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Mr Karzai ,Seems to be changing his tune on some issues with the United States,
He seems to be taking the side of the Taliban more and more .
Who Knows if he is serious or just being an Ass Clown and trying to tell his people what they want to hear to strengthen his political position !
Foxnews
The president of Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai, has cast doubt over NATO’s planned summer offensive against the Taliban in the southern province of Kandahar, as more than 10,000 American troops pour in for the fight.
Karzai threatened to delay or even cancel the operation — one of the biggest of the nine-year war — after being confronted in Kandahar by elders who said it would bring strife, not security, to his home province.
Visiting last week to rally support for the offensive, the president was instead overwhelmed by a barrage of complaints about corruption and misrule. As he was heckled at a shura of 1,500 tribal leaders and elders, he appeared to offer them a veto over military action. “Are you happy or unhappy for the operation to be carried out?” he asked.
The elders shouted back: “We are not happy.”
“Then until the time you say you are happy, the operation will not happen,” Karzai replied.
General Stanley McChrystal, the NATO commander, who was sitting behind him, looked distinctly apprehensive. The remarks have compounded U.S. anger and bewilderment with Karzai, who has already accused the United States of rigging last year’s presidential elections and even threatened to switch sides to join the Taliban.
Sunday, April 11, 2010
Saturday, April 10, 2010
Pakistani jets kill 45 people in Khyber: militants
A little one two punch to some Islamic Radicals (Taliban).
Pakistan is on a big time roll with taking out these jackass's , it took awhile but now it seems they get it !
Dead Islamic Militant radicals , are the only good ones , As for the "civilians" ,unless they were being used as human shields , they probably were not so innocent !
(Reuters) - Pakistani fighter jets bombed a militant position in the Khyber region on the Afghan border on Saturday, killing at least 45 people, a senior member of a militant group in the region said.
The strike was carried out in the remote valley of Tirah, the militant, who declined to be named, told Reuters.
"They first hit a house where our people were present and minutes later, when people got there to remove bodies from the rubble, jets attacked again," the militant said.
He said the dead included both militants and civilians.
A military spokesman confirmed that aircraft bombed militant hideouts in the region but said he had no information about casualties.
"We anticipate that the number of dead would be high because the bombardment was very intense," Rehan Khattak, a senior government official in the region, told Reuters. "We're trying to get exact figures."
A semi-autonomous Pashtun tribal region, Khyber is a major route for Western supplies trucked from Karachi's port to landlocked Afghanistan through the Khyber Pass. Militants have frequently attacked convoys in the region.
Pakistan is on a big time roll with taking out these jackass's , it took awhile but now it seems they get it !
Dead Islamic Militant radicals , are the only good ones , As for the "civilians" ,unless they were being used as human shields , they probably were not so innocent !
(Reuters) - Pakistani fighter jets bombed a militant position in the Khyber region on the Afghan border on Saturday, killing at least 45 people, a senior member of a militant group in the region said.
The strike was carried out in the remote valley of Tirah, the militant, who declined to be named, told Reuters.
"They first hit a house where our people were present and minutes later, when people got there to remove bodies from the rubble, jets attacked again," the militant said.
He said the dead included both militants and civilians.
A military spokesman confirmed that aircraft bombed militant hideouts in the region but said he had no information about casualties.
"We anticipate that the number of dead would be high because the bombardment was very intense," Rehan Khattak, a senior government official in the region, told Reuters. "We're trying to get exact figures."
A semi-autonomous Pashtun tribal region, Khyber is a major route for Western supplies trucked from Karachi's port to landlocked Afghanistan through the Khyber Pass. Militants have frequently attacked convoys in the region.
Friday, April 9, 2010
Drug gang hangs two from bridge near Mexico City
"WARNING" GRAPHIC PHOTO "WARNING"
Mexico Has gone to hell in a Hand basket , A report yesterday said that 80,000 people have fled Jaurez Mexico , to El Paso in the past year or so , They drive their cars over and never go back ! And 400,000 people have left the borders states of Mexico in the past couple of years !
Guess where they Went!
(Reuters) - Suspected drug hitmen hung the bodies of two men off a major bridge on Friday in a weekend get-away near Mexico City in the latest brazen act of drug violence near the capital.
The two men were found stripped to the waist and hung by the neck from the bridge near a shopping mall early Friday morning in Cuernavaca, said the attorney general's office for Morelos state, which includes the city.
Mexican media reported the hitmen riddled the bodies with bullets before fleeing the scene.
"Given the characteristics of this act, the killings appear to be linked to drug cartels and it is something we are seeing more of in the area," said a spokesman for the attorney general's office who declined to be named.
Drug violence is raging across Mexico and almost 20,000 people have died in the fight among cartels and with Mexican security forces since President Felipe Calderon launched his army-led crackdown on drug gangs in late 2006.
Mexico Has gone to hell in a Hand basket , A report yesterday said that 80,000 people have fled Jaurez Mexico , to El Paso in the past year or so , They drive their cars over and never go back ! And 400,000 people have left the borders states of Mexico in the past couple of years !
Guess where they Went!
(Reuters) - Suspected drug hitmen hung the bodies of two men off a major bridge on Friday in a weekend get-away near Mexico City in the latest brazen act of drug violence near the capital.
