Six people were killed in a bomb attack on a base operated by Polish and Afghan forces in the eastern Afghan province of Ghazni on Wednesday, local officials and a Reuters witness said. The Taleban, which claimed responsibility for the base attack in which at least 34 others were wounded, said a suicide bomber detonated himself near a truck loaded with explosives.
The bombing wiped out the security posts and the first checkpoint while other fighters, armed with heavy and light weapons, managed to get inside and are firing at intended targets, Taleban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said in an email.
Gunshots continued to ring into the night following the attack at around 4pm, Ghaznis deputy governor said. A Reuters witness saw column of black smoke rising from the base in the provincial capital.
At least four civilians and two police officers were killed in the fighting, according to local health official Baz Mohammad Hemat. Eight children and two women were among the 34 wounded.
Elsewhere in Afghanistan, two attacks in Helmand province on Wednesday killed three soldiers, 10 Afghan civilians and wounded more than 20 other people, police and provincial officials said.
One of the attacks took place in Helmands provincial capital Lashkar Gah, where a suicide bomber blew himself up near a foreign troop convoy but without killing or wounding any of the soldiers targeted, a spokeswoman for the Nato-led force said.
In the second attack, on the outpost of Nad Ali in Helmand, a suicide bomber in a car killed three soldiers, officials said.
On Tuesday, in the western province of Farah, Taleban insurgents torched 40 trucks that supply Nato-led forces with fuel and killed six Afghan drivers, the provincial governors spokesman, Abdul Rahman Zhwanday, said.
And in Kabul, a suicide bomber targeted a government ministry, killing himself and one other person, according to security sources in the capital.
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[An Nahar] Three peacekeepers have been shot and maimed in Sudan's East Darfur region, the mission said on Tuesday, the second attack this month against Blue Helmets in the same area.
The incident occurred on Monday in the region where, according to the U.N., fighting between two Arab tribes this month killed 190 people.
An "unknown gang" attacked a patrol of the African Union ...a union consisting of 53 African states, most run by dictators of one flavor or another. The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco. Established in 2002, the AU is the successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was even less successful... -U.N. Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) about 36 kilometers (22 miles) northeast of the East Darfur state capital Ed Daein, said Rania Abdulrahman, a UNAMID media officer.
"During the firefight three peacekeepers sustained gunshot wounds," she told Agence La Belle France Presse.
Reinforcements from the UNAMID base in Ed Daein "repelled the attackers," while the maimed peacekeepers were taken to Ed Daein for treatment, Abdulrahman added.
On August 12 a UNAMID police patrol was ambushed in Ed Daein but there were no injuries, UNAMID said earlier.
The region surrounding the town was the scene of fighting between the Rezeigat and Maaliya tribes this month.
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[MAGHAREBIA] The head of the explosives unit of the Benghazi security directorate was shot and killed last Friday (August 23rd) while on his way to the mosque with his young son.
Forty-six-year-old Colonel Mustafa Aqila al-Maghribi first worked in the Criminal Investigation Department, then in the detection dogs unit before moving on to the detection and demining of explosives division.
According to policeman Mohamed Mohi, when al-Maghribi noticed a car following him, he told his young son to go to the mosque alone.
"At that moment, a number of masked men got out of the car and shot at him twice. One hit him in the shoulder. Then they chased him and shot him dead," Mohi said.
Al-Maghribi had been responsible for defusing a large number of bombs around the country, most recently a bomb outside Benghazi's Tibesti hotel, LANA reported.
"We have some leads with regard to those responsible for the liquidations and bombings," Benghazi Joint Security Room spokesperson Colonel Abdullah Zaidi said. "We captured some, and an interrogation concerning terrorism activities is on-going."
"In my opinion, what is happening are random incidents because every attack has specific details unique to a particular region. The targeted victims are usually unknown figures such as the liquidation of a judge, aged 79 and also Lieutenant Colonel Mustafa Aqila, who is not known to the average citizen," Zaidi added.
He said that "some of the boom-mobileings were triggered by mobile phones with ringtones praising Moamer Qadaffy".
"An officer was murdered because he uncovered a shipment of drugs; here, obviously, the culprit is a narco gang. The latest is the entry of two gunnies into Jalaa Hospital. One of them threw a bomb in one of the corridors and was maimed when he was hit by gunshot after an exchange of fire with coppers at the hospital," the colonel told Magharebia.
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[MAGHAREBIA] Hundreds of young Malians on Sunday (August 25th) erupted into the streets to demonstrate their anger at the return of some former jihadists to Gao.
"People of the north are still shaken by fear and they will never forget what they have experienced with the Islamists. So, their reaction is quite understandable, especially since we just heard about the merger of MUJAO and Belmokhtar's gang," Gao teacher Habib Sidibé said.
"This return triggers serious concerns within a traumatised population due to nearly a year of reign by terror groups," Malian journalist Ibou Samaké said.
