A culture of drug-taking and ''indiscipline'' exists among Afghan nationals working with British troops in Afghanistan, a preliminary inquest hearing into the deaths of five British soldiers was told today.
An Afghan physiotherapist will be executed within three days for converting to Christianity. Said Musa, 45, has been held for eight months in a Kabul prison were he claims he has been tortured and sexually abused by inmates and guards.
Mr Musa, who lost his left leg in a landmine explosion in the 1990s, has worked for the Red Cross for 15 years and helps to treat fellow amputees.
He was arrested in May last year as he attempted to seek asylum at the German embassy following a crackdown on Christians within Afghanistan.
He claims he was visited by a judge who told him he would be hanged within days unless he converted back to Islam. But he remains defiant and said he would be willing to die for his faith.
Note that he'll die for his faith but he won't blow anyone up for it. That's a subtle difference between his current and former faiths.
He told the Sunday Times: 'My body is theirs to do what they want with. Only God can decide if my spirit goes to hell.'
Defence lawyers have refused to represent him, while others have dropped the case after receiving death threats.
Mr Musa was arrested after a TV station showed western men baptising Afghans during secret ceremonies.
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You're never, ever, see this reported in the U.S. Media - doesn't support the narrative that Islam is a religion of peace and tolerance.
Its a pathetic religion following a pathetic 'god' who can't stand any questions, any criticism, any free thought, any competition, and especially anyone leaving it.
This man is going to die for his faith like a real Martyr. May God take care of him.
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Why doesn't this count as a trigger for NATO removing all support for the Afghan Govt? If they're going to behave as despicably as the Taliban, surely we should pull out and let the miserable f*ckers slug it out together.
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In a sane world both the judge and prosecutor would be arrested by western military.
They would prosecuted, tried and convicted for attempted murder under the color of law.
They would be sentenced to death and subsequently hanged by the neck until dead.
But that's something we cannot do! It would be cultural imperialism, islamophobia even!
The real political strategery in Afghanistan is unfortunately largely immune to outrage or even mild criticism, as it it based on a bipartisan (in the US) and international consensus.
I do not particularly like B. Hussein Obama, and I do hold him responsible for the present US policy, but, as far as "Operation Extinguishing Freedom" is concerned he has maintained continuity with G. Hussein Bush, T. Hussein Blair, G. Hussein Schröder et al.
The Afghanistan project is about subsidizing, protecting, assisting and partially surrendering to genuine evil.
There may be a realpolitikal argument for this, but we should not put lipstick on a monstrous pig(*).
(*)I apologize for offending monstrous pigs with this comparison.
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He's not dead yet, and the State Department abhors this kind of bad PR. So even if he is executed, he will be the last for a long time. Sucks to be a political puppet.
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"Then you will be arrested, persecuted, and killed. You will be hated all over the world because you are my followers." Matthew 24:9
Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather, be afraid of the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell. Matthew 10:28
He is a Christian who recognizes the real God. Semper Forte
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This is a sign of the growth of Christianity at the expense of Islam. A losing religion does not inspire faith unto death... as opposed to faith unto killing. I've linked this article from 2008 before, but it fits here. The long-term questions are:
1. Will the relatively higher, but quickly dropping, Muslim birth rates offset the twin threats of out-conversion and general rejection of Islam and Sharia by the younger generation? and
2. Can we hold back the tides of hard and soft jihad until then?
But for now, may God watch over Mr. Musa and all those who are kufr within the would-be walls of Dar al Islam.
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Similar to the old Soviet-controlled East Bloc, "Dar" is a teetering house of cards ready to fall. Both systems are parasitic, cancerous and predatory. They ultimatley produce nothing but fear and decay and are only able to continue existence by sucking the life and will from their respective host, keeping the host weak and off balance.
To heal, the host must figure out first that it is ill due to the very thing that was always sold to it as a life source. Then the end should come rather quickly.
[Tolo News] Afghan politicians Sunday decided that new faces should run for House Speaker.
Temporary head of the house said the politicians have one more day to campaign for the seat.
