[Al Ahram] The White House on Saturday condemned a Taliban suicide attack on a Kabul restaurant that killed 21 people, saying there was "no possible justification" for it. "There is no possible justification for this attack, which has killed innocent civilians, including Americans, working every day to help the Afghan people achieve a better future," White House press secretary Jay Carney said in a statement.
No possible justification for a terrorist attack. Attaboy, Jay, thanks for clarifying that...
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...well, maybe not to civilized members of the Arab culture Jawn...
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Well, your boss and you, along with these miscreants just want power over everyone to impose their wills whether they like it or not. Seems you both ultimately justify the abuse of means to get that power. Theirs is just more direct.
...apparently in India though the article doesn't say...
today issued bailable warrants against four naval officers for failing to appear as witnesses in the 2011 Somali Pirates case. Special public prosecutor Ranjeey Sangle said that the court had issued summons to the concerned officials of the Western Naval Command on January 7. However, they failed to be present in court on Friday. The matter will now be heard on January 31.
The 120 pirates were nabbed in four operations that were carried out by the Indian Coast Guard and the Indian Navy off Lakshadweep in 2011. The Coast Guard and the navy later handed over the pirates to the Yellow Gate police to carry out the inquiry. The pirates have been booked on charges of attempt to murder.
The first batch of 15 pirates was captured on January 28 in a 28-hour operation 300 nautical miles (570 km) off Lakshadweep Islands carried out by the Indian Navy and rescued 20 fishermen of Thai and Myanmarese nationalities.
On February 6, 2012 28 more pirates were caught in a joint anti- piracy operation by the Coast Guard and Indian Navy and rescued 24 Thai fishermen. On March 12 two Indian Navy warships intercepted a pirate mother ship, Vega 5, about 600 nautical miles off the country's western coast captured Sixty-one pirates and 13 fishermen were rescued. On March 26 the piracy attempt on MV Maersk Kensington thwarted west of Lakshadweep was foiled and arrested 16 Somali pirates and rescued 16 hostages.
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[An Nahar] The United States Saturday called on Egypt to fully implement the rights guaranteed under its newly approved constitution.
Egyptian voters approved the constitution by more than 98 percent in a referendum result that the government hailed as a popular endorsement of the army's overthrow of Islamist President Mohammed Morsi ...the former president of Egypt. A proponent of the One Man, One Vote, One Time principle, Morsi won election after the deposal of Hosni Mubarak and jumped to the conclusion it was his turn to be dictator...
U.S. Secretary of State John F. I was in Vietnam, you know Kerry Former Senator-for-Life from Massachussetts, self-defined war hero, speaker of French, owner of a lucky hat, conqueror of Cambodia, and current Secretary of State... cautioned in a statement, however, that "it's not one vote that determines a democracy."
He added "it's what comes next that will shape Egypt's political, economic and social framework for generations.
"As Egypt's transition proceeds, the United States urges the interim Egyptian government to fully implement those rights and freedoms that are guaranteed in the new constitution for the benefit of the Egyptian people, and to take steps towards reconciliation," he said.
"The brave Egyptians who stood vigil in Tahrir Square did not risk their lives in a revolution to see its historic potential squandered in the transition," Kerry said, adding that Egyptian leaders must "make difficult compromises and seek a broad consensus on many divisive ...politicians call things divisive when when the other side sez something they don't like. Their own statements are never divisive, they're principled... issues."
Meanwhile, ...back at the palazzo, Count Guido stepped from behind the suit of armor, rapier in hand. Ciccolini snarled and reached for his own weapon... Kerry also praised a decision by Syria's opposition leaders to attend an international conference that aims to bring an end to the war there.
"This is a courageous vote in the interests of all the Syrian people who have suffered so horribly under the brutality of the (Bashar) Assad regime and a civil war without end," Kerry said in a statement, calling the opposition decision to attend the Geneva II meeting "a path that will ultimately lead to a better future for all Syrians."
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...so, how much does "Courageous" cost these days..?
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How long can we keep the Syrian Carnival going? Its Moslems killing Moslems and surely we can make a little money on the side with hardly any effort. Sell BOTH sides what they need....lots of 9mm and some heavy stuff for the Weapon's platoon with the biggest turbans.
