Breaking News on Terrorism

Abkhaz President Sergey Bagapsh has supported prolongation of the mandate of collective peace-making forces of the CIS in a zone of the Georgian-Abkhazian conflict.
On Saturday Abkhaz President has declared that the prolongation of the mandate of the Russian peacemakers is recognition of their efficiency as guarantor of stability in this region.
Then, the Abkhazian leader has also added that Abkhazia will never agree on replacement of the Russian peacemakers by military contingents from other countries.
Making comments on Moscow’s reaction to refusal of the American authorities to give out the entry visa to the chapter of the Abkhazian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Sergey Bagapsh has emphasized that Abkhazian government expresses thank to Russian government, which takes of the neutral position and supports Abkhaz’s intention to state their position level with other party of the conflict.

Today the Federal Council of Russia (Federal Council) has accepted the application, in which it has expressed concern the increased activity of US political forces, which “do not wish to perceive adequately modern realities of the Russian public life and try to influence political situation in Russia “.
It is a question of “Support of the US human rights and democracies in the world in the report of the State department of the USA”. The Federal Council considers US Department’s as the “directive” and estimates it as intervention in internal affairs of the Russian Federation and other sovereign states as “the unfriendly act, capable to provoke” and categorically opposes extremist moods of unreasonable charges of Russian government.
Special concern of the Russian Parliament’s supreme chamber is caused with attempts of the US state bodies not only “to estimate a level of democratic character of political processes in Russia “, but also, to participate in them, proceeding from their (American) interests.
The senators consider that the similar activity from the USA became more active before carrying out elections to the Russian State Duma in December, 2007, and presidential elections in March 2008.  Federal Council declares that thus “the ground for a deliberate negative estimation of the specified election campaigns and results of will of the Russian citizens” is being prepared.
The Federal Council declares that Russia is a free and sovereign state, which, during the centuries-old history spent independent internal and foreign policy and, is not going to change this tradition today. Confirming aspiration to the further constructive development of the Russian-American attitudes is based on principles of good neighborhood, democracy and norms of international law. The Federal Council calls US government for respect of the rights of the sovereign states and democratic bases of their people’s life.
It is worth of mentioning that the US State Department’s report has been published in the beginning of April, 2007. The report covers the problem of deterioration of situation with observance of human rights in Russia. In US analysts’ opinion, in 2006, political pressure upon judges, intolerance to ethnic minority, corruption, selectivity in application of laws, restrictions of a freedom of speech, prosecution of the nongovernmental organizations, centralization of authority in hands of executive authority was present in Russia .
 

NBC TV-channel, referring to the US Ministry of Defense has informed that 12.000 more soldiers of American National guards are to be forwarded to Iraq.
The soldiers are to stay in Iraq for a year, since 2008.
Now, it has become known that the brigades of guards from four states will subject to obligatory mobilization.
Now there are about 145.000 American soldiers in Iraq. More than 40 percent of American armies in Iraq and Afghanistan are represented by the reservists or the parts of National guards.
The mass-media of National guards’ service did not make comments on the message yet.
 

The US Vice-President Dick Cheney and all administration of the White house have appeared in the center of the most powerful scandal. ABC TV-channel has got the sensational information that Cheney has authorized the support of the terrorists connected with Al-Qaeda for struggle against Iran. The White house cannot even deny charge yet.
The ABC TV broadcaster Charles Gibson has shared the sensational information on communications of Washington with the Pakistan terrorists. In Tuesday program (” Exclusive ABC News. Secret war against Iran”) Gibson has demonstrated the data of at least two TV sources in the American and Pakistan government.
The data has shown the cooperation between the American administrations with the Pakistan “Jundallah” terrorist grouping. According to Gibson, Washington renders the Pakistan insurgents with financial and consulting support so that they destabilized a situation in Iran.
Besides, Gibson has informed that the US Vice-President has personally discussed an opportunity of use the insurgents of “Jundallah” in struggle against the Iranian militaries and officials.
 The Vice-Presidents press-secretary has refused to comment the statements made by ABC News. In reply to a question, whether the data received by the TV-channel from sources in the government of Pakistan are true, the press-secretary has declared, that the press-service was not engaged in discussion of conversations between vice-president and foreign leaders.

The representatives of the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and British government have started political dialogue concerning the release of 15 British sea infantrymen grasped by the guards of Islamic revolution on March, 23rd.
The Secretary of Iranian National Safety Council has informed about the beginning of bilateral negotiations. The diplomat has noted, that Iran hopes to solve crisis on exclusively diplomatic channels. Iranian government considers what to judge British of not expediently necessity. It is worth of mentioning that British seamen are accused of infringement of sea border of Iran and espionage.
The Iranian Secretary has offered, that dispute between two countries concerning the fact whether the British military men have crossed the Iranian border or not, has been considered by the special “delegation”. However, the Secretary has not specified, what its structure should be and according to which legislative norms it should operate.

