As the Battle For #Iraq rages on.......

Radio Farda, a Farsi service of Radio Free Europe (part of the Voice of America), has reported that men on motorcycles with Islamic State Flags have been seen in major cities in Iran's Kurdistan Region . This is a region that has been traditionally restless.    It is an absolutely horrific development that should hopefully wake up the Iranian Leadership to go beyond what they did when they sent soldiers to Iraqi Kurdistan to beat back the Islamic State.   It is also worthwhile to note that the Iranian Foreign Minister is in Baghdad to confer with the Iraqi Leadership:



It is part of the changing dynamic of Iraq that Hosyiar Zabari, the Kurdish Iraqi Foreign Minister has been reappointed and is now back at work--a welcome development.

Part of the predicament goes back to fateful decisions made at the outset of the Syrian Revolution 3 years ago.   Mana Neyestani at Iran Wire Captured this beautifully:

Quite a predicament for the World....

"Thoughts" 4 the Week-End : On Objectives & A Sense of Hope

As "Outsiders" celebrates its' 2,000th Post here in the "first channel",  these two thoughts underscore the ultimate sentiment behind the launch of "outsiders" as this journey continues onward!!

 

May it be so for all!!!

Onward!!

A Blast From the Recent Past: Guarding the Freedom of the Internet (A View For the Week-End)

The need to protect the Internet's Freedom is ever so evident.  But that protection, though, has to be balanced with a sense of purpose and responsibility as epitomized by the Foley Tragedy.    Yet, the warnings from the founder of the Modern Internet Should not be taken lightly though: