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Iranian authorities scramble to negate Neda Soltan 'martyrdom'(Obama still silent about Neda)
Times Online ^ | 6/23/2009 | Jenny Booth

Posted on 06/23/2009 6:46:55 AM PDT by tobyhill

The Iranian authorities have ordered the family of a student shot dead in Tehran to take down mourning posters as they struggle to stop her becoming the rallying point for protests against the presidential election.

Neda Salehi Agha Soltan, 26, was killed as she watched a pro-democracy protest, and mobile phone footage of her last moments have become a worldwide symbol of Iran's turmoil.

The authorities had already banned a public funeral or wake and have prevented gatherings in her name while the state-controlled media has not mentioned Miss Soltan's death.

Today it was reported that they had also told her family to take down the black mourning banners outside their home in the Tehran suburbs to prevent it becoming a place of pilgrimage. They were also told they could not hold a memorial service at a mosque.

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TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: authorities; iran; iranian; martyrdom; neda; nedasoltan; negate; scramble; soltan

1 posted on 06/23/2009 6:46:56 AM PDT by tobyhill
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To: tobyhill

But, who will pay for the bullets that killed her?


2 posted on 06/23/2009 6:50:10 AM PDT by C210N (A patriot for a Conservative Renaissance!)
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To: tobyhill

It is so obvious that Obama is pro opposition of what the free world stands for call a spade a spade!

His whole presidency is build on a fraud just like Acorn aka Coin!

The bigger question is who set this in emotion it sure was not Obama the teleprompter reader!


3 posted on 06/23/2009 6:51:19 AM PDT by restornu (Tolerance is a two way street!)
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To: C210N

“But, who will pay for the bullets that killed her?”

We will, when 0bama extends stimulus $ to the mullahs.


4 posted on 06/23/2009 6:51:42 AM PDT by ScottinVA (Impeach President Soros!!!)
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To: tobyhill

Of coarse the boy-king is silent. Now had she been a murdering third term abortionist he would have had plenty to say.


5 posted on 06/23/2009 6:51:54 AM PDT by ladyvet (WOLVERINES!!!!!)
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To: tobyhill

There are some pictures of her in an online edition of a British newspaper yesterday or today. She was a beautiful young woman. Sad.


6 posted on 06/23/2009 6:53:06 AM PDT by vladimir998 (Ignorance of Scripture is ignorance of Christ. St. Jerome)
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To: tobyhill

I am surprised the Long family didnt receive the same orders when Private Long was kiled by an Islamic in broad daylight on an American street, but it wasnt necessary as the Media and Obama decided to ignore it.


7 posted on 06/23/2009 6:59:31 AM PDT by Venturer
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To: tobyhill

Obama is on the side of the mullahs.
He wants their kind of power.
He craves it.
He wants to have total fraud elections in 2012. There was pleny of fraud in 2008. He wants more and will encourage it. For him, the outcome, him being dictator, is all that matters, BC or no BC, he doesn’t give a damn about fairness, rules, or the American Way.
He envies the mullah’s control of the people.
He hates America and all she stands for and he has shown it everyday since he ran for election without a long form US COLB, as required by the Constitution, which he regards as a worthless piece of paper.


8 posted on 06/23/2009 7:09:06 AM PDT by TheConservativeParty ("Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force." George Washington)
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To: tobyhill

Video of McCain’s remarks on Iran and Neda:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irvwOHZS6mk


9 posted on 06/23/2009 7:11:50 AM PDT by SolidWood (Down with the islamic regime! Freedom for Iran!)
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To: ScottinVA
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10 posted on 06/23/2009 7:19:33 AM PDT by Dick Bachert (HE)
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To: TheConservativeParty

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQAlczc9T8U


11 posted on 06/23/2009 7:26:21 AM PDT by danamco
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To: tobyhill

President Obama would rather make living martyrs of the Gitmo prisoners.


12 posted on 06/23/2009 8:00:19 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (There is no truth in the Pravda Media.)
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To: tobyhill

I guess we will have to hang black banners for Neda outside of our homes then.


13 posted on 06/23/2009 8:25:33 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: tobyhill

14 posted on 06/23/2009 11:16:44 AM PDT by G8 Diplomat
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