King of Saudi Arabia Abdullah has warned the president of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad that he should seriously think about military threat of the USA. The Minister for Foreign Affairs of Saudi Arabia (Prince Saud al-Faisal) has told about it in interview to Newsweek magazine.
Abdullah has already met Ahmadinejad on the 4th of March. Then the parties have officially agreed to unite efforts for suppression of radical enmities in the region. However in a lobby of a meeting, al-Faisal has told that the king has concentrated attention on absolutely other things and has advised Iranian President to consider seriously possible consequences of his refusal of stopping the nuclear program of Iran.
In his interview prince Saud al-Faisal has declared that their government has warned Iranian President of the possible consequences of the nuclear program, but Ahmadinejad continues to play with fire. They told him that he should not forget about the threat from the West (the USA) and this threat is quite real and obvious.
Besides the Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs has noticed, King Abdullah has openly accused the President of Iran of kindling violence over Iraq. According to al-Faisal’s words, the Saudi leader has asked “not to interfere with the Arabian business”. The Iranian leader has rejected these charges.
It is worth of mentioning that on March, 24th the UN Security Council has accepted the resolution 1747 demanding from the Iranian government to bring the nuclear program into accord with the IAEA’s requirements and to begin new negotiations within 60 days. Official Teheran refuses to carry out requirements of Security Council, insisting, that its nuclear program has exclusively peace character.
 

British government interrupts all bilateral contacts with Iran, not concerning the release of 15 British seamen who has been kidnapped by the Iranian authorities during the patrolling of the Iraq sea borders.
The British Minister for Foreign Affairs Margaret Beckett has declared this statement in parliament. British Foreign Minister said that anybody should not have doubts concerning that, how much seriously Great Britain concern to these events.
Meanwhile Teheran has declared that in the near future it will release the only-kidnapped woman among the British seamen.
Shortly before this the British Ministry of Defense has promulgated cards and satellite data which, in their opinion, prove, that seamen have been grasped in the Iraq territorial waters, and the distance up to border made 1,7 sea miles. British vice-admiral Charles Style says, that seamen “have got in an ambush” and their capture was “unjustified and erroneous”.
15 seamen from a frigate “Cornwall” have been detained by the Iranian militaries on Friday, when British militaries came back on rubber boats to the ship after the inspection of the Iraq vessel, lead by them in Persian Gulf.
In reply to the Britain’s publication the embassy of Iran in London has declared data, which prove that during detention the British seamen have entered into the Iranian waters on 500 meters distance.
Teheran has objected any charges and said they are assured, that the Iranian and British governments are capable to resolve this question, concerning safety, by means of the close communications and cooperation.
In the meantime London tries to achieve the release of seamen by diplomatic methods. However, while it did not manage even to organize a meeting with kidnapped people and to obtain official data on their exact site.
According to BBC data, seamen are on the basis of the Guards of Islamic revolution in Teheran and they are being humanely treated.
The representatives of the British government say that they have carried on “cautious” negotiations with Iran. However, under the application of the Prime-Minister’s official representative, if such tactics does not bring any positive results, London will take more rigid measures.

India has refused from the USA’s offer on carrying out of joint secret operations against insurgents of Lashkar-e-Taiba’s (LeT) terrorist grouping, operating in state of Jammu and Kashmir. The refusal has followed in spite of the fact that actions of this organization create the most serious threat to the safety of India.
As it has been published in today’s “Times of India” issue, Indian special services sources explain this decision by reasons of national safety and negative experience from contacts with the American colleagues-professionals.
It has also been emphasized, that refusal of interaction with the prospecting US organizations is caused by fears of probable attempts of Washington to rehire employees of the Indian special services and to make them flight to America. Similar precedents have already taken place in the recent past.
As “Times of India” quote, India and the USA are now far from carrying out of joint operations including penetration into terrorist groupings.
As the Indian newspaper writes, LeT carries out functions of Al-Qaeda’s “representative” in India. Indian and American special services approve that its insurgents are involved in last, to the bloodiest, acts of terrorism in the Indian Territory.
LeT is an extremist grouping and it is considered as the militarized wing of the Pakistan fundamentalist radical organizations.
LeT was established in 1980; however it started its harmful activity in India since 1993. Pakistan experts quote that in the end of 90th, the group was one of the most influential among militarized organizations.
The grouping proclaims the uniting of Moslems all over the world. The majority of its members have experience of operations in Afghanistan.