Pour régler ses problèmes de couple, Sarkozy aurait zappé le salon de l'Agriculture
24HEURES: RUMEUR | Le président aurait raté l'inauguration du Salon pour se rendre de toute urgence dans la propriété de la famille Bruni au Cap Nègre.

Selon notre correspondant à Paris Jean-Noël Cuénod, les rédactions parisiennes bruissent de rumeurs concernant le couple Sarkozy.

Si les épisodes "Benjamin Biolay" pour l'une et "Chantal Jouanno" pour l'autre ne sont pas confirmés, il semble bien que les relations entre le président et Carla Bruni-Sarkozy sont au plus bas. >>> Rédaction on line | Mercredi 10 Mars 2010

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Élysée Palace: Affaires d’amour >>> | Tuesday, March 09, 2010

Biden's Israel Visit Takes a Rocky Turn
 LOS ANGELES TIMES: Biden's Israel visit takes a rocky turn: Hours after he avows U.S. support, officials there announce plans for new housing in a disputed area. >>> Paul Richter | Tuesday, March 09, 2010

Drivers Warned of Drunks in Road as Romania Tries to Reduce Accidents
TIMES ONLINE: Road signs warning drivers that drunken people may be in the road have been put up to reduce the number of accidents.

The signs read "Attention - Drunks" and show a reveller crawling along with a bottle in his hand.

Petru Antal, the Mayor of Pecica in Romania said his town had a vibrant nightlife. He said: “We are a border town and have lots of cars thundering through here all the time. But we also have a very vibrant nightlife and the two don't mix.

“We have to target the drivers because by the time they get to this state the pedestrians are beyond caring.” [Source: Times Online] | Foreign Staff | Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Divine Marilyn!
Marilyn Monroe. Photo : Libération.fr
LIBÉRATION: À la galerie / To the gallery / Zur Galerie >>>

Seven Muslims Arrested Over 'Plot to Kill Cartoonist'
TIMES ONLINE: Seven people have been arrested in the Republic of Ireland over a suspected plot to kill a Swedish artist who portrayed the Prophet Muhammad as a dog and had a $100,000 (£66,000) al-Qaeda bounty on his head.

Anti-terrorist units used information from the CIA, FBI and European intelligence agencies to identify the suspected terrorist cell of three women and four men. They are believed to include Algerian, Libyan, Croatian, US and Palestinian citizens and at least one naturalised Irish citizen.

They were arrested in Cork and Waterford after a four-month international investigation.

The artist, Lars Vilks, has received death threats this year and was forced to go into hiding after his depictions of the Prophet were printed in a Swedish newspaper in 2007.

After the Danish cartoonist Kurt Westergaard was threatened by a Somali axeman in January, Mr Vilks said he had received calls from “a Swedish-speaking Somali” who said: “Now it’s your turn.” >>> David Sharrock, Ireland Correspondent | Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Verbunden / Related:

WELT ONLINE: Festnahme in Irland: Mordplan gegen Mohammed-Zeichner vermutet >>> dpa/jm | Dienstag, 09. März 2010

Biden, Netanyahu Criticize Iran Nuclear Program

Hamish McRae: Don't Write Off the US Economy
THE INDEPENDENT: China and India may be growing faster but in technical innovation there's no contest

Americans may be glum about their political situation but they are becoming less so about their economic one. So much of the reporting from and within the US has focused on the discord in Washington that the wall of sound has obliterated the signals from the economic heartland. Such signals that have come through have been largely negative and have been reported though a political prism.

It makes a good headline to write that employment has failed to respond to the increase in output and it makes a good picture to show the decaying homes on abandoned developments. Such positive stories that have been around, of which the recovery in share prices is the most obvious, have almost made matters worse, for they suggest that the few on Wall Street are again benefiting from the tax dollars of the many on Main Street.

Dig a little deeper though and you can sense that American corporate self-confidence is returning: a sense of optimism, almost of swagger, that is quite absent from the prevailing mood in Europe and the UK. Quite suddenly, after all the despair, the fears of financial meltdown have evaporated. America, or at least Business America, is back. Why?

Well part of it is what has been happening in financial markets. Markets both reflect the prevailing mood and help shape it. If the financial services industry is making money then it becomes easier for the rest of industry, "real" industry you might say, to get investment funds, think of possible acquisitions and resume planning for the future. Six months ago it was still a question of survival. Now that is past.

The dollar has helped too, not in the sense that a strongish currency is good for business but rather that it shows that, whatever the problems of the US, at least the currency is not bowed down by the concerns that have been plaguing the euro and the pound. Rationally California may be in an even bigger financial mess than Greece and at some stage pretty soon the country will have to come forward with credible plans to tackle the Federal deficit. But for the moment at least the dollar remains a safe haven and in that sense carries the message that the US is a safe haven for global savings. >>> Hamish McRae | Wednesday, March 10, 2010

USA verurteilen Israels Siedlungsbau scharf: Belastungsprobe für indirekte Friedensgespräche
NZZ ONLINE: Der amerikanische Vizepräsident Joe Biden sieht nach der Einigung auf indirekte Gespräche zwischen Israel und den Palästinensern neue Hoffnung für den Frieden im Nahen Osten. Von Israel während seines Besuches bewilligte Siedlungspläne könnten die Gespräche indes gefährden.

Beim Besuch in Jerusalem hat sich der amerikanische Vizepräsident Joe Biden «erfreut» über die Zustimmung beider Seiten zu den Verhandlungen gezeigt. Die amerikanische Regierung hoffe auf neue direkte Gespräche, sagte er bei einem Treffen mit Israels Premierminister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Ein umfassender Friede mit den Palästinensern, mit Syrien und Libanon sowie normale diplomatische Beziehungen mit der gesamten arabischen Welt seien langfristig die besten Garantien für Israels Sicherheit. Die Friedensgespräche liegen seit der israelischen Militäroffensive im Gazastreifen vor gut einem Jahr auf Eis. Siedlungen als Streitpunkt >>> sda/dpa/afp | Dienstag, 09. März 2010

Fancy That! Breast Milk Cheese on the Menu in New York
THE GUARDIAN – Blog: Breast really is best, according to New York chef Daniel Angerer, who has turned his wife's 'liquid gold' into cheese

Breast milk: the new cheese course? Photograph: The Guardian
Take four cups of breast milk, add rennet, salt and yoghurt – yes, four cups of breast milk, according to a recipe created by New York chef and restaurateur Daniel Angerer, who posted his formula for maple caramelized pumpkin encrusted cheese on his blog, and offered "whoever wants to try it is welcome to try it as long as supply lasts". Read on and comment >>> Richard Adams | Tuesday, March 09, 2010

Brown-nosing! Arschleckerei! US Apologises Over Gaddafi Comments
BBC: The US State Department has apologised for comments made about Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's call for jihad, or holy war, against Switzerland.

