minor girl and the two boys in the video to death.
It was reported that the four women and the minor girl were killed on May 30, 2012 but their bodies were never recovered. The men in the video are said to have gone into hiding, but three of their elder brothers were tracked down and killed. The Supreme Court on June 20, 2012 had disposed the case after a fact finding commission, which comprised District and Sessions Judge Muneera Abbasi, Bushra Gohar, ANP MNA, Dr Farzana Bari, a women rights activist, and the administration of federal and the Khyber Pukhtoonkhawa, submitted a report that the girls were alive and well and there had been no murders, even though Dr Bari had expressed reservations that they didn’t seem to be the same women in the video.
Fast forward four years and allegations of cover-ups by MPAs, local holy mans, and high ranking officials with ties to the Jirga have surfaced once again and Dr Bari insists that the Supreme Court must reopen the case as the girls have been confirmed dead thanks to Rooters’ journalist, Katharine Houreld, who has proved that the girls who appeared before the commission were not the ones in the video.
Such is the ingenuity now of people who kill in the name of honour, that they are even willing to deceive the Supreme Court. The fact is that even with laws in place to protect women, the killings may not decrease too much and ways to kill and hide will become more innovative. To give many of these men the understanding that women are not property, slaves or lesser beings will take decades more.
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[NATION.PK]In a series of dreadful events, this week, the legal fraternity in Punjab 1.) Little Orphan Annie's bodyguard
2.) A province of Pakistain ruled by one of the Sharif brothers
3.) A province of India. It is majority (60 percent) Sikh and Hindoo (37 percent), which means it has relatively few Moslem riots.... found itself at loggerheads with members of the judiciary. And the consequences of this stand-off threaten to further weaken the teetering project of justice in our land.
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[Ynet] Analysis: With elections for the Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, leadership coming up in December, and with Khaled Mashal officially announcing that he will be stepping away from the leadership position, political infighting and maneuvering has begun amongst the candidates.
A baby named Walid Sha'ath was born last week in Rafah, Gazoo, a place where a baby is born every 10 minutes. He is the 2 millionth official resident of the Strip, cementing Gazoo's ranking as the most crowded piece of land in the world.
Along with the overpopulation, there's a 50% chance that you're unemployed if you live in Gazoo. You don't have electricity for two thirds of the day ‐ if you even have a house. You bathe in hard, salty water, and going abroad is only a dream. And if you're a Gazook with a problem, you can't go to the Paleostinian Authority for help ‐ you have to go to Hamas.
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[Jpost] ...In keeping with the foolishness of their foreign policy in recent years, the Americans agreed to let Shi'ite militias, which are supported by Iran, take part in the battle for Mosul. Beyond the concern that these militias will massacre Mosul's Sunnis after it is recaptured, what should worry Israel is the possibility that the vision of the Shi'ite Crescent will be fulfilled - stretching from Iran through what was once Iraq and Syria, and all the way through Lebanon to the Mediterranean coast.
The next American president will determine if Iran becomes the dominant power in the region and if it will also become a nuclear power. Most of the Israeli media coverage of the US presidential election has relied on a translation of the completely biased American media and focuses on matters that are irrelevant for Israel. If I were an American citizen, perhaps I would be worried about Donald Trump's treatment of women, but as an Israeli, I ask myself, which American president would I prefer stand before Iran?
Nobel Prize winner Barack Obama paved for a Iran a certain path to a nuclear bomb and taught the Iranians and the world that in the face of a nuclear power who does as it pleases, like North Korea, all that he can offer is an eloquent and aggressive speech. Trump may be a chauvinist and a racist, he certainly is not pleasant and refined, but his great advantage is that he is unpredictable.
One can imagine how, as president, Hillary Clinton would condemn with harsh words Iran's first nuclear test. I can also imagine how Trump, as president, would inform Iran that if it dares to develop a nuclear bomb it will make the acquaintance of the American arsenal of weapons. The Iranians also believe that he is crazy enough to follow through with the threat. His contribution to world history could be far more important than the testimony of the harassed women who are dominating the American airwaves today.
[Rooters] The conflict in Yemen is intensifying. The U.S. Navy launched cruise missiles at radar sites in areas controlled by Iran-backed Houthi forces in retaliation for attempted missile strikes on U.S. vessels, and Iran reportedly sent warships to the waters off Yemen. The moves risked bringing Iran into direct confrontation with the United States and Saudi Arabia, its ally. But while Iran will not skip an opportunity to poke its regional rival in the eye, Tehran does not want overt confrontation with the United States in Yemen.
