"...That is why the department will implement policies to allow military personnel in such a relationship non-chargeable leave for the purpose of travelling to a jurisdiction where such a marriage may occur," the DOD news release said.." Strangely, I seem to recall fellow service members taking CHARGABLE leave to go get married. But that was a different time....
[PJM] And none of it matters, for nothing will be done as a presidential impeachment would turn our cities into hundreds of Cairo's. The greatest of national extortions is nearing completion.
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...In Kentucky, an eighth grade exam from 1912 was recently donated to the Bullitt County History Museum. When I read this exam over, I was shocked at how difficult it was. Could most eighth grade students pass such an exam today?
Back in 8th grade I would have nailed this test, except the parts about Kentucky. That was also when I had the side-angle-side and my phone numbers list memorized.
The City of Chicago is still racking up distressing numbers of shootings even as crime otherwise in the Windy City has gone down. On August 12, for instance, six people were shot in the space of only one hour.
[Wash Times] A gunman who took hostages at a Louisiana bank was shot and killed shortly after midnight Wednesday, after SWAT teams stormed the facility and put an end to a 12-hour standoff.
The gunman was identified as 20-year-old Fuaed Abdo Ahmed, ABC reported. He had shot two hostages, an unidentified male and female, before police killed him. Both victims were transported to a nearby hospital for treatment. One died, Louisiana State Police said, and the condition of the other is not known. A third hostage was able to escape and is doing well, police said, in the ABC report. All three hostages worked at the Tensas State Bank, police said.
The standoff started about 12:30 on Tuesday. Mr. Ahmed, originally from California, entered the bank and took three people hostage. His relatives helped FBI officials during the negotiation process that ensued, ABC reported. Appears he was beyond help.
Police say Mr. Ahmed was mentally ill and his intent was to do harm to the hostages. A common theme I'd say.
He told police during the standoff that he heard voices in his head, ABC reported. He had a duffel bag in the bank with him filled with items that he was going to use to torture his hostages, Louisiana State Police superintendent Col. Mike Edmonson said, to The Associated Press. The voices in my head are more powerful than your infidel FBI hostage negotiator.
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Unfortunately, there are only two options for dealing with violent schizophrenics. This is the second one. The first is to commit them to a locked psychiatric hospital with forced medication. Unfortunately, most psychiatric hospitals were closed during the Reagan presidency, and the residents ended up on the streets; and then the laws everywhere require those legally adult to formally accept any offered treatment -- treatment can only be forced if lives are in imminent danger, where imminent is defined as "he just killed Grandma with a knife, and we fear he might kill the rest of us," as happened to a girlfriend of mine earlier this year. But many schizophrenics are unable to grasp that their mental experience is abnormal, so refuse treatment.
My girlfriend's son is now being treated in a locked psychiatric hospital, the one they had been trying desperately for two years to get him committed to so that he wouldn't kill his grandmother, which everyone on the county mental health team agreed was a strong probability. And now that he is responding to the medication, they are preparing for his murder trial, though he still believes he only stuck the knife in a corpse.
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Death by cop might have been kinder.
"Live free or kill" seems to be the rationale behind the current treatment of the insane who seem (to the sane anyway) to be at risk of going on a killing spree.
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Many times I tried to commit my late wife to a psychiatric hospital such as TW mentions. Most times she refused to go or, she would check herself out after the Docs assertained she was not actively suicidal.
We exhausted all treatment options (therapy, medication, etc.) and none were effective in treating her schizophrenia.
Shortly before she took her own life during a rare moment of rationality, she told me "If I was a dog, you'd put me down as an act of mercy."
She was right.
Unfortunately, due to my late wife's illness, we had a very close relationship with the local LE community and they routinely brought her home after one of her 'episodes' naked, disleveled, disoriented and terrified. Through the grace of God she never hurt anyone and the Prosecutor never brought charges - bless his heart.
While my heart breaks for the victims of Ahmed, I can't help but feel abit for him too.
During the formal investigation of my wife's suicide, the Chief of Police said to me "You know, I always thought she was going to force one of us to do this."
I fully support involuntary detaining of the violent insane.
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You understand the 'insanity' plea predates modern psychology. That's before all the fancy certification and 'scientific' classification and writings. That's now the fall back and excuse for allowing the modern version of 'human sacrifice' because we, which predominately includes advocates and judges, demand levels of perfection in dealing with unstable individuals. It's probably too late now to reestablish reasonable protections for society since the oligarchs would be more than happy to use a process to institutionalize people much like the Soviets to deal with political threats and not just those who present a physical danger to the community and family.
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The Stupid Party will die if they go along. "Me Too" means why bother anymore. The republic is all but dead anyway, kill it to remove any pretense. Posted by Procopius2k
Sadly, your statement is confirmed with nearly every passing day. If it were just me, I'd shake my wobbly head, laugh it off, and have a drink. But there are the children and grandchildren. I am nearly at the point of hoping it all goes kinetic.
The IDF launched an airstrike over the northern area of the Gaza Strip on Wednesday morning, targeting concealed rocket launching sites in the enclave, the IDF said in a statement.
The statement said the IAF attacked during the night in response to two rockets that were fired from the Gaza Strip towards Sderot on Tuesday evening, just as Israel began the release of 26 Palestinian prisoners, 15 of them Gaza-bound.
the paleos being released are the old fashioned knife, gun and hand carried bomb types and probably wouldn't 'fit in' with the islamicjihad group doing the rocket launches
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I just pictured the turkey drop scene from WKRP with Jihadis being airdropped onto the launch sites :-)
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As God is my witness, I thought Jihadis could fly.
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An Indian navy submarine with about 18 sailors on board has caught fire after an explosion and sank at a port in Mumbai. Fire started at midnight and went on till 5:30-6:00am local time, he said.
Indian news channel, NDTV, said nearly a dozen fire engines rushed to the dockyard to douse the fire.
The submarine was nearly submerged at its berth in the naval dockyard.
Indian media reports say the 16-year-old Russian-made submarine, INS Sindhurakshak, had recently returned from Russia after undergoing an overhaul and upgrade. Time for another upgrade...
Al Jazeera's Anu Anand, reporting from Rajouri, Kashmir, said that the cause of the explosion is still unknown. If you read the whole Al Jiz story you would think it was a Nuke power sub that sunk - somewhat disingenuous editing
Security forces have started to clear pro-Morso protesters who have been camped out on the streets of the capital, Cairo, since the Egyptian president was deposed by the military last month. On Wednesday, live footage showed smoke engulfing Nahda square and there were reports of tear gas and birdshot being used.
"I see a lot of black smoke and helicopters circling," said Al Jazeera's Dorothy Parvaz, reporting from Cairo.
The action follows weeks of warnings from the interim leadership that force would possibly used to clear the protesters.
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Looks like civil war between MB and the secularists. Most likely it was unavoidable after Mubarak was deposed. Thanks, Obama. Got any of those Libyan weapons left for the MB?
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The key word is martyr. That's how they fight. The perfect weapon in this day of worldwide PR where every death is a tragedy, assuming it's the tragedy that supports your ideology.
A proposed international peace conference on Syria that aims to bring together President Bashar al-AssadÂ’s allies and the opposition will probably not happen until October at the very earliest, a top Russian official said.
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov said additional preparatory talks for the meeting will be held between Moscow and Washington at the end of August, and that the diplomatic schedule was already busy for September.
“It will probably not happen in September because there will be other events,” Gatilov told the Interfax news agency late on Monday. “We are in favour of holding the conference as soon as possible, but we have to take certain realities into account that may have an effect on when this forum is convened.”
The so-called Geneva 2 talks were initially agreed in May by US Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov at a time when the Syrian rebels were making steady advances on the ground.
Russia, one of AssadÂ’s strongest international backers, had initially proposed having the meeting by the end of May.
But as AssadÂ’s forces mounted a counter-offensive, the talks were repeatedly postponed because of the oppositionÂ’s failure on the need or terms under which they would attend.
But principally because they were getting their asses kicked, so Assad and Russia (BIRM) decided they could wait...
Lavrov said after meeting Kerry on Washington on Friday that Russia and the United States were in agreement about the need to stage the talks “as soon as possible”, but gave no specific date.
The negotiations are based on the results of a Syria peace conference held in Geneva in June 2012, when world powers agreed on the need to establish a transition government in the war-torn country. But the sides then failed to agree on whether Assad could play a role in forming the new government, and if his closest representatives could serve on the new interim team.
That failure and the conferenceÂ’s inability to halt the fighting on the ground meant that the peace terms were never inforced.
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[An Nahar] Free Patriotic Movement Despite its name a Christian party allied with Hizbullah, neither free nor particularly patriotic... leader MP Michel Aoun ...a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hizbullah... on Tuesday stressed that he will not accept to be excluded from the new cabinet, noting that his dispute with Hizbullah is over "the issue of building the state."
"There is an attempt to form a cabinet without taking the views of others into consideration, which makes it a de facto cabinet," Aoun said in an interview on his movement's mouthpiece OTV.
"A national unity cabinet is usually formed when there is a national crisis. Amid this crisis, should we gather people or divide them?" he said.
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[Shabelle] Hussein Ali Wehliye has been appointed the new governor of Galgadud region of Somalia.
Mr. Wehliye has vowed to bring tangible development to the underdeveloped region which was previously governed by the Islamic umbrella of Ahlu Suna wal Jama'a sheikhs.
Mr. Wehliye says consultations were part of his plans and will consult both Ahlu Suna and traditional elders who helped in the liberation of the region from Alshabab.
He also promised to continue with the unfinished projects started by the previous regime and thanked Ahlu Suna for their great developments.
"We will establish friendship with neighboring regions and work together to establish peace" said Wehliye.
