Three Shia men were shot dead in Saryab Road area in Quetta on Saturday by the unknown terrorists.
According to the Shiite News Correspondent, Police said that unknown motorcyclists opened fire at a car in Sabzi Mandi (fruit Market) area in suburb of Saryab, Hazar Ghangi.
Three Shia men martyred on the spot while one injured seriously. Injured has been taken to Bolan Medical Complex. Investigation of the incident is underway.
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Two terrorists of SSP held in Karachi
Special Investigation Unit (SIU) of Sindh Police arrested the two terrorists of banned outfit Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP) during a raid conducted in Orangi Town, on Friday.
The sources in SIU claimed that the raid was conducted on Friday morning on a hideout of outlawed terrorist organization militants in Orangi Town Sector 14/C and arrested the terrorists identified as Ishtiaq and Faiz wanted in many cases.
However, The Shiite News Correspondent in his exclusive report informed that the Orangi Town residents on Thursday night caught a cleric of the area and his companion with an explosive device. They later handed him over to the area Police.
The Police arrested banned Sipah-e-Sahaba (SSP) terrorists Maulana Ishtiaq Azmi cleric of a Mosque of terrorist group in Orangi Town and his associate Faiz.
The people of the area confirmed that residents of the area heard explosion and rushed to the hilltop of the Orangi Town, where some suspicious people were trying to escape. The brave residents caught both terrorists and later handed them over to the Police.
The Police sources confirmed that Ishtiaq Azmi and Faiz were affiliated with the outlawed terrorist’s outfits of Sipah-e-Sahaba and Lashkar-e-Jhangvi and they were testing the explosive device before reaching the target when they were arrested.
It is pertaining to mention here that the terrorist outfit of Sipah-e-Sahaba (SSP) is restore their activities in the Sindh province as the Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ebad Khan and biased Sindh religious affairs Advisor Mufti Ferozuddin Hazarwi met the defunct outfit SSP chief Ahmed Ludhanvi and assured him about their support to the terrorist banned organization.
1 Shia Martyred and 2 Injured in DG Khan
One shia martyred and two injured in the result of firing by the activists of outlawed terrorist outfit Sipah-e-Sahaba in Dera Ghazi Khan.
According to the Shiite news correspondent, Renowned Shia Social worker Naseem Abbas martyred, his father Ghulam Rasool and relative Matloob Hussain got injured in the firing at Dera Ghazi Khan (Choti Zarreen) by the terrorist of outlawed organization Hafiz Abdullah and his companions. The residents of the areas were shifted the injured to the local hospital for the treatment.
Outlawed Sipah-e-Sahaba terrorist group is not only activated in Punjab but its also spread the network of the banned outfit across the country and its sectarian activities have been increased in Sindh province after the Punjab, where the Punjab government has given the free hand to the terrorist organization to perform their activities and restore their network across the Punjab.
The outfit has disguised themselves in the name of Ahle sunnat Jamaat but the question mark is why Government and its so called agencies are quiet and no steps have been taken against such type of sectarian deeds??….
Israel Executes Drill in Gush Dan to Face Hezbollah Missiles!
One month after Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah set a new equation that would shape the next round of confrontation with Israel, the Zionist entity seems to be always perplexed and hesitant…
Indeed, Israeli local authorities are preparing a drill that would take the name of “Administrations’ Game.” The drill would take place in Israel’s Gush Dan, or the Tel Aviv Metropolitan Area, the region mentioned by the Resistance leader in his latest speech as the heart of the Zionist entity.
Gush Dan extends from Netanya in the north to Ashdod in the south at a distance of 90km and from the Mediterranean in the west to Ariel in the east at a distance of 20km. The area is closely linked to the city of Tel Aviv through social, economic, and cultural ties. The Tel Aviv metropolitan area is the largest metropolitan area in Israel (1,500 km2) and consists an estimated population of over 2 million; more than 1/3 of the Israeli population. This metropolitan area is not equipped with enough shelters and underground emergency exits since it was considered to be an area far from rocket threats.
In the past few years, Gush Dan cities witnessed inner migrations from volatile areas near the border with Lebanon. Gush Dan comprises 22 cities and towns: Tel Aviv, Bat Yam, Holon, Ramat HaSharon, Ramat Gan, Giv’atayim, Bnei Brak, Herziliya, Or Yehuda, Giv’at Shumuel, Kiryat Ono, Petah Tikya, Ra’anana, Rishon LeZion, Hod HaSharon, Kfar Sava, Yehud, Ramla, Lod, Rosh HaAyin, and Ness Ziona, Rehovot. Gush Dan is also Israel’s technological and industrial center where the Ben Gurion airport is located.
According to Israeli daily Yedihot Ahronot, the heads of Israeli local authorities met with Israeli Deputy Defense Minister Matan Vilnai and representatives of the Internal Front. They discussed the problems that would be caused by the downfall of Hezbollah missiles in these cities. They also discussed the complicated situation that would be faced by the authorities in case of any confrontation, including problems in infrastructure, services and sanctuaries.
The Israeli daily, meanwhile, noted that the mentioned maneuver aims at theoretically working in the face of a situation in which missile fall in the heart of the Zionist entity.
At the end of the drill that lasted a few hours, the participants took lessons and concluded results, Yedihot Ahronot said, adding that the Israeli Defense Ministry and the Israeli Army were stressing that the internal front would be the second front in any upcoming war for a long time because the missiles will cover all the Palestinian occupied territories.
