[Dawn] The Afghan government's newly formed peace council wants The Saudi Entity to play a key role in efforts to reconcile with the Taliban and find a political resolution to the war.
Qiyamuddin Kashaaf, front man for the 70-member High Peace Council, said Thursday that The Saudi Entity would be a good place to hold any formal peace talks that might develop from exploratory discussions the Afghan government is having with some high-ranking members of the Taliban.
"The Mohammedan Afghan nation wants to bring peace to this country and is asking Islamic countries: 'Help your brothers. It is the responsibility of the Mohammedan world to respond to this request of the Afghan nation,'" Kashaaf told news hounds.
He said King of the Arabians Abdullah should help foster talks if peace negotiations in Afghanistan are not successful.
"We want the Saudi king to help," Kashaaf said. "If the two sides cannot make peace, my appeal is for the king to take the lead role in the talks."
Saudi Arabia once had close ties to the Taliban government that emerged victorious from Afghanistan's civil war in the early 1990s. Pakistain gave diplomatic recognition to Taliban rule in May 1997; recognition followed from Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
Last February, Karzai sent a small delegation of former Taliban members to Saudi Arabia to seek help in kick-starting talks with the Taliban. But the Saudis said the kingdom would not help unless the Taliban severed all ties with Osama bin Laden -- a Saudi -- and his al-Qaeda terror network. That is also a key demand of both the US and Afghanistan.
Pak Foreign Ministry front man Abdul Basit told news hounds on Thursday that Pakistain supports an Afghan-led reconciliation process.
"We are working toward that end, and we will continue supporting in whatever way ... the government of Afghanistan wants us to help," he said. "We will leave this issue here because it is better not to get into specifics at this stage."
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#7
Somalia might seem far away to you but we really should all care about this.
For one, Somali sufis are actually the funniest, kindest people.
it's the new Saudi financed sunni Islamofascists behind Shabaab that are the horror
Look at what they do to their opponents - our ideological allies - in their own country.
It is brutal. those people are the bravest people you could ever meet, the ones that stand up to the shabaab. The reporters on the ground there, somalis, who get stories out.
now look how huge the somali diaspora is. It stretches from kenya through Europe, Australia, the USA
The next people to fly planes into buildings will be Somalis
al-Qaeda and ideologically aligned groups will use the failed state as a training ground and launching pad.
it is also strategically located - if the shabaab take Puntland they can cause havoc with the world's shipping lanes.
[Iran Press TV] A local security official in the Yemeni province of Abyan says Saudi agents are training Orcs and similar vermin and al-Qaeda forces of Evil in the violence-stricken region.
"Our war today against al-Qaeda elements resembles fighting between and guerrillas and bands of Islamic bandidos," Mohammad Khadhar, deputy director of the security office in the town of Mudia, told al-Alam news network on Wednesday.
Khadhar pointed to presence of foreign forces among al-Qaeda forces of Evil in Yemen and charged Saudi officials with providing the Orcs and similar vermin with military training.
He further added that the Saudi agents have also been recruiting Yemeni youths in the southern region.
Informed security sources in Mudia accused al-Qaeda forces of Evil of using women and kiddies as human shields in their battles with army forces.
It's the highest Arab tradition, on which they congratulate themselves for their extreme cleverness. Why the complaints?
Ongoing clashes between the Yemeni army, and al-Qaeda forces of Evil and other bands of Islamic bandidos have climbed in the past two days, especially in Abyan's towns of Loder and Mudia.
Militants have stepped up attacks on Yemeni security officers and carried out a failed attempt to kill a British diplomat in the capital, Sana'a.
Yemeni troops launched a campaign on suspected al-Qaeda cells in the town of Mudia, clashing with forces of Evil in the town and pounding the nearby mountains. Some of the shelling reportedly struck civilian centers in Mudia and nearby villages.
Hundreds of residents from around 20 villages in the area have had to flee their homes, the Yemeni Organization for Human Rights and Freedoms said in a statement on Monday. At least four civilians have been killed in the clashes, it added.
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Saudi is Mordor after all, for Islamofascism. the wellspring from which the river of putrid ideology flows
look out: Yemen on the north, Somalia on the south
control them and you shut off the Gulf of Aden - sea lane superhighway through which all the trade from Europe to China goes, including all the oil....
pinch it shut - it's only a few hundred kms or so wide in parts - very narrow.
