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<title><![CDATA[ Zinar Ala li hemberî balyozxaneya Suriyê îmze komkirin (Foto) ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 14:39:23 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Arrestation de deux militants ouvriers au Kurdistan]]></title>
<link>http://iranenlutte.wordpress.com/2009/11/28/arrestation-de-deux-militants-ouvriers-au-kurdistan/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 10:06:28 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[In Defense of Marxism, 24 novembre 2009 : Deux militants ouvriers ont été récemment arrêtés au Kurdi]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><strong><em><a href="http://www.marxist.com/free-pedram-and-farzad-now.htm" target="_blank">In Defense of Marxism</a></em>, 24 novembre 2009 :</strong></p>
<p>Deux militants ouvriers ont été récemment arrêtés au Kurdistan pour le &#8220;crime&#8221; d&#8217;avoir défendu les droits des travailleurs, participé à des meetings d&#8217;ouvriers et de n&#8217;avoir pas capitulé devant les menaces du régime iranien. Pedram Nasrollahi et Farzad Ahmadi ont le soutien de plusieurs dizaines de travailleurs de Sanandaj et d&#8217;autres régions du Kurdistan iranien.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://www.uruknet.info/pic.php?f=iranlaborlogo.jpg" alt="" width="460" height="287" /></p>
<p>Le Réseau de Solidarité avec les Travailleurs d&#8217;Iran (Iranian Workers Solidarity Network) défend le droit de ces militants de mener la lutte pour les droits fondamentaux du monde du travail et appelle à leur libération immédiate et inconditionnelle.</p>
<p><strong>Une attaque contre un est une attaque contre tous !</strong></p>
<p><strong>Liberté pour tous les prisonniers politiques en Iran !</strong></p>
<p><em><a href="http://www.iwsn.org/" target="_blank">IWSN</a>, 23 novembre</em></p>
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<p><strong><img class="alignleft" style="margin:5px;" src="http://www.iwsn.org/images/pedram6.jpg" alt="" width="119" height="203" />Pedram Nasrollahi à nouveau arrêté !</strong></p>
<p>La déclaration suivante a été publiée par les militants d&#8217;Iranian Workers&#8217; Solidarity Network à Sanandaj lors de l&#8217;arrestation récente de Pedram Nasrollahi, un militant ouvrier kurde. Pedram avait été libéré sous caution le 6 avril 2009 de la prison de Sanandaj, la capitale de la province iranienne du Kurdistan.</p>
<p>Camarades ouvriers,</p>
<p>Pedram Nasrollahia été transféré à la section de quarantaine de la prison centrale de Sanandaj et est détenu dans des conditions très dures. Il est nécessaire que tous les militants ouvriers agissent rapidement pour la libération inconditionnelle la plus rapide possible de ce militant ouvrier.</p>
<p>Il est clair que pour continuer à nous exploiter et à voler nos salaires à nous les travailleurs, le système capitaliste est prêt à tout. Seule notre unité dans cette lutte prolétarienne peut forcer à un recul de cette vague de répression et d&#8217;arrestations de militants.</p>
<p>Vive l&#8217;internationalisme prolétarien !</p>
<p><em><a href="http://www.iwsn.org/campaigns/pedram-arrest-16nov09.htm" target="_blank">Iranian Workers’ Solidarity Network Activists </a>- Sanandaj, 16 novembre 2009</em></p>
<p><strong><img class="alignleft" style="margin:5px;" src="http://www.iwsn.org/images/farzad-ahmadi.jpg" alt="" width="169" height="158" />Arrestation de Farzad Ahmadi : Un militant ouvrier arrêté.</strong></p>
<p>Selon les dernières nouvelles reçues, le jeudi 19 novembre vers 17 heures, Farzad Ahmadi, un militant ouvrier et tailleur, a été agressé par les forces de sécurité près de la rue Ferdowsi à Sanandaj, et après avoir été sévèrement battu, a été arrêté.</p>
<p>Il faut noter que cela a eut lieu le même jour que celui où les organisations des droits humains ont publié des déclarations condamnant la peine de mort et que ce fut la raison de l&#8217;arrestation de plusieurs militants sociaux.</p>
<p>En plus de la condamnation de l&#8217;arrestation de Farzad Ahmadi, nous déclarons qu&#8217;il n&#8217;avait été présent à aucun meeting public ce jour-là. Il a été arrêté vers la rue Vakil, qui n&#8217;est pas loin du carrefour Namaki. Les agents du capital cherchaient des excuses imaginaires pour emprisonner des militants anti-capitalistes.</p>
<p><em><a href="http://www.iwsn.org/campaigns/farzad-ahmadi-arrest-19nov09.htm" target="_blank">Iranian Workers’ Solidarity Network</a> &#8211; Sanandaj, 23 novembre 2009</em></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Stop à l'exécution de Zainab Jalalian !]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 09:31:18 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Zainab Jalalian, membre d&#8217;un parti kurde (PKK), a été condamnée à mort sur la base d&#8217;une]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><img class="alignright" style="margin:5px;" src="http://www.labournet.de/internationales/iran/jalaliyan.gif" alt="" width="150" height="160" />Zainab Jalalian, membre d&#8217;un parti kurde (PKK), a été condamnée à mort sur la base d&#8217;une accusation &#8220;d&#8217;apostasie&#8221; et d&#8217;être membre du PKK.</p>
<p>Elle a été arrêtée dans la ville de Kermanshah par les forces de sécurité iraniennes et transférée au bureau des renseignements de la Sepah Pasdaran (Gardiens de la Révolution), puis conduite pour bref procès au tribunal révolutionnaire de Kermanshah où l&#8217;audience n&#8217;a duré que quelques minutes. Sur la base de son adhésion à un parti politique kurde, elle a été accusée de guerre contre Dieu et condamnée à mort.</p>
<p>Elle avait fuit sa maison à l&#8217;âge de 10 ans puisque sa famille refusait qu&#8217;elle aille à l&#8217;école et a ainsi rejoint le PKK. Elle n&#8217;a jamais utilisé une arme.</p>
<p>Madame Jalalian, qui a 27 ans, le même âge qu&#8217;Ehsan lors de son exécution, était une militante politique à Maku (Province de l&#8217;Azerbaïdjan occidental). Elle est détenue à la prison de Sanandaj depuis huit mois. Dans son dossier pénal, sa participation à une opposition violente n&#8217;est jamais mentionnée. Sa condamnation à mort est uniquement basé sur des allégations comme son appartenance, la promotion et le recrutement à un parti d&#8217;opposition.</p>
<p>Sa condamnation à mort a été annoncée alors que les circonstances de son arrestation et la procédure judiciaire restent obscures, et l&#8217;absence d&#8217;une défense légale lors de l&#8217;audience de quelques minutes au tribunal.</p>
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<p>Les Militants des Droits Humains maintiennent que la procédure judiciaire qui a mené à la condamnation à mort de Madame Jallian est illégale et illégitime et dénonce donc cette condamnation et demande un réexamen transparent de son dossier par la justice.</p>
<p><em>Source : <a href="http://senanews.blogfa.com/post-1365.aspx" target="_blank">Sena News</a>.</em></p>
<p><a href="http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/save-the-lives-of-12-kurdish-prisoners.html" target="_blank">Pétition pour sauver la vie de 12 prisonniers politiques au Kurdistan</a></p>
<p><strong>Envoyez des courriers aussi vite que possible !</strong></p>
<p><strong>Lettre type :</strong></p>
<p>Votre Excellence,</p>
<p>Je suis préoccupé de la situation de Madame Zeinab Jamalian, femme de 27 ans membre de la minorité kurde d&#8217;Iran, condamnée à mort. En vue de son exécution imminente, elle est détenue dans la prison de Sanandaj dans des conditions difficile depuis huit mois. Elle a souffert de divers mauvais traitements et abus.</p>
<p>Madame Zeinab Jalalian a été condamnée à mort sur la base d&#8217;accusation &#8220;d&#8217;apostasie&#8221; et d&#8217;être membre d&#8217;un groupe kurde, le PKK.</p>
<p>Elle a fuit sa maison à l&#8217;âge de 10 ans, sa famille n&#8217;étant pas d&#8217;accord qu&#8217;elle aille à l&#8217;école, et c&#8217;est ainsi qu&#8217;elle a rejoint le PKK. Elle n&#8217;a jamais utilisé une arme, et dans son dossier pénal, il n&#8217;est à aucun moment mention qu&#8217;elle a participé à des actions violentes. Sa condamnation à mort est basée uniquement sur des allégations concernant son appartenance, la promotion et le recrutement à un groupe d&#8217;opposition.</p>
<p>C&#8217;est pourquoi je vous demande respectueusement de stopper immédiatement son exécution et de commuer sa condamnation à mort.</p>
<p>Je vous demande aussi de considérer l’opportunité d’imposer un moratoire immédiat et clair de toutes les exécutions comme première étape vers la fin de ce châtiment : l’image internationale de la République Islamique d’Iran pourrait remarquablement tirer partie de cette décision.</p>
<p>Sincèrement,</p>
<p><strong>A envoyer aux adresses suivantes :<br />
</strong></p>
<p><strong>a) Responsable de la justice :</strong></p>
<p>Ayatollah Sadeqh Larijani,Office of the Head of the Judiciary, Pasteur St., Vali Asr Ave. south of Serah-e Jomhouri, Tehran 1316814737, Islamic Republic of Iran</p>
<p>E-mail: Via le site, <a href="http://www.dadiran.ir/tabid/75/Default.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.dadiran.ir/tabid/75/Default.aspx</a></p>
<p>1er case : votre prénom<br />
2ème case : votre nom de famille<br />
3ème case : votre adresse e-mail.</p>
<p><strong>b) Gouverneur de la Province du Kurdistan : Esmail Najjar</strong></p>
<p>E-mail: Messages en persan ou en kurde, envoyer le message via le site :<br />
<a href="http://www.ostan-kd.ir/Default.aspx?tabId=150&#38;cv=4@0_1" target="_blank"> http://www.ostan-kd.ir/Default.aspx?tabId=150&#38;cv=4@0_1</a></p>
<p>En anglais, français ou dans d’autres langues, par le site :<br />
<a href="http://en.ostan-kd.ir/Default.aspx?TabID=59" target="_blank">http://en.ostan-kd.ir/Default.aspx?TabID=59</a></p>
<p>Salutations: Monsieur le Gouverneur</p>
<p>executions, as a first step towards ending the use of this punishment: the international image of the Islamic Republic of Iran could remarkably take advantage of this choice.<br />
Sincerely,</p>
<p>COPY/ PAST and SEND TO:</p>
<p>a) Head of the Judiciary</p>
<p>Ayatollah Sadeqh Larijani, Office of the Head of the Judiciary, Pasteur St., Vali Asr Ave. south of Serah-e Jomhouri, Tehran 1316814737, Islamic Republic of Iran<br />
Email: Via WEB SITE, http://www.dadiran.ir/tabid/75/Default.aspx</p>
<p>1st starred box: your given name;<br />
2sd starred box: your family name;<br />
3rd starred box: your email address</p>
<p>b) Governor of Kordestan Province<br />
Esmail Najjar</p>
<p>Email: In Persian and Kurdish, send via feedback form on the website:<br />
http://www.ostan-kd.ir/Default.aspx?tabId=150&#38;cv=4@0_1</p>
<p>In English, French or other languages, use the feedback form on the website:<br />
http://en.ostan-kd.ir/Default.aspx?TabID=59</p>
<p>Salutation: Dear Governor</p>
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<title><![CDATA[<a href="http://wp.me/pdbZj-3W">Forgotten  </a> convicted ones - 4 <a href="http://wp.me/pdbZj-4E">Jews  </a>]]></title>
<link>http://lionpuppyheart.wordpress.com/2009/11/27/forgotten-convicted-ones-4-jews/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 03:40:58 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Joshua Fattal (27) - American Jew hicker in Iran Sara Shourd   (31) - American Jew hicker in Iran  S]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><img class="alignright" title="Joshua Fattal (27)" src="http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:1DTRSuwtdVadBM:http://imgs.sfgate.com/c/pictures/2009/08/31/mn-hiker01_ph1_0500502938.jpg" alt="" width="115" height="140" /></p>
<p><strong><em><a href="http://wp.me/pdbZj-4E">Joshua Fattal </a><strong><em>(27) <strong><em>- American Jew hicker in Iran</em></strong></em></strong></em></strong></p>
<p><strong><em><a href="http://wp.me/pdbZj-4E">Sara Shourd </a>  <strong><em>(31)<strong><em> - American Jew hicker in Iran</em></strong> </em></strong></em></strong><img class="alignnone" title="Sarah Shourd" src="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2009/US/10/15/iran.us.hikers/art.shourd.afp.gi.jpg" alt="" width="292" height="219" /></p>
<p><strong><em><a href="http://wp.me/pdbZj-4E">Shane Bauer </a><strong><em>(27)<strong><em>-American Jew</em></strong> </em></strong> hicker in Iran</em></strong><img class="alignright" title="Shane Bauer (27)" src="http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:nrojolsZ6wAMAM:http://www.televisioninternet.com/news/pictures/sarah-shourd.jpg" alt="" width="125" height="82" /></p>
<p><strong><em><a href="http://wp.me/pdbZj-3W">Yaghoghil Shaolian </a></em></strong>  <strong><em>(19)<strong><em> – Local Iranian Jew </em></strong></em></strong><a href="http://www.foxnews.com/images/552955/3_68_081609_Iranunrest.jpg"><img class="alignnone" src="http://www.foxnews.com/images/552955/3_68_081609_Iranunrest.jpg" alt="" width="320" height="240" /></a></p>
<p><strong><a href="http://wp.me/pdbZj-3W">Accused of acting against national security &#8211; Espionage </a></strong></p>
<p><strong><em>It has been 120 days since three American hikers were detained in Iran. </em></strong></p>
<p><strong><em>The trio reportedly crossed over to Iran during a hiking trip near Kurdistan Iraq. </em></strong></p>
<p><strong><em>The Iranian government has accused them of espionage. </em></strong></p>
<p><strong><em>It has been 166 days since Yaghoghil Shaolian was detained in Iran, </em></strong><strong><em>a member of Iran’s Jewish community, was not an activist</em></strong><strong><em>, did not join the protests, but got caught up in the moment and threw some stones at a Tehran bank branch, in central Tehran on June 14, 2009, during unrests after June 12 presidential election in Iran.</em></strong></p>
<p><strong><em>Yaghoghil was arrested, accused of acting against national security &#8211; Espionage, resulting in his conviction and was sentenced to two and half years in prison.</em></strong></p>
<p><strong><em>An international effort is </em></strong><strong><em>seeking more information about the FOUR defendants, and will raise concerns with the Iranian authorities, since those convicted and sentenced appear to have been denied a fair trial.</em></strong><strong></strong></p>
<p><strong><em>The Iranian government has accused them of espionage. </em></strong></p>
<p><strong><em>For more detailed information, photos, videos/audios, and links</em></strong></p>
<p><strong><em>click &#8211;&#62; <a href="http://wp.me/pdbZj-4E">HEAR </a></em></strong></p>
<p><strong><em>and &#8211;&#62; <a href="http://wp.me/pdbZj-3W">HEAR  </a></em></strong></p>
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<title><![CDATA[The Bridge, Nr. 8]]></title>
<link>http://entdinglichung.wordpress.com/2009/11/27/the-bridge-nr-8/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 11:45:03 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Die achte Ausgabe der englischsprachigen iranischen linken Zeitschrift The Bridge ist erschienen, we]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Proiezione "Liberi altrove"]]></title>
<link>http://voiceoff.org/2009/11/27/proiezione-liberi-altrove/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 11:19:45 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Mercoledì 9 dicembre alle 20.30 alla Tenda, prima assoluta di “Liberi altrove”, video documentario r]]></description>
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<p><strong>Mercoledì 9 dicembre alle 20.30 alla Tenda</strong>, prima assoluta di “<strong>Liberi altrove</strong>”, video documentario realizzato da Andrea Solieri e Cristiano Regina di VOICE OFF.</p>
<p><strong>Attraverso le testimonianze dirette di tre esuli del Kurdistan turco, oggi residenti in provincia di Modena, il video racconta l’oppressione e la repressione di un popolo costretto a scappare dalla propria terra alla ricerca della libertà.</strong></p>
<p>La proiezione di Liberi altrove rientra nell’evento “<strong>Diritti negati, diritti affermat</strong>i” realizzato in occasione del 60° anniversario della Dichiarazione universale dei diritti dell’uomo, in collaborazione con Casa per la pace, Emergency (gruppo di Modena), Amnesty Italia (gruppo di Modena), Gavci, Manitese e Rete Lilliput.</p>
<p>***</p>
<p>SCHEDA DOCUMENTARIO</p>
<p><strong>Titolo</strong>: Liberi altrove</p>
<p><strong>Anno</strong>: 2009</p>
<p><strong>Durata</strong>: 20 minuti</p>
<p><strong>Soggetto</strong>: Andrea Solieri, Cristiano Regina</p>
<p><strong>Regia</strong>: Andrea Solieri, Cristiano Regina</p>
<p><strong>Con</strong>: Kemal, Memet, Francesco</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Der Iran richtet hin ]]></title>
<link>http://dierostigelaterne.wordpress.com/2009/11/27/der-iran-richtet-hin/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 02:34:02 +0000</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><pre>In den Todeszellen des iranischen Regimes warten zwölf kurdische Gefangene
auf den Tod. Zwei von ihnen können jeden Moment

