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| Iranian Purge Imminent |
| 2004-02-01 |
| EFL, hat tip - Samizdata.net First part snipped, it's in the previous post. This is most of the remainder of the article. These fearless fighters who in an open letter titled "We the Warriors!" had threatened both factions (the so-called "Reformists" and Conservatives) of the religious oligarchic-fascist government of Islamic Republic with rebellion, wrath, and reaction, went to meet their destinies standing tall and solid with their heads held high; just as they did when they went to defend the homeland against the invading Iraqis. But this time the enemy that killed them was from within; an enemy who has become most unsettled and restless, fearing that those heroes’ sense of conscience will spread to the rest of the military and law enforcement personnel and blow the end-game horn for their wretched racket. |
| Posted by:Mahmoud, the Weasel |
| #12 If Iran blows up it will be like the breakup of Yugoslavia on a timescale a hundred times faster. I doubt Turkey will stay out, once a greater Kurdistan starts to become a possibility. It remains to be seen what the USA will do. I doubt the Russians will do anything. Nobody else is a player. It'll be Yugoslavia. Not necessarily 100X faster, but a lot uglier. Turkey might get involved because of the Kurds, but don't discount the Russians in this. They've had interests in this area for ages. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2004-2-1 10:28:14 PM |
| #11 Anybody know anything about those massacres they listed? |
| Posted by: Lucky 2004-2-1 2:15:35 PM |
| #10 I would like to see the Mullahcrazy gone but wouldn't count them out. They have lots of paramilitrary assets and their opponents are not united. |
| Posted by: mhw 2004-2-1 1:24:43 PM |
| #9 hundred times faster. I can see worse.... but you think faster? |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-2-1 11:50:44 AM |
| #8 We better make damn sure their nukes are either buried under a few hundred thousand tons of rubble, or go in and take them when things go to sh*t. Which means we need better intel than we seem to have been getting. I sure hope some of the SAVAK guys were kept on the payroll. |
| Posted by: 4thInfVet 2004-2-1 11:38:56 AM |
| #7 I'll bet the old Pejmaster at pejmanesque.com (sp?) is lapping up every word of this news. How sweet it would be to have Iran reform itself from within! Fantastic news for all of the ex-patriot Iranians in the US and around the world. Freedom and choices are true poison to the mullahs. |
| Posted by: Craig 2004-2-1 11:08:57 AM |
| #6 If Iran blows up it will be like the breakup of Yugoslavia on a timescale a hundred times faster. I doubt Turkey will stay out, once a greater Kurdistan starts to become a possibility. It remains to be seen what the USA will do. I doubt the Russians will do anything. Nobody else is a player. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2004-2-1 6:21:01 AM |
| #5 anyone else think cival war or worse is iminent? |
| Posted by: Jon Shep U.K 2004-2-1 5:58:51 AM |
| #4 BBC is reporting that 100 reformist MPs have resigned. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2004-2-1 5:09:34 AM |
| #3 "Iranian mullahs exporting destitute Iranian girls to other Arab countries to be used as sex slaves." How do the holy warriors justify this? Is it the "JOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOS" again? There day is coming. |
| Posted by: AKScott 2004-2-1 4:58:21 AM |
| #2 And infidels are sending their legislative delegation to |
| Posted by: Mahmoud, the Weasel 2004-2-1 3:14:26 AM |
| #1 Got this feeling that Iran's about to blow. I think its better than 50/50. The Kurds, the Azeris, the Arabs, and a few more like the Baluchis will make a grab for independence. It will get very messy. Iran doesn't have much of a military left after 30 years of Mullah mis-rule. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2004-2-1 3:08:17 AM |