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By Brian Liskai ATTICA, Ohio (March 31, 2006) - Rain showers throughout the early afternoon - with more predicted for this evening - have prompted the cancellation of Friday night's season opener at Attica Raceway Park. However, the rain will end late Friday, giving way to mostly sunny skies Saturday, and engines will roar to life at "Ohio's Finest Racing" on Saturday, April 1."Wee had showers around lunch time and more rain and thunderstorms are predicted around 8 tonight. That just doesn't give us enough time to get an already saturated track in shape for racing today," said ARP Operations Director Rex LeJeune. "But they're calling for better weather Saturday with temperatures in the 50s during the day and in the lower 40s or upper 30s Saturday night, so we'll get our opener in tomorrow." The 410 sprints, 305 sprints and limited late models will be in action Saturday, April 1 for Jackson Hewitt Tax Service/Kevin Dick Certified Financial Planner Night. Gates will open at 5 p.m. with racing action set to go green at 8 p.m. For more information log onto www.atticaracewaypark.com or call the track office at 419-426-8911 or 419-680-5606. |
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Union Street Gallery, 1527 Otto Blvd., Chicago Heights, is organizing a "Rediscover Chicago Heights" photography project focusing on the positive in the city.
The gallery and community leaders are encouraging artists to create a set of images of the city. The project is funded by The Chicago Community Trust and runs through May.
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Several cases which have been reported on by the Banner during the past year have came to a close.
One case involved a man charged with severely beating another man, a case of a pharmacy robbery and two bank robberies where suspects are in custody.
A man who was charged after robbing a CVS pharmacy in November pleaded guilty and will serve 11 years in the Tennessee Department of Correction.
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Garrett jumped the counter and took 10 bottles of pain medication, then fled on foot.
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Police reportedly dealt with Garret the day before after a disturbance at a pain medication clinic.
According to Assistant District Attorney General Stephen Hatchett, Garrett also pleaded guilty to aggravated burglary and three counts of aggravated assault in an unrelated case.
Garrett had been charged with aggravated robbery and resisting arrest regarding the CVS investigation.
n Two Chattanooga men were arrested after an FBI investigation led to their arrests for allegedly robbing two Cleveland banks last year.
According to reports, Mario David Meriweather, 37, and Christopher Lee Allen, 33, have been charged with robbing the Bank of Cleveland Perimieter Drive location in March 2012, and Southeast Bank and Trust on Keith Street in October.
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James Avery Ladd, 32, was found guilty recently of reckless endangerment by a Bradley County Jury.
The jury had heard testimony Tuesday and Wednesday in the reported beating of Timothy Doyle.
The assault took place on the property of Waffle House, located on Georgetown Road in the early morning hours on Jan. 1, 2011.
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The Ladds reportedly left the Nawlins and walked across the street to the restaurant to eat.
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Cleveland Police had responded to a call just after 2 a.m., regarding a waitress at the restaurant being assaulted.
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According to Ladd's counsel, Public Defender Richard Hughes, Ladd had recently under gone surgery on his eyes to repair his corneas.
Hughes said Ladd, who did not testify defended himself when Doyle approached and reportedly shoved him.
Doyle took the witness stand and Hughes asked if he had approached Ladd.
"Not aggressively," answered Doyle. Doyle stated he was approximately 6-8 feet from Ladd.
"I said something like…she's (Ladd's wife) had enough," Doyle said.
Doyle said he was then "sucker punched" and was not conscious after that.
Ladd reportedly told Doyle "he wanted no trouble that he and his wife were trying to enjoy the New Year" celebration, according to Hughes.
Marvin Woods, another witness who testified at the trial said Doyle was "right behind him (Ladd) as he walked toward the parking lot at the Waffle House.
Woods told the jury he did not drink and observed the altercation which ensued.
Hughes in closing said Ladd was attempting to get his wife to leave the restaurant because she was intoxicated.
"He was upset. She was out of control. But she never asked for help from Mr. Doyle," Hughes said.
"He decided to get involved," he added.
"His(Ladd's) intent was not to assault her, but to get her under control and Mr. Doyle was very confrontational.
Ladd's criminal history includes prior arrests and convictions for attempted second-degree murder, aggravated assault, aggravated riot, robbery, posession of narcotics for resale.
