Bol Ke Lab Azad Hain Tere – February, 2010
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ARY: Nawaz not to contest poll from NA 123
Chief of Muslim League (N) Nawaz Sharif has decided not to contest election from National Assembly constituency NA-123 in Lahore.
PML-N leader Pervez Rasheed talking to ARY News has said the former prime minister Nawaz Sharif wants the party ticket for NA-123 to be issued to a party official or activist who had remain loyal to the party in the struggle against dictatorship.
The party said to be divided over the issue, as some PML-N officials want Sharif to contest the poll and fear his absence from the contest will affect his political clout. The party workers also want their leader to contest the poll.
The party leaders with opposite point of view were opined that Nawaz Sharif remained prime minister twice, so he should avoid to become opposition leader or member of the lower house.
Indian Missle technology.
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Go PPP GO, Operation against MQM must
ARY: MQM MPAs stage walkout from Sindh Assembly
MQM members staged walkout from Sindh Assembly Tuesday after Sindh Local Bodies Minister Agha Siraj Durrani and Muttahida ministers exchanged harsh words in the assembly during the debate over the performance of Karachi city government and nazims.
Siraj Durrani in his speech said the city government was interfering in the functioning of the Sindh government and advised the city nazim to correct his behaviour. “We are pursuing reconciliation policy of President Zardari but it should not be considered our weakness,” he said.
“We have no need of dictation from anyone. The nazims have broken the record of corruption,” he added.
MQM MPA Faisal Sabzwari has said that these statements harm the reconciliation process and such statements should be avoided.
Provincial minister Dr. Sagheer Ahmed said that the land mafia and drug mafia have been imposed over Karachi under a conspiracy.
Faisal Sabzwari while talking to ARY News said an extremely impolite attitude has been adopted towards MQM, which has been unacceptable. Deputy Speaker Shehla Raza is taking sides and three ministers and the deputy speaker stopped me to speak. “People’s Party ministers are calling us mad,” “we want to inform President Zardari that you are talking about reconciliation but your ministers behaving impolitely with us.”
“We want to give message to President Zardari to take notice of the utterances by your ministers,” he added.
Oye jiyalay baaz aja, khabardar jo tu ney MQM aur Altaf bhai kay leay na zeba ilfaz nikalay, 90 ley jaon ga.
zardari se dant par gai isko lolz
abay ja, tum sub ki khutia khari ker dein aik akailay Altaf bhai..Tum log PMLN and PPP walay kiya baichtay ho?
dono PML -n and PPP kissing Kaliya’s ass man so bad lol
Baat suno, yeh MQM jo hai na yeh aik Taqat aur haqeeqat hai. koi party hamaray baghair hakumat nahi buna sakti.
Aik zardari sub pey bhari.
Is this site run by PMLN? Kuch nahi honay wala humaray leader ko, hum 20 saal hakumat kerain gey. Keep dreaming.
Three US soldiers among 9 killed in Dir blast
Nine persons including three foreigners were killed and 65 others wounded in a bomb blast in tehsil Balambat of lower Dir.
The blast occurred in the roadside bombing in Koto village, about 10 kilometers (six miles) from Taimargara, the main town in lower Dir district. The explosion also damaged the girls’ school building.
According to US news agency, three US soldiers attached with the Frontier Corps (FC) as trainer were killed in the blast. Three girls students, a security man and two civilians were also killed in the blast. Sixty-five persons including 40 girls’ students sustained injuries in the incident. The bodies and injured were shifted to district headquarters hospital Timargara. Security forces have cordoned off the area.
SHOCK, HORROR, DRAMA: New York media miss shock, horror, drama …
By Yvonne Ridley in New York
Dr Aafia Siddiqui is a bright, intelligent woman who has been through hell having being kidnapped, tortured in secret prisons, gunned down by US soldiers and renditioned to America where she is now facing attempted murder charges against those who shot her .
Only in the cock-eyed crosshairs of George W Bush’s War on Terror could this happen and I hope to God that the jurors who will go through the evidence during the next few hours, if not days, see through this rotten legacy and recognise the case for what it is … a tissue of lies enveloped in a web of deceit.
The last seven years of Dr Aafia’s life could have been penned by a Hollywood scriptwriter, but instead all the folk from Tinsel Town could come up with was the rather tame blockbuster movie Rendition starring Reese Witherspoon.
But several days ago those of us following the case closely were given a glimpse into the dark, mysterious world in which Dr Aafia has been forced to live since 2003.
And more importantly the details were relayed in a hushed court not by any lawyer, but by the only person qualified to talk with any authority about dark prisons, interrogations and abuse – the account relayed to the courtroom in Manhattan, New York came from the mouth of Dr Aafia herself.
Running for more than two weeks there’s been little or no record in the Western media of this shocking case other than some of the most ill-informed, embarrassingly skewed reports which indicate the noble profession of journalism is still in a narcotic malaise in the Big Apple.
