It kept in place -- for now -- the provision allowing the state to require police officers to enforce immigration laws.
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The most interesting thing was the ruling was 7-1, with Ginsberg and Sotomayor supporting. The impact is that local cops, with PC for a stop, can inquire on immigration status. ICE is not prepared for the flood of data, nor the number of immigration holds this will create in local jail databases.
Secondarilly, the decision on SEIU not being allowed to create the "opt-out" non-sense on union dues collected for political actions is a huge issue. It will begin the erosion of union power, even in this bastion of progressive self-destruction that we in CA witness each day. Remember Wisconsin public union membership dropped over 50% when the didn't have their dues taken if not union members. This sets the table for that to happen nationwide. Absent union money. liberal/progressives in the US are going to feel a stunning decline in cash.
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Goodness, Homeland Security is efficient! They,ve already suspended immIgration agreements with the Arizona police. Link
The Obama administration said Monday it is suspending existing agreements with Arizona police over enforcement of federal immigration laws, and said it has issued a directive telling federal authorities to decline many of the calls reporting illegal immigrants that the Homeland Security Department may get from Arizona police.
Administration officials, speaking on condition they not be named, told reporters they expect to see an increase in the number of calls they get from Arizona police but that wont change President Obamas decision to limit who the government actually tries to detain and deport.
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He's already demonstrated that he'll do what he wants despite the Congress. Now he'll do what he wants despite the Supreme Court.
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So now he's gone rogue?
Wowsers, we better hope he doesn't get reelected or he'll try to turn himself into a US version of pudge, complete with cult of personality in the MSM.
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What AZ should do is what was done prior to World War II, set up 50 caliber machine gun nests, at that time to prevent a possible but rumored Japanese invasion (which later actually did happen with the bombing of Pearl Harbor, so the rumor was true). This time to prevent the infiltration of Islamic Terrorists but given permission to shoot anything that tries to come across the US border. If the Dems want to play nuance, the right can do so, too.
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So Homeland Security suspends illegal immigration agreements with local law enforcement in Arizona? Local law enforcement can ask about immigration status in a stop if there is PC for some other suspected offense. If local police find an illegal immigrant but they did not hold up a 7-11, murder someone, or sell dope, as previously thought; that is, it's a case of mistaken identity, then it looks like a catch and release program on the illegal immigration offense.
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Won't answer the phone call. That'll work well till the illegal with an outstanding want and warrant gets a pass, or one convicted and did time and deported returns for more mayhem. If the bureaucracy wants to build a long trail of abuses, remember -
But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security
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Arzona Sheriff Joe Arpaio just told Fox News border states have a list of state laws they will enforce if Janet Napolitano, ICE, or any other agency now under control by the gangster government refuses to implement federal laws passed by common consent after no papers are shown during probable cause stops of foreigners here in the US illegally.
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Sheriff Joes Youtube video of his response has a "front door Latino" in the comment section applauding Joe, demanding other Mexicans stop coming over through the back door and Youtube keeps deleting his comments.
Germany's finance minister is rejecting U.S. President Barack Obama's calls on Europe to move faster in fighting its debt crisis, telling him to get the American deficit under control instead.
Wolfgang Schaeuble told public broadcaster ZDF in an interview late Sunday that "people are always very quick at giving others advice."
He says: "Mr. Obama should first of all take care of reducing the American deficit, which is higher than in the eurozone."
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That would be a good idea that isn't going to happen while Obama is in office. Raising the debt limit is going to come up again just before the election. How's that going to play out?
Timed nicely to reassure the many Israel-lovers among American voters, who pay attention to such things, just before the election, while preventing Israel from attacking Iran until afterward, when it may well be too late.
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Meanwhile just as I suspected "The region and the whole world is changing and renewing at fast pace, Putin said. In this situation of change and renewal we need to find ways for cooperation in region and the wider world that will enable everyone to live in peace and quiet. I see a desire to curb all terrorism. The gas pipelines to Europe benefit many countries. That won't work if they are blown up. The key is true change and renewal. Yes, many don't trust the Russians and Putin but I see an opportunity. He looks to be an active leader. This meeting with Israel was an interesting development.
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Not a huge deal. The export version of the F-16 uses off the shelf radar, tracking and jamming equipment. Iranian "calibration" would only hurt them as the military US grade stuff would laugh at the attempt and still blow their asses to Narnia.
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The 117's are retired, but I think a nice surgical strike should be undertaken to wipe out any of OOgo's remaining F-16's.
Surely the Great Warrior that single-handedly took out Osama Bin Forgotten can get past Cancerbreath's Sopwith Camels or whatever he has for an air farce.
[Tolo News] Indian police have incarcerated Book 'im, Mahmoud! a key suspect accused of co-ordinating the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks in which 166 people were killed and more than 300 maimed, media reports said Monday.
The Press Trust of India (PTI) news agency quoted unnamed police sources as confirming the arrest of Abu Hamza, also known as Sayed Zabiuddin, an Indian-born member of the Pak Death Eater group Lashkar-e-Taiba ...the Army of the Pure, an Ahl-e-Hadith terror organization founded by Hafiz Saeed. LeT masquerades behind the Jamaat-ud-Dawa facade within Pakistain and periodically blows things up and kills people in India. Despite the fact that it is banned, always an interesting concept in Pakistain, the organization remains a blatant tool and perhaps an arm of the ISI... Hamza was allegedly one of the handlers based in Bloody Karachi ...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It may be the largest city in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous... , Pakistain who issued instructions by telephone to the 10 gunnies as they stormed two luxury hotels, a Jewish centre, a restaurant and a train station in Mumbai.
Hamza, who has used a string of aliases, was incarcerated Book 'im, Mahmoud! at Delhi international airport on June 21 when he arrived from the Middle East and he has since been remanded in jug, PTI reported.
Pak national Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab, the only gunman caught alive during the 60-hour assault on Mumbai in November 2008, was handed down a death sentence by the Bombay High Court last year.
PTI described Hamza as the 30-year-old "Hindi tutor" to the gunnies and said that he came from the western state of Maharashtra, of which Mumbai is the capital.
Delhi police spokesmen told AFP they were unable to immediately comment on reports about the arrest.
India blames the Lashkar-e-Taiba Death Eater outfit, which is banned in Pakistain, for training, equipping and financing the Mumbai gunnies with support from "elements" in the Pakistain military.
Pakistain has indicted seven alleged perpetrators over the attacks but their trial, which began in 2009, has been beset by numerous delays triggering Indian accusations that the process is a sham.
The United States in April offered a $10 million reward for information leading to the conviction of Hafiz Muhammad Saeed ...who would be wearing a canvas jacket with very long sleeves anyplace but Pakistain... , the founder of Lashkar-e-Taiba who lives openly in Pakistain and is accused of criminal masterminding the Mumbai attacks.
Aircraft are banned from flying below 500 feet over the All England Club in London SW19 and within a perimeter of 0.75 nautical miles.
Ground commander Supt Pete Dobson of the Metropolitan Police said that general security had been increased for this year's tournament, which ends just 18 days before the Olympics, and that more uniformed and plain clothed officers would be on the ground.
"I am conscious that the attention is on London throughout the whole summer," he said. "I am acutely aware that if someone was to do something untoward here it could well have a knock on effect on the Olympics.There is a greater security awareness this year. "We are always looking to improve security plans so we do review it and we do make some tactical changes so we can defeat anyone who is trying to do a hostile reconnaissance."
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Democrats running for election will have to distance themselves from Obama in order to get elected. They will have to repudiate his actions and policies. They still might have trouble getting elected.
Egypt's president-elect tells Iran's Fars news agency he's looking to expand ties with Tehran to create strategic 'balance' in region
Egypt's President-elect Mohammed Morsi said in an interview with Iran's Fars news agency on Monday that he was looking to expand ties with Tehran to create a strategic "balance" in the region.
Fars quoted him as saying he was interested in better relations with Tehran. "This will create a balance of pressure in the region, and this is part of my program".
Fars said he was speaking a few hours before the results of the Egyptian election were announced on Sunday.
Morsi was declared Egypt's first Islamist president on Sunday after the freest elections in the country's history.
