(SomaliNet) The chairman of the reconciliation conference in Somalia Ali Mahdi Mohamed Tuesday cast a doubt on the timing of the coming meeting which wass scheduled to take place on 14 June and face another delay.
Speaking to the reporters in Mogadishu today, Mr. Mahdi said the national reconciliation meeting might be delayed for another few weeks because of technical problems. I am afraid that the meeting would miss its deadline of 14 June which is now one day to go and what might bring the setback is for two main reasons; first gathering the envoys and second settling and arranging them, said Mahdi adding that he is not worrying about the security side.
If Mahdis remarks confirmed it would be the third time that the reconciliation conference got delayed. His comment came as the elders of the Hawiye clan which is dominant in Mogadishu indicated that they are not still being invited to the meeting and are unpleasant with the preparations of the assembly.
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Sudan agreed on Tuesday to a combined United Nations and African Union peacekeeping force of more than 20,000 troops and police to be deployed in its troubled Darfur region after months of intense diplomacy.
AU Peace and Security Commissioner Said Djinnit said Khartoum agreed to a hybrid, compromise force of between 17,000 and 19,000 troops and an additional 3,700 police. "The government of Sudan accepted the joint proposal on the hybrid operation," Djinnit said, reading a statement after two days of meetings in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa. The deal follows months of talks, threats and negotiations to persuade Khartoum to accept an effective peacekeeping force in remote Darfur which has been beset by four years of violence.
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I will be very brutal if I have to become involved.
MANAMA - The United States and Bahrain signed an agreement Tuesday to exchange information and enhance boarder and immigration security, Bahrains Interior Ministry said. The agreement, signed by Interior Minister General Shaikh Rashid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa and US Ambassador William T. Monroe, followed Al Khalifas US visit last month.
Under its terms, the two countries will exchange information in areas of modern security techniques and organise exchange visits focusing on border protection and immigration issues.
No word of Iran.
Bahrain, which is about 3.5 times the size of Washington DC, is home to the US Navys 5th Fleet Command that oversees US and coalition naval operations in the Gulf and Middle East.
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Prince Bandar bin Sultan, at the centre of British media reports he received a huge commission for a multi-billion-dollar arms deal, insists all the funds went to the Saudi government. The allegations in The Guardian have nothing to do with the truth and reality but represent a pinnacle of slander and lies, the former ambassador to Washington said in a statement carried on Tuesday by state news agency SPA. All the sums mentioned by the newspaper were transferred from Saudi government accounts to other accounts of the Saudi government, and not to my personal accounts, the prince said. It is illogical to believe that any transfer in keeping with US and British banking regulations be kept secret, or without the governments or the parties concerned being informed, he said. All the parties concerned in the Saudi government were aware and fully informed of all the spending through the accounts in Washington, when he was the oil-rich kingdoms ambassador.
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"All the sums...were transferred from Saudi government accounts to other accounts of the Saudi government, and not to my personal accounts."
Magic 8 Ball says "don't accept any rides out to the desert."
The former wife of a British Islamist extremist said on Monday that her husband had suggested she carry out a suicide bombing against the UK.
Speaking exclusively to the BBCs Newsnight programme, the woman said her husband had instructed her on how to strap an explosive belt around her body. She also said that she had been warned that something big would happen about three weeks before the 2005 London bombings.
The woman, whose identity is being kept anonymous by the BBC for security reasons, said her husband was a threat to the UK and had been completely brainwashed. She said her husband is known to have fallen in with UK extremists sympathetic to the aims of Osama Bin Laden and Al Qaeda.
During the interview, the woman told Newsnights Richard Watson that her husband and his fellow extremists would talk about what they believed to be their duty to follow a course of jihad in this case referring to attacks against perceived enemies of Muslims. He used to say we should all follow jihad, giving an example of a female suicide bomber in India who had given her life for jihad, she said in the interview. My husband told me I should join him and participate in jihad as well.