That the New York Times had to apologise to its readers on the front page for selling them short on the build up to and the unfolding war in Iraq, one would have thought would have had an impact on the quality of future output.
That the US press corps, with the exception of The Baltimore Sun, had to play catch up after ‘missing’ the Abu Ghraib scandal speaks volumes.
Sadly it seems that huge swathes of the US media have learned nothing.
Just a few days ago an embarrassing wealth of riches in terms of soundbites which would have had most journalists salivating like a Pavlov Dog came tumbling out in the lower Manhattan court.
But like a gaggle of bald men fighting over a comb, the scribes present in the main courtroom could only focus on one irrelevant detail … Dr Aafia Siddiqui had fired a pistol at a gun club. Excuse me? This is America … where half the adult population live in houses where guns are kept. Let’s keep it real – America has 80 million gun owners with a total of 258 million guns.
Possibly the most wronged woman in the entire War on Terror had just revealed how she was held in secret prisons, with no legal representation, cut off from the outside world since 2003 where brutal interrogation techniques were used to break her down. And, to make matters even worse when she was kidnapped from her home city in Karachi, Pakistan her three children were also snatched … the fact two of those children are American citizens held no sway with the majority of the assembled press corps. One wondered if their pants had caught fire if they would have even smelled the smoke.
And so what held the Western media attention? Well, it transpired that Dr Aafia may have taken a pistol shooting course as part of her curriculum in an American university. That’s a bit like an American tourist ordering fish and chips and a cup of tea on arrival in Britain. Hold the front page!
So for your benefit, let me tell you about the real “shock, horror, drama” that you won’t read in the New York Times or the rest of the corporate media.
After two weeks of being baited and defamed, in a calm, articulate and precise manner Dr Aafia Siddiqui finally had her day – and her say – in court.
It should have been a moment of schadenfreude for the prosecution team as they prepared to sit back and enjoy the spectacle of the defendant rant and rave like a mad woman when she decided on her right to take the stand.
Perhaps Judge Richard Berman, a modest little man with much to be modest about, must have thought his rather unremarkable legal career would finally make more than just the current footnote in Wikipedia.
Most of her own legal team watched mortified in the belief that their reluctant client (she had dismissed them publicly many times to no effect) might destroy the robust defence they had built over two weeks.
Even her brother Muhammad, who has sat in court everyday watching and listening to the proceedings told me he wondered if his little sister was making the right decision.
Given the chance, I think I would have also advised her against speaking.
Well thank goodness Dr Aafia ignored us all – within minutes of giving evidence the prosecution wanted to shut her up, Judge Berman looked like he was sucking on the bitterest of lemons and the rest of the courtroom sat back aghast.
The Pakistan media, despatched into one of the two overspill rooms frantically scribbled down their notes so as not to miss one single word and her supporters sat back aghast watching a breathtaking spectacle.
One of the few community leaders who has been outstandingly vocal in his support, El-Hajj Mauri’ Saalakhan, probably expressed himself better than any of the nitwits sleeping on the press benches when he wrote: “She testified that after completing her doctorate studies she taught in a school, and that her interest was in cultivating the capabilities of dyslexic and other special needs children.
“During this line of questioning, the monstrous image that the government had carefully crafted (with considerable support from mainstream media) of this petite young woman, had begun to be deconstructed. The real Dr Aafia Siddiqui – the committed muslimah, the humanity-loving nurturer and educator, the gentle yet resolute mujahid for truth and justice – began to emerge with full force”.
As the evidence continued we learned that she didn’t know where her three children were – it was sensational content. She talked of her dread and fear of being handed back to the Americans when she was arrested in Ghazni and was held by police.
Terrified that yet another secret prison was waiting for her she revealed how she peaked through the curtain into the part of the room where Afghans and Americans were talking, and how when a startled American soldier noticed her, he jumped up and yelled that the prisoner was loose, and shot her in the stomach. She described how she was also shot in the side by a second person. She also described how after falling back onto the bed in the room, she was violently thrown to the floor and lost consciousness.
This ties in exactly with what I was told by the counter terrorism police chief I interviewed in Afghanistan back in the autumn of 2008 – I remember him laughing as he told me how the US soldiers panicked, shot and most of them ran out of the room in a panic. Hmm, no wonder the prosecution didn’t want him giving evidence in court.
Instead they chose to record his interview and voiced it over with a shoddy translator who has a long distance relationship with the Pashtu language … defence team take note. Demand a real Pashtu translation because what was given out in court was misleading and not the words of the actual words of police chief – don’t take my word for it … speak to someone whose first language is Pashtu. it’s hardly rocket science.
Of course there’s no way a bunch of soldiers are going to admit they lost it, but according to those I interviewed for my film In search of Prisoner 650 in Afghanistan that’s exactly what happened.
But let’s return to Aafia and the cross examination which followed. When questioned on whether she had ever done any work with chemicals, her response was, “only when required.”
