[Tolo News] The Kabul Police reports of arresting another man on the charges of killing Farkhunda, while the cases of placed in durance vile Drop the rod and step away witcher hands up! suspects are going to be sent to the court next week.
Despite arresting nearly 50 people including several police officials, the police have still been unable to arrest 11 main perpetrators involved in killing of Farkhunda -- the 27-year-old girl who was killed and burnt by a mob last month on the accusation of burning the Holy Koran.
Sources told TOLOnews that Saiful-Rahman, one of the key perpetrators, was arrested on Wednesday.
However, a woman is only as old as she admits... five other main perpetrators including Padshah, Habib-e-Deh Afghanan and the custodian of shrine are yet to be arrested.
Meanwhile, ...back at the Senate, Odius Sepulcher called for war against the Visigoths... the fact finding committee reveals about immoral activities being taken place in the Shah-e-Do Shamshera Shrine of Kabul, where Farkhunda was brutally killed.
According to the committee, sex tablets and condoms have been found from one of the rooms in the shrine which was closed after the tragic incident occurred.
The committee members, however, demand open trail of the suspects following fears about possible interference into the court verdicts if the sessions held behind the closed doors.
"People are worried that the case may turn political or the court treat the case unlike to the facts, therefore, the suspects must be tried in public," a committee member Fawzia Kofi said. "Some sacred places are never investigated, but the things discovered there [in the shrine] indicate about immoral activities."
However, a woman is only as old as she admits... president's office reiterates to bring all the perpetrators to justice.
"Government is committed to take serious and solid actions against those who took part in this horrific act," president's front man Ajmal Obaid Abidi said.
Furthermore, the Ulema Council has also announced support to government's stance in dealing with the case according to the laws of Afghanistan.
However, a woman is only as old as she admits... the Criminal Investigation Department of Kabul Police vows to arrest the remaining people who played a key role in killing Farkhunda.
Since her brutal killing, the Afghans around the world have been staging rallies and protests, demanding the Afghan government to bring all the perpetrators to justice.
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Accusing some one of burning a Quran is the ME equivalent of accusing someone of date rape at the University of Virginia. No amount of evidence to the contrary can prevent the accused from being either killed physically or socially.
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"Goodman Abdul abused the Koran,
Perusing the Book with one hand,
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He clambered atop it...
Satanic, unnatural man!"
Nairobi(Sh M Network)- Kenya has suspended the licences of 13 Somali remittance firms following the attack on a college in Garissa by al-Shabab fighters killing more than 200 people.
Bashir Issa Ali, Somalia’s central bank governor, said on Wednesday that money-transfer firms in the country had been officially notified by Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) about the closure of accounts. He said the move would have a devastating impact Kenya’s Somali community, numbering just over one million people, the Reuters news agency reported.
The killing of 148 students by Somalia’s al-Shabab at Garissa, 200km from the border, has piled pressure on Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta to deal with the armed group, which has killed more than 400 people in Kenya in the last two years.
Kenyan media reported dozens of bank accounts had been frozen.
Kenya’s biggest-selling Daily Nation newspaper said on Wednesday that the government has “frozen the accounts of 86 individuals and entities suspected to be financing terrorism in the country”, including Somali remittance firms.
“It’s going to hurt Somalis in Kenya more than Somalis in Somalia. The amount of money sent from abroad to Kenya is huge,” Ali said, pointing out that many Somalis in Kenya rely on relatives abroad for basics including school fees.
There's an obvious solution, based on an understanding of root core cause and effect. Rat out your crazy cousins and keep them from killing innocents.
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MOGADISHU, Somalia -- Federal Government of Somalia has placed over a million USD bounty on the heads of top Al Shabaab officials on Thursday, Garowe Online reports.
It's one thing to offer a bounty...
During a weekly cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke, the council of ministers initially debated a new reward for anybody who gives a tip-off to intelligence services.
Among the 11 most wanted terror officials is new Al Shabaab Chief Ahmed Dirie (Abu Ubayda) on whom the government placed USD 250,000 bounty.