If the politicians still fail to choose Speaker of the House, there will be some changes in internal principles of the house, said Mohammad Sarwar Osmani, Temporary Head of the House.
Sunday discussions of parliamentarians also ended up with resignation of temporary house head, but MPs rejected the resignation.
"I honestly want to present my resignation. I kindly suggest to be replaced by someone else," said Mr Osmani.
Some legislators believe that the problem over choosing a House Speaker is caused by some institutions meddling in internal affairs of the house.
"I have no idea what sort of political issues are going on in the house. We were again unable to elect a speaker," said Iqbal Safi, an Afghan MP.
Residents in Kabul said they had expected more from the new house, but the house still fails to have a speaker.
"They have been divided and that is why they haven't been able to elect their head," said a Kabul resident.
Mohammad Yonus Qanooni, the former speaker of the house, strongly rejected the report claiming his settlement with Abdul Rasul Sayaf over the seat.
It was believed that there has been a settlement between Mr Qanooni and Sayaf about the seat.
Some people in the northern Balkh province thought foreign and internal interventions have caused the delay in electing a Parliament Speaker.
They said Afghans had defied security threats by voting in the parliamentary poll and they do not expect the parliamentarians to disappoint them.
Nine days have passed since the house was inaugurated by President Hamid Maybe I'll join the Taliban Karzai, but the parliament has yet to have a speaker.
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[Tolo News] Security threats have dropped significantly in northern Afghanistan, a bigwig in Ministry of Interior Affairs said Sunday.
Security officials urge more efforts to further increase the central government's control in northern regions.
Officials in interior affairs ministry see the launch of security operations effective to ensure security in these parts.
After hard boyz were removed from their footholds, security forces should have the capability to maintain control of the area and avoid bully boys' return, officials said.
"Interior ministry is trying to provide security for construction projects run in different parts of the country in a bid to win hearts," said Interior Ministry Spokesperson Zemarai Bashari.
At the same time Deputy Commander of Nato's Training Mission for Afghan Police, Gen. Stuart Beare, talked about an increase in number of police forces trained by international forces.
"In November 2009 there were no literacy programmes for the police. Today over 21,000 are enrolled in mandatory literacy training and the number will increase to 50,000 by November," said General Stuart Beare.
Officials with interior ministry said efforts are on the ground to nationalise police forces and develop transparent accountability; finance and monitoring systems in police organisations.
Recently security in northern parts was deteriorating, but security offensives seem to be working to root out hard boyz in their footholds.
Meanwhile, ...back at the ranch... Germany is to host a conference on Afghanistan this year.
In the recent Munich Security Conference President Karzai focused his talks mainly on security transition to Afghans saying it would begin by March 21 this year.
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NORTHERN AFGHANISTAN "PEACE IN OUR TIME"
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* DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > FRESH VIOLENCE THREATEHS TO TURN [Econ-vital]KARACHI INTO THE "NEW MOGADISHU".
A peace council appointed by Afghanistan's president has stepped into confrontation with America by demanding the release of a top Taliban leader from Guantanamo Bay to precipitate talks.
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So this high ranking Taliban's punishment for 9/11 might be 9 years of detention followed by a negotiated return to power.
If he isn't stupid and rejoins the 'Taliban-Taliban' as opposed to the 'moderate Taliban' he'll return to power as part of a ruling coalition governing a kinder gentler (but not too kind and gentle) islamofascistic Afghanistan, subsidized by Western taxpayers.
He'll enjoy political support and protection of the US and NATO, and he'll draw a considerable salary.
Apart from the moral outrage, why should a nuclear armed Iran fear the consequences of Iranian sponsored terror attacks on the west?
Looking at Afghanistan, why should a rational actor in Iran's leadership be deterred?
[The Nation (Nairobi)] A diplomat was at the weekend refused entry at Shimo la Tewa Maximum Security Prison.
Somali ambassador Mohammed Nur wanted to visit more than 100 Somali pirates being held at the jail. Frantic efforts by the envoy to enter the prison were thwarted by junior prison officers who asked him to first get clearance from their seniors or the Ministry of Home Affairs.
