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continuations 18 The Muslim Observer Volume 16, Issue 34; Aug 15 - 21, 2014 The Palestinian and American flags in Lincolnwood, IL Lincolnwood from pg 4 among some in attendance, with one man leaving after being chastised by the mayor. A Palestinian flag that was the subject of heated debate on Monday is part of a display of about 60 international flags along Egypt from pg 8 Ynet website said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had been speaking to senior Cabinet ministers about an emerging agreement. It said the deal would include a softening of the blockade to allow the entry of construction materials for rebuilding Gaza under strict international supervision. Israel has limited the flow of goods like concrete and metal, saying Hamas would use them for military use. Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon said he did not know if there would be a deal by Wednesday night’s deadline, and warned that fighting could resume. “I don’t know if we should extend negotiations. It could be that fire erupts again,” he said. “We must be on alert and ready all the time.” The U.N. Human Rights Lincoln Avenue that stretches from Devon to Touhy. (Jessica Tezak, Chicago Tribune) The flag that was the subject of heated debate is part of a display of about 60 international flags along Lincoln Avenue that stretches from Devon to Touhy. Several residents have recently asked that the Palestinian flag be removed, but village officials say they have no plans to do so. Community members spoke in favor of and against the flag before the village’s human relations committee. The meeting briefly devolved into yelling toward the end. “We’ve seen on television there are Palestinian moth- Council in Geneva this week formed a commission to look into possible war crimes violations during the Gaza fighting. Israel has not said whether it will cooperate with the investigation. But the Foreign Ministry said Tuesday that it believes the commission, and its chief investigator, Canadian law professor William Schabas, are biased against Israel. In a television interview, Schabas said he wouldn’t let his history of criticizing Israeli leaders affect his ability to carry out the investigation. “What someone who sits in a commission or who is a judge has to be able to do is put these things behind them and start fresh and this is what I intend to do,” he told Israel’s Channel 2 TV. He would not say whether he would investigate Hamas’ actions. Israel’s Foreign Ministry called the commission a “kangaroo court” whose verdict is “known ahead of time.” Meanwhile, the world’s largest bloc of Islamic nations called for an international donors conference for Gaza. The 56-member Organization of Islamic Cooperation also expressed its disappointment at the failure of the U.N. Security Council “to assume its responsibilities” of maintaining peace and security. Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Saud Al-Faisal said his country would work with other donors to finance $500 million for the reconstruction of houses and facilities in Gaza. He did not elaborate. Officials have said at least $6 billion is needed. ——— Associated Press writers Ian Deitch in Jerusalem and Aya Batrawy in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, contributed to this report. The Associated Press ers teaching their children from their youth to murder, to hate, to blow yourself up, anything for the cause,” said resident Sherry Friedman. She was asked to sit down by Mayor Gerald Turry and complied. Many in the crowd that spilled into the aisles grew angry, and one man yelled “terrorist scum shut up.” The man was later admonished by the mayor. “I’m going to politely ask you to shut your mouth,” Turry told the man, who left the meeting. Many speakers thanked the village for keeping the flag. The display is erected each August to celebrate diversity in this suburb of about 12,500, where 42 different languages are spoken in its homes, according to school data. Members of the public donate the flags, which can represent a nationality, ethnicity or country. Youth Day from pg 4 hana provides for her parents and her family by saving and building a tailoring business herself, as well as doing much good in her village. Her strength is palpable. As I was leaving, her father told me she had become the son he never had. I replied that he didn’t need a son, he already had his daughters! Water from pg 7 various purchase prices as percentages of the par amounts of the senior and second lien bonds. If enough bonds are returned, Detroit would have to decide whether to finance the tender by issuing refunding bonds through the Michigan Finance Authority, with Citigroup as