[PRESSTV] Tens of thousands of Yemenis have staged a demonstration against the Saudi-led war against Yemen, calling for unity among all the factions in the country.
People erupted into the streets of the capital city of Sana’a on Tuesday, calling for an end to the devastating Saudi-led war against the impoverished nation.
The demonstrators called for dialogue among all the warring sides in Yemen ...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of. Except for a tiny handfull of Jews everthing there is very Islamic... in an attempt to counter the existing plots against the country.
More than 12,000 people have been killed since the onset 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... 's deadly campaign against Yemen in March 2015. Much of the Arabian Peninsula country's infrastructure, including hospitals, schools and factories, has been reduced to rubble due to the war.
According to the UN, the country is experiencing "the worst humanitarian crisis on the planet."
A member of Yemen’s Ansarullah movement who was addressing the gathering pointed to the recent conflicts in the country which led to the killing of the former Yemeni president, former 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... , and said that the movement does not seek Dire Revenge for any of its members killed during the conflict.
He said that Ansarullah movement has a series of documents which prove that Saudi Arabia and the UAE have been hatching plots against Yemen and warned that the movement will reveal those documents if Riyadh and Abu Dhabi continue their hostile policies against the Yemeni nation.
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[ARABNEWS] Yemen’s Houthi ...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The Yemeni government has accused the Houthis of having ties to the Iranian government, which wouldn't suprise most of us. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is God is Great, Death to America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews ... militias rallied their supporters in the capital Tuesday, pledging that backers of former President former 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... were safe despite his death at the hands of the krazed killers.
Thousands of Yemenis gathered near Sanaa International Airport shouting "Sanaa is free and the state still stands!" and "Yemenis are one!," as militia chiefs addressed the crowd, many of whom waved the national flag.
Mohammed Ali al-Houthi, who heads the terrorists’ revolutionary council, told the crowd the Houthis had been left with no choice but to "confront" their former ally but were now "ensuring the safety" of members of his General People’s Congress party.
"They are being treated in hospitals and no one is looking to eliminate them," Houthi said.
Tuesday’s rally struck a decidedly conciliatory tone after days of intense festivities between the Houthis and Saleh supporters left residents fearing their neighborhoods had become a new front in the Yemen ...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of. Except for a tiny handfull of Jews everthing there is very Islamic... war.
Sanaa was quiet on Tuesday after five days of fighting, and UN and Red Thingy flights have landed at the airport, the UN said on Tuesday.
Street battles in the capital had stopped despite 25 Arclight airstrikes overnight, UN humanitarian coordinator in Yemen Jamie McGoldrick said.
The funeral of Saleh was expected later on Tuesday.
His family’s allies have battled the Houthis since last week, a dramatic turn in a conflict that had been largely stalemated for much of the past three years.
The UN says a food shortage caused by warring parties blocking supplies has created the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. Millions of people could die in one of the worst famines of modern times.
"People are now emerging from their houses after five days being locked down basically as prisoners," McGoldrick told a regular UN briefing, speaking by phone from Sanaa.
"They are now seeking safety, moving their families in case things erupt again and at the same time seeking medical treatment and trying to pacify very terrified kids who have endured five days of relentless shelling, shooting and ground fire and airstrikes."
The airstrikes overnight struck government buildings, palaces and bridges, and people were now bracing themselves in case of more fighting or airstrikes, McGoldrick said, describing the situation as "very uncertain times."
McGoldrick had no details of Saleh’s funeral later on Tuesday and did not know if it would coincide or clash with an event planned by the Houthis to celebrate his killing. He said there had been a report that there would be a ceremony around the main mosque, and the UN mission should avoid the area because of traffic.
The International Committee of the Red Thingy (ICRC) said that as many as 234 people have been killed in Sanaa street fighting this month between the Houthis and Saleh supporters.
The ICRC said on Tuesday that another 400 people have been maimed in the festivities, which first erupted last week.
It’s not clear how many civilians are among the dead.
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[Al Jazeera] The son of Yemen's former President former 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... has called for Dire Revenge against the Houthi ...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The Yemeni government has accused the Houthis of having ties to the Iranian government, which wouldn't suprise most of us. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is God is Great, Death to America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews ... rebels who took his father's life.
