Reflecting Warsaw's long-standing anger over the 2009 cancellation of a controversial Bush-era anti-ballistic missile system President Bronislaw Komorowski said Poland should build its own missile shield to ensure national defence.
"Our mistake was that by accepting the American offer of a shield we failed to take into account the political risk associated with a change of president," said Mr Komorowski in a magazine interview. "We paid a high political price. We do not want to make the same mistake again. We must have a missile system as an element of our defences."
Last week, Mitt Romney used a visit to Warsaw to condemn Russia as a "country where the desire to be free is met with brutal oppression" in a bid to establish hawkish credentials ahead of the US elections.
The Republican candidate has accused President Obama of "abandoning Poland" by cancelling the missile defence plan in order to aid his much-criticised attempt to "reset" relations with Moscow.
Mr Obama's decision to scrap George W Bush's original missile shield dismayed the Polish government, especially as many Poles saw it as an attempt to appease Russia, Poland's historical and Cold War foe.
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I wouldn't trust the US as an ally either. Every 4-8 years the foreign policy changes, sometimes a complete flip of what it was before based on who is now in charge and you are left holding the bag as an ally.
When an executive in the US highlighted the risk that staff could face criminal liability for defying sanctions, it is claimed that the group executive director in London said "You f---ing Americans. Who are you to tell us, the rest of the world, that we're not going to deal with Iranians."
Throw 'em all in preventive custody until the accountants figure it out. That'll learn 'em.
Benjamin Lawsky, superintendent of the New York State Department of Financial Services, has launched an investigation into Standard Chartered Bank for "apparent grave violations of law and regulation".
"For almost ten years, SCB schemed with the Government of Iran and hid from regulators roughly 60,000 secret transactions, involving at least $250 billion, and reaping SCB hundreds of millions of dollars in fees," the statement said.
"SCB's actions left the U.S. financial system vulnerable to terrorists, weapons dealers, drug kingpins and corrupt regimes, and deprived law enforcement investigators of crucial information used to track all manner of criminal activity."
The watchdog has called on the lender to explain the apparent violations and demonstrate why its license to operate in the state of New York should not be revoked.
It should be. But it will be fun for some to hold certain feet to very hot fires in the meantime...
It claims that for nearly a decade the bank moved "at least $250 billion" though its New York branch on behalf of Iranian clients, including the Iranian central bank, that were subject to sanctions and then "covered up" evidence of the deals.
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Jamestown is an excellent, EXCELLENT resource and has been for years. Their Near East studies have been right on and the conferences show expertise un-paralleled by DC proper.
There is the Washington DC world, and the real world, and for some reason Jamestown knows which is which.
David Plouffe, a senior White House adviser who was President Obamas 2008 campaign manager, accepted a $100,000 speaking fee in 2010 from an affiliate of a company doing business with Irans government.
A subsidiary of MTN Group, a South Africa-based telecommunications company, paid Plouffe for two speeches he made in Nigeria in December 2010, about a month before he joined the White House staff.
Since Plouffes speeches, MTN Group has come under intensified scrutiny from U.S. authorities because of its activities in Iran and Syria, which are under international sanctions intended to limit the countries access to sensitive technology. At the time of Plouffes speeches, MTN had been in a widely reported partnership for five years with a state- owned Iranian telecommunications firm.
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More on ANC MTN business investments. Linkages to the Champ, oh no, couldn't be.
The Washington Post Co. reported last week that operating profits dropped 28.6 percent in the latest quarter, as the newspaper division continued to struggle with circulation and advertising revenue losses.
The flagship Washington Post newspaper suffered a 15 percent drop in print advertising revenue compared to the year before. Plus, the paper's circulation continued to slide. In the first six months of 2012, the newspaper's average daily circulation fell 9.3 percent from the same period in 2011, and Sunday circulation dropped 6.1 percent.
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If you could trust the MSM they might make a profit and survive. Alas, it's not in them to tell the truth. Instead they prefer to be shills for the left.
I promised myself after I left the military not to stand in such long lines again. That one is going to need RV parking for daysweeksmonths generations.
Republicans on Sunday escalated their attacks on Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (D) over his claim that presumptive GOP presidential nominee Willard Mitt Romney ...former governor of Massachussetts, currently the presumptive Publican nominee for president. He is the son of the former governor of Michigan, George Romney, who himself ran for president after saving American Motors from failure, though not permanently. Romney's charisma is best defined as soporific, which is probably why he is leading the Publican field. On the plus side, he isn't President B.O... did not pay taxes for years, with the Republican party head calling Reid a "dirty liar.''
Republican National Committee chair Reince Priebus, speaking on ABC's "This Week,'' contrasted Reid's allegations relating to Romney's wealth with Reid's own lifestyle as a resident of the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Washington, where he lives.
"As far as Harry Reid ... the charismatic senator-for-life from Nevada, currently majority leader ... is concerned, listen. . . . I'm not going to respond to a dirty liar who hasn't filed a single page of tax returns himself. Complains about people with money but lives in the Ritz-Carlton here down the street," Priebus said. ". . . This is just a made-up issue. And the fact that we're going to spend any time talking about it is ridiculous."
Reid created a political dustup last week by suggesting that Romney is withholding his tax returns because he didn't pay taxes over a 10-year stretch, part of Democratic efforts to focus on Romney's wealth and pressure him to release more than two years of returns. Romney forcefully rejected the allegations on Friday, saying he paid "a lot of taxes" every year and that Reid should "put up or shut up.''
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To the left - being a liar is a badge of honor.
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I recall some people had problems with Sharron Angle back in 2010, but can anyone deny she would have been about 10 million times better than Harry?
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As I recall, the cover story about what happened to Norman Bates' mother was "killed by bees..."
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She's actually performing a quite useful administrative distraction whilst at the same time, providing in-country advance team coordination for the Champ's post-election Africa/world tour.
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A swarm of 'bees', eh? You may recall that those little scamps over at DARPA have been experimenting with robotic insects. I'm picturing some nerdy engineer sitting in front of his monitor, doing the Happy Chair Dance. "Fly, my pretties. Fly!"
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I believe one of the boasts of God to Israel during the invasion of Caanan was that He didn't really NEED them to flush the occupants of the land: Joshua reminded them of some Caananite kings who had been totally routed by hornets sent from God.
Bees. Not quite the same species, but the same idea. I imagine the same target as well (with regard to attitude toward Israel, that is).
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Reminds me of a 1970's TARZAN toon episode -[IIRC] "You + your Enslaved People fear the BoMangani [brutish talking Warrior Man-Apes] -'NANDO' THE HORNET IS MANY TIMES SMALLER THAN YOU, YET HE DROVE AWAY THE BO-MANGANI".
The White House has left open the possibility of enacting its Internet agenda via executive order after the failed effort to bring the Democrat-supported cybersecurity bill to a full vote in the Senate last week. That way the internet can work as well as the post office...
In response to a question from The Hill, a Washington, D.C. political newspaper, about whether President B.O. was considering advancing his party's cyber-plan by ruling by decree through an executive order, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney didn't rule out the possibility.
"In the wake of Congressional inaction and Republican stall tactics, unfortunately, we will continue to be hamstrung by outdated and inadequate statutory authorities that the legislation would have fixed," he said via email. "Moving forward, the President is determined to do absolutely everything we can to better protect our nation against today's cyber threats and we will do that." He wasn't too good at "Simon sez" when he was a kid, I'll betcha...
The failed cyber security bill, which could be revived by Sen. Majority Leader Harry Reid ... the charismatic senator-for-life from Nevada, currently majority leader ... when the Senate comes back from recess in September, would have given federal agencies in charge of regulating critical infrastructure industries like power companies and utilities the ability to mandate cybersecurity recommendations. It takes only a minor change in definition to make the internet itself a "critical infrastructure industry." Then it can be regulated for "fairness." The enforcement of "fairness" would call for a few taxes to pay for it...
Shortly before the Senate's August recess, Obama penned a Wall Street Journal op-ed in which he threw his support behind the Cybersecurity Act of 2012.
An executive order would be another action from the B.O. regime to extend executive branch authority over a largely free and open Internet.
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I think we should start taking drastic measures against Obama by starving is support base by intercepting all food stamps.
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The United States Internet Service will be a kaffirmative action, equal opportunity employer.
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Congressional Inaction? Congress did act - the bill was killed.
First this Dictator-in-fact ignores laws which Congress has legally inacted.
Now he is creating whole new laws where Congress has legally REFUSED TO ENACT A BILL.
Barack Obama is a Dictator-wannabe. One wonders if he will simply refuse to leave the Presidency when voted out. Citing some made-up-crap then media backs him on. Racism or something... anything.
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One wonders if he will simply refuse to leave the Presidency when voted out. Citing some made-up-crap then media backs him on. Racism or something... anything.
I know I have stated this as my fear. There are already claims that Romney is doing well because people hate blacks. I really do wonder if teh 0ne is voted out, especially if the election is close if he will leave.
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If he doesn't leave - I hope the military and others remembers their oath - Foreign and Domestic.
After the way I heard Clinton left office - one has to wonder how Bumbles and company will leave the White House. I don't think it'll be the way Laura Bush left it.
Three men were killed and at least seven other people maimed in separate overnight shootings across the city, Chicago police said this morning.
In the latest fatal shooting, police said a 47-year-old man sitting inside a vehicle was shot in chest by an unknown gunman near 98th and Throop streets in the Longwood Manor neighborhood on the South Side at about 12:40 a.m. this morning.
The man, Perry L. Williams, drove himself about a mile to a Chicago firehouse on West 104th Street, where paramedics took him to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he was pronounced dead. He's dead, Jim! according to the Cook County medical examiner's office.
Hours earlier, police found a 22-year-old man maimed in the right armpit in the 7300 block of South Oglesby Avenue in the South Shore neighborhood, at about 10:10 p.m. Sunday, police said, citing early reports.
That man, Chateau Mercier, of the 7800 block of South Jeffery Boulevard, was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital where he was later pronounced dead, according to police and the Cook County medical examiner's office.
About 7 p.m. Sunday, Fredrick Giles, 21, of the 5500 block of South Wabash Avenue, was shot on the sidewalk outside his home in the Washington Park neighborhood on the South Side, authorities said. Giles was shot multiple times, including in the head, police said.
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"Chicago Values" - at least there's no Chik-Fil-A involved
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In a show of technological wizardry, the robotic explorer Curiosity blazed through the pink skies of Mars, steering itself to a gentle landing inside a giant crater for the most ambitious dig yet into the red planet's past.
A chorus of cheers and applause echoed through the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory on Sunday night after the most high-tech interplanetary rover ever built signaled it had survived a harrowing plunge through the thin Mars atmosphere.
"Touchdown confirmed," said engineer Allen Chen. "We're safe on Mars."
Minutes later, Curiosity beamed back the first black-and-white pictures from inside the crater showing its wheel and its shadow, cast by the afternoon sun.
