[Al Ahram] An Afghan woman was beaten to death and her body was set on fire by a mob in Kabul Thursday for allegedly burning a copy of the Koran, police officials said. Moslems worship a book as an idol. Books are cheaper than golden calves.
"A woman burned a copy of the Koran in the Shahi Doshamshira neighbourhood," the head of Kabul's criminal police General Farid Afzali told AFP.
The woman's body was then thrown into the Kabul River, Afzali added.
The police were trying to disperse the angry crowd of "thousands of people" who had gathered in the densely populated neighbourhood, he said.
Interior ministry front man Sediq Sediqqi also confirmed the incident, saying a probe into the "very unfortunate" event was underway.
Photos of the attack were circulating on social media late Thursday.
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Moslems worship a book as an idol. Books are cheaper than golden calves.
I swear to Allan, thatsa meme worth repeating, septic that Mooselimbs appear impervious to thought.
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[Al Ahram] Tunisia incarcerated Into the paddy wagon wit' yez! nine suspects in an attack on tourists at the national museum that killed at least 21 people and prompted appeals Thursday for a united front against extremism. The corpse count was 22 yesterday.
Trade unions and other civil society groups announced plans for a silent demonstration outside the Tunis museum where 20 foreigners and at least one Tunisian died in Wednesday's assault.
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[Al Ahram] Ajnad Misr Death Eater group is responsible for anattack near the Cairo High Court earlier this month which killed two civilians and injured a number of others, interior ministry spokesperson Hany Abdel-Latif said on Thursday Like clings to like.
Abdel-Latif also blamed the Death Eater group for other smaller attacks in Haram, Giza and Ain Shams.
In 2014, Ajnad Misr has grabbed credit for planting bombs near the Ittihadiya presidential palace and Cairo University.
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[Al Ahram] Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi described an attack on his palace in the city of Aden on Thursday as an attempted coup backed by the previous regime.
"The failure of the military coup ... was backed by the former regime, which was one of the perpetrators of extermination, murder and displacement," he said in a statement.
Earlier on Thursday, a warplane attacked the presidential palace in Aden where Hadi has been based since being pushed out of the capital Sanaa by Houthi ...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The Yemeni government has accused the Houthis of having ties to the Iranian government, which wouldn't suprise most of us. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is God is Great, Death to America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews ... rebels.
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In all the hoopla over Vladimir Putin resurfacing, a pretty important news item managed to slip below the radar.
On March 16, the same day the Kremlin leader appeared, Interfax quoted an unidentified law- enforcement official as saying that the assassination of Boris Nemtsov has been reclassified from a "contract killing" to a "hate crime."
The report is still unconfirmed. But if the official line becomes that this was not a contract killing, then there is no need to investigate who put out the contract.
There is no need to look beyond Zaur Dadayev and the others rounded up in connection with the hit.
There is no need to ask any uncomfortable — and destabilizing — questions.
By targeting Dadayev — the former deputy commander of a paramilitary unit formed by Kadyrov and run by the Chechen leader's cousin, Adam Delimkhanov — the Federal Security Service (FSB) seemed to be ultimately targeting Kadyrov.
And now it appears that Kadyrov has successfully beaten back the FSB's assault.
It was amid this turmoil that Putin vanished from public view on March 5, just six days after Nemtsov was assassinated and three days before Dadayev was charged.
"Putin appeared, live and legitimate, at exactly the same moment when Interfax reported that the Nemtsov assassination wasn't a contract hit," political analyst Leonid Volkov wrote on Facebook.
"Putin had to make a choice. Either feed Kadyrov to the FSB-men, or give up the FSB to Kadyrov. It's a difficult and unpleasant choice ... And he chose the one and only thing he could choose: Kadyrov."
A tribute — and a threat
Over the 10 days, 21 hours, four minutes, and 20 seconds that Putin was holed up in an undisclosed location — before turning up in St. Petersburg on March 16 for a meeting with Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambaev -- a lot of weird stuff happened.
Kadyrov publicly praised Dadayev, went to a shooting range to pop a few rounds, and posted the video on Instagram. The Chechen leader also posted a letter on Instagram expressing his enduring loyalty to Putin.
