[Tolo News] Taliban escapees have said that the Kandahar jailbreak was headed by three senior Taliban capos amid rising tensions about an increase in violence.
In an exclusive interview with Daily Beast through cell phone two freed Taliban have said the escape was a big blow to Washington's efforts in Afghanistan.
Afghan cops in Kandahar said they have managed to recapture 65 Taliban escapees.
That's 11%, which is something...
Akhund, a 30-year-old Taliban capo who was placed in durance vile in Marja last year and subsequently sentenced to 10 years in prison, said the beturbanned goons and their supporters had worked like ants for more than five months to dig the tunnel from inside a sympathiser's house.
The 320m-long tunnel ran from the house, then under the main Kandahar-Herat highway and finally into a central cell block of the prison's political wing.
Akhund said the original plan was that the jacket wallahs would go into the jail through the tunnel after the last men had beat feet and wait for the guards and officials to discover that the political prisoner wing was empty. They would then blow themselves up, killing everyone.
But that plan was aborted at the last minute, because prison officials were late to discover the jailbreak, the commander said.
"Among us are some of the strongest commanders from Kandahar city and the region," another 28-year-old escapee told the Daily Beast on the condition of anonymity.
The Daily Beast writes this escape also calls into question the ability of Afghan cops to maintain security in areas that are not directly controlled by foreign forces.
Possibly it would help to have prisons with more effective floors?
Kandahar provincial government has also criticised negligence of provincial security forces.
"We accept that our security forces have shown negligence and I say this very obviously. The plan was not a matter of one day or one month. It was a big project," Kandahar Governor, Toryalai Weesa, said.
In a letter to President Hamid Maybe I'll join the Taliban Karzai ... A former Baltimore restaurateur, now 12th and current President of Afghanistan, displacing the legitimate president Rabbani in December 2004. He was installed as the dominant political figure after the removal of the Taliban regime in late 2001 in a vain attempt to put a Pashtun face on the successor state to the Taliban. After the 2004 presidential election, he was declared president regardless of what the actual vote count was. He won a second, even more dubious, five-year-term after the 2009 presidential election. His grip on reality has been slipping steadily since around 2007, probably from heavy drug use... , Justice Minister said a delegation consisted of officials from the ministries of defence and interior and the national directorate of security has been sent to Kandahar to investigate the escape.
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Meet University of Washington economics professor Ali Tarhouni, who left behind wife, family, and career to become the Libyan rebels' finance minister and take over the oil & gas portfolio. Forty years ago he was kicked out from Libya for his pro-democracy activities; now he's gone back to continue the effort.
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At that point he must have been planning the move, Pappy. According to NPR -- which may or may not have got that detail right -- he crossed the border from Egypt last month. But the key is that they've got another American citizen/resident involved in running things, which may have played into the White House's decision to support them, as opposed to other liberation movements -- like calls to like, especially when they literally speak the same language.
The United Arab Emirates has reportedly expelled a number of Egyptians to Dire Revenge™ Cairo on the trial of ousted President Hosni Mubarak ...The former President-for-Life of Egypt, dumped by popular demand in early 2011... and forging close ties with Iran.
The UAE authorities have also denied visa to some Egyptians and refused to renew the residence of some others, IRNA quoted the Egyptian Al-Masry Al-Youm newspaper as saying on Monday.
The UAE Immigration Office said they took the measures due to a lack of security authorities in Egypt to answer questions regarding the backgrounds of the immigrants in search of jobs.
The officials said the move was aimed at preventing the infiltration of personae non-grata and those who pose a threat to the UAE's stability and security.
They also said the move to deny Egyptians visas was within the powers of the country's illusory sovereignty.
The Egyptian paper, citing sources in the UAE Immigration Office, counted Cairo's unclear foreign policy following the January 25 revolution and fears of close Iran-Egypt ties as the main reasons for the chilly relations between Cairo and Abu Dhabi.
Drawing ire from Soddy Arabia and the UAE is Egyptians' insistence on the prosecution of Mubarak despite repeated calls by Riyadh to avoid taking the ousted president to court.