The appointment has been made at a time when both Ahlu Suna and Alshabab are still situated in the central region of Somalia.
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[BREITBART] On Tuesday, the Missouri State National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) issued a statement asking for federal involvement in the case of a rodeo clown who wore an Obama mask and then asked the crowd if they'd like to see Obama run down by a bull. Ummm... For a clown?
"The activities at the Missouri State Fair targeting and inciting violence against our President are serious and warrant a full review by both the Secret Service and the Justice Department," said State President Mary Ratliff. Inciting violence against B.O.? Groups of Missourians showing up with cattle and trampling him? Not much of a threat.
"Incidents involving individuals acting out with extreme violent behavior in movie theaters, schools, churches, political appearances, and outdoor events in general speaks volume to the irresponsible behavior of all the parties involved with the incendiary events at the Missouri State Fair." There were clowns involved in those? Well, damn them!
Ratliff went on to condemn the state's funding of the State Fair: What part of "State Fair" doesn't she understand?
"Our Legislature has failed to support Medicare Expansion in Missouri, has consistently attempted to dismantle our Human Rights Commission, fail to adequately fund urban schools -- (who) are predominately African American -- yet they are subsidizing the Missouri State Fair to the tune of $400,000; we are calling for the subsidy to stop... Can they have a few bucks if there's anything left over after your buddies have been taken care of?
How dare those peasants spend a little of their own money to amuse themselves!
[Governor Nixon's] planned Pancake Breakfast for Thursday should be his 'Last Supper' at the Missouri State Fair in response to the racially intolerant attacks on his Commander in Chief." 'Twasn't racially intolerant. The clown was making fun of him.
Besides, the president is only commander-in-chief of the military. The rest of us he must ask politely.
What this demonstrates very clearly is that Champ has rabbit ears. He can't tolerate for a moment being taunted. Recall the vitriol that Dubya faced (including a snuff film); never seemed to bother him any.
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The NAACP is so desperate to pump some life into the race card that they choose *this*?
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What would happen if someone published an editorial cartoon showing Obama as a cowboy who's being run down by a bull who bears the written designation 'Administration Scandals' ?
The clown's reference to violence was unrealistic. He performed an editorial cartoon. One may disagree with his point but how could this be criminal?
'Death of a President' OTOH presented a realistic scenario of the assassination of George W. Bush. Were there legal consequences for anyone involved in the making?
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These folks after the clown's hide are nuts. I haven't watched the video, but even if he's the mutant spawn of Bull Connor and banjo boy, the clown knew for sure and certain that the Boss was not present, and therefore in no danger whatsoever. But zeee booool... for all we know, that bull thought he was after the real thing. All patriotic citizens must immediately demand an investigation of that bull, with particular regard to its political affiliations, social media postings, and eligibility to carry pointy things around on its head.
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We need a day when everyone in the country dresses up as a clown to mock this president.
If a substantial portion of the population dressed up to ridicule Obama, the result would simply be a RIOT.
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If we had a color-blind society, this would be a non-issue. If it had been Bush, only crickets would been heard. This is what happens when one elects or hires an affirmative action employee.
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I guess the left will want to have all the States repeal their 'Stand Your Clown' laws.
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National Association for the Advancement of Clown People, more like.
I wish the Black Klan got as much attention as the Klu Klux Klan does anymore. Can we take both groups, toss them into a stadium along with a dozen or so knives, and weld the doors shut?
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swk, that was one of the things I really liked about W: he wasn't afraid to laugh at himself.
I also liked the comedian's comment about Laura Bush: "Muy caliente".
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Just watched that whole video. Good.
Somehow I can't imagine Obumbles making fun of himself. That would take a bit of humility which Obama simply doesn't have. Two of the things I liked about Bush was his humility, and his compassion (something else Bumbles doesn't have...)
Obama truly believes he's 'the One' we have been waiting for - he said so himself.
“Had the TSA been present, no Obama masks would have ever gotten through our security checkpoints. Our agents are highly trained to find latex and certain kinds of offensive plastic products, including any that might be secreted into private crevices to circumvent security."
[REUTERS] One Moslem Brüderbund member was rubbed out and at least 11 people maimed in Egypt on Tuesday, security sources said, with the Islamist group accusing plain clothes police of firing on their march.
The killing could harden the standoff between the Brotherhood, which is demanding the reinstatement of deposed Islamist President Mohamed Mursi, and the army-backed government.
Authorities have held back from clearing two Brotherhood protest camps in Cairo, and a religious authority made some progress in establishing negotiations, but the shootings and other street festivities showed Egypt remained dangerously divided.
Thousands of Mursi supporters marched to the Interior Ministry earlier in the day and were confronted by residents who threw stones and bottles and taunted them as "terrorists". Police fired teargas at the demonstration which had brought Cairo traffic to a standstill.
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[An Nahar] Pak Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif ... served two non-consecutive terms as prime minister, heads the Pakistain Moslem League (Nawaz). Noted for his spectacular corruption, the 1998 Pak nuclear test, border war with India, and for being tossed by General Musharraf... called for a "new beginning" in relations with India in comments published Tuesday, as tensions remained high over the disputed region of Kashmire.
Recent festivities across the heavily militarized Line of Control (LoC), which divides the Himalayan territory between India and Pakistain, have raised the temperature between the nuclear-armed neighbors.
Sharif, in remarks published by the News Agency that Dare Not be Named of Pakistain, said it was vital India and Pakistain became "good friends".
"Let us make a new beginning. Let us sit together to resolve all outstanding issues in a friendly manner and in a peaceful atmosphere," he said in comments made Monday to the state news agency.
India's army on Tuesday accused Pakistain of firing across the LoC late on Monday in the latest confrontation.
Pakistain and India have fought three wars since independence in 1947, two over Kashmire. A deadly flare-up along the LoC in January derailed peace talks that had only just resumed after a hiatus sparked by the 2008 Mumbai attacks.
"We must become good friends. Hold each other's hands. We must sit together with open and clean heart," Sharif said, adding that Pakistain had "a lot of love and affection" for the Indian people.
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You want to sit down with Pakistan? yeah?
That should be fun.
Where was Osama's house located, about two blocks from the Pak West Point? Their word is worth about squat.
[CBSNEWS] Senior U.S. intelligence officials are concerned about the growing presence of al Qaeda hard boyz in civil war-torn Syria. I think we've been "concerned" about it here for awhile.
In a statement released over the weekend, the State Department said the leader of al Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) has moved himself and the group's operations to Syria. A State Department spokesperson also noted that the deadly suicide kabooms and boom-mobileings carried out in Iraq in recent days can be attributed to AQI. We routinely attribute anything that explodes in Iraq to AQI. Occasionally we're wrong, but exploding things and themselves seems to currently be a strictly Sunni tactic. The Shiites, being in power, have an army to oppress the Sunnis. Any non-AQI kabooms are probably mafia wars.
CIA Deputy Director Michael Morrell warned of the risk of the collapse of the Syrian government -- which possesses a considerable stockpile of chemical and advanced weapons -- namely, a power vacuum which would leave room for al Qaeda to take hold and take advantage of their weapons cache and technical capabilities. Pencilneck and his govt collapsing was a good thing, until the alternative became the cannibals.
The al Qaeda movement is very much "based on ideology and has very little to do with the kind of organization" that the U.S. is accustomed to, according to CBS News chief foreign correspondent Lara Logan, who cited Syria's "massive stockpile of chemical weapons" and depth of knowledge about employing those weapons as a unique threat compared to other, previous al Qaeda training havens. Syria is a much more dangerous Afghanistan than Afghanistan was when it was controlled by AQ. It's got a higher level of technological development. It also presents more problems for AQ: the Salafists will have to digest all those Shiites.
"The people who know the most about chemical weapons in the United States say that what is scary about Syria is not just the presence of chemical stockpiles ...it's the technical knowledge and training and know-how and the delivery system required to deliver those weapons," Logan said Tuesday on "CBS This Morning." I thought I just said that?
"Nobody knows yet who's going to win the peace in Syria," she added, "It might very well be al Qaeda." Currently there are, broadly speaking, four sides: Pencilneck, the rebels, al-Qaeda, and the Kurds. The rebels are so fragmented they haven't been able to form a shadow govt. Pencilneck is a loathsome specimen, The Kurds aren't going to govern the entire country, but they don't want to be pushed around. And the Qaeda groups are the latest butt-insky grab by international Salafism. Not a lot of choice there. Best we just supply plenty of ammunition to all parties concerned. Maybe the Kurds get a little extra?
The threat is "dangerous enough for the Deputy Director of the CIA to say there are more imported muscle flooding into Syria to fight for al Qaeda today than there ever were at the height of the war with Iraq," Logan said on "CBS This Morning." Zarqawi hadn't totally looned out at the beginning of the war with Iraq. But it's the same machine sending the same people in to inflict that Olde Tyme Religion on the place, whether wanted or not.
Many of the fighters now based in Syria likely came from Afghanistan, North Africa, Yemen and Iraq, where they learned to fight the U.S., Logan explained. What'd they learn in Yemen? "Look out! Here comes another one!" maybe?
"That organization [in Syria] is in very close contact with Ayman al-Zawahri, who is in the Pakistain-Afghanistan region," she said. Probably in Miranshah.
Al-Zawahri is the late Osama bin Laden's ... who was laid out deader than a mackerel, right next to the mackerel... successor, who in 2001, laid out his long-term plan for the global jihadi movement. The al Qaeda group currently based in Syria has been known as al Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) and recently changed their name to The Islamic State of Iraq, They've been going under "Islamic State of Iraq since about 2006, though my memory may be off by a year or two.
to reflect their growing ambitions. AQI is led by Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, who is now based in Syria.
