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FOREIGN LEADERS FOR ...

FOREIGN LEADERS FOR JOHN KERRY..

http://mrgrumman.home.comcast.net/JohnKerryForeignLeaders.JPG

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Exposing the Cultura...

Exposing the Cultural Superiority of the Democratic Leaders on the Anti-Democratic ones and their Media.

Bush Disgusted by Soldier Abuses

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,118686,00.html

Where is the outrage of the Arab Leaders for all the Innocent Civilians killed by the Fascistst Thugs in Iraq ? How come Al Jazeera gladly shown those images and before refused to show the Video of the Barbarian Murder of our Fabrizio Quattrocchi,claiming that it's "too hard to be shown " ??

The Intelligent People of the world doesn't let to fool by Al Jazeera's Lies.

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Goodbye to All That ...

Goodbye to All That
Will Italy and rest of Europe depopulate itself to extinction?
by Terry Eastland

http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/004/025wkxwi.asp

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U.S.-Sponsored Arabi...

U.S.-Sponsored Arabic Stations Pay Off

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,118600,00.html

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Rumsfeld�s War, Powe...

Rumsfeld’s War, Powell’s Occupation
Rumsfeld wanted Iraqis in on the action — right from the beginning.

http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/lerner200404300929.asp

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WHO�s to Blame?
W...

WHO’s to Blame?
When it comes to malaria, pointing fingers is the best medicine.

By Roger Bate

http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/bate200404300908.asp

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Workers brutalized b...

Workers brutalized by regime forces
SMCCDI (Information Service)
Apr 29, 2004

http://www.daneshjoo.org/smccdinews/article/publish/article_4206.shtml

Several workers have been brutalized by the regime's forces as they were caught shouting slogans against the regime's Supreme leader while walking toward Toop Khanhe area.

The arrested seemed to have been identified and were suddenly attacked by the plainclothes men who are benefiting of the official forces' protection. The protesters were shouting "Mellat Gueda-i mikonad, Rahbar Khoda-i mikonad" (People is starving, Supreme Leader is playing God), "Marg bar in Zendegui, in hame Sharmandegui" (Down with this life, full of shame), "Kargar, Moalem Etehad" (Workers, Teachers, Unity).

Several officially appointed speakers' speeches had few impact due to the loud slogans shouted by nearly more than 20,000 workers present in the area. Many Workers were from provincial cities and were carrying placards denouncing many policies.

Several foreigners were also present and they seemed to be reporters allowed to cover the official part of the today's gathering.

The situation is becoming more and more tense and at any time the troops can start the assault against those intending to extend the rally.

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Thousands of Workers...

Thousands of Workers protest in tense conditions
SMCCDI (Information Service)
Apr 29, 2004

http://www.daneshjoo.org/smccdinews/article/publish/article_4205.shtml

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Violent clashes rock...

Violent clashes rock south Tehran
SMCCDI (Information Service)
Apr 29, 2004

http://www.daneshjoo.org/smccdinews/article/publish/article_4203.shtml

Violent clashes rocked, Shahr e Rey, the southern poor suburb of Tehran opposing brutal militiamen to hundreds of protesters. The popular protest started by today's mid morning and resulted in clashes following the intervention of the regime forces by late afternoon.

Clubs, chains and tear gas were used in order to smash the rally which started peacefully against the official corruption and various financial malversations in the Orchid Town's Development & Management funds by the local authorities.

The regime's troops first stayed afar, contenting to film the demonstrators but intervened by end of afternoon by witnessing the constant increase of the protesters w ho started to shout slogans against the regime and its leaders, including Ali Khamenei.

In retaliation to the brutal attack, the demonstrators set tires ablaze and blocked the two southern beltlines of the Capital. Pieces of stones and Molotov Cocktails responded to the brutal aggression resulting in several injured among demonstrators and the regime forces.

Several anti-riot and patrol vehicles were damaged during the clashes.

The situation in the area is very tense and more protest actions are expected, tomorrow, as thousands of Iranian workers are intending to protest against their poor conditions.

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Tea Planters protest...

Tea Planters protest leads to clashes in N. Iran
SMCCDI (Information Service)
Apr 29, 2004

http://www.daneshjoo.org/generalnews/article/publish/article_5975.shtml

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ELECTION 2004
Te...

ELECTION 2004
Terrorists cheer
Kerry's rhetoric
Officials think al-Qaida will plan attacks in U.S. to force out Bush

By J. Michael Waller
© 2004 Insight/News World Communications Inc.

Exploiting the liberties of free societies, terrorists are using the mass media to sow divisions among and within the democracies, terrorism experts report.

The March bombing of the Madrid subway proved that low-budget terrorist attacks could be used to influence democratic elections and, by virtue of Spain's sudden military withdrawal from Iraq, to drive wedges between the staunchest allies in the international antiterrorism coalition.

Senior Spanish and U.S. officials now believe al-Qaida will plan more attacks in the United States to try to force President Bush from office.

Playing directly into the terrorists' hands is Bush's increasingly shrill challenger, Kerry. Democracies long have been vulnerable to manipulation by hostile foreign powers.

President George Washington foresaw this in his Farewell Address of 1796. Though the popular notion is that the main point of the address was to warn against entangling alliances, the most persistent theme of Washington's speech was to warn against foreign subversion of America's democratic process.

In his words, "It is easy to foresee that from different causes and from different quarters much pains will be taken, many artifices employed," to undermine the national identity and sense of purpose.

Specifically, Washington feared that foreign adversaries would use the new democratic system to turn Americans against themselves.

Even now, external enemies are attacking the political fortress of the United States and its democratic allies through propaganda by word and deed.

In his taped statement aired on the Wahhabi satellite TV network Al-Jazeera on April 15, Osama bin Laden not only sought to divide Europe from the United States by offering a "truce" with European countries that pull out of the coalition in Iraq, the al-Qaida leader also explicitly feasted on the feeding frenzy among bickering American politicians about whether President Bush was to blame for the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

Good propagandists will turn their enemies' words against them, and the best will sow suspicion and division among them. This is happening now in the United States, where the terrorist enemy and its allies are using the rhetoric of the current presidential campaign in their jihad against the nation.

Straying from healthy debate

Previous cautions against rash campaign words that provide aid and comfort to the enemy were thrown out the window long ago. Kerry steadily has become more and more shrill in his denunciations of the president as a leader, a man and a politician.

Straying from legitimate policy differences with Bush or a healthy national debate about how best to fight the terrorist enemy, the Democratic nominee in waiting has yanked off the safety and fired full auto at the president.

Al-Jazeera and other anti-U.S. propaganda outlets have been quick to magnify whatever Kerry says in an attempt to show what a failure the United States has become under the Bush presidency.

Kerry's increasingly strident and careless statements on the campaign trail reverberate abroad. His foul-mouthed interview with Rolling Stone became part of an Al-Jazeera feature on March 16. Although Kerry voted to let the Iraq war go forward, the Wahhabi-owned TV network noted, "He has suggested Bush's handling of the campaign is 'f-ed up.'"

"Bush misled Americans on the degree Iraq posed a threat," Kerry said in the Al-Jazeera broadcast, and the president is not "working closely enough with the international community."

Bush's exclusion of France and Germany from competition for U.S. taxpayer-funded contracts to rebuild Iraq, Kerry said, was "dumb and insulting."

Al-Jazeera rebroadcast, in Arabic, Kerry's allegation that in combating terrorist structures inside the United States, Bush and the Department of Justice have smeared "innocent Muslims and Arabs who pose no danger."

Such words, one of Kerry's former Senate colleagues says, grind down the image of the United States abroad and damage Washington's efforts to maintain allies and supporters in the Arabic-speaking world. With near-daily doses of extreme and careless quotations from the anti-Bush camp, Arab audiences are led to believe the worst about U.S. intentions and policies in the war on terrorism.

Rather than helping the war effort with positive alternatives to counterterrorist policies they consider flawed, Kerry and other politicians are fanning the flames of hostility in the Islamic world.

The government-controlled press in Syria generally ignored President Bush's State of the Union address in January, "but on its front pages highlighted criticism that came in its wake, particularly Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry's calling Bush's [foreign] policy 'arrogant and inept,'" according to the Middle East Media Research Institute, which monitors Middle Eastern news and propaganda organizations and publishes translations and analyses in English.

Even in Jordan, an Arab kingdom that has been an ally in the war against the terrorists, the editor of the Al-Arab Al-Yaum newspaper commented, "When President Bush gave his address, to hearty applause by his party in Congress, the Democrats shook their heads in condemnation."

The Kerry campaign, meanwhile, is reported to have e-mailed messages to foreign media outlets, pledging to "repair the damage" that President Bush allegedly has inflicted on the world.

The Tehran Times, an English-language newspaper in the Iranian capital, reported Feb. 8 that unnamed Kerry staffers sent an e-mail to the Tehran-based Mehr News Agency apologizing for the conduct of the United States in the war on terrorism and saying that Kerry is the man to make things new again.

"Disappointment with current U.S. leadership is widespread, extending not just to the corridors of power and politics but to the man and woman on the street as well," the message said. "We also remain convinced that John Kerry has the best chance of beating the incumbent in November and putting America on a new course that will lead to a safer, more secure and more stable world."

The Kerry campaign has claimed that all of this was the work of overseas Democrats and cannot be laid at the door of its candidate.

Radical sheik picks up theme

But recent statements from Sheik Moqtada al-Sadr, the extremist Iran-backed Shiite cleric whose guerrilla army has been killing U.S. soldiers and Marines, appear to echo this and some of Bush's other Democratic critics. Within 48 hours of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy's, D-Mass., first major characterization of Iraq as "another Vietnam," al-Sadr picked up the theme.

Soon after Kerry denounced Halliburton, the oil company formerly headed by Vice President Dick Cheney, bin Laden singled out the firm. "I stopped briefly at a gas station," Kerry said on March 30. "If prices stay that high, Dick Cheney and President Bush are going to have to carpool to work. Those aren't Exxon prices, they are Halliburton prices."

In his recording released two weeks later, according to a MEMRI translation, bin Laden denounced major corporations but named only Halliburton: "This war makes millions of dollars for big corporations, either weapons manufacturers or those working in the reconstruction [of Iraq], such as Halliburton and its sister companies."

Former Sen. Fred Thompson, R-Tenn., observed in a recent Washington Post commentary: "Instead of trying to chart a path of progress, many of the president's critics have devoted themselves to fomenting public despair over a war, which they keep repeating, should never have been fought. At the same time critics of the Bush administration insist it should have done more to combat al-Qaida in Afghanistan before Sept 11."

Thompson added, "They miss the more profound lesson that national tragedy should have instilled: that the only deterrent to terrorism is strength and that weakness – real and perceived – is an incitement to further attacks."

The steady, daily attacks on the war and the motivations behind it, Thompson warns, risk undermining the strong international position of the United States and turning it into one of weakness.

"Weakness is when America's leaders compare Iraq to Vietnam, announcing to the world a faltering resolve to see our mission through."

This signal, Thompson argues, causes wartime allies to lose heart.

"To our allies in the Middle East and beyond, these predictions of defeat send a clear and chilling message to hedge their bets, because the United States cannot be counted on. And to our enemies, they can send an equally clear message: You can win."

Madrid model

Al-Qaida may be planning to influence the American presidential elections this November, replicating the "Madrid model" of staging bloody terrorist attacks to intimidate voters into ousting leaders who aggressively fight terrorism.

Some observers believe that its March 11 train bombings in Madrid, which created an electoral backlash against Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar three days later, validated a model by which the terrorists could influence democratic societies to get rid of their tough-on-terrorism leaders.

Among the United States' staunchest European allies, Aznar was one of the original European supporters of ousting Saddam Hussein. All pre-electoral polls showed his party winning re-election against Socialist Party candidate Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero. But the subway bombings, which killed nearly 200 and injured more than 1,800, shook the confidence of the Spanish people and was the single largest factor in Zapatero's surprise victory.

"The terrorists won," according to Bob Brinker, a financial analyst and host of the syndicated radio program MoneyTalk. Watching how political events shape the markets, Brinker coined the term "Madrid model" in expectation of future attacks designed to manipulate the outcome of elections.

In Brinker's view, under the Madrid model the terrorists attack a democratic society, change the government and gain a military victory in Iraq by helping democratic antiwar politicians come to power.

Brinker calls Zapatero an "al-Qaida-installed prime minister."

"Can you imagine the empowerment that al-Qaida feels today?" Brinker said on his April 18 program. He predicted a repeat performance for the U.S. presidential election in November: "This is the last thing in the world you want to see happen."

Neither Kerry nor his ally Kennedy seems to have learned from his own Vietnam experiences, say critics, when both used extremist rhetoric to sow defeatism at home even though U.S. and South Vietnamese forces were destroying the communist enemy on the ground.

As in Vietnam, the Kerry camp seems not to care. The very day bin Laden's tape was broadcast, Kerry stood in East Rutherford, N.J., accusing the president of manipulating the war for personal political gain.

"Everything he did in Iraq, he's going to try to persuade people it has to do with terror even though everybody here knows that it has nothing whatsoever to do with al-Qaida and everything to do with an agenda that they had preset, determined," Kerry said.

Islamist forces are not alone in using Kerry's words against the United States. North Korean dictator Kim Jong-il, whose regime is on the State Department's list of state sponsors of terrorism, also favors a new American president. The regime's mouthpieces, including the Communist Party daily Rodong Sinmun, have been using Kerry's statements as propaganda to discredit the U.S. government.

"North Korea has been paying keen attention to the U.S. presidential election in recent weeks, reporting Democratic presidential primaries and various opinion polls through its state media," the English-language Korea Times, published in Seoul, reported in February. "Most of the reports are focusing on the criticism against Bush and Sen. John Kerry's surge as viable presidential candidate."

Rebecca MacKinnon, former Beijing bureau chief for CNN and now a media fellow at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government, says that North Korea's state-controlled media have been portraying Kerry "in a positive light."

As the Financial Times reported in February, "In the past few weeks, speeches by the Massachusetts senator have been broadcast on Radio Pyongyang and reported in glowing terms by the Korea Central News Agency, the official mouthpiece of Mr. Kim's communist regime. ... 'Senator Kerry, who is seeking the presidential candidacy of the Democratic Party, sharply criticized President Bush, saying it was an ill-considered act to deny direct dialogue with North Korea,' said the news agency. ... Pyongyang's friendly attitude toward Mr. Kerry contrasts with its strong anti-Bush rhetoric."

Like other wartime enemies of the United States, al-Qaida is relying on presumably unwitting allies in the international peace movements. In his April 15 tape, bin Laden called the antiwar demonstrations a "positive interaction" and cited "opinion polls which indicate that most European people want peace."

He appeared to view the Spanish public's ouster of conservative Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar in favor of an anti-U.S. socialist, Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, as a sign of weakness in the West.

That component of strategy is nothing new. The North Vietnamese regime relied heavily on American antiwar protesters to undermine the national will and defeat the U.S. military through political means, in ways that Hanoi could not win on the battlefield.

The present North Korean regime is following suit, propaganda specialists say. Providing the ideological inspiration for a strong section of the antiwar movement through its loyal political allies in the United States and elsewhere, the regime of Kim Jong-il continues to use the old Soviet active-measures model of international political warfare.

The Workers World Party, a small, numerically insignificant but organizationally superior group based in New York City, slavishly supports the policies of the North Korean government, and its leaders frequently visit Pyongyang. One of its front groups, International ANSWER, coordinates the largest peace protests in the United States.

Pyongyang continually exhorts the peace movement around the world. On Feb. 4 the official North Korean Communist Party paper Rodong Sinmun said, "The antiwar struggle is the main form of the struggle for world peace at present and its principal target is the United States."

The paper continued, "It is impossible to avert a war and achieve the world peace without a struggle against the U.S. imperialists. ... The people of all countries of the world should lift their antiwar, anti-U.S. voices and bind Yankees hand and foot to keep them from starting a war."

Later in February, in a more subdued tone, Rodong Sinmun cited Kerry as a more preferable leader than Bush. U.S. national-security leaders have long recognized how the terrorists exploit our democratic system, but have been slow to counter it effectively.

