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"You have to talk to him (Mullah Omar), and I'm sure it will work out very well," Lt. Gen. Hamid Gul told CNN's fellow traveller Fareed Zakaria in an interview to air Sunday.
[Tolo News] Afghan president Hamid Does this cape make me look fat? Karzai has ordered the investigation of the activities of the Major Crimes Task Force that is strongly supported by the United States
The president also urged the judicial institutions to reinvestigate Major Crimes Task Force's criminal cases.
The presidency says the action is taken in an effort to bring the directorate under the control of the Afghan government.
Afghan government also said the activities of the Major Crimes Task Forces are against the laws of the Afghan government.
Afghan police and the intelligence officials in Task Force are also working under the supervision of British and American officers.
"Our directorate has also the responsibility to help the Ministry of Justice to determine some legal foundations for this institution," said head of the High Office of Oversight and Anti-corruption, Mohammad Yasin Osmani.
An article published by the Washington Post cites that president Karzai demanded the investigation after the anti-corruption task force jugged Muhammad Zia Salehi, an official in the National Security Council on charges of taking bribes.
An American judiciary official said the arrest took place when evidences were revealed about Mr. Salehi's involvement in a deal with a private company called "Ansari Jadid" for taking out millions of dollars of the Afghan politicians abroad.
But members of the commission say the investigation about heavy crimes is not related to Salehi's case.
"Mr. Salehi is an employee of the National Security and the allegation against him is still continuing, and his case has nothing to do with this issue," said a member of the anti-corruption task force, Nasrullah Stanekzai.
The Washington Post cites that the US authorities are worried that the decision by President Karzai will deteriorate relations between Washington and Kabul.
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[Al Arabiya Latest] Al-Qaeda's core leadership in Pakistan remains the most formidable terrorist threat to the U.S. homeland and al-Qaeda's growing presence across Africa challenges many states, the U.S. State Department said on Thursday.
Terrorist attacks worldwide and their death toll in 2009 were at their lowest levels in some four years, according to the U.S. State Department's annual "Country Reports on Terrorism" publication. Terrorists carried out 10,999 attacks worldwide in 2009, killing 14,971, it said.
Al-Qaeda, the group behind the Sept 11. attacks, "has proven to be an adaptable and resilient terrorist group whose desire to attack the United States and U.S. interests abroad remains strong," it said.
Afghanistan's Taliban-led insurgency, which got funding and training from al-Qaeda, "remained resilient in the south and east and expanded its presence into the north and west" and retained an undiminished ability to recruit Pashtun foot soldiers, it said.
However, the report said al-Qaeda suffered "several significant setbacks" in 2009, although its threat to Americans is more dispersed.
It said the group faced a Pakistani military onslaught, has lost many of its leaders, and has found it "tougher to raise money, train recruits and plan attacks" outside the Pakistan and Afghanistan region.
"In addition to these operational setbacks, al-Qaeda continued to fail in its efforts to carry out the attacks that would shake governments in the Muslim world," said the report.
"Yet despite these setbacks, the al-Qaeda threat was more dispersed than in recent years, which partially offset the losses suffered by al-Qaeda's core," the report said.
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GLOBAL SECURITY NEWSIRE > WMD TERRORISM REMAINS A GRAVE THREAT: US SAYS, to US + Allies.
ARTIC = US believes that AL QAEDA remains dedicated to its GLOBAL AGENDA + still desires to PROCURE NUCLEAR WEAPONS, ADVANCED WMDS for Terrstrikes.
* SAME > RUSSIA COULD SELL ["Iskander"]NUCLEAR-CAPABLE MISSLES.
* WAFF > [DF21 ASBMS]CHINESE MISSLES COULD SHIFT PACIFIC POWER-BALANCE.
FIRST THINGYS ARE FIRST > In order to destroy a USN CV in SATURATION ATTACK, however accurate or reliable the MISLSYS + WARHEAD, CHINA'S ECON MUST FIRSTLY BE DIVERSE + STRONG ENOUGH, ETC. TO PROFICIENTLY MASS PRODUCE SAID-SAME ASBMS IN ORDER TO CONDUCT SAID-SAME ANTI-CARRIER SATURATION ATTACK/STRIKE(S).
* WAFF > IRAN TO DEV LONG-RANGE [Space]ROCKET. Space Carrier-Rocket = LR ICBM???
