[Dawn] Japan's government decided on Tuesday to pledge five billion dollars in new aid over five years from 2010 to help rebuild war-torn Afghanistan, an official said Tuesday.
Media reports said the government also pledged two billion dollars in assistance for neighbouring Pakistan in a decision that came days before US President Barack Obama visits Tokyo on Friday and Saturday. 'The government decided to extend five billion dollars in assistance to Afghanistan over the next five years,' said a Jiji Press news agency report that was confirmed by a foreign ministry official.
The cabinet of centre-left Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama early Tuesday agreed the plan for the aid, likely to be disbursed through international organisations such as the UN Development Programme.
The main pillar is assistance, such as job training, to help former Taliban soldiers return to society, and the redevelopment of the capital city of Kabul, said Jiji and other media reports.
Since coming to power in September, Japan's government has said it will end a naval refuelling mission that has supported the US-led campaign in Afghanistan, but has promised to step up aid instead.
Jiji said Hatoyama will explain the content of the assistance package at a summit with Obama on Friday.
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Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki has warned against foreign intervention in the conflict between the Yemeni government and rebels.
Unidentified parties were adding fuel to the crisis, and attempts to help or to take military action would have negative consequences, Mr Mottaki said. Correspondents say his comments appear to have been intended for Saudi Arabia.
Shortly afterwards, Riyadh promised it would continue air strikes until the rebels moved back from its border. "We are not going to stop the bombing until [they] retreat tens of kilometres inside [the Yemeni] border," Deputy Defence Minister Prince Khaled Bin Sultan said, according to the AFP news agency.
Saudi forces launched a ground and air offensive on the rebels, known as the Houthis, after a security officer was killed in a cross-border raid by the group in its south-western Jizan region.
The Houthis meanwhile said on their website that Saudi fighter jets had bombed villages on the Yemeni side of the frontier on Tuesday, killing two women and wounding a child. Strikes also targeted a government building in the village of Shida, they said. The heart [urp!] burns bleeds... 'Be careful'
In Tehran on Tuesday, Mr Mottaki was asked about Yemeni allegations that Iranian religious and media organisations were backing the rebels, who want more autonomy and a greater role for their version of Shia Islam, Zaydism. With typical Muddle Eastern attention to veracity, the Houthis have admitted the Medes & Persians support them, while the Medes & Persians piously deny involvement...
Last month, officials in Sanaa said security forces had seized a ship carrying weapons destined for the Houthis at a port in Haja province, and detained its crew. Iranian officials dismissed the story as a fabrication. "A country which seeks a role to establish peace and stability in all countries in the region... cannot have a role in creating tensions," Mr Mottaki said. "So it wudn't us by definition, regardless of what mighta actually happened."
"We strongly warn the regional countries to be careful, to be vigilant," he added. "Monetary aid, providing arms to extremist and terrorist groups or actually taking action against them and crushing those groups or the people and embarking on military operations - these all will have negative consequences."
In an apparent reference to Saudi Arabia, with whom Tehran has had hostile relations since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, Mr Mottaki said there were "certain people who add fuel to some crises".
"Those people should be assured that the smoke and the fire they have ignited will entangle them themselves," he added.
The minister said regional powers should instead try to restore stability in Yemen. "Any kind of instability in Yemen, any kind of instability in Iraq, in Afghanistan or in Pakistan, they will have their own impact on the whole region," he warned.
Later, a commander of the militant group, al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, purportedly urged Sunnis to confront the Houthis. In an audio recording posted on the internet, Mohammed Bin Abdul Rahman al-Rashid, denounced what he called the Yemeni rebels' aspirations and incursions against Sunnis. He said the Shia community and Iran were trying to take over Muslim countries, and that "their threat to Islam and its people is much bigger than that from Jews and Christians".
This article starring:
Mohammed Bin Abdul Rahman al-Rashid
al-Qaeda in Arabia
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Red on Red? No complaints or interventions from me. Let them continue what good Mooslims have done for thousands of years...KILL AND PLUNDER ONE ANOTHER!
