[Tolo News] President Karzai's senior legal advisor has called the call for formation of a special court for snuffies justifiable and timely.
Yesterday the front man for National Directorate of Security (NDS) urged formation of a special tribunal for terrorists.
NDS Spokesman Lotfullah Mashal said that there are lenient articles in the penal code that can avoid gunnies to face required punishments.
"During the government of Dr Najibullah there was a special tribunal for Mujahedeen. They would hang Mujahedeen memebers right after their capture. There should be a similar tribunal for terrorists," Mr Lotfullah Mashal said.
Karzai's legal advisor Nasrullah Stanikzai said that the Supreme Court has the authority to recommend formation of a special court for snuffies to the president.
"The call from national directorate of security is timely and the process for formation of such a court is simple," Nasrullah Stanikzai said. "Based on the law the Supreme Court has the authority to recommend formation of the court to the president and the president should approve it."
Establishment of the special court for snuffies would significantly decrease the level of crimes in the country, Mr Stanikzai said.
In the past one year around 2,200 gunnies that were jugged by security forces, have been imprisoned, according to the NDS.
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"During the government of Dr Najibullah there was a special tribunal for Mujahedeen. They would hang Mujahedeen memebers right after their capture. There should be a similar tribunal for terrorists," Mr Lotfullah Mashal said.
[Tripoli Post] The UN general secretary's special envoy to Libya Abdul Elah al-Khatib said Tuesday that the Libyan regime had sought his intervention ahead of a weekend assault by rebels on the capital.
Khatib, a former Jordanian foreign minister, has been reported telling Jordan's semi-government Al-Dustur Arabic daily in an interview, "A few days before the rebel assault on Tripoli started, Libyan officials urged me to intervene."
He went on to say that in his reply he told them that, " as a mediator I was looking for anything that is acceptable to the other side, which has refused to talk about anything else but the departure of Libyan leader Muammar AL Qathfi."
Khatib said the rebels "were not in the mood for negotiating anything else. They were seeking decisiveness and a commitment that Al Qadaffy ...a proud Arab institution for 42 years... would leave before negotiations."
Libyan rebels declared the Al Qadaffy era over after storming Tripoli on Sunday, but as he defiantly refuted reports of his arrest, the leader's son Seif al-Islam insisted early morning Tuesday that the battle was far from over.
Exultant rebel fighters packed in trucks and cars have since Sunday streamed across the Libyan capital, Tripoli. They have manaed to also seize control of the country's state Telvision station, the heart of the capital, Green Square, and various other areas.
Khatib said that, "The Libyan leadership have misread and underestimated the international position, thinking it would weaken or change."
"My mission is about to end. But I will spare no efforts to provide any help in the coming short period," he added.
Meanwhile, ...back at the wreckage, Captain Poindexter awoke groggily, his hand still stuck in the Ming vase... rebels in Tripoli said they were confident that the Libyan leader was still in the capital, probably at the fortified Bab al-Azziziyah compound, which Al Qadaffy loyalists still control. But NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A single organization with differing goals, equipment, language, doctrine, and organization.... has targeted the compound so frequently that few Libyans really believe Al Qadaffy has been staying there recently.
Other rebels suspect that he may be hiding in a house somewhere in the area and they have erected checkpoints around the city to ensure he did not escape. There's also a possibility, that if he has not already left the country, could have taken refuge perhaps weeks ago in the southern city of Sabha or the central coastal town of Sirte, his home town and most staunchly loyal stronghold.
AL Qadaffy has not been seen in public since June, although he has delivered numerous audio statements, most recently as the rebels swept into Tripoli late Sunday. It looks as if these audio messages wpn't be heard anymore as the radio and TV station have been taken over by the rebels.
Khatib and UN leader the ephemeral Ban Ki-moon ... of whom it can be said to his credit that he is not Kofi Annan... 's special advisor on post-conflict Libya, Ian Martin, were to travel to Doha this week to meet leaders of the Libyan transitional government, while La Belle France said Monday that it wanted to call a top-level meeting in Gay Paree next week of the so-called Contact Group of nations supporting the Libyan rebels: the United States, Britannia, several Arab states, the United Nations ...what started out as a a diplomatic initiative, now trying to edge its way into legislative, judicial, and executive areas... and the Arab League ...an organization of Arabic-speaking states with 22 member countries and four observers. The League tries to achieve Arab consensus on issues, which usually leaves them doing nothing but a bit of grimacing and mustache cursing... .