* DAILY TIMES.PK > [LSE & PS Scholar] RUSSIA HAS TRAINED 4000 [Military] NUCLEAR OFFICERS, + Other oer the past 10 years.
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OOOOPSIES, forgot to add as per DAILY TIMES.PK Artic > LSE & PS Scholar MAUNG ZARNI had argued that THE FAILURE OF THE US, OTHER MAJOR WORLD POWERS TO REIN IN NORTH KOREA + ITS NUCPROGS HAS ONLY INSPIRED THE MYNAMAR JUNTA + ROGUE STATES TO DEV INDIGENOUS NUCPROGS = NUCWEAPS.
[Dawn] Interior Minister Rehman Malik said that he has given "shoot at sight" order to law enforcement agencies to control target killings and restore law and order in Karachi.
The interior minister was speaking to the media during a visit to MQM headquarters Nine Zero in Azizabad with Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad Khan on Thursday.
He said that Karachi was being targeted by terrorists and criminals after FATA who want to destabilise the city.
Replying to a question, Malik said that he will meet all the political parties for restoring peace in Karachi. He also lauded MQM leader Altaf Hussain for showing patience over the killing of his party legislator.
Malik said that the government was considering to initiate a judicial inquiry for the target killings in Karachi.
The minister also announced of giving a job to the son of slain MQM leader Syed Raza Haider in FIA or Police.
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Saddam Hussein's right-hand man, Tariq Aziz, has accused Barack Obama of 'leaving Iraq to the wolves' by pulling out combat troops from the country.
Iraq's former deputy prime minister said the United States would destroy the country if it pressed on with the policy of withdrawing combat forces to concentrate on the war in Afghanistan
'We are all victims of America and Britain,' the one time official told the Guardian. 'They killed our country in many ways. When you make a mistake you need to correct a mistake, not leave Iraq to its death.'
Earlier this week President Obama said that U.S. combat troops would pull out of Iraq this month.
Speaking from his Baghdad prison cell for the first time since his capture more than seven years ago Aziz, who was once part of Saddam's inner-most circle, said that Iraq was in a worse state than it had been before the invasion by coalition forces in 2003.
'For 30 years Saddam built Iraq and now it is destroyed. There are more sick than before, more hungry. The people don't have services. People are being killed every day.'
The late dictator's henchman said that he had been initially encouraged when Mr Obama was elected president, because he thought he was going to correct some of former president George Bush's 'mistakes'.
'But Obama is a hypocrite, he added. 'He is leaving Iraq to the wolves.'
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Despite the name, Aziz is still nominally a Christian, and Iraqi Christians can not be feeling too safe with the troops pulling out. Not that they were any too safe with hundreds of thousands of "crusaders" patrolling the streets...
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Well look at that, he blames Bush too.
Just like Barry will if it all goes to shit...
BASRA / Aswat al-Iraq: Basra Governor, Shaltagh Aboud, said on Thursday that we as a local government abide by all international resolutions and seek to end all tensions with neighboring countries, mainly Kuwait.
We are committed to UN and Arab League resolutions and we seek to end tensions with ouir neighboring countries, mainly the Iraqi-Kuwaiti file, Aboud told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.
All problems with Kuwait will be solved within friendly and brotherly climate and in a way that guarantees both countries rights, he underlined.
Iraqs Ambassador to Kuwait Mohamed Hussein Bahr al-Oloum said Baghdad respected all international resolutions, primarily United Nations Security Council Resolution 833 on the final demarcation of the Kuwait-Iraq borders.
In statements to Kuwaiti newspaper Al Nahar of Thursday, he said the priority of the next Iraqi government will be to examine the outstanding files between the two countries.
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BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: The UN Security Council (UNSC) unanimously adopted on Thursday a resolution to extend the work of the UN Assistance Mission in Iraq (UNAMI) for another year expiring on July 31, 2011.
The resolution, forwarded by Japan, Turkey, the United Kingdom and the United States, underlined the importance of the security of the UNAMI staff so that they may do their job for the interest of the people of Iraq, according to the UN web site today (Aug. 5).
It expressed its intention to review the mandate in 12 months or sooner, if requested by the government of Iraq.
As UN chief Ban Ki-moon did Wednesday, the council also appealed to Iraqs bickering leaders to quickly form a government that represents the will and sovereignty of the Iraqi people and their hope for a strong, independent, unified and democratic Iraq in the wake of the March parliamentary elections.