hingerichtet werden.

Am 11. November wurde der kurdische Gefangene Ihsan Fetahiyan im Gefängnis
von Sine hingerichtet. Ein letztes Wiedersehen

mit seinen Angehörigen wurde ihm verweigert. In seinem letzten Brief hatte
Fetahiyan eine offene Antwort auf die Versuche des

iranischen Regimes, das mit der Todesstrafe Kurden vom Widerstand abhalten
will, gegeben: "Wenn die Herrschenden denken, sie

könnten die kurdische Frage und Kurdistan abschaffen, indem sie mich töten,
so ist das eine leere Illusion. Dieses Ziel werden sie

niemals erreichen, auch nicht mit meinem Tod oder dem Tod weiterer Tausender
kurdischer Jugendlicher. Mit jedem Tod entsteht

ein neues Leben."

Die Hinrichtung von Fetahiyan fand vor den Augen der westlichen Welt statt,
die für sich den Anspruch erhebt, Wiege der

Menschenrechte und der Demokratie zu sein. Die westlichen "Demokratien", die
Himmel und Erde in Bewegung setzen, wenn es

um das iranische Nuklearprogramm oder antiamerikanische und antijüdische
Ausfälle des Staatspräsidenten Ahmedinecad geht,

schweigen zu den Hinrichtungen kurdischer Aktivisten.

Nach Angaben von Amnesty International sind im Iran 2008 346 Hinrichtungen
vollzogen worden. Nach ANF-Berichten sind 2009

bisher mindestens 266 Menschen vom iranischen Regime hingerichtet worden.
Die Dunkelziffer ist vermutlich weit höher.

Die Hinrichtung von Ihsan Fetahiyan hat unter den Kurden eine Protestwelle
ausgelöst. Als die vorausstehende Hinrichtung bekannt

wurde, wurde umgehend im Internet eine Unterschriftenkampagne gestartet. Um
weitere Hinrichtungen zu verhindern, fordern

Kurden von den westlichen Staaten und insbesondere von internationalen
Menschenrechtsorganisationen, Druck auf den Iran

auszuüben.

Heute warten zwölf Gefangene, die wegen Unterstützung oder Mitgliedschaft in
der PKK oder der PJAK zum Tode verurteilt

worden sind, auf ihre Hinrichtung durch den Strang. Zwei von ihnen,
Hebibulla Letifi und Serko Maarfi, können jeden Moment

hingerichtet werden.

Hebibulla Lefifi ist ein 26-jähriger kurdischer Student. Er wurde 2007 in
Sine wegen Unterstützung der PJAK verhaftet und im

August 2008 zum Tode verurteilt. Anfang Oktober diesen Jahres wurde er
gemeinsam mit Fetahiyan aus der Sammelzelle geholt

und zur Hinrichtung in eine Einzelzelle verlegt.

Wir als Yek-Kom missbilligen die seine Konflikte mit Massenvernichtung löst,
und v.a. missbilligen wir die Einstellung von iran

und alle die diese faschistische und Vernichtermentalistät tragen,

daher verlangen wir, dass solche Menschen zur Rechenschaft gezogen werden.
Alle die unsere Völker gegeneinander aufstacheln,

sollen in der Öffentlichkeit abgeurteilt werden. Wir rufen die europäischen
Länder, demokratische Vereinigungen,

Menschenrechtsvereine, Menschenrechtler und alle humanistisch denkende dazu
auf, uns in dieser Sache zu unterstüzung und

Verantwortung zu übernehmen, um

eine wahre "demokratische Initiative" herzustellen. Nur so können wir
unseren Schmerz und Leid lindern.

So weit dies nicht ermöglicht wird, wird die der Kurdische Kampf für die
Demokratie und Freiheit weiter geführt werden.