Department spokesman PJ Crowley*, who made the dismissive comments, said they did not reflect US policy and were not intended to offend.

Col Gaddafi had criticised a Swiss vote against the building of minarets and urged Muslims to boycott the country.

Mr Crowley described it as "lots of words, not necessarily a lot of sense."

Libya and Switzerland are embroiled in a long-running diplomatic row.

Clarification

"I regret that my comments have become an obstacle to further progress in our bilateral relationship," Mr Crowley said.

Last week, Libya's National Oil Corporation warned US oil firms of possible "repercussions" over Mr Crowley's reaction. >>> | Tuesday, March 09, 2010

*Who is this sniveler? America has lost ALL of its dignity!

20MINUTEN.ch: USA macht sich die Nase braun! Affäre Gaddafi : USA entschuldigen sich bei Libyen >>> sda/ddp | Mittwoch, 09. März 2010

US 'Jihad Jane' Charged With Planning Terror Attacks in Europe
THE TELEGRAPH: An American woman known as "Jihad Jane" was charged by US prosecutors on Tuesday with recruiting jihadist fighters to plan terror attacks in Europe and South Asia.

Colleen LaRose, a woman from suburban Philadelphia who was "desperate to do something" to help suffering Muslims, is also accused of agreeing to kill a Swedish citizen on orders from unnamed terrorists.

Miss LaRose, who is believed to be 47, is alleged to have travelled to Sweden to carry out the killing, but it is understood she was stopped by the authorities before she could do it.

A Justice Department statement said she was recruited over the internet by a contact who ordered her to kill the target in a way that would frighten "the whole Kufar [non-believer] world".

US prosecutors say Miss LaRose, who is also known as Fatima Rose, and five collaborators believed that her appearance and American citizenship would help her "blend in" while carrying out her plans.

They also allegedly recruited men online "to wage violent jihad in South Asia and Europe, and recruited women on the internet who has who had passports and the ability to travel to and around Europe in support of violent jihad", said the statement.

The suspect, who faces a possible life sentence and a $1 million (£670,000) fine if convicted, is also accused of stealing a US passport in order to "facilitate an act of international terrorism". >>> Tom Leonard in New York | Thursday, March 09, 2010

Festnahme in Irland: Mordplan gegen Mohammed-Zeichner vermutet
WELT ONLINE: Der schwedische Karikaturist Lars Vilks sei "wie ein Lamm zu schlachten". Dies forderte Al-Qaida nach dem Erscheinen seiner Zeichnung in einer schwedischen Zeitung 2007, in der er Mohammed als Hund darstellte. In Irland wurden nun Verdächtige festgenommen, die Mordpläne gegen ihn geplant haben sollen.

Wegen des Verdachts auf Mordpläne gegen einen schwedischen Mohammed-Karikaturisten sind in Irland vier Männer und drei Frauen festgenommen worden. Sie seien nach Ermittlungen europäischer Sicherheitsbehörden und des US-Geheimdienstes CIA gefasst worden, teilte die irische Polizei mit.

Das Terrornetz Al-Qaida hatte 100.000 Dollar Kopfgeld auf den Künstler Lars Vilks ausgesetzt. Vilks' Zeichnung des Propheten Mohammed als Hund hatte 2007 Proteste aus der islamischen Welt ausgelöst. Die Verdächtigen im Alter zwischen 20 und 40 Jahren wurden im Süden Irlands festgenommen und sind nach Medienangaben Muslime aus arabischen Ländern. Sie seien aber legal in Irland. >>> dpa/jm | Dienstag, 09. März 2010

La mosquée de Drancy fermée
lePARISIEN.fr: La mosquée de Drancy, théâtre de tensions depuis les prises de position anti-burqa de son imam, Hassen Chalghoumi, est fermée depuis aujourd'hui 16 heures et jusqu’à jeudi soir. Les cours d’arabe qui devaient se tenir demain mercredi avec plus de cinq cents enfants sont annulés.

Dans un communiqué rédigé en début d’après-midi, Hassen Chalghoumi et les responsables du lieu de culte, expliquent avoir pris cette décision car «il n’est pas possible de garantir la sécurité des fidèles».

Ils appellent également les fidèles à manifester jeudi à 18 heures devant la préfecture de Seine-Saint-Denis pour «demander la protection de leur lieu de prière, garantie de leur liberté de culte».

Selon le bureau de l'association culturelle des musulmans de Drancy, une nouvelle agression s'est produite lundi soir à la mosquée. Le muezzin de la mosquée aurait été bousculé, jeté à terre et frappé à coups de pied après la dernière prière par des membres du collectif Cheikh Yassine, un groupuscule propalestinien qui manifeste chaque vendredi depuis un mois et demi pour réclamer le départ d'Hassen Chalghoumi, voire la fermeture de ce lieu qu'il qualifie d' «impur». L'homme, âgé de 54 ans et décrit de «santé fragile», était encore hospitalisé aujourd’hui «en état de choc». Mais selon le parquet de Bobigny, le muezzin aurait fait une crise de diabète et ne souhaite pas déposer plainte. >>> Eric Bureau | Mardi 09 Mars 2010

Un Quick halal attaqué par des porcs

This Cleric, Dr ul-Qadri, Is Living in Cloud-Cuckoo-Land! The Name 'Polyanna' Comes to Mind! “Koran Says – You're Free in Your Religion” – Muslim Cleric

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Bracing for America's Anger

'Naked' Rahm Emanuel Adds Twist to President Obama's Health Reforms
TIMES ONLINE: President Obama’s troubled and marathon effort to reform the US health industry took a bizarre twist today after a Democratic congressman said he was lambasted over the issue by a naked White House chief of staff in a men’s locker room.

The image of a naked Rahm Emanuel angrily poking the congressman in the chest because of his failure to support Mr Obama's health care bill was becoming a major distraction for the White House and a boon for conservative talk radio hosts.

The congressman, Eric Massa, announced on Friday he was resigning because, he said at the time, his cancer had returned. By Sunday however, he had changed his story, claiming he was forced out of office – the House Ethics Committee is investigating allegations that he sexually harassed a male staffer – through a conspiracy hatched by top Democrats. >>> Tim Reid, Washington | Tuesday, March 09, 2010

Marlboro Man Philip Morris Sues Norway Over Cigarette Ban
THE TELEGRAPH: Philip Morris, the tobacco giant, is planning to take the Norwegian state to court in an attempt to overturn a law in the Scandinavian country banning the display of cigarettes in stores.

Following in the footsteps of several other Western countries like Ireland and Iceland, Norway on January 1 this year banned the display of cigarettes in stores in an attempt to cut impulse buys of tobacco products. In Norway, cigarettes have been banished to closed cases, while cigarette dispensers may no longer display brand labels.

The company, which manufactures Marlboro, said in a statement on Tuesday: "Philip Morris Norway (PMN) will today start legal proceedings to overturn the ban on displaying tobacco products in retail stores."

A spokesman for the group said: "Display bans have had no impact on reducing smoking in the countries that have implemented them, a fact acknowledged by the Norwegian Ministry of Health and Care Services."

"These regulations prevent adult consumers from seeing the available product range and overly restrict competition," she said, adding that "we have raised these issues with the government to no avail, which has regrettably left us with no choice but to litigate." >>> | Tuesday, March 09, 2010

Iranische Doppelmoral : Sexkomplex im Gottesstaat
20MINUTEN.ch: Im Iran verbirgt sich hinter der Fassade streng islamischer Sittengesetze eine hochgradig sexualisierte Gesellschaft. Immer wieder entlädt sich dieser Widerspruch in bizarren Skandalen – etwa um ein Zeitungslogo.

Eine Frau wird 2007 in Teheran von der Polizei angehalten, weil «unsittlich» gekleidet ist, sprich zu viel Haar zeigt. Bild: 20Minutes.ch
Eine Realsatire der besonderen Art ereignete sich neulich in der iranischen Medienlandschaft. Wie das Nachrichtenportal «Mianeh» berichtete, hat das iranische Kulturministerium die Tageszeitung «Tehran Emruz» angewiesen, ihr Logo zu ändern, weil es Ähnlichkeit mit einer nackten Ballerina habe. Das Logo besteht aus zwei Schriftzügen in persischer Kalligraphie, wobei die Behörden im Wort «emruz» (heute) den anstössigen Akt entdeckten.

Der Chefredaktor der regimekritischen Zeitung hat inzwischen reagiert und das Logo geringfügig abgeändert. Doch auf der Website verwendet er trotzig die ursprüngliche Version – pikanterweise direkt neben der «entschärften» auf der eingebetteten Druckausgabe, als wolle er seine Leser mit der absurden Verfügung des Kulturministeriums belustigen. Die skurrile, aber eigentlich harmlose Anekdote verweist auf ein ernsthaftes Problem: Den Konflikt zwischen dem prüden, repressiven Establishment und der liberaleren, nach sozialer und sexueller Freiheit dürstenden Jugend. Masturbieren schädigt die Nieren >>> Von Omid Marivani | Dienstag, 09. März 2010

Élysée Palace: Affaires d’amour
THE SUN: RUMOURS that French President Nicolas Sarkozy and First Lady Carla Bruni are BOTH having affairs are gaining momentum in France.

The suggestion that France's First couple were both committing adultery first emerged on networking site Twitter.

And it has now even been reported by prestigious Sunday newspaper Le Journal du Dimanche.

The first 'tweet' revealed that Bruni had allegedly become romantically involved with Benjamin Biolay, a musician and a winner at France's recent Victoires de la Musique' awards.

It went on the say that jilted President Sarkozy had swiftly found solace in the arms of his 40-year-old ecology minister Chantal Jouanno, also a French karate champion.

French web magazine suchablog.com then reported that Bruni had been a close friend of Biolay for many years and was now unofficially living with him at his flat in Paris.

The rumours were given extra weight after being reported in an blog on Sunday newspaper Le Journal du Dimanche's official website.

The paper wrote: "It's the gossip of the moment that could become the story of the year. Sarkozy and Carla’s ‘affairs’ >>> Staff Reporter | Tuesday, March 09, 2010

SUCHABLOG: Carla Bruni avec Benjamin Biolay – Nicolas Sarkozy avec Chantal Jouanno ?? >>> | Lundo 08 Mars 2010


Adultery at the Élysée?
MAIL ONLINE: Nicolas Sarkozy has refused to comment on claims that he and First Lady Carla Bruni are both having extra-marital affairs.

The suggestion that France's first couple are both committing adultery - she with a musician, he with a karate champion - has appeared in a prestigious Sunday newspaper.

Le Journal du Dimanche reported in a blog on its official website rumours that Ms Bruni has become romantically involved with Bejamin Biolay, a musician and a winner at France's recent Victoires de la Musique' awards. Are Sarkozy and Bruni BOTH having affairs? Elysee Palace refuses to comment on claims of adultery >>> Ian Sparks | Tuesday, March 09, 2010

Nicolas Sarkozy and Carla Bruni 'Both Having Affairs'
THE TELEGRAPH: Rumours that French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy are both having affairs are gaining momentum in France.

(L) French Junior Minister for Ecology Chantal Jouanno (R) French singer Benjamin Biolay. Photos: The Telegraph
The suggestion that the couple were both committing adultery first emerged on Twitter, the microblogging website. It was followed by a report in the Sunday newspaper le Journal du Dimanche.

The first 'tweet' claimed that Mrs Bruni-Sarkozy had become romantically involved with Benjamin Biolay, a musician and a winner at France's recent Victoires de la Musique awards.

