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"Suicide Bomber" in Nigeria Kills Six Soldiers, One Civilian


The Times of India
Mon, 06 Aug 2012 00:00 UTC
Kano - A suicide bomber in a car rammed into a military patrol on Sunday in the northeastern Nigerian city of Damaturu, killing himself, at least six soldiers and a civilian, authorities said.

"He detonated the bomb he was carrying in his car, killing himself. Six soldiers were also killed, nine others were injured and are in hospital," Patrick Egbuniwe, the Yobe state police commissioner, told AFP.

"One civilian was killed and another one injured," he added.

A statement purportedly from a spokesman for radical Islamist group Boko Haram claimed responsibility for the attack, saying the bomber detonated the explosives when soldiers tried to stop him at a checkpoint.

Egbuniwe said the bomber was being chased by a military patrol vehicle and the driver detonated the bomb and blew himself up when soldiers closed in on him.

A security source said the attacker rammed into a multiple vehicle military convoy, affecting two of the vehicles.

Damaturu is the capital of Yobe state, which has been hard hit by attacks blamed on Boko Haram.

Sunday's attack follows a suicide bomber's attempt to assassinate Yobe state's top traditional Muslim leader, the Emir of Fika, on Friday.
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Palestinian Summit Scrapped after Israel Bars Envoys' Entry


Haaretz
Mon, 06 Aug 2012 00:00 UTC
Envoys were due to sign a declaration backing the Palestinians ahead of their planned campaign to win recognition as a state at the UN.

Mahmoud Abbas
© ReutersPalestinian President Mahmoud Abbas
A meeting of envoys from the Non-Aligned Movement due to convene in the Israeli-occupied West Bank was scrapped on Sunday after Israel refused to admit four attendees from states with which it has no diplomatic relations, Palestinian officials said.

The envoys were due to sign a declaration backing the Palestinians ahead of their planned campaign to win recognition as a state at the United Nations next month.

Israel barred the foreign ministers of Malaysia and Indonesia along with ambassadors from Cuba and Bangladesh on the grounds the four countries do not recognize the Jewish state.

Palestinian officials said the other conference guests, including the foreign ministers of Egypt and Zimbabwe, were granted clearance to attend but declined in solidarity with the barred envoys.
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Toll of "Suicide Attack" Rises to 45 in Yemen


The New York Times
Sun, 05 Aug 2012 19:28 UTC
The death toll from a suicide bombing in southern Yemen rose to 45 on Sunday, officials said, in the latest attack against militias allied with the army.

The bomber, suspected of being a member of Al Qaeda, struck late Saturday during a funeral service attended by members of civilian militias that helped the Yemeni Army in a campaign to recapture the town of Jaar from Qaeda militants in June.

The United States considers the Yemeni branch of Al Qaeda to be the most dangerous in the terrorist network. American advisers have been helping Yemen's military in its campaign, and Yemenis say the United States has been carrying out drone strikes against the militants.

Yemen's state news agency, Saba, said 30 people died in the Saturday attack and 40 were wounded. But a security official and a medical official said that 45 people were killed in the attack. They spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to reporters. Saba said most of the victims were members of the civilian militias allied with the army.

Comment: Looks like al-CIA-duh is at it again! To learn more about the pattern of suicide bombing in the Middle East and surrounding regions carried out by al-Qaeda aka. Mossad, read the following SOTT Focus articles:

Burka Bombers: Spontaneously Exploding Iraqi Women
Mossad's "Islamic Militants" Exposed In Yemen

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Pistol

16 Egyptian Guards Killed at Sinai Border Crossing


USA Today
Sun, 05 Aug 2012 17:30 UTC
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© The Associated Press/Haggag SalamaEgyptian President Mohammed Morsi, shown here Friday in Luxor, called for an emergency meeting with the military after the border attack.
Masked gunmen killed 16 Egyptian soldiers Sunday at a checkpoint along the border with Gaza and Israel, the first such attack on troops - and then the attackers drove off, crashing into Israel, officials said.

Egypt blamed Islamist militants from Gaza and Egypt's troubled Sinai Peninsula. President Mohammed Morsi said the attackers "will pay dearly."

The Israeli military said the attack was part of a plot to abduct an Israeli soldier, and two vehicles commandeered by the attackers crashed into Israel, where one blew up.

In a statement, Israel's Defense Minister Ehud Barak said Israel's military and the internal security agency "thwarted an attack that could have injured many. The militants' attack methods again raise the need for determined Egyptian action to enforce security and prevent terror in the Sinai."

The attack took place around sunset in the Egyptian border town of Rafah, when the troops were having the traditional meal at the end of the daily fast during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.

Egyptian state TV said the attack on the checkpoint was carried out by Islamist militants. The report said 16 troops were killed in the attack coordinated between Palestinians who entered Egypt from Gaza and Egyptians in Sinai.

Emergency services official Ahmed el-Ansari told Egypt's news agency that seven were wounded by gunfire.

Comment: Whenever such attacks occur, the first thing we should ask ourselves is 'who benefits?'. Also keeping in mind the track-record of those involved in the incident.

For more information, read:
Sott Focus: The British Empire - A Lesson In State Terrorism
Mossad's "Islamic Militants" Exposed In Yemen

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War Whore

US, Israel Arranging Roles in Iran War Theater?


RT
Mon, 06 Aug 2012 00:00 UTC
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© Reuters / Issei Kato
Reports are surfacing of a US-Israeli plan to attack Iran's ballistic missile batteries, giving Israel extra space to tackle Syria and Hezbollah. While no talks have been confirmed, anonymous sources claim that war plans have been put to paper.

