Af/Pak & Other News (1/5/2013)

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Taliban promise 'sacred jihad' if US forces remain in Afghanistan past
2014:

http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2013/01/taliban_promise_sacr.php



US Pushes to Finish Afghan Dam as Challenges Mount:

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/us-pushes-finish-afghan-dam-challenges-mount-18137965#.UOjGVHfAjGs



Afghan militants freed by government:

http://www.ajc.com/ap/ap/top-news/afghan-militants-freed-by-government/nTmkp/



US draws plans for up to 9,000 troops in Afghanistan: Report:

http://tribune.com.pk/story/489410/us-draws-plans-for-up-to-9000-troops-in-afghanistan-report/



The Best Peace Money Can Buy:

http://www.strategypage.com/qnd/afghan/articles/20130105.aspx





Iran Building Software to Control Networking Sites:

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/iran-building-software-control-networking-sites-18138596#.UOjHUXfAjGs





Fugitive Saddam deputy lends support to Iraq Sunni protests:

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/01/05/us-iraq-protests-douri-idUSBRE9040BV20130105



Iraq's seen as major arms buyer by 2020:

http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Iraqs_seen_as_major_arms_buyer_by_2020_999.html




Syrian pilot defects and lands in Turkey:

http://blogs.aljazeera.com/topic/syria/syrian-pilot-defects-and-lands-turkey




Report: Senior al-Qaida in N Africa member killed:

http://www.fox8live.com/story/20510567/report-senior-al-qaida-in-n-africa-member-killed




7-year-old finds WWII era bomb and family brings it home:

http://news.yahoo.com/video/7-old-finds-wwii-era-191000092.html;_ylt=AsctTln18.AwrUgoTYxJf1Gs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTNsdHZ0OWRlBG1pdANNaWdyYXRlZCBmcm9tIE1lZGlhSENNQ29uZmlnIC0gSENNT0wgb24gYXJ0aWNsZSByaWdodCByYWlsBHBrZwNpZC0yOTUxOTAxBHBvcwM1BHNlYwNNZWRpYUJDYXJvdXNlbE1peGVkSENNBHZlcgMxOQ--;_ylg=X3oDMTFpNzk0NjhtBGludGwDdXMEbGFuZwNlbi11cwRwc3RhaWQDBHBzdGNhdANob21lBHB0A3NlY3Rpb25z;_ylv=3




Brazil seizes Portuguese plane to pay embassy workers:

http://news.malaysia.msn.com/business/brazil-seizes-portuguese-plane-to-pay-embassy-workers-3




Venezuela lawmakers elect Chavez ally as Assembly chief:

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/01/05/us-venezuela-chavez-idUSBRE90401U20130105



Why so much secrecy around Chávez's health? Venezuela's not alone.:

http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Americas/2013/0104/Why-so-much-secrecy-around-Chavez-s-health-Venezuela-s-not-alone





Hunt begins for WWII Spitfires buried in Myanmar:

http://news.msn.com/world/hunt-begins-for-wwii-spitfires-buried-in-myanmar




New U.S. Law Seeks Answers On Chinese Nuke Tunnels:

http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130105/DEFREG02/301050003/New-U-S-Law-Seeks-Answers-Chinese-Nuke-Tunnels?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|FRONTPAGE



Former CIA Officer Faces Prison:

http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2013/01/05/report-former-cia-officer-faces-prison.html

[SolomonW]

On Sat, 5 Jan 2013 18:10:26 -0800 (PST), dump...@hotmail.com wrote:

> Brazil seizes Portuguese plane to pay embassy workers:
>
> http://news.malaysia.msn.com/business/brazil-seizes-portuguese-plane-to-pay-embassy-workers-3

What if this spreads?

[dump...@hotmail.com]

You mean like this?:

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/15/argentina-ghana-ship-idUSL1E8LFKZO20121015

:)

[Andrew Swallow]

If it spreads then declare war on the judge and government lawyers
involved. Getting a college legally killed will explain the concept of
Sovereign Immunity in terms the lawyers can understand.

Andrew Swallow

[Daryl]

The problem with international Corporations, they are not
directly financially held by any one country except for the
assets inside of that country. The Company is breaking Brazilian
Law by the way they are paying their Brazilian Workers and the
Court had an asset seized in order to recoup those losses to the
worker.

It's pretty cut and dried. If the company wants the bird back,
they will pay the workers the back pay in BRAZILIAN currency and
stop picking the currency outside of Brazil so that the money is
worth half of what the Brazilian Worker should be getting after
the conversion. If they don't then they can watch their bird go
on the auction block and get the remainder of the balance in
whatever currency they wish. If I were the Brazilian Courts, I
would pick the lowest, highest inflationary currency to pay them.
What's good for the Goose.

Daryl



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[David E. Powell]

Ooch. Not just any vessel either. Their tall ship, sort of like the US Coast Guard's Eagle.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARA_Libertad_(Q-2)