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Glad Tidings from the Land of Faith and Wisdom

Glad Tidings from the Land of Faith and Wisdom:
What have AQAP achieved in the past three years in Yemen?

All praise be to Allah, Lord of the Worlds, and may peace and blessings be upon the Imam of the Mujahideen, the Seal of the Prophets, our beloved Muhammad ibn Abdullah, and upon all of his family and all of his Companions, and all those who follow him rightly until the Day of Judgement.

To proceed:

“Do men think that they will be left alone on saying, "We believe", and that they will not be tested? We did test those before them, and Allah will certainly know those who are true from those who are false” [Surah al-‘Ankabut: 2-3]

It has been exactly three years since the Believers heard the Glad Tidings announcing the formation of the Al-Qaida Organization in the Arabian Peninsula.

From the four brothers who appeared in the video that accompanied this announcement (From Here We Begin, And at Aqsa We Meet) three of the brothers continue to lead the Jihad to this day. Amir Abu Basir (Nassir al-Wuhayshi), Sheikh Abu Sufyan (Said al-Shehri) and Commander Abu Hurairah (Qassim al-Rimi), may Allah protect them all, are still terrorizing the enemies of Allah night and day and healing the breasts of the Believers. Of course brother Abu Hareth (Muhammad al-Oufi) was forced to surrender to the Apostate Saudi authorities soon after the video was released, but such noble brothers as Fahd al-Quso and Uthman al-Ghamdi have rushed to fill his place.

Sheikh Ibrahim al-Rubaish (may Allah protect him) the Mujahid Sheikh for whom not even being thrown in the Crusader dungeon at Guantanamo Bay could sway from his commitment to calling the people to Jihad, continues to incite the Believers to fight.

Of course the road has not been an easy one, and the brothers have all had to make huge sacrifices along the way.

Allah the Exalted says:

“Be sure we shall test you with something of fear and hunger, some loss in goods or lives or the fruits (of your toil), but give glad tidings to those who patiently persevere” [Surah al-Baqarah: 155]

The Mujahideen and ordinary Muslims alike have been forced to flee their homes as entire villages came under indiscriminate attack from the tanks, artillery and aircraft of the Apostate forces, as well as from Crusader drones. Thousands have been injured, and have lost their homes and their livelihoods at the hands of the criminals.

Let us not forget the thousands of martyrs, foremost amongst them the likes of Commander Muhammad ibn Abdul-Rahman al-Rashed, Nayef al-Qahtani and Yusuf al-Shehri (may Allah have mercy on them all)

Imam Anwar al-Awlaki and Brother Samir Khan (may Allah have Mercy on them both) also sacrificed their lives so that the word of Allah would reign supreme in the Land of Faith and Wisdom.

There have been thousands more martyrs whose names we never learned, we do not know them, but Allah knows them!

And many brothers have also been imprisoned, either by the Apostates (such as brothers Jaber al-Faifi and Hussein al-Tais) or by the Crusaders (such as brothers Nidal Hassan and Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab)

May Allah free them all, and give their families the patience to persevere through these trying times.

But along with all the difficulties that one has to expect in the path of Allah there have been numerous achievements for the Mujahideen along the way - and these have been far greater than could have been expected.

Some of the most obvious successes of the Mujahideen are briefly summarized below.

1.) Successfully fighting three wars simultaneously:

The Mujahideen of AQAP have not only been engaged in a fierce battle with the Apostate forces, but have also been directly attacking the Crusading Americans AND the Rejectionist polytheists in the north. Their fourth front will be - with the permission of Allah - against the spiteful, usurping Jews.

2.) Exposing the Houthis as being nothing more than agents of the Iranian Rejectionists:

One of their greatest achievements has no doubt been exposing the so-called Zaidi Houthis as being the lowly agents of the Iranians. The Rejectionist polytheists have begun a project which has as its ultimate goal the annihilation of Ahlus Sunnah wal Jamaah from the Arabian Peninsula! Hence the Houthi dogs have been dishonoring the chaste Sunni women and torturing and executing the sons of Sunnah - as their brothers in Iraq have been doing to the Iraqi Sunnis.

The brothers in AQAP have launched many devastating attacks against the criminal Rejectionists, and even managed to eliminate the chief criminal Badr ud-Deen al-Houthi in a martyrdom-seeking operation.

3.) Dislodging Ali Abdullah Saleh from power:

Make no mistake - Saleh being forced from office has nothing to do with popular protests, or Western concern about the regime killed civilians. The West has allowed Saleh and his like to spill innocent Muslim blood for decades without batting an eyelid. The Americans only insisted that Saleh be forced from office when it became clear that he could not control the country, as village after village fell to the Mujahideen of AQAP.

4.) Inflicting massive damage to the Crusader economies:

The operation of Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab was said to have cost the American economy $30 billion; it is likely that the operation involving the cargo planes cost as much, if not even more.

And while America was the first to act to ramp up their security measures in response to these operations, let us not forget that the other Crusading nations have also followed suit - for they know that as they are also at war with Islam they could just as easily be the next target of the Mujahideen.

The brothers have shown that with only a small investment, catastrophic damage can be done to the Crusader economies, when the targets are carefully selected.

5.) Capturing vast swathes of land and implementing the Shariah in the lands they have captured:

The Mujahideen of AQAP have captured vast swathes of land in southern Yemen, and have set about establishing the Shariah in the lands they have captured, enjoining what is good and forbidding what is evil.

The brothers have been careful not to over-extend themselves, and have focused on consolidating their control of one area before moving onto the next area. May Allah reward them and continue to bless them with patience.


It was hard to imagine that these wonderful bounties would have been possible when the formation of AQAP was announced just three short years ago. It remains to be seen what other Glad Tidings will reach our ears in the next three years.

And so, we ask Allah to keep the righteous Mujahideen of AQAP / Ansar al-Shariah firmly united on the Straight Path they have followed thus far.

We ask Allah to strengthen their ranks, and straighten their aim.

We ask Allah to enable the Mujahideen to defeat the Apostate forces, the Crusading Christians and the Rejectionist polytheists in Yemen.

We ask Allah that Yemen be one of the launching pads from which the patient Palestinian people are finally freed from the oppression of the spiteful Jews.

We ask Allah that the blood of the martyrs such as Imam Anwar al-Awlaki and Samir Khan (may Allah have mercy on them) not be spilled in vain, and that He (SWT) eases the suffering of the patient families of the martyrs and the prisoners.

“Our Lord! Lay not on us a burden greater than we have strength to bear. Blot out our sins, and grant us forgiveness. Have mercy on us. Thou art our Protector; Help us against those who stand against faith” [Surah al-Baqarah: 286]

And our final prayer is that all praise be to Allah, the Lord of all that exists, and may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon the Prophet Muhammad and upon his family and his Companions in their entirety.

Your brother Abu Fatima
Friday January 20th, 2012

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Today's News From Around The World Safar 25, 1433 A.H, Friday, January 20, 2012

 

Statement of Islamic Emirate regarding the despicable actions carried out by British soldiers against Afghan children This is the second time in the past two weeks that people have learnt of western invading forces in Afghanistan trampling on Afghan values and have unquestionably affirmed the claims of Islamic Emirate that the foreign invaders have occupied our country to violate our honor and dignity. We are once again witnesses to the anti-human crime, the target of which is regrettably once again our defenseless, oppressed and subdued countrymen. This time it is the British forces that have compelled two ten year old children (a boy and a girl) to touch the private parts of a few savage animals (soldiers) of the so called civilized world which they have also notoriously videotaped.

 

Mujahideen of Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan military operations against the kafirs, munafiqs and the worshippers of Idols 20-01-12

 

US invaders Chinook helicopter shot down by Mujahideen HELMAND, Jan. 20 – Mujahideen reporting from Musa Kala district’s Zubair Karez area say that they shot a US Chinook helicopter with rockets last night at around 11:00 pm when it was flying overhead at a low altitude. Officials and witnesses further add that the helicopter caught fire in mid-air before crashing onto the ground where it kept on burning until morning before the other enemy troops arrived and cordoned off the area. It is said that all the invaders and crew onboard the helicopter were killed however the exact numbers are not known.

 

Afghan soldier kills 7 French invaders, wounded several dozens KAPISA, Jan. 20 – An Afghan soldier, out of true spirit of faith and patriotism shot and killed 7 terrorists of French invading army and wounded many others in Tagab, Kapisa today at about 11:00 a.m. local time, a Mujahideen official said on Friday. The official added that the soldier was caught after he had fulfilled his mission but it is not clear whether the soldier is alive or injured. Later on Friday, French invaders suspended all their operations in Afghanistan as per instruction of the President Nicolas Sarkozy who said in a statement that he as thinking over an early withdrawal. Meantime, the President Sakozy ordered a search of such conscientious and patriotic soldiers in their rank and Mujahideen who have infiltrated in their ranks.

 

Yemen: AQAP Mujahideen ready to withdraw from Radda, if Sharia Law is introduced there The Mujahideen of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (aka Ansar al-Sharia) offered the Saleh's regime a deal to release 400 Mujahideen from prisons of the ruling regime in return for retreat of their fighters from the recently liberated town of Radda. Sheikh Tariq al-Dahab, Emir of Al-Qaeda in Radda (province of al-Baydah), told tribal mediators that the AQAP units would retreat from the town if the so-called "transitional government" of Saleh's regime sets free at least 400 Mujahideen from puppets' torture chambers n Sana'a. "They also demanded the court to introduce the Sharia Islamic Law in the town", a puppet official said on condition of anonymity.
 

January 19, 2012

 

Mujahideen of Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan military operations against the kafirs, munafiqs and the worshippers of Idols 19-01-12

 

12 invaders, 5 puppets eliminated in Kajaki martyr attack HELMAND, Jan. 19 – Reports from Kajaki district say that a martyrdom attack was carried out on US invaders yesterday afternoon. Officials say that the attack which took place when a hero of Islamic Emirate (Hameedullah, a resident of the same province) blew up his explosives vest in the midsts of ISAF invaders and their puppets who had gathered for a council while building a bridge in Azaan Kashtiyo area. It is said that 12 ISAF invaders and 5 of their puppets were killed whereas several others were severely wounded, officials said adding that the invaders deliberately shot a the civilians nearby after the blast from which 4 civilians were martyred while 4 others which include children were wounded. It should be reminded that Islamic Emirate has repeatedly warned civilians to stay away form foreign troops as the barbaric enemy troops deliberately shoot at civilians after an operation.

 

Martyrdom attack in Kandahar leaves 3 SUVs wrecked, 12 invaders dead KANDAHAR, Jan. 19 – Officials reporting from Kandahar city say that a martyrdom seeking Mujahid of Islamic Emirate (Ahmad, a resident of the same province) rammed his explosives-laden van into the Land Cruiser convoy of foreign officials in the front gate of Kandahar airbase, located on the main Kandahar-Boldak highway. Witnesses from the scene say that 3 enemy SUVs were completely destroyed in the powerful bomb blast which took place at around 01:00 pm today, instantly killing 12 invaders onboard and leaving dozens of others severely wounded. Witnesses and officials further add that the cowardly enemy later shot into civilian vehicles passing nearby from which 3 civilians were left martyred and several others wounded.

 

Report: UK invading terrorists rape Afghan kids Two British invaders terrorists fighting in Afghanistan have been accused of raping two children aged ten in the war-ravaged country, a report has revealed. UK officials said on Wednesday that they are investigating allegations of “inappropriate behavior” by the soldiers, The Sun reported. According to the paper, the solders filmed raping a boy and a girl separately and showed the video to other servicemen who reported them. "We take any such allegation extremely seriously," the British Ministry of Defense said. "It would be inappropriate to comment further while an investigation is ongoing." Afghan puppet President Hamid Karzai's office said the government is "immensely disgusted by the rise in recent incidents of immoral nature among foreign soldiers." The Afghan puppet government also called on Britain to investigate and punish anyone involved. The incident comes one week after a video emerged showing US invaders Marines urinating on dead Taliban fighters, that caused outrage across Afghanistan.
 

January 18, 2012

 

The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan: Another barbaric act of American soldiers A video surfaced on Youtube website the previous Wednesday which showed the obscene and barbaric character of American soldiers as they urinated on the clean bodies of a few Afghan martyrs. This video induced the intense anger of all the Afghans, Muslims and those who respect humanity.

 

Mujahideen of Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan military operations against the kafirs, munafiqs and the worshippers of Idols 18-01-12

 

"We Do Not Need Your Tears Here!" The meeting with the Palestinian fighters twitched my heart. There are those with maimed hands, missing legs and crippled limbs. We were so touched that we shed our tears. But the Mujahideen right away said: “Don't cry.

“We do not need your tears here. What's important is your do'a so that we will remain strong here to keep on fighting for your masjid.

“Send our salam to the people of Malaysia. Please believe in this struggle so that we can together defend the rights of the Islamic ummah.”

Those Mujahideen smiled. We were amazed by the richness of their spirit. They do not mind, they are ready to sacrifice their lives anytime for the sake of defending the rights of the Muslims. Ouch! I feel so tiny when compared to the spirit of their jihad.

Not only the adults, even the small children there have a big ambition. Just ask those children, what do they want to be when they grow up?

Their answer is, we want to be Mujahids!

 

Yemen: Mujahideen of al-Qaeda exploit success and extend to country's center Mujahideen of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) swept into the southern Yemeni town of Radda (province of al-Baydah) overnight and overran it within hours, reports AFP referring to the tribal sources.

The takeover of Radda, 130 kilometers (80 miles) southwest of country's capital Sana'a, was another success in the fight of AQAP against the regime of Saleh, who is currently undergoing a political crisis.

Radda lies only 30 kilometers from the main highway connecting the capital Sana'a and Yemen's southern and southwestern regions, where Mujahideen control the Emirate of Abyan and most of the province of Shabwa. (We would like to note that AQAP units are also operating in other provinces in the south of Yemen, where they control large areas and towns - KC).

 

Kashmiris to observe Indian Republic Day as Black Day Srinagar, January 18 (KMS): Kashmiris on both sides of the Line of Control and across the world will observe the 26th January, the Indian Republic Day, as Black Day to remind the international community that India’s continued denial of Kashmiris’ right to self-determination is contrary to its claim of being a democratic republic. The day will be marked with complete shutdown in the occupied territory. The veteran Kashmiri Hurriyet leader, Syed Ali Gilani in a statement issued from New Delhi, said that India had no moral justification to celebrate its Republic Day as it had forcibly occupied Jammu and Kashmir. The veteran leader appealed to the United Nations to probe the massacres of Gawkadal, Handwara and Kupwara through a war crime tribunal.

The Chairman of All Parties Hurriyet Conference, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq in a media interview in New Delhi urged pro-India parties of occupied Kashmir to resign from power politics as Indian army was virtually ruling Jammu and Kashmir. The Mirwaiz also called upon puppet Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah to seek apology for having prank with the people in the name of revocation of the black law, Armed Forces Special Powers Act. Another senior APHC leader, Agha Syed Hassan Al-Moosvi, in a statement issued in Srinagar stressed the resolution of the Kashmir dispute according to the Kashmiris’ aspirations and called for inclusion of the genuine leadership of the people in the dialogue process between Pakistan and India on Kashmir. Meanwhile, hundreds of people took to streets in Pulwama and Gandarbal districts and protested against the anti-people policies of the occupation authorities. The occupation authorities have refused to allow family members and relatives of illegally detained liberation leader, Mushtaq-ul-Islam to meet him at Kotbhalwal jail in Jammu.

Pro-India parties being ruled by army in Kashmir: Mirwaiz Srinagar, January 18 (KMS): In occupied Kashmir, the Chairman of All Parties Hurriyet Conference, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq has urged pro-India parties to resign from power politics for being ruled by the Indian army. In a media interview in Srinagar, the APHC Chairman asserted that Indian army was virtually ruling Jammu and Kashmir and enjoying absolute control over politics and the puppet administration. Mirwaiz said if the affairs continued to be controlled by the army, time might not be far off when, instead of talking to the political leadership, the Kashmiris might have to talk to army generals for resolution of the Kashmir dispute. Mirwaiz Umar Farooq said that the utterance of an army general that India would be forced to liberate Kashmir by 2016, if the black law, Armed Forces Special Powers Act was revoked even from some parts “vindicates that India is holding Kashmir through its military might and draconian laws.” It also substantiates that Kashmiris don’t want to live with India,” he remarked.

