[Tolo News] On the first day of runoff campaigning Former Afghan president Sibghatollah Mujadidi announced his support for presidential candidate Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai.
Mujadidi said he had decided that the other candidate, Abdullah Abdullah ... the former foreign minister of the Northern Alliance government, advisor to Masood, and candidate for president against Karzai. Dr. Abdullah was born in Kabul and is half Tadjik and half Pashtun... , was not the right person for the position of president.
"For days and nights I was wondering which candidate to support, so after collecting information and consideration, I decided to support Ashraf Ghani," he said on Thursday.
The decision came the same day Ahmad Zia Masoud, the former running mate of presidential candidate Zalmai Rassoul ... former foreign minister and a very close confidant of Hamid Karzai. Before serving as foreign minister Rassoul also spent seven years laboring as a national security adviser to the president. An ethnic Pashtun born in Kabul, Rassoul was the valedictorian of his class at the illustrious Franco-American school in Kabul, Lycee Istiqal. He has an MD from the Paris Medical School in France..... , announced his endorsement of Ghani. Masoud's decision deviated from Rassoul's public endorsement of Abdullah last week.
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A total of 3,600 Somali personnel have received training in Uganda, learning new skills to take back to Somalia upon joining the country’s Armed Forces, in the efforts to stabilize towns and villages and restore security for the Somali people. However, some of the Somalis trained in Uganda are reportedly absorbed by al-Shabab fighters upon homecoming. This is while the European Union Mission Commander to Somalia has also dismissed the allegation that the Ugandan Army with the support of the EU engaged in training Al Shabaab fighters who continue to battle against the Somali Transitional Government.
Uganda’s Chief of Defense Force General Edward Katumba Wamala also confirmed that the country’s troops currently deployed in South Sudan will begin their partial withdrawal from Juba after the forces of Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) are deployed on the ground.
Uganda has been accused on several occasions of training Al-shabaab fighters under the guise of empowering the Somali National Armed Forces. But Kampala, whose role in Somalia is critical in the restoration of security to the war ravaged country, remains resolute in its control of key installations there.
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[An Nahar] A Moslem group led by influential holy man Youssef al-Qaradawi ...crackpot Egyptian Islamist theologian. He is best known for his program Shariah and Life on Al Jazeera, with an estimated audience of 60 million kindred souls worldwide. He is also well-known for IslamOnline, which occasionally advocates things like slavery and thumping the old lady with a rod no thicker than an inch, and has published more than 120 books, including Islam: The Future Civilization. Joe has long had a prominent role within the intellectual leadership of the Moslem Brüderbund. Some of his views have been controversial in the West, though less so among the rubes of the Mysterious East, and he was refused entry to the United Kingdom in 2008. In 2004, 2,500 Muslim academics from Saudi Arabia, Iraq and from the Palestinian territories condemned Qaradawi, and accused him of giving Islam a bad name.... , who is close to the Moslem Brüderbund, urged Libyans Thursday to firmly oppose attempts to topple "legitimacy" in their country, amid an assault by a renegade general against Islamists.
A statement by the Association of Moslem Scholars did not mention General Khalifa Haftar by name but urged Libyans to "unite" and stand "firmly against whoever tries to topple the legitimacy and sow sedition" in the country.
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[Libya Herald] The Grand Mufti, Sheikh Sadek Al-Ghariani, has condemned Khalifa Hafter's "Operation Dignity" in Benghazi against Ansar Al-Sharia and pro-Islamist militias as a 'coup'.
A statement from the Dar Al Ifta's Islamic Research and Studies Council, which he chairs, described what had happened this week in Benghazi as "horrible". It was an attempt to impose political views by force of arms, the statement read, and it had pushed the country into chaos and disorder. It intended, the statement claimed, to thwart the Libyan state 's development and undermined its democracy as it moved towards electing a House of Representatives.
It was the duty of all Libyans, the statement insisted, to denounce this counter-revolutionary move.
The Dar Al-Ifta, it said, was firmly opposed to the wave of liquidations and attempted liquidations targeted against the military but it held the government responsible because of its failure to maintain security. It was also opposed to allegations being made about who was involved in the killings without "substantial eveidence" being provided.
