Monday, February 06, 2012
FOX NEWS: Norway mass killer demands medal at court hearing: OSLO, Norway -- The right-wing extremist who has admitted killing 77 people in the worst peacetime massacre that Norway has ever seen told a court Monday that he deserved a medal of honor for the bloodshed and demanded to be set free. ¶ Anders Behring Breivik smirked as he was led in to the Oslo district court, handcuffed and dressed in a dark suit, for his last scheduled detention hearing before the trial starts in April. He stretched out his arms in what his lawyer Geir Lippestad said was "some kind of right-wing extremist greeting." » | Associated Press | Monday, February 06, 2012
PARIS MATCH: Breivik. Un massacre au nom de la “culture” : Le tueur de masse norvégien a repris son discours islamophobe lors d’une audience publique, lundi à Oslo. ¶ Faut-il laisser la parole à Anders Behring Breivik, l’auteur de la tuerie d’Utoya et de l’attentat d’Oslo qui ont fait 77 morts le 22 juillet dernier ? Lundi s’est tenu une nouvelle audience – la cinquième - pour la prolongation de sa détention en prison, à Oslo. La comparution était ouverte en public si bien que le tueur de masse, toujours aussi «fier» d’être ainsi mis en scène, a pu exprimer le fond de sa pensée nauséabonde. Pour notre homme, la tuerie d'Utoya était nécessaire pour éviter la dissolution de la culture nationale. «Nous, membres du Mouvement norvégien, n'allons pas resterles bras croisés à nous regarder devenir une minorité dans notrepropre pays», a-il déclaré, un sourire aux lèvres, dans un impeccable complet noir, et bien sûr les menottes au poignet. » | YV. Avec Reuters - Parismatch.com | lundi 06 février 2012
lePARISIEN.fr: Norvège : Breivik provoque et réclame sa libération «immédiate» – L'auteur des attaques qui ont fait 77 morts le 22 juillet en Norvège, Anders Behring Breivik, a réclamé lundi sa «libération immédiate», expliquant que son carnage était «une attaque préventive contre des traîtres à la patrie». ¶ «Je n'accepte pas l'emprisonnement. J'exige d'être libéré immédiatement», a déclaré l'extrémiste de droite de 32 ans lors d'une comparution devant le tribunal d'Oslo qui devait ordonner son maintien en détention provisoire. Des proches des victimes et des survivants avaient pris place dans la salle du tribunal quand Behring Breivik, à deux reprises, a demandé sa «libération immédiate». Et l'auteur de la tuerie ne veut pas être considéré comme un malade. » | lundi 06 février 2012
MAIL ONLINE: … he denied criminal guilt, claiming he is the commander of a militant organisation that aims to overthrow European governments and replace them with 'patriotic' regimes that would deport Muslim immigrants, and he rejected the authority of the court. ... » | Wil Longbottom | Monday, February 06, 2012
FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE ZEITUNG: Attentäter Breivik vor Gericht – Auftritt eines Massenmörders: Attentäter Anders Behring Breivik hat den Medienrummel bei seinem ersten öffentlichen Auftritt vor Gericht genutzt, um menschenverachtende Erklärungen für das von ihm verübte Massaker zu verbreiten. Er forderte seine Freilassung und eine militärische Ehrenmedaille. » | Quelle: AP | Montag, 06. Februar 2012
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Abu Qatada, a radical Muslim cleric accused of posing a grave threat to Britain's national security, should be released regardless of the risk he poses, his lawyers said today.
Qatada, who is being held in high security conditions, wants to be released on bail as he fights deportation to Jordan.
But lawyers for Home Secretary Theresa May are battling to keep him behind bars while British diplomats continue to seek assurances from the Jordanian authorities that evidence gained through torture would not be used against him.
Ed Fitzgerald QC, representing Qatada, told an immigration judge in central London that Qatada had now been held for six-and-a-half years while fighting deportation.
He told the Special Immigration Appeals Commission (Siac) that that was "against a background of almost nine years detention without charges on the grounds of national security".
Mr Fitzgerald said: "The detention has now gone on for too long to be reasonable or lawful and there is no prospect of the detention ending in any reasonable period.
"However the risk of absconding, however the risk of further offending, there comes a point when it's just too long.
"There comes a time when it's just too long, however grave the risks."
Mr Fitzgerald added that the eight-and-a-half years Qatada spent in custody was equivalent to a 17-year jail sentence.
The bail hearing was ordered after Qatada, once described by a Spanish judge as "Osama bin Laden's right-hand man in Europe", won an appeal to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) last month. » | Monday, February 06, 2012
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Abu Qatada to be released within days: Abu Qatada, a radical Muslim cleric accused of posing a grave threat to Britain's national security, will be back on the streets within days after judges granted him bail. » | Tom Whitehead, Security Editor | Monday, February 06, 2012
Sunday, February 05, 2012
THE SUNDAY TELEGRAPH: Jailed terrorists are radicalising vulnerable young Muslims in prison, a report by MPs discloses today.
Despite being sent to maximum security jails, extremists are preaching hate to new inmates, breeding a fresh generation of radicals willing to launch terror attacks.
A nine-month inquiry by the home affairs select committee into the roots of violent radicalisation found that, in some cases, inmates were being persuaded to carry out suicide missions within days of entering prison.
The findings are published as four radical Islamists are due to be sentenced for plotting a major terror attack before Christmas on the London Stock Exchange, the London Eye and other important landmarks.
Mohammed Chowdhury, 21, Shah Rahman, 28, Abdul Miah, 25, and Gurukanth Desai, 30, will be sentenced at Woolwich Crown Court today for the Mumbai-style terror plot. It is believed Miah was radicalised in prison after being sentenced for drugs and weapons offences.
A former neighbour of his in Cardiff said he had “gone into prison as a petty criminal and came out spouting extremist views”.
Today’s report, “Roots of Radicalisation”, identified prisons as one of the major breeding grounds for terrorism-related extremism.
It also recognised the dangers posed by the internet and the role played by universities, where it was claimed radical preachers were often invited to speak without being “robustly challenged”. » | Martin Evans and Duncan Gardham | Sunday, February 05, 2012
M. Harper répond ainsi à certains de ses détracteurs au Québec, dont Peter White, le président de l'Association du Parti conservateur de Brome-Missisquoi, qui l'a accusé, dans une récente lettre au magazine Maclean's, d'avoir tourné le dos à la province. » | Joël-Denis Bellavance, La Presse | samedi 04 février 2012
Des écoliers venus de tout le pays ont afflué dimanche au Mont Paektu, le plus haut sommet du pays (2744 mètres), à la frontière chinoise. Kim Jong-il serait né le 16 février 1942 sur cette montagne sacrée, selon l'agence officielle nord-coréenne KCNA. » | Agence France-Presse, Séoul | dimanche 05 février 2012
LA PRESSE: Le scrutin du Minnesota (nord) mardi, prochaine étape de la course à l'investiture républicaine en vue de la présidentielle américaine de novembre, s'annonce serré entre le favori Mitt Romney et l'ultraconservateur Rick Santorum, selon un sondage publié dimanche.
D'après un sondage Public Policy Polling, Mitt Romney, vainqueur confortable de la primaire du Nevada (ouest) de samedi, est annoncé à 27% des intentions de vote, derrière le catholique ultraconservateur Rick Santorum, vainqueur du tout premier caucus (assemblée d'électeurs) de l'Iowa (centre), qui caracole à 29%. » | Agence France-Presse, Minneapolis | dimanche 05 février 2012
DIE PRESSE: Die Regierung beginnt mit der Verteilung von Jausenpaketen an Schulen, nachdem sich Berichte über hungrige Kinder gemehrt haben.
Mit Kollegen und Eltern hat Kapis nun Komitees gegründet, die unentgeltlich Lebensmittel an die Kantine liefern, für Arztbesuche sorgen oder für Ausflüge spenden, weil es sich viele der Eltern einfach nicht mehr leisten können.
Ab dieser Woche sollen an 18 Athener Schulen Jausenpakete ausgegeben werden. Mit dem Pilotprojekt will das Bildungsministerium sozial schwache Familien unterstützen, die laut Berichten von Lehrern ihre Kinder hungrig zur Schule schicken müssten. Tatsächlich treibt die Krise immer mehr Familien in die Suppenküchen von Stadt- und Kirchengemeinden. Allerdings kochen daraus auch die Gegner des Spar-Memorandums ihr politisches Süppchen. » | Corinna Jessen | Die Presse | Sonntag, 05. Februar 2012
abc NEWS: A former finance minister won Finland's presidential election Sunday and will become the country's first conservative head of state in five decades.
Sauli Niinisto won 63 percent of the votes, compared to 37 percent for his rival, Greens candidate Pekka Haavisto, official results showed with 100 percent of ballots counted.
The 63-year-old Niinisto will become the first president from the conservative National Coalition Party since 1956, and the first in 30 years from a party other than the center-left Social Democrats.
He will replace Tarja Halonen, one of Finland's most popular heads of state, who has served the maximum two six-year terms.
"The president in Finland has to understand that there are many different thoughts and opinions and that they must be taken into account so that he could be the president of the whole nation," Niinisto said in his victory speech.
Finland's president has a largely ceremonial role with fewer powers now than in previous decades, and is not directly involved in daily politics. However, the head of state takes the lead on non-EU matters of foreign policy, is seen as an important shaper of public opinion, and plays a role as a "brand ambassador" of Finland overseas. » | Matti Huutanen, Associated Press | HELSINKI | Sunday, February 05, 2012
In München wehte ein eisiger sibirischer Wind. Der russische Aussenminister Sergei Lawrow gab die zeitgemässe Variante des «Mister Njet» und lehnte jede Uno-Resolution ab, die eine klare Verurteilung des syrischen Präsidenten Asad bedeutet hätte. Seine amerikanische Amtskollegin Hillary Clinton mochte noch so inständig bitten und Moskau eine Mitverantwortung für das Blutbad auf Syriens Strassen zuweisen, es half alles nichts. Lawrow erklärte mit einem Anflug von Zynismus, das Veto der permanenten Sicherheitsratsmitglieder Russland und China demonstriere, dass die Uno-Charta mit Leben erfüllt werde. Doch aus seiner Warte hatte der russische Minister so Unrecht nicht: Wieso sollte sich eine Regierung um die Verletzung der Menschenrechte in der Levante kümmern, der die anhaltenden Demonstrationen gegen Wahlfälschungen im eigenen Land gleichgültig sind? Die russische Politik orientiert sich nicht an den Werten der Aufklärung, sondern an den machiavellistischen Nützlichkeitserwägungen einer Grossmacht – auch wenn diese im Fall Syriens recht borniert wirken, weil sie Russlands Interessen in der arabischen Welt langfristig schaden und Moskau in eine Ecke stellen mit den Parias der Region, mit Syrien und Iran. » | Eric Gujer | Sonntag, 05. Februar 2012
AL JAZEERA ENGLISH: French interior minister stands by his remarks as critics denounced his comments as dangerous and xenophobic.
"I do not regret [the comments]," Claude Gueant said on Sunday, though he accused critics of taking them "out of context"
"Contrary to what the left's relativist ideology says, for us all civilisations are not of equal value," Gueant, who is also responsible for immigration, told a gathering of right-wing students on Saturday.
"Those which defend humanity seem to us to be more advanced than those that do not," he said.
"Those which defend liberty, equality and fraternity, seem to us superior to those which accept tyranny, the subservience of women, social and ethnic hatred," he said in his speech, a copy of which was obtained by the AFP news agency.
He also stressed the need to "protect our civilisation". » | Source: Agencies | Sunday, February 05, 2012
The supply ship Kharg and destroyer Shaid Qandi docked on Saturday in the Red Sea port in line with orders from the Islamic Republic’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, according to Iran’s news agency, Fars.
“This mission aims to show the power of the Islamic Republic of Iran on the open seas and to confront Iranophobia,” Fars quoted navy commander Admiral Habibollah Sayari as saying.
The commander added that the mission would last between 70 and 80 days, but did not specify its route. » | Sunday, February 05, 2012
THE SUNDAY TELEGRAPH: The teenage mistress of President John F Kennedy has written a memoir describing how he both abused and confided in her during an 18 month affair which ended only with his death.
Mimi Alford says she was a 19-year-old virgin just a few days into an internship at the White House when Kennedy seduced her in his wife’s bedroom following a pool party with two close aides and other young women.
“I was in shock,” she wrote. “He, on the other hand, was matter-of-fact, and acted as if what had just occurred was the most natural thing in the world.” They kept up the affair after she left Washington to go to college, and she last slept with him just three days before his fatal trip to Dallas when he told her: “I wish you could come with me to Texas. I’ll call you when I get back.” Read on and comment » | Rosa Prince, New York | Sunday, February 05, 2012
MAIL ONLINE: JFK Took the Virginity of White House Intern » | Lee Moran | Sunday, February 05, 2012
NAEGELE BLOG: John F. Kennedy: The Most Despicable President In American History » | Timothy D. Naegele | Saturday, April 10, 2010
WELT ONLINE: Das Veto Russlands im UN-Sicherheitsrat gegen eine Syrien-Resolution ist ein moralischer Skandal. Es ist zudem schlechte Außenpolitik, Moskau kann nur verlieren.