Amounts ranging from 150,000 to 100,000 were also announced for the heads of Deputy Al Shabaab leader Mahad Warsame Qalay (Mahad Karate) and 9 others including the commander of Al Shabaab militants in Galgala Yasin Osman (Kilwe) and Garrisa university attack mastermind Mohamed Mohamud (Dulyadayn-Kunno) respectively.
Meanwhile, cabinet meeting touched on the closure by Kenyan government of Somali remittance companies, and assets freeze imposed on figures suspected to be funding Al Shabaab activities.
Somalia’s Minister for Foreign Affairs Abdisalam Omar Hadli is said in a press statement to have started holding talks with Kenyan officials about the new decision to cease the operations of remittance firms.
Other nations have also issued rewards for information on Shabaab commanders, with Washington offering cash rewards of up to $5 million including for three Shabaab commanders.
Kenya has offered $215,000 for alleged Shabaab commander Mohammed Mohamud, a former Kenyan teacher believed to now be in Somalia and said to be the criminal mastermind behind the Garissa attack.
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I hope they pay the bounty for their heads and not the rest of them.
That kind of L'Argent can go a long ways in equatorial Africa so this could flush out these worms.
Of course, I would reserve some special entertainment for the donors and the bag men helping finance these and other monsters. I actually at some level think the donors and financiers are worse than the guys with the guns.
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[Daily Nation (Kenya)] A witness testifying in a case against a businessman and his son accused of hosting slain Al Qaeda leader Fazul Abdullah on Friday said no man was allowed in the trader's house.
Ms Neema Juma said the businessman, Mr Mahfudh Ashur Hemed, who has been charged alongside his son Ibrahim Ashur, never allowed men inside his house in order to protect his family.
She told Mombasa Chief Magistrate Maxwell Gicheru that the reason for the accused's action was also in accordance to religious teachings.
The defence witness told the court that she worked for the accused as a house help for over ten years until 2005.
The witness who was being led in her evidence by defence lawyer Abdalla Mazrui said she used to visit the family even after quitting her job.
Upon cross examination by prosecutor Dominic Mate, the witness said she was also tossed in the calaboose at the house and taken to Malindi Police Station before being released.
The witness further said that she did not know what happened in the house at night.
HOSTED TERRORIST
The father and son are alleged to have hosted Fazul on unknown dates between December 2007 and August 2, 2008.
Another defence witness, Eric Howai, told the court that the accused have been his neighbours for almost ten years.
Mr Howai also told the court that he had not seen any male visitor entering the house without the owner, Mr Hemed.
"He (Mr Hemed) did not have a guest room, the was no place to host a visitor," said Mr Howai, adding that he heard that the accused and his son were incarcerated Youse'll never take me alive coppers!... [BANG!]... Ow!... I quit! because of hosting someone.
Upon cross examination by another defence lawyer Jared Magolo, the witness said there was no way there could be a visitor in the house without his knowledge.
The witness, who told the court that he was a contractor, said he could not explain what went on inside the house throughout the day
The court declined to allow an application by the defense to call one more witness to clarify some religious issues, saying it was not necessary.
Thirty seven prosecution witnesses, six of them are from the United States, have already testified.
Other charges facing Mr Hemed and Mr Ashur are that they were an accessory to the fact after murder, where it was alleged that as well knowing that Fazul Abdullah who was the head of Al Qaeda's operations in East Africa, they harboured, assisted and maintained him in order to enable him escape punishment.
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[Libya Herald] Some Libyans are being forced to pay bribes to cross the border into Tunisia at Ras Jedir, according to several travellers who have experienced problems at the western border post this week.
One woman was told her car's paperwork was incorrect and was ordered to pay LD 500 to Libyan border guards to be able to drive out of the country. After the ordeal, she described spending five hours negotiating with the men, whom she said were masked and armed, before eventually being allowed to pass through.
Other Libyans say they have been targeted depending on their hometown in Libya. Mohammed, from Derna, told the Libya Herald he was stopped for two hours and quizzed. Not wanting to wait any longer for what threatened to be lengthy verification processes for his documents, he paid LD 150 -- after negotiating the price down -- to get his passport stamped and proceed towards Tunisian passport control.