“In light of these remarks, we hope that Indian rulers will acknowledge the harsh realities and start dialogue with pro-freedom leadership of Kashmir and Pakistan for just solution of Kashmir issue,” the Mirwaiz added. “Indian leadership should realize that it had failed to forcefully suppress the Kashmiri people’s struggle.”

The APHC Chairman also called upon puppet Chief Minister Omar Abdullah to seek apology from the people for having prank with them in the name of revocation of the black law, AFSPA. “When India isn’t ready to revoke AFSPA even partially, how it can settle the Kashmir dispute,” he questioned. The Mirwaiz said that pro-India PDP and NC were playing vote politics on AFSPA while the APHC and other pro-liberation parties demanded complete revocation of draconian laws as a confidence building measure for the final settlement of the Kashmir dispute. Mirwaiz said Kashmir was merely a political dispute, but had a tragic humanitarian aspect as well. He demanded a probe by international rights groups and agencies into the unmarked graves issue and other rights abuses perpetrated by the Indian forces in occupied Kashmir.

January 17, 2012

 

Statement of Islamic Emirate regarding the session convened in Berlin under the orders of America Last Monday, a session was convened in Aspen Institute of Berlin city, Germany, in which a number of infamous warlords from Afghanistan participated. The session was gathered and financed by high ranking members from the American congress and its purpose was to establish a federal system in Afghanistan through these gunmen. While Islamic Emirate is exerting its full efforts to tighten and unify Afghanistan even more, the American congressmen are strongly in its opposition regarding which our stance is as follows:

 

17 NATO-Afghan cowardly terrorists killed, 3 enemy’s tanks destroyed in martyrdom operation NANGARHAR, Jan. 17 – Martyr combatant of the Islamic Emirate, Qari Omar conducted martyrdom attack on the 71 1st brigade in Ghani Khel District, Nangarhar province this afternoon, a Mujahideen official said on Tuesday. Qari Omar, a lone Mujahid blew up his explosive-packed corolla vehicle within the brigade killing as many as 17 NATO-Afghan cowardly troops and injured several dozens as well as destroying 3 armored tanks, the official further said, adding that the powerful explosion damaged the facility badly, whereas the area cordoned off shortly afterwards. Reported by Zabihullah Mujahid

January 16, 2012

Mujahideen of Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan military operations against the kafirs, munafiqs and the worshippers of Idols 16-01-12

US invaders helicopter shot down in Nad Ali HELMAND, Jan. 16 – Reports arriving from Nad Ali district of Helmand province indicate that a US invaders helicopter has been shot down by Mujahideen of Islamic Emirate. As per details, the attack took place at 11:00 am today as the enemy aircraft took off from a base while carrying troops away when it came under an armed attack in Shawal area, catching fire in mid-air before violently crashing onto the ground, instantly killing all invaders and crew onboard. Officials add that the wreckage of the helicopter is still lying at the crash scene.

Mujahideen shoot down US invaders spy plane in Logar LOGAR, Jan. 16 – A report from Logar province states that Mujahideen of the Islamic Emirate on Sunday shot down a US pilotless spy plane in the city of Poli Alam, the capita of Logar province causing the enemy plane to fall down near the capital.

Russia can be saved in no way, its collapse is inevitable and unavoidable The Ukrainian state news agency UNIAN distributed an article by Kiev analyst Boris Kushniruk about inevitability of a long-awaited collapse of the bloody Russian empire. He points out: "Back in 1999, the KGB brought to power its puppet Putin. Extremely high oil and gas prices during the first decade of 2000s gave the KGB government a chance to raise the living standards of most Russians. However, total corruption and concentration of major assets of the country in a very narrow circle of KGB bosses led to a further stratification of the population. The KGB men, by virtue of their unique features, are unable in principle to create a quality model for building economy.

January 15, 2012

The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan: Formal proclamation of Islamic Emirate’s victory The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan showed it openly to the world that it is a well-organized political power besides being a military power. It has ruled the country successfully and preserves the right and might of each and every decision of the country. It can neither accept external orders nor can it come under any one’s pressure. It is proved to the world that the Islamic Emirate is deeply rooted internally in the Afghan nation and externally in the whole Islamic Ummah. Militarily successful resistance against a gigantic international alliance, full presence on the whole soil and overall perseverance are the signs and secrets of the Islamic Emirate.

Mujahideen of Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan military operations against the kafirs, munafiqs and the worshippers of Idols 15-01-12

Scores of invaders killed as NATO helicopter crashes in Logar LOGAR, Jan. 15 – A NOTA helicopter is reported to have crashed in Logar province on Saturday. The helicopter crash was attributed to bad weather condition, killing all those aboard. Witnesses say the helicopter has fallen to the ground and got smashed into pieces leaving none aboard the helicopter alive, whereas the site of the crash was cordoned off allowing none to get close to the scene.

A Memoir Of A Puritan (An Account Of A Former Skinhead's Hijrah) My Brothers….. every man has his own life story. The bitter sweet portions of life make us learn and improve our selves in this life. This is a piece of the story of a young man. A piece of the story of a son of Adam who had once been easily tricked by Iblis La'natullah. A piece of the story of a young man who had become a victim of the conspiracy of the Zionist agenda. A piece of the story of someone who had once become the wooden puppet of Dajjal and his agents. A piece of the story of a youth who had been astray but later rediscovered his fitrah as a Muslim. This is a piece of my story….

"Financial Terrorism": Wall Street’s Ratings Agencies Degrade Nine European Countries We live in an increasingly degraded country.

Our politics are degraded and a laughing stock to the word. Our military is demoralized and degraded with soldiers urinating on dead civilians and awaiting deployment orders for the next illegal intervention.

Our education system has been degraded with standards falling and pervasive defunding. Our transportation system, ditto.

I could go on, but I don’t have to. We are all living the decline with downward mobility, jobless and foreclosures, to cite a few trends that make life so miserable for so many.

Now, our godlike financial ratings agencies have decided to degrade nine countries struggling to fix their financial crisis. The decision by Standard and Poors (Best renamed, “It is now Standard to Be Poor”) to downgrade credit ratings for France, Italy, Austria and six other European countries signals those nations that Wall Street has them by the cojones. Their costs for borrowing will go up.
 

January 14, 2012

Mujahideen of Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan military operations against the kafirs, munafiqs and the worshippers of Idols 14-01-12

Al-Qaida Organization in the Islamic Maghreb: ‘Urgent Warning to the Countries of the European Captives’

الحمد لله رب العالمين، والعاقبة للمتقين ولا عدوان إلاّ على الظالمين، وصلّى الله وسلّم على المبعوث رحمة للعالمين، أما بعد:

"Recently we heard from trust worthy sources that there are numerous movements by the Crusader alliance, headed by France, and of their assistants and followers in the coastal region, headed by the Algerian and Mauritanian regimes, that clearly signal their definite preparation to launch a military operation to target the Mujahideen in an attempt to rescue the Western hostages held captive by the organization."

"And it clearly appears that France and her agents didn't learn from the past lessons, and they have no intention to avoid repeating the previous stupidity that made them cause the death of the French hostages in Niger and Mali. And accordingly, in order to clear our conscious in front of the public opinion, and especially the families of the hostages in France, Britain, Holland and Sweden, we announce the following:”

“1- We send a clear warning to the government of the aforesaid countries; France, Britain, Holland and Sweden, that their stances a military attack on the mujahideen in north Mali will be taken as their approval for executing their citizens…”

“2- If the military operation causes the death of the hostages, their blood will be divided on everyone who participated in this [inevitable] aggression, and the European governments and their followers of governments of the coastal region will bear the full responsibility for what happens.”

“3- The Mujahideen do not wish for such a tragic ending, and they are careful to find a peaceful and just resolution for the affair of the hostages. And based on it, we direct an urgent call to the families of these hostages; we say to them: you must pressure your governments to avoid…this military operation that will surely cause the death of your relatives.”

“4- We demand from the media of the European countries in question to shed the light on this risk and political adventure the governments are going to wage, careless toward the blood of their citizens.”

“And finally we say to France and her allies: how many stupidities will you experiment? And what is the necessary number of your citizens you have caused and will cause the death of in order to be convinced that your policy toward the Mujahideen is a wrong policy and needs revision?”

“And he who has warned has been excused.”

“And our last prayer is praise Allah Lord of the Worlds”

Al-Qaida Organization in the Islamic Maghreb

Al-Andalus Foundation for Media Production

Wednesday 17 Safar 1433 A.H. corresponding 12 January 2012

State terrorism cannot suppress Kashmiris’ struggle Srinagar, January 14 (KMS): In occupied Kashmir, senior leader of the All Parties Hurriyet Conference, Shabbir Ahmed Shah, has said that the people of Jammu and Kashmir have been carrying on their struggle for securing their inalienable right to self-determination, despite Indian state terrorism. Shabbir Ahmed Shah in a statement issued in Srinagar, today, deplored that India was yet to honour the promises of its leaders to give the Kashmiris an opportunity to decide their political future by themselves. He appealed the Kashmiri people to observe the 26th January, India’s Republic day, as Black Day to convey a message to New Delhi that they rejected its illegal occupation of their motherland.

On the other hand, the authorities booked the illegally detained leader of Tehreek-e-Hurriyet Jammu and Kashmir, Raja Merajuddin, under black law, Public Safety Act, for the third time lodging him in Kathua jail, Jammu. Tehreek-e-Hurriyet spokesman in a statement in Srinagar condemned the action. Religious scholar, Qazi Yasir, addressing a public gathering at Lal Chowk in Islamabad town strongly denounced the slapping of PSA on Hurriyet leaders, Masarrat Aalam Butt and Syed Imtiyaz Haider, demanding immediate release of all Kashmiri political detainees. People took to streets in several areas of Islamabad and Bandipore against the anti-people policies of the puppet regime. Meanwhile, four persons, including a minor girl, were charred to death in a fire incident in a remote Kadai Lorligu village in Kishtwar district, today.
 

January 13, 2012

New video: AMEF Presents: An English Translation of Al-Furqan Media entitled: “Strong Motivation is of Great Importance”

Remarks of Islamic Emirate regarding the video which exposes American transgressions Islamic Emirate has the following remarks about the video disclosed by the media in which American soldiers are shown urinating on the bodies of three Afghans with complete disrespect after martyring them: With the advent of the new decade old occupation of Afghanistan by the American invaders and their allies, our oppressed people have become witnesses and targets on a daily basis, in one or the other part of the country, to the various abuses, war crimes and actions contrary to all the human and ethical norms.

Mujahideen of Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan military operations against the kafirs, munafiqs and the worshippers of Idols 13-01-12

American terrorists military opium production in Afghanistan soared in 2011 A recent UN report says the production of opium and the illicit drug's value soared in Afghanistan last year, despite the presence of some 130,000 US-led invader terrorists in the war-battered country. UNODC Executive Director Yury Fedotov said in a statement on Thursday. The office also said that more than 131,000 hectares were used for opium poppy cultivation in Afghanistan last year, up seven percent from the previous year. The overall opium produce increased by 61 percent, from 3,600 metric tons in 2010 to 5,800 in 2011. The value of the opium yield also rose 133 percent from 2010. America Is Reluctant To Leave Afghanistan For The Sake Of Opium

For Immediate Release: Harakat Al-Shabaab Al Mujahideen Capture Kenyan Government Officials Mogadishu (12/01/2012) – In response to the aggressive Kenyan invasion against the Muslims of Somalia, special forces from Harakat Al-Shabaab Al Mujahideen’s elite units raided a Kenyan Administration Police camp in Gerille, Wajir District. The raid occurred at around 19:15 hours Wednesday night, following careful reconnaissance and planning by the Mujahideen, and began by swiftly securing the external perimeters of the premises before moving in. Taken by surprise and unable to respond effectively to the attack, 7 Kenyan administration police and government officials were immediately killed, while others were taken prisoners. Also seized during the raid were Kenyan vehicles, communication equipment and a cache of weapons. The operation ended successfully, by the permission of Allah, and the Press Office for Harakat Al-Shabaab Al Mujahideen will publish the identities of the prisoners soon. Press Office Harakat Al-Shabaab Al Mujahideen

US trade deficit widens sharply in November After declining for four straight months, the U.S. trade deficit widened in November, bringing the trade gap up to its highest level since June. The nation's trade deficit widened 10.4% in November to $47.8 billion, the Commerce Department said. This is the largest increase since May. Exports fell 0.9% to $177.8 billion in November, the second straight drop after hitting a record high in September. Imports rose 1.3% to $189.7 billion in November. Imports have been treading water after hitting $226.2 billion in May. Market watch

Analysts surveyed by MarketWatch had expected a deficit of $43.6 billion. The sharp increase in the deficit could cut the government's estimate of fourth-quarter growth. While consumer goods imports declined in November, demand for capital goods made overseas climbed to a record $43.8 billion. Automobile imports rose $816 million in November to $22.3 billion. U.S. shipments abroad dropped 0.9 percent to $177.8 billion even as exports of consumer goods increased to a record $15.7 billion. The U.S. is looking for new markets to sell its goods. In 2010, President Barack Obama set a goal of doubling U.S. exports by 2015 as a way of promoting jobs in a tough economy. Two months ago, Congress approved three long-stalled free trade agreements with South Korea, Colombia and Panama. By removing trade barriers, the administration says the free trade deals will boost U.S. exports by $13 billion a year.
 

January 12, 2012

The Rejectionist quadrilateral... The fourth Stage of the Iraq War America succeeded in overthrowing Saddam Hussein and his security forces. They expected some resistance from the supporters of Saddam, but they knew that it is a matter of weeks or months before they lay down their weapons. What the American generals forgot in their invasion plan is that the land of Yunus bin Matta (Peace be upon him) is a land that gives birth to the people of monotheism and Jihad. So, instead of removing a disobeying puppet from Iraq and replacing him with another puppet, they created the right environment for the Islamic resistance movements. This means that America will never Quit the war in Iraq only if it’s threatening its existence on earth.

Statement of Islamic Emirate regarding the ongoing situation in Afghanistan January 12, 2012. It is well known to the Mujahid nation of Afghanistan that the Islamic Emirate has been engaged in a struggle and Jihad for the past one and a half decade to establish an Islamic government in accordance with the request of its people. It is for this purpose and for bringing about peace and stability in Afghanistan that we have increased our political efforts to come to mutual understanding with the world in order to solve the current ongoing situation. But this understanding does not mean a surrender from Jihad and neither is it connected to an acceptance of the constitution of the stooge Kabul administration but rather the Islamic Emirate is utilizing its political wing alongside its military presence and Jihad in order to realize the national and Islamic aspirations of the nation and its martyrs.

We must say that some sources and reports of media outlets often try to distort realities. For this reason we would like to ask all the officials of the media outlets to work within the framework of unbiased journalistic ethics, avoid circulating baseless and one-sided reports and only publish that which is confirmed by relevant sources. Similarly, if it is a report about Islamic Emirate then it should be forwarded to the relevant office for confirmation so it can reach the Afghan Mujahid nation and others in an authentic form. Wasalam. Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan

Mujahideen of Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan military operations against the kafirs, munafiqs and the worshippers of Idols 12-01-12

Breaking news: Panjwaee puppet district governor (Fazluddin Agha) killed KANDAHAR, Jan. 12 – Latest reports arriving from Kandahar province say that the current district governor of Panjwaee district (Fazluddin Agha) has been killed in a powerful bomb attack. Reports say that at around 04:00 pm today, the mentioned governor’s convoy was travelling from Panjwaee district to Kandahar city when explosives packed into a Zaranj (rickshaw) struck them in Kobi area (near Panjwaee Durahi), leaving the vehicle of the governor wrecked while 2 other vehicles were heavily damaged besides Fazluddin Agha, 2 of his sons (Salahudding Agha and Jamal) and 8 of their bodyguards getting killed. Sayed Fazluddin Agha was a resident of Panjwaee district’s Nakhoni area who was appointed the district governor last year and prior this served as the district governor of Boldak for 3 years. The mentioned governor, on top of all the mentioned duties was also the head dozens of local police (militia). He was also considered a very close partner of US invaders who always tried to create rifts amongst Mujahideen and now faced his punishment after a long period of surveillance.
 

