(Sh.M.Network) -- The Minister of Defense for Transitional Federal Government (TFG) of Somalia Hussein Arab Isse, promised Monday to expand fight against Al-Shabaab ... the Islamic version of the old Somali warlord... hard boyz in south-central Somalia.
The Minister told news hounds on Monday that the coalition forces [Somali and AMISOM] operating in south and central Somalia made much progress in fighting Al Qaeda affiliated Al shabab fighters.
Minister Isse explained the TFG's objective is to wipe out Al-Shabaab hard boyz all from south and central strongholds of Somalia, in order to restore peace and order throughout in the country soon.
The coalition of forces fighting Al-Shabaab includes Æthiopian, Kenyan, and AMISOM troops who have recently been effective in forcing Al-Shabaab to retreat several strategic towns in Somalia, mainly Mogadishu last year.
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President-elect denies ever submitting to interview where he said he would review Israel treaty
The art of denial: Egypt's Islamist president-elect never submitted to an interview with Iranian news agency Fars in which he supposedly claimed that he would be reviewing the peace treaty with Israel, Mohammed Morsi's front man said Monday evening.
"Mr. Morsi did not submit to any interview with Fars," the front man said, according to Egypt's official MENA news agency. "Everything published by this agency is baseless."
It's a rather elaborate hoax by Fars if that's the case. More likely is that Morsi told the Iranians one thing in Arabic (the official version) and another thing to the State Department (a.k.a., the chumbalones)...
Accoding to the report by Fars, Morsi said he wants to restore long-severed ties with Tehran to create a strategic "balance" in the region.
Diplomatic relations between Egypt and Iran were severed more than 30 years ago, but both countries have signalled a shift in policy since former president Hosni Mubarak ...The former President-for-Life of Egypt, dumped by popular demand in early 2011... was toppled last year in a popular uprising.
"We must restore normal relations with Iran based on shared interests, and expand areas of political coordination and economic cooperation because this will create a balance of pressure in the region," Morsi was quoted as saying in a transcript of the interview.
Fars said it had spoken to Morsi a few hours before the result of the vote was announced on Sunday.
Asked to comment on reports that, if elected, his first state visit would be to Riyadh, Morsi said: "I didn't say such a thing and until now my first international visits following my victory in the elections have not been determined".
Iran subsequently hailed Morsi's victory over former general Ahmed Shafiq in Egypt's first free presidential election as a "splendid vision of democracy" that marked the country's final phase of an "Islamic Awakening".
'Peace with Israel will be reviewed'
In contrast to comments he made in a televised address after his victory was announced on Sunday, Fars news quoted Morsi as saying Egypt's Camp David peace accord with Israel "will be reviewed", without elaborating.
The peace treaty remains a lynchpin of US Middle East policy and, despite its unpopularity with many Egyptians, was staunchly upheld by Mubarak, who also suppressed the Moslem Brüderbund movement to which Morsy belongs.
Asked about his policy towards Israel, Morsi said that Egypt under his leadership will pursue an "egalitarian policy" matching the two countries' status. He added that Cairo will discuss the restoration of Paleostinian rights and review the Camp David agreements. He stressed he will not be making any decisions alone but rather in conjunction with the cabinet and other governmental agencies.
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Prob for Morsi/Mursi is that FARS NEWS AGENCY = FNA is usually a reliable source.
* DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > IRAN'S ARMED FORCES URGE EGYPT'S ARMY TO ACCEPT RESULTS OF ELECTION.
* WAFF > IRAN [again] THREATENS TO CLOSE STRAITS OF HORMUZ IFF SANCTIONS BEGIN.
ARTIC = No US-Iran War likely this year due to ...
> US, Israel deemed to be too weak to wage war due to steadily deteriorating econ conditions in Europe + USA.
> POTUS Obama in re-election campaign mode - last thing he wants is a major war after bringing US Troops home from AFPAK.
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Morsi has also given interviews with Gulf arab media which tend to be anti-Iran. If the Muslim brotherhood wants to keep the funding line from the Gulf, particularly the Soddies, Morsi will stay with the anti-Iran line.
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Common support for anti-Monarchy, Establishment
"Arab/ Muslim Springs" aside, + wid the new US mil presence in Kuwait + espec its buildup of the USN's Bahrain base [USN Fifth Fleet HQ], besides LRBMS Iran could use Egypt + Sinai Hard/Bad Boyz to help offset the US Regional counter-strategy, espec as per Bahrain.
