mardi 16 décembre 2014

About Taliban ...

Movement emerged in the early nineties of the last century
Taliban armed Islamic movement proved to be a formidable fighting force in Afghanistan and the serious threat to the government.
The Taliban also threatened to destabilize Pakistan, where controlled areas in the north west of the country, accused of responsibility for the implementation of a wave of suicide bombings and other attacks.
Sees many observers now that peace can not be achieved in the future in Afghanistan without the Kabul government to negotiate with the Taliban.
He said the Taliban announced plans to open an office in Qatar in June 2013, is a positive step in the negotiations, but the absence of trust between the two sides is still large.
In early 2012, the high hopes held to conduct peace talks before the Taliban in Afghanistan declares in a strongly worded statement in March / March of the same year suspension of preliminary peace negotiations with the United States.
The rule of law
The Taliban emerged in the early nineties of the last century, northern Pakistan, following the withdrawal of former Soviet troops from Afghanistan.
The Taliban emerged as a star, and more elements of the Pashtuns, in Afghanistan in the fall of 1994.
It is believed widely that the Taliban began to emerge for the first time through the seminary, which is funded mostly from Saudi Arabia, which adopts a religiously conservative approach.
She promised the Taliban, which are found in the Pashtun areas scattered in Pakistan and Afghanistan, bringing peace and security and strict application of the law once it reaches of power.
In both countries, the Taliban sanctions applied in accordance with the law, such as public executions for those convicted of murder or perpetrators of crimes of adultery or amputation of the hands of those found guilty of theft.
Taliban accused the late leader bin Laden is

 responsible for the attacks of September
And ordered the men to launch the movement to grow beards and women to wear the veil.
The Taliban banned watching TV, listening to music and clubbing cinemas, and refused to go girls from the age of ten to school.
Pakistan has repeatedly denied that it is established the Taliban, but there is not much doubt that many Afghans who initially joined the ranks of the movement, have been educated in religious seminaries in Pakistan.
Pakistan was also one of only three countries, in addition to Saudi Arabia, UAE, recognized the Taliban when they came to power in Afghanistan from the mid-nineties to 2001.
Pakistan was the last country to cut diplomatic ties with the Taliban.
Although Pakistan has adopted a sharper approach in recent years against the Taliban militants who carry out attacks on its territory, the Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif, who was elected in May / May last, confirmed that negotiations with the militants is one of the priorities.
In the past few months, killing at least three of the most prominent leaders of the Pakistani Taliban in raids by US drones, including Mullah Nazir, who was killed in January and the Crown Rahman, who died in May / May.
In November 2013, reported killed Taliban leader in Pakistan, Hakimullah Mehsud, in an air strike as well.
But despite these blows received by the insurgents, there is evidence that their influence in Karachi has increased dramatically.
The attack, which could be said to have raised the largest amount of international criticism of the Taliban in October / October 2012, when he attacked the home of the student movement Mlala Yusufzai in the town of Mingora.
Al Qaeda haven
Caused the 2001 attacks in the invasion that toppled