Fighting till they Convert A common hadith that missionary propagandists often bring up is the following one:

Bukhari Volume 1, Book 2, Number 24: Narrated Ibn 'Umar: Allah's Apostle said: "I have been ordered (by Allah) to fight against the people until they testify that none has the right to be worshipped but Allah and that Muhammad is Allah's Apostle, and offer the prayers perfectly and give the obligatory charity, so if they perform all that, then they save their lives and property from me except for Islamic laws and then their reckoning (accounts) will be done by Allah."

The missionary will quote the following hadith and will happily proclaim ha! See! The prophet Muhammad was commanded to fight people until they converted to Islam, so Muslims must fight nonebelievers until they convert!
 

January 11, 2012

New video: as-Sahab Media Presents : "Surely Strength is in Firing - The Shooters of Paktika"

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Video: the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan comprehensive military operations statistics December 2011

pdf: Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan comprehensive military operations statistics for the month of December

Magazine: In flight No:36... This absolutely informal issue for visual support of news report from Emirate Afghanistan

The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan: Judge me on my merits With the end of the year 2011 A.D., most of the international media, research centers and the governments of the contemporary world, as ever, came up their own statistics, analysis and surveys of gains and losses in the Afghan war and overall situation in the war-torn country.

Ironically, the reports by mainstream media, as always, have shown the progress and improvement made by the western invaders in Afghan war throughout the year 2011 which is extremely ridiculous. In fact, since the US invasion of Afghanistan, the human and martial losses of Americans have dramatically increased with every passing year; as matter of fact, each year has proved more fatal and deadlier than previous one for the US invaders who have, politically, been faced with the world ridicule and greatest embarrassment, but when it comes to the analysis and assessment of the situation and end result, the US has always tried to get the credit it never deserved and falsely claimed its success on the ground and improvement in the conditions which have never materialized.

Mujahideen of Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan military operations against the kafirs, munafiqs and the worshippers of Idols 11-01-12

An Idea Whose Time Has Come? In 1938, the year of Anschluss and Munich, a perceptive British Catholic looked beyond the continent over which war clouds hung and saw another cloud forming.

"It has always seemed to me … probable," wrote Hilaire Belloc, "that there would be a resurrection of Islam and that our sons or our grandsons would see the renewal of that tremendous struggle between the Christian culture and what has been for more than a thousand years its greatest opponent."

Belloc was prophetic. Even as Christianity seems to be dying in Europe, Islam is rising to shake the 21st century as it did so many previous centuries.

The US Plan to Destabilize Sudan As South Sudan implodes in a growing mass insanity of ethnic violence and once again tens of thousands have to flee for their lives the warning signs all point towards the US plan to destabilize Sudan having begun to hit its stride. To start with, the US pays the salaries for the Sudan Peoples Liberation Army (SPLA, the national army of South Sudan), over $100 million in 2011 alone. Does a country really have independence when a foreign power pays its army’s salaries? Whose orders is the army really going to follow? Today, thousands of UN “peacekeepers” are pouring into South Sudan. These “peacekeepers” are almost entirely from next door Ethiopia and are part of an Ethiopian military carrying out a counterinsurgency/genocide in the Ogaden in south east Ethiopia. An Ethiopian military that has repeatedly invaded Somali acting under orders from the USA. The same Ethiopian army that six years earlier invaded Eritrea. “Peacekeepers” indeed.
 

Nigeria: The Next Front for AFRICOM On a recent trip to West Africa, the newly appointed managing director of the International Monetary Fund, Christine Lagarde, ordered the governments of Nigeria, Guinea, Cameroon, Ghana and Chad to relinquish vital fuel subsidies. Much to the dismay of the population of these nations, the prices of fuel and transport have near tripled overnight without notice, causing widespread violence on the streets of the Nigerian capital of Abuja and its economic center, Lagos. Much like the IMF-induced riots in Indonesia during the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis, public discontent in Nigeria is channeled towards an incompetent and self-serving domestic elite, compliant to the interests of fraudulent foreign institutions.

Although Nigeria holds the most proven oil reserves in Africa behind Libya, its people are now expected to pay a fee closer to what the average American pays for the cost of fuel, an exorbitant sum in contrast to its regional neighbors. Alternatively, other oil-producing nations such as Venezuela, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia offer their populations fuel for as little as $0.12 USD per gallon. While Lagos has one of Africa’s highest concentration of billionaires, the vast majority of the population struggle daily on less than $2.00 USD. Amid a staggering 47% youth unemployment rate and thousands of annual deaths related to preventable diseases, the IMF has pulled the rug out from under a nation where safe drinking water is a luxury to around 80% of its populace.

Manipulation of the UN Security Council in support of the US-NATO Military Agenda United Nations Security Council decisions are portrayed as “the will of the international community,” and Security Council action in support of a national agenda confers moral authority upon that agenda. For this reason it is crucial to understand the tactics by which UN Security Council independence is frequently usurped, and the methods of coercion, intimidation and bribery used to extort approval from reluctant members of the Security Council, or from those members adamantly opposed to a particular course of action.

Twenty-two years ago, as a result of the Untied Nations Security Council adoption of Resolution 678, which authorized the use of “all necessary means” to end the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, and “approved” the launch of the first United Nations supported Persian Gulf War, former United States Attorney General, Ramsey Clark, who had witnessed the devastating consequences of that war’s saturation bombing of Baghdad, stated that “The United Nations, which was created “to prevent the scourge of war,” has become an instrument of war.”

Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Security Council has been in danger of becoming a political battering ram used for the purpose of “legitimizing” the neo-imperial adventures, and the reassertion of Western dominance over former colonial territories in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East . Since 1991, the United Nations Security Council has often been referred to as “an arm of the Pentagon,” or “an annex of the US State Department.”
 

Hindutva’s Ugly Face Again Unmasked The news of Pakistani flag being hoisted by some miscreants in Sindhagi town, some 60 kilometer from Bijapur in Karnataka, was shocking. The mystery was unraveled when six members of a right-wing Hindu group were arrested for such dastardly act. Those arrested belong to the Sri Ram Sena, a fringe Hindu group that has a history of creating disharmony in the society.

This was confirmed by the police that miscreants who hoisted the Pakistani flag did so with the prime motive of breaching the communal peace in an area where there was a sizable Muslim presence.

Its not the first time the needle of suspicion has taken a 180 degree turn. The first was the Samjutha Express blast in 2007 which many Pakistani nationals was killed.

The act was blamed on Indian Muslim terrorist organization but investigation later reveled that Hindu terrorist group were behind the train blast. The poor Muslims of India were vilified for the act of which they had no clue.

The Mecca Masjid blast in 2007 has similar story. After the initial blame game and the arrests of Muslim suspects the investigation turned around and it was Hindutva forces that were believed to be behind the blast.
 

Condemn Use of U.S. Military to Escort Scab Grain Ship in Longview WA this is the first known use of the US military to intervene in a labor dispute on the side of management in 40 years – not since the Great 1970 Postal Strike when President Nixon called out the Army and National Guard in an (unsuccessful) attempt to break the strike. The use of the Armed Forces against labor unions is something you expect to see in a police state. This is part of a disturbing trend where the US military, acting as enforcers for the 1%, is poised to be used against our own people as exemplified by the new law allowing the military to imprison US citizens indefinitely without trial; and whereas, now the US military, which has been oppressing, bombing and threatening other nations [a military that’s paid for with the workers’ taxes] is now being used against us, against American working people and our unions.

Can't afford to lose track of the cattle... 5 Things You Should Know About the FBI's Massive New Biometric Database Civil libertarians worry about the roll-out of Next Generation Identification, a massive expansion of the agency's current biometric database.

The FBI claims that their fingerprint database (IAFIS) is the "largest biometric database in the world," containing records for over a hundred million people. But that's nothing compared to the agency's plans for Next Generation Identification (NGI), a massive, billion-dollar upgrade that will hold iris scans, photos searchable with face recognition technology, palm prints, and measures of gait and voice recordings alongside records of fingerprints, scars, and tattoos.
 

EU jobless rate hits historic high A quarterly report released by the European Commission shows that unemployment has reached a historically high level across Europe. The report, issued on Tuesday, says 9.8 percent of all formerly-employed Europeans are currently jobless, with unemployment having steadily escalated since last spring. According to the report, young workforce, low-skilled workers, and migrants are among the worst hit. Youth unemployment is said to have climbed to 5.6 million in November 2011, marking a new high of 22.3 and demonstrating a considerable increase from 15 percent in spring 2008. The report has also warned of rising poverty among low-income households in many EU states, particularly the Baltic countries, Spain, and Ireland. It warned that the austerity measures, planned by governments to avert the crisis, could deteriorate the situation of vulnerable groups if the measures are not arranged carefully. The European Commission has also announced in a separate report that the index of consumer confidence had fallen to a two-year low in December 2011. Europe plunged into deep financial crisis in 2008, which has continued to intensify over the recent months.
 

January 10, 2012

The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan: Independence of Islamic Emirate in its decision-making If actions are standards for recognizing and testing someone, then Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan has repeatedly passed this benchmark in the past one and a half decade but despite all of this, the enemy has never seized its hands from spreading poisonous propaganda against it.

Reports about release of prisoners from Guantanamo are untrue Aljazeera television published an unconfirmed report yesterday in which it claimed that 3 officials of Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan have been released from Guantanamo in exchange for the American prisoner Bergdahl who is held by Islamic Emirate. Aljazeera channel also said that their claim has been confirmed by officials of Islamic Emirate however the reality is that all these assertions are baseless which are not affirmed by any officials of Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. We strongly urge all news agencies to avoid damaging their reputation by publishing such untrue reports. They should also avoid coming under the influence the western media outlets which want to portray as if all the problems have been solved and through which, they want to spread concerns and keep the Muslims masses in the dark. Our enemies must similarly realize that the courageous people of Afghanistan under the leadership of Islamic Emirate will continue their legitimate struggle and armed Jihad until all the occupying forces are expelled from this soil. The spokesman of Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, Zabihullah Mujahid
 

Mujahideen of Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan military operations against the kafirs, munafiqs and the worshippers of Idols 10-01-12

Report about the pledge of alliance of the ‘Gaaljecel’ clan to Harakaat Al-Shabaab Al Mujahideen Sunday 7/2/1433 The Somali arena witnesses in the recent period an anxious competition between the clans to support the religion of Allah, this competition comes after the Moslems realized the truth about the conspiracy that are plotted against Islam and the Moslems and the wise and ignorant understand and were sure that the right is with the mujahidin and that they are the only ones capable of protecting this religion and repelling the ferocious crusade against the riches of the Ummah, and the resistance of the mujahidin in the recent years against all the conspiracies that surrounded them affected deeply in the souls of the people, especially after they realized the love of the mujahidin and their sincerity in serving them and seeking to do all that they can to serve the Moslems and saw the size of the huge achievements that were achieved by the Islamic Wilayas and the successive victories which Allah granted the mujahidin in these harsh conditions and all this were with humble and limited capabilities, the enemies gathered against us and aimed at us in one bow but our trust in the promise of Allah was bigger than all that and Allah made the mujahidin steadfast, and the mujahidin worked in the past years to incite the Ummah towards jihad and reminded the Somali clans with their ancient past in fighting and jihad against the colonial campaigns in the region.

Questioning A Muslim's Ideological Confusion Every generation gives birth to its own rebels. The Hippies in the 60's, the Punk and Skinhead in the later eras, and the generations of status quo and other establishments rejectors in the subsequent periods. Che Guevara in South America, Mao in Asia or Lenin, Nietzche, Bakunin or even Hitler in the countries of the northern part of the world there. And every personages from those generations of rebels gave birth to ideologies that inspired the later generations. So the question is, is it proper for a Muslim who acknowledges that there is no God besides Allah, Muhammad SAW is a Rasul and the only role model, and Islam is the only worldview, to consider them as rebel heroes whom he admires and adores???

Command of Russian invaders consider results of fightings in Chechnya's Vedeno district 'catastrophic' Sources of Kavkaz Center in Chechnya referring to the family of one of Kadyrov's puppets who participated in the battles in the Vedeno district reported that at least 10 puppets were killed during the clashes with the Mujahideen. About 25 puppets were reportedly wounded. And at least 9 of them are in extremely critical condition. Thus the puppets have found a body of only one Mujahid in the area of ​​fighting. Kadyrov's statement about 5 killed Mujahideen has not been confirmed.

Russians admit 19 their terrorists killed or wounded in Chechnya The situation has sharply improved for the Jihad in the Province of Nokhchicho (aka Chechnya/Ichkeria) of the Caucasus Emirate since the beginning of January 2012. After the ringleader of Chechen minions Kadyrov once again "counted" 50 Mujahideen, fierce fightings unfolded almost simultaneously in western and eastern Chechnya. According to the latest official figures from the KGB agency Life News, 19 Russian invader terrorists has been already killed or wounded in continuing battles with the Mujahideen in Chechnya. The elimination of Russian thugs goes on.

American terrorists military illegal drone strike martyrs 4 and wounded many in NW Pakistan At least four people have been martyred and many wounded in a US illegal terror drone strike in Pakistan's northwestern tribal region near the Afghan border. The terror attack occurred late on Tuesday night. US illegal terror drone operations were halted in November 2011 after NATO airstrikes on two Pakistani military border checkpoints in Mohmand agency killed 24 Pakistani soldiers. The airstrikes sparked angry protests across the country. Pakistan's military issued new directives and warned the Pentagon that it would shoot down drones if they violate Pakistani airspace. Pakistan also closed the border crossings that were used to transport supplies to US-led forces in Afghanistan and ordered all US personnel to vacate a remote airfield in Balochistan province.
 

China slams US military adventurism China says the accusations leveled against the country in the new United States defense strategy are “groundless” and aim to counter the Asian country's growing power. “The charges against China in this document are groundless and untrustworthy," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Weimin said on Monday, dismissing the notion that Beijing poses a threat to any other nation. The remarks come days after US President Barack Obama unveiled a defense strategy to expand the country's military presence in the Asia-Pacific in a bid to switch the Pentagon's focus to the Far East and shift away from large ground wars against militants. The US document demands that China clarify its strategic intent as its military power grows. Liu said China's “defense modernization” focuses on increasing national security and peaceful development while “playing an active role in maintaining regional peace and security.”

Washington's recent shift has been prompted by its concerns China's growing military and its arsenal of anti-ship missiles. On Friday, China's Xinhua news agency warned that any American militarism in the Asia-Pacific region would “endanger peace instead of enhancing regional stability.” Tensions have escalated since the US said it would strengthen its military presence in the Asia-Pacific region despite fiscal constraints. China is concerned that Washington's new defense stance is aimed at encircling Beijing. There are rising concerns in the United States about the growing size and capabilities of the Chinese military.
 

Israel’s student debate champions are "hasbara" agents for the state, says their coach Last week, Israeli media were filled with pride and praise for Omer and Sela Nevo, two brothers and students from Tel Aviv University who won the World Universities Debating Championships in the English as Second Language category, held in Manila. [...]

While debate ought to be about quick and critical thinking, the Cohen-Idov is eager for his charges to become – voluntarily – mouthpieces of state propaganda, even explaining away Israel’s Gaza massacre (“Operation Cast Lead”) to Iraqis.
 

January 08, 2012

Mujahideen of Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan military operations against the kafirs, munafiqs and the worshippers of Idols 08-01-12

Ustadz Abu Bakar Ba’asyir: “Deradicalization, An Accursed Munkar” The deradicalization is a munkar which is accursed by Allah SWT. Thus was the latest statement of Ustadz Abu Bakar Ba’asyir (ABB) which he delivered from the Bareskrim detention center, Police Main HQ, Tuesday (3/1). The Muslims are being forced to be soft on the shirk and munkar, so that the practices of their tawheed are blended with shirk and their iman are integrated with the kafir ideology. Therefore, Allah forbids us to follow it!

The News On The Arrest Of Two Mujahideen From Indonesia Is Fake! JAKARTA – The news about two Mujahids from Indonesia, along with three other Mujahids, being arrested by the security forces of Philippines, Wednesday (4/1), turns out to be false. The falseness of the news was obtained by Arrahmah.com from a source that can be trusted. A cheap propaganda by spreading false news like this is common in the heat of the global jihad confrontation between the Mujahideen and their enemies. Beware!

