Troops Moving To Tehran - Reports

RTE News ^ | December 31, 2009

[Fennie]

An Iranian opposition website today said the government was moving troops and armoured military vehicles to the capital on the day supporters of opposition leader Mir-Hossein Mousavi planned to hold a rally.

[thefactor]

In other news, Obama bought a new boogieboard, and his response to this news on Iran was, “Hang loose.”

[hoagy62]

Oh, damn. Here we go....

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Looky...

[ScottinVA]

A Tienanmen Square replay?

[FightThePower!]

Or a replay of General McAurthur’s slaughter of WWI vets.

[gaijin]

Obama will "understand" the travails of the current government in Iran, and will call for calm and reflection. And he will delay any kind of substantive decision for weeks, during which time he will occasionally issue some kind of mild rebuke. The mild rebukes will be juuuuust enough to suggest he is a mullah opponent, while avoiding one iota of support for the Iranian people and reformers.

The mullahs will kill hundreds, or thousands.

There will be no "Ich Bin ein Tehraner" moment for Obama. NONE.

[rhombus]

So the troops are still following orders... too bad.

[mazda77]

Not unless all the troops are Arabs and not Persian. The only reason the 1979 revolution got anywhere was because the troops would not fire on or harm their kind.

[jhpigott]

“So the troops are still following orders... too bad.”

Not necessarily. This could be the IRGC not the regular armed forces. If this is the regular army moving in this spells bad news for the opposition

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

I wonder if Obama has a cell phone that works while on a surf board. He could talk them back from the brink.

[romanesq]

If it worked for the Chinese, the mullahs say why not us?
And Obama said the surf is really good today.

[Catsrus]

Obama has a “gift,” ya know?

[mazda77]

The worst place for the troops to be for the mullahs is in the streets facing their own people. Think about it, most of these troops have never seen action. The Iran/Iraq war nearly wiped out a generation as evidenced as the great majority of Iranian men are 30 years old or less. Fancy marches and parades fade awfully fast when given the order to lock and load. They fade even faster when faced with the personbal decision to fire on unarmed civilians of your own heritage.

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BarbRad: RT @PERSIA_MAX_NEWS: OttawaCitizen (Reuters) - Iran troops, vehicles moved to Tehran ahead of rally http://bit.ly/93b5ve #iranelection
1 minute ago from Seesmic
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“Troops” sure sounds like the Army to me...

[jhpigott]

FWIW I’m picking up on some potentially ominous news over at twitter the last hour or so that sounds related to the reports of the military moving into Tehran:

# iran_letter peykeiran - Dispatch of heavy artillery & military forces to Tehran http://bit.ly/4Bk2JH #iranelection half a minute ago from web

# ________________normal baraneshgh royasmusic: RT via @freedommesenger: The guards attack protesters in front of Enghelab metro station http://bit.ly/62gDj1 #iranelection half a minute ago from web

# 33b87fa1d3169b8c7bf8863141fc8f2f_normal Eowyn9 RT @Shmangy Rah-e-Sabz report @ noon: military units stationed @ major intersections in Tehran #iranelection half a minute ago from web

# Logo_normal toddbober RT @Artemis_ia: UPDATED: Unconfirmed – military forces are positioned in Main Central Sq reported 1-hr ago via @omidhabibinia #iranelection half a minute ago from Echofon

# iran_letter via @icucallwillcSoG: All hell has broken loose in 7 Tir. They say several ppl have been killed. #iranelection #SOG less than 20 seconds ago from web

# 47093936_7116f6215d____normal Parsa_SH RT @fahimn: UNCONF : Security forces shooting people in Saadat Abad, Tehran #IranElection rt @lotfan @iraneema half a minute ago from TweetDeck

# guillermocl RT @france7776: RT @sbelg: HRANA:forces deployed today are from special anti riot guard/no police or even plain clothes #iranelection less than 20 seconds ago from TweetDeck

# Copy3_normal edwand RT @MikVerbrugge: UNCONF : Heavy rifle fire exchange sounds heard in Tehran #IranElection less than 20 seconds ago from TweetDeck

[hennie pennie]

*ping*

[onyx]

Placemark and await word.

[Monterrosa-24]

“...General McAurthur’s slaughter...”

Why did you leave Patton’s name out of it. Scores of police/troops were injured and yet there were only four bonus marchers killed so it was not much of a slaughter was it?

[Canedawg]

Coming to Washington, D.C. soon...

[misterrob]

Didn’t seem to hurt his career....

much to the eventual dismay of hundreds of thousands of American servicemen and women as well as millions Filipinos and Koreans.

[jhpigott]

“Troops” sure sounds like the Army to me...

