A number of Democratic and Republican lawmakers are concerned about the White House's air assault on Libya, but Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) raised the rhetoric to 11 on Monday, suggesting President Obama should be impeached. That makes Dennis Kucinich a racist!!! and probably a Tea Party birther as well!!!
"President Obama moved forward without Congress approving. He didn't have Congressional authorization, he has gone against the Constitution, and that's got to be said," Kucinich said in an interview with Raw Story. "It's not even disputable, this isn't even a close question. Such an action -- that involves putting America's service men and women into harm's way, whether they're in the Air Force or the Navy -- is a grave decision that cannot be made by the president alone."
According to Kucinich, Obama's decision "would appear on its face to be an impeachable offense," though he questioned whether Congress would ever move forward with a trial in practice....
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Ya know what, Dennis? If you weren't the Class Clown of Congress everyone would realize that what you say about this is quite true.
But I looked at this and said "HA! Kucinich!"
Just like everybody else did...
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Y'know, law, especially the law of armed conflict, is not an exact science. Frankly, I'd be hard-pressed to find a situation where I'm not ok with killing bad guys, regardless of who's the CINC. I read about the farmers east of Benghazi who got one of our pilots out. So far so good.
Yes, I'd like assurances that the objective is to kill K-Daffy and his minions, not just leave him wounded and pissed off. I'd like assurances from our allies that AQ will not be permitted to fill the power vacuum. I'd like to see a Congressional authorization that sets limits, defines the mission, and guarantees no boots on the ground. I hope/presume/damn well expect those to come soon.
But war crimes? Puh-lease. BHO has already committed so many impeachable offenses, I'm actually sort of impressed that he's exercising executive power more or less appropriately for once, rather than trying to run the legislature and the judiciary from the White House.
I can't get quite as fired up about it as OldSpook did the other night, but I think he was right.
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Getting us involved in a war without planning and a well-defined goal should be an impeachable offense. And no, "let's lob some cruise missiles and then wing it from there" does not constitute planning.
Two hundred ninety-nine proud young men stood before their their instructors, their president, their families, and the army they will serve, accepting the diplomas and commissions they worked so hard to earn. They will serve for ten years, protecting their country from enemies foreign and domestic. Let us wish them the additional satisfaction of knitting their country together as the first generation of West Point graduates did the U.S.
Two hundred ninety-nine bright young things stood before their their instructors, their president, their families, and the army they will serve, accepting the diplomas and commissions they worked so hard to earn. They will serve for ten years, protecting their country from enemies foreign and domestic. Let us wish them the additional satisfaction of knitting their country together as the first classes of West Point graduates did the U.S.
[Tolo News] President Hamid Maybe I'll join the Taliban Karzai ... A former Baltimore restaurateur, now 12th and current President of Afghanistan, displacing the legitimate president Rabbani in December 2004. He was installed as the dominant political figure after the removal of the Taliban regime in late 2001 in a vain attempt to put a Pashtun face on the successor state to the Taliban. After the 2004 presidential election, he was declared president regardless of what the actual vote count was. He won a second, even more dubious, five-year-term after the 2009 presidential election. His grip on reality has been slipping steadily since around 2007, probably from heavy drug use... on Tuesday announced that security transition to Afghan lead will go as planned.
Speaking at a graduation ceremony of high military academy officers, President Karzai said areas set for the first phase of transition will include Kabul (without Sorubi district), Panjshir, Bamyan, Helmand, Balkh and Laghman as well as Herat city (without its districts).
While it's difficult to take over full security responsibility, establish good governance and carry on reconstruction, security transition is an irreversible and certain thing that should be done, President Karzai said.
Karzai said reviews of other parts of the country are in progress for security transition.
He called for an immediate end to operations by institutions parallel to Afghan government including provincial reconstruction teams and urged foreign forces to stop illegal detention of Afghan citizens.
"There are numerous UN organisations operating in Afghanistan that the government is not fully aware of. And their expenses and the way they are operating are not acceptable to us".
