UNITED NATIONS - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged Syria and Iran on Friday to do more to prevent arms smuggling to Lebanon, citing "disturbing reports" from the Lebanese and Israeli governments of alleged violations of the U.N. arms embargo. The report was issued three days after a U.N.-appointed team said security along the Lebanon-Syria border is insufficient to prevent arms smuggling and Lebanon should quickly establish a mobile force to intercept any flow of weapons. In the latest report, Ban said Lebanon informed him that on June 6, four trucks were seen by the Lebanese armed forces traveling from Al-Kafeer in Syria to Lebanon, ultimately to an outpost of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestinian in Jabal al-Maaysara. Each truck carried two vehicles mounted with 40-barrel rocket launchers, he said.
Saturday, June 30, 2007
Walk the streets of Gaza, dressed in a yellow hat, green t-shirt, black jeans, and blue shoes and scream: I´m with whoever is winning!
What´s ringing the bell is: Some people stealing the religion, waiting for the "holy war-killing-children" all the way from Iraq, in the West Bank. And Hamas people killing youths demonstrating for peace, beating up 72 years old and got people quiet, afraid to say anything about anything or even mentioning their names in Gaza just like it is in Iraq. And now Hamas will make us believe there would be fair elections in Gaza..With people that not even can speak with their names..Or choose colors as they like. Like some teenage gangstas and their colors, were you can get killed just by wearing the wrong color on your t-shirt..Iran and Syria and their support of "little wars". Blaming some "circles" for weapons transported to Syria. And Ismail Haniyeh all dressed up like he is ready to be beheaded..having people threatening the internationally community. Just like Syria threatens Lebanon if there would be any forces placed there.
As we all can see Mr Ban Ki-moon: worries are not enough..
As we all can see Mr Ban Ki-moon: worries are not enough..
Friday, June 29, 2007
Well...Fatah and Hamas..
It will take more this time..Than repeating the old guard in Damascus, some made up fantasy jihad-religion or some "must-be enemies", or the death of Mickey Mouse to find something in common..
Yes..It takes more..than old records and cliche´s..this time
Yes..It takes more..than old records and cliche´s..this time
Chemical attack in Zardeh , July 22 in 1988
Iranian Rabe'e Naghizadeh, a victim of chemical attack on July 22 in 1988 by Iraq during its (1980-88) war against Iran, complains about her problems in Zardeh village, 420 miles (700 kilometers) west of the capital Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, June 26, 2007. The attack took place as the villagers and hundreds of pilgrims from other parts of Iran had gathered outside a shrine in Zardeh to attend a religious celebration. AP Photo/ By Vahid Salemi
ZARDEH, Iran - Nineteen years after their mountain village was targeted by Saddam Hussein's chemical weapons, survivors still recall the attack that killed 275: Villagers wheezing, staggering blindly and vomiting blood, as birds dropped lifeless from trees.
With Saddam's main henchman now slated for the gallows, many still cope with lingering ills. "Our relatives suffered pain for just a few minutes and then were dead. But we, the survivors, have endured an agonizing, painful life for nearly 20 years. This is a life of gradual death," said Ahmad Hosseini, who lost seven relatives to the attack and still has burn marks on his leg and hands.
The attack took place on July 22, 1988, as villagers and hundreds of Muslim pilgrims gathered for a religious celebration outside a shrine in Zardeh, 400 miles west of the capital, Tehran. On Thursday, Iran marked the 20th anniversary of the first chemical attack on its soil, which hit the town of Sardasht, killing 120 people and injuring 6,000. Iranian newspapers regularly carry news briefs about veterans dying from chemical-related disorders.
ZARDEH, Iran - Nineteen years after their mountain village was targeted by Saddam Hussein's chemical weapons, survivors still recall the attack that killed 275: Villagers wheezing, staggering blindly and vomiting blood, as birds dropped lifeless from trees.
With Saddam's main henchman now slated for the gallows, many still cope with lingering ills. "Our relatives suffered pain for just a few minutes and then were dead. But we, the survivors, have endured an agonizing, painful life for nearly 20 years. This is a life of gradual death," said Ahmad Hosseini, who lost seven relatives to the attack and still has burn marks on his leg and hands.
The attack took place on July 22, 1988, as villagers and hundreds of Muslim pilgrims gathered for a religious celebration outside a shrine in Zardeh, 400 miles west of the capital, Tehran. On Thursday, Iran marked the 20th anniversary of the first chemical attack on its soil, which hit the town of Sardasht, killing 120 people and injuring 6,000. Iranian newspapers regularly carry news briefs about veterans dying from chemical-related disorders.
There are lots of Illegal Palestinian workers that lives under terrible conditions
There are lots of Illegal Palestinian workers that lives under terrible conditions. There should be nothing like "illegal workers". You should encourage those that want to work and give them working permissions. We know there is not enough with military measures to get stability. And work is one major very important human right and contribution to get better conditions for order and stability. The Palestinians really badly need to feel they have alternatives and ways to make their living and ability to affect their own lives. Yes...It far much better to work, make a living and having a life, then listen to false prophets, making their own religion, in their own interests by urging to destruction and death..
Thursday, June 28, 2007
Everything does not depend on Blair..
CAIRO (Reuters) - Arabs said on Thursday they doubted former British Prime Minister Tony Blair could succeed as Middle East peace envoy because of his unpopularity and because he is too close to Israel and the United States.
Everything does not depend on one person. And in fact..Mostly depend on yourselves..You neighbours in the Middle East. I see some opinions of doubt. Well..tell us who would you like to see instead?
Everything does not depend on one person. And in fact..Mostly depend on yourselves..You neighbours in the Middle East. I see some opinions of doubt. Well..tell us who would you like to see instead?
Car bombs in Iraq and Israeli forces entered Nablus
Israeli forces in about 50 armored vehicles entered Nablus and imposed a curfew on the centre of the city, then carried out house-to-house searches for wanted militants, local residents said. Medical workers said seven Palestinians were hit by Israeli rubber-coated bullets. The Nablus municipality said the force detained eight Palestinians, at least one of them a Fatah gunman. The army said it arrested two wanted Fatah operatives.
"I strongly condemn the new Israeli raid in Nablus ... one day after the aggression in Gaza," said Fayyad, head of the emergency government that Abbas appointed last week. In operations in Hamas-controlled Gaza on Wednesday, Israeli forces killed 12 Palestinians, mostly gunmen, but also a 12-year-old boy and several civilians, local medical officials said. "We can see these acts only as attempts to undermine and destroy our efforts to end security chaos and provide security and safety to the citizens in all of Palestine," Fayyad told reporters in the West Bank city of Ramallah.
Israel has long called on Abbas to do more to rein in militants, including Fatah's al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, and has been considering providing his forces in the West Bank with additional weapons. Abbas issued a decree on Tuesday banning Palestinians in the West Bank from carrying illegal weapons or explosives. It was unclear how he would implement the decision. The Palestine Liberation Organisation's parliament called last week to disband all armed groups, including Hamas's Executive Force and the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, the most high-profile militant organization in Nablus.
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A car bomb killed 25 people on Thursday at a busy intersection in Baghdad where minibuses pick up and drop off passengers, while 20 beheaded bodies were found on a river bank south of the capital, Iraqi police said.
Another car bomb in Baghdad targeting motorists queuing for petrol killed five people, police said. Mortar bombs also killed four people in two separate neighborhoods in the city. In the southern city of Basra, a roadside bomb killed three British soldiers and seriously wounded another in the early hours of Thursday, the British military said
The deadliest car bomb in Baghdad exploded in the Shi'ite district of Bayaa. The blast, which went off during the morning rush hour, wounded 40 people and destroyed dozens of vehicles. The Bayaa area in southwest Baghdad has been a frequent target of car bombs blamed on Sunni Islamist al Qaeda. "It was a horrible explosion. Many, many people have been killed," said witness Aqeel Kadhim, saying pickup trucks and ambulances rushed to take away the dead and wounded. The blast dug a huge crater where the minibuses parked. Residents could be seen searching the burned out minibuses for bodies. Corpses, some charred beyond recognition, lay twisted on the ground.
In the Sunni Arab town of Salman Pak south of Baghdad, locals made the gruesome discovery of 20 beheaded men on the bank of the River Tigris, police said. All the victims were wearing civilian clothes and had their hands and legs bound, police said, adding some of the heads were missing. Iraqi police had cordoned off the area while U.S. forces had also been summoned.
"I strongly condemn the new Israeli raid in Nablus ... one day after the aggression in Gaza," said Fayyad, head of the emergency government that Abbas appointed last week. In operations in Hamas-controlled Gaza on Wednesday, Israeli forces killed 12 Palestinians, mostly gunmen, but also a 12-year-old boy and several civilians, local medical officials said. "We can see these acts only as attempts to undermine and destroy our efforts to end security chaos and provide security and safety to the citizens in all of Palestine," Fayyad told reporters in the West Bank city of Ramallah.
Israel has long called on Abbas to do more to rein in militants, including Fatah's al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, and has been considering providing his forces in the West Bank with additional weapons. Abbas issued a decree on Tuesday banning Palestinians in the West Bank from carrying illegal weapons or explosives. It was unclear how he would implement the decision. The Palestine Liberation Organisation's parliament called last week to disband all armed groups, including Hamas's Executive Force and the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, the most high-profile militant organization in Nablus.
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A car bomb killed 25 people on Thursday at a busy intersection in Baghdad where minibuses pick up and drop off passengers, while 20 beheaded bodies were found on a river bank south of the capital, Iraqi police said.
Another car bomb in Baghdad targeting motorists queuing for petrol killed five people, police said. Mortar bombs also killed four people in two separate neighborhoods in the city. In the southern city of Basra, a roadside bomb killed three British soldiers and seriously wounded another in the early hours of Thursday, the British military said
The deadliest car bomb in Baghdad exploded in the Shi'ite district of Bayaa. The blast, which went off during the morning rush hour, wounded 40 people and destroyed dozens of vehicles. The Bayaa area in southwest Baghdad has been a frequent target of car bombs blamed on Sunni Islamist al Qaeda. "It was a horrible explosion. Many, many people have been killed," said witness Aqeel Kadhim, saying pickup trucks and ambulances rushed to take away the dead and wounded. The blast dug a huge crater where the minibuses parked. Residents could be seen searching the burned out minibuses for bodies. Corpses, some charred beyond recognition, lay twisted on the ground.
In the Sunni Arab town of Salman Pak south of Baghdad, locals made the gruesome discovery of 20 beheaded men on the bank of the River Tigris, police said. All the victims were wearing civilian clothes and had their hands and legs bound, police said, adding some of the heads were missing. Iraqi police had cordoned off the area while U.S. forces had also been summoned.
Wednesday, June 27, 2007
Asked whether Egypt and Saudi Arabia will mediate between Abbas and Hamas, Awwad said: "We and the Palestinians need some time to calm down and for the two parties to be ready to resume dialogue. "Yet even as they back Fatah, Egypt and Saudi Arabia do not want to be seen as increasing the suffering of the 1.5 million Palestinians isolated in Gaza. During Monday's summit, Mubarak called for a dialogue between the two rival Palestinian factions.
JISR DIYALA, Iraq - Newly arrived U.S. troops southeast of Baghdad are destroying boats on the Tigris River and targeting networks believed to be bringing powerful roadside bombs from Iran as the military cracks down on extremists from all directions, military officials said.
BAGHDAD - The poet Rahim al-Maliki wrote about his dreams of Iraqi unity in a place where such appeals are drowned out by daily bombings. One of them took his life on Monday.
BEIRUT, Lebanon - Some 300 Islamic militants have been killed or wounded in the monthlong battle with Lebanese troops in a Palestinian refugee camp, leaving only a few dozen fighters still hiding in the besieged camp, Defense Minister Elias Murr said Tuesday.
RAMALLAH, West Bank - Al-Qaida was looming increasingly large in Hamas-ruled Gaza on Monday: The al-Qaida-inspired kidnappers of a BBC journalist released their captive's anguished plea, while the terror network's deputy chief urged Muslims everywhere to back Hamas with weapons, money and attacks on Israeli and U.S. targets.
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Broken crucifixes and shards from a statue of Jesus have been swept up, but Gaza's tiny Christian community says the violent warning sent by Islamic militants cannot be erased.
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - A shadowy Palestinian group on Tuesday threatened to kill a British journalist it kidnapped months ago and added freedom for an al-Qaida-linked prisoner to its list of demands for his release.
JISR DIYALA, Iraq - Newly arrived U.S. troops southeast of Baghdad are destroying boats on the Tigris River and targeting networks believed to be bringing powerful roadside bombs from Iran as the military cracks down on extremists from all directions, military officials said.
BAGHDAD - The poet Rahim al-Maliki wrote about his dreams of Iraqi unity in a place where such appeals are drowned out by daily bombings. One of them took his life on Monday.
BEIRUT, Lebanon - Some 300 Islamic militants have been killed or wounded in the monthlong battle with Lebanese troops in a Palestinian refugee camp, leaving only a few dozen fighters still hiding in the besieged camp, Defense Minister Elias Murr said Tuesday.
RAMALLAH, West Bank - Al-Qaida was looming increasingly large in Hamas-ruled Gaza on Monday: The al-Qaida-inspired kidnappers of a BBC journalist released their captive's anguished plea, while the terror network's deputy chief urged Muslims everywhere to back Hamas with weapons, money and attacks on Israeli and U.S. targets.
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Broken crucifixes and shards from a statue of Jesus have been swept up, but Gaza's tiny Christian community says the violent warning sent by Islamic militants cannot be erased.
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - A shadowy Palestinian group on Tuesday threatened to kill a British journalist it kidnapped months ago and added freedom for an al-Qaida-linked prisoner to its list of demands for his release.
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
The Internationally community..
The important thing for President Abbas is to revive the peace process and the political negotiations in order to end the Israeli occupation and establish a Palestinian state," senior Abbas aide Saeb Erekat said in Sharm el-Sheikh. Abbas responded to Gaza's takeover by sacking the unity government led by Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas and by quickly forming an emergency administration in the West Bank backed by the United States, the European Union and Arab allies.Olmert said on Sunday he would present security demands to Abbas. Olmert's cabinet on Sunday agreed to start unfreezing hundreds of millions of dollars in Palestinian tax revenues to help finance the emergency government in the West Bank.
Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit said Israel should stop work on settlements in the West Bank, remove checkpoints and end raids into Palestinian towns. Jordanian government spokesman Nasser Joudeh said Jordan welcomed the release of Palestinian money but this could not be divorced from a start to negotiations on a final settlement.
"The only beneficiary of these summits is the Zionist enemy," Mushir al-Masri, a member of the Hamas majority in the now moribund Palestinian parliament told Reuters. "It is surprising that at a time when Abbas has shut the door on talks with Hamas he is running and begging for a meeting with Olmert."
As we can see there are meetings with the internationally community! Without hostile spokesmen and members of Hamas that only can think of enemies and a "250 rockets truce", while the internationally community works for peace. It´s time for some sick jihadists to wake up and realize that most people and Palestinians do not think like you! There are nothing surprising with peace meetings and solutions with a independents Palestinian state living in peace with Israel! It only shows in what fog you live in to be surprised! Some poppy-field fog..or something..Yes one wonder what kind of fog you live in..In fact..Yes..You will have the same respect you have been giving..Be welcome!
Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit said Israel should stop work on settlements in the West Bank, remove checkpoints and end raids into Palestinian towns. Jordanian government spokesman Nasser Joudeh said Jordan welcomed the release of Palestinian money but this could not be divorced from a start to negotiations on a final settlement.
JERUSALEM - Mideast negotiators held talks Tuesday, a day after Israeli, Palestinian, Egyptian and Jordanian leaders pledged to work to renew the peace process.
The meeting of the envoys from the United States, United Nations, European Union and Russia — known as the Quartet — was the first since the Islamic militant Hamas seized control of the Gaza Strip two weeks ago. The envoys have "no set agenda" and will discuss "recent developments and the way forward," said a local spokesman for the United Nations, Brenden Varma. The leaders committed to work for the resumption of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks that have been effectively stalled since 2001. Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert pledged at the meeting to release 250 Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails and "substantially" improve Palestinian movement in the West Bank by lifting roadblocks. He said he would hold "frequent meetings" with Abbas' new government.
"The only beneficiary of these summits is the Zionist enemy," Mushir al-Masri, a member of the Hamas majority in the now moribund Palestinian parliament told Reuters. "It is surprising that at a time when Abbas has shut the door on talks with Hamas he is running and begging for a meeting with Olmert."
As we can see there are meetings with the internationally community! Without hostile spokesmen and members of Hamas that only can think of enemies and a "250 rockets truce", while the internationally community works for peace. It´s time for some sick jihadists to wake up and realize that most people and Palestinians do not think like you! There are nothing surprising with peace meetings and solutions with a independents Palestinian state living in peace with Israel! It only shows in what fog you live in to be surprised! Some poppy-field fog..or something..Yes one wonder what kind of fog you live in..In fact..Yes..You will have the same respect you have been giving..Be welcome!
Targeting tribal leaders
BAGHDAD (Reuters), Monday in a bombed lobby of the Mansour Hotel in Baghdad A suicide bomber killed six Iraqi tribal leaders opposed to Al Qaeda when he blew himself up at a busy Baghdad hotel, in one of four attacks on Monday that killed 50 people in all, police said.
An Iraqi tribal leader was assassinated in Baghdad on Tuesday, Iraqi police said, a day after a suicide bomber killed six Sunni Arab tribal leaders opposed to al Qaeda. A police source said Hamid Abid Al-Shijera from Wasit province and one of his companions were killed in a drive-by shooting in the southern Baghdad district of Saidiya. The source said he believed Shijera was Shi'ite Muslim. In Monday's attack, a suicide bomber killed the six tribal leaders in the lobby of a Baghdad hotel. Shi'ite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said that attack was in retaliation against Sunni Arab tribal leaders who had joined U.S. and Iraqi forces to fight al Qaeda because they were tired of its killing of Iraqis.
An Iraqi tribal leader was assassinated in Baghdad on Tuesday, Iraqi police said, a day after a suicide bomber killed six Sunni Arab tribal leaders opposed to al Qaeda. A police source said Hamid Abid Al-Shijera from Wasit province and one of his companions were killed in a drive-by shooting in the southern Baghdad district of Saidiya. The source said he believed Shijera was Shi'ite Muslim. In Monday's attack, a suicide bomber killed the six tribal leaders in the lobby of a Baghdad hotel. Shi'ite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said that attack was in retaliation against Sunni Arab tribal leaders who had joined U.S. and Iraqi forces to fight al Qaeda because they were tired of its killing of Iraqis.
Monday, June 25, 2007
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Reuters - Wednesday, June 20 04:03 pm
RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's Interior Minister has warned the conservative Islamic state's clergy that they should discourage Saudis, including their own children, from going to fight in Iraq. In a speech before hundreds of clerics, Prince Nayef bin Abdul-Aziz appeared to suggest that some members of Saudi Arabia's powerful religious establishment had not doing enough in the fight against militants who are warring against Western influence in the region. "Do you know that your sons who go to Iraq are used only for blowing themselves up? Iraqi officials told me that themselves," the leading member of the royal family said in comments carried by state media.
"They are brought to put on explosive belts or blow themselves up in cars ... Innocents die. Are you happy for your children to become instruments of murder?" he added. There have been reports in Saudi Arabia about sons of some prominent Saudi clerics trying to get into Iraq to join al Qaeda insurgents fighting U.S. forces and the U.S.-backed Iraqi government.
Authorities often cite the danger of Saudi militants returning to the kingdom to join militants who have led a campaign of suicide bombings and attacks against government installations, energy sites and foreigners since 2003. Around 264 people have died in the violence, which has tailed off since a failed attempt in February 2006 to storm a major oil facility in Abqaiq. In April the government announced the arrest of 172 men who were described as being part of a major plot to revive the militant campaign, involving men and money from Islamists fighting in Iraq.
"You have a big responsibility and you must shoulder it. We must feel your work and effort on the ground. You will be rewarded by God and everyone in this country will thank you, not least its rulers," Prince Nayef said. The minister, who maintains close links with the religious establishment, reminded the preachers of the historic alliance between the royal family and Saudi Arabia's austere Wahhabi school of Sunni Islam. "Preventive measures have foiled over 90 percent of the actions of these errant people," he said. "Let's imagine that they had succeeded with 30 percent of their acts ... We would be in a very bad situation, one we wouldn't even wish for our enemies," he added, citing violent civil conflicts in Muslim countries.
RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's Interior Minister has warned the conservative Islamic state's clergy that they should discourage Saudis, including their own children, from going to fight in Iraq. In a speech before hundreds of clerics, Prince Nayef bin Abdul-Aziz appeared to suggest that some members of Saudi Arabia's powerful religious establishment had not doing enough in the fight against militants who are warring against Western influence in the region. "Do you know that your sons who go to Iraq are used only for blowing themselves up? Iraqi officials told me that themselves," the leading member of the royal family said in comments carried by state media.
"They are brought to put on explosive belts or blow themselves up in cars ... Innocents die. Are you happy for your children to become instruments of murder?" he added. There have been reports in Saudi Arabia about sons of some prominent Saudi clerics trying to get into Iraq to join al Qaeda insurgents fighting U.S. forces and the U.S.-backed Iraqi government.
Authorities often cite the danger of Saudi militants returning to the kingdom to join militants who have led a campaign of suicide bombings and attacks against government installations, energy sites and foreigners since 2003. Around 264 people have died in the violence, which has tailed off since a failed attempt in February 2006 to storm a major oil facility in Abqaiq. In April the government announced the arrest of 172 men who were described as being part of a major plot to revive the militant campaign, involving men and money from Islamists fighting in Iraq.
"You have a big responsibility and you must shoulder it. We must feel your work and effort on the ground. You will be rewarded by God and everyone in this country will thank you, not least its rulers," Prince Nayef said. The minister, who maintains close links with the religious establishment, reminded the preachers of the historic alliance between the royal family and Saudi Arabia's austere Wahhabi school of Sunni Islam. "Preventive measures have foiled over 90 percent of the actions of these errant people," he said. "Let's imagine that they had succeeded with 30 percent of their acts ... We would be in a very bad situation, one we wouldn't even wish for our enemies," he added, citing violent civil conflicts in Muslim countries.
Yeah..such a nice place..
A Palestinian source close to the negotiations confirmed the existence of a new tape showing Johnston wearing an explosives belt. The tape has not been aired publicly but the contents were shared with Haniyeh. Johnston, 45, went missing in Gaza on March 12 and is believed to be being held by the Army of Islam, a little known group that appears to draw inspiration from al Qaeda but also seems to be linked to violent clan rivalries among Gaza's 1.5 million people. The only other known video of Johnston, released on June 1, showed him wearing a baggy red sweater. He said in that tape that he was in good health and being treated well. Hamas officials in the Gaza Strip said they were pressing the kidnappers to free Johnston. "We will not allow the continuation of the abduction of the British journalist. The issue of Alan Johnston must end," Haniyeh said on Sunday.
Who needs movies when we have "little red Baghdad"?
Who needs movies when we have "little red Baghdad"?
Heavy rains collapsed buildings and brought down power lines in Karachi, killing more than 230 people
LAHORE, Pakistan (CNN) -- Pakistani officials Sunday continued to search for survivors a day after heavy rains collapsed buildings and brought down power lines in Karachi, killing more than 230 people, provincial health and police officials said. The storm cut electricity to most of Karachi's 13 million residents, compounding the heat from temperatures that have soared above 100 degrees Fahrenheit (38 C) in recent days. Angry mobs Sunday staged demonstrations, blocked roads, and raided electricity offices, protesting the 24-hour power outage, which follows weeks of temporary outages. More than 15 millimeters (0.7 inches) fell in Karachi on Saturday, flooding low-lying neighborhoods and stressing poorly-constructed buildings. Video showed cars wading through several inches of water on the streets. Most of the victims died as a result of collapsed buildings, electrocution, and falling trees, according to Edhi, a non-governmental organization that operates hospital services across Pakistan. The government Saturday declared an emergency situation in all hospitals, according to Maj. Zia ul Hassan, the police chief of Sindh Province. He said his police were helping get the injured to hospitals and recover bodies from collapsed homes. The storms uprooted trees and toppled billboards on Karachi streets.
Sunday, June 24, 2007
Anyway...
If there are some "circles" that want´s Iran and Syria look bad by transporting Iranian made weapons through north of Syria, so tell us about it! As we do know that Hezbollah´s and Hamas weaponry does not fall from the sky! Either can the insurgents and al-Qaida have such weaponry stashed away in Iraq.."in case they should need it some day"..
Taliban fighters have seized 18 Afghan mine clearing experts
KABUL (Reuters) - Taliban fighters have seized 18 Afghan mine clearing experts and threatened to kill them if investigations suggest they are working for U.S.-led forces in the country, officials and the insurgents said on Sunday. The group was seized along with four specialist mine-sniffing dogs, which can take years to train, on Saturday in the Andar district of Ghazni province, part of the eastern and southern "badlands" where the Taliban are at their strongest.
A bomb at the side of a road about four miles north of the Israeli border town of Metulla
BEIRUT, Lebanon - A bomb apparently targeting U.N. peacekeepers exploded by the side of a road in southern Lebanon on Sunday, killing five Spanish troops and injuring at least three, a senior Lebanese military official said.
