[Iran Press TV] At least six people have been killed and 25 others were maimed after Somali government forces opened fire inside a camp for famine refugees in the capital Mogadishu, Press TV reported.
Witnesses told Press TV that Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG) troops stormed Rajo refugee camp in Wadajir district of southern Mogadishu on Thursday, and shot six people dead and maimed 25 others as they stole aid portions for famine-hit Somali families.
The assailants later decamped the scene, and their whereabouts are unknown.
The injured, mostly women and kiddies, were rushed to a medical center in southern Mogadishu to receive treatment.
The International Committee of the Red Thingy (ICRC) warned on September 28 that the humanitarian situation remains "highly critical" in Somalia.
"The situation in Somalia remains highly critical. Hundreds of thousands of Somalis are still displaced from their homes in search of security and food," the ICRC said in a statement.
The Geneva-based humanitarian institution added, "Although humanitarian aid has started to reach the drought- and conflict-affected people, many are still struggling to survive."
"Much of the livestock has been decimated and there is no hope for an improvement in the situation until the next harvest in December," it added.
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Somalia has not had a functioning government since 1991, when warlords overthrew former dictator Mohamed Siad Barre.
Strategically located in the Horn of Africa, Somalia remains one of the countries generating the highest number of refugees and internally displaced persons in the world.
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Propaganda coup for Al-Shabaab..
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Whether they were "Somali government forces" or not...
[Iran Press TV] At least 13 people have been killed after US liquidation drones launched aerial attacks in southern Somalia near the border with Kenya, Press TV reported.
Somali tribal elders, speaking on the condition of anonymity, told Press TV that the remote-controlled aerial vehicles fired several missiles at Buzar village, which is located close to El Wak city in Somalia's southwestern region of Gedo, on Thursday.
They added that dozens of people were also injured in the strikes.
The aerial attacks came as US liquidation drones had struck Buzar village a day earlier. At least 26 people were killed and dozens more were also maimed in Wednesday's drone attacks.
Somalia is the sixth country where the United States has used liquidation drones to launch deadly missile strikes. Now taking requests for country number seven...
Somebody appears to have taken on Iran, unless they really did drop that experimentall missile.
The US military has also used drones in Afghanistan, Pakistain, Libya, Iraq, and Yemen.
On October 28, the United States admitted to flying the terror aircraft from a base in Ethiopia. Not necessarily the ones that whacked Somalia, mind you. Those might be coming from elsewhere...
"The US has unarmed and unmanned aircraft at a facility there (Ethiopia) to be used only for surveillance as part of a broad, sustained integrated campaign to counter terrorism," said Pentagon front man Captain John Kirby.
The confirmation appeared a day after The Washington Post revealed in a report that the US flies "armed" drones from an airfield in Ethiopia's southern city of Arba Minch.
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liquidation drones Cool Name!
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The Predator
The Hunter
The Reaper
The Liquidator
Indeed, a cool name.
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Rapid Offensive Unit
Rapid Offensive Units (ROUs) consist of little more than engines, weapons and the ship's Mind. While some ROUs are crewed, the crew complement on such vessels is much smaller than those of the more general purpose ships of the Culture, such as General Contact Units and General Systems Vehicles. ROUs and their demilitarised versions, Very Fast Pickets, are the Culture's fastest ships and have so far been described as having been outrun only once, by a GSV that self-optimised for speed (in the novel Excession). Immediately after the Idiran War, ROUs of the period could also be outrun by the small number (described as a limited edition by the Drone Skaffen-Amtiskaw) of Continent Class, subtype Prompt GSV. Subsequent developments have of course rendered this state of affairs obsolete, though the events involving the Excession give the lie to this assumption.
Known classes are:
Killer Class (200 meters long)[10]
Torturer Class
Psychopath Class
Gangster Class
Thug Class
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[Iran Press TV] Four Sudanese opposition groups have formed a military alliance in an attempt to topple the Sudanese President Omer al-Bashir.
The military alliance called the Sudan Revolutionary Front consists of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North, Justice and Equality Movement, Sudan Liberation Army-Abdel Wahid and Sudan Liberation Army-Minni Minnawi.
The Sudan Revolutionary Front is an extension to Kauda agreement, which was signed in Kauda town in South Kurdufan on the 7th of August 2011 between Darfur rebel movements and Sudan People's Liberation Movement -North Sector to overthrow the Sudanese government.
