Clashes from time to time taking place in the Libyan capital since the success of the revolution (Reuters - Archive) Five people were killed and two others wounded in clashes in the area Janzour the Libyan capital Tripoli, and on the back of a group of rebels stormed a camp for displaced people from Torghae in search of wanted men. News reports in Libya that the Minister of Defense is leading efforts to Osama Aljowaily disengagement bloodshed. Residents said the attackers came to the gate of the temporary camp - at the Academy of abandoned naval forces in the town of Janzour - to arrest the youths, and then fired when the people gathered in protest. The infected in a hospital in Tripoli called Huda Belaid of the population of the camp, "came the men from Misurata to the camp at ten, and we know they are there because they were written on all their cars, and began about 15 of them opened fire on us and provided all the women, but men have remained wounded brother, and when I went to help him shot on my legs. " Hospital staff, for their part confirmed the deaths of five people and injuring two others wounded in those clashes, as quoted by the Reuters news agency. At the same time, officials denied by the Council of Misurata Almasratien involvement in the incident, categorically, in the words of a member of the junta to Misurata Fathi Bashaja. Residents say the camp - the Libyan blacks descended originally from the town of Torghae - they are persecuted because of allegations accusing them of collaboration with Colonel Libyan late Muammar Gaddafi during the revolution, and pointed out that some people think that error they mercenaries Africans fought in the forces of Gaddafi during the war. Source: Al Jazeera + Reuters
Protesters raised the flags of independence, Syrian and Libyan (French) Syrians, Libyans threw on Monday the Chinese embassy in Tripoli stones after one day of targeting the Russian embassy in the Libyan capital, to protest the use of Beijing and Moscow a veto against a draft resolution on Syria on the Security Council. And managed about fifty protesters holding flags of the Syrian independence from smashing windows at the embassy building and writing slogans on the walls, but they were prevented from storming the building. Protesters were not able to take down the Chinese flag and fly the flag of independence, Syrian replaced, other than what he did, protesters injured in the Russian Embassy on Sunday. The Chinese embassy security guards fired shots into the air to prevent the storming of the building by protesters who hurled eggs and then tomatoes before they line up for prayer. A Chinese guard that he did not harm caused to the staff of the embassy. Dozens of protesters have been targeted Sunday the Russian Embassy in Tripoli, and tore up the Russian flag and replaced by the flag of independence the Syrian and Libyan current science. In Algiers, security forces prevented large on Monday, dozens of demonstrators from approaching the Syrian Embassy. There have been some skirmishes when some protesters tried to break through security barriers, but he did not remember the acts of violence occur. The protesters carried flags of the Syrian independence, and chanted slogans, one says that the end of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad will be modeled on the late end of the Libyan Colonel Muammar Gaddafi. Source: Agencies
Bodieslitteredthe streets ofHoms(French) The city of Homs to renewed shelling this morning by the Syrian regular army, at the time said the General Authority for Syrian revolt The death toll rose yesterday to 128 people, including more than 95 in Homs alone. The General Authority of the revolution that today renewed heavy shelling on the neighborhoods of Santa Amr and Al Khalidiya and the laying and construction after a brief pause, he heard while shooting in various other neighborhoods. The activists spoke to Reuters from the interruption of the entire electricity and communications in Baba Amr. In the meantime, warned the wing of the Syrian army in the free Zabadani close to Damascus that it would attack targets and described the strategy of the system unless the Syrian army withdrew from the town of Zabadani by morning. She spoke of the General Authority for the bombing of the Syrian revolution violent and targeted Idleb Zabadani close to Damascus, while the agency reported the Syrian Arab News that the groups of "armed terrorist" killed three officers.And announced that the General Authority of the revolution in a statement obtained Jazeera Net a copy of it that the number of victims of Homs, 95 people including two women and four children and dissident military. The death toll from Pope Amr only 61 martyr, while the fall in the countryside of Damascus 15 people including a woman, and in 11, including two women Idleb, and five in Aleppo, and one each in Hasaka and protectors.
