Thursday 7th of Rabi al-Awwal 1431H – 10/02/2011

NO: PR11005

US again targets Pakistan Army in Mardan!!

Through bomb blasts, America is exerting pressure to start North Waziristan operation and for the release of Raymond Davis

The "Raymond Davis" of Mardan has once again targeted Pakistan Army. This is the same old strategy according to which US is making Muslims fight Muslims, by keeping the fire of revenge burning amongst the Tribal people as well as the Army.  America is enjoying this war of Fitnah, as Muslim blood spills on both sides. Recently mobile SIMs have been recovered from Davis which he used for contacting the militants.  Hence it has been proven that on the one hand America uses terrorists to bomb urban areas of Pakistan and target Pakistan Army and on the other hand she conducts brutal military operations against the Tribal Muslims which forces millions of Tribals to flee their homes, thousands are killed and hundreds of houses and shops are leveled to the ground through artillery and fighter plans. Raymond Davis and similar other American mercenaries are the key players in the US's war of terror in Pakistan, this is why the highest level of US administration is engaged in applying maximum pressure for his release.  And now, even this news is circulating that US may stop Pakistan's aid.  This would be a blessing in disguise for Pakistani Muslims and Pakistani Army as Pakistan will no longer be obliged to fight America's war.  There would be no justification to allow US's logistic support to run through Pakistan. As a result, US will have no choice but to leave the region which would in turn change the fate of the Muslims of the region.  We demand the people-of-power that they should neither release the American mercenaries such as Raymond Davis who are the real source of chaos and terrorism in Pakistan, nor should they conduct military operation in North Waziristan on American dictates. On the contrary, they should provide nusrah to Hizb ut-Tahrir to establish the Khilafah in order to eject US from the region.  Huge demonstrations in Tunis and Egypt have proven that by merely mobilizing unarmed civilians change cannot be brought about, unless the people of power i.e the Army gives nusrah (material support).  This is the only practical and Shari method to bring change, and Hizb ut-Tahrir is adhering to this very methodology.



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Most of us create our own problems by interfering too often in others'
affairs. We do so because somehow we have convinced ourselves that our way
is the best way, our logic is the perfect logic and those who do not conform
to our thinking must be criticized and steered to the right direction, our
direction. This thinking denies the existence of individuality and
consequently the existence of Allah. Allah has created each one of us in a
unique way. No two human beings can think or act in exactly the same way.
All men or women act the way they do because Allah within them prompts them
that way. There is Allah to look after everything. Why are you bothered?
Mind your own business and you will keep your peace.

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*2. Forgive And Forget.

This is the most powerful aid to peace of mind. We often develop ill
feelings inside our heart for the person who insults us or harms us. We
nurture grievances. This in turn results in loss of sleep, development of
stomach ulcers, and high blood pressure. This insult or injury was done
once, but nourishing of grievance goes on forever by constantly remembering
it. Get over this bad habit. Believe in the justice of Allah and the
doctrine of Karma. Let Him judge the act of the one who insulted you. Life
is too short to waste in such trifles. Forgive, Forget, and march on. Love
flourishes in giving and forgiving.

3. Do Not Crave For Recognition.

This world is full of selfish people. They seldom praise anybody without
selfish motives. They may praise you today because you are in power, but no
sooner than you are powerless; they will forget your achievement and will
start finding faults in you. Why do you wish to kill yourself in striving
for their recognition? Their recognition is not worth the aggravation. Do
your duties ethically and sincerely and leave the rest to Allah.

4. Do Not Be Jealous.

We all have experienced how jealousy can disturb our peace of mind. You know
that you work harder than your colleagues in the office, but sometimes they
get promotions; you do not. You started a business several years ago, but
you are not as successful as your neighbor whose business is only one year
old. There are several examples like these in everyday life. Should you be
jealous? No. Remember everybody's life is shaped by his or her previous
Karma, which has now become his destiny. If you are destined to be rich,
nothing in the world can stop you. If you are not so destined, no one can
help you either. Nothing will be gained by blaming others for your
misfortune. Jealousy will not get you anywhere; it will only take away your
peace of mind.

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*5. Change Yourself According To The Environment.

If you try to change the environment single-handedly, the chances are you
will fail. Instead, hang yourself to suit your environment. As you do this,
even the environment, which has been unfriendly to you, will mysteriously
change and seem congenial and harmonious.

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*6. Endure What Cannot Be Cured.

This is the best way to turn a disadvantage into an advantage. Every day we
face numerous inconveniences, ailments, irritations, and accidents that are
beyond our control. If we cannot control them or change them, we must learn
to put up with these things. We must learn to endure them cheerfully
thinking, "Allah wills it so, so be it." Allah's plan is beyond our
comprehension. Believe in it and you will gain in terms of patience, inner
strength and will power.

