Islamic State Jihadists, Iraqi Policemen Killed in New Clashes

BAGHDAD – At least 23 Islamic State jihadists and seven policemen were killed in attacks and clashes north and west of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, security sources told Efe on Monday.

A source in the Security Operations Command for Al Anbar province in western Iraq, said Iraqi troops, backed by local tribes, drove off an attack on the center of Ramadi, where government offices, local council and Security Operations Command headquarters are located.

The attackers advanced from four points using different kinds of weapons, according to the source, who did not say whether there were fatalities in the government ranks apart from 11 policemen who were wounded.

The fierce fighting lasted from Sunday night until Monday morning and resulted in 23 jihadists killed and three captured.

Meanwhile, another security source in the city of Samarra, north of Baghdad, said that seven policemen were killed and eleven others wounded in a large-scale jihadist attack that began on Sunday night.

The offensive began with a suicide bomber detonating a bomb at a security checkpoint before the extremists seized temporary control of the police station and government offices.

Security reinforcements, which had arrived early Monday, backed by military aircraft, managed to regain control over the area and completely expelled the IS jihadists, according to the source.

Parents of Disappeared Students Plan Strong and Decisive Actions in Mexico

MEXICO CITY – Parents of the 43 missing Mexican students have refused to believe that their children were killed and incinerated in a garbage dumpster, vowing to carry out protests demanding they be returned alive.

On Monday, the parents traveled to the home of Ezequiel Mora Chora, the father of Alexander Mora Venancio, one of the missing students whose remains were positively identified by an Austrian laboratory.

Mexican Attorney General Jesus Murillo confirmed that the DNA taken from one of the 17 charred skeletal remains recovered from the site where the students’ bodies were reportedly burned was that of Alexander.

Murillo said that the positive DNA identification, coupled with other evidence and statements by the accused, could help reinforce a faithful reconstruction of the incident.

According to the attorney general’s office, the 43 students from Ayotzinapa teacher training school were detained by local police on Sept. 26 following a violent altercation.

Police handed the students over to members of the Guerreros Unidos crime who killed them, burned the bodies and disposed of the remains.

But the parents refuse to believe the story and are demanding the return of their children alive.

Parents’ spokesperson Felipe de la Cruz said that Alexander’s remains were planted and the authorities know where they came from.

De la Cruz warned that the parents will take strong and decisive actions, including staging highway blockades if their demands are not met.

The parents will continue pushing their demands because they believe the investigations carried out by the authorities have been insufficient and have inconsistencies, Human Rights Center director Abel Barrera told Efe.

They also want those who were reportedly involved in the incident, such as local security officials, to be tracked down and arrested, and investigations opened into the possible involvement of the former governor of Guerrero state where the deaths occurred.

Women in Iran banned from wearing hats as head covers

NCRI - Women in Iran have been banned from wearing hats as head covers this winter, according to the regulation announced by ‘moral police’.

Chief of the moral police Colonel Mohammad Massoud Zahedian described the wearing of hats as an example of 'improper dress', adding: "It will certainly will not be considered as a complete veil for the women."

He said that being 'covered up for women was not necessarily acceptable to the police'.

He added in remarks published on the official police website: "Covering up by wearing clothing could even constitute a show off that targets public chastity."

Since the repressive 'boosting public security plan' was first imposed in 2007, the regime has issued warnings about clothing and arrested thousands of women every year.

In late October, cities across Iran witnessed a series of massive public protests against the targeting of women and young girls by state-sponsored gangs following calls by the ruling mullahs to act against ‘improper dress.’

In November, several young Iranian women, including at least five university students, were stabbed in the southern city of Jahrom.

The attacker said he had been motivated to attack after one cleric said that 'killing a Bad-Hejab (improperly veiled women) was permissible' and he acted to 'prevent vice'.

The latest restrictive measures on hats coincide with the regime’s parliament approving legislation empowering the para-military Basij force with officially enforcing the restrictions under the 'Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice' laws.

