[Tolo News] In his opening speech on the first day of Advisory Jirga, President Karzai said that if the Jirga agrees to BSA between Kabul and the United States, this agreement will be signed after the Presidential Elections.
Although, one of conflicting issues between Kabul and Washington were American troops operations in villages of Afghanistan, but in written guarantee from the President of the United States of America to the government of Afghanistan, this issue has been resolved. President Karzai read part of the written guarantee.
President Karzai asked the participants of the Jirga to think of future while making decisions.
"Whatever decision you make, must have political mechanization and must think of future, because the decisions that you will make will set the right or wrong for the future generation of Afghanistan" Hamed Karzai, President of Afghanistan.
Karzai further asked the participants to not listen to anyone and should make independent decisions and based on the national interests of Afghanistan.
"Whoever they are, from government, non-government, my relatives, or my friends, if they come to you and tell you or to the commission and say that this is how President thinks, don't accept. I don't have any other representatives but you", Hamed Karzai, President of Afghanistan.
One of the members of the Senate, criticized the statement of President Karzai and left. But President Karzai calmly stated that views of everyone should be respected.
"Everyone has the right to raise to their voice, so did this sister" Hamed Karzai, President of Afghanistan.
President Karzai has reported of consultation with all the countries of world in regards to BSA. All the countries, especially China, India and Russia have agreed, but Iran.
"Iran said it's not alright. Turkey is in favor, Islamic countries are in favor, I consulted with the King of Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... and he told me that anything that is in favor of Afghanistan. International Community and especially powerful countries of the world have also favored it. These countries are also supporter of our demands from America and NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It's headquartered in Belgium. That sez it all.... " Karzai.
President Karzai added that Afghanistan's main demand was peace and equipment of Afghanistan Security Forces with latest armory.
Towards the end, President Karzai apologized to students and residents of Kabul for the blocked routes.
Based on this agreement, fifteen thousand security forces will stay in Afghanistan for ten years in 9 military bases located in 9 provinces. NATO and troops from other countries also depends on this agreement with the United States of America.
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I logged on with eyes that were bleary
On Rantburg all stories were cheery
I smiled, then I cursed:
Of course, April first!
Oh well, it was lovely in theory
[Al Ahram] The United Nations ...an organization originally established to war on dictatorships which was promptly infiltrated by dictatorships and is now held in thrall to dictatorships... in Somalia called Thursday for a "proper investigation" after police again incarcerated You have the right to remain silent... an alleged rape victim and journalists who reported her story. Rape, and reporting on sexual assault, is one of the most sensitive topics in Somalia, and the case is the latest in a series of arrests of victims and the journalists who aired their story.
The alleged victim, a 19-year old news hound, spoke to the independent Radio Shabelle about how she was attacked and raped at gunpoint, claiming that two fellow journalists carried out the attack.
"One of the men threatened me with a pistol, and took me to the bedroom by force...both of them raped me several times, destroying my pride and dignity," she said, in a video interview broadcast on Somalia's Radio Shabelle website earlier this week.
"I am appealing to the government to take legal action against the rapists, they might have done the same to other poor girls," she added.
Police in the capital Mogadishu have arrested the woman, as well as Mohammed Bashir Hashi, the male news hound who interviewed her, and Shabelle's manager Abdulmalik Yusuf.
Nicholas Kay, UN special representative for Somalia, said in a message Thursday the UN was monitoring the "new rape allegation in Mogadishu" and warning that "legal representation, proper investigation and media freedom (are) important issues."
Last month the Somali security forces shut down Shabelle's radio broadcasts after accusing it of illegally occupying a government building.
The victim and Hashi remain in police custody, but the station manager has been released on bail.
In February, a Somali journalist and a rape victim he interviewed were both sentenced to a year in prison, but they were released after two months in jail after the case sparked widespread international criticism.
In August, a Somali woman who alleged she was gang-raped by 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... soldiers was also held by police for questioning.
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[Libya Herald] In the aftermath of the bloody Gharghour incident which left nearly 50 dead and 500 injured, many Tripoli ...a confusing city, one end of which is located in Lebanon and the other end of which is the capital of Libya. Its chief distinction is being mentioned in the Marine Hymn... tanians were pleased to see so many official security forces dispersed across the city, manning major crossroads and checkpoints.
