A New Jersey man has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit accusing workers at a U.S. prison in Illinois of mistreating him and other Muslims after the 2001 terrorist attacks, at one time defiling his holy book and torturing him with a nightstick when he complained.
Guards allegedly placed Hakeem Shaheed's Quran on a spit-stained floor, then assaulted him with a baton in 2005 when he reported that and other alleged abuses to Justice Department investigators, according to the lawsuit filed last week in U.S. District Court in East St. Louis. Shaheed, 48, was transferred by wheelchair the next day to a federal prison in Terra Haute, Ind., where he lived in the "highly secure environment" of death row to protect him from additional abuse. He was released last year from federal custody, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons' Web site, and now lives in Atlantic City, N.J.
The five-count lawsuit seeks unspecified damages for alleged abuses that "were done because the plaintiff was a Muslim and because he had complained about the mistreatment of Muslim prisoners on account of their religion." The complaint does not detail the abuses targeting other Muslim prisoners.
Shaheed was a practicing Muslim imprisoned at the Marion lockup in southern Illinois from April 1996 to early October 2005, according to the lawsuit. Specifics about his convictions were not immediately available Tuesday.
After the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, Muslims at the prison "suffered much mistreatment by guards and employees at the prison," Shaheed alleged. Shaheed reported some of mistreatment to various authorities, including agents with the Justice Department's Office of Inspector General in May 2005, then again three months later, the lawsuit claims.
The next month a prison lieutenant allegedly "intentionally humiliated him by putting his hands on Shaheed's head and squeezing the inmate's kufi" - his religious knitted hat - "in an obvious attempt to insult plaintiff's religion." "Mr. Whipple! Please don't squeeze the kufi!"
Shaheed reported that to prison and federal officials in October 2005, then found "various Marion prison guards and employees determined to torture and otherwise physically and mentally abuse" him. Despite his screams, the lawsuit alleges, prison workers identified only as "John Does" pressed the assault, grinding the baton into his spine and at one point pressing it into his pants. Assailants also twisted Shaheed's toes and put a chain over one of them, then "yanked it extremely hard," according to the lawsuit.
"You don't want to mess with these rednecks around here, they'll yank two toes next time kill you," the lawsuit quoted one of the guards as saying.
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I'm thinking a piss on the Koran day to start off Ramadan next year. Let bloggers post pictures if they want. It might be your Holy book but to me it's just a book, like Mein Kampf and the Big Book oF Pedaphiles.
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A New Jersey man has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit accusing workers at a U.S. prison in Illinois of mistreating him and other Muslims after the 2001 terrorist attacks, at one time defiling his holy book and torturing him with a nightstick when he complained.
Oh, the humanity! They put his holy book version of mein kampf on the floor? Is there no statute of limitations on being humiliated?
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As has been commented here, it's not the same going up against those who prefer to shoot the unarmed as it is going against the civilized British soldiery.
Or as some others here might say, "Good luck with that. Would you prefer your body thrown in the jungle or the river?"
(SomaliNet) The U.S. embassy in Nairobi has warned that Somali-based militants may attempt to kidnap Americans and other Westerners from Kenya's tourist beaches. An embassy statement Friday said there were indications that extremists might target Westerners at Kiwayu Island and other popular resorts along Kenya's northeastern coast, near the Somali border.
The warning is based on a tip Kenyan police passed along to embassy officials. Kenya closed its border with Somalia in January during fighting that pitted Islamic militia against Somali government troops and their Ethiopian allies.
The U.S. blames the al-Qaida terrorist network for the 1998 attack that destroyed its embassy in Nairobi and for a 2002 car bombing of a beachfront hotel in southeastern Kenya.
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Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter got in a shouting match with Sudanese security officials Wednesday, accusing them of preventing him from meeting with representatives of ethnic African refugees in Darfur. Neener, neener!
The 83-year-old Carter yelled at the head of the local security services as he tried to walk into this highly volatile pro-Sudanese government town to meet with refugees, who were too frightened to attend a previously scheduled meeting at a nearby compound.
"No you can't go. It's not on the program," the local chief of national security, who only gave his first name as Omar, yelled at Carter, who is in war-torn Darfur as part of a delegation of respected international figures known as "The Elders."
"We're going to anyway," an angry Carter retorted to the security, telling them they didn't have the authority to stop him. There was no physical altercation. Too bad, maybe next time.
As a growing crowd gathered around the former president, Carter's U.S. security detail and his African Union escort tried to ease tensions. Carter later rolled over and showed his tummy agreed to a compromise by which tribal representatives would be brought to him at another location later Wednesday.
"I'll tell your mom President Bashir about this," Carter said, referring to Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir. as his lip quivered.
"We don't have any authority, except this influence of our prestige, experience and integrity," he said to explain "The Elders"' role. He meant to say "We don't have any authority, but we like to be on TV."
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And wouldn't it have been a national tragedy to wake up this AM and see the headline, "Former President Carter Gunned Down in Scuffle with Sudanese Security Officials"...
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If Carter was killed in Sudan, it would make liberals ecstatic. First of all, Jimmuh would be a "martyr". Second, Jimmuh would finally stop embarrassing everybody. And third, Karl Rove would laugh so hard that he would have a stroke.
Imagine the agony George Bush would go through in responding to the leftist demands that the US invade Sudan as punishment. The WH physician would insist that he eat a half dozen tranquilizers so he wouldn't hurt himself like Karl.
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If it's shoring up the electoral chances that gordo's after, why not just grab his ankles and take it in the behind from the head of the finsbury park mosque? That'd do it...
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The controversy over Police Community Support Officers deepened last night with the emergence of a leaked memo that "makes a mockery" of their ability to fight crime. The memo states that PCSOs - dubbed Blunkett's Bobbies after the home secretary who created them - are not allowed to tackle violent yobs. They are also barred from responding to any serious incident where there is not a fully-trained police officer already present.
The risk assessment compiled by Lancashire Police even forbids the PCSOs to issue fines, detain people or confiscate alcohol if any violence is threatened. Instead, they are instructed to call for back-up or withdraw if they face confrontation by a member of the public.
The embarrassing leak raises further questions about the wisdom of spending money on relatively powerless "scarecrows" - some as young as 16 - rather than using it to increase the numbers of fully trained officers.