It was NASA's seventh landing on Earth's neighbor; many other attempts by the U.S. and other countries to zip past, circle or set down on Mars have gone awry.
The arrival was an engineering tour de force, debuting never-before-tried acrobatics packed into "seven minutes of terror" as Curiosity sliced through the Martian atmosphere at 13,000 mph.
In a Hollywood-style finish, cables delicately lowered the rover to the ground at a snail-paced 2 mph. A video camera was set to capture the most dramatic moments - which would give earthlings their first glimpse of a touchdown on another world.
The extraterrestrial feat injected a much-needed boost to NASA, which is debating whether it can afford another Mars landing this decade. At a budget-busting $2.5 billion, Curiosity is the priciest gamble yet, which scientists hope will pay off with a bonanza of discoveries.
"We're on Mars again," said NASA chief Charles Bolden. "It's just absolutely incredible. It doesn't get any better than this."
Over the next two years, Curiosity will drive over to a mountain rising from the crater floor, poke into rocks and scoop up rust-tinted soil to see if the region ever had the right environment for microscopic organisms to thrive. It's the latest chapter in the long-running quest to find out whether primitive life arose early in the planet's history.
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Suppose a manager of a British mining company picked up a gun and opened fire on his African workforce? What if the company concerned paid its Zambian miners less than the legal minimum wage? Suppose relations on the shop floor became so poisonous that furious workers chose to crush a manager to death?
If a British-based mining house like Anglo American or Rio Tinto had experienced any of this, I strongly suspect that popular protest would have overwhelmed the company concerned, sending its share price into free-fall and casting its very future into doubt.
Yet all of the above has happened at a Chinese-owned mine in Zambia. When workers at Collum coal mine protested about poor wages and working conditions in 2010, their Chinese managers responded by opening fire with live rounds. In fairness, they were not shooting to kill: no one actually died, but 11 of the miners suffered bullet wounds.
The Chinese argued they were acting in self defence, and Beijing made clear that should charges be pressed against them, bilateral relations would suffer. Zambia, unable to stand up to its biggest foreign investor, duly caved in: no criminal case was ever brought against the managers.
This year, protests at Collum have continued, spurred by the fact that its Chinese owners pay their employees less than the national minimum wage for shopworkers. On Saturday, the miners crushed a 50-year-old Chinese manager to death with a trolley.
So the next time you next read of a multi-billion dollar deal between China and a poor African country, think of what has happened at Collum mine.
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The Zambian miners on the Copperbelt have for a long time hated their Chinese overlords. They were seriously miffed when Chinese prisoners were sent to Zambia to labour gratis on the mines.
Yep and what did the local population get out of it? Probably not even a pair of plastic flip-flops. I don't blame them and, dare I say it, hope to see more of this, the Chinese deserve a good hiding just for what they're doing there.
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The main (long term) difference between the current Chinese colonization of Africa and the old European colonization, is that Chinese don't actually need the locals for labor force.
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50 years ago, Zambia and South Korea had similar GDP per capita. Today, Zambia and Korea have similar GDP per capita. Only today, the Korea in question is ruled by a fat little runt vertically-challenged individual with an eating disorder in Pyongyang.
Syrian Prime Minister Riad Hijab has defected from Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad Before going into the family business Pencilneck was an eye doctor... 's government to join "the revolution", his front man says.
Mr Hijab was appointed less than two months ago and his departure is the highest-profile defection since the uprising began in March 2011.
State-run TV said he had been sacked.
Riad Hijab, who is said to have fled with his family, is a Sunni Mohammedan from the Deir al-Zour area of eastern Syria which has been caught up in the revolt.
Early reports said Mr Hijab had defected to Jordan, but Jordanian state TV later denied this. By Monday afternoon, Mr Hijab's whereabouts were still unknown.
'Freedom and dignity'
Earlier, his front man Mohammed el-Etri told al-Jazeera TV that he was in "a safe location".
"I address you today at this grave hour where the country is living under the brunt of genocide and barbarian brutal killing against unarmed people who are simply demanding freedom and a dignified life," ran Mr Hijab's statement read by his front man.
"Today I declare... that I have defected from the terrorist, murderous regime and [am] joining the holy revolution. And I declare that from today I am a soldier of this holy revolution."
Mr Etri later told the BBC that the Syrian regime was "now in its last throes" and that it had been dealt "a fatal blow" by Mr Hijab's defection.
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I don't know, so I'll ask: is this guy important?
Since the Arab uprisings began, four governments have fallen, and several others have been seriously tested. The United States has felt obliged to respond to and occasionally to participate in this drama, but it has still not answered fundamental questions about its direction: Do we have a vision of what strategic equation in the region serves our and global interests? Or of the means to achieve them? How do we handle the economic assistance which may be the best, if not the only, means to influence the evolution?
The United States can and should assist on the long journey toward societies based on civil tolerance and individual rights. But it cannot do so effectively by casting every conflict entirely in ideological terms. Our efforts must also be placed within a framework of U.S. strategic interests, which should help define the extent and nature of our role. Progress toward a world order embracing participatory governance and international cooperation requires the fortitude to work through intermediate stages. It also requires that the various aspirants to a new order in the Middle East recognize that our contribution to their efforts will be measured by their compatibility with our interests and values. For this, the realism and idealism we now treat as incompatible need to be reconciled.
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The United States can and should assist on the long journey toward societies based on civil tolerance and individual rights. But it cannot do so effectively by casting every conflict entirely in ideological terms.
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"Ideological terms" as defined by polite western society that is. We're just seeing it all wrong once again, eh Henry ?
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"Ideological terms" as defined by polite western society that is
That's where realpolitik runs onto the shoals. It's not "evolution". The uprisings are essentially regressive; an attempt to bring back the 14th century.
AMMAN - Syrian Prime Minister Riyad Hijab has defected to the opposition seeking to overthrow President Bashar al-Assad, a spokesman for Hijab said on Monday, marking one of the most high profile desertions from the Damascus government.
This is a big problem for Pencilneck. Hijab perhaps was not a member of the innermost circle, but he can claim to the rubes and Westerners (but I repeat myself) that he, not Pencilneck, is the legitimate government in Syria. It's great window-dressing at least for the rebels.
Syrian state TV said Hijab had been fired, but an official source in Amman said the dismissal followed his defection to neighboring Jordan with his family.
"I announce today my defection from the killing and terrorist regime and I announce that I have joined the ranks of the freedom and dignity revolution. I announce that I am from today a soldier in this blessed revolution," Hijab said in a statement read in his name by the spokesman, which was broadcast on Al Jazeera television.
Syrian state TV announced Hijab's dismissal as government forces appeared to prepare a ground assault to clear battered rebels from Aleppo, the country's biggest city.
Assad appointed Hijab, a former agriculture minister, as prime minister only in June following a parliamentary election which authorities said was a step towards political reform but which opponents dismissed as a sham.
"Hijab is in Jordan with his family," said the Jordanian official source, who did not want to be further identified. The source said Hijab had defected to Jordan before the announcement of his sacking.
Syrian TV said Omar Ghalawanji, who was previously a deputy prime minister, had been appointed to lead a temporary caretaker government on Monday.
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If the government is going to piss away money, I like the idea of doing it on things like this. It employs people - intelligent, talented, and/or skilled people. It's interesting (to me). And things that push the limits of technological possibility generally turn out to have lots of collateral benefits, eventually.
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A historical reason to support programs like Curiousity - they are a good place to develop and 'store' during times of political pacifism the scientists and engineers you will need desperately in the event of war.
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lotp makes specific my generic initial comment. And I am confident the future jobs from Curiousity (and curiousity) will dwarf those from expenditures on why chimps throw poo or cowboy poetry festivals, etc.
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Well, when ranked against "poo throwing chimps" .... a sensitive topic here on the Burg, I'd have to agree. More study needed regarding cowboy poetry however.
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#1 And all of this helps my neighbor find a new job how ?
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Almost everything you are using nowdays is a product of the space agency. By law, inventions done by NASA are open for private use. So many of them are in your everyday goods and services it is boggling.
NASA is actually doing a great job at this and this is exactly what they were made to do. The benefit of all their work can be privatized and capitalized. And THAT will help your neighbor find a job and put beans on your table.
This is one of the few things that isn't a waste of money. It is an investment in the future.
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Yeah, and "a budget-busting $2.5 billion"? (see previous article) $2.5 billion? Compare that to all the money Bummer has squandered on bogus stimuli and "loans" to Solyndra type cronies who never seem to make repayments. Makes $2.5 billion sound downright paltry.
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My Tax-Dollars went into space and all I got was this lousy frying pan.
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Fried foods are bad for you BP, FLOTUS sez so. Alright, exploring space does have other dividends, I'll grant you that. I would only suggest we take care of life right here during these trying times and worry about life somewhere beyond the moon when we can better afford it.
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Besoeker, does your neighbor have a degree in aerospace or rocket-science? If so, then programs like this are a great way to put food on his table.
Furthermore, this program will return more value to you than government dollars spent on unemployment or bankrupt loans to political cronies.
Would I prefer that some billionaire spent the money to build and deliver the rover to Mars and then charged a pay per view fee to watch the show last night. Yes. But, then again would I trust some guy like George Soros with 11 pounds of plutonium? Probably not.
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Remember this perspective - in 1969 we had half a million troops in a land war in Asia, were smack in the middle of the biggest infrastructure program in a long time (the Interstate highway system) AND we put a man on the moon.
Now we can't do any of those things, because of the never-ending war on poverty, which has made zero progress since 1969 -15% then, 15% now. How many trillions went into that no-win "war"?
I'd pay more taxes to send folks to Mars.
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We could eliminate poverty by sending the poor to Mars! It's pretty much what Europe did a 1-3 centuries ago.
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#19 Awwwww, I was gonna say did they bring the Tang?
IIRC a NASA Pert-Offcial said we could possibly see a Manned Spaceflight to Mars widin 10 years [2022].
Iiff our desired future OWG = Space Govt-Order = Federation-Starfleet Command ... Govts-Perts can get their act together + come up wid a positive common, World-accepted consensus on the Sun + available Resources for Deep Space, + also the US' international partners' Space Vehicles don't blow up in flight or on the launchpad, we're a go for Jupiter + outer Planets.
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"We could eliminate poverty by sending the poor to Mars!"
To hell with that - send Bambi and his fellow travelers. One-way ticket only, please.
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To hell with that - send Bambi and his fellow travelers. One-way ticket only, please.
What the heck do you have against the Martians to inflict Bambi on them?
Sunstein is one of the architects of Obama's regulatory state. He goes back to Harvard, but if Champ wins this fall Sunstein will find his way back to DC.
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Perhaps there is some kind of karmic relationship with these guys where all the regulations and regulatory paper they created is stuffed where the sun don't shine.
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The Saudis have invited Iran to a Muslim solidarity meeting, not long after Short-Round invited Muslim ambassadors to rally around Iran in order to wipe the earth clean of Jews.