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Connecticut State Police Lt. J. Paul Vance speaks at a news conference on the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary school, where a gunman opened fire, killing 26 people, including 20 children, Friday, Dec. 14, 2012, in Newtown, Conn. (AP Photo/The Journal News, Frank Becerra Jr.) MANDATORY CREDIT, NYC OUT, NO SALES, TV OUT, NEWSDAY OUT; MAGS OUT
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Connecticut State Police spokesman Lt. J. Paul Vance delivered a master class in how to relay information and handle the media in the wake of a catastrophe. Composed yet compassionate, straightforward without being robotic or wooden, Vance comes across as a cop who views his relationship with reporters as cooperative rather than adversarial, more of a partnership than a necessary evil.
"We've been asked by the family members to ask the members of the press to respect their privacy and to please leave them alone at this time," he told the media scrum. "I'm pleading with you, as you know this is an extremely heartbreaking, difficult thing for these folks to endure. Please abide by their request."
His we're-all-in-this-together tone is a marked departure from the defensiveness sometimes seen when police are put in the admittedly uncomfortable position of having to explain these kinds of events.
After this summer's shooting spree at a Sikh temple near Milwaukee, Oak Creek Police Chief John Edwards seemed to become increasingly combative during the initial press conference.
"I don't have demographics. I don't have numbers for you," he said, as if reporters were out of line for wanting to know what happened. "I'm not going to get into any part of the criminal investigation."
Vance, well versed in the demands of today's 24-hour news cycle, has been forthcoming with details as he's made the rounds on Fox News, "Today" and a host of other TV programs. He avoids speculation. He also avoids information lockdown.
"I've got some of the questions you posed," he told reporters shortly after the mayhem, asking them to come back in an hour for another press conference update. "I'll see if I can get more answers."
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Source: Jordan Times website, Amman, in English 18 Nov 11
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November 18, 2011 04:59 AM
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preparing to set up two "safe zones" for civilians inside Syria,
diplomats said Friday.
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neighbors would press ahead with preparations to establish the two
havens if President Bashar Assad did not sign on to an Arab plan aimed
at ending a bloody crackdown on anti-regime protesters by Saturday.
The diplomats said an international meeting in Paris would discuss
later Friday the details of the plans to see up the zones in southern
and northern Syria.
On Wednesday, the Arab League gave Assad three days to agree in
writing to allowing hundreds of observers into Syria to oversee the
implementation of the Arab plan to end eight months of violence against
protesters that has killed more than 3,000 people.
Representatives of the United States, France, Britain, Germany,
Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Egypt and Jordan will meet to
coordinate response to Assad's possible refusal to sign on to the deal,
the diplomats said.
On top of the agenda is agreeing for NATO member Turkey to
establish a safe haven in northern Syria and for U.S.-ally Jordan to set
up a similar zone in southern Syria.
The diplomats said with Russia and China continuing to support
Assad, it was impossible to get a U.N. Security Council resolution that
would impose measures to protect civilians in Syria.
In absence of the possibility of Security Council action, Friday's
meeting in Paris was the best way to provide an international umbrella
for these measures, one diplomat said. The Arab League is also expected
to propose economic sanctions on Damascus next week, he said.
Damascus and its allies have warned that any military intervention
in Syria could lead to chaos in the Middle East.
Syrian forces have been planting mines along the Jordan border this
week in what appears to be in an anticipation for such a move, the
diplomats said. The Syria forces had mined parts of the border with
Lebanon a few weeks ago.
Turkey, which had set up camps for Syrian refugees inside its
territory, has become more vocal in its opposition to one time ally
Assad while Jordan's King Abdullah called this week on the Syrian leader
to step down.
Protesters and activists in Syria have been calling for
international protection for months. Some army defectors and gunmen have
stepped up attacks on Syrian forces in recent days.
The diplomats also reported that Assad appeared to be growing
increasingly nervous over his safety with some reports suggesting he
feared being targeted by an air strike. There were also reports of
discontent among his inner circle and some Syrian diplomats abroad,
though no signs of that have been visible.
There has been no independent confirmation of these reports.