Prison sources told the Nation that the ambassador was expected to visit the facility on Friday.
"There is no way we can allow him in on a weekend without orders from our bosses," said a senior warder who requested not to be named because of the sensitivity of the matter.
Coast provincial prisons boss James Kodieny could not be reached for comment.
Dejected, the ambassador left the prison for Mombasa's Central Police Station where 14 Somalis are held for being in the country illegally. The 14, whose cases have been concluded, will be moved to Dadaab refugee camp.
"I was not barred from entering the prison, maybe it is because today is not an official working day. I will stay around until Monday or Tuesday and try again ... I wanted to see them and establish their well-being," Mr Nur said.
The ambassador observed that piracy would not be eradicated in Somalia due to insecurity and illegal fishing.
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ION NEWS KERALA > WIKILEAKS:CANADIAN NAVAL COMMANDER WARNED OF SOMALI [Govt's] "COLLUSION" WID PIRATES. Lines between US-West supported Somalia Govt = TFG, Pirates, + Terrorists, etc. becoming INCREASINGLY BLURRED.
[The Nation (Nairobi)] If the popular revolts that have rocked Tunisia and Egypt gain momentum and spread across the Middle East, they could strike a catastrophic blow to Al-Qaeda's violent ideology, experts say.
While some in the West fear pro-democracy protests in the Arab world could see authoritarian secular regimes tossed by equally hardline Islamists, other observers say the movements pose a far greater threat to jihadi jihad boys.
Groups like Osama bin Laden's Al-Qaeda have long preached that peaceful protest is useless in the face of autocracy. They condemn electoral politics and urge Mohammedans to use violence to combat injustice and oppression.
But if street protests in Tunisia can force an dictator into exile and in Cairo can force a regime to promise free elections and sit down with its opponents, why should angry young Arabs turn to bombs and guns?
"Ultimately, it works against the idea of the resort to violence," Maha Azzam, who studies the Middle East for the London-based think tank Chatham House, told AFP in Cairo's Tahrir Square, which is occupied by protesters.
Two weeks ago, thousands of demonstrators occupied the square, the heart of the capital in the largest nation in the Arab world, demanding that autocratic leader geriatric President Hosni Mubarak step down and allow free elections.
The revolt has not been without violence, a police crackdown and festivities between pro and anti-regime groups have left an estimated 300 people dead, but the focus of the movement has been a peaceful demand for change.
Some in the West and in neighbouring Israel have expressed concern that a free vote in Egypt could lead to victory for the opposition Mohammedan Brotherhood, and that this would be a boost for violent factions in the region.
But observers in Cairo say the Brotherhood's power is exaggerated and that in any case it is not a violent movement like Al-Qaeda.
It could play a role in multi-party politics, representing a political Islamist constituency. "All people and all groups in Egypt, including the Mohammedan Brotherhood, demand a democratic transition to power. They all condemn political violence," said Azzam.
"If it succeeds and if the transition is peaceful and successful, if it leads to a political system that includes all groups, it will be detrimental for the radical groups," she added.
As she spoke, the protesters gathered in the square -- within a cordon of troops -- prepared to mark Sunday with a Christian mass for the members of the Coptic minority in their ranks.
Al-Qaeda, whose intellectual head and number two figure is the Egyptian doctor Ayman al-Zawahiri, has long condemned any participation in elections, indeed any participation in secular political life. The Mohammedan Brotherhood, in contrast, has battled for representation.
In Egypt, where it is banned, the group fields candidates under the "independent" banner and it is now pushing to be involved in political reform.
"The jihadi groups are at a crossroads," said Dominique Thomas, an expert in radical Islam at the School of Higher Studies in Social Sciences in Gay Paree.
"If these events snowball, and raise democratic expectations in the region and people are able to overthrow dictatorships with pressure from the street, that would be a stunning blow to their theories," he said.
"If it's the will of the people that topples regimes, Al-Qaeda and jihadi groups will find it hard to bounce back and modify their narrative," he said.
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"The Jihadi Groups are at a Crossroads" > "2012".