The election commission said Morsi won with 51.7% of last weekend's run-off vote versus 48.3 for Shafiq. Turnout was 51%. Voter turnout in the first round stood at 46%.
Iran was one of the first countries to congratulate Morsi on his win. "The revolutionary movement of the Egyptian people... is in its final stages of the Islamic awakening and a new era of change in the Middle East," said Iran's Foreign Ministry in a statement.
In his first address to the nation, hours after being declared Egypt's new president, Morsi pledged to "preserve international accords and obligations" - a reference to the peace deal with Israel.
However, nothing needs reforming like other people's bad habits... Morsi did not specifically mention Israel or the 1979.
The IDF's Southern Command has held a situation assessment and decided to close the Kerem Shalom border crossing in light of recent mortar shell attacks on southern Israel from the Gazoo Strip.
Three decades after signing Egypt treaty, Israel finds itself without Sinai, and without peace
Some 150 years after the French Revolution, Chinese leader Zhou Enlai noted that it is still too early to assess its significance. He exaggerated, of course, but was right in principle.
It is dangerous to celebrate great historical events too early.
There, some 34 years after Israel withdrew from the Sinai Peninsula, it suddenly turns out that we made a terrible, foolish mistake. Two leaders, Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat, were awarded a Nobel Peace Prize because of this folly, and it was considered to be one of the best things that happened here since 1948.
Yet one clear day, we found ourselves without the Sinai, and without peace.
Even withdrawal objectors had trouble at the time imagining the extent of the catastrophe. They barricades themselves on a Yamit monument in order to warn us that one of these days the Egyptians will attack us from the Sinai, yet they did not consider the possibility that the Egyptian threats will be a minor issue compared to the new threat we now face from that region which we left behind in 1982.
All the madmen of the radical Islamic camp are flooding the area as of late and are starting to embitter our lives. Afghanistan is here. As opposed to previous periods, we cannot even respond, as not to find ourselves entangled in a head-on collision with the new Egypt; an Iran-style Egypt.
All we can do now is build a fence and hope for a miracle.
In fact, one miracle has already happened. Despite all the domestic and external pressures, we have not yet signed a peace treaty with Syria that is based on the Egyptian model of withdrawing to the last inch.
The impasse on establishing a Paleostinian state is also a sort of miracle. We spared ourselves Qassam rockets exploding in Tiberius, in Afula and in Herzliya. Indeed, that's the last thing we needed right now.
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The Muslim Brotherhood advocates pan-Islamic unity and implementing Sharia law. Founder Hassan al-Banna wrote about the restoration of the Caliphate which will use Sharia as it's cornerstone. The deeply help hope of these people is to one day come together in a United Islamic Federation of many regional states quite similar to the United States. Israel obviously does not fit into such a structure. The Jew and his restored homeland represent a highly visible execration for these xenophobic moon worshipers. Another smackdown is emminent.
Arab-Israeli War (Nov 1947 - July 1949)
Reprisal Operations (1950's to 1960's)
Suez Crisis (Oct 1956)
Six Day War (June 1967)
War of Attrition (1967-1970)
Yom Kippur War (Oct 1973)
South Lebanon Conflict (Mar 1978)
Lebanon War (1982)
South Lebanaon conflict (1982-2000)
First Intifada (1987-1993)
Second Intifada (2000-2005)
Lebanon War (Summer 2006)
Gaza War (Dec 2008-Jan 2009)
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The Israeli withdrawal from Sinai was a big mistake, but perhaps the outlook isn't that bad. Egypt will slide into chaos as the MB and the military fight it out.
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Egypt will slide into chaos as the MB and the military fight it out.
There won't be a fight if the military is thoroughly infiltrated by MB. That's what happened in Pakistan. Look for terrorist sanctuaries to open up in what will suddenly become "the lawless south". Plausible deniability did not exist in antiquity because the traditional riposte was "hand him over or I will kill every last one of you". The Mongols were, of course, the most well-known exponents of that approach. And future academics will find really complicated explanations so as to exonerate McCain and Obama for their ignorance and unwillingness to recognize the reality that these populations hate our guts because we are the planet's head infidels, and they have been fed hatred of the infidel along with mother's milk for over a thousand years. Arab dictatorships have nothing to do with it. And democracy will merely place the resources of the state at the disposal of hundreds of millions of these murderous troglodytes.
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The fruits of Jimmy Carter's meddling. Israel should have regarded land acquired when the muzzies attacked Israel in the various wars as conquered territory and said we are keeping it.
I don't think this is correct. My understanding is that Sadat and Begin had worked out a deal. All that remained was for someone to sign the checks (billions in annual grants for Egypt, Israel and Jordan). That's where Uncle Sam came in. Carter just happened to be in office at the time. Israel's leaders are excellent tacticians, but somewhat less capable strategists. FWIW, I think some of it comes from a combo of arrogance and over-confidence that brainpower can overcome inferiority in numbers, geographical limitations and any contingencies that arise. I think they forget that there was a time when the Arabs were a numerically sparse, motley collection of tribes confined to what is now Saudi Arabia, and all the countries surrounding Israel were formerly neither ethnically nor linguistically Arabic.
Note that I'm not someone who's ever defended Carter. However, he has enough real flubs (Iran, Nicaragua, et al) in his term of office without having to cop to mistakes he wasn't responsible for.
A Malaysian court on Monday authorized the extradition to Thailand of an Iranian citizen suspected in carrying out an attack targeting Israeli diplomats in Bangkok, Army Radio reported.
The suspect, Masoud Sedaghat Zadeh, fled to Malaysia following the attack and was being held in jug there by authorities.
A Malaysian court says an Iranian man accused of plotting to attack Israeli targets in Bangkok must be extradited to Thailand.
Masoud Sedaghatzadeh wants to appeal the decision and is not expected to be immediately deported. Sedaghatzadeh was set to sit in solemn silence in a dull, dark dock, in a pestilential prison with a life-long lock I ain't sayin' nuttin' widdout me mout'piece! at a Malaysian airport soon after an apparently accidental kaboom rocked a Bangkok neighborhood in February.
(Sh. M. Network)-Somali security forces have on Sunday tossed in the calaboose Keep yer hands where we can see 'em, if yez please! at least four people in connection with Al Qaeda-affiliated Al shabab forces of Evil fighting against the UN-backed Somalia's Transitional Federal Government TFG and the African Union ...a union consisting of 53 African states, most run by dictators of one flavor or another. The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco. Established in 2002, the AU is the successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was even less successful... Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) forces.
Eyewitnesses in Luq district, who spoke with Shabelle Media by phone on Sunday that TFG forces have carried out hunt operations in villages located on the outskirts of the town, arresting 4 men whom were alleged to be members of Al shabab.
A military source, confirmed Shabelle Media on condition of anonymity that the cooled for a few years Don't shoot, coppers! I'm comin' out! Al shabab suspects are now held at a prison in Luq town for interrogations.
On March 7, 2011, militia forces loyal to the Transitional Federal Government backed by Æthiopian forces, captured Luuq which sits southern Gedo provinceof Somalia from Al-Shabaab ... Harakat ash-Shabaab al-Mujahidin aka the Mujahideen Youth Movement. It was originally the youth movement of the Islamic Courts, now pretty much all of what's left of it. They are aligned with al-Qaeda but operate more like the Afghan or Pakistani Taliban... rebels, encountering little or no resistance.
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[Tolo News] Leading political figure and former member of Afghanistan's parliament Abdul Kabir Ranjbar was enjugged I ain't sayin' nuttin' widdout me mout'piece! and accused of rape by the Attorney General's office on Saturday.
Deputy Attorney General Rahmatullah Nazari told TOLOnews that Ranjbar is accused of kidnapping and raping a girl.
According to Nazari, the girl was kidnapped from the Dehsabz area of Kabul province eight months ago and raped.
"This girl was kidnapped from Dehsabz area several months ago, then she came and claimed that she was with Karim Ranjbar for several days and was raped. From yesterday on, Mr Ranjbar is under detention," Nazari said.
Some eight people were investigated in connection with her case and in the course of the investigation, officials discovered that Ranjbar was also involved in the incident, he said.
