[Pak Daily Times] Afghanistan's Caped PresidentHamid Maybe I'll join the Taliban Karzai said on Tuesday that he had appointed members of a committee that will aim to talk peace with the Taliban, including warlords, ex-insurgent commanders and holy mans.
"Today we will announce the list of the High Peace Council members," Karzai said during a ceremony marking Afghanistan's national literacy day.
His office released a list of 68 people hand-picked by Karzai to lead his efforts to broker a peace deal with Taliban and other beturbanned goons fighting to topple his Western-backed administration.
The list included former president and warlord Burhanuddin Rabani, warlords Abdul Rab Rasoul Sayaf and Haji Muhammad Mohaqiq, all key figures in the resistance during the 1996-2001 Taliban rule over Afghanistan.
"Dozens of pro-government holy mans, former government officials and tribal elders are also part of the new council, along with at least seven women," Karzai's front man Waheed Omer said.
Officials have said the council would include former members of the Taliban and Hizb-i-Islami, a bad turban group led by former prime minister and Mujahedeen leader Gulbuddin Hekmatyar. ... who used to be known as The Most Evil Man in the World but who now seems merely run-of-the-mill evil...
Hekmatyar's Hizb-i-Islami is currently in a tenuous alliance with the Taliban, although both sides remain suspicious of each other.
"There are sisters on the list too," Karzai said earlier on Tuesday, without naming any of the women to be appointed.
"There are too many names here that Afghans will associate with war crimes, warlordism and corruption," said Afghan analyst with New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) Rachel Reid.
"This is a disappointing outcome for Afghan women and girls. Women are once again being short changed. The government had promised them more robust representation than this," she said.
Omer said that one more woman would be added to bring the total to eight.
The US and NATO have more than 150,000 troops in Afghanistan fighting the Taliban-led insurgency, most of them in the southern hotspots of Helmand and Kandahar provinces.
Karzai renewed his call on Tuesday for the Taliban to seize fighting and join the peace processor.
"Compatriots! Do not destroy your land for other's interests. Do not kill your people for other's interests, do not close down schools for other's interests," he said while delivering a speech at a Kabul high school, referring to bully boys.
Karzai has made indirect references to neighbouring countries allegedly supporting the Taliban for long-term strategic interests.
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[Tolo News] Today is the 14th anniversary of the execution of Dr Najibullah, the former president of Afghanistan, by the Taliban and the capture of Kabul by this group
Dr Najibullah, the former president of Afghanistan and his brother Shahpoor Ahmadzai, were executed on Sept. 28 1996 by the Taliban group who took over the Afghan capital Kabul on the same day.
After their execution, the dead bodies of the prominent Afghan leader and his brother were hanged on Aryana Square in front of the Presidential Palace.
Dr Najibullah, the fourth president of the communist regime of Afghanistan, was born in Kabul in 1947. He completed his studies in Habibia High School in Kabul and then joined the medical faculty in Kabul University and graduated as a medical doctor in 1975.
His political career started when he joined the Parcham faction of the communist People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA) in 1965.
He was jailed twice for his political activities and his stance on ending the power of feudals in the countryside. He was also famous for promoting equal rights for women and various ethnic minorities and the release of more than 13,000 political prisoners.
He served as the president of Afghanistan from 1986 to 1992 the year in which his government was over thrown by the Mujahidden. He stayed in Kabul under the UN's protection until 1996 and was executed by the Taliban on the first day the group took over the capital. ... after the UN handed him over...
The Taliban established an Islamic jihad boy government and implemented strict rules that were considered medieval, and included a ban on girls' and women's education and also forced men to grow beard.
During the Taliban rule in Afghanistan until their regime was ousted in 2001, those violating Islamic rules were severly punished, especially thieves could face amputation of hands or feet.
"We unfortunately witnessed many miseries at that time, such as the killing of women for different purposes," said Sabrina Saqib, a member of parliament, pointing out the Taliban rule.
Wahid Muzhda, a political analyst, has a different opinion regarding the why the Taliban acted strictly.
"They (Taliban) thought whatever existed in villages were Islamic, and whatever existed in the cities was un-Islamic. This created contradiction for them and they lost the support of the citizens," Muzhda told TOLOnews.
"They (Taliban) burnt our lands and gardens and that is why we still do not have good harvest results," a resident from the Shamali plains told TOLOnews.
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[Iran Press TV] Afghanistan's Caped PresidentHamid Maybe I'll join the Taliban Karzai has criticized the US-led foreign forces for the continual violence that is claiming the lives of civilians in the war-torn country.
Karzai said Afghans are caught up in between the goals of Western powers and Islamic snuffies backed by other countries and called on his people to unite for the sake of peace.
"Therefore come to your senses ... you are witnessing what is happening on our soil and only through our efforts can our homeland be ours," he said during a speech in Kabul.
Karzai says he is afraid of seeing the next generation, including his son Mirwais, flee the country and lose their Afghan identity.
"I do not want Mirwais, my son, to be a foreigner, I do not want this. I want Mirwais to be Afghan."
Karzai comments come as thousands of civilians have lost their lives either in US-led airstrikes or Taliban operations in different parts of the war-ravaged country over the past years.
The US and its allies have more than 150,000 troops stationed in Afghanistan. American and NATO forces have failed to bring peace to the violence-wracked country.
The loss of civilian lives at the hand of foreign forces has led to a dramatic increase in anti-American sentiments in Afghanistan.
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No problem. We just pull out (like Obama wants to). Then we will again hear cries about how the Taliban are enforcing their version of Sharia, executing women for showing a square inch of skin, or just being icky. And executing men for listening to CDs or playing soccer, or whatever the mullahs decide is un-Islamic this week.
But at least the foreigners westerners won't be killing Afghanis. The Pakistanis and the Saudis and all the other Jihadis will be doing it.
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Yes, and we blame Afghans for harboring people who did this and the Taliban they continue to aid and support. Had they turned over OBL when asked, none of the current events would be transpiring. Nuff said.
[Al Arabiya] Spain will help Somalia to develop its fishing industry in an effort to fight piracy off the African country's lawless coast, Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos said Tuesday.
They'll keep the Europeans from fishing out Somali waters? Good luck with that. Besides, until the cost of going a-pirating substantially exceeds the profits, there's no reason for the pirates to change careers.