What was needed if the country was to be spared war and chaos, the statement continued, was constructive dialogue and national consensus -- based on the principles of the revolution, the unity of the country and an acceptance of peaceful transfer of power and of Sharia law.
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Ahhh yes "Sharia law". Just what a modern country needs.
Now which "Grand Mufti" was this?
Was/is Hafter looking to be the next Daffy duck?
Every once and in a while I think it's time for the next Ghengis Kahn.
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The more radical/extremist/uber-conservative Muslims that line up against Hafter, the more I like him. We do not need to see another country, ruled by Sharia go down the sewer like Pakistan.
Sharia does not play well in international business and Libya would find itself selling camels and wondering what all of those rusty pipes in the Southern Desert were for if they let the extremist ram Sharia down everyone's throats. AND trust me on this one, most of the Libyan man/woman on the street DO NOT want Sharia.
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Sadek Al-Ghariani is a iman who joined the anti Qaddafi rebels during their revolt and, as a reward, has been designated as 'top iman'.
He has a number of fatwas under his belt already. recently he delivered a fatwa forbidding sexy lingerie.
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[Libya Herald] Former Paleostinian Foreign Minister Nasser Al-Kudwa who was last week appointed by 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... to lead efforts at national reconciliation in Libya is postponing his upcoming visit to the country. He has done so on the advice of Libyan officials who, according to the Libya news agency LANA , asked him to hold off visiting until the country's new government has been formed.
Al-Kudwa was given the task earlier this week of promoting national dialogue and reconciliation between all elements of Libyan society following discussions in Cairo between the Foreign Minister Mohammed Abdulaziz and the Secretary General of the vaporous Arab League, Nabil Al-Arabi.
"The goal of any Arab vision should be the cessation of hostilities and the facilitation of a national dialogue to preserve unity and to uphold the illusory sovereignty of Libya," Al-Kudwa told LANA.
Since his appointment, the League has expressed its growing concern at the security situation in the country and pledged its support in "overcoming the challenges "of Libya's transition
It is not known when a new government will be formed. If ever.
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[Iran Press TV] Libya's government has called on all gunnies in the capital Tripoli ...a confusing city, one end of which is located in Lebanon and the other end of which is the capital of Libya. Its chief distinction is being mentioned in the Marine Hymn... to withdraw from the city amid growing violence over power struggle in the country.
The announcement, which was made by the cabinet of the outgoing Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thanay on Thursday, called on the Death Eater groups to stay out of politics.
Libya is bracing for greater chaos as more troops are joining the forces commanded by retired General Khalifa Haftar.
The head of special forces in Benghazi said on Monday that his troops are banding together with paramilitaries in the northeastern city of Benghazi.
"We are joining the battle of dignity launched by the Libyan National Army with all our men and weapons," Colonel Wanis Abu Khamada said, referring to Haftar's group.
"The battle will continue until terrorism is eradicated," Khamada added.
Several other officers in the North African country, including air force personnel, also joined Haftar's loyalists.
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[Washington Post] Powerful militias aligned with the Islamist-dominated parliament deployed in the Libyan capital Thursday, raising the specter of an all-out war with forces loyal to a renegade former general who wants the legislative body disbanded.
Known collectively as the Libya Central Shield, the militias from the western city of Misrata were heeding a call by the head of parliament, Nouri Abu Sahmein, to protect Tripoli ...a confusing city, one end of which is located in Lebanon and the other end of which is the capital of Libya. Its chief distinction is being mentioned in the Marine Hymn... after gunnies loyal to the ex-general, Khalifa Hifter, stormed it Sunday.
It marked the first time the Libya Central Shield has deployed to Tripoli since November, when its fighters opened fire on peaceful protesters outside their base, sparking festivities that left more than 40 dead and hundreds maimed.
The group's main rivals, the Qaqa and Sawaiq brigades from the western city of Zintan, have allied with Hifter, threatening a confrontation in Tripoli between two of the country's most powerful militia forces.
The deployment is the latest development in a long-brewing crisis that ignited Friday when Hifter led a fierce assault on Islamist militias in the eastern city of Benghazi. More than 70 were killed in the fighting, the heaviest in the country since the 2011 revolt that deposed autocrat Muammar Qadaffy ...The late megalomaniac dictator of Libya, admired everywhere for his garish costumes, funny hats, harem of cutie bodyguards, and incoherent ravings. As far as is known, he is the only person who's ever declared jihad on Switzerland...