The woman told Watson that her husband had attempted to instruct her in ways to turn herself into a suicide bomber by concealing explosives under baggy, traditional Islamic clothing. He would tell me how to use a [bomb] belt around the waist, she said. Whenever he would discuss these matters I would just ignore him and go to the kitchen.
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...her husband had suggested she carry out a suicide bombing...
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Imagine if they had kids. They would be used also. That is what it is coming to. No one is above suspicion regardless what the ACLU and 60 Minutes says. Especially critical now that Chertoff has revealed what a incompetent ass he really is.
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The former wife of a British Islamist extremist said on Monday that her husband had suggested she carry out a suicide bombing against the UK.
Islamic divorce is so final. Who gets the kids? Don't worry, they get blown up for allan too.
...I'm hoping Howard or Tony or the Admiral can translate for me...
Police are investigating claims that George Galloway, the Respect MP, was kicked and taunted during a sectarian attack. The politician said the incident happened at Glasgow Airport on Sunday, after he was threatened on a flight from London.
He believes a group of men returning from an Orange Walk in London targeted him because he is a Celtic supporter.
Mr Galloway, who was travelling to give a talk at the Royal Concert Hall, said: "There was one guy I would describe as a ringleader who said, 'I don't like your radio talk, I don't like your newspaper talk, I have a religious duty to knock you down' ."
He added that he was taunted during the British Midland flight, and was kicked on both ankles and jostled in the baggage reclaim area. Police are examining videos.
Mr Galloway said his "terrifying" experience began during the flight, adding: "I had a feeling of dread. I hurried off the plane and got to the luggage carousel as quickly as possible and prayed my bag would come first but, of course, it didn't. The group came up behind me and they were straight in with the sectarian insults and threats. I felt one man kick me on one ankle and I was then kicked on the other ankle."
Strathclyde Police confirmed that a complaint had been received from the MP.
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So, he basically supports various terrorist orgs or terrorists-enabling regimes, all with horrendous recors when it comes to non-rrespect of life and human rights, he advocates "resistance" (that is, through armed violence) in iraq, in paleostine, etc, etc, ad nauseam... but being pushed around a bit and receiving a couple of kicks in the ankles is TERRIFYING????
Seems he can dishes it out (in *speech* only), but he can't take it, even in the sligthest form... Wuss with a fascination for Armed Struggle.
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Sea - nothing too challenging in there. Glasgow Celtic FC = catholic supporters. Glasgow Rangers FC = protestant supporters. Mix like sodium and water. Clearly Georgey-boy ran into a gang of Rangers fans/Orange Men. The fact that George Galloway is alive is testament to the fact that nothing happened. Wonder from where or whom he learned to play on victimhood?
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Howard,
From Mariam, the childhood leukemia patient for whom he set up a charity fund. Of course, he embezzled from the fund soon after.
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"He believes a group of men returning from an Orange Walk in London targeted him because he is a Celtic supporter"
Orangeman=protestant=Rangers supporter=bluenose thug
Celtic Supporter=catholic=fenian thug
Got it?
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How would a casual passer-by know which team he supported unless he was wearing their colours? In which case he was asking for trouble from the first football hooligans that came along anyway, exactly as he described. But surely the cabin crew would have noticed and intervened if actual taunting occurred? The worst I've ever experienced was crowded flights and crying babies, so I've no background to judge properly by.
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I believe that Georgey-boy made it known he was a Celtic fan at the height of the troubles for some cheap political capital - if he supports the muzzies he's bound to have supported the slightly more gentlemanly but no less unhinged IRA.
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Sweden has a law called "Agitation Against a Minority Group".
A local politician in southern Sweden has been fined 18,000 kronor for writing a motion claiming that 95 percent of all heroin brought in to Sweden comes via Kosovo. Dahn Pettersson, a councillor for the local Alliance Party, presented the motion to Burlöv council last year. The main subject of the motion was homelessness in the town. He said that drugs were a major reason for homelessness, adding: "Is it surprising that rough sleepers are growing in number when we import this drug, due to the fact that [former immigration minister Birgit ] Friggebo gave 46,000 Kosovo Albanians permanent residency? After this mistake, heroin has flooded Sweden and Europe."