The council stressed that the security of UN personnel was essential for UNAMI to carry out its work and consequently called on the Iraqi government and other UN member states to continue to provide security and logistical support to the UN presence in Iraq.
In his latest report on Iraq, Ban warned that continued delays in forming a government were fueling a growing sense of uncertainty in the country, which, he said, elements opposed to Iraqs democratic transition may try to exploit.
His special representative to Iraq, Ad Melkert, warned council members Wednesday that the practical implications of the US military drawdown are now starting to affect the work of UNAMI.
The UN: can't live with the US, can't live without the US ...
Monday, US President Barack Obama pledged that his country would end its combat mission in Iraq as scheduled on August 31 despite the recent flare-up in violence. Melkert said he was in talks with the Iraqi government to ensure that the conditions for the future UN presence are on a secure and sustainable basis.
This, he added, would require the finalization of the UN-Iraq status of mission agreement and an increase in the UNs own security and operational capacity involving aviation, transport and infrastructure.
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GAZA CITY (Ma'an) A resident was killed and six others were injured on Thursday in a family feud that erupted in the Gaza City neighborhood of Tel Al-Hawa, medics reported. Less filling!
Tastes great!
BANGBANGBANGBANGBANGBANG...
Head of emergency and ambulance services in Gaza, Muawiya Hassanein, said seven were taken by ambulance to the Ash-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City. All were admitted with wounds from tools used in the fray, as well as knife and gunshot wounds, Hassanein said. Hey, doc...this guy's got a pair of vice grips up his ass!
One of the seven injured arrived in critical condition and was pronounced dead before reaching the surgical room. The victim was identified as Ayman Adib Hajaj, 20, who sustained a gunshot wound to the head. Probably a ricochet off his foot...
Police had not yet quelled the brawl, which Hassanein said continued after Hajaj was pronounced dead. He said the Hajaj family and the "L" family would be charged by police for the incident. Mahmoud! Round up the "L"'s!
What?
Police said an investigation was opened by police, and charges were expected.
The Palestinian Authority continues to incite young schoolchildren to armed struggle against Israel in its textbooks textbooks that are used by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) to teach incitement in Israel's capital city, says investigative reporter David Bedein, who spoke in an interview with Arutz Sheva's Hebrew-language news service.
The books in question include passages praising terrorists killed while attacking Israel as martyrs. They also teach children that Arabs descended from those who fled Israel during the War of Independence have a right to return to Israel.
Bedein's finding that the textbooks in Arab schools in Jerusalem are as problematic as those used in PA schools elsewhere is backed by a frank interview with PA Minister of Education Lamis al-Alami, who spoke with a member of Bedein's investigative team and told her that the textbooks provided by the PA for UNRWA schools are the precisely the same in Jerusalem as in Ramallah, Shechem and Gaza.
"These books discuss war against Israel, martyrs, the right of return. It's the first education system since the Third Reich which prepares its pupils to demonize Jews and to wage war against the Jews Bedein said. He invited listeners to verify his story for themselves, saying, Go to book stores on Salah a-Din street [a major road in eastern Jerusalem ed.] and compare the books you see there to those sold in Ramallah and Gaza. It's the same thing, books engaged in racist incitement against the Jewish people.
Arab schools in Jerusalem receive funding from the Jerusalem municipality. UNRWA schools in Jerusalem and elsewhere receive much of their funding from 38 nations, primarily from the United States and the European Union. Two UNRWA facilities are located inside Jerusalem - in the neighborhoods of Shuafat and Kalandia.
Bedein first raised the issue of incitement in Jerusalem schools 10 years ago. Among those he spoke to was former prime minister Ehud Olmert, then mayor of Jerusalem, who responded at a news conference to Bedein's question with little concern. They can teach what they want, and we'll teach what we want, Olmert said about incitement in the PA school books being used by Arab schools with funding from the Jerusalem municipality and the Israel Ministry of Education.
Bedein expressed hope that current Israeli leaders will now eact differently. Three officials have the power to change the situation, he said Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat, Education Minister Gidon Saar and Education Committee head Zevulun Orlev.
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Is this supposed to be a surprise? Propaganda is the first act of war. I wonder if these are watered down versions used in places like Syria, Iraq, Iran, et. al.
[Al Arabiya Latest] Israel released an impounded Turkish aid ship on Thursday on which its navy killed nine pro-Palestinian activists in a botched boarding as they tried to run the Gaza Strip blockade in May.