A Benghazi resident, Muftah, said he was detained at the border by what he described as a militia, and pressurised into paying LD 200. As a resident from Benghazi's Al-Laithi district, currently the scene of fierce festivities between Libyan National Army (LNA) and rebel forces including Ansar al-Sharia ...a Salafist militia which claims it is not part of al-Qaeda, even though it works about the same and for the same ends. There are groups of the same name in Libyaand Yemen, with the Libyan versions currently most active. Tunisia's Shabaab al-Tawhid started out an Ansar al-Sharia and changed its name in early 2014. It still uses the old name now and then, probably because the stationery's not all used up and the web site hasn't expired yet... -affiliated fighters, he said he felt he was targeted as a potential supporter of the Beida-based government.
Other travellers, however, both Libyans and foreigners, have continued to cross the border in both directions without experiencing any such problems.
Although the border is monitored by official border guards, since the Revolution loose control has been held by local brigades from the nearby Amazigh town of Zuwara. When Libya Dawn ...aka Fajr Libya, the Islamist operation launched to counter that of General Khalifa Haftar (Operation Dignity). It is made up of the Libya Shield militia (Misrata and Moslem Brotherhood), Libya Revolutionaries Operations Room (Moslem Brotherhood), and Tripoli Brigade (close to Abdul Hakim Belhaj, head of Al-Watan party). Financing and moral support come from Turkey and Qatar... took control of 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... in August, fighters from Zuwara aligned themselves with movement.
However, death is not the end. There remains the litigation over the estate... most Libya Dawn fighters have reportedly not received their salaries for the last three months, while the Tripoli government attempts to activate a system of paying salaries based on national ID numbers.
One regular traveller said it was widely-known in the local area that Tunisian fuel smugglers continued to bribe local brigades to turn a blind eye to them carrying fuel from Libya to Tunisia, where petrol is much higher in price.
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[Libya Herald] The Ghat Hospital is suffering from a severe lack of resources and if it does not get the fuel and medical supplies it needs to keep operating, it could be forced to close down.
According to hospital director Rasul Mohammed Mubarak, not only are supplies, such as medical equipment and fuel, not readily available, traffic at the hospital has dramatically increased in recent months.
"Eighty-five percent of Obari residents have fled, and many of them have come to Ghat. We're serving a much larger population now," Mubarak explained.
Mubarak said that the hospital's supply of medicines is sufficient at present, but that the fuel shortages have been particularly hard on the hospital.
"We are not able to run our generators without fuel. Without the generators, we can't run dialysis machines and other medical equipment. We're also not able to launder bed sheets and other linens necessary to keep the conditions at the hospital sanitary," Mubark said.
Meanwhile, ...back at the shouting match, Bart was wondering if fisticuffs would be appropriate at this point... the hospital is also in need of more doctors and space to meet the demand. Obari Teaching Hospital has sent some staff to Ghat, but just the same, the hospital is looking for ways to diffuse the demand on-site.
"We are encouraging patients to seek treatment at local clinics whenever possible to cut down on crowding at the hospital. The problem is that many residents only trust the big hospital, even for minor issues," Mubarak said.
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The problem is that many residents only trust the big hospital, even for minor issues.
Sounds like the problem we have with illegal aliens.
[ARABNEWS] A well-known Saudi scholar and television host has slammed the Houthis for claiming that they are winning the war against the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen.
"They're lying. They've claimed that they have the upper hand in the fight against the Saudi-led coalition but this is not true," said Mohsin Sheikh Al-Hassan, an author and host of the program Jobs on Air.
His comments came in the wake of the Defense Ministry revealing on Thursday that the former Yemeni president, President-for-Life Ali Abdullah Saleh ... Saleh initially took power as a strongman of North Yemen in 1977, when disco was in flower, but he didn't invite Donna Summer to the inauguration and Blondie couldn't make it... , and his followers have been claiming that they are winning the war. Brig. Gen. Ahmad Al-Assiri, consultant in the office of the defense minister, said this was a lie.
Al-Hassan said: "For instance they've also claimed that the United Arab Emirates has backed out of the coalition which is not true. The only Gulf Cooperation Council country not part of the coalition is Oman."
