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Rct. Aseel Salman, who was born into an all-female family in Baghdad, Iraq,
What? No men? How was she born?
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#1 What? No men? How was she born?
Step up to the dizzying precipice
And contemplate parthenogenesis:
"She says that her brother
Is also her mother...
I think we should call in a specialist!"
APOLOGIES TO THE RECRUIT! THE DRILL INSTRUCTOR HAS NOT READ THE FREAKING ARTICLE!
[Tolo News] TOLOnews was given a recording of a phone conversation allegedly taken place between Jabhe Wahdat Milli front man Waheed Muzhda and a leader of the Afghan Taliban, in which information and advise is shared regarding the disrupting the Kabul-Washingotn Bilateral Security Agreement (BSA).
The recording was given to TOLOnews by an Afghan security official who asked not to be named due to the sensitivity of the matter.
During the conversation, Mr. Muzhda criticizes the security pact and asks the Taliban to support the protest of Jabhe Wahdat Milli against the BSA as the Loya Jirga convenes in Kabul to discuss it.
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[Bangla Daily Star] 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... triggered uncertainty about a vital security pact with the United States on Thursday by saying it should not be signed until after Afghanistan's presidential election next April, prompting the White House to insist on a year-end deadline.
Karzai's surprise move, which came just a day after US Secretary of State John F. I was in Vietnam, you know Kerry
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See also TOPIX > [AFP = The Hindu] AFGHAN PACT [US-Afgan BSA] SEES ROLE FOR 15,000 WESTERN TROOPS.
Pragmatically, iff Rising Iran is now SSSHHH ... CCCCCCC Bammer Amerika's BFF in Syria, + Iraq? Lebanon?, what kind of behaviors or activities will the US accept or tolerate from new best bud Iran = Tehran Govt. as per AFPAK???
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B - Why am I not shocked? Like most hard core liberals, Champ has an innate fear and loathing of the military. The military are men (and women) of gravitas, purpose, honor and bravery. They represent a threat to his planned domination over personal freedom.
[MAGHAREBIA] A Grombalia prosecutor ordered an investigation into illegal imams in Nabeul governorate, Shems FM reported on Thursday (November 21st). According to a report from the religious affairs ministry, the salafists had proclaimed themselves imams of the Al Taoufik, Al Kbir, Al Aitha, Ibn Abi kaab and Al Rahma mosques.
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I know of a number of Illegal Preachers too, Jesse Jackson, for one, Where's his church?
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How do they "test" them?
Sounds like they should be tied to big rocks and dumped overboard a mile off shore. If they float and can swim back they're Imams, if not, they're fish food.
[Libya Herald] Speaking at the presser held yesterday evening at the end of the Sawaiq militia handover of the Islamic Call Society complex located in Jibs-Gate on the Swani Road, the Prime Minister warned "opportunists" against moving into public property.
"Only the state had the right to be a custodian over public or contested property", he stated. "Public property does not need anyone else to act as its custodian on the public's behalf.".
With regards to the attempt to demolish the series of large Gharghour villas that had been occupied by the Misratan militia and used as their base, Zeidan confirmed that it was he who had intervened to stop the demolition.
The Prime Minister said that such an act was "destructive" at a time when the nation suffered "a housing shortage".
"We must construct not destroy", he added. "Destruction was such a regressive act. We must safeguard our heritage and our building, not destroy them".
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the Prime Minister warned “opportunists” against moving into public property.
"We Mined Them".
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[Libya Herald] Speaking Thursday at the presser at the end of the Sawaiq militia's base handover ceremony on, Prime Minister Ali Zeidan confirmed that the deadline given to Ibrahim Jadhran had passed.
Amidst all of the euphoria generated by the multiple handover of bases and pullout from Tripoli ...a confusing city, one end of which is located in Lebanon and the other end of which is the capital of Libya. Its chief distinction is being mentioned in the Marine Hymn... by various militias in the last week, there was a danger that either the public or the government might forget the other threat looming to Libya's security -- its financial security, caused by the oil terminal blockade.