"I will lead the battle until the last Houthi is thrown out of Yemen ...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of. Except for a tiny handfull of Jews everthing there is very Islamic... ... the blood of my father will be hell ringing in the ears of Iran," Ahmed Ali Saleh was quoted as saying by Saudi-owned al-Ekhbariya TV on Tuesday.
He called for his father's backers to "take back Yemen from the Iranian Houthi militias".
Saleh was killed in a rocket-propelled grenade and gun attack on his vehicle at a checkpoint outside Sanaa on Monday. The Houthis said that he was targeted for "treason" after he cut ties with the rebels just days earlier and indicated he was open to talks with the Saudi-led coalition, which has been leading the fight against the Houthis since 2015.
The threat came as news surfaced that Tareq Mohammed Abdullah Saleh, the former president's nephew, was also killed during festivities with the Houthi rebels
According to Rooters, a statement from Saleh's party on Tuesday confirmed that the senior military commander, whose fate had been unknown, was dead.
Tareq Mohammed Abdullah Saleh was expected to lead the military operations against the Houthis, analysts recently told Al Jazeera.
Tense calm
There was a tense calm in Sanaa early on Tuesday, after the Saudi-led coalition launched at least 25 overnight air strikes on the capital city.
"People are now emerging from their houses after five days being locked down basically as prisoners," Jamie McGoldrick, the UN's humanitarian coordinator in Yemen, said during a briefing by phone in Sanaa.
"They are now seeking safety, moving their families in case things erupt again and at the same time seeking medical treatment and trying to pacify very terrified kids who have endured five days of relentless shelling, shooting and ground fire and air strikes."
Hakim al-Masmari, editor of the Yemen Post newspaper, told Al Jazeera that at least nine non-combatants were killed and many more injured in the overnight strikes.
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[Al Jazeera] Yemen's President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi has urged Yemenis to rise up against the Houthi ...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The Yemeni government has accused the Houthis of having ties to the Iranian government, which wouldn't suprise most of us. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is God is Great, Death to America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews ... rebels as violence further escalated in the capital, Sanaa, following the liquidation of the country's former leader, former 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. He's dead now, killed by his Houthi allies...
Hadi called for a "new page" in the battle against the Houthis in a speech carried live on 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... 's Al Arabiya TV late on Monday.
"Let's put our hands together to end the control of these criminal gangs and build a new united Yemen," the leader of Yemen's internationally recognised government said from Riyadh, where he lives in exile.
His predecessor, Saleh, who had ruled Yemen ...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of. Except for a tiny handfull of Jews everthing there is very Islamic... for three decades before his overthrow in 2011, was killed in a rocket-propelled grenade and gun attack on his car at a checkpoint outside Sanaa.
The Houthis said Saleh was killed for "treason" after he cut ties with the rebels in favour of the Saudi-led coalition.
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... condemned Saleh's killing on Tuesday and branded the Houthis as a "terrorist organization".
"All means must be used to rid the Yemeni people of this nightmare," said Ahmed Abdul Gheit, who heads the pan-Arab bloc.
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[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Mostafa Tajzadeh, a veteran Iranian politician, has attacked the Revolutionary Guard for its intervention in Yemen, saying that there was "nothing to make of Yemeni territory that have any strategic importance for Iran".
"Yemen ...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of. Except for a tiny handfull of Jews everthing there is very Islamic... is not occupied by ISIS and it has no holy places, it is not a neighbor of Israel to be considered, by the Iranian regime leaders, with a strategic importance for the Islamic Theocratic Republic," Tajzadeh tweeted on Monday.
Tajzadeh refers to the efforts of the Iranian regime to intervene in the internal affairs of Arab countries, where Iran intervenes militarily in Syria and Iraq. Their presence in one is focused on fighting ISIS while in the second to defend Shiite shrines in both countries, where it calls its militias in Syria and Iraq "Defenders of al-Haram."
Iran is also intervening in Leb’s affairs by supporting the terror group Hezbollah militias, arguing that this country is the first front against Israel.
