http://www.liveleak.com/browse?q=%E2%80%9CGet Wed, 22 May 2013 05:36:03 -0400 Liveleak http://edge.liveleak.com/80281E/u/u/ll2/logo.gif http://www.liveleak.com/browse?q=%E2%80%9CGet Tue, 21 May 2013 11:09:47 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=3f9_1369147062 pheenus I often tend to be rather critical of LEOs. Sometimes it's the result of past run-ins with the law (I have, at times, engaged in some light criminality), other times for their overzealous enforcement of outdated and Draconian laws prohibiting the growth, sale and posession of the plant cannabis sativa, but mostly for the increasing militarization of forces all over the world. But I digress. This video I saw last night softened my heart to them. And I know that's entirely irrational, and that my dislike for cops in general is mostly irrational, but at the same time I was struck by how genuine these guys seemed, and how humble they were in the face of their heroism. Sometimes I like being reminded of the obvious, that cops are people too. Clip is cut from a documentary entitled 'Ohio Slave Girls: Their Story' produced by England's Channel 5. All credit where it is due. DMCA 'Fair Use' notice - This content is posted under the Fair Use provision(s) in accordancewith DMCA as well as other applicable laws, and the provisions for FairUse set forth under said law(s). I do not seek monetary gain from sharing this content with my fellow LiveLeakers, I only seek to educate. http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=3f9_1369147062 pheenus Officers get emotional while describing saving the girls kept as sextoys by Ariel Castro. cops, are, people, too, ohio, slave girls, ariel castro, Wed, 22 May 2013 03:26:05 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=3ac_1369207383 Lake8737 Must be asking for food and money, but I don't think they will get any if they don't change their policies. http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=3ac_1369207383 Lake8737 North Korea sends envoy to China for undisclosed purposes china,chinese,north korea Tue, 21 May 2013 23:26:31 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=0a1_1369192916 weldongrisham A new nightclub in Scotland is being investigated by police and other Glasgow city officials after a newspaper investigation revealed the club had installed two-way mirrors in its women's bathrooms, exposing the women to viewers in two private rooms. The Scottish Sunday Express broke the story this weekend, claiming they've seen photos showing men posing in front of the two-way mirrors, with women using the bathroom behind them. The paper said there were no signs or notifications in the bathroom or club notifying the women they were being watched. Several female club-goers interviewed by the paper expressed shock at the revelations. "I find it absolutely outrageous that a club can get away with this, it is a complete invasion of privacy of the unsuspecting girls," one said. "Nowhere is it made clear that this is the case so when visiting the bathroom for the first time, there are women bending over the sink, pouting into the mirror to redo their lipstick, adjusting themselves whilst unknowingly being watched by people on the other side." When reporters from the the Sunday Express contacted the club posing as potential clients, they were told the the private rooms, which cost over $1200 to rent, were not available to male or mixed gender groups. Photos online reportedly show otherwise.When the Express asked the club for official comment, they didn't receive a response. However, on Monday the Shimmy Club responded to the growing controversy on their Facebook page, saying the two-way mirror was "created as a bit of fun, an interactive feature which we hoped would act as a talking point." As for those offended by the concept, the club writes, "its (sic) clear that those who are negatively commenting on line may not have been lucky enough to get past the door staff yet." The club did, however, say they would remove the mirrors "if your feedback (and not that of the media) is that you want the mirror area to change." Those changes, if they do happen, might occur too late for the club to avoid legal trouble; The Guardian reports that Scottish police and and Glasgow city council are investigating the club after receiving complaints. http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=0a1_1369192916 weldongrisham Nightclub Investigated for Installing 2-Way Mirror in Women's Bathroom glasgow, uk, mirror, two way, guardian, shimmy, club, scandal Tue, 21 May 2013 22:59:38 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=7b6_1369191455 cathy winslow Getting to al-Qusayr city is not easy these days, roads have to be chosen wisely; one wrong turn, and you might end up in the wrong place; but as we approach what is now considered a vital intersection in Syria's geography and daily fighting, signs of battles that took place before becomes more and more evident. After the scenes of destruction, the sounds of