[Ynet] Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis, a radical al-Qaeda-linked terror group active in the Sinai Peninsula claimed they attacked the Egyptian army Wednesday.
In the statement published by the group they did not take direct responsibility for the attack on an Egyptian army intelligence facility in Rafah which killed at least six people.
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As per CNN + FOX NEWS AM, the AQ affiliate Islamic State of Iraq + Levant [ISIL] has declared an offensive,, i.e. "war", agz those fellow doemstic Militants-Insurgents whom attacked its forces.
* Also this Guam AM, FOX NEWS + FREEREPUBLIC > AL-QAEDA LEADER [Ayman al-Zawahiri AKA "Ayman the Z-man"] CALLS FOR ]Muslim-led] ATTACKS INSIDE THE US, irregardless iff big or small in scale, in order to bleed the US financially = economically.
AYMAN'S THREAT CLEARLY SHOWS THE FEDS + PRO-GUN CONTROL, ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT LOBBY AREN'T DOING ENOUGH TO TAKE AWAY THE GUNS FROM LAW-ABIDING US CITIZEN GUN-OWNERS.
In addition to showing that any unilateral US pullback = geopolitical/strategic retreat from East Asia + Pacific, for the sake of the OWG "Multipolar" agenda where Global Federal Unions are dominated by multiple "Co-Superpowers" in inherently risky to say the least. THE GLOBIES ARE TAKING A VERY V-E-R-Y DANGEROUS CHANCE THAT ANY UNILATERAL, WORLDWIDE/GLOBAL PULLBACK OR RETREAT ON THE PART OF THE US WON'T BE INTERPRETED AS DE FACTO WEAKNESS BY US ENEMIES, RIVALS OR PROTAGONISTS???
Perhaps most recently symbolized by the new troubles in the PHILIPINES vee the resurgent Commie NPA, separatist MNLF, + previously the Sabah Crisis [Sulu Sultanate].
* FYI FOX NEWS AM > SPECIAL REPORT = SYRIA CRISIS: THE WEAK IN REVIEW.
Taint a typo, + doesn't refer to Russia = Putin + Boyz.
[Al Ahram] Egypt's Coptic Pope Tawadros II requested an amendment to the constitution's third article -- which deals with "Christian and Jewish Egyptians" -- in a meeting with constitution committee head Jerry Lewis doppelgänger Amr Moussa ... who was head of the Arab League for approximately two normal lifespans, accomplishing nothing that was obvious to the casual observer ... late on Wednesday, state news agency MENA reported.
Article Three of the temporarily-suspended constitution, currently pending amendments, says that the "canon principles of Egyptian Christians and Jews are the main source of legislation for their personal status laws, religious affairs, and the selection of their spiritual leaders."
The Pope asked Moussa that "Egyptian Christians and Jews" be replaced with "non-Mohammedans," MENA said.
Critics of the 2012 constitution charge that Article Three leaves the door open to discrimination against other minorities, such as Egyptian Shias and Bahai's.
The Church has repeatedly made public that it wishes to preserve the language of Article Two of the 1971 constitution, which states states "Islam is the religion of the state and... the principles of Islamic Sharia are the principal source of legislation."
However, those who apply themselves too closely to little things often become incapable of great things... Church representatives in the 2012 constituent assembly have opposed Article 219, which serves as a more detailed version of the second article by stating that "The principles of Islamic Sharia include its commonly accepted interpretations, its fundamental and jurisprudential rules and its widely considered sources, as stated by the schools of Sunna and Gamaa."
The meeting between Moussa and Pope Tawadros II took place at St Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Abbasiya, Cairo, following celebrations of the Nayrouz, the Coptic New Year. Other Church figures were also in attendance.
During the meeting, Moussa said that the amended constitution will be "one-hundred percent civil," adding that he hopes all articles will pass with a sizeable majority by committee members.
Article Three was introduced to Egypt's currently-suspended 2012 constitution by an Islamist-dominated constituent assembly under former president Mohamed Morsi's rule.
The 2012 constitution was suspended following Morsi's ouster in July. A 10-member committee of legal experts was then formed to amend the constitution, and the 50-member committee headed by Moussa is tasked with approving these amendments. The Committee of 50 is expected to produce the constitution's final draft within 60 days.
The constitution will be put to a national referendum within 30 days of the final draft's submission.