"The goal is to turn pirates into fishermen," he told a news conference at the end of a two-day meeting in Madrid of the U.N.-backed International Contact Group on Somalia. "We believe that Spain, with its great fishing tradition and capacity to provide training, can help Somalia recover a key sector that is fundamental to the country's future."
Spain's environment ministry would work with Somalia's central government to identify pilot projects that can help develop the African nation's fishing industry, the minister said.
The waters around the Horn of Africa, especially off the Somali coast, have become a hub for piracy, making the busy shipping routes to the Suez Canal among the most dangerous in the world. The pirate gangs that operate from towns along Somalia's coast demand and often receive ransoms that in some cases have reached five million dollars.
Moratinos said Madrid would also contribute €3 million ($4 million) to Somalia's Transitional Federal Government, which is struggling to fight piracy and an offensive by Shabab Islamic hard boys. "If we want to eliminate the pirates we have to consolidate the control, stability and development of Somalia," he said.
And giving money to that incompetent bunch advances those objectives how, exactly?
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Personally, I would recommend turning pirates into fish food, but that's just me.
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That's called "Chum" Rambler.
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"If we want to eliminate the pirates we have to consolidate the control, stability and development of Somalia"
Why not saw Somalia off the continent tow it out to sea and scuttle it? It's certainly a more achievable goal than Mr. Moratinos' idea.
[Daily Nation (Kenya)] Kenya is moving to tighten financial screws on Nairobi-based businessmen suspected of bank rolling Somalia insurgency group al-Shabaab.
The Central Bank of Kenya has directed all banks to monitor the financial transactions of the businessmen who are on a United Nations, aka the Oyster Bay Chowder and Marching Society blacklist. Known as UN 1267, the list contains names of all the rebel sympathisers who are said to be financing their battle for the control of Mogadishu.
The jihad boys, said to be closely linked to Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda terror group, already control large swathes of the lawless country. They have been battling forces of the weak Transitional Federal Government which is backed by an African Union Peace mission comprised mostly of Ugandan and Burundian soldiers.
CBK says all banks and financial institutions are required to regularly check the UN list as part of their Anti-Money Laundering efforts and make quarterly reports to it.
In October 2009, a UN agency began investigating three Somalia businessmen with diverse business interests in Kenya on allegations of funding al Shabaab. These included Abdulkadir Enos, Abukar Umar Adanu and Mohammed Deylaf .
The CBK memo to banks was sent on August 9 by the Banking Supervision Division. It directs the financial institutions to monitor and report suspicious movement of large amounts of money out of the country or to individuals and institutions. The banks and financial institutions are required to inform the CBK about any transaction amounting to $10,000 (Sh800,000) or more.
The memo tells banks to ''review all existing accounts with the object of ensuring that none of the accounts domiciled in the institutions is linked to any of the designated individuals or entities." It was sent to Chief Executives of commercial banks, non-financial institutions and mortgage finance companies.
As a member of the United Nations, Kenya has signed many international treaties on money laundering. In the memo, the CBK calls on all institutions to comply with the requirements of these treaties. "The Central Bank further advises institutions to ensure that they conduct enhanced Customer Due Diligence when dealing with High Risk Customers."
The banks were expected to submit their first returns in September to confirm if they comply with the requirements.
The memo comes hardly two months after CBK and the Kenya Revenue Authority jointly conducted a major operation on more than 126 foreign exchange bureaus in Kenya to see if they comply with the regulations.
This article starring:
Ahmed Abdi Mohamed, Faud Mohamed Khalaf
al-Shabaab
Bashir Mohamed Mohamoud
al-Shabaab
Fares Mohammed Mana'a
al-Shabaab
Faud Mohamed Khalaf
al-Shabaab
Hassan Abdullahi Hersi Al Turki
al-Shabaab
Hassan Dahir Aweys
al-Shabaab
Mohamed Said
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Yasin Ali Baynala
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Patrol boats crewed by armed guards to protect valuable ships in Gulf of Aden
Insurers have drawn up plans for the world's first private navy to try to turn the tide against Somali pirates who continue to plague the global shipping industry by hijacking vessels for ransoms of more than £100m a year, The Independent has learnt.
The new navy, which has the agreement in principle of several shipping groups and is being considered by the British Government, is the latest attempt to counter the increasingly sophisticated and aggressive piracy gangs who operate up to 1,200 miles from their bases in the Horn of Africa and are about to launch a new wave of seaborne attacks following the monsoon season.
A multi-national naval force, including an EU fleet currently commanded by a British officer, has dramatically reduced the number of assaults in the Gulf of Aden in recent months. But seizures continue with 16 ships and 354 sailors currently being held hostage. The Independent has seen Nato documents which show both ransom payments and the period that pirates are holding vessels have doubled in the last 12 months to an average $4m and 117 days respectively.
That funds a lot of heavy drinking, loose women, and jihadis.
For that kind of money the Brits could, oh say, build a carrier and put it into operation off the coast of Mog ...
In response, a leading London insurer is pushing ahead with radical proposals to create a private fleet of about 20 patrol boats crewed by armed guards to bolster the international military presence off the Somali coast. They would act as escorts and fast-response vessels for shipping passing through the Suez Canal and the Indian Ocean.
Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group (JLT), which insures 14 per cent of the world's commercial shipping fleet, said the unprecedented "private navy" would work under the direct control of the military with clear rules of engagement valid under international law. Early discussions have also been held with the Ministry of Defence, the Department of Transport and the Foreign Office.
Sean Woollerson, a senior partner with JLT, told The Independent: "We are looking at setting up a private navy to escort vessels through the danger zones. We would have armed personnel with fast boats escorting ships and make it very clear to any Somali vessels in the vicinity that they are entering a protected area.
"At the moment there is a disconnect between the private security sector and the international naval force. We think we can help remedy that and place this force under the control of the multi-national force. We look after about 5,000 ships and have had 10 vessels taken in total, including a seizure where one crew member was shot and killed. Piracy is a serious problem, these are criminals basically extorting funds, so why not do something more proactive?"
The force, which would have set-up costs of around £10m, would be funded by insurers and shipping companies in return for a reduction on the anti-piracy insurance premiums, which average around £50,000 per voyage and can reach £300,000 for a super-tanker. The maritime insurance industry, much of it based in London, has borne the brunt of the financial cost of the piracy problem, paying out $300m (£191m) in ransoms and associated costs in the last two years alone.