fierce clashes begin and a side road has to be used to avoid the clashes. A dusty and bumpy road; but not as difficult as the clashes taking place inside the city. This is the main entrance of al-Qusayr city we are at the main square leading into al-Qusayr city we are standing here with the Syrian army as they are approaching more and more the city center The Syrian army is securing the city street by street and stationing units as they go in, but the biggest challenge is the snipers. The insurgents sharp shooters are making running and ducking an essential life skill to survive in Al-Qusair. However, the Syrian army has found more innovative ways to avoid the snipers, making ditches and covering them with whatever they could put their hands on. The clashes become more and more intense as we get closer to insurgents. Here every street you cross needs fire coverage from Syrian troops and when this fails the tanks come in. Finally we are at the schools complex, a group of adjacent school buildings that have become the new frontline in the fight over al-Qusayr. This is the schools' complex which was one of the strongest points inside al-Qusayr as the Syrian Army is advancing, it managed to seize the building and they are advancing more right now. http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2013/05/21/304655/syria-army-advances-on-qusayr-city/ http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=7b6_1369191455 cathy winslow Syria army Continue advances in Qusayr city Syria,Qusayr,Qusair,War,Assad Tue, 21 May 2013 21:53:20 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=58b_1369187247 bushman42069 This is actually my friends buddy , and its kinda sad but realistically not many ppl are found once they go missing in mexico. The family of a missing B.C. man worries that he and his friend have been kidnapped after disappearing from a Mexican resort almost two weeks ago. Canadian Diego Hernandez, a 22-year-old martial arts instructor, and his American friend, Craig Silva, went missing from Puerto Vallarta on May 8, just two days after Hernandez organized a mixed martial arts sporting event in the city. They have not been seen or heard from since. The mother of the missing Canadian, now in Puerto Vallarta, believes her son was kidnapped.They're both martial arts instructors, they're disciplined individuals," Hernandez's mother Melissa Canez told The Canadian Press on Monday. Canez says she has seen surveillance video that shows Hernandez withdrawing cash at an ATM flanked by two masked men. According to Canez, Hernandez was also approached before the event by a person who wanted a cut of his earnings. "I was terrified," she told AP. "I said to him, 'You can't say no to those people...I think you should leave, like get on the plane right now." The pair was last seen in Silva's truck, a black 2003 Chevy Trailblazer, which has since been recovered by police. Local Mexican newspaper Noticias PV says Puerto Vallarta's director of public safety, Silvestre Chavez, has launched an investigation. "The police in Mexico and the Embassy are taking this seriously and working on getting records but at this time it appears to be a random kidnapping," the moderator of a Facebook group set up to collect tips about the pair's whereabouts wrote on May 12. Taking to Facebook on May 16, Silva's sister begged her brother's potential captors to "just let him go." "This is the breaking point," she wrote on the group's Facebook page. "Please if anyone out there knows where my brother is -- or if you have him. Please just let him go. Craig is my baby brother. I just want him back safely. I don't care why you have him or who you are, I just want Craig back safe. Please. If you love your own family: brother or sister or son, try to imagine how we feel and send him home to us safely."The plea was posted a day after Mother's Day, the "very first" time the missing American man "did not tell me how much he loves me," wrote Silva's mother on Facebook. "This pain will not go away and I will not rest until I can hear those words again. I love you Craig." http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=58b_1369187247 bushman42069 Canadian teen missing for over two weeks in Mexico mexico canada kidnapped Tue, 21 May 2013 21:35:43 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=c1c_1369186331 flank99 heavy Rain is Heading for City of Calgary Alberta and it will bring 50+ mm of rain and it will have a heavy Downpour in the City and People in Calgary be Prepared have your Rubber Boots and your Rain Coats Ready and Have your Umbrella Ready and your Rain Suits Ready too and the Streets will get Flooded don't walk through the Puddles Avoid the Puddles and if there is a Deep Flood Don't Drive your Car Through the Flood or your Car can break down and the Rain will Start on Thursday Evening then it will have Heavy Rain on Friday in City of Calgary and the Streets will get Flooded and Don't Get Caught in the Rain Stay Dry and have your Rain Suits