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[Tripoli Post] China's state media said on Tuesday the West has a responsibility to "clear up its mess" in Libya after rebels overran the capital Tripoli and declared the Al Qadaffy ...whose instability has been an inspiration to dictators everywhere... era over.
AFP reports theThe Global Times saying that the future of the North African country lay in the hands of the Western countries that have backed a NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A collection of multinational and multilingual and multicultural armed forces, all of differing capabilities, working toward a common goal by pulling in different directions... campaign against veteran strongman Muammar Al Qadaffy.
The conservative English-language daily said in an editorial: "Overthrowing Al Qadaffy is entertainment for the media, but talk of rebuilding is not. The West has to take responsibility for clearing up its mess in Libya."
The newspaper did not specifically mention any country, but said that "There are too many places in the world that need to be rebuilt right now."
It went on to say that "the West is going through economic hardship now, and it is doubtful whether it can stand the Libyan burden."
The China Daily, the English-language sister paper to the Communist Party mouthpiece The People's Daily, echoed a call by the Chinese government for stability and called for national reconciliation to avoid chaos in Libya.
"The relevant parties in Libya must end the war and restore peace as soon as possible," the newspaper said in an editorial.
"This is both for the fundamental interest of all Libyans and conducive to the political stability of North Africa and the Middle East," it said.
The AFP said that China initially maintained a policy of non-interference and public neutrality on the conflict in Libya, calling multiple times for a peaceful end to the popular uprising, but in recent months it has become more involved in the crisis, and Chinese officials have met several times with members of the NTC.
On Monday, China's foreign ministry said it "respects the Libyan people's choice" after rebels entered Tripoli, urging a return to stability.
"China is willing to work with the international community to play a constructive role in the future reconstruction of Libya," foreign ministry spokesperson Ma Zhaoxu is reported saying in a brief statement.
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Once again, the Chinese will probably end up getting the lion's share of the oil contracts, via the establishment of private banking accounts in Hong Kong for a few strategically-placed Libyan rebel leaders.
The cost of U.S. military intervention in Libya has cost American taxpayers an estimated $896 million through July 31, the Pentagon said today. The price tag includes the amounts for daily military operations, munitions used in the operation and humanitarian assistance for the Libyan people.
This also includes food, medical supplies, boots, tents, uniforms, and personal protective gear. Wonder if the Libyan rebels are planning to use their new-found oil wealth to pay us for any of this stuff.
Over the past 12 days, U.S. planes have flown 391 sorties for a total of 5,316 since April 1, according to figures provided by the Defense Department. That total includes 1,210 airstrike missions over the same three and a half month period. The U.S. has also conducted 101 Predator drone strike missions in Libya.
I bet we did a LOT more drone strikes than are being reported.
Nobody is mentioning the lost opportunity cost of concentrating satellite views on Libya instead of Afghanistan/Pakistan or any other places the DoD/CIA could use overhead help...
A U.S. official credited NATO flight cover over the past many months with allowing the Libyan rebels enough time to eventually regroup and begin their pushes.
One significant offset to the cost of U.S. involvement in the flights worth noting is the sale of military equipment to allies also involved in the cause. Pentagon officials say the sale of ammunition, replacement parts, fuel, and technical assistance to allies since March has totaled $221.9 million.
Did we get cash up front from the Spanish and Italians? I wouldn't take a note from them. Of course, they shouldn't take one from us...
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CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER = doesn't believe that POTUS BAMMER = USA will commit or divert any major US ground forces to Iraq.
IIUC, IOW NATO-EU + Saudis + other Regional Muslim Govts have the ball irregardless of what happens to Gaddafi.
* ION NEWSMAX > US FEARS GADHAFI [in last stand]COULD UNLEASH CHEMICAL, NUCLEAR WMDS | LIBYA'S DEADLIEST WEAPONS ARE NOT YET CORRALLED.
