Saudi Arabian mother becomes the
First Lady of al-Qaeda
Jihadist conglomerate in Bangladesh preparing for
offensives
Get tough with 26/11 plotters, Chidambaram tells
Pak
Karachi-bound ship with
explosives held
Taliban Kill 11 In
Afghan
10 militants killed in Orakzai
11 beheaded bodies found in
Uruzgan
Eight Taliban surrender in Bajaur
Agency
Obama Is America’s “Educator-in-Chief on Islam”
‘Qaeda Erecting Bunkers In
Sahara’
WAR AGAINST TERROR - `Share
power with Taliban'
Does the Bible predict destruction of Saudi
Arabia?
Was Jinnah's Pakistan worth the
fight?
Controversy Over Candidate's Comment On
Mosque
Islam And Sharia Law Must Be Stopped
Now
Senior Afghan Taliban killed in woman's clothes:
NATO
Kyrgyz
unrest 'systematic, well organised': HRW
British MPs for memorial for descendant of Tipu
Sultan
Pakistan offers to set up corridor for Sikh
pilgrims
King Saud University wins UN
award
Peace tie-up : Children bond at Wagah border
Pakistan:‘Fake degree holders should resign,
apologise to leadership’
Fake
degrees issue may lead to mid-term elections: Nisar
India seeks cooperation among SAARC nations on
tackling terror
Women's rights supporters to protest outside
Saudi mission
17 websites blocked for blasphemous
content
People want AFSPA withdrawal for political gains:
Indian Army chief
Makkah ex-imam’s website
hacked
Al-Arabiya TV offices in Iraq closed in face of
warnings
Libya accuses UNHCR representative of sexual
abuse
British PM wants Afghan troop withdrawal in five
years
The US film that confronts the truth about
Afghanistan
Pak hardsells PoK to Chinese tourists
Pak couples come to India to be parents
Terror
case: Kerala cops role under scanner
Pak Government must destroy Al Qaeda:
Obama
Afghan Minister in London to secure bids for
mineral riches
Mullen headed to Pakistan and
Afghanistan
Petraeus vs Biden: US Afghan
battle
Pak Gets 3 More F-16 Fighter
Jets
Pak
pushing own Afghan agenda, roping in Haqqanis
US drone strike kills two militants in North
Waziristan
Zimbabwe arrests two Pakistani
suspects
Six Pakistanis arrested in S.A for fake passport
shop
2 Levies men kidnapped in
Bajaur
Islamabad, Kabul agree to boost
cooperation
Afghanistan must check anti-Pak activities on its
territory: Gilani
Legal lacuna hits victims of domestic
violence
Indonesia uncovers plots to bomb European
embassy
Britain’s court rejects halt to Afghan prisoner
transfers
Weather is hot topic for Qatar's 2022 World Cup
bid
Several thousand Egyptians protest police
abuse
ElBaradei leads big Egypt anti-torture
protest
Bangladesh: Govt to remove mobile towers from
school rooftops
International Day against Drug
Abuse today
Blast in Kabul as US military chief
arrives
Pak terror suspects held at SA
border
Violence feared as Bangla Opp set for general
strike
For 1st time since revolution: World contemporary
art in Iran
Compiled by
New Age Islam News
Bureau
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Saudi Women vow to breastfeed their
drivers
Jun 26, 2010
Riyadh: Saudi women plan to turn a controversial
fatwa (religious ruling) to their advantage and launch a campaign to achieve
their long-standing demand to drive in this conservative
kingdom.
If the demand is not met, the women threatened to
follow through the fatwa which allows them to breastfeed their drivers and turn
them into their sons.
The campaign will be launched under the slogan:
"We either be allowed to drive or breastfeed foreigners," a journalist told Gulf
News.
Amal Zahid said that their decision follows a
fatwa issued by a renowned scholar which said that Saudi women can breastfeed
their foreign drivers for them to become their
sons.
"As every Saudi family needs a driver, our
campaign will focus on women's right to drive," she
said.
The controversial fatwa, which was regarded as
both funny and weird, issued recently by Shaikh Abdul Mohsin Bin Nasser Al
Obaikan, member of Saudi Council of Senior Scholars and adviser to the king, has
sparked a debate in society.
The renowned scholar said Saudi women can
breastfeed their foreign drivers for them to be become their sons and brothers
to their daughters.
Under this relationship, foreign drivers can mix
freely with all members of the family without breaking the Islamic rule which
does not allow mixing of genders.
Breast milk kinship is considered to be as good
as a blood relationship in Islam.
"A woman can breastfeed a mature man so that he
becomes her son. In this way, he can mix with her and her daughters without
violating the teachings of Islam," the scholar
said.
‘Ridiculous and
weird'
Al Obaikan based his fatwa on a Hadith (saying)
of the Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) which was narrated by Salim, the servant of Abu
Huzaifa.
Later, Al Obaikan clarified that his fatwa was
being distorted by the local media which ignored the condition that the milk
should be drawn out of the woman and given to the man in a cup to
drink.
Speaking to Gulf News, a number of Saudi women
condemned the fatwa. Fatima Al Shammary was quoted by the local Arabic daily Al
Watan as saying the fatwa was "ridiculous and
weird".
"This fatwa has become a hot topic of debate
among women. Is this is all that is left to us to do: to give our breasts to the
foreign drivers?" she said.
Another Saudi woman, who spoke on condition of
anonymity, questioned: "Does Islam allow me to breastfeed a foreign man and
prevent me from driving my own car?
"I have not breastfed my own children. How do you
expect me to do this with a foreign man? What is this nonsense?" she
said.
Another woman said the fatwa should also apply to
the husbands who should be breastfed by housemaids. By doing so, all will be
brothers and sisters," she said.
Hamid Al Ali, a journalist for an electronic
newspaper, recalled that an Egyptian driver who had a crush on a female teacher
he drives to school asked her to breastfeed him. When she retorted angrily, he
said: "I want to be your son."
Saudi writer Suzan Al Mashhadi sarcastically
asked Al Obaikan: "Do the women have to breastfeed the driver in the presence of
their husbands or can they do this alone?"
"Who will protect the wife if the husband entered
the house unexpectedly and found his wife breastfeeding the driver?" she
asked.
Source: Gulfnews.com
http://www.qatarliving.com/node/1119871
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Saudi Arabian mother becomes the First Lady of
al-Qaeda
By Richard Spencer
JUNE 26, 2010
Saudi Arabia is reviewing its terrorism strategy
after the detection of a female run network that was fund raising for
al-Qaeda.
Heila al-Qusayyer, the middle class mother now
described as al-Qaeda's 'First Lady' was running a cell of 60 alleged militants.
She is believed to have been the Arabian peninsula's principal fund-raiser for
al-Qaeda.
Qusayyer holds a degree in geography and was
married to a former executive from Aramco, the all-powerful state oil company,
who gave up all his worldly possessions to become a radical
preacher.
Counter-terror officials have previously assumed
that young men and boys are the principal agents of radical
Islam.
Saudi security chiefs have since set up a
specialist all-female unit at King Saud University, the country's oldest, to
study the appeal of Islamist militancy to women and how best to tackle
it.
"The story of this woman, who was involved in
collecting money, with that money finding its way to al-Qaeda, has been like an
alarm call to us," General Mansur al-Turki of the Saudi interior ministry told
The Daily Telegraph.
There had been previous arrests of women
terrorists, including some involved in bomb preparatio but such is the
sensitivity towards the role of women, they were returned
home.
The country's approach to suspects has become
tougher across the board after Saeed al-Shehri, the deputy leader of Al-Qaeda in
the Arabian Peninsula.
Until then alleged terrorist were mainly put
through a controversial rehabilitation programme with an emphasis on education
and psychology.
Shehri, a former Guantanamo Bay inmate who
returned to Saudi Arabia and then fled to Yemen, specifically demanded the
release of Heila al-Qusayyer, who had been arrested in
February.
Based on confessions she is said to have made in
custody, the authorities say she used the cover of Islamic charities to obtain
donations of cash and jewellery that she passed on to
al-Qaeda.
One payment was of 650,000 Saudi riyals
(GBP120,000).
Saudi newspapers have picked over leaked details
of her arrest, such as that when discovered she was alone with a male suspect -
a violation of strict sharia laws banning the mixing of
sexes.
Wafa al-Shehri, Shehri's wife, was a key
intermediary, returning to Saudi Arabia to recruit women and girls. But Qusayyer
is also said to have been intending to join Saeed al-Shehri and become his
second wife.
Even so, consideration is paid to her right to
privacy as a woman. There is no known photograph of her, even wearing the niqab
or face-veil that is used by all conservative women in the
kingdom.
She was divorced by her first husband,
Abdulkareem al-Humaid, the former oil executive, after he was jailed, so that
she could continue her mission by marrying again.
Gen Turki said that women were possibly easier
prey than men, because they were more affected by issues such as poverty and
unemployment known to be a breeding ground for
militancy.
He said it was also clear that women's restricted
lives under local customs and laws did not mean they were unable to mix with
male militants.
"We must reassure the community about the issue
of al-Qaeda approaching women," he said.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/saudiarabia/7854994/Saudi-Arabian-mother-becomes-the-First-Lady-of-al-Qaeda.html
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Jihadist conglomerate in Bangladesh preparing for
offensives
By Salah Uddin Shoaib
Choudhury
June 26, 2010
After many months of being virtually cornered by
Bangladeshi law enforcing agencies through massive offensives, a number of
Islamist groups in the country recently have formed a conglomerate with the
objective of 'giving a proper response' through series of destructive activities
within the country. According to press report, notorious Jihadist group named
Harkat-Ul-Jihad [HUJI] has aligned with other Islamist groups named Hizbut
Tahrir [HT], Hizb Ut Towhid [HUT] and some other extremist militancy groups in
Bangladesh. This Jihadist conglomerate has connections with international terror
outfits like Al Qaeda, Lashkar-E-Taiba [LET], Sipahi Sahaba etc. They also have
connection with Kashmiri militant groups and separatist outfits in North-Eastern
part of India.
Bangladeshi authorities already banned activities
of Harkat-Ul-Jihad and Hizbut Tahrir for having specific links with several
terrorist activities. Another Islamist terror outfit named Hizb Ut Towhid is
continuing activities inside Bangladesh and in a number of countries in the
world, though Bangladeshi authorities have banned distribution of its Jihadist
and anti-Semitic publications few weeks back. Hizb Ut Towhid kingpin Wazed Khan
Panni alias Selim Panni is collecting members for his group from various parts
of the country. This group also has created a ferocious Female Suicide Squad,
which is being trained with the goal of making offensives mostly in Western
countries.
According to Bangladeshi vernacular daily named
Kaler Kantho, a secret meeting of this Jihadist conglomerate took place on May
28, 2010 under the leadership of HUJI leader Moulana Abu Bakr. During this
meeting it was unanimously decided that the Jihadist conglomerate will publish a
sermon in favor of establishing Sharia law in Bangladesh with the signature of
at least one thousand clergies in the country. They also have decided to publish
another document signed by Taliban kingpin Mollah Omar, with his instruction of
waging Jihad in Bangladesh with the goal of staging 'Islamic revolution'. It is
learnt from another source that, Iranian embassy in Bangladesh as well as
representatives of PLO are closely coordinating and patronizing such notorious
activities within the country. During this meeting, it was disclosed that,
signed sermon of Mollah Omar has already been obtained by Bangladeshi Jihadist
leaders.
In an investigative report, the Bangladeshi
vernacular daily further mentioned that, a 3-member delegation of Jihadist
conglomerates are already in Afghanistan, who will be arriving in the country
with specific instructions from Taliban and Al Qaeda kingpins, right before
beginning Jihad in Bangladesh.
HUJI started its journey in 1988 with repatriated
Jihadist from Afghanistan and Palestine under direct patronization of a number
of countries including Iran, Palestine and Pakistan. One of the top kingpins of
this group is Pakistani national Saifullah Akhar, who was a commander in Afghan
battle ground. Bangladesh national Abdur Rahman Faruki, who also was a commander
in Afghan battle ground, was assigned as the leader of HUJI in Bangladesh. When
Faruki was killed in a mine blast on 11th May 1989, another Bangladeshi national
named Mufti Shafiqur Rahman became the head of HUJI activities in the country.
This group took almost six year for taking preparations and training secretly
and on 30th April 1993, it declared existence in Bangladesh through a press
conference organized at National Press Club in Dhaka [Capital of
Bangladesh].
Initial task of HUJI was to recruit Jihadists
from Qawmi [Koranic] Madrassas in the country for sending them to Afghanistan
and Palestine. After the end of Afghan war, HUJI started sending Jihadist
recruits to Myanmar for getting them training by terror outfits operated by
Arakan and Rohingya Muslims. Some of the commanders of Arakan and Rohingya
terror outfits even came to Bangladeshi territory for secretly giving training
to local Jihadists. On 19th February 1996, a group of Jihadists along with
Myanmar commanders were arrested by Bangladeshi law enforcing agencies with huge
volume of arms and explosives at Chittagong Hill Tract area. This was the first
time; Bangladeshi authorities got evidence of Myanmar terrorists giving training
to local Jihadists recruited by HUJI. According to various reports, presently
more than 15,000 well-trained Jihadists only belonging to HUJI are hiding in
various parts of Bangladesh. The figure will be much higher if the number of
Jihadists under Hizbut Tahrir, Hizb Ut Towhid etc could be
determined.
Several Islamist politicians in Bangladesh are
giving silent assistance to such notorious Jihadist groups and conglomerate.
This group is publishing a Jihadist monthly newspaper named 'Rahmat' [Blessings]
in vernacular language under the active patronization of a leader of an Islamist
political party.
While talking to the local vernacular daily, a
member of the Jihadist conglomerate said, "We are set to wage war for
establishment of Sharia rule in Bangladesh. We wanted to come into open
politics. But, none of the governments ever gave us the chance of doing so. We
have thousands of trained Jihadists in our conglomerate, and we never care about
our lives. We want to stage Islamic revolution in Bangladesh, and we shall
succeed."
According to sources, it was confirmed that this
Jihadist conglomerate will target secular institutions and individuals in
Bangladesh. Anti-Jihadist people and organizations are also on their hit
list.
http://www.weeklyblitz.net/821/jihadist-conglomerate-in-bangladesh-preparing-for
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Get tough with 26/11 plotters, Chidambaram tells
Pak
Vishwa Mohan & Omer Farooq
Khan
Jun 26, 2010
ON BOARD SPECIAL AIRCRAFT/ISLAMABAD: While trying
hard not to strike a shrill note lest it had repercussions for the SAARC home
ministers' conference a day later, India on Friday is understood to have
"politely but firmly" asked Pakistan to expeditiously bring to justice all the
26/11 plotters, including Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed.
India is also believed to have asked Pakistan to
verify details of Pakistani Army personnel and others identified by India's own
investigation as among the 26/11 plotters and whose involvement in the carnage
has been attested to independently by Pakistani-American terrorist David Coleman
Headley.
Indian official sources were tightlipped and
refused to confirm any details.
India is said to have asked Pakistan to hand it
over voice samples of all the seven LeT terrorists who have been in Pakistani
jails for their involvement in 26/11 as "a first step" towards restoring
confidence in the neighbour's intention and putting the trust quotient firmly on
the ground.
