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Rape victim to get daughter back soon By YOLANDA RODRÍGUEZ The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Published on: 12/09/06 Her little girl is coming home. The Cherokee County woman who killed the man who raped her most likely will be able to take her daughter home with her, probably by next week. First the mother has to complete a psychological evaluation. "They want to make sure I am of no harm to myself or anyone else," the woman said Friday after a hearing in Juvenile Court in Cherokee County. She hopes to celebrate Christmas with family in Ohio. "I'm happy I'm getting my...

A Northern State University student who was found dead last week in Pennsylvania was strangled after rejecting sexual advances from a sales manager for the company he was interning for, authorities have said. Jason Shephard, 23, was found bound by belts and wrapped in sheets in the basement of William F. Smithson's home in Thornbury Township, Pa., according to court documents. The Delaware County Times in Pennsylvania also reported that the basement contained a couch, mirrored ceiling and video equipment. The 40-year-old Smithson, who worked in the Philadelphia office of the Brookings-based Daktronics Inc., was arrested and charged with first-,...

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14, 2006 – Iraqi army soldiers freed a man who was being held and tortured by members of an illegal armed group in Diwaniyah, Iraq, during a raid today, U.S. military officials said. The captive had been beaten, tortured and bound. He said he had been held for the past three days. He also stated that the four people abusing him fled just prior to the arrival of Iraqi assault forces. The man was immediately treated by medical personnel and then evacuated, officials said. The four suspects are thought to be members of a group engaged in sectarian...

netWMD is proud to participate in the 2,996: A Tribute to the Victims of 9/11 project. Stuck to the top until Sept. 12. Sareve Dukat kept her composure, even though the United States was under attack by Islamo-fascists, drunk on religion, hatred, and a lust for power. The date was September 11, 2001. An airliner full of civilians was just cynically rammed into tower #1 of the World Trade Center in New York City. Ms. Dukat would not survive the day that has become the defining moment for a generation of Americans, myself included. Dukat, who was working on the...

WASHINGTON, Aug. 31, 2006 – Bastogne soldiers of the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, freed a kidnap victim and captured three of the terrorists who had taken him hostage just outside Kirkuk, Iraq, yesterday, military officials reported. An aerial reconnaissance team flying missions near Kirkuk spotted four men wearing black robes and wielding AK-47 rifles. The men stopped their sedan several times along one of the area’s main roads and set up illegal checkpoints at each stop. As coalition ground forces moved into the area, the group made their last stop, holding 10 passengers in a van at...

MADISON, Wis. - A mother has been charged with helping her 13-year-old son search for someone to rob. The boy told police his mother, Janine C. Lewis, drove him around Stoughton Tuesday night, helping him look for someone to rob, according to a criminal complaint filed Friday in Dane County Circuit Court. The boy told police he had talked to her about committing robberies, but she discouraged him. Still, he said she agreed to drive him around to look for a victim, the complaint said. They found a man at a car wash. She asked him if he really wanted...

Terror raid victim faces arrest over child porn images By John Steele, Crime Correspondent (Filed: 31/07/2006) A man shot in an anti-terrorist raid faces questioning over the alleged discovery of child pornography images on a computer seized by police. Mohammed Abul Kahar, 23, was wounded when police officers looking for a chemical bomb entered his home in Forest Gate, east London. It is believed that he could be arrested this week. He is expected to be asked about what are said to be "extremely disturbing" images of children. The move follows forensic tests on the computer. The Crown Prosecution Service...

ONCE AGAIN we have a full-grown woman — in this case, a 19-year-old from Long Island — claiming to be the innocent victim in a high-profile extramarital affair. When are women going to learn, I found myself thinking as I watched Diana Bianchi toss her beautiful locks and confess to one of those pushy and obsequiously empathetic TV news reporters that she had stumbled into an affair with her employer, one Peter Cook, a.k.a. Mr. Christie Brinkley. “I didn’t expect him to take it to another level,” she said, with a strangled giggle. “It” being a flirtation. “Another level” being...