Greatest fear of US INTEL + DOD Officials is that many or all of Libya's WMD Arsenal will ultimately fall into the hands of AL-QAEDA + OTHER MILTERR GROUPS, espec includ Libya's stockpiles of ...
> 500-900 metric tons of raw uranium yellowcake stored in drums at RABTA, east of Tripoli.
> 11 metric tons of MUSTARD GAS.
> roughly 30,000 MANPADS/AAMS.
Milyuhns + Dilyuhns of OTHER MIL ARMS, WARES.
* SAME > MIDDLE EAST EXPERT: [post-Assad]SYRIA'S WMDS COULD FALL TO ISLAMISTS. Large CHEMWAR caches + 000's of SCUDS.
* SAME > WALID PHARES: OBAMA, NATO MUST STOP LIBYA'S HARDLINE ISLAMISTS FROM TAKING POWER.
[An Nahar] Libyan rebel chief Mustafa Abdul Jalil on Monday hailed the end of the four-decade "Qadaffy ...Custodian of Wheelus AFB for 42 long years... era," after his fighters took control of most of Tripoli.
But Abdul Jalil also warned that he could quit as head of the rebel National Transitional Council (NTC) if he loses control of the revolution, amid possible Dire Revenge™ acts by jihad boys.
"The Qadaffy era is over," he told a news conference in Benghazi, eastern Libya, referring to Libya's veteran leader Moammar Qadaffy.
Abdul Jalil said he hoped Qadaffy, who faces an arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court ... where Milosevich died of old age before being convicted ... , would be "captured alive so that he will be given a fair trial."
He congratulated the Libyan people "for this historic victory" and thanked NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It's headquartered in Belgium. That sez it all.... for its military support, while cautioning that "the real moment of victory is when Qadaffy is captured."
He acknowledged the whole of Tripoli was not under rebel control and that Qadaffy's whereabouts remained a mystery.
Abdul Jalil, a former justice minister who chairs the NTC, also called upon "our revolutionaries to respect the law and to let justice take its course," rather than to let rip with Dire Revenge™ attacks.
"I hail the leaders of these groups and I trust their words but some actions of some of their followers worry me. This might be the reason or the cause of my resignation," he said.
But he added: "My role after the fall (of Qadaffy) will continue unless I lose control of the goals and inspiration that I aim for ... But I expect that revolutionaries will be up to the responsibility."
He opposed any attempt by hard boyz to seek retribution.
"My fear is some outlawed actions which are outside of the framework of orders they get from their leaders, specially acts of Dire Revenge™ ... I object strongly to any execution outside the framework of the law," he said.
"Revolutionaries are the bases of this revolution. They led the revolution against the regime by peaceful demonstrations, and then took the burden of military battles and to provide security within our cities."
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(KUNA) -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy ...23rd and current President of the French Republic and ex officio Co-Prince of Andorra. Sarkozy is married to singer-songwriter Carla Bruni, who has a really nice birthday suit... on Monday "condemned in the firmest terms" a call by embattled Libyan leader Muammar Qadaffy ...dictator of Libya since 1969. From 1972, when he relinquished the title of prime minister, he has been accorded the honorifics Guide of the First of September Great Revolution of the Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya or Brotherly Leader and Guide of the Revolution. With the death of Omar Bongo of Gabon on 8 June 2009, he became the longest serving of all current non-royal national leaders. He is also the longest-serving ruler of Libya since Tripoli became an Ottoman province in 1551. When Chairman Mao was all the rage and millions of people were flashing his Little Red Book, Qadaffy came out with his own Little Green Book, which didn't do as well. Qadaffy's instability has been an inspiration to the Arab world and to Africa, which he would like to rule... for his forces to continue fighting in that country.
In a statement, Sarkozy said that the end of the Qadaffy regime "is now unavoidable and near" and he labelled the Libyan leader's call for resistance "irresponsible and desperate." Sarkozy also urged forces still loyal to Colonel Qadaffy to turn away from "the criminal and cynical blindness" of their leader and cease fire immediately.