Egyptians have been demanding the country's ruling military council to try Mubarak on charges of direct involvement in the killing of some 800 protesters during peaceful demonstrations that toppled the pro-Western dictator.
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They're probably not happy about the fact that Egypt is drawing closer to Iran. To Gulf Arabs, this so-called Arab Spring is looking a lot like Arab Winter. It can't have escaped their notice that the Czar was followed by the Bolsheviks, and the Shah was followed by Ayatollah Khomeini. Mike Krikorian at NRO on how the nature of a democracy depends on its people:
But I think itâs important to caution yet again that there are worse things than the Assad thugocracy in store for us. Weâre seeing the same divide in opinion as on other Mideast conflicts, between those skeptical that Muslim democracy can produce liberal results and those who still cling to the idea that âthe desire for freedom is written in every human heart.â
The Journalâs own editorial today inadvertently sheds light on that divide. In a piece that much more enthusiastically calls for the overthrow of the Assad regime, thereâs this sentence: âA regime that builds its domestic legitimacy on hostility to Israel is also unlikely ever to make peace, even if it recovered the Golan.â Thatâs almost certainly true; but why is the regime â and others in the Middle East â even able to build domestic legitimacy on hostility to Israel? Because the people hate Israel and long for its extermination. An otherwise unpopular government wouldnât be able to blunt or redirect dissatisfaction among the populace by harking to something that didnât already resonate with them.
My freshman government professor, George Carey, used to say that our political theory is based on the assumption of a virtuous people â all the safeguards and roadblocks of the Constitution would be for naught if the people, after due deliberation and delay, still wanted to do the wrong thing. Well, Iâm afraid that in the Islamic world democracy faces the problem of a vicious people, one where the desire for freedom is indeed written in every human heart, but the freedom to do evil.
I wouldn't go as far as Krikorian in describing these people as evil. They certainly don't see their actions as evil, and much of the non-Western world would see their goals as legit. They are not Satanists who get up every day trying to figure ways to inflict evil upon the world. In their eyes, they are the do-gooders, and us the minions of Iblis/Shaytan. And that's precisely the problem with inflicting democracy on the Middle East - without some ability to ram cultural change down their throats, backed by coercion, all we're achieving is a glide path to power for the champions of irredentist and expansionist Islam.
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It's easy. The Golfer-in-Chief saw a chance to burn some more seed corn. Other than that, anything he actually hopes to accomplish in Libya is a secondary objective.
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It isn't NATO, it is a UN Mission where NATO is supplying the neat for TV stuff, AQ has contributed ground forces, I think Pak has contributed barrage kites, some ME have contriubted air forces when they didn't get lost, I think Egypt has signaled it would sieze and protect the eastern oil fields. AU has an opinion, as well as the OAS. So it is a serving of a UN warrent, see, though I am not sure that is better than NATO acting unilaterally. I have heard good arguement that had NATO gotten involved on the offset and prevented Daffy consolidation and coordination this could have been done. Instead people waited around for a UN warrent and now we have our UN approved stalemate.
But if we are sitting around the ol chess board drinking vodka, I too am dumbfounded as why do anything for the UN to set its precident, fire off a bunch of missiles and fly about in a mission so serious our commander in chief jetted off to Rio and only came home after some petulant asked him a business question ruining his sightseeing vibes, and the EU bravely showing how impotent they would be.
But we get to see how ineffective a UN world would be and can say Ban-Ki Moon: War Criminal.
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This one is the precedent so that dear, clever Samantha Powers can demand a brigade of American soldiers preemptively protect those poor Gazans from the eeeeebil aggressive Juices.
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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin continued on Wednesday to criticize NATO military operations in Libya, saying that he was "dumb-founded" over how easy decisions are made to use force against countries.
Says the thug who sent several army corps into Georgia in 2008 & thoroughly bombed that country's capital and environs for weeks. Fuck Putin.