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*7. Do Not Bite Off More Than You Can Chew.

This maxim needs to be remembered constantly. We often tend to take more
responsibilities than we are capable of carrying out. This is done to
satisfy our ego. Know your limitations. Why take on additional loads that
may create more worries? You cannot gain peace of mind by expanding your
external activities. Reduce your material engagements and spend time in
prayer, introspection and meditation. This will reduce those thoughts in
your mind that make you restless. Uncluttered mind will produce greater
peace of mind.

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*8. Meditate Regularly.

Meditation calms the mind and gets rid of disturbing thoughts. This is the
highest state of peace of mind. Try and experience it yourself. If you
meditate earnestly for half an hour every day, your mind will tend to become
peaceful during the remaining twenty-three and half-hours. Your mind will
not be easily disturbed as it was before. You would benefit by gradually
increasing the period of daily mediation. You may think that this will
interfere with your daily work. On the contrary, this will increase your
efficiency and you will be able to produce better results in less time.

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9. Never Leave The Mind Vacant.

An empty mind is the devil's workshop. All evil actions start in the vacant
mind. Keep your mind occupied in something positive, something worthwhile.
Actively follow a hobby. Do something that holds your interest. You must
decide what you value more: money or peace of mind. Your hobby, like social
work or temple work, may not always earn you more money, but you will have a
sense of fulfillment and achievement. Even when you are resting physically,
occupy yourself *
*in healthy reading or mental chanting of Allah's name.

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*10. Do Not Procrastinate And Never Regret.

Do not waste time in protracted wondering "Should I or shouldn't I?" Days,
weeks, months, and years may be wasted in that futile mental debating. You
can never plan enough because you can never anticipate all future
happenings. Always remember, Allah has His own plan, too for you. Value your
time and do the things that need to be done. It does not matter if you fail
the first time. You can learn from your mistakes and succeed the next time.
Sitting back and worrying will lead to nothing. Learn from your mistakes,
but do not brood over the past. DO NOT REGRET. Whatever happened was
destined to happen only that way. Take it as the Will of Allah. You do not
have the power to alter the course of Allah's Will. Why cry over spilt
milk?

May Allah help you remain at peace with yourself and the*
*world around you!!!!!!

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U.S. Ambassador to Bahrain Joseph Adam Ereli is an Israeli
U.S. Ambassador to Yemen also a Jew who served in Pakistan

U.S. Ambassador to Bahrain Joseph Adam Ereli is an Israeli and the son of a Hagana terrorist. Ereli acts as Israel's point man in Iraq, where he oversees U.S. policy in the region.

Ereli oversees U.S. policy in Iraq and the Persian Gulf. Why do Americans allow Israelis to hijack U.S. foreign policy? Why is Ereli's Israeli nationality not considered a threat to national security? Why does the controlled media ignore the many Israeli dual-nationals in positions of power in the U.S. government? Ereli's father, Eliezer Kaplan (changed to Ereli) fought with the Zionist terrorist organization, the Hagana. This son of an Zionist terrorist has been controlling U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East for two decades. Like the other Israelis I have exposed: Rahm Emanuel, Michael Chertoff, and Daniel Samuel Senor, this U.S. official is an agent produced by the Israeli military intelligence network that was sent to the United States in the 1950s. These people are Zionist agents who were raised to control the U.S. government. This is very serious infiltration that cannot be ignored by real Americans. We can't allow foreign agents in high places to destroy our country.

The U.S. Ambassador to Yemen, where there have been strong pro-democracy protests, is another Zionist Jew, Gerald Feierstein. Yemen is a nation where the Israeli Mossad has long run a false-flag terror operation known as Al Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula. Feierstein has served as Principal
Deputy Assistant Coordinator and Deputy Assistant Coordinator for Programs in the Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism from 2006-2008. He also served as Desk Officer for Nepal, Pakistan, and Egypt; Deputy Director in the Office of Arabian Peninsula Affairs; Director of the Office of Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh Affairs; and as Director of the Office of Regional Affairs in the Near East Bureau.
 

         

Dear journalists,
 
Please find attached the English version of our latest inter-agency weekly information bulletin “Humanitarian Action in the DRC”, which is also pasted below for your convenience.   I have attached also our latest Press Briefing in French.
 
All our documents are also available on our inter-agency humanitarian website for the DRC (
http://www.rdc-humanitaire.net) as well as on ReliefWeb (http://www.reliefweb.int).
 
