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Saturday, October 30, 2010
WELT ONLINE: Thilo Sarrazin ist zurück: In einem Interview rechnet er mit seinen Kritikern ab. Wulffs Türkei-Reise nennt er "Harmonie-Kitsch-Sauce".Der frühere Bundesbank-Vorstand und SPD-Politiker Thilo Sarrazin hat mit seinen Gegnern aus der Politik abgerechnet. “Ich habe mein Amt aufgegeben, weil nach der beispiellosen Kampagne aus der Spitze des Staates ein gedeihliches Arbeiten im Vorstand der Bundesbank nicht mehr möglich gewesen wäre“, sagte Sarrazin im Interview mit "Bild am Sonntag".
“Ich habe keinen Streit angefangen, sondern schwierige Sachverhalte schlüssig dargelegt. Der Zorn kam nicht von mir, sondern von meinen Gegnern in Politik und Medien.“ Sarrazin fügte hinzu: “Wer, wenn nicht einer wie ich – 65 Jahre alt, politisch erfahren und ohne materielle Bedrohungsängste – soll denn in Deutschland unangenehme Wahrheiten aussprechen? Manchmal habe ich den Eindruck, wir sind auf dem Weg in die Duckmäuser-Republik.“
Scharf kritisierte Sarrazin das Verhalten von Bundespräsident Christian Wulff während seines Türkei-Besuchs: “In der Türkei wurde und wird der christliche Glaube bestenfalls geduldet. Die Zahlen sprechen da eine deutliche Sprache: Gab es 1914 noch 25 Prozent Christen in der Türkei, sind es heute gerade noch 0,2 Prozent. Und an der deutschen Schule in Istanbul ist seit einigen Jahren der Deutschunterricht in den unteren Klassen verboten. Der Bundespräsident hat über diese nicht sehr erfreulichen Zustände eine Harmonie-Kitsch-Sauce gegossen.“
Auch die Äußerungen von Wulff in der Islam-Debatte wies Sarrazin zurück: “Es ist falsch zu sagen, dass der Islam zu Deutschland gehört. Die deutsche Kultur ist weitgehend ohne Bezug auf den Islam entstanden. Die Tatsache, dass bei uns Millionen Mitbürger islamischen Glaubens leben, ändert daran nichts. Ministerpräsident Erdogan hat die Türken hier vor einer Anpassung an Deutschland gewarnt.“ >>> WON/pku | Samstag, 30. Oktober 2010
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Harriet Harman has been rebuked for calling a senior member of the government "a ginger rodent".As a former Equalities Minister who was dedicated to helping minority groups, Harriet Harman perhaps should have known better.
But in an outspoken attack, the Labour Deputy Leader yesterday called Danny Alexander a "ginger rodent".
Delegates at Labour's Scottish conference could barely conceal their shock as Ms Harman, who is known for her strict adherence to politically correct views, turned her fire on the Chief Secretary to the Treasury in the least correct way imaginable, mocking his red hair and comparing him to a squirrel.Speaking to the conference in Oban, she also said the Lib Dems in Scotland had become "political mutants" after joining a coalition with Conservatives.
Ms Harman began her attack saying people had been dismayed after the election to wake up and see "Nick Clegg with David Cameron in the rose garden of Number 10".
She said there was then "incredulity" at seeing Mr Alexander, an MP from the north of Scotland, becoming "the frontman for the Tory cuts".
"Now, many of us in the Labour Party are conservationists and we all love the red squirrel," Ms Harman said. "But there is one ginger rodent which we never want to see again in the Highlands – Danny Alexander." >>> Melissa Kite | Saturday, October 30, 2010
THE GUARDIAN: Harman says sorry for 'ginger rodent' jibe: Deputy Labour leader's joke about Danny Alexander backfires as she is accused of insulting all of Scotland's redheads >>> Press Association | Saturday, October 30, 2010
LE POINT: L'ancien ministre du dictateur irakien Saddam Hussein, Tarek Aziz, condamné à mort mardi par la Haute Cour pénale irakienne, est depuis jeudi en grève de la faim, a déclaré vendredi son fils à l'AFP, à Amman. "Mon père ainsi que 25 autres détenus sont en grève de la faim depuis hier", jeudi, a affirmé Ziad Aziz, qui réside à Amman, comme la famille proche de l'ancien vice-Premier ministre irakien. >>> Source AFP | Vendredi 29 Octobre 2010
LE POINT: Les autorités de Sanaa sont une nouvelle fois sous pression pour lutter contre les réseaux d'Al-Qaeda actifs sur son territoire, après l'interception, à Dubaï et en Grande-Bretagne, de colis contenant apparemment des explosifs en provenance du Yémen. Al-Qaeda au Yémen est devenue une cible privilégiée des États-Unis depuis l'attentat raté de Noël dernier, dont l'auteur, un jeune Nigérian qui a séjourné au Yémen, a tenté de faire exploser un avion reliant Amsterdam à Detroit.