The President confirmed that he had just spoken with the leader of the opposition National Transition Council (NTC), Mahmoud Jibril, and praised his "determination and courage" and the that of his fighters and all the Libyans who have risen up against the regime.
The French leader indicated that he had invited Jibril to Gay Paree on Wednesday for talks.
He also issued a solemn call for all Libyans to adopt a "spirit of reconciliation and unity" during this time of transition and to work towards new and democratic system that would be inclusive of all components of Libyan society.
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[Yemen Post] The National Tadhamon Council announced on Saturday its withdrawal from a national council formed by the opposition days ago to lead the six-month popular revolution and accelerate the ouster of the regime.
The announcement coincided with the withdrawal of some members of the national council, mostly southern opposition figures including those living abroad.
In a statement, the Council chaired by Hussein Al-Ahmer, said the opposition's council represents only the bodies which had formed it.
"When there are good wills and all drop selfishness and excluding others, the National Tadhamon Council will be ready to participate in any joint work to serve Yemen, its revolution and its people," the statement said.
However, a good lie finds more believers than a bad truth... the Council announced its solidarity with and support to the people in south Yemen who claimed that the national council did not ensure their full rights, as it affirmed its reject to mandate over the youth-led uprising.
Some 23 southern politicians including opposition figures living abroad such as former president Ali Nasser Muhammad and former prime minister Al-Attas said they were surprised to see their names among the national council's members without any prior idea about their nomination.
They announced their withdrawal for that and for other reasons including that the council, formed by the Joint Meeting Parties and its partners, did not include some political forces such as the southern peaceful movement, Harak, and the Houthi Group as well as the youth-led protesters inside the squares of change and freedom.
"Forming the council by the JMP took place hastily without good preparation. The process was overshadowed by randomness and this exposed the fragility of the council which was supposed to gather all forces calling for the ouster of President-for-Life Saleh ... exemplifying the Arab's propensity to combine brutality with incompetence... ," the southerners said in a statement.
The withdrawals also come amid fears by observers that the national council might be politically motivated at the expense of the popular revolution.
The Yemeni opposition should talk about any revolutionary solution through the protesters and it should seriously lean to the revolution and abandon political compromises to make this council a success, analysts said.
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[Bangla Daily Star] Awami League General Secretary Syed Ashraful Islam on Monday alleged that a ground is being created to kill its chief and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
Addressing a discussion, he said some of the country's television channels and newspapers are publishing "exaggerated reports" that might create instability in the society and help the conspirators create the ground for killing Hasina.
Bangladesh Awami League arranged the discussion at the Bangabandhu International Conference Centre in the afternoon, marking the August 21 grenade attacks in 2004.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was scheduled to address the meeting but she could not attend it due to sudden indisposition.
"A very deep conspiracy is on to destabilise the country and to kill Sheikh Hasina," said Ashraful, who is also the LGRD Minister.
He said the criminal masterminds behind the killings of August 15, 1975 are still very much active in their bid to kill Hasina. "They know that Sheikh Hasina is in the centre of spirit of all pro-liberation patriotic people."
Ashraful said that on August 15, 1975 the killers tried to liquidate the entire family of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, but the two sisters - Sheikh Hasina and Sheikh Rehana - luckily beat feet death as they were abroad.
"August 21 (in 2004) was another attempt to kill Sheikh Hasina," he said.
The AL spokesperson said the conspirators are tactfully creating conflict among the people, particularly leaders and activists of Awami League to weaken the pro-liberation forces.
"The conspirators are creating conflict between MP and MP, minister and minister, leader and leader, and activist and activist."
He alleged that a vested quarter here is looking for a person like Anna Hazare (the Indian crusader against corruption) to tarnish the image of the present government.
"Why there would be attempt to find out another Anna Hazare in Bangladesh when there is a parliament and an elected government?" Ashraful questioned.
He termed the criminal masterminds and key persons of the last military-backed caretaker government as the Anna Hazares of Bangladesh.
"Those who had tried to minus Sheikh Hasina from politics are the Anna Hazares of Bangladesh. Those who did not want election in Bangladesh are the Anna Hazares of Bangladesh," he said.