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Kerry also praised a decision by Syria's opposition leaders to attend an international conference that aims to bring an end to the war there.
Lets see here now. They fly to Geneva, stay in a five-Star hotel, and maybe even order up some of that Swiss ahem room service. Now keep in mind theyll be expected to grimace and make sour faces whenever Assads name is mentioned in order to get more money, guns and lawyers. Yep another profile in courage.
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"The brave Egyptians who stood vigil in Tahrir Square did not risk their lives in a revolution to see its historic potential squandered in the transition," Kerry said
Which it almost was when this administration first tried to hoist el-beeraday to seat, then openly backed the Muslim Brotherhood who immediately set about ultra-virtue laws and tried to provoke a war with Israel and Ethiopia.
As for Team Free Syria, pretty courageous to launch gas rockets on civilians in order to spark a world war.
[Al Ahram] Ennahda party front man Ziad Laadhari said Saturday that the issue of granting Egypt's Moslem Brüderbund political asylum is "not on the table."
The remarks came in light of Islamist party leader Rashid Ghannoushi's comments on Friday, in which he hinted that Tunisia would welcome Egypt's Brotherhood figures.
In a statement to Alarabiya.net, Laadhari stated that the issue had not been discussed within the party.
Laadhari also stated that granting political asylum is not the job of political parties, but the Tunisian government's.
Ghannoushi, in an interview with radio channel Shams FM, had previously said that "Tunisia is a democratic country, committed to the United Nations ...an organization originally established to war on dictatorships which was promptly infiltrated by dictatorships and is now held in thrall to dictatorships... ' system," and as such, has "the right to grant political asylum to oppressed politicians" via the UN's Refugee Agency.
The leader of Tunisia's ruling party, an ideological offshoot of the Moslem Brüderbund, also criticised the results of the latest Egyptian referendum on the amended 2012 draft constitution.
"This referendum is a joke and a tragedy. What is happening in Egypt does not portray the will of the people, since there is no constitution that can have 90 percent approval of those who voted," Ghannoushi stated.
The results of the Egyptian constitution referendum are due to be announced late on Saturday. Preliminary results, however, show an approval vote of more than 97 percent.
Tunisia and Egypt suffered a recent fallout in September when Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki called on Egyptian authorities to release deposed president Mohammed Morsi ...the former president of Egypt. A proponent of the One Man, One Vote, One Time principle, Morsi won election after the deposal of Hosni Mubarak and jumped to the conclusion it was his turn to be dictator... , who at the time was still being held incommunicado at the undisclosed location where he had been brought following his July ouster.
In his address to the UN General Assembly, Marzouki argued that Morsi's release would help resolve the severe political tensions between the interim government, Morsi's Islamist supporters and the former president's opponents.
Egypt's presidency afterwards expressed its "regret" that President Marzouki was "unaware" of the reality of the Egyptian situation.
"We hope that Tunisia, which had the honour of inaugurating the Arab Spring, benefits from the Egyptian experience, proving that the people refuse to have a system imposed upon them," the statement read.
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[Al Ahram] SEC head Nabil Salib says 38.6 percent (more than 20.5 million) of registered voters cast ballots in last week's referendum on the draft constitution, surpassing the 32% turnout of 2012 constitutional referendum
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[Al Ahram] Tunisian politicians will review the final articles of a draft constitution Sunday, the vice president of the assembly said, as they inch closer to a vote over the long-delayed charter.
Lawmakers pushed through another 15 articles on Saturday and will examine the final ones on Sunday afternoon, said the National Constituent Assembly vice president Meherzia Labidi.
The assembly is pushing ahead with adoption of the long-delayed new constitution, examining it article by article, as required before a vote on the whole text can take place.
A two-thirds majority of parliament's 217 elected members is then needed to adopt the charter and avoid it being put to a referendum.
Articles approved on Saturday included ones concerning decentralisation.
Often sharp differences between the majority Islamist Ennahda party and the secular opposition have repeatedly obstructed the process, which was due to be completed by 14 January, the third anniversary of the revolution that toppled Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.
Adopting the new constitution is seen as key to getting Tunisia's democratic transition back on track, after a political crisis triggered by the liquidation of an opposition MP last year by suspected Islamist bad boys.