Zeidan was brief in his response to the question which injected a sense of reality into the euphoric mood at the handover ceremony.
"We set a deadline and we are about to take action", he quipped. "You will know what that is when we carry it out", he said without even a hint of what that action might possibly be.
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[Libya Herald] Speaking at yesterday's handover ceremony by the Sawaiq militia, based at the Islamic Call Society, Justice Minister, Salah Maraghni stressed that both Laws 27 and 53 applied equally to prisons or sites holding prisons currently under the control of militias.
The Justice Minister said that this was especially so if Libya is to become a state of law, fairness and justice.
Laws 27 and 53 stipulate that militias must by 31 December 2013, vacate their Tripoli
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[Al Ahram] North Korea on Friday marked the anniversary of its shelling of a South Korean border island with a threat to turn South Korea's presidential office into a "sea of fire".
The threat came as the South's army, navy, air force and marine corps launched an intensive military drill on and around Yeonpyeong Island in memory of the incident in which four people were killed in November 2010.
"Three years ago the baptism of retaliatory fire was limited to Yeonpyeong, but next time the presidential Blue House and all headquarters of the puppet regime will be targeted," the North's Korean People's Army said in a statement.
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[LATIMES] A local Pak government handed down murder charges this week against a doctor who helped the CIA track down the late Osama bin Laden ... who is now beyond all cares and woe... , a move that could worsen already strained ties between Washington and Islamabad.
Dr. Shakil Afridi was hailed as a hero by U.S. officials for organizing a fake vaccination campaign in Abbottabad
[Pak Daily Times] Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif ... served two non-consecutive terms as prime minister, heads the Pakistain Moslem League (Nawaz). Noted for his spectacular corruption, the 1998 Pak nuclear test, border war with India, and for being tossed by General Musharraf... on Friday stressed the need for speedy justice in the country and said that all cases, particularly those related to terrorism, should be heard and decided within 14 days.
Addressing participants of 'Vision 2025 - Stakeholders Conference', he said there must not be any bail for those who were involved in cases of heinous crimes.
The prime minister regretted that court cases in the country drag on for decades, denying justice and causing suffering for people. He said that judges could wear masks and hold trial of forces of Evil through video link.
"It is my sincere wish to make Pakistain a citadel of peace where its citizens feel secure and there are no threats to life and property."
Nawaz also regretted misuse use of loudspeakers at worship places as it fanned extremism, sectarianism and terrorism. He said that misuse of loudspeakers must be stopped and steps should be taken against hate speech.
"All the four provinces need to take strict measures and if there is need they must undertake necessary legislation in this regard," the prime minister said. He added that if all provinces award exemplary punishment to those responsible for fanning sectarianism, the situation could improve significantly.
Nawaz said averting sectarianism and countering terrorism was vital for Pakistain as the country's very existence depended on it. He said Pakistain was currently at the lowest tier in terms of security issues and extraordinary measures were needed to bring peace at all costs.
"If needed we will take revolutionary steps to bring peace to Pakistain." the prime minister said.
He said his government would not indulge in any politics on issues of national importance, including economy and security, and it would work selflessly to remove all the ills afflicting the country.
"Our vision aims at building a strong, enlightened, prosperous, and peaceful Pakistain that ensures a sustained improvement in the quality of life of all of its citizens."
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[Pak Daily Times] The government of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa ... formerly NWFP, still Terrorism Central... on Friday lodged an FIR over Thursday's drone strike at a seminary in Hangu in which six people, including a big shot of Haqqani network, were killed.
The FIR was lodged in Thall Police Station, according to local administration sources.
They said the FIR was lodged against "unidentified people" charging them with murder. SHO Thall Farid Khan was the complainant, sources added.
"No one was directly nominated in the FIR... there was no mention of the United States," they said.
Thursday's drone strike was only the second such attack outside the country's lawless tribal districts.