Ready. http://www.sydneyinearlymarch.blogspot.ca http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=c1c_1369186331 flank99 Heavy Rain to Hit Calgary Alberta on Friday May 24, 2013 Heavy Rain to Hit Calgary Alberta on Friday May 24, 2013 Tue, 21 May 2013 21:12:57 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=a7c_1369184263 BekasKhan By Michael Hirsh National JournalKABUL, Afghanistan - None of President Hamid Karzai's top advisers knew that he had been receiving tens of millions of dollars in secret cash from the CIA, Afghanistan's senior anticorruption official said, and he added that he did not believe the Afghan leader's claim that he had been giving the agency regular receipts for the money. Mohammad Yasin Osmani, the head of the Independent Joint Anti-Corruption Monitoring and Evaluation Committee, said in an interview last week that he and 39 other advisers who audit expenditures throughout the government "were not aware" of the decade-old payouts, which Karzai acknowledged at a news conference in Kabul on May 4. But Osmani, like other Afghan government officials, was reluctant to criticize Karzai or accuse him of personal corruption, highlighting a growing friction between Afghanistan and the International Security Assistance Force led by the United States over an issue that threatens to upend the rebuilding effort here, and possibly U.S. plans for a post-2014 "strategic partnership" with Afghanistan. Many Afghan officials and politicians contend that their nation's reputation for rampant corruption is exaggerated-according to Transparency International, a monitoring group, Afghanistan is the most corrupt nation on earth, along with Myanmar, North Korea, and Somalia. They say that more to blame are poor procedures by ISAF and Washington that hand aid money directly over to graft-plagued contractors and subcontractors. Ashraf Ghani, a former finance minister who is currently the chairman of the Afghan Transition Coordination Commission, said the Karzai cash controversy is viewed in Washington as simply more evidence of Afghanistan's corrupt ways. But he asked: "What does it say about the way the American government conducts itself?" It is, perhaps, a fair point, especially coming after a decade in which the $60 billion American rebuilding effort in Iraq was deemed hopelessly corrupt-in part because, Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction Stuart Bowen concluded in his final report in March, in many cases U.S. officials did not consult with Iraqis closely or deeply enough to determine what reconstruction projects were really needed. Now the Afghans are saying the same thing. Even as the security transition to the Afghan National Security Forces is said to be going more smoothly, civilian transition from U.S. to Afghan oversight is a disaster, Finance Minister Omar Zakhilwal said in an interview. "The transition has not happened," he said, although as the ISAF-formed "provincial reconstruction teams" are being dismantled. U.S. aid rules have themselves become a source of corruption, Osmani says. Too many private contractors skim off the top as they subcontract a job out, a practice that the Afghan government itself would not permit, he says. Beyond that, "nobody has the right to monitor international community projects," and yet international auditors are often too leery of going to insecure areas. So little monitoring occurs. And in some cases U.S.-built projects appear to be following the pattern in Iraq. Osmani cited a case in which the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, John Sopko, criticized a $73 million contract given by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to DynCorp International for a shoddily built Afghan National Army base in Kunduz Province. "They didn't allow the government to go out and supervise the project!" Osmani said. The finger-pointing on both sides suggests a long-married couple-10 years of geopolitical marriage in this case-who are fed up with each other but can't bear the idea of divorce. And the mood is getting testier. In a recent report, Sopko accused the Afghan government of "targeting American contractors with unjust taxes and intimidation." Zakhilwal says the allegations are false. Even in the case of Afghanistan's biggest economic weakness, the heroin trade, Afghan officials say the corruption is far greater outside Afghanistan than inside. "From 2002 to 2009, $420 billion to $460 billion was made by international dealers , while $18 billion made by the Afghan mafia," says Ghani, citing a report by the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime. "The illegal economy is totally integrated into globalization: with credit and transport." The question of whether Afghanistan is just too corrupt to save has shaped the entire U.S. approach to post-9/11 Afghanistan, tilting the Obama administration gradually away from "nation-building" and toward a more pared-down counterterrorism strategy. In February 2008, three U.S. senators who are today the Obama