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One moderate Arab vs Arabism's racism - Bahrain activists slam call for grouping of Arabs, Israel
Note: One moderate Arab vs Arabism's racism - Bahrain activists slam call for grouping of Arabs, Israel
Posted by beachin, at 09:38PM 10/06/08 and by 1 others:
Iraqi Women Afraid to Run in Elections Despite Declining Violence
Note: Iraqi Women Afraid to Run in Elections Despite Declining Violence, Despite declining violence, lingering fear bred by rampant crime and a small but die-hard insurgency has left many Iraqi women afraid to run in the elections, to be held by Jan. 31.
Posted by dasamja, at 05:44PM 10/04/08 and by 1 others:
US military: Iraqi killed in helicopter collision (AP)
Note: AP - Two U.S. helicopters collided while landing at a base in Baghdad on Saturday, killing one Iraqi soldier and wounding four people, including two Americans, the military said. It was the second helicopter crash in two weeks.
Posted by BAHRAMERAD, at 02:27AM 09/22/08 and by 1 others:
Iran Minor's Executions
Note: Mohammad Hassanzadeh was 16 years and 11 months old ... Mohammad Hassanzadeh was 16 years and 11 months old when he was executed June 10 at a Sanandaj prison in the Iranian province of Kurdistan. His hanging has put Iran, once again, in international spotlight for putting its minors on death row in spite of signing international treaties that categorically ban such an act. (GFX: Amnesty Int'l. reports Iran has executed at least 30 juvenile offenders since 1990. Seven of them were executed last year alone.)- ahirJanmohamed, Advocacy Director,Amnesty International USA: "You have individuals who are 16, 17, and 18, who may have committed some petty theft or crime and they find themselves facing the death penalty. They are often young. They may have left their families. They don't have access to resources to have some sort of a legal team, etc. They are really in a nomad's legal land." Hassanzadeh was a minor, convicted of a murder he had committed when he was 14 years and 11 months old, according to his lawyer Mohammad Mostafaei, who also represents 21 other minors on death row. While Iranian authorities say he was not a minor at the time of execution, the daily Etemaad e Melli published a copy of Hassanzadeh's ID. It shows his date of birth and confirms he was indeed one month shy of 17 at the time of his execution.The European parliament condemned Hassanzadeh's hanging, issuing this statement:"Iran is known to have executed more juvenile offenders than any other country in the world, and according to reports, more than 100 individuals are on death row in Iran for crimes allegedly committed under the age of 18." The European parliament also reminded Iran of its "direct contravention" of its"international obligations and commitments."That includes, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Convention on the Rights of the Child, to which Iran is a signatory.In the past two weeks, Iranian authorities have been denying the execution of their minors. Judiciary spokesman AlirezaJamshidi reacts to Hassanzadeh's execution: "We don't have death penalty for the minors in Iran, and the person who was executed in Sanandaj (Mohammad Hassanzadeh) was above the age of 18 at the time of execution."Janmohamed: "The term minor is a loaded term...In the Iranian context, they see it when somebody reaches the age of Islamic maturity: 9 to 12 for women, and 12 to 15 for males. At that age they're treated by the state as adults. We've often criticized Iran for its execution of minors and unfortunately there hasn't been much progress." (GFX:Juvenile execution also exists in: China, Congo, Nigeria, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, and the United States.On the same day of Hassanzadeh's hanging, eight men, convicted of murder and rape, were sent to the gallows in Tehran's Evin prison. Two other juvenile offenders were given a one-month postponement to their execution. With the intervention of Iran's Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Shahroudi, they maybe able to settle "blood money" with the families of their victims. ---http://www.iranvnc.com/ ---- English link: ---- htttp://iranvnc.com/en/home/
Posted by diane_court, at 02:54PM 09/19/08 :
Dammam Journal - Saudi Women Find an Unlikely Role Model - Oprah -
Note: Once a month, Nayla says, she writes a letter to Oprah Winfrey.