Libyan security forces on Sunday killed three armed men suspected of being behind seven failed bomb plots, a state spokesman told Reuters.
Security forces surprised the three armed men inside a farm near Aziziya, south of Tripoli, in possession of the same kind of explosives used in seven previous bomb plots, said Saleh Darhoub, spokesman of the National Transitional Council. Several violent incidents have rocked Libya in recent days and on Sunday the International Committee of the Red Cross announced it was suspending its activity in the country's second biggest city, after one of its compounds was attacked with grenades and rockets.
Iran is to move key ministries and state bodies off the worldwide internet next month in an effort to shield them behind a secure computer wall from disruptive cyber attacks like the Stuxnet and Flame viruses.
Probably a smart move, given that they've promised to wipe out those nasty juices...
They still need a way to talk to each other. Stuxnet will find a way...
Reza Taghipour, the country's telecommunications minister, said the step was being taken because sensitive intelligence was vulnerable on the worldwide web, which he said was untrustworthy because it was controlled by "one or two" countries hostile to Iran
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"The establishment of the national intelligence network will create a situation where the precious intelligence of the country won't be accessible to these powers," Mr Taghipour told a conference on Sunday at Tehran's Amir Kabir University.
He described the move as the first phase of a project to replace the global internet with a domestic intranet system scheduled to be completed within 18 months.
Opponents have previously denounced the plan as a means of stamping out western influence on the internet while further tightening already stringent online surveillance of political activists and regime critics.
While Iranian officials have repeatedly spoken about creating their own alternative to the internet, the latest announcement follows the upheaval wreaked by Stuxnet and Flame, both of which are believed to have been developed jointly by the US and Israel.
Stuxnet, discovered in 2010, caused extensive damage to Iran's uranium enrichment programme, which Iran insists is peaceful despite the west's suspicions that it is designed to produce an atomic bomb.
Flame, detected this year, was an even more sophisticated virus that is believed to have targeted Iran's oil ministry and main export terminal.
Nima Rashedan, an Iranian cyber-security specialist based in the Czech Republic, said the domestic network was unlikely to be effective. "In terms of cyber security, Iran is one of the most backward countries I know," he said. "Because of the dis-functionality of the government, I don't think they will be able to implement it properly.
Given the number of times throughout Muslim history that hosts have murdered those they invited to peace talks, attending might well be unwise.
King of the Arabians, Sheikh of the Burning Sands Abdullah ... Fifth out of 37 sons of King Abdulaziz to ascend to the throne. He is, after his half-brothers Bandar and Musa'id, the third eldest of the living sons of Abdul Aziz ibn Saud. Abdullah's mother is from the Rashid clan, longtime rivals of the Saud. He has 6 sons and 15 daughters and about $20 billion. His youngest son is just seven years old... invited Iran's diminutive PresidentMahmoud Short Round Ahmadinejad for an extraordinary summit of Mohammedan leaders to be held this month in the holy city of Mecca, state news agency SPA reported Sunday.
The Saudi monarch "sent a written letter to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad inviting him to attend the extraordinary Islamic solidarity meeting which will be held in Mecca" in mid-August, SPA reported.
Tensions have been running high between the Sunni-dominated kingdom and Shiite Iran as both regional powers had taken opposite stances on the uprisings in Bahrain and Syria.
Iran had voiced support to a Shiite-led uprising in Bahrain which 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 their national face... had sent troops to crush last year.
In Syria, the kingdom had called for arming rebels against the regime of Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad Lord of the Baath... -- who belongs to the Alawite minority, an off-shoot of Shiite Islam -- while Iran has been repeatedly accused of sending military aid to the Syrian government. Tehran has denied the claims.
Saudi Arabia last month called for the summit in a bid at "unifying the ranks" of Mohammedans.
Saudi Arabia hosts the headquarters of the 57-member pan-Mohammedan body -- the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation which is based in the Red Sea city of Jeddah.
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IIRC from earlier this summer this is the proposed summit where the topic will include the merits or demerits of the spreading "Arab/Muslim/
Islamic Springs", + espec the future of the Muslim World in this age of "Globalism".
Good luck to both King Abdullah + Moud, given ..
* WAFF > TURKEY IMPLODING? AS SYRIA WAR ROILS, UNREST AMONG SECTS [ALawites, Kurds] HITS TURKEY.
E.g. pro-Assad Turkish Alawites vs anti-Assad Turkish Sunnis.
Again, iff Pert forecasts about GWCC-induced rises in Earth temperatures prove correct, THE SCENARIO EXISTS WHERE NON-MUSLIM COUNTRIES, CULTURES MAY SELECTIVELY ADOPT CERTAIN HABITS FROM MUSLIM COUNTRIES FOR THE SAKE OF SURVIVAL.
DON'T MAKE TOO MUCH FUN OR BE CRITICAL OF THE MUSLIM BURQUA BECAUSE YOU + SOCIETY MAY BE VOLUNTARILY WEARING IT ONE DAY, GLOBAL JIHAD OR NO GLOBAL JIHAD, AS SPECIFICALLY DUE TO GLOBAL WARMING [future intensification of solar activity].
IOW, don't be getting rid of Grandma or Great-Grandma's "antique/quaint" head shawl just yet.
And once again, Virgina, we learn why our desired future "Globalist" OWG-NWO = SPACE GOVT-ORDER needs a Globally-accepted consensus among Govts, Perts as to resources + everything.
But I digress ...
* SAME > KURDISTAN: NEW FLASHPOINT BETWEEN IRAQ, TURKEY, SYRIA [ + Iran].
* SAME > POSTER THREAD: NEXT TEN YEARS [2022-ASAP after?] TO SEE LIBERATION OF SOUTH MACEDONIA + BALKAN TURKS [to join or partner wid Turkey] AFTER GREEK EU EXIT [Grexit], STATE ECONOMIC COLLAPSE???
The US government has quietly cleared the way for Americans to start donating money to buy weapons for Syria's rebels, even as the White House continues to refuse to arm the forces opposed to Bashar al-Assad.
The Syrian Support Group (SSG), a Washington-based organisation with close links to the opposition, has been granted a license by the US Treasury to begin fund-raising on behalf the rebels.
The Syrian Support Group (SSG), a Washington-based organisation with close links to the opposition, has been granted a license by the US Treasury to begin fund-raising on behalf the rebels.
Supporters of the Free Syrian Army (FSA) hailed the move as a "game-changer" in the effort to equip the rebellion with modern weapons capable of matching those of the regime's forces.
Meanwhile, as Mr Assad's troops continued their attack on the strategic city of Aleppo, William Hague described the situation in Syria as "bleak" and conceded there was now little chance of a peaceful resolution to the 17-month crisis.
The Treasury license, seen by The Daily Telegraph, allows the SSG to supply the rebels with "financial, communications, logistical and other services otherwise prohibited" by American sanctions on Syria, although it does not permit the group to directly purchase weapons.
"This is a game-changer in terms of funding and a sign of a gradual policy shift by the US government," said Brian Sayers, the SSG'S Director of Government Relations. "We are optimistic that it will help change the situation on the battlefield in a positive way for the FSA."
By allowing American dollars to flow to the secular FSA, the US may also be trying to counterbalance Islamist elements within the opposition, who are building large-scale fund-raising operations in Qatar and other Sunni Arab nations. Some secular rebels complain that by refusing to provide arms and money, the US has ceded influence to the Muslim Brotherhood and other Islamist organisation.
ALEPPO: The Syrian army pounded rebel positions in second city Aleppo yesterday ahead of a threatened ground assault after boasting its capture of the last rebel-held district of the capital.
A high-level security source said the army yesterday completed its deployment of reinforcements to Aleppo, ready for a decisive showdown.
At least two rebel fighters were killed in early morning clashes in Aleppo, which has already been the scene of heavy fighting since July 20, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
Troops shelled rebel-held Salaheddin district in the southwest and clashes erupted in the Sukkari, Hamdaniyeh and Ansari neighbourhoods, the Britain-based watchdog said.
The opposition Syrian National Council charged that the army's bombardment of the rebels was hitting key public institutions in the commercial capital, some of historical significance.
After failing to subdue (rebel forces) in Aleppo... the Syrian regime's gangs have started to target government institutions and buildings, the exiled opposition group said. Some of them have historical and archaeological value.
The SNC accused the army of shelling Aleppo's television building. The criminal regime does not hesitate to shell these institutions, the group said, adding: The rebels were forced to move away from the television building in order to protect the Syrian people's property and heritage.
Rebels tried to storm the state television building on Saturday before being driven back by shelling, the Observatory said.
The Syrian people's heritage was obviously less important then...
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"A high-level security source said the army yesterday completed its deployment of reinforcements to Aleppo, ready for a decisive showdown."
Meaning that more of them are camped on the safe perimeter line - but not a dam*ed one of them has the guts to go inside the suburbs. So they just shell from a distance - ahhh the aroma of indiscriminate casulaties. It smells like - WAR CRIMES.
Meanwhile, occasional skirmihes inside Aleppo have expended from a 1-block radius to a 2-block radius. 95% of the population is locked inside their quiet homes and praying. Hence the headlines ... fighting intensifies.
[Dawn] Four Pak coppers have been suspended after allegedly parading a man and two women naked in a town, police officials said on Sunday.
It was unclear clear why the three were naked while being escorted to the cop shoppe in the southern town of Gambat on July 28.
The man, businessman Mumtaz Mallah, 52, told Rooters police were punishing him for refusing to pay him a bribe. That's a plausible explanation...
Irfan Baloch, a senior local police officer, said all three were part of a prostitution ring and authorities were responding to community pressure by arresting them. The trio were already naked when police raided Mallah's home, he said.
"The main arresting police officer's mistake was that he should have covered them up," said Baloch.
Town residents took video footage of the arrests which shows Mallah trying to put clothes on.
Mallah has been released on bail. The two women are still in police custody, Baloch said.
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Tunisian blogger Sofiane Shurabi, an outspoken critic of deposed president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, was arrested Sunday for publically drinking alcohol during Ramadan with two friends.
Lawyer Anis Ezzine said Shurabi and a friend were taken into custody on the beach at El Mansoura on Sunday morning for "being drunk in a public place, disturbance of the peace and unacceptable behaviour."
Ezzine said they could face up to seven months in prison.
Khaled Tarouch, a spokesman for Tunisia's Interior ministry, said a young woman was arrested with them and that all three had admitted the charges. He said, "They admitted it. After consultation with the ministry, the three were detained for unacceptable behaviour and drinking alcohol in public."
Earlier, Shurabi made a post on his Facebook page saying that he had been arrested.
Leila Ben Debba, another lawyer, said,"I do not exclude that his arrest was linked to his appeal on Facebook to demonstrate tonight" against the government's policies.
A appeal for a protest in central Tunis is spreading on the Internet, despite an interior ministry warning that such a assemblage has not been authorised.