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Never thought I'd agree with Pootie-Poot on anything.... :-(
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Justice dear, is your daddy flying over Libya or is he hiding under the bed in case the Juices decide not to protect Saudi Arabia from the Shiites?
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Oh, and Mrs. Davis is a man -- he's used a different nym for over half a decade. I realize the Saudi education system isn't all that your king would like it to be (that's why so many of you are sent abroad to finish up), but do try to keep up, dear boy.
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IIRC CNN > RUSSIA is again warning, this time as per SYRIA, that "outside interference" [read, US-NATO = UNSC NFZ?] could lead to CIVIL WAR there.
* PEOPLE'S DAILY FORUM > RUSSIA COULD SAVE QADDAFI FROM WESTERN POWERS.
Methinks once again that iff-n-when Uncle Muammar does choose to abdicate from ruling power in Libyuh, we know what Nation is at or near the top of his list to go.
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yep. Same monobrow, same unhygienic interest in personal smells (projection, most likely - unfamiliar with bathing and soap), same interest in other wymyns' men, same unbranched family tree. I'd say: confused gay Saudi boy, feeling rejection and shame at consenting abuse by an Imam or Shiekh
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"My dad was a commander whose job it was to train American pilots."
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Best laugh I've had all day.
Train them to do what? Wipe their butts with their hands?
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In fact, Isfahan (Iran) has the largest juices population in the entire Middle-East"
First, let me say that I've noticed how much your English has improved since you started posting here. A+ for that.
Second, the fact that you think any women belong in the kitchen demonstrates that being able to write is completely separate from being able to think. Thinking is something you clearly aren't anywhere close to mastering. Not your fault, you are handicapped by your culture, which is strong in poetry and magic but weak in science and logic. However, if you want to compete in the great big world you are going to have to acquire those things even without being taught them in school. MIT has a free on-line course in Intro. Logic here. There are also science courses, but one thing at a time.
As for the other nonsense you spouted:
1. Rumours do fly swiftly in the Arab world. Some of them are true, some are not, very little is understood in context.
1.a. Gillette is a division of a world-wide company. Products available in America are available throughout the world, unless the local market is uninterested... although sometimes under a different name. I can't remember, for instance, whether the laundry detergent sold by Gillette's parent company in Saudi Arabia is Tide or Ariel, but it's the same product, optimized for local water and laundry conditions, as is available in the U.S., Europe, and South America.
2. Are you seriously arguing there are more Jews in Iran -- never mind Isfahan -- than there are in Israel? That's so sad I'm just going to leave researching the correct answer as a student exercise. You'll need to be able to do that if you're to compete in the big world where the answer isn't right just because a Saudi male said so.
Aaaaay-Peeee article; title sez it all. Likely this summer.
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...Remember: Petraeus is going to CIA because he is a honest and decent soldier and will be too busy trying to fix and improve things to run for President. Panetta is going to DOD to make sure than when it is cut to ribbons as part of the budget negotiations, nobody tries to sabotage it from within.
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Yeah, I'd say that's exactly right. I'm sure Panetta as career politician will have an intuitive feel for what the frontline combat troops need. Air supremacy is just soo expensive.
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Panetta has shocked me with how well he has tried to protect the CIA from his unschooled boss. I though for sure that he was sent to take a wrecking ball to the place.
I don't see a natural fit at DoD but if true, lets hope that Leon continues to surprise.
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Having continued to fail miserably in it's counter-proliferation and clandestine missions in the GWOT, the CIA chose to partner with JSOC and hijack the UAV mission of the USAF. After the shooting stops in Afghanistan and Libya, they will cashier their para-mil knuckle draggers and revert to the comfort of their tweed, ivey league Cubana smokers. I detest the bastids. Mike's comments are spot on.
[Iran Press TV] Hundreds of protesters have staged a sit-in in front of Pakistain's Parliament, demanding a military action against pro-Talibs in the country's volatile tribal regions.