Prosecutor Mats Svensson told the court Pettersson had used tactics that pitted different societal groups against each other and deliberately spread wounding statements about Kosovo Albanians. "It is never ethnic groups that commit crimes. It is individuals or groups of individuals," Svensson told the court. Granted, this is a short article, but where innit does it say that Pettersson wanted all ethnic Kosovars charged with drug smuggling?
This is a rhetorical question.
Nice to see the prosecutor focus on the rights of individuals in Sweden. Where's he been all these decades?
Pettersson's counsel Bjelica Milenko said that freedom of speech was on trial. A motion about homelessness must be allowed to point to the problems and costs of immigration, he said.
Even if the comments are offense or odious. At least if you're concerned about individual rights.
The court found against Pettersson, ruling that he was guilty of Agitation Against a Minority Group. In its ruling, the court said that the law was a limitation on freedom of speech, and every case must be judged in context. Reasoned criticism is not illegal, but Pettersson's motion went beyond what could be considered reasoned. Ja, especially when one criticizes the policies of high-ranking cabinet ministers.
Shoulda criticized Americans. That would have been safe.
A clash of civilizations between the West and Islam would be the "consequence" if French President Nicolas Sarkozy succeeds in blocking Turkey's EU membership, the European enlargement commissioner said. Either Europe takes Turkey, or the Euros will incite the jihadis. Sounds like a threat to me. Prior to Islam, two thirds of what is now Turkey was ethnic Greek. The European section of Turkey was 100% seized in aggressive war. And given that the current sultan of Turkey is an Islamofascist, he would like nothing better than to secure Euro recognition of the Muslim anschlus. So, naturally some Euros are dhimmiing up to the enemy.
Commissioner Olli Rehn said in remarks published Monday in UK newspaper The Daily Telegraph that Turkey's accession into the EU was the defining geopolitical issue of the 21st century. "The greatest challenge of our time is the relationship between Europe and Islam, or more widely between the West and Islam," he said. "Turkey is an anchor of stability in the most unstable region of the world, in the wider Middle East. It is a benchmark for democracy for the Muslim world from Morocco to Malaysia."
Sarkozy, a firm opponent of Turkey's entry into the EU, says there is no change in his views after election this year as new president of France. The conservative politician, who has repeatedly said Turkey "has no place in the EU," told Le Figaro newspaper this week that before an EU summit in December he would propose a new approach, which would no longer continue with a strategy of membership...
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The solution of course is to bring in Israel as the counterweight. Israel, as well as Turkey competes already in the Eurovision song contest and both participate in UEFA (European Cup Football). I mean, how much more European do you want to be?
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Just admit the entire Middle East, convert to Islam and get it over with.
Top US congressional Democrats bluntly told President George W. Bush Wednesday that his Iraq troop "surge" policy was a failure.
Senate Majority leader Harry Reid and House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi challenged the president over Iraq by sending him a letter, ahead of a White House meeting later on Wednesday.
"As many had forseen, the escalation has failed to produce the intended results," the two leaders wrote.
"The increase in US forces has had little impact in curbing the violence or fostering political reconciliation.
"It has not enhanced Americas national security. The unsettling reality is that instances of violence against Iraqis remain high and attacks on US forces have increased.
"In fact, the last two months of the war were the deadliest to date for US troops.
The letter appeared to preview a fresh showdown over Iraq between anti-war Democrats and the president, just a few weeks after Bush forced his foes to strip troop withdrawal timelines from a 100 billion dollar emergency war budget.
It also came a few days after the US military mourned its 3,500th soldier killed in action in Iraq.
Pelosi and Reid told Bush in the letter that they planned to send him new legislation to "limit the US mission in Iraq, begin the phased redeployment of US forces, and bring the war to a responsible end."
