Syrian rebels kill unarmed and wounded Syrian soldiers , plus 9 Iraqi border guards - where is the UN in light of what appears to be clear human rights violations ? War watch - Afghanistan , Pakistan and Libya also in focus.

Syria news of the day..... John Kerry doing his darndest to fill Hillary's heels......

http://www.infowars.com/kerry-announces-renewed-effort-against-syria-and-iran/

Kerry Announces Renewed Effort Against Syria and Iran

Kurt Nimmo
Infowars.com
March 4, 2013

Secretary of State John Kerry has signaled that the global elite are ready to up the ante in Syria and Iran. On Monday, following meetings in Saudi Arabia, Kerry and Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal told reporters at a news conference the United States and the Saudi kingdom will work together to overthrow the Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria.

Moaz al-Khatib, the boss of an increasingly marginalized National Coalition for Opposition Forces and the Syrian Revolution, lectures Kerry after receiving $60 million in globalist booty.

“The United States will continue to work with our friends to empower the Syrian opposition to hopefully be able to bring about a peaceful resolution, but if not, to increase pressure on Assad,” Kerry said.

Kerry also attended a meeting held in Kazakhstan of the so-called P5+1 and Iranian officials where Iran’s nuclear program was discussed. During high-level session, the Secretary of State issued a veiled threat to the Iranians.

Last week Kerry said the United States will provide “non-lethal assistance” to al-Qaeda in Syria. Britain and France, two trusted players in the globalist effort to change the political landscape of the Middle East, are expected to soon announce they will provide what the establishment media describes as “defensive military equipment” to the Free Syrian Army, the mercenary paramilitary force dominated by al-Qaeda.

Kerry’s announcement is a moot point – the CIA, through its Turkish intermediary and the British and U.S. intelligence asset the Muslim Brotherhood, have provided al-Qaeda with automatic rifles, rocket-propelled grenades, ammunition and antitank weapons paid for by Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Qatar in their effort to unseat the Shia regime in Damascus.The CIA has refused to comment on its aid to the FSA and al-Qaeda. According to FSA commander Abdel al-Salam Tabsah, the al-Nusra Front (an al-Qaeda affiliate) receives financial and logistical support from more “democratic” elements within the paramilitary coalition are denied.

According to Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari, the al-Nusra Front consists of al-Qaeda in Iraqmembers. It is widely considered the best trained and most ruthless of the Syrian rebels. In January, 2010, the State Department admitted the presence of al-Qaeda in Syria. In order to maintain the illusion that the U.S. opposes the presence of al-Qaeda in Syria, in December the State Department blacklisted the jihadist rebel group as a foreign terror organization linked to al- Qaeda in Iraq.

Al-Nusra has carried out a number of suicide bombings targeting the Syrian government and civilians. In March, 2010, the Director of National Intelligence, James Clapper, said the attacks “had all the earmarks of an al-Qaeda-like attack.” He also said “so we believe al-Qaeda in Iraq is extending its reach into Syria.” Al-Nusra is also responsible for murdering journalists, attacking a television station in the town of Drousha, and has vowed to take down commercial aircraft over Syria.

John Kerry is a trusted globalist asset. He is a top-level Council on Foreign Relation operative and aSkull and Bones member who is part of the Boston Brahmin Forbes family that has historically intermarried with ruling elite families like the Winthrops, Lowells, Cabots, and Emersons.

His predecessor, Hillary Rodham Clinton, had famously paid tribute to the CFR and acknowledged that the State Department takes direct orders from the globalist organization.

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2013/03/20133415512939806.html

( I'm sure the UN will loudly protest the killing of Iraqi border guards and 48 unarmed wounded    Syrian soldiers  - some might say human rights were runover  in such an attack any minute now .... )

Dozens of Syrian troops killed in Iraq ambush

At least 48 Syrians and nine Iraqis are killed in Anbar by an attack on a convoy carrying troops who crossed into Iraq. Last Modified: 04 Mar 2013 21:22 inShare1 Email Print Share Feedback