Security transition to Afghan forces depends on implementation of commitments made in Kabul International Conference last year, Karzai said.
He hinted on Afghan-US enduring partnership and said a jirga (Afghans traditional gathering of tribal elders) will soon be held to discuss lasting relations between the US and Afghanistan.
He said all those fighting against the Afghan government are not Taliban fighters. Mr Karzai has urged the Taliban to stop killing civilians.
Mr Karzai underlined improvement of relations with neighbouring countries, but called for a definite support of neighbours, especially Pakistain, for peace and stability in Afghanistan.
Provincial security officials in eastern Herat province have shown signs of readiness for the security handover.
People in the areas where the first steps of security handover will be taken have welcomed Karzai's announcement on security transition process.
Experts say Afghan cops wouldn't be able to maintain security until they are not properly equipped with modern arms.
For a smooth transition, international community should concentrate on building up capacities of Afghan cops until 2014.
"All the military logistics, equipment and facilities that foreign forces have should be provided to Afghan forces so that they stand on their feet and grow the potential to defend their nation," Shah Nawaz Tanai, former Afghan defence minister under Dr Najibullah's regime, said.
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[The Nation (Nairobi)] A former Kenyan appellate judge has been elected presiding judge in the Darfur case at the International Criminal Court. ... where Milosevich died of old age before being convicted ...
Justice Joyce Aluoch was elected by her peers to be the lead judge in the case at The Hague against Abdallah Banda Abakaer Nourain and Saleh Mohammed Jerbo Jamus over their alleged crimes in the Darfur region of Sudan.
The case was referred to the three judges by the presidency of the ICC after constituting Trial Chamber IV on March 16.
The other judges on the bench are Fatoumata Dembele Diarra and Silvia Fernandez de Gurmendi.
According to a statement posted on the ICC website, Pre-Trial Chamber I found that there are reasonable grounds to believe that Banda and Jerbo are criminally responsible as co-perpetrators or as indirect co-perpetrators for three war crimes under the Rome Statute.
The charges against the accused include murder, intentionally directing attacks against personnel, installations, material, units or vehicles involved in a peacekeeping mission; and pillaging.
Justice Aluoch was elected to the International Criminal Court in The Hague in January 2009.
She was picked during elections held in New York at the Seventh session of the Association of State Parties to the Rome Statue, where she garnered 100 votes out of the 107 cast. She is the first Kenyan to sit at the court.
The elections attracted 18 candidates, out of which six were picked. The other five judges were from Botswana, Japan, Guyana, Italy and Belgium. The Foreign Affairs Ministry termed her election as "an achievement that does this country proud".
Her nine-year term as an ICC judge started on March 11, 2009.
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One view has it that the Libyan rebels are basically peaceful protesters who found their demonstrations against Gadhafi met with bullets and had no choice but to resort to violence.
Still, the rebels are largely unknown to the American government, despite initial tentative meetings such as Clinton's and some meetings held by U.S. Ambassador to Libya Gene Cretz with opposition representatives. (Cretz is now working out of the State Department, as the United States has withdrawn its diplomatic presence.) Last week, President Barack Obama appointed an American diplomat, Chris Stevens, to be the U.S. liaison to the Libyan opposition.
"We don't have the comfort level with the rebels," said the National Security Network's Joel Rubin, a former State Department official. "We certainly know some things about them, had meetings. It's not as if there's complete blindness. But I don't think at this stage the comfort level is there for that kind of close coordination."
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This administration hasn't figured out who the people who live in fly-over country are.
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Ask WND AM > LOOK WHO'S IN LINE TO REPLACE GADHAFI!?
ARTIC > [Radical]BRITISH CLERIC ANJEM CHOUDARY - claims that AL-QAIDA + MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD HAVE ASSETS IN PLACE = "ON THE GROUND" IN LIBYUH READY TO BUST-A-MOVE + ASSUME [Ruling = Govt]] POWER WHEN MUAMMAR IS REMOVED FROM SAME.