"I will always be grateful to Vladimir Vladimirovich for everything he has done for me and for my people," Kadyrov wrote.
"I will always be his faithful companion, regardless of whether he is president or not. To give one's life for such a person is an easy task."
But within the profession of loyalty, there was also a veiled threat -- one that was punctuated by the shooting range outing. I am loyal, Kadyrov seemed to be saying. But others may not be. And taking me down carries risks.
[Al Ahram] La Belle France has never faced so great a terrorist threat, its prime minister said Thursday, as he unveiled controversial new laws allowing spies to hoover up phone and Internet data from suspected jihadists.
The measures have been criticised by rights groups and set the government up for potential festivities with Internet companies who are under public pressure to ensure privacy.
But in the wake of the deadly jihadist attacks in Gay Paree in January, and coming a day after the Tunisian museum shootings that killed 21 people including two Frenchies, the government said the measures were vital for effective policing.
"There cannot be a lawless zone in the digital space," said Prime Minister Manuel Valls.
"Because we often cannot predict the threat, the services must have the power to react quickly."
The new law allows authorities to spy on the digital and mobile communications of anyone linked to a "terrorist" enquiry without prior authorisation from a judge, and forces Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and phone companies to give up data upon request.
Intelligence services will have the right to place cameras and recording devices in private dwellings and install "keylogger" devices that record every key stroke on a targeted computer.
The authorities will be able to keep recordings for a month, and metadata for five years.
Valls sought to allay fears that the law was a French version of the "Patriot Act", which the United States used to authorise blanket spying powers after the attacks there on September 11, 2001.
Procedures will be "precisely defined", any request for data will have to be "justified" and decisions to begin surveillance will be taken personally by the prime minister and will be for a limited time.
"It in no way allows a generalised surveillance of citizens," said Valls.
La Belle France is one of the last Western countries to pass comprehensive legislation governing modern surveillance -- having till now relied on a law passed in the pre-Internet days of 1991.
Louis Caprioli, former counter-terrorism head at French intelligence agency DST, said he thought the measures were "proportionate" and that the judiciary had always worked closely with the intelligence services to ensure rights are protected.
But he said surveillance alone would not be enough to meet the threat.
"We need sufficient human resources and currently they are clearly insufficient," said Caprioli.
"We've added some technicians -- that's a good thing -- but we also need many more Sherlocks on the ground."
However, there's more than one way to stuff a chicken... the bill has attracted criticism from lawyers, civil rights activists and industry experts.
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this is the same dirty deal with the devil being rammed through the parliaments of the five-eyes nations.
it does nothing to hurt fascist islamists who just get off their mobiles or do not email.
you don't need to tell anybody about your jihad, just like Man Monis didn't when he murdered people at the Lindt cafe in sydney.
one man alone can do it. all he needs is his ideology
yes folks ideology
we are in an ideological battle with fascist Islamism and secular muslims who die fighting it (like that jordanian pilot burned to death in a cage) know the answer
ban Sharia
ban it loud and proud
embrace freedom of speech especially freedom to blaspheme and ridicule
those who react violently can then be weeded out and the remainder have learned tolerance
[DAWN] The local lady health workers and their supervisors, after the killing of their two colleagues in Tuesday's attack, decided to boycott anti-polio ...Poliomyelitis is a disease caused by infection with the poliovirus. Between 1840 and the 1950s, polio was a worldwide epidemic. Since the development of polio vaccines the disease has been largely wiped out in the civilized world. However, since the vaccine is known to make Moslem pee-pees shrink and renders females sterile, bookish, and unsubmissive it is not widely used by the turban and automatic weapons set... campaigns till provision of complete security to them.
Two female health workers and a police guard were rubbed out by gunnies in mountainous Danna area of the district on Tuesday when they were vaccinating children.
The funeral prayers of both the health workers -- Sattara Gul and Kaniz Nurgis -- were offered in Sheikabad area. A large number of people including health employees took part in the funeral prayers.
Deputy Commissioner Aamer Khattak, who also attended the funeral prayers, told journalists that the ongoing polio campaign in the district was postponed till further orders. He said that the decision was taken in a meeting, which was also attended by District Health Officer Dr Sardar Bashir.