YEK-KOM
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<link>http://outofcentralasianow.wordpress.com/2009/11/26/karazi-calls-for-peace-talks-mullah-omar-refuses-taliban-to-play-role-in-afghan-govt-uk-malalai-joyas-new-book-a-woman-among-the-warlords-please-read-it/</link>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><strong>Karazi calls for &#8220;Peace Talks&#8221; with the Taliban, Mullah Mohammad Omar, Supreme Commander of the Taliban rejects talks.</strong>  Once the Taliban were &#8216;friends&#8217; of the United States.  They met with President Reagan, even Mullah Omar sat in the Oval Office. They met with in Houston, Texas with Unocal in 1997 to discuss the Afghanistan Pipeline Project. Houston is known as the Kabul of the United States. <a href="http://www.historycommons.org/context.jsp?item=a120497texasvisit">Read more here.</a></p>
<div id="attachment_2293" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 460px"><a href="http://outofcentralasianow.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/mullah-omar-with-president-reaganovaloffice.jpg"><img src="http://outofcentralasianow.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/mullah-omar-with-president-reaganovaloffice.jpg" alt="" title="Mullah Omar with President Reaganovaloffice" width="450" height="299" class="size-full wp-image-2293" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">President Reagan and Mullah Omar and Taliban Delegation in Oval Office</p></div> 
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<strong>‘The people of Afghanistan will not agree to negotiation which prolongs and legitimises the invader’s military presence in our beloved country.</strong> Afghanistan is our home,’ a Taliban statement quoted Omar as saying. The elusive leader of the militia, which were unseated in the 2001 US-led invasion of Afghanistan, accused foreign powers of seeking negotiations to ‘prolong their evil process of colonization and occupation. The cunning enemy wants to attack people’s crowded places such as mosques and other similar places in order to malign the Mujahideen,’ Omar said. The one-eyed militant commander called on his fighters to ‘guard against these activities of the enemy and fully avoid carrying out any similar activity. The well-being and prosperity of the people should be your priority.’ The United States and Britain — which have the most troops in Afghanistan — have also opened the door for talks with militants they call ‘moderate Taliban,’ or those who do not have links to Al-Qaida. Omar is a founder of the Taliban and is often referred to as its ‘supreme commander’ or spiritual leader. Many analysts and diplomats believe he is hiding out in Pakistan, although Islamabad denies his presence. <a href="http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/world/11-mullah-omar-rejects-karzai-s-call-for-peace-talks--il--06">Click here for more.</a></ol>
<p>After 8 years of fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan, the British have come up with a plan (of course, with U.S. approval) to include the Taliban in Karazi&#8217;s government.  Who&#8217;s running Kabul? Is President Karazi just a puppet?  That is what the Taliban believe, and this makes that look true.</p>
<p><strong>Taliban to play role in Afghan govt: UK </strong></p>
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EDINBURGH (Scotland): Ending the war in Afghanistan would include senior Taliban commanders sitting in Afghan government, Britain’s foreign secretary said on Tuesday.<br />
David Miliband also told a meeting of Nato’s parliamentary assembly that military action must be accompanied by a political surge to restore Afghans’ faith in their corruption-scarred government.<br />
He said the vast majority of Taliban fighters were not committed to a global jihad and could be persuaded to stop fighting. He said a settlement must include the top Taliban commanders prepared to renounce violence. ‘Once reintegration gains momentum, and the insurgency is starting to fray, we will need to support President Karzai in reaching out to those commanders that can be persuaded to renounce Al Qaeda and pursue their goals peacefully within the constitutional framework,’ he said. <a href="http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/world/19-taliban-to-play-role-in-afghan-govt-uk-hh-05">Click here for more.</a></ol>
<li><a href="http://www.longwarjournal.org/threat-matrix/archives/2009/11/mullah_omar_rejects_negotiatio.php">The Long War Journal reports that yesterday, Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar issued an Eid message, Read it here.</a></li>
<li><a href="http://wp.me/pAcJQ-Ay">President Obama leaks his decision on sending troops to Afghanistan. Read it here.</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/03-Political-crisis-continues-as-Taliban-loom-ss-02">Political Crisis Looms; President Zardari&#8217;s rule ending soon?  Does Mr. 10% get tried again? Read it here.</a></li>
<p><strong>Malalai Joya&#8217;s story will be on our Blog every day for the next month. Please buy her book and visit her site.</strong>. <a href="http://malalaijoya.com/dcmj/joya-in-media/300-opinion-us-is-doing-no-good-in-afghanistan.html">Read her San Jose Mercury Opinion: &#8220;U.S. is doing no good in Afghanistan&#8221; here.</a><br />
On Saturday, Nov. 7, Malalai Joya was at a gathering at San Jose State University in California to promote her book &#8220;A Woman Among Warlords&#8221; and to gather support for her people in Afghanistan. Malalai is a very brave woman to take on her own government and also the U.S. government, the occupiers of her country. </p>
<div id="attachment_1990" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 460px"><IMG class="size-full wp-image-1990" title="DSCN1610" height="337" alt="DSCN1610" src="http://outofcentralasianow.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/dscn1610.jpg" width="450"><p class="wp-caption-text">Malalai Joya signing her new book, A Woman Among Warlords, a JB photo</p></div> 
<p><a href="http://wp.me/pAcJQ-w5">Our story on Malalai Joya can be seen here.</a> <A href="http://www.amazon.com/Woman-Among-Warlords-Extraordinary-Afghan/dp/143910946X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&#38;s=books&#38;qid=1257687426&#38;sr=1-1"><STRONG>Buy a copy of her book, &#8220;A Woman Among Warlords&#8221; here</STRONG></A>, or at your favorite bookstore. A great Holiday gift idea. The subtitle is &#8220;The Extraordinary Story of an Afghan Who Dared to Raise Her Voice&#8221;. <a href="http://www.malalaijoya.com/index1024.htm"> Visit Malalai&#8217;s website here for more information on how you can help.</a></p>
<p>* * *<br />
<strong> Take Action Now: It is not too late !</strong><br />
Call President Obama: To reach the U.S. Capitol Switchboard: 202-224-3121 or 202-225-3121 Leave a message: No more Troops. End the War(s).  Call Leon Panetta at (703) 482-0623, CIA headquarters, leave a message:  Stop the South Waziristan War and don&#8217;t attack Quetta, End the War(s).</p>
<p>How much does the War Spending cost your congressional district (if you live in the U.S.)? Find out at the National Priorities Project <a href="http://tinyurl.com/NoWarTaxDollarsSpent-Here"> (click here).</a>  Only YOU can stop this.</p>
<p>Today, please tell your member of Congress and U.S. Senators to <a href="http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/1312/t/4175/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=1490">End the War in Afghanistan, sign this petition</a>. If you live outside the United States, write to your leaders, End the War Now.</p>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:44:15 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[BIG ANNOUNCEMENT DECEMBER 1, ON TELEVISION: PRESIDENT OBAMA TO LAY OUT THE PLAN HOW MORE TROOPS WILL]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><strong> BIG ANNOUNCEMENT DECEMBER 1, ON TELEVISION: PRESIDENT OBAMA TO LAY OUT THE PLAN HOW MORE TROOPS WILL BRING AN END TO THE WAR.  FUZZY PLANNING?</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://outofcentralasianow.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/erection-obama.jpg"><img src="http://outofcentralasianow.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/erection-obama.jpg" alt="Hope and Change becomes more and more of the same" title="Erection Obama" width="428" height="331" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2268" /></a><br />
“It’s my intention to finish the job,” Obama said Tuesday in the East Room of the White House at at a joint news conference with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. “I feel very confident when the American people hear a clear rationale for what we’re doing there and how we’ll achieve our goals, they’ll be supportive.”</p>
<a href="http://outofcentralasianow.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/hope.jpg"><img src="http://outofcentralasianow.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/hope.jpg" alt="" title="Hope" width="400" height="302" class="size-full wp-image-2271" /></a>
<p>                            <strong>This is our message to you, Mr. President.  </strong></p>
<div id="attachment_2274" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 370px"><a href="http://outofcentralasianow.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/photo-denice-rehse-watson-san-mateo-county-ca-www-barewitness-org.jpg"><img src="http://outofcentralasianow.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/photo-denice-rehse-watson-san-mateo-county-ca-www-barewitness-org.jpg" alt="" title="Photo Denice Rehse Watson San Mateo County CA www.barewitness.org" width="360" height="257" class="size-full wp-image-2274" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Photo Denice Rehse Watson  www.barewitness.org</p></div> 
<p>* * *<br />
<strong> Take Action Now: It is not too late !</strong><br />
Call President Obama: To reach the U.S. Capitol Switchboard: 202-224-3121 or 202-225-3121 Leave a message: No more Troops. End the War(s).  Call Leon Panetta at (703) 482-0623, CIA headquarters, leave a message:  Stop the South Waziristan War and don&#8217;t attack Quetta, End the War(s).</p>
<p>How much does the War Spending cost your congressional district (if you live in the U.S.)? Find out at the National Priorities Project <a href="http://tinyurl.com/NoWarTaxDollarsSpent-Here"> (click here).</a>  Only YOU can stop this.</p>
<p>Today, please tell your member of Congress and U.S. Senators to <a href="http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/1312/t/4175/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=1490">End the War in Afghanistan, sign this petition</a>. If you live outside the United States, write to your leaders, End the War Now.</p>
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<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[BULLETIN: With the national debt now topping $12 trillion, the White House estimates that the govern]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34103722/ns/politics-the_new_york_times"><strong>BULLETIN: With the national debt now topping $12 trillion,</strong></a> the White House estimates that the government’s tab for servicing the debt will exceed $700 billion a year in 2019, up from $202 billion this year, even if annual budget deficits shrink drastically. Other forecasters say the figure could be much higher. In concrete terms, <strong>an additional $500 billion a year in interest expense would total more than the combined federal budgets this year for education, energy, homeland security and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.</strong> [Ed. Note: Just on the financial costs to the U.S. for the WARS, it is enough to turn off the funds.  We are not doing any good with our troops on the ground there. Read on.  Sign the petition at the bottom of the Post, and call President Obama, his number is there also.]</p>
<p><strong>The Top Contracts<br />
Who Got What in Iraq and Afghanistan, 2004–2006</strong></p>
<div id="attachment_2235" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 460px"><a href="http://outofcentralasianow.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/pallets-of-100-dollar-bills.jpg"><img src="http://outofcentralasianow.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/pallets-of-100-dollar-bills.jpg" alt="" title="Pallets of 100 dollar bills" width="450" height="300" class="size-full wp-image-2235" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Many Pallets of 100 US Dollar Bills are necessary to pay these contracts</p></div>
<p>Ok, let&#8217;s guess how much the top contract was for, and who got it?  I want you to think about this for one moment.  <a href="http://projects.publicintegrity.org/WOWII/database.aspx?act=toponehundredcontracts">The Center for Public Integrity</a> put out this study of the top 100 contracts, and also, the top 100 contractors.  How much was the #1 contract worth?  How much was the last one on the list, the 100th contract worth?  Here&#8217;s the results:</p>
<p><a href="http://tinyurl.com/KBR15Billion">The top contract was for $15 Billion US Dollars and it went to KBR (formerly Kellog, Brown and Root)</a> Look at the link to see what they got this money for.  KBR was a subsidiary of Halliburton during this time, Dick Cheney was CEO of this company before becoming Vice President under George W. Bush.</p>
<p><a href="http://tinyurl.com/yjwm5dx">Contract # 100, the lowest on the list was for $51 Million Dollars to L-3 Communications Holdings Inc.</a>  That&#8217;s right readers, 51 MILLION US DOLLARS ranks 100th in the least costly contract for the Iraq-Afghanistan Wars in 2004 through 2006.  More dollars are needed now to keep the war(s) going.  It is estimated to be over 100 Million US Dollars every day right now, plus the loss of lives on all sides, the wounded humans on all sides, and the totally innocent lives lost while the sides continue to kill each other.  Enough is Enough.</p>
<p><a href="http://original.antiwar.com/engelhardt/2009/11/22/out-of-iraq-into-the-gulf/"><strong>Out of Iraq, Into the Gulf by Nick Turse and Tom Engelhardt, November 23, 2009</strong></a></p>