The AL leader said people of all walks of life including the Awami League leaders and activists would have to remain alert so that the conspirators do not succeed in their evil design.
Chaired by AL presidium member Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury, the meeting was also addressed, among others, by party leaders Suranjit Sengupta and Sheikh Fazlul Karim Selim.
Suranjit urged the opposition party to come to the court if it has anything to say about the trial of the August 21 grenade attack.
"The August 21 grenade attack is not just a political issue that you give some blurbs and settle the issue. It was a serious crime. So, if you've anything to say come to the court... don't feed people with wrong information," he said.
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[Dawn] Condemning the senseless killing of innocent people in the city, a group of Learned Elders of Islam has urged the government and the army to take an indiscriminate action with full force against those responsible for kidnapping and slaying people.
Speaking at a presser here on Sunday, Mufti Muhammad Naeem, Taqui Usmani and other Learned Elders of Islam also asked the government to pay compensation to the families of those who had bit the dust in the ongoing killings.
They appealed to political and social parties to use their influence in restoring peace in the metropolis and to stop killings and lawlessness.
They also appealed to what they described as "warring groups" and leaders of parties to sit together as brothers and resolve their confrontational issues.
Altaf slams statement Muttahida Qaumi Movement ...English: United National Movement, generally known as MQM, is the 3rd largest political party and the largest secular political party in Pakistain with particular strength in Sindh. From 1992 to 1999, the MQM was the target of the Pak Army's Operation Cleanup leaving thousands of urdu speaking civilians dead... chief Altaf Hussain has strongly criticised the statement of certain religious scholars for "bracketing together the ferocious killers with the helpless Mohajirs who were slaughtered without any remorse in Bloody Karachi".
According to a blurb issued on Sunday, Mr Hussain said the Learned Elders of Islam who were describing the kidnapping, beheading and subsequently throwing of bodies of innocent Mohajirs in different parts of the city as "a fight between two groups" were actually blaming the victims that they were not innocent and involved in the mayhem.
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[Dawn] In an initiative to save workless and hopeless youth from falling into the hands of terrorists, the Malik Saad Memorial Sports Trust plans to establish 50 sports academies in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa ... formerly NWFP, still Terrorism Central... and Federally Administered Tribal Areas. Sounds like midnight basketball for turbans...
This initiative to defeat terrorism through sports has the support of the government and the USAID, which have provided sports kits and infrastructure to MSMST for the academies.
The violence-wracked Bajaur, Mohmand ... Named for the Mohmand clan of the Sarban Pahstuns, a truculent, quarrelsome lot. In Pakistain, the Mohmands infest their eponymous Agency, metastasizing as far as the plains of Beautiful Downtown Peshawar, Charsadda, and Mardan. Mohmands are also scattered throughout Pakistan in urban areas including Karachi, Lahore, and Quetta. In Afghanistan they are mainly found in Nangarhar and Kunar... and Wazoo tribal agencies would get the academies on priority basis with a view to lure the youths towards healthy activities and save them from falling prey to Death Eaters.
Established only one-and-half-year ago in the memory of popular police officer Malik Mohammad Saad Khan, there is no looking back as the trust is spearheading sports activities aimed at inculcating the spirit of love, peace and brotherhood among the youths in the rural areas of the province as well as Fata.
On the directives of Governor Syed Masood Kausar, the trust has already established a sport academy in Khyber Agency, which proved a marked success and attracted youths towards playing cricket, volleyball, table tennis, football and other popular games in an area presently under the influence of Death Eaters.
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And give them Playboys so they have something to do when it's too dark to play sports.
[Dawn] Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani ... Pakistain's erstwhile current prime minister, whose occasional feats of mental gymnastics can be awe-inspiring ... is of the opinion that a military action in Bloody Karachi is not a solution to the law and order problem in the city and says that the issue can be resolved with the "optimal use of police and Rangers". ... something that as yet appears to be elusive...
Talking to news hounds here on Sunday, he said that the security forces could be strengthened to do the job.
He also said that a formal request by a provincial government was needed to deploy army for helping the civil administration.