However, a hangover is the wrath of grapes... skeptical Libyans have been wondering whether these forces were official security personnel, or whether they were militias in new uniforms.
Regular security personnel are those who have individually joined either the army or the police. They take and implement orders from their ranking superiors and abide by strict rules and regulations, including not participating in politics, strikes or demonstrations.
They are not groups of former thuwar that had taken part in the fighting to overthrow of the Qadaffy regime who had formed a regionally or tribally-based military unit. Former fighters are allowed to join the regular forces as individuals, but not as part of their whole militia.
At Tuesday's questioning of the government, both the Interior Minister and Defence Minister confirmed that all individuals now providing security to the capital were members of the official army.
Asked by a GNC member whether regular security officials that had not turned up to work had been reprimanded, the government said that such procedures would be implemented in January 2014. It is thought that some were not going to work fearing confrontations with militias.
The government had previously warned all official security personnel to turn up to work or face wage cuts or job losses.
The GNC also asked why insufficient security had been provided for the demonstrators at Ghargour -- as is proscribed by Demonstration Law No. 65. The government response was that it had, in its view, provided enough security for the demonstration it had permitted, which was in the Abu Harida/Al Aqsa mosque square and rundabout, and not beyond.
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[Libya Herald] As Misrata local council announced that it plans to question the city's faceless myrmidons involved in the Gharghour massacre last Friday, it was also alleged that local Gharghour leaders had agreed five days beforehand with the Misrata faceless myrmidons that there would be no provocative demonstration at the base.
The 90 faceless myrmidons involved in the killing did not receive the same rapturous welcome as the main body of Misratan fighters when they returned to the city on Monday night.
Indeed dozens of city residents held a vigil in which they expressed their regrets for the events in Tripoli ...a confusing city, one end of which is located in Lebanon and the other end of which is the capital of Libya. Its chief distinction is being mentioned in the Marine Hymn... and invoked mercy on the souls of those who had bit the dust. The sense of sadness was palpable and one man at the vigil called the Gharghour slayings "a terrible crime".
They shared however the general pride in the performance on their city's fighters who, they said, had defended Tripoli and then withdrawn as required under the GNC Law No. 27. They praised their dedication to national unity.
This evening allegations surfaced that as plans for the peaceful mass protest at Gharghour were getting under way, the fighters occupying the ten-villa base reached a deal on either Monday or Tuesday that the protest would not in fact go ahead. The agreement made with Gharghour locals was allegedly that the demonstration would be switched to Martyrs Square.
Today also saw the visit of a 12-man delegation of elders from the Jebel Nafusa and nearby towns, including Sabratha. Talks with Misratan officials looked at ways of solving the differences between Misrata and Tajoura and Suq Al-Juma through arbitration involving Congress.
One sign of lessening tension was the exchange of prisoners last night in Tajoura. The Misratans handed over 17 people taken from Tajoura as they pulled out through the town, while in their turn the Tajourans released 22 Misratans.
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[Libya Herald] The head of Tripoli ...a confusing city, one end of which is located in Lebanon and the other end of which is the capital of Libya. Its chief distinction is being mentioned in the Marine Hymn... Local Council, Sadat Elbadri, has said that the strike in the capital that started after last Friday's massacre in Gharghour will continue until GNC decisions Nos. 27 and 53 are implemented and all militias had left the capital.
Speaking at a presser this evening, he said that, despite today's departures, over a thousand military formations remained in the capital. These all had to go, he said. Tripoli militias too had to cease to operate. The only acceptable security forces were the army and police.
"These are hard times. We need support and confidence from the people," he added.
Also at the presser were a number of civil society leaders in the capital who backed his call.
Mohammed Al-Qwaif, representing the Greater Tripoli Area Residents Group, said that locals would continue peaceful protests "until the last militia leaves".
He attacked the government which, he claimed, had until the massacre ignored Law 27 ordering militias out of the capital. He also criticised the Prime Minister's initial attack on Elbadri after the massacre when he accused him of organising the protest. The government had been well aware of it in advance, Qwaif said; the Interior Ministry had authorised it.