Mujahideen arrested, fake news

A fake news was being reported by foreign media, including the arabnews, Wednesday (4/1), related to the arrest of five Mujahids in an isolated island in Southern Philippines. Out of the five Mujahids, two of them were reported to be Mujahids from Indonesia. The five Mujahids predicted to be members of the JI (Jemaah Islamiyah) are alleged to be a link between the Filipino Mujahideen and potential foreign financiers and military trainers of the Al-Qaeda network. All of the five Mujahids are led by a trained engineer, Zulkifli bin Hir, one of the key figures of the jihad group in South East Asia. Washington offers 5 millions US dollar for Zulkifli bin Hir alias Marwan. “They appeared to be moving actively around Sulu,” said the military commander Lieutenant General Raymundo Ferrer as quoted from the arabnews website, Wednesday (04/01).

Propaganda in the global jihad

Apparently, the news report is false. The certainty of the falseness of the news was delivered by a trusted source of Arrahmah.com. As for the intent and purpose of the spreading of the fake news is of course for a propaganda to mislead and weaken the Mujahideen. In the fake news, Ferrer also said that, other Mujahideen managed to be aptured were Abdullah Ali alias Muawiyah, and two others suspected to be of Indonesian nationals known by the name Qayim and Sa’ad, as well as a Malaysian national named Amin Baco alias Abu Jihad. Thus was the clarification on the fake news about the arrests of two Mujahideen from Indonesia in Philippines last Wednesday (4/1). Indeed, what had been expressed by Sheikhul Jihad, Sheikh Abdullah Azzam is true, that one of the heavy duties of the jihad media besides defending jihad and the Mujahideen is to issue a release in a form that is best in fighting the media attack being campaigned by the enemeis.

British press warns of growing Russian threat and brewing war with Russia The London's Daily Mail warned in an article entitled "What do you do when war is brewing? Disarm" about an increased Russian threat against the background of the weakening Western alliance. The newspaper notes in particular:

"Faced with a calamitous economic situation, all Western countries are cutting their military expenditure to risible levels. They are becoming small-time players, but they are still talking a big game.
 

Announcing the better part of $ 500 billion in cuts over 10 years, and hinting at another $ 500 billion soon, President Obama warned all potential adversaries: the US military will be leaner, but even meaner: "We'll be strengthening our presence in the Asia Pacific".
 

Years on: Kashmiris remain in jails under black laws Srinagar, January 08 (KMS): In occupied Kashmir, many Kashmiris who were charged under black laws TADA and POTA years ago are still under trail in special court of Srinagar for years without any sign of conclusion. A Srinagar-based English daily in its report said that almost 80 to 90 cases were under trial in Srinagar’s Special TADA and POTA courts. There are reports that a number of such cases are under trial in special courts of Jammu as well. One Bashir Ahmed is facing the trial under the black law for the past 12 years. “The trial of several such cases is going on in the special court of Srinagar and they are regularly taken up for hearing. But either due to absence of accused or the lack of witness from prosecution side, the cases are not concluded,” said advocate Shafqat.

After rigorously following the case all these years, the court has been able to record statements of only two witnesses. The case has a total of 15 witnesses. Pertinently, TADA was enforced in occupied Kashmir in 1987 to contain people’s activities of demanding right to self-determination. But after too much condemnation by human rights activists at the regional and international levels, it was withdrawn in 1993 from the occupied territory. In 2001, POTA, a similar law, was enacted which was subsequently annulled in 2004. However, the people who were booked under these draconian laws continue to suffer and are still facing trial in the courts.
 

US Debt Visualized Now compare it to the $600+T in toxic credit default swaps that Wall St. is still trading and getting bailout money for. The crooks? The Banksters, kids. As Meyer Rothschild said so eloquently a few hundred years ago, "Give me control of a nation's money supply and I care not who makes the laws" Has there been a single bankster even go on trial or be held accountable ("we just lost the $8B, sorry") Not a one. Nada. Zippo. Zilch. $114T is chump change to Wall St. greed.

Western Oil Firms Remain As US Exits Iraq The end of the US military occupation does not mean Iraqis have full control of their oil. While the US military has formally ended its occupation of Iraq, some of the largest western oil companies, ExxonMobil, BP and Shell, remain.

January 07, 2012

Mujahideen of Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan military operations against the kafirs, munafiqs and the worshippers of Idols 07-01-12

American terrorists bomb Musa Kala, 8 civilians martyred HELMAND, Jan. 06 – There are reports arriving from Musa Kala district of Helmand province which state that 8 innocent civilians which include 2 children were martyred yesterday while several others were wounded when cowardly American terrorists carried out airstrikes on the homes of locals in Gobar village. Officials say that the bombing was carried out when the invaders suffered heavy casualties from an ambush on their patrol in the mentioned area.

China warns US on new military strategy China's state media has criticized the United States' major strategic shift into Asia-Pacific, accusing Washington of being a troublemaker responsible for tensions in the region. "While boosting its military presence in the Asia-Pacific, the United States should abstain from flexing its muscles, as this won't help solve regional disputes," said an editorial published by China's state-run Xinhua news agency on Friday. Xinhua warned that any American militarism in the Asia-Pacific region will “endanger peace instead of enhancing regional stability.” The warning came a day after US President Barack Obama unveiled a defense strategy to expand the country's military presence in the Asia-Pacific and switch the Pentagon's focus to the Far East. Obama claimed on Thursday that while the US military is in a "moment of transition" after a decade of war in Iraq and Afghanistan, the government will "maintain our military superiority." China is concerned that Washington's new defense posture is aimed at encircling Beijing. There are riding concerns in the United States about China's growing military stature during the recent years both in size and capabilities.
 

Islamic parties win Egypt third vote Two main Islamic parties in Egypt have announced wining over 60 percent of the vote in the final stage of the parliamentary elections. The Freedom and Justice Party of the Muslim Brotherhood said on Saturday that it had garnered 35.2 percent of the party list vote. The al-Nur party also said it received 27 percent. The two Islamic parties took 65 percent of the vote in the first two phases of Egypt's first general election since the ouster of former President Hosni Mubarak in February. Egyptians went to the polls in three stages to choose a new parliament tasked with drafting a new constitution. Once the new parliament has been sworn in, a commission will be appointed to draft a new constitution before presidential election is held by the end of June. The elections came in response to increasing public demand for a shift from military rule to a civilian government.
 

January 06, 2012

"Military men are dumb, stupid animals to be used as pawns for foreign policy." Henry Kissinger, quoted by Bob Woodward in The Final Days, 1976

The illegal we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes a little longer. "[The New World Order] cannot happen without U.S. participation, as we are the most significant single component. Yes, there will be a New World Order, and it will force the United States to change it's perceptions." -- Henry Kissenger, World Affairs Council Press Conference, Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel, April 19th 1994

"I helped make Mexico safe for American oil interests in 1914," "I helped make Haiti and Cuba a decent place for the National City Bank boys to collect revenues in. I helped in the raping of half a dozen Central American republics for the benefit of Wall Street. I helped purify Nicaragua for the International Banking House of Brown Brothers in 1902-1912. I brought light to the Dominican Republic for the American sugar interests in 1916. I helped make Honduras right for American fruit companies in 1903. In China in 1927 I helped see to it that Standard Oil went its way unmolested." Butler acknowledged that he'd spent most of his thirty-three years in the Marines as "a high class muscle man for Big Business, Wall Street and the bankers. In short, I was a racketeer, a gangster for capitalism[ts]." US General Smedley Butler wrote in his 1935 classic, "War Is a Racket"

Mujahideen of Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan military operations against the kafirs, munafiqs and the worshippers of Idols 06-01-12

Indian worshippers of idols occupied army terrorists martyr 168 innocent Kashmiris in 2011 Islamabad, January 01 (KMS): In occupied Kashmir, Indian troops in their continued acts of state terrorism, martyred 168 innocent Kashmiris including 8 women and 10 children during the year 2011. According to the data released by the Research Section of Kashmir Media Service, today, of those martyred 10 were killed in custody. These killings rendered 34 children orphaned and 13 women widowed. Indian paramilitary troopers and policemen during the house raids, crackdowns, firing and teargas shelling tortured or critically injured 877 civilians and destroyed 35 residential houses/structures while 878 persons were arrested during the year. The troops also subjected 3 Kashmiris to custodial disappearance and disgraced 34 women during the period. In the month of December in 2011, 139 persons were tortured or critically injured, 25 were arrested and 2 women were molested by the Indian paramilitary forces. Meanwhile, since 1989 till December 31, 2010, Indian troops martyred 93,712 innocent Kashmiris, including 6,989 killed in fake encounters or in custody. 119,752 persons were arrested on false charges, 22,762 women were widowed and 10,021 were disgraced or molested, 107,434 children were orphaned and 105,936 structures were either destroyed or damaged by the troops.
 

Human Rights Review – Jammu and Kashmir in 2011: JKCCS This year has been very significant for those struggling against the human rights abuses in Jammu and Kashmir. It is for the first time a state institution like State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) endorsed the findings of Association of Parents of Disappeared Persons (APDP) and International People’s Tribunal for Human Rights and Justice in Kashmir (IPTK) regarding the presence of unmarked graves and mass graves in north Kashmir, besides acknowledging the possibility of burial of some of the people subjected to enforced disappearances in these unmarked graves and mass garves. So far APDP/IPTK has submitted the prima-facie evidence of 6217 unmarked graves and mass graves in 5 districts; Kupwara, Baramulla, Bandipora, Poonch and Rajouri. While as the SHRC has acknowledged existence of 2156 unmarked graves and mass graves in Kupwara, Baramulla and Bandipora. The SHRC inquiry in Poonch and Rajouri is not yet concluded.
 

Jewish terrorists martyr 180 Palestinians, Including 21 Children, in 2011 The State of Israel killed 180 Palestinians in 2011, including 21 children. These shocking figures were given in a report issued by the Palestinian Liberation Organisation entitled, “A People under Occupation”. The year also saw 3,300 Palestinians in the West Bank and Jerusalem detained by the Israeli occupation authorities. The PLO report noted that in 2011 alone the government of the Zionist state approved the construction of another 26,837 settlement units across the Occupied Palestinian Territories, including 1,664 housing units in and around Occupied Jerusalem; almost 4,000 acres of land belonging to Palestinians have been confiscated by Israel; 495 houses have been demolished; and 18,764 olive and fruit trees have been uprooted. With regards to Jerusalem, the report records that the establishment of the Shu’fat military checkpoint by the Israelis, which separates Jerusalem from the Shu’fat refugee camp, has resulted in the isolation of more than 60,000 Palestinians living in the camp and the areas around it. This is part of what the compilers of the report confirm is Israel’s Judaisation policy, as was the closure of the Magharba Gate Bridge which leads to Al Aqsa Mosque. Illegal Jewish settlers, claims the PLO report, have committed a series of “terrorist” attacks on mosques throughout 2011, which escalated in December with arson attacks on the Okasha Mosque in West Jerusalem, the Nour Mosque in the village of Burqa in Ramallah, and the Ali Ibn Abi Talib Mosque in the village of Bruqin village in Salfit. Settlers also, the report notes, wrote racist slogans on the Sahaba Mosque in Bani Naim in Hebron and violated the sanctity of the St. John the Baptist Orthodox Church near the River Jordan. Also in December, Jewish settlers set fire to at least 12 Palestinian vehicles across the occupied West Bank and confiscated around 500 acres of Palestinian land to expand their illegal settlements near Jenin and Bethlehem.

'Mauritania busts Israeli spy network' Mauritania has reportedly exposed an Israeli spy network consisting of 'international activists and Arab businessmen,' which operated in different countries across the globe. The revelation came, when local police officers in the West African country arrested a member of the network for robbery, Lebanese broadcaster Al-Manar reported on Wednesday, citing Mauritanian sources. According to the report, the man has been identified as a Fares al-Banna. While searching his house, the police found handwritten letters to the United Arab Emirates ambassador in Mauritania, in which al-Banna had confessed to being a spy hired by the Israeli spy agency, Mossad. The Emirati ambassador has, however, reportedly dismissed any form of communication with al-Banna. In other letters, he had also confessed to having been involved in the assassination of the senior Hamas official, Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, who was killed on January 19, 2010 in Dubai. Dubai's police have said evidence confirms Mossad's role in the targeted killing.
 

terrorist Obama Spins ‘New’ Global Military Strategy as Massive Change President Obama held a high-profile press conference at the Pentagon briefing room today to dot the I’s and cross the T’s on his “new global military strategy,” which officials last night called a “realistic vision” that would cut tens of thousands of ground troops from the active combat roles. The announcement came wrapped in the same language as every other “new” strategy for military spending announced during the Clinton, Bush and Obama Administrations, that of moving beyond “outdated Cold War-era systems” with increases in spending on pricey warplanes and battleships. During the talk Obama focused repeatedly on “smaller conventional ground forces,” while trying to reassure that the changes wouldn’t impact America’s global military hegemony, giving all the indications that this is an actual cut. Which, of course, it isn’t. The “new” vision is actually an increase in spending going forward, centering on dramatic increases in spending for warplanes, with an eye toward more Libya-style wars – President Obama even cited Libya in his speech. The official spin remains that Libya was a runaway success with zero civilian casualties, a position that they have maintained in the face of evidence of significant numbers of civilian casualties and acting outraged at calls for investigations into those deaths. Libya, for its part, continues to drift inexorably toward another civil war, potentially even deadlier than the one the US insinuated itself into.
 

Monsanto spends whopping $2 million in third quarter 2011 lobbying federal government If you have ever wondered how the biotechnology industry has been able to develop the cozy and unquestioning relationship with the federal government that it has today, you need not look much further than Big Biotech's lobbying expenditures. According to a recent Bloomberg Businessweek report, biotech giant Monsanto spent a whopping $2 million just in the third quarter of 2011 lobbying the federal government to support its agenda.

One of its loftiest lobbying seasons on record, Monsanto's Q3 payoffs to our so-called public servants in Washington has kept the wheels greased, so to speak, for expanding its monopoly on patented agriculture. This multi-million dollar bribe from the world's most evil company (http://www.naturalnews.com/030967_Monsanto_evil.html) will help ensure that genetically-modified (GM) alfalfa, for instance, avoids running into any more regulatory roadblocks, even though the crop is useless, and will only serve to contaminate the entire food supply.
 

January 05, 2012

The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan: Karzai’s Anti-national and Pro-warlord Demeanor The Muslim and Mujahid people of Afghanistan know that the Head of the Kabul Puppet Administration relies on a limited number of warlords for continuation of his reign rather than relying on (the support of) of the nation. Hence, he always opts to tread on national and people’s interests in order to please the warlords. He tends to do that which caters to the interest of a miniscule clique of warlords. As yet, he does not wield a national strategy but toes the line of a factional policy. That's why his stance is bereft of constancy and steadiness. Ostensibly, he speaks of national sovereignty and of the welfare of people but practically, we see that there are thousands of Afghan detainees who have been suffering in the Bagram Air Base and other American bases now for years, and without a trial. But this does not prick his conscience to feel the need of a national sovereignty! Still more, as an Afghan, he has not taken any practical step as to the atrocities committed by the invaders, nor has he risen to the occasion to prevent the night raids being conducted by the invaders. This is amidst reports, that a number of officials of the Puppet Administration and their family members have either been killed or harmed during the night raids, let alone other common Afghans who have fallen victims to the brutalities.

Mujahideen of Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan military operations against the kafirs, munafiqs and the worshippers of Idols 05-01-12

The Mufti Of The Thaghut Is A Thaghut The first and the last to be the obligation for a Muslim is Tawheed; and the first pillar of Tawheed is kufr bi thaghut, or rejecting thaghut. Undoubtedly, one cannot be a Muslim unless he rejects all forms of thaghut, whether it be in the form of a concept, an object or a person (like the ruler who does not apply the Islamic law, or the ulama's who allow what Allah SWT forbids).

