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Happy Birthday/Daily Gam Shot
Michelle Hunziker (Swiss) aka Serena in "Christmas in Beverly Hills (2009)" aka Linda Vita in "Natale a Rio (2008)" aka Kim in "Ancient Warriors (2003)" aka Sue in "The Protagonists (1999)" (age 35)
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When OBL was killed, I quipped that he had been relieved of his duties at al Qaeda in order to head up Obama's reelection campaign. Many of you scoffed. Some even suggested that the joke was inappropriate.
Here is a direct quote for tonight's SOTU address:
"Some said the state of our union was getting stronger, while others said it was getting weaker, but I was getting bin Laden."
Is there not one person with a brain in charge of the show? Not one person who can make this go away as it should? Next time just shoot the fuc&er dead and be done with it.
Joshua Waddell, a first lieutenant in the U.S. Marines, appeared on his way to a stellar career as an American military officer. The son of a retired Navy SEAL commander, Waddell had won a Bronze Star during his first tour of duty in Afghanistan and had returned for a second.
Then he made a decision in combat that military experts say has severely jeopardized his future in the corps.
But some military experts say the black mark on Waddell's record was undeserved, that he and other young American officers are being put in a difficult, if not impossible, situation by unreasonable rules of engagement foisted upon the military by politically sensitive commanders in the Pentagon.
The facts in Waddell's case are spelled out in Marine Corps documents. But how those facts should be interpreted is a matter of heated dispute.
On Nov. 1, Waddell, a 25-year-old executive officer with 3rd Battallion, 7th Marine Corps Regiment, was monitoring a surveillance camera in Sangin, Afghanistan, when he spotted a man who had been identified as a bomb maker working with area insurgents. Two days earlier, a sergeant from India Company had lost both legs and a hand when a bomb detonated in their area of operation. The man spotted on the camera was believed to be responsible.
After receiving permission from his battalion commanders, Waddell ordered Marine snipers to open fire on the man, and he was hit. A group of Afghans rushed to the man, put him on a tractor and attempted to flee. Waddell ordered the snipers to hit the engine block of the tractor, disabling it so the man believed to be a bomb maker would not escape. The tractor was hit but no civilians were injured.
Then, about three weeks later, the civilians who helped remove the wounded man from the area were found to be teenagers.
As a result, Waddell was demoted from executive officer, and the battalion commander, Lt. Col. Seth Folsom, determined he had violated rules of engagement that governed when Marines could fire, and at whom. Folsom said Wadell "is not recommended for promotion" and "in violation of [combat rules] during an engagement." The report stated that "noncombatant local nationals" were in the area of direct fire and that "the engagement resulted in a damaged local national vehicle."
A Marine brigadier general who reviewed the case was sympathetic to Waddell, whom he described as a "superb and heroic combat leader. But the general said the decision on whether Waddell should be promoted was "the commander's prerogative," noting that the battalion commander on the scene had lost "confidence in [Waddell's] abilities."
Marine Maj. Shawn Haney, spokesman for Marine Corps Manpower and Reserve Affairs, said Waddell's fitness report will go before a review board at the time of any promotion "and everything is under scrutiny, so Waddell will have a chance to defend himself against the accusations." Still, Haney conceded, Waddell's fitness reports play a "significant role in future promotions."
The upshot is that Waddell's career has been effectively blunted, his chance for promotion blocked.
Waddell is just one of hundreds of cases of troops who have suffered under stringent rules of engagement, said Jeff Addicott, a former senior legal adviser to U.S. Army Special Forces.
"We have hamstrung our military with unrealistic ROEs that do more harm to our soldiers than the enemy, and now a Marine's career is on the line because he disabled a tractor," Addicott said. "In many ways our military is frozen in fear of violating absurd self-imposed rules on the battlefield, How can you tell if it's a teenager or a man, a farmer or an enemy when you're fighting an insurgency?"
A Marine stationed in Afghanistan who does not know Waddell, but who has operated under the same rules, said, "The rules of engagement are meant to placate [President Hamid] Karzai's government at our expense. They say it's about winning the hearts and minds, but it's not working. We're not putting fear into the enemy, only our troops."
