Death Toll in Mecca Rises to 100 from Crane Crashing onto Mosque

RIYADH – At least 107 people have died and 238 were injured when a crane crashed onto the Grand Mosque in the sacred Islamic site of Mecca, according to the latest figures announced by the Saudi emergency management agency.

The grave accident, caused by the strong winds and rainstorm lashing the area, occurred when Mecca was preparing for the imminent hajj pilgrimage.

Numerous bloody corpses were stretched out on the floor of the mosque that was crowded with the faithful, a usual occurrence above all on a Friday, the Muslim’s holy day.

Dozens of ambulances rushed to the scene to evacuate the injured, while aiding with the rescue work were emergency management teams and personnel of the Red Crescent and the Health Ministry, which declared a maximum alert in all Mecca’s hospitals.

The crane that caused the massacre when it fell, breaking through the roof and falling on the worshippers inside the Grand Mosque, was used in the work of restoring the place of worship and expanding its premises that has been underway for the last four years.

The hajj pilgrimage to Mecca is one of the five pillars of Islam, together with the profession of faith known as the shahada, the giving of alms, prayer, and fasting in the month of Ramadan.

Nine Bodies Found in Clandestine Grave in Mexico

VERACRUZ, Mexico – The bodies of nine people were found in a clandestine grave in the Mexican Gulf coast state of Veracruz as part of a missing-persons investigation, the state Attorney General’s Office said.

The grave was discovered by Mexican navy personnel at a property in the coastal town of Alvarado. Most of the bodies bore tattoos covering most their skin, the AG’s office said Friday.

After the find, numerous relatives of disappeared persons in Veracruz arrived at a coroner’s office and a regional prosecutor’s office in the municipality of Boca del Rio seeking permission to view the bodies and determine if they correspond to their loved ones.

Between 2006 and 2015, 3,089 missing-person complaints have been filed in Veracruz state, which has been hard hit by drug-gang violence in recent years.

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Patrick Kennedy: Maryam Rajavi poses existential threat to Iran regime

NCRI – The Iranian Resistance, led by Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, which supports democracy and human rights, poses an “existential threat” to the mullahs and their theocratic regime in Iran, former U.S. Democratic congressman Patrick Kennedy has said.

Mr. Kennedy made the remarks at an event in Washington last Saturday to mark the Golden Anniversary of Iran's main opposition group, the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI, or MEK).

Highlights from remarks by Hon. Patrick Kennedy, former Representative, U.S. Congress, in the Mayflower Hotel, Washington, DC on Saturday, September 4, 2015:

Obviously today we celebrate a very important anniversary: The 50th anniversary of the MEK, and the purpose for its founding, which is to resist aggression and tyranny and torture and to return Iran to a democracy that honors human rights and respect for all of its citizens. The reasons for the founding of the MEK are as relevant today as they were when this movement got started by these three historic founders. We are literally at not only a historic anniversary but we’re living in a historic time when it comes to the freedom for Iran, and the freedom for all peoples around the world.

So let’s understand where we stand today. Iran under the mullahs is the largest sponsor of state sponsored terrorism, both at home with its own people, and around the world. It’s number one for the massacre of its own people. And in addition to that, it is the central banker and arms supplier for terrorism around the world. We understand in America what is at stake in the next few weeks as the United States develops and decides its own policy, once again, towards Iran.

But let me say the three main reasons for a sound U.S. policy are all intertwined with the story of the MEK andMadame Rajavi and the sacrifice of the 120,000 martyrs and the residents of Ashraf and now Liberty. For without the Iranian resistance, the world would never have learned about Iran’s secret and clandestine nuclear program. That’s why we ought to celebrate the MEK. All Americans, however they vote on this Iranian deal, ought to know they have the MEK to thank for us understanding and knowing what was going on in Iran. And for that reason it’s appropriate that we honor the 50th anniversary of the MEK. And without Maryam Rajavi and a place called Camp Ashraf and a place called Camp Liberty, the world and the people of Iran would not know that there is an alternative to the mullahs that run Iran. In fact, an alternative that supports democracy and human rights and is led by a woman, an existential threat to the mullahs and their theocracy. So thank God today for the modern MEK leadership, and the residents of Ashraf and Liberty because they have told us there is an alternative.