The government had to investigate the massacre and punish the criminals responsible, he insisted.
Mohammed Drah, President of the Students' Union at Tripoli University, said that the strike there would continue until all militias left the capital -- "with no exceptions". He said the big brigades had left because the government had put pressure on them. But there were plenty of small ones remaining. There were 100 formations in Janzour and more than 80 in Busleem. All had to go.
Moreover, he asked, where was that pressure to force the brigades to leave before last Friday.
He demanded to know why the government had not protected the protestors and why had it initially accused them of carrying weapons.
There was a lot of pressure on the students to give up their strike, he stated. The Prime Minister had been to visit the university to ask them to return to work. However, if you can't be a good example, then you'll just have to be a horrible warning... he accused Ali Zeidan of "just talking".
"We're not going back," he said. The students union had met with deans and other student representatives and there would be a further meeting on Saturday to see if Law 27 was being implemented. "We even don't have security in the university", he said. "How can we study in such a situation?".
He said he was confident the militias would go, he told the Libya Herald. There were signs too, he said, that the lead being taken by Tripoli against the militias was being copied elsewhere. There had been consultations with civil groups in Benghazi, he said. "They're going to protest there."
The head of the Dawa Islamiya (the Islamic Call Society), whose Tripoli headquarters was handed over by Zintan's Sawaq Brigade today, complained that that his organization had not been party to any negotiations and that the premises had not been given back to it.
The presser was broadcast live on a screen in Algeria square. Around 200 protestors had gathered to hear Elbadri's speech after the much talked withdrawal of some brigades from Tripoli. The response to the statements by officials was very emotional as people waited to hear official reports on the developments.
The crowd watching the presser responded with Takbir (Allahu Akbar) when Mohammed Drah spoke of his clear cut message to the Prime Minister. "We will not stand with anyone that doesn't stand for the country", Drah said.
There were arguments between protestors as some tried to defend the actions of the Prime Minister. One protestor who lost his brother last Friday had to be taken away as he broke down when Al-Qwaif demanded an inquiry into the killing of protestors. Some protestors were unhappy with others criticising Ali Zeidan and loudly complained that the event was turning into an attack on him.
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[Libya Herald] At Tuesday's GNC questioning of the Ali Zeidan government over the Gharghour incident, the government revealed that it will present its full report on the bloody incident within 10 days.
Acting Minister of Interior and Deputy Prime Minister, Sadiq Abdelkarim, refused to give any more details beyond general replies and preferred not to anticipate what the report will say on the incident.
When asked if he could confirm if some protestors were armed and opened fire first on the Gharghour-based Misratan militia, he declined to answer.
However, alcohol has never solved anybody's problems. But then, neither has milk... at the questioning, various government officials confirmed that permission had been granted for the demonstration, but only in the Abu Harida/Al Quds mosque square and roundabout. No permission was granted for a march on the Gharghour militia base.
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[Al Ahram] Egypt's cabinet ruled on Thursday that police may enter university campuses without prior permission if facilities or students are under threat.
The decision -- which reverses previous regulations requiring that police receive permission from the university president or judicial authorities before entering campuses -- comes amidst a wave of violent festivities in universities across the country.
In a Thursday presser, cabinet front man Hany Salah El-Din also announced that the cabinet's protest law would soon be approved.
He added that the cabinet has demanded the formation of special prosecution units tasked specifically with investigating "terrorism."
Egypt has witnessed a volatile security situation since the July ouster of Islamist president Mohammed Morsi ...the former president of Egypt. A proponent of the One Man, One Vote, One Time principle, Morsi won election after the deposal of Hosni Mubarak and jumped to the conclusion it was his turn to be dictator... , with a surge in attacks on security personnel, namely in northern Sinai. Suspected Islamist gunnies are largely blamed for the attacks.
Morsi supporters have held near-daily protests since the president's ouster. However, there is a theory which states that if ever anybody discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened... their numbers have fallen sharply, and protests are increasingly restricted to university campuses. Demonstrations often turn violent as protesters clash with security or Morsi opponents.