He added that the people of Gao would "never forget the serious abuses sustained by their kin because of the application of Sharia law".
"The people of Gao are very wary of the return of those brothers who took up arms against them. They do not trust these Malians who fought in the ranks of the 'enlightened', against their country," Journal du Mali news hound Augustin Fodou said.
"The youth erupted into the streets to express their anger against the inaction of Malian authorities in the face of the return of former jihadists to the city of Gao," Fodou said.
According to Foudou, "the population alerted police and the gendarmerie and asked them to catch these people who resurfaced after several months of silence".
"They are basically jihadists from MUJAO who terrorised the city for months last year and who had taken refuge outside the Malian territory," he added.
A resident of Gao contacted by RFI said, "We noted the return of some (elements) who were armed during the occupation. We knew them very well. They were our neighbours, our companions for years so we knew them very well."
"We informed the authorities several times but they did not react. They are happy to take money and release them... There is too much impunity here; it wears us down. We need the gendarmerie and the police to do their jobs properly," the resident added.
"They returned in civilian clothes and strut around as if nothing had happened. In addition, some of the allies of the mujahideen, who were locked away You have the right to remain silent... by the police, were released in return for money. That is why we marched to denounce this situation," organisers of the demonstrations noted.
The protestors threatened, "If regional authorities do not get involved to stop the return of the allies of Islamists into the city within three days, we will assault them physically ourselves."
"These jihadists have demonstrated sufficient fanaticism and the capacity for harm that goes with it," Gao resident Ali Traore said.
"They participated in atrocities against the population. Under these conditions, it is difficult to ask these people to welcome them with open arms. Yet despite this, Mali should not necessarily reject these former Malian jihadists who are returning home. It must try to integrate them," he added.
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[MAGHAREBIA] Tunisia on Tuesday (August 27th) officially designated hard-line salafist movement Ansar al-Sharia ...a Salafist militia which claims it is not part of al-Qaeda, even though it works about the same and for the same ends... as a terrorist organization tied to al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM).
"This will lead to certain consequences on the security, justice and media levels, and also on the international co-operation level," Prime Minister Ali Larayedh told the press.
Larayedh implicated the group in the massacre of soldiers in Jebel Chaambi, and the murders of opposition politicians Chokri Belaid and Mohamed Brahmi.
Ansar al-Sharia was preparing for more liquidations, he said.
The move to classify the group as a terror organization was based on confessions by incarcerated Yez got nuttin' on me, coppers! Nuttin'! members to involvement in Tunisia attacks, as well as seized evidence, the premier added.
"This decision will be the basis for dealing with this group by the security and military institutions, and I hope the same will be with the Tunisian media," he said.
Larayedh explained the structure of Ansar al-Sharia. The first part "collects information", while the second "carries out terrorist operations and stores weapons".
Ansar al-Sharia is one of the most hard-line Islamic groups in Tunisia. Since its emergence following the January 14th revolution, it launched several terrorist attacks and was responsible for several acts of violence in the country. It does not recognise the state or man-made laws and calls for creating an Islamic caliphate applying Sharia.
Larayedh also blamed the group for weapons proliferation in the country, accused it of owning weapons storage networks, and attempting to seize power.
The prime minister went on to warn those who think about joining the group, noting that they would be held legally accountable.
"As of this date, all those who belong to that organization will be fully responsible for belonging to a terrorist organization," he said.
"There will be no truce with terrorism or with those who take up arms against society and state institutions regardless of sacrifices," he added.
He also said that Tunisia had issued an international arrest warrant for Ansar al-Sharia leader Abou Iyadh (real name Seif Allah Ibn Hussein). Last March, Larayedh blamed Abou Iyadh for violence in the country.
The authorities accuse Abou Iyadh of involvement in the September 14th attack on the US Embassy in Tunis. He's been wanted for months by Tunisian security.
As for Ansar al-Sharia, the bad turban group has threatened retaliation for the terror designation.
The radical group plans to release videos damaging to Ennahda and the Congress for the Republic (CPR), Tunisie Numerique reported on August 28th, citing Le Maghreb.
Ennahda has faced criticism from some quarters for not moving fast enough to confront the terrorist threat to Tunisia.
According to the president of the Dar al-Hadith Association, Sheikh Farid Béji, Ansar al-Sharia is an armed, terrorist, illegal organization because it accuses people of kufr and does not believe in other opinions.
Tunisian General Labour Union (UGTT) media spokesperson Sami Tahri described the Tunisian government's decision to designate Ansar al-Sharia a terrorist organization as positive.
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[Ynet] At least two supporters of Egypt's deposed Islamist President Mohamed Morsi were killed in festivities with residents and security forces in the southern city of Beni Suef late on Tuesday, a security source said.
Dozens were maimed when locals started fighting with hundreds of Islamist protesters marching through the city, and then government forces intervened to try and stop the violence, the source told Rooters. State newspaper al-Ahram cited a medical source as saying the two people were killed by live ammunition.