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They report: &#8220;So here’s the mystery. You have a country that only recently had upward of 300 military bases, monster to micro, in a single war-torn land, Iraq. It probably now has something like 300 bases combined in Iraq and Afghanistan (where base-building is on the rise). Outside of those war zones, it has perhaps 800 more “facilities” (as they’re called) around the globe and thousands more at home. Some of them are absolutely enormous, the equivalent of small American towns with all the amenities of home.&#8221;</ol>
<p>No more money for base expansion. Cut 10 bases a month for one year, how much will that save?</p>
<div id="attachment_2242" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 460px"><a href="http://outofcentralasianow.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/bagram-air-base-afghanistan.jpg"><img src="http://outofcentralasianow.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/bagram-air-base-afghanistan.jpg" alt="" title="Bagram Air base, Afghanistan" width="450" height="404" class="size-full wp-image-2242" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan  Google Image 2009</p></div>
<p><strong>Malalai Joya&#8217;s story will be on our Blog every day for the next month. Please buy her book and visit her site.</strong>. <a href="http://malalaijoya.com/dcmj/joya-in-media/300-opinion-us-is-doing-no-good-in-afghanistan.html">Read her San Jose Mercury Opinion: &#8220;U.S. is doing no good in Afghanistan&#8221; here.</a><br />
On Saturday, Nov. 7, Malalai Joya was at a gathering at San Jose State University in California to promote her book &#8220;A Woman Among Warlords&#8221; and to gather support for her people in Afghanistan. Malalai is a very brave woman to take on her own government and also the U.S. government, the occupiers of her country. </p>
<div id="attachment_1990" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 460px"><IMG class="size-full wp-image-1990" title="DSCN1610" height="337" alt="DSCN1610" src="http://outofcentralasianow.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/dscn1610.jpg" width="450"><p class="wp-caption-text">Malalai Joya signing her new book, A Woman Among Warlords, a JB photo</p></div> 
<p><a href="http://wp.me/pAcJQ-w5">Our story on Malalai Joya can be seen here.</a> <A href="http://www.amazon.com/Woman-Among-Warlords-Extraordinary-Afghan/dp/143910946X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&#38;s=books&#38;qid=1257687426&#38;sr=1-1"><STRONG>Buy a copy of her book, &#8220;A Woman Among Warlords&#8221; here</STRONG></A>, or at your favorite bookstore. A great Holiday gift idea. The subtitle is &#8220;The Extraordinary Story of an Afghan Who Dared to Raise Her Voice&#8221;. <a href="http://www.malalaijoya.com/index1024.htm"> Visit Malalai&#8217;s website here for more information on how you can help.</a></p>
<p>* * *<br />
<strong> Take Action Now:</strong><br />
Call President Obama: To reach the U.S. Capitol Switchboard: 202-224-3121 or 202-225-3121 Leave a message: No more Troops. End the War(s).  Call Leon Panetta at (703) 482-0623, CIA headquarters, leave a message:  Stop the South Waziristan War and don&#8217;t attack Quetta, End the War(s).</p>
<p>Today, please tell your member of Congress and U.S. Senators to <a href="http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/1312/t/4175/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=1490">End the War in Afghanistan, sign this petition</a>. If you live outside the United States, write to your leaders, End the War Now.</p>
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[Ed. Note:  Several weeks ago, we predicted that President Zardari's days as President of Pakistan are limited due to these corruption/graft cases that were dismissed by President Musharraf two years ago.  Now, the cases are active again, due to the Parliament rejecting the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO)]</p>
<div id="attachment_2223" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 237px"><a href="http://outofcentralasianow.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/zardari20and20musharraf.gif"><img src="http://outofcentralasianow.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/zardari20and20musharraf.gif" alt="" title="Zardari%20and%20Musharraf" width="227" height="152" class="size-full wp-image-2223" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Pakistan President Zardari and photo of Past-President Musharraf</p></div>
<li>ISLAMABAD: Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari and several of his close aides are among over 8,000 persons who were granted immunity in corruption cases under a controversial law, according to a list made public today. The list of beneficiaries of the National Reconciliation Ordinance, issued by former military ruler Pervez Musharraf two years ago, did not include the name of Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani&#8217;s wife as stated in media reports earlier. Besides Zardari, the list includes the names of his close aides Interior Minister Rehman Malik, Defence Minister Chaudhry Ahmed Mukhtar, Salman Faruqui, secretary general in the presidency, Hussain Haqqani, the Pakistani envoy to the US, and Wajid Shamsul Hassan, the envoy to Britain. The move came after growing pressure from political parties on the ruling Pakistan People&#8217;s Party to name the people who had benefited from the NRO.</li>
<p><a href="http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/16-mushahid-urges-pm-to-seek-resignations-hs-01">UPDATES: LAHORE: PML-Q Secretary-General Mushahid Husain Syed has demanded that Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani should seek resignation from the ministers who have benefited from the National Reconciliation Ordinance.</a> And <a href="http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/the-newspaper/editorial/corruption-and-the-nro-319"> Corruption and the NRO.</a></p>
<p><strong>Who&#8217;s running this Country and Why? Noam Chomsky dissecting state propaganda slogans.&#8221;Support our Troops&#8221;, Excerpt from &#8220;Class War: he Attack On Working People&#8221; (1998). Thanks Anna Ng.</strong></p>
<p><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/G7DdWmWUa_8&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' /><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><param name='wmode' value='transparent' /><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/G7DdWmWUa_8&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='425' height='350' wmode='transparent'></embed></object></span></p>
<p><strong>Malalai Joya&#8217;s story will be on our Blog every day for the next month. Please buy her book and visit her site.</strong>. <a href="http://malalaijoya.com/dcmj/joya-in-media/300-opinion-us-is-doing-no-good-in-afghanistan.html">Read her San Jose Mercury Opinion: &#8220;U.S. is doing no good in Afghanistan&#8221; here.</a><br />
On Saturday, Nov. 7, Malalai Joya was at a gathering at San Jose State University in California to promote her book &#8220;A Woman Among Warlords&#8221; and to gather support for her people in Afghanistan. Malalai is a very brave woman to take on her own government and also the U.S. government, the occupiers of her country. </p>
<div id="attachment_1990" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 460px"><IMG class="size-full wp-image-1990" title="DSCN1610" height="337" alt="DSCN1610" src="http://outofcentralasianow.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/dscn1610.jpg" width="450"><p class="wp-caption-text">Malalai Joya signing her new book, A Woman Among Warlords, a JB photo</p></div> 
<p><a href="http://wp.me/pAcJQ-w5">Our story on Malalai Joya can be seen here.</a> <A href="http://www.amazon.com/Woman-Among-Warlords-Extraordinary-Afghan/dp/143910946X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&#38;s=books&#38;qid=1257687426&#38;sr=1-1"><STRONG>Buy a copy of her book, &#8220;A Woman Among Warlords&#8221; here</STRONG></A>, or at your favorite bookstore. A great Holiday gift idea. The subtitle is &#8220;The Extraordinary Story of an Afghan Who Dared to Raise Her Voice&#8221;. <a href="http://www.malalaijoya.com/index1024.htm">Visit Malalai&#8217;s website here for more information on how you can help.</a></p>
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<strong> Take Action Now:</strong><br />
Call President Obama: To reach the U.S. Capitol Switchboard: 202-224-3121 or 202-225-3121 Leave a message: No more Troops. End the War(s).  Call Leon Panetta at (703) 482-0623, CIA headquarters, leave a message:  Stop the South Waziristan War and don&#8217;t attack Quetta, End the War(s).</p>
<p>Today, please tell your member of Congress and U.S. Senators to <a href="http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/1312/t/4175/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=1490">End the War in Afghanistan, sign this petition</a>. If you live outside the United States, write to your leaders, End the War Now.</p>
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<link>http://iranenlutte.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/executions-au-kurdistan-des-deputes-craignent-une-rupture-entre-la-population-kurde-et-le-regime/</link>
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<description><![CDATA[Article publié par Nouvelles d&#8217;Arménie, 23 novembre 2009 : Des députés de la minorité kurde d’]]></description>
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<p>Des députés de la minorité kurde d’Iran ont demandé l’abolition de la peine de mort pour les membres de leur communauté, disant craindre une rupture entre la population kurde et le régime.</p>
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<p>Selon l’agence Ilna mardi, des députés kurdes ont adressé une lettre dans ce sens au chef du pouvoir judiciaire, Sadeq Larijani, après l’exécution du Kurde Ehsan Fatahian malgré une intervention de parlementaires selon qui ce dernier avait été dans un premier temps condamné à 10 ans de prison.</p>
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<p>&#8220;Plusieurs jeunes kurdes ont été récemment condamnés à mort, cela inquiète la province du Kurdistan&#8221; d’Iran, affirme la lettre. &#8220;Le gouvernement ne devrait pas agir de manière à créer une distance entre le peuple kurde et le régime. Ainsi, nous demandons sérieusement au pouvoir judiciaire de reconsidérer (sa position sur) de tels verdicts&#8221;.</p>
<p>La semaine dernière, le site internet réformiste Mowjcamp, proche du leader de l’opposition Mir Hossein Moussavi, a indiqué qu’un Kurde, Shirkouh Moarefi, 24 ans, était dans le couloir de la mort après avoir été reconnu coupable d’être un &#8220;mohareb (ennemi de Dieu)&#8221;, crime passible de la peine de mort.</p>
<p>Amnesty International avait demandé aux autorités iraniennes d’annuler sa peine de mort.</p>
<p>La province occidentale du Kurdistan, frontalière de l’Irak, est peuplée en majorité de sunnites dans un pays à majorité chiite. Elle est régulièrement le théâtre d’actions armées, notamment du Pejak, un mouvement séparatiste (1)  lié au Parti des travailleurs du Kurdistan (PKK), actif en Turquie.</p>
<p>Les Kurdes représentent environ 7% de la population en Iran qui compte 70 millions d’habitants.</p>
<p>Depuis début 2009, 251 personnes ont été exécutées en Iran, selon un décompte de l’AFP établi à partir d’informations diffusées par les médias locaux. En 2008, 246 personnes ont été exécutées dans le pays.</p>
<p><em>(1) Note : à la lecture de son <a href="http://www.pjak.org/eng/about.php" target="_blank">programme</a>, PJAK semble plus revendiquer une autonomie du Kurdistan dans le cadre d&#8217;un Iran fédéral qu&#8217;être &#8220;séparatiste&#8221;. </em></p>
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<link>http://gurgin.wordpress.com/2009/11/22/bilderna-sager-mer-an-tusen-ord/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:23:12 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[AK partiets &#8220;kurdiska initiativ&#8221;, som tyvärr inte kommer av god vilja, där de planerar p]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>AK partiets &#8220;kurdiska initiativ&#8221;, som tyvärr inte kommer av god vilja, där de planerar på att ge kurderna sina självklara rättigheter och att börja samtala med den kurdiska oppositionen har skapat vrede i det ultranationalistiska partiet MHP. AKP ser ut att tvingas göra ett val mellan kurder och nationalistiska väljare efter detta.</p>
<p>De här bilderna kommer från ett tumultartad möte för två veckor sedan och de talar för sig själv. Det är de här krafterna som minoritetsgrupperna i Turkiet har fått stå ut med.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Lou Dobbs "Mr. President, Bring ALL the Troops Home Now"; Michael Moore on Larry King "Bring the troops home"; Malalai Joya's new book "A Woman Against the Warlords", read it]]></title>
<link>http://outofcentralasianow.wordpress.com/2009/11/21/lou-dobbs-mr-president-bring-all-the-troops-home-now-michael-moore-on-larry-king-bring-the-troops-home-malalai-joyas-new-book-a-woman-against-the-warlords-read-it/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:56:59 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Lou Dobbs &#8220;Mr. President, bring ALL the troops home now, not just from Iraq and Afghanistan, b]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p> <strong>Lou Dobbs &#8220;Mr. President, bring ALL the troops home now, not just from Iraq and Afghanistan, but from Germany, Italy, Japan, and every country they are stationed in</strong>&#8220;</p>
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<p> <strong>Michael Moore says &#8220;We need to leave, this is not our business. No more Troops, bring the troops home.  It is unwinnable.  The President of Afghanistan&#8217;s brother is a leader in the Opium trade? When is this going to stop?&#8221;</strong></p>
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<p><strong>Malalai Joya&#8217;s story will be on our Blog every day for the next month. Please buy her book and visit her site.</strong>. <a href="http://malalaijoya.com/dcmj/joya-in-media/300-opinion-us-is-doing-no-good-in-afghanistan.html">Read her San Jose Mercury Opinion: &#8220;U.S. is doing no good in Afghanistan&#8221; here.</a><br />
