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Iran Executed 600 prisoners in 2011 Says Amnesty International

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Stop Fundamentalism – The Iranian government has executed 600 offenders this year, the international human rights organization, Amnesty International said Thursday.  The organization says it has recorded 600 executions from both official and unofficial sources this year. 

About 81 percent of those killed were drug offenders.  This number is at least three times the official announced number for 2009.  Amnesty expresses concern that the victims would be from the most impoverished portion of the country’s populations.

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Alan Dershowitz: Solution to Ashraf crisis is in the hands of US President

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Stop Fundamentalism – In a conference held in Paris on Camp Ashraf December 10, Alan Dershowitz, renowned civil liberties lawyer and a distinguished defender of individual rights, warned President Obama about the consequences of inaction and silence against the looming humanitarian tragedy in Ashraf before meeting with Iraq’s Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.

“What the United States can do is so simple and so obvious.  We have the power to prevent this from happening.  We have the power to prevent the camp from closing.  We have the power to make the Iraqi government act responsibly,” said Dershowitz.

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Iraqi MP: Iran Should Give Incentives to Iraq for Expelling MEK

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Stop Fundamentalism – An Iraqi Member of Parliament in Maliki’s bloc told reporters today that it would be a grave mistake for Iraq expelling the MEK without receiving adequate incentives from Iran, said Shafagh News website.  She also stressed that there are a great many armed groups operating in Iraq supported by the Iranian regime while their cases remain undisclosed.

“Iraq’s foreign policy is full of flaws,” said Batoul Farough from Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s bloc in the Iraqi parliament told to Shafagh news reporter, “one of such mistakes is expelling the MEK without receiving any incentive from the Iranian side.”

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Arab League Secretary General Visit to Baghdad

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Stop Fundamentalism – Arab League Secretary General Nabil el-Araby, entered Baghdad today in an official visit. He will be discussing Arab world developments and recent issues in the region with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari.  Syria will specially be a main subject of discussions, say Arabic news agencies.

It was said that Iraq will be hosting the Arab Summit, coming up next March 2012.

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Iraqi Kurdish Leader Says 3000 US Troops Will Remain in Iraq

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Stop Fundamentalism – A leading member of the Kurdish bloc in Iraqi Parliament, Mahmoud Othman, told an Arabic language television channel today that 3000 US soldiers will remain in Iraq after the end of the year.

Othman told Al-Soumeria News that he has received the information through credible sources confirming the reinstatement of the forces after time set for them to leave the country.  He said these forces will be distributed between Air Force training, protections of American Embassy and its Counselor offices in Iraq.

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Camp Ashraf – Lives Are at Stake, Must be Protected : Martin Kobler

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Stop Fundamentalism – The Special Representative of the Secretary General of United Nations told the Security Council briefing Tuesday that there is concern regarding the lives of 3400 Iranian exiles in Camp Ashraf and urged government of Iraq to extend deadline to close the camp in order to find a peaceful solution.

“Lives are at stake and must be protected,” said Martin Kobler to a Security Council briefing, “The Government has a responsibility to ensure the safety, security and welfare of the residents.”

Iraqi forces attacked Camp Ashraf back in April killing 36 residents and wounding hundreds.  Videos of the attack, put on Youtube by residents, show Iraqi soldiers directly shooting at unarmed civilians in the camp or running over them by military vehicles.

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Bomb Blast kills 54 in Afghanistan

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Stop Fundamentalism –  54 people were killed today in three different cities in Afghanistan, report news agencies.

48 of the deaths took place in Kabul city when crowed of mourners had gathered in streets to commemorate the day of Ashura which is one of the most important rituals of the Shiite Islam.

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Internet Police to Track Down Online Users Insulting Iran’s Leader

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Stop Fundamentalism – Iran will strongly confront those who use foul language against regime’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenie, said the Iranian Police Deputy for Cyber Warfare.

Iran’s after-election unrests in 2009 were nicknamed the “Twitter Revolution”. The reason was that protesters organized and informed eachother and also spread the news to the outside world using this online communications tool.

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Iran – Women Banned from Working as Office Secretaries

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Stop Fundamentalism – A new law calling for separation of men and women employees in governmental offices will be enforced soon in Iran’s city of Bushehr, reported a Persian language news publication Asr-Iran yesterday.

The law is enforced because, “no one acts on his/her duty,” said Bushehr governor Mohammad Hussein Jahanbakhsh to news reporters.

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Habitable Planet Found Similar to Earth – NASA

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SF News – Kepler, NASA’s planet hunting Telescope has spotted a planet with many similarities to earth including that it may contain water, land, and life. 

NASA says that the temperature on the planet surface is about 72 degrees Fahrenheit and its sun is very similar to our own sun.  The planet orbits its sun at a distance which is considered habitable.   At this range liquid water can exist on surface of the planet.

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