[DAWN] Afghan police on Tuesday searched for a Taliban capo who allegedly forced his 10-year-old sister to wear an explosives-packed vest on an aborted suicide kaboom in the southern province of Helmand ...an Afghan province populated mostly by Pashtuns, adjacent to Injun country in Pak Balochistan...
The interior ministry said the girl, named as Spozhmai, was jugged
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[Tolo News] The Afghan government will release 88 prisoners as planned even though the US considers them as dangerous and wants them to remain in detention at the Bagram prison.
Washington has expressed its concerns over the release of the detainees. US officials have explicitly said the release of the 88 prisoners expected this month could seriously damage relations between Washington and Kabul.
Since August, over 500 prisoners have been released from Bagram, with a total of 650 having been cleared by the Karzai appointed Review Committee for release already.
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[Libya Herald] The General National Congress was seized this afternoon by protestors demanding that it pass a vote withdrawing confidence in Prime Minister Ali Zeidan. Members were prevented leaving by the protestors -- estimated at around 100 -- unless they voted to sack Zeidan.
The situation was chaotic. Some members who had left the building after the morning session were called back. Others were prevented from returning, ensuring that there were insufficient numbers to vote on any withdrawal motion. For one to succeed, 120 members must vote in favour.
In any event, the evening session, at which Zeidan's tenure had been due to be discussed, was cancelled. Instead, members in the building were left negotiating an end to the standoff with the protestors, who were unarmed.
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[Al Ahram] Charged with incitement of murder and violence outside the presidential palace in November 2012, ousted Islamist president Mohammed Morsi ...the former president of Egypt. A proponent of the One Man, One Vote, One Time principle, Morsi won election after the deposal of Hosni Mubarak and jumped to the conclusion it was his turn to be dictator... and 14 co-defendants are to appear in court on Wednesday for the second session of their trial which started in November.
The first session was the first time Egyptians had seen Morsi since he was ousted from power in July. He is now awaiting trial in the heavily guarded Burg Al-Arab prison, west of Alexandria.
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[Dhaka Tribune] Prime Minister the loathesome Sheikh Hasina ...Bangla dynastic politician and current Prime Minister of Bangladesh. She has been the President of the Bangla Awami League since the Lower Paleolithic. She is the eldest of five children of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founding father of Bangla. Her party defeated the BNP-led Four-Party Alliance in the 2008 parliamentary elections. She has once before held the office, from 1996 to 2001, when she was defeated in a landslide. She and the head of the BNP, Khaleda Zia show such blind animosity toward each other that they are known as the Battling Begums.. has asked BNP Chairperson the loathesome Khaleda Zia Three-term PM of Bangla, widow of deceased dictator Ziaur Rahman, head of the Bangla Nationalist Party, an apparent magnet for corruption ... not to anguish the people of the country.
She also warned the opposition of taking stern action for attacking the minority Hindus after the elections.
"As she [Khaleda] has failed to stop the polls through violent activities, she will not be able to do anything," said Hasina while addressing a meeting of the Awami League-led 14-party alliance at Ganabhaban.
"Failing to resist the polls, the BNP-Jamaat has started to attack the minorities at different places across the country and setting their houses on fire. They have to stop these, otherwise stern action will be taken against them," she said.
The premier said the joint forces had been working to arrest the miscreants responsible for the attacks. She said it was the responsibility of the government to save lives and property of the countrymen.
Hasina expressed satisfaction over the voter turnout on Sunday's polls -- around 40%. "There are very few countries in the world which see such turnout in the polls," she said thanking the people for casting their votes.
Criticising the opposition, Hasina said the BNP-Jamaat had wanted to destroy democracy by creating constitutional crisis, but the people of the country thwarted their wishes.
At the same time, the premier said the door for dialogue to reach a consensus over the next polls. "Severe ties with Jamaat and discussions will be held," she said.
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[An Nahar] A Spanish judge on Tuesday remanded in jug a man suspected of belonging to an al-Qaeda linked krazed killer group taking part in the Syrian conflict.
The judge ordered Abdelwahid Sadik Mohammed, 28, to be held in jug while he is investigated for the suspected crime of membership of a terrorist organization because of the risk that he would flee or try to destroy evidence, according to a written ruling from the National Court.
