Libya: Fighters loot Gadhafi tribe

After capturing this hamlet, a center for Moammar Gadhafi s tribe, revolutionary fighters have gone on a vengeance spree, looting and burning homes and making off with gold, furniture and even automobiles.

Other fighters are trying to persuade them to stop and have sought to protect the tribesmen of the ousted leader. As a result, the rampage in Abu Hadi, a suburb of Gadhafi’s home city of Sirte, has underscored a geographical split among the forces loyal to Libya s new interim government.

Most of those looting homes are unorganized, volunteer bands of gunmen from the city of Misrata, to the west, which was brutalized in a bloody siege by Gadhafi s forces during the nearly 7-month uprising against his rule. Trying to rein them in are revolutionaries from eastern Libya, which shook off Gadhafi s

The loyalists in the city center have been putting up a powerful defense for three weeks now, and on Wednesday the two sides traded artillery, tank and mortar shelling. Still, a spokesman for the revolutionaries  Defense Ministry, Col. Ahmed Bani, vowed on Wednesday that its forces “will be able to completely dominate Sirte in the next few days.”

Deputy Defense Minister Fawzy Abu Kataf said it would take two days of heavy shelling to uproot the remaining pro-Gadhafi fighters in the city. But he said revolutionary fighters were holding off on an all-out assault to allow residents to leave.

Abu Hadi, a center of the ousted leader s Gadhadhfa tribe 10 miles (16 kilometers) from downtown Sirte, was a ghost town. Streets were littered with bullet casings, and black smoke billowed from four homes that had been set ablaze by fighters.

Many of the homes laid out in rows in the residential complexes had been broken into, with wooden doors busted, stoves and refrigerators overturned, baby clothes and homework strewn all over the floors.

Furniture exhibition – Trend Pk VIDEO

Zakiya Manzoor from Islamabad reports on the furniture exhibition. (November 07, 2010)

Furniture exhibition – Trend Pk VIDEO

Zakiya Manzoor from Islamabad reports on the furniture exhibition. (November 07, 2010)

Furniture exhibition – Trend Pk VIDEO

Zakiya Manzoor from Islamabad reports on the furniture exhibition. (November 07, 2010)

Furniture exhibition – Trend Pk VIDEO

Zakiya Manzoor from Islamabad reports on the furniture exhibition. (November 07, 2010)

US deems Al-Qaeda in Pakistan top threat

WASHINGTON: Al-Qaeda in Pakistan is top threat, says US report. Al-Qaeda”s leadership in Pakistan and its affiliates in Africa remain the biggest threats to US and its interests abroad, a US government report says.

The annual terrorism report states that al-Qaeda encountered setbacks in 2009 but has proved to be “resilient and adaptable”.

Iran was said to be the most active “state sponsor” of terrorism, as with previous years.

But attacks globally fell to the lowest level in five years, it said.

The report identified Pakistan and Yemen as of particular risk and said al-Qaeda had been able to create proxy groups, and managed to recruit citizens in the US and Europe, for attacks across the world.

Al-Qaeda “has proven to be an adaptable and resilient terrorist group whose desire to attack the United States and U.S. interests abroad remains strong,” it said.

But it added that the organisation had suffered a backlash after its members and allies had launched attacks on Muslims in a number of countries.

The report says that the failed 25 December bombing – in which a Nigerian influenced by a radical Yemeni cleric attempted to blow up a plane heading for Detroit – underscored the threat posed by al-Qaeda in the Arabian Pensinsula (AQAB).

The group is the result of a merger between the Yemeni and Saudi branches of al-Qaeda.

It also noted that al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) had increased the number of kidnappings in Mauritania, Niger and Mali, where the group recently killed French tourist Michel Germaneau.

Militant group Al-Shabab in Somalia was also highlighted, being identified as “more of an ally than a full-blown affiliate” of al-Qaeda.

In 2009, a total of 14,971 people died in 10,999 different terrorist attacks around the world, the report says, down from a recent high in 2006, when 22,736 died in 14,443 attacks.