Al-Azhar University, Egypt's leading authority of Sunni Islam, has seen some of the most violent protests over the past weeks.
A protest at Al-Azhar on Wednesday left one student dead and 16 others incarcerated You have the right to remain silent... , following festivities between students and the police.
Last week, a court sentenced 12 pro-Morsi students to 17 years in prison for attacking the Al-Azhar headquarters in October.
"There is no immunity for anyone who breaks the law," Salah El-Din stated.
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[Pak Daily Times] The Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat ...which is the false nose and plastic mustache of the murderous banned extremist group Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistain, whatcha might call the political wing of Lashkar-e-Jhangvi... (ASWJ) has given a countrywide protest call for Friday (today) against the Rawalpindi sectarian riots that killed 11 people and left many others injured.
Religious organizations have assured support to the ASWJ leadership for making the protest a success.
A statement issued by the ASWJ Islamabad office said the protest would be peaceful and called upon the government to take action against the perpetrators of the Rawalpindi incident.
The statement said the protest would be led by holy mans and the ASWJ leaders. In Islamabad it would be held after the Friday prayers, raising fear among the people for a possible violent incident.
The Difa-e-Pakistain Council (DPC), the Jamaat Ulema-e-Islam ...the political wing of the Pak Taliban... (Sami) and the Sunni Wahdatul Musselmeneen (SWM) have announced their support for the protest call to express their solidarity with the families of the victims.
ASWJ head Maulana Ahmed Ludhianvi said the tragic incident was a well-planned conspiracy and called to punish those involved in the violence. He held the Rawalpindi administration responsible for the tragedy and urged the nation to remain peaceful.
The JUI (Sami), in its statement, said the SWM would observe a countrywide strike to condemn the Rawalpindi incident. The SWM central general council announced that a demonstration would be held on The Mall in front of the Masjid-e-Shuhada, in Lahore.
SWM leader Allama Mohammad Younis Hassan, in a statement, alleged the attacks on ASWJ and Deobandi seminaries all over the country were the result of a conspiracy. He accused the government of taking sides and not taking any action.
The situation in Rawalpindi remained tense after riots erupted in Rawal Town following festivities between two groups. At least 11 people were killed in the riots, which later spread to other cities.
On the other hand, the Islamabad police have beefed up security in the capital ahead of the rally by religious activists against the Rawalpindi unrest.
According to Inspector General of Police's Personal Secretary Zia Qamar, about 3,500 police personnel and Rangers would be deployed in areas adjacent to imambargahs, seminaries and mosques in the capital. Additional check-posts had been set up at entry points of Islamabad, he said.
He said the police and Rangers were directed to remain high alert, while they would also patrol areas near 32 madrassas and 12 imambargahs. He said the Anti-terrorist Squad of the Security Division had been put on high alert and it would also carry out patrolling to ensure security in and around the capital.
The officials said the Special Force would be deployed at all mosques during the Friday prayers. He said the deputy superintendents of police and station house officers of all cop shoppes were instructed to patrol in their respective jurisdictions.
He said the Red Zone would be cordoned off, while a large number of educational institutions in Islamabad had announced a holiday on Friday.
