Thursday, June 12, 2014
Militants Take Major Iraqi Cities, Vow March On Baghdad
Repent or Die: Al-Qaeda Forces Announce Rules for Iraqi Territory They Now Control
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: ISIS, the al-Qaeda group that has swept through northern Iraq, releases list of rules that citizens must live by: [sic] including 'repent or die'
The Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham has set out a list of rules for residents of Mosul as it seeks to impose its Islamist rules on Iraq's second city.
Referring to the area by its ancient name, Nineveh, the group says it has a clear set of instructions for the remaining occupants of the city and surrounding area.
Firstly it tells "anyone who is asking," who its members are and what it is about: "We are soldiers of Islam and we've taken on our responsibility to bring back glory of the Islamic Caliphate."
All Muslims in the city have been instructed to attend mosque for the five daily prayers.
It confirms that it seized up to half a billion dollars from the Mosul branch of the Bank of Iraq but states it can be trusted with the funds.
Any one of its members who breach[es] this promise will have their hands cut off.
"No drugs, no alcohol and no cigarettes allowed," it added. » | Damien McElroy | Thursday, June 12, 2014
The Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham has set out a list of rules for residents of Mosul as it seeks to impose its Islamist rules on Iraq's second city.
Referring to the area by its ancient name, Nineveh, the group says it has a clear set of instructions for the remaining occupants of the city and surrounding area.
Firstly it tells "anyone who is asking," who its members are and what it is about: "We are soldiers of Islam and we've taken on our responsibility to bring back glory of the Islamic Caliphate."
All Muslims in the city have been instructed to attend mosque for the five daily prayers.
It confirms that it seized up to half a billion dollars from the Mosul branch of the Bank of Iraq but states it can be trusted with the funds.
Any one of its members who breach[es] this promise will have their hands cut off.
"No drugs, no alcohol and no cigarettes allowed," it added. » | Damien McElroy | Thursday, June 12, 2014
UK Schools Inspector: Gender Segregation OK for Muslim Children
BREITBART: Britain's school inspection organisation Ofsted has told its inspectors that segregating boys and girls in the classroom is acceptable in Muslim schools and need not be criticised.
The Times reports that inspectors have been sent instructions saying that boys and girls “may well” be seated separately in classrooms in Islamic faith schools and that this should not be seen as discrimination – a claim that should doubtlessly anger equal rights campaigners, though may indeed be ignored by cultural relativists.
Music and art classes may also be “restricted”, it said, even though they are requirements in the national curriculum. The guidance also says that girls being required to wear headscarves should be an expression of their identity, rather than oppression. » | Nick Hallett | Thursday, June 12, 2014
The Times reports that inspectors have been sent instructions saying that boys and girls “may well” be seated separately in classrooms in Islamic faith schools and that this should not be seen as discrimination – a claim that should doubtlessly anger equal rights campaigners, though may indeed be ignored by cultural relativists.
Music and art classes may also be “restricted”, it said, even though they are requirements in the national curriculum. The guidance also says that girls being required to wear headscarves should be an expression of their identity, rather than oppression. » | Nick Hallett | Thursday, June 12, 2014
Wednesday, June 11, 2014
Militants on the March in Iraq: Will US Be Drawn In?
Norwegen will keine Bettler mehr
NEUE ZÜRCHER ZEITUNG: Bettler sollen ab 2015 von den Strassen Norwegens verschwinden. Auf lokaler Ebene könnten schon diesen Sommer Verbote eingeführt werden, die Grossstädte wollen noch zuwarten.
Zehn Jahre nach der Aufhebung eines landesweiten Bettelverbotes will Norwegen ab 2015 wieder ein entsprechendes Gesetz einführen. Gemeinden, die nicht bis zum nächsten Sommer warten wollen, können schon ab 1. Juli ein lokales Bettelverbot in ihren Polizeidistrikten in Kraft setzen. Darauf hat sich am Dienstagabend die aus der konservativen Höyre und der populistischen Fortschrittspartei (FrP) bestehende Regierung in einer ungewöhnlichen Allianz mit der oppositionellen Zentrumspartei verständigt. Die drei haben gleichzeitig beschlossen, betroffene Menschen mit zielgerichteten sozialen Massnahmen zu unterstützen. Konkret sollen jene Länder in Osteuropa, aus denen die meisten Bettler stammen, mit EWR-Geldern unterstützt werden. » | Ingrid Meissl Årebo, Stockholm | Mittwoch, 11. Juni 2014
Zehn Jahre nach der Aufhebung eines landesweiten Bettelverbotes will Norwegen ab 2015 wieder ein entsprechendes Gesetz einführen. Gemeinden, die nicht bis zum nächsten Sommer warten wollen, können schon ab 1. Juli ein lokales Bettelverbot in ihren Polizeidistrikten in Kraft setzen. Darauf hat sich am Dienstagabend die aus der konservativen Höyre und der populistischen Fortschrittspartei (FrP) bestehende Regierung in einer ungewöhnlichen Allianz mit der oppositionellen Zentrumspartei verständigt. Die drei haben gleichzeitig beschlossen, betroffene Menschen mit zielgerichteten sozialen Massnahmen zu unterstützen. Konkret sollen jene Länder in Osteuropa, aus denen die meisten Bettler stammen, mit EWR-Geldern unterstützt werden. » | Ingrid Meissl Årebo, Stockholm | Mittwoch, 11. Juni 2014
Radikale Kämpfer für einen Gottesstaat
Islamische Fundamentalisten haben die zweitgrösste irakische Stadt Mossul erobert. Bei den Kämpfern handelt es sich nach Angaben der Sicherheitskräfte um Angehörige der Gruppe Islamischer Staat im Irak und der Levante/Gross-Syrien (ISIS), die im Januar bereits Falludscha eingenommen hatte. Ebenso wie im Irak kämpft die sunnitische Organisation auch im Bürgerkrieg in Syrien gegen die schiitische Regierung. » | wid/sda | Mittwoch, 11. Juni 2014
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Irak: Die ganze Region taumelt in die Krise
Vor zwei Wochen klassifizierte die türkische Regierung die in Syrien und im Irak operierende Extremistengruppe Islamischer Staat im Irak und in der Levante (Isil) erstmals als Terrorgruppe. Zuvor hatte sie die Terroristen jedoch – nach Auffassung der meisten Beobachter – jahrelang frei ein- und ausreisen lassen und sie wahrscheinlich sogar bewaffnet. Ankaras Kalkül war dabei, die Extremisten würden im Syrien-Krieg den Diktator Baschar al-Assad stürzen. Danach würde man sie schon in den Griff bekommen.
Das war alles falsch kalkuliert: Isil erwies sich als zu schwach, um zu siegen, gleichzeitig aber als zu stark, um gebändigt werden zu können.
Nun haben die Terroristen auf einen Schlag mehrere Orte im Irak erobert. Baidschi, wo sich eine wichtige Raffinerie befindet, und die nordirakische Regionalmetropole Mossul. Auch Tikrit, die Heimat des früheren irakischen Dikators Saddam Hussein, wurde angegriffen und teilweise erobert. Dort gibt es starke sunnitische paramilitärische Kräfte. (+ Video) » | Von Boris Kálnoky | Mittwoch, 11. Juni 2014
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Iraq Army Capitulates to Isis Militants in Four Cities
Iraq is facing its gravest test since the US-led invasion more than a decade ago, after its army capitulated to Islamist insurgents who have seized four cities and pillaged military bases and banks, in a lightning campaign which seems poised to fuel a cross-border insurgency endangering the entire region.
The extent of the Iraqi army's defeat at the hands of militants from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (Isis) became clear on Wednesday when officials in Baghdad conceded that insurgents had stripped the main army base in the northern city of Mosul of weapons, released hundreds of prisoners from the city's jails and may have seized up to $480m in banknotes from the city's banks.
Iraqi officials told the Guardian that two divisions of Iraqi soldiers - roughly 30,000 men - simply turned and ran in the face of the assault by an insurgent force of just 800 fighters. Isis extremists roamed freely on Wednesday through the streets of Mosul, openly surprised at the ease with which they took Iraq's second largest city after three days of sporadic fighting.
Senior government officials in Baghdad were equally shocked, accusing the army of betrayal and claiming the sacking of the city was a strategic disaster that would imperil Iraq's borders.
The developments seriously undermine US claims to have established a unified and competent military after more than a decade of training. The US invasion and occupation cost Washington close to a trillion dollars and the lives of more than 4,500 of its soldiers. It is also thought to have killed at least 100,000 Iraqis. Read on and comment » | Martin Chulov and Fazel Hawramy in Irbil | Wednesday, June 11, 2014
Inside Story: Extremism in British Schools?
ISIL: Rising Power in Iraq and Syria
Benghazi Victim's Uncle: 'Hillary Clinton Is A Serial Liar'
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White House Playing Politics With US National Security?