Waddell's father, Mark Waddell, who served more than 25 years in the military and retired as a commander of a Navy SEAL team, said his son and other Americans fighting in Afghanistan are being victimized by these rules.
"I feel what's happened to my son is a complete betrayal, and he isn't the only one," said Waddell, of Fort Worth, Texas. "Josh is a hero. We expect them to go out and make instantaneous combat decisions, then we Monday-morning quarterback their decisions. It's an outrage."
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There is something more going on here. First of all, what is a 1st Lieutenant doing as a Battalion Executive Officer? That is, the Battalion Commander is a LTC, yet there are no Majors or at least Captains as his deputy?
Second, assuming the Majors or Captains are company commanders, this still assumes that there is bad blood between the LTC and the 1LT.
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The Americans should put Karzai down, on the way out of Afghanistan. And take everything they brought in. What they cannot take, they should burn to the ground.
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He was a company executive officer (XO) not a Bn XO, which would be the most senior major in the battalion. Grunt Battalions are ran by LtCol's. I was up in Sangin back in August, it's a fuck story. Should've hit the tractor w/a TOW missile and then pissed on it...then salted the earth beneath...to hell w/Douchebagistan.
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On what basis are they verifying the age of the "teenagers?" Are they cross-cutting their legs, and counting the rings? I really find it hard to believe that there is a Konduz DMV issuing valid ID. Ten years ago was Mullah Omar notarizing all the national birth certificates in between stoning adulteresses?
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[Tripoli Post] 3 protestors and 1 security official were killed in Bani Waleed when the protestors tried to enter the building where many of the prisoners belonging to the old regime were being jugged. The situation was stopped from further deteriorating when "Elders" from the surrounding cities intervened.
The family members of the people jugged by the 28th May Brigade were protesting in front of the brigade headquarters and they tried to enter the building, when the guards warned them but on their constant advance they opened fire. 3 protestors were killed and dozens were maimed whereas 1 security official was also killed during the festivities that lasted for few hours.
The 28th May Brigade, who for the past month were busy apprehending people involved with the former regime were keeping all the prisoners in the same building which was attacked by the protestors.
The mayor of the town of Bani Waleed made a statement on the national television that everything was under control and the problem will be solved by Tuesday.
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[Daily Nation (Kenya)] Nigerian police found eight bomb-laden cars in the northern city of Kano Monday as holy mans said peace prayers after attacks that left over 160 people dead and stoked fresh fears of civil unrest.
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... , facing his worst crisis of his nine-month tenure as he grapples with a surge in attacks by the Islamist sect Boko Haram ... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. Currently wearing a false nose and moustache and answering to Jama'atu Ahlus-Sunnah Lidda'Awati Wal Jihad, or Big Louie... and mounting social discontent, vowed to beef up security.
Kano, Nigeria's second largest city, was left reeling after bombs were set off and shootouts raged in a wave of coordinated attacks after Friday prayers that targeted mainly police buildings.
"We have discovered eight bomb-laden cars in different areas of the city," a police brass hat told AFP on condition of anonymity Monday. "We are still facing serious security threats."
Another car was found filled with explosives outside a government-run fuel station in Kano on Sunday, as Jonathan paid a visit of solidarity to the city.
Jonathan said some suspects had been tossed in the slammer and vowed that his government would track down the backers of Boko Haram, which has staged a series of increasingly bloody attacks, often targeting Christians.
"We will strengthen the security in Kano and other parts of the country," Jonathan added.
The violence has raised fears of an all-out civil war in Africa's most populous nation and top oil producer.
About 200 Moslemholy mans and politicians gathered for peace prayers in Kano, an ancient holy Moslem city of about 4.5 million people.
"I will pray to God that we should never re-live the catastrophe that resulted in the deaths and maiming in our city," Kano State governor Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso said.
Kano's emir Ado Bayero told the holy mans: "I enjoin you to continue praying for peace and stability in our city. I call upon you to use any religious fora to pray for peace in our land."
A purported front man for Boko Haram grabbed credit for the attacks, saying they were in response to a refusal by the authorities to release its members from custody.
Some detainees being held at a cop shoppe in Kano were thought to have been freed during Friday's attacks.
Boko Haram is a shadowy group believed to have a number of factions with differing aims, including some with political links and a hard-core Islamist cell.