On Saturday, Nov. 7, Malalai Joya was at a gathering at San Jose State University in California to promote her book &#8220;A Woman Among Warlords&#8221; and to gather support for her people in Afghanistan. Malalai is a very brave woman to take on her own government and also the U.S. government, the occupiers of her country. </p>
<div id="attachment_1990" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 460px"><IMG class="size-full wp-image-1990" title="DSCN1610" height="337" alt="DSCN1610" src="http://outofcentralasianow.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/dscn1610.jpg" width="450"><p class="wp-caption-text">Malalai Joya signing her new book, A Woman Among Warlords, a JB photo</p></div> 
<p><a href="http://wp.me/pAcJQ-w5">Our story on Malalai Joya can be seen here.</a> <A href="http://www.amazon.com/Woman-Among-Warlords-Extraordinary-Afghan/dp/143910946X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&#38;s=books&#38;qid=1257687426&#38;sr=1-1"><STRONG>Buy a copy of her book, &#8220;A Woman Among Warlords&#8221; here</STRONG></A>, or at your favorite bookstore. A great Holiday gift idea. The subtitle is &#8220;The Extraordinary Story of an Afghan Who Dared to Raise Her Voice&#8221;. <a href="http://www.malalaijoya.com/index1024.htm">Visit Malalai&#8217;s website here for more information on how you can help.</a></p>
<p> * * *<br />
<strong> Take Action Now:</strong><br />
Call President Obama: To reach the U.S. Capitol Switchboard: 202-224-3121 or 202-225-3121 Leave a message: No more Troops. End the War(s).  Call Leon Panetta at (703) 482-0623, CIA headquarters, leave a message:  Stop the South Waziristan War and don&#8217;t attack Quetta, End the War(s).</p>
<p>Today, please tell your member of Congress and U.S. Senators to <a href="http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/1312/t/4175/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=1490">End the War in Afghanistan, sign this petition</a>. If you live outside the United States, write to your leaders, End the War Now.</p>
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<link>http://iranenlutte.wordpress.com/2009/11/21/le-kurdistan-ne-sera-pas-execute/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:30:04 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Editorial de Saeed Valadbaygi pour “The Bridge” n°7, journal en anglais réalisé par des camarades ir]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><strong>Editorial de Saeed Valadbaygi pour “<em>The Bridge</em>” n°7, journal en anglais réalisé par des camarades iranien(ne)s et qui peut être lu ou téléchargé <a href="http://issuu.com/thebridgejournal/docs/the_bridge_journal___7" target="_blank">depuis cette adresse</a>. Ce texte a également été publié par <a href="http://shooresh1917.blogspot.com/2009/11/lead-articlekurdistan-will-not-be.html" target="_blank">Revolutionary Road</a> le 20 novembre.</strong><strong><br />
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<p><em>Le plus difficile moment de la semaine dernière et qui a brisé le cœur de tout le monde fut l&#8217;exécution d&#8217;un militant dévoué. La République Islamique a exécuté <a href="http://iranenlutte.wordpress.com/2009/11/11/eshan-fattahian-a-ete-execute/">Ehsan Fattahian</a>, un des grands et fiers jeunes du Kurdistan. Ehsan venait d&#8217;une famille de la classe ouvrière de la province de Kermanshah, à l&#8217;ouest de l&#8217;Iran, et avait été arrêté et condamné à mort pour sa lutte politique en tant que membre d&#8217;un groupe marxiste au Kurdistan. Son exécution a conduit une fois encore à des protestations dans le monde entier contre le crime organisé qu&#8217;est l&#8217;assassinat de prisonniers politiques.</em></p>
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<p>L&#8217;exécution de prisonniers politiques et sociaux dans la République Islamique a 30 ans d&#8217;histoire. Mais ces derniers jours, la vague d&#8217;inquiétude provoquée chez les gens et les militants des droits humains a atteint une échelle internationale. Les exécutions et condamnations à mort contre des prisonniers ont suscité les questions suivantes : une autre vague d&#8217;exécution est-elle imminente ?  Jusqu&#8217;où le gouvernement continuera dans cette voie, quel est le but de ces exécutions et qu&#8217;est-ce que la République Islamique compte y gagner ?</p>
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<p>Ehsan Fattahian,un militant politique au Kurdistan, a été exécuté le mercredi 11 novembre. <a href="http://iranenlutte.wordpress.com/2009/11/15/lexecution-de-shirko-est-reportee-continuons-les-protestations-contre-la-peine-de-mort/">Shirko Moarefi</a> et Habib-Allah Latifi, deux autres militants politiques, sont menacés d&#8217;exécution. <a href="http://iranenlutte.wordpress.com/2009/11/14/halte-au-massacre-des-prisonniers-politiques-kurdes/">Une femme et onze autres hommes</a>, toujours au Kurdistan, croupissent en prison avec le fardeau d&#8217;une condamnation à mort. Ces exécutions cherchent à créer une atmosphère de terreur dans la société et à faire partir les gens des rues pour stabiliser le système après le coup d&#8217;Etat électoral. La République Islamique, qui affronte un énorme défi face à la révolution du peuple contre ses dirigeant, n&#8217;a pas d&#8217;autres choix que de telles méthodes. Cette méthode de répression, pour ceux qui se rappellent des premières années après la révolution de 1357 (1979), est très familière. Pendant ces années aussi, la République Islamique a mené une guerre cotre le peuple avec le même type de vague d&#8217;emprisonnements et d&#8217;exécutions des prisonniers politiques pour prendre le contrôle de la vie sociale et politique en Iran.</p>
<p>Chaque jour et chaque mois, une liste d&#8217;exécutions politiques dans les prisons d&#8217;Iran était annoncée à la radio et dans les journaux. Leurs crimes étaient &#8220;guerre contre Dieu&#8221;. Mais aujourd&#8217;hui, après 30 ans de République Islamique, de nombreux hommes et femmes à travers l&#8217;Iran sont condamné(e)s sous la peine appellation et envoyé(e)s à la potence.  Mais aujourd&#8217;hui, les exécutés et ceux qui ont combattu Dieu et ses représentants sur terre sont les héros du peuple et les révélateurs de la tyrannie politique et religieuse en Iran. C&#8217;est ce que l&#8217;on a vu avec Ehsan Fattahian, qu&#8217;ils ont enfermé et ensuite assassiné, pour le crime d&#8217;être membre d&#8217;un groupe marxiste-léniniste. Quelques jours plus tard, à l&#8217;Université de Téhéran, un <a href="http://iranenlutte.wordpress.com/2009/11/16/rassemblement-a-luniversite-de-teheran-e-memoire-deshan-fattahian/">rassemblement de plusieurs centaines de personnes</a> a eu lieu en sa mémoire. Le peuple s&#8217;attaque de toutes ses forces au gouvernement et à toutes ses fractions, et le il a montré ces derniers mois que ce mouvement ne mourra pas même si des gens comme Moussavi et Karroubi restent silencieux face à de tels procédés. Les récentes exécutions ont posé une question très claire aux leaders réformistes en Iran, celle de leur position sur la peine de mort. Les récentes exécutions ont montré que des gens comme Moussavi, Karroubi, Khatami et consort, non seulement n&#8217;ont pas de position claire sur l&#8217;exécution de prisonniers politiques et la peine de mort en général, mais qu&#8217;en défendant l&#8217;intégrité de la République Islamique, ils ont été et sont toujours complices de ces meurtres. Que ces hommes n&#8217;aient pas le pouvoir est un sujet largement débattu ces derniers mois, mais le silence lorsque la population dans les rues, et même des groupes du bazar, et diverses organisations expriment leurs condamnations de ces assassinats, démontre leur complicité avec de tels crimes.</p>
<p>Ce mouvement est une vibrante et humaine dynamique du peuple contre les exécutions de masse, pour la liberté des femmes et le bien-être des travailleurs. Une dynamique qui a déjà vu deux révolutions et plusieurs coups d&#8217;Etat masqués contre elles. Notre peuple a été victime des jeux politiques et militaires des puissances de la région et du monde, depuis la Révolution Constitutionnelle jusqu&#8217;au coup d&#8217;État du 28 mordad (1953), la révolution de 57 (1979) et les trente années de protestations contre la République Islamique. Mais les protestations récentes sont uniques par bien des aspects. Ce mouvement est très conscient et captivant au sens où vous pouvez être en même temps une étudiante de l&#8217;université qui pour vivre doit travailler de longues heures, qui se soulève contre les normes discriminatoires et a déjà goûté à la prison pour ce crime, et de représenter de fait le mouvement des femmes, les étudiants, les travailleurs, les prisonniers politiques ou un des milliers de phénomènes uniques de la République Islamique. Il suffit d&#8217;être dans les rues d&#8217;Iran pour entendre le plus profond langage politique et social des masses. Vous devriez être au milieu du peuple pour entendre le profondeur de l&#8217;hostilité au sein du mouvement pour une société laïque et égalitaire. Il suffit de faire quelques pas dans les vagues de la foule pour voir la profondeur de la solidarité et de l&#8217;unité pour changer le pouvoir politique en Iran. Même si les exécutions continuent, non seulement ils échoueront à faire retourner les gens chez eux, mais au contraire ils enfonceront de nouveaux clous dans le cercueil de la République Islamique. Ces derniers mois, le peuple du Kurdistan à été moins présent que dans d&#8217;autres régions sur la scène des protestations. Les raisons à cela doivent être analysées dans une autre discussion. Mais ce qui est clair pour tous, c&#8217;est que le Kurdistan est au cœur du mouvement révolutionnaire radical et est depuis longtemps au centre des transformations politiques en Iran. Aussi longtemps que continueront ces actes contre l&#8217;honorable peuple de cette immense partie de l&#8217;Iran, une grande force descendra dans les rues et au final l&#8217;avantage ne sera pas à la République Islamique.</p>
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<link>http://achavirov.wordpress.com/2009/11/21/krestan-se-vratil-zpet-slouzit-do-iraku/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:10:51 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Kresťanský mierový pracovník sa po 4 rokoch Harmeet Singh Sooden od oslobodenia zo zajatia vrátil sl]]></description>
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<div class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 105px"><a href="http://cs.christiantoday.com/files/2009_11/missions_16015_1.jpg" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong><strong><img class=" " src="http://cs.christiantoday.com/files/2009_11/missions_16015_a5403.jpg" alt="" width="95" height="126" /></strong></strong></span></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Harmeet Singh Sooden</p></div>
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<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#000080;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>od oslobodenia zo zajatia vrátil slúžiť do Iraku.</strong></span></span></p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;">Kresťanský mierový pracovník sa vrátil do Iraku po tom, čo tam bol oslobodený zo zajatia pred štyrmi rokmi, informovali o tom bristké noviny The Christian Today.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Harmeet Singh Sooden je členom Kresťanského mierového tímu, ktorý počas dvoch týždňov cestoval po irackom Kurdistane&#8230;  <a href="http://cs.christiantoday.com/article/krestansky-mierovy-pracovnik-sa-po-4-rokoch-od-oslobodenia-zo-zajatia-vratil-sluzit-do-iraku/16015.htm" target="_blank"><span style="color:#000080;"><strong>Čti dále&#8230;</strong></span></a></p>
<div><em><em>(s povolením editora Rastislava Čižmára)</em></em> <strong> </strong></div>
<div><strong>Zdroj: <a href="http://cs.christiantoday.com/" target="_blank">http://cs.christiantoday.com/</a></strong></div>
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<description><![CDATA[(source : Contre-Informations 21/11/09) D’habitude lorsqu’il y a répression en France contre l’extrê]]></description>
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D’habitude lorsqu’il y a répression en France contre l’extrême-gauche de Turquie ou bien les mouvements kurdes, aucun média n’en parle. Cette fois-ci s’il en est parlé, c’est bien évidemment dans une démarche populiste: « <a href="http://www.ladepeche.fr/article/2009/11/19/718124-Des-pros-du-BTP-en-garde-a-vue.html">Des pros du BTP en garde à vue </a>» annonce le journal La dépêche, expliquant que la section anti-terroriste a arrêté plusieurs personnes à Bordeaux, Marseille, Paris et Toulouse. Ces personnes sont accusées de participer au financement du PKK.</p>
<p>Cette situation est douloureuse: il est grave que depuis 20 ans, l’Etat français puisse frapper impunément, comme bon semble, les révolutionnaires de Turquie et du Kurdistan, sachant qu’il n’y aura ni information ni protestation! Rappelons que Contre-Informations est le seul média (non kurde) à parler de l’actualité de la guérilla kurde (et à saluer la juste lutte antifasciste du peuple kurde pour ses droits nationaux), et que ses archives contiennent des documents très intéressants concernant la question kurde, notamment « <a href="http://www.contre-informations.fr/doc-inter/asiecentrale/kurdistan.pdf">Analyse fondamentale </a>» qui est le document de base du PKK, et une <a href="http://www.contre-informations.fr/doc-inter/asiecentrale/kurdistan1.html">interview </a>de l’armée des femmes au Kurdistan.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Top stories on this POST: Political Borders does not a Country Make: The Kurds, the Pashtuns, the Baloch, how to satisfy them? ; Kurdistan Independence Map and Oil Maps; Malalai Joya's new book "A Woman Among Warlords", read it]]></title>
<link>http://outofcentralasianow.wordpress.com/2009/11/20/top-stories-on-this-post-political-borders-does-not-a-country-make-the-kurds-the-pashtuns-the-baloch-how-to-satisfy-them-kurdistan-independence-map-and-oil-maps-malalai-joyas-new-book-a-w/</link>
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<description><![CDATA[OUR FIRST RE-RUN: On October 1, 2009 we posted the following story. It is the most sought after stor]]></description>