Spanish Defense Minister Jose Antonio Alonso said the five included three Colombians and two Spaniards. The three injured peacekeepers were also from Spain, he said. "The mostly likely cause of this attack has been an explosion of a car bomb or device activated by remote control. It has been a premeditated attack," he told reporters in Madrid, ruling out that a land mine caused the blast.
A security official based in southern Lebanon said the explosion was caused by a bomb at the side of a road about four miles north of the Israeli border town of Metulla. The official was not authorized to speak to the media and spoke on condition of anonymity. White smoke billowed from the armored personnel carrier, which was thrown by the force of the explosion to the side of the road. Fire engines rushed to the area to put out the flames. Witnesses reported another explosion shortly afterward but it was believed to be either ammunition or the vehicle's fuel tank blowing up.
Spanish Defense Minister Jose Antonio Alonso said the five included three Colombians and two Spaniards. The three injured peacekeepers were also from Spain, he said. "The mostly likely cause of this attack has been an explosion of a car bomb or device activated by remote control. It has been a premeditated attack," he told reporters in Madrid, ruling out that a land mine caused the blast.
A security official based in southern Lebanon said the explosion was caused by a bomb at the side of a road about four miles north of the Israeli border town of Metulla. The official was not authorized to speak to the media and spoke on condition of anonymity. White smoke billowed from the armored personnel carrier, which was thrown by the force of the explosion to the side of the road. Fire engines rushed to the area to put out the flames. Witnesses reported another explosion shortly afterward but it was believed to be either ammunition or the vehicle's fuel tank blowing up.
Draught all over the Middle East!
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AFP) - Iran played a "big role" in Hamas's seizure of Gaza from Palestinian security forces earlier this month, Palestinian intelligence chief Tawfiq al-Tirawi charged on Sunday. "According to our information, Iran has played a big role in what happened in Gaza. Dozens of members of Hamas have been trained in Iran, and Hamas smuggled in weapons through tunnels not to fight Israel but against the Palestinian Authority," Tirawi told a news conference. "The whole plan has been carried out in coordination with Iran, and Iran has been informed of every step," he added. Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas previously accused "foreign elements from the region" of orchestrating Hamas's bloody takeover, but it was the first time that a senior official explicitly blamed Iran. Egypt's Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit last week accused Iran of having encouraged the Palestinian Islamist movement to seize the neighbouring Gaza Strip.
In a fact sheet released to the media, the lawmakers pointed out that Hamas was receiving more than half of its financing from Saudi Arabia, and last May alone the Saudi government planned to send 300 million dollars to the Islamist group. "By cutting off aid and closing the loophole we send a clear message to the Saudi Arabian government that they must be a true ally in advancing peace in the Middle East," the congressman said. The sponsors of the measure also accused the Saudi government of undermining US military efforts in Iraq by making "no official move" to stop about 3,000 Saudi nationals actively fighting US troops in the violence-torn country. They said Sheik Saleh al-Liuhaidan, head of the Saudi Arabian judiciary, had approved the transfer of money and men to Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi, the now slain head of Al-Qaeda in Iraq. As many as 61 percent of all suicide bombers in Iraq are of Saudi Arabian descent, the fact sheet claimed. The lawmakers also argued that Saudi clerics continued to preach hate towards the United States, Israel and their allies.
"By continuing to promote and finance acts of terrorism, including those targeting innocent families, the Saudis are actively undermining our efforts to promote democracy and bring stability to the Middle East," said Congresswoman Shelley Berkley, a Nevada Democrat and another sponsor of the ban. The State Department describes Saudi Arabia as "an important partner in the campaign against terrorism, providing assistance in the military, diplomatic, and financial arenas." The House also withheld 200 million dollars from a military aid package for Egypt until Cairo takes certifiable steps to reform its judiciary, retrain the police and cracks down on the smuggling of weapons from Egypt to Hamas-controlled Gaza.
In a fact sheet released to the media, the lawmakers pointed out that Hamas was receiving more than half of its financing from Saudi Arabia, and last May alone the Saudi government planned to send 300 million dollars to the Islamist group. "By cutting off aid and closing the loophole we send a clear message to the Saudi Arabian government that they must be a true ally in advancing peace in the Middle East," the congressman said. The sponsors of the measure also accused the Saudi government of undermining US military efforts in Iraq by making "no official move" to stop about 3,000 Saudi nationals actively fighting US troops in the violence-torn country. They said Sheik Saleh al-Liuhaidan, head of the Saudi Arabian judiciary, had approved the transfer of money and men to Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi, the now slain head of Al-Qaeda in Iraq. As many as 61 percent of all suicide bombers in Iraq are of Saudi Arabian descent, the fact sheet claimed. The lawmakers also argued that Saudi clerics continued to preach hate towards the United States, Israel and their allies.
"By continuing to promote and finance acts of terrorism, including those targeting innocent families, the Saudis are actively undermining our efforts to promote democracy and bring stability to the Middle East," said Congresswoman Shelley Berkley, a Nevada Democrat and another sponsor of the ban. The State Department describes Saudi Arabia as "an important partner in the campaign against terrorism, providing assistance in the military, diplomatic, and financial arenas." The House also withheld 200 million dollars from a military aid package for Egypt until Cairo takes certifiable steps to reform its judiciary, retrain the police and cracks down on the smuggling of weapons from Egypt to Hamas-controlled Gaza.
Dozens of members of Hamas have been trained in Iran
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AFP) - Iran played a "big role" in Hamas's seizure of Gaza from Palestinian security forces earlier this month, Palestinian intelligence chief Tawfiq al-Tirawi charged on Sunday. "According to our information, Iran has played a big role in what happened in Gaza. Dozens of members of Hamas have been trained in Iran, and Hamas smuggled in weapons through tunnels not to fight Israel but against the Palestinian Authority," Tirawi told a news conference.
"The whole plan has been carried out in coordination with Iran, and Iran has been informed of every step," he added. Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas previously accused "foreign elements from the region" of orchestrating Hamas's bloody takeover, but it was the first time that a senior official explicitly blamed Iran. Egypt's Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit last week accused Iran of having encouraged the Palestinian Islamist movement to seize the neighbouring Gaza Strip.
"The whole plan has been carried out in coordination with Iran, and Iran has been informed of every step," he added. Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas previously accused "foreign elements from the region" of orchestrating Hamas's bloody takeover, but it was the first time that a senior official explicitly blamed Iran. Egypt's Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit last week accused Iran of having encouraged the Palestinian Islamist movement to seize the neighbouring Gaza Strip.
"For too long, the Middle East has been governed by zero-sum logic"
"For too long, the Middle East has been governed by zero-sum logic. One side's loss was seen as the other's gain. This thinking has brought much suffering to our region. It has helped polarize each side's view of the other and hurt those seeking common ground. The truth is that the peoples of the Middle East share the same fate. We are destined to be neighbors. Our futures are inevitably linked together. And no peace will be lasting if it fails to take this fact into account."
Regarding Shalit's capture, Zahar said Hamas is willing to renew negotiations over his release in exchange for an Israeli release of prisoners
Hamas is still trying to convince the group — The Army of Islam believed to have some links to Hamas — that it would not be targeted if Johnston is handed over, even providing "written guarantees," Zahar said. But the group also fears other factions will attack it, he said.
Hamas had vowed last week to use all means to release the Briton. But Zahar's comments indicated Hamas may be taking a softer line toward the kidnappers. Johnston had reported from Gaza since 2005 and was the only foreign journalist to remain based there after Palestinian infighting erupted last year.
Regarding Shalit's capture, Zahar said Hamas is willing to renew negotiations over his release in exchange for an Israeli release of Palestinian prisoners. So far, Egyptian mediation attempts to exchange Shalit for Palestinian prisoners have failed. "If Israel wants to begin at the point where we stopped, there is a possibility to complete the exchange deal," Zahar said.
Hamas had vowed last week to use all means to release the Briton. But Zahar's comments indicated Hamas may be taking a softer line toward the kidnappers. Johnston had reported from Gaza since 2005 and was the only foreign journalist to remain based there after Palestinian infighting erupted last year.
Regarding Shalit's capture, Zahar said Hamas is willing to renew negotiations over his release in exchange for an Israeli release of Palestinian prisoners. So far, Egyptian mediation attempts to exchange Shalit for Palestinian prisoners have failed. "If Israel wants to begin at the point where we stopped, there is a possibility to complete the exchange deal," Zahar said.
"We feel sad for the shedding of the blood of Palestinians"
Egypt, Jordan and Saudi Arabia have said the West Bank-based Cabinet formed by Abbas following Gaza's fall to Hamas is the sole legitimate Palestinian government. Egypt moved its embassy from Gaza to the West Bank in an apparent sign that Cairo was shunning Hamas officials.
"We have been following closely the repercussions of the coup over Palestinian legitimacy in Gaza and its grave setbacks on the Palestinian people," Mubarak said.
"We feel sad for the shedding of the blood of Palestinians by Palestinian hands, in a fighting that has crossed all red lines ... leading up to division of its occupied territories," Mubarak added, referring to the Hamas-controlled Gaza and Fatah's West Bank.
"We have been following closely the repercussions of the coup over Palestinian legitimacy in Gaza and its grave setbacks on the Palestinian people," Mubarak said.
"We feel sad for the shedding of the blood of Palestinians by Palestinian hands, in a fighting that has crossed all red lines ... leading up to division of its occupied territories," Mubarak added, referring to the Hamas-controlled Gaza and Fatah's West Bank.
China - Iraq
BEIJING - China announced with great flourish this week that it is forgiving debt owed by Iraq. State media said only that Premier Wen Jiabao told Talabani that China would help train Iraqi personnel to upgrade Iraq's medical and educational capacities. Chinese Commerce minister Bo Xilai and three Iraqi ministers signed a deal Thursday to cancel Iraqi debt owed to China's government, and Iraqi President Jalal Talabani was set to meet Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on Friday. No details were given on the debt relief, although Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang said Beijing wanted to cut the debt "by a large margin."
Saturday, June 23, 2007
Syria! Get out of Lebanon!
On Thursday, Syrian Vice President Faruq al-Shara said "our allies in Lebanon are stronger than the other parties," referring to the Western-backed government of Prime Minister Fuad Siniora.
Honor that Palestinian youth!
The sources stated that the youth Hani Al Srouji, 19, was shot after the gunmen shouted at him to stop but he didn’t hear them. The gunmen apparently thought that he was trying to escape from them and opened fire at them. He was hit by two rounds of live ammunition in his head.
Palestinian medical sources reported that five Palestinians children were killed and seven residents were injured after the Israeli army fired artillery shells at Al Shouka town, in Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip
Palestinians also took to the streets, demanding Hamas and Fatah to stop the blood bath. About 1,000 Palestinians marched through Gaza City urging the rival factions to "stop the killing". In Ramallah, scores of residents took to the streets chanting "Palestine is worth more than a government position."
You breaking the Geneva convention of children's right´s all of you!
Palestinian medical sources reported that five Palestinians children were killed and seven residents were injured after the Israeli army fired artillery shells at Al Shouka town, in Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip
Palestinians also took to the streets, demanding Hamas and Fatah to stop the blood bath. About 1,000 Palestinians marched through Gaza City urging the rival factions to "stop the killing". In Ramallah, scores of residents took to the streets chanting "Palestine is worth more than a government position."
You breaking the Geneva convention of children's right´s all of you!
GAZA (Reuters) - Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, prime minister of the Palestinian government dismissed by President Mahmoud Abbas of Fatah, called for renewed talks on Saturday between the factions, Haniyeh's office said.
Abbas has ruled out any dialogue with Hamas Islamists, whom he accused of trying to assassinate him and of launching a coup in the Gaza Strip. Hamas has denied Abbas's allegations and accused him of participating in a U.S.-led plot against its democratically-elected government. "The way out of the current situation is launching a Palestinian dialogue without pre-conditions," Haniyeh told the Yemeni president by phone.
I do hope you can find some way to dialogue. But sure Hamas really do need to get a grip in their own links and among your 280 speakers! As I said: We don´t want your lake of speakers that have nothing concrete or useful to say and that only have hostility in their minds! Yes.. Hamas have some cleaning up to do among themselves! In several ways..In fact...To be able to call yourselves a democratic government and not some movement in a government or a government in a movement. Don´t be selfish and grow up!
There have been a 72 year old fisherman beaten up and a 16 years old Palestinian boy shot to death, just because he demonstrated for peace! By Palestinians!
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Abbas has ruled out any dialogue with Hamas Islamists, whom he accused of trying to assassinate him and of launching a coup in the Gaza Strip. Hamas has denied Abbas's allegations and accused him of participating in a U.S.-led plot against its democratically-elected government. "The way out of the current situation is launching a Palestinian dialogue without pre-conditions," Haniyeh told the Yemeni president by phone.