Iran must know the US will run up agz both Russia + China iff post-Salala,Gilani Pakistan becomes destabilized + is taken over by the MilTerrs - the US would be very lucky iff a desperate Secular or MilTerr-led Pakistan chose to start a major war agz India which would bring in China + likely Pakistan's-Enemies-are-our-Enemies Pak Best Frenemy Forever Iran [which means Russia].
[Nigerian Tribune] PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan ... 14th President of Nigeria. He was Governor of Bayelsa State from 9 December 2005 to 28 May 2007, and was sworn in as Vice President on 29 May 2007. Jonathan is a member of the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP). He is a lover of nifty hats, which makes him easily recognizable unless someone else in the room is wearing a neat chapeau... said on Monday in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, that the resort to do-or-die politics by some politicians is fuelling the rage of terrorism in the country, as he declared that politicians needed to return to politics without bitterness as practised by the late Alhaji Waziri Ibrahim.
The president, who stated this while declaring open the 2012 Senate Retreat in Uyo, said that politics of bitterness had become a source for the rising wave of terrorism. He said that the Federal Government needed the cooperation of the Senate and the House of Representatives to tackle the menace.
According to the president, different causes had been adduced for the rising wave of terrorism but that government had come to the conclusion that stronger laws needed to be put in place to tackle the menace. He attributed the emergence and upsurge of terrorist activities in the country to some "do- or-die politicians."
"Whatever the causes of the crisis, the solution lies in stronger laws, fear of God, transparency and accountability," he said.
The president further stated: "I tell all Nigerians that if God did not will it, we will not be a country today. Our unity is our strength. Those who want to weaken us through the axis of hate are perpetuating the crisis."
At the retreat with the theme, "The National Assembly and National Security: Securing the Future for Development," Jonathan observed that unguarded remarks and statements by 'do-or-die' politicians had led to destruction of several lives and properties in the northern part of the country. He warned that such politicians must stop fanning the embers of ethnicity and religious extremism.
The president, who sought the cooperation of the National Assembly in tackling terrorism, said that the laws needed to be reviewed. According to him, the lawyers would say that it was right for nine criminals to go scot-free than for a just man to be punished, but according to him, such laws were creating problems for security agencies, adding that "our laws need to be reviewed."
The President of the Senate, Senator David Mark, while speaking at the retreat warned the North to be wary of those promoting religious fundamentalism and ideology, adding that the activities of the Boko Haram ... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality... sect were capable of breaking up Nigeria.
He declared that the rising wave of kabooms in the North was due largely to "religious fundamentalism and ideology."
According to him, the ominous silence of the northern elders was also bad for the polity.
"If the elders in the North cannot speak out and stop this menace, let them tell us. Let them come out and say so boldly, because the belief out there is that some elders know about these people and decide to keep quiet. If care is not taken, the way things are going, if the Boko Haram menace is not halted, it can lead to break-up of Nigeria, because there is an extent to which the people can take it."
He said that Christians should refrain from engaging in retaliation, because vengeance belongs to God.
Mark stated, however, that that it was becoming increasingly difficult for Christian religious leaders to hold their followers from seeking vengeance because churches were being destroyed on a weekly basis.
"If a preacher wants to preach to his followers that they should not seek vengeance, by the time his church is destroyed where will he stay to preach non-violence?" Mark said.
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[Yemen Post] The cabinet called on Sunday on the tribal chiefs and rustics in the central province of Marib to cooperate with the Yemeni government in protecting the power supply lines, which are subjected to repeated sabotage attacks.
In an exceptional meeting held in Sana'a on Sunday, the cabinet ordered the ministries of interior and defense to continue hunting the saboteurs and to protect the power transmission lines from the frequent sabotage attacks.
It further showed support for the military campaign which headed yesterday to Marib with the aim of arresting the saboteurs and brining them to justice.
On Saturday, two soldiers and a notorious saboteur were killed when the saboteurs attempted to stop the military campaign from entering the area. Some others from both sides were maimed.
The campaign was launched after the ministry of electricity said it would not repair the damages inflicted on the Gas-run power station until the government catches the saboteurs and refers them to justice.
Concerning the dialogue with the youth, the cabinet showed support for the ongoing efforts taken by the Ministerial Committee to hold dialogue with the various youth federations and condemned the attempts aiming to fail the dialogue with the youth.