It then claimed that the jilted Mr Sarkozy had swiftly found solace in the arms of his 40-year-old ecology minister Chantal Jouanno, also a French karate champion. >>> | Tuesday, March 09, 2010

NEWS.COM.AU: Nicolas Sarkozy and Carla Bruni 'both having affairs' >>> | Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Bruni-Biolay, Sarko-Jouanno : l’incroyable rumeur

Sarkozy-Jouanno, Bruni-Biolay: I-Télé arbitre les amabilités
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Konservative Christen: US-Asyl für deutsche Schulverweigerer in Gefahr
WELT ONLINE: Weil sie ihre Kinder nicht dem unchristlichen deutschen Schulsystem aussetzen wollte, zog die strenggläubige Familie Romeike von Bissingen in die USA. Dort gewährte ein Richter wegen religiöser Verfolgung Asyl. Doch die US-Einwanderungsbehörde legte Berufung ein. Der Familie droht die Ausweisung.

Die US-Einwanderungsbehörde geht in Berufung gegen ein Urteil, mit dem deutschen Schulpflichtverweigerern Asyl in den Vereinigten Staaten gewährt wurde. Das Berufungsverfahren werde sich wohl mehrere Monate hinziehen, sagte Rechtsanwalt Michael Donnelly. Donnelly ist Mitarbeiter der „Home School Legal Defense Association“, eines Rechtshilfeverbandes für Heimschülerfamilien. Außerdem vertritt er als Anwalt die aus Baden-Württemberg stammende Familie.

Das strenggläubige Ehepaar Hannelore und Uwe Romeike war im Sommer 2008 mit seinen fünf Kindern in die USA gekommen. Dort wollten sie ihre Kinder selber unterrichten, was in Deutschland untersagt ist. Die Romeikes stellten Antrag auf politisches Asyl. >>> EPD/ks | Dienstag, 09. März 2010

Religion und Sucht: Islamische Rechtsgelehrte streiten übers Rauchen
WELT ONLINE: Beim Barte des Propheten: In den muslimischen Ländern suchen Juristen in den prophetischen Textquellen des Koran nach Hinweisen auf ein Tabakverbot. In den Teestuben und Cafés verfolgen rauchende Muslime diesen Disput eher amüsiert. Niemand käme auf die Idee, die Wasserpfeife wegzulegen.

Beduine raucht Shisha: Einge Rechtsgelehrte halten Rauchen für Teufelszeug. Bild: Welt Online
Im gesamten Koran, dem heiligen Buch der Muslime, lässt sich kein Vers finden, der dem Propheten Mohammed zugeschrieben wird und der da hieße: „Rauchen ist verboten!“ Das mag daran liegen, dass der Genuss von Tabak zu Lebzeiten des Propheten, zu Anfang des 7. Jahrhunderts nach Christus also, auf der Arabischen Halbinsel unbekannt war.

Es gibt nicht wenige islamische Rechtsgelehrte, die das in muslimischen Ländern sehr stark verbreitete Rauchen für Teufelszeug halten und es per Fatwa (religiöses Rechtsgutachten) untersagen wollen. Sie suchen in Koran und überlieferten Sammlungen der Sprüche und Handlungen Mohammeds (Hadithe) nach Hinweisen, der Prophet könne in Sorge um das Wohl seiner Anhänger einen Satz gesagt haben, der es durch juristische Interpretation oder Analogieschluss rechtfertige, den Rauch aus den Teestuben und Cafés zu verbannen.

Ihr Erfolg ist bisher überschaubar. Die Gelehrten bemühen gern Sure 7, Verse 156/157 im Koran: „Allah sagt, meine Barmherzigkeit kennt keine Grenzen. Ich werde sie denen zukommen lassen, die dem Propheten folgen, der ihnen gebietet, was Recht ist, und verbietet, was verwerflich ist, der die guten Dinge für erlaubt und die schlechten für verboten erklärt.“ Die Textstelle lässt viel Raum für Deutung und Interpretation, aber da Rauchen schädlich sei, könne man mit dieser Sure ein Rauchverbot rechtfertigen, meinen die Autoren weit über 400 einschlägiger Fatwas. >>> Von Dietrich Alexander | Sonntag, 07. März 2010

Schutz für Oppositionelle: Iran hält deutsche Asyl-Politik für rechtswidrig
WELT ONLINE: Der Iran hat die deutschen Asylpläne für iranische Oppositionelle deutlich kritisiert. Der Vorstoß sei rechtswidrig und politisch motiviert, sagte ein Sprecher des Außenministeriums. Die Bundesrepublik hatte angekündigt, iranische Staatsangehörige aus dem Ausland aufzunehmen, die in Teheran als Dissidenten betrachtet würden.

Das Außenministerium von Mahmud Ahmadinedschad hat die deutsche Asylpolitik scharf angegriffen. Bild: Welt Online
Die deutschen Asylpläne für iranische Oppositionelle hat der Sprecher des iranischen Außenministeriums als rechtswidrig und politisch motiviert bezeichnet.

„Einige Menschen, die ohne Probleme in den Iran zurückkehren könnten, stellen die Situation so dar, als bestehe für sie Lebensgefahr und die europäischen Länder nutzen diese Tatsache, um zu sagen, dass Iraner massiv in westliche Länder strömen.“ Jene, die solche Geschichten erzählten, wollten einfach nur vom Asyl im Ausland profitieren. Deutschland hatte am Montag mitgeteilt, es sei bereit, iranische Staatsangehörige aus dem Ausland aufzunehmen, die vom Iran als Dissidenten betrachtet würden. >>> Reuters/AFP/fas | Dienstag, 09. März 2010

Taliban 'Ready to Unleash 3,000 Suicide Bombers in Pakistan'
THE TELEGRAPH: The Taliban has claimed it is ready to unleash 3,000 suicide bombers in Pakistan in protest at military operations and American drone attacks in its tribal areas.

In the last few weeks the Taliban's overall military commander for Afghanistan, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, who is Mullah Omar's deputy, was captured in a joint intelligence raid in Karachi by Pakistani and American agents.

Several members of the 'Quetta Shura', the movement's ruling council were later captured in the city, while the group's Pakistani leader Hakimullah Mehsud was believed to have been killed in a missile strike by an unmanned Predator drone. Earlier this week, Mullah Omar's son-in-law, a former minister in the last Taliban government was also arrested.

The threat was issued after one of its leaders claimed responsibility for a suicide car bomb which killed 13 people outside an interrogation centre in Lahore where militant suspects are questioned. >>> Dean Nelson in New Delhi | Tuesday, March 09, 2010

Al-Qaeda Came Within Days of Terror Attack on Britain Last Year, Court Hears
THE TELEGRAPH: An alleged al-Qaeda terrorist cell arrested in the North West was within days of launching an attack on Britain a senior officer in MI5 has told a tribunal.