On Tuesday, Reid said that Senate Democrats would attach troop withdrawal deadlines to a Defense Department Authorization bill, due to be debated within weeks.
The next critical point in the showdown between Bush and Congress over Iraq is expected in September, when US commander in Iraq David Petraeus is due to report on progress in the strategy to "surge" up to 30,000 more US troops into the war-ravaged nation.
Even senior Republicans have said they expected the president will have little choice but to make adjustments in the Iraq strategy, once the report is made public.
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trying to get the edge by talking down the surge before it's finished. Pathetic tools
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Not much to add about Reid after Dennis Miller's classic comment. Most traitors are in the employ of foreign powers, but I think Reid is doing this for free.
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I think Reid feels he can achieve single digit approval ratings for Congress, that sure seems to be his goal.
I wonder how strong his convictions would be if there was 100,000 people around the capital all yelling death to the traitors? We could even bring pitchforks and torchs?
NWFP is being threatened by extremists and over the past few months, Taliban have quadrupled with their rigid philosophy spilling over into settled areas. Initially, Talibanisation was limited to tribal areas, but its spillover to settled areas began with threatening letters to barbers warning them against shaving beards, and to CD shop owners asking them to pack up. The threatening letters were followed by bomb blasts across the province. Militancy spread in NWFPs southern districts, including Tank, Dera Ismail Khan, Bannu and Lakki Marwat, where local Taliban emerged and virtually paralysed the government machinery.
Peshawar police chief Malik Saad and 16 others died in a suicide attack on January 28, 2007, while another suicide attack on Interior Minister Aftab Sherpao in his hometown, Charsadda on 28 April, left more than 30 people dead and another suicide attack at an Afghan hotel in Peshawar on May 15, killed 25 people. In addition to the attacks on government officials including DIG Bannu Abid Ali, Pakistan Peoples Party leader Syed Qamar Abbas, Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Ltd General Manger Syed Mohammad Hassnain, NWFP Information Department Director Syed Mehdi Hussain, and attack on the house of Khyber Agency political agent in the Tank district left 13 people dead. The government has yet to trace those involved in the attacks. South and North Waziristan, Bajaur and Kurrum agencies were already volatile, but now Khyber Agency adjacent to Peshawar has also been caught in the turmoil, as two warring religious outfits are striving to implement their own versions of Islam in the conservative tribal agency. The feud, which started nearly 18 months ago, has so far claimed nearly 200 lives in Khyber Agency and it does not show any chances of subsiding.
The government used the military intervention to rein in tribal militants and, at the same time, it engaged tribal people in dialogue. As a result, several peace accords were signed, but the situation was not bought under control. The Muttahida Majlis Amal (MMA)-led NWFP government is critical of the federal governments strategy from the beginning and when bomb blasts and other Taliban activities surged in the province, it publicly blamed the federal agencies for the incidents, while the federal government accused the provincial government of failing to control law and order.
The NWFP government says that its first four-year rule was peaceful, but that the recent incidents of violence across NWFP are a conspiracy against the provincial government. It also termed the events a direct response to the federal governments actions in FATA. However, people are still helpless in the face of growing lawlessness.
So far no one has been arrested for lawlessness in the province, and there is an impression that the long hand of the law has been restrained and terrorists and miscreants are at liberty to twist it the way they need and want. People think both the federal and provincial governments have relinquished their duties and have engaged in a blame game.
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Authorities on Tuesday issued a fresh appeal to tribesmen in a rugged region bordering Afghanistan to expel Taliban and Al Qaeda rebels and their supporters.
Local administrator Pirzada Khan told 500 tribesmen and clerics in North Waziristan that he was bringing a message direct from President General Pervez Musharraf and NWFP Governor Ali Orakzai. Pakistan is under tremendous pressure from foreign countries over militant activity, Khan told the jirga in Miranshah. Amid allegations that there were foreign militants and training camps in Waziristan, Khan said to find a solution we shall have to expel those who are not with the nation.