Furthermore, it hailed the achievements of the Military Committee in removing armed manifestation and reopening blocked roads. The committee managed yesterday to reopen Sana'a-Marib road after a year of being cut off.
It further praised the victory of the Yemeni armed forces and the tribal committees over the hard boyz in the southern part of the country.
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The Dutch Muslim Party (NMP) no longer exists. Board members Henny Kreeft and Jacques Visker have resigned, and dissolved the party.
The two men say that the Netherlands is not ready for a Muslim political party in parliament. The two say the Dutch Muslim community is too politically divided.
The NMP was founded in 2007 but has not been successful. In local elections in 2010, the NMP garnered no municipal seats. The party had planned to participate in the upcoming parliamentary elections, but was unable to organize to do so.
The NMPs stated purpose was to decrease the gap between Muslims and non-Muslims and to improve the image of Islam in the Netherlands. Remarkably, co-founder Henny Kreeft was a supporter of Pim Fortuyn, who was murdered in 2002. Kreeft converted to Islam in the 1990s.
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It was a disaster for the US and NATO to insist that the Turkish army actually be controlled by the government. It was the only thing keeping Turkey from sliding back into the Caliphate.
Because they feel they can.
A man's attempt to bring the ashes of his grandfather home to Indianapolis ended with an angry scene in a Florida airport, with the ashes spilled on the terminal floor.
John Gross, a resident of Indianapolis' south side, was leaving Florida with the remains of his grandfather -- Mario Mark Marcaletti, a Sicilian immigrant who worked for the Penn Central Railroad in central Indiana -- in a tightly sealed jar marked "Human Remains."
Gross said he didn't think he'd have a problem, until he ran into a TSA agent at the Orlando airport.
"They opened up my bag, and I told them, 'Please, be careful. These are my grandpa's ashes,'" Gross told RTV6's Norman Cox. "She picked up the jar. She opened it up.
"I was told later on that she had no right to even open it, that they could have used other devices, like an X-ray machine. So she opened it up. She used her finger and was sifting through it. And then she accidentally spilled it."
Gross says about a quarter to a third of the contents spilled on the floor, leaving him frantically trying to gather up as much as he could while anxious passengers waited behind him.
"She didn't apologize. She started laughing. I was on my hands and knees picking up bone fragments. I couldn't pick up all, everything that was lost. I mean, there was a long line behind me." I think a good requirement for being a TSA agent is that you must have a soul.
TSA rules say a crematory container in carry-on baggage must pass through the X-ray machine at the security checkpoint.
But the agency's own website says human remains are to be opened under, "no circumstances." I think that another requirement for being a TSA agent is that they should be able to read the rules.
"I want an apology," said Gross. "I want an apology from TSA. I want an apology from the lady who opened the jar and laughed at me. I want them to help me understand where they get off treating people like this." If this really happened, and it takes more than ten seconds to fire the TSA agent, then the TSA needs to go away. Pelosi thinks the TSA is just wonderful. Remember to vote.
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I want them to help me understand where they get off treating people like this."
Please, let me explain John. The greater portion of these urban TSA people are are little more than affirmative action, patronage employees. If you think Orlando is bad, a real treat awaits you in Atlanta.
The chairman of the House oversight committee investigating White House involvement in the botched "gun-walking" program that led to the 2010 death of U.S. Border Patrol agent accused President B.O. on Monday of downplaying his involvement in the program or intentionally obstructing the Congress' inquiry.
Rep. Darrel Issa's letter to Obama questioned the legal basis of the White House move to withhold subpoenaed documents from the Government Reform and Oversight Committee under protections afforded Obama by executive privilege. The Justice Department denied Issa's committee the subpoenaed documents last week, prompting the GOP-led committee to vote along party lines to hold Attorney General Eric Inaction Jackson Holder in contempt of Congress.
The full House is scheduled to consider the contempt citation this week. The White House contends it's legally entitled to withhold documents related to internal deliberations on policy and advisory discussions among Obama's senior advisers. It was the first time Obama, who pledged a new era of government transparency, has exerted executive privilege.
Issa said the assertion of executive privilege, which occurred after 16-months of negotiations between his committee and Justice officials over documents related to the gun-walking program called Fast and Furious, raised two troubling questions.
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I suspect the trail will eventually lead back to the Hildebeast and Slick. Ever since Vince ate his pistol [that was the story anyway].... she simply hates firearms.
ATF leader's email could be Fast and Furious smoking gun and Holder admitted Obama can't shield it.