Since then, Hifter has steadily picked up support from current and former military officers, political figures, civil society groups, and the militias that dominate many Libyan cities. He has called for parliament to be dissolved and an emergency government appointed to oversee the transition until parliamentary elections scheduled for June 25.
The growing support for Hifter's self-declared Libyan National Army stands in contrast to deepening divisions between parliament and the interim government.
On Thursday, the government criticized Abu Sahmein for ordering the Misrata militias into the capital, saying their presence "threatens the safety of citizens." It also accused parliament of "not bothering to reply" to a proposal earlier in the week calling for the body to suspend activities until the election.
Libya's political transition has been unraveling over the past several months. Many point to the imposition in November of a draconian law that expelled many figures who once worked for the Qadaffy regime, even though they later became dissidents and participated in the 2011 revolt.
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Actually, we need a picture of George W with a "Miss me yet?" caption.
Had this gone down on George's watch you could bet things would be different. The man learns from his mistakes (Paul Bremer and Iraq) and would have been more active in the new Libya.
Champ just abandoned Libya. He dropped some bombs and sent in a few Special Ops guys to teach the rebels and then he left Libya swinging in the breeze.
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One hopes George W. would have been clever enough to stay Libya altogether, simply continuing his original plan of removing WMD from the country. Certainly he wouldn't have surrounded himself with females whispering "Responsibility to Protect" in his ears, nor males like that either.
SHANGHAI, May 22 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping and Pakistani President Mamnoon Hussain on Thursday agreed to strengthen cooperation in counter-terrorism efforts.
At a bilateral meeting, Xi said that China backs Pakistan in practicing a counter-terrorism strategy based on its national conditions and is willing to enhance bilateral security cooperation to safeguard the peace and stability of the two countries and the region.
Hussain said that the "East Turkistan" terrorism forces are a common enemy of Pakistan and China and vowed to make joint efforts with China to combat the terrorists. Better double check that with East Turkistan office in the ISI.
Pakistan will take effective measures to ensure the safety of Chinese citizens and projects in the country, Hussain said.
On economic cooperation, Xi called on the two countries to jointly promote the construction of the China-Pakistan economic corridor, an important part of the Silk Road economic belt Which curiously does not go through Pakistan; see the map (credit, The Diplomat) and the 21st century maritime Silk Road. AKA the string of pearls, a military initiative with the aim of providing China's navy access to a series of ports stretching from the South China Sea to the Arabian Sea
He urged the two sides to ensure the operation of joint projects in Pakistan's Gwadar port and Lahore Metro.
Hailing the Pakistan-China economic corridor, Hussain said Pakistan is willing to create good conditions for projects and hopes the two sides will enhance cooperation in electricity.
objects to dropping court cases against Israeli officials involved in the Mavi Marmara raid as part of deal.
Of course they do. But Prime Minister Erdogan can't be seen openly favouring them these days. What happens to a pet terror group when their patron is no longer loved by the populace?
A Turkish relief agency
...Rooters does like its euphemisms,,,
said on Thursday it would oppose what it called an imminent Israeli offer to pay compensation for a commando raid on its Gazoo-bound aid flotilla in exchange for dropping lawsuits over the attack.
The two nations, erstwhile allies, have been negotiating for months to end a diplomatic crisis over the Israeli commandoes' boarding of the Mavi Marmara, a Turkish ship challenging Israel's naval blockade of Paleostinian-run Gazoo Strip in 2010. Eight Turks and a Turkish-American died during the operation.
You remember that one, dear Reader, when the IHH hard boys attacked Israeli paratroopers with crowbars and such, and tried to throw them into the sea.
In a rapprochement brokered by Washington, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu apologized to his Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan last year and pledged compensation to the bereaved or hurt.
Humanitarian Relief Foundation (IHH) said on Thursday it had been in close contact with Turkish government officials and had heard Israel and Turkey were about to finalise the terms of a formal settlement.
There was no immediate comment from either the Turkish or Israeli governments.
"Shut up, guys, until we get our hands on that Israeli gold!"