Pakistan, on its part, is understood to have told
India that three of the seven arrested ones -- including Zakiur-ur-Rehman Lakvi,
Zarar Shah and Abu-al-Qama -- refused to provide voice samples invoking
self-incrimination clause (not giving evidence against themselves).
Significantly, India had rejected the contention as legally untenable when it
was made earlier.
India is said to have put forward its position
again when home minister P Chidambaram met his Pakistani counterpart Rehman
Malik. Chidambaram is believed to have argued that providing voice samples
should not be difficult if Pakistan willed so. India is asking for the voice
samples to match with the ones of those who were giving instructions to the
26/11 attackers.
Chidambaram is learnt to have told Malik that the
time has come to address issues concerning the deadly Mumbai terror attacks with
the seriousness that they warrant as 18 months have passed without no real
progress in the probe on the Pakistani side. He is said to have told the
Pakistani minister that it was time Pakistan followed "certain leads" to collect
`concrete' evidence against Saeed. Chidambaram is also learnt to have asked
Malik to step up efforts to locate and arrest 13 absconders found guilty by
Indian courts.
Malik departed from protocol to receive
Chidambaram at the Chakala base of the Pakistan Air Force on the outskirts of
Islamabad. The two ministers travelled together in the helicopter for security
reasons.
Besides Lakhvi, Zarar Shah and Abu-al-Qama, the
four others who are in Pakistani jails for their role in the Mumbai carnage are
Hamad Amin Sadiq, Shahid Jamil Riaz, Jamil Ahmed and Younas Anjum. They were all
formally charged with planning and helping execute terror attack on Mumbai in
November 2008.
Besides these seven, there are 13 absconders --
details of which had already been given by India to Pakistan in its first
dossier on the Mumbai terror attack. The absconders are: Shahid Ghafoor, Andul
Rehman, Ateeq-ur-Rehman, Shakil Ahmed, Muhammed Sabir Salfi and others who were
the crew members of the ships Al Hussaini and Al Fouz used in ferrying the 10
Lashkar terrorists from Karachi.
Referring to Pakistani court's recent order that
evidence against the mastermind of 26/11 Hafiz Saeed was not adequate, India is
said to have asked Pakistan that the evidences against the Lashkar founder were
there on Pakistani soil. So, it was their duty to collect it and present it
before court.
Talking to Indian media on his special aircraft,
Chidambaram had said that he planned to raise India's demand for action against
Hafiz Saeed and others. "Hafiz Saeed is one among them. There are controllers,
there are handlers, so we need to know what action they (Pakistan government)
will take against them. These matters cannot be ignored forever. Somebody has to
address these issues sometime or the other."
He said he will also take up other issues like
infiltration along the border of Jammu and Kashmir and identification of
Pakistanis who have infiltrated to indulge in militant activities.
Asked whether India will accept Pakistan giving
voice samples to any third country, he said, "I suggested one time that don't
give it to us. Give it to a third country so that it is subjected to forensic
analysis in a third country."
On whether Pakistani army personnel were among
the handlers of the 26/11 attackers, he said, "If you are quoting from the
dossier (that India gave to Pakistan), you are quoting correctly. But I do not
know whether they are real names or assumed names."
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Get-tough-with-26/11-plotters-Chidambaram-tells-Pak/articleshow/6092630.cms
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Karachi-bound ship with explosives
held
Jun 26, 2010
Kolkata: Security agencies on Friday intercepted
a Karachi-bound ship at Diamond Harbour,50km from Kolkata,laden with
explosives,arms and ammunition.M V Agean Glory,a St Vincent registered
vessel,had set sail from the port of Chittagong in
Bangladesh.
The shipping agent,who was to handle the vessel
at Kolkata,had declared the cargo as a container and some vehicles.Regulation
states that agents must mention whether a ship is carrying any explosives,even
if it is not to be unloaded.
Full report at: Times of
India
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Taliban Kill 11 In
Afghan
Jun 26th, 2010
Two international troops were reported killed and
the bodies of 11 men, some beheaded, were found on Friday in rising violence
across Afghan-istan. Mohammed Khan, deputy police chief in Uruzgan province,
said a villager in the Bagh Char area of Khas Uruzgan district spotted the
bodies in a field and called the police.
“They were killed beca-use the Taliban said they
were spying for the government, working for the government,” he said. The acting
Uruzgan governor, Kh-udia Rahim, said five or six of the 11 victims had been
beheaded.
Full report at:
http://www.asianage.com/international/taliban-kill-11-afghan-166
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10 militants killed in
Orakzai
26 Jun, 2010
KALAYA, June 25: Ten militants were killed in
clashes with security forces in Anjani area of Orakzai agency on Friday.
Two soldiers, Abdul Rauf and Faisal Khan, were
injured and taken to a hospital in Kohat.
Authorities imposed a curfew in the area and
launched a search operation.
Meanwhile, an officer and a soldier were killed
and another was injured when a bomb exploded on a road in Laddah area of South
Waziristan.
Captain Tanvir and the soldier, who were in a
patrol party, died on the spot.
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/the-newspaper/front-page/10-militants-killed-in-orakzai-660
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11 beheaded bodies found in
Uruzgan
26 Jun, 2010
KANDAHAR, June 25: The bodies of 11 men, their
heads cut off and placed next to them, have been found in a violent southern
province of Afghanistan, a senior police official said on Friday.
A police patrol discovered the bodies on Thursday
in the Khas Uruzgan district of Uruzgan province, north of the Taliban
stronghold of Kandahar, said police official Mohammad Gulab Wardak.
He held the Taliban responsible for the killings
and said they beheaded these men because they were ethnic Hazaras and belonged
to the Shia community.
The Taliban were not immediately available for
comment about the incident. The militants usually dispute claims by Afghan and
foreign security forces.
Full report at:
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/the-newspaper/front-page/11-beheaded-bodies-found-in-uruzgan-660
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Eight Taliban surrender in
Bajaur Agency
June 26, 2010
KHAR: Eight Taliban, including four commanders,
surrendered to security forces in Bajaur Agency, army officials said on Friday.
The Taliban surrendered in Char Mang valley of the agency’s Nawagai tehsil,
around 30 kilometres away from agency headquarters Khar. Talking to reporters,
Major Tanveer and Major Zabih said the surrendered Taliban were associated with
Afghan warlord Qari Ziaur Rehman, who had been fighting the forces for the last
two years. The Taliban were identified as commander Amanullah, Habibur Rehman,
Taj Wali, Akbar Ali, Bismillah Khan, Akhtar Gul, Adam Khan and Sadbar Khan.
hasbanullah
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\06\26\story_26-6-2010_pg7_9
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Envoy: Obama Is America’s
“Educator-in-Chief on Islam,”
26 June, 2010
It ain’t creeping any more. It’s bulldozing.
Remember Rashad Hussain is the self-admitted terrorist defending Muslim that the
White House lied for. Now Hussain, with Barack Hussein’s support, will be
pushing for globalized Islamic sharia law via the Islamic blasphemy law being
pushed at the UN by the OIC.
Rashad Hussain, America’s special envoy to the
Organization for the Islamic Conference (OIC), the Saudi-based body formed in
1969 to “protect” Jerusalem from the Israelis, announced a new title this week
for President Barack Obama. According to Hussain, Obama is America’s
“Educator-in-Chief on Islam.”
Full report at:
http://creepingsharia.wordpress.com/2010/06/25/envoy-obama-is-america%E2%80%99s-%E2%80%9Ceducator-in-chief-on-islam%E2%80%9D-will-support-criminalizing-defamation/
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‘Qaeda Erecting Bunkers In
Sahara’
Jun 26th, 2010
Militants linked to Al Qaeda are building
fortified bun-kers in the Algeria and Mali areas of the Sahara desert to shelter
militants from air attacks, security experts claim.