[Dawn] FIVE army officers, including a brigadier, have been court-martialled and handed down prison sentences for their links to an jihad boy organization, Hizbut Tahrir ...an al-Qaeda recruiting organization banned in most countries. It calls for the reestablishment of the Caliphate... . Whenever the subject of religious extremism within the army's officer corps and its rank and file comes up, opinion tends to break down into two extremes. One side argues that it points to some sort of creeping coup, a pernicious radicalisation of the armed forces that threatens Pak state and society given the army's influence over national security and foreign policy. The other side argues that whatever instances of radicalised officers have come to the fore, they are isolated incidents and dealt with professionally and quickly and as such pose no threat to discipline and unity of command in the armed forces. Arguably, neither side is right.
Policy choices aside, the armed forces are relatively well-disciplined and internal checks and controls are fairly strong. While it is an insular institution, there is reason to believe that neither is a serious rebellion inspired by Islamist causes likely, nor would it succeed were a small group of officers to attempt one. Hysterical opinion and analysis in the international media that appear occasionally and decry the imminent takeover of Pakistain by radical Islamists directly or by proxy via its armed forces is just that: hysterical and far removed from reality.
But that does not mean the armed forces do not have a very real problem within their ranks. While information is tightly controlled, there are enough dots to connect that paint a picture that is reasonably worrying: be it numerous refusals by soldiers to fight forces of Evil and forces of Evil in Fata and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa ... formerly NWFP, still Terrorism Central... , or regular investigations and arrests of officers suspected of jihad boy affiliations or intermittent plots to launch attacks against the army leadership that were foiled before or during execution, the Pakistain armed forces do have an extremism problem. Unpalatable as the suggestion may be for its leadership, it is more than likely that the army's security paradigm has helped create a problem within its own ranks. When patronage of or sympathy towards turban Islamist groups is part of the army high command's strategy for protecting this country from perceived external threats, it is almost inevitable that what is embraced as a hard-nosed policy by some will be embraced by others for the ideology that keeps the fires of hate burning. And then there are the effects on wider society -- from where the next generations of army officers have been recruited -- which is increasingly susceptible to right-wing and jihad boy rhetoric and propaganda. Acknowledging the problem is the first step towards addressing it. Denial could sink the armed forces, and the country too.
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Brownouts lasting from a few hours to whole days ravage the Nile; Morsi orders construction of infrastructure as people protest paying bills
Using what money, the loans from Saudia Arabia for meeting daily expenses?
They'll fix the electrical brownouts every bit as well as Pakistain has, and using the same money...
In an apparent attempt to quell public anger, Egypt's President Momammed Morsi apologized to his people Sunday for power outages that are plaguing the country. "I am sorry for the power cuts. I have the same problem at home and I promise it will be solved as soon as possible," Mosri was reported by Al Arabiya as saying.
Brownouts have left Cairo districts in the dark for a few hours at a time, but the southern governorates of Asyut, Sohag, al-Wadi al-Gadid, Minya, Fayoum, and Beni Suef have all faced outages that last up to an entire day, Al Arabiya reported.
The summer's brownouts have generated a social protest movement that calls on the public not to pay electric bills. "We won't pay," is the name of the Socialist Popular Alliance's campaign, according to Egypt Independent online. The party launched the campaign in the Imbaba neighborhood of Giza, where power cuts can last for two hours per day.
This is the third summer of such power outages, but the first under Egypt's newly--elected Moslem Brüderbund president. Morsi last week ordered the construction of two new power grids in order to meet demand, the Independent reported.
Egypt produces 22,300 megawatts and is facing a 20% shortage of 4,000 megawatts. Causes of the shortages range from insufficient fuel to labor shortages and overconsumption, according to the report.
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Egypt began exporting electricity in about 2006 to Libya and Sudan as a means to get $$$$. They began supplying electricity to Gaza in 2011 or so. The quantities involved aren't much but with the supply demand situation so tight, it might be part of the problem.
However one of the major problems maybe be theft of power from the grid.
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A police officer was injured when unknown assailants opened fire on a police checkpoint in the Russia's republic of Dagestan. A source in the republics interior ministry said the injured officer was hospitalized. He added that the manhunt will start in the morning.
[Dawn] Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) Chief Lt Gen Zaheer ul Islam returned to Pakistain on Sunday after his visit to Washington, DawnNews reported.
Hopefully we thoroughly bugged his phone, his laptop, and his beard.
The ISI Chief will submit a detailed report of his US trip to Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani ... four star general, current Chief of Army Staff of the Mighty Pak Army. Kayani is the former Director General of ISI... , sources said.
Lieutenant General Zaheer ul-Islam, the new head of the ISI agency, was paying the first visit to Washington in a year by the leader of Pakistain's powerful spy body.
Islam held meeting on Thursday with Central Intelligence Agency director David Petraeus and held "substantive, professional and productive" talks, a senior US official said on condition of anonymity.
ISI Chief had an important policy meeting at the State Department on Thursday with President Barack Obama The Cambridge police acted stupidly... 's special coordinator for Afghanistan and Pakistain, Lt Gen Douglas E. Lute.
US Special Envoy Marc Grossman also attended the meeting. "Both sides stated their positions on various issues," said an official source, "expressing their desire to rebuild this important relationship".
On Wednesday night, Gen Islam had met with CIA deputy director Michael J. Morrell at the residence of Pakistain's Ambassador Sherry Rehman. This was his first meeting with a senior CIA official before the formal talks with Gen Petraeus at the CIA headquarters.
"Both sides are focusing on increasing intelligence cooperation between the United States and Pakistain," said an official source when asked what was discussed in these meetings.
The dinner at Ambassador Rehman's residence also attracted congressional heavyweights including chairs of the Senate Intelligence Committee Dianne Feinstein and the House Intelligence Mike Rogers. Ranking members of the two committees were also present.
Senator John F. I was in Vietnam, you know Kerry Senator-for-Life from Massachussetts, the Senate's current foreign policy expert, filling the vacated wingtips of Joe Biden... , who chairs the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, also dropped in for a long pre-dinner conversation, despite a prior engagement.
They also discussed various options for dealing with joint concerns in the war against terror.
There were no discussions on operational details as the two intelligence chiefs were dealing with such details at their closed-door meeting at Langley, the CIA headquarters in Virginia, sources said.
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[Dawn] Unknown gunnies opened fire on two NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It's headquartered in Belgium. That sez it all.... containers in Khuzdar, Balochistan ...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it... , DawnNews reported on Sunday.
The containers, carrying supplies for NATO forces in Afghanistan were on their way from 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... when they were targeted in Balochistan. Unknown gunnies first started shooting at the trucks and then set them on fire.
The gunnies escaped after setting ablaze the trucks, however, no loss of life was reported.
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That damn Quaker Oats guy and his plucky band of Canadians again!
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[Dawn] A guard of Bajaur Levies rubbed out a pro-government tribal elder near a checkpoint in Inayat Kallay of Bajaur Agency, aka Turban Central ...Smallest of the agencies in FATA. The Agency administration is located in Khar. Bajaur is inhabited almost exclusively by Tarkani Pashtuns, which are divided into multiple bickering subtribes. Its 52 km border border with Afghanistan's Kunar Province makes it of strategic importance to Pakistain's strategic depth... on Friday. The elder, Haji Dawai Khan, was also senior member of Mamond peace committee.
Witnesses said that Dawai Khan was coming to Inyat Kallay Bazaar in his car along with his driver when personnel of Levies opened fire on him near a checkpoint. Both received serious injuries.
Local people and senior Levies officials rushed to the spot and shifted both the injured to agency headquarters hospital in Khar, where Dawi Khan departed this vale of tears. His driver is stated to be out of danger.
The officials said that the guard had been cooled for a few years Drop the gat, Rocky, or you're a dead 'un! and sent to the lockup in Khar.
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ADEN: A suicide bombing in south Yemen blamed on Al-Qaeda killed 45 people, local officials said yesterday, as residents voiced fears that a lack of security personnel on the ground will allow the militants to return. In the east of the country, meanwhile, a suspected US drone strike late on Saturday killed five Al-Qaeda militants, a local official said.
The bomber struck on Saturday in Jaar, one of a string of towns in Abyan province that were retaken by government troops in June after being held by Al-Qaeda loyalists for more than a year.
An Al-Qaeda suicide bomber detonated his explosives belt during a mourning ceremony organized by the Popular Resistance Committees, a local militia that fought alongside the army, said provincial governor Jamal Aqal.
Bodies were flying in all directions because the explosion was so powerful, a witness said.
An official at Razi hospital in Jaar said it received the bodies of 24 of those killed, while medics said 12 people had died of their wounds in three hospitals in the main southern city Aden. Relatives took the bodies of six of the dead directly from the scene of the attack for burial, local official Mohsen bin Jamila told AFP.
Later yesterday, Jamila told AFP that three of the wounded have succumbed to their wounds, raising the overall death toll to 45.
The wounded were being treated in hospitals in Jaar and Aden. The deputy head of Jaar's municipal authority held the government at least partially responsible for the attack because of its slowness in deploying police to the town after its recapture by the army. There is no presence of police in Jaar and other towns of Abyan, while Al-Qaeda militants remain underground, said Nasser Abdullah Mansari.
Security forces sealed off the scene of the strike, witnesses said.
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Syrian rebels claim that the 48 Iranians it kidnapped on Saturday are members of the elite Iranian Revolutionary Guards and not pilgrims as Iran alleges, in footage aired exclusively by Al Arabiya TV.
The rebels "captured 48 of the Shabiha (militiamen) of Iran who were on a reconnaissance mission in Damascus," said a man dressed as an officer of the Free Syrian Army, in the video aired by Al Arabiya. "During the investigation, we found that some of them were officers of the Revolutionary Guards," he said, showing ID documents taken from one of the men, who appeared in the background with a large Syrian independence flag held by two armed men behind them.
Abdel Nasser Shmeir, interviewed later by Al Arabiya and presented as the commander of Al-Baraa Brigade, gave similar details.
"They are 48, in addition to an Afghani interpreter," he said, claiming that the captives were members of a 150-strong group sent by Iran for "reconnaissance on the ground." Shmeir said his men "have not yet entered into any contacts" about the hostages.
Iran has appealed to Turkey and Qatar, both with close relations with the Syrian opposition, for help in securing the release of the hostages it claims were pilgrims visiting the Sayyida Zeinab shrine, a Shiite pilgrimage site in the southeastern suburbs of Damascus. Iran's Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi urged Turkey and Qatar, which have backed the Syrian opposition, to help release the captives, the official Islamic Republic News Agency reported. IRNA said 48 pilgrims were abducted.
I'm sure there's a shrine in Aleppo that draws the pilgrims there...
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Iran is denying it has sent any forces to Syria.
A suicide car bomber attacked a military checkpoint in Nigeria's northeastern city of Damaturu on Sunday, killing six soldiers and two civilians, police said.
Suspicion is likely to fall on Islamist sect Boko Haram, which is waging a bloody insurgency against President Goodluck Jonathan's government across the north.