Mr Khattak said that provincial government had also announced Rs1 million each for the families of the killed health workers and employment to one family member of both the victims. "We put off the anti-polio drive till next orders for the protection of polio workers," he asid.
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[DAWN] The lawyer for the main suspect in the Zohra Shahid murder case said that the accused man is being subjected to brutal torture by the police.
Muhammad Jiwani -- the lawyer of Abdul Kaleem who Rangers say was tossed in the calaboose Please don't kill me! a day earlier -- said that law enforcement agencies are subjecting his client to intense torture due to which he was unable to stand.
The defense counsel added that Kaleem is passing blood in his urine and that his feet are swollen as a result of this torture.
Jiwani said that the earlier challans presented did not state Kaleem's name in column number two, nor was Kaleem's role in the crime indicated.
A Civil Hospital medical superintendent has been instructed to do a medical checkup of him before presenting a report on his condition.
An Anti-Terrorism Court 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... today remanded the prime accused in the Zohra Shahid murder case, Abdul Kaleem, to the police for seven days.
The Pakistain Rangers, Sindh, claimed on Wednesday to have arrested the key suspect in the May 2013 murder case of Pakistain Tehrik-e-Insaf ...a political party in Pakistan. PTI was founded by former Pakistani cricket captain and philanthropist Imran Khan. The party's slogan is Justice, Humanity and Self Esteem, each of which is open to widely divergent interpretations.... (PTI) leader Zohra Shahid.
The Muttahida Qaumi Movement ...English: United National Movement, generally known as MQM, is the 3rd largest political party and the largest secular political party in Pakistain with particular strength in Sindh. From 1992 to 1999, the MQM was the target of the Pak Army's Operation Cleanup leaving thousands of urdu speaking civilians dead... (MQM) acknowledged the man as its worker and alleged that he had been picked up last month from Clifton. The MQM said a case regarding his 'disappearance' was fixed to be heard by the Sindh High Court.
According to a Rangers front man, personnel of the paramilitary force conducted an intelligence-based surgical action near Teen Talwar intersection in Clifton and arrested a 'notorious hit man', Kaleem.
"The arrested hit man is involved in numerous murders, including the assassination of PTI leader Zohra Shahid," a brief statement issued by the front man said.
The suspect was being handed over to police, it concluded.
The Rangers blurb did not mention the affiliation of the suspect with any organization.
However, those who apply themselves too closely to little things often become incapable of great things... a statement issued by the MQM said Abdul Kaleem had been picked up by Rangers from his tailoring shop in Gulf Shopping Mall on Feb 25 and taken to an undisclosed place. "You need pants?"
"No. I need Mohammad Chaudry bumped off!"
"He'll be dead Thursday."
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This as opposed to that "happy torture" that involves watching Teletubbies and SpongeBob.
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[DAWN] Former British prime minister and UN (United Nations ...the Oyster Bay money pit... ) Special Envoy for Global Education Gordon Brown ... the hapless former British PM ... said Wednesday that his office would closely monitor efforts, under the Safe Schools Initiative, to improve security at 1,000 schools in Pakistain.
He said that Prime Minister Muhammad 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... had pledged his support to the move.
"We are going to monitor the implementation of safety measures at every school in Pakistain," Brown told a presser at UN Headquarters in New York.
Security fences, metal detectors, armed guards and emergency communication systems are part of a package of safety measures for Pakistain's schools being proposed by the UN envoy.
The former UK prime minister has held talks with Pakistain's prime minister Nawaz Sharif last month about making schools safer after 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. school massacre.
Brown said he wants to help schools "stand up to terrorist violence".
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[DAWN] In an emergency presser held Thursday night, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement ...English: United National Movement, generally known as MQM, is the 3rd largest political party and the largest secular political party in Pakistain with particular strength in Sindh. From 1992 to 1999, the MQM was the target of the Pak Army's Operation Cleanup leaving thousands of urdu speaking civilians dead... (MQM) dismissed the allegations levelled by death-row inmate Saulat Mirza.
The party representative Senator Farogh Naseem said the decision to air Mirza's video statement has set a bad precedent and turned in illegal.
