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Birthday/Daily Gam Shot
Joan Crawford aka Mildred Pierce Beragon in "Mildred Pierce" aka Louise Howell in "Possessed" aka Myra Hudson in "Sudden Fear" aka Lane Bellamy in "Flamingo Road" (Died in 1977 at age 72)
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TU3031 ya done good. Clothes make the man?. The emperor had better have one of his wives pick his clothes for him. I know several where the wife picks out their clothes for them. The wife doesn't want to be embarrassed.
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For anyone who just looks at the girl pictures (not that there's anything wrong with that) and doesn't actually read the Defender-Scimitar headlines and footlines, you gotta start!
Fred, you are a treasure. :-D
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[Tolo News] Seven Talibs were nabbed in the southern Kandahar province on Tuesday, officials said.
"A group of 7 Talibs who were planning to carry out Islamic myrmidon attacks during Nowruz celebration in the province were nabbed by the local police," Kandahar Police Chief, Khan Mohammad Mujahid, told TOLOnews.
The Orcs and similar vermin were nabbed while they were trying to plant Improvised Explosive Devices in Kandahar city's districts 8 and 10, he added. The bombs seized from the Orcs and similar vermin have been defused.
Kandahar police say that the nabbedOrcs and similar vermin had been involved in setting fire to 13 vehicles belonging to the Afghan border forces in the province's district 4.
"They have also been behind some other Islamic myrmidon attacks in the province," Mr Mujahid added.
Kandahar police forces have tightened security in the province to prevent Islamic myrmidon attacks.
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A pirate spokesman, who wished to remain anonymous, contacted Somalilandpress today said at least ten of his men were executed by the Russian navy after the troopers stormed MV Moscow University. would hope that would become the standard response
The Russians commandos stormed the ship before sunrise, starting a firefight with our men, onboard they injured three of them and one was killed, he said.
He dismissed the Russian navy statement that the men were released because of the absence of a legal base to carry out prosecution procedures against pirates. they were released, just not alive
The Russians never released the young men instead they shot them point-blank range then loaded their lifeless bodies back on the boat, he added. see? released
The spokesman condemned the action of the Russian navy our men never hurt their hostages, we simply want foreign ships to stop overfishing in our waters, if they are not happy to respect our-fishermen and their livelihood, we have no choice but to take hostage to compensate for the losses, he cited. which is why they attack cargo ships all the way to India. Uh huh
We condemn the action of the Russians, its driven by racism and hate for black people and Africa, its the face of the new Russia. In future, if we capture Russians they will meet the same fate as those they executed, he added. Might wanna rethink that. I don't think Vlad would hesitate to wipe out your little village, hostages and all. I also think the Russians hate black pirates because they're pirates, not because they're black. Race card denied
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At least someone on the earth knows what they are doing. Remember, the victims have no where to run.
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A few bullets, a small boat. Law of the sea. A lot cheaper than Holder's approach to having a trial in our courts. And we can't count on Holder's DOJ not to catch and release black pirates. Suppose they get sent to the hoosegow; then the taxpayers foot the bill. What's not to like about the Ruskie solution to the problem?
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Ivan is actually quite good about this when he wants to be. The trick is for him to let go of his European inhibitions, and let his Asiatic side out. Of course, once *that* genie is out of the bottle...
It used to be US strategy to kill them all, sink their vessel, and bury them at sea. Once the Pirates found out no one was returning and had disappeared without trace, the problem stopped.
Now, you Mirandize them, put them in a courtroom, and let them live the rest of their lives proselytizing in prison.
International airstrikes forced Moammar Gadhafi's tanks to roll back from the western city of Misrata on Wednesday, giving respite to civilians who have endured more than a week of attacks and a punishing blockade.
Speaking from the U.S. command ship in the Mediterranean, Rear Adm. Gerard Hueber said the coalition was targeting Gadhafi's mechanized forces, his artillery and mobile missile sites as well as ammunition and other military supplies. He said coalition forces have moved west to try to protect Ajdabiya and Misrata.
A doctor in Misrata said the tanks fled after the airstrikes began around midnight, giving a much-needed reprieve to the city, which is inaccessible to human rights monitors or journalists. He said the airstrikes, which Canada said were from its pilots, struck the aviation academy and a vacant lot outside the central hospital.
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International airstrikes forced Moammar Gadhafi's tanks to roll back from the western city of Misrata on Wednesday, giving respite to civilians who have endured more than a week of attacks and a punishing blockade.
Speaking from the U.S. command ship in the Mediterranean, Rear Adm. Gerard Hueber said the coalition was targeting Gadhafi's mechanized forces, his artillery and mobile missile sites as well as ammunition and other military supplies. He said coalition forces have moved west to try to protect Ajdabiya and Misrata.
A doctor in Misrata said the tanks fled after the airstrikes began around midnight, giving a much-needed reprieve to the city, which is inaccessible to human rights monitors or journalists. He said the airstrikes, which Canada said were from its pilots, struck the aviation academy and a vacant lot outside the central hospital.
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Saw on CNN that Libya started out with something like 2000 armored vehicles, 4000 artillery pieces, and I forget how many mortars.
We've got our work cut out for us, but putting the tanks and armored convoys out of action is the most important.
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While they may have lots of tanks and stuff, they really have less than a couple thousand troops that can use it. And I doubt many of those trained troops would be happy to fire any of it up with the potential from attacks from the air. These folks are going to quietly disappear into the population.
At this point, we just need to get every rebel a bayonet, a Kalashnikov and a few magazines of ammo, then let them go mano-a-mano with Daffy's mercs.
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"Seems that the ROE have been a trifle fudged by the Zero"
Zero's partying in Rio, Alan - pretending he's in charge. We both know who's really fudging things.
Shrillery finally got to answer her 3 am phone call....
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All of this makes me quiet sad. It's not nice when the relationship between former friends breaks down. Another one under the bus for Barry, I guess. I wish they'd get a relationship expert to help. This is getting quiet catty.
[Arab News] Libyan television was showing archive footage of Qadaffy being greeted by cheering crowds waving his portrait. The images were set to stirring patriotic music. Qadaffy himself has not been since in public since the air strikes began at the weekend. Afraid of the eye in the sky...
State television was also broadcasting old footage of military parades, including pictures of elite troops marching in formation wearing balaclavas and gas masks.
Several sites in Tripoli had been subject to new attacks by what it called the "crusader enemy," state television said. ... and if you can't believe state television who can you believe?
"These attacks are not going to scare the Libyan people."
The United States and its allies have run into some criticism for the intensity of the firepower unleashed on Libya, including more than 110 Tomahawk missiles on Saturday. The next step is to patrol the skies to enforce the no-fly zone.
Security analysts say it is unclear what will happen if the Libyan leader digs in, especially since Western powers have made clear they would be unwilling to see Libya partitioned between a rebel-held east and Qadaffy-controlled west.