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See also RELATED WORLD NEWS > [WaPo] AL-QAEDA EXPANDS INTO SYRIA VEE ISLAMIC STATE.
and
* DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > [Various Videos]FOREIGN SHIA MILITIAS FIGHTING IN SYRIA HIGHLY UNDER-REPORTED IN MEDIAS.
versus
* DEFENCE./PK/FORUMS > US PENTAGON IS CONSIDERING ELIMINATING AFRICOM, among other, as due to on-going Sequester-led/forced military realignment of forces.
* SAME, TOPIX > [Cal Thomas] OBAMA HAS NO FOREIGN POLICY, SO US DRIFTS.
Advantage = RADICAL ISLAM + GLOBAL JIHAD, as perhaps goodly illustrated by ...
* WORLD NEWS > [WND.com] [Al-Qaeda in Gaza Strip = Jihadiya Salafiya] JIHADIST LEADER: "ISLAM IS COMING" [to the US + Europe, Israel, E-T-A-L.], WARNS FOREIGNERS FIGHTING IN SYRIA COULD TARGET US NEXT.
Yuuup - do the North Koreans know [Red Dawn II]???
No doubt wid tremendous direct or indirect help from the LeftMedias + ACLU + Soon-to-be-Global Welfare-Nanny Staters, WHERE US GDP RATIO OF OVER 101% + JAPAN'S GDP RATIO OF OVER 245% = US CAN CERTAINLY SPEND + EXPAND ITS DEBT = BANKRUPTCY BY AT LEAST ANOTHER 144% JUST BECAUSE IT CAN???
What the above has done for Minority + Alternatist agendas in pre-9-11/GWOT America, IT CAN DO FOR FED-, OWG GLOBALIST-CONTROLLED LEGAL SHARIA = "LEGAL JIHAD" IN POST-2015 "BORDERLESS" AMERIKA.
D *** NG IT, SUPPORT YOUR FRIENDLY NIEGHBORHOOD DOMESTIC DRONE STRIKE + RFID CHID!
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remember when jihadis came from ten countries to Iraq to fight the Americans? We didn't need to go hunt them in their countries, they came to Iraq to gather and be with us. The US of us.
Came from at least ten countries, paid their own airfare too.
Grease spots out there is the sand today. Syria? Well, Syria needs a few grease spots too. Line up.
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The threat is "dangerous enough for the Deputy Director of the CIA to say there are more imported muscle flooding into Syria to fight for al Qaeda today than there ever were at the height of the war with Iraq," Logan said on "CBS This Morning."
This is a feature, not a bug. Fly strips work best when hung from inside the barn vs the pasture.
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One key difference between having al Qaeda in Iraq/Afghanistan vs. in Syria: in Iraq, we were there, and if the jihadis popped up, we could shoot them. (Of course, carefully observing the restrictive ROEs). In Syria, all we can do is hope that Pencilneck whacks them.
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RiV, Do you think that we (actually Obastard & crew) really hopes Pneck whacks them? I don't.
My most cynical and paranoid thoughts are that they WANT AQ & friends to take Syria so that they can then move against the Juice.
I know this is paranoid, but, is it paranoid enough?
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"remember when jihadis came from ten countries to Iraq to fight the Americans? We didn't need to go hunt them in their countries, they came to Iraq to gather and be with us. "
Bring your armies to Babylon and I will make your enemy meet you there.
[Bangla Daily Star] Suspected myrmidon leader Muhammad Jasimuddin Rahmani, inspired by Anwar al-Awlaki ... Born in Las Cruces, New Mexico, zapped in Yemen, al-Awlaki was a dual citizen of the U.S. and Yemen. He was an Islamic holy man who was a trainer for al-Qaeda and its franchises. His sermons were attended by three of the 9/11 hijackers, by Fort Hood murderer Nidal Malik Hussein, and Undieboomer Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab. He was the first U.S. citizen ever placed on a CIA target list... , "spiritual leader" of al-Qaeda in the Arabian peninsula, has been building radical Islamist network in the country at least for the last five years, Sherlocks say.
The Sherlocks, who have been following his speeches and activities since 2007-08, found that Jasimuddin was not a follower of al-Qaeda leader the late Osama bin Laden ... who doesn't live anywhere anymore...
Rather, he preferred to follow Awlaki, a US-born Yemeni who was killed in Yemen in an American drone attack on September 30, 2011.
"I don't follow the Big Guy, I follow his Number Three. There's difference, ya know."
Though Jasimuddin, 43, who studied in madrasas at home and abroad, was preaching radicalism to his disciples, he was yet to form any organization, Sherlocks said.
But he and his followers used to share their views on a website named "Ansarulla Bangla Team". Investigators consider them as members of Ansarulla group. They found that the hosting server of this website was in Pakistain.
A source said the Sherlocks do not have a clear picture of the total strength of this group in the country. But they have learnt that there are 200 to 300 people who are active with the website and who believe it is their duty as Mohammedans to kill if someone talks or works against Allah, Koran, Hadith and the Prophet.
"They believe it is the duty of the state to take action against atheists or those who talk against the Koran, Hadith or Prophet," said an investigator on condition of anonymity.
"They also believe the government does not follow Islamic principles, so it is their duty as citizens to kill them [those who are anti-Islam]."
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But he and his followers used to share their views on a website named "Ansarulla Bangla Team". Investigators consider them as members of Ansarulla group. They found that the hosting server of this website was in Pakistain.
All roads lead to Pakistan
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[An Nahar] Attacks in Iraq killed 13 people on Tuesday, including four who died in a blast targeting Shiite worshippers, while gunnies bombed a major oil pipeline, halting exports, officials said.
The attacks are the latest in a surge in violence that security forces have failed to curb, despite carrying out major operations against gunnies said to have resulted in scores of arrests, including 82 on Monday.
In the deadliest attack on Tuesday, a boom-mobilewent kaboom! after midday prayers at Al-Zahraa husseiniyah, a Shiite place of worship south of Storied Baghdad ...located along the Tigris River, founded in the 8th century, home of the Abbasid Caliphate... , killing four people and wounding 14.
Militants have carried out attacks on both Sunni and Shiite mosques this year, raising fears of a return to all-out sectarian conflict in Iraq, which peaked in 2006-2007 and killed tens of thousands of people.
In the northern province of Kirkuk, ... a thick stew of Arabs, Turkmen, Kurds, and probably Antarcticans, all of them mutually hostile most of the time... another boom-mobile killed three police, while bombings also killed a soldier, a Sahwa anti-al-Qaeda fighter and two civilians in Salaheddin province, north of the capital
And in Nineveh province, also in north Iraq, gunniesrubbed out a former soldier and a civilian.
Militants also bombed a major pipeline carrying oil from northern Iraq to Turkey, near the town of Albu Jahash in Nineveh province.
The attack halted exports via the pipeline, a bigwig from the North Oil Company said, adding that production was still continuing, but the oil was being stored.
Repairing the pipeline, which runs from the northern Iraqi oil hub of Kirkuk to the port of Ceyhan in Turkey, is expected to take between one and three days, the official said.
The attacks came a day after bombs targeting a cafe, a football field and a market in areas north of Storied Baghdad killed 28 people.
The interior ministry on Monday announced the arrest of 82 suspected gunnies in Salaheddin and Diyala provinces, 56 of them at an alleged al-Qaeda training camp.
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[An Nahar] Jordan denied on Tuesday a U.N. report that organized crime networks operate in the country's Zaatari camp, which hosts 130,000 Syrian refugees.
"There is no such thing as organised crime in Zaatari; there are petty crimes and petty theft," Brigadier Waddah Hmud, head of the Syrian refugee department, told Agence La Belle France Presse.
"Organised crime needs planning in advance and this we did not see in Zaatari."
The U.N. refugee agency (UNHCR) said on August 6 that "both organized crime networks and Syrian opposition groups operate in the camp and use it to pursue their financial and political objectives."
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[Dawn] 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... chief Syed Munawar Hassan ... The funny-looking leader-for-life of the Pak Jamaat-e-Islami. He joined the National Students Federation (NSF), a lefty student body, and was elected its President in 1959. He came into contact with the Islami Jamiat-e-Talaba (IJT) Pakistan and studied the writings of Mawlana Syed Abul Ala Maududi, The Great Apostasizer. As a result, he joined IJT in 1960 and soon he was elected as President of its University of Karachi Unit and member of the Central Executive Council. He was Assistant Secretary General of Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistain in 1992-93, and became Secretary General in 1993. After years of holding Qazi's camel he was named Amir when the old man stepped down in 2009... has said that government should take the offer of peace talks by Taliban seriously and hold meaningful dialogue with the bad turbans.
Addressing an 'Eid Milan' party at Nishtar Hall here on Monday, he urged the government to take all stakeholders into confidence before holding negotiations with the Taliban, who renewed their offer for peace talks with the government recently.
"The government and Taliban should come with open mind for talks to restore lasting peace in the country," the JI leader said. A large number of JI workers attended the function, which was organised in connection with Eidul Fitr.
Mr Hassan blamed some secular forces for creating hurdles in negotiations with Taliban in tribal areas. "These forces should understand that if government can hold talks with hijackers then why not with Taliban," he said.
The JI leader said that government should take all stakeholders and political forces on board for the upcoming All Parties Conference (APC). He was of the view that APC should not be only a formality and the government should circulate its agenda among the stakeholders before the conference.
Mr Hassan said that government had yet to respond to the Taliban's offer. The reason, he said, was that the government might have been waiting for green signal from the US government. He said that America was trying to hold talks with Afghan Taliban in Doha (Qatar) while it opposed negotiations between Pakistain and local Taliban.