Insight obtained a copy of a U.S. Army intelligence briefing titled "Al-Qaida's Use of the Mass Media in Infowar/Netwar." Referring to information warfare, IW – the use of information and information systems as instruments of conflict –and the social or societal IW medium called netwar, the Army report is based on two years of assessments of more than 200 documents.

Little secret intelligence is needed to understand al-Qaida's strategy. Open-source information can meet up to 85 percent of the terrorists' intelligence-information needs, according to the report.

Public information "provides understanding of strategic plans and intentions [and is] especially useful in forecasting cultural turmoil and societal upheavals, and in planning/conducting IW operations," according to the Army briefing. "AQ [al-Qaida] is familiar with the art of war, but U.S. military has ignored past lessons in favor of technology, and is ignorant of its current foe," the report says.

Part of al-Qaida's "counterpropaganda strategy," according to the Army report, is to "turn people's eyes toward their leaders to put enemy [U.S. and coalition partners] on defensive, and take the initiative to affect public opinion."

That is nothing new to students of history and statecraft. George Washington devoted much of his Farewell Address to the need to defend the country against foreign subversion designed to corrupt the national identity. He recognized the difficult situation that "real patriots" who resist foreign intrigues "are liable to become suspected and odious," while those espousing "pretended patriotism" – what he called "tools and dupes" of foreign interests – "usurp[ed] the applause and confidence of the people to surrender their interests."

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J. Michael Waller is a senior writer for Insight.

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Tehran's Air defense...

Tehran's Air defense shot the sky

SMCCDI (Information Service)
Apr 29, 2004


http://www.daneshjoo.org/smccdinews/article/publish/article_4202.shtml

Millions of Tehranis rushed, this evening, into the streets, to the top of their roofs and many in shelters as the Tehran's Air Defense, suddenly, started to fire to sky. A nourished ground to air shout out was made in most areas of the Capital reminding of the period of the Iran-Iraq war and the nightly jets or missiles attacks of Saddam forces which resulted in hundreds of deaths and injured.

No one seems to know exactly why such exercise happened but there might be strong connection to the rumors on UFO's seen in Iran's sky.

In reality, many believe that the so-called UFOs might be in reality Foreign Reconnaissance flights and the try of the Islamic regime to misinform the public. The regime's leaders are fearing that any news, if happen, on US flights over Iran might degenerate into massive protest demos intending to overthrow the theocratic regime.

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New Forms of Anti-Se...

New Forms of Anti-Semitism Denounced

http://ap.washingtontimes.com/dynamic/stories/E/EUROPE_ANTI_SEMITISM?SITE=DCTMS&SECTION=HOME

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TERRORISTS ISSUE ORD...

TERRORISTS ISSUE ORDERS AND THE ITALIANS OBEY...

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Kerry's main Iranian...

Kerry's main Iranian fund raiser sues SMCCDI

SMCCDI (Announcement)
April 29, 2004

" To sin by silence, when we should protest, makes cowards
out of men. The human race has climbed on protest. Had no
voice been raised against injustice, ignorance and lust,
the inquisition yet would serve the law, and guillotines
decide our least disputes. The few who dare, must speak
and speak again, to right the wrongs of many..." - ( Ella
Wheeler Wilcox )


The primary Iranian supporter of Senator John Kerry and a
subject of many controversies, Hassan Nemazee, has sued the
"Student Movement Coordination Committee for Democracy in
Iran (SMCCDI) and its coordinator for 10-million dollars in
damages.

These two frivolous and potentially muffling law suits were
filed on March 3rd at the 125th Judicial District Court of
Harris County (Houston Texas) by Nemazee's hot shot lawyer,
Charles R. Parker, who specializes in "complex business
litigations." The SMCCDI's registrant was served on April
16th, and the Student Movement's coordinator, Aryo B.
Pirouznia, was served on April 20th.

Tactically, the law suits are believed to be an attempt to
publicly rehabilitate Nemazee's reputation. Being the
subject of many less than positive discussions, Nemazee
needs his image polished to cleanse John Kerry's
Presidential campaign that has been tarnished with
troubling questions on his international links.

Muffling, or forcing SMCCDI to cease operations would then
give them a free hand in regard to the Iranian-American
equation. Indeed, sustaining a judgment against SMCCDI
could very well cause its' well known and valuable American
operations to cease, as none of its US resident members
have the resources to fight the Iranian-American
businessman supporting Mr. Kerry.

A careful overview of the VII following parts will offer a
better understanding of the situation:


I) Background:
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The Plaintiff, Nemazee, a close friend of Al Gore, is a
wealthy and controversial Iranian-American businessman who
was nominated by President Clinton to be a U.S. Ambassador
to Argentina. His nomination was rejected by the U.S.
Senate, following the publication of some very troubling
news on his financial activities in the famous and credible
"Forbes Magazine." (see copy of this article at:
http://www.daneshjoo.org/interestingarticles/article/publish/article_3046.shtml
)

Exposed, Nemazee joined the self proclaimed
"American-Iranian Council" (AIC) headed by the notorious
Hooshang AmirAhmadi who's a well known lobbyist for the
Iranian Mulllahcracy. Within the majority of the Iranians
and Iranian-Americans, AmirAhmadi is held in very low
esteem for supporting the Islamic republic regime.

Joining the American-Iranian Council, Nemazee helped this
group and its members by opening doors to the highest
levels of the U.S. Democratic Party. His main mission was
to promote this group, AIC, and to push for the
establishment of diplomatic ties between the U.S. and the
Islamic Republic regime. Using his contacts with Senator
Jospeh Biden (D-DE), an influential member of the U.S.
Senate's Foreign Affairs Committee, a controversial
fundraising event at the IMAN Islamist Center of Los Angles
was held, in 2002, and attended by Senator Biden where a
substantial amount of money was collected. The IMAN's
head, Sadegh Namazikhah, is also a board member of the AIC,
and he is pushing for the cancellation of sanctions against
the Mullahs' regime.

The affair turned into a scandal following SMCCDI's
intervention and the reports published in Mr. Biden's home
state's press. See the article published in the Delaware
News Journal at:
http://www.daneshjoo.org/article/publish/article_1847.shtml

In June 1, 2002, Nemazee invited Senator John Kerry (D-MA)
to a controversial American-Iranian Council (AIC)
Dinner-Gala held in San Francisco where he made a speech in
favor of establishing ties with the Islamic regime. As
board member of the AIC, he declared that the
organization's mission was to create "the vehicle for a
dialogue which will ultimately lead to a resumption of
relations."

Again SMCCDI denounced the gala event and provoked, with
help of other freedom loving groups, a noisy protest rally
in front of the regrettable gathering (see the SMCCDI's
Urgent Action Call at:
http://www.daneshjoo.org/article/publish/article_81.shtml )

Meanwhile, AIC organized another very controversial meeting
with the then acting U.S. Secretary of State, Madeleine
Albright, who offered a formal apology to "Iran" (?).
Indeed, influenced by the illegitimate group, Ms. Albright
apologized despite knowing that the Islamic Republic is one
of the main sponsors of terrorism and anti-Americanism in
the World. In retrospect, her, Albright's, apology is
considered a gift for bad behavior of the clerical regime.
Several other meetings were organized on U.S. soil and
abroad where officials of the Mullahs' regime, like Mehdi
Karoubi, a cleric and Speaker of the Islamic Parliament,
would meet with US officials and legislators.


II) Set backs and Alarming tactics:
----------------------------------

The illegitimate activities described above, and claims of
being supported by Iranians and Iranian-Americans but in
reality rejected and denounced by millions is at the heart
of this issue. Constant exposure and denunciations by
SMCCDI and other groups of the real situation in Iran and
the election of President Bush undermined AIC's false claim
of progress of "reforms in Iran", while the impacts of the
9/11 atrocity illuminated the dangers of Islamism.

Nemazee, who "officially" resigned from the AIC at the end
2002, denies in 2004, of having suggested "any
rapprochement with the Islamic regime." He also states
"that he made a mistake joining AIC." Omitting to
acknowledge, however, that such "mistakes" and activities
bought more time for the Islamic regime to take more
Iranian lives and foment more evil plans.

Several other AIC board members will resigned "officially"
along with Nemazee, during the same period. The
resignations of Akbar Ghahary and Faraj Alae-I were also
tendered at about the same time. These same three
activists, Nemazee, Gharary and Alae-I, then founded a new
entity self calling itself the "Iranian American Political
Action Committee" (IAPAC), in 2003.

Ghahary and Alae-I are wealthy Iranian businessmen Alae-I
is the President of the Nasdaq listed Centillium Corp. and
married to Susan Akbarpoor a very controversial young
Iranian woman known to be close friend with Hashemi
Rafsanjani's daughter. It's to note that Susan Akbarpoor
who is involved in several lawsuits in N. California is
also the founder of SiliconIran that purportedly promotes
the exchange of technological research. She has been an
ardent supporter of President Khatami and Foreign Minister
Kamal Kharazzi and involved in the support of some speeches
made by them in Los Angeles. The speeches turned into a
massive protest demonstrations by Iranian-Americans who
rejected their presence. See FrontPage Magazine's article:
http://www.daneshjoo.org/article/publish/article_3138.shtml


Interestingly, IAPAC'S website is maintained by
SiliconIran.

IAPAC's original founders, Nemazee, Ghahary and Alae-I,
would consider it a success to rally few of good Iranians
who are probably not familiar with all the past activities
of the main founder.

The group's claim of focusing only on promoting
Iranian-Americans in the U.S. avoids the appearance,
therefore, of interfering in U.S.-Iran relations. It
states on its website that the group supports candidates of
both political camps, democrat and republican, but this
seems to be a blatant attempt to mislead the casual
observer. Throwing important resources behind the election
of Senator John Kerry's U.S. Presidential bid, Nemazee, the
principal founder of the group, is organizing big
fundraising events like the one held in April in New York
where Kerry collected millions of dollars (see New York
Post of April 11th). Alae-I and his wife are also among
Kerry's biggest contributors.

In addition, Akbar Ghahary, the third founder of the group,
has attempted to mislead Iranians, during a believed paid
Iranian TV interview, by stating "Senator John Kerry
supports them in their quest for democracy." Acknowledging
in a very controversial "face to face" Kerry type
flip-flop, with Sharam Homayoon of Iranian Satellite TV
network "Channel One" based in Los Angeles that "he was
initially a pro-republican. Later, however, when his
friend Hassan Nemazee introduced them to senior Democrat
circles like Senator Biden he changed his mind. Now he
offers, or promotes that it would be better for Iranians to
back Senator Kerry for president because he supports their
democratic aspirations."

Their activity of supporting Senator John Kerry was
reported in one of Iran's leading newspapers in March of
2004.

Also, unconfirmed reports are stating that meetings were
held between some of the founders of IAPAC and the Islamic
foreign minister, during his last trip to the U.S. Some
sources believe that there is a strong possibility that
Nemazee's influence was behind the mysterious Iranian
Official News Agency, Mehr, receipt of an e-mail from
Senator Kerry's offices "promising to repair damages made
by the Bush administration, if Kerry is elected."

It's to note that Adams, an aid to Kerry, declared in mid
February that such news is "just a hoax." But nearly a
month later, Beers, another Kerry aid, declared that "this
was an internal memo among Democrats and "he's scratching
his head, and can't understand how this letter ended up in
the hands of Iranian official circles."

Compounding this line of thinking, Senator Kerry refuses to
take a firm stand against the terrorist Mullah regime while
U.S. soldiers are getting killed in Iraq by the Islamic
republic's funded terrorists. Like Al Gore during his TV
debate with Mr. Bush in the 2000 election campaign, Kerry
believes that the Islamic regime "is a legitimate entity"
and declares that it is "becoming democratic."


III) Pressure and Threats:
-------------------------

Nemazee's frivolous suits and malicious acts are results of
SMCCDI's constant denunciation of his double agenda that
intends, ultimately, to promote relations between the U.S.
Administration and the Clerical regime.

Legally, Nemazee is a known PUBLIC FIGURE, due to his
nomination by President Clinton as Ambassador to Argentina,
and as a former board member of AIC. As a board member of
AIC illegitimately claiming to lobby on "behalf" of
Iranian-Americans for promotion of ties with the Islamic
regime, and as a current main fund raising organizer for
Senator John Kerry, his lawyers seek, in spite of the
facts, to build part of their "case" by claiming that "he
is not a public figure."

Also, adding fuel to Nemazee's denunciation, SMCCDI sent
Senator E. Kennedy (D-MA), in July 2003, a request that the
veteran Senator boycott the gala launch of IAPAC. The
letter stated the fact that Nemazee, the main founding
member of the group, is "one discredited and well-known
agent of the Islamic republic WITHIN the Iranian-American
community in the US." As millions of Iranians who reject
the Islamic regime and anyone that supports it are well
familiar with these two names. See SMCCDI's letter:
http://www.daneshjoo.org/article/publish/article_3035.shtml

In this article, SMCCDI uses of the word "agent" which
implied that Nemazee is a sympathetic lobbyist, or
solicitor promoting ties with the Islamic regime, which was
based upon his previous activities. But an e-mail from an
individual named Morad Ghorban, an IAPAC official, later
requested removal of the published SMCCDI letter suggesting
that a probably fictitious e-mail, mass e-mailed by an
unknown third party had been used by SMCCDI as the source
for its letter to Senator Kennedy. The young and ambitious
Ghorban probably didn't know that SMCCDI had already named
and criticized Nemazee for his illegitimate actions in the
Movement's "May 2002 Urgent Call for Action" rejecting the
June 1, 2002, meeting of the AIC in San Francisco with the
presence of the very same Senator John Kerry.

In response, an immediate reply, archived by SMCCDI, was
sent to Ghorban stating "the SMCCDI, as any other
responsible organization does not use or base its actions
on unknown third party e-mails." Further, "the decision by
SMCCDI to write to Senator Kennedy was based on Nemazee's
prior controversial actions as a board member of the AIC
that would alarm any respectable Iranian."

Requesting a public apology from SMCCDI, Nemazee's lawyer,
Charles Parker, sent a letter to the SMCCDI on September
15, 2003. This letter attempted to build the false
appearance, or case claiming Nemazee is not a public figure
and a fictitious mass mailed e-mail was used as the basis
of the letter sent to Senator E. Kennedy. Despite being
notified about the fictitious e-mail, their letter
conveniently failed to mention SMCCDI's reply to Morad
Ghorban.

Therefore, SMCCDI disregarded the Nemazee lawyer's letter
as another frivolous request in line with several other
unsuccessful attempts to pressure his adversaries. Had the
SMCCDI stated, or implied that Nemazee was a
"foreign-agent" that suggests he would be required to
register with the U.S Government his relationship with the
Iranian regime. Placing things in perspective, Nemazee's
role has been more akin to that of a used car salesman,
which is also a form of an agent.

Unconfirmed reports are stating that some members of IAPAC
might also sue SMCCDI. The important points are that none
of them were officially part of IAPAC on the date the
SMCCDI letter was addressed to Senator E. Kennedy; and the
content of the letter targeted IAPAC's main founder and not
its' members. Some of the members are honorable Iranians
who are ignoring Nemazee's past and now they're getting
used in something that is beyond only promoting
Iranian-Americans in the US.


IV) Additional Info:
-------------------

On February 2, 2004, SMCCDI issued a statement responding
to a dinner invitation of the Islamic regime's envoy at the
UN to a few misguided American legislators. The misguided
legislators, Bob Ney and Arlen Specter were to attend a
dinner that was to be followed by an official trip to Iran,
in order to promote diplomatic ties, See SMCCDI's
Statement:
http://www.daneshjoo.org/article/publish/article_3117.shtml


Astonishingly, Arlen Specter is on the list of candidates
sponsored by IAPAC, while Bob Ney has a controversial young
Iranian adviser named Titra Parsi who's heading something
called the "National Iranian American Council" (NIAC). A
well known fervent supporter of Khatami and his so-called
reforms, Titra Parsi is also a very close friend to
Hooshang AmirAhamadi and a former board member of the AIC.
He's known for several interviews, such as, with Los
Angeles Times in which he praised President Khatami and his
sham "reforms."