WASHINGTON, July 12, 2006 – Iraqi police freed a kidnap victim in Baghdad, and coalition forces uncovered a large cache of bomb-making material near Mahmudiyah, Iraq, July 10, U.S. military officials reported. Iraqi policemen from 2nd Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 1st National Police Division, arrested seven men at a checkpoint and freed an alleged kidnap victim in eastern Baghdad after the men tried to bypass checkpoints in four vehicles. The police stopped them with small-arms fire and a roadblock, officials said. "This shows the effectiveness of the Iraqi national police and their ability to enforce the rule of law," said Army...

19 year old Tommy Canavan, who was a student at Georgia College and State University in Milledgeville, came to Dalton with some friends to go bowling. His family has now made arrangements for his funeral. Whitfield County Sheriff Scott Chitwood said just after 10:00 p.m. Friday night, Canavan and three friends pulled into the parking lot of Galaxy Bowling at 2208 Cleveland Highway. Seconds later the chemistry student who had plans to become a pharmacist was shot in the chest.

LRA victim: 'I cannot forget and forgive' Following recent comments from Lord's Resistance Army rebel leader Joseph Kony in which he denied committing atrocities, Ugandan Ochola John, 25, responds by telling his story. He was abducted by rebels from his village, Namkora in northern Uganda, which was attacked in February 2002. During the attack 50 people were axed to death and he was one of 35 abductees. Ochola John was deformed by rebels from Joseph Kony's Lord's Resistance Army I wish I could be born again. It hurts me to see my reflection because of the way I now look....

Today: June 19, 2006 at 8:16:34 PDT Top Court: Victims' Statements Admissible By TONI LOCY ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) - Prosecutors can use statements made by victims to 911 operators or police during emergencies if the victims do not testify at trial, the Supreme Court ruled in a pair of cases Monday. In a case out of Washington state, justices voted 9-0 that a defendant's right to confront his accuser was not violated because he could not cross-examine a woman who claimed in a 911 call that he had assaulted her. By an 8-1 vote in a second case, the...

Usually stabbing victims take the fact that they've been stabbed pretty seriously. But when Morgan Hill resident Enrique Hernandez was stabbed in the hip with a sharp kitchen knife late Sunday, he left the knife in his leg and strolled on home -- three blocks from the scene of the crime. When he got home, he pulled the knife out, wrapped it in a T-shirt and washed up a bit. Then he went out drinking and dancing at the Pato Loco Bar in San Martin. It wasn't until another patron, increasingly alarmed by the blood stains on Hernandez's pants, contacted...

Duke Case Victim Target of Hateby Cash Michaels Special to the NNPA from the Wilmington Journal Thanks to unrelenting attacks on her character and credibility by defense attorneys, the alleged victim in the Duke lacrosse rape case is now the target of hate by many who believe the Black woman is a “false accuser” of three indicted white players. Looming doubts about the evidence in the minds of some of the public have generated hateful portrayals of the alleged victim in media reports, and particularly on the Internet. Several Web sites have revealed her name (something media organizations voluntarily do...

/begin my translationN. Korea: Huge Train Crash in Last April due to Communication Failure A N. Korean railroad source, "270 soldiers, 400 civilians dead" [2006-06-05 17:46] The crash site in a red circle above. The light brown region is Gowon County. It is revealed that the huge train crash in last April at Gowon, S. Hamkyong Province, killing hundreds of N. Korean soldiers, was caused by endemic problems of N. Korean railroad system such as communication failure and shortage of electricity. We were told that 270 soldiers and 400 civilians were killed by this accident. A source from the Locomotive Unit...

Last update - 05:46 13/05/2006 Tel Aviv bombing victim dies of his wounds at Ichilov Hospital By Ran Reznick, Amos Harel and Yuval Azoulay, Haaretz Correspondents and Haaretz Service A 26-year-old Tel Aviv resident who was critically injured in last month's suicide bombing near the Central Bus Station succumbed to his wounds before dawn Saturday at Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv, Army Radio reported. The victim, Lior Anidor, represents the 10th fatality in the attacks. David Shaulov, 29, of Holon; Philip Balasan, 45, of Ashdod; Benjamin Haputa, 47, of Lod; Victor Erez, a 60-year-old taxi driver from Tel Aviv; Lily...