Posted by the_wako_kid, at 08:26AM 09/18/08 :
Yemen arrests 30 after U.S. embassy attack
Note: Yemeni authorities have arrested 30 people suspected of belonging to al Qaeda following an attack on the heavily fortified U.S. embassy in Sanaa, a security source said on Thursday.
Posted by Queeni, at 11:02AM 09/17/08 and by 1 others:
YouTube - Sarah Palin Holds Forth on Bush Doctrine, Pakistan
Note: Embarassing stuff! What if McCain croaks?!
Posted by BAHRAMERAD, at 06:08AM 09/17/08 and by 1 others:
Iran Positions Islamist Revolutionary Guard in Major Oil Passage
Note: TEHRAN, Iran — Iran announced Tuesday that it has put the elite Revolutionary Guards in charge of defending the country's territorial Persian Gulf waters in what appeared to be a hardening of its stance in the vital oil route. U.S. commanders in the Gulf have in the past said they find Guards ships more confrontational than the regular Iranian navy, which until the new order was responsible for Iranian defenses in the Gulf. Iran has warned repeatedly that it will close the narrow Hormuz Strait at the mouth of the Gulf if the United States or Israel attacks it amid tensions over Iran's nuclear program. Around 40 percent of the world's oil passes through Hormuz. Last winter, Iranian and U.S. ships patrolling the Gulf had a several small confrontations in Hormuz that the Americans blamed on
Posted by BAHRAMERAD, at 05:45AM 09/17/08 and by 1 others:
'Multiple casualties' in blast at Yemen U.S. Embassy
Note: A powerful car bomb exploded outside the gate of the U.S Embassy in the Yemeni capital Sanaa Wednesday causing "multiple casualties," an embassy spokesman told CNN.It was not immediately known who or how many people were hurt in the blast at 9.15 am local time (0615 GMT/2.15 ET), which was followed by several secondary explosions, Ryan Gliha said. The heavily-fortified compound in capital of Yemen -- the ancestral home of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden -- has previously been targeted by attacks that have prompted authorities to evacuate non-essential staff. Two cars were involved with the attack, Yemeni officials said. The first contained people in police uniforms who exchanged fire with Yemeni security forces, the officials said.
Posted by okami no arashi, at 05:12AM 09/16/08 and by 2 others:
Pakistani tribal chiefs threaten to join Taliban
Note: A controversial new US tactic to mount counter-terrorist operations inside Pakistan has met with fresh hostility, it emerged yesterday, as Pakistani tribesmen representing half a million people vowed to switch sides and join the Taliban if Washington does not stop cross-border attacks by its forces from Afghanistan.
Posted by shiir, at 11:03PM 09/15/08 :
Coming Soon....The Stoning of Soraya M
Note: On Oct 31st, the movie "The Stoning of Soraya M." will be released in America. This powerful movie which is based on a real story from Iran, was produced through collaboration between Iranian and American writers, producers and talented actors from both countries. The list of actors and actresses include Jim Caviezel (the actor who played Jesus in the highly successful movie "Passion of Christ" by Mel Gibson), Shohreh Aghdashloo, Parviz Sayyad, Navid Negahban as well as the well known old, Ira
Posted by BAHRAMERAD, at 06:47AM 09/15/08 and by 1 others:
Taliban claim weapons supplied by Iran
Note: A Taliban commander has credited Iranian-supplied weapons with successful operations against coalition forces in Afghanistan. - The comments by the commander, who would not be named but operates in the south east of the country where there has been a surge in Taliban attacks, were a rare admission of co-operation between elements within the Iranian regime and forces fighting British and American troops in Afghanistan. "There's a kind of landmine called a Dragon. Iran's sending it," he said. "It's directional and it causes heavy casualties. "We're ambushing the Americans and planting roadside bombs. We never let them relax." The commander, a veteran of 30 years who started fighting when the Soviet Union was occupying Afghanistan, said the Dragon had revolutionised the Taliban's ability to target Nato soldiers deployed in his area.
