U.S. Destroyer Arrives in Poland amid Crisis with Russia

WARSAW – The USS Jason Dunham, a U.S. Navy guided missile destroyer, arrived in Poland on Wednesday as symbol of the United States’ commitment to NATO member Poland’s security, according to a statement from the U.S. embassy in Warsaw.

“The USS Jason Dunham is currently operating in the Baltic Sea, working with allies and regional partners to enhance joint operational abilities and promote peace and stability in the Baltic region,” the statement confirmed.

The destroyer will stay in the port city of Gdynia for a few days, its arrival coinciding with strained relations between the Kremlin and Western countries over Russia’s role in the Ukrainian crisis, and fears of a post-Soviet territorial expansion in the region.

The USS Jason Dunham is one of the U.S. Navy’s most sophisticated ships, equipped with SH-60 SeaHawk helicopters, SM-2 surface-to-air missiles and Tomahawk cruise missiles.

Argentine Judge Accused of Having Sex with Minors

BUENOS AIRES – An Argentine judge was detained for his alleged participation in a network promoting sex parties with minors, court sources told Efe on Tuesday.

Juan Bernardi, a criminal court judge in the southern city of Viedma, was detained Monday after the Magistrates Council in the Rio Negro province revoked his immunity from prosecution.

Last week a court ordered the prosecution of Bernardi and Julio Antueque, the caretaker at the judge’s country home.

Bernardi surrendered voluntarily to authorities after he lost his immunity.

Authorities are investigating a network, allegedly involving prominent citizens of Viedma, that recruited minors for sex parties.

The abuses were reported by the mother of a young woman living in a government shelter in Viedma.

The investigation, initiated about seven months ago, indicates that Antueque arranged for a 17-year-old girl to come to the judge’s country residence for prostitution, according to court documents.

If convicted, Bernardi could face up to 18 years in prison.

The Mother's of Iran

My story start's out like this.... I hear of a blogger killed in Iran in a prison just for blogging about life in his country. The blogger was "Sattar Beheshti ", beaten to death by prison guards.  The story start's getting crazy when I see this woman on " Youtube ", going on a rant about her son being killed in Iran. I soon find out it is Sattar Beheshti's mother ( in the video ).



 I freak out for the " first time ", thinking this woman is going to get killed by the Iranian Government .  I start tweeting the President of the U.S , the United Nations , and twitter.  I then start getting support from people from the middle east . I start reading stories from ( Hrana ) about inmates being killed , tortured , never being allowed to see their families while in prison . They disappear , some never go to court , most are human right's activist's or journalist's. Then one day I hear of the NCRI ( National Council of Resistance of Iran ) Maryam Rajavi and company. The stories of brother's and sister's killed by the Iranian regime or should I say murdered.
                             Mother's and family put in prison 
It is normal to see family put in prison or killed for questioning  why their son , daughter, wife or husband is in prison . ( This could cost them their life)  I ask myself what kind of Government would treat people like this in such a barbaric way ?  In Iran today nothing has changed , people disappear, they are killed, and they have no human right's.

Note by blogger J.Liska

                              

Yemen: Nobel Peace Prize winner, Tavakkol Karman warns Iran not to interfere in the internal affairs of Yemen

The Yemeni Nobel Peace Prize winner, Tavakkol Karman responded to a question posed by one of the clerical regime elements during a TV talk show in Doha, Qatar who tried to pretend that the Iranian regime is part of the solution in the Yemeni crisis and said: this man claims that the Iranian regime is innocent. This claim is a lie. I don’t want to discuss other countries here, I only refer to Yemen. We called upon the Houthi militants to form in to a political party and join the democratic process in Yemen and adopt peaceful measures. We even progressed in establishing national dialogue. But the Houthi rebels colluded with the deposed Yemeni president Saleh and turned against those achievements and planned coup against our revolution. The malicious interference of the Iranian regime was also added to this picture. I am going to only cite the latest UN report that has accused the Iranian regime of meddling and supporting the Houthis since 2009 giving the weapons and trainings. The Iranian regime officials speak of occupying the fourth capital in the region. They call themselves the kings of the Red Sea. They have a plot to establish a Persian Empire with Baghdad as its capital. This is not something that only one or two or three people in Iran say, but is the official line of the Iranian regime government and the mullahs in Qom and the military officials. 
I am going to say this simply that they have deceived the Ali Abdullah Saleh and the Houthi rebels and made you believe that you can rule a great country of Yemen. 
As a Moslem woman, I advise you to end your destructive scheme in the region; otherwise you would see the result of your malevolence plots effect inside your own country. 