His new well financed NIAC creation is supposedly intended
to promote Iranian Americans in the U.S. and is not to
interfere in external relations. But in reality, NIAC seems
also to be targeting the promotion of the 2nd version of
regime's reformists. Amongst them is the defender of
terrorists held at Guantanomo. The very same Nobel Prize
winner Shirin Ebadi who forgets what's going on in her own
country has become the mouthpiece of the Islamic regime's
foreign policy. Ms. Ebadi has defended at several
occasions the right of Taliban members and Islamist
terrorists held at Guantanomo, while she has kept silent on
the fate of political activists and students held by the
Islamic regime in inhumane conditions. She has interfered
in the affairs of France by slamming the French law on the
veil in the well known French secular schools but she omits
to say that thousands of Iranian women have been killed,
injured or arrested in order to be forced to respect the
Islamic veil.

With no surprise and as predicted in the SMCCDI's past
Public Statements, NIAC and Akbar Ghahary are now involved
in organizing, or supporting some speeches for Mrs. Ebadi
on U.S. soil. The first of these speeches, promoted by
NIAC, is to be held on May 12th at the Maryland University
College Park. http://www.niacouncil.org/events/events.asp

Babak Talebi, a student of Maryland's College Park and
NIAC's Advisory Board Member and Treasurer, seems to be one
of the organizers of the controversial event. He's known
also as a fervent Khatami supporter and known for several
interviews, such as, with Los Angeles Times in which he
praised President Khatami and his sham "reforms." The
latter who at a time was misusing his university's name for
the promotion of his website created for the promotion of
Khatami, had to stop following that SMCCDI denounced his
action and notified his university's management.
http://www.niacouncil.org/board.asp#


V) More troubling points and reactions:
--------------------------------------

On another front, following the article published in the
Tehran Times on February 8, 2004, regarding Senator Kerry's
e-mail promising to repair damages, SMCCDI issued an open
letter to the presumptive democratic candidate. See the
SMCCDI's letter:
http://www.daneshjoo.org/article/publish/article_3130.shtml


The Movement criticized Senator Kerry for his stand on
Iran. The powerful letter was quoted by several radio talk
shows and was the subject of many articles published in
newspapers like the New York Sun and Washington Times, on
March 1st and on March 12th.
NY Sun:
http://www.daneshjoo.org/article/publish/article_3118.shtml
WT:
ttp://www.daneshjoo.org/article/publish/article_3136.shtml
WT:
http://www.daneshjoo.org/article/publish/article_3148.shtml


On March 1st and 2nd, 2004, two articles written by the
investigative reporter Kenneth Timmerman were published in
the Insight Magazine and in the Front Page Magazine. Titled
"Kerry will abandon terror war" and "Kerry's Iranian Sugar
Daddies" were articles criticizing Kerry's ill advised
position supporting the Mullahs, the war on terror and
SMCCDI's coordinator quotes.
IM:
http://www.daneshjoo.org/article/publish/article_3139.shtml
FPM:
http://www.daneshjoo.org/article/publish/article_3138.shtml


VI) The Law Suit:
----------------

On March 3rd, after the publications of Washington Times
(Kerry and the Ayatollahs) and Insight Magazine (Kerry will
Abandon Terror War) on March 1st and FrontPage Magazine
(Kerry's Iranian Sugar Daddies) on March 2nd, Nemazee and
his friends recognized that the only way to muffle, or
possibly strangle SMCCDI was to mire the organization in a
long judicial process.

Seeking to obscure the manipulations from afar, Nemazee
directed his lawyer, Charles Parker, to file suits against
the SMCCDI and its coordinator. The suits have been filed
and officially served. Seeking to muffle the voice of the
SMCCDI just prior to the upcoming US Presidential election
in a desperate attempt to rehabilitate him self and avenge
past miscalculations. Losing the ambassador fiasco and
betting on Presidential Kerry's win is an ambitious means
of revenge for his own past mistakes.


VII) Unfinished Business:
------------------------

Nemazee's lawyer's contention that SMCCDI quoted or posted
an unknown third party's e-mail is a baseless claim and, at
best, a transparent ruse to manipulate the American
judicial system. In addition, Nemazee is legally a public
figure subject to criticism since the Presidential
ambassadorial nomination of December 30, 1998, as related
to all controversies published on this case and the above
mentioned opinions.

In reaction, the SMCCDI's officers are seeking an attorney,
or attorneys that would consider legally representing the
organization pro-bono or with minimal fees and would like
to put a stop on the efforts of controversial individuals
in order to influence the upcoming U.S. Presidential
election and its prospects. SMCCDI's members have dedicated
their efforts to the freedom of Iran, and dealt with the
war against Islamic terror, rather than amassing a fortune
and illegitimate fame on the backs of the Iranian people.

SMCCDI and its Coordinator are also reserving the right of
counter suing Hassan Nemazee for libelous, truly Malicious
and intentionally acts, conspiracy, and having caused
psychological damages to some of the Movement's members,
especially some of the brave NGO recognized students who
are fighting against tyranny and terror in Iran and are
worried about the future of the Movement's operations in
the US.


A SMCCDI Urgent Action Call, seeking financial and legal
support from all freedom lovers, democracy advocates and
principled Iranians and Americans, shall be issued in the
next few days and prior to the juridical deadline of May
10th by which date SMCCDI must have found a lawyer and
shall depose a contrary argument beside the Harris County
Court, in order to avoid shutting down its valuable
operations.

Copies of more existing documents, than mentioned in the
above text, are available for the members of Press upon
written request send to: smccdi@daneshjoo.org

For info call: (214) 906-8181


http://www.daneshjoo.org/article/publish/article_3162.shtml

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Saddam's WMD Have Be...

Saddam's WMD Have Been Found

Post April 26, 2004

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Useful Idiots.. Dem...

Useful Idiots..

Demonstrations in Memory of Italy's Liberation..

Here is how some fanatics did  "celebrate"

Lilli Gruber, the pro-Saddam anti-US "reporter" from Baghdad..Former close friend of Saddam Hussein..

Ramallah? No.. Cuba ? No.. Rome ? Yes..

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Islam or not Islam,l...

Islam or not Islam,look at this woman..

Look to this Saudi TV broadcaster woman who was recently beaten by her Husband who put her in his car and throw her in the main door of a Hospital in Jeddah on 10 April 2004

 

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EU Socialists Suppor...

EU Socialists Support EU-Mullahs of Iran Dialogue despite mullahs' atrocities
http://www.iranian.ws/iran_news/publish/article_2162.shtml

The Party of European Socialists (PES) has voiced its support for the continuation of the dialogue between the EU and the Islamic Republic of Mullahs.

"The PES supports the critical dialogue maintained by the EU with Iran. We should strengthen the moderate forces in an attempt to promote more democracy," said a resolution on the Middle East adopted by the party's congress held at the weekend in Brussels. The PES proposed a comprehensive set of policies for the future of the entire Middle East. "In general, the EU should commit itself to promoting democracy and economic development in the region.

This will help tackle poverty, improve living standards and create sustainable development in a sensitive region," said the resolution. In addition, the PES demands greater collective security in the Middle East and wants to ensure that any fundamental decision regarding the future are taken by the region itself.

Denmark's former prime minister Poul Nyrup Rasmussen was elected by the party congress as the new PES leader. For the June European elections, the Socialist party adopted a five-point manifesto setting out commitments to stimulate job growth, manage migration and fight terrorism. The PES is the second largest party in the European Parliament, after the center right European Peoples Party

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THE NEW IRAQI FLAG !...

THE NEW IRAQI FLAG !!

 

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MDC ANNOUNCES 2004 C...

MDC ANNOUNCES 2004 COMMENCEMENT CEREMONIES: Oscar Elias Biscet to be honored with an Honorary Degree

Thursday April 22, 11:45 am ET

MIAMI, April 22 /PRNewswire/ -- On Saturday May 1, 2004 Miami Dade Community College will recognize imprisoned Cuban political dissident Dr. Oscar Elias Biscet, president of the Lawton Foundation for Human Rights, with an Honorary Degree at 5 p.m. at the Kendall Campus commencement, to be held at the Theodore Gibson Health Center (Gym), at 11011 SW 104 St, Kendall. Knight Foundation CEO Hodding Carter III will be the keynote speaker at that event.

5:00 p.m. Kendall Campus, Theodore Gibson Health Center (Gym), 11011 SW 104 St.
Keynote Speaker: Hodding Carter III, President & CEO, Knight Foundation
Honorary Degree Recipient: Dr. Oscar Elias Biscet, Cuban Political Prisoner

1,900 graduates expected at commencement. At the end of the ceremony, hundreds of blue & white balloons drop from the ceiling.

Afro-Cuban physician Dr. Oscar Elias Biscet is the founder and president of the Lawton Foundation for Human Rights, an organization founded in 1997 to promote justice and respect for human dignity. Dr. Biscet was repeatedly imprisoned by Fidel Castro's regime as a result of his outspokenness on issues of human rights abuse in the Cuban health system. He is currently jailed in the Kilo 8 prison in Pinar del Rio. Dr. Biscet is part of a new generation of Cuban human rights activists who are inspired by the example of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Mahatma Ghandi and the Dalai Lama, and their use of civil disobedience to promote social change and public awareness against injustice.

This and other news releases from MDC's Media Relations Department are available on the web at www.mdc.edu.

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Attention: Bloggers,...

Attention: Bloggers, All Activists, and Radio Personalities:
Since most of you get the majority of your news and information from sources other than the major media - it must be evident by now that in order for democracy and freedom to prevail in the Middle East it is vital to support the pro-democracy movement in Iran.  For years, the Iranian people have been waiting, struggling, and in many cases dieing for the opportunity that has been recently bestowed upon the Iraqi people.  There is no such thing as appeasement when it comes to the Mullahs in Iran (Something the Europeans have yet to realize) and so it is extremely important that at this stage in our history we pressure not only those governments who currently support the regime in Iran through their continued business ties, but also the American administration and all politicians to support freedom in Iran if we are to be victorious in the War on Terror and Freedom's struggle!

The following information is some more proof for those Americans and other citizens of the World Community who still do not want to believe the obvious fact that the Mullahs in Iran are responsible for what's happening in Iraq (De-stabilization, violence, death of Iraqis and coalition forces, and all actions which are intent upon halting the march to freedom.)  Hopefully this is proof enough!

We must stay vigilant... We must keep up the pressure.. And we most certainly must prevail because there is NO OTHER OPTION!!

NOTE:  After you peruse the following compilation provided by MEMRI please read these two articles.
1) http://activistchat.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=1963 (Rethinking The Alliance)
2) http://activistchat.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=1932 (Iran & The Future Of Freedom)

Iran's Role in the Recent Uprising in Iraq

Reports in the Arabic media reveal the role of Iran in the current disturbances in Iraq initiated by Moqtada Al-Sadr and his followers. The following are excerpts from articles in this week's Arab press:

Iran's Growing Presence in Iraq's Political, Security, Economic, & Religious Spheres

On April 6, the London Arabic daily Al-Hayat[1] discussed recent Iranian activity in Iraq: "In the last 2 days, there has been repeated talk in the Governing Council of Iraq about the major Iranian role in the events that took place in the Iraqi Shi'ite cities.

"The direct Iranian presence in the Shi'ite areas of Iraq in the political, security, and economic affairs can not be ignored anymore. This presence is accompanied by a vigorous Iranian effort to create bridges with different forces in Iraq; first, by material and logistic aid to parties other than the Shi'a, and secondly through the traditional Iranian influence in the religious seminaries [hawza] and in the Marja'iya [religious Shi'a authorities] institutions.

"A member of the Governing Council told Al-Hayat that the Iranians have recently managed to activate a known Marja' [a Shi'a cleric regarded as a religious authority], Kazem Al-Ha'iri,who lives in the city of Qum in Iran, and is known to be close to Al-Sadr's movement, and was regarded as an heir to Ayatollah Muhammad Sadeq Al-Sadr.[2]

"Iraqi security sources say that the escalation erupted after an American decision to oust Hassan Kazemi Qumi, the recently appointed chief Iranian agent in Iraq, who is an officer in the Iranian Revolutionary Guards The sources connected the ousting of Qumi with Moqtada Al-Sadr's statements that his movement is an extension of the Lebanese Hizbullah and of Hamas Sources said that the visit of an assistant of Moqtada Al-Sadr to Fallujah before the last uprising and Al-Sadr's statement that his movement is an extension of Hamas were both messages to his new allies among the Iraqi Sunnis.

"It may well be that the Iranians, who apparently have influence in more than one sphere in Iraq, have intervened to reconcile the inner Shi'ite struggle for power. They intervened when Moqtada Al-Sadr sought to take control of the Husseini circle in Karbala, an attempt that the followers of Ayatollah Al-Sistani objected to. The Iranians worked out an arrangement under which large sums of money were sent to institutions belonging to Al-Sadr's family, which placated Al-Sadr, and satisfied him with controlling the Al-Kufa mosque only."

Iranian Defector Claims Iran Spends $70 Million a Month on Activity in Iraq

The London Arabic-Language Daily Al-Sharq Al-Awsat[3] quoted extensively the former Iranian intelligence official in charge of activities in Iraq, identified as Haj Sa'idi, who recently defected from Iran:

"Haj Sa'idi told Al-Sharq Al-Awsat that the Iranian presence in Iraq is not limited to the Shi'ite cities. Rather, it is spread throughout Iraq, from Zakho in the north to Umm Al-Qasr in the south, and the infiltration of Iranian Revolutionary Guards and the Al-Quds Army into Iraq began long before the war, through hundreds of Iranian intelligence agents, amongst them Iraqi refugees who were expelled by Saddam Hussein in the 1970's and 1980's to Iran, allegedly because of their Iranian origin, and who infiltrated back into Iraq through the Kurdish areas that were out of the Iraqi Ba'th government control.

"After the war, the Iranian intelligence sent its agents through the uncontrolled Iraq-Iran border; some of them as students and clerics, and others as belonging to the Shi'ite militias.

"Haj Sa'idi said that the assassination last summer of Ayatollah Muhammad Baqir Al-Hakim, who headed the Supreme Council of the Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI), was a successful operation carried out by the intelligence unit of the Iranian Al-Quds Army. He also revealed that there was a failed attempt on the life of the highest Shi'ite Marja, Ayatollah Ali Al-Sistani, at the Eid Al-Adha holiday last year, and that there was another plan to assassinate Ayatollah Ishaq Al-Fayadh.

"Haj Sa'idi claimed that some of the Iranian intelligence officers in Iraq are known to everybody, for example in Al-Suleimaniya and Derebendikhan in the north. However, he said, the real threat comes not from the officers that are known, but from those that are unknown. Amongst them are 18 Shi'ite charities in Kazimiya, in Al-Sadr city in Baghdad, in Karbala, Najaf, Kufa, Nasiriyah, Basra, and other cities with a large Shi'ite majority. In those offices, new agents are recruited every day, under the guise of financial aid, medicine, food, and clothing for the poor.

"Haj Sa'idi said that the Iranian plan to turn Iraq into another Iran is a wide-ranging plan, and it involves the recruitment of thousands of young Shi'ites for the next stage, which will take place with the [first] parliamentary elections in Iraq. Those recruited now are supposed to enlist their relatives to vote for candidates that will be endorsed by the Iranian intelligence apparatuses.

"Haj Sa'idi also mentioned that more than 300 reporters and technicians who are working now in Iraq for television and radio networks, newspapers, and other media agencies are in fact members of the Al-Quds Army and the Revolutionary Guards intelligence units.

"He also mentioned that the Iranian money allocations for activities in Iraq, both covert and overt, reached $70 million per month. He claimed that 2,700 apartments and rooms were rented in Karbala and Najaf, in order to serve agents of the Al-Quds Army and the Revolutionary Guards.

"Haj Sa'idi added that the attempt by the Kurdish authorities in northern Iraq to act against the Iranian activities there prompted a reaction by the Iranian Revolutionary Guards to incite the Turkmeni Shi'ites in the region against the Kurds. He claimed that many Turkmen Shi'ite commanders traveled to Iran and got huge financial support, as well as guarantees that Iran will stand by them in case of clashes between them and the Kurds."