Humanitarian crisisThe Board had indicated that the situation on the ground and humanitarian Baba Amr district continues to deteriorate, as there is still rocket launchers, tanks, and mortar launchers surrounded the neighborhood after he bombarded him with at least 500 shells in the bombardment did not distinguish between houses and places of demonstrations and mosques. She noted that the forces of President Bashar al-Assad bombed the mosque lights more than ten rounds, leading to the destruction of large parts of it and damage to surrounding homes, amid difficult humanitarian situation due to the acute shortage of medicine and food. According to the body, they counted more than 200 wounded - mostly women and children and the elderly - after deliberately army shelled the house, leaving a wounded many, of whom suffered permanently disabled such as loss of one of the parties or one eye, in addition to the existence of critical situations without the ability to Offered First Aid. Syrian activists and broadcast on the web viewer artillery fire and the spread of the bodies and injured on the roads and in field hospitals - which bombed the Syrian army with heavy weapons - said it had signed in the neighborhood of Baba Amro on Monday morning. Novel governmentalOn the other hand denied the Syrian authorities launched fire on the houses, and said photos of bodies scattered on the Internet was made up. The media reported that the government "armed terrorist groups" fired mortars in Homs and set fire to tires and broke free of buildings to give the impression that the city is under attack from government forces.The agency said the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) that "terrorist groups" armed attacks carried out in Homs and killed workers in a textile factory, and added that they also killed three officers and several soldiers were kidnapped in the mountain province of Idleb northern corner. In the same context, Syrian television quoted an Interior Ministry official as saying that six security personnel were killed in the battles was the dozens of "terrorists" were killed.Television interviews with Syrian brief urging the government to "strike with an iron fist" in Homs. Supreme CouncilIn parallel, it was announced for the Syrian army dissidents they form "Top Revolutionary Military Council" to replace the heat of the Syrian army, and explained the Council in a statement that the commander is Brigadier General Mustafa Ahmed Sheikh, the highest rank of officer of the army split. The statement added that it was agreed to form the "prelude to announcing the general alarm for the Liberation of Syria's ruling of this gang." It is noteworthy that the bombing escalated the pace of the Homs came hours before the visit of Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov to Damascus to discuss the Russian initiative did not disclose its content to resolve the crisis. Source: Al Jazeera + agencies
Renewed clashes in the vicinity of the Egyptian Interior Ministry Zaki Anas - Cairo The Tahrir Square in Cairo, the heart of the January 25 revolution in Egypt, of which, triggered and it toppled the ousted Hosni Mubarak after thirty years of rule, under the pressure of the millions who gathered there and in other fields in the major Egyptian cities Kalaxanderah and Suez, and others. However many of the emotions is good for many of the Egyptians toward the State Security Service, and Police Tgault in the Mubarak era, it was the headquarters of the device and the number of police stations within the sites intent demonstrators to express their anger, and perhaps they feel that the fall speed at the end of the system that fell already after 18 days of the start of the revolution Mubarak step down power on February 11 last year. The transitional period experienced by Egypt since stepped down Mubarak and handed over power to the junta, not without clashes between security forces and demonstrators feel that the police has not changed much and that has a lot of leadership and behaviors that must change, as well as Nqmthm what they saw as an absence intentional or at least failure to is not justified by the police led to the alarming state of lawlessness. There were major confrontations in the street Mohammed Mahmoud, off Tahrir Square to the Ministry of Interior, after police broke up by force a sit-field on November 19 last, to end up in clashes that lasted several days and killed more than forty people, in addition to the thousands of people, mostly gas bombs and bullets rubber A different positionIn all the past events is not difficult to follow the events that touch the sympathy on the part of many Egyptians with the demonstrators, who insisted on the face of the police, whether stones or cheering, but it is as appropriated by Alice may change during the current events that erupted after the disaster Stadium Port Said and rallied impact on thousands of protesters to besiege the building of the Ministry of Interior. Over the last three days, it has not been without ambiguity, Security forces retreated until it became the interdependence in front of the ministry, however, insisted the protesters to come forward and attack the ministry and the security forces with stones indifferent gas bombs used by the security to try to disperse them. No one knows precisely the identity of most of the participants in the siege of the