Major obstacles remain before the private navy can set sail, such as the legal status of a private force and its relationship with the Nato-controlled naval fleet. But major shipping companies and key insurers are keen to proceed with the plan. Although private contractors already offer armed teams on board vessels, the idea of a sizeable industry-funded naval force is a major departure and evidence of the strength of feeling there that more needs to be done to counter piracy.
The prospect of the private sector directly intervening to protect the 6.8 billion tons of goods moved by sea each year is symptomatic of renewed alarm at the success of about 1,000 pirates controlled by Somali clans in disrupting the 22,000 ships which pass through the Gulf of Aden annually. A coalition of shipping companies, trade unions and welfare organisations yesterday sought to increase the pressure on governments and international bodies to provide more military cover and secure an agreement which allows pirates to be captured and prosecuted. Currently nearly all suspected pirates captured off the Somali coast are simply stripped of their weapons and allowed to return to port.
Yes, that's what the Russians did to the pirates that attacked one of their ships, as I recall. Although it's possible that in the excitement the skiff developed a leak...
Using light fishing skiffs and armed with AK-47s, rocket-propelled grenades and ladders, the raiders attack hundreds of vessels a year, forcing seized crews to sail to the Somali coastline where they are held hostage until the ship owner agrees to pay a ransom. The problem peaked last year with 217 attacks and 47 ship seizures but despite the success of naval patrols in deterring raiders in the Gulf of Aden, the hijackings continue there and in the Indian Ocean, an area so vast that naval commanders admit it cannot be effectively policed. So far in 2010, there have been 123 attacks and 33 seizures.
As a result, shipping companies are contemplating the increased use of armed contractors on board their vessels, something previously considered more likely to escalate encounters with pirates.
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As a result, shipping companies are contemplating the increased use of armed contractors on board their vessels, something previously considered more likely to escalate encounters with pirates.
So, what are the armed guards going to do? They can't arrest the pirates, because no one, especially the European Union, can effectively try and punish them.
They can't shoot them, because that would be icky.
So what are they going to do? Just wave their weapons and hope the pirates run away?
Personally, I would just put a small leak in the pirates boat - one that is just slightly more than the pumps can handle. If the pirates are truly protecting Somali fishing grounds, and they are close to Somalia, they can get home no problem. If they are 400 miles out to sea, that is their tough luck.
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Sounds to me like they need a bazooka.
(or whatever the current name is)
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The force, which would have set-up costs of around £10m
Take the money and start plowing it into intel and investigation instead. Someone's tipping off the pirates where the multi-national naval forces are or aren't, what ships are coming through the choke-points, etc. It's organized crime backed by jihadists, not "poor ex-fishermen without means of support" anymore.
And - jack up the insurance rates for shipping passing through those areas to the point of pain, as was done in the Malacca Straits. Refuse to include a ransom clause or charge a premium for it.
Either governments will react to the potential economic damage, or anti-piracy measures will become more effective, or shippers will find another way to move cargo.
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Pirates sleep just like everyone esle, nice cozy little bunks on shore. Bomb thier nests and this business will quickly stop.
Oh, I forgot. Rich, evil western former colonial exploiters can't kill them because they are poverty ridden [everyone now realizes poverty causes piracy] poor black, dopers and jihadi slavers from Africa who are now an endangered species a protected segment of society.
We can rest assured that Ali's, with his AK in the rubber boat, cut is not even one percent of that sum. Time for some Predators hovering over Number Twos and Threes in that region as well.
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They would be better off building a mercenary company like Executive Outcomes and work the land side of the problem. Probably with raids and boat destruction rather than all out confrontation. Such a group could possibly find work in areas the nation stations of the world don't want to get involved in (such as Darfur).
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But, but, but the West quietly pressed the emerging "democracies" of Africa to shun and make illegal, all colonial aparthied remnants such as Executive Outcomes. (EO being a well documented and interesting study in it's own right) Also instructed was the cleansing of as many non-Bantu as possible from the defense forces and national police. The results have been extraordinary as evidenced by Zimbabwe and many of the others.
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Ah, yes, RHETT BUTLER = LOVER + HUBBY OF THE NOTORIUS SCARLETT O'HARA, WEST POINT GRADUATE, INJUN FIGHTER, BRAVE + SKILLED CONFEDERATE BLOCKADE-RUNNER, = all around SCANDALOUS GENTLEMAN-ROGUE, etc.
At least to the ante-bellum Old South + Old Army.
HMMMM, HMMMMM, e.g. the "BLACKWATER/XE GLOBAL FLEET SECURITY SERVICE, LLC", aka FLEETGUARD???
[Ennahar] The indictment of the court of Bir Mourad Rais, in Algiers, has ordered an investigation into an the case of employee, "B. F.", at the Department of Mujahideen (Former resistance fighters), following a complaint filed by the same ministry because of her involvement in several cases of false mujahideen.
According to sources of Ennahar, the so-called "B. F.", who held the post of Secretary in the Ministry of Mujahideen for nearly two decades, is accused of forgery and uttering forged documents, corruption and perception of bribes.
The accused maintained a close relationship with the Mujahid "M. F" who helped her to introduce the names of fake mujahideen with no resistant cards due to lack of basic record showing their participation against the occupying French in the war of liberation. In return, the latter was receiving between 5 and 10,000 dinars.
The case was uncovered when the department had instructed the Inspector General to audit the records of Mujahideen. A list with a score of names of mujahideen, including two women, who were receiving resistant pensions and in possession of former resistant cards, though their basic records did not exist at the departmental level.
The investigation by the inspector general of the ministry, revealed the involvement of the secretary "B. F." and the department decided to complain.
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According to sources of Ennahar, the so-called "B. F.", who held the post of Secretary in the Ministry of Mujahideen for nearly two decades, is accused of forgery and uttering forged documents, corruption and perception of bribes.
Sounds like buisines as usual.
Whassamata, didn't get our cut?
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The Manas Transit Centre in the Central Asian republic has long been a thorn in the side of Moscow, which resents US military presence in a former Soviet country. Kyrgyzstan is alone in the world in hosting both a US and a Russian airbase. The US relies on Manas heavily for its campaign in Afghanistan.