Mr Hassan also asked Taliban to explain their position before holding formal talks with the government. He said that coalition government in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa ... formerly NWFP, still Terrorism Central... did not have the mandate to negotiate with Taliban. Only central government could do it, he added. However, some people are alive only because it's illegal to kill them... provincial government should cooperate with the centre, he said.
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Which country is the Taliban more popular Pakistan or Afghanistan?
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Afghanistan, if you follow the news out of Pakistan.
[Dawn] The National Assembly on Thursday adopted a unanimous resolution condemning the Indian aggression along the Line of Control (LoC).
The resolution was moved by Minister for Science and Technology Zahid Hamid which was endorsed by the house unanimously.
Following is the text of the resolution:
"This House unanimously condemns the unprovoked aggression by Indian military forces across the Line of Control in recent days. It also condemns the attacks on the Pakistain High Commission and the demonstrations outside the PIA offices in New Delhi, and the efforts to prevent the Friendship Bus from proceeding to Pakistain. It deplores the unjustified public vilification of Pakistain in the Indian media.
This House endorses the Prime Minister's forceful statement urging effective steps to ensure the ceasefire on the LoC; not to allow the situation to drift; and to take steps to prove the atmosphere by engaging constructively with a view to building trust and confidence. This House accordingly calls upon the Government to clearly convey to the Government of India the necessity to respect and uphold the Ceasefire Agreement of 2003 in letter and spirit.
This House also reiterates that Pakistain shall continue to extend diplomatic, political and moral support for the just and legitimate struggle of the Kashmiri people for the realisation of their right to self-determination, as enshrined in the UN Security Council Resolutions.
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Next, the Pax get the UN General Assembly to pass a resolution stating that Indian Aggression is Zionism, because, having learned the hard way, neither the Juice nor the Indians will stand still long enough to be slaughtered en masse. After which the Washington R-Words renounce their name (as Indians not wanting to be associated with Juice) and declare they are now the Washington Jihadis, in honor of their future overlords -- and at the demand of the IRS. The Five Civilized Tribes, sick n tired of being ignored, then declare war on the Union (again) -- or was it the UN? -- they're not sure, and to cover all bases (and even though there are no bases in the NFL) , they declare war on both. The UN promptly sends in the Black Helicopters. The NAACP promptly files a discrimination lawsuit in federal court seeking a ban on the term "black helicopters" and a ban on "insensitive", "inappropriate" rodeo clowns. The Aggrieved World waits, holding its breath in anticipation of the decision in the NAACP suit. The Aggrieved World passes out (civil suits being what they are). Life goes on.
[An Nahar] Syrian opposition activists, including National Coalition members, have drawn up a transitional roadmap including a call for national reconciliation and justice for "all of Syria's victims," a statement said Tuesday.
The roadmap is to be presented in full on Wednesday, in the presence of National Coalition chief Ahmad Jarba, but has not been officially endorsed by the key opposition group.
"National reconciliation will be achieved through a long transitional justice process in which justice is assured for all of Syria's victims," said the statement.
It comes amid reports of abuses carried out by both regime forces and rebels in Syria's conflict.
While the country's uprising began with peaceful anti-government demonstrations in March 2011, it has turned into a bloody war that has left more than 100,000 people dead.
Both sides have been accused of summary executions, sectarian killings and torture.
The proposals also call for restructuring Syrian security forces to uproot "corrupt officials."
"All gangs will be disarmed, demobilized and reintegrated into Syrian society," it adds.
It lays out plans for the country's political system after the fall of the Syrian regime, calling for a "hybrid presidential/parliamentary system."
And it proposes using the country's 1950 constitution as the basis for a new charter, with an elected constitutional assembly mandated to decide on modifications.
The 1950 constitution was the first in Syria to be drafted by a constituent assembly, but has subsequently been replaced.
It gave the legislature more power than the executive, and states that the head of state must be a Mohammedan.
The group behind the proposal, Syrian Expert House, includes some 300 activists, lawyers and members of the National Coalition and Syrian National Council.
Defected government officials and rebel commanders also participated in the drafting process, the group said.
More than 200 pages spell out in often minute detail a plan for how best to manage a transition in the event the regime of Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad The Scourge of Hama... falls.
It argues for war crimes tribunals to be held in Syria with international experts providing advice, and pledges that trials will cover all those accused of abuses.
"The goal is not to target a specific religious group," the document says, adding "there is no place for the policies of Dire Revenge™ or retaliation."
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The Pasedena, California City College professor, Hugo Schwyzer who insinuated himself into feminist circles as a male feminist, then admitted it was all a fraud: despite protests about his personal shame and promises to leave the internet on a hiatus a few days ago, is back, both on the Twitter and as an interview subject in The Daily Beast.
Twitchy's reportage of his tweeting activity can be found here. He brags about "pumping in an extra 10 mgs of Kolonopin" (I didn't know you were allowed to self medicate an anti psychotic) and waiting for the 300 mgs of Seroquel to get some sleep.
My guess. He will keep stirring up the pond so his agent can shop a memoir.
Just a guess...
From TFA:
But none of that is why Schwyzer is so famous right this second. What's driving his current notoriety is his very public Twitter meltdown last Friday in which he sent out more than 100 tweets in an hour, admitting to building a career "on fraudulent pretenses," to being an addict, and to teaching feminism with no specialization or degree in the field. This came on the heels of the revelation last month that the 46-year-old married professor wasn't taking his own advice when he sexted with a 27-year-old sex worker activist.
An officer with a bomb disposal unit was killed and more than a dozen others injured in two bombing incidents in southern Thailand last night and this morning.
This morning at 9 a.m., a bomb disposal officer died when a bomb exploded as he and security personnel were investigating a location where Sungai Padi district office chief Sayang Chanachaiwong was shot last night at 9 p.m. The blast also wounded eight officers who were on duty and a member of the public who was at the scene.
Sungai Padi District Police chief Police Colonel Wuttipon Yenjit said police did not go to the scene of the incident last night fearing it was a trap to detonate a bomb when security forces were investigating.
In a separate incident in Pattani province, a security volunteer and five others, including a 13-year-old boy, were wounded when a bomb exploded in Kampung Muangtia last night. The blast, which was activated using a cellphone, took place when a crowd was busy putting out burning tires on the road.
Maelan District police chief Police Colonel Phitak Uthaitham said police did not rush to the scene because it was a dangerous area.
[BBC.CO.UK] Israel has begun the process of freeing a group of 26 Paleostinian prisoners, whose release was agreed as part of the deal to restart peace talks.
The prisoners, most of whom carried out attacks more than 20 years ago, were driven out of a jail in white minibuses with tinted windows.
About half are being taken to Gazoo, and half to the West Bank.
Paleostinian and Israeli negotiators began direct talks two weeks ago for the first time in three years.
Another round of talks is due to begin in Jerusalem on Wednesday.
Israel agreed to release the 26 long-term prisoners as the first of 104 Paleostinian and Israeli Arab inmates to be freed over the next few months.
Failed legal moves
The men were driven away from the Ayalon prison complex late at night in vehicles with darkened windows to avoid any display of triumphalism.
Small groups of Israeli protesters had gathered outside the prison and jeered as the buses drove off.
Relatives and friends of the freed men have gathered on the frontiers with Gazoo and the West Bank, with bands playing bagpipes parading through flag-waving crowds.
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[An Nahar] An army colonel deserted the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...formerly the Congo Free State, Belgian Congo, Zaire, and who knows what else, not to be confused with the Brazzaville Congo aka Republic of Congo, which is much smaller and much more (for Africa) stable. DRC gave the world Patrice Lumumba and Joseph Mobutu, followed by years of tedious civil war. Its principle industry seems to be the production of corpses. With a population of about 74 million it has lots of raw material... 's government forces with at least 30 of his men to join the ranks of the M23 rebels stirring unrest in the country's east, the army said Tuesday.
Colonel Richard Bisamza left with 30 of his men in the early hours of Tuesday morning, Lieutenant Colonel Olivier Hamuli told Agence La Belle France Presse, adding that the decision was "not a surprise, given his ethnicity."
"His departure doesn't affect the army whatsoever. We aspire to have an army that isn't infiltrated by rats," Hamuli said.
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[Dawn] Pakistain's top military commander at midnight on Tuesday said that there could be difference of opinion on counter terrorism strategy, however, to bow down before the militancy can never be a solution.
Speaking at the annual military parade at Kakul Military Academy in Abbottabad ... A pleasant city located only 30 convenient miles from Islamabad. The city is noted for its nice weather and good schools. It is the site of Pakistain's military academy, which was within comfortable walking distance of the residence of the late Osama bin Laden.... , Chief of the Army Staff General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani ... four star general, current Chief of Army Staff of the Mighty Pak Army. Kayani is the former Director General of ISI... emphasised on early execution of steps against terrorism by evolving a national consensus.
"It is important to get united, evolve a national consensus and implement it at earliest to find a solution," he said.
"The war against terrorism can only be won when we all are on the same page....so there is no doubt in our and terrorists' minds," he added.
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[Dawn] Pak security forces claimed to have killed six hard boyz in 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... 's troubled Bolan district during an operation on Tuesday night.
An official of the Frontier Corps, who did not wish to be named, told Dawn.com that security forces have launched an operation against hard boyz near Dhadar area of Bolan district.
He said six hard boyz were killed and two frontier corps personnel also suffered wounds during the operation. "The hard boyz resisted the operation," he said.
Security forces recovered 40 kilograms explosives and other arms and ammunition from the bad boys' possession. However, a poor excuse is better than no excuse at all... two injured FC personnel were rushed to nearby Sibi Hospital for medical treatment.
The official said the forces and hard boyz exchanged heavy firing during the operation that lasted for more than an hour in the mountainous area.