Mordor controlling both shores of a vital trade route....
meanwhile the UN continues to ignore the efforts of Dr Farole in Puntland to lock up pirates and keep the evil eye at bay
[Iran Press TV] The Bahraini opposition has called for an end to the Sunni royal family's grip on power as the country's general elections near amid a tight clampdown on critics.
"It is unacceptable that power be monopolized by a single family, even one to which we owe respect and consideration," head of the Islamic National Accord Association Sheikh Ali Salman said late on Wednesday, AFP reported.
Sounds like the opening statements of the Third Estate ...
"We look forward to the day where any child of the people, be they Sunni or Shia can become prime minister," Sheikh Salman told a rally near the capital, Manama, in reference to religious discrimination the Shia majority have been complaining about.
Really farsighted, that man. Can't read anything closer than twenty miles away.
The pro-Western kingdom is to hold parliamentary elections on Saturday in an air soured by a severe crackdown on Shia muscle who have campaigned for reform.
Twenty-three Shia muscle are planned to go on trial -- two in absentia -- next week on charges of terrorism offenses and plotting to overthrow the Bahraini government.
Unlike a number of groups which have boycotted Bahrain's electoral process, Sheikh Salman's grouping says it is determined to work within the system.
The Islamic National Accord Association Sheikh holds 17 of the 40 seats in the outgoing parliament and will run for 18 this weekend.
"We are not defying anyone's authority. It's a political goal that we are working to achieve through legal and political means," Sheikh Salman said, warning this could take years.
Earlier in October, Amnesty International said that the Sunni-dominated government had detained a total of 250 Shia muscle in the run-up to the elections.
Despite reforms that came into force in 2002, Bahrain's ruling Khalifa family holds on to its grip on the premiership and other key posts ever since the Arab state won independence from Britain in 1971.
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"Third Estate" > D ****, I wanted to say it.
Guess I'll have to go wid "BAHRAIN'S, or BRITAIN'S, ROYAL FAMILY" is desired to step down.
#2
I know what the king should do to light a fire under them.
Bahrain has only 500,000 citizens. But it also has 235,000 foreign nationals. Since this is a Shiite effort to gain power, the king should extend support for the foreigners, making it clear to them that they should support the Sunnis.
And even encouraging non-Muslims to become citizens with all the civil rights of Muslims, with the idea that any political migration should be to a secular, non-Shiite state with perhaps even a majority of citizens not being Muslims.
Of course it would likely be hooey, but it would make the Shiites and their Iranian backers about Shiite themselves.
A hard-working cafe owner has been ordered to tear down an extractor fan - because the smell of her frying bacon 'offends' Muslims.
A right to not be offended is incompatible with liberty and a free society.
Planning bosses acted against Beverley Akciecek, 49, after being told her next-door neighbour's Muslim friends had felt 'physically sick' due to the 'foul odour'.
Note that the problem isn't actual neighbors, but visitors from outside.
Mrs Akciecek and her husband Cetin, 50, - himself a Turkish Muslim - work more than 50 hours a week buying, preparing and cooking hot and cold sandwiches and hot-pots for their customers.
Today mother-of-seven Mrs Akciecek said she plans to appeal against the decision. She said: 'I just think it's crazy. Cetin's friends actually visit the shop, they're regular visitors, they're Muslim people, they come in a couple of times a week.
'I have Muslim people come in for cheese toasties. Cetin cooks the food himself, he cooks the bacon.'
They're the moderate ones. The complaining friends of the non-Muslim neighbors are skinless people in a sandpaper world. One would think the non-Muslim neighbors would be mortified at their cheek.
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Given the publicity, they should act fast and market an "Eau de Bacon" perfume, which could either contain real pork odor, or simulated pork odor. After selling a ton and making a fortune, they should then retire to some faraway destination.
#4
I was in the DC metro and I felt physically sick from foul odour from a Muslim's orange curry stained armpits melting into his shirt open to everyone, as he held onto ceiling bars with both hands. I was "offended".
#7
The correct reply in this case would be something like "Yeah? And?" followed by an eyeroll as you shut the door and continue with what you were doing.