A single internal Department of Justice email could be the smoking-gun document in the Operation Fast and Furious scandal -- if it turns out to contain what congressional investigators have said it does.
The document would establish that wiretap application documents show senior DOJ officials knew about and approved the gunwalking tactic in Fast and Furious. This is the opposite of what Attorney General Eric Holder and House oversight committee ranking Democratic member Rep. Elijah Cummings have claimed.
It appears that email would also prove senior DOJ officials, likely including Holder himself, knew in March 2011 that a Feb. 4, 2011 letter from the DOJ to Iowa Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley falsely denied guns were permitted to "walk" into Mexico. The DOJ allowed that false letter to stand for nine more months, only withdrawing it in December 2011.
During the June 24 broadcast of Fox News Sunday, House oversight committee chairman Rep. Darrell Issa cited the email as a "good example" of a specific document his committee knows Holder is hiding from Congress.
"The ATF director, Kenneth Melson, sent an e-mail. And he had said to us in sworn testimony that, in fact, he had concerns," Issa said. "And we want to see that e-mail because that's an example where he was saying, if we believe his sworn testimony, that guns walked. And he said it shortly after February 4, and [on] July 4. When he told us that, we began asking for that document."
But the details of it surfaced first when Grassley mentioned it for the first time publicly during a June 12 Senate Judiciary Committee hearing where Holder was testifying.
"He [Melson] immediately sent an email warning others, 'back off the letter to Sen. Grassley in light of the information in the affidavits,'" Grassley explained.
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Grassley pressed Holder on the question of how DOJ had the authority to withhold Melson's email from Congress, a full week before President Obama indicated that he would invoke executive privilege to shield requested documents. At that time, Holder claimed the Melson email would not be protected by executive privilege.
"On what legal ground are you withholding that email?" He asked. "The president can't claim executive privilege to withhold that email, is that correct?"
"Well, let me just say this: We have reached out to Chairman Issa to work our way through these issues," Holder filibustered. "We have had sporadic contacts and we are prepared to make -- I am prepared to make -- compromises with regard to the documents that can be made available. There is a basis for withholding these documents if they deal with the deliberative ..."
"But not on executive privilege?" Grassley interrupted.
President Asif Ali President Ten Percent Zardari's ... sticky-fingered husband of the late Benazir Bhutto ... immunity and dual posts held by him were challenged in the Supreme Court yesterday. Oh, dear. And just when Pakistain's under attack by those nasty Talibs from across the border in Afghanistan. Tut tut. And tut.
Advocate Mahmood Akhtar Naqvi has filed a petition against the immunity and dual positions held by the President.
The petitioner has referred to Article 43 of the constitution of Pakistain and said that president of the country cannot hold two offices.
President Asif Ali Ten Percent Zardari is also serving as the co-chairman of Pakistain People's Party (PPP), DawnNews reported.
Naqvi is of the view that holding two offices is unconstitutional on President Zardari's part.
The PPP government, dogged by corruption allegations, has been locked in a stand-off with the judiciary for years, reports AFP.
Zardari was forced to ditch his first choice to replace Gilani, Makhdoom Shahabuddin, after an anti-narcotics court ordered his arrest over a drugs scandal.
Earlier on Sunday, the Pak president issued a decree to prevent actions taken in the past two months by the ex-premier, recently ousted by judges, from being challenged in court.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the dismissal of Yousuf Raza Gilani ... Pakistain's former prime minister, whose occasional feats of mental gymnastics could be awe-inspiring ... as prime minister after convicting him of contempt in April for refusing to reopen Swiss corruption cases against Zardari.
The move forced the main ruling Pakistain People's Party to hastily elect Raja Pervez Ashraf as the new premier on Friday in a bid to end the crisis.
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Not just ole' Zard ...
* BHARAT RAKSHAK > PAKISTAN: GILANNI [Gilani] MOVES INTO THE PRESIDENCY | POST-DISQUALIFICATION GILANNI SHIFTS TO PRESIDENCY.
[Iran Press TV] A report says the "autonomous Kurdistan region" in northern Iraq, run by Massoud Barzani ... hereditary head of the Kurdish Democratic Party, maybe a little too close to the Medes and the Persians for most people's tastes... , has turned into a safe haven for Mossad spies to conduct their terrorist operations against Iranian nuclear scientists.
The Israeli intelligence service "has apparently even set up a military base in this area and is freely operating there," fardanews.com reported Sunday.