SYRIA - Reuters article alleges Regime is shifting to shelling tactics
(like Hama 1982)
The possible interesting part is the weapons deployed. I am however
skeptical that this is the first time large cal area weapons have been
deployed, though. MESA and CT will be able to talk on that point.
Only sending b/c of the implied accusation that this is a retaliatory
measure by the military. - CR
Syrian army shells villages after defectors attack
17 Nov 2011 23:16
AMMAN, Nov 17 (Reuters) - Syrian troops shelled two northern villages on
Thursday after an attack by army defectors on forces loyal to President
Bashar al-Assad, local activists said, in an escalation of a military
campaign to crush protests and a nascent armed insurgency.
Eight villagers were injured when tank shells and heavy mortars fell for
three hours on Tal Minnij and Maarshamsheh and surrounding farmland, the
activists said.
Army defectors had earlier attacked a building housing security forces
near army depots in the Wadi al-Deif area on the edge of the town of
Maarat al-Numaan, 290 km (180 miles) north of Damascus, they said.
Until now, Syrian troops have mostly been using heavy machineguns and
anti-aircraft guns, employed as a ground weapon, on restless cities and
towns to try to put down an eight-month uprising against Assad's rule.
(Reporting by Khaled Yacoub Oweis, Amman newsroom; Editing by Kevin
KENYA/SOMALIA - Kenya, Somalia and Uganda's presidents all met and
apparently TFG is welcoming Kenyan willingness to deploy troops (unlcear
if a new detachment or current fighters) and welcomed jointly fighting AS.
We've been at this for a while. Kenday is still outside Afmadow. Where is
it going
SUDAN/RSS - Sudan today called on South Sudan to rethink their decision to
nationalize Khartoum's shares in the formerly jointly-held Oil Company
Sudapet (which they did Nov 8). Khartoum noted this goes against the
spirit of cooperation Khartoum says it is having, as Khartoum allows Juba
to export oil through the North even though there is no official reason.
This comes in the larger context of the North asserting its hegemony over
its border territory where RSS-supported militia still operate. Now we
have a bit more of understanding for recent actions by the North that
seemed a bit more confrontational (bombing refugee camps in the south and
increasing air bases on the border at a high spee). On Nov 15th the
Sudanese government declined an invitation from an African Union (AU)
commission to attend a new round of negotiations on post-secession issues
with South Sudan scheduled for next Saturday in Ethiopia, an official in
Juba said.But still have to wonder what game the South is playing as CPA
negotiations are still ongoing. We saw Salva Kiir on Nov 10 accuse Bashir
of planning to invade. We maybe need to re-evaluate where negotiations and
the two countries relations are going especially for 2012.
RUSSIA/MIL - Russia's Chief of Staff said the military has no one left to
draft anymore. HE then said The possibility of local armed conflicts along
practically the whole of the perimeter of the border has increased
dramatically," during a speech at the Russian Public Chamber on Thursday
[17 November]. "Under certain circumstances I do not rule out the
possibility that local and regional armed conflicts may develop into a
large-scale war, including with the use of nuclear weapons," he added. And
he also noted "Practically all the countries of the former Warsaw Pact
have become NATO members; the Baltic states that were part of the former
Soviet Union have also joined the North Atlantic Alliance." He also linked
the US Missile Defense shield to Russian participation in START and
warned that the planned pullout of NATO forces from Afghanistan could
trigger conflicts in neighboring ex-Soviet Central Asian nations that
could "grow into a large-scale war."
RUSSIA/US/CENTRAL ASIA - Russia both expressed concern about the US future
in Central Asia and offered a Russia-NATO Joint Command for Narcotics
Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday.a**It is not clear how
the withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan in 2014 is linked to
the end of the anti-terrorist operation, on one hand, and the creation
of U.S. anti-terrorist bases, on the other hand,a** the Russian minister
noted. a**We are asking our American partners, but till now there are
more questions than answers,a** Lavrov said.....the head of the Russian
Federal Service for Control over the Trafficking of Narcotics, Viktor
Ivanov following talks with the director of the US Office of National
Drug Control Policy, Gil Kerlikowske, in Chicago said: "I came forward
with a proposal to create a joint command of sorts, which would comprise
not only the [Russian] Federal Service for Control over the Trafficking
of Narcotics and the US drug control agency [presumably Office of
National Drug Control Policy], but involve the military as well. For
instance, NATO representatives
CHINA - Exports from China's manufacturing capital, Guangdong are slowing
down close to levels of that in 2008/09. Last time the export market shat
itself China released a huge stim/development package that has now
resulted in inflation, NPLs and property bubbles, all matters that China
is still working to get under control. Will China be able to stimulate its
own development plan a second time and if not what will China do this time
if the export market shits itself again?