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...And if the Saudis do get into it with the Iranians, that's one fight we'll get into right quick - no matter how much our President dislikes a fight, $300/bbl oil will get his attention PDQ.
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Mike - he would just insist we walk to work and make windmills a top priority - sort of a Modern Great Leap.
[Al Arabiya Latest] Saudi Arabia will continue its air strikes against Yemeni rebels until they move back from the two countries' frontier, Deputy Defense Minister Prince Khaled bin Sultan said on Tuesday.
"We are not going to stop the bombing until the Houthis (rebels) retreat tens of kilometers (miles) inside their border," Khaled said on a visit to Saudi troops in southwestern Jizan province.
He appeared to confirm reports by Shiite Zaidi rebels, also known as Houthis that Saudi warplanes continued to pummel them inside Yemen, a week after a rebel raid into Saudi territory sparked heavy retaliatory air and ground bombardment of Houthi positions.
Prince Khaled, meanwhile, said that four Saudi soldiers were still missing, but did not comment on a Houthi video posted on the Internet of a man they said was a captured Saudi soldier.
The video showed a man in military uniform with facial wounds and an apparent leg injury receiving medical attention. It identified him as Staff Sergeant Ahmad Abdullah al-Omari.
They also posted a picture of a military identity card carrying Omari's name but the photograph alongside it showed little resemblance to the man in the video.
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Iran calls on regional states not to interfere in Yemeni affairs, amid reports that Saudi jets are bombing northern parts of the country with chemical weapons.
"We strongly advise regional and neighboring states not to interfere in Yemen's internal affairs and try to restore peace and stability to the state. Stability in Yemen will contribute to regional stability," Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said on Tuesday.
"Instability in Yemen, in Iraq, in Afghanistan or in Pakistan will leave its impact on the whole region... those who choose to fuel the flames of conflict, must know that the fire will reach them," he added, urging Middle Eastern states to be vigilant.
"Providing extremists and terrorists with money and weapons and conducting oppressive actions and military attacks against civilians will have negative consequences. What we are trying to do is to help restore peace and stability to regional countries."
Mottaki's comments came as Houthi fighters accused Saudi fighters of dropping phosphorous bombs in the Shia populated north to back a deadly Yemeni government offensive against them.
The Saudi Arabian air force launched a deadly offensive against Houthis eight days ago, accusing the Shia resistance fighters of killing two Saudi soldiers on the border.
While Riyadh claims that its offensive targeted Houthi positions on 'Saudi territory', the fighters say Yemeni villages were being bombarded.
During the press conference, Mottaki said that Sana'a currently faces three problems, al-Qaeda-sponsored terrorism, separatism, and the tension between the government and the Shia community, which makes up almost half of Yemen's population.
Mottaki added that Tehran believes these problems can be overcome if the government takes the right measures and shows cooperation with the people.
He said Iran respects the national unity and territorial integrity of Yemen, pointing out that while Tehran opposes extremism, it believes in the need to rebuild trust between the Yemeni government and its people, especially Shias.
The foreign minister noted that Iran had expressed its concern to the Yemeni government about the current situation in the country, and offered to help in any means possible including possible visits on both sides.
Mottaki said Sana'a had accepted an offer by Iranian officials to meet with them in the country, adding that, although the exact date was yet to be determined, the planned visit would definitely go ahead.
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"those who choose to fuel the flames of conflict, must know that the fire will reach them" what, the whole place is an inferno of mindless suicide bombers and fanatical relions, burn it to the ground. we can always get the oil later
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The military doesn't have 'free speech rights'. Title X lists a roll of people of office of whom commissioned officers are not allowed to publicly speak ill of. When you take this oath -
I (insert name), having been appointed a (insert rank) in the U.S. Army under the conditions indicated in this document, do accept such appointment and do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic, that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter, so help me God.
you either submit a resignation of your commission or adhere to it. Hasan has no defense. His communications should have flagged his files immediately.