On Nov. 23, Revolutionary Guards Commander Mohammad Ali Jafari announced what he called an "advisory support" council of his "forces to Yemen", which meant the Houthi ...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The Yemeni government has accused the Houthis of having ties to the Iranian government, which wouldn't suprise most of us. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is God is Great, Death to America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews ... militias were being supported politically, financially and militarily by Tehran.
Tajzadeh is an Iranian reformist politician who was deputy for the interior minister in political and security affairs under the former Iranian President Mohammad Khatami.
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[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Although it remains unclear how former Yemeni President former 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... was exactly killed by the Houthis, some Yemeni Twitter users have been circulating photos of men alleging they were the murderers.
The photos were grabbed from the video of Saleh’s murder. Yemeni media outlets said among the killers was Rashid Manaa, the son of Fares Manaa, a Houthi ...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The Yemeni government has accused the Houthis of having ties to the Iranian government, which wouldn't suprise most of us. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is God is Great, Death to America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews ... field commander and arms dealer who was once close to Saleh before turning against him.
In one of the photos, Rashid can be seen holding a Kalashnikov rifle while lifting Saleh’s body from the ground. General People Congress party supporters and commanders distributed the photos and names of those who were involved in Saleh’s murder and vowed for Dire Revenge.
Among those named are Ibrahim al-Obaidi, Majed Ayda and Hussein Dayfallah. Al Arabiya could not independently verify the information.
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[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Raghad Saddam Hussein, daughter of Iraq’s former president, called the late Yemeni President former 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... her "hero and martyr" Tuesday.
Hussein’s message comes a day after Saleh was rubbed out by Houthi ...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The Yemeni government has accused the Houthis of having ties to the Iranian government, which wouldn't suprise most of us. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is God is Great, Death to America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews ... button men on Monday.
"I extend my condolences to the family of the martyr Ali Abdullah Saleh, to his daughter Balqis, his son Ahmad, and to the family who supported the martyred President Saddam Hussein, his family, and Iraq and many Iraqis after the occupation. Despite all that has happened and will happen, our faith lays in Allah, He who will bring us victory, it’s all to the good my martyr," she tweeted.
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[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] 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... ’s King Salman ...either the largest species of Pacific salmon or the current Sheikh of the Burnin' Sands, King of the Arabians, Sheikh of the Burning Sands, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques and Lord of Most of the Arabians.... bin Abdulaziz received a telephone call from US President Donald Trump ...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States... on Tuesday to discuss the latest regional developments.
During the conversation, King Salman, affirmed Saudi Arabia's continued support for the historic rights of the Paleostinian people.
The King further assured Trump that any declaration on Jerusalem before a settlement would harm the ongoing Paleostinian-Israeli peace negotiations.
He added that an embassy move to Jerusalem is a dangerous step that would negatively affect and offend Moslems around the world.
The telephone conversation followed a call from Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to Washington on Monday who said that any announcement on Jerusalem's status before a final settlement of the conflict may increase tension in the region.
"Any American announcement on the status of Jerusalem before a final settlement is reached will harm the grinding of the peace processor and increase tension in the region," Prince Khalid bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, the Saudi ambassador to the United States, said in a statement.
"The Kingdom's policy has been and continues to be supportive of the Paleostinian people, and this has been transferred to the US administration," said Prince Khalid.
A statement issued on Tuesday by the Paleostinian Presidency thank the Kingdom for its stand and said that this clearly shows the support of Saudi Arabia to the Paleostinian people and their rights.
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And this is important to Muslims now why? I think they have bigger problems.
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] 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... ’s attorney general has released a statement on his committee’s finding regarding a recent probe into corruption in the kingdom.
The statement said 320 persons were summoned by the commission with the addition of others after first investigations began on Nov. 9 based on the information provided by the detainees.
The anti-corruption commission referred a number of the tossed in the slammer Drop the heater, Studs, or you're hist'try! to the kingdom’s public prosecutor’s office. The number of detainees to date stands at 159.
"Most of those who have been confronted with corruption charges against them by the committee have agreed to a settlement and the necessary procedures are being completed," the statement said.
"The Public Prosecution examined the files of those referred to it in accordance with the relevant legal procedures and decided to detain a limited number of them and released the rest," the attorney general’s statement added.
According to the statement, the total number of those who have been detained and whose accounts have been frozen stands at 376.
