Sunday, September 11, 2011

DTN News - WIKILEAKS NEWS: Various Articles From International Media Originated From Wikileaks For September 11, 2011

DTN News - WIKILEAKS NEWS: Various Articles From International Media Originated From Wikileaks For September 11, 2011
(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - September 11, 2011: The international non-profit organization Wikileaks became world renown as a whistleblower publishing submissions of private, secret and classified media from anonymous news sources, news leaks and whistleblowers.
WikiLeaks states that its "primary interest is in exposing oppressive regimes in Asia, the former Soviet bloc, Sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East, but we also expect to be of assistance to people of all regions who wish to reveal unethical behaviour in their governments and corporations".
Here are the news on various subjects on Wikileaks by global media/web/blogs and reactions respectively for DTN News readers and viewers;
Latest Wikileaks Releases Give Zimbabweans Insights Into Political Parties Voice of America 11 September 2011 Latest Wikileaks Releases Offer Zimbabweans Candid View of Political Parties The United States embassy for its part strongly condemned the release of the cables. Sharon Hudson-Dean, US Embassy spokesperson, says the disclosures could ... See all stories on this topic »
AP review finds no WikiLeaks sources who say revealing their names put them at ... Washington Post (no/Associated Press) - FILE - In this July 14, 2011 photo, Wikileaks founder Julian Assange talks to members of the media during a news conference in central London. The US has condemned the anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks for putting lives in danger. ... See all stories on this topic »
Two held for alleged Essar's cash transfer to Maoists Times of India RAIPUR: The recent WikiLeaks revelations that Essar Group was paying "protection money" to Maoists in Chhattisgarh has made the police swing into action and arrest two people for involvement in money transfer. However, human rights bodies have termed ... See all stories on this topic »
Nagenda, Museveni secrets revealed, how Wikileaks caused fallout The Observer The cables were leaked by whistleblower website, WikiLeaks. The releases will not only cause embarrassment to the American Embassy but also offer an insight into what could have triggered the fallout between Nagenda and the Musevenis, who could have ... See all stories on this topic »
Tales from Mexico's drug wars, WikiLeaks style CNN International State Department cables recently made pubilc through WikiLeaks include detailed accounts of some of the smaller events in the drug war, providing a glimpse of successes and failures rarely revealed by officials. A CNN review of all the WikiLeaks ... See all stories on this topic »
WikiLeaks secret cables detail Delray firm's role in arms trade Palm Beach Post The April 2008 effort was detailed in secret diplomatic cables obtained by WikiLeaks and made public 10 days ago, documents reviewed by The Palm Beach Post. The dispatches offer rare glimpses into the shadowy world of the international arms trade. ... See all stories on this topic »
WikiLeaks cable lays into Mswati Times LIVE In the dispatches of the whistle-blower WikiLeaks, Swaziland's King Mswati III is portrayed as an insecure ruler who throws his weight around to intimidate those around him. He is said to believe in witchcraft as well Swaziland's King Mswati III has ... See all stories on this topic » Times LIVE
WikiLeaks merely advances history writing Philippine Star It is silly of some people to say that WikiLeaks should be ignored because the subjects of the leaks will not confirm the authenticity of the documents and the events described. In truth, most if not all of the US Embassy documents released by ... See all stories on this topic »
Money before talks: Zardari told US (Wikileaks) Real Time News, India Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari tried to extract financial concessions from the US in exchange for talking with India, according to a US diplomatic cable dating to February last year and leaked byWikileaks. When the US pressed him to hold talks ... See all stories on this topic »
Former Rep. William Jefferson's legal problems make it into Wikileaks NOLA.com William Jefferson's legal problems have made it into Wikileaks, the online site that runs secret cables and documents for all the world to read. In this case, Wikileaks got a copy of an internal cable from the US embassy in Nigeria about the political ... See all stories on this topic » NOLA.com
Wikileaks cable reveals US officials requested removal of content ... By Nancy Messieh According to a 2010 Wikileaks cable from Doha, Qatar, the US government has previously had a say in what content appears on the Al Jazeera website. The cable documents a meeting between Al Jazeera's Managing Director, Wadah ... The Next Web
Looking at WikiLeaks cables on pharmaceutical drugs and trade ... By James Love Like many others, I have spent the past several days combing through countless US Department of State cables. I am primarily looking at the cables that describe our government's efforts to drive up the price of medicine in developing ... Le Monde diplomatique - English edition
Okonjo-Iweala faults 'WikiLeaks' story By johnabayomi Finance Minister, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, says the report, headlined, “WikiLeaks: Okonjo-Iweala Ferried $50 Million Jobs To Brother”, published by Sahara Reporters, is “baseless fiction totally devoid of even a semblance of truth”. ... Vanguard News
Wikileaks reveals US helping maintain siege against Gaza ... By Antony Loewenstein Antony Loewenstein is a Sydney-based independent freelance journalist, author, documentarian, photographer and blogger. Antony Loewenstein
Box Turtle Bulletin » Wikileaks: Ugandan First Lady “Ultimately ... By Jim Burroway Robert commented on Wikileaks: Ugandan First Lady “Ultimately Behind” Anti-Homosexuality Bill · F Young commented on Yet Another Poll Shows Young Evangelicals' Increased Support for Marriage Equality · Charles commented on Ever ... Box Turtle Bulletin
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DTN News - SAD CHAPTER OF OUR MANKIND HISTORY: Americans Mark 10th Anniversary Of September 11 Attacks