Jonathan has said some Boko Haram members have infiltrated government -- from the security agencies to the legislature and the executive arm of government.
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[Yemen Post] The World Bank today lifted the suspension of disbursements for all its International Development Association credits and grants for Yemen. The Bank has also reestablished a presence in Yemen to enable closer supervision of its portfolio of projects.
"We are committed to helping Yemen overcome its social and economic challenges in ways that have direct impact on improving people's living standards and opportunities in areas such as education, health, employment and governance," said A. David Craig, Country Director for Egypt, Yemen and Djibouti. "The messages from the streets and squares of the country have been very clear: accountable and transparent government responsive to the needs of all citizens. At the Bank, we too will continue and deepen our dialogue with civil society."
The reopening will help the Bank engage more closely not only with government but with other stakeholders and partners regarding much needed support to the country. It will also assist the government of Yemen in undertaking a social and economic impact assessment of the crisis in partnership with the UN, the EU and the Islamic Development Bank.
"The Bank will accelerate the implementation of key projects to restore the urgent basic services in areas affected by the crisis and to help in generating jobs," said Wael Zakout, the World Bank's Country Manager in Sana'a.
The Bank's re-engagement comes as a direct result of the improving security situation in Sana'a and the establishment of the new national unity government. The World Bank closed its office as a result of turmoil and deteriorating security situation in Yemen in March 2011.
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20 die in northern Mexico
A total of 20 individuals were killed in drug and gang related murders in northern Mexican states, including a police commander in Juarez Sunday morning.
A Juarez municipal police commander was shot to death in Juarez Sunday. Jose Luis Ruelas was visiting relatives at a residence near the intersection of calles Santiago Blancas and Miguel de la Madrid in Paseos del Alba colony when armed suspects abducted him, shot him to death and then left his body at the residence.
In Chihuahua city, three unidentified men were shot to death at a residence near the intersection of calles Miguel Aleman and Avila Camacho in Díaz Ordaz colony. An unidentified female was wounded in the shooting.
One unidentified youth was shot to death and three others were wounded in a shooting in Aldama city.
An unidentified man was found shot to death outside his residence in the Oasis de Ciudad Juarez colony in Juarez.
Another police officer was shot to death in Juarez Saturday. Francisco Javier Ramirez Perez was found shot to death aboard his vehicle near the intersection of calles Manganeso and Karl Marx in Mexico 68 colony.
An unidentified man was shot to death in Chaveña colony on calle Libertad.
Two men were shot to death Saturday in Chihuahua city. Eusebio Javalera and Jesus Saul Bujanda were shot inside the Villa Verde liquor store in Nombre de Dios colony.
Two unidentified men were shot to death Monday in Chihuahua city. The first victim was shot near the intersection of calles Comunidad and Libertadores in Unidad colony and the second near the intersection of Industrias and Guadalupe Juarez.
An unidentified youth was found tortured and beaten to death in Nuevo Lardo Monday. The victim was found near the Benito Juarez memorial on Avenida Reforma. A message left at the body was signed by Los Zetas.
Two men were shot to death and a third was wounded in an intergang firefight in Juarez Monday. The first shooting took place when armed suspects dismounted a Dodge Neon near the intersection of calles Bernardo Balbuena and Camilo Cien Fuegos, shooting Gabriel Mares, 41, to death. As the shooters attempted to flee the scene, they were intercepted by another armed group on Avenida Ejercito Nacional who then shot one unidentified individual to death and wounded another.
An unidentified man in his 20s was shot to death in Juarez Monday. The shooting took place near the intersection of calles Montes de Oca and Primera in Papalote colony.
Four unidentified youths were shot to death and another three were wounded in a shooting in Juarez Monday. The shooting took place near the intersection of calles Guinea and Rodesia where armed suspects entered two different residences and started firing their weapons.
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A total of four armed suspects were killed in a gunfight in Saltillo, Coahuila Monday, according to Mexican news reports.
The brief exchange of gunfire took place near the intersection of bulevars Luis Donaldo Colosio and Venustiano Carranza, in Ramos Arizpe colony at around noon.
The gunfight was preceded by a brief pursuit by a Mexican Army unit. The suspects had apparently abandoned their vehicles to seek shelter inside the garage of a residence.
