General Strike Set [July 9] in Iran In Bid To Topple Mullahs

New York Sun ^ | 4-24-03 | ADAM DAIFALLAH

[Constitution Day]

Great post! BTTT.

[The Wizard]

YES!!!

[js1138]

Hope the protesters have guns, else they'll be squashed like bugs. Perhaps the human shields will move on to a place where they're needed. ;^)

[The Real Eddie01]

WASHINGTON — Mark the date: July 9. That’s when opponents of the Iranian regime have called a general strike that they hope will expand to topple the government there and bring freedom and democracy to the Iranian people.

I don't think I would have announced this so far in advance.

Eddie01

[The Wizard]

IMHO, the US should have the 4th ID ready to go in and protect the protestors.

[A Texan]

This is vey good. Hopefully our government recognizes this and thats advantage of it.

[cateizgr8]

ping

[A Texan]

thats = takes

[alnitak]

If they'd really wanted to make the Mullahs fume, they would have called it on the 4th July!

Here's hoping they get the democracy they want.

[RetiredArmy]

Look for lots of bad guys with guns to show up on the 9th also. This could turn into a big blood-letting if they do have large mobs of demonstrators (perhaps Jessie will send a few bus loads over to assist since he has the mob thing and rioting down to an art)and people with guns.

[mabelkitty]

Too far in advance!!

They need to do it tomorrow!

[doug from upland]

No, no, no, no, no. They need to do it on July 4. What were they thinking?

[Jeff Head]

Come on dominoes ... fall the other way!

[b4its2late]

Check it out!

[DonQ]

Assuming that the White House had some expectation of this (even without the precise date), this may explain why our next target appears to be Syria (also known as West Iraq) rather than that other member of the Axis of Evil, namely Iran (also known as East Iraq).

[Howlin]

Any wonder why Iran is trying to force an Islamic state on Iraq, class?

[The G Man]

What is the "NY Sun"??

[Defiant]

Amen. The only defense the mullahs have is that they will fire into crowds and kill thousands in order to maintain the regime. If we threaten to use force to protect the crowds, and if necessary, we follow through on that, the Iranian people themselves can topple the mullahs. The State Dept. is sitting on the sidelines; if they won't do what needs to be done, we need to make Rummy and Co. the de facto State Dept and go do this task.

[caisson71]

It looks like the Mullahs need to call back all those "agitators" sent to Iraq. They'll need some protection from being hacked to death - a local custom.