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Tuesday 4 april 2017
Dubai police say they arrest hackers after White House staff

JON GAMBRELL television channel Dubai the reports, whose details highly confidential informa- man and arrested three
Associated Press One reported the arrests, closely resembled a previ- tion.” He said the hackers suspects with the help of
DUBAI, United Arab Emir- while Dubai police did ously announced 2015 raid then demanded money local authorities. “Police
ates (AP) — Dubai po- not answer repeated calls in which Emirati authorities from their targets in threat- say this was not their first
lice have arrested foreign for comment. The arrests never mentioned a con- ening emails. operation, although it was
hackers who targeted five come as the United Arab nection to Washington. The U.S. then asked Dubai their first offense here in the
senior White House officials Emirates, which hosts some Al Bayan quoted Maj. Saud police for assistance. UAE. The hackers allegedly
in a blackmail email scam, 4,000 U.S. troops fighting al-Khalidi of Dubai police’s Al-Khalidi was quoted as made it a business to sell
state-owned media report- the Islamic State group, cybercrime division as say- saying that investigators information they managed
ed on Monday. remains a crucial regional ing an “African gang” tracked down the gang to extract, moving from
The Arabic-language Al ally. The White House had broke into the emails of the “in two hours” to an apart- one country to another af-
Bayan newspaper and the no immediate comment on five senior officials and “got ment in the emirate of Aj- ter every cyberattack.”q
Falklands analogy sparks Brexit war of words over Gibraltar

JILL LAWLESS that has been British since
Associated Press 1833. Britain retook the is-
LONDON (AP) Less than a lands known as the Malvi-
week after asking for a di- nas to the Argentines in a
vorce from the European brief war that killed 649 Ar-
Union, Britain is talking war. gentine troops, 255 British
The dispute over Gibraltar soldiers and three islanders.
is a conflict of words, not Howard’s comments raised
weapons a matter of bel- a few eyebrows in Madrid.
licose headlines in Britain Spanish Foreign Minister Al-
and bemusement in Spain. fonso Dastis said “the Span-
But it’s a sign of how rough ish government is a little
the road ahead could be surprised, actually, by the
as the U.K. extricates itself tone that has been gener-
from the 28-nation bloc. ated in Britain, a country
The rocky 2.6 square mile traditionally known for its
(6.7 sq. km) enclave at the composure.”
tip of the Iberian peninsula He told journalists that on
has been a British territory the question of Europe and
and cause of friction be- the issue of Gibraltar, “Brit-
tween the U.K. and Spain ain’s traditional calmness
since 1713. is conspicuous by its ab-
The latest spat was sparked sence.”
by draft Brexit negotiating A woman walks on the Spanish side of the border between Spain and the British overseas territory In Britain, Howard’s com-
guidelines drawn up by of Gibraltar with the Rock as a background, in La Linea de la Concepcion, Southern Spain. The ments produced ridicule
the EU, which said no future dispute over Gibraltar is a conflict of words, not weapons, a matter of bellicose headlines in Brit- from opponents and chest-
agreement between Brit- ain and bemusement in Madrid. But it’s a sign of how rough the road ahead could be as the U.K. thumping delight from
extricates itself from the 28-nation bloc over the next two years.
ain and the bloc would ap- (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza) some sections of the press.
ply to Gibraltar unless both Conservative lawmaker
the U.K. and Spain agreed. Fabian Picardo, accused garet Thatcher did the Falk- And I’m absolutely clear Dominic Grieve, the head
Officials in Gibraltar ac- Spain of taking a “preda- land Islands. that our current woman of Parliament’s Intelligence
cused Spain of using Brexit tory attitude.” Howard told the BBC on prime minister will show the and Security Committee,
to force negotiations on Some pro-Brexit voices in Sunday that in 1982, “an- same resolve in relation to called the remarks “a little
the status of the territory, Britain went even farther. other woman prime minis- Gibraltar as he predeces- bit apocalyptic.” Former
against the wishes of the Former Conservative Party ter sent a task force halfway sor did.” Labour Foreign Secretary
32,000 Gibraltarians, who leader Michael Howard across the world to protect Howard spoke on the 35th Jack Straw said raising the
overwhelmingly want to re- said Prime Minister Theresa another small group of Brit- anniversary of Argentina’s specter of war “is frankly
main British. May would defend Gibral- ish people against another invasion of the Falklands, a absurd and reeks of 19th-
Gibraltar’s chief minister, tar as her predecessor Mar- Spanish-speaking country. South Atlantic archipelago century jingoism.”q

EU says it’s unrealistic to imagine Syria’s Assad can stay

BRUSSELS (AP) — The Euro- She added: “It is for the Syr- French Foreign Minister and support for a lasting full cessation of hostilities;
pean Union’s top diplomat ians to decide - but for all Jean-Marc Ayrault said solution to the six-year-long the lifting of sieges; and
says it is unrealistic to think Syrians to decide.” that “France cannot be- conflict. full unhindered sustainable
that President Bashar Assad Her remarks at an EU for- lieve for one moment that In a statement, the foreign country-wide humanitarian
could retain power over eign ministers’ meeting Syria can be led by Bashar ministers said the EU stands access.”
any future government in a in Luxembourg come as Assad given his responsibil- ready to help rebuild Syria They said the EU will work
post-war Syria. Washington appears to be ity for the current situation: but “only when a compre- “to help ensure account-
EU foreign policy chief Fed- softening its line against more than 300,000 dead, hensive, genuine and in- ability for war crimes, hu-
erica Mogherini said Mon- Assad. prisoners, people tortured, clusive political transition ... man rights violations and
day that “it seems com- In London Friday, U.S. De- a country destroyed. It’s a is underway.” abuses and violations of
pletely unrealistic to be- fense Secretary Jim Mat- question of responsibilities.” They also called on the Syr- international humanitar-
lieve that the future of Syria tis suggested that Assad’s International donors gather ian regime and its backers, ian law, including the con-
will be exactly the same as status is not the most impor- in Brussels on Wednesday notably Russia, “to under- firmed use of chemical
it used to be in the past.” tant question right now. to drum up financial aid take all efforts to ensure: a weapons.”q