In the 35 years of its rule, the misogynistic regime has done nothing for Iranian women except institutionalize violence, discrimination and ceaseless suppression against them.

The heinous knife and acid attacks on women and restive measures, are but the reaction of the clerical regime to the growing hatred of Iranian people for this regime, especially the growing women’s movement, in order to confront the rising protests and the explosive state of society.

CIA Report review ( Human rights ) ?

New York Times

1. The report describes extensive waterboarding as a “series of near drownings” .
2.The report cites dissatisfaction among intelligence officers about the competence and training of interrogators. 
3.The report says that the C.I.A. provided false and misleading information to members of Congress, the White House and the director of national intelligence about the program’s effectiveness.
4.C.I.A. personnel reported on multiple occasions to being “disturbed” by waterboarding and concerned over its legality.
5.The report states that the C.I.A. never produced an accurate count or list of those it had detained or subjected to brutal interrogation techniques.
6.The report found that at least 26 detainees “were wrongfully held,” including an “intellectually challenged” man who was used as “leverage” to obtain information from a family member, two former intelligence sources and two individuals identified as threats by a detainee subjected to torture. 
7.The report found that the C.I.A. provided classified information to journalists but that the agency did not push to prosecute or investigate many of the leaks.

Iran - Female Rights activist arrested and vanished ?

Yalda Pajoohesh, women’s right activist has been arrested

Posted on: 8th December, 2014

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HRANA News Agency – Despite the fact that it is more than two weeks since Yalda Pajoohesj has been arrested, yet there is no information about her condition.

According to Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Yalda Pajoohesh was arrested by security forces at her house on November 21, at 5 a.m.

Security forces, which had regular dress and did not show any warrant or identity cards, investigated the house and seized personal belonging and accessories of Ms. Pajoohesh, including her laptop.

After two weeks, there is still no information regarding the place that she is being kept at. The family and attorneys of Ms. Pajoohesh had gone to the revolutionary court and other relavant bureaus many times, but they did not receive any clear answer.

Yada Pajoohesh was arrested previously in a gathering which was held on November 25, 2012, and released after 5 months.

Two Soldiers Killed in Combat in Eastern Ukraine

KIEV – Two Ukrainian soldiers were killed in the past 24 hours in combat between the army and pro-Russian separatists in the eastern part of the country, Kiev’s National Security and Defense Council announced Sunday.

Eight other troops were wounded, said Ukrainian military spokesman Andriy Lysenko, who added that the insurgents have intensified their bombardment of army positions in the rebellious regions of Donetsk and Luhansk.

In addition, he said that the separatists launched eight attacks against Ukrainian troops dug in at the Donetsk airport, the main focus of recent hostilities and an important strategic site for the two sides.

“Our soldiers are not surrendering. All the attacks have been repelled,” Lysenko said.

On the eve of a new cease-fire agreed to between the pro-Russian forces and Kiev, and despite the fact that the two sides have declared cease-fires on several previous occasions, combat has continued in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions.

Also, according to local authorities, over the past 24 hours eight civilians – three in Donetsk and five in Luhansk – have died in the ongoing exchanges of artillery fire.

Iran slams Israel over airstrike on Syria

Tehran, YJC. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Marziyeh Afkham rapped Israel’s airstrike on areas in Syria as a sign that Tel Aviv is helping terrorists in the killing of Syrians and destruction of the country.

The Iranian diplomat also called on the United Nations to fulfill its duties to stop the kind of aggressive acts.

"The Zionist regime is abusing Syria’s critical situation, the aftermath of such warmongering moves, however, will upset that regime as well,” she explained.

Her comments came after Syrian fighters bombarded Syria’s airport on Sunday evening.

Israeli planes bombed the near the capital of Damascus international airport and the town of Dimas, the Syrian army said.

No casualties were reported after the attack. There has been no comment on the air strikes from Israel either.

Israel has been conducting air strikes on Syria since 2011.