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Islamic extremists have started openly calling for the destruction of a controversial Muslim sect in a major escalation of sectarian conflict within British Islam, an investigation by The Independent has revealed.
Members of the Ahmadiyya Community have seen a significant upsurge in threats and intimidation over the past four months, sparked by an extremist attack on two of their largest mosques in Pakistan earlier this year.
Ah, the Ahmadiyyas. Being harrassed by 'Asians' in Britain. That means the Pak Sunni immigrants are bringing their grudges with them. Not surprising ...
Hardline Islamists in Britain have been distributing leaflets calling for the murder of AhmadiMuslims in Kingston-upon-Thames whilst mosques have been vandalised in Newham and Crawley. Preachers in south London have also been orchestrating a boycott of Ahmadi businesses and Ofcom has had to reprimand an Islamic satellite channel for repeatedly calling the sect "Wajib-ul Qatal" - an Arabic phrase used to describe those who digress from mainstream Islam that translates as "liable for death".
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Title (yes it is what newspaper used) is misleading.
It should be
"Mainline Muslems Call for Death of AhmadiMuslims in Britain"
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Indeed, lord garth. Yet another carryover from the excitements in Pakistan. If Britain has any backbone, the threateners will all be jailed for it, which is against British law.
#3
Again, this is a golden opportunity for someone to create a serious ambush to take out domestic terrorists. Start by saying that the Ahmadiyya are building a major mosque on private land out in the boonies, which also just happens to be a very high security military installation.
Then let the installation, and the Americans, know that a major terrorist attack is planned on the site, attempting to steal, say, a nuclear weapon. Even if the Brits didn't get excited about this, the Americans would volunteer a contingent of stone killers.
So when a convoy of armed dumbasses in Mini Coopers show up to smite the Ahmadiyya, guess what?
(KUNA) -- Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad said his country joined the Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas after signing membership papers Thursday.
Al-Assad, at a joint news conference with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez following their talks, said joining the Alliance would mark a new beginning to boosting partnership with the Alliance in general and Venezuela in particular.
He appreciated Chavez' support for Arab causes, as well as his role in Latin America.
This is the third meeting between Al-Assad and Chavez in 13 months, and the Syrian president praised the relations with Venezuela.
Al-Assad said he briefed Chavez about the latest developments vis-a-vis the Middle East peace processor, saying that Israel is not ready nor willing to offer anything for the peace processor.
Israel is trying to convince the world that the peace processor is a failure, he said. The Jewish state is continuing with its systematic killing of the Paleostinians, judizing of occupied Jerusalem and defying calls to halt settlements.
Chavez meanwhile said the world should be multi-polar and balanced at the economic, cultural, political and military levels.
He praised the steadfastness of the Paleostinian people and their resistance against the Israeli occupation to regain their freedom.
Chavez said Venezuela and Syria signed six agreements and MoUs today on commercial, economic, education, transport, anti-drug trafficking and the establishment of company to produce coton.
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Wilders' lawyer Abraham Moszkowicz today asked for dismissal of the three judges, and his request was approved by the dismissal commission of the court. Now, the trial will have to start over from the beginning.
Moszkowicz asked for a dismissal after the three judges refused to allow Dr. Hans Jansen to testify regarding a discussion he had with one of the judges of a higher court that ordered the prosecution of Wilders.
Dr. Jansen had testified earlier in this case in a closed setting. Dr. Jansen is one of the foremost Islam experts in the Netherlands. WTF? This sounds like something from Chicago, not the Netherlands.
OMG!!!1!!!1! Seriously precedent setting going on across the pond! The next election they have over there is going to be seriously interesting.
[Dawn] The defence lawyer for Dutch anti-Islam MP Geert Wilders said Thursday he should be acquitted of hate speech because his statements enjoyed added protection by virtue of his political role.
"He is a representative of the people. Political utterances enjoy more protection than those of ordinary citizens," Wilders' lawyer Bram Moszkowicz told judges of the Amsterdam district court on the second and final day of defence pleadings broadcast live via the Internet.
"All his statements are made in the context of political debate."
Wilders, 47, went on trial on October 4 for inciting hatred by calling Islam "fascist" and likening the Koran to Hitler's "Mein Kampf".