Once they have formally replaced Muammar, AL-QAIDA + the MUSLIM BROTEHRHOOD will work to empower + entrench Islam + SHARIA in the region, + also work to stop the WEst from installing a friendly Govt.
Also from ANJEM CHOUDARY:
> CURRENT ANDOR ANY POST-GADHAFI "POWER VACUUM" is useful for anyone wid an agenda or an alternative system to emplace.
> US-ALLIES have no idea on whom Personage can effec replace Gadhafi, nor had they made any provision or plan as per any end to Gadhafi + his Ruling Dynasty-Regime.
> OTHER EXPERTS = argue that AL-QAEDA IS BENT ON CONTROLLING ME = ARAB-MUSLIM OIL RESOURCES, + SEE EXCITING OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE CONTROL OF LIBYUH'S OIL-GAS FIELDS, AS LIBYUH IS CURR WORLD'S #4 OIL PRODUCER-EXPORTER.
and
* FREEREPUBLIC > OBAMA: GADDAFI COULD STAY IN POWER IFF HE "CHANGES" [protects Human Rights espec as per Rebels, + implements MAJOR REFORMS]???
[Oh yeah, "WINDS OF CHANGE" = C-C-C-CHANGES... 1980's MTV VIDS here].
Deep divisions between allied forces currently bombing Libya worsened today as the German military announced it was pulling forces out of NATO over continued disagreement on who will lead the campaign. A German military spokesman said it was recalling two frigates and AWACS surveillance plane crews from the Mediterranean, after fears they would be drawn into the conflict if NATO takes over control from the U.S.
So either the US leads or Germany quits? NATO is dead.
Wow, US leadership is preferable to NATO??? Knock me over with a feather!
The infighting comes as a heated meeting of NATO ambassadors yesterday failed to resolve whether the 28-nation alliance should run the operation to enforce a U.N.-mandated no-fly zone, diplomats said.
Yesterday a war of words erupted between the U.S. and Britain after the U.K. government claimed Muammar Gaddafi is a legitimate target for assassination. U.K. government officials said killing the Libyan leader would be legal if it prevented civilian deaths as laid out in a U.N. resolution.
It's legal to go after a head of state in any war.
But U.S. defence secretary Robert Gates hit back at the suggestion, saying it would be 'unwise' to target the Libyan leader adding cryptically that the bombing campaign should stick to the 'U.N. mandate'.
Gates is uncharacteristically muddled here, and I wonder if it is because he's trying to serve both Bambi and reality...
President Barack Obama, seeking to avoid getting bogged down in a war in another Muslim country, said on Monday Washington would cede control of operations against Muammar Gaddafi's forces within days, handing the reins over to NATO.
But NATO still means US involvement. Read the Charter. And we're the largest single force in NATO by far. How does 'handing the reins over to NATO' improve the situation?
But Germany and European allies remain unwilling to have NATO take on a military operation that theoretically has nothing to do with the defence of Europe.
Technically neither did Afghanistan.
Today the German defence ministry announced Berlin had pulled out of any military operations in the Mediterranean. A ministry spokesman said two frigates and two other ships with a crew of 550 would be reverted to German command. Some 60 to 70 German troops participating in NATO-operated AWACS surveillance operations in the Mediterranean would also be withdrawn, according to the ministry.
Berlin isn't participating in the operation to impose a no-fly zone in Libya and abstained on the U.N. resolution authorising it.
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This must be more of that "smart diplomacy" we've been hearing about.
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This was an awful headline. No, Germany has not left NATO, like France did under De Gaulle.
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C'mon Germany...get on board. Haven't you heard...it's called 'Progressive Realism'. It was all the rage in Davos last year. NATO...schmato...you only have to remember one word here..."legitimacy". Besides, this whole military command clusterfuck ain't such a bad thing. In fact, it's the proof we wanted to re-order all those old institutions anyway. Oh, and by the way, the Portugese econonomy just shit the bed...expect to pony up very soon.