Last month, it emerged that two PCSOs in neighbouring Greater Manchester had not attempted to rescue drowning ten-year-old Jordon Lyon from a lake in Wigan in May. The force said the pair were not trained in water rescues and had been ordered to wait for a real police officer to arrive, by which time it was too late. Jordon's grieving mother, Tracy Ganderton, branded PCSOs "plastic bobbies" and called for them be scrapped.
A draft agreement reached at North Korean disarmament talks sets a timeframe for taking the country off a US terrorism blacklist, the Norths chief negotiator said on Tuesday, but he declined to be more specific. Kim Kye-gwan, when asked whether the deal sets a date for getting off the list, said: Youll know when you see the agreement, but the timing is specified. He was speaking to journalists at Beijing airport, on his way back to Pyongyang. Removing North Korea from the list is one of the inducements promised to the country under a breakthrough February deal that has seen Pyongyang shut down and seal its main nuclear reactor and admit UN nuclear inspectors into the facilities. Diplomatic sources had earlier said that the US side rejected including a specific timeframe in the document.
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"So it has finally been determined when Hell will freeze over;" coming next week, on the Discovery Channel
South Koreas president arrived in hermit North Koreas capital on Tuesday to cheering crowds and a dour leader Kim Jong-II for only the second summit between two states still technically at war.
South Koreas Roh Moo-hyun has billed his first trip to the communist North as a chance to end animosity born with the partition of the Korean peninsula at the end of World War II. But Rohs critics say the visit is aimed more at domestic politics and expect him to tip-toe around the sensitive issues of nuclear weapons and human rights abuses.
North Koreans dressed in their finest, on cue, waved pink and red plastic flowers and cheered when Kim arrived at a main city square, repeating the greeting minutes later as Roh stepped out of an open car supplied by North Korea.
An unsmiling and portly Kim, wearing his trademark jumpsuit and platform shoes that made him appear taller than Roh, then shook hands with the South Korean leader and his wife. This weeks meeting comes against a backdrop of regional negotiations to persuade the North to give up its nuclear weapons ambitions in return for massive aid and an end to its status as an international pariah.
With just five months left in office, Roh has said he will use the summit to press for peace and an eventual arms cut on the peninsula that is watched over by some two million troops, most of them near the border.
While the first summit was seen as a landmark event that led to an easing of tensions, the latest meeting has been greeted with a far more muted response, due to a vague agenda and doubts Roh will be able to achieve much.
It has not helped that the meeting was again in Pyongyang, despite an agreement in 2000 that Kim Jong-II would head south for the next one. I intend to concentrate on making substantive progress that will bring about a peace settlement together with economic development, Roh said in a televised address before departing.
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This is an important development, the downgrading of quality to the point where it is just isolated, ignorant criminal types, almost indistinguishable from ordinary violent criminals.
It means several things. First of all, they are far less inclined to travel to commit terrorist acts. And as locals, they, their associates, and their M.O. become known to the police.
It also means that their crimes are more profit oriented, as they are too poor to do major stuff.
In short, it is downgrading them from a movement to a large and disorganized criminal gang.
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ION [not necess un-related] WAFF > RUSSIA > GROWTH IN MUSLIM POPULATION WORRYING ORTHODOX CHURCH. Orthodox Patriarch belabels growth rates as a de facto threat to Russia and Old World [ by extens Europe also]. Muslims in Russia formerly comprised less than approxi 15Milyuhn of Russia's 144+ milyuhn, now stands at approxi slightly under 25.0Milyuhn.
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I want to see the 10 minute version with all the Copperheads, freaks and kooks. Be sure to show the mutants parading in San Francisco, Cindy Sheehan embracing Chavez, and the Hollywood liberals behaving like animals.
End it all up with just a black screen with small, white lettering, "vote republican".
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It's utterly astounding how myopic the Democrats can be, or more accurately, are. They seem to care only about the short term gain. Anything that benefits them in the here and now, despite the mid- to long-term consequences, is set upon like a pack of hungry wolves on a lost lamb who has wandered to far from the flock.
One can only logically conclude that their actions, or more typically reactions, are devoid of any critical thinking given that they more often than not contradict their own positions.
WASHINGTON - President George W. Bushs request for nearly $200 billion more to fund the Iraq war will not be approved unless it is linked to a plan to bring home US combat troops by January 2009, the head of the House appropriations committee said on Tuesday.
Rep. David Obey, a Wisconsin Democrat, told a news conference his panel would not even consider the war funding request until early 2008, by which time he estimates funding for military operations will have run out. Defense Secretary Robert Gates recently outlined the request to Congress.
I suspect Bush will be happy to play chicken on the funds right during the primaries. Let the Democratic presidential candidates squirm on this one.
In proposing the new timetable for withdrawing troops, Obey said, As chairman of the appropriations committee, I have no intention of reporting out of committee any time in this session of Congress any such (war funding) request that simply serves to continue the status quo. Obey said he would be more willing to consider the money request if it would also establish as a goal the end of US involvement in combat operations by January of 2009. That is when the next US president would succeed Bush.
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I support the Democrats' plan to pull out of the US House. The sooner the better.
Narseal Batiste cut a striking figure on Miami's toughest streets. He sometimes wore a white turban and carried a six-foot staff. He proselytized to the homeless and drug dealers. He and his followers recruited others to join them for Bible and Koran studies at their meeting place, a ramshackle storefront they called "The Temple." "Narseal Batiste could only be characterized as a wannabe religious leader," his attorney, Ana M. Jhones, said Tuesday.
Now the question before a jury is whether Batiste, 33, was more than that, whether he and his rag-tag group of six followers seriously intended to ally themselves with al-Qaeda and to blow up the Sears Tower in Chicago -- or whether they were just pretending.
As outlined in opening statements Tuesday, the prosecution's case is based upon months of work by two paid FBI informants, identified as Abbas al-Saidi and Elie Assad, who presented themselves to Batiste and his followers as having terrorist connections.
The key piece of evidence is a videotape from March 2006 showing one of the informants leading the seven defendants in a purported oath of allegiance to al-Qaeda. "These defendants wanted to wage jihad against the United States, and they tell us so in unequivocal detail," Assistant U.S. Attorney Richard Gregorie told jurors.
But in their opening statements, the defense attorneys said that their clients had only feigned interest in terrorism to win the $50,000 that the FBI informants, posing as al-Qaeda representatives, were dangling before them. Despite a wealth of wiretaps and videotapes made of the defendants, the defense noted, there is scant evidence that the men expressed any interest in al-Qaeda when they were not in the presence of the informants -- indicating that it was only an act tailored to that audience.