DTN News - SAD CHAPTER OF OUR MANKIND HISTORY: Americans Mark 10th Anniversary Of September 11 Attacks
(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - September 11, 2011: Americans Sunday remembered the horror of September 11, 2001, and the nearly 3,000 people who died in the hijacked plane attacks as authorities worked to ensure the emotional 10th anniversary was peaceful.
Law enforcement authorities in New York and Washington were on high alert against what was described as a "credible but unconfirmed" threat of an al Qaeda plot to attack the United States again a decade after the toppling of the World Trade Center's twin towers by hijacked airliners.
Security was especially tight in Manhattan, where police set up vehicle checks on city streets as well as bridges and tunnels coming into the city.
President Barack Obama and former President George W. Bush, who was president at the time of the attacks, were scheduled to be among the dignitaries at the Ground Zero site in New York.
They were set to join victims' families to hear the reading of the names of those who died on September 11. Bells will toll across the city.
In the attacks, 19 men from the Islamic militant group al Qaeda hijacked airliners and crashed them into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon outside Washington and a field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
To mark the attacks, Obama was set to visit all three sites.
"Thanks to the tireless efforts of our military personnel and our intelligence, law enforcement and homeland security professionals, there should be no doubt: today, America is stronger and al Qaeda is on the path to defeat," Obama said in his weekly radio and Internet address.
U.S. forces killed al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in Pakistan in May.
Sunday's Ground Zero ceremony was set to include moments of silence marking when planes hit the twin towers as well as when they collapsed. Other moments of silence will mark when a plane hit the Pentagon and another crashed in Shanksville after passengers fought back against the hijackers.
Bush, who has kept a low profile since leaving office, was in Shanksville Saturday. "The memory of that morning is fresh, and so is the pain," Bush told a crowd at the site.
'THEIR LIVES MATTERED'
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie spoke Saturday at the opening of a monument to the 746 residents of his state killed in the attacks. The "Empty Sky" memorial in Liberty State Park, across the Hudson River from the World Trade Center, has the names of the dead etched on two 30-foot tall walls, each 208 feet and 10 inches long -- the exact width of the twin towers.
"Their lives mattered," Christie said at the ceremony, which began late because security slowed traffic. "That's why we built this memorial and that's why we come here today."
Security concerns were high in Washington, too. Authorities shut down part of Dulles International Airport in northern Virginia outside the U.S. capital Saturday because of a suspicious object but later said no explosives were found.
New Yorkers, accustomed to heightened security and alerts that have become commonplace over the past decade, appeared to take the increased police presence in stride.
A decade later, after a faltering start, there are signs of rebuilding progress at the World Trade Center site. The new One World Trade Center skyscraper rises more than 80 stories above the ground as it inches to its planned 1,776 foot height -- symbolic of the year of America's independence from Britain.
The memorial plaza is ready and the neighborhood has enjoyed a revival, making it a trendy Manhattan place to live.
The 2001 attacks were followed by U.S.-led wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the latter of which Obama opposed. The United States still has thousands of troops deployed in both countries.
But the weak U.S. economy has become the biggest concern for many Americans. Obama said, "After a hard decade of war, it is time for nation building here at home."
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Saturday, September 10, 2011