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But U.S. defence secretary Robert Gates hit back at the suggestion, saying it would be 'unwise' to target the Libyan leader adding cryptically that the bombing campaign should stick to the 'U.N. mandate'.
The President of the United States publicly demanded Gaddafi's ouster. He even talked about stringing him up ('the noose is tightening').
Then he ordered substantial military action against Gaddafi.
Now, however, it is 'wise' to leave a wounded, embittered Gaddafi unmolested. A dictator who has nonetheless just survived an onslaught by the world's lone superpower, making him utterly fearless. A dictator who has still access to money, weapons and who is backed by major international players. A dictator with a history of sponsoring 'revenge' terror attacks.
Wisdom!
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Obama is showing that America is a paper tiger again.
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What's that wise bit of advice? When you strike at a king, you must kill him. Leave Kadaffy in power I think we will look fondly on the days of Pan Am 103.
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Re: Gates. Has anyone else noticed that Gates hasn't been reading from the playbook lately. First he said a no-fly zone operation was a bad idea, then "regime change isn't the mission" and then the "no we won't kill G'Daffy" business.
Seems to me he's getting into the public policy/decision making arena in a way that no other SoD has done to my knowledge. If true, is it because lack of leadership from the Whie House or because he's rebelling against that leadership? Don't know Gates or his beliefs well enough to decide.
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Germans = Pussies. In Afghanistan first, now in the Med.
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What advantage is there for the Germans to get involved in Libya? At least in Afghanistan it forestalled US abandoning NATO and pulling forces out of Germany and Europe.
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I don't think it should surprise that this whole Libya deal is showing both Barry and the Euro's to be basically wimps.
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"What advantage is there for the Germans to get involved in Libya?"
Gaddafi called for 'jihad' against Europe even before the rebellion. Removing him would be a matter of fundamental physical security for Germany.
The official political objective in Afghanistan however doesn't make sense for Germany (or anyone else IMHO.)
Based on a rational assessment German forces should quit Afghanistan and participate in the 'Anti-Gaddafi Alliance.'
Making a red diaper baby Chancelorette of Germany has consequences. The apple does not fall far from the tree.
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Wait -- the Germans surrendered before the French? The Krauts must be in phase-2 of their "either at your throat or at your feet" posture.
Oh, and while never say "I told you so," and dislike people who do... I told you so.
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One way to look at it is if they don't participate in the war, they won't have to take in all the muslim refugees that will be displaced by it.
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Wehell, as per OWG-NWO + GMD-TMD between GERMANY + JAPAN dev indigenous Nuclear Arensals-Weapons, methinks its safe to say the Internat Community will argue to allow Japan before Germany, regardless of the merits???
The town of Derna has a rich history and a stunning location on the Mediterranean. It also has a reputation as a hotbed of jihad. And this causes diplomats and analysts to ask whether the unrest in Libya might provide an opening for al Qaeda and fellow travelers next door to Europe.
Derna even made it into Wikileaks. A cable from 2008 calls it a "wellspring of Libyan foreign fighters" for al Qaeda in Iraq. High youth unemployment, discrimination by the government and the influence of veteran jihadis from Afghanistan have all played a role in radicalizing a new generation.
"Other factors include a dearth of social outlets for young people, [and] local pride in Derna's history as a locus of fierce opposition to occupation. Most young men watched a mix of al-Jazeera news, religious sermons and western action films on English language satellite channels broadcast from the Gulf. The result was a heady mixture of violence, religious conservatism and hatred of U.S. policy in Iraq and Palestine," said the cable.
Derna is now in the opposition's hands, and reports from eastern Libya say Islamists and others are fighting side-by-side with one aim: removing Moammar Gadhafi. But what next?
Al Qaeda has already sensed an opportunity. Its leading ideologue, Abu Yahya al-Libi -- a Libyan himself -- told local jihadis: "Store your weapons and do not relinquish them." In an audio tape released on March 12, he said that "ousting these regimes is not the end in making a change."
