[Daily Nation (Kenya)] The United Nations ...a formerly good idea gone bad... Political Office for Somalia on Tuesday relocated to Mogadishu, after an absence of 17 years, giving hope that the country is on track towards stability.
Took a while to arrange the catering?
The Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) for Somalia has been based in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi since 1995.
The current SRSG, Ambassador Augustine Mahiga was welcomed at the Mogadishu airport by Transitional Federal Government of Somalia Prime Minister Abdiweli Mohamed Ali, Somali officials and foreign diplomats. He said he was delighted that the UNPOS would now be working from the Somali capital.
"I sincerely hope that the arrival of the UN Political Office will mark the start of renewed hope for the future of Somalia," Mr Mahiga said, according to a statement from the UNPOS.
"Being in Mogadishu will allow us to work far more closely with the Transitional Federal Institutions, the UN agencies and NGOs already based here, civil society and ordinary Somalis. We have much to do and we are eager to get straight to work."
Then he hopped into a white Toyota Land Cruiser and was driven off to lunch...
The last SRSG to be based in Mogadishu, James Victor Gbeho of Ghana, who was with the UN Operations in Somalia II (UNOSOM II), left in early 1995.
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the UNPOS
Another unfortunate acronym. Or not.
I give up: why Somalia? There can't be anything left to steal, it isn't know for s*x tourism or cuisine and I'd be surprised if there was much aid to skim.
[Bangla Daily Star] A prosecution witness yesterday told the International Crimes Tribunal that Jamaat-e-Islami ...The Islamic Society, founded in 1941 in Lahore by Maulana Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi, aka The Great Apostosizer. The Jamaat opposed the independence of Bangladesh but has operated an independent branch there since 1975. It close ties with international Mohammedan groups such as the Moslem Brotherhood. The Jamaat's objectives are the establishment of a pure Islamic state, governed by Sharia law. It is distinguished by its xenophobia, and its opposition to Westernization, capitalism, socialism, secularism, and liberalist social mores... leader Delwar Hossain Sayeedi ...Islamic orator and politician. He was a former Member of Parliament in the National Assembly of Bangladesh from 1996 to 2008, and is one of the most prominent leaders of the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami... went into hiding in Dohakhola village of Bagharpara [Jessore] after the Liberation War.
"After the Liberation War, Delwar Hossain Sayeedi saheb was staying in the house of Rawshan Ali in Dohakhola village," said Solaiman Hossain, 60, the 15th prosecution witness to testify against Sayeedi.
He did not mention the district where Bagharpara is in. It is a upazila in Jessore.
"While trying to find out the reason behind him staying there, we, the locals, found out that he had committed anti-liberation activities in Pirojpur during the war, and he was staying at the house of Rawshan Ali to hide."
The three-member tribunal led by its Chairman Justice Nizmaul Huq finished recording the testimony of Solaiman Hossain yesterday. The defence has begun cross-examining the witness. The cross-examination will resume today.
Sayeedi is facing charges of crimes against humanity committed during the Liberation War of 1971. Sayeedi, Nayeb-e-Ameer of Jamaat-e-Islami, is among six Jamaat and two BNP leaders who are facing war crimes charges at the tribunal.
The prosecution yesterday produced Solaiman Hossain to testify, breaking the order of witnesses to appear before the court. Modhushudan Ghorami, who was supposed to testify yesterday, could not be produced as he was admitted to hospital, the prosecution said.
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[Bangla Daily Star] BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday asserted that his party does not believe in "army coup" and even do not know Hizb-ut-Tahrir, a banned Islamist outfit.
"When the people have started to express their support to Khaleda Zia Three-term PM of Bangla, widow of deceased dictator Ziaur Rahman, head of the Bangla Nationalist Party, an apparent magnet for corruption ... by making her programmes successful, the government is making the army controversial only to divert their attention," Fakhrul told a rally in front of BNP central office in Naya Paltan.
Jatiyatabadi Jubo Dal, youth front of BNP, organised the rally to mark the 76th birth anniversary of party founder late president Ziaur Rahman. The birthday was observed on Thursday.
