KABUL (Reuters) - The release of five Taliban prisoners in exchange for a U.S. soldier has drawn criticism from some Afghans, who say the detainees are dangerous and will rekindle ties with terrorist networks to resume fighting, just as most foreign troops leave.
The men had been held at the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba since 2002 and were classed by the Pentagon as "high-risk" and "likely to pose a threat".
"They will definitely go back to fight, if health-wise they are able to go," said a top official at Afghanistan's spy agency, who asked to remain anonymous because of the sensitivity of the topic.
"They will be very dangerous people, because they have connections with regional and international terror organizations around the world."
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We can only hope that they have secretly had GPS tracking chips embedded in them, so that appropriate attention from drones can be "dialed in" to greet them and anyone in their proximity.
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You can always depend on Obama. He's got your back.
And the guy Obama brought back ( at such cost too ) was such a "good" soldier . A shining example to our men in uniform and to all the people who are Americans.
Obama, once more, proves where he is... and where he comes from. And the American people elected this man.
The American people have a real problem. They are too stupid to stay alive.
"likely to pose a threat..." ? You think ? And look at what we got in exchange too. PLUS our President is so wise, so much the Leader, so intent on his agenda. A focused man. And the fact that he is named Hussein is somehow irrelevant..it IS irrelevant , isn't it?
Isn't it?
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Think about what a Jihad American President will do for his cause?
And you have Obama, not more not less...
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They guy went AWOL and was THEN captured, right? Nothing from Generals Odierno or Dempsey. The SECDEF is the only one saying anything, and his statements are celebratory. Rather strange I'd say.
[Tolo News] At least two civilians and four Taliban bully boys, including a hard boy leader, were killed three military operations in the northern Kunduz province on Saturday, officials said.
Many other turbans and an Afghan soldier were maimed during the operations.
The three separate operations are conducted in the districts of Khan Abad, Chahar Dara and Qala-e-Zal to drive out the Taliban ahead of the June 14 presidential runoff, said a front man for Kunduz police department.
A day earlier, eight Taliban turbans were killed and 18 others were maimed in an Afghan-led operation and two Afghan security soldiers also were maimed in the province.
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Seems to me that neither the Afghan nor Pak governments fancy the terrorist that cross back and forth across the Durand Line. Can't they pick up the phone and coordinate the response? Since neither side can handle the terrorist alone things might work out better if they worked together.
[An Nahar] Ex-general Khalifa Haftar's forces launched fresh air raids on Islamists in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi on Sunday, just hours after al-Qaeda urged Libyans to fight the rogue general.
Last month, the general unleashed forces from his so-called National Army on Islamist militias in Benghazi in a campaign dubbed "Operation Dignity."
Haftar's forces targeted Islamist military camps and assembly points in Benghazi, said General Saqr al-Jerushi, commander of his air operations.
He said members of jihadist group Ansar al-Sharia ...a Salafist militia which claims it is not part of al-Qaeda, even though it works about the same and for the same ends. There are groups of the same name in Libya, Tunisia and Yemen, with the Libyan and Tunisian versions currently most active... holding a meeting at a former royal palace were among the targets.
Columns of black smoke billowed over the sites hit, including a camp of the Ansar-linked "February 17 Martyrs Brigade," according to an Agence La Belle France Presse correspondent in the Mediterranean city.
Authorities have denounced Haftar as an outlaw, but he has won over units from the regular army and air force and says he aims to crush "terrorism" in Benghazi.
Since the 2011 uprising that ousted Muammar Qadaffy ...a proud Arab institution for 42 years, now among the dear departed, though not the dearest... , near-daily attacks blamed on radical Islamists have targeted security forces in Benghazi.
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[Ynet] Six Egyptian soldiers from the border guard were killed when they were targeted by smugglers and "outlaws" during a patrol in a western part of the country, an army front man said on Saturday.
The six soldiers, who included an officer, were killed while carrying out a patrol in the western desert area of al-Wahat, the front man said in a statement on his official Facebook page late on Saturday.
The statement said the attack came in response to security forces' recent arrest of smugglers and confiscation of weapons, ammunition, cars and drugs.