The men, who were arrested in Manchester and Liverpool in April last year, were said to be in direct contact with al-Qaeda in Pakistan, using coded email messages that talked about cars and girls.

They were said to be “operating in a similar manner” to those planning the mass casualty attacks of July 7 2005 and the trans-Atlantic airline plot of 2006.

Sources at the time said the gang was targeting Easter shoppers but police found no sign of bomb-making equipment and they were never charged.

The operation had to be brought forward after Assistant Commissioner Bob Quick, then Britain’s most senior counter-terrorism officer, was photographed entering Downing Street with details of the operation visible.

Four of the men, who had all arrived from Pakistan on student visas, are now appealing against a government decision to deport them on national security grounds.

An MI5 officer, referred to only as “ZR” gave evidence behind a curtain at the beginning of a three-week hearing at the Special Immigration and Appeals Commission.

The officer, who refused to answer a large number of questions in open court, told the commission that the plot centred on a man called Abid Naseer, 23, and his associates.

He said they were “planning a terrorist attack on the UK, directed and orchestrated by al-Qaeda and part of that direction was by coded email passages and the attack was most likely to take place between 15 and 20 April 2009 on which basis the arrests came days before the attacks were due to take place. >>> Duncan Gardham, Security Correspondent | Tuesday, March 09, 2010

Mosab Hassan Yousef ['The Green Prince']: Islam Is a Lie


Hat tips: Pastorius and Always On Watch

Wilders to Take Council Seat in the Hague
DUTCHNEWS.nl: Geert Wilders is to take a seat on the Hague city council after winning 13,000 preference votes in last week's local elections.

Earlier Wilders, who is a sitting MP, said he would not take up a seat if he won. His anti-Islam party PVV emerged as the second biggest party in the political capital, with 17% of the vote.

'I am going to see if I can combine it. I will give it a go for a while,' Wilders was reported as saying.

The news means two of the eight PVV councillors in the Hague's new city council will combine their work with being members of parliament. [Source: DutchNews.nl] | Monday, March 08, 2010

Niederlande: Rechtspopulist Wilders wird Stadtrat
DIE PRESSE: Der niederländische Rechtspopulist und Parlamentarier Geert Wilders nimmt nun auch ein Mandat als Stadtrat in Den Haag an. "Ich werde es auf jeden Fall eine Zeit lang versuchen", kündigt Wilders an.

Nach dem Erfolg seiner Partei für die Freiheit (PVV) bei den niederländischen Kommunalwahlen wird der Rechtspopulist Geert Wilders künftig im Stadtrat von Den Haag sitzen. Eine Sprecherin der Stadt bestätigte am Montag, dass Wilders sein Mandat wahrnehmen werde. Der umstrittene Politiker sagte der niederländischen Nachrichtenagentur ANP, er habe sich nach anfänglichem Zögern für das Amt des Stadtrats entschieden. "Ich werde es auf jeden Fall eine Zeit lang versuchen", sagte er. Wilders ist auch Abgeordneter des niederländischen Parlaments. Platz zwei für Wilders in Den Haag >>> Ag. | Montag, 08. März 2010

Just for a Laugh: When Insults Had Class
These glorious insults are from a bygone era:

The exchange between Churchill & Lady Astor: She said, "If you were my husband I'd give you poison." He said, "If you were my wife, I'd drink it."


A Member of Parliament to Disraeli: "Sir, you will either die on the gallows or of some unspeakable disease." "That depends, Sir," said Disraeli, "whether I embrace your policies or your mistress."


"He had delusions of adequacy." - Walter Kerr


"He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire." - Winston Churchill


"I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure." Clarence Darrow


"He has never been known to use a word that might send a reader to the
 dictionary." – William Faulkner (about Ernest Hemingway)
"Thank you for sending me a copy of your book; I'll waste no time reading it." - Moses Hadas


"I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it." - Mark Twain"He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends.." – Oscar Wilde

"I am enclosing two tickets to the first night of my new play; bring a friend.... if you have one." - George Bernard Shaw to Winston Churchill "Cannot possibly attend first night, will attend second.... if there is one." - Winston Churchill, in response.
"I feel so miserable without you; it's almost like having you here." - Stephen Bishop
"He is a self-made man and worships his creator." - John Bright

"I've just learned about his illness. Let's hope it's nothing trivial." -
 Irvin S. Cobb

"He is not only dull himself; he is the cause of dullness in others." -Samuel Johnson

"He is simply a shiver looking for a spine to run up." - Paul Keating

"In order to avoid being called a flirt, she always yielded easily." - Charles, Count Talleyran

"He loves nature in spite of what it did to him." - Forrest Tucker
"Why do you sit there looking like an envelope without any address on it?" Mark Twain

"His mother should have thrown him away and kept the stork." - Mae West
"Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go.." Oscar Wilde
"He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts... for support rather than illumination." - Andrew Lang (1844-1912)
"I've had a perfectly wonderful evening. But this wasn't it." – Groucho Marx

The End of the Road for Barack Obama?
THE TELEGRAPH: Barack Obama seems unable to face up to America's problems, writes Simon Heffer in New York.

The once mighty Detroit seems on the verge of being abandoned. Photo: The Telegraph
It is a universal political truth that administrations do not begin to fragment when things are going well: it only happens when they go badly, and those who think they know better begin to attack those who manifestly do not. The descent of Barack Obama's regime, characterised now by factionalism in the Democratic Party and talk of his being set to emulate Jimmy Carter as a one-term president, has been swift and precipitate. It was just 16 months ago that weeping men and women celebrated his victory over John McCain in the American presidential election. If they weep now, a year and six weeks into his rule, it is for different reasons.

Despite the efforts of some sections of opinion to talk the place up, America is mired in unhappiness, all the worse for the height from which Obamania has fallen. The economy remains troublesome. There is growth – a good last quarter suggested an annual rate of as high as six per cent, but that figure is probably not reliable – and the latest unemployment figures, last Friday, showed a levelling off. Yet 15 million Americans, or 9.7 per cent of the workforce, have no job. Many millions more are reduced to working part-time. Whole areas of the country, notably in the north and on the eastern seaboard, are industrial wastelands. The once mighty motor city of Detroit appears slowly to be being abandoned, becoming a Jurassic Park of the mid-20th century; unemployment among black people in Mr Obama's own city of Chicago is estimated at between 20 and 25 per cent. One senior black politician – a Democrat and a supporter of the President – told me of the wrath in his community that a black president appeared to be unable to solve the economic problem among his own people. Cities in the east such as Newark and Baltimore now have drug-dealing as their principal commercial activity: The Wire is only just fictional.

