Iran unveils domestically made drone aircraft

Iran unveils domestically made drone aircraft

A description of the Iranian-made drone is similar to the US drone which crashed in Iranian territory last year.

Amir Ali Hajizadeh, the Revolutionary Guards' aerospace head, said that Iranian scientists had designed the drone

Iran's Revolutionary Guards have unveiled a home-built long-range drone capable of reaching most of the Middle East, including the Islamic state's primary regional enemy Israel, state television has reported.

The reconnaissance drone, named Shahed 129, has a range of 2,000 km and is capable of carrying

Iran's president ranges far in interview: talks Israel, slams homosexuality

By the CNN Wire Staff

updated 9:43 AM EDT, Tue September 25, 2012

 

 

 

 

Ahmadinejad's harsh words for Israel

New York (CNN) -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad made clear what he meant when he said Israel should be "wiped off" the map and touched on everything from the Holocaust to homosexuality in a wide-ranging interview that aired Monday on CNN's "Piers Morgan Tonight."

The president, speaking through a translator, also said what his country would do if attacked by Israel, and he slammed an anti-Islam film that has triggered protests in the Muslim world.

"If a group comes and occupies the United States of America, destroys homes while women and children are in those homes, incarcerate the youth of America, impose five different wars on many neighbors, and always threaten others, what would you do? What would you say? Would you help it? ... Or would you help the people of the United States?" Ahmadinejad asked in response to whether Israel should be "wiped off" the face of the map, as he once said.

"So when we say 'to be wiped,' we say for occupation to be wiped off from this world. For war-seeking to (be) wiped off and eradicated, the killing of women and children to be eradicated. And we propose the way. We propose the path. The path is to recognize the right of the Palestinians to self-governance."

Al Qaeda-inspired group claims responsibility for border attack

From Mohamed Fadel Fahmy, for CNN

updated 8:40 AM EDT, Mon September 24, 2012

 

(CNN) -- A radical group inspired by al Qaeda has claimed responsibility for a deadly attack along the Egyptian-Israeli border.

In a statement posted on jihadi websites late Saturday, a group calling itself Ansar Jerusalem ("Supporters of Jerusalem") said the Friday attack, in which three militants and an Israeli soldier were killed, was a response to the anti-Islam film "Innocence of Muslims."

The statement claimed that the militants were Egyptians and that the operation was a "disciplinary attack against those who insulted the beloved Prophet" Mohammed.

General Ahmed Bakr, head of North Sinai security, said, "There is no evidence of highly organized groups in Sinai regardless of such statements released on the net."

There are dozens of "groups of armed militants who have been weakened by our military operation in Sinai, and sooner or later will be demolished completely," he said.

On Saturday, three militants armed with weapons and explosive belts tried to cross into Israel and were targeted by troops, an Israeli military statement said.

One soldier was killed in the exchange of fire and another was wounded, and the three militants were killed, the military said.

US Marines recommended for trial for urination video

 

 

Two US Marines have been referred for trial by courts martial for a video of troops urinating on Taliban corpses in Afghanistan, the US military says.

Staff sergeants Joseph Chamblin and Edward Deptola are also charged with failure to report or stop misconduct by junior Marines, including random firing of weapons.

Three other Marines were disciplined in August for their role in the clip.

It surfaced online in January this year.

In addition, the two non-commissioned officers, who are assigned to the Third Battalion, Second Marine Regiment at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, are alleged to have posed for photographs with human casualties.
Further charges
The incidents are believed to have taken place during a counter-insurgency operation in Afghanistan's Helmand Province on or around 27 July 2011, the Marine Corps said.

The two Marines are also facing charges for other alleged misconduct on the same operation.

They are accused of being derelict in their duties by not supervising junior Marines, failing to ensure they were wearing personal protective gear and failing to report the negligent discharge of a grenade launcher.

The three other servicemen who were disciplined in August pleaded guilty: one to "urinating on the body of a deceased Taliban soldier", another to posing for a photo with human casualties, and a third for lying to investigators.

In the video, someone can be heard saying: "Have a good day, buddy."

Their identities have not been revealed and the Marine Corps said it would provide details of disciplinary actions against them at a later date.

The footage surfaced at a sensitive time for US-Afghan relations, as American officials attempted to bring the Taliban to the negotiating table.

One month later, violent protests broke out in Afghanistan after it emerged US troops had incinerated a number of Korans.

The holy books had been confiscated from prisoners, amid claims they were being used to pass secret messages.

The ensuing unrest claimed 30 lives and saw two US troops shot dead

New 'Sars-like' coronavirus identified by UK officials

By Michelle Roberts Health editor, BBC News online

 In both cases to date, the infection was acquired in the Middle East

A new respiratory illness similar to the Sars virus that spread globally in 2003 and killed hundreds of people has been identified in a man who is being treated in Britain.

The 49-year-old man, who was transferred to a London hospital by air ambulance from Qatar, is the second person confirmed with the coronavirus.

The first case was a patient in Saudi Arabia who has since died.

The fallacy of the phrase, 'the Muslim world'

The fallacy of the phrase, 'the Muslim world' Western media reinforces stereotypes by reducing a complex set of causes to the rage into an amorphous mass. It is estimated that less than 0.001 per cent of the so-called 'Muslim world' is protesting the film [REUTERS] On September 12, the day after the attacks on the US diplomatic missions in Egypt and Libya, the New York Timesset out to explain what it called the "anguished relationship between the United States and the Muslim world". According to the Times, the "Muslim world" was prone to outbursts of violence, and the reaction to the 14-minute anti-Islam movie trailer The Innocence of Muslims was both baffling and predictable. "Once again, Muslims were furious," wrote reporter Robert F Worth, "and many in the West found themselves asking why Islam seems to routinely answer such desecrations with

Dozens reported dead in Syria air attack

At least 54 killed in air raid on fuel station in country's north, while army shells Yarmouk camp housing Palestinians.

At least 54 people have been killed when a jet fighter blew up a fuel station amid heavy fighting between government and rebel forces in northern Syria, a British-based monitoring group has said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which has a network of activists across Syria reporting on government violence during the 18-month-old revolt, cited an activist in al-Riqqa province as saying on Thursday. "The petrol station is the only one that is still open to customers in the area, and it was packed," a media activist who identified himself as Abu Muawiya told the AFP news agency via Skype. "It was hit by a