Dozens of high-profile figures including princes, ministers and tycoons are being held in Riyadh's Ritz-Carlton hotel, now a makeshift luxury prison, in the biggest sweep of the kingdom's elite in its recent history.
The attorney general has previously said he estimates at least $100 billion has been lost in embezzlement or corruption over several decades.
His latest statement comes after Prince Miteb bin Abdullah, the former National Guard chief once seen as a contender to the throne, was released last week following a settlement reportedly exceeding $1 billion.
Some analysts saw Prince Miteb's removal as an attempt by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who is also Saudi defense minister, to consolidate his control over the security services.
In a recent interview to The New York Times
...which still proudly displays Walter Duranty's Pulitzer prize... , Prince Mohammed described as "ludicrous" reports equating the crackdown to a power grab, saying that many of those detained at the opulent Ritz-Carlton had already pledged allegiance to him.
Saudi forces also grounded private jets at airports, possibly to prevent high-profile figures from leaving the country, an aviation source told AFP.
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[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] 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... ’s King Salman ...either the largest species of Pacific salmon or the current Sheikh of the Burnin' Sands, King of the Arabians, Sheikh of the Burning Sands, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques and Lord of Most of the Arabians.... bin Abdulaziz chaired a meeting held by the kingdom’s council of ministers on Tuesday where the monarch briefed them on the results of his talks with British Prime Minister Theresa May last week.
Saudi Minister of Culture and Information Dr. Awad bin Saleh al-Awad said in a statement that the cabinet discussed a number of reports on developments in the region and the world.
The ministers welcomed a joint statement issued by the international meeting on the Yemeni crisis in London. The statement affirmed the full support of Saudi Arabia in its legitimate right to defend itself against threats to its security and stability. The statement also stressed that the firing of ballistic missiles by the Houthis toward the Kingdom constitutes a threat to regional security and prolongs the conflict.
The council pointed out the developments in the Yemeni capital Sanaa and noted the statement made by the leadership of the coalition supporting the legitimacy in Yemen ...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of. Except for a tiny handfull of Jews everthing there is very Islamic... in this regard.
Awad expressed the hope that "the uprising of the Yemeni people against the Houthi-backed sectarian militias supported by Iran will rid Yemen of the abuse, death threats, and the appropriation of public and private properties".
"Saudi Arabia reiterates its constant concern for the stability of Yemen and its return to its Arab embrace and for all that is in the interest of its people and the preservation of its land, security, identity, unity and social fabric within the framework of Arab, regional and international security," he added.
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[Al Jazeera] Ottoman Turkish President Sultan Recep Tayyip Erdogan the First ... Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him. It's a sin, a shame, and a felony to insult the president of Turkey... has threatened to cut diplomatic ties with Israel over reports that the United States plans to recognise Jerusalem as the Israeli capital.
Such a move would be a "red line" for Moslems, Erdogan said on Tuesday.
Reports emerged on Friday that US President Donald Trump ...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States... was considering recognising Jerusalem as Israel's capital, a move that would be symbolised by relocating the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, upsetting decades of US policy.
The plan has drawn criticism from a number of world leaders, who fear it would further escalate regional tensions.
French President Emmanuel Macron told Trump by telephone that Jerusalem's status must be decided in peace talks between Israelis and Paleostinians.
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... was holding an emergency meeting on Tuesday to discuss developments on the status of Jerusalem, after a request by Paleostinian officials.
[IsraelTimes] Israeli officials blasted The Sick Man of Europe Turkey’s president, Sultan Recep Tayyip Erdogan the First, on Tuesday for his threat to sever diplomatic ties should US President Donald Trump recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.
Diplomatic officials said in a statement that Jerusalem has been the "capital of the Jewish people for 3,000 years and Israel’s capital for 70 years, regardless of whether Erdogan recognizes this or not."
They spoke on condition of anonymity because the government has not yet commented formally.
Last year, Turkey and Israel ostensibly ended a longstanding rift greatly exacerbated by Israel’s storming of a Gazoo-bound ship attempting to beat the blockade of the coastal strip in 2010. That incident left dead 10 Ottoman Turkish activists who had attacked Israeli soldiers and led to a downgrading of diplomatic ties.