Last Thursday the House of Representatives passed a jobs Bill, costing $15 billion, which would give tax breaks to firms hiring new staff and, through state sponsorship of construction projects, create thousands of jobs too. The Senate is trying to approve a Bill that would provide a further $150 billion of tax incentives to employers. Yet there is a sense of desperation in the Administration, a sense that nothing can be as efficacious at the moment as a sticking plaster. Edward B Montgomery, deputy labour secretary in the Clinton administration, now spends his time on day trips to decaying towns that used to have a car industry, not so much advising them on how to do something else as facilitating those communities' access to federal funds. For a land without a welfare state, America starts to do an effective impersonation of a country with one. This massive state spending gives rise to accusations by Republicans, and people too angry even to be Republicans, that America is now controlled by "Leftists" and being turned into a socialist state. "Obama's big problem," a senior Democrat told me, "is that four times as many people watch Fox News as watch CNN." >>> Simon Heffer | Monday, March 08, 2010

California State Senator Who Opposed Gay Rights Announces He Is Homosexual
THE TELEGRAPH: Roy Ashburn, a California state senator who has staunchly opposed gay rights has announced that he is homosexual.

Senator Roy Ashburn has announced that he is homosexual. Photo: The Telegraph
Mr Ashburn, a conservative Republican, came out in an interview with KERN radio.

His pronouncement ends days of speculation following his arrest last week for driving under the influence of alchohol.

Mr Ashburn said he felt compelled to address rumours that he had visited a gay nightclub near the Capitol before his arrest.

"I am gay ... those are the words that have been so difficult for me for so long," Ashburn told conservative talk show host Inga Barks.

The 55-year-old father of four said he had tried to keep his personal life separate from his professional life until his March 3 arrest.

"When I crossed the line and broke the law and put people at risk, that's different, and I do owe people an explanation," he said.

Ashburn was arrested after he was spotted driving erratically near the Capitol, according to the California Highway Patrol.

The next day, reports surfaced that he had left Faces, a gay nightclub, with an unidentified man in the passenger seat of his Senate-owned vehicle.

"The best way to handle that is to be truthful and to say to my constituents and all who care that I am gay," he said. "But I don't think it's something that has affected, nor will it affect, how I do my job."

Over 14 years in office, Ashburn has voted against a number of gay rights measures, including efforts to expand anti-discrimination laws and recognise out-of-state gay marriages. >>> | Monday, March 08, 2010

Activist Calls Obama a Fraudster

Father Hans Kung [sic] Blames Catholic Views on Sex for Clerical Child Abuse
TIMES ONLINE: A leading Roman Catholic theologian has linked clerical sex abuse with priestly celibacy, blaming the Church’s “uptight” views on sex for child abuse scandals in Germany, Ireland and the US.

Father Hans Kung [sic], President of the Global Ethic Foundation and professor emeritus at the University of Tübingen in Germany, said that the Church’s attitude was also revealed in its opposition to birth control.

The German church rejected any suggestion that abuse was linked to celibacy, homosexuality or church teaching.

Last week the Regensburg Diocese in Germany revealed that a former chorister claimed he was abused while a member of its choir, which was led for three decades by Father Georg Ratzinger, brother of Pope Benedict XVI. The Holy See said that it backed the diocese’s attempts to investigate the scandal by analysing “the painful question in a decisive and open way”. Also last week, in the Holy See, an adult chorister was sacked for allegedly procuring male prostitutes for a Papal usher.

Robert Zollitsch, Archbishop of Freiburg and head of the German bishops’ conference, branded clerical abuse “outrageous” and begged forgiveness from the victims but denied any link between abuse and celibacy.

Writing in The Tablet, Father Kung, who in 1979 was stripped of his licence to teach Catholic theology after he rejected the doctrine of Papal infallibility, welcomed the apology but described the denials of any link between abuse, celibacy and other teaching as “erroneous”. >>> Ruth Gledhill, Religion Correspondent | Monday, March 08, 2010

Iraqi Baathist Resentment Simmers in Syria
BBC: Saddam Hussein's Baath party is banned in Iraq, but the doors of its office in the heart of the Syrian capital, Damascus, are wide open.

"That's our hero," says Khudeir Rashidi, the party spokesman, pointing at Saddam Hussein who looks down from portraits on the walls.

Iraq's dictator may be dead, but his supporters in Damascus insist that his party lives on.

"We have millions of members in Iraq who are working for the cause," Mr Rashidi says.

The cause, he says, is the liberation of Iraq from the American occupiers through military resistance.

"We have many weapons, we manufacture bombs, we are working very effectively underground," he says.

Baath 'threat'

The true extent of the involvement of the Baath party in the armed insurgency back in Iraq is very difficult to measure.

There is little doubt that the party has a wide and powerful network of former members, if only because virtually everyone had to join its ranks under Saddam Hussein.

Sceptics argue that despite its outreach, the Baath party is politically decapitated, morally bankrupt and ideologically irrelevant - in other words very much a thing of the past.

But the Iraqi government says Baathists pose a real threat. >>> | Friday, March 05, 2010

Iranian Poet Simin Behbahani Handed 'Travel Ban'
BBC: Iran's leading female poet has told the BBC she has been barred from leaving the country by the government.

Simin Behbahani, 82, said she was about to fly to France when her passport was confiscated at Tehran airport.

The human rights activist has written poems in support of the opposition campaign against disputed elections in June last year.

Last week Iran detained international award winning film director Jafar Panahi and members of his family.

"The moment I was due to get on the plane, a man came and took my passport away from me and said that I was banned from going abroad," she told the BBC's Persian service.

They questioned her for hours asking questions and then ordered her to appear before a court, she said.

She was on her way to Paris to present a paper on feminism and read a poem at conference. Election challenge >>> | Monday, March 08, 2010

Colonel Tells of Lavish Shopping for N Korea Dictators
BBC: A former North Korean colonel, Kim Jong-ryul, has described how he spent two decades shopping in Europe for the dictatorship in Pyongyang.