 the Taliban in Afghanistan
The Taliban entered Afghanistan in focus the world's attention after the atheist of September / September 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center in the United States.
And accused the movement to providing a safe haven in Afghanistan, al-Qaeda leader the late Osama bin Laden and members of the organization who have been accused of responsibility for the attacks.Shortly after the attacks of September, invasion toppled the US-led coalition ousted the Taliban from power in Afghanistan, but has not been the arrest of the movement's leader, Mullah Mohammad Omar.The Taliban emerged again during the past few years in Afghanistan and grew until it became more powerful in Pakistan, and observers say that there is no tight coordination between militant groups and factions of the Taliban.It was Hakimullah Mehsud, the leader of the main branch of the Taliban in Pakistan, blamed on his movement, known as the Pakistani Taliban, in relation to the implementation of dozens of suicide bombings and other attacks.Observers have warned of an exaggeration to refer to the existence of a united front against the insurgency of the Pakistani state.And still believe that the Taliban in Afghanistan under the command of Mullah Omar, the cleric who has lost one eye during a fight with the Soviet Union's occupation forces in the eighties of the last century.The Afghans, who felt concerned about the increasing numbers of Mujahideen excessive and infighting in the wake of the expulsion of the Soviets, the Taliban have generally welcomed when he appeared on the scene for the first time.First their popularity has grown significantly as a result of what they have achieved success in the eradication of corruption, and the reduction of lawlessness, and make roads and areas under their control safe for the flourishing trade.US attackAnd quickly spread of Taliban influence southwest Afghanistan, and captured the province of Herat, which limits Iran in September / September 1995.After exactly a year, captured the Afghan capital, Kabul, after overthrowing the rule of President Burhanuddin Rabbani and his defense minister, Ahmad Shah Massoud system.By 1998, they had taken control of about 90 percent of Afghanistan.They were charged with violations of human rights and culture, and was the most prominent example of this in 2001 when the Taliban destroyed the Buddha statues in Bamiyan in central Afghanistan despite an international outcry against it.On the seventh of October / October 2001, the coalition forces led by the United States invaded Afghanistan. By the first week of December / December collapse of the Taliban regime.And managed to Mullah Omar and his colleagues fled. Generally believed to have taken refuge in the Pakistani city of Quetta, which were sending them Taliban.But Islamabad has denied the existence of what is known as the "Quetta Shura".In spite of the presence of the largest-ever number of foreign troops in the country's history, the Taliban has been able to expand its influence steadily making vast tracts of Afghanistan is safe and violence in the country returned to levels not seen since 2001.The retreat earlier in the past decade to reduce the human and material losses and return the spirit of revenge.There have been many attacks by the Taliban on Kabul during the past two years, also carried out in September / September 2012, a major raid on Camp Bastion base of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).In the same month, the US military handed over Afghan authorities overseeing the controversial Bagram prison, which houses more than three thousand fighters from the Taliban and suspected terrorists.During the past few years, as well as increased adoption of the Taliban to detonate explosive devices on the roadside as a way to fight against NATO and Afghan forces.It is difficult to determine the number of people killed in those attacks, to be exact, but the Afghan Interior Ministry says the Taliban is responsible for killing more than 1,800 of the Afghan national police force in 2012.About 800 Afghan National Army soldiers were also killed in the bombing of roadside bombs during the same period, according to estimates.
source: bbc Arabic

Bush "The brother" is considering running for the presidency of the United States



Jeb Bush declared, the younger brother of former US President, George W. Bush, the possibility of his candidacy for the US presidential elections in 2016.
Florida Governor former wrote on his account in Facebook that he "actually consider the question of his candidacy for the presidential elections in 2016".
And will establish a political action committee mission "to facilitate communication between citizens across the United States."
Bush is known for his brother in support of immigrants.
It is expected that the issue of immigration occupies a key position in the election campaign in 2016.
Not without yard run for the next presidential elections of top names, as is expected that the first lady previous American intervention, former Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, the race for the Democratic Party.

Taliban kill more than a hundred person in a school in Pakistan



126 people were killed, most of them children, in an attack by the Taliban on a school run by the army in the city of Peshawar, northwest Pakistan, officials said.
After battles with security forces lasted hours, the Pakistani army declared an end to the crisis killing of militants and the number 6.
The army says the majority of students at the school, and the number 500, had been evacuated.
It seems that the insurgents were determined to kill the largest possible number of students, not the hostage-taking as it was thought earlier, according to Hahazeeb Gilani, BBC correspondent in Karachi.
During the past few years, thousands of Pakistanis have been killed in violence by militants, but the attack on the school caused an unprecedented shock, where it is seen as the worst in the country's history.
A spokesman for the insurgents told the BBC that the targeting of the school came in response to military operations against the movement.
Was quoted by Reuters news agency, a Taliban spokesman as saying that the attack came because "the government has targeted our families and our women."
"I want them to feel the pain."
It is widely believed that hundreds of fighters in the ranks of the Taliban were killed in a military operation carried out by the army recently in North Waziristan and the Khyber region.