As Mauri remarked: “This opening line of questioning was significant for its prejudice producing potential in the minds of jurors. While Aafia is not being charged with any terrorism conspiracy counts, the threat of terrorism has been the pink elephant in the room throughout this troubling case!”
The prosecutor attempted to draw a sinister correlation between Aafia and her now ex-husband being questioned by the FBI in 2002, and leaving the US a week later. Aafia noted that there wasn’t anything sinister about the timing; they had already planned to make that trip home before the FBI visit. To underscore this point, she noted how she later returned to the US to attempt to find work in her field.
Mauri said one of the most heart-wrenching moments in the cross-examination was when Dr Aafia described how she was briefly re-united with a young boy in Ghazni (July 2008) who could have been her oldest son. She spoke of how she was mentally in a daze at that time, and had not seen any of her children in five years. As a result she could not definitively (then or now) determine if that was indeed her son, Ahmed.
When asked whether she had incriminating documents in her possession on the day she was arrested, Aafia testified that the bag in her possession on the day that she was re-detained was given to her. She didn’t know what was in the bag, nor could she definitively determine if the handwriting on some of the documents was hers or not. She also mentioned on a number of occasions (to the chagrin of the prosecutor) how she was repeatedly tortured by her captors at Bagram.
But the killer blow was delivered when Dr Aafia mildly challenged the prosecutor in a calm, crystal clear voice that was heard throughout her testimony: “You can’t build a case on hate; you should build it on fact!”
There were other sensation moments and revealing testimony and if anyone thought that she hated Americans she removed that idea from their minds when she talked of the “fake Americans, not real Americans” who held and tortured her in the secret prisons. They were fake, she explained because real Americans would not behave in such a way to bring shame on their country.
We also discovered how she was instructed to translate and copy something from a book while she was secretly imprisoned. During the course of this testimony which repeatedly drew the ire of an increasingly frustrated prosecutor, Aafia noted how she can now understand how people can be framed (for crimes they are not guilty of).
It all got too much for Judge Berman who ordered a brief recess.
The plan to goad and incite Dr Aafia to perform some incomprehensible, demonic rant had back-fired.
When testimony resumed, we learned through the star witness how she was often forced-fed information from one group of persons at the secret prison, and then made to regurgitate the same information before a different group of inquisitors. While it was presented to her as a type of “game,” she revealed of how she would be “punished” if she got something wrong.
Now, more than ever, this trial should be brought to an end. And if Judge Berman wants to go down in history for punctuating his lack lustre career as a member of the judiciary for standing up in the cause of truth and justice now is the time to do it.
The truth will out and the US Government’s case has been exposed for what it is … a sham.
And it is a fitting tribute to the endurance of Dr Aafia, mother-of-three, that the sham has been exposed by her.
Let’s see justice being carried out in 500 Pearl Street in lower Manhattan tomorrow. Over to you, your Honour Judge Berman.
* Award-winning investigative Yvonne Ridley and award-winning film-maker Hassan al Banna Ghani produced the documentary In Search of Prisoner 650 about the mysterious Grey Lady of Bagram who they conclude is Dr Aafia Siddiqui. Yvonne Ridley is also a patron of the human rights organisation Cageprisoner which first raised the issue of Dr Aafia Siddiqui shortly after she went missing in March 2003. A full report on the court proceedings can be seen on the website http://www.cageprisoners.com
Qts is General sahib why u still allow US drones and US army to put thier napaak foots in Pak territory.
Kayani rebuffs ‘double game’ allegation on Pak intelligence
Chief of the Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani said Wednesday that 2273 officers and soldiers had embraced martyrdom during the ongoing war against terrorism.
In a chat with senior journalists in Islamabad, Army chief Gen Kayani rejected the allegations of double game leveled against Pakistan intelligence agencies, saying that 73 intelligence officers had embraced martyrdom in Pakistan, while 11 others were martyred in Afghanistan.
The COAS said that one 3-star General, two 2-star generals and five brigadiers were also among the martyrs.
While in Afghanistan, 1682 soldiers of allied forces had been killed during the last eight years, he commented.
A large quantity of weapon was seized in Swat with the help of Swat people, he said, adding the arms were recovered during the past two and half months.
I salute Afia family for brave & courageous reaction.
I think the guilty party is Govt of Pakistan which gives credence to this farce trial by insisting to defend and providing lawyers.
Trial was conducted at a district court which has no jurisdiction other than its own territory to conduct a trial for alleged crime in other country.
Govt of Pak knew well that she was abducted with her children in 2003 with the help of then corrupt Govt of Musharaf and they must have all the evidences of her abduction by FBI agents….all they had to do was to provide those evidences…History would be different….defender would be accuser and accuser would be defender.
Those who were conducting Afia trial rather be facing kidnapping charges of at least two American born children.
I am sure this heinous Hussain Huqqani had to play dubious roll in this well organized drama.