The next week, the leader of al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) had a similar message. In an audiotape posted on jihadi websites and translated by SITE, Abu Musab Wadud told Gadhafi's opponents: "We will be side-by-side with you, Allah willing."
Which brings us back to the Wikileaks cable, in which a US diplomat who traveled to Derna, quoted a local resident who had "likened young men in Derna to Bruce Willis' character in the action picture 'Die Hard,' who stubbornly refused to die quietly. For them, resistance against coalition forces in Iraq is an important act of 'jihad' and a last act of defiance against the Gadhafi regime."
"It's jihad -- it's our duty, and you're talking about people who don't have much else to be proud of," he told the diplomat.
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Having played no role in the rebellion so far, al Qaeda and its affiliates will have to play catch-up...
It's impossible for any credible journalist to make such a claim. so it begs the question; Why make such a definitive statement? Oh yeah...that's right...Obama's mission was to protect innocent civilians.
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If Daffey is ousted or killed, I hope we are not creating a pre-911 Afghanistan in Libya--a hotbed of hatred and terrorism directed towards Israel and the West. This article makes it sound like there is a possibility for this.
[Maghrebia] Mauritania is building 50 crossing points on its border with Senegal ... a nation of about 14 million on the west coast of Africa bordering Mauretania to the north, Mali to the east, and a pair of Guineas to the south, one of them Bissau. It is 90 percent Mohammedan and has more than 80 political parties. Its primary purpose seems to be absorbing refugees... , PANA quoted official sources as saying on Saturday (March 19th). The European Union provided 15m euros to fund construction and computer equipment for the new sites. The International Migration Office will also train more than 100 Mauritanian border security officers.
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Cindy Sheehan, whose son was killed in Iraq and who was thus granted absolute moral authority by Maureen Dowd, has turned her attention to the current warmilitary action euphemism-to-be-determined in Libya....
When I began protesting, Bush was president and my protest and the energy that grew around it was used by you Democrats to regain political power in the federal government. Four years later and a change of Executive, this nation is still mired in Arab countries waging a war against Arabs of all, or no, faith. Now brought to us by the Blue Team.
Three days after the current evil Emperor was installed by the oligarchy, he ordered a drone bombing in Northern Pakistan (a country that we are supposedly not at war with) that killed 36 civilians and since then, he has been absolutely mad about drone bombings, increasing Bushs total over 300 percent in far fewer years. Even though I never supported Obama who funded wars as a Senator and who is NOT a peace president, I said at the time: Three days in and already a war criminal. I was thoroughly attacked by Democrats who once affiliated as peace activists for not giving Obama time.
Well, Gitmo is still open, military tribunals will resume for men who have been illegally detained for up to a decade now, US Tomahawk missiles are raining down on innocents in Libya (killing people to save them is the NEW PEACE), dictators are still supported, Israel is still occupying and oppressing Palestine, activists are being targeted by Obamas DOJ while BushCo are being protected, the USA PATRIOT ACT was renewed, the Gulf is dyingand where is the outrage?
This is where I think the outrage isthe oligarchy of this country is clever, they knew that it would take a person of color with an Islamic name who sold his soul many years agoto fulfill the neocon agenda of planetary dominance (see: Project for a New American Century). So if one criticizes Obama, then we are attacked by War Loving Democrats for being: divisive fanatics, racist, Tea Baggers, crazy, etcetera. Could McCain be getting away with bombing North Africa? Or does that take an African-American to give political cover to the war jackals?
She's consistent, you gotta give her that.
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IMHO the moment was lost on ousting Kadaffi. He has had weeks to get his private armies, rally some internal support, and keep the rest of the world guessing. The key point to take home here is that the military (the well trained ones and the one with good weapons) works for Qafdaffi. The popular uprisings in Egypt and Yemen were successful because the military either stood by or help the protesters. That will not be the case in Libya. With the Germans quitting, Phrance wabbling, and the Brits dithering I don;t see Momo leaving power. If he gets to stay in power those people in eastern part of the country might want to move out, because he will eventually go after them (or his son will).