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Look, we want a port and we want the Oil. The Libyan civilians are just an excuse. He said out loud that he will cause us no end of grief as long as he is left alive. He has threatened everybody with his usual dire-est the way Arabs do even when they cant.
Rivers of blood,blah blah blah. Nobody wants him and he hasnt got anyplace to go. He's got an entourage around him who are "reaching out"...Yeah? He cant take BenGhazi, we can probably organize someone to take charge there and arm them with enough stuff to retake the local Oil facilities.
Now, dont tell me everybody in the US govt and half of the queers in EUroweenie cant figure out that we have to Kill this Arab monkey.
His entourage is right there, all we need is to know where KaDaffy will BE tonite for beddy-bye. We dont need his butler to do the deed, or his cousin or the Chef and the security squad on the night shift. All we need is his location at 9:00PM. There is good money in it for any al-Goombah who can give us that little piece of the franchise. So WHO in his entourage wants to make a few million? Call this number on your cellphone.
Get it right or we dont pay you a dime. But if you deliver THEN we get you the Ferrari and the suitcase full of Cash. You can move to France and Fifi will keep licking your face.
Obama wont do that? He wont make that happen? And Hillary? She has squeamish qualms? The Military wants to thunder through the skys and mind its own business saluting the bookends all day? The French cant seem to find their way clear from the chilled potato soup and the Pom d'frits ?
There must be someone on the payroll who can take the call and hold up the bag of cash on this?
What, we have here is a government with not a single soul who can smile and shove the knife in past the handle? Come on , Priscilla, get off those roller skates.
Tell the world you "did it for the children." You want the Oil?
Well, what DID you want? You either get rid of this Moslem monkey or go wank, Bosco.
[Arab News] British Prime Minister David Cameron ... British PM Cameron describes himself as a modern compassionate conservative and has spoken of a need for a new style of politics that doesn't involve calling people names. He has stated that he is certainly a big Thatcher fan, but I don't know whether that makes me a Thatcherite, which means he's probably not. He has also claimed to be a liberal Conservative, and a very tall short person. Since he is not deeply ideological he lacks core principles and is easily led. He has urged politicians to concentrate on improving people's happiness and general well-being, instead of focusing solely on financial wealth, which is easy for a stockbroker's kid to say. Ask him to lend you ten quid and see how that works out. He has been described as certainly not a Pitt, Elder or Younger, but he does wear a nice suit so maybe he's Beau Brummel ... said the intention was to transfer command to NATO, but La Belle France said Arab countries did not want the US -led alliance in charge of the operation.
NATO officials resumed talks in Brussels on Tuesday after failing to reach agreement at heated talks on Monday.
Some allies were now questioning whether a no-fly zone was necessary, given the damage already done by air strikes to Qadaffy's military capabilities, a NATO diplomat said. "Ok, we're done playing. I'm gonna take the ball and go home!"
"Yesterday's meeting became a little bit emotional," the NATO envoy said, adding that La Belle France had argued that the coalition led by La Belle France, Britain and the United States should retain political control of the mission, with NATO providing operational support, including command-and-control capabilities. Hey, NATO -- you just do what we say or we're taking the ball and going home!
"Others are saying NATO should have command or no role at all and that it doesn't make sense for NATO to play a subsidiary role," the diplomat said. Screw you, if you don't wanna play WE're taking the ball and going home!
Underlining the differences in the anti-Qadaffy coalition, Italy's Foreign Minister Franco Frattini said if agreement was not reached on a NATO command, Italy would resume control of the seven airbases it has made available to allied air forces. Hold on, it's MY ball and I'M going home!
A NATO role would require political support from all the 28 states. Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan, whose country is a NATO member, said on Tuesday that the United Nations ... aka the Oyster Bay Chowder and Marching Society... should be the umbrella for a solely humanitarian operation in Libya. Wait, who the hell's ball is this? The UN's? Ha ha, I don't think so!
In a speech to deputies from his ruling AK Party in parliament Erdogan said: "Turkey will never ever be a side pointing weapons at the Libyan people." I spit upon your ball!
Andrew Bacevich, a professor of international relations at Boston University, said it would be difficult to stand up a multinational command structure "on the fly." There IS no "ball"!
"If that's what's being attempted then the hand-off may take longer than the B.O. regime would like," he said.
Rifts are also growing in the world community over the resolution, with Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin ...Second President of the Russian Federation and the first to remain sober. Because of constitutionally mandated term limits he is the current Prime Minister of Russia. His sock puppet, Dmitry Medvedev, was installed in the 2008 presidential elections. Putin is credited with bringing political stability and re-establishing something like the rule of law. During his eight years in office Russia's economy bounced back from crisis, seeing GDP increase, poverty decrease and average monthly salaries increase. During his presidency Putin passed into law a series of fundamental reforms, including a flat income tax of 13%, a reduced profits tax, and new land and legal codes. Under Putin, a new group of business magnates controlling significant swathes of Russia's economy has emerged, all of whom have close personal ties to Putin. The old bunch, without close personal ties to Putin, are in jail or in exile... comparing the UN mandate a call for "medieval crusades." China and Brazil urged a cease-fire amid fears of civilian casualties. That ball looks dangerous. Someone might get hurt. Stop playing now!
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With all due respect, Mr. Dribble, it seems as though you are doing a Joe Biden this morning. I believe you have borrowed parts of your post here from a piece in Monday's Jerusalem Post without attribution. Heck, I could do that and people would think I was smart...until they found out.
[Ennahar] A Malian, main accused in the kidnapping of an Italian couple in December 2009 in south-eastern Mauritania, was sentenced by the Mauritanian justice to five years in prison with hard labor, said a Mauritanian judicial source.
Abderrahmane Ould Meddou pleaded not guilty "Wudn't me." in criminal court in Nouakchott where he appeared.
This Malian had been nabbed in south-eastern Mauritania, Mali border area, a few days after the abduction in the region, December 18, of an Italian couple who were traveling to Burkina Faso.
He was charged and imprisoned in Nouakchott for his "involvement" in the abduction that was claimed by Al-Qaeda in Islamic Maghreb (AQIM). The two Italians had been released in northern Mali in April 2010, after four months in captivity.
Nouakchott criminal court has also sentenced to 5 years imprisonment with hard labor the Mauritanian Ould Taleb H'Mednah for "belonging to a terrorist organization, training abroad for operations and planning of kidnappings of foreigners in Mauritania ".
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[Maghrebia] A Nouakchott court on Sunday (March 20th) sentenced four hard boyz to death for beheading 11 Mauritanian soldiers and a civilian guide in 2008. A Sudanese national received a two-year sentence for his role in the Aklet Tourine slayings. Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb grabbed credit for the attack.
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[Ennahar] At least eleven people were killed Monday and dozens more maimed by gunfire from forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Qadaffy ... a proud Arab institution for 42 years ... in Misrata east of Tripoli, said a front man for the rebels in the city.
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[Tolo News] US President Barack B.O. Obama has said his country would shift its leading role on Libya, reports say.