"Army can be called in Bloody Karachi only at the request of the provincial government. The federal government will provide all possible assistance to the provincial government in this regard," the prime minister said.
Mr Gilani said he was aware of statements being made by different quarters for deployment of army in Bloody Karachi.
He also referred to a recent statement by Chief of Army Staff Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani ... four star general, current Chief of Army Staff of the Mighty Pak Army. Kayani is the former Director General of ISI... who expressed concern ...meaning the brow was mildly wrinkled, the eyebrows drawn slightly together, and a thoughtful expression assumed, not that anything was actually done or indeed that any thought was actually expended... over the Bloody Karachi situation and said that the army was waiting for a signal from the government to help the administration.
Replying to a question, Mr Gilani admitted that the morale of the Rangers was low because of some recent incidents, but said "they are patriotic and performing their duties diligently".
He pledged to bring to justice the elements involved in violence in Bloody Karachi, irrespective of their party affiliation.
He said all political forces would have to sit together to find a solution to the issue but did not say if the government planned to take any step in that direction.
The prime minister said he had no objection to an in-camera briefing for parliamentarians on the culprits behind the violence but such a session would be arranged only if the parties having representation in parliament so desired.
However, there's no worse danger than telling a mother her baby is ugly... he said the Defence Committee of the Cabinet was the appropriate forum to take up such issues and it had already been briefed on the situation.
Commenting on PML-N chief Nawaz Sahrif's call for mid-term polls, he said the government had presented its fourth budget and now the call for 'mid-term polls' was no more relevant.
He argued that no other major party had come up with a call for fresh elections.
The prime minister said there was no guarantee that new polls would solve all problems overnight and that the 'new opposition' would not call for mid-term polls.
He said he had never said that his government would complete its term. "I always stated that parliament should complete its constitutional tenure."
The prime minister claimed the government had implemented all court orders in letter and spirit.
He said the president would consult him and the leader of opposition on the appointment of the chairman of the National Accountability Bureau.
Replying to a question about negotiations between the government and the MQM, he said: "The priority at this stage is to engage the MQM for improving the law and order situation in Bloody Karachi and not to persuade them to rejoin the ruling coalition in Sindh."
"The MQM people have been good companions of the government in the past and we will welcome them back into the fold," he said.
He recalled that it was MQM chief Altaf Husain who had proposed the name of Asif Ali President Ten Percent Zardari ... sticky-fingered husband of the late Benazir Bhutto ... for the post of president.
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Have Paks considered the Power Rangers? They were pretty effective against the Turban Turbo villains.
[An Nahar] Hizbullah on Monday hailed the "huge victory" of rebels who took control of most of the Libyan capital in their fight against Moammar Qadaffy's ...a proud Arab institution for 42 years... rule.
"Hizbullah congratulates the Libyan people and their revolutionaries for this huge victory against the tyrant (Qadaffy) after a long struggle and great sacrifice," Hizbullah said in a statement.
"We hope that this victory will be final and that a just state will emerge soon to achieve the aspirations and hopes of the people who have suffered a long time," it added.
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Further confirmation that we were, once again on the WRONG phueching side!
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Hizbullah has a particular gripe against Mummar because back in the late 70s, Mummar invited a high level Shiite (Musa al Sadr) to visit Libya and then executed the guy.
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Ditto IRAN, as per HURRIYET DAILY NEWS.
BAHRAIN + OMAN also have given formal diploamtic recognition to the Rebels.
OTOH SAUDI ARABIA > As EL HEFE' = BIG ENCHILADA GOVT-ARMY OF THE GCC appears to still be withholding its formal recognition of the anti-Gaddafi Libyuhn Rebs for a later date.
IMO read, THE KSA IS WATCHIN' + OBSERVIN' THE SITUATION.
* Also from HURRIYET DAILY NEWS > GADDAFI REGIME ENDS AS TURKEY GIVES LIBYA NATO'S VOW [NATO to remain in Libya until security is fully restored].
HMMMM, HMMM, B-U-T-T-T the Rebs have repor said there will be NO NATO BASES IN ANY POST-GADDAFI LIBYA???