The members of Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
have hidden themselves in the desert without any notion of national boundaries,
according to the experts. “We have different verifiable reports which enable us
to state that AQIM is currently in the process of building shelters, or bunkers,
in which to hide against attacks in the desert shared by Mali and Algeria,” a
Malian source told Middle East Online, reported
AKI.
Full report at:
http://www.asianage.com/international/%E2%80%98qaeda-erecting-bunkers-sahara%E2%80%99-170
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WAR AGAINST TERROR - `Share
power with Taliban'
Jun 26, 2010
Pakistan is exploiting the troubled US military
effort in Afghanistan to drive home a political settlement with Afghanistan that
would give Pakistan influence there but is likely to undermine US inter- ests,
Pakistani and American officials said.
The dismissal of Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal will
almost cer- tainly embolden the Pakistanis in their plan as they detect
increasing American uncer- tainty, Pakistani officials
said.
The Pakistani Army chief,
Gen.
Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, pre- ferred General
McChrystal to his successor, Gen. David H.
Petraeus, whom he considers more of a politician
than a mil- itary strategist, said people who had spoken recently with General
Kayani.
Full report at: Hindustan Times
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Does the Bible predict
destruction of Saudi Arabia?
June 26, 2010
Middle-Eastern media outlets are reporting that
Israel may be about to launch a major attack on Iran's nuclear facilities. Last
week, Israel Today reported that Saudi Arabia had given Israel permission to use
its airspace for an attack, and now the Iranian Fars News Agency has reported
that a squad of Israeli jets has even landed at a military airstrip in Saudi
Arabia. Could this development have any significance with regard to biblical
prophecy? I believe it could.
One of the greatest prophetic mysteries of the
Bible is the identity of a women referred to as "the Great Prostitute" found in
Revelation 17 and 18. The woman is also referred to as "Mystery Babylon." She is
initially portrayed as riding a seven-headed beast, but later this very same
beast turns on her, "devours her and burns her with
fire."
Full report at:
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=171389
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Was Jinnah's Pakistan worth the
fight?
Billy I Ahmed
June 26, 2010
MORE than half a century after the end of British
rule on the Indian subcontinent and the creation of India and Pakistan - born
through the Hindu-Muslim partition in 1947, the Muslims who opted to stay in
India are still getting a raw deal in every sphere of life. Still drowned in the
scourge of poverty and backwardness, they continue fighting the ever-haunting
spectre of communal riots and threats to their religious and cultural identity.
The sense of insecurity experienced by the Indian Muslims in the post-partition
era has compounded many times in recent years.
The man who might have made a difference was
Mohammed Ali Jinnah, known to Pakistanis as "Quaid-i-Azam", the great leader.
Jinnah was 70 years old and dying of tuberculosis when, in 1947, he became the
first governor-general of Pakistan, a country he more or less created after
breaking off from the Indian National Congress. He thought their freedom
movement was becoming increasingly pro-Hindu and chauvinist as independence
neared.
Full report at:
http://www.defence.pk/forums/current-events-social-issues/63162-jinnahs-pakistan-worth-fight.html
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Controversy Over Candidate's
Comment On Mosque
Jun 26, 2010
By Chris Cannon
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The heavy-hitters in
Tennessee's Republican Party attended Friday night's annual Statesmen's Dinner
at the Nashville Convention Center. Many of the politicians steered clear of the
controversy that surrounds a proposed Murfreesboro mosque.
Thursday, Lou Ann Zelenik, a republican candidate
seeking the nomination for Tennessee's sixth congressional district released a
statement about the mosque some people found offensive.
"This 'Islamic Center' is not part of a religious
movement; it is a political movement designed to fracture the moral and
political foundation of Middle Tennessee," according to the statement on
Zelenik's web site.
Full report at:
http://www.newschannel5.com/Global/story.asp?S=12713447
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Islam And Sharia Law Must Be
Stopped Now
Jun 26 2010
Sharia (Islamic law) Not OK in Oklahoma:
"Oklahoma State Representative Rex Duncan wants to make sure no judge ever uses
Sharia (Islamic law) to decide a case in Oklahoma."
Islam, contrary to what Islamists will profess,
is not the religion of peace. In reality the god of Islam is the god of hate.
Islam and Sharia law have no place in America. CAIR (the Council on
American-Islamic Relations) is the organization responsible for the
Goebbels-like propaganda currently being disseminated in the United States.
One of the practices Islam embraces is that of
taqqiya, or deception (lying) about the realities of Islam in order to repackage
the Islamic product into a more acceptable religious alternative.
Full report at:
http://beforeitsnews.com/news/86/107/Islam_And_Sharia_Law_Must_Be_Stopped_Now.html
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Senior Afghan Taliban killed in
woman's clothes: NATO
June 26, 2010
A senior Taliban commander disguised in woman's
clothes was killed by Afghan and international forces when he fired on troops
trying to catch him south of Kabul, the military said on
Saturday.
NATO and Afghan security forces cornered Ghulam
Sakhi at a compound on Friday night in Logar province's Puli Alam district, and
called for women and children to leave the building, a coalition statement
said.
"As they were exiting, Sakhi came out with the
group disguised in women's attire and pulled out a pistol and a grenade and shot
at the security force," the statement by NATO's International Security
Assistance Force (ISAF) said.
"When Afghan and coalition forces shot him he
dropped the grenade and it detonated, wounding a woman and two children," it
said.
Full report at:
http://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/afghanistan/Senior-Afghan-Taliban-killed-in-woman-s-clothes-NATO/Article1-563473.aspx
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Kyrgyz unrest 'systematic, well
organised': HRW
June 26, 2010
The deadly inter-ethnic violence in Kyrgyzstan
this month was systematic and well-organised, Human Rights Watch said on
Saturday, urging an international inquiry into the
unrest.
The New York-based watchdog also warned that the
government's decision to proceed with a referendum on a new constitution
tomorrow risks sparking a resurgence of the violence between majority Kyrgyz and
minority Uzbeks.
"Human Rights Watch research suggests that the
violence, particularly the attacks on Uzbek neighborhoods, was systematic and,
at least in some cases, well-organised," the group said. It said that Uzbeks
were accusing government forces of participating in the attacks on their
neighbourhoods, recounting how armoured personnel carriers had been used to
remove barricades in front of their neighbourhoods.
Full report at:
http://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/restofasia/Kyrgyz-unrest-systematic-well-organised/Article1-563477.aspx
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British MPs for memorial for
descendant of Tipu Sultan
June 26, 2010
Twenty-two British lawmakers have backed a
proposal for a memorial here for Noor Inayat Khan, a descendant of erstwhile
ruler of Mysore Tipu Sultan, who was awarded UK's highest civilian honour for
her crucial role as a secret agent during the World War
II.
Valerie Vaz, the newly elected Labour MP, tabled
an early day motion in Parliament calling for the House to recognise the
"extraordinary bravery" of Noor who was awarded the George
Cross.
She wanted the House to back a campaign to have
Noor's bust installed in Gordon Square, near the house where she
lived.
It will be the first memorial for an Asian woman
in Britain.
Full report at:
http://www.hindustantimes.com/indians-abroad/europe/British-MPs-for-memorial-for-descendant-of-Tipu-Sultan/Article1-562678.aspx
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Pakistan offers to set up
corridor for Sikh pilgrims
June 26, 2010
Pakistan has offered to set up a special corridor
for Sikh pilgrims to visit the sacred Gurdwara Kartarpur Sahib, which lies only
three kms from the international border, a senior official has
said.
Pakistan is ready for talks with India to create
such a special corridor for a safe passage for pilgrims, Syed Asif Hashmi, chief
of the Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB) that is responsible for maintaining
the shrines of minority communities in Pakistan, told reporter at Hasanabdal
yesterday.