Es ist die Chronik eines moralischen und politischen Skandals: Seit 11 Monaten dauert die brutale Niederschlagung der Proteste in Syrien nun schon an. Laut UN-Schätzung sind dabei inzwischen 7000 Menschen umgekommen, die überaus meisten davon sind Opfer der syrischen Sicherheitskräfte.
Und dennoch hat es die internationale Gemeinschaft bisher nicht geschafft, die maßlose Gewalt des Regimes in unmissverständlicher Form zu verurteilen. Nach dramatischen Verhandlungen noch in letzter Minute zwischen US-Außenministerin Hillary Clinton und ihrem russischen Kollegen Sergej Lavrov auf der Münchner Sicherheitskonferenz blieb es beim russischen und chinesischen Veto.
Ein beschämender Moment
Wenn die Arabische Liga den UN-Sicherheitsrat wie eine verantwortungslose Veranstaltung aussehen lässt, dann weiß man, dass die globale Ordnung nicht funktioniert. Russen und Chinesen beschädigen das wenige, was diese Welt an internationalen Mechanismen der Konfliktlösung besitzt. Es ist auch ein beschämender Moment für all jene, die glauben, dass es grundlegende Werte gibt, die die ganze Menschheit teilt. (+ Videos) » | Autor: Clemens Wergin | Sonntag 05. Februar 2012
leJDD: La Russie et la Chine ont imposé leur veto hier au projet de résolution qui devait enfin condamner l’attitude de Damas. Pour la France, "elles devront rendre des comptes". Récit d’une folle semaine de négociations.
"Je crois que les Russes ne bougeront pas et il n’est pas question pour nous d’atténuer la résolution pour l’affaiblir, il va falloir rester fermes et ne pas se laisser enfermer par la Russie." Dans un entretien exclusif et prémonitoire accordé au JDD dans l’avion qui l’emmenait mardi dernier vers New York, Alain Juppé se montrait déjà déterminé. Tout au long de cette semaine, la diplomatie française a tenté par tous les moyens de faire des concessions aux Russes, derniers alliés de Bachar El-Assad, sans céder sur l’essentiel afin qu’ils soutiennent le plan de la Ligue arabe. Une initiative visant à obtenir du président syrien qu’il délègue ses pouvoirs à son vice-président pour mettre en place un gouvernement d’union nationale et organiser des élections libres.
En vain. Jusqu’à ce que, samedi après-midi, l’ambassadeur de France et ses partenaires américains et britanniques se décident à pousser les Russes à la faute, à les isoler face au reste du monde. Le rare mérite de la résolution avortée étant d’avoir obtenu le soutien des 13 autres membres du Conseil de sécurité. Maigre consolation pour l’ambassadeur français, Gérard Araud, qui parle d’un "triste jour" pour les Nations unies face à la cruauté du régime syrien et à ce qu’il qualifie "d’horreur héréditaire". » | François Clemenceau, envoyé spécial du JDD à New York (États-Unis) - Le Journal du Dimanche | dimanche 05 février 2012
BBC: Mitt Romney has declared victory in Nevada's Republican caucuses, cementing his frontrunner status in the race to be the party's presidential candidate.
With just over 70% of the votes counted, he had secured 47.6% of the vote - well ahead of his nearest rival Newt Gingrich on 22.6%.
It is Mr Romney's second victory in a week, following his success in Florida.
Mr Gingrich - a former house speaker - has vowed to fight on until the party's convention in August.
"I'm not going to withdraw," he said. "I'm actually pretty happy with where we are, and I think the contrast between Governor Romney and me is going to get wider and wider and clearer and clearer over the next few weeks."
Earlier, Mr Gingrich said he expected Mr Romney to win in Nevada, partly due to the state's high Mormon population. Mr Romney is a Mormon.
Mr Romney won Nevada in his previous bid to be the Republican presidential candidate in 2008. (+ video) » | Sunday, February 05, 2012
BBC: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has described as a "travesty" Russia and China's veto of a UN resolution condemning Syria's crackdown against anti-government protesters.