Muktar Djumaliyev, deputy head of the Kyrgyz presidential administration, said a joint state-run venture would "create a new area of multilateral co-operation". He claimed that the US government supported the new venture, adding that the Kyrgyz government would receive $60 million in payments.
But the Kyrgyz plan does not appear to be finalised, and the Department of Defence is still pushing ahead with plans to award the contract to a new supplier next month.
Red Star Enterprises and Mina Corp, two related Gibraltar-registered companies, have won a succession of US Department of Defence contracts to supply Manas, but are now under investigation by a US congressional committee, which is looking into allegations that the families of two previous presidents of Kyrgyzstan benefited from links to the companies' subcontractors.
John Lough, a spokesman for the companies said: "We can't speculate on hypothetical deals between two governments. Mina and Red Star have been exemplary partners with the Department of Defence and we believe this reflects the view of the US Government."
The US congressional subcommittee began its investigation in April, and in August held a series of interviews in London with senior company figures, after issuing subpoenas.
Mr Lough said the company denied the Kyrgyz government's allegations that Maxim Bakiyev, the son of the former President, who is now seeking asylum in London, had been involved in the companies.
"No member of the Bakiyev family, including Maxim Bakiyev, has ever owned, controlled, or had any involvement at all in Mina Corp or Red Star Enterprises," he said.
Kyrgyzstan is set to hold a parliamentary election on October 10, that will herald one the region's first democratically elected governments.
[Iran Press TV] As North Korean leader Kim Dear Leader Jong-Il prepares to hand power to his youngest son, Pyongyang opens the country's biggest meeting of the ruling Workers Party in 30 years.
The meeting comes as speculation is mounting that the North Korean leader's successor will be Kim Sonny Jong-un.
Kim earlier promoted his son to the rank of four-star general along with five other people including his sister.
Despite his visibly fragile health, the party has also renamed Kim Jong-Il as its general secretary.
Fortunately, all the job requires is an excess of Dear Leaderliness. Nobody in the universe does that as well as Kim Jong-Il. It's like he was born to do that job, and the North Koreans know how just lucky they were that he accepted the assignment.
"His re-election is an expression of absolute support and trust of all the party members, the servicepersons and the people," the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said.
The North's nuclear program and tension on the troubled Korean peninsula have resulted in the potential succession of Jong-un being closely watched.
Many consider the 27-year-old Jong-un, whose name has appeared in the media for the first time, as still too young and inexperienced to replace his father.
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Meanwhile, Bat fans,...
TOPIX > [Nikkei.JP] JAPAN MULLS STATIONING TROOPS NEAR DISPUTED ISLANDS, as supported by comercial fishing stations.
ARTIC > YONAGUNI near Taiwan, + other SW ISLANDS + DISPUTED ISLES???
* SAME > {JAPAN FM] MAEHARA: PEOPLE'S DAILY [China] DESCRIBED SENKAKU ISLANDS AS JAPANESE IN 1953.
* SAME > JAPAN: "THERE IS NO TERRITORIAL ISSUE" [wid China]ON DISPUTED ISLANDS.
* SAME > DAILY YOMIURI > {Okinawa Perfecture] LOCAL FISHERMEN ANGERED, WORRIED, FEAR DELUGE OF CHINESE FISHING BOATS IN WATERS NEAR SENKAKUS ISLANDS. Desire for Tokyo to take stronger Actions, Policies in defense of Japan's + Fishing Industry interests. Fishermen also proclaim fear of CAPTURE = ARREST + DETAINMENT BY CPLA PATROL BOATS FOR FISHING IN CHINESE-CLAIMED JAPANESE WATERS.
* Also from DAILY YOMIURI > CAPTAIN'S RELEASE DOESN'T BRING EXPECTED RESULT, TENSE EXCHANGES BETWEEN JAPAN, CHINA CONTINUE, INTRUSIONS IN WATERS NEAR SENKAKUS LIKELY TO INCREASE.
Perfectly clear to me. Japan is coming to realize trying to appease China is a non-starter and is mulling taking a hard line. And yes, the fact Joe makes sense to me does worry me on many levels.
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DRUDGEREPORT > YONHAP NEWS = NORTH KOREA VOWS TO BOLSTER DETERRENT TO COUNTER US THREAT [DPRK cannot give up its NucPrgs + is likely only to expand any Nuc Arsenal a slongas the US is deemed a threat to its existence].
* CHINESE MIL FORUM > OKINAWA UNDER THE CROSS-HAIRS OF CHINESE CRUISE MISSLES | [MingPao news] JIAGXI MISSLES FOR OKINAWA.
ARTIC > PLA 219 Missle Brigade based in YICHAN, JIANGXI PROVINCE targets JAPAN + OKINAWA + OTHER PERTINET wid 48 CJ10 CMS + 16 LAUNCH CARS.
ARTIC > Among other, indics that WORLD MARKETS HAVE NEED OF CUSTOMERS, NOTSOMUCH WORKERS.
* Will CHINA = evol into the ULTIMATE "GREECE"???
* PRIMARY THREAT from Chin is NOT its MIL MODERNIZATION, BUT ANY THIRD-PARTY + ECON-RELATED "INTERNAL DISORDERS" [destabilizations + anarchies] INDUCED UPON IT.
This Artic indir alludes + supports my past contention that, ala "RISE OF THE REST OF THE WORLD" VEE THE USA > ANY CURRENT US, WORLD ECON TROUBLES IS DUE IN PART TO INTERNATIONAL MARKETS BEING "MAXED OUT", I.E. AT NEAR OR TOTE CAPACITY + EQUILIBRIUM.
[Straits Times] THE only sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il - promoted to four-star general just before a key party meeting - will act as guardian to his youngest son and heir apparent, analysts say. Ahah. A regency. Good idea.
Will we get elegant furniture designs and inelegant romance novels out of it?
Kim "Connie" Kyong Hui and her husband Jang "Carlo" Song Thaek, the country's unofficial number two leader, are expected to throw their weight behind the son Jong Un as he is groomed to succeed his ailing father. At least until the old man is out of the way. All bets are off then.
A ruling party meeting which reportedly started on Tuesday was expected to anoint the son as eventual successor, possibly by giving him senior party posts. As the leader's only sibling sharing the same parents, Kim Jong Il is widely reported to be indulgent towards Kyong Hui, now 64.