The two men were found stripped to the waist and hung by the neck from the bridge near a shopping mall early Friday morning in Cuernavaca, said the attorney general's office for Morelos state, which includes the city.
Mexican media reported the hitmen riddled the bodies with bullets before fleeing the scene.
"Given the characteristics of this act, the killings appear to be linked to drug cartels and it is something we are seeing more of in the area," said a spokesman for the attorney general's office who declined to be named.
Drug violence is raging across Mexico and almost 20,000 people have died in the fight among cartels and with Mexican security forces since President Felipe Calderon launched his army-led crackdown on drug gangs in late 2006.
Muslim Woman Strangled by Burqa in Go-Kart Accident
Another reason to ban Burqa's .
Foxnews
A Muslim woman was killed Thursday in Australia when her burqa got caught while she was driving a go-kart.
The 24-year-old woman's head covering snagged in the vehicle's wheels, immediately strangling her, according to the Daily Mail. The vehicle then crashed.
Paramedics quickly rushed to her aid, but doctors at the local hospital were unable to revive her because of the severity of her neck and throat injuries.
Foxnews
A Muslim woman was killed Thursday in Australia when her burqa got caught while she was driving a go-kart.
The 24-year-old woman's head covering snagged in the vehicle's wheels, immediately strangling her, according to the Daily Mail. The vehicle then crashed.
Paramedics quickly rushed to her aid, but doctors at the local hospital were unable to revive her because of the severity of her neck and throat injuries.
Thursday, April 8, 2010
Child bride dies of internal bleeding in Yemen
Just another case of Pedophilia in a Muslim country , and Could you call this Murder ?
Islam allows Pedophilia everywhere it is , you can call it nothing else , As disgusting as it is , Little girls a married off to men way older than they are and abused beyond Belief , It is in the culture of Islam , Muslims are followers of Mohamed , The biggest pedophile of them all !
(Reuters) - A 13-year-old Yemeni girl died three days after marrying a man twice her age, due to internal bleeding following intercourse, a Yemeni human rights group and UNICEF said.
The girl's death comes amid ongoing debate on whether to set a minimum age for brides in Yemen, where human rights groups say one in every three girls is married before the age of 18.
Elham Mahdi Shoi died in the west of the Arab state earlier this month, said Sisters Arab Forum (SAF).
Sigrid Kaag, regional director for UNICEF, said in a statement that the United Nations child agency was "dismayed by the death of yet another child bride in Yemen."
"Elham is a martyr of abuse of children's lives in Yemen and a clear example of what is justified by the lack of limits on the age of marriage," SAF said in a statement.
The case of a nine-year-old Yemeni child bride, Nujood Ali, was thrust into the spotlight after it was reported by a Yemeni newspaper and a French journalist wrote her memoir, which was published in March.
In the harrowing memoir, Nujood tells how at age 9 she was forced to marry a man three times her age, raped and beaten, then made Yemeni history by getting a divorce two years ago.
As suggested in the memoir, child brides in Yemen are fueled by a combination of a lack of women's rights, economic hardships and a culture that deplores bringing families shame, making it difficult to speak out.
Islam allows Pedophilia everywhere it is , you can call it nothing else , As disgusting as it is , Little girls a married off to men way older than they are and abused beyond Belief , It is in the culture of Islam , Muslims are followers of Mohamed , The biggest pedophile of them all !
(Reuters) - A 13-year-old Yemeni girl died three days after marrying a man twice her age, due to internal bleeding following intercourse, a Yemeni human rights group and UNICEF said.
The girl's death comes amid ongoing debate on whether to set a minimum age for brides in Yemen, where human rights groups say one in every three girls is married before the age of 18.
Elham Mahdi Shoi died in the west of the Arab state earlier this month, said Sisters Arab Forum (SAF).
Sigrid Kaag, regional director for UNICEF, said in a statement that the United Nations child agency was "dismayed by the death of yet another child bride in Yemen."
"Elham is a martyr of abuse of children's lives in Yemen and a clear example of what is justified by the lack of limits on the age of marriage," SAF said in a statement.
The case of a nine-year-old Yemeni child bride, Nujood Ali, was thrust into the spotlight after it was reported by a Yemeni newspaper and a French journalist wrote her memoir, which was published in March.
In the harrowing memoir, Nujood tells how at age 9 she was forced to marry a man three times her age, raped and beaten, then made Yemeni history by getting a divorce two years ago.
As suggested in the memoir, child brides in Yemen are fueled by a combination of a lack of women's rights, economic hardships and a culture that deplores bringing families shame, making it difficult to speak out.
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Iran's president attacks Obama on nuclear "threat"
"Obama made these latest remarks because he is inexperienced and an amateur politician," Ahmadinejad said on Iranian television. "American politicians are like cowboys. Whenever they have legal shortcomings, their hands go to their guns."
Inexperienced And An Amateur , Maybe so , but he is better than you !
And it is better to have some legal Shortcomings , than to just have some uh Shortcomings !
(Reuters) - Iran's president issued a scathing personal attack on U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday, calling him an "inexperienced amateur" who was quick to threaten to use nuclear weapons against U.S. enemies.