He said Oman is not involved in the campaign because Sultan Qaboos bin Said has just returned to the country from medical treatment abroad and is still recovering.
"It was expected that the attention would be on his recovery instead of the country's involvement in the coalition's campaign to restore the legitimate government of President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi."
Al-Hassan said the Houthis are also trying to create the impression that the coalition's air attacks have killed women and kiddies. "This is also not true. They're the ones behind the killings. They're the type of people who will kill and then visit the grave of that person and cry," he said.
Al-Hassan accused Iran of supporting the Houthis' propaganda, and providing them arms and other support because of their expansionist objectives in the region.
"Iran wants to oust the legitimate government of President Hadi so that it can spread the Persian language," Al-Hassan said. Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... has led Operation Decisive Storm because Hadi called on the country for the operation, which is backed by many countries, he said.
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Seems the war of words between the Persian Empire and the Kingdom are heating up.
What are the overs and unders on an overt act by one on the other in the next three months?
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[ARABNEWS] Operation Decisive Storm against the 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 ... militia is an obligatory duty of those who defend the two holy mosques as Yemen ...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of. Except for a tiny handful of Jews everthing there is very Islamic... is a land of Islamic faith and wisdom, said Imam and khatib at Makkah's Grand Mosque Sheikh Saud Al-Shoraim on Friday.
"When the forces of the land of the two holy mosques launched Decisive Storm, their fury was rooted in wisdom, sagacity and patience," Sheikh Shoraim said in the weekly sermon.
"The discerning society does not differentiate between internal and external enemies. Defensive moves against enemies are of the most obligatory duties of the rulers and people. Envious people and hate mongers will only dispute the steps taken to ensure security. It is a blessing that a community is spared from a war and it calls for gratitude to Allah because it is a special mercy," Al-Shoraim said.
He added that the Ahl Al-Sunna Wal Jamaah (the Moslems) believe in appointing a leader who takes care of their rights and protects their religion, and defends them from their enemies.
He said Decisive Storm basically aims to protect the land of the two holy mosques from the enemies of Islam and also the people of the country where the mosques belong. He added that enemies also aim to destroy the real Islamic belief, values and sacred symbols.
"There are some people who do not want Decisive Storm to succeed, either because of their envy or hatred."
Meanwhile, ...back at the wrecked scow, a single surviver held tightly to the smashed prow... at the Prophet's Mosque, imam and khatib Sheikh Abdul Bari Al-Thobaity said that the strength of Shariah is that it is a tool to bring justice, and not a goal in itself, while it boosts the pillars of peace.
"Decisive Storm is an expression of the hopes of Yemenis and was launched in response to their request for help," Al-Thobaity said in his sermon.
The imam added that history has shown that decisiveness is the mark of unique leaders especially against a treacherous people. He pointed out that within the decision to launch Decisive Storm as an operation to support the principles of Islam and justice in Yemen, Arab leaders are following the model of the last Prophet (peace be upon him), who demolished the Mosque of Sedition, which served as a den for the plotters against Islam.
The sheikh also lauded the decisiveness displayed by King of the Arabians, Sheikh of the Burning Sands, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman ...either the largest species of Pacific salmon or the current Sheikh of the Burnin' Sands, Cutodian of the Two Holy Mosquesand Lord of Most of the Arabians.... in launching Decisive Storm to support Islam and elevate the word of the Moslems, and to establish the rights of the Moslems in Yemen when a group of people started spreading bidaa (prohibited innovations in religious matters) and undertaking misleading acts by rebelling against their ruler and killing people, and destroying mosques and homes under false slogans.
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[ARABNEWS] Pakistain's non-participation in Operation Decisive Storm against the Iran-backed 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 ... militia in Yemen ...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of. Except for a tiny handfull of Jews everthing there is very Islamic... will not affect the coalition's work, the Defense Ministry said on Friday.
The Pak government had not yet announced its official position, said Brig. Gen. Ahmad Al-Assiri, consultant in the office of the defense minister, in his daily media briefing at Riyadh Air Base.
Pakistain earlier expressed "unequivocal support for the Kingdom of Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... " and promised to "stand shoulder to shoulder with Saudi Arabia and its people" if Saudi territory were violated.
The country's Parliament adopted a draft resolution calling on all sides to resolve their differences peacefully in a "deteriorating security and humanitarian situation" which has "implications for peace and stability of the region."
It said: "Parliament desires that Pakistain should maintain neutrality in the Yemen conflict so as to be able to play a proactive diplomatic role to end the crisis."
Al-Assiri said Pakistain would add value to the operation. However, some people are alive only because it's illegal to kill them... the coalition currently has the capacity and trained personnel to do the job if the country does not participate.
"Pakistain's participation is in the interest of the Yemeni people and the operation but there are other forces already with the coalition that are well trained for the terrain," he said.
Meanwhile, ...back at the chili cook-off, Chuck reached for the green sauce... coalition Arclight airstrikes have caused significant damage to the Houthis' food, arms and fuel depots, and their communications network, Al-Assiri said, adding that the allies have been destroying ballistic and air defense missiles, and other ammunition stores.
"We are focusing on places where the enemy has been gathering, their supplies and communications. The air forces have shelled the Houthis in Saada, Emran, Shabwah Ma'rib and Sana'a," said Al-Assiri.
The coalition's forces have also been monitoring the Saudi-Yemeni border, and have targeted movement of rebels there, he said. "Air operations are continuing and there is a systematic operation now focused on supporting Popular Committees and elements on the ground loyal to the legitimate government," he said.
The coalition has bombed a stadium in Aden used by the Houthis to store ammunition, and which had tunnels to transport arms and food supplies, Al-Assiri disclosed.
"The Houthis are now taking refuge in various civilian structures including public schools and sports complexes because they are on the run. We will target them wherever they are," he said. The purpose is not to intentionally damage the country's infrastructure, but target these facilities once they are used by the Houthis for military purposes.
He said the Houthis have caused the shortage of fuel in Yemen for the population by targeting distribution routes, as reported by various media outlets.
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Am I hearing a certain "yawl don't need The Mighty Pak Army" reluctance?
[VOA News] 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... is calling for an immediate humanitarian pause to allow more life-saving aid to be brought into Yemen ...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of. Except for a tiny handfull of Jews everthing there is very Islamic... by air and sea.
Johannes Van Der Klaauw, U.N. humanitarian coordinator for Yemen, says basic services are collapsing and people are facing a crisis of unprecedented proportions as Arclight airstrikes and other armed actions have spread to 15 of the country's 22 governorates.
The world deliberative body says millions of people are at risk of physical injury or death because of the fighting and the lack of basic services, including health care, safe water and food.
The World Health Organization reports 648 people have been killed and 2,191 maimed. The WHO also warned of measles, meningitis and typhoid outbreaks.
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Sternly worded letter still in its draft stage, Johannes?
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And Famine is making it's move! At the quarter-mile post it's Famine by a nose powering past Uncle Malthus' BBQ and heading home with a great bloody steak. At the wire it's Famine followed by Mysterious Hacking and Silly Stupidities.
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I think the UN has deteriorated from clueless to delusional on Yemen.
On a scale of 1 to 10 on the deteriorating situation scale, Yemen was at an 11 in February and is not streaking toward a 15.
Hello UN, the situation cannot get any worse, except maybe a tidal wave, typhoon, earthquake or ELE level meteor strike.
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Just one left handed passive aggressive "Snark of the Day" forced me into the dark side, yes, I could have been a contender, but no! You made me into a bum, you should have been nicer to me.
[BBC] Two planes carrying much-needed relief supplies have arrived in the Yemeni capital Sanaa.
The aircraft have brought in medical equipment and food and water supplies from the Red Thingy and the UN children's fund (Unicef).
The UN has warned that basic services are unravelling in Yemen, with widespread food and fuel shortages.
Meanwhile, ...back at the game, the Babe headed for second base. He almost made it. Then Sheila slapped him.... Pakistain has ruled itself out of joining the Saudi-led coalition fighting 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 in Yemen.
Pakistain's parliament voted against joining its ally, Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... , saying in a resolution that it should "maintain neutrality" in Yemen.