The defense depicted the FBI's two informants as "con men" trying to make money from the government by creating a terrorism case -- even if it meant provoking a somewhat hapless, financially strapped group of men into showing an interest in terrorism.
The evidence gathered, prosecutors said, includes not only the videotape of the oath, but recordings including references to putting poison in restaurant saltshakers and starting a street war in the United States climaxed by the explosions of landmark buildings.
The men, several of whom worked in construction trades and were relatively poor, also conducted martial arts training at the Temple, which was located in the impoverished Liberty City neighborhood, using knives, swords and "nunchucks," prosecutors said. "They say the war has to be fought here. And it can't be just a bombing. It's got to be chaos," Gregorie told jurors.
Batiste had aligned himself with a group known as the Moorish Science Temple of America, which in Miami, at least, blended the teachings of Islam, Christianity and Judaism.
The men -- Batiste, Patrick Abraham, Stanley Phanor, Naudimar Herrera, Burson Augustin, Lyglenson Lemorin and Rotschild Augustine -- have been charged with conspiracy to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization and conspiracy to destroy buildings by explosives.
To defense attorneys, those charges are based on acts created by the lure of $50,000 -- it was too much for some of the men to pass up. "There was a dual con going on in this case," Jhones told jurors. That is, while the FBI informants were pretending to the defendants that they represented terrorists, the defendants were in turn pretending that they were inclined to join in, the defense said.
Batiste "made it up as he went along. All he wanted to do is get his money and run, and who better to do this to than . . . al-Qaeda?" Jhones said.
MoveOn.org bullies crack down on critics. by Michelle Malkin, National Review
MoveOn.org, the left-wing extremists who bashed the commander of American forces in Iraq as a traitor, should get out of the political kitchen. The George Soros-funded hitmen cant stand even a bit of heat from Mom-and-Pop retailers who tried selling t-shirts and mugs on the Internet critical of the General Betray Us smear ads against Gen. David Petraeus.
I heard from one of the independent T-shirt sellers targeted by MoveOn.org last week. The seller is a lifelong Democrat and member of the military. Incensed by the attack on Gen. Petraeus, the retailer opened up a shop at online store CafePress. The homemade designs at the PoliStew Cafe were stark and simple: "Move Away from Move On!" "MoveOn.org NoFriend to Dems." "General Petraeus has done more for this country than MoveOn.org."
For daring to raise a voice and raise some money for the troops (all proceeds from the sale of his items go to the National Military Family Association charity), this t-shirt seller earned the wrath of MoveOn.org's lawyers. MoveOn.org chief operating officer Carrie Olson brought down the sledgehammer. She sent a cease-and-desist letter to CafePress demanding that PoliStew Cafe's items and other anti-MoveOn.org merchandise be removed from the store. Olson warned: "We have been alerted to an entire page of items on your website that infringes on our registered trademark, and we request that you remove all items immediately, and ask the poster to refrain from shipping any items purchased on this webpage. We also request that you give us contact information for the company / person who posted the items. This content has certainly NOT been authorized by anyone at MoveOn.org, nor anyone affiliated with MoveOn."
Acceptable speech to MoveOn.org: Likening President Bush to Adolf Hitler, as they did in 2004. Unacceptable speech: Little old mugs and hoodie sweatshirts gently satirizing the thin-skinned, left-wing mafia. . . .
. . . The PoliStew Cafe operator took down the pro-Petraeus, anti-MoveOn.org shirts and replaced them instead with merchandise referring to "THE GROUP THAT SHALL NOT BE NAMED." An army of MoveOn mockers online has published photoshopped logos ("MoveOut.org," "MoveOn.org: Surrender in Action") in solidarity daring the far-Left lawyers to sue them.
Edward Padgett, a Los Angeles blogger who spread the word about MoveOn's attempt to silence critics, laments: "For several years I have found MoveOn.org to be an inspirational anti-war group, but the past few weeks they have been an embarrassment to all Americans with their attacks upon President Bush and General Petraeus. I subscribe to the MoveOn newsletter, and even considered hosting an antiwar rally in San Dimas, but now I want no part of this radical group and will remove my name from their newsletter subscription . . . I guess to MoveOn, the First Amendment is only for the rich."
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Even as Russo-American tensions smolder from Eastern Europe and Central Asia to the Arctic seabed, the secretary of state is denying the onset of a renewed Cold War. Yet, unmistakable signals of a counter-balancing effort by Russia and China were sent last month through the largest-ever war games of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (S.C.O.), a six-nation anti-United States alliance.
Some 6,000 troops from Russia, China, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan engaged in complex joint military maneuvers in Russia's Urals and China's Sinkiang, solidifying a phalanx that purports to be Eurasia's answer to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
A notable absentee at the exercises was India, which has not applied for full membership of the S.C.O. despite Russia's entreaties that its entry would "lead to stability and security in Asia." The post-games summit meeting of the S.C.O. in Bishkek was attended by heads of states of three observer countries (Iran, Pakistan, and Mongolia), but India, a co-equal, could not depute anyone higher in rank than a petroleum minister. The foreign minister was apparently busy allaying leftist fears of a sell-out on the India-United States nuclear agreement. Such prioritization indicates that India sees potential only for energy deals, not strategic partnership, in the S.C.O.
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Having backed Islamic terrorist nations for so long, it's ludicrous to see Russia and China court India. The piper will be paid and India is smart to back away from the front rows.
A golf-loving former spymaster who enjoys good relations with Western military officials was named Tuesday to replace President Gen. Pervez Musharraf as Pakistan's powerful army chief after weekend presidential elections.
Lt.-Gen. Ashfaq Kayani will get a fourth star and take up the post of vice chief of army staff Monday, a military statement said. He will take over the top job when Musharraf vacates it, it said.
Musharraf, who seized power in a 1999 coup and became a close US ally against al-Qaida, has vowed to step down as army chief and restore Pakistan to civilian rule - provided he secures a new five-year presidential term in a vote by lawmakers on Saturday. He has said he will leave the military before he is sworn in for a new term as president. His current mandate expires November 15.
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ISLAMABAD - Pakistans government will grant an amnesty to Benazir Bhutto on corruption charges, meeting one of the former premiers main demands for a power-sharing deal, a cabinet minister told AFP on Tuesday. Bhutto has been living in self-exile in London and Dubai since 1999 because of the charges against her, which she says are politically motivated.
