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Keep the weapons at the ready

Brahim Harchaoui

Once again, the Zionists are beating on the drums of war after the fulfilment of the last military drill, which was supervised by Gabi Ashkenazi. In addition to that, foreign minister Avigdor Lieberman issued a statement threatening to topple the regime of Bashar al-Asad in any new war. It seems that the Zionists are preparing themselves for a full scale confrontation, with possibly far-reaching consequences, in their quest to restore their weakened military deterrence in the region due to their military failure in the past ten years.

By Brahim Harchaoui
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Friday, 24 April 2009
abc.jpgA video tape smuggled out of the United Arab Emirates shows a member of the country's royal family mercilessly torturing a man with whips, electric cattle prods and wooden planks with protruding nails.

A man in a UAE police uniform is seen on the tape tying the victim's arms and legs, and later holding him down as the Sheikh pours salt on the man's wounds and then drives over him with his Mercedes SUV.


n a statement to ABC News, the UAE Ministry of the Interior said it had reviewed the tape and acknowledged the involvement of Sheikh Issa bin Zayed al Nahyan, brother of the country's crown prince, Sheikh Mohammed.

"The incidents depicted in the video tapes were not part of a pattern of behavior," the Interior Ministry's statement declared.

The Minister of the Interior is also one of Sheikh Issa's brother.

The government statement said its review found "all rules, policies and procedures were followed correctly by the Police Department."
 
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