"We are hearing that an agreement will soon be announced on the compensation Israeli state will pay as an outcome of talks ... One of Israel's conditions is to drop the court cases," said Ugur Yildirim, a lawyer for IHH.
"We are warning the authorities against this clear violation of global law principles," he told news hounds.
Israel is facing public and private prosecutions in Turkey over the deaths. Israel has previously dismissed the cases as "political theatre".
Turkey was once Israel's closest regional ally, though their relationship had deteriorated before the raid.
Last month Erdogan said the two countries were days or weeks away from an agreement.
The son of one activist who died aboard the Mavi Marmara told the news conference the families would accept neither apology nor compensation.
"We do not accept any agreements unless the blockade on Gazoo is lifted. Israel will have to take a step back if we stand tall," Ismail Bilgen told news hounds.
[Breitbart] HOUSTON, TX--FBI Director, speaking before the Senate Judiciary Committee today agreed that Major Nidal Hasan's shooting attack at Fort Hood in 2009 was inspired by al-Qaeda. The federal government's official position classified the incident as "workplace violence."
Mr. Comey is going to get a talking to by Val-Jar...
The comment came during questioning by U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) of FBI Director James Comey during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing about the 2009 attack on Fort Hood by Army Major Nidal Hasan. In the video below, provided by Sen. Cornyn's YouTube account, Cornyn asks Director Comey, "Do you agree with the intelligence community's assessment that Hasan was inspired by al-Qaeda to conduct that attack?" Comey responded, "Yes, sir. Based on everything I've read, again, I wasn't in office at the time, but I've read about it since, and I do." I am increasingly impressed with this man James Comey.
In late April 2014, the U.S. government announced a $5 million bounty for information leading to the arrest of a Chinese national and resident, Li Fangwei. Known more prominently in the U.S. as Karl Lee, an accompanying indictment described him as a "principal contributor" to the Iranian ballistic missile program. The reward is unprecedented in the U.S. government's efforts to end the activities of an individual in supplying prohibited WMD programs.
Li and his network of companies have also been sanctioned numerous times by the U.S. -- accounting for a large number of non-proliferation sanctions on Chinese entities over the past decade. Using information from U.S. designations, Chinese government and commercial databases, Project Alpha based at King's College London has mapped out in great detail the extent of Li's operations. This research suggests that Li is not merely playing the role of middleman, but that he is also expanding his business interests in the manufacture of sensitive technologies.
[DAWN] KARACHI: Over 27 incidents of desecration of temples and holy books of religious minorities in the past six months have been causing insecurity among them, a conference on minority rights was informed on Wednesday.
At the programme, organised by South Asia Partnership, speakers said that Pakistain had signed International Convention on Civil and Political Rights in April 2008 and ratified it in June 2010 and the country was morally bound to make laws in its conformity but nothing much had been done.
PPP politician Dr Lalchand said that terrorists, who were surely fewer in number, were destroying the temples and threatening the minority community members under a conspiracy so that they leave their country. He said that the evil designs of the bully boyz could be foiled with the help of saner elements, who are in large numbers, in society.
PTI politician Lalchand Malhi said that forced conversions and forced marriages of young and minor Hindu community girls were major issues and the PTI was a working on it so that comprehensive legislation could be formulated and this serious issue was tackled properly. He said that need of the hour was to raise awareness among the masses so that the mindset of society could be changed.
A former politician of the PPP Pitamber Shiwani said that though everybody was equal before the law, the minority community was not treated equally, or even fairly, and eventually most of the rights provided by the law were not enjoyed by non-Mohammedans.
Senior human rights ...which are usually entirely different from personal liberty... activist Rochiram said that blasphemy laws were grossly misused but nobody wanted to talk about the issue. He demanded that before booking anyone in a blasphemy case, the matter be heard by a high court judge. Currently, he said, police officials under mob pressure registered blasphemy cases against anyone. Once the case was registered, the life of the suspect was put at risk, he said, adding that many people had been killed even in cop shoppes and jails this way.
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The Hindus are fleeing at such a rate that India is taking notice of the numbers showing up at the border, there is a substantial Ahmadi community now in Texas, the Jews snuck out in the Fifties, after Pakistan joined the Arab war against Israel -- thanks in part to the kind wife of a Canadian embassy official...
