tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5409482909880290151.post9033777739907103922..comments2024-03-29T09:43:38.669+02:00Comments on EL KaOs UT News: Martix kratos Breaking news (March 2016) xronoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13107445158803745642noreply@blogger.comBlogger117125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5409482909880290151.post-76106417035748621782016-03-31T20:28:35.932+03:002016-03-31T20:28:35.932+03:00Iraqi forces advance towards western town held by ...Iraqi forces advance towards western town held by ISIS...<br /><br />Iraq's counter-terrorism forces backed by army troops and U.S.-led coalition air strikes advanced towards the western town of Hit on Thursday in an attempt to dislodge Islamic State militants, the military said.<br /><br />A senior officer from the counter-terrorism forces, the elite U.S.-trained units which led the recapture of nearby Ramadi three months ago, said his troops were one kilometre from the town centre, 130 km (80 miles) west of the capital Baghdad.<br /><br />The recapture of Hit, strategically located on the Euphrates River near Ain al-Asad air base where several hundred U.S. forces are training Iraqi army troops, would push IS further west towards the Syrian border, cutting a connection to the northern town of Samarra and leaving Falluja their only stronghold near the capital.<br /><br />Baghdad has had success in pushing back the militants in recent months and has pledged to retake the northern city of Mosul later this year, but progress has often been fitful.<br /><br />Another officer, on a frontline less than 3 km from Hit, said the operation had begun at 0600 (0300 GMT) and was progressing swiftly.....REUTERS<br />31/3/16Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5409482909880290151.post-37883681359773709462016-03-31T20:22:10.242+03:002016-03-31T20:22:10.242+03:00Turkish security, protesters clash in Washington a...Turkish security, protesters clash in Washington ahead of Erdogan speech...<br /><br />urkish security and pro-Kurdish protesters clashed outside of a U.S. think tank Thursday ahead of a speech there by Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan.<br /><br />Erdogan was in Washington to attend a major nuclear security summit hosted by President Barack Obama, and was giving a speech at the Brookings Institution.<br /><br />Scuffles erupted as Turkish security moved to clear out about 40 protesters who had gathered outside the building carrying banners of Syria's Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) and chanting "Erdogan baby killer."<br /><br />A small pro-Turkish counter-demonstration also turned up at the scene, with one banner reading, "No difference between PKK (Kurdistan Workers' Party) and ISIS."....AFP<br />31/3/16Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5409482909880290151.post-88791886135218095462016-03-30T12:14:20.774+03:002016-03-30T12:14:20.774+03:00The European Union backs the European diplomats wh...The European Union backs the European diplomats who attended a controversial trial of two Turkish journalists charged with espionage after their appearance was bitterly attacked by Ankara, an official said Wednesday...<br /><br />Turkey issued a protest Monday over comments on social media made by some diplomats present at the trial last week of the opposition Cumhuriyet daily's editor-in-chief Can Dundar and Ankara bureau chief Erdem Gul.<br /><br />"EU diplomats regularly attend trials throughout the world as observers, in particular also in candidate countries," an EU spokesperson told AFP in an emailed statement.<br /><br />"This is thus part of their regular work in Turkey, a country committed to the highest democratic standards, in conformity with the European standards."<br />AFP<br />30/3/16Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5409482909880290151.post-22584725786314223562016-03-30T12:08:55.350+03:002016-03-30T12:08:55.350+03:00Maduro vows to veto Venezuela amnesty for politica...Maduro vows to veto Venezuela amnesty for political prisoners ...<br /><br />Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Tuesday promised to veto amnesty legislation that would free political prisoners, claiming it could set free criminals and gang leaders.<br /><br />“I am assured that this law will not pass. Laws protecting terrorists and criminals will not go,” he said during a televised speech while the National Assembly was preparing to approve the bill. “Do not go here, whatever you do, sir.”<br /><br />The measure, which seeks to release from jail approximately 76 "political prisoners" and hundreds of others who have been "persecuted and exiled" for opposition to former President Hugo Chavez, has already received initial approval by the opposition majority in parliament.