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A Military court in Egypt has sentenced three Christian Copts to 5-years imprisonment on charges of possession of firearms and pocket knives. The Court released all other Muslims and Copts arrested following clashes on May 19 over the re-opening of St. Mary and St. Abraham churches in Ain Shams West Tell me about the Arab Spring again.
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Arab Muslims Spring into action against Christians.
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Probably went around looking for three sacrificial "lambs" to sweep the whole thing under the rug. Personally I think just 3 with 5-years is a damn-bit better than it could have been. They probably won't live that long in jail sadly.
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The GCC countries have planned to take the Yemeni file to the UN Security Council to take decisive action o oust President-for-Life Saleh ... exemplifying the Arab's propensity to combine brutality with incompetence... who backed out of signing a GCC-brokered power transition deal three times since unrest erupted in Yemen four months ago.
Al-Quds Al-Arabi Newspaper quoted informed sources as saying that King of the Arabians, Sheikh of the Burning Sands Abdullah ... Fifth out of 37 sons of King Abdulaziz to ascend to the throne. He is, after his half-brothers Bandar and Musa'id, the third eldest of the living sons of Abdul Aziz ibn Saud. Abdullah's mother is from the Rashid clan, longtime rivals of the Saud. He has 6 sons and 15 daughters and about $20 billion. His youngest son is just seven years old... bin Abdul Aziz had called President Saleh urging him to quit immediately after the deadly festivities between the government forces and the tribal fighters loyal to the sheikh of Hashid tribes, Sadeq Al-Ahmer.
Al-Ahmer said on Friday there was a truce between both sides after five days of deadly festivities that left dozens killed and hundreds injured. However, The didactic However... fierce festivities were reported and big kabooms were heard last night near Sana'a International Airport.
The festivities in Al-Hasaba district raised fears of civil war in the country, with the external pressure mounting on Saleh to resign and honor his commitment.
President Saleh previously said he was ready to transfer power peacefully, but he later emerged to say that he will stay in office until his term ends in 2013.
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[Iran Press TV] Yemeni opposition tribal chief Sheikh Sadeq al-Ahmar is a new President-for-Life Ali Abdullah Saleh ... Saleh initially took power as a strongman of North Yemen in 1977, when disco was in flower... "coming out in the picture" and "asking for war" against the regime, a political analyst says.
"There is a new Saleh coming out in the picture, that's why things are happening in this way," Nada Hashwi told Press TV in an interview.
The analyst explained that this means "he is getting paid to do so, or maybe, he just want to be the next Ali Abdullah Saleh that all the western countries and the Saudis are waiting for."
Ahmar is the head of the powerful Hashid tribal federation, which was engaged in days of fierce fighting with government forces for five days.
The two sides agreed to a ceasefire on Friday after fierce festivities in the capital killed more than 100 people.
She described Saleh as "politically bankrupt," adding that he has "nothing to give and take" and he is "nothing to the western world anymore."
"They have somebody to replace him [Saleh]," Hashwi said.
However, The didactic However... with Saleh leaving lots of blood behind him, "it's not going to happen with a nice smile," she added.
On behalf of anti-government protestors, Hashwi said that they want things to end peacefully in order to avoid another Libya.
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Mexican security forces seized 810 kilograms of methamphetimine, drug making chemicals and 2,677 kilograms of marijuana, as well as a quantity of weapons and munitions since May 21st.
Policia Federal agents arrested two men in MartÃnez de La Torre, Veracruz May 20th they say were connected to the criminal gang La Macorina, releasing an unidentified kidnapping victim. Odilon Martinez Mendez, 27, AKA El Pelon, of Petatlan, Guerrero, and Jorge Valentin Lopez Navarro, 28, AKA El Negro, from Martinez de La Torre, Veracruz were arrested by agents after they received complaint about kidnappings in the area.
Policia Federal agents arrested eight individuals they say were in possession of weapons in the Joyas del Märquez colony of Acapulco, Guererro May 24th. The agents were deployed on a complain about men with heavy weapons in the area, spotted two armed men and placed them under arrest. Interrogations led the unit to another location where they found five armed men and several more weapons.
Seized in the raid was a 9mm submachine gun, one BMW sedan, four guns of different calibers, one .223 caliber assault rifle, one metal dagger, one saber-type weapon, six weapons magazines, 89 rounds of ammunition, 10 cell phones and an amount of marijuana and cocaine.