The two sides have since stepped up cooperation, in particular in energy, but Erdogan, who regards himself a champion of the Paleostinian cause, is still often bitterly critical of Israeli policy.
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So if they are really mad at us they will stop coming here, and some maybe even leave? Gosh...
[PRESSTV] Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the US Supreme Court's complete endorsement of President Donald Trump ...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States... 's travel ban on Moslems is tantamount to giving a free pass to fanaticism.
"US Supreme Court defends and allows Trump's #MoslemBan to go into full effect," Zarif said on his official Twitter account on Tuesday.
He expressed regret that the court's move gives "bigotry full license in USA."
The US Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed the Trump administration to fully enforce a travel ban targeting eight countries, six of them Moslem majority nations with no mention of a "bona fide" exception.
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[DAWN] Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif on Tuesday said Pakistain's foreign policy has for long remained US-centric, however, the time had come to review the policy and shift its focus towards Russia and China.
The foreign minister highlighted the possibility of a policy shift and said revisiting the Islamabad's policy was the need of the hour. The minister hinted at an inclination towards the left block of the world, saying "China lives next to us and we have a common wall. Russia can also be our good friend."
Asif said this while addressing a seminar hosted by the Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI) in the federal capital.
"We can’t have an independent foreign policy until we are economically strong," the minister maintained.
Asif said the US has been Pakistain's biggest trade partner. "We have to convert our diplomatic outpost to trade outpost," he said, adding that Islamabad must improve and correct its relationships.
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[DAWN] Two suspected controllers of a suicide kaboom targeting District Police Officer (DPO) Sajid Mohmand in 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... 's Chaman area in July earlier this year were tossed in the calaboose Maw! They're comin' to get me, Maw! on Tuesday.
Balochistan Home Minister Sarfaraz Bugti made the announcement at a presser today, identifying the two controllers as Mehmood ─ who went by the aliases Rizwan and Omar ─ and Muhammad Saleem, who was also known by the names Jandullah and Hafiz Sahab.
Security forces and police carried out the raid in which the suspects were arrested. They are believed to have links with the Tehrik-e-Taliban ...Arabic for students... Pakistain and were responsible for planning the Chaman terror attack.
The home minister said that Afghan soil was being used to create unrest in Balochistan.
Bugti said the two suspects had confessed to planning the attack while they were in the Spin Boldak area of Afghanistan's volatile Kandahar province. The controllers were paid a large amount of money in Afghanistan to carry out the attack on the DPO, Bugti added.
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I miss Foster Brooks Granpaw Bugti
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[DAWN] Days after declaring himself the greatest supporter of Lashkar-e-Taiba ...the Army of the Pure, an Ahl-e-Hadith terror organization founded by Hafiz Saeed. LeT masquerades behind the Jamaat-ud-Dawa facade within Pakistain and periodically blows things up and kills people in India. Despite the fact that it is banned, always an interesting concept in Pakistain, the organization remains an blatant tool and perhaps an arm of the ISI... (LeT), former president Pervez Perv Musharraf ... former dictator of Pakistain, who was less dictatorial and corrupt than any Pak civilian government to date ... said that he is open to forming a political alliance with the proscribed Jamaat-ud-Dawa ...the front organization of Lashkar-e-Taiba... (JuD) and its chief, Hafiz Saeed ...founder of Lashkar-e-Taiba and its false-mustache offshoot Jamaat-ud-Dawa. The United Nations declared the JuD a terrorist organization in 2008 and Hafiz Saeed a terrorist as its leader. Hafiz, JuD and LeT are wholly-owned subsidiaries of the Pak intel apparatus, so that amounted to squat... .
"If it is meant to be, it will be," Musharraf said during an appearance on Aaj News for an interview on Sunday.
"There have been no talks yet, but if they want to be included in the alliance, by all means, I will welcome them," Musharraf said, referring to his recently announced 23-party 'grand alliance'.
International powers, including the US and India, consider JuD to be a front for LeT, the hard boy group blamed for the 2008 Mumbai attacks that left 166 people dead.
But JuD denies any link to violence, and within Pakistain the organization enjoys a high degree of popularity for the work of its charitable arm, particularly after natural disasters.