Iran Sets Up 3 Training Centers for the "Mehdi Army"

A source in the Quds Army of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard revealed to Al-Sharq Al-Awsat [4] information relating to the construction of three camps and training centers on the Iranian-Iraqi borders to train elements of the "Mehdi Army" founded by Muqtada Al-Sadr. The source estimated that about 800-1,200 young supporters of Al-Sadr have received military training including guerilla warfare, the production of bombs and explosives, the use of small arms, reconnoitering and espionage. The three camps were located in Qasr Shireen, ' Ilam, and Hamid, bordering southern Iraq which is inhabited largely by Shi'a Muslims.

The newspaper also reported that the Iranian Embassy in Baghdad has recently distributed 400 satellite phones to supporters of Al-Sadr and to clerics and students at the A'thamiyya district of Baghdad, Al-Sadr City, and the holy city of Najaf, all of which are inhabited predominantly by Shi'a Muslims.

The Iranian source, known in Iraq as "Abu Hayder" confirmed that the intelligence service of the Revolutionary Guard has introduced to the Shi'a cities radio and TV broadcasting facilities which are used by Al-Sadr and his supporters.

During his recent visit to Iran, Al-Sadr met with Hashemi Rafsanjani, head of the Expediency Council as well as the head of the revolutionary guard intelligence, Murtadha Radha'i, and the commander of the Al-Quds Army responsible for Iraqi affairs, Brig. General Qassim Suleimani and other government and religious leaders.

The source estimated the financial support to Al-Sadr in recent months have exceeded $80 million, in addition to the cost of training, equipment and clothing of his supporters.

The source indicated that elements of the Al-Quds Army and the Revolutionary Guard Intelligence lead many of the operations directed against the coalition forces. These elements are also leading a campaign against the senior Shi'a clerics such as the Grand Ayatollah Ali Al-Sistani, Hussein Al-Sadr [Muqtada's uncle], Ishaq Al-Fayadh and others because of their opposition to the concept of "the Rule of the Jurist" [Wilayat Al-Faqih] which is Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini's style of government.

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Oliver Stone vs. The...

Oliver Stone vs. The Truth

By Marvin Olasky
Human Events
InfoSearch:
José F. Sánchez
USA
La Nueva Cuba
April 20, 2004

http://www.lanuevacuba.com/nuevacuba/notic-04-04-2004.htm

HBO gave director Oliver Stone a forum to kiss up to Field Castro. Tom Jicha, TV writer for the (Fort Lauderdale) Sun-Sentinel, described Stone's interviews of Castro this way: "His questions are so soft they would embarrass Larry King. Stone basically fills the role of the straight person in an infomercial, asking the host to explain why the product is so great. .. Stone essentially gives Castro an open microphone to make outrageously disingenuous statements (such as) 'It's the people who are in power… My constitutional powers are highly limited.'"

What I've heard from Cubans in communications and while on a humanitarian mission here is very different. A Cuban typically doesn't even refer to Castro by name -- he moves his hand under his chin as if stroking a beard -- but he knows that the dictator's attempt to impose communism has crashed, and that "the beard" is becoming more furious as his failure becomes more apparent

"The people" are in power only when they break the law by buying needed food on the black market, or by paying for medical care when the state health system fails them. The Castro regime's powers in practice are unlimited -- 75 more people who crossed Castro were jailed last year and given prison terms that average 18 years -- so anxiety is always present. I've seen dire poverty in India and political oppression in the old Soviet Union, but Cuba's combination of poverty plus nagging fear under sunny skies is extraordinary.

One expression often heard in Havana is no es facil (it's not easy). Every aspect of life, from gaining basic material sustenance to traveling across town to remaining psychologically relaxed when any neighbor or associate might be an informer, is difficult. A second expression heard around Havana, ni comen ni dejan comer (they don't eat, neither do they let others eat) comes because churches are ready and willing to do better than the government in helping the poor and particularly the elderly. Officials, though, turn down church requests to build old age homes and even citizen attempts to organize the collection of rotting garbage.

That's because ideologically the state is responsible to provide all social services. Everything compassionate people do is an indictment of government failure -- and 77-year-old Fidel Castro, like Oliver Stone, desperately tries to avoid facing the truth. Many Cubans agree with the beard's favorite slogan, un mundo mejor es possible (a better world is possible), but add one caveat: Only when Castro is gone.

Right now, many Cubans are resigned to peddling in a peleton like those in the Tour de France, with all the cyclists riding together and thinking about when to try a breakaway -- but in this case, no one knows where the finish line is. Many Cubans expect real upheaval -- furious cycling -- to come when Castro dies, but they know that they could end up in prison if they push hard prematurely.

So the waiting game goes on in ways large and small. One young man in eastern Cuba would love to travel abroad and become a great cook, but the best he can do now is short-order work in eastern Cuba. He once got hold of a bag of 20 frozen crawfish and experimented on cooking each one like a lobster, developing recipes that he hopes to use when things open up.

One of Havana's many ironies is that just across Havana harbor from Habana Vieja (the Old City) stands a 48-foot-tall statue of Christ, unveiled on Dec. 25, 1958, just one week before Fidel Castro triumphed. Church attendance is growing in Cuba, particularly in casas cultos (house churches), as many Cubans with insufficient faith in either Fidel Castro or Oliver Stone pray for God's grace.

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Philanthropist Accus...

Philanthropist Accused Of Tax Fraud Flees To Cuba
Tycoon Allegedly Sold Rare Instruments To NJ Symphony

Associated Press
NBC Channel 6
South Florida
Florida
USA
InfoSearch:
José F. Sánchez
USA
La Nueva Cuba
April 21, 2004

http://www.lanuevacuba.com/nuevacuba/notic-04-04-2105.htm

TRENTON, N.J. -- A philanthropist who sold millions of dollars worth of prized musical instruments at a discount to the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra has fled to Cuba to avoid tax fraud charges, authorities said Wednesday.

A federal judge issued an arrest warrant for 76-year-old pet products tycoon Herbert Axelrod after the multimillionaire failed to show up for an arraignment on charges that he hid income from the Internal Revenue Service.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael Guadagno said Axelrod's yacht is docked in Cuba, and the former Deal resident is staying at the Marina Hemingway, a four-star resort in Havana. The United States has no extradition treaty with Cuba.

Guadagno said Axelrod was aware of the charges against him and the court hearing that had been scheduled for Wednesday. An Axelrod associate told the U.S. Attorney's Office that Axelrod recently traveled from Zurich, Switzerland, to Cuba and had no intention of returning to this country, Guadagno told Judge Garrett Brown.

Attorney Michael Himmel, who had been representing Axelrod, said he had notified Axelrod of the indictment and Wednesday's court hearing, Guadagno told the judge. But Himmel, who did not attend Wednesday's proceeding, told Guadagno that he had not been retained by Axelrod for the tax case.

Axelrod was charged with using Swiss bank accounts to hide income from the IRS.

In February 2003, Axelrod sold his collection of 30 rare Italian string instruments to the NJSO for $18 million. They were valued at $50 million.

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Cuba: Trial Violates...

Cuba: Trial Violates Dissidents' Right
to Free Expression

Human Rights Watch
New York
USA
Info-Search:
Paul Echániz
New York
USA
La Nueva Cuba
April 22, 2004

http://www.lanuevacuba.com/nuevacuba/notic-04-04-2203.htm

Cuba's planned trial of a blind human
rights lawyer, along with nine other dissidents and independent journalists,
on charges of "disrespect for authority" demonstrates a continuing pattern of political repression, Human Rights Watch said today. Human Rights Watch has learned that the trial of the 10 defendants is scheduled to be held on Tuesday, April
27.

Juan Carlos González Leiva, a blind lawyer, is the president of the
Cuban Foundation for Human Rights (Fundación Cubana de Derechos Humanos). He and most of the other defendants have been held in pretrial detention
in eastern Holguín province for more than two years.

"The upcoming trial is a travesty," said Joanne Mariner, deputy
director of Human Rights Watch's Americas Division. "The defendants face criminal
charges that clearly violate their basic rights to freedom of
expression."

The defendants were arrested on March 4, 2002 at Antonio Luaces Iraola
Provincial Hospital in Ciego de Ávila (a town in central Cuba), and
held without formal charges for six months. They are now reportedly
being prosecuted for the crimes of disrespect to the President
(desacato al Presidente), disrespect to the police, public disorder
and resistance.

Among the defendants are seven political activists (Lázaro Iglesias
Estrada, Enrique García Morejón, Antonio Marcelino García Morejón,
Delio Laureano Requejo Rodríguez, Virgilio Mantilla Arango, Odalmis
Hernández Márquez, and Ana Peláez García) and at least two independent
journalists (Léxter Téllez Castro and Carlos Brizuela Yera).

González Leiva, the blind lawyer, reportedly faces a six-year
sentence, while the other defendants face sentences ranging from two
and a half to seven years. The criminal indictment against González
Leiva, which Human Rights Watch has reviewed, notes critically that
"he was not integrated into mass organizations and was not involved in
any socially useful activities."

The defendants were arrested when they visited the hospital to see an
independent journalist who had reportedly been attacked by the police
earlier in the day while he was traveling to a meeting of the Cuban
Foundation for Human Rights. At the hospital, members of the group
shouted statements such as "Long live human rights." Reacting with
disproportional severity to this minor disruption, state security
police arrested the group. The police reportedly beat González Leiva
when they arrested him, leaving him with a cut on his forehead that
required four stitches.

The denial of basic civil and political rights is written into Cuban
law. A number of criminal law provisions grant the state extraordinary
power to prosecute people who attempt to exercise basic rights to free
expression, opinion, association, and assembly. The country's courts
also deny defendants internationally- recognized guarantees of due
process, including the right to a public hearing by an independent and
impartial tribunal.

Under Cuban law, the crime of disrespect for authority (desacato)
covers anyone who "threatens, libels or slanders, defames, affronts or
in any other way insults or offends, with the spoken word or in
writing, the dignity or decorum of an authority, public functionary,
or his agents or auxiliaries." Such actions are punishable by three
months to one year in prison. If the person shows disrespect to the
president the sanction is deprivation of liberty for one to three
years.

In March 2003, police detained scores of political dissidents and
others viewed as "counter-revolutionary" in their thinking. By early
April, the Cuban courts had sentenced 75 defendants—including such
prominent figures as Raúl Rivero, the poet and journalist, and Héctor
Palacios, a leader in the pro-democracy movement—to prison terms
ranging from six to 28 years.

Last week, on April 15, the U.N. Human Rights Commission in Geneva
passed a
resolution criticizing Cuba's human rights practices. The resolution
stated that the Commission "deplores the events which occurred last
year in Cuba," a reference to the trials and sentencing of the 75
dissidents.

"The impending trial continues the repressive trend that was so
glaringly evident last year in Cuba," Mariner said.

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AIDS IN THE �MANTO N...

By Iliana Curra*
Columnist
Cuban former political prisoner
Miami
USA
La Nueva Cuba
April 26, 2004 Translation by
Joaquín Sueiro Bonachea

http://www.lanuevacuba.com/nuevacuba/ilianacurra-13eng.htm

They were two young women barely 23 years old. Both were serving terms in a prison which all know as “Manto Negro” (Black Shawl), even if it is not its authentic name. But that epithet was as faithful as the internal darkness in which one lives from the very moment one padses by its prison bars. A place where you enter and everything darkens within it. Where life is not appreciated, but given as a present.

They were two young lwomen, almost girls. Sometimes the pain made them cry out for their mothers as if they were little and defenseless. Precisely that they were. They were prisoners. Even more. They were condemned to certain death: they were contaminated with the AIDS virus. I never knew if they were set free. The illness was quick. Every day their health worsened visibly. They cried. Sometimes they laughed. They were of an age where they almost reached the sun with their hands --a world in front of them. But the sun stopped shining for them because they had AIDS. Condemned to something horrible that is called death.

On occasions they laughed like mischievous girls. They told stories of their life in the streets. Not of their freedom. They were never free. They were born under a regretable regime. As deadly as their own lives. But they laughed, sang songs of their time. At moments they talked as if they were not ill. Sometimes they forgot their illness. They forgot their imprisonment. They tossed aside their upcoming death. Almost little girls. They were distanced from the prison, at a detachment set apart where no one passed by. At the end of the prison. If they called the doctor on duty, they had to wait some time before their suffering could be attended to. Their pains, illnesses, continual fevers, renal afflictions, and whatever problems this fatal disease brings with it. There was no adequate treatment, but they were in prison. Nights of complaints. Pains in the liver, the stomach, the legs. And always, Death always lurking, tenebrous and hidden. Frightening and tragic.

They were housed at a special detachment. Just six or eight cells. Only one was occupied. Two small bunks. Two prisoners. Two imminent deaths. Two victims of disorientation and of a society which decomposes at a gallop rate. One, a “jinetera” (jockey) – as prostitutes are called in Cuba. Sentenced to four years for the alleged crime of “Social Dangerousness.” A sentence by conviction which the tribunals impose without even their faces turning red. The other one, convicted of “Propagation of an Epidemic.” She had sexual relations with a young man – knowing she had a transmittable disease – and did not tell him. The young man’s mother turned her in. Her sentence was of four years. They were also sentenced to never coming out. They told me many times. “Maybe from here we will go to the cemetery.” They cried, cried inconsolably when they realized their sad and desolate reality. “Would they find a medicine that will cure us!” “We want to live!” I also wanted them to live. What is more, I wanted them to have never had to live their lives empty of integrity that caused them to fall in the hands of imprisonment and of a certain death. Lives that will forever be unfinished. That did not know why they lived because they never lived. They vegetated in a craggy world without ever seeing the light.

A far detachment. In the depths of “Manto Negro.” Where no one could, nor should, reach. They told me that once there were many more contaminated women prisoners. That other female prisoners would find ways to fool the guards so as to furtively visit their homosexual partners located there. They would make cuts in their hands to infect themselves and stay in the same place. Something as horrible as unreal. Irresponsibility has no limits. Guards from the Military Service that guarded the prison also had sexual relations with them. Similarly infected and condemned, they abandoned their posts forever. God only knows where they finally wound up. But for all the end was the same: Death. There they would meet to blame each other, perhaps.

Raiza and Yoandra were still there. Sometimes awaiting their delayed freedom. Or awaiting a death that may get there first. Only God would know. Fed with the food cooked for the guards. A little better than the slop fed to the prisoners. Nothing special. A bit of watered milk and plenty of boredom. A wait that was always long and tedious.

I never heard from them again. One early morning, of intense coldness, a cage vehicle came to the prison. The strong steps of military boots arrived at my punishment cell located at the end of the detachment. “Pick up your things, because you are leaving,” I was told. It was a change of prison to a different province. I was not leaving. I was being taken. To leave I had to pass by the two cells of the girls I would never see again. They were standing behind the bars. Thick and cold bars which did not stop the farewell. They were crying. This time not because of their imprisonment. Not because of their pending deaths. But because of my unending punishment. Because of the uncertainty of my relocation. I took their hands, frozen with cold and fear. “Do not worry, everything will be all right.” An attempt to hug through the bars, some hand caresses to the cheeks, and a goodbye. The bark coming from the throat of the guard brought me back to the proper timeframe. “Come on, move!” It was the psychological call of the prison. Dressed in an olive-green campaign uniform and with uncontrollable hatred in his words.

All attempts to find out about their lives were in vain. A letter never arrived. Maybe it did not leave to reach its destination. Control over correspondence was almost absolute. I never found out the end. Never heard any news. I was at the other end from two female prisoners that awaited death. I was more than 600 kilometers away from “Manto Negro.” *Iliana Curra is a Cuban former political prisoner.

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Khatami Praises Hezb...

Khatami Praises Hezbollah for Resistance to Israel

April 27, 2004
AFP
IranMania

http://www.iranmania.com/news/270404d.asp

TEHRAN -- Iranian President Mohammad Khatami described Lebanon's Hezbollah movement as the "pride of world Muslims" for its resistance to Israel at a meeting with one of its leaders recently freed from jail by the Jewish state, Iran's official news agency IRNA said on Tuesday.

