[Shabelle] The spy agency wrote a report a month ago indicating it had received information showing that an Al-Shabaab ... Somalia's version of the Taliban, functioning as an arm of al-Qaeda... cell had been activated in Mtopanga, Mombasa.
The National Intelligence Service report alleged that four men or mujahidin had crossed from Somalia through Kiunga into Mombasa around August 15 to join the cell, which includes two radical holy mans.
One of the holy mans identified as Ismail (second named withheld) was said to be the head of the Mtopanga cell.
According to an intelligence brief seen by The Standard, the four men whose identities and nationalities were not indicated were newly trained jihadists with a mission to strike targets in Mombasa and Nairobi to mark the first anniversary of the August 27, 2012, killing of radical Islamist Sheikh Aboud Rogo.
The two holy mans were to co-ordinate attacks against shopping malls, cop shoppes, churches and other installations as Mombasa prepared to mark several functions, including a presidential visit.
"Yes we are aware of that intelligence report and we know that there are plans by Al-Shaabab to attack functions that are highly populated. We are on 'red alert' because as you are aware, from Sunday there will be several international functions and we expect high-profile visitors in the region," said Robert Kitur, Mombasa County Police Commander on August 22, when The Standard contacted him.
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The report also indicated that the snuffies planned to kill four officers from the Anti-Terrorism Police Unit ATPU.
Kitur said police were doing "everything possible to avert the attacks" and urged members of the public to be extra vigilant.
President Uhuru Kenyatta toured Mombasa to commission Berth 19 at the port of Mombasa. According to the report, gunnies were planning to attack Bamburi, Likoni, Nyali, Kijipwa and Frere Town cop shoppes.
Intelligence officials in Mombasa have informally told The Standard that major attacks were averted by heightened surveillance or when the plans leaked but the alleged jihadists were not nabbed Please don't kill me! There are two theories on the jihadists' whereabouts, with some officials indicating the four men travelled out of Nairobi. It has also been suggested that the activation of the Mtopanga cell could have been a diversion as Al-Shabaab planned a massive attack in Nairobi.
Other intelligence accounts indicate that there have been a number of infiltrations of newly trained jihadists into Coast Province. Some are retreating due to disillusionment but others are returning to Kenya to wage jihad.
A key operative in the latter category is runaway Fuad Abubakar Manswab who is believed to have escaped to Kismayu in Somalia after jumping bail in a terrorist trial in which his co-accused is British terror suspect, Jermaine Grant.
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[ABCNEWS.GO] The terror group that grabbed credit for the massacre at a Nairobi mall today warned the Kenyan government to remove their forces from Somalia or the mall attack would be "only the beginning."
"This Kenyan Government meddles flagrantly in Somalia's affairs; kills and displaces the Somali people; loots Somalia's riches and resources; and controls the simple life affairs in it," an alleged spokesperson for the group, al-Shabaab ... the personification of Somali state failure... , says, calling the mall attack a "blessed" operation.
"We give this warning to the Kenyan Government and those who side with it: If it wants to live peacefully and safely, it must withdraw from our country, stop meddling in our affairs, set our captives free, and denounce all forms of fighting our religion. If you refuse to do so, you have seen what you will reap, which is only the beginning," he said. "Thus, anticipate hard days."
The audio was posted by on a Twitter account recently announced by an al-Shabaab spokesperson as legitimate. Previously, there have been a number of Twitter accounts claiming to be linked to the terror group that have provided unverified information.
The President of Kenya, Uhuru Kenyatta, announced the end of the crisis today, saying 61 civilians and six responding security forces soldiers had been killed in the days since a group of al-Shaboobs opened fire in Nairobi's upscale Westgate mall Saturday. Five of the alleged attackers were killed and 11 others are in jug, Kenyatta said.
Al-Shabaab, a Somalia-based terrorist group that has allied itself with al Qaeda, controlled much of southern Somalia including the nation's capital Mogadishu until a force of African Union ...a union consisting of 53 African states, most run by dictators of one flavor or another. The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco. Established in 2002, the AU is the successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was even less successful... troops, including Kenyans, pushed the terror group out in 2011 and 2012.