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[DAWN] The opposition parties in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Assembly on Monday demanded inquiry into the killing of a terrorist, who was allegedly disarmed and locked up in a room by a student during the Friday’s attack on the Agriculture Training Institute, Beautiful Downtown Peshawar ...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 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. .
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... , a coalition partner of the ruling 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.... in the province, also endorsed the demand.
Speaking on a point of order in the house, Pakistain People’s Party member Nighat Orakzai said a student had disarmed one of the attackers and locked him up in a room.
"The police instead of arresting the attacker shot up the attacker and killed him in the dormitory," she said while quoting the student as saying.
The politician said the student, who was under treatment, explained the incident when a group of holy warriors stormed the institute.
She said the police had spoiled evidence by killing the attacker and that the arrest of the terrorist would have provided intelligence agencies with clues to reach handlers, planners and criminal masterminds of the attack on the institute.
The attack had left nine people, including eight students, dead and 28 injured.
The police said three attackers were killed in the security forces’ operation.
Law and parliamentary affairs minister Imtiaz Shahid said the information of the MPA was based on hearsay as he had gone through the police’s report about the attack.
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She said the police had spoiled evidence by killing the attacker and that the arrest of the terrorist would have provided intelligence agencies with clues to reach handlers, planners and criminal masterminds of the attack on the institute.
Alternatively, kill every terrorist after extracting the clues and maybe there will be fewer recruits.
Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) A total of 2,982 displaced Iraqis have returned to homeland coming from Syria, the Ministry of Displacement and Migration said.
"Of all, 2,800 displaced people have been housed at the Hajj Ali camp in djinn-infested Mosul ... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn... , while the remaining 182 displaced people have been housed at a Dahuk camp," the Independent Press Agency quoted Juan Mahmoud, the director of migration department in Kurdistan provinces, as saying on Tuesday.
"The ministry has secured buses to bring the displaced people back to their homeland and provided them with foodstuffs and water," she added.
In November, Sattar Nawroz, a spokesperson of the Migration and Displacement Ministry, said more than 55% of people displaced during the three-year war against the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems.... gunnies returned to their home regions.
Iraqi authorities had unveiled plans to repatriate all refugees before this year’s end.
The surge in violence between gangs and government forces has resulted in over 3 million internally displaced persons across Iraq and left more than 11 million in need of humanitarian assistance, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
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Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) The United States is working on securing more than USD1.115 billion for Iraq for reconstruction and explosives removal efforts, its ambassador in Baghdad was quoted saying on Tuesday.
NRTTV quoted ambassador Douglas Silliman saying in a presser that the United States would secure USD115 million for reconstruction, as well as nearly USD1.7 billion for the removal of explosives left over by the war against Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems.... since 2014.
According to Silliman, work will be done for the repatriation of nearly three million refugees in Iraq.
Silliman also denied recent reports of a surge in international coalition troops in Kirkuk, ... a thick stew of Arabs, Turkmen, Kurds, and probably Antarcticans, all of them mutually hostile most of the time... explaining that recent military movements were merely for the transportation of military equipment.
Landmines and booby-traps left over by Islamic State snuffies across several Iraqi cities have killed and maimed many as Iraqi troops gradually took over areas occupied by the snuffies since the launch of a major, U.S.-backed security offensive in 2016.
Iraq has used billions of dollars from several world countries and international agencies to rehabilitate infrastructure devastated by the three-year war
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I thought Israel is the country receiving the highest US aid?
[ARABNEWS] Iraqi federal and Kurdish regional judiciaries are violating the rights of ISIS suspects with flawed trials, arbitrary detentions under harsh conditions, and broad prosecutions, Human Rights Watch said on Tuesday. We knew this was coming.
As the bad boy group’s self-proclaimed caliphate crumbles following defeats in Iraq and Syria, thousands suspected of joining it have been captured, detained, and put on trial.
At least 200 have been sentenced, Human Rights Watch said, and at least 92 executed.
Iraq’s government faces the task of exacting justice on ISIS members while preventing Dire Revenge attacks on people associated with the group which could only undermine efforts to create long-term stability.