[An Nahar] Interior Minister Marwan Charbel stated on Monday that the TIME Magazine interview with one of the suspects in the liquidation of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri targets Hizbullah.
He said before a delegation from the editors syndicate: "Targeting Hizbullah will have consequences and spark debates that do not fall in Leb's interests because whoever wants to create unrest in Leb does so through creating sectarian tensions."
"We should be wary and prevent those seeking to destabilize the country from reaching their goals," he added.
"The press and media play a major role in this regard as you are the first authority that can set matters straight and contribute to Leb's security and safety," the minister stressed.
Furthermore, Charbel said that the ties between Leb and the Special Tribunal for Leb take place through the General Prosecution "and we have never hesitated in cooperating with Prosecutor General Saeed Mirza in this matter."
He added that he had requested that Mirza look into the TIME Magazine article.
The magazine recently published an interview with one of the four suspects in the Hariri liquidation.
The suspect, who remained unidentified, is one of four Hizbullah members accused of being involved in the crime.
On the Antelias blast that took place a few weeks ago, Charbel stated: "The blast was a result of a personal dispute between the two victims and this has been confirmed by the investigations.
"The facts in the incident proved my statements and I was not defending Hizbullah," he stressed.
"Had it been involved, I would have announced it," the interior minister remarked.
Two people were killed in the Antelias blast when an bomb in their possession took off.
Media reports said that the brother of one of the victims is a member of Hizbullah.
Military Tribunal Judge Saqr Saqr later described the incident as a terrorist operation, which Charbel said he agrees with from a judicial perspective.
The minister added however that 90 percent of the citizens don't view the Antelias blast from a legal angle.
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[An Nahar] Foreign Minister Adnan Mansour voiced on Monday Leb's rejection of the maritime border maps that Israel presented to the United Nations ...an international organization whose stated aims of facilitating interational security involves making sure that nobody with live ammo is offended unless it's a civilized country...
He said in a letter to U.N. chief Ban Ki-Moon: "The maritime maps that Israel presented to the U.N. are a blatant violation of Leb's illusory sovereignty and its economic zone."
He explained that the coordinates it presented "cut a total of 860 square kilometers of Leb's economic zone and regional waters."
"This therefore jeopardizes international peace and security," Mansour added in the letter.
The minister urged Ban to take "all necessary measures to avert any conflict in order to maintain the peace in accordance to U.N. Security Council resolution 1701."
Israel submitted its maps to the United Nations in July, shortly after Leb presented its own.
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Big offshore gas discovery straddles Israel-Lebanon boundary claims. In a somewhat similar situation all KSA could work out with Iraq &/or Kuwait was an agreement to disagree. Lebanon won't. More likely they'll just sabotage anything done by Israel.
* WAFF > [Russian FM Representative Alexander Lucasevic] RUSSIA [to] SENT THREE NUCLEAR SUBMARINES TO INSURE [enforce] INTERNATIONAL LAW IN CYPRUS. Sub patrols to ostensib begin this September 2011.
AGZ TURKEY???
ARTIC > LUCASEVIC = Russia per se fully supports the sovereign? right of Greek Cyprus under International Law = UN ICL to explore its own EEZ for Energy, etc. resources via any + all means necessary, to include by share = joint agreement wid third-party foreign Govts-Companies.
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SteveS: maybe they were surface combatants that submerged due to lack of maintenance - and became "submarines"?
Posted by: Frank G ||
08/23/2011 20:56 Comments ||
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- and became "submarines"?
Heh. Actually, one thought that occurred to me was they were traveling together under the buddy system in order to render aid in case of difficulties. Being followed by a real sub tender would be sooo embarrassing.
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08/23/2011 21:52 Comments ||
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WAFF > ONE MORE TURKISH PAIN: [FTSE 100 Group]CAIRN ENERGY INTERESTED IN MOVING TO CYPRUS.
* SAME > STRATFOR: ISRAELI-ARAB CRISIS APPROACHING. REEXAMINING THE ARAB SPRING.