The converted cruise liner Mavi Marmara was towed out of Haifa port by a Turkish tugboat. Two other Turkish vessels held there and in Ashdod port -- the Defn-Y and the Gazze -- will follow by Friday, Israeli and Turkish officials said.
The high seas clash severely damaged the Jewish state's ties with its only close Muslim ally and drew international criticism that forced the Israelis to ease land commerce with Gaza's 1.5 million mostly aid-dependant Palestinians.
Israel defended the marines' use of guns in brawls with Mavi Marmara passengers, who it said had endangered the soldiers' lives by attacking them with iron bars and knives.
But it waived a demand that the Turks sign undertakings not to sail again to Gaza, whose blockade it says curbs Palestinian gunrunning, for the vessels to be repatriated.
An Israeli official said the Foreign Ministry had instead sent Ankara "a message ... expressing Israel's expectation that Turkey will prevent other Turkish vessels from violating the naval blockade on the Gaza Strip.
"The message emphasizes that Israel transfers equipment and goods to Gaza on an ongoing basis via the land crossings in a manner that is acceptable to the international community and which is anchored in recognized agreements," the official said.
A Turkish Foreign Ministry official had no immediate comment on Israel's request. The official said the three Turkish vessels were expected to arrive in Turkey's Iskendurun port by Aug. 9.
Israel still holds three non-Turkish vessels from the Gaza flotilla that was intercepted on May 31, as well as an Irish cargo ship, the Rachel Corrie, that sailed a few days later.
Earlier this week, the United Nations announced it was opening an inquiry into the flotilla raid which would include both Israeli and Turkish participation. Israel has said it would cooperate with the inquiry.
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If it was up to me, i'd "Return" the ships either as scrap metal or with a smallish charge welded into the bottom as undetectable as possible and see if the idiots use it to sail for Gaza again, if they do, Why that's odd, it just vanished at sea.
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[Iran Press TV Latest] The Irish Ship to Gaza Committee has announced plans to buy a ship to sail in a second Freedom Flotilla to Gaza.
The committee, which comprises a number of Irish anti-war and pro-Palestinian organizations, intends to dispatch a convoy to the impoverished Palestinian territory in October, the Belfast Telegraph reported.
A first Freedom Flotilla to Gaza was intercepted and boarded by Israeli army troops three months ago while sailing in the international waters off the coast of the Gaza Strip.
Israeli troops indiscriminately killed nine peace activists on board a Turkish aid ship and wounded several others in an attack that drew international condemnation.
Nobel Peace Prize winner Mairead Corrigan Maguire was among those on board one of the vessels attempting to deliver medicines and other supplies to Palestinian people in Gaza.
At a meeting in Istanbul three weeks ago, organizers agreed to create a second Freedom Flotilla, this time with 12 to 15 ships.
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Me thinking. Why not invite some Orangemen to visit Israel at the time? Maybe arrange Mediterranean cruise for them?
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad rejects reports about an assassination attempt on his life in Hamadan Province as a plot hatched by the enemies.
"Yesterday, during the cabinet's trip to Hamadan Province, someone threw a firecracker in front of the government motorcade out of joy and excitement," IRNA quoted the president as saying on Thursday.
"This was not [a] newsworthy [incident], but the enemies spread reports that Ahmadinejad has been transferred to an undisclosed location after surviving an assassination attempt."
"This is while immediately afterwards I delivered a speech in Hamadan Stadium and in front of thousands of people."
The Iranian president went on to add that the purpose of such enemy plots is to prevent his words from reaching the people of the world.
Amid an intensifying US-led campaign against Iran's nuclear program, Ahmadinejad went to stress that Iranian nation is prepared to face the enemy resolutely.
Tehran rejects Washington's claims that it is pursuing a military nuclear program, arguing that as a signatory to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) it has the right to civilian technology.
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[Iran Press TV Latest] Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has called on regional states to stand united against enemy plots to cause division.
Ayatollah Khamenei met with Afghan President Hamid Karzai and Tajik President Emomali Rahmon, who are in Tehran for the tripartite summit of Persian-speaking heads of states.
The Leader stressed that the "development, security and prosperity" of Afghanistan and Tajikistan benefits Iran just as "Iran's development and security is beneficial for regional states."
"There are some who are against cooperation between these three countries," the Leader said, adding that regional states should counter such threats with "vigilance."
Ayatollah Khamenei said the problems of the Afghan people stem from foreign military presence.