Commenting on new U.S. policy restrictions on the use of atomic weapons which sent a stern message to nuclear-defiant Iran that it remained a potential target, hard-line Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told Obama that Iran would not yield to threats.
"Obama made these latest remarks because he is inexperienced and an amateur politician," Ahmadinejad said on Iranian television. "American politicians are like cowboys. Whenever they have legal shortcomings, their hands go to their guns."
Obama made a diplomatic overture to Tehran soon after taking office in 2009, urging it to "unclench its fist."
But since then a confrontation has intensified over Iran's nuclear activities which the West suspects are aimed at developing an atomic bomb and Tehran says are for civilian use.
Obama is urging U.N. Security Council members to back new sanctions against Iran.
His changes to U.S. weapons policy were announced before a nuclear summit in Washington next week. He renounced the development of new atomic weapons and ruled out the use of nuclear arms against non-nuclear armed states.
But this came with a condition. Countries would be spared a U.S. nuclear response only if they are in compliance with the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. Iran and North Korea would thus not be protected and be potential targets.
Inexperienced And An Amateur , Maybe so , but he is better than you !
And it is better to have some legal Shortcomings , than to just have some uh Shortcomings !
(Reuters) - Iran's president issued a scathing personal attack on U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday, calling him an "inexperienced amateur" who was quick to threaten to use nuclear weapons against U.S. enemies.
Commenting on new U.S. policy restrictions on the use of atomic weapons which sent a stern message to nuclear-defiant Iran that it remained a potential target, hard-line Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told Obama that Iran would not yield to threats.
"Obama made these latest remarks because he is inexperienced and an amateur politician," Ahmadinejad said on Iranian television. "American politicians are like cowboys. Whenever they have legal shortcomings, their hands go to their guns."
Obama made a diplomatic overture to Tehran soon after taking office in 2009, urging it to "unclench its fist."
But since then a confrontation has intensified over Iran's nuclear activities which the West suspects are aimed at developing an atomic bomb and Tehran says are for civilian use.
Obama is urging U.N. Security Council members to back new sanctions against Iran.
His changes to U.S. weapons policy were announced before a nuclear summit in Washington next week. He renounced the development of new atomic weapons and ruled out the use of nuclear arms against non-nuclear armed states.
But this came with a condition. Countries would be spared a U.S. nuclear response only if they are in compliance with the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. Iran and North Korea would thus not be protected and be potential targets.
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
IAEA inspects Syria reactor in uranium traces probe
The IAEA is far behind in the game of connect the Dots .
There is a reason why Syria will not let the IAEA inspectors search the Alleged Nuclear Sites !
IT IS BECAUSE THEY ARE TRYING TO HIDE SOMETHING !
(Reuters) - U.N. inspectors have been able to revisit a Damascus nuclear research reactor as part of a probe into possible covert atomic activity in Syria, diplomats said on Tuesday.
But Syria continues to deny inspectors follow-up access to a desert site where Israel bombed a building in 2007 which U.S. intelligence reports said was a nascent, North Korean-designed nuclear reactor geared to yield atomic bomb fuel.
The Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency has been checking whether there could be a link between the Damascus reactor and the bombed Dair Alzour site after discovering unexplained particles of processed uranium at both.
Syria turned down a planned IAEA inspection of the Damascus reactor in February, saying it was too busy with preparations for an IAEA Board of Governors meeting. But inspectors have now been allowed to examine the site.
"They visited Damascus only," a diplomat close to the IAEA said. The nuclear watchdog's next report on Syria is due toward the end of May.
Syria, an ally of Iran which is under investigation over nuclear proliferation suspicions, has denied ever having an atom bomb programme.
But in his February report on Syria, new IAEA chief Yukiya Amano gave independent support to Western suspicions for the first time by saying the uranium traces found in a 2008 visit by inspectors pointed to nuclear-related activity on the ground.
Syria's envoy to the IAEA has suggested Israel dropped uranium particles on to its soil to make it look as if a covert nuclear weapons plant was being built, an explanation which has been treated with skepticism by Western diplomats.
The IAEA wants to re-examine the desert site so it can take samples from rubble removed immediately after the air strike.
A point of serious Stupidity here ,
If the samples they would like to inspect were removed immediately After the Israeli airstrike how are they going to Examine them ?
Would they not need to go to where they were removed to ?
Do they think Syria will just hand them over for inspection ?
The agency has also been seeking access to three other Syrian sites under military control whose look was altered by landscaping after inspectors asked for access.
Look a shrubbery here a Nice Hosta over there throw in a few flowering plants in between and surprise , No nuke Site here !
Israel is widely believed to be the only Middle East state to possess nuclear weapons, although it maintains public ambiguity about its capability.
There is a reason why Syria will not let the IAEA inspectors search the Alleged Nuclear Sites !
IT IS BECAUSE THEY ARE TRYING TO HIDE SOMETHING !
(Reuters) - U.N. inspectors have been able to revisit a Damascus nuclear research reactor as part of a probe into possible covert atomic activity in Syria, diplomats said on Tuesday.