By Ray Gronberg : The Herald-Sun gronberg@heraldsun.com May 9, 2006 : 10:53 pm ET DURHAM -- A March 14 Duke Police Department report that downplayed gang-rape allegations against the school's lacrosse team stemmed from what a Duke officer overheard while listening to a Durham Police Department sergeant's cell phone conversation, City Manager Patrick Baker said Tuesday. The Duke officer, Christopher Day, never actually spoke to the sergeant or conducted any follow-up inquiry before telling his superiors that the woman at the center of the case had changed her story several times, and that her allegations were unlikely to produce serious...

We are with you. We are outraged with you. We will fight back for you..... .Rest assured, we will not rest until justice is done, especially the strong brothers. (snip) Single mothers sometimes bring their kids to class, setting them up with juice and crayons in the back of Mass Comm. (snip) The most mundane beginnings explain her life. The youngest of three children, she grew up in Durham. Her father drove trucks and worked a second job cleaning cars on an auto lot. Her 1996 graduation photo from Hillside High School shows a girl with shoulder-length braids and a...

CNN reports Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-RI) will hold a press conference today at 3 p.m. in Washington, D.C. to discuss his recent traffic incident on Capitol Hill.

I always thought victimhood was something to avoid. It meant that something bad was happening to you, something you didn't want. But since today's laws give victims special power and attention, some people seem to aspire to the title of "victim."What taught me how far things have gone was one small workplace in Ithaca, N.Y., where a group of "victims" said they were being poisoned by the office air. This was odd since the building was in a rural area and the windows could be opened. The air seemed fine to me, but the workers' demands might make you sick.They...

TIKRIT, Iraq, April 27, 2006 – An Iraqi civilian kidnapped in Samarra was rescued today when soldiers from 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, stopped the would-be kidnappers' vehicles and released the citizen. Units stationed in Samarra had already been aware of a "be on the lookout" report for a silver sedan suspected of being involved in a kidnapping when alert soldiers noticed a pair of silver sedans along a major thoroughfare in southern Salah ah Din province. The two automobiles were parked next to each other as observers noticed the occupants passing what appeared to be a rifle...

DURHAM, N.C. - Time-stamped photographs will show an exotic dancer was already injured and "very impaired" when she arrived at a party where she claims she was raped by members of Duke University's men's lacrosse team, an attorney for one of the players said Sunday. ADVERTISEMENT Durham attorney Bill Thomas said some of the photographs, taken when she arrived at the house, indicate the woman was injured before getting to the party March 13. They show extensive bruises and scrapes on her legs, especially around the knees, he said. "This young lady was substantially impaired. She had fallen several times...

In other developments, a defense attorney for one of players says he knows who made the 911 call the night of the alleged gang rape. "We're absolutely positive the caller was not the accuser, but the other young lady there," Cheshire said. Cheshire said witnesses have talked to the woman and a comparison of audio tapes proves the caller was the second dancer at the party, but Durham police say they do not know who called.

Accuser's Criminal Record. Another web-site said that her license has been suspended 3 times Also. Joe Cheshire, who represents co-captain Dave Evans, told reporters he is certain the call was made by the SECOND DANCER, whose identity has not yet surfaced publicly. The caller alternatively told a police dispatcher the pair were driving and walking past the house. My comments: This is something I believed from day one and it can be demonstrated by using the police report (2 min response to first 911 call) and the neighbor's statement. It's also fishy that police said today that it took the...

WASHINGTON, March 29, 2006 – A once-unidentified sailor killed in the Pearl Harbor attack almost 65 years ago was laid to rest today with full honors and a grave marker bearing his name, thanks to sleuth work by a Pearl Harbor survivor and U.S. Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command's expertise. Navy Seaman 2nd Class Warren Paul Hickock was buried with full military honors in Honolulu on March 29, more than 64 years after he died in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. His remains were only recently identified. Courtesy photo   Seaman 2nd Class Warren Paul Hickok was reinterred this morning...

The Fairfax County police officer who shot an unarmed man to death in January will not be charged with a crime, the county's chief prosecutor announced this afternoon. From the start, Fairfax police declared that the killing of Salvatore J. Culosi Jr., 37, was an accident and that the SWAT officer who fired had done so unintentionally. Fairfax Commonwealth's Attorney Robert F. Horan Jr. said that when a person fires a gun without malice and unintentionally kills someone, "they do not commit a crime." "I feel for the family of the victim in this case," Horan said. "You have to....