The sect is seeking to carve out an Islamic state in Africa's top energy producer and most populous country, which is split roughly evenly between Christians and Muslims.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack in Damaturu's Shagari housing estate.
Labelled a foreign terrorist organisation by the United States, Boko Haram has been behind almost daily shootings and bombings in the volatile northeast.
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QUETTA: Two tankers carrying oil were set on fire by armed men in Khuzdar district, some 360 km southeast of Quetta, while security forces in Sui area of Dera Bugti recovered 60 kg of explosive material, in a separate incident, on Sunday.
According to Levies Force sources, two oil tankers were heading towards Quetta from Karachi when unidentified armed men opened fire on them at Ornach area on National Highway. No loss of life was reported, Levies force said. The attackers fled from the scene after the incident. The Levies force cordoned off the entire area to track down the suspects. Further probe was underway.
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GILGIT: Two passengers were killed and four others injured in a hand grenade attack on a passenger bus near Meenawar on Sunday. According to police sources, unidentified armed men attacked the bus with a grenade, which killed two and injured four others.
Police and local relief teams reached the site of the incident and shifted the dead and injured to the district headquarters hospital. Hospital sources said the injured were in critical condition and the death toll might rise. An emergency was declared in Gilgit Hospital and doctors and nurses were called in to deal with the situation. Police said after the attack, they launched an operation to track and arrest the culprits.
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QUETTA: Four people, including a woman and two children, were killed and twelve others critically injured when an explosives-laden car parked in a house in the Faizabad area exploded.
Apparently this is a different incident than the one Fred posted above...
According to police, around 80 kg explosive material was used in the blast that created panic in the entire area. The blast was so powerful that it was heard around four kilometres away and smashed windowpanes of the nearby buildings.
According to DIG Wazir Khan Nasar, the explosion occurred in a house located in the Faizabad area of Sariab. "The explosives were loaded in a vehicle that was parked in the parking lot of the house. The blast destroyed the front portion of the building," he added.
The injured were shifted to the Civil Hospital Quetta. Doctors at the hospital confirmed that three bodies had been brought there, adding that some seriously injured people had been shifted to the Combined Military Hospital for further treatment.
Following the blast, police, Frontier Corps personnel and rescue workers rushed to the site and pulled out the deceased and injured from debris.
The DIG said the blast also badly damaged nearby buildings, adding that over 80 kilogrammes of explosive was used in the blast and that investigations were underway to ascertain how the explosives-laden vehicle reached there. "A dweller of the house has been arrested by police and is being interrogated," he added.
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OK, just how old were these "Children"?
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Dhaka -- A 'listed criminal' was gunned down in an attack by unidentified assailants in the city's Pallabi thana on Sunday.
"I've got a little list, And I don't think they'll be missed..."
Either the RAB used a vacation day to tidy up loose ends or someone is muscling in on their turf...
Or the RAB is using contractors...
The deceased was identified as Mohammad Ali alias Pakistani Mohammad Ali,
What kind of alias is that?
A Pakistani one, of course. You should hear how cool it sounds in the original Urdu.
Kinda like gargling a yodel...
a resident of Bauniabadh of the thana.
I challenge TW to find said location on a map...
Watch and learn: "Calling Old Patriot. Old Patriot to the white courtesy phone, please.". It's all about delegation to the real experts, Dr. Steve.
I said find it, not Arclight it!
...*blink* Oops. Sorry. ...Would you like to know where it was?
Police said unidentified miscreants wearing black cloths on their faces
RAB always wears sunglasses...
Really cool sunglasses. Wouldn't it be wonderful if Fred added that to the store, along with mugs and mouse pads?
Definitely a market for RAB endorsed sunglasses...
took Ali to the compound of Sagupta MM Housing
not to the nearby banana grove...
where they fired several shots him at about 4pm.
[BANG! BANG! BANGETY BANG!]
Notice he doesn't fire any shots back, or first...
He died on the spot
"Which spot?"
"THAT spot!"
"Aaaiieee! Rosebud!"
and the attackers fled the scene [VROOM! VROOM!] [SCREECH!]
"Curly toed slippers don't fail us now!"
after confirming him dead,
"He's dead, Jim!"
said police.
Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Pallabi thana Abdul Latif Sheikh said Ali, a listed criminal, was involved in various crimes, including extortion, in the area.
So his mother likely didn't love him...
...but the police on nine systems most certainly did.
The body was sent to Dhaka Medical College Hospital for morgue for autopsy.
"Here's another one for you Dr. Quincy!"
"Great Sam, stack him in the back with the others."
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[An Nahar] Syrian regime warplanes pounded rebel positions in second city Aleppo ...For centuries, Aleppo was Greater Syria's largest city and the Ottoman Empire's third, after Constantinople and Cairo. Although relatively close to Damascus in distance, Aleppans regard Damascenes as country cousins... on Sunday ahead of a threatened ground assault by more than 20,000 troops assembled around the commercial capital.
A high-level security official said Syria's army completed its deployment of reinforcements to the northern city of Aleppo, ready for a decisive showdown.
"The war is likely to be long, because there will have to be street battles in order to get rid of the terrorists," the source told Agence La Belle France Presse, declining to be named.
"All the reinforcements have arrived and they are surrounding the city," he said. "The army is ready to launch its offensive, but is awaiting orders."
Morning festivities killed at least two rebels in Aleppo, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said, adding Sunday's violence cost at least another 38 lives across the country -- 24 civilians, 10 soldiers and four more rebels.
Troops shelled rebel-held Salaheddin district in the southwest and festivities erupted in the neighborhoods of Sukari, Hamdaniyeh and Ansari neighborhoods, the Britannia-based watchdog said.
The opposition Syrian National Council charged the army bombardment of Aleppo, scene of fierce fighting since July 20, was hitting the city's key public institutions, some of historical significance.
"After failing to subdue (rebel forces) in Aleppo... the Syrian regime's gangs have started to target government institutions and buildings," the exiled opposition group said. "Some of them have historical and archaeological value."
Aleppo preserves a raft of historical sites, including its renowned 13th century citadel. The U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization named the Ancient City a World Heritage Site in 1986.
The SNC accused the army of shelling Aleppo's television building.
"The criminal regime does not hesitate to shell these institutions," the group said. "The rebels were forced to move away from the television building in order to protect the Syrian people's property and heritage."
Rebels tried to storm the state television ... and if you can't believe state television who can you believe?
building on Saturday before being driven back by shelling, the Observatory said.
A senior government security figure warned at the weekend that "the battle for Aleppo has not yet begun, and what is happening now is just the appetizer... The main course will come later."
The official said at least 20,000 troops were now on the ground. "The other side are also sending reinforcements," the official added of the rebels, who claim to have seized half the city.
The pro-government Al-Watan newspaper said the army had killed "hundreds of terrorists" in Aleppo but that between 6,000 and 8,000 remained.
In Damascus ...Home to a staggering array of terrorist organizations... , regime forces raided the district of Qaboon on Sunday, arresting several civilians, the Observatory said, adding that one of the detainees was a 12-year-old boy.
After festivities with rebels in Rokn Eddin on Saturday, the military set up new checkpoints in the neighborhood of Damascus and in several other parts of the capital.
Elsewhere in the province of Damascus, festivities broke out in Kfar Batna as regime forces shelled that village. The army also shelled Harasta, in the same province.
At Rastan in the central province of Homs, regime forces pounded rebel positions, said the Britannia-based Observatory.
"Regime forces dropped more than 60 shells on Rastan, at a rate of four to five shells a minute," the watchdog added.
Syria's army said on Saturday it had seized Tadamun, the last rebel-held district of Damascus, after heavy fighting ... as opposed to the more usual light or desultory fighting... , and authorities took journalists on an escorted tour.
"We have cleansed all the districts of Damascus, from al-Midan to Mazzeh, from al-Hajar al-Aswad to Qadam... to Tadamun," an officer told news hounds on the tour.
The fighting has displaced tens of thousands, including some 600 Paleostinian families who arrived in Leb in the past three days, most escaping violence at the Yarmuk refugee camp in Damascus, a Paleostinian official in Leb said.
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I hope these rebels understand now that Uncle Sugar is NOT gonna bail their asses out of this one. It's gonna be like the good old days when wars were fought until one side wins and the other loses and woe unto the losers. Hey, you start a war, you accept the consequences. We're not buying all this bullcrap about how that mean old Assad has to step down just because he's a mean old guy. We don't give a rat's ass who wins or who loses because they are ALL bad. I hate to sound so cynical but maybe this way you bitches will think twice before starting another war.
Now, I have my popcorn but can I please get some Milk Duds?
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In a shoot out between two sides, both of which are vile, the only thing I am rooting for in this one is a high body count on both sides and lots of jihadist/terrorists buried with their weapons.
Every pound of explosives they use on each other is a pound of explosives they can't use on us or our allies.
I hope this drains their supply chain for a while.
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NYALA, Sudan: Armed robbers on Sunday stole more than $300,000 destined for the African Union-UN peacekeeping mission (UNAMID) in Sudans troubled Darfur region, sources familiar with the crime said.
It is the latest incident in a recent upsurge of violence in Sudans vast western region, where African rebels first rose up against the Arab-dominated Khartoum regime in 2003.
UNAMID received reports that a bank vehicle had been robbed by armed men in Nyala, the capital of South Darfur state, said Christopher Cycmanick, a spokesman for the mission. There were no injuries but the robbers obtained an undisclosed amount of cash, he said.
Sources with knowledge of the crime said the robbers made off with more than $300,000, which was destined for UNAMID. The bank involved, Bank of Khartoum, declined to comment and there was no indication of who might have been responsible.
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[Jerusalem Post] A group of Al-Qaeda prisoners was caught trying to tunnel out of Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison, an official said on Sunday, after the snuffies said they would step up their fight against the government.
Iraq's Shi'ite-led government is concerned that Sunni Moslemsnuffies will get a boost from the insurgency in neighboring Syria, where mainly Sunni rebels are battling Syrian Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad Light of the Alawites... Jail breaks are common in Iraq and security at prisons was beefed up this week after five snuffies stormed a police counter-terrorism headquarters on Tuesday in an attempt to free Al-Qaeda prisoners. All five were killed in a long shootout.
A front man for the justice ministry, Haider al-Saadi, said in a statement that 11 "dangerous prisoners" at Abu Ghraib dug down three meters and had tunneled along 20 meters using a frying pan and part of a ceiling fan before they were discovered.
KABUL: Afghan President Hamid Karzai accepted on Sunday a vote by the country's parliament to dismiss his two top security ministers, but ordered both to remain in their jobs pending replacement, a move aimed at safeguarding fragile stability. The fractious parliament voted on Saturday to remove Afghan Defence Minister Abdul Rahim Wardak and Interior Minister Bismillah Muhammadi after recent insurgent assassinations of senior officials, as well as cross-border fire incidents blamed on Pakistan, an inflammatory issue for many Afghans.