Reports indicate that the majority of victims of the attack on the school were killed in a suicide bombing. A local official told Reuters that there are more than a hundred children were among the dead.
The attack began at ten o'clock in the morning local time (05:00 Greenwich Mean). A worker at the school that he saw six people climbing the walls.
Worker told Reuters added, "We thought they were children playing a game. But we have seen them a lot of firearms."
"Once the shooting started, we rushed to the classroom. They walk in each chapter and kill children."
Roy population in the region that they heard sounds of screaming students and teachers. As I heard the sounds of shooting and explosions in the security forces were pursuing the gunmen.
The scene is filled with ambulances transporting the wounded to hospitals, while helicopters hovered in the sky. The authorities closed the main roads in Peshawar.
She said a doctor at a local hospital that a lot of students in the "very poor condition", referring to some of them were injured in the head.
The families of the students gathered in a state of panic about the hospital to check on their children.
The school is located near a military compound near the Afghan border city of Peshawar, which has seen some of the worst violence during continuous years since the Taliban insurgency.
He moved the Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif, to Peshawar, described the attack as a "national tragedy".


source: bbc arabic

lundi 15 décembre 2014

One of two people being held hostage cafe Sydney



Channel "Sky News" reported that the gunman who was holding an unknown number of hostages at a cafe in Sydney, is one of two people fell in the incident, which ended when police stormed the cafe.

And managed the Australian police, on Monday, editor of the hostages who were being held by Iranian armed in a cafe in Sydney, after more than 15 hours of detention.

Australian police stormed the cafe, where he heard the sound of heavy gunfire has just announced the end of the liberation of the hostages.

A police official said, on Monday, the gunman who was holding an unknown number of hostages at a cafe in Sydney, Iranian refugees convicted of sexual assault, and is known for his hatred that sends messages to the families of Australian soldiers killed overseas.

Iranian refugee who called Aaron sociable and still holed cafe after 15 hours from the start of detention, while enabling some of them to leave the area, located in the city, which was cordoned off by security forces center.

The authorities announced that armed motives "are still vague," but the hostages were forced to fly the flag for black militant groups on one of the windows.

Australian Channel Ten in the tweet and reported that "our team spoke directly with the hostages inside the cafe, and confirmed two demands of the port. Wants to deliver the flag to state regulation directly to the cafe, the second request is the conversation the Prime Minister."

She said the two hostages "benefited from the presence of four containers, two in the cafe and two in the center of business in Sydney," the police did not confirm this information.

The state of New South Wales police announced the existence of an armed one, and that the police negotiator touch it.

The head of the state police refused to confirm that this work was "linked to terrorism event", but Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott called the National Security Committee, which includes members of the government and advisers assigned to security issues to face the situation meeting.

The Martin Square, where the cafe financial center of Sydney is located, and includes several important buildings, including the governor of the state of New South Wales Bureau of Mike Byrd and Australian Federal Reserve, in addition to the Bank and Westpac and Commonwealth Bank.

And closed its doors a lot of neighborhood stores, empty streets usually crowded with pedestrians.

Netanyahu rejects the idea of withdrawal from the West Bank and Jerusalem

نتنياهو قال إن الانسحاب من الضفة الغربية والقدس سيؤدي إلى وصول الإسلام المتطرف لضواحي تل أبيب وإلى قلب القدس (غيتي/الفرنسية)

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has flatly rejected on Sunday the idea of an Israeli withdrawal from the West Bank and East Jerusalem, occupied within two years, citing that it will lead to the arrival of "radical Islam" to the outskirts of Tel Aviv.
Netanyahu said at the start of the weekly cabinet meeting, "We are now faced with the possibility of a political attack on us in an attempt to force us to withdraw to the 1967 lines within two years, through the decisions of the United Nations."
He explained that this would lead to "the arrival of radical Islam to the outskirts of Tel Aviv and Jerusalem to the heart." He went on to say, "We will not allow this, this movement will deal responsibly and firm."
This comes at a time when US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in the Italian capital Rome on a short visit is expected to include talks with Israeli Prime Minister on private Palestinian state proposals, however, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
The Foreign Ministry said that Kerry and Netanyahu will meet in Rome on Monday to discuss various proposals being circulated at the United Nations on the establishment of a Palestinian state.
Kerry will meet with the head of the negotiations department in the Palestinian Authority, Saeb Erekat, in London on Tuesday. Palestinian officials said that Erekat would urge the US Minister to Washington not to use the right of veto in the UN Security Council to stop the proposals.
And advancing Jordan-The State only Arab member of the UN Security Council, the previous month, on behalf of the Palestinian draft resolution specifies in November 2016 as the date to finally end the Israeli occupation.
According to the Associated Press news agency, the Kerry hopes to shift the talks without a rift within the Security Council on the decisions relating to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict projects.