The reformist president on Monday met Lebanese cleric Sheikh Abdel Karim Obeid, one of a number of Hezbollah prisoners freed in late January in a swap with Israel.

"Freed Lebanese PoWs are symbols of religious resistance," Khatami was quoted as saying to Obeid, who had been held in Israeli jails for 14 years before his release.

"The Lebanese resistance fighters are the pride of world Muslims, Arab nations and the Iranians," Khatami said, adding that "no one will forget the fact that it was the Lebanese resistance fighters who kicked out the Zionist occupiers and liberated Lebanon."

Khatami however played down the links between Iran and Lebanon's largest Shiite movement, saying that "the bonds of proximity between you and us are our religious and cultural commonalities."

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Hezbollah Deploying ...

Hezbollah Deploying Missiles to Iraq?

April 27, 2004
WorldNetDaily
Geostrategy-Direct

http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=38218

The Iranian-backed terrorist group Hezbollah has tripled its rocket and missile arsenal in Lebanon since 2001 and could transfer these assets to fight the U.S. military in Iraq, says Geostrategy-Direct, the global intelligence news service.

A new report says Hezbollah has acquired an advanced anti-aircraft missile and long-range rockets capable of striking deep inside Israel.

"Hezbollah's rocket arsenal was tripled in size and augmented by hundreds of long-range rockets capable of striking targets deep in the civilian and industrial heartland of Israel," the report by the Middle East Intelligence Bulletin said.

"Construction crews worked around the clock converting caves into underground bunkers to house the weapons."

The report, authored by analyst Gary Gambill, said Hezbollah might have acquired the SA-18 surface-to-air missile.

The SA-18, regarded as the most advanced of the Soviet-origin shoulder-fired missiles, has a range of 5.2 kilometers and is guided by optical and infrared guidance systems.

Gambill said Hezbollah could use its military capabilities in the insurgency war against the U.S. in Iraq.

The report said Hezbollah Secretary-general Hassan Nasrallah could help incite a Shiite uprising against U.S. forces in Iraq.

"Scores of Hezbollah militants have been sent to Iraq over the last 10 months and the group has reportedly opened offices in Basra and Safwan," the report said.

"According to American intelligence reports, Hezbollah operatives have focused mainly on establishing lines of communication with Iraqi Shiite leaders and distributing anti-American propaganda, but the groundwork is clearly being laid for incitement of violence in the future."

 

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Spanish Daze

...

Spanish Daze

The European Union and terrorism

By Nicole Sadighi

http://www.nationalreview.com/voices/sadighi200404270853.asp

Albert Einstein once wrote that "the world is a dangerous place to live, not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it." The people of Spain and their new leader prime minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero have apparently decided that the appropriate response to the murder of 200 of their fellow citizens is to do nothing and appease the terrorists.

The remarkably successful attack on 3/11 changed the political face of Spain overnight. It was a meticulously, and cleverly, calculated assault that came just three days before a general election, at a time when few thought that José María Aznar of the Popular party, who led in all of the opinion polls, could be beaten by the Socialists.

If there is anything the terrorists have learned, it is that they can slaughter Europeans with impunity; voters will automatically blame George W. Bush and the war on terror for "provoking" the attack. So, it is only a matter of time before the terror networks target another of Washington's European ally.

The necessary elements are already present. There are Islamist militia in Antwerp; Islamic sharia courts all over northern Italy; as well as Islamic terrorist-recruitment centers and financial networks in London, Manchester, Amsterdam, Brussels, Switzerland, Berlin, and Paris.

If the European Union is to protect its citizens then it must take a firm grip on the situation and take immediate tactical measures to assure the security of the continent. The omens are not good. The European attitude thus far has been to shake hands with terrorists like Khaddafi, and have tea with the mullahs of the Islamic Republic of Iran. No democratic country has any justification for doing business as usual with these people. At a time when all the democratic nations should be standing side by side, tall and brave, and showing solidarity in a display of strength and bold defiance, they are instead falling prey to weakness. What sort of message are they giving to the dictators of this world?

Removing the Taliban was key to freeing Afghanistan. Removing Saddam was key to bringing democracy to Iraq. But there is more to do. Removing the mullahs in Iran will be revolutionize democratically the Middle East and Central Asia. During the civil-rights movement, Martin Luther King urged whites and blacks to work together: "We cannot walk alone." The innocent people of Iran have for 25 years cited those very same four words and yet, they have been walking alone. If the EU stood as a united front and exposed the Islamic Republic for all of its mass killings and human-rights violations, it would not only start extinguishing their own terrorism crisis but also free the Iranian people.

— Nicole Sadighi is an advocate of nonviolent movement for establishing democracy and secularism in Iran.

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EU vs. Hamas
Isra...

EU vs. Hamas
Israel’s doing what so many other nations signed on to do.

By Joshua Muravchik

http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/muravchik200404270843.asp

Hell and Back
A firsthand account of Syrian atrocities.

By Nir T. Boms & Farid N. Ghadry

http://www.nationalreview.com/voices/boms_ghadry200404270910.asp

Focus on Fallujah
Ceasefires? How about victories?

By Jed Babbin

http://www.nationalreview.com/babbin/babbin200404270840.asp

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Strangled, Suppresse...

Strangled, Suppressed and Betrayed

April 27, 2004
Iran va Jahan
Shahla Samii

http://www.iranvajahan.net/cgi-bin/news.pl?l=en&y=2004&m=04&d=27&a=2

1979 was the year many of us left Iran due to turmoil, uncertainty and the catastrophic events unfolding under Khomein's iron will and vengeful plans for the country and its people, cleverly shrouded under the name of Islam and social equality.

Until then I had lived with my family in Tehran, where I had married my late husband in 1966. He was foremost a physician, but also a humanitarian and patriot who worked tirelessly to improve medical care, modernizing and building hospitals and advancing healthcare. He also believed that education was the country's greatest natural resource and endeavored to extend the benefits realized through education by founding and establishing institutions of higher education. He aimed and succeeded, amongst others of that era under the late Shah of Iran's educational platform, to woe back students and professionals who had been studying and working abroad, to return and use their talents and assets to build a better future for all Iranians.

Since my husband's passing in the year 2000, and in his memory, I have endeavored to pursue his patriotic passion to once again bring the benefits of education in a free, democratic and pluralistic society to my compatriots. I attempt to do this by highlighting the injustices suffered by the Iranian people under the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI), informing the Western media and public of the duplicity and treachery of IRI apologists, and hopefully serving as a voice for the youth in Iran who are stifled and suffocating, yet hopeful in yearning for a better tomorrow with the moral support of their compatriots and contemporaries in exile.

The majority of the Iranians, under the ruthless rule of the IRI, have for some time now turned their back on their regime. Without doubt, a minority has been on the payroll of the IRI, staunchly supporting the regime and often in the forefront of fighting any dissent within Iran. The victims of the supporters of the IRI are the students and the disillusioned 70% under the age of 30; the striking workers and teachers who are left without adequate pay and have to work several jobs to survive; the private sector of small businesses who have no linkage to the regime and its cronies.

The IRI has spent millions to keep some groups on board, both inside and outside Iran, and has played its hand right with the EU and other Western governments whilst shouting slogans against the “Evil Empires,” the United States and Israel. Inadvertently and surprisingly they gained another source of allies: the exiled visiting Diaspora whose voices, when abroad, sound the IRI propaganda instead of relating the truth about the actual conditions of a desolate and miserable Iranian people.

When Khatami was elected President, his mandate was to moderate the excesses of the revolution, while his hidden agenda was to seduce the world and millions of Iranian exiles. Except for superficial changes, he failed the mandate, yet he succeeded in the more important hidden agenda.

He started with his “dialogue among civilizations,” exuding a smiling, kind and civilized demeanor. Then he began his quest to attract Iranians in exile to come home; passports, visas and travel into and out of Iran became easier, mandating the Foreign Ministry to accommodate people of all backgrounds, even exiled former politicians. The challenge was to make the Diaspora ambassadors for the IRI. This proved not difficult because many exiled Iranians who traveled back often became unwilling but accommodating pawns in this charade.

Just listen to this group and imagine their joy: when their dollars make everything cheap in Iran; when they revisit with old family and friends; when they remember that their compatriots by nature are kind and hospitable; when they see their country still offers its many natural beauties and its strong cultural heritage in spite of the present regime.

On returning to their adopted homes, they relate positive tales of life in Iran, the life of a small and privileged minority. The sole detractor in their words relates to walls of bureaucracy when trying to recoup property or assets they used to own, and only successful through bribes and having to buy-back what has been legitimately theirs.

Iranians are proud people by nature, and although their incomes have plummeted in real terms, they mask the hardships they have endured. When family and friends visit, just as when foreigners visit Iran, to maintain their pride and dignity, they entertain their ‘guests’ generously.

These travelers have become the mouthpiece for positive propaganda for the IRI. They do not talk about the politics of the regime, such as their funding of terrorists, nor do they mention students and journalists languishing in prison. They do not know, or perhaps do not care, which newspapers are closed down, how many girls prostitute themselves, or where the addicts are sleeping. The health hazards posed by unchecked air pollution and chaotic and dangerous traffic problems of metropolitan Tehran are irrelevant. Most importantly, they forget that the youth in Iran has a bleak future under this regime.

Amongst the younger exiled generation, many are wooed by so-called Iranian-American civic societies who take it upon themselves to be their representatives with American educational, cultural and political establishments. They do not refer to the plight of Iranians. Human rights under the IRI are no longer a priority. Dissent and the misery index inside Iran are forgotten.

I believe that we, the Diaspora, have a duty to our compatriots. 25 years ago many of those now suffering under this oppressive, ruthless and corrupt regime were not born or were just toddlers. The Diaspora enjoys the yearnings of those in Iran. We have freedom of speech and the rule of law on our side; they do not. We have opportunities to study, enter a diverse job market and with hard work achieve our goals and acquire a decent and comfortable life; most of those under the IRI do not, unless they give up on principles and honesty.

We should not become the betrayers of the Iranian people. Our mandate is to highlight the regime’s political manipulations, undemocratic actions, lack of human rights, numerous social injustices, economic stagnation, nepotism and corruption, and we must draw attention to the suppression of the people’s voices to the outside world.

Visiting our families, friends and helping our compatriots should not diminish this duty. We in the West, young and old, should not become the unsuspecting trophy of Khatami's reign and help in prolonging the nightmare of our nation. We have to reach out to the Western media, to the U.S. Administration and our political representatives, to human rights groups, to the EU and their leaders, and become the ambassadors of the Iranian people and not the regime. The aspirations of the Iranian people for freedom and democracy are vital in the larger context on the war against terrorism, the future of a stable Middle East and world peace.

We should and have to be the voices of the majority of the people in Iran and we have nothing to fear in telling the truth.

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Slain Israeli Arab's...

Slain Israeli Arab's father begs for sanity in PA

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1082891656493&p=1078397702269

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Will you or won't yo...

Will you or won't you?

Engaging John Kerry on Iran

By Keyvan
April 20, 2004
iranian.com

http://www.iranian.com/Opinion/2004/April/Kerry/index.html

Last week I attended the John Kerry rally held in Philadelphia, PA, and was able to speak in dialogue with him about Iran. Citing the fact that over the past several months some Iranian exile groups have denounced Kerry's agenda for Iran and endorsed President Bush for this year's election, I took it upon myself, as an Iranian-American student, to raise the issue in front of John Kerry and demand of him to formally lay out his position.

Now we must give Bush credit for the fact that he has clearly defined his position on Iran. He clearly stated that he will not engage in dialogue with a clerical regime and his ultimate goal for Iran and the entire Middle East is Democracy.

Previously Kerry had suggested he wanted to "engage the regime," and "build bridges." Yet Senator Kerry has not yet re-evaluated his position since the recent hijacked Iranian elections, and most Iranians would reject the idea of an American president befriending the tyrannical regime as many European nations have.

Inspired by the jalied student protester Ahmad Batebi, I made a T-shirt. Using my computer and Iron-on paper, I constructed a shirt, which basically said "Senator Kerry!!! NO 'engagement' with the barbaric Islamic Republic of IRAN, bring the regime's collapse, SUPPORT Iran's Student Revolt, SUPPORT Iranian exile groups..."

At the rally I stood straight ahead of the platform where Kerry came out to speak. While everyone else held up a Kerry2004 sign or an inflatable plastic noodle, with a straight face I held up the shirt over my head, just like Batebi. Looking around, left and right, the shirt stuck out like a sore thumb, and at one point he stopped and stared at it. He was reading it! GREAT! Maybe now he would address it in his speech.

His speech began and talked mostly on domestic issues. At one point a group of people in the crowd started chanting simultaneously, "Medication for every nation," demanding Kerry speak about the AIDS crisis worldwide. Consequentially Kerry was obligated to discuss it. Later on in the speech someone yelled out "What about social security?" Kerry then addressed this as well.

At this point most people in the room had read my shirt. The crowd kept turning back to read it. The Pennsylvania politicians standing behind Kerry on stage had read it, and I know Kerry himself read it. So some people turned to me, knowing I wanted him to address Iran, told me to just call it out because it seemed to be working for everyone else. But I couldn't do that. It was too low class.

His speech ended, the rally was over, and people started leaving. Kerry then went up to the crowd to sign autographs. This was my chance!  I somehow wormed my way up through the thick crowd, and believe me this was no easy task. I got up to the front, inches away from Kerry. I held up the shirt and our dialogue went like this:

Me: "I could have yelled it out, but I'm more civil then that."

Kerry looked at me, then bent his head over close to me so he could better hear what I had to say over the crowd noise. I went close to his ear and naturally cupped my hand between his ear and my mouth. The Secret Service flipped out! "GET YOUR HAND DOWN KID." I put my hand down and Kerry pulled up a little, still looking at me

Me: "When are you going to address Iran!"

Kerry: "I already have. (Referring to his statement several months ago back when the reformists were in secure power)"

Me: "Will you support Iranian free media? Will you support Iranian exile groups? Will you support the American based Iranian opposition? Will you support the student revolt?"

Kerry: "I think it should be done."

Me: "WILL IT be done?!"

Kerry: "It should be done."

Me: "YES, but WILL IT be done?"

Kerry (Unenthusiastically): "Well, I dunno, I have to get elected first"

Worried that a nuclear Iran's relationship with the United States could go down the same road as Pakistan when they became a nuclear power I asked: "What if Iran becomes a nuclear power, will you then engage the regime?"

Kerry paused for a second, then looked at me dead in the eye very seriously. "I think that's very dangerous."

I'm thinking DUH!

Me: "Yes, but if it happens, will you engage the regime?"

Kerry: "I'm not going to let that happen."

Me: "YES, but what if it DOES happen?!"

Kerry: "I'm won't LET IT happen."

At this point Kerry knows he cannot answer my questions anymore in a clear thought out manner, and begins to drift away from me to other parts of the crowd wanting autographs.

Me: "What if Iran becomes a nuclear power under Bush's term?!"

Kerry doesn't answer me, he just ignores me at this point and pretends he doesn't hear me drifting further and further away.

Me: "Senator! Senator! SENATOR!!!"

He continued to ignore me.

I never could get as close to him again as I did right then, the crowd was just too packed. At one point I came somewhat close to him and asked the same question I left off on again, but he again didn't answer and went away quickly. Disappointed I stood in the same position for a while reflecting on what just happened.

Then my Congressman Joe Hoeffel, who is currently running for Senate, came out. I shook his hand and told him, "Please tell Senator Kerry this. I spoke with him earlier and he said he addressed the issue of Iran. But this was before the Iranian government changed in the recent hijacked parliamentary elections, which brought Iran back to a complete hard-line regime without a hope of reform. Iranian-Americans now don't want a President that will engage the Islamic Republic of Iran. We want a President who will bring about its internal collapse."

At that point I was pretty tired and frustrated. Hoeffel patted me on the shoulder as if to say, relax, and said, "Okay."

He then left but then Kerry's wife came out. Yes the multi-millionaire Heinz Ketchup heiress. An immigrant to the United States, Mrs. Kerry had an accent and as I was soon to learn, didn't exactly have a perfect vocabulary, not that there's anything wrong with that.

