http://www.infowars.com/france-to-fund-and-arm-al-qaeda-in-syria/
http://original.antiwar.com/updates/2012/09/09/iraq-carnage-107-killed-484-wounded-as-vp-condemned-to-death/
Iranian authorities on Sunday advanced different arguments as to why they believed Canada abruptly cut diplomatic ties, pointing the finger at Israeli influence or Tehran’s hosting of a recent summit rather than Ottawa’s stated reasons.
German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle said on Sunday that a nuclear-armed Iran was “not an option”, as he called on Tehran for “substantial negotiations” over its controversial atomic programme. “We share the Israeli concerns about Iran’s nuclear programme,” Westerwelle said at the beginning of a meeting with Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak in Jerusalem.
“A nuclear-armed Iran would not only pose a threat to Israel but to the stability of the entire region. A nuclear-armed Iran is not an option,” Westerwelle said. afp
France to Fund and Arm al-Qaeda in Syria
Tony Cartalucci
Infowars.com
September 10, 2012
Infowars.com
September 10, 2012
The French government has ignored the will of voters who ousted warmonger Nicolas Sarkozy in recent elections, and is continuing its unpopular military adventurism abroad as well as its support for militant terrorism across the Arab World.
France has announced that it will be funding and arming terrorists operating along Syria’s borders, offering them heavy weapons, just as they did in Libya last year. In fact, the US-British and UN-listed terrorists assisted into power in Libya, are now leading death squads currently ravaging Syria – disingenuously portrayed as “indigenous” “freedom fighters” by the Western press.
Image: Hollande (right) after paying lip service to French voters, set out almost immediately betraying campaign promises to end foreign military adventurism and is in fact picking up right where ousted Nicholas Sarkozy left off, leading the West’s destabilization and destruction of Syria through funding the very Libyan terrorists his predecessor assisted into power in Tripoli.
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The Hindu, in their article, “France to fund opposition in Syria,” reported:
The Hindu, in their article, “France to fund opposition in Syria,” reported:
and.....“Reuters quoted a “diplomatic source” as saying France had started supporting parts of Syria that are apparently being controlled by the armed opposition. More alarmingly, the report pointed out that Paris was considering supplying heavy artillery to anti-government fighters — a move that would harden the possibility of a full-blown civil war in the country.”International condemnation led by Russia, China, and Iran have pointed out that the so-called “armed opposition” constitutes sectarian extremists, many of which have direct ties to Al Qaeda, many of which are also not even Syrian, betraying the West’s unraveling narrative. France’s recent announcement is particularly unconscionable, considering that Syria’s so-called “opposition” has recently announced their intentions to begin targeting civilian infrastructure, a blatant war crime.Evidence stretching back as far as 2007 has exposed a Western conspiracy, years in the making, intent on using sectarian extremists under the guise of “pro-democracy” “regime change’ to violently overthrow the government of Syria and undermine Iran’s influence throughout the Middle East.A report published in 2007 by the New Yorker titled “The Redirection” (full article here), cited US, Saudi, and Lebanese officials who admitted that military and financial aid was already flowing to militant groups affiliated with both Al Qaeda and the Muslim Brotherhood with the aim of destabilizing Syria and Iran. Former intelligence agents were also cited, warning that the plan, then being implemented under the Bush administration, would lead to a catastrophic sectarian bloodbath – the very sectarian bloodbath now unfolding in Syria today.France, along with the UK, US, the autocratic Saudi and Qatari regimes, as well as NATO (specifically Turkey) have meticulously planned and created the very violence they now seek to use as justification for further military intervention. In reality, they are employing the very terrorist forces against Syria they have used as an impetus to send their own soldiers to their needless deaths in both Iraq and Afghanistan for over a decade as part of the “War on Terror.”Meanwhile, in Iraq, violence tore across the nation as former-vice president Tariq al-Hashemi was sentenced to death for his role in using death squads against his political rivals. While the Western press attempts to frame the power struggle within Iraq as one of an isolated sectarian nature, in reality, al-Hashemi, who is being coddled by Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Turkey, represents extremist elements backed by Saudi Arabia, the United States, and Israel, while Iraq’s current government is attempting to cultivate closer ties with Iran.Image: Vice president of Iraq, or viceroy of US-Saudi-Israeli interests? With ex-Vice President Hashemi now hiding abroad and being handed down a death sentence, Iraq has seemingly taken a decisive stance against Hashemi and his foreign backers. The West is now using the threat of igniting sectarian violence once again across Iraq as leverage against the current Iraqi government.….