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[Pak Daily Times] 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) Chairman Imran Khan ... aka Taliban Khan, who ain't the brightest knife in the national drawer... Thursday strongly condemned the US drone attack in Hangu and said his party would stage a huge protest demonstration 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 Saturday (tomorrow) to block NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A collection of multinational and multilingual and multicultural armed forces, all of differing capabilities, working toward a common goal by pulling in different directions... supplies forever. Imran urged 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... to take a firm stand against US Predator attacks, saying the time to play on "both sides of the wicket is over". Speaking at a presser, he said that after the Hangu attack the US can undertake such attacks in any part of the country, including the federal capital, due to the "cowardice of the Pak government". "All these attacks are happening because the government has no guts to tell the US that it must stop this madness...you never know after Hangu the next target could be a seminary in Islamabad's posh E7 sector," he cautioned. About his party's scheduled plan to block NATO supply route on November 23, the PTI chief said that a huge protest demonstration would be staged in Peshawar on Saturday. He appealed to the nation to participate in the protest if they want to get rid of US hegemony. Imran said that drone attacks are war crimes and the Peshawar High Court has already given its verdict in this regard. He vowed to block NATO supplies on official level, saying that Thursday's drone attack was carried out in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa ... formerly NWFP, still Terrorism Central... , therefore the provincial government has the right to halt these supplies officially. The PTI chairman also expressed concern ...meaning the brow was mildly wrinkled, the eyebrows drawn slightly together, and a thoughtful expression assumed, not that anything was actually done or indeed that any thought was actually expended... that lives of people are at risk as the US has now expanded its missile attacks to the settled areas. "Nawaz Sharif has not bothered to condemn Thursday's US drone attack in the country's settled area (Hangu), which shows that he has no interest in issues confronting Pakistain (and) his only priority is his foreign trips," Imran regretted.
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[Pak Daily Times] 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... Thursday said Pakistain supports an Afghan-led grinding of the peace processor and will continue to extend all possible facilitation to the reconciliation process.
Talking to a delegation of Afghan High Peace Council (HPC) headed by Chairman Salahuddin Rabani at the Prime Minister's House, he reiterated the importance that Pakistain attaches to a peaceful and stable Afghanistan. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif met the high-ranking delegation from Kabul tasked with pushing forward Afghanistan's grinding of the peace processor, according to a statement from his office.
The three-member group representing the High Peace Council (HPC) arrived in Pakistain a day earlier on a mission that, according to Afghanistan's Caped PresidentHamid 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... , was meant to include a meeting with Abdul Ghani Baradar, the Taliban's former deputy freed from jail in September. Reports that the meeting had taken place could not be confirmed. Nawaz told the group: "Pakistain has always supported a peaceful, stable and united Afghanistan and... Pakistain is playing a constructive and positive role to facilitate an Afghan-led and Afghan-owned reconciliation process," according to a statement released by his office.
The statement said that the visiting delegation thanked the prime minister for his efforts. A member of the group earlier told AFP that the present visit and meetings had been agreed during last month's summit between Afghanistan, Pakistain and Britannia in London. The group was headed by Salahuddin Rabbani, son of slain former president Burhanuddin Rabbani ... the gentlemanly murdered legitimate president of Afghanistan... , and also comprised its secretary general Masoom Stanekzai and Asadullah Wafa. A statement from the office of Afghanistan's Caped President Hamid Karzai at the end of October said: "It was agreed on that a High Peace Council delegation will visit Pakistain and meet with Mullah Baradar in the near future."
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[Ynet] After agreeing to cooperate with Israeli counterpart two months ago, chairman of Paleostinian Football Association slams 'occupation of fascism ...a political system developed in Italy symbolized by the Roman fasces -- thin reeds, each flimsy in itself but unbreakable when bound into a bundle. The word is nowadays thrown around by all sorts of people who have no idea what they're talking about... and Nazism,' calls for 'escalation in popular activity.' Israel Football Association: This is incitement
Paleostinian Football Association Chairman Jibril Rajoub has called Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a "liar" and accused Israel of "taking advantage of the negotiations in order to play for time and create facts on the ground, which proves that this is an occupation in the form of fascism and Nazism."
Rajoub made the scathing remarks several days ago in a television interview in honor of the Paleostinian National Youth Week events.
Friend or Foe?
Rajoub: Israel should beware, we are enemies / Elior Levy
Paleostinian official, interviewed on Lebanese television network, breaks from moderate tone of most PA leaders, states, 'Paleostinians are enemies of Israel; if we had nuclear weapons, we would use them against Israel'
Such a charming man.
The Paleostinian official, who was photographed holding a small child with an M16 rifle, openly called for a resumption of the violence against Israel and an "escalation in the popular activity against the occupation."
He added that the Paleostinian Authority must cut its cultural, economic and sports ties with Israel -- the exact opposite of public statements he made in meetings with FIFA President Sepp Blatter and Israel Football Association Chairman Avi Luzon.