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Posted by salaam, at 02:41PM 10/07/08 :One moderate Arab vs Arabism's racism - Bahrain activists slam call for grouping of Arabs, Israel
Note: One moderate Arab vs Arabism's racism - Bahrain activists slam call for grouping of Arabs, Israel
Posted by beachin, at 09:38PM 10/06/08 and by 1 others:Iraqi Women Afraid to Run in Elections Despite Declining Violence
Note: Iraqi Women Afraid to Run in Elections Despite Declining Violence, Despite declining violence, lingering fear bred by rampant crime and a small but die-hard insurgency has left many Iraqi women afraid to run in the elections, to be held by Jan. 31.
Posted by dasamja, at 05:44PM 10/04/08 and by 1 others:US military: Iraqi killed in helicopter collision (AP)
Note: AP - Two U.S. helicopters collided while landing at a base in Baghdad on Saturday, killing one Iraqi soldier and wounding four people, including two Americans, the military said. It was the second helicopter crash in two weeks.
Posted by BAHRAMERAD, at 02:27AM 09/22/08 and by 1 others:Iran Minor's Executions
Note: Mohammad Hassanzadeh was 16 years and 11 months old ... Mohammad Hassanzadeh was 16 years and 11 months old when he was executed June 10 at a Sanandaj prison in the Iranian province of Kurdistan. His hanging has put Iran, once again, in international spotlight for putting its minors on death row in spite of signing international treaties that categorically ban such an act. (GFX: Amnesty Int'l. reports Iran has executed at least 30 juvenile offenders since 1990. Seven of them were executed last year alone.)- ahirJanmohamed, Advocacy Director,Amnesty International USA: "You have individuals who are 16, 17, and 18, who may have committed some petty theft or crime and they find themselves facing the death penalty. They are often young. They may have left their families. They don't have access to resources to have some sort of a legal team, etc. They are really in a nomad's legal land." Hassanzadeh was a minor, convicted of a murder he had committed when he was 14 years and 11 months old, according to his lawyer Mohammad Mostafaei, who also represents 21 other minors on death row. While Iranian authorities say he was not a minor at the time of execution, the daily Etemaad e Melli published a copy of Hassanzadeh's ID. It shows his date of birth and confirms he was indeed one month shy of 17 at the time of his execution.The European parliament condemned Hassanzadeh's hanging, issuing this statement:"Iran is known to have executed more juvenile offenders than any other country in the world, and according to reports, more than 100 individuals are on death row in Iran for crimes allegedly committed under the age of 18." The European parliament also reminded Iran of its "direct contravention" of its"international obligations and commitments."That includes, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Convention on the Rights of the Child, to which Iran is a signatory.In the past two weeks, Iranian authorities have been denying the execution of their minors. Judiciary spokesman AlirezaJamshidi reacts to Hassanzadeh's execution: "We don't have death penalty for the minors in Iran, and the person who was executed in Sanandaj (Mohammad Hassanzadeh) was above the age of 18 at the time of execution."Janmohamed: "The term minor is a loaded term...In the Iranian context, they see it when somebody reaches the age of Islamic maturity: 9 to 12 for women, and 12 to 15 for males. At that age they're treated by the state as adults. We've often criticized Iran for its execution of minors and unfortunately there hasn't been much progress." (GFX:Juvenile execution also exists in: China, Congo, Nigeria, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, and the United States.On the same day of Hassanzadeh's hanging, eight men, convicted of murder and rape, were sent to the gallows in Tehran's Evin prison. Two other juvenile offenders were given a one-month postponement to their execution. With the intervention of Iran's Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Shahroudi, they maybe able to settle "blood money" with the families of their victims. ---http://www.iranvnc.com/ ---- English link: ---- htttp://iranvnc.com/en/home/
Posted by diane_court, at 02:54PM 09/19/08 :Dammam Journal - Saudi Women Find an Unlikely Role Model - Oprah -
Note: Once a month, Nayla says, she writes a letter to Oprah Winfrey.