The missile attack hit a religious seminary that forces of Evil and security officials said belonged to the bad turban outfit blamed for some of the deadliest attacks in neighbouring Afghanistan.
Haqqani sources said that the network's spiritual leader, Maulana Ahmad Jan, was among those killed at the seminary, which they said was a rest base for forces of Evil fighting NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It's headquartered in Belgium. That sez it all.... forces in Afghanistan.
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[Pak Daily Times] The Pakistain Tehrik-e-Insaf ...a political party in Pakistan. PTI was founded by former Pakistani cricket captain and philanthropist Imran Khan. The party's slogan is Justice, Humanity and Self Esteem, each of which is open to widely divergent interpretations.... (PTI) is all set to stage a sit-in in Beautiful Downtown Peshawar ...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province), administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire. today (Saturday) in protest against US drone attacks on Pak soil.
The Jamaat-e-Islami ...The Islamic Society, founded in 1941 in Lahore by Maulana Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi, aka The Great Apostosizer. The Jamaat opposed the independence of Bangladesh but has operated an independent branch there since 1975. It maintains close ties with international Mohammedan groups such as the Moslem Brotherhood. the Taliban, and al-Qaeda. The Jamaat's objectives are the establishment of a pure Islamic state, governed by Sharia law. It is distinguished by its xenophobia, and its opposition to Westernization, capitalism, socialism, secularism, and liberalist social mores... (JI) has also confirmed its participation in the protest and said the party would stand by PTI in its protest against NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A cautionary tale of cost-benefit analysis.... supply lines and drone strikes in Pakistain.
Political workers of different parties, including PTI and JI, have arrived in Peshawar from across the country to participate in today's sit-in.
The call for sit-in was given by PTI-led Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa ... formerly NWFP, still Terrorism Central... (KP) government.
The provincial cabinet on Friday also expressed concern ...meaning the brow was mildly wrinkled, the eyebrows drawn slightly together, and a thoughtful expression assumed, not that anything was actually done or indeed that any thought was actually expended... over Thursday's drone strike in Hangu and decided to hold protest demonstrations and rallies outside UN offices, US Consulate and Parliament House.
A cabinet meeting was held with Chief Minister Pervez Khattak in the chair.
The cabinet also constituted a three-member committee, comprising provincial ministers Shah Farman, Inayaullah and Sharam Tarakzai, to contact leadership of various political parties for participation in the protest rallies.
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[Pak Daily Times] Thousands of religious activists held protest rallies on Friday following sectarian violence last week which killed at least 11 people, amid tight security across major cities.
Clashes erupted in Rawalpindi a week ago when a procession of Shias marking Ashura coincided with a sermon at a nearby Sunni mosque. The groups attacked each other, TV cameramen and security forces, firing gunshots.
Schools, shops and restaurants were closed in the city on Friday while roads were deserted in both Rawalpindi and Islamabad.
A heavy contingent of police, paramilitary rangers and soldiers was deployed in major cities, including Lahore, Bloody Karachi ...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous... , Beautiful Downtown Peshawar ...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province), administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire. , Quetta and Multan.
In Rawalpindi, Maulana Ahmad Ludhianvi, who leads Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat ...which is the false nose and plastic mustache of the murderous banned extremist group Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistain, whatcha might call the political wing of Lashkar-e-Jhangvi... (ASWJ) organization, said, "We know how to fight against enemies of Islam and we are fighting against them."
He said that the Raja Bazaar tragedy took place due to irresponsibility of the administration. He demanded that the Punjab government immediately arrest the culprits involved in the Rawalpindi incident.
Difa-e-Pakistain Council and traders bodies also carried out a peaceful rally.
In Islamabad, a rally was taken out from Lal Masjid to National Press Club on the call of Wafaqul Madaras and ASWJ. It was led by Maulana Masoodur Rehmani and attended by about 4,000 people, mostly students of seminaries of Islamabad and surrounding areas.