RUSSIAN SPRING. New 'Putin's Goebbels' indirectly confirms panic and paranoia in Kremlin This is Volodin's first decision of note, and it signals a shift back toward the dogma codified in an old Russian joke, the one about an American and a Russian arguing over freedom of speech. The American says," Listen, I can stand outside the White House and yell 'Obama is an idiot' and nothing will happen to me. The Russian says, "Big deal, I can just as easily stand on Red Square and yell 'Obama is an idiot'."

Drug research routinely suppressed, study authors find Drug research, even from clinical trials sponsored by the federal government, routinely is suppressed, harming patients and increasing health care costs, according to new data highlighting an ethical controversy that continues to plague the field of medicine.

Counsel of Foreign Affairs has officially announced: The Failure of the Euro The euro should now be recognized as an experiment that failed. This failure, which has come after just over a dozen years since the euro was introduced, in 1999, was not an accident or the result of bureaucratic mismanagement but rather the inevitable consequence of imposing a single currency on a very heterogeneous group of countries. The adverse economic consequences of the euro include the sovereign debt crises in several European countries, the fragile condition of major European banks, high levels of unemployment across the eurozone, and the large trade deficits that now plague most eurozone countries.

The political goal of creating a harmonious Europe has also failed. France and Germany have dictated painful austerity measures in Greece and Italy as a condition of their financial help, and Paris and Berlin have clashed over the role of the European Central Bank (ECB) and over how the burden of financial assistance will be shared.
 

Occupation installs cctv cameras inside the Aqsa Mosque Occupied Jerusalem- The Aqsa Foundation for Endowment and Heritage revealed that the Israeli occupation on Tuesday installed cctv cameras to monitor the Aqsa Mosque, especially from the side of the Maghareba Gate. The organisation condemned, in a statement on Wednesday, this serious step by the occupation, pointing out that the occupation authorities aim to restrict and intimidate worshippers inside the Aqsa Mosque, stressing that Muslims will continue to keep a constant presence in the mosque to defend it. Sheikh Azzam al-Khatib, head of the Jerusalem Awqaf, stressed that this was a serious precedent which is rejected and the cameras must be removed immediately. He added: “We are following the matter. I official wrote to the police telling them that what they did was a serious precedent, and the cameras must be immediately removed." The Aqsa Foundation said that occupation technicians, on Tuesday, installed two cameras above the Maghareba gate, a position from which a large area of the Aqsa Mosque can be monitored.

Code, scan, trade and profit. A new wave of computer enabled insider trading A new Wall St. scam! Rumors are circulating about a new Wall St. research service scam that goes like this… Research reports are written with both recommendations and coded phraseology that enables pre-market manipulation. The way it works – a report that gives recommendations also contains coded phraseology that programs trading bots on the exchange that ‘read’ the report and make various trades. Certain word, symbol and number combinations in the report are picked up by the bots who put on the trades based on the coded info. In the following research report – the report spells out a recommendation – that will make the trades put on as the result of the previous report profitable. Let’s say in January, the research says “We love tech. and big pharma” but hidden in the report is coded info that was picked up by trading bots who went long Co. X. The following report recommends Co. X, making those pre-trades profitable (while containing new coded messages for the trading bots in anticipation of the next report). This ‘research’ service is sold to traders for a hefty fee. It’s inside info that is virtually impossible to detect available to a firm’s best clients on a regular basis. Simply buy the service and enable your computer software that ‘reads’ the research to pick up the code that will trigger what trades will be profitable when the next report is published.

Seven Years After Sieges, Fallujah Struggles Fallujah, Iraq - Fallujah still bears the scars of war; skeletons continue to be pulled from the rubble of bombed buildings, and, worse, rates of birth defects and childhood malformations have skyrocketed. There is evidence of reconstruction, but shortages of electricity and clean water remain prevalent. The overall mood in the city is one of anger, hopelessness, and fear.

Iraq. Began With big lies. Ending With Big Lies. Never Forget Ah yes, the history books, the multi-volume leather-bound set of "The Greatest Destructions of One Country by Another." The newest volume can relate, with numerous graphic photos, how the modern, educated, advanced nation of Iraq was reduced to a quasi failed state; how the Americans, beginning in 1991, bombed for 12 years, with one dubious excuse or another; then invaded, then occupied, overthrew the government, tortured without inhibition, killed wantonly, ... how the people of that unhappy land lost everything — their homes, their schools, their electricity, their clean water, their environment, their neighborhoods, their mosques, their archaeology, their jobs, their careers, their professionals, their state-run enterprises, their physical health, their mental health, their health care, their welfare state, their women's rights, their religious tolerance, their safety, their security, their children, their parents, their past, their present, their future, their lives ... More than half the population either dead, wounded, traumatized, in prison, internally displaced, or in foreign exile ... The air, soil, water, blood, and genes drenched with depleted uranium ... the most awful birth defects ... unexploded cluster bombs lying anywhere in wait for children to pick them up ... a river of blood running alongside the Euphrates and Tigris ... through a country that may never be put back together again.

Signs that China’s property bubble is imploding There is mounting evidence that China’s massive real estate speculation “bubble” has begun to burst. The result will destabilise the country’s banking system, slow its economic growth and impact heavily on the world economy, which has relied on China as a major source of growth since the global financial crisis began in 2008.

Haiti: Seven Places Where Earthquake Money Did and Did Not Go Right after the earthquake, the US allocated $379 million in aid and sent in 5000 troops. The Associated Press discovered that of the $379 million in initial US money promised for Haiti, most was not really money going directly, or in some cases even indirectly, to Haiti. They documented in January 2010 that thirty three cents of each of these US dollars for Haiti was actually given directly back to the US to reimburse ourselves for sending in our military. Forty two cents of each dollar went to private and public non-governmental organizations like Save the Children, the UN World Food Program and the Pan American Health Organization. Hardly any went directly to Haitians or their government.

The overall $1.6 billion allocated for relief by the US was spent much the same way according to an August 2010 report by theUS Congressional Research Office: $655 million was reimbursed to the Department of Defense; $220 million to Department of Health and Human Services to provide grants to individual US states to cover services for Haitian evacuees; $350 million to USAID disaster assistance; $150 million to the US Department of Agriculture for emergency food assistance; $15 million to the Department of Homeland Security for immigration fees, and so on.

January 04, 2012

Mujahideen of Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan military operations against the kafirs, munafiqs and the worshippers of Idols 04-01-12

Israeli students to get $2,000 to spread state propaganda on Facebook The National Union of Israeli Students (NUIS) has become a full-time partner in the Israeli government’s efforts to spread its propaganda online and on college campuses around the world. NUIS has launched a program to pay Israeli university students $2,000 to spread pro-Israel propaganda online for 5 hours per week from the “comfort of home.” The union is also partnering with Israel’s Jewish Agency to send Israeli students as missionaries to spread propaganda in other countries, for which they will also receive a stipend. This active recruitment of Israeli students is part of Israel’s orchestrated effort to suppress the Palestinian solidarity movement under the guise of combating “delegitimization” of Israel and anti-Semitism.
 

January 03, 2012

Statement of Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan regarding negotiations It is a unambiguous reality that the Islamic movement of Taliban arose to establish an Islamic system in Afghanistan, uproot injustice, eradicate narcotics and the local writ of gunmen, strengthen security and to form national unity and with the help of Allah and with the backing and sacrifices of the nation, it was able to eradicate corruption and establish an Islamic government in the various provinces and the capital in a very short period of time. It almost completely eliminated the years of strife and fragmentation in the whole country and was able to bring ninety five percent of the country under the control of the central government. The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan has always tried to solve the problems with the opposition through talks.

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Mujahideen kill 15 US-NATO invading terrorists in Paktika battle PAKTIKA, Jan. 03 – A violent fighting was reported in Paktika on Tuesday. The US-NATO invaders were conducing a foot patrol when they were confronted by a group of Mujahideen lying in wait in Barmal district of the province to surprise the enemy, a Mujahideen official said on Tuesday. He added the fighting lasted an hour in as many as 15 US-NATO invading terrorists were killed and a dozen more got injured who have been transferred by the ambulances, whereas the area has been cordoned off by the enemy.

Feminism, Goodness Or Jahiliyah (Ignorance)? Not a few of our women love to be elusive, avoiding the basic roles and duties which they perceived as a binding problem. What the girls want is to be free and dynamic always, ending up in them becoming lazy to be a wife. Once they have become a wife, the still do not stop making sensations, they are phobic to have children. Even if they are forced to have, it is sufficient to slip just once, so they say. Still they don't want to give their breast milk, whereas it is the best and most pleasant for the children.

Botoxic Putin faces either resignation, or palace coup The daughter of Nikita Khrushchev, Nina, a professor of international affairs in the American The New School and a senior fellow at the World Policy Institute in New York, published in the magazine New Europe an article entitled "Russia's botoxic president returns", where she in particular points out:

While America shuts down fire houses, cuts infant nutrition, US subsidizes Israel army sushi courses There’s an astonishing piece of news in Israel’s Haaretz today under the headine “Israel allocates funds to help former IDF soldiers become sushi chefs”:

Demobilized soldiers will be able to study Asian cooking this year at the government’s expense, as part of an effort to reduce the number of foreign workers employed as cooks in Asian restaurants by training Israeli professionals to replace them.

It’s shocking for two reasons – one is the xenophobia that is rising to astonishing heights in Israel: not even the cooks of foreign cuisine can be foreign (I’ll come back to this) – but because of what it says about how Israel is using US military aid at a time of drastic cuts and austerity for American citizens.

Jewish groups get most money from federal security grants  A week after a man killed a security guard at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington in 2009, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano cited the murder as proof that nonprofit institutions were at risk of attack and could be helped by federal security grants. In an event announcing $1.7 billion in Department of Homeland Security grants, Napolitano noted that 63 percent of nonprofit grant recipients were "affiliated with Jewish organizations." The following year, according to the Jewish Federations of North America, that number grew. In 2010, 94 percent of the department's nonprofit security funding went to Jewish groups.
 

World’s Biggest Economies Face $7.6T Debt Governments of the world’s leading economies have more than $7.6 trillion of debt maturing this year, with most facing a rise in borrowing costs. Led by Japan’s $3 trillion and the U.S.’s $2.8 trillion, the amount coming due for the Group of Seven nations and Brazil, Russia, India and China is up from $7.4 trillion at this time last year, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Ten-year bond yields will be higher by year-end for at least seven of the countries, forecasts show. Investors may demand higher compensation to lend to countries that struggle to finance increasing debt burdens as the global economy slows, surveys show. The International Monetary Fund cut its forecast for growth this year to 4 percent from a prior estimate of 4.5 percent as Europe’s debt crisis spreads, the U.S. struggles to reduce a budget deficit exceeding $1 trillion and China’s property market cools. “The weight of supply may be a concern,” Stuart Thomson, a money manager in Glasgow at Ignis Asset Management Ltd., which oversees $121 billion, said in a Dec. 28 telephone interview. “Rather than the start of the year being the problem, it’s the middle part of the year that becomes the problem. That’s when we see the slowdown in the global economy having its biggest impact.”

Watch Out: USA's Long Arm Has Reached You! President Barack Obama signed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) into law on New Year’s Eve. The bill provides a massive $662 billion for the US war machine and makes unprecedented inroads into democratic rights, authorizing the US military to seize individuals anywhere in the world and hold them in a military detention facility indefinitely, without a trial or any other legal recourse.

Leaked: US to Start ‘Trade Wars’ with Nations Opposed to Monsanto, GMO Crops Nations like France, which have moved to ban one of Monsanto’s GM corn varieties, were requested to be ‘penalized’ by the United States for opposing Monsanto and genetically modified foods. The information reveals just how deep Monsanto’s roots have penetrated key positions within the United States government, with the cables reporting that many U.S. diplomats work directly for Monsanto.

January 01, 2012

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Japan developing cyber weapon: report Japan has been developing a virus that could track down the source of a cyber attack and neutralise its programme, the daily Yomiuri Shimbun reported Sunday. The weapon is the culmination of a 179 million yen ($2.3 million) three-year project entrusted by the government to technology maker Fujitsu Ltd to develop a virus and equipment to monitor and analyse attacks, the daily said. The United States and China are reported to have put so-called cyber weapons into practical use, Yomiuri said. Japan will have to make legal amendments to use a cyber weapon as it could violate the country's law against the manufacture of a computer virus, the daily said. In November a computer system run by about 200 Japanese local governments was struck. In October, Japan's parliament came under cyber attack, apparently from the same emails linked to a China-based server that have already hit several lawmakers' computers. It was also reported that Japanese computers at embassies and consulates in nine countries were infected with viruses in the summer. Currently, the virus is being tested in a "closed environment" to examine its applicable patterns.

December 31, 2011

Statement Of The World Ulama's About Khilafah, Throughout The Unrest In The Middle East The ulama's who are mukhlis in this world agree to actualize the return of the Khilafah. Their calls to establish the Khilafah which is a bisharah nabawaiyah (the good tidings from the Prophet), are clearly and openly proclaimed by them in the Friday sermons or in the meetings with the ummah.

Mujahideen of Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan military operations against the kafirs, munafiqs and the worshippers of Idols 31-12-11

US invaders Chinook helicopter shot down by Mujahideen in Gerimsir district HELMAND, Dec. 31 – Officials from Gerimsir district of Helmand province say that Mujahideen of Islamic Emirate shot down a US Chinook helicopter with an RPG last night. As per report, the enemy tried to carry out an operation on a Mujahideen compound last night and was on its way back when the attack took place, causing the helicopter to catch fire before violently crashing onto the ground, instantly killing all 35 enemy troops onboard. The flames were still billowing from the helicopter this morning. It is worth reminding that 5 enemy helicopters have been shot down by Mujahideen in Afghanistan during the past ten days. 2 were shot in Zabul district ten days ago, the third in Gerishk district five days ago, the fourth yesterday in the northern province of Saripul and the fifth last night ince again in Helmand province (Gerimsir district).

The Grand Mosque in Bir Al-Saba' is now a "Judaisation Museum" The Al Aqsa Foundation has accused the Israeli government of turning the Grand Mosque in Bir Al-Saba’ into a “Museum of Judaisation”. Such a move by the local municipality “is invalid” claims the Foundation: “The Grand Mosque is a sacred place and a religious endowment property; it cannot be used for purposes other than Islamic worship.” Built in 1906 during Ottoman rule, the Grand Mosque is now home to a variety of images, statues and other “disgraceful” things which violate the sanctity of the mosque and the feelings of Muslims, said a statement released by the Foundation. A delegation from the Al Aqsa Foundation made a field visit to the mosque to inspect the violations of Israel’s Bir Al-Saba’ Municipality. The members of the delegation made a point of praying in the mosque to “emphasise its purpose and sanctity”. It should be returned to its original purpose and not used as a museum or other showcase, they said. Al Aqsa Foundation’s deputy head, Hajj Sami Rizkallah Abu Mukh, said that the Israelis had hung photographs on the mosque’s walls showing Zionist gangs’ seizure of Bir Al-Saba’ and occupation of the mosque in 1948, alongside pictures of the Israeli history in the city. He said that this sacrilege against a holy place broke his heart, especially when he saw statues of Israeli and British soldiers in the corners of the mosque, and big screens displaying indecent scenes, including people drinking wine and dancing. Hajj Abu Mukh added that the municipality is trying to deceive public opinion by displaying historical photos of the mosque from the Ottoman era; most of the pictures are from the British Mandate period up to today. "Bir Al-Saba'," he added, "is historically an Arab and Islamic city." He deplored the fact that tourists are visiting the mosque to see the exhibition, even though it is supposed to be a place of worship, not a museum or art gallery.
Al Aqsa Foundation had earlier rejected an Israeli court decision to turn the mosque into a museum of Islamic and oriental heritage, and called for the reopening of the building for Muslim worshippers.

Ethiopian invading terrorists cross into Somalia to fight the Mujahideen Hundreds of Ethiopian invading terrorists have crossed a border town in neighboring Somalia in order to fight al-Shabab Mujahideen, witnesses say. Capt. Hashi Nour of the Somali military confirmed that Somali and Ethiopian terrorists had moved in the town of Beletweyne on Saturday. Following the move, hundreds of Somali residents fled the border town, some 30 km (18 miles) into Somalia, local people said. Ethiopian invading forces were deployed in the Hiran region of Beletweyne in November. The movement appears to be a third front against al-Shabab. In October, Kenya dispatched its terrorists over its border into Somalia to pursue al-Shabab, which it accuses of being behind the kidnapping of several foreigners in its territory. Al-Shabab has denied any such involvement. Kenyan terrorists are currently fighting al-Shabab in Somalia's south.