The government has agreed to grant an amnesty on cases against Benazir Bhutto, said Railways Minister Sheikh Rashid, a close confidant of President Pervez Musharraf. The decision was taken in a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz.
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Democracy is always about choosing the lesser of two evils. (Tyranny is the worse of two evils choosing for you.)
The Tribal Areas are quickly falling into the grip of the Taliban, who are being allowed to impose their brand of justice, Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Information Secretary Sherry Rehman said on Tuesday. In an accompanying statement, the PPP condemned the crimes against women by local Taliban, noting last weeks beheading of an alleged prostitute in Mohmand Agency and the bombing of two girls schools a couple of days ago. Rehman said the government has done an injustice to Pakistan by allowing the Taliban to regroup in FATA and said the people of the region want the same political rights as other Pakistanis.
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The PPP appears to be moving into an alliance with Mushy's PML-Q. Politics makes strange bedfellows, but the move would allow the General to take off his uniform. Apparently the Punjabis majority has had it with the Pashtos. With the MMA - with only 10% of the last federal vote - marginalized, we could actually see a real War on Terror. As for the Sindh based MQM, members have been killing jihadis and party leadership has long advocated banning Jamaat-i-Islami.
Sindh Assembly Speaker Syed Muzaffar Hussain Shah received Tuesday the resignations of seven of the eight MMA MPAs. Abdul Rehman Rajput, an MPA from Hyderabad belonging to the JUP, refused, however, to resign after joining the government and announced his support for President Musharraf in the presidential election. Three MMA MPAs arrived at the Speakers chamber two-and-a-half hours later than the scheduled time and submitted their resignations. They came as a procession with about a hundred of their supporters, chanting anti-Musharraf slogans. Many of the supporters succeeded in entering the building despite police blockades to the assembly. Among those who resigned were the MMAs Parliamentary Leader in the Sindh Assembly Maulana Umar Sadiq (JUI-F) along with his two colleagues Hameedullah Advocate (JI) and Nasrullah Shajji (JI) appeared in person while the other four members were absent. The Speaker told reporters that the other four are Maulana Ehsanullah Hazarvi (JUI-F), Hafiz Naeem (JUI-F), Younus Barai (JI) and Kulsoom Nizamani (JI).
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Pashtun tribal leaders feel they are being thrust into an Iraq-style war between violent Islamists and the Pakistan army, according to an interview published here on Tuesday.
According to a Peshawar-datelined report in the Washington Times, tribal leader Haroon-ur-Rasheed told the newspapers correspondent, Its there. Bombs going off every day. He was among a group that had travelled to the capital city of the province for several hours for the interview. The leaders described a violent tribal area in which Islamic militants routinely behead women suspected of adultery and use bombs to destroy girls schools so far only on Sundays, when no students are present. Pakistani army forces who venture into the area are also being targeted with rockets, mortars and roadside bombs like those being used to attack American troops in Iraq. The first instance of a female suicide bomber in Pakistan took place in Bannu on Monday.
Haroon-ur-Rasheed told the newspaper, The tribes are loyal to Pakistan. The tribal areas were used to supply the mujahideen against the Russians. We faced everything right in front of us, the Russian army. When the fighting ended, we expected prosperity, but the Americans left and we had thousands of refugees. He said he and his companions proposed the meeting in Peshawar on the grounds that their home territory has become so dangerous that they are unable to protect Western visitors. Asked who represents the biggest threat to Islam, Osama bin Laden or the United States, one of the tribal leaders, Zarhur Afridi, said there was no comparison.
He said, The US doesnt need Osama. In Iraq, there was Saddam and he was no Osama but they attacked anyway. Its a wish of the US to attack Muslims. Now when we see Bush poking his head into our affairs, we dont like it.
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Pashtun tribal leaders feel they are being thrust into an Iraq-style war between violent Islamists and the Pakistan army
Poor babies! Welcome to the real world, ya Neandertal f*cks.
The leaders described a violent tribal area in which Islamic militants routinely behead women suspected of adultery and use bombs to destroy girls schools so far only on Sundays, when no students are present.
Which none of them have had the least responsibility for brewing up. No, never! Fear not, your Brave Lions of Islam will get around to rigging the schools with dynamite and killing your precious little girls in droves. Just be patient. Keep waiting for that strong horse to emerge and abide the carnage without taking sides. I'm sure it will all work out for you.
The first instance of a female suicide bomber in Pakistan took place in Bannu on Monday.
Pauvre petite! How's that feeling of uncertainty sitting with you? Don't you just love all those burqa-clad woman, anyone of whom could be wearing a bomb vest? Nice to see how that Islamic policy of Abject Gender Apartheid worked out so well for yez.
Asked who represents the biggest threat to Islam, Osama bin Laden or the United States, one of the tribal leaders, Zarhur Afridi, said there was no comparison.
How curious. The residents of Anbar felt there wasn't much comparison either. They just chose a different side. We'll let you know when it's time for all of you to rejoice over siding with bin Laden. Trust me, you'll know.
He said, The US doesnt need Osama. In Iraq, there was Saddam and he was no Osama but they attacked anyway. Its a wish of the US to attack Muslims.
And it's exactly terrorist-supporting cretins like you who make that wish come true. Forsake the Taliban and hand over bin Laden, then watch how peaceful things get overnight. Don't and ... well, let's just say, keep watching Iraq for some signs of what's coming.
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You know, these guys don't have a clue - if we just WANTED to attack Muslims it would be really, really clear that we were doing so. Ask the residents of Tokyo on March 11, 1945 (either one of them). (And since 9-11 was a more vile attack than Pearl Harbor, I would say such counterattacks would be even more justified now than they were in 1945.)
A two-member bench of the Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday ordered the government to open Lal Masjid for prayers from today (Wednesday) and pay compensation to the families of those killed during the 10-day military operation against the mosque and the Jamia Hafsa madrassa.
Hearing a suo motu case, the bench consisting of Justice Muhammad Nawaz Abbasi and Justice Javed Buttar both appointed by Jimmy Carter also directed the acting Islamabad inspector general of police to register cases concerning those who were either killed or went missing during the operation.
The bench directed the Capital Development Authority (CDA) to complete the construction of a proposed educational project at the site of the demolished Jamia Hafsa in a year.