Still frustrated and tired, I looked at her and said: "Can you please just ask your husband if he agrees with this?" (Holding up the shirt)

Kerry's wife: "I cannot understand that."

I looked at the shirt and I realized I was holding it sideways. A little embarrassed, I held it up again, the right way this time.

Me: "Can you please ask him if he agrees with this?"

She looks at the shirt, reads it, everyone around her reads it too. Everyone is silent waiting to hear her response.

Kerry's wife: "I don't know what the word 'engagement' means."

Vaay vaay, daaram meemeeram. But it was okay.

Me: "It means to start dialogue with the regime, to start building ties with the regime."

Kerry's wife: "I think the only engagement would be..."

I cut her off. Hey I was tired, maybe not the best move.

Me: "WILL he engage the regi..."

Kerry's wife cut me off: "Excuse me, you asked me a question. I am answering it."

Me: "Sorry, go ahead."

Kerry's wife: "I think the only engagement will be to end the regime, to collapse the regime."

Me: (shocked): "... Ok ... "

I walked away a few minutes later after everyone left

Wow that was the most straightforward answer I heard all night. Too bad she's not running and holds no power. There is no way to confirm that that's what Kerry's actual policy is. In fact, from what I have concluded I think his actual policy is far from that. I am very fearful of his agenda for Iran, more now than ever.

However, I think the best thing that came out of that whole experience, is that I stumped Kerry. He did not have enough knowledge about the issue, did not have a clear-cut position on Iran, therefore he did not have enough tact to answer my questions and had to cowardly skip around them.

I ruined his otherwise flawless performance that night, which is great, because I got his attention on the issue, as well as about 20 other tightly-knit politicians too. Now Kerry will be more inclined to focus on Iran and lay out his updated position, in preparation, should someone else give him a similar line of questioning in the future.

If all I did was get Kerry to go on his computer that night and look up Iranian free media sites to find out what us Iranians are thinking and what we want, because of me -- the "Philly Iranian Madman who wouldn't shut up" -- then I accomplished my goal and made a difference.

The bottom line is, Iranian-American students get out there. Be like Batebi. You can imprint an image that will stain in the minds of these politicians so they will address our cause. Go to the rallies; be like those "AIDS medication worldwide people," making public demonstrations to demand attention. Tell Kerry what you want. Don't let an American president ally this country with the mullahs; otherwise hope for Iran will be lost.

For more information on Kerry's Iran policy, merely go to the google.com search engine and type in "Kerry Iran" and "Iran Kerry" and see the results. Here are some links concerning Kerry's soft Iran position.



Last week I attended the John Kerry rally held in Philadelphia, PA, and was able to speak in dialogue with him about Iran. Citing the fact that over the past several months some Iranian exile groups have denounced Kerry's agenda for Iran and endorsed President Bush for this year's election, I took it upon myself, as an Iranian-American student, to raise the issue in front of John Kerry and demand of him to formally lay out his position.

Now we must give Bush credit for the fact that he has clearly defined his position on Iran. He clearly stated that he will not engage in dialogue with a clerical regime and his ultimate goal for Iran and the entire Middle East is Democracy.

Previously Kerry had suggested he wanted to "engage the regime," and "build bridges." Yet Senator Kerry has not yet re-evaluated his position since the recent hijacked Iranian elections, and most Iranians would reject the idea of an American president befriending the tyrannical regime as many European nations have.

Inspired by the jalied student protester Ahmad Batebi, I made a T-shirt. Using my computer and Iron-on paper, I constructed a shirt, which basically said "Senator Kerry!!! NO 'engagement' with the barbaric Islamic Republic of IRAN, bring the regime's collapse, SUPPORT Iran's Student Revolt, SUPPORT Iranian exile groups..."

At the rally I stood straight ahead of the platform where Kerry came out to speak. While everyone else held up a Kerry2004 sign or an inflatable plastic noodle, with a straight face I held up the shirt over my head, just like Batebi. Looking around, left and right, the shirt stuck out like a sore thumb, and at one point he stopped and stared at it. He was reading it! GREAT! Maybe now he would address it in his speech.

His speech began and talked mostly on domestic issues. At one point a group of people in the crowd started chanting simultaneously, "Medication for every nation," demanding Kerry speak about the AIDS crisis worldwide. Consequentially Kerry was obligated to discuss it. Later on in the speech someone yelled out "What about social security?" Kerry then addressed this as well.

At this point most people in the room had read my shirt. The crowd kept turning back to read it. The Pennsylvania politicians standing behind Kerry on stage had read it, and I know Kerry himself read it. So some people turned to me, knowing I wanted him to address Iran, told me to just call it out because it seemed to be working for everyone else. But I couldn't do that. It was too low class.

His speech ended, the rally was over, and people started leaving. Kerry then went up to the crowd to sign autographs. This was my chance!  I somehow wormed my way up through the thick crowd, and believe me this was no easy task. I got up to the front, inches away from Kerry. I held up the shirt and our dialogue went like this:

Me: "I could have yelled it out, but I'm more civil then that."

Kerry looked at me, then bent his head over close to me so he could better hear what I had to say over the crowd noise. I went close to his ear and naturally cupped my hand between his ear and my mouth. The Secret Service flipped out! "GET YOUR HAND DOWN KID." I put my hand down and Kerry pulled up a little, still looking at me

Me: "When are you going to address Iran!"

Kerry: "I already have. (Referring to his statement several months ago back when the reformists were in secure power)"

Me: "Will you support Iranian free media? Will you support Iranian exile groups? Will you support the American based Iranian opposition? Will you support the student revolt?"

Kerry: "I think it should be done."

Me: "WILL IT be done?!"

Kerry: "It should be done."

Me: "YES, but WILL IT be done?"

Kerry (Unenthusiastically): "Well, I dunno, I have to get elected first"

Worried that a nuclear Iran's relationship with the United States could go down the same road as Pakistan when they became a nuclear power I asked: "What if Iran becomes a nuclear power, will you then engage the regime?"

Kerry paused for a second, then looked at me dead in the eye very seriously. "I think that's very dangerous."

I'm thinking DUH!

Me: "Yes, but if it happens, will you engage the regime?"

Kerry: "I'm not going to let that happen."

Me: "YES, but what if it DOES happen?!"

Kerry: "I'm won't LET IT happen."

At this point Kerry knows he cannot answer my questions anymore in a clear thought out manner, and begins to drift away from me to other parts of the crowd wanting autographs.

Me: "What if Iran becomes a nuclear power under Bush's term?!"

Kerry doesn't answer me, he just ignores me at this point and pretends he doesn't hear me drifting further and further away.

Me: "Senator! Senator! SENATOR!!!"

He continued to ignore me.

I never could get as close to him again as I did right then, the crowd was just too packed. At one point I came somewhat close to him and asked the same question I left off on again, but he again didn't answer and went away quickly. Disappointed I stood in the same position for a while reflecting on what just happened.

Then my Congressman Joe Hoeffel, who is currently running for Senate, came out. I shook his hand and told him, "Please tell Senator Kerry this. I spoke with him earlier and he said he addressed the issue of Iran. But this was before the Iranian government changed in the recent hijacked parliamentary elections, which brought Iran back to a complete hard-line regime without a hope of reform. Iranian-Americans now don't want a President that will engage the Islamic Republic of Iran. We want a President who will bring about its internal collapse."

At that point I was pretty tired and frustrated. Hoeffel patted me on the shoulder as if to say, relax, and said, "Okay."

He then left but then Kerry's wife came out. Yes the multi-millionaire Heinz Ketchup heiress. An immigrant to the United States, Mrs. Kerry had an accent and as I was soon to learn, didn't exactly have a perfect vocabulary, not that there's anything wrong with that.

Still frustrated and tired, I looked at her and said: "Can you please just ask your husband if he agrees with this?" (Holding up the shirt)

Kerry's wife: "I cannot understand that."

I looked at the shirt and I realized I was holding it sideways. A little embarrassed, I held it up again, the right way this time.

Me: "Can you please ask him if he agrees with this?"

She looks at the shirt, reads it, everyone around her reads it too. Everyone is silent waiting to hear her response.

Kerry's wife: "I don't know what the word 'engagement' means."

Vaay vaay, daaram meemeeram. But it was okay.

Me: "It means to start dialogue with the regime, to start building ties with the regime."

Kerry's wife: "I think the only engagement would be..."

I cut her off. Hey I was tired, maybe not the best move.

Me: "WILL he engage the regi..."

Kerry's wife cut me off: "Excuse me, you asked me a question. I am answering it."

Me: "Sorry, go ahead."

Kerry's wife: "I think the only engagement will be to end the regime, to collapse the regime."

Me: (shocked): "... Ok ... "

I walked away a few minutes later after everyone left

Wow that was the most straightforward answer I heard all night. Too bad she's not running and holds no power. There is no way to confirm that that's what Kerry's actual policy is. In fact, from what I have concluded I think his actual policy is far from that. I am very fearful of his agenda for Iran, more now than ever.

However, I think the best thing that came out of that whole experience, is that I stumped Kerry. He did not have enough knowledge about the issue, did not have a clear-cut position on Iran, therefore he did not have enough tact to answer my questions and had to cowardly skip around them.

I ruined his otherwise flawless performance that night, which is great, because I got his attention on the issue, as well as about 20 other tightly-knit politicians too. Now Kerry will be more inclined to focus on Iran and lay out his updated position, in preparation, should someone else give him a similar line of questioning in the future.

If all I did was get Kerry to go on his computer that night and look up Iranian free media sites to find out what us Iranians are thinking and what we want, because of me -- the "Philly Iranian Madman who wouldn't shut up" -- then I accomplished my goal and made a difference.

The bottom line is, Iranian-American students get out there. Be like Batebi. You can imprint an image that will stain in the minds of these politicians so they will address our cause. Go to the rallies; be like those "AIDS medication worldwide people," making public demonstrations to demand attention. Tell Kerry what you want. Don't let an American president ally this country with the mullahs; otherwise hope for Iran will be lost.

For more information on Kerry's Iran policy, merely go to the google.com search engine and type in "Kerry Iran" and "Iran Kerry" and see the results.

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Exposing John Kerry'...

Exposing John Kerry's Vision for Iran..

I think that it's useful to expose who this man really is and what he wants to do if he is elected.

Some friends from inside Iran told me to post the following article

Making America "Secure" Again: Setting the Right Course for Foreign Policy

http://www.cfr.org/campaig....icy.php


As president, I will be prepared early on to explore areas of mutual interest with Iran, just as I was prepared to normalize relations with Vietnam a decade ago. Iran has long expressed an interest in cooperating against the Afghan drug trade. That is one starting point. And just as we have asked that Iran turn over al Qaeda members who are there, the Iranians have looked to us for help in dealing with Iraq-based terrorists who threaten them. It is incomprehensible and unacceptable that this administration refuses to broker an arrangement with Iran for a mutual crackdown on both terrorist groups.

There are a number of uniquely qualified Americans among whom I would consider appointing, including President Carter, former Secretary of State James Baker or, as I suggested almost two years ago, President Clinton. And I might add, I have had conversations with both President Clinton and President Carter about their willingness to do this, and I think they would welcome it and embrace it as a means of moving forward.

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The 'Lion of Zimbabw...

The 'Lion of Zimbabwe' Prowls the World
But with songs critical of Mugabe, he can't go home.
http://www.opinionjournal.com/la/?id=110005007

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The Putin Restoratio...

The Putin Restoration

http://www.aei.org/publications/pubID.20360/pub_detail.asp

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Oil for Iraqi Corrup...

Oil for Iraqi Corruption
By Claudia Rosett
Expert testimony on the deep defects of the UN's policy toward Iraq...and why it shouldn't be trusted again. More>

The Jews' "Hidden Filthy Hands"
By MEMRI
Editor of Egyptian government daily says Jews are responsible for all acts of terror. More>

 

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Iranian Police Issue...

Iranian Police Issue National Alert Over Internet Addiction

April 26, 2004
Agence France Presse
afp.com

TEHRAN -- Iran's youth has now been warned: the Internet can jeopardise your bodily well-being, make you lose your friends and turn you into an anti-social, faithless and mentally damaged individual.

"One of the best mediums of communication in todays world is via the Internet. It is like taking a boat that acquaints us with the beautiful shores of the world," noted the alert published Monday by the Police Directorate of Public Education.

"But in the waters are dangerous sharks. These dangerous sharks are indecent pictures, and becoming acquainted with them has no other repercussion but to inflict depression, weakness in faith, and tens of other forms of psychological and social damage."

The statement pointed to "psychological and spiritual tensions in families that have unwisely used computers and the Internet."

In order to avoid such hazards, the police gave three recommendations to the Islamic republic's young surfers: don't get addicted to being online; don't click onto immoral sites; and don't replace your real friends and family with electronic buddies.

Reliable figures on the number of Internet users in Iran are hard to pin down, with estimates ranging from 2.5 million to four million, double the level of four years ago.

Experts say the number is likely to more than double again in the next five years in a country where two-thirds of the 66 million people are below 30 years of age and many are already technologically savvy.

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Should we satisfy th...

Should we satisfy their demands?Should we do like the Spaniards?..

Arab TV shows video of three Italian hostages

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1082948693516

Arab TV channel Al-Arabiya showed a video Monday of what it said were three Italian hostages taken in Iraq earlier this month and said an accompanying letter contained a threat to kill them in five days unless Italians protest against their government's policies in Iraq.

The three men are shown in the video, sitting behind a small table and eating from a large pot with their fingers. The hostages are bearded and their faces looked drawn. It was not clear when the video was made.

The three men, who were working in Iraq as private security guards, were kidnapped on April 12 as they took a taxi from Baghdad. A fourth Italian who was abducted with them was later executed, an Italian envoy confirmed after viewing another video.

The Italian Foreign Ministry said the Italian embassy in Abu Dahbi, where the TV has its headquarters, were checking out details.

Al-Arabiya said it received a letter from an Iraqi armed group calling itself the "Green Brigade" in which it threatened to execute the three hostages unless the Italian people organized demonstrations against the occupation in Iraq.

Premier Silvio Berlusconi's conservative government has been a strong ally of the US administration of President George W. Bush. After the Iraq war, some 3,000 Italian troops and paramilitary troops were deployed in Iraq for reconstruction and humanitarian missions.

Before the war, the Italian public turned out for huge protests and marches against invading Iraq, and opinion surveys found citizens staunching against the war.

Italian satellite channel Sky TG 24 aired a snipped of the video in which one of the hostages, Salvatore Stefio, can be heard speaking in Italian. Stefio said: "`And every request to improve our stay with them is" before his words were drowned out by the sound of an Arabic speaker.

The video was the first image of the hostages broadcast here since the four were shown holding up their passports to the camera in a video shortly after their capture. In that video, the captors demanded that U.S. troops leave Iraq and that Berlusconi apologize for having insulted Islam.

The group said in the letter that it had seized the three because they had engaged in spying. The TV said the letter said the captives were in " stable health condition."

..Answer: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

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An ungrateful Genera...

An ungrateful Generation..

The 59th anniversary of our Liberation is over.Yesterday,i've seen on TV the usual images of the pro-palestinian and anti-US idiots.Many of them were youth,busy with burning of the US flags and even throwing stones to the american consulate in Milan.Who were these idiots that committed such a really criminal acts?The official media says it was a group of anarchists and the so-called "Black Blocks".It's also likely,in my opinion, that ordinary young communist voters (those that claim to be against the "war" and in favor of "peace" )have participated to the moral lynching of the consolate of the nation that sent his men and women to give their own life and blood to free us from Nazi-Fascism abd save us from the German genocidal occupation.Same situation in Rome.The usual idiots set the US flag on fire..Who knows what many elders would say while seeing such acts of vandalism against those that they use to be grateful to.

On that day,April 25-1945, thousand people had gathered in various italian cities,from Milan to the southern city of Palermo,to cheer as the American troops did enter those cities.They were welcomed as Liberators.When the communist partisans hanged the dead bodies of Mussolini and her wife Claretta Petacci,in front of a many cheering Milan residents,US soldiers were there.It is not hard to find elders grateful to America.Many still express their gratitude when they speak about those difficoult years.