Moszkowicz said Thursday that his client "does not propagate hate" against any group of people.
"He refers to a tsunami of Islamisation, not a tsunami of Islamites or Mohammedans," the lawyer said.
"He stands up for women who are enslaved ... and mutilated in the name of religion, homosexuals who suffer discrimination and are killed in the name of religion, and people who are stoned to death in the name of religion," Moszkowicz said.
The prosecution service asked the court for Wilders' acquittal last Friday, saying his words, though hurtful, were not criminal.
The prosecution service had initially dismissed dozens of complaints against the politician in June 2008, citing his right to freedom of speech.
But appeals judges ordered in January 2009 that he stand trial as his utterances amounted to "sowing hatred" -- compelling the prosecution to mount a case against him.
On Monday, Mohammedans told the court that Wilders was "dangerous" and was dividing the Dutch multicultural society.
Wilders, who will give parliamentary support to a new, rightist coalition government, risks up to a year in jail or a 7,600-euro fine for comments made in his campaign to "stop the Islamisation of the Netherlands".
Judgment is expected on November 5.
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Wilders was "dangerous" and was dividing the Dutch multicultural society.
"Dividing"?
As in Right and Wrong?
Good versus Evil?
(Bang)Guilty as charged and dismissed with the court's commendation.
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(KUNA) -- Pakistain Thursday said it has its own strategy to deal with militancy and terrorism
To continue supporting and guiding the militant terrorists, while telling the U.S. that it's on our side...
and that it was not pressured to launch operation in the bordering North Wazoo tribal agency, where US has intensified drone strikes recently.
"Pakistain has its own strategy to deal with militancy and terrorism and it will do what will be in its national interests," said foreign office front man Abdul Basit when asked about US demands for military operation in North Wazoo at his weekly press briefing.
The front man said that Pakistain has already deployed 34,000 troops in North Wazoo "and to say that Pakistain is totally oblivious of the situation is not correct." "Pakistain is doing whatever is required to be done," he said, adding, "if a full scale operation is required, the country will not hesitate to initiate, but its timing and scope will be determined in accordance with long-term interests of Pakistain." On peace dialogue with India, the front man said that nothing less than a sustained and result-oriented dialogue to resolve the longstanding disputes, including Jammu and Kashmir, can ensure peace and prosperity in the region.
The front man rejected claims of the Indian side that dialogue between the two countries in July this year failed because of the non-cooperative attitude of Pakistain. He explained that it was India's attempt to underplay Jammu and Kashmir and other important and unavoidable issues that caused the impasse in the meeting.
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(KUNA) -- A protocol to fight sea piracy was discussed at the vaporous Arab League here on Thursday by representatives of Arab ministers of justice and interior.
The two-day meeting, attended by representatives of 15 Arab countries, discussed the protocol as a subordinate to the Arab cross-border anti-organized crime agreement, media advisor for the Arab ministerial council for interior Mutaz Salah al-Din told news hounds.
The seven-page protocol encloses 17 articles, including Kuwait's remarks on Article 3, which stipulates the implementation of the protocol in case of piracy taking place in international waters, hence does not belong to a certain country, he noted.
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watch out if the arab islamomafia want access to Puntland
get behind Dr Farole now and keep the scum out or you will have al Qaeda controlling the most vital choke point in world trade to Europe
#2
Extraordinary rendition was developed during the Clinton administration. That is foreign nationals were turned over to their foreign governments for 'questioning'.
[Al Arabiya] The new center-right Dutch government on Thursday said it would continue to repatriate Iraqi asylum seekers, in an apparent bow to the anti-Mohammedan PVV party whose support it needs for a majority in parliament.
Gerd Leers, asylum and immigration minister, said in a statement he was aware of calls by the United Nations, aka the Oyster Bay Chowder and Marching Society High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and Amnesty International for the repatriations to be stopped on the grounds it is too dangerous for people to return.
He said there were no signs that the security situation had deteriorated in Iraq and the Netherlands would continue sending refugees back. The last such operation was on Sept. 8, when 31 Iraqis were flown back to Storied Baghdad.
Leers said asylum seekers from some minority groups could claim refugee status on security grounds and he added the ministry would make a new security evaluation this month.
