Jordanian media said on Friday that Mazen al-Dhalaein has revealed to the Khaberni news website that his son, Mohammed, known by the nom de guerre Abu Baraa, had died in a bombing in Iraq, adding that he had learnt about his son’s death after seeing his photo on a Daesh-related website.
Daily Archives: 2. Oktober 2015
Israel’s army and schools work hand in hand, say teachers
The task for Israeli pupils: to foil an imminent terror attack on their school. But if they are to succeed, they must first find the clues using key words they have been learning in Arabic.
UN allows Saudi dictatorship to investigate their own war crimes in Yemen
The Saudi text calls for an investigation, but empowers the Saudi-led coalition to conduct that investigation, only calling on the UN to offer support to them with “technical assistance,” and then only to the extent they request it.
Essentially this means the Saudis, and their allies in the Yemeni “government-in-exile,” will be investigating themselves on the question of war crimes, meaning that all those official claims that huge, well-documented incidents “didn’t happen” will become the official international narrative.
Saudis Seek to Fend Off U.N. Inquiry on Yemen
(24.September) As Saudi Arabia and its Arab allies pressed their military offensive against Houthi rebels in Yemen, Saudi diplomats were waging their own battle to fend off calls in the United Nations Human Rights Council for an international inquiry into abuses by all parties to the Yemeni conflict.
Those calls came in a council resolution submitted Thursday by the Netherlands, with support from a group of mainly Western countries, that requests the United Nations high commissioner for human rights send a mission to Yemen.
Frosty faces as Hollande, Putin discuss differences over Syria
Both Hollande and Putin looked stern and frosty-faced as the French leader welcomed his Russian counterpart in the yard of the Elysee palace, exchanging a couple of terse handshakes in front of photographers and cameramen.
Argentina Proposes a 100-Year-Plus Copyright Extension on Photography
The law would extend copyrights on works retroactively, so a lifetime of photos that are already in the public domain would be re-captured by copyright. That would bring about a huge amount of legal uncertainty over works that have already been shared, remixed, sold, and modified in innumerable ways. If this bill passes, many tens of thousands of photographs that have been uploaded into cultural archives, including Wikipedia, may have to be erased from the Internet or else they could face civil, or even criminal prosecution failing to do so.
An Open Letter from Canadian Artists Against Bill C-51
We are Canadian artists. We have been blessed to be part of a country that does not send poets to gulags, that does not behead people for saying things a government considers critical of it, and that does not murder dissidents and journalists wholesale.
But we know that totalitarian and repressive regimes always try to shut down artists, along with any other independent voices. We are alert to the possibilities: we, and all who wish a free and open society, must strongly oppose such tendencies when they arise.
Bill C-51 directly attacks the creative arts and free expression in this country.
This bill was rammed through Parliament by the Harper Conservative government, despite a huge public outcry and without due consultation. As many experts have pointed out, this bill allows the government to silence dissenting voices without oversight or accountability. It criminalizes “advocating or promoting the commission of terrorism offences in general,” which, because of this vague wording, could be interpreted in some very stupid ways. In effect, it gives the government carte blanche to suppress any voice they don’t like.
Hundreds of Canadian Artists Slam Anti-Terror Law for Its ‚Direct Attack on Creative Arts, Free Expression‘
Hundreds of Canadian artists warned in an open letter this week that the country‘s recently passed anti-terrorism law has a „chill“ effect and „directly attacks the creative arts and free expression.“
Readout of the President’s Call with Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull of Australia
President Obama spoke by phone with Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull of Australia yesterday primarily to discuss the ongoing Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations. The two leaders reaffirmed their commitment to concluding TPP soon.
Meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel
The meeting took place at the Elysee Palace in Paris ahead of the Normandy format talks on settling the situation in Ukraine.
Vladimir Putin has arrived in Paris
Before the talks between the leaders of Russia, Ukraine, Germany and France, Mr Putin will have bilateral meetings with President of France Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
Um Medienlügen vorzubeugen: Putin will Geheimdienstinformationen zu Militäraktionen mit den USA teilen
Der russische Präsident Wladimir Putin forderte, dass die USA und Russland einen Mechanismus zum Teilen von Geheimdienstinformationen über Militäraktionen in Syrien etablieren sollten. Dieser würde falschen Berichten präventiv entgegenwirken:
„Das ist auch der Grund, weshalb wir eine Verbindung zwischen unseren Geheimdiensten und denen der USA eingeführt haben. Ich hoffe, dass die Entwicklung in eine Art permanenten Mechanismus mündet.“
Russische Luftwaffe eliminiert IS-Logistikzentrum und eine Kommandozentrale
Allein in der Nacht absolvierte die russische Luftwaffe zehn Einsätze, bei denen sieben Ziele in Syrien bombardiert wurden, ergänzte Konaschenkow. In den letzten 24 Stunden wurden damit ein Feldlager in der nördlichen Provinz Aleppo, ein Logistikzentrum in der nordwestlichen Provinz Idlib und eine Kommandozentrale sowie befestigte Anlagen in der zentralen Provinz Hama zerstört.