IMO Radical Islam has now just entered its TROTSKY = KERENSKY? MOMENT = POINT IN MAHA-RUSHIE HISTOIRE' - As complemented by effective Pan-Muslim NUCLEARIZATION = NUCLEARISM, the outcomes of the 2011 "JASMINE" events in the ME + North Africa + Central Asia? will determine iff the future OWG Caliphate not only will be MANIFEST/REALISTIC BUT ALSO IFF THE SAME WILL BE MODERN LIBERAL DEMOCRATIC, VERSUS REPRESSIVE TOTALITARIAN + MIL AGGRESSIVE.
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DEFENCE.PK.FORUMS > EGYPT: A REVOLUTION DUE TO INTERNET.
* DAILY TIMES.PK > SAUDI ARABIA FEARS EGYPT UNREST COULD BOLSTER IRAN. Iff anti-Iran, US- Saudi ally EGYPT ever collapses, a POWER VACUUM may occur such that the KSA will have to carry the burden agz Regional States who already have strong relations wid rival Iran, e.g. IRAQ + SYRIA; + also wid other States still at high risk of LT instability-iff-not-collapse from the "Jasmine" chaos e.g. JORDAN. ETC.
[Ennahar] The Egyptian opponent Mohamed ElBaradei, who returned to Egypt to support young people who started the revolt against Hosni Mubarak said Sunday he was not invited to the dialogue between the Mohammedan Brotherhood and the government, describing the discussions as "opaque".
"I was not invited to participate in negotiations at this dialogue, but I'm following what's happening," ElBaradei said on NBC.
This is the first time a dialogue between the official Egyptian government and the powerful Mohammedan Brotherhood movement, strong enemy of the regime.
Discussions also gather representatives of the Wafd party (Liberal), the Tagammu (left), groups of young pro-democracy who launched the protest movement, and independent political figures and businessmen.
ElBaradei has found the process "opaque". Nobody knows who is talking to whom for the time (...). The process is managed by the Vice-President Suleiman, the army and that's the problem".
"The president is a military, vice-president is a military and the Prime Minister is a military. I think if you really want to build confidence, it is essential to involve civilians and that is why I suggested implement a transition plan under which a presidential council consisting of three persons, comprising the army, would head a transitional government," said ElBaradei.
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That is because you have nothing at all to do with governing Egypt, ElBaradei. Fly back to Vienna.
The kids in the street are the oneswho have staked their lives on this, you just bought a plane ticket. Get lost.
Hey Hillary, there are three Americans at trial in Iran for spying right now. They are civilians. Are you planning to do your job?
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Understanding the rule of law might be helpful.
He thinks it's OK to cancel agreements with Israel simply because "Mubarak made them".
Legislating from your own easy chair there, ElBaradei? Kinda makes one wonder how dutifully you fulfilled the functions of your position there with the UN, doesn't it? (Not.)
[The Nation (Nairobi)] A Kuwaiti youth group called on Sunday for a mass rally outside parliament on Tuesday to protest the government's "undemocratic practices" and to press for its ouster.
The group, Fifth Fence, said it is using Twitter, the US-based microblogging service that allows people to use mobile phones and computers to broadcast short text messages, to urge people to gather in large numbers for the protest.
Interior Minister Sheikh Jaber Khaled al-Sabah had been due to appear in parliament on Tuesday to be questioned about the death of a Kuwaiti citizen under torture at a cop shoppe.
But the inquiry was delayed after the government and its supporters in parliament decided to postpone sessions for six weeks, a move that angered the opposition which described it as unconstitutional.
"We at the Fifth Fence call on the Kuwaiti people to assemble at parliament... on Tuesday at 11.00 am to press for our legitimate right of holding sessions and to declare our rejection of the continuity of this government and its undemocratic practices," the group said in a statement. Kuwait is led by Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmed al-Sabah.
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[Iran Press TV] Bahrainis are preparing to hold anti-government protests after stressing the need for political change in the Persian Gulf monarchy during a demonstration held in support of Egypt's revolution.
The Shia opposition groups have called for anti-government protests to be held on February 14.
The anti-government protests are expected to call for more political freedom and economic opportunities as well as an end to human rights ... which are not the same thing as individual rights, mind you... violations in the island country.
On Friday, the capital, Manama witnessed hundreds-strong protests in support of countrywide protests in Egypt, Rooters reported.
The Egyptians, who rallied for a 13th straight day on Sunday, have been calling for the ouster of the three-decade-long regime of Egyptian geriatric President Hosni Mubarak.
"We must support the Egyptian people and to stand with them. This is the least we can give to them. The Egyptians are our teachers," said Jalal al Sharqi, who is a member of Bahrain's Mohammedan Scholars Association.
Shias comprise the majority of Bahrain's population. They have, however, long complained about being discriminated against by the Sunni-dominated government, when it comes to employment opportunities and the right to services.
Bahraini officials are as well accused of coming down hard on Shia opposition figures and human rights activists.
From August to October, when the country held parliamentary polls, the monarchy nabbed more than 250 Shias, accusing 23 of them of plotting a coup and provoking "violence, rioting and terrorism." The arrest frenzy was interpreted as part of Manama's widely-reported plans to rig the election.
Around 300 to 400 political prisoners are currently being held in the country, The Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday.
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Bahrain may find this novel now, yet will not be so happy upon remembering that Iran wants you bad, baby.
Dutch MP Geert Wilders' trial on charges of discrimination and inciting hatred resumed in Amsterdam on Monday with both defense and prosecution saying the whole case should be heard again.
Last October the trial was abandoned after officials ruled irregularities in the proceedings were potentially prejudicial. New judges have been appointed.
During Monday's procedural hearings, Wilders' lawyer Bram Moszkowicz said the whole process should be started from scratch. The public prosecutors were not in favour of starting again agreed to the defense's wishes.
Wilders faces several charges of free speech inciting hatred and discrimination against Muslims, Moroccans and non-Western immigrants.
During his first trial, Wilders wanted to call at least 17 witnesses including criminal law professor Theo Roos, some radical clerics and Mohammed Bouyeri - the man who murdered film maker Theo van Gogh. Wilders has called Bouyeri 'living proof' that Islam inspires violence.
On Monday, Moszkowicz said he would again call for all the witnesses to be heard. At the first trial, only a few were approved.
Wilders took the stand at the end of the hearing and said the trial is about a 'much bigger' issue than just him. 'Freedom is being sacrificed because a totalitarian ideology wants to turn it into a sin,' said the MP. 'It is the duty of free people to resist this.'
Last week, judges rejected requests by the plaintiffs for new prosecutors. Several of the groups which have wanted legal action against Wilders are upset that the prosecutors had also called for not guilty verdicts on all charges during the first trial.
More quotes by Wilders from the same hearing taken from a very biased (anti-Wilders, naturally) article in Deutsche Welle:
"Citizens who criticize Islam pay a bitter price. They are threatened, persecuted and criminalized."
"The lights are going out all over Europe, and it's because of Islam," Wilders told the packed courtroom. "There are no Islamic Mozarts or Bill Gates because they can't exist where there is no creative freedom. An ideology that comes from the desert can only create a desert."
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This is working superbly for both Wilders and his party. Being just outside the government that he can strongly influence, yet in the news at intervals, means that his party has a bunch of the authority, and none of the responsibility.
By the time the next elections roll around, they should pick up a bunch of seats.
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Just how many Dutchmen have to be slaughtered on their streets before the Dutch realise that it isn't those brave enough to oppose the Islamists who are the problem? Idiots.
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The same newspaper has an article and an op-ed about the 200 Dutch police trainers, 300 troops, and 4 F-16s getting ready to go to Afghanistan. The Dutch don't like the idea of being compared unfavourably to Tonga... or of letting the Germans covering for them. Such a lovely people!
Will Hosni Mubarak travel to Germany as a patient as part of a graceful exit strategy for the Egyptian president? Plans for a possible hospital stay here appear to be more concrete than previously believed. SPIEGEL ONLINE has learned that a luxury clinic near Baden-Baden is being favored.