<br /><br />The legislation is part of one of a set of main proposals by the opposition that controls the National Assembly with 109 of 163 deputies.....http://aa.com.tr<br />30/3/16Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5409482909880290151.post-25079530869237469202016-03-30T12:03:45.151+03:002016-03-30T12:03:45.151+03:00La Chine envisage de bloquer tous les sites Web ét...La Chine envisage de bloquer tous les sites Web étrangers...<br /><br />Le gouvernement chinois a rendu public, ce 28 mars, un ensemble de propositions de nouvelles règles pour le fonctionnement d’Internet dans le pays. Elles prévoient notamment un blocage général de tous les sites Web « étrangers » – les sites qui ne disposent pas d’une adresse « .cn ». Le pays a par ailleurs récemment renforcé ses règles concernant l’attribution de noms de domaine en « .cn », pour l’achat desquels il est désormais obligatoire de fournir une pièce d’identité.<br /><br />Si ces règles, qui n’en sont qu’au stade de propositions et sont ouvertes aux commentaires sur le site du ministère de l’industrie et de la technologie, étaient adoptées, elles contraindraient tous les fournisseurs d’accès à bloquer l’accès à la majeure partie du Web, sous peine d’amende. A l’heure actuelle, la censure chinoise décide individuellement des sites à bloquer – Facebook, par exemple, est inaccessible en Chine, sauf à utiliser des outils de contournement de la censure.<br /><br />La Chine a adopté à plusieurs reprises des règles draconiennes de contrôle du Web, mais ces dernières n’ont pas toujours été appliquées de manière stricte.<br />lemonde.fr<br />30/3/16Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5409482909880290151.post-36105930400593834822016-03-30T11:52:07.434+03:002016-03-30T11:52:07.434+03:00Paris, Londres, Washington et Berlin dénoncent les...Paris, Londres, Washington et Berlin dénoncent les tirs de missiles iraniens ...<br /><br />Paris, Washington, Londres et Berlin affirment que les récents tirs de missiles balistiques iraniens contreviennent aux résolutions de l'ONU et invitent le Conseil de sécurité à se saisir de cette violation, dans une lettre commune.<br /><br />Les quatre pays ont adressé cette lettre, datée de lundi, à l'ambassadeur espagnol Roman Oyarzun Marchesi, qui pilote ce dossier au sein du Conseil. Ces mêmes pays ont conclu avec Téhéran un accord historique sur le nucléaire en juillet 2015.<br /><br />Selon la lettre dont l'AFP a eu copie, ils considèrent que les tirs de missiles "étaient provocateurs et déstabilisateurs et qu'ils ont été menés au mépris de la résolution 2231 de 2015". Cette résolution a repris les dispositions de l'accord nucléaire.<br /><br />Elle a entériné la levée de la plupart des sanctions internationales contre Téhéran mais a maintenu l'interdiction faite à l'Iran de tirer des missiles balistiques capables d'emporter des ogives atomiques. Or, souligne la lettre, les deux types de missiles tirés en mars (le Shahab-3 et le Qiam-1) "sont de par leur conception capables de transporter des armes nucléaires".....rtbf.be<br />30/3/16Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5409482909880290151.post-55535045797220110062016-03-29T17:55:42.181+03:002016-03-29T17:55:42.181+03:00The hijacker of an EgyptAir airliner surrendered t...The hijacker of an EgyptAir airliner surrendered to authorities on Tuesday, according to Cyprus's state broadcaster, which said the man emerged from the aircraft with his hands in the air...<br /><br />The stand-off came to a peaceful end more than six hours after the Cairo-bound plane was diverted to the southern coast of Cyprus.<br /><br />The hijacker, reportedly a disgruntled Egyptian national, freed most of the passengers after the plane landed in Larnaca, but kept four foreigners and the crew as hostages.<br /><br />Local Cyprus radio reported he was armed, while Egyptian civil aviation said the hijacker had threatened to detonate an explosives belt.<br /><br />It nevertheless appeared that no one was injured in the international, high-risk incident.<br />A crisis team was deployed to the airport, which was closed amid the hostage situation, with flights diverted to the western city of Paphos.<br /><br />Egypt said it had sent a plane to Cyprus to pick up stranded passengers, some of whom had been traveling from Alexandria to Cairo for connecting flights abroad.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5409482909880290151.post-58097686872493829062016-03-29T17:53:55.301+03:002016-03-29T17:53:55.301+03:00Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Sil...Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said Monday that he believes his embattled successor and protege can survive mounting pressure in Congress for her impeachment...<br /><br />Silva told international journalists that President Dilma Rousseff will be able to resist even if leaders of a major ally, the Brazilian Democratic Movement Party, announce its members are leaving her governing coalition as expected Tuesday. Both Silva and Rousseff belong to the Workers Party.<br /><br />Rousseff recently appointed Silva as her chief of staff in a much-discussed move that still must be confirmed by Brazil's top court...AP...ctvnews.ca<br />29/3/16Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5409482909880290151.post-70893749893685604192016-03-29T13:04:34.974+03:002016-03-29T13:04:34.974+03:00Seven people, including three passengers, remain o...Seven people, including three passengers, remain on board the hijacked EgyptAir plane, Egypt’s Civil Aviation Minister Sherif Fathy told reporters on Tuesday...<br /><br />The EgyptAir domestic flight from Alexandria to Cairo was hijacked on Tuesday morning. The airline said there were 81 people onboard the plane. The jet landed at Larnaca Airport, Cyprus, at around 6 a.m. GMT. Media reports suggested that personal motives could be behind the incident and the hijacker requested political asylum in Cyprus.....http://tass.ru/en/world/865771Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5409482909880290151.post-56995098446773533742016-03-29T11:27:59.667+03:002016-03-29T11:27:59.667+03:00Un passager de l'avion d'Egypt Air détourn...Un passager de l'avion d'Egypt Air détourné mardi sur l'aéroport de Larnaca à Chypre a menacé de faire détonner une ceinture d'explosifs, a annoncé le ministère égyptien de l'Aviation civile. Selon Egypt Air, tous les passagers ont été libérés sauf 4 étrangers et l'équipage.<br /><br />Un avion de ligne de la compagnie Egypt Air transportant 81 passagers a été détourné par des inconnus et a atterri à Larnaca, à Chypre, où des passagers égyptiens ont été libérés, selon la télévision publique chypriote et des responsables égyptiens...<br /> <br /><br /><br />Passagers étrangers et les membres d'équipage encore prisonniers<br /><br />L'individu qui a détourné le vol a libéré tous les occupants de l'appareil à l'exception de quatre passagers étrangers et les membres de l'équipage, a annoncé Egypt Air sur son compte Twitter.<br /><br />"Les négociations avec le pirate de l'air ont contribué à faire libérer tous les passagers sauf quatre étrangers et les membres de l'équipage", indique la compagnie nationale égyptienne sans donner la nationalité des otages.....rtl.beAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5409482909880290151.post-11596669234205353102016-03-29T11:16:17.569+03:002016-03-29T11:16:17.569+03:00An Egypt Air plane heading from Alexandria to Cair...An Egypt Air plane heading from Alexandria to Cairo has been hijacked and forced to land in Cyprus at Larnaca international airport...<br /><br />The hijacker threatened to detonate an explosive vest which he said he had on board, the Egyptian civil aviation ministry said.<br /><br />"The Airbus A-320 carrying 81 passengers and flying between Alexandria and Cairo was hijacked. The pilot said that a passenger told him he had an explosives vest and forced the plane to land in Larnaca," a ministry statement said....rte.ie<br />29/3/16Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5409482909880290151.post-26556445933248492972016-03-29T11:14:10.887+03:002016-03-29T11:14:10.887+03:00EgyptAir hijack: Most passengers freed at Larnaca ...EgyptAir hijack: Most passengers freed at Larnaca airport...<br /><br />Most of the passengers on board a hijacked Egyptian airliner that was forced to divert to Cyprus have been freed, the airline says.<br />EgyptAir said negotiations had resulted in the release of all those on board Flight MS181 apart from the crew and four foreign passengers.<br />Video from Larnaca airport has shown people leaving the plane and boarding a bus.<br />It was taken over after a passenger said he was wearing an explosives belt.<br />Flight MS181 was carrying 81 passengers from Alexandria to Cairo.....BBC<br />29/3/16Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5409482909880290151.post-10071620352492697162016-03-28T20:13:33.760+03:002016-03-28T20:13:33.760+03:00Syria’s antiquities chief said on Monday that his ...Syria’s antiquities chief said on Monday that his department would need five years to restore the ancient ruins of Palmyra damaged by ISIS...<br /><br />“If we have UNESCO’s approval, we will need five years to restore the structures damaged or destroyed by IS,” Maamoun Abdulkarim told AFP, using another name for the militants.