RT Exklusiv: Bericht von der russischen Luftwaffenbasis in Latakia, Syrien
RT-Reporter Murad Gazdiev berichtet exklusiv von der russischen Luftwaffenbasis in der syrischen Hafenstadt Latakia, von der aus Sukhoi-Kampflieger zu Angriffen gegen den Islamischen Staat (IS) abheben. Nur 40 Kilometer entfernt befinden sich Stellungen des IS. Ergänzt wird der Bericht vom ehemaligen CIA-Agenten Ray McGovern zu Taktiken des laufenden Informationskrieges in den Sozialen Medien.
Kontrollmission in Kiew
Jung und Wellmann benennen in dem Papier ausdrücklich ihre Vorstellungen von der Zukunft der Ukraine. „Das Land ist potenziell für Investoren sehr interessant“, heißt es in dem Dokument: Es habe „ein großes technologisches Potenzial, gut ausgebildete Facharbeiter und Ingenieure und wichtige Bodenschätze“.[9] Als möglicher Niedriglohnstandort der Zukunft werde die Ukraine von deutschen Firmen durchaus wahrgenommen, berichtet der Ukraine-Experte Reinhard Lauterbach: Der Automobilzulieferer Leoni denke laut Insidern mittlerweile über die Rückverlagerung von Produktionsstätten aus China in die Ukraine nach.[10] Einer profitablen Verallgemeinerung dieses Modells stehen allerdings noch der Bürgerkrieg und die Herrschaft der Oligarchen entgegen.
Vietnam Becomes Cuba’s Second Most Important Asian Partner
Cuba’s bio-pharmaceutical sector stands out for exporting to Vietnam medications that contribute to the development of the country’s public health sector. In this connection, Cabrisas reported that BioCubaFarma is now working together with Vietnamese companies.
El-Nino leads to higher wheat production in Australia
ABARES manager for agricultural commodities Peter Collins said, “New South Wales had very good seasonal conditions over winter and other states. South and Western Australia experienced late winter rain that came in at the right time. In spring, that’s a critical period for yields.”
Kazakhstan to increase grain exports to Southeast Asia
The Central Asian country is a leading producer of wheat and flour. According to the agriculture ministry, the harvesting campaign takes place in more favourable weather conditions compared to the earlier season. Currently, grain harvest is forecast at 17.3mn tonnes in weight.
Traditionally, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, Azerbaijan and Iran import grain from Kazakhstan but now, the country will channel its exports through Iran and the Gulf to reach Southeast Asia as well.
Grain terminal under construction at Kazakhstan-China border
Work is underway to realize a project for construction of a grain terminal at the border of Kazakhstan and China
Kazakhstan harvests over 85% of grain
As of October 2, 2015, grain from 12.577 million hectares has been harvested in Kazakhstan, which accounts for 85.3 percent of the total harvest area, said the message released by the ministry of agriculture of Kazakhstan.
Chinas Wunsch: 1,2 Millionen Hektar Ackerland in Kasachstans Steppe
(12/2009) Das im Südosten angrenzende ewig hungrige China hat ein Auge auf diese Gebiete geworfen und der kasachischen Regierung den Vorschlag gemacht, davon über eine Million Hektar für die Nutzung als Ackerland zu pachten
No prerequisites for return of KazTransGas-Tbilisi to Kazakhstan yet (exclusive)
There have been no prerequisites for the return of the KazTransGas-Tbilisi gas distribution company to the Kazakh side yet, Georgian Deputy Energy Minister Mariam Valishvili said in an exclusive interview with Trend.
She said that the main condition for the return of KazTransGas-Tbilisi under the control of Kazakhstan is to reach agreement on the existing debt of the company with the ministry of finance of Georgia.
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Update: WordPress malware, VisitorTracker, getting stronger
The blogging platform WordPress has been under attack the past three weeks with VisitorTracker malware code, a campaign that started slowly but has been gaining in intensity, according to Sucuri blog.
At HP, Fiorina supplied NSA with surveillance material
In the weeks following the 9/11 attacks, while she was CEO of HP, current Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina complied with an urgent request from Michael Hayden, the director of the National Security Agency (NSA), to redirect delivery of HP servers to NSA headquarters where they‘d be used for warrantless surveillance, according to a Yahoo report.
Hayden asked Fiorina to send truckloads of HP servers intended for retail stores into the hands of federal officials for the secret program, codenamed “Stellar Wind,“ which was approved by President George W. Bush. The program would set a precedent for later NSA initiatives that would grow into the largest domestic surveillance program in U.S. history.
Joint Resolution To authorize the use of United States Armed Forces against those responsible for the recent attacks launched against the United States.
(18.September 2001) This joint resolution may be cited as the „Authorization for Use of Military Force“.
SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION FOR USE OF UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES.
(a) In General.–That the President is authorized to use all necessary and appropriate force against those nations, organizations, or persons he determines planned, authorized, committed, or aided the terrorist attacks that occurred on September 11, 2001, or harbored such organizations or persons, in order to prevent any future acts of international terrorism against the United States by such
nations, organizations or persons.