Please do not hesitate to contact us for further information on humanitarian needs and response in the DRC, or to request interviews with officials of the United Nations and its partners in the country.  Should you wish to obtain photographs related to the topics that we cover, please click on
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We would also be pleased to receive your requests to join our regular media trips, or for individual support in visiting locations in the DRC in order to cover humanitarian topics.
 
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Médard I. Lobota
Associate Humanitarian Affairs / Liaison Officer
Humanitarian Information Service - HIS
United Nations Office for the Coordination of
Humanitarian Affairs - UNOCHA
Kinshasa/D.R.Congo
Tel. +243 (0) 99 290 66 33 / +243 (0) 81 000 6754
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Humanitarian Action in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)
Weekly Bulletin, 21 February 2011
Produced with the support of the Humanitarian Information Group (HIG)

Headlines
·        FARDC Commanding Officer sentenced to 20 years in jail after ordering punitive attacks against civilians in Fizi town, South Kivu.
·        Province Orientale: Population movements have increased in Haut Uele due to LRA attacks in the past two months.
·        Due to funding shortages, health centres in eastern DRC face serious difficulties obtaining medicine.  
·        Angola expulsions: US$2.8 million to assist vulnerable populations in Bandundu, Bas Congo and Kasai.

Context

Overall Developments
·        The FARDC Commanding Officer whose troops perpetrated mass rape, beat civilians and looted houses on 1 January in Fizi town, South Kivu, was found guilty of crimes against humanity. He was sentenced to 20 years in jail by a military court in Baraka. This first conviction of a commanding officer with three of his officers is welcomed by the humanitarian community as a step to end impunity. This could improve the protection of civilians in eastern DRC. FARDC soldiers committed the crimes during an operation to avenge their colleague’s death.
·        The United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in the DRC approved US$2.8 million from the Pooled Fund for five projects that respond to vulnerable populations’ needs following expulsions of DRC nationals from Angola. These projects, which are still under the Pooled Fund’s technical review, focus on child protection, food security, health and non-food items (NFIs). The selected projects were submitted by CARITAS, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Populations Fund, the Food and Agricultural Organization and the NGO CISP.

Protection of Civilians
·        Presumed Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) elements continue to attack civilians in Haut Uele District, Province Orientale. During an attack last week against Faradje in Dungu Territory, a young girl was killed, three youths were kidnapped and nine others are missing. Three people were wounded and several houses looted. People demonstrated against the insecurity caused by the LRA, and international NGOs evacuated staff on 13 February to nearby localities. The situation in Haut Uele is far from being safe. Presumed LRA elements are causing unrest while the Army is saying the security situation is calm.
·        Humanitarian organizations are concerned about the increased issues regarding protection of civilians in South Kivu Province, where civilians are systematically forced to carry military effects during the deployment of the national Army’s troops. This increases civilians’ vulnerability, as they have to walk tens of kilometres back to their villages, in an unsafe zone and without food or resources. Even humanitarian organizations, especially NGOs in the field, are occasionally ordered to transport military effects in violation of the neutrality principle. On the Kiseku–Shabunda axis in Shabunda Territory, such requests from FARDC troops are common. In Mwenga Territory, attacks against civilian vehicles have increased. Within three weeks, five convoys were attacked and looted by unknown armed men. This situation drastically limits the free movement of populations, including humanitarian actors. On 14 February, residents of Kamituga village organized demonstrations to request more security on the road between Mwenga and Kamituga.
·        Between 27 January and 5 February, at least 15 people were kidnapped in Beni Territory by presumed elements of Ugandan’s armed group ADF/NALU, according to civil society sources in Mayimoya village, North Kivu. All those kidnapped were taken while working in the fields. An unidentified body thought to be of one of those kidnapped was found in a nearby forest. Villagers are worried for the security of others kidnapped. They are also concerned as to whether the situation will affect their food security if their fields are not safe. To reassure the population, a spokesperson from Rwenzori military operation in the zone announced the creation of a special regiment to protect civilians and their belongings.                                                                                              

Population Movements
Internally displaced persons
·        In Province Orientale, population movements have increased in Niangara and Dungu territories due to LRA attacks against villages in the past two months. The local Red Cross Committee reported the presence of about 250 internally displaced households in the town of Niangara and its surroundings. The number of internally displaced persons (IDPs) is still unknown in the villages of Gbaga and Ndinaba in Dungu Territory and Mbeleku in Niangara Territory. Humanitarian access to these villages is difficult due to security constraints.    

Refugees in DRC
·        The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees repatriated 175 Burundian refugees on 8 February and 46 Rwandan refugees on 9 February through Bukavu in South Kivu Province. A total of 470 Rwandan and 398 Burundian refugees have now been repatriated via Bukavu since the beginning of the year. A total of 190 Congolese refugees have been repatriated to South Kivu from Burundi so far in 2011.