More troops were called in the area to control the situation. Exchange of fire near Dhadar temporarily suspended traffic between Balochistan and Sindh. However, denial ain't just a river in Egypt... the road was opened after conclusion of the FC operation in the area.
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UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said Tuesday that drones should only be used to collect information.
Thanks for that Ban. Don't you have a ribbon to cut somewhere?
Speaking at the National University of Sciences and Technology, the UN chief, who is on a two-day visit to Pakistan, also called for international laws to be followed regarding drone attacks, Geo News reported.
Ah, so he's appeasing the rubes in Pakistain. What a great diplomat!
"Pakistan attaches great significance to the UN and accords high importance to the visit of Secretary General Ban Ki-moon," foreign ministry spokesperson Aizaz Ahmed Chaudhry earlier said.
He's appeasing the rubes as well...
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Egyptian police fired tear gas to break up clashes between supporters of ousted president Mohammed Mursi and residents of a central Cairo neighbourhood, AFP correspondents said.
Next time it's a whiff of grape...
The clashes began when dozens of religious scholars affiliated with MursiÂ’s Muslim Brotherhood entered the ministry of endowments and were ordered out by police, a security official said. They then clashed with residents of the area prompting police to fire tear gas, the official and AFP correspondents said.
The scholars were joined by more pro-Mursi protesters who damaged shop fronts. That further infuriated the residents, who pelted them with stones, leading to sporadic scuffles on several streets.
The confrontations come as Mursi supporters demonstrated outside several government ministries in Cairo.
Loyalists of the deposed Islamist president have set up two huge protest camps in Cairo and have held near daily demonstrations calling for his reinstatement, after his overthrow by the military on July 3.
“It is a continuation of our revolutionary actions against the coup. It will continue,” Brotherhood official Farid Ismail told AFP of the protests.
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Simply lob delayed action anti personal pellet munitions into the crowds, then watch hilarity ensue.
[An Nahar] The Turkish pilots kidnapped in Leb on Friday were kidnapped in a hope to exchange them with the nine Lebanese pilgrims held in Syria's Aazaz region, reported As Safir newspaper on Tuesday.
A widely-informed security source told the daily that Mohammed Saleh, a relative of the pilgrims who was locked away Please don't kill me! Sunday in connection to the pilots' case, revealed the names of individuals linked to the abduction
He also said that the Turkish pilots were targeted in order to carry out the exchange.
Saleh's relatives denied to As Safir however that their son was linked to the case, saying that he only received messages of congratulations on his telephone when news of the abduction broke out.
Meanwhile, ...back at the pound, the little lost dog backed into the corner and showed its teeth. And what big teeth they were!... caretaker Interior Minister Marwan Charbel told the daily that Saleh is considered as a witness in the kidnapping and not a participant.
His release from custody is in the hands of the General Prosecution, he added.
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[An Nahar] Central African Republic's interim leader Michel Djotodia promised Tuesday to fight against the spread of weapons in the country, still suffering the aftermath of a coup earlier this year.
In an address to the nation on the 53rd anniversary of independence from La Belle France, Djotodia said the government had "taken measures to restore security".
"We must fight against the proliferation and circulation of weapons," he said, adding that controls on gun ownership would be put in place.
"Our defense and security forces must only use weapons to protect people and their property across our territory."
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[WASHINGTONTIMES] In the wake of a rodeo clown's anti-Obama skit this weekend, the Missouri State Fair is forcing all clowns to undergo sensitivity training.
Somebody doesn't understand how this clown thingy works...
The state fair commission voted Monday to ratify the decision to ban the clown in question who wore an Obama mask as the rodeo announcer asked if the crowd wanted to see him get run down by a bull. The crowd enthusiastically approved, according to local media reports.
But the state commission went further, saying it will require that before the Rodeo Cowboy Association can take part in any future state fair, "they must provide evidence to the director of the Missouri State Fair that they have proof that all officials and subcontractors of the MRCA have successfully participated in sensitivity training."
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We. Are. So. Screwed.
When it comes down to this - forcing rodeo clowns (*CLOWNS* mind you) to take sensitivity training for a bad skit - we are circling the drain.
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Sounds like an excuse to shut down the rodeo; libs have found them cruel to animals for a long time (and, in truth, not without some justification.)
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Apparently the commission is part of the state government and thus it should be subject to at least some 1st Amendment restrictions.
"The Missouri State Fair Commission was established by the Missouri Legislature effective September 1, 1995 through Missouri Revised Statutes (Chapter 262, Section 26.217)
Number of Members: Nine (9)
Members Appointed by Governor: Nine (9)
Length of Term: Four (4) years
Senate Advice & Consent Required: Yes"
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Of course when George Bush dummies were used in rodeos nothing was said.
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Wait, now, guys. There was clearly a safety issue involved -- the mask may have confused a contestant into thinking he was looking at a retreating bull.
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Lets not forget they didn't seem to get too upset about Bush'es head on a spike in 'A game of thrones'. Can you imagine the hissyfit they would throw if it was Bumbles head?
[FREEBEACON] A Saudi national known to be a key al Qaeda bomb maker was maimed during a U.S.-led drone strike in Yemen, according to a Yemeni news report.
Ibrahim al Asiri, the bomb maker, was targeted during a missile strike launched from a U.S.-operated armed drone in southern Yemen that killed two other al Qaeda terrorists, the online Yemeni news outlet Al Watan reported Sunday.
A U.S. official had no public comment but urged caution regarding claims that al Asiri was dead.
The drone attack took place in Yemen's southernmost Lahij Governorate that borders the Gulf of Aden. Covert, U.S. military-operated drones carried out the strike. The United States operates a drone base located in southern 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...
According to the Al Watan report, photos of the drone strike victims showed one man whose facial features matched al Asiri, who was said to have been severely maimed.
Al Asiri is one of the most wanted bully boyz and was behind at least two unsuccessful plots to blow up airliners.
Al Watan quoted eyewitnesses as saying the drone strike Saturday was carried out against a passenger car that heard the drone and sought refuge under a bridge. However, the difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits... before the passengers could get out of the car, a missile struck the vehicle and destroyed it.
After seeing that the missile had not hit the passengers, the drone fired three more missiles against four people who had fled from the car.
Al Asiri is believed by U.S. officials to have been the criminal mastermind behind the bomb concealed in the underwear of Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, who attempted to blow up a Northwest Airlines jet on the way to bankrupt, increasingly impoverished, reliably Democrat, Detroit ... ruled by Democrats since 1962. A city whose Golden Age included the Purple Gang... on Dec. 25, 2009.
Abdulmutallab was convicted and sentenced to life in prison in 2012.
Al Asiri also is suspected in the plot to blow up cargo planes using printer cartridges filled with plastic explosive in 2010.
Al Asiri, a chemist by training, is also believed to have trained other members of the group Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.
Saturday's drone strike followed an unprecedented public warning by the U.S. government that bully boyz were planning an attack on the United States.
More than a dozen U.S. diplomatic outposts were temporarily closed amid concerns of a terrorist attack.
No attacks have been carried out and current and former U.S. officials have said the terrorist threat may have been hyped by the B.O. regime for political purposes. A White House spokeswoman dismissed that claim as "insulting."
U.S. officials were quoted in press reports as saying the threat of a coming attack was based on an intercepted communication between al Qaeda leader Aymen al Zawahiri ... Formerly second in command of al-Qaeda, now the head cheese, occasionally described as the real brains of the outfit. Formerly the Mister Big of Egyptian Islamic Jihad. Bumped off Abdullah Azzam with a car boom in the course of one of their little disputes. Is thought to have composed bin Laden's fatwa entitled World Islamic Front Against Jews and Crusaders. Currently residing in the North Wazoo area. That is not a horn growing from the middle of his forehead, but a prayer bump, attesting to how devout he is... and the Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula leader Nasser al-Wuhaysi.
London's Telegraph newspaper reported Saturday that Yemeni authorities have offered a reward of up to $23,000 for information on al Asiri and 24 other al Qaeda bully boyz in Yemen.
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urged caution regarding claims that al Asiri was dead
Meaning they were shooting at somebody else, but got lucky and hit someone deserving.
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[NEWS.SKY] Police are hunting a radical Moslem preacher wanted in connection with an acid attack on two British teenagers in Zanzibar.
Sheikh Issa Ponda Issa was cornered by officers near Dar es Salaam in Tanzania, but managed to escape and is now on the run.
He was hit in the shoulder with a tear-gas canister during the altercation, according to local police in Morogoro - the scene of the clash.
Police commander Faustine Shilogile said: "He has not been tossed in the calaboose Drop the rosco, Muggsy, or you're one with the ages! . He has been shot at. We have been looking for him in all corners of the country."
He added: "We are no closer to finding who was responsible for this. But this is a serious police investigation, and we are doing everything we can."
"They stopped for the girls and the two men then looked at each other, nodded and then the man on the back of the bike smiled and threw acid on the girls.
Five men are also being questioned by officers, according to the authorities.
News of the preacher's escape came as it emerged that one of the two men involved in the unprovoked attack "smiled" before throwing acid.
Speaking from Zanzibar, medical student Olivia Moore told Channel 4 News: "The two men were on a moped and they went past a group of tourists.
"They stopped for the girls and the two men then looked at each other, nodded and then the man on the back of the bike smiled and threw acid on the girls.
"From then on it's just chaotic. There was no incident that preceded the actual attack.
"Everyone was shocked. Nobody can think of a motivation or anything that precipitated this."
Victims Katie Gee, and Kirstie Trup, both 18 and from London, are still being treated for burns at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital after arriving home on Friday.
They are said to be "well rested and comfortable".