Governor pledges to boost exports
Nov 15, 2011
Guangdong's exporters are facing severe challenges, with shipments
slowing almost as dramatically as during the depths of the global
financial crisis in 2008, acting Governor Zhu Xiaodan said yesterday.
"The euro-zone debt crisis is a major factor," Zhu said at the
International Consultative Conference on the Future Economic Development
of Guangdong. "There is an apparent trend of declining Guangdong
exports. It is not just because of the euro-zone debt crisis effect ...
but also the weak global economy."
Zhu, 58, was promoted to acting governor earlier this month.
Zhu said Guangdong's exports last month totalled about US$73 billion,
down 8.7 per cent from September, and only up by 7.8 per cent year on
year - a rare single-digit rate after years of stable double-digit
He said the key problem faced by many Guangdong exporters was a lack of
big, long-term orders.
Zhu said the debt crisis in the European Union had been a major blow,
with the EU being one of Guangdong's biggest export markets.
"The growth of exports to the EU has been much slower than the
province's total export growth in each month this year," Zhu said.
Exports to the EU totalled US$60.3 billion in the first 10 months of
this year, but the growth rate lagged that of total exports by almost 10
percentage points.
The mainland's imports surged in October as exports grew at their
slowest rate in months, suggesting efforts to tilt the economy towards
domestic demand may be offsetting the external weakness that has dragged
on economic growth this year.
October's 15.9 per cent export growth was the slowest since November
2009 - when exports actually declined - if the traditionally volatile
month of February is stripped out.
To counter expected further pressure on exports, Zhu said the government
will help enterprises to land more major orders and expand into emerging
The government will also strengthen support for export-oriented
enterprises, including providing tax refunds and lowering charges for
financing and services, he said.
The need to upgrade enterprises, especially the province's 33,000 firms
engaged in the processing trade, was highlighted at the conference.
"Their upgrading will decide the adjustment of the whole foreign trade
structure," Zhu said, adding that more than 4,000 material processing
businesses had been transferred to foreign-funded enterprises.
Zhu also said that the service industry had not developed as expected.
"If we don't quicken the development of the modern service industry, the
current industry structure is not sustainable," he said.
Zhu said co-operation with Hong Kong and Macau was important in the
development of a modern service industry.
"We will pilot the opening of the mainland's advanced service industry
to Hong Kong and Macau, and try to build an integrated and comprehensive
modern service industry in the pan-Pearl River Delta area," he said.
POLAND/LITHUANIA - Polish PKN Orlen's refinery company in Lithuania, Orlen
Lietuva, which owns MaAA 3/4eikiai oil refinery and oil-processing plant,
on Thursday signed with oil terminal Klaipedos Nafta a long-term oil
products loading deal till end-2024. It had already been exporting 60-65
percent of oil products via Klaipedos Nafta, but now the company has the
security in investment climate it had been looking for (earlier it tried
to buy part of the terminal). This has been a major beef between Poland
and Lithuania. Poland thought it did Lithuania a favor by buying the
refinery when it fell on hard times and the Russians were going to snatch
it up. But then Russian's cut of oil flow to the refinery, adding costs,
and the Lithuanians never made life easier for the Poles. Insight from
today suggests this was just a market decision. Read what we wrote in late
Russiaa**s Druzhbaa**s cutoff has meant that all oil to be processed by
the refinery has to be shipped from Russiaa**s Primorsk terminal to the
Butinge oil terminal owned by PKN Orlen in Lithuania. Annually, this
amounts to about $75 million in additional costs for the refinery,
according to a STRATFOR source in the Polish company. Vilnius has not
sought to make PKN Orlena**s situation easier by reducing the tariffs it
charges on exports by rail and train to compensate for the higher costs
of crude transport imposed by Russiaa**s cutoff.