Her mother has more vision then all the Pakistani “leaders” put together.
Afia is convicted of murder attempt, granted. Who is responsible of her son’s death in US custody? Can Pakistan dare to go to ICJ and charge America of Afia’s son’s muder while in their custody? Insaf ki dhujian urra dien American courts ney…Shame shame.
These bastards are becomiong like whack a mole.
ARY: Noor Jamal becomes new Taliban leader
Sach bolney ki saza.
Geo: Allah Tawwakul-fame Munir transferred
Bomb Disposal Squad’s senior inspector Munir Sheikh has been transferred to Sukkar in an apparent bid to punish him for his remarks to Geo News regarding the useless bomb-finding apparatus, Geo News reported Sunday.
The sources said he has been transferred on the orders issued by IG Sindh Police, Sultan Salahuddin Babar Khattak.
Munir Sheikh, talking to Geo News following the bombing at Jinnah Hospital, said the BDS is working without modern equipments, as the present bomb-detecting apparatus cannot detect the sealed bombs, adding the BDS work is underway Allah Tawwakul.
He seems apparently precisely telling the truth as the route of Yaum-e-Ashur procession was scanned with these worthless apparatus; however, the bomb rigged in a can mounted on a post at Boulton Market could not be spotted by these gadgets.
I just heard his wife complaining about his transfer on ARY…u tau uska termination hi ho ga.lol
Surprise SC CJ has not taken sumoto action yet! lol
Akbar Zib, Pakistani Diplomat, Rejected In Saudi Arabia Because Name Means ‘Biggest D**k’ In Arabic
According to reports, a well respected, high ranking Pakistani official has been rejected as ambassador to Saudi Arabia because his name, Akbar Zib, translates as ‘biggest dick’ in Arabic.
Yes, that’s really what it translates as. Neal Ungerleider over at True/Slant helpfully tells us that Akbar is a common Muslim name that translates to “the greatest”, and Zeb is a relatively common Urdu name (زب) whose meaning in Arabic is a crude word for male genitals.
Ungerleider has also put an Arabic article from Arab Times through Google Translate, with some excellent results:
According to Foreign Policy’s Passport blog, Zib had previously been rejected from posts in United Arab Emirates and Bahrain for similar reasons.
Alas! above story didn’t turn out to be true – LOL
FP: The Akbar Zeb story: too good to be true
Some freinds we have :p
Secret document bares Indian subversion in Pakistan
Even as India and Pakistan were actively engaged in laying a framework for normalizing their relations in the aftermath of Operation Parkaram (Dec 2001 – Oct 2002), RAW’s Counter Intelligence Team – X (CIT-X), assigned to conduct subversive operations targeting Pakistan, was working relentlessly to destabilize the country.
According to well placed sources the details of these plans came to light once a copy of the classified document detailing these activities was accidentally lost and became available for public scrutiny.
The strategy to advance the interaction with Pakistan on the diplomatic channels, while perpetrating acts of terrorism on a parallel track, was envisaged after the failure of Indian coercive diplomacy vis-à-vis Pakistan during the Premiership of Atal Bihari Vajpaee. The document lays out the extensive espionage network dovetailed into the diplomatic missions in Central Asia, particularly Afghanistan, and the Middle East, which the Indian under-cover intelligence operatives utilize to rake trouble not only in FATA but in the Pakistani hinterland as well.
As per details given in the purloined paper, agents for anti-Pakistan subversion were trained in 57 training camps established in the IHK, East Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Karnataka and Assam. Activists of anti-Pakistan nationalist groups were the focus of the Indian search for recruits who received cash weapons and ammunitions from undercover RAW operatives masquerading as Al Qaeda agents. While sections of the Taleban have been named as perpetrators of some of the most heinous and bloody acts of subversion in Pakistan, it was their Indian handlers who manipulated the invisible strings. Mossad’s tactics of infiltrating Palestinian resistance acted as the model and provided the modus operandi for CIT – X to stir insurgency on Pakistan’s Western border that, hitherto fore, had remained free from a military threat.
The document reveals that apart from concentrating on the FATA Region, stoking the fires of sub-national movements in Pakistan can be identified as one of the vulnerable area where Indian Agencies are focused. The classified document also reveals that targeting interior regions of Sind province, Seraiki belt and the Northern Areas of Pakistan forms pivots of the Indian plan, receiving riveting and ceaseless attention of CIT – X.
CIT “X” OPERATIONS
1. A declassified document of RAW has revealed CIT ‘X’ Operations which spells out the Mossad / RAW / CIA plot against Pakistan, indicating that Pakistan has been effectively engaged in a long hot summer as the “Summer Offensive Continues”. Following contents are the proof that Pakistan has been looking for:-
a. Tactics of the Dragon Policy.
