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Friday, July 17, 2015
Thursday, July 16, 2015
Today: Alejo Vidal-Quadras to hold online Q&A on Camp Liberty siege
The former Vice President of the European Parliament, Alejo Vidal-Quadras, will hold an urgent online conference and Q&A later today on the Iraqi government’s blockade on entry of food, fuel and septic tankers in Camp Liberty, which houses thousands of members of the main Iranian opposition group People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI, or MEK).
On the orders of Iraq’s National Security Advisor Faleh Fayaz, despite the scorching 50°C heat, in an attempt to torment Camp Liberty residents, Iraqi forces at Gate 4 of Baghdad International Airport since Tuesday have prevented the entry of diesel fuel, petrol and septic tankers and food trucks into the camp.
Iraqi forces at the gate said they had received orders from the Office of National Security not to allow any vehicles, including food, fuel and septic vehicles, into Camp Liberty from now on.
Preventing the entry of fuel is causing interruptions for most of the camp’s basic services including drinking water, black-water, and catering and cooling systems which run on electricity provided by fuel-based power generators.
The conference will be broadcast live on ncr-iran.org
Time: 20:30 European time, Thursday, July 16, 2015
Feature guest: Dr. Alejo Vidal-Quadras, former Vice President of the European Parliament
Send questions via Twitter to @iran_policy and use #IranFreedom .
Wednesday, July 15, 2015
214 Kilos of Cocaine Seized from Ambulance in Northeast Colombia
BOGOTA – Colombian police reported Tuesday the arrest of five people who were riding in an ambulance as if on a medical mission, while the true purpose of their trip was to transport 214 kilos (470 pounds) of cocaine to the northern part of the country.
“Inside the ambulance, assigned to the southwestern municipality of Puerto Caicedo, was the driver with a doctor, an operating room nurse, a general nurse and a patient; we can say it came with the whole kit,” the chief of police, Gen. Rodolfo Palomino, told a press conference in Bogota.
The operation was carried out in a rural area of Cimitarra municipality in the northeastern province of Santander.
Found riding in the ambulance, which had started out from Putumayo province on the Ecuadorian border, was Dr. Edgardo Figueroa, candidate for mayor of Puerto Caicedo in the upcoming Oct. 25 elections, according to a police communique.
Palomino said the cops’ suspicions were aroused because it is unusual to find an ambulance on a route that “practically crosses the whole country.”
The police chief added that upon inspecting the vehicle they found the drug cache inside it.
The ambulance was identified with Medical Mission emblems that made it easier to get past the authorities and through traffic, the authorities said.
“All the occupants knew what kind of cargo they were hiding, and though the whole act seemed perfect, they failed to tell the same story during the search,” the police said in a communique.
Mexican Officials Seize Camel Put on Sale at Market
MEXICO CITY – A dromedary, or Arabian camel, that was being sold at a street market in the central Mexican city of Almoloya de Juarez has been seized, the Profepa federal environmental protection agency said.
Profepa inspectors went to the San Bernabe street market at the request of the State Public Safety Commission in Mexico state, which surrounds the Federal District and forms part of the Mexico City metropolitan area, and “found a person who was trying to sell wildlife without the proper legal documents,” the agency said.
The camel had been the subject of an administrative case against the King Black Circus because the attraction’s operators could not document how they obtained the animal.
Officials were unable to seize the animal because the circus could not be located.
Mexico state environmental officials confirmed, thanks to microchips implanted in the animals, that the dromedary (Camelus dromedarius) and some llamas had belonged to the circus.
The camel was taken to the wildlife management unit in Jocotitlan, a city in Mexico state, where it will be cared for, the agency said.
Mexico City approved a law on July 8 that prohibits circuses from using wild animals, prompting the attractions to rid themselves of the creatures because they cannot afford to care for them.
By coincidence, Almoyola de Juarez is home to the Altiplano I federal prison, where drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” (Shorty) Guzman escaped on Saturday night.
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