administration's key foreign-policy heavyweights-Joe Biden, Chuck Hagel, and John Kerry-had a crucial dinner with Karzai at the Afghan president's palace. After Hagel raised the subject of corruption in Karzai's government, including runaway graft and narcotics connections, Karzai replied, "My dear senator, there is no corruption in my government." Things then got testier. The American visitors insisted they had a list of corrupt officials and that Karzai's brother was at the top of it, but the Afghan leader disingenuously denied it all-until Biden, by the dessert course, threw down his napkin. "This dinner is over," he said, walking out. Hagel and Kerry followed. Biden never really regained his trust in Karzai, and by 2009, after he became Barack Obama's vice president, he turned into the new administration's No. 1 skeptic about nation-building. The doubts about Karzai, culminating in charges of election fraud, also poisoned the Afghan president's relations with the late Richard Holbrooke, Obama's special representative for Afghanistan. Karzai continues to deny charges of personal corruption, including about the CIA money. "This money was not given to warlords," he said at the May 4 news conference in Kabul. "The major part of this money was spent on government employees such as our guards.... It has been paid to individuals, not movements.... We give receipts for all these expenditures to the U.S. government." Even Osmani is skeptical about that last point. Asked whether he believed there were "receipts," he responded, "No." But there are clearly two sides to every corruption story, and the U.S. and Afghan governments need to get their stories straight if the "partnership" is to survive after 2014. http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=a7c_1369184263 BekasKhan Which Is More Corrupt: Afghanistan or America? Afghanistan Occupation by US NATO Taliban Pakistan terrorist Punjabi ISI Al Qaeda Iran Intel India Haqqani China to Occupy Afghanistan Tue, 21 May 2013 19:35:07 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=c7a_1369179142 PORK-CHOP Guy dosent even get out to help him! Probably drunk hey hes Russian what do you expect lol http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=c7a_1369179142 PORK-CHOP Russian driver worst ever end of story lol russian, crazy, motorbike, injured Tue, 21 May 2013 19:10:17 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=2f7_1369177231 BrooklynJAH The State Department on Thursday added the leader of an al Qaeda-linked Syrian rebel group to its global terror list, freezing any assets he might have in the U.S. and making it illegal for Americans or U.S.-based companies to do business with him. "This will help choke their finances," a State department official told The Washington Times. The move, the official said, is part of an effort by the United States and its European allies to try and marginalize the al-Nusra Front, the extremist militia which has been among the most successful rebel force on the ground in Syria - both militarily and in terms of the governance it offers the people who live in areas captured from the Damascus government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad during the country's increasingly bloody two-year civil war. Muhammad al-Jawlani is the leader of the al Nusra front, the State Department said in a statement Thursday. "He has stated in videos that his ultimate goal is the overthrow of the Syrian regime and the institution of Islamist shari'a law throughout the country," the statement said, adding that he had been specially tasked by al Qaeda in Iraq to form al Nusra as a front organization behind which al Qaeda supporters could operate in Syria. Earlier this year, Mr. al-Jawlani went public with the link, saying the subterfuge was necessary for security reasons. "Under al-Jawlani's leadership, al-Nusrah Front has carried out multiple suicide attacks throughout Syria," said the State Department. The group has specialized in large car bombings in civilian neighborhoods, outside police buildings, and security headquarters in Damascus and other cities. "Many of these attacks have killed innocent Syrian civilians," said the department. More than 70,000 have died in the conflict, according to the United Nations. As the violent stalemate in Syria continues, pressure has increased on the United States and its allies to begin arming the rebels. But there are concerns that arms might find their way to extremist groups like al-Nusra. Even more mainstream groups like the Omar al-Farooq Brigade have faced criticism from human rights groups, most recently when a vidieo surfaced o f one of their commanders eating the heart of a dead Syrian soldier and urging his followers to "kill the Alawites" and "eat their hearts." Mr. al-Assad and some of his government and supporters are members of Syria's Shiite minority sect, the Alawites. The Omar al-Farooq Brigade, the al-Nusra Front and almost all other Syrian rebel militias are Sunni Muslims and the conflict