This morning's key headlines from
GenerationalDynamics.com:
- Far left suicide bomber attacks U.S. embassy in Ankara Turkey
- Putin invites Boyz II Men to Russia to improve fertility
- Egypt protesters clash with police in 'Friday of Deliverance'
Far left suicide bomber attacks U.S. embassy in Ankara Turkey
Ecevit Sanli, a member of the far-left terrorist Revolutionary
People's Liberation Party/Front (DHKP/C), detonated a suicide vest on
Friday at the entrance of the U.S. Embassy in Ankara, Turkey. Embassy
security had been increased since the embassy attack in Benghazi, and
so the Sanli was stopped at the first of a series of checkpoints as he
attempted to enter the embassy. As a result, there was only one death
besides the bomber -- the Turkish guard at the first checkpoint.
Police detained nearly 100 DHKP/C members last month, and 55 of them
were arrested pending trial on accusations of being members of a
terrorist organization. Police seized a large number of documents from
the addresses of the suspects, which revealed the group's plans to
assassinate politicians, judges, prosecutors and police officers.
There has been no claim of responsibility for the attack. It's not
known whether the terrorist attack is related to the conflict in
Syria, or to the batteries of Nato's Patriot anti-missile missiles
being installed on Turkey's border with Syria. Zaman (Istanbul)
Putin invites Boyz II Men to Russia to improve fertility
With Russia's population having suffered a devastating decline in
recent years, president Vladimir Putin is looking for new ways to
promote his fertility campaign, to get Russian couples to have more
sex and more kids. Putin's latest attempt to inspire men and women
comes just before Valentine's day, as the Western R&B trio Boyz II Men
will perform a selection of their classic and new romantic ballads in
a concert in Moscow on February 6. Rumors are that they may write a
new song about Moscow. Moscow Times
Egypt protesters clash with police in 'Friday of Deliverance'
In the Mideast, the largest demonstrations always occur on Fridays,
after midday prayers end, and worshippers pour out the mosques into
the streets. In Egypt, the National Salvation Front (NSF), a group of
16 Egyptian opposition parties and movements, had called for massive
"Friday of Deliverance" anti-government protests. Tens of thousands
of protesters took to the streets on Friday. The protests were
peaceful at first, but turned violent in the evening, especially near
the Presidential Palace in Cairo. At one point, protesters hurled
Molotov cocktails and firecrackers at the police, who returned the
attack with gun fire and volleys of teargas. The political situation
in Egypt is deteriorating rapidly, and it's far from clear that
president Mohamed Morsi will be able to stop the carnage and bring it
under control. The riots and violence have broader implications, in
that Qatar is supporting Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood, while the
Saudis are supporting the Salafist al-Nour party, and the Obama
Administration supports the Army. There are increasing fears that
these three forces will clash, leading either to a military coup or to
a civil war.
Al-Ahram (Cairo) and
Debka