Making friends and influencing people in the inimitable MB way.
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[Ynet] Egyptian authorities incarcerated Keep yer hands where we can see 'em, if yez please! five Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, members for suspicion of involvement in the massacre of 25 coppers in Sinai last week.
Three Sinai residents and three foreign nationals were also arrested, the report added.
Hmmm. Not named as Gazans, but as actual Hamasniks. Things are looking worse and worse for those innocent terrorists running that little extrusion that used to be Egypt.
[An Nahar] A Nigerian court on Wednesday ordered the extradition to the United States of a man accused of being a member of the al-Qaeda affiliate in Yemen and assigned to find English-speaking recruits.
The suspect identified as Lawal Olaniyi Babafemi, aka "Abdullah" or "Ayatollah Mustapha", is alleged to be a member of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) and has been indicted on four charges in the United States, including supporting a foreign terrorist group.
"An order is hereby made that the respondent in this case, Lawal Olaniyi Babafemi ... be extradited to the United States of America to face the indictment against him," said Justice Ahmed Mohammed of the federal high court in Abuja ruled.
"It is also ordered that the respondent ... shall be surrendered to the officials of the United States of America not later than 15 days from the order of this court."
The 33-year-old Babafemi did not contest the extradition. His lawyer said he had been in the custody of Nigeria's intelligence agency for some two years.
Babafemi did not speak in court other than to confirm to the judge that he did not oppose the extradition.
According to court documents, Babafemi travelled to Yemen between January 2010 and August 2011 to train with the al-Qaeda group as well as to seek out senior members Anwar al-Awlaqi and Samir Khan.
Yemeni-born American radical holy man al-Awlaqi as well as Khan have since been killed in a drone strike.
In interviews with FBI agents, "Babafemi admitted travelling to Yemen," the court documents say.
They add that he said "AQAP members gave him ... approximately $8,600 in order to return to Nigeria and recruit English-speaking individuals to work in AQAP's English-language media operation".
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There's a rumor that suspect is also responsible for sending out all of the e-mails looking for an American for investment opportunities
Hyon Song-wol, a singer, rumoured to be a former lover of the North Korean leader, is said to have been arrested on Aug 17 with 11 others for violating laws against pornography.
Ah, so that's where Miley Cyrus got her inspiration!
The reports in South Korea's Chosun Ilbo newspaper indicate that Hyon, a singer with the Lawrence Welk Orchestra Unhasu Orchestra, was among those arrested on August 17 for violating domestic laws on pornography. All 12 were machine-gunned three days later, with other members of North Korea's most famous pop groups and their immediate families forced to watch. The onlookers were then sent to prison camps, victims of the regime's assumption of guilt by association, the reports stated.
"They were executed with machine guns while the key members of the Lawrence Welk Orchestra Unhasu Orchestra, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Wangjaesan Light Band and Electric Light Orchestra Moranbong Band as well as the families of the victims looked on," said a Chinese source reported in the newspaper.
Hyon's band was responsible for a string of patriotic hits in North Korea, including "The Lady was a Tramp" "Footsteps of Soldiers," "I Love Pyongyang," "She is a Discharged Soldier" and "We are Troops of the Party." Her popularity reportedly peaked in 2005 with the song "Excellent Horse-Like Lady."
The 12 who were executed were singers, musicians or dancers with the Hyon's band, the Lawrence Welk Orchestra Unhasu Orchestra or the Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Wanghaesan Light Music Band and were accused of making videos of themselves performing sex acts and then selling the recordings. The reports stated that both groups have been disbanded as a result of the scandal.
No kidding, the new casting call pro'ly wouldn't go over so good...
Some of the musicians were also found to have bibles when they were detained and all were treated as political dissidents.
Suet Face Kim Jong-un, who became leader of North Korea after the sudden death of his father in December 2011, is believed to have met Hyon about 10 years ago and bonked her struck up a relationship.
His father, Kim Jong-il, did not approve of the relationship and ordered him to break it off.
"But I love her, Dad!"
"Love Shmove! She's taller than you!"
Hyon subsequently married an officer in the North Korean military and reportedly had a baby, although there are suggestions that Hyon continued to see Kim after her marriage.
"Oh Fat Boy, make me a woman!"
Kim's wife, Ri Sol-ju, was also a member of the Lawrence Welk Orchestra Unhasu Orchestra before marriage and one theory is that Ri objected to the continuing high profile of her husband's former girlfriend.
"It's her or me! Choose, you fat bastard!"
North Korea's Communist dictator reportedly purged his own step-mother, Kim Ok,
...who wasn't so okay after all...
from her post as a senior official in the Workers' Party Finance and Accounting Department as he sought to tighten his grip on power within the country. She was luckier than Kim Chol, vice minister of the army, who was executed with a mortar round in October 2012.
