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02 JUNE 2012

(U) Lebanese Speaker othe House Berri Berri(Now Lebanon; 02 Jun

Lebanese Cleric RejecUS Daily Claims on Ir

Countdown to Al-MalNo Confidence Votehas Begun

Yemen DialogueCommittee, Houthis

Meet for Talks

U.S. and Allies GetPulled into Yemen

Morsy Says He isChoice for

Revolutionaries

Syrian Forces Kill 43 Protesters Rally acro

Country

No Plan B on Syria, UChief Ban Warns

Hizbullah Wants toMove Far-ReachingScuds from Syria

Report: Serra Warns Assassination Plot

Targeting Berri

AFG-PAK-CAS

Suicide Attack Kills Seven Afghans at NATO Base: Official: Al ArabiyaA suicide attacker rammed into a checkpoint at a NATO base, killing sevencivilians. The attacker drove truck full of explosives into the first security checkpost of the NATO base. Initial information shows seven Afghans killed and 13injured, a security official said. Taliban claimed responsibility. The victims areAfghan construction workers at the base. One of our Mujahedeen rammed avehicle packed with 10 tons of explosives into a NATO base in Khost city anddetonated the truck near the restaurant of the base, said Taliban spokesmanZabiullah Muhahid. A large number of foreign soldiers have been killed, he

said. (Source: Dubai, UAE; Independent; Claim Neutrality)

No Intention to Stay in Office beyond Term: Karzai: PajhwokKarzai rejected stories in western press of trying to seek a third term. No, notat all. I think two terms is a very long time. You need fresh energy, and freshthinking. Someone with more untested ideas should come forward and buildon what we could not improve upon. The western press is full of stories aboutmy trying to seek a third term, Karzai said. it will not help Afghanistan, itwill hurt it forever. I don't want to be the president of Afghanistan one daybeyond my term. (Source: Kabul, Afghanistan; Independent; Neutral)

US Army Adds Charges in Afghan Shooting Case: Al JazeeraThe US dropped a murder charge, but added others, including steroid use,against a soldier in a shooting rampage in Afghanistan, his lawyer said. SSgtRobert Bales is accused of gunning down 16 instead of 17 in a pre-dawn raidin March. Bales faces 16 counts of premeditated murder; six attemptedmurder; seven assault; one possessing steroids; one using steroids; onedestroying a laptop computer; one burning bodies; and one using alcohol.(Source: Doha, Qatar; Independent; Website of the TV Network; Claim Neutrality)

Russia Wary of Permanent US Military Bases in Afghanistan: Press TVMoscow is looking for clarification concerning mandate of the US bases thatlook set to be a permanent fixture in Afghanistan beyond 2014. "DespiteWashington's claims about having no plans to deploy permanent bases inAfghanistan, we know that US troops will remain after 2014," NikolaiyPatrushev, Secretary of the Russian Security Council said. "Continued long-term foreign military presence in Afghanistan, which could be used (as aspringboard) against other countries in the region, is unacceptable to Russia,he said. (Source: Iran, Govt. Funded, Anti-West)

CIA Doctor Appeals His Conviction: Arab NewsLawyers representing the Dr. jailed after helping the CIA find Bin Laden

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(U) Shia cleric Sheikh ANablusi (Press TV; 01 J12)


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appealed his conviction. He was convicted for treason over ties to Lashkar-e-Islam and not foworking for the CIA, for which the court said it did not have jurisdiction. The appeal said allegationswere false, concocted, and without foundation. It said Afridi had no association with Lashkar-e-Islam

and said the conviction should be dismissed because he had no defense or fair trial. (Source: JeddahSaudi Arabia; Daily; Undetermined)

IRAN

Lebanese Cleric Rejects US Daily Claims on Iran: Press TVA prominent Lebanese Shia cleric dismissed allegations about Iran's plots to assassinate foreigndiplomats overseas as false. The claim is another US charge, with the aim of tarnishing the image othe Islamic Republic in the region, Sheikh Afif Nablusi said. He called the regional countries to unityagainst Washingtons schemes, saying US has resorted to propaganda, creating divisions amonnations, supporting terrorist attacks as part of its plots against Iran. (Source: Iran, Govt. Funded, Anti-West

IRAQ-ARABIAN PENINSULA

Countdown to Al-Maliki No Confidence Vote has Begun Iraqiya Spokesperson: Asharq AlAwsatIraqiya bloc spokesperson Maysoon al-Damluji said, The countdown has begun to withdrawconfidence from the Premiership of Maliki, after we have collected the signatures of more than half theIraqi Council of Representatives, who support this request. She added, The political blocs expecMaliki to resign before the beginning of the process, beginning in the next few days. She indicatedthat, President Talabani informed political parties calling for the withdrawal of confidence from Malikto follow constitutional procedures for this. (Source: London, England; pan-Arab daily news; Pro Arab)