Polica Federal agents inspecting rail cars in Hermosillo, Sonora, seized 203 kilograms of marijuana in 20 packages on a rail car on a train bound for Nogales, Sonora May 24th, after the odor of marijuana was localized to a rail car. The car door had been leftopen.
Policia Federal arrested five individuals May 24th in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua they say were affiliated with La Linea, the armed wing of the Juarez cartel, seizing a number of weapons.
Agents were sent to an area on Avenida Manuel J. Clothier to investigate reports of shots fired and arrested Mario Roman Gutierrez Flores, 22 , AKA El Mar and Moises Perez Cuevas, 20, AKA El Moy.
Seized in the arrest were one .45 caliber pistol, svene round of .45 ammunition in a magazine, one 9mm submachine gun, one 9mm weapons magazine with 20 rounds and a radio.
Acting on aditional information, agents went to a location and intercepted a vehicle with three other suspects who also had weapons.
Two Mexican Federal agents were wounded as a Policia Federal helicopter was fired on in Michoacan May 24th and forcing it to land as a precautionary measure. The shooting took place in near Apatzingan, Michoacan in northern Michoacan.
Units of the Mexican 15th Military zone seized a quantity of drug, equipment for making drugs and weapons in four locations in the state of Jalisco since May21st.
In the village of Tonilita in Tuxpan, Jalisco, an army unit found a drug lab and seized 810 kilograms of methamphetimine, 4,000 liters of acetone, 1,000 liters of thinner, 930 liters of chemical and various miscellaneous equipment.
An army unit in Tecalitlan municipality seized 120 kilograms of marijuana, four 12 gauge shotguns, six .22 caliber rifles, one .22 caliber pistol and 104 rounds of ammunition.
In the village of La Cañada in Tecalitlan municipality, an army unit on patrol seized four kilograms of marijuana seed, two hectacres of marijuana plants, two 12 gauge shotguns, two .22 caliber rifles and 135 rounds of ammunition.
In the village of Santa Rita in the Ayotlan municipality an army unit arrested two unidentified individuals and seized one Norinco AK-47 assault rifle, one Star 9mm pistol and 25 rounds of ammunition.
Units of the Mexican 15th Military Zone seized a number of weapons, chemicals for making drugs, and other equipment in 11 separate raids in the Mexican state of Jalisco since May 21st.
In the village of El Limon in Tuxpan municipality, an army detachment seized 425 kilograms of caustic soda, 350 kilograms of sodium acetate, 200 liters of alcohol, 60 liters of chemicals and various equipment for making drugs.
In the village of San Vincente in the Tamazula De Gordiano municipality, army units seized 3,000 liters of sulfuric acid, 2,000 liters of acetone, 400 kilograms of caustic soda, various equipment for making drugs, one 20 gauge LMG brand shotgun, shotgun, one 16 gauge shotgun, one CT6 brand .38 Special revolver and one Bersa .380 caliber pistol.
In the village of La Cofradia de Arriba in Tamazula De Gordiano municipality an army unit seized one Winchester 30-30 rifle, one Remington 12 gauge shotgun, one .22 caliber rifle and 86 rounds of ammunition.
In the village of San Francisco in Jilotlän de los Dolores municipality an army unit seized five kilograms of marijuana, and two kilograms of marijuana seeds. Weapons seized include one Ruger .223 caliber AR-15 rifle, four .22 caliber rifles, four Sears shotguns 12, 16 and 20 gauge, one Raven .25 caliber pistol, one CT6 .38 Speical revolver, seven weapons magazines and 527 rounds of ammunition.
Also in a separate raid in Jilotlän de los Dolores municipality an army unit seized one Smith & Wesson .357 Magnum pistol, two 9mm pistols, two .32 caliber psitols, four weapons magazines and 204 rounds of ammunition.
Four villages in Pihuamo municiaplity were where army units found a number of weapons and a quantity of drugs.
In El Agostadero, soldiers seized one Natlord M1 carbine, one Remington 12 gauge shotgun, one .22 caliber rifle and one .380 caliber pistol.
In El Terreado, an army unit seized one Colt Goverment .38 Special pistol, one 12 gauge Remington shotgun, one weapons magazine and seven rounds of ammunition.
In La Majada, an army unit seized 12 kilograms of marijuana, 20 kilograms of marijuana seeds and one Marlin 30-30 caliber rifle.