The figures represent a decrease of 6% in attacks and 5% in the number of deaths globally.

But attacks in Pakistan”s Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province (formerly known as the North West Frontier Province) increased from 16 in 2005 to 940 in 2009, said Russ Travers, deputy director of the National Counterterrorism Center.

Mass evacuation underway as floods head south

KARACHI: Pakistan”s authorities braced for a deluge in the country”s farming heartland, evacuating half a million people from at-risk areas in the south as the worst floods in living memory worsened.

The overall number of people affected by the two-week-old crisis has risen to more than four million after the floods washed away entire villages in the northwest, and anger at the government response is intensifying.

With the death toll already numbering 1,500, authorities in the densely populated southern province of Sindh warned that major floods were expected this weekend in fertile agricultural areas along the swollen Indus River.

“We have a target evacuation of at least 500,000 people who live in 11 most vulnerable districts,” said provincial irrigation minister Jam Saifullah Dharejo, saying many towns and villages were in danger.

Further north in Punjab, a reporter Thursday saw an exodus of people streaming out of flooded villages, wading barefoot through water, cramming belongings onto donkey carts and into cars under heavy rain.

“Altogether, more than four million people are in one way or another affected,” said Manuel Bessler, who heads the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in Pakistan.

“What we are facing now is a major catastrophe,” he said.

Officials warned that dams could burst as heavy rain lashed the Punjab town of Kot Addu, transforming the area into a giant lake.

“All these villages are dangerous now. We are evacuating the population. Important installations are in danger,” said Manzoor Sarwar, police chief for Muzaffargarh district.

Survivors lashed out at authorities for failing to come to their rescue and provide better relief, piling pressure on a cash-strapped administration straining to contain Taliban violence and an economic crisis.

“Everybody is leaving. We came out empty-handed. We didn”t have enough time to take our belongings,” Ghulam Mustafa, 26, told media in Mehmood Kot, a village about six hours” drive south of Lahore, the capital of Punjab.

Particular scorn has been heaped on the deeply unpopular President Asif Ali Zardari for pressing ahead with a visit to Europe at the height of the disaster.

Although Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said “relief items in sufficient quantity” have been provided, many people say they have received no assistance from the government.

Islamic charities have been steeping into the breach on the ground, as international aid steps up.

UN special envoy Jean-Maurice Ripert Thursday visited affected areas in the northwest, where officials say water levels are receding even as the flood surge begins to menace Pakistan”s more populous south.

As Zardari prepared for talks Friday in London with Prime Minister David Cameron, British charities grouped as the Disasters Emergency Committee launched an urgent appeal on TV and radio for donations.

“In the aftermath of the floods, there is a serious risk to survivors from potentially deadly diseases which will spread as a result of contaminated surface and drinking water,” a DEC spokesperson said.

The US government — which warned Thursday that Al-Qaeda”s core in Pakistan remains the “most formidable” terrorist group threatening the United States — has now pledged a total of 35 million dollars in flood aid.

US military helicopter relief missions are going into the worst-hit northwestern regions, the US embassy said.

4.0 million displaced by floods: UN

UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations says up to 4.0 million people have now been affected by massive floods in Pakistan.

Emergency crews are trying to evacuate up to 500,000 people from low-lying villages in the southern provinces of Sindh and Punjab.

Bad weather has hampered rescue efforts in the northwest of Pakistan.

But military helicopters from the United States have joined the relief operation and flown several missions into the Swat Valley.

Aid groups said hundreds of thousands of people have lost their homes and are in desperate need of food and clean drinking water.

Pakistani president Asif Ali Zardari has been criticised by opposition groups for continuing an official visit to Europe while Pakistan is in crisis.

But the government has defended his absence and says it is doing all it can to provide help to the flood victims.

Toll hits 87 as 4 more killed in Karachi

KARACHI: With a military operation looming in the anarchy-ridden Karachi, daily life started returning to normalcy on Thursday; however, four more people were killed, taking the death toll to 87 since Monday, Geo News reported.

Three days after Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM)’s MPA Raza Haider’s murder, tension still prevailed in some areas, particularly Qasba Colony, Aligarh Colony, Bukhari Colony, Banaras, Kati Pahari, Peerabad, Mominabad and Orangi Town.

By and large, complete calm was witnessed and no major incidents were reported as public and private life started returning to normalcy.

However, pickup driver Mehmood Yaqoob, 35, was shot dead in Faqir Colony in the Mominabad police precincts. The victim was said to be a resident of Orangi Town, and police registered FIR No 514/10 against unidentified culprits.

Similarly, Allah Wasayo, 35, was gunned down near Khyber Masjid in the Paposh Nagar police precincts. The culprits took the victim’s mobile phone and Rs 1,500 cash before escaping.

Separately, a middle-aged man was fired at in Yousaf Goth, Orangi Town. Iqbal Market SHO Haji Liaquat said the unidentified victim had sustained an injury to his abdomen and was taken to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital where he breathed his last.

In another incident, a body in a gunny bag body was found in a taxi near the Saba Cinema in the New Karachi locality. However, there was a dispute over jurisdiction between the Surjani, New Karachi Industrial Area and Ayub Goth police.

Incidents of firing and arson were also reported from different parts of the city. Miscreants set ablaze the furniture market in the Sultanabad locality after resorting to indiscriminate firing.

Fire tenders reached the site after almost an hour since they were delayed due to intense firing in the area. Around 20 shops were completely burnt before the fire could be brought under control.

In Buffer Zone, a dozen carpet and garments shops were damaged in Iran Shopping Centre, while a roadside hotel was also set ablaze.

In Orangi Town, a wood store was torched in Sector 111/2, while three houses in Raees Amrohi Colony; intense firing was also reported in various parts of the town.

Separately, a teashop was torched in the Shadman locality, while a container trailer in Liaquatabad; three other shops and more than 12 pushcarts were also burnt in separate localities.

Due to fear, sparse traffic was witnessed on the roads, while thin attendance at educational institutions and government and private offices.

Most areas of Orangi Town remained tense as the town echoed with intense firing all day. On the other hand, police carried out search operations in various parts of Gulistan-e-Jauhar to rescue an alleged MQM activist who was abducted by unidentified people; however, the law enforcers could not recover the man.

Meanwhile, citizens in different localities were faced with difficulties due to closure of markets, shops and petrol and CNG stations, as well as lack of transportation on the city’s roads; however, some shops and petrol and CNG stations remained opened to sell petrol, diesel and CNG at double prices.

101 Ways To Get Kicked Out Of Walmart

101 Ways To Get Kicked Out Of Walmart: This is just a little game to play. List ways get kicked out of wal-mart.

101 Ways To Get Kicked Out Of Walmart:This is just a little game to play. List ways get kicked out of wal-mart. Also, every fifty ways I’ll post a funny video or Lolcat. Now, commence with the ways of getting kicked out.

(NOTE: Please number your ways, or else I can’t keep track)

1.Ask to get kicked out/banned

2.Walk in wearing a chicken costume and harass people

3.Walk up to any one in the store, and say “Your a wizard Harry.”

4.Stand up on a clerk counter and sing Freebird

5.get a friend to stand on the clerk counter and sing a song while you chant “Freebird!
6. Run around nude?

7. Bomb threat.
8. Re-dress the mannequins as you see fit.

9. When there are people behind you, walk REALLY SLOW, especially thin narrow aisles.

10. Walk up to an employee and tell him in an official tone, “I think we’ve got a Code 3 in Housewares,” and see what happens.

11. Get several of those frogs (that croak when somebody walks by) from the Garden Dept. and place in strategic locations throughout store.

12. Play with the automatic doors.

13. Walk up to complete strangers and say, “Hi! I haven’t seen you in so long,” etc. See if they play along to avoid embarrassment.