Imperialism and the “Anti-Imperialism of the Fools” One of the great paradoxes of history are the claims of imperialist politicians to be engaged in a great humanitarian crusade, a historic “civilizing mission” designed to liberate nations and peoples, while practicing the most barbaric conquests, destructive wars and large scale bloodletting of conquered people in historical memory.

In the modern capitalist era, the ideologies of imperialist rulers vary over time, from the early appeals to “the right” to wealth, power, colonies and grandeur to later claims of a ‘civilizing mission’. More recently imperial rulers have propagated, many diverse justifications adapted to specific contexts, adversaries, circumstances and audiences. This essay will concentrate on analyzing contemporary US imperial ideological arguments for legitimizing wars and sanctions to sustain dominance.
 

Iran will be exporting $1 billion of electricity by March 2012 Pakistan’s minister of water and power says his country has signed an agreement with an Iranian private company to import 5,000 megawatts (MW) of electricity from Iran. Syed Naveed Qamar further added that according to the agreement, two power plants will be built near the Iranian city of Zahedan and in Gwadar region of Pakistan’s Balochistan province. The minister went on to say that Pakistan is currently having problems generating sufficient electricity due to the shortage of adequate resources for operating power plants, including low water reserves. The shortage may worsen as natural gas consumption and demand for energy continue to rise, he added. Pakistan Electric Power Company (PEPCO) has already announced that the country will need 15,500 MW of electricity this year, but can only generate 9,500 MW and is short of 6,000 MW of electricity. The minister said that the launch of the two new gas-fueled power plants will reduce electricity price in the country, adding that the imported electricity will be sent to all parts of Pakistan, including Balochistan province. Iran is currently exchanging electricity with Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iraq, Pakistan, Nakhichevan, Turkey and Turkmenistan.

Oil Slick from Massive Spill in Nigeria Threatens Coastline, May Be Largest Spill in a Decade Communities along Nigeria’s Niger Delta have been put on alert following a major oil spill from the oil giant, Shell. The massive oil slick is making its way to the Nigerian coast, threatening local wildlife and massive pollution along the shore. Much of the available information about the spill comes from the company responsible for it, Royal Dutch Shell, which says less than 40,000 barrels have leaked so far. But Nigeria’s National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency says the spill could be three times as large. It comes just four months after the United Nations said it would take 30 years and around $1 billion for a small section of the delta to recover from environmental damage caused by Shell and other companies.

December 30, 2011

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Mujahideen shoot down ISAF helicopter in northern Saripul province SARIPUL, Dec. 30 – Officials reporting from northern Saripul province say that a Chinook helicopter of ISAF invaders was shot down by Mujahideen of Islamic Emirate early this morning in Kami area located near Siyad district center. It is said that the helicopter crashed near an enemy base by the name of Pashtani Bagh, instantly killing all invaders onboard however the numbers are not known. The area of was sealed off from public by the enemy troops who arrived at the scene.

Fire at nuclear submarine in Russia continues. Children evacuate, city flooded with gunmen. Dead reported  By midday of Friday, the ringleader of Emergency Situations of Russia Sergei Shoigu announced that a fire at a nuclear submarine Ekaterinburg extinguished at 1:30 am on Friday, December 30. Meanwhile, local sources reported that the fire is continuing. Kavkaz Center publishes the data for 7 am local time on Friday, December 30, according to the official group of Murmansk in VKontakte, which says: "Extinguishing of nuclear submarine Ekaterinburg in Roslyakovo is ongoing. At this point we know that the flame can not be knocked, is likely to be put out until the morning. According to the news it was put out back at 07:00 pm, and it is still burning ... .. Do not believe everything. Who has a Geiger counter in Roslyakovo, count please the rate and reply. They will never say you the truth in the news.

American Court OKs immunity for telecoms in wiretap case A federal appeals court has ruled as constitutional a law giving telecommunications companies legal immunity for helping the government with its email and telephone eavesdropping program. Thursday’s unanimous ruling by a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court decision regarding the 2008 law. The appeal concerned a case that consolidated 33 different lawsuits filed against various telecom companies, including AT&T, Sprint Nextel, Verizon Communications Inc. and BellSouth Corp. on behalf of these companies’ customers.

US unveils new helicopter-like surveillance drone  The US terrorist Army will deploy a newly- developed helicopter-like unmanned drone in Afghanistan with a wide-area surveillance sensor suite that could beam back clearer images of the surrounding terrain. The army said the new Boeing-built A160 Hummingbird promised American soldiers "an unprecedented capability to track and monitor activity on the ground". Beginning in May or June of 2012, the terrorist Army will deploy three A160 Hummingbird Vertical-Take-Off-and-Landing Unmanned Aerial Systems, or VTOL-UAS, to Afghanistan as part of a Quick Reaction Capability, said Lt. Col. Matthew Munster, product manager, UAS Modernisation. "These aircraft will deploy for up to one full year as a way to harness lessons learned and funnel them into a programme of record," Munster said in a statement.

Army VTOL UAS programme developers and engineers were finishing up some wiring work on the A160 aircraft and performing ground tests with the ARGUS sensor suite. "The ARGUS sensor suite has never been flown on this platform before so we have to make sure that the integration is complete. We are finishing that up now and adding some different types of antennas. We begin flight testing of the UAS at Yuma Proving Grounds, Arizona, early next year," Munster said. The VTOL aircraft will give forward-positioned terrorist Army units the ability to deploy a wide-area UAS Intelligence, Surveillance Reconnaissance, or ISR, asset without needing access to a runway.
 

The 10 biggest vaccine news stories of 2011 1 - Japanese children die from vaccines
2 - U.S. government recruits churches to push flu shots on congregation members
3 - Top CDC vaccine scientist indicted for fraud
4 - IOM admits MMR vaccines cause seizures and measles
5 - CDC openly admits flu vaccines don't work
6 - Merck vaccine scientist Dr. Maurice Hilleman admits vaccines contain cancer-causing viruses
7 - HPV vaccines found contaminated with HPV!
8 - Swine flu vaccine admittedly causes neurological disorders
9 - Science says flu vaccines only work on 1 out of 100
10 - Hallmark caught distributing flu shot compliance cards to new moms

Government to government plan to seize control of all foods Shortly after “Dirty Harry” Reid passed the fake food safety bill in here in the US, with his one unanimous vote, C-36 passed two weeks later in Canada. Both bills were an outright attack on individual rights and property rights as both governments claim they now have the authority to unilaterally decide who can grow, process and sell foods and under what conditions. And, just as here in the US, those lawmakers responsible for this attack on liberty claimed they did so because that was what the public demanded and was begging for. Actually, in both countries just the opposite was true; the public was demanding that these bills not be passed. Dirty Harry claimed that more than 10,000 people had begged him to pass the bill while never mentioning that more than a million had objected. But in neither case was food safety and security the real intent of the legislation. Both the US and Canada were handing agricultural production in all its forms, over to international organizations and multi-national corporations.

Monsanto GMO Seeds Use to Further Expand Within US While genetically modified foods are continually being banned in other countries, the US is slow to follow the very necessary trend. The USDA has chosen to step back and give Monsanto even more power over GMO seeds, and now some states are taking similar action. A bill which could be passed in Lansing, Michigan could make Michigan the 15th state to allow for the expansion of GMO seed use, causing Michigan farms to be plagued with disease-riddled, genetically modified crops.
 

Biofuels not food the biggest driver of ‘land grabbing’ deals, says report 'Land grab' report highlights growing interest from speculators in ‘flex’ crops like soya, palm oil and sugarcane that can be used for biofuels or food. The amount of land acquired for biofuels globally is far higher than previously thought, according to one of the most comprehensive assessments yet by the International Land Coalition (ILC). Biofuels are now the major driver for large-scale purchases of farmland or ‘land grabbing’ in the global south, with almost 53 per cent of the 71 million hectares cross-referenced in the report, being used for biofuels. In Africa, the impact of biofuels was even stronger with 66 per cent of land purchases used for biofuels. Food was next highest at 15 per cent.

Economists estimate a '30% to 40% chance of a break-up of the euro in 2012' A majority of economists put the possibility of a eurozone break-up at 30-40 per cent in 2012, according to the results of a BBC poll - and 20 per cent even state the eurozone will not exist in its current 17-member form next year.
Nearly all of those polled predicted that Europe would return to recession in the new year as the continent struggles to get to grips with its debt crisis.
Most economists surveyed also expect UK interest rates to remain at historic lows of 0.5 per cent throughout 2012 – the same level it has been since March 2009.

Escalating depression crisis is costing Britain £11bn a year A new study has revealed that the use of anti-depressants and sleeping pills is on the rise in Britain as the country grapples with an extensive economic crisis. New figures released by the National Health Service (NHS) information center show that high levels of depression are costing the UK almost £11 billion a year in lost earnings, in demands on the health service and in prescribing drugs to tackle the problem, British media reported. The figures also show that the use of anti-depressants and drugs to combat anxiety has risen by more than a quarter in the past three years, according to the reports. According to research by the House of Commons, people unable to work because of depression lose £8.97 billion of potential earnings per year. The loss of earnings from people who commit suicide is estimated at a further £1.47 billion, and the cost to the NHS of treating depression is put at more than £520 million a year, the research showed.

The NHS Information Centre has disclosed that 43.4 million prescriptions for antidepressants were dispensed in 2010-11, a rise of 28 percent over three years. The use of anti-anxiety medication rose by 8 percent over the same period, with Diazepam the most widely prescribed drug. Sleeping pill prescriptions went up by 3 percent to 10.2 million, the centre said. Across all these groups of drugs, there was a 20 percent rise in prescription items, with the largest increases recorded in the East Midlands and the North-east. The breakdown of the statistics suggested that women were nearly four times more likely than men to approach their doctor with the problem. Charities say the economic turmoil, increased job insecurity and mounting unemployment have contributed to growing levels of depression over the past three years. "For some people depression just happens, but for others it is triggered by stressful events, for example losing a job, property or bereavement. These uncertain economic times are linked to an increase in the number of people with the illness", said Emer O'Neill, the chief executive of the charity Depression Alliance.
 

December 29, 2011

The Prohibition On Making And Worshiping Statues In Al-Kitab Bissmillah, as Muslims we believe in the kitab (scriptures) sent down by Allah, including one of which is Al-Kitab Injeel (Gospels/Bible), although we believe that the existing Injeel has undergone changes by the accursed hands, there are still some verses that are in tune with the teachings of Tawheed. In the Bible, there are quite a number of Allah's prohibitions on making statues and idols and the like, let alone to worship and prostrate before the statue or idol. However, what we find, almost every house of the Christians are displaying the statue of Jesus with his mother Mary and others.

Besides statues, pictures of Jesus and Mary can also be found almost for certain on all Christians. And generally they are very respectful of the statuettes, pictures or paintings of the face of Jesus and his mother Mary. Whereas, it is very clear in the Bible that Allah forbids the making or the worshiping of statues.

Mujahideen of Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan military operations against the kafirs, munafiqs and the worshippers of Idols 29-12-11

Afghan soldier shoots and kills 3 French invading terrorists, injures several more KAPISA, Dec. 29 – Ibrahim, who is reported to have joined the puppet army for specific purpose, achieved his aim by taking out 3 French invading terrorists and wounding a number of them after he had opened fire on a group of the French terrorists in Shamshad base in Tagab, Kapisa province on early Thursday morning at about 6:00 a.m. local time. . He was shot and martyred by the invaders in change of fire. Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji'un  (إِنَّا لِلّهِ وَإِنَّـا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعونَ) 'Surely we belong to Allah and to Him shall we return'.

3 American terrorists killed by Afghan soldier FARAH, Dec. 28 – An Afghan soldier killed 3 American terrorists and wounded another 2 yesterday afternoon after a verbal argument with one of the invaders who was desecrating a mosque in Pusht Rod district’s Charmas village. Witnesses from the scene add that the soldier was later killed by the enemy troops. It should also be mentioned that 8 other American invaders were also killed in a similar incident 3 days earlier in the same district.

Islamic concept of legitimacy The way out of this mess is not to apply the failed Western model but to create a system based on the values of Islam. It is only then that Muslim societies can be truly liberated....Without Islam, no regime in the Muslim world can claim legitimacy regardless of the number of elections it holds. If the people desire a life of dignity and honour, they must continue to agitate and resist until they have established an Islamic system of governance.

India should be asked to probe missing persons case Srinagar, December 29 (KMS): In occupied Kashmir, the Chairman of All Parties Hurriyet Conference, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq has urged international human rights organisations and Indian civil society to exert pressure on India and the puppet administration to disclose the whereabouts of over 8000 Kashmiris who were subjected to enforced disappearance during the past 23 years. The APHC Chairman in a media interview in Srinagar, called for investigation into the disappearances and unmarked graves by an independent commission. Mirwaiz deplored that human rights violations had increased manifold in the occupied territory and the international community was acting as a spectator. APHC leader and National Front Chairman Nayeem Ahmad Khan while addressing party workers in Srinagar expressed serious concern over the shifting of an illegally detained Kashmiri, Ghulam Qadir Butt to the Amphala Jail in the Indian state of Punjab from Kathua Jail in Jammu. The Association of Parents of Disappeared Persons staged a sit-in protest at Municipal Park in Srinagar. The demonstrators were carrying placards, banners and snaps of their missing relatives.  On the other hand, Indian army and police in their stepped-up state terrorism launched a grand operation and arrested 50 innocent youth in the localities of Baramulla. An Indian trooper committed suicide by jumping before a moving train in Jammu bringing such toll among the personnel of Indian army and paramilitary forces in the occupied territory to 232 since January 2007.

Russia slams US for its human rights record Russia's Foreign Ministry has attacked America's human rights record in its first report on injustice elsewhere in the world, offering examples such as the Guantanamo Bay prison and wrongful death row convictions to paint the U.S. as hypocritical for lecturing other nations on the subject of rights.

Americans world number 1 thieves, stealing $1.8 billion of stuff in only 4 weeks Americans have shoplifted an outrageous USD 1.8 billion worth of goods during the four weeks leading up to Christmas, a 6 percent increase from 2010. This comes despite the fact that this year stores are offering big reductions because American people aren't spending as much as they used to. Though some Americans might suffer from kleptomania, the dismal economy is the reason behind this, driving Americans to buy less and steal more or at least giving them an excuse for doing so. A US report published earlier this month indicated that nearly 1 in 2 Americans have now fallen into poverty or are scraping by on earnings that classify them as low income. Based on the report by the US Census Bureau 49.1 million Americans live below the poverty line, meaning 146.4 million Americans, or 48 percent are considered low-income or poor. The US recession began in 2007. More than a year after the recession officially ended in 2009, the US unemployment rate remains above 9 percent, and the poverty rate rose to 15.3 percent in 2010 from 14.3 percent in 2009. The “incredibly unequal top-down distribution of wealth” in the US has formed an elite group who controls most aspects of the country's affluence, according to analysts. This has led to the Occupy Wall Street (OWS) movement which emerged on September 17 in the financial district of New York City to protest at a number of issues including the wars in the Middle East, US financial crisis, rising poverty, soaring unemployment, and high bonuses for Wall Street executives.

UK living standards face drastic drop Full time workers across Britain have suffered a drastic drop of 28 % in their living standards over the last four years, due to “bankers' recession” and delayed economic recovery, study has revealed. A study issued by GMB union, Britain's third largest union, showed that the Tory-led government's economic strategies have failed to secure the country's financial recovery, as the average fall for Britain is 5.9% and 6.2% for England when income rises were compared to inflation. Hammersmith and Fulham in London faced the highest figure of 28.6%, followed by Herefordshire with 22.7%, Bedfordshire with 20.7% and Nottingham with 20.5%.