The coordinator of government activities in the territories, Brigadier-General Eitan Dangot, met Sunday with Israel Football Association officials and with a senior representative of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA), who appeared to be shocked by Rajoub's remarks and promised to look into the incident immediately.
In the past two years, Rajoub and his representatives have been complaining that Israel is imposing restrictions on the movement of athletes from the Gazoo Strip to the West Bank and preventing the entry of sports delegations from different countries, including Iraq and Syria.
About two weeks ago, Rajoub participated in a meeting with Blatter and Luzon in Zurich, in which the parties agreed to "cooperate in favor of soccer on both sides."
It wasn't the first time Rajoub discussed such cooperation. In an interview to Yedioth Ahronoth in May 2012, he said that "soccer is the key. We want to convey a message against violence and bloodshed."
The Israel Football Association offered the following statement in response: "We are disgusted by these wretched statements and reject them. It's unfortunate that Rajoub is using sports for political purposes and is failing to contribute to the creation of a better reality.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Association Chairman Avi Luzon and the heads of the IDF are trying constantly to help the Paleostinian Authority maintain a life of sports as long as it does not put the security of the State of Israel and its citizens in danger.
" Accusing Israel of fascism and Nazism and calling for an armed uprising by Rajoub can be seen as incitement, and it's hard to see how this can help improve the situation."
[Al Ahram] The humanitarian situation in Gaza has deteriorated one year after a truce that ended fighting between Israel and the Hamas rulers of the Palestinian enclave, UN officials said Thursday. Running out of food before they run out of ammunition? It happens.
"After 12 months the initial hopes for a significant improvement on the ground have not been realised," said James Rawley, the United Nations' humanitarian coordinator for the Palestinian territories.
"In fact I am sorry to report that situations for Gaza's 1.7 million people is worse than it was before the hostilities a year ago" between November 14 and 21, he said.
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Perhaps they are not aware of how nice it is in Brazil this time of year. Start up a fund to buy boat tickets for Palestinians....to Brazil. The upper Orinoco comes to mind.Tell them they get a free headbag with ever ticket.
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They have had sixty five f.g years to build an economy and get jobs and we are suppo=ed to be concerned about well fed people while there are places in Africa where people starve and are subject to murdering, raping and enslaving by bands of Arabs?
[An Nahar] Syria's authorities have tossed in the slammer Youse'll never take me alive coppers!... [BANG!]... Ow!... I quit! Rajaa Nasser, a dissident whose National Coordination Committee for Democratic Change is tolerated by Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad Lord of the Baath... 's regime, a party official said Thursday.
Top NCCDC official Nasser "was arrested on Wednesday" in the Baramkeh district in the heart of Damascus by a security patrol, party chief Hassan Abdel Azim told AFP.
Abdel Azim said he does not know the reasons behind Nasser's arrest.
But, he added, both he and Nasser were preparing to travel to Geneva to meet with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
"We have been invited by the Russian ambassador in Damascus to meet with Lavrov on November 26 in Geneva," Abdel Azim said.
Key Damascus ally Russia is doubling its efforts to ensure a peace conference dubbed Geneva II is held in mid-December.
Such a conference would bring regime and opposition representatives to the negotiating table, in a bid to end a brutal war that has killed 120,000 people in Syria since March 2011.
Another NCCDC member, Abdel Aziz Khair, has been in detention since September 2012.
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[An Nahar] An al-Qaeda front group fighting in Iraq and Syria has called for jihadist groups to join forces under its banner, according to an audio message posted Thursday on the Internet.
In remarks purportedly made by Abu Mohammed al-Adnani, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) front man said bully boy groups should close ranks against Syrian Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad Oppressor of the Syrians and the Lebs... .
"We call for all jihadist leaders and soldiers and people to accelerate in joining the project of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant," Adnani said.
The authenticity of the audio message and the identity of the speaker could not be independently verified.
Adnani cautioned against judging ISIL on the basis of "what the media portrays or through what our enemies say, such as false charges and lies, but by what you see and feel by yourselves."