Sudan is accusing the Sudan People's Liberation Movement of the State of South Sudan of sponsoring and supporting the recent alliance.
The Sudanese government reacted strongly to the Sudan Revolutionary Front by calling it a hostile act. The spokesperson for the Sudanese foreign ministry said that Sudan is still approaching peace and equality in which all the political parties can share seats in the government. He added, that on the other hand, the Sudan Revolutionary Front is causing more bloodshed leading Sudan to defend and protect its' citizens.
Political analysts also say that this front is very weak, because the dominant parties are not part of it.
Sudan renewed its' call on the South Sudan to stop supporting what it calls rebel movements and to resolve its internal issues. It also urged for establishing good relations between the two countries instead of undermining security and stability in Sudan.
Sudan's Comprehensive Peace Agreement which was signed in 2005 ended the civil war between Sudan and South Sudan, which led to a new born country in Africa after a fair self-determination referendum. The formation of the alliance is causing concern for many in Sudan that all these developments may lead Sudan to a new widespread-armed movement.
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[Daily Nation (Kenya)] Kenyan troops on Thursday took up positions outside a key Al-Shabaab ... successor to the Islamic Courts... stronghold as they prepared to launch a fresh offensive to capture Kismayu.
After weeks of relative inactivity, residents reported that troops in the central sector of the operation had reached the edge of Afmadow Town. If the town is taken, the soldiers will then push south towards Kismayu and link up with others approaching from Bur Gabo in the south.
Military front man, Major Emmanuel Chirchir, said the troops had encountered pockets of resistance from the Orcs and similar vermin as they positioned themselves outside Afmadow.
Some resistance
"We have now gone beyond Busar where we received some resistance from Al-Shabaab and are heading to Afmadow. As we speak, our men are at a place called Hayo, a short distance of about seven kilometres from Afmadow," Major Chirchir said.
Kenyan troops had engaged in a fierce shootout at Busar on Wednesday, he said.
"Our troops and the TFG fighters attacked Al-Shabaab bases in Busar yesterday. We killed 12 of them and did not suffer any casualties," he said.
Afmadow's capture will open the way for a march on Kismayu port, a key objective of the Kenyan operation. m mThe Orcs and similar vermin generate millions of shillings every year from the port, which they use to sustain their bloody campaign in the Horn of Africa.
Kenyan troops in the southern sector were on Thursday believed to have taken control of Kolbio, a town a few kilometres inside Somalia along one of Al-Shaabab's transport corridors.
Major Seif S. Rashid, the second in charge at this sector, told Nation there had been "major developments" in the area, where the troops have been concentrated over the past three days.
"We believe the trading centre has been taken by Kenyan forces. We are yet to get proper details on that so it would have to be confirmed after some time," said Major Rashid.
The capture of Kolbio will set the pace for movements of the troops towards Baddada, a town about 60km away and is understood to have been the destination for Al-Shaabab fleeing Ras Kamboni and Bur Gabo. Reports quoting locals in Lower Juba and Gedo regions in Southern Somalia indicated that Kenyans troops had been seen moving from Dobley and Tabto towns towards Afmadow.
"Kenyan forces in armoured vehicles occupied new positions outside the town of Qooqani," said a resident who refused to be identified for security reasons. "They kept on engaging in military manoeuvres," he added.
An aid worker in Afmadow, who spoke to Nation, said the troops were at Hayo. "Al-Shabaab are all over this place. There is no tension in the town and people are going about their businesses peacefully.
"I think the heavy rains have really curtailed any movement at the moment," said the aid worker.
Somali media quoted residents saying the Kenyans set to sit in solemn silence in a dull, dark dock, in a pestilential prison with a life-long lock an unidentified number of youngsters in Beles Qooqani and surrounding areas.
An Al-Shabaab official in Busar claimed his Orcs and similar vermin had killed eight soldiers from the Kenya Defence Forces and the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and captured three others.
This was immediately denied by Major Chirchir, who reconfirmed 12 Orcs and similar vermin had been killed.
On Wednesday night, a position held by Ras Kamboni Brigade, a group allied to the TFG at Kulbio near Dobley, was also attacked by Al-Shabaab fighters.
