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String of arrests in volatile Kurdish towns in Iran

This does not look good for Iran. The increase in violence from the US supported Kurds, the U.S. base in Azerbaijan and Ahmadinejad taking over Iran's hottest seat could mean the beginning of a U.S. war against Iran.

Note: The US is training 20,000 Kurds to oppose Iran in a move very reminiscent of the CIA trained Scorpions.


Before the war in Iraq began, the CIA recruited and trained an Iraqi paramilitary group, code-named the Scorpions, to foment rebellion, conduct sabotage, and help CIA paramilitaries who entered Baghdad and other cities target buildings and individuals, according to three current and former intelligence officials with knowledge of the unit.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/02/AR2005080201579.html

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String of arrests in volatile Kurdish towns in Iran


Thu. 4 Aug 2005



Iran Focus

Tehran, Iran, Aug. 04 – A number of journalists and human rights defenders have been arrested in towns and cities in western Iran, according to human rights activists in the Iranian capital.

Mahmoud Salehi, the spokesman for the Organisational Committee to Establish Trade Unions, was arrested in the early hours of Thursday. The arrest follows Wednesday’s nabbing of two Kurdish activists in the city of Sanandaj by plainclothes security agents.

Jalal Qavami, a journalist and a member of the editorial board of the journal Payam-e Mardom, was arrested at his place of work after agents of Iran’s dreaded Ministry of Intelligence and Security initially raided his residence. Azad Zamani, an activist in the Association in Defence of Children’s Rights was also arrested in Sanandaj. Previously, Madeh Ahmadi was arrested in the Kurdish city.

The news comes as the death toll from Wednesday’s clashes between people and State Security Forces in the town of Saqqez reached 13. Official media have been silent on the deaths but several outlets have reported that clashes took place.

According to local hospital officials, authorities have refused to hand over the corpse of seven of those killed that are currently being held at the morgue.

Roya Toloui, the editor of Rassan, a monthly based in Sanandaj, was also recently arrested during a gathering organised in protest against the murder of a young Kurd by Iran’s State Security Forces after she was summoned by the intelligence unit of the SSF on several occasions in the past few months on charges of “disturbing the peace” and “acting against national security”. She had also been accused of “inciting ethnic division”.

Tens of other demonstrators in the volatile Kurdish town have also been arrested according to eye-witness reports. Many more have been arrested during anti-government protests and clashes throughout the provinces of Kurdistan and Western Azerbaijan.

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US training 20,000 kurds to oppose Iran

Against the background of diplomatic efforts initiated by Washington to blockade the nuclear program of Tehran , the Pentagon and CIA proceed with preparations for possible war against Iran . A few days before it became known that the leaders of Azerbaijani groupings – the adversaries of Tehran were hastily summoned to Washington , reported Turkish CNN.

According to the information of the same TV channel, referring to the Azeri APA agency, the United States are training 20 thousand Kurds in Iraq, in the camps arranged in the territories under the control of Jalal Talabani. The training is aimed at involving the units of Kurd soldiers in the struggle against the Irani regime.

According to the CNN-Turk, the trainings are carried out with the participation of the Kurd fighters of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, which is considered a terrorist organization in Turkey.

CNN-Turk reported about the termination of the first stage of training. According to the TV channel, the officers of the Talabani guard are involved in the trainings. 500 Kurd fighters have already finished military training and crossed the border of Iran . They allegedly have delivered control blows on three objective points on the border of Iran .

According to reports of CNN-Turk, the leaders of Azeri groupings – the opponents of Irani regime are already in Washington , where the details of the operation with the participation of Azerbaijanis against Iran are being considered.

According to APA, CNN-Turk reminded about the fact that Azerbaijanis constitute the greater part of the Irani population, and Tehran has been keeping them under control for a long time. As a case in point, the TV channel reported that the Azerbaijanis were deprived of the right to provide education in their native language.

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