Organisations representing Indian Sikhs have been
demanding the establishment of a passport and visa-free passage between Dera
Baba Nanak on the Indian side and Gurdwara Kartarpur Sahib, located about three
kilometres from the border in Pakistan's Narowal
district.
Full report at:
http://www.dnaindia.com/world/report_pakistan-offers-to-set-up-corridor-for-sikh-pilgrims_1401530
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King Saud University wins UN
award
Jun 26, 2010
RIYADH: King Saud University (KSU) has been
awarded a United Nations’ award for excellence in public service, the Saudi
Press Agency reported on Friday.
The award was given by the Secretariat for
Economic and Social Affairs, an affiliate of the UN. The prize is the highest
recognition of e-services. The KSU, which was founded by King Saud in 1957, is
the first Saudi university to achieve this distinction, SPA
said.
The award was received by Abdullah Al-Othman,
rector of the university, at a function in Barcelona, Spain, on
Wednesday.
Speaking on the occasion Al-Othman said a major
factor for the winning of the award was the keenness of KSU to implement
advanced educational technology with multimedia facilities for effective and
interactive learning.
Full report at:
http://arabnews.com/saudiarabia/article73449.ece
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Peace tie-up: Children bond at
Wagah border
Jun 26, 2010
Wagah: On a pleasant summer morning, a group of
children from India and Pakistan made peace look ever so simple at the
Wagah-Attari border. In the first such interaction between the two
countries,they exchanged peace messages written on hundreds of handkerchiefs.
The event,part of Aman Ki Asha,a joint initiative by Pakistans Jang Group and
The Times of India, also heralded the arrival of the Commonwealth Queens
baton.
For fleeting seconds, it was like nations forged
together, borders made irrelevant. As an onlooker said, It was goosebumps
time.
Times of India
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‘Fake degree holders should
resign, apologise to leadership’
June 26, 2010
LAHORE: Parliamentarians who submitted fake
degrees to enter the corridors of power should tender their resignations and
apologise to the nation and their party leadership, women legislators of the
treasury and opposition benches said on Friday. Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz
(PML-N) female lawmaker Arifa Khalid Pervez, talking to journalists in the
assembly lobby, said that submitting a fake degree to the Election Commission to
be a parliamentarian was a regrettable act and it was a cause for embarrassment
for party leaderships.
Full report at:
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\06\26\story_26-6-2010_pg13_3
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Fake degrees issue may lead to
mid-term elections: Nisar
June 26, 2010
ISLAMABAD: Opposition leader in National Assembly
Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on Friday hinted at mid-term elections if majority of
legislators’ degrees come out as fake.
He said that by-elections would not remain an
option if a large number of lawmakers were disqualified because of fake
degrees.
While talking to media, Nisar ruled out support
for any legislation that would save the fake degree
holders.
He said that despite the federal governments
efforts the PML-N refused to take back amendments in the finance
bill.
Nisar claimed that his party was playing a role
of real opposition and alleged that the government was continuing with unlawful
and unconstitutional acts.
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/12-fake+degrees+issue+may+lead+to+mid-term+elections+nisar--bi-03
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India seeks cooperation among SAARC nations on
tackling terror
Jun 26, 2010
ISLAMABAD: Warning that the South Asian region is
faced with a "serious" security situation, India today sought fullest
cooperation among SAARC countries in sharing information on potential terrorists
and planned acts of terrorism to create a more secure environment.
"The increasing threat of terrorism poses a major
challenge to the maintenance of peace and security and adversely affects
economic development in our region," home minister P Chidambaram said while
addressing the SAARC Home Ministers' Conference here.
"We can all undoubtedly agree that the South
Asian region is faced with a serious security situation," he told the meeting
being attended by the ministers from Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan,
Afghanistan, Maldives, besides India and Pakistan.
Full report at:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/India-seeks-cooperation-among-SAARC-nations-on-tackling-terror/articleshow/6094691.cms
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Women's rights supporters to protest outside
Saudi mission
JUNE 26, 2010
Supporters of women's rights will hold a protest
Saturday to denounce gender apartheid in Saudi
Arabia.
"This may be like the pied piper for Islamic
feminists," said Fatima Thompson, a Muslim convert and a board member for the
D.C. chapter of the Muslims for Progressive Values (MPV), which is organizing
the event. "They have created all these various organizations to promote women's
rights, so hopefully this will be a means to get us all
together."
The MPV, which is an "inclusive community" rooted
in social justice, will hold the protest in front of the Saudi Arabian Embassy.
Protesters will rally at 1:30 p.m. for the release of foreign nationals being
held captive in the kingdom, including Canadian-born Nathalie Morin and her
three young children.
Full report at:
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/jun/25/womens-rights-supporters-to-protest-outside-saudi-/print/
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17 websites blocked for
blasphemous content
June 26, 2010
ISLAMABAD: Lahore High Court's Bahawalpur
Bench has ordered to block 17 websites for carrying blasphemous content. The
bench also ordered to monitor seven websites including Yahoo, Youtube
etc.
Later, the government ordered the monitoring of
major websites including Google, Yahoo and YouTube for "anti-Islam content" on
Friday, an official said.
"The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA)
has received orders from the ministry of information technology to monitor these
websites, which are being implemented," a spokesman for the authority
said.
PTA officials have been summoned on June 28 in
this regard.
http://www.thenews.jang.com.pk/6-25-2010/67328.htm
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People want AFSPA withdrawal for
political gains: Army chief
Jun 26, 2010
NEW DELHI: Army Chief General V K Singh has said
people asking for withdrawal or dilution of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act
in Jammu and Kashmir are doing it for "narrow political gains".
"AFSPA is a misunderstood act and all who ask for
its dilution or withdrawal, probably do so for narrow political gains," he said
in an interview to the 'Land Forces' Defence magazine.
The Army Chief was asked if the withdrawal of
AFSPA would "seriously jeopardise" the safety and credibility of the force in
Jammu and Kashmir.
Pointing out that soldiers operating in "hostile
environment" need legal protection to perform their tasks efficiently, Singh
said, "Any dilution or withdrawal of AFSPA will lead to constraining our
operations."
Full report at:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/People-want-AFSPA-withdrawal-for-political-gains-Army-chief/articleshow/6094290.cms
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Makkah ex-imam’s website
hacked
By SULTAN AL-TAMIMI
Jun 26, 2010
JEDDAH: A website belonging to a former imam of
the Grand Mosque in Makkah was hacked last week.
Anyone visiting Sheikh Adil Al-Kalbani’s website
at the time would be greeted with a blank page with a picture at the top of the
movie character The Joker, who the hacker had apparently named himself
after.
At the bottom of the page is a statement
criticizing the sheikh for stating that music and singing is permitted in
Islam.
Al-Kalbani’s website featured a number of
articles and lectures as well as a question and answer section allowing him to
interact with visitors.
In March 2008 he was appointed by Custodian of
the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah as an imam of the Grand
Mosque.
Full report at:
http://arabnews.com/saudiarabia/article73413.ece
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Al-Arabiya TV offices in Iraq
closed in face of warnings
June 26, 2010
BAGHDAD: The Baghdad offices of Al-Arabiya
television closed on Friday after the interior ministry warned the Saudi-funded
satellite network was under surveillance by insurgents, a staffer said.
“Interior ministry sources told us they had
information that terrorist groups were closely watching the bureau in
preparation for an attack,” the Al-Arabiya journalist told AFP, asking not to be
identified.
“The management asked all staff — journalists and
technicians — not to come to work today.”
Al-Arabiya’s headquarters in Dubai could not
immediately be reached for comment.
But an Iraqi interior ministry official said:
“There are terrorist threats” to the channel’s offices in the Al-Harthiyah area
of west Baghdad. He did not elaborate. The pan-Arab television channel has been
no stranger to attack by suspected Arab insurgents or pressure from the Shia-led
government.
Full report at:
http://thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=247204
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Libya accuses UNHCR
representative of sexual abuse
June 26, 2010
TRIPOLI: Libya on Friday justified its closure of
the UN High Commissioner for Refugees office in a statement that included claims
its representative had offered refugee status in exchange for sex.
The foreign ministry said in a statement that it
had received several complaints of “abuse” by the UNHCR representative, who was
not named, “contrary to the humanitarian activity of the organisation.”
Concretely, it accused the representative of
“taking bribes” from immigrants and of “sexually exploiting women in exchange
for the granting of refugee status.” The statement provided no further details
on these allegations.
On June 8, the UNHCR announced that Libyan
authorities had ordered it to shut its office and leave the country.
Full report at:
http://thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=247207
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British PM wants Afghan troop
withdrawal in five years
June 26, 2010
HUNTSVILLE: British Prime Minister David Cameron
said Friday he wants troops home from Afghanistan within five years, conceding
the war-torn country would not be “perfect” before that
happened.
While he would not outline a “strict timetable”
for a withdrawal, Cameron said he wanted to see British troops leave before the
next British general elections due by 2015.
“We can't be there for another five years, having
been there for nine years already,” Cameron, who took office last month, told
Sky News television, on the sidelines of a Group of Eight summit in
Canada.
Asked whether he wanted troops home by the time
of the next election, Cameron said: “I want that to happen, make no mistake
about it.”
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/world/06-british-pm-wants-afghan-troop-withdrawal-in-five-years-rs-02
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The US film that confronts the
truth about Afghanistan
By Robert Fisk
26 Jun, 2010
LONDON: As a schoolboy, I would travel to the
Edinburgh Festival with my pal Julian Holt to watch movies. There were three
reasons for this. As a trainspotter, I wanted to take photographs of steam locos
at Waverley station. I was fascinated by cinema film – I had ambitions then to
be a film critic as well as a foreign correspondent – and I could escape from my
over-protective parents.
These were the days of Polanski’s Knife in the
Water and the French New Wave. Master Fisk, who stayed in a bleak lodging house
in the crumby port of Leith – all drunks and old ships – could even be glimpsed
occasionally in Crawford’s tea house off Princes Street, ostentatiously reading
Cahiers du Cinéma.
Full report at:
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/the-newspaper/international/the-us-film-that-confronts-the-truth-about-afghanistan-660
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Pak hardsells PoK to Chinese
tourists
Saibal Dasgupta
Jun 26, 2010
Beijing: Pakistan has launched a marketing
campaign to lure Chinese tourists to Azad Kashmir (Pakistan occupied Kashmir or
PoK) promising them a safe and secure journey to the disputed area that falls
outside its territory. Pakistani officials are using a three-day tourism
industry exhibition that began in Beijing on Friday to persuade Chinese tour
operators to start operating in PoK including Neelum Valley near the Line of
Control (LoC).
The move comes soon after there were indications
about Chinese construction companies taking up infrastructure projects in the
disputed region. India has been extremely worried about a significant Chinese
presence in PoK as it would further complicate the Kashmir issue, which is at
the core of the strained relations with Pakistan.
Full report at: Times of
India
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Pak couples come to India to be
parents
Radha Sharma
Jun 26, 2010
Ahmedabad: Trust deficit between India and
Pakistan has not stopped women from Lahore or Sindh coming to Ahmedabad with
hopes of becoming a mother.Scores of Pakistani couples come to Gujarat to have
babies through the invitro fertilization (IVF)
method.
Sahista,a 34-year-old woman from Lahore,waited
for years to have a child.When she learnt about IVF clinics in India,she came to
Ahmedabad where one of her relatives stays.She was diagnosed with polycystic
ovarian syndrome.Her doctor advised her to opt for IVF. We did an embryo
transfer.Sahista conceived and returned to Pakistan.Two months ago,she became a
mother.She sent us a picture of her family with the newborn, said Dr Manish
Banker of Pulse Womens Hospital.
Full report at: Times of
India
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Terror case: Kerala cops role
under scanner
Jun 26, 2010
Thiruvananthapuram: The role of Kerala police in
terrorism-related cases has come under the scanner again,with the National
Investigation Agency (NIA) calling off a proposed test identification parade of
the key accused in the Kozhikode double blasts case after cops exhibited them in
public without masking their faces.
Tadiyantavide Naseer,a LeT terrorist,and his aide
Shafas were produced before the NIA court in Kochi last week,with their faces
uncovered,prompting the NIA to take up the matter with the court.On Friday,the
court directed police that presenting the accused with face uncovered would
affect the trial.It also asked cops not to allow the accused to talk to
media.Naseer,a former aide of PDP leader A N Madani,was allowed to talk to the
media last week.
Times of India
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Pak Government must destroy Al
Qaeda: Obama
Jun 26, 2010
President Barack Obama says to achieve its
mission in Afghanistan to dismantle and destroy Al Qaeda and its affiliates, the
US must ensure a stable Afghan and an effective Pakistani
government.
A day after replacing the top American general in
Afghanistan, he also made it clear that the change did not indicate a change in
policy and troops could remain in significant numbers in Afghanistan well after
his withdrawal timeline begins next summer.
"Our mission, first and foremost, is to dismantle
and destroy Al Qaeda and its affiliates so that they can't attack the United
States," he said Thursday facing the press for the first time since sacking Gen.
Stanley McChrystal.
Full report at:
http://www.dailypioneer.com/265004/Pak-Government-must-destroy-Al-Qaeda-Obama.html
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Afghan Minister in London to
secure bids for mineral riches
Nandini Jawli
Jun 26, 2010
Afghanistan has such vast resources of minerals
that it could be self sufficient within a decade, the country’s Mines Minister
has said in London. He is approaching the world’s mining companies to invest in
Afghanistan.
Wahid Shahrani has told the BBC in an interview
that his country has untapped mineral wealth worth in excess of $3tn. He said
that mining could move the country from being aid dependent to being
self-sufficient in 10 years if its mineral resources are properly
exploited.
Shahrani’s visit to Britain is seen as a
multi-billion dollar sales tour, trying to encourage bids from the world’s
mining companies for Afghanistan vast reserves of minerals, which include oil,
gas, copper, gold, cobalt, Niobium, iron and
lithium.
Full report at:
http://www.dailypioneer.com/265057/Afghan-Minister-in-London-to-secure-bids-for-mineral-riches.html
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Mullen headed to Pakistan and
Afghanistan
Jun 26, 2010
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral
Mike Mullen, would be heading to Pakistan and Afghanistan to make it clear that
America’s strategy in the region would not change, a day after President Barack
Obama nominated General David Petraeus as his new war commander in
Afghanistan.
“My message will be clear. Nothing changes about
our strategy. Nothing changes about the mission. Nothing changes about the
resources we are dedicating, or the commitment we are making to defeat al-Qaeda
and its extremist allies in the region,” Mr. Mullen told reporters yesterday at
a Pentagon news conference.
Full report at:
http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/article484832.ece
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Petraeus vs Biden: US Afghan
battle
Mark Landler and Helene
Cooper
Jun 26, 2010
The messy departure of Gen. Stanley A. McCh-
rystal is likely to make the Obama administration's inter- nal debates over
Afghanistan even more pointed, giving the military a powerful advocate for
staying the course as it pre- pares for a reckoning with more impatient
officials like Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr.
President Obama insisted he was switching
military leaders, not strategies, when he fired General McChrystal, the top
commander in Afghanistan, on Wednesday. But administration insiders say there
have been preliminary discussions about whether to rethink the approach to a war
that is clear- ly bogging down.
Full report at: Hindustan Times
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Pak Gets 3 More F-16 Fighter
Jets
Jun 26th, 2010
Three F-16 Block 52 C fighter jets would be
inducted in the Pakistan Air Force fleet on Saturday, officials
said.
