Hamas a terrorist organization.

Egyptian court designates Hamas as a terror organization, state media says

Cairo (CNN)An Egyptian court has ruled that Hamas is a terrorist organization, according to an Egyptian state-run media organization.

Hamas, the Islamist group which dominates the Gaza strip, has been at odds with the Egyptian government since the country's former President, Mohammed Morsy, was ousted in a coup in the summer of 2013.

Morsy was a member of the Muslim Brotherhood, an Islamist political organization that shares deep ties with Hamas. The government formed after Morsy's ouster designated the Brotherhood as a terrorist group in December 2013; since then, many of its leaders have been charged with supporting terrorism.

Hamas quickly denounced the decision at a news conference.

"It is a shocking and dangerous decision that targets the Palestinian people," Fawzi Barhoum, a Hamas spokesman, said at a news conference. "It will directly contaminate the reputation of Egypt."

CNN has attempted to reach Mousa Abu Marzouk, the Hamas representative in Egypt, for comment.

For years Egypt has played a major role in peace negotiations between Israel and various Palestinian factions, with Egypt being seen as fairly impartial by both sides. It's possible the new ruling will affect Egypt's position as a mediator between the two sides.

The United States and European Union have both designated Hamas as a terrorist organization.

Egypt's Urgent Matters Court based its ruling on Hamas in part on claims the organization had supported insurgents who have staged attacks in the Sinai Peninsula, a region that has been fraught with instability in recent months.

The armed wing of Hamas, the al Qassam Brigades, was designated a terror group by the same court last month.

This ruling comes a week after Egypt passed the Terrorist Entities Law, which spells out how to declare a group a terrorist organization, according to Ahmed Ragheb, head of the National Group for Human Rights and Law.

That new law states that the prosecutor general has to propose declaring a terrorist organization; that decision has to approved by the appeals court, Ragheb said. That means the court that made the decision did not have authority to do so.

Typically, foreign policy decisions in Egypt are left to the executive branch of government.

Under the law, authorities can also issue travel bans and freeze the assets of terror designees.

Why is Malaysia and PAS supporting a terrorist organization.

Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan good luck days over!

Nigeria opposition leader condemns country's 'failures'

Muhammadu Buhari says government has 

failed to protect citizens and postponement 

of Nigerian election is not required.

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Nigeria's main opposition candidate has told Al Jazeera that the
"government has failed in its principal duty of protecting life or
property of all beings inside its territory".

Leader of Nigeria's All Progressives Congress, former General
Muhammadu Buhari spoke to Al Jazeera exclusively on Sunday
  - a day after the government announced a six-week postponement
of the nationwide vote.

The official line is that the government needs more time to ensure
security and safety in northeastern regions blighted by a violent
campaign by Boko Haram.

Members of the opposition, however, say President Goodluck
Jonathan is trying to buy time in the election campaign.

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Muhammadu Buhari: Nigeria 'reduced to a failed state'

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"It is extremely disappointing," Buhari said, of the delay.

"The is no reason for it. The Independent Nigerian Electoral
Commission gave a detailed brief of activities from the last
general election in 2011 to now and they have clearly said
that they are ready to hold the election."

Buhari said the government had not been taking the fight
against Boko Haram seriously and described the inability
to secure 14 local governments in the northeast as "extremely
embarrassing".

"There is no need for it [the delay]," he said.

"If the same military can not secure 14 local governorates out
of 774 in six years, how can they be sure they can secure
those 14 in six weeks?"

"We cannot fight it because it is supported by the constitution.
This is the limit.

"We will ask our supporters to remain calm and be prepared
to participate in the elections on the 28th of March."

Buhari, who attended military college in the United States,
previously ruled Nigeria for nearly two years after staging a
military coup in 1984.

During his rule, there were allegations of secret tribunals,
curtailment of civil liberties, and executions for crimes not
punishable by death.

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INTERACTIVE: Boko Haram's bloody legacy

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He also unsuccessfully ran for office in 2003, 2007 and 2011.
The former general served as governor in the country's
northeast - the area now dominated by Boko Haram - and
has pledged to make security a priority in the region.

"The government is not prepared to fight Boko Haram,"
he said.

"[It] is not serious about curbing the insurgency in the
northeast. If the troops deployed in Ekiti State to rig votes
in favour of the government had been effectively deployed
in the north east, the end of the insurgency could have been met."

President Goodluck Jonathan is not fit to hold office having 
been unable and unwilling to suppress the terrorist group 
Boko Haram. He should not be reelected into office. His 
good luck days are over. The military leaders - generals 
and officers who are inept and inert should be sacked and 
those corrupt be brought to justice. A nation rich in oil 
reserves should have all the means to procure militery 
arms and expertise to fight terrorists but instead have to 
rely on poorer neighbours to fight terror for him. Gross 
shame and humiliation !!!

WE all want the TRUTH, nothing but the TRUTH

‘Don’t play the fool with me,’ Gobind tells IGP

FMT Reporters

 | February 3, 2015

Gobind Singh Deo says he and the rakyat have all the right to ask
pertinent questions regarding the Altantuya murder case.

PETALING JAYA: The MP for Puchong has taken on the Inspector General of Police for warning people against asking any more questions regarding police investigations into the murder of Altantuya Shaariibuu.

In a statement, Gobind Singh Deo said members of the public, as well as journalists, lawyers and even DAP elder Lim Kit Siang wanted to know the motive behind her murder, something that was never revealed yet resulted in the conviction of two men who have since been sentenced to death by hanging.

“Is he warning all of us?

“For if he is, let me tell him, don’t play the fool with me.
Don’t warn or threaten us,” Gobind said in a statement.

Saying Khalid Abu Bakar did not have the right to warn
anyone from asking any more questions about the murder,
Gobind added, “I am a Member of Parliament. It is my duty
to question and Khalid can rest assured, I will continue to question.”

He also insisted, that as IGP, Khalid had to “learn to respect”
the people’s right to know the truth, and as such was duty
bound to answer.

“So I ask him to state again. Did the police probe motive for
the killing of Altantuya Shaariibuu?

“If no, why not?. If yes, do the police know who directed
her killing and why?” Gobind asked.

He also said, “If the IGP cannot take the pressure of
questions any longer, and if he thinks he can get me for
asking, for carrying out my duties as MP, l dare him to
come. I will take him on.”

Mongolian Altantuya was shot in the head, then blown
 up with C4 explosives in 2006. Her former lover Abdul Razak
 Baginda was acquitted without his defence being called and no
motive was established or revealed as to why convicted killers,
Chief Inspector Azilah Hadri and Corporal Sirul Azhar Umar
of the Special Action Unit (UTK) would have wanted to see her dead.

 WE all want the TRUTH, nothing but the TRUTH, and if the IGP 
thinks otherwise he should resign as obviously he is not bothered 
about it or maybe protecting some people. 

He is not the LAW so he should not tell us what to do regarding 
the case as the case is now finally over, we are free to comment on it.

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