has begun to take on an increasingly sectarian tone. Earlier this week, London's Daily Telegraph reported that Britain and France were leading a push at the United Nations to get al-Nusra and its leaders designated by the Security Council's al Qaeda sanctions committee, which would impose a banking and asset freeze worldwide. http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=2f7_1369177231 BrooklynJAH U.S. designates Syrian rebel commanders as terrorists Syria, rebel, commander, warlord, terrorist, FSA Tue, 21 May 2013 19:03:07 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=bf4_1369175900 Korgull This happened this weekend at the 27. annual off-road festival in Hungary, an event with thousands of off road vehicles participating. Anyway, rough translation: at the start of the video the guy in the car is already in a verbal assault for an unknown reason with the photo guy, whom he speaks of as an outsider and throws various insults at him, calling him a retard, a weakling and a little dick hat. Hilarity ensues when the photo guy calls him a large dick hat in response. At the end, when things start to turn messy, the bald ogre steps in with some not so classy but effective wordplay and tells the driver to get back in the mud instead and to show there what a though guy he is. http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=bf4_1369175900 Korgull After some mouth karate hilarity ensues at an off road festival off road, mud, brawling, dickhats, boing Tue, 21 May 2013 18:54:47 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=8c5_1369176695 userkc Summary of events in Syria for May 21 http://anna-news.info/node/11467 ANNA News http://www.youtube.com/user/newsanna http://anna-news.info/ Today, terrorist groups from Haraszti, and the Duma tried to unlock the army surrounded the area Barzov militias. On army checkpoints were attacked with car bombs. The explosions took place near a police hospital, located on the main highway leading to Damascus from the northern parts of the country and the outside of the building control system, water supply, located just south. As a result of the ensuing fire burned down the building. There are dead and wounded, including not only military but also civilians. Another car filled with 1 ton of explosives, has not reached its goal of being undermined by the military. In the wake of the bombings strike up clashes had destroyed many attackers. In Haraszti also was eliminated a group of militants led by warlord, a Saudi national named Abu Muzhahed and the bus with the terrorists, to break the aid of his accomplices. On a section of motorway Mujahideen was blown armored personnel of the security forces. Building of the police hospital was shelled with mortars by militants, leaving one person dead, several injured. The area also Barzov of fierce clashes in which dozens of terrorists were liquidated "Dzhebhat An-Nusra", including the leader of one of the factions entrenched there, a Kuwaiti national who bore the nickname Abu Muaz. Were offset by a few snipers and destroyed stores of weapons and ammunition. Fights also captured district plantations Barzov, Haraszti and neighborhood Kabuna and Tishreen quarter. In Kabune clash occurred at one of the army checkpoint, where they were eliminated, all participating in the attack on him by terrorists. In the industrial area Kabuna Air Force planes were destroyed militant hideouts, and after the air attack Syrian artillery inflicted a series of precision strikes against concentrations of terrorists in Dzhobare and territories between him and Kabunom. In the province of Damascus clashes with terrorist groups took place in Al-Hudzheyre, An-Nebek, Deir Atye and plantations around the city Duma. In the Damascus suburb kiswa exploded a car bomb, a number of civilians were injured. As a result of a mortar attack by militants campus garment factories, located in the village of Mleha, three workers were killed, 23 were wounded. Some of the injured are in critical condition. In Adre location of the 39th regiment of the Syrian army was attacked by gangs of terrorists, an attempted from two sides. Under the main entrance on the territory of the military rebels had dug a tunnel in which they were placed containers of TNT, the blast that killed five soldiers, two were injured. Following the explosion of militant groups have attempted to enter the territory of the regime of the object, which ended in failure. A lot of members of the gangs were killed and wounded, and the rest fled. It should be noted that this sortie - not the first. The day before yesterday the terrorists drove a stolen tank military base to the fence and fired five shots that killed one officer, five privates were wounded. Strike up after this attack, fight lasted 6:00. It resulted in an escape group that has left the battlefield in many dead and wounded. Spurred failure and forced to retreat militants fired several mortar shells at a military unit that resulted in property damage. The situation remains