DTN News - SAD CHAPTER OF OUR HISTORY: 9/11 - Never To Be Repeated Again For The Sake Of Mankind

DTN News - SAD CHAPTER OF OUR HISTORY: 9/11 - Never To Be Repeated Again For The Sake Of Mankind
(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - September 10, 2011: The 9/11 is known as a day of an extreme terrorism and heinous crime against humanity.
Ten years ago on this day 3,000 people were put to death, and thousands of families and millions of peace loving people were left to feel a great pain and sorrow in their hearts and minds on this great human loss.
On this 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attack on New York’s Twin Towers, our first thought should be for the nearly 3,000 who lost their lives in the worst terrorist atrocity of modern times.
We should think of the families and loved ones who were left to grieve, and the indelible scars on the countless others who were affected.
This symbolic day is also a chance to reflect on the hundreds of thousands who have died in the aftermath of 9/11, not just the innocents killed in Iraq and Afghanistan, but the victims of other terrorist attacks that continue with appalling regularity.
It is pertinent to ask if the response was right to Al Qaeda’s assault on the heart of America and, above all, whether the world – and particularly Britain – is safer now.
Lessons have been learnt by security services and plots have been foiled. But the threat goes on and it is impossible to see when it will end.
History may show that the most significant date turns out not to be 9/11 but 2011.
For this is the year of the Arab Spring when ruthless dictators have been overthrown and the seeds of democracy sown in several countries, with more sure to follow.
But even this can’t ensure peace, as the attack yesterday on Israel’s embassy in Egypt shows.
So on this anniversary, it would be a brave person who would forecast the future.
Today it is right to look back but more important to look forward at how the terror threat can be ended so there will never be another 9/11.
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DTN News - EGYPT ISRAEL RELATIONS WORSEN: Israel Faces Worst Crisis With Egypt For 30 Years As Diplomats Flee

DTN News - EGYPT ISRAEL RELATIONS WORSEN: Israel Faces Worst Crisis With Egypt For 30 Years As Diplomats Flee
*Attack on embassy is latest storm to engulf Jewish state as relations with Turkey also deteriorate
(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - September 10, 2011: Israel is facing its worst crisis with Egypt for 30 years after being forced to airlift diplomats and their families to safety during the storming of its embassy in Cairo by a violent mob.

The siege of the embassy ended, with the 86 Israelis fleeing, only after intervention from the White House following phone calls between the Israeli prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, and US President Barack Obama.

The attack was the latest diplomatic storm to engulf the Jewish state, whose relations with another ally, Turkey, have worsened over the past nine days. Israel is also facing a "diplomatic tsunami" at the UN later this month when a majority of countries are expected to back recognition of a Palestinian state.

The embassy attack, in which a security wall was demolished and a group of protesters reached the door of the embassy's secure area, threatened to cause "serious damage in peaceful relations between our two countries", the prime minister said.

He added that it was a "grave violation of accepted diplomatic practice".

He spent the night with senior officials in a foreign ministry operation room dealing with the crisis. Eighty diplomats and their families were airlifted on an Israeli military plane at 4.40am, but six personnel were trapped inside the building.

"There was one door separating them from the mob," said the official, who described the night as "very dramatic and tense". Eventually the six were rescued by Egyptian commandos following behind-the-scenes intervention by the US.

Obama spoke to Netanyahu during the night, the White House said. He also appealed to Egypt to "honour its international obligations".

David Cameron condemned the attack and urged Egypt to meet its responsibilities under the Vienna Convention to protect diplomatic property and personnel.

Three people died during the overnight protests in Cairo and at least 1,093 were injured, according to Egypt's deputy health minister.

Anti-Israel sentiment in Egypt has been vociferous since the killing of five Egyptian soldiers by Israeli forces in the aftermath of a militant attack last month near the border between the two countries in which eight Israelis died. Thousands of people mobbed the Israeli embassy in Cairo, and Israel was forced to issue a statement regretting the deaths in the hope that it would contain the anti-Israel mood.