Criticising some recent remarks made by several Awami League leaders implicating BNP and Hizb-ut-Tahrir with a plot to overthrow the government, Fakhrul said, "Though we even don't know Hizb-ut-Tahrir, the ruling party leaders have found similarity between Hizb-ut-Tahrir and BNP. Interestingly the Indian media are singing the same song against BNP and that is why it is clear to the people who were behind the plot."
The government has staged a drama in the name of holding a dialogue as they have already finalised the names of the next election commissioners according to their plan, he added.
"Everything was fixed beforehand. We knew that the government will do it. But we joined the dialogue as we believe in democracy and also to honour the president as he is a respectable gentleman," maintained the BNP leader.
In response to allegations made by some AL leaders, Fakhrul said late president Ziaur Rahman did not lead any army coup and BNP came to power for four times through elections. "Awami League leader Khandaker Mushtaq Ahmed had proclaimed the first martial law in the country after killing party leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in 1975."
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David Cameron has claimed human rights laws are stopping Britain from protecting its citizens from terrorists in a landmark speech to the Council of Europe. The Prime Minister is trying to push through reforms of the European Court of Human Rights over fears it has too many powers to overrule national governments.
In a speech to the Strasbourg assembly, Mr Cameron said the whole concept of human rights laws was in danger of becoming "distorted" and "discredited" because of the court's decisions.
"We do have a real problem when it comes to foreign national who threaten our security," he said. "The problem today is that you can end up with someone who has no right to live in your country, who you are convinced -- and have good reason to be convinced -- means to do your country harm. And yet there are circumstances in which you cannot try them, you cannot detain them and you cannot deport them."
"So having put in place every possible safeguard to ensure that (human rights) rights are not violated, we still cannot fulfil our duty to our law-abiding citizens to protect them."
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"So having put in place every possible safeguard to ensure that (human rights) rights are not violated, we still cannot fulfil our duty to our law-abiding citizens to protect them."
That was the plan, honey.
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So the obvious question is: Whose human rights are more important, native citizens or foreign terrorists?
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Of course the problem is that the UK has ceded its sovereignty to that faceless non-democratic bureaucracy in Belgium.
Dave doesn't realize that Britain doesn't really have citizens anymore (subjects either as far as that goes) in the sense the the government is sovereign. In the UK and most of the EU it's not.
LONDON: Australia will follow the European Union's lead in banning oil imports and imposing a range of other sanctions on Iran, Australian Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd said on Tuesday. Rudd said later that Australian imports of Iranian oil were already "negligible."
"On the question of Iran, let me be absolutely clear (regarding) the actions taken in Brussels yesterday on sanctions by the European Union we in Australia will undertake precisely the same parallel action for Australia," he told reporters during a visit to London.
Rudd said a message needed to be sent to the Iranian government that its behavior was "globally unacceptable."
He said Australian exports to Iran had "declined massively" because of previous rounds of sanctions.
"So this is not a piece of idle philanthropy on the part of Australian foreign policy. This costs, but it is a cost worth paying," he told a news conference after talks between the British and Australian defence and foreign ministers.
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See also WORLD NEWS > OBAMA VOWS TO STOP IRAN NUCLEAR PROGRAM BY ALL MEANS.
Any Each + All Means necessary.
Lest we fergit, its for the future OWG ISLAMIC = ISLAMIST-JIHADIST [etc.] CALIPHATE - RADICAL ISLAM DESIRES NUKES AS A MEANS OF ATTAINING MINIMAL PARITY, IFF NOT PER SE SUPERIORITY OR DOMINANCE, WID THE NON-MUSLIM WORLD.
Short of a major US or UNSC-led GROUND WAR/CAMPAIGN, Iran is unlikely to stop dev its NucProg as long as its only US-Allied Warships roaming up-n-down the international waterway known as the Persian Gulf, i.e. "THE US,ETAL IS OVER THERE [offshore], NOT OVER HERE [land]".
Lastly, LEST WE FERGIT II > IRAN + OTHER MUSLIM GOVTS + MILTERRS GENER VIEW THE BAMMER AS A WEAK LEADER, HENCE PROB HAVE A VESTED INTEREST IN ENSURING THAT HE WINS RE-ELECTION AS POTUS THRU 2016, by which time most Perts Iran will have a number of working NucBombs/Warheads + reliable LR Missle Delivery Sys.