Prosecutors say that the girl had beat feet from Ranjbar's house.
"The girl claims that when Ranjbar was raping her, she hit his mouth with her fist and broke three of his teeth," Nazari added.
The case is under investigation and no further details were provided at this stage.
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(Ma'an) -- Egyptian authorities on Sunday closed the Rafah crossing on the Gazoo border, as Egypt awaits the results of its presidential election.
Egyptian security sources told Ma'an the crossing may reopen Monday, depending on the security situation in Sinai after the results of Egypt's presidential election are announced.
The terminal, which is the sole crossing open to residents of Gazoo, closed for four days last week during the Egyptian elections creating a huge backlog of travelers waiting to leave or return to Gazoo.
Northern Sinai was placed under a security alert on Sunday, security officials told Ma'an, adding that border posts with the Gazoo Strip were on high alert for fear of protests after the announcement of the president poll.
Egyptian authorities have quietly deployed special forces and counter terrorism units in the border region after consulting with Israel about the deployment, a Ma'an correspondent said.
A review of military vehicles with emphasis on protection of the occupants from land mines. A very interesting retrospective on how the Brits got it right, then forgot and got it wrong.
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It sounds like an article for Small Wars Journal - and Long Wars Journal too.
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So? Our Army continuously wants to forget its history of a hundred years of war along the frontier acting as a constabulary forces and the local government dealing with locals who could switch from docile to insurgents from season to season. It would rather refight WWII, the 'good war'.
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The Kiddies will need all the luck they can get, as the SINO-PHIL standoff oer Scarborough Shoal shows no sign of being resolved soon - in fact, the signs indic things may turn hot.
* TOPIX, DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > [ABS-CBN] CHINESE NAVY ADMIRAL: TARGET PHILIPPINE SHIPS.
* CHINESE MILITARY FORUM > CHINA EMPLOYS MORE FORCEFUL FOREIGN POLICY | [Jamestown.org = China Brief] CHINA DEPLOYS PUGILISTIC FOREIGN POLICY WID NEW VIGOR.
* SAME > FOUR MISSING AS CHINESE VESSEL HITS FISHING BOAT IN PANGASINAN | PHILIPPINES BLAMES CHINESE VESSEL WHICH RAMMED THEIR SHIP [Fishing Boat], CAUSING ONE DEAD, FOUR MISSING.
* SAME > [China-Defense-Mashup] WILL CHINA'S "GREAT WHITE FLEET" [CMS = China Marine Surveillance] OUTNUMBER THE US NAVY?
Reminds me of old childhood Dreams-Visions of Chinese "White Ships" off Guam-WESTPAC.
* GUAM K-57/PACIFICNEWSCENTER > KYODO NEWS: CHINESE THINK-TANK SUGGESTS CHINESE MILITARY SHOULD EXPAND ITS INFLUENCE IN THE WESTERN PACIFIC [WESTPAC].
ARTIC = TT recommended that China consolidate its mil presence + power in YELLOW SEA, EAST CHINA SEA, + SOUTH CHINA SEA.
(Sh. M. Network)-Assailants in Somalia have shot and killed the attorney general of Sool region for Somaliland administration, making the second judge to be killed in northern Somalia in less that a month. Sool was very big among the Hittites...
Unknown gunnies armed with pistols have opened fire on the judge as he was watching Spain vs La Belle France match Euro 2012 semi-final at a location in Las'Anod town, the capital city of Sool province in north Somalia.
Mohammed Ali Geesle, the governor of Sool region for Somaliland administration, told Media that security forces are launching heavy search operations to find out the attackers behind the murder.
The grounds and the characteristics of the assassins have not yet been conformed. The town of Las'anoda relatively peaceful area, but has experienced a spark in violence recently, after a land dispute broke out between Puntland ...a region in northeastern Somalia, centered on Garowe in the Nugaal province. Its leaders declared the territory an autonomous state in 1998. Puntland and the equally autonomous Somaliland seem to have avoided the clan rivalries and warlordism that have typified the rest of Somalia, which puts both places high on the list for Islamic subversion... , Somaliland and the newly formed Khatumo state of Somalia.
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[Tolo News] The United States can launch operations against bully boy groups anywhere in the world without threatening national illusory sovereignty, an Afghan military analyst said Sunday.
Retired General Atiqullah Amarkhail said that the US would be protected under international law if it chose to pursue bully boyz in foreign countries.
"According to international laws, US can launch operation against bully boyz anywhere in the world," he told TOLOnews, adding that it would benefit both Afghanistan and Pakistain if such operations succeeded in shutting down the krazed killer networks.
Amarkhail's comments are responding to an News Agency that Dare Not be Named report saying that the US has considered launching covert operations against bully boy groups in Pakistain in close collaboration with Afghan special forces.
It is widely believed that many bully boyz cross the border from Pakistain to attack US, NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It's headquartered in Belgium. That sez it all.... , and Afghan forces and then retreat back to safety.
The failure of Pakistain and US defence forces to stop these attacks has led to repeated discussion of "launching secret joint US-Afghan commando raids into Pakistain to hunt them down", the recently published AP report said.
However, a hangover is the wrath of grapes... according to AP, they have hesitated because the White House "believes the chance of successfully rooting out the powerful Haqqani network would not be worth the intense diplomatic blowback from Pakistain", which has already condemned the unmanned drone attacks on bully boyz as a violation of Pakistain's illusory sovereignty.
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[Iran Press TV] Yemeni protesters have held a demonstration in the southern city of Taizz to demand the removal of members of the regime of deposed dictator 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... The demonstrators erupted into the streets of Taizz on Sunday, calling for the dismissal of those figures from the former regime that still hold a number of major military and political posts.
Yemenis have several times held similar demonstrations across the nation over the past weeks.
They have also been calling for the trial of Saleh and his aides for ordering the killing of protesters during the revolution that began in January 2011.
In addition, Yemeni protesters demand the restructuring of the army.
Yemen's former dictator Saleh formally stepped down and handed over power to his deputy Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi on February 27. The power transfer occurred under a Saudi-backed deal brokered by the [Persian] Gulf Cooperation Council ... the Medes and the Persians are very sensitive on the subject of the Persian Gulf, which the Arabs refer to as the Arabian Gulf... in April 2011 and signed by Saleh in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, on November 23, 2011.
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American President Obama didn't magically make Israel go away, but Egyptian President Mursi will surely do so.
(Ma'an) -- Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, premier Ismail Haniyeh ...became Prime Minister after the legislative elections of 2006 which Hamas won. President Mahmoud Abbas dismissed Haniyeh from office on 14 June 2007 at the height of the Fatah-Hamas festivities, but Haniyeh did not acknowledge the decree and continues as the PM of Gazoo while Abbas maintains a separate PM in the West Bank... and President the ineffectual Mahmoud Abbas ... a graduate of the prestigious unaccredited Patrice Lumumba University in Moscow with a doctorate in Holocaust Denial... congratulated Muhammad Mursi on his victory in Egypt's presidential elections on Sunday.
Moslem Brüderbund candidate Mursi was declared Egypt's first democratic president by the state election committee, which said he had defeated former general Ahmed Shafik with 51.7 percent of last weekend's run-off vote.
Haniyeh phoned Mursi to congratulate him, and supporters marched to the prime minister's home in Gazoo City to celebrate the victory.
"We will look to Egypt to play a big, leading role, a historic role, regarding the Paleostinian cause, in helping the Paleostinian nation get freedom, return home, and totally end the Gazoo siege," Haniyeh told Rooters Television.
"We will look to Egypt to play a big, leading role, a historic role, regarding the Paleostinian cause, in helping the Paleostinian nation get freedom, return home, and totally end the Gazoo siege," Haniyeh told Rooters Television.
In Gazook streets, the jubilation recalled that which greeted Hamas' shock victory in Paleostine's 2006 elections, as thanksgiving sermons and calls of "Allahu Akbar" echoed from mosques across the enclave and sweets were handed out in the street.
One man was killed and five injured in celebratory gunfire, a front man for Gazoo's Health Ministry said.
Paleostine's ambassador to Cairo Barakat al-Farra and President and Fatah leader Mahmoud Abbas also phoned Mursi to congratulate him on his presidency.
Abbas, who has pursued stop-start peace negotiations with Israel, had warm words for the Moslem Brüderbund, calling Mursi "the choice of the great people of Egypt".
Fatah leader Amin Maqboul told Ma'an he hoped Egypt would regain its status as a regional leader and that the Egyptian people would "unite against challenges, especially Israel's continuous aggression against our people."
Saeb Erekat, a senior Abbas aide and negotiator, said the democratic vote for Mursi "meant the Paleostinian cause was the number one priority for all Egyptians".
Mursi has said he will respect Egypt's 1979 treaty with Israel, on which much US aid depends. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he expected continued cooperation with Egypt on the basis of the bilateral peace accord.
Hamas, Fatah's longtime rival, has close ties with the Moslem Brüderbund and the groups share ideological roots, but Maqboul said he hoped Egypt would support Paleostinian rights "and treat all sides equally."
Maqboul, secretary-general of Fatah's Revolutionary Council, said Fatah had never linked reconciliation with Hamas "on foreign agendas or with the internal Egyptian situations."
"We will continue our efforts to end the split ... We will wait and see what the days will bring. Right now we cannot talk about Egypt's role but we wish Egyptians and Egypt to live in prosperity," Maqboul said.
Saeb Erekat ...negotiated the Oslo Accords with Israel. He has been chief Paleostinian negotiator since 1995. He is currently negotiating with Israel to establish a de jure Paleostinian state... , a senior Abbas aide and negotiator, said the democratic vote for Mursi "meant the Paleostinian cause was the number one priority for all Egyptians".
But Erekat said Paleostinians had to heal the five-year-old and sometimes bloody schism between Hamas and Fatah.
"Regardless of who the Egyptian president is, Paleostinian reconciliation is a Paleostinian matter, and if we do not help ourselves, no one will," Erekat said.
[Yemen Post] Former 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... 's nephew, Tariq, arrived to Ukraine to negotiate a refund for a weapons shipment which Yemen did not receive due to navigational reasons, informed sources told the local al-Ahali website.
Last year amid the turmoil triggered by the revolution against Saleh's long rule, the former regime struck a weapons deal with Ukraine, but the latter could not ship the purchased weapons due to unspecified navigational reasons. The deal included heavy weapons including tanks, according to the sources.
The sources said that Tariq is in Ukraine along with a trader who was a partner with the government in the weapons deal.
Tariq was dismissed from his post as the commander of the 3rd Brigade in April along with dozens of top loyalists to the former regime. However, today is that tomorrow you were thinking about yesterday... he had refused to listen to the decree for over a month.
Only when the UN envoy Jamal Benomar visited Yemen and convinced him to leave the post, did he handed over the command to his successor Abdu-Rahaman al-Halili.
But even after he formally agreed to step down, he has orchestrated another rebellion conducted by his loyalists at the brigade. His loyalists prevented the newly-appointed commander from assuming his responsibilities.
The rebellion ended when some officers in the brigade carried out a counter rebellion and forced the high-ranking officers who were leading the rebellion to leave and enforced Hadi's decree.
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Will Ukraine actually negotiate with him if the Yemeni government no longer recognizes his authority?
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[Bangla Daily Star] President Asif Ali President Ten Percent Zardari ... sticky-fingered husband of the late Benazir Bhutto ... yesterday issued an ordinance to give constitutional protection to the decisions made by former prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani ... Pakistain's former prime minister, whose occasional feats of mental gymnastics could be awe-inspiring ... from April 26 to June 19, DawnNews reported.
According to the ordinance these decisions cannot be challenged in any court. The ordinance also stated that any agreements made by Gilani with other countries during the time between April 26 and June 19 would also be given constitutional protection.
Zardari's Pakistain People's Party government, dogged by corruption allegations, has been locked in a stand-off with the judiciary for years, accused of working behind the scenes with the military and the political opposition.
Its culmination came on Tuesday when the Supreme Court unceremoniously evicted Yousuf Raza Gilani on June 19 from the prime minister's office after convicting him of contempt for refusing to reopen Swiss corruption cases against Zardari.
Two days later, an anti-narcotics court ordered the arrest of Makhdoom Shahabuddin, Zardari's nomination to replace Gilani, over a drugs scandal.
Forced by the circumstances, ruling MPs elected Raja Pervez Ashraf as Pakistain's new prime minister on Friday, in a bid to end a crisis that threatens to destabilise the country.
President Asif Ali Ten Percent Zardari will now hope that Ashraf can form a cabinet able to see through the government's five-year term in office, due to expire in February 2013, without the need for early elections.
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[Iran Press TV] A senior Iranian commander says Syria's present situation indicates the defeat imposed on America and its allies by Damascus ...Capital of the last remaining Baathist regime in the world... and the resistance movement.
"Today, it can be said with certainty that the dossier of the US coup in Syria has been closed with the defeat of the global arrogance That'd be us. They get tired of bitching about the Great Satan sometimes. ," said Deputy Head of the Iranian Armed Forces' Joint Chiefs of Staff Brigadier General Massoud Jazayeri on Sunday.
Jazayeri pointed out that the resistance against Israel is a non-negotiable issue for Tehran, adding that the movement has become mature enough to stand against animosities and even inflict enormous damages on the enemy.
The Iranian commander went on to say that the enemies of Syria seek to achieve their objectives through military means and terrorist activities, noting that such measures have merely led to the massacre of innocent people in the country.
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ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla., June 22 (UPI) -- Florida authorities said they put the bracelets on a Dunkin' Donuts employee who allegedly dropped marijuana in with a bank deposit.
St. Augustine, Fla., police said Kimberley Kelley, 30, was taken to the clink Tuesday when she returned to Regions Bank to ask if there were any objects she had accidentally dropped in with a deposit she made for her store, WJXT-TV, Jacksonville, Fla., reported Friday.
An officer arrived at the bank and arrested Kelley after the object she allegedly dropped in with the deposit -- 55 grams of weed, pot, cannabis -- gave a positive result in a field test.
Kelley was released Wednesday from St. Johns County Jail on $5,000 bond.
[Dawn] Gunmen killed three coppers in a drive-by shooting on the outskirts of Quetta on Sunday, police said.
The shooting comes a day after gunnies on cycle of violences rubbed out eight men at a laundry in a busy area of Quetta, the capital of oil- and gas-rich Balochistan ...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it... province, before fleeing.
"Two gunnies riding a cycle of violence opened fire on a police mobile van, killing three coppers," senior local police official, Sikandar Tareen, told AFP.
He said that the incident happened while the coppers were on a routine patrol in the area.
Another local police official Abdul Qayyum also confirmed the incident and casualties.
Police and security forces are frequently attacked in insurgency-plagued Balochistan, which borders Iran and Afghanistan.
There was no claim of responsibility for the latest incident, but Balochistan suffers from religious militancy, sectarian violence between Sunni and Shia Moslems and a separatist insurgency.
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[The Hill] A suspect in a planned suicide bombing attack on Congress has pled guilty to charges against him in federal court. So now he's not a suspect anymore. He's a perp. I think the right word is 'convict'...
Amine El Khalifi, 29, appeared in U.S. District Court in Alexandria, Va., on Friday afternoon on charges of attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction against property that is owned and used by the United States.
Those charges stem from the illegal Moroccan immigrant's alleged role in a thwarted suicide bombing attack on the U.S. Capitol Feb. 17.
Alexandria resident El Khalifi's arrest was the culmination of an extensive investigation by the FBI, which included undercover agents posing as members of al Qaeda.
A bearded and tattooed El Khalifi was led into the courtroom in handcuffs Friday and joked with his defense attorneys before entering his guilty plea. During his appearance, his defense attorney Kenneth Troccoli told the court his client had previously served time in the District in 2007 for two counts of simple assault.
U.S. Federal Judge James Cacheris remanded El Khalifi back into custody until his sentencing date of Sept. 14 pending a pre-sentence report. Under the terms of his plea agreement, El Khalifi will receive a sentence of 25 to 30 years in prison. If convicted, he could have faced a maximum penalty of life in prison.