'As Kim Jong Il relies on relatives for the succession plan, she is now a key member of the group backing the heir apparent,' Lee Gee Dong of the Institute for National Security Strategy told AFP.
Kyong Hui began her official career in 1971 with a management position in the Korean Democratic Women's Union. The following year she married Jang, whom she had met when they both attended Kim Il Sung University.
South Korea's unification ministry said in February she appeared to be wielding more power after making a comeback to the frontline of the regime last year.
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inelegant romance novels
What do you have against Jane Austen?
As for this regency business, could somebody please remind the Junche crowd that they're not technically monarchists? Unless that was something everyone overlooked in their recent revamping of party manifestos with all the fuss over removal of the explicit Marxist call-outs.
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What do you have against Jane Austen?
Her, I adore, Mitch -- she's one of my favourite writers. It's the bad Regency romances (the Bronte sisters, and all those modern $1.75 paperbacks with Fabio barechested on the cover) that I simply can't abide.
[Pak Daily Times] Denmark is a prime target for terrorist attacks, the head of Danish intelligence service said on Tuesday, after a terror suspect in Norway admitted to plotting an attack on the Danish daily, which published blasphemous caricatures of Prophet Muhammad (PTUI!). The Danish Security and Intelligence Service (PET) said it could "confirm the information" made public by the Norwegian police. "This is the second time in a very short period that the public has learned that Jyllands-Posten has probably been the target of organised terrorist acts," PET head Jakob Scharf said in a statement. "This naturally illustrates that, among snuffys, it is a priority objective to lead terrorist attacks against Denmark and symbols related to the caricature case," he added. An Iraqi Kurd already in custody in Norway on suspicion of planning terror attacks with two accomplices admitted his target was Jyllands-Posten, Norwegian police said.
In case any potential snuffies were unsure of their target, the journalist of the Daily Times feels duty-bound to point them in the right direction.
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The open, leftest, Scando-liberal countries are ALL jihadi targets of opportunity. They offer easy welfare nesting and reproductive sancuary for these vermin. Anyone curious why the Japanese have very little problem with jihadis?
Federal prosecutors say the man convicted of trying to set off a car bomb in Times Square on May 1 regularly checked live video feeds to see where, and at what time, the crowds would be the largest.
In a memorandum filed Wednesday urging a federal judge to sentence Faisal Shahzad to life in prison, prosecutors say Shahzad told the FBI after he was arrested that believed the car bomb would have killed at least 40 people. If he had not been arrested, he told the FBI, he planned to build and set off another car bomb somewhere in New York City two weeks later.
The government says Shahzad left the U.S. in 2009 for the explicit purpose of learning to build a bomb and attack the targets in the United States. While there, he made a video which was released by the Taliban in July of this year. On it, Shahzad says, "I have been trying to join my brothers in jihad since 9/11 happened. I am planning to wage an attack inside America."
Shahzad used the Internet to access websites that provided real time video feeds of different areas of Times Square. These websites enabled Shahzad to determine which areas of Times Square drew the largest crowds and the times when those areas would be most crowded.
According to Shahzad, he wanted to select the busiest time for pedestrian traffic in Times Square because pedestrians walking on the streets would be easier to kill and to injure than people driving in cars," prosecutors say in Wednesday's court filing.
The government has also released a video showing the detonation of a device constructed by the FBI, based on the design of Shahzad's bomb, intended to show the likely destructive effect of his car bomb.
Shahzad was arrested two days after his May 1 attempted bombing fizzled in a Times Square packed with tourists. He had parked a sport utility vehicle rigged with a crude explosive device that included firecrackers and propane gas tanks. The bomb sputtered but did not explode.
He was born and raised in Pakistan before moving to the U.S. to study and eventually taking U.S. citizenship. He pleaded guilty after confessing to investigators who plucked him off a plane as it was about the leave the United States.
Shahzad said he had received bomb-making training and $12,000 from Tehrik-i-Taliban, or Taliban Movement of Pakistan (TTP), to facilitate the bomb attempt. The group is increasingly seen as a direct threat to the United States.
Three Pakistani men were being held in their homeland in connection with the Times Square bombing. They allegedly helped Shahzad meet up with militant leaders close to the Afghan border.
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They stop anything with dual wheels. The state must need money. I know of one new inspection station that took in $7,000 just on practice day before opening. Single fines of $10,000 occur. No air cap on valve stem or plastic one $40.00 each. New tractor off lot got a fine on brakes needing adjustment. You see, the Federal DOT now has competition for fine revenue from the states. Mostly in large cities for revenue. Mexican truck drivers? what do you think happens. I have more respect for the Federal DOT. But if the state needs money allot of pressure to deliver.
[Pak Daily Times] Decks have been cleared for the Babri Masjid judgement on Thursday, as the Indian Supreme Court on Tuesday lifted its stay on a pronouncement by the Special Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court that will decide whether Hindus or Mohammedans will get control of the disputed site on which the mosque was demolished in December 1992, triggering riots across India, killing over 2,000.
The high court would have pronounced its decision on the 60-year-old land title suit last Friday, but the apex court slapped a stay a day earlier on an urgent Special Leave Petition (SLP) by retired bureaucrat Ramesh Chandra Tripathi, to give time for an out-of-court settlement.
"Having considered in detail the arguments of the parties, we are of the view that the SLP has to be dismissed," said a summary order pronounced by a three-judge bench headed by Parsi Chief Justice Santosh Homi Kapadia. It gave no reason for overturning the stay granted by another bench of justices RV Raveendran and HL Gokhale last Thursday to allow the two communities a chance to settle it amicably.
The Centre also conveyed to the highest court through Attorney General Goolam E Vahanvati that it did not want any uncertainty over the high court's decision. "We cannot keep the security forces in suspended animation for long," the AG stated, pleading that the judgement on ownership of the disputed site, one way or the other, should come without any further hitches.
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[Pak Daily Times] Interior Minister Rehman Malik told the National Assembly on Tuesday that Taliban were using Kunar province of Afghanistan as an operation-base against Pakistain.
"We are at war on the Western borders and Kuner is being used as safe haven to create unrest in Pakistain," Malik said, adding that the matter was brought to the notice of the Afghanistan's Caped PresidentHamid Maybe I'll join the Taliban Karzai during his recent visit to Pakistain.
He rejected an opposition's demand to raise the issues of incursion by NATO.