"We are setting a bad precedent of criminal jurisprudence in the country," said Senator Naseem, while calling the eleventh hour confession by the infamous killer a mockery of law. "Mirza should have given these statements 25 years back."
Flanked by Barrister Saif, Naseem said that even if the government does not like the MQM, it should operate under the law.
The MQM leader said "this is a serious offense against the country's legal procedure. All this doesn't hold any legal value". He went on to say that according to law, once a crime has been accepted before the court, it cannot be taken back.
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[IraqiNews.com] On Tuesday, Turkish special forces have started training local Iraqi and Syrian groups to fight the ISIS group Death Eaters
A senior Turkish diplomat said, "The training mission has taken off with a view to reinforce Iraqi groups that volunteer to fight ISIS."
The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... 's contribution to the western coalition's fight against ISIS will not be limited to training as logistical support will be given as well."
A military official noted that the Turkish special forces, known as the "Maroon Berets," were training Kurdish Peshmerga fighters in Erbil..
[IraqiNews.com] On Tuesday, a government official in Diyala province announced the discovery of a mass grave of civilians executed by the ISIS group in an army base northeast of Baquba.
The director of Saadia Ahmed al-Zercoche said in an interview with IraqiNews.com, "The joint security forces found a mass grave containing the remains of many civilians in the outskirts of Cobra military base (10 km north of Saadia district and 60 km north east of Baquba)."
Al-Zercoche added, "The cemetery is containing the remains of people executed by ISIS during its control over Saadia and the military base last June," pointing out that, "The administration submitted a formal letter to the competent authorities in order to open the cemetery and lift its content."
The security forces in Diyala found during the past four weeks 4 mass graves in Saadia, containing the remains of more than 40 civilians and soldiers executed by ISIS.
[IraqiNews.com] The Ministry of Interior approved forming a brigade of 3000 fighters from the western provinces of Iraq.
The head of Baghdadi district Council, Maal Allah al-Obaidi stated to IraqiNews.com "The Minister of Interior, Mohammed al-Ghabban, approved forming a brigade of 3000 fighters from the western provinces of Iraq."
[IraqiNews.com] The Commander of the local police, Kasim Rashd, in Wasit province confirmed that the security forces found a bombed barrel in Al-Suyrah district.
Rashd told IraqiNews.com "The security forces found a bombed barrel ready to use on the people" adding that "the local police dismantles it."
[IraqiNews.com] US warplanes destroyed a small oriented plane used by ISIS elements in Iraq.
The American radio station 'Sawa' quoted a statement by the Pentagon as saying, "Air strikes took place near the city of Fallujah led to the destruction of a remotely-controlled plane and a vehicle belonging to the ISIS group."
Pentagon officials said, "The small plane was used by ISIS elements to explore the battlefield," noting that, "It's not a sophisticated plane compared to the US oriented aircrafts, which are capable of flying at great heights and firing rockets."
It is noteworthy that Iraq has been fighting a war on multiple fronts against ISIS since June last year, after its control over large parts of the city of djinn-infested Mosul ... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn... and its expansion toward the northern areas and declaring the "Islamic caliphate" last July.
[IraqiNews.com] US Department of Defense announced Monday, that the American company 'AM General' has been awarded a $32 million-worth contract to supply Iraq with 160 multitasking Humvee vehicles.
The ministry said in a statement posted on its website,"AM General has got a $32 million contract of military sales to Iraq," indicating that, "The contract includes supplying Iraq with 160 M1151A1B1 Humvees for transport and multiple military tasks."
According to the US Department of Defense website, the contract will be performed in South Bend in Indiana and is to expire on June 12, 2015."
[IraqiNews.com] The Iraqi Air Force has thrown leaflets on Nineveh today telling the civilians that the war against the terrorist of the ISIL is very close.
[IRISHTIMES] United Nations ...an organization originally established to war on dictatorships which was promptly infiltrated by dictatorships and is now held in thrall to dictatorships... human rights ...which are usually open to widely divergent definitions... Sherlocks have levelled accusations of genocide and war crimes at Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems.... (IS), citing evidence that the Lion of Islam group's fighters had sought to wipe out the Yazidi minority in Iraq. Picked right up on that one, didn't they?