In retaliation for the alleged unending terrorist pursuits of Pakistan, RAW and MOSSAD had conceived the “Summer Offensive” a year ago. Modus operandi has been successful. The operational tactics are:-
(1) Intelligence has successfully tapped known international drug and mafia dons against Pakistan. CIT “X” is effectively training agents for covert operations in Pakistan. Under the Vajpayee government, the CIT “X” and other sensitive organizations were authorized to strengthen contacts with sleeping agents, and recruit new front men to carry out covert operations in Pakistan.
(2) All possible international criminal and mercenaries, including Afghans were engaged for covert purpose during LK Advani’s tenure in the Home Ministry.CIT “X” is actively involved in drug trafficking to finance its covert operations.
(3) Illegal poppy is being cultivated in bulk in Himachal Pradesh, Arunchal Pradesh, Mizoram and Uttar Pradesh. Drug barons have close links with their Afghan counterparts, completely controlled, and continuously monitored by various intelligence agencies. India today stands as the fifth largest country in the world in the production of illicit opium. Laos is 4th with 20 metric tons and has directly tied up with RAW and internal drug barons. Some people of Indian origin living in Surinam and Holland have been engaged to facilitate Indian agencies in drug trafficking. Under the benign patronage of CIT “X” the business of drug trafficking is flourishing and the money earned is accounted for and is being directed towards covert activities in Pakistan.
(4) The summer offensive includes establishment of 57 training camps in Occupied Kashmir, East Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujrat, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Karnatka and Assam to train and launch terrorists inside Pakistan. Trainees are generally drawn from the Indian hatched dissident groups of Mohajir Qaumi Movement (MQM), Jiye Sindh Mohaz,
b. Offensive under Diplomatic Cover (The MOSSAD Hands)
(1) RAW Centers at London, Dubai, Iran, and South Africa operate against Pakistan jointly with Israeli MOSSAD. However, for its summer offensive RAW in a joint effort with MOSSAD has laid out a whole network around Pakistan to ensure success through destabilization.
(2) During Wana operations the miscreants were fed cash, weapons and ammunition indirectly by RAW operatives under cover of Al-Qaeda. Mossad and AMMAN have also contributed heavily towards the funding and material requirements for those operations.
c. Ministry of Information and Security (Iran’s Involvement)
(1) Iran, having contiguous borders with Pakistan, is a hot bed of intrigues and constant source of support and inspiration to RAW functionaries. The Indian Embassy at Tehran and Consulates in Zahidan, Mashhad and Bandar Abbas are actively engaged in establishing links with disgruntled elements of Balochistan and Sindh for destabilizing these provinces. RAW is maintaining contacts / their sources / links in Pakistan through their consulates at Zahidan and Dubai. Most of the staff at Indian Consulate in Zahidan is from intelligence / security organizations including RAW, Intelligence Bureau and Military Intelligence. Irani intelligence has been providing reliable information and support to RAW operations by using disgruntled Shia elements in Pakistan.
d. Intelligence Model
(1) This intelligence model is an improvement on the practices of MOSSAD, which has infiltrated several Jewish agents into the occupied territory of Palestine as Muslims. These agents practice Islam like any ordinary Muslim, and mingle into the local Muslim population just to wait for the appropriate time to strike. While Taliban and Al-Qaeda are getting the blame, Pakistan gets the rap for “not doing enough” by US and FRIENDLY” Afghan authorities.
e. UAE Angle
(1) UAE is being used as a launching pad for terrorist activities in Pakistan. Agents are getting hold of young, disgruntled elements and after carrying out their proper brainwashing, they are dispatched to Dubai. The Indian Consulate in Dubai is issuing temporary passport to these activists for getting training / briefing. After completion of their formal training, they are launched into Pakistan to carry out their terrorist / sabotage activities.
f. Fake Currency
(1) To cripple the economy of Pakistan, RAW has taken upon itself the responsibility of pumping fake currency into Pakistan through various illegal means.
g. Subversion
(1) To fan the flames of Sindhi Desh Movement subversive literature, published from Bombay and Jammu e.g. Sindh Sujag. Sindh Rises, Sindh Parcham, Sangat and lot of other subversive material is being pumped into Sindh clandestinely. Whereas, RAW is morally and materially supporting the Saraiki Movement in southern Punjab. Regional Political Parties like Saraiki Suba Mahaz, Pakistan Saraiki Party and Saraiki Sahaliya Sangam are being effectively sponsored. Subversive literature in huge quantity is being published on the subject.
h. Balwaristan Movement
(1) RAW is also involved in sponsoring the Balwaristan Movement. It is being organized under Abdul Hamid, self styled Chairman of his own faction of the Balwaristan National Front based in Delhi. The Front is working for the independence of Northern Areas. It has been sending into Pakistan highly subversive material from abroad.
2. The hostile intelligence operatives are making concerted / unified attempts to achieve their aim of destabilizing Pakistan through a well conceived / articulated plan. Pakistan needs to counter it by utilizing all means available.