"A tripartite commission comprising the high officials from Pakistain Army, NATO forces and Afghanistan army is already in place to discuss and deal with such issues," he said.
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BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: Iraqi Vice President and a leading figure of the Iraqi National Alliance (INA), Adel Abdulmahdi, said on Tuesday that his bloc will not take part in a government that will fail, underlining on the importance of al-Iraqiya and Dawlat al-QanoonÂ’s participation.
This came at a press conference he hled after the consultative meeting in the parliament, attended by Aswat al-Iraq news agency correspondent.
“The INA will not take part in a government which will not be approved by all political blocs. The new government will not succeed without the participation of State of Law (Dawlat al-Qanoon) and al-Iraqiya List,” he said.
He underlined that he will not attend the National Coalition meeting, because no one invited him to attend it.
Differences among political blocs reached their zenith between the main two blocs, al-Iraqiya of former Prime Minister Iyad Allawi and the State of Law of incumbent Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, with the first obtaining 91 out of the new parliamentÂ’s 325 seats while the second obtained 89. The State of Law formed a coalition with the Iraqi National Alliance (INA) to garner the largest number of seats in the new parliament.
This claim was rejected by al-Iraqiya bloc, which argued that it had been the winner of the largest number of seats in the parliament and that it has the right to form the new government.
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ION DAILY TIMES.PK > IRAQI SHIA MILITIA HINTS AT IRAN HAND IN SOUTH [Pro-AL QAEDA/IRAN/HEZBOLLAH ASAIB-AHL-Al-HAQ = "League of the Righteous" SHIA MILITANT GROUP].
We haven'tbeen able to go after Saudi Arabian support of jihadis -- and of the jihadi mindset through the financing of Wahhabi mosques and imams around the world -- because the impact on oil production would crash the world economy. Once Iraq and other sources are pumping enough oil to replace Saudi Arabian production, that hindrance evaporates.
[Al Arabiya] Iraq has been grabbing headlines lately, not only because of the uncertainty surrounding the formation of the new government, but also due to the great potential the country holds when it comes to foreign investments, particularly in the oil sector. Not even the delay in passing the hydrocarbon law nor the ongoing disputes with Kurdistan have deterred investments from flowing in.
Iraq has already signed 11 deals with foreign oil companies which will see its production quintuple to about 12 million barrels per day (mbpd) by 2017. Such a boost would threaten Saudi Arabia's status as the world's biggest oil producer, whose current production capacity is estimated at 11 mbpd.
However, The infamous However... Saudi Arabia has already announced plans to increase its production capacity to over 12 mbpd. Going back to Iraq, there has been lots of speculation regarding whether or not the country would be able to meet its ambitious goal in such a short time.
Those who argue that Iraq can increase its production to 12 mbpd base their argument on the fact that Iraq has huge oil reserves, many of which are still undiscovered, estimated at 350 billion barrels. Official figures on the other hand estimate Iraq's proven oil reserves at 115 billion barrels, valued at $9 trillion based on current oil prices.
On the sidelines of the Iraq Future Energy 2010 conference, Dr. Ali Hussain, an oil consultant, argued that another factor is the cost of production of Iraqi oil which is the lowest in the world; not to mention the fact that Iraq has the capabilities to export through a number of countries including Turkey, Syria, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait. Furthermore, Dr. Hussain stresses that Iraq will be able to market and sell its extra production as the International Energy Agency forecasts that demand for oil will grow 23% from current levels to reach 106 mbpd by 2030. In addition to this, Dr. Hussain says: "Iraq needs to make use of its oil wealth in order to rebuild its economy".
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[Iran Press TV] A UN expert has announced that the International Criminal Court (ICC) may probe Israel's brutal attack against a Gazoo-bound aid convoy.
The Mavi Marmara ship was assaulted by Israeli navy commandos in international waters in May. The incident left nine Turkish muscle dead and several others injured.
The ship's flag state is the Comoros Islands, which are members of the court, "which gives the ICC jurisdiction," AFP quoted Desmond de Silva, a member of a UN Human Rights Council's (UNHRC) probe into the attack, as saying on Tuesday.
Last week, UNHRC, which ordered the investigation of the Israeli attack, said that there is clear evidence to back prosecution against Israel for killing and torturing when its troops stormed the aid ship.
The probe also revealed that six of the nine deceased were "victims of summary executions."
The UN-appointed experts also said Israel withheld photos and video footage belonging to several news hounds and other muscle onboard the ship.
The Gazoo Freedom Flotilla was trying to deliver thousands of tons of humanitarian supplies to the 1.5 million impoverished people of Gazoo, who have been under Israel's siege since 2007.
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The obvious counter to this is "matriarchal organization".
That is, when there is a military mission of this sort, create a "nebulous" chain of command organization where leadership is ad hoc committee oriented. That is, with no command structure or rank, anonymous operations, diffuse responsibility, and few if any records.
It sounds impossible, but actually works, because patriarchal-hierarchical governments and organizations are incapable of interacting with a matriarchal organizations.
Oddly enough, the best modern example of this is how the Rainbow Family operates. It has no leaders, no one in authority, and an ad hoc decision making process, solely to defeat the federal, State and local governments that try to stop it.
There is no interface. No leaders to arrest, no executive committee, no offices to raid, no papers to seize. And importantly, it works.
So much so that each time the RF throw a gathering, one of them volunteers to be a sacrifice to the government, knowing he could get six months in jail. He does this by volunteering to be the garbage truck driver. As such, he can be singled out by the police as an individual with responsibility, and arrested. But everybody else gets away.
In a military operation, it would take a major psychological adjustment to create such an organization. Importantly, females seem to be much better at grasping the concept than males, so would probably be the guiding force.
An ad hoc committee would decide to raid the ship, and those who came along would do so on their own, and likely use their own aircraft. In many ways, it would be like an Amerind warrior raiding party.
Their mission would be very different, in that its purpose would be to disable the ship or sink it, and maybe destroy its cargo, and then leave. No captives and none of the legal recourse now used.
After they are done, they again become nebulous and unidentifiable. Private citizens.
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Who is this "Rainbow Family," 'moose, and where are they located? Sounds interesting weird.