The rally was also attended by JI central leader Mian Aslam, Maulana Tayyab Mehmood, Maulana Zahoor Alvi, Maulana Nazir Ahmad Farooqi and other holy mans.
Addressing the rally participants, ASWJ Deputy Secretary General Maulana Masoodur Rehman condemned the Rawalpindi incident.
He said Maulana Ahmad Ludhianvi, Maulana Samiul Haq ...the Godfather of the Taliban, leader of his own faction of the JUI. Known as Mullah Sandwich for his habit of having two young boys at a time... , Maulana Fazlur Rehman Deobandi holy man, known as Mullah Diesel during the war against the Soviets, his sympathies for the Taliban have never been tempered by honesty ... and others, during meetings with government officials, have presented their demands according to the aspirations of people.
He said that according to the decision of ASWJ, they would remain peaceful. He said the "government has deployed the army, which is a respectable institution, to hide its failures". He demanded arrest of those responsible for festivities in Rawalpindi, imposition of ban on all mourning processions and compensation for the losses suffered by traders.
He warned that if the government did not fulfil their demands at the earliest, the holy mans "would not care for the army and peaceful rallies will turn violent".
Police used shipping containers to block certain roads in the capital Islamabad and Rawalpindi, while the approaches to the diplomatic enclave, which houses foreign embassies, were sealed.
Umar Hayat Lalika, regional police chief for Rawalpindi, told news hounds that gatherings in the city have been banned and police would stop any attempts to hold rallies.
He said police had tossed in the slammer Please don't kill me! 24 suspects including a few police officials, adding they were being interrogated.
In Quetta, up to 2,000 activists gathered to record protest. Local ASWJ leader Ramzan Mengal addressed the protesters on the occasion.
Similar scenes were seen in Peshawar, where some 4,000 people answered ASWJ's call at the city's Shobha Bazaar, while protests were also held in Lahore.
In Karachi, 15,000 people attended an ASWJ rally, shouting anti-Shia slogans.
All shops, restaurants and petrol stations in the city remained closed and roads were deserted amid a heavy deployment of police and paramilitary troops, an AFP news hound said.
A curfew was imposed in Rawalpindi and army called in following festivities between Shia mourners and students of a Sunni seminary during an Ashura procession on November 15.
Violence had also erupted in southern Punjab cities of Multan and Chishtian where civil authorities sought troops' help to maintain law and order.
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[NY Times] Secretary of State John F. I was in Vietnam, you know Kerry Former Senator-for-Life from Massachussetts, self-defined war hero, speaker of French, owner of a lucky hat, conqueror of Cambodia, and current Secretary of State... planned to fly to Geneva on Friday to join the talks on imposing a temporary freeze on Iran's nuclear program, a sign that the negotiations are edging close to an agreement.
Jen Psaki, the State Department spokeswoman, said in a statement that Mr. Kerry had decided to go after having consulted with Catherine Ashton, the European Union ...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing... 's top foreign policy official and lead negotiator for the big powers in the talks with Iran.
Ms. Psaki said his goal was to "help narrow the differences and move closer to an agreement."
The aim of the accord is to halt much of Iran's nuclear program for six months so negotiators have time to pursue a more comprehensive accord.
The current round of negotiations began on Wednesday amid heightened expectations that the interim accord would be sealed this week.
The top diplomats from the six world powers that are negotiating with Iran--the United States, La Belle France, Britannia, Russia, China and Germany--had been expected to go to Geneva if an accord appeared to be at hand and their involvement was needed to push it over the finish line.
Russia's foreign minister, Sergey V. Lavrov, was the first to go to Geneva and arrived Friday afternoon.
Earlier on Friday, Iran's foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, said that a major stumbling block involved what constraints to impose on Iran's effort to build a heavy water reactor near the town of Arak that would produce plutonium.
"We still disagree on three or four points, the most important of which seems to be the heavy-water reactor in Arak," Mr. Zarif said, according to Tasnim, an Iranian news agency.