Speaking in Bulgaria, Mrs Clinton said efforts outside the world body to help Syria's people should be redoubled.
The US, she said, would work with "friends of a democratic Syria" to support opponents of Syria's president.
The vetoing of the resolution drew an angry reaction from around the world.
"What happened yesterday at the United Nations was a travesty," Mrs Clinton said in strongly worded remarks during a visit to the Bulgarian capital, Sofia.
"Faced with a neutered Security Council, we have to redouble our efforts outside of the United Nations with those allies and partners who support the Syrian people's right to have a better future," she said.
"We will work to expose those who are still funding the regime and sending it weapons to be used against defenceless Syrians, including women and children."
Mrs Clinton also said the US would work to tighten "regional and national" sanctions against Syria to hamper its ability to use arms against the protesters.
Human rights groups and activists say more than 7,000 people have been killed by Syrian security forces since the uprising began in March.
The UN stopped estimating the death toll in Syria after it passed 5,400 in January, saying it was too difficult to confirm.
The government says at least 2,000 members of the security forces have been killed fighting "armed gangs and terrorists". (+ video) » | Sunday, February 05, 2012
Saturday, February 04, 2012
The holy relic was brought to Grozny from Istanbul last night.
Thousands of Muslims under Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov turned up at the airport and city streets to welcome the precious present. » | Vesti.ru | Friday, February 03, 2012
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THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: India’s Finance Minister has said that his country “does not require” British aid, describing it as “peanuts”.
The disclosure will fuel the rising controversy over Britain’s aid to India.
The country is the world’s top recipient of British bilateral aid, even though its economy has been growing at up to 10 per cent a year and is projected to become bigger than Britain’s within a decade.
Last week India rejected the British-built Typhoon jet as preferred candidate for a £6.3 billion warplane deal, despite the Development Secretary, Andrew Mitchell, saying that Britain’s aid to Delhi was partly “about seeking to sell Typhoon.”
Mr Mukherjee’s remarks, previously unreported outside India, were made during question time in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of parliament.
“We do not require the aid,” he said, according to the official transcript of the session.
“It is a peanut in our total development exercises [expenditure].” He said the Indian government wanted to “voluntarily” give it up. Read on and comment » | Andrew Gilligan | Saturday, February 04, 2012
SPIEGEL ONLINE: Mossad-Agenten, verkleidet als Frauen, und ein explodierender Atomreaktor in Iran: Aus diesen Zutaten hat eine israelische Kabelfernsehfirma einen makaberen Werbespot gemixt. Der Videoclip verbreitet sich im Netz rasant - und erzürnt die Gemüter in der Islamischen Republik.
Die vier Frauen - sind Männer. Verkleidet, schlecht geschminkt und mit Kopftuch laufen sie durch ein verstaubtes Nest, angeblich in der Nähe der iranischen Metropole Isfahan. "Bist du vom Mossad?", fragt einer aus dem Quartett einen Mann, der gelangweilt in einem Café sitzt. Dessen Antwort: "Psst."
Der Mann heißt "Schuschu", ist seit zwei Monaten inkognito im Land und vertreibt sich die Zeit damit, israelische Fernsehsendungen auf seinem neuen Tablet des südkoreanischen Herstellers Samsung anzuschauen.
Plötzlich drückt eine der "Frauen" auf eine Applikation des Tablets - und im Hintergrund fliegt ein iranischer Atomreaktor mit lautem Knall in die Luft.
Das alles ist nur ein Werbespot. Produziert hat ihn der israelische Kabelfernsehanbieter Hot. Der Videoclip verbreitet sich via Facebook und Twitter mit rasender Geschwindigkeit im Internet. In Teheran hat er einen Sturm der Entrüstung ausgelöst. » | Von Dominik Peters | Samstag 04. Februar 2012
LE MONDE: Anders Behring Breivik, l'auteur des attaques qui ont fait 77 morts en Norvège le 22 juillet, avait envisagé de s'en prendre également aux grands médias locaux, rapporte samedi le groupe norvégien public de télévision et radio NRK, qui a eu connaissance des interrogatoires de la police.
Lors de la planification de ses attaques, l'extrémiste de droite a étudié la possibilité de déposer des bombes au siège à Oslo de NRK, ainsi que dans les locaux des journaux VG et Aftenposten de la capitale norvégienne. NRK rapporte sur son site en ligne que Breivik considérait en effet les médias et les journalistes comme "une haute cible prioritaire". » | LEMONDE.FR avec AFP | samedi 04 février 2012
The Washington Post claims that US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta believes there is a growing possibility that Israel will attack Iran as early as April.