[DAWN] The Supreme Court on Thursday sought an answer from the federal government and the Pakistain Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) in relation to the petition filed by the Geo TV network, DawnNews reported.
A three-judge apex court bench, headed by Justice Jawwad S. Khawaja heard the case over Geo's petition requesting the court to halt what it termed a hate campaign and provocations against it.
During the hearing Justice Khawaja said that if anyone had reservations regarding the constitution of the bench then they should inform the court.
He added the federal government should inform in case there were any reservations against him or any other judge hearing the case.
Upon which the Additional Attorney General Khawaja Ahmed Hussain said that he had no information about the issue.
Geo's attorney Akram Sheikh expressed his reservations saying that he felt harassed while taking up the case.
The petition by the Independent Media Corporation that runs Geo TV had asked the court to issue directives to restrain all channels, including Geo, from airing allegations against other channels or media groups.
The court had been requested to issue directives for consolidation of all FIRs that might have been registered in various parts of the country and to restrain the registration of any new case, but to forward all pending and new FIRs containing allegations of blasphemy before the SC for eventual quashing of proceedings on them.
On May 16, the Pemra had served a show-cause notice on Geo Entertainment network for airing objectionable content in its morning show `Utho Jago Pakistain' and sought immediate explanation from the channel.
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[DAWN] Terrorists targeted a military camp in North Wazoo tribal region using mortar fires and rockets in retaliation to yesterday's aristrikes conducted by the military in the region, a front man of Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in a statement.
A local commanding officer of the Pakistain Army responded effectively to the attack on a military camp in Machis Factory village near Miranshah ... headquarters of al-Qaeda in Pakistain and likely location of Ayman al-Zawahiri. The Haqqani network has established a ministate in centered on the town with courts, tax offices and lots of madrassas... .
Soldiers maimed in an encounter in Mirali area a day earlier were shifted to Combine Military Hospital in 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. , the statement further said.
The front man also made it clear that no air strikes were carried out in North Waziristan today.
Earlier security sources had claimed that, air strikes targeting suspected krazed killer hideouts continued in parts of the North Waziristan tribal region for a second day on Thursday.
They claimed that the fresh offensive had destroyed a number of Death Eater bases and had killed several Death Eaters.
Moreover, official sources claimed that following the Arclight airstrikes in different parts of the tribal region, ground troops had entered North Waziristan on Thursday in the Machis Factory area on the outskirts of Miranshah.
Since yesterday, at least 73 suspected local and foreign gunnies have been killed in a series of air strikes on hideouts and bases in North Waziristan and in a later clash following an attack on security personnel. An army major and three other security personnel died in that clash.
The targets of Wednesday's air strikes were strongholds of the Eastern Turkistan Islamic Movement (Etim) -- a krazed killer outfit comprising largely Turkic-speaking gunnies from Uzbekistan and Uighurs from China's north-western autonomous region of Xinjiang.
Following Wednesday's strikes, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in a statement that the air attacks were in retaliation for the killing of "a large number of civilians and security forces personnel" by gunnies in Fata, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa ... formerly NWFP, still Terrorism Central... and 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...
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The Vatican's Secretary of State on Thursday defended the Palestinians' right to a "sovereign and independent" homeland and said he hoped Pope Francis's upcoming visit would lead to "courageous decisions" for peace. Dissing the boss's relatives---not a smart career move.
[Ynet] Government freezes funding to missile defense system's manufacturer Rafael as part of measures taken to reduce the defense budget.
This had better be a seriously clever ruse to lull Israel's enemies into complacency.
Israel's US-backed David Sling missile shield is unlikely to be deployed by next year as originally scheduled, an Israeli defense official said on Wednesday, citing budget shortfalls.
David's Sling, which is designed to shoot down various aerial threats using interceptor missiles manufactured by US firm Raytheon Co., is billed by Israel as a future bulwark against foes like Leb's Hezbollah and Syria and Iran.
But with the Finance Ministry trying to reduce the defense budget, the government said it had frozen funding for David's Sling manufacturer, Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd.
As a result, a senior defense official told news hounds, "David's Sling, which was supposed to be operational in 2015, will probably not be operational."
While US congressional funding for Israeli missile defense was still flowing and allowing work on the system's development, "we don't have the money here to pay for infrastructure", the official added, referring to deployable David's Sling batteries.
Israel is building a multi-tier missile shield. The lowest tier, short-range rocket interceptor Iron Dome, and the top tier, ballistic missile interceptor Arrow, are both already in service. David's Sling is envisaged as bridging between the two.
Major-General Amir Eshel, chief of Israel's air force, sought to play down the hold-ups in David's Sling deployment.
"It is an excellent system which will be operational," he told Rooters on the sidelines of a security conference. Asked when that might be, Eshel said: "I don't remember."
Though both Israeli and US officers have praised David's Sling's performance in field tests, the system lost out on a Polish missile-defence tender. Washington, backing two competing US systems, exercised an effective veto on its ally's bid due the involvement of US technologies in David's Sling.
[Ynet] Abbas's rival sentenced for 'insulting state institutions'; Dahlan: Decision is politically motivated, seeks to pursue personal vendetta.
Politics among the Paleostinians being nasty, brutal, and long.
If only all the various Paleostinian factions could jug all the other factions...
A Paleostinian court has sentenced in absentia an exiled rival of President the ineffectual Mahmoud Abbas ... a graduate of the prestigious unaccredited Patrice Lumumba University in Moscow with a doctorate in Holocaust Denial... to two years in jail for "insulting state institutions", raising pressure on Mohammed Dahlan after months of mutual recriminations.
The ruling was dated March 6, but the verdict was only published in a West Bank newspaper on Tuesday.
Dahlan, who lives in the Gulf, said the court decision was politically motivated and accused Abbas of seeking "to tame the respected Paleostinian judiciary" and pursuing a vendetta of "personal hatred" against him.
Dahlan, a former Gazoo security chief-turned-businessman, was close to Abbas for years, but was banished in 2010 after suggesting the Paleostinian leader's two adult sons profited financially from their father's position.
He was ousted from the group in 2011 following accusations of corruption. He always asserted his innocence and remains a powerful figure on the sidelines, seen by supporters as a possible successor to the ageing Abbas.
The court ruling said Paleostinian officials, including a top security leader, had accused Dahlan of defamation and slander for what they said was his description of Paleostinian security forces in the West Bank as guards serving only to protect Israeli settlers.
The complaint against Dahlan filed by the six top security commanders loyal to Abbas was widely seen as a political maneuver.
The court said Dahlan had also defamed Abbas by accusing him of manipulating the Paleostinian Authority, which has limited autonomy in the West Bank.
Analyst Abdel Majed Swailim said the court ruling was part of Abbas' campaign against Dahlan.
"It's clear that President Abbas decided to get rid of him (Dahlan)," said Swailim. "It's going to be much more difficult for Dahlan now, after this court ruling, to play any role in the Paleostinian political life."
It was not immediately clear if the Paleostinian government would ask Abu Dhabi to extradite Dahlan, who enjoys relative support in some Arab capitals, including Cairo.
In March, the personal feud erupted again when Abbas accused Dahlan of deceit, corruption and selling out Paleostinian national interests to foreign powers.
At the same time, there have been signs that Dahlan is positioning himself for a future leadership battle.
A first test would be the convention of Abbas' Fatah movement, tentatively scheduled for August, where a new leadership is to be chosen.
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I hate to ask, but do you have Moslem neighbors?
What do your Moslem neighbors do for a living?
Do they repair your car? Do they teach your elementary children in the local school?
Uh, are they on the Police Force in your town? Is one of them your doctor or your dentist, perhaps?
How about the students in your local high school, do they hang out with your kids? And the family with the stroller at the mall with the wife dressed in "traditional" clothing and the husband wearing a little cap and sandals. Or the Moslem serving you your coffee at Starbucks?
Got any Pakistanis working as managers at Majic Mart ? Any good Arabic Restaurants locally in your town? How about the Arabic community on that city street with all the signs in Arabic ? You have one of those "neighborhoods" in your city?
Know anybody named Abdul or Osama...no seriously. People don't change their names, they don't stop being Moslem because they drive a Ford, y'know or shop at Walmart. Keep your eyes open, look around you. Is there a Mosque in your city? There is?
Do they assimilate like the people who go to Temple or Synagogue? Any of them have a golden lab retriever? No?
Any of them named Hussein? Or Barack?
Take a look around.
