http://www.liveleak.com/browse?channel_token=be1_1302955757 Items in channel 'Jake Sully' Tue, 21 May 2013 17:00:09 -0400 Liveleak http://edge.liveleak.com/80281E/u/u/ll2/logo.gif http://www.liveleak.com/browse?channel_token=be1_1302955757 Tue, 14 May 2013 10:30:59 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=cd2_1368541475 Jake_Sully Update on http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=2a6_1368524428 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=cd2_1368541475 Jake_Sully Troubled Suburbs Reaction - Update Australia, fsa, terrorism, extremism, salafism, takfirism, idiots, thugs, brutes Tue, 07 May 2013 19:35:37 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=904_1367969323 Jake_Sully US secretary of state John Kerry and Russia's foreign minister Sergei Lavrov have announced plans to try to broker an international conference on ending Syria's civil war. The pair told a news conference they would push for summit to bring together the Syrian government and the opposition within a matter of weeks. "The alternative is that there is even more violence," Mr Kerry said. "The alternative is that Syria heads closer to an abyss, if not over the abyss, and into chaos. The alternative is that the humanitarian crisis will grow. The alternative is that there may be even a break up of Syria. "The announcement followed talks between Mr Kerry and Russian president Vladimir Putin that appeared to show little progress on gaining Russia's help in ending Syria's civil war. The Russian president kept Mr Kerry waiting three hours before their meeting. The US and Russia have clashed over the Kremlin's continued support for Syrian president Bashar al-Assad's regime, and Moscow has vetoed attempts to impose sanctions on Syria at the UN Security Council. But referring to Mr Assad, Mr Lavrov said Moscow was not concerned by the fate of particular individuals. "The task now is to convince the government and all the opposition groups ... to sit at the negotiating table," he said. Mr Kerry said the conference should be held "as soon as is practical - possibly and hopefully by the end of the month". Neither man said where it might take place. Although the United States has said Mr Assad should not be part of a transitional government in Syria, Mr Kerry said the decision on who would take part should be left to the Syrians. Mr Lavrov said the aim would be "to persuade the government and the opposition together ... to fully implement the Geneva communique" on creating a transitional government. Meanwhile UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon called for the immediate release of four UN military observers seized by Syrian rebels in the Golan Heights. Mr Moon condemned the detention of four Filipino observers on the ceasefire line on the Golan Heights, which Israel seized from Syria in 1967. A rebel group called the Yarmouk Martytrs' Brigade said it had detained them for their own safety, and it would release them as soon as possible. It is the second time this year the group has detained UN observers, amidst heavy fighting between it and Syrian government troops. A photo of the four, apparently unharmed and wearing their blue UN flak jackets, was posted on Facebook. In another development, search engine Google has confirmed internet access has been completely cut off in Syria. Google says mobile phones and landlines may not be working properly either. Internet monitoring firm Renesys also confirmed the loss of Syrian internet, as did networking firm Akamai. Syria also suffered an i nternet outage in November 2012, which lasted for two days. At the time, government officials accused "terrorists" of attacking the lines, but opposition and human rights groups blamed the Syrian government for the outage. http://www.abc.net.au http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=904_1367969323 Jake_Sully US and Russia join forces for Syrian peace summit Syria, nutsflipped, FSA, SAA Sat, 27 Apr 2013 23:19:42 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=67c_1367117782 Jake_Sully So much for the pretext for intervention, now what?? http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=67c_1367117782 Jake_Sully US remains reluctant to intervene in Syria Cemical Weapons Tue, 23 Apr 2013 11:19:06 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=84e_1366729255 Jake_Sully Israel's top military intelligence analyst says Syrian government forces have used chemical weapons, probably nerve gas, in their fight against rebels waging a two-year-old uprising. Brigadier-General Itai Brun told a security conference that photos of victims showing foam coming out of their mouths and contracted pupils were signs deadly gas had been used. "To the best of our understanding, there was use of lethal chemical weapons," he said in remarks broadcast on Army Radio. "Which chemical weapons? Probably Sarin." In