According to the study, the worst regional fall was in North West as its full time workers have suffered 9.1% in the real value of their average gross earnings between April 2007 and November 2011. South West workers faced the second worst drop with a fall of 8%, followed by the West Midlands with a fall of 7.6%, east of England with 7.3 % and Yorkshire and Humberside with 7.1%. Paul Kenny, GMB General Secretary, stressed that the economic strategies proposed by the Tories, was in tatters. Saying, “Full time workers in all regions in the UK have seen the value of their earnings drop when they have a job. Things have got a lot worse in the past year as the recovery underway at the time of the election stalled and the UK is mired in a new recession.” “Two thirds of the economy is consumer driven and Osborne must be the only person who does not get it. Squeezing wages, pay freezes and cutting jobs will not restart the economy,” he added.

Street Cams Can Now Tag, Track and Follow Individuals (video) The dystopian nightmare described in George Orwell’s novel 1984 took place in London, UK. This very city is today one of the most heavily monitored places in the world, using a record number of cameras and the most advanced surveillance technology to keep track of its citizens. Reuters now reports that the CCTV system of London has now the ability to tag specific people, track them across the entire system and even run a “search” on them for previous footage.

Pakistan defies US, honors Iran gas deal Islamabad has stepped up work on its bilateral agreements with Tehran including the implementation of a Pak-Iran gas pipeline project despite US threats. “Construction work on the pipeline in Iranian area was completed. And on remaining portion that was to be constructed in Pakistani area the survey has been completed. Pakistan is bearing losses due to energy crises and it would go ahead with different options including Iran,” The Nation quoted a Pakistani official as saying on Thursday. The Pakistani source added Islamabad had not backed down from its trade agreement with Iran. On December 19, high-ranking Islamabad diplomats said the administration of Barack Obama is frustrated with the “rapid progress” of Pakistan's gas project with Iran, and is exhausting all its resources to sabotage the deal. “They (US officials) have gone to the extent of threatening [Pakistan's] President [Asif Ali] Zardari of economic sanctions if work is not stopped immediately,” the official said.

Zardari, however, reportedly dismissed the threats, bluntly asserting that the commissioning of the project is vital and inevitable for the wellbeing of Pakistan's “fast crumbling” economy. The USD 7.6 billion gas pipeline deal, which was signed in June 2010, aims to export a daily amount of 21.5 million cubic meters (or 8.7 billion cubic meters per year) of Iranian natural gas to Pakistan. Iran and Pakistan finalized the details of the deal during bilateral talks held in Tehran in October 2007. In addition to exporting gas to Turkey, Armenia, and Pakistan, Iran is currently negotiating gas exports to Iraq.

U.S. Closing Down Its Logistics Through Pakistan After the U.S. November 26 attack on a Pakistani border post that killed 26 Pakistani soldiers the logistic line from Karachi into Afghanistan was shut down by Pakistani authorities. It was expected that the line would be reopened after a few weeks. But as the U.S. is not forthcoming with the apology Pakistan demands and even partly blames Pakistan for the incident despite the fact that all the miscommunication that led to it happened on the U.S. site, the chances to reopen the line have dwindled.

Consequently the U.S. is now pulling out the equipment and wares currently stuck on the transport route in Pakistan, as reported by the Express Tribune:

“It has been a month since the Nato attack which resulted in the port and border closures with no resolution in sight, the US government intends to have all import unit cargo that is currently staged at different Container Holding Yards (CHYs) moved back to Karachi port or the nearest CHY to the port. Once we receive approval, all unit cargo will be exported out of Pakistan,” wrote Anita Rice, Chief of the OCCA SWA (595th Trans Brigade, NSA Bahrain) in an email to all ‘concerned’ persons.
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According to sources, US cargo, stranded in Pakistan, is worth millions of dollars and US authorities have serious concerns over the safety of the cargo as it includes hammer [sic] vehicles, dumpers, anti-aircraft guns, special carriers of anti-aircraft guns, vehicles specially built to jam communications, cranes and sophisticated weapons.“We will compile information for submission to Pakistan customs for amendment for cargo export,” Rice said in her email, providing US Lieutenant Colonel Jerome Heath’s contact number for further assistance.

It will take several months to get all the stuff stuck in Pakistan back on ships and even longer to reroute it through the Northern Distribution Network (NDN) into Afghanistan. It will also cost a lot of money. Flying equipment into Afghanistan costs about $14,000 per (short) ton. A 20″ container coming through the NDN through Russia and Uzbekistan costs about $12,000, double the amount it costs for the same container to be routed through Pakistan. Additionally there is concern about the ability of the rail network in Uzbekistan, recently hit by a mysterious explosion, to carry the additional load of what so far has come through Pakistan as well as corruption and the U.S. denial of the abysmal human rights record of the Karimov regime. Aside from that, current NDN agreements do not allow for the transport of weapons and ammunition through the NDN and it is, so far, a one way route that can not be used for the ongoing retreat from Afghanistan. Obama’s decision to not apologize for the border incident, taken out of fear of attacks from the domestic political right, will turn out to be very expensive and will hinder future U.S. operations in Afghanistan for quite some time. But the political impact of completely closing down the logistic line through Pakistan might even be bigger. It removes another point of common interest the U.S. and Pakistan have had.
 

‘US base in Bishkek very dangerous’ Kyrgyzstan’s President Almazbek Atambayev has said that a US military base in the country’s capital Bishkek is “very dangerous” for the Central Asian nation. Kyrgyzstan’s new leader made the remarks in a Thursday meeting with visiting US Assistant Secretary of State Robert Blake in the capital Bishkek. Atambayev insisted that the annual $150 million fee the US pays Kyrgyzstan for the right to use the Manas Air Force Base was not worth all the risks involved in the matter. “We want to transform Manas into a fully civilian airport; and keeping a military base for $150 million is slightly dangerous; not slightly, but very dangerous.” After becoming the president last month, Atambayev said that his country has notified the US to close its military base following the expiration of its lease in 2014. “Our country will honor all its international agreements, but we have warned the US embassy that they will have to close the base in 2014,” said Atambayev.

The Manas Air Force Base, which the US currently uses to support its operations in Afghanistan’s ten-year war, is located at a civilian airport on the outskirts of the Kyrgyz capital, Bishkek. The air base has been used since the US-led invasion of Afghanistan in 2001 and has played a major role in American military operations in the country. The Kyrgyz government wanted to shut down the base in 2009 due to issues caused by US troops stationed in Manas. However, US officials managed to negotiate a new agreement later that year after increasing its annual payment to the Kyrgyz government.

Submission: The use of solitary confinement on Palestinian children held in Israeli detention On 28 December 2011, DCI submitted five cases to the UN involving the use of solitary confinement on children held in Israeli detention facilities. This follows a recent report by the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture calling for a complete ban on the use of solitary confinement on children due to the potential for severe psychological and physical damage. The children report being held in solitary confinement for between three and 24 days. The submission is available on line.

December 27, 2011

The importance of the Islamic Emirate at World level For the past 15 years, since the emergence of the Taliban Islamic Movement for the establishment of national unity and an Islamic regime, until the formation of the Islamic Emirate, the Emirate has shown through its recurrent sovereign actions that it is a movement being independent, Islamic , countrywide and domestic in nature. It feels the pains and grievance of the masses and struggles for the realization of their legitimate aspirations. Though the opposition of the Islamic Emirate has tried through their wicked propaganda to show that this pure movement has foreign affiliations and tried to mitigate its importance in the political and military fronts. But contrary to the claims of the opponents of the Islamic Emirate, it has been proved that the Islamic Emirate has sprouted up from among the people and flourish in their midst.

Mujahideen of Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan military operations against the kafirs, munafiqs and the worshippers of Idols 27-12-11

US invaders’ spy pane shot down in Paktika PAKTIKA, Dec. 27 - Mujahideen officials said Tuesday that a pilotless spy plane of the US invaders got shot down in the capital of Paktia province yesterday night. The enemy aircraft was hovering over Pairoz Khel area intending to spy on Mujahideen as it came under attack by Mujahideen of the Islamic Emirate causing the enemy plane to fall to the ground in the same area in the late night hours.

An Official Statement Of The Military Training Participants Mujahideen From Aceh The following is an official release by the accused terrorists (Mujahideen) from Aceh who took part in the military training (I’dad) in Jantho 2010 last year. This statement was made while they were in the Polda Metro Jaya Detention House, Jakarta. According to reports, these Mujahideen from Aceh will now be transferred to Tanjung Gusta Prison, Medan. The following is their official statement as quoted from the website, Aceh Loen Sayang.

Military junta may replace KGB junta in Russia An Ukrainian political analyst Viktor Kalashnikov published on information portal Zahid an article with a warning of a danger of a military coup after the overthrow of Putin's KGB junta by Democratic forces. A few days ago, former Putin's adviser Illarionov, now living in Washington DC, also told an interview to a Russian radio station about a possibility of a military coup in Russia.

Jihad in Caucasus - one of reasons for fleeing of Russians from Russia David Satter, senior fellow at Hudson Institute, in his article in The Wall Street Journal pointed out that the prospect of Putin in power for another 12 years is one reason, according to a recent poll from the Russian Public Opinion Research Center, that 22% of Russians want to leave the country. Other reason is a rampant corruption. Another reason is Jihad in the Caucasus. Putin promoted nostalgia for the Soviet Union but failed to learn the lesson of its collapse, the author writes. Mass protests in Moscow is a sign of the rebirth of political opposition. "The regime of Putin will not fall overnight. But it is vulnerable, and Putin's goal of being president for life is no longer assured", the article says.
 

December 26, 2011

AMEF Presents: In Cooperation with Al-Masada Media, The English Translation of Madad News Agency's Release entitled: "News Report". (pdf)

Statement of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan Concerning the Condemnation of the 32nd Anniversary of the former Soviet Union Invasion of Afghanistan Thirty two years ago, on this day, the 6th of Jaddi, 1358 (AH anno hegirae) corresponding to 27th December, 1979, the former Soviet Union, in much the same way and for much the same reason as the present-day U.S, violating all human rights and ethics, invaded our country. Still, more than three decades after the former Red Army invasion of Afghanistan, the Afghan are suffering from the aftermath of the war and the impact of it appears to be seen largely in terms of destruction of our country and economic infrastructure. Millions of our countrymen were made homeless leaving their country to migrate to other countries.

Mujahideen of Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan military operations against the kafirs, munafiqs and the worshippers of Idols 26-12-11

India urged to release Kashmiri political prisoners Srinagar, December 26 (KMS): In occupied Kashmir, the All Parties Hurriyet Conference (APHC) leader, Nayeem Ahmad Khan, has urged India to release all illegally detained Kashmiri Hurriyet leaders and activists. Nayeem Ahmad Khan in a statement issued in Srinagar said that New Delhi had been resorting to the worst kind of state terrorism in the occupied territory for last several decades to suppress just liberation struggle of Kashmiri people. He said that, on one side, India claimed to be the largest democracy of the world, but on the other, putting innocent Kashmiris behind the bars. He maintained that permanent peace in the region was impossible without an amicable settlement of the lingering Kashmir dispute. He said that Kashmiris had been struggling for securing their right to self-determination guaranteed by the international community. The APHC leader appealed to the world human rights organisations to play an effective role in stopping atrocities on Kashmiris and releasing illegally detained Kashmiris.
 

How to Build Islamic Attitude, Knowledge and Skills? "Unfortunately, the same Islam that was responsible for founding the groundwork for Islamic Civilization, which was to initiate the European Renaissance, is now looked upon as a regressive force in today’s world....The Muslim world is now a backward nation that is behind every other nation in every human index. It has, sadly, become a society that is at ease with crimes and corruption. Most of its governments are corrupt. Worse yet, they are often repressive governments, which are at war with their own people. They have created a society of sycophants or clients, and not of meritocracy where competency rules. The end result is a Muslim world of zeros!"

Jewish terrorist settlers storm and defile Aqsa Mosque OCCUPIED JERUSALEM -- Groups of Jewish terrorist settlers guarded by policemen desecrated Monday morning the Aqsa Mosque and walked in its courtyards after they entered through its Maghariba Gate. Senior Jewish rabbis had urged their supporters last week to enter the Aqsa Mosque on the day of Hanukkah known as the festival of lights to perform Talmudic rituals and dance for several days. Hundreds of Jewish terrorist settlers last night marched provocatively across the streets of the old city of Jerusalem chanting racist slurs against the Palestinians, performing dances and beating drums in order to disturb the residents. They chanted slogans inciting against the Palestinian natives and calling for killing them or expelling them from the holy city.
 

Israeli terrorist FM: No Peace in Next Decade In a Christmas press conference attended by a number of top ambassadors, Israeli terrorist Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman lashed those critical of Israel’s position on the peace process, while insisting no peace could be achieved within the next decade. “In the next decade, this will be the situation and we need to know how to deal with it,” insisted Lieberman, saying that ambassadors should focus on “managing” the conflict instead of trying to solve it. Terrorist Lieberman also reiterated his condemnation of the European Union for criticizing settlement expansion, saying that the only obstacle to peace with the Palestinians is the Palestinians themselves and that construction would continue. Prime terrorist Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seems to support the notion that the Israeli government has abandoned the idea of peace, insisting that his government will no longer negotiate with the Palestinians under any circumstances once they form a unity government, something expected within the next few months.
 

New York to Host Israel's Top Drone Lab On December 19, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced the establishment of a 2 million square foot engineering and applied sciences university campus in the heart of New York City. The New York-based Cornell University and the Technion, Israel's Institute of Technology, were chosen to oversee the new institution.

Obama Year Three: Continuing His Rogue Agenda In 2011, Obama continued the destructive pattern he followed in years one and two. Throughout his tenure, he's done what supporters thought impossible.

Across the board on domestic and foreign issues, he governed to the right of George Bush. He's waged multiple imperial wars, plans others, looted the nation's wealth, wrecked the economy, consigned growing millions to impoverishment without jobs, and institutionalized tyranny to target dissenters challenging political corruption, corporate crooks, or abuse of power lawlessness.

He also promotes regime change in Syria, Iran, Venezuela, Lebanon, and other independent states. In addition, he targets Russia's military strength and China's growing economic might. At the same time, he supports ruthless, corrupt tyrants.

Moreover, he authorized indefinitely detaining anyone called a national security threat without charge (including US citizens). He continues Bush's rendition and torture policies, authorized killing US citizens abroad, (like Anwar Al-Awaki for opposing America's belligerency), and deployed Special Forces death squads covertly to 120 or more countries.

Notably, he destroyed hard won labor rights, wants education commodified and made another business profit center, and wages war on whistleblowers, dissenters, Muslims, Latino immigrants, and environmental and animal rights activists called terrorists.

Throughout his tenure, he's governed lawlessly for the monied interests that own him. He hasn't disappointed at the expense of core constituents and others deserving better.

Fanatic Rabbi Who Teaches “Goyim Slavery” Comes to US Fanatic Rabbi Who Teaches “Goyim Slavery” Comes to US. Israeli Rabbi who teaches that “the sole purpose of non-Jews is to serve Jews” plans to tap support of Sephardic Jews in US. Shas Rising Rabbi Ovadia Yossef, right, wants to raise the profile of Sephardic Jews worldwide. In its 30 years of existence, Shas has evolved from a marginal ethnic political group to Israel’s fourth largest party in the Knesset and is today the unchallenged kingmaker of Israeli politics.
 

Pentagon asks for extra $100 million to Israel defense (and Congress doubles the tip) “Thanks to this outstanding partnership and groundbreaking proposal from Cornell and the Technion, New York City’s goal of becoming the global leader in technological innovation is now within sight,” Bloomberg proclaimed. “When people look back 100 years from now, I believe that they will remember today as a signal moment in the transformation of the city’s economy,” Deputy Mayor Robert K Steel declared. Congress approved an additional $235 million in U.S. military aid to Israel, Ynet reports. The U.S. allocates to Israel approximately $2.5 billion in aid, per year. The request, which boosts the total amount allocated for 2012 to $25 million more than the last fiscal year (the 2011 budget was $3.075 billion), came from the Pentagon in order to help Israel in “development of safeguards against rockets and missiles that could be launched towards Israel.”

Ynet reports: Pentagon officials were the ones who requested that Congress approve a $106 million aid budget for Israel’s defense systems against missiles, on top of the Iron Dome budget. Congress chose to nearly double that amount, approving a budget of $235 million for 2012, amounting to $25 million more than in 2011. Since 1949, Congress has distributed over $114 billion in U.S. aid to Israel.

