How Israeli fighter pilots threatened to blast Tony Blair’s jet out of sky - Times Online
I guess next time two F-15s behind you ask you to ident, you should take them seriously...
Monday, May 26, 2008
How Israeli fighter pilots threatened to blast Tony Blair’s jet out of sky - Times Online
How Israeli fighter pilots threatened to blast Tony Blair’s jet out of sky - Times Online
I guess next time two F-15s behind you ask you to ident, you should take them seriously...
Thursday, March 20, 2008
Classic Africa!
KAMPALA, Uganda (CNN) -- A fight between Ugandan and Libyan presidential guards sparked chaos during a ceremony attended by the heads of state from 11 African nations on Wednesday.
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Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi and Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni attend the opening of the mosque.
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Several of the guards to the visiting heads of state from Kenya, Tanzania, Burundi, Rwanda, Mali, Somalia, Sudan and Djibouti sustained serious injuries in the fight, which included punches, kicks and the drawing of guns.
No leaders were hurt in the melee, though several were knocked over. Several journalists also were caught up in the fracas and suffered injuries or lost their grips on cameras and recorders.
The incident occurred at the opening of a massive Gadhafi National Mosque in Kampala, a structure begun by the late Ugandan dictator Idi Amin in 1972 and completed with financing from Libya, according to African media reports.
Minutes after Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi and his host, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, jointly unveiled a plaque to mark the event, the Libyan guards pushed away the guards of other delegations at the mosque's entrance.
The Ugandan guards -- who had traded hostilities with the predominantly-Arab Libyan guards at every joint event since Gadhafi's arrival in the country Sunday -- reacted with fury and fought back.
Museveni briefly lost his balance when a hefty Libyan guard pushed him to a wall. Another Libyan guard pushed Rwandan President Paul Kagame, who also lost his balance but was caught by his own guards.
The vice president of Tanzania was knocked over by fighting guards as he was taking his shoes off to enter the mosque.
Guards to the rest of the visiting presidents and prime ministers kept their respective leaders out of the fray, with some drawing their guns as the dignitaries looked on in disbelief. Some leaders -- notably those from Somalia, Burundi and Djibouti -- were visibly uneasy as guns were drawn on all sides.
By the time the fight was over more than six minutes later, about a dozen presidential guards were left bleeding from compound fractures and the Libyan and Ugandan protocol officials traded bitter accusations of disrespect and racism.
"What are your people up to? Do you want to kill our leader?" a Libyan protocol official said to his Ugandan counterpart.
The Ugandan official, who declined to be named, shouted back, "Why do think you're superior? What makes you think Uganda has any ill intention against Gadhafi?"
The Ugandan official said Museveni's guards were simply doing their job as security for the host country and had a right to respond when the Libyan guards pushed them back.
It has taken 36 years to complete the giant mosque on a hill in the heart of Kampala. It used to be a colonial fort named after British Capt. Frederick Lugard.
The mosque can accommodate as many as 17,000 people at one time, according to the engineers, who call it the largest mosque in sub-Saharan Africa.
Many Muslims interviewed said the mosque's opening evoked sweet memories of Amin, the deceased dictator.
"It is a great day and thanks be to Allah for the completion," said Salim Abdul Noor, 39. "This should remind us that while Amin is demonized as Africa's worst dictator, there are many things he did for this country that successive governments largely depend on, and much of the completed installations and structures like this beautiful mosque was Amin's dream, may Allah rest him in peace."
The Swedish vice president of the European Islamic Conference, Adly Abu Hajar, 57, said the mosque heals rifts in a religion introduced to Uganda in 1844 by Arab slave traders.
"I find this complex has brought unity among Muslims in Uganda. There have been so many factions, but this attraction has brought them together, identifying themselves with a common home."
The fight prompted a crisis meeting by Ugandan security authorities, after which invited diplomats from mainly the European missions in Uganda expressed dismay.
"It's disgrace. It shows there is something wrong yet unknown between the two parties," said the head of one European mission in Kampala, who declined to be named.
The police chief, Maj. Gen. Kale Kayihura, and the head of the army, Gen. Aronda Nyakairima, declined to comment on the fight.
But Capt. Edison Kwesiga, the spokesman of the Ugandan Presidential Guard Brigade, confirmed their hostile relationship with the Libyans.
"It is our responsibility to ensure the safety of any visiting head of state. We have to do our job using any means. But our Libyan brothers always want us to fail. True, it's not the first time they come and act as you see," Kwesiga said.
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Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi and Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni attend the opening of the mosque.
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1 of 2
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Several of the guards to the visiting heads of state from Kenya, Tanzania, Burundi, Rwanda, Mali, Somalia, Sudan and Djibouti sustained serious injuries in the fight, which included punches, kicks and the drawing of guns.
No leaders were hurt in the melee, though several were knocked over. Several journalists also were caught up in the fracas and suffered injuries or lost their grips on cameras and recorders.
The incident occurred at the opening of a massive Gadhafi National Mosque in Kampala, a structure begun by the late Ugandan dictator Idi Amin in 1972 and completed with financing from Libya, according to African media reports.
Minutes after Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi and his host, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, jointly unveiled a plaque to mark the event, the Libyan guards pushed away the guards of other delegations at the mosque's entrance.
The Ugandan guards -- who had traded hostilities with the predominantly-Arab Libyan guards at every joint event since Gadhafi's arrival in the country Sunday -- reacted with fury and fought back.