Iran IRGC commander: "We will not rest until we make the United States an Islamic Republic"

In a bitter factional infighting amongst the Iranian elite, one IRGC commander lashed out against any relations with the United States and said: 'Some people say that Sanctions would be lifted tomorrow and our economic situation would improve, none of these comments are credible, don’t believe them. They are just journalistic jargons and political propaganda. The Supreme Leader’s position has always been negotiation just on the nuclear issue. Some people during their speech have said that those who say we are only negotiating for nuclear energy are wrong. We are aiming to solve all the problems with the world. 
'No sir! This is not in your jurisdiction to solve all the problems through negotiations. The country has Supreme leader, constitution and the limits have been defined. War and peace in constitution is the Leader’s responsibility. The Parliament has defined the policies. You have been told from the start of the negotiations to remain within your boundaries...
'What do you want to solve with America? If you are referring to the Imam’s comments, Imam said America is the Great Satan. Has the Satanic nature of America been resolved? Imam said America is naturally a terrorist state. Is the US no longer a terrorist state? America is the world arrogance. Is America no longer the world arrogance? Imam said America is the mother of all corruptions. Is America no longer the mother of all corruptions?
'How can you expect that police not intervene in religious matters? 
'The Supreme Leader said two weeks ago that the negotiation is only limited to the nuclear issue. Considering that our interests are opposite to that of the US in the region, our relationship to the US is only limited to the nuclear issue. What kind of comments have you been making lately? Who says leave the fact sheet and other issues aside, and just concentrate on we are finally sitting at the table with them (the US). No dear friend. It is not right. Just as we defeated the United States’ policies in Syria and Lebanon and Iraq and Yemen in the Middle East, we will not rest until we make the United State an Islamic Republic too.'.

IRAN: Khamenei’s secret plans to occupy Sanaa and takeover Yemen

NCRI - According to reports that have recently reached the Iranian Resistance, last June, Khamenei ordered the terrorist Qods Force (QF) to speed up the plan for occupation of Sanaa and to control Yemen by the Houthis. This measure followed the escalation of crisis in Iraq and the occupation of large swathes of that country by ISIS and the establishment of an international coalition in this respect. Khamenei had stated that since U.S. is preoccupied with ISIS and Iraq, as well as the nuclear talks, it is prone to overlook the Iranian regime’s intervention in Yemen, the reports said. He stressed that this opportunity may be used by the regime to spread its influence to Yemen and thus overshadow the problems it faces in Iraq.

1. On July 12, 2014, speaking to a group of QF commanders, IRGC Brigadier General Esmail Qa’ani, deputy QF commander, announced a new phase of operations by Ansarullah in Yemen. With this operation, we will place Saudi Arabia in a vulnerable position, he elaborated. These statements that were posted in a classified IRGC bulletin followed a series of military preparations and training of the Houthis in Iran, Yemen and Lebanon.

2. As Ansarullah entered Sanaa, regime’s foreign ministry’s assistant for Arabia and Africa Hossein Abdollahian noted in his remarks to a group of foreign ministry officials: “Soon, we are going to witness victories in Yemen and with the least expenditure, the Islamic republic will reap great achievements in Yemen. The future Yemen will enjoy Iran’s all out support.”

3. Based on sources inside the regime, the National Council of Resistance (NCR) issued a statement on October 12, 2014 disclosing: “Khamenei has emphasized that ‘the Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and Yemen axis’ is crucial ‘for the Islamic Republic of Iran and there should be no retreat in this regard’... It is through this ring that ‘we can surround the rest of the Arab countries, especially Saudi Arabia and Jordan,’ and put pressure on countries such as Egypt.”

4. On October 19, 2014, Khamenei’s foreign affairs adviser Ali Akbar Velayati, in his meeting with a group of Houthis in Tehran titled “Yemeni scholars and cultural figures”, noted: “In Yemen, Ansarullah should play the very role that Hezbollah is playing in Lebanon.”

