http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2010/05/30/110023.html

[ Sunday, 30 May 2010 ]

Yemen not a Qaeda safe haven: Yemen PM

Yemen not to accept US killing of Awlaki on land

SANAA (Reuters)

An assassination on Yemeni territory of a radical Muslim cleric wanted dead or alive by U.S. authorities would be unacceptable, the Yemeni prime minister said on Sunday.

U.S. President Barack Obama's National Security Council recently gave the CIA the green light to kill Anwar al-Awlaki, a U.S.-Yemeni citizen whom they accuse of having links to al-Qaeda and who is believed to be in hiding in southern Yemen.

" We will absolutely not accept that "

Prime Minister Ali Mohammed Megawar

"We will absolutely not accept that," Prime Minister Ali Mohammed Megawar told Reuters in an interview.

"We are a sovereign country."

According to the latest information, Awlaki was still in the southern Yemeni province of Shabwa, Megawar said.

U.S. authorities say Awlaki was added to the CIA's hit list after he became "operational" in al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, which claimed responsibility for a failed plot to blow up a U.S.-bound passenger plane on Christmas Day.

The Nigerian man accused in the attempted bombing met Awlaki while visiting Yemen, and the U.S.-born preacher also had contacts with a U.S. Army psychiatrist who shot dead 13 people at a U.S. Army base in November.

Yemen's foreign minister said earlier this month that Yemen would not hand Awlaki over to Washington, but instead put him on trial if he is arrested.

After the September 11, 2001 attacks, the United States and Yemen joined forces to fight al-Qaeda, and Washington has kept a close eye on the impoverished country, which borders the world's top oil exporter Saudi Arabia.

Awlaki, whose father is a former minister in Yemen, travelled to the country in 2004, where he taught at a university before he was arrested and imprisoned in 2006 for suspected links to al-Qaeda and involvement in attacks.

He was released in December 2007 because he said he had repented, but he was later charged again on similar counts and went into hiding.

Megawar said he disagreed with Yemen being described as a refuge for al-Qaeda.

"Yemen is not a safe haven for terrorists. Yemen has al-Qaeda, we recognise that ... but they are spread out in different areas and are scared as a result of the strict crackdown by the government for all their actions", he said.

"Yes, al-Qaeda is present in Yemen, al-Qaeda is a risk in Yemen, but there is exaggeration by the media," he said.

Last week, a fugitive Saudi Arabian man who was detained for several years at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo until his release in 2006, was named as a senior member of Al-Qaeda's Yemen wing, according to a tape by the group.

Megawar said Othman Ahmed al-Ghamdi's appointment as a senior operative was another development in the ongoing fight against militants in Yemen but added, "We have nothing to do with who comes and goes."

Gaza flotilla due to leave southern Turkey

Barakallahu lakum....

Baru berkesempatan nk upload gambar.... nama seperti yg tertera di atas, Hakim tu abang si Ayman.... moga kekal bahgia hingga ke syurga, ameen....

ps: Abang yusof skrg x de kat semenanjung, berada di Sabah krn adik bongsunya Ani nak kawin...hamba je yg tak dpt pergi, dah tak leh naik flight dh....harap2 baby ni tunggu ayah dia balik sebelum keluar....ameen..

Raudatus sakinah n my visit

Maybe some of us pernah dengar pasal Raudatus Sakinah ni...maybe some of us, tak pernah tahu pun kewujudannya, apakah ia etc... Well, Raudatus sakinah ni adalah rumah perlindungan buat remaja2 yg kebanyakannya rosak akhlaq dan dah 'terlanjur' yang di usahakan oleh NGO, JIM (jemaah islah malaysia).

Saya sendiri dah lama dengar n tahu apa yg mrk buat tapi tak pernah pergi sendiri...sehinggalah lebih kurang bulan lepas...

Alhamdulillah, seorang pensyarah UIA yg juga ahli JIM mengajak saya menemani beliau ke rumah tersebut di Gombak...kebetulan beliau hendak pergi ke sana utk memberi tazkirah mengenai akhlaq...jadi sy pun of course sgt gembira n turut serta pergi...(al maklum asyik dgr cite, tp x penah experience sendiri)..

Rumah tersebut dalam 30 min drive drp UIA...pada mulanya sy duk bayangkan a big concerete house, or cam asrama bertingkat2....bila sampai, ia adalah sebuah rumah macam rumah kampung, tapi besar juga lah...

saya berdebar2 juga nak masuk rumah tu, erm...tak tahu nak expect apa...nak tegur camana budak2 tu...patut tunjuk muka kesian ke, muka simpati ke, muka biasa ke, huhu.... tapi, then sy fikir, just jumpa mrk nak ziarah cam ziarah adik2 mad'u....

di rumah tersebut, ada lebih kurang 20 org penghuni dan juga kalau tak silap 2 org warden...kami pun bagi salam dan masuk rumah tersebut...kelihatan di ruang tamu rumah tersebut penuh dah dgn penghuni2 RS yg tgh bersiap2 utk mendengar tazkirah...

Terkejut saya masa mula2 menapak masuk dan melihat wajah2 adik2 di situ...saya duk bayangkan muka2 remaja2 yg gangster, yg tak berjenis, tapi didepan saya wajah yg baik2 sekali, well, easy to say wajah2 innocent....dan muda2! muka mrk kebanyakannya cam budak tingkatan satu dua etc....dan a few of them perut mrk sebesar or may lagi besar drp perut saya...hamil dan menunggu masa utk melahirkan anak...

Dalam kami bersalam-salaman, terdengar suara baby menangis...terus sahabat saya menanyakan ada yang baru melahirkan anak ke? Ye jawab salah seorang penghuni disitu dan kami pun pergi ke satu bilik dan mendapati ada seorang ibu muda sedang menggosok2 anaknya yg baru lahir, baru seminggu...

Saya pun merenung kearah bayi tersebut, mashaAllah comelnya baby girl....sedang tidur lena...tetiba sy terasa sedih ...baby yg sgt comel dan innocent tersebut tak lama lagi akan diberikan kpd keluarga angkat yg menanti...baby yg dalam perut sy ni, mak dan ayahnya tak sabar2 dan menunggu kelahiran baby dengan penuh kasih sayang....tapi baby di situ, ayahnya entah siapa...dan dilahirkan diluar ikatan perkahwinan....

tapi alhamdulillah, masih luas lagi jalan buat baby tersebut...ye lah, di bandingkan dengan banyak lagi bayi2 yg dibuang disana sini, akibat dosa lelaki dan perempuan...saya doakan moga anak2 luar nikah ini akan mendapat hidayah bila besar nanti dan menjadi anak2 yg soleh dan solehah...

apa kesimpulannya? banyak lg yg nk sy ceritakan...tapi antara take home message adalah, alhamdulillah syukur adanya mrk2 yg menolong remaja2 ini..disana mrk diajar solat jemaah, baca matsurat pagi petang, baca quran, mengajar Islam kpd mrk....dan kita semua patut menyokong usaha2 ini...

Mereka yg menjalan usaha2 ini memerlukan bantuan dan sokongan kita...dari apa segi yg dpt kita sumbangkan...dari segi kewangan, tenaga masa (volunteer utk bg tazkirah or mengajar skil2 berguna buat mrk) etc...mrk telah menyumbang kpd masyarakat, kita bila lagi?