Meanwhile, Israeli daily Maariv that Israeli is preparing to hold the ‘Turning Point 4’ drill at the end of May. This drill would be Israel’s hugest drill ever, meaning it would be bigger than the ‘Turning Point 3’ drill because it would cover the whole enemy’s entity. All local authorities will take part in the drill alongside the Israeli government’s ministries and some sectors that weren’t present at the time of the previous drill. Even more, and for the first time since the second Gulf War, the warning sirens would be launched in all Zionist cities and settlements while institutions and settlers would be trained on how to deal with such urgent situations from inside their homes.
Pakistani FM Calls on US to Follow Up Words with Action
Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said Thursday the need to rebuild trust with the United States was key to upcoming talks and called on Washington to follow up words with action.
“My message to the US is that the time has come to walk the talk,” he told a news conference in Islamabad.
Qureshi and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton are scheduled to lead talks in Washington next week aimed at boosting the economy and security of Pakistan, a key ally in the fight against Al-Qaeda and the long war in Afghanistan. They will chair the March 24 talks on what the State Department says will be economic development, education, agriculture and security.
“I believe our forthcoming dialogue will provide a good opportunity to re-build confidence and trust on both sides,” said Qureshi. “We want these talks to be broad based and that is why I am proposing a completely different format for interaction between the two countries.”
‘Summit Won’t Discuss Sadr Issue amid Lebanon’s Absence’
Arab League chief Amr Mussa was on Thursday still hopeful that Lebanon would receive an invitation through the proper diplomatic channels to attend the Arab summit in Libya.
it is pertaining to mention here that due to a row over the disappearance of prominent Shia cleric Ayatullah Musa al-Sadr in Libya in 1978, President of Lebanon Michel Suleiman has decided to not attend an Arab League summit in Tripoli.
During a joint press conference with Foreign Minister Ali al-Shami, Mussa denied that he had delivered Lebanon the invitation to attend the summit.
Asked if he believed Libyan leader Moammer Qadhafi would expel the Lebanese community if Beirut decides to boycott the summit, Mussa noted that the issue will be discussed by the Lebanese cabinet. “I don’t want to interfere in it. However, I hope that all Arab countries participate in the summit.”
He denied that the issue of Imam Moussa al-Sadr’s disappearance was on the summit’s agenda. Yet, Al-Shami explained to reporters that a draft resolution issued by Arab foreign ministers ahead of the summit includes an article that calls for “solidarity with the Lebanese Republic.”
The article includes two clauses. The first is on the Special Tribunal for Lebanon and the second backs efforts to find out the truth about Sadr’s disappearance.
“This is an article in a resolution. It is not an article on the agenda” of the summit, Mussa stressed. He also said Sadr’s issue wouldn’t be discussed if Lebanon decided not to attend the summit.
Laskhar-e-Jhangvi terrorist Akram Lahori acquitted
Additional District and Sessions Judge (East) Obaid Ahmed Khan acquitted the former chief of banned terrorist outfit Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ) former Chief Akram Lahori in a murder case of Mumtaz Haider for want of evidence. Mohammed Amjad alias Akram Lahori was booked in the murder case of Syed Mumtaz Haider on July 20, 2001 by Brigade police station. He was arrested on July 4, 2002 and was lodged in jail then since. Continue reading
Palestinians in Al-Quds create human cordon around Aqsa Mosque
According to Ahlul Bayt News Agency (ABNA.ir), Spokesman for the Islamic Movement in the 1948 occupied lands Zahi Anjidat said that the Palestinians of the holy city and the occupied lands managed on Tuesday morning to create a human cordon protecting the Aqsa Mosque.
The spokesman affirmed that a large number of Palestinian men and women from Al-Quds and the 1948 occupied lands were able to create a human shield around the Aqsa Mosque in order to protect it from any possible Israeli break-in.
He pointed out that extremist Jewish groups declared their intention to storm the courtyards of the Aqsa Mosque following the opening ceremony of the ruin synagogue in order to initiate another ceremony for the building of the alleged temple of Solomon.
In the same context, violent clashes broke out Tuesday morning in different Al-Quds areas especially in the vicinity of the Old City and the Aqsa Mosque, while the Israeli occupation forces are still besieging the holy city for the fourth consecutive day and prevent thousands of Palestinians from reaching the holy Mosque.
The IOF troops used batons and tear gas and flashbang grenades as well as mounted policemen and dogs to suppress the Palestinian protesters.
Sheikh Kamal Al-Khatib, the deputy head of the Islamic Movement in occupied lands, and Sheikh Ali Abu Sheikha, a senior Islamic Movement official were among those who were physically assaulted.
In light of the Israeli restrictions imposed on the entry of men into the Aqsa Mosque, dozens of Palestinian women were able to enter it as they were chanting slogans in response to the voices of Israeli settlers who gathered in Al-Buraq plaza in preparation for launching a sudden attack on the holy Mosque.
15 Million Pilgrims Visit holy Qom Annually
Speaking at the “Morning of Revolution” program aired on TV’s Channel 3, Mohammad Hossein Musapur said that the holy city has been a hub for fostering the culture of Ahl-ol-Bayt (AS) for 13 centuries.
Hazrat Fatemeh Masumeh (SA), the daughter of the seventh Shia Imam (AS) passed away and was buried in Qom in 201 Hijri (816 A.D.) while traveling to visit her brother Imam Reza (AS) in Khorasan. The city has been a pilgrimage destination ever since.
“It has also been a scientific center in the Islamic world in the past 80 years, since the establishment of Qom Seminary School,” Mr. Musapur said, adding that currently some 60,000 Iranian and 10,000 expatriate students are studying religious sciences in the holy city.
Stressing the importance of Qom, he noted that the movement leading to the Islamic Revolution also originated in the holy city.
Qom lies 156 kilometers southwest of Tehran
Ayatollah Khomeini a role model for Muslims: Geelani
The chairman of the hardline faction of the Hurriyat (G), asserting leader of the Islamic Revolution, Imam Khomeini a role model for Muslim world, said that the cancer of sectarian extremism would not be allowed to take root here at any cost.
Syed Ali Shah Geelani said that the negligence of the government was a factor in the damage to life and property in the Kongamdara-Hagarpora villages during group clashes earlier this month between the two sects, and blamed pro-India parties for exploiting such incidents to expand their vote banks.
Speaking at a Shi’a-Sunni amity gathering in the area, Geelani asked people to be cautious against “political chameleons” and not allow them to create divides in the name of religion.
“Such people don’t have the remotest link with religion,” Geelani said.
Turning visibly emotional, Geelani said that it was the height of estrangement from religion that one Muslim should attack the life, honour and property of another Muslim on the grounds of sect.
“People involved in this great sin should turn to the Almighty in repentance, and put the bitterness behind them to live in amity again,” he said.
Describing Ayatollah Khomeini (P) and Allama Iqbal as role models for the Muslim world, Geelani said that fanning sectarian hatred in their name was the worst form of ignorance and savagery
Enemy’s crimes incentive for Islamic unity
Speaking on the sidelines op the 6th Damascus Islamic Unity Conference, Ayatollah Mohammad-Ali Taskhiri added in an interview with IRNA, “The enemy’s criminal acts should also increase the Islamic Ummah’s will for resistance against that enemy.”
The two-day scientific gathering was sponsored by the Syrian Endowments Organization, cosponsored by the IRI Cultural attaché in Damascus, attended by the Secretary General of the WFPIST Ayatollah Taskhiri and a number of Islamic countries’ elites and Islamic personalities, and held at the Syrian National Library, called Maktabat ul-Assad.
Taskhiri added, “The enemy’s criminal acts should provide an incentive for our greater solidarity aimed at encountering the oppressors’ plots against the culture identity and entire entity of this Ummah. The Ummah should act solidly aimed at materializing unity and solid stand taking.”
He added, “All these events show that the Islamic Ummah would move towards solidarity and unity in spite of the current unfavorable conditions, because the Ummah would reach a shared fate in the course of the history.”
Lebanon to snub Arab summit because of Musa Sadr unknown fate
Due to a row over the disappearance of prominent Shia cleric Ayatullah Musa al-Sadr in Libya in 1978, President of Lebanon Michel Suleiman will not attend an Arab League summit in Tripoli.
A senior government official was quoted by AFP as speaking on condition of anonymity: “President Michel Suleiman will not take part in the summit in Libya based on a request by speaker of parliament Nabih Berri.”
Imam Musa al-Sadr, the founder of the Amal movement, went missing with two of his companions, Mohammed Yaqoub and Abbas Badreddin, while on an official visit to Libya in August 1978.
Sadr, who was scheduled to meet with officials from the government of the Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, is widely believed in Lebanon to have been kidnapped and killed on the orders of senior officials in Tripoli.
In 2008, Lebanon issued an arrest warrant for Gaddafi over the disappearance of the revered spiritual leader. But Gaddafi has so far managed to ignore Lebanese calls for more information on the case, never officially visiting Lebanon since 1978.
Several Lebanese politicians including Berri — who leads Sadr’s Amal party — had called for Lebanon in February to boycott the Libya summit scheduled for March 27-28.
During an interview, Suleiman said Beirut wishes to strengthen its ties with Tripoli but is also “determined to learn the fate” of Sadr and his companions.
The Higher Shia Council also called Lebanon’s probable participation in the 22 member strong summit a “catastrophe,” saying Beirut’s only condition for participating in the summit was that Sadr’s case be discussed publicly in the opening session and before the media.
Libya denies any involvement in Sadr’s disappearance, saying the trio left the country for Italy.
Italy has always denied the cleric ever arrived there; however, in 2004 Italian authorities returned a passport found in Italy belonging to the imam.
Iraqi PM al-Maliki leading in Iraqi elections, sweeps votes in Baghdad
Partial results of Iraqi Elections, now in from all Iraqi provinces, shows Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s bloc State of Law Coalition is leading in the parliamentary elections.
According to the Shiite News Correspondent, With more than 60 percent of the votes counted from 18 provinces of Iraq, Shiite Islamic Dawa Party’s leader Maliki’s State of Law alliance is ahead in seven key provinces including Basra and Karbala. His bloc is also ahead in the capital Baghdad.
His lead is followed by the Shia parties Iraqi National Alliance and former Secular Prime Minister Ayad Allawi’s Iraqiya bloc.
Iraqiya is leading in the oil-rich province of Kirkuk and Anbar province.
No single bloc is expected to get the majority of the votes to form a government.
However, Iraq’s Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has swept the vote in the country’s largest province, Baghdad, early results from parliamentary elections show.
With 60 percent of ballots counted, the prime minister’s State of Law Coalition bagged 518,203 votes, with the Iraqiya bloc of secular ex-premier Iyad Allawi coming in second with 453,028, AFP reported Monday.
The Iraqi National Alliance (INA), a coalition of Shia religious groups, was in third place with around 323,975 votes, according to the report.
