I don't think p*ssing off Russia (and China) to help the "Rebels" is a wise move. Sure, the old saying "keep your friends close, but your enemies closer" might be wise move sometimes, but hopping into bed with al Qaeda masquerading as the Transnational Council, might be going a step too far. Sure it might come across as badassed, edgy and transgressive, but were not talking rap music here. Actions have unintended consequences.
Russia and NATO have failed to narrow their differences over the Western air campaign in Libya, after Moscow accused the alliance of interpreting a United Nations resolution on military intervention any way it wished.
NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen defended the alliance's Libya mission Monday during a visit to the Russian city of Sochi, where he discussed Libya with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and visiting South African President Jacob Zuma. Mr. Zuma has led the African Union's efforts to help negotiate a peaceful settlement in Libya.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said there is "no common understanding" about how the resolution is being implemented. He said Moscow wants the U.N. mandate to be fulfilled as worded, without expanding its interpretation.
[Al Jazeera] Hundreds of people have attacked a courtroom in Cairo, the Egyptian capital, after 10 coppers charged with killing protesters during the country's uprising were ordered released.
The protesters scuffled with security guards and blocked a major highway for several hours after the court order on Monday.
The latest unrest means that tensions remain high, with activists and demonstrators alleging that the ruling supreme military council has not been holding security forces involved in killing protesters accountable.
Nearly five months after Hosni Mubarak ...The former President-for-Life of Egypt, dumped by popular demand in early 2011... , the former president, was forced to quit, only one policeman has been convicted of being involved in the deaths, of which there were more than 846.
Mahmoud Abdel-Meguid, the country's prosecutor-general, ordered the court order overturned after the riots broke out.
Amin Ramez, a lawyer for the victims' families, however, said that the move was "illegal", because the prosecutor-general has no authority over the court.
"They are trying to deceive the people to pacify them,'' said Ramez. "The coppers are now at army headquarters seeking protection. If people saw them, they would tear them apart."
Ali al-Ganadi, the father of one of the victims, said that Abdel-Meguid had promised him that the court order would be annulled and the officers would be put back in jail.
Highway blocked
Some relatives of protesters who were killed blocked traffic on the highway that runs from Cairo to Suez for at least six hours, leaving hundreds of cars lined up on the road. The case in which the officers were being tried involved protesters killed in Suez.
Ramez spoke to the News Agency that Dare Not be Named news agency by telephone from a point on the Cairo-Suez road, about 100km outside of Cairo, saying that truck drivers and residents had joined the protesters.
Later, military officers negotiated with the demonstrators, and a few hours after nightfall al-Ganadi, who is a front man for the Suez victims' families, said the protesters were reopening the road.
They moved from the highway to inside the city of Suez. Ahmed Khafagi, one of the protesters, said that traffic was halted in two of Suez's main squares and that thousands of people were taking part in the protest.
Fresh protests planned
The 14 coppers had been charged with killing 17 people and injuring more than 350 in Suez during the 18-day uprising, which ended on February 11 with Mubarak's forced exit.
Seven of the officers were released on bail, and their trials were postponed to September 14. Three of the officers are being tried in absentia.
Suez was a flashpoint of violence during the Egyptian uprising, with many deadly confrontations taking place between the tens of thousands of protesters and security forces.
Ramez said that the court had over the last four sessions rejected the families' lawyers' demands that 41 more coppers be added to the case.
"We provided them with footage and visual evidence that show those coppers holding guns and automatic weapons and hunting down the protesters as if they were hunting birds," he said. "But the judge didn't summon them."
"The spark of the revolution came from Suez and the second revolution will also come out of Suez," Ramez said.
Activists have called for protests on Friday against the perception that justice is not being delivered at the appropriate pace. Mahmoud Ibrahim, a member of the April 6 youth group, which was one of those that led the uprising in Suez, said that residents of the city were planning on turning out in force for the Friday rallies.
The Egyptian government has sought to calm tensions by announcing the creation of a fund to assist the victims' families, which it says will be worth about $16 million.
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[KUNA] It could take "some considerable time" for Colonel Muammar Qadaffy's ... dictator of Libya since 1969. From 1972, when he relinquished the title of prime minister, he has been accorded the honorifics Guide of the First of September Great Revolution of the Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya or Brotherly Leader and Guide of the Revolution. With the death of Omar Bongo of Gabon on 8 June 2009, he became the longest serving of all current non-royal national leaders. He is also the longest-serving ruler of Libya since Tripoli became an Ottoman province in 1551. When Chairman Mao was all the rage and millions of people were flashing his Little Red Book, Qadaffy came out with his own Little Green Book, which didn't do as well. Qadaffy's instability has been an inspiration to the Arab world and to Africa, which he would like to rule... regime to collapse in Libya, UK Defence Secretary Liam Fox told MPs this evening.
