Afghanistan's Taliban guerrillas Monday called on the world's Muslims to unite and wage war against Israel in response to its air strikes that have killed more than 300 Palestinians in Gaza.
The Taliban, who lead an insurgency against the Afghan government and the Western forces backing it, also chided the United States and some European nations for not condemning the attacks, launched after a six-month cease-fire between Israel and the Islamist group Hamas expired. "We expect that the Islamic Umah to throw aside the wings of negligence, rise up and wage ... jihad and practically help the Muslims of Palestine, Iraq and Afghanistan," the Taliban said in a statement on the group's website.
The al Qaeda-backed Taliban, toppled from power in a U.S.-led invasion in 2001, are most active in southern and eastern Afghanistan, but have managed to spread their attacks to other parts of the country, including Kabul, since regrouping in 2005.
The Islamist group has vowed to drive out the nearly 70,000 foreign troops serving under NATO and the U.S. military's command in Afghanistan.
Earlier, the Afghan foreign ministry condemned Israel's attacks and demanded an immediate end to hostilities in Gaza.
Separately, a group of Afghans held a protest against the strikes in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif Monday, residents said.
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I appears that the Palestinians are once again playing their main role in the Muslim world. Getting killed in bunches so their Muslim "brothers" can talk a good game.
Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed, Somalias president who has been widely blamed for his countrys deepening crisis, resigned on Monday, casting Somalia into a deeper political abyss, but, at the same time, possibly creating an opportunity.
Mr. Yusuf blamed the international community for not doing enough to shore up Somalias transitional government, which has steadily lost control of much of the country to Islamist insurgents. Most of the country was not in our hands and we had nothing to give our soldiers. The international community has also failed to help us, Mr. Yusuf told legislators in Baidoa, Somalias seat of Parliament.
His exit will most likely kick off an intense, clan-based scramble for his post, which in reality has become increasingly irrelevant as the government has veered toward collapse. Somalias transitional government controls only a few city blocks in a country almost as big as Texas and it has been continuously beset by poisonous infighting.
Earlier this month, Mr. Yusuf, who has been president since 2004, tried to fire Somalias prime minister but the Parliament refused. Several of Somalias neighbors, including Kenya, then threatened to impose sanctions on Mr. Yusuf and his family, accusing Mr. Yusuf of being an obstacle to peace.
Mr. Yusuf, a former warlord who claims to be around 74 years old though he is widely believed to be several years older, has constantly rejected efforts to bring moderate Islamist opposition leaders into the government. Now that he is leaving, many Somalis hope there may be a way to rebuild the government and give the Islamists a meaningful role.
Under Somalias transitional charter, the speaker of the Parliament will take over the presidency for one month until the Parliament elects a new president. Several moderate Islamists could be candidates.
Mr. Yusuf did not say what he will do now but many Somalis expect that he will return to his clan stronghold in northern Somalia. His militia has already fled the capital, with more than 100 soldiers loyal to Mr. Yusuf flying out on Sunday for northern Somalia. Several Somali politicians aligned with Mr. Yusuf also left for northern Somalia on Sunday, implying that Mr. Yusufs powerful sub-clan, the Majerten, may be pulling out of the government.
While radical Islams useful idiots in the Western media continue to be taken in by Hamas propaganda, both the Palestinian Authority and Egypt squarely blame Hamas for the present confrontation with Israel.
* Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmad Aboul Gheit harshly criticized Hamas yesterday at a press conference in Cairo. Gheit also blamed Hamas for not allowing wounded persons from Gaza to seek treatment in Egypt, saying Hamas were more interested in having the injured serve as pawns in their propaganda war on Western TV networks rather than allowing them to be treated.
* Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas said that Hamas could have avoided the Israeli attacks on Gaza. We talked to Hamas and we told them please, we ask you, do not end the truce. Let the truce continue and not stop so that we could have avoided what happened, he said. Reuters reported these statements widely and yet certain international media such as the BBC have not reported them.
* An editorial I located (by Tariq Hamid) in the leading Saudi paper Asharq Al Awsat also blamed Hamas. It said:
... leniency with Hamas made the Arab world a partner in the suffering of the Palestinians.
... Arab states should call a spade a spade... let Hamas bear the responsibility if only once.