The SC bench set an October 15 deadline for the Islamabad administration to ensure the shifting of girl students of Jamia Hafsa to Jamia Fareedia, which was sealed during the military operation. It asked the Islamabad sessions judge to find the legal heirs of those killed in the operation within a month and compensate them within two months. Justice Buttar declared that Lal Masjid would be used only for prayers and no madrassa would function on its premises.
"Hey, they can't do that! They're studying!"
"Naw, they're just praying."
"But they're chanting the Koran word-for-word!"
"Like I wuz saying ...."
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A senior Kashmiri leader has warned of an intifada in Jammu and Kashmir, as he believed the peace process between India and Pakistan had failed to show any tangible results. Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) leader Javed Ahmed Mir, who was here for the past one week meeting diplomats, said that India and Pakistan have failed to realise the anger building up in Srinagar. The bubble will burst in the near future, he said, forecasting that a repeat of a 1989 situation was in the pipeline, when people thronged the streets in large numbers.
Mir is among the pioneers of the armed struggle in Kashmir. He has served as the chief commander of the JKLF also, and presently heads his own faction of the organisation. He said the confidence building measures (CBMs) introduced a few years ago including the bus service and free movement across the border had raised hopes in Kashmir. However, he said, they seem to have been dashed as the situation of human rights had not improved and the Indian Army was consolidating and widening its bases in Jammu and Kashmir.
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He should remember that it was a Muslim, Lt Gen. Mohammmed Zaki who took back Srinagar from the original "insurgents". Zaki may be retired but there are others like him in the Indian Army.
In 1988 there was a surplus of young unemployed men and the Indian Army itself was unprepared.
Today that situation is reversed.
Of the original group that dreamed of jihad and Pakistan, most are dead, killed by the Army and Police.
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Newly appointed Chief of Indian Army General Deepak Kapoor after reviewing a Guard of Honour at the Indian Defence Ministry in New Delhi, India on 01 October 2007. General Deepak Kapoor took over as the Chief of the Army Staff from General J.J. Singh.
Outgoing Indian Army Chief J.J. Singh inspects a guard of honour before he hands over the charge in New Delhi, 30 September 2007. Singh handed over the charge to General Deepak Kapoor who will be the 23rd chief of the Indian Army
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Indian army soldiers leave the site of a gunbattle in Ringawari, a heavily forested village 45 kilometers (28 miles) north of Srinagar, India, Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2007. Indian soldiers battled Islamic militants in a forest outside Kashmir's main city, the first major clash in the besieged Himalayan region in almost two months, officials said Wednesday. At least two soldiers and nine rebels were reported killed.
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The US military said on Tuesday it expected Al Qaeda to continue its re-emergence in sanctuaries in Pakistans tribal areas from where it supported attacks in Afghanistan. Sanctuary was provided to Al Qaeda and Taliban rebels after Islamabad signed a peace deal with militants in a desperate attempt to quell the unrest in its Tribal Areas in September 2006, US Major Tim Williams, future operations intelligence planner, told reporters at Bagram Air Field. The militants called off the deal in July this year after Pakistani security forces raided a radical mosque in Islamabad where rebels had massed. This area remains a support and sanctuary area for the insurgency as results of those peace accords, he said. He said the Islamic rebels were likely to maintain their presence in those areas despite apparent efforts by Pakistani army to root them out. In FATA, we anticipate sanctuary in this region to continue the Al Qaeda re-emergence, Williams said. This sanctuary could shelter the fugitive Al Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden and Taliban chief Mullah Mohammad Omar, the officer said.
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Yet one more tremendous and bitter lesson regarding the power of propaganda. Years later, who will equate this blatant media manipulation with renewed intifada and prolonged Muslim carnage? Islam milked this like the last cow on the farm and sold it to the dairy long ago.
Lawzy, the hand-wringing in this article makes me want to reach for the lotion.
Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced he was slashing the remaining British contingent in Iraq by nearly 20 percent. A beleaguered Iraqi leader said his own forces would be ready to take up the slack in the country's oil-rich southernmost province in two months.
How is he 'beleaguered' if he can cover the slack in two months time?
Brown's one-day, unannounced swing through Iraq on Tuesday came as US military officials are concerned that the reduced British presence in the south could open security gaps along key supply and transit routes to Kuwait. The roadways are a vital lifeline for US forces. And everything that the Americans cannot fly out of the country when they eventually leave must make the long and potentially dangerous road journey to Kuwait through Basra province.
Or the long and pacified road, if the Iraqis have stepped up per their 'beleaguered' leader.
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US Secretary of State Condoleezza said in an interview Monday that partitioning Iraq, as suggested by a resolution last week in the US Senate, would be a real mistake.
Here's a suggestion, Condie. Why don't you stop tipping the administration's hand all of the time? Keeping Iraq's parliament of gangsters in a little suspense might go a long way towards making them STFU and fly right for a change. Reassuring them that there won't be any repercussions for their constant squabbling only encourages more of the same taurine fecal matter.
Even more curious is how you have such objections to partitioning Iraq but see no problem with breaking up Israel as a reward to the scumbag Palestinian terrorists.
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said on Tuesday that he had the right as a refugee to return to his home in the Galilee, but that he and other refugees would figure out how to actualize this right in an agreement with Israel.
In an interview with London-based Arab newspaper A-sharq al-Awsat quoted on Israel Radio, Abbas said the land-swap plan proposed by Vice Premier Haim Ramon was a step in the right direction, and stressed that east Jerusalem was under occupation and must be returned.
He added that the Palestinians should have accepted the partition of Jerusalem 60 years ago, but explained that the PA would not be satisfied with a state smaller than the 1967 borders.
Abbas called Prime Minister Ehud Olmert a serious man interested in peace, but noted that the meetings between them were more about feeling out the situation, rather than negotiations on a final-status agreement.
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People don't have rights, Abu Mazen---they've opportunities. "Palestinians" had more opportunities than any group of People anywhere or anywhen---and blown all of them. Now, the only opportunity you have is to survive---and you're going to blow it too.
Close to 80 senators - including all those running for president -signed a letter calling for greater Arab support for the peace process ahead of the international conference the US is planning for November. "The success of such a meeting, and ultimately the peace process itself, will depend on the cooperation we receive from the larger Arab world, particularly from those Arab states with close relations with the United States who have not yet signed agreements with Israel," read the letter, in an apparent reference to Saudi Arabia. It was due to be sent to US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice later Tuesday.