[Breitbart] Former Rep. Allen West (R-FL), a leader in the conservative movement and retired Lt. Colonel of the United States Army, and man who can tell the difference between motion and progress
told Breitbart News that he thinks House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) and Majority Leader Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA) might be trying to help the Obama administration cover up the Benghazi scandal. What say Brennan, Panetta, Valjar, and Rice about Benghazi? Anyone talking to them? If not, why not ?
"There is widespread support for a select committee to get to the bottom of disturbing questions surrounding the attack, as H.Res. 36 has 178 cosponsors," West said in an email to Breitbart News. "Yet Speaker of the House John Boehner and Majority Leader Eric Cantor refuse to bring it to the House floor for a vote. You have to wonder, is there something they know that they prefer not come to light?" Ridiculous I tell you. Absolutely ridiculous. Who can doubt the US State Department's Accountability and Review Board's findings? Just for the sake of argument however, what is Boehner's reason for not unleashing the hounds...... ?
No, it's not sinister, and the good Colonel West is mistaken. Let me explain.
Back when Richard Nixon was first getting into trouble with Watergate, a group of young Democrats in the House wanted to put forward an impeachment bill. But the old bulls, including Speaker Carl Albert and Tip O'Neill, stopped them cold. They understood that it was too early -- time was needed to develop exactly what had happened, and also to let the American people see just what Nixon had done. If an impeachment bill had been filed in early 1973, for example, most of the Democrats would have had to vote 'no' or else face problems at home. Once one voted 'no' once, how could you have another vote?
The issue needed to ripen.
Benghazi is in the same situation. It's taking longer to ripen because Obama has been doing much more, and much more effectively, to stop the House investigation. The media is on his side in a way they were against Nixon in '73. But putting together a "Select Committee" now is like voting for an impeachment: do it too early and the vote will go against you, and then you're stuck with everyone and the MSM saying that "it's all political." And in a sense, they'd be right.
This needs to ripen more. We need more facts and more investigation. Keep the politics away from it a while longer and get more facts into the open. Then and only then have a Select Committee or (if the Pubs do win the Senate) a Joint Select Committee with full subpoena and immunity powers.
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Keep the politics away from it a while longer and get more facts into the open.
I respectfully disagree [but I do hope you are correct]. You cannot keep politics out of it. Gates outing yesterday, of Hildebeast's admission of 'election politics' being her justification for her stance regarding the "Afghan surge" being the most recent example.
"Politics, the crooked timber of our communal lives, dominates everything because, in the end, everything - high and low and, most especially, high - lives or dies by politics." Charles Krauthammer, Things That Matter, 2-4, (Crown Forum 2012).
A good 'single malt' requires proper aging to fully "ripen." Bad news, not so much.
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"Yet Speaker of the House John Boehner and Majority Leader Eric Cantor refuse to bring it to the House floor for a vote. You have to wonder, is there something they know that they prefer not come to light?"
I'm going to be a lot less diplomatic about it and say the good colonel either has his tin-foil beret on a bit too tight or (more charitably) he's decided that his political star needed a bit of burnishing.
You cannot keep politics out of it.
No, you can't. Which is why I question West's motives. As for Mr. Gates, perhaps his book is the first crack in the dam. Then again, given D.C., perhaps all it is, is a crack. My question is, where the hell were Mr. Gates' public statements of misgivings three or four years ago?
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West definitely has political aspirations, but I don't believe we should discount his analysis because of those aspirations. I definitely agree with your assessment regarding the timing of the Gates book.
Ralph Peters just remarked on Fox that "Gates is obviously conflicted" with his role under the Champ, and that none of the administration's attitudes [as revealed by Gates] toward the military, or the AFG conflict should come as any surprise.
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I don't believe we should discount his analysis because of those aspirations.
I agree, though I don't he's fully thought everything through. I'm not sure that it's wise to bring a vote for a select committee nine months prior to election season, essentially handing ammo to the WH. It may be more advisable to wait until one has a majority (and perhaps replace the Speaker in process.) Or, if one loses, then scorched-earth would be the way to go.
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Obama's administration is very adept at manipulating the media cycle, even more so with a sympathetic MSM. "Ripening" would not help this situation as this story has been ripening for a while now and, sadly, Benghazi is not a Giant Killer for the average voter. It seems more logical that the inept house leadership does not want to pile on or give O's admin a chance to muddle the disaster that is AHA. I would expect that if AHA damages Democrat positioning adequatly in 2014, then look for movement to Benghazi, but that is doubtful, any attempt to seriously hang this treasonous and despicable abdication of office and duty on O or Hillary falls flat with a complicit media.