* For more details on Western media coverage and miscoverage of present events in Israel and Gaza, please see here.
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A WELSH MP yesterday called on the UK Government to either deport or arrest all British residents who appear on a United Nations list which names members and associates of Al-Qaeda and the Taliban.
Monmouth Conservative MP David Davies, the only Welsh member of the House of Commons Home Affairs Committee, said he was shocked to see 15 British residents on the list. All but three are apparently free. Mr Davies said: "This is not a speculative list -- the UN is not known to exaggerate or make unfounded claims. These people have been named as involved with Al-Qaeda and I don't think they should be walking the streets of this country. Either they should be deported or locked up.
"It is little consolation that none of those named are said to be living in Wales. I hope at the very least they are all under constant surveillance. If they do the slightest thing, they should be locked up for a very long time. Al-Qaeda, as we all know, is a very dangerous terrorist organisation responsible for the deaths of thousands of people. I intend to raise this matter in Parliament in the New Year."
The 15 British residents on the list, which can be seen online at www.un.org/sc/committees/1267/consolidatedlist.htm, are all named as associates of terror group Al-Qaeda. They are:
Libya-born British citizen Ghuma Abd'rabbah, living in Birmingham;
Libya-born British citizen Abdulbasit Abdulrahim, living in London, said to have raised funds for the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group;
Libya-born Abd Al-Rahman Al-Faqih, living in Birmingham;
Saudi Arabian Dr Saad Rashed Mohammad Al-Faqih, living in London;
Saudi Arabian Khalid Abd Al-Rahman Hamd Al-Fawaz, living in London;
Syria-born British citizen Mohammed Al Ghabra, living in London;
Egyptian Hani Al-Sayyid Al-Sebai, living in London;
Gloucester-born Sajid Mohammed Badat, currently in prison in the UK after pleading guilty to planning to blow up an aircraft with a shoe bomb;
Libyan Maftah Mohamed Elmabruk, living in London, said to have raised funds for the LIFG;
Libya-born British citizen Abdelrazag Elsharif Elosta, living in London, said to have raised funds for the LIFG;
Egyptian Al Sayyid Ahmed Fathi Hussein Eliwah, living in the UK with a UK passport;
Egypt-born British citizen Mostafa Kamel Mostafa Ibrahim, better known as the radical cleric Abu Hamza, in jail after being convicted on 11 charges, including six of soliciting to murder;
Libya-born British citizen Abdulbaqi Mohammed Khaled, living in Birmingham;
Jordanian national Uthman Omar Mahmoud, better known as the radical cleric Abu Qatada, currently in prison in the UK after breaching bail conditions relating to his appeal against deportation. Wanted on terrorism charges in Algeria, the United States, Belgium, Spain, France, Germany, Italy and Jordan;
Libyan Tahir Nasuf, living in Manchester.
The list also includes six organisations with bases in the UK:
Sara Properties Ltd, Liverpool;
Benevolence International Foundation;
Meadowbrook Investments Ltd of Bristol;
Movement for Reform in Arabia, London;
Ozlam Properties Ltd, Liverpool;
Sanabel Relief Agency Ltd, Manchester.
The list -- known as the Consolidated List -- currently contains around 500 names and is split into four sections covering individuals and entities associated with the Taliban, and individuals and entities associated with Al-Qaeda. It was established to try to limit the activities of Al-Qaeda by freezing the assets of, and preventing the movement of arms by "any individual or entity associated with Al-Qaeda, Osama bin Laden and/or the Taliban".
According to the UN's website: "The Consolidated List serves as the foundation for the implementation and enforcement of sanctions against Al-Qaeda, Osama bin Laden, the Taliban and their associates. The (Al-Qaeda and Taliban Sanctions) committee is continuously seeking to improve the information on the Consolidated List to ensure that the sanctions measures can be imple- mented effectively."
Among those whose names are on the list are Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar, Al-Qaeda founder Osama bin Laden and his deputy Ayman Al Zawahiri, whose Egyptian passport number is included in his entry. Osama bin Laden's address is given as "not applicable".
A Home Office spokesman said: "The UN list is a publicly available document. We do not discuss individuals who appear on it for security reasons."