While the ministers remain in place for now, the uncertainty could complicate NATO plans to hand security responsibilities to Afghan forces before the end of 2014, as both positions are crucial to the 11-year war against insurgents as Western countries draw down their military presence. Karzai, who chaired a Sunday meeting of Afghanistan's National Security Council, issued a statement saying replacements of both ministers would be brought in according to the law. Karzai can keep both ministers in their jobs for months if he chooses, and as he previously has done after parliamentary votes to reject his choices.
Those moves may have alienated lawmakers whose cooperation he needs if he is to crack down on widespread corruption within his unpopular government in order to help guarantee up to $16 billion worth of aid promised by his Western backers.
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[Dawn] A suspected bad turban killed himself and two children on Sunday in southwest Pakistain when a bomb in the car he was driving went kaboom! before he reached his intended target, police said.
A woman was also killed and 12 people maimed when the bomb detonated close to the home of the bad turban on the outskirts of Quetta, capital of the insurgency-hit province of Balochistan ...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it...
The rented house was badly damaged.
"We have recovered the bodies of a woman and two children from the debris and also found a severed head, believed to be of a bad turban who was killed in the blast," police officer Mukhtar Ahmed told AFP.
The injured included seven children, some of them related to the dead, he said.
"The target was not clear. We have launched an investigation to identify the bad turban. Police were also interrogating the owner of the house," he said.
Abdul Razzaq, in charge of the bomb-disposal squad in Quetta, told AFP the car was carrying between 80 and 100 kilos (180-220 pounds) of explosives
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Bad Turban Bomb Guide ... page 3, line 17. NEVER connect the battery to the bomb until you are certain you are close to your target.
[Pak Daily Times] A Sudanese driver for the World Food Programme has been rubbed out in war-torn South Kordofan state, the UN agency said on Sunday, in the second attack against it in two days.
The killing came as officials announced an agreement on aid access to South Kordofan and Blue Nile, where the UN has described a worsening humanitarian crisis but has been severely restricted in its movement. "Our driver was killed yesterday in an armed attack in an area some 80 kilometres (50 miles) north of Kadugli," WFP spokeswoman Amor Almagro said.
Jamal Al Fadil Farag Allah, married with five children, is the first WFP employee to be killed in Sudan, she said. "He was driving fellow staff member Saad Yousif when their vehicle was attacked by two unknown assailants," Almagro said. They were travelling in a marked UN vehicle on official business, she added. Yousif was maimed but survived and was to be airlifted to Khartoum later on Sunday.
More than 200,000 refugees have fled a worsening humanitarian situation in South Kordofan and nearby Blue Nile states since fighting between government and rebel forces from the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) began in June last year, the United Nations ...an idea whose time has gone... says. Ethnic minority Death Eaters of the SPLM-N fought alongside southern rebels during Sudan's 22-year civil war, which ended in a 2005 peace deal and South Sudan's independence in July last year. There are no figures for how many people have died since the war in South Kordofan and Blue Nile began.
The government of Sudan has cited security concerns in placing tight restrictions on the operations of foreign relief agencies in the warzone. After African Union ...a union consisting of 53 African states, most run by dictators of one flavor or another. The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco. Established in 2002, the AU is the successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was even less successful... -led talks in Æthiopia, AU mediator Thabo Mbeki ...former president of South Africa, succeeding Nelson Mandela. He now pops up periodically as a mediator when something catches fire in Africa... on Saturday announced an agreement between Sudan, the United Nations, the AU 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... to allow for humanitarian access in South Kordofan and Blue Nile. Sudan has agreed to allow an independent assessment of the humanitarian needs, as well as internationally-monitored delivery of aid throughout the war zone, a foreign analyst said.
However, a woman is only as old as she admits... a ceasefire will be required to implement the measures, he added. A humanitarian source said progress on aid is unlikely until the political side is addressed as well, "including a possible ceasefire."
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Welcome to Paleostine campaign organizers say fewer activists expected during next fly-in; will arrive in Amman airport and attempt to cross over to Paleostinian Authority by land
Four months after the last "flytilla" to Ben-Gurion airport, organizers of the Welcome to Paleostine campaign are gearing up for another round of fly-ins, scheduled to take place at the end of August.
The next round is slated to begin on August 24, and will be different from previous fly-ins, organizers say.
That's because the previous ones were all complete failures, each in its embarrassingly different way...and before that the Flotillas also didn't accomplish there objective.
The pro-Paleostinian activists will fly into the Jordanian capital of Amman from different countries around the world, but mostly from La Belle France, and will then tour refugee camps before heading to Allenby Crossing, where they will request to pass into the Paleostinian Authority.
At which time they'll be sent packing...
"Last time, the Israeli government correctly claimed that we were provocateurs trying to stir up trouble, and therefore this time we decided to have the activists enter the Paleostinian Authority through the Allenby Crossing -- in order to prove that the people only want to come and express solidarity with the Paleostinians," said Jack Neno, one of the campaign organizers.
According to Neno, the activists, which will bring with them supplies for Paleostinian students, will arrive at the border crossing as a group and declare their affiliation with Welcome to Paleostine campaign.
Bethlehem Governor Abed Al-Fatah Hamayel said that the upcoming flytilla will only include a few hundred activists. "One of the Israelis' claims was that the last fly-in was a provocation. They said that the activists should have entered the Paleostinian territories through Allenby Crossing and not through Ben-Gurion Airport, so we tool their advice," he said.
Neno noted that the decision to bring a small number of activists this time around is meant to help them enter the Paleostinian Authority without creating a fuss. "We hope Israel lets them cross, but if it refuses, we will return with another campaign which will see masses of activists swarm Ben-Gurion airport."
[Dawn] Fighting between Turkish soldiers and outlawed Kurdish rebels killed 19 people in the southeast of the country on Sunday, the local governor told the Anatolia news agency.
Six soldiers, two village guards and 11 Kurdish rebels were killed following an overnight rebel attack on an army post in a village in Hakkari province which borders Iraq, the governor Orhan Alimoglu said.
Another 15 soldiers were wounded.
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A photograph of Barack Obama holding a baseball bat while on the telephone to the Turkish prime minister -- supposed to illustrate the close relationship between the pair -- backfired, after it sparked outrage in Turkey.
Barack Obama baseball bat photograph sparks outrage in Turkey
A photograph of Barack Obama holding a baseball bat while on the telephone to the Turkish prime minister -- supposed to illustrate the close relationship between the pair -- backfired, after it sparked outrage in Turkey.
The President was pictured in the Oval office speaking to Recep Tayyip Erdogan about the escalating crisis in Syria. In one hand was the telephone and the other a bat signed by legendary ballplayer Hank Aaron.
But the photograph caused dismay from opposition Turkish politicians who have interpreted a more menacing message behind the image.
"The photo reveals from whom our Prime Minister receives orders to rule the country," Metin Lutfi Baydar, an opposition politician for Turkey's Republican People's Party (CHP) party, said.
Another CHP leader, the party's vice president Umut Oran, said the picture was "an implicit insult to Turkey and its citizens" in Parliament.
Clearly stung by the reaction, the White House released a statement to clarify the reason for releasing the picture.
"We released the photo with only one purpose in mind, to highlight the President's continuing close relationship with Prime Minister Erdogan and draw attention to the important conversation they had about the worsening situation in Syria," Caitlin Hayden, a spokesman for the White House, wrote in a statement released Friday.
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The President was pictured in the Oval office speaking to Recep Tayyip Erdogan about the escalating crisis in Syria. In one hand was the telephone and the other a bat signed by legendary ballplayer Hank Aaron.
Probably holding it as a reminder of Hammerin' Hank's great days tearing it up with the Istanbul WhoopDeDoo's in the old Negro Leagues.
Which makes as much sense as this story...
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The President was pictured in the Oval office speaking to Recep Tayyip Erdogan about the escalating crisis in Syria. In one hand was the telephone and the other a bat signed by legendary ballplayer Hank Aaron.
I would get a stick if I had to be in the same room with Erdogan.
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If Obummer had the bat and his feet on the our desk with his soles pointed towards the camera, would there be exploding turbans, rioting, and seething in the streets of cities in Turkey and other parts of the muslim world?
[Ma'an] An Egyptian security source said on Sunday the Rafah border crossing with Gazoo had been closed indefinitely, the state news agency MENA reported, after an attack on a cop shoppe in Sinai killed at least 15 officers.
"A security official announced on Sunday evening that the Rafah land port had been closed for cases of travel and arrivals indefinitely. This comes in the wake of the attack by gunnies on a border checkpoint in Rafah in Sinai," MENA said.
Gunmen killed at least 15 Egyptian coppers and seized an army tank in the assault on a cop shoppe near the border with Israel.
Gazoo's Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, rulers condemned the attack, which took place near the border crossing where the Egyptian, Israeli and Gazook frontiers converge.
"Hamas condemns this ugly crime which killed a number of Egyptian soldiers and extends its deep condolences to the families of the victims and to the leadership and the people of Egypt," the Islamist group said in a statement.
Hamas closed the tunnels to Egypt through which it smuggles goods to avoid an Israel's blockade. Residents said the atmosphere was tense.
MENA quoted an Egyptian security official as saying the attack was staged by snuffies who infiltrated from Gazoo through tunnels and others from the Sinai region.
"Jihadist elements who infiltrated from Gazoo through tunnels, in collaboration with jihadist elements from the regions of Al-Mahdia and Jebel El Halal, attacked a border point on the eastern border," the official was quoted as saying by the MENA news agency.
The official said the snuffies tried to escape to Gazoo using two cars after the attack, but were "dealt with", MENA said, without adding any further details.
The attack, which saw Israeli aircraft destroy a vehicle used by the gunnies to try to storm the fortified border, was the first major security emergency for Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi, who summoned his military council.
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shooting themselves in the foot is a cultural pastime - both literally and figuratively.
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IIUC, The dead Egyptians are mostly border guards which are part of the armed service (otherwise they wouldn't have an army tank in their compound), not policemen.
Also, this has the smell of Iran behind it. Iran has been ticked at Hamas for some time because the latter refused to support Assad, and, of course, Iran is also ticked at Egypt for Morsi's trip to SArabia.
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General Muhammed Ahmed Faris, a military aviator who became the first Syrian in space, fled to Turkey on Sunday after defecting from President Bashar Al Assads regime, the Anatolia news agency reported.
Before crossing into Turkey, Faris visited the headquarters of the Free Syrian Army in Aleppo in a show of solidarity with rebel forces battling Assads troops in Syrias biggest city, it said.
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At first I thought it said "Syria's First Astronaut FLIES to Turkey" as though that were a Syrian advance in space exploration.
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Before crossing into Turkey, Faris visited the headquarters of the Free Syrian Army in Aleppo in a show of solidarity with rebel forces battling Assad's troops in Syria's biggest city, it said.
To the last drop of blood, boys!
I'll be at the Istanbul Hilton watching it all on CNN International...
