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Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Member of the elite group that killed Bin Laden gives 1st interview in the U.S.


A member of the Seals elite force that killed Osama bin Laden , said in the first interview of a member of the details of the death of the leader of Al-Qaeda extremist network in May 2011, in a hideout in Pakistan. In an interview with CBS, Mark Owen, who uses a pseudonym, said some of the information from his book No Easy Day (One Day Nothing Easy in free translation), about the operation that culminated in the death of then wanted man in the world. In an interview with "60 Minutes," CBS broadcaster, Owen maintained his version that the former head of international extremist network Al-Qaeda was shot as soon as he came out of his room,contradicting the official account , according to which the Saudi would been fired upon only after returning to the room. The Pentagon has spoken and said we could sue him for divulging military secrets. Identified by the American press as Matt Bissonnette, a member of the Seals defended the decision to shoot. "If someone puts his head out of the room may well have a gun. You do not wait until a rifle or a grenade is thrown down the hall, or (to appear) a suicide vest," he adds. He said bin Laden was still moving after the first shot and was shot again when the Seals entered the room. "(The Seals) could not see his hands. Then he might have something. Could have had a grenade or something under your chest." The U.S. government reiterates its official version that the Saudi was shot only after returning to the room, which would have aroused the military fears that he might have weapons.
'Breach of secrecy'
Owen also mentioned a meeting between President Barack Obama and the Seals, when the elite group decided not to reveal the leader responsible for the death of Bin Laden. "Pulling a trigger is easy ... It is not about who that person was, was a team that made it all work," he said. "Who cares who was that person? Makes no difference," he added. The book has not been reviewed by the Pentagon, CIA or the White House before being published and the author had warned authorities about possible criminal charges that could result from the disclosure of secret information. Jeh Johnson, the Pentagon general counsel, sent a letter to the author informing him that "the judgment of the Department of Defense, you are in violation of specific confidentiality agreements he signed."The letter added that the Pentagon is considering "all legal measures available to us."

HARRY THREATENED BY THE TALIBAN "kidnap or kill him"

Four days after the announcement of the deployment of Harry in Afghanistan, the Taliban said in a statement do everything possible to "kidnap or kill him." do high-risk mission. Arrived last week in Afghanistan, Prince Harry is already personally targeted by the insurgents. "We do everything we can to get rid of him, killing or removing it," said the spokesman of the Taliban, Zabihullah Mujahid, told Reuters. "We asked our commanders operating in Helmand make every effort to eliminate." Threat has declined to comment on the Ministry of Defence English, who said that the prince's life was less danger in his present charges helicopter pilot. "Captain Wales", as he is known in the army, was assigned to four months at Camp Bastion, in the region of Helmand, where insurgents are still very present. "Prince Harry, like any soldier, consider it a great honor to represent his country in the armed forces of Her Majesty wherever it is deployed," informed a press release from St James's Palace (the royal administration ) quoted by "The Guardian". This is the second deployment in Afghanistan for Harry, aged 27. Third in the order of succession to the throne, he had to end his first trip air traffic controller in 2008 arrived in the country in the greatest secrecy, his presence was filtered websites, exposing it to too great a risk for the Ministry of Defence, which had thus removed. A discussion was then seized the opinion: the presence of the prince she would encourage the insurgents to target more the British Armed Forces? The issue had been swept by the officials and the prince began his mission four months to conclude an improvement in the conduct of Apache helicopters, which lasted more than a year and a half.

Obama triumphs on Facebook, 28 million fans, Romney stops at 6.6 million

If the next presidential elections to vote was only the people of Facebook, Barack Obama would win hands down. That the current occupant of the White House has more 'successful Republican rival Mitt Romney on the people of the social network was known, but according to the latest Forbes magazine, the gap and' become huge. In fact, Obama can 'count on over 28.5 million fans on Facebook, while the former Massachusetts governor stops at 6.6 million.