His story is the subject of a new book published in Austria, where the colonel says he has lived under cover since his defection in 1994.

Colonel Kim Jong-ryul says he spent 20 years doing business in Europe for the North Korean regime.

His story is told in a new book, At the Dictator's Service. >>> Bethany Bell, BBC News, Vienna | Monday, March 08, 2010

The Mystery of Hitler's 'Spyclists'
Photo: BBC
BBC – Today Programme: Summer 1937. What could be more fitting in the cool afternoon of an English country lane than a group of cycling tourists steadily pedalling their way from one historic site to another, stopping to camp overnight in fields along the way.

The only problem was, that summer, some of those groups of teenage boys were Hitler Youth.

In an era without satellite photography, when detailed ordnance survey maps could be hard to come by and when tension in Europe was rising, MI5 were worried that this innocent cyclo-tourism was a cover for spying.

MI5 had been told that Hitler Youth groups visiting abroad were asked to complete a detailed questionnaire, including questions on terrain, population, and political views of the population.

They were asked to take photographs, especially of industry, and to get lists of names of all those taking part in anti-German movements. Read on (with audio) >>> Sanchia Berg | Monday, March 08, 2010

US Eases Cuba, Iran, Sudan Sanctions to Allow Freer Web
BBC: The US treasury department has eased sanctions on Iran, Cuba and Sudan to help further the use of web services and support opposition groups.

US technology firms will now be allowed to export online services such as instant messaging and social networks.

Companies had not offered such services for fear of violating sanctions.

Opposition supporters in Iran used social networking sites and services to organise protests after the country's disputed presidential poll last year.

The US Treasury said exports would be allowed of services related to web browsing, blogging, e-mail, instant messaging, chat, social networking and photo- and movie-sharing.

Low impact?

The move was intended to "ensure that individuals in these countries can exercise their universal right to free speech and information to the greatest extent possible", it said. >>> | Monday, March 08, 2010

Le chef de la diplomatie espagnole reçu par le colonel Kadhafi
TRIBUNE DE GENÈVE: AFFAIRE KADHAFI | Selon une source proche du dossier, le différend entre Berne et Tripoli a été évoqué.

Le ministre espagnol des Affaires étrangères Miguel Angel Moratinos a été reçu lundi par le numéro un libyen Mouammar Kadhafi, a rapporté l'agence libyenne Jana. Selon une source proche du dossier, les discussions ont porté sur la crise diplomatique entre Berne et Tripoli.

M. Moratinos a remis au colonel Kadhafi un message du roi Juan Carlos d'Espagne, portant sur «la coopération fructueuse et les relations d'amitié entre la Libye et l'Espagne, et entre l'Union européenne et la Grande Jamahiriya» libyenne, a indiqué l'agence.
Dans son message, le roi d'Espagne a «exprimé sa grande satisfaction pour le développement des relations de coopération entre les deux pays», a ajouté l'agence sans autre précision sur l'objet de la visite de M. Moritanos.

Selon une source diplomatique occidentale à Tripoli, le déplacement du chef de la diplomatie espagnole en Libye s'inscrit dans le cadre des négociations entre l'UE et la Libye au sujet de la crise diplomatique entre Tripoli et Berne, dans laquelle les capitales européennes s'étaient impliquées. >>> AFP | Lundi 08 Mars 2010

Milan et Paris, figures de style*
So this is what the decadent West calls fashion today, is it? Photo: Le Temps
One can only wonder how many years in fashion school designers must be spending – wasted years, one must add – to come up with crap like this. Designers like Coco Chanel and Christian Dior must be turning in their graves!

This would be laughable if it weren’t so sad. It is surely indicative of the West in decline. When a civilization dresses its women as scrubbers rather than ladies, then it can’t be long before it will fall.

For God’s sake, let’s get back to elegance. One could have dressed better from Woolworth’s than this! – © Mark

LE TEMPS: To the gallery (if you can bear it). Warning: Your eyes might be sore after viewing it! >>>

*That’s very questionable!

Le ténor Placido Domingo opéré d’un cancer du côlon
TRIBUNE DE GENÈVE: OPÉRA | Agé de 69 ans, le ténor espagnol est sorti dimanche de l'hôpital, où il a été opéré d'une tumeur maligne. Il devrait être de retour sur scène le 16 avril, à la Scala de Milan.

Le ténor Placido Domingo a subi une opération chirurgicale visant à ôter un polype cancéreux de son côlon. Il devrait se remettre totalement de l’intervention, a déclaré lundi sa porte-parole.

Agé de 69 ans, le ténor espagnol est sorti dimanche de l’hôpital Mount Sinai à New York où il a été opéré la semaine dernière d’une tumeur maligne que les médecins ont réussi à localiser, a précisé Nancy Seltszer. >>> AP | Lundi 08 Mars 2010

THE TELEGRAPH: Placido Domingo has colon cancer surgery: Plácido Domingo has undergone surgery for colon cancer, a spokesman for the opera singer has said. >>> Stephen Adams, Arts Correspondent | Monday, March 08, 2010

Die Niederlande als Vorbild für Libyen: Ghadhafis Sohn Saif al-Islam distanziert sich rhetorisch von seinem Vater
NZZ ONLINE: Ghadhafis zweiter Sohn Saif al-Islam hat sich in einem Interview von den radikalen Elementen innerhalb des libyschen Regimes distanziert, ohne seinen Vater direkt zu kritisieren. Er behauptet, für Libyen politische Freiheiten «wie in den Niederlanden» anzustreben.

Die Libyen-Affäre schwelt weiter und Max Göldi sitzt noch immer in einem libyschen Gefängnis. Jetzt hat Saif al-Islam («Schwert des Islams»), Sohn von Revolutionsführer Ghadhafi, in einem Interview mit dem amerikanischen Nachrichtenmagazin «Time» aber erstaunliche Töne angeschlagen. In einer offenen Herausforderung der radikalen Elemente innerhalb des libyschen Regimes forderte er einen «demokratischen Wandel».