More than 6,200 candidates from six major coalitions and several other tribal and minority groups contested the parliamentary elections on March 7. The leader within the State of Law’s Coalition Adnan al-Saraj said that discussions are being held now among leaders from the Iraqi National Alliance and the Kurdistani Alliance as well as the Iraqiya Slate in Kurdistan Region after announcement of the initial results of the elections.
Mian Iftikhar: No place for terrorism in Islam
PESHAWAR – Provincial Minister for Information, Transport and Inter Provincial Coordination Mian Iftikhar Hussain has said that Islam is a religion of peace, brotherhood and tolerance and there is no place for extremism and terrorism in Islam.
He expressed these views while addressing a provincial Seerat-un-Nabi (SAW) conference in the Audatrium of Auqaf at Peshawar on Saturday.
Provincial Auqaf Minister Namroz Khan Khankhel addressed the conference as a chief guest. Other speakers of the function were Provincial Chief Khateeb Qari Roohullah Madni, Mufti Ghulam-ur-Rahman, Syed Liaqat Ali Shah Gilani and Syed Abid Shakiri.
The information minister maintained, “It was need of the hour to get guidance of the teachings of our Holy Prophet Muhammad SAW and adopt His strategy to come out of the present critical situation.
He called upon the ulema to come forward and play their due role in combating terrorism and extremism from the society. He underscored the need for sensitising the society about the menace of terrorism and stop more bloodshed in this land. He regretted that anti-state elements were acting on the agenda of enemies and presented the Muslims as terrorist in the world.
He said that it was the duty of ulema and intellectuals to present true picture of the Muslims before the world and identify the elements who were defaming Islam.
Mian Iftikhar declared that the life threat could not deviate him from his mission and Jehad against terrorism and extremism would continue till its complete elimination.
Those who afraid of death, will die again and again therefore he would preferred for a life of honour and dignity but would never bow down before the terrorists, he added.
Five detained Shia youths released
Five detained Shia persons on Sunday night released by the Law Enforcement Agencies Personnel from their illegal custody.
According to the Shiite News correspondent, the five Shia youths had arrested by the law enforcement agencies personnel from the various shia localities of Karachi two days ago and shifted them to the unknow places.
The sources close to the families of shiite youths informed that all the five persons detained by the Police have released on Sunday night and they have safely reached their homes.
It may be noted here that the five innocent Shia youths apprehended by the Law Enforcement Agencies personnel on Friday from their homes on unknown allegation from various shia localities of the metropolis, including Soldier bazaar, Kharadar, Incholi, Old Rizvia Society and Orangi town.
The well known Shiite leader of the metropolis Mustafa Kirmani, Abbas Ashoor, Samad abbas, Hassan Mehdi, and Kalim Abbas.
However, Insiders informed that still a shia person named Qasim Abbas was in the detention of law enforcement agencies and they have assured the family of detained youth that they will release him on Monday night after conducted investigation.
ISO Pakistan is a patriotic organization, Government resolve all the concerns of Shia community, Rehman Malik telephonic conversation with Abbas Kumaili
Imamia Students organization Pakistan (ISO) is a patriotic organization, this statement was given by the Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik in his telephonic conversation with the President of Jaffria Alliance Pakistan (JAP) Allama Abbas Kumaili.
According to the Shiite news correspondent, Rehman Malik assured the Allama Abbas Kumaili that he will issue the clarification of his statement with create misconception about the ISO in the country.
Mr Malik said that Imamia Students Organization is a patriotic organization saying that all the student organizations of the country were serving for the stability and development of the country.
On the occasion, Jaffaria Alliance President Allama Abbas Kumaili expressed the shia community of Pakistan deep concern over the irresponsible statement of Rehman Malik against the ISO. He said that ISO was the only student organization of Millat-e-Jafaria Pakistan saying that they would not accept any statement against the ISO, which defame the credibility of the Shiite organization.
He further said that ISO is a student organization, which has been working since 1972 with an agenda to promote the unity amongst all the Muslim sects.
He assured the Federal Minister Rehman Malik about the support of shia community of the country for the stability and prosperity of the country.
He demanded of the Federal Minister to immediately released the detained shia youths of Karachi arrested by the Agencies.
It may be noted here that a couple of days ago Federal Minister Rehman Malik given the irresponsible statement outside the parliament house Islamabad, in which he holds outlawed terrorists organization Sipah-e-Sahaba, Sipah-e-Mohammad and ISO responsible for sectarian violence in Karachi and included ISO name with the banned organizations.
In the reaction of Rehman Malik irresponsible statement, Imamia Students Organization and other Shiite organizations of the country addressed press conferences across the country and protest demonstrations and denounced the statement of Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik.
Collective & Aggressive response from all factions of Millat e Jafferiya throughout the country have compelled the Interior Ministry to take back their statement and declare that all student organizations especially ISO are patriotic organization of the country
US Incites against Hezbollah under Slogan of… Human Rights!
Day after another, the United States spares no effort to incite against the Resistance in Lebanon and seek to direct Lebanese people against their “brothers”…
On Thursday for instance, US Vice President Joe Biden didn’t hesitate to express his “love” to Israel and expressed fears because the Resistance in Lebanon was a “threat” to the Zionist entity. And to complete the “scenario,” he called for the implementation of the international resolution 1701 with the “aim” of “disarming” Hezbollah!
In the same day, the United States a new report on “human rights” in Lebanon, a report in which the American “democracy” would find easy to criticize Lebanon because it didn’t succeed in disarming Hezbollah, in a complete harmony with Biden and his Israeli friends’ aims.
