Headlines:

• More than 100 Million Americans are on welfare in the land of the free
• Veiled French Muslim woman charged with inciting riot
• Iran playing ‘nefarious' role in Syria: Rice
• US drones strikes prompt Pakistan to strengthen ties with Russia
• Rohingya Muslims call world's attention to Myanmar killings

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More than 100 Million Americans are on welfare in the land of the free:

There are more Americans dependent on the federal government than ever before in U.S. history. According to the Survey of Income and Program Participation conducted by the U.S. Census, well over 100 million Americans are enrolled in at least one welfare program run by the federal government. Many are enrolled in more than one. That is about a third of the entire population of the country. Sadly, that figure does not even include Social Security or Medicare. Today the federal government runs almost 80 different "means-tested welfare programs", and almost all of those programs have experienced substantial growth in recent years. Yes, we will always need a "safety net" for those that cannot take care of themselves, but it is absolutely ridiculous that the federal government is financially supporting one-third of all Americans

Veiled French Muslim woman charged with inciting riot:

A French Muslim woman has been charged with assault and inciting a riot in Lille after she refused a police identification check while wearing a banned full- face veil, a police source reported. The interior ministry reported that since Nicolas Sarkozy's government passed a controversial law banning wearing niqab and burka in all public spaces there have been 91 incidents of women in niqabs being stopped by police outside Paris and nine incidents in the Paris region. The law bans wearing full-face veils in all public spaces, allowing women to wear full-face veils only in their homes, in private vehicle and places of worship. If women are found wearing full-face veils, they face a 150 euro (£130) fine. The law sparked the debates across France, the country with the biggest Muslim population in Europe.

Iran playing ‘nefarious' role in Syria: Rice:

The United States on Thursday accused Iran of playing a "nefarious" role in the Syria conflict, one that strengthens the case for President Bashar al-Assad to be forced out of office. Susan Rice, US ambassador to the United Nations said the alliance of Iran, Lebanese Hezbollah and Assad's government, a group that boasts of being the Middle East's "an axis of resistance" was "bad for the region." Rice was speaking to NBC television shortly after Assad met a top Iranian envoy in his war-torn capital this week and as Tehran hosted a conference on the conflict designed to shore up the beleaguered Syrian regime. "They view this as an axis of resistance along with Hezbollah, so there is no question that Iran is playing a nefarious role, not only in Syria but more broadly in the region, actively supporting the Assad regime," she said. "One of the reasons why we are quite clear that the end result must be and will be the departure of Assad, is because this alliance, so to speak, is bad not only for Syria, but it is bad for the region and bad for our interests. "At its hastily-arranged international conference, Iran appealed to Syria's government and armed opposition to open peace talks. Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi told diplomats from Russia, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Cuba, Venezuela and other nations that Iran opposes "any foreign interference and military intervention in resolving the Syrian crisis." Rice said the United States was wary about imposing a Libya-style no fly zone over Syria even though it wanted to increase support for the opposition. Some Syrian opposition rebels and US politicians have called for a no fly zone and Rice said "none of these potential options have been ruled out." But she told NBC "the reality is that a no-fly zone isn't a simple proposition, it would ultimately involve putting boots on the ground and it would be a very different circumstance than we saw in Libya."

US drones strikes prompt Pakistan to strengthen ties with Russia:

As anti-American sentiment grows in Pakistan, one retired Pakistani General believes it is time for Pakistan and Russia to build stronger ties. With the war in Afghanistan spilling into Pakistan, Brigadier Nadir Mir believes America needs to stop overstepping its bounds. The recent drone attacks in Pakistan have put a strain on the very fragile relationship between the two countries. "The Drone strikes are not only an attack on land but also on Pakistan's sovereignty. They lead to extremism and radicalism, as many innocent people get killed or injured. Pakistan has regularly warned the USA to end Drone strikes. The attacks have resulted in increasing Anti-Americanism. The strikes are counterproductive, they help produce more militants then they kill." Brigadier Nadir Mir told The Voice of Russia. However, the general also believes that America and Pakistan can rekindle their ties, if only to a certain extent. He states that bringing peace to Afghanistan is in a great interest for both countries. "Pakistan and America can rekindle their ties to an extent; the strain in ties is due to US War in Afghanistan spilling over into Pakistan. Efforts should be made for negotiated peace in Afghanistan, a stable but unoccupied Afghanistan is in the interest of Pakistan, USA, Russia, China and everybody else." He added. Will making a pact with Russia be fruitful for Pakistan? Brigadier Nadir Mir certainly thinks so. "Russia and Pakistan can help create consensus in the entire Central Asian - West Asian regions for peace and Geo-economic bonding." Pakistan clearly is looking to become a major economic player in the world as it aims to bring in support from China and other neighbouring countries.

Rohingya Muslims call world's attention to Myanmar killings:

The central leader of the Rohingya Solidarity Organization of Myanmar, Muhammad Imran Saeed, who is in town to acquaint the people of Pakistan with the on going Muslim-non-Muslim riots in Myanmar (formerly Burma), narrated the atrocities being perpetrated on the Arakan Muslims of Myanmar by the non-Muslim majority. Addressing a Press conference at the Karachi Press Club (KPC) Thursday afternoon, he said that it was an attempt on the part of the Myanmar government to "eliminate the Rohyinga race" and according to him, 135 mosques had been pulverised. He condemned the attitude of the Bangladesh Government towards the issue and said that instead of sympathising with their persecuted Muslim brothers and sisters, the Bangladesh government was adopting a punitive stance towards them and issuing shoot-at-sight orders in case any Rohingya Muslim was found crossing over into Bangladesh territory. Intikhab Alam Suri, President, Human Rights Network, narrating the sequence of events, said that on My 28, a Buddhist girl embraced Islam and married a Muslim man, which, he said, made the Buddhist community very indignant and they resorted to vengeance by stopping a bus carrying Muslim pilgrims and killing some of them. Regretting the killing of Rohingyas by the Bangladesh Government, and condemning international agencies for their biased stance, he said that when the sectarian killings were taking place in East Timor, the Western powers and UN agencies lost no time in dispatching their aid teams and military personnel. If, he said, the whites were facing such a situation in some part of the world, the western countries lost no time in dispatching their troops. But now that the Muslims were being killed "in such large numbers", all these "self-proclaimed custodians of human rights" were not bothering to even bat an eyelid.

