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| Uprising reported in northern Iran |
| 2004-03-15 |
| EFL. Hat tip: VodkaPundit. From Iranvajahan in Persian (story reported on Peykeiran and also Iranchabar.de web sites) 1. Over 5 were killed and many with bullet wounds admitted to the hospital. The regimes forces did open fire on demonstrators. 2. 1 police station was taken over by the people, releasing many of the arrested demonstrators. Half the town was under the control of the people. 3. The erruption occurred as a result of 3 suspicious confiscated ballot boxes that led to the hardline victory in the recent elections in this town, which the people were protesting until the brutal suppression of the regime’s forces. Ironically the hardliner candidate had announced that he did not need the people’s vote to get elected. 4. The number of injured is too high to estimate. Many of the injured are children, because the regime’s forces opened fire at a time when children were walking home from school. Hopsitals in in the town, and adjacent Babol and other cities are full of injured. 5. An eyewitness reports that there were approximately 5 thousand people demonstrating peacefully when the regime’s forces opened fire, prompting the people to take over the police station and assume control of half the town. After numerous failed attempts at negotiations between the representatives of the people and the local governemnt, in frustration the people set fire to the home and office of the local friday prayer leader (a Mullah). Doesn’t appear to be reported in the major media as of this posting. The posting links off to websites in Persian, which is not one of my languages--though an English translation is available at Iran-Va-Jahan, which seems to be the source of the accompanying photos. It all looks genuine and it’s consistent with other reports of unrest in Iran. |
| Posted by:Mike |
| #8 Looking at the photos, it looks more like a riot than any kind of real "uprising". |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2004-3-15 3:05:48 PM |
| #7 'the regime is being ended by its internal contradