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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Students Cry ‘Death to the Dictator’ as Iranian Leader Speaks
2006-12-12
The NYT take...
TEHRAN, Dec. 11 — Students disrupted a speech by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Monday at a major university in Tehran, setting fire to photographs of him and throwing firecrackers.

The protesters chanted “death to the dictator” and demanded the resignation of Alireza Rahai, a conservative and the chancellor of the institution, Amirkabir University, the Iranian Student News Agency reported. Mr. Rahai was appointed to the post after Mr. Ahmadinejad was elected. Amirkabir, a polytechnic university in downtown Tehran, has been a center of student dissent.
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#1  Good for them. However, I've always felt that the students were too proud to ask for help. There's a major disconnect in thinking between what they think they can accomplish versus what it would really take to restore democracy to their country. They take a look at how regime change took place in nations with a Judaeo-Christian/Western mindset, and think that its just as easy to do the same thing in a nation whose people are programmed by Islam. Steeped in the belief that belief in Islam bestows inherent superiority over those that do not, they believe they can accomplish their aims without the need for outside aid. Although the Americans were prepared to fight alone, they welcomed the help of others, including *spit* France! *spit*
Posted by: Ptah   2006-12-12 08:01  

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