Musharraf denies 'US secret deal' reports. World | NDTV Correspondent | Updated: May 10, 2011 19:46 IST Via his Facebook page, General Pervez Musharraf has denied that he had agreed in 2001 for America to conduct a unilateral operation in Pakistan to kill Osama Bin Laden if the terrorist was located in Pakistan. The Guardian newspaper reported this morning that after bin Laden managed to escape from the Tora Bora mountains, the General, who was then President of Pakistan, had struck a secret deal with then US President George Bush. (Read: Musharraf allowed US operation against Osama in Pak?) Mr Musharraf said today, "The accusation of my having allowed intrusion into Pakistan by US forces chasing Osama Bin Laden is absolutely baseless. Never has this subject even been discussed between myself and President Bush leave aside allowing such freedom of action that would violate our sovereignty.
" جمعة الصمود - سوريا - Google Maps. Israeli weapons In Libya? How @acarvin and his Twitter followers debunked sloppy journalism - storify.com. Libya’s Campaign To Discredit Eman al-Obeidi After Rape Allegations. Update: Amnesty has issued an Urgent Action for Eman al-Obeidi (PDF) Libyan-American women demonstrate to show solidarity with Eman Al-Obaidi in front of the White House March 30, 2011. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) The scene was chilling. A woman bursting into a Tripoli hotel room to tell foreign reporters she was raped by Gaddafi’s troops only to be forcibly dragged away by security officials and effectively disappeared. Now Amnesty fears Eman al-Obeidi is being detained and put under pressure to withdraw her allegations in what looks to be an attempt at face-saving by the government. Al-Obeidi, who is now being sued by those who she says raped her with the apparent approval of Libyan authorities, should be released immediately.
Eman al-Obeidi was removed from the Tripoli hotel last Saturday by security forces and detained and has not been seen since despite government claims that she was released. Online Dictionaries - Arabic Dictionaries Online. Qaddafi Forces Hold Strategic Town as Allied Attacks Continue. Moises Saman for The New York Times Tracer bullets fired from anti-aircraft guns left light trails in the sky above the Libyan capital on Monday night. More Photos » A New Arab Generation Finds Its Voice Video interviews with more than two dozen people under 30, from Libya to the West Bank, talking about their generation’s moment in history and prospects for the future. But the firepower of more than 130 Tomahawk cruise missiles and attacks by allied warplanes have not yet succeeded in accomplishing the more ambitious demands by the United States — repeated by in a letter to Congress on Monday — that Colonel Qaddafi withdraw his forces from embattled cities and cease all attacks against civilians.
Libyan government forces continued to engage in scattered fighting on Monday, defying the resolutions authorizing the allied strikes. The resolution demands an immediate cease-fire by Colonel Qaddafi’s forces and an end to attacks on civilians. Arab League condemns broad bombing campaign in Libya. “What is happening in Libya differs from the aim of imposing a no-fly zone,” he said in a statement carried by the Middle East News Agency. “And what we want is the protection of civilians and not the shelling of more civilians.” Moussa’s declaration suggested that some of the 22 Arab League members were taken aback by what they have seen and wanted to modify their approval lest they be perceived as accepting outright Western military intervention in Libya. Although the eccentric Gaddafi is widely looked down upon in the Arab world, the leaders and people of the Middle East traditionally have risen up in emotional protest at the first sign of Western intervention.
A shift away from the Arab League endorsement, even partial, would constitute a major setback to the U.S. -European campaign. Western leaders brandished the Arab League decision as a justification for their decision to move militarily and as a weapon in the debate to obtain a U.N. Arab League criticizes Western strikes on Libya. 20110320-U-OP_ELLAMY_briefing slide-DMCSO2OpsPlansAfghan. Libya: Who's who in Gaddafi's inner circle. 'Where are the Arabs?' It was August of 1982. For seven weeks, Beirut had been sealed off, under attack by Israel from land, sea and air. Water and electricity supplies were cut. The Israelis had secured the airport and much of the southern suburbs.
The Syrians had been defeated, their air force wiped from the Lebanese skies. Chairman Arafat and the PLO were seemingly at the mercy of their enemies, utterly dependent upon the international community to arrange an evacuation of their fighters which would bring an end to the carnage. Isolated and alone, all the leader of the Palestinian movement could do was look into the cameras and plead: "Where are the Arabs? " In January of 1991, a nominally extensive international coalition of armed forces, led by the US but including many of the Arab countries, stood poised in northern Saudi Arabia to drive Saddam Hussein from Kuwait. Passivity and diffidenceA new day is dawning in the Arab world.