Neil MacBride, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, expressed satisfaction with the plea agreement following Friday's hearing.
MacBride stated that the U.S. Capitol was not El Khalifi's initial target, but instead one settled upon after he considered targeting first a synagogue, then a crowded District restaurant.
El Khalifi was in possession of explosives and a firearm that had been rendered inoperable by law enforcement prior to his arrest outside the Capitol. But MacBride stated that El Khalifi planned to use the weapon to shoot at U.S. Capitol Police in order to gain entrance to the building.
"He absolutely was the real deal," MacBride told reporters of the threat El Khalifi posed. "He believed he was working with an al Qaeda operative."
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[Dawn] Poor security arrangements for the city courts again came to light on Saturday when some men managed to enter the premises in a taxi and tried to kidnap a suspect.
Following the June 15 acid-throwing incident at the city courts which had left a litigant seriously injured, representatives of the Bloody Karachi ...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It may be the largest city in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous... Bar Association had expressed grave concerns over poor security arrangements. The district and sessions judge concerned had also ordered proper security at the entrances and issued directives to block the entry of all vehicles except those of judges.
However, some people cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go... court sources said that three to four men entered the city courts premises in a taxi from gate No 1 allegedly to kidnap a suspect, Asif Lodhi, who along with some others was booked in a rioting case registered at the Korangi Industrial Area cop shoppe.
They said that Asif came to the city courts in connection with the hearing of his case where the men in the taxi tried to forcibly take him away but some lawyers and other people present around foiled the attempt.
An official at the City Courts cop shoppe also confirmed the incident, but said that no case was lodged since the matter had been settled between both parties.
A comprehensive security plan was proposed for the city courts in February 2010 and the basic objective of the whole exercise was to restrict and monitor the entry of people and vehicles on the courts premises by installing walkthrough gates, surveillance cameras at the main entrances and increasing number of coppers. However, we can't all be heroes. Somebody has to sit on the curb and applaud when they go by... the KBA held the provincial authorities responsible for not implementing the plan.
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Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki needs to be removed for reforms to take place, powerful Shiite holy manMoqtada Tater al-Sadr ... the Iranian catspaw holy man who was 22 years old in 2003 and was nearing 40 in 2010. He spends most of his time in Iran, safely out of the line of fire, where he's learning to be an ayatollah... said on Sunday, adding that his MPs would back a no-confidence vote if needed.
"Reforms are the main goal, and withdrawing confidence precedes these reforms," Sadr told news hounds in the Shiite holy city of Najaf, likening the situation to the need to wash before prayers.
"We want to pray, but our prayer will not be correct unless we have ablution before," he said. "The reforms cannot be implemented without putting pressure on the government."
Sadr said he does not want to withdraw confidence from Maliki, but that he would support such a move if needed.
"I do not want to withdraw confidence, nor does anyone else, but our first and last request is reform and partnership, and not marginalizing the others," the holy man said.
He also reiterated that if his parliamentary bloc's votes were needed to unseat Maliki, he would provide them.
"I said, and I am still saying, and this is a promise from my side to the other blocs, that if their votes reach 124 ... I will add to them the remaining 40 votes."
When asked about the nature of the reforms he seeks, Sadr referred to a list of points he presented in late April.
The points include giving priority to Iraqi interests over sectarian, ethnic and party interests, and having minorities "participate in building Iraq, politically, economically and in security."
Appointing permanent ministers to security posts, including the defense ministry, that have remained unfilled since 2010 was also among his points, as was standing "strongly against any internal or foreign threats against any component of the Iraqi people."
Sadr was not optimistic about the stabilization of the political situation in Iraq.
"In Iraq, the crisis never ends, it is either put aside or the others will ignore it, so it will appear again at a different time," he said.
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Every time I think of a World Hemmorhoid - or Klingon if you will. Guile
Syrian border forces on Sunday confronted "terrorists" who had infiltrated from Turkey and killed several of them, the official Syrian state news agency said. ... and if you can't believe the state news agency who can you believe? The agency did not give further details. Turkey said on Sunday one of its military aircraft shot down by Syria on Friday had been attacked without warning, and declared it would formally consult with NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It's headquartered in Belgium. That sez it all.... allies on a reaction.
[Iran Press TV] Former Libyan Prime Minister Baghdadi al-Mahmoudi has been extradited to Tripoli, months after being arrested in Tunisia.
The Libyan National Transitional Council (NTC) confirmed that Mahmoudi had arrived in Libya earlier in the day and was in prison under the supervision of the ministry of justice and the judiciary police.
"The Libyan government reiterates that the accused will receive good treatment in accordance with the teachings of our righteous religion and according to international standards of human rights," current Libyan Prime Minister Abdel Rahim al-Kib said.
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Good. It couldn't happen to a more deserving group.
[Dawn] Internal differences within terrorist organizations, surveillance by law-enforcement agencies, arrests and deaths
The latter due to those American drones, right?
of faceless myrmidons are among reasons making faceless myrmidons to quit militancy and weakening cut-thoat groups, according to experts.
"Some of the faceless myrmidons voluntarily withdraw from their organizations because they can't tolerate hardships that one suffers by joining cut-thoat groups," Brig. Saad Mohammad, former Pak defence attaché in Kabul, told Dawn.
In some instances, faceless myrmidons withdraw because they get tired of leading a life as a runaway. "Deep-rooted fears infect them as they lead the life of a runaway, making some to give up the militancy," said Mr Saad.
A recent case in point is that of Ilyas Shinwari, a Khyber Agency-based Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistain commander who surrendered on May 31, 21012.
An official of the Landi Kotal sub-division told Dawn that Shinwari surrendered out of fear of arrest. "His brother and father --
also associated with beturbanned goons -- were incarcerated Drop the rosco and step away witcher hands up! some time back, making him vulnerable," said the official.
A local tribal jirga (council of elders) negotiated his surrender, said the official.
Shinwari was wanted by the Khyber Agency administration in several cases of attacks on oil tankers that his men destroyed in the area.
Besides, he was alleged to be a key financier of Abdullah Aezam Brigade, a cut-thoat outfit. He was also involved in kidnapping for ransom cases.
In 2008, Haji Abdul Maalik, a TTP local commander in Adaizai tribal area, near Beautiful Downtown Peshawar, abandoned militancy after police incarcerated Drop the rosco and step away witcher hands up! him in a crackdown.
"After his (Maalik's) arrest, we negotiated a deal with him convincing him to secure his freedom in exchange for giving up militancy," said Dilawar Khan, head of a strong Aman Lashkar (peace force).
Maalik and his son, who had also been incarcerated Drop the rosco and step away witcher hands up! , chose freedom, said Khan. Later, they joined the Aman Lashkar and fought against Taliban.
"Maalik was made Aman Lashkar head, causing severe blow to the Taliban," Dilawar told Dawn. In a reprisal suicide kaboom, Taliban assassinated Maalik in 2009 near Peshawar.
About the cut-thoats' reasons for withdrawal, Brig Saad said some of them gave up militancy because they didn't have that character in their personality. "They feel guilty, their conscience does not allow them to continue, making them to return to their normal life," said Saad, a security expert.
The weakening position of terrorist groups, according to Saad, also at time plays a role in drifting away the cut-thoats. "Seldom anybody stays on a sinking boat," he said, adding "it's in the tribal society's psyche."
"The beturbanned goons leave their groups when they see that they are losing.
Militant groups, said the ex-military officer, acted like military units as far as their discipline was concerned. They worked as closely knitted units and are governed by discipline, he said.
"If a cut-thoat is not happy about any particular issue or has a disputes with his colleagues, it undermines the organization's unity," said Saad, adding "in many instances the disputes go deeper because of weaknesses on the leader's part, making the group members to run away."
Leadership weaknesses and internal disputes have left several al-Qaeda associated groups divided, making the faceless myrmidons to vanish rendering the groups ineffective.
"One third of the 130 cut-thoat groups that exist in Federally Administered Tribal Areas have become non-entities," Ashraf Ali, director, Fata Research Centre, an Islamabad-based think tank, told Dawn.
Internal disputes, he added, caused dents to several TTP groups in Fata. "Only the major groups survive, small outfits become non-entities as the disillusioned faceless myrmidons abandon militancy."
In Bajaur Agency, aka Turban Central ...Smallest of the agencies in FATA. The Agency administration is located in Khar. Bajaur is inhabited almost exclusively by Tarkani Pashtuns, which are divided into multiple bickering subtribes. Its 52 km border border with Afghanistan's Kunar Province makes it of strategic importance to Pakistain's strategic depth... , cut-thoat commander Wali-ur-Rehman's entire group surrendered (some time back) after negotiating a peace deal with the local authorities, according to Mr Ali.
Similarly, TTP's Mohmand ... Named for the Mohmand clan of the Sarban Pahstuns, a truculent, quarrelsome lot. In Pakistain, the Mohmands infest their eponymous Agency, metastasizing as far as the plains of Peshawar, Charsadda, and Mardan. Mohmands are also scattered throughout Pakistan in urban areas including Karachi, Lahore, and Quetta. In Afghanistan they are mainly found in Nangarhar and Kunar... Agency chapter became non-existent after its chief Abdul Wali alias Umer Khalid bravely ran away after most of his group members deserted him due to a military crackdown against them in 2008-09, he said.
In Orakzai Agency ... crawling with holy men, home to Darra Adam Khel, the world's largest illegal arms bazaar. 14 distinct tribes of beturbanned primitives inhabit Orakzai agency's 1500 or so square kilometers... , he added, infighting between Nabi Mullah and Mullah Toofan, two rival commanders, had eventually benefited the government.
"In several instances, infighting rendered the cut-thoat groups weakened, forcing them to enter into negotiations with the authorities," said Mr Ali.
He said that Taliban foot soldiers usually got dejected once their leaders entered into negotiations with the authorities.
"The more committed among the faceless myrmidons who join cut-thoat organizations to fight against foreign troops or those with a criminal background stick around despite internal disputes," said Mr Ali.
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[Slate] Since his presidential aspirations burnt out in the New Hampshire GOP presidential primary due to a lack of support from non-members of the media, Jon Huntsman ...American professional politician and diplomat. He worked as a White House staff assistant for Ronald Reagan, and he was appointed by George Bush the Elder as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce and later as United States Ambassador to Singapore. He was Deputy U.S. Trade Representative under Bush the Younger. Huntsman has also served as CEO of his family's Huntsman Corporation and was elected Governor of Utah in 2004, winning re-election in 2008 with nearly 78% of the vote. On August 11, 2009, he resigned as governor to accept an appointment as Ambassador to China in the Obama administration.... has been keeping busy.
After hinting at a potential future as an independent candidate, he joined the Board of Trustees at the University of Pennsylvania, his alma mater, and was also given the great responsibility of being named one of the 21 sexiest men alive over 50 by the AARP.
This week, the left-of-center Brookings Institute named the former ambassador to China and governor of Utah as a distinguished fellow. Joining Brookings is reflective of Huntsman's refusal to pander to his party's far right; since he dropped out of the race, he has taken a critical attitude toward the Republican Party for moving so far from the center.
So next time we need a Democrat in a Republican primary we'll know exactly who to recruit...
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[Dawn] At least five people, including two coppers, bit the dust on Sunday in violent incidents of Bloody Karachi ...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It may be the largest city in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous... , DawnNews reported.
People protested on Maripur road after two people were maimed by firing of faceless myrmidons. Traffic and the business activities in the area remained paralysed.
Unidentified men opened fire on the police officials during snap-checking near 'Nagan Chowrangi' in the area of North Bloody Karachi. Sub-inspector Wazir Ali and Constable Rashid bit the dust in the incident. Their dead bodies were taken to Abbasi Shaheed hospital.
A tortured dead body was found from the area of 'Pak colony' near 'Mewa Shah' graveyard. According to the police officials the dead body was a few days older.
Two hand-tied dead bodies were found from the bushes in the jurisdiction of Manghopir cop shoppe. Police officials said that both men were kidnapped and tortured before they were killed.
A man, named Aslam, received bullet wounds near Baldia graveyard. The man departed this vale of tears and passed away.
A dead-body of a woman was found in the area of Bahar Colony.
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[Swissinfo.ch] Nigeria's Islamist sect Boko Haram ... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality... stormed a prison in their north-eastern heartland on Sunday, freeing 40 inmates, police said, in the latest of a string of attacks blamed on the group.
"There was an attack on the Yobe prison this morning, the Boko Haram sect attacked the prison through the Emir palace, 40 inmates escaped," said Patrick Egbuniwe, Yobe State police commissioner.
"They attacked with rifles, the police and the joint task force confronted them and the Boko Haram members that were shot were carried away by the sect."
He said two of the attackers were rubbed out and some copperswere maimed. Gun battles between sect members and security forces in Yobe's capital Damaturu killed 40 people on Tuesday last week.
Boko Haram has been blamed for several prison breaks in the past and one of the group's few demands has been that its imprisoned members should be freed.
The sect, which is based in the remote northeast, has rapidly overtaken Death Eaters in the oil-producing southern Niger Delta as the country's biggest security threat.
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you can't free them if they've been executed, just saying. No prisoners
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Germany has told Greece to stop asking for more help and get on with implementing the reforms it has already promised as tensions mount before this week's crucial summit of European Union leaders.
They did cut budgets -- they increased them by only 20% instead of 30%. That's a cut, right?
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They did cut budgets -- they increased them by only 20% instead of 30%. That's a cut, right?
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As are the Germans who, by a significant majority, now support a new Deutsche Mark which would quickly become one of the world's strongest currencies. This, in turn, would cause the price of exports from Germany's export-led economy to skyrocket & their economy to quickly collapse. Either the Germans continue to subsidize Club Med (on Club Med's terms) or they suffer a Great Depression of their own.
[LA Times] The Turkish military jet downed by Syrian antiaircraft batteries was back in "international airspace" when it was hit without warning after having inadvertently wandered into Syrian skies, Turkey's foreign minister said Sunday.
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu's comments to Turkey's TRT television directly contradict Syria's version that it downed the jet Friday less than a mile off Syria's coastal province of Latakia, in Syrian airspace.
Turkey is calling for a meeting this week of its allies in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization to discuss the incendiary issue, which has ratcheted up tensions between two nations already deeply divided over Turkey's tacit support for rebels seeking to overthrow Syrian Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad. The Scourge of Hama... In Turkey's most detailed explanation of the incident, the foreign minister dismissed speculation that the aircraft was on a spy mission or may have been testing Syria's ground defenses or radar. He said the plane, with two pilots aboard, was on a routine test of Turkey's radar system.
"Our plane briefly violated Syrian airspace, but not during the time it was shot down," Davutoglu said.
The F-4 Phantom jet was hit about 15 minutes after having "momentarily" violated Syrian airspace, he said, according to Turkish news reports.
Syrian officials made no effort to contact the doomed aircraft or Turkish authorities, Davutoglu said, although the jet's identity was not concealed and radio communications indicate that Syrian authorities were aware the plane was Turkish.
"A warning should be given" in such cases, Davutoglu said.
Syria has said its forces did not know the "unidentified aerial target" flying low and fast off its coast was a Turkish aircraft when it was shot down about midday Friday, apparently with a surface-to-air missile, sending it plunging into the eastern Mediterranean. Syria has so far adopted a conciliatory tone, denying it engaged in a "hostile act" against Turkey and explaining that it was defending its "illusory sovereignty" against a perceived but not fully identified threat.
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Wars have been started for less provovation than this.
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One of the things you want to know is whether the local batteries have autonomy to shoot at a threat without calling higher. Hard to imagine that being the case in Syria, but since they lost the reactor they didn't have to an IAF strike that didn't happen, perhaps they've loosened up.
What the Turks learned from this depends on what really happened, which, of course, we don't know.
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Actually, Turkey has been sniffing around and tossing innuendoes and insults at Syria for weeks looking for an excuse to jump into the Syrian civil war with both feet. Methinks Syria has been sponsoring some Kurdish shinnanegans in Turkey and The Turks want to put a halt to it.