On Saturday 4th of August the parliament of Afghanistan passed a no confidence bill against Defense Minister, Abdul Rahim Wardag and Interior Minister Bismillah Muhammadi, for being sluggish against the rockets constantly fired from Pakistani side of the border and for the deterioration in law and order situation. Meanwhile, the parliament asked Hamid Karzai to nominate two people for the mentioned positions soon.

There has been much talk recently about the ‘transitional government' that would lead a process of change in Syria. As this alleged "national" government, whose formation America wants to supervise, ManafTlass - a Syrian Brigadier - has emerged on the scene.

Brigadier Tlass defected in an unusual way, not seen with the natural spontaneous defections that thousands of the loyal honest officers and soldiers preceded him in that.

He emerged leaving little time for speculation, to declare on the channels screens and through the press, with words revealing the real role assigned to him.

He said that he wished "to draw a road map out of the crisis and re-drawing Syria in a civilized way as it was, even more beautiful".

We ask ourselves: Was Syria beautiful under the rule of the deceased Hafez [al Assad] -throughout who's reign and at the beginning of the rule of the criminal Bashar (a period extending from 1972 to 2004) his father General Mustafa Tlass acted as Defence Minister?

At that time Manaf was a close friend of Basil al-Assad, the former crown prince, who died in 1994. ManafTlass's friendship turned to the second son, Bashar, when he inherited the role. This clearly shows that in the dissident Brigadier's mind, there is no black history of Syria during the period in which the family of Al-Assad and the family of Mustafa Tlass ravaged corruption and destruction.

As for the rebels, their opinion of his lying and trickery will not alter, even if he changed his skin and appeared on screen wearing ihram while performing Umrah, just as his predecessors Hafiz, Basil and Bashar have appeared before. Allah,the Almighty said:

(يُخَادِعُونَ اللّهَ وَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَمَا يَخْدَعُونَ إِلاَّ أَنفُسَهُم وَمَا يَشْعُرُونَ (9) فِي قُلُوبِهِم مَّرَضٌ فَزَادَهُمُ اللّهُ مَرَضاً وَلَهُم عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ بِمَا كَانُوا يَكْذِبُونَ)

"They think to beguile Allah and those who believe, but they deceive only themselves, and they perceive it not. There is disease in their hearts, and Allah increased their disease; and they will have a painful punishment because they lie."

What the American newspaper "The Wall Street Journal" reported about U.S. officials in the administration of President Barack Obama as saying that "focus on the Brigadier ManafTlass, an old friend of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, is on the rise - at a time when hopes in the ability of the Syrian National Council to rally the opposition under one front are fading", explains how Ahmet Davutoglu, the godfather of American policy in the region, received the dissident Brigadier, Manaf on 27/07/2012.

He is the first military that Davutoglu met despite the presence of many Syrian dissident officers in Turkey for more than a year, according to what was said by the Turkish Foreign Ministry. His visit coincided with statements by the Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, that Al-Assad has begun to lose control, and that in his view the opposition forces have come to control matters in Syria. This shows one aspect of the conspiracy against the revolution, whose fruits America and its agents in Turkey want to pick.

O rebelling Muslims in Syria:

It has become clear to you how the Assad regime has served America's policy in the region, and how he secured the borders of the Zionist entity. Have Manaf and his father been other than part of this regime, dressed with treason and servility to America?! It should be clear to you how the doors are open to Brigadier ManafTlass in Turkey and other countries, while they have been narrowed for others, like Hussein Harmoush!!

Let Muslims know that America is proceeding in its criminal and terrible plan towards stricken Syria and its brave people in order to ensure its own influence and to ensure the security of the Zionist entity, with no consideration for spilled blood and destroyed cities.

We, in Hizb-ut Tahrir, ask you to have full awareness of the American plans so as to frustrate them and bring down those who conspire with it, before bringing down the criminal Syrian regime conspiring with them; this regime, which commits its terrible crimes against both human beings and trees in Syria, for its own benefit and the benefit of (Israel).

We do not accept that the pure clean blood of our martyrs and the sacrifices of our young heroes and the efforts of our loyal officers to be invested by an opportunist, a cheap man, a national council serving foreign interests, or political figures that knock the doors of the West and the East.

We rather invite all free revolutionaries to save Syria of Sham (the centre of the abode of Islam), by working to establish the Law of Allah through the establishment of the Khilafah "Caliphate" State. Be with the party that trusts in the promise of the Messenger of Allah peace be upon him, for all Muslims of its establishment when he said:

"ثم تكون خلافة على منهاج النبوة"

"And then it will be Khilafah "Caliphate" on the model of prophet hood".

And to the people of the Sham specifically, when he said:

"عقر دار الإسلام الشام"

"The centre of the abode of Islam 'Dar al-Islam' is al-Sham."