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Saturday, January 30, 2010

5 dead after drone attack on North Waziristan


3 missiles have been fired in Data Khel. Five people dead, the number of causality may rise. Panic and fear amongst the local of more attacks. The attack has been conducted after a silence of two weeks and the number of attacks have raised to 154.

Hamas blames Israel for Dubai death


Hamas has claimed that one of its commanders was assassinated by Israeli agents in Dubai. A statement by the Palestinian group, which controls the Gaza Strip, alleged on Friday that Israel had killed Mahmoud Abdul Raouf al-Mabhouh. "We hold the enemy [Israel] responsible for the assassination of the Martyr al-Mabhouh, and the enemy will not escape punishment," a statement from the Hamas military wing, said. The Dubai government said police were hunting a group of mostly European passport holders they believe to be behind the killing, but said they had left the country. "Preliminary investigations indicate that the crime was committed by a professional criminal gang that was following the victim before he came to the United Arab Emirates, it said in a statement. "The culprits left a trace behind that points to them and will help in chasing and arresting them." Izzat al-Rishq, a Hamas official, said: "I cannot reveal the circumstances. We are working with the authorities in the United Arab Emirates." Israeli officials have so far offered no comment on the incident.

Blair: 'No regrets' at Iraq inquiry



Tony Blair, the former British prime minister, has told an inquiry into the Iraq war that he has "no regrets" about removing Saddam Hussein, the former Iraqi president, from power.After facing six hours of questions on Friday, Blair said he felt "responsibility not regret", prompting angry shouts from the public gallery at the conference centre in London where the inquiry is taking place. "I think he was a monster, I believe he threatened not just the region but the world ... and I do genuinely believe that the world is safer," Blair said. Blair had earlier said that the pre-war intelligence convinced him it was necessary to stop Saddam Hussein, the then-Iraqi president, from developing weapons of mass destruction. He told the inquiry that the perception of risk from rogue or failed states changed after the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States. "When I talked earlier about the calculus of risk changing after September 11 it's really important I think to understand in so far as to understanding the decision I took, and frankly would take again," he said.