'Humanitarian pause'
The International Committee of the Red Thingy (ICRC) said its plane landed in Sanaa carrying 16 tonnes of medical aid, including drugs and surgical equipment.
Unicef's plane has flown in the same amount of aid - bringing food supplements for 20,000 children as well as medical supplies.
"The supplies we have managed to bring in today can make the difference between life and death for children and their families," said Unicef's Julien Harneis
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Yemen imports 3.6 million tons of wheat a year. Any amount of food they fly in is basically irrelevant.
[AnNahar] La Belle France's defense ministry on Friday dismissed claims by self-proclaimed 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.... cyberjihadists that they had posted classified army documents online when they hacked into a major television channel.
The bully boyz shut down transmissions at TV5Monde from late Wednesday to Thursday and hijacked its website and social networks, posting documents on its Facebook page purporting to be the ID cards and CVs of relatives of French soldiers involved in anti-IS operations.
But the ministry denied this on Friday after "thorough examination" of the "supposedly confidential" documents.
"None of these documents mention the identity of French soldiers or of their families," it said in a statement.
"The defense ministry categorically denies that those who attacked TV5Monde's broadcasting capabilities published defense-related confidential documents."
The cyberjihadists were able to black out the 11 channels of TV5Monde for several hours, and the station was then forced to broadcast pre-recorded programs for most of Thursday until it resumed full operations around 6 pm local time.
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[AnNahar] A gang suspected of links to the 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.... group planned possible kidnappings, an execution and attacks on Jewish shops and public buildings in Spain, an investigating judge said Friday.
Judges in Madrid questioned the 11 suspects, including a woman and a 17-year-old, who were placed in durance vile Drop the rosco, Muggsy, or you're one with the ages! on Wednesday in Spain's northeastern Catalonia region.
Ten of were accused of belonging to the Islamic Brotherhood for Preaching Jihad, a group in Spain suspected of recruiting members for the IS insurgency, the National Court in Madrid said on Friday. An eleventh suspect was accused of possessing arms and explosives, Judge Santiago Pedraz said in a written ruling.
"They were considering abducting a person in Spain, dressing them in an orange overall in the style of the group known as Islamic State, interrogating them and cutting their throat in order to broadcast it" by video, a source in the investigation told AFP. The IS has frequently broadcast footage showing their execution victims wearing orange suits of the same style given to prisoners at the controversial U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay.
Gang members had also discussed "abducting the director of a bank branch" for ransom, the source added.
The court remanded in jug seven of the suspects on terrorism charges, and released three others pending further proceedings. After a separate hearing another judge sent the 17-year-old to a juvenile detention center, a court source added.
Officials said on Wednesday that five of the suspects were Moroccans, five Spanish and one Paraguayan. They said the cell had already sent at least four recruits to Syria and Iraq, where the IS declared a "caliphate" last year.
A source in the investigation said the suspects appeared to have been radicalized "very quickly."
Police investigations revealed that the suspected cell founder, Antonio Saez Martinez -- dubbed "Ali the Hairdresser" -- told other members he came close to launching an attack on a Jewish bookshop in Barcelona, Judge Pedraz wrote. He allegedly proposed attacks with guns and grenades against synagogues, security forces and the Catalan regional parliament. Police found on his mobile phone photographs of potential targets for attacks in Barcelona such as a hotel, a cop shoppe and a shopping center, the ruling said.
The judge said another of the suspects was a "neo-Nazi" who was caught with a hand grenade, knives, guns and ammunition, while another had material that could be used to make bombs.
Spain stepped up counterterrorism operations after jihadist attacks killed 17 people in Gay Paree in January. Spanish authorities have arrested around 40 suspected jihadists so far this year -- five more than in the whole of 2014.
The suspects, mostly from the city of Terrassa about a 30-minute drive from Barcelona, had formed a group they called "Islamic Brotherhood for Jihad Predication" that was linked ideologically to the Islamic State group, the report said.
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[Jpost] India's nationalist government plans to resettle tens of thousands of Hindus in three new townships in Muslim-dominated Kashmir, setting up a confrontation with separatists who say it is an Israel-style policy of creating settlements in occupied territory.