[FOXNEWS] Officials say a bomb went kaboom! near a drinking spot in the northeastern Nigerian town of Mubi, apparently causing multiple casualties.
The kaboom Sunday evening came less than 48 hours after a letter purportedly from the Boko Haram ... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality... terrorist group threatened to attack a university in the town.
A local official, Ahmad Gude, says security personnel were taking victims to the hospital, but he did not have an exact casualty figure.
A resident, David Dauda, says the blast went off as people were leaving a football match nearby and he saw more than 30 bodies in the area.
Mubi is in Adamawa state, one of three northern Nigerian states under a year-old emergency rule imposed by President Goodluck Jonathan ... 14th President of Nigeria. He was Governor of Bayelsa State from 9 December 2005 to 28 May 2007, and was sworn in as Vice President on 29 May 2007. Jonathan is a member of the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP). He is a lover of nifty hats, which makes him easily recognizable unless someone else in the room is wearing a neat chapeau... to fight Boko Haram, which seeks to impose Islamic rule in Nigeria.
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[Chicago Tribune] Cameroon security forces killed some 40 Boko Haram ... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality... forces of Evil in festivities in the country's far north, state radio said on Sunday, shortly after the release of two Italian priests and a Canadian nun suspected to have been held by the Islamist group.
A presidency source confirmed the festivities, which took place west of the town of Kousseri, in the region bordering Nigeria and Chad. Cameroon, which has been criticised by Nigeria for not doing enough to fight the Nigeria-based Boko Haram, deployed some 1,000 troops to the far north this week as it steps up the fight against the Islamist bully boys.
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It's a start ....
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[An Nahar] Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula announced Sunday it has executed four people accused of placing tracking devices on vehicles to help U.S. drones target jihadists.
In a video posted online by AQAP, four suspects described as "spies" say they placed tracking devices on the vehicles of jihadists killed in drone attacks two years ago in the southern Shabwa province.
An AQAP security official named Abu Islam al-Muhajer said in the video that U.S. and Yemeni authorities were behind the drone attacks.
The United States is the only country operating drones over Yemen, but U.S. officials rarely acknowledge the covert operations.
The drone program has been defended by both the White House and Yemeni President Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi, in the face of protests by human rights ...not to be confused with individual rights, mind you... groups over civilian casualties.
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Sydney (AFP) - Australia has granted refugee visas to more than 500 Afghans for their help during its mission in the war-torn nation, saying their safety would be jeopardised by remaining in the country.
The Afghan nationals, mainly interpreters, were resettled with their families in late 2013 and early 2014, the government revealed in a statement late Sunday.
"Many of these employees were placed at significant risk of harm by insurgents in Afghanistan, due to the highly visible and dangerous nature of their employment," Defence Minister David Johnston said.
He added that it had been imperative for the government to deal with the process discreetly, given the risks involved, which is why Canberra had not commented on their fate before now.
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Gotta do it I guess because they're most likely toast if they have to stay in Afghanistan but this is one of the more serious drawbacks to waging war in muslim countries.
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"Maybe they are just dumping them at a bus stop in Arizona"
They should be so lucky, Sq. :-(
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I don't know, I mean a country like Afghanistan could probably use every person with a Western outlook they can get and we're letting people move. It's almost conceding that it's lost. If so they should treat it like a prisoner exchange and kick out 5 or more pro-Talibani in Australia to compensate.
[Ynet] Belgian police conduct raids in Kortrijk bringing in two for questioning; Original suspect found with video in which he claims responsibility for attack.
Belgian police carried out raids in Belguim and took two people in for questioning on Sunday morning in concert with the investigation into 29-year-old Mehdi Nemmouche, who was tossed in the slammer Drop the gat, Rocky, or you're a dead 'un! Friday under suspicion of carrying out a recent attack in a Jewish Museum in Belgium killing four, including an Israeli couple from Tel Aviv.
"An intervention was conducted Sunday morning in the Kortrijk region and two people are being questioned by the police," said federal prosecutor Frederic Van Leeuw. "The people are not under arrest. We want to see if they are involved or not," he said.
