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| The General vanishes |
| 2007-05-15 |
| It’s been more than two months since General Ali Reza Asgari, former deputy Defense Minister of Iran vanished into thin air in Istanbul two months ago, there have been numerous reports in the press speculating on how and why it happened. But mostly there’s been silence. Suddenly, a new account appeared on a Persian language blog, which, if true, would mean that Asgari defected from Iran and applied for political asylum to the United States of his own free will, and utterly de-legitimize repeated attempts by the Iranian regime to suggest that he was somehow kidnapped. The account appeared promising. After all, it provided documentation — something all of the rumors, speculation and anonymously sourced news stories haven’t provided until now. There’s just one problem – the organizations whose documents these are meant to be, say they are fake. Either scenario is intriguing in its own right – either one in which the documents are real, the denials are a cover-up and Asgari’s defection is being kept top secret — not only by the U.S. government, but by the United Nations. Or the alternative – that somebody, for some reason, had enough interest in promoting a false tale of a deal and defection with the U.S. to go to the trouble of whipping up these falsified papers and feeding them to the Persian-language blogosphere. continued at link |
| Posted by:ryuge |
| #12 The MSM floods itself with thousands of lies every week. Ah, but that's just what we want you to believe. |
| Posted by: Steve 2007-05-15 17:45 |
| #11 #9: "It's the new "Big Lie" technique. Instead of trying to sell "One Big Lie", you flood the media with thousands of lies." Why bother, Steve? The MSM floods itself with thousands of lies every week. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2007-05-15 15:36 |
| #10 I lost me a pair of Blue Suede Pajamas and it's got me All Shook Up. |
| Posted by: Elvis P 2007-05-15 15:27 |
| #9 It's the new "Big Lie" technique. Instead of trying to sell "One Big Lie", you flood the media with thousands of lies. There are so many versions of this story out there, you can't pick out the real one. |
| Posted by: Steve 2007-05-15 15:21 |
| #8 I remember some journalist went to Turkey to investigate what had happened to the general, and the Turks just ran circles around him, sending him on wild goose chases, in a comic frustration of his search. Though they were serious, you could tell that their intelligence service had gone to such great lengths to confuse the issue that not even Sherlock Holmes would have a clue. Ah, professionalism. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2007-05-15 12:34 |
| #7 ItÂ’s been more than two months since General Ali Reza Asgari, former deputy Defense Minister of Iran vanished into thin air in Istanbul two months ago, there have been numerous reports in the press speculating on how and why it happened. Somebody's editor needs an editor. |
| Posted by: FOTSGreg 2007-05-15 10:24 |
| #6 Colonel Mustard, in the Drawing Room, with a gun! |
| Posted by: mojo 2007-05-15 10:03 |
| #5 It should be Pajama Media. They have one pair-to-share. Hence 'Pajamas'. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2007-05-15 09:58 |
| #4 Have they posted his picture on milk carton's in Iran yet? |
| Posted by: Delphi2005 2007-05-15 08:29 |
| #3 AsgariÂ’s defection is being kept top secret ... but by the United Nations Sure! The first thing the USA would do if an Iranian general defected, would be tell the UN. It's stuff like this that makes me not a big fan of Pajamas Media. That, and in the English language, when you create a collective noun by putting an adjective before the noun or compounding two nouns, you don't use a plural form for the first word even when it is usually used in the plural form. Hence, It should be Pajama Media. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2007-05-15 03:54 |
| #2 Suddenly, a new account appeared on a Persian language blog, which, if true, would mean that Asgari defected from Iran and applied for political asylum to the United States of his own free will, and utterly de-legitimize repeated attempts by the Iranian regime to suggest that he was somehow kidnapped. Gasp! |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-05-15 02:36 |
| #1 Or maybe he was abducted by aliens. Hey - it happened to Elvis! |
| Posted by: Pappy 2007-05-15 01:27 |