I do hope you can find some way to dialogue. But sure Hamas really do need to get a grip in their own links and among your 280 speakers! As I said: We don´t want your lake of speakers that have nothing concrete or useful to say and that only have hostility in their minds! Yes.. Hamas have some cleaning up to do among themselves! In several ways..In fact...To be able to call yourselves a democratic government and not some movement in a government or a government in a movement. Don´t be selfish and grow up!
There have been a 72 year old fisherman beaten up and a 16 years old Palestinian boy shot to death, just because he demonstrated for peace! By Palestinians!
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Clear Diyala province of entrenched insurgents.
BAQOUBA, Iraq - Hundreds of U.S. and Iraqi troops, under cover of F-16s, fought their way into three neighborhoods of besieged Baqouba on Friday to help clear Diyala province of entrenched insurgents. To the north of the city, American helicopters killed 17 al-Qaida gunmen trying to sneak past a checkpoint.
Friday, June 22, 2007
Any deal with Israel must include both territories.
West Bankers say they are not willing to write off their brothers in Gaza, and that any deal with Israel must include both territories.
BAGHDAD
The 24 boys found severely malnourished in a Baghdad orphanage have been moved to a different building in the same facility and are being properly cared for, Iraqi officials said Thursday. These orphans were among 24 severely malnourished children found by the U.S. and Iraqi soldiers in a Baghdad orphanage ten days ago, some tied to their beds and too weak to stand, the U.S. military said Wednesday.
U.S. and Iraqi soldiers found the boys last week naked in a dark room, some tied to beds and too weak to stand once they were unbound, the military said. The director of the girls' section of the al-Hanan orphanage said the boys had been transferred to her building. "All necessities, such as food, clothes and medical care, have been provided for them," said Karima Dawood. Three women, who claimed to be caretakers, and two men, the orphanage director and a guard, were in the building when the soldiers arrived June 10, according to the military statement. Two staffers have been arrested, said Hamid al-Zeidi, the Labor Ministry's inspector general. Adel Muhsin, the Health Ministry's inspector general, said arrest warrants were issued for three employees of the orphanage, but that they have gone into hiding and remain at large. He did not identify the three or say what jobs they held at the facility. A probe into the case ordered by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki was under way in tandem with a separate one by the Labor Ministry, Muhsin told The Associated Press on Wednesday. Al-Zeidi said he expected the investigation to be finished by next week. "The incompetent employees will be punished severely and even imprisoned," he said.
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U.S. and Iraqi soldiers found the boys last week naked in a dark room, some tied to beds and too weak to stand once they were unbound, the military said. The director of the girls' section of the al-Hanan orphanage said the boys had been transferred to her building. "All necessities, such as food, clothes and medical care, have been provided for them," said Karima Dawood. Three women, who claimed to be caretakers, and two men, the orphanage director and a guard, were in the building when the soldiers arrived June 10, according to the military statement. Two staffers have been arrested, said Hamid al-Zeidi, the Labor Ministry's inspector general. Adel Muhsin, the Health Ministry's inspector general, said arrest warrants were issued for three employees of the orphanage, but that they have gone into hiding and remain at large. He did not identify the three or say what jobs they held at the facility. A probe into the case ordered by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki was under way in tandem with a separate one by the Labor Ministry, Muhsin told The Associated Press on Wednesday. Al-Zeidi said he expected the investigation to be finished by next week. "The incompetent employees will be punished severely and even imprisoned," he said.
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Torture chamber found in Iraq
BAQUBA, Iraq (Reuters) - Thousands of U.S. soldiers on the offensive north of Baghdad are facing ferocious resistance from hundreds of al Qaeda American general said on Friday. "It is house to house, block to block, street to street, sewer to sewer," said Brigadier-General Mick Bednarek, deputy commanding general, operations, 25th Infantry Division. The campaign, dubbed Operation Arrowhead Ripper, is part of a broader offensive involving tens of thousands of U.S. and Iraqi soldiers pushing on with simultaneous operations in Baghdad, and to the south and west of the capital. One of the aims is to take down the car bomb networks of al Qaeda in Iraq. A suicide truck bomb blamed on the Sunni Islamist group killed 87 people in Baghdad on Tuesday, just hours after the Diyala offensive started. Tough fighting is expected over the next 45-60 days, U.S. military officials have said, sketching a rough timeline for the combined operations.
"It's different than Fallujah in the fall of '04, because of the Iraqi commitment here. They're side by side with us, and locals have finally realized here that al-Qaida has no future here," said Brig. Gen. Mick Bednarek, assistant commander for operations with the 25th Infantry Division. Bednarek estimated several hundred al-Qaida militants remained in the western half of Baqouba, 35 miles northeast of Baghdad, where fighting continues. "They're clearly in hiding, no question about it. But they're a hard-line group of fighters who have no intention of leaving, and they want to kill as many coalition and Iraqi security forces as they possibly can," Bednarek told The Associated Press in an interview.
He said U.S. soldiers, acting on a tip, raided a house in the area late Thursday and found what was believed to be a torture chamber, with blood trails, saws, drills and knives as well as explosives embedded in the walls. The building was destroyed in a controlled detonation, he said, adding that remnants of human remains but no bodies had been found.
"It's different than Fallujah in the fall of '04, because of the Iraqi commitment here. They're side by side with us, and locals have finally realized here that al-Qaida has no future here," said Brig. Gen. Mick Bednarek, assistant commander for operations with the 25th Infantry Division. Bednarek estimated several hundred al-Qaida militants remained in the western half of Baqouba, 35 miles northeast of Baghdad, where fighting continues. "They're clearly in hiding, no question about it. But they're a hard-line group of fighters who have no intention of leaving, and they want to kill as many coalition and Iraqi security forces as they possibly can," Bednarek told The Associated Press in an interview.
He said U.S. soldiers, acting on a tip, raided a house in the area late Thursday and found what was believed to be a torture chamber, with blood trails, saws, drills and knives as well as explosives embedded in the walls. The building was destroyed in a controlled detonation, he said, adding that remnants of human remains but no bodies had been found.
Thursday, June 21, 2007
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon declared victory on Thursday in its 33-day war against an al Qaeda-inspired militant group at a Palestinian refugee camp and said its military operation there was over. "I can tell the Lebanese that as of now the military operation in Nahr al-Bared is finished," Defence Minister Elias al-Murr told Lebanon's LBC television. "All the positions of the terrorists have been crushed," he said, adding that the surviving members of Fatah al-Islam had pulled back from the edges of Nahr al-Bared into civilian areas deep in the camp.
We know in which cause the Lebanese soldiers have, that have given their life. For stability in Lebanon, for their country, that have had civil war for so long, you don´t want to have back again. And please accept our condolences to the families for their loss.
But we still don´t can see any reason or why those al-Fatah militants are willing to die. What are they fighting and dying for? We ask ourselves..Sure it´s not the way to a independent Palestinian state or a sovereign Iraq and peace in the region..
We know in which cause the Lebanese soldiers have, that have given their life. For stability in Lebanon, for their country, that have had civil war for so long, you don´t want to have back again. And please accept our condolences to the families for their loss.
But we still don´t can see any reason or why those al-Fatah militants are willing to die. What are they fighting and dying for? We ask ourselves..Sure it´s not the way to a independent Palestinian state or a sovereign Iraq and peace in the region..
Or in Swedish: vaf*bip*n håller idioterna på med?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070621/wl_nm/lebanon_fighting_dcWhat´s up?
Bardaweel was speaking before tens of thousands of Palestinian masses that demonstrated against the speech of Abbas in Ramallah city where he accused him of lying to the Palestinian people and twisting facts on the ground. “No legitimacy at all for those who surrendered themselves to the Zionists and the Americans and mocked their people’s honorable resistance against the occupation”, said Bardaweel in clear allusion to Abbas and his retinue. Moreover, the Hamas legislator warned what he described as “hidden fingers” attempting to bring back the Palestinian arena into security chaos on orders of their fugitive leaders, underling that “amnesty is given once only”.
Well...That says it all! How much Hamas are for peace agreements and a two state solution in Peace! Doesn´t it! Of course there are a lots of more we have seen under many years both actions and statements that tells us Hamas is not a partner for peace! Obvious there are many Palestinians that don´t agree with Hamas stands, "ideology" or your jihadists destroying peace efforts that the majority of the Palestinians do want. Obvious Hamas does not speak in the interests of the majority of the Palestinians!! Or your 280 different spokesmen don't!
Well...That says it all! How much Hamas are for peace agreements and a two state solution in Peace! Doesn´t it! Of course there are a lots of more we have seen under many years both actions and statements that tells us Hamas is not a partner for peace! Obvious there are many Palestinians that don´t agree with Hamas stands, "ideology" or your jihadists destroying peace efforts that the majority of the Palestinians do want. Obvious Hamas does not speak in the interests of the majority of the Palestinians!! Or your 280 different spokesmen don't!
"Two way games"..
Palestinians Hamas supporters protests against Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas speech. One wonder...What choices they have from what we seen of abuses from Hamas militants against the Palestinians. Yes..Arafat was corrupted and played his "two ways games". One wonder if he really wanted peace. He should have agreed to the camp David deal... But even if Hamas criticize Arafat´s ways, it doesn´t prevent them from acting the same, with the same dictator management, playing his "two ways games"..Does it?
Yes..We see some most disgusting ways of actions all the way from Iraq, through Damascus, via Lebanon down to Gaza!
Yes..We see some most disgusting ways of actions all the way from Iraq, through Damascus, via Lebanon down to Gaza!
Some having war against you Iraq!
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A barrage of mortar bombs hit Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone on Thursday and several plumes of smoke could be seen rising near buildings housing the Iraqi parliament and government offices, Reuters reporters said.
Zahar said the group is open to a cease-fire with Israel if the army halts its activities in Gaza and the West Bank.
Zahar, a top Hamas figure in Gaza, said the group is open to a cease-fire with Israel if the army halts its activities in Gaza and the West Bank. He said Hamas is capable of halting the frequent rocket attacks out of Gaza.
"A 250 rockets truce in a truce." If you are capable of halting rockets attacks now, you have been capable of halting them while the rest of the world working with peace efforts! Wouldn´t you?
"A 250 rockets truce in a truce." If you are capable of halting rockets attacks now, you have been capable of halting them while the rest of the world working with peace efforts! Wouldn´t you?
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
BAGHDAD, BEIRUT, GAZA
BAGHDAD - A truck bomber attacked a revered Shiite shrine in the heart of Baghdad on Tuesday, killing at least 87 people and wounding more than 200 in a resumption of Iraq's relentless sectarian slaughter. The mosque's turquoise dome survived, but the blast buried some worshippers and badly burned others.
BEIRUT, Lebanon - Lebanese troops inched toward Islamic militant strongholds in a north Lebanon Palestinian refugee camp Tuesday as mediators hinted at a possible cease-fire deal that includes the disarmament of the al-Qaida-inspired militants. As the battle with the Fatah Islam group continued, mediators gave indications that a cease-fire deal with the militants was a possibility. Meanwhile, Lebanon's top military magistrate Rashid Mezher issued formal arrest warrants for nine suspected militants who were detained earlier this month in the town of Bar Elias in the eastern Bekaa Valley, NNA said. The agency did not say to which group the nine belonged but said they comprise six Lebanese, two Syrians and a Saudi. Tuesday's deaths of two soldiers brought the army's fatalities to 74 since fighting first erupted, when police raiding suspects in a bank robbery clashed with Fatah Islam in a Tripoli neighborhood. At least 60 militants were killed in the early days of the fighting, with officials saying many more died later on. The militants have given a much lower death toll, but contact with them recently has not been possible. At least 20 civilians were reported killed.
Gaza Strip- EREZ CROSSING, Israel's new defense minister ordered the army on Wednesday to allow into Israel any of the hundreds of Gazans holed up at a fetid crossing who might desperately need medical treatment.
GAZA (Reuters) - Israeli troops killed six Palestinians on Wednesday, including four in the first deadly clash in the Gaza Strip since Hamas Islamists took control of the territory by force last week. Several Israeli tanks and troops crossed the border fence into Gaza overnight near the key Kissufim border crossing in the central Gaza Strip, witnesses said. An army spokesman said the force was searching for wanted militants. Two Hamas militants, a member of another militant group, the Popular Resistance Committees, and an unidentified gunman were killed in the Gaza gunbattle. In the occupied West Bank, Israeli forces killed two Palestinian militants in a gunbattle near the city of Jenin. Palestinian security sources said Israeli forces killed a member of the Islamic Jihad militant group and a Fatah gunman.
Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa began a three-day visit to Beirut on Tuesday to hold meetings with rival politicians in an attempt to help find solution to the political crisis."Negative winds are blowing in every direction. The Lebanese, and we all, must help to protect Lebanon from these dangerous winds," Moussa said upon arrival at Beirut's airport.