a transcript of the speech provided by the Israeli military, he said forces loyal to Syrian president Bashar al-Assad were behind the attacks on "armed (rebels) on a number of occasions in the past few months".The Syrian government and rebels last month accused each other of launching a chemical attack near the northern city of Aleppo. US defence secretary Chuck Hagel, who is visiting Israel, has said American intelligence agencies were still assessing whether chemical weapons may have been used in Syria's civil war. "We, the United States, along with Israel have options for all contingencies and certainly the Syrian government's use of chemical weapons would be a game changer in crossing that red line," he said . US secretary of state John Kerry said later that NATO needed to consider its role in the Syrian crisis, including how it would respond to a potential chemical weapons threat."We need to continue to consider NATO's role as it relates to the Syrian crisis," he said in a statement prepared for a meeting of NATO foreign ministers in Brussels, adding that the planning that the alliance had already done was appropriate. "We should also carefully and collectively consider how NATO is prepared to respond to protect its members from a Syrian threat, including any potential chemical weapons threat."Developed as a pesticide in Germany in 1938, sarin is a deadly and volatile nerve agent that is colourless and odourless. In high doses, it paralyses the muscles around the lungs and prevents chemicals from "switching off" the body's secretions, so victims suffocate or drown as their lungs fill with mucus and saliva. There were more than 1,000 tonnes of chemical agents in Syria and "a lot" of warheads and missiles that could be armed with the deadly substance, Brigadier-General Brun was quoted as saying. http://tvnz.co.nz/world-news http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=84e_1366729255 Jake_Sully Israel says Syria used chemical weapons Syria, chemical weapons, wmd Sat, 02 Mar 2013 19:48:01 -0500 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=509_1362270087 Jake_Sully Al Qaeda's top commander in Mali has reportedly been killed in fighting during the seven-week French-led intervention against Islamic insurgents. Chad president Idriss Deby said Abdelhamid Abou Zeid, a Mali-based operative in Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), was killed on February 22 during deadly fighting between Chadian troops and Islamist fighters. "On February 22, we lost several soldiers in the Ifogha mountains after destroying the jihadists' base. This was the first time there was a direct confrontation with the jihadists," he said."Our soldiers killed two jihadist chiefs including Abou Zeid." Other reports suggest the he may have been killed by a French military bombardment. Algerian security services are said to be taking DNA samples from relatives at France's request. Analysts say if they confirm the militant's death, it will raise questions over the state of several French hostages who are widely believed to have remained in Abou Zeid's custody to date. French and west African troops have been hunting down rebels they dislodged from northern Mali's main cities following a lightning advance against the Islamists. Abou Zeid, whose real name is Mohamed Ghedir, was often seen in the cities of Timbuktu and Gao after the Islamists took control of northern Mali last year and sparked fears the region could become a haven for extremists. An Algerian born near the border with Libya, Abou Zeid was a former smuggler who embraced radical Islam in the 1990s and became one of AQIM's key leaders. In other news, Mokhtar Belmokhtar, the one-eyed jihadist Al Qaeda commander allegedly behind a bloody mass hostage-taking situation at an Algerian gas plant in January, has reportedly been killed in Mali. The Chadian army said in a statement that several militants, including the 40-year-old Belmokhtar, were killed when "Chadian forces in Mali completely destroyed the main jihadist base in Adrar of the Ifoghas mountains". "The Chadian armed forces completely destroyed the most important base of the jihadists and narco-terrorists in the Adrar and Ifoghas mountains," General Zakaria Ngobongue said. "The details from the fighting are as follows: several terrorists killed, including their leader Mokhtar Belmokhtar, known as One Eye, 60 vehicles recovered in good condition, various war equipment recovered and a search operation is underway to find any fugitives." Belmokhtar is nicknamed "Mr Marlboro" for his involvement in cigarette smuggling. His death would be a major blow to Islamist rebels in northern Mali, who have been pushed into their mountain strongholds by French and African forces. Chad president Idriss Deby said yesterday that the Mali-based operative from Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) was killed