Armed men from Syria have carried out an ambush in western Iraq killing 48 unarmed Syrian soldiers and nine Iraqi guards, the Iraqi defence ministry said. The soldiers crossed into Iraq from the Yaarabiya border crossing, the scene of heavy fighting on Saturday between rebels and troops loyal to President Bashar al-Assad, said Lieutenant Colonel Mohammed Khalaf al-Dulaimi of the border protection forces on Monday. Ali  Mussawi, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's spokesman, said the ambush "confirms our fears of the attempt of some to move the conflict to  Iraq, but we will face these attempts by all sides with all of our power". The defence ministry said in an online statement that the ambush was carried out "by a terrorist group that infiltrated into Iraqi territory coming from Syria," and put the death toll at 48 Syrian soldiers and nine Iraqi guards. It said a number of unarmed Syrian soldiers wounded in fighting had fled to Iraq for medical treatment and were being transferred to Al-Walid border crossing to be returned to Syria through "official channels". But they were ambushed on the way, in what the ministry termed "an attack against the sovereignty of Iraq, its land, and its dignity, and a clear violation of human rights, as [the soldiers] were wounded and unarmed". The ministry also issued a warning to all sides in the conflict in Syria, where Assad is locked in a bloody, prolonged civil war with rebels, "against moving their armed conflict to Iraqi territory and violating Iraq's borders". The past week has seen clashes between the Syrian army and rebels at the borders, which have brought the conflict close to Iraq. Opposition fighters seized control of half of the northeastern Syrian border town of Yaarabiya, including a shared crossing with Iraq, in a battle with forces loyal to Assad on Saturday. Earlier on Friday, A Scud missile fired from Syrian territory landed near a village opposite Yaarabiya, causing no damage but terrifying locals, according to the mayor of Telefar. The conflict in Syria has previously spilled into Iraq. In September, a five-year-old girl was killed when three rockets struck a border town in the al Qaim area. Iraq's precarious sectarian and ethnic balance has also come under strain from the conflict next door, where mainly Sunni Muslim insurgents are fighting to overthrow Assad, who is backed by Shia Iran. Earlier this week, Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, a Shia Muslim, warned that a victory for rebels in the Syrian civil war will spark a sectarian war in his own country, a civil war in Lebanon and a division in Jordan. Iraq Shuts Border Post as Syria Rebels Take Frontier Syrian Rebels Claim 'Most' of Police Academy, 200 Killed Afghanistan and Pakistan news items...... http://news.antiwar.com/2013/03/03/afghans-urge-us-to-stop-demolishing-bases/ Afghans Urge US to Stop Demolishing Bases US Destroying Everything, Fearing Taliban Might Use It by Jason Ditz, March 03, 2013 Print This | Share This With the surge over and US troop levels drawing down, a large number of forward operating bases and remote outposts are no longer going to be in use, and the US is feverishly dismantling every last trace of them, even emptying the dirt-filled barricades before removing the containers. That’s not sitting well with Afghan officials, who say that a lot of the bases could either be used by Afghan forces or simply converted into schools or other things the Afghan government can’t afford to build. Paktika Governor Mohibullah Samim has led to call for the US to simply turn over bases they no longer want instead of going to the trouble of demolishing them, and likewise has suggested that instead of shipping things they don’t want back home they should give them to the government. US officials have rejected those calls, however, saying that Afghans would never know what to do with a lot of the leftovers, and that the Taliban is liable to take over any bases that aren’t demolished. Still, the cost and difficulty of destroying literally everything and shipping it back to the West could take years in and of itself, prolonging the occupation. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-21651956 Pakistan bomb: Karachi standstill after Shias attacked Karachi resident: "So many dead bodies were being lifted" Continue reading the main story Related Stories In pictures: Karachi bomb blast Formidable anti-Shia militants Evolving sectarian schism The Pakistani city of Karachi is in mourning after a powerful bomb ripped through a mainly Shia Muslim area, killing at least 45 people. Schools and businesses are closed after a strike was called to protest against the attack in Abbas Town. No group has yet said it planted the bomb, which went off near a mosque as worshippers left evening prayers. Pakistan's Shia minority are the target of frequent sectarian attacks from Sunni militant groups. Sunday night's explosion destroyed several buildings and set others on fire, sending a huge column of smoke into the sky and causing a power cut in part of the city. Police are investigating whether it was a suicide attack and some reports have spoken of a second explosion. At least 150 people were wounded by the blast, police say. Shias targeted Monday's strike, being observed in several cities across Sindh province, was called by an alliance of political groups. Continue reading the