<br /><br />In addition to two historic temples razed by the group just months after taking Palmyra from the regime in May, Syrian state TV aired footage showing damage to the city’s historic castle it said were “deliberate acts of demolition” by ISIS.<br /><br />The Syria army’s retaking of Palmyra on Sunday has been hailed by President Bashar al-Assad and two of his key allies, Russia and Iran......http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2016/03/28/Syria-s-Palmyra-can-be-restored-in-five-years-.html<br />28/3/16Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5409482909880290151.post-77814063287759882872016-03-28T11:29:45.464+03:002016-03-28T11:29:45.464+03:00Japan opens radar station close to disputed isles ...Japan opens radar station close to disputed isles in move bound to rile China...<br /><br />Japan on Monday switched on a radar station in the East China Sea, giving it a permanent intelligence gathering post close to Taiwan and a group of islands disputed by Japan and China, drawing a muted initial response from Beijing.<br /><br />The new Self Defence Force base on the island of Yonaguni is at the western extreme of a string of Japanese islands in the East China Sea, 150 km (90 miles) south of the disputed islands known as the Senkaku islands in Japan and the Diaoyu in China.....REUTERS<br />28/3/16Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5409482909880290151.post-76044356981373551242016-03-28T11:20:39.638+03:002016-03-28T11:20:39.638+03:00Iraq's Kurds demand at least 20 percent of new...Iraq's Kurds demand at least 20 percent of new gov't posts...<br /><br />As Iraqi Prime Minister Haydar al-Abadi has continued consultations with a view to reshuffling his cabinet, Kurdish lawmakers have demanded at least 20 percent of the new government posts.<br /><br />Under pressure from firebrand Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, al-Abadi has begun talks aimed at forming a new government of technocrats untainted by corruption or sectarianism -- both of which, critics say, have hamstrung Iraq’s previous post-invasion governments.<br /><br />"The Kurds will not accept less than 20 percent of the ministerial posts in any new cabinet," Kurdish MP Ala Talabani said at a Sunday press conference following talks with Parliament Speaker Salim al-Jabouri.....http://aa.com.trAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5409482909880290151.post-17632595311116149512016-03-28T11:16:05.326+03:002016-03-28T11:16:05.326+03:00A Saudi-led military coalition on Monday said it h...A Saudi-led military coalition on Monday said it had completed a prisoner swap in Yemen, exchanging nine Saudi prisoners for 109 Yemeni nationals ahead of a planned truce and peace talks aimed at ending the year-long war with Houthi rebels...<br /><br />The statement did not say which group the deal was made with, but the Iran-allied Houthi movement said on Sunday it had exchanged prisoners with its enemy Riyadh, as a first step towards ending a humanitarian crisis prompted by the conflict.<br /><br />The Iran-allied Houthis are battling Yemeni government forces backed by a Saudi-led military coalition.<br /><br />Saudi Arabia received its nationals on Sunday, the coalition statement published on Saudi Arabia's state news agency SPA said. The alliance "hopes to begin a truce in conflict areas of the Republic of Yemen," it added.....todayonline.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5409482909880290151.post-14057270136423398202016-03-28T11:11:55.402+03:002016-03-28T11:11:55.402+03:00At least 12 Algerian soldiers were killed when a m...At least 12 Algerian soldiers were killed when a military helicopter crashed in the south of the country, the Defense Ministry said on Sunday...<br /><br />Further details were not immediately available. The crash occurred near Reggane town and two other soldiers were injured, the ministry said.<br />REUTERS<br />28/3/16Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5409482909880290151.post-3117405862090709432016-03-28T11:07:37.411+03:002016-03-28T11:07:37.411+03:00The Pakistani Taliban has claimed responsibility f...The Pakistani Taliban has claimed responsibility for a suicide attack that killed 72 people at a popular park in Lahore on Easter Sunday, saying it had targeted Christians... <br /><br />"We carried out the Lahore attack as Christians are our target," Ehsanullah Ehsan, spokesman for Taliban faction Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, told AFP by telephone on Monday, adding that the group would carry out more attacks in the future, including on schools and colleges.<br /><br />Officials said the bomber had detonated the explosives packed with ball bearings near a children's playing area in the popular Gulshan-i-Iqbal park.