An opinion article published on Thursday says the strike is likely to happen either in April, May, or June.
Panetta and the Pentagon both declined to comment on the report.
In Israel too, the Iran rhetoric has been stepped up, with a warning that time is running out to stop Tehran developing a nuclear weapon.
Israeli officials say Iran is developing a weapon that can reach the US, while Iran maintains its nuclear programme is for civilian purposes.
Al Jazeera's Nicole Johnston reports.
BUENOS AIRES HERALD: Iran's oil minister said the Islamic state would not retreat from its nuclear programme even if its crude oil exports grind to a halt, the official IRNA news agency reported.
But he also called on the European Union, which accounted for a quarter of Iranian crude oil sales in the third quarter of 2011, to review its decision last week to bank Iranian oil imports from July 1.
"We will not abandon our just nuclear course, even if we cannot sell one drop of oil," Rostam Qasemi told reporters, according to IRNA. » | Saturday, February 04, 2012
THE GUARDIAN: Elections in Nevada are usually colourful, but the result this time is not in doubt: Mitt Romney has this one sewn up
Nevada will be an easy win for Mitt Romney on Saturday, based on his performance in the 2008 Republican presidential race. Even with Romney coming off second best to John McCain in many states elsewhere, Romney easily won the Nevada caucuses, with 51.1% to Ron Paul's 13.7% and John McCain's 12.75%. The reason: Mormons.
Although they only make up about 5% of the adult population in Nevada, they accounted for an estimated 25% of Republican caucus-goers four years ago. Does it follow that a Mormon will automatically vote for a candidate of the same faith? Well, in 2008, 5% voted for someone else. But the staggering statistic is the other 95% voted for Romney.
A PPP poll suggests that Saturday's caucuses will not be significantly different; Romney on 50%, Newt Gingrich 25%, Ron Paul 15% and Rick Santorum 8%. (+ video) » | Ewen McAskill in Washington | Friday, February 03, 2012
When he was a child growing up in Plano, Texas - a place he describes as the "oversized, goofy buckle on the Bible belt" - he would bring his bible to science class and debate his teachers on the finer points of evolution.
"In my head, I won every time," says Mr Griffith, now 29.
But somewhere along the way, his penchant for picking ideological fights with the non-religious got him in trouble. He found it harder and harder to argue with the points they were making. At 13, he suffered a crisis of faith.
"It was so painful. I lost my religion before I lost my first girlfriend. Nothing that big had ever happened to me, and I didn't have any coping skills," he says.
Mr Griffith found peace with his atheism, but he is not done sparring with the opposite team.
As an active-duty sergeant in the US Army, he's leading the charge to get atheists more respect in the armed forces. In the process he is earning attention, both positive and negative, from around the world. » | Kate Dailey, BBC News Magazine | Friday, February 03, 2012
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: The US Army has approved a recommendation that Bradley Manning be court-martialed for allegedly funneling hundreds of thousands of classified documents to WikiLeaks.
"A military judge will be detailed by the US Army Trial Judiciary and that military judge will set the date for Manning's arraignment, motion hearings and trial," the army statement said.
Manning is also accused of stealing public property or records, transmitting defense information and of committing computer fraud. » | Friday, February 03, 2012
Friday, February 03, 2012
Imad Ghaliun faltet die Hände, er löst sie ruhelos wieder, faltet sie, weiß nicht, was mit ihnen tun. Nervös sitzt er an einem Restauranttisch in Istanbul, fern der Heimat, und wägt seine Worte. »Ich habe gehofft, das Regime von innen heraus zu verändern. Ich musste einsehen, dass ich es nicht kann.« Der 54-jährige Sunnit ist Abgeordneter des syrischen Nationalparlaments. Als Vertreter des Distriktes Homs hatte er vor vier Jahren sein Mandat angetreten. Er ist im Januar ins Ausland geflohen, als erster von 250 Parlamentariern. Mit Frau und drei Kindern hat er sich abgesetzt. »Die Kleinste hat am Flughafen die ganze Zeit geweint«, erzählt Ghaliun, »sie hat gemerkt, wie angespannt ich war.« » | Von Wolfgang Bauer | Freitag 03. Februar 2012
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