Access to beneficiaries
·        Due to the bad state of roads, access to vulnerable populations is still limited in Kungu Territory, Equateur Province. It is almost impossible to transport heavy humanitarian assistance to many villages, such as Enyele and Monzaya which were badly affected by intercommunity clashes in late 2009 and early 2010. This situation will have negative effects on humanitarian assistance if the thousands of refugees in the Republic of Congo, mostly from Kungu Territory, start to be repatriated.

Humanitarian Needs and Response

Food Security and Livelihoods
·        Malteser International distributed agricultural inputs to 28,000 vulnerable people, including IDPs, returnees and host families, on the Nyalumbemba–Kiseku axis in eastern Shabunda Territory, South Kivu. To boost fish farming in the same zone, Malteser also distributed thousands of fry to residents. Fish farming was previously a very important economic activity in the area, but was badly affected by continuous looting by armed groups. Improvements in the security situation on this axis helped the re-launch of agricultural and fish farming activities. This could improve food security in the region.
·        The prohibition of exploiting fishing pools and fauna in Enyele and Monzaya villages (Kungu Territory) in Equateur Province exposes local populations to food insecurity. The provincial authorities’ decision aimed to preserve social peace following last year’s intercommunity clashes between Enyele and Monzaya communities over the use of fishing pools. The NGO Search for Common Ground is working with both communities for a sustainable reconciliation.      

Health
·        Many health centres in eastern DRC are facing serious difficulties in obtaining supplies of medicines and other useful consumables. This is due to funding constraints following the disengagement of some health actors, as well as logistics and security problems. In Minova health zone in South Kivu, there is a real risk of reduced health cover following the withdrawal of GTZ’s support and the closing of a USAID-backed project implemented by the NGO AXXES. A similar situation has been reported in Ituri District (Province Orientale) where the local head of the extended vaccination programme (PEV) said about 150,000 children are at risk due to the stock outage of vaccines. In Boga in the same district, stock outage of sexual and gender-based violence kits puts victims of sexual violence at risk as they have to travel more than 10kms for treatment. Humanitarians are advocating more financial support as these health structures cannot be self-funded as populations are extremely poor.  

Protection
·        UNHCR has launched a series of capacity-building training in human rights and leadership for women in South Kivu through the NGO Women for Women International. A total of 550 women started the training last week in two centres in Uvira Territory. A third centre will host the training this week for 250 women. This is part of the UNHCR reintegration programme.

Water and Sanitation
·        Only 32 per cent of Masambo village residents in Beni Territory (North Kivu) have access to drinking water, according to an evaluation by Norwegian Refugee Council. The existing water supply system is not working at full capacity and the population has to draw water from unprotected fountainheads. The water shortage is the main cause of the high rate of typhoid in Masambo, according to the area’s reference health centre. Oxfam-GB’s hygiene promotion sensitization activities helped to reduce the number of diarrhoea cases in the zone, but the water supply system should be rehabilitated to improve results. Masambo zone hosts displaced families from northern Beni Territory who are affected by armed group activities. According to the 2011 DRC Humanitarian Action Plan, access to water is decreasing in the DRC as the water supply system is degrading but the population is increasing. Only 47 per cent of the country’s population, estimated at around 65 million, has access to clean drinking water.  

Shelter and non-food items
·        Last week’s heavy tropical rains in Ituri District destroyed emergency shelters in IDP camps in Boga. Many displaced households with children are homeless and exposed to disease risks. These IDPs fled from northern North Kivu to escape FARDC military operations against the Ugandan rebel group ADF/NALU.
·        Following landslides caused by heavy rain in Kautu village near Masisi centre (North Kivu), around 250 displaced households are homeless between Kautu and Nyabiondo villages. They are in serious need of NFI assistance, including clothes and kitchenware. Save The Children, an international NGO, carried out an evaluation on 14 February, but no assistance has yet been provided.


For more information, please contact:
Maurizio Giuliano, Advocacy and Public Information Manager, OCHA DRC, giuliano@un.org, tel. +243-99-5901532
Medard Lobota, Associate Humanitarian Affairs/Liaison Officer, OCHA DRC, lobota@un.org, tel. +243-99-2906633
Sylvestre Ntumba Mudingayi, Assistant Public Information Officer, OCHA DRC, ntumbamudingayi@un.org,  tel. +243-99-8845386

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Facilitation & Taxpayer Education (FATE) Wing

FEDERAL BOARD OF REVENUE

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

                                                                                                                    Islamabad: February 23, 2011  

 

PRESS RELEASE

 

FBR outlines plan to force big non-filers, short-filers to file returns

Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has decided to enforce by April 15 the return filing of top 1000 corporate non-filers and top 1000 corporate short-filers of sales tax for the period between July 2010 to December 2010, says a press release issued on Wednesday.

