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Woman troubles led to bin Laden's demise, as his wives are now arrested

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Woman troubles led to bin Laden's demise, as his wives are now arrested
Activists ridicule U.N. envoy Valerie Amos's trip to Syria
Results of Greece's bond swap haircut deal to be announced on Friday
Frustrated, marginalized Palestinians wonder about their next step
Euro crisis fuels separatist movement in northern Italy

Woman troubles led to bin Laden's demise, as his wives are now arrested

The happy couple -- Amal Ahmed Abdel-Fatah al-Sada and Osama bin Laden

The happy couple -- Amal Ahmed Abdel-Fatah al-Sada and Osama bin Laden

Even international terrorists are no different from the rest of us men when it comes to women troubles. Research by retired Pakistani army officer Shaukat Qadir indicates the 27 people living in bin Laden's Abbottabad compound, including two of his three living wives (three others had died), and numerous childen, all got on well with one another. However, the tranquility of the large household was shattered when it was joined early last year by the oldest of his remaining three wives, Khairiah Sabar. She was the one who sold out bin Laden, according to Qadir. He doesn't say why she betrayed him, but he gives a clue. His last wife, Amal Ahmed Abdel-Fatah al-Sada, aged 31, was much younger than him, and younger than his other wives, and "Bin Laden didn't sleep with any of his other wives after marrying Amal," according to Qadir. Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. Anyway, the three wives and their children were rounded up after the U.S. raid that killed bin Laden, and were told that they would be deported to their home country. But now the three wives have been charged with illegal entry into the country, and will not be permitted to leave. Globe and Mail and The Hindu

Activists ridicule U.N. envoy Valerie Amos's trip to Syria

It's becoming increasingly apparent to everybody that Bashar al-Assad has made fools of the Arab League, the U.N. and the west in general, by by succeeding in killing, mutilating and exterminating thousands of his own innocent Arab civilians under the everybody's noses, and they couldn't do a damn thing about it. Ban Ki-moon, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, runs around like a chicken with his head cut off, saying, "This has got to stop! This has got to stop." He's been parroting those words for a year. And Kofi Annan, the virulently anti-American former Secretary-General of the United Nations from Ghana, sounds like an idiot when he travels to Damascus and tells everyone in the West to leave poor Bashar alone, or he'll make things worse for everyone. The U.N. sent their emergency aid chief, Valerie Amos, to Syria to check out Homs, which has been the subject of a full scale army attack on residential neighborhoods for the last few weeks. Al-Assad's troops cleaned up the dead bodies and debris from the portion of Homs that they wanted her to see, and she said how "concerned" she is about what happened to the people. Activists ridiculed her visit and one said, "To tell the truth, we know that Valerie Amos is useless. We have had one year of killing, shooting and bombing and nobody has moved a finger." Independent

Results of Greece's bond swap haircut deal to be announced on Friday

Euphoric Wall Street investors popped champagne corks again, pushing the stock market bubble higher, as European officials hinted that Greece's "voluntary" bond swap had been successful. Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos will announce early on Friday morning how many private bondholders had committed to exchange their old toxic Greek bonds for shiny new European bonds worth 75% less. On Thursday, some politicians suggested that only 66% of the eligible bonds -- the bare minimum requirement -- had been committed, while other politicians said that over 90% of the eligible bonds had been committed. The exact figure matters, because a lower figure would force a "credit event," triggering the payment of insurance policies in the form of credit default swaps (CDSs) held by private investors, with unknown consequences. Reuters

Frustrated, marginalized Palestinians wonder about their next step

With the situations in Syria and Iran taking top headlines in the media, the Palestinians feel all but forgotten in their quest for a Palestinian state. Their attempts to get the United Nations to recognize a Palestinian state seemed audacious last year, but now that's all in the distant past. On Thursday, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said he would deliver the "mother of all letters" to Israel, stating minimum conditions for resuming the peace process: – a full cessation of settlement construction and recognition of the June 4, 1967 lines as the future borders of a Palestinian state. Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat responded to unconfirmed reports that the letter would contain a threat to dismantle the PA and walk away from the peace process by saying that the letter would not contain any threats. But the Palestinians gave no clue what they plan to do after they deliver this letter and it gets ignored as well. Jerusalem Post

Euro crisis fuels separatist movement in northern Italy

Many in northern Italy have long wanted to secede, and now the euro crisis is giving the separatist movement new momentum. Money is at the core of the dispute. The northern province of South Tyrol is expected to contribute €120 million ($161 million) to cleaning up the Italian national budget. To do so, it will have to raise real estate, value-added and income taxes, as well as fees paid by farmers -- measures that violate Rome's promise that 90 percent of the taxes collected in South Tyrol will stay in South Tyrol. Spiegel

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