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STATEMENT
The Coptic Orthodox Churches in the State of Ohio and its Egyptian-American
communities are following closely the unfortunate events occurring in our homeland and
express our solidarity with the Egyptian government, the armed forces, and all civil
Egyptian institutions, and law-abiding citizens in confronting violent armed organizations
and dark malicious forces, both internal and external. The attacks on our government
entities and peaceful churches are bold acts of terror, which are against all religions,
morality, and humanity.
We are concerned about the biased media coverage that covers mostly, if not only, the
Muslim Brotherhood misleading views, their affiliates and media outlets such as Al-
Jazeera news channel, and not showing the burnt churches, police stations, and the
mutilated corps of its police officers, looted museums and using of women and children
as human shields.
We call upon the media to review the facts objectively regarding these bloody radical
organizations and their affiliates instead of legitimizing them with global support and
political protection while they attempt to spread devastation and destruction in our
beloved homeland. We request that the media adhere to providing a comprehensive
account of all events with truth, accuracy, and honesty.
St. Mark Coptic Orthodox Church, Cleveland
St. Mary Coptic Orthodox Church, Columbus
St. George Coptic Orthodox Church, Toledo
St. Mina and St. Abanoub Coptic Orthodox Church, Dayton
[Al Ahram] The Nour Party has criticised a move by the interim government to control imams and mosques.
On Sunday, Minister of Religious Endowments Mohamed Goma said the ministry would limit prayers to mosques controlled by the ministry, allow only Al-Azhar-qualified imams to preach in mosques, shut down small mosques that are often led by independent imams, and ban donations from inside mosques that "go to those who do not fear God."
I have absolutely no idea what that last means. Perhaps it makes sense in the original Arabic.
The move would promote tolerance and moderate Islamic values, Goma claimed.
Sherif Taha, spokesperson for Egypt's largest Salafist party, criticised the move, claiming mosques were already crowded during Friday prayers and it would become worse if small, neighbourhood mosques were closed.
The Nour Party also opposes restriction on imams because many highly respected preachers do not have a degree from Al-Azhar, the highest seat of Islamic learning in Egypt, Taha said.
"Scientific criteria, not loyalty to the authorities or security considerations should decide preachers' eligibility," Taha added.
Sectarian and aggressive religious rhetoric has been blamed by some observers for inciting violence since the ouster of Islamist president Mohamed Morsi on 3 July.
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[An Nahar] The United States called again Thursday on Egypt's interim authorities to lift a state of emergency in force since August, which Cairo said it is extending for two months. Maybe they'd do it. If Putin asked them...
"We remain opposed, as we have from the beginning, to the state of emergency. And we urge the interim government to end it immediately," State Department deputy spokeswoman Marie Harf told news hounds.
She pressed Cairo "to create an atmosphere where Egyptians on all sides can peacefully exercise their right to freedom of assembly and expression." ...and then she rode away on her dancing unicorn.
"The interim government and military must ensure due process and that any citizens jugged Youse'll never take me alive coppers!... [BANG!]... Ow!... I quit! by police or military are referred only to civilian courts," she said.
Egyptian authorities said Thursday they had extended the state of emergency that has been in force since mid-August, at a time when deadly unrest swept Egypt following the ouster of Islamist president Mohammed Morsi.
The state of emergency was declared on August 14, the day the army -- which had installed an interim government -- dispersed two Islamist protest camps, killing hundreds of protesters.
In the days following, at least 1,000 people were killed, most of them Morsi supporters.
Egypt's authorities have also rounded up dozens of big shots of Morsi's Moslem Brüderbund, crippling the group and leaving it unable to rally huge crowds to protest for Morsi's reinstatement.
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Right, that last thing Egypt needs is to listen to the US. Hi, Federal Bureau of Prisons, can I speak to Bernie Madoff, he's helping me with my financial planning.
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[An Nahar] Russia on Thursday warned of a potential "man-made catastrophe" if North Korea restarts an aging plutonium reactor to boost its stockpile of nuclear weapons, after U.S. experts spotted steam rising from the Yongbyon facility.
The reactor, which was completed in 1986, is outdated and North Korea could suffer a major disaster if it is restarted, a Russian diplomatic source told the Interfax news agency.
The warning came after researchers at the U.S.-Korea Institute said Wednesday that satellite images taken on August 31 showed plumes of white steam rising from a building next to the reactor.
"Our main concern is linked to a very likely man-made disaster as a consequence. The reactor is in a nightmarish state, it is a design dating back to the 1950s," the Russian source said.
"For the Korean peninsula this could entail terrible consequences, if not a man-made catastrophe."
The U.S. envoy on North Korea meanwhile said the reported restart of the reactor would be "a misstep on the part of North Korea".
"If it turns out that these reports are true that North Korea has restarted the five-megawatt plutonium reactor, this would be a very serious matter," Glyn Davies told news hounds after meeting Japanese Foreign Ministry officials in Tokyo.
The Russian diplomat speaking to Interfax said he did not know for sure whether North Korea had relaunched the facility mothballed in 2007.
"It is obvious that some works are being conducted, and for a long time at that. According to some signs, steps were indeed being taken to relaunch it," the diplomat said.
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Interesting. Why would ...
Oh. they want to sell the Norks a new reactor!
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North Korea's Reply to the Russians:
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If a recently leaked document is any indication, the US National Security Agency -- or its UK counterpart -- appears to have put on a Google suit to gather intelligence.
Here's one of the latest tidbits on the NSA surveillance scandal (which seems to be generating nearly as many blog items as there are phone numbers in the spy agency's data banks).
Earlier this week, Techdirt picked up on a passing mention in a Brazilian news story and a Slate article to point out that the US National Security Agency had apparently impersonated Google on at least one occasion to gather data on people. (Mother Jones subsequently pointed out Techdirt's point-out.)
Brazilian site Fantastico obtained and published a document leaked by Edward Snowden, which diagrams how a "man in the middle attack" involving Google was apparently carried out.
A technique commonly used by hackers, a MITM attack involves using a fake security certificate to pose as a legitimate Web service, bypass browser security settings, and then intercept data that an unsuspecting person is sending to that service. Hackers could, for example, pose as a banking Web site and steal passwords.
The technique is particularly sly because the hackers then use the password to log in to the real banking site and then serve as a "man in the middle," receiving requests from the banking customer, passing them on to the bank site, and then returning requested info to the customer -- all the while collecting data for themselves, with neither the customer nor the bank realizing what's happening. Such attacks can be used against e-mail providers too.
The article by Brazil's Fantastico mentions a hitherto unknown GCHQ spy program called "Flying Pig." This prompted a Twitter quip from Electronic Frontier Foundation attorney Kurt Opsahl: "PRISM, Flying Pig. Someone in the surveillance state has a thing for Pink Floyd album covers."
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And Drudge is reporting that the Google/NASA arrangement to buy pentagon contracted Jet A from NASA at Moffett Field ( at much cheaper prices)has 'unexpectedly' come to light. This after all the revelations about the NSA 'requesting' help from various net providers to spy on us.
[Dawn] The Foreign Office front man on Thursday said the government had prepared a case aimed at raising the issue of US drone strikes on Pak territory in the United Nations ...boodling on the grand scale... , DawnNews reported.
Speaking at the weekly media briefing, the front man said there was no secret agreement between Pakistain and the United States on drone strikes, adding that the government had no idea where the drones were flown in from.
Regarding the recent release of Afghan prisoners, he said the reason for releasing Afghan Taliban prisoners was to facilitate the reconciliation process in Afghanistan.
Speaking of the Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba, the front man said it has Pak prisoners, however, it wasn't certain how many. He added that talks were in progress with the US government regarding the release of these prisoners.
The FO front man told news hounds that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif ... served two non-consecutive terms as prime minister, heads the Pakistain Moslem League (Nawaz). Noted for his spectacular corruption, the 1998 Pak nuclear test, border war with India, and for being tossed by General Musharraf... would go on an official visit to Turkey from September 16 to 18.
He also said that Advisor to the Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz would meet with his Indian counterpart in Turkmenistan's capital Bishkek on Friday. The talks would centre on bilateral relations with the aim of improving ties with India.
Regarding the crisis in Syria, the front man stated that Pakistain hoped for a diplomatic solution to the issue, adding that none of the groups actively involved in the fighting should use chemical weapons. He further said that Pakistain was waiting for the UN report regarding the usage of chemical weapons in Syria.
Earlier, Ambassador Zamir Akram, Permanent Representative of Pakistain to the UN in Geneva, had said that Pakistain, a primary target of drone attacks, had suffered a heavy loss of innocent lives apart from widespread social and economic costs.
While addressing the opening session of the 24th Human Rights Council, he said that in recent years, there had been severe human rights When they're defined by the state or an NGO they don't mean much... violations across the globe, as a result of indiscriminate use of force in the context of counter-terrorism efforts.
According to a blurb, Akram said these included illegal detentions, renditions, and extrajudicial killings including through use of drone attacks.
He added that these attacks caused collateral damage and violated international laws, including humanitarian and human rights laws, apart from violating Pakistain's illusory sovereignty and territorial integrity.
Akram also stated that drone attacks were counterproductive in the campaign against terrorism, referring to the United Nations Secretary General's statement that the use of armed drones, like any other weapon, should be subject to long-standing rules of international law, including international humanitarian law.
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[Al Ahram] Senior Pak Taliban capos opened discussions Thursday on how to respond to an invitation from the government on talks to end an insurgency that has killed thousands of people.
Leaders in the Tehrik-e-Taliban (TTP) are expected to continue consultations for several days at some holy man's guesthouse an undisclosed location in the semi-autonomous northwest along the Afghan border.
TTP leader Hakimullah Mehsud, who was previously reportedly against holding talks with the authorities, is chairing the consultations, two Taliban capos told AFP.
"We are discussing the overall situation and the government's offer. We will soon inform the media about our decisions," TTP front man Shahidullah Shahid told AFP.
Earlier this week, he welcomed the offer of peace talks.
"We have taken the government's offer seriously and commanders are discussing a future plan for proposed peace talks," one senior Taliban capo told AFP from some holy man's guesthouse an undisclosed location.
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif ... served two non-consecutive terms as prime minister, heads the Pakistain Moslem League (Nawaz). Noted for his spectacular corruption, the 1998 Pak nuclear test, border war with India, and for being tossed by General Musharraf... , who took office after winning elections in May, has called for peace talks and on Monday won backing for his policy from Pakistain's main political parties.
"The shura (decision-making council) is discussing the overall situation. It's good that all Pakistain leaders have agreed to initiate peace talks," another TTP commander told AFP.
He called on the military to stop all operations against Taliban fighters in the northwest and called for a halt to US drone strikes, which target Islamist snuffies on the Afghan border.
"We also want all our prisoners released and compensation for all those killed in military operations," he said.
A third TTP commander said the Taliban would finalise the names of a negotiations committee and a list of TTP prisoners.
"We hope that the shura will take a decision on all matters in the next five or six days," he said.
"We want guarantees from the government side. In the past, governments have not fulfilled their promises and we do not want to repeat that again," he added.
Previous peace deals with Taliban have quickly broken down and been sharply criticised for allowing the gunnies space to regroup before launching a new wave of attacks.
Pakistain says more than 40,000 people have been killed as a result of bomb and suicide kabooms carried out by Taliban and Al-Qaeda-led snuffies who oppose Islamabad's US alliance.
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[Al Ahram] Washington is not prepared to trust the word of the Syrian regime alone that it will rid itself of chemical weapons, US Secretary of State John Kerry said Thursday.
"The words of the Syrian regime in our judgement are simply not enough, which is why we've come here in order to work with the Russians," Kerry told reporters in Geneva ahead of high-stakes talks with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov on the thorny issue of Syria's chemical weapons.
He warned it was also up to Russians to show that they could "deliver on the promise of the moment" after Moscow proposed a plan earlier this week to eliminate Syria's deadly weapons stock. But Kerry highlighted that the US and Russia still disagreed on who carried out a suspected sarin gas attack near Damascus last month, which Washington says killed 1,400 people.
"The Russian delegation has put some ideas forward and we're grateful for that. We respect it. And we have prepared our own principles that any plan to accomplish this needs to encompass," Kerry stressed, before a room packed with reporters from around the world.
"Expectations are high. They are high for the United States, perhaps even more so for Russia to deliver on the promise of this moment. This is not a game," he said.
Any deal to bring Syria's chemical weapons stockpile under international control "has to be credible. It has to be timely and implemented in a timely fashion," he said.
"There, that's handled. Who's got my beer?"
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How long did Saddam play the game, Mr. Secretary? Was Assad sentient during that period? Has it occurred to you he might know how to play the Saddam game? Can you do anything - ANYTHING - except watch? And pontificate.
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That's fair. I won't take your word for anything either John.
[An Nahar] Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad Horror of Homs... said Thursday Washington must stop arming rebels and stop threatening military force if it wanted a plan for Syria to hand over chemical weapons to work.
"When we see that the United States truly desires stability in our region and stops threatening and seeking to invade, as well as stops arms supplies to bully boyz then we can believe that we can follow through with the necessary processes," he told Russian television, adding that Washington should dispense with the "politics of threats."