With ministers acknowledging the "stress" being placed on the Royal Navy as a result of the conflict, Dr Fox said the chances of opposition forces reaching Tripoli and ousting Qadaffy were "unlikely in the near future".
But he said a number of scenarios had been planned for and "it could well be" that the regime crumbled "over a short period of time".
At House of Commons question time Labour's former defence secretary Bob Ainsworth called on the Government to speed-up plans for what happens if and when Qadaffy is toppled.
He said: "Libya could go on for sometime yet, but equally the forces of the uprising could be in Tripoli at any time." Dr Fox told him: "There is a great deal of planning currently being undertaken looking at a range of scenarios in this country through the National Security Council, working across government departments and, of course, a whole range of important discussions are happening with our allies." He added: "It could well be that we see the collapse of the Libyan regime over a short period of time but it also could take some considerable time yet.
"I'm afraid I think the chances of the opposition forces entering Tripoli is unlikely in the near future." Last month the head of the Royal Navy Admiral Sir Mark Stanhope questioned the sustainability of current military operations, saying the Government would have to make "challenging decisions" if the Libya mission lasted more than six months.
In the Commons Armed Forces Minister Nick Harvey insisted operations could continue for "as long as is necessary".
He added: "That's not to say that sustaining operations won't put stress on people and assets, but we are perfectly capable of sustaining this operation and nobody should be in any doubt of our determination to do so." Opposition Labour Shadow defence minister Kevan Jones said Admiral Stanhope had also raised concerns in May about the challenge of finding "further platforms" - ships - for Libya.
He said: "The First Sea Lord (commander of the Navy) told the Defence Committee on May 11 that we would be challenged to find further platforms to rotate through and to continue to maintain the overseas commitments that are standard operating requirements.
"Will you tell the House exactly how the Royal Navy will sustain its operations in Libya and what impact these operations are having on the Royal Navy's ability to deliver what was set out in the SDSR (Strategic Defence and Security Review)?" Harvey said: "There's no denying that the pace of operations and the longevity of operations in Libya does put a stress on the fleet but the Libyan operation is a high priority and we will ensure that it has the necessary resources.
"HMS Liverpool remains on task in the Mediterranean in support of the NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Originally it was a mutual defense pact directed against an expansionist Soviet Union. In later years it evolved into a mechanism for picking the American pocket while criticizing the style of the American pants... -led operations. We have plans for her relief in due course, but I'm not going to say which ship for operational security."
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[Yemen Post] Yemen's acting president Abd Rabu Mansour Hadi met on Sunday with Director of the Middle East Region at Total Company for Oil Exploration and Production, Arno Breyak.
They discussed procedures to increase oil and gas production and developments in Yemen.
Hadi stressed the importance of taking urgent steps to boost the national economy, pointing to the good relationship between Yemen and Total.
Furthermore, he urged to treat associated gas burned at the block 10 to produce liquefied gas for power generation and to find new ways to market Yemeni gas for better prices.
The meeting came as thousands of cars are still parked on main streets waiting to fill their tanks with petrol or diesel amid the severe fuel crisis.
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[Bangla Daily Star] Tarique Rahman, senior vice-chairman of BNP and son of former prime minister Khaleda Zia Three-term PM of Bangla, widow of deceased dictator Ziaur Rahman, head of the Bangla Nationalist Party, an apparent magnet for corruption ... , will not return home to defend himself in August 21 grenade attack cases, his counsel says.
The court on Sunday issued arrest warrant for Tarique and 17 others, all of whom are among the 30 charge-sheeted accused in the cases. Of the 18, former police chiefs--Ashraful Huda, Khoda Baksh Chowdhury and Shahudul Haque--yesterday surrendered before a Dhaka court that later sent them to jail.
Shahudul was the inspector general of police at the time of the attack that killed 24 and maimed 300 Awami League leaders and workers in 2004. Huda was the Dhaka Metropolitan Police commissioner and Khoda Baksh the head of Criminal Investigation department; both later served as IGPs.
Surrendering before the Court of Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Dhaka in the morning, the trio sought bail in a case filed for killing of the 24 people. But the court rejected their plea. Now the 15, named in the supplementary charge sheets submitted by CID on Sunday, are runaways in the eyes of the law.
Tarique, who has been charged for plotting the gristly attack, has been living in London since he left the country with his family for medical treatment on September 11, 2008. He was jugged on March 7, 2007 on corruption charges during the military-backed caretaker government and was released on bail on September 3, 2008.
BNP leaders insist the government has falsely implicated Tarique in the grenade assault cases. Tarique's lawyer told The Daily Star that Tarique has no plan to appear before the court as there is no doubt that he will not get justice.
"Lower courts are controlled by ministers. The government already made the higher court partisan by appointing party men as judges. So he will not get justice," said Mahbubuddin Khokon, lawyer of Tarique.
Khokon, also the joint secretary general of BNP's central executive committee, said, "Tarique Rahman will go to the court only when he will be assured of justice."
