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Saturday, July 11, 2015

Iran - Man killed over a car full of clothes ?

NCRI - At 7:30 pm of Wednesday, July 8, a 30-year-old man by the name of Mohammad Khezri was killed by direct fire of the suppressive security forces in Lamerd, Fars. He was married and father of an infant.
The security forces opened fire on his vehicle that was carrying a few rolls of clothing on the pretext that he was smuggling goods. Mr. Kherzi was injured and he lost his life due to severity of his wounds after being transferred to hospital.
Six days ago, a savage raid by the security forces on Dehsheikh Village in this area broke out into clashes. In that attack that was conducted on pretext of confiscating smuggled goods, including satellite dishes, over 100 people from Lamerd in addition to 40 hirelings from the Special Unit of the security forces were injured.
Killing deprived people on the pretext of smuggling goods is taking place while Khamenei’s close associates and the revolutionary guards are responsible for astronomical thefts and smuggling and resort to plunder people’s property in absolute immunity and liberty.
These plunders that sections of which usually surface during factional fights inside the regime have caused such blemish to the regime that Khamenei and his atrocious head of the judiciary have urged they not be fanned. Mullah Sadeq Larijani said, “Huge corruption files are under investigation, but talking too much about them changes nothing” (News Network state television – June 22, 2015).
Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran
July 10, 2015

Friday, July 10, 2015

Cyber Attack on U.S. Govt Affected Data of 21.5 Million People



WASHINGTON - The cyber-attack, exposed in June, on United States government, allegedly by Chinese hackers, was more severe than initial reports, affecting 'sensitive' information of millions of people, the Obama administration said Thursday.

The Office of Personnel Management, victim of the attack, reported Thursday 'hackers' robbed personal data, including social security numbers and other information of 21.5 million people.



Of these, 19.7 million are people who had applied for jobs in administration or the government and other individuals linked to the public sector, on whom the government ran security checks.

The remaining 1.8 million are families of some of the above.

In addition to social security numbers, the hackers also accessed addresses, financial and health histories.

The 21.5 million affected also include several people who were victims of another "separate, but related" cyber-attack, affecting 4.2 million current and former federal government employees.

The sum of all those affected by these attacks amount to around 7 percent of U.S. population, making it one of the most damaging attacks ever recorded against U.S. administration, both in terms of the number affected and sensitivity of stolen data.

Although, there is no "scientific evidence", voices from U.S. media and politics, suspect a Chinese hand.

According to The Washington Post, "China is building massive databases of Americans' personal information," for "recruiting spies or gaining more information on an adversary." 

Soldier Shot Dead While Guarding Brazilian VP’s Residence



RIO DE JANEIRO – A soldier with Brazil’s Presidential Guard unit who was guarding Jaburu Palace, the official residence of the country’s vice president, died Wednesday of a single gunshot inside the sentry booth where he was working, authorities said.

The soldier, whose identity was not released, was killed by a single bullet about 9:30 a.m. while inside one of the sentry boxes located outside the vice presidential complex, some 300 meters (yards) from the palace, according to a communique issued by the Planalto Military Command.

The command, which is responsible for the Presidential Guard unit and Brazil’s military barracks, said that the circumstances surrounding the soldier’s death were not yet known and it refrained from commenting on whether it was suicide or homicide.

The command said only that the Military Police had opened an investigation to clarify the facts surrounding the death and that it will have 30 days to conclude that investigation and issue its report.

The incident occurred just a few minutes after Brazilian Vice President Michel Temer routinely and temporarily took over as acting head of state because of President Dilma Rousseff’s trip to Russia to participate in the 7th Summit of the BRICS, the forum comprised of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.

Jaburu Palace – located near Lake Paranoa and a deserted area between Planalto Palace, the headquarters of the executive branch, and Alvorada, the president’s official residence – was designed by the late architect Oscar Niemeyer and inaugurated in 1977.

14 Arrested for Bombings in Colombia Capital



BOGOTA – Colombian police on Wednesday arrested 14 suspects in connection with a pair of bombings in Bogota that left eight people wounded, President Juan Manuel Santos said.

The suspects are affiliated with the ELN, the smaller of Colombia’s two main guerrilla groups, the president said on Twitter, congratulating police and the Attorney General’s Office on the arrests.

Operations “to find all those responsible for sowing terror in the capital” will continue, Santos said.

Eight people were hurt last Thursday when bombs went off at offices of the Porvenir pension fund in the heart of Bogota’s financial district and in an industrial area west of downtown.

Wednesday’s arrests took place in various parts of Bogota and a nearby suburb, the national police commander, Gen. Rodolfo Palomino, said in a statement.

One of those apprehended is a suspected ELN cell leader known as “El Profe” (The Prof), Palomino said.

El Profe, according to Deputy Attorney General Jorge Fernando Perdomo, “may have some employment connection with the National University.”

Authorities are also looking at the possibility that two of the other suspects are municipal employees, Perdomo told reporters.

The ELN mounted a dozen bombings in the capital a year ago to mark the rebel army’s 50th anniversary and the same group has been blamed for six of the seven bomb attacks reported in Bogota since then.