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The problem isn't ripening, it's breaking thru the Big Media shell that is shielding the public from any coverage of this story, and the severe lack of investigative journalism dedicated to this issue. Plenty of ink for another Obamacare website story, nothing for this.
[DAWN] The Sunni Tehrik ...formed in Karachi in 1992 under by Muhammad Saleem Qadri. It quickly fell to trading fisticuffs and assassinations with the MQM and the Sipah-e-Sahaba, with at least a half dozen of its major leaders rubbed out. Sunni Tehreek arose to become the primary opposition to the Deobandi Binori Mosque, headed by Nizamuddin Shamzai, who was eventually bumped off by person or persons unknown. ST's current leadership has heavily criticized the Deobandi Jihadi leaders, accusing them of being sponsored by Indian Intelligence agencies as well as involvement in terrorist activities... Ulema Board presented on Monday a 12-point peace formula to the government for security of Milad processions.
According to board chairman Ghufran Mahmood Sialvi, the board asked the government to consult Brailvi sect Learned Elders of Islam over the security of processions and issue a new code of conduct ignoring the recent one presented by "state-sponsored holy mans".
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[DAWN] After reviewing Gen (retd) Pervez Perv Musharraf ... former dictator of Pakistain, who was less dictatorial and corrupt than any Pak civilian government to date ... 's medical report on Tuesday, the special court granted him exemption from appearance for two days (Tuesday and Wednesday) and adjourned the hearing until tomorrow.
The court constituted for the treason trial of the ex-army strongman said it would announce a ruling in relation to the medical report on Thursday.
Judge Faisal Arab, who heads the three-member bench, told the court Tuesday: "We will give an opportunity to both sides to examine (the report) and then we will decide accordingly."
Earlier today, the court was presented with Musharraf's medical report which was handed to the judges by registrar Abdul Ghani.
Sources said the report detailed on Musharraf's medical condition and also had the assessment of certain tests carried out to measure the retired general's overall health.
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[Al Ahram] It is not currently possible for Iraqi security forces to storm the city of Fallujah, which was lost to militants last week, the defence ministry spokesman said Tuesday. "It is not possible to assault it (Fallujah) now" due to concerns about civilian casualties, Staff Lieutenant General Mohammed al-Askari told AFP. That statement probably made more sense in Arabic.
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They fired on Ramadi and killed a lot more civilians than they did militants. Somebody likely figured that a) they'd anger a lot of Sunnis by shelling Fallujah and killing even more civilians (which might be what ISIS expected,) and b) they didn't want, or are not prepared, to invade that city.
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Lest we fergit, the IGA + Iraqi Army is now mostly Shia-led [sub-read, IRAN].
IMO the Shia-led Iraqi forces need time to coordinate its campaign wid both IRGC-Quds Force, etal. Iranian forces or elements which were already in Iraq prior to the Syria Crisis, + likely now also Hezbollah.
The Bammer = USA is in a deep quandry wid this as US ally the KSA support the anti-Shia Sunni Rebels in both Syria + Iraq, etc. which nominally includes the local, regional Qaeda Boyz.
Ditto for the pro-KSA UK = NATO-EU.
Thusly we have ... ...
* DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > US-IRAN IN A NEW FRONT AGZ COMMON ENEMIES.
* SAME > [World Affairs JournaL] MICHAEL J. TOTTEN: AL-QAEDA-STAN IN FALLUJAH.
* SAME > [Scoop.NZ] > IRAQ IS A NEW SCHISM FOR SAUDIS IN STRAINED ALLIANCE WID WEST.
* SAME > [DailY Star] PALESTINIANS [ordinary
= mainstream] FEAR WAR WID HEZBOLLAH.
Lebanon-based Paleo refugee camps.
VERSUS
* TOPIX > OBAMA'S MIDDLE EAST [ + Foreign] POLICY IS IN SHAMBLES.
* SAME > NOW ITS MIDDLE EASTERM REGIMES FIGHTING AL-QAEDA, WHILE THE US TIES ITSELF UP IN KNOTS.
THIS IS "ARAB UNITY" AS WE'VE NEVER SEEN IT BEFORE, BUT WATCH OUT!
ARTIC = "... The [MilPol/Geopol-agressive?] Ottoman Empire is back".