The New York-based rights group said that an 80-page report it released early on Tuesday "finds serious legal shortcomings that undermine efforts to bring (ISIS) fighters, members, and affiliates to justice."
A front man for Iraq’s Supreme Judicial Council, which supervises the federal judiciary, declined to comment on the contents of the report ahead of its release.
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[PRESSTV] US President Donald Trump ...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States... has raised the prospect of moving the American embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem al-Quds because he is losing popularity within his base, says a commentator.
"Donald Trump ... is behaving increasingly irrationally and seems determined to provoke worldwide Moslem opinion and the reason is not difficult to see because inside America by every measure his popularity is decreasing," Mick Napier, an activist with the Scottish Paleostine Solidarity Campaign, told Press TV on Tuesday.
Trump’s potential declaration of Jerusalem al-Quds as Israel’s "capital" has drawn opposition from various countries and international bodies, including The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... and the European Union ...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing... .
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1) By al-Quds, we mean Jerusalem
2) By increasingly irrational, we mean fulfilling campaign promises.
3) By increased violence in the Middle East, we mean business as usual
So much winning. And to be fair, more than a little credit goes to the frackers who have blunted the Arab oil weapon and up-ended their economies.
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anactivist with the Scottish Paleostine Solidarity Campaign,
Oh, well then, let's stop
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Whether it comes to fruition or not, each of these 'unpopular' campaign promises that Trump engages in forces conversation on the topic. Public conversations that were (deliberately?) avoided by prior administrations. We also see the narrow breadth and shallow depth of the special interest protesters.
[Al Jazeera] US President Donald Trump ...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States... has told Paleostinian leader the ineffectual Mahmoud Abbas ... a graduate of the prestigious unaccredited Patrice Lumumba University in Moscow with a doctorate in Holocaust Denial... that he intends to relocate the US embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, according to Paleostinian officials.
Wafa, the official news agency of the Paleostinian Authority (PA), reported on Tuesday that Trump called Abbas to inform him of his "intention".
"President Abbas warned of the dangerous consequences such a decision would have to the grinding of the peace processor and to the peace, security and stability of the region and of the world," Nabil Abu Rudeina, the Paleostinian president's spokesperson, said.
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It's like repealing Obamacare, you really didn't think it was more than just grand standing for political purposes did you? Damn, the man actually does what we told him to do. How dare he!
[The Hill] Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on Wednesday referred to President Trump's plans to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel as a sign of "incompetence and failure."
"That they claim they want to announce Jerusalem as the capital of occupied Palestine is because of their incompetence and failure," Khamenei told various Iranian officials according to his official website in comments reported by Reuters.
"The issue of Palestine today is at the top of the political issues for Muslims and everyone is obligated to work and struggle for the freedom and salvation of the people of Palestine," he continued.
Iran has long supported its Shia Muslim allies in the Palestinian territories.
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Khamenei's statement simply confirms POTUS is on the right track. Thank you Mr. Supreme Leader.
[AnNahar] In light of reports that two prominent suspects taking refuge in the Paleostinian refugee camp of Ein el-Hellhole in Sidon have left the camp and headed to Syria, Jihadi Islamist Movement's chief Sheikh Jamal Khattab affirmed the reports on Tuesday saying "it eases the security burden in the camp."
Jihadis are still heading to Syria? Why?
In remarks he made to al-Mustaqbal ... the Future Movement, political party led by Saad Hariri... daily, Khattab said he obtained information confirming that the suspects identified as Haitham al-Shaabi, Paleostinian, and Mohammed al-Arafi, Lebanese, have "likely" fled to Syria.
There is no definite information on whether other gunnies have followed the same steps he said in reference to the Lion of Islam group of Bilal Badr.
Khattab pointed out saying that some people view the departure of gunnies as positive while others see it the contrary, "but in overall it reduces the security burden on the camp."
Ein el-Hellhole, the largest Paleostinian refugee camp in the country, is home to about 50,000 refugees and is known to harbor gunnies and runaways.
By long-standing convention, the Lebanese army does not enter the country's 12 refugee camps, leaving security inside to the Paleostinians themselves.
[PRESSTV] Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani has blasted certain regional and Moslem countries for setting aside their shame and disclosing their relations with the occupying regime of Israel.