Police in the southeastern French city of Marseille arrested Nemmouche on Friday after he arrived on a bus from Amsterdam, Gay Paree Prosecutor Francois Molins told news hounds. The suspect had an automatic weapon like that used in the Brussels attack, and ballistics analyses were under way to determine if it is the same weapon, Molins said.
The suspect's weapon was wrapped up in a white sheet scrawled with the name of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant ... the current version of al-Qaeda in Iraq, just as blood-thirsty and well-beloved as the original... , an bad boy group fighting in Syria, Molins said. He said the suspect had spent about a year in Syria, though it was unclear if he had taken any direct role as a fighter in the county's civil war.
Fears have been mounting in European countries that the hundreds of European gunnies who are joining the fight in Syria against Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad Leveler of Latakia... could stage attacks when they get home.
"The new elements in this investigation (those taken in for questioning)d raw attention once more to the problem of the 'returnees' -in other words the people going to Syria to participate in combat and return afterward to our country," said Van Leeuw. "All European countries are confronted at this moment with this problem."
Nemmouche, who has so far remained silent under police interrogation, has reportedly been a guest of French prisons on five different occasions for crimes including robbery.
"During his last stay in jail he was noticed for bad boy (Islamic) proselytism," Molins said. "On Dec. 31, 2012, three weeks after he was freed, he travelled to Syria."
"He spent over a year in Syria, where he seems to have joined the ranks of combatant groups, jihadist terrorist groups."
Beginning Friday at mid-day, Nemmouche's custody could last 96 hours, that is to say until Tuesday or 144 hours until Thursday, if the Sherlocks had to invoke an imminent terrorist threat.
The suspect was also reportedly arrested in possession of a Go-Pro camera which he reportedly tried to use in the attack by attaching it to his shoulder. Van Leeuw said that the camera had malfunctioned however and didn't record any of the attack.
Van Leeuw added however, that a video found after his arrest shows his weapons and clothes, and includes his voice claiming responsibility for the attack.
The Brussels killings, which came on the eve of European parliament elections in which far right parties had a strong showing, led Belgian officials to boost their anti-terror measures, and raised fears of rising anti-Semitism.
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nice when they tape their own confessions, hmmm?
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The five Guantanamo detainees released by the Obama administration in exchange for America's last prisoner of war arrived in Qatar today.
As Brian Ross reported on ABC:
"The terror group is calling their release a major victory. New video posted this morning on an Afghan news website shows the five former detainees arriving in Qatar with no sign they are under any sort of custody or guard.... They received a hero's welcome."
Barack Obama promised the American people on Saturday that Qatar would protect us:
"The Qatari government has given us assurances that it will put in place measures to protect our national security."
I suspect that if your national security depends on Qatar you just don't really have any.
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Quatar will no doubt issue tourist visas to the faithfull 4 to go visit A-stan shortly. Call it a good will gesture to O with the middle finger.
Mr. Boehner, Ohio Republican, was asked about a reported excerpt from a forthcoming book by former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton in which Mrs. Clinton accuses people of exploiting the Sept. 11, 2012 terrorist attack for political gain.
"This is about one issue and one issue only, and that is getting the truth for the American people and the truth about what happened in Benghazi for the four families who lost their loved ones there," Mr. Boehner said.
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Most people tend to project what they would do themselves onto the motives of other people. I find that what people accuse others of doing tells me a lot more about the person making the accusation than it does about the accused.
[DAWN] KARACHI: At least one person was killed and two injured Sunday in a hand grenade attack near Tariq Road area in 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... .
According to police, three people Asif, 35, son of Razaque; Khadim Hussain, 40, and Atiq, 40, were maimed when unknown motorcyclists threw a hand grenade on a shop "Red Apple" near Khaild Bin Waleed road and Tariq Road .
The injured were rushed to Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre for treatment, where one of the injured succumbed to his wounds.
Separately, five people, including four family members, were killed and another injured on Sunday in different incidents of violence in the city.
A police official Ramzan Pathan along with his wife and two children were found killed from their house in Gulshan-e-Mazdoor, Baldia Town.
The wife and two children were strangled to death while the cop was rubbed out. The bodies were shifted to Civil Hospital Karachi for medico-legal formalities.
According to police, evidence suggested that the attackers stormed the house and killed his wife and two children. Later, they also killed him when he returned home from duty.
Ramzan was a member of the Rapid Response Force (RRF) and was posted for duty at the Bilawal House. Nadia belonged to Arbani tribe of Ratodero and married Ramzan in the court, police said. Further investigation was underway. Police hinted that "honor killing" could be a possible cause behind the incident.
A tortured body of a 40-year-old woman was found from a house in Lines Area.
The body was shifted to Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC) for postmortem examination.
Separately, a security guard was shot and injured by unidentified gunnies in Korangi 3 area. He was rushed to JPMC for treatment.
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[An Nahar] Attacks across Iraq killed 16 people on Sunday, while new figures showed violence last month claimed more than 900 lives as the country grapples with its worst bloodshed in years.
Data compiled separately by the United Nations ...boodling on the grand scale... and the Iraqi defense, interior and health ministries showed that unrest was near its worst since 2008, when it was slowly emerging from a brutal Sunni-Shiite sectarian war.
The latest bloodletting comes as politicians jostle to build alliances during what is expected to be a protracted period of government formation following April elections.
The worst of Sunday's violence targeted security forces north of Storied Baghdad, in the restive provinces of Salaheddin, Diyala and Nineveh.
In the single deadliest attack, five off-duty soldiers riding a taxi between Baiji and Samarra, in Salaheddin, were ambushed by hard boyz who freed the vehicle's driver but proceeded to kill all the soldiers.
Elsewhere in the province, three soldiers and a policeman were killed in separate roadside kabooms.
In the main northern city of djinn-infested Mosul ... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn... and surrounding Nineveh province, four others died in a series of shootings and bombings, while a policeman was killed in Muqdadiyah, Diyala province.
Two teachers were also rubbed out in Storied Baghdad, officials said.
No group immediately grabbed credit for the violence, but Sunni myrmidons, including those linked to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant ... the current version of al-Qaeda in Iraq, just as blood-thirsty and well-beloved as the original... jihadist group, frequently target the security forces, ostensibly in a bid to destabilize Iraq and undermine public confidence in them.
The violence came as new figures were published Sunday showing violence is near its highest in years.
According to the U.N.'s mission to Iraq, at least 799 Iraqis were killed in "acts of terrorism" and other violence, while a further 195 died as a result of military operations in the conflict-hit province of Anbar, in western Iraq.
Separate figures released by Iraqi ministries, meanwhile, put the toll at 938 killed, including 804 civilians, and 1,463 maimed.
"I strongly deplore the sustained level of violence ... that continues rocking the country," U.N. special envoy Nickolay Mladenov said in a statement.
"I urge the politicians to work swiftly for the formation of an inclusive government within the constitutionally mandated timeframe and focus on a substantive solution to the situation in Anbar."
The month's deadliest bloodshed struck on May 28, when 78 people were killed in a series of attacks nationwide, the bloodiest of which hit Storied Baghdad and Mosul.
Iraqis have been targeted by shootings, roadside kabooms, suicide kabooms and vehicles rigged with explosives.
Over the past months, violence has targeted civilians, civil servants and security forces alike, and hit cafes, restaurants, markets and football pitches, along with checkpoints and official buildings.
Anti-government fighters have also maintained control of Fallujah, ... the City of Mosques, which might have somthing to do with why it's not called Center of Prosperity or a really nice place to raise your kids... a city just west of Storied Baghdad, and shifting parts of nearby Ramadi, capital of Anbar province, since the beginning of the year.
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And the Americans left just ages ago.
Islam, however, is still going PBUH heavy. But its all to the good. They are killing EACH OTHER. I could watch that all morning, Noon, and Night.
Gitcha yayas, Abdrool.
"its worst bloodshed in years" ? hahahahaha.
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The Israel Air Force struck two terror targets in the Gaza Strip overnight Monday in response to Palestinian rockets fired at Israel hours earlier.
...In a separate incident Monday morning, the IDF fired artillery salvos into Syria after Syrian shells flew in the direction of Israeli military posts on Mount Hermon. There were no injuries or damages on the Israeli side.