Harris Chowdhury, another accused in August 21 cases and former political secretary to BNP chief Khaleda, has been disappeared since the emergency was imposed on January 11, 2007. Harris, also a former joint secretary general of the party, decamped the country long before the Fakhruddin Ahmed-led caretaker government assumed office on January 2007. He "mysteriously" left his palatial house in Gulshan with almost all his stuffs, even utensils, on December 28, 2006, his neighbours told The Daily Star.
Of the other new accused in the August 21 cases, BNP politician Kazi Shah Mofazzal Hossain Kaikobad is currently abroad, said intelligence sources.
An aide to the politician yesterday told The Daily Star that Kaikobad is in Soddy Arabia for treatment. Major Gen (retd) ATM Amin, a controversial former official of Directorate General of Forces Intelligence (DGFI), has long been out of the country, added the sources.
Amin was director (counter terrorism) of DGFI at the time of the attempt on Sheikh Hasina's life on August 21, 2004. His rank then was brigadier general. He continued at that post in DGFI for almost throughout the Fakhruddin Ahmed-led caretaker government rule. Towards the end, he was promoted to the rank of major general and appointed director general of Bangladesh Ansar. Amin emerged as one of the most powerful persons during the military-backed caretaker rule. It was learnt that he played a vital role in arresting the top politicians during the Fakhruddin rule and became a controversial figure. After coming to office in January 2009, the present government sent him back to the army from Ansar, and later the authorities fired him from the army.
Amin left the country some days after his dismissal from the services, said the intelligence sources.
Lt Col (sacked) Saiful Islam Joarder was an official of DGFI during the caretaker government rule. Law enforcement agencies found his involvement in the kaboom on ruling party politician Fazle Noor Taposh in 2009. Since then, he has been on the run. The authorities sacked him from the army for his links with the attack on Taposh.
Also, former police and CID officials Ruhul Amin, Munshi Atiqur Rahman and Abdur Rashid have been charge-sheeted in the August 21 cases.
Obaidur Rahman and Khan Sayeed Hassan, two other accused officials, are still in the police as officers on special duty.
Incumbent IGP Hassan Mahmood Khandker told The Daily Star that they would not go for any action regarding the two serving officials who stand accused in the August 21 cases.
Newly charge-sheeted hard boy operatives--Mufti Shafiqur Rahman, Mufti Abdul Hye, Hafez Moulana Yahiya and Babu alias Ratul Babu--and Hanif Paribahan owner Mohammad Hanif are also absconding.
Police officials said some of the accused are holed up abroad. The law enforcers are trying to trace them--be they at home or abroad.
Former CID official Abdur Rashid last night told The Daily Star that he has been living in the country as usual.
"I am not a runaway, I appear before the court regularly in another case," he said expressing his surprise at the issuance of arrest warrant against him. He, however, would not say whether he would surrender to court.
Meanwhile, ...back at the pound, Zebulon finally found just the friend he'd been looking for... a police official said Interpol would circulate notice across the globe to nab the runaways if the CID properly requests its Dhaka office for help to that end
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al-Qaeda fanatics in Britain are being taught to avoid detection by pretending to be gay.
A new terror training manual tells Islamic extremists to lie about their sexuality if a woman approaches them in case she is a honeytrap spy sent by security services.
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How about the man in charge, OBAMA.
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Indict Melson - as specifically as possible (bet some of the fired ATF whistleblowers would help with that) - and issue a warrant for his arrest. NOT a "warrant" from the International "Court" - a warrant from Mexico, delivered to the U.S. for service (dunno who does that - federal marshalls, maybe?).
Melson will not be willing to even visit the inside of a Mexican jail, no matter how much he's paid by Soros for Bambi to take the fall - and I'll bet he'll roll over on the higher-ups. Though I'd suggest he get some heavily armed protection, and not from the gummint.
Hilarity will ensue.
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If they don't honor the warrant, then Mexico won't extradite drug lords either. About the only process to avoid the extradition is to do what Mexico has done before with some drug lords - prosecute and jail them here and cite protection against double jeopardy for declining the request.
Of course the failure of the administrations to secure the border means if people can be smuggled into the country, then some people can be smuggled out of the country to face the music. File under ironic justice.
[KUNA] The European Union ...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms... will provide emergency food aid to more than half a million people at risk of dying from serious malnutrition in North Korea, amid growing fears of a worsening hunger crisis.
The European Commission announced here Monday that the objective of the 10 million euro aid package is to lift around 650,000 people, mainly in the Northern and Eastern provinces of the country, out of the hunger zone during the most difficult period of the worst year for food production in recent times.
The terms for delivering the food assistance to North Korea are unprecedented, with strict monitoring procedures in place, noted the brief statement.
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AKA US$14.5 Milyuhn is food-n-stuffs.
Sounds like the Euros want to deter Kimmie + Boyz from initiating any new mil incidents.
