The 1971 Wild and Free-Roaming Horse and Burro Actprovides for the management, protection and control of all unbranded and unclaimed horses and burros on public lands administered by the BLM. Though wild horse herds live in many parts of the western United States, the Little Book Cliffs Wild Horse Area in Colorado is one of only three areas in the United States set aside specifically for them. The area is approximately 20 miles outside Debeque, CO, off I-70. The drive is spectacular as it winds through sage brush rising up to pinion pines on the back side of the Little Book Cliffs. The view across the Grand Valley is breathtaking. This beautiful horse was seen grazing recently in the late afternoon.

Comprehensive sanctions is the essential first step, regime change is the final solution

Tuesday, 07 September 2010

 

 

Comprehensive sanctions is the essential first step, regime change is the final solution to get rid of fundamentalists armed with Atom Bomb

NCRI - Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, President-elect of the Iranian Resistance, described the latest report by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on the Iranian regime as a warning to the international community that underscores the need to adopt a firm international policy against the regime. She added: imposition of comprehensive sanctions against the regime is the essential first step and regime change is the ultimate solution to rid the world of the fundamentalists armed with Atom Bomb.

The report expresses concern over the military dimensions of the Iranian regime’s nuclear projects, its clandestine activities related to nuclear warheads, persistent violations of UN Security Council and the IAEA’s Board of Governors’ resolutions on installations in Qom, Natanz, Esfahan and other places, involvement of the regime’s military organs in nuclear projects, not responding to IAEA’s questions and imposing restrictions on its operations.

 

All the paragraphs in the conclusion indicate that the regime has not complied with its obligations and has clearly violated the Security Council resolutions. Ali Akbar Salehi, head of the Iranian regime’s Atomic Energy Organization and Ali Asghar Soltanieh, the Iranian regime’s representative in the IAEA brazenly described the new IAEA report as an indication “of significant successes and achievements of Iran’s nuclear technology at the highest international standards,” and said that NPT “is not applicable.” They underlined the regime’s “non-compliance” with the issues raised in the report.

Mrs. Rajavi said: The Iranian Resistance has for years exposed the regime’s ominous plans to acquire nuclear bomb, but due to the prevailing policy of appeasement the regime was granted more concessions and incentives instead of a firm policy and imposition of sanctions. This provided adequate time and necessary resources to the religious fascism to complete its nuclear project to a point where the mullahs’ nuclear program and prospect of obtaining nuclear weapons has emerged as an immediate threat to the entire international community.

She added: Since the medieval faltering regime considers nuclear weapons as being crucial to its survival, it will never give up its the nuclear weapons projects. Thus, the ultimate solution to rid the region and the world of the nightmare of the Islamic fundamentalists armed with nuclear weapons is democratic change in Iran by the people and the Resistance.

Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran
September 7, 2010

 

http://ncr-iran.org/content/view/8858/1/

Arab and Muslim personalities condemn Iranian regime for presenting distorted image of Islam

Tuesday, 07 September 2010

 

Declaration of the Arab-Islamic Committee in Defense of Ashraf
Ramadan 2010
Political and religious figures from various Arab-Islamic countries condemn Iranian regime for presenting a distorted image of Islam

 

 

On the invitation of the Arab-Islamic Committee in Defense of Ashraf, a large meeting was held on Saturday, September 4 (during the last week of the month of Ramadan), at Carrousel du Louvre in Paris. The session was entitled “Islam against fundamentalism and dictatorship, an advocate of popular sovereignty.” More than 1,000 political, social, parliamentarian, and religious figures from 12 Arabic and Islamic countries, including Iraq, Egypt, Palestine, Afghanistan, Algeria, Kuwait, Yemen, Jordan, Senegal, Mauritania, Lebanon, Morocco, as well as Muslim representatives in France took part in the event. The keynote address was given by the National Council of Resistance of Iran’s President-elect, Mrs. Maryam Rajavi.

 

Other speakers included, Jean-François Legaret, Mayor of Paris District 1; Sheikh Teissir al-Tamimi former Palestinian Chief Justice; Sheikh Khalil Meroun, rector of the Evry mosque, a member of the Executive Board of the French Council of the Muslim Faith (CFCM); Abderrahmane Dahmane, President of Muslim Democrats in France; Abdoulatifou Aly, Member of French Parliament from Mayotte; Ms. Alima Boumedienne, Senator from Paris; the Egyptian parliamentary delegation; Edriss Alsadraoui, President of the Center for Human Rights in Morocco; Ibrahim Elmaaroufi, Representative of the Moroccan Popular Movement in Paris; Dr. Minas Elyoussefi, Chairman of the Iraqi Christian Democratic Party; Dr. Nourdine Elmoussavi, Secretary General of the Iraqi National Front; Reza Al-Reza, President of the delegation of Shiite Jaafari Iraqis; Alameh Elhosseini, President of the Arab-Islamic Council of Lebanon; M. Ili Maalouf, Chairman of the New Lebanon Party; Ahmed Sheikh Hidra, Member of the CFCM; Mohammad Mestiri, Director of the International Institute of Islamic Thought in France; Sheikh Dahou Meskine, Secretary General of the Imam Council of France; and Mouloud Aounit, President of MRAP.

 

In a speech entitled, Islam against absolute clerical rule and an advocate of popular sovereignty and democracy, Mrs. Maryam Rajavi mentioned three decades of the clerical regime’s injustices against the Iranian people and emphasized: The theory of velayat-e faqih [absolute clerical rule] has no basis in Islam and has been rejected by Shiite and Sunni religious authorities. It is only used as an instrument to usurp power and preserve it. By referring to Koranic verses and the manner of living of the Prophet, she said: contrary to what the fundamentalists and especially Tehran’s rulers say, governance is the clear right of the people and must be respected, according to Islam. Freedom of opinion, choice, and people’s vote are among the inviolable rights that the Koran has repeatedly underscored. The barbaric and cruel sentences imposed on people by fundamentalists, especially those in Iran, under the banner of Islamic laws, are full of inequality, misogyny, religious discrimination, and human rights violations. They have no relation to Islam.

 

The session underscored support for the positions expressed by Mrs. Rajavi. It also backed a statement signed by the majority of Egyptian parliamentarians and highlighted the following points:

 

1. Fundamentalism and the velayat-e faqih offer a distorted view of Islam to the world are fully contradictory with the spirit of a compassionate and tolerant Islam. The session condemns the suppressive actions and crimes that are committed under the banner of Islam, especially the execution of dissidents for “moharebeh” (enmity with God).

 

2. The session underscores the imperative of protecting the lives of Ashraf City residents, the anti-fundamentalism Muslim women and men who are subjected to threats by the Iranian regime and its proxies in Iraq. The session also insists on respecting the residents’ status as protected persons under the Fourth Geneva Convention and calls on the United Nations to install a team of observers at Ashraf.

 

3. The American government, as a force that supervised the disarming of Ashraf residents during the Iraq War and subsequently assumed responsibility for their protection, is responsible for any potential tragic occurrence against the 3,400 residents of Ashraf. On this basis, the session demands the establishment of American forces inside Ashraf in order to ensure the protection of the residents as well as the protection of the UNAMI observers.

 

4. The session stresses that after the July ruling of the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, which suggested the illegality of the terrorist listing of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) by the US State Department, there are no excuses to continue this unjust listing. The label does not only harm the PMOI and the Iranian people but deals the heaviest blow to anti-fundamentalist Muslims everywhere. When the PMOI, which is a precursor and organized movement that advocates a tolerant and democratic Islam, is described as “terrorist,” this constitutes the biggest help to the real terrorists, the fundamentalist movements, and the terrorist states such as the Iranian regime. It is an affront to Muslims everywhere. The PMOI members in Ashraf are, in our view, role models for tolerance, democracy and a genuine interpretation of Islam.

 

5. The session calls on Arabic and Islamic countries to enact urgent measures to end the siege of Ashraf and to remind the Iraqi government of its obligations for respecting the rights of Ashraf residents.

Background:
The Arab-Islamic Committee in Defense of Ashraf, where 3,400 members of the main opposition People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) reside, was founded in 2009. It is chaired by Mr. Sid Ahmed Ghozali, the former Prime Minister of Algeria.

 

http://ncr-iran.org/content/view/8856/1/

In light of all the stress caused to this country by Islamic radicals, why do you refuse to relocated your mosque?  All this would go away in an instant if you truly wanted to find a peaceful resolution. It seems to me you are faning the flames by your refusal to do so.  I support your right to build, but not there. Never there!

 

Shanara Schmidt

Women approaching the age of menopause many times have certain symptoms that can be easily identified '" one of these is a tendency to lose interest in sexual activity.