Also in Majada an army detachment seized one Norinco AK-47 rifle, one Browning 9mm pistol, six AK-47 weapons magazines and 1,470 rounds of ammunition.
An army unit in Zapopan made a traffic stop and seized weapons and a small quantity of marijuana near the intersection of calle Tizapan and Tepatitlan in the Lomas de la Primavera colony. Soldiers seized 20 grams of marijuana, one .22 Intertec Skorpion submachine gun, one Springfield .45 caliber pistol, one Trejo .380 caliber psitol, one homemade .22 caliber psitol, 230 rounds of ammunition, five weapons magazines, tactical gear and one Jeep Cherokee SUV.
In the village of Tuita in Tequila municipality, an army unit seized 700 kilograms of marijuana, one Browning brand .22 caliber pistol, one Winchester .257 caliber rifle and one Santa Fe .303 caliber rifle.
A detachment of the Mexican 4th Military Zone seized a large quantity of chemicals used for making drugs in Huatabampo, Sonora Thursday. The seizure count included 33,600 liters of precursor chemicals and 1,150 kilograms of potassium cyanide.
A detachment of the Mexican 15 Military Zine seized a warehouse containing a large amount of marijuana in Zapopan, Jalisco Thursday. The raid took place near the intersection of calles Revolucion and Zaragoza in the Tesistan colony where soldiers found 1,630 kilograms of marijuana in more than 400 packages.
North Korea has nearly completed the construction of a sprawling naval base near the sea border with South Korea, a facility capable of housing about 60 air-cushioned vessels that could be used for infiltration attacks.
South Korea has spotted air-cushioned vessels and apparent hangars at the naval base that has been under construction in Goampo in the Hwanghae province. The base is around 50 km from South Korea's northernmost island of Baengnyeong.
President Obama summoned one of his favorite and most trusted military advisers, Marine Gen. James E. Cartwright, to the White House on May 21 for a one-on-one meeting. But this time, the president had bad news.
Over the previous year, Obama had asked Cartwright on three occasions if he'd be willing to serve as the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The general demurred the first two times, saying he was looking forward to retirement after a 40-year military career. Your first instinct is always your best.
Cartwright, however, did not end up as Obama's guy. In recent weeks, the cerebral but introverted general, who goes by the nickname "Hoss," became the casualty of a concerted lobbying campaign by critics inside the Pentagon who persuaded the president to bypass him.
Mullen and Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates -- both of whom had long mistrusted Cartwright because of his independent relationship with the president and for opposing their plan to expand the war in Afghanistan -- had recommended that he not get the job, said [the usual un-named sources].
Obama has since settled on Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey.
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Let's see if I have this straight: Cartwright turns down the job twice, but the theme of the story is him getting passed over due to political skulduggery inside the Pentagon? Mama, don't let your babies grow up to be journalists!
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1. Marines usually don't make Chairman of the JCOS. Primarily because they "don't play well with others". Putting in an insular Marine with no combat experience and a Beltway insider...
2. The Joint Chiefs of Staff is ultimately a political appointment. But putting Cartwright as Chairman would have IMNSHO would have politicized the JCOS and damaged whatever effectiveness it has. Then again, that might have been the objective.
NEW DELHI - India has again denounced U.S. military aid to Pakistan which it says is being used by Islamabad against Indian interests, local media reported on Saturday. New Delhi has long accused Pakistans powerful military of aiding militant attacks on Indian soil, including the 2008 Mumbai attacks, a charge Islamabad denies.
This (aid) is being used against us, which is not a nice gesture on the part of (the) U.S. and we have raised this issue with them many times, Defence Minister A.K. Antony was quoted as saying by the Indo-Asian News Service.
U.S. aid to Pakistan is viewed with concern in India and has been an irritant as Washington looks to upgrade strategic and economic ties with the emerging Asian power. Pakistan has received $20.7 billion worth of U.S. assistance over the past decade, about two-thirds of it military aid.
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US military aid is most likely being used against the US more often than against India so they can just get in line down in the complaints department and wait for their number to be called.
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US military aid is most likely being used against the US more often than against India so they can just get in line down in the complaints department and wait for their number to be called.
Just because the Americans were dumb enough to vote in a non-American government that doesn't care about our own interests doesn't mean that India should stop looking out for theirs.
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Dear India: if you want to express common sense views, then speak only to leaders who understand common sense. The notion of "Jihad subsidy" is filtered out at the doors of the White House and Congress.