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Bowe Bergdahl,
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Iraq Crisis: Militants Attack Tikrit After Taking Mosul
Officials say militants are now in control of some parts of Tikrit - Saddam Hussein's hometown which lies just 150km (95 miles) north of Baghdad.
Iraqi PM Nouri Maliki has vowed to fight back against the jihadists and punish those in the security forces who have deserted.
The insurgents who attacked Mosul are from the ISIS group.
It is not confirmed who is attacking Tikrit but one report said there was also fighting further south in Samarra.
ISIS - the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, which is also known as ISIL - is an offshoot of al-Qaeda.
It controls considerable territory in eastern Syria and western and central Iraq, in a campaign to set up a militant enclave straddling the border. (+ video) » | Wednesday, June 11, 2014
Neues Terrorregime im Irak: Wer kann, flieht
Am Ende gelang den irakischen Regierungstruppen nicht einmal mehr der geordnete Rückzug. Als die Kämpfer der Terrorgruppe "Islamischer Staat im Irak und in Syrien" (Isis) Mossul stürmten, flohen Tausende Soldaten in Panik. Manche von ihnen rissen sich auf der Flucht Richtung Nordosten ihre Uniformen vom Leib, bevor sie in die benachbarte kurdische Autonomieregion türmten. » | Von Christoph Sydow | Mittwoch, 11. Juni 2014
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Dschihadisten,
Irak,
ISIS,
Mossul
Tuesday, June 10, 2014
Texas: Republikaner fordern Therapien für Homosexuelle
Die Republikaner im amerikanischen Bundesstaat Texas wollen Homosexuelle künftig mit psychologischen Therapien „heilen“ - und müssen für diesen Beschluss heftige Kritik einstecken. Die knapp 10.000 Parteimitglieder nahmen den Punkt bei ihrer jährlichen Versammlung in Fort Worth ins Parteiprogramm auf, berichtete CNN am Montag.
Das Programm erkennt eine „wiedergutmachende Therapie und Behandlung“ für alle Patienten als rechtmäßig und effektiv an, die „nach Heilung und Ganzheit ihres homosexuellen Lebensstils streben“. Kein Gesetz und keine Anordnung dürfe den Zugang dazu behindern. In der medizinischen Fachwelt werden jedoch Therapien, die auf eine Änderung der sexuellen Orientierung abzielen, einhellig abgelehnt. » | Montag, 09. Juni 2014
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Homosexualität,
Texas,
USA
Saudi King's Ex-wife Speaks Out
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King Abdullah,
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Saudi Arabia's Secret Uprising
Saudi Prince Has No State Immunity from £12 million 'Secret Wife' Claim, Court Rules
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Decision by London court opens the way for a potentially embarrassing court case involving a British woman who claims she was secretly married to the late king of Saudi Arabia
A British woman who claims she was secretly married to King Fahd of Saudi Arabia has won a key victory in a multi-million pound legal battle as the High Court rejected a "state immunity" claim by the late monarch's son.
Janan Harb, 65, told the High Court in London that she wed King Fahd when he was a prince and an interior minister in 1968, but that she was forced to leave the country several years later, before he ascended to the throne.
She claims she is owed a lump sum of £12 million which was promised to her 11 years ago, plus the ownership of two high-value apartments in central London.
Lawyers for Prince Abdul Aziz, the king’s son, argued he had “state immunity” and the court had no jurisdiction to try Mrs Harb’s claim.
But Mrs Justice Rose threw out the prince’s argument, opening the way for a full hearing which risks embarrassing the House of Saud by exposing details of life inside what Mrs Harb has previously described as a royal harem, as well as new claims about their business dealings. » | David Barrett, Home Affairs Correspondent | Monday, June 09, 2014
A British woman who claims she was secretly married to King Fahd of Saudi Arabia has won a key victory in a multi-million pound legal battle as the High Court rejected a "state immunity" claim by the late monarch's son.
Janan Harb, 65, told the High Court in London that she wed King Fahd when he was a prince and an interior minister in 1968, but that she was forced to leave the country several years later, before he ascended to the throne.
She claims she is owed a lump sum of £12 million which was promised to her 11 years ago, plus the ownership of two high-value apartments in central London.
Lawyers for Prince Abdul Aziz, the king’s son, argued he had “state immunity” and the court had no jurisdiction to try Mrs Harb’s claim.
But Mrs Justice Rose threw out the prince’s argument, opening the way for a full hearing which risks embarrassing the House of Saud by exposing details of life inside what Mrs Harb has previously described as a royal harem, as well as new claims about their business dealings. » | David Barrett, Home Affairs Correspondent | Monday, June 09, 2014
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