[Dawn] Police in Kot Addu have locked away four people in connection with last week's kidnapping of two Western aid workers, local police officials told Rooters on Monday.
Gunmen stormed the workers' residence in the town located in Punjab province and drove away with the two aid workers --an Italian national, and another police believe to be a German national.
The provincial police chief said that the aid workers, who were working on a project in southern Punjab, are being held for ransom.
"That is all we can confirm, that they were kidnapped for ransom. At the moment, we cannot provide any more details or say anything about who is behind it," Javed Iqbal told news hounds in Lahore.
Answering a question regarding Shahbaz Taseer and US national Warren Weinstein, both of them kidnapped from Lahore some time ago, Iqbal said security agencies had been working for their release.
He said the kidnappers of Taseer and Weinstein were demanding hefty ransom amounts along with some other terms.
He said matters were being sorted out and soon the two would be released.
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[Emirates 24/7] Indian police said on Monday they had set to sit in solemn silence in a dull, dark dock, in a pestilential prison with a life-long lock two people in connection with triple blasts in Mumbai in July last year which claimed 27 lives.
The two suspects from the eastern state of Bihar are accused of taking orders from the alleged criminal mastermind Yasin Bhatkal, who has not been set to sit in solemn silence in a dull, dark dock, in a pestilential prison with a life-long lock, and aiding with the attacks in two of the three locations.
"They were entrusted with the task of collecting the explosives and detonators used in the blast," Mumbai's anti-terrorism police chief Rakesh Maria told news hounds, adding that the financial trail to fund the attack had also been detected.
The triple kabooms rocked Mumbai's packed gold and jewellery quarter, a diamond trading hub and the south central residential and commercial district of Dadar.
No one has grabbed credit for the attack, which was the first in Mumbai since the deadly, high-profile November 2008 strike by Islamist hard boyz that left 166 dead and more than 300 others injured.
Alleged criminal mastermind Bhatkal has been linked by police and the local media in the past to the Indian hard boy outfit the Indian Mujahideen A locally recruited auxilliary of Pakistain's Lashkar-e-Taiba, designed to give a domestic patina to Pakistain's terror war against its bigger neighbor... , which claimed a series of attacks across the country in 2008.
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[Dawn] Two cut-throats were killed in a kaboom in Zakakhel Banjwal area of Khyber Agency on Sunday, sources said.
They said that the cut-throats were planting a bomb under a bridge at Zakakhel Banjwal on Landi Kotal Road when it went off, killing both of them instantly. The identity of the killed cut-throats could not be ascertained immediately.
The political administration, when contacted, confirmed the incident and said that both the cut-throats were killed by their own bomb.
In Bannu, police claimed to have placed in durance vile a terrorist and recovered two improvised bombs and other material from his house on Sunday.
District Police Officer Gul Said Khan Afridi told journalists that Asghar Maluk, an explosive expert, was placed in durance vile from his house during a raid. He said that two pressure cooker bombs containing 35 and 40 kilograms explosives were recovered from the compound.
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Isn't that just like those bomb makers all over? All over the walls, all over the ceiling, all over the . . . . .
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Don't you just hate when that happens? hehe
The coppers are trying to identify the bombers "Hey, I got five arms here and only three legs, what a day!
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CIA supplied zero delay timer/arming device? I hear that are almost always low bid. :-)
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Four car bombs exploded in Shi'ite neighborhoods of Baghdad on Tuesday, killing at least 13 people and injuring 75. The first one hit a group of day laborers gathering for jobs in Sadr City, leaving a chaotic scene of scattered shoes and food, and pools of blood. Sources say the bomb killed at least eight people and injured 24.
A village leader was killed in a drive-by shooting in Narathiwat province on Tuesday morning.
Police received the report a the shooting about 10 a.m. They found thebody of Ni Laengoh, 57, village chief of Ban Bango Kubo, near his motorcycle. Ni had been driving his bike to attend a monthly meeting at Rangae district office on a local road in his village when a gunman on a pickup truck fired on him with an AK47 assault rifle.
The victim was hit three times and died on the spot. The assailants took Nis 9mm pistol before they fled.
