Giftgas ist nicht nur eine „moralische Obszönität“ – eine, die die Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika noch Jahrzehnte lang aufstockten, nachdem ihr Einsatz in der Kriegsführung verboten worden war – sondern eine Metapher für menschliche Rücksichtslosigkeit und vergeudete Wissenschaft.

Escalating their brutal assault on Egyptians‘ human rights, free speech and democratic process, the junta generals‘ security forces shutter another internet and printed media news outlet – one affiliated with the most popular broad-based political party in Egypt.

„We have suffered this kind of pressure, intimidation and confrontation at the hands of security outlaws more than once without any reaction from the journalists‘ union, headed by leftist writer Diaa Rashwan.“

FJN journalists further demanded full protection, legally and professionally, to continue to operate freely and without pressure from any quarter, according to media codes of ethics and the laws of the union, demanding that they should be allowed to return to their workplace.

For healing to occur, all of Egypt‘s civilian political actors must insist that the military return to barracks, and must devise a framework for the Brotherhood‘s constructive reintegration into the political process. Any attempts to restore democracy are prone to disruption if they are not underpinned by a deeper process of national reconciliation.

The Egyptian government has stepped back a few inches from the brink, by postponing the immediate effect of a court order disbanding the Muslim Brotherhood, prohibiting its activities and confiscating all its assets, but it should take a stronger position, by actively opposing in court the lawsuit brought by the National Progressive Unionist Party, a left-wing secularist group.

The newspaper had circulated clandestinely in recent weeks, after other media outlets linked to the movement were shut down. But its reporters said they had continued to work up until the raid, and demanded to be allowed to do so again.

“What happened is thuggery on the part of security forces,” the staff said in a statement in which they asked the state press syndicate to rally to their defense.

The leftist party Tagammu had sought the immediate action, accusing the Brotherhood of “terrorism” and of exploiting religion for political gain.

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Mr. Kenyatta said that intelligence reports had suggested that a British woman and two or three American citizens were involved, but that he could not confirm those reports. American officials said they had not determined the identities of the attackers and were awaiting DNA tests and footage from the mall’s security cameras

(13.4.2013) Der U.N.O.-Sicherheitsrat hat im März das Waffenembargo, die Resolution 2093, teilweise für ein Jahr aufgehoben. Als Grund wird die Beendigung des “Konflikts” genannt.

Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, der als erster offiziell gewählter Präsident seit über einem Jahrzehnt gilt, hätte angeblich die Lockerung beantragt, schreibt BBC.

(23.5.2013) Interne Clan-Kämpfe wie in der Region Jubbaland an der Grenze zu Kenia zwischen dem früheren Verteidigungsminister und einem Scheich sowie Ansprüche der Warlords der verschiedenen Regionen kämpfen in Mogadischu um die Pfründe an der Regierungsbeteiligung. Das neue Parlament zerfleischt sich gerade gegenseitig. Am 22.Mai wird es voraussichtlich in einem Misstrauensvotum über Premierminister Abdi Farah Shirdon Saaid abstimmen. Den Antrag haben über einhundert Abgeordnete eingereicht.

(19.09.) On Wednesday, CBS News obtained a document filed by the United States Attorney‘s Office for the Eastern District of New York indicating that three men charged with being members of the al-Shabab terrorist group in Somalia had „substantial knowledge regarding an al-Shabaab research and development department that was developing chemical weapons.“

CBS News senior correspondent John Miller told „CBS This Morning“ the lead defendant in the case, Mahdi Hashi, and two others were arrested in August, 2012, by African authorities while allegedly on their way to Yemen.

(19.09.) Mr Hashi was arrested in Djibouti last year, weeks after he was stripped of his British citizenship by Home Secretary Theresa May.

She wrote to his family saying he had been linked with “Islamicist extremism” but they deny the charge, claiming he had been “harassed” by MI5 after refusing to inform on Camden Muslims.

(6.September 2010) Government investigators found that Gen. Kahiye and a number of his staff and subordinates were involved in the missing weapons scandal, which included reports that the weapons were sold to anti-government forces, such as Al Shabaab militants.

(23.9.2011) In der Depesche wurde der Bericht eines Informanten und heimliche Nachrichtenquelle der Botschaft (eine typisch zuverlässige Informationsquelle) zitiert, die die Sicherheitskräfte der Regierung von Äthiopien für das Attentat verantwortlich machte.

(07.09.2009) Die somalische UN-gestützte Regierung hat diesen Angebote an der Regierungsbeteiligung gemacht und es wurde mitgeteilt, dass es schon einige Gruppen gibt, die bereits Mitglied der Regierung geworden sind.

“We have started talking to the rebel groups of Hizbul-Islam and Al-Shebab and some of them have already joined the government and we hope our mission for broader reconciliation will be fruitful soon”

Auf ihrem Sondergipfel in Tripolis über Sicherheitsfragen haben sich die afrikanischen Staatschefs darauf verständigt, mehr Truppen in das Bürgerkriegsland zu entsenden und dazu das Mandat von AMISON geändert.

Mr Hashi, 23, was stripped of his passport by Home Secretary Theresa May in June last year, weeks before he was arrested by CIA agents in east Africa and taken to New York where he is charged with serious terrorism offences.

Since his arrest, the government has refused to comment or intervene in any way on his behalf, arguing he is no longer its responsibility.

One worrying finding of the Bureau’s investigation into deprivation of citizenship is that the Home Secretary is now stripping nationality from people born in Britain.

Weeks into his hunger strike, Hashi‘s rendition and solitary confinement are scarily underreported — and unclear

(19.01.) First shocking interview with Mahdi Hashi from his New York cell
Told how he was made to watch a Swedish detainee being beaten
He was stripped and blindfolded, and told he would be sexually abused
Was forced to sign a confession agreeing to waive his right to silence

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Nach der Bundestagswahl stehen zwei Dinge fest. Erstens: Eine Koalition für eine parlamentarische Mehrheit ohne Verrat an die Wähler scheint unmöglich. Zweitens: Neben der FDP sucht auch Bündnis90/Grüne einen neuen Kern und wird diesen kaum weiter links finden. Da steht bereits die SPD. Diese muss zukünftig Die Linke als legitimen Nachbarn anerkennen. So zeichnen sich zwei Fronten ab: Schwarz-Grün und Rot-Rot.

It was expected that the Brazilian President, Dilma Rousseff, would raise the issue of NSA spying when she addressed the opening session of the UN General Assembly in New York this week. But few would have predicted that her speech would be quite so excoriating (pdf), especially since it was given in the presence of President Obama, who spoke immediately after her.
Rousseff launched straight into her denunciation of online spying:

Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov met with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on the sidelines of UN General Assembly in New York Tuesday to discuss the destruction of Syria‘s chemical weapon under international supervision.

Kerry and Lavrov met for about 90 minutes on the sidelines of the annual gathering of world leaders at the United Nations.

Während er ein Lippenbekenntnis zur Diplomatie ablegte, machte Präsident Obama in seiner Ansprache vor der UNO wiederholt klar, dass seine Sicht des amerikanischen „Exzeptionalismus“ sich ganz und gar um dessen Bereitschaft dreht, unkluge Kriege zu führen.