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Thursday, June 7, 2012

Belgium Burqa ignites

While wearing the garment is banned in public places since last July, the turbulent near Brussels arrest of a woman wearing a burqa is the source of great controversy in the political class.

Since July 2011 it is forbidden to wear the niqab or the burqa in public in Belgium . The offenders are liable to a fine of 137.5 euros, or sentence of seven days in jail (for now, only PV and fines have been prepared, no prison time was given). Last Thursday, deciding to enforce the law, which involved approximately 200 women across the country according to state security, police Jette, a town in the suburbs of Brussels , have arrested a woman dressed in the garb banned . As she accepted to discover that before another woman, she was taken to the police station Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, the bordering town. She then rebelled in the premises, each party sending the fault of the incident. Claiming to have acted in self defense, Stephanie Djato, a Belgian convert to Islam, admits giving a whim that broke the nose and two teeth of one of the police. In the evening, demonstrators threw bins and metal barriers on the police station to protest against the arrest. Friday night, another gathering took place before the police station, giving rise to new riots, despite the presence of elected and therefore a police deployment. Since then, the tension remains strong in the area.

Pre-election period
 the government quickly requested a full investigation. The case, which takes place during pre-campaign for municipal scheduled for October, is in fact quickly became political. The mayor of Molenbeek, Philippe Moureaux, vice president of the Socialist Party, has criticized the positions taken by critics of the Liberal party (MR), one of whose leaders, the Foreign Minister Didier Reynders, denounced the failure of integration policies from the left. " They do not do that for integration, but purely for political and electoral clearly they chose Sarko line. They saw that the right candidate in France had recovered from the electorate by hardening his speech on the immigration, the MR has adopted this strategy. The political morality, this is obviously the kind of thing that does not bother: you must do everything to win , "accuses Philippe Moureaux.
Sharia4Belgium against Vlaams Belang 
Sharia4Belgium, a small Islamist group, which is the cause of incidents outside the police station is itself accused of having raised tensions. His spokesman, Fouad Belkacem, for his part called the ban on wearing the niqab of discrimination against Muslims. " At the police station, they asked her to remove her niqabfor the search. She refused because our religion forbids to show her body to the disbelievers. The police have summoned three police officers who tore her niqab and his underwear "said he. " We have not an ounce of respect for you, unbelievers, nor for the way you live. Our religion and our way of life are superior to yours , "he quips, provocative. Tuesday, the Vlaams Belang , the Flemish far-right party (7.8% in the 2010 parliamentary), which in turn has thrown fuel on the fire. Deploring ironically that the police were afraid to enforce the law, it proposes to create a premium of 250 euros to anyone who would report to the police wearing aburqa or niqab . According to Filip Dewinter, one of the main leaders of the training, the introduction of such a premium would put pressure on authorities to ensure that police officers do enforce the ban. The anti-racist organizations have called on Wednesday to condemn the Belgian Government proposal. 

U.S. plans to continue its attacks against Al Qaeda in Pakistan


The Pentagon chief Leon Panetta, said Wednesday that the U.S. will continue its attacks against Al Qaeda in Pakistan, a day after the announcement of the death of two of the network number, the Libyan Abu Yahya al Libi, a deal with a drone (UAV). "We have been very clear about the fact that we will continue to defend ourselves," he said during a visit to New Delhi in response to a question on whether to continue attacks despite the Pakistanis believe that the bombing of the drones violate the sovereignty the country. "It is also our sovereignty," he said, arguing that the Islamists who orchestrated the attacks of September 11 were in Pakistan's tribal areas. The United States announced on Tuesday the death of Abu Yahya al Libi in Pakistan, and thus estimated to have inflicted a "serious setback" to the nebula extremist, when it has passed more than a year since the death of its founder, Osama bin Laden . Oversaw Panetta as CIA director intensified bombing campaign against al Qaeda in Pakistan before being appointed to the Pentagon last year. According to a U.S. official who requested anonymity, Abu Yahya al Libi was responsible for the operations of Al Qaeda in Pakistan and establish contacts with the various branches of the organization, especially with Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP). Panetta acknowledged on Wednesday that New Delhi and Washington are struggling with Islamabad. "The relationship with Pakistan is complicated for both countries, but we must work to improve it," he said, adding: "India and the United States should continue to cooperate with Pakistan to overcome our respective differences, and sometimes profound, for South Asia in peace and prosperous. " Finally, the Pentagon chief called for strengthening of ties with India in the defense sector.