Israel has been nervous about the future of its peace treaty with Egypt, signed 30 years ago, since its staunch ally, former president Hosni Mubarak, was forced out of office in an uprising earlier this year. It fears the temporary military government is more attuned to anti-Israel sentiment on the street.

Israel is also deeply alarmed by its rapidly deteriorating relationship with Turkey, whose prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, is to visit Cairo amid fears that he will attempt to forge an anti-Israel alliance with the new Egyptian government.

"The situation with Turkey is not good, and the situation with Egypt is not good," said the Israeli official. "We hope this is not a sign of things to come."

Both Turkey and Egypt are supporting the bid to have a Palestinian state recognised at the UN general assembly. Israel is braced for what its defence minister, Ehud Barak, described as a "diplomatic tsunami".

Israel is facing its worst crisis with Egypt for 30 years after being forced to airlift diplomats and their families to safety during the storming of its embassy in Cairo by a violent mob.

The US – which has pledged to veto Palestinian statehood – is frantically trying to find a way of averting a vote, fearing further alienation within the Arab world. The Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, said US efforts to encourage the parties to return to negotiations had come "too late".

The siege of the embassy ended, with the 86 Israelis fleeing, only after intervention from the White House following phone calls between the Israeli prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, and US President Barack Obama.

The attack was the latest diplomatic storm to engulf the Jewish state, whose relations with another ally, Turkey, have worsened over the past nine days. Israel is also facing a "diplomatic tsunami" at the UN later this month when a majority of countries are expected to back recognition of a Palestinian state.

The embassy attack, in which a security wall was demolished and a group of protesters reached the door of the embassy's secure area, threatened to cause "serious damage in peaceful relations between our two countries", the prime minister said.

He added that it was a "grave violation of accepted diplomatic practice".

He spent the night with senior officials in a foreign ministry operation room dealing with the crisis. Eighty diplomats and their families were airlifted on an Israeli military plane at 4.40am, but six personnel were trapped inside the building.

"There was one door separating them from the mob," said the official, who described the night as "very dramatic and tense". Eventually the six were rescued by Egyptian commandos following behind-the-scenes intervention by the US.

Obama spoke to Netanyahu during the night, the White House said. He also appealed to Egypt to "honour its international obligations".

David Cameron condemned the attack and urged Egypt to meet its responsibilities under the Vienna Convention to protect diplomatic property and personnel.

Three people died during the overnight protests in Cairo and at least 1,093 were injured, according to Egypt's deputy health minister.

Anti-Israel sentiment in Egypt has been vociferous since the killing of five Egyptian soldiers by Israeli forces in the aftermath of a militant attack last month near the border between the two countries in which eight Israelis died. Thousands of people mobbed the Israeli embassy in Cairo, and Israel was forced to issue a statement regretting the deaths in the hope that it would contain the anti-Israel mood.

Israel has been nervous about the future of its peace treaty with Egypt, signed 30 years ago, since its staunch ally, former president Hosni Mubarak, was forced out of office in an uprising earlier this year. It fears the temporary military government is more attuned to anti-Israel sentiment on the street.

Israel is also deeply alarmed by its rapidly deteriorating relationship with Turkey, whose prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, is to visit Cairo amid fears that he will attempt to forge an anti-Israel alliance with the new Egyptian government.

"The situation with Turkey is not good, and the situation with Egypt is not good," said the Israeli official. "We hope this is not a sign of things to come."

Both Turkey and Egypt are supporting the bid to have a Palestinian state recognised at the UN general assembly. Israel is braced for what its defence minister, Ehud Barak, described as a "diplomatic tsunami".

The US – which has pledged to veto Palestinian statehood – is frantically trying to find a way of averting a vote, fearing further alienation within the Arab world. The Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, said US efforts to encourage the parties to return to negotiations had come "too late".

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DTN News - SEARCH FOR GADDAFI: Libya Battles Rage After Deadline Expiry

DTN News - SEARCH FOR GADDAFI: Libya Battles Rage After Deadline Expiry
*NTC fighters seek to wrest control of Bani Walid, Sirte and Sabha after Gaddafi loyalists ignore deadline to surrender.
(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - September 10, 2011: Heavy fighting is raging for the control of three key Libyan towns after a deadline set for the surrender of loyalists of Muammar Gaddafi expired.