On Tuesday, UNHCR published a poll of Iraqis who had returned to Baghdad from neighboring countries. It found that physical insecurity, economic hardship and a lack of public services led the majority to regret their decision.
UNHCR representative in Iraq Daniel Endres on Wednesday asked the Netherlands and other EU countries to stop repatriations. The Dutch have sent back about 100 people this year.
The Netherlands has 50 special centers for asylum seekers, housing a total of 21,500 people.
On Aug. 1, there were 3,225 Iraqi asylum seekers, making them the biggest group by origin after Somalis, with 5,814. Of the Iraqis, 40 are unaccompanied children.
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Former American President Jimmy Carter ... the worst president ever... said Thursday that Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, was interested in renewing negotiations for a prisoner swap deal in exchange for captive Israel Defense Forces soldier Gilad Shalit.
Sure. Hamas might get something for nothing in negotiations. Especially with the help of that putrid antisemite, Former President Carter.
"They let us know... they are very eager to proceed," Carter told news hounds in East Jerusalem several days after meeting Hamas officials in Syria.
Top Hamas official Musa Abu Marzuq confirmed Saturday reports recently denied by the Hamas party that the German mediator, Gerhard Conrad, visited the coastal enclave two weeks ago in a bid to resume the frozen negotiations.
"They are very glad that the German negotiator has been back on the scene lately and that Israeli Prime Minister [Benjamin] Netanyahu has made some positive statements about a prisoner exchange," Carter said, adding that "they maintained that they are very eager to have a swap but they are demanding the release of some prisoners that are not acceptable to the Israeli negotiators."
The former president, who arrived in Israel with a delegation of former world leaders, The Elders, held meetings with Hamas officials in Syria, during which they discussed the stalled negotiations fro Shalit's release and Middle East peace talks.
Shalit was kidnapped by GazooOrcs and similar vermin in a cross-border raid in 2006 and has been held by Hamas since. Hamas has demanded the release of hundreds of Paleostinian prisoners held in Israeli prisons in exchange for Shalit's freedom.
The negotiations have been stuck in recent months following Conrad's failure to reach a deal. The previous round of talks broke down due to Israel's rejection of Hamas's demands.
The Elders delegation includes, besides Carter, former Irish president Mary Robinson and former UN envoy Lakhdar Brahimi.
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Since Shalit is a prisoner of war, he should be receiving visits from the Red Cross/Red Crescent, right?
He should get at least as good treatment as the illegal combatants at Gitmo.
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RE: Shalit's prisoner status
Geneva Convention responsibilities are for thee but not for me.
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They want prisoners released to give him back. Fine. Execute 1 Hamas prisoner every hour and release him via trebuchet to Hamas until Shalit is returned. And if Shalit isn't alive, execute an addition two hundred prisoners. Terrorists have no rights.
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Sorry, Carter is not the worst President ever. He is still the worst ex-President ever but I expect, and pray, that he loses that title too in Jan. 2013.
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Where have you been living for the last 20 years, Silentbrick?
Just because the world hasn't yet gotten where I think it should be doesn't mean I'm giving up the plan on getting it there. Many of the people are ready to roll back the clock how things are done for more than just government, which is a good thing in many cases.
If you give up on changing the world, then you won't be the one changing it, now will you.
[An Nahar] Lebanese Forces A Christian political party founded by Bashir Gemayel, who was then bumped off when he was elected president of Leb... leader Samir Geagea on Thursday noted that he will go to the national dialogue table "with the same stances," adding that he was still waiting for feedback on the paper he submitted on the national defense strategy.
After meeting in Maarab with a Tashnag Party Socialist party representing the Armenian diaspora in Leb. They're Christians, but they try to remain neutral, which means they get shot at without shooting back... delegation consisting of party leader Hovig Mekhtarian and MP Hagop Pakradounian, Geagea voiced dismay over "speaking of the importance of foreign axes and their influence on the Lebanese domestic situation."
"As if we're waiting for the outcome of these foreign meetings to decide what to do in Leb," Geagea added, stressing that "we as Lebanese must decided what to do and say our opinion regarding all matters by debating them inside constitutional institutions."
Geagea warned against "resorting to undemocratic means." That'd be shooting anybody who doesn't agree with you...