Read, anti-US Islamist $$$ for any + all "Re-elect Obama" 2012 Campaign coffers???
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Could you avopid both this kind of jokes about surrendering (Sqarkozy has paid a fety political price for his american friendly policy) and, unlles you really have no choice, linking to MSNBC? It loks like MSNBC only reported an article of the Chritian Science Monitor but by having rantburgers going to MSNBC you put money in the pockets of a hardcore pro-Obama media.
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About surrendering. My grand uncle caughgt a bullet in the lung at Cassino. Buit we were Pieds Noirs (europeans living in Soth Africa). Fourty five pent (yes 45%) of Pieds Noirs of military age were drafted for liberating France. Of course as soon as the job was done we ceased being French and became a bunch of dirty Spaniards, Italians and Sefarad Jews (never mind that there were also a lot of people descending from the Alsatians who had settled in North Africa in 1871 when Germany occupied Alsatia).
Sarkozy has a hungarian father who, from distant memories, served in the Foreign Legion and aa Jewish or part Jewish mother. He is quite an alien too just like myself.
[Dawn] UN Secretary General the ephemeral Ban Ki-moon ... of whom it can be said to his credit that he is not Kofi Annan... warned Tuesday that the UN Conference on Disarmament could fail because of a three-year stalemate over Pakistain's reluctance to discuss nuclear power.
"Today, this distinguished body is no longer living up to expectations," Ban said at the first of three public sessions scheduled this year, in a speech read out by the top UN official in Geneva, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev.
"The tide of disarmament is rising, yet the Conference on Disarmament is in danger of sinking," Ban warned the delegates from 65 countries. "Let us restore the conference to the central role it can and must play in strengthening the rule of law in the field of disarmament." The UN chief lamented that the practice of deciding by consensus "is currently used as a de facto veto power to stall every attempt to break the impasse."
"The future of the conference is in the hands of member states," Ban said, urging the immediate start of nuclear negotiations.
Citing national security, Pakistain has since May 2009 balked at implementing a work programme established by the UN conference, blocking the resumption of nuclear talks.
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[Dawn] Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani ... Pakistain's erstwhile current prime minister, whose occasional feats of mental gymnastics can be awe-inspiring ... and Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar met with Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Gen Ashfaque Pervez Kayani ... four star general, current Chief of Army Staff of the Mighty Pak Army. Kayani is the former Director General of ISI... and the Director-General Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Lt Gen Shuja Pasha on Tuesday, the foreign ministry said, ahead of a trilateral summit on the future of Afghanistan.
At the meeting, PM Gilani asked the foreign minister to visit Afghanistan to discuss reconciliation efforts there.
A senior government official told Rooters that Khar's visit was also to prepare for a US-Pakistain-Afghanistan meeting to be held in Islamabad in the coming weeks.
President Asif Ali President Ten Percent Zardari ... sticky-fingered husband of the late Benazir Bhutto ... is currently on a two-day state visit to Myanmar.
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[Dawn] A day before his scheduled appearance before the memo investigation commission, Pak-American businessman Mansoor Ijaz refused on Monday to come to Pakistain and said his statement should be recorded and evidence received from him abroad. Once inside Pakistain he would be assassinated PDQ, since the govt said the other day they're not going out of their way to give him protection...
Better unprotected by the Government of the Pure than protected into the grave by them.
After the development, former ambassador to US Husain Haqqani requested the commission to suspend Ijaz's right to give a statement because of his continuous absence.
In an application submitted to the commission through his lawyer Akram Sheikh, Ijaz expressed willingness to hand over all documents allegedly connecting Haqqani with the memorandum addressed to former US military chief Mike Mullen.
He said the entire commission or one of its members should visit an appointed place outside Pakistain to take into possession the original, 'untampered' Blackberry handsets, recorded messages, emails, call logs and handwritten notes and record his oral testimony.
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[An Nahar] Storied Baghdad ...located along the Tigris River, founded in the 8th century, home of the Abbasid Caliphate... hit out on Tuesday at alleged Turkish provocations after Ankara said it would speak out if sectarian conflict erupted in Iraq, in a dramatic worsening of tensions between the two neighbors.