But Syria continues to deny inspectors follow-up access to a desert site where Israel bombed a building in 2007 which U.S. intelligence reports said was a nascent, North Korean-designed nuclear reactor geared to yield atomic bomb fuel.
The Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency has been checking whether there could be a link between the Damascus reactor and the bombed Dair Alzour site after discovering unexplained particles of processed uranium at both.
Syria turned down a planned IAEA inspection of the Damascus reactor in February, saying it was too busy with preparations for an IAEA Board of Governors meeting. But inspectors have now been allowed to examine the site.
"They visited Damascus only," a diplomat close to the IAEA said. The nuclear watchdog's next report on Syria is due toward the end of May.
Syria, an ally of Iran which is under investigation over nuclear proliferation suspicions, has denied ever having an atom bomb programme.
But in his February report on Syria, new IAEA chief Yukiya Amano gave independent support to Western suspicions for the first time by saying the uranium traces found in a 2008 visit by inspectors pointed to nuclear-related activity on the ground.
Syria's envoy to the IAEA has suggested Israel dropped uranium particles on to its soil to make it look as if a covert nuclear weapons plant was being built, an explanation which has been treated with skepticism by Western diplomats.
The IAEA wants to re-examine the desert site so it can take samples from rubble removed immediately after the air strike.
A point of serious Stupidity here ,
If the samples they would like to inspect were removed immediately After the Israeli airstrike how are they going to Examine them ?
Would they not need to go to where they were removed to ?
Do they think Syria will just hand them over for inspection ?
The agency has also been seeking access to three other Syrian sites under military control whose look was altered by landscaping after inspectors asked for access.
Look a shrubbery here a Nice Hosta over there throw in a few flowering plants in between and surprise , No nuke Site here !
Israel is widely believed to be the only Middle East state to possess nuclear weapons, although it maintains public ambiguity about its capability.
Border Fence Under Renewed Fire After Rancher Killing
A simple solution , Build the Fence anyway !
Then patrol it with more humans , but at least hire ones who are not afraid to use their guns when needed .
And maybe a new Border Patrol Policy to go along with everything here ...When you are assaulted with bullets or rocks be sure to shoot who is doing the assaulting no matter where they stand !
Foxnews
The killing of Arizona rancher Robert Krentz allegedly by an illegal immigrant has some critics pointing out that hundreds of miles of U.S.-Mexico border fencing isn't even high enough to stop a person on foot.
Of the 646 miles of barriers currently constructed along the 2,000-mile southern border of the United States, 300 miles are vehicle barriers, according to the Department of Homeland Security. That means they're meant to keep out cars and trucks, but aren't high enough to keep out people crossing the border illegally on foot.
Fencing in place just south of the Krentz family ranch in southeastern Arizona is exactly that kind of vehicle barrier, plus there's a sizable gap in the fence nearby.
Residents and officials say the security barrier is simply ineffective, and that the killing last month is shining a light on the problem.
Rancher Wendy Glenn, Krentz's longtime friend and neighbor who heard the man's last radio transmission to his brother, said she has roughly 4 miles of border fence along Malpai Ranch. The "wildlife-friendly" barrier -- one that allows large animals and determined people to pass through freely -- ranges from large Normandy-style "X" crosses to standard posts and rails, topping off at no more than six feet high, she said.
"It doesn't keep any people out," Glenn told FoxNews.com on Monday. "We don't want any more fence here. We want more people on the border. No matter what they put in, they're going to tunnel under, cut through, or use ladders. We don't need that."
Glenn characterized the border fence as a "big waste of money" and called for increased federal presence along the remote areas, as well increased communication among law enforcement agencies.
Then patrol it with more humans , but at least hire ones who are not afraid to use their guns when needed .
And maybe a new Border Patrol Policy to go along with everything here ...When you are assaulted with bullets or rocks be sure to shoot who is doing the assaulting no matter where they stand !
Foxnews
The killing of Arizona rancher Robert Krentz allegedly by an illegal immigrant has some critics pointing out that hundreds of miles of U.S.-Mexico border fencing isn't even high enough to stop a person on foot.
Of the 646 miles of barriers currently constructed along the 2,000-mile southern border of the United States, 300 miles are vehicle barriers, according to the Department of Homeland Security. That means they're meant to keep out cars and trucks, but aren't high enough to keep out people crossing the border illegally on foot.
Fencing in place just south of the Krentz family ranch in southeastern Arizona is exactly that kind of vehicle barrier, plus there's a sizable gap in the fence nearby.
Residents and officials say the security barrier is simply ineffective, and that the killing last month is shining a light on the problem.
Rancher Wendy Glenn, Krentz's longtime friend and neighbor who heard the man's last radio transmission to his brother, said she has roughly 4 miles of border fence along Malpai Ranch. The "wildlife-friendly" barrier -- one that allows large animals and determined people to pass through freely -- ranges from large Normandy-style "X" crosses to standard posts and rails, topping off at no more than six feet high, she said.
"It doesn't keep any people out," Glenn told FoxNews.com on Monday. "We don't want any more fence here. We want more people on the border. No matter what they put in, they're going to tunnel under, cut through, or use ladders. We don't need that."
Glenn characterized the border fence as a "big waste of money" and called for increased federal presence along the remote areas, as well increased communication among law enforcement agencies.
