Posted on 06/22/2009 12:07:22 PM PDT by lewisglad
A commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards has been arrested for refusing to obey Iran's Supreme Leader, according to reports from the Balatarin.
General Ali Fazli, who was recently appointed as a commander of the Revolutionary Guards in the province of Tehran, is reported to have been arrested after he refused to carry out orders from the Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei to use force on people protesting the controversial re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Fazli, a veteran of the devastating Iran-Iraq war is also believed to have been sacked and taken to an unknown location.
The Revolutionary Guards is a separate body to the mainstream armed forces in Iran and is seen as one of the main and most powerful bodies responsible for protecting the Islamic theocratic regime.
Earlier today the Revolutionary Guards issued a warning on its website threatening to come down hard on Iranians who continue protesting against what many in the country see as rigged elections
(Excerpt) Read more at ibtimes.co.uk ...
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Luckily, no one posted an HT picture to make us feel better;)
(yet)
>Zounds! Blame ETL! He posted it!
>I’m still gakking!
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2276987/posts?page=79#79
But during WACO there were many normal, gun-owning civilians who wanted the Feds to hurry things up, not pussy-foot around. If you are painted as a cultist or some other kind of untermench then the American people will not help you.
Also: even if the battlelines are clearer than Waco, there may be too much ingrained respect for LEOs, too much wheat mixed with the chaff even in the ATF for a future resistance movement to be comfortable with shooting on them.
Nevertheless: I am sure the American people would rise against tyranny - of course they would - I just don't think they'll be breaking any seiges.
If you are optimistic, this depends upon how much recruiting standards are watered down and how much the promotion policy is corrupted. World history on the basic subject is extremely depressing, and I don’t think we nor any other people need to invoke even the above threats in order to worry. SOP for tyrants is to foist deprivation upon elements suspected of harboring “dangerous” sentiments (with executions for the most blatant displays), and abundant reward upon staunch loyalists. Attrition is generally answered by bolstering the ranks with erstwhile disaffected civilians (unemployed youth especially) in return for base rewards - sometimes directly astride regulars, but usually outside the prevailing command structure.
One problem is that insubordination generally occurs in a disorganized fashion (by design of the organizational structure and communication protocols - this is all good when the government is good, but bad when the government is bad). This may not be the case in the present and future due to the diffuse nature of communication channels, but central governments have retained enough control over even these that, if non-compliant communication occurs, there exists enough government access to all available channels (and ultimately control over key infrastructure, including power) that seeds of doubt can be sewn regarding the veracity or context of all inconvenient communications.
For example, I fully expect tyrants to answer (via both official government news agencies as well as through agents posing as part of the popular uprising) public reports of insubordination with collections of easily-falsified similar claims and chalk those up to psy-ops of foreign governments, hoping the masses ascribe the same motif to genuine revolts.
Double Fault?
The difference in this case would be that millions of Americans will be armed....and if I remember correctly, the UN troops mostly run away if they receive return fire....
BRING IT ON....the sooner it starts, the sooner its over...
Not so sure about the “Idiot press” thing.
Take a look at the trick the BBC just pulled - they posted a story somewhat sympathetic to the anti-government demonstrations, and attached an image purported to be of one such anti-government demonstration. Several hours later, the BBC reported that it was in error, and that the image was actually of a pro-Iwannajihad rally, and provided a wider-angle image of the event containing both Iwannajihad and the earlier image.
This flap generated enormous press, giving cover to the BBC as well as the likes of al-Reuters and AP (which produce articles widely redistributed by other media outlets) to “neutrally” cover the image of popular support for Iwannajihad.
Popcorn time...;0)
Show me where there is any respectability within the U.S. press corp.
They are past being prostitutes, and are full time concubines.
Yes, the press can occasionally make a “mistake”, but the consistency of the “lies” is so high as to remove all doubt.
Guard refuses orders? UH OH!
That is what I mean. They are not idiots. The fourth estate is the fifth column.
sir, you are mistaken.
Persian women are some of the most beautiful in the world.
Oath Keeper bump.....
Soon, we will be reading the same about American commanders.
General Ali Fazli BRIGADES NEED TO START FORMING UP.
Radio America should be working overtime on this.
SLAMMING Iran’s govt in the press.
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SLAMMING Iran’s govt in the ...HEAD WITH MISSILES.
ITs time for overt military action. We have Iran surrounded. We have Air Land and Sea Supremecy. The people are revolting. The mullahs want to start a nuclear war in the Mideast and want to sacrifice millions of their own people in order to start this war. Now other country is going to attack US to defend Iran.
Knock out their Airports, bridges, Military and ParaMilitary HQs....snap crackle pop.
B.O. = COWARD
No argument with that statement.
They are an enemy of the nation.
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