Meanwhile, ...back at the fist fight, Jake ducked another roundhouse, then parried with his left, then with his right, finally with his chin... the whereabouts of Al-Shabaab's spiritual leader Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys remained unknown four days after Arclight airstrikes hit a building in Afgoye where the thugs' commanders were holding a meeting.
Amisom military front man Lt Col Paddy Ankunda said it was not clear whether Sheikh Aweys had been killed or injured in the attack.
"We do not know the condition of Sheikh Dahir Aweys who is said to have been seriously injured during the Sunday attacks; the other two, Godane and the front man Mohamud Rage have spoken, but Aweys has not," said Lt Col Ankunda.
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[Al Ahram] A blow-by-blow account of the largest Tahrir protest since July, as Islamists dominate a rally by forces from across Egypt's political and ideological spectrum demanding a swift transfer of power.
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[An Nahar] Hundreds of Coptic Christians marching in Cairo on Thursday came under attack by assailants throwing stones and bottles and 25 people were lightly injured in subsequent festivities, a security official said.
They were marching to demand justice for the Christian victims of a clash with soldiers in October that left at least 25 people dead, most of them Christians.
The official said the Copts were attacked in the northern Shoubra neighborhood with stones and bottles, and that some among them responded in kind.
He said supporters of an Islamist candidate for upcoming parliamentary election joined in the attack on the Copts.
An Agence La Belle France Presse correspondent on the scene said hundreds of riot police were deployed to the area and that the festivities had eventually subsided.
Copts, who make up roughly 10 percent of Egypt's 80 million people, complain of discrimination in the Moslem-majority country.
There has been a spike in sectarian festivities since a popular uprising ousted president Hosni Mubarak ...The former President-for-Life of Egypt, dumped by popular demand in early 2011... in February.
The deadliest took place on October 9, when thousands of Christians protesting an attack on a church clashed with soldiers.
Witnesses said the soldiers fired on the demonstrators and ran them over with military vehicles, which the military denies.
The military said a number its soldiers were killed in the clash.
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Twenty-nine people were maimed in Cairo on Thursday when residents clashed with a group of Christians marching through the capital to commemorate those who died in confrontations with the army on Oct. 9, state news agency MENA said.
The Coptic Christians were marching from Cairo's northern Shoubra suburb towards the landmark Tahrir Square in the city center when the festivities broke out.
"The locals in the neighborhood of Bulak attacked the group on their way to the square and threw stones at them," a security source told Rooters.
Another attack took place as the protesters were regrouping in Shoubra where residents and protesters threw stones, glass and Molotov cocktails at each other.
The marchers scattered after the attack. Riot police arrived and a priest asked the protesters to disperse, saying the army had sealed off the city center near Tahrir and the march could not go ahead.
Seven people were injured in Cairo on Thursday when residents clashed with thousands of Christians marching through the capital to demand an end to what they see as discrimination by the state.
The Coptic Christians were marching from Cairo's northern Shoubra suburb towards the landmark Tahrir Square in the city center.
"But the locals in the neighborhood of Bulak attacked the group on their way to the square and threw stones at them," a security source said. "Until now we have seven people injured and the clashes are still going on," he added.
[Emirates 24/7] Seven people have been killed in Yemen's north, where Shiite rebel influence is expanding in the wake of a central government weakened by months of mass protests, tribal sources said on Wednesday.
In a separate incident, a government intelligence officer was bumped off in Aden, the largest city in the south, police said.
At least three of the casualties from two days of fighting in the north were Houthis, members of Yemen's minority Zaidi sect, tribal chief Amin al-Ukaimi told AFP.
The festivities erupted Monday between the rebels and gunnies affiliated with the opposition Common Forum, an umbrella parliamentary group that has joined a mass protest movement calling for President President-for-Life Ali Abdullah Saleh ... Saleh initially took power as a strongman of North Yemen in 1977, when disco was in flower, but he didn't invite Donna Summer to the inauguration and Blondie couldn't make it... to resign, he said.
"Six people were killed (in Monday's festivities)... including three from each side," he said.
Separately on Tuesday, one man was killed and several others maimed in the northern province of Hajja where Huthis clashed with gunnies loyal to the opposition, a statement from the rebel movement said.
The festivities took place in Al-Jawf, a province and Huthi stronghold along the Saudi border, scene of repeated fighting since the February 2010 truce between rebels and Saleh's government.