<br /><br />A spokesperson for the Pakistani Taliban had earlier been quoted by NBC News, saying: "We proudly take responsibility for the suicide attack in a park in Lahore. Members of the Christian community who were celebrating Easter today were our prime target......i24news.tv<br />28/3/16Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5409482909880290151.post-38628623819933973482016-03-28T11:06:02.134+03:002016-03-28T11:06:02.134+03:00New images have emerged from Palmyra, hours after ...New images have emerged from Palmyra, hours after Syrian troops recaptured it from the Islamic State group (IS)...<br /><br />The pictures reveal the extent of destruction wrought by the group during their 10-month occupation of the Unesco World Heritage site.<br /><br />While some treasured monuments have been destroyed, much of the ancient city's ruins are said to remain intact.<br /><br />Syria's antiquities chief Maamoun Abdulkarim said authorities had been "expecting the worst".<br /><br />But he told the AFP news agency that "the landscape, in general, is in good shape"....BBCAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5409482909880290151.post-46777385136903397282016-03-26T11:23:14.419+02:002016-03-26T11:23:14.419+02:00Atomanlage als potenzielles Terrorziel ...
Entgin...Atomanlage als potenzielles Terrorziel ...<br /><br />Entging Belgien nur knapp einem Terrorangriff auf eine Nukleareinrichtung? Das Pariser Blatt „Libération“ veröffentlichte soeben eine ausführliche Recherche, die den Schluss nahelegt, dass die Dschihadisten-Zelle, die die jüngsten Attentate in Brüssel und zuvor in Paris durchführte, schon seit längerem auch belgische Atomanlagen im Visier hatte.<br /><br />Ein erster Hinweis findet sich knapp nach dem Gemetzel von Paris im November. Die belgische Polizei nimmt Mohammed Bakkali fest, einen der mutmaßlichen Waffen- und Sprengstoff-Beschaffer der Paris-Attentäter, die vom Brüssler Stadtviertel Molenbeek aus agieren. In seiner Wohnung werden auch zehnstündige Videoaufnahmen entdeckt. Weil auf dem Streifen ein Linienbus aufscheint, kann die Polizei den Standort ausmachen. Die Kamera war in einem Gebüsch gegenüber einem Haustor versteckt und filmte das Ein- und Ausgehen eines Leiters eines Atomforschungszentrums. Die anschließend ausgewerteten Überwachungskameras der Umgebung zeigen, dass zwei Männer den Videostreifen abholen. Bei den zwei dürfte es sich um die Brüder Ibrahim und Khalid El Bakraoui handeln - zwei der Selbstmordattentäter von Brüssel......http://kurier.at<br />26/3/16Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5409482909880290151.post-66522531750302192072016-03-26T11:20:04.682+02:002016-03-26T11:20:04.682+02:00Islamic State targeting Europe because caliphate i...Islamic State targeting Europe because caliphate is 'collapsing': Kerry...<br /><br />United States Secretary of State John Kerry said on Friday that the Islamic State is focusing on Europe because the international coalition fighting it in the Middle East is making their caliphate "collapse before their eyes," the New York Times reports.<br /><br />Kerry Arrived in Brussels on Friday to offer Washington's support to Belgium after attacks claimed by the Islamic State group killed 31 dead and left 300 injured.<br /><br />Speaking next to Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel , Kerry said that “the very reason that Daesh is resorting to actions outside of the Middle East is that its fantasy of a caliphate is collapsing before their eyes,” using the Arabic acronym for the group.<br /><br />“Its territory is shrinking every day, its leaders are being decimated, its revenue resources are dwindling, and its fighters are fleeing,” he added.....i24news.tv<br />26/3/16Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5409482909880290151.post-77623452225972535232016-03-24T20:41:33.161+02:002016-03-24T20:41:33.161+02:00Revelations from Turkey that it had informed Belgi...Revelations from Turkey that it had informed Belgium that at least one of the bombers in the March 22 Brussels attack was a jihadist fighter have rocked the Western European country after authorities failed to prevent the deadly assault...<br /><br />Belgian Interior Minister Jan Jambon and Justice Minister Koen Geens offered their resignations over the Brussels attacks, but they were rejected by Prime Minister Charles Michel, Belgian media reported March 24.<br /><br />Belgian authorities are facing embarrassment after Turkey said on March 23 that last year Ankara deported back to Europe Ibrahim El Bakraoui, one of the suicide bombers who carried out the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) attacks on March 22, and warned Belgium he was a militant.