Without the residents of Camp Ashraf and Camp Liberty the world would not have known about those refugees that were being killed and denied the needed protection. The world would never have known that the United States broke its promise to protect the Iranian refugees in Camp Ashraf and in Camp Liberty. And the world would have never have known that the international community violated—violated—the fourth Geneva Convention to protect the unarmed, defenseless asylum seekers.

But this 50th anniversary is a historic time, and it’s the best opportunity to make good on the promises of the founders, the promises of freedom and democracy and human rights. For that is the alternative now. Freedom, democracy, human rights, or repression, torture, theocratic dictatorship and execution. That’s the choice for both the people of Iran, and for the people of the world. The mullahs say they now want to be a part of the community of nations, but we now the truth is that they are more unstable both in Iran and around the world than they’ve ever been before. That is why it’s our time, this 50th anniversary, to make good on the promises of the MEK. We have to be clear and unequivocal. And we must choose a side, we cannot have it both ways. And neither can the mullahs, they cannot say that we have to be peaceful but at the same time construct a nuclear program. They cannot be the number one executioner of their own people and support genocide in Syria and then say they want to be members of the international community.

So in conclusion, my father, Senator Edward Kennedy, stood with the future not only in writing letters for those imprisoned in the Shah’s prisons, but writing letters every time that he was ever asked by Amnesty International on behalf of the Iranian dissidents. He also stood with Nelson Mandela, who was part of the ANC, not the MEK, another “terrorist group” that just wanted the freedom of their own people. So I say we have to choose which side of history we’re going to be on on this historic anniversary. Are we going to be on the side of the future, which is what the founders of the MEK and Maryam Rajavi stand for, or are we going to part of the past? Are we going to be on the side of human rights or are we going to be on the side of dictatorships? Are we going to be on the side of democracy, or theocracy? I say the answer is clear today, the 50th anniversary of the MEK, to rededicate ourselves to the principles upon which it was founded.

Women in Iran: from unemployment to sleeping on the streets

Currently the phenomenon of homeless women sleeping on the streets has increased dramatically in Iran. This social problem has spread to such an extent that it is revealing the true nature of the mullahs’ regime and exposing the bogus promises made by Hassan Rouhani at the start of his tenure.
Habibollah Masoudi-Farid, deputy of social affairs in the regime’s Welfare Organization said around 15,000 to 17,000 homeless people are sleeping in the streets in Iran these days.
“Of this number around 1% are children, and 5 to 10% are women,” he added.
Farzad Hushiyar, a senior official in Tehran’s municipality had said a few months ago this year, “Nearly 3,000 people sleeping in the streets are rounded up each night in Tehran, and 90% of them are drug addicts.” (State-run ISNA news agency – September 5, 2015)
In the meantime, Shahindokht Molavardi, Hassan Rouahni’s vice president in women and family affairs said on September 6 that unemployment has reached over 40% amongst educated women in Iran. She went on to emphasize that unemployment is the most important economic challenge facing the country.
“We are witnessing college-educated girls and single mothers having major problems finding jobs,” she added. (State-run Shahrekhabar website – September 6, 2015)

New details of Iran terror network in Kuwai

The number of members of the terror network busted in Kuwait and placed under prosecution has reached 28, Al Arabiya TV reported on Saturday, September 6th. 26 of these individuals have been arrested and two others remain at large. This terrorist network was in contact with Iran’s Revolutionary Guards and received equipment and explosives coming from Iran. It is known as the “Abduli” group.
Kuwait attorney general has accused this network to terrorist measures and spying for Iran and the Lebanese Hezbollah.
A number of Kuwait MPs have described these measures by the terror network as aggressions by Iran against Kuwait, and went to say this is crossing red lines for Kuwait.