the senior underwriter, or by privately placing debt with Citibank and other yetto-be determined financial institutions. On Tuesday, the state authority approved the set-up and authorized the sale of $175 million of new debt for the department’s capital needs in the coming year. Under the public sale, the pricing date would be Aug. 26 with settlement on Sept. 4. The The display has existed since 2004 and the Palestinian flag was added last year, village officials said. There were no complaints until the last few weeks, amid skyrocketing violence in the Middle East. Faatima Khan grew up on Devon near Lincolnwood and said she was uncomfortable that anyone there would object to a symbol of cultural pride. “If seeing the flag hurts your feelings, maybe you should discuss that with the children who are orphans and the families who don’t have homes,” she said. Resident Aaron Shafter disagreed, saying “until the Palestinian people properly enter a peace agreement with the people of Israel and until the United States makes a decision to recognize that state, that flag should not be flown.” eleventis@tribune.com Sadhana told me she learned that she “cannot do anything sitting at home,” that she must “come out and take charge of my own destiny.” I thought that was a great message for young people everywhere on International Youth Day. With programs like Building Young Futures, these positive stories and messages will only grow in number. option calls for a portion of the 30-year bonds to be insured by Assured Guaranty and projects bond coupons of 5.75 percent or less. With the new bonds, the city will seek a court order that water and sewer net revenue pledged as security constitutes a lien on special revenue. The tender offer also reflects a deal between Detroit and four bond insurance companies, an ad hoc committee of bondholders and the bond trustee to tap no more than $24 million a year in water and sewer revenue for the city’s General Retirement System, far less than the $43 million the city originally sought. (Reporting by Lisa Lambert in Washington and Karen Pierog in Chicago; Editing by Dan Grebler) Maliki from pg 8 which exploited the political stalemate in Baghdad to burst beyond strongholds in Syria to claim a cross-border caliphate occupying up to a third of Iraq. Kurdish Peshmerga militia sources said their forces clashed with IS fighters in Diyala, northeast of Baghdad. In the provincial capital, Baquba, five Sunni Muslims were killed when Shi’ite gunmen shot them as they prayed in a mosque. Government forces, which collapsed in the face of the Islamic State in June, fought alongside Shi’ite volunteers around the Sunni city of Tikrit, north of the capital, and residents also reported skirmishes in the western cities of Ramadi and Falluja. With ethnic Kurdish Peshmerga forces pushed back on the defensive by the Islamic State this month, France announced it was joining the United States in urgently supplying what it called “sophisticated arms” to the autonomous regional force, and EU foreign ministers agreed to break summer holidays to discuss the crisis on Friday. A U.S. official said talks were also under way with Arab countries to supply munitions to the Kurds. Germany said it would send non-lethal military equipment to Kurdish fighters this weekend, and Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said Berlin was prepared to bend its restrictive policies on weapons exports and send arms to the Kurds. In addition to arming the Peshmerga and, in the case of Washington, bombing militant positions, Western powers have been trying to help aid agencies drop supplies and provide refuge for tens of thousands of people, many of them from non-Sunni communities, who have fled attacks by the Islamic State. The White House said the United States and its allies were considering setting up airlifts and safe land corridors to rescue people, including many from the Yazidi sect stranded on the arid heights of Mount Sinjar near the Syrian border. But a U.S. assessment team sent to Mount Sinjar on Wednesday found the situation better than expected, and the Pentagon said an evacuation mission was “far less likely.” The U.S. team found fewer civilians than expected and their condition was better than previously believed, the Pentagon said, crediting humanitarian air drops, U.S. air strikes on Islamic State targets and the ability of Yazidis to evacuate the mountain in recent nights. The U.S. military, which has been hitting Islamic State targets since Friday in support of the trapped Yazidis, said a drone strike destroyed an armed truck near the village of Sinjar on Wednesday. The White House said that while President Barack Obama has ruled out sending back combat troops to Iraq it could not rule out ground troops being used in a humanitarian role, a sign that Western powers could be drawn back into the region despite public reluctance to repeat the experience of the last decade. (Additional reporting by Michael Georgy in Baghdad and Mehrdad Balali in Dubai; Writing by Alastair Macdonald; Editing by Will Waterman, Ken Wills and Lisa Shumaker)