Speaking at the opening ceremony of the 31 International Islamic Unity Conference in Tehran on Tuesday, Rouhani said some regional states and Moslem countries shamelessly confirm their close ties with Israel, describing it as a "bitter" development facing the Islamic world today.
"In the past, if some countries covertly held talks and cooperated with the enemies of the region, they would deny it," Rouhani said. "Such relations were so ominous and detestable that no head of state could count Israel as a friend and the resistance [front] as an enemy to the region."
In recent months, numerous reports have emerged suggesting growing ties between Israel and 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... . The two sides have no diplomatic relations but are known to be in secret contact.
Elsewhere in his address, the Iranian chief executive highlighted the latest gains made by the Syrian and Iraqi armies on the battlefield against terrorists.
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"Juice are icky"
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[ARABNEWS] The UN envoy for Syria is "ready to engage" with Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad Lord of the Baath... ’s representatives as peace talks are set to resume in Geneva, but they have not shown up yet.
UN spokeswoman Alessandra Vellucci said the eighth round of peace talks under special envoy Staffan de Mistura was set to restart Tuesday after a weekend break.
She said: "The delegation of the government has been invited back in Geneva as of today."
Syria’s ambassador to Geneva, Hussam Edin Aala, told The News Agency that Dare Not be Named that Damascus was "studying" the invitation.
The head of Syria’s regime delegation has blasted the opposition for a communique in which it stated its ultimate goal was to remove Assad from power. Bashar Jaafari said on Friday his team was leaving Geneva for the weekend and that Syria would decide whether it would return to the talks.
Jaafari warned then that there could be no progress in the talks as long as the opposition insisted on what he described as a "provocative and irresponsible" position.
Meanwhile, ...back at the dirigible, the gondola was dangling by a single thread of rope.
Jack! Cynthia cried. I just realized I'm afraid of heights! I don't even like high heels!... Syrian state media and an opposition monitoring group said an kaboom has destroyed a van near the central city of Homs, killing at least eight people.
ISIS claimed Tuesday’s attack in Akarma, a regime stronghold south of Homs.
ISIS said it targeted a bus carrying Syrian soldiers, but the Britannia-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said those killed were civilians, including six women.
Syrian state TV has aired images of the van’s charred body, as well as damaged vehicles nearby. State news agency SANA says eight people were killed and 18 maimed.
Separately, Syria’s state news agency said Syrian air defense has shot down three Israeli missiles that were targeting a military post near Damascus.
SANA said the attack occurred early on Tuesday but has not said whether there were casualties.
An explosives-laden bus blew up Tuesday in a predominantly pro-government neighbourhood of the central Syrian city of Homs that has been repeatedly targeted, killing eight people, state television ... and if you can't believe state television who can you believe?
said.
The attack was claimed shortly afterwards by the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems.... group in a posting by its propaganda agency Amaq on social media channels.
The blast rocked a street in the Akrameh neighbourhood mostly inhabited by members of the Alawite minority to which Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad Before going into the family business Pencilneck was an eye doctor. If he'd stuck with it he'd have had a good practice by now... belongs.
"The toll in the terrorist kaboom on al-Ahram Street has rising to eight dead and 15 injured," state television ... and if you can't believe state television who can you believe?
said in a breaking news alert.
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[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] In a short televised speech on Tuesday, Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri officially rescinded on his earlier resignation.
"The Lebanese government said it is committed to the Taif Agreement and to a policy of self-restraint from any regional conflicts," Hariri said.
Hariri had announced last week that he was going to officially withdraw his resignation sometime this week if "positive circumstances" continue.
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A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of. Except for a tiny handfull of Jews everthing there is very Islamic...
...either the largest species of Pacific salmon or the current Sheikh of the Burnin' Sands, 
... Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him. It's a sin, a shame, and a felony to insult the president of Turkey...
Pervez 
[DAWN] The opposition parties in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Assembly on Monday demanded inquiry into the killing of a terrorist, who was allegedly disarmed and locked up in a room by a student during the Friday’s attack on the Agriculture Training Institute, 
[ARABNEWS] Iraqi federal and Kurdish regional judiciaries are violating the rights of 
[PRESSTV] US President 
Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir 
Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir 