IRGC has infantry divisions
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/iran/pasdaran-orbat.htm

If this is Army, then Khameni just made a real gutsy move that could seriously backfire if the Army doesn’t take fondly to firing on unarmed citizens

[RaceBannon]

Mac and Ike, lets not forget that!

[RaceBannon]

which twitter channels are you using?

[jhpigott]

i go to tweetgrid.com then plug in “iran” and “iranelection”

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gloriadefeo: iranangel: Security forces shooting people in Saadat Abad- Tehran #Iranelection rt @iraneema
1 minute ago from txt
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SaloumehZ: RT @oxfordgirl no confirmation ppl being shot on streets of Tehran or lge confrontation on 7 Tir. Small disturbance Firdowsi #IranElection
less than a minute ago from web

[demshateGod]

What?

[Mom MD]

Best time for Israel to hit their nukes would be now, while attention and resources are focused elsewhere. It would also be a significant help to the protesters. I wish we had the cajones to help the cause of freedom and take out a threat at the same time, but with our current amateur liberal regime, its up to Israel. I hope they have the stomach.

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Roger Dat...

[Islaminaction]

No surprise at all.

[johniegrad]

These civilians are unarmed, I assume. Could be a slaughter coming.

Prayers for the anti-mullah contingent if there is one.

[FourPeas]

I wonder if the recent letter signed to the mullah's by the military officers saying they will not intervene in politics reflects the feeling of the majority of the troops?

I'd like to think the regular army (as opposed to the basiji) won't fire on its own people.

[P-Marlowe]

NOW is the time for Israel to take out the Nuke facilities. NOW!

[demshateGod]

The theory that the military of Iran has some magnanimity is hard for me to understand. I understand the Basijis are crazy but why wouldn’t the military be the same. There’s going to be a bloodbath and the opposition will lose.

[FourPeas]

It’s around 8:15pm in Iran right now. I’d guess there aren’t many protesters in the street right now.

[FromLori]

I finally know what IMHO means lol I’m a little slow.

[demshateGod]

They’ll do it for Allah. Is military service compulsory in Iran? If not, the fact these people would join the Iran Military shows they have poor character.

[PapaBear3625]

I understand the Basijis are crazy but why wouldn’t the military be the same.

Think of the Basijis as ACORN with guns. They are recruited from among the rural poor who are beneficiaries of the Islamic welfare system supported by zakat (Islamic tithes).

The army is recruited from a wider cross-section of Iran's population.

[McGavin999]

Not necessarily. This could be the IRGC not the regular armed forces. If this is the regular army moving in this spells bad news for the opposition

Hmmm, depends on which direction they aim their guns once they get there.

[xzins]

Sadly, our gov’t is aligned with the mullahs of Iran and against the elected leadership of Israel.

My God have mercy on our nation.

[piytar]

The question is which side will these troops be on? And if they are on the regime’s side, will the anti-regime Iranian airforce take action?

[P-Marlowe]

That’s why I said Israel instead of “US”.

[traumer]

[xzins]

Yes. I know. My point is that Israel will catch hell from the Mahdi if it attacks one of his necrophiles.

[demshateGod]

If that’s true, I understand. I believe they will fire on the protesters though and revolution will be squashed, for now. I think it’s going to take a coupe and the military has had plenty of opportunity for that if that’s what they want.

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Heavy rifle fire exchange sounds heard in Tehran
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This is interesting...

[demshateGod]

I should also say, I’ll be delighted if I’m wrong.

[Earthdweller]

Boogie-oogie-oogie time. Don't stop ‘till you post off.

[jhpigott]

if the reports from the opposition are true, it sounds like this is not just some token military prescense - PERSIA_MAX_NEWS: Military in heavy armor moving toward Tehran http://bit.ly/5aNNka #iranelection (via @mparent77772) Thu Dec 31 - 11:59:58 am Monitoring Jrs / heavy armored vehicles moving toward Tehran شبکه جنبش راه سبز (جرس): از ساعتی پیش صدها نیروی نظامی و دهها خوروی سنگین زرهی حرکت خود را از کرج به سمت تهران آغاز کرده اند. Green Network way movement (Jrs): the time before hundreds of military and dozens of heavy armored Khvrvy move towards their Karaj Tehran have started. به گزارش خبرنگار جرس، برخی از این خودروها که ویژه سرکوب تظاهرات های درون شهری است تاکنون در خیابانهای تهران مشاهده نشده بود. Jrs to report, some of these vehicles, especially the suppression of protests within the city have already been observed in the streets of Tehran. همچین صدها نیروی نظامی نیز از این شهر در حال حرکت به سمت تهران هستند. Urinary hundreds of military force in the city are moving toward Tehran. http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http://www.rahesabz.net/story/6807/

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buszero: RT @mparent77772: Military in heavy armor moving toward Tehran http://bit.ly/5aNNka #iranelection #tcot
less than a minute ago from TweetDeck