Israel has been pressing for Saudi representation at the meeting, which so far has no official list of invitees. A Saudi presence is seen as significant because of the legitimacy it would confer on the proceedings in the wider Arab community, as well as provide a boost to Israeli aspirations for normalized relations with its regional neighbors.
The letter also calls for Arab countries to "recognize Israel's right to exist and not use such recognition as a bargaining chip for future Israeli concessions" and to "pressure Hamas to recognize Israel, reject terror and accept prior agreements, and isolate Hamas until it takes such steps."
But those very stipulations would derail the effort to get the Saudis on board by setting preconditions and criticizing Saudi efforts at mediation between Fatah and Hamas, the Arab American Institute argued on its Web site.
"As host to the conference, what would the United States gain from setting such preconditions before the parties have even gathered to negotiate?" the Institute asks. "If the goal is for Arab states not to participate in the upcoming conference, this would be the way to go."
Either way, Saudi participation shouldn't define the success of the conference, according to a policy paper prepared by former top US officials offering advice ahead of the gathering.
"The Saudi presence at the first meeting would be a critical impetus to the new process, but we are unlikely to know until the last minute whether the Saudis will indeed engage," write the document's authors, five former US officials, including three past ambassadors to Israel - Samuel Lewis, Edward Walker and Thomas Pickering. It was also drafted by Steven Spiegel, a national scholar at the Israel Policy Forum, which sponsored the paper.
With these "vague" definitions of success and "widely" differing perception among the various players, the authors write: "The meeting as it stands now seems to be something of a gamble. If it fails, resulting in disappointment and disillusionment, it could further set back the situation in the Middle East."
They caution that whatever comes out of the meeting will be vulnerable to spoilers such as Syria and Hamas. "Simply saying no to Hamas without planning for the consequences is a likely ticket to new problems," they warn of the US and Israeli policy that has shut Hamas out of negotiations and participation in international forums.
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They caution that whatever comes out of the meeting will be vulnerable to spoilers such as Syria and Hamas.
Quick get Nancy and Dennis on the blower! We need some of that diplomatic engagement with the Pinehead regime. Pronto!
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Does the Senate do anything other than denounce things and interrogate Alberto Gonzales anymore? They're gaining on the UN General Assembly in uselessness.
Terrorism is a grave and pervasive threat that destabilises societies and which must not be associated with any faith or culture and must be countered and rejected by addressing both its manifestations and the root causes, said Pakistan Foreign Secretary Riaz Mohammad Khan on Tuesday.
Addressing the General Debate of the 62nd Session of the UN General Assembly, he said the growing terrorist threat was reflected by the failure of the international community to address festering disputes and its inability to offer opportunities and benefits offered by the phenomenal advances of technology and globalisation for global betterment.
Pakistan concerned: The foreign secretary said Pakistan was deeply concerned over the situation in Iraq, adding that peace could only be achieved in the region through dialogue, mutual cooperation and tolerance. He said resorting to use of force over Irans nuclear issue could lead to incalculable consequences for the sensitive region.
He said Pakistan was fighting Al Qaeda and other terrorist elements with resolve and determination. He said a large number of Pakistani troops have lost their lives in the war against terror and noted that the government has plans to bring about socio-economic reforms in the Tribal Areas to combat extremism. Khan said Pakistan rejected irresponsible comments and insinuations casting aspersions on Pakistans intentions and efforts.
Taking note of Pakistans peace process with India, he said bilateral relations had greatly improved in recent years. He said the two countries must now use the conducive regional environment to address all major problems, especially the Jammu and Kashmir dispute. He said Pakistan was pursuing a solution that is acceptable to India, to Pakistan and above all to the people of Jammu and Kashmir. Khan also took note of the US-India nuclear deal, stating that Pakistan has concerns over strategic stability, which it would maintain despite its firm opposition to an arms race in South Asia. He said the country was also interested in developing civil nuclear power generation under international safeguards.
He said Pakistans nuclear assets were for defensive purposes only. I wish to reaffirm that our strategic capability is solely for deterrence and defence, he said.
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Thats a lie. All I see is the culture of Islam and arab moslem terror on my news boards 95% of the time. every day, all over the world. MOSLEMS.
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I love it when the left or their fascist allies make this claim. Normal people who are not really paying attention will nevertheless know enough to dismiss it for the lie/delusion it is.
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Addressing the General Debate of the 62nd Session of the UN General Assembly, he said the growing terrorist threat was reflected by the failure of the international community to address festering disputes and its inability to offer opportunities and benefits offered by the phenomenal advances of technology and globalisation for global betterment.
How is it that in any Muslim country that it is a craphole of their own making, it's automatically someone else problem?
At last check, I don't recall any Zoroastrians or any religious denomination in recent day blowing themselves up and killing civilians or threatening to establish a religious empire by force. Or trying to undermine a countries culture, economy and deliberately preventing another religion from being practiced within their borders.
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Mr. Mohammed Khan, I give you a secret from ancient Ireland to discover the answers to your questions and doubts. First of all, you must be a cave to perform this spell. Kneel on a rug endowed with powers from and area where its weave is the pennicle of achievement. Lean forward aggressively onto that enchanted carpet many times until your head bleeds and callouses all the while waiving your arms in a flying motion. Stand up quickly and while looking a flat plate of brass, polish the surface quickly with your right hand a mixture of suidae and the urine from from a self said prophet and chant three times fast, "mirror mirror whos hair is fairer." and the answer will present itself. Be warned, in order to fully understand the revelation you must be aware of your lineage's entire heiratage.
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Big fat steaming putrid festering rotten lie. Islam is barbarism. Arab culture is barbarism. Depraved indifference and even celebration of even the most henious acts of violence by the average Arab and the average muslim is proof enough.
Oh, and then there was that flying planes into buildings thingy.
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Terrorism is a grave and pervasive threat that destabilises societies and which must not be associated with any faith or culture and must be countered and rejected by addressing both its manifestations and the root causes, said Pakistan Foreign Secretary Riaz Mohammad Khan on Tuesday.
"Ignore that man behind the curtain Muslim in the mosque!"
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Actually this is very similar to the Nazi experience where the SS aquired a huge commercial empire to go with their million man army and string of concentration camps.
This looks more like the Mullahs can't depend on anyone else in Iran, and are leaning on the IRGC as their only dependable tool.
Al
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The accent of this consignment will be on the heaviest American bombs designed for such subterranean targets as the bunker fortresses of Iran, Syria and Lebanons Hizballah and on operating and guidance systems for upgrading Israeli Air Force ammunition.