Furthermore, the Butinge oil terminal is not a reliable export terminal
a** it is based on just an oil tanker buoy 8 kilometers (5 miles) out in
the Baltic Sea where rough waters often delay offloading to tanks on the
shore. Theoretically, the terminal could be upgraded to export fuel
products from the refinery, but it would not be a profitable venture
according to PKN Orlen. Instead, the Polish company wants to build a
$100 million pipeline to the Klaipeda Nafta terminal, a real port with
facilities to accommodate large amounts of fuel product exports.
However, before building the pipeline PKN Orlen has asked that it be
allowed to either purchase the port, or a part of it, to ensure its
investment in the pipeline. The Lithuanian government has refused,
saying the port is a strategic asset of the state. STRATFOR sources in
Lithuania also indicate that Vilnius fears PKN Orlen would package the
refinery and the oil terminal together to sell to Russia for a higher
Aside from problems with shipping the fuel products by sea, PKN Orlen
has also had a difficult time dealing with Lithuanian Railways, the
state-owned rail monopoly. The refinery is right on the Latvian border,
so PKN Orlen asked Lithuanian Railways if it could use a short
approximately 20 kilometer (12.4 mile) shortcut to reduce the
transportation tariffs it pays to the company for shipping fuel products
via rail. Lithuanian Railways not only said no, but the next day
dismantled the alternative route. The combination of railway and port
tariffs creates an amount in the range of $75 million in annual
logistical costs, in addition to the $75 million in shipping costs
created by the pipeline cutoff.
From PKN Orlena**s perspective, the refinery is a dead-end investment.
Demand for its refined fuels is hampered by the Baltic statesa**
economies, which experienced some of the biggest downturns in the world
during the recent global recession. Exports are limited by the
Lithuanian governmenta**s resistance to improving PKN Orlena**s fuel
export options, and logistical costs are eroding the companya**s profit
margins to the tune of $150 million a year, and the refinery alone has
lost about $28 million after nine months in 2010 a** not an acceptable
return on the investment.
The Polish company has therefore threatened to sell the refinery, with
no announced barriers to the consideration of Russian energy companies
as partners. PKN Orlen has hired a Japanese investment bank, Nomura, to
conclude a report by the end of 2010 or early 2011 on the best options
for moving forward. Lithuanian government sources, however, have
responded that this is a bluff to force Vilnius to give PKN Orlen better
terms on the transportation fees. As a counter, sources in the
Lithuanian government have indicated that they would veto the sale of
the refinery to a Russian company on the basis of national security. A
PKN Orlen source said that this would be impossible, seeing as Vilnius
no longer has a stake in the refinery.
US/MYANMAR -- Clinton is going to Myanmar and AASK is registering for
Clinton Set to Visit Myanmar as Obama Cites Progress
Published: November 17, 2011
BANGKOK a** Citing a**flickers of progressa** in Myanmara**s political
climate, President Obama announced Friday that he was sending Secretary
of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on a visit next month, the first by a
secretary of state in more than 50 years.
The decision was announced [during ASEAN -W] in Bali, Indonesia, where
nations from Southeast Asia were meeting on Friday with leaders from
across the Pacific Rim, including the United States, China and Japan.
a**For decades Americans have been deeply concerned about the denial of
basic human rights for the Burmese people,a** Mr. Obama said. a**The
persecution of democratic reformers, the brutality shown toward ethnic
minorities and the concentration of power in the hands of a few military
leaders has challenged our conscience and isolated Burma from the United
States and much of the world.a**
But he added that a**after years of darkness, wea**ve seen flickers of
progress in these last several weeksa** as the president and Parliament
in Myanmar have taken steps toward reform.
a**Of course therea**s far more to be done,a** Mr. Obama said.
The decision to send Mrs. Clinton came as Myanmar took another step away
from its diplomatic isolation on Thursday when its neighbors agreed to
let the country, which had been run for decades by the military, take on
the chairmanship of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in 2014.