Khan praised tribesmen for their commendable role since but said that some people are siding with the enemy for little money and they want to create misunderstandings between tribes and government. One senior tribesman at the meeting said they would do all to keep the peace deal intact, but accused the US of wanting to end Pakistan and the tribes.
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Hamas and Fatah gunmen exchanged fire Wednesday in the West Bank city of Nablus, after Fatah gunmen tried to storm a pro-Hamas TV production company. The best news yet
The United Nations decided Wednesday to immediately scale back its operations in the Gaza Strip after two Palestinians who worked for a UN agency were killed in the rampant fighting there, a UN spokesman said. Life's a bitch
Armed Palestinian groups have committed serious violations of international humanitarian law during recent fighting in the Gaza Strip, in some cases amounting to war crimes, Human Rights Watch said Wednesday morning.
While the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) Tuesday condemned ongoing clashes with the Palestinian National Liberation Movement (Fatah), Palestinian National Security blamed Hamas for ongoing infighting.
In a press release in the West Bank, Hamas condemned ongoing clashes with Fatah. No matter what, all infighting is rejected and what was going on went against the principles of Palestinians who are living under a brutal occupation, said Hamas. The movement urged all its members to observe self control and avoid taking part in any clashes.
On its part, Palestinian National Security forces said what was going on in Gaza was in reality a military coup against military and security systems, adding that attacks by Hamas' fighters were also attempts to overthrow Palestinian presidency and cabinet. In a press release, the forces said they will counter all attacks through all possible means, adding that Palestinian National Security included legal forces, unlike assailing militias.
Tuesday clashes between Hamas and Fatah left about 20 Palestinians injured and a member of the forces, Rezq Safi, was killed in central Gaza.
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Based on articles in the JP, I'm calling Hamas the winner in the Gaza Strip Civil War. Dahlen was in Egypt with a knee injury. Fatah's military leadership was non-existent.
DAMASCUS - Syrian President Bashar Assad met Tuesday with visiting Greek Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis for talks on bilateral issues and latest political developments in the Middle East, Syrias official news agency SANA reported.
There is tension between the Turks and the Syrians, so of course the Greeks jump to the defense of the latter.
SANA said that Assad and Bakoyannis discussed the future of bilateral tiess and ways of enhancing these relations on all levels.
On the Palestinian issue, SANA said that Assad stressed the necessity of lifting the siege imposed on the Palestinian people and supporting dialogue among Palestinian factions as the only way to ensure the Palestinian national unity.
Whatever the hell that means.
The Greek foreign minister stressed Syrias key role in the Middle East and hailed Damascus efforts to take responsibility in hosting refugees, SANA said.
Refugees the Syrians have helped to create.
Both Assad and Bakoyannis agreed on the necessity of joint efforts and increasing cooperation among states of the region with the EU to find fair solutions for crisis in the Middle East, SANA added.
"Stop isolating us!"
Bakoyannis is expected to travel to Beirut late Tuesday for talks with Lebanese officials and leaders on the current political stalemate in the country.
So as to tell them their masters' bidding.
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Fadlullah said Islamic groups and movements should not act in a way that gives the impression that Islam separates itself from non-Muslims and is out of touch with life.
(MNA) - Lebanon's most senior Shia cleric, Ayatollah Muhammad Hussein Fadlullah, on Monday called on all Islamic movements to be on guard against religious conspiracies to foment conflicts which would hurt the Islamic world and to be wary of traps set by regional and international intelligence agencies. In a meeting with a delegation from Lebanons Freedom Party, led by Othman Bakhash, Fadlullah said Islamic groups and movements should not act in a way that gives the impression that Islam separates itself from non-Muslims and is out of touch with life, the Lebanese daily As-Safir reported on Tuesday.
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Islam is out of touch with GOD. What makes you imbeciles believe that you will ever get God to see things your way?