Earlier today, the new Twitter account allegedly belonging to al-Shabaab said, "You could have avoided all this and lived your lives with relative safety. Remove your forces from our country and peace will come."
Previously during the crisis, Kenyatta spoke on national television, calling the forces of Evil "despicable."
"The despicable perpetrators of this cowardly act hope to intimidate, divide and cause despondency amongst Kenyans," he said. "We have overcome terrorist attacks before. In fact, we have fought courageously and defeated them within and outside our borders. We will defeat them again."
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See also TOPIX > [New York Post] KENYA TERRORISTS MAY HAVE RENTED SPACE IN MALL.
* REALTED SAME > [Voice of America = VOA] AL-SHABAB'S GODANE HAS TURNED SOMALIA INTO AN AL-QAEDA [main/central] HUB.
* RELATED SAME > [Long War Journal] UN WORRIED OF AL-SHABAB ALLY'S " NEW + MORE COMPLEX OPERATIONS" IN KENYA.
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* CYBERCAST NEWS SERVICE [CNS.com] > EXPERTS: DITHERING US NO LONGER SEEN AS LEADER IN MIDDLE EAST TERROR FIGHT.
* LUCIANNE > BARACK OBAMA'S UN SPEECH WAS PURE MUSH, AMERICA'S ENEMIES NO LONGER FEAR THE US SUPERPOWER.
* SAME > [Telegrpah.UK] CHRISTIANS NOW SUFFERRING "MASS MARTYDOM", SAYS ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY.
Welcome to "Globalism" + OWG "MultiPolar/
PolyCentric" World + .... ... BUDDHI-ISLAM.
"NUCLEAR CALIPHATE" + GLOBAL JIHAD + MULTIPLE PAR GLOBAL "CO-SUPERPOWERS" IS DARN GOOD
"GLOBALISM".
[CBSNEWS] One of the attackers behind the deadly siege on a mall in Kenya reportedly pleaded for forgiveness and gave a four-year-old British boy chocolate bars after the youngster called him "a very bad man."
According to U.K. newspaper The Sun, Elliott Prior, from Berkshire, England, stood up to the gunman to protect his sister Amelie, 6, and his mother Amber, who was shot in the leg in the attack on the Westgate mall in Nairobi.
"You're a bad man, let us leave," Elliott shouted at the gunman, according to his uncle Alex Coutts, who spoke to The Sun for an article published Tuesday.
The militant from the al Qaeda-linked Somali terror group al-Shabab allegedly gave him a couple Mars bars and told his family: "Please forgive me, we are not monsters," before letting them escape. If they're not monsters there are no monsters.
Coutts, 42, told The Sun his relatives "had a lucky escape."
"The terrorists said if any kids were alive in the supermarket they could leave. Amber made a decision to stand up and say, 'Yes'. Then Elliott argued with them and called them bad men. He was very brave," said Coutts.
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[An Nahar] Bahrain's foreign minister on Tuesday lashed out at Hizbullah leader His Eminence Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah The satrap of the Medes and the Persians in Leb... , calling him a "criminal" with no right to criticize the kingdom over its treatment of its Shiite opposition.
"The people of Bahrain are above being addressed by a criminal whose hands are stained by the blood of innocents in Syria, Leb and Iraq," Bahraini Foreign Minister Khalid al-Khalifa wrote on Twitter.
"Any contact with terrorist Hizbullah is a contact with the enemy," said Khalifa, whose Sunni-ruled kingdom, along with other Gulf monarchies, views Hizbullah as a terror group.
Nasrallah on Monday dismissed the government of Bahrain as "dwarves whose oppression will get them only disappointment," warning that the Bahrain government "should not assume it can continue to oppress its people and pressure the outside world to remain silent."
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Wonder if these folks have ever considered by handcuffing the west instead of showing us as weak they have probably aided in a lot more Muslim deaths in the long run.
Very informative background information on how the turmoil in Egypt and Syria (and other ME destinations) affects lumber market in ME. There is a huge amount of lumber that used to go to Egypt that is redistributed to the ME, but turmoil there completely messed up that market.