Monday, April 5, 2010
Gunmen attack U.S. consulate in Pakistan
President Zardari , is giving up his main powers which may ease political tensions in Pakistan but will do nothing to ease tensions with the Taliban .
The Taliban will never be happy with anything or Anybody , Their attacks like the ones at the U.S. consulate and the Political rally where they did nothing but kill and injure their own Muslim people Should tell everyone that !
(Reuters) - Militants using a car bomb and firing weapons attacked the U.S. consulate in the Pakistani city of Peshawar on Monday hours after a suicide bomber killed 38 people elsewhere in the northwest, officials said.
Pakistani Taliban militants claimed responsibility for the attack on the consulate, in which eight people, including three militants, were killed but no one in the mission was hurt.
They vowed more violence.
Islamist attacks have raised fears for the future of the nuclear-armed U.S. ally, also beset by economic problems and chronic political wrangling.
But in a move that should ease political infighting, President Asif Ali Zardari called on parliament to approve quickly reforms that will see him give up his main powers.
The assault on the tightly guarded consulate was launched hours after the bomb blast at a rally of supporters of an ethnic Pashtun-based political party staunchly opposed to the militants.
The attacks underscored the danger posed by militants after a year of military offensives which have dealt the Islamists significant setbacks.
"I saw attackers in two vehicles. Some of them carried rocket-propelled grenades. They first opened fire at security personnel at the post near the consulate and then blasts went off," Peshawar resident Siraj Afridi told Reuters.
The Taliban will never be happy with anything or Anybody , Their attacks like the ones at the U.S. consulate and the Political rally where they did nothing but kill and injure their own Muslim people Should tell everyone that !
(Reuters) - Militants using a car bomb and firing weapons attacked the U.S. consulate in the Pakistani city of Peshawar on Monday hours after a suicide bomber killed 38 people elsewhere in the northwest, officials said.
Pakistani Taliban militants claimed responsibility for the attack on the consulate, in which eight people, including three militants, were killed but no one in the mission was hurt.
They vowed more violence.
Islamist attacks have raised fears for the future of the nuclear-armed U.S. ally, also beset by economic problems and chronic political wrangling.
But in a move that should ease political infighting, President Asif Ali Zardari called on parliament to approve quickly reforms that will see him give up his main powers.
The assault on the tightly guarded consulate was launched hours after the bomb blast at a rally of supporters of an ethnic Pashtun-based political party staunchly opposed to the militants.
The attacks underscored the danger posed by militants after a year of military offensives which have dealt the Islamists significant setbacks.
"I saw attackers in two vehicles. Some of them carried rocket-propelled grenades. They first opened fire at security personnel at the post near the consulate and then blasts went off," Peshawar resident Siraj Afridi told Reuters.
Pakistan's Army accused of extra-judicial killings
The Lahore-based Human Rights Commission of Pakistan provided a list of 249 suspected extra-judicial killings from July 30, 2009, to March 22, 2010, saying most of the bodies were found in Swat. It said independent journalists and locals widely believed security forces were behind them.
Widely Believed Without any proof .
And these were suspected Taliban Sympathizers , People that probably were not to nice in the first place , that is why they supported the Taliban .
And the U.S. is supposed to reprimand Pakistan over this when we are accused of taking out Civilians at every predator drone strike ?
The people that support the Taliban( "Sympathizers" ) are no better than the Taliban themselves ! If they are killed because the are in close proximity to their Male lovers at the time of their demise , it should be considered a two for one special !
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pakistani army is facing fresh accusations of carrying out extra-judicial killings and torture, claims which could threaten U.S. funding for any units singled out for abuse.
New York-based Human Rights Watch said it had briefed U.S. State Department and congressional officials about mounting evidence of more than 200 summary executions in Swat Valley in the past eight months of suspected Taliban sympathizers.
Pakistan's army denied the group's accusations of abuse in Swat, home to about 1.3 million people and the site of a much-lauded military operation last year to take back the former Taliban stronghold.
"Swat is open to journalists and you can conduct investigative reporting there," Pakistani Army spokesman Major General Athar Abbas told Reuters in Islamabad. "Have you seen any sort of report in Pakistani newspapers?"
The Lahore-based Human Rights Commission of Pakistan provided a list of 249 suspected extra-judicial killings from July 30, 2009, to March 22, 2010, saying most of the bodies were found in Swat. It said independent journalists and locals widely believed security forces were behind them.
Officials in Washington said they were taking the accusations of abuse seriously. The Obama administration has raised the matter with Islamabad, officials said.
"We have shared our concern about these allegations with senior Pakistani officials and will continue to monitor the situation closely," State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley said.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates has also discussed U.S. concerns with Pakistani military and government officials.
"While our strong bilateral relationship with Pakistan and our close partnership in combating terrorism are very important to us, we take allegations of human rights abuses seriously," said Geoff Morrell, Pentagon press secretary.
Widely Believed Without any proof .
And these were suspected Taliban Sympathizers , People that probably were not to nice in the first place , that is why they supported the Taliban .
And the U.S. is supposed to reprimand Pakistan over this when we are accused of taking out Civilians at every predator drone strike ?