Colombia’s largest insurgency, the FARC, is in peace talks with the Santos government.

Thursday, July 9, 2015

Plenty of Fish - Shootings " Sister sets up sister ". More men shot

Iran Nuclear Deal: Prospects, Challenges

In an online question and answer session, the issue of the Iran nuclear agreement was discussed. The panel, moderated by R. Bruce McColm, President of the Institute for Democratic Strategies, included Ambassador Robert G. Joseph, Ph.D, former US Undersecretary of State for Arms Control &International Security, Professor Raymond Tanter, former White House National Security Council senior staffer and Alireza Jafarzadeh, Deputy Director of the National Council of Resistance of Iran US Representative Office.
From left: Mr. R. Bruce McColm, Amb. Robert G. Joseph, Prof. Raymond Tanter and Mr. Alireza Jafarzadeh. Online panel, July 8, 2015
Ambassador Joseph opened the session by saying he wanted to see a negotiated outcome and a “good agreement” at the end of the nuclear talks. However, he stated that there have been too many concessions, one being the fact that the talks are not preventing Iran from having nuclear weapon capability – a goal that has now been abandoned, meaning that Iran will one day have a large-scale enrichment capability.
Iran’s poor track record was extensively discussed with Ambassador Joseph reminding us how unreliable they have been when faced with questions about their nuclear capability. This means that there is no baseline knowledge for understanding if 12 months is a meaningful deadline - America has no idea how far Iran has advanced. The IAEA has been struggling to make progress in their investigations for years after constant stonewalling from the regime.
Ambassador Joseph also highlighted the unknowns surrounding the excess of enriched uranium that Iran possesses. Will it be sent out of the country? What will Iran do to make it secure? These are questions that we do not have answers to. It is unknown how long it could take for Iran to break out.
Access at any time, to any site and any person affiliated with the site is crucial according to Ambassador Joseph. However, he said that Iran wants to manage access, in other words, they want the right to deny access. This, in his opinion, is one of the many faults that Obama’s administration and the P5+1 have made in the nuclear talks. They have given too many concessions to Iran.
In fact, Ambassador Joseph went on to say that the Obama administration has made a series of serious errors in the negotiations. They have:
• relieved sanctions to “keep Iran on the negotiating table”
• demonstrated that they are desperate for a deal – something that Iran has exploited to the fullest
• made concession after concession (i.e. deadlines)
He concludes that the above makes it “almost embarrassing to watch” and that the U.S. is explaining away Iran’s violations.
Ambassador Joseph concluded his opening remarks with a warning that Iran will become the prominent country in the region – its presence in Middle Eastern countries is becoming more and more prominent. He warned that Iran will think it is immune to external pressure when they have nuclear capability and will therefore continue to repress their people.
Professor Raymond Tanter opened by discussing North Korea – a country that possesses extensive ballistic missile knowledge. This knowledge, Prof. Tanter believes, will eventually be passed to Iran, allowing Iran to militarize their nuclear weapons.
The disconnect between the nuclear talks on one hand and Iran’s support for terrorism, their missile delivery research, the repression of its people, etc. is of concern to Prof. Tanter. He stated that this should all be factored into the nuclear deal.
He believes that there is an increasing likelihood that America will accept any deal in order to avoid having to use force. The regime is therefore increasing their demands for concessions and America keeps granting them in return.
Prof. Tanter predicted that Iran will become more active in its support for terrorism, more active in its support for activities in Yemen and more active in its support for Shiite rebellion. He believes that Iran will be very comfortable behind its “nuclear umbrella” and will therefore be able to extend its reach far beyond its current reach.
Alireza Jafarzadeh discussed the inspections of nuclear sites. A major problem is that the joint plan has continued to allow Iran to ban inspectors from visiting nuclear sites. Another problem is Iran’s continual “cheating”. He explained that the regime have many different methods for cheating. They provoke delays, tamper with evidence, lie until they are eventually exposed, distract authorities and promise cooperation that they do not follow through with.
One major example of the above cheating and deception is the case of “Kala Electric” – a site that was exposed by NCRI in February 2003. The IAEA went to visit immediately after the site was exposed but noticed discrepancies only a month later. They took samples and noted that there had been considerable modifications to the premises. The regime said this was because the space was previously used as a storage facility, then changed to a laboratory, hence the major changes. However this was a lie – it was just an attempt to hide evidence and conceal the truth. The regime also lied about discrepancies in uranium quantities and hid evidence and centrifuges in other facilities.
Jafarzadeh said that the lesson we can pull from Kala Electric is that having access any time to any suspect site is crucial in the negotiations. Iran’s strategy of controlled access to already known nuclear sites is to not answer questions. This is why we can’t let this continue. He said that it is unacceptable that Iran can deny requests from IAEA. Obama should make sure this doesn’t continue. He claimed that there are at least a dozen suspect sites and questioned why they are not being looked at. How can future problems be resolved if they can’t even resolve the current and existing ones? The negotiations have not addressed the issue of suspect nuclear activity and Jafarzadeh said this needs to be resolved before a deal can be reached.