The United States government's scenario for an end to the political chaos in Egypt appears to be this: President Hosni Mubarak travels to Germany for a "prolonged health check" that would offer the 82-year-old a dignified departure. Over the weekend, the New York Times reported that secret talks to that effect were being held between the US government and Egyptian military officials.
[Pak Daily Times] Thousands staged a rally in Lahore on Sunday to condemn terrorism and attacks on shrines, police said.
"More than 10,000 people participated in the rally," senior police officer Mustansar Bajwa said.
Chanting slogans against terrorism, the demonstrators called for peace in the country, which has been troubled by bombings and suicide kabooms.
The demonstrators marched from the provincial assembly building to the Data Darbar, amid heavy police presence, witnesses said.
The Pakistain Awami Tehreek party had called the rally.
"Islam is a religion of peace and acts of terrorism and bloodshed are against its teachings," the party's local chief Raheek Abbasi told the rally.
He urged the government to "improve resources and provide jobs and justice to the people to end the menace."
The protest came three days after a kaboom near a shrine in Lahore, which killed two people and maimed more than a dozen worshippers.
Two jacket wallahs blew themselves up among crowds of worshippers at the Data Darbar shrine in July, killing 42 people.
In October two jacket wallahs blew themselves up at the shrine of Abdullah Shah Ghazi in Bloody Karachi, killing nine worshippers, including two children.
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Radical Islam is taking over the Middle East with no major rival, Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said Monday in a meeting attended by European diplomats who support Israel.
Both of them?
Optimist.
Referring to Iran's threat against author Salman Rushdie, the foreign minister said "there is no spiritual or political leader today who stands up and condemns this, and this is a great problem for the whole of society."
"Today we see that the Arab world is weakening," Lieberman added, pointing out that the three major Mideastern players at this time -- Iran, Turkey and Israel -- are not Arab. He added that internal problems within Arab states are causing many clashes within Islamic society.
The great gulf between Islamic states and the West has to do with different values, Lieberman said. "Our demand for the Muslim world and our neighbors is first of all to accept different values. Today it's clear that Israel is the only strategic ally in the Middle East for the European Union and the United States, and it stems from shared values."
Lieberman said: "I'm monitoring events in Tunisia and Algeria and asking myself what's their connection to the conflict, or what's the connection between our problems with the Palestinians and the tension in Lebanon or current situation in Egypt. The conflict with the Palestinians is less than 1% of the problems in the Middle East."
Considering that the Iran-Iraq war alone killed more than a million people, not to mention civil wars in Lebanon, Yemen and Algeria, Lieberman said those who put the Israeli-Palestinian conflict at the heart of the problem are avoiding reality.
Lieberman also said that the world is divided into moderates and radicals. "At the end of the day, both Abbas and Salam Fayyad know that the great threat is not Israel and Zionism, but rather Hamas and Jihad," he said.
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See also DRUDGEREPORT > DEUTSCH PRESSE-AGENTUR = EARTH TIMES.ORG = HEZBOLLAH HEAD [Nasrallah] CALLS ON EGYPTIANS TO "CHANGE THE FACE OF THE WORLD".
IMO Nasrallah recognizes that once the Major andor Pro-US-West's Muslim States in the ME collapse as theongoing "Jasmine" regional mass protests, RADICAL ISLAM WILL HAVE A VERY REAL + "DECISIVE" OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE POL POWER EITHER VIA NORMAL STATE(S) PROCESSES, OR VIA COVERT FORCED USURPATION FROM PRO-DEMOCRATIC POLITICAL COMPETETORS [purges].
THEIR DESIRED OWG ISLAMIST-JIHADIST STATE = GLOBAL CALIPHATE, ETC. WILL BE ALL BUT CERTAIN.
The US would had .....
> FAILED TO PROTECT ISRAEL + WESTERN-STYLE ME DEMOCRACY [including North Africa].
> SAUDI ROYALS, KSA's ROLE AS ISLAMIC CENTRE OF THOUGHT UNDER THREAT.