BEIRUT, Lebanon - Lebanese troops inched toward Islamic militant strongholds in a north Lebanon Palestinian refugee camp Tuesday as mediators hinted at a possible cease-fire deal that includes the disarmament of the al-Qaida-inspired militants. As the battle with the Fatah Islam group continued, mediators gave indications that a cease-fire deal with the militants was a possibility. Meanwhile, Lebanon's top military magistrate Rashid Mezher issued formal arrest warrants for nine suspected militants who were detained earlier this month in the town of Bar Elias in the eastern Bekaa Valley, NNA said. The agency did not say to which group the nine belonged but said they comprise six Lebanese, two Syrians and a Saudi. Tuesday's deaths of two soldiers brought the army's fatalities to 74 since fighting first erupted, when police raiding suspects in a bank robbery clashed with Fatah Islam in a Tripoli neighborhood. At least 60 militants were killed in the early days of the fighting, with officials saying many more died later on. The militants have given a much lower death toll, but contact with them recently has not been possible. At least 20 civilians were reported killed.
Gaza Strip- EREZ CROSSING, Israel's new defense minister ordered the army on Wednesday to allow into Israel any of the hundreds of Gazans holed up at a fetid crossing who might desperately need medical treatment.
GAZA (Reuters) - Israeli troops killed six Palestinians on Wednesday, including four in the first deadly clash in the Gaza Strip since Hamas Islamists took control of the territory by force last week. Several Israeli tanks and troops crossed the border fence into Gaza overnight near the key Kissufim border crossing in the central Gaza Strip, witnesses said. An army spokesman said the force was searching for wanted militants. Two Hamas militants, a member of another militant group, the Popular Resistance Committees, and an unidentified gunman were killed in the Gaza gunbattle. In the occupied West Bank, Israeli forces killed two Palestinian militants in a gunbattle near the city of Jenin. Palestinian security sources said Israeli forces killed a member of the Islamic Jihad militant group and a Fatah gunman.
Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa began a three-day visit to Beirut on Tuesday to hold meetings with rival politicians in an attempt to help find solution to the political crisis."Negative winds are blowing in every direction. The Lebanese, and we all, must help to protect Lebanon from these dangerous winds," Moussa said upon arrival at Beirut's airport.
The plan entails a ceasefire
The plan entails a ceasefire after which the militants would retreat to within the camp's official boundaries. Mainstream Palestinian factions would deploy a 150-strong force in Nahr al-Bared and Fatah al-Islam would announce its disbandment. Islamic Jihad, one of the mainstream Palestinian groups, said results would emerge in hours. "There is clear responsiveness from Fatah al-Islam," Islamic Jihad representative Abu Emad al-Refaie told al-Manar television. "I think what has been reached now opens important and positive horizons to end this crisis."
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
Okay..Ahmed Youssef on the line..
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Intensive negotiations are underway toward freeing British Broadcasting Corp. journalist Alan Johnston, who was kidnapped three months ago in Gaza, a senior Hamas official said Tuesday. Ahmed Youssef, an aide to deposed Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas, said the talks are with the Doghmush family, a violent clan with its own militia, and he hoped "in the next 24 hours, either this man will be released or something will be done to solve this problem." He did not elaborate. It has been widely assumed that the Doghmush clan was behind the March 12 abduction of the BBC correspondent from a Gaza City street, but this was the first time a senior Hamas official named them in public.
"The government pledges it will do its best to make sure his release will be safe and soon," Youssef said. Johnston, the last Western correspondent based in Gaza, is by far the longest-held foreign hostage in Gaza. His plight has raised protests from Gaza journalists, international reporters' associations and human rights groups. After Hamas overran security positions and took control of Gaza last week, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas of Fatahdismissed Haniyeh's government and named a new one without Hamas. Haniyeh has rejected that, insisting he remains in office.
Stay there..As I said: We don´t want the other 280 different speakers..With only hostility to say..Yes..I know how that would end..And belive me: You don´t want that kind of end..So if you want to "get up from there"..Lets show it!
"The government pledges it will do its best to make sure his release will be safe and soon," Youssef said. Johnston, the last Western correspondent based in Gaza, is by far the longest-held foreign hostage in Gaza. His plight has raised protests from Gaza journalists, international reporters' associations and human rights groups. After Hamas overran security positions and took control of Gaza last week, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas of Fatahdismissed Haniyeh's government and named a new one without Hamas. Haniyeh has rejected that, insisting he remains in office.
Stay there..As I said: We don´t want the other 280 different speakers..With only hostility to say..Yes..I know how that would end..And belive me: You don´t want that kind of end..So if you want to "get up from there"..Lets show it!
Gaza won´t go away
Yes you can isolate Hamas economically, diplomatically and militarily in the Gaza Strip, if that´s what you want. But you can´t make Gaza and it´s citizens go away. There are Palestinians living there and as we have seen Hamas have not manage to stop this brain damage stupid jihadists from firing rockets..Or shooting youths that demonstrate for peace..
Further talks with the U.S. over Iraq's security
TEHRAN, Iran - Iran's foreign minister said Monday his country would be open to holding further talks with the U.S. over Iraq's security, while also criticizing the U.S. for not having a "plan to overcome the current crisis," state-run media reported Monday.
Monday, June 18, 2007
Hamas you show us how to "restore law and order"!
The vision is not a divided Palestinian people, with two government and two armies, with one Palestinian state in the West Bank and one "Hamastan" in Gaza!
And Yes..Of course Hamas have got themselves some problems as there are some people with interests that this is not going to happen as they have worked against peace for decades! This is really nothing new..Sitting in the lap of Syria and Iran..And that psychopath in Qatar and your little jihad fabrics in Gaza where the teacher brainwash children and your Mickey Mouse club..and Jihaders firing rockets and working their asses off to sabotage peace efforts.
Hamas you show us how to "restore law and order"! Where shall you begin? Stop this rockets fires or just waiting for responses? And you seems to be really busy with everything else than to get this prisoner swap with the Israelis! How shall we believe Gilat Shalit is even alive? Or Mr Johnston for that matter..
Sack your spokesmen! Speak for yourself! We can not take your 280 different spokesmen seriously! They "playing in another division". Or whatef*** they playing..We have not heard any concrete, willingness to solutions, or anything of value from them. Just some negative obstinate mumbling of hostility!
And Yes..Of course Hamas have got themselves some problems as there are some people with interests that this is not going to happen as they have worked against peace for decades! This is really nothing new..Sitting in the lap of Syria and Iran..And that psychopath in Qatar and your little jihad fabrics in Gaza where the teacher brainwash children and your Mickey Mouse club..and Jihaders firing rockets and working their asses off to sabotage peace efforts.
Hamas you show us how to "restore law and order"! Where shall you begin? Stop this rockets fires or just waiting for responses? And you seems to be really busy with everything else than to get this prisoner swap with the Israelis! How shall we believe Gilat Shalit is even alive? Or Mr Johnston for that matter..
Sack your spokesmen! Speak for yourself! We can not take your 280 different spokesmen seriously! They "playing in another division". Or whatef*** they playing..We have not heard any concrete, willingness to solutions, or anything of value from them. Just some negative obstinate mumbling of hostility!
Peace agreements and a Palestinian state have to include Gaza
"We will take into consideration all the humanitarian needs in Gaza," Olmert told Ban. "We will not intervene; we will not move forces, but we will not stand by and say that the lives of innocent civilians are not our concern."
With Hamas on the other side of the Israeli-Gaza border, it's not clear how the two sides will coordinate the passage of goods and people. In the past, Israel dealt only with Fatah personnel at the borders.
With Hamas on the other side of the Israeli-Gaza border, it's not clear how the two sides will coordinate the passage of goods and people. In the past, Israel dealt only with Fatah personnel at the borders.
Sunday, June 17, 2007
Idiots!
IDIOTS! Take your "respect" and "playing with fire" and go play your jihad in Iran! I´m sure they want every jihad they can get!
Go to Iran and play some jihad! It´s their religion
Meshal can stay in Damascus forever. We had enough of pulling strings, exploration of the Palestinians and the Gaza residents sitting on their safe pillows in their big ego trip, thinking nothing but on themselves, repeating Assad and Syria's "occupiers" that have occupied a whole country for 29 years themselves!
Some have played this for decades exploiting the Palestinians! Calls for violence from Damascus, killing each other and firing rockets, disrespecting the internationally community and everyone and then runs to Egypt to establish calm again! It´s sick I tell you! We will not go for it anymore!
Meshal stay in Damascus! Or go to Iran and play some jihad! It´s their religion. I´m sure they want all the jihad they can get!
Some have played this for decades exploiting the Palestinians! Calls for violence from Damascus, killing each other and firing rockets, disrespecting the internationally community and everyone and then runs to Egypt to establish calm again! It´s sick I tell you! We will not go for it anymore!
Meshal stay in Damascus! Or go to Iran and play some jihad! It´s their religion. I´m sure they want all the jihad they can get!
Katyusha rockets
JERUSALEM - At least two Katyusha rockets fell on northern Israel Sunday, the first fired from Lebanon since last summer's inconclusive war with Hezbollah guerrillas. No one was hurt, but there was some damage, police and the military said. Channel 2 TV said one rockes hit a factory and another hit a car. The station's Arab affairs analyst, Ehud Yaari, said a splinter Palestinian group in Lebanon was probably behind the attack.
Killing youths demonstrating for peace
DAMASCUS, June 15 (Reuters) - Hamas had no option but to use force to wrest control of the Gaza strip from the rival Fatah movement in fighting that killed dozens of Palestinians, Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal said on Friday. "What happened in Gaza was a necessary step. The people were suffering from chaos and lack of security and this treatment was needed," Meshaal told a news conference in the Syrian capital. "The lack of security drove the crisis toward explosion," said Meshaal, who lives in Damascus.
There was police forces put out by Abbas and Fatah! You just didn´t "approve" it! The violence and fighting you are very much a part of. And in your dictatorship manage ways want to make it look like you are the ones bringing order now..Killing youths demonstrating for peace! We don´t go for your sick manipulative ways! Take your psychopathic manipulative sickness and go to your teacher in Qatar! Or Hell..or whatever! It´s written all over your face and eyes! Go and see a psychiatric!
There was police forces put out by Abbas and Fatah! You just didn´t "approve" it! The violence and fighting you are very much a part of. And in your dictatorship manage ways want to make it look like you are the ones bringing order now..Killing youths demonstrating for peace! We don´t go for your sick manipulative ways! Take your psychopathic manipulative sickness and go to your teacher in Qatar! Or Hell..or whatever! It´s written all over your face and eyes! Go and see a psychiatric!
Not from anyone!
So we will not tolerate such miss treating of elderly people, abusing, beating or whatever! Or killing youths demonstrating! We will not tolerate it, not from anyone! Palestinians, Israelis or who ever!
Thank you..
Israel says it will allow food and other basic supplies to avoid a humanitarian disaster. Still, with Hamas on the other side of the Israeli-Gaza border, it's not clear how the two sides will coordinate the passage of goods and people. In the past, Israel dealt only with Fatah personnel at the borders. "We've got ideas and we've got principles and we'll be having important meetings in Washington and in Europe in the coming days to discuss how the international community together deals with these new challenges," said Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman Mark Regev.
Maybe so..Maybe so..
TEL AVIV, Israel - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Sunday said the formation of a new Palestinian government creates an "opportunity" for renewed peace moves.
But peace agreements and a Palestinians state have to include Gaza..There are more than enough crimes against humanity committed to Palestinians by others and their interests and more than enough reasons to get U.N. to the border at Gaza!
But peace agreements and a Palestinians state have to include Gaza..There are more than enough crimes against humanity committed to Palestinians by others and their interests and more than enough reasons to get U.N. to the border at Gaza!
Saturday, June 16, 2007
Gaza..Panic buying for bread reflected the uncertainty Gazans feel
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Panic buying for bread spiked so drastically that bakery owner Bishara Shahadeh started passing out tickets Saturday morning, to be redeemed for yet-to-be-baked loaves. By early afternoon, he had issued 88 tickets. "There's a lot of pressure today," he said, passing out coupons to 10 new customers. "We're working two shifts."
The mad rush for bread, flour and other essentials reflected the uncertainty Gazans feel following Hamas' takeover and the closure of the area's Israeli-controlled borders. "I have flour to last me for the next 10 days," Shahadeh said. "After that, if there's no flour, there's no work." One man came in and asked about the wait. Shahadeh told him an hour. "I can't find bread without standing in line," the man said as he left. He'd been to three bakeries.
After hearing that Hamas gunmen looted the house of former Palestinian President Yasser Arafat, six men who once worked in his presidential guard came to protect the building from further damage. "It's all worthless, but I have to do something," said Abu Mustafa, tying the house's gates shut with string. "No one could stop them from going in," he added. "We don't have weapons and we have no power." His unarmed colleagues stood in the driveway in civilian clothes, smoking cigarettes and shooing away kids who had come to loot. Some carried stuff they had snatched from neighboring homes. "God bless him," Abu Mustafa said of his old boss, who led he Palestinians for four decades before his death in 2004. "Our days of blessing have ended."