The missiles were launched from Houthi-controlled territory in the north of Yemen, but it’s still unclear by whom. The Houthi rebels virulently denied carrying out the strikes. The U.S. response coincided with a report by Iran’s semi-official Tasnim news agency about Tehran’s deployment of its military vessels off Yemen. The timing of the report by Tasnim, which has close links to Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, implied that the Iranian deployment was a response to the U.S. strikes — and that the strikes could lead to greater Iranian involvement in Yemen. But that’s not the case.
First, Iran’s Alvand and Bushehr warships were sent to patrol the Gulf of Aden, then on to Somalia followed by Tanzania on an anti-piracy patrol. Importantly, the ships were dispatched on October 5, eight days before the Tasnim announcement.
The announcement by Tasnim, which has close links to Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, was typical hard-line Iranian grandstanding at a time when the United States was preparing to respond to the missile attacks. More generally, Tehran, which has repeatedly asked the United States to leave the region, clearly wants to avoid direct confrontation with U.S. forces. While Iranian rhetoric, particularly from hardline elements and the Revolutionary Guards, highlights Iranian strength and its ability to withstand confrontation with Washington, Iranian officials see this as a losing battle.
Tehran doesn’t want to get stuck in Yemen— especially at a time when Iran feels it’s succeeding in its efforts to showcase itself as a viable regional partner for the United States. Washington is reviewing its support for Saudi Arabia after Riyadh admitted it bombed a funeral without first following mandatory procedures to avoid civilian targets. Depending on its findings, the review could result in less U.S involvement in this war--which is what Iran wants. Tehran would not condone missile strikes on U.S ships that risked entrenching both Iranian and U.S. involvement in Yemen.
The Houthis may have taken action without Iranian consent. After all, Iran’s patron-to-proxy relation with the Houthis is not as clear-cut as often assumed. The rebels do not report to Iran in the same manner as Lebanon’s Hezbollah does, for example. Rather, the Houthis are similar to the Palestinian Hamas movement: They receive some help and support from Iran without taking direct orders from it.
What’s more, Yemen is not a priority for Iran. Iran is more concerned about neighboring Iraq, where it has important religious, trade and political interests, and Syria, which gives Tehran access both to Hezbollah and the Mediterranean. But Tehran’s Yemen policy is inconsistent and lacks an objective. Early on in the conflict, Iran limited itself to voicing support and providing some material supplies to the Houthi rebels. But as the Saudi intervention ramped up, Iran increasingly saw the conflict as a low-cost opportunity to be a nuisance to its rival.
But that’s all Yemen is to Iran — an opportunity. Tehran is loath to get dragged into another conflict when it is already involved on multiple regional fronts.
Washington, for its part, is keen to disengage from backing the Saudis in a conflict with no end in sight. The United States also does not want greater Iranian involvement in Yemen. That would make disengagement impossible and akin to abandoning its Saudi ally. Washington also knows that while Tehran is no match for U.S. forces, it has shown its proxies can cause serious disruption in the region.
Despite repeated calls for a ceasefire, the war in Yemen continues. But so far, Tehran and Washington have managed to limit their involvement. The attempted missile strikes cannot be allowed to escalate because that would risk dragging both countries deeper into the conflict. Neither side wants that.
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All very interesting but fails to discuss how the Houthi's came by the sophisticated Russian missile and radar systems. Also (once again) fails to mention casualties.... which may indicate there were none. Are we spinning the Iranians away from the blame line ?
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Dina Esfandiary - Research Analyst, Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Programme, IISS
Dina graduated from the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva, and completed a Master's degree in Intelligence and International Security at King’s College London. Dina initially interned at IISS in the Non-Proliferation programme, before working for the UN, a Geneva-based think-tank, and a humanitarian and disarmament NGO focusing on non-state actors. Her current research interests include nuclear and other non-proliferation issues, intelligence and the Middle East.
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This story is witch's brew of convoluted crap. The Houthi are proxies of Iran much like Hezbollah or Hamas. Obean sent Iran a ton of U.S. money, some of which most likely ended up with the Houthi. Iran hasn't shown any respect for the U.S. in the past. They refer to us as the large satan. Obean has not garnered any respect from them and most likely they think he is a fool.
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[NATION.PK] There is no excuse for violence or for harming another individual, unless it is for self-defence. Anger, humiliation, ridicule, verbal abuse ‐ all categories of non-physical harm do not make a person liable to be physically assaulted. Such an assault would be unfair, proportional, and its logic justifies further reactionary violence.
[NATION.PK] t has been almost four years since the bizarre case of ’honour’ killing in 
[Ynet] Analysis: With elections for the 