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<p>BULLETIN:<a href="http://www.longwarjournal.org/threat-matrix/archives/2009/09/zawahiri_eulogizes_baitullah_m.php">Ayman al Zawahiri, al Qaeda&#8217;s second in command, has sung the praises of former Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud</a> on a videotape produced by As Sahab and distributed on jihadi forums. Zawahiri used Baitullah&#8217;s death to praise the Taliban&#8217;s fight against NATO and the US in Afghanistan. This story outlines what al Qaeda believes about the Pakistan Government and Military, that they work for foreign governments, not for the people.]</p>
<p><strong>Artificial lines separating Tribes are causing the problems that can not be solved with guns/bombs/drones.</strong></p>
<p>Two of the Huge Problems that no one is facing in Iraq and Afghanistan/Pakistan are due to artificial borders laid out years ago.  The Iraq problem is what to do with the Kurds, who lay claim to Kirkuk (after Saddam sent Iraqi&#8217;s into Kirkuk and chased out/killed many Kurds so now the population is not a high majority of Kurds like it was before Saddam&#8217;s action), the richest underdeveloped oil fields in Iraq. Who gets this oil?  Will the Iraqi&#8217;s kill all the Kurds?  Will the Turks help out as many Kurds are in what is known as Turkey?  The Turks battle and kill Kurds when they please. Read our story <a href="http://wp.me/pAcJQ-1v"> 40 Million? Leyla Zana speaks for them</a>.<br />
<div id="attachment_1295" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 460px"><img src="http://outofcentralasianow.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/kurds1.jpg" alt="Kurdish Woman&#39;s headdress" title="TURKEY-ISTANBUL-KURDS-NEWROZ" width="450" height="300" class="size-full wp-image-1295" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Kurdish Woman's headdress</p></div><br />
 The Afghanistan/Pakistan problem is that the majority of both of these countries should be called Pashtunistan, because almost 40 million Pashtuns make up this area, but they have no country, they are either Afghani or Pakistani.  So the U.S. brings them Democracy, a Constitution, a Central Government, something that is totally against the culture of both the Kurds and the Pashtuns.<br />
<div id="attachment_1296" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 240px"><img src="http://outofcentralasianow.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/pashtun-women.jpg" alt="Pashtun Women in headdress" title="Pashtun women" width="230" height="225" class="size-full wp-image-1296" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Pashtun Women in headdress</p></div><br />
The Pashtuns are run by Pashtunwali, an alternative form of social organization, <a href="http://wp.me/pAcJQ-aH">see our story here.</a> Over the centuries, complex and sophisticated conflict-resolution mechanisms, legal codes, and alternative forms of governance have developed in the region.  The rural Pashtuns prefer their own mechanisms to alien, external ones, because, in their perceptions, theirs are clearly superior, <a href="http://www.dami.army.pentagon.mil/offices/dami-zxg/documents/No-Sign-Until-Burst-Fire-International-Security-2008.pdf">said Thomas Johnson/M. Chris Mason in No Sign until the Burst of Fire.</a></p>
<p>The splitting up of land masses and calling the areas within artifical lines &#8220;Countries&#8221; has led to much damage in Central Asia and many other places.  Let&#8217;s look at Pashtunistan, an area of land that is made up primarily of people of Pastun descent.  It happens to not be a country at all. It was divided by an artificial line, the Durand Line in 1893.  Pashtunistan is now the area that is under the most fighting in Afghanistan and Pakistan as Pastunistan covers most of what is now called Afghanistan, and a majority of the lands now called Pakistan, which was known as British India before Pakistan was cut out of India.  Here&#8217;s Pashtunistan:</p>
<div id="attachment_1282" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 460px"><img src="http://outofcentralasianow.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/2007-pashtunistan3.jpg" alt="The Green Area is Pashtunistan (2007 map)  The Green line is the Durand Line with a small change since 1893" title="2007 Pashtunistan" width="450" height="515" class="size-full wp-image-1282" /><p class="wp-caption-text">The Green Area is Pashtunistan (2007 map)  The Green line is the Durand Line with a small change since 1893</p></div>
<p>Let&#8217;s take a quick look to Kurdistan.  The Kurds have a small area of Iraq on the North that they are left to self-govern.  This is all of the recognized areas that the Kurds now have, even though there are over 40 Million Kurds in four different countries, all held down by their new Nation.  Here&#8217;s what Kurdistan should look like:</p>
<img src="http://outofcentralasianow.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/kurdistan_24106.gif" alt="What should be Kurdistan, home of 40 Million Kurds, across four &#34;Countries&#34;" title="kurdistan_24106" width="350" height="306" class="size-full wp-image-1283" /><br />
Another map of Kurdistan, for comparison purposes:<br />
<div id="attachment_1284" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 460px"><img src="http://outofcentralasianow.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/kurdistan33.jpg" alt="A different map of Kurdistan Area" title="kurdistan33" width="450" height="367" class="size-full wp-image-1284" /><p class="wp-caption-text">A different map of Kurdistan Area</p></div><br />
And of course, the new highlighted area &#8220;Balochistan&#8221;, an area of land that is now all within Pakistan, and was cut into Pakistan when India and Pakistan border was laid out.  The Baloch&#8217;s are a proud and ancient tribe of people,<a href="http://wp.me/pAcJQ-3e"> see our story on Balochistan</a><br />
<div id="attachment_1307" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 460px"><img src="http://outofcentralasianow.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/pakistanfourcountries2.jpg" alt="Balochistan and the other three areas that should be countries" title="pakistanfourcountries" width="450" height="420" class="size-full wp-image-1307" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Balochistan and the other three areas that should be countries</p></div><br />
<div id="attachment_1314" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px"><img src="http://outofcentralasianow.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/gowar-shakar-bibi-founder-baloch-women-panel.jpg" alt="Gowar Shakar Bibi, founder of Baloch Women Panel(BWP) at a press conference in January 2005 condemning the Pakistani operation against Baloch people in New Kahan." title="Gowar shakar Bibi, founder Baloch Women Panel" width="300" height="193" class="size-full wp-image-1314" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Gowar Shakar Bibi, founder of Baloch Women Panel(BWP) at a press conference in January 2005 condemning the Pakistani operation against Baloch people in New Kahan.</p></div>[
<p>Action YOU can take:</p>
<p>Congress Should Vote "No" on 2010 Military Budget! To reach the U.S. Capitol Switchboard: 202-224-3121 or 202-225-3121  Leave a message: Vote No on the Military budget. End the War(s).</p>
<p>Today, please tell your member of Congress and U.S. Senators to <a href="http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/1312/t/4175/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=1490">End the War in Afghanistan, sign this petition</a>.  If you live outside the United States, write to your leaders, End the War Now.</p>
<div id="attachment_1781" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px"><img src="http://outofcentralasianow.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/kurdistan2.gif" alt="What Kurdistan Could Look Like, 40 Million People Deserve their own Country" title="kurdistan2" width="300" height="286" class="size-full wp-image-1781" /><p class="wp-caption-text">What Kurdistan Could Look Like, 40 Million People Deserve their own Country</p></div>  <strong>Kurdistan Independence Map and Oil Maps: The Kirkuk Conundrum</strong><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/oct/24/iraq-kirkuk-kurds-elections"><strong>The Kirkuk conundrum, written by Ranj Alaaldin</strong> guardian.co.uk,</a> outlines the problem facing Iraq.  It is a Kurdish problem, but it overrides the Iraq Constitution and Voting Rights.  Alaaldin says &#8220;Iraqi democracy is stuck in a constitutional hiatus over the Kurdish-dominated region that threatens to derail elections&#8221;.</p>
<li>Kirkuk, controlled by the Kurds after the 2005 elections, never took part in this year&#8217;s provincial elections because of disagreements over responsibility for security and eventual control of the provincial council. Similar disagreements exist once again. Some have called for special arrangements that divide the area into four separate, ethnically-defined electoral constituencies, while the Turkmen and Arabs are calling for voting quotas in response to what they call the modified demographics of the governorate by the Kurds, who constitute the majority there.
<p>The Kurds were forcefully removed from Kirkuk by Saddam and are now returning back, pursuant to the &#8220;normalisation&#8221; process under Article 140 of the Iraqi constitution, which seeks to reverse the Arabisation policies of the Ba&#8217;ath regime. According to UN reports and staff present in Iraq at the time, in November 1991 alone, eight months after the conclusion of the 1991 Gulf war, more than 150,000 Kurds were evicted from Kirkuk.</li>
<p>The Kurdistan Alliance, however, has rejected giving any special status to Kirkuk simply because it has a Kurdish majority. If the oil-rich area is given special status, then, by equal measure maintains the Alliance, so should other disputed territories where Kurds happen to be minorities. To implement a quota system would indeed be profoundly undemocratic.  <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/oct/24/iraq-kirkuk-kurds-elections">Read it all here.</a></p>
<p><strong>It&#8217;s Kirkuk OIL, the largest field yet to be explored in Iraq.</strong> <a href="http://www.kurdishherald.com/issue/005/article05.php">Delovan Barwari writes at the Kurdish Herald</a>  &#8220;According to various studies, Kurdistan sits on 43.7 billion barrels (bb) of proven oil and 25.5 bb of potential reserves. In addition, the majority of the estimated 200 trillion cubic feet of gas in Iraq is reported to be in Kurdistan Region. Against the backdrop of challenges by the Iraqi central government over the past few years, the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) has granted over 30 contracts to foreign companies for the exploration, development, and production of petroleum in the Kurdistan Region, and has began exporting crude oil via Turkey. In addition, a number of refineries are currently being built to meet its domestic energy needs.&#8221; <a href="http://www.kurdishherald.com/issue/005/article05.php">Read his full story here.</a> Great Map of the Oil Fields in the Kurdish region of Iraq is presented here.<br />
A KIRKUK OIL Map for your viewing:<br />
<div id="attachment_1777" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 460px"><img src="http://outofcentralasianow.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/fringing-reef-oligocene-of-kirkuk-oil-field-dunnington-1958.gif" alt="Fringing Reef (Oligocene) of Kirkuk Oil Field (Dunnington, 1958)" title="Fringing reef (Oligocene) of Kirkuk oil field (Dunnington, 1958)." width="450" height="425" class="size-full wp-image-1777" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Fringing Reef (Oligocene) of Kirkuk Oil Field (Dunnington, 1958)</p></div>&#8220;</p>
<p>There should be an Independent Kurdistan, much larger than the current Iraq Kurd area.  There should also be an Independent Pastunistan, since 2/3 of Afghanistan&#8217;s area is Pashtun populated, Pashtuns number over 40 Million and have no home country.  There should be an Independent Balochistan, with over 7 Million population, and over 45% of the Pakistan country lands.  The Durand Line that cut up parts of Central Asia in 1893, and other political divisions were wrong.  <a href="http://outofcentralasianow.wordpress.com/2009/10/01/political-borders-does-not-a-country-make-the-kurds-and-the-pashtuns-how-to-satisfy-them/">See our Durand Line story here.</a></p>
<p><strong>Malalai Joya&#8217;s story will be on our Blog every day for the next month. Please buy her book and visit her site.</strong>. <a href="http://malalaijoya.com/dcmj/joya-in-media/300-opinion-us-is-doing-no-good-in-afghanistan.html">Read her San Jose Mercury Opinion: &#8220;U.S. is doing no good in Afghanistan&#8221; here.</a><br />
On Saturday, Nov. 7, Malalai Joya was at a gathering at San Jose State University in California to promote her book &#8220;A Woman Among Warlords&#8221; and to gather support for her people in Afghanistan. Malalai is a very brave woman to take on her own government and also the U.S. government, the occupiers of her country. </p>
<p><div id="attachment_1990" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 460px"><IMG class="size-full wp-image-1990" title="DSCN1610" height="337" alt="DSCN1610" src="http://outofcentralasianow.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/dscn1610.jpg" width="450"><p class="wp-caption-text">Malalai Joya signing her new book, A Woman Among Warlords, a JB photo</p></div> 
<p><a href="http://wp.me/pAcJQ-w5">Our story on Malalai Joya can be seen here.</a> <A href="http://www.amazon.com/Woman-Among-Warlords-Extraordinary-Afghan/dp/143910946X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&#38;s=books&#38;qid=1257687426&#38;sr=1-1"><STRONG>Buy a copy of her book, &#8220;A Woman Among Warlords&#8221; here</STRONG></A>, or at your favorite bookstore. A great Holiday gift idea. The subtitle is &#8220;The Extraordinary Story of an Afghan Who Dared to Raise Her Voice&#8221;. <a href="http://www.malalaijoya.com/index1024.htm">Visit Malalai&#8217;s website here for more information on how you can help.</a></p>
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<strong> Take Action Now:</strong><br />