Here are is the link indian embassies in iran
http://www.embassiesabroad.com/embassies-in/Iran
here is the map
NYT: Secret Joint Raid Captures Taliban’s Top Commander
Theres rare and remote coverage of IRS related Austin suicide attack by Zionist media…This news is not even on front page of Yahoo NEWS.
And criminally no coverage at all of Mossad death squad responsible for killing of Hammas leader in Dubai.
Had it been an Israeli injured by stone throwing Palestinian kid…There should be a big headline of terrorist attack.
once again my innocent friend u dun understand, the suicide attack is not a terrorist attack its just suicide. Reasons
1 – Its not done by a Muslim
2 – Its against IRS as its duty of all american to hate and kill IRS.
Now this news worth reporting because two Fatah suspects included in death squad.
Hamas: Suspects in Dubai killing include Fatah men
AP: RAMALLAH, West Bank – Hamas claimed Friday that two ex-officers from the rival Fatah organization were involved in the assassination of a Hamas operative in Dubai, and Fatah shot back by insinuating Hamas members were the ones who collaborated with the killers.
The slaying of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh in a luxury Dubai hotel room last month has widely been blamed on Israel’s Mossad spy agency but it also has sparked bitter recriminations among the rival Palestinian factions, which have long competed for influence in the Palestinian territories.
Dubai police unveiled 11 suspects — 10 men and one woman — who apparently traveled to Dubai on European passports with real names and authentic data, but possibly altered photos.
Dubai also said police had two Palestinians in custody for alleged involvement in the murder of al-Mabhouh, whose body was found on Jan. 20. The two were arrested in Jordan shortly after the killing, then sent back to Dubai.
A Hamas Web site, the Palestine Information Center, said those two men were former Fatah security officers and current employees of a senior Fatah official, who was not identified. Dubai authorities have not identified the two Palestinians and would not comment Friday.
Hamas stopped short of accusing Fatah of collaborating with the Mossad, however. Izzat al-Rishq, a member of Hamas’ leadership in Damascus, told The Associated Press on Friday that Hamas is “not accusing any party” other than Israel, though he said the agents might have used “small collaborators for logistic issues.”
The Hamas Web site identifies the two men as Anwar Shheibar and Ahmad Hassanain. It says they served in Fatah’s security services in Gaza, fled the territory in 2006, and currently work for a construction company owned by a high-ranking Fatah official, Mohammed Dahlan.
Dahlan denied any connection to the men or to the killing, telling the Kuwait-based paper Gulf News in an interview published Friday that Hamas was “following mirages created by Israel.”
A Fatah spokesman also denied the charge. “Hamas is trying by these accusations to cover up the security flaws in the first lines of its leadership,” said Adnan Damiri, a spokesman for Palestinian security forces in the Fatah-ruled West Bank. “Hamas is the only one to know the movement of Al-Mabhouh, and from there the information went to the Israelis.”
Officials of the Fatah-affiliated Palestinian Authority in the West Bank city of Ramallah said the two men are former members of Fatah who later joined Hamas security forces in Gaza. They said the men were sent to Dubai on Hamas business last month but had no further details. They spoke on condition of anonymity because they had not been given permission to comment publicly.
Israel has refused to comment on accusations it was behind the killing, with Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman saying Wednesday that “Israel never responds, never confirms and never denies.”
Hamas and Fatah have been trading accusations over the affair for days, but Friday’s allegations were the first time names were used. Each side has made attempts to tone down the rhetoric — perhaps to avoid destroying prospects for reconciliation between the rivals who control separate territories on opposite sides of Israel.
The Western-backed Fatah and the Islamic militant Hamas fought a bloody civil war in 2007 that left Hamas in charge of Gaza and Fatah in control of the West Bank. Palestinians hope to establish a state in both areas.
CIA trying to tire out Indian team?
The CIA has been blamed for many things since its establishment in 1947, but attempting to fatigue young Indian cricketers and distract the country’s students is something even they probably aren’t capable of. But that is precisely what Mumbai-based lawyer Prabhakar Pradhan has filed in the city’s High Court, alleging that the USA’s intelligence agency is responsible for “tiring out” India’s young players and causing much shame to the national team.
“It is a CIA mischief. It wants to humiliate our players in international matches,” read a Public Interest Litigation filed yesterday that also demanded an inquiry against the Indian board under the Commission of Inquiry Act. Pradhan also argued that students across the country were being distracted due to the busy international calendar and subsequently falling behind in their school and university work.
“It is for the citizens to play or see the matches. When I was a student, I never watched matches when there were exams,” he said while adding the his “friend” and former Indian captain Ajit Wadekar could be readily persuaded to file and affidavit in his support.
Swift to present a dead bat to the attempted googly was Chief Justice Anil Dave, who rejected the plea by saying, matter-of-factly, “It is not necessary.”
Case closed.
ARY: Rashid alleges irregularities at 3 polling stations
RAWALPINDI: Awami Muslim League chief and candidate of NA-55 has claimed that Muslim League (N) has captured three polling stations in the constituency and a Naib Tehsildar has been caught while casting bogus vote.