A senior European diplomat also said this afternoon that Arak was a sticking point and that some issues also remained pertaining to enrichment.
"They made some good progress this afternoon but not enough to guarantee a deal," the European official said. "There are many options on the table for the Iranians that would allow them to claim a measure of victory. The issue is do the Iranians feel that at home this looks all right."
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Next up - Immigration reform, Cuba, + of course new QES + Debt Ceiling.
At the rate the Bammer is going, the POTUS Candidates won't have any issues to diatribe about come 2016 Elex.
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Wouldn't you feel just a little queasy if Kerry was your squad leader in combat? Be honest.
And he is going to "negotiate" with Iran for all of us. What do we have to gain by negotiating with Iran ? I mean,really. Iran has to pay 37,000 rials for a loaf of bread. Why don't we stand back, keep the sanctions in place and watch them strangle to death. They only have one gasoline refinery in the whole country. Think about that.
Their military is bled white and they don't invent anything. Keep up the pressure and they will implode sooner or later. Can you say Syria, just like Syria. Then the Azeris will start car bombing Persians and vice versa. We can watch. Keep shipping the Afghan heroin crop to Tehran and keep the price cheaper than a pint of milk. 16 million Heroin addicts in Iran...Prostitution is whoopee. And Allah can take it on his knees.
Yeah, then Kerry wants to "negotiate". But then look who he works for...wussie boy. Kerry is brilliant, right? Yeah.
[An Nahar] The army circulated on Friday evening the picture of a "dangerous runaway" without revealing the crime he committed, while media reports said it might belong to one of the Iranian embassy suicide kaboomers.
The army urged in a released communique anyone that recognizes the person in the picture to contact the caretaker Defense Ministry by dialing 1701, or using the military institution's smart phone application LAF Shield.
Later on Friday, OTV said "the second suicide attacker is Lebanese national Omar Sobha," adding that he hails from Akkar's Dbaybiyeh.
The army had made public on Thursday the picture of another runaway, and as a result, Adnan Abu Dahr contacted the Internal Security Forces Intelligence Bureau, claiming that it belongs to his son Moein.
DNA samples have been taken from Adnan Abu Dahr to compare them with the bodies found at the scene of the kabooms.
OTV had aired on Thursday evening the fake identity cards used by the suicide attackers behind the blasts in Beirut's Bir Hassan neighborhood.
One of the IDs had the same picture circulated by the army on Friday, but the name on it was Issa al-Ghawi, who's a citizen from the Beirut neighborhood of Tariq al-Jadideh.
Al-Ghawi denied to Future TV having any links to Tuesday's bombings.
At least 23 people were killed and more than 145 others were maimed in a twin blast that took place on Tuesday morning near the Iranian Embassy ...You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy!... in the neighborhood of Bir Hassan in Beirut's southern suburbs.
A security official said the first suicide attacker was on a cycle of violence that carried two kilograms of explosives. He went kaboom! at the large black main gate of the Iranian mission, damaging the three-story facility.
Less than two minutes later, the second suicide attacker driving a car rigged with 50 kilograms of explosives struck about 10 meters away, the official said.
The al-Qaeda-linked Abdullah Azzam Brigades grabbed credit for the bombings, according to the Twitter page of a holy man linked to the group.
"The Abdullah Azzam brigades - the Hussein bin Ali cells - are behind the attack on the Iranian embassy in Beirut," Sheikh Sirajeddine Zuraiqat, the group's religious guide, posted on Twitter.
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[An Nahar] Hizbullah MP Nawwaf al-Moussawi stated on Friday that the resistance has never asked for national consensus since its establishment, noting also that there would have not been Independence Day if it weren't for the party's sacrifices.
"If it weren't for the resistance, no one would have thought about celebrating Independence Day and if it weren't for the resistance, the land would have been still under occupation and most of the people in prisons," al-Moussawi said in a speech he gave at a funeral in Deir Amass town.