5. In January 2015, following the occupation of the presidential palace in Sanaa, a delegation composed of Houthi leaders visited Tehran and met with the Office of Khamenei and the QF, as well as other organs.

6. Concurrent with these meetings, QF wrote in a classified briefing: “The unified and powerful organization of Ansarullah is Iran’s work. They were in Iran for years. For 15 years, Iran has constantly worked with the Ansarullah movement. They have reached this state through our constant support, training and sustenance and intelligence. Moreover, the QF has supported them through Hezbollah and other Arab groups. Ansarullah is completely under Iran’s command.”

7. Following the initiation of operation “Decisive Storm”, a classified QF document stipulated that it is two years now that the IRGC has transferred all sorts of weaponry to the Houthis in Yemen, including a large number of surface-to-surface and surface-to-sea missiles, and thus they have no problem of shortage of missiles and weaponry (this document is in the possession of the Iranian Resistance).

8. Up until the Arab coalition, injured Houthis were regularly transferred to Iran. Including on March 23, the QF airlifted 52 injured members of Ansarullah to IRGC Baqiyatollah Hospital in Tehran. IRGC General Qa’ani personally paid a visit to them at the hospital.

9. Mahan airliner (affiliated with the IRGC) that was forced to turn back from Sanaa on April 29 was carrying to Yemen a number of Ansarullah commanders who had been in Tehran and Lebanon. This same airliner was to transfer a number of Houthis to Tehran under the pretext that they are wounded. For the purpose, a section of Baqiyatollah Hospital had been cleared of other patients.

10. For many years, Yemen’s file was being followed by the QF, but since last year, Khamenei is directly following this file through the QF. The QF employs other governmental organs for this purpose as well. Houthi representatives in Tehran have regular meetings at Khamenei’s Office and Shabankari is responsible for the Houthis affairs in this office.

11. Since the beginning of operation Decisive Storm, regime’s leaders are constantly meeting at the Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) to follow this issue. Saeid Iravani, the political and international assistant of SNSC secretariat, is responsible for coordinating Yemen’s affairs.

12. In this time span, IRGC Major General Qasem Soleimani, QF brutal commander, is following up the war in Yemen from Tehran as QF’s main mission. IRGC Brigadier General Amirian, a Soleimani deputy responsible for the Arabian Peninsula in the QF, is regime’s direct commander in the war in Yemen. He holds the daily staff meetings on this war in Tehran.

13. The QF has also set up a headquarters in Lebanon to intervene in the war in Yemen with cooperation from the Hezbollah. An IRGC classified report reads: “Hassan Nasrallah is wholly behind the war in Yemen and a large section of the work is followed through in Lebanon. He meets with the Houthi commanders and officials in Lebanon… Hassan Nasrallah works with Houthis under Qasem Soleimani’s supervision. They have their headquarters in southern Beirut and QF commanders follow on Yemen through Lebanon.”

14. Once operation “Decisive Storm” began and the routes of sending assistance to Houthis were closed, Tehran continued assisting the Houthis in the following three aspects:
- The presence of some QF commanders on the ground who practically do the planning and direct the Houthis;

- Establishment of essential communication systems so that the Houthis and the IRGC elements in Yemen could be in direct contact with the QF in Tehran to receive guidance;

- Dispatch of further forces and commanders from the Lebanese Hezbollah to help the Ansarullah. Since entry of IRGC elements to Yemen is proving more difficult, regime is dispatching Hezbollah commanders to Yemen through various routes. Some are pulled out of the front in Iraq and transferred to Yemen.

15. Some factions within the regime, especially at the foreign ministry, consider the “Decisive Storm” as a heavy and strategic blow to the regime. A classified report emphasis on several points:

- We just went too far in Yemen. Taking over Sanaa was a good move, but advancing towards Aden was a mistake. When foreign minister of Jordan brought a message of peace from Saudis to Iran and urged Iran not to interfere in Yemen, the QF miscalculated and planned Yemen’s occupation, much like Syria and Iraq.

- This is a strategic defeat in the region… similar to the case in Tikrit, Iraq where forces aligned with Iran were pushed back and U.S. threatened that it would not carry out airstrikes unless the militias are pulled back.

- IRGC cannot takeover all of Yemen with the Houthis. Had the Houthis remained in Sanaa, Saudis wanted to negotiate and we were in a better position. The move to takeover Yemen was a mistake and premature and it led to this confrontation with Iran unprecedented in the past few decades.