Now China is becoming a big market that is replacing ME destinations. War has lots of unintended consequences. In this case, for Russia, Canada, and the US.
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In China, the lumber is used to build structures that will burn down or collapse in earthquakes / floods / storms.
In the middle east, the lumber is converted directly to sawdust to make filler for the subsidized bread...
Snark of the day.
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[Dawn] Repatriation of internally displaced persons from Tirah valley of Khyber Agency resumed on Monday after three-day suspension as 153 Malikdinkhel families left the Jerma transit point near Kohat for their homes.
Fata Disaster Management Authority had suspended the IDPs' return on Sept 19 after thousands of people from Khyber, Kurram and Orakzai agencies gathered at the Jerma food distribution centre in order to collect monthly food ration.
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[Dawn] Pakistain Tehrik-e-Insaf ...a political party in Pakistan. PTI was founded by former Pakistani cricket captain and philanthropist Imran Khan. The party's slogan is Justice, Humanity and Self Esteem, each of which is open to widely divergent interpretations.... Chairman Imran Khan ... aka Taliban Khan, who isn't your heaviest-duty thinker, maybe not even among the top five... appears to have adopted a less conciliatory attitude towards armed bully boys, although he does not single out any bully boy organization currently attacking government forces in tribal areas.
Whether it is because of the killing of over 80 people in Sunday's suicide kabooms at the Beautiful Downtown Peshawar ...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province), administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire. church or of two senior military officers last week, Mr Khan is now somewhat toughening his stance against militancy.
A statement of Mr Khan issued by the PTI media wing on Monday said: "Those who carried out the attack against the Christian community and their church in Peshawar are to be condemned in the strongest terms possible."
A strong proponent of talks with the snuffies fighting law-enforcement agencies in Fata and the PTI-ruled Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa ... formerly NWFP, still Terrorism Central... , Mr Khan said talks could be held only with those who were willing to renounce violence and accept the writ of the state.
"If peace is to be given a chance, then it is essential to isolate those who are dedicated to an agenda of violence and to carrying out terror attacks against innocent people, from those who are prepared to have a ceasefire and talk peace within the ambit of the Constitution of Pakistain."
Although he didn't say it in so many words, the PTI chief implied that those unwilling to renounce violence should be taken head on and talks should be held only with who were willing to engage in dialogue.
"Absolutely no reasoning could justify the killing of even one innocent human, let alone attacking a whole community."
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[Dawn] Amid international outrage at the massacre of over 80 people in a suicide kaboom at a church in Beautiful Downtown Peshawar ...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province), administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire. on Sunday, the government vowed in the National Assembly on Monday to "pursue" the criminal masterminds of the act, before a mournful house too unanimously called for bringing the perpetrators to justice.
But Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan said in a speech to the house that due to lack of intercepts so far, he was unsure about the authenticity of a claim of responsibility for the attack made by a group called Junoodul Hafsa, a faction of the banned Tehrik-e-Taliban (TTP).
However, some men learn by reading. A few learn by observation. The rest have to pee on the electric fence for themselves... he assured the house "what people are behind this (act), we will pursue them with full force of intelligence and security forces" and that God-willing they would meet an "exemplary" retribution.
Besides condemnation of the attack by leaders of most parliamentary groups in the house, opposition leader Khursheed Shah assured the government of full support of opposition parties in pursuing those responsible for the attack in the same way as they gave it a "mandate" in a Sept 9 "all-party conference" to initiate peace dialogue with "all stakeholders" in order to eliminate bad boy violence in the country.
"Even also, all parties are ready to give the government a mandate that you decide, pursue them, and the opposition and 18 crore people of Pakistain will stand behind you," he said.
But a question mark arose over the fate of the Sept 9 initiative after four Taliban-claimed attacks on security forces on Sept 15, one of which killed an army major-general, Sanauullah Khan Niazi, along with an accompanying lieutenant-colonel and a lance naik in the Upper Dir district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa ... formerly NWFP, still Terrorism Central... , and the Taliban put forth some difficult pre-conditions for talks such as a general amnesty for Taliban fighters, release of their prisoners and withdrawal of troops to their barracks in the bad boy-infested tribal belt.