The United States is expected to transfer its leading role on Libya in some days so that other allies share the burden of enforcing the no-fly zone.
While Libya has come under coalition air attacks for the third night, there are reports of continuing festivities between Libyan government forces and the rebels in some areas.
It was earlier said that Col Qadaffy himself was not the target of air strikes.
The Libyan government front man has said more civilians have been killed in the air raids.
Yesterday air strikes destroyed a building that was believed to be Qadaffy's command centre.
A rebel advance outside Ajdabiya has been pushed back by forces loyal to Col Qadaffy.
Rebels in Misrata have also claimed to have come under attack from government forces.
While it is believed that the United States wants Qadaffy to be unseated, but US officials have said the present focus would be on civilians' protection.
Head of the vaporous Arab League has earlier criticised the bombardments saying that what was is going in Libya now is not what they members of the League had agreed.
Head of the Arab League said he did not want more civilians to be killed to protect other civilians.
Russian PM Vlamidir Putin has also criticised the UN resolution on Libya that he believes has given the allies the right to do whatever they want to do in a sovereign country.
The UN resolution on Libya allows all necessary measures to protect civilians.
The Libyan state TV has described the air raids as crusader enemy bombardments, adding that the Libyan people will not be scared by the attacks.
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Just like he's gonna close Gitmo.
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[Arab News] Al Jizz news network said Qadaffy forces were trying to seize the western rebel-held town of Zintan near the Tunisian border in an attack using heavy weapons. Residents had already decamped the town center to seek shelter in mountain caves.
Rebels in east Libya were positioned just outside Ajdabiyah on Tuesday, making no further advance on the strategic town despite a third night of Western air strikes on the north African oil-producing state.
At the frontline in the desert scrub about 5 km (3 miles) outside the town located at the gateway to the rebel-held east, rebels said air strikes were helping cripple Qadaffy's heavy armor. But there was no sign of a swift drive forward.
When asked why rebel units had not advanced toward their objective, which is the eventual taking of Tripoli, Ahmed Al-Aroufi, a rebel fighter at the frontline, told Rooters: "Qadaffy has tanks and trucks with missiles."
Commenting on the air campaign to protect civilians in this uprising against Qadaffy's 41-year rule, Aroufi said:
"We don't depend on anyone but God, not La Belle France or America. We started this revolution without them through the sweat of our own brow, and that is how we will finish it."
Echoing rebel opposition to any intervention by foreign ground forces, he said: "We need the no-fly zone for them to strike the heavy armor. But if they bring land forces we will leave Qadaffy alone and they will be our new target."
Washington, wary of being drawn into another war after long campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan, has ruled out specific action to overthrow Qadaffy, though La Belle France said on Monday it hoped the Libyan government would collapse from within.
Obama did not spell out which nation or organization would take charge of the campaign, but Britain and La Belle France took a lead role in pushing for air strikes in Libya which have already destroyed much of its air defenses.
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Echoing rebel opposition to any intervention by foreign ground forces, he said: "We need the no-fly zone for them to strike the heavy armor. But if they bring land forces we will leave Qadaffy alone and they will be our new target."
Arab gratitude on display and it only costs us $1 million per missile and the occasional F-15.
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Arabs vs. Arabs. This thing could last a thousand years...
[Arab News] Muammar Qadaffy's forces attacked two west Libyan towns, killing dozens while rebels were pinned down in the east and NATO tried to resolve a heated row over who should lead the Western air campaign.
With anti-Qadaffy rebels struggling to create a command structure than can capitalize on the air strikes against Libyan tanks and air defenses, Western nations have still to decide who will take over command once Washington pulls back.
The United States will cede control in days, President Barack B.O. Obama said, even as divisions in Europe fueled speculation that Washington would be forced to retain leadership of air patrols that will replace the initial bombardment.
"We anticipate this transition to take place in a matter of days and not in a matter of weeks," Obama, facing questions at home about the US military getting bogged down in a third Mohammedan country, told a news conference on a visit to Chile.
In the first apparent air force casualty of the campaign, a US F-15E crashed in Libya overnight and its two crew members were rescued, the US military said. The crash was likely caused by mechanical failure and not hostile fire, it said.
In the latest fighting on Tuesday, Qadaffy's tanks shelled the rebel-held western city of Misrata and casualties included four children killed when their car was hit, residents said, adding the corpse count for Monday had reached 40.
"The bombardment is focused on the town center, and what is going on in Misrata is a massacre," Saadoun, a front man for the rebels in Misrata, told Al Jizz. "The bombardment continues."
"The situation here is very bad. Tanks started shelling the town this morning," a resident, called Mohammed, told Rooters by telephone from outside the city's hospital, adding: "Snipers are taking part in the operation too. A civilian car was destroyed killing four children on board, the oldest is aged 13 years."
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Looks like daffy is turned out in his finest Full Dress Sprockets......
[Asharq al-Aswat] Yemen's embattled U.S.-backed president said Tuesday that a military coup would lead to civil war and pledged to step down by year's end but not hand power to army commanders who have joined the opposition.
"Any dissent within the military institution will negatively affect the whole nation," President-for-Life Ali Abdullah Saleh said in a nationally televised warning to a meeting of Yemen's Supreme Council of the Armed Forces. "The nation is far greater than the ambition of individuals who want to seize power."
There was no immediate response from the opposition, which has won the loyalty of influential clergy and tribal leaders, along with the powerful army commanders now calling for Saleh's ouster.
Saleh had rejected an earlier opposition demand that he resign by the end of the year.
Presidential front man Ahmed al-Sufi told The News Agency that Dare Not be Named that Saleh met with senior Yemeni officials, military commanders and tribal leaders Monday night and vowed not to hand power to the military. He said the Monday defection of military commanders including longtime confidante Maj. Gen. Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar was a "mutiny and a coup against constitutional legitimacy."
"I don't wish and will not accept the transfer of power to the military," al-Sufi quoted Saleh as saying. "The military institution remains united. The era of coups is gone."
Al-Ahmar, commander of the army's powerful 1st Armored Division, deployed tanks and armored vehicles at the Defense Ministry, the TV building, the Central Bank and a central Sanaa square that has become the epicenter of the monthlong, anti-Saleh protests.
In response, the Elite Republican Guards, an elite force led by one of Sale's sons, deployed troops backed by armor outside the presidential palace on the capital's southern outskirts.
The rival deployments created a potentially explosive situation at the city as news of a flurry of protest resignations by army commanders, ambassadors, politicians and provincial governors stepped up pressure on Saleh, Yemen's leader of 32 years, to step down.
Al-Ahmar's defection was seen by many as a turning point.
Speaking in Gay Paree on Monday, French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe called Saleh's resignation "unavoidable" and pledged "support to all those that fight for democracy."
Calling Al-Ahmar's defection "a turning point," Edmund J. Hull, U.S. ambassador to Yemen from 2001 to 2004, said it showed "the military overall ... no longer ties its fate to that of the president."
"I'd say he's going sooner rather than later," Hull said.
