In Pakistan today these guys stood about as much chance of being convicted as Osama bin Laden did of being turned in by Pakistani government officials. "Pakistan: Court acquits 4 of helping NYC bomber," by Zarar Khan for the Associated Press, June 2 (thanks to all who sent this in):
ISLAMABAD (AP) -- A Pakistani anti-terrorism court freed on Saturday four men accused of involvement in the 2010 Times Square bomb plot, said a lawyer and family members of the men.
The men were arrested in the wake of the May 2010 incident during which Pakistani-American Faisal Shahzad drove an SUV packed with a bomb into Times Square. The bomb produced smoke but no explosion.
Lawyer Malik Imran Safdar said Saturday that the prosecution failed to prove its case against his clients. The men were released Saturday evening after the court in Rawalpindi, next to the capital of Islamabad, acquitted them.
The father of one of the men, Humbal Akhtar, said he was ecstatic at his son's release.
"I have suffered a lot during these two tough years," said Muhammed Akhtar. "Finally I got justice."
In addition to Akhtar, the court released Muhammad Shoaib Mughal, Muhammad Shahid Husain, and Faisal Abbasi. The men were picked up by Pakistani security officials in the wake of the 2010 incident, and few details of their case have emerged over the two years of their detention.
They were tried by a Pakistani anti-terrorism court, which are generally off limits to the press or other outsiders.
Terrorism cases in Pakistan rarely result in convictions or prison sentences. Police often lack basic investigative skills, prosecutors lack training in terror cases and judges and witnesses are often subject to intimidation....
Two other men arrested by Pakistan in the wake of the Times Square incident were previously released....
Posted by Robert on June 2, 2012 11:33 AM | 16 Comments
Print | FaceBook | Twitter | Email | Digg this | del.icio.us
Nazi propaganda website starts operation in Iran, government censors do nothing
Nazi-Center-association-IRAN-300x258.jpgThe mullahs love Nazis
Why haven't the mullahs shut down this website? Because, contrary to the propaganda claims of the defenders of Sharia oppression in the U.S., it is actually the jihad, not the counter-jihad, that has a deep ideological affinity with National Socialism and its genocidal Jew-hatred.
"Nazi propaganda website starts operation in Iran, government censors do nothing," by Reza Kahlili in The Daily Caller, June 2 (thanks to all who sent this in):
A pro-Nazi association now operates a Persian-language website in Iran, promoting anti-Semitism and memorializing Adolf Hitler, apparently with the approval of the Iranian government and its censors.
The site, Nazicenter.ir, features videos of Nazi leaders and pictures of Hitler, and praises the Third Reich for nearly conquering the Western world. It also includes a public forum whose members routinely discuss their hatred of the Jewish people.
The site’s primary goal, its administrators write, is to confront the “story of the Holocaust, which without a doubt has been taken advantage of in contemporary history.”
Iran’s Islamic regime strictly regulates all forms of communication. Hundreds of websites have been banned, and Iranians’ online access to the free world is severely restricted. But a Nazi propaganda website is consistent with the proclamations of Iran’s military and political leaders, who have both denied the existence of the Nazi Holocaust and called for the destruction of Israel.
The chief commander of the Iranian armed forces, Maj. Gen. Hassan Firouzabadi, announced the doctrine of the Islamic regime in a recent speech. “The Iranian nation is standing for its cause,” he said, “and that is the full annihilation of Israel.”
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has openly called Israel a “cancerous tumor” that should be cut out. And Iran’s president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has repeatedly denied the Holocaust occurred.
Nazicenter.ir is hosted on a Web server in Germany and administered by two individuals who also own the Internet domain “NaziClub.ir.”...
A published set of ground rules prominently displayed for forum participants includes the warning that “All members must respect the current laws of the Islamic Republic of Iran.” The also include requirements that members should promote “the expansion of Iran’s nationalism” and “make known the true picture of Zionism.”
“We as an Internet media outlet consider it a duty to show the ugly and oppressive face of Zionism,” the text continues, “which rules the world’s media who have hidden its true face.”...
On April 20 the site offered “congratulations” to its readers “with Aryan blood” on the anniversary of Adolf Hitler’s birth. On May 9 an unnamed author republished video of a 1938 speech in which Hitler warned about the dangers Allied powers posed to “occupied Palestine.”