The Islamic Theocratic Republic officials have in the past made reference to the fact that the terror operations against Iranians are being directed from neighboring territories.
"The [Israeli] occupier regime of al-Quds (Jerusalem) is exploiting the soil of a region abutting our land and even has a terrorist training base and military site there," Iranian Intelligence Minister Heidar Moslehi said on June 17.
Regional media had previously reported that Mansour Barzani, Massoud's son, had received two Tel Aviv officials, the Israeli chief of special operations and the coordinator for Israeli-Kurdish relations, in the Kurdistan region.
During their one-and-a-half-hour meeting, the two sides reportedly explored all avenues for increasing bilateral military relations and the ensuing trade with Israel.
On June 21, Moslehi said the architect of the Iranian nuclear scientists' liquidations had been identified and apprehended, adding that the arrest had dealt a heavy blow to Western intelligence services.
A week earlier, Iran's Intelligence Ministry announced the capture of the main elements behind the liquidation of two Iranian nuclear scientists - Majid Shahriari and Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan - and Reza Qashqaei, the driver of the latter scientist.
Ahmadi Roshan and his driver were assassinated in January 2012 after an unknown motorcyclist attached a magnet bomb to his car in Tehran.
Professor Shahriari and Dr. Fereydoun Abbasi were targeted by terrorist attacks on November 29, 2010; Shahriari was killed immediately and Dr. Abbasi, the current head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, sustained injuries.
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[Jerusalem Post] Decision to deploy radar systems comes amid concern that terror groups in the Sinai will escalate rocket attacks against Israel.
Fearing additional rocket fire from the Sinai Peninsula, the IDF has decided to deploy radar systems along Israel's border with Egypt to detect and warn of future attacks.
The radar systems will be similar to those that are deployed along Israel's border with the Gazoo Strip and Leb and are used to detect the launching of rockets into Israel and assist in determining their trajectory as well as the projected target.
The information produced by the radars is then transmitted to the Home Front Command which is responsible for activating early warning systems -- like air sirens - to alert residents of the areas about to be hit.
The decision to deploy the radar systems along the border comes amid concern that terror groups operating in the Sinai will escalate their rocket attacks against Israel. The IDF believes that groups based in Gazoo are operating freely in the Sinai and in some cases even activate local Bedouin to carry out attacks on their behalf.
Earlier this month, two 122 mm Katyusha rockets were fired from the Sinai and landed near Mitzpe Ramon and Uvda. In April, a Grad-model Katyusha struck Eilat.
Israel has called on the Egyptian government to increase its efforts to regain control over the Sinai and to root out terror groups which operate there but predictions are that this will not happen particularly following the announcement on Sunday that Mohamed Morsy of the Moslem Brüderbund has been elected as president.
"The more significant problem is what's happening in Sinai, where terror bases are being established and we expect the Egyptian to restore their illusory sovereignty there," IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Benny Gantz said last Tuesday.
Under the current setup within the military, the Israel Air Force is responsible for operating the radars and detecting incoming aerial threats like missiles and the Home Front Command is responsible for activating early warning systems like air raid sirens.
The two branches currently operate individual command-and-control centers in the Kirya Military Headquarters in Tel Aviv but there are plans to combine the two as part of an effort to increase coordination and shorten the time it takes from detection until sirens are sounded.
Warning from Putin: Visiting Russian president cautions Israel against hasty military action in Iran, says 'look at what happened to the Americans in Iraq and Afghanistan'
Putin's comments were made in a meeting with Shimon Peres in Jerusalem, after Israel's president asked the visiting leader to speak out on the Iran issue.
"Look at what happened to the Americans in Afghanistan and in Iraq. I told Obama the same thing," the visiting president said in a meeting with his Israeli counterpart, cautioning against hasty military action. "There is no need to do things too quickly; one should not act without thinking first."
"Iraq has a pro-Iranian regime after everything that has happened there. These things should be thought out ahead of time before doing something one will regret later," he said. "One should not act prematurely."
'Russia wants peace for Israel'
Earlier in the evening, Putin said that his country "has a national interest in guaranteeing peace and tranquility for Israel."
The Russian president noted that the former Soviet Union supported the State of Israel's establishment, adding that his talks earlier Monday with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu were constructive and pertained to the need to boost strategic ties between the two countries.
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The two seem to have gotten along well. This in contrast with Obama and Germany's Merkel. Merkel is so difficult with him. His macho ways are an anathema to her in my opinion. Many in and out of Russia don't like Putin but he does seem to be a true leader.