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[Yemen Post] At least two suspected Al-Qaeda bully boyz were killed and six other maimed, including five soldiers in Yemen's southern province of Abyan.
Military sources mentioned that festivities erupted when Al-Qaeda bully boyz laid a siege on a military headquarters in Lawder district, trying to control it. Heavy festivities took place in the area and resulted in killing two people and wounding six.
Last week three suspected Al-Qaeda bully boyz were killed at a security checkpoint in Yemen's eastern province of Mareb after an exchange of gun fire between security forces and suspected Al-Qaeda gunnies where two soldiers were killed and others maimed.
Analysts said that Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, AQAP, has increased its attacks against Yemen's forces since the rise of protests demanding President-for-Life Saleh ... exemplifying the Arab's propensity to combine brutality with incompetence... to step down.
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[Ennahar] Yemen's president warned on Tuesday his country would descend into civil war if he were forced to quit and Washington voiced concern about instability in the Arabian state that has become an al Qaeda stronghold.
Seven weeks of unrelenting anti-government protests and defections among the ruling elite have piled pressure on Saleh, a U.S. ally against radical Islamist ambitions in the Arabian peninsula, to step down immediately after 32 years in power.
But an aide said he would leave office only after organizing parliamentary polls and establishing democratic institutions, by January 2012 -- a declaration the opposition promptly rejected.
"President-for-Life Ali Abdullah Saleh ... Saleh initially took power as a strongman of North Yemen in 1977, when disco was in flower, after serving as a lieutenant colonel in the army. He had been part of the conspiracy that bumped off his predecessor, Ibrahim al-Hamdi, in the usual tiresome military coup, and he has maintained power by keeping Yemen's many tribes fighting with each other, rather than uniting to string him up. ... does not seek power," Saleh's media secretary Ahmed al-Sufi told Rooters. "Ali Abdullah Saleh will not leave without knowing who he is handing over to."
The United States, grappling with the diplomatic fallout of uprisings and uncertainty across the Arab world, voiced rare public alarm about the situation in Yemen.
"We are obviously concerned about the instability in Yemen," U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said. His chief concern was to avoid "diversion of attention" from opposing al Qaeda there.
Opposition front man Mohammed al-Sabry, rejecting Saleh's offer to go by January 2012, said the coming hours would be decisive.
In speeches to army officers and tribal leaders in Sanaa, Saleh said Yemen faced a danger of civil war and disintegration because of efforts to stage a "coup" against his rule.
"You have an agenda to tear down the country, the country will be divided into three instead of two halves. A southern part, northern part and a middle part. This is what is being sought by defectors against...unity," he said, referring to northern Shi'ite rebels and al Qaeda jihad boys.
"Those who want to climb up to power through coups should know that this is out of the question. The homeland will not be stable, there will be a civil war, a bloody war. They should carefully consider this," Saleh told army commanders.
Presidential guards loyal to Saleh surrounded an air force battalion in the coastal city of Hudaida after its commander said he supported the protesters. A presidential guard and a soldier died in festivities between the two forces in the southern coastal city of Mukalla late on Monday, medical sources said.
SLIDE INTO FAILED STATE
Western countries fear the political crisis could hasten a slide into failed nation status for a country that borders the world's biggest oil exporter, Soddy Arabia, and major shipping routes. One scenario could see the country split into separate zones along tribal, military or regional lines.
Al Qaeda has already used Yemen to attempt attacks in Soddy Arabia and the United States in the past two years. The Shi'ite Houthi movement has staged a number of revolts against Saleh.
One opposition leader offered Saleh the prospect of secure retirement if, like Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak ...The former President-for-Life of Egypt, dumped by popular demand in early 2011... , he would go quietly, unlike Libyan leader Muammar Qadaffy. ... a proud Arab institution for 42 years ...
"He shouldn't follow the style of Qadaffy by destroying the country and killing people," Yassin Noman, rotating head of Yemen's opposition coalition said.
"After this long term of governing, he should say: Thank you my people, I leave you peacefully."
"I know the morality of Yemeni people. If he left peacefully, they will look at him as a real leader. He will be able to live wherever he likes," Noman told Rooters. "They will ensure him a very nice life. His dignity will be kept."
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[Ennahar] Leaders of the Yemeni army announced Monday their rally to protesters against President-for-Life Ali Abdullah Saleh, who has assured that the people supported him despite calls for his departure.
In addition, the main tribal leader, Sheikh Sadek al-Ahmar, asked President-for-Life Saleh ... exemplifying the Arab's propensity to combine brutality with incompetence... , in power for 32 years to retire, adding his voice to those of traditional and religious leaders, whose role is determining in this poor country of 24 million inhabitants.
Two regions commanders, General Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar, head of the north-east which includes the capital Sanaa, and General Mohammed Ali Mohsen, head of Eastern Military District, declared themselves in favor of the protesters.
Their defections were the first of this magnitude in the ranks of the army.
Despite these defections, President Saleh, 68, said the "majority of the people" supports him.
"The vast majority of the Yemeni people is favorable to security, stability and constitutional legality. And those who call for chaos, violence, hatred and sabotage are a tiny minority," assured the President in Sana'a.
The dispute has gained momentum after the death of 52 people killed in an attack Friday against protesters in Sanaa. The killings attributed to supporters of the regime marked the bloodiest day since the end of January in protest.
This massacre was condemned Monday by UN Secretary General the ephemeral Ban Ki-moon, visiting Cairo. "The Yemeni government has an obligation to protect civilians," said Ban, supporting a "comprehensive dialogue".
The U.S. administration has informed the Yemeni government that violence in recent days in Sanaa was "unacceptable."
Previously, General al-Ahmar, from the most influential tribe in the country, had accused, on Al-Jazeera, the head of state to "repress peaceful protesters" and "push the country towards civil war."
In Sanaa, dozens of officers have announced their allegiance to a crowd of protesters who still braved on the University Square a ban on demonstrations to demand the departure f President Saleh.
In the morning, tanks were deployed in the center of the capital, especially around the presidential palace, the seat of the ruling General People's Congress (GPC), the Department of Defense and the Central Bank.
In Aden (south), the second largest city, General Chouaibi has supported the protest, along with 60 officers in the province of Hadramaut, and 50 officers from the Ministry of Interior. And the governor of the province, Ahmad Qaatabi, submitted his resignation.
The defections have multiplied these days, forcing the president Saleh to sack the government on Sunday night, after the resignation of three ministers.
The ambassadors of Yemen in Soddy Arabia, Kuwait, Egypt and at the vaporous Arab League also announced on Monday to join the protest movement against President Saleh.
Five ambassadors of Yemen in Europe have written to the president asking him to resign, according to the Yemeni ambassador in La Belle France, Khaled al-Akwa.
The departure of President Saleh is "indispensable" found on his side the French Minister of Foreign Affairs Alain Juppe.