The head of Ennahda's parliamentary group Sahbi Atig on Saturday hailed progress in pushing the charter through, saying it will "be the pride of all Tunisian men and women".
But others in the party are unhappy about compromises over the rule of Islam in the new document, with Ennahda hardliner Sadok Chourou denouncing it as "still-born".
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Egypts president will announce that presidential elections will be held in March, in a statement expected to come hours after the final results of a constitutional referendum are made public on Saturday, a newspaper reported.
Al Tahrir newspaper quoted Essam Eddine Abdel Aziz, first deputy to the head of the State Council, as saying that President Adly Mansour will call on Egyptians to take part in presidential elections.
Abdel Aziz is also a member of the presidential and parliamentary election committee, which he said will start meeting on Sunday.
In December, a draft constitution was amended to allow a presidential election to be held before parliamentary polls, indicating a potential change in a political transition plan announced by the army after it toppled Egypts first freely-elected president in July.
The roadmap unveiled when army chief General Abdel Fattah Al Sisi ousted President Mohammed Mursi of the Muslim Brotherhood movement said a parliamentary election should take place before the presidential one.
The new constitution could lead to an outright ban on Islamist parties and strengthen the political grip of the already powerful military establishment that has put itself squarely back at the heart of power since toppling Mursi.
Seeing Al Sisi as front-runner for president, some assembly members wanted the presidential ballot held before legislative polls or even at the same time, so that a strong presidential candidate could forge an electoral alliance for the parliamentary race.
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[Dhaka Tribune] The government is likely to file a petition next month to try Jamaat-e-Islami ...The Islamic Society, founded in 1941 in Lahore by Maulana Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi, aka The Great Apostosizer. The Jamaat opposed the independence of Bangladesh but has operated an independent branch there since 1975. It maintains close ties with international Mohammedan groups such as the Moslem Brotherhood. the Taliban, and al-Qaeda. The Jamaat's objectives are the establishment of a pure Islamic state, governed by Sharia law. It is distinguished by its xenophobia, and its opposition to Westernization, capitalism, socialism, secularism, and liberalist social mores... for its crimes against humanity during the 1971 Liberation War, but due to absence of punishment in the related law, the initiative may not yield any result, many said.
Investigations against Jamaat as a party began on August 18 last year for its involvement in crimes through several groups of collaborators formed under the party leadership. But the investigation officer and some legal professionals are concerned as there is no punishment meted out in the International Crimes (Tribunals) Act.
The Sherlocks and the prosecution are now dealing with some observations made by the two tribunals about Jamaat -- a component of BNP-led 18-party alliance -- to prove its crimes as a "criminal organization" in 1971.
The petition will be filed next month, barrister Tureen Afroz, one of the prosecutors, told the Dhaka Tribune. She said they would pray for a ruling on Jamaat to apologise to the nation for its role in 1971.
But Investigation Officer Motiur Rahman is confused about the last part of the probe report where he has to pray for some punishment. He said: "The Act of 1973 does allow me to seek justice but not any specific punishment for any organization."
On February 17 last year parliament passed an amendment empowering the tribunals to hold trial of any organization for committing crimes against humanity in 1971. The Act, however, does not have any provision of punishment.
When asked, legal professional Shahdin Malik said: "It is a problem to make an organization subject to criminal law as it is not possible to sentence an organization to death. In this part of trial, we should have been specific. The punishment can be imposition of a ban on an organization. If we can specify it in the Act, then it will be more appropriate."
Tureen differs with these arguments. "We can amend the Act anytime. But it is not necessary now."
She added that in 20(2) of the Act, the tribunal shall award sentence of death or other punishment proportionate to the gravity of the crime as appears to the tribunal to be just and proper. "So the tribunal can give any punishment that they want," she said.
However, alcohol has never solved anybody's problems. But then, neither has milk... Investigator Motiur said: "By 'any other punishment' is not proper for the organization. So if possible, the government can change this part [of the Act]."
In August this year, the High Court has declared Jamaat's registration with the Election Commission illegal since its party constitution was found to be contradictory with the country's constitution and election rules.
In many verdicts, the tribunals included some observations about Jamaat. It even suggested that the government bar anti-liberation people from holding key positions in any government, non-government and socio-political organizations.