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I googled it when he mentioned it, Barbara. They're a hippie subculture with a reputation for getting into rather bare-knuckled fights with the Forest Service over their anarchist tendencies to camp out in large numbers on National parkland without bothering with permits or that sort of thing. As far as I can tell, they're not overtly political, nor do they seem to be related to Jim Jones' "Rainbow Family" bullshit. From what I've seen, either there's a lot of them gathering in groups of 150-200, or the same group of about 150-200 keeps meeting on a regular basis year in, year out, like a motorcycle club with a hippie love-child affect.
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They have a surprising amount of organization for being disorganized. They begin a gathering by broadcasting through the underground the *region* where they will be holding their event. This starts a slow, national migration in that direction. As it gets closer, they narrow down where it will be held, including decoy locations. Then all at once they converge on a single site.
This annoys the authorities, because it makes it very hard to stop.
They subdivide into interest oriented camps, everything from families, to a drinking camp for alcoholics. Each group then stays in its own area. Walky Talkies are issued to volunteers, to act as pseudo police.
If there is a violent crime, or someone goes crazy, they start yelling the equivalent of the carnival "Hey Rube!", and everyone converges on the bad guy for a "group hug". Immobilized, he might then be duct taped to a tree.
After a few days, there is usually some effort by the authorities to turn out half a dozen police to bully the crowd, but it doesn't work, because there is no cooperation, and they are so outnumbered.
Whenever a decision needs to be made, they hold a circle to discuss and debate it, which anyone may join. If a clear majority support it, then they are expected to do whatever it is, as cooperative individuals.
But again, the critical point is that a patriarchal-hierarchical organization just cannot interface or deal with such a matriarchal organization. And yet, a matriarchal organization still works, which mystifies the patriarchal organization. It just does not compute.
[Asharq al-Aswat] US envoy George Mitchell headed to the Middle East on Tuesday to try to rescue peace talks as Paleostinian president Mahmud Abbas demanded the renewal of a moratorium on Israeli settlements.
"Please be so kind as to go straight to Hell by the most efficient route. Thank you." (There are so many reasons no one will ever give me a country of my own to run.)
The negotiations, relaunched on September 2 after months of tortuous shuttle diplomacy, were on the brink of collapse after a 10-month moratorium on the building of new settler homes in the West Bank expired on Sunday.
Abbas said he will not officially respond to the move until he meets with the Paleostinian leadership this week and Arab foreign ministers on October 4, but that settlements should be halted for the duration of the peace talks.
Why? What did Israel get for the last moratorium?
"We demand a moratorium for as long as there are negotiations, because for as long as there are negotiations there is hope," he told a French radio station on Tuesday during a visit to Paris.
"We don't want to stop these negotiations but if settlement building continues, we will be obliged to stop," Abbas said. He added that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu "should understand that peace is more important than settlement building."
It should be more important that demands, too. But there goes the Palestinian president, once against taking the opportunity to lose the opportunity. Thank you, President Obama.
Netanyahu and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton held talks by telephone late Monday that were described by State Department front man Philip Crowley as "very significant, very detailed, very direct."
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George, George, George... you're an old duffer. Get a LIFE man man. Find Florida, a mountain retreat, a nice ocean breeze, a long walk, a dog, family. Forget about this lazy sand kafirs and this dead ender mission from hell.
[Iran Press TV] An Iranian politician says global denuclearization requires the restructuring of the United Nations, aka the Oyster Bay Chowder and Marching Society, voicing concern over the existing double standards on the nuclear activities of countries.
"Actual global [nuclear weapons] disarmament needs the restructuring of the UN and the cooperation of all nations," Parviz Sorouri was quoted by ISNA as saying.
He urged nuclear states to accept and respect a global disarmament process, saying 'international discrimination' in dealing with the nuclear activities is fading.
"Goals such as global [nuclear weapons] disarmament should be put high on the agenda of global management," he said.
"Given that governments and nations are well aware of the double standards adopted by countries which possess nuclear technology, I believe before denuclearization can take place, a political disarmament needs to take place," the parliamentarian said.
He then hit out at certain countries for turning a blind eye to the Israeli regime's 'nuclear capability' and trying to keep it away from the inspections of the ineffective International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
"As long as the UN structure allows the [UN] Security Council -- comprised of five nuclear powers -- to have the final say, the world continues to face a challenge. So, the best solution is to restructure the United Nations," he concluded.
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Maybe we should make the UN a mosque and only allow muzzies in the building. Then when they want something from the Infidels they could summon them and the christian slave will come, begging to serve. FOAD.
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[Iran Press TV] Iran takes the design and manufacturing of domestic-built military hardware to a new level by delivering stealth flying boats to the Islamic theocracy Guards Corps (IRGC).
Pics at this link. I could build one of these in my garage. Well, maybe Redneck Jim's garage ...
"Bavar 2," is a radar-evading fixed-wing seaplane capable of patrol and reconnaissance missions. At least 11 flying boats joined the IRGC fleet on Tuesday after an official ceremony.
Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi said the new delivery was in line with the country's efforts to boast regional security.
"Equipping the country's Naval and Armed forces with advanced and modern weaponry will bolster the stability and security of the region and play an effective role in consolidating Iran's deterrent power," a statement on the Defense Ministry's website quoted Vahidi as saying.
The country has finished several major defense projects this year, despite several rounds of UN Security Council sanctions targeting Iranian military and financial sectors over Western allegations that Tehran is following a military nuclear program.
Iran will soon unveil and launch the second generation of Jamaran destroyers, Sina class frigates as well as a new generation of submarines, Commander of the Iranian Army Major General Ataollah Salehi announced last Wednesday.
In August, the Iranian Navy was equipped with four more domestically-made stealth Ghadir class mini-submarines.
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What do you call a group of Iranian "Stealth flying boats" approaching a US Battle Group?
A target rich environment.
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Pics at this link. I could build one of these in my garage. Well, maybe Redneck Jim's garage ...
Yup very likely, gotta do better than a James Bondish sled though, mebbe a souped up 350 Chevy driving a multi-blade fan, we could probably get it airborne and screw around a while before it crashes?
Could I build it Yup.
WOULD I build it Nope, looks all to fragile.
Maybe not?
Looks like a homemade Kit Boat with a Cessna engine?
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ION TOPIX > IRAN'S OPTION IN CASE OF ATTACK ON ITS NUCLEAR FACILITIES [covert quiet stockpiling of Arms, Ammo, etc. in KUWAIT + BAHRAIN via pro-Iran Militia Groups in proxy].