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Mm, I interpret and "oligarchy" and "war jackals" more along the lines of, "gained the freshman 25 plus another sophomore 15, knows the marxist prof is out of her league, and is trying to impress the too-cool-for-rules rebel guy with a scraggly goatee who shows up in an anarchy t-shirt and combat boots every third class or so, smelling like weed."
But, the giveaway is that it's written in full words and sentences, not text-message shorthand, so the author must be over age 30.
Ima thinking that there is a hamster on the loose in the Pentagon planning the Libyan Mission. Someone ought go there and give him a meal and put him back in his cage before he does more damage.
We've seen Camp Lejuene marines in Iraq and Afghanistan and now they are joining the fight against Libya. 2200 marines from the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, or 26th MEU will take part. Their mission is to help end the violence directed at the Libyan people.
"In Libya right now they are doing exactly what we need them to do. They are doing what they are told and right now that's protecting Libyan people against Qadhafi forces," said Captain Timothy Patrick, a marine with the 26th MEU.
A press release from the 26th MEU reads, in part:
"Protecting the innocent and conducting combined operations are what we are designed to do, our forces are doing both as part of the U.S commitment to protect Libyan citizens."
Patrick says that marines from the 26th MEU are coming on the end of their deployment. They will be replaced with marines from the 22nd MEU.
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Hopefully these Marines can get through this. It's not their normal mission description.
As was stated in Michael Yon's "One Giant Leap", they like to show up "in force with no warning".
This 'little' operation seems pretty knee-jerk and the hamster analogy is a good one, tipper.
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I guess we'll see if this is Arab bravado or bullshit.
Echoing rebel opposition to any intervention by foreign ground forces, he said: "We need the no-fly zone for them to strike the heavy armor. But if they bring land forces we will leave Qadaffy alone and they will be our new target."
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This is kind of old news. I think the order came down on the 28th of Feb under the precursor of lose munitions of mustard gas sitting in the desert covered by plywood and a rock. But with this administration, who knows what they plan to do.
It's really a CF.
[Dawn] Security staff of the top political and military leadership did not follow the orders of not carrying weapons in the premises of the Parliament House on a day when President Asif Ali President Ten Percent Zardari ... sticky-fingered husband of the late Benazir Bhutto ... addressed the joint session on Tuesday, DawnNews reported.
Speaker National Assembly, Dr. Fehmida Mirza, had issued a circular before the beginning of the joint session which banned the entry of armed security guards of politicians and ministers and others in the premises of the House. The circular also banned weapons to be carried in the building.
The politicians and federal ministers had followed the order by keeping their guards outside the premises of the House.
However, The emphatic However... security staff of President Asif Ali Ten Percent Zardari, ... husband of the late Benazir Bhutto, who has been singularly lacking in curiosity about who done her in ... Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and Army chief Gen Ashfaq Pervez Kayani ... four star general, current Chief of Army Staff of the Mighty Pak Army. Kayani is the former Director General of ISI... were seen with weapons roaming in the corridors of the building and interestingly nobody took notice of this.
According to sources, the guards snubbed the security staff of the Parliament House when asked to store their weapons with them.
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[Tolo News] Thirty percent of food items in the containers stranded in Pakistain's Bloody Karachi port have perished, Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce and Industries (ACCI) said.
Pakistain has long been creating transit problems for Afghan traders, charging millions of rupees of baksheeshnuzzers demurridge on Afghan containers each day.
The number of Afghanistan-bound trucks stopped in Bloody Karachi has risen to more than 10,000.
The perished items in the containers include edible oil, sugar and tea that remained under high temperture for more than six months.
"Afghan traders have to pay $200,000 to Pakistain on a daily basis while most of the food items in the containers have already perished," head of ACCI told TOLOnews.