[Emirates 24/7] Funerals in Douma near the Syrian capital drew more than 150,000 people on Monday, marking the largest expression of mourning in the protest hub since an uprising against Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad Light of the Alawites... began in March, activists said.
The processions accompanied the bodies of 12 people killed in the past three days, including three who died in detention, and gathered the "largest number of mourners in Douma since the start of the uprising," the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
The funerals come after Syrian army deserters at the weekend seized control of the protest hub just northeast of Damascus ...Capital of the last overtly fascist regime in the world... after fierce fighting, before withdrawing again to their bases, according to the same source.
The festivities erupted on Saturday night after security forces killed four civilians when they fired on mourners at a funeral in Douma, the Observatory had reported at the time.
There was no independent confirmation that Douma had been taken or of any fighting in the area, as foreign news hounds are generally not allowed access.
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Bashir's uncle would have considered this a 'target rich environment.'
[An Nahar] At least 22 civilians, five regime troops and an army deserter were killed in fresh violence across Syria on Monday, activists and a rights group said, also reporting a string of festivities between deserters and the army.
The Local Coordination Committees, the main activist group spurring protests on the ground, said security forces killed 23 people -- "including two children, a rebel soldier and two who died under torture."
Five people were killed in the southern province of Daraa, the cradle of the uprising, six in the central opposition bastion Homs, two in the restive countryside around Damascus ...Home to a staggering array of terrorist organizations... , eight in the flashpoint northwestern province of Idlib, one in the northwestern province of al-Hasakeh and another in the eastern protest hub of Deir al-Zour, the LCC said.
Meanwhile, ...back at the sandwich shop, Caroline was experimenting with ingredients of increasing volatility... the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said security forces opened fire with machineguns, killing three civilians in al-Sahen village in Idlib.
Three others were bumped off in the flashpoint central town of Homs, said the Britannia-based watchdog in statements received by Agence La Belle France Presse, adding that two non-combatants were killed in Hama, also central Syria, and Aleppo ...For centuries, Aleppo was Greater Syria's largest city and the Ottoman Empire's third, after Constantinople and Cairo. Although relatively close to Damascus in distance, Aleppans regard Damascenes as country cousins... in the north.
The Observatory said two people died in crossfire between security agents and deserters in Daraa.
In Homs province, "five soldiers of Syria's regular army were killed and 13 others maimed in fighting with a group of deserters at a checkpoint in the village of al-Ziraa," it said.
The group said the two sides also clashed in Idlib on the Damascus-Aleppo highway, near Maaret al-Numan, where eight soldiers were reported killed or injured, and three armored cars destroyed.
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See also MEMRI.ORG > SENIOR MUJAHID ABU UBAYADA TO SUNNI SYRIANS: THE TIME FOR "PEACEFUL ARAB REVOLUTIONS" IS OVER, NOW IS THE TIME FOR KILLING + FIGHTING; ONLY JIHAD WILL RESOLVE THE STANDOFF BETWEEN YOU + [Baby Assad's]ALAWITES.
* SAME > NEW JIHADIST GROUP ESTABLISHES ITSELF IN SYRIA.
Yooohoo, ARAB LEAGUE = proposed future NON-NATO MEDITERRANEAN, ISLAMIC UNION, AFAIK YOU'RE STILL UP TO BAT!
[Emirates 24/7] Syria on Monday rejected an Arab League ...an organization of Arabic-speaking states with 22 member countries and four observers. The League tries to achieve Arab consensus on issues, which usually leaves them doing nothing but a bit of grimacing and mustache cursing... plan for Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad Despoiler of Deraa... to transfer power to his deputy, calling the initiative a "flagrant interference," state TV quoted an official as saying.
"Syria rejects the decisions taken which are outside an Arab working plan, and considers them an attack on its national illusory sovereignty and a flagrant interference in internal affairs," the official was quoted as saying.
The Arab League on Sunday asked the UN to support a new plan for resolving the crisis in Syria that sees Assad transferring power to his deputy and a government of national unity within two months.
Assad should "delegate powers to the vice president to liaise with a government of national unity," to be formed in two months, according to a statement read by Qatari premier Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim Al-Thani after Arab foreign ministers met in Cairo to determine the fate of their Syrian observer mission.
