Hundreds of women and children from across the UK will gather at a demonstration [2:30pm Sat 16 June, Syrian Embassy] against the horrific Al-Qubayr and Houla massacres as well as the continuing bloodbath that the merciless, blood-thirsty tyrant Bashar Al-Assad is executing against his people. A section of the protest will be led by the voices of children.

Thursday, 14/06/2012, NATO General Secretary Anders Fogh Rasmussen vowed he will not abandon Afghanistan!! It seems as if the Secretary General pledged to continue the bloodshed of the Muslims in Afghanistan; as well as not to abandon the theft and the looting of their resources as well as occupying their country! The hostile NATO forces have launched an air raid before dawn on Wednesday, June 6, on the city of Baraki Barak, the state capital of Lugar located 30 kilometers south of the capital, Kabul. The air raid claimed the lives of 27 people, which were mainly women and children and 18 from one family.

Headlines:

• European debt crisis poses grave threat to world economy
• US confirms Russia is arming Syria with attack helicopters
• Scholars ban the use of Jihad and Caliphate
• Saudi religious authority forbids 'jihad' in Syria
• Washington wants Pakistan out, India in as Afghanistan mentor

Details:

European debt crisis poses grave threat to world economy:

Worsening sovereign debt problems in euro zone countries pose the biggest single threat to the world economy at present. However, European leaders have yet to summon the political will and employ the most powerful policies to tame the crisis as time and opportunities are being lost again and again. Unemployment in the 17 countries that use the euro is already 11 percent, the highest rate since the single currency was introduced in 1999. Three nations -- Greece, Ireland and Portugal -- have asked for outside bailouts, crumbling under mountains of public debt. Meanwhile, Italy and Spain, the fourth and fifth largest economies in Europe respectively, look likely to become the next domino to fall. Europe has been struggling with its debt problems for nearly three years. Prolonged uncertainties over whether the euro can hold together and for how long have spooked global investors and could trigger a devastating second meltdown of the world economy that is still recovering from the 2008 financial crisis. Greece's upcoming parliamentary election on Sunday could mean a potentially catastrophic Greek exit from the currency union as the anti-bailout party is now running neck-and-neck with pro-euro coalition. If Greece drops the euro in the worst scenario, the knock-on dislocations to the real economy could lower euro area GDP by up to 2 percent, Goldman Sachs, an influential U.S. investment bank, predicted. The ripple effect of the European woes will hit both its developed and emerging trade partners. East Asia and Pacific regional growth rate may slow down by 2 to 4 percent if Europe's situation deteriorates, due to reduced import demands, disruptions in cross-border capital flow and increased prudent savings, World Bank simulation test results showed.

US confirms Russia is arming Syria with attack helicopters:

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Tuesday accused Russia of providing attack helicopters to Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime. The statement put the Pentagon in an awkward position, as the U.S. military has come under criticism in Congress for working through what is apparently the same Russian firm to purchase helicopters for the Afghan army. It also followed a blunt acknowledgement by the U.N. Tuesday that the country has descended into civil war, only adding to the concern that violence could continue to escalate in Syria. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, had initially raised questions about the Russian contractor. He had written a letter Monday to Defense Secretary Leon Panetta expressing "grave concerns" about U.S. dealings with the firm that is "arming the Assad regime" in Syria. Asked about those concerns Tuesday, Pentagon spokesmen did not deny that Russia was allegedly providing attack choppers to Assad through the same firm the U.S. uses to buy Mi-17 helicopters. The spokesmen also struggled to answer why the U.S. is not pushing for an arms embargo against Syria, as it did against Libya and Yugoslavia.

Scholars ban the use of Jihad and Caliphate:

Islamic scholars from 23 countries have arrived at a joint conclusion that condemns extremism. An international conference "Islamic Doctrine Opposes Radicalism" started in Moscow on the 25th of May and ended in the capital of Chechen Republic, Grozny three days later. A fatwa, which condemns the display of radicalism as well as bans the use of basic Islamic terminology such as "jihad" and "caliphate" for political purposes, is a need of the day. This is crucial not only for the Muslim world, says supreme mufti of the Central Spiritual Department of Muslims in Russia, Albir Krganov. "At present, there are various interpretations of Islamic terminology, and various people try to use it in different ways. Unfortunately, this stirs many problems, especially among young people who do not know the basic principles of the religion fairly well, and various radical groups are trying to use them for their opportunistic purposes. In view of this, the duty of the official priesthood and the spiritual department is to explain to people what these terms mean and what the Islamic laws appeal for," Albir Krganov said. According to the theological conclusion drawn in Grozny, the term "jihad" is a fight against malice rather than a holy war as claimed by extremists, while "takfir" means only an accusation of disbelief but not a call for destroying the unfaithful. "Caliphate" is no more than a system of Islamic states, and it has nothing to do with total domination.

