[Daily Nation (Kenya)] Civil society groups in Kinshasa have asked the Democratic Republic of Congo Government to arrest Bosco Ntaganda and hand him over to the International Criminal Court ... where Milosevich died of old age before being convicted ... over war crimes.
Ntaganda is allegedly the main accomplice of Congolese warlord Thomas Lubanga, who was convicted of war crimes last week in ICC's first ever verdict since it was set up 10 years ago.
At a presser in Kinshasa on Friday last week, Benoît Idolo of the National Council of Civil Society Organisations said it was odd to see the ICC finding Lubanga guilty of using child soldiers in Ituri District, eastern DRC, while Ntaganda, his alleged accomplice, remains a free man.
"Besides, he has been charged with huge responsibilities in the national army as the military coordinator of the operation called 'Amani Leo' in Walikale District, eastern DRC," said Idolo.
He further said the government should be logical in ensuring that Ntaganda, who allegedly committed mass murders in Ituri and Kiwanja in 2002 and 2009, faces justice.
The DRC government is uneasy with Ntaganda's case. While it would like to arrest and extradite him to The Hague, Ntaganda signed a secret deal with it when he toppled Laurent Nkunda, his commander, during the rebellion that threatened to see his group occupy the Goma city in 2009.
Ntaganda poses a threat to security in North Kivu Province because his troops, exclusively comprising members of his community, never accept to mix in the national army as expected. They never leave the North Kivu Province where they were based.
This means in case of any threat against him, the National Congress for the Defence of the People rebellion may break out again in the region. His troops constitute a separate unit in the national army.
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[Bangla Daily Star] A day in which the opposition returned to the Jatiya Sangsad
Bangladesh parliament, lit. National Assembly
was suddenly made rather exciting. Two politicians, one from the ruling Awami League and the other from the opposition BNP, almost got into a scuffle yesterday.
Taking part in the discussion on the thanksgiving motion on the president's address, BNP politician Rehana Akhtar Ranu used words in bad taste to attack the prime minister, home minister, state minister for law, a former chief justice and an incumbent High Court judge.
Her remarks sparked uproar in the House as treasury bench MPs instantly protested. Without microphone, Awami League MP Fazilatunnesa Bappy was heard shouting, "Shut up... or I will slap you". Her words almost triggered a scuffle between her and BNP MP Shammi Akhtar.
Thanks to the timely intervention of women chamber attendants and some ruling and opposition MPs, an embarrassing situation was averted in the House.
Having stayed away from parliamentary proceedings for 83 consecutive sittings since March last year, opposition leader Khaleda Zia Three-term PM of Bangla, widow of deceased dictator Ziaur Rahman, head of the Bangla Nationalist Party, an apparent magnet for corruption ... returned to the House yesterday afternoon along with her politicians.
Sources said the opposition MPs were earlier asked by Khaleda to play a "constructive" role in the House and not use indecent words in their speeches.
Earlier in the day, the BNP chief held a brief meeting with opposition MPs and advised them to strongly criticise the "poor performance" of ministers and protest the government's various "wrongdoings".
"Do not remain silent. You will counter, not using abusive words, rather in a constructive way," BNP MP Nazim Uddin Ahmed quoted the BNP chief as saying.
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As some are asking, "Why Did The DHS Just Order 450 Million Rounds Of .40 Caliber Ammunition?" ATK Press Release:
ATK announced that it is being awarded an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) agreement from the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (DHS, ICE) for .40 caliber ammunition. This contract features a base of 12 months, includes four option years, and will have a maximum volume of 450 million rounds.
ATK was the incumbent and won the contract with its HST bullet, which has proven itself in the field. The special hollow point effectively passes through a variety of barriers and holds its jacket in the toughest conditions. HST is engineered for 100-percent weight retention, limits collateral damage, and avoids over-penetration.
"We are proud to extend our track record as the prime supplier of .40 caliber duty ammunition for DHS, ICE," said Ron Johnson, President of ATK's Security and Sporting group. "The HST is a proven design that will continue to serve those who keep our borders safe."
ATK will produce the ammunition at the Federal Cartridge Company facility in Anoka, Minn. Deliveries are expected to begin in June.
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What does the DHS and ICE need that many bullets for?
One year contract with four year option - pretty much standard federal contract.
Maximum volume of 450 million rounds. Likely will never reach that amount.
ICE has somewhere between 15000 and 20000 personnel. Estimate between 50-65 percent of that in an enforcement capacity. Figure qualification firing, familiarization firing, etc.
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Surprised nobody said the Glock 23. It is a .40, for standard sidearm at the FBI and still a favorite of a lot of agencies and people (self included).
Not sure what an agent load-out is, but figure at least two magazines per weapon carried. Again, factor in qualification firing, familiarization firing, etc.
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ATK is also a major subcontractor to Lockheed-Martin for the F-35 skins. They wind the majority of all the fuselage and nacelle skins in Utah as well as all 6 wing versions.
maybe some of this is to keep the books balanced when the JSF goes TU......
(wind, as in they have a contoured mandrel where a carbon fiber placement machine wraps carbon threads much like a spider does to its victim. after curing it gets trimmed into final shape. )
[Dawn] Interior Minister Rehman Malik Pak politician, current Interior Minister under the Gilani administration. Malik is a former Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) intelligence officer who rose to head the FIA during Benazir Bhutto's second tenure. He later joined the Pak Peoples Party and was chief security officer to Bhutto. Malik was tossed from his FIA job in 1998 after documenting the breath-taking corruption of the Sharif family. By unhappy coincidence Nawaz Sharif became PM at just that moment and Malik moved to London one step ahead of the button men. said on Sunday that the police has jugged 31 people jugged in extortion in Bloody Karachi ...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It may be the largest city in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous... , DawnNews reported.
Extortion has been taking place since 15 years, however, the situation has been improving since the government took strict measures, Malik stated.
The minister also met with Chief Minister of Sindh, Syed Qaim Ali Shah and discussed with him the issue of extortion in Bloody Karachi.
Talking to the media after the meeting, Malik said that murders in Bloody Karachi have been stopped but the extortion problem is still continuing.
Qaim Ali Shah also said that Bloody Karachi's situation is improving and further stated that MQM is an ally of the government and will together participate in the next elections.
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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.
International Criminal Court
Khaleda Zia
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