TERRITORIAL CONFLICT in China to provoke Japan island dispute


The Japanese government has a dispute with China to an uninhabited island group in the East China Sea tightened significantly. Despite repeated warnings from the Chinese leadership announced the government in Tokyo, she had reached a settlement with the private owners on a purchase of the islands. They wanted to take over in Japan under the name Senkaku and in China known as Diaoyi islands as soon as possible and check for a peaceful and stable manner. The government wants to buy three of the four islands. The goal is to preserve the islands in its current state. The Japanese government said that it was a normal process. The islands subject on Japanese territory and would now be bought from the State to a private owner. Four of the five islands are currently in a Japanese private ownership, the fifth part of the capital, Tokyo. But that will be denied by the Chinese government vehemently. They protested against the purchase intention and summoned the Japanese ambassador. Premier Wen Jiabao was quoted by the official Xinhua news agency as saying that his country would never give up one inch of ground.The Chinese Foreign Ministry said that it was a serious violation of Chinese sovereignty , the feelings of 1.3 billion Chinese people have hurt.

The dispute over the uninhabited island group is based on their location: It is located about 200 kilometers from Taiwan and 2,000 kilometers from Tokyo amid rich fishing waters. In addition, there are extensive gas reserves believed.
Domestic political controversy in Japan
Subordinate to the Chinese leadership, the Japanese government of Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda mainly nationalistic goals. However, Noda is domestically well even under pressure, when you purchase it wants to prevent the city government of Tokyo acquires under its nationalist governor Shintaro Ishihara, the islands. This would build on the islands with the aim of a future military base fortifications. Noda is against a building or surveying the islands and had recently prohibited a walk and officials from Tokyo to China not to provoke further.The prime minister had also after talks with Chinese President Hu Jintao at the edge of the APEC summit in Vladivostok said he would consider the argument of "comprehensive viewpoints" from. The conflict over the islands has lasted for years. Only in August, Japan had arrested a group of Chinese activists who stayed on one of the islands.
Economic impact
The dispute also has economic consequences: According to the Chinese automotive industry association, sales of Japanese cars in China fell significantly in August as a result of the dispute. Even the carmaker Nissan had given "some influence" of the dispute on the sales figures in the important Chinese market. In China, there had also been given some violent protests, as activists, one of the Japanese islands occupied had. Japan, China and Taiwan claim the Senkaku Islands. Tokyo refers to the year 1885, in which Japan took control of the islands. Beijing holds against the Diaoyi Islands have already heard during the Ming Dynasty (1368 to 1644) to China and were marked on maps and in a book.

Yemen's army kills the "number two" of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula


The "number two" of the terrorist network Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, Said al Shahri, was killed Monday in an attack by Yemeni Army in Hadramut province, in the east of the country, as reported by the Yemeni defense ministry. In a brief statement, the department indicated that the operation of the Yemeni armed forces has caused to death six suspected al Qaeda fighters , who accompanied Al Shahri. The ministry, which did not specify in your letter whether the attack was carried out by Yemeni warplanes or ground forces, has seen the death of the leader of Al Qaeda "a painful blow to the remnants of the terrorist elements." Al Shahri, nicknamed Abu Sefian to Sida, is the Yemeni deputy Naser al Wahishi, the emir of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, since the announcement of the founding of the organization in Yemen in 2009.

Guantanamo Prisoner

The deceased was a prisoner in Guantanamo Bay , where he was released in 2008, when he returned to Saudi Arabia shortly after moving to Yemen. In February 2011, the Yemeni authorities announced the death of al Shahri in an explosion caused by terrorists manage several devices in the province of Abian, in the south, but this information was false. On Sunday, Yemeni President Abdo Rabu Mansour Hadi, said security forces were able to defeat three simultaneous car bomb attacks that Al Qaeda sought to perpetrate in the capital Sanaa and in two other cities. Al Qaeda has increased its activity in Yemen due to the unstable situation in the country since January 2011 in popular revolts broke out against President Ali Abdullah Saleh. After that, Saleh ceded power last February to Hadi, who was then vice president, the Yemeni army launched a military operation in the south of the country and managed to free the areas controlled terrorist organization.