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[Dawn] Curriculum being taught at seminaries, where according to a rough estimate over 2.5 million students are enrolled, is promoting terrorism in the country, said prominent columnist Dr Mohammad Ali Siddiqui on Friday.
Delivering his presidential address at a seminar on "Dismal state of education in Pakistain" held at the PMA House under the aegis of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistain, he said that it had become a hallmark of the planning commission of Pakistain and the ministry of finance to present exaggerated and fictitious figures concerning the country's gross domestic product on the basis of which funds were allocated to the education and health sectors in budgets.
He said the ruling class had never believed in the cause of education because this would lead to questioning their right to rule and it seemed that those at the helm of affairs had purposely kept the masses illiterate.
Presenting a bleak picture of the country's education system, he said that according to an international survey "we are intellectually a dead country because our libraries are not well-equipped and lack the minimum number of information units in a library".
He deplored that none of the national education policies devised so far had been able to decide about the medium of instruction, while tools for imparting education in the mother tongue were not available in the country.
Presenting her paper on "The language barrier in education", senior journalist Zubeida Mustafa said that while all the 10 national education policies announced so far in the country were vague in their substance, respective governments failed to implement even such policies in letter and spirit.
She said that the National Education Policy of 2009 had allowed provinces to choose the language for imparting education, but the provinces had not been able to do so and were still confused whether it should be the national language, English or the one being spoken in their respective province.
She said that there was no doubt both the English and national languages played a vital role in one's life but it was their mother tongue in which children could grasp maximum about their subjects with much ease and comfort.
Endorsing the views of a speaker who spoke on the topic of commercialisation of education, Ms Mustafa said there was no doubt that most educational institutions were being run on a commercial basis. There were also some good institutions, which were imparting quality education, but even many well-off families could not afford to pay the fee they charged.
She was also of the opinion that the present education system had widened the gap between different classes in the country.
Dr Tauseef Ahmed Khan of the Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology speaking on the subject of "Devolution of HEC and Model University Ordinance" said that the Higher Education Commission (HEC) must be devolved to the province under the 18th constitutional amendment and it should now be the responsibility of all the provinces to improve the functioning of the HECs of their respective provinces.
Criticising the Model University Ordinance under which the federal university was set up in 2002, he said that the ordinance was not only 'unrealistic' but was at variance with different cultures in the country. "There are so many articles in the ordinance which cannot be implemented in letter and spirit," he added.
Former controller of examinations of the Board of Secondary Education Bloody Karachi Javed Iftikhar underscored the need for conducting exams and compilation of results in a transparent manner.
Speaking about growing interference in the examination system, he said that as a matter of fact all sorts of interference in the examination system could be averted by influential people if they wished to do so.
Referring to the governor's recent directive to the BSEK that the number of examination centres be curtailed considerably, he said that the controlling authority of the boards should provide guidance to board officials for improving the exam system and the matters concerning the number of centres should be left at the discretion of the controller of examinations.
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I've seen estimates that Pakistan had 5 million madrassah students in 2008, with a similar number in India. In Pakistan this is because they can't afford to the fees of the state schools, in India so that they won't be polluted by secular education -- no worries about the taint of secular education in Pakistan except at expensive private schools.
[Dawn] Pakistain Mohammedan League -- Nawaz's chief Nawaz Sharif ... served two non-consecutive terms as prime minister, heads the Pakistain Müslim League (Nawaz). Noted for his spectacular corruption, the 1998 Pak nuclear test, border war with India, and for being tossed by General Musharraf... on Saturday said Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani ... Pakistain's erstwhile current prime minister, whose occasional feats of mental gymnastics can be awe-inspiring ... should apprise the nation on the status of parliament's resolution which was passed in the wake of the Abbottabad operation, DawnNews reported.
The resolution called for a review of security and foreign policies and condemned the US raid on the Abbottabad compound in which al Qaeda chief the late Osama bin Laden ... who is no longer with us, and won't be again... was killed.
The resolution further stated that in the event of another US operation Pakistain would consider cutting off the supply route for US and allied troops in Afghanistan.
Nawaz Sharif further said that Pakistain stood isolated on the international stage, adding that Pakistain could not allow the world community to ridicule it. Cannot "allow" the world community to ridicule it? What if the world community does? Does Pakistain attack?