While the last Sunday attack drew condemnation from Pope Francis as well as government leaders and ambassadors of several western nations, the National Assembly suspended its normal business for the day as part of a three-day national mourning, to discuss and adopt a joint resolution to condemn what it called a "heinous, brutal and inhuman terrorist attack", which it said was "an attack not only against the Christian community but against all Paks".
Earlier, on a suggestion from a politician from Peshawar, Ghulam Ahmed Bilour of the opposition Awami National Party, members of the house and visitors in the galleries stood up to observe a minute's silence for mostly Christians among over 81 fatalities, which was followed by a Fateha prayer for Mohammedan casualties of the attack, which, according to the house resolution, maimed more than 137 people.
Expressing solidarity with the Christian community, the resolution demanded that the federal and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa provincial governments "take all necessary measures to safeguard the rights of non-Mohammedans as laid down in the Koran and Sunnah and provided in the constitution of Pakistain", provide the best medical facilities to the injured and security to all places of worship, particularly those belonging to non-Mohammedans, and "bring the perpetrators of these suicide kabooms to justice".
Chaudhry Nisar praised Christian community leaders in Peshawar for their patience and said he saw during his visit to the city on Sunday. He said the government would call a meeting of Christian community leaders from all over the country to discuss what he called a national policy to provide security to their institutions.
He said the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa government of Pakistain Tehrik-e-Insaf ...a political party in Pakistan. PTI was founded by former Pakistani cricket captain and philanthropist Imran Khan. The party's slogan is Justice, Humanity and Self Esteem, each of which is open to widely divergent interpretations.... (PTI) was formulating its own plan and that "we would also like to involve" the Punjab, Sindh and Balochistan ...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it... provincial governments to play a role in a federal-level security committee.
Though speakers from all parties condemned the attack, varying degrees of vehemence about dealing with terrorism was evident, some of them still pinning hopes in a dialogue.
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[Dawn] Lawmakers from the Pakistain Tehrik-e-Insaf ...a political party in Pakistan. PTI was founded by former Pakistani cricket captain and philanthropist Imran Khan. The party's slogan is Justice, Humanity and Self Esteem, each of which is open to widely divergent interpretations.... (PTI) on Tuesday called on members of the National Assembly to review Pakistain's strict blasphemy laws.
The demand comes a day after the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) ruled out the death penalty for false accusations of blasphemy and ruled that there was no need to amend the blasphemy law.
Speaking during a session of the lower house of Parliament chaired by Speaker Ayaz Sadiq on Tuesday, politicians discussed the recent twin suicide kabooms at a Beautiful Downtown Peshawar ...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province), administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire. church that killed 81 people and debated on a possible review of the blasphemy law.
PTI leader Makhdoom Javed Hashmi said that religion was being misused as a means to attain power. Hashmi said that the blasphemy law was "incorrectly made," due to which many innocent people are languishing in jails. Therefore, he said there was a need to review the law.
Commenting on the Peshawar bombing, another member of the PTI, Dr Shireen Mazari said that the sacrifices Christians could not be denied. She said that in order to free innocent non-Musselmens from unjust imprisonment, parliament needs to remove flaws from the blasphemy law.
Also speaking during the session, Sahibzada Mohammad Yaqoob of the Jamaat-e-Islami ...The Islamic Society, founded in 1941 in Lahore by Maulana Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi, aka The Great Apostosizer. The Jamaat opposed the independence of Bangladesh but has operated an independent branch there since 1975. It maintains close ties with international Mohammedan groups such as the Moslem Brotherhood. the Taliban, and al-Qaeda. The Jamaat's objectives are the establishment of a pure Islamic state, governed by Sharia law. It is distinguished by its xenophobia, and its opposition to Westernization, capitalism, socialism, secularism, and liberalist social mores... (JI) said that the Peshawar tragedy was against Islamic and international laws.
He said that the reason for the blasphemy laws was to ensure than nobody disrespects any messenger of God including the Holy Prophet (PTUI!) and Jesus Christ. He urged Javed Hashmi of the PTI to move a bill for amending the blasphemy law or to contact Council of Islamic Ideology or federal Shariah Court and register his apprehensions regarding blasphemy law.
