White House Silent on North Korea Accusations against Obama

WASHINGTON – The U.S. government remained silent about North Korea’s accusations against President Barack Obama, whom a spokesman of the North Korean National Defense Commission compared to a “monkey” and said he forced Sony to premiere the movie “The Interview” on Christmas Day.

North Korea on Saturday blamed the United States for the repeated hacking attacks currently affecting its principal state media.

In addition, the regime led by Kim Jong-un again denied that it was behind the cyber-attack against Sony Pictures, as claimed by the White House, which believes it was a response to the film “The Interview,” a comedy about a U.S. plot to assassinate the North Korean dictator.

“If the United States wants to keep blaming us, it should offer proof as soon as possible. And if not, they could carry out an investigation with our help,” the spokesman for the North Korean National Defense Commission said.

“What would happen if someone made a movie about terrorist attacks or urged the assassination of Barack Obama? Would the U.S. keep defending freedom of speech?” the spokesman asked.

Pyongyang resorted to a more belligerent tone when saying directly that Obama “is the chief culprit who forced the Sony Pictures Entertainment to indiscriminately distribute the movie” on Christmas Day.

“Obama always goes reckless in words and deeds like a monkey in a tropical forest,” the spokesman said.

A group called the Guardians of Peace claimed responsibility for the cyber-attack on Sony Pictures Entertainment, and warned it would make 9/11-type terrorist attacks on theaters showing “The Interview.”

While big theater chains tended to back out, some 300 independent movie houses premiered the film on Dec. 25 and brought in a total of around $1 million, Sony said.

Obama congratulated Sony’s decision to authorize the movie’s debut, after saying several days earlier that canceling the premiere was a “mistake.” 

Assyrian church leader arrested in Iran

An Assyrian church leader and two colleagues were arrested in Tehran on December 26 by the Iranian regime’s State Security Forces, a Persian language Christian website has reported.

A group of plain-clothes agents raided the home of Pastor Victor Beth, who had been repeatedly intimidated by the authorities in the past for holding Persian languages masses.

A spokesman for the 'Alliance of Iranian Churches', which unites evangelists and protestant churches, told the media: "State security forces raided the home of Pastor Victor Beth Tarmez, seized his personal belongings and transferred him to Evin prison.

"In recent years we have witnessed waves of arrests of Christians during the Christmas period."

The agents who raided the house separated the men and women who were attending the Christmas celebration, then body-searched them and confiscated their identity documents and telephones.

The agents searched the house and confiscated the Pastor’s belongings including his computer, books and mobile phones.

In recent weeks there has been numerous reports of arrests and harassment of Christians in Iran.

One report said that nine Christians were arrested in a house church in city of Roudehen, in Tehran province, in Iran on Christmas day and transferred to an unknown location.

The nine were named as Mehdi Kian, Ali Sadraddin, Mohammad Kazemi, Azin Faroudi, Mohammad Hossein Moridian, Maryam Narimani, Alireza Nasiri and Brother Matin.

Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei said recently in a speech in Qom that the phenomenon of house churches and the Baha'is are forms of animosity toward the 'Islamic Republic'.

Muslims Attack 13 Year Old Christian Girl, Brutally Murder Her Parents

by Ted on December 26, 2014 in Featured, General

By Theodore Shoebat

Muslims in Libya, all members of the terrorist group Ansar al-Sharia, did a home invasion on a Coptic Christian family. They brutally murdered the father, whose name was Magdy Sobhi Tawfik, and the mother, who were both doctors. They then captured their 13 year old daughter, Katherine. Her body was found today, with two holes in her head and one in her chest. The village they lived in, Sirte, is actually under the control of Ansar al-Sharia and other Islamic terrorist groups. I did a whole video on this:

As we find out from a Coptic report, according to the medical report on the cause of death, the girl was hit by three bullets. The first went through the ear and exited the the other ear; the second hit in the front of her head and remained inside, and the third hit her in the back and exited the chest.

Christians arrested on Christmas Day in Iran: Report

Nine Christians were arrested in a house church in Iran on Christmas day and transferred to an unknown location, according to reports.

Members of Basij paramilitary force and armed plainclothes agent raided the house in the city of Roudehen in Tehran province.

Mehdi Kian, Ali Sadraddin, Mohammad Kazemi, Azin Faroudi, Mohammad Hossein Moridian, Maryam Narimani, Alireza Nasiri, Brother Matin are among those arrested.

The clerical regime in Iran continued human rights abuses in Iran during Christmas.

At dawn of the 25th December, on Christmas day when hundred of millions of people around the world were celebrating the birth of the Christ, the barbaric regime of Iran hanged 7 people in mass execution in Shiraz.

In a message on Wednesday, December 25, on the occasion of Christmas, Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, President-elect of the Iranian Resistance, called the clerical regime masking itself by Islam as the most ruthless enemy of Christ and Mohammad that in the name of religion they splash acid on the eyes of women, hang the youth, imprison the newly Christian converts, and violate their most rudimentary rights.

They are henchmen that execute and torture people for their religious beliefs, especially for following the true message of Mohammad and Christ, and impose the worst discriminations and atrocities.

Iranian regime expands military presence in Iraq: Report

The Iranian regime’s military involvement has dramatically increased in Iraq over the past year, the Washington Post reported citing U.S., Iraqi and Iranian sources.

A senior Iranian cleric with close ties to Tehran’s leadership, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss security matters, said that since the Islamic State’s capture of much of northern Iraq in June, Iran has sent more than 1,000 military advisers to Iraq, as well as elite units, and has conducted airstrikes and spent more than $1 billion on military aid.

The Washington Post report adds: “While the departure of U.S. troops in 2011 provided space for Iran to expand its influence in Iraq, Tehran’s support for paramilitary groups has intensified since the appearance of the Sunni militant group.”

Reports of abuses by Shiite militiamen have increased in recent months, raising fears that militia death squads that helped fuel past sectarian violence are on the march.

American officials are also watching to see whether Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has the political clout to hold his unity government together and keep paramilitary forces in check.

The report by the Washington Post comes days after the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) said in a statement that there are currently thousands of Iranian Revolutionary Guards stationed in a number of Iraqi cities to help Tehran regime to compensate its loss in Iraq after the ouster of former Iraq Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.

The guards that are estimated to be over 7000 are stationed in Baghdad, Diyala and Salah ad-Din provinces and the cities of Samarra, Karbala, Najaf, Khaneqain, Sa’adiyah and Jaloula. They include commanders and experts that accompany the militias in various areas of Iraq, the statement said.

FBI investigates alleged kidnapping of Border Patrol agent by Mexican drug cartel

A Texas police department near the border received a phone call on Friday claiming a U.S. Border Patrol agent was kidnapped by a Mexican drug cartel.

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation is looking into the claim — even though U.S. Customs and Border Protection said none of its 3,100 Border Patrol agents are missing, Reuters reported.

“Until we rule it out, we treat it as a true kidnapping,” said FBI Special Agent Michelle Lee, Reuters reported.

Chris Cabrera, a representative with the National Border Patrol Council, told Reuters that an officer not assigned to the Rio Grande Valley sector may have been targeted in an attack.

Mr. Cabrera added that Mexican cartel members have not been successful in carrying out attempts to kidnap U.S. Border Patrol agents in the past.

 

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