Call President Obama: To reach the U.S. Capitol Switchboard: 202-224-3121 or 202-225-3121 Leave a message: No more Troops. End the War(s).  Call Leon Panetta at (703) 482-0623, CIA headquarters, leave a message:  Stop the South Waziristan War and don&#8217;t attack Quetta, End the War(s).</p>
<p>Today, please tell your member of Congress and U.S. Senators to <a href="http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/1312/t/4175/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=1490">End the War in Afghanistan, sign this petition</a>. If you live outside the United States, write to your leaders, End the War Now.</p>
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<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:03:48 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[(Bild: En av protesterna. Källa) Jag kommer att fortsätta med den här rapportserien tills att svensk]]></description>
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<p style="text-align:center;">(Bild: En av protesterna. <a href="http://loghmanahmedi.com/2009/11/19/pictures-of-kurdish-students-protesting-against-the-execution-of-kurdish-prisoners/" target="_blank">Källa</a>)</p>
<p>Jag kommer att fortsätta med den här rapportserien tills att svensk och internationell media gör sin uppgift och berättar om vad som händer eller tills att regionen blir stabilare.</p>
<p>Flera städer i östra Kurdistan (Iran) protesterar nu avrättningen av den kurdiska aktivisten Ehsan Fattahian och även fångarna på insidan rapporteras hungerstrejka mot hängningen av Fattahian.</p>
<p>Generalstrejken inleddes i olika städer i onsdags för att markera markera att man protesterade exakt veckan efter att regimen tog livet av honom. Flera uppgifter pekar även på man stängt ner affärerna och verksamheterna i flera kurdiska städer som Sine (Sanandaj), Mariwan (Marivan) och Saqez.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/bZsBduMzgXw&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' /><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><param name='wmode' value='transparent' /><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/bZsBduMzgXw&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='425' height='350' wmode='transparent'></embed></object></span><br />
(Film: I Kurdistan slår man igen affärerna i protest mot regimen, så här såg det ut i Saqez i början på juli. Idag ser det likadant ut i samma stad)</p>
<p><a href="http://loghmanahmedi.com/2009/11/19/kurdish-prisoners-continue-to-hunger-strike/" target="_blank">Samtidigt så hungerstrejkar över 40 fångar</a> sedan den 11 november i protest mot Fattahians avrättning. Vissa av fångarna började hungerstrejk till strax innan 11 november och har vägrat att äta i 9 dagar nu.<br />
Kurdiska människorättsorganisation har förklarat att hälsotillståndet hos minst två av de fångar som hungerstrejkar är mycket allvarligt och att de avlider inom några dagar om de inte äter.</p>
<p>I huvudstaden Tehran har <a href="http://loghmanahmedi.com/2009/11/18/iran-arrests-five-of-the-kurdish-students-that-protested-in-tehran/" target="_blank">fem stycken även arresterats</a> för att ha protesterat mot avrättningen, de gripna är Leila Mohammedi, Pekhshan Azizi, Srwe Weisi, Ahmed Ismaili och Amanj Heydari.</p>
<p>Journalistkåren är även de utsatta, iranska tjänstemän har gripit en japansk och två kanadensiska reportrar under regeringsfientliga demonstrationer nu i veckan veckan och anklagar de för att &#8220;obehörig rapportering&#8221;.<br />
Medan de greps så släpptes den danska journaliststudenten Niels Krogsgaard eftersom även han saknade tillstånd för att rapportera.<br />
Samtidigt så rapporteras den kurdiska kulturjournalisten Ahmed Omarzadeh ha varit försvunnen i östra Kurdistan och hans kollegor uttrycker oro för att han kan ha gripits eller bortförts av den iranska säkerhetstjänsten.</p>
<p>Det är stunder som denna då jag är tacksam att jag är verksam journalist i Sverige och inte i Iran. Så kallade bokstavstrogna har verkligen upprättat ett helvete i regionen, det förnäma kring det är är faktiskt att mullorna utger sig för att vara religiösa. Jag tappar tron på människan.</p>
<p>Imorgon protesterar man i Stockholm mot de dödsdomarna mot alla de kurdiska politiska fångarna i Iran, var där eller var rektangulär! Jag kommer försöka att blogga med bilder på plats så stay tuned.<br />
<strong>Plats:</strong> Medborgarplatsen (T-centralen)<br />
<strong>Datum:</strong> Lördagen 21 november<br />
<strong>Tid:</strong> 14:00 – 17:00</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Daniel Ellsberg and Matthew Hoh discuss "Get out of Afghanistan Now"; Malalai Joya's new book "A Woman Among Warlords" read now; CIA Chief Leon Panetta in Islamabad, why?]]></title>
<link>http://outofcentralasianow.wordpress.com/2009/11/20/daniel-ellsberg-and-matthew-hoh-discuss-get-out-of-afghanistan-now-malalai-joyas-new-book-a-woman-among-warlords-read-now-cia-chief-leon-panetta-in-islamabad-why/</link>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><strong>Dainel Ellsberg and Matthew Hoh brought to you by Brave New Conversations.</strong>  Please listen to their conversation about our involvement in Afghanistan, and why we need to get out now.  Please send this to all your mailing list.</p>
<p><a href="http://bravenewconversations.com/index.php/episodes?utm_source=conversations">Thank you Robert Greenwald and Brave New Films.  Join their cause and help get the truth out.</a></p>
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<p><strong>To further understand the Pastun society </strong>that Matthew Hoh refers to, read <a href="http://www.dami.army.pentagon.mil/offices/dami-zxg/documents/No-Sign-Until-Burst-Fire-International-Security-2008.pdf">Thomas Johnson and M. Chris Mason&#8217;s work entitled &#8221; No Sign Until the Burst of Fire&#8221;, Understanding the Pakistan-Afghanistan Frontier&#8221;.</a>  It is a MUST READ to see how futile our efforts are in Afghanistan and Pakistan.</p>
<p><strong>Malalai Joya&#8217;s story will be on our Blog every day for the next month. Please buy her book and visit her site.</strong>. <a href="http://malalaijoya.com/dcmj/joya-in-media/300-opinion-us-is-doing-no-good-in-afghanistan.html">Read her San Jose Mercury Opinion: &#8220;U.S. is doing no good in Afghanistan&#8221; here.</a><br />
On Saturday, Nov. 7, Malalai Joya was at a gathering at San Jose State University in California to promote her book &#8220;A Woman Among Warlords&#8221; and to gather support for her people in Afghanistan. Malalai is a very brave woman to take on her own government and also the U.S. government, the occupiers of her country. </p>
<div id="attachment_1990" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 460px"><IMG class="size-full wp-image-1990" title="DSCN1610" height="337" alt="DSCN1610" src="http://outofcentralasianow.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/dscn1610.jpg" width="450"><p class="wp-caption-text">Malalai Joya signing her new book, A Woman Among Warlords, a JB photo</p></div> 
<p><a href="http://wp.me/pAcJQ-w5">Our story on Malalai Joya can be seen here.</a> <A href="http://www.amazon.com/Woman-Among-Warlords-Extraordinary-Afghan/dp/143910946X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&#38;s=books&#38;qid=1257687426&#38;sr=1-1"><STRONG>Buy a copy of her book, &#8220;A Woman Among Warlords&#8221; here</STRONG></A>, or at your favorite bookstore. A great Holiday gift idea. The subtitle is &#8220;The Extraordinary Story of an Afghan Who Dared to Raise Her Voice&#8221;. <a href="http://www.malalaijoya.com/index1024.htm">Visit Malalai&#8217;s website here for more information on how you can help.</a></p>
<p><strong>CIA Chief Leon Panetta in Islamabad</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://outofcentralasianow.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/panetta-in-islamabad-11-20-09.jpg"><img src="http://outofcentralasianow.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/panetta-in-islamabad-11-20-09.jpg" alt="CIA Chief Leon Panetta in Islamabad, talking with Prime Minister Gilani, more drone attacks? More payoffs for capturing high ranking fighters?  Getting out?" title="Panetta in Islamabad 11.20.09" width="450" height="240" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2180" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/18-gilani-holds-talks-with-cia-chief-am-04">
<li>ISLAMABAD: CIA chief Leon Panetta on Friday</a> held talks in Pakistan and found agreement on intelligence cooperation as President Barack Obama nears a decision on troop deployments to Afghanistan, Islamabad said. Panetta held talks with Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Washington&#8217;s policy review in Afghanistan, said the premier&#8217;s office in a brief statement.  Earlier on Friday, a US missile attack killed eight people, including foreign militants, in Pakistan&#8217;s lawless tribal belt on the Afghan border, the second such attack in two days, Pakistani security officials said. The US military does not, as a rule, confirm drone attacks, but its armed forces and the Central Intelligence Agency operating in Afghanistan are the only forces that deploy pilotless drones in the region. Last Sunday, a US newspaper reported that the CIA provides hundreds of millions of dollars to Pakistan&#8217;s premier intelligence agency, including payments for the capture or killing of wanted militants.</li>
<p> [Ed. Note:  Leon, tell President Zardari that we're leaving, but we will give them 5 Billion a year to keep up the fight.  Get out now, dear friend, Leon Panetta, tell President Obama "It's not worth it". We are propping up a Failed State and Zardari only has support in the Teens, under 20% approval rating. Stop the killing of innocents.] </p>
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Take Action Now:<a href="http://wp.me/pAcJQ-v9"></strong> Pass our link to your friends right now.</a> Call your Member of Congress and tell them to support Rep. Barbara Lee&#8217;s bill</a> &#8220;To prohibit any increase in the number of members of the United States Armed Forces serving in Afghanistan.&#8221;  Bill # H.R.3699. Do it now please. Then call President Obama: To reach the U.S. Capitol Switchboard: 202-224-3121 or 202-225-3121 Leave a message: <strong>No more Troops. End the War(s).We will demonstrate in 100 cities if President Obama sends ANY troops to Central Asia !</strong>  Call Leon Panetta at (703) 482-0623, CIA headquarters, leave a message:   <strong>No More Drone Assasination attacks, and don&#8217;t attack Quetta</strong>.  End the War(s) NOW.</p>
<p>Today, please tell your member of Congress and U.S. Senators to <a href="http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/1312/t/4175/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=1490">End the War in Afghanistan, sign this petition</a>. Tell them you will march in 100 cities if President Obama sends ANY troops to Central Asia. Tell them to support Barbara Lee&#8217;s bill HR 3699. If you live outside the United States, write to your leaders, End the War(s) Now.</p>
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<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:28:35 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Militants des Droits Humains en Iran, 19 novembre : Monsieur Shekhi, qui représente Shirko Moarefi, ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><strong><img class="alignright" src="http://iranenlutte.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/safe_image-php.jpg?w=234&#038;h=300#38;h=300&#38;h=300" alt="" width="234" height="300" /><a href="http://hra-iran.org/index.php?option=com_content&#38;view=article&#38;id=2162:lawyer-i-have-not-received-official-notice-shirkoo-moarefis-execution-will-be-carried-out&#38;catid=66:304&#38;Itemid=293" target="_blank">Militants des Droits Humains en Iran</a>, 19 novembre :</strong></p>
<p>Monsieur Shekhi, qui représente <a href="http://iranenlutte.wordpress.com/2009/11/15/lexecution-de-shirko-est-reportee-continuons-les-protestations-contre-la-peine-de-mort/">Shirko Moarefi</a>, actuellement dans les couloirs de la mort, a dit que son client est détenu dans la section publique de la prison de Saghez et ajoute &#8220;je n&#8217;ai reçu aucune information officielle informant que l&#8217;ordre d&#8217;exécution de mon client allait être appliqué. De même, je n&#8217;ai pas eu connaissance de son transfert à la section d&#8217;isolement ou de quarantaine de la prison.&#8221;</p>
<p>Ces derniers jours, une information a circulé sur internet à propos de l&#8217;exécution imminente de Shirko Moarefi. Militants des Droits Humains a rencontré son avocat de la défense, Mosieur Sheiki, à propos des derniers développement sur le dossier de Moarefi.</p>
<p><strong>- Pouvez vous expliquer le dossier et les démarches juridiques que vous avez faites ?</strong></p>
<p>- Pour répondre à votre question, je peux dire qu&#8217;il a été jugé et condamné à mort sous l&#8217;accusation de &#8220;morabeh&#8221; (ennemi de Dieu) en décembre 2008 après avoir été inculpé par le tribunal révolutionnaire et la cour pénale de Saghez. Lors du premier procès, il était représenté au tribunal par un avocat commis d&#8217;office, mais on m&#8217;a ensuite demandé de le représenter dix jours après le premier jugement. Je suis allé à Saghez pour regarder le dossier et rencontrer le prisonnier. J&#8217;ai discuté du contenu du dossier avec Shirko Moarefi. Lorsqu&#8217;il m&#8217;a raconté les circonstances de son arrestation et de sa détention, j&#8217;ai noté que sa version était une autre histoire que celle indiquée dans le dossier et l&#8217;acte d&#8217;inculpation. Un document du ministère du travail d&#8217;Irak confirme qu&#8217;il était employé en Irak (1) et qu&#8217;il n&#8217;est retourné en Iran que pour être impliqué dans ce qui est appelé &#8220;la phase de propagande&#8221;(2). Lorsqu&#8217;il a été confronté aux forces des Gardes de la Révolution dans un village près de Saghez, il a baissé son arme et s&#8217;est rendu volontairement. Le témoignage écrit de 20 à 30 villageois qui ont été témoins de son arrestation peut être trouvé dans le dossier.</p>