The terror wave crossing Iraq is being carried out by fighters who are currently operating on both sides of the Syrian-Iraqi border, indicating that Iraq, as well as Syria and Iran are being targeted by US-Saudi-Israeli backed militants. The violence is connected, and part of a greater strategy to reorder the Middle East against Iran, and ultimately against Russia, China, and all other potential threats to Wall Street and London’s global hegemony.
http://original.antiwar.com/updates/2012/09/09/iraq-carnage-107-killed-484-wounded-as-vp-condemned-to-death/
Iraq Carnage: 107 Killed, 484 Wounded As VP Condemned to Death
Sunday: 107 Killed, 484 Wounded; Hashemi Condemned to Death
by Margaret Griffis, September 09, 2012
Updated at 3:59 p.m. EDT, Sept. 9, 2012
The deaths of at least 107 Iraqis in seemingly coordinated attacks eclipsed the expected but still shocking news that Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi has been sentenced to death by a Baghdad criminal court. Another 484 Iraqis were wounded in the violence, which occurred even deep into southern Iraq where such bloodshed is rare. One attack took place at a French consulate in Nasariya.
Although some of the attacks occurred earlier than the sentencing announcement, it cannot be ruled out that several of the later attacks were in response to it. Surges in violence have accompanied significant points in the Hashemi trial, and the evening attacks targeted Shi’ite neighborhoods in Baghdad. Hashemi is Sunni.
The fugitive vice president was sentenced to death in what many believe was a rigged court decision. He has denied all allegations and insisted the trial was part of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s intensified campaign to marginalize Sunnis. The case was tried in absentia after Hashemi fled Iraq, first to Kurdistan and later to Turkey. Both governments refused to hand Hashemi over.
Hashemi was first accused of financing terrorist activities in December, curiously, just as U.S. troops withdrew from Iraq. The first case, a bombing at the parliament building, turned out to be an al-Qaeda operation instead, but the Maliki administration found another 150 cases to blame on Hashemi.
Today, he and his son-in-law, Ahmed Qahtan, were found guilty for their involvement in the murders of a lawyer and security official. Over a lack of evidence, a judgeacquitted Hashemi on a third murder charge. Defense lawyers re-iterated their beliefthat Maliki had manipulated court proceedings against his political rival and were promptly threatened by the court. If Hashemi returns to Iraq, he is legally allowed a re-trial.
Unintentionally supporting Hashemi’s counter-allegations, Maliki had tried to oustother senior Sunni politicians and ignited a political crisis that is yet unresolved. Moreover, at least three of Hashemi’s employees died while in detention, possibly tortured to death during interrogations. Hashemi has frequently accused the Iraqi government of extricating all confessions in the case through torture.
Meanwhile, violence took a heavy toll today. At least 107 people were killed and 484 more were wounded across the country, even in relatively peaceful southern cities.
Two car bombs left at least 18 dead and over 110 wounded in Amara, overwhelminghospitals and blood banks. The blasts occurred just outside a Shi’ite shrine and a marketplace.
In Baghdad, a bomb killed five people and wounded 38 more in Shula. Another bomb killed seven people and wounded 21 in Washash. Three people were killed and 14 more were wounded at a pet market in Hurriya. A blast in the Husseiniyaneighborhood left two dead and eight wounded. One civilian was killed and four more were wounded in Narhwan. Also, someone tried to assassinate a Chaldean Christian leader.
Eleven people were killed and 20 more were wounded in a bombing attack in the Baghdad suburb of Sadr City. Police fired into the air to disperse crowds.
Three people were killed and 24 more were wounded during an explosion in Basra.
A car bomb that exploded outside a French consulate in Nasariya left one guard dead and four more wounded; the consul was not home at the time. A separate blastkilled two civilians and wounded three more. Also, gunmen killed a civilian.
In Kirkuk, the bombings resumed. Car and motorcycle bombs killed seven people and wounded about 70, including one outside a police investigation office. Eight recruits were killed as they lined up for jobs as oil company police; at least 30 were wounded. The police chief was sacked.
Gunmen stormed a Dujail army base where they killed 11 soldiers and wounded seven more. A suicide bomber was also involved.
A car bomb killed four people and wounded at least 49 more in Tuz Khormato; it may have been targeting the mayor.
In greater Baquba, several blasts killed one soldier and wounded 17 more.