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[Asharq al-Aswat] Global capitals yesterday witnessed a wave of diplomatic resignations, with a number of Yemeni ambassadors to foreign countries announcing their resignation against the backdrop of violence and casualties amongst the Yemeni protestors who have been calling for President-for-Life Ali Abdullah Saleh to step down from power.
This wave of Yemeni foreign ambassadors announcing their support for the anti-Saleh protestors did not pass Riyadh by, and yesterday at 3 pm Yemeni ambassador to Soddy Arabia Mohamed Ali al-Ahwal announced his support for the Yemeni protest movement that is demanding regime change. This announcement from the Yemeni ambassador to Soddy Arabia has not received any official comment from the Saudi government, with Riyadh announcing that it considers this to be an "internal Yemeni affair."
Commenting on the Yemeni ambassador's statement in support of the anti-Saleh protestors, Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs front man Osama Nuqli told Asharq Al-Awsat that "this is a completely Yemeni affair...and Soddy Arabia has no involvement in this."
Yemeni ambassador to Soddy Arabia, Mohamed al-Ahwal, is considered to be one of the most effective Arab ambassadors in Riyadh, and he announced his support of the Yemeni protest movements and their demands for regime change, after dozens of Yemeni military and tribal figures had done the same.
Ambassador Mohamed al-Ahwal made this announcement to Agence La Belle France-Presse [AFP] by telephone, saying "I announce my support for the youth revolution, and for change in Yemen."
Mohamed al-Ahwal's last public appearance was his attendance of the King Faisal International Prize ceremony which was held last week in Riyadh.
Sources close to the Yemeni ambassador to Soddy Arabia informed Asharq Al-Awsat that he had not disclosed his intention to announce his support for the protestors or for regime change prior to this. The sources also speculated that al-Ahwal was forced to take this decision after being placed under pressure as a result of tribal loyalties.
Yemeni ambassador to Soddy Arabia, Mohamed al-Ahwal, was known for taking a hard-line against the Shiite Houthis, and he was unable to hide his outrage when a group of Houthis infiltrated Saudi territory and attacked Saudi infrastructure, which led to a 100-day war between the Saudi military and the Houthis. Mohamed al-Ahwal is also known to be a close confidant of Yemeni Foreign Minister Abu Bakr al-Qarbi, who some reports claim arrived in Soddy Arabia yesterday to ask Riyadh to mediate in Yemen's internal affairs, which are becoming increasingly complex day by day.
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[Yemen Post] The anti-government youth protesters outside Sana'a University in Yemen's capital, who have been calling for the resignation of President-for-Life Saleh, ... exemplifying the Arab's propensity to combine brutality with incompetence... plan to march Friday on the presidential palace, a front man for the Joint Meeting Parties, the opposition coalition, said on Tuesday.
The army personnel, units and divisions, which have recently joined the youths, will protect the protesters who have been assembling outside the university for more than a month, said Muhammad Qahtan, pointing out that the time for initiatives to address the situation has already passed.
The youths are determined to march on the presidential palace and to continue that whatever the republican guards do to them, he said, days after the massacre at the university in which 52 anti-Saleh protesters were killed and hundreds of others injured.
On Friday, security forces out of uniform and pro-Saleh thugs sniped the protesters from inside and over buildings nearby the square of change outside Sana'a University. The victims, who were named by the government as democracy martyrs, were laid to final rest two days ago.
Qahtan's remarks come amid escalating protests across Yemen demanding the resignation of Saleh and as blows are continuing to the regime.
Many bigwigs including ambassadors and ministers have recently resigned from their posts and from the governing party in protest at the crackdown on the protesters and the deteriorating situation in the country.
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[Iran Press TV] Yemen's President-for-Life Ali Abdullah Saleh has reportedly requested asylum from Soddy Arabia after announcing he will step down by the end of the year.
On Monday night, Saleh told King of the Arabians Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz during a telephone conversation that he will be forced to give up power and requested him and his family's asylum to Soddy Arabia, nahrainnet reported.
Earlier Tuesday, Saleh had expressed his willingness to step down by the year's end to prepare a peaceful transfer of power in the impoverished Arab nation.
The announcement came as a reversal of Saleh's recent comments in which he had said he would remain in power until the end of his term in 2013.
During talks with the Saudi officials, Saleh discussed the deflection of senior military officials to the opposition and the resignation of many other officials from their posts.
A senior Saudi official is expected to visit Sana'a in the next 24 hours to plan Saleh and his family's departure to Riyadh.
Saleh has been in office for more than three decades, with several opposition members arguing that his long-promised reforms have not materialized.
Protests began to sweep Yemen in January. Dozens of people have been killed and hundreds more have been injured in a brutal crackdown by security forces.
Some 40 percent of Yemen's population lives on under $2 a day or less, and a third is wrestling with chronic hunger, reports say.
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Seventeen individuals were killed in ongoing drug and gang violence that included three men shot to death at an Agua Prieta, Sonora nightclub late Sunday night.
Armed suspects seeking to collect extortion money from a grocery store owner were shot by the owner Saturday, killing one suspect and wounding another. The shooting took place at the El Amigo grocery store near the intersection of calles Salomon and Nogales in the Ampliacion Fronteriza Alta colony. The suspects arrived aboard a Buick sedan and entered the store armed with pistols and were shot by the owner with a shotgun. One suspect escaped with minor wounds.
Two men were shot to death and another man was wounded at a nightclub in Chihuahua, Chihuahua Saturday night. Luis Roberto Lopez Jurado, 34, and Roberto Araiza Raso, 37, were sitting at a table at the Cartier Table Dance club near the intersection of calles Tecnologico and Eusebio Baez in the Deportistas colony when two armed suspects entered the club, locked the door and then commenced shooting. Six 9mm spent shell casings were found at the scene.
A seven year old girl died in a Juarez hospital Sunday after she was struck by stray gunfire Friday evening. The shooting took place near the corner of Independencia and Talamas Camandari in the Luis Donaldo Colosio colony where a gunfight between police and armed suspects took place.
An unidentified man was found shot to death in Carrizalillo, Chihuahua Monday. The victim was found in the Llanos del Sur colony lying face down with several gunshot wounds including a head shot.
An unidentified man was found tortured and crucified in a remote area of Chihuahua Monday. The victim was spotted by tourists at the junction of the Casas Grandes and Palomas highways. The victim had tattoos that identified him with the Aztecas criminal gang.
An unidentified tour bus driver was shot to death in Chihuahua. The victim was just driving after being stopped on the Porvenir-Jilotepec highway when armed suspects shot him.
One unidentified man was shot to death and another was wounded in an attack in Juarez Monday night. The victims were aboard a Ford Explorer near the intersection of Avenida de La Raza and Calle Plutarco Elias Calles in front of the Smart commercial center when they were fired on. The driver crashed the vehicle after he was shot.
Three unidentified men were shot to death and another was wounded in an attack at a business in Juarez Tuesday. The victims were part of an appliance repair business near the intersection of calles Rivera de Piedras Negras and Riveras in the Etapa IV de Riveras del Bravo colony when armed suspects burst in into the place and started shooting. The three deceased attempted to flee the shooting by ducking between nearby residences, but were hunted and killed. The fourth victim was wounded as he attempted to flee the shooting aboard a Nissan sedan.