The demonstrators, who had marched to Islamabad from Parachinar in Kurram Agency ...home of an intricately interconnected web of poverty, ignorance, and religious fanaticism, where the laws of cause and effect are assumed to be suspended... located in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas, are seeking an end to years of bloodshed in their hometown, a Press TV correspondent reported.
Parachinar, Pakistain's only Shia dominated tribal region, has been gripped by anti-Shia violence for years.
The people of the area say pro-Taliban Wahhabi turbans, that have a strong presence in the area, are responsible for the unrest.
They also say that their hometown is faced with a humanitarian crisis due to the closure of the main road that links Parachinar to the rest of the country for the past four years.
"Is Parachinar not part of Pakistain?" the Shia group has asked.
Meanwhile, ...back at the wreckage, a single surviver held tightly to the smashed prow... over two hundred Parachinar protesters have been camping outside the National Press Club in Islamabad for the past three days, refusing to eat.
They have vowed to continue their hunger strike until the government does something about their plight.
The protesters have been joined by politicians, including a politician from the area that has boycotted the Parliamentary proceedings until peace is returned to Parachinar.
Others have also endorsed the effort. Last month, Pakistain's Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani announced financial compensation for the people affected by the road closure.
However, The essential However... protesters from the area have rejected the move, saying the only way to address the problem is to treat the troubled region at par with other parts of the country and establish the writ of law enforcement agencies there.
Reports say that over 4,000 people, most of them from the Shia community, have been killed since the violence engulfed Parachinar back in 2005.
According to official figures, over 32,000 families have also been displaced from Parachinar due to years of violence.
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* STRATEGYPAGE > [ANA again]AFGHAN ARMY ENTERS THE NINETEENTH CENTURY, as brought by the US-NATO/Coalition vee BETTER PAY, BASIC EDUCATION, + SOLDIER-CENTRIC MIL BANKING SYSTEM.
[Dawn] Pakistain on Tuesday angrily rejected leaked documents showing that US Sherlocks considered its top spy agency a terror group, which could further strain relations between the wary allies.
A secret 2007 US list of "terrorist and terrorist support entities" listed Pakistain's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) alongside some 70 other groups including Iranian intelligence and the Taliban.
"The ISI is being wrongfully defamed internationally," Interior Minister Rehman Malik Pak politician, current Interior Minister under the Gilani administration. Malik is a former Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) intelligence officer who rose to head the FIA during Benazir Bhutto's second tenure. He later joined the Pak Peoples Party and was chief security officer to Bhutto. Malik was tossed from his FIA job in 1998 after documenting the breath-taking corruption of the Sharif family. By unhappy coincidence Näwaz Shärif became PM at just that moment and Malik moved to London one step ahead of the button men. told news hounds. While his ministry is responsible for the police and some paramilitary units, ISI is under exclusive control of the military.
"The ISI is not and has never been involved in politics," Malik said, before adding that the intelligence agency had served Pakistain "so tremendously".
"The ISI is a patriotic organisation which has a huge role in combatting terrorism. Those who are trying to bring the ISI into disrepute would never succeed in their design," he said.
Pakistain is a key ally of the United States against the Taliban but deep mistrust between the two countries' intelligence agencies was laid bare this week with the leaked documents released by anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks.
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Dear ISI:
Your acts speak louder than your words!
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We're not supposed to be bright enough to figure that out.
[Dawn] A Jamaat-i-Islami sponsored roundtable conference held here on Monday asked the government to shoot down drones and take up the issue at international forums.
The conference alleged that the federal government had allowed US drones to use Pak airports for bombing targets in the tribal area.
The roundtable conference was held at the party headquarters against drone attacks in Fata. Pakistain Mohammedan League, dissident MNA of Awami National Party Khwaja Mohammad Khan Hoti, Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam, PML-Q, Pakistain People's Party-Sherpao and leaders of religious parties attended the conference.
A joint declaration said that the CIA-operated drones were taking off from Pak airports which had carried out over 260 attacks in the tribal area so far. It said that about 4,000 innocent people including women and kiddies had been killed in these attacks.