He said Islam was the religion of peace and provides equal rights to minorities. Conspiracies are being hatched to sabotage the grinding of the peace processor in the country however the dialogue process with the willing Taliban should be held.
For the sake of lasting peace, he said there was no harm in accepting the just demands of Taliban.
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[Dawn] The Beautiful Downtown Peshawar ...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province), administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire. blasts not only killed 83 Christians but may also have affected Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif ... served two non-consecutive terms as prime minister, heads the Pakistain Moslem League (Nawaz). Noted for his spectacular corruption, the 1998 Pak nuclear test, border war with India, and for being tossed by General Musharraf... 's plan to raise US drone strikes during the UN General Assembly, diplomats say.
Officials at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Islamabad told journalists last week that the prime minister is likely to raise this issue during the 68th session of the UN General Assembly scheduled from Sept 23 to Sept 29.
The issue is already being discussed at other international platforms and a London-based media forum -- the Bureau of Investigative Journalism -- announced on Monday that it was recording the names and numbers of people killed in US drone strikes in Pakistain.
Pakistain claims that the drones, meant for gunnies hiding in Fata, also have killed a large number of civilians. The United States denies the charge, arguing that the drones are highly accurate and only a few civilians have died in those attacks.
Diplomats familiar with this issue say that Mr Sharif might have found some support in the world body for his position on the drones had Sunday's terrorist attacks in Peshawar not happened.
"Things have changed overnight," said a senior diplomat, pointing out that after the blasts "people around the world would be more interested in hitting back {at} the Taliban than saving them from US drones."
Attacks like this, he argued, "also diminish whatever sympathy may have existed for the civilians victims trapped in the crossfire between the Taliban and the US drones."
Diplomatic sources at the United Nations ...a lucrative dumping ground for the relatives of dictators and party hacks... say that while the prime minister may still raise the issue but "now it may just get a brief mention" in his address to the General Assembly on Sept 27.
Last week, Pakistain's permanent representative to the UN, Ambassador Masood Khan, raised the issue inside the Security Council, calling for the cessation of these air strikes and seeking "urgent" talks to resolve the problem.
SARTAJ AZIZ: And hours before the Peshawar blasts, Adviser on National Security and Foreign Affairs Aziz told news hounds that Pakistain would raise the drone issue at various UN forums.
Mr Aziz said Pakistain's policy was clear that such strikes were "counter-productive" as they cause large numbers of civilian deaths and generate hatred among people.
Pakistain had conveyed its serious concern to the United States over its drone programme, urging it to stop the strikes, he said.
"Drone strikes infringe Pakistain's illusory sovereignty and violate international law," Mr Aziz added.
The Sharif government faces tremendous pressure from the PTI and other political groups on this issue and on opening a dialogue with the Death Eaters.
Earlier this month, an all-party conference not only authorised the prime minister to engage the Taliban but also asked him to raise the drone issue at the United Nations.
"The federal government should consider the possibility of taking the drone issue to the United Nation as drone attacks are a violation of International Law," the resolution said.
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[Dawn] Jamaat Ulema Islam Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman Deobandi holy man, known as Mullah Diesel during the war against the Soviets, his sympathies for the Taliban have never been tempered by honesty ... Tuesday demanded a high level commission of Supreme Court to probe the twin suicide kaboom at a Beautiful Downtown Peshawar ...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province), administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire. church.
He said that anti-peace elements were involved in the incident to destabilise the peace in the country.
In a statement issued by his party's front man Jan Achakzai, Maulana Fazlur Rehman said that Taliban have no connection with the incident as they neither take responsibility of the incident nor expressed any link with it.
The main spokesperson for the umbrella Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistain (TTP) group told a foreign news agency that they were not responsible of the attack that killed more than 80 and injured at least 140 on Sunday.
"We haven't done this nor do we attack innocent people," Shahidullah Shahid, the main TTP spokesperson told AFP by telephone from some holy man's guesthouse an undisclosed location.
"Whenever we carry out an attack we claim it, but the Taliban are not involved in this attack. It was an attempt to sabotage the atmosphere of the proposed peace talks."
