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Thursday, May 3, 2012

Rally in honor of bin Laden in Pakistan

Hundreds of people gathered Wednesday in Quetta, a city in south western Pakistan , to render homage to Osama bin Laden, killed a year ago in this country by U.S. special forces in Abbottabad , a town in the foothills of the Himalayas, in a house located a few hundred meters from the largest military academy of Pakistan.


 "LONG LIVE OSAMA"
Over 500 activists of the religious party Jamiat-Ulema-e- Islam , near the Taliban, gathered in the square Mezan, in the city center: they sported portraits of the dead chief of Al-Qaeda , chanting "Long Osama life! " , and set fire to a flag of the United States."Osama was a hero of the entire Muslim world, it was a true mujahid [a warrior of Islam] , launched before the crowd Abdul Qadir Looni, an official policy . Today, we gathered for him to honor. He will be forever in our hearts. " Demonstrators also prayed for Mullah Omar, leader of the Afghan Taliban. Islamabad has set up a commission of inquiry into this matter which has to date published any findings. The deadly U.S. raid on Bin Laden, triggered without having warned the Pakistani government, has contributed, with other incidents, seriously damaging the relationship between the United States and Pakistan, their key ally in the region since late 2001.

Clashes in Cairo, the budget rises to 30 victims

Latest medical data source, coming from the square of the clashes broke out this morning near the Ministry of Defence, in which they were carried from the field hospitals, they go further, to 30, the number of deaths in clashes occurred outside the Ministry of Defense in Cairo.Some were severely wounded died after admission to hospital. The clashes erupted when armed groups attacked a sit-in in progress since last Friday near the ministry. The protests were organized by different groups of people and have collected up to 2,000 participants in recent days. Participating youth of the revolution of January 25, attivisiti Salafis and other politicians. Their requests are directed to removal of the military junta assumed power after the resignation of Hosni Mubarak, and the process of its members for "crimes committed" since they are in power. Similar is the demand for components from the Electoral Commission well as the resignation of the government headed by Kamal El Ganzouri. Then, we take that parliament appoint a caretaker government until the presidential elections to be held on 23 and 24 May, as already established. After several hours the army and police departments are able to stop the fighting, according to the television State. According to news reported by witnesses, the attackers - some of whom had thrown petrol bombs at the demonstrators in the square from the roofs of surrounding buildings.

war is won, lost war

A decade, the United States have tried to change the criminal state ruled by the Taliban Afghanistan. They have made big mistakes and achieved great things, have helped and destroyed. With his visit, Obama has initiated the withdrawal of U.S. troops - and passed a large part of responsibility to the Afghans. Can he do it? Yes. The country must learn to survive themselves. Or will it descend into chaos again. Afghanistan is like a picture puzzle: The more you look the country, the more opportunities open up, the more confusing, contradictory, the impression. Yes, that's right: The war is won, but he is also lost, the country is doing better, but may also soon be much worse, the Taliban are weakened, but they could in two years to return at least partially to power, President Hamid Karzai is isolated and weak, but a better President is currently inconceivable, every dollar the government encourages more corruption, but also prevents anarchy. A decade, the United States have tried to change this situation. Initially too naive then to disinterested, then diligently and purposefully. They have made big mistakes and achieved great things. You have to give them responsibility and provoke hostilities. They have helped a lot, but also much destroyed. They have far too long the Afghan laws underestimated, and they have paid for it with many lives and much money. A separate picture puzzle came into existence. But no more. And therefore we must also prepare for the deduction. The china shop-bill goes for Afghanistan that is never on. In the cycle of destruction and construction, there are too many players. With his visit to the cover of darkness, Obama has not only created an excellent metaphor, but also initiated the long parting from Afghanistan. He leaves two messages: first, the United States came to al-Qaida to destroy - that's almost succeeded. This will be a kind of justification formula, but still some way to talk about a "victory", even if Obama avoids today. And the second message: The fate of Afghanistan will not be able to steer the long run from the outside. The country must learn to survive itself - or it will just descend into chaos again. This is a sobering, but fair balance after all these years. Fair she is, because the Afghan government had been many years in which they would have more to contribute to their own strength. It is fair, because they accepted their own, western limitation: the political capital of Afghanistan is depleted, it is no longer understand, that this war and state building with such a high cost to operate. Obama's appearance on the anniversary of the killing of Osama bin Laden follows the laws of American domestic politics. The man ended a war and bring the troops home - this message is sufficient for the campaign. The Afghan-coalition, however, still waiting on the President, who decided to bring the application end. The concern is not unfounded, that the alliance of the uncoordinated troops scattered in all directions, followed by the soldiers of the Afghan army, the lack of discipline and prefer to entrust their fate financing the Taliban. Although Obama has abandoned it to decrypt the Afghan picture puzzle: His vague idea of ​​using the last two years does not contribute less to the uncertainty in.

Mianmar begins new era with Suu Kyi in Parliament



Aung San Suu Kyi completed its historic transition to parliamentary political prisoner when he assumed public office on Wednesday for the first time. But working together with the new reformist government Mianmar (Burma) after 24-year struggle against the military regime is a risky strategy. Wednesday's session reinforces the truce between the party of Suu Kyi and the government of President Thein Sein, who took office last year after the military junta left power. Some analysts see it as a move that eventually could end up legitimizing opposition to a regime that needs to Suu Kyi to end years of isolation from the West and that the lifting of sanctions. The champion of democracy 66 years will have virtually no power in the assembly, although it will still have an official voice in the legislative branch and the opportunity to challenge public policies within the scope of power for the first time. The parliamentary debut Suu Kyi comes after his party, the National League for Democracy, lost his first major political battle since the election of April 1, an attempt to change the oath of legislators. The party had refused last week to take their seats in the assembly because he objected to an oath that requires lawmakers to "protect" the Constitution. The party, which wants to modify the document on the ground that supports the military, sought to change the term "respect". But their failure to implement even this small change underscores the enormous challenges in a nation still dominated by the military. On Wednesday, Suu Kyi and dozens of fellow gave for now, together reciting the oath in the capital, Naypyitaw, in the sight of the ruling party and the army. Hounded by reporters after the ceremony, Suu Kyi said she did not abandon the struggle being waged since 1988. "We must work now both inside parliament and outside parliament as we have been doing," he said. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, issued a statement of congratulations and called the development "important moment" for the future of Mianmar.