Kim Chol was reportedly executed for drinking and carousing during the official mourning period after Kim Jong-il's death. On the explicit orders of Fat Boy Kim Jong-un to leave "no trace of him behind, down to his hair," according to South Korean media, Kim Chol was forced to stand on a spot that had been zeroed in for a mortar round and "obliterated."
An expert on North Korean affairs believes the singer was executed for "political reasons."
As opposed to having big hair...
"If these people had only made pornographic videos, then it is simply not believable that their punishment was execution," Toshimitsu Shigemura, a professor at Tokyo's Waseda University and an authority on North Korean affairs, told The Daily Telegraph. "They could have been made to disappear into the prison system there instead.
"There is a political reason behind this," he said, suggesting that the groups may have been leaning towards a rival faction in Pyongyang's shadowy political world.
"Or, as Kim's wife once belonged to the same group, it is possible that these executions are more about Kim's wife," Professor Shigemura added.
I guess Pudgy chose...
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Hyon's band was responsible for a string of patriotic hits in North Korea, including "The Lady was a Tramp" "Footsteps of Soldiers," "I Love Pyongyang," "She is a Discharged Soldier" and "We are Troops of the Party." Her popularity reportedly peaked in 2005 with the song "Excellent Horse-Like Lady."
there's reason enough right there
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"Excellent Horse-Like Lady."
Ode to Camilla Parker Bowles or Sarah Jessica Parker?
Snark of the day with a Red Star.
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Out of concern for her predecessors, I'll not be sharing this article w/ Mrs. Phester....
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Be careful Pudgy, if those physically close to you start to perceive you as a real immediate threat to their lives someone might pull the emergency brake.
A little rat poison in your sushi, oh divine leader?
A despot should always make sure that he's worth more alive rather than dead to those close to him.
Rolled over to Thursday because we like the headline.
[Breitbart] HASAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR FORT HOOD SHOOTING
The same jurors who convicted Maj. Nidal Hasan last week had just two options: either agree unanimously that Hasan should die or watch the 42-year-old get an automatic sentence of life in prison with no chance of parole.
Hasan could become the first American soldier executed in more than half a century. But because the military justice system requires a lengthy appeals process, years or even decades could pass before he is put to death.
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Obama to pardon or commute sentence in...4...3...2...
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"To bad they can't draw and quarter him"
They can, they just won't, DV. >:-(
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they need to play this mantra for Hasan to hear over and over and paint it on his wall until he's put to death;
"He is not giving his life. We are taking his life. This is not his gift to God, it's his debt to society. He will not now and will not ever be a martyr."
- Lead prosecutor, Col. Mike Mulligan
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If I thought he'd be honest (which I don't), it would be interesting to execute him in a way that's reversible, make sure he's really dead, then revive him and ask him what he saw.
If he were honest, I'm betting the answer wouldn't be "virgins" and "Heaven."
Enjoy eternity in HELL with your buddies bin Laden, Saddam, et al., asshole.
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He had no defense. Had no defense witnesses. Did not take stand and did not address the jury during the penalty phase.
. And why did the government take so long to prosecute a case that clearly has no defense?
I agree that he will actually be put to death. Some group of lawyers will have boats named 'Hassan the work place violence case' with all the appeals billing.
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Once upon a time, before 9-11 + OWG + when Amerika was still America, HASAN had opportunities to ask me as an Afghan War cohort of Osama/OBL to join his cause - BUT, HE LIKE OSAMA/USAMA DID NOT.
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In defense of historical reminders GB, I respectfully disagree. I think he should retain the title [less pay], as a tribute and reminder of the feckless, fok'n PC, egalitarian, pro-mooslim, affirmative action HELL that the Army and DoD has become !
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We really should ask Muslims if they consider this man to be part of and representitive of their religion. If they say no they should have no complaints if he's killed by being overfed pork products. If they say yes they should explain why we shouldn't hold Islam accountable for the many acts of like-minded psychos.
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For they're hangin' Danny Deever, you can hear the Dead March play,
The regiment's in 'ollow square -- they're hangin' him to-day;
They've taken of his buttons off an' cut his stripes away,
An' they're hangin' Danny Deever in the mornin'.
[BBC.CO.UK] Police in India have tossed in the slammer You have the right to remain silent... Yasin Bhatkal, the alleged head of the Indian Mujahideen A locally recruited auxilliary of Pakistain's Lashkar-e-Taiba, designed to give a domestic patina to Pakistain's terror war against its bigger neighbor... (IM) bad turban group, which has been blamed for a string of recent attacks, officials say.
The group is thought to be behind deadly blasts in the cities of Pune, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Mumbai and Delhi.
Mr Bhatkal, who officials say is a co-founder of the home-grown group, is one of the most desperados in the country.
Reports say that he was enjugged Keep yer hands where we can see 'em, if yez please! close to the border with Nepal.
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IIRC DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > CHINA PREPARING TIBET TO BE FUTURE WAR ZONE, agz India.