Two people were killed and 11 more were wounded in an explosion in Taji.
In Madaen, a blast killed three people and wounded 10 more.
Three soldiers and two gunmen were killed during clashes in Abu Ghraib.
In Mosul, gunmen killed a civilian. A bombing left seven wounded. Three policemen were wounded in a separate blast in Zummar. In Kojily, another blast left three more policemen wounded. A grenade wounded two civilians. A blast killed one policeman and wounded another in eastern Mosul.
Two people were killed and seven more were wounded in a Tal Afar bombing outside the Turkmen Front offices.
A blast in Ishaqi killed two policemen and wounded two more as they were evaluating an explosive device.
Three people were killed in Suleiman Pak during a blast.
In Riyadh, six soldiers were wounded in a bombing.
Three people were wounded in a blast in Hawija.
A sniper killed a soldier in Falluja.
A blast in Bab Sinjar left seven wounded.
Three people were wounded in a double bombing near an official’s home in Mandali.
Border guards killed a smuggler near the Syrian border along Nineveh province.
A blast targeting a regiment leader took place in Bartila, but no casualties were reported.
No casualties were reported in a Samarra bombing.
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Karzai warns against delay in handover of US military prison
Deutsche Presse-Agentur/MCT
Published: September 8, 2012
Kabul – President Hamid Karzai on Saturday warned that a delay in the handover by the US of its biggest military prison in Afghanistan would be considered a "breach of Afghanistan's sovereignty," his office said in a statement.
"Bagram prison has to be transferred from international forces to Afghan authority on Monday," Karzai was quoted as having said in a meeting with the commander of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force General John Allen and US Ambassador James Cunningham.
In a statement earlier this week, Karzai said the government would take control of the prison north of Kabul on September 10. In March the two sides signed a deal that would give control of the prison to Afghan forces within six months.
“The prison is now supposed to be transferred to Afghan government and thus any delay in its handover is considered a breach of the Afghan national sovereignty,” Karzai said.
US and NATO officials have not commented on the matter, but US media have reported that Washington is unwilling to hand over the facility, where hundreds of suspected Taliban insurgents are being held.
Former detainees and human rights groups have alleged that Bagram inmates were ill-treated and some kept in solitary confinement. dpa hrs bve mat Author: Hares Kakar
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http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2012%5C09%5C10%5Cstory_10-9-2012_pg14_4
Iran slams talk of more sanctions as ‘irresponsible’
* Tehran sees ulterior motives in Canada breaking ties
* German foreign minister says nuclear-armed Iran ‘not an option’
TEHRAN: Iran on Sunday hit out at talk of more EU sanctions being applied against it as “irresponsible,” singling out Britain for raising the prospect it claimed went against UN nuclear watchdog regulations.
Foreign ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast issued a statement relayed by state broadcaster IRIB calling Western sanctions “ineffective” and “obsolete.” He was reacting to comments made by EU foreign ministers, meeting in Cyprus on Saturday, who said a “growing consensus” was forming to impose new punitive measures on Iran to pressure it further to make concessions on its disputed nuclear programme.
British Foreign Secretary William Hague said after the meeting that existing EU sanctions were having “a serious impact” but it was “necessary to increase the pressure on Iran, to intensify sanctions.” Britain would urge EU governments to agree a new round of sanctions — targeting the energy sector and trade — at the next meeting of EU foreign ministers in mid-October, a diplomatic source at the meeting told AFP.
Hague’s German and French counterparts echoed that position, underlining EU frustration that talks this year between Iran and the so-called P5+1 group — Britain, France, Germany, the United States, Russia and China — had gone nowhere.
Mehmanparast homed in on Britain’s position, saying: “The recent remarks by the British foreign secretary calling for increasing sanctions against Iran are irresponsible.” He said they “violate” International Atomic Energy Agency regulations.
He also claimed Hague’s remarks sought to undermine Iran’s recent hosting of a summit on non-aligned states that supported the Islamic republic’s nuclear energy programme as long as it complied with IAEA oversight.
UN chief Ban Ki-moon, attending that summit, had urged Iran to abide by IAEA demands for broader inspections and six UN resolutions it has so far ignored demanding it suspend uranium enrichment.The P5+1 harbours suspicions that Iran’s nuclear activities include a push to develop an atomic weapon breakout capability.
* German foreign minister says nuclear-armed Iran ‘not an option’
TEHRAN: Iran on Sunday hit out at talk of more EU sanctions being applied against it as “irresponsible,” singling out Britain for raising the prospect it claimed went against UN nuclear watchdog regulations.