tense as in the Khan Sheikh, where terrorists Free Syrian Army was kidnapped one of the elders and respected people in the village, and his son was injured by them. In response, the militias arrested a number of troops belonging to the Free Syrian Army fighters, which caused further deterioration of the situation: armed groups fired on residential areas of the village of mortars. According to some reports, among civilians wounded there. In the province of Homs in Al Kseyr operations continue to sweep the city blocks from the armed groups. At present, the main forces of the surviving terrorists have accumulated in its northern part, where they had previously captured airfield Ad-dub, through which they hope to escape from the environment. In today's fighting Syrian military was destroyed Lebanese militant group, owned by the flow, "Al-Mustaqbal", led by Saad al-Hariri and the terrorist squad, consisting of 20 members, led by warlord Vrtana Al Zhuri of "An-Nusra Dzhebhat." On the border with Lebanon today was again detected and eliminated a group of militants who had tried to break the line and get into the city for assistance to terrorists, who are in the "pot." In the city of Ar-Rastan in the counter-terrorist operation Syrian army destroyed militant hideouts, their cache of weapons and ammunition, the 23-mm anti-aircraft gun, cars with high-caliber machine gun and a workshop for the production of IEDs. On the east of the province boestolknovniya that resulted in the neutralization of dozens of members of the armed groups and their cars with a large-caliber machine gun, occurred between Hussein and Ain Tel Al-Gar, and between the villages and Bveyr Sacra. In the city of Homs in the quarters of the old city of Hai Al-Varsha, Hai Al Vaara and Karabis congestion terrorists were killed, they owned cars and a workshop for the manufacture of IEDs, 10 militants were captured alive. In the province of Idleb as a result of an army division counter-terrorism operations have been released three people who were abducted by an armed group "Dzhebhat en-Nusra." One of them - the officer of the Syrian army. All three were released were sent to Aleppo, and then went home. In the vicinity of a military objective Muaskar Al-Shabib today were defused three IEDs remotely operated weighing 100 kg each and two anti-personnel mines. Accumulations of militants were eliminated near the settlement Sernin, destroyed tank belonging to terrorists, infantry fighting vehicle and storage of arms and ammunition. 2 field camp members of armed groups were found in the vicinity of Tel Salma and the military airport of Abu Duhur. Among the dozens of militants killed - five snipers. The grouping of militants "Dzhebhat An-Nusra", numbering about 1,000, the siege continues military base Muaskar Al-Shabib. Clashes, during which the Syrian army uses against the heavily armed terrorist groups artillery and aircraft, are still going on. In the province of Aleppo rebels were again fired from mortars and villages Nubbul Zahra civilian has been injured, injury was a child. The area was subjected to a military airfield Minneh mortar and rocket attacks by terrorists as a result of which the site was divided helicopter. After the shelling began a fierce clash that continues to this day. In the south of the province of Aleppo prevented an armed group attempted to infiltrate the village Sheikh Saeed. The attackers were killed and dozens injured. One soldier was wounded. Captured belonged to gangs fighting vehicle. In the city of Aleppo, the army had progressed deeper into the quarter Dahr Abed Rabbo, the Al-Leramon. Clashes continue also in the vicinity of the district of Castello. Artillery bombed clusters of terrorists and their hideouts in the areas of Bustan al-Basha, Sheikh Maqsood and on the road in the town of Al-Bab. In the Al-Marja was eliminated a group of militants, among whom was a citizen of Sudan. In Raqqa around the locations of the 17th Division of the Syrian army artillery strikes were subjected to field camps of terrorists "Dzhebhat en-Nusra" and Free Syrian Army, they owned vehicles with a heavy machine gun and military equipment. In Day-ez-Zor army units have made progress deeper into the district Hai Al-Sinai, where they were based terrorist groups. Boestolknovniya occurred also in other areas of the city. The group of students Meyadin village that tried to get in Deir ez-Zor for the exams at the end of compulsory certificates in Syria 9-year course, was beaten by the armed terrorist squad that led the children to return home. However, they broke and threw on their exam ID. In the province of Latakia clashes with army units militant gangs "Dzhebhat An-Nusra" occurred in Jabal Al-Turkman, Rabia, Toros, Beit-Malaki, Al-Najah Ara Wadi Azraq. Destroyed many members of gangs, their weapons and ammunition. In the province of Hama completes sweep of terrorist groups Halfa population, in which the sappers neutralized the road and some of the buildings of the village, mined