According to the report, UN Security Council (UNSC) resolutions 1559 and 1701 call upon the government to take effective control of all Lebanese territory and disarm “militia” groups, including Hezbollah.
The report goes on to claim that despite the presence of Lebanese and UN security forces, “Hezbollah retained significant influence over parts of the country, and the government made no tangible progress toward disbanding and disarming armed militia groups,” in a clear reference to the American “discomfort” at the national-unity government in Lebanon.
The report also claimed that although the country held parliamentary elections international observers deemed generally free and fair, there were limitations on the right of citizens to change their government peacefully.
The American critiques also targeted the security forces. “Security forces arbitrarily arrested and detained individuals. Torture of detainees remained a problem, as did poor prison conditions, lengthy pretrial detention, and long delays in the court system. The government violated citizens’ privacy rights, and there were some restrictions on freedoms of speech and press, including intimidation of journalists. The government suffered from corruption and lack of transparency. There were limitations on freedom of movement for unregistered refugees,” the report said.
While noting the intimidation generated by a series of unresolved political assassinations by unidentified assailants beginning in 2004, the report, of course, didn’t pay attention to the Israeli daily threats against the country and to the Israeli spying networks discovered throughout the whole country…
Yes, in the US, nothing is politically motivated!
Bosnia indicts Serb over killings of Muslims in Srebrenica
Bosnia’s state prosecutor on Saturday indicted a former Serb police commander suspected of taking part in the killing of thousands of Muslims in Srebrenica in 1995, Europe’s worst massacre since World War Two.
Nedjo Ikonic, 45, has been in detention since his extradition to Bosnia in January from the United States, where he had been arrested on an international arrest warrant.
According to the indictment, Ikonic was a commander of a special police brigade operating within the Serb Republic interior ministry during the Bosnian 1992-95 war that claimed 100,000 lives.
“As the commander of the special police unit, Ikonic is charged with taking part in a joint criminal enterprise that aimed to kill men and boys from Srebrenica in July 1995,” the office of the prosecutor Milorad Barasin said in a statement.
It added that Ikonic took part in the arrest of several thousand Muslim men and boys who tried to escape the eastern Bosnian town through the woods and were detained in a warehouse in the nearby village of Kravice.
“Ikonic is charged with ordering, overseeing and abetting the execution of more than 1,000 Muslims who were detained in Kravice,” the office said.
Bosnian Serb forces, commanded by general Ratko Mladic, killed about 8,000 Bosnian Muslim men and boys after the eastern town, which was a United Nations-protected safe zone, fell into their hands in 1995.
Most were killed while trying to escape through the woods, and were either shot or arrested and taken to places of execution before burial in mass graves.
The U.N. war crimes tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague has sentenced seven Bosnian Serbs for the Srebrenica massacre. Nine more are on trial.
Mladic is still on the run, 14 years after he was indicted. Bosnian Serb wartime leader Radovan Karadzic, who is on trial at the Hague-based court, denies 11 counts of war crimes relating to the Bosnian war, including the genocide at Srebrenica.
The Bosnian war crimes court, set up in 2005 to relieve the burden on the Hague-based tribunal, has put dozens of Bosnian Serbs on trial over Srebrenica. Twelve have been jailed, seven acquitted and seven are still being tried.
Hezbollah slams Israeli Judaization bid in WB
Lebanon’s Hezbollah resistance movement has condemned the new Israeli plan to build 1,600 new Jewish homes in the occupied East Jerusalem al-Quds.
The movement warned that the project seeks demographic changes in the occupied territories.
“The scheme is yet another part of a Judaization campaign that targets the holy city of al-Quds and a provocation of Muslim feeling, “the Shia political party said in a statement released on Friday.
Hezbollah also accused the US of supporting Israel’s expansionist policies on Palestinian lands.
“The Zionist plan to construct hundreds of homes in al-Quds truly shows American cover to it.”
Israel’s interior ministry on Tuesday said it had approved the construction of 1,600 new housing units in Ramat Shlomo neighborhood in the mainly Arab eastern sector of al-Quds.
The announcement sparked swift condemnation from the International community including Turkey, Lebanon, Brazil, China, Russia, and even the US and UK.
There are currently 121 Israeli settlements and 102 Israeli outposts built on Palestinian land occupied by Israel in 1967.
These settlements and outposts are inhabited by a population of approximately 462,000 Israeli settlers. Some 191,000 Israelis are living in settlements around al-Quds and an additional 271,400 are spread throughout the West Bank
Saudi Shia Muslims at risk of torture and ill-treatment
The Committee for the Defense of Human Rights in the Arabian Peninsula
( CDHRAP )
According to Ahlul Bayt News Agency (ABNA), In an attempt to consolidate the political and religious dictatorship on the multi-confessional people of the Arabian Peninsula , the Saudi regime has being using the methods of repression and the governmental terrorism to vilify the adherents of the other Islamic schools of jurisprudence that differ from the official interpretation of Islam , particularly the Shiites, who estimate of 25 percent of the population of the Arabian Peninsula .
The Saudi security authorities routinely use torture and ill-treatment in Saudi prisons and detention centers with the prisoners during the period of interrogations to extract confessions from them or to punish them , or to suppress of their religious faiths .
Despite the Saudi government’s assurances that the prisoners were protected by law , but the practices of the enforcement authorities against the prisoners violate the article 2 of the criminal procedure code which states that ” an arrested person shall not be subjected to any bodily or moral harm” or to “any torture or degrading treatment”, and also violate the Article 5 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights which states that :
” No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.”
The ” Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment ” also requires states parties to prohibit torture and does not allow derogation from this prohibition at any time.
Saudi regime , as a state party to this convention , is obliged not to impose any punishments that amount to torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.
The poor Saudi record of human rights is full of many evidences of using torture and there were a lot of torture victims still have the marks , evidence and the signatures of Saudi torturers .
The Saudi torture for example did not exclude the forgotten prisoners who were rearrested in 1996 following the bombing of the US military base in al-Khobar in 1996.
The forgotten prisoners had been exposed to severe physical torture and ill-treatment which was directed at degradation of personality by destroying basic human dignity.
Hussain Yousif al-Harbi at risk of torture and ill-treatment
Reliable sources informed the Committee for the Defense of Human Rights in the Arabian Peninsula that the Shi’a citizen Hussain Yousif al-Harbi , 22 years , from the town of Rumaila in Al-Ahsa , who was arrested on 31 January 2010 has been exposed to torture and remained detained without charge or trial .
Al-Harbi was detained under the accusation of provoking other Shi’a youths to fix Ashura banners and signs on the streets of the town of Rumaila in the occasion of Shi’a holiday of Ashura .
The banners and signs were previously removed by the Saudi security forces , then insensibility burned them in front of people .
Hussain Yousif al-Harbi was first detained on 8 August 2009 because of participation of religious activities during the Islamic month of Mohrram , and on 11 November 2009 , due to participation of the annual celebration of Imam Mahdi and Imam Hassan birthdays during the Islamic months of Ramadan and Sha’ban , then he was released after 15 days.
On 15 December 2009 , he was arrested for one week imprisonment under the charge of hindering the traffic during the celebration of the celebration of Imam Hassan birthday, then he released after,.
Al-Harbi , expressed of his right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion which guaranteed by the international human rights covenants and treaties .
CDHRAP considers al-Harbi to be a prisoner of conscience held solely for the peaceful exercise of his right to freedom of religion and call for his immediate and unconditional release.
The Committee for the Defense of Human Rights in the Arabian Peninsula calls the international organizations and local human rights to put pressure on the Saudi regime to release Hussain Yousif al-Harbi and his mates from Rumaila of Al-Ahsa and addresses to the Saudi authorities responsible to maintain his safety.
Shia Muslim Businessman arrested on a sectarian backgrounds
Saudi authorities detained a prominent business man and social activist in Al-Hassa as attendees in a religious festival used the side walks around a worship house that is under his custody.
Sources informed Rasid that Sauid authorities detained the business man Hajji Abdulrasool Al-A’mer as attendees in the over crowdedAl-Ja’farya Husainya were forced to use the sidewalks around it during a religious lecture in Ashura.
The incident dates back to December end of last year when thousands of Saudi Shia commemorate the tragic battle of Ashura.
Saudi authorities forced a stringent ban on all sorts of festival that Saudi Shia commemorate around the year.
It is customarily that worship houses (Hussainya) are full with hundreds of worshippers which force that late comers to use the sidewalks and alleys around the worship house.
This is Al-A’mer’s second arrest since his last in 2004 for similar charges.
Al-A’mer is well known for his care and attention to many worship houses and mosques in Al-Hassa which makes him a target for frequent arrests.
Four innocent Shia youths detained in Karachi by the law enforcement agency.
Four innocent Shia youths detained yesterday night (Friday night) by the law enforcement agency and transferred to unknown place. According to the Shiite news correspondent four innocent Shiite youths were detained by the law enforcement agencies on unknown allegation from shia localities, Soildier bazaar, Kharadar, Incholi and Orangi town. According to our correspondent well known Shiite leader Mustafa Kirmani was arrested from his dwell at 3 am from Kharadar whereas Abbas Ashoor from Soilder bazaar, Samad abbas from Incholi and Kalim Abbas from Orangi town. Government has again started crack down against Shiite instead of arresting those terrorists who were involved in the bloodshed of mourners of Imam Hussain (a.s) they have started detaining Shiite who already have beared the loss of 70 lives in the past three months. Government has become failure in tracing and detaining the terrorists of incident of Ashoora and Arbaeen and instead of being ashamed they have start arresting innocent Shiite youths this act of Government shows their sectarian approach and hatred towards the Shiite community.
Hezbollah slams Israeli Judaization bid in WB
Lebanon’s Hezbollah resistance movement has condemned the new Israeli plan to build 1,600 new Jewish homes in the occupied East Jerusalem al-Quds.
The movement warned that the project seeks demographic changes in the occupied territories.
“The scheme is yet another part of a Judaization campaign that targets the holy city of al-Quds and a provocation of Muslim feeling, “the Shia political party said in a statement released on Friday.
Hezbollah also accused the US of supporting Israel’s expansionist policies on Palestinian lands.
“The Zionist plan to construct hundreds of homes in al-Quds truly shows American cover to it.”
Israel’s interior ministry on Tuesday said it had approved the construction of 1,600 new housing units in Ramat Shlomo neighborhood in the mainly Arab eastern sector of al-Quds.
The announcement sparked swift condemnation from the International community including Turkey, Lebanon, Brazil, China, Russia, and even the US and UK.
There are currently 121 Israeli settlements and 102 Israeli outposts built on Palestinian land occupied by Israel in 1967.
These settlements and outposts are inhabited by a population of approximately 462,000 Israeli settlers. Some 191,000 Israelis are living in settlements around al-Quds and an additional 271,400 are spread throughout the West Bank.
