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AntiMullah & Sources Inside Iran ^
| June 13th, 2009
| Alan Peters & Iran Sources
Posted on 06/14/2009 3:22:05 AM PDT by FARS
SATURDAY/SUNDAY Reports reaching us from islamic iran now indicate a wave of arrests has taken place creating a very "pregnant" situation where anything can still happen, though the arrests have taken out opposition leadership:
1. Former President Hashem Rafsanjani has been arrested and taken to be held at the house of Supreme Ruler Ali Khamenei, where he was forced to resign as the head of the Expediency Council and Council of Experts. He is being held there until further notice to be at the pleasure of the Supreme Ruler.
Rafsanjani not only spent money to oppose Ahmadi-Nejad's re-"selection" but also made a big mistake of threatening the Supreme Ruler with the fact that the councils headed by Rafsanjani were the ones who had to declare the eligibility of the Supreme Ruler and could remove him from office with a quick vote.
He is not expected to emerge alive from his detention.
(Excerpt) Read more at antimullah.com ...
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: ahmadinejad; elections; iran; iranviolence2009; mousavi; riots; studentmovement
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To: FARS
BBC says election broadcasts disrupted from Iran
This sounds less and less like a revolution and more like a coup by the mullahocracy against the somewhat more democratic elements in Iran. If this drives whatever remains of the opposition further towards the west, good. A shame for Persia that people like Obama would be their to meet them.
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posted on
06/14/2009 8:07:41 AM PDT
by
dr_who
To: dr_who; nuconvert; SunkenCiv; jeffers; TigerLikesRooster
This sounds less and less like a revolution and more like a coup by the mullahocracy against the somewhat more democratic elements in Iran,
It is a coup by the group around Ahmadinejad that want to protect their money, I agree with this:
anyone who pays close attention to Iran could see the writing on the proverbial wall: Ahmadinejad's "privatization" scheme, the IRGC's heavy influence in the economy, the populist condemnation of "corrupt" clerics from Ahmadinejad's camp, and so on.
I stick to my point from yesterday: Iran is no longer a theocracy. To blame this on "The Mullahs," or worse, Iran's "Right-Wing" is to fundamentally misunderstand what is taking place there. This is a secular power grab done under the guise of Islam and revolution. The perpetrators are the enemies of western rapprochement, and the proponents of economic isolation. The Revolutionary Guards benefit from Iran's economic isolation, much like the mafia benefited from prohibition and other criminalized behavior. As any stereotypical movie gangster might say, "why ruin a good thing?"
I believe we are witnessing the disposal of Islamic pretense, and in fact a more honest and apparent Iranian police state. How that affects their place in the region and the world is still to be determined.
http://www.realclearworld.com/blog/2009/06/watching_the_inevitable_in_ira.html
Commment: The next phase, if Ahmadinejad can hold the steering wheel, is to arrest the oligarks, nationalize their assets and money and "give it to the masses", i.e. a mixture of Chavez and Putin. He will purge the Iranian administration, and give more money to the Quds force, i.e. the terrorists. Naturally, this will destroy the Iranian economy and the Theocracy, and there will be another violent change again.
What will happen to the present green Calvin Klein protest?:
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posted on
06/14/2009 8:46:49 AM PDT
by
AdmSmith
To: AdmSmith
So you think Ahmadinejad would take out Rafsanjani brothers?
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posted on
06/14/2009 8:51:17 AM PDT
by
TigerLikesRooster
(LUV DIC -- L,U,V-shaped recession, Depression, Inflation, Collapse)
To: SE Mom
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posted on
06/14/2009 8:51:54 AM PDT
by
jiggyboy
(Ten per cent of poll respondents are either lying or insane)
To: AdmSmith
Recent Tweet:
“Ahmadynezad now calls himself “seyed” (bloodline of prophet mohammad) & wearing a green shawl on state TV! unbelievable!”
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posted on
06/14/2009 8:52:56 AM PDT
by
nuconvert
( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
To: TigerLikesRooster
So you think Ahmadinejad would take out Rafsanjani brothers?
He would like to, but I'm not sure that he has the power to do it at present. What is happening in Iran now can not be planned, so anything can happen.
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posted on
06/14/2009 9:16:33 AM PDT
by
AdmSmith
To: SE Mom
“black riot guards with black vans, it’s my first time seeing this people, no badges! probably Intel ministry - they are joining with police motorcycles in front of student’s dormitory buildings firefighters are leaving the area right now”
“there were more troops inside the vans and now starting to create a line in front of the only entrance of the building”
____________
ACORN? LOL
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posted on
06/14/2009 9:19:26 AM PDT
by
mojitojoe
(All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.)