An armed robbery was thwarted in Juarez Tuesday when an undercover police agent shot and killed a suspect. The incident took place near the corner of Calle Tarahumaras and Bulevar Zaragoza, when two suspects entered the Del Rio convenience store attempting to rob it using a knife as a weapon. An unidentified undercover police agent shot the armed suspect while the other fled the scene.
Three men were shot to death at a nightclub in Agua Prieta, Sonora late Sunday night. Rafael Osuna Valdez of Culiacän, Sinaloa and Felipe Primitivo Gama, US resident and a third unidentified victim were drinking at the Metropolis night club just across the border from Douglas, Arizona when armed suspects entered and started shooting. Jehoban Felipe RodrÃguez RamÃrez, 25 and Alicia Gonzälez Väsquez, 48 were wounded in the shooting.
Armed suspects seeking to collect extortion money from a grocery store owner were shot by the owne Saturday, killing one suspect and wounding anoher. The shooting took place at the El Amigo grocery store near the intersection of calles Salomón y nogales de la colonia Ampliación Fronteriza Alta colony. The suspects arrived aboard a Buick sedan and enetred the store armed with pistols netered the store and were shit by the owner with a shotgun. One suspect escaped with minor wounds.
Two men were shot to death another another man was wounded at a nightclub in Chihuahua, Chihuaha Saturday night. Luis Roberto López Jurado de 34 años y Roberto Araiza Raso de 37 were sitting at a table at the Cartier Table Dance near the intersection of calles Tecnológico y Eusebio Báez de la colonia Deportistas colony when two armed suspects enetred the club, locked the dorr and then commenced shooting. Six 9mm soent shell casings were foiund at the
A bomb threat and the discovery of a suspicious package spurred French authorities to briefly evacuate nearly 4,000 tourists from the Eiffel Tower on Wednesday, tower officials and police said. No explosives were found, and the site in the French capital was reopened to visitors more than two hours after the original warning, said a Paris police official.
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A potentially explosive admission by federal prosecutors in the pending sentencing of Ahmed Muhammed Dhakane in a San Antonio federal courtroom could aid the case of border states looking to take the initiative to stem the flood of illegal immigrants coming into the U.S.
In this court filing, provided exclusively here at Pajamas Media, prosecutors admit that Dhakane, who ran a human smuggling ring based in Brazil for the Somali Al-Shabaab terrorist group, transported violent jihadists into the country. He stated that he believed they would fight against the U.S. if the jihad moved from overseas locations to the U.S. mainland. (p. 7)
In the DOJ sentencing memorandum, federal prosecutors explain that Dhakane knowingly smuggled violent jihadists into the country:
More importantly, based on the Defendants recorded statements and admissions made to law enforcement agents, the Defendant was a former member, or at the very least, associated with [Al-Ittihad al-Islami] AIAI, an SDGT, and that he believed that there was no separation of personnel between AIAI, the Council of Islamic Courts, and Al-Shabbab, a designated [Foreign Terrorist Organization] FTO.
He admits that he knowingly believed he was smuggling violent jihadists into the United States with the full knowledge that if the decision was made by the SDGT, for which he was associated with in the past, to commit terrorist acts in the United States, these jihadists would commit violent acts in and against the United States. Because the law enforcement authorities are constantly trying to investigate, detect, and prevent the infiltration of potentially violent jihadists, the Defendants lies hid critical information from the United States authorities regarding his successful smuggling activities. Thus, the preponderance of the evidence proves that the other obvious motivation for him to lie on his asylum application was to cover up and obstruct the fact from United States authorities that he facilitated the smuggling of violent jihadists who are now present into the United States. (pp. 10-11)
All while our AFT and corrupt government ships guns to Mexico. Any wonder the security is falling apart on Bambi's watch?
I say this again as someone who has walked that border, she said. Ive ridden that border. Ive flown it. Ive driven it. I know that border I think as well as anyone, and I will tell you it is as secure now as it has ever been.
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could aid the case of border states looking to take the initiative to stem the flood of illegal immigrants coming into the U.S.
They have already taken the initiative. What we on the border states are demanding is immediate Congressional Action (impeachments and prosecution) of Barack Obama and Eric Holder.
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I believe the correct order in priority is Firearms Alcohol Tobacco, and that Mr. Dhakane knows the border a bit better than Napoleontini...unless it is her goal for feds to smuggle arms into Mexico and leave gaps for really bad guys to get in.
Detroit-- A security officer at the McNamara Federal Building stored a suspicious package that turned out to contain a bomb for three weeks before alerting authorities, said a spokesman for a union that represents guards at the site, who called the incident "a total embarrassment."
"He apparently set it aside," said David Wright, president of the American Federation of Government Employees Local 918, which represents the Federal Protective Service (FPS) employees, who guard the McNamara and other federal buildings around the country.
In an apparently unrelated event, Detroit lost a quarter of its population in the past decade, as documented by the 2010 Federal census.
March 17, 2011: In Pakistan's North Waziristan, an American UAV strike killed over 30 people, including at least ten Taliban and al Qaeda members, including a senior commander. The usual Pakistani politicians and generals condemned this as a violation of Pakistani sovereignty, and yet another senior terrorist leader threatened attacks on senior Pakistani government officials if the attacks were not stopped. The Taliban claim they arranged the meeting to mediate disputes between two tribes. American intelligence believed it was a meeting between the Taliban and leaders of two tribes that supported it. The Taliban and its tribal allies were furious that the Americans discovered the time and location of the meeting, and within a few days four men (including a visiting Afghan) were accused of spying, and killed after being accused of spying for the Americans.
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ARCLIGHT all of the NWFP, from the Iranian border to the Chinese border, every other day for the next four or five months. The few people remaining alive will be willing to talk peace afterwords.
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[Dawn] At least five people were killed in different incidents of firing in Bloody Karachi on Tuesday, DawnNews reported.
Unknown assailants bumped off a man near the city's Jama Cloth market and another man was rubbed out in Bloody Karachi's Quaidabad neighbourhood.
Furthermore, one person was killed as a result of firing in the North Nazimabad area and another was rubbed out in Orangi Town's Kati Paharhi area.
Several people were also maimed in incidents of firing and parts of Bloody Karachi remained tense as a result.
Markets were also being forced to shut.
Earlier on Monday, a senior leader of the Awami National Party (ANP), a brother of a Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) worker and a religious teacher were bumped off in separate incidents in different parts of the city, police and party sources said.
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[Dawn] Militants kidnapped 24 rustics along with their 15 vehicles from the Baggan area of Lower Kurram Agency ...home of an intricately interconnected web of poverty, ignorance, and religious fanaticism, where the laws of cause and effect are assumed to be suspended... and shifted them to their hideout in the central Kurram on Tuesday, DawnNews reported.