Yet,this is not what the new younger generation feels.The mayor of Rome,a moderate but idiot center leftist,this year also did say that this day must be dedicated to the victims of the war.Which war was he talking about?The Nazi genocidal war against the Italian people or the salvific bombings on Rome and other cities which despite the many civilian casualties,saved us from a far worse fate?

What about our stupid President of this sick Republic that uses this historical day to send a message to the youth to "preserve the universal values of peace and tolerance" ?

Why did not he named the word "Freedom"? Is not it an universal valuethe younger generation must preserve ?He'sHe's a 80 years old man which personally fought against the fascist regime.

What has his pro-UN rhetoric to do with April 25th ?Why did he use the word resistance as to refer to all those communists which had a very different ultimate goal than that of getting rid of Mussolini?

Where is that he mentions the huge efforts by the non communist partisans and above all the Jewish Brigade ???

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Happy Birthday Israe...

Happy Birthday Israel !

Israel celebrates 56th Independence Day

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1082891669471

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TRIAL DATE OF IMPRIS...

TRIAL DATE OF IMPRISONED CUBAN BLIND LAWYER AND ACTIVIST HAS BEEN CHANGED TO MONDAY, APRIL 26, AT 9:00 A.M.

Juan Carlos Gonzalez Leiva and nine other fellow activists were transferred from the different prisons they have been confined in Cuba since March 4, 2002, to the city of Ciego de Avila, where they will all face trial. On said date, they were violently arrested at the Antonio Luaces Iraola Hospital in Ciego de Avila, for carrying out a peaceful protest, asking medical attention for the independent journalist, Jesus Alvarez Castillo, who was severely beaten by Cuban State Security.

Besides Gonzalez Leiva there are seven more human rights activists facing trial  (Lázaro Iglesias Estrada, Enrique García Morejón, Antonio Marcelino García Morejón, Delio Laureano Requejo Rodríguez, Virgilio Mantilla Arango, Odalmis Hernández Márquez, and Ana Peláez García) and two independent journalists (Léxter Téllez Castro and Carlos Brizuela Yera). They are all formally charged with "public disorder, disobedience, resisting authority and acts of disrespect" by Cuban authorities. These crimes carry sentences of up to 8 years in prison.

Juan Carlos Gonzalez Leiva, a blind lawyer and president of the Cuban Foundation for Human Rights told his wife he is refusing any legal representation and wishes to assume his own defense since the right to a fair trial is severely restricted in Cuba, a nation where the rule of law is non existent.

Gonzalez Leiva who is totally blind, is physically ill from the tortures he has suffered at the State Security Prison in Holguin for more than two years.

Urgent solidarity from dignitaries of democratic nations, human rights organizations, religious entities, international press, and men and women of good will who must demand the immediate and unconditional release of a blind lawyer and human rights activist suffering undue hardship at the hands of Cuban authorities.

All documented information was obtained via telephone from Cuba, recorded, transcribed and translated.  
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JUAN CARLOS GONZALEZ LEIVA WEBSITE: www.jcgl-cfhr.info
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Coalition of Cuban-American Women/LAIDA CARRO
Fax:  305-740-7323   Email:  Joseito76@aol.com
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MARITZA CALDERIN COLUMBIE, wife of Juan Carlos González Leiva.
Address:  Honorato del Castillo 154, entre Republica y Cuba, Ciego de Avila, Cuba. Tel: + 53 33- 22235

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Israel remembers its...

Israel remembers its fallen
By ETGAR LEFKOVITS

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1082793081882

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Security forces smas...

Security forces smash Esfahan students gathering

SMCCDI (Information Service)
Apr 26, 2004

http://www.daneshjoo.org/smccdinews/article/publish/article_4201.shtml

The Islamic regime's security forces and plainclothes agents smashed, yesterday morning, a peaceful gathering held by about 200 of Esfahan's Medical and Pharmacology students.

Clubs and chains were used against tens of students in the Azadi square of this rebellious city leading to the injuries and arrests of several students. Perimeters were locked up before noon and tens of brutal agents proceeded to the attack and beaten up the students who shouted slogans against the repression in Iran.

This new attack follows other repressive actions in Esfahan, especially, after the crackdown carried against those protesting, since weeks ago, about the fraud of the Islamic funds of the city which has so far lead to tens of injuries and at least 50 arrests of those qualified, by the regime, as "hooligans" and "troubled elements".

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Moments of Truth
...

Moments of Truth
Fabrizio Quattrocchi lived fully — to his last moment.

By James S. Robbins

http://www.nationalreview.com/robbins/robbins200404260831.asp

 

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Half-Hearted
Bold...

Half-Hearted
Bold words but weak action from the Bush administration.

By Michael Rubin

http://www.nationalreview.com/rubin/rubin200404260841.asp

An Iraqi Woman against a UN's role in Iraq.

U.N.doing Minority Rule
U.N. “legitimacy” is a wolf in sheep’s clothing.

By Sama Hadad

http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/hadad200404260844.asp

France also may face a terrorist attack

Fight or Flight?
Will France stand up to terrorism this time?

By Glen Feder

http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/feder200404260843.asp

 

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PERILS OF 'PRIVACY' ...

PERILS OF 'PRIVACY'

http://www.nypost.com/postopinion/opedcolumnists/23206.htm

 

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Carter Kerry support...

Carter Kerry supports a Khomeini-style theocracy in Iraq..

Kerry not opposed to an Iranian model for Iraq

AFP - World News (via Yahoo)
Apr 25, 2004

http://www.daneshjoo.org/generalnews/article/publish/article_5900.shtml

WASHINGTON - As Iraq looms larger on the radar screens of US voters, new differences are emerging between President George W. Bush and his Democratic challenger John Kerry on an exit strategy to end the year-old occupation.

Both men vow to "stay the course" despite renewed fierce fighting in Iraq. Both support the dispatch of additional troops if necessary and are counting on political help from the United Nations.


But subtle and not-so-subtle differences between the Republican president and his rival have surfaced in recent days as the United States scrambles to meet a June 30 deadline for restoring Iraqi self-rule.


Whereas Bush insists on a "democratic" Iraq, Kerry would settle for a "stable" Iraq. If Bush has given full rein to a UN envoy to work out transitional arrangements, the Democrat wants to involve European and Arab states as well.


Kerry has also stuck by his criticism of Bush for failing to bring in more foreign troops and make Iraq a NATO operation, even if the alliance and its members have shown little enthusiasm for such a prospect.


Although foreign policy questions rarely have a major impact on US presidential campaigns, Iraq has moved up on the voters' agenda as the US death toll mounted with more than 100 soldiers killed this month alone.


Americans now put Iraq and terrorism up there with the economy as major concerns. A Washington Post-ABC News poll last week showed 23 percent thought Iraq was the single most important issue, up from 10 percent in March.


But if Bush has seen support for his handling of the war plummet in recent months, with most Americans scpetical whether he has a clear plan to get out, he still enjoys a healthy edge over Kerry on the question.


The Washington Post-ABC News poll showed Bush preferred over Kerry 52-41 percent when it comes to tackling Iraq, a sharp reversal from six weeks earlier when the Massachusetts senator was on top by a single point.


With the continued occupation of Iraq turning out to be an emotional and volatile issue, the candidates have both been moving to the center.


Kerry, who voted to authorise last year's invasion before opposing it, now matches criticism of the White House with pledges to support US troops. Bush has embraced a key role for the United Nations which he previously shunned.


"There's not a ton of detail at the level of tactics and programmatic differences," said Michael O'Hanlon, foreign policy analyst at the Brookings Institution.


Some analysts suggest Kerry might have to take a more dovish line on Iraq if independent Ralph Nader, who fashions himself a "peace" candidate, starts drawing support on the issue.


For now Kerry, a Vietnam war hero branded by the White House as waffling and weak on defense, appears to be working to stake out modest new ground on Iraq.


Asked in a television interview last Sunday whether he would accept putting the country under a Shiite theocracy similar to the regime in Iran, Kerry said, "what is critical is a stable Iraq."


"It doesn't have to be, at least in the early days, the kind of democracy this administration has talked about, though that's our goal, and we should remain there."


Bush stood by his call for democracy. "It's necessary, it's what will help change the world," he told a convention of newspaper editors. "You either believe people can self-govern or not; believe democracy is possible in that part of the world, and I think it is."

The president has given full support to UN envoy Lakhdar Brahimi to come up with a transitional government for Iraq by June 30. He waved off questions at an April 16 news conference on who would be Iraq's new rulers, saying "that's going to be decided by Mr. Brahimi."

Kerry, who has called for the United Nations to supervise Iraq's political and economic rehabilitation, said Friday it was not enough to use Brahimi as a "back door" for negotiations and other countries should be included.

He said neither Arab nor European states had an interest in seeing a failed Iraq festering at their doorstep, but "notwithstanding those interests, none of them are at the table with this administration."

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The UN's Oil-for-Fra...

The UN's Oil-for-Fraud Programme
By Mark Steyn
The last thing Iraq needs is the cheats of the UN. More>

The UN's Kosovo Incompetence
By Stephen Schwartz
Wonder what would happen if the UN ran Iraq? Here's a deadly parallel. More>

Mullah Mischief
By Constantine C. Menges
Iran's covert actions in Iraq. More>

What Our GIs Think of Russia, Germany and France

By FrontPage Magazine
FrontPageMagazine.com | April 26, 2004

Notice the Black Badge Beneath the American Flag

 

 

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U.S. May Move Into P...

U.S. May Move Into Parts of Najaf Soon

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,118054,00.html

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An answer to Hitler<...

An answer to Hitler
By Paula R. Stern   April 19, 2004

http://web.israelinsider.com/bin/en.jsp?enPage=ViewsPage&enDisplay=view&enDispWhat=object&enDispWho=Article%5El3538&enZone=Views&enVersion=0&

Terrorizing the terrorists

Bruce S. Ticker

The Israeli government has genuinely put Arab terrorists in Gaza and the West Bank on the defensive in a number of different ways.

http://web.israelinsider.com/bin/en.jsp?enPage=ViewsPage&enDisplay=view&enDispWhat=object&enDispWho=Article%5El3558&enZone=Views&enVersion=0&

 

 

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REMEMBERING THE ALLI...

REMEMBERING THE ALLIES' EFFORT TO LIBERATE US FROM FASCISM? NO..MARCHING FOR "PEACE" AND AGAINST OUR LIBERATORS..THE UNITED STATES..

 

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SUPPORT ISRAEL OVER ...

SUPPORT ISRAEL OVER TYRANNY
In Arab and Iranian dictators' propaganda there is almost no problem that is not caused by the existence of Israel, the Middle East’s sole democracy. Most of the Arab and Muslim states do not recognize Israel's right to exist.

The Israeli government is the only one in the Middle East that is elected by free citizens -- including Arabs and Muslims.

Israel is a free, Western country, which recognizes the individual rights of its citizens (such as their right to liberty and freedom of speech). It uses military force only in self-defense. The enemies of Israel, by contrast, are state sponsored terrorist organizations and dictatorships. They do not recognize the individual rights of their own subjects, much less those of the citizens of Israel. They initiate force indiscriminately in order to retain and expand their power.

Israel's achievements are vast and have no parallel in any other country of comparable size or age. They have been reached against an unremitting threat of violence, war, terror and delegitimation that might have defeated any lesser people. In almost every sphere – economic development, technology, integration of immigrants and the maintenance of democracy – Israel should today be internationally heralded as a model for others to emulate.

Above all, Israel has pursued peace. In a mere 10 years it made a cognitive leap for which it would be hard to find a precedent. The "peace process" whose main watchword is "territories for peace", involves a paradox whereby a minuscule democracy is being forced to provide its totalitarian enemies - scores of times its size - the only thing it lacks: territory. In exchange, the surrounding tyrannies are being asked to provide the one and only thing that they lack: peace. In 1990 Arafat's PLO was a proscribed terrorist organization. By 2000 the Israeli prime minister had offered a Palestinian state in the whole of Gaza and 97 per cent of the West Bank, with east Jerusalem as its capital. Students of international politics hail the European Union as a triumph of peace over war. How many are aware that the attitudinal changes that took France and Germany three centuries, were achieved in Israel in a single decade?

The case for Israel should be apparent even to thoroughgoing supporters of the Palestinians. Who else has offered them a genuine future? Egypt? Jordan? Syria? Lebanon? The Gulf States? It takes only a cursory glance at the history of the Middle East to realize that for the most part, neighboring states have ruthlessly exploited the Palestinians for their own ends with callous indifference to the consequences. Israel, alone in the Middle East, has attempted to construct, with and for the Palestinians, a viable and peaceful future.

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Activists gather in ...

Activists gather in front of UN office in Tehran

SMCCDI (Information Service)
Apr 25, 2004

http://www.daneshjoo.org/smccdinews/article/publish/article_4199.shtml#top


Several activists gathered, today, in front of the UN offices in Tehran in order to protest against the persistent repression and the illegal imprisonment of their relatives. The protest was announced days before by most Iranian media sources located abroad and gathered protesters from different layers of the Iranian society.

Slogans for end to repression, release of political prisoners, justice and free elections in order to determine the fate of Iran's future political system were shouted by the protesters.

The security forces stayed afar, during the action, by contenting to take pictures of the protesters but proceeded to some arrests at the end of the demo.

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Tehran hospital dama...

Tehran hospital damaged during protest action

SMCCDI (Information Service)
Apr 25, 2004

http://www.daneshjoo.org/smccdinews/article/publish/article_4200.shtml

A limited but violent protest rocked, yesterday, the Shariati area of the capital as tens of relatives of deceased patients protested in front of the governmentally managed Iran Mehr Hospital. Damages were inflicted to the hospital buildings as the security forces were sent to smash the protest action initiated originally peacefully.

Several protesters asking for justice and accountability were injured or arrested by the regime forces.

The action took place as the protesters wanted the hospital's management to explain on why they have used outdated medicines which have caused the deaths of 15 patients.

As a usual reply, the only official answer was the brutal attack of the demonstrators by the regime's anti-riot forces.

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Former Prince Says I...

Former Prince Says Iran Ready for Democracy

April 22, 2004
iBerkshires.com
Linda Carman

http://www.iberkshires.com/story.php?story_id=14139

WILLIAMSTOWN -- The outside world should cease implicitly tolerating the repressive theocratic regime in Iran, that country’s former crown prince, Reza Pahlavi, told a Williams College audience Monday night.

“It is incumbent upon the world to say, ‘We will not condone these violations of human rights’ and not legitimize the regime by entering negotiations with the regime,” Pahlavi said at a press conference Tuesday morning.

A resident of the United States since 1984, Pahlavi attended Williams during the Iranian Revolution. During his talk Monday, he called his visit here an emotional homecoming. And he underlined his country’s need for a secular democracy.

“You don’t need to send troops,” he said, stressing that the outside world should simply “not cut a deal with the regime.”

Speaking on “Iran: Past, Present, Future,” he maintained that regime has lost the support of its people, and he noted that 90 percent of voters boycotted the last parliamentary elections. Pahlavi, author of “Winds of Change,” has written numerous political articles and was recently featured in The Wall Street Journal. He wants international support for a national referendum by the Iranian people to determine their own political future.

Not only should the outside world withhold its support on human-rights grounds but out of enlightened self-interest, he said.

Elaborating on his topic at the press conference, he maintained that change would produce “immediate ramifications in our area,” ramifications such as a drastic reduction in terrorism and a better climate for resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

“This wall has to crumble,” he said.

Theocrats in the Islamic Republic in Iran are a significant element in encouraging the insurrection among some Shiite groups in Iraq, he maintained.

“Any kind of democracy next door is bad news for them,” he said. “They give every encouragement of the insurgency.”

He added that the groups “will do everything to put a wrench into the system. They have every reason to try.”

And, he said, the growing influence of Shiite clergy in the Iraqi centers of Najaf and Karbala would diminish that of the Iranian regime. He charged that they “are behind the financing of radical groups” and that they have sent funds and people into Iraq.

In his talk, Pahlavi stressed that the majority of Iranian citizens have come to the conclusion that they need a modern, progressive government, but they are stuck with a medieval, anti-democratic theocracy that quashes dissent and jails dissidents.

