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31 MAY 2012

AFG-PAK-CAS
579 Civilians Killed In Four Months: Pajhwok United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) head Jan Kubis said about 579 civilians had been killed in the first four months of this year. 79 percent of the casualties were caused by militants, nine percent by Afghan and international soldiers, while 12 percent were killed in non-combatant violence. Civilian casualties dropped by 21 percent. About 1,216 people were wounded in the first quarter of this year. (Source: Kabul, Afghanistan; Independent; Neutral) 28 Rebels, 2 Civilians Die in Fresh Spate of Violence: Pajhwok Twenty-eight insurgents and two civilians were killed and scores of others wounded in separate incidents. Twenty-five rebels were killed during operations involving Afghan troops in the Sangin district of Helmand province. In Kandahar, three militants were killed and a fourth injured when a bomb went off inside a house in Kandahar city. Two civilians were killed and a third injured when their vehicle struck a roadside bomb in southern Zabul province. (Source:
Kabul, Afghanistan; Independent; Neutral)

(U) Human Rights bill signing (The Nation, 30 May 2012)

OTHER TOPICS
Iran Summons Saudi over Fate of Prisoners MKO Collaborating to Topple Maliki Gov't Image Shows Buildings Gone at Iran Site Sadr Calls on Iraqiya, Kurdish Alliance to Withdraw Confidence Airstrike, Shelling Kills 20 Militants in Yemen Hated Emergency Law to be Settled on Thursday Mubarak Sons to Face New Trial for Corruption Syria Commitment to Annans Plan Syria Rebels Issue 48hour Ultimatum Al-Qaeda in Lebanon: Murmurs of Assassinations

Eight Afghan Police Killed in Taliban Attack: Radio Free Afghanistan Eight Afghan police were killed during a 4-hour battle against Taliban militants. Spokesman for Badakhshan's Provincial Governor Abdul Maroof Rasekh said militants stormed the hilltop post in the province's Warduj district. Two Taliban were killed in the fighting, while one police officer remains missing. (Source:
Broadcast in Afghanistan, Promotes Democratic values)

President Signs National Commission for Human Rights Bill into Laws: The Nation President Asif Ali Zardari signed the National Commission for Human Rights Bill 2012 for promotion and protection of Human Rights as provided for in the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Spokesperson to the President, Senator Farhatullah Babar, said: An international commitment outstanding for the past nearly quarter of a century has been fulfilled today. It is no means an achievement considering the fact that Pakistan is fighting war against militancy and complaints of human rights violations have surfaced.
(Source: Islamabad, Conservative, Part of the Nawa-i-Waqt publishing group)

Six Killed, Judge among Several Injured in Karachi Violence: The Nation At least six were killed and several others injured as violence continued in the city. Unknown men opened fire at two youngsters in Haryana Colony of Orangi Town, both died. In Hazara Colony of Kala Pul, unknown gunmen killed an ice cream factory laborer. Napier police recovered two bullet riddled and tortured bodies from a market adjacent to Lyari. An unidentified motorcyclist opened

(U) Bashr Al-Jaafari (Al Arabiya, 30 May 2012)

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fire at civil judge Syed Zaheer Naqvi in Ancholi area. Firing continued during which more than 10 people were injured. (Source: Islamabad, Conservative, Part of the Nawa-i-Waqt publishing group)

IRAN
Iran Summons Saudi Envoy over Fate of Iranian Prisoners in S. Arabia: Fars Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Consular, Parliamentary and Expatriates' Affairs Hassan Qashqavi said that the ministry has summoned the Saudi envoy to Tehran over the status and fate of the Iranian inmates in the Arab country. Qashqavi stated that he has summoned the Saudi envoy to the foreign ministry twice, and added that director-general of the foreign ministry's office for Iranian expatriates has also summoned the Saudi envoy. Saudi Arabia's refusal to give a clear response to Tehran will not free Riyadh from its legal and international responsibilities and its commitments within the framework of international conventions on the rights of prisoners. (Source: Iran; Private; Anti-West) MKO Collaborating with Iraqi Dissidents, Al-Qaeda to Topple Maliki Gov't: Fars Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO also known as the MEK, PMOI and NCR), disclosed that the group's ringleaders are collaborating with the leaders of Iraq's dissident groups as well as the AlQaeda network in the country to topple Nuri al-Maliki's government. Highly trusted veteran defected member of the MKO, Ali Hosseinnejad, said: "The MKO and its ringleaders have high hopes for toppling Maliki's government and are using every possible method to achieve this goal. Hosseinnejad revealed that the MKO has still ties with the remnants of Saddam regime as well as other terrorist groups, specially the al-Qaeda network in Iraq. (Source: Iran; Private; Anti-West) Image Shows Buildings Gone at Iran Site: Diplomats: AAJ TV U.N. nuclear inspectors displayed new satellite imagery indicating that some small buildings had been dismantled and other clean-up work undertaken at an Iranian military site they want to visit. One image showed signs that ground-scraping activities had taken place at the Parchin facility, as well as the presence of a bulldozer. This will likely further strengthen Western suspicions that Iran is sanitizing the site of any incriminating evidence before allowing the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) into the complex. (Source: Karachi, Pakistan; Business Recorder Group Affiliate; Undetermined)