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Take those same emails and insert President Obama as the subject and count the nanoseconds until cameras are inserted up Maj. Hasan's rectum.
All this says is just how little the government values the lives of the taxpaying hoi polloi when compared to their great Marxist political correctness project.
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Police arrested 22-year-old Abdul Walid Hamid of Hayward on the evening of Wednesday, Nov. 4, after he reportedly tore a crucifix from a person's neck and scared others at Stoneridge Shopping Center. Hamid, an employee at a mall kiosk near Starbucks, has been charged with battery, terrorist threats and grand theft.
According to reports, Hamid was yelling "Allah is power" and "Islam is great" while holding a pen in a fist over his head. Witnesses said he shouted anti-Christian comments, said police.
Lt. Mike Elerick of the Pleasanton Police Department said the man was not provoked and didn't threaten violence, but he committed robbery when he grabbed and broke a crucifix off someone's neck.
Coworkers told police that Hamid's actions were out of the ordinary
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and that he had worked at the kiosk for years. Police also said they weren't aware of a prior criminal history for the man.
Elerick said much of the man's speech was similar to the loud scene of the Christian activists who frequent downtown Pleasanton. The big difference, however, was that Hamid was on private property and had physical contact with someone.
Hamid was reportedly not cooperating and was arrested by force and taken to John George Psychiatric Pavilion in San Leandro for an evaluation. Police said the case would be forwarded to the District Attorney's Office for review and possible charges.
Hamid was arraigned Tuesday morning at Alameda Superior Court in Pleasanton on charges of battery, grand theft, exhibition of a deadly weapon and a possible hate crime.
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Deputy District Attorney Ronda Theisen requested his bail remain at $27,000. Calling it a bizarre case, Theisen also asked that Hamid, who is still in custody, be ordered to stay out of Stoneridge Shopping Center.
Through an interpreter, Hamid requested a public defender and was scheduled to appear in court at 9 a.m. Thursday where he is expected to enter a plea.
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"...Hamid was yelling "Allah is power" and "Islam is great" while holding a pen in a fist over his head..."
well at least he believed the pen is mightier than the sword
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According to reports, Hamid was yelling "Allah is power" and "Islam is great" while holding a pen in a fist over his head. Witnesses said he shouted anti-Christian comments, said police.
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Through an interpreter, Hamid requested a public defender and was scheduled to appear in court at 9 a.m. Thursday where he is expected to enter a plea.
Through an interpreter? I call BS.
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Mr. Hamid had worked at a mall kiosk for years, yet needed an interpreter? BS indeed -- he would have needed fluent English to deal with customers... I wonder if his employers thought he was Israeli? A lot of young Israelis take a Wanderjahr or several working in mall kiosks, where I've heard they are famous for their sales abilities.
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Off-topic: A lot of young Israelis take a Wanderjahr or several working in mall kiosks, where I've heard they are famous for their sales abilities.
Oh, yes, they are good. One buttonholed me a few months ago to try and sell me a nail-care kit for my wife. I ended up buying three. My wife has very lovely nails now.
On-topic: Considering this was an anti-Christian disturbance in California, I'm surprised that the same-sex marriage contingent didn't pitch in and help him.
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Pleasanton is in the Livermore valley and definitely does not have San Francisco demographics. The city has a significant population of corporate executives and professionals ... the mall this happened at is solidly upper middle class, not 'edgy'.
Neither the mall management nor the local population will be happy at the negative publicity this incident brings.
Lt. Mike Elerick of the Pleasanton Police Department said the man was not provoked and didn't threaten violence, but he committed robbery when he grabbed and broke a crucifix off someone's neck.
This Elerick is eaten up with the PC dumbass. Tearing something off someone's neck is violence, it is assault and battery and, in fact, Hamid was charged with that.
Elerick said much of the man's speech was similar to the loud scene of the Christian activists who frequent downtown Pleasanton. The big difference, however, was that Hamid was on private property and had physical contact with someone.