Maulana Fazl said elements which do not want an end to US drone strikes in Pakistain were behind linking the attack to Taliban.
"Some people were trying to sabotage the potential dialogue process with Pak Taliban by connecting the incident with them," he observed.
Citing Sri Lankan cricket team attack and kidnapping of Chinese Engineers, the JUI-F chief said that no investigation were carried out to ascertain 'elements' behind those incidents also.
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[BBC.CO.UK] People have been gathering in major Pak cities to protest against the latest suicide kaboom. Yeah. They do that every time. Ask again next week and then again next month. You'll get blank looks.
More than 80 people died and 120 were left injured after Islamist bombers detonated two deadly devices outside a church in Beautiful Downtown Peshawar ...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province), administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire. on Sunday.
This attack was the latest in a series of attacks on Pak Christians, who represent about 1.6% of the country's overwhelmingly Mohammedan population.
The BBC's Shazeb Jilani is in Pakistain where protesters told him that they will not 'tolerate' violence against minorities. Do they mean "anymore?" Because they have been, for years and years.
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People? What kind of peolle? How many Muslims demonstrated against the bombers' sponsors? How many fatwas against the attckers? How many Taliban fags torched? How manyRadicals molested by angry "moderate Muslims". Let's guess. Zeo to all questions?
Secretary of State John Kerry is expected to sign an arms trade treaty opposed by the Senate and the gun lobby as early as Wednesday, and Republicans aren't happy about it.
Kerry's plan to sign the treaty on the margins of the U.N. General Assembly in New York this week has sparked immediate criticism from GOP opponents.
This treaty is already dead in the water in the Senate, and they know it, said Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.), the top Republican on the Senate Armed Services. The Administration is wasting precious time trying to sign away our laws to the global community and unelected U.N. bureaucrats.
A majority of Senators oppose the treaty because it covers small arms, making ratification impossible in the short term.
And makes it impossible for oppressed people to defend themselves from thugs. Thugs consider this to be a key feature in the new treaty...
Kerry had already announced in June that the administration would sign the treaty as soon as it was satisfied with its translations into the different official U.N. languages.
Did John do the French translation himself?
An Inhofe amendment to the Senate Budget resolution in March blocking the U.S. from joining the U.N. Arms Trade Treaty garnered 53 yes votes.
The National Rifle Association insists the pact is a U.N.-backed gun grab. Advocates of the treaty say it's only aimed at regulating international sales to prevent terrorists and other rogue actors from getting their hands on weapons.
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Odd, Kerry should know that our government stupidity doesn't wash in other lands, we get laughed at.
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[DAILYCALLER] President B.O. told the U.N. General Assembly Tuesday morning that the "world is more stable now than it was five years ago."
"Just as we reviewed how we deploy our extraordinary military capabilities in a way that lives up to our ideals, we've begun to review the way that we gather intelligence so that we properly balance the legitimate security concerns of our citizens and allies with the privacy concerns that all people share," he said.
"As a result of this work and cooperation with allies and partners, the world is more stable than it was five years ago," he added.
Obama did note, however, that "dangers remain."
"Even a glance at today's headlines indicates that dangers remain," Obama said. "In Kenya we've seen gunnies target innocent civilians in a crowded shopping mall, and our hearts go out to the families of those who have been affected. In Pakistain nearly 100 people were recently killed by jacket wallahs outside a church. In Iraq killings and boom-mobiles continue to be a terrible part of life."
"Meanwhile, ...back at the Council of Boskone, Kinnison began his slow infiltration of the sewer system... al-Qaeda has splintered into regional networks and militias which doesn't give them the capacity at this point to carry out attacks like 9/11, but it does pose serious threats to governments and diplomats, businesses and civilians all across the globe."
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Meanwhile, al-Qaida has splintered into regional networks and militias which doesnt give them the capacity at this point to carry out attacks like 9/11, but it does pose serious threats to governments and diplomats, businesses and civilians all across the globe.
While I'm not in agreement with this assessment, there is some evidence his speech writers are at least referencing Champ's morning CIA updates.
