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04 June 2012

AFG-PAK-CAS
Afghan Senate Approves the Strategic Pact with US: Ariana News Mishrano Jirga, Upper House of the Afghan Parliament, approved the AfghanUS strategic agreement Sunday. The strategic agreement with the US was signed between Presidents Karzai and Obama May 1. The agreement was approved after regional countries tried to prevent it, calling the US presence in the region a threat. The alliance determines Afghan-US cooperation 2014 to 2024. The US promised to support Afghan SF and encourage more economic development in Afghanistan. (Source: Kabul, Afghanistan; Claim Neutrality) Another 65 Girl Students Poisoned in Takhar: Pajhwok At least 65 students of the Naheed Shaheed Girls High School were poisoned in Takhar Sunday. A day earlier, 97 girl students of the Bashirabad high school fell ill due to mysterious poisoning in their classrooms in Taloqan City. With the latest incident, the number of female students poisoned over the past month had crossed 500. (Source: Kabul, Afghanistan; Independent; Neutral) Taliban are against Peace: NDS: Tolo News Spokesman for the National Directorate of Security Sahfiqullah Taheri said that as more pressure is on Pakistan to combat terrorism honestly, insurgents try to increase violence through Taliban and other Pakistani terrorist networks. "The Taliban don't want peace in Afghanistan, they want to overrun recent political achievements, in coordination with terrorist groups in Pakistan they are trying to escalate violence," Taheri said. We have proof. They were born in Pakistan, trained in Pakistani Madrasas and terrorist training camps," he said, adding members of five terrorist groups were killed or detained recently, Pakistani nationals among them. (Source: Kabul, Independent, Undetermined) Bin Laden Spent His Fortune on Jihad: Zawahiri: Business Recorder Osama bin Laden, spent his fortune on financing "Jihad", said current AlQaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri in an Internet video. "The rich sheikh Osama... has spent all his money on jihad," said Zawahiri, Bin Laden's number two who took charge of the group after Bin Laden was killed. Zawahiri's message, posted on Islamic websites, was introduced as the second part of his memoirs on the life of Bin Laden. "He spent generously on jihad, especially on financing attacks against the US embassies in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam" in 1998, Zawahiri said. However, Bin Laden's personal life was "austere" and he was "very stingy in spending on anything other than jihad," Zawahiri said. The wealth of Bin Laden, who came from a rich family behind grandiose construction projects in the oil-rich kingdom, is estimated at between $30M and $300M but some estimates put it at $1 billion. (Source: Karachi, Pakistan;
Business Recorder Group Affiliate; National Financial Daily)

(U) National Directorate of Security Spokesman Sahfiqullah Taheri (Tolo News; 04 Jun 12)

OTHER TOPICS
Thunder Will Fall on Israel if it Attacks Troops, Insurgents Battle in Southern Yemen UAE Donates $136M Food Aid to Yemen Lebanon Sends Troops to Quell Deadly Clashes UN Chief Calls for Global Talks on Syria Crisis Top Prosecutor to Appeal Mubarak Verdict Shafiq Says Secretive Brotherhood will Lead Egypt to Dark Ages Anger Growing after Mubarak Verdict Turkey Suspected as a Server for Flame Virus Israel Arming Subs with Nuke Missiles

(U) A screen shot by Kaspersky Lab shows Flame virus (Hurriyet; 03 Jun 12)

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IRAN
Thunder Will Fall on Israel if it Attacks: Iran Supreme Leader: Al Arabiya Attack by Israel on Iran will blow back on the Jewish state like thunder, Ayatollah Khamenei, said Sunday. If Israelis make any misstep or wrong action, it will fall on their heads like thunder, Khamenei said in a speech marking the 1989 death of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. International political circles and media talk about the danger of a nuclear Iran, that a nuclear Iran is dangerous. I say that they lie. They are deceiving, Khamenei said. What they are afraid of, and should be afraid of, is not a nuclear, but an Islamic Iran. What Americans and Westerners do is idiotic. They magnify the nuclear issue to cover up their own problems, Khamenei added. (Source: Dubai, UAE; Independent; Claim Neutrality)

IRAQ-ARABIAN PENINSULA
Troops, Insurgents Battle in Center of Southern Yemen: The Daily Star Troops battled insurgents in Zinjibar Sunday, killing six and losing two, as part of a US-supported drive to recapture territory held by AQ-linked fighters. Officials and residents also said troops killed five fighters near Jaar, another insurgent-controlled town about 30 km from Zinjibar. US is backing the offensive and stepped up campaign of drone strikes against AQ. It sent dozens of military trainers and stepped up aid to a country it sees being the front line of its war on anti-American militants. The loss of Zinjibar would be a strategic blow to insurgents and bolster the morale of the army. (Source: Beirut,
Lebanon; Independent; Daily, Except Sunday; Neutral)