Yeah, El-dumbass, a common-law crime, aggravated theft, is substantially different from the exercise of free speech. I will leave it to you to guess which is which.
Finally, "near Starbuck's" seems a little redundant when we are talking about a CA mall.
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The important thing about this is how quickly Virginia got him to the SCOTUS, so his demise could be cleared. This might be a hint by the SCOTUS that if other States do the same, at least if they are in the provinces of the five majority justices, that the SCOTUS will likely help them expeditiously empty their death rows.
If this is the case, suddenly there might be a whole bunch of death penalty cases appear before, and be rejected by the SCOTUS.
Death penalty is considered a boon by some California inmates
The condemned live in single cells that are slightly larger than the two-bunk, maximum-security confines elsewhere, they have better access to telephones and they have 'contact visits' in plexiglass booths by themselves rather than in communal halls as in other institutions.
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Iff one believes that Cancer-ridden, dying Mafia cohort JACK RUBY took secrets of the JFK ASSASSINATION to his grave, in exchange for his family = significant others receiving [covert = POLITICALLY-LEGALLY DENIABLE Mafia protection and $$$ support vee RUBY'S SILENCE, A SIMILAR CONSPIRACY THEORY MAY PRAGMATICALLY HOLD TRUE FOR J.A.MUHAMMED + 9-11???
[Iran Press TV Latest] The US army officer who killed 13 soldiers and injured 30 at a US military base in Texas, had contacted 'a radical cleric sympathetic to al-Qaeda,' officials claim.
Major Nidal Malik Hassan who served as a psychiatrist in the US army for many years, had 'communicated on 10 to 20 occasions with a radical cleric' who is close to al-Qaeda, American intelligence agencies claim, adding that they were 'monitoring the email of Yemen-based Anwar al-Awlaki'.
However, they claim, it was 'decided' that this did not merit further investigation.
Despite trying very hard to somehow connect the incident to a Muslim source due to the shooter's faith and Palestinian roots, US officials reiterate that Major Hassan 'apparently acted alone' in carrying out Thursday's massacre at the Fort Hood base in.
Meanwhile, President Obama visited Fort Hood late Tuesday for a memorial service for the victims of the last week's shooting.
Hassan, a 39-year-old US-born Muslim of Palestinian descent, was scrutinized by an FBI-led joint 'terrorism task force' because of a series of alleged email exchanges between him and Al-Awlaki in 'December 2008 and early 2009.'
Al-Awlaki, who was released from a Yemeni jail last year, was once an imam at a mosque in Falls Church, Virginia, where Major Hassan and his family occasionally attended prayers.
Al-Awlaki, according to US officials, now runs a website denouncing US policy and praising Major Hassan's alleged actions at Fort Hood as 'heroic.'
Observers believe that the US is obviously bent on 'discovering' an "Islamic link" to the incident, once again promoting suspicion and hatred against American Muslims in the workplace.
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Already ahve the link that explains all; Islam.
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Observers believe that the US is obviously bent on 'discovering' an "Islamic link" to the incident, once again promoting suspicion and hatred against American Muslims in the workplace
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They are not bent on anything. Just stating the truth. HMMM Al-Awlaki was in Yemen prison for what? Eating Pork? Bet he is helping the war efforts there. Hope the Soddies get him in a bombing pass....
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And remember, we have him alive, dont we?
Yeah. With him alive we arent going to need a map.
If I was an American Muz I would be sweating. This doesnt look good for Allah in Iowa, does it?
Islam is going to be on a ten wheeler to Hell in Des Moine before we finally execute this clown and he's done some mileage.
[The News (Pak) Top Stories] Afghan Taliban Commander Abdul Manan, known as Mulla Toor Jan, has denied any link between the Afghan Taliban and Pakistani militants, saying that the Afghan Taliban were not in Pakistan but were fighting in Afghanistan against the occupied troops.