Ah. The Hinjoo accusation. The Muslims in that part of the worls are awfully fond of that locution, being as it's almost as clever as the juices.
Many Kashmiri Hindus, or Pandits, also say they are not in favor of the plan.
The answer to that will lie in how many Pandits sign up to move in.
Between 200,000 to 300,000 Hindus are estimated to have fled Kashmir after an armed revolt against New Delhi's rule erupted in 1989 and Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has long vowed to return them to their homes.
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Well, free housing of substandard government construction on a mountain top is better than substandard cardboard boxes in a cesspool that are rented. I expect there will be some takers.
[DAWN] India condemned Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi ...an asset of the Pak govt and a big turban in Lashkar-e-Taiba, which is actually a redundant statement. Zak was the criminal mastermind behind the 2008 Mumbai attack. Despite what India's provided there is not enough evidence in this world for a Pak court to convict him or even to keep him in the calaboose for very long... 's release deeming it an "insult" to the victims of the 26/11 Mumbai attack.
“This is a very disappointing announcement. An insult to the victims of 26/11 Mumbai attack. The global community should take serious note of Pakistan's double-speak on terrorism,” said an Indian home ministry spokesperson who asked not to be named.
Pakistan annuls India's criticism Pakistan, while reacting to Indian remarks over Lakhvi’s release, said it would not be proper to cast aspersions on Pakistan’s commitment to countering terrorism at a time when Pakistan has entered a critical stage of defeating the menace of terrorism.
Answering the concerns of Indian ministry spokesman, Foreign Office Spokesperson Tasneem Alsam reminded India that the case of Mumbai attack suspects is subjudice.
She said “inordinate delay in extending cooperation by India complicated the case and weakened the prosecution”. "We respect the judicial process and are confident that it would serve the interest of justice," she said.
Lakhvi is among the seven persons charged with planning and helping carry out the 2008 Mumbai attacks. The six other men facing trial in Adiala Jail for their alleged involvement in Mumbai attacks are Hammad Amin Sadiq, Shahid Jamil Riaz, Younas Anjum, Jamil Ahmed, Mazhar Iqbal and Abdul Majid.
At the time of the attacks, Lakhvi was believed to be the operational head of the banned Laskhar-i-Taiba (LT) that has been accused by India of carrying out the attacks in India's financial capital.
Lakhvi along with Zarar Shah was allegedly the key planner of the attack that killed 166 people.
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[The News (Pak)] The United States on Friday denounced the decision by Pak authorities to free the alleged criminal mastermind of the 2008 Mumbai attacks, Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi ...an asset of the Pak govt and a big turban in Lashkar-e-Taiba, which is actually a redundant statement. Zak was the criminal mastermind behind the 2008 Mumbai attack. Despite what India's provided there is not enough evidence in this world for a Pak court to convict him or even to keep him in the calaboose for very long... , on bail.
State Department front man Jeff Rathke said Washington was "gravely concerned" and had "communicated that concern to senior Pak officials over the course of many months and as recently as yesterday."
"Terrorist attacks are an insult on the collective safety and security of all countries," Rathke added.
Earlier, a Pak prison official confirmed that Lakhvi -- wanted by India for his alleged leading role in a three-day onslaught on civilian targets in Mumbai that left 166 dead -- had been released.
A judge first granted him bail in December. Pakistain´s government responded with a series of detention orders, but judges repeatedly cancelled them.
Then, on Thursday, the Lahore High Court ordered his release, conditional on a two million rupee ($20,000) bond.
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[Jewish Press] The man the Iranians refer to as their "Supreme Leader" told the world on Thursday, April 9, that whatever terms were discussed at Lausanne by negotiators from the U.S., U.K., France, Russia, China and Germany, with Iran are "non-binding."
Ayatollah Ali Khameini spoke on television as part of Iran's National Day of Nuclear Technology. The two points Khameini addressed head-on and emphasized as essential from his perspective are ones on which the West cannot give ground over: first, the immediate lifting of international sanctions imposed because of Iran's nuclear activity as soon as a deal is reached, and second, the barring of access by any international monitoring personnel to any Iranian military facilities.