The declaration termed drone attacks violation of the country illusory sovereignty, fundamental human rights ...which often include carefully measured allowances of freedom at the convenience of the state... and United Nations ...an organization whose definition of human rights is interesting, to say the least... charter. It said that the Parliament had passed unanimous resolution in October 2008, but it had not been implemented in letter and spirit.
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[Dawn] Provincial Minister for Information Mian Iftikhar Hussain has said that jacket wallahs are being sold like a commodity and it has become a profitable business.
"A suicide bomber can be bought for Rs2 million," he said and asked people to keep an eye on their children of seven to 13 years as the enemies of humanity wanted to use them for destruction of country.
Addressing the inaugural ceremony of Karak Press Club here on Monday, the minister said that durable peace could not be restored in the province till those factories of suicide bombers were present there.
However, The all-purpose However... he claimed that earlier people used to help forces of Evil but now they hated them, which was a political success of their government. He said that journalists should play their role to guide society in right direction and discourage extremism.
The minister also administered oath to the newly elected office-bearers of the press club. He said that the press club was constructed at a cost of Rs4.5 million.
He donated Rs500,000 to the press club for buying furniture and other items. "The government wants to promote media as it has built press clubs in five districts of the province," he added.
Mr Hussain said that provincial government condemned drone attacks and foreign aggression.
He said that drone strikes would not eliminate terrorism rather it would be further fueled with such attacks. "Pakistain, the USA and Afghanistan can jointly defeat terrorism but there is lack of trust among them," he said.
He said that people of those three countries should build up pressure on their respective governments to evolve a joint strategy against terrorism through intelligence sharing.
The minister said that they would not bow before terrorists, who were destroying mosques, seminaries and schools and killing
innocent people.
He lauded the role of army in Malakand and also appreciated police and masses for fighting against terrorism.
He said that 4,500 alleged bully boyz were nabbed by police and army but 99 per cent of them were released by courts owing to lack of proofs. "Suicide jacket itself is a major proof," he added.
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Palestinians have reached initial agreement on reuniting their rival governments in the West Bank and Gaza, officials from both sides said Wednesday, a step that would remove a main obstacle in the way of peace efforts with Israel.
Even before the agreement was to be signed, however, key questions about how to unify rival security forces remained unsolved. Israel immediately rejected the prospect of a Palestinian government including Hamas, and the U.S. expressed similar concerns.
Fatah and Hamas officials said the plan, brokered by Egypt, calls for the formation of a single caretaker government in the coming days. The government would administer day-to-day business until new presidential and legislative elections are held in exactly one year.
ISTANBUL Pro-Palestinian activists said Tuesday they are in the final stages of organizing a sea convoy to the Gaza Strip, likely to be much bigger than a similar flotilla that was raided a year ago by Israeli forces, leaving nine people dead.
The campaign sets up the possibility of another showdown with Israel, which eased its land blockade of Gaza following the international furor over the raid, but is gearing up to thwart any attempt to breach its blockade off the Gaza coast.
Huseyin Oruc, a spokesman for IHH an Islamic aid group that operates the Mavi Marmara said this time an international coalition of 22 non-governmental groups hopes to send 15 vessels with up to 1,500 people. Last year, six ships and about half that number participated.
The target date for departure of the new flotilla is the first anniversary of the raid, but it could be delayed, partly because it clashes with Turkish election campaigning. Organizers say the new effort includes activists from Europe, the Middle East, Southeast Asia, Latin America, Canada and the United States.
Everybody is getting ready, Oruc said in an interview with The Associated Press at the Istanbul office. He predicted that Israel, mindful of negative fallout from last years raid, would not try a similar operation this year.
IHH is a Turkish acronym that means Foundation for Human Rights and Freedoms and Humanitarian Relief, and many of its regional missions are aimed at helping Palestinian refugees. Israel has accused the group of terrorist links, though it is not on a U.S. list of terrorist organizations.
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departing from the Land Of The Armenian Genocide
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And cruising right past the land of Hama II: the Son of Assad, apparently.