Talking to a TV channel, commander Abdul Manan said the Afghan Taliban were fighting against the US and Nato troops as they occupied Afghanistan through force and the Taliban would drive them out of their land. Responding to a question regarding suicide attacks in Pakistan, he said: "It is un-Islamic and wrong to target innocent people in blasts." He also expressed his unawareness about the objectives of the Pakistani Taliban.
Asked about the Taliban Shura in Quetta, he said the Taliban had control of over 80 per cent of Afghanistan and it would not be wise for the Taliban to live in Pakistan, saying only one per cent or less Taliban visit Pakistan to meet their relatives.
Answering another question, he categorically rejected the influence of al-Qaeda on the Taliban, saying the Taliban wanted Islamic system in the country according to the wishes of the people. Talking on coordination among the Taliban, he said advisers of the Taliban existed all over the country and they took decisions after consultation and their decisions had to be followed by the Taliban.About the coalition troops' casualties in Helmand, he said the enemy lost 10,000 to 15,000 men.
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The Afghan Taliban are al-Qaeda. How's that for an executive summary?
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TALIB "FOREIGN MINISTER" MULLAH MUTAWAKIL > IIRC, claims that OSAMA BIN LADEN'S AL QAEDA has an INTERNATIONAL AGENDA, whereas the TALIBAN [both PAKISTAN Talibs + AGHAN Talibs] HAVE LOCAL OR REGIO AGENDAS ONLY. Further, that the AFGHN TALibs have no links wid the PAK Talibs, albeit may change in the future.
* DAILYTIMES.PK OP-ED > THE AL QAEDA CONNECTION? Is AQ covertly helping the TTP = PAK Talibs, but NOT the AFGHAN TALibs, in cross-border attacks, travels or escapes, suicide bommber recruitment and training, + $$$ funding???
SAME > SOMALI PIRATES DEMONSTRATE THEIR LONG-RANGE MENACE [SOMALI HARD BOYZ extend Piracy oper range out to 1000 miles from MOGADISHU wid curr attack agz HONG-KONG-based crude oil tanker].
[Al Arabiya Latest] The Islamist Hamas movement ruling Gaza has banned all public commemoration of Yasser Arafat's death this year, officials with the rival secular Fatah group said on Tuesday.
Wednesday will mark five years since Arafat, the revered Palestinian leader and founder of Fatah, died in a Paris military hospital at the age of 75.
"The (Hamas) internal security forces have summoned dozens members of the (Fatah) movement in the Gaza Strip to tell them that all commemoration of Abu Ammar's (Arafat's) death has been banned," a senior Fatah official told AFP.
Hamas interior ministry spokesman Ihab al-Ghussein denied the allegations, saying "the ministry has not prevented anyone because it has not heard of any activities for the anniversary."
But an owner of a printing shop in Gaza told AFP the Islamists ordered him not to print any photos of Arafat ahead of Wednesday.
"Interior security forces came yesterday and demanded that we not print any photos of the deceased president or any Fatah slogans without prior permission from the interior ministry," he said on condition of anonymity.
Hamas seized power in Gaza in June 2007, ousting forces loyal to Fatah and splitting the Palestinians into two warring camps.
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Wednesday will mark five years since Arafat, the revered Palestinian leader and founder of Fatah, died in a Paris military hospital at the age of 75.
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Died of AIDS. Burning question: who inherited the dread red binder?
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I will always remember Arafat howling naked on all fours while being rogered in the rectum in that Bulgarian Intelligence video by his pretty boy Body Guards and braying like a Hyena.
Palestine will be ours, gang. With a founder like Arafat the end result is AIDS surrounded by French doctors.
How would you like to die of Rectal Fungus surrounded by Frenchmen? Its almost as good as looking at old vids of the Ayatollah's corpse being torn apart at his funeral by the mob wanting "holy" souvenirs.
That was fun. Islam is a fun religion( for that sort of thing). Rectums, Fungus, French men in attendance...who could ask for more?
[Al Arabiya Latest] Police arrested an Israeli man who threatened to blow himself up near parliament after he was evicted from his Jerusalem home on Tuesday, a police spokesman said.