14. While walking through the clothing department, ask yourself loud enough for all to hear, “Who BUYS this junk, anyway?”

15. Repeat Number 14 in the jewelry department.

16. Ride a display bicycle through the store; claim you’re taking it for a test drive.

17. Follow people through the aisles, always staying about five feet away. Continue to do this until they leave the department.

18. Play soccer with a group of friends, using the entire store as your playing field.

19. As the cashier runs your purchases over the scanner, look mesmerized and say, “Wow. Magic!”

20. Put M&M’s on layaway.

21. Move “Caution: Wet Floor” signs to carpeted areas.

22. Set up a tent in the camping department; tell others you’ll only invite them in if they bring pillows from Bed and Bath.

23. Test the fishing rods and see what you can “catch” from the other aisles.

24. Ask other customers if they have any Grey Poupon.

25. Drape a blanket around your shoulders and run around saying,”I’m Batman. Come, Robin, to the Batcave!”

26. TP as much of the store as possible.

27. Randomly throw things over into neighboring aisles.

28. Play with the calculators so that they all spell “hello” upside down.

29. When someone asks if you need help, begin to cry and ask, “Why won’t you people just leave me alone?”

30. Make up nonsense products and ask newly hired employees if there are any in stock, i.e., “Do you have any Shnerples here?”

31. Take up an entire aisle in Toys by setting up a full scale battlefield with G.I. Joes vs. the X-Men.

32. Take bets on the battle described above.

33. Hold indoor shopping cart races.

34. Dart around suspiciously while humming the theme from “Mission: Impossible.” 35. Run up to an employee (preferably a male) while squeezing your legs together and practically yell at him ” I need some tampons!!”

36. Try on bras in the sewing/fabric department.

37. Try on bras over top of your clothes.

38. Attempt to fit into very large gym bags.

39. Attempt to fit others into very large gym bags.

40. Say things like, “Would you be so kind as to direct me to your Twinkies?”

41. Set up a “Valet Parking” sign in front of the store.

42. Two words: “Marco Polo.” 43. Leave Cheerios in Lawn and Garden, pillows in the pet food aisle, etc.

44. “Re-alphabetize” the CD’s in Electronics, while headbanging & playing air guitar to Willie Nelson demos. (Bonus: Braid hair & tie bandanna around head).

45. Make a trail of orange juice on the ground, leading to the restrooms.

46. When someone steps away from their cart to look at something, quickly make off with it without saying a word.

47. Relax in the patio furniture until you get kicked out.

48. When an announcement comes over the loudspeaker, assume the fetal position and scream, “No, no! It’s those voices again!”

49. Pay off layaways fifty cents at a time.

50. Drag a lounge chair on display over to the magazines and relax. If the store has a food court, buy a soft drink; explain that you don’t get out much, and ask if they can put a little umbrella in it.

51. Try putting different pairs of women’s panties on your head and walk around the store casually.

52. Turn on toys that make noise or talk at random intervals, and leave them in strategic locations.

53. Leave small sacrifices or gifts in the hands of the mannequins.

54. Nonchalantly “test” the brushes and combs in Cosmetics.

55. When two or three people are walking ahead of you, run between them, yelling, “Red Rover!”

56. Look right into the security camera, and use it as a mirror while you pick your nose.

57. Set up another battlefield with GI Joes vs. Barbies. (Red lipstick might give an interesting effect!!!)

58. While handling guns in the hunting department, ask the clerk if he knows where the anti-depressants are.

59. While no one’s watching quickly switch the men’s and women’s signs on the doors of the rest room.

60. Fill your cart with boxes of condoms, and watch everyone’s jaws drop when you attempt to buy them.

61. In the auto department, practice your “Madonna” look with various funnels.

62. Hide in the clothing racks and when people browse through, say things like “the fat man walks alone,” and scare them into believing that the clothes are talking to them.

63. Beg the greeter for those happy-face stickers. Stick them on your face, then stand next to him and copy whatever he says when customers walk in.

