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2007-03-14 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

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Posted by Sherry 2007-03-14 17:08|| || Front Page|| [14 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Senior leadership jumping a sinking ship, or a faction that fell out of favor with the mullas and some are running before they die?

Hmmmmm.....

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2007-03-14 17:27|| 2007-03-14 17:27|| Front Page Top

#2 Maybe we told them that their window for getting out with their families was closing soon so they are gitten while the gitten's good.

Posted by crosspatch 2007-03-14 17:33|| 2007-03-14 17:33|| Front Page Top

#3 This is really starting to get good. If we bag a few more of these guys the mullahs are going to go nuts. It will leak to the populace. The regime is going to appear very weak and nothing but a bag of hot air. They may see their grip on power slip very quickly if people are no longer afaid of them.

Posted by remoteman 2007-03-14 18:01|| 2007-03-14 18:01|| Front Page Top

#4 Maybe a few Iranians aren't fond of the current leader, his 12th Imam rhettoric, and the destruction of everything they know to bring it about.

Posted by rjschwarz 2007-03-14 18:08|| 2007-03-14 18:08|| Front Page Top

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Posted by Anonymoose 2007-03-14 18:12|| 2007-03-14 18:12|| Front Page Top

#6 No one defected ... everybody happy ...

And no I don't know who is hanging from the crane by the palace...

Posted by Mahmood Ahmadnejad 2007-03-14 18:50|| 2007-03-14 18:50|| Front Page Top

#7 Iranian generals are also scared to death of airplane accidents these days...

Posted by Iblis 2007-03-14 18:55|| 2007-03-14 18:55|| Front Page Top

#8 Baztab reported that Gen. Asgari's wife previously reported to have left Iran with him was actually in Tehran. As it turns out, Gen. Asgari has two wives. His first wife left Iran with him, bringing along their three children. His second wife, Mansoureh Mirmohammadi, is just 31 years old and is a relative of Rezai, the sources said. She has indeed remained in Iran.

It's always best to be the senior wife. Poor little Mansoureh Mirmohammadi, who is no doubt more accustomed to flaunt her connnections than be flouted.

Posted by trailing wife 2007-03-14 19:32|| 2007-03-14 19:32|| Front Page Top

#9 Whoops! I don't know what happened to the italics I intended for that first bit, quoted from the article. Only the second bit is my own thinking.

Posted by trailing wife 2007-03-14 19:35|| 2007-03-14 19:35|| Front Page Top

#10 Now the italic tags are defecting! No doubt the work of perfidious Jews and Crusaders.

Posted by SteveS 2007-03-14 20:10|| 2007-03-14 20:10|| Front Page Top

#11 italics? perhaps they sold out?

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2007-03-14 20:18|| 2007-03-14 20:18|| Front Page Top

#12 If this is true, it is great news. It could greatly accelerate the fall of the MMs and their system. It should be broadcasted to Iranians, to sow uncertainty and discontent among the masses and the just plain joes. We need to crank up the information war. It is just as important as the shooting war. And we are behind the power curve on it.

Posted by Alaska Paul">Alaska Paul 2007-03-14 20:57|| 2007-03-14 20:57|| Front Page Top

#13 What do you mean this isn't Bungee Jumping?

Posted by doc 2007-03-14 21:22|| 2007-03-14 21:22|| Front Page Top

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