The Jewish man told officers he had come to the Knesset to protest an eviction order from his home, spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said.
He had threatened to ignite gas canisters in his car, but although Rosenfeld initially said it was unclear whether he had in fact rigged any explosive device before he was arrested, one gas canister was found in the car after it was searched.
The man was apprehended by security at the entrance to the Knesset's parking lot at around 10 a.m., Israel's Ynet News reported, adding this is not the first time trouble has kicked off at the Knesset and in April 2008 a woman threatened to kill herself outside the building.
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Well, that's one way to get free room and board.
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Hey, the technique works so well for the Palestinians.....
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ION HAARETZ > AHMADINEJAD TELLS OBAMA: CHOOSE BETWEEN ISRAEL AND IRAN; + HEZBOLLAH CHIEF [Nasrallah] OBAMA GIVES MORE SUPPORT FOR ISRAEL THAN BUSH DID [argues the POTUS Bammer disregards Arabs + Muslim Peoples, + that the USA is becom Israel's de facto partner in planning Israel's wars agz Muslims-Islam]???
[Ma'an] The Fatah movement in Gaza called on Hamas to immediately sign the Egyptian proposal for reconciliation and to implement its provisions, party officials said on Tuesday.
In a statement released to commemorate the fifth anniversary of death of President Yasser Arafat, the Fatah movement in Gaza stressed that national dialogue is the only means to restore Palestinian national unity, calling on Hamas to sign the Egyptian-sponsored reconciliation paper without delay.
Fatah's statement assured of the party's adherence and commitment to the late leader's political approach and the work of the Palestinian Liberation Organization.
The party further asserted its dedication to the Palestinian national cause which calls for an end to Israeli occupation and the creation of a Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capitol, the return of Palestinian refugees and the release of all prisoners and detainees, underscoring that the movement considers political detention a crime against the Palestinian people.
The statement released by Fatah continued to express condemnation for the recent change in the US' stance of alleviating pressure on Israel to halt settlement growth and construction, and further articulated support for the Palestinian leadership in refusing to conduct peace talks before a settlement halt is enforced.
In addition, the movement stressed that President Mahmoud Abbas is considered Fatah's only candidate in the presidential elections and called on its members and institutions to rally around Abbas.
Fatah finally called on Fatah members and supporters, and the Palestinian people to commemorate the death of late president Arafat and to memorialize him.
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Memoralize him with all of the families that have kids infected by aids from arafat.
[Ma'an] The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP) called on the Palestinian Authority and Arab countries to reject Netanyahu's calls for "Palestinian negotiations without preconditions," according to an official statement from the party released on Tuesday.
The DFLP's statement added that there should be "no negotiations with the continuation of settlements and the Judaizing of Jerusalem, and the Netanyahu government should look at the resolutions of international legitimacy."
The party also called on all Palestinian factions to resume an all-inclusive national dialogue to end the division and re-build national unity by letting the people elect the legislative council, a new national council for the PLO, and the president.
In addition, they called on Arab countries to hold a summit to develop a new formula for Arab-American relations in accordance with international treaties and Obama's speech in Cairo in June.
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[Ma'an] The rival governments in Gaza and Ramallah came under fire from human rights groups on Tuesday for violations of media freedom.
Agents of the Fatah administration in Ramallah jailed a journalist for the Hamas-affiliated television channel Al-Aqsa, while in Gaza Hamas authorities banned a two-day conference organized by the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ).
The owner of the Roots Tourist Restaurant where the IFJ conference was to have taken place told Reuters that Hamas government officials ordered him not to host the meeting. Journalists in the West Bank were supposed to join the conference via video link
The conference was titled "Declaration of Ethical Journalism Initiative and Standards of Media in Palestine."
According to Sami Ziyara, a correspondent for American broadcaster ABC, the Hamas government media office asked IFJ to apply for a permit to hold the conference, but the organization refused on the grounds that holds meetings in countries throughout the world without permits.