This was decided at a meeting of FBR's Board-in-Council convened under the directive of Finance Minister Dr. Abdul Hafeez Sheikh. The meeting chaired by FBR Chairman Salman Siddique and attended by all Members deliberated various proposals and options to invigorate revenue generation and meet the collection target for the ongoing year.

The Board has also decided to enforce compliance in corporate income tax returns where out of 44,794 registered corporate taxpayers, only 18,098 have filed their returns so far for the fiscal year 2010. A similar compliance would be also be ensured in the case of Association of Persons (AoPs) where out of registered 135,292 AoPs, only 34,155 have filed their returns. The enforcement drive would be completed by May 30, 2011.  

The meeting also decided to start desk audit of corporate returns to be completed by February 28, 2011 as well as risk-based audit of the corporate sector to be completed by April 30, 2011. The demand raised as a result of these audits will be collected by June 30, 2011.  

This Board-in-Council also decided to start monitoring of withholding agents with airline ticketing agents and banks being the first sectors to come under monitoring radar. The monitoring exercise would continue up to April 15, 2011.

The meeting also decided to utilize and cross-match data available with FBR in order to broaden the tax base. The decision was taken in the light of recommendations given by DG Broadening of Tax and DG Strategic Planning & Research in separate presentations to the Board-in-Council.

The meeting also decided to strengthen monitoring and enforcement mechanism to plug leakages in the system and realize greater revenue. A meeting of the LTU and RTO commissioners has also been convened in March to deliberate ways for expanding the tax net and broadening the tax base.

The meeting also decided to streamline and rationalize tariff on major items of the Afghan transit trade in view of an increased incidence of transit trade items like tea and tyres finding their way back in the Pakistani market and causing a huge loss in revenue. The meeting was told that this illicit trade has risen significantly during the last three years.  In this connection, various studies by economic researchers are already under way in FBR to suggest ways for streamlining and rationalizing the tariff and erase the profitability of smuggling under the Afghan transit trade.

Another key decision taken by the Board-in-Council was to set up six electronic way-bridges and instal scanners on the Afghan transit trade route. The meeting was informed that one such way-bridge had already been set up at Chamman while another being set up at Torkham would be completed within the next two days. One way-bridge would be set up at Ammangarh while the remaining three would be completed at Quaid-e-Azam International Container Terminal, Pakistan International Container Terminal and Karachi International Container Terminal in port city of Karachi. All the six way-bridges would be operated through a centralised recording system while FBR House would eventually house the mechanism for the direct monitoring.  

           For further queries, contact

               Hamid Raza Wattoo

               Secretary (PR), FATE Wing, FBR

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Shell makes nearly £1.6m profits every hour
 
Terry Macalister - Thursday 3 February 2011
 
Shell stoked up the heated debate about the high cost of fuel on the forecourt today after reporting it made profits of nearly £1.6m an hour over the last three months.
 
A leading member of the road lobby said motorists would be "sick to the stomach" and declared that Shell – and a tax-taking Treasury – were "laughing all the way to the bank".
 
The oil group never gives details of its British forecourt sales but it confirmed today that global profits from all sides of the business rocketed to $5.7bn (£3.5bn) in the last three months of 2010 compared with $1.2bn a year ago.
 
Full year profits reached $18.6bn – almost double the figure for 2009 – and chief executive, Peter Voser, boasted "there is more to come from Shell."
 
Yet Voser denied the company was profiteering on the back of the British motorists, arguing that 70% of the cost at the pump went to the Treasury.
 
"We are suffering like the motorist because we have to pay more (for crude input costs) ... I suggest the motorist talks to the government."
 
Shell makes the vast bulk of its profits on the "upstream" side of the business – producing oil and gas – rather than the "downstream" refining and petrol sales. The company is benefiting from rising oil prices which have moved up again since Shell's financial year ended. Brent crude is now trading at over $103 a barrel due to the crisis in Egypt and increased demand.
 
These rises combined with tax increases imposed by the coalition government have sent the price of pump diesel to record levels and triggered a storm of complaints from the motoring lobby.
 
Peter Carroll, a leading figure in the fuel campaign, said road users would be "sick to the stomach" to hear how much money Shell was making.
 
"This just shows that while motorists and the national economy are the losers, oil companies, governments and speculators are the winners: they are laughing all the way to the bank," Carroll said.
 
The next rise in fuel duty is planned to come into effect on 1 April but the prime minister, David Cameron, is under increasing pressure to shelve it. The government has promised to reconsider and has indicated it is likely to concede to an organised lobby from a grass roots "fair fuel" campaign backed by the AA and the Road Haulage Association.
 