Defence authorities on Friday said that in the
first phase US would hand over three F-16 Block C fighter jets to Pakistan that
would be equipped with latest weapons and technology and a formal handing over
ceremony in this regard would be held.
Pakistani pilots would fly the three F-16 fighter
jets from America. In the second phase five F-16 Block 52 C fighter jets would
be handed over to Pakistan in one-and-a-half month. While overall a total of 18
fighter jets would be inducted in the PAF fleet by this year end. The officials
said that talks are on with US authorities for another 14 F16 Block 52 C jets
and “we are optimistic that US would provide us with these
jets”.
After the induction of 18 F-16 Block C Jets the
PAF fleet of F-16s would swell to 63. The officials said that the fighter jets
are equipped with modern technology and eight Pakistani pilots have got special
training from the United States to fly these
planes.
http://www.asianage.com/international/pak-gets-3-more-f-16-fighter-jets-165
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Pak pushing own Afghan agenda,
roping in Haqqanis
Jun 26 2010
Islamabad: Pakistan is exploiting the troubled
United States military effort in Afghanistan to drive home a political
settlement with Afghanistan that would give Pakistan important influence there
but is likely to undermine US interests, Pakistani and American officials
said.
The dismissal of Gen Stanley A McChrystal will
almost certainly embolden the Pakistanis in their plan as they detect increasing
American uncertainty, Pakistan officials said. Pakistan Army Chief Gen Ashfaq
Parvez Kayani preferred McChrystal to his successor, Gen David H Petraeus, whom
he considers more of a politician than a military strategist, said people who
had spoken recently with Kayani.
Full report at:
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/pak-pushing-own-afghan-agenda-roping-in-haqqanis/638711/
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US drone strike kills two
militants in North Waziristan
June 26, 2010
MIRAMSHAH: A US drone strike in Pakistan's
northwest tribal belt, on the border with Afghanistan, killed two militants and
wounded two others early on Saturday, security officials
said.
The drone targeted a house in Mir Ali area, 30
kilometres east of Miramshah, the main town in North Waziristan, a security
official and two intelligence officials told AFP.
North Waziristan is known as a hub of Taliban and
Al-Qaeda-linked militants.
“It was a US drone strike. The drone fired one
missile on a house and the house was completely destroyed,” an intelligence
official in Miramshah said.
A second official in the same area confirmed the
strike and the death of two militants.
Two other militants were injured, the officials
said, but it was not immediately clear if any of the militants were high-value
targets.
Full report at:
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/04-nwaziristan-drone-strike-qs-01
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Zimbabwe arrests two Pakistani
suspects
26 Jun, 2010
HARARE: Zimbabwe police said on Friday they had
detained two Pakistani men heading to South Africa, one of them under an
international arrest warrant, which state media said was for
terrorism.
South Africa is hosting the World Cup and experts
had said that terrorism could not be ruled out because of the huge attention
that even a small attack would get during the June 11-July 11
tournament.
“We have two Pakistani men in our custody and
through Interpol we have established that there is a warrant for one of them,”
police spokesman Wayne Bvudzijena told Reuters.
Asked if one of the men was a terrorism suspect,
Bvudzijena said: “I wouldn't say that at the moment, it is too early, we are
still conducting our investigations.”
Full report at:
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/world/04-pak-arrests-zimbabwe-qs-02
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Six Pakistanis arrested in S.A
for fake passport shop
25 Jun, 2010
JOHANNESBURG: South African police said Friday
they had raided a passport forgery shop and arrested six Pakistani nationals
accused of helping foreigners stay in the country
illegally.
Police said they seized large quantities of false
birth certificates, IDs, work permits and South African passports during the
raid in the town of Brits, near the capital
Pretoria.
“The raid on the Pakistani-run office in Brits
must be welcomed by all South Africans as a sign of the unflinching
determination of the government to root out corruption in our society,” said
home affairs minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma.
South Africa, the continent's largest economy, is
home to an estimated three to four million illegal immigrants.
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/world/16-six+pakistanis+arrested+in+s.africa+for+fake+passport+shop-hs-01
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2 Levies men kidnapped in
Bajaur
26 Jun, 2010
KHAR, June 25: Two Levies personnel were
kidnapped in the Mamond tehsil and eight militants laid down arms and
surrendered to security forces in the Bajaur Agency on Friday
An official said security personnel were going
for joining their duties when some gunmen overpowered them in the Tangi area and
took them away. No group has claimed responsibility for the kidnapping but
Taliban had warned Levies personnel 10 days ago to quit the force.
Meanwhile, eight supporters of Afghan militant
commander Qari Ziaur Rehman laid down arms and surrendered in the Charmang area.
They were also produced before media people. They told journalists they belonged
to the Qari Rehman group and had carried out attacks on security forces in the
area.
Full report at:
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/the-newspaper/national/2-levies-men-kidnapped-in-bajaur-660
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Islamabad, Kabul agree to boost
cooperation
26 Jun, 2010
ISLAMABAD, June 25: Eyeing an enhanced role in
the development projects of Afghanistan, Islamabad agreed with Kabul on Friday
to set up several mechanisms for boosting cooperation.
“Foreign ministers of Pakistan and Afghanistan
felt that various institutional frameworks should be evolved to give further
impetus to bilateral cooperation in different areas,” a joint statement issued
at the end of Afghan Foreign Minister Zalmai Rassoul’s two-day visit to Pakistan
said.
The two sides agreed to hold foreign ministers’
meetings twice a year. There was also understanding on regular meetings of
senior diplomats; setting up of joint commissions on education, border
cooperation and visa regime; and establishment of the Pakistan-Afghanistan
Information & Cultural Foundation and Pakistan-Afghanistan Reconstruction
Consortium.
Full report at:
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/the-newspaper/national/islamabad,-kabul-agree-to-boost-cooperation-660
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Afghanistan must check anti-Pak
activities on its territory: Gilani
June 26, 2010
* PM says Islamabad ready to help Afghan govt in
reconciliation, reintegration
* More cooperation needed in intelligence
sharing, defence, trade and other fields
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani
on Friday urged Afghanistan to ensure that its territory is not used by any
country to destabilise Balochistan, as he met visiting Afghan Foreign Minister
Zalmai Rassoul.
Talking to Rassoul at the Prime Minister’s House,
Gilani said both countries also needed to work closely to avoid
misunderstandings over the water issue.
He expressed his satisfaction over the outcome of
foreign minister-level meetings between Pakistan and Afghanistan and reaffirmed
his government’s position of strict neutrality and non-interference in
Afghanistan’s internal affairs.
Full report at:
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\06\26\story_26-6-2010_pg7_3
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Saudi Arabia Legal lacuna hits
victims of domestic violence
By DIANA AL-JASSEM
Jun 26, 2010
JEDDAH: Domestic violence has become a widespread
problem across the Kingdom with statistics from the National Society for Human
Rights (NSHR) showing an increase in recent years.
“The fact that women are highly educated, and
have high social statuses and lofty work positions cannot protect them from
being abused,” said Dr. Suhaila Zain Al-Abidin, a member of the NSHR, adding
that domestic violence is now rampant and difficult to
stop.
“Men are violent by nature. The physical
characteristics of men and their personalities allow them to be violent with
women without feeling guilty,” she said, adding that it is wrong to link
violence to religion, customs and education.
“Islam has given women rights as well as duties.
There are Qur’anic verses that mention the equality of men and women,” she
added.
Full report at:
http://arabnews.com/saudiarabia/article73432.ece
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Indonesia uncovers plots to bomb
European embassy
Jun 26, 2010
JAKARTA: Indonesian police said on Friday they
had uncovered plots to attack a European embassy and a police ceremony in the
capital Jakarta, with some Islamist militants involved and explosives still
unaccounted for.