ministry, especially that none of the political forces and revolutionary - that used to organize demonstrations or call it - did not participate in these events, but most of them said not to support her, calling the demonstrators to return to the field of editing and display demands there. Remarkably as appropriated by the island revealed that the faces of the surrounding interior look different from those that have been used to demonstrate in Tahrir Square since the beginning of the revolution and even now, as most of them seem angry and agitated and refuses to enter into any discussion about their goals or their demands, which call them to what they are doing. Calls for calmOn the other hand, hundreds of young revolutionary, backed by public figures tried repeatedly during the past few days to form human shields to try to prevent these young people progress to the ministry building and convince them of the futility of a clash with security, and Tahrir Square is a natural place to demonstrate or protest in order to express their legitimate demands, But they have not achieved little success, despite the continued attempts over the past three days. Sheikh appearance Shaheen Khatib Mosque of Omar Makram is located in one of the parties to the field of liberation led one of these marches, which was attended by hundreds from the mosque to the streets leading to the building interior, and tried to persuade the demonstrators to return, as the public figures, including lawmakers, and soccer stars former similar attempts. Alice was a witness to many of the debates between those who call for calm and angry demonstrators, and tried to advocates of truce to inquire of them what Segnouna from attacking the building of the Interior did not find an answer or even the desire for dialogue, but they found a determination to go about building the ministry accused the Security using rubber bullets against them, a insists that the Minister of the Interior so far to deny its occurrence. Advocates of appeasement base their logic that the Board of the people chosen by the Egyptians shall now deal with it, and there are investigations and commissions of inquiry to make sure that inaction or even complicity of security in the event Stadium Port Said, which sparked the recent events, given that Parliament decided to implement the law of trial of Ministers and Minister of the Interior on these events. Many of the Egyptian media and even some lawmakers who described those who insist on the siege of the Interior now that they are thugs, not the rebels, and they in turn say they are determined to take revenge of the Interior, who they hold responsible for disaster, Port Said, which killed hundreds of people dead and injured after a football match. With the failure of all the initiatives, and the renewed clashes, which produces the victims were killed or wounded question remains what will end the existing vicinity of the events of the Ministry of Interior, and before that all of you are behind the rebels, as some believe or thugs backed by the remnants of the Mubarak regime, as others believe. Source: Al Jazeera
Palestinians in the West are deprived of 40% of the land in order to fill the needs of the settlements(Reuters - Archive) Minister of Planning and Administrative Development Palestinian Ali Jarbawi yesterday that Israeli restrictions on Palestinian economy had inflicted the last seven billion dollars at least in the year 2010, an amount approaching the size of the annual GDP of Palestine. He said at a seminar organized by the Jarbawi United Nations in Cairo on the economic cost of the Israeli occupation, that about $ 4.5 billion is losses resulting from the heavy restrictions imposed on the Palestinians access to their natural resources, whether water or land, minerals, or natural gas. The Palestinian official told a gathering of representatives of diplomatic missions and United Nations agencies to the security needs do not justify such restrictions, saying it was "pure theft, as many of the listed resources exploited by Israel and its citizens and even members of its government." Because of the economic siege economy grew black - adds Jarbawi - deprives the Palestinian treasury of more than a third of its revenues from customs duties. Loss developmentAccording to Palestinian minister were it not for losses due to the occupation to provide a financial surplus of hundreds of millions of dollars can be invested in economic and social development rather than the need for more than a billion dollars in annual aid. On the other hand, the head of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian inalienable Abdul Salam Diallo during the seminar that the Palestinians are forbidden to take advantage of more than 40% of the West Bank, where transformed to serve the needs of half a million settlers. Diallo pointed out that the occupation is happening economically harmful and widespread waste includes products and plundering of resources and environmental degradation, but not for this damage to the economy of Palestine was twice its current size and eliminated the need for aid. The spokesman said that both himself of the United Nations and the World Bank and International Monetary Fund and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development agree that Israeli restrictions are the main obstacle to the sustainability of the Palestinian economy.
