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A Different Iranian Revolution
New York Times ^ | June 18, 2009 | SHANE M.

Posted on 06/20/2009 4:27:40 PM PDT by STE=Q

WE look over this wall of marching people to see what our friends in the United States are saying about us. We cannot help it — 30 years of struggle against the Enemy has had the curious effect of making us intrigued. To our great dismay, what we find is that in important sectors of the American press a disturbing counter narrative is emerging: That perhaps this election wasn’t a fraud after all. That the United States shouldn’t rush in with complaints of democracy denied, and that perhaps Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is the president the Iranian people truly want (and, by extension, deserve).

Do not believe it.

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: elections; iran; protest; revolution; studentmovement

1 posted on 06/20/2009 4:27:40 PM PDT by STE=Q
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To: STE=Q
Just the liberal elite maybe singing that song...not most Americans.

The enemy of the Iranian people and of America are the tyrancial, teorristic Islamic mullahs. The people of Iran's fight is far from over, and is getting brutal.

The latest updates off of twitter continue coming in:

Fatemiyeh Hospital Tehran: 30-40 dead as of 11pm; 200 injured. Police taking names of incoming injured.

More: From multiple sources on twitter, the Basij (Mullah Militia) are firing on and killing Iranians today. They are at the hospitals to take names of and cutody of injured protestors.

The following are embassies that are accepting Iranian injured so they do not have togo to state hospital (another down side of sicialist health care)

Australian Embassy : No. 13, 23rd Street, Khalid Islambuli Ave – Telephone+98 21 8872 4456

Belgian Embassy No.3,Babak Alley, Shabdiz St.,Shahid Fayyaz Bakhsh Ave.

British Embassy 198, Ferdowsi Avenue Tehran 11316-91144

Dutch Embassy – Onbol Street #7, Farmanieh

Embassy of Finland -No. 2, Haddadian St., Mirzapour St. (former Soheil St.), Dr. Shariati Ave. Tehran 19336 (Eastern entrance / Consular and visa customers)

Embassy of Finland (Alternate) – Elahiyeh, Agha Bozorgi St Shirin Alley no.4 P.O.Box 19395-1733 – (98-21) 22 20 70 90; 22 23 09 79

Finnish Embassy Corner Of Nilou St, Below Vanak Sq, Vali-e Asr Ave

German Embassy: Avenue Ferdowsi 320-324 -

Irish Embassy – North Kamranieh Avenue Bonbast Nahid Street, No. 8 19369 - (98 21)-22 80 38 35

Italian Embassy accepting injured at 81, Neauphle Le Chateau Ave.

Norway: No. 201 Dr. Lavasani St. (Ex. Farmanieh St.) Corner of Sonbol St. Tehran, Iran – (0098 21) 22 29 13 33

Portugese Embassy No.30, Nezami St., Abbas Pour St., Valy-e-Asr

Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Tehran No 30, Narenjestan 8th Alley Pasdaran Avenue

Swiss Embassy – Elahieh Ave. Sharifimanesh Yasaman Street No. 2 P.O. Box 19395-4683 19649 Tehran – 98 (0)21 22 00 83 33

WARNING:GRAPHIC:

Young Woman shot to death in Terhran today, 6/20/2009
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjQxq5N--Kc

Crowd Hunting Basij, Man shot. Today 6/20/2009
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYaL4mA-bSY

Protests and violence are spreading in Tehran and to other major cities like in Tabriz, Mashad, Isfahan, Ahwaz, Nevab, and Azadi..

RUNNING BATTLES IN TEHRAN

URGENT: HOW YOU CAN SUPPORT IRANIAN PROTESTORS RIGHT NOW...ON TWITTER

AMERICANS SUPPORTING IRAN LIBERTY

You can follow me on twitter if you want...Jeff_Head

2 posted on 06/20/2009 4:29:57 PM PDT by Jeff Head (Freedom is not free...never has been, never will be. (www.dragonsfuryseries.com))
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To: STE=Q
At 19:05 June 20th, Place: Karekar Ave., at the corner crossing Khosravi St. and Salehi st.

A young woman who was standing aside with her father watching the protests was shot by a basij member hiding on the rooftop of a civilian house. He had clear shot at the girl and could not miss her. However, he aimed straight her heart. I am a doctor, so I rushed to try to save her. But the impact of the gunshot was so fierce that the bullet had blasted inside the victim’s chest, and she died in less than 2 minutes.

The protests were going on about 1 kilometers away in the main street and some of the protesting crowd were running from tear gass used among them, towards Salehi St.

Search the bold text and you will see her look into the camera in one last defiant act.

May God hear my prayers for the soul of this poor young lady whose name we may never know. May He give her peace and the freedom that she died seeking. May He also bless the ones who bring the light of truth to my eyes, so that those who seek darkness fail.


3 posted on 06/20/2009 4:33:38 PM PDT by frithguild (Can I drill your head now?)
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To: frithguild

Zero votes “present”.