Al Jazeera correspondents reported on Saturday that fighters aligned with the National Transitional Council (NTC) were seeking to wrest control of Bani Walid, Sirte and Sabha from Gaddafi loyalists after the latter chose to ignore the deadline for surrender.

With talks aimed at peaceful handover of the Gaddafi strongholds collapsing, NTC Chairman Mustapha Abdel Jalil, the interim leader of the country, said on Saturday afternoon the situation was "in the hands of [his] battlefield commanders".

Sniper fire

Al Jazeera's David Poort, reporting from the outskirts of Bani Walid, said NTC fighters seeking to advance to the centre of the town, 150km south of the capital Tripoli, were coming under sniper fire from Gaddafi loyalists.

Abdullah Kenshil, the NTC's spokesman and chief negotiator, said the anti-Gaddafi fighters were exchanging fire with gunmen positioned in houses in the town of Bani Walid and the hills that overlooked it. "They are inside the city. They are fighting with snipers ... They forced this on us and it was in self-defence." Kenshil said that Gaddafi forces in Bani Walid had received reinforcements during the night.

Al Jazeera's Sue Turton reported that there seemed to be more pro-Gaddafi fighters in Bani Walid than expected, possibly coming in from Sirte, Gaddafi's hometown. "This is a surprise as it was thought that the rebels had cut off that link between the two towns," she said.

Amid the continued fighting, NATO carried out at least five air raids on the town, the Reuters news agency reported.

Ambulances transferred casualties from Bani Walid, as NTC fighters grabbed crates of rocket-propelled grenades and mortars and raced to the front.

Tariq Zbida, a Bani Walid resident who has joined the ranks of NTC fighters, told Al Jazeera's Poort the fight for the town was "far from over". He said Gaddafi loyalists still holding out inside the town"were tough and would not go down without a fight".

Fierce battles were also being fought over Sirte and the southern desert town of Sabha.

In Teassain, 90km east of Sirte, witnesses told the Reuters news agency they saw heavy rocket exchanges between NTC forces and Gaddafi loyalists.

The NTC had given Gaddafi loyalists until midnight Friday to give up peacefully or face attack, although previous deadlines had been extended to allow more time for negotiations.

Gaddafi's location has been unknown since Tripoli fell to opposition fighters on August 23 after a six-month civil war.

'Worst-case scenario'

Gaddafi insisted in a defiant audio message broadcast on Thursday that he was still in Libya to lead the fight against what he called the"rats" and "stray dogs" who had taken over Tripoli.

But four of his senior officials, including his air force commander and a general in charge of forces in south Libya, were among a new group of Libyans who had fled to neighbouring Niger, according to officials in Niger.

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General Ali Kana, the southern commander, and Ali Sharifal-Rifi, the air force chief, were among 14 Libyans who arrived in the northern Niger town of Agadez on Thursday after crossing the border in a convoy of four-wheel drive vehicles, they said.

A Reuters reporter in Agadez said the four senior men were at the luxury Etoile du Tenere hotel, said to be owned by Gaddafi, who himself stayed there during a holiday in 2007.

Niger, under pressure from Western powers and Libya's new rulers to hand over former Gaddafi officials suspected of human rights abuses, said it would respect its commitments to the International Criminal Court if Gaddafi or his sons entered the country.

"We are signatories of the [ICC's] Rome Statute so they know what they are exposed to if they come," Massaoudou Hassoumi, the head of the Nigerien cabinet, said.

He said the latest arrivals were "under control" in Agadez, through which the head of Gaddafi's security brigades, Mansour Dhao, passed earlier this week en route to Niger's capital, Niamey.

"We are taking them in on humanitarian grounds. No one has told us that these are wanted people," Hassoumi said.

Niger, which only this year returned to civilian rule and is fighting al-Qaeda-linked groups in its desert north, fears the Libya conflict might spill over, Hassoumi said.

"We have prepared for a worst-case scenario. For example, if Bani Walid and Sirte were to fall by force, it could cause a massive stampede of armed groups into Niger," he said.

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