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US Announces Support to Protesters in Iran
2011-02-16
[Tolo News] The United States of America has announced its firm support for thousands of protesters in Iran's capital, Tehran, on Monday.

Following the demonstrations in Tehran's Azadi Square, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
... sometimes described as the Smartest Woman in the World and at other times as Mrs. Bill, never as Another John Foster Dulles ...
 said Iranian people deserved to have the same rights as those of Egyptians.

"What we see happening in Iran today is a testament to the courage of the Iranian people, and an indictment of the hypocrisy of the Iranian regime - a regime which over the last three weeks has constantly hailed what went on in Egypt," BBC quoted Mrs Clinton as saying in Washington on Monday.

She said Iran had to "open up" its political system.

Reports suggested that one person was rubbed out in the violent festivities between protesters and security forces.

Dozens were nabbed and opposition leaders including, Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi were sent to his room.

After December 2009 rally in Iran, this is the first time opposition supporters stage demonstration in the central Azadi Square which seems to be rooted from recent uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt.

The demonstrators were chanting "Death to dictators" during Monday protests.

Protesters said they have been heartened by the demonstrations in Tunisia and Egypt.
Posted by:Fred

#4  It's not how much we haven't learned in the last 40 years, but rather how much we have forgotten in the last two.
Posted by: gorb   2011-02-16 23:05  

#3  The United States of America has announced its firm support for thousands of protesters in Iran's capital, Tehran, on Monday.

How about keeping our YAPS shut and staying the phuech out of their sorry assed business before we get snagged into another long-term, meaningless, military misadventure? Have we learned ABSOLUTELY NOTHING in the last 40 years?
Posted by: Besoeker   2011-02-16 07:40  

#2  How about an article in the list about bringing a boatload of guns ashore at Jask on the coast alongside the "goat run" from Musandam every day?
That would be nice.
Do we do that sort of thing? No Americans need be involved, if there is money in it you can always get people with two legs and a moustache. All it has to be is steady and regular, unpleasant, publicized, and totally random. Every turban cant guard every turban's old granny out shopping after all.

There is a large drug smuggling population in Sistan, Do we make sure they get their fix? I heard that Iran has some two million addicts. That sounds like "opportunity" to me. And Iran has only a single railroad line north south. They can't guard it all. How about a bridge or a stretch of difficult and isolated track a week going bye-bye. Just to keep the turbans on their toes. Even a bicycle bag full of C-4 outside the police station here and there would do the trick. Its a big country full of 70 million people. Surely there are some motivated, unhappy, and dispensible people who can be "developed" for these projects.

...or are all the CIA just mowing their lawns in Fairfax these days?
You want to win, you want to be respected? Scare the sh..t outa people and get some leadership who plays hardball.
Smile like Reagan and then frown sadly when the goombahs lose another baby stroller to the wolves.
Posted by: Dribble2716   2011-02-16 05:53  

#1  Gee, Mrs. Bill, I wonder what would've happened if you had spoken up for these folks last year. Maybe the world would be a better place?
Posted by: Bobby   2011-02-16 05:49  

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