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For perspective, here's a nice roundup of information about last year's Gaza Flotilla adventures and personnel.
AMMAN Jordans King Abdullah II on Tuesday asked a former prime minister to head a committee to review the constitution and consider amendments, in a bid to face growing demands for reforms.
The king asked Ahmad Lawzi and the 10-member committee, which includes other former premiers, to look into constitutional amendments that would be suitable for Jordan in the present and future, said the state-run Petra news agency.
The panel should consider recommendations on constitutional amendments related to the electoral and parties laws, he said in a letter sent to Lawzi.
King Abdullah said the committee should do its utmost to constitutionally develop political life and help institute balance between state powers.
Our dear people pin high hopes on the committee to come up with a comprehensive and reformist vision about the constitution, the monarch said.
Jordan has been the scene of protests calling for political and economic reforms as well as the stamping out of corruption. The powerful Islamist movement and other opposition groups have been demanding sweeping reforms, including a new electoral law that would lead to a parliamentary government and elected prime minister rather than appointed by the king.
Also, leftists and others have called for scrapping of amendments to the 1952 constitution, which was promulgated by King Abdullahs grandfather, King Talal. The document already has been amended 29 times, giving greater power to the monarch and weakening the legislature, experts say.
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"Western states must pay respect to Muslims' holy book, the Qur'an, as much as they show interest in maintaining strong ties with Middle Eastern countries and their oil," Fars News Agency quoted Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Hassan Firouzabadi as saying on Monday. Behold the total lack of respect for the freedom and sovereignty of western nations. The Soviet Union, in possession of a vast conventional and nuclear arsenal did not dare go this far.
"Obama should distance himself from the desecrators of the Qur'an," he added. His enormity has not been following the news. Obama, Petraeus, Rasmussen et al have not only 'distanced' themselves from Jones, they have condemned him.
Maj. Gen. Firouzabadi further said the current situation in the United States obligates Obama to fulfill the pledges he made during his presidential campaign.
On March 20, the American evangelical preacher Wayne Sapp set fire to a copy of the Holy Qur'an in a small church in Florida. Terry Jones, the head of Dove World Outreach Center who planned to burn the Qur'an last year on the anniversary of September 11, 2001 attacks, was also present during the event. The Dearborn mosque where Jones was denied permission to demonstrate is a Shiite mosque affiliated with the Iranian regime. That's why Jones appeared on their radar.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon condemned the repeated desecration of the Holy Qur'an, saying that "such actions cannot be condoned by any religion."
The senior Iranian military commander also touched on the recent popular uprisings in the region and said, "Through this uprising and the [Islamic] Awakening movement, regional nations will soon gain independence and self-esteem."
Obama and American elites must cut back on military and security budget, and stop sending US taxpayer money to support Israel if they want to give the US administration and nation a chance to survive, Maj. Gen. Firouzabadi said.
"Obama and his aides must make the right decision before it gets too late," he concluded. Immediately after 9/11 the Iranians were so scared that they suspended their 'Death to America' ceremonies.
But now it has become obvious that the west has turned itself into a finlandized joke. His enormity has no reason to hold back. Threats against the west carry no risk.
Finland was a comparatively weak nation that had to appease an unfriendly superpower so they had little choice. What is our excuse?
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And Obama is going to warn Iran if they don't stop complaining about the Qur'an-burning, there is going to be more than a book burning in Iran? This will happen shortly after he gets the 'birther' nonsense and college transcript straightened out. Most likely, Obummer is drafting an apology statement to Iran.
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I will vote for ANYBODY who realises we are a powerful nation, and will blow the shit out of ANYBODY who cuses America with each breath(Saudi Arabia, Iran and Islam) and WILL blow them to hell.
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"Western states must pay respect to Muslims' holy book"
Hokay.
Should we pay our respect with gasoline, kerosene, or TNT?
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[Iran Press TV] Iran's Foreign Ministry has expressed "deep sorrows" over remarks by Kuwaiti officials, accusing Tehran of spying and meddling in the affairs of regional states.
