Restarting the Iran ping. On or off ping list.
Posted on 07/08/2007 8:32:47 PM PDT by blam
Iran media accused of trying to oust president
· Fears for press as aides talk of 'creeping coup'
· Leader deploys new team to counter rising criticism
Robert Tait in Tehran
Monday July 9, 2007
The Guardian (UK)
Allies of Iran's president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, have accused the media of trying to depose him in a "creeping coup", raising fears of a fresh clampdown on opposition newspapers and websites.
The accusation, from the president's allies, coincides with disclosures that Mr Ahmadinejad has authorised aides to establish a special team to counter "black propaganda against the government".
There has been criticism from the reformist and liberal press that Mr Ahmadinejad has failed to deliver his electoral promises of prosperity and has instead presided over an ailing economy and soaring inflation.
Mr Ahmadinejad's advisers complain he has been insulted by "rumour-mongers" who represent "economic and political gangs" opposed to his social justice agenda. In interviews, several supporters signalled that the government was preparing to retaliate. Mohammad Jafar Behdad, Mr Ahmadinejad's communications adviser, said the government would "come out of its shell" to strike at its enemies. "We know our adversary and we are going to keep on defending the government against the dirty lies," he told Fars News Agency.
"There are some signs of a creeping coup in the press," the combative culture and Islamic guidance minister, Mohammad Hossein Saffar-Harandi, told the official IRNA news agency. "When we say a creeping coup, it means a person is moving within a framework of an action to overthrow [the system]."
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No surprise here! Talk of a coup is wishful thinking. The opposition can’t pull it off and the CIA has been neutered years ago.
Has he received his shipment of sharks with lasers on their heads?
:}
What ImaNutJob really wants to do is exactly what Hugo Chavez has done in Venezuela. Clamp down on all oppositional press. I’m sure the two of them discussed this topic when they met recently. How to establish dictatorships and a socialist paradise, while attacking the U.S. at every opportunity.
We’re getting better ... it only took 5 posts to see and articulate the obvious.
Again, it’s a guns vs butter issue in iran. That means get booted out of office for the nutjob because of economic issues, or start a war with the US in which he KNOWS he’ll get stomped on like a bug. It’s crunch time for the iranians folks.
Thank you. I’ll try to do better. Aiming for only 3 posts next time, LOL!
Well, you could say pretty much the same thing about America since Nov 5, 2000
I usually get to a thread late and if it’s not too long, I’ll read through and find #27 or #35 or something says what I saw in the short blurb at the beginning.
Man everywhere you turn today in the Islamic world there is some heavy duty strife...Iraq, Paqkistan, Iran, Lebanon. Gaza...hard to know who is on which side....
What a mess. And then, on occasion, they change sides.
By the way, did you hear that Fedex and UPS are considering a merger? You din't???
The new name will be...
Fed-UP!!!
Mr Ahmadinejad's advisers complain he has been insulted by "rumour-mongers" who represent "economic and political gangs" opposed to his social justice agenda.Oh, yeah, his social justice agenda. Cue the footage of a woman being buried to the waist and then stoned to death.
That's either lousy writing or a heck of a job description.
Heck our mediots tried to oust Ronald for 8 years, and they have been trying oust GW for over 6 years.
Iamandoddhandjob should put some ice on it and “Move On!”.
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