(MNA) -- On Saturday, the Iranian Foreign Ministry sent a communiqué to the Swiss Embassy in Tehran in which it strongly objected to the recent allegations of U.S. Undersecretary for Political Affairs R. Nicholas Burns. The Swiss embassy hosts the U.S. Interests Section in Iran.
The communiqué said that the Islamic Republic of Iran vehemently rejects and objects to the false, irresponsible, and baseless statements of Nicholas Burns which were meant to tarnish the reputation of the Islamic Republic of Iran and undermine Irans foreign policy, national security, and bilateral ties with Argentina. Iran maintains its legal right under international law and national statute law to counter such actions that violate the United Nations Charter and other international regulations and expects the United States government to stop violating the rights of the Islamic Republic of Iran as a sovereign state and undermining its national security and international interests and to take immediate action to compensate for the wrongs it has committed in the past, the communiqué added.
In a separate message to the Swiss Embassy, the Iranian Foreign Ministry has requested that a meeting be arranged between a representative from the Iranian Embassy in Baghdad and the five Iranian diplomats who have been detained since being arrested by U.S. forces in Irbil, northern Iraq on January 11.
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US weekly Defense News quotes a number of senior Iranian officials threatening to fire ballistic missiles in masses against targets in Arab Gulf states and Israel if US forces strike Tehran's nuclear facilities. Fine. We will attack with only one missile. Maybe two if lady luck really smiles on you and the first one doesn't work.
If US forces strike Iranian nuclear facilities, Tehran will respond by triggering an all-out regional war, Iranian officials said last week in an interview with the Defense News weekly. Given their "culture" it's the only thing they have to fall back on, I guess.
Ballistic missiles would be fired in masses against targets in Persian Gulf states and Israel, one Foreign Ministry official said. The objective would be to overwhelm US missile defense systems with dozens and maybe hundreds of missiles fired simultaneously at specific targets. Certain Persian Gulf states should take note and decide in word and deed which side of the fence they are on.
The newspaper quotes a number of Iranian officials whose comments reflect Tehran's official line but who could not obtain permission to speak on the record at short notice. Hey, this is old news if you're in the Iranian government.
According to the officials, Tehrans primary targets would be US military installations and strategic targets in US-allied Arabian Gulf states, including oil depots, refineries, power plants and desalination facilities. This I understand.
US warships would also face waves of surface-to-surface cruise missiles sent to overwhelm their countermeasures. Better park them out a few more miles.
One Iranian official with knowledge of the leaderships national-security discussions said his countrys leaders anticipate that US forces will strike with no warning against the militarys command-and-control network, and have ordered ballistic- and cruise-missile battery crews to launch the retaliation plan within an hour after a US attack begins. If they have any left, that is.
The US will be as surprised with Iranian military capabilities as the Israelis were with Hizbullah in last summers war in Lebanon, he said. Most of our people are confident we would give the Americans hell and likely emerge victorious. Israel wasn't surprised. Olmert was. His understanding of all things military is obviously "challenged". As well as his understanding of when to get out of the way.
Admiral Ali Shamkhani, a former Iranian defense minister, told Defense News that special targets would include Arabian Gulf states that help Washington to justify a strike. Shamkhani runs the Center of Strategic Studies, a think tank comprised of former senior foreign, defense and interior ministers who advise Ayatollah Ali Khameni, the countrys supreme leader. Better bomb them good and hard, and leave something immobile intact to threaten them with further destruction.
Allegations by some Arab gulf states that the Iranian nuclear program poses an environmental threat to the area and that it would spark a nuclear arms race are aimed at helping the US establish legitimacy for its anticipated aggression against Iran, Shamkhani said. Ah. I guess a mushroom cloud has been classified as an "environmental threat". No wonder we can't seem to communicate with them.
US military action threatens Irans existence, he said, but most of those who speak about the war option are well aware that Iran has the capability to face this choice. Sort of. As long as everything goes according to plan.