The Sherlocks reported that the pattern of attacks against the Yazidis, a religious minority living mostly in northern Iraq, pointed to the intention of IS "to destroy the Yazidi as a group".
Although the report states cautiously that the holy warriors "may have committed" genocide, one of the most serious international crimes, Hanny Megally, a senior UN rights official, told news hounds in Geneva that "all the information points in that direction".
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I wonder how they managed to reach this conclusion?
[EDITION.CNN] President Barack Obama I bowled a 129. It’s like — it was like Special Olympics, or something... told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu the United States would "reassess" aspects of its relationship with Israel after Netanyahu's provocative statements leading up to Tuesday's Israeli election.
The phone call Thursday was officially described as a message of congratulations on Netanyahu's victory, but it also carried a serious warning after the prime minister opposed the creation of a Paleostinian state in the last days of his campaign.
"The President told the Prime Minister that we will need to re-assess our options following the Prime Minister's new positions and comments regarding the two state solution," according to a White House official.
According to an official statement put out after the call, the president also emphasized the United States' "long-standing commitment to a two-state solution" during their conversation.
Earlier Thursday, Netanyahu walked back his disavowal of a two-state solution, a position he endorsed in an effort to appeal to right-wing voters with polls showing him facing tough competition.
U.S. officials had already said that they have been waiting to see if Netanyahu would stand behind the campaign comments nixing a Paleostinian state as he moves toward forming a governing coalition.
It took two days for Netanyahu's about face.
"I don't want a one-state solution. I want a sustainable, peaceful two-state solution," Netanyahu said Thursday in an interview with MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell. "I haven't changed my policy."
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See also RELATED RUSSIA TODAY > US [Obama] RE-EVALUATION OF ISRAEL POLICY COULD PAVE WAY TO UN CONDEMNATION, of Israeli settlements. | VIDEO: OBAMA THREATENS TO WITHDRAW US SUPPORT FROM ISRAEL, at the UN.
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* DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > US COULD BACK [anti-Israel] UNITED NATIONS RESOLUTION ON PALESTINE, WHITE HOUSE OFFICIAL SAYS.
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I don't think they could really get worse. It is not as if he's going to order bombing or something. That would put even the most loyal Democrat Jews into the Republican camp.
[Al Ahram] Iran and major powers remain "pretty far" from a deal aimed at preventing Tehran getting nuclear weapons, a European diplomat in crunch talks in Switzerland ...home of the Helvetians, famous for cheese, watches, yodeling, and William Tell... said Thursday while hitting out at Tehran's negotiating tactics.
"I think we are pretty far from a deal," the negotiator said on condition of anonymity. "I really don't believe that we are going to get a (framework) deal on Friday night."
"The Iranians go back, go forward, it changes every day," the diplomat said in Lausanne.
US 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... , his Iranian counterpart and negotiators from Russia, China, Britannia, La Belle France, Germany and the EU are racing to meet a March 31 deadline for the outlines of a deal.
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It would be nice to get a European perspective rather that the crap we hear from the American media.
[Wash Times] U.S. special operations forces, elite commandos engaged in high-risk operations around the world, are adding a new focus to their portfolio of activities: social media and other unconventional information warfare threats.
"Social media is another component of unconventional strategies, and the security environment in general, that is playing a central role in recruiting individuals to causes," Army Gen. Joseph L. Votel, commander of U.S. Special Operations Command, said Wednesday in prepared testimony to the House Armed Services Committee.
"We must therefore develop our ability to interact with key influencers through this medium, or else risk blinding ourselves to this important conduit of information and influence in unfolding crises," Gen. Votel said.
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
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Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
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[Al Ahram] Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi described an attack on his palace in the city of Aden on Thursday as an attempted coup backed by the previous regime. 
In all the hoopla over Vladimir Putin resurfacing, a pretty important news item managed to slip below the radar.
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[DAWN] The lawyer for the main suspect in the Zohra Shahid murder case said that the accused man is being subjected to brutal torture by the police.
Gordon Brown
[DAWN] In an emergency 
