International Atomic Energy Agency just released a critical report expressing “serious concerns” regarding Iran’s nuclear program. IAEA has reliable information the Islamic republic may be developing nuclear weapons. IAEA report on Iranian program’s military scope found no evidence on Iran’s decision to build a bomb, however their nuclear program is now more ambitious and structured than ever before. IAEA carefully assessed and analyzed information made available to them, and concluded Iran has indeed carried out activities pertinent to the development of a nuclear explosive device. A senior US official called the report a “big deal being the report is comprehensive, credible, and alarming. According to IAEA some of the activities assessed on Iran have both civilian and military applications and others are specific to nuclear weapons. Iran has insisted repeatedly its nuclear program is for peaceful, civilian energy purposes only. US officials stated the Obama administration will utilized the reports to lobby the international community to slap economic sanctions against Iran.
17 OCTOBER 2011 The Guardian (London)--The kidnappings of aid workers and tourists, torrential rains, and dangerously low agency funds are hampering relief efforts in the Horn of Africa. Medecins sans Frontieres (M SF) evacuated part of its team working in Dagahaley and Ifo, mostly in result of the kidnapping of two Spanish MSF women, and the shooting of their driver. Consequently, MSF's work has been hindered in the camp, where it has tackled severe malnutrition and disease. Recent heavy rains in Mogadishu have swept away makeshift camps around the capital. A deluge of rain flooded the shelters of roughly 2,800 people in the Sigale camp, sweeping away at least two children, and killing a pregnant woman. The Disasters Emergency Comm itt ee (DEC) has said that despite raising the third highest total in its history, there was still a shortage of funds to deal with the scale of the problems in the region. In conjunction, Save the Children is still appealing $100m to fund the emerg...
American-born Anwar al-Awlaki was killed Friday in a US drone strike in Yemen . Also killed by the CIA-operated aircraft was American Samir Khan , producer of al Qaeda's online magazine, Inspire . A Yemeni official described the effort as a "successful joint intelligence-sharing operation" between the US and Yemen. al-Awlaki was believed to be the senior leader of the Arabian Peninsula, or AQAP, an active affiliate of al Qaeda and the most significant threat to the US, according to the director of the National Counterterrorism Center. al-Awlaki is linked to Umar Farouk AbdulMutallab and Maj. Nidal Hasan . Only al Qaeda's current leader, Ayman al-Zawahiri , remains from the top terrorists at the time of the 9/11 attacks. Source: http://www.cnn.com/2011/09/30/world/africa/yemen-radical-cleric/index.html?npt=NP1 Reliability 9
Al-Shabaab and Kenya have been constantly exchanging insults through twitter, regarded as a media war. Emmanuel, Kenya’s army spokesman who currently has a twitter account with 10,000 followers, posts updates on the military state of play in the incursion into Somalia. With the screen name @HSMPress Al-Shabaab has joined the twitter community, it has currently posted 80 times and has about 3000 followers. Starting it first tweet in Arabic with a Qu’ranic phrase saying “ In the name of god, the most gracious, the most merciful.” Al-Shabaab has released its messages in fluent English. In recent months, Al-Shabaab has been running sophisticated media operations, including press releases in English with photos attached to them. Through this medium they have exaggerated claims such as total number of military victories. HSMPress has been self described as “Harakat Al-Shabaab Al Mujahideen is an Islamic movement that governs South & Cen. Somalia & part of the global struggle...
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