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-- the UN is not known to exaggerate or make unfounded claims.
How is the weather in Wales, MP Davies? And have you ever been to Israel... or met an Israeli?
Violent confrontations broke out at the Israeli Embassy in London today as up to 1,500 protesters against Israel's Gaza campaign gathered in a vociferous demonstration. Campaign supporters, Palestinians and British Muslims stood on the pavement of High Street Kensington, west London, and chanted in unison: Five, six, seven, eight - Israel is a terror state.
Riot police were brought in to control the crowd, some of whom turned violent. Witnesses said some protestors were forcibly removed and others were seen with bloodied faces as violence erupted.
One campaigner was seen throwing a bag and what appeared to be a book over some gates towards the embassy and another was seen throwing red liquid. Officers retreated from the immediate scene as the crowds swelled, and some appeared to be trying to break through barriers to access the embassy.
The protesters waved Palestinian flags and held up placards, including some which read: Holocaust in Gaza and no peace, no justice.
Traffic on the busy shopping street was brought to a standstill as more protestors arrived and the road was blocked off near the Embassy.
Six police vans, four police cars and territorial units from the Metropolitan Police waited to intervene as the chanting continued. As the standoff continued, a security guard at the nearby Royal Garden Hotel said police had been rapidly outnumbered and handled the situation terribly.
The member of staff, who did not want to be named, added: There were only eight officers trying to contain a protest with about 500 demonstrators. They are trying to break down the barriers towards the Embassy and the police can do nothing about it. It has been handled terribly and now they are chasing to catch up a scene which is already out of control.
Gamal Hamed, from Hammersmith, whose 23-year-old son still lives in Gaza, said: Yesterday was the bloodiest day in my homelands history. We will do what we can to make the world take notice. I am delighted by the number of people who have pledged their support today - we are all worried about where the conflict goes from here.
Scotland Yard said three people were arrested at the London protest on suspicion of committing public order offences.
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Heading back to pick up a weapon, Gamal? Help out sonny boy, y'know? Or is your talent noisemaking?
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Another outstanding performance by local cop shop. Just how do they view their responsibilities ? Just to move in to sequester the dead until the coroners arrive some 6 to 8 hours later ? Pitiful.
The United States' three top broadcast television networks have quietly stopped sending full-time correspondents to Iraq, industry watchers say. Neither ABC, CBS nor NBC have full-time reporters in Iraq, the first time in many years that none of the major networks were present in an ongoing conflict zone involving U.S. troops, The New York Times reported Monday.
Representatives of the three networks declined to speak on the record to the Times about their news coverage decisions, but said anonymously they would continue to cover Iraq and that the staffing levels reflected an evolution of the Iraq storyline from one of covering violence to one about reconstruction and politics.
"The war has gone on longer than a lot of news organizations' ability or appetite to cover it," said Jane Arraf, a former Baghdad bureau chief for CNN who has remained in Iraq as a contract reporter for The Christian Science Monitor.
News industry sources told the newspaper the television networks are preparing to redeploy their reporting resources from Iraq to Afghanistan and Pakistan in the belief that U.S. President-elect Barack Obama will follow through on pledges to focus military efforts there.
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The media declares their defeat and hastily withdraws to regroup for a 'push' in another theater. Isn't that what their sources, news gathers, phototags, opinion writers, editors, and fact checkers buds in AQ do already?
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Well, I'll tell ya, Mahmoud. It's a dangerous world and there's always war going on in some hellhole someplace. I'm hoping the network sends me down to Aruba to do the background down there before Hugo and the Russians invade.
War's hell, Mahmoud. And don't you forget it. Another Grey Goose, light on the ice...
ISLAMABAD: Lord Nazir Ahmed, a member of the UK House of Lords with Kashmiri origin, on Sunday said India mounted on maligning Pakistan without any proof after Mumbai attacks and that global peace relied largely on resolution of Kashmir and Palestine issues. He was speaking at a joint press conference with former AJK Prime Minister Barrister Sultan Mehmood Chaudhry. He said corruption of the ruling faction of Muslim Conference had divided the AJK on beradri basis, which served interests of only a few.