“If you think that the German leader was thinking of rescuing Germany alone from such exploitation, then you are wrong,” the writer insists. “Adolf Hitler in his 12 years of governance criticized the Western powers in defense of the oppressed — one of them being the Palestinians.”
Of course!
ISLAMABAD (AP) -- A Pakistani anti-terrorism court freed on Saturday four men accused of involvement in the 2010 Times Square bomb plot, said a lawyer and family members of the men.
The men were arrested in the wake of the May 2010 incident during which Pakistani-American Faisal Shahzad drove an SUV packed with a bomb into Times Square. The bomb produced smoke but no explosion.
Lawyer Malik Imran Safdar said Saturday that the prosecution failed to prove its case against his clients. The men were released Saturday evening after the court in Rawalpindi, next to the capital of Islamabad, acquitted them.
The father of one of the men, Humbal Akhtar, said he was ecstatic at his son's release.
"I have suffered a lot during these two tough years," said Muhammed Akhtar. "Finally I got justice."
In addition to Akhtar, the court released Muhammad Shoaib Mughal, Muhammad Shahid Husain, and Faisal Abbasi. The men were picked up by Pakistani security officials in the wake of the 2010 incident, and few details of their case have emerged over the two years of their detention.
They were tried by a Pakistani anti-terrorism court, which are generally off limits to the press or other outsiders.
Terrorism cases in Pakistan rarely result in convictions or prison sentences. Police often lack basic investigative skills, prosecutors lack training in terror cases and judges and witnesses are often subject to intimidation....
Two other men arrested by Pakistan in the wake of the Times Square incident were previously released....
Posted by Robert on June 2, 2012 11:33 AM | 16 Comments
Print | FaceBook | Twitter | Email | Digg this | del.icio.us
Nazi propaganda website starts operation in Iran, government censors do nothing
Nazi-Center-association-IRAN-300x258.jpgThe mullahs love Nazis
Why haven't the mullahs shut down this website? Because, contrary to the propaganda claims of the defenders of Sharia oppression in the U.S., it is actually the jihad, not the counter-jihad, that has a deep ideological affinity with National Socialism and its genocidal Jew-hatred.
"Nazi propaganda website starts operation in Iran, government censors do nothing," by Reza Kahlili in The Daily Caller, June 2 (thanks to all who sent this in):
A pro-Nazi association now operates a Persian-language website in Iran, promoting anti-Semitism and memorializing Adolf Hitler, apparently with the approval of the Iranian government and its censors.
The site, Nazicenter.ir, features videos of Nazi leaders and pictures of Hitler, and praises the Third Reich for nearly conquering the Western world. It also includes a public forum whose members routinely discuss their hatred of the Jewish people.
The site’s primary goal, its administrators write, is to confront the “story of the Holocaust, which without a doubt has been taken advantage of in contemporary history.”
Iran’s Islamic regime strictly regulates all forms of communication. Hundreds of websites have been banned, and Iranians’ online access to the free world is severely restricted. But a Nazi propaganda website is consistent with the proclamations of Iran’s military and political leaders, who have both denied the existence of the Nazi Holocaust and called for the destruction of Israel.
The chief commander of the Iranian armed forces, Maj. Gen. Hassan Firouzabadi, announced the doctrine of the Islamic regime in a recent speech. “The Iranian nation is standing for its cause,” he said, “and that is the full annihilation of Israel.”
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has openly called Israel a “cancerous tumor” that should be cut out. And Iran’s president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has repeatedly denied the Holocaust occurred.
Nazicenter.ir is hosted on a Web server in Germany and administered by two individuals who also own the Internet domain “NaziClub.ir.”...
A published set of ground rules prominently displayed for forum participants includes the warning that “All members must respect the current laws of the Islamic Republic of Iran.” The also include requirements that members should promote “the expansion of Iran’s nationalism” and “make known the true picture of Zionism.”
“We as an Internet media outlet consider it a duty to show the ugly and oppressive face of Zionism,” the text continues, “which rules the world’s media who have hidden its true face.”...
On April 20 the site offered “congratulations” to its readers “with Aryan blood” on the anniversary of Adolf Hitler’s birth. On May 9 an unnamed author republished video of a 1938 speech in which Hitler warned about the dangers Allied powers posed to “occupied Palestine.”
“If you think that the German leader was thinking of rescuing Germany alone from such exploitation, then you are wrong,” the writer insists. “Adolf Hitler in his 12 years of governance criticized the Western powers in defense of the oppressed — one of them being the Palestinians.”
Of course!