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Hey he needs to maximize his sales of crappy arms...
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"Peres added that "the Iranian people are not our enemy. Israel does threaten their existence. It is Iran's current regime that identifies itself as an enemy of Israel and a threat to its existence." Look at the picture in Drudge. Times are changing. Putin reminds me of Tito. I believe he will balance things to the common good in the area.
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Translation: Wait for the checks to clear first, please!
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"Once Tel Aviv disappears under a mushroom cloud, and you can PROVE the bomb came from Iran, then you can bring up your concerns with the United Nations. They will certainly take your problems seriously"
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[Iran Press TV] Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari says the launch-ready IRGC missiles "are sending shivers down the enemy's spine."
"The IRGC has never felt constrained in any stage, has always had intelligence command over the enemy, has heightened enemy losses and has shut all the paths of infiltration," Jafari said Monday.
He added that the enemy knows about "only a part of the IRGC's deterrent military power and the unending power of the Basij [Force]."
On Sunday, Commander of the Aerospace Division of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Brigadier General Amir-Ali Hajizadeh said the Islamic Republic will strongly confront any possible assault against the country.
"The Islamic Republic of Iran has no interest in wars with other countries, but we will strongly counter possible enemy aggression and will give them a response that will make them regret the aggression," he stated.
In recent years, Iran has made great achievements in the defense sector and gained self-sufficiency in essential military hardware and defense systems.
The country has repeatedly made clear that its military might is merely based on the state's defense doctrine of deterrence, and that it poses no threat to other countries.
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[Iran Press TV] Syria has warned NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It's headquartered in Belgium. That sez it all.... against conspiring with Turkey against Damascus ...The City of Jasmin is the oldest continuously-inhabited city in the world. It has not always been inhabited by the same set of fascisti... in their upcoming meeting on the shooting down by Syria of a Turkish jet fighter.
Syrian Foreign Ministry front man Jihad Makdissi said on Monday that the Turkish F-4 jet had "violated Syrian illusory sovereignty'' and that the country's military response was an act of self-defense. He also said that the plane failed to indentify itself.
''The Turkish warplane violated Syrian airspace, and in turn Syrian air defenses fired back and the plane crashed inside Syrian territorial waters," Makdissi told a news conference in Damascus, adding that Syria is committed to good neighborly relations with Turkey and that the side which has damaged bilateral relations between the two countries is not Damascus.
His remarks came as NATO ambassadors are due to discuss the shooting down of the Turkish jet fighter in an emergency meeting in Brussels on Tuesday. Ankara claims that the plane was on above international waters, while admitting that it may have briefly violated Syrian airspace.
"If the goal of the meeting (on Tuesday) is to calm the situation and promote stability, we wish it success." But "if the goal of the meeting is aggression, we say that Syrian airspace, territory and waters are sacred for the Syrian army, just as Turkish airspace, territory and waters are sacred for the Turkish army," Makdissi said.
He also said that the wreckage of the Turkish F-4 jet has been found, which proves that it had been shot down within Syrian waters.
"Unfortunately, we didn't find the pilots but we did find the wreckage of the jet fighter," Makdissi said.
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A Syrian general, two colonels, two majors, one lieutenant and 33 soldiers have defected from President Bashar Assad's forces and arrived in Turkey, Turkish state television said on Monday, without giving any further details.
The private news channel CNN Turk also reported the defections of the soldiers, but said they had arrived with members of their families, making a total of 224 individuals.
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Sounds like a little get even news. Lost a plane and then they attack Kurds followed with this news. I am disinclined to acquiesce to much of the news from this area of the world.
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The president further stated: "I tell all Nigerians that if God did not will it, we will not be a country today. Our unity is our strength. Those who want to weaken us through the axis of hate are perpetuating the crisis."
The chairman of the House oversight committee investigating White House involvement in the botched "gun-walking" program that led to the 2010 death of U.S. Border Patrol agent accused President B.O. on Monday of downplaying his involvement in the program or intentionally obstructing the Congress' inquiry. 
Asif Ali 
A report says the "autonomous Kurdistan region" in northern Iraq, run by 
Massoud Barzani
Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari says the launch-ready IRGC missiles "are sending shivers down the enemy's spine."
Syria has warned 
A Syrian general, two colonels, two majors, one lieutenant and 33 soldiers have defected from President Bashar Assad's forces and arrived in Turkey, Turkish state television said on Monday, without giving any further details.