He termed the efforts for an in-house change in the AJK Legislative Assembly a democratic move, citing replacement of Tony Blair with Borden Brown through such efforts. He criticised statement of a Muslim Conference leader, who said his party had 200,000 trained Muslim Conference Mujahideen. He said such statements were irresponsible and against the stated position of Pakistan on Kashmir issue, adding it could raise questions that 700,000 Kashmiris living in the UK could get militancy training in AJK.
On the recent Israeli air strikes inside Ghaza, he said the OIC and Arab League should hold emergency meetings to settle the matter failing which feelings of Muslim youth could be hurt. He said the world had double standards on Palestine issue.
Barrister Sultan said the AJK government had failed to highlight Kashmir issue internationally effectively so there was a need for re-election. He accused the AJK government of giving 900 kanals of land to its cronies for as less a price as Rs 100 per kanal. He claimed that Sardar Attique had support of only 15 out of total 34 member of the Legislative Assembly so he had no moral justification to stay in the office.
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On the recent Israeli air strikes inside Ghaza, he said the OIC and Arab League should hold emergency meetings to settle the matter failing which feelings of Muslim youth could be hurt.
I'll bet "hurt feelings" are amongst the least of the problems of Gaza's "Muslim youth" right now...
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Wait a damn second, I thought it was about them damn Joooooooooooooooos in the Med. ? I mean can I get a WTF? There can be no peace without (Troll) and (Troll) can only be obtained with American Money and (troll) blood.
ISLAMABAD: Turkish Foreign Minister Ali Babacan called his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Sunday and discussed with him the current situation in South Asia. Qureshi expressed concern over the increasing war rhetoric and tension in the region and said the international community should strengthen Pakistans hands to overcome the global challenge of terrorism.
Because strengthening Pakistain has worked so well ...
Babacan commended the calm and maturity that Pakistani leadership had shown in the wake of the Mumbai attacks, and said Turkey would play its role in preventing conflict in the region.
I don't think the Turks have much influence over the Indians ...
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Meanwhile, presidential spokesman Farhatullah Babar said the government wanted the UN to probe Benazirs assassination, APP reported. Babar said, We requested the UN to constitute an investigation commission so that the people who were behind the tragedy could be exposed, adding the announcement regarding the commissions formation was a good omen.
Just you wait until Carla del Ponte arrives ...
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The ISI...in the limo...with the sun roof handle.
Pro-India parties have won enough seats in the state assembly to form a ruling alliance in Indian-administered Kashmir, according to tallies announced Sunday.
The National Conference party and the Congress party together won 45 seats, one more than is needed for a simple majority in the 87-seat state assembly. The two parties have started negotiations for an alliance so they can take power. The National Conference party won 28 seats, and Congress won 17.
"We are ready to align with the Congress party to form the next government," said Omar Abdullah, president of National Conference.
The seven-phased elections began in November, four months after India took direct control after the fall of a coalition government in the state. The elections ended last week, and vote-counting finished Sunday.
Before the elections, violent protests were conducted by anti-Indian groups, fearful state elections would firm up Indian control of the area, and by Indian nationalists, fearful that separatist groups would gain control.
Separatist leaders had called for boycotting the elections, but many ignored that call. India's election commission called the vote the "most credible election in the state."
The state's last coalition government fell after it announced it would transfer forest land to a Hindu shrine board that manages an annual pilgrimage. That move sparked huge protests by Muslim groups, and clashes erupted. When the government announced it was canceling the planned transfer, more clashes occurred.
Iraq's Presidency Council on Sunday ratified a measure by parliament that clears the way for troops from Britain, Australia and a handful of other nations to stay in Iraq after a UN mandate expires at the year's end. Iraq's parliament gave approval to the measure on Tuesday.
Forces from Britain, which has 4,100 soldiers in Iraq, Australia, El Salvador, Romania and Estonia and from NATO have been awaiting a new arrangement to legalise their presence next year.
Iraq's three-member Presidency Council, comprising President Jalal Talabani and his two vice presidents, must unanimously approve all legislation passed by parliament or it goes back. A council statement said Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's cabinet had "authorisation to determine the presence of (non-US) foreign troops".
But British officials have warned that several negotiating steps are needed before Britain and other nations can secure final deals permitting their presence after Dec. 31.