The Syrian official reacting to the vaporous Arab League's call said the regional body should instead "assume its responsibilities for stopping the financing and arming of terrorists," the television channel reported.
The source added that the Arab League initiative ran counter to the interests of the Syrian people and would not prevent the country from "advancing its political reforms and bringing security and stability to its people who have shown, during this crisis, their support for national unity as they have rallied around President Assad."
Deployed since December 26 to oversee an Arab League peace plan, the Syrian observer mission has been widely criticised for its failure to stem the government's bloody crackdown on democracy protesters.
Earlier, Soddy Arabia's foreign minister said Riyadh had pulled its observers from the mission because the Syrian government had "not respected any of the clauses" in the Arab plan aimed at ending the crisis.
The Arab League agreed, however, to extend the mission and boost the number of observers, according to the final statement.
"We will inform the United Nations ...what started out as a a diplomatic initiative, now trying to edge its way into legislative, judicial, and executive areas... of all the resolutions of the Arab League... for its approval," Sheikh Hamad said.
The League's secretary general Nabil al-Arabi, who attended Sunday evening's news conference in Cairo, explained that the request to support the United Nations was designed to "give more weight" to the Arab initiative.
The Arab foreign ministers urged "the Syrian government and all the opposition factions to engage in a serious dialogue under the auspices of the Arab League, within a period of not more than two weeks, to be able to achieve the formation of a unity government bringing together those in power and the opposition."
The new government's mission would be to implement the Arab League plan to end the crisis, and to prepare free and fair legislative and presidential elections under both Arab and international supervision.
It would also prepare the election of a constituent assembly within three months and a new constitution which would be put to a referendum.
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[Iran Press TV] Foreign ministers of the European Union ...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing... have imposed sanctions on Iranian oil imports over the country's peaceful nuclear program during their Monday meeting in Brussels.
The sanctions involve an immediate ban on all new oil contracts with Iran and a freeze on the assets of Iran's Central Bank within the EU.
According to an EU diplomat, the ministers have agreed to delay full implementation of the oil embargo until July 1, in order to protect Europe's economy, which is struggling with a two-year-old debt crisis.
EU foreign policy chief, Catherine Ashton, told news hounds that the sanctions are aimed at pressuring Iran to return to talks over the nuclear program.
"I want to see Iran come back to the table and either pick up all the ideas that we left on the table...last year...or to come forward with its own ideas," she added.
Meanwhile, ...back at the argument, Jane reached into her purse for her .38... British Foreign Secretary William Hague called the embargo part of "an unprecedented set of sanctions."
"I think this shows the resolve of the European Union on this issue," he added.
German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle noted that imposing sanctions was a vital action to be taken to guarantee "security in the world."
Iran's oil accounts for more than one-third of Greece's total oil imports, 15 percent of Spain's and over 12 percent of Italia's.
The EU has also imposed a ban on the sale of gold, diamonds, and other precious metals to Iran.
The anti-Iran measure has drawn immediate reaction from Russia.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov rejected unilateral sanctions against Iran, saying the sanctions would be "unhelpful."
"Unilateral sanctions do not help matters," Lavrov said on Monday. "We will restrain everyone from making harsh moves. We will seek the resumption of negotiations.
Tehran has warned that the embargo will have negative consequences, increasing price of oil.
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Interesting that Pres. Obama opposed the latest bipartisan sanctions measure in the U.S. Senate on the grounds that it was "too stringent" and would turn off our allies and make it harder to act in concert against Iran.
Clearly, the measure didn't alienate Europe at all.
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I don't know, American Delight. Israel is very displeased that the European sanctions won't really go into effect until July.
* DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > CHINA HIRES AT LEAST TWO SUPERTANKERS [possibly up to FOUR?] FOR IRANIAN OIL, DATA SHOWS.
Two ships' combined capacity is circa 2.0Milyuhn barrels.
versus
* CHINA DAILY FORUM > PEAK OIL AROUND 2017 [followed by permanent? decline]: AUSTRALIAN GOVT. REPORT ON LONG-TERM OIL SUPPLY TRENDS + PROJECTIONS.
Thanx to our desired future OWG-NWO's consensus on no consensus, by and for same, it prolly will delay until Year 2040 or so any serious move to internationally outlaw "fracking".
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
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Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir 
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