The list, according to US defense sources, also includes 10,000 JDAM tail kits for high precision guidance of bombs in all weathers at ranges of up to 25 km, which are designed for use with the GBU-29-32 bunker busters; 4,000 laser-guided Paveway II munitions kits; more than 11,000 Mk-84 and Mk-82 bombs; 2,000 heavy fortifications-penetrating BLU-109 bombs; and 50 GBU-28 5,000-pound guided bunker busters.
The Islamic Revolutions Guards Corps (IRGC) said Saturday that its troops have launched a new monitoring system which brings all movements in the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz under Irans control.
The system called Hod Hod (Hoopoe) has been designed by the IRGC experts and makes it possible for Iranian troops to monitor even the slightest movement on the surface or in the air.
According to IRGC, Hod Hod which is equipped with the most advanced cameras and electronic devices transmit recorded films and photographs to different military centers round the clock.
Hod Hod which is capable of taking high resolution and high quality pictures and images even at nights, will provide the opportunity to the IRGC personnel - who are currently using different radar and electronic systems - to gain a better online control over the entire region.
It's an early warning system *and* a dessert topping!
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Original article, which site includes what looks like it has some interesting links to major headlines in various regions - if you computer does not require some sort of prodding to access an Iranian news site.
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A few weeks ago, Syria thought that it had a state of the art monitoring system.
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I got a dollar that says they don't have anything except empty rhetoric for internal consumption.
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You see they have this CCTV system with pan, tilt, zoom with the Infrared upgrade.... Nice! although it cannot stop my invisibility cloak recently purchased from Klingon Toys R'Us (KTS)
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Notice how they always seem to "now have" something after something has happened? Like this, comes out just after it has been "confirmed" that Israel did indeed fly far into Syria airspace, and not one air defense gadget worked!
WASHINGTON - The White House scoffed on Tuesday at an Iranian universitys invitation to US President George W. Bush to address its campus, saying he was not taking it too seriously.
If Iran was a free and democratic society that allowed its people freedom of expression, and wasnt pursuing nuclear weapons, and wasnt advocating to destroy the country of Israel, the president might consider that invitation, said spokeswoman Dana Perino. But I think that were not taking it too seriously, she told reporters.
Earlier, the head of Ferdowsi University in Irans second city of Mashhad, one of the oldest universities in the country, said Bush should visit to answer questions from students and lecturers on human rights and terrorism. President Bush is invited to give a speech and respond to numerous questions, must notably about human rights, terrorism and the Holocaust, said university president Alireza Afshour, according to the government daily Iran.
There's a part of me that says Bush should go (assuming security would be absolutely certain) and do what Ronnie Reagan did in his speech to the students of Moscow State University -- explain, clearly, why totalitarianism is destined to fail. Beard the lion and let people compare Short Round's speech at Columbia to what Bush would say in Iran.
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See also IRANIAN.WS > [WOW] BANNED VIDEO: KILL HIM NOW [ Dubya]. From Norwegian rap group. OTHER ARTICLES.
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I couldn't agree more, Steve. It's too bad Bush is just an average public speaker, at best, because this is a golden opportunity to drop a Reagan-esque "Great Communicator" bomb (figuratively speaking... for now) on the entire ME.
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TOPIX/WORLDNEWS > BUSH WARNS ABOUT NUCLEAR IRAN. Says still has hope for diplomacy, + Iran can get a similar deal as North Korea. *KEY - DUBYA SAYS CHOICE = BURDEN OF PEACE NO LONGER UP TO HIM BUT NOW IN MOUD'S/IRAN'S HANDS. IOW, DUBYA = USA WILL NOT ACCEPT BLAME FOR US-IRAN CONFLICT.
* SPACE WAR > OUTSIDE VIEW: X-HOUR ON IRAN'S NUKES. No diplom progress means likely referral of Iran to UNO espec UNSC for action, i.e. UNSC military action, not only sanctions.
Various Net Pundits > US-IRAN Conflict > arguing that ideal/best time for USA as per GOP-DEM Pols [2008 elex] IS NOW THRU APRIL-MAY 2008, BUT WID NO IRAN-SPECIFIC "INSURGENCY" AS PER IRAQ-AFGHANISTAN.
The Iranian Culture and Islamic Guidance Ministry on Tuesday called for taking part in the International Qods Day rallies for the sake of unity and integrity of Muslims in defense of the Palestinian nation. In statement carried by the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA), the ministry said that the International Qods Day is the symbolic day to voice aspirations of the Muslim Ummah in dealing with the plight of the Palestinian nation and liberation of the occupied territories. The people's participation, presence and slogans in the rallies and the messages to the world on the day would raise the spirit of the Muslim Ummah and prepare necessary ground for restoration of rights of the Palestinians, the statement noted.
President Bashar Assad rejected accusations that Syria orchestrated the killing of Lebanese politicians opposed to his country and said Tuesday that the assassinations were contrary to the interests of Damascus.
Assad said his country still retains some influence in its Western neighbor but told the British Broadcasting Corp. that Syria had left Lebanon. The killings, he said, were benefiting his country's foes in Lebanon and not Syria. "Of course, we have influence. This is normal," Assad said. "But having influence is different from committing crimes in Lebanon."
"This is not in our interest," he added. "What did we get from killing those people? That's the question that we have to ask."
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Right. And O.J. was framed.
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Involving Assad and the bombing raid: Kuwaiti newspaper A-Siasa reported that the Syrian president has set up a committee to "investigate how classified information on the infiltration of Israeli planes was leaked to Arab media." link
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YNET NEWS > REPORT: RUSSIA SENDING TECHNICIANS TO SYRIA. To fix and evaluate that unused building attacked on 9/6. WAFF,com > similar article save that Syria stil desires the Russ S-300 ADS + Russ technicians = new assistance unlikely to alter local dynamic bwtn Syria + Israel [read - Syria will still lose to IDF].
US Ambassador at the UN Zalmay Khalilzad said Jumblatt 's request for protection of the MP's by an International force requires serious consideration, specially since the assassinations are affecting one political side only.
Khalilzad added: "They are assassinating only those MP's opposed to Syria ". He did not say who is doing the assassinations, but the US has on several occasions accused Syria of being behind the politically motivated Assassinations in Lebanon.
He told al Akhbar newspaper : "This situation cannot continue . Jumblatt is right, "an International police force should protect the Lebanese MP's."