Posted by the_wako_kid, at 08:26AM 09/18/08 :Yemen arrests 30 after U.S. embassy attack
Note: Yemeni authorities have arrested 30 people suspected of belonging to al Qaeda following an attack on the heavily fortified U.S. embassy in Sanaa, a security source said on Thursday.
Posted by Queeni, at 11:02AM 09/17/08 and by 1 others:YouTube - Sarah Palin Holds Forth on Bush Doctrine, Pakistan
Note: Embarassing stuff! What if McCain croaks?!
Posted by BAHRAMERAD, at 06:08AM 09/17/08 and by 1 others:Iran Positions Islamist Revolutionary Guard in Major Oil Passage
Note: TEHRAN, Iran — Iran announced Tuesday that it has put the elite Revolutionary Guards in charge of defending the country's territorial Persian Gulf waters in what appeared to be a hardening of its stance in the vital oil route. U.S. commanders in the Gulf have in the past said they find Guards ships more confrontational than the regular Iranian navy, which until the new order was responsible for Iranian defenses in the Gulf. Iran has warned repeatedly that it will close the narrow Hormuz Strait at the mouth of the Gulf if the United States or Israel attacks it amid tensions over Iran's nuclear program. Around 40 percent of the world's oil passes through Hormuz. Last winter, Iranian and U.S. ships patrolling the Gulf had a several small confrontations in Hormuz that the Americans blamed on
Posted by BAHRAMERAD, at 05:45AM 09/17/08 and by 1 others:'Multiple casualties' in blast at Yemen U.S. Embassy
Note: A powerful car bomb exploded outside the gate of the U.S Embassy in the Yemeni capital Sanaa Wednesday causing "multiple casualties," an embassy spokesman told CNN.It was not immediately known who or how many people were hurt in the blast at 9.15 am local time (0615 GMT/2.15 ET), which was followed by several secondary explosions, Ryan Gliha said. The heavily-fortified compound in capital of Yemen -- the ancestral home of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden -- has previously been targeted by attacks that have prompted authorities to evacuate non-essential staff. Two cars were involved with the attack, Yemeni officials said. The first contained people in police uniforms who exchanged fire with Yemeni security forces, the officials said.
Posted by okami no arashi, at 05:12AM 09/16/08 and by 2 others:Pakistani tribal chiefs threaten to join Taliban
Note: A controversial new US tactic to mount counter-terrorist operations inside Pakistan has met with fresh hostility, it emerged yesterday, as Pakistani tribesmen representing half a million people vowed to switch sides and join the Taliban if Washington does not stop cross-border attacks by its forces from Afghanistan.
Posted by shiir, at 11:03PM 09/15/08 :Coming Soon....The Stoning of Soraya M
Note: On Oct 31st, the movie "The Stoning of Soraya M." will be released in America. This powerful movie which is based on a real story from Iran, was produced through collaboration between Iranian and American writers, producers and talented actors from both countries. The list of actors and actresses include Jim Caviezel (the actor who played Jesus in the highly successful movie "Passion of Christ" by Mel Gibson), Shohreh Aghdashloo, Parviz Sayyad, Navid Negahban as well as the well known old, Ira
Posted by BAHRAMERAD, at 06:47AM 09/15/08 and by 1 others:Taliban claim weapons supplied by Iran
Note: A Taliban commander has credited Iranian-supplied weapons with successful operations against coalition forces in Afghanistan. - The comments by the commander, who would not be named but operates in the south east of the country where there has been a surge in Taliban attacks, were a rare admission of co-operation between elements within the Iranian regime and forces fighting British and American troops in Afghanistan. "There's a kind of landmine called a Dragon. Iran's sending it," he said. "It's directional and it causes heavy casualties. "We're ambushing the Americans and planting roadside bombs. We never let them relax." The commander, a veteran of 30 years who started fighting when the Soviet Union was occupying Afghanistan, said the Dragon had revolutionised the Taliban's ability to target Nato soldiers deployed in his area.
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