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Do Dolphins Have Names?

A Dolphin
A Dolphin

A Dolphin

SF News – Dolphins are the only known living creatures, besides humans, that actually call out each other by names, says a study done by Royal Society.  The animals have been observed to use specific names to summon loved once fallen separate.

Euro MPs call for Camp Liberty residents to be returned to Ashraf and designated as refugees by UNHCR

Struan Stevenson, MEP
Struan Stevenson, MEP

Struan Stevenson, MEP

Press Release – The Friends of a Free Iran (FOFI) intergroup in the European Parliament, which enjoys the active support of over 200 MEPs from different political groups, held an urgent press conference highlighting the recent rocket attack on Iranian dissidents in Camp Liberty in Iraq. The camp occupied by 3100 asylum-seekers and refugees was attacked by 40 missiles on 9th February which resulted in the death of 7 people including a woman and injuries – many critical – to over 100.

 

Germany Arrests two Iranians for Export of Drone Parts

Stop Fundamentalism – Two Iranian men, a 30 year-old and another 54, have been arrested for smuggling aircraft motors to Iran, reported Associated Press today.  The parts are intended for use in building the Iranian homemade pilotless aircraft drone.

 

Iran and Iraq Involved in Camp Liberty Shelling: Residents

Camp Liberty residents demand to return to Camp Ashraf fearing further attacks
Camp Liberty residents demand to return to Camp Ashraf fearing further attacks

Camp Liberty residents demand to return to Camp Ashraf fearing further attacks

Stop Fundamentalism – Iranian and Iraqi governments were directly involved in the February 9 shelling of Camp Liberty, killing six Iranian refugees and wounding about one hundred, said a statement by the National Council of Resistance of Iran, the Iranian opposition movement in exile.  Another resident died in a Baghdad hospital yesterday as the result of his injuries, said the same source.

 

Iran Caught in another Photoshop Blunder with Qaher F-313

Photoshop Image of Qaher - F313 Fighter Jet
Photoshop Image of Qaher - F313 Fighter Jet

Photoshop Image of Qaher - F313 Fighter Jet

SF News – Iranians seem to be Photoshop savvies, but they surely need some training before they can fake more technology advancements.

Martin Kobler Gets the Heat for Deaths in Camp Liberty

Washington Conference
Washington Conference

Washington Conference

A conference held on Saturday February 9 in Washington D.C. was a chance for some U.S. former top officials to show anger and frustration about the conduct of UN Secretary General Special Representative Martin Kobler after Saturday’s rocket attack on Camp Liberty in Iraq leaving six Iranian dissidents dead. Speakers called on Kobler to resign his post as he had failed to fulfill commitments to the 3100 Iranian refugees in the camp.

Rocket Attack on Camp Liberty Kills Six Iranian Opposition Members

Camp Liberty
Camp Liberty

Camp Liberty

Press Release:

Attack on Liberty with at least 35 missiles and mortars has left 6 killed and more than 50 injured

At 05:45 this morning, local time, camp Liberty was attacked with missiles and mortars. Until now 6 residents including a woman were martyred and more than 50 people injured. The injured are at critical condition and the number of martyrs may rise. One of the 6 residents died two hours after the attack due to delay in transfer to hospital. The names of martyrs are: Pouran Najafi, Yahya Nazari, Akbar Azizi, Mostafa Khosravi, Mehdi Abed and Hadi Shafiei.

Iran’s President Ahmadinejad Volunteers for Space Travel

Iran president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad wants to travel to space
Iran president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad wants to travel to space

 

Iran president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad wants to travel to space

Stop Fundamentalism – Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says he is prepared to take the next flight-up when Iran is ready to send a man to outer space, reported ISNA news agency Monday.

Iranian MOIS Agents in the West Shouldn’t Go Free

Anne Singleton and her husband Massoud Khodabande
Anne Singleton and her husband Massoud Khodabande

Anne Singleton and her husband Massoud Khodabande

A former Deputy Director of the C.I.A’s national clandestine service, John Sano, revealed in Paris on February 2, that “a secret war is going on in Washington” to influence U.S.’s future policy on Iran which ” the Iranian Ministry of Intelligence and Security, the MOIS, is fully engaged in.” The former CIA official added that in fact, “they’re probably directing it.”

Iran – Feud among Ruling Factions Flare Up

Ali Larijani (left) and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (right)
Ali Larijani (left) and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (right)

Ali Larijani (left) and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (right)

Stop Fundamentalism – Despite repeated attempts by the Iranian theocratic ruler Ali Khamenei to mend the differences among various factions of his regime, crisis surfaced once again Sunday in a Watergate-style blowout, this time between President Ahmadinejad and Speaker of the Parliament, Ali Larijani.