U.S. OPEN Swing Time by Triumph: Serena Williams wins against Asarenka


As the roller coaster ride was over Serena Williams was on center court and could not believe their luck. "I had my loser's speech already prepared," the tennis Olympic champion said after her fourth triumph at the U.S. Open. His hands to his face beaten escaped, it will by 6:2, 2:6, 7:5 victory again: "Oh my God!" This sigh after she had always accompanied the final against Victoria Asarenka that the victory 2:18 deserved rousing hour just had. In the first three-set final in 17 years Serena Williams did have loose-like a whirlwind. But the storm abated quickly as Asarenka in the second round took off her nerves and won bit by bit to dominance. The last twelve sentences and a total of seven matches in succession they had lost in the last three years against the now 15-time Grand Slam winner. And from the second victory in the eleventh comparison was actually nothing.
"Serena is the greatest player of all time"
"Serena is the greatest player of all time. You lost the Game "raised to a new level, said Asarenka. They could be glad with the score at 5-4 in the third set already on the second major title in Australia earlier this year. Only one service game she was removed from the winner's check for $ 1.9 million. "I do not consider myself the greatest. I consider myself just a tennis player who tried to do their best. I'm just Serena, I will "never be somebody else, 'said Williams. After the break at the right moment, the service to the victory was a mere formality. Recently in New York Steffi Graf in 1995, three sets had taken to victory over Monica Seles.
"Never expected that I would win all the titles"
Swing Time was announced, when Williams finally held the trophy in his hands. To the sounds of Prince ("1999") and Irene Cara ("Fame") danced and sang and hugged the silver cup. "I knew I was playing well this summer and be a champion. But I never expected that I would. Win all these titles, "said the 30-year-old, one after Wimbledon, the Olympics and then won their home tournament It could feel each of the 24,000 spectators in Arthur Ashe Stadium, Serena Williams was unsure how, when she had given her first set of the tournament. They had allowed only two breaks in the whole tournament, and now two in one pass. Include the mark she left in the lurch. Only at the end, the ratio amounted to 13 aces again - what the tournament meant incredible 63 aces and one reason was that its a disaster as in the previous final against Australian Samantha Stosur was spared. Asarenka could not keep up. The planned revenge for the off at the Olympics went wrong. However, it provided only 28 errors, while Williams ran in the 45th Almost the world ranking fourth, which keeps this place as Asarenka would have cost the number one, the triumph. 13 years after the first title at the same place against the Swiss player Martina Hingis. Over such a long time has not yet gathered in front of her major titles.
"Serena must be grateful"
"She deserved it," said the fair loser. "I gave everything and nothing to regret. Serena and I have to be grateful. She makes sure that I get my game, my personality and my physique to the next level. "The back and forth in the high-class final was a reflection of the strength in women's tennis. In the last seven Grand Slam tournaments before had there been seven different winners. Serena Williams is the first person who was able to Wimbledon triumph for the second time.

The Turkish army has killed more than 50 Kurdish militants in a week


The Turkish military has killed more than 50 suspected Kurdish militants in two separate operations last week, one of which consisted of air strikes in northern Iraq, we learn Monday Sources close to the security services. The Turkish armed forces last week launched an extensive ground and air offensive against the separatist Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in southeastern Turkey. Two thousand soldiers who participated. They were supported by F-16 fighters and attack helicopters. In a statement, the military said its planes bombed 14 targets in northern Iraq between 5 and September 9 and 25 activists were "rendered ineffective" in the operation, a term used by the military to evoke rebels killed, wounded or taken prisoner. Friday, we had said a source close to the security services that the current offensive by the Turkish army against the rebels, centered on the province of Sirnak, bordering Syria and Iraq, had killed 26 people in the PKK's only Turkish side of the border. On Monday, the same source indicates that the Turkish army killed 26 PKK activists in other operation this weekend in Hakkari province in southeastern Turkey. This report could not be independently verified. Summer ending was one of the deadliest since the PKK, considered a terrorist organization by Turkey, the United States and the European Union, took up arms in 1984 to create a Kurdish state. The Turkish army said to have killed 300 PKK militants between February and August indicates that 88 Turkish soldiers were killed between early and late last week. Ankara suspects Syria to play a direct role in the aggravation of the situation, that Bashar al-Assad denies. Once near the Syrian president, Turkish Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has become one of its most fervent critics after the popular uprising against the Baathist regime there eighteen months and does not exclude military action against positions separatists in Syria. The Turkish army has carried out extensive military exercises Wednesday near the border with Syria.