He added: "If we waited for national consensus in 1982, the resistance would have not been founded because a large group of Lebanese adopted policies that made them strategic allies to Israel."
"What is known historically is that the resistance since its establishment and through its work, it never sought national consensus and if it did, we wouldn't have liberated the land."
Therefore, waiting for national accord as a requirement to face dangerous threats is a condition that has no basis, according to the Hizbullah official.
"When we perceive a threat we cannot wait for national consensus over confronting it."
However, nothing needs reforming like other people's bad habits... al-Moussawi pointed out that independence is incomplete because "a country is dictating a group of Lebanese and confiscating national decision."
"By this, this country is obstructing the work in the constitutional institutions, preventing the formation of a new cabinet and the convening of the parliament."
Al-Moussawi was hinting at Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... in his speech.
He stressed that what protects Leb is eliminating Takfiri ...an adherent of takfir wal hijra, an offshoot of Salafism that regards everybody who doesn't agree with them as apostates who most be killed... s in Syria to preserve diversity in the country.
"If the Takfiris triumph in Syria, Leb will not longer exist," he warned.
Leb celebrated on Friday 70 years of independence amid the growing threat of terrorism, the widening gap between Leb's political parties and the huge burden of the Syrian refugees.
A string of deadly bombings and sectarian gunbattles linked to Syria has left hundreds of casualties in several areas, mainly Hizbullah strongholds - Beirut's southern suburbs and the Bekaa - and the northern city of Tripoli ...a confusing city, one end of which is located in Lebanon and the other end of which is the capital of Libya. Its chief distinction is being mentioned in the Marine Hymn...
The latest bombings targeted the Iranian embassy in the Beirut neighborhood of Bir Hassan, a Hizbullah stronghold, on Tuesday. An al-Qaeda-linked group claimed it carried out the twin suicide kabooms, raising fears of Iraqi-style attacks in the country.
Also, there has been no functioning government since premier-designate Tammam Salam's appointment in April because of divisions between the March 8 and March 14 alliances over Syria.
Moreover, for the past 2 and a half years, Hizbullah has been involved in the fighting alongside Syrian Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad Lord of the Baath... 's forces in the neighboring country's war, amid wide local and international opposition to its interfering in Syria's turmoil.
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[An Nahar] A suspect linked to Tuesday's Bir Hassan bombing at the Iranian embassy in Beirut has been arrested, reported An Nahar daily on Friday.
It said that investigations are underway with him in order to reveal all details of the attack and the identity of the suicide bombers.
The existence of the suspect was uncovered after the discovery of telephone calls that he made soon after the blasts.
The daily added that the investigations are on the verge of uncovering the identity of one of the bombers, seeing as images of him were captured by surveillance cameras at the scene of the crime.
Investigators are facing difficulties however in identifying the second attacker, who was driving the explosives-laden car, because he was not caught on any of the cameras.
Meanwhile, a security source told As Safir newspaper Friday that investigators are almost certain that the suicide bombers are not Lebanese.
Some leads have said that they may have arrived to Lebanon from Jordan, but that does not necessarily mean they are Jordanian.
Investigations are currently focusing on how they entered Lebanon, whether by land or plane.
OTV aired on Thursday evening the fake identity cards used by the suicide attackers behind the blasts in Bir Hassan as security forces embarked on searching the hotel where they stayed on their last night.
Also on Thursday, State Commissioner to the Military Court Judge Saqr Saqr ordered the army intelligence to inspect the Sheraton Four Seasons Hotel in the Beirut neighborhood of Verdun, as reports said it was where the attackers spent their last night before their deadly operation.
The security source told As Safir that the attackers left their hotel room 70 minutes before carrying out the bombing.
They likely left their rooms to obtain the vehicle used in the attack, but the investigations have not yet pinpointed the location from where they received their car.
Other security sources said that the assailants arrived at their hotel three days prior to the attack.