Michael Zebuhr of Buckhannon, W.Va., was shot about 10 p.m. Saturday while returning to a car with his mother and two others from an Uptown restaurant. Zebuhr, a graduate student at Clemson University, was in Minneapolis to visit his sister with their mother. Police had made no arrests Monday, and officials said that Zebuhr was near death.

Recently a school in Spokane, Washington, banned students from playing tag out on their playground. The principal claims that students were getting hurt--gasp--and being coerced to play. Her idea of coercion is one student running up to another, tagging him and saying, "You're it." Apparently, pure genius takes a lot longer to reach the Pacific Northwest. Here in New Jersey, some schools have already banned tag, agreeing with the National Association of School Psychologists who say, "There's a potential for some victimization." Victimization? Are you kidding me? These people haven't a clue about victimization. I'll tell you about victimization. I...

'REFUSAL TO LEVEL WITH THE AMERICAN PEOPLE'... IS HILLARY 'KNOWNOTHING VICTIM' CLINTON'S MIDDLE NAME by Mia T, February 16, 2006     (viewing movie requires Flash Player 7, available HERE) audio montage, Lincoln-pose scoop: rushlimbaugh.com "The refusal of this administration to level with the American people on matters large and small is very disturbing. HEAR hillary clinton Sen. 'KnowNothing Victim' Clinton Holds News Conference EFFECTIVELY PLEADS FIFTH BY INVOKING SPOUSAL PRIVILEGE by Mia T, February 23, 2001     ASHINGTON- February 22. Sen. KnowNothing Victim Clinton held her premiere press conference today on Capitol Hill, ostensibly to answer questions...

From Paris, France Between them, Dick Cheney and Al Gore have held the title of Vice President of the United States for the past 13 years and one month - give or take. This past weekend, separated by some 8,000 miles, they each managed to take careful aim and completely miss their marks. First, Vice President Cheney who shot a 78-year-old man, Harry Whittington, while ALLEGEDLY aiming at a quail; although why Cheney thought the bird presented a clear and present danger in the first place has not been fully explored or explained. The fact that the wounded man is...

A figure of speech, some say of the quarterback’s “black-on-black crime” remark. Others say it fans flames. Hear what fans have to say. During the lead-up to the world's biggest sporting extravaganza, the Super Bowl, Donovan McNabb fires off a salvo for the world to hear: Terrell Owens' criticism of his quarterbacking skills last season was "black-on-black crime." Black-on-black crime? A careless choice of words, given the daily tragedies in Philadelphia and other cities, or intentionally loaded? Or just a figure of speech? From the streets of Philadelphia, inside barbershops, and all day over the radio airwaves yesterday, people weighed...

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - A Good Samaritan who helped a road accident victim found himself injured and lying in a hospital bed several hours later _ next to the man he'd helped _a news report said Tuesday. Police Sgt. Abdul Kadir Said, 47, had stopped to help victims of an accident involving two motorcycles and a truck in the northern Malaysian state of Kedah on Saturday, the New Straits Times newspaper reported. After putting a splint on victims' broken leg, Abdul Kadir sent him in a van to hospital in Alor Star town before heading back to his police station...

Jan. 13, 2006 — Today, according to Pakistani military sources, U.S. aircraft attacked a compound known to be frequented by high level al Qaeda operatives. Pakistani officials tell ABC News that al Qaeda leader Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri, Osama bin Laden's top lieutenant, may have been among them. U.S. intelligence for the last few days indicated that Zawahiri might be in the location or about to arrive, although there is still no confirmation from U.S. officials that he was among the victims.

A rape suspect is in critical condition after being fended off by his intended victim. Police Special Victims Unit Captain John Darby says when the 30-year old woman said no thanks, the man forced his way into her West Haines Street home and started to rape her in front of her two year old child. "At some point she was able to talk the male into interrupting the attack so that she could place the child upstairs in the bedroom in safety." That was the moment she needed. She went away with the child and came back with a knife...