As times warned or inferred before, the Globalists are playing a very dangerous or risky game, i.e. unilateral or intentional US pullout being interpreted by Amer's rivals or enemies as de facto strategic weakness on the part of the "sole", Pert + MSM-Net alleged already
"weak/declining" Global Superpower the USA, inspriring the former to try and take over US Global leadership + position.
[ANIMAL PLANET, DISCOVERY CHANNEL = "THE DESTINY OF A LION KING IS TO BE OVERTHROWN, BY HIS OWN OR BY OUTSIDERS" here].
[Al Ahram] US Vice President Joe Foreign Policy Whiz Kid Biden The former Senator-for-Life from Delaware, an example of the kind of top-notch Washington intellect to be found in the World's Greatest Deliberative Body... spoke with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Monday to express support for Iraq's fight against al Qaeda-linked myrmidons, a message Biden repeated in another call on Monday with Osama al-Nujaifi, speaker of the Iraqi Council of Representatives, the White House said.
"The Vice President 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... for those Iraqis who are suffering at the hands of Death Eaters and praised the recent security cooperation between Iraqi Security Forces and local and tribal forces in Anbar province," the White House said in a statement.
The White House said that the United States is accelerating its deliveries of military equipment to Iraq to help the country fight the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
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Apparently the President is recovering from jet-lag, else he would have called instead.
[Al Ahram] The chief of Syria's Al-Nusra Front, an Al-Qaeda affiliate, called Tuesday for an end to fighting between rebel groups and the jihadist Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). In an audio recording posted on Twitter, Abu Mohamed al-Jolani announced an initiative to end the fighting, including a "ceasefire" and the establishment of an independent Islamic committee to serve as mediator.
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[Al Ahram] The UN's human rights office has stopped updating the death toll from Syria's civil war, confirming Tuesday that it can no longer verify the sources of information that led to its last count of at least 100,000 in late July.
Rupert Colville, a spokesman for the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, blamed the failure to provide new figures on the organization's own lack of access on the ground in Syria and its inability to verify "source material" from others.
"It was always a very difficult figure," Colville said in answer to a question by The Associated Press. "It was always very close to the edge in terms of how much we could guarantee the source material was accurate. And it reached a point where we felt we could no longer cross that line. So for the time being, we're not updating those figures."
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But manipulating compiling "climate change" data is still permissible...
[Al Ahram] Syria's main opposition National Coalition re-elected Ahmad Jarba as its leader during a general assembly meeting in Istanbul on Sunday, the coalition said in a statement.
Jarba won 65 votes, beating his only rival Riad Hijab -- the best-known defector from the regime of Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad Supressor of the Damascenes... -- by 13 votes.
Jarba, who is seen as close to key rebel backer 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... , was first elected to head the Coalition in July, and will now lead the group for another six months.
His re-election comes at a sensitive time, less than three weeks away from slated peace talks in Switzerland ...home of the Helvetians, famous for cheese, watches, yodeling, and William Tell... that would bring rebels and regime representatives to the table.
The Coalition is set to discuss on Monday whether to take part in the peace talks, though a key bloc -- the Syrian National Council -- has already announced it will boycott the so-called Geneva 2 process.
That has raised fears the Coalition may end up rejecting the talks altogether. According to council member and veteran dissident Samir Nashar, "Ahmad Jarba does not want to go to Geneva."
The Coalition initially announced the names of three members chosen to share the vice presidency, but later said ther would be a fresh vote Monday for both that post and to elect a secretary general.
It was expected that either powerful, Qatar-linked businessman Mustafa al-Sabbagh or the current post-holder, Badr Jamous would be named to the latter post.
Born in 1969 in the northeastern city of Qamishli, on the border with Turkey, Jarba is a Sunni Moslem who has tried to convince Arab and Western nations to arm the rebels.
In his six months as Coalition leader, he has appeared more subdued than previous opposition chiefs who had higher profiles as veteran dissidents.
Jarba's re-election comes deep into a crisis within the main opposition group, which is based outside Syria.
Many opponents and rebels on the ground feel the Coalition has failed to represent them.
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[DAWN] Iran's President Hassan Rouhani defended Tuesday a landmark nuclear deal with world powers that promises modest sanctions relief, saying his government did not fear "the few" domestic critics.
Rouhani's defence came after repeated criticism by hardliners in parliament and the powerful Revolutionary Guards of the deal clinched in November that also requires Iran to curb temporarily parts of its nuclear drive.