­While it's unclear how far-reaching the US and Israeli plans are, some say the allies have detailed intentions to destroy the Islamic Republic's ballistic missiles - and let Israel launch an assault on Syria and Hezbollah to boot.

An anonymous US military source told DEBKAfile, a website covering Israel-related security issues, that the US Air Force will be tasked with destroying Iran's Shahab-3 ballistic missile batteries. Each of these missiles has a range of 1,280 kilometers (800 miles), making them capable of reaching Israel and Saudi Arabia.

Upgraded versions of the Shahab-3's can reach targets 2,000 kilometers away. In the past, Iran has warned that its missiles will always be ready to launch in case of an attack.

By destroying the Shahabs-3's, Israel would be able to focus its energy on taking on perceived threats from Syria, Lebanon's Hezbollah and the Palestinian Hamas, without having to worry about an attack from Iran, the official told DEBKAfile.
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Russia Reportedly Sending Warships with Marines to Syrian Waters


Los Angeles Times
Fri, 03 Aug 2012 01:41 UTC
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© RIA Novosti/Vitaly AnikovPort Call in Tartus Possible - Russian Defense Min.
Moscow - Amid the continued uprising in Syria, the Russian Defense Ministry on Friday issued somewhat contradictory statements about a group of its naval warships steaming into the eastern Mediterranean.

The first statement said the warships were not planning to call on Tartus, a naval base Russia maintains in Syria. The second, issued several hours later, said it was possible that service boats from the group might call on Tartus to replenish supplies "if the time period of the trip is extended."

Earlier in the day, Interfax quoted an unnamed Defense Ministry source as saying three landing assault ships, an anti-submarine ship and four smaller vessels might call on Tartus by Sunday. The ships are carrying a contingent of about 360 marines and amphibious armored personnel carriers.
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Vader

The America and Israel Global War Project: "Mad Dog" Leaders Threaten Humanity

Stephen Lendman
Global Research
Sun, 05 Aug 2012 11:49 UTC
Netanyahu & Obama
© Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP
A common thread defines Obama and Netanyahu. Their agenda threatens humanity. Both head modern-day Spartas.

Israel is very much involved in Washington's war on Syria. At issue is destroying another independent state, murdering thousands, planning more wars, and threatening the entire region and beyond.

Iran is next in line. Saber rattling combines with war by other means. It includes sanctions, subversion, instability, cyberwar, targeted assassinations, other disruptive actions, and relentless scoundrel media vilification and fearmongering.

On August 3,

Haaretz headlined "King Bibi in trouble." Poll numbers show a 60% disapproval rating. It's not for institutionalized militarism and belligerence. It's about new budget cuts hardening neoliberal harshness.

Most Israelis are fed up with what harms their well-being. Their narrow definition omits likely blowback from regional wars and more planned. Conflict rages cross border in Syria. If attacked, Hezbollah can respond in kind.

Key is whether Israel plans bombing Iran's nuclear facilities. Doing so is lawless, madness, and self-destructive. Nonetheless, heated rhetoric suggests it's possible.
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Rocket

Pinpoint Precision: Iran Test-Fires Upgraded Ballistic Missile


RT
Sun, 05 Aug 2012 00:00 UTC

Iran has successfully test-fired an upgraded version of its Fateh-110 short-range ballistic missile. The new missile is "meant for defense," but is capable of destroying both land and sea targets with the same "pinpoint precision."

­"The high-precision missile fourth generation Fateh-110, with a range of over 300 kilometers, were tested by the Aerospace Industries Organization of Iran's Ministry of Defense," Iranian Defense Minister Ahmad Vahidi announced on Saturday.

According to the minister, the armed forces, when equipped with the Fateh missile, will be able to hit a large variety of targets, such as "gathering points of enemy [forces], command posts, missile sites, munitions depots, radar systems," and others.

Comment: Iran and Israel have been "weeks away from war" for ten years now. These missile tests may have less to do with public displays of antagonism and deterrence and more to do with cammuflaging something else entirely:

Reign of Fire: Meteorites, Wildfires, Planetary Chaos and the Sixth Extinction

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Best of the Web: Court Upholds Arrest of First US Citizen Based on Drone Surveillance

Jason Ditz
AntiWar.com
Fri, 03 Aug 2012 11:25 UTC
us map
© Unknown
Judge: No Improper Use of Drone

A judge at a district court in North Dakota has issued the first ruling on domestic drone use, saying that the arrest of a man during which surveillance drones were used was not "improper" and that it has "no bearing" on charges brought against the man.

The arrest was the result of a dispute over laws in North Dakota surrounding wandering livestock, and police attacked the man, Rodney Brossart, on his property after he refused to return six cows which had wandered onto his property.
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Bad Guys

Best of the Web: Senate Forces Pentagon to Buy Drones and Ships it Doesn't Need


RT
Fri, 03 Aug 2012 00:00 UTC
drones espías‎
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Even though next year's Department of Defense budget has been slashed, a Senate panel voted on Thursday to fund more ships, cargo plans and drones - equipment that the military neither wants, nor can afford.

­The Pentagon's requested budget fails to include some surveillance drones (known as the Block 30) and a C-27J propeller-driven cargo plane. Additionally, the Navy chose to retire nine of its old ships, rather than spend the maintenance cash required to keep them in service.

But the Senate Appropriations Committee, one of the two most powerful committees in Congress, voted for a $604.5 billion defense budget for next year, which is $100 million less than what the Pentagon wanted. The budget includes money for the equipment that it planned to get rid of.

If the committee has its way, the Air Force will be forced to buy drones it doesn't want. Each Global Hawk Block 30 drone costs $218 million. The entire Global Hawk drone program costs $12.4 billion. The Air Force wants to continue buying other Global Hawk drones that are cheaper and more effective, but the Senate committee would force it to buy both types.
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