Wednesday, October 28, 2009 WASHINGTON – Sami Ibrahim: The handsome alluring amount of money has been allocated in US defense bill for Taliban over withdrawal of resistance against allied forces in Afghanistan, Geo news reported on Tuesday.The chairman of US Senate Armed Committee (USSAC) Senator Carl Levin has said a new Article has been made part of US defense bill, allocating money for Taliban to lay down arms and surrender to US-led allied forces in Afghanistan.According to this freshly inducted Article, a new Iraq-liking program will be commenced in Afghanistan, which will be aimed at Taliban-based militants to remake them productive part of society.
BEIRUT: Thousands of people converged Saturday on central Beirut to mark the fourth anniversary of the assassination of Lebanese former premier Rafiq Hariri.Waving Lebanese flags and carrying pictures of the slain leader, men, women and children gathered under sunny skies in Martyr's Square where members of the parliamentary majority were to address the crowd. The rally comes as final preparations are underway in The Hague for the launch of the international tribunal set up to bring Hariri's killers to justice. It also comes as the country prepares for legislative elections in June that will pit Western-backed political parties against a Hezbollah-led alliance backed by Syria and Iran.Hariri died in a massive car bombing on February 14, 2005 that also killed 22 others. The assassination was widely blamed on then Lebanese power-broker Syria, which has denied any involvement. The attack on the Beirut seafront was one of the worst acts of political violence to rock Lebanon since t...
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