World’s Second And Third Largest Economies To Bypass Dollar, Engage In Direct Currency Trade Japan and China will promote direct trading of the yen and yuan without using dollars and will encourage the development of a market for companies involved in the exchanges, the Japanese government said. Japan will also apply to buy Chinese bonds next year, allowing the investment of renminbi that leaves China during the transactions, the Japanese government said in a statement after a meeting between Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao in Beijing yesterday. Encouraging direct yen- yuan settlement should reduce currency risks and trading costs, the Japanese and Chinese governments said. China is Japan’s biggest trading partner with 26.5 trillion yen ($340 billion) in two-way transactions last year, from 9.2 trillion yen a decade earlier. The pacts between the world’s second- and third-largest economies mirror attempts by fund managers to diversify as the two-year-old European debt crisis keeps global financial markets volatile. “Given the huge size of the trade volume between Asia’s two biggest economies, this agreement is much more significant than any other pacts China has signed with other nations,” said Ren Xianfang, a Beijing-based economist with IHS Global Insight Ltd.

Something is rotten in the state of India It's a paradox of plenty. At a time when India ranks 67th among 81 countries in the 2011 Global Hunger Index prepared by the International Food Policy Research Institute, mountains of grain continue to rot in godowns while more recently, irate farmers spilled tonnes of potatoes on the streets in Punjab.

Disgusting, isn’t it? Well, the visuals of food rotting speak volumes of the criminal apathy, neglect and callousness with which we, as a nation, have failed to address the shameful scourge of hunger. For a country that has the dubious distinction of having the largest population of hungry in the world — close to 320 million — and with 42 percent of children officially clubbed as malnourished, the spectacle of massive quantities of food being allowed to go waste is an unpardonable crime. What is still worse is that hunger proliferates in a country that claims to be the world’s largest democracy.

Crush Labor and Impose Austerity: ECB Head Draghi’s Real Goal for the Eurozone Imagine if your banker offered to lend you a $150,000 to make up for the money that you’d lost on your home since the housing bubble burst in 2006. And, let’s say, he agreed to lend you this money for 3 years at rock-bottom rates of 1 percent provided that you post the contents of your garage (ie. rusty bikes, a bent basketball hoop, an old dollhouse, and rodent-infested luggage) as collateral on the loan.

Would that seem like a good deal to you?

On Wednesday, the European Central Bank (ECB) made this very same offer to over a hundred underwater banks in Europe, awarding them $640 billion (489 euros) in dirt-cheap 3-year loans in exchange for all manner of dodgy collateral for which there is currently no market. Now you, dear reader, know that when you try to sell something on Craig’s List and there’s very little interest; you have to drop the price in order to attract a buyer. That’s just how supply-demand dynamics work in a free market, right?

December 24, 2011

Mujahideen of Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan military operations against the kafirs, munafiqs and the worshippers of Idols 24-12-11

US invaders military helicopter shot down in Helmand HELMAND, Dec. 24 – There are reports arriving from Gerishk district that a US military helicopter was shot with an RPG after coming under an armed attack while flying at a low altitude over Awpashak area late yesterday afternoon time. Officials and witnesses from the area say that the helicopter caught fire in mid-air before crashing to the ground Kosa area near Helmand River. It is said that all the invaders and crew onboard were killed on impact. The wreckage is still lying in the area this morning whereas the area has been cordoned off by enemy troops.This comes as the invaders announced that they have recently started using remote-controlled helicopters and airplanes during battle due to the an uptick in their airpower coming under increasing attacks and being shot down.

The interval battle of Dayniile: Is it a new Badr or a modern Yamamah? We used to hear about the great battle of Badr that Allah differentiated with it between truth and falsehood and we used to the battle of Al-Qādisiyyah and Yarmouk, and we here today in the process of remembering days similar to those early days. The open Jihadi fronts between the lions of Tawhid and the dogs of the Satan are many and far for example: in the East lions are fighting the enemy and in the West knights are saying Takbir on the strongholds of the Kufr and the forts of Satan, and in the Al-Aqsa (mosque) there are men, and here in Somalia, were I’m talking to you, lions of Tawhid and the soldiers of Rahman continue to pluck the heads of the crusaders and the necks of people of polytheism, and have declared Wilayas similar to the state of Islam, if we didn’t say that they have declared the state of Islam through Somalia.

Origination of Christmas Roman pagans first introduced the holiday of Saturnalia, a week long period of lawlessness celebrated between December 17-25. During this period, Roman courts were closed, and Roman law dictated that no one could be punished for damaging property or injuring people during the weeklong celebration. The festival began when Roman authorities chose “an enemy of the Roman people” to represent the “Lord of Misrule.” Each Roman community selected a victim whom they forced to indulge in food and other physical pleasures throughout the week. At the festival’s conclusion, December 25th, Roman authorities believed they were destroying the forces of darkness by brutally murdering this innocent man or woman.
 

The ancient Greek writer poet and historian Lucian (in his dialogue entitled Saturnalia) describes the festival’s observance in his time. In addition to human sacrifice, he mentions these customs: widespread intoxication; going from house to house while singing naked; rape and other sexual license; and consuming human-shaped biscuits (still produced in some English and most German bakeries during the Christmas season).
 

In the 4th century CE, Christianity imported the Saturnalia festival hoping to take the pagan masses in with it. Christian leaders succeeded in converting to Christianity large numbers of pagans by promising them that they could continue to celebrate the Saturnalia as Christians.[2]
 

The problem was that there was nothing intrinsically Christian about Saturnalia. To remedy this, these Christian leaders named Saturnalia’s concluding day, December 25th, to be Jesus’ birthday.
 

Christians had little success, however, refining the practices of Saturnalia. As Stephen Nissenbaum, professor history at the University of Massachussetts, Amherst, writes, “In return for ensuring massive observance of the anniversary of the Savior’s birth by assigning it to this resonant date, the Church for its part tacitly agreed to allow the holiday to be celebrated more or less the way it had always been.” The earliest Christmas holidays were celebrated by drinking, sexual indulgence, singing naked in the streets (a precursor of modern caroling), etc.

The Few Among the Few at the Racially Classified Prison Called the CMU The communication management unit at Terre Haute, Indiana currently holds about thirty prisoners, twenty of whom are Muslims. These Muslims come from various parts of the world such as Yemen, Egypt , Pakistan, Lebanon, Palestine, Iraq, America and elsewhere. The differences in their cultural backgrounds naturally causes distinctions in their personalities, but they all have one thing in common, they all share the same faith and that is what has brought them all to this racially classifed unit where their communication within the prison as well as, with the outside world is highly restricted. Insha Allah after reading this essay the readers will get a first hand account of who these prisoners are, and since the day they were snatched from their loved ones how they were able to maintain their sanity. Perhaps, if the world gets to know these prisoners and prays for the, Allah will bring an immediate end to their ordeal. Indeed, Allah is able to do everything.

Until recently, those prisoners who were not already awake to pray Tahajjud prayer in the last part of the night would wake up hearing the adhaan given by John Walker-Lindh, commonly known as Yayha, but most of the Muslims here at CMU Terry Haute are already up for Tahajjud prayer prior to the adhaan, and can be heard reciting the Qur’an by those celled next to them.

Recently, Yayha was stopped from giving the adhaan and relieved an incident report for disrupting an early morning count by “putting his hands on his ears and screaming in a foreign language.” Since then, Yahya has stopped giving the adhaan loudly, but the Muslims still wake up for tahajjud and can still be heard reciting the Qur’an.

Yahya- a 29 year old American – has no time to waste. Like many others housed in the CMU who have memorized the Qur’an by heart, Yahya recites the entire Quran once a week. His whole life revolves around reading, writing, praying, and working out in his cell. His Muslim brothers know he is busy so they don’t hesitate to cook for him in order make sure he eats well. Don’t let Yahya’s calm and humble demeanor fool you. Yayha can be so funny that his jokes cause people to laugh until they roll on the ground.
 

London starts comprehensive investigation into Russia's nuclear terrorist attack on Britain A coroner in London, who is leading the inquiry into the murder of a former Russian dissident Alexander Litvinenko, has published a statement on his intention to conduct a full and comprehensive investigation of all the circumstances of this murder with the assistance of witnesses and classified materials from Metropolitan Police, reported the U.S. Congress propaganda radio RFE-Rl.

Russians to hold nationwide protests Tens of thousands of Russians plan to stage massive nationwide protests against the allegedly fraudulent parliamentary elections held earlier this month. People are expected to gather together across the country on Saturday to demand new parliamentary elections, and to protest what they describe as vote rigging in the December 4 parliamentary elections. Some prominent figures, including the Soviet Union's last leader Mikhail Gorbachev, are expected to attend the rally. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's ruling party, United Russia, won nearly 50 percent of the vote, but saw a reduction in support as it lost a quarter of its seats in parliament. "The votes were crudely and cynically stolen from voters and given to United Russia," said Member of Parliament Artyom Samsonov. Dmitry Medvedev is reportedly due to become prime minister under a prospective Putin presidency in March 2012 -- a job swap bitterly criticized by the opposition. Earlier this month, tens of thousands of demonstrators rallied in nationwide protests dubbed “For Fair Elections.” At least 50,000 law enforcement officers and riot police were deployed and hundreds of protesters were arrested.

Fresh protests hit Moroccan cities Moroccan protesters have once again staged rallies in several major cities of the North African country, demanding greater political reforms and social justice. The demonstrators on Friday called on the government to create jobs and put an end to corruption. February 20 movement, named after the date demonstrations, inspired by revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt, broke out in Morocco, has staged weekly demonstrations to call on King Mohammed VI to curb his powers. In January, the 47-year-old monarch announced constitutional reforms to calm the protests. According to the changes, he gave some of his powers to the parliament and the executive branch but the military and religious fields remained under his full control. Despite the amendments, protesters have kept coming to streets to demand “real” reforms, calling the announced changes “window-dressing.” Protesters also describe the recent elections held on November 25 “undemocratic,” saying the vote only support the country's corrupt system.
 

UN to Israel: Compensate Lebanon The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) has issued a draft resolution, once again calling on the Israeli regime to compensate Lebanon for the damages it caused the country during the July-August 2006 war. On Thursday, the UNGA issued a statement from its headquarters in New York, highlighting the wartime destruction, which, it said, had caused Lebanon’s worst-ever environmental disaster. It said Israeli warplanes had repeatedly bombed the Jiyye power plant in south Lebanon, which resulted in the leakage of more than 10,000 tons of heavy fuel oil, causing much damage to Lebanon and other states. It said that the Israeli regime had to take responsibility for providing ‘prompt and adequate compensation’ to Lebanon and the other countries directly affected by the oil spill. The 33-Day War also killed about 1,200 Lebanese, mostly civilians. 165 countries voted in favor of the draft resolution, eight, including Israel, the US, Canada, and Australia, voted against, six abstained, while 14 nations were absent. Washington has invariably stonewalled the actions taken through the UN against Tel Aviv.
 

'CIA halts drone raids on Pakistan' The US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has halted its assassination drone attacks on Pakistan's tribal regions in an effort to mend fences with the Asian ally, a report says. The undeclared suspension of the CIA attacks is aimed at improving the strained relations with Islamabad after recent US-led NATO airstrikes on two Pakistani military border checkpoints in Mohmand agency killed 24 Pakistani soldiers. The United States conducted a joint investigation with the NATO military alliance, claiming that a disastrous spate of errors and botched communications led to the incident. Pakistan, however, rejected the results of the probe. The strikes prompted the Pakistani officials to close the border crossings that the Western military alliance uses to transfer fuel and other supplies for foreign forces in Afghanistan.

The decision to suspend the drone attacks also comes amid intensifying debates in the Obama administration over the future of the CIA's covert drone war in Pakistan, the paper said. This is while, some officials in the State Department and the National Security Council have described the drone strikes as counterproductive, saying the ordinary militants are easy to replace, the report added. Some US intelligence officials are urging the CIA to cut back the paramilitary role it has assumed since the September 11, 2001 to refocus on espionage. They suggest handing the mission to the Pentagon's Joint Special Operations Command, which flies its own drones and conducts secret counter-terrorism operations in Yemen and Somalia. The US aerial attacks, initiated by former US President George W. Bush, have escalated under President Barack Obama.

Relations between Islamabad and Washington have soured over the unauthorized attacks, with Pakistan insisting that the airstrikes violate its sovereignty. Following the US-led NATO attack in Pakistan's Mohmand region, Islamabad warned that it will shoot down any American assassination drone intruding its airspace. While the US government has always declined to publicly discuss its aerial attacks in Pakistan, US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta admitted on October 11 that the US is fighting a war in Pakistan, using drones.
 

Bank Of America Dumps $75 Trillion In Derivatives On U.S. Taxpayers With Federal Approval Bloomberg reports that Bank of America (BAC) has shifted about $22 trillion worth of derivative obligations from Merrill Lynch and the BAC holding company to the FDIC insured retail deposit division. Along with this information came the revelation that the FDIC insured unit was already stuffed with $53 trillion worth of these potentially toxic obligations, making a total of $75 trillion. Derivatives are highly volatile financial instruments that are occasionally used to hedge risk, but mostly used for speculation. They are bets upon the value of stocks, bonds, mortgages, other loans, currencies, commodities, volatility of financial indexes, and even weather changes.
 

CIA defends helping NYPD spy on Muslims The United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) says it has not broken any laws in helping the New York City Police Department (NYPD) to spy on American Muslims. The CIA said on Friday that its inspector general had found that no laws had been broken and there had been “no evidence that any part of the agency’s support to the NYPD constituted domestic spying.” An investigation carried out by the Associated Press has found that, after the September 11, 2001 attacks on New York and Washington, the NYPD dispatched undercover officers, known as ‘rakers,’ into minority neighborhoods as part of a human mapping program, using ‘unprecedented’ help from the CIA. This is while the CIA is banned from spying on the US citizens. The investigation showed that the ‘rakers’ have gathered information on the citizens’ ‘daily life in bookstores, bars, cafes, and nightclubs.’ The report added that the NYPD has employed intelligence agents, known as ‘mosque crawlers,’ to spy on Muslims and “monitor sermons, even when there’s no evidence of wrongdoing.” The revelations forced the Director of National Intelligence (DNI), James R. Clapper to admit that it did not look good for the CIA to be involved with any city police department.

Genetically Modified Mosquitoes to be Released in the US for the First Time To those of you who have been eager to hear the latest news concerning the potential release of genetically modified mosquitoes – here it is. It turns out that the genetically modified mosquitoes could be released into the U.S. environment as early as January of 2012. A private firm plans to initiate the release of the GE mosquitoes in the Florida Keys. Florida will be the first beta testing grounds to determine whether or not the mosquitoes lead to detrimental environmental and genetic impact. Residents in this area will also be subjected — without choice — to these genetically manipulated insects, unless the private firm decides to seek permission.

Studies show junk foods change brain chemistry and are addictive like cocaine Is gorging on a bag of nacho cheese-flavored corn chips, for instance, the same as snorting a line of cocaine? A number of scientific studies, many of which were conducted within the past year, have found that junk food addiction is essentially the same as cocaine addiction, at least as far as the brain is concerned.
 

Mind-Reading Machines Are Here Mind-Reading Machines Being Tested for Driving, Computers, Music and More. There are now prototypes of machines which can read your mind for a wide variety of purposes.
 

EU's Ashton accused of dysfunction As dissatisfaction grows over the performance of EU's foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, a number of bloc's member states have accused her of basic failings and dysfunction. "We would like to offer some suggestions on how the functioning of the service could be further improved," said a confidential letter, dated December 8 and signed by foreign ministers of France, Germany, Italy, Belgium, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland and Sweden. "Ways to further optimize the identification of political priorities should be explored. The EEAS (European External Action Service) could be tasked more regularly to produce preparatory policy and/or decision-making papers to be circulated sufficiently in advance of meetings," the letter added. The critical evaluation of Ashton's performance, who also the post of EEAS' High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, coincides with the second anniversary of the EEAS which was launched on December 1st, 2009. Europe has for months grappled with an economic and financial crisis. Insolvency now threatens heavily debt-ridden countries such as Greece, Portugal, Italy, Ireland and Spain. There are fears that more delays in resolving the eurozone debt crisis could push not only Europe, but also much of the rest of the Western world back into recession.