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2003-09-12 Iraq

3,800 Members Of Iranian Opposition Group Held In Iraq

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Posted by Steve 2003-09-12 11:03:43 AM|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Part of me wishes we could use these guys Northern Alliance style but I'm pretty sure they're hated throughout Iran..

Posted by Yank 2003-9-12 12:22:34 PM|| 2003-9-12 12:22:34 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 Give 'em to the Kurds. They'll take care of the problem.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2003-9-12 12:42:55 PM|| 2003-9-12 12:42:55 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 The MEK is not anti-Iranian because they want democracy or anything like that; they consider the mullahs soft and want Taliban-style suppression of any social or technical advance beyond the 14th century CE, and death for non-Muslims. Well, except for weapons. And TV's for government people. And...

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' "There is a very clear policy that has been established by the Coalition Provisional Authority on disarming or the ability to own weapons.. It is that the Iraqi people can have a weapon such as AK-47 (machinegun) in their homes, but they cannot carry the weapons in public without a weapon control card, and that is a policy that we will continue to enforce." '

They are allowed one pistol and one rifle (note, an AK47 may be made or altered to auto-fire, but it is not a machine gun) per person, and businesses much the same, without registration or other paperwork and fees: I think the carry permit is per person, not per weapon. I could wish for some similar law here... I do wonder how one problem was resolved - cabbies complained that their cabs were their places of business so they should not have to pay the permit fee.

Posted by John Anderson 2003-9-12 6:53:18 PM|| 2003-9-12 6:53:18 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 They backed Saddam during the Gulf War IIRC, so I'd guess they ain't exactly loved back home (just a hunch like...) IIRC their goal is to turn Iran into a 'Leftist Islamist State' wow, does that mean there'll be real state control over the bonyads? What a great idea, it'll harder to pretend that 'it's nothing to do with us' when cash mysteriously moves from Bonyad X to the Ansar-e Hezbollahi. Plus any nationalisation of clan Rafsanjanis assets has to be welcomed (it's for the good of the people after all...)

Posted by Dave 2003-9-12 6:57:02 PM|| 2003-9-12 6:57:02 PM|| Front Page Top

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