Nawaz said Paks can improve their condition only by rebelling from it. He criticised military regimes for manipulating the country's judiciary and mistreating judges in case of unfavourable verdicts.
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Typical third world nation. Instead of being embarrassed that Bin Laden was there and someone obviously helped hide him they point outward at the people that exposed their duplicitous nature as the problem. Pakistan, you are dead to me. I've always preferred India as an ally and now (like Israel before them) I'm willing to side with them without any further thought.
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India doesn't want a war with Pakistan, and if it fought one, couldn't govern the collection of mad hatters that live there anyway. The Indian military is well aware of the problems it would face. This is why's Pakistan's holding up of India as a bogeyman to distract the populace from the regime's own misdeeds is so laughable. Who actually believes this?
The ISI is not some independent government but an instrument of the Pak government. The Pak government is fully responsible for its actions, just as it is fully responsible for what happens on its "sovereign" tribal areas.
Actions have consequences and the Pak government would do well to remember this.
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The ISI is not some independent government but an instrument of the Pak government.
Something our leaders need to relearn.
couldn't govern the collection of mad hatters that live there anyway
Nothing says they must be allowed live there. Consequence free war w/ copious amounts of aid is an American invention. It doesn't travel well.
[Al Jazeera] The Arab League ...an organization of Arabic-speaking states with 22 member countries and four observers. The League tries to achieve Arab consensus on issues, which usually leaves them doing nothing but a bit of grimacing and mustache cursing... has said it backs seeking UN recognition for a Paleostinian state, as Qatar proposed at a meeting that the Middle East grinding of the peace processor be suspended until Israel was "ready" for talks.
At a meeting of an Arab monitoring committee chaired by Qatar, the vaporous Arab League said in a statement it "supports the appeal to the UN asking that Paleostine, within the 1967 borders, becomes a full-fledged state" of the international organisation.
The Arab League's statement on Saturday came soon after the ineffectual Mahmoud Abbas ... a graduate of the prestigious unaccredited Patrice Lumumba University in Moscow with a doctorate in Holocaust Denial... , the Paleostinian president, reiterated his determination to seek the recognition at the world diplomatic body unless Israel begins negotiations on "substantial basis".
Peace process 'suspended'
Qatar proposed at the meeting that the Middle East grinding of the peace processor should not be resumed until Israel was "ready," Al Jizz has reported.
"We will suspend for the moment the grinding of the peace processor until there is a willing partner" in negotiations from the Israeli side, Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem al-Thani, the Qatari prime minister, said as he opened the Arab monitoring committee meeting.
The meeting was examining the latest developments concerning the Paleostinian issue following a proposal from Barack B.O. Obama, the US president, to resolve the long-standing dispute.
In a keynote policy speech on May 19, Obama issued a clear call for Israel and the Paleostinians to use the borders existing before the 1967 Six Day War as the basis for talks to achieve a negotiated solution to the conflict.
Such a state would include the Gazoo Strip, the occupied West Bank and mostly Arab but Israel-annexed east Jerusalem, with some adjustments and land swaps so that Israel can maintain settlement blocs.
Obama also hoped that progress on border security would then allow to move towards a solution on "the future of Jerusalem and the fate of Paleostinian refugees".
UN recognition 'torpedoed'
The Qatari premier also criticised "US hesitations that led Washington to abandon efforts to make Israel respond favourably to initiatives" for peace.
Binyamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, rejected Obama's proposal outright, saying the Jewish state would be "indefensible" if it returned to the borders which existed in 1967, which would not include dozens of settlements.
He also rejected dividing the holy city of Jerusalem. The Paleostinians want east Jerusalem as the capital of their future state. Sheikh Hamad said Netanyahu's speech "proves that Israel does not want peace".
On Saturday, Abbas again expressed his determination to head to the United Nations ...what started out as a a diplomatic initiative, now trying to edge its way into legislative, judicial, and executive areas... in September to seek recognition for a Paleostinian state.
"Our option is still negotiation, but it seems that because of conditions imposed by Netanyahu ... we have no choice but to use the UN to get recognition of our state," he said, repeating the warning he made soon after Netanyahu's US speech.
"We are serious in our decision to use the UN, it is not manoeuvring ... we will do it unless Netanyahu accepts to begin negotiations today on a substantial basis."
Abbas had previously said that Netanyahu's US speech had "torpedoed" any chance of negotiation.