Contributor: dontono7
Published: Sep 07, 2010

Political prisoners in Iran commemorate anniversary of 1988 massacre

Tuesday, 07 September 2010

 

 

 

NCRI – On the 22nd anniversary of the mass execution of political prisoners in 1988 at the hands of the Iranian regime, political prisoners at Evin Prison commemorated the memories of the victims by holding a special ceremony on Friday.

 

The ceremony was called “A Night with Khavaran,” referring to Khavaran cemetery where some of the victims are buried in mass graves. More than 30,000 dissidents, a majority of whom were supporters of the main opposition People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK), were executed in groups in the Summer of 1988 by the clerical regime.

Political prisoners at Ward 350 recited poems and sang resistance anthems. Some of those who survived the massacre also recounted past stories and honored the memory of the slain.

According to a report obtained from Ward 350, the prisoners condemned the 1988 killings, describing it as a humanitarian and national catastrophe. They also denounced the issuing of heavy sentences against the massacre’s current survivors who are still imprisoned as well as against other political prisoners and said these death sentences are the continuation of the crimes committed by the regime in the 1980s.

 

http://ncr-iran.org/content/view/8853/1/

Iran: Prisoner killed under torture in Ahvaz

Tuesday, 07 September 2010

 

 

NCRI – The Iranian regime’s suppressive State Security Forces (SSF) murdered a prisoner in the southern city of Ahvaz under torture after 8 years of imprisonment, according to obtained reports by the Human Rights and Democracy Activists in Iran.

Shahin Rajabi Mourkani was arrested after clashes with SSF forces in Ahvaz. He spent 8 years in Ahvaz’s Karoun prison and Karaj’s Gohardasht prison.

Last week, SSF forces contacted his family to summon them to receive his body. When the family referred to the so-called Karoun Operations detention center, they were told that in exchange for receiving the body they would have to sign papers that Mr. Mourkani was killed in a car accident.

According to reports from the family, Mr. Mourkani’s body bore signs of torture. His hands and legs were broken and he had deep wounds in his head.

During the burial ceremony, SSF forces were present on the scene to discourage any potential acts of protest against the regime.

 

http://ncr-iran.org/content/view/8852/1/

By Mong Palatino

Eric Burdette blogs about pre-1975 songs in Vietnam which he discovered through a Vietnamese music website. Eric thinks that young Vietnamese do not know the songs anymore because many records and record players were destroyed in 1975, the end of the Vietnam War.

By Mong Palatino

Eric Burdette blogs about pre-1975 songs in Vietnam which he discovered through a Vietnamese music website. Eric thinks that young Vietnamese do not know the songs anymore because many records and record players were destroyed in 1975, the end of the Vietnam War.

By Mong Palatino

Indonesian businesswoman Fahira Idris won as the most inspiring person on twitter through an online survey.

Shortened question

By Mong Palatino

The annual gathering of bloggers in Indonesia is now open to members of other social media sites like Facebook and Twitter. The Pesta Blogger conference will take place next month.

By Mong Palatino

The Thailand government enjoins its citizens to vote online (Facebook or Twitter) on how they want Thailand to be promoted globally.

Have you heard of perimenopause? It's the time in a woman's life that she begins to have symptoms relating to menopause, although menopause isn't technically reached until 12 consecutive months without a period.

Contributor: dontono7
Published: Sep 07, 2010

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The thermohaline circulation is sometimes called the great/global ocean conveyor belt.  This name changes depending on where in the Atlantic Ocean you are referring to.   This system is a key part of the planet’s heat regulatory system; it keeps northern Europe mostly ice free. 

 

The report I have read is saying, with links that there are places through this system that has stopped moving or as they called it ‘dead’; other places are ‘dying’ due to the oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico.

 

They are also saying that Europe is starting to have an early winter. It shows the drastic weather we have been experiencing, like Russia's heat wave, the floodings in Pakistan, and the killing cold, in South America! 

 

The report also claims that without this warm ,water current flowing north,( which it is called the ‘Gulf Stream’ in the Gulf of Mexico )we could go into an ice age, and the threat is imminent!!

 

I will leave you a couple links that will let you decide….

 

http://projectworldawareness.com/2010/09/life-on-this-earth-just-changed-the-north-atlantic-current-is-gone/

 

http://www.rense.com/MexicoAlreadyDead.html

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