> FAILED TO PREVENT BOTH? ISLAMIST STATE + MILTERR NUCLEARIZATION ["2012"].
> As per the ISLAMIST "GLOBAL JIHAD", CONTRARY TO A NUMBER OF ANALYSTS' BELIEFS RADIC ISLAM WOULD NOW HAVE NO REASON WHATSOEVER TO LIMIT ITS SCOPE TO ONLY THE MUSLIM WORLD = SELECT MUSLIM REGIONS.
IOW, ME-WIDE ISLAMIST "SUCCESS" will inspire the MILTERRS TO [post-Jasmine]INTENSIFY ANY NEW OR PRE-EXISTING EFFORT TO ATTACK CONUS + NATO-EU + RUSSIA + CHINA, etc.
SUB-IOW, US-VS-CHINA = US-VS-CHINA-NUCLEAR-ISLAMISM in ASIA-PACIFIC = US-VS-CHINA-VS-NUCLEAR-ISLAMISM for FINAL CONTROL OF OWG-NWO.
ABOVE = THE US WOULD HAVE LOST THE GWOT IRREGARDLESS OF ANY MILPOL SUCCESS IN AFPAK, FORCING THE US ON THE STRATEGIC DEFENSIVE AS RADICAL ISLAM [Nuclear] STEADILY ESCALATES + EXPANDS ITS GLOBAL JIHAD.
Which in turn may result in CHINA-VS-NUCLEAR-ISLAMISM FOR CONTROL OF [post-US]OWG-NWO, i.e. 200.0-plus Milyuhn Chinese from One Country[China] versus 200.0-plus Milyuhn Ahmeds from Many Countries [Global Caliphate].
VERSUS
* PRAVDA/TOPIX > VARIOUS > RUSSIANS CIENTISTS PREDICT ASTEROID STRIKE [Comet APOPHIS in 2036].
FREEREPUBLIC c/o WIKIPEDIA > Potential Aphophis Earth-impact points includes but is not limited to the HAWAIIAN ISLANDS.
To paraph "HOGAN'S HEROES" SGT SCHULTZ > NOT-BERLIN "PEARL HARBOR + HICKAM AFB + US PACIFIC COMMAND - FLAT LIKE A [tasty]PANCAKE"! Wiped out = heavily damaged such as to prohibit USDOD = US power projection in Asia-Pacific for many years.
[Ma'an] President Mahmoud Abbss sat with Jordan's King Abdullah on Sunday, the PA government press agency WAFA reported, saying the two discussed the latest political developments in the region.
The two met as Jordan's Islamists refused to join a new government, days after Abdullah sacked the old cabinet and appointed a new prime minister, and the International Quartet warned that instability in Egypt could derail the grinding of the peace processor.
"In these difficult circumstances, contacts and consultations should be resumed with his majesty the King," saying that was the primary purpose of the visit, adding that the maitinance of regular ties was particularly important given the events in Egypt and the information leaked by the London-based The Guardian and Qatar-based Al-Jazeera in the Paleostine Papers.
The series of leaked documents revealed back-room negotiations between PLO and Israeli officials where Paleostinian negotiators appeared prepared to concede large swaths of Jerusalem, let go of the right of return for the majority of Paleostinian refugees and cooperate closely with Israel in the ousting of Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason,.
According to WAFA, the leaders supported the Quartet statement saying a peace deal could be reached by September, and remained insistent that a two-state solution was the way forward.
Also at the meeting was chief PLO negtiator Saeb Erekat, PA ambassador to Amman Atallah Kaheiri and head of the Jordanian royal court Naser Al-Louzy.
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GlobalFoundries, originally part of U.S. No. 2 CPU manufacturer AMD, plans to spend $7 billion on a new chip fabrication facility in Abu Dhabi, the first in the Middle East; business and security experts say it is not a good idea to have a large segment of the U.S. and world economy depend on chips manufactured in an unstable, turmoil-prone region; the worry is not only that a hostile government coming to power would cut off computer components necessary for economnic activity and national security, but that foreign governments could build software or hardware into chips that could transmit confidential information
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If the US federal and state governments would make it easier to do business here, then we wouldn't be having this conversation.