on February 22 during deadly fighting between Chadian troops and Islamist fighters. French officials said they could not confirm the killing of either Abou Zeid or Belmokhtar. Chad is among several African nations that have contributed forces to a French-led military intervention in Mali aimed at ridding its vast northern desert of Islamist rebels, who seized it nearly a year ago following a coup in the capital. Western and regional nations are worried that Al Qaeda will seek to use the zone as a launch pad for international attacks, and to strengthen ties with homegrown African Islamist groups like Al Shabaab in Somalia and Boko Haram in Nigeria. In a speech on Friday, French president Francois Hollande said the operation in Mali was in its final stage. "Terrorist groups have taken refuge and are hiding in an especially difficult zone," he said. "Information is out there. I don't have to confirm it because we must reach the end of the operation." He was suspected of being behind a series of brutal kidnappings in several countries, including of British national Edwin Dyer, who was abducted in Niger and executed in 2009, and of 78-year-old French aid worker Michel Germaneau, who was executed in 2010. Abou Zeid was believed to be holding a number of Western hostages, including four French citizens kidnapped in Niger in 2010. He was thought to have about 200 seasoned fighters under his command, mainly Algerians, Mauritanians and Malians, who were well-equipped and highly mobile. An Algiers court last year sentenced Abou Zeid in absentia to life in prison for having formed an international armed group involved in the kidnapping of foreigners. Five other members of his family were jailed for 10 years each. He was seen as a true religious fanatic and more uncompromising than some other leaders of north African armed Islamist groups, such as Mokhtar Belmokhtar, the mastermind of January's attack on an Algerian natural-gas facility that left 37 foreign hostages dead. On the ground on Friday, Malian troops arrested about 50 people near Gao on an island in the Niger river that was used as a hideout by armed Islamists, military sources told AFP. http://www.abc.net.au/news http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=509_1362270087 Jake_Sully Top 2 Al Qaeda Jihadi Terrorist Killed in Mali Al Qaeda, terrorists, Chad, Algeria Tue, 05 Feb 2013 03:49:33 -0500 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=203_1360053143 Jake_Sully North Korea, which is poised to conduct a nuclear test any day now, has posted a video depicting a US city resembling New York engulfed in flames after an apparent missile attack. The footage was uploaded on Saturday by the North's official website, Uriminzokkiri, which distributes news and propaganda from the state media. The video is shot as a dream sequence, with a young man seeing himself on board a North Korean space shuttle launched into orbit by the same type of rocket Pyongyang successfully tested in December. As the shuttle circles the globe - to the tune of We Are The World - the video zooms in on countries below, including a joyfully re-unified Korea. In contrast, the focus then switches to a city - shrouded in the US flag - under apparent missile attack with its skyscrapers, including what appears to be the Empire State Building, either on fire or in ruins. "Somewhere in the United States, black clouds of smoke are billowing," runs the caption across the screen. "It seems that the nest of wickedness is ablaze with the fire started by itself," it added. The video ends with the young man concluding that his dream will "surely come true". "Despite all kinds of attempts by imperialists to isolate and crush us... never will anyone be able to stop the people marching toward a final victory," it said. The North is expected to conduct its nuclear test as a defiant response to UN sanctions imposed after its December rocket launch. AFP http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=203_1360053143 Jake_Sully North Korea video shows US city under attack North Korea, USA, We are the World, lol Fri, 01 Feb 2013 04:26:38 -0500 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=8f9_1359709634 Jake_Sully Iran has threatened Israel with "grave consequences" after Israeli jets reportedly bombed a Syrian military complex near Damascus. Syrian State TV said Israeli jets carried out the raid on the facility at Jamraya, on the outskirts of the Syrian capital, at dawn on Wednesday. Buta Western diplomat and Lebanese security officials told international news agencies that the attack actually hit an arms convoy, probably carrying advanced surface-to-air missiles to Hezbollah, near the border with Lebanon. Adding to the confusion, a local rebel group said it was responsible for the attack, which involved mortar fire on the weapons compound. Iran's deputy foreign minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian said the attack clearly demonstrated that foreign-sponsored militants and Israel "pursue the same goals with regard to Syria", and warned Israel not to have faith in its anti-missile defence system. That could be a reference to possible retaliation by Hezbollah, which is backed by Syria and Iran, and has missiles stationed in Lebanon, just across the border with Israel. Syria's foreign ministry said Israel "and the states that protect it" were responsible for the air strike, and said he affirmed "Syria's right to defend itself and its territory and sovereignty," state news agency SANA reported. Syria called on "all the competent UN bodies to take the necessary steps given this grave Israeli violation, and to guarantee that it will not happen again. "UN chief Ban Ki-moon expressed "grave concern" and called on all parties to "prevent tensions or their escalation in the region. "He called on all sides to "strictly abide by international law, in particular in respect of territorial integrity and sovereignty of all countries in the region," deputy UN spokesman Eduardo del Buey said. Damascus's ambassador to Lebanon, Ali Abdel Karim Ali, stressed Syria's right to respond to "the Zionist aggression." Meanwhile, Syria has called in the commander of the United Nations force which observes a decades-old truce between Syria and Israel. The Syrian foreign ministry says it lodged an official protest over Israel's violation of the agreement, which dates back to 1974. Russia said if the strike was confirmed it would be "a very serious breach of the UN charter". Israel has made no comment. http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=8f9_1359709634 Jake_Sully Iran issues threat over Israeli air strike Syria, Israel, Lebanon, Hizbollah Sat, 08 Dec 2012 19:59:41 -0500 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=a6f_1355013052 Jake_Sully Hamas chief Khaled Meshaal has rejected ceding "an inch" of Palestinian territory to Israel or recognising the Jewish state , in a speech in Gaza marking the 25th anniversary of the Islamist group's founding. Mr Meshaal, who ended his 45-year-old exodus from the Palestinian territories on Friday, also told thousands of people at the rally that Hamas would never abandon its claim to all Israeli territory. "Palestine is our land and nation, from the sea to the River, from north to south, and we cannot cede an inch or any part of it," he said of the borders currently held by Israel and the Palestinian Authority. "Resistance is the right way to recover our rights, as well as all forms of struggle - political, diplomatic, legal and popular, but all are senseless without resistance," he said on his historic first visit to Gaza. Turning to the question of Palestinian unity, he said: "We are a single authority, a single reference, and our reference is the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO), which we want united."In the eyes of the international community, the PLO is the sole body that purports to speak for all the Palestinian people. Hamas does not belong to the PLO, whose chairman is Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas, but Mr Meshaal said a year ago that it and other factions were "on the path to joining" it.His remarks could be seen as the latest bid by Hamas to integrate with the PLO and consolidate Palestinian ranks. In 2006, Hamas won a landslide general election victory, routing Mr Abbas's long-dominant Fatah party. Some 18 months later, Hamas ousted Fatah forces from Gaza after several weeks of running street battles, and the Islamist group now rules it. Asa result, Mr Abbas now holds sway only over the Israeli-occupied West Bank. He spoke at a rally organisers said was attended by more than 100,000 supporters in the Al-Qitaba complex west of Gaza City, which was transformed into a sea of green Hamas flags. The celebrations come just over two weeks after an Egyptian-brokered truce ended eight days of bloodshed with Israel that left 174 Palestinians dead. "We used only 10 per cent of our capacity in the fighting," a masked spokesman for Hamas military wing, the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, told the crowd."If you had escalated , so would we have," he told Israel. "We will cut the hand that extends in aggression against our people and leaders." A spokesman for Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Ofir Gendelman, retorted on Twitter that Hamas was celebrating "25 years of murdering Israelis by rockets & suicide bombings, as well as executing Fatah members & violating Pal human rights. "A huge portrait of Hamas founder Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, assassinated by Israel in 2004, dominated the main stage, as did one of Hamas military commander Ahmed Jaabari, whose killing by Israel set off last month's deadly bloodshed. Between them was a model of an