A tribunal in the verdict against Jamaat guru Ghulam Azam said: "In the interest of establishing a democratic as well as non-communal Bangladesh, we observe that no such anti-liberation people should be allowed to sit at the helm of executives of the government, social or political parties, including government and non-government organizations."
Meanwhile, ...back at the argument, Jane reached into her purse for her .38... sentencing al-Badr leaders Chowdhury Mueen Uddin and Ashrafuzzaman Khan to death for abducting and killing 18 intellectuals, the tribunal said: "It was Jamaat-e-Islami and its creations, fanatic groups like al-Badr, razakar, al-Shams, and the Peace Committee, who took a stance to 'save Pakistain and Islam' even if it required the obliteration of pro-liberation nation."
The two tribunals made almost similar observations in the cases against other top Jamaat leaders Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed and Muhammad Kamaruzzaman.
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[Dhaka Tribune] Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday warned the BNP-Jamaat that they would have to shun militant and terrorist activities if they wanted to do politics in Bangladesh.
"You [BNP-Jamaat] will have to shun militant and terrorist activities if you want to do politics in Bangladesh, or else, people will reject them," she said.
Hasina, also the president of ruling Awami League, came up with the warning in her introductory speech at a meeting of the party's Central Working Committee at Ganabhaban in the evening.
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[GlobalPost] Born in Mexico but raised in barrios of Southern California, these rifle-slinging fighters are holding down the front line in Michoacan's battle against the Knights Templar, a ruthless meth gang.
Good for them -- in their own way, turning their lives around using what they learned in America.
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Interesting dynamic. If the militias win, how is the government going to contour the areas? Free men who fought for their freedom will not bow to the oligarchy.
South Korea declined to comment Wednesday on revelations that the United States talked it down from launching a retaliatory airstrike on North Korea in 2010.
Geez, this American administration doesn't let anyone have any fun! Or from another perspective, they keep the locals from doing what needs desperately to be done.
The claims were made in the newly published memoir of former US Defense Secretary Robert Gates, in which he also describes former South Korean president Roh Moo-Hyun as "probably a little bit crazy."
The 2010 incident followed the North's surprise shelling of a South Korean border island in November of that year. The attack triggered what Gates labeled a "very dangerous crisis," with the South Korean government of then-President Lee Myung-Bak initially insisting on a robust military response.
"South Korea's original plans for retaliation were, we thought, disproportionately aggressive, involving both aircraft and artillery," Gates wrote in his memoir.
"We were worried the exchanges could escalate dangerously," he added.
Over the next few days, Gates said he, US President Barack Obama and then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had numerous telephone calls with their South Korean counterparts in an effort to calm things down.
"Ultimately, South Korea simply returned artillery fire on the location of the North Koreans' batteries that had started the whole affair," he said.
The South Korean government declined to confirm Gates's version of events.
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You'd think Hilldabeast would brag about talking SKor out of defending themselves the way everyone does to Israel. Sometimes I think we ought to just finish that war up, since it's not over.
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Got to wait for the right moment. Timing is everything. Like when the Chinese do something very nationalistic and stupid elsewhere drawing attention, theirs and everyone else, to that part of the region. Then strike the Norks. Being able to improvise on the fly is not a demonstrated great trait in the East.
The Poles remember who saved Vienna. So do the jihadis...
The English-language site for Radio Poland News is reporting on Jan. 15, 2014 that members of the nationalistic Polish Defence League are taking it upon themselves to escort Polish girls and women home after a hard night of clubbing, to ensure they don't become victims to the epidemic of Muslim gang-rapes that's sweeping Europe.
I'm comfortably certain that the very-correct members of the Communitariat will label the "Polish Defense League" as racist and misogynist...
I'd bet on radical right wing and neo-fascist...possibly even skinhead and biker gangs associated with the American Hell's Angels
As seen in the video, gangs of Muslim men throughout Europe, especially Scandinavia and Great Britain, have taken gang rape to such proportions that the rape-gang members themselves have nicknamed their sexual attacks "tournante," French for "take your turn."
The average men and women in Scandinavia and Britain have woken up to this even though their governments have not...
Radio Poland notes that "patrols" in Warsaw, Poznan and Krakow will begin escorting women from "the 'threats' of getting involved with Muslim men.
