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Early Tuesday morning–sometime between 7:30 and 8 o’clock–Physics Professor Massoud Ali-Mohammadi was killed in an explosion while in his automobile leaving for Tehran University.  The explosion came from a motorcycle rigged with explosives, that had been parked in front of his house for three days.  It was detonated by remote control. Despite a torrent of disinformation from the regime, Ali-Mohammadi was not involved in the secret nuclear weapons project, and–again contrary to the regime’s lies–he was certainly not a regime loyalist.  Indeed, he was among many university professors who supported Green leader Mir Hossein Mousavi during last spring’s heated electoral...

A statement in support of the Iranian people and signed by a number of officers and commanders of the Iranian army was released on December 10. December 12, 2009 - by Afshin Ellian Leading commentators and diplomats have been pondering for quite some time why the Iranian leader is not prepared to act against the revolution in a major way. The “China model” could be applied, a brutal, fast, and extremely violent strike against the opposition. According to conventional wisdom, tyrants will use all means to eliminate their opponents. So why haven’t the mullahs adopted Chinese methods? Tanks and soldiers...

Karachi, 14 March (AKI) - (Syed Saleem Shahzad) - Taliban fighters in Afghanistan have acquired a training video on urban guerilla warfare produced by an Iraqi militant group. A copy of this video, which is in a CD format, has been obtained by Adnkronos International (AKI). The Taliban has received training from the group known as the Islamic Army of Iraq and have brought the CD back to their bases both in Afghanistan and in the tribal areas between Pakistan and Afghanistan. The video is not for propaganda purposes but strictly for training. Many of the leaders of the Islamic...

GOTTA SEE THIS - War for Enduring Freedom 4/10/03 - Baghdad, Battle and Freedom, Terrorist Lawyers BREAKING: Baghdad - Weapons hot at Fedayeen HQ BREAKING: Baghdad - Saddam's forces attack American troops from behind a mosque BREAKING: Baghdad - captured Republican Guards Baath compound after overnight battle BREAKING: Baghdad - More recovered Iraqi missiles missed by the stupid UN BREAKING: Baghdad - The Information Minister did not come done for breakfast BREAKING: Baghdad - Freed Iraqis cheer heroes of the USA and Coalition BREAKING: Cairo, Egypt - Terrorists at Egyptian Lawyers Union BREAKING: Damascus, Syria - Terrorists at Syrian Law...

It is one minute before midnight in one of the world's great tyrannies. After three decades in power, one of the West's former allies turned ogres is in his palace vowing to fight to the last. His elite Presidential Guard is falling back to the capital. A hostile army is at the gates. No one can see how a bloody showdown can be avoided. In the dead of night the army chief of staff goes to the dictator and says he has been talking to the enemy. We cannot hold out, he says. We have to surrender. The general pays...

Iraq: Desert Dispatch -- The View Near Karbala By Ron Synovitz RFE/RL correspondent Ron Synovitz is embedded with the tactical-operations center of the 2nd Brigade Combat Team in the U.S. Army's 3rd Infantry Division. He reports today from outside Karbala about the unit's movements and the mood of the troops. Question: Where are you? What kind of action have you been seeing over the past days? Synovitz: At the moment, we are deployed at a forward combat assembly area near the city of Karbala. For the last six days, I've seen incessant air strikes, missile strikes, artillery strikes on Iraqi...

Republican Guards dressing as American soldiers and executing those that surrender to them

U.S. projecting chemical weapons attack by elite Iraqi units SPECIAL TO WORLD TRIBUNE.COMMonday, March 24, 2003 U.S. officials said some of the elite Iraqi units deployed around Baghdad have been equipped with chemical weapons. They said the Republican Guard has established a command and control infrastructure for the use of nonconventional weapons. The U.S. military command is bracing for chemical weapons attacks by the Republican Guard units. Officials reported the discovery of what they believer are two chemical weapons facilities in Iraq. The facilities were located in the Shi'ite-populated cities of Karbala and Najaf. They were believed to have...

Live report from Karl Penhaul after Apache choppers attacked Republican Guards near Karbala (sp?). This is north of Najaf and WSW 70mi of Baghdad. He reports that our Apaches were shot up pretty bad. The IRG put up a "wall" of AAA. After returning to base, Apaches were "strewn around" instead of being parked neatly. He wouldn't confirm that all our Apaches made it back.