Iran is asking the International Criminal Court to bring to dock the Israeli leaders for their war crimes in Gaza over the past two years and the crimes against humanity they perpetrated in massive air strikes. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called on the United Nations court specialized in war crimes to sue the Israeli leaders for their crimes against humanity in Gaza Strip.
Emphasizing the need for an immediate judicial action against the Israeli leaders, President Ahmadinejad that the ICC must send arrest warrants to the Israeli leaders by the Interpol. Those involved by any means in such brutality "should be designated as war criminal and murderer," stressed the president.
The cabinet members have also made major decisions about the crisis in Gaza. The Foreign Ministry will send Iranian request to the United Nations Special Court on War Crimes.
The leading Iranian lawyers will also prepare a law suit against the Israeli leaders in the international court by assistance of the Judiciary.
A special message from President Ahmadinejad will also be sent to heads of other countries in this connection.
Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki told reporters at the end of the cabinet session that special envoys would be introduced within the next 48 hours to submit President Ahmadinejad's messages to the heads of other countries.
Members of the cabinet also decided to allocate part of their salary to the Gazans who are suffering from hard conditions under the Israeli siege.
A Hamas advisor earlier told IRNA that Israel backed by the West and the United States, aims to eradicate Hamas in Gaza.
Azam Tamimi also condemned Arab states for their silence.
The horrific brutality of Israel against civilians have triggered international outrage and shocked world public opinion. Muslims and non-Muslims people in both Western and Islamic world staged protest rallies on Sunday condemning Israel's atrocities in Gaza. They also called on heads of world countries to help stop Israeli genocide in Gaza.
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Right after they get done processing the arrest warrants for the Iran leadership that was engage in non-UN authorized terrorism war in Iraq. Stand in line.
Gaza / PNN - The Free Gaza movement is sending another solidarity ship to the Strip, due this time to the major Israeli attacks. The four previous voyages have set sail in solidarity to the million and a half residents under siege. The boat has set sail as of early Monday evening.
Among the Free Gaza organizers is Eliza Ernshire who said, "We have calls for surgeons willing to go into Gaza and work there throughout this crisis. The doctors inside are exhausted and unable to cope with the number of wounded."
On board the ship expected to set sail on Monday are four physicians. Among them is Dr. Elena Theoharous, a surgeon and member of Cypriot parliament. Former United States Congresswoman and Green Party candidate Cynthia McKinney will also be making the voyage. And local hero, Al Jazeera correspondent formerly imprisoned in Guantanamo, Sami Al Hajj, is also expected.
With the major military attack ongoing in the Gaza Strip in addition to the siege it remains to be seen if Israeli gunboats will stop the European ship. The Iranian Red Crescent ship that was expected to set sail on Friday, the day before the major Israeli assault began, was delayed ostensibly for 24 hours. The boat carrying a medical team and equipment was being rerouted from its landing point of the Gaza port to Egypt due to a lack of cooperation, as it was stated. The aid was going to be delivered overland through the Egyptian crossing with Rafah.
The Free Gaza movement, which intends to depart Cyprus at 5:00 pm today, writes, "We are not asking Israel for 'permission' to go, and we will not stop until the Dignity lands in Gaza. We are answering urgent calls from hospitals and health care workers in Gaza by taking in three physicians who will stay and work in Gaza for several weeks. We will hold Israel responsible for the safety of our passengers and our cargo of emergency medicine."
Even before the present Israeli blitzkrieg, Karen Koning Abu Zayd, head of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, asserted that, "Gaza is on the threshold of becoming the first territory to be intentionally reduced to a state of abject destitution, with the knowledge, acquiescence and - some would say - encouragement of the international community."
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How's about us providing Cynthia as a permanent human shield to Hamas to protect rocket launching sites in Gaza?
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Israel has submarines. Submarines have torpedoes.
Just a thought.
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Sink it after they get there. Let's see how long it takes for them to get out.
Myself, I think they'll be praying for the Israeli's to deny them entry...
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There is enough meat on that crazy bitch to feed a family of 4 through the duration of this crisis. I say we round up and send over an additional 250,000 delusional Marxists to take care of another million Gazans.