<br /><br />“We informed the Brussels embassy of the deportation process of the attacker with a note on July 14, 2015. However, the Belgians released the attacker despite his deportation,” Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said March 23, adding that one of the perpetrators of the Brussels attack had been detained by Turkish authorities in June 2015 in the southeastern province of Gaziantep and deported.....hurriyetdailynews.com<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5409482909880290151.post-60991141275687491732016-03-24T18:56:09.233+02:002016-03-24T18:56:09.233+02:00Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic was fo...Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic was found guilty of the 1995 Srebrenica genocide and nine other war crimes charges, UN judges at The Hague said Thursday, sentencing him to 40 years in prison...<br /><br />Karadzic, the most senior political figure to be convicted by the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, was found guilty of 10 out of 11 charges for his role in Bosnia's brutal 1992-95 war that claimed more than 100,000 lives and displaced 2.2 million others.<br /><br />Presiding Judge O-Gon Kwon said the former Bosnian Serb leader was criminally responsible for murder, attacking civilians and terror for overseeing the deadly 44-month siege of the Bosnian capital, Sarajevo.<br /><br />Kwon said Karadzic used a campaign of sniping and shelling targeting the city's civilians as a way of furthering his political goals.<br /><br />But Karadzic was acquitted of a second count of genocide, judges having ruled that there is insufficient evidence to prove that crimes committed in Bosnian municipalities amounted to genocide......http://www.france24.com/en/20160324-karadzic-found-guilty-bosnia-genocide-srebrenica-hagueAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5409482909880290151.post-12137859258954221912016-03-24T12:18:44.639+02:002016-03-24T12:18:44.639+02:00Irakische Armee startet Großoffensive auf IS-Hochb...Irakische Armee startet Großoffensive auf IS-Hochburg Mossul ...<br /><br />Der Irak hat mit ausländischer Unterstützung die lange erwartete Militär-Offensive zur Rückeroberung der Stadt Mossul begonnen. Dabei seien mehrere Dörfer im Umland Mossuls eingenommen worden, hieß es in einer am Donnerstag im Fernsehen verlesenen Erklärung der irakischen Streitkräfte. Die Offensive ist die erste Phase einer Militäraktion, mit der die Regierung die Extremistenmiliz Islamischer Staat (IS) aus der größten Stadt im Norden des Landes vertreiben will.<br /><br />Die Offensive startet von dem Stützpunkt Makhmour. Die Stadt liegt rund 70 Kilometer südöstlich von Mossul. Schon im Februar begann die irakische Armee Truppen dorthin zu verlegen. Die Soldaten im Stützpunkt sollten auf 4500 Mann aufgestockt werden. "In diesem Jahr ist die Zeit gekommen, in der wir Daesh im Irak militärisch ein Ende setzen", sagte Regierungschefs Haidar al-Abadi damals.<br /><br />In Mossul lebten einst rund zwei Millionen Menschen. Die IS-Kämpfer nahmen die Metropole 2014 in einem Blitzangriff ein. Es ist die bei weitem größte Stadt in Irak und Syrien, die der IS unter seine Kontrolle brachte......http://diepresse.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5409482909880290151.post-79682826304080635322016-03-24T12:16:11.419+02:002016-03-24T12:16:11.419+02:00UN war crimes judges will deliver a keenly-awaited...UN war crimes judges will deliver a keenly-awaited judgement Thursday on wartime Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, accused of genocide for some of the worst atrocities committed in Europe since World War II...<br /><br />Once the feared leader of Bosnia’s Serb minority during the Balkan country’s brutal 1992-95 war, Karadzic faces charges of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity for his alleged role in the bloody slaughter that claimed more than 100,000 lives and displaced 2.2 million others.<br /><br />Karadzic, sporting his familiar bouffant hairstyle, will face judges at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) at 1300 GMT for the historic ruling.<br /><br />Now 70, the one-time psychiatrist will be the highest-profile politician from the Balkan wars to face judgement, after former Serbian strongman Slobodan Milosevic died in his prison cell in The Hague while on trial in 2006.<br /><br />Karadzic, as president of the breakaway Republika Srpska, is accused of taking part in a joint criminal scheme to “permanently remove Muslim and Bosnian Croat inhabitants... from areas claimed as Bosnian Serb territory”.....http://www.france24.com/en/20160324-karadzic-verdict-un-war-crimesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com