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2005-04-18 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

200 Arrested in Iran Ethnic Unrest, Jazeera Closed

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Posted by Steve 2005-04-18 12:26:00 PM|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 That 'who to root for' question is a real doozy.

The Mullah's have already called Al Jazeera a zionist controlled entity because AlJ referred to the body of water between Iran and Saudiland as the 'Persian/Arabian Gulf'. The Mullahs have also threatened to ban arabic from being used in commerce and have begun to move ethnic Persian speakers into lands populated by ethnic arabic speakers. Of course the hostility between the Iranian side and the arabic side is something of a diversion from the plain ordinary antiMullah feeling that is ubiquitous in Iran.

Posted by mhw 2005-04-18 1:30:35 PM|| 2005-04-18 1:30:35 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 Iran's getting stranger by the day.

Posted by Tkat 2005-04-18 3:47:28 PM|| 2005-04-18 3:47:28 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 ah, al Jizz vs the mad mullahs. Who to root for - I root for popcorn, to be consumed before Passover, of course. (though in this instance I actually suspect al Jizz is accurate - given the choice between a biased media source, and a quasi-totalitarian govt, im MORE inclined to disbeleive the quasi-totalitarian govt)

Posted by Liberalhawk 2005-04-18 3:57:41 PM|| 2005-04-18 3:57:41 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 Funny: the MSM and the anti-Bush brigade said Iraq was doomed to disintegrate into ethnic and sectarian violence. Right prediction, wrong mideast country...

Posted by thibaud (aka lex) 2005-04-18 4:26:03 PM|| 2005-04-18 4:26:03 PM|| Front Page Top

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