Saudi religious authority forbids 'jihad' in Syria:

A member of Saudi Arabia's highest religious authority prohibited on Thursday any acts of jihad in Syria. Sheikh Ali al-Hikmi of the Saudi Council of Senior Scholars issued a fatwa forbidding jihad after calls for such action have increased in recent months. Al-Hikmi warned, in a statement to the Saudi daily Alsharq, against the calls for jihad in Syria on online social networks, adding that different methods can be used to support Syrian people. "The Syrian people are facing injustice, persecution and the force of an arrogant and haughty regime, and needs our prayers and help in every possible way," the Saudi sheikh said to the daily. Al-Hikmi explained that the act of jihad fell under the authority of the guardian - a reference to Saudi authorities - and any such act, which was not approved by the guardian, is a form of disobedience and should be prohibited. "The support for the Syrian people should be in harmony with the country's policy," the scholar added. "Everything is linked to a system and to the country's policies and no person should be allowed to disobey the guardian and call for jihad." The Saudi sheikh said that unapproved jihad would embarrass the country, adding that "there should be coordination with the government, regarding organized support, because the government is fulfilling its duties towards the Syrian people." Early last year, the council issued a fatwa, forbidding any form of protests or petitions for reforms in the oil-rich kingdom, fearing a similar uprising inspired by the Arab Spring.

Washington wants Pakistan out, India in as Afghanistan mentor:

Washington wants India to fill up the post-US vacuum in Afghanistan and play a bigger role training Afghan security forces as a NATO deadline to withdraw all its combat troops from that country by the end of 2014 draws near. There is irony in the situation as the same US administration wanted India to downsize its footprint in Afghanistan till a couple of years ago for fear of offending Pakistan. Now US criticism of Pakistan is no longer hush- hush. In fact, the mood on Capitol Hill is so rabidly anti-Pakistan that a US Senator held up a Farm Bill in the Senate last week by wanting to tack on a bill to choke aid to Islamabad. Tired of catering to Pakistan's sulks about an Indian presence in Afghanistan, the US is increasingly looking to India as a partner in developing Afghanistan. New Delhi has provided some $2 billion in assistance to Afghanistan since 2001. Both the US and India have strategic partnership agreements with Afghanistan. At the cost of sending Pakistan into a paroxysms of rage, US Secretary Hillary Clinton proposed a trilateral engagement between the US, India and Afghanistan. Nirupama Rao, India's ambassador to Washington, made clear this month that India has every intention of preventing "a regression in Afghanistan to the situation it was before 2001."

In a notable statement, on 28.5.2012, the Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs Gen. Martin Dempsey said: "the Pentagon is ready for the option of military intervention to end the violence in Syria". This sudden statement comes after a series of statements from U.S. Defense Secretary Panetta, and Secretary of State Clinton, and from the head of the US Government, Obama that ruled out military intervention in Syria because it would complicate matters. The last of these statements came in the meeting of the G8 and the meeting of NATO countries. The general line of U.S. policy in Syria was to make room for its puppet Bashar to kill and suppress until it prepared a substitute regime that would preserve its on-going influence in Syria. It did this by calling for a peaceful political transition of governance, negotiation, and giving successive deadlines until such time as it finishes manufacturing its substitute agent as alternative. The previous initiatives, Arab observers, then the international observers came in this context. The last of these was Annan's initiative that came to serve the general stance of American policy. This is what Annan himself announced, when he called the government and the opposition to sit at the negotiating table; and said that his mission was to find a solution to the conflict in Syria, which could start with a political process.

This initiative of Annan is an American initiative par excellence. His visit came immediately after the Hula massacre and in the atmosphere of accelerated severance of diplomatic relations with the Syrian regime, carrying a message to the Syrian people that it cannot be saved from the Syrian regime except through the American solution! This is the way by which America propagates its plan: a criminal regime that exercises the horrible crimes against unarmed civilians; and the initiative led by Annan, who has mastered the art of covering up crimes against humanity! His precedent in Bosnia bears witness to that. Our memories still retain images of the huge massacres in Bosnia when the West left its Muslims to be slaughtered and killed, where 8,000 men and children of the Bosnian Muslims in Srebrenica were killed, at a time when Annan himself was responsible for the peace-keeping operations at the United Nations. But when they felt that the balance has tilted in favor of Muslims, they intervened and imposed their unjust solutions.