But he also signaled that he was willing to comply with international pressure. "Syria will be sending an appeal to the U.N. and the Organisation for Prohibition of Chemical Weapons in a few days, which will have technical documents necessary to sign the agreement," he added in translated remarks.
Assad had vowed earlier on Thursday to hand over Syria's chemical weapons as Moscow and Washington were set to begin high-stakes talks on a Russian plan to avert U.S.-led military action against his regime.
Assad said Syria would place its chemical weapons under foreign control in line with Moscow's proposal.
"Syria is handing over chemical weapons under international control because of Russia," Assad was quoted as telling Rossiya 24 state news channel.
"U.S. threats have not affected the decision," he said, adding that Syria planned to file documents to the United Nations ...an idea whose time has gone... to sign an agreement on chemical arms.
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As per CNN AM, Assad also gave the US a "red line" of his own, saying "no deal" unless the US threat of milaction agz his Regime = Syria was formally withdrawn.
[An Nahar] Head of the Loyalty to the Resistance That'd be the Hezbullies, natch... bloc MP Mohammed Raad accused on Thursday the Mustaqbal ... the Future Movement, political party led by Saad Hariri... Movement and some members of the March 14 alliance of creating incitement against Hizbullah over the security measures it has taken in and around its stronghold of Dahieh in Beirut's southern suburbs.
He said in a statement: "Their claims over the alleged autonomous security in Dahieh are part of an ongoing campaign against the resistance, its people, and supporters."
"The inciters are using all possible means against the resistance, including harboring some takfir ...an adherent of takfir wal hijra, an offshoot of Salafism that regards everybody who doesn't agree with them as apostates who most be killed... i gunnies who threaten the security of civilians, plant booby-trapped vehicles, and carry out bombings in residential neighborhoods in a delusional hope that they can change the convictions of the people," he declared.
He therefore denied claims that Hizbullah is adopting autonomous security, saying: "The noble citizens of Dahieh and other areas had repeatedly urged the state's security forces to assume their duties in protecting them, but these demands have not yet been fulfilled."
"The state and its security forces are responsible first and foremost for protecting the people," Raad added.
"The measures that were taken directly after the terrorist Ruwais bombing were limited to medical first aid before the official state's agencies arrived at the scene of the blast," he explained.
Hizbullah had set up checkpoints in and around its stronghold of Dahieh in light of a bombing the Ruwais area.
Twenty-seven people were killed and 280 maimed in the bombing that took place on August 15.
In late August, the Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... n Embassy in Beirut filed a complaint to the Foreign Ministry after Hizbullah members stopped an embassy vehicle in the Gallery Semaan area near Dahieh.
The members recorded the names of the embassy employees before allowing them to continue on their way.
Saudi Ambassador to Leb Ali Awadh Asiri condemned the incident at the time, saying that such a development leaves a "negative impression" before the public and noting that "no one has the right to perform the duties of the state."
He hoped that the incident would not be repeated, because it violates diplomatic norms.
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[An Nahar] An arrest warrant was issued on Thursday against a suspect over his firing of rockets in the Baabda region on August 1, reported the National News Agency.
Military Examining Magistrate Fadi Sawwan issued an arrest warrant against Jamal Ismail after he was interrogated in the Ballouneh rockets case.
Ismail is the father of two Syrian suspects already tossed in the slammer Don't shoot, coppers! I'm comin' out! in the case.
On Monday, Sawwan had interrogated Syrian suspects as Mohammed Abdul Jabbar Abdul Karim al-Debs, aka Abi Osama, Mohammed Ismail, Ammar Ismail, Mohammed al-Mdawwar and "Hisham." It identified the Lebanese detainees as Mohammed al-Takwir and Bassam al-Kaaki.
The agency said Debs confessed to "firing the rockets from Ballouneh and four rockets from Aramoun and disclosed all the details of the operations."
The judge issued arrest warrants for the seven suspects on terror- and weapon-related charges.
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[An Nahar] Destroying Syria's chemical weapons under a Russian plan would be "immensely difficult" and may do little to end the conflict there, the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) said on Thursday.
Russia and Iran would have to play a role in dismantling the chemical arms stockpiled by the regime of Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad The Scourge of Hama... in a process that would take years, said experts from the London-based think-tank.
"There has never been a situation where the international community has attempted to secure, seize and destroy weapons of mass destruction during an ongoing conflict," IISS proliferation expert Mark Fitzpatrick told a news conference at the launch of the group's annual review of world affairs.
"The best case was in Iraq and even there it took many months to assemble teams and years to destroy the arsenal. In Libya, it has been many years and still not all the mustard gas has been destroyed," he said.
"So obviously it's immensely difficult. The U.S. Department of Defense has estimated that 75,000 troops would be required to secure the chemical weapons" in Syria.
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[An Nahar] The rebel Free Syrian Army categorically rejected Thursday a Russian proposal for placing Syria's chemical arms under international control, and called for regime officials to be brought to justice.
The Syrian National Coalition opposition group also questioned the initiative, calling it a "political manoeuvre aimed at buying time" for the regime of Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad Scourge of Qusayr...
"The Free Syrian Army announces its categorical rejection of the Russian initiative that foresees placing chemical weapons under international control," FSA military commander General Selim Idriss said in a video posted on YouTube.
Idriss told world powers they should not "be satisfied only by removing the chemical weapon, which is the tool of a crime, but judge the author of the crime before the International Criminal Court ... where Milosevich died of old age before being convicted ... , who has clearly acknowledged possessing it and agreed to get rid of it."
Assad told Russian television Thursday that Syria would place its chemical weapons under international control but emphasized the move was prompted by Moscow, not U.S. threats of military action.
Questioning the motives for the initiative by Russia, a close ally of Assad, the Coalition's overnight statement also said it would be unacceptable unless it "called to account the crimes against the Syrian people".
And any measures should be adopted under Chapter VII of the U.N. Charter, which allows for possible military measures.
It said that if the "response to Syria of the international community is not efficient and effective, Iran, North Korea and the militia of Hizbullah will consider it a green light to manufacture and use chemical weapons".
Idriss also called on countries backing the 30-month uprising against Assad to increase the supply of arms to the rebels so that they can "continue to liberate the country".
And he exhorted his fighters to "intensify operations in all regions of the country".
Syria's Moslem Brüderbund issued its own rejection of the Russian initiative and "any attempt to reach a settlement with the criminal regime."
It criticized any attempt to strike a deal "with those who committed genocide in cold blood with chemical weapons".
The group, which belongs to the Syrian National Coalition, called on the international community to "end political uncertainty and act... to prevent Assad from committing additional massacres".
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What's the Arabic translation of "you don't have a say" ?
[An Nahar] Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Thursday that Syria handing over chemical weapons and joining the treaty banning them would make U.S. strikes against the country "unnecessary," as U.S. Secretary of State John F. I was in Vietnam, you know Kerry Former Senator-for-Life from Massachussetts, self-defined war hero, speaker of French, owner of a lucky hat, conqueror of Cambodia, and current Secretary of State... rejected a 30-day timetable suggested by Syrian Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad Light of the Alawites... to begin submitting data on his chemical arsenal.
Lavrov told journalists ahead of talks with Kerry that their goal is to agree how to "solve once and for all the problem of chemical weapons in Syria" through the country's joining of the chemical weapons convention.
"The solution of this problem makes unnecessary any strikes on Syria, and I am sure that our American partners... are strongly in favor of a peaceful way to regulate chemical weapons in Syria," Lavrov said, speaking alongside Kerry in Geneva.
The United Nations ...where theory meets practice and practice loses... earlier said that Syria has formally applied to join the convention banning chemical arms, sending relevant documents.
"We will have to see, together with experts... what further actions to take so that this process is not delayed and is proceeding in accordance with the strict rules of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons," Lavrov said.
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[Ynet] Syrian government forces have massacred civilians, bombed hospitals and committed other war crimes in widespread attacks to recapture territory in recent months, UN human rights ...which are usually open to widely divergent definitions... Sherlocks said on Wednesday.
Opposition forces, including Islamist imported muscle, have committed war crimes including executions, hostage-taking and shelling civilian neighborhoods, they said in their latest report, covering the period of May 15-July 15.
Both sides were working on their efficiency ratings. As a result, it was a busy month, but for the participants very satisfying.
Except for those flogged, amputated, racked, or bastinadoed, of course.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
Jerry Lewis doppelgänger Amr Moussa
North Korea
Nawaz Sharif
[Al Ahram] Washington is not prepared to trust the word of the Syrian regime alone that it will rid itself of chemical weapons, US Secretary of State John Kerry said Thursday.
[Al Ahram] 'We are doubtful that [Assad's] promises regarding chemical weapons will be met,' Erdogan says in a speech in Istanbul
Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir 
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International Criminal Court
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