Also cited was an incident earlier this month in a Warsaw nightclub "where the 'activists' - who were defending the honour of Polish women.'"
With one of the smaller Muslim communities in Europe estimated between 20,000 and 40,000 but expected to grow due to Poland's liberal immigration laws and relaxed requirements for political asylum, certain Polish men are proactive in ensuring the "rape jihad" doesn't reach epidemic proportions in their homeland.
Radio Poland News cites a recent posting on the PDL website which warns violent Islamists that despite most European men looking the other way, Polish men won't:
In Poland, there will be NO sharia law. NO headbanging or shouting Allahu Akbar in the streets. NO insulting our religion and our culture. NO burning cars like in France. NO burning down police stations [like in Sweden]. NO imposing your ways on us. NO calling us the sons of apes and pigs. If you do, we will be the ones waging jihad...on YOU!
Radio Poland News failed to cite the Open Doors study that the targeting of Christians for murder simply due to their beliefs has doubled world-wide in 2013:
Overwhelmingly, the main engine driving persecution of Christians in 36 of the top 50 countries is Islamic extremism.
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...it'll work until the first dustup, at which time the escorts will be arrested, tried and punished with extreme progressiveness...
[DAWN] Relatives of the rustics who lost lives or sustained wounds during military operation in North Wazoo Agency set up a protest camp and staged demonstration outside the Beautiful Downtown Peshawar ...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province), administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire. Press Club on Friday, demanded inquiry into the matter and compensation for destruction of their houses.
The protesters led by tribal elder Malik Riaz included dozens of relatives of the victims. Narrating their ordeal, they said that they were unable to reconstruct their houses destroyed during the operation and demanded of the government to compensate them.
They said that people were being killed in drone attacks and military operations, but the government was least bothered to provide basic facilities to the affected families. They asked for early withdrawal of the military from the Federally Administered Tribal Areas.
"Why tribal people are being killed at the behest of others?" asked Tariq Dawar, who was holding a picture of his loved one. He said that the killing of innocent rustics must be stopped.
"We will not tolerate more killing and destruction in North Waziristan Agency and the rest of Fata. We want peace and development in Fata," he said, adding that the rustics had rendered numerous sacrifices for the motherland and they should not be treated like this.
Pir Aqil Jan, a tribal leader of JUI-F said that the tribal people had been badly affected in the ongoing war against terrorism and they were deliberately kept backward. He said that the tribal people had done nothing wrong and they deserved to be treated like other Paks by providing them all basic facilities.
Commenting on the recent operation in Mirali area of NWA, Mr Jan claimed that a large-scale destruction had taken place in the tribal agency, particularly killing of innocent people. He said that only innocent local tribal people were killed in the military action.
The JUI-F leader accused the incumbent federal government and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa ... formerly NWFP, still Terrorism Central... governor of taking dollars on the head of innocent rustics. He demanded of the government to immediately withdraw troops from Fata and compensate the affected people so that they could start normal life.
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[DAWN] Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif ... served two non-consecutive terms as prime minister, heads the Pakistain Moslem 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 constituted a two-member committee to immediately contact media houses and assess security threats faced by them.
The decision has come following a targeted attack on a DSNG (digital satellite news gathering) vehicle of Express News in Bloody Karachi ...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous... on Friday that killed three staffers.
The banned Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistain (TTP) grabbed credit of the attack, saying that Express News was targeted for biased reporting against Taliban. Former TTP front man Ehsanullah Ehsan said that despite repeated warnings, the news organization failed to present the point of view of Taliban.
The committee formed today consists of Minister for Interior Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan and Minister for Information and Broadcasting Senator Pervaiz Rashid.
The prime minister has directed the committee to immediately present workable solutions to address security threats to the media houses.
Pak Talibs have in the past levelled threats against the country's news media.
Media rights watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said last month that Pakistain was among the world's five deadliest countries for the media in its annual round-up of press freedom violations.
With increasing terrorist attacks in Karachi, the TTP is apparently consolidating its hold over the port city. The Friday's ambush followed suicide kaboom that killed the top anti-Taliban Karachi cop, Chaudhry Aslam and killings at a Sufi shrine on the outskirts of the Sindh capital.
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[DAWN] Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on Saturday said Pakistain's security situation had become more perilous, adding that while the country was in a state of war, the international community showed no consideration for the issues confronting it.
