January 28, 2015
WASHINGTON (AP) " The top Democrat (click here) on the House intelligence committee is backing an effort to authorize President Barack Obama's war against Islamic State militants, saying Congress should not wait to see if the White House sends over its blueprint of what it should say.
Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff planned to introduce a bill Wednesday. In the U.S. battle against IS, Obama has been relying on congressional authorizations that President George W. Bush used to justify military action after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Critics say the White House's use of post-9/11 congressional authorizations is a legal stretch, at best.
It would appear as though President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi and his cabinet was forced to resign by Houthis fighters to remove an ally of the USA.
A Houthi fighter in military uniform checks a motorcyclist at a checkpoint
in Sanaa on Tuesday. Yemen’s President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi and his
government quit on last Thursday in a confrontation with Houthi
militiamen, an Iranian-allied armed group, depriving Washington of a
staunch ally in its campaign against Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
(Reuters photo by Khaled Abdullah)
January 27, 2015
By Khetam Malkawi
WASHINGTON (AP) " The top Democrat (click here) on the House intelligence committee is backing an effort to authorize President Barack Obama's war against Islamic State militants, saying Congress should not wait to see if the White House sends over its blueprint of what it should say.
Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff planned to introduce a bill Wednesday. In the U.S. battle against IS, Obama has been relying on congressional authorizations that President George W. Bush used to justify military action after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Critics say the White House's use of post-9/11 congressional authorizations is a legal stretch, at best.
It would appear as though President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi and his cabinet was forced to resign by Houthis fighters to remove an ally of the USA.
January 27, 2015
By Khetam Malkawi
AMMAN — The Foreign Ministry (click here) on Tuesday called on
Jordanian citizens studying in Yemen to avoid areas of tension and
contact the country’s embassy in Sanaa in case of emergency.
Ashraf Khasawneh, the ministry’s spokesperson, told The Jordan Times that there are around 50 students currently in Yemen.
He added that most of them are sitting for final exams and supposed to leave for Amman next week.
“I follow up directly with our embassy in
Yemen, and until this afternoon, we have not received any complaint
from any students,” Khasawneh said, adding: “We are so keen on their
safety.”...
January 28, 2015
By Khetam Malkawi
AMMAN – The government (click here) on Wednesday said that it would release a terror convict in return for the freedom of a Jordanian pilot taken hostage by the so-called Islamic State (IS), an official said.
Following a Cabinet meeting, Government Spokesperson Mohammad Momani said that the government offers a swap involving 1st Lt. Muath Kassasbeh and Sajida Rishawi, an Iraqi woman on the death row in the Kingdom for her involvement in Amman’s 2005 terror attacks.
The brief statement did not mention Japanese hostage Kenjo Goto, whom IS claimed Tuesday it would release in return for Rishawi’s freedom, or he and Kassasbeh would be executed with 24 hours, which almost finished by the time the government statement was issued.
He added that since the beginning, Jordan’s priority has been and is still to save Kassasbeh.
January 28, 2015
By Khetam Malkawi
AMMAN – The government (click here) on Wednesday said that it would release a terror convict in return for the freedom of a Jordanian pilot taken hostage by the so-called Islamic State (IS), an official said.
Following a Cabinet meeting, Government Spokesperson Mohammad Momani said that the government offers a swap involving 1st Lt. Muath Kassasbeh and Sajida Rishawi, an Iraqi woman on the death row in the Kingdom for her involvement in Amman’s 2005 terror attacks.
The brief statement did not mention Japanese hostage Kenjo Goto, whom IS claimed Tuesday it would release in return for Rishawi’s freedom, or he and Kassasbeh would be executed with 24 hours, which almost finished by the time the government statement was issued.
He added that since the beginning, Jordan’s priority has been and is still to save Kassasbeh.