By DIAA HADID, Associated Press Writer Sat Jun 16
The mad rush for bread, flour and other essentials reflected the uncertainty Gazans feel following Hamas' takeover and the closure of the area's Israeli-controlled borders. "I have flour to last me for the next 10 days," Shahadeh said. "After that, if there's no flour, there's no work." One man came in and asked about the wait. Shahadeh told him an hour. "I can't find bread without standing in line," the man said as he left. He'd been to three bakeries.
After hearing that Hamas gunmen looted the house of former Palestinian President Yasser Arafat, six men who once worked in his presidential guard came to protect the building from further damage. "It's all worthless, but I have to do something," said Abu Mustafa, tying the house's gates shut with string. "No one could stop them from going in," he added. "We don't have weapons and we have no power." His unarmed colleagues stood in the driveway in civilian clothes, smoking cigarettes and shooing away kids who had come to loot. Some carried stuff they had snatched from neighboring homes. "God bless him," Abu Mustafa said of his old boss, who led he Palestinians for four decades before his death in 2004. "Our days of blessing have ended."
By DIAA HADID, Associated Press Writer Sat Jun 16
A pattern of terrorist attacks against prominent Iraqi political personalities
13 Oct 2006, There has been a pattern of terrorist attacks against prominent Iraqi political personalities who have been outspoken against Iranian interference in Iraq’s internal affairs. A remote-controlled explosive device killed a prominent Shiite cleric vehemently opposed to Iran’s influence in southern Iraq.The MeK accused Tehran of sending its agents to Iraq to carry out the terrorist attack against Ayatollah Mohammad Moussawi Qasemi, secretary general of the Islamic Unity Party in Iraq.
On August 25, the Islamic Unity Party in Iraq said in a statement, “While the Iranian regime's meddling in Iraq is taking place in the most disgusting manner by its proxy militias, taking a heavy toll from the people of Iraq, … concentrating on the expulsion of the PMOI from Iraq is only a cover for the interventions of the Iranian regime in Iraq and a means to distract public attention from more important issues. The PMOI is the antithesis and a formidable political barrier against terrorism and fundamentalism of the Iranian regime. For this reason, it is the No. 1 target of the enemy's political attacks and negative propaganda”.
On August 25, the Islamic Unity Party in Iraq said in a statement, “While the Iranian regime's meddling in Iraq is taking place in the most disgusting manner by its proxy militias, taking a heavy toll from the people of Iraq, … concentrating on the expulsion of the PMOI from Iraq is only a cover for the interventions of the Iranian regime in Iraq and a means to distract public attention from more important issues. The PMOI is the antithesis and a formidable political barrier against terrorism and fundamentalism of the Iranian regime. For this reason, it is the No. 1 target of the enemy's political attacks and negative propaganda”.
Friday, June 15, 2007
"Law and order"..
I wonder how your women do in Gaza when they cleaning windows...No...There ain´t much windows left there..Is it? I guess Hamas, militants and Jihadists are not much for Gentle mans..really. Of course you don´t think about some windows for your women to clean when you running around like maniacs playing in your duck pond..whatef**** you playing. I bet you do believe there are Israelis and Americans sneaking around in the bushes bombing people and kill politicians in Lebanon as well..Yes..disguised Americans and Israelis as al-la´-Fatah in Palestinian camps..
"Law and order".. Yes after Abbas put police forces out in Gaza, you took your part in violence and chaos...Making sure there was no order...And now you want to look like Hamas are the ones bringing "law and order"..After violence, killing and shooting 16 years old and beating elderly fisherman.
You taking the world for idiots..But truly: You are the Idiots!
You are lost in a duck pond!
"Law and order".. Yes after Abbas put police forces out in Gaza, you took your part in violence and chaos...Making sure there was no order...And now you want to look like Hamas are the ones bringing "law and order"..After violence, killing and shooting 16 years old and beating elderly fisherman.
You taking the world for idiots..But truly: You are the Idiots!
You are lost in a duck pond!
"We're in charge"..
Yes..over a duck pond! Were people can´t speak with their names because for fears of reprisal. Very much like in Baghdad!
And over hungry people that think they will have bags of flour from Hamas.., held like hostages with you that claims you protect Palestinians rights, with beating up elderly fishermen and shooting 16 years old youths to death, just because they have an opinion!
And you claims people can move freely...regardless of their affiliation, while you execute Palestinians in gang-land style!
Yes we should send over the sect to give you some colorful pills, you fills all the requirements in 100% in their kucku houses bringing them works for generations!
Mini...Manie...Moe..
And over hungry people that think they will have bags of flour from Hamas.., held like hostages with you that claims you protect Palestinians rights, with beating up elderly fishermen and shooting 16 years old youths to death, just because they have an opinion!
And you claims people can move freely...regardless of their affiliation, while you execute Palestinians in gang-land style!
Yes we should send over the sect to give you some colorful pills, you fills all the requirements in 100% in their kucku houses bringing them works for generations!
Mini...Manie...Moe..
16 years old..
You have killed a 16 years old Palestinian boy that demonstrate for peace! And beating a 72 years old fisherman, just because he expressed his disappointment!
What it leads to?
Well...Time will tell..Some will take the consequences..What Hamas and Ismail Haniyeh are doing...Yes ask them! Do you know what you are doing?
So..What are they doing ? Really..
At a news conference in Gaza City early Friday, Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh rejected President Mahmoud Abbas' declaration, calling it 'hasty' and saying he would maintain a unity government. Haniyeh said the situation was 'not suitable for unilateral decisions.' He said the Hamas militia would impose law and order 'firmly, decisively and legally.' He also rejected the idea of a Palestinian state in Gaza only, run by Hamas.
Well...you shouldn´t start that "law and order" by shooting youths that demonstrate for peace and beating up elderly men!
Well...you shouldn´t start that "law and order" by shooting youths that demonstrate for peace and beating up elderly men!
Thursday, June 14, 2007
The Gaza madness
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas was considering sacking the unity cabinet between his Fatah and rival Hamas after warning of collapse and civil war if the Gaza "madness" continued, officials said. "He is seriously considering dismissing the government," one senior official said on condition of anonymity. The president was due to make his decision after holding crisis talks with senior leadership of the Palestine Liberation Organization and his Fatah party, an Abbas aide said.
"This meeting will adopt a definitive position in regard to the government and our partnership with Hamas," Nabil Amr told a press conference in Ramallah, adding that "definitive measures will be announced." In Gaza, loyalists of the rival movements continued to battle in the streets, with Hamas fighters firing mortars, rockets, and heavy gunfire at a headquarters of the pro-Fatah security services in Gaza City.
The fighting has raged despite repeated appeals for calm from Palestinian leaders, civilians, and world powers. The international community has been increasingly alarmed at the bloodshed, with the Cairo-based Arab League due to hold an emergency meeting on the crisis Friday. The United States, warned that the infighting endangered the prospects for a Palestinian state, while Russia said that further escalation risked "leading to total chaos ... and the spread of conflict in the region."
UN chief Ban Ki-moon said that the idea of sending an international force to restore peace in the Gaza Strip was worth exploring, and held preliminary discussions on the issue with members of the UN Security Council.
"This meeting will adopt a definitive position in regard to the government and our partnership with Hamas," Nabil Amr told a press conference in Ramallah, adding that "definitive measures will be announced." In Gaza, loyalists of the rival movements continued to battle in the streets, with Hamas fighters firing mortars, rockets, and heavy gunfire at a headquarters of the pro-Fatah security services in Gaza City.
The fighting has raged despite repeated appeals for calm from Palestinian leaders, civilians, and world powers. The international community has been increasingly alarmed at the bloodshed, with the Cairo-based Arab League due to hold an emergency meeting on the crisis Friday. The United States, warned that the infighting endangered the prospects for a Palestinian state, while Russia said that further escalation risked "leading to total chaos ... and the spread of conflict in the region."
UN chief Ban Ki-moon said that the idea of sending an international force to restore peace in the Gaza Strip was worth exploring, and held preliminary discussions on the issue with members of the UN Security Council.
Hamas fighters overran one of the rival Fatah movement's most important security installations
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Hamas fighters overran one of the rival Fatah movement's most important security installations in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, and witnesses said the victors dragged vanquished gunmen from the building and killed them in the street.
Investigations and answers...Thanks!
May 17, 2007 TEHRAN -- Iran is to start manufacturing "Islamic bicycles" for women that conceals their figure, the government newspaper Iran reported Thursday. "This bike has a cabin which conceals half of the cyclist's body," the newspaper said. Elaheh Sofali, an architect of the project, told Iran that it would encourage women's sports in the Islamic republic.
There seems to be some kind of progress in Iran. You know..It´s good for the bones, hips, mussels, condition and the skeleton to cycle. Yes..I like it..Good for you.
You should really be able to answer, respond, take actions, make some investigations and express yourselves when it comes to all those weapons used in Iraq as well! Yes you give us some more answers about Iranian made weapons sent to Syria! There is not just enough with:
" Some circles that wants to sabotage your relations between you and Turkey"!
We expect some investigations and answers! As we know there are weapons coming into Iraq and a lot of work to divide the Iraqi´s, sabotage the infrastructure and working against the U.S efforts to stabilize Iraq and some people "riding the waves of the enemies", while there is a genocide that keep going on under the cover of the U.S. presence!! And with your enemies talking and that Sunni psychopath in Qatar! And as we know there are jihadists sabotaging and killing in Lebanon. And Hezbollah and Hamas being armed!
There seems to be some kind of progress in Iran. You know..It´s good for the bones, hips, mussels, condition and the skeleton to cycle. Yes..I like it..Good for you.
You should really be able to answer, respond, take actions, make some investigations and express yourselves when it comes to all those weapons used in Iraq as well! Yes you give us some more answers about Iranian made weapons sent to Syria! There is not just enough with:
" Some circles that wants to sabotage your relations between you and Turkey"!
We expect some investigations and answers! As we know there are weapons coming into Iraq and a lot of work to divide the Iraqi´s, sabotage the infrastructure and working against the U.S efforts to stabilize Iraq and some people "riding the waves of the enemies", while there is a genocide that keep going on under the cover of the U.S. presence!! And with your enemies talking and that Sunni psychopath in Qatar! And as we know there are jihadists sabotaging and killing in Lebanon. And Hezbollah and Hamas being armed!
No! It´s not enough with "some circles sabotage Iran´s relation with Turkey"!
Baghdad June 14, 2007. Photo by Mohammed Ameen/Reuters
Divide and disrupt II
Yes..that could be one way..When that psycopath in Qatar is a Sunni turning to Shiite Iran and urges to "fight the enemies"..
Yes..You better hurry up with that Tribunal..Of course there is nothing that come in the way for that now! Occupiers!
Yes..You better hurry up with that Tribunal..Of course there is nothing that come in the way for that now! Occupiers!
Sitting safe in Damascus
And shouting at the Palestinians in Gaza for "resistance against the occupiers", urging jihaders to fire rockets while people from the whole world working for peace efforts, while Palestinians getting killed trying to restore calm, beating and killing those that have a opinion have nothing to do with any sanctions!
Sanctions have consequences..There are consequences with or without sanctions
De Soto condemned economic sanctions imposed by Israel the United States and the EU on Hamas after it won Palestinian elections last year and said their effective endorsement by the Quartet had had "devastating consequences" for Palestinians. "The steps taken by the international community with the presumed purpose of bringing about a Palestinian entity that will live in peace with its neighbor Israel have had precisely the opposite effect," he wrote.
It´s making things really easy for oneself to blame the Palestinian/ Israel conflict on Israel, EU, Sanctions, the United States..Or whatever..As we really do know that there are other interests that have really bad consequences for both the Palestinians, Israelis and the whole Middle East and have been that for decades! There have been jihaders firing rockets and others interests working against agreements, with or without sanctions, with peace efforts or without peace efforts, with "truces" or without truces! And specially when there are heading towards agreements and a more stable situation! yes there have been other interests that have worked many years to divide and place obstacles in the way and have in their own interests to not have peace between the Palestinians and the Israelis and in the Middle East without any sanctions! So think again!
There have been a 16 years old Palestinians boy killed in Gaza by Hamas militants that demonstrate for peace! And a 72 year old man beaten up for expressing his opinion! And that sure have nothing to do with any sanctions!
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070613/wl_nm/mideast_un_desoto_dc
It´s making things really easy for oneself to blame the Palestinian/ Israel conflict on Israel, EU, Sanctions, the United States..Or whatever..As we really do know that there are other interests that have really bad consequences for both the Palestinians, Israelis and the whole Middle East and have been that for decades! There have been jihaders firing rockets and others interests working against agreements, with or without sanctions, with peace efforts or without peace efforts, with "truces" or without truces! And specially when there are heading towards agreements and a more stable situation! yes there have been other interests that have worked many years to divide and place obstacles in the way and have in their own interests to not have peace between the Palestinians and the Israelis and in the Middle East without any sanctions! So think again!
There have been a 16 years old Palestinians boy killed in Gaza by Hamas militants that demonstrate for peace! And a 72 year old man beaten up for expressing his opinion! And that sure have nothing to do with any sanctions!
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070613/wl_nm/mideast_un_desoto_dc
Jakarta
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesian police have captured the country's most-wanted militant, Abu Dujana, who heads a military wing of the Southeast Asian militant group Jemaah Islamiah (JI), a police spokesman said on Wednesday. Dujana had been sought in connection with several deadly bomb attacks, including the 2004 Australian embassy blast and a car bombing at the JW Marriot hotel in Jakarta a year earlier. Police said he also had a role in the 2002 Bali bombings. The Indonesian anti-terrorist unit, Detachment 88, caught a number of suspects during raids in Central Java at the weekend.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070613/wl_nm/indonesia_militant_dc;_ylt=Aqb3.T0luNPDc1GcHqAa1Spm.3QA
Divide and disrupt..
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Suspected al Qaeda militants blew up on Wednesday the minarets of a revered Shi'ite mosque in the Iraqi city of Samarra, target of a 2006 bomb attack that unleashed a tidal wave of sectarian violence. Fearing renewed bloodshed, Iraq's government imposed a three-day curfew in Baghdad as Shi'ite and Sunni political and religious leaders called on their followers to remain calm. But police said gunmen blew up the Sunni Grand Mosque in Iskandariya south of Baghdad, totally destroying it. A second was damaged in another blast and attackers set fire to a mosque in Baghdad's Bayaa district. No injuries were reported.
The U.S. State Department said Washington was concerned about the potential affect of Wednesday's attack "among various groups within Iraq." In a joint statement, Petraeus and Crocker called on Iraqis to "reject this call to violence." "This brutal action on one of Iraq's holiest shrines is a deliberate attempt by al Qaeda to sow dissent and inflame sectarian strife among the people of Iraq. It is an act of desperation," the statement said. In a televised address, Maliki also blamed al Qaeda for the attack and called on Iraqis to unite. He said he had ordered the arrest of the policemen who had been guarding the mosque and his office said he had visited the scene.
The country's top Shi'ite religious leader, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, urged Shi'ites not to carry out revenge attacks against Sunni Arabs. Iraq's Sunni vice-president, Tareq al-Hashemi, said Wednesday's attack was a "desperate attempt to attack the unity of the Iraqi people and bring back the black events that Iraq witnessed last year." The Golden Mosque is one of the four major Shi'ite shrines in Iraq. Samarra, north of Baghdad, is a predominantly Sunni city. Other major sites are in the holy Shi'ite cities of Najaf and Kerbala and the Baghdad district of Kadhimiya, also mainly home to Shi'ites.
Yes it´s old methods to divide and disrupt people and countries. And it does really says more of those that accuse the U.S. that working for to stabilize Iraq for such actions as dividing people!
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070613/wl_nm/iraq_dc;_ylt=AiGrvzQxdwFTCCKwXlzFKB1m.3QA
The U.S. State Department said Washington was concerned about the potential affect of Wednesday's attack "among various groups within Iraq." In a joint statement, Petraeus and Crocker called on Iraqis to "reject this call to violence." "This brutal action on one of Iraq's holiest shrines is a deliberate attempt by al Qaeda to sow dissent and inflame sectarian strife among the people of Iraq. It is an act of desperation," the statement said. In a televised address, Maliki also blamed al Qaeda for the attack and called on Iraqis to unite. He said he had ordered the arrest of the policemen who had been guarding the mosque and his office said he had visited the scene.
The country's top Shi'ite religious leader, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, urged Shi'ites not to carry out revenge attacks against Sunni Arabs. Iraq's Sunni vice-president, Tareq al-Hashemi, said Wednesday's attack was a "desperate attempt to attack the unity of the Iraqi people and bring back the black events that Iraq witnessed last year." The Golden Mosque is one of the four major Shi'ite shrines in Iraq. Samarra, north of Baghdad, is a predominantly Sunni city. Other major sites are in the holy Shi'ite cities of Najaf and Kerbala and the Baghdad district of Kadhimiya, also mainly home to Shi'ites.
Yes it´s old methods to divide and disrupt people and countries. And it does really says more of those that accuse the U.S. that working for to stabilize Iraq for such actions as dividing people!
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070613/wl_nm/iraq_dc;_ylt=AiGrvzQxdwFTCCKwXlzFKB1m.3QA
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
Well..Hamas..
Are you Palestinians? Or from which planet do you come from?
Now you have killed a Palestinian boy that demonstrated and just expressed his opinion against violence and killing and for peace!
Don´t you really think you had enough now?
Now you have killed a Palestinian boy that demonstrated and just expressed his opinion against violence and killing and for peace!
Don´t you really think you had enough now?
President Pervez Musharraf
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A senior U.S. official visiting Islamabad this week was expected to offer some support for President Pervez Musharraf, while staying out of a crisis brought on by his attempt to oust Pakistan's top judge. Having arrived in the Pakistani capital overnight, Assistant Secretary of State Richard Boucher was due to meet Foreign Minister Khursheed Mehmood Kasuri on Wednesday, and Musharraf possibly the next day. Visiting U.S. officials usually focus on the need to intensify efforts to destroy surviving al Qaeda networks and help quash a Taliban insurgency in neighboring Afghanistan But Boucher's discussions will inevitably also focus on a crisis brewing ahead of elections due in Pakistan this year.
Although Boucher, who handles South Asia, is expected to praise General Musharraf as an ally in the war on terrorism, what he says to the general about the need to promote democracy will probably remain private. Addressing a news conference in Washington on Monday, State Department spokesman Sean McCormack set the tone for Boucher's visit, alluding to progress Musharraf has made in political and economic reforms since coming to power in a coup in 1999. McCormack touched on an issue analysts believe lies at the heart of the political crisis -- President Musharraf's dual role as army chief, which he is required to give up by the year end.
U.S. officials have expressed Washington's hope Musharraf's confrontation with Chaudhry will be settled smoothly through a judicial process. They have also denied Washington was trying to help Musharraf seal a power-sharing deal with former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, who has vowed to return from self-exile. Officials have also reiterated that the United States expected the coming elections to be free and fair, after widespread allegations polls five years ago were rigged.
Source: Simon Cameron-Moore/Reuters
Although Boucher, who handles South Asia, is expected to praise General Musharraf as an ally in the war on terrorism, what he says to the general about the need to promote democracy will probably remain private. Addressing a news conference in Washington on Monday, State Department spokesman Sean McCormack set the tone for Boucher's visit, alluding to progress Musharraf has made in political and economic reforms since coming to power in a coup in 1999. McCormack touched on an issue analysts believe lies at the heart of the political crisis -- President Musharraf's dual role as army chief, which he is required to give up by the year end.
U.S. officials have expressed Washington's hope Musharraf's confrontation with Chaudhry will be settled smoothly through a judicial process. They have also denied Washington was trying to help Musharraf seal a power-sharing deal with former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, who has vowed to return from self-exile. Officials have also reiterated that the United States expected the coming elections to be free and fair, after widespread allegations polls five years ago were rigged.
Source: Simon Cameron-Moore/Reuters
"The Palestinian cause"..
Palestinian fisherman Nimr Bakr,72, lays in a hospital bed after he was beaten up in a mosque for tearing down Hamas posters in Shifa hospital in Gaza City, Saturday, July 9, 2007. As the power struggle between Hamas and Fatah turns increasingly brutal, a terrifying realization has taken hold in Gaza — nowhere and no one is safe. Everyone's a potential target. Danger and risk once confined to combatants have found their way into homes, schools, mosques.
Hmmm
PARIS (Reuters) - Iran is arming the Taliban in Afghanistan, U.S. Undersecretary of State Nicholas Burns said on Tuesday, accusing Tehran of fuelling insurrection around the Middle East and misjudging the international mood. Paying a brief visit to France, Burns warned Iran that it would face increasingly tough sanctions if it refused to negotiate over its nuclear ambitions in the "next week or two." Burns said Iran was a destabilizing force and was funding extremists in the Palestinian territories, Lebanon and Iraq. "Iran is now even transferring arms to the Taliban in Afghanistan. It is a country that is trying to flex its muscles, but in a way that is injurious to just about everyone else in the world. I think it is a major miscalculation," Burns said. Earlier this month, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said he could not link Tehran to a flow of weapons into Afghanistan and Afghan President Hamid Karzai hailed his country's relations with Iran as especially good. Looking to up the pressure on Iran, Burns said Tehran would have to decide swiftly to talk to major world powers over its nuclear enrichment program or see new sanctions imposed both inside and outside the context of the United Nations.
"We cannot imagine a stable, peaceful Middle East with Iran as a nuclear weapons power. I think all of us agree on that, including Russia and China," he said. "The Iranians need to negotiate, they need to sit down in a civilized way ... or they'll find sanctions should they turn us down officially in the next week or two." The West fears Iran is trying to develop nuclear weapons. Iran says its nuclear program is for electricity generation and has refused to give up what it says is its right under an international treaty. The United Nations has imposed two rounds of sanctions on Iran for not stopping enrichment and Burns said a third round would come "in a matter of weeks," with some countries likely to implement even harsher penalties than those envisaged by the Security Council "Iran has made a major miscalculation. Not only do they have Russia, China, Europe and the U.S. sponsoring sanctions resolutions against them, they also have India, Indonesia, South Africa, Brazil, Egypt voting against Iran," he said.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070612/wl_nm/iran_usa_afghanistan_dc;_ylt=Alu6Pje7o9gvUGwfsocx3Jpm.3QA
"We cannot imagine a stable, peaceful Middle East with Iran as a nuclear weapons power. I think all of us agree on that, including Russia and China," he said. "The Iranians need to negotiate, they need to sit down in a civilized way ... or they'll find sanctions should they turn us down officially in the next week or two." The West fears Iran is trying to develop nuclear weapons. Iran says its nuclear program is for electricity generation and has refused to give up what it says is its right under an international treaty. The United Nations has imposed two rounds of sanctions on Iran for not stopping enrichment and Burns said a third round would come "in a matter of weeks," with some countries likely to implement even harsher penalties than those envisaged by the Security Council "Iran has made a major miscalculation. Not only do they have Russia, China, Europe and the U.S. sponsoring sanctions resolutions against them, they also have India, Indonesia, South Africa, Brazil, Egypt voting against Iran," he said.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070612/wl_nm/iran_usa_afghanistan_dc;_ylt=Alu6Pje7o9gvUGwfsocx3Jpm.3QA
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
U.S. and Iraqi forces on Tuesday raided a lollipop factory being used to make bombs
BAGHDAD - U.S. and Iraqi forces on Tuesday raided a lollipop factory being used to make bombs, finding boxes of explosives and two tons of fertilizer in the basement of the facility in northern Iraq, an Iraqi officer said.
The entry room to the al-Arij factory was booby-trapped and the building was empty because the workers fled after apparently being tipped off to the raid, according to the officer, army commander Brig. Gen. Nour al-Din Hussein. He said an anti-aircraft gun was hidden on the roof. Hussein, commander of Iraq's 4th Brigade, said the Christian owner of the lollipop factory was killed three years ago. He said the facility was currently rented to people whom police refused to identify for security reasons. The troops, who found candy boxes filled with explosives, oxygen cylinders and two tons of fertilizer in the basement, spent three hours destroying the payload in controlled blasts in an industrial area of Mosul, 225 miles northwest of Baghdad. Bodies are often found in the area, located in the city's eastern section. The U.S. military said it was looking into the report.
The entry room to the al-Arij factory was booby-trapped and the building was empty because the workers fled after apparently being tipped off to the raid, according to the officer, army commander Brig. Gen. Nour al-Din Hussein. He said an anti-aircraft gun was hidden on the roof. Hussein, commander of Iraq's 4th Brigade, said the Christian owner of the lollipop factory was killed three years ago. He said the facility was currently rented to people whom police refused to identify for security reasons. The troops, who found candy boxes filled with explosives, oxygen cylinders and two tons of fertilizer in the basement, spent three hours destroying the payload in controlled blasts in an industrial area of Mosul, 225 miles northwest of Baghdad. Bodies are often found in the area, located in the city's eastern section. The U.S. military said it was looking into the report.
Attention..