[Ynet] Paleostinian prisoners instruct other forces of Evil to kidnap Israeli soldiers, citizens to secure their own release in prisoner exchange.
The Shin Bet and Israel Prison Authority have exposed and thwarted 11 attempts of Paleostinian security prisoners to orchestrate kidnappings from inside Israeli jails, it was cleared for publishing on Sunday.
The prisoners, from Fatah, Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, and other Islamic organizations, instructed other forces of Evil to try to kidnap Israeli soldiers and citizens to secure their own release in a prisoner exchange deal.
The Shin Bet said the investigation into these incidents was still ongoing.
It was also cleared for publication Sunday that 70 administrative detainees have been hospitalized across the country after they went on a mass hunger strike five weeks ago in protest of their arrest and the fact they have not been put on trial.
198 Paleostinian security prisoners have also joined the hunger strike as an act of solidarity.
According to Israel Prison Authority protocol, hunger strikers are taken to a hospital for a medical examination after 28 days of the strike, and hospitalized after 35 days. The hunger strikers are hospitalized to allow medical professionals to monitor their condition in case their situation deteriorates rapidly. If that happens, the hospital can then decide whether or not to provide them with medical treatment, whenever possible.
In addition to the 70 administrative detainees who have been hospitalized under heavy security, there are some 100 additional detainees on a hunger strike, but they have not been hospitalized yet as their strike hasn't passed the 35 day mark.
All hunger strikers are being closely monitored to prevent further deterioration of their health.
The Paleostinians have released different data than that of the Prisons Authority. According to the Paleostinian Prisoners Club, 1,500 security prisoners are currently on a hunger strike in Israeli prisoners.
The Paleostinian Prisoners Club claim there was no true dialogue between the striking prisoners' leadership and the Israel Prison Authority about the solidarity strike.
The prisoners said they would continue the strike until Israel stops making administrative arrests. They also said some of the strikers were in bad condition.
Paleostinian and Israeli rights groups wrote to EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton demanding her "urgent intervention" on behalf of 125 prisoners on long-term hunger strike.
"We... wish to bring to your attention the ongoing mass hunger strike involving approximately 125 Paleostinian detainees and prisoners, and request your urgent intervention on their behalf," said the letter, signed by 17 rights groups and the Paleostinian prisoners' affairs ministry.
"As of June 1, the majority of the hunger strikers have gone without food for 38 days.
"We have reached a critical stage and unless there is immediate intervention there will be dire consequences for the health of all those on strike," it said.
Among those refusing food are six parliamentarians from the Paleostinian Legislative Council (PLC), all of whom are administrative detainees, the letter said. Paleostinian officials said they had only recently joined the strike.
A hunger strike is recognized only after the prisoner or detainee returns his meals for two days. As soon as the hunger strike is recognized, the Prison Authority takes punitive measures against the strikers. The hunger strikers are moved from their cells to a different prison block, and different perks they enjoy are stripped away from them - goods purchased at the prison store are taking out of their cells, including electrical appliances, and the strikers are barred from family visits.
In the past, the state decided to release hunger striking detainees whose condition worsened.
The Health Ministry said the hunger strikers were receiving care and were being closely monitored. Some were cooperation and taking different vitamins.
Suspected New People's Army (NPA) militants on Sunday freed three of six forestry surveyors of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) whom they abducted in Compostela Valley. Vice Mayor Carlos Rimando of Maco said, "Three of the men were allowed to leave but village officials were still negotiating the release of the rest. The (remaining) victims and their captors remained in New Leyte. We still donât know the motive for the abduction."
Military sources suspect the perpetrators to be NPA militants as the hinterlands of Maco are known to be a lair of the communist rebels. But the NPA has not claimed responsibility for the abductions.
On May 3, alleged communist militants seized 39 civilians in neighboring Mabini town, also in Compostela Valley. They were freed in batches upon the intercession of local officials.
[An Nahar] The most radical jihadist group fighting in Syria on Sunday killed a 102-year-old man along with his whole family in the heart of the country, a monitoring group said.