A weekly festival was going on in Baggan when rebels attacked the festival and kidnapped 20 people along with their 14 vehicles.
Sources claimed that the rebels belonged to the Sattar group from Wazoo.
Later, in the same area four more people were picked up by snuffies along with a vehicle.
Tribesmen termed the recent incidents of terrorism tragic and demanded the government to take notice of the violation of a peace agreement in the region.
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[Dawn] ISLAMABAD: The city police has foiled an attack on the Parliament House and jugged a suspected terrorist.
Security officials told DawnNews that the suspect was jugged three days before the presidential address to the parliament on Tuesday.
He informed police during investigations about the planned attack which was to be carried out today.
Interior Minster Rehman Malik Pak politician, current Interior Minister under the Gilani administration. Malik is a former Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) intelligence officer who rose to head the FIA during Benazir Bhutto's second tenure. He later joined the Pak Peoples Party and was chief security officer to Bhutto. Malik was tossed from his FIA job in 1998 after documenting the breath-taking corruption of the Sharif family. By unhappy coincidence Näwaz Shärif became PM at just that moment and Malik moved to London one step ahead of the button men. said that security of the capital was beefed up after the information of the attack.
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[Dawn] A senior army officer and a policeman were killed and nine people injured by a series of attacks in Storied Baghdad Tuesday, according to a source within Iraq's interior ministry.
Lieutenant-Colonel Yussef Mohammad, based in the defence ministry, was killed while driving on an expressway in the east of the capital by a magnetic bomb that had been placed under his car.
In central Storied Baghdad's Karada district a policeman was killed and three others injured when their patrol was targeted by a bomb.
In Zafraniya, a southern district of Storied Baghdad, three people, including two soldiers, were maimed by a bomb placed at the side of a main road.
Elsewhere, in the eastern district of Sheikh Omar, three passers-by were maimed by a device that went kaboom! on the passing of a convoy carrying the finance ministry's administration director.
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An explosion took place near a bus in central Jerusalem Wednesday afternoon.
Brave, brave lions of Islam, doing what they do best -- murder innocents.
Police said that a bomb exploded outside Egged bus number 74 at a station opposite the Jerusalem Conference Center (Binyanei Ha'uma) in the center of town. Thirty people were injured in the attack. Three were injured seriously from the explosion itself, four moderately from shrapnel packed into the explosive device and the remainder in moderate to light condition.
All 30 of the injured were taken to Jerusalem area hospitals. All hospitals in the area were opened to receive casualties.
Police said that this was the first terrorist attack in four years that involved an explosion. At the moment, police were looking for one specific person who left the bag that contained the bomb.
Let's hope they find him and that upon 'questioning' he rats out all his helpers...
There were reports that witnesses were able to identify the man who left the bag and police were searching for him. Police suspected that an explosive device inside a bag was left at the bus stop, which then exploded. Public Security Minister Yitzhak Aharonovitch said that the explosive device was between one and two kilograms and was packed with shrapnel.
Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat said his main concern is that this could happen anywhere. He called the incident a "cowardly terrorist attack." Barkat added that he believes in the police's capability to catch the perpetrator. He added that in 99 percent of cases, the terrorists are found.
Large numbers of police and ambulance forces were on the scene. Roads surrounding the scene were closed to traffic and authorities were searching the area for additional explosive devices and for a suspect. Police raised the alert level in the capital, following the explosion.
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BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- Israeli warplanes targeted sites across the Gazoo Gaza Strip late Monday injuring at least 18 people including seven children, witnesses and medics said.
Ten people arrived at the Ash-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City and seven others were taken to Kamal Udwan Hospital in the north, the BBC reported.
An Arclight airstrike in the Zaytoun neighborhood of Gaza City caused considerable damage but no injuries, residents said, and at least two other nearby areas came under fire, a Ma'an correspondent said.
In Tel Aviv, an Israeli military spokesman told Ma'an that the attack targeted two "terror tunnels, two weapons manufacturing and storage facilities, and two additional terror activities sites." Known to the Gazooks as baby milk factories...
The official emphasized that the attack came in response to the barrage of projectiles fired toward Israeli territory over the past week, including 50 on Saturday for which Hamas claimed responsibility.
"The IDF holds Hamas solely responsible for terror emanating from the Gaza Strip," the spokesman said. The army also "warns Hamas not to continue its aggression," he added.
Among the targets were a police post and a training facility of Hamas' military wing, said the Al-Qassam Brigades which earlier offered to stop cross-border fire into Israel if the Israelis halted attacks on Gaza. It said Saturday's barrage had been in response to an Israeli strike last week which killed two of its members, but that it was ready to call an end to the tit-for-tat violence if Israel also did so.
"If the enemy stops the escalation and aggression against our people we will implement the hudna Palestinian national agreement," the statement said, referring to a truce reaffirmed by the main militant factions in January.
The offer, however, came with a warning attached: "The enemy will pay a sea of fire heavy price if it continues its agression and crimes against our people in the Gaza Strip," the statement added.
In a later statement, Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason,front man Taher Al-Nunu said the movement's Gazoo government was committed to preserving the informal truce, with the backing of other Death Eater groups.
"The government affirms that there is consensus among the factions regarding the security situation in the strip," he said in a statement.
Shortly before the Al-Qassam Brigades offer, Israeli warplanes raided the Gazoo Strip, slightly wounding one man, local witnesses and medical officials said.
Witnesses said the target of the raid was a car repair workshop east of Gazoo City, owned by the powerful Doghmush clan which has links to Islamic Death Eaters.
The Israeli military, however, said its aircraft hit what a spokeswoman described as "a terrorist tunnel" intended to launch attacks under the Gazoo border fence into Israel.
Also on Monday, Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon issued a death threat against Hamas leaders.
"If Hamas decides to escalate, we will put an end to it ... We have several actions before putting ground forces in Gazoo, including direct threats against Hamas leaders," Ayalon told public radio.
A rocket fired from Gazoo overnight on Sunday went kaboom! in southern Israel, causing neither casualties nor damage, several hours after another rocket went kaboom! harmlessly in the town of Ashkelon.
After Saturday's mortar fire Israel pounded Gazoo, wounding at least five Paleostinians and cutting power supplies.
The mortar attacks, the fiercest since Israel carried out a 22-day offensive codenamed "Operation Cast Lead" against Gazoo rocket fire in December 2008 and January 2009, maimed two Israelis and caused minor damage.
In January this year, Gazoo's main Death Eater factions confirmed a year-old truce after weeks of increased rocket fire and spiralling tensions along the border prompted a warning from Arab leaders that Gazoo risked a major new Israeli invasion.
On Saturday Israeli opposition leader Tzipi Livni called for just that in response to the mortar barrage.
"The right way to deal with it is with force, just like Israel did during and after Operation Cast Lead," news website Ynet quoted her as telling local authority heads in the border region.