Volume 16, Issue 34; Aug 15 - 21, 2014 international International Summary The Muslim Observer 19 Casualties: Coalition KIA in Afghanistan: 1** Cost of war: $1.3 billion*** total as of this week-- Tuesday 8/12/14 Coalition KIA (both wars): *8,270 Cost of War: $1,556.7 billion total as of one week ago-- Wednesday 8/6/14 Coalition KIA (both wars): *8,269 Cost of War: $1,553.4 billion ** We have now changed our focus to include only Afghanistan, despite the continually growing death toll from unrest in Iraq that could be attributed to the American invasion, because the US has left Iraq. *** www.costofwar.com. National Priorities Project (NPP) numbers revised. An estimate based on the current amount budgeted for the war. This number occasionally jumps based on new budget allocations or amended calculations. Ukraine says may block Russian aid convoy KIEV/MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian convoy of trucks carrying tonnes of humanitarian aid left on Tuesday for eastern Ukraine, where government forces are closing in on pro-Russian rebels, but Kiev said it would not allow the vehicles to cross onto its territory. U.S. ready to help new Iraq leader, Iran welcomes choice BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq’s new prime minister-designate won swift endorsements from uneasy mutual allies the United States and Iran on Tuesday as he called on political leaders to end crippling feuds that have let jihadists seize a third of the country. Talks on ending Gaza war ‘difficult’, but truce holds GAZA/CAIRO (Reuters) - Talks to end a month-long war between Israel and Gaza militants are “difficult”, Palestinian delegates said on Tuesday, while Israeli officials said no progress had been made so far and fighting could soon resume. Fearing Iraq’s downfall, power brokers chose safe bet Abadi BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Pressure on Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki to step aside had become unbearable. Sunnis, Kurds, fellow Shi’ites, regional power broker Iran and the United States all wanted him out. Afghan candidate casts fresh doubt over deal to share power KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan presidential candidate Ashraf Ghani cast fresh doubt over a deal to share power with his rival Abdullah Abdullah on Tuesday, saying the accord was ambiguous and needed clarifying. Magnitude 5.1 earthquake strikes Ecuador’s capital of Quito: USGS WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck Ecuador’s capital of Quito on Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. Obama congratulates Turkey’s Erdogan on presidential win EDGARTOWN Mass. (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama congratulated Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday for his victory as the country’s next president, the White House said. Concerns over South Sudan arms reports as famine looms: U.N. JUBA/MALAKAL (Reuters) - There are reports that South Sudan’s warring factions are arming themselves for another bout of fighting, a delegation from the U.N. Security Council said on Tuesday, threatening both sides with sanctions amid growing fears of a man-made famine. Liberia to give two doctors trial drug, Ebola toll at 1,013 MONROVIA/DAKAR (Reuters) - Liberia said on Tuesday it would treat two infected doctors with the scarce experimental Ebola drug ZMapp, the first Africans to receive the treatment, while authorities in Spain said a 75-year-old priest had died of the disease. Spain picks up almost 1,000 African migrants in two days MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish emergency services picked up 755 immigrants traveling in dozens of small boats and makeshift rafts across the Strait of Gibraltar on Tuesday and 227 from the same stretch of water the day before, the Maritime Safety Agency said. Shi’ite deputy speaker of the Iraqi Council of Representatives Haider Abadi, a member of Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki’s State of Law bloc, addresses a news conference in Baghdad in this July 15, 2014 file photo. Al-Abadi called on Iraqis to unite against the “barbaric” campaign waged by Islamic State militants whose latest sweep through the north has caused alarm at home and abroad. To match story IRAQ-SECURITY/ABADI REUTERS/Ahmed Saad/Files
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