He was addressing a passing out parade of the police in Islamabad.
Speaking to media representatives later, the interior minister said the government had formulated the country's internal security policy, adding that it would be tabled for approval at a special session of the federal cabinet on Tuesday.
The minister said the government's package would aim at strengthening the country by arming law enforcement agencies with the latest technology and equipment.
He said the government would take the Parliament and all political parties into confidence over holding talks with the Taliban.
Nisar added that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif ... served two non-consecutive terms as prime minister, heads the Pakistain Moslem League (Nawaz). Noted for his spectacular corruption, the 1998 Pak nuclear test, border war with India, and for being tossed by General Musharraf... 's objective was to ensure that everyone should be able to contribute as they wanted and do their bit to establish peace in the country.
He said the government would get in touch with politicians tomorrow and the day after in this regard.
The minister said it was the provincial governments' mandate to control the law and order situation in their respective domains.
He lamented that little had been done to strengthen law enforcement and security agencies in the past 13 years, adding that countless had died in the line of duty.
Nisar pledged that the government would assist law enforcement agencies by arming them with new bomb disposal cars, robots and other latest equipment to combat security challenges.
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while the country was in a state of war, the international community showed no consideration for the issues confronting it
I prefer to think of it as "having exceeded the quantum of solace".
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while the country was in a state of war, the international community showed no consideration for the issues confronting it
Given that Pakistan's problems are entirely of its own making, what is there to be considered: that such a large portion of the voting and ruling classes are idiots at best, and to describe them as vicious, corrupt, short-sighted, power-seeking, mal-educated fools is no distant stretch from reality?
[Dhaka Tribune] Making its position clear, Pakistain has said it will not make any comment on the trial process of war criminals in Bangladesh in the future.
Permanent Representative of Pakistain to the United Nations ...an organization which on balance has done more bad than good, with the good not done well and the bad done thoroughly... Masood Khan conveyed Islamabad's position to the Bangladesh's Permanent Representative to the UN, AK Abdul Momen, in New York.
"Yes, it was confirmed through our permanent representative to the UN," State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam told UNB over phone yesterday.
On December 16, the Pakistain National Assembly adopted a resolution expressing concern over the execution of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami ... a Pakistani catspaw remaining active in Bangla politix, loosely affiliated with the Pak religious party of the same name and closely affiliated with most of the terror organizations in Bangla. A member of the BNP's four party governing coalition.... leader Abdul Quader Molla for "his loyalty to Pakistain" in 1971.
The following day, Pakistain High Commissioner Afrasiab Mehdi Hashmi was summoned to the Foreign Ministry and Bangladesh strongly protested the resolution reminding them that the matter is absolutely Bangladesh's internal affair.
The resolution sparked strong protests and widespread condemnations across Bangladesh.
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[An Nahar] The jacket wallah in a booby-trapped Kia Sportage that went kaboom! Thursday in the eastern town of Hermel, a Hizbullah stronghold, was seen in a video cruising the town minutes before the bombing went off near the Serail in the town's main square.
According to a video aired by Hizbullah's al-Manar television on Saturday, the vehicle was spotted passing in the streets of Hermel ahead of the suicide kaboom.
The driver is seen wearing a white jacket.
A witness, who had an argument with the driver on the day of the bombing and prevented him from parking his car, told the channel on Thursday that the driver was wearing white.
Nazrat Kasbar Shahinian, the owner of the SUV that was stolen from outside his house in Antelias in November, said that he had immediately reported the theft to the Antelias cop shoppe.
He confirmed that the vehicle is a black Kia Sportage that was manufactured in 2010, which was also verified by the car's registration papers and the theft report.
A group calling itself Al-Nusra Front in Leb said it was responsible for the blast and said it was a suicide kaboom, in a statement on social media.
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[An Nahar] One of Leb's most wanted runaways was nabbed Drop the heater, Studs, or you're hist'try! in the eastern Bekaa Valley, the army said on Saturday.
According to a communique issued by the Army Command, Ali Ahmed Jaafar was detained by an army patrol in Ras al-Ain town in Baalbek after constant monitoring and following operations.