M75 rocket of the sort fired at Israeli cities during the conflict. On the backdrop was a model of Jerusalem's golden-domed Al-Aqsa mosque, which appears on the Hamas emblem. Founded in 1987 shortly after the start of the first Palestinian intifada, or uprising, Hamas was inspired by Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood. Its charter calls for the eventual destruction of Israel and the establishment of an Islamic state on the pre-1948 borders of the British Palestine Mandate. http://www.abc.net.au http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=a6f_1355013052 Jake_Sully Hamas leader calls for Palestinian unity Gaza, Israel, Hamas, Fatah Fri, 19 Oct 2012 15:26:06 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=179_1350673205 Jake_Sully Kabul, Oct. 19 At least 15 Afghan civilians were killed and 18 others wounded Friday morning in a roadside bombing in northern Balkh province, a provincial police spokesman said. "A minibus with about 33 civilians aboard was heading to take part in a wedding party in Sadir Abad village of Dawlat Abad district at bout 10 a.m. (local time) Friday but the vehicle touched off a roadside bomb sparking a powerful blast, killing 15 people and wounding 18 others," spokesman Shirjan Duran said Several women and children were among the killed and wounded, he added. Taliban militants, who have been waging an insurgency of more than one decade, have often attacked Afghan and about 100,000 NATO- led forces with Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) or roadside bombs but the lethal weapons also inflict casualties on civilians. In addition, an Afghan Local Police (ALP) commander was killed by a Taliban IED attack in southern Kandahar province Thursday, an official said. "The ALP commander named Mirza Khan was killed Thursday evening when an IED went off along a road in southwestern part of Zharai district near provincial capital Kandahar city, " administrative district chief Nyaz Mohammad Sarhadi told Xinhua, blaming Taliban for the attack in the province 450 south of Kabul. The NATO and U.S.-funded ALP or community police was established in August 2010 to protect villages and districts around the insurgency-hit country where Afghan army and policehave limited presence. A total of 1,145 Afghan civilians were killed and 1,954 injured in conflicts in the first six months of 2012 in insurgency-hit country, according to a UN report released in Kabul on Aug. 8. The IED explosions and the suicide bombings were alone accounted for more than 50 percent of all civilians'deaths, according to the report. It attributed 80 percent of the civilian deaths to attacks by Taliban insurgents and other armed groups opposing the Afghan government, another 10 percent of the deaths were attributed to Afghan and NATO-led forces and 10 percent were unattributed in the first six months this year. News.yahoo.com/BBC http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=179_1350673205 Jake_Sully Roadside bomb kills 19 at Afghan wedding Bomb, IED, Minibus Mon, 15 Oct 2012 10:07:45 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=dca_1350309374 Jake_Sully A Pakistani schoolgirl who was shot in the head by Taliban gunmen has been flown to the United Kingdom for further treatment, a military spokesman has said. Malala Yousufzai, 14, an advocate for girls' education in her country, was attacked on a school bus in the Swat Valley last week. At the weekend doctors said the girl was showing signs of improvement, although she remained unconscious and on a ventilator. In a statement a military spokesman said an air ambulance transporting Malala had left the capital Islamabad and was heading to the UK. "The panel of doctors recommended Malala be shifted abroad to a UK centre which has the capability to provide integrated care to children who have sustained severe injury," the spokesman said. Her shooting sparked condemnation in both Pakistan and around the world. As a result, Pakistani authorities have offered a reward of more than $100,000 for the capture of the attackers. Up to 200 people have been detained since the incident, including the bus driver and school watchman, but most have been released. Police have said they are still looking for their prime suspect. Malala won international prominence after highlighting Taliban atrocities in Swat with a blog for the BBC three years ago, when the Islamist militants burned girls' schools and terrorised the valley before the army intervened. Security worries meant Malala's departure was not announced until the plane was airborne. "Since militants had threatened to target her again, it was decided that the information about her departure for medical treatment would not be disclosed until her aircraft actually took off," interior minister Rehman Malik said. The army said all expenses, including Malala's air ambulance flight and treatment