Samedi, un porte-parole officiel a déclaré que le Yémen continuerait de "déployer ses efforts dans le domaine de la lutte contre le terrorisme en collaboration avec la communauté internationale". Il a assuré que la détermination du Yémen était justifiée par le fait que le terrorisme est "un péril qui menace tout le monde", indiquant que les services de sécurité et les autorités de l'aviation civile avaient commencé une "enquête" sur les colis suspects. "Cette enquête se déroule en coordination avec les autorités compétentes aux Émirats arabes unis, en Grande-Bretagne et aux États-Unis, et ses résultats seront annoncés en temps voulu", a-t-il ajouté. La police de Dubaï a indiqué que le colis intercepté à l'aéroport de Dubaï contenait des explosifs et un système de mise à feu "portant l'empreinte d'organisations terroristes comme celle d'Al-Qaeda". >>> Source AFP | Samedi 30 Octobre 2010
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Turkey's government has been told that its relationship with the West could be seriously damaged if it rejects Nato's request to house part of a £165 million ballistic missile-defence shield that is being built to protect Europe from nuclear attack.
Hillary Clinton, the US secretary of state and Robert Gates, the US secretary of defence, have held out the warning in behind-the-scenes talks with Turkish officials ahead of a Nato summit to be held in Lisbon on November 19, where a final decision is expected to be made on the missile-defence plan.
"Essentially we've told Turkey that missile-defence is an acid test of its commitment to the collective security arrangements it has with its western allies," a senior US official told The Daily Telegraph.
Nato's missile-defence programme is designed to protect Europe's population from nuclear-armed missiles the West fears Iran may acquire in coming years. The plans involve radar stations that can detect ballistic missile launches, and advanced interceptor missiles which can shoot them down.
Turkey is critical to the project, since its geographical location means radar sited on its soil will be able to detect Iranian ballistic missile launches early.
The November 19 deadline has left Recep Erdrogan, Turkey's Prime Minister, torn between his Islamist supporters and his country's western allies. Mr Erdrogan has made improving his country's relationship with Iran a central foreign policy. Turkey voted against a slew of new sanctions imposed by the United Nations on Iran this summer in an effort to slow down its nuclear programme.
"Sacrificing the Iranian friendship to Nato would mean an end to the independent foreign policy Turkey has followed in recent years, and the respect that that has earned it in the Islamic world," Hakan Albayrak, an influential pro-government commentator, said. >>> Praveen Swami, Diplomatic Editor | Friday, October 29, 2010
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: An international terrorist alert over an al-Qaeda parcel bomb plot has been triggered following the discovery of a package containing explosive material at a British airport.
The plot – described as a “credible threat” originating in Yemen - was uncovered by MI6 after a tip-off to one of its officers based in the Middle East.
On Friday night, airports in the United States were on high alert after parcels containing explosive material, and addressed to synagogues in Chicago, were discovered on cargo aircraft at East Midlands airport and in Dubai. >>> Richard Edwards, Duncan Gardham and Gordon Rayner | Saturday, October 30, 2010
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Cargo plane bomb plot: Yemen doubts its link to the plot: The government of Yemen has expressed astonishment at the cargo plane bomb plots, claiming there were no UPS cargo planes that had taken off from Yemen >>> | Saturday, October 30, 2010
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Cargo plane plot: Anwar al-Awlaki profile: Anwar al-Awlaki, the senior al-Qaeda figure linked to the East Midlands Airport cargo plane bomb plot, is rapidly becoming enemy number one for British intelligence organisations. >>> Duncan Gardham, Security Correspondent | Saturday, October 30, 2010
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Dozens of retired military chaplains say that serving both God and the U.S. armed forces will become impossible for chaplains whose faiths consider homosexuality a sin if gays are allowed to serve openly in the military.