Allegedly to the tune of circa 30 PLA ArDivs, NOT counting PLAAF + "2nd Arty" - no big???
Artic read, BATTLE FOR CONTROL = ACCESS TO NE INDIA,+ ULTIMATELY BANGLADESH + MYANMAR.
SE Asia???
In this Man's GWOT, gener where Commies go Radical Islamists-Jihadists follow + vicey versey???
[Pak Daily Times] The Doaba police on a tip-off raided a house in Sarokhel area of the district and apprehended three gunnies while they were making bombs. Three placed in durance vile Maw! They're comin' to get me, Maw! gunnies were identified as Israfeel, Mujibur Rehman and Siddiqullah. The police confiscated 3,350 grammes of explosives, one detonator, tapes, batteries and other material from them. Hangu District Police Officer Sajjad Khan reiterated his resolve to stamp out terrorism from the area and to protect lives and properties of the people. He said that gunnies held in the raid wanted to use the explosives in a terror activity and due to the timely action of police they were captured. Sajjad Khan said that support of people was vital, as the menace of terrorism could not be wiped out without their support.
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[Al Ahram] More than a dozen bombings destroyed Shia neighbourhoods in and around Storied Baghdad ...located along the Tigris River, founded in the 8th century, home of the Abbasid Caliphate... , the bloodiest in a wave of attacks Wednesday that killed 59 people across Iraq amid spiralling violence.
[Ynet] Paleostinians threw five Molotov cocktails at IDF forces near Al-Hader not far from Bethlehem.
In a different incident, a number of hours earlier, Paleostinians threw seven Molotov cocktails at an IDF force near Al-Arub, also in the Bethlehem area. No one was harmed and no damaged was sustained.
The "natives" are getting restless. It's the zeitgeist, poor things, they can't help themselves.
h/t Jerry Pournelle
Materials implicating the forces of Syrian president Bashar Assad in chemical weapons use near Damascus were prepared prior to the alleged incident on August 21, the Russian foreign ministry said.
Moscow continues to monitor closely the event surrounding the alleged chemical attack near Damascus, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman, Aleksandr Lukashevich, said in a statement.
Were getting more new evidence that this criminal act was of a provocative nature, he stressed. In particular, there are reports circulating on the Internet, in particular that the materials of the incident and accusations against government troops had been posted for several hours before the so-called attack. Thus, it was a pre-planned action. The Foreign Ministry didn't elaborate what specific materials they refer to.
Below are the three videos posted on Youtube said to be showing the child victims affected by chemical weapons near Damascus. Despite the date of the alleged attack August 21 being mentioned in their titles, they were posted on YouTube on the previous day, August 20.
This could be explained by the 7-hour time difference between Syria and the US, where the YouTube server is located. The mismatch of the dates in the videos raised concerns among some experts about the exact time of the upload.
[An Nahar] The Army Intelligence is questioning several suspects, including Lebanese nationals, in connection with the rocket attack on the town of Yarze in June, media reports said Wednesday.
"The Lebanese army conducted raids in Kesrouan and placed in durance vile Please don't kill me! the Lebanese national Sh. Sh., who hails from the town of Mairouba, in addition to the Lebanese citizens A. M. and A. A., who hail from Kesrouan, and the Syrians M. A., H. K., A. D., M. K., A. D. and A. K.," al-Jadeed television quoted a security source as saying.
According to the TV network, it has been confirmed that the rockets were bought from the Burj al-Barajneh Paleostinian refugee camp, although the political party that sold them remains unknown.
"Interrogations are underway, especially with the placed in durance vile Drop the rosco, Muggsy, or you're one with the ages! Lebanese to determine whether or not they belong to one of the political parties that are active in the region," the source added.
Meanwhile, ...back at the chili cook-off, Chuck and Manuel's rivalry was entering a new and more dangerous phase... LBCI television said "nine Syrian suspects have been arrested in connection with the case of the Ballouneh rockets and preliminary investigations revealed that two or three of them were aware that the operation will take place."
Al-Manar television said the target of the rockets was the headquarters of the Defense Ministry in Yarze.
According to state-run National News Agency, Judge Saqr Saqr, the government's commissioner to the Military Court, is overseeing the investigations.
Earlier, al-Joumhouria daily said the members of the network, which had fired a rocket from Ballouneh in the early hours of Friday June 21, are Syrians.
But al-Akhbar newspaper reported that the network's members are Paleostinian and Lebanese, saying they bought the rockets from the Burj al-Barajneh camp.
Reports had said that they intended to target the Defense Ministry in Yarze. But one rocket hit a high-voltage power line in a nearby town and a second rocket failed to launch.
The launchpads were found in Ballouneh.
On August 1, two rockets fired from an area near the town of Aramoun in Aley struck locations near the presidential palace in Baabda.
A rocket landed in the garden of the Freiha villa that is located near the Officers' Club in the Baabda area. While the second rocket landed near the Khashoqji castle in nearby Yarze.