Tehran Friday Prayer Sermons
Addressing Friday prayer worshippers in Tehran, Ayatollah Mohammad Emami Kashani pointed to the release of the PJAK terrorist ringleader by German authorities and said that the opponents of the Islamic republic of Iran freed the PJAK leader, Rahman Haji Ahmadi only because of conducting terrorist operations against Iranian citizens.
Tehran’s Friday prayers leader also added that this terrorist ringleader who directed PJAK’s terrorist operations from Germany has on so many occasion claimed responsibility for bloody terrorist operation in Iran’s western Kurd regions.
Ayatollah Kashani further reiterated that the enemies of the Islamic republic of Iran have accused and detained Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting journalist who served as a journalist for 17 years in Italy for no reason and in order to put a lid on such inhumane act.
Tehran’s Friday prayers leader also condemned the obstructionisms of arrogant and hegemonic powers in Iran’s peaceful nuclear program and said that the west accuses Iran of trying to build atomic weapons in order to prevent Tehran from gaining access to scientific and industrial advancements.
Iraq not to be run by one party, says al-Hakim
The head of the Supreme Iraqi Islamic Council (SIIC) Syed Ammar al-Hakim pointed out that “We do not support the principle of the political majority since Iraq can not be run by a single man or single party.”
According to the Shiite News a statement by the SIIC, quoted Hakim as saying “We need a strong and united government to represent all constituents of the Iraqi spectrum.”
“We are looking for a government that believes in actions rather than slogans,” he added, noting that “We will put the people’s interests ahead of political interests.”
“The elections came to sustain the principle of democracy in Iraq,” according to Hakim.
Hakim also appreciated the role of the religious authorities which supported the political process.
It is worth mentioning that some blocs expressed their wishes to form a political majority government.
Ammar al-Hakim meets Grand Ayatullah Sistani in Najaf
Meanwhile, The head of the Supreme Iraqi Islamic Council, Syed Ammar al-Hakim visited the Higher Religious Authority Ayatollah Ali Sistani in his office in Najaf on Thursday.
Informed source statedthat “Hakim is the first political figure to meet Sistani after the elections.”
Ammar al-Hakim has arrived in Najaf on Thursday morning.
Maliki’s State of Law Coalition holds narrow lead in Iraq election
Iraqi Shia Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s State of Law coalition holds the lead in Iraq’s legislative election, closely followed by rival Shias Iraqi National Alliance amid allegations of fraud from Saudia Arabia backed Saddam loyalists Al-Iraqiya.
Partial results from Iraq’s tight election race coming out on Friday indicated Maliki’s State of Law coalition sets the pace with the powerful Iraqi National Alliance, a coalition of major Shia parties, on its heels with only 16 percent behind.
The initial results for five provinces have been released so far, leaving the race too early to call as figures have yet to be announced for 13 other provinces. This is while the result is really difficult to foresee in key areas such as Baghdad, where the city’s 6-million strong population incorporate diverse ethnical and religious communities.
The parliamentary poll held amid highly tightened security on March 7 — the second such vote since the 2003invasion of the country by US-led forces — is viewed as a landmark test of democracy for the Iraqi government seven years after the ouster of former dictator Saddam Hussein.
The picture is, however, becoming increasingly more tainted by complaints of serious fraud from former Prime Minister Iyad Allawi’s secularist alliance, the al-Iraqiya List, which swept a noticeable majority of votes in two Sunni majority provinces in the north.
But the Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) dismissed charges of serious fraud from Allawi’s camp, including reports that ballots were discovered in the garbage and more than 200,000 soldiers’ names were missing from voting lists.
“The process of counting and sorting ballots is going well, with the presence of observers from political parties and under international supervision,” Reuters quoted Hamdiya al-Hussaini, a top IHEC official, as saying.
Five days after the election was held in Iraq, UN officials acknowledged the counting is taking longer than expected, but defended IHEC officials who have been citing a complicated system set up to thwart fraud.
Adding to the confusion in the counting process are technical challenges the IHEC suffered regarding the computer system used to enter polling data.
The system was slowed or was taken offline intermittently for maintenance, UN officials said. IHEC officials have, however, assured the problem was fixed now and that more initial results from at least another three provinces would be published on Friday.
On Thursday, Hussaini said the electoral commission had received some 1,000 complaints over the vote, without providing further detail.
Rahber Khemenei donates rls 200m to needy people
Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Wednesday donated rls 200 million in cash to needy people who are covered by the Imam Khomeini Relief Committee.
The Supreme Leader’s donation was part of programs marking the annual Charity Festival.
Mahmood Ahmadinejad: Iranians show world how to fight terrorism
He made the remarks in his address to the local residents of this southern provincial capital city where he is visiting during the third round of his tours of Iranian provinces.
Referring to the arrest of the notorious terrorist ringleader Abdolmalek Rigi by Iranian security forces late in February, the president said, ”A wicked terrorist who was supported by three powerful intelligent services of corrupted powers was arrested at the lowest human and financial costs.”
Rigi headed a terrorist group responsible for many cases of terrorist attacks and assassinations in southeastern Iran.
He confessed after his arrest that he was supported by the intelligent services of some Western states including the US.
“A number of countries that keep on claiming to be in war against terrorism, have broadcast images of this savage terrorist’s crimes and claimed that his action was the only way to bring democracy to Iran,” said the president criticizing certain states’ support for the notorious ringleader.
He also criticized the hegemonic powers for tackling restoration of jsutice and security to the world nations.