terrorists. The surviving militants are trying to run in the neighborhood of the village. The process of returning civilians Halfa will begin May 22. Dozens of terrorists "Dzhebhat An-Nusra" killed in the Syrian army counter-terrorist operation in the village of Busra al-Harir province of Daraa. In areas of the old town of Daraa and in the villages of Al-Shazhara, Al Shabrak, sachem, Dzhulyan al-Shaykh al-Miskin and Huvar also saw heavy fighting, during which the members of the groups have been neutralized by the organization. Attempts to help brooked defeat the militants do not stop by extremist forces in the territory of Jordan. So, today was again foiled an attempt to penetrate into Syria group of armed terrorists, most of them in the course of a knotted clashes were killed. http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=8c5_1369176695 userkc Summary of events in Syria for May 21 Syria Tue, 21 May 2013 18:33:20 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=6a9_1369175177 drynwhyl The number of women and girls in Afghanistan imprisoned for "moral crimes" has risen by 50% in the past 18 months, a rights group says. Human Rights Watch says many are jailed for running away from home, often from forced marriages or domestic violence. Others are behind bars as a result of alleged adultery, in truth often involving rape, it said. The government should "get tough on abusers of women and stop blaming women who are crime victims", said HRW. It said 600 women and girls were now imprisoned for "moral crimes" - the highest since the US-led overthrow of the Taliban 12 years ago. About 110 of those were girls under 18. Virginity tests Human Rights Watch's alert comes just three days after angry scenes in the Afghan parliament forced a halt to a debate about reinforcing a law to prevent violence against women. The law banning violence against women, child marriages and forced marriages was passed by presidential decree in 2009, but did not gain MPs' approval. Some women's activists had worried that by opening up the law for debate might risk it being watered down or even repealed. Human Rights Watch says many of the protections within the Elimination of Violence Against Women law - which bans forced and underage marriage, beatings and rape - are still not being implemented on the ground. "Four years after the adoption of a law on violence against women and 12 years after Taliban rule, women are still imprisoned for being victims of forced marriage, domestic violence, and rape," Brad Adams, HRW Asia director, was quoted as saying. It said many of those detained for so-called moral crimes had attempted to report rapes to police only to be arrested for adultery, while others fleeing forced marriages or abuse were jailed for running away from home - even though that is not a crime according to the Afghan criminal code. And it said that many of those accused of "moral crimes" were subjected to "virginity tests" with no medical basis which contravened international law. "Coerced 'virginity' examinations are a form of sexual assault," Mr Adams said. "Afghan police, without any scientific basis, are routinely forcing these unspeakable examinations on women and girls." One prisoner, Sorya, told HRW she was forced to marry at 12 and was abused by her husband. After nine years of marriage during which she had three children, he accused her of running away with another man whom she had not even met. HRW said Sorya was serving a sentence of five-and-a-half years in prison. She was pregnant at the time of her arrest, and her baby died in prison three weeks after he was born. 'Tragedy' HRW's Afghanistan researcher, Heather Barr, said the dramatic increase in prosecutions for "moral crimes" could be related to increased confidence among religious conservatives as international troops prepare to leave Afghanistan in 2014. "I think it's possible that as everyone anticipates the departure of foreigners, there is a feeling that in a sense things can go back to normal, and... people will be free to ignore in the future,'' Ms Barr said. "If that's true, that's really is a tragedy, because these ideas didn't come from foreigners. These ideas came from Afghan women's rights activists,'' she said. HRW called on Afghan President Hamid Karzai to issue a decree that running away should not be treated as a crime and instruct police to investigate possible incidents of violence against women. It urged international donors to pressure the government to improve women's protections. The Afghan interior ministry says it is preparing a response to Human Rights Watch's report. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22614536 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=6a9_1369175177 drynwhyl Afghan Women Jailed For 'Immorality' Increases 50% In 18 Months afghanistan, afghan, women, misogyny, inequality, islamic, justice, immorality, moral, crimes, forced, marriages, domestic, violence, human, rights, watch, rape, beatings, underage, pedophilia, hamid, karzai