One hand and one foot sent to two Canadian schools. The sex-killer Magnotta, under arrest, is still afraid


The alleged "psycho" Canadian Luka Rocco Magnotta, was arrested, but the trail left by the horror of his crimes do not stop: two Vancouver schools were sent packages containing body parts that are supposed to belong to Lin Jun, 33, Chinese student killed and dismembered by the Canadian porn actor.  A hand was mailed to an elementary school and one foot to another school nearby. Investigators are also trying to figure out where the two parcels have been sent. If it were still parts of the body of Lin Jun, call missing in the victim's head. The alleged killer of Canada, who fled to Europe, was arrested on Monday in Berlin and is now in jail awaiting extradition to Canada. The former porn star is charged with the brutal killing and mutilation of the Chinese student. Magnotta, who filmed and circulated on the Internet images of murder in Montreal, Canada, was surprised yesterday by the German police in an internet cafe in the German capital after a long flight. According to reports 29 year old does not intend to oppose his extradition to Canada, which will streamline the complicated legal proceedings against him. After the arrest, yesterday, Magnotta was transported to a prison in the district of Tempelhof-Schöneberg, not far from the place where he had been caught thanks to alert the owner of the Internet-cafe. Still not known, however, the date on which the prosecution will examine the procedure for the extradition of the alleged murderer, a formal step necessary to the advancement of the request by Canada.  Magnotta The 29 year-old, who was arrested after validation transferred to Moabit prison, just north of the center of Berlin, was wanted for an international arrest warrant issued by Interpol on Thursday.
About two weeks after the brutal murder of a Chinese student in Canada are at two schools in Vancouver received packages containing body parts. This approach corresponds to the image of the decisions taken in Berlin earlier this week alleged killer Montreal Luka Magnotta, who apparently had his body parts murder victim sent to Canadian politicians.
In one of the parcels was now emerged, according to police on Tuesday (local time), apparently a hand in the other a foot. A connection to the fact that investigators could not prove Magnottas first. They tried, above all, the identity of the person or identify the dead and to determine from where the packages were sent. Vancouver Police Chief Warren Lamcke spoke of "disturbing events".

Connection obvious, at least

The first package was opened on Tuesday at 13.00 clock (local time) by an employee of the False Creek Elementary School and had "apparently" contained a hand, said Lamcke. A little later at the St. George School, a second package had been opened with a severed foot. A connection with the murder of Magnottas suspected sexual partners, the Chinese Students in June Lin is at least obvious. One hand, one foot and the head of Jun's body are not yet emerged or been identified. Jun was the night of 25 May been murdered with an ice pick. His body was dismembered, sent a foot and a hand of the corpse by mail.Investigators blame for the fact the 29-year-old Magnotta, who was arrested on Monday in an internet cafe in Berlin. The suspect, who had occasionally worked as a porn star and prostitute, had filmed the murder, and apparently put the video on the Internet. The torso of the body was found near Magnottas apartment.

Another foot found

Meanwhile, in Montreal, another walk, this time found in the west of the town on the road. A pedestrian made his gruesome discovery in Notre-Dame-de-Grace. The now emerged body parts can not possibly all of the same death date. It is unclear whether it is in the jünsten find a connection with the alleged murderer Magnotta.

New Questions

The grisly discoveries raise new questions. Still, the possibility is not excluded that this is the first track to a copycat. But if it does constitute part of Jun's body, could mean that Magnotta is no single culprit: He fled on 26 May from Canada to France, the mailings were therefore used far more than a week to travel from Montreal to Vancouver or should have been taken by someone else to post. The third way of thinking, that would Magnotta fled to parts of Jun's body in his luggage to Europe and they have made in this case probably from France, sent to Canada. New details about the case suggest that the risk of being discovered for Magnotta part of a "game" was. More and more testimonies suggest that he had during his days in Europe almost wanted the public - such as through visits to various parties. "He took it that you see him," said a French investigator.

Delivery this week?

Against his extradition to Canada will not prosecute the suspected killers, such as the Berlin prosecutor said Tuesday. That should speed up the process. But is still appeared to be no extradition request of Canadian authorities. If it has been received in due time with the German authorities and Magnotta actually takes no appeal against it, he could be in the opinion of the German criminal authorities have extradited to Canada later this week.

At least 15 Afghan civilians killed in NATO bombing


At least 15 civilians were killed Wednesday, June 6 in a NATO bombing after fighting with insurgents in Logar province (eastern Afghanistan), as the Kabul government.Women and children were among the victims. The village where the incident occurred, to be counted "at least 15 bodies" , including four children. The ISAF, the NATO force in Afghanistan, admitted having conducted a "precision bombing" in the Baraki Barak district, where Sajawand, after the insurgents had attacked Afghan troops and coalition with "of small arms and a grenade."

Mubarak's health very badly

The health of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is said to have deteriorated after being admitted to prison hospital drastically from the Tora prison, it was said that the Mubarak condemned to life imprisonment had been artificially ventilated several times and have suffered a nervous breakdown. He would be soon be transferred to another hospital. The prison authorities have commissioned experts to examine Mubarak. These were proposed to bring him into a better-equipped military hospital or another hospital.