Despite improving ties and increasing trade between the pair in recent years, the rhetoric between Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki ... Prime Minister of Iraq and the secretary-general of the Islamic Dawa Party.... and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan has become heated in the past two weeks as Iraq has grappled with a political crisis that has stoked sectarian tensions.
"All Iraqis are proud of belonging to their country and no other. Erdogan has provoked all Iraqis with his comments, particularly those he believes he is defending," Maliki said in a statement released by his office on Tuesday, in a clear allusion to Iraq's Sunni Arab minority.
"Sunni and Shiite Iraqis are brothers and do not need anyone claiming to defend them against each other," he said.
The statement was a quick response to remarks made by Erdogan to Turkish politicians in parliament, carried on television.
"Maliki should know that: if you start a conflict in Iraq in the form of sectarian festivities, it will be impossible for us to remain silent," he said.
"Those who stand by with folded arms watching brothers massacre each other are accomplices to murder," Erdogan said.
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[An Nahar] U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay expressed shock Tuesday at Iraq's execution of 34 people and called for an immediate suspension of the death penalty there.
Pillay said she was shocked at the lack of transparency over the executions, including two women, in Iraq last Thursday following their conviction for different crimes.
The front man of Iraq's justice ministry, Haidar al-Saadi, confirmed to Agence La Belle France Presse in Storied Baghdad ...located along the Tigris River, founded in the 8th century, home of the Abbasid Caliphate... that the executions took place, without elaborating.
"I call on the government of Iraq to implement an immediate moratorium on the institution of the death penalty," Pillay said in a statement.
"Even if the most scrupulous fair trial standards were observed, this would be a terrifying number of executions to take place in a single day," said Pillay, a South African high court judge.
"Given the lack of transparency in court proceedings, major concerns about due process and fairness of trials, and the very wide range of offences for which the death penalty can be imposed in Iraq, it is a truly shocking figure," she said.
The United Nations ...a lucrative dumping ground for the relatives of dictators and party hacks... estimates that more than 1,200 people have been sentenced to death in Iraq since 2004, but it does not have comprehensive statistics on executions.
It has recorded at least 63 executions since November 16.
In Iraq, the death penalty can be applied to 48 types of crime, including damage to public property in some cases, according to the United Nations.
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"Sorry, U.N. We've got a backlog. Once we are through with it, things will be somewhat toned down. But at 34/mo., we're still looking at about three years of executions before we get to there."
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Easy for the UN to say, they don't have Iranian nuts blowing themselves and school kids up to start a civil war.
Let's see what the UN would say if someone set off an explodidope during a general council meeting...
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U.N. Calls on Iraq to Immediately Suspend Death Penalty
Hmm. Maybe Navi Pillay would be happy to take the convicts in as housemates until after the matter can be given a thorough review by whatever passes for the Iraqi Supreme Court. Or Navi becomes too worried about dying a highly unnatural premature death. Whichever comes first.
Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati, the head of the powerful Guardians Council, is Irans oldest man. No one knows when he was born. He is said to have been on planet Earth before all of us, even before Adam and Eve..."
That's the gist of numerous jokes that are making the rounds about the senior cleric who is in his mid- eighties.
Jannati has a copy of the Torah signed by Moses, is how one joke goes.
Another one has Jannati speaking to scientists: "For you the Big Bang is just a theory," he says. "For me it's a memory.
In a similar vein, another joke has Ayatollah Jannati talking to the Fars news agency about his memories of the extinction of the dinosaurs.
The jokes seem to be a reaction to Jannatis three decades on Irans political scene and his status as one of the countrys key players.
As the chairman of the Guardians Council since 1988, Jannati has played an active role in banning any attempt at political reform and disqualifying reformist and liberal election candidates.
Sociologist Saeed Peivandi believes the continuation of Jannati's negative role and his disconnectedness with the realities of Iran and its young population are among the main reasons for the many jokes making fun of his age.
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The reality is that they are hoping to dance on the grave of this old reactionary, seen as a leader of those who have torn their country down, despised reasonable reforms, while seeking to "restore" some nostalgic fantasy that never existed.
In a way, this is revenge, to let him know ahead of time that once he is gone, his memory will be erased and what he wanted will be scorned and discarded.