The Secretary General of the League of Arab States Arab Nabil Russia and China have lost an asset diplomatically in the Arab world Baaataradhma the right of veto on the Security Council draft resolution on Syria, "and perhaps a message to Damascus missions that they have absolute freedom in the suppression of protests." But the Arab However, he will continue to work with Moscow, Beijing and other members of the Security Council to put an end to acts of violence that escalated on Monday bombed the Syrian city of Homs, killing fifty people dead, according to activists. The Arab saw in an interview with Reuters that the use of the veto was "an account of the truth" in the eyes of the Syrian opposition groups, which has so far refused to invite the Arab League for dialogue with the regime of President Bashar al-Assad. "It appeared that the Arabs are not hampered from taking more stringent measures against Damascus, but the world powers divided among themselves." He said the Arab, "and we put all the cards we have on the table, it is up to the United Nations to take a decision and we do not have anything else we do, we have a ten-story here at the headquarters of the League of Arab States, go and look for our planes or our tanks what do you expect us to do otherwise." Secretary-General said, "Unfortunately, decided the two delegations Russian and Chinese at the last minute veto and here we must say that the question of the veto, whether used by Russia or any other country is unacceptable," stated that the scenario Libyan not appropriate to measure the situation was in terms of supporting the Arab-fly zone on theLibya, which led to the decision of the United Nations and the air strikes to North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Asked whether Moscow and Beijing may have lost an asset diplomatically in the Arab world after the veto, said the Arab, "The short answer is yes," but he added that "the Arabs will work with them because we need them."In this regard, he noted that the Arab spoke with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov earlier on Monday, where he was Russia's initiative did not reveal details. Asked whether he thought it could end the crisis, said, "They think that." He believed that the Arab "were not needed to use the veto, we were about to reach a conclusion on this decision, which was supported by everyone," he added, "perhaps interpreted the Syrian government, however, that the international community is unable to do anything." It is expected to meet with Arab foreign ministers again next week to discuss the fate of the Observer Mission withdrew after six Gulf, Jordan, Morocco, its observers. Arab and commented on it saying, "withdrew because it was not effective enough," pointing to the possibility of sending a new mission, "but according to various conditions and more members of the Task Leaders, with a 200-strong." He stated that any new task will require the approval of Syria, as is the case with the deployment of any peacekeeping force in all parts of the world. It is noteworthy that the Security Council resolution Ojhih Russian veto of China was the will support the Arab initiative calls for Assad to step down and delegation of powers to his deputy, to start a dialogue with the opposition, and he would also support calls to withdraw Syrian forces from residential areas and release of prisoners who were arrested during the protests. The Arabs have agreed to impose economic sanctions, but the neighboring countries of Syria is not implemented, which softened the impact. Source: Reuters
Davis has accused officials in the Afghan government in collusion with the Taliban (French - Archive) Said U.S. officer in Afghanistan, said the U.S. military and the Ministry of Defense (Pentagon) forward image is realistic of what achieved by the international coalition in this country, and hid shorten the Afghan government, as part of a series of criticisms faced by the United States, which announced the withdrawal of its troops from Afghanistan by the end of 2014. He wrote, Colonel Daniel Davis, an article in the newspaper the U.S. Armed Forces entitled "The fact lies in Afghanistan: How deceived military leaders," which he said that "What I saw does not resemble at all the situation on the ground that it calls the official data for the U.S. military commanders," and "On the contrary, I noticed the lack of practical success in all levels. " Davis explained in his article, which sent a copy of it to the Pentagon, that local officials in the Afghan government are not doing their job to the people, and the Afghan forces to refrain from fighting what he called a rebellion, and those officials accused of complicity with the Taliban. He asked the American Colonel who spent years in Afghanistan, "How many people must die to the task have not been successful is coated were optimistic." The New York Times reported that Davis so his exit from military discipline, it is expected to be exposed to punishment of up to finish his military service. On the other hand, did not mention a Pentagon spokesman George Little to possible sanctions against Davis, explaining that he has a very clearly "the right to express his opinion." He stressed that the Little Pentagon assessment of the situation in Afghanistan is the position of "careful analysis" based on multiple sources and is based on the opinion of one man.The American officer in an article a day after one of the article written by British author Patrick Cockburn described the United States announced early withdrawal from Afghanistan as "a dismal failure and the declaration of the death of the American dream in Afghanistan." Said Cockburn, in an article in The Independent on Sunday, the British American Declaration, which followed France's decision to withdraw early, it seems part of the rush terrified to come out, pointing out that the U.S. move will convince many Afghans that the victors are the Taliban and Pakistan, and not the Afghan government. He added that the decision by the U.S. as a declaration of failure, recalling that the United States has ninety thousand troops and spend a hundred billion dollars a year, but was unable to defeat about 25 thousand of the Taliban, which are not supported at all. A report issued by the United Nations on Saturday announced that more than three thousand civilians were killed during 2011 in the ongoing war in Afghanistan, the fifth consecutive year rise when the number of victims of the fighting that has killed a total of about 12 thousand civilians since 2007. Source: French
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