The Zaidis, a minority in Yemen's mainly Sunni population, have for years complained of political and social marginalisation. Their seven-year rebellion against Saleh has already cost thousands of lives.
In recent months, tribal officials say that since the pro-democracy movement erupted in January, Houthis have strengthened their hold on northern provinces as military defections, changing allegiances and months of fierce street battles have crippled the central government.
In March, General Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar, who led the offensive against the Huthis, defected along with his Brigade, leaving a power vacuum in the north.
In Aden, meanwhile, gunnies opened fire on the car of Colonel Abdelhakim Mohammed Ali, head of the local intelligence unit, in the Sheikh Othman district.
The victim was rushed to hospital, where he died.
No one claimed the shooting, but Al-Qaeda regularly carries out attacks against security forces in the south.
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[An Nahar] A 21-year-old Hispanic man tossed in the calaboose after shots were fired near the White House was charged Thursday with attempting to assassinate President Barack My friends, we live in the greatest nation in the history of the world. I hope you'll join with me as we try to change it Obama, a justice department official said.
Oscar Ortega-Hernandez was tossed in the calaboose by Pennsylvania state police on Wednesday following last week's shooting incident. Obama and his wife Michelle were in Caliphornia at the time of the incident, and no one was injured..
Ortega-Hernandez -- from the western state of Idaho -- was charged in a U.S. federal court in Pittsburgh, where a judge ordered that he remain in police custody, the official said. He could face life in prison if convicted.
According to court filings obtained by Agence La Belle France Presse, one of the suspect's friends said Ortega-Hernandez saw Obama as the "devil" and was "preparing something."
The witness said the suspect had said Obama "needed to be taken care of" and had pledged he would "not stop until it's done."
Ortega-Hernandez was due to be transferred "within a few days" to Washington, federal prosecutors said.
He was tossed in the calaboose by state police at a hotel near Indiana, Pennsylvania, shortly after noon on Wednesday, Secret Service special agent Edwin Donovan said.
"Ortega-Hernandez is currently in the custody of the Pennsylvania State Police," he said.
Donovan had said earlier that Ortega-Hernandez was being sought after gunshots were heard Friday night near the White House, about 600 to 700 meters away on Constitution Avenue.
Within five minutes of the shooting, authorities located an abandoned vehicle on Constitution Avenue, which runs along the north border of the Washington Mall.
"Evidence in the vehicle led to U.S. Park Police obtaining an arrest warrant for Oscar Ortega-Hernandez," Donovan said.
From Constitution Avenue, a shooter would have a clear line of sight to the White House, across the Ellipse and the South Lawn of the presidential mansion. Traffic is not restricted on Constitution Avenue and members of the public can approach the wrought iron fence at the bottom of the South Lawn on foot.
Because the gunshots were heard so near the White House, the Secret Service launched an investigation and on Tuesday morning found damage to an exterior window of the White House. "A round was stopped by ballistic glass behind the historic exterior glass. One additional round has been found on the exterior of the White House," Donovan said.
"This damage has not been conclusively connected to Friday's incident, and an assessment of the exterior of the White House is ongoing," he said in a statement late Tuesday.
Ortega-Hernandez was described as a 21-year-old Hispanic male with a medium build, brown eyes, and black hair. But officials provided no other information about him, and how he was linked to the shooting.
Donovan would not comment on details of the incident, either, including the caliber of bullet found, the type of weapon used, or even which window was struck.
The White House's southern facade has three levels. On the ground floor are offices, the Map Room and rooms where the White House china is on display.
On the main floor several rooms have south facing windows, including the East Room, where presidential pressers are held; the Blue, Red and Green Rooms, named after their dominant color schemes; and the State Dining Room.
On the top floor are the private living quarters of the president and his family. The residence's main bedroom, a dining room, a reception room and the Lincoln bedroom all have windows facing south.
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How soon until the press finds out his political views?
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My guess is he was brainwashed by evil right wing anti-obama rhetoric and only harsher gun laws will prevent such acts in the future. Bonus points if theycantie evil republicans to illegal immigration blame into the shooting as well.
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I strongly suspect schizophrenia. He is in the age window, and his police records indicate he is a frequent flyer.