Iran summoned Denmark's ambassador to Tehran, whose country holds the rotating presidency of the EU, to voice protest against the 27-nation bloc's irrational oil sanction against Tehran, FNA reported.
During the meeting in Tehran on Tuesday, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Ali Asqar Khaji voiced Tehran's protest against the illogical decision taken at the EU ministerial meeting on Monday to impose oil sanctions against Tehran, and said, "There are forces in the EU that seek to create tension in the relations with the Islamic Republic of Iran by following the US policies and adopting a hostile approach."
He underlined that the Iranian nation will not withdraw from its legal and legitimate rights under such pressures and cruel measures, and said that the EU should be blamed for the consequences of the measure.
His remarks came after the European Union (EU) held a summit meeting on Monday to discuss a proposed embargo on Iran's oil exports. Foreign ministers of the European Union reached eventually an agreement on sanctioning oil imports from Iran and freezing the assets of Iran's Central Bank within the EU.
EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton told reporters that the sanctions are aimed at pressuring Iran to return to talks over its nuclear program.
The EU has also imposed a ban on the sale of gold, diamonds, and other precious metals to Iran.
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Danes are not pushovers. IMHO, a waste of time by Tehran.
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[Iran Press TV] A senior spokesperson from the Lebanese resistance movement Hezbullies says allegations that the movement has been involved in the unrest in Syria are "laughable and silly," Press TV reports.
Hussein Rahal, the head of Hezbullies's information bureau, said in an interview with Press TV on Tuesday that the allegations are "fabrications that seek political and sectarian incitement against Hezbullies as part of a plot to create sedition in the region."
"Nobody can believe such fabrications," Rahal added.
Over the past months, opponents of the Syrian government have several times accused Hezbullies of involvement in activities against the Syrian opposition groups during the unrest in the country that began in mid-March 2011.
Riad Kahwaji, a political analyst in Beirut, told Press TV that if Hezbullies was "directly" assisting the Syrian government then it could "escalate sectarian tension and Hezbullies is against sectarian tension."
"So far no proof has been presented... and therefore these allegations remain allegations only," Kahwaji added.
Syria has been experiencing unrest since mid-March, with demonstrations being held both against and in favor of Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad. Sonny, disguised as Fredo, trying to be Mike... The Syrian government says "outlaws, saboteurs and armed terrorist groups" are responsible for the unrest and it is being orchestrated from abroad.
Over the past weeks, Syrians have repeatedly expressed solidarity with the government of President Assad.
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[Iran Press TV] A senior commander of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) says the United States and Europe are wary of the Islamic Theocratic Republic's growing strategic influence.
"The US and the European countries have realized and accepted the influence of the strategy of Islamic Awakening, and see this advancement of the Islamic [Republic of] Iran as a threat to them," Mohammad Ali Asoudi said late on Monday.
He went on to say the popular uprisings in the Arab world owe their inspiration to Iran's revolution of 1979, and that the revolts have left the enemy stymied and confused.
He stressed that the global arrogance That'd be us. They get tired of bitching about the Great Satan™ sometimes. and the United States, above all, have been stricken by a "legitimacy and popularity" crisis at home and are not able to meet their peoples' demands.
"In the current situation, the Islamic Theocratic Republic is even capable of controlling and managing the global economy, in which the US and Europe are floundering," he added.
The IRGC commander downplayed the West's war rhetoric against the Iran, highlighting the country's military preparation for any act of aggression.
"The Armed Forces are fully prepared for any possible threat from the enemies based on the experience of the eight-year Sacred Defense, and is capable of responding to any threat just in time, stronger than before," Asoudi added, referring to the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war.
The commander stressed that "the slightest mistake or folly" from the enemies would entail a "crushing response" on the part of Iran, and seriously jeopardize the interests of the enemies.
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"crushing response"
The result will certainly be a crushed Iran.
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Damaging the world economy is not the same as managing & controlling it. E.g., any country with nuclear weapons can really damage the world economy, whether or not the perps survive.
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"Iranian threats to close the Straits of Hormuz are believed to be just for show. Iran only hurts itself by trying to close the straits while Iran oil is still being shipped to customers."