abroad, would be covered by the government of Pakistan. British foreign secretary William Hague says the UK government offered to treat the girl the day after she was attacked. "The United Kingdom stands shoulder to shoulder with the people of Pakistan in fighting terrorism, in trying to ensure that young people have a proper education and in supporting Malala, this brave schoolgirl who we will welcome into the United Kingdom." ABC/wires http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=dca_1350309374 Jake_Sully Malala Yousufzai sent to UK for treatment Malala Yousufzai Tue, 09 Oct 2012 20:23:18 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=875_1349827494 Jake_Sully A 14-year-old Pakistani girl who campaigned for children's rights is fighting for her life after being shot in the head on her school bus by a Taliban gunman Malala Yousafzai had campaigned for girls' education and was nominated for an international peace prize. She won international recognition for highlighting Taliban atrocities in Swat with a blog for the BBC three years ago, when Islamist militants burned girls' schools and terrorized the valley. She was shot in broad daylight in Mingora, the main town of the Swat valley, raising serious questions about security more than three years after the army claimed to have crushed a Taliban insurgency there. Malala was flown to the north-western city of Peshawar where a team of senior doctors said she was in a critical condition. Two other girls were injured in the attack. Taliban spokesman Ehsanullah Ehsan told AFP the Islamist group carried out the attack after repeatedly warning Malala to stop speaking out against them. "She is a Western-mindedgirl. She always speaks against us. We will target anyone who speaks against the Taliban," he said by telephone from an undisclosed location. Malala received the first-ever national peace award from the Pakistani government last year, and was nominated for the International Children'sPeace Prize by advocacy group KidsRights Foundation in 2011. The United States has denounced the attack "barbaric" and "cowardly". "Westrongly condemn the shooting of Malala. Directing violence at childrenis barbaric, it's cowardly, and our hearts go out to her and the others who were wounded, as well as their families," State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said. abc.net.au/news Update from http://www.newspakistan.pk Will not spare if Malala survives in attack: TTP spokesperson The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) on Tuesday claimed responsibility for an attack on Malala Yousafzai, saying that they will target her again if she survives. Speaking to the media, TTP spokesperson Ehsanullah Ehsan termed her a secular-minded girl, adding that this was a warning for all youngsters who were involved in similar activates. Taliban spokesman Ehsanullah Ehsan said his group was behind the shooting. He noted, "She was pro-West, she was speaking against Taliban and she was calling President Obama her idol. She was young but she was promoting Western culture in Pashtun areas." Meanwhile, doctors at the Military Combined Hospital (CMH) Peshawar have termed next three days as critical for the health Malala Yousafzai. According to the reports, the doctors have postponed a surgery, keeping in view her wounds that are said to be very serious as the girl was hit in the head from close range. The reports said that a bullet was still in her head and would be removed through a surgery. Malala Yousafzai was injured along with two other women when Taliban gunmen opened fire on a bus in Swat. Two bullets hit Yousafzai, one in the head and another between the neck and chest. Yousafzai, who studies at Khushal Public School, was on her way home when the vehicle came under attack on Haji Baba Road. One of the other injured has been identified as Shazia and sources say the third was a teacher. http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=875_1349827494 Jake_Sully Cowardly, Barbaric Taliban, shoot Schoolgirl campaigner in the head on school bus Taliban, Pakistan, Malala Yousafzai Wed, 25 Jul 2012 22:07:22 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=29c_1343268043 Jake_Sully A famously secretive and hard to enter outfit, the SAS have gives 7.30 rare access and disclosure to their work and experiences. The sandy beret of the Special Air Service is one of the most sought-after ranks in the Australian military. Yet the elite regiment is also the most secretive. We rarely get a glimpse of the work done both at home and abroad. But now a new documentary series examines the history of the SAS and includes some startling revelations about the many risks they face. Hayden Cooper reports. http://www.abc.net.au http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=29c_1343268043 Jake_Sully Rare Australian SAS Insight AUS, SAS, Afghanistan, Taliban