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<p>Aussi, sur la base des règles de la procédure pénale légale, nous avons demandé que les attestations des témoins soient prises en compte et étudiées. Malheureusement, la cour d&#8217;appel a rejeté notre appel et confirmé le verdict. Ensuite, j&#8217;ai envoyé une requête à la cour suprême e mars 2009 pour demander que soit ordonné un nouveau procès. L&#8217;appel pour un nouveau procès a été renvoyé à la branche 31 et je n&#8217;ai toujours pas reçu de réponse officielle. Par conséquent, avec l&#8217;aide de l&#8217;avocat commis d&#8217;office qui avait représenté Moarefi lors de son premier procès, j&#8217;ai déposé une requête au bureau provincial pour demander à la Commission de Liberté Conditionnelle de révoquer la peine de mort de mon client.</p>
<p><strong>- En l&#8217;absence de sensibilisation du public, il est possible qu&#8217;il soit exécuté. Pouvez-vous expliquer les démarches que vous avez faites pour surseoir à son exécution ?</strong></p>
<p>- Lorsqu&#8217;il a été annoncé que l&#8217;exécution pourrait avoir lieu dans un futur proche, j&#8217;ai écrit au procureur honoraire de Saghez pour lui rappeler qu&#8217;il ne pouvait ordonner l&#8217;exécution, puisqu&#8217;un appel a été demandé à la Cour Suprême et que son dossier doit être revu par la Commission de Libération Conditionnelle. J&#8217;ai aussi indiqué que ce serait illégal de préparer une exécution sans qu&#8217;elle soit officiellement notifiée à l&#8217;avocat de la défense. Apparemment, après mes explications, même si les nouvelles de son transfert en cellule d&#8217;isolement de quarantaine sont vraies, il est maintenant de retour dans la section publique.</p>
<p><strong>- Des sites internet ont rapporté que le père de Shiko Moarefi a été hospitalisé à cause du choc psychologique en entendant les nouvelles. Pouvez confirmer cette information ?</strong></p>
<p>- Je n&#8217;ai pas connaissance de la maladie du père. Samedi dernier, j&#8217;ai préparé une autre requête basée sur l&#8217;article 18, alinéa 2, de la législation sur les procédures des tribunaux révolutionnaires et ordinaires et l&#8217;ai envoyée au chef de la justice par le biais de la famille Moarefi. Malheureusement, le chef de la justice a jusqu&#8217;à présent refusé de recevoir cette requête. La famille a du mal à comprendre le droit et ce n&#8217;est toujours pas clair pour moi de savoir pourquoi on a refusé de recevoir cette requête. J&#8217;ai l&#8217;intention d&#8217;aller à Téhéran bientôt pour en savoir plus.</p>
<p><strong>- Où est actuellement détenu Moarefi et quel est son statut actuel ?</strong></p>
<p>- Il est détenu dans la section publique et ses conditions de détention générales semblent satisfaisantes. Le verdict est final et peut être appliqué n&#8217;importe quand, mais je dois être officiellement informé de sa date. Considérant qu&#8217;une fois la peine de mort appliquée, elle ne peut plus être révoquée, et vu l&#8217;appel à la cour suprême et notre requête auprès de la commission de liberté conditionnelle, mon opinion est qu&#8217;appliquer la peine serait contre la législation et les procédures légales.</p>
<p>La défense insiste que la peine de mort est illégal dans ce cas, parce que :</p>
<p>- Mon client ne croit pas et n&#8217;a pas été impliqué dans la lutte armée ;</p>
<p>- Selon les documents du ministère du travail d&#8217;Irak, mon client était employé et travaillait pour vivre lorsqu&#8217;il résidait en Irak ;</p>
<p>- Il s&#8217;est volontairement rendu aux forces des Gardiens de la Révolution et plusieurs villageois qui ont été témoins de l&#8217;arrestation ont signé une attestation confirmant qu&#8217;il s&#8217;est rendu volontairement. Les noms et adresses des témoins sont dans le dossier.</p>
<p>De plus, la peine de mort dans le dossier de mon client est contre la législation et la charia, puisque :</p>
<p>- Les preuves apportées lors du premier procès, en particulier le rapport des autorités des renseignements et de l&#8217;armée, incluent des statistiques et des présomptions qui ne devraient pas être prises en compte en présence de témoins oculaires, et se contredisent. C&#8217;est une question de preuves contre la présomption. Lorsqu&#8217;il y a des témoins oculaires et des preuves suffisantes (dans ce dossier le document officiel d&#8217;un gouvernement étranger), des présomptions ne devraient pas être prises en compte par le tribunal à moins que soit prouvé que les preuves ont été oubliées ou que les témoignages soient des faux.</p>
<p>Et plus important :</p>
<p>L&#8217;article 189 du code pénal islamique stipule qu&#8217;en cas de morabeh, la culpabilité soit établie sur la base de témoignages de deux hommes justes ou des aveux de l&#8217;accusé. L&#8217;article 59 de la procédure légale stipule que seuls les aveux fait avant le jugement peuvent être pris en compte par le tribunal. Selon le dossier, mon client n&#8217;a pas fait de tels aveux, ni lors du premier procès ni lors de l&#8217;appel.</p>
<p>Sur la base de ces arguments, j&#8217;ai demandé à l&#8217;honorable chef de la justice d&#8217;utiliser le pouvoir juridique qui lui est donné et d&#8217;ordonner une enquête équitable ou même une demande personnelle auprès du leader suprême pour obtenir la grâce. Mon client est un citoyen iranien, vient d&#8217;une famille musulmane et n&#8217;a pas d&#8217;antécédents judiciaires. Aussi, toutes les procédures légales doivent être respectées lorsque la décision a une telle importance. Aussi, j&#8217;appelle solennellement l&#8217;honorable chef de la justice à prendre en considération cette question très importante.</p>
<p><strong>Ndt :</strong></p>
<p>(1) Le Kurdistan irakien ayant été utilisé comme base arrière et d&#8217;entrainement par plusieurs organisations de guérilla kurde iranienne, le fait de démontrer que Shirko a travaillé en Irak montre qu&#8217;il n&#8217;y était pas pour préparer des actions de lutte armée.</p>
<p>(2) La &#8220;phase de propagande&#8221; signifie justement des actions de simple propagande, qui n&#8217;ont rien à voir avec les actions de guérilla ou de lutte armée.</p>
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<link>http://outofcentralasianow.wordpress.com/2009/11/19/as-sahab-media-foundation-interview-with-dr-ahmad-farooq-taliban-declare-guerrilla-war-in-south-waziristan-malalai-joyas-new-book-a-woman-among-warlords-please-read-pakistanis-see-us-as-bi/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:48:52 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[As-Sahab Media Foundation: Interview with Dr. Ahmad Farooq This comes from www.nefafoundation.org, v]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><a href="http://www.nefafoundation.org/miscellaneous/As-SahabAhmad_Farooq1109.pdf">As-Sahab Media Foundation: Interview with Dr. Ahmad Farooq</a> This comes from www.nefafoundation.org, visit their site. This interview is worth your time to read.  It will allow you to view their perspective and will add to your knowledge base of why al-Qaida exists, and what are their goals and objectives. The interview is full of terms unfamiliar to non-Muslims and is not easy to read, but is worth your viewing.  Please comment on this and other stories on this post at the end of the post.  Your comments are welcome.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nefafoundation.org/miscellaneous/As-SahabAhmad_Farooq1109.pdf">[This document is the transcript of a communiqué produced by Al-Qaida’s official As-Sahab Media Wing. It was obtained by NEFA investigators on behalf of the NEFA TerrorWatch subscription service.</a> The As-Sahab Media Foundation is the official propaganda arm of Al-Qaida and is the exclusive source of audio and video recordings of Bin Laden, Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri, and other high-ranking Al-Qaida leaders in South Asia. This transcript is provided for educational and informational purposes only.]</p>
<p><a href="http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/provinces/12-taliban+declare+guerrilla+war+in+south+waziristan--bi-01">From Dawn.com: <strong>MIRAMSHAH:</a>
<li>The Taliban hit back Wednesday </strong>at claims that towns in their mountain bastion have fallen to Pakistan army control, vowing their guerrilla war would defeat troops waging a major assault.  </p>
<div id="attachment_2159" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 460px"><a href="http://outofcentralasianow.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/azam-tariq-ttptaliban-spokesmansouthwaziristan111909.jpg"><img src="http://outofcentralasianow.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/azam-tariq-ttptaliban-spokesmansouthwaziristan111909.jpg" alt="" title="PAKISTAN-UNREST-MILITARY-TALIBAN" width="450" height="240" class="size-full wp-image-2159" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Azam Tariq, (C) spokesman for the TTP, is flanked by his guards a during meeting with local journalists  in South Waziristan.—AFP photo</p></div>
<li>‘We have not been defeated. We have voluntarily withdrawn into the mountains under a strategy that will trap the Pakistan army in the area,’ Taliban spokesman Azam Tariq told journalists taken blindfold to a mountain top. Pakistan&#8217;s main umbrella Taliban faction, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) arranged a news conference for journalists from the tribal belt a day after the military flew correspondents into South Waziristan to visit the battlefield. Journalists from North Waziristan were driven to the border with South Waziristan in broad daylight where they were blindfolded and transferred into waiting vehicles, said the AFP reporter.</li>
<p><strong>Malalai Joya&#8217;s story will be on our Blog every day for the next month. Please buy her book and visit her site.</strong>. <a href="http://malalaijoya.com/dcmj/joya-in-media/300-opinion-us-is-doing-no-good-in-afghanistan.html">Read her San Jose Mercury Opinion: &#8220;U.S. is doing no good in Afghanistan&#8221; here.</a><br />
On Saturday, Nov. 7, Malalai Joya was at a gathering at San Jose State University in California to promote her book &#8220;A Woman Among Warlords&#8221; and to gather support for her people in Afghanistan. Malalai is a very brave woman to take on her own government and also the U.S. government, the occupiers of her country. </p>
<div id="attachment_1990" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 460px"><IMG class="size-full wp-image-1990" title="DSCN1610" height="337" alt="DSCN1610" src="http://outofcentralasianow.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/dscn1610.jpg" width="450"><p class="wp-caption-text">Malalai Joya signing her new book, A Woman Among Warlords, a JB photo</p></div> 
<p><a href="http://wp.me/pAcJQ-w5">Our story on Malalai Joya can be seen here.</a> <A href="http://www.amazon.com/Woman-Among-Warlords-Extraordinary-Afghan/dp/143910946X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&#38;s=books&#38;qid=1257687426&#38;sr=1-1"><STRONG>Buy a copy of her book, &#8220;A Woman Among Warlords&#8221; here</STRONG></A>, or at your favorite bookstore. A great Holiday gift idea. The subtitle is &#8220;The Extraordinary Story of an Afghan Who Dared to Raise Her Voice&#8221;. <a href="http://www.malalaijoya.com/index1024.htm">Visit Malalai&#8217;s website here for more information on how you can help.</a></p>
<p><a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/Pakistanis-see-US-as-bigger-threat-than-India-Taliban-Poll/articleshow/5245094.cms"><strong>From Times of India: ISLAMABAD:</strong></a> </p>
<p><strong>A majority of Pakistanis see the United States as a greater threat</strong> to their country than traditional arch-rival India or the dreaded Taliban, a new opinion poll has revealed. </p>
<li>According to Gallup Pakistan&#8217;s poll, 59% of more than 2,700 people surveyed across the country consider the US a threat. &#8220;Eighteen percent believe India is the threat while 11% say the Taliban are a threat,&#8221; said Gallup Pakistan chairman Ijaz Shafi Gillani. He said the survey findings show that some of the most vocal anti-Taliban groups were equally opposed to the US. Some Pakistanis believe that if the US is committed to eradicating militancy, it should try to solve the Kashmir issue to help Islamabad move its troops from the eastern border with India to fight the Taliban in the northwest.  The poll group said Pakistanis were suspicious that Washington was working to control Islamabad&#8217;s strategic assets. &#8220;Earlier, anti-Americanism was confined to supporters of right-wing groups. But over the years, young, educated Pakistanis, left activists, people you&#8217;d normally expect to be pro-American modernists have turned against America,&#8221; said columnist Sohail Qalandar.</li>
<li>The poll revealed that a majority of Pakistanis support the offensive against the Taliban in their stronghold of south Waziristan, but more people blame the US for the violence than the militia itself, which experts say poses an existential threat to Pakistan.</li>
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Take Action Now:<a href="http://wp.me/pAcJQ-v9"></strong> Pass our link to your friends right now.</a> Call your Member of Congress and tell them to support Rep. Barbara Lee&#8217;s bill</a> &#8220;To prohibit any increase in the number of members of the United States Armed Forces serving in Afghanistan.&#8221;  Bill # H.R.3699. Do it now please. Then call President Obama: To reach the U.S. Capitol Switchboard: 202-224-3121 or 202-225-3121 Leave a message: <strong>No more Troops. End the War(s).We will demonstrate in 100 cities if President Obama sends ANY troops to Central Asia !</strong>  Call Leon Panetta at (703) 482-0623, CIA headquarters, leave a message:   <strong>No More Drone Assasination attacks, and don&#8217;t attack Quetta</strong>.  End the War(s) NOW.</p>
<p>Today, please tell your member of Congress and U.S. Senators to <a href="http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/1312/t/4175/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=1490">End the War in Afghanistan, sign this petition</a>. Tell them you will march in 100 cities if President Obama sends ANY troops to Central Asia. Tell them to support Barbara Lee&#8217;s bill HR 3699. If you live outside the United States, write to your leaders, End the War(s) Now.</p>
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<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:55:41 +0000</pubDate>
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