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So five years ago we had dictators who kept their WMD well hidden, now they use them openly (despite warnings from the US) and that is more stable? They kill American ambassadors with no repurcutions and that is more stable? I guess it depends upon how define stable.
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Thats what PM Nelville "Peace in Our Time" Chamberlain almost said???
The litmus tests for the Bammer, Globalists, + aligned remains Iran + espec CHINA.
When Amb. Caroline Kennedy gets to Nippon, she could end up wid a major Sino-Japanese = China-centric East Asian mil crisis, + possibly war, during her tenure.
All one has to do is apply the Bammer's Pert, MSM-Net-criticized Wafflisms + PDeniabilities to Caliphate + Nuke-wannabe Iran, + "post-US", "Mahanist", "We are the Same as the US" China, to see the danger the US = US-West is in.
ANY OWG GLOBALISM-LED, UNILATERAL OR FORCED ROLLBACK OF US POWER-N-INFLUENCE/AUTHORITY AROUND THE WORLD WILL MOST CERTAINLY HAVE SERIOUS DETRIMENTAL EFFECT(S) ON NATO-EU + WORLD DEMOCRACY.
The Globalists are taking very dangerous risks that the above will NOT ultimately result in their own destruction, as HIstory says it is more likely than not the above will be interpreted as de facto strategic = milpol weakness by Amer's enemies or rivals.
[An Nahar] The Mustaqbal ... the Future Movement, political party led by Saad Hariri... parliamentary bloc hailed on Tuesday the deployment of the state's security forces in Beirut's southern suburbs of Dahieh, hoping that the plan will be replicated throughout Leb.
It said after its weekly meeting: "The plan should be implemented in full and the accused in the liquidation of former Premier Rafik Hariri should be tossed in the calaboose You have the right to remain silent... in Dahieh."
"The security forces in Dahieh have the sole right to impose the law in the area," it declared.
Moreover, it noted that the deployment of the security forces in the Hizbullah stronghold of Dahieh is similar to the army's deployment in the South in 2006, which demonstrates that there can be no substitute to the authority of the state and its institutions.
All other experiences that violate the authority of the state have been failures, said the bloc.
"The residents of Dahieh who rejected the phenomenon of autonomous security have instead demonstrated their commitment to the state and its security forces," continued the Mustaqbal bloc.
Moreover, it held the government responsible for the success of the Dahieh plan since it is responsible for the actions of the security forces.
"The government should not be lenient with any violations as the plan is the right measure that will help restore the people's trust in the state's security institutions," it added.
The Dahieh plan should be replicated throughout Leb in order for the state to reassure the people that it is keen on their safety, stressed the bloc.
Four Hizbullah members were accused by the Special Tribunal for Leb of being involved in the 2005 liquidation of former Premier Hariri.
Hizbullah chief His Eminence Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah The satrap of the Medes and the Persians in Leb... had labeled the STL an American-Israeli product bent on destroying the party, vowing that it will never cooperate with it and saying that the suspects will never be found.
The four accused remain on the lam despite the Lebanese authorities' efforts to apprehend them.
Around 1,000 army troops and security forces deployed Monday in Dahieh where Hizbullah normally keeps a tight grip on security.
The security points were established after boom-mobileings in the area killed 27 people on August 15 and maimed more than 50 on July 9.
Following the bombings, Hizbullah turned the southern suburbs into a fortress with guards in civilian clothes policing the streets, stopping and searching cars, and asking motorists for their identity cards.
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[An Nahar] A U.N. Security Council resolution on Syria could mention an article which allows force or sanctions, a top Russian diplomat said Tuesday, as Moscow and Washington seek a compromise on a text backing a deal to rid the regime of chemical weapons.
Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov stressed that the key Chapter VII of the U.N. Charter could be invoked only if the chemical weapons accord agreed between Russia and the United States is violated by either side in the Syrian conflict.
Speaking to the Russian parliament, Ryabkov also slammed the "illogical" position of the United States and its Western allies for seeking to threaten the regime of Syrian Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad One of the last of the old-fashioned hereditary iron-fisted fascist dictators... in the resolution.