The people that support the Taliban( "Sympathizers" ) are no better than the Taliban themselves ! If they are killed because the are in close proximity to their Male lovers at the time of their demise , it should be considered a two for one special !
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pakistani army is facing fresh accusations of carrying out extra-judicial killings and torture, claims which could threaten U.S. funding for any units singled out for abuse.
New York-based Human Rights Watch said it had briefed U.S. State Department and congressional officials about mounting evidence of more than 200 summary executions in Swat Valley in the past eight months of suspected Taliban sympathizers.
Pakistan's army denied the group's accusations of abuse in Swat, home to about 1.3 million people and the site of a much-lauded military operation last year to take back the former Taliban stronghold.
"Swat is open to journalists and you can conduct investigative reporting there," Pakistani Army spokesman Major General Athar Abbas told Reuters in Islamabad. "Have you seen any sort of report in Pakistani newspapers?"
The Lahore-based Human Rights Commission of Pakistan provided a list of 249 suspected extra-judicial killings from July 30, 2009, to March 22, 2010, saying most of the bodies were found in Swat. It said independent journalists and locals widely believed security forces were behind them.
Officials in Washington said they were taking the accusations of abuse seriously. The Obama administration has raised the matter with Islamabad, officials said.
"We have shared our concern about these allegations with senior Pakistani officials and will continue to monitor the situation closely," State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley said.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates has also discussed U.S. concerns with Pakistani military and government officials.
"While our strong bilateral relationship with Pakistan and our close partnership in combating terrorism are very important to us, we take allegations of human rights abuses seriously," said Geoff Morrell, Pentagon press secretary.
Saturday, April 3, 2010
Gunmen storm Sunni enclave in Baghdad, kill 24
Just some insane Muslim killing Muslim antics in a normal day in Iraq !
The bummer is that the people killed were former "Insurgents" (Al Qaida), that have turned on their former gang of Rejects , and help stop some of the violence in Iraq and steer it on it's way to stability !
Not that I am giving them a Pass on what they used to be , They got what they Deserve !
It is just bad for Iraq , They lost some people who were trying to help .
(Reuters) - Gunmen wearing military uniforms stormed a Sunni Muslim village near Baghdad and killed 24 people, some of them former insurgents who turned against al Qaeda, Iraqi authorities said on Saturday.
The attackers may have been pretending to be U.S. soldiers because they wore U.S.-style uniforms, sunglasses, and spoke some English, according to an Iraqi military source at the scene.
The attack occurred on Friday in a Sunni enclave called Albusaifi in the southern part of Baghdad province, a former stronghold of al Qaeda militants. A police source said the gunmen handcuffed the victims and shot them in the head.
At least seven people were left alive, their hands tied behind their backs, Baghdad security spokesman Major General Qassim al-Moussawi said.
"The terrorist group drove cars and killed 24 people, including five women," Moussawi said.
Iraqi authorities had warned of a possible escalation of violence due to rising tensions surrounding a March 7 parliamentary election that produced no clear winner.
Iraqi and U.S. troops sealed off the area. Moussawi said 25 people were arrested and security forces were searching for more.
SONS OF IRAQ
Moussawi said some of the victims were members of the Iraqi security forces and others of the Sahwa movement, or the "Sons of Iraq." The group comprises Sunni former insurgents who joined the Iraqi government and U.S. forces to fight al Qaeda militants and are credited with helping turn the tide of the Iraq war.
"This is al Qaeda's doing," said a Sahwa leader who asked not to be named.
Another Sahwa official in southern Baghdad said the area was once an al Qaeda stronghold freed from "terrorists" by the Sons of Iraq.
The bummer is that the people killed were former "Insurgents" (Al Qaida), that have turned on their former gang of Rejects , and help stop some of the violence in Iraq and steer it on it's way to stability !
Not that I am giving them a Pass on what they used to be , They got what they Deserve !
It is just bad for Iraq , They lost some people who were trying to help .
(Reuters) - Gunmen wearing military uniforms stormed a Sunni Muslim village near Baghdad and killed 24 people, some of them former insurgents who turned against al Qaeda, Iraqi authorities said on Saturday.
The attackers may have been pretending to be U.S. soldiers because they wore U.S.-style uniforms, sunglasses, and spoke some English, according to an Iraqi military source at the scene.
The attack occurred on Friday in a Sunni enclave called Albusaifi in the southern part of Baghdad province, a former stronghold of al Qaeda militants. A police source said the gunmen handcuffed the victims and shot them in the head.
At least seven people were left alive, their hands tied behind their backs, Baghdad security spokesman Major General Qassim al-Moussawi said.
"The terrorist group drove cars and killed 24 people, including five women," Moussawi said.
Iraqi authorities had warned of a possible escalation of violence due to rising tensions surrounding a March 7 parliamentary election that produced no clear winner.
Iraqi and U.S. troops sealed off the area. Moussawi said 25 people were arrested and security forces were searching for more.
SONS OF IRAQ
Moussawi said some of the victims were members of the Iraqi security forces and others of the Sahwa movement, or the "Sons of Iraq." The group comprises Sunni former insurgents who joined the Iraqi government and U.S. forces to fight al Qaeda militants and are credited with helping turn the tide of the Iraq war.