BY MOST ACCOUNTS ITS A RACE BETWEEN STOPPING = CONTROLLING THE ESCALATING FAMINE IN THE DPRK, VERSUS STOPPING ANTI-SOVEREIGN NEW GROWTHS IN CHINA'S LOCAL INFLUENCE VIA SINO-DPRK FREE TRADE???
Mladic wore a cap, waved to friends in the gallery, and threatened to boycott the proceedings because he could not have the attorneys he wanted, but only those appointed for him. He loudly protested the latter, until he was removed.
Before guards escorted Mladic from court, he shouted at Presiding Judge Alphons Orie, "You want to impose my defense. What kind of a court are you?"
Then not guilty pleas were entered by the court officers chosen to present his defense.
The court decided to hold his trial on the 16th anniversary of the crime for which he is being tried, to further emphasize his guilt before the trial has begun. If he had cooperated with initial proceeding the trial would have begun on a different day. Judges have their ways... He is accused of "violating the obligation to prevent genocide", in the Bosnian War, after an agreement between the Roman Catholic Croats to annex the part of Bosnia that had Roman Catholics, and the Serbs, to annex the part of Bosnia that had Serbian Orthodox Christians, was rejected by the largest minority of Muslims that wanted to rule over a unified Bosnia, with Christians as dhimmis.
So the Serbs entered Bosnia to forcefully reclaim the Serbian Orthodox regions, and force the Muslims there out into the Muslim majority part of Bosnia. The Muslims violently resisted expulsion.
After considerable fighting, the Serbs captured Srebrenica, and forced the expulsion of some 30,000 Muslim women and children. Adult men were detained, and some 8,000 men and boys above the age of 12 were eventually murdered killed, as the Serbs believed that if expelled, they would take up arms and fight against the annexation.
The Serbian and Greek units responsible were under the overall command of Ratko Mladic.
Both Croatia and Serbia have in past expressed dismay as to why western nations singularly supported Muslims against Christians trying to defend, in their minds, fellow Christians from Muslim persecution.
Moved to Europe and WoT politix. I also made the text yellow as it is Moose's interpretation of the original story at the link.
Mr. Mladic engaged in terrorism in that war. He ordered the deaths of innocents and engaged in ethnic cleansing. He laughed about it. He knew what he was doing.
It was a civil war, and each side engaged in atrocities. Those who did must face justice, either in a court or through Father Time. Mr. Mladic's turn is now.
I would hope that we at the Burg would not excuse terrorism simply because the victims were Muslim.
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Can't get his own lawyers? Why not? He has to take court appointed lawyers who are guaranteed to drop the ball for him? That's kinda suspicious, isn't it? Can you say "kangaroo court"?
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Steve, my editorializing had more to do with the international stupidity surrounding the entire event.
To start with, both the Croats and the Serbs went into the situation as uniformed soldiers, granted with non-uniformed auxiliaries, against a non-uniformed enemy, after the plebiscite that was a slam dunk for the 44% Muslims to force the Christians to remain under their rule, was guided by the UN.
The Serbs even tried to boycott the dictated vote, which seemed to be crafted with the idea of creating a Muslim European state, with Christians as second class citizens.
The Serbs were very clear from the onset that they would not allow Muslims to continue to live in the Serbian annexed part of Bosnia. For their part, the Muslims used the old, "Once Muslim territory, always Muslim territory", to claim control over areas that were heavily majority Serbian Orthodox.
Then western Europe, the US, and the UN, came down singularly on the side of the Muslims. About the only allies the Serbs could get were Russia and other Orthodox nations, to a lesser extent, all of whom had long been fighting against Muslim expansionism.
As far as the Muslims of Srebrenica were told, then ordered to evacuate the city, they refused, and their men, without military organization, began fighting the Serbs, in the good old jihadi style. So the Serbs had to go house to house, round up the Muslims and tell them to get marching.
They men were seen as non-uniform combatants, enemy in civilian clothes staying to fight the Serbs as soon as they could get arms. Either in the Serbian areas or as soon as they got outside of them.
The US has prisons in Afghanistan to keep the thousands of captured Taliban. As soon as released, they take up arms again. What could the US do if it had no prisons?
Now, after the end of hostilities, sort of, the international community is only trying Serbs, not Muslims, for war crimes. The Muslims, for their part, now in full control of Christian areas, has instituted a policy of destroying every church in their territory, and driving all Christians out, or killing them. No surprise on either side to them doing this. Not a whole lot of international press about it, either. Not PC.
All under the watchful, and indifferent, gaze of the "peacekeepers", who are not allowed to become involved unless either sides shoots at the other.
Not that I was ever there or have any expertise on the subject, but if you have 8,000 guys on your hands and you are suspicious that they will come back and try to kill you if you release them, kill your wives and daughters too, what would you do? Put them in a camp, feed them, clothe them, keep them warm and assign guards to make sure they don't escape? Who's gonna pay for that? Would they do the same for your guys if the tables were turned?