ARTIC > FATAH-IN-WEST-BANK-VS-HAMAS-IN-GAZA Paleo Crisis = symbolic of Palestinian uncertainty over their own National Identity + Role in the ME, be it agz Israel or other Muslim States-Peoples.
* SAME > [StrategyPage] PALESTINIANS ACCUSE A PALESTINIAN OF KILLING ARAFAT.
"J'Accuse..."???
* SAME > TURKEY CLAIMS 100 PKK REBELS KILLED IN RAIDS.
See below.
* ION BHARAT RAKSHAK > LASER [enrichment] ADVANCE MAY INCREASE SPREAD OF NUCLEAR BOMBS, espec as proliferated unto 'black" or NGO MilTerr Groups for TerrOps.
BR POSTER = argues that SHIA IRAN SHOULD SUPPORT AN INDEPENDENT KURDISTAN as part of a larger regional strategy to end its detrimental geopol competition wid Turkey + create a [post-Arab Spring]UNITED ISLAMIC/ISLAMIST FRONT IN THE ME???
[Iran Press TV] An Iranian politician says the fall of Libyan dictator Muammar Qadaffy's ...who single-handedly turned a moderately prosperous kingdom into a dictator's fantasyland... last bastion and the detention of two of his sons should serve as a lesson to regional authoritarian regimes. Naturally the regime of the Medes & the Persians is neither regional nor authoritarian...
Member of Iran's Majlis (parliament) Committee on National Security and Foreign Policy Mohammad Karamirad told ISNA on Monday that Qadaffy chose to kill his own people in order to stay in power for a while and "this resulted in the ruthless killing of civilians and the loss of his children." Totally unlike what happened in Iran after their last "election," of course...
He added that the fall of the Qadaffy regime serves as a bitter lesson to dictators in regional Arab countries. There are no dictators in regional Persian countries, though. Certainly not. And they're not talking about Syria, either... Lebanon never once came to my mind...
The Iranian politician pointed out that former Egyptian dictator Hosni Mubarak ...The former President-for-Life of Egypt, dumped by popular demand in early 2011... and the embattled Libyan ruler served the interests of arrogant powers against their own nations. Unlike Iran, which aspires to her own arrogance...
He expressed hope that Libyans can determine their own fate without the interference of other countries. No doubt they'd welcome a helping hand from non-Arab regional powers, though...
On Monday, tens of thousands of people erupted into the streets across Libya to celebrate the arrest of Saif al-Islam and Mohammed, two of Qadaffy's son, by opposition fighters. Nobody would turn out in Teheran to celebrate Ahmedinejad being jugged, or Khamenei...
Libyan fighters, who managed to reach the highly symbolic Green Square in the center of Tripoli early on Monday, also waved the red, black and green flag of anti-regime forces and danced in obvious joy. Curiously, the red, black, and green flag of the anti-regime forces is also the flag of the seldom lamented King Idris, who was entirely too easy-going and pro-Western for the tastes of Qadaffy and his peers.
The revolutionary forces swept into the heart of Tripoli early Monday and seized the control of most of Libya's capital city without facing significant resistance from regime forces. Loyalists forces will be changing into civvies about this time. The werewolves among them will try to keep going as a "resistance."
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AH, but you don't have him, Yet.
Posted by: Redneck Jim ||
08/23/2011 0:07 Comments ||
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All those who recognized the historical connotation of the term werewolves get an extra cookie. Good one, Fred :)
Posted by: Whiskey Mike ||
08/23/2011 19:08 Comments ||
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Pot meet Kettle. Heh. This whole battle is probably a diversion while Daffy and a sh*tload of gold and loot head for Venezuela and retirement. At least that is what Billy Bones told me.
Posted by: Alaska Paul ||
08/23/2011 21:43 Comments ||
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All those who recognized the historical connotation of the term werewolves get an extra cookie.
Me! I get a cookie! Yum -- thanks, dear Whiskey Mike. Knowledge is sweet. ;-)
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
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Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
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Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
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[Dawn] In an initiative to save workless and hopeless youth from falling into the hands of terrorists, the Malik Saad Memorial Sports Trust plans to establish 50 sports academies in 
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[Iran Press TV] An Iranian 