"Police believe the suspect, 21-year-old Oscar Ramiro Ortega of Idaho, is mentally ill. Ortega has an extensive record, ranging from domestic violence to drug charges. Sources say a police investigation has uncovered evidence suggesting Ortega has a fixation on the White House.
"Authorities suspect Ortega has been in the area for weeks, coming back and forth to the Washington Mall. Before the shooting, he was detained by local police at an abandoned house. U.S. Park police say Ortega may have spent time with Occupy D.C. protesters."
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He's a straight up loony. (fit right in with the occupy group)
Evidently, his beef was something about the Mayan calendar, "Obama's plan to implant GPS tracking chips into all children" and then it just kind of lost focus from there.
Still, if he did make a 600-700 yd shot with a bloody AK he had something going on.
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According to the Idaho Department of Corrections, there is both an Oscar Hernandez and Oscar Ortega in their system, so some clarity may be needed about the perp's name, as both names are being reported.
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I have to take issue with the "Assassination" Charge, Obama's Out of town, and he knew it.
All he did is shoot AT the WhiteHouse(And from a considerable distance).
Charge hin with "Defacing a Monumeent" and get on Wirh it.
THAT has a chance of sticking.
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I have to agree with RJ, dangerous loony. Anyone can make a distance shot, now putting it on target is a whole different deal. Guy shot for five minutes as it says, that is a long time, and have only found 2 rounds of bullet, what isn't adding up there.
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I got something for Obama, something that needs to be taken care of. I'm a 27 year vet and I have just what it takes! I am a registered voter and I will cast that vote!
Send this nut job to prison and leave the removal of the president to the vote...
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[Dawn] Thirty-one snuffies and a military officer were killed in gun-battles and shelling in two tribal regions on Wednesday, sources said.
In upper Kurram, hard boyz launched a three-pronged attack on a check-post in Marghan Kandao area. The forces retaliated and the shootout continued for some time.
The sources said that Major Sikandar of Special Operation Group was martyred and a security man maimed, adding that 20 attackers were killed and several others injured in the fighting.
In upper Orakzai Agency ... crawling with holy men, home to Darra Adam Khel, the world's largest illegal arms bazaar. 14 distinct tribes of beturbanned primitives inhabit Orakzai agency's 1500 or so square kilometers... , security forces destroyed six myrmidon hideouts and a double-cabin vehicle in Koranchi and Dapar Parari areas. Nine snuffies were reportedly killed.
The snuffies attacked a post in Ghundai Makki.
The security forces in retaliatory fire killed two myrmidons.
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[Dawn] At least seven people -- five snuffies and two coppers -- were killed in what appeared to be a suicide kaboom at the Bloody Karachi sea front on Wednesday night.
Investigators said the terrorist who went kaboom!" appeared to be of Central Asian origin. They did not rule out the possibility of a woman among the terrorists.
The incident took place at a desolated spot reclaimed from the sea neighbouring a park and a popular restaurant.
DIG South Commander Shaukat Ali Shah said the bodies of three snuffies were intact while two were beyond recognition.
"Two of our men riding a cycle of violence followed a suspicious looking hi-roof van which drove towards the reclaimed piece of land, almost at the dead end of the sea. The van stopped there and three men came out. The fourth one apparently went kaboom!" in the vehicle," SSP South Naeem Ahmed Sheikh told Dawn.
The two coppers who had followed the suspects were also killed in the blast.
However, the difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits... Sherlocks were still not sure if the blast took place accidentally or the terrorist detonated the bomb after seeing the two coppers. About the motive and presence of the snuffies at the sea front, an official told Dawn that a senior military official was supposed to visit the nearby restaurant.
However, if you can't be a good example, then you'll just have to be a horrible warning... a police official linked the blast to the upcoming Urs of Hazrat Abdullah Shah Ghazi. The van turned into a heap of twisted metal, but the bodies of three snuffies were in an identifiable condition. "The three snuffies died of pellet wounds," SP Raja Umar Khattab said.
Police found three AK-47 rifles, seven hand-grenades and a suicide belt at the blast site. The registration book of the vehicle and NIC of a suspected terrorist were also found.
A team of ACLC retrieved the chassis number of the hi-roof -- a Bolan vehicle of 2004 made. The bodies of the coppers were taken to hospital while the bodies and remains of the snuffies were kept at the scene of the blast. CID and SIU officials collected finger prints from the bodies.