UAE Donates $136M Food Aid to Yemen: The Nation UAE announced food aid worth $136M for Yemen, state news agency reported. The food items include "rice, sugar, cooking oil, baby milk, canned food and other basic items of daily use," it said. Last month aid groups warned diplomats Yemen was on the brink of a "catastrophic food crisis." At least 10M, some 44% of population, do not get "enough food to eat", they said, adding that one in three children was "severely malnourished." (Source: Islamabad, Conservative, Part of the Nawa-i-Waqt publishing group)

PAN-AOR
Lebanon Sends Troops to Quell Deadly Clashes: Al Jazeera Lebanon deployed troops to Tripoli after at least 12 were killed in clashes between supporters and opponents of President Assad, local medics and security sources said. Residents said peace returned since soldiers deployed around 7am Sunday, after gunmen exchanged heavy fire and rocket propelled grenades. "The Lebanese army has been deployed, but if you talk to anyone, they will say this is just a temporary truce," Al Jazeera reporter Zeina Khodr said Sunday. Najib Mikati, the Lebanese PM, instructed security forces Saturday to use an "iron fist" to quell violence. Lebanese opposition backs the revolt in Syria while a ruling coalition led by Hezbollah supports the Damascus leadership. (Source:
Doha, Qatar; Independent; Website of the TV Network; Claim Neutrality)

UN Chief Calls for Broad Global Talks on Syria Crisis: Business Recorder Ban Ki-moon called Sunday for broad international talks on the Syrian crisis, urging Security Council members to consider Arab League demands for stronger UN action. "Our priority at this time is to help the Syrian people...I want to welcome a wider international discussion on the future course of actions,"
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Ban said. Ban said he had "taken note" of Arab League calls for more peace monitors and "setting a certain time limit" for implementing Kofi Annan's Syria peace plan. Up to 300 unarmed UN military observers have deployed in Syria since a putative ceasefire brokered by Annan went into effect in April. (Source: Karachi, Pakistan; Business Recorder Group Affiliate; National Financial Daily) Egypts Top Prosecutor to Appeal Mubarak Verdict amid Public Outrage: Al Arabiya Egypts state prosecutor will appeal the verdict, which acquitted the former leader and his sons on corruption charges, and cleared senior officers of complicity in killing protesters, an official said. The prosecutor must appeal the entire verdict. Mubaraks defense also said it would appeal. Mubaraks defense team and lawyers representing his victims said the verdict could easily be appealed; triggering fears that he could be ruled innocent. Around 20,000 took to Tahrir Square Saturday after the verdicts were issued. (Source: Dubai, UAE; Independent; Claim Neutrality) Shafiq Says Secretive Brotherhood will Lead Egypt to Dark Ages: Al Arabiya Shafiq slammed Mursi as representative of a secretive group that seeks to lead Egypt back to dark ages. Shafiq, who shocked many when he came second, as he was part of the toppled govt, vowed that the next govt should be civilian-led. He urged Egyptians to choose for Egypt a president who will make it a country for all, not a state for one faction. I represent a secular state... the Brotherhood represents a sectarian state. Shafiq said he would strive for a modern, civil, fair state while the Muslim Brotherhood will take it to the dark ages. (Source: Dubai, UAE; Independent; Claim Neutrality) Egypt: Anger Growing after Mubarak Verdict: Al Bawaba The election HQs of Ahmad Shafiq were attacked early Sunday morning in two towns, said security officials. Campaign HQ of Shafiq in Cairo had been attacked last Monday. The former PM is hated by pro-democracy activists who started the revolt, accusing him of being the "man of the military council," and see a symbol of the old regime. (Source: Amman, Jordan; Popular Arab media; Daily; Claims Neutrality)

PAN-AOI
Turkey Suspected as a Server for the Infamous Flame Virus: Hurriyet A Russian internet security firm working on Flame virus identified Turkey as a prime suspect for the server location. Kaspersky Lab discovered around 80 servers using the virus located in four different countries: Turkey, Germany, Italy and Vietnam. Turkey had the strongest server until several days after discovery, when it moved to Germany. Flame hit several countries, including Israel and Syria, but Iran received the heaviest with over 180 attacks. Motive behind the cyber attack remains unknown.
(Source: Turkey; Secular; High-circulation; One of the most influential in Turkish public life)

Israel Arming Subs with Nuke Missiles: Arab News Israel is arming submarines, supplied and largely financed by Germany, with nuclear-tipped, Der Spiegel reports. The magazine said Berlin had denied knowledge that German subs were being used as part of an Israeli atomic arsenal. The article cited files from the foreign ministry in Berlin indicating that the West Germany was aware of the practice as early as 1961. Germany already supplied Israel with three subs, footing most of the bill, and three to be delivered by 2017 under a recently signed contract. Like the US, it refused to rule out bombing Iranian nuclear sites. Germany, bearing the guilt of the Holocaust, is Israel's closest ally in Europe. (Source: Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; Daily; Undetermined)
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