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[An Nahar] Hizbullah stepped up its readiness and raised the level of preparations as the Western warships had entered the Mediterranean Sea, the Kuwaiti al-Rai newspaper reported on Wednesday, pointing out that the party will not standstill and watch the axis of resistance in danger.
High-ranking sources in Hizbullah told the daily that the party's leadership is "closely following up the solo western decision which over-passed the U.N. Security Council."
The sources said that Hizbullah is "interested to know whether the strike is to discipline the Syrian regime or to break the balance of power with the opposition."
Officials previously confirmed the U.S. Navy has four warships armed with cruise missiles on standby in the eastern Mediterranean.
"If the U.S. and Britannia decided to military intervene in Syria to turn the balance of powers in Syria, then Hizbullah rejects to stand idle as the axis of resistance is in danger," the sources continued.
The sources pointed out that any reaction by Hizbullah is based on the common fate with the Syrian regime.
U.S. forces are gearing up to strike Syria, though the West insists its goal is not regime change but to punish Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad Scourge of Qusayr... 's government for unleashing chemical warfare on civilians.
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A grim "urgent action memorandum" issued today from the office of President Putin to the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation is ordering a "massive military strike" against Saudi Arabia in the event that the West attacks Syria.
Ah. That explains the recent discussion between the House of Saud and Vlad...
According to Kremlin sources familiar with this extraordinary "war order," Putin became "enraged" after his early August meeting with Saudi Prince Bandar bin Sultan who warned that if Russia did not accept the defeat of Syria, Saudi Arabia would unleash Chechen terrorists under their control to cause mass death and chaos during the Winter Olympics scheduled to be held 7-23 February 2014 in Sochi, Russia.
They didn't seriously expect Vlad to knuckle under to that kind of threat, did they? Did they think he was Obama?
Lebanese newspaper As-Safir confirmed this amazing threat against Russia saying that Prince Bandar pledged to safeguard Russia's naval base in Syria if the Assad regime is toppled, but he also hinted at Chechen terrorist attacks on Russia's Winter Olympics in Sochi if there is no accord by stating: "I can give you a guarantee to protect the Winter Olympics next year. The Chechen groups that threaten the security of the games are controlled by us."
Prince Bandar went on to say that Chechens operating in Syria were a pressure tool that could be switched on an off. "These groups do not scare us. We use them in the face of the Syrian regime but they will have no role in Syria's political future."
London's The Telegraph News Service further reported today that Saudi Arabia has secretly offered Russia a sweeping deal to control the global oil market and safeguard Russia's gas contracts, if the Kremlin backs away from the Assad regime in Syria, an offer Putin replied to by saying "Our stance on Assad will never change. We believe that the Syrian regime is the best speaker on behalf of the Syrian people, and not those liver eaters", and which Prince Bandar in turn warned that there can be "no escape from the military option" if Russia declines the olive branch.
Critical to note, and as we had previously reported on in our 28 January 2013 report "Obama Plan For World War III Stuns Russia," the Federal Security Services (FSB) confirmed the validity of the released hacked emails of the British based defence company, Britam Defence that stunningly warned the Obama regime was preparing to unleash a series of attacks against both Syria and Iran in a move Russian intelligence experts warned could very well cause World War III.
According to this FSB report, Britam Defence, one of the largest private mercenary forces in the world, was the target of a "massive hack" of its computer files by an "unknown state sponsored entity" this past January who then released a number of critical emails between its top two executives, founder Philip Doughty and his Business Development Director David Goulding.
The two most concerning emails between Doughty and Goulding, this report says, states that the Obama regime has approved a "false flag" attack in Syria using chemical weapons, and that Britam has been approved to participate in the West's warn on Iran, and as we can read:
Email 1: Phil, We've got a new offer. It's about Syria again. Qataris propose an attractive deal and swear that the idea is approved by Washington. We'll have to deliver a CW (chemical weapon) to Homs (Syria), a Soviet origin g-shell from Libya similar to those that Assad should have. They want us to deploy our Ukrainian personnel that should speak Russian and make a video record. Frankly, I don't think it's a good idea but the sums proposed are enormous. Your opinion? Kind regards David
Email 2: Phil, Please see attached details of preparatory measures concerning the Iranian issue. Participation of Britam in the operation is confirmed by the Saudis.
With the events now spiraling out of control in Syria, and London's Independent News Service now reporting that Prince Bandar is "pushing for war," Russian foreign ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich further warned the West today by stating, "Attempts to bypass the Security Council, once again to create artificial groundless excuses for a military intervention in the region are fraught with new suffering in Syria and catastrophic consequences for other countries of the Middle East and North Africa."
Heedless of Russian warnings which have fallen on deaf ears, however, British Prime Minister David Cameron this morning recalled the British Parliament to vote on attacking Syria as the Obama regime abruptly cancelled their meeting with Russia scheduled for tomorrow on finding a path to peace for Syria, and the West begins its plans to attack the Syrian nation "within days."