"The initial agreement with the six major powers on the nuclear issue was not a simple task but very difficult and complicated," Rouhani said in remarks broadcast live on state television ... and if you can't believe state television who can you believe?
"It required brave decision-making... We should not and do not fear the fuss made by the few people or a small percentage" criticising the deal, he said.
The critics however have been united in questioning what Iran gains from the deal, under which the Islamic republic agreed to roll back parts of its nuclear drive for six months in exchange for modest sanctions relief and a promise by Western powers not to impose new sanctions.
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[An Nahar] Acting General Prosecutor Judge Samir Hammoud received on Tuesday a request from the Saudi Embassy, saying the brother of a dead al-Qaeda-linked group leader wants to repatriate his body.
Saudi national Majed al-Majed died in Leb on Saturday while undergoing treatment at the central military hospital after his health deteriorated, the army said.
But sources have said that al-Majed died after suffering kidney failure.
Later on Tuesday, sources informed LBCI television that Hammoud has appointed a committee of forensic doctors to examine the body of al-Majed.
"Forensic doctors started examining his body and will soon issue a report detailing the conditions that surrounded his death," LBCI added.
Al-Majed was incarcerated Keep yer hands where we can see 'em, if yez please! in December and had been held at a secret location.
He was the purported commander of the Abdullah Azzam Brigades -- a bad boy group with al-Qaeda links -- and one of the 85 most-wanted individuals in 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...
Iran's Foreign Ministry said Tuesday that a delegation is expected to arrive in Leb soon to participate in al-Majed's autopsy.
"Over the coming days a delegation would be dispatched to Beirut to participate in the autopsy and investigate the circumstances of al-Majed's death," Deputy Iranian Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs Hossein Amir Abdollahian said.
He pointed out that the delegation will be comprised of judicial and Foreign Ministry officials.
The brigades have grabbed credit for attacks throughout the region, including the 2010 bombing of a Japanese oil tanker in the Persian Gulf and several rocket strikes from Leb into Israel.
The most recent attack claimed by the group was the deadly twin suicide kaboom in November that targeted the Iranian embassy in Beirut's southern suburbs.
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[An Nahar] Saudi intelligence are involved in the deadly suicide kaboom that targeted the Iranian embassy in southern Beirut and the resistance "will respond to the attack," Iran's Fars news agency quoted an informed source as saying on Tuesday.
"Riyadh will pay the price doe its activities," the source assured, explaining that 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... is "carrying out such attacks because of its rage following its defeats in Iraq, Syria and Leb."
The source elaborated: "Saudis want to compensate for their frustration as they are always losing. They want to create a chaotic atmosphere in Leb but they are unable to achieve this."
"Saudi Arabia is facing difficult situations nowadays and its attitudes towards a nation like Russia will not do it any good, but would further complicate these conditions. A person like Russian President Vladimir Putin ...Second and fourth President of the Russian Federation and the first to remain sober. Putin is credited with bringing political stability and re-establishing something like the rule of law, which occasionally results in somebody dropping dead from polonium poisoning. Under Putin, a new group of business magnates controlling significant swathes of Russia's economy has emerged, all of whom have close personal ties to Putin. The old bunch, without close personal ties to Putin, are in jail or in exile or dead... will not retreat in front of such acts."
Twenty-five people were killed and over 140 maimed in twin bombings near the Iranian embassy in Beirut on November 19, 2013.
The al-Qaeda-linked Abdullah Azzam Brigades grabbed credit for the bombings and Hizbullah leader His Eminence Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah The satrap of the Medes and the Persians in Leb... accused Saudi Arabia of being behind the deadly attacks.
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[An Nahar] First Military Examining Magistrate Judge Riyad Abu Ghida questioned on Tuesday Arab Democratic Party politburo chief Rifaat Eid ...secretary general of the Leb Arab Democratic Party, a Pencilneck regime front organization... for threatening the Internal Security Forces.
"I have proved that I respect the Lebanese judiciary and abide by the law," Eid told several TV stations after news broke about the questioning.
Abu Ghida issued last month the summons for Eid to interrogate him over allegations that he threatened the ISF Intelligence Branch.
Earlier in December, Military Prosecutor Judge Saqr Saqr charged him after Eid said during a presser a month earlier that the Information Branch has made the shedding of the blood of the Alawites permissible, therefore it is also allowed to shed their blood.
Lebanese authorities have jugged Book 'im, Mahmoud! several members of the pro-Assad Arab Democratic Party on suspicion they were involved in the August twin boom-mobileings of Sunni mosques in 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... .