Meanwhile, ...back at the shouting match... a delegation comprised of governmental and private sector representatives is currently in Pakistain to discuss transit challenges.
Despite a promise made by Pak officials to resolve the transit issue in two months, the Afghan delegation is still sceptical.
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[Arab News] Iraq said on Monday it supported international intervention in Libya, but Moqtada Sadr condemned it and said Western states should avoid civilian casualties.
Government front man Ali Al-Dabbagh said Iraq supported the UN Security Council resolution that authorized the intervention, and would back any action as long as it was authorized by the United Nations. ... aka the Oyster Bay Chowder and Marching Society...
"The Iraqi government supports the international efforts to prevent any acts of violence made by the Qadaffy regime against its people." A website that publishes the views of Sadr said the holy man had condemned the Western intervention in Libya.
"His eminence (Sadr) rejected and condemned the foreign interference in Libyan internal affairs saying that the people are the ones who own decisions and governments should step down if the people call for it," the website of the media department of Sadr's movement said.
"Those who want to topple (Libyan leader Muammar) Qadaffy's regime with their planes should avoid killing civilians and avoid the calamities of bombings." Sadr, who long led violent opposition among Shiites to the US presence in Iraq, has since become a key part of Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki's ruling coalition.
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I seriously think that Iraq may be uniquely qualified to intervene in other Muslim disputes, especially Sunni-Shiite fights as peacekeepers. They would need a little more training so as to conform to international peacekeeper (on paper, if not in reality) standards.
[Ma'an] Spokesman for the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Paleostine ... a breakaway faction of the Pöpular Frönt för the Liberation of Paleostine. The are regarded as the most intellectual of Paleostinian fedayeen groups, smoking cheap cigarettes and drawing heavily on Marxist-Leninist theory to explain their crappy lives. They can occasionally be seen strutting through the streets of Paleostine, dressed up like soldiers and lugging firearms, though they seldom manage to hit anything and then usually by accident. This may be because of their habit of wearing black masks that cut off most of their vision. That would also explain their habit of occasionally walking into walls, which is a well-known attribute of those immersed in true understanding of the dialectic... 's armed wing condemned Tuesday the recent string of Israeli air strikes targeting the Gazoo Strip.
Abu Khaled, speaking on behalf of the National Resistance Brigades, accused Israel of using the strikes as an attempt to block the progress of Paleostinian reconciliation.
"Military units should coordinate, and determine together how to respond to such attacks," the official said in a statement.
On Monday evening Israeli airplanes struck five sites in Gazoo, injuring at least 18 people including seven children, witnesses and medics said.
The strike followed a projectile launch carried out by resistance factions in Gazoo targeting an Israeli military site, which was precipitated by Israeli artillery fire along the border.
Back and forth fire has been escalating over the past week. Israeli military officials say 56 projectiles have been launched at Israeli targets over the past five days.
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"Hey, let's piss off the Juice and make them kick our asses even more!" Yeah, genius idea there. Play to your strengths, I sez.
[Ma'an] Germany voiced support Tuesday for Israel after a flare-up of fighting with Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason,bully boyz the previous day.
"We condemn the massive missile bombardment of Israel from the Gazoo Strip in the strongest terms. We demand that Hamas cease such acts of violence immediately," said Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle at a Berlin news conference.
"Israel has the right to protect its citizens against terrorist activities like this. A new spiral of violence must be prevented at all costs."
Israeli military jets carried out a series of Arclight airstrikes Monday night against the armed wing of the Islamic Hamas movement. The raids were retaliation for mortar and homemade rocket attacks by Hamas gunnies on Israeli communities in southern Israel.
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Good. However, I doubt this is based on principle. Germany's position on just about anything is mainly to irritate the French.
Villagers in Narathiwat's Rueso district have challenged the government's intention to withdraw soldiers. The local residents said that without army troops their lives would be imperiled by Muslim extremist terrorist insurgent attacks.