The president further stressed that the people of Iran favored peace, security and progress for all nations.
President Ahmadinejad is in this southern province, along the Persian Gulf and Sea of Oman, on a two-day visit during which he is to meet with local elites, clerics and members of the families of war veterans and war-time martyrs.
Would Jaffar al-Sadr be unexpected next Premier?
Political sources expected possibility of nominating Islmic Dawa Party leader, Jaffar al-Sadr for the Premier post of Iraq to be the unexpected figure highlighted by foreign diplomatic personalities.”
According to the Shiite News, Jaffar al-Sadr is the son of the Higer religious authority Shaheed Ayatullah Syed Mohammed Baqir al-Sadr who was executed by the former Military dictator Saddam Hussain on April, 9, 1980.
Jaffar is a Youngman in the forties of age and a candidate within the State of Law’s Coalition headed by the Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, who is also the leader of Islamic Dawa Party.
Some politicians and diplomatic figures expected to nominate Jaffar al-Sadr to replace Nouri al-Maliki in case some blocs rejected nominating Maliki for another term. Sadr trend Political party led by Noted Iraqi Cleric Syed Muqtada al-Sadr also against the nomination of Iraqi Prime Minister Nour al-Malkik for another term.
The State of Law Coalition (SLC) denied these reports when the spokesperson of the SLC Hasan al-Sineid stated “The SLC adheres to nominate Maliki for the Prime Minister post.”
Some politicians believe that Jaffar al-Sadr represent a compromise since the Iraqi National Alliance and the some other groups do not wish to nominate Maliki for another term due his style of ruling.
Jaffar finished his higher religious education and then turned to study law to get the M.A. in international law.
Later, he decided to leave his religious fashion and wear the modern suit, and stated several times that he wishes to “establish a modern civil state in Iraq.”
It is expected that “Regional pressure would be practiced on political blocs to form the cabinet as soon as possible, because delay will result in a political void that would negatively affect the citizens.”
However, Early results from Iraq’s parliamentary elections show State of Law Coalition led by Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in the lead. Local officials said Maliki’s political bloc was so far leading in nine of Iraq’s 18 provinces.
Official final results are not due until the end of March and, after that, it is likely to take months before a new government is formed as no political bloc is set to emerge dominant from the vote.
Tauqeer Abbas of District Layyah, Martyred
The injured of 7th Rabiul Awal firing incident at Layyah Distrcit, Tauqeer Abbas (24) was matryed in Nishtar Hospital Multan on Wednesday.
He was seriously injured in firing on 7th Rabi-al-Awal (22nd Feb 2010) in Basti Gharkal (Pronounced as Jharkal) Tahsil Kahrore District Layyah. Shaheed Tauqeer Abbas got two bullets, his nervous system was damaged and because of improper arrangement for treatment he can not survived and surrendered his life.
Tauqeer was sole earner of his family, was working in a factory in Faisalabad. He was very dignified and a true Azadar-e-Imam Hussain (A.S), about one and half month ago same culprits who murdered him, attacked on Imambarah. That’s why Tauqeer lodged report against them. Therefore he was unbearable for same terrorist group known as Amin Guddu Group.
Amin Gudu Group is a wing of notorious terrorists outlawedparty Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (Sipah-e-Sahaba). This Gudu Groups is involved in so many murders, dacoity, robbery and ransom cases. According to some sources its main command is shifted to Karachi now.
The supprot of Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) mainstream leadership including Chief Minister Punjab Shahbaz Sharif and Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah to outlawed terrorit group of Sipah-e-Sahaba are given the free hand to the terrorists of the outalwed organization to perform their henious crimes across the Punjab provice. Recent killing of Tauqeer Abbas in Distrcit Layyah and attacks on Eid-e-Miladun Nabi (SAWW) holy processions showed that these terrorits were expand their activities in the country with the support of PML-N and someother politicial parties.
Our country is deeply victim of terrorism, people belong from all walk life are sufferer these group’s violence. It’s time for government of Pakistan to grip all terrorist activities and get rid off extremist groups for the greater cause of our country. Peace and sovereignty must be supreme for our beloved land
‘US might manipulate Iraq election results’
A member of Iraq’s National Alliance (INA) has warned that the US is possibly attempting to manipulate the results of the country’s general elections as the release of the vote tally was postponed again.
INA candidate, Entifadh Qanbar told press TV that the United States might try to intervene in the process of vote counting through the High Electoral Commission.
“The concern is that how the ballots from each voting center are going to be processed in the computer center inside the Electoral Commission,” Qanbar said.
“The reason we are insisting on this issue is that we are afraid there is some sort of American intervention inside the Electoral Commission in processing these numbers and may be altering these numbers,” he added.
Qanbar said that his alliance would not “accept any election results without putting the ballots out to prove that the ballots have been processed and entered in the computer system in a proper way.”
The Election Commission has postponed until Thursday the announcement of the preliminary results of the country’s parliamentary elections with reports suggesting that Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s the State of Law Coalition is ahead.
Meeting with vote-counters at the Independent High Electoral Commission on Wednesday, top United Nations envoy Ad Melkert called on election officials to release the results as soon as possible, AP reported.
“Now we hope, that as soon as possible, preliminary results can be made public because Iraqis have the right to know as soon as possible what is the outcome of their choice of the Election Day,” Melkert said.
Election Commission officials also withdrew an earlier announcement that the preliminary results would be released Wednesday night.
According to Qassim al-Aboudi, a senior member of the panel, initial results would likely be released on Thursday.
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