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Amazing Video: Iranian Protesters Put Police on the Run!
BBC ^
| 21 June 2009
Posted on 06/21/2009 11:44:27 AM PDT by magellan
http://www.bbc.co.uk/persian/iran/2009/06/090621_ag_street_clashes.shtml
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cwii; cwiiping; iran; leo; studentmovement
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To: magellan
Reminds me of the scene in Monty Python and the Holy Grail, where the French are pelting them with fruit and animals, and King Arthur yells, “RUN AWAY!”
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posted on
06/21/2009 12:29:45 PM PDT
by
giotto
To: rawhide
The police have not been given the green light to use live rounds or the roles would have been reversed. I think that the mullahs have not made up their minds as how to react to the demonstrations.
If the mullahs really wanted to, the demonstrations could have been over the day after they started. Remember that the protesters are only able to bring rocks to a gunfight and that those carrying the guns have been restrained up to now because of the world’s scrutiny.
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posted on
06/21/2009 12:33:50 PM PDT
by
353FMG
To: nuconvert; SJackson; Alouette; Impy; ExTexasRedhead; Cindy
This is hopeful sign. The unfortunate people of Iran have put up with a lot from their governments.
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posted on
06/21/2009 12:36:01 PM PDT
by
Clintonfatigued
(The McCain/Palin ticket was like a Kangaroo, stronger on the bottom than at the top)
To: magellan
Need this for tear-gas canisters. With the babes..!
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posted on
06/21/2009 12:38:12 PM PDT
by
gaijin
To: Travis McGee
That was very instructive. However I think if the police had actually fired on the crowd they'd have been torn to pieces.
That's what I hope anyway.
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posted on
06/21/2009 12:41:27 PM PDT
by
Lurker
(The avalanche has begun. The pebbles no longer have a vote.)
To: gaijin
Back when the Shah was being protested the protesters often wore simple white paper masks. The Iranian protesters need to start wearing these paper masks. IMHO, the psychological impact on the mullahs would have to be significant.
To: Allegra
The Iranian version of the Keystone cops. Love it!
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posted on
06/21/2009 12:52:23 PM PDT
by
derllak
To: derllak
Hey, if we speed up the video a little and play the Benny Hill music, that would really be a fun video. :)
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posted on
06/21/2009 12:57:41 PM PDT
by
Allegra
( Iran Azadi!)
To: Lurker
These people need to learn how to use a good old fashioned David and Goliath slingshot. A "slingshot" is a toy, made with rubber bands. David killed Goliath with a sling, which is a deadly weapon, requiring a great deal of skill to use.
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posted on
06/21/2009 1:00:38 PM PDT
by
3niner
(When Obama succeeds, America fails.)
To: magellan
LOL! Those crazy freedom loving Persians!
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posted on
06/21/2009 1:05:15 PM PDT
by
alice_in_bubbaland
(Markets and Marxists Don't Mix! Smile you're on Janet's Candid Camera!)
To: Travis McGee
I am still amazed this hasn’t turned into a full scale battle.
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posted on
06/21/2009 1:06:15 PM PDT
by
CodeToad
(If it weren't for physics and law enforcement I'd be unstoppable!)
To: Allegra
Lol! I like the way you think! Somebody with the talent needs to do that and post it on youtube.
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posted on
06/21/2009 1:06:42 PM PDT
by
derllak
To: 3niner
I beg to differ about a slingshot being a toy. My WristRocket will do some serious damage.
But your point is taken.
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posted on
06/21/2009 1:18:09 PM PDT
by
Lurker
(The avalanche has begun. The pebbles no longer have a vote.)
To: Lurker; Jeff Head
It's a balancing act performed under circumstances of chaos and fear. If the protesters use “too much” force, the police will open fire instead of run away.
If they can play cat and mouse for a few more days, some of the security forces may switch sides, or fail to show up for their shift.
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posted on
06/21/2009 1:22:54 PM PDT
by
Travis McGee
(---www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com---)
To: CodeToad
Give it a few more days, and it might. I don’t think the street fighting at this level can be sustained for long. Either the protesters give up and the regime wins, or the protesters cause some police to switch sides. History is being made.
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posted on
06/21/2009 1:24:19 PM PDT
by
Travis McGee
(---www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com---)
To: Lurker
It’s true that some powerful slingshots have been built, but the slings of David’s day could kill at a longer range than a contemporary bow and arrow. The thing that was amazing about David’s kill shot, against Goliath, was the accuracy, not the power.
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posted on
06/21/2009 1:26:32 PM PDT
by
3niner
(When Obama succeeds, America fails.)
To: BIGLOOK
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posted on
06/21/2009 2:04:32 PM PDT
by
neverdem
(Xin loi minh oi)
To: rawhide
That yell by someone close to the cameraman as the police turned tail was priceless.
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posted on
06/21/2009 2:54:48 PM PDT
by
agrace
To: Clintonfatigued
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posted on
06/21/2009 3:26:54 PM PDT
by
Cindy
To: magellan
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posted on
06/21/2009 5:37:40 PM PDT
by
Impy
(RED=COMMUNIST, NOT REPUBLICAN)
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