Myanmar has long coveted the rotating chairmanship of the organization,
known as Asean. The country renounced its turn in 2006 in the face of
foreign pressure over human rights abuses.
a**Ita**s not about the past, ita**s about the future, what leaders are
doing now,a** the Indonesian foreign minister, Marty Natalegawa, told
reporters in Bali about the chairmanship. a**Wea**re trying to ensure
the process of change continues.a**
Myanmar inaugurated a new civilian system this year after decades of
military rule. The new government, led by a former general, Thein Sein,
has freed a number of political prisoners, taken steps to liberalize the
nationa**s heavily state-controlled economy and made overtures to Daw
Aung San Suu Kyi, the 1991 Nobel laureate who was released from house
arrest last year.
In a telephone conversation flying from Australia to Indonesia, Mr.
Obama sought assurances from Mrs. Aung San Suu Kyi before approving the
visit and she a**confirmed that she supports American engagement to move
this process forward,a** Mr. Obama said.
Mrs. Aung San Suu Kyia**s political party won elections in 1990, but the
result was ignored by the military. Her party, the National League for
Democracy, has said it will decide on Friday whether to rejoin the
political system after having been de-listed as a party by the junta.
PAKISTAN - Basically, the Pakistani Ambassador to the US (who is more
important than a normal ambassador) has offered to resign in the fallout
from a political scandal. The scandal is that Pakistani President Zardari
allegedly sent a letter via a Pakistani-American businessman to for US
Chief of Joint Stafff Adm Mike Mullen. This letter said that the Pakistani
military was not being cooperative with the US after the Osama bin Laden
raid, and that if Mike Mullen helped Zardari they could purge the security
forces. The Ambassador was allegedly involved. All this is coming as the
ruling PPP party is feeling threatened by IK and his new PTI party. The
former FM Qureshi is basically threatening to out lots of information from
his time as the FM, and the PPP is not happy with that. We've also seen
PML-N saying they may withdrawal support for the government
KAZAKHSTAN - The group that claimed the recent bombing apparently denied
it. Before that Primo had written
From Primo -
Jund al Khilafah (JaK) has been on the radar since a video release in
September of an rocket against US forces in Khost on Sept 8; followed by
a video release of a second rocket attack against US forces in Khost on
Oct 18. It released a threat to the Kazakh govenrment on the
controversial religious law on Oct. 25.
Their numbers are unknown, however it is established that they are
operating somewhere in the AfPak border region, and they are more than
likely working with the Haqqani's foreign legions according to a Sr. US
intelligence official.
The group had not, until Nov 15, claimed the Nov 12 Taraz, Kazakhstan
attack that killed 7 individual - SITE picked up on their online
statement (I haven't been able to locate) first.
While numerous stories were run on JaK, no one
picked up on the claim until the group put out an online statement
(which I still have not located) that SITE picked up.
Roggio picked up on it (Nov 15, 2011 9:20 pm EST) and reported it today.
Jund al Khilafah (JaK) / Soldiers of the Caliphate and Cen. Asia /
Russian-news media should be something to keep an eye out for.
BELARUS - Interest rates on bank loans denominated in the Belarusian
rouble have reached 100 per cent after the National Bank of Belarus raised
its base refinance rate from 35 to 40 per cent on 11 November.
TAJIKISTAN - Tajik president ordered the release of the Russian Pilots
YEMEN - Saleh finally is replacing the Generals who defected under Ali
Mohen salih al-Ahmar earlier this year. Seems he is feeling stronger.
IRAQ/US/MIL - Hussein al-Asadi, the Kurdish adviser to the Iraqi Prime
Minister Nuri al-Maliki said Thursday that part of the US forces, some
1,500 US troops will remain in the disputed multi-ethnic province of
Kirkuk beyond the end of 2011 deadline. They will be stationed in a base
near the airport who awill be tasked with protecting the US consulate and
the US forces regional center, according to al-Asadi. The regional center
will be maintaining security in territories strongly contested between
Baghdad and Erbil which include parts of Mosul, Kirkuk, Diyala and
Salahaddin. "The Iraqi government is ready to take over maintaining
security across the country... but 1,500 soldiers will remain" said
al-Asadi, "they will stay until the issues of these provinces is solved"
TURKEY/IRAN - Turkey's Gulenist Today's Zaman ran a report today saying
that there are cracks in the government around its Iran policy and that
ministers are starting to question why Turkey gives such benefits to Iran,
saying that Davutoglu's no problems with neighbors policy has to go out
the window


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