"Currently, China appears willing to continue buying Iranian oil, although at a substantial discount, especially if China is the only buyer. China is Iran's biggest customer for oil but only gets 11 percent of its oil from Iran. So Iran needs China more than China needs Iran. China is already demanding lower prices and better terms from Iran, which annoys the Iranians a great deal."
[An Nahar] European and Arab nations want a U.N. Security Council vote next week on a resolution condemning Syria's crackdown on protests and hinting at sanctions, diplomats said Tuesday.
Britannia, La Belle France, Germany and Arab nations are working on the resolution which could face Russian opposition because of a call on all states to follow 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... sanctions against Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad Leveler of Latakia...
Russia and China vetoed a previous European attempt in October to get a resolution passed condemning Assad for the violence in which the U.N. says more than 5,400 people have been killed.
The western allies hope to build on growing Arab League demands for U.N. action on the Syria crisis, however. The United Nations ...a lucrative dumping ground for the relatives of dictators and party hacks... has received a letter from Arab League secretary general Nabil al-Arabi seeking a meeting with U.N. leader the ephemeral Ban Ki-moon ... of whom it can be said to his credit that he is not Kofi Annan... , a U.N. front man said.
Diplomats from several Security Council and Arab nations said there could a vote as early as Monday or Tuesday next week on a resolution. "I would not exclude it," said one western diplomat. "It is what we are aiming for," an envoy from an Arab nation told Agence La Belle France Presse.
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[An Nahar] Britannia, La Belle France and the United States on Tuesday condemned Russia's arms sales to Syria which they said was fueling Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad Light of the Alawites... 's deadly crackdown on protests.
Britannia's U.N. ambassador Mark Lyall-Grant called the Russian weapons sales "irresponsible," at a Security Council debate on the Middle East.
"We are concerned about the supply of weapons into Syria -- whether sales to the government or illegal smuggling to the regime or opposition," Lyall Grant said.
Without mentioning Russia by name, Lyall-Grant quoted an interview that Russia's U.N. ambassador Vitaly Churkin gave to the BBC in which he said the Russian sales had "no effect on the situation at all."
"We fundamentally disagree," the British envoy said. "It is glaringly obvious that transferring weapons into a volatile and violent situation is irresponsible and will only fuel the bloodshed."
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well, I'm sure they will stop at once! Just like the last 500 times they have condemned russia for selling them weapons
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Russia still plays Ye Olde Stir the Pot and Sell Arms to Nasties game just like the old USSR.
I wonder if they take only cash for the weapons from the Syrians. Bad business if they don't.
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[Iran Press TV] The Director of the Middlebury Institute for the study of separation, secession, and self-determination, Kirkpatrick Sale talks about his article "The Decline of the American Empire" which is about the book "Why America Failed" by Morris Berman.
In an interview with Press TV's U.S. Desk on Tuesday, Sale said that for years now, "we've been hearing from people who say that 'well, yes this country is in a mess but here is what, you didn't fix it' and of course none of the things that are trotted out for people to fix, ever get fixed."
He continued, "And here comes along a book from a guy who says that it can't be fixed. People have to understand that this country, this empire that we run, is broken, and it is too large, too corrupt, to ever be fixed, so don't think about campaign finance reform, don't think about doing away with corporate personhood."
Sale went on to add that the important thing to realize, and this is where all of wisdom has to start is "that the country is broken and can't be fixed and we have to do something quite different and that's where a number of us have come around to secession and we argue that you have to break up this country into much smaller section."
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Using the word "can't" creates a hypothesis and also serves as a hypnotic induction. The country either will or won't be fixed. Can't has nothing to do with it.
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Give this guy a bottle of Jim Beam Rye and a revolver.
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The sad thing is that when it is fixed the post north by the intelligencia will fail to include Marxist idiocy as one of the major causes of the illness.
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"INFOWARS" [Blog]: "THERE IS A WAR FOR YOUR MIND".
* "A number of us have come around to Secession and we argue that you have to break up this Country into a much smaller section".
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[Bangla Daily Star] A prosecution witness yesterday told the International Crimes Tribunal that 
Khaleda Zia
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[An Nahar] European and Arab nations want a U.N. Security Council vote next week on a resolution condemning Syria's crackdown on protests and hinting at sanctions, diplomats said Tuesday.
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