Museveni briefly lost his balance when a hefty Libyan guard pushed him to a wall. Another Libyan guard pushed Rwandan President Paul Kagame, who also lost his balance but was caught by his own guards.
The vice president of Tanzania was knocked over by fighting guards as he was taking his shoes off to enter the mosque.
Guards to the rest of the visiting presidents and prime ministers kept their respective leaders out of the fray, with some drawing their guns as the dignitaries looked on in disbelief. Some leaders -- notably those from Somalia, Burundi and Djibouti -- were visibly uneasy as guns were drawn on all sides.
By the time the fight was over more than six minutes later, about a dozen presidential guards were left bleeding from compound fractures and the Libyan and Ugandan protocol officials traded bitter accusations of disrespect and racism.
"What are your people up to? Do you want to kill our leader?" a Libyan protocol official said to his Ugandan counterpart.
The Ugandan official, who declined to be named, shouted back, "Why do think you're superior? What makes you think Uganda has any ill intention against Gadhafi?"
The Ugandan official said Museveni's guards were simply doing their job as security for the host country and had a right to respond when the Libyan guards pushed them back.
It has taken 36 years to complete the giant mosque on a hill in the heart of Kampala. It used to be a colonial fort named after British Capt. Frederick Lugard.
The mosque can accommodate as many as 17,000 people at one time, according to the engineers, who call it the largest mosque in sub-Saharan Africa.
Many Muslims interviewed said the mosque's opening evoked sweet memories of Amin, the deceased dictator.
"It is a great day and thanks be to Allah for the completion," said Salim Abdul Noor, 39. "This should remind us that while Amin is demonized as Africa's worst dictator, there are many things he did for this country that successive governments largely depend on, and much of the completed installations and structures like this beautiful mosque was Amin's dream, may Allah rest him in peace."
The Swedish vice president of the European Islamic Conference, Adly Abu Hajar, 57, said the mosque heals rifts in a religion introduced to Uganda in 1844 by Arab slave traders.
"I find this complex has brought unity among Muslims in Uganda. There have been so many factions, but this attraction has brought them together, identifying themselves with a common home."
The fight prompted a crisis meeting by Ugandan security authorities, after which invited diplomats from mainly the European missions in Uganda expressed dismay.
"It's disgrace. It shows there is something wrong yet unknown between the two parties," said the head of one European mission in Kampala, who declined to be named.
The police chief, Maj. Gen. Kale Kayihura, and the head of the army, Gen. Aronda Nyakairima, declined to comment on the fight.
But Capt. Edison Kwesiga, the spokesman of the Ugandan Presidential Guard Brigade, confirmed their hostile relationship with the Libyans.
"It is our responsibility to ensure the safety of any visiting head of state. We have to do our job using any means. But our Libyan brothers always want us to fail. True, it's not the first time they come and act as you see," Kwesiga said.
Sunday, February 10, 2008
"Outsourcing depression"
I was very depressed last night, so I called Lifeline.
Got a call center in Pakistan .
I told them I was suicidal.
They got all excited and asked if I could drive a truck.
Got a call center in Pakistan .
I told them I was suicidal.
They got all excited and asked if I could drive a truck.
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Mossad: Iran Will Go Nuclear Within Three Years
(IsraelNN.com) Mossad head Meir Dagan informed the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee Monday that Iran will achieve the ability to wage war with a nuclear weapon within three years.
In his report to the committee, Dagan warned that Iran remains the single most dangerous threat to the existence of the State of Israel, not only due to its nuclear capabilities, but also to its ability to influence regional enemies such as Hamas, Hizbullah and Syria.
Past security officials have said that Iran provides funds, training, equipment and weapons to Hizbullah, Hamas and Syria, as well as to the Islamic Jihad terrorist group, which receives Iranian support through Hizbullah.
In his report to the committee, Dagan warned that Iran remains the single most dangerous threat to the existence of the State of Israel, not only due to its nuclear capabilities, but also to its ability to influence regional enemies such as Hamas, Hizbullah and Syria.
Past security officials have said that Iran provides funds, training, equipment and weapons to Hizbullah, Hamas and Syria, as well as to the Islamic Jihad terrorist group, which receives Iranian support through Hizbullah.
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
MK Eldad: Gaza Exodus is 'Voluntary Transfer'
MK Eldad: Gaza Exodus is 'Voluntary Transfer'
(IsraelNN.com) MK Aryeh Eldad (NU/NRP) said Wednesday that the crossing of hundreds of thousands of Arabs from Gaza to Egyptian Rafiah proves that a voluntary transfer of populations between territories is possible.
"The Israeli left continues to claim that there is no such thing as voluntary transfer, and simply ignores reality," Eldad said.
Another member of Eldad's party, MK Benny Elon, has proposed a plan for compensation and relocation of the "refugees" from Judea, Samaria and Gaza to Arab countries.
(IsraelNN.com) MK Aryeh Eldad (NU/NRP) said Wednesday that the crossing of hundreds of thousands of Arabs from Gaza to Egyptian Rafiah proves that a voluntary transfer of populations between territories is possible.
"The Israeli left continues to claim that there is no such thing as voluntary transfer, and simply ignores reality," Eldad said.
Another member of Eldad's party, MK Benny Elon, has proposed a plan for compensation and relocation of the "refugees" from Judea, Samaria and Gaza to Arab countries.
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