"Foreigners who came to Afghanistan with the slogan of establishing security and democracy are now targeting civilians and their presence has nothing but atrocity and corruption for the people of Afghanistan," the Leader said.
"World powers only pursue their own interests and their never-ending greed in the region, but today the situation of the region and the capabilities of these powers are extremely different from the past."
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[Iran Press TV Latest] Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says the presence of three strong regional powers will prevent the interference of foreign countries in Central Asia.
At the opening ceremony of the tripartite summit of Persian-speaking heads of states in Tehran on Thursday Ahmadinejad said that over the past few decades Afghanistan, Iran and Tajikistan had found 'something new in common.'
"Afghanistan [liberated] itself from the occupation of the former Soviet Union, Iran [freed itself] from Western and US domination, and Tajikistan gained independence."
The Iranian president went on to say that Iran, Afghanistan and Tajikistan prevent Western powers from mounting pressure on countries like India and China.
Ahmadinejad stressed the necessity of more cooperation among the three Persian-speaking states especially in the field of transportation, welcoming Tajik President Emomali Rahmon's suggestion to build a railway connecting Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and China.
The Iranian president called for closer energy ties, saying, "Iran and Tajikistan are energy producers and Afghanistan needs energy."
Ahmadinejad went on to stress that the exchange of energy would reduce the expenses and therefore benefit all three countries.
The Iranian chief executive said Iran, Tajikistan and Afghanistan can help increase regional security through cooperation.
"Afghanistan's security crisis must be resolved by regional countries as experience has shown others (foreign powers) are incapable of solving regional issues."
The one-day tripartite summit of Persian-speaking heads of states kicked off in Tehran on Thursday with the participation of the presidents of Iran, Afghanistan, and Tajikistan.
At the end of summit Afghan President Hamid Karzai and Tajik President Emomali Rahmon singed a declaration with their Iranian counterpart on different political, cultural, economic and anti-terrorism issues.
According to the declaration, a commission consisting of Iranian, Tajik and Afghan officials will be established to study the progress of the summit's agenda and to report obstacles to the heads of the three Persian-speaking states.
The three presidents also reiterated the peaceful use of nuclear energy as the indisputable right of all signatories to Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).
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[Al Arabiya Latest] United States President Barack Obama said he remains willing to speak with Iran on its nuclear program and international sanctions if the Tehran follows "a clear set of steps," according to comments published Thursday, as Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said that Iran is working on a three-stage rocket.
Obama made the comments to a small group of journalists at the White House after U.S. officials rebuffed a call for a U.S.-Iran summit.
The Washington Post said the president indicated international sanctions should remain in place on Tehran but that the regime should have a pathway for a peaceful settlement of the nuclear issue.
"Clear set of steps"
"It is very important to put before the Iranians a clear set of steps that we would consider sufficient to show that they are not pursuing nuclear weapons," Obama said, according to the Post.
"They should know what they can say 'yes' to."
The report said Obama left open the possibility that the United States would accept a deal that allows Iran to maintain its civilian nuclear program, so long as Tehran provides "confidence-building measures" to verify that it is not building a bomb.
An account of the meeting by The Atlantic magazine said Obama expressed the view that Iran is feeling the pain from sanctions but not yet changing their policies.
"It may be that their ideological commitment to nuclear weapons is such that they're not making a simple cost-benefit analysis on this issue," Obama was quoted as saying.
"Changing their calculus is very difficult, even though this is painful for them and we are beginning to see rumblings in Iran that they are surprised by how successful we've been."
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The US and Israel are using a UN tribunal probing the assassination of former Lebanese premier Rafiq Hariri as a "political tool", says a top Iranian official.
Ali Akbar Velayati, the foreign policy advisor to the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, said on Thursday that the tribunal has been orchestrated by the Zionist regime and its allies.
He made the remarks in a meeting with Lebanese resistance movement Hezbullies' Secretary General Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah in Beirut.
The Special Tribunal for Leb was set up by the UN and the Lebanese government in May 2007 to prosecute those behind the assassination of Hariri in 2005.
Nasrallah has rejected claims by the tribunal that Hezbullies was involved in Hariri's assassination, describing the accusations as part of "a dangerous project that is targeting Iranian catspaws."
Fars News Agency quoted Velayati as saying, "While in the past 4 years, the Zionist regime and its allies accused Syria of Rafiq Hariri's assassination, now they blame the Islamic resistance Hezbullies."