His remarks come weeks after al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri ... Formerly second in command of al-Qaeda, now the head cheese, occasionally described as the real brains of the outfit. Formerly the Mister Big of Egyptian Islamic Jihad. Bumped off Abdullah Azzam with a car boom in the course of one of their little disputes. Is thought to have composed bin Laden's fatwa entitled World Islamic Front Against Jews and Crusaders. Currently residing in the North Wazoo area. That is not a horn growing from the middle of his forehead, but a prayer bump, attesting to how devout he is... ordered ISIL to shut down in Syria and instead anointed Al-Nusra Front, another group affiliated with al-Qaeda, to carry the network's banner in the Syrian conflict.
Zawahiri's November 8 demand confirmed a written order issued in June that has so far gone unheeded.
ISIL has instead defied Zawahiri's orders and continued to operate in Syria, where opposition activists have accused the group of escalating abuses against Syrian rebels and civilians.
When the Islamic State of Iraq originally announced it had become ISIL in April 2013, the group's chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi said Al-Nusra Front was its branch in Syria.
But Al-Nusra commander Abu Mohammed al-Jawlani rejected that assertion and instead affirmed his allegiance to Zawahiri.
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Abu Mohammed al-Adnani
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
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HHHHMMMM, HHHHMMMM, intehwesting, Baby Assad versus the new "Islamic Front" coalition versus a new pro-Qaeda coalition - IS THERE NO LOVE FOR THE KURDS???
* FYI DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > VIDEO: A ARMY OF 70,000 MUJAHIDEENS MERGE TO FORM THE NEW "ISLAMIC FRONT" ALLIANCE.
[An Nahar] The Lebanese Army Intelligence was on Thursday analyzing the tapes of security cameras that the Iranian embassy had handed it over after the twin suicide kabooms that targeted the mission in Beirut's southern suburbs.
The probe was ongoing under the supervision of the military prosecutor Judge Saqr Saqr.
Al-Joumhouria newspaper quoted high-ranking security sources as saying that the Army Intelligence is seeking to identify the jacket wallahs as a first lead as to who stood behind Tuesday's blasts that left at least 23 people dead in the neighborhood of Bir Hassan.
The bombing was the latest in a series of attacks that have struck Hizbullah strongholds.
An al-Qaeda-linked myrmidon group, the Abdullah Azzam Brigades, grabbed credit for the attack -- the deadliest targeting Iranian interests since the uprising against Syrian Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad The Scourge of Hama... began in March 2013.
Iran has been a staunch supporter of Assad's government, and the Iranian-backed Hizbullah has been instrumental in helping his troops flush out bully boyz from key areas near the Lebanese border.
Al-Akhbar daily said Thursday that the suicide bombers had been in Beirut only a few days before the blast. They stayed at the Sheraton Four Points hotel in the neighborhood of Verdun with fake Lebanese IDs.
Investigators lifted their finger prints from their hotel rooms and got copies of the identity cards they used, it said.
The newspaper added that the army also began analyzing the hotel's security cameras.
An eyewitness at the hotel said that the two men were not Lebanese and they neither had a Gulf nor a Syrian accent, security sources told LBCI TV.
On Wednesday, hundreds of Hizbullah supporters chanted "Death to America™, Israel and the takfir ...an adherent of takfir wal hijra, an offshoot of Salafism that regards everybody who doesn't agree with them as apostates who most be killed... is!" as they mourned four of the blasts' victims, in the Ghobeiri district.
Women wept as Hizbullah pallbearers carried the coffins of the four victims, including Radwan Fares, a Lebanese who headed the Iranian Embassy ...You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy!... 's security. Women threw flower petals and rice from balconies at the coffins below, wrapped in yellow Hizbullah flags.
"At your service Hizbullah," shouted the men on the streets, fists thrusting in a rhythmic salute.
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On Wednesday, hundreds of Hizbullah supporters chanted "Death to America, Israel and the takfirOn Wednesday, hundreds of Hizbullah supporters chanted "Death to America, Israel and the takfiris!" as they mourned four of the blasts' victims, in the Ghobeiri district.
And the Abdullah Azzam Brigades missed an opportunity.