IRAQ-ARABIAN PENINSULA
Sadr Calls on Iraqiya, Kurdish Alliance to Get 124 Votes to Withdraw Maliki Confidence: NINA Leader of the Sadrest Trend, Muqtada al-Sadr, called on the Kurdisn Alliance and the Iraqiya slate to get 124 votes in Parliament to finalize the 164 votes needed to withdraw confidence from Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki. Answering a question on rumors that he is backing down on withdrawing confidence from Maliki, Sadr said: "This is untrue, I have promised my partners 'Iraqiya and Kurdish Alliance' that if they get 124 votes, I will. It is a promise, I will not back down on it, since, unfortunately, Dawa Party has refused to carry out reforms." (Source: Baghdad, Iraq, Independent; Daily; Neutral) Airstrike, Shelling Kills 20 Militants in Southern Yemen: Yemen Online Yemeni warplanes and artillery strikes killed 20 al-Qaeda-linked militants in the country's south. An air raid targeted a militant communications station near the southern coastal town of Shaqra, killing three and wounding seven. The station was used by the militants to direct operations using the Internet,
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wireless communications and a satellite telephone. Army shelling and clashes in the western the town of Jaar left 17 fighters and six soldiers dead and injured 12 others. (Source: Sana'a Yemen: Undetermined)

PAN-AOR
Fate of Hated Emergency Law to be Settled on Thursday: Ahram Online Egypt's longstanding Emergency Law will likely not be extended by the Islamist-led Peoples Assembly (the lower house of Egypt's parliament) when it comes up for renewal on Thursday, effectively ending the country's 31-year-long state of emergency. A majority of lawmakers support the notion of ending the reviled Emergency Law, which had been used to deadly effect against Egypt's political opposition by the ousted Mubarak regime. (Source: Cairo, Egypt; Daily; Undetermined) Mubarak Sons, EFG CEOs to Face New Trial for Stock Market Corruption: Ahram Online The sons of Egypt's deposed president Hosni Mubarak, Gamal and Alaa, as well as Hassan Heikal and Yasser El-Mallawany, both CEOs of Egyptian investment bank EFG-Hermes, are to face trial alongside five others for corrupt stock exchange dealings. They were referred to Cairo's criminal court on charges of illicit profiteering related to the sale of Al-Watany Bank of Egypt. The sale amounted to LE2.5 billion ($416 million). The two brothers and their father will hear the verdict on 2 June on corruption charges in the first trial. (Source: Cairo, Egypt; Daily; Undetermined) Syria Reaffirms Commitment to Annans Plan, Says Crisis Shouldnt Be Escalated: Al Arabiya Syrias U.N. envoy, Bashar Al-Jaafari, said Damascus is committed to the U.N.-Arab League Peace Envoy Kofi Annans plan and that the international community shouldnt escalate crisis in the country but must mitigate it. Al-Jaafari said Damascus is undergoing an investigation to find out the culprits behind the massacre, blaming outside forces who are trying hard to ignite a civil war in the country as responsible. Turkey and Japan joined the United States, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Bulgaria, Spain, Italy, Canada, Britain, Australia, France and Germany to expel Syrian envoys from their respective countries in protest against Houla massacre. (Source: Dubai, UAE; Independent; Claim Neutrality) Syria Rebels Issue 48-hour Ultimatum: Daily Star Syrian rebels gave President Assad a 48-hour deadline to comply with an international peace plan, otherwise they would renew their battle to overthrow him. The ultimatum was issued after U.N. observers discovered 13 bodies bound and shot in eastern Syria. Colonel Saadeddine of the rebel Free Syrian Army said its leadership had set a deadline of 0900 GMT Friday for Assad to implement the peace plan. If it fails to do so we are free from any commitment and we will defend and protect the civilians, their villages and their cities. (Source: Beirut, Lebanon; Independent; Daily, Except Sunday; Neutral) Al-Qaeda in Lebanon: Murmurs of Assassinations: Al Akhbar Lebanese security agencies have strong evidence that al-Qaeda has been planning to target high-level political and religious figures with the aim of provoking sectarian strife. Lebanese security agencies obtained intelligence about activities of al-Qaeda networks in Lebanon, including information about the planning of attacks and assassinations against specific targets by known al-Qaeda operatives, indicating that plans were being made to assassinate Parliament Speaker and Amal movement leader Nabih Berri. (Source: Beirut, Lebanon; Independent; Daily (except Sunday); Pro-Resistance, Pro-Syria)
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