The Shell figures were boosted by a higher-than-expected 5% increase in oil and natural gas production over the last year. This included a strong contribution from Nigeria, where attacks on the oil company's facilities have been reduced.
 
The company is planning to inject up to $27bn into new projects over the next 12 months, which Voser said would bring more rewards for shareholders.
 
"We are making good progress against our targets and there is more to come from Shell," he said. The strong results are in line with big profit increases by the US firms, ExxonMobil and Chevron.
 
BP reported a massive downturn in annual profits on Tuesday but the figures were distorted by the payouts resulting from the Gulf of Mexico.
 
Voser declined to comment on speculation that Shell had considered a takeover of BP and was keen to distance itself from the safety problems experienced by its chief European rival.
 
The Shell boss said he agreed with almost everything the US presidential commission said about BP's Macondo well, except that safety was an industry-wide problem.
 
He said Shell operated at the highest level and did not like others "outsource" high risk parts of well operations to outside contractors.
 
Voser also said that Shell was keen to drill off Greenland but had been forced to postpone plans for a well off Alaska during 2011.
 
Shares in Royal Dutch Shell fell by 3% this morning, though, as City analysts had expected profits to be even higher in the last quarter.
 

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Now you know who the culprit is for the ridiculously high gas prices. These companies make more money than the countries with the oil reserves.

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Davis, a contract security officer for the CIA, has been in Pakistani custody
since a Jan. 27 incident in which he shot two men who reportedly pointed a
pistol at him in an apparent robbery attempt.

Pakistani officials have corroborated Davis' version of events and,
according to their preliminary report, Davis appears to have acted in
self-defense. From a tactical perspective, the incident appears to have been (in
tactical security parlance) a "good shoot," but the matter has been taken out
of the tactical realm and has become mired in transnational politics and
Pakistani public sentiment. Whether the shooting was justified or not, Davis
has now become a pawn in a larger game being played out between the United
States and Pakistan.

When one considers the way similar periods of tension between the
Pakistanis and Americans have unfolded in the past, it is not unreasonable to
conclude that as this current period plays out, it could have larger
consequences for Davis and for American diplomatic facilities and commercial
interests in Pakistan. Unless the Pakistani government is willing and able to
defuse the situation, the case could indeed provoke violent protests against the
United States, and U.S. citizens and businesses in Pakistan should be
prepared for this backlash.

Details of the Case

One of the reasons that the Pakistanis have been able to retain Davis in
custody is that while he may have been traveling on a "black" diplomatic
U.S. passport, not everyone who holds a diplomatic passport is afforded full
diplomatic immunity. The only people afforded full diplomatic immunity are
those who are on a list of diplomats officially accredited as diplomatic
agents by the receiving country. The rest of the foreign employees at an
embassy or a consulate in the receiving country who are not on the diplomatic
list and who are not accredited as diplomatic agents under the Vienna
Convention are only protected by functional immunity. This means they are only
protected from prosecution related to their official duties.

As a contract employee assigned to the U.S. Consulate in Lahore, Davis was
likely not on the diplomatic list and probably did not enjoy full
diplomatic immunity. He was probably considered a member of the administrative or
technical staff. Protecting himself during a robbery attempt would not be
considered part of his official function in the country, and therefore his
actions that day would not be covered under functional immunity. So
determining exactly what level of immunity Davis was provided will be critical in
this case, and the information provided by the Pakistani Foreign Ministry
will have a big impact on the Pakistani judge hearing the arguments.

In all likelihood, Davis was briefed regarding his legal status by his
company and by the CIA prior to being assigned to post. He also would have
been told that, while he had limited immunity, the U.S. government would do
its best to take care of him if some incident occurred. However, it would
have been made clear to him that in working as a protective contractor he was
running a risk and that if there was an incident on or off duty, he could
wind up in trouble. All security contractors working overseas know this and
accept the risk as part of the job.

At the time of the shooting, of course, Davis would not have had time to
leisurely ponder this potential legal quagmire. He saw a threat and reacted
to it. Undoubtedly, the U.S. government will do all it can to help Davis
out — especially since the case appears to be a good-shoot scenario and not
a case of negligence or bad judgment. Indeed, on Feb. 15, U.S. Sen. John
Kerry flew to Islamabad in a bid to seek Davis' release. However, in spite of
American efforts and international convention, Davis' case is complicated
greatly by the fact that he was working in Pakistan and by the _current
state of U.S.-Pakistani relations_
(http://www.stratfor.com/geopolitical_diary/20110215-difficult-crisis-us-pakistani-relations) .