[An Nahar] President Michel Suleiman ...before assuming office as President, he held the position of commander of the Leb Armed Forces. That was after the previous commander, the loathesome Emile Lahoud, took office as president in November of 1998. Likely the next president of Leb will be whoever's commander of the armed forces, too... stated on Thursday that there is no independence in the country when gangs get involved in a neighboring country's war.
"There is no independence when some Lebanese factions disregard national consensus, risk Leb's stability and get involved in the fighting in a neighboring country's war," Suleiman said in a speech he gave on the eve of Independence Day.
He added: "There is also no independence if security forces were not the only groups authorized to carry arms in the country."
Suleiman considered that the national crisis that is paralyzing the work of the state's institutions "draws question marks around the meaning of independence, of democratic practices and of the Lebanese system and whether it serves the national interests."
He urged politicians not to allow vacuum in the states' institutions, stressing also on the importance of holding the presidential election on time.
"The coming months must not be a waste of time but an opportunity to reach consensus over an electoral law, to withdraw from Syria, to start national dialogue sessions, to adopt administrative decentralization and to form a committee to follow up on the issue of those missing in the war."
He called for "returning to the rule of law, abiding by the constitutions and becoming under the authority of the state and its institutions in order to avoid strife."
He said: "We stress on our national unity and on religious coexistence. I call on you to contribute to the building of a just and capable state that the younger generations aspire to have."
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[An Nahar] OTV aired on Thursday evening the fake identity cards used by the suicide kaboomers behind the blasts in Beirut's Bir Hassan neighborhood as security forces embarked on searching the hotel where they stayed on their last night.
"Security forces are trying to examine the pictures on the IDs to determine whether they are real or fake," OTV said.
Meanwhile, ...back at the bunker, his Excellency called a hurried meeting of his closest advisors. It was to be his last. They discussed the officers's efficiency rating system... LBCI television reported also on Thursday evening that State Commissioner to the Military Court Judge Saqr Saqr ordered the army intelligence to inspect the Sheraton Four Seasons Hotel in the Beirut neighborhood of Verdun, as reports said it was where the attackers spent their last night before their deadly operation.
"The army intelligence searched one room in the hotel and confiscated several possessions of two people that stayed there," LBCI said.
The same source noted that the hotel's administration gave Sherlocks all the information it has about the two men, as well as the recorded footage of the Sheraton's security cameras.
An eyewitness at the hotel remarked that the two men's accent was not that of Syrians or of people who hail from the Gulf, according to the television channel.
LBCI added: "The suspects resided there for four days and they had fake Lebanese IDs, one of them belonged to a person who hails from Beirut, and the other to a person from the Iqlim al-Kharroub town of Barja."
"Investigation is now focused on trying to reveal how the suicide attackers, who are not from Leb, were able to enter Lebanese territories as well as attempting to identify to which group they belonged. The probe is also working on uncovering information about the car that was used in the operation, which was taken from Beirut to the Bekaa and later to Syria."
At least 23 people were killed and more than 145 others were maimed in a twin blast that took place on Tuesday morning near the Iranian Embassy ...You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy!... in the neighborhood of Bir Hassan in Beirut's southern suburbs.
A security official said the first suicide attacker was on a cycle of violence that carried two kilograms of explosives. He went kaboom! at the large black main gate of the Iranian mission, damaging the three-story facility.
Less than two minutes later, the second suicide attacker driving a car rigged with 50 kilograms of explosives struck about 10 meters away, the official said.
The al-Qaeda-linked Abdullah Azzam Brigades grabbed credit for the bombings, according to the Twitter page of a holy man linked to the group.
"The Abdullah Azzam brigades - the Hussein bin Ali cells - are behind the attack on the Iranian embassy in Beirut," Sheikh Sirajeddine Zuraiqat, the group's religious guide, posted on Twitter.
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[Tolo News] In his opening speech on the first day of Advisory Jirga, President Karzai said that if the Jirga agrees to BSA between Kabul and the United States, this agreement will be signed after the Presidential Elections.
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[Al Ahram] The humanitarian situation in Gaza has deteriorated one year after a truce that ended fighting between Israel and the Hamas rulers of the Palestinian enclave, UN officials said Thursday.
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