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[Ma'an] A child, teenager and three adults were killed and others injured by Israeli artillery fire which hit a home east of Gazoo City on Tuesday afternoon, the second shelling and third hit of the day.
Earlier, two were maimed in the same area in separate incidents involving artillery fire and a drone strike.
An Israeli military spokeswoman confirmed the involvement of civilians, in a strike she said was directed toward Islamic exemplars.
Medics collected bodies from a home on An-Nazzaz Street in the eastern part of the Ash-Shaja'iya neighborhood in Gazoo City.
Adham Abu Salmiya, front man of the higher committee of ambulance and emergency services, said members of the Al-Hilu family were playing football outside of their home when the shell hit.
Eyewitnesses said ambulances took the injured to Ash-Shifa hospital in Gazoo city.
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[Ma'an] Two resistance groups in Gazoo claimed that their fighters carried out separate attacks on Israeli targets Tuesday.
The National Resistance Brigades, the military wing if the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Paleostine ... a breakaway faction of the Pöpular Frönt för the Liberation of Paleostine. The are regarded as the most intellectual of Paleostinian fedayeen groups, smoking cheap cigarettes and drawing heavily on Marxist-Leninist theory to explain their crappy lives. They can occasionally be seen strutting through the streets of Paleostine, dressed up like soldiers and lugging firearms, though they seldom manage to hit anything and then usually by accident. This may be because of their habit of wearing black masks that cut off most of their vision. That would also explain their habit of occasionally walking into walls, which is a well-known attribute of those immersed in true understanding of the dialectic... , said in a statement that two homemade projectiles were fired "toward Israeli settlements north of Gazoo."
According to the group, the attack was in "response to the Israeli air raids on Gazoo." The brigades added that "there will be more bombings against Israel, as resistance is the only way to achieve Paleostinian national rights."
Earlier, the An-Nasser Salah Ad-Din Brigades said its fighters launched a home-made projectile at the Sufa military post shortly after midnight.
The brigades, part of the orc wing of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Paleostine ... Paleostinian Marxist movement, founded in 1967. It is considered a terrorist organization by more than 30 countries including the U.S., European Union, Australia, Canada, and Antarctica. The PFLP's stated goal is the establishment of a socialist State in Paleostine. They pioneered armed aircraft hijackings in the late 60s and early 70s... , said a single projectile was fired at 12:30 a.m. toward the Israeli army post.
In a statement, the group said the launch was in response to "Israeli aggression in Gazoo."
An Israeli army statement said that a "military-use projectile fired from Gazoo landed in Eshkol Regional Council" on Tuesday morning, the region to the south of the Gazoo Strip.
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The PFLP's stated goal is the establishment of a socialist State in Paleostine.
So they are socialists as well as Paleostinians? Sheesh, how many ways can you be a loser?
Three people were gunned down by separatist terrorists militants at their home in Narathiwat province late Tuesday night.
A joint military and police force inspected the scene the next morning. They found four spent cartridges from an AK47 and another three from an M16.
The victims were identified as Marortafi Punu, Nureeya Masaeming, a married couple, and Reeyoh Jeh-arsae.
Neighbors told police that about 15 armed men raided the house late on Tuesday night and three of them went to the second floor. They shot the married couple in their heads while they were watching television. Mrs Reeyoh was gunned down while washing the dishes. The attackers fled the scene.
Police think Mrs Reeyoh was slain because the terrorists militants didn't want witnesses.
The explosion left a 30cm deep by 90cm wide hole in the local road. The size of the improvised bomb was estimated at 5 kilograms of explosive.
Investigators said eight policemen were on the pickup truck when the bomb exploded. They were returning from having investigated the house where three people were just killed by a gang of armed men late Tuesday night.
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Big thanks to Ryuge. South Thailand is one of the hottest fronts of the Global Islamic war. I find it a little sad that it attracts so little attention. Unfortunately the Buddhists have as little grasp of the situation as Our Own leaders do. This should be much bigger news than it is.
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You're welcome. I visited Thailand (not the south, though) back around 1999 because it was so inexpensive due to the Asian financial meltdown at the time. I really enjoyed the trip and the people I met there. Some years later, when I became a Rantburg regular and began posting articles, I started seeing how many attacks were happening regularly in southern Thailand. So, I decided to check in with the Thai newspapers whenever I'd post and, sure enough, there was something happening there most of the time.
If the MSM would start covering the war against Islamic fascism (for lack of a better term) the way Rantburg does - as one big worldwide struggle, like the fight against fascism and communism - the world might be a better place. It would at least be a less deluded one.
DARAA, Syria Syrian police launched a relentless assault Wednesday on a neighborhood sheltering anti-government protesters, fatally shooting at least 15 in an operation that lasted nearly 24 hours, witnesses said.
So when do we bomb Syria? April 1st would be a good day to do it, I think.
[Ennahar] Hundreds of people marched in two southern Syrian towns Tuesday demanding freedom, the fifth straight day of demonstrations challenging the ruling elite.
The protests took place in the city of Deraa and the nearby town of Nawa, they said.
"Freedom, freedom. Peaceful, peaceful," shouted protesters who gathered near the Old Omari mosque in Deraa, which has become the main site of demonstrations in the city.
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Reports on Twitter say security forces opened fire on the mosque. Hundreds have been killed & injured.
Of course, we can count on the MSM to ignore this completely.
"If it bleeds it leads?" Crickets.
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[Asharq al-Aswat] Video footage released on social media show anti-government protests in Syria have spread to a southern village and a Damascus suburb.
One clip on YouTube shows several hundred villagers in Samnin chanting "Freedom!" while another shows dozens gathered in Hajar Aswad neighborhood of the capital.
Syrian activists who reported the protests say they took place Monday evening. The activists spoke on condition of anonymity fearing reprisals. The videos' authenticity could not be independently confirmed.
A deadly government crackdown in the southern city of Daraa left seven people dead in three days of unrest that started on Friday.
Elsewhere, protests by small groups of Syrians -- inspired by uprisings across the Arab world -- have been quickly suppressed.
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Of all the little soap operas playing out in the Middle East today, this one is the most interesting; certainly the most unexpected.
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I'm still trying to figure why Sudan hasn't gone up yet.
Posted by: Fred ||
03/23/2011 9:03 Comments ||
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I think the reason Sudan hasn't gone up is because most of the people who would spearhead it are either dead or building up arms for a civil war AKA North vs South.
Posted by: Charles ||
03/23/2011 13:49 Comments ||
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Both Syria and Iran are primed to go up in smoke.
The government in Syria is completely out of touch, composed mostly of Dad Asaad's cronies and henchmen.
Pencil neck really doesn't stand a chance if this catches some momentum. There is a lot of pent up resentment in Syria for how the government handles everything in the "we are all equal, just some are more equal than others" school of social engineering.
Posted by: Bill Clinton ||
03/23/2011 20:21 Comments ||
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"a civil war AKA North vs South"
Maybe America could help them with that, Charles. We've got experience.... ;-p
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut ||
03/23/2011 20:48 Comments ||
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