They have summoned Ali Eid, who is the group's leader and Rifaat's father, for questioning. But he has refused to go to the Intelligence Branch, saying he did not trust it to be impartial.
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[WashingtonPost] U.S. officials suspect that a former Guantanamo Bay detainee played a role in the attack on the American compound in Benghazi, Libya, and are planning to designate the group he leads as a foreign terrorist organization, according to officials familiar with the plans.
Militiamen under the command of Abu Sufian bin Qumu, the leader of Ansar al-Sharia in the Libyan city of Darnah, participated in the attack that killed U.S. Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens and three other Americans, U.S. officials said.
This article starring:
ABU SUFIAN BIN QUMU
Ansar al-Sharia
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He has a long-term association with Islamic extremist jihad and members of al-Qaida and other extremist groups, according to the military files. Detainees alias is found on a list of probable al-Qaida personnel receiving monthly stipends.
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I wonder who was sec of State at the time. Well I guess what difference does it make at this time.
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Ring me up when someone discovers [and has hard evidence] that Abu Sufian bin Qumu and a host of other GITMO alum, were actually on the Klingon payroll.
Ho Chi Minh: In 1941, Ho returned to Vietnam to lead the Viet Minh independence movement. The "men in black" were a 10,000 member guerrilla force that operated with the Viet Minh.[26] He oversaw many successful military actions against the Vichy French and Japanese occupation of Vietnam during World War II, supported closely but clandestinely by the United States Office of Strategic Services, and later against the French bid to reoccupy the country (194654). He was jailed in China by Chiang Kai-shek's local authorities before being rescued by Chinese Communists.[27] Following his release in 1943, he returned to Vietnam.
In April 1945 Ho met with the OSS agent Archimedes Patti and offered to provide intelligence to the allies provided that he could have "a line of communication with the allies." [28] The OSS agreed to this and later sent a military team of OSS members to train Ho's men and Ho himself was treated for malaria and dysentery by an OSS doctor.[29]
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US officials who don't read the NYT? Inconceivable!
Combine this with the Gates book and 0 is losing the message discipline so characteristic of leftists. Could be a rough 3 years if Petraeus and McChrystal decide to make some money. Or Mattis could go on a speaking tour.
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The catch and release program didn't work? Color me surprised (sarc). This guy was released in 2007 by the U.S. to Libya. Libya released him in 2008.
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
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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
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Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
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[DAWN] Afghan police on Tuesday searched for a 
[Tolo News] The Afghan government will release 88 prisoners as planned even though the US considers them as dangerous and wants them to remain in detention at the Bagram prison.
[Libya Herald] The General National Congress was seized this afternoon by protestors demanding that it pass a vote withdrawing confidence in Prime Minister Ali Zeidan. Members were prevented leaving by the protestors -- estimated at around 100 -- unless they voted to sack Zeidan.
[Al Ahram] Charged with incitement of murder and violence outside the presidential palace in November 2012, ousted Islamist president 
...Bangla dynastic politician and current Prime Minister of Bangladesh. She has been the President of the Bangla Awami League since the Lower Paleolithic. She is the eldest of five children of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founding father of Bangla. Her party defeated the BNP-led Four-Party Alliance in the 2008 parliamentary elections. She has once before held the office, from 1996 to 2001, when she was defeated in a landslide. She and the head of the BNP, Khaleda Zia show such blind animosity toward each other that they are known as 
[DAWN] The 
Pervez 
Joe 
[Al Ahram] The UN's human rights office has stopped updating the death toll from Syria's civil war, confirming Tuesday that it can no longer verify the sources of information that led to its last count of at least 100,000 in late July. 
Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir 
[An Nahar] Acting General Prosecutor Judge Samir Hammoud received on Tuesday a request from the Saudi Embassy, saying the brother of a dead al-Qaeda-linked group leader wants to repatriate his body.
...Second and fourth President of the Russian Federation and the first to remain sober. Putin is credited with bringing political stability and re-establishing something like the rule of law, which occasionally results in somebody dropping dead from polonium poisoning. Under Putin, a new group of business magnates controlling significant swathes of Russia's economy has emerged, all of whom have close personal ties to Putin. The old bunch, without close personal ties to Putin, are in jail or in exile or dead...
McChrystal and Mattis possibly. Petreaus, rank retained with full pay and allowances? Somehow I doubt it. 