[Christian Science Monitor] Paks are mounting protests online and in the streets of cities like Lahore and Beautiful Downtown Peshawar over the ill-treatment of Moslems in Myanmar, a situation that Islamist groups here are distorting to raise money and potentially win recruits.
A nice change from their obsession with what it amuses them to call the Hinjoos and, as the rulers of Burma don't care a whit about the outside world, no harm will come of it unless some Pakistanis decide to go jihading in a new direction. In that case, a quick culling of Muslims will be effected, distressing no one but their mothers.
The international community has raised concerns about human rights One man's rights are another man's existential threat. abuses against Moslem Rohingyas in Myanmar. Clashes in June between Rohingyas and their Buddhist neighbors, the Rakhine, left 78 dead, according to the Myanmar government. A new Human Rights Watch ... dedicated to bitching about human rights violations around the world... report calls the number "grossly underestimated" and charges that security forces failed to protect Rohingyas, and in some cases opened fire on them.
But on the streets of Pakistain, the rhetoric runs much hotter with protesters claiming "thousands" of Rohingyas are being slaughtered in western Myanmar (also known as Burma). Online, meanwhile, a series of doctored and misidentified photographs are circulating widely in Pak social media and beyond that purport to show violence against Rohingyas.
Investigations by social media watchdogs, and the respected Pak newspaper Express Tribune, have proven that most of these claims are exaggerated or entirely false.
For example, one photo posted on a Facebook page originating from Pakistain show Buddhists dressed in their traditional red robes standing in the middle of two rows of dead bodies. The caption reads: "Bodies of Moslems killed by Buddhists." In reality, this picture is from an earthquake incident in China in 2010, where Tibetan monks came to help with the rescue efforts.
Islamist groups are exploiting the whipped up sentiments in Pakistain to raise money, ostensibly for the Rohingyas, at a time when political parties are also building up campaign coffers in anticipation of upcoming national elections. One bully boy Islamist group, the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistain, even threatened the Myanmar government, saying it will avenge the blood of Moslems being killed in Myanmar.
Shahzad Ahmad, the Pakistain country director for the global online activism group called Bytes for All, says stories of Moslem victimization around the world are exaggerated in Pakistain by Islamist groups on the Internet.
"They use such campaigns not only to fund themselves but also to gain more political ground and recruit people for their cause. Our research shows that there are many fake photographs being used to propagate [stories of] atrocities against Moslems on many of the Facebook pages which originate from Pakistain," says Mr. Ahmad.
Hundreds of pages in support of the Rohingya have appeared on the Internet over the past few months, he says.
"While there is no denying there are human rights violations in Myanmar against Moslems, such exaggerated online campaigns may attract those who want to promote terror and collaborate with thug groups which operate openly in Pakistain," adds Ahmad.
Among the groups involved in stirring the activism are Jamat-ud-Dawa, Jamat-e-Islami and Jamaat-e-Ulema Islam, three Islamist groups which hold significant street power in the country.
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The Land of Hatred and seething.
Must be the most unhappy nation in the world always looking for jihad/an enemy!
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Guess the recruiting has bottom out taking on the white infidels in Afghanistan, time for a new softer target to get fresh cannon fodder blood in the name of Allen.
MILWAUKEE -- A gunman attacked worshippers on Sunday at a suburban Sikh temple in the midwestern United States, killing at least six people before he was himself shot dead by police.
Not entirely sure yet that this is 'domestic terrorism' as opposed to a psychopath/sociopath like Aurora.
The police commander at the scene in Oak Creek, near Milwaukee in Wisconsin, said he and federal agents were treating the mass shooting as a suspected act of "domestic terrorism," though the shooter's motive was unclear.
Oak Creek Police Chief John Edwards told reporters that his officers had responded to a 911 call and raced to the temple, where one was "ambushed" and shot multiple times before a colleague took down the gunman. The suspect died, as did six others shot in and near the temple. Three men, including the wounded officer, were taken to a Milwaukee hospital, where a medic said they were in "critical condition."
Japal Singh, 29, spoke to several fellow parishioners about what happened and said that while people were still confused, some things were now clear. A man who dropped his father off at the temple, known to Sikhs as a "gurudwara," said he saw the shooter -- described as a white man with a bald head -- kill two people in the parking lot.
"Then he went down inside the temple and then went into the room where the holy scripture is kept and basically shot more people there, multiple people there," said Singh, a combat medic in the US Army reserve.
Witnesses told Singh it was "a horrible place, a lot of blood and basically screams of everybody. Children, women, everybody. It was chaotic inside. People didn't know what was going on."
Police did not confirm the identity of the shooter, although media reports said that the FBI had confirmed his name and had launched a raid at his home.
"We looked at it, the scope of it and what the implications might be. We are treating it as a domestic terrorist incident," Edwards said, adding that there was thought have been only one shooter and that the scene was secure.
Police tactical units were on the scene, along with officers from multiple law enforcement agencies, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Sapreet Kaur, executive director of the Sikh Coalition, which represents the community in the United States, said police should be allowed to investigate but he suspected a hate crime had taken place.
"There have been multiple hate crime shootings within the Sikh community in recent years and the natural impulse of our community is to unfortunately assume the same in this case," he said. "Americans died today in a senseless act of violence, and Americans of all faiths should stand in unified support with their Sikh brothers and sisters."
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Shirley, he was a founding member of the Tea Party!
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CNN says the killer was an Army vet and may have been a white supremacist.
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Hmmm ... are the usual journalistic suspects being rather subdued about this latest incident? The local cops being very, very tight-lipped about details? Are the usual media suspects (I am looking at you, Brian Ross!) still smarting from the spanking they got over the Aurora shooting ... or (and here I am getting out my tinfoil chapeau) is there something about this particular gunman which ties him closely to the Democrat Party powers-that-be, and everyone has zipped lips out of embarrassment and fear of damaging the prevalent meme?
Malik removed from Islamic University
Reported in monthly Naya Zamana 'anti-liberal' faculty of sharia at the International Islamic University at Islamabad got offended with its rector Fateh Muhammad Malik because of his liberal ideas. Malik is known for having written a number of popular books on Allama Iqbal. Malik got into trouble when in May the University held a culture week and invited the Iranian ambassador and his wife. The sharia faculty protested but Malik was stubborn and additionally insisted that his linkage of the University with universities in Iran was proper. Malik said some people wanted to keep the University Wahhabi. The Islamic University was created by General Zia to breed jihadi intellectuals, the journal said.
Hafiz Saeed serves notices
Monthly Naya Zamana reported that famous religious jihadi leader Hafiz Muhammad Saeed ...who would be wearing a canvas jacket with very long sleeves anyplace but Pakistain... had served notices of Rs 10 crore each to columnist Nazeer Naji and journalist Amir Mir for writing that Hafiz Muhammad Saeed had secretly met the American ambassador. Both journalists acknowledged receipt of notices but Nazeer Naji said he did not have Rs 10 crore to pay to Hafiz Muhammad Saeed.
Ahmadis living in Pak hell
Quoted in monthly Naya Zamana a report from the Ahmadi community stated that in 2011 six Ahmadis were killed for their faith while 20 others were assaulted. In educational institutions Ahmadi students were being subjected to targeted attacks to make them quit the campus. Their places of worship were being taken over, 23 of them demolished and 28 sealed by the administration and 16 were under illegal occupation.
Pakistani purity in action.
Will Mira return the plot?
Daily Jinnah reported that filmstar Mira had decided to make up and do sulah with her alleged husband Atique who had said that he would do sulah only if she returned the house she had received from him as a wedding gift but was actually denying receiving it. Mira was said to be thinking of returning the house where now her fresh fiance was actually living. Former putative husband Atique had famously asked a judge to get her medically examined to confirm her claim that she was a virgin.
Nation opposed to Siachen climb-down
According to Jang, 57 percent of the people in Pakistain were opposed to Pak Army climbing down from Siachen unilaterally as recommended by 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... . Only 17 percent favoured unilateral withdrawal while 15 percent wanted the Army permanently stationed on Siachen.
No revolution in Pakistain, please!
Famous Maulana Samiul Haq ...leader of his own faction of the JUI. Known as Mullah Sandwich for his habit of having two young boys at a time... told Jinnah that there will be no revolution in Pakistain and there will be no change in Pakistain. Elections will be held and its results will be decided by America. He said Learned Elders of Islam were not affected by America's threats; therefore America should stop threatening him. He said all politicians were working for Americans.
Chief Justice against Punjab laptops
Reported in Jang, Chief Justice of Pakistain Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry observed that in Punjab Rs 22 billion were spent on laptops whereas many girls students were sitting out in graveyards because their schools had no classrooms. He said this after hearing about a school in Gujranwala whose classes were being held in a graveyard.
Prob'ly safer for the girls than a burnable school building...
Chief Justice being made into hero
Quoted in Express lawyer Fawad Chaudhry stated that Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry was unnecessarily being presented as a national hero by the media. He said that Musa Gilani and Dr Arsalan were being judged on unequal scales. Punjab law minister Rana Sanaullah who is a cousin of the Chief Justice said that the plot against the Supreme Court was hatched by Rehman Malik Pak politician, Interior Minister under the Gilani government. Malik is a former Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) intelligence officer who rose to head the FIA during Benazir Bhutto's second tenure. 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. He had to give up the interior ministry job because he held dual Brit citizenship. and Malik Riaz.
General Chishti supports Chief Justice
Reported in Nawa-e-Waqt famous General (Retd) Faiz Ali Chishti
Who?
spoke on behalf of the organization of retired armymen and said that corrupt elements were hatching conspiracies but the military leadership had unconditionally promised to stand behind the Chief Justice. He said the corrupt were endangered by the activism of the Supreme Court.
And since just about everyone there is corrupt...
PPP blackmailing Chief Justice
PMLN firebrand ...firebrands are noted more for audio volume and the quantity of spittle generated than for any actual logic in their arguments... leader Abid Sher told Express that the PPP was trying to blackmail Chief Justice Chaudhry. Kashmala Tariq of Q League said it was a conspiracy hatched by Rehman Malik but PPP leader Basra said Chief Justice did not take notice of his son's lavish life style.
The crying competition in Pakistain
Writing in Express famous Abdul Qadir Hasan observed that many people in Pakistain were accustomed to weeping at critical moments. Barrister Aitzaz Ahsan had cried when he was shown evidence of Dr Arsalan's bribe-taking. Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain was said to have cried during the Lal Masjid operation. He also cried at the death of Nawab Akbar Bugti.
'I have seen proof of Arslangate!'
Columnist Javed Chaudhry wrote in Express that he had seen proof of Dr Arsalan Iftikhar's corruption with his own eyes. He had been rung by Malik Riaz with whom he had connections going back to 1996 and invited to his house. When he reached Malik's house he saw the car of a famous and senior journalist coming out from the gate.
No doubt that makes more sense in the original Urdu.
Malik Riaz was plotting for a long time
Famous columnist Haroon Rasheed stated in Jang that the journalists were opining that Malik Riaz had attacked the Chief Justice because he was put up to it by the Army which had been insulted by the Chief Justice in Quetta. This was not true because Malik Riaz had first thought of the plot long time ago.