main story Sunni and Shia Muslims Muslims are split into two main branches, the Sunnis and Shias The split originates in a dispute soon after the death of the Prophet Muhammad over who should lead the Muslim community There are also differences in doctrine, ritual, law, theology and religious organisation The great majority of Muslims are Sunnis Pakistan - where Shias are a minority - has a history of sectarian bloodshed dating back to the 1980s Formidable power anti-Shia militants Public transport stayed off the roads and petrol pumps and filling stations were also closed. Three days of mourning have also been announced by Shia groups. Some relatives and local residents were still sorting through the rubble on Monday morning. "I am here to look for my relative,'' Farzana Azfar told the Associated Press news agency. "People say he was here. But people say they have no idea about him. It appears that some bodies are still in the rubble," she said. Pakistan's main political and religious leaders rushed to condemn the attack - the latest to target the Shia minority. But the ability of the authorities to protect Shias is being severely tested, correspondents say - and this as elections are around the corner. Some activists called 2012 the worst year in living memory for attacks on Pakistan's Shia community, with rights groups estimating that about 400 perished in militant attacks. But this year is also shaping up to be among the deadliest: nearly 200 people were killed in two separate bombings targeting Shias in the south-western city of Quetta in January and February. Although no group has yet said it carried out this latest bombing, suspicion is likely to fall on Sunni militant groups. The BBC's Mike Wooldridge said that the attack would be "deeply worrying for the government" Groups such as Lashkar-e-Jhangvi have long regarded Shia Muslims as heretics and have stepped up attacks in recent years. They are thought to have set up several training camps for militants, and police seizures have shown they have access to large quantities of weapons and explosives, the BBC's M Ilyas Khan in Islamabad says. Last month Pakistan's Supreme Court called on the authorities to devise a strategy to protect Shia Muslims more effectively, given the increase in attacks. Karachi - Pakistan's biggest city and commercial capital - has a long history of violence. As well as a sectarian divide between Sunni and Shia, that city has also seen conflict between different ethnic communities - Pashtuns from north-west Pakistan, Mohajirs (immigrants from India following the Partition in 1947) and Sindhis. Libya news of note....... From the Libya Herald Army secures Mellitah complex; some production still stopped Part of the Mellitah complex Tripoli, 4 March 2013: The army was today scheduled to take over security control at the Mellitah oil and gas complex, scene of  two days of deadly fighting between militias from Zintan and Zuara, which halted key oil and gas production and exports. The confrontation, in which one man was killed and two wounded, came as the rival militias fought for control of the oil installation, 60 kilometres west of Tripoli.  Army units, reportedly backed by other militias,  intervened to stop the firefight. According to a spokesman for Major-General Yousef Mangoush the Libyan army chief of general staff,  both sides agreed to let troops move in. The spokesman,  Ali Shiekhe  said that the army would continue to secure the complex until units from the Ministry of Defence’s  Petroleum Facility Guard could take over. The plant had sustained “minor” damage in the fighting, which broke out on Saturday afternoon. Production was halted as the battle raged and staff were evacuated.  The export of gas through the 540 kilometre Greenstream pipeline from Mellitah to Sicily,  has reportedly since been resumed. According to Abdulfattah Shagan, chairman of the Greenstream joint venture between NOC and Italy’s Eni,  speaking to Reuters, the complex had to stop gas production entirely for a period, while the 210,000 b/d oil output from the Elephant and Wafa field was cut by 25  percent. “Once we establish full security, then we will start bringing back our staff and preparing to start up. It will take three or four days altogether.” At a press conference yesterday attended by Prime Minister Ali Zeidan,  Electricity Minister Dr Ali Mohammed Muhairiq  warned that if the problems at the complex were not sorted out within six days, there would be power outages.  His words were echoed by Omar al-Chukmak, the Undersecretary of the Oil and Gas Ministry  who said  that the armed clashes had seriously affected energy exports to Europe. Government condemns attack on Benghazi church Egyptian Christians with heads shaved held in Benghazi (Photo: Maha Ellawati) Tripoli/Benghazi 3 March 2013: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has condemned an attack on Thursday on the Egyptian Coptic church in Benghazi in which the priest and his assistant were assaulted. In a statement today, Sunday, the Ministry voiced its concern at what had happened and expressed regret, saying that the attack was “contrary to the teachings of our Islamic faith and customs and as well as international covenants on human rights and fundamental freedoms and respect for the monotheistic religions”. The attack followed the arrest earlier in the week of a number of Copts, variously put at between 50 and 100, who were accused being Christian missionaries. Following the intervention of the Egyptian Foreign Minister Mohammed Amr Kamel and the Egyptian embassy in Tripoli, they have now been deported.  