Are they gonna ask these questions in court? Or are the court-appointed lawyers gonna let it slide?
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Moose, unfortunately you're saying that the Serbs were somehow justified in doing what they did. Somehow the Serbs were 'justified' in 'ordering' the evacuation of Srebrenica, and then murdering the men and boys (in whatever clothing) because they 'feared' leaving them loose.
Whereas, what it was, was a pogrom, pure and simple. They didn't murder the men and boys because of fear, they murdered them because that's what they wanted to do.
I won't condone the murder of young boys.
I won't condone the murder of anyone, Serb, Croat or Bosnian; Orthodox, Catholic, or Muslim. What happened in Srebrenica was just plain wrong, and Mladic now answers to it.
Murdering people because you 'fear' them isn't a legal defense, as Mladic will soon find out.
There was no reason for that insane, stupid civil war except ethnic hatred. I'm not going to excuse that.
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Ebbang Uluque6305, Dr White, have either of you gave any thought to the possibility that "Srebrenica Massacre" and, say "Jenin Massacre" are a lot more similar than either of you believes.
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"The accursed has been advised of his lack of rights under the Secret Code of Military Toughness and will conduct himself accordingly! Bailiff, gag him!"
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Jenin was a crock. The 'Srebenica hoax' is an allegation of one person. He needs to prove it. We have plenty of evidence of the young boys being killed.
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g(r)omgoru, with so many varied accounts of these incidents I don't feel qualified to pass judgement on any of them. Over the years, however, I have developed a deep skepticism about some of these media outlets and the reporters who work for them.
In this case, the article doesn't say why Mladic can't have the lawyers he wants. That seems to me like a very important question and the reporter doesn't seem to have made any effort to answer it. That's basic journalism. He just flunked Journalism 101. I lose faith in a reporter who is so negligent. I lose faith in his publication. His editors and publishers should have prodded him to do better.
With such unreliable information, how can I pass judgement?
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The evidence is there in UN/EU reports: despite 10 years of looking, no 8000 bodies. Not even 4000. Nor 3000. Less than 2000---and not buried in one place in one time. All men of military age (13+, that's Muslims) killed over a period of weeks.
Well, as they say about horses & water.
[Tolo News] The Pak military still support and train Islamic exemplar groups to use them as proxies against its neighbours and US troops in Afghanistan, The New York Times ...which still proudly displays Walter Duranty's Pulitzer prize... reports.
A prominent former Islamic exemplar commander has told The New York Times on condition of anonymity that he was supported by the Pak military for 15 years as a fighter and trainer of forces of Evil until he quit a few years ago.
The former commander told the Times that bad boy groups, including Lashkar-e-Tayeba, Harakat-ul-Mujahedeen and Hizbul Mujahedeen are run by religious leaders with Pak military providing training, protection and planning.
He said that system is still the same.
Still Pakistain's military and intelligence establishment has not abandoned its policy of supporting the Islamic exemplar groups as tools in Pakistain's dispute with India and in Afghanistan to drive out American and NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Originally it was a mutual defense pact directed against an expansionist Soviet Union. In later years it evolved into a mechanism for picking the American pocket while criticizing the style of the American pants... forces, he has said.
"There are two bodies running these affairs: mullahs and retired generals," he said. "These people have a very big role still."
After the fall of the Taliban regime in Afghanistan in 2001 there were about 60 people at the Taliban meeting, including Pak Islamic exemplar leaders, the Taliban ambassador to Pakistain, Abdul Salam Zaeef, and Muhammad Haqqani, a member of the Haqqani bad boy network.
At the meeting the Islamic exemplar groups divided Afghanistan into separate areas of operations and discussed how to "trip up America," he said.
The Pak military still supports the Afghan Taliban in their fight to force out American and NATO forces from Afghanistan, he said.
"The (Pak) government is not interested in eliminating them permanently," he said. "The Pak military establishment has become habituated to using proxies."
Referring to former al-Qaeda leader the late Osama bin Laden ... who was potted in Pakistain... he said: "The Taliban lost a whole government for one person."
The commander called on the US that only a true projection of Islam would stop them, otherwise, the Pak military will keep using them against its neighbours, especially US troops in Afghanistan.
"Pakistain, and especially America, needs to understand the true spirit of Islam, and they need to project the true spirit of Islam," he said. "That would be a good strategy to stop them."
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Hamid Gul and General Beg comes to mind.
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Pakistan itself is just a collection of militant groups.
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ION PAKISTANI DEFENCE FORUM > US WANTS FOOTHOLD IN EVERY CORP HEADQUARTERS OF PAKISTAN ARMY.
ARTIC = US pressure to install on-demand US Security Liason Officers [SLOS] has been rejected several times by Islamabad + Pak Army - ditto US attempts to compromise vee modified schemas in order to appease the Pakis.