"This is al Qaeda's doing," said a Sahwa leader who asked not to be named.
Another Sahwa official in southern Baghdad said the area was once an al Qaeda stronghold freed from "terrorists" by the Sons of Iraq.
Friday, April 2, 2010
Rick Perry among governors receiving threat
Not to be Taken lightly , But this is Hilarious !
El Paso Times
Texas Gov. Rick Perry's office confirmed Friday that it received a threatening letter from an anti-government group calling for the removal of governors from office.
Perry spokeswoman Allison Castle confirmed a letter arrived from Guardians of the free Republics, a group that says it wants to "restore America" by peacefully dismantling parts of government.
The Texas Department of Public Safety is investigating, Castle said. She and the DPS wouldn't release any further details, such as when the letter arrived or what it said.
"We acknowledge that the governor's office did receive one of the letters, and we opened a criminal investigation," DPS spokesman Tom Vinger said. Perry's office was closed Friday for Good Friday, not because of security concerns, Castle said.
This week, dozens of governors across the country received letters saying if they don't leave office within three days they would be removed, according to federal documents obtained by The Associated Press. The FBI is warning local police that the anti-government group's call to remove governors from office could provoke violence, although investigators said they do not see threats of violence in the group's message.
The group on its Web site advertises a "Restore America Plan" that it says "is a bold achievable strategy for behind-the-scenes peaceful reconstruction of ... government without controversy, violence or civil war."
The FBI said it expects all 50 governors to eventually receive the
group's letters.
El Paso Times
Texas Gov. Rick Perry's office confirmed Friday that it received a threatening letter from an anti-government group calling for the removal of governors from office.
Perry spokeswoman Allison Castle confirmed a letter arrived from Guardians of the free Republics, a group that says it wants to "restore America" by peacefully dismantling parts of government.
The Texas Department of Public Safety is investigating, Castle said. She and the DPS wouldn't release any further details, such as when the letter arrived or what it said.
"We acknowledge that the governor's office did receive one of the letters, and we opened a criminal investigation," DPS spokesman Tom Vinger said. Perry's office was closed Friday for Good Friday, not because of security concerns, Castle said.
This week, dozens of governors across the country received letters saying if they don't leave office within three days they would be removed, according to federal documents obtained by The Associated Press. The FBI is warning local police that the anti-government group's call to remove governors from office could provoke violence, although investigators said they do not see threats of violence in the group's message.
The group on its Web site advertises a "Restore America Plan" that it says "is a bold achievable strategy for behind-the-scenes peaceful reconstruction of ... government without controversy, violence or civil war."
The FBI said it expects all 50 governors to eventually receive the
group's letters.
18 gunmen die in coordinated attack on two army bases in Mexico
Soldiers also seized 54 rifles, 61 hand grenades, rocket-propelled grenades, eight homemade explosive devices and six bulletproofed vehicles used by the attackers.
Mexico's northern states are under siege from the escalating violence involving drug gangs.
And as if our Problems of illegal immigration and border violence are not enough , the Mexican Military are in a major battle with the Cartels .
The Above description is from one day in one small area of Mexico !
El Paso Times
VILLAHERMOSA, Mexico -- Dozens of gunmen mounted rare and apparently coordinated attacks targeting two army garrisons in northern Mexico, touching off firefights that killed 18 attackers.
The attempts to blockade soldiers inside their bases - part of seven near-simultaneous attacks across two northern states - appeared to mark a serious escalation in Mexico's drug war, in which cartel gunmen attacked in unit-size forces armed with bulletproof vehicles, dozens of hand grenades and assault rifles.
While drug gunmen frequently shoot at soldiers on patrol, they seldom target army bases, and even more rarely attack in the force displayed during the confrontations Tuesday in the border states of Tamaulipas and Nuevo Leon - areas that have seen a surge of bloodshed in recent months.
The violence mainly involves a fight between the Gulf cartel and its former allies, the Zetas, a gang of hit men. The cartel - which has apparently formed an alliance with other cartels seeking to exterminate the Zetas - has been warning people in the region with a series of banners and e-mails that the conflict would get worse over the next two to three months.
Gunmen staged seven separate attacks on the army, including three blockades, Gen. Edgar Luis Villegas said Wednesday. He called the attacks "desperate reactions by criminal gangs to the progress being made by federal authorities" against Mexico's drug cartels.
Mexico's northern states are under siege from the escalating violence involving drug gangs.
And as if our Problems of illegal immigration and border violence are not enough , the Mexican Military are in a major battle with the Cartels .
The Above description is from one day in one small area of Mexico !
El Paso Times
VILLAHERMOSA, Mexico -- Dozens of gunmen mounted rare and apparently coordinated attacks targeting two army garrisons in northern Mexico, touching off firefights that killed 18 attackers.
The attempts to blockade soldiers inside their bases - part of seven near-simultaneous attacks across two northern states - appeared to mark a serious escalation in Mexico's drug war, in which cartel gunmen attacked in unit-size forces armed with bulletproof vehicles, dozens of hand grenades and assault rifles.