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The head of the Lebanese militia Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, said Sunday that he had asked his fighters to be on alert for any possible Israeli attack on Lebanon following raids on Gaza that killed nearly 300 Palestinians.
In a televised address at a religious gathering marking the Shiite Day of Ashura south of Beirut, Nasrallah said "I have asked the brothers in the resistance in the south specifically to be present, on alert and cautious because we are facing a criminal enemy and we don't know the magnitude of the conspiracies."
"What is happening today is a Palestinian copy of the July war," Nasrallah said, drawing a comparison between the Israel Defense Forces offensive in the Gaza Strip and the 2006 Second Lebanon War, which Hezbollah waged against Israel in southern Lebanon.
"This is exactly what happened with us. The possibilities and the same possibilities, the conspiracy is the same, the battle is the same battle, and the result, Allah willing, will be the same result," the Hezbollah leader told the crowd.
The Hezbollah leader also mentioned the missiles recently discovered by the Lebanese army, which it said were aimed at Israel and had timers set for launch, saying that Israel, or someone working on Israel's behalf, planted them.
Speaking about IDF preparations in northern Israel, at the border with Lebanon, Nasrallah said that he does not rule out the possibility that Israel fears a Hezbollah assault, "but there is another possibility," he said, "that at this terrible timing, in the shadow of the Arab conspirators and the American political vacuum, between Bush and Obama, there is the possibility that the enemy will take advantage of the situation and attack Lebanon. They need it because of the elections, or to improve their power of deterrence. We need to be careful and not take what is happening lightly."
The Hezbollah leader also mentioned the missiles recently discovered by the Lebanese army, which it said were aimed at Israel and had timers set for launch, saying that Israel, or someone working on Israel's behalf, planted them. "Who put them there before a war?" he asked.
"When they found them, they said 'people in Lebanon.' We in the Hezbollah have the courage to take responsibility for every action and we won't hide, like some others. Would it have been difficult for Israel to infiltrate southern Lebanon and put them there? The many Israeli agents, lone and institutional, could do this to give themselves an excuse to attack Lebanon."
In his televised address, Nasrallah criticized some Arab countries whom he accused of colluding with Israel and America, saying "I'll call things by their name. We need the word of truth and we need every nation to shoulder its responsibility in the face of what is happening."
"After Egypt and Jordan signed so-called 'peace agreements' all that remains is the Palestinian people, Lebanon and Syria," Nasrallah went on to say. "The Americans and the Zionists want to reach an agreement to settle the Arab-Israeli conflict on American and Israeli terms. They want the Arabs to capitulate to these terms without any conditions. They want to force these terms on the Arabs, with pressure, isolation, siege, civil war, media warfare, psychological warfare, assassinations and wars."
"There are those who speak of the Arab silence. This is not true. There is an Arab partnership. But not all the Arabs and not all the regimes ? there are those who cooperate with the enemy. Especially those who signed deals known as peace agreements with Israel. They help the American-Zionist project coerce its terms of submission on all the other resistance fighters, in every way - political, psychological and military," the Hezbollah leader continued.
"Just so we are very clear," Nasrallah declared. "The war against us was waged with Arab consent, and sometimes at the demand of Arabs. We are facing a conspiracy on their part regarding everything that is happening in the region."
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"Just so we are very clear," Nasrallah declared. "The war against us was waged with Arab consent, and sometimes at the demand of Arabs. We are facing a conspiracy on their part regarding everything that is happening in the region."
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Violent confrontations broke out at the Israeli Embassy in London today as up to 1,500 protesters against Israel's Gaza campaign gathered in a vociferous demonstration. Campaign supporters, Palestinians and British Muslims stood on the pavement of High Street Kensington, west London, and chanted in unison: Five, six, seven, eight - Israel is a terror state.
Iran is asking the International Criminal Court to bring to dock the Israeli leaders for their war crimes in Gaza over the past two years and the crimes against humanity they perpetrated in massive air strikes. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called on the United Nations court specialized in war crimes to sue the Israeli leaders for their crimes against humanity in Gaza Strip. 
Gaza / PNN - The Free Gaza movement is sending another solidarity ship to the Strip, due this time to the major Israeli attacks. The four previous voyages have set sail in solidarity to the million and a half residents under siege. The boat has set sail as of early Monday evening.