Mufti of Australia and the Council of imams condemn Sydney accident

العلم الأسود الذي ظهر من نافذة للمقهى رجح أن يكون محتجز الرهائن مسلحا إسلاميا وفق الشرطة الأسترالية (رويتز)

Condemned the Australian National Imams Council in a joint statement with the Mufti of Australia hostage-taking incident in a cafe in Sydney believed to be carried out by Islamic militants. The two sides pledged to work to find a peaceful solution to this issue.
The two sides in a joint statement condemned "this criminal act explicitly," and stressed that "such acts condemned in Islam altogether." The statement also pointed to wait for more information about the identity and motives of the perpetrators of this work.
He pledged Mufti Council "full support and solidarity with the victims and their families and their ambition to reach a peaceful solution to this ordeal."
Australian police said Monday morning that the gunman was detained an unknown number of hostages inside a cafe in the center of Sydney.
Television footage shows customers live within the cafe has offered to stand as they put their hands on the windows, as seen on the window-like note inside the cafe carrying signs and semantics close to science organization of the Islamic state.
Later came three Rhinat rushing from the cafe, while police said that negotiators in touch Bmslh inside the cafe.
A statement issued by the office of Prime Minister Tony Abbott said the incident "very worrying", pointing out that the security forces, "trained and well-equipped and behave a comprehensive and professional manner", and called for a security meeting to deal with the incident.

Negotiations with the armed hostage situation at a cafe in Sydney

الشرطة أخلت المباني المحيطة بالمقهى الذي يحتجز فيه رهائن في سيدني (الفرنسية)

Australian authorities said that negotiations began with an armed hostage situation at a cafe in Sydney hours ago, while local channels broadcast images of three hostages hurried out of the cafe, which has been besieged by security forces showed.
Australian police confirmed that the negotiators had contacted Bamuslh, but refused to speculate on the possible motives, also refused to talk about the real number of hostages, noting that there was no sign of them suffered any harm.
Australian seventh channel broadcast directly out three hostages Following the side door of the cafe where armed Lint holding a number of hostages hours ago, when the police are more close to the door of the cafe.
She spoke to the media about the possibility of a Lebanese existence between the Lebanese hostages held in the cafe.
Television footage shows customers live within the cafe has offered to stand as they put their hands on the windows, as seen what looks like a science bump detainees inside the cafe holds colors, writing and science-like organization of the Islamic state.
Police said earlier that she is trying to contact Bmojodin inside the cafe, did not rule out that the incident was a terrorist attack. She has also intervened in another incident in the Sydney Opera without saying that the incident was connected to the hostage-taking.
Authorities released portions of Martin Square, where the RBA near the state of New South Wales Parliament House.
Politically motivated
For his part, Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott did not rule out that the incident was politically motivated, and said that there are indications that. He pointed out that the National Security Committee met to discuss how to handle the hostage crisis.
In his first comment, the National Imams Council of Australia described the incident as a "criminal" and declared its full support for the victims.
He said the joint statement with the Mufti of Australia that "such acts condemned in toto in Islam", referring to the pending further information on the identity and motives of the perpetrators of this work.
Australian police have been launched over the past months and extensive campaigns in a number of cities, notably Sydney, and arrested people suspected of belonging to a jihadist organizations, accusing them of planning to carry out acts of violence against civilians.
And early October / last October, Australia announced its accession to the international coalition against state regulation and sent fighter to participate in the regulation of air strikes against Iraq in the aircraft.

samedi 13 décembre 2014

"Economic gap" widening in the United States

 الفجوة الاقتصادية , البيض والأقليات , الولايات المتحدة , الاقتصاد الأميركي

A study, prepared by the "Bio" center to polls, that the economic recovery in the United States has been uneven among ethnicities.


The study, which was published on Friday, that the economic gap between white and minority households widened.

The wealth "white" families of the largest three-fold from the families of "black" in 2013, as opposed to 8-fold in 2010.

As wealth was "white" families tenfold with Hispanic families, in excess of nine times in 2010.

Researchers in the "Bio", who analyzed data from a survey of the Federal Reserve Board on the financial conditions of consumers reached, the gap between whites and blacks, and reached the highest level since 1989.

The rate of wealth between whites and Latinos are at a level not achieved since 2001.