Expect Turkey to make an incursion into Northern Syria soon.
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And Syria fires at another one ...???
* FREEREPUBLIC > TURKEY CLAIMS SYRIA FIRED ON SECOND TURKISH JET [escaped], SAYS "ACT WON'T GO UNPUNISHED".
Aircraft #2 as repor on SAR for the first one which Syria shot down.
Either Baby Assad is losing his mental marbles, or else one or more of his Generals = Top Eggs are, i.e. Bashir's Commanders may be turning
"rogue"???
* FYI IIRC FOX NEWS AM > repors that one of Bashir's GENERALS has indeed defected to Turkey, along wid circa 30? Soldiers + an unknown number of Dependents.
OTOH SYRIA = since the Pilots of the destroyed Aircraft are "safe", there is no need for Turkey to keep sending Aircraft out on SAR save to harass + intimidate Syria???
Air force says it has shortened its response time when sighting Gazoo rocket cells. Six terror squads were hit before they could fire in latest escalation; Israeli counter-strikes can now take mere seconds
Rocket-launching terror squads in Gazoo used to have several minutes to set up their weapons, shoot them and disappear before Israel could muster any counter action.
Today, an Israeli military official says, the cells have mere moments before they are spotted and targeted by Israeli missiles, thanks to streamlined intelligence and more readily available firepower.
"If in the past it would it would take a considerable amount of time from sighting (a terror squad) till being able to fire on them, meaning that you would lose (sight of) the squad, today that hardly ever happens," an air force official told The Times of Israel.
In the most recent two rounds of confrontation, the air force has been able to eliminate a growing proportion of the Gazoo rocket cells before they can fire off a projectile, the official said.
He confirmed that, in the escalation of the past few days, six squads were successfully targeted while in the process of trying to fire on Israel.
Some 150 rockets and mortars were fired from Gazoo toward Israel over the past week. The flare-up began on June 16 when two Grad rockets ...Soviet-developed 122-mm rockets, usually launched from trucks. Newer versions are reported to have a range of up to 30 km.... were fired from the Sinai Peninsula into southern Israel. Two days later, three Sinai-based terrorists, from the newly-established, al-Qaeda-affiliated Mujahideen Shura Council of Jerusalem snuck into Israel and opened fire on construction workers building the fence along the Israel-Egypt border, killing Said Fashfasha of Haifa. Later in the day, Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, squads began firing on Israel. The IAF responded with a series of strikes and counter strikes.
The terror squads often fire from within the low cover of the Gazoo Strip's many citrus orchards, blending in with trees and civilians in the region.
The air force official said that if the weaponry is prepared in advance, the terror squads can fire a rocket within seconds of their arrival at the launch area. But the air force, he said, has shortened its response time. From the moment a squad is sighted, it takes "between several seconds and several minutes" for Israel to act.
The official could not be more explicit about the manner in which the process has been expedited but he did say that today, in the Southern Command, the officers in charge of gathering either intelligence information or incoming surveillance photos, detailing the work of terror squads, "sit at the same desk" as those air force officers who have the capacity to order the strikes.
He did not elaborate on what type of aircraft are used in the strikes.
Hamas, which did not participate in the previous round of violence in March, claims on its website to have mostly targeted military installations in southern Israel this time, according to the Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center.
The IAF officer disputed this, saying that the main characteristic of the latest round of violence was short-range fire, mostly beneath the range of the Iron Dome batteries, which can pick up incoming projectiles from within several kilometers to several dozen kilometers away.
The IAF's advances have been partially countered by Hamas ingenuity, the official acknowledged. The Izz al-Din al Qassam brigades, responsible for most of the fire on Israel during this round of violence, have begun using cellular-activated timers on their rockets, allowing them to fire from a concealed position.
"Hamas," the official said, "is an organization that never stops trying to improve itself."
[Bangla Daily Star] The International Crimes Tribunal-1 yesterday rejected Jamaat-e-Islami ...The Islamic Society, founded in 1941 in Lahore by Maulana Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi, aka The Great Apostosizer. The Jamaat opposed the independence of Bangladesh but has operated an independent branch there since 1975. It maintains close ties with international Mohammedan groups such as the Moslem Brotherhood. the Taliban, and al-Qaeda. The Jamaat's objectives are the establishment of a pure Islamic state, governed by Sharia law. It is distinguished by its xenophobia, and its opposition to Westernization, capitalism, socialism, secularism, and liberalist social mores... Nayeb-e-Ameer Delwar Hossain Sayeedi ...Islamic orator and politician. He was a former Member of Parliament in the National Assembly of Bangladesh from 1996 to 2008, and is one of the most prominent leaders of the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami... 's bail prayer since he had a parole prayer pending.
The tribunal also said his bail prayer, filed on health grounds, was dismissed since he had been taken good care of at a hospital.
The three-member tribunal led by Justice Nizamul Huq ordered Sayeedi's family to bear all cost of his treatment.
This was Sayeedi's seventh bail prayer before the tribunal.
Defence counsel Tajul Islam on June 21 appealed to the tribunal for his bail saying that Sayeedi needed the support of his family to get well and to recover from the grief of losing his son.
Sayeedi is facing 20 charges of crimes against humanity allegedly committed by him during the Liberation War.
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bail and parole prayers?
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[Iran Press TV] Thousands of Thai "Red Shirts" rally in Bangkok to demand the judiciary to stay out of the country's politics, saying they have returned to attend to unfinished business.
"Today, we mark the 80th anniversary and show our concern over threats to democracy," AFP quoted Red Shirt leader Kokaew Pikulthong as saying on Sunday to the crowd, who had gathered in the Democracy Monument in the capital to mark the end of absolute monarchy in the country 80 years ago.
"Let's prepare for an unfinished fight," he said.
Thailand's current Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, the sister of the exiled former Premier Thaksin Shinawatra, has proposed changes to the country's constitution as part of reconciliation plans to end a political crisis that has gripped the country since her brother was ousted by royalist generals who saw him as a threat to the monarchy.
The opposition groups, however, say the amendments and related amnesty moves are aimed at allowing the former premier to come back home. Thaksin, a former telecoms tycoon, has been found guilty in the country of abuse of power and currently lives in Dubai to avoid a jail term on the back of the conviction.
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CANBERRA, Australia: Australia has ended a three-day search for survivors among more than 90 Afghan asylum seekers missing since a fishing boat carrying them capsized between Australia and Indonesia. The Australian Maritime Safety Authority says the air and sea search for survivors ended late yesterday and that all of the missing are now presumed dead.
No survivor has been found since the day of the tragedy on Thursday, when 108 men and a 13-year-old boy were rescued from the Indian Ocean. Searchers will now focus on recovery of bodies. The safety authority said six bodies had been retrieved yesterday, and more had been seen by planes searching for survivors.
The boat is believed to have originated in Sri Lanka and to have been carrying mostly Afghan asylum-seekers.
Home Affairs Minister Jason Clare said earlier that the critical 36-hour search window had passed and conditions had steadily deteriorated, with the situation looking grimmer by the hour.
There may still be people alive, but were passed that window, Clare told ABC Television. Ive been on the phone to Border Protection Command. Their advice is that theyve now instructed the men and women out in the search and rescue area to now identify people that have been perished and retrieve those bodies.
The capsize is the latest in a series of refugee boat disasters in the Indian Ocean in recent years, as rickety, overloaded vessels packed with desperate migrants struggle to reach Australia. Most boats originate in Indonesia, though there has been a spike in attempts from Sri Lanka, with navy sources in Colombo saying that people-smugglers had been encouraged by the failure of a so-called people swap with Malaysia.
That deal, under which Canberra would have taken 4,000 registered refugees in exchange for 800 asylum-seekers, was scotched by the High Court of Australia last year, forcing an easing in the governments mandatory detention policy. Though they come in relatively small numbers by global standards asylum-seekers are a sensitive political issue in Australia, dominating 2010 elections due to a record number of boat arrivals.
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[An Nahar] Moslem Brüderbund member Mohammed Morsi was on Sunday declared the first president of Egypt since a popular uprising ousted strongman Hosni Mubarak ...The former President-for-Life of Egypt, dumped by popular demand in early 2011... , the head of the electoral commission announced.