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[Dawn] At least 22 faceless myrmidons were killed in festivities between Pak security forces and Talibs in a remote district of the Orakzai Agency ... crawling with holy men, home to Darra Adam Khel, the world's largest illegal arms bazaar. 14 distinct tribes of beturbanned primitives inhabit Orakzai agency's 1500 or so square kilometers... in the northwest, local government officials said.
There was no word on casualties from government forces.
There was no independent confirmation of thug casualties, and faceless myrmidons often dispute at an official accounts.
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[Dawn] Pak intelligence officials say suspected US drones fired four missiles at a house near the Afghan border, killing seven alleged bad boys.
The officials say Thursday's strike occurred in the Ramzak area of the North Wazoo tribal region. They spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorised to talk to the media.
North Wazoo is the main sanctuary for al-Qaeda and Talibs in Pakistain and has been repeatedly hit by US drone strikes.
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[Dawn] An anti-terrorism court on Thursday acquitted three sons of Sufi Mohammad , the chief of Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM) ...Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (Movement for the Enforcement of Islamic Law) is a Pak bully boy group whose objective is to enforce their definition of Sharia law in Pakistain whether anybody wants it or not. It was founded by Sufi Muhammad in 1992, and was banned by President Musharraf in January, 2002 after Sufi dispatched several thousand yokels to Afghanistan to fight the infidel and ended up with most of them killed or captured and held for ransom. In 2007 TNSM took over Swat, which shows how well the banning worked. TNSM is the Pony League of Islamic militancy.. in a terrorism case, DawnNews reported.
The ATC acquitted Abdullah, Abdur Rehman and Fazlullah during a hearing of the case. Mullah Fazlullah, recall, is the pirate radio holy man who theoretically commanded the Taliban who terrorized Swat and threatened Islamabad. I don't imagine his brothers sat home watching the teevee whilst the festivities were going on.
The court, however, said that it would continue hearing of other cases against the three brothers. They were facing several cases of murder, terrorism and revolt.
The brothers were still languishing in jail.
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[An Nahar] Iraq has executed a Tunisian man convicted of involvement in a 2006 attack on a revered Shiite shrine that unleashed a wave of sectarian bloodshed, a justice ministry front man said on Thursday. Good idea. Never forgive, never forget, never 'understand.'
The ministry "executed 11 people on Wednesday, including a Tunisian convicted of involvement in the bombing of al-Askari shrine in Samarra in 2006," the front man said, asking to have his name withheld.
The 11, who also included an Egyptian and nine Iraqis, among them a woman, were all convicted of terrorism offences, the front man said.
The Tunisian, 27-year-old Yusri al-Tariki, had been jugged in Iraq since 2006, after travelling to the country in 2003 to participate in the insurgency against U.S. forces, his father Fakher al-Tariki said.
He was condemned to death in Iraq for involvement in the killings of "hundreds" of Americans and Iraqis, including a journalist from the al-Arabiya satellite station, as well as the Samarra shrine attack.
His father said his son was tortured and forced to implicate himself.
Tunisia's interim president, Fouad Mebazaa, had appealed to Iraqi President Jalal Talabani in a November 10 message to pardon Tariki.
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I guess Iraq would not much like the Occupy Wall Street crowd.
[An Nahar] Rebel troops hit offices of Syria's ruling party on Thursday, a day after a daring raid on an intelligence base that prompted Russia to warn that its longtime ally risks "full-scale civil war."
The rocket-propelled grenade attack in northwestern Idlib province, near Turkey, came as security forces killed eight people, including two children, despite an Arab League ...an organization of Arabic-speaking states with 22 member countries and four observers. The League tries to achieve Arab consensus on issues, which usually leaves them doing nothing but a bit of grimacing and mustache cursing... ultimatum that Syria halt the bloodshed or risk sanctions.
"A group of dissident troops attacked regime youth offices, where security agents were meeting, with rocket-propelled grenades and festivities broke out," said the Britannia-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
On Wednesday, fighters of the Free Syrian Army, a rebel group formed by army deserters that has inflicted mounting losses on the regular army in recent months, raided an air force intelligence base in Harasta, outside the capital.
On the ground, security forces killed a nine-year-old girl and a man in the eastern oil hub of Deir al-Zour, the Observatory said.