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Noticing and giving a flying f*ck about ethnicity is a prime entrance requirement for any leftist group. A secondary requirement for registering as a democrat.
You want to set neighbor against neighbor? Be a snitch like Queen Moochelle the Questionable wants.
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Y'know, Hemingway - if you swapped a few names and words, like 'yarmulke' for "little cap" or 'Ari' for "Hussein," I'd bet you'd get a bigger response to your drivel.
[An Nahar] Speaker Nabih Knobby Berri Speaker of the Lebanese parliament, a member of AMAL, a not very subtle Hizbullah sock puppet... hailed on Thursday the resistance that maintained the unity of Leb's land, people and institutions, deeming it as a "crucial need."
"The Resistance is a necessity as long as part of our land remains under occupation and due to the ongoing Israeli violations," Berri said in a statement issued on the occasion of the Resistance That'd be the Hezbullies, natch... and Liberation day that commemorates the Israeli army's withdrawal from south Leb in May 2000.
He noted that "the army is defending the country and carrying out security missions and similarly the resistance is a crucial need against any Israeli aggression."
The head of the AMAL movement congratulated the Lebanese on the occasion, stressing that "the unity of the nation and its civil peace remain essential."
Berri described the resistance as the "most powerful military force in the Middle East and the third in the world."
"On the occasion of the Resistance and Liberation day we reiterate our trust in Leb, its system and divisions."
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[An Nahar] Justice Minister Ashraf Rifi confirmed on Thursday receiving two Syrian legal notices against Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Wally Jumblat ... Druze politician, head of the Progressive Socialist Party, who's been on every side in Leb at least four times. He'll sell you his friends for a dollar, but family comes higher because of shipping and handling... and journalist Fares Khashan.
LBCI television reported on Thursday afternoon that Rifi has confirmed receiving the notices from the Criminal Court of the Syrian city of Lattakia.
These warrants were issued against Jumblat and Khashan for "undermining the Syrian state's authority."
"The Syrian embassy handed the two notices to the Lebanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which then sent them to the Justice Ministry," Rifi said.
He also expressed that he was "surprised by these notices."
"We were particularly surprised because the amnesty ruling issued by the Syrian regime in 2013 included these accusations," he explained.
"I am currently examining these notices," LBCI quoted the Justice Minister as saying.
However, a woman is only as old as she admits... the Foreign Ministry denied receiving any of the two warrants, according to the same source.
"The PSP also said it had no former idea about these notices," LBCI added.
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[Ynet] The Red Thingy has begun a "major distribution" of emergency food rations on both sides of the front lines in the Syrian city of Aleppo, its first since October, the president of the International Committee of the Red Thingy (ICRC) told Rooters on Wednesday.
The Syrian government finally gave approval this week for the plan, submitted in January, and the operation to feed 60,000 people in the divided northern city is being carried out with the Syrian Arab Red Islamic Thingy, ICRC President Peter Maurer said.
In rebel-held eastern Aleppo, 6,000 family food parcels are being distributed, with nearly the same being handed out in government-held areas, he said. In all, 60,000 people will benefit, an ICRC front man said in response to a query.
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[The Telegraph] More than a million who fled to Lebanon vulnerable to lack of medical care, says Amnesty International.
United Nations fund-raising for Syrian refugees in Lebanon has fallen short by more than $1 billion and the sick and injured are being forced to return home for want of medical treatment, according to a new report. No modern medical facilities in the world of Islam? Everyone now returning home to infidel western hospitals for free healthcare and treatment.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
and the 21st century maritime Silk Road.
In late April 2014, the U.S. government announced a $5 million bounty for information leading to the arrest of a Chinese national and resident, Li Fangwei. Known more prominently in the U.S. as Karl Lee, an accompanying indictment described him as a "principal contributor" to the Iranian ballistic missile program. The reward is unprecedented in the U.S. government's efforts to end the activities of an individual in supplying prohibited WMD programs.
[DAWN] The Supreme Court on Thursday sought an answer from the federal government and the Pakistain Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) in relation to the petition filed by the Geo TV network, DawnNews reported.
Wazoo
Druze politician, head of the Progressive Socialist Party, who's been on every side in Leb at least four times. He'll sell you his friends for a dollar, but family comes higher because of shipping and handling...