If a chaplain preaches against homosexuality, he could conceivably be disciplined as a bigot under the military's non-discrimination policy, the retired chaplains say. The Pentagon, however, says chaplains' religious beliefs and their need to express them will be respected.
Clergy would be ineligible to serve as chaplains if their churches withdraw their endorsements, as some have threatened to do if "don't ask, don't tell" – the 1993 law that says the military cannot inquire into service members' sexual orientation and punish them for it as long as they keep it to themselves – ends.
Critics of allowing openly gay troops fear that clergy will leave the service or be forced to find other jobs in the military that don't involve their faiths.
"The bottom line is religious freedom," said retired Army Brig. Gen. Douglas Lee, one of 65 former chaplains who signed a letter urging President Barack Obama and Defense Secretary Robert Gates to keep "don't ask, don't tell". >>> | Friday, October 29, 2010
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: What has happened in the past couple of days is an affirmation of business as usual, writes Simon Heffer.
Since Lady Thatcher left office it has been easy to predict the outcome of EU summit meetings. A prime minister talks tough beforehand – especially in election campaigns – about defending British interests. Yet when he arrives it is a matter of moments before he is on his knees, doing exactly as he is bidden by our masters in Brussels.
Dave is no exception, and nor did I expect him to be. It is not just that he reminds us more of Ted Heath every day. It is that he is a natural appeaser, a man born to take the line of least resistance. He is also in bed with serious Leftists and federalists posing as Liberal Democrats, whose enthusiasm for the European project, and indeed for the disastrous notion of a single currency, remains undimmed. And it is part of Dave’s own project to realign his party on the centre-Left, which means, in the end, he will always do what he is told by Brussels. Read on and comment >>> Simon Heffer | Friday, October 29, 2010
Friday, October 29, 2010
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: A series of suspicious packages found in Britain and Dubai could have been part of a “dry run” by al-Qaeda for a mail bomb plot in the United States, authorities believe.
The packages were found on an American-registered cargo plane at East Midlands airport in England, en route from Yemen to Chicago, via Cologne in Germany, and on aircraft in Dubai which had also come from Yemen.
"We know that these packages originated in Yemen and we are looking into potential links to terrorism," said one U.S. official.
It was claimed the devices were destined for synagogues in Chicago. Jewish organisations and synagogues in Britain said they were already on high alert. >>> Andrew Hough, and Peter Hutchison | Friday, October 29, 2010
THE GUARDIAN: Tehran ready to hold talks 'in a place and on a date convenient to both sides', says letter to EU foreign policy chief
Iran has said it is willing to resume the stalled international talks over its contentious nuclear programme, the EU said today.Iran's chief nuclear negotiator, Saeed Jalili, sent the EU's foreign policy chief, the British peer Lady Ashton, a letter saying he was prepared to continue the talks, which halted a year ago, "in a place and on a date convenient to both sides" after 10 November.
"I think this is a very significant move," Ashton told reporters at the EU summit in Brussels. Earlier this month Ashton – who is the main contact point for Iran in talks involving Britain, France and Germany along with the US, Russia and China – invited Jalili for three days of negotiations in Vienna next month.
One unnamed EU diplomat told Reuters the meeting could now take place in Geneva instead and that the aim was for three days of talks with "everything on the table", including a general discussion of Iran's nuclear activities. "We see this all as a very positive sign, there is a strong sense of optimism," the diplomat said. >>> Peter Walker and agencies | Friday, October 29, 2010
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Iran agrees to nuclear talks as sanctions bite: Iran has succumbed to international pressure to enter talks on its nuclear programme with the EU's top diplomat next month, after the country suffered a series of economic setbacks as sanctions began to bite. >>> Damien McElroy, Foreign Affairs Correspondent | Friday, October 29, 2010
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: A Muslim man who told his wife "I divorce thee" three times in an online Skype messenger conversation has been told the separation stands.
The ruling, made in an online fatwa by the Darul Uloom Deobandi seminary in northern India, regarded as one of Islam's leading authorities on religious law said that the woman would have to first marry another man before she could remarry her first husband.
The man, from Qatar, wrote to the seminary following his Skype joke to seek clarification.
"Jokingly typed 'talak, talak, talak' (I divorce thee, I divorce thee, I divorce thee) to my wife on Skype chat. I don't understand Islam very much and did not know about how talaq works. We love each other very much and want to be together but right now [we are] caught in this thing. Want to know a way out," he wrote. >>> Dean Nelson in New Delhi | Friday, October 29, 2010
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