* NEWS KERALA > PAK'S "OWN JIHADI CREATURES" [creations] HAVE DIVERGING INTERESTS FROM THAT OF THE STATE NOW: EDIITORIAl [Daily Times.PK].
The post-Abbottabad, sectarian, internal ideo struggle for the [true?]"Soul of Pakistan" will ultimately have consequences for the entire Region, espec as per India.
[Dawn] Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani ... Pakistain's erstwhile current prime minister, whose occasional feats of mental gymnastics can be awe-inspiring ... on Monday said the government would support the Kashmire cause at all international forum and would use diplomatic means to highlight the issue.
He said the Pakistain People's Party was committed to continue the moral, diplomatic and political support to this cause until the issue was resolved according to the wishes of the Kashmiri people.
Prime Minister Gilani was speaking to a delegation of the People's Party Azad Jammu and Kashmire along with Senator Jehangir Badar, Secretary General Pakistain People's Party at the PM House.
Prime Minister Gilani observed that being Chairman Kashmire Council, he would ensure that the Kashmire cause was highlighted at all forums.
He also assured the Kashmiri brethren that the government of Pakistain would continue providing adequate resources for the development of Azad Jammu and Kashmire.
The delegation congratulated Prime Minister Gilani on the victory of the PPP in AJK elections and appreciated his positive role in the positive projection of the Kashmire cause and mobilisation of party workers during the election campaign.
Senator Jahangir Badar termed this victory as an expression of the confidence of the Kashmiri people on the policies of the PPP.
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[Dawn] Islamists held rallies in major Pak cities Monday to denounce a gay rights event hosted last month by the United States embassy, calling for a "holy war" against ally Washington.
Around 100 demonstrators in the southern port city of Bloody Karachi protested, calling the meeting "an assault on Pakistain's Islamic culture", while there were similar demonstrations in the capital Islamabad and in Lahore.
"We condemn the American conspiracy to encourage bisexualism in our country," said Mohammad Hussain Mehnati, city chief of the Jamaat-e-Islami (JI), Pakistain's largest Islamic party, while leading a rally.
"They have destroyed us physically, imposed the so-called war on terrorism on us and now they have unleashed cultural terrorism ... an emotional boo-boo suffered by the sensitive when someone is mean to them ... on us," he said above the din of slogans of "Death to America™" by his party cadres.
"This meeting shows cruel America has unleashed a storm of immoral values on our great Islamic values, which we'll resist at all costs," Mehnati said.
A statement posted on the US Embassy website said its Islamabad office hosted its first lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) Pride Celebration on June 26.
"This gathering demonstrated continued US Embassy support for human rights ...which are usually entirely different from personal liberty... , including LGBT rights, in Pakistain at a time when those rights are increasingly under attack from thug elements throughout Pak society," it said.
In the capital, about 30 youths from Islami Jamiat Tulba (IJT), the student wing of JI, burnt a US flag and shouted "we are ready for jihad against the US", referring to holy war.
A banner at the rally read: "Americans, we will not allow you to spread your vulgar and ugly civilisation in Pakistain.""Through our peaceful rally we want to give message through the media that we will not allow these people (gays) to live here and they should be immediately deported out of Pakistain," said Noorul Bashar, of IJT Islamabad.
In the eastern city of Lahore, some 150 students from IJT and about two dozen activists of pro-Taliban Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam also held anti-US rallies, police and witnesses said.
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An interesting choice by the ambassador. Do they host Christian, Ahimaddi, Shiite, Hindu, and Jewish pride days, too, or is this just something they do for the LGBT crowd?
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LGBT Pride month was celebrated government-wide. Our embassy is sovereign territory, remember. This was just the State Dept.'s version. Nothing to do with the Paks, who never miss an opportunity to demonstrate (sort of like donks).
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What are the odds that this gay rights event will improve the life of a single gay Pakistani in any way?
What are the odds that some gay people in Pakistan will be killed, hurt or at least scared by the outrage and the backlash against the promotion of homosexuality by an infidel government?
What are the odds that those who held this event care more about the lives of gay Pakistanis than they care for the admiration of their progressive friends who live in complete safety and security??
[Dawn] Muttahida Qaumi Movement ...English: United National Movement, generally known as MQM, is the 3rd largest political party and the largest secular political party in Pakistain with particular strength in Sindh. From 1992 to 1999, the MQM was the target of the Pak Army's Operation Cleanup leaving thousands of urdu speaking civilians dead... (MQM) on Monday announced its participation in the postponed elections for certain seats of the Azad Jammu and Kashmire Legislative Assembly, DawnNews reported.
MQM has moreover advised its candidates Saleem Butt and Tahir Khokhar to begin their campaigns for the election.
MQM front man Wasey Jalil said the decision to participate in the elections was made after the Muzaffarabad High Court directed the Azad Kashmire Legislative Assembly to schedule elections for the LA-30 (Jammu-I) and LA-36 (Kashmire Valley-I) seats.