Earlier, Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Muhammad al-Sabah accused Iranian officials of having connections with an alleged spy cell operating in the Arab country.
The Kuwaiti minister also accused the Islamic Theocratic Republic of interference in other countries' internal affairs.
"In our opinion, the remarks by the Kuwaiti foreign minister is not deemed as in line with the interests of [the countries in the] region," Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast was quoted as saying in a Tuesday blurb.
"Our expectation is that officials in the region avoid any hasty remarks that will not help solve regional problems, and adopt an insightful and wise policy," he urged.
In March, Kuwaiti judiciary officials repeated earlier claims of having dismantled what they called an Iranian spy cell.
The allegation was dismissed by the Iranian Foreign Ministry as "irresponsible."
Tehran also raised questions about the goals Kuwait was pursuing by renewing the allegations they had first made in 2010 but subsequently withdrew upon protests by Iranian officials.
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[An Nahar] An Internal Security Forces unit raided Roumieh prison at dawn Tuesday to end a riot by inmates in blocs B and D of the facility, said the state-run National News Agency. The agency said that the riot began around midnight and lasted till 4:00 am. The ISF unit crushed the mutiny and doused fires caused by burning mattresses and covers, NNA said.
Father Marwan Ghanem, who was tasked with negotiating with prisoners during the last riot earlier in the month, said the mutiny began overnight after a misunderstanding between the inmates who later jugged a soldier,
Ghanem told Voice of Leb radio station (93.3) that the riot began at 11:30 pm Monday at the prison's bloc D and then transferred to bloc B at 2:00 am Tuesday.
He said power was cut in the prison to prevent inmates from using electricity to break doors or trying to escape from the jail. But Ghanem lamented that during the riot the prisoners set fire that damaged most renovation work carried out after the last unrest.
Prison authorities will summon the instigators and those involved in the mutiny to question them about the latest incident, NNA said.
Meanwhile, ...back at the palazzo, Count Guido had escaped from his bonds and overwhelmed this guard... the brother of an inmate set tires on fire at 2:00 am in Hay el-Sellum and removed his clothes threatening to kill himself if his brother wasn't released from Roumieh prison.
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Abd al-Rahim Hussein Muhammad Abdah al-Nashiri, one of al-Qaeda's senior leaders held at Gitmo, took injections "to promote impotence" in order to avoid being "distracted" by women. His interrogators reported: "Detainee is so dedicated to jihad that he reportedly received injections to promote impotence and recommended the injections to others."
He took the injections "so more time could be spent on jihad -- rather than being distracted by women".
Al-Nashiri was allegedly "the senior operative" in the USS Cole attack. He was also accused of planning the suicide attack that badly damaged the MV Limburg, a French oil tanker, in 2002. Al-Nashiri has been "linked to as many as a dozen plots to attack US and Western interests" and his cell "was responsible for conducting suicide and sabotage operations outside Afghanistan".
Captured in the United Arab Emirates in November 2002, Al-Nashiri was transferred to Gitmo in September 2006, suggesting that he spent a long time in the CIA secret prison network.
Al-Nashiri is one of only three detainees known to have been subjected to waterboarding. He has subsequently claimed that he made several false confessions under torture. He remains at Gitmo.
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Hmm. Wouldn't have been embarrassed by his attraction to little boys and sheep, maybe? Took "the cure", which is apparently public knowledge, to wave his 'piety' about, maybe? I guess we might never know for sure, now.
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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
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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ISTANBUL Pro-Palestinian activists said Tuesday they are in the final stages of organizing a sea convoy to the Gaza Strip, likely to be much bigger than a similar flotilla that was raided a year ago by Israeli forces, leaving nine people dead.
Abd al-Rahim Hussein Muhammad Abdah al-Nashiri, one of al-Qaeda's senior leaders held at Gitmo, took injections "to promote impotence" in order to avoid being "distracted" by women. His interrogators reported: "Detainee is so dedicated to jihad that he reportedly received injections to promote impotence and recommended the injections to others." 