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[An Nahar] Middle East peace talks could "collapse" due to continuing Israeli settlement expansion, a senior Palestinian official warned Tuesday, on the eve of the scheduled resumption of the fragile process. "Settlement expansion goes against the U.S. administration's pledges and threatens to cause the negotiations' collapse," Yasser Abed Rabbo told Agence France Presse. That's what routinely happens, isn't it? Release a bunch of prisoners, then the talks collapse because of something the Zionist Entity did.
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Unless both Egypt + Jordan agree to give up thier claims of soveriegnty on the Gaza Strip + West Bank, the PA is nothing more than a GOVT-IN-EXILE = "SOVERIEGN"? GOVT-STATE WID NO GEOGRAPHIC TERRITORY TO TRULY CALL ITS OWN.
I suppose delusional pretense can serve a good, albeit subjective or altruistic, purpose in keeping Paleo-specific hope alive for a future time.
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We were not going to get shit out of these "talks" anyway. We still need to re-settle those who were kicked out of Gush Katif from the last "peace" talks.
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I'd like to see Israel state that they have a non-negotiable demand: The paleos have to amend their charter to eliminate the section that calls for the destruction of Israel before they even start talking.
Until then, no tickee, no washee.
Bring popcorn: watch heads explode, see Kerry's phrench panties get in a wad. :-D
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[An Nahar] At least 18 Syrian rebels and a child were killed in violence in the central province of Hama Tuesday, a monitoring group said.
In the north, a prominent Aleppo-based activist went missing, and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said it feared the jihadist Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) was behind his disappearance.
Near Morek in Hama province, "the number of opposition fighters killed (early Tuesday) has risen to 18," said the Britannia-based Observatory.
They were killed in festivities and army shelling on their positions and ammunition stockpiles, the group added.
Meanwhile, ...back at the bunker, his Excellency called the chief of staff and complained that the artillery was keeping him awake... in the Sahel al-Ghab area of Hama, a 10-year-old child was killed in army shelling, said the Observatory.
The deaths come amid a major rebel escalation in eastern Hama, which is strategically located in the heart of Syria and links several flashpoint areas to each other.
Activists say several rebel groups have joined forces in recent weeks to fight two simultaneous battles in the area -- one called "We are coming, Homs", the other "The single body".
Hama is adjacent to Homs, the center of whose lovely provincial capital remains under rebel control, weeks after the army reclaimed control of the strategic Khaldiyeh district.
In northern Syria, news broke of the disappearance of an anti-Assad activist known for his chants at weekly protests in the city of Aleppo.
"It is likely he is being held by ISIS," Observatory director Rami Abdel Rahman told Agence La Belle France Presse.
Amateur video distributed by the Observatory showed friends of Abu Maryam protesting at the gates of ISIS' headquarters.
ISIS is believed to be holding hundreds of activists in areas where they operate.
Among the missing is Father Paolo Dall'Oglio, a charismatic Italian Jesuit priest who went to meet with ISIS' commanders earlier this month to try to negotiate the release of activists, and has yet to return.
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[An Nahar] As a teenager radicalized by China's Cultural Revolution, Zhang Hongbing denounced his mother to the authorities. Two months later a firing squad shot her dead.
Now after more than 40 years of mounting guilt, Zhang has ruffled the silence that cloaks China's decade of turmoil with a public confession.
Such rare apologies have been welcomed as a potential gateway to the collective soul-searching that could bring healing -- but is blocked by a ruling Communist Party whose critics say is unwilling to confront its own responsibility.
"Back then everyone was swept up and you couldn't escape even if you wanted to. Any kindness or beauty in me was thoroughly, irretrievably 'formatted'," Zhang told the Beijing News last week.
"I hope that from my self-reflection other people can understand what the situation was like at that time."
The 1966-76 Cultural Revolution, unleashed by then-leader Mao Zedong to reassert power after the famines caused by his disastrous Great Leap Forward, inflicted myriad personal tragedies and threw society into chaos.
"Red Guard" youths abused their elders -- officials, intellectuals, neighbors, relatives -- dragging them into "struggle sessions", ransacking their homes and driving some to suicide.
Many targets were placed in durance vile Drop the rosco, Muggsy, or you're one with the ages! or killed, and while no official figure has been issued, one Western historian estimated half a million people died in 1967 alone.
Zhang reported his mother in 1970 for criticizing Mao, and military officials came to their home, assaulted her and took her away.
But as the political winds changed -- a few years after the Cultural Revolution ended, a court in his native central Anhui province recanted his mother's sentence -- Zhang began to rethink as well.
"I will never forgive myself," he said. Hey, don't worry about it. It was just your Mom.
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We hear all this talk from the Chinese about the atrocities committed by the Japanese during World War II. I don't doubt that the Japanese committed atrocities any more than I do that the Germans committed the Holocaust. But I wonder who killed more Chinese...the Japanese or Mao?
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If the Chinese made a study of "Obedience to Authority: An Experimental View" by Milgram obligatory at their high school level, things like the "Cultural Revolution" would be less likely to happen. However, this would most likely lead to civil unrest & tank treads squashing human heads like watermelons. Zhang Hongbing should leave well enough alone.
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Wondering who killed more Chinese, Japanese or Chinese Communists -- is the Chinese equivalent of ridiculing Obama by dressing up as a clown -- don't go there.
[Shabelle] Abdiqadir Mursal who is the deputy police commissioner of Afgoye district talking to Shabelle media said that his men searched houses in the town to hunt out for the culprits who terrorized residents for the past few days. During the security operations, men suspected to be behind the troubles have been locked away ... anything you say can and will be used against you, whether you say it or not... and will be brought to face the law according to the commissioner. " A man who was dressed in military dressing killed a civilian last night and beat feet from the scene ; we are searching for him and will bring him to justice''. Said Mr. Mursal. The commissioner stressed the importance of the members of the public to participate in maintaining the security of the town and called for members to participate and work with the police.
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[An Nahar] Paleostinian president the ineffectual Mahmoud Abbas ... a graduate of the prestigious unaccredited Patrice Lumumba University in Moscow with a doctorate in Holocaust Denial... is committed to pursuing peace talks with Israel despite the unresolved issue of Israeli settlement building, U.S. Secretary of State John F. I was in Vietnam, you know Kerry Former Senator-for-Life from Massachussetts, self-defined war hero, speaker of French, owner of a lucky hat, conqueror of Cambodia, and current Secretary of State... said here Tuesday.
"I'll be talking to president Abbas today ... and he is committed to continuing to come to the negotiation because he believes that negotiation is what will resolve this issue," Kerry said in Brasilia.
"Let me make it clear. The policy of the United States with respect to all settlements, is that they are illegitimate," he told a presser after talks with his Brazilian counterpart Antonio Patriota.
"But, that said, (Israeli) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was completely up front with me and with president Abbas that he would be announcing some additional (settlement) building in places that will not affect the peace map, that will not have any impact on the capacity to have a peace agreement," the U.S. chief diplomat said.
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Kerry is a squirrel. Put his chair in the hall and let him go and look for it.
[Bangla Daily Star] A Cameroonian court has sentenced a former health minister to 20 years in prison for corruption over a fake contract to deliver mosquito nets to hospitals, legal sources said yesterday.
The country's special criminal court, charged with fighting high-level graft, on Monday found Urbain Olanguena Awono guilty of embezzling more than 80 million CFA francs (122,000 euros, $162,000).
Co-accused Yves Rodrigue Soue Mbella, who is on the run, was sentenced in absentia to life in prison.
Soue Mbella had won successive public contracts to supply the insecticide-treated mosquito nets to hospitals in northern Cameroon, but never delivered the anti-malaria treatment despite being paid in full by the government.
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[Dawn] Twin hand grenade attacks killed at least two people and maimed 28 others belonging to Ismaili Musselmen community, a faction of Shia Islam, in Pakistain's port city of Bloody Karachi ...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous... on Tuesday, officials said.
The first attack took place in the Karimabad neighbourhood during rush hour, creating panic in the area.
"A hand grenade fell inside worship place of Ismaili community, killing a woman and a child and wounding 26 others," senior local police official, Aamir Farooqi told AFP.
The community follows billionaire Prince Karim Aga Khan, who lives in La Belle France, and considers him as spiritual leader.
A local intelligence official also confirmed the attack and casualties.
Another hand grenade targeting Ismailis worshipping in the western district of Metroville injured two people, local police official Asif Ejaz Sheikh said.
Nobody has so far grabbed credit for the attacks but Karachi, a city of 18 million people, is rife with murder and kidnappings and has been plagued for years by ethnic, sectarian and political violence.
Meanwhile, ...back at the Esquimeau village Jack was learning how to rub noses with Nootka's wife...... at least two people were maimed in as many hand grenade and home-made kabooms in Karachi's twin city Hyderabad. One of the attacks was reportedly targeted a stall, setup to sell national flags in the wake of Independence Day celebrations for August 14.
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No agreements exist on the delivery of Russian Antey-2500 surface-to-air missile systems in replacement of the S-300 missile systems, said Anatoly Isaikin, general director of the Russian state arms trader Rosoboronexport, RIA Novosti reported.
"It is difficult to say anything. I would be able to talk about this if agreements had been or will be signed. There are none for now," Isaikin said when asked whether Antey-2500 systems could be delivered to Iran in replacement of S-300 systems.
Iranian Ambassador to Russia Mahmoud Reza Sajjadi said at the end of July that Antey-2500 systems' deliveries to Iran in replacement of S-300s could be discussed in the context of Tehran's suit against Russia.
"We are in talks to weight options in the context of Iran's suit. The issue (of Antey-2500 systems' deliveries in replacement of S-300s) could be raised," the Iranian ambassador told journalists then.
Sajjadi told Interfax in June that Iran would withdraw its suit from the Geneva arbitration court over Russia's failure to deliver S-300 missile systems, if Russia honors the corresponding contract.