While drug gunmen frequently shoot at soldiers on patrol, they seldom target army bases, and even more rarely attack in the force displayed during the confrontations Tuesday in the border states of Tamaulipas and Nuevo Leon - areas that have seen a surge of bloodshed in recent months.
The violence mainly involves a fight between the Gulf cartel and its former allies, the Zetas, a gang of hit men. The cartel - which has apparently formed an alliance with other cartels seeking to exterminate the Zetas - has been warning people in the region with a series of banners and e-mails that the conflict would get worse over the next two to three months.
Gunmen staged seven separate attacks on the army, including three blockades, Gen. Edgar Luis Villegas said Wednesday. He called the attacks "desperate reactions by criminal gangs to the progress being made by federal authorities" against Mexico's drug cartels.
Fort Hancock on high alert as Mexican town across border braces for cartel gun battle
There is a lot going on down in Mexico , things are about to burst and our lovely "Guvament in charge" is denying there are any problems !
And my theory on why that is ...
More illegal immigrants in the U.S are good for the Democratic Party !
So A flood of Immigrants claiming they want Political Asylum is an easy way of achieving that , You can't turn a political refugee away and once they are here ... you can't send em back !
El Paso Times
Residents of a small Mexican border town under siege by at least one of the country's most notorious drug cartels are fleeing into a tiny Texas community, which is on high alert and preparing for a surge of illegal immigrants should a street battle break out with another cartel - or if gunmen begin carrying out a threat to start killing the town's children.
At least 30 residents of El Porvenir, located about four miles from the Texas border town of Fort Hancock, have crossed into the U.S. and asked for political asylum, telling authorities that they fear for their lives. Fort Hancock officials tell FoxNews.com that they consider the situation serious.
And my theory on why that is ...
More illegal immigrants in the U.S are good for the Democratic Party !
So A flood of Immigrants claiming they want Political Asylum is an easy way of achieving that , You can't turn a political refugee away and once they are here ... you can't send em back !
El Paso Times
Residents of a small Mexican border town under siege by at least one of the country's most notorious drug cartels are fleeing into a tiny Texas community, which is on high alert and preparing for a surge of illegal immigrants should a street battle break out with another cartel - or if gunmen begin carrying out a threat to start killing the town's children.
At least 30 residents of El Porvenir, located about four miles from the Texas border town of Fort Hancock, have crossed into the U.S. and asked for political asylum, telling authorities that they fear for their lives. Fort Hancock officials tell FoxNews.com that they consider the situation serious.
Six Iraq al Qaeda leaders killed or arrested: U.S.
Dead Al Qaida Guys ! Hell Yeah !
And a few arrested ones , still awesome , hopefully they have been getting squezzed for info about the AQ network and there will be more deaths and maybe some arrests !
BAGHDAD
(Reuters) -U.S. and Iraqi troops have killed or arrested at least six suspected al Qaeda leaders allegedly involved in an extortion and assassination ring in northern Iraq, the U.S. military said.
The suspected militants were killed or arrested in security operations from March 18 to 24 in Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad and an al Qaeda stronghold, it said in a statement late on Thursday.
The suspects were accused of involvement in an extortion and assassination network that helped fund al Qaeda around Mosul. Its targets included oil companies and small businesses, the statement said.
Those killed were identified as the al Qaeda emir of northern Iraq, Khalid Muhammad Hasan Shallub al-Juburi; economic security emir Abu Ahmad al-Afri; and the suspected al Qaeda governor of Mosul, Bashar Khalaf Husyan Ali al-Jaburi.
The military said three top suspected oil-extortion figures were among a dozen people arrested on March 24 in a security sweep.
"Without these individuals in the AQI (al Qaeda in Iraq) network, it is expected that AQI's ability to operate and restructure will be severely hindered," it said.
For a little while yes , but Al Qaida are masters of waiting !
The joint U.S.-Iraqi operations were carried out pursuant to a warrant from an Iraqi judge.
And a few arrested ones , still awesome , hopefully they have been getting squezzed for info about the AQ network and there will be more deaths and maybe some arrests !
BAGHDAD
(Reuters) -U.S. and Iraqi troops have killed or arrested at least six suspected al Qaeda leaders allegedly involved in an extortion and assassination ring in northern Iraq, the U.S. military said.
The suspected militants were killed or arrested in security operations from March 18 to 24 in Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad and an al Qaeda stronghold, it said in a statement late on Thursday.
The suspects were accused of involvement in an extortion and assassination network that helped fund al Qaeda around Mosul. Its targets included oil companies and small businesses, the statement said.
Those killed were identified as the al Qaeda emir of northern Iraq, Khalid Muhammad Hasan Shallub al-Juburi; economic security emir Abu Ahmad al-Afri; and the suspected al Qaeda governor of Mosul, Bashar Khalaf Husyan Ali al-Jaburi.
The military said three top suspected oil-extortion figures were among a dozen people arrested on March 24 in a security sweep.
"Without these individuals in the AQI (al Qaeda in Iraq) network, it is expected that AQI's ability to operate and restructure will be severely hindered," it said.
For a little while yes , but Al Qaida are masters of waiting !
The joint U.S.-Iraqi operations were carried out pursuant to a warrant from an Iraqi judge.
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