ARTIC > IRAN KNOWS ITS BEST CHANCE OF WAGING WAR AGZ THE US-ALLIES IS BY PROXY WARFARE. At present + for a time to come, IRAN is NOT READY -IT CANNOT MIL RETALIATE EFFECTIVELY AZG EITHER
THE US NOR ISRAEL, BUT RECOGNIZES IT MUST REGARDLESS INITIATE SOME KIND OF UNILATER MIL COUNTER-RESPONSE LEST IT LOSE ALL IDEO, GEOPOL CREDIBILITY, INCLUD AMONG MUSLIM + PRO-ISLAMIST STATES. IRAN CANNOT "DO NOTHING".
IOW, IIUC, IRAN MUST EITHER USE MILITANT-TERROR, ANDOR STRIKE FIRST [PREMPTION].
Lest we fergit, ME > "BASE(S)-TOO-FAR" QATAR.
* SAME > [Armenian]EXPERT: IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM DANGEROUS FOR ARMENIA. Danger of Radiation Clouds [read, CHERNOBYL] to Armenia + South Caucasus iff Iran's NucFacs are mil attacked by the US-ISRAEL.
ARTIC > Pert lables Iran aa sn UNSTABLE + UN-PREDICTABLE COUNTRY/STATE, + RUSSIA'S DECISION TO STOP THE SALE, DELIEVRY OF S-300's TO IRAN IS A FALSE "GAME" BECUZ IRAN HAS PURCHASED SIMIL SYSTEMS FROM UKRAINE + BELARUS, WHICH RUSSIA KNOWS ABOUT???
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What do you call a group of Iranian "Stealth flying boats" approaching a US Battle Group?
skeet
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They're sea skimmers, that's why they look like old flying boats. They fly in ground effect, trapping air between the big wing and the water. That enables them to carry a heavier load that a true airplane the same size. Russians were big on this type of design, likely that's where the Iranians got the tech. Difficult target, flying at 100kts a couple of feet off the water. Hard to pickup on radar due to surface clutter. Fast moving jets don't do well that low, helicopter gunships might be better. Phalanx would eat them alive when they get close. I wonder if they have airdropped torpedos or are they suicide planes?
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Using the clutter from the ocean to mask the planes was a good idea about 25 years ago and will probably work against the soddies or the UAE. But as far as the US goes it will be a duck shoot.
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Photo of hydroplanes taken on the Detroit River.
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could someone explain too me why you would need a flying boat? A Wiki article about the Boeing version mentions a 10,000 mile range without refueling, that is something.
[An Nahar] Mustaqbal parliamentary bloc MP Hadi Hbeish noted on Tuesday that the intimidation and pressure surrounding the Special Tribunal for Leb will not yield any results.
He stressed: "Halting the article on funding the STL and withdrawing the Lebanese judges from it will not stop its functioning."
"The March 8 ministers, who admit each time that a decision has been approved without them paying attention to it, are not fit to represent us in government and they should leave their places to others," he stated.
"They are informed on the 2010 state budget plan, which includes an article on funding the tribunal and they are bound by the ministerial statement of the national unity government," the MP noted.
"They have frankly admitted that they have turned against the ministerial statement and they should therefore, withdraw from Cabinet because it's unacceptable that a minister vote for the statement and then announce that he opposes its implementation," Hbeish noted.
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[An Nahar] State Minister for Administrative Development Mohammed Fneish, a Hizbullah member, on Tuesday noted that "on May 7 (2008), the objective was an aggression against the Resistance," That'd be the Hezbullies, natch... stressing that "the Resistance won't use its weapons in the interior unless some wanted to do harm to it."
Translation: We're here to kill Juices, not our brother Lebanese, even if they are infidel Christians and infidel Sunnis... and some traitorous Shiites who refuse to get with the program. Trust us -- this time it'll be different!
In an interview on Future News television, Fneish said that there is "a political scheme that is creating political feuds and Hizbullah isn't the one to blame."
Innocent as the driven snow, that's us!
"Hizbullah won't accept that any of its officials be interrogated in the case of the murder of former premier Rafik Hariri," Hizbullah's minister noted.
"We accepted the article related to the (Special) Tribunal (for Leb) in the ministerial Policy Statement out of keenness on justice," he added.
Fneish stressed that "Hizbullah's arms are in the service of whole Leb."
As to the anticipated STL indictment, Fneish stressed that "when it wants to condemn the Resistance, then it is a civil strife scheme, and that would have repercussions on Leb."
"Some in the interior are stressing that the indictment would condemn Hizbullah and we're not falsely accusing anyone. Some in the interior are anticipating and seeking to finish off their battle against the Resistance."
"We are keener on Leb's stability," Fneish added.
"Civil strife is one of the means they are seeking to implement in order to achieve the objectives of (U.N. Security Council Resolution) 1559."
Hizbullah's minister noted that "should the tribunal change its (legal) course, it would be, politically speaking, heading towards putting Hizbullah on the international terrorism blacklist."
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[An Nahar] This time, Hizbullah will snub a request by a U.N.-backed investigation committee to interrogate a second batch of its members in the assassination case of ex-PM Rafik Hariri, sources close to Hizbullah said in remarks published Tuesday by As-Safir newspaper. The sources said Hizbullah has not yet informed Special Tribunal for Leb Prosecutor Daniel Bellemare of its position.
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[An Nahar] The head of the Tawheed Movement former minister Wiam Wahhab noted on Tuesday that the government can no longer persist in its current state, saying that Leb is in need of a government capable of confronting the U.N. Security Council over the Special Tribunal for Leb.
He said: "I call on opposition ministers to resign from Cabinet and topple it as soon as possible," because Prime Minister Saad Hariri is biding his time regarding the indictment.
"Let the opposition surprise them by resigning from government before they surprise us with the indictment," he stressed.
Wahhab also called on President Michel Suleiman to take effective measures to tackle the situation in Leb, adding that the president can request aborting the functioning of the STL.
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A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
[Tolo News] Today is the 14th anniversary of the execution of Dr Najibullah, the former president of Afghanistan, by the Taliban and the capture of Kabul by this group
[Straits Times] THE only sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il - promoted to four-star general just before a key party meeting - will act as guardian to his youngest son and heir apparent, analysts say.