Khalilzad expects to discuss this issue as soon as as he visits Washington. Jumblatt sent letters to all major heads of state requesting protection of the parliament members.
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Hezbollah stressed that it would not go into war with Israel if Syria and Iran were attacked by the Jewish state or the United States.
"Pull my finger. No, really!"
The stand was outlined by Hezbollah MP Hussein Hajj Hassan in an interview with Naharnet. Hajj Hassan also said reaching consensus on a presidential candidate is "the destiny of the Lebanese people and not a choice," noting that Hezbollah has not announced its "official Candidate for the presidential office." Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel Aoun "although he is a front runner for the post, but he is not the only candidate," Hajj Hassan said.
In answering a question as to what would Hezbollah's reaction be if Iran was targeted by a military strike, Hajj Hassan said: "We would denounce and reject this strike."
What next?
"Just denunciation and rejection. Nothing more," he stressed. "As a Lebanese citizen I say that I will denounce and deplore and carry out demonstrations. This is certain." However, he said "Things would be considered on time."
He accused the United States of "attempting to Iraqize the region" in reference to an alleged scheme by Washington to spread the spate of violence that has ridden Iraq since the 2003 invasion.
Hajj Hassan warned against adoption of a law by the U.S. Congress to partition Lebanon similar to the law that adopts a federal approach to the Iraqi state. He pledged that Hezbollah would confront such an alleged U.S. Scheme if it targeted Lebanon.
In answering a question as to How would Hezbollah confront such an alleged plan, Hajj Hassan said: "like we responded in the July (2006) war in case a war was staged on us, and we will confront politically if that (war) did not happen."
If war targeted you or your allies? Hajj Hassan was asked. "If it targeted us, directly us, our allies know how to defend themselves," he stressed in reference to Tehran and Damascus.
Shifting to the forthcoming Presidential elections, Hajj Hassan said that reaching consensus on a presidential candidate is the Lebanese people's "destiny, and not a choice."
Hezbollah, he said, does not intend to boycott Walid Jumblat's Progressive Socialist Party as well as Saad Hariri's al-Moustaqbal Movement irrespective of political differences.
He insisted that Hezbollah wants a new president who rejects U.N. Security Council Resolution 1559 of Sept. 2004 because it is "an aggression on Lebanon's sovereignty and could lead to an internal problem. Respecting international decisions is not more important than (preserving) Lebanon's interest and its internal stability."
He said Hezbollah supports the international tribunal that would try suspects in the 2005 assassination of ex-Premier Rafik Hariri and related crimes "despite objection to the context of its laws."
He criticized the arrest of the four famous generals in connection with the Hariri Murder, suggesting putting them under house arrest in line with a conditional release if the authorities believe that they might try to leave the country or if they are worried about their safety.
Hajj Hassan rejected charges that Hezbollah was arming and training allied factions of the opposition and counter-charged that "those who accuse us" of sending groups to Jordan and Israel for training on the use of weapons and military techniques. Asked when would the Hezbollah-led opposition dismantle its tent city protest of downtown Beirut, Hajj Hassan said the protest is "the response. When the crisis is over the response would be removed."
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Given the billions of dollars Iran and Syria have spent on these proxies, this is the sweetest possible news. It also gives the lie to the claim Israel "lost the war" in Lebanon. The party of god Orcs must have lost more than I had thought.
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A New Jersey man has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit accusing workers at a U.S. prison in Illinois of mistreating him and other Muslims after the 2001 terrorist attacks, at one time defiling his holy book and torturing him with a nightstick when he complained. 
(SomaliNet) The U.S. embassy in Nairobi has warned that Somali-based militants may attempt to kidnap Americans and other Westerners from Kenya's tourist beaches. An embassy statement Friday said there were indications that extremists might target Westerners at Kiwayu Island and other popular resorts along Kenya's northeastern coast, near the Somali border. 
The controversy over Police Community Support Officers deepened last night with the emergence of a leaked memo that "makes a mockery" of their ability to fight crime. The memo states that PCSOs - dubbed Blunkett's Bobbies after the home secretary who created them - are not allowed to tackle violent yobs. They are also barred from responding to any serious incident where there is not a fully-trained police officer already present.
South Koreas president arrived in hermit North Koreas capital on Tuesday to cheering crowds and a dour leader Kim Jong-II for only the second summit between two states still technically at war. 
WASHINGTON - President George W. Bushs request for nearly $200 billion more to fund the Iraq war will not be approved unless it is linked to a plan to bring home US combat troops by January 2009, the head of the House appropriations committee said on Tuesday.
ISLAMABAD - Pakistans government will grant an amnesty to Benazir Bhutto on corruption charges, meeting one of the former premiers main demands for a power-sharing deal, a cabinet minister told AFP on Tuesday. Bhutto has been living in self-exile in London and Dubai since 1999 because of the charges against her, which she says are politically motivated.
The Tribal Areas are quickly falling into the grip of the Taliban, who are being allowed to impose their brand of justice, Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Information Secretary Sherry Rehman said on Tuesday. In an accompanying statement, the PPP condemned the crimes against women by local Taliban, noting last weeks beheading of an alleged prostitute in Mohmand Agency and the bombing of two girls schools a couple of days ago. Rehman said the government has done an injustice to Pakistan by allowing the Taliban to regroup in FATA and said the people of the region want the same political rights as other Pakistanis.
Pashtun tribal leaders feel they are being thrust into an Iraq-style war between violent Islamists and the Pakistan army, according to an interview published here on Tuesday.
A two-member bench of the Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday ordered the government to open Lal Masjid for prayers from today (Wednesday) and pay compensation to the families of those killed during the 10-day military operation against the mosque and the Jamia Hafsa madrassa.
The Islamic Revolutions Guards Corps (IRGC) said Saturday that its troops have launched a new monitoring system which brings all movements in the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz under Irans control. 
The Iranian Culture and Islamic Guidance Ministry on Tuesday called for taking part in the International Qods Day rallies for the sake of unity and integrity of Muslims in defense of the Palestinian nation. In statement carried by the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA), the ministry said that the International Qods Day is the symbolic day to voice aspirations of the Muslim Ummah in dealing with the plight of the Palestinian nation and liberation of the occupied territories. The people's participation, presence and slogans in the rallies and the messages to the world on the day would raise the spirit of the Muslim Ummah and prepare necessary ground for restoration of rights of the Palestinians, the statement noted.