Talking to media after casting his vote at polling station 216 for by election at NA-55 Rawalpindi, Rashid alleged that people called from the entire country to Rawalpindi for rigging in the election. He also alleged that Punjab Police was facilitating rigging adding that the entire PML-N leadership involved in bogus voting.
Sheikh Rashid said that the rigging has been continued at union council-1 to 9 and suburban areas have been selected for irregularities to avoid media attention.
Turkish court charges 7 officers in coup plot
AP: ANKARA, Turkey – A Turkish court on Wednesday formally charged and ordered jailed seven senior Turkish military officers for allegedly plotting several years ago to overthrow the Islamic-leaning government.
The wiretap evidence and discovery of alleged military plans drafted in 2003 to overthrow the government led to the detention of about 50 commanders Monday in the highest profile crackdown ever on the military which has ousted four governments since 1960.
The court in Istanbul ordered that four admirals, an army general and two staff colonels be jailed. It released six other officers Wednesday but it was not clear whether they were freed pending trial.
Prosecutors were still questioning dozens of other high-ranking officers, including former chiefs of the Navy, Air Force and Special Forces.
The crackdown dramatically escalated tensions in the country between the military-backed secular establishment and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, whose Islamic-leaning government has strong electoral backing and the European Union’s support
Top generals and admirals met at the military headquarters on Tuesday and issued a brief statement, saying they discussed “the serious situation” regarding the investigation.
Deniz Baykal, head of the main opposition Republican People’s Party, accused the government on Tuesday of engaging in a “political showdown.”
“Why you waited for seven years?” Baykal asked. “These are commanders who wear pajamas and slippers now!”
Baykal, however, signaled that he would support the prosecution of military leaders who actually toppled governments in the past in an apparent reference to Gen. Kenan Evren, the leader of the 1980 coup.
Erdogan denies the crackdown is politically driven. He insists his efforts to improve human rights and bring Turkey into line with European Union standards is evidence that his government is seeking to enhance democracy, while putting the military under civilian rule as in the West.
The alleged secret military plans — dubbed “the sledgehammer” — included blowing up some mosques during Friday prayers and turning stadiums into open-air prisons capable of holding tens of thousands of people if they challenged the troops.
Turkey was abuzz Tuesday with speculation over whether recordings of the plotters, posted on leading Web sites, could possibly be genuine.
In one, a top officer accuses the political leadership of trying to “tear down the country and carry it into another (Islamic) regime.” He vows: “I will unleash (my forces) over Istanbul. … It is our duty to act without mercy.”
The crackdown has signaled that a major political shift is under way in Turkey, NATO’s sole Muslim member and a U.S. ally. The country’s stability is crucial for Washington and the EU, which want Turkey to develop into a mature democracy.
“What is striking about this struggle is that nobody had ever held the military accountable for what it had done. No one ever said what you are doing is wrong,” Henri Barkey, a Turkey expert with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, said by telephone from Washington. “A societal change is taking place in Turkey at the moment.”
It is widely believed that Gen. Hilmi Ozkok, then head of the military, did not back his subordinates. He was not implicated in the alleged plot.
It was the latest in a series of alleged coup plots in recent years. More than 400 people, including academics, journalists and politicians in addition to soldiers, have already been charged in a previous case. No one has been convicted.
The following para caught my interest.
“In one, a top officer accuses the political leadership of trying to “tear down the country and carry it into another (Islamic) regime.” He vows: “I will unleash (my forces) over Istanbul. … It is our duty to act without mercy.”
And specially this quote
“I will unleash (my forces) over Istanbul. … It is our duty to act without mercy.”
What a genuine boot licker of so called secular west.
Sheeda tay gaya tumhara Afzaal.
@sheeda-pistol
koi baat nahi girtey hain shehsawar he maidan-e-jang main, muqabla to dil-e-natwaan nay khoob kia, PTI ka haal kia hai 3rd position bhi mushkil lag rahee hai lolz
Yeh shehsawar nahi chala hua kartoos hai…
Sharam Karo!!!
so lost in election is sharam? He lost to NS atleast tumhara sher apna level dikha gaya. LOL
Lost to Nawaz Sharif? What does that mean? Sheeda was bound to lose and if you are refering to NS going in NA-55 for his candidate’s campaign, you must realize that it’s a norm for the party head to visit the constituency, especially an important and huge one like NA-55. What is wrong in it? BB used to visit her candidates’ constituencies iska meaning level neechay aana nahi hota. Firing incident had given Sheeda this hype that he managed to get 40k+ votes warna tau kuch nahi milta.
I have no sympathy with PMLN but Mushy and co deserve this.