Der Streit mit der Schweiz sei nur der Beleg für umfassenderes Problem Libyens, sagte Saif. Es ginge darum, wie sein Land mit dem Westen nach Jahrzehnten der Isolation umgehen soll. «Wenn wir mit dem Westen tanzen wollen, dann müssen wir das zum gleichen Rhythmus und zur gleichen Musik tun».

Ohne seinen Vater direkt zu kritisieren, bezeichnete er die beharrenden Kräfte in Libyen rundweg als «Idioten». Auf die Frage, welche Freiheiten er gerne in Libyen etablieren möchte, antwortete er: «Alle - Ziel ist ein Mass an Freiheit wie etwa in Holland». Das wäre allerdings eine radikale Abkehr von der diktatorischen Herrschaft, wie sie sein Vater nun schon mehr als vierzig Jahre in Libyen ausübt. Bekannt für Offenheit >>> bbu. | Montag, 08. März 2010

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TIME: Gaddafi vs. Switzerland: The Leader's Son on What's Behind the Feud >>> Vivienne Walt, Tripoli | Saturday, February 27, 2010

Westerwelle darf Lebenspartner mit auf Reisen nehmen: Auswärtiges Amt sieht keinen Interesssenkonflikt
NZZ ONLINE: Der Lebenspartner des deutschen Aussenministers Westerwelle nutzt laut dem Auswärtigen Amt die Reisen mit dem Minister nicht zur Geschäftsanbahnung. Das Aussenministerium sieht es deshalb als normal an, dass der Partner den Minister auf Dienstreisen begleitet.

Michael Mronz habe Westerwelle sowohl nach Japan und China als auch nach Cordoba und derzeit nach Lateinamerika privat begleitet, sagte der Sprecher des Auswärtigen Amts in Berlin, am Montag in Berlin. «Herr Mronz ist nicht Teil der Wirtschaftsdelegation.»

Der Sprecher erklärte, auch vor Westerwelle hätten Aussenminister ihre Partner auf Dienstreisen mitgenommen. So habe die Frau von Franz-Walter Steinmeier ihren Mann zu informellen EU-Aussenministertreffen begleitet. Die Regularien sähen es als ganz normale Möglichkeit vor, dass Partner mit auf Reisen kommen. >>> ddp | Montag, 08. März 2010

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FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE ZEITUNG: Guido Westerwelle: Reisebegleiter und mehr >>> Von Wulf Schmiese | Sonntag, 07. März 2010

Les jeunes Saoudiennes se jouent de la police religieuse
Un couple se promène sur les bords de la mer Rouge à Djedda. Photo : Le Figaro
LE FIGARO: Conscient des aspirations des moins de 25 ans, majoritaires, le roi Abdallah desserre le carcan.

Au premier jour des vacances d'hiver à Riyad, des bandes d'adolescentes fêtent les congés dans le centre commercial de la tour Faisaliyah, l'un des symboles de la capitale saoudienne avec sa tour de verre en forme de cône. Les jeunes filles rient fort en se tenant par les coudes. Maquillées, les sourcils épilés et redessinés, et surtout tête nue, les cheveux libres sur les épaules, elles représentent un défi aux règles strictes de l'islam officiel, qui ordonne aux femmes de se couvrir la tête de noir et de cacher leur corps sous un manteau informe de la même couleur, l'abaya. Celles des lycéennes sont largement ouvertes, dévoilant jeans et t-shirts à paillettes. Une brise de révolte souffle sur le royaume. Une partie de la jeunesse urbaine supporte de moins en moins les contraintes vestimentaires. Les filles inventent des subterfuges pour éviter l'abaya au quotidien. Dernière astuce en date, la blouse blanche de médecin, tolérée en public, portée par des adolescentes qui n'ont jamais mis les pieds dans un hôpital. Normalement, les mutawas, les barbus de la «Commission pour la promotion de la vertu et la prévention du vice», la police religieuse, doivent veiller au grain. >>> Par Pierre Prier | Lundi 08 Mars 2010

Ahmadinejad Calls 9/11 ‘A Big Fabrication’
THE NEW YORK TIMES – The Lede: Perhaps concerned that his repeated suggestions that the Holocaust might not have happened have become less shocking over time, Iran’s president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad upped the ante on Saturday, telling intelligence officials in Tehran that the destruction of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001 was staged.

In remarks reported by IRNA, an official Iranian news agency, and translated by Reuters, Mr. Ahmadinejad said, “The September 11 incident was a big fabrication as a pretext for the campaign against terrorism and a prelude for staging an invasion against Afghanistan.” Mr. Ahmadinejad also reportedly described the attacks in New York as a “complicated intelligence scenario and act.” Conspiracy theorists in the Middle East have suggested that the attacks were not the work of Al Qaeda, but carried out by Israeli or American intelligence operatives.

In a speech during Iran’s annual anti-Israel day in September, Mr. Ahmadinejad said of the Holocaust, “The pretext for the creation of the Zionist regime is false.” He added: “It is a lie based on an unprovable and mythical claim.” >>> Robert Mackey | Saturday, March 06, 2010

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leJDD.fr: "11 septembre": Ahmadinejad n'y croit pas >>> Samedi 06 Mars 2010

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Greece Will Come Through Crisis Without Bailout, IMF Head Says
THE GUARDIAN: Dominique Strauss-Kahn remains confident that Europe's leaders can resolve the Greek crisis

The head of the International Monetary Fund believes Greece will resolve its debt crisis without an IMF bailout, and today dismissed fears that other European nations will be engulfed by the crisis.

Dominique Strauss-Kahn insisted this morning that other eurozone countries with large public deficits would not be forced into the same predicament as Greece. Speaking to Reuters in Nairobi, Strauss-Kahn said the wider European economy was still strong - despite fears that Greece might default on its debts. While the IMF is poised to assist Greece if needed, Strauss-Kahn remains confident that Europe's leaders could resolve the issue.

"The eurozone wants to deal with the problem itself, and I can understand that," he said. "I think they can do it … and we're just here to help."

Strauss-Kahn also argued that those who claim that Spain or Ireland could suffer a debt default are simply trying to "scare" the financial markets.

"We have a problem with Greece. We don't have a problem with Spain to date. The eurozone has to deal with the Greek problem. They are doing this," said Strauss-Kahn.

"No one knows what's going to happen tomorrow morning but there's no reason why the spillover to Portugal or to Spain will take place," he added. >>> Graeme Wearden | Monday, March 08, 2010