Tensions

Over the past few years, relations between the United States and Pakistan
have been very strained. This tension has been evidenced not only by
public opinion but also by concrete examples. For example, in mid-December, the
_CIA station chief in Islamabad_
(http://www.stratfor.com/analysis/20101220-pakistani-response-us-annual-review) was forced to leave the country after
his name was disclosed in a class-action lawsuit brought by relatives of
civilians killed by unmanned aerial vehicle strikes in the Pakistani tribal
badlands.
It was no coincidence that the Pakistani lawsuit against the CIA station
chief occurred shortly after the head of Pakistan's Inter-Services
Intelligence directorate, Lt. Gen. Ahmed Shuja Pasha, was accused in a civil
lawsuit of being involved in the 2008 attacks in Mumbai. The suit was brought in
U.S. District Court in Brooklyn by family members of the American rabbi
killed alongside his wife in Mumbai by Pakistan-based Islamist militants.

Like Iraq, Pakistan is a country that has seen considerable controversy
over American security contractors over the past several years. The
government of Pakistan has gone after security contractor companies like DynCorp and
its Pakistani affiliate InterRisk and Xe (formerly known as Blackwater),
which has become the Pakistani version of the bogeyman. In addition to the
clandestine security and intelligence work the company was conducting in
Pakistan, in 2009 the _Taliban even began to blame Xe _
(http://www.stratfor.com/analysis/20091204_pakistan_mosque_attacks_and_insurgent_rift) for
suicide bombing attacks that killed civilians. The end result is that American
security contractors have become extremely unpopular in Pakistan. They are
viewed not only as an affront to Pakistani sovereignty but also as
trigger-happy killers. And this is the environment in which the Davis shooting
occurred. Even though some Pakistani civilians apparently came forward and
reported that they had been robbed at gunpoint by the men Davis shot, other
Pakistani groups like the _Jamaat-ud-Dawah (JuD)_
(http://www.stratfor.com/analysis/20090605_pakistan_challenge_militants_release) — the successor to the
Lashkar-e-Taiba, which was presumably banned by the Pakistani government —
have demanded that Davis be hanged. The Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI), an Islamist
political party, has also demanded that Davis be hanged and has called for
large protests if he is released without a court order. As noted above, TTP
spokesman Azam Tarik made a statement demanding that the Pakistani
government either hang Davis or hand him over to them. Interest in this issue is
not just confined to Islamist groups. There are some right-wing conservative
nationalists and even some secular liberals who are asking: "If the United
States can give _CIA shooter Mir Amal Kansi_
(http://www.stratfor.com/attack_new_york_lone_wolf_threat) the death penalty, why can't Pakistan do the
same thing to Davis?"

The result is that the Davis case has aroused much controversy and passion
in Pakistan. This not only complicates the position of the Pakistani
government but also raises the distinct possibility that there will be civil
unrest if Davis is released.

Civil Unrest in Pakistan

Like many parts of the developing world, civil unrest in Pakistan can
quickly turn to extreme violence. One example that must certainly be on the
minds of the security personnel at the U.S. Embassy and the U.S. consulates
in Pakistan is the November 1979 incident in which an enraged mob seized and
destroyed the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad. While there were only two
Americans killed in that incident — a Marine security guard shot as he stood on
the roof of the embassy and an Army warrant officer who died when an
apartment building on the embassy compound was torched — the fire that the mob set
inside the building very nearly killed all the employees who had sought
shelter in the embassy's inner safe-haven area. Two local Pakistani staff
members were also killed in the fire.

The 1979 attack was said to have been sparked by reports that the U.S.
government was behind an assault on the Grand Mosque in Mecca by Saudi
militants the day before. In reality, the mob that stormed and torched the U.S.
Embassy was at least tolerated, if not orchestrated, by the Pakistani
government, which was angry that the United States cut off financial aid to the
country in April 1979. Not only did the Pakistani government facilitate the
busing of large numbers of protesters to the U.S. Embassy, its security
forces also stood aside and refused to protect the embassy from the onslaught
of the angry mob. The embassy assault was Pakistan's not-so-subtle way of
sending a message to the U.S. government.

But U.S. diplomatic facilities have not been the only targets of civil
unrest in Pakistan. Following the assassination of former Pakistani Prime
Minister Benazir Bhutto, _angry mobs_
(http://www.stratfor.com/analysis/pakistan_western_businesses_and_violence_following_bhuttos_death) attacked not only
security forces but also foreign businesses, banks, shops and gasoline
stations in the cities of Karachi, Rawalpindi, Islamabad and Quetta and
throughout the province of Sindh, Bhutto's home province.