As Syria itself has warned that should it be attacked by the West there will be "global chaos," the Western peoples themselves have not been told of the fact that on 17 May 2013, Putin ordered Russian military forces to "immediately move" from Local War to Regional War operational status and to be "fully prepared" to expand to Large-Scale War should either the US or EU enter into the Syrian Civil War, a situation they are still in at this very hour.
With Putin's previous order, and as we had reported on in our 17 May report "Russia Issues "All-Out War" Alert Over Syria," and now combined with his new ordering of massive retaliatory strikes against Saudi Arabia, any attack on Syria is viewed by Russia as being an attack on itself.
And as we had previously explained in great detail, the fight over Syria, being led by Saudi Arabia and Qatar and their lap-dog Western allies, has but one single objective: To break Russia's hold on the European Union natural gas market which a pipeline through Syria would accomplish, and as reported by London's Financial Times News Service this past June:
And in what is, perhaps, the most unimaginable cause to start World War III over Syria was noted by Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman, Aleksandr Lukashevich who said this past week: "We're getting more new evidence that this criminal act was of a provocative nature," he stressed. "In particular, there are reports circulating on the Internet, in particular that the materials of the incident and accusations against government troops had been posted for several hours before the so-called attack. Thus, it was a pre-planned action."
For the West to have so sloppily engineered yet another "false flag" attack to justify a war where they posted the videos of this so-called chemical weapons attack a full day before it was said to occur is the height of arrogance and disdain, but which their sleep-walking citizens, yet again, will fall for as they have done so many times in the past.
#6
About time **Somebody** calls O and Co on this diversionary strike plan. Pooty is a cold calculating son of a b*tch, but it's about time this insanity has to stop. Good on him, for whatever reason he had to do it.
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Russian Premier comes to rescue of American People. Whooda thunk it? I agree it's pound of coarse granule salt time o this, but it's still fun...
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#14
Ok so let's break this down. We strike Syria and Putin will take out the Saudies? And Iran says it will strike Israel? So end state is Mecca, Medina, and Whahabies are destroyed by Russia and Iran gets pummeled by Israel, and I'm supposed to be upset because of why??
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The Southern Poverty Law Center has quite the negative writeup about the EU Times,in their HateWatch section.
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#16
Russia repor also threatened to attack + destroy the US ABM-BMD Shield in Europe.
Bandar can't be that stupid to unleash Chechen terrorists agz Russia - IMO all he's doing is giving Moscow justification to go full monty/bore in the Caucasus, + annihilate or genocide the Militants + Muslims.
AFAIK Moscow hasn't returned any bodies of Somali Pirates or Caucasus Militants they've captured + interrogated, + can't confim or deny the same were arrested, captured, or even iff they existed in life.
#17
Way out in the desert in the sand and the dirt
Lived a signifying preezy in a world of hurt
For heap long time he'd been king of the jebel
But lately he'd had a little trouble with rebels
Now he wasn't too happy, cause them monkeys played rough
They talked about his daddy and they threw nasty stuff
The fractious little scamps seized each opportunity
To damage his standing in the global community
Till finally one day those monks had the brass
To frame him for passing some poisonous gas
Now the news travelled fast to some far-away places
The hyenas brought the tale to the lion's oasis.
When the king of the lions was told the sad news
He was fixing to fly to the gulf for a cruise
He said, "Damn, I best do some decisive-ass sh-t
Or the elephants'll tease me and say I'm unfit.
I shall consult with my aides regarding an appropriate, measured response to this unprecedented humanitarian disaster.
Don't disturb us, we gonna be playing canasta."
The hyenas stood there with their mouths open wide
And one or two looked almost dissatisfied.
Now after what seemed like about a week
The lion came charging out like a flock of sheep.
#18
An interesting theory, but even if true, exactly how is Russia going to attack Saudia Arabia? The only aircraft with the range are Backfires & Bears and they will get eaten alive by the Saudi, Kuwait and other airforces of the region that will stand with the Saudi's. And unless they base from Iran, the Turks & Georgians probably aren't going to allow the Russians to overfly their countries.
#20
... and who appears to have been the visionary in all of this? George Bush. Look at a map. Think of the position we would be in to deflect Vlad, if we still had operational numbers in a formerly pacified Iraq.
Now after what seemed like about a week
The lion charged out like a mad flock of sheep.
"What we've got to do," he roared, kinda whiny,
"Is stomp us a mudhole in Pencilneck's hiney.
I'll make sure he knows that Camelite is my name,
And fluffin' up muggerfluffers is my favorite game!"
Then he growled at his spy boy, "Yo, summon my damsels,"
And out from the harem strutted three fancy camels.
With a shake of his mane and a prayer to the Prophet,
They up and took off on his stretch magic carpet.