4 posted on 06/20/2009 4:36:54 PM PDT by Oldexpat
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To: STE=Q

If it’s the New York Slimes, you kow it is in support of the wrong side, as usual.

By Tuesday, they will be saying Mousavi’s (sp) “Vietnam Quagmire.”


5 posted on 06/20/2009 4:36:55 PM PDT by DakotaRed (What happened to the country I fought for?)
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To: Jeff Head

Thank you for the updates!

STE=Q


6 posted on 06/20/2009 4:45:43 PM PDT by STE=Q ("These are the times that try men's souls" ... Thomas Paine)
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To: STE=Q

The parallels between how the elite American media views the American political landscape and the Iranian political landscape are amusing. This could have easily been about the elite media’s view of American society.


7 posted on 06/20/2009 4:58:25 PM PDT by counterpunch (In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem. Government is the problem.)
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To: STE=Q
To our great dismay, what we find is that in important sectors of the American press a disturbing counter narrative is emerging: That perhaps this election wasn’t a fraud after all. That the United States shouldn’t rush in with complaints of democracy denied, and that perhaps Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is the president the Iranian people truly want

Perhaps I've fallen behind in my reading but I haven't heard that.

8 posted on 06/20/2009 4:59:45 PM PDT by TigersEye (0bama: "I can see Mecca from the WH portico." --- Google - Cloward-Piven Strategy)
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To: TigersEye
:"Perhaps I've fallen behind in my reading but I haven't heard that."

Nor have I.

But who knows what sort of information, or lack thereof, the Iranian people are getting?

Hopefully the message is getting through that the American People support their revolution against tyranny.

Maybe they will even return the favor someday... if you know what I mean.

STE=Q

9 posted on 06/20/2009 5:28:15 PM PDT by STE=Q ("These are the times that try men's souls" ... Thomas Paine)
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To: Jeff Head

the way to freedom and liberty for Iran is over the dead bodies of hundreds of black turbaned Mullahs

NEVER forget November 4th , 1979

the day has come for some payback

Mossad ? are you there ?
Get some


10 posted on 06/20/2009 5:44:02 PM PDT by LeoWindhorse
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To: STE=Q
I think the author must be young and sincere but a bit naive. Ahmadinejad is a nutcake who believes in the 12th Imam crapola. I have heard that all four candidates were fundamentalists that would be puppets of the mullahs. I don't know what the average Iranian knows or thinks about that. Or how much they really know about what's going on here. But I support their desire for freedom.

I do know what you mean about helping us. But we really need to take care of that ourselves for the most part.

11 posted on 06/20/2009 6:46:33 PM PDT by TigersEye (0bama: "I can see Mecca from the WH portico." --- Google - Cloward-Piven Strategy)
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To: LeoWindhorse

Why would the Mossad be there in Iran. Israel would love to take the nukes out but the will not do it right now when Iran is imploding.

Israel attacking the nukes now would only bring the Iranians together against Israel and the US.


12 posted on 06/20/2009 6:49:17 PM PDT by ncfool (The GEORGE BUSH revolution has finally arrived in Iran! Where is Obama?)
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To: ncfool

you didn’t get my meaning
Mossad can do what few others will do .
One shot one kill . They should unleash on the
Mullahocrasy , now, while they are distracted .
People talk about cutting the head off the snake .
Cutting heads off of snakes is a messy process
and it takes some nerve. Now is the time .
Glove off time .


13 posted on 06/20/2009 7:37:09 PM PDT by LeoWindhorse
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To: STE=Q
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14 posted on 06/20/2009 7:48:06 PM PDT by sionnsar (IranAzadi|5yst3m 0wn3d-it's N0t Y0ur5:SONY|"AlsoSprachTelethustra"-NonValueAdded|Lk21:36|FireTheLiar)
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To: ncfool; autumnraine; jessduntno

If the supposedly “defeated” candidate will not step up to the plate and start LEADING his people, then they will remain a disorganized and tactically vulnerable MOB.
They will be no match for the Hezbulla or AlQuida mercenaries that I expect the Mullahs will be bringing in to do the dirty work that even the “revolutionary guard” might find distasteful for them.

If he will not or cannot transform this swirling and boiling mob into a cohesive, viable resistance movement very soon, we could at least hope that someone else might step in and do the job.
Our CIA and special Ops used to do this sort of thing, but I doubt if the Bamster would allow any such thing.

If Mossad knew that a replacement government would drop the “Nuke Israel off the map” plan, they would be just the team to do it, IMHO. One issue about that might be that even the “freedom seekers” apparently hate the Jew’s guts as much as their rulers do, and would not tolerate any intervention from Israel, even if it would save their proverbial bacon. Not that they would want to save bacon either, I suppose...

Might it be in the Saudi’s interests to have someone overthrow the Ayatola? There might be a potential source of funding for a resistance movement, assuming that the Iranian Patriots can organize one out of the rabble fast enough to save it, that is.


15 posted on 06/20/2009 8:22:53 PM PDT by George Varnum (Liberty, like our Forefather's Flintlock Musket, must be kept clean, oiled, and READY!)
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