- Iran should have played the same way as it did with the Hezbollah in Lebanon. It should have let Mansour Hadi keep Aden. After the end of talks and overture in nuclear discussions, Iran could have gradually advanced in the region… Regrettably, IRGC brothers lack a logical and strategic viewpoint.

- IRGC commanders were surprised as they little expected this situation [the Decisive Storm]…

- Posting of reports and pictures of Haj Qassem [Soleimani] on the internet was a trap for the IRGC and got the region mobilized against Iran; weakening the forces loyal to Iran. Right now, Iran’s years of investment in Lebanon, Yemen, Syria and Iraq has been hurt.

16. Reciprocally, a classified QF report says: “There is no plan for Houthis to retreat. They are to advance. They have good resources of weaponry and missiles and can withstand. They have 180,000 mobilized forces ready to fight. They have 20,000 strong suicidal elements. Thus the Houthis are the winners and Saudi Arabia will be the loser of this play. Most significant is that after 33 years a revolution similar to the Islamic Republic revolution with the leadership of the supreme leader is taking shape in Yemen.”

17. In the current circumstances and at a time when the Houthis are ruling in Sanaa, regime’s policy at the political scene is to stress on a swift ceasefire in order to have the upper hand in the negotiations. According to classified QF reports, “this situation is unsupportable for the Saudis and the more the situation in Yemen deteriorates, it will be to the detriment of Saudis and the coalition forces will step aside; Saudis cannot have hegemony. Therefore, Ansarullah should be patient”.

Another QF report states: “If a car explodes in the capital of one of the countries in the coalition, that country shall drop out of the coalition.” Some sources state that these reports are to boost the moral and give hope to regime’s forces.

18. In a fake muscle-flexing on April 17, Deputy IRGC Commander Salami noted: “Ansarullah can attack the Saudi navy and confront a Saudi ground assault… Ansarullah have missile and armored capabilities and they have artillery. They almost have a powerful army in the region… If Saudi attacks continue, they [Houthis] would certainly respond by attacking Saudi ground forces and enter the Saudi territory. Surely, the Ansarullah will not be hands tied in face of Saudi attacks.”

By stressing on the above points, as well as many other facts and details, the Security and Anti-terrorism Commission of the National Council of Resistance of Iran emphasizes on the fact that as long as this antihuman regime is ruling Iran, it shall not abandon export of terrorism and fundamentalism and warmongering in countries in the region. Therefore, the sole solution to attain peace and tranquility in the region is to evict the Iranian regime and the forces affiliated with it from the region, especially from Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and Yemen and ultimately to topple this regime in Iran.

Security and Anti-terrorism Committee of National Council of Resistance of Iran
May 2, 2015

Two Dead During Exhibition of Prophet Mohammad Caricatures in Texas

WASHINGTON – Two men suspected of carrying explosives have been shot dead by the police in front of a cultural center hosting an exhibition of Prophet Mohammed’s caricatures, local media reported.

The incident occurred outside the Curtis Culwell Center in Garland, a Dallas suburb, on Sunday night, NBC’s KXAS television station reported, citing police sources.

According to the channel, the two men pulled up in a car in front of the center and started shooting at a security guard before being shot down by Garland police officers.

The identities of the two men are yet to be confirmed, while the area around the center has been evacuated.

The nearly 50 people inside the center were taken to a nearby school while police checked the vehicles parked around the building for explosives.

Local television channel WFAA, an ABC-affiliated television station, reported that the two men were believed to have been “possibly” carrying explosives, citing sources from the SWAT police team.

Another local media reported that the injured security guard had been shot in the leg and taken to a hospital; however his injuries were not life-threatening.

The center was already under strict police vigilance, owing to the exhibition’s controversial nature, and the organizers had hired a special security agency for the event, according to media reports.

The exhibition and a Prophet Mohammed drawing contest had been organized by the American Freedom Defense Initiative group against what it called “violent Islamist intimidation.”

The ‘Draw the Prophet’ contest was organized in response to certain pro-Islamic activities in Dallas in January.

Publication of Mohammed’s images is prohibited in India and Muslim countries.

Islamist extremist groups consider such publications to be provocative and have carried out terror attacks against it.

However, Western countries defend such instances under the right to freedom of expression.