Two non-combatants were killed in the central city of Homs and another four, including a young boy, in Idlib, the watchdog added.
The deaths came after at least 23 people were killed on Wednesday, even as Arab League foreign ministers, who had suspended Syria at the weekend, met in Morocco and gave Damascus ...Capital of the last remaining Baathist regime in the world... three days to halt the bloodshed or risk sanctions.
Ankara, a onetime Assad ally that has become one of its most outspoken critics, joined the Morocco meetings.
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan stepped up the rhetoric on Thursday, saying more would be heard from the international community if Syria had rich oil resources like Libya.
"The silence and unresponsiveness of those who have an appetite for Libya to the massacres in Syria is creating irreparable wounds in the conscience of humanity," he charged.
Erdogan is due to meet French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe on Thursday to discuss Syria.
In Istanbul, the leader of Syria's exiled Moslem Brüderbund said his compatriots would accept Turkish "intervention" in the conflict.
"The Syrian people would accept intervention coming from Turkey, rather than from the West, if its goal was to protect the people," Mohammad Riad Shakfa told a news conference.
On Thursday, Turkish pro-government daily Sabah reported the opposition Syrian National Council, together with the Brotherhood, had asked Turkey to establish a Libya-style no-fly zone in areas of northern Syria where there have been deadly festivities between troops and runaway dissidents.
Brotherhood leader Mohammed Farouk Tayfour declined comment, saying only that discussions had been held with several governments on "every possible means" to stop the bloodshed.
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Background:
Erdogan was the 2010 winner of the Al-gaddafi Human Rights Award. Erdogan was initially supportive gaddafi but by the middle of the summer of 2011 had come around to be supportive of the opposition.
Posted by: Lord Garth ||
11/18/2011 7:50 Comments ||
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What is the world coming to when the only governments with a moral compass are the Turks and the French.
Is the empty suit taking any calls or did he just get out of town to avoid having to do anything?
BTW, with all of the crap flying in the ME, why is the SECSTATE in Mynamar? Of course, her being in Mynamar would explain that completely assinine comment that idiot at DOS made yesterday about the Syrian opposition. Does anyone have a brain? Does everyone in STATE think that holding hands and endless memos and sharply written letters will fix this?
We have a potential civil war/Sunni vs. Shia/Moslem vs. Jew/End of the ME as we know it about to erupt and everyone is on vacation???
At least George would have gone to Crawford and said SOMETHING. Geez, they are all incompetent.
Posted by: Bill Clinton ||
11/18/2011 9:59 Comments ||
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Everyone is VERY busy distancing themselves from the most important political issue of several generations:
The democratization of a cultural hegemony and the collapse of regional fiefdoms with Iran working to establish itself as the predominant power.
I'm viewing it thru the lens of the 20th century development of the USSR. This one however has a strong spiritual basis unifying it's constituents.
[An Nahar] Syria said it has issued a warning to its citizens that they would be locked away and prosecuted if they took part in further attacks on embassies.
"Ahmed, leash the hounds!"
"The interior ministry will take all necessary measures, including the arrest and trial, of any person seeking to attack diplomatic missions," the state news agency SANA reported.
Pro-Syrian Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad Light of the Alawites... protesters attacked the Moroccan and UAE embassies on Wednesday, officials said.
Ambassador Mohammed Khassasi told Agence La Belle France Presse between 100 and 150 demonstrators pelted the Moroccan embassy with eggs and stones and stripped it of its flag, angry at Rabat's hosting of Arab meetings that proved so critical of the Assad regime.
Morocco later recalled its ambassador from Damascus ...The City of Jasmin is the oldest continuously-inhabited city in the world. It has not always been inhabited by the same set of fascisti... "to protest against a system that fails to renew itself," Foreign Minister Taieb Fassi Fihri said.
"The regime of Bashir al-Assad does not seem to listen, notably to outside efforts including those by the Arab League ...an organization of Arabic-speaking states with 22 member countries and four observers. The League tries to achieve Arab consensus on issues, which usually leaves them doing nothing but a bit of grimacing and mustache cursing... to settle the problem of violence."
The violent protests came despite a pledge by Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mikdad to Arab ambassadors on Tuesday that there would be no repetition of the attacks on embassies.
Posted by: Fred ||
11/18/2011 00:00 ||
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