Answering a question, he stressed that "the most important reform taking place in Leb is the Special Tribunal for Leb, given that the political assassinations have been frequent since 30 years ... without any accountability."
Geagea stressed the "need to support the work of the STL in addition to monitoring it at the same time."
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[Dawn] Iran's diminutive PresidentMahmoud Short Round Ahmadinejad told King of the Arabians Abdullah in a telephone call that the aim of his controversial visit to Leb last week was to promote its unity, his office said on Thursday.
The Wednesday evening conversation between the two leaders their second in eight days came as the regional arch-rivals have been competing for influence in both Leb and Iraq.
Praising King Abdullah's own visit to Leb in July, Ahmadinejad said: "We too have now travelled to Leb so the efforts to create unity and solidarity are complete.
"In this trip, I talked to all of our Lebanese brothers about unity and they welcomed it," his office's website quoted him as telling the Saudi monarch.
Iran and The Saudi Entity support rival political alliances in Leb that sit uneasily together in a government of national unity.
The Saudi Entity and Western governments back the majority bloc in parliament of Prime Minister Saad Hariri.
Iran and its regional ally Syria support the minority bloc led by Shiite thug group Hezbullies, Leb's most powerful political and military force, which fought a devastating 2006 war with Israel.
Ahmadinejad received a hero's welcome from Hezbullies and its supporters during his October 13-14 visit, during which he travelled to the Israeli border.
The Iranian leader last spoke to the Saudi monarch the day before the visit, which drew strong criticism from Israel and the United States.
In its report on Wednesday's phone conversation, Iran's official IRNA news agency said that Ahmadinejad and the king discussed a range of international developments as well as ways to boost relations.
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No surprise here.
* ION FREEREPUBLIC [Five] NORTH AFRICAN STATES
[+ Mideast] AR RISK OF BEING OVERRUN BY AL-QAEDA.
* SAME > ARE WE READY FOR A NEW FORM OF TERROR?
Heavily US-damaged AQ antcipated to switch from isolated or random, large-scale Terrstrikes to MORE FREQUENT OR ROUTINE, SMALL OR MICRO-SCALE TERRSTRIKES IN RESPONSE TO US MILPOL PRESSURES, INCLUDING AGZ CONUS.
* TOPIX > WESTERN SAHARA THREATENS TO HEAT UP
[Militancies].
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In that the Iranians have called for the overthrow and assassination of the Saud, I imagine that Abdullah spent most of their conversation imagining how much fun it would be to cut off nutjob's head with a scimitar, personally, maybe starting from the feet up.
[An Nahar] The International Media Forum agenda, organized by the Special Tribunal for Leb in The Hague, reflects a completely different view on the Court from what is going on in Beirut.
Those in charge of the STL in The Hague simply refuse to discuss the majority March 14 Those are the good guys, insofar as Leb has good guys... coalition's or March 8's approaches to the Tribunal.
While March 14 is committed to the STL as part of its political strategy adopted five years ago without having sufficient means to provide local protection for the Court, the Opposition March 8 alliance has launched a relentless campaign against the Tribunal, accusing it of politicization.
On this basis, it seems that the International Media Forum -- which includes visits to three headquarters: Special Tribunal for Leb, the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and the International Criminal Court -- is a message in itself to the Lebanese who are divided in their outlook on the STL, set to try killers of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.
The March 14 coalition which appears to be making reactions on the dynamism of Hizbullah and its allies who reject the Court and demand that the Tribunal be shut down "should be more confident in the future of the Tribunal and its work and stop doubting themselves and the Court and its ability to reach results.
March 8 forces, which seek to bypass the Court, also "should be less ambitious and more modest in their quest to topple the Special Tribunal for Leb."
The Special Tribunal for Leb, at least from the standpoint of the International Media Forum, is part of the international justice system alongside the Criminal Court for the former Yugoslavia and the International Criminal Court.
It seemed that those in charge of the Special Tribunal for Leb wanted through the first episode of the first day under the title: "The evolution of International Justice," to send a message to the Lebanese via the vice president of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia that there has been no precedents in international justice where a court has been stopped or suspended.
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[An Nahar] The morning period of the second day of the International Media Forum organized by the Special Tribunal for Leb in the Dutch city of The Hague was characterized by a visit to the headquarters of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.