About 300 villagers protested near a makeshift outpost of soldiers from the army's 30th special unit. The soldiers have recently received orders to withdraw to another district. Residents complained, saying that they did well with the military presence and that the soldiers added to their sense of security.
Narathiwat Gov. Thanon Vetchakornkamont met the demonstrators and promised to relay their concerns to army chief Prayuth Chan-ocha and relevant agencies, after which the crowd dispersed.
Oh no! where's the UN, Nato, the hamster?
Furious over Bahrain, Iranian leaders are openly recruiting suicide bombers to strike at the kingdom.
The Iranian leaders, furious over the Saudi intervention in Bahrain and what they call crimes against the Shiites of that country, have openly created centers to recruit volunteers for suicide bombings against Saudi Arabias interests worldwide:
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"The Third Jihad" is made by a muslim, Dr. M. Zuhdi Jasser. So don't support jihad and Islamic supremacism and suddenly you are anti-Islam.
Dr. M. Zuhdi Jasser Dr. Jasser is the founder of the American Islamic Forum for Democracy (AIFD). AIFD is a startup think tank that supports the expression of Islam as consistent with American democracy and the clear separation of religion and state. A devout practicing Muslim from Wisconsin, Jasser is the son of Muslim-Syrian immigrants. After medical school, Jasser served as a US Navy doctor. He was later an Attending Physician to the US Congress. Jasser has since been in the private practice of internal medicine and nuclear cardiology in Phoenix. He is the immediate-Past President of the Arizona Medical Association.
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"NYPD asked to explain screening of anti-Islam film"
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Golly what could the NYPD have against jihadists? "Only" 23 died on 9/11
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I believe Dr. Jasser was one of those speaking to Congressman King's commission on the first day of hearings. He strongly supported the congressman's point that Muslims -- individually and as communities, need to work to prevent jihadis in their midst.
[Iran Press TV] Antiwar rallies on the 8th anniversary of America's invasion of Iraq have transformed into protests against the US-led Arclight airstrikes on Libya.
Several Protesters chanting "No to war!" and carrying banners that read "I am not paying for war" poured into New York's Time Square on Saturday evening, the Voice of Russia news agency reported.
Several Demonstrators also gathered in San Francisco, Washington DC, and other major cities on Saturday, demanding an end to the military operations in Libya.
In Washington DC, police forced jugged nearly 100 activists who arranged a rally outside the White House.
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I am somewhat concerned about this. During W. Bush it was no sweat, and the anti-war radicals knew they had to watch their P's and Q's, or else Bush would stomp on them like insects.
But Barry is a weakling, and his Attorney-For-Black-People-Only General would do nothing to stop such protests from becoming violent.
The anti-Vietnam movement really built up strength during the time of LBJ, so by the time Nixon came along in 1969, the radicals were ready to break out, and break out so strongly that they seized power over the Democrats in 1972.
Granted they only have through 2012 to get organized, but they are trying to, with union backing.
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There doesn't seem to be a ground swell for protests in the U.S. against the Libyan [whatever it is]. We are getting like the French; there's some protest going on all the time against something. Reminds me of that line: "What are you protesting?" "What have you got."
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
Benjy Sarlin, TPM-DC
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International Criminal Court.
The town of Derna has a rich history and a stunning location on the Mediterranean. It also has a reputation as a hotbed of jihad. And this causes diplomats and analysts to ask whether the unrest in Libya might provide an opening for al Qaeda and fellow travelers next door to Europe.
Security staff of the top political and military leadership did not follow the orders of not carrying weapons in the premises of the Parliament House on a day when President 
[Arab News] Iraq said on Monday it supported international intervention in Libya, but Moqtada Sadr condemned it and said Western states should avoid civilian casualties.
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[Ma'an] Germany voiced support Tuesday for Israel after a flare-up of fighting with 
Antiwar rallies on the 8th anniversary of America's invasion of Iraq have transformed into protests against the US-led 