Jaafar is wanted on several charges including: The formation of a kidnapping at gunpoint gang, drugs trafficking, arms trade and involvement in the abduction of: Ahmed Zeidan, Ibrahim al-Atat, Mohammed Salman Salman and Syrian national Ibrahim Kattoul in exchange of ransom, the interception of a Syrian bus and robbing the passengers.
The army statement pointed out that gunnies in a GMC and new Grand Cherokee vehicles intercepted the army patrol that detained Jaafar, prompting the soldiers to open fire at them to disperse them.
The patrol seized from the detainee various weapons, hand grenades in addition to his vehicle that had no registration papers.
Jaafar was referred to the competent judiciary authority for investigation.
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[An Nahar] Two computers with Hebrew writings were found on Saturday in a southern disputed area on the border, an army communique said.
"The Indonesian patrol in the UNIFIL found a suspicious object in a disputed area near (the southern border town of) Adaisseh," the statement detailed.
An army patrol soon arrived in the scene and inspected the object.
"The troops found two computers with Hebrew writings on them," the communique revealed.
"Investigation is currently underway with the cooperation of the UNIFIL to uncover the details surrounding Saturday's discovery."
Earlier in the day, the state-run National News Agency said a two-piece object resembling a spying device was found planted under a tree in Adaisseh.
"The object was placed in al-Mahafer neighborhood in the town, in an area that is 150 meters away from the barbered wires to the south of Misgav Am settlement near Adaisseh," reported the NNA.
The NNA added: "The army immediately took measures and opened a probe to uncover how was the device placed in this disputed area."
Meanwhile, ...back at the wreckage, Captain Poindexter wished he had a cup of coffee. Even instant would do... an Israeli force mobilized near the gate of the barbed wires as the UNIFIL deployed its troops in the area, according to the same source.
UNIFIL spokesperson Andrea Tenenti commented on the developments of Saturday evening, assuring that calm is prevailing in Adaisseh.
"We will demarcate the area is which a suspicious object was found and then investigation will take its course," he added.
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[An Nahar] The findings of a DNA test on a resident of the southern city of Sidon did not match those of the human remains at the bombing in the Bekaa town of al-Hermel, reported the National News Agency on Saturday.
The tests were performed on the mother of Hussien Ghandour did not match those of the remains.
Ghandour was suspected of being the Hermel jacket wallah.
The army later on Saturday confirmed the reports, saying that investigations revealed that Hassan Abdul Nasser Ghandour is not connected to the Hermel blast.
The preliminary investigations in the matter were conducted under the supervision of State Commissioner to the Military Court Judge Saqr Saqr, said NNA on Friday.
It had reported that human remains belonging to the driver of the booby-trapped car were also found and a sketch has been created and distributed to media outlets in a bid to identify him.
It said it is still unclear whether the attack was carried out by a suicide bomber or that the car was blown up without the driver's knowledge.
"DNA tests showed that one person was killed during the Hermel blast and that all the human remains at the scene belonged to the suicide bomber and the victim Hussein Omar," it added.
On Thursday morning, a likely suicide kaboom rocked the town of Hermel in the Bekaa, a Hizbullah stronghold, killing the bomber and Omar.
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DNA Tests Fail to Reveal Identity of Hermel Suicide Bomber
Some question whether he was Homo sapiens, then, rather than one of our near relations?
[Al Ahram] A Palestinian official says food supplies have begun entering a besieged rebel-held Palestinian refugee camp in Syria's capital for the first time in months.
Anwar Raja, a spokesman for the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command, said the first batch of supplies entered the Yarmouk camp on Saturday.
Yarmouk is one of the areas hardest hit by food shortages in Syria. Residents there say 46 people have died since October of starvation, illnesses exacerbated by hunger or because they couldn't obtain medical aid.
Raja had no immediate word on how many supplies entered the camp. He said much of the material was carried "on the shoulders" of PFLP-GC members and committees in the camp.
PFLP-GC members are fighting against Syrian opposition fighters who control most of the camp.
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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
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[An Nahar] The United States Saturday called on Egypt to fully implement the rights guaranteed under its newly approved constitution.
But my favorite was Katatrina. You must send me Katatrina again. 
Egypts president will announce that presidential elections will be held in March, in a statement expected to come hours after the final results of a constitutional referendum are made public on Saturday, a newspaper reported.
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Nawaz Sharif
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