Foreign ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast issued a statement relayed by state broadcaster IRIB calling Western sanctions “ineffective” and “obsolete.” He was reacting to comments made by EU foreign ministers, meeting in Cyprus on Saturday, who said a “growing consensus” was forming to impose new punitive measures on Iran to pressure it further to make concessions on its disputed nuclear programme.
British Foreign Secretary William Hague said after the meeting that existing EU sanctions were having “a serious impact” but it was “necessary to increase the pressure on Iran, to intensify sanctions.” Britain would urge EU governments to agree a new round of sanctions — targeting the energy sector and trade — at the next meeting of EU foreign ministers in mid-October, a diplomatic source at the meeting told AFP.
Hague’s German and French counterparts echoed that position, underlining EU frustration that talks this year between Iran and the so-called P5+1 group — Britain, France, Germany, the United States, Russia and China — had gone nowhere.
Mehmanparast homed in on Britain’s position, saying: “The recent remarks by the British foreign secretary calling for increasing sanctions against Iran are irresponsible.” He said they “violate” International Atomic Energy Agency regulations.
He also claimed Hague’s remarks sought to undermine Iran’s recent hosting of a summit on non-aligned states that supported the Islamic republic’s nuclear energy programme as long as it complied with IAEA oversight.
UN chief Ban Ki-moon, attending that summit, had urged Iran to abide by IAEA demands for broader inspections and six UN resolutions it has so far ignored demanding it suspend uranium enrichment.The P5+1 harbours suspicions that Iran’s nuclear activities include a push to develop an atomic weapon breakout capability.
Iranian authorities on Sunday advanced different arguments as to why they believed Canada abruptly cut diplomatic ties, pointing the finger at Israeli influence or Tehran’s hosting of a recent summit rather than Ottawa’s stated reasons.
German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle said on Sunday that a nuclear-armed Iran was “not an option”, as he called on Tehran for “substantial negotiations” over its controversial atomic programme. “We share the Israeli concerns about Iran’s nuclear programme,” Westerwelle said at the beginning of a meeting with Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak in Jerusalem.
“A nuclear-armed Iran would not only pose a threat to Israel but to the stability of the entire region. A nuclear-armed Iran is not an option,” Westerwelle said. afp
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http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/09/201291033249727930.html
| Bombs hit Syrian army compounds in Aleppo | |||
Blast kills and wounds scores of President Bashar al-Assad's forces, residents and opposition activists say.
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| Two bombs exploded simultaneously next to Syrian army compounds in the northern city of Aleppo, killing and wounding scores of President Bashar al-Assad's forces, residents and opposition activists said. The bombs targeted makeshift barracks and the military police headquarters, situated in two adjacent sealed off districts in the centre of the city, said several residents and opposition campaigners from Aleppo. The state news agency said an explosion near a hospital and a school in the Municipal Stadium district on Sunday killed 17 people and wounded at least 40. Residents said the facilities were used to house soldiers fighting an 18-month uprising against Assad.
"The army had taken over the neighbourhood and emptied it from residents. The hospital was turned into army barracks," said activist Ahmad Saeed.
A woman living near the area said the casualty figure "appeared to be over 100", judging from the number of ambulances ferrying the wounded and dead from the area. The Noble Aleppo brigade of the Free Syrian Army said in a statement it carried out the Muncipal Stadium district attack, killing or wounding 200 troops. It said the bombs were planted inside the buildings in cooperation with a loyalist sympathiser. Syrian warplanes earlier bombed a residential district to the east and exacerbating a water shortage in Syria's biggest city after a pipeline burst, activists said. Sunday's air raid destroyed a residential complex in the Hananu neighbourhood, one of several in eastern Aleppo under rebel control, opposition activists told Reuters news agency by phone. The death toll was at least five, including one woman, and bodies and wounded people were being dug out from the rubble. Video footage from the area showed scores of people searching and digging in the debris of a flattened building. Bus ambushed Syrian state media said four people were killed in a "terrorist attack" that targeted a bus in the province of Homs. The London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said civilians and soldiers were in the bus. Assad, whose family has rule Syria for 42 years, has repeatedly said the revolt is the handiwork of Islamist "terrorists" and not a popular movement for democratic change.
Clinton said she made the case for increasing pressure on Assad in talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov at a summit of Pacific Rim states in Vladivostok, Russia over the weekend.
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