Both of those points are flatly contradicted by what the U.S. has confirmed were agreements reached in the Lausanne parameters.
According to the ironclad U.S. position, sanctions on Iran will only be lifted when that country can prove it is in compliance with its nuclear commitments. Sanctions will not be lifted simply on the date an agreement is reached, which Khameini claims is an essential component of any deal.
The Iranian cleric described the U.S. description of agreements reached at Lausanne as "wrong on most of the issues," and claimed it "distorted reality."
"All sanctions should be removed just when the deal is reached. If sanctions removal depends on another process, then why did we start to talk?" he asked.
Khameini's insistence was echoed by Hassan Rouhani, Iran's president: "We will not sign any agreements unless, on the first day of the implementation of the deal, all economic sanctions are totally lifted on the same day," he said.
The U.S. has said that under the framework understanding recently reached, the Iranians have to address the International Atomic Energy Agency's concerns about possible military dimensions of its nuclear program.
But Khameini was adamant that international inspectors will not be permitted to inspect and monitor Iran's military bases.
""Iran's military sites cannot be inspected under the excuse of nuclear supervision," Khameini said.
The Ayatollah has been much more circumspect about the nuclear deal than have, for example, the Americans. The Champ regime has been lobbying Congress very hard about the importance of the deal, while the Iranians have been cautious in their descriptions.
Khameini has commandeered a refrain uttered repeatedly by U.S. President Champ, mostly to quell the concerns of his harshest critics, "no deal is better than a bad deal."
When the Iranian cleric says "no deal is better than a bad deal," however, it sounds more like a warning that his team will walk away unless their demands are met.
"It is not even clear whether the talks will bear fruit and lead to an agreement ... But I will welcome a deal that preserves the honour of the Iranian people and we always say that no deal is better than a bad deal."
[VOA News] U.N. Secretary-General the ephemeral Ban Ki-moon ... of whom it can be said to his credit that he is not Kofi Annan... warned Thursday that civilians in Syria and Yemen ...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of. Except for a tiny handfull of Jews everthing there is very Islamic... are being "willfully abandoned to misery." He is urging the international community to press for an end to the violence and better protection of civilians.
Ban told news hounds the crisis in Yemen has plunged an already very poor country into a severe humanitarian crisis. He said attempts 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 to seize more territory violate U.N. Security Council resolutions. This has led to an escalation in the conflict, as a Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... n-led Arab coalition conducts Arclight airstrikes at the request of the beleaguered president, Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi.
"The coalition air raids -- and the continuing attempts by the Houthis and their allied gangs to expand their power - have turned an internal political crisis into a violent conflict that risks deep and long-lasting regional repercussions," said Ban. "The last thing the region and our world need is more of the chaos and crimes we have seen in Libya and Syria."
The U.N. children's agency - UNICEF - says that since fighting began on March 26, about 100,000 people have been displaced and at least 74 children killed. Some hospitals and medical facilities have been attacked and aid agencies are struggling to get in urgently needed assistance to civilians in several parts of the country.
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Dear Ban Ki, why don't you look northward on your next home visit---to see how a real death camp looks.
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MOGADISHU, Somalia -- Federal Government of Somalia has placed over a million USD bounty on the heads of top Al Shabaab officials on Thursday, Garowe Online reports.
[Daily Nation (Kenya)] A witness testifying in a case against a businessman and his son accused of hosting slain Al Qaeda leader 
Upon cross examination by another defence lawyer Jared Magolo, the witness said there was no way there could be a visitor in the house without his knowledge.
[ARABNEWS] A well-known Saudi scholar and television host has slammed the Houthis for claiming that they are winning the war against the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen.
[The News (Pak)] The United States on Friday denounced the decision by Pak authorities to free the alleged 
[Jewish Press] The man the Iranians refer to as their "Supreme Leader" told the world on Thursday, April 9, that whatever terms were discussed at Lausanne by negotiators from the U.S., U.K., France, Russia, China and Germany, with Iran are "non-binding."
the ephemeral Ban Ki-moon