According to the report, in case of an American attack Tehran will also allow al-Qaeda and other Islamic terrorist groups free passage across its borders from Afghanistan and Asia into the Middle East. Whoa! They finally said it! Must be desperation time.
Iran will open a freeway for terrorists from Afghanistan all the way to Lebanon, enabling the terrorists to strike in almost every country in the Middle East, said the official with knowledge of national-security discussions. A much smaller price to pay than continuing down the path we are on where they just grow the capability.
He added that Iran currently bans such transits from Afghanistan, forcing them to take longer routes and risk capture in other countries. This positive action would not continue if Iran is attacked by the US. I call B.S.. They'll just be more open about it. Nothing to be lost here. Perhaps this will give you an idea of the magnitude of the problem if you haven't figured it out already.
1. Israel and the U.S. Have to hit everything almost immediately, or
2. We can leave it to Israel. We just have to make sure we're ready if Iran drags us into it.
I'm going for what I call option 1+. The plus being doing something to control Iranian oil and ports.
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1. If Israel will do nothing, we'll wipe it of the face of the Earth.
2. If Israel attacks us, we'll wipe it of the face of the Earth.
3. If USA attacks us, we'll wipe Israel of the face of the Earth.
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Iran will open a freeway for terrorists from Afghanistan all the way to Lebanon, enabling the terrorists to strike in almost every country in the Middle East, said the official with knowledge of national-security discussions.
Is Code Pink writing this guy's talking points now?
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According to the report, in case of an American attack Tehran will also allow al-Qaeda and other Islamic terrorist groups free passage across its borders from Afghanistan and Asia into the Middle East.
So, they'll do nothing different?
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Iran will trigger all-out regional war if attacked, official says
So, what is so different from where we are now? There is an all-out regional war triggered by Iran going on as we rant. Iraq insurgency, Afghan taliban support including Heck, Lebanon and Syria (Hez and others), Gaza civil war, Hamas, etc.
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Most of our people are confident we would give the Americans hell and likely emerge victorious.
Whatever happened to Baghdad Bob? Did he emerge in Iran?
Dangerous delusions. "Don't let the sound of your own wheels drive you crazy!"
I don't think Iran has any intelligence in more ways than one. They have no concept of an entire country made of glass.
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NWFP is being threatened by extremists and over the past few months, Taliban have quadrupled with their rigid philosophy spilling over into settled areas. Initially, Talibanisation was limited to tribal areas, but its spillover to settled areas began with threatening letters to barbers warning them against shaving beards, and to CD shop owners asking them to pack up. The threatening letters were followed by bomb blasts across the province. Militancy spread in NWFPs southern districts, including Tank, Dera Ismail Khan, Bannu and Lakki Marwat, where local Taliban emerged and virtually paralysed the government machinery. 
Hamas and Fatah gunmen exchanged fire Wednesday in the West Bank city of Nablus, after Fatah gunmen tried to storm a pro-Hamas TV production company.
Armed Palestinian groups have committed serious violations of international humanitarian law during recent fighting in the Gaza Strip, in some cases amounting to war crimes, Human Rights Watch said Wednesday morning.
In a press release in the West Bank, Hamas condemned ongoing clashes with Fatah. No matter what, all infighting is rejected and what was going on went against the principles of Palestinians who are living under a brutal occupation, said Hamas. The movement urged all its members to observe self control and avoid taking part in any clashes.
On its part, Palestinian National Security forces said what was going on in Gaza was in reality a military coup against military and security systems, adding that attacks by Hamas' fighters were also attempts to overthrow Palestinian presidency and cabinet. In a press release, the forces said they will counter all attacks through all possible means, adding that Palestinian National Security included legal forces, unlike assailing militias.
(MNA) -- On Saturday, the Iranian Foreign Ministry sent a communiqué to the Swiss Embassy in Tehran in which it strongly objected to the recent allegations of U.S. Undersecretary for Political Affairs R. Nicholas Burns. The Swiss embassy hosts the U.S. Interests Section in Iran. 