Yeah but they always say yes, unlike PML – N who keep saying oh hmaree leadership ka kia muqabla they will not come in constituency. Anyway am ok with result. Muqabla to dil-e-natwaan nay khoob kia
Phir be Sharam tumm ko nahin atti!!!!
that reminds me pre- BB wedding naara we use to do to piss off jiyala
sharam karoo haya karoo
apni behan ka nikah karoo lol
atleast PPP and BB haya waley thai, nikah kiya ghar basaya unlike the 2 shers dono ek he jaga munh marteey hain. Naeem bukhari se poochey koi lol. I mean baighartee ki hud hai
(ohh am gonna get spanked for this)
Looks like “Phir be Sharam tumm ko nahin atti!!!!” really hit home!!!
Baat suno ,jhooti baatain na phailao…Tahira Syed sirf NS ki thi, SS had nothing to do with her. Sheeday ki baighairti k qissay nahi maloom? Escort ko paisay nahi deay in London. Yaar khuda k leay fazool bakwas na kiya kero. Secondly BB k leay tum jub naara lagatay thay you were in MQM…tumhara kaaleay leader ney kitni gay marriages ki hui thien uss waqt?
On a serious note, Sheeda had called in all the favours he had made to all the media men. But in the end it was not enough.
It is also a win for Hawks in PMLN. All the softies messed up the Manshehra election. This is more in line with the feeling of the workers. To top it win of a veteran political worker is good for the country.
I pray that it turns out good for the country above anything else.
will see how lal masjid gets rebuild and which punjab police station will cut the FIR of lal masjid. stay tune
RE lal masjid FIR: Punjab Police does not have jurisdiction. The crime took place in Islamabad Police jurisdition. Stay tuned for more Jottay and Piyaz!!! Abb to aadat see ho gai hai!!! LOL
But ur dear leader was calling for al this to win election in NA – 55. So may be u should complaint to ur dear leader
Afzal in Chalees choor group! He also loves other good stuff. Jootay and Piyaz!!!!
Nahi jootay aur unday woh bhi gunday walay. Lol.
Afzaal, Allah ko maano…
I mean look at pot calling kettle black. Wat is NS high moral ground? Aisey bol raha hai jaisey india fatah kar liya huq aur batil ka maarka. jabhi bhag gaya tha KSA lolz. Admi ko moral standing ho to baat bhi karey. Dun even start me on PML – N sex scandals, atleast sheeda is unmarried
as for Kaliya, we all know kaliya was arrested and spent time in thana n jail. Where he suffered like many mqm guys torture. Subsequently i think we all know why divorce happened. lol
Voh Dekho ullo bola
ARY: Bilour says Urdu is not national language
PESHAWAR: NWFP senior minister Bashir Ahmed Bilour triggered another controversy Friday when he declared Urdu only a language for coordination, denying its status of national language, ARY NEWS reported.
“A language can only be declared national when it is being used by the whole nation. Thus Urdu is not our national language but a language for mutual coordination among the masses,” Bilour said on assembly floor when responding to a query by MPA Moulvi Abdullah during Question Hour.
Bilour’s comments annoyed various parliamentarians from both sides of the house who criticized his statement.
Bilour is famous for offering controversial comments in media time to time and then issuing denial of his own words.
On a point of order, Mufti Kifayatullah – an MPA of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (Fazlur Rehman), quoted the Article 251 of the Constitution that categorically declared Urdu as Pakistan’s national language.
He said senior minister is committing an intentional violation of the Constitution despite having oath on it and sought Speaker’s ruling on the issue.
However, the opposition members walked out from the session as Speaker Karamatullah Chugharmati, who belongs to the same ruling Awami National Party (ANP) Bilour is associated with, refrained himself from offering any solid ruling on the issue.
bravo Mr. President finally u did atleast one thing right. Now lets hope this VIP culture finishes or get modified.
The News: President tenders apology over childbirth in rickshaw
QUETTA: President Asif Ali Zardari Friday tendered an apology over birth of a child in an auto rickshaw due to blocakage of roads during his (President) visit to Quetta on Thursday.
The President also announced Rs500, 000 for the family.
However, Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani and Balochistan Chief Minister Nawab Aslam Raisani showed a non-serious approach on the issue.
It may be reminded here that a woman gave birth to her baby girl in an auto-rickshaw stuck in a traffic jam when police closed roads to let President Asif Ali Zardari’s motorcade drive by.
The woman was being driven to hospital in the city of Quetta on Thursday evening when police blocked roads for Zardari and his convoy to pass.
The woman’s brother Mohammad Yaseen said the rickshaw he had hired to take his sister to the Civil Hospital was stopped by policemen near the Askari Park.
“We waited for around two hours. And despite repeated requests the policemen did not allow us to go to the hospital,” he told this correspondent.
“We pleaded with the policemen as it was an emergency but they refused citing orders that no one should be allowed to move until the president passed,” the brother told reporters.
“The baby was born in the rickshaw, surrounded by vehicles stuck in the traffic jam. At that time police officials allowed us to return,” he said.
enjoy
lol