Similarly, as the tone of America changed to military intervention in Bosnia when the balance tipped in favor of the Muslims, so it wanted to break their power and forced them to accept their solution. America has sensed the balance is tilting in favour of the brave rebels, and that its puppet Bashar is shaking, no longer able to hold out until the alternative is ready. Its tone has shifted from giving deadlines to Bashar to trying to change the regime from within by Bashar's departure and inaugurating his deputy after him, as called for by Qatar. This follows the Yemeni process, which was rejected at the time by America and its followers in the Syrian regime, because it was of British led. It has now returned to it, where Obama stressed together with the leaders of the G8 the need for Assad's departure. He pointed to Yemen as a model for a political transition that could succeed in Syria. In this regard, U.S. National Security Advisor Thomas Donilon also stated that Obama raised the issue of the peaceful transition plan on the Yemeni model with the Prime Minister of Russia, Medvedev, on the sidelines of the G8 summit at Camp David. He added that this plan would be on the table for talks between Obama and Putin at the first meeting bringing them together.

America is aware that the rebels in Syria did not rise up to change one agent for another; nor to switch an ugly face for another, more or less ugly; and that Bashar, his deputy, and his deputy's deputy and all his cronies are all the same in the crime, cruelty and betrayal. The rebels will not settle for other than the uprooting of the regime, and the establishment of the rule of Islam: the rightly-guided Khilafah "Caliphate" in Sham, the centre of the abode of Islam. Therefore, America has resorted to threat of military intervention, which came in the announcement of the U.S. Army Chief of Staff, Martin Dempsey. This is an indication of its readiness for the option of military intervention in the event of a threat to its influence in Syria. It does not intend to intervene to change the Syrian regime as some people think! The timing of this statement gives a clear signal that the Syrian situation has reached a crisis point that threatens American influence. It demonstrates also that the regime of Bashar is unsustainable until such time as an alternative becomes ready. So America's hinting at military intervention is to scare the rebels in order that they do not establish the rule of Islam in Syria, where America would then retreat to its own backyard for good.

O Muslims: The internal situation of the Syrian regime is no longer merely shaken. Its pillars are about to collapse. The balance has begun to tilt in favour of the blessed revolution, manifested in specific operations, in addition to the legendary ideological steadfastness of the people and their determination to overthrow the regime. Furthermore, the strike in Damascus indicates that the power of Bashar no longer extends beyond his palace and the security headquarters and barracks. The famous Hamidiyya market was closed followed by its twin: the market of Hareekah, and Al-Asrooniyyah; and the historic market of Medhat Pasha, and Khalid Bin Al Waleed street and others ... The strike at the heart of Damascus was a serious blow to a regime whose poisoned stomach is still hurting.

O Muslims rising in Sham, of victory and triumph, Allah willing:

The guide does not lie to his people, and Hizb ut-Tahrir warns you of the West and its moves, especially at this critical moment. So, declare your rejection of all of its initiatives, and discard the opposition that begs for the poisoned Western solutions, some of which call for the coming of Ash-Shar' after Assad for example, as Abed Rabbo came after Ali Saleh, in the Yemeni model which Obama presented to Putin. You must consider each contact with the West and begging solutions from it as an unforgivable treason. Do not let the threats of the U.S. Chief of Staff with military intervention frighten you. For as long as you remain honest with Allah and His Messenger, America and its masses will, Inshallah, be defeated ... You and your loyal soldiers, with the rally of the Ummah around you, will be able, Inshallah, to uproot this criminal regime . As you declared "we will never kneel save to Allah", declare "we will never kneel to America, and we will never accept its solutions"...

Declare that the time of intrigues has passed ... and tell the West: you have no way over us after this day ... Declare that the goal of our revolution is full liberation from the disbelieving man-made law of the West and its tyrant agents ... And that we will not accept other than Islam, as a deen and a rule and a system for life - "Khilafah "Caliphate" on the model of prophethood" ... Declare that the country of Sham, the centre of the abode of Islam, the land of the great battlefield, will be the graveyard for conspiracy and intrigue against it, and of everyone who infringed its rights and the rights of Muslims.

{سَيُصِيبُ الَّذِينَ أَجْرَمُوا صَغَارٌ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ وَعَذَابٌ شَدِيدٌ بِمَا كَانُوا يَمْكُرُونَ}

"Those who transgressed will face humiliation from Allah, and severe punishment for what they plotted."