Earlier, the MQM quit the PPP-led coalition government after the postponement of Azad Kashmire election in Bloody Karachi for the two seats.
Jalil said MQM is a democratic political party and it will surely take part in the AJK elections.
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[Iran Press TV] Greece's decision to prevent a Gazoo-bound aid flotilla from leaving its coast means Greece is under Israel's occupation, says a co-founder of Free Paleostine Movement.
"They [the Greek government] have said openly that it was the United States that pressured them to do that [prevent the aid flotilla from setting sail to Gazoo] when the United States has said so as well and we know that ... they [US government] are doing it [pressuring Greece] because the Israeli government wants them [to do so]," Paul Larudee told Press TV on Sunday.
"So, in effect, Greece is occupied by Israel very much like Paleostine," he added.
Greece seized the US "Audacity of Hope" on Friday moments after it set sail for Gazoo to break Israel's blockade of the Paleostinian coastal strip.
The aid convoy's captain was later incarcerated for attempting to cast off without permission.
Greece has recently expanded its relations with Israel, and Athens and Tel Aviv are currently holding preliminary talks on potential energy deals.
Israel's security cabinet has ordered its navy to use all possible means to prevent the incoming international aid flotilla from reaching the Gazoo Strip.
Some 1.5 million residents of Gazoo are being denied their basic rights, including freedom of movement, the right to a decent standard of living, and proper employment, healthcare, and education.
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Wow. The Juice occupied Greece while nobody was looking? Damn they're good!
INDONESIA wants Australia or another country to extradite and prosecute one of the masterminds behind the 2002 Bali bombings, Umar Patek, because it fears a trial in Jakarta would increase terrorist risks.
In an exclusive interview with the Herald, the head of Indonesia's anti-terrorism agency Ansyaad Mbai said Mr Patek would become a new figurehead for violent jihadis if returned to the country of his birth.
Unfortunately, he knows his countrymen...
His comments highlight the rift among countries about what to do with Mr Patek, who was arrested this year in Abbottabad, Pakistan, the same place as the leader of al-Qaeda, Osama bin Laden, was killed. Mr Patek had eluded authorities for almost a decade after fleeing Indonesia after the bombings, which killed 202 people.
''Umar Patek was chased by many countries. There was a [million]-dollar prize on his head but now that he's arrested it's as if Indonesia must face the problem alone,'' Mr Ansyaad said.
''This man is very dangerous. His presence here would increase the terror threat, not only to Indonesia but to several countries with a presence here. He'll be like fresh air for remnants of the terrorism network. [The terrorists] are dangerous, they still exist and they've been waiting for a figurehead such as Umar Patek.''
Mr Ansyaad said Indonesia would face difficulties bringing Mr Patek to justice, noting that the bombings occurred before Indonesia enacted its counter-terrorism laws.
Well, you're not going to let him go. The previous law didn't account for murderous terrorists, and you don't want to apply the new law ex-post facto.
[An Nahar] Iran's diminutive PresidentMahmoud Short Round Ahmadinejad hit out at Western governments on Monday for "tearing apart" Sudan while rejecting the demands of separatists on their own soil, his website said.
"Enemies want to tear apart Sudan," Ahmadinejad said in a speech in the southeastern port city of Chabahar ahead of south Sudan's proclamation of independence on Saturday.
"Those who are concerned about realizing the rights of a group of Sudanese people and are seeking to declare the south as independent, how come they do not share this concern for the people of Spain's Basque Country, Northern Ireland, La Belle France's Corsica, or the southern states of America?" he asked.
"Why don't they hold referendums for them?"
South Sudan voted for independence by a landslide in a January referendum that was the centerpiece of a 2005 peace deal that brought an end to five decades of conflict between the Arab-dominated Mohammedan north and the mainly Christian, African south.
Britannia, Norway and the United States were key brokers of the deal along with east African states.
"Why do these issues only concern North Africa and the Middle East?" Ahamdinejad asked
"Allow the Irish who have been fighting for 100 to 300 years to hold a referendum ... also in the Basque Country and Corsica where people have been fighting for decades and do not want you, let the people vote," state television's ... and if you can't believe state television who can you believe?
website quoted Ahmadinejad as saying.
"Why do you throw all calamities at our region and other nations?"
Basque separatist movement ETA has waged a four-decade armed campaign that is blamed for more than 800 deaths in Spain.
There has also been sporadic separatist violence in Corsica while in Northern Ireland small dissident factions continue an armed struggle against British rule despite 1998 peace accords under which the mainstream Irish Republican Army agreed to put its weapons beyond use.
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The South is warning of a possibility of post-partition civil war iff border tensions aren't diffused.
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"Those who are concerned about realizing the rights of a group of Sudanese people and are seeking to declare the south as independent, how come they do not share this concern for the people of Spain's Basque Country, Northern Ireland, La Belle France's Corsica, or the southern states of America?"