They flew through the night and they flew so damn fast
That they knocked several buraqs smack flat on they ass.
The call was "feet dry" at the pale break of day,
And they landed beside the Krak des Chevaliers.
The lion ran up to the gate and was knocking,
When down from the parapet rang some jive talking:
"Hey lion boy, what you doin' round here?
Why don't you jump up and kiss my presidential rear?"
Now the lion wasn't used to being talked to like that.
He took a running start and knocked the door down flat.
The lion chased Pencilneck all through the castle;
When he caught him they had them one hell of a wrassle.
"I'm a teach you to cut neurotoxical farts,
By dividing your Alawhite ass in three parts!"
"You tryin' to do me like you done did Osama.
I ain't goin' for that sh-t. Say hi to your momma!"
Now just when the lion was winning the fight,
An important new piece of intel came to light:
For Pencilneck pulled off his Pencilneck mask,
Revealing - hush up, I'm a tell you, don't ask -
Revealing - shush, wait for it, hold your breath -
Revealing the dreaded Masque of teh Red Death.
The problem is that it would require ballistic or sub rather than theater boosters to deliver the pay load. That means the strategic forces which are nose counted and tracked in the various arms agreements.
Any launch will set the boards alight in Cheyenne Mountain. Not good because the weaseler in chief isn't the only one who can set DEFCON, acts can auto kick the process that bring forces up. Decision cycle time quickly collapse which as well know isn't one of the guy's good abilities. Remember, while technically he has the launch code, it still only takes two guys with keys to light the birds (or one in the case of the Navy).
No. We don't. Too bad Obama didn't think about all of these ramifications before he started spouting off about his red line. Now he looks like a foolish coward if he doesn't do something. But it might not be as clean and easy he thought.
I think the point that is made here is Putin won't take it any more lightly if we hit Syria than Obama would if Putin hit the Soddies. Whether or not Putin has the wherewithal to do anything about it is the question. But I still think Obama was a fool to shoot off his mouth that way.
[Ynet] Arab Media report second chemical attack in Damascus. Assad affiliates say if Syria is attacked it would strike Israel.
Arab media reported Wednesday that another chemical attack struck Syrian territory, injuring several people in the Jobar neighborhood in eastern Damascus.
According to Al Jazeera, the number of injured was 20, whereas Al-Arabiya reported of nine. Meanwhile, ...back at the game, the Babe was wondering why the baseball kept getting bigger and bigger. Finally it hit him... in Israel the governmental security cabinet convened to discuss probable military strike on Syria.
Media also reported of a blast in the al Mujahedeen neighborhood, also in the Syrian capital. The circumstances of the blast are still unclear.
Syria's opposition coalition said on Tuesday Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad One of the last of the old-fashioned hereditary iron-fisted fascist dictators... 's forces had dropped phosphorus bombs and napalm on civilians in rural Aleppo on Monday, killing at least 10 people and wounding dozens.
Video footage uploaded on the Internet, apparently of Monday's attack, showed doctors frantically smearing white cream on the reddened skin of several screaming people, many of them young boys. "Assad's military aircraft have hit populated areas with the internationally prohibited phosphorus bombs and napalm," the opposition coalition said in a statement.
According to a Tuesday Foreign Policy magazine, US intelligence has intercepted an urgent phone call placed by a senior Syrian Defense Ministry official with a commander in a chemical weapons unit.
According to the report, the official contacted the commander to demand answers for the alleged chemical attack that killed more than 1,000 people in a Damascus suburb August 21. The call is the US' main proof that Assad's regime is responsible for the attack.
The UN-Arab League ...an organization of Arabic-speaking states with 22 member countries and four observers. The League tries to achieve Arab consensus on issues, which usually leaves them doing nothing but a bit of grimacing and mustache cursing... special envoy for Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi, said Wednesday it was clear a chemical substance had been used in an August 21 attack in the war-torn country, killing hundreds of people.
Speaking to news hounds in Geneva about the suspected chemical attack, Brahimi said "it does seem some kind of substance was used that killed a lot of people. Hundreds. Definitely more than 100, some people say 300, some people say 600, maybe 1,000, maybe more than 1,000 people."
Assad affiliates insinuate Scud attack on Israel
Kuwait paper Al Rai has quoted sources close to Syrian President Bashir al-Assad as hinting that the embattled regime would attack Israel if Western forces launch an attack on its territory.
"Iraqi Scuds flew thousands of kilometers to reach Israel while Syrian missiles are no more than 50 km away from Israel's most sensitive facilities," the source said.
"If Israel wants to retaliate to a Syrian attack, the regime's response will go further because it has nothing to lose," he added, noting "A drowning man is not afraid to get wet."
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[Ynet] Egyptian authorities 
Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir 
A grim "urgent action memorandum" issued today from the office of President Putin to the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation is ordering a "massive military strike" against Saudi Arabia in the event that the West attacks Syria.
Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir 