Deaf and Dumb will attack NATO supplies
Reported in Nawa-e-Waqt that the deaf and dumb of Lahore were greatly incensed after hearing
How?
of the NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A cautionary tale of cost-benefit analysis.... supplies issue and said that NATO supplies were leading to the killing of humanity which was not acceptable to them and might lead to their issuing forth in the streets and immortalising themselves by attacking the NATO supply routes.
Arsalan wanted to stay in London Marriot
Daily Jinnah quoted Malik Riaz as saying that he had written proof that Arsalan insisted that he wanted to stay in the most expensive hotel called London Marriot. He added that he insisted so much that Bahria was finally forced to agree to pay for the room.
A 'heejra' orgy
According to Express Muzaffargarh in Souh Punjab was shocked to witness a huge gathering of transvestites and local boys falling in love with each other and then marrying heejras. The police looked after the ceremony in a marriage hall and made sure that the rich boys could enjoy the heejra company.
Arsalan Iftikhar and Dina Wadia
Famous columnist Hamid Mir wrote in Jang that famous fathers at times were embarrassed by their offspring. Jinnah was made to feel awkward by his daughter Dina Wadia who converted to Parsi faith
Thus returning down the path trod by her mother, who converted from the Parsi faith when she married Mr. Jinnah.
to marry someone that Jinnah did not approve of and therefore had to dissociate himself from it. Similarly Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry had bravely taken suo motu ...a legal term, from the Latin. Roughly translated it means I saw what you did, you bastard... notice of his son Arsalan's corruption case and did not favour him. Jamaat Islami had some trouble with the son of its founder Maududi but did not maltreat Farooq Maududi.
Unknown assailants have attacked a residential building used by the International Committee of the Red Cross Thingy in the Libyan port of Misrata, the agency says. Grenades and rockets were among the weapons used in the attack, causing major damage.
The agency said it was forced, "with considerable regret", to suspend its work in Misrata and Benghazi. It said the attack was the fifth in the two cities in the past three months.
Ishfaq Muhamed Khan, ICRC delegation head in Libya, said, "We are appalled by this latest act and by the deliberate targeting of our staff: they have put their lives at risk to serve the Libyan people both during and after the conflict."
All the progressive morons who chanted "no blood for oil" should be keeping a close eye on the Spratly/South China Sea maneuvers these days. If there's going to be a war for oil, this is one place where it could start.
Don't be silly -- the only geography those people know is where their friends go on vacation.
We know for sure that there's no oil in either the Hamptons or in Nantucket...
WASHINGTON: The United States on Friday accused China of raising tensions through a new military garrison in the South China Sea as it called on all sides to lower tensions in the hotly contested waters.
China announced last week that it was establishing the tiny city of Sansha and a garrison on an island in the disputed Paracel chain, infuriating Vietnam and the Philippines which have accused Beijing of intimidation.
At least those are real islands and not semi-submerged coral reefs.
"We are concerned by the increase in tensions in the South China Sea and are monitoring the situation closely," US State Department spokesman Patrick Ventrell said in a statement. "In particular, China's upgrading of the administrative level of Sansha city and establishment of a new military garrison there covering disputed areas of the South China Sea run counter to collaborative diplomatic efforts to resolve differences and risk further escalating tensions in the region."
Ventrell also pointed to "confrontational rhetoric" and incidents at sea, saying: "The United States urges all parties to take steps to lower tensions."
China says it controls much of the South China Sea, but Brunei, Malaysia, Taiwan, the Philippines and Vietnam all claim portions. Vietnam and the Philippines have accused China of stepping up harassment at sea. The United States has rallied behind Southeast Asian nations, expanding military ties with the Philippines and Vietnam. President Barack Obama has decided to send Marines to Australia in a further show of US power in Asia.
The US Senate approved a resolution late Thursday that "strongly urges" all regional nations to exercise self-restraint and to refrain from permanently inhabiting points in the South China Sea until a code of conduct is reached. The resolution, sponsored by senators from both major parties, declared that the United States was committed "to assist the nations of Southeast Asia to remain strong and independent."
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IIRC PACIFICNEWSCENTER [Guam K-57 News] > US SENATE UNANIMOUSLY PASSES RESOLUTION URGING "SELF-RESTRAINT" IN SOUTH CHINA SEA ISSUE.
IIUC, on a SCS Map the UW borders [seafloor] of the Sansha/Sashi is very very v-e-r-y close to the maritime boundaries of the Philippines, Vietnam, and Indonesia save for PNG. The World/Trade-vital Strait of Malaccas can certainly be obtructed by the PLA in a major war iff its new SCS Garrison's mil capabilities is well-developed.
As for the US, AS PER TOPIX + DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS CHINA HAS TOLD IT TO STOP MEDDLING + NOT TO "SEND THE WRONG SIGNALS" VEE THE SCS.
* TOPIX > [Manila Times] POOR PH[Philippines] A BURDEN ON WASHINGTON: STRATFOR ANALYST [Robert Kaplan].
ARTIC = Moreso than its other Regional allies, the US has to help the PHIL "improve its capacity", espec as per its "weak Military + other Public Institutions". HOWEVER, THE PHIL IS ALSO DESCRIBED BY KAPLAN AS "STRATEGICALLY - " AND "GEOPOLITICALLY IMPORTANT" FOR THE US.
* DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > [Brisbane Times] CHINA REBUKES US ON SOUTH CHINA SEA.
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* SAME > POSTER THREAD: RISE OF JAPAN!?, espec iff it acquires Nukes to counter China???
* TOPIX > ANALYSIS: OKINAWA - THE FRONTLINE OF JAPAN'S DEFENSE.
* TOPIX > AUSTRALIA RULES OUT US NUCLEAR AIRCRAFT CARRIER BASE, as well as other USN Nuke-armed vessels.
RELATED > STEPHEN SMITH SAYS "NO" TO US BASE IN AUSTRALIA.
Perhaps GUAM is NOT yet out of the running for a US CVN base or maintenance facilitiy iff our Island Govt. plays its cards right - COULD BE GUAM'S LAST CHANCE TO SALVAGE SOMETHING FROM THE EVER-SHRINKING OKINAWA BUILDUP???
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WAFF > BEIJING ATTACKS US "TROUBLEMAKING", in SOuth China Sea.
* SAME > PROTESTS IN VIETNAM AS ANGER OVER CHINA'S "BULLYING" GROWS. Viets angry at China survey of energy, resource blocs in Vietnam-claimed territorial waters.
* TOPIX, CHINESE MILITARY FORUM > BEIJING TELLS US TO "SHUT UP" OVER SOUTH CHINA SEA TENSIONS | CHINA MEDIA TELLS US ....
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* TOPIX > [Vice-FM Fu Ying] CHINA TELLS US: LEAVE SOUTH CHINA SEA ISSUES TO CLAIMANTS.
ARTIC > VFM FU YING = SCS disputes are not between China + ASEAN as a body, but between China + individual ASEAN countries to which the US must stay out.
* SAME > NODA MARCHES ON AS [Regional = MilPol] TEMPERATURES RISE, e.g. Okinawa.
* SAME > JAPAN NEEDS STRATEGY FOR NORTHERN CLAIMS [Kuriles].
* WORLD MIL FORUM > EXPERTS: CHINA'S ESTABLISHMENT OF THREE SANSHA/SASHI IN SOUTH CHINA SEA BOON FOR UNICJ + INTERNATIONAL LAW.
ENFORCEMENT OF DIPLOMATIC NEGOTIATIONS [forcing] AMONG ASEAN STATES TO SETTLE LONG-STANDING TERRITORIAL/SOVERIEGNTY DISPUTES E.G. INDONESIA, MALAYSIA, + SINGAPORE OVER BAIJAO REEF.
[Dawn] IT is a tragedy reported with more distressing regularity in this country than in the UK: the murder of a young girl at the hands of her family for having brought dishonour to them. But the euphemistically named 'honour killings' seem to be becoming an issue in the West too. The crucial difference is that unlike here, in those countries every effort is made to prosecute perpetrators and hand down severe sentences. In the most recent such trial, on Friday a London jury sentenced a Pak couple to a minimum of 25 years in prison for having suffocated their daughter to death in 2003. Reportedly, the 17-year-old Shafilea did not want to live her life by her parents' strict -- and conservative -- rules. Earlier this year, three members of an Afghan family were sentenced by a Canadian court for the drowning of three sisters and another woman because they defied the family's strict customs. Just weeks earlier, in December 2011, a Brussels court sentenced four members of a Pak family for the 'honour killing' of a family member in 2007.
It would appear, then, that the argument often heard in Pakistain that such crimes, when committed here, are the result of ignorance, lack of education or the sheer lawlessness of society is far from the truth. Going by the examples mentioned above, such murders are not restricted to people who are out of touch with modernity or unaware of the law and the consequences of transgressing it. A more plausible answer may be found in the words of the Canadian judge, Robert Maranger, who sentenced the Afghan family: he described the crimes as "cold-blooded, shameful murders" resulting from a "twisted concept of honour".
Reflect on the term 'honour killing' and it appears that popular discourse has adopted the language of the criminals. This provides a measure of defence, though not in legal terms, to the act. Were such crimes to be referred to as what they are -- murder -- some of the cultural barriers behind which the perpetrators try to hide may begin to crumble.
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Take a look at the video at about 0:40 seconds in. Then ask yourself: To what degree should Romney be pilloried for "disrespecting" the British Olympics organizers, in comparison to the performance of those organizers?
This rates right up alongside NBC's "monkey on the rings" gaffe.
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Mitt got some money from me last month, but how he reacts to ankle-biting like this will determine if he gets more. If he backs off, he's toast. If he leans into it, continues to state the obvious, not apologize, and snark back, he'll get more from me.
Of course, it will be pure, wishful thinking to hope that he says something like "I understand that their judicial system values feelings over truth. I shall make it a point, when I visit Europe, to go to DEFCON 3 to ensure my unmolested return."
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I don't think the real story is the USA flag coming off, though that should be embarassing. None of the flags had a weight rod on the bottom as if nobody asked the question what if it is windy? And that is the point, if the organizers are sitting around a couple days out going, yeah we got this, then they are not doing their jobs. Nobody should feel 100% about any job until the job is over, especially an international fiasco like the olympics. Anyone who does is either a liar or a fool or both.
Making it nearly impossible for Joe Normal or Olympic Kid's parents to attend should be up front.
As far as I'm concerned, I do not think NBC is doing a bad job covering the events. I do think their commercials suck, from the poorly executed self-promotion to their actual comedy show lineup it is no wonder I missed whatever the animal hospital ad deal was - I do want to point out rings is a men's event, and Gabby is not the only dark skinned gymnist to compete, and that every one of the animal show commercials is stupid - if the wailers had any integrity they would have had those commercials shut down a week ago for promoting poor sexism and homophobic insults as comedy.
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