[An Nahar] Special Tribunal for Leb Prosecutor Daniel Bellemare on Monday hit back at Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah over the latter's recent televised address in which he doubted the impartiality of the staff of Bellemare's office.
"The staff of the OTP have been recruited on the basis of their professionalism, impartiality and expertise, and I have full confidence in their strong commitment to finding the truth," Bellemare said in a statement.
"The Prosecutor welcomes Mr. Nasrallah's offer to provide the file that he stated he has on some elements of the investigation and requests the video material that was shown on television during his televised statement, as well as any other information and documents that would assist the Tribunal in its ongoing pursuit of justice," Bellemare added.
He stressed that "the investigation is carried out according to the highest standards of international justice and its results are based solely on facts and credible evidence."
"The staff of the OTP act independently and in good faith in their search for the truth," the prosecutor went on to say.
"In seeking the release of the Four Generals in April 2009, the Prosecutor has already demonstrated that when he is not satisfied with the credibility or reliability of the evidence he will not hesitate to reject it," he added.
Bellemare also stressed that he "will not engage in a public debate in the media about the credibility of his investigation or of the investigative process," noting that "the proper forum to challenge the investigation or the evidence gathered as a result, is in open court during a trial that will fully comply with international standards."
"Justice is the guarantee of sustainable stability," the prosecutor added, calling for all steps to be taken to "bring the accused to justice."
Nasrallah on Saturday ruled out the arrest of four members of his party indicted by the Special Tribunal for Leb for the 2005 liquidation of Lebanese former premier Rafik Hariri.
In his first reaction to the charges by the STL, Nasrallah also rejected "each and every void accusation" made by the Netherlands-based court, which he said was heading for a trial in absentia.
The STL on Thursday handed Leb's Prosecutor General Saeed Mirza arrest warrants for four members of Hizbullah in connection with the February 14, 2005 bombing that killed Hariri and 22 others in Beirut.
Nasrallah went on to accuse top Sherlocks at the tribunal, including the first U.N. chief investigator, Detlev Mehlis, and his deputy, Gerhard Lehmann, of corruption.
In elaborately edited segments, Al-Manar television aired footage which Nasrallah said showed Lehmann receiving a wad of cash in exchange for documents in the Hariri case.
Al-Manar also aired a document which Nasrallah said proved Sherlocks had transferred IT equipment across Leb's southern border into Israel when it moved its staff to the Netherlands in 2009.
"Do you expect this tribunal to be fair with resistance fighters who fought against Israel?" he said. "This tribunal, since the beginning, was formed for a clear political target."
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[Emirates 24/7] Iran is ready if threatened to close the Strait of Hormuz to ships linking the Gulf to international markets, Revolutionary Guards commander General Mohammad Ali Jafari told Mehr news agency on Monday.
"In light of the strategic position of the Strait of Hormuz, this issue has never been taken off the agenda," Jafari said, commenting on whether Tehran was still prepared to close down the shipping lane if threatened.
"We have not stopped there... we are seeking to use our defence capabilities in open waters," Jafari added as forces under his command prepared to launch the naval phase of the 10-day Great Prophet-6 exercise, which lasts until Friday.
Media reported the Guards will launch surface-to-sea missiles on Tuesday.
So far, during the drills, the Guards have launched a range of ballistic missiles that Iran says are able to hit Israel and US bases in the region.
"This means that should the enemy try to pose a threat against the Islamic republic from outside the Strait of Hormuz, we will have the power to retaliate in kind. This strategy is now on our agenda," said Jafari.
Tehran's arch foes Washington and Israel have never ruled out the option of military strikes against Iran to stop its nuclear programme, which the West suspects masks a drive to develop weapons of mass destruction despite Iran's insistance of its peaceful intentions.
Iran's navy has only a few frigates and submarines on the high seas, but a year ago it began to deploy them to the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Aden and even the Red Sea.
Iranian military officials have often warned of blocking the Strait of Hormuz - the passage for 40 per cent of the world's oil supplied by sea - in case the country comes under attack.
Early in February the commander of Guards' naval forces, Ali Fadavi said: "The Islamic republic has the ability to block the Strait of Hormuz if threatened."
The Strait of Hormuz is a narrow waterway of strategic importance between the Gulf on the east and the Gulf of Oman on the west. Iran lays on its northern banks with Oman to its south.
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Only if you're stupid. Smart ones would get fraking.
It'll take approximately three to five years after the American Public puts down the crack pipe for the West to be able to ignore the need to keep the Straits of Hormuz open.
I wish they would, but in the meantime, and the next five years after that, we're all yentzed.
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[Dawn] Islamists held rallies in major Pak cities Monday to denounce a gay rights event hosted last month by the United States embassy, calling for a "holy war" against ally Washington.
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Mahmoud 
[Emirates 24/7] Iran is ready if threatened to close the Strait of Hormuz to ships linking the Gulf to international markets, Revolutionary Guards commander General Mohammad Ali Jafari told Mehr news agency on Monday.