Ziyara was quoted in a news release from the Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms (MADA) calling the cancellation of the conference a "great disappointment" to journalists in Gaza.
The Gaza-base Palestinian Center for Human Rights said that its investigation confirmed the story, and said the ban violated Palestinian law.
MADA also noted that on 3 November, Hamas-allied police detained Safwat Al-Kahlout, a correspondent for the Italian news agency ANSA, when he was travelling through the Rafah border crossing with Egypt.
In the West Bank, Fatah-allied military intelligence agents arrested Tariq Abu Zeid, a reporter for Hamas-affiliated Al-Aqsa television last Saturday, MADA said.
His father said Abu Zeid was summoned by the PA on while he was walking down the street in the city of Nablus. He was also held by PA forces for three weeks last August and September, the organization reported.
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[Ma'an] Fatah member Jamal Nazzal said on Tuesday that the failure of a peace process predicated on Israeli conditions is in fact a Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) success.
In an interview with The Voice of Palestine radio station, member of Fatah's Revolutionary Council, Jamal Nazzal stated that the failure of negotiations with Israel has proved to be an accomplishment for the PLO , which has maintained its stance and preserved the rights of Palestinians, he said.
Nazzal criticized the "strategic flirting" between Hamas and Israel regarding a temporary Palestinian state, as proposed by former Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz.
Renewing his warnings over Mofaz's statements concerning the creation of a temporary Palestinian state with 42% of the West Bank borders, Nazzal added that Mofaz was successful in leading Hamas to an imaginary competition against the PLO with temporary solutions that only tempt Hamas, he said.
He also considered the failure of the peace process as proof of the "innocence" of Fatah and the PLO.
Nazzal further cautioned that ruling Israeli Likud party program is one of war based on economic motives that will not be achieved with a Palestinian president who is internationally recognized, but rather with a 'pushover', regarded as an international pariah who can be hunted easily in order to conduct cheap victories over a defenseless people, he stressed.
In response to comments made in The Associated Press about Aziz Ad-Dweik, speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council, speculating that he may become the next president, Nazzal remarked that, "Ad-Dweik is not fit to be a mayor of a village in Tanzania. Abbas will remain invested in his people until the last moment, following the path of his predecessor Abu Ammar [Yasser Arafat]."
The Associated Press article published on Monday claimed that Hamas affiliated Ad-Dweik would becoming acting president if President Mahmoud Abbas stepped down before the January elections.
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When the Palestinians start trumpeting about "success" you know the rats ate the baby for them and Momma Fatimah costs a quarter. Pelosi has something in common with a Palestinians idea of "victory" . Maybe its going around.
A "successful" Palestinian saw Granny eaten by maggots and "Palestine will be ours " was then only days away. It was obvious to him.
Nice pic of the Hindenburg, was it commanded by a Palestinian promising "Victory"?
yay, Palestinian Victory. Dont get it on your shirt.
[Iran Press TV Latest] The Iranian Judiciary says a Danish journalism student arrested during an anti-US rally marking the 30th anniversary of the US Embassy takeover in Tehran has been released.
Iranian authorities announced that following investigations into his case, Niels Krogsgaard, 31, was freed from Tehran's Evin Prison on Tuesday.
"The Danish citizen who was arrested on the sidelines of illegal rallies on November 4 has been freed," Fars News Agency reported.
Krogsgaard was charged with carrying out journalistic activities without an official permit from the relevant foreign press department at the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance.
The public relations office of the Tehran Prosecutor's Office issued a statement, announcing that "the order to release the accused was issued by the examining judge of the case and with the approval of Prosecutor General Abbas Jafari Dolatabadi, this order was passed on to Evin prison on Tuesday afternoon."
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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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[Al Arabiya Latest] The Islamist Hamas movement ruling Gaza has banned all public commemoration of Yasser Arafat's death this year, officials with the rival secular Fatah group said on Tuesday.
[Ma'an] Fatah member Jamal Nazzal said on Tuesday that the failure of a peace process predicated on Israeli conditions is in fact a Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) success. 