On they day of the bombing, they headed to the Tallet al-Khayyat area near Verdun, but the details of their actions in that neighborhood have yet to be uncovered.
Investigations are not ruling out the possibility that they may have received the vehicle used in the attack.
They then left the area and headed towards Bir Hassan to carry out the attack.
Investigations are also focusing on the sides that may have aided the assailants in preparing the attack, starting from how they arrived to Lebanon, booked their hotel room, and obtained the explosives-laden car.
As Safir said that the car was rented by a local company before being stolen and taken to the Bekaa.
It was then taken to a region between the northern Bekaa and Syria's al-Qalamoun region.
At least 23 people were killed and more than 145 others were wounded in twin blasts that took place on Tuesday morning near the Iranian Embassy in the neighborhood of Bir Hassan in Beirut's southern suburbs.
A security official said the first suicide attacker was on a motorcycle that carried two kilograms of explosives. He blew himself up at the large black main gate of the Iranian mission, damaging the three-story facility.
Less than two minutes later, the second suicide attacker driving a car rigged with 50 kilograms of explosives struck about 10 meters away, the official said.
The al-Qaida-linked Abdullah Azzam Brigades claimed responsibility for the bombings, according to the Twitter page of a cleric linked to the group.
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"SULEMAN",
"Yes Inspector"
"ROUND UP THE USUAL USPECTS",
"Yes inspector"
"AND BRING ME THE NUMBER NINE TRUNCHEON",
"The number nine, Inspector"
"YES, THE NUMBER NINE, AND HURRY""
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[An Nahar] OTV aired on Thursday evening the fake identity cards used by the suicide kaboomers behind the blasts in Beirut's Bir Hassan neighborhood as security forces embarked on searching the hotel where they stayed on their last night.
"Security forces are trying to examine the pictures on the IDs to determine whether they are real or fake," OTV said.
Meanwhile, ...back at the dirigible, Cynthia backed into the galley, the barbecue fork held in front of her. Jack! she called. Where the hell are you?... LBCI television reported also on Thursday evening that State Commissioner to the Military Court Judge Saqr Saqr ordered the army intelligence to inspect the Sheraton Four Seasons Hotel in the Beirut neighborhood of Verdun, as reports said it was where the attackers spent their last night before their deadly operation.
"The army intelligence searched one room in the hotel and confiscated several possessions of two people that stayed there," LBCI said.
The same source noted that the hotel's administration gave Sherlocks all the information it has about the two men, as well as the recorded footage of the Sheraton's security cameras.
An eyewitness at the hotel remarked that the two men's accent was not that of Syrians or of people who hail from the Gulf, according to the television channel.
LBCI added: "The suspects resided there for four days and they had fake Lebanese IDs, one of them belonged to a person who hails from Beirut, and the other to a person from the Iqlim al-Kharroub town of Barja."
"Investigation is now focused on trying to reveal how the suicide attackers, who are not from Leb, were able to enter Lebanese territories as well as attempting to identify to which group they belonged. The probe is also working on uncovering information about the car that was used in the operation, which was taken from Beirut to the Bekaa and later to Syria."
At least 23 people were killed and more than 145 others were maimed in a twin blast that took place on Tuesday morning near the Iranian Embassy ...You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy!... in the neighborhood of Bir Hassan in Beirut's southern suburbs.
A security official said the first suicide attacker was on a cycle of violence that carried two kilograms of explosives. He went kaboom! at the large black main gate of the Iranian mission, damaging the three-story facility.
Less than two minutes later, the second suicide attacker driving a car rigged with 50 kilograms of explosives struck about 10 meters away, the official said.
The al-Qaeda-linked Abdullah Azzam Brigades grabbed credit for the bombings, according to the Twitter page of a holy man linked to the group.
"The Abdullah Azzam brigades - the Hussein bin Ali cells - are behind the attack on the Iranian embassy in Beirut," Sheikh Sirajeddine Zuraiqat, the group's religious guide, posted on Twitter.
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