64. Go to an empty checkout stand and try to check people out.

65. Get a stuffed animal and go to the front of the store and begin stroking it lovingly, saying “Good girl, good bessie.”

66. Try on every pair of shoes in the shoe department. Take the paper from the boxes and throw it in various aisles.

67. Ask other customers if they have any Grey Poupon.

68. If you’re female: Take some men’s clothes to the mens fitting room and ask to try them on. Act shocked and insist “But I AM a man” if the attendant says anything. If you’re a man, vice versa.

69. Get boxes of condoms and randomly put them in peoples carts when they aren’t looking.

70. Lurk in the cosmetics department and spray people with a bottle of strong perfume as they walk by. Lean in and sniff the, then wave your hand in front of your nose and saying “P-eeew! That perfume stinks!”

71. Plastic fake-vomit and fake-dog doo can be utilized effectively here.

72. Go outside to the payphones, call the store and ask them to page customer “Mike Hunt” (or “Harry Butz”, etc.)

73. Stand in front of the Preparation H. Ask everyone who walks by which hemmorhoid remedy they prefer, then launch into a detailed description of your own problem.

74. While you’re doing that, have white-out & markers handy. Modify the boxes of “Anusol” by covering up the “OL” on the logo.

75. Crawl around on the ground and pretend that your a cat. Meow when people walk by, rub up against their legs, etc.

76. Take a chair to Electronics, tune in all the TV’s to Young & the Restless, and watch while sobbing loudly.

77. Chase your friends up and down aisles with those electric cars. Make sure to tell your friends to act like they don’t know you.

78. Ride the little rides for toddlers. Fit the character; if on a horse, act like a cowboy, etc. If a little kid comes over wanting to use it, start crying.

79. One word: STREAK!

80. Excesively use anything thing that says “Try Me”.

81. Start pocketing any and all free samples.

82. Draw mustaches on all the pictures and mannequins.

82. Walk up to the customer service and say “Hello, I’ll have a Quarter Pounder with cheese, large fries and a diet coke.” Then go to Mc Donald’s and try to return a toaster.

83. Start to madly scratch yourself and walk up to people asking where the rash cream and lice remedies are.

84. When alone, have loud conversations with your “multiple personalities”.

85. Tune all the radios to a polka station; then turn them all off and turn the volumes to “10″.

86. Try on crazy costumes and walk casually through the store.

87. Act suspicious and stick your arm in your jacket when leaving store. As you’re walking through the doors act like you’re expecting the alarms to go off. Then quickly look around you to see who’s watching and run away as fast as your can.

88. Balance EVERYTHING you see on the tips of your finger, your nose, your forehead, and the top of your head while singing the circus song.

89. Put jockstraps in the lingerie department.

90. Put lingerie in the men’s department.

91. Put super sexy women’s lingerie in old men’s carts when they turn around.

92. Stand in the sock aisle, and give each package a stern lecture.

93. Spend hours staring at a little blinking light and say “blink” each time it blinks. Don’t look away, just stay mesmerized.

94. Put condoms in the mannequin’s hands, and cigarettes in their mouths.(Safety warning: Leave cigarettes unlit.)

95. In the Garden Dept., skip through the flowers while holding your arms out and “buzzing”.

96. With friends, stage a “sit-in” in all the bean-bag chairs in Furniture Dept.

97. Walk up to a guy and say “It’s YOU!!! I haven’t seen you in so long!!!!” and kiss him, then say “Why didn’t you ever call me?” and walk away. Much more effective if you’re also a guy.

98. Stand next to a mannequin and pretend to be a mannequin too. Try to hold the same position for as long as possible.

99. Start singing oldies songs in the megaphone.

100. Ask everyone in “Electronics” “Do you know what CD this song is on? I don’t know the name but it goes like this:”. Then sing loudly, and don’t stop until somebody throws you out.

101. Bark while trying on dog collars. Have a friend lead you around on a leash. Better yet, whinny while trying on horse tack and a friend holds the reins.