To: Rome2000
I wish white American taxpayers would get enraged about something.
____________
Nah, it’s not proper to not pay your taxes and it’s too much trouble and too scary to protest in great numbers. What time is American Idol on?
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posted on
06/14/2009 9:20:57 AM PDT
by
mojitojoe
(All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.)
To: nuconvert
Unofficial news - reports leaked results from Interior Ministry:
Eligible voters: 49,322,412
Votes cast: 42,026,078
Spoilt votes: 38,716
Mir Hossein Mousavi: 19,075,623
Mehdi Karoubi: 13,387,104
Mahmoud Ahmadi-nejad (incumbent): 5,698,417
Mohsen Rezaei (conservative candidate): 3,754,218
http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2009/06/the-real-results.html
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posted on
06/14/2009 9:25:32 AM PDT
by
AdmSmith
To: nuconvert
Ahmadynezad now calls himself seyed (bloodline of prophet mohammad) & wearing a green shawl on state TV! unbelievable!
I think that he has called himself seyed earlier, but if he start to talk about summoning the hidden Imam again we need to take cover.
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posted on
06/14/2009 9:29:33 AM PDT
by
AdmSmith
To: Rennes Templar
If Obama banned American Idol, he would be out of office in a week, due to mass rage by the sheeple.
___________________
BINGO!! WE HAVE A WINNER!! You nailed it.
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posted on
06/14/2009 9:35:34 AM PDT
by
mojitojoe
(All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.)
To: jiggyboy
#CNNFail
jimsciuttoABC: Did CNN Intl really just air pix of a water-skiing squirrel? Anyone remember 'Ron Burgundy'? ______________
What? A water skiing squirrel is big news for CNN. It's a method of mass distraction for the American Idol drones
SpaceyG: Oh look! CNN now showing a pro-Ahmadinejad rally! #cnnfail Man, that was some deal they cut. _______________
and you are just figuring this out? You think CNN is bad, try MSNBC
TehranBureau: It's too bad CNN's cameras are focused on the staged sham, while protesters being brutally beaten (and God knows what) elsewhere. ______________
Yep, that would be correct. There is a reason Fox knocks them out of the water in the ratings
MarietteEusebia: #iranelection CNN Int. is covering Afghanistan while people hit the streets and clash in Teheran... #CNNfail again...crazy!
That's for our Marxist Kenyan usurper. Iran doesn't make him look good, they must find something in Afghanistan to fill their daily propoganda quota.
zelewsky: Have Ahmadinejad and his henchmen shut down the CNN studio in Atlanta? CNN seems happy to funnel propaganda and report little. #cnnfail
BINGO BINGO BINGO
oronhaus: RT @Roebot: RT @dtatusko: .@CNN isn't even tweeting it????!!!!! wtf? #cnnfail #iranelection
Welcome to our new Marxist Kenyan Media(MKM), only things that make the Kenyan look good will be reported
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posted on
06/14/2009 9:52:23 AM PDT
by
mojitojoe
(All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.)
To: FARS
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posted on
06/14/2009 9:54:10 AM PDT
by
mojitojoe
(All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.)
To: AdmSmith
interesting...but I don’t put much faith in A. Sullivan.
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posted on
06/14/2009 9:55:12 AM PDT
by
nuconvert
( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
To: nuconvert
No problem, the data was on his site, but was taken from another source ;-)
here is a line from Twitter just a minute ago (=rumor)
Qom Religious leaders announced the rejection of results of election results
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posted on
06/14/2009 10:31:30 AM PDT
by
AdmSmith
To: FARS
Looks like Ahma has won the shell game - for the present time.
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posted on
06/14/2009 10:41:12 AM PDT
by
potlatch
( When You Change The Way You Look At Things - The Things You Look At Change)
To: nuconvert; SunkenCiv
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posted on
06/14/2009 12:27:04 PM PDT
by
AdmSmith
To: AdmSmith
The army has always said it wouldn’t fight against the people. Their job is to protect the country against foreign invaders.
IRGC’s job is to protect the regime.
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posted on
06/14/2009 12:34:19 PM PDT
by
nuconvert
( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
To: TigerLikesRooster; nuconvert
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posted on
06/14/2009 12:40:29 PM PDT
by
AdmSmith
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