“It has lost any kind of legitimacy. It has to be brought down, but my position has been that the preferred method is non-compliance and civil disobedience,” he said.

The change is inevitable, he said, and international reaction can help expedite that change. The current regime will not vote itself out of office, he said.

“After 25 years, Iranians have no hope for any kind of improvement or reform within the system,” he said.

Underlining his country’s quest for freedom, Pahlavi noted that people in Iran held vigil after the attacks of 9-11, while those in some other Muslim countries celebrated.

He rejected the notion of a “clash of cultures,” insisting, “It’s about freedom, liberty. What you value for yourselves, don’t monopolize.”

He also maintained that the climate in Iran is more favorable to change than that in Afghanistan and Iraq.

“Invest in the process of change. Engage with the people of Iran, with the democratic opposition, with the diaspora,” he urged.

On the other hand, sending delegations of diplomats to break picket lines to meet with the regime “takes the wind out of the sails” of regime opponents, he said.

“Do not cut a deal with the current regime in Iran,” he said. “The message is that people do care.”

He said that message could be conveyed “without us having to send a single Marine.”

During the question-and-answer period, Pahlavi said most clerics in Iran favor a secular system because the current system taints them.

“The concept of secularism does not frighten clerics in Iran,” he said. “We’re where Europe was at the end of the Spanish Inquisition … life under the Islamic republic has been hell.”

Pahlavi’s talk was part of his effort to spread his message “beyond the White House and Capitol Hill that a clearer engagement with democratic forces in Iran will achieve not just tangible results but psychological support as well.”

He wants to mobilize citizens to demand government action. Now, he said, the United States is sending mixed signals, with on one hand President George W. Bush saying he stands with the people of Iran and on the other, State Department delegations meeting in Switzerland with representatives of the regime.

While he believes the people of Iran will change their government, as those in Chile, Argentina and South Africa have done, he said he was concerned about the passage of time.

He wants the change to occur “before yet another generation of young Iranians has to be sacrificed,” and before the current regime gets even closer to having an atomic bomb and perhaps prompting military action, which, he said, is “totally unnecessary in Iran.”

Asked what form of government he favors, and whether that form might be a constitutional monarchy, he replied that his entire focus is on a national referendum.

“My focus is how do we get from here to the day we go to the polls.”

He said that he favors a secular government that guarantees human rights but that the final form matters less than its being arrived at democratically.

“I can’t put a timeline on it, but we’re much, much closer,” he said.

Since its inception, the clerical regime in Teheran as been the epicenter of extremism and radicalism, and it needs to export that radicalism to ensure its survival, he said.

After the death of his father, Shah Muhammed Reza, he transferred to the University of Southern California, graduating with a bachelor’s degree in political science.

“I really appreciated the understanding and sympathy shown to me while I was at Williams,” he said. “I was not the normal student freshman.”

He noted the difficulty of “being low key with the need to have adequate security.”

But he quipped that he would rather face an assassin “than ever have to take another exam. I hated exams. Always did.”

Asked if he would return to a secular democratic Iran, he said, “Of course. It’s my country.” But he declined to specify a particular role he might play.

“I stand ready to serve,” he said. “But first, let’s save the country.”

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Superrich Stand to P...

Superrich Stand to Profit From Kerry

Posted April 15, 2004

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Italy's Liberation D...

Italy's Liberation Day and Italians' Ingratitude.

Tomorrow, April 25,Italians will celebrate the 59th Anniversary of our country's Liberation from the Fascist Dictatorship and the German Occupation.On this historic day,as every year,thousands of people pay homage to those who liberated us.Thousand people march in Rome.Yet,most of them are yesterday's partisans and today's communists.

It should be a Day in which people pay homage to the fallen heroes which died for us and our country.Instead, it's a day of protest against the "US imperialist policy" in the world.Today's communists and yesterday's leftist partisans wave Palestinian flags,while the jews which march alongside them are insulted and demanded to apologize for Israeli "crimes" in palestine.

Last year,some idiots have burned the Israeli flag and shouted :"Free Palestine!".Following that some Jews went away..

It's so sad to see today's idiots shouting against our true Liberator, the US.

Fortunately,there are grateful italians who on that day use to pay tribute to the Fallen Heroes,the American Soldiers which died for our Freedom and Peace.People goes to the Americans' cementery in Anzio, near Rome.

Yet,it seems there is much ingratitude towards the Americans.

The Americans have paid the major sacrifice for us..if it was not for the Allies,the Partisans alone couldn't have liberated the country from the Nazi-Fascists.

This is the truth and i know it might hurt someone.

 

AMERICAN CEMENTERY IN FLORENCE.

 

 

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One of the great thi...

One of the great things about living in a democracy is that it's citizens can and should express their opinions about certain issues - even when those issues are not popular with the government. It's also a fundamental human right to be free from government persecution when one chooses to voice his or her opinions. Unfortunately in Cuba, Iran, Libya, North Korea, Burma and other undemocratic nations this is not the case as can be seen with the persecution, and illegal jailings of private citizens, independent journalists, religious, and human rights dissidents who have chosen dissent over their respective government's unjust policies. The very reason there is dissent in Cuba is because groups of brave men and women have chosen to speak out against the draconian policies carried out by the dictatorship of Fidel Castro on the Cuban people. 

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A LIBERATION DAY FOR...

A LIBERATION DAY FOR THE CUBANS AS WELL..

Protest on 13th of August, 2000 in Havana by Cuban opposition members on the birthday of Cuban Dictator Castro with cries of "Down Castro, Liberty, Liberty for the Political Prisoners, Liberty for Dr. Biscet (Abajo Fidel, Libertad, Libertad para los Presos Politicos, Libertad para Dr. Biscet)" culminating more than a week of protests in all of Cuba by the civil opposition and the people of Cuba, Courtesy Channel 51 - Telemundo

Elsa Morejon, wife of jailed Cuban dissident Oscar Elias Biscet, speaks to a protest-meeting in Havana November 3, 2000 to mark the anniversary of her husband's imprisonment in 1999. Morejon, and about 70 other dissidents, demanded the release of Biscet and other jailed dissidents here.

Some 70 Cuban dissidents gather November 3, 2000 in the garden of a Havana house to demand the release of dissident Oscar Elias Biscet, who was jailed one year ago, and other opponents to President Fidel Castro's government held in Cuban prisons. It was the largest gathering of Cuban dissidents in recent months.

Dr. Biscet being led away by Cuban state security during a human rights demonstration. From a rare video clip of Biscet in Cuba.

Dr. Biscet and members of the Lawton Foundation for Human Rights in Cuba

Dr. Biscet and members of the Lawton Foundation for Human Rights in Cuba.

Dr. Biscet speaks about human rights during a press conference.

Dr. Biscet and members of the Lawton Foundation for Human Rights in Cuba.

Dr. Biscet and human rights activist being led away by Cuban state security during a demonstration.

Dr. Biscet organizing for human rights protest in Cuba.

Dr. Biscet and members of the Lawton Foundation read a human rights declaration.

Dr. Biscet and human rights activist Migdalia Rosado hold up signs of individuals murdered by the Cuban government.

Elsa Morejon, wife of dissident Dr. Oscar Elias Biscet, shows a copy of her husband's sentencing document, outside the Old Havana courthouse on Thursday April 10, 2003, in Havana, Cuba. Biscet was among 75 dissidents tried in a massive crackdown on Cuba's opposition. He received a 25-year term.

A Cuban state security officer uses a chain to prevent dissident suppporters, including Claudia Marquez, center, opposition member Osvaldo Alfonso's wife, from entering the court building in Havana, Cuba, Thursday, April 3, 2003. Cuba pressed forward with its harshest crackdown on dissent in years, holding the first trials Thursday for dissidents rounded up across the island. At least 78 dissidents have been arrested since March 18, accused of working with U.S. diplomats to subvert Fidel Castro government and of being mercenaries in the pay of Washington.

An unidentified Cuban dissident is brought to court in a military police car Thursday, April 3, 2003, in Havana, Cuba.

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Thank you, EU Policy...

Thank you, EU Policymarkers..Thank you for the great work you're doing in favor of (only) the muslim immigtants....Thanks a lot, after all ,as you say, we can learn a lot from their "culture"..

Hirsi Ali: shut anti-woman, anti-gay Dutch mosque

22 April 2004 http://www.expatica.com/source/site_article.asp?subchannel_id=19&story_id=6851 AMSTERDAM — Somali-born MP Ayaan Hirsi Ali demanded on Thursday the closure of an Amsterdam mosque that sells books supporting female circumcision, beating wives and the murder of gay people. The Dutch Parliament is to hold an emergency debate about the El Tawheed mosque next week. MPs want Justice Minister Piet Hein Donner and Immigration and Integration Minister Rita Verdonk to explain what they intend to do about the book "De weg van de moslim".

The publication — translated as The Way of the Muslim in English — is said to advocate violence against women and killing gay people.

Gay people should be thrown head first off high buildings. If not killed on hitting the ground, they should then be stoned to death, the book allegedly suggests.

In her column in newspaper Algemeen Dagblad, Hirsi Ali — who was raised as a Muslim — went one step further and called on the government to close the mosque. The MP has been a strident opponent of Islamic teachings on women and gay people.

The  Liberal VVD party MP said it was time for the Justice Ministry to indicate whether it intended to go to court to have the mosque banned.

Hirsi Ali said the latest revelations about the book advocating beating women and killing gay people was the last straw. Closure of the mosque was a question of "political will", she wrote.

"This mosque has been warned repeatedly by the authorities that intolerance against non-Muslims and undermining the law is unacceptable in the Netherlands," Hirsi Ali said.

"The Way of the Muslim" is one of the publications on sale at the El Tawheed mosque. Earlier this month the mosque was at the centre of a storm about another book available at its open day organised to help combat the mosque's negative public image.

That book "Fatwas of Muslim Women" says that women who lie deserve 100 blows and the husband's duty of care for his wife is negated if she refuses him sex or leaves the home without his permission. One of its most controversial aspects is the call for Muslim girls to be circumcised.

A fatwa is an official statement or order from an Islamic religious leader.

MPs in the Dutch Parliament have indicated they want the second book, "The Way of the Muslim", banned if it supports violence towards women and killing gay people.

VVD parliamentarian Geert Wilders has called for the emergency debate next week.

Another MP, Mirjam Sterk of the Christian Democrat CDA, said imams (Islamic religious leaders) must distance themselves from the book's content. If not, the imams must be prosecuted or deported.

An Islamic cleric was deported from France to his native Algeria on Wednesday after he caused uproar by his endorsement of wife-beating and polygamy.

Clerics at El Tawheed feel they have been unfairly singled out in the media as part of a wider campaign against Islamic institutions in Europe.

MPs and media commentators attacked the Amsterdam mosque previously when one of the imams referred to non-Muslims as "firewood for hell". He also forbade Islamic women from leaving the family home without the permission of their husbands.

RTL Television reported on Thursday a cameraman was assaulted when a news team attempted to buy "The Way of the Muslim" at the mosque.

Eventually RTL's female reporter managed to buy the book, albeit while accompanied by police protection.

 

Mosque: girls must be circumcised

8 April 2004 AMSTERDAM — For the first time in the Netherlands, a mosque has come out in support of female circumcision, according to a newspaper report Thursday. The highly controversial statement on circumcision comes from a pamphlet "Fatwas of Muslim Women" provided by the El Tawheed mosque in Amsterdam for its open day. A fatwa is an official statement or order from an Islamic religious leader. The pamphlet says that women who lie deserve 100 blows and the husband's duty of care for his wife is negated if she refuses him sex or leaves the home without his permission, newspaper Trouw reported. There have been many claims in the media in recent years about "imported brides" who are forced by their husbands to stay in the family home — unless accompanied outside by a male relative. Some of these women, it is claimed, live in total isolation from Dutch society. The call for girls to be circumcised — removing part of the female genitalia — is likely to cause the biggest outcry so far. If done right, the mosque's pamphlet claims, circumcision is healthy for both boys and girls. But unlike male circumcision — in which the mosque claims that for reasons of hygiene, the male's foreskin can be circumcised — there are absolutely no medical grounds for female circumcision. Nevertheless, it urges that the foreskin of a girl's clitoris should be removed, but not the clitoris itself — as is often wrongly assumed to be the case. Removing the foreskin would help the woman keep her feelings of lust under control, the pamphlet says.   In recent weeks, politicians have called for the Dutch government to do more to stop the practice among immigrant communities. To date, the Health Ministry has ruled out compulsory checks on girls to make sure they have not been circumcised. The Pharos health centre for refugees said never before has a mosque in the Netherlands come out publicly in support of female circumcision. Ironically, El Tawheed Mosque organised the open day to counteract negative publicity caused by previous controversial statements made by one of its imams which were condemned as fostering anti-western and anti-woman bias. On one highly-publicised occasion, an imam referred to non-Muslims as "firewood for hell" and he forbade Islamic women to leave the family home without the permission of their husbands. "Fatwas of Muslim Women" continues on this theme and states that science has proved men and women differ in "biological nature, physical capabilities and mental capacity". It says it is unjust to give women the same "responsibilities, rights and duties as men". The pamphlet, written by a "prominent imam" and published in Egypt in 2000, was one of the many booklets available at the open day. Trouw noted "Fatwas of Muslim Women" lacks any biographical information about the author, Mufti Ibn Taymyah (or Taymiyya). He lived in the 14 century and has been described by Arabism scholar Hans Jansen as an "influential ideologue for militant Islamists". Jansen has drawn comparisons between Taymyah and Osama bin Laden.

 

Thanks a lot..We really might learn a lot from these people...

 

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Catastrophic Concess...

Catastrophic Concessions
The Coalition dances with the devil.

By Michael Rubin

http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/rubin200404230907.asp

 

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SOME NORTH KOREAN FR...

SOME NORTH KOREAN FREEDOM FIGHTER READY TO KILL THE "DEAR LEADER" AND PUT AN END TO THE LAST STALINIST COUNTRY  ON THIS EARTH..

State of Emergency in North Korea

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,117872,00.html

 

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Freedom Movement SLA...

Freedom Movement SLAMS! France (& Other EU Appeasers) for their "Politique de l'Autruche"
SMCCDI (Information Service)
Apr 22, 2004
     

The Movement slammed, today, the French Government's "Politique de l'Autruche" (Ostrich policy) in a letter sent by its representative in France. The letter endorsed, by Kaveh Mohseni of SMCCDI, was in reaction to the official trip of the Islamic republic's FM and addressed to Michel Barnier the new French Foreign Minister.

In this letter, the Movement, criticized the French governants for their persistent support of a Tyrannical and Terrorist regime which is rejected massively and as shown at several occasions, by the Iranian People. The letter mocked the so-called policy of "Constructive Dialogue" pretended by France and main EU members with the Theocratic regime and qualified it as dupery and lure intending to fool Europe's Public Opinion on what is the real nature of the Islamic republic regime and the consistent degradation of rights situation in Iran.

The Movement warned the French government about the future prospect of loosing any access to Iran upon its Liberation and the increasing hate of Iranians against those supporting their oppressors.

France along with Germany, Italy, Spain, Greece and UK are among the closest backers of the Islamic regime and are benefiting from the plight of the Iranian nation.

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All the Cuban People...

All the Cuban People asks for is the right to Freedom,Democracy,Pluralism and the right to freely choose their own rulers.

When you take a trip to Cuba,please remind this..Pay a visit to the Cubans and encourage them to speak out and raise their voices!

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Look at and Save Cub...

Look at and Save Cuban Dissidents,Their friends and Families.Help them to fight Castro and establish a true Democratic Cuba! Avoid going to Cuba as a Western priviledged tourist.Take a trip to Cuba, but to visit the Families and Friends of the Cuban Political Prisoners.

 

Above is a picture taken in a Cuban Beach..Those policemen warn those cuban girls that that beach is only for tourists..Many Cubans aren't allowed to go to beaches crowded with foreign tourists.In Cuba there are tens and tens of private beaches!!Castro used to blame this way to rule on the former dictator Batista!!

A Cuban holds an antenna used to thwart the government's blocking of Radio Marti

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