It was not clear if Ryabkov's comments on Chapter VII could ease the dispute over the resolution, which threatens to overshadow the U.N. General Assembly and take the shine off the U.S.-Russia weapons accord.
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A potential encounter at the United Nations between U.S. President Barack Obama and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani failed to take place on Tuesday as the Iranians indicated it was too complicated, senior Obama administration officials said.
"There will be no meeting," one official said.
So that's one less person for Champ to bow to...
The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told reporters that Obama had been open to a meeting with Rouhani while both were in New York for U.N. activities but the Iranians were not ready to have an encounter at the presidential level, Reuters reported.
Weren't quite ready for Champ to bow to them?
Surely he musta heard the "washing my hair" excuse a time or dozen. I know I have...
There had been encouraging signs that the U.S. and Iranian presidents would have the highest level contact since before Iran's 1979 revolution. Both presidents have talked about a diplomatic opening to try to settle Iran's nuclear ambitions.
Officials stressed that any encounter between the two men would not have involved negotiations over Iran's nuclear program, which the West suspects is aimed at developing a nuclear weapon.
Diplomacy will now go forward between U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and his Iranian counterpart, the officials said.
Boy howdy, we can expect real progress there...
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More evidencia that Iran will be Nukulaar, + wid SSSSHHHHHHH ... CCCCCCCC ...DDDeniability US help.
America = Amerika must standby to also lose 1/2 of the Pacific to CHINA.
* NBC NEWS > OBAMA: IRAN [recent]OVERTURES MAKES A STEP TOWARDS RELATIONSHIP BASED ON "MUTUAL RESPECT", + "mutual interests".
* TOPIX > [NRO] PRESIDENT OBAMA'S UN SPEECH: A REFLECTION OF HIS CONFUSED FOREIGN POLICY.
* GLOBAL TIMES > OPINION: A HISTORIC CHANCE FOR NUCLEAR SOLUTION: IRAN.
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* BHARAT RAKSHAK > [WSJ.com] SHIA MUSLIMS FROM ACROSS THE ARAB WORLD TRAIN AT BASE NEAR TEHRAN TO DO BATTLE IN SYRIA.
Syrian President Bashar Al Assad criticised the United States for threatening to attack Syria over its chemical weapons programme, saying it was finding excuses for war, Chinas state television said on Monday.
US President Barack Obama has said he is prepared to attack Syria, even without a UN mandate, if Assad reneges on a US-Russian deal to put Syrias chemical arms stockpiles under international control.
If the U.S wants to find excuses for war, it will find them as it has never stopped war, Assad said in an interview with Chinas state television, CCTV, in the Syrian capital.
Relax Pencilneck, you know Champ is bluffing.
With or without the Syrian crisis, we will always be on alert against some Western countries intention to override the UN Charter and the international laws, he added, according to a transcript of his translated remarks from CCTV.
Russia and China have both vetoed Western efforts to impose UN penalties on Assad. But China has also been keen to show it is not taking sides and has urged the Syrian government to talk to the opposition and take steps to meet demands for political change. It has said a transitional government should be formed.
Assad said China and Russia would ensure there could be no pretext for military action against Syria, and CCTVs website quoted him as saying Syria would honour everything that we have agreed to do.
And more importantly, I want to say, by submitting the draft to the UN Security Council, or by urging the US and Russia to agree on a deal, the US, France, and Britain are just trying to make themselves winners in a war against a Syria which is their imaginary enemy.
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Aid workers must be given access if parts of Syria come under a cease-fire to allow chemical weapons experts to try to bring the country's stockpile under international control, the head of the UN's World Food Program said.
Must? Must? Did you shake your tiny fist in impotent rage?
told The Associated Press in an interview on Monday that an agreement under discussion now envisions a cessation of hostilities so chemical experts can travel across the country, including to many conflict areas where WFP and other humanitarian workers have been unable to bring in desperately needed aid.
"So this is an opportunity for us to hopefully overcome the hurdle that today we've been unable to achieve," Cousin said.
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I simply don't understand. We never heard anyone bitching like this at the old Canal Hotel in Baghdad. Oh sorry...., the UN 'Oil For Food' programme was a bit different you say ?
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