Sunday, 15 May 2011
US charges six with aiding Pakistani Taliban
Authorities in the US have charged six people with providing financial support to the Pakistani Taliban.
Three are US citizens, including two imams at Florida mosques, while three are at large in Pakistan.The news comes amid heightened tension in relations between Pakistan and the US following the US raid that killed al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden.
The Pakistani Taliban said it was behind a revenge attack on Friday that killed 80 in north-western Pakistan.
Pakistani MPs on Saturday passed a resolution condemning the US special forces raid in the town of Abbottabad and demanding a review of the bilateral relationship.
US Senator John Kerry, who is about to visit Pakistan, insisted the US wanted to "build, not break" ties with Pakistan but said there were "serious questions that need to be answered" in the relationship.
Florida imams The four-count indictment against the six people was announced by the US attorney for the Southern District of Florida and local FBI agents.
The three Florida citizens were named as Hafiz Khan, 76, and his sons Irfan Khan, 37, and Izhar Khan, 24. The latter was reportedly arrested in Los Angeles.
Hafiz Khan is the imam at the Flagler Mosque in Miami, while Izhar Khan is the imam at the Jamaat al-Mumineen Mosque in nearby Margate.
Ali Rehman, Alam Zeb and Amina Khan, who live in Pakistan, were also charged.
Amina Khan is the daughter of Hafiz Khan. Alam Zeb is her son.
The six are accused of conspiring to provide material support to a conspiracy to murder, injure and kidnap people abroad and conspiring to provide support to a terrorist organisation, the Pakistani Taliban.
Each of the four counts carries a possible 15-year jail term.
Miami FBI special agent John Gillies said: "Today terrorists have lost another funding source to use against innocent people and US interests. We will not allow this country to be used as a base for funding and recruiting terrorists."
@'BBC'
Taliban join the Twitter revolution
iankatz1000 ian katz
Taliban on Twitter (@alemarahweb) is following US adviser to Afghan army (@Afghantim) and charity supporting UK troops (@AfghanHeroesUK)
Another in the missing post series...
empireofthekop Empire of the Kop
Congrats to Man City on winning the FA Cup now u & United can all celebrate together like 1 big happy family #NOT
First Listen: Kate Bush, 'Director's Cut'
Bush is best known for her canonized 1985 album Hounds of Love. It's tempting to call that record a turning point in pop: It's as weird as it is catchy, as intelligent as it is danceable. And it's only gotten better with age.
Four years after Hounds of Love, Bush released The Sensual World, on which the uncompromising singer did something out of character: She compromised. The album's title track was conceived as a distilled version of Molly Bloom's soliloquy from James Joyce's Ulysses. (If you're like me and just couldn't make it to the end of Ulysses, you may remember the passage from Sally Kellerman's impassioned reading in the Rodney Dangerfield movie Back to School.) When Bush approached the Joyce estate about using actual passages from the book, the estate declined, leaving Bush to paraphrase the text as best she could. (So Dangerfield got the thumbs up, and Bush didn't? Who says the man didn't get any respect?)
In the eyes of fans, The Sensual World hardly suffered from the limitation, but "good enough" never sat right with Bush. So, more than 20 years later, she asked again — and this time got the answer she was looking for.
The opportunity to remake the song motivated Bush to tinker with other entries in her discography. The result is Director's Cut, a collection of 11 revamped songs that made their first appearances on The Sensual World and 1993's The Red Shoes. With new words and vocals, "The Sensual World" has been re-christened "Flower of the Mountain." Bush re-recorded all of her vocals and the drums, but left most of the other instrumentation untouched, including Eric Clapton's guitar in "And So Is Love." (Okay, so she's made a few mistakes here and there.)
For those familiar only with Hounds of Love, Director's Cut is bound to open eyes. It's less energetic, hardly danceable, and it at times resembles the work of Bush's duet partner Peter Gabriel. But give the songs time. Let Bush's songwriting sink in. Just like her, you'll find yourself wanting to return to them.
Otis Hart @'npr
Hear 'Director's Cut' In Its Entirety
Another of the missing blog posts...
JPBarlow John Perry Barlow
I expect a new anti-porn campaign based on it's being shown to lead to terrorism. http://is.gd/TGcZUr
William Burroughs & Brion Gysin - Destroy All Rational Thought
Documenting "The Here to Go Show" , a commemoration of the lives of Burroughs and Gysin, which took place in Ireland in 1992. Featuring one of the last interviews William Burroughs gave as well as previously unseen footage of Burroughs during the 50s and 60s. The Master Musicians of Joujouka, lifelong favorites of Burroughs and inspiration to many, provide a soundtrack.
(Thanx Dave!)
Here is another post that blogger lost t'other day...
William S. Burroughs’ Wild Ride with Scientology
WSB/Ali's Smile/Naked Scientology
(For very regular Exile visitor Frank-R in Paris!)
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