On Friday, Joseph Deiss, the UN general assembly president, had said that to be recognised at the UN, a Paleostinian state will need the support of all five veto-wielding permanent members of the Security Council, which seems unlikely.
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Oh, I recognize Palestine as I recognize Prussia and the Orange Free State. Nations that started a war and ended up dissolved as a nation. Unfortunately Palestine was not entirely dissolved so they are more vocal and troublesome but they are in the same league.
On Saturday, the Lockheed Martin Corp. said it detected and stopped "a significant and tenacious attack" on its information systems a week ago.
Jennifer Whitlow, a Lockheed spokeswoman said, "As a result of the swift and deliberate actions taken to protect the network and increase IT security, our systems remain secure. No customer, program or employee personal data has been compromised."
The Department of Homeland Security and the Defense Department have offered to help measure the scope of the incident involving the defense contractor.
One person with direct knowledge of the event said Friday that unknown attackers had broken into sensitive networks of Lockheed Martin and several other U.S. military contractors.
The hackers breached security systems designed to keep out intruders by producing duplicate electronic keys, said the same source.
The Defense Department called the effect of the Lockheed cyber attack on the Pentagon "minimal," and it did not expect harm to result.
[An Nahar] Diplomatic sources have hinted about Syria's involvement in the roadside kaboom that destroyed a U.N. convoy in southern Leb on Friday after threats by Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem that the European Union would regret its sanctions against President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad. One of the last of the old-fashioned hereditary iron-fisted fascist dictators. Before going into the family business Pencilneck was an eye doctor... The sources told An Nahar and al-Joumhouria dailies on Saturday that the bombing came after Muallem threatened that "Syria will not remain silent" to the EU measures against Assad.
The Europeans "erred when they attacked the president and when they adopted sanctions that harm the Syrian people," he said earlier in the week.
The attack on the Italian contingent hints that the messages sent to Europe, which began with the kidnapping of the seven Estonian tourists in the Bekaa valley in March, are on the rise, the diplomatic sources said.
They did not rule out attempts by the Syrian regime to create "distractions elsewhere" if it sees that its existence is in danger.
The roadside kaboomdestroyed the convoy carrying Italian peacekeepers, wounding six of them in the first such attack since 2008.
The kaboom struck as the peacekeepers' vehicles traveled south on the main highway in Sidon, leaving a crater in the road and scattered debris from the charred U.N. vehicles. A security source said the bomb contained around 10 kilograms of kaboom.
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[An Nahar] The March 14 Those are the good guys, insofar as Leb has good guys... forces and Hizbullah have engaged in a war of words over the "militia practices" in the facility affiliated with the telecommunications ministry in Beirut's Adliyeh area on Thursday.
The March 14 general-secretariat said in a statement on Saturday in reference to Hizbullah that "the militia" which turned its arms against the Lebanese during the May 7, 2008 events and carried out a "coup" against Caretaker Premier Saad Hariri Second son of Rafik Hariri, the Leb PM who was assassinated in 2005. He has was prime minister in his own right from 2009 through early 2011. He was born in Riyadh to an Iraqi mother and graduated from Georgetown University. He managed his father's business interests in Riyadh until his father's liquidation. When his father died he inherited a fortune of some $4.1 billion, which won't do him much good if Hizbullah has him bumped off, too. 's government in January this year "does not have the right to accuse anyone of making a coup against the state and its institutions."
Hizbullah wondered on Friday whether a third GSM network which was behind the dispute between Caretaker Telecom Minister Charbel Nahhas and the Internal Security Forces "belonged to the March 14 camp or security forces functioning independently from the state."
Given these "militia practices," the Lebanese have the right to know the truth behind what happened at the facility, the Shiite party stressed.
The clash between Nahhas and the security forces "with the support of the militia of Hizbullah is a militia act," said the general-secretariat. "It is an attempt to target a constitutional decision of the council of ministers and to cover up the scandal of corruption."
"March 14 backs the ISF in its attempt to implement the law in the protection of state institutions and properties," said the statement. It also condemned the campaign against the general directorate of the ISF.
On the bombing that targeted a UNIFIL convoy in the south on Friday, the March 14 general-secretariat condemned the attack and said that it comes at a time when G8 countries announced they would resort to U.N. Security Council action against Syria if it doesn't halt the violent repression of its people.
The statement warned against turning southern Leb into a front for "regional sides that are in crisis" and reiterated the March 14's commitment to Security Council resolution 1701.
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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
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