So far, perhaps, so good. Taking the lead. Rick's Middle East Update. Tensions simmer at funeral in Bahrain. Factbox: Military assets in play in Libya crisis. Libya Alhurra. Libya Says It Will Release Times Journalists. Europeans say intervention in Libya possible within hours of U.N. vote. Obama spoke after the Libyan government declared an immediate cease-fire Friday in a bid to head off Western military intervention on behalf of rebels seeking to overthrow Gaddafi, hours after the U.N. Security Council authorized a no-fly zone and the use of “all necessary measures” to protect civilians in Libya. Despite the declaration, Gaddafi’s forces continued pummeling areas of eastern Libya with artillery and airstrikes well after the cease-fire was supposed to take effect. The attacks targeted the areas around Zuwaytinah and Ajdabiya, more than 90 miles south of Benghazi.
Jets streaked across the sky firing at targets, at least one helicopter flew low across the desert, and artillery bombardment could be heard for several hours Friday afternoon around Zuwaytinah. Residents and rebel officials said the assaults continued well after Gaddafi’s government announced a cease-fire Friday afternoon local time. “Where is the international community?” Libya’s renegade U.N. But Sen. Four New York Times journalists reported missing in Libya. Missing journalist husband's appeal The Libyan government says it has no information on the fourOne of the missing journalists e-mailed Monday about the danger in LibyaThe New York Times has been in touch with the Libyan governmentThe missing journalists include one who was kidnapped by the Taliban in 2009 (CNN) -- Four journalists for The New York Times, including two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Anthony Shadid and MacArthur "genius grant" recipient Lynsey Addario, are missing in Libya, the newspaper said Wednesday on its website.
Editors at the paper said they had last been in touch with the journalists Tuesday morning, U.S. Eastern time, according to the report. However, the newspaper has been unable to confirm those reports, Executive Editor Bill Keller said on the newspaper's website. "We have talked with officials of the Libyan government in Tripoli, and they tell us they are attempting to ascertain the whereabouts of our journalists," Keller said. Libyan army pushes forward. We call upon the world for help. | Alive in Bahrain. ملتقى البحرين - Powered by vBulletin. Egyptian state security disbanded - Middle East. Egypt's interior minister has disbanded the country's feared state security agency, which was accused of torture and human rights abuses during the 30-year rule of former president Hosni Mubarak. Major General Mansour el-Essawy, a former Cairo security chief and the new interior minister, announced the dissolution of the security apparatus in a statement on Tuesday.
He said a new agency in charge of keeping national security and combatting terrorism will be formed "in line with the constitution and principles of human rights". Officers for the new agency will be chosen in the coming few days, the statement said, adding that the new agency will "serve the country without intervening in the lives of citizens while they practice their rights and political life". The move meets one of the main demands of activists who led an 18-day uprising against Mubarak, who stepped down on February 11. 'Hated police force' Powerful symbol. YouTube - شبكة برق : ليبي استشهد وهو يصور أحد الشهداء ! The Guardian in Arabic | World news. Erdogan speaks out against UN sanctions on Libya. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has spoken out against the United Nations imposing sanctions on Libya, warning that the Libyan people would suffer most, not Muammar Gaddafi's regime. Erdogan also suggested Saturday that the international community was acting out of concern about Libya's oil reserves and not its people.
RecommendedObama: Gaddafi's gov't must be held accountablePro-Gaddafi militias fire on protesters in Libyan capital Erdogan spoke hours before UN Security Council members were to meet again to discuss ways to punish the Libyan leader for his violent attacks on anti-government protesters. UN Security Council members on Friday were mulling ways to punish Gaddafi, his family and his cohorts after the country's ambassador to the UN beseeched them to help halt the deadly attacks that his once-close comrade has unleashed on anti-government protesters. "They are asking for their freedom. Crowdsourced Documentary Project Yields Footage Out of Libya. "One Day On Earth," an online project designed to capture video footage of life around the world on a single day — October 10, 2010 — is now turning into a host for videos and photos documenting current events in Libya.
The country, which has become a hotbed of violence amidst a revolt against leader Muammar Gaddafi, is largely closed off from foreign media outlets, meaning submissions from Libyan members of the "One Day On Earth" community provide unique perspectives of what's taking place within the country's borders. Executive producer Brandon Litman says those behind "One Day On Earth" reached out a couple of weeks ago to community members in areas of conflict, asking them to report back with any information they could provide. "Literally within 30 minutes of engaging the community, we heard back," Litman says. "And we started getting information in within a couple of hours. " Litman has blogged some of the footage that has come out of Libya so far. Image courtesy of One Day On Earth. Feb 17 voices (feb17voices) Defiant Gaddafi vows to fight on - Africa. Watch the first 20 minutes of Gaddafi's speech Muammar Gaddafi, the Libyan leader, has vowed to fight on and die a "martyr", calling on his supporters to take back the streets from protesters demanding his ouster, shouting and pounding his fist in a furious speech on state TV.
Gaddafi, clad in brown robes and a turban, spoke on Tuesday evening from a podium set up in the entrance of a bombed-out building that appeared to be his Tripoli residence hit by US air raids in the 1980s and left unrepaired as a monument of defiance. "I am a fighter, a revolutionary from tents ... I will die as a martyr at the end," he said. "Muammar Gaddafi is the leader of the revolution, I am not a president to step down ... This is my country. "I have not yet ordered the use of force, not yet ordered one bullet to be fired ... when I do, everything will burn. " He called on supporters to take to the streets to attack protesters. Gaddafi said "peaceful protests is one thing, but armed rebellion is another". Gaddafi: 'I will not give up', 'we will chase the cockroaches' Qaddafi vows to âdie a martyr,â orders revolt crushed. Libya's Moammar Qaddafi ordered his followers Tuesday to crush an uprising against his 41-year rule and vowed a fight to the death as he swatted away growing outrage over a bloody crackdown on protesters.
As the UN's Security Council held emergency consultations and its top human rights official said crimes against humanity may have been perpetrated, the longest-ruling Arab leader appeared on state TV to denounce his critics. "This is my country, my country," he shouted, in an often rambling and angry speech. "I will fight to the last drop of my blood.
" The 69-year-old said he would "die a martyr in the land of my ancestors" and urged his followers to demonstrate from Wednesday. "Capture the rats," he said of anti-regime demonstrators. His dramatic intervention came as he fought becoming the third of the Arab world's veteran leaders to be toppled in a popular uprising after the presidents of neighboring Egypt and Tunisia were both ousted. -AFP/NOW Lebanon. McCain slams Mubarak, calls to quit. US Senator John McCain has condemned Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's "deeply unfortunate and troubling" refusal to step down immediately and urged him to heed his people's calls to quit power. "President Mubarak's announcement that he will remain in power is deeply unfortunate and troubling," McCain said in a statement shortly after a televised speech by the longtime US ally in which he stopped short of resigning.
"I urge President Mubarak to begin listening to and trusting his people. The stability of Egypt and the wider region increasingly depend on it," said Senator McCain, who has called before for the Egyptian leader to leave power immediately. In his speech, the embattled Mr Mubarak said he had delegated power to his deputy and proposed constitutional changes but stopped short of resigning, infuriating protesters who had urged him to go. "When President Mubarak alleges that foreigners and outsiders are manipulating events in Egypt, he could not be further from the truth.
Egyptian protesters: What I'm fighting for | Slide Show. Possible Exile in Germany: Clinic Near Baden-Baden Considered For Mubarak - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International. The United States government's scenario for an end to the political chaos in Egypt appears to be this: President Hosni Mubarak travels to Germany for a "prolonged health check" that would offer the 82-year-old a dignified departure. Over the weekend, the New York Times reported that secret talks to that effect were being held between the US government and Egyptian military officials.
According to information obtained by SPIEGEL ONLINE, plans for a possible hospital stay in Germany are far more concrete than had been assumed so far. Talks are already being held with suitable hospitals, particularly with the Max-Grundig-Klinik Bühlerhöhe in the southwestern town of Bühl near Baden-Baden, SPIEGEL ONLINE has learned from sources close to the clinic.
The hospital management declined to comment. The luxury clinic has an excellent reputation, as well as a respected oncology department, and says on its website it offers "first-class medical care" and the "comfort and service of a top hotel. " Dream TV شاهد البث المباشر قناة دريم مباشرة بث المصرية Online | Watch Dream TV شاهد البث المباشر قناة دريم مباشرة بث المصرية Channels | Dream TV شاهد البث المباشر قناة دريم مباشرة بث المصرية Live TV Free Streaming Web TV Station. 29,283 views Published: 4 years ago Category: Egypt Description: عزيزي المشاهد, في حالة عدم ظهور البث المباشر فيرجى اعادة تحميل الصفحة If the live broadcast did not show up then please refresh the page. Watch Dream TV Live Online. Dream TV streaming on internet, and free. Dream tv channel egypt live online dreamtv شاهد البث المباشر قناة دريم Dream TV Stream is not hosted by our site, it is provided by the tv station itself.
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