The 102-year-old was rubbed out in his sleep, with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant ... the current version of al-Qaeda in Iraq, just as blood-thirsty and well-beloved as the original... (ISIL) also killing his son, his grandson, his great-granddaughter and her mother, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
All the victims were Alawites, members of the same offshoot of Shiite Islam as Syria's Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad Before going into the family business Pencilneck was an eye doctor. If he'd stuck with it he'd have had a good practice by now...
Rooted in al-Qaeda in Iraq, ISIL is the most krazed killer group fighting in Syria's war.
Initially welcomed by rebels seeking Assad's overthrow, their systematic abuses and quest for hegemony turned the rest of the opposition against them.
ISIL killed the family while attacking Zanuba village in Hama, said the Observatory.
"Some members of the family were burned alive, others killed in their sleep," it added.
Elsewhere, the loyalist air force launched fresh strikes against rebel areas of Aleppo, dropping more, highly destructive barrel bombs, said the Observatory.
Several people were maimed in Sunday's attack, and a house was burnt down.
The regime's air offensive on Aleppo's rebel areas has killed some 2,000 people so far this year, and caused thousands of families to flee the city.
Rights groups have blasted the regime's use of barrel bombs as indiscriminate and unlawful.
Rebels meanwhile launched fresh mortar attacks on regime-held areas of divided Aleppo, killing at least four people, including a child.
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Imagine living 102 years and you get whacked by a turd wrapped in a turban.
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[An Nahar] Security agencies launched an investigation to identify the shooters who appeared in a controversial video message, vowing to "liberate Baabda from the upcoming president."
"We are certain that the shooting occurred in Beirut's southern suburbs," security sources said in comments published in al-Mustaqbal ... the Future Movement, political party led by Saad Hariri... newspaper on Sunday.
The sources pointed out that a man identified by his initials Aa. H. is suspected to be the person talking in the video.
"Investigations are ongoing to identify the rest of the men who appeared in the video."
A three-minute video, which went viral on social media and aired on MTV channel on Friday, showed three men celebrating the Resistance That'd be the Hezbullies, natch... and Liberation Day on May 25 by opening fire from the rooftop of a building, reportedly located in Dahiyeh.
The three men were using machine guns.
One of the shooters said that this "was all in hopes of liberating Baabda from the new president," he continued eagerly: "On Tariq al-Jadeedah."
"Bullets will fall like rain today on Tariq al-Jadeedah... Poor them, they're very civilized," he added.
"Do you have any bomb?" the shooter wondered sarcastically, he then said: "This shot is for the eyes of Bashir al-Assad... and (Speaker Nabih) Berri."
The three men had gun sex fired non-stop until they were exhausted out of ammunition.
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[An Nahar] Al-Nusra Front members released on Sunday at dawn three young men after torturing them on the outskirts of the border town of Arsal in the northern Bekaa, media reports said.
The state-run National News Agency said that three young men, 16, hail from the town of Arsal and were allegedly tortured for stealing a cycle of violence.
The NNA identified one of them as Hassan Shahine and the two others from al-Smaili family.
The three youths were detained on the outskirts of Arsal from Saturday at 8:30 p.m. until Sunday 4:00 a.m.
They were submitted to the field hospital of Arsal for treatment.
The limbs of the three young men were broken.
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[Ynet] Iran's official news agency says authorities have executed a prisoner linked to the opposition Mujahedeen-e-Khalq (MEK) group. The IRNA report on Sunday said Gholamreza Khosravi was sentenced to death in 2010 for providing photos of the country's military facilities and financial aid to the MEK, and for helping to recruit for the group.
It said Khosravi was placed in durance vile Book 'im, Mahmoud! in 1997, after having been previously detained from 1981 to 1986. The MEK began fighting to overthrow the Islamic Theocratic Republic shortly after the 1979 revolution that toppled a pro-Western monarchy.
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Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
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KABUL (Reuters) - The release of five Taliban prisoners in exchange for a U.S. soldier has drawn criticism from some Afghans, who say the detainees are dangerous and will rekindle ties with terrorist networks to resume fighting, just as most foreign troops leave.
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Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir 
[DAWN] KARACHI: At least one person was killed and two injured Sunday in a hand grenade attack near Tariq Road area in 
Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir 