"The winner of the election for Egyptian president on June 16-17 is Mohammed Morsi Eissa al-Ayat," said Farouq Sultan, the commission's head.
Morsi, who ran against ex-prime minister Ahmed Shafiq, won 51.73 percent of the vote after a race that polarized the Arab world's most populous nation.
Shafiq received 48.27 percent of the vote, according to the electoral commission's announcement.
Morsi won 13,230,131 votes against Shafiq who clinched 12,347,380.
The election, in which more than 50 million voters were eligible to cast their ballot, saw a 51.8 percent turnout.
Thousands of Egyptians packed into Cairo's iconic Tahrir Square to celebrate Morsi's victory, waving flags and posters of the Islamist leader.
"God is greatest" and "down with military rule" they chanted as some set off fire crackers minutes after the election commission formally declared the result.
Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi, head of the ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, congratulated Morsi on his victory, state television ... and if you can't believe state television who can you believe?
said.
"Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi congratulates Dr. Mohammed Morsi on winning the presidency of the republic," the channel reported.
"The commission began its work in mid-February, but it was faced from the very beginning by a fierce campaign and treason accusations from the various political forces," said the head of the commission during the presser.
"Some tried to question our work, some kept rejecting our decisions and some launched campaigns to pave the ground for accusing us of rigging the results should their candidate lose," he added.
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Posted yesterday. The White House reaching down and picking it up from 'the clean end' once again:
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Picture at link. I don't see any knots. In fact, the guy is smiling and waving just like any politician would. He's wearing a western style business suit instead of robes. Looks quite civilized. Here's hoping the looks are not deceiving.
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American-educated engineer: PhD at USC 1982. Assistant Professor at Cal State Northridge '82-85
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check out the egyptian muslim brother hood's logo here.
It is two swords crossed with a koran in between.
Nice logo for future articles about the brotherhood.
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Lots of Artics on MEMRI today, + none of it good for Regional Peace.
* FOX NEWS AM > EGYPT - THE NEXT IRAN?
The US + Israel have an interest in the Egyptian military reserving or keeping some of its tradit powers in order to prevent post-Mubarak Egypt from devol into a SECOND ANTI-US-WEST, GEOPOL AMBITIOUS [nuclear?]"IRAN"???
Lest we fergit, 9-11 + GWOT > as much an INTER-MUSLIM, IDEO + MILPOL, ETC. STRUGGLE FOR DOMINANCE + CONTROL WIDIN THE MUSLIM WORLD + FUTURE OWG CALIPHATE AS ANYTHING ELSE.
Sunni versus Shia.
Salafist versus Wahhabi.
Neo-Ottomanism versus Neo-Persianism
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I still chuckle about the onslaught of ridecule a self described "Rodeo clown" expierenced as a result of predicting the exact outcome of the Egyptian Spring. And don't expect Bill Kristol to apologize anytime soon.
SANAA: A road linking Yemens capital to an oil-producing province was opened for the first time in more than a year yesterday, after the army and tribal fighters agreed to withdraw from positions along the route, military officials said.
Yemens Republican Guard had skirmished with tribal groups in the area, blocking deliveries of gas and other products from Maarib to the capital.
Both sides agreed to pull out after negotiations, said an official from Yemens military committee a body set up to separate belligerent factions of Yemens army and tribal fighters following months of unrest in the impoverished country.
Officials say a gunbattle between troops and a group of men trying to sabotage a power line in the south left two soldiers and three saboteurs dead. The gunbattle started overnight in Maarib when soldiers tried to prevent an attack on the power line but the saboteurs opened fire at them.
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[An Nahar] Turkish warplanes have carried out strikes on suspected Kurdish cut-thoat targets in northern Iraq, the army said on Sunday.
Mr. Turk-Man, you lost an airplane over Syria. Why are you bombing Iraq?
The general staff said on its website the air strikes had hit "nine targets belonging to the separatist terrorist organization" referring to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), on June 22-24.
The jets safely returned to their bases in Turkey, it said.
In a statement on its website, the military said most of the targets were in the Qandil region and were hideouts and caves belonging to Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) myrmidons. It said all its planes had returned safely to their bases.
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Mr. Turk-Man, you lost an airplane over Syria. Why are you bombing Iraq?
Because the Kurds aren't shooting back.
Mike
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Safer to kick a small helpless dog than a large Russian bear.
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Turkey is on its own. The shoot down of their jet will have to be forgotten. No response because they have no support in expanding open conflicts with Syria. To save face they kick the dog.
[Iran Press TV] Armed groups have targeted an oil pipeline in the eastern Syria city of Dayr al-Zawr, but there is no immediate report of casualties.
Syria has been experiencing unrest since mid-March 2011. The violence has claimed the lives of hundreds of people, including many security forces.
While the West and the Syrian opposition say the government is responsible for the killings, Damascus ...The place where Pencilneck hangs his brass hat... blames ''outlaws, saboteurs, and armed terrorist groups'' for the unrest, insisting that it is being orchestrated from abroad.
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(Sh.M.Network)-Kenyan Police have enjugged Drop the rosco and step away witcher hands up! at least 15 Somali men suspected to be behind the soaring spate of grenade attacks in North-Eastern region, witnesses said on Sunday.
The suspects, who are of Somali nationals, were taken into custody for further investigations about yesterday's blast that hit a convoy of pick-ups mounting police forces in Mandera, inuring two soldiers.
A police official, who asked for anonymity because he is not authorized to speak to the press, said Sunday that the suspects were incarcerated Drop the rosco and step away witcher hands up! in an operation conducted by the army inside Mandere town, North-Eastern Kenya.
Nine of the enjugged Drop the rosco and step away witcher hands up! people are reportedly released after the police didn't find any guilty over the bombing while the rest of six others are still held at a local jail in Mandera.
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HANOI, June 25 (Yonhap) -- A South Korean activist has been detained in Vietnam in connection with his work related to North Korean defectors, Seoul officials here said Monday. The 51-year-old activist, who is only identified by his surname Yoo, was arrested by Vietnamese authorities last Wednesday at a hotel in Ho Chi Minh on suspicion of helping North Korean defectors, according to officials at the South Korean embassy in Hanoi.
Yoo was arrested for allegedly helping arrange a way for some North Korean defectors to enter South Korea, but it was not immediately clear what exactly he was accused of doing, officials said.
The South Korean embassy plans to ask the Vietnamese authorities for permission to interview Yoo on Monday.
Yoo is also believed to have played a role in helping more than 400 North Korean defectors fly to Seoul from Thailand in 2004. Southeast Asian nations, such as Thailand, Vietnam and Laos, have been a preferred transit route for North Korean defectors, who escape through China with the hope of eventually settling in South Korea, home to more than 23,000 North Korean defectors.
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A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
[Tolo News] Indian police have 
(Sh. M. Network)-Somali security forces have on Sunday 
Yemeni protesters have held a demonstration in the southern city of Taizz to demand the removal of members of the regime of deposed dictator 
At least ten security personnel were killed by the Afghan 
Asif Ali 
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla., June 22 (UPI) -- Florida authorities said they 
Gunmen killed three 
Poor security arrangements for the city courts again came to light on Saturday when some men managed to enter the premises in a taxi and tried to kidnap a suspect.
Moqtada 
Orakzai Agency
[Dawn] At least five people, including two 
[Swissinfo.ch] Nigeria's Islamist sect 
Germany has told Greece to stop asking for more help and get on with implementing the reforms it has already promised as tensions mount before this week's crucial summit of European Union leaders.
Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir 
The International Crimes Tribunal-1 yesterday rejected 
Thousands of Thai "Red Shirts" rally in Bangkok to demand the judiciary to stay out of the country's politics, saying they have returned to attend to unfinished business.
CANBERRA, Australia: Australia has ended a three-day search for survivors among more than 90 Afghan asylum seekers missing since a fishing boat carrying them capsized between Australia and Indonesia. The Australian Maritime Safety Authority says the air and sea search for survivors ended late yesterday and that all of the missing are now presumed dead.
(Sh.M.Network)-Kenyan Police have 
