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Tuesday, January 26, 2016
Iraq - Missing American's in brothel " taken by Shiite militiamen ".
BAGHDAD — Three Americans reported missing from a Baghdad neighborhood were kidnapped by militiamen from an apartment in the capital, a senior police official and a resident of the building said Monday.
A statement from the Baghdad Operations Command confirmed that “three people with American citizenship” were abducted in the capital.
A Baghdad police colonel, speaking on the condition of anonymity because he is not authorized to speak to the media, said the Americans are employed as contractors at Baghdad International Airport. He did not say which company employed the individuals.
Another police official in Baghdad, a major general also speaking on the condition of anonymity, gave the names of the abducted individuals as Amro Mohamed, Wael al-Mahdawi and Rusul Farad, a woman. The U.S. Embassy in Baghdad did not respond to a request to verify the names. Two senior security officials said the missing Americans are of Iraqi origin.
The three Americans appear to have been seized by Shiite militiamen in the Dora neighborhood in southern Baghdad, the police colonel said. The area from which they were taken is controlled by Shiite militias, including Iran-backed Asaib Ahl al-Haq, or League of the Righteous, he said.
The colonel said the group had been invited to the home of their Iraqi interpreter. But a resident of the apartment building where the Americans were reportedly seized said they were taken from a second-story apartment that he described as a well-known brothel. The police major general also said the apartment was a brothel. The resident said the apartment is subject to frequent raids by Asaib Ahl al-Haq, although typically the men found inside are simply told to leave. He said that he witnessed part of the raid but that it happened late at night and was over quickly.
The Baghdad Operations Command described the apartment as “suspicious” in its statement. An intelligence officer assigned to Dora said that agents had raided the apartment in the wake of the kidnappings and found whiskey bottles but that the residence had been abandoned. The owner of the apartment is a man locals refer to as Abu Maria, the intelligence officer and other residents in the area said. Abu Maria is known for throwing illicit parties, they said.
Monday, January 25, 2016
On the eve of Hassan Rouhani trip Iranians protest mullahs' executions, terror, extremism
On the eve of the trip to Paris by the mullahs' president Hassan Rouhani, a week of campaigning will begin on Sunday, January 24 in protest to the wave of executions in Iran and Tehran’s export of terrorism and extremism and their support for Bashar al-Assad in the massacre of the people of Syria.
The campaigning will come to a climax on January 28 when there will be a major rally by Iranians and their international supporters as well as French citizens.
Several French Parliamentary committees comprised of members of the National Assembly and Senate, and Parliamentary committees from other European countries, dozens of NGOs including France-Libertés, several French student unions and University professors unions and more than 300 Iranian associations from across Europe are sponsoring or supporting the call to rally on January 28.
Simultaneously, there will be an extensive internet campaign highlighting the various aspects of the situation in Iran, with particular focus on Rouhani's near-3-year record.
Events set to take place during the week-long campaign will include:
January 24 – Declaration by French mayors condemning human rights violations in Iran and supporting the Iranian Resistance
January 25 – Announcement of support of Mayor of Paris' 1st District for No To Rouhani rally
January 25 – Announcement of support of Mayor of Paris' 2nd District for No To Rouhani rally
January 26 – A call by the Committee of French Muslims Against Extremism and for Human Rights
January 26 – A call by human rights organizations and Parliamentary groups condemning widespread human rights abuses in Iran and demanding Rouhani be held accountable for these crimes
January 27 – Rally in central Paris
January 27 – Candle-lit vigil in central Paris in the evening in memory of victims of human rights violations during Rouhani's presidency.
January 25 – Announcement of support of Mayor of Paris' 1st District for No To Rouhani rally
January 25 – Announcement of support of Mayor of Paris' 2nd District for No To Rouhani rally
January 26 – A call by the Committee of French Muslims Against Extremism and for Human Rights
January 26 – A call by human rights organizations and Parliamentary groups condemning widespread human rights abuses in Iran and demanding Rouhani be held accountable for these crimes
January 27 – Rally in central Paris
January 27 – Candle-lit vigil in central Paris in the evening in memory of victims of human rights violations during Rouhani's presidency.
Organizing committee for the January 28, 2016 rally & demonstration
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