REINVENTING HILLARY... AGAIN(clinton machine dumps Geena Davis for Margaret Thatcher) how the clintons are handling the hillary dud factor2 by Mia T, 11.23.05   Clinton, who is running for re-election in 2006, is widely considered to be the frontrunner for her party's 2008 presidential nomination, based on her association with the Clinton brand, her fundraising prowess and her institutional support. Her perceived frontrunner status is also built on a perception among some Democratic strategists that her reservoir of goodwill in the Democratic base makes her uniquely capable of appealing to centrists in the general election by running as what...

Mall Shooting Victim Pulled Weapon, Family Says POSTED: 10:37 am PST November 22, 2005 UPDATED: 2:12 pm PST November 22, 2005 TACOMA, Wash. -- The family of the most seriously wounded victim in the Tacoma Mall shooting says he pulled his own weapon and confronted the gunman. Brendan "Dan" McKown was shot Sunday before he could fire at Dominick Sergio Maldonado, family members said at a news conference Tuesday. Roger and Beverly McKown of Yelm said their son is a hero who likely saved other people at the mall by confronting the gunman.

CONWAY — Assured that the Maine man discovered at the bottom of an Albany outhouse in June would receive psychiatric treatment, a district court judge accepted a negotiated plea agreement yesterday from Gary Moody, 45. “Anyone who was in the ladies’ toilet is a victim and females at large are victims and they have heightened scrutiny for fear of what they might find there,” Judge Pamela Albee said. “I think Mr. Moody requires treatment.” Moody pleaded no contest in the District Court of Northern Carroll County to criminal trespass, stemming from an incident in which he entered a vault under...

Teen threw frozen bird through windshield, crushing woman’s face. A teen who severely injured a woman by tossing a 20-pound turkey through her car windshield was sentenced to six months in jail after his victim requested a light sentence. Ryan Cushing, 19, also received five years of probation Monday and was ordered to undergo psychiatric treatment and do community service. Victoria Ruvolo underwent a 10-hour operation to repair her crushed face and spent a month in the hospital following the incident last November. She said she requested a light sentence for Cushing because she wanted to give him a second...

STRANGE BEDFELLOWS: ED KLEIN AND SUSAN ESTRICH AGREE ABOUT HILLARY [FOOL ME ONCE, SHAME ON YOU! FOOL ME TWICE, SHAME ON ME!] by Mia T, 10.14.05 National Review Online: In a sentence, what is "the truth about Hillary"? Edward Klein: Hillary is not a victim (not of sexism, not of her husband, and certainly not of this book); she's not a moderate (despite her effort to re-brand herself in the Senate). Even my sources on the left admit she's positioning herself as a victim and moderate in order to win the White House. Interrogatory NRO's Q&A June 20, 2005,...

Victims Versus Victimhood October 12, 2005 by Wendy McElroy, wendy@ifeminists.net Weeks after Hurricane Katrina, the anguish of its victims is still painful to see. Even people hardened by years of war and the sharp divisions within our culture, reach into their hearts and pocketbooks at the sight of it. Meanwhile, the claim of victimhood has also emerged: the allegation that blacks were discriminated against in aid efforts. But that accusation has generally met with weary dismissal. The difference in response has made me wonder about the distinction between a victim and victimhood, and whether the latter may be on the...

HEAR SUSAN ESTRICH: hillary plays 'the victim' for votes[FOOL ME ONCE, SHAME ON YOU! FOOL ME TWICE, SHAME ON ME!] by Mia T, 10.13.05 "The other thing that distressed me is that a woman has to make herself a victim to be popular. I find that really troubling. She's more popular when she's a victim. Susan EstrichHannity and Colmes The Broaddrick-Estrich-Cliff interview on the clintons' serial rape and predation While America appears not to be ready for a female president under any circumstances, the post-9/11 realities pose special problems for a female presidential candidate. Add to these the problems...

WASHINGTON, Oct. 12, 2005 – Two 1st Corps Support Command soldiers were killed and another was injured today when their vehicle rolled over while conducting a combat logistics patrol near Balad, Iraq, military officials reported. Officials also announced that two soldiers assigned to the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Marine Division, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward) died of wounds suffered Oct. 10 when a roadside bomb hit their vehicle in Ramadi, Iraq. Several Army units are serving with the 2nd MEF in Iraq. The soldiers' names of the soldiers are being withheld pending notification of next of kin. In other...