Moscow and Tehran signed a contract for the delivery of S-300 systems in 2007. Israel and the United States protested against the implementation of this contract.
The UN Security Council adopted a fourth resolution spelling out sanctions against Iran in June 2010. It imposed the first ever curb on conventional weapons deliveries to Tehran, including missiles and missile systems, tanks, assault helicopters, warplanes and warships.
Russia said that the sanctions covered the contract with Tehran for the delivery of S-300 missile systems, developed and made by Almaz-Antey Concern. Russia annulled the S-300 contacts with Tehran on October 7, 2010. Iran filed a $4 billion suit with the Geneva international arbitration court against Rosoboronexport protesting the failure of the S-300 contract.
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[DETROITNEWS] The first group of chaplain trainees began instruction in 2011 and graduated this June. More sessions start next month; enrollment in the program ends Aug. 22, coordinators said.
During the program, students paid to attend courses on Musselmen history, law and other topics. They also volunteered at hospitals and other sites in the area.
Coordinators insist the effort is not about finding converts but focusing on a person's spiritual needs in a serious situation -- an act that transcends denominations or specific affiliations.
"We're not trying to create Musselmen chaplains -- we're just trying to create chaplains that happen to be Musselmen so they can minister to anyone," said Urias Beverly, director of the program.
That broad approach is evident throughout the interactions.
Abu Muhammad Ussabur, who volunteers for hospitals in bankrupt, increasingly impoverished, reliably Democrat, Detroit ... ruled by Democrats since 1962. A city whose Golden Age included the Purple Gang... , recently was called to the bedside of an elderly Baptist woman. Initially skeptical after eyeing her visitor's kufi and long robe, she began inquiring about his faith.
Ussabur quickly cleared some of her misconceptions about Islam, including followers' beliefs on Jesus. "She said, 'It seems like there's not too much difference between us and you all,' " he said. "I said, 'That's right. It's not.' "
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The departure of U.N. chemical weapons experts to Syria has been delayed because an agreement hasnÂ’t been reached with the Syrian government on arrangements for the investigation of three incidents of alleged chemical weapons use, the United Nations said Tuesday.
U.N. deputy spokesman Eduardo del Buey said the investigation team led by Swedish chemical weapons expert Ake Sellstrom completed its logistical arrangements for the visit over the weekend. Del Buey said U.N. disarmament chief Angela Kane was continuing consultations with the Syrian government “with a view to reaching agreement as soon as possible on the modalities essential for cooperation to ensure the proper, safe and efficient conduct of the mission.”
U.N. spokesman Martin Nesirky had said on Aug. 6 that preparations were expected to be completed “within the next days, following which the date of the mission in Syria will be announced.”
The U.N. did not say what specific issues were holding up the teamÂ’s departure.
Do they have to?
Del Buey said “once the Government of Syria confirms its acceptance of the modalities, the mission will depart without delay.”
Enjoy your stay in Oyster Bay...
The U.N. gave approval for the investigation on July 31 following an “understanding” reached during meetings in Damascus between the Syrian government and the U.N., represented by Kane and Sellstrom.
The team is expected to visit Khan al Assal, a village on the southwestern outskirts of the embattled city of Aleppo which was captured by the rebels in late July. The government and rebels blame each other for a purported chemical attack on the village on March 19 that killed at least 30 people.
The experts are expected to investigate two other incidents whose locations are being kept secret for safety and security reasons.
U.N. Mideast envoy Robert Serry told the Security Council last month that the U.N. has received 13 reports of alleged chemical weapons use in Syria.
The investigation team includes about 10 experts from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, which is based in The Hague, and the World Health Organization, based in Geneva. Its mandate is to report on whether chemical weapons were used, and if so which ones, but not to determine the responsibility for an attack.
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[NATIONALREVIEW] The "phony scandal" at the IRS keeps growing.
E-mail correspondence unearthed by the House Boodle Central reveals that Lois Lerner, the figure at the center of the scandal, may have committed a felony by divulging information about a conservative group to the Federal Election Commission, in an incident that dates back at least to 2008, before President B.O. took office. Though some conservatives have eagerly sought evidence that Obama's White House instigated the IRS's targeting of tea-party groups, the latest evidence suggests that an anti-conservative bias may instead be an endemic feature of the federal bureaucracy. And now, an FEC official is raising the specter of systemic bias at that agency, too, calling the techniques its lawyers employ a "much more sophisticated way" of discriminating against conservative groups than those used by the IRS.
"When we spoke last July, you had told us that the American Future Fund had not received an exemption letter from the IRS," an FEC attorney wrote in a February 2009 e-mail to Lerner.
But Section 6103 of the Internal Revenue Code provides that both "return information" and "taxpayer return information" are strictly confidential. An IRS source tells National Review Online that, within the agency, disclosing the information that Lerner appears to have provided is considered "a violation of Section 6103."
That's a felony punishable by up to $5,000 in fines or five years in prison. If found guilty of such a violation, Lerner, who has been on paid administrative leave since May, would also lose her job: "If such offense is committed by any officer or employee of the United States," the law reads, he shall "be dismissed from office or discharged from employment upon conviction for such offense."
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Your money is no good here. Take the 5 years in prison.
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I'm beginning to wonder why Issa even bothers. The administration will stonewall, take the Fifth, misdirect, shout "Look, squirrel" until after the 2014 election. Meanwhile, they will keep on doing what they've been doing.
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Lerner appears to be the key. If Issa can force a legal indictment, plea negotiations can begin and much more can be learned. This entire affair needs to depart the congressional investigation arena and enter the legal world as soon as possible.
[REUTERS] As Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi cements his ties with Washington, Yemen's interim president risks alienating his own people, who resent the U.S. drone war on al Qaeda in their country. It wouldn't be Arabian without rage.
Hadi's White House visit on August 1, a mark of favor from the United States, coincided with an intensification of U.S. drone attacks on suspected members of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), the Yemen-based group seen by the West as one of the global bully boy movement's most aggressive branches.
The State Department also temporarily closed its embassy in Sanaa and withdrew some diplomats over warnings of a potential al Qaeda attack, with other Western embassies following suit.
Yemen at first decried these measures as exaggerated. But it later said it had foiled an AQAP plot which also involved seizing energy facilities and a lovely provincial capital, a claim which a government front man in Washington later played down.
Drones have killed at least 37 people in just over two weeks amid extra security measures that have frayed Yemeni nerves.
In Sanaa, a U.S. reconnaissance plane buzzed overhead for hours each day and security checkpoints mushroomed across the capital during the normally joyous Mohammedan Eid al-Fitr feast.
"Hadi has done nothing for Yemen, except to let American planes kill people whose guilt is not known," complained Majida al-Maqtari, a Sanaa school teacher who said she had voted for Hadi in the last election but would back an opponent next time.
LONG-RUNNING TURMOIL
Hadi took office with firm U.S. support after protracted unrest forced veteran 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... , once also a U.S. ally, to step down in late 2011 after 33 years in power.
A southerner with a military background, Hadi was Saleh's vice president for nearly two decades. So far he has kept the support of Saleh's friends and foes alike and has met little serious opposition - not even from Islah, an Islamist party linked to the Moslem Brüderbund.
Hadi inherited a country in utter disarray. The anti-Saleh uprising and ensuing power struggles had brought Yemen's tattered economy to its knees. Islamist snuffies had taken over swathes of the south. Many state institutions had collapsed.
He moved swiftly to clear an estimated 3,000 al Qaeda and allied fighters from southern towns in a U.S.-backed offensive.
Hadi knows, as Saleh did, that pleasing the United States boosts the flow of military aid and badly needed humanitarian support. Washington allocated $345 million to Yemen in 2012 and is expected to give $250 million in 2013 and the same in 2014.
But many Yemenis who opposed Saleh are dismayed by the drone attacks and their country's continued dependency on Washington.
"These strikes project Hadi as implementing the agenda of his predecessor, and for sure affect his popularity," said Yahya Qasseb bin Sahl, law professor at Aden University. "They also channel the Yemeni street's feelings in favor of al Qaeda."
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See also WORLD NEWS > [Newstrack India] YEMENIS ANGERED AT US FOCUS ON BEHEADING AL-QAEDA [e.g. vee Drone Strikes], NOT DEVELOPMENT.
And thus little Virgina, we learn once again why "Imperialism", "Nation-building/National Rexconstruction", + "Winning Hearts-n-Minds" are neither dirty words nor mutually exclusive.
MILITARILY "DESTROYING A [Muslim]COUNTRY(S) TO SAVE IT", BUT NOTHING ELSE = RADICAL ISLAM + MADRASSAS + JIHADI MILTERRS + SOON-TO-BE-NUKULAAR GLOBAL JIHAD, OWG CALIPHATE.......@ETC. WIN.
[Dawn] The outlawed Punjabi Taliban, an offshoot terrorist organization of Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistain (TTP), on Monday warned the Pakistain Mohammedan League-Nawaz (PML-N) government of dire consequences if it carries on with its plan of executing some convicts on death row.
In a pamphlet, distributed in southern Punjab and South and North Wazoo tribal agencies in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa ... formerly NWFP, still Terrorism Central... province bordering Afghanistan, the terrorist outfit said that the government will be considered at war with them if it goes on to execute their colleagues currently serving jail terms and are on death row.
Pak authorities on Thursday said they will hang four convicts on death row later this month, ending a five year stay on the execution of death sentences ordered by the outgoing president.
Inspector General Sindh prisons Nusrat Mangan told Dawn.com that four condemned prisoners, including two members of the banned sectarian outfit Lashkar-e-Jhangvi ... a 'more violent' offshoot of Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistain. LeJ's purpose in life is to murder anyone who's not of utmost religious purity, starting with Shiites but including Brelvis, Ahmadis, Christians, Jews, Buddhists, Rosicrucians, and just about anyone else you can think of. They are currently a wholly-owned subsidiary of al-Qaeda ... (LeJ), would be executed at the Sukkur jail and Bloody Karachi ...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous... Central prison on August 20, 21 and 22.
The pamphlet also warned the PML-N government to be wary of blindly following the Pakistain Army as it said the armed forces use political forces for their own gains. "They (Pak Army) will be in favour of yet another political force after alienating them at due time."
"Remember what happened to Awami National Party (ANP)..... No one would now go to them even for condolences," said the pamphlet whose copy is available with Dawn.com.
It said the drone attack on Waliur Rehman was a planned conspiracy of "pro-America generals" to sabotage their 'wish' for peace. "Execution of prisoners will prove to be next episode of that conspiracy," said the pamphlet.
The purpose of this conspiracy is to push the PML-N and its allies into the swamp, it added.
Meanwhile, ...back at the comedy club, Boogie was cracking himself up, but nobody else seemed to be getting the non-stop jokes... security has been put on high alert in Tank district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province after Taliban threats of targeting the government properties including DPO office on August 14.
Official sources told Dawn.com that the TTP gunnies had threatened a week ago to rob banks and burn down the DPO office in the wake of Independence Day celebrations on Wednesday.
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[NEWSOBSERVER] Gov. Pat McCrory on Monday signed into law a bill requiring voters to produce a photo ID when they go to the polls, and it was immediately met with legal challenges in federal court questioning its constitutionality.
The new law brings sweeping changes to the state's election process by reducing the early-voting period by a week, abolishing same-day voter registration and ending straight-party voting.
"North Carolinians overwhelmingly support a common-sense law that requires voters to present photo identification in order to cast a ballot," McCrory said in a statement. "I am proud to sign this legislation into law. Common practices like boarding an airplane and purchasing Sudafed require photo ID, and we should expect nothing less for the protection of our right to vote."
North Carolina becomes one of 34 states with some form of voter ID law. The voter ID provision goes into effect for the 2016 election.
Now the fight moves from the political arena to the courts.
Just hours after McCrory signed the bill, two separate lawsuits challenging the law were filed in federal court in Greensboro. A third lawsuit is expected to be filed in state court Tuesday. Congressman G.K. Butterfield also asked U.S. Attorney General Eric Inaction Jackson Holder ... aka Mister Fast and Furious... to "take swift and decisive action by using any legal mechanisms" to protect North Carolina's voting rights.
As I said yesterday, best part is that most of the new rules have been implemented, one way or another, by a majority of other states. Restrictions on early voting? Photo ID? Provisional ballots? All been done. If Holder is serious a lot of states are going to be filing amicus curiae briefs to defend their own laws.
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Kansas and it's S.O.S. Kobach being sued by the NAACP and the ACLU.
[Dawn] Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif ... served two non-consecutive terms as prime minister, heads the Pakistain Moslem League (Nawaz). Noted for his spectacular corruption, the 1998 Pak nuclear test, border war with India, and for being tossed by General Musharraf... has given the green signal to the coalition government in 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... to initiate meaningful negotiations with all gangs in the province which has been plagued by sectarian violence and an insurgency.
Sources in Chief Minister Balochistan's Secretariat told Dawn.com that Nawaz Sharif has favored the offer of CM Dr Abdul Malik Baloch for holding talks with all gangs to find an amicable solution to issues relating to the province.
After the prime minister's endorsement, the provincial government has decided to form a high level reconciliation and negotiation committee comprising seasoned Baloch, Pashtun and Sindhi leaders to initiate dialogue with Baloch separatists.
The high-powered committee would comprise of tribal elites in and out of the Balochistan Assembly.
"The committee is likely to be formed in the fast approaching session of the assembly," a politician who requested not to be named told Dawn.com.
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For 15 years, from the mid 1970's to 1990, I worked in Detroit, Michigan. I watched it descend into the abyss of crime, debauchery, gunplay, drugs, school truancy, car-jacking, gangs and human depravity. I watched entire city blocks burned out. I watched graffiti explode on buildings, cars, trucks, buses and school yards. Trash everywhere! Then there's the downside! Posted under 'signs and portents' not for no reason.
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In the name of all that is history do visit Harrolds blog and feel the very essence of the world wide web in its proto-state. It's like the Hubble Long Exposure.
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"In the name of all that is history do visit Harrolds blog and feel the very essence of the world wide web in its proto-state. It's like the Hubble Long Exposure."
Except my computer's APU doesn't have any support for the 'blink' command in its graphics coprocessor.
[Shabelle] A Kenyan is being held in a US jail after being accused of financing Al-Qaeda and other terrorist organizations.
Mr Mohamed Hussein Said, 25, who according to court documents is listed as a resident of Mombasa and Nairobi, is being held at a South Florida detention center.
He is accused of conspiring with a resident 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... who is also a US citizen, Gufran Mohammed, 30, to provide, and attempting to provide, material support to three terrorist organizations.
Money and recruits
On Thursday, the US Attorney's Office in Miami announced a 15-count indictment, charging both men with the offences.
If both are convicted, they could each face up to 15 years in prison for each count or a total of 225 years.
According to the indictment, Mr Gufran and Mr Said conspired to provide money and recruits to Al-Qaeda, AQI/al-Nusrah Front in Syria and Al-Shabaab ... the Islamic version of the old Somali warlord... in Somalia.
The prosecutors say Mr Gufran wired funds to the Kenyan to support Al-Shabaab.
Mr Said is also accused of wiring money to another individual believed to be a fund-raiser and recruiter for Al-Qaeda. The two men were enjugged Yez got nuttin' on me, coppers! Nuttin'! overseas and brought to Florida by FBI agents.
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I thought this was going to be about Ozero.
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"I thoughthoped this was going to be about Ozero."
FTFY, Al. ;-p
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[POLITICO] Michelle Obama is teaming up with some big names in hip hop to help release a Let's Move! inspired album next month. I could maybe listen to it if I was on the outside of a case of Billy beer.
Entitled "Songs for a Healthier America," the record features video cameos (but no singing) of the first lady along with big names like Jordin Sparks, Ashanti, Run DMC, Doug E. Fresh and Monifah.
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I call shennanigans, as I've never known Michelle to act or dress like a Rapper in anything.
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another unearned award coming soon. Grammy? Intro to the Rock & Roll hall of fame next year. The mind boggles at the bright future ahead of the first lady on this venture.
[MiamiHerald] Panama is insisting that the case of a North Korean ship carrying contraband Cuban weapons must be handled by the United Nations ...an idea whose time has gone... despite a soothing diplomatic note from Pyongyang, according a Panamanian government official.
The verbal note from Pyongyang's embassy in Havana noted that the ship did not seek to endanger the security of the Panama Canal and that North Korea hopes for "amiable cooperation" to resolve the case "diplomatically," the official said.
North Korea also asked in the note Friday that two of its diplomats be allowed into Panama to provide consular services to the 35 crewmen of the freighter Chong Chon Gang, said the official, who requested anonymity to speak frankly about the case.
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.
The City of Chicago is still racking up distressing numbers of shootings even as crime otherwise in the Windy City has gone down. On August 12, for instance, six people were shot in the space of only one hour.
The IDF launched an airstrike over the northern area of the Gaza Strip on Wednesday morning, targeting concealed rocket launching sites in the enclave, the IDF said in a statement.
An Indian navy submarine with about 18 sailors on board has caught fire after an explosion and sank at a port in Mumbai. Fire started at midnight and went on till 5:30-6:00am local time, he said.
Security forces have started to clear pro-Morso protesters who have been camped out on the streets of the capital, Cairo, since the Egyptian president was deposed by the military last month. On Wednesday, live footage showed smoke engulfing Nahda square and there were reports of tear gas and birdshot being used.
A proposed international peace conference on Syria that aims to bring together President Bashar al-AssadÂ’s allies and the opposition will probably not happen until October at the very earliest, a top Russian official said.
Michel Aoun
[BREITBART] On Tuesday, the Missouri State National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) issued a statement asking for federal involvement in the case of a rodeo clown who wore an Obama mask and then asked the crowd if they'd like to see Obama run down by a bull. 
Nawaz Sharif
[CBSNEWS] Senior U.S. intelligence officials are concerned about the growing presence of al Qaeda 
Syed Munawar Hassan
[Dawn] The National Assembly on Thursday adopted a unanimous resolution condemning the Indian aggression along the Line of Control (LoC).
Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir 
[Dawn] Pakistain's top military commander at midnight on Tuesday said that there could be difference of opinion on counter terrorism strategy, however, to bow down before the militancy can never be a solution.
Egyptian police fired tear gas to break up clashes between supporters of ousted president Mohammed Mursi and residents of a central Cairo neighbourhood, AFP correspondents said.
[WASHINGTONTIMES] In the wake of a rodeo clown's anti-Obama skit this weekend, the Missouri State Fair is forcing all clowns to undergo sensitivity training.
Zawahiri
[An Nahar] At least 18 Syrian rebels and a child were killed in violence in the central province of Hama Tuesday, a monitoring group said.
The departure of U.N. chemical weapons experts to Syria has been delayed because an agreement hasnÂ’t been reached with the Syrian government on arrangements for the investigation of three incidents of alleged chemical weapons use, the United Nations said Tuesday.
[NATIONALREVIEW] The "phony scandal" at the IRS keeps growing.
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[NEWSOBSERVER] Gov. Pat McCrory on Monday signed into law a bill requiring voters to produce a photo ID when they go to the polls, and it was immediately met with legal challenges in federal court questioning its constitutionality.
[POLITICO] Michelle Obama is teaming up with some big names in hip hop to help release a Let's Move! inspired album next month.
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