Police have said militants may be switching
tactics from bombing Westerners — such as in nightclubs in Bali in 2002 and
luxury hotels in Jakarta last year — to armed attacks on state targets and
institutions such as the president and the police.
The police's anti-terror unit Detachment 88 this
week arrested five men in Java, discovering documents revealing plans to attack
an embassy and a police anniversary on July 1, which the militant group referred
to as "a birthday gift."
Full report at:
http://arabnews.com/world/article73153.ece
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Britain’s court rejects halt to
Afghan prisoner transfers
Jun 26, 2010
LONDON: A British court said on Friday that
suspected Taleban captives face the risk of mistreatment in a Kabul jail, but
rejected an attempt to ban British troops from handing them over to Afghan
security forces.
Anti-war activist Maya Evans asked the High Court
to forbid British troops from transferring detainees to Afghanistan’s National
Directorate for Security. Her lawyers said prisoners had suffered abuse
including beatings, electrocution and sleep
deprivation.
Full report at:
http://arabnews.com/world/article73382.ece
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Weather is hot topic for Qatar's
2022 World Cup bid
Jun 26, 2010
JOHANNESBURG: Qatar's bid to host the 2022 World
Cup is provoking a heated debate in South Africa.
Bid leader Hassan Al Thawadi says football
officials from around the world are asking him how their national teams can play
in the emirate's hot weather.
A Qatari World Cup would be played from June 3 to
July 3 and temperatures this week hit 43 degrees Celsius (109
Fahrenheit).
It's been 35 Celsius (95 Fahrenheit) at 9:30 p.m.
local time when late matches — including the final — would kick
off.
Al Thawadi says Qatar will show FIFA a prototype
in September of a solar-powered stadium cooling system that will regulate the
air inside venues.
FIFA will choose the 2022 World Cup host in
December.
http://arabnews.com/sports/article73400.ece
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Several thousand Egyptians
protest police abuse
By SARAH EL DEEB
Jun 26, 2010
ALEXANDRIA, Egypt : Several thousand Egyptians,
joined by top opposition leader Mohamed ElBaradei, protested on Friday what they
call authorities' systematic use of torture in the largest demonstration yet
sparked by the alleged beating death of a young man by police this
month.
The death of Khaled Said has become a rallying
point for pro-reform activists and rights workers who say police abuse is
rampant, made possible by a three-decade-old emergency
law.
“It's a clear-cut message to the regime that the
Egyptian people are sick and tired of practices that are inhumane,” said
ElBaradei after the protest.
Full report at:
http://arabnews.com/middleeast/article73488.ece
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ElBaradei leads big Egypt
anti-torture protest
26 June 2010
ALEXANDRIA, Egypt - Potential Egyptian
presidential candidate Mohamed ElBaradei led thousands of people on Friday in an
anti-torture protest that analysts said was significant for joining disparate
groups in a common cause.
Around 4,000 people, representing varied
political views, and many ordinary citizens greeted ElBaradei, 68, the former
nuclear inspector, as he visited the port city of Alexandria to offer
condolences to the family of Khaled Mohammed Said, an Egyptian who rights groups
say was beaten to death by police.
The protest, ElBaradei’s second public appearance
this month and the first in which his family joined him in public, was his
biggest rally so far. Earlier in June he visited Fayoum in a signature drive
campaign that drew some 3,500 supporters.
Full report at:
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2010/June/middleeast_June631.xml§ion=middleeast
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Govt to remove mobile towers
from school building roofs
Siddiqur Rahman Khan
26 June 2010
The education ministry has planned to ask
schools, colleges and madrassahs to remove the towers mobile operators have set
up on building roofs of the institutions to avert
damage.
Education Engineering Department officials told
New Age they noticed that a number of school buildings had been damaged a few
days after the installation of mobile network towers on the roofs of the
buildings.
‘The
buildings of educational institutions are not constructed with provision for the
installation of towers on the roof. Such buildings are constructed only to be
used as classrooms,’ said an official of the EED, which is responsible for the
construction of the buildings of government and non-government educational
institutions.
Full report at:
http://www.newagebd.com/2010/jun/26/inat.html
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International Day against Drug
Abuse today
Jun 26, 2010
The International Day Against Drug Abuse and
Illicit Trafficking will be observed in the country as elsewhere in the world
today.
Different socio-cultural organisations have
chalked out elaborate programmes to mark the day with a call to create a society
free from drug abuse.
Both the president, Zillur Rahman, and the prime
minister, Sheikh Hasina, issued separate messages on the
occasion.
The president called upon all to come forward for
prevention of spread of drugs and its abuse. He also called for protecting the
youths from the menace of drug.
He expressed the hope that a drug-free ‘beautiful
and healthy society’ would be established with coordinated efforts of
all.
Full report at:
http://www.newagebd.com/2010/jun/26/inat.html
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Blast in Kabul as US military
chief arrives
Jun 26, 2010
KABUL: A blast which rocked the Afghan capital
Saturday was accidental, NATO said, as Washington's military chief arrived to
explain the sacking of the US commander of foreign forces in the country.
The blast, near the foreign ministry in Kabul's
embassy district, happened when an anti-personnel mine in an Afghan army vehicle
accidentally detonated, a spokesman for NATO's International Security Assistance
Force said.
It was not an attack by Taliban-linked
insurgents, Lieutenant-Commander Ian Baxter told AFP of the blast, which
happened around 9.55 am (0525 GMT).
Police on the scene told AFP there were no
casualties.
Full report at:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/south-asia/Blast-in-Kabul-as-US-military-chief-arrives/articleshow/6094560.cms
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Pak terror suspects held at SA
border
Jun 26, 2010
JOHANNESBURG: Zimbabwe police arrested two
Pakistani citizens on suspicion of terrorism when they attempted to cross the
border into South Africa, news reports said on Saturday.
At least one of the men was wanted by Interpol in
connection with terrorist activities, South African radio said.
The men had tried to enter South Africa via the
Beitbridge border crossing with Zimbabwe about a week ago.
Zimbabwe's government-run The Herald newspaper
said police believe the suspects, Imran Muhammad, 33, and Chaudry Parvez Ahmed,
39, tried to enter the country with fake passports.
Full report at:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/Pak-terror-suspects-held-at-SA-border/articleshow/6094238.cms
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Violence feared as Bangla Opp
set for general strike
Jun 26, 2010
Bangladesh's main Opposition party BNP will
enforce a nationwide anti-Government general strike on Sunday to oppose its
policies, including “compromising national interests” amid fears of violence,
with the ruling Awami League-led coalition determined to crackdown on those
creating “anarchy and disorder” in the country.
Khaleda Zia, the chief of the Bangladesh
Nationalist Party (BNP), announced the anti-Government campaign last month for
‘compromising national interests’ by signing deals with India during Prime
Minister Sheikh Hasina’s maiden New Delhi tour in January, oppose
“tender-grabbing and extortions by Government cronies” and deteriorating
services.
Full report at:
http://www.dailypioneer.com/265056/Violence-feared-as-Bangla-Opp-set-for-general-strike.html
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For 1st time since revolution:
World contemporary art in Iran
Amir Bogen
Jun 26, 2010
After 32 years, even ayatollahs aware of hunger
for openness. Picasso, Giacometti, many others from Tehran museum's collection
on display
Thirty-two years have passed since the Islamic
Revolution – 32 years of religious repression and withdrawal from western
culture. But in the last couple of years something is happening below the
surface. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad senses the people's hunger for greater
openness to the world, and even the ayatollahs can’t stop the internet flood
that breaks through the cultural firewall.
It seems someone in the regime has understood
that some steam needs to be released – via art, among other things. The
country's museums, including the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, have
displayed only Islamic art which supports the spirit of the regime and doesn't
expose too much of the West's creative riches.
Full report at:
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3908022,00.html
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