Similarly, in February 2006 during the unrest generated by the Mohammed
cartoon fiasco,_mobs in Islamabad, Peshawar, Karachi and Lahore_
(http://www.stratfor.com/when_mobs_attack_multinationals_abroad_best_advice_run)
attacked a wide range of Western business targets. The worst of this violence
occurred in Lahore, where a rampaging mob burned down four buildings housing
the four-star Ambassador Hotel, two banks, a KFC restaurant franchise and
the regional office of Telenor, a Norwegian cell phone company. The
protesters also damaged about 200 cars and several storefronts and threw stones
through the windows of a McDonald's restaurant, a Pizza Hut and a Holiday Inn.
Lahore, incidentally, is where the Davis shooting occurred.

Forecast

Based on this history, the current tension between the United States and
Pakistan, public sentiment in Pakistan regarding U.S. security contractors
and the possibility of groups like JuD and JeI attempting to take advantage
of the situation, there is a very real possibility that Davis' release
could spark mob violence in Pakistan (and specifically Lahore). Even if the
Pakistani government does try to defuse the situation, there are other
parties who will attempt to stir up violence.

Due to the widespread discontent over the issue of U.S. security
contractors in Pakistan, if protests do follow the release of Davis, they can be
expected to be similar to the protests that followed the Mohammed cartoon
case, i.e., they will cut across ethnic and sectarian lines and present a
widespread threat.

Physical security measures such as concrete barriers, standoff distances
and security cameras can add to a facility's defenses against a terrorist
attack, but they really do not pose much of an obstacle to an angry mob
intent on overrunning a property — especially if local and indigenous security
forces are unwilling or unable to intervene in a timely fashion and the mob
has the time and latitude to assault the facility for a prolonged period.
The protesters can scale barriers and their overwhelming numbers can render
most security measures useless. Barriers such as hard-line doors can
provide some delay, but they can be breached by assailants who possess tools and
time.

Additionally, if protesters are able to set fire to the building, as
happened at the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad in 1979, a safe-haven can become a
death trap, especially if the mob can take control of the secondary escape
hatch as it did in that incident, trapping the Americans inside the
safe-haven.

Commercial facilities are, by their very nature, far more accessible — and
far more vulnerable — to mob violence than diplomatic facilities. A
commercial facility can present a_tempting soft target_
(http://www.stratfor.com/analysis/20090901_security_militant_threat_hotels) to those who wish to
attack a symbol of America without tackling a hard target like a _U.S.
diplomatic facility_
(http://www.stratfor.com/weekly/20090318_counterterrorism_funding_old_fears_and_cyclical_lulls) , which is designed and built to comply
with stringent security standards. If a mob storms a hotel, the local staff
will be unable to protect the guests, and conceivably could leave the
guests to fend for themselves in the confusion and chaos of a riot. Even worse,
they could even facilitate attacks against Americans by pointing them out
or providing their room numbers.

Any person identified as an American by such an angry mob could quickly
find himself or herself in dire danger. While Americans working for the U.S.
government can expect to have some security assistance in getting back to
the embassy or to another secure location, non-officials may be left to
fend for themselves, especially if they are not registered with the embassy.
Non-officials are also not required to abide by the same security rules as
officials. While many non-officials consider the U.S. State Department's
security rules to be onerous at times, during troubled periods these
conservative security rules often serve to keep diplomats out of harm's way.

Once a mob attacks, there often is little that can be done — especially if
the host government either cannot or will not take action to protect the
facility being attacked. At that point, the focus should be on preventing
injuries and saving lives — without regard to the physical property. In most
cases, when a mob attacks a multinational corporation, it is attacking a
symbolic target. KFC restaurants, for example, have been frequent targets of
attacks in Pakistan because of the company's association with the United
States. In many cases, multinational franchises such as KFC and even some
hotels are owned by locals and not Americans, but that does not matter to the
mobs, which see nothing but a U.S. symbol.
When an issue such as the Mohammed cartoons, the Bhutto assassination or
the release of Raymond Davis spirals into violent protests, the only real
precaution that many companies can take is to escape the area and avoid loss
of life. The best defense is to use good intelligence in order to learn
about the protests in advance, to track them when they occur and then to
evacuate personnel before they can be affected by the violence.

U.S. diplomatic facilities and business interests in Pakistan are almost
certainly reviewing their contingency plans right now and planning for the
worst-case scenario. During such times, vigilance and preparation are
vital, as is a constant flow of updated intelligence pertaining to potential
demonstrations. Such intelligence can provide time for an evacuation or allow
other proactive security measures to be taken. With the current tension
between Pakistan and the United States, there might not be much help coming
when the next wave of unrest erupts, so keeping ahead of potential protests
is critically important.

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