Also, chip fabs are pretty environmentally unfriendly in addition to using a lot of poisonous chemicals that make worker safety regulations difficult to comply with in the US. Every time a US chip fab worker comes down with some disease (practically ANY disease) they want to hit the litigation lotto and sue their employer.
In civil court it is more often a case of "prove the chemicals in that plant CAN'T cause the disease I have" rather than the plaintiff prove that it did.
All sorts of regulations in the US are pushing those plants offshore.
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The chip fab and jobs are going to Abu Dhabi because their investment fund basically bought GlobalFoundries for $5 billion two years ago when AMD ran out of money. Courtesy of our unwillingness to produce energy within the US or bite the consumption bullet.
[Straits Times] THE chief Philippine government negotiator on Sunday said he was 'seriously concerned' after a feared rebel commander broke from the main Islamic separatist group ahead of peace talks.
Ameril Umbrakato's split from the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (Milf) could compromise the talks between the government and the rebels, warned Marivic Leonen.
'The government views the reported resignation of a known commander of the Milf with serious concern and looks forward to a clarification from the Milf (peace) panel,' Mr Leonen said in a statement.
Mr Leonen, who is due to meet his Milf counterparts from Wednesday to reopen the stalled talks, said that the government wanted a settlement with the 12,000-strong Milf 'at the soonest possible time'.
But on Saturday, a top official of the Milf confirmed that the group had a potentially serious rebellion in its ranks after Umbrakato quit the rebel organisation seven months ago, taking at least a thousand fighters with him.
Umbrakato was one of the Milf commanders who broke the group's ceasefire with the government in 2008 to launch deadly attacks on Christian communities in the south, leaving nearly 400 people dead and 70,000 displaced.
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IMO read, MANILA = PHIL GOVT. fears making a formal peace agreement wid One, while being forced to wage or fight new war agz the Other.
IOW, THE MUSLIM INSURGENCY DIDN'T END IN EITHER ENDURATIVE ARMISTICE OR A FINAL PEACE - IT INDIR JUST EXPANDED, e.g. as per DOKU UMAROV'S NEW EXPANDED = "OFFENSIVE" TERROR THREATS AGZ RUSSIA IFF IT REFUSES TO LEAVE = GIVE UP THE NORTH CAUCASUS???
Lest we fergit, NET > US ANALYSTS fear CBW = CHEMWAR, BIOWAR, MIXED TERR THREATS MORE THAN NUCLEAR OR RADIOACTIVE.
Ya know - "JASMINE" is actually a VERY NICE/PRETTY COLOR.
Lebanese Forces A Christian political party founded by Bashir Gemayel, who was then bumped off when he was elected president of Leb... leader Samir Geagea ... Geagea was imprisoned by the Syrians and their puppets for 11 years in a dungeon in the third basement level of the Lebanese Ministry of Defense. He was released after the Cedar Revolution in 2005 ... on Saturday accused the March 8 coalition of seeking to form of a "Hizbullah-Syria" government in Leb.
"A one-sided Cabinet means a Syrian-Hizbullah government in Leb," Geagea told the Voice of Free Leb radio station.
He said he was not sure how President Michel Suleiman and Prime Minister-designate Najib Miqati can "carry on like this."
Geagea pointed out that March 8 believes that a "new phase is taking shape" in Leb and the region, adding that Suleiman and Miqati's views, however, differ from March 8's.
The LF leader noticed the "absence of threats of sectarian strife when the other camp (March 8) was able to change the equation."
March 8, he said without naming them, "always resort to intimidation to achieve the results they desire."
In response to a question, Geagea stressed that the March 14 Those are the good guys, insofar as Leb has good guys... coalition remains "coherent" with regard to its position on the government.
Turning to Free Patriotic Movement Despite its name a Christian party allied with Hizbullah, neither free nor particularly patriotic... leader Michel Aoun ...a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hizbullah... , Geagea said Hizbullah is smarter than the former army general.
"They (Hizbullah) say respectable things and leave other things to Aoun and others," Geagea stressed.
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