"We declare our strong support for Leb's resistance," he said, adding that amicable relations between the two countries would play a central role in creating stability in the region.
Velayati also called for concerted efforts to confront "the Zionist terrorism" and support the Paleostinians to achieve their "just goals".
The Iranian official arrived in the Lebanese capital on Wednesday and was warmly welcomed by Lebanese Foreign Minister Ali al-Shami.
"Leb will confront the threats posed by Israel with the support of Iran and Arab countries," al-Shami said.
This article starring:
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Seyyed Hassan Nasralla
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[Asharq al-Aswat] An Israeli official on Thursday warned of the danger of Hezbollah gaining influence over Lebanon's army just days after a deadly exchange of fire along the border left four people dead.
"There is a danger of the Hezbollisation of the Lebanese army, if the army begins to behave like Hezbollah," Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon told public radio referring to the Lebanese Shiite militia group.
"If Hezbollah manages to take control of the army, we will have to treat (the army) in a completely different manner," he said.
Top Israeli officials have said that Hezbollah was not involved in Tuesday's deadly exchange of fire with the Lebanese army, and have for the most part sought to play down the confrontation as an isolated incident.
Defence Minister Ehud Barak said the clashes, which killed two Lebanese soldiers and a journalist as well as a senior Israeli officer, were "a very grave provocation" but hastened to add that it was not planned by the Lebanese army.
"Tuesday's incident was not programmed by the chiefs of staff of the Lebanese army in Beirut or by Hezbollah," he said on Wednesday.
The Israeli military believes the incident was caused by a radical Lebanese army officer who was not acting on orders from higher-ups, defence experts said.
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The frequency of international terrorist attacks has dropped in recent years, but a State Department report also finds that more Western-reared individuals are hearing the siren of radical Islam.
Perhaps the most unsettling thing about this clip is that, despite being a cable news moment where a guest basically calls the host clueless while the host argues that members of Al-Qaeda want to kill Americans, the average vocal volume is maintained at a stable low. On tonight's Factor, Bill O'Reilly debated a lawsuit filed by the ACLU intended to defend the rights of Al-Qaeda suspects, and his guest didn't mince words on what he thought of his opinion.
The guest was criminal defense attorney Scott Fenstermaker, who has experience with defending terror suspects. O'Reilly asked Fenstermaker what his problem with the drone attacks was, and he stated that said attacks on Pakistan and on suspects like Anwar Al-Awlaki were illegal. "It has not been ruled illegal by anybody but you, Mr. Fenstermaker," O'Reilly replied, which Fenstermaker refuted.
Fenstermaker then argued that he did not believe that Al-Awlaki was the enemy, as there was no direct proof that he was part of Al-Qaeda, and that the entirety of the war was "problematic" because it was "waging war against civilians." He then upped the ante by saying that "our battles on Al-Qaeda are not necessarily well-directed," and that "I don't think Al-Qaeda is posing any threat to us now."
After being asked several times whether he believed that Al-Qaeda was interested in killing him simply because he was an American, Fenstermaker replied, "I'm a bad example; I'm probably a hero to Al-Qaeda" and, after some pressing, told O'Reilly, "you don't have the first idea of what you're talking about" because he had not spoken to any members of Al-Qaeda. Surprisingly, this sentence did not instantly trigger a shouting match, though O'Reilly was shocked and temperately angry at the accusation, and, in a much more measured way than would typically be expected, disassembled Fenstermaker's argument.
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The guest was criminal defense attorney Scott Fenstermaker Fixed that for you.
I saw the bit#@slap. O'Reilly did a good job. What I don't understand is why these people seem to hate America.
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I understand where he's coming from (That doesn't make him right) He's trained as a lawyer, if he saw somebody shoot sombody else in the head he'd say "You must prove it in a court of LAW" (or it doesn't count).
I'll bet big bucks, his life has NEVER been in danger.
(Proof is he mistakenly thinks No-one is EVIL.
I call this "The Marie Antionette Symptom" so insulated from reality they CANNOT understand the facts, it's as alien to them as a speaking whale in Parlament.
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A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
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The US and Israel are using a UN tribunal probing the assassination of former Lebanese premier Rafiq Hariri as a "political tool", says a top Iranian official. 
[Asharq al-Aswat] An Israeli official on Thursday warned of the danger of Hezbollah gaining influence over Lebanon's army just days after a deadly exchange of fire along the border left four people dead.