Charges of proselytism have been dropped. There have been concerns about possible Christian missionary activity in Benghazi since earlier reports that four Protestant Christians were arrested in the city on 13 February accused of proselytizing. One of them was also said to be an Egyptian, although it is extremely unusual for Protestants and Copts to have any links whatsoever. The Copts were arrested in Benghazi’s Suq Al-Jareed area and accused of being missionaries after they were reportedly found in position of bibles and other Christian literature. According to the police, the arrests followed a row at the market. Other Egyptians working there, accused a group of Copts of trying to take over control of it. One of the complaints was that the latter were renting space at the market for LD 1,000 a month and then subletting it for LD 2,000. Following the complaints, the police say that after they arrested the Copts they found books in a “storage place” which were covered on the outside so as not be identified as Christian. These books, they said, the Copts denied owning. A display of the books went on show last week at a Katiba building in Benghazi not run by the police. Insisting that they had nothing against Christianity and that they respected all religions, the Libyan police said that the group’s behaviour aroused their suspicions, including, reportedly, the fact that all had crosses tattooed on their wrists. All Copts have crosses tattooed on their wrists. On questioning, the police say, the traders disclosed the names of other Copts whom they knew, resulting in the arrest of around 100 in all. The police said they were found without passports or any identity documents and that it was not clear how they entered the country. Following Egyptian embassy complaints about the treatment of the men, the Interior Ministry took control of the Copts, holding them in prison pending their expulsion on charges of entering the country illegally. There been claims, however, reported in the online edition of the Egyptian daily Al Ahram, that the Copts were absued. The paper reported a Coptic Church source in Egypt claiming that “the detained Copts had been tortured by their captors, who had also shaved their heads and used acid to burn off the crosses tattooed on their wrists”. Photos show the men with shaved heads, but no sign of anything else. The Church source had also claimed that the men had been arrested after “a group of Salafist Muslims” attacked a Coptic church in Benghazi. However, all the indications are that the attack on the church took place after the arrests, not before. According to today’s Foreign Ministry statement, a committee of enquiry comprising itself, the Interior Ministry, the General Staff and the Intelligence Service and headed by the Ministry of Justice has been set up to investigate the attack on the church. In the meantime, it said the government would be providing security to the building. The Ministry statement also called on “all Libyan citizens to respect those from friendly and sister countries living in Libya and to respect their beliefs”. On 30 December, two members of the Coptic church in Misrata died when the building was bombed. The culprits have not yet been found. Security guards injured trying to evict Congress occupiers Tripoli, 3 March 2013: Three security personnel were injured in the early hours of this morning, one of them seriously, while trying to evict war-wounded revolutionaries who have been occupying the Congress headquarters for almost a month. Contrary to earlier reports, no one was killed. Members of two security forces, the Presidential Security Group and the National Guard and Security Directorate, were trying to evict the former revolutionaries without using force when the protestors and their supporters opened fire, according to Libyan news agency LANA. The three injured men were taken to a nearby hospital for treatment. One is in intensive care. The security forces said they did not retaliate when they realised the protestors had gelatina explosives and withdrew to avoid any further casualties. The three injured were shot not by the occupiers who only had one gun between them, it is reported, but by supporters who were summoned from outside the building by phone.  These were armed with semi-automatic weapons. War-wounded revolutionaries and their supporters stormed the Congress building on 3 February. Most left later that day, but a small group staged a sit-in in the main debating chamber and have continued to occupy it. As a result, Congress members have since been forced to use other venues for their debates. The former revolutionaries, many of whom had to have limbs amputated as a result of their injuries, have made various demands, including that the government should pay for their treatment abroad. Congress last week passed a law giving a series of benefits to disabled revolutionaries. It has been said that, as a result, all their demands have been met and that there is no justification for the continued sit-in. In light of today’s incident, Congress decided to postpone today’s session. It had planned to vote today on the government’s LD-66 billion budget.