The highlight of the visit was a demonstration made by one of the officials of the prosecutor's office of the Yugoslavia tribunal.
The aforementioned presentation triggered a quest by the Lebanese journalists in an attempt to find answers for the thorny questions the Lebanese are bickering about.
These questions are considered part of the junctures and essentials of the investigation conducted by Danielle Bellemare, Prosecutor of the Special Tribunal for Leb probing the murder of ex-PM Rafik Hariri and his lover companions.
In this regard, the following headlines must be contemplated:
1. Telecommunications Data: Asked whether investigations into crimes under the jurisdiction of the tribunal he was part of had focused on telecom data, and whether the database of phone calls can be considered as an evidence to be relied on in indicting individuals, the official at the prosecutor's office of the Yugoslavia tribunal, Australian, said the investigations into the cases the tribunal was looking into had not been based on the phone calls issue because it was not an element in the probe.
"Had they existed, we would've used them ... and nothing prevents resorting to them (telecom data) in other probes if they existed," he added, noting that before he joined the Yugoslavia tribunal, he had managed during his tenure in Australia to unveil two major drug trafficking cells through analyzing the database of phone calls.
After intercepting and monitoring phone calls, he added, an "empire" for drug trafficking and dealing had been dismantled. The aforementioned database was used to unveil the cells and interrogate their members in addition to being used, along with other material, as accusatory instruments and criminal evidences, according to the Australian official.
2. False Witnesses: Asked whether the investigation had bumped at some stage into "false witnesses" who had given incorrect information that led to misleading the probe, and whether those witnesses had negatively affected the investigation's credibility and the indictment, the official at the prosecutor's office of the Yugoslavia tribunal said that such matters cannot affect the probe's credibility if it was based on other data, presumptions and evidences that lead to the same result.
He added that the prosecutor can drop some testimonies and even presumptions from his indictment, even during the trial, without that affecting the credibility of his indictment. But if the prosecutor was to act against all individuals who give information he deems as incorrect, that would require him to prosecute all defense witnesses because they usually contradict prosecution witnesses, said the official.
He clarified that the false witnesses to be prosecuted are the ones who appear before court and give their false testimonies under oath, adding that only one person was tried over this charge before the Yugoslavia tribunal, which gave him three months in prison.
3. Faltering with Crime Scene: Asked about faltering with the crime scene and whether the crimes investigated by the Yugoslavia tribunal had witnessed such cases, and whether those responsible had been prosecuted, the official at the prosecutor's office of the Yugoslavia tribunal said that a case of faltering with the crime scene had been recorded during the Srebrenica massacres.
He noted that the then U.S. secretary of state, Madeleine Albright, had disclosed in the media pictures of mass graves in that region. But the authorities, he added, moved the bodies buried in the mass graves to other places after the news broke out.
"But the international investigators managed, through the advanced technologies they used, to find a link between the Srebrenica mass graves and the unearthed bodies," he said, adding that "no matter how much the perpetrators try to clean their crime scene, they can't remove all evidences."
He noted that the remnants of a blood drop for instance can lead to unveiling a lot of evidences. As to trying those behind faltering with the crime scene in former Yugoslavia, he added, the international tribunal did not look into the case, given that its jurisdiction was limited to probing the massacres as acts of killing.
The Australian official noted that probing the act of faltering with the crime scene was under the jurisdiction of the Sarajevo tribunal.
Lebanese journalists sought to project the controversial topics accompanying the investigation conducted by STL Prosecutor Bellemare into the Hariri crime on the course of the investigation conducted by the prosecutor of the Yugoslavia tribunal.
They tried to compare between the courses of the two probes and to anticipate the answers Bellemare is supposed to present in his indictment regarding the telecom data, evidences and other information; testimonies given by individuals whose "credibility is in question"; and the criminal liability of those behind tampering with the crime scene.
If the Lebanese are divided, due to their political backgrounds, in tackling these issues and defining their legal worth, that is because they read in conflicting political and factional books. However, The infamous However... the international prosecutors seem to have one legal opinion in evaluating the questions being raised, even without prior coordination, because they read in the same book of law, which has nothing to do with the divides and disputes of the Lebanese.
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