"We will make the Americans regret their ugly and illegal act," Mottaki was quoted by the official IRNA news agency as saying. He didn't elaborate on how Iran will make Washington regret the action. "We warn American officials to free our diplomats as soon as possible," Mottaki said. However, he added that Iran was still willing to continue direct talks with the United States on Iraq, which began first last month in Baghdad and which broke a 27-year diplomatic freeze between the two foes. The ambassador-level talks were the first formal, scheduled meeting between Iranian and American government officials since 1979. A second round of talks was expected later this month, but recent bitter U.S.-Iran exchanges have thrown that new round into doubt. Mottaki said Iran "will take positively the request of the Iraqi government on the continuation of talks," providing the Americans "change their policies toward solving the problem in Iraq — of which they are a part themselves." Iran claimed the men were diplomats and that the building U.S. troops occupied was a government liaison office. It also says the five were the guests of the Iraqi government and has demanded their release. Iraqi government officials have also called for their release, along with compensation for damages. Unconfirmed reports say the five included the operations chief and other members of Iran's elite Quds Force, which is accused of arming and training Iraqi militants. The five have not been charged with a crime. The United States has allowed the International Committee of the Red Cross to visit the men but has so far not allowed Iranian representatives to visit them. Mottaki said Iran will send a formal letter to the U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon within the next few days to protest inaction by the Security Council and delays in taking up the issue of the five Iranians' detention.
Well...There are Amercians being hold in Iran..I thought you should have some exchange or some sort of deal to solve this issues. It seems like there is very much talk and "little workshop"..Doesn´t it?
Well...There are Amercians being hold in Iran..I thought you should have some exchange or some sort of deal to solve this issues. It seems like there is very much talk and "little workshop"..Doesn´t it?
Suspected al-Qaida bombers stepped up attacks on key transportation arteries
BAGHDAD - Suspected al-Qaida bombers stepped up attacks on key transportation arteries, striking a bridge north of the capital Monday a day after shutting the superhighway south of Baghdad with a huge explosion that collapsed an overpass and killed three U.S. soldiers.
And Hamas and Fatah..
So what are you fighting for? And you can as well take the other crazy suicidal ones fighting in a camp surrounded by a whole army, with you. Yes..They would put you in a nice house with white curtains, feed you, give you small pink, blue and green pills that makes you flow around in life in your slippers and you would never have to worry about anything because they would take care of everything and you can just flout around in your slippers..So be smart and be stupid and take your pills and you have everything set up for you in life. Who needs poppy fields?
Sunday, June 10, 2007
A suspected al-Qaida suicide bomber rammed a speeding gasoline truck into an Iraqi army checkpoint
BAGHDAD - A suspected al-Qaida suicide bomber rammed a speeding gasoline truck into an Iraqi army checkpoint outside the capital on Saturday, killing at least 14 soldiers as militants hammered the country's shaky security forces.
The terror campaign against Iraqi troops and police appears designed to blunt U.S. progress in creating a stable local force so the Americans can go home. U.S. military officers began noticing the new pattern of attacks last month.
Taking the opportunity to keep this genocide on Iraqis "under cover of U.S. presence"? Taking the opportunity to kill Iraqi´s and occupy Iraq, "under cover of U.S. presence and resistance against the occupiers"? And then "riding the waves of the enemies" in the propaganda machine..
The terror campaign against Iraqi troops and police appears designed to blunt U.S. progress in creating a stable local force so the Americans can go home. U.S. military officers began noticing the new pattern of attacks last month.
Taking the opportunity to keep this genocide on Iraqis "under cover of U.S. presence"? Taking the opportunity to kill Iraqi´s and occupy Iraq, "under cover of U.S. presence and resistance against the occupiers"? And then "riding the waves of the enemies" in the propaganda machine..
Lebanon
Authorities have charged 32 detained members of Fatah al-Islam with terrorism, charges that carry the death penalty. The latest mediation efforts by Lebanese Islamists to try to convince the militants to surrender have so far had no success. But Lebanese sources said the Islamic Action Front, which includes Sunni politicians and clerics, and a grouping of Palestinian clerics, would continue efforts to find a solution. "We are trying in every way to convince them, even using Islamic intellectual arguments and sharia (Islamic law) that this is not the right way," the Front's leader Fathi Yakan told Reuters. Yakan said a proposed first step was the surrender of the group's Lebanese members.
Well...If they have guaranties that there will be no death penalty as a result of a trial and a presumed sentence they would maybe have some reason to surrender..
Well...If they have guaranties that there will be no death penalty as a result of a trial and a presumed sentence they would maybe have some reason to surrender..
Friday, June 08, 2007
"undermine any peace agreement"
There have been undermining any peace agreements for 40 years!
Face it Hamas!
There are lawlessness and chaos in Gaza. And you are occupied with fighting the occupiers every time the string is pulled from Damascus. You are more busy with your "resistance-Jihad-killing-Muslims, children and everything that moves", firing rockets and manipulation propaganda, than to reestablish law and order and work on agreements that leads to a Palestinian state and get some refugees home! You say you speak for the Palestinian people with double messages, spokesmen that says different than Hamas leaders, but obvious there are Palestinians that are really tired of this internal fighting, lawlessness and your ignorance of your political duties in the interests of the Palestinians and obvious there are many Palestinians that don't share your Islamic fundamentalist ideology! You can blame whoever you want. But there is no way you can get away without any responsibility for your actions and your ignorance for your obligations to the Palestinians and refugees!
Face it Hamas!
There are lawlessness and chaos in Gaza. And you are occupied with fighting the occupiers every time the string is pulled from Damascus. You are more busy with your "resistance-Jihad-killing-Muslims, children and everything that moves", firing rockets and manipulation propaganda, than to reestablish law and order and work on agreements that leads to a Palestinian state and get some refugees home! You say you speak for the Palestinian people with double messages, spokesmen that says different than Hamas leaders, but obvious there are Palestinians that are really tired of this internal fighting, lawlessness and your ignorance of your political duties in the interests of the Palestinians and obvious there are many Palestinians that don't share your Islamic fundamentalist ideology! You can blame whoever you want. But there is no way you can get away without any responsibility for your actions and your ignorance for your obligations to the Palestinians and refugees!
Wednesday, June 06, 2007
Crimes against humanity
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - At least seven people were killed and 25 wounded when bombs in two parked cars exploded in quick succession in a Shi'ite district in northeastern Baghdad on Wednesday, police said.
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A summit scheduled for Thursday between Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has been postponed at the Palestinians' request, Olmert's office said on Wednesday"The meeting tomorrow (Thursday) between Prime Minister Olmert and President Abbas has been postponed as per the Palestinians' request," Olmert's office said in a statement. An official in Olmert's bureau said no new date had been set for the summit. Abbas aide Nabil Abu Rdainah said: "There is a need to reach an agreement on some issues before convening the meeting." In preparation for the summit, Olmert has been considering returning at least some of the tax revenues Israel has been withholding from the Palestinian Authority since Hamas won a parliamentary election in January 2006, Israeli officials said.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070606/wl_nm/palestinians_israel_talks_dc
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070606/wl_nm/palestinians_israel_talks_dc
Lebanon
NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon (Reuters) - Lebanese troops and al Qaeda-inspired militants fought sporadically at a refugee camp in north Lebanon on Wednesday and a Palestinian force took up positions to defuse tension at another camp in the south. Soldiers fired artillery and tank shells at the coastal Nahr al-Bared camp overnight as the army tightened its grip around Fatah al-Islam militants holed up inside.
In south Lebanon, a 40-member force made up of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah group and three Islamist factions deployed at the northern entrance of Ain al-Hilweh camp, scene of deadly clashes this week between the army and the militant Jund al-Sham group, which has links to Fatah al-Islam. The Ain al-Hilweh fighting, in which two soldiers and two militants died, raised concerns that the conflict in the north could spill over to refugee camps elsewhere in the country.
Palestinian factions, including Fatah and the Islamist Hamas group, oppose Fatah al-Islam, which shares al Qaeda's ideology of global jihad and recruits fighters from other Arab countries. About 27,000 of Nahr al-Bared's 40,000 refugees have fled, many of them to the nearby Beddawi camp. UNRWA, the U.N. agency that cares for Palestinian refugees, has launched an appeal for $12.7 million to meet the urgent needs of the displaced. The Beirut government said the United States, which sent ammunition and other equipment to the army after the conflict started, had donated $3 million towards helping the displaced.
The violence is the latest jolt to stability in Lebanon. Four bombs have exploded in the Beirut area, killing one person and wounding dozens, since the Nahr al-Bared fighting began. A small bomb was found near a beach resort popular with U.N. peacekeepers in south Lebanon on Wednesday morning, security sources said. They said the 2 kg (4.4 pound) charge had been timed to go off at 6 a.m. (0300 GMT) but it failed to detonate.
By Nazih Siddiq-Reuters
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070606/wl_nm/lebanon_fighting_dc;_ylt=AqUdw2ILQooXe992b227Yv9m.3QA
In south Lebanon, a 40-member force made up of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah group and three Islamist factions deployed at the northern entrance of Ain al-Hilweh camp, scene of deadly clashes this week between the army and the militant Jund al-Sham group, which has links to Fatah al-Islam. The Ain al-Hilweh fighting, in which two soldiers and two militants died, raised concerns that the conflict in the north could spill over to refugee camps elsewhere in the country.
Palestinian factions, including Fatah and the Islamist Hamas group, oppose Fatah al-Islam, which shares al Qaeda's ideology of global jihad and recruits fighters from other Arab countries. About 27,000 of Nahr al-Bared's 40,000 refugees have fled, many of them to the nearby Beddawi camp. UNRWA, the U.N. agency that cares for Palestinian refugees, has launched an appeal for $12.7 million to meet the urgent needs of the displaced. The Beirut government said the United States, which sent ammunition and other equipment to the army after the conflict started, had donated $3 million towards helping the displaced.
The violence is the latest jolt to stability in Lebanon. Four bombs have exploded in the Beirut area, killing one person and wounding dozens, since the Nahr al-Bared fighting began. A small bomb was found near a beach resort popular with U.N. peacekeepers in south Lebanon on Wednesday morning, security sources said. They said the 2 kg (4.4 pound) charge had been timed to go off at 6 a.m. (0300 GMT) but it failed to detonate.
By Nazih Siddiq-Reuters
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070606/wl_nm/lebanon_fighting_dc;_ylt=AqUdw2ILQooXe992b227Yv9m.3QA
"We have been talking to the government of Finland, who have been reaching out to Iranian regime," Nokia Siemens Networks spokesman Barry French said
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (Reuters) -- Three Finnish men working for a mobile phone company in Dubai have been detained by Iran while fishing near a disputed island in the Gulf, the Finnish embassy said on Wednesday. The three had apparently drifted into Iranian-controlled waters accidentally while on an angling trip from the United Arab Emirates, said Esa Hurtig, charge d'affaires at the Finnish embassy in Abu Dhabi. Mobile telecoms equipment firm Nokia Siemens Networks told Reuters the three men worked for it in the trade and tourism hub of Dubai. "There are three Finnish citizens who were fishing and strayed into an off-limits area near Abu Musa island. This is a sensitive area and it happens," Hurtig said. "They were detained by the Iranians. We are trying to resolve this issue. I think this will be resolved."
The three were detained on Saturday. Earlier this year, Iran released a German and a Frenchman who had been held for more than a year after being picked up near Abu Musa while on a fishing trip from Dubai. The pair had been convicted of illegally entering Iranian waters. "We have been talking to the government of Finland, who have been reaching out to their Iranian counterparts," Nokia Siemens Networks spokesman Barry French said. The United Arab Emirates and Iran have full diplomatic ties and strong trade links, and are embroiled in a three-decade dispute over three strategic islands in the Gulf, through which a third of the world's sea-borne crude oil passes.
"Iranian authorities have told us that they are in good condition, but we have not been able to contact them directly," Finish Foreign Ministry official Pasi Tuominen told Reuters. Finnish ambassador to Iran, Heikki Puurunen, said the embassy was seeking a meeting with Iranian officials on Wednesday. So far, he told Reuters, contacts with Iranian officials had been only by telephone because of a national holiday on Monday and Tuesday.
Source CNN
The three were detained on Saturday. Earlier this year, Iran released a German and a Frenchman who had been held for more than a year after being picked up near Abu Musa while on a fishing trip from Dubai. The pair had been convicted of illegally entering Iranian waters. "We have been talking to the government of Finland, who have been reaching out to their Iranian counterparts," Nokia Siemens Networks spokesman Barry French said. The United Arab Emirates and Iran have full diplomatic ties and strong trade links, and are embroiled in a three-decade dispute over three strategic islands in the Gulf, through which a third of the world's sea-borne crude oil passes.
"Iranian authorities have told us that they are in good condition, but we have not been able to contact them directly," Finish Foreign Ministry official Pasi Tuominen told Reuters. Finnish ambassador to Iran, Heikki Puurunen, said the embassy was seeking a meeting with Iranian officials on Wednesday. So far, he told Reuters, contacts with Iranian officials had been only by telephone because of a national holiday on Monday and Tuesday.
Source CNN
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