Beating victim: No anger toward police New Orleans officers plead not guilty to battery charges Programming Note: Robert Davis, the man who was videotaped being beaten by New Orleans police, tells "NewsNight" what happened and how the police department has responded, tonight, 10 p.m. ET. NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (CNN) -- A retired teacher injured during a videotaped beating by New Orleans police says he feels no anger toward the department. "I hold no animosity against anyone. I want to thank the new police chief for his quick action. I really do," 64-year-old Robert Davis said Tuesday. Three officers have been...

Shelter volunteers across East Texas have heard first hand devastating stories of how Hurricane Katrina tore families apart. But there was none like the one that was brought to our attention from volunteers at the Smith County Chapter of the American Red Cross. It was from Ray Johnson. In an interview with KLTV 7 last Wednesday he describes how he tried to get his wife and 3-year-old son to the attic to safety when New Orleans floodwaters came rushing in. "I didn't ever think I was going to lose my son and wife no never," says Johnson in the August...

August 4, 2005-- Charles CityMurder Victim's Mother Criticizes Investigation       CHARLES CITY, Iowa -- The mother of five-year-old murder victim Evelyn Miller says investigators aren't doing enough to find her daughter's killer.  Evelyn Miller was found dead in the Cedar River two miles north of Charles City last month.  Standing outside of city hall in Charles City, Noel Miller breaks down as she remembers what she loved most about her little girl.  "Just her smile and everything.  She was just so loving.  She'd always just grab my hand and look up and kiss my hand."      Miller says she misses her...

EVIL ON OUR STREETS: Outrage of victim's parentsThe mother of a 7/7 bomb victim buried her beautiful daughter on Friday—then exploded with rage over suicide bomb suspects demanding their human rights.June Taylor, shedding bitter tears for her darling 24-year-old daughter Carrie, launched a furious attack on judges and do-gooders out to protect bombers. She particularly laid into Lord Hoffman—a High Court judge who ruled last year that terrorist suspects held without trial should be freed because their "human rights" were being breached. "What rights did my Carrie have?" stormed 57-year-old June as she buried her daughter on Friday—21 days after...

Ed Klein's New York Times best-seller "The Truth About Hillary" has been trashed in the media as too salacious to be taken seriously, with reporters highlighting allegations that Klein never made about Mrs. Clinton's sexual orientation and being raped by her husband. But the real trouble for Hillary is hinted at in the book's subtitle: "What She Knew, When She Knew It, and How Far She'll Go to Become President." What critics seem to want to avoid is Klein's claim that Hillary knew all along that her husband was carrying on an affair with Monica Lewinsky - and even approved...

Bog Mummy Mistaken for Murder Victim By Rossella Lorenzi, Discovery News June 27, 2005— The body of a teenage girl thought to be the victim of foul play has turned out to be one of Germany's oldest and best-preserved mummies, German archaeologists announced at a press conference last week.Bog Mummy's Hand Found in September 2000 in a peat bog in the town of Uchte, in Lower Saxony, the corpse was first examined by the police homicide unit. Though it had been fragmented by the peat machine, the body appeared to belong to a teenage girl. Investigators thought it could be...

Really? A rape victim was promised justice by Gen Musharraf. She is under house arrest; prevented from traveling abroad ‘because the foreign media would exploit her situation to hurt the image of Pakistan’. Her rapists meanwhile have been released. The army has moved in to crush the trade-union at Pakistan’s state-owned telecom company. They were protesting against privatisation. Allowing them to stall the privatisation of Pakistan would have hurt the image of Pakistan as a magnet for foreign investors. Thanks to such careful image management, Pakistan’s image, at least according to one visitor, has improved globally.

In recent years, the US State Department has called the Islamic Republic of Iran the world's "most active state sponsor of terrorism." The Islamic Republic has been in a state of war with the world since its inception 26 years ago. The Islamic Republic is waging a war of construction, the war to build up an Islamic empire and to change the whole face of the earth. They are also at war with the Iranian people. As a matter of fact, the first victims of the Islamic Republic's appetite for the destruction of the civilized world were the Iranian people...