Yemen Dialogue Committee, Houthis Meet for Talks: Press TVMembers of Yemens Committee for Dialogue arrived in Saada to hold talks with the Houthi groupAccording to Nadia al-Saqqaf, member of Yemens Dialogue Committee, the meeting is a ''preliminaryvisit,'' focusing on establishing talks and welcoming the Houthis. Well, they havent madepreconditions, but they have made 10 demands clear, Saqqaf said, adding that discussing demands ithe next step. Houthis described negotiations as the only way to end Yemens crisis, but have stressedthe talks should not be affected by foreign interference. (Source: Iran, Govt. Funded, Anti-West)

U.S. and Allies Get Pulled into Yemen: The Daily StarUS policymakers might talk down boots on the ground in Yemen but with an estimated severa

hundred military advisers deployed, Washington and its allies are being drawn deeper. With a newrunning and intensifying campaign of drone strikes. Growing numbers of Special Forces are trainingYemens military, while financial and humanitarian aid from Western and Gulf states has increasedsharply. (Source: Beirut, Lebanon; Independent; Daily, Except Sunday; Neutral)

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Morsy Says He is Choice for Revolutionaries: Al-Masry Al-YoumThe Islamist aiming to be president professes confidence his liberal rivals will swallow their fears o


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UNCLASSIFIED//FOUOTheCENTCOM religious rule and vote for him in the election runoff against a former General he sees as the heir to theold regime. And, in his first international media interview since he won, Morsy appealed to last year'srevolutionaries by vowing, to keep Mubarak in jail forever, whatever verdict a court passes on himSaturday. He offered policies intended to appeal to the center and stressed that he was the onlyalternative to more military rule. (Source: Cairo, Egypt; Independent; Daily; Undetermined)

Syrian Forces Kill 43 as Protesters Rally across Country: NaharnetRegime forces opened fire on protesters in the Douma area near the capital Friday, as at least 43 werekilled in violence across the country, a rights group and activists said. Scores of protests broke ouacross Syria to condemn the Houla massacre. At a protest in Douma, "Regime forces opened fire ondemonstrators. Everyone had to run away because there was nobody there to protect them," anactivist said. The demonstrations were called to commemorate the victims of a massacre last weekEarlier Friday, regime troops killed five during raids and shelling of rebels in Daraya. (Source: BeiruLebanon; English Edition of An Nahar; Liberal; Daily)

No Plan B on Syria, UN Chief Ban Warns: Hrriyet Daily NewsThe UN has no Plan B for Syria, UN Sec. Gen. Ban Ki-moon said, warning of a catastrophic civwar and noting there was no alternative to the Annan plan to halt the violence. I demand that thegovernment of Syria act on its commitments under the Annan peace plan. A united internationacommunity demands that the Syrian govt act on its responsibilities to its people, Ban said. We donhave a Plan B yet, he added in an interview. The massacres of the sort seen last weekend couldplunge Syria into a catastrophic civil war, a civil war from which the country would never recover, hesaid. (Source: Turkey; Secular; High-circulation; One of the most influential in Turkish public life)

Hizbullah Wants to Move Far-Reaching Scuds from Syria: Arutz Sheva

Hizbullah wants to move Scud missiles and modern anti-aircraft equipment from Syria to LebanonAccording to the report, the group fears the weapons may come into the hands of the rebels againsPresident Assad. The report said that Hizbullah has recently been considering moving to Lebanon themodern weapons it already owns but which are being kept in the groups bases in Damascus. Scud Dmissiles are sophisticated and have the ability to reach as far as the city of Eilat. A Jordanian news sitereported in early May that western spy satellites have recently spotted movements of Syrian heavmissile launchers northward and southward, toward Syria's borders with Turkey and Israel. The sitsaid hundreds of high-caliber launchers are being moved, and that these could only be long rangeScud missile launchers. Syria has threatened in the past that in the event of foreign militaryintervention on its soil, it will not hesitate to fire missiles at Israel and Turkey in order to ignite a largescale regional war. (Source: Beit El, Israel; Independent; Identifies with Religious Zion)

Report: Serra Warns of Assassination Plot Targeting Berri: NaharnetUnited Nations Interim Force in Lebanon Commander Major-General Paolo Serra informed thLebanese army intelligence directorate about an assassination bid against Speaker Berri, al-Hayareported Friday. Lebanese security sources said the Italian national Serra obtained the informatiofrom the Italian intelligence. However, the sources refused to specify the side plotting theassassination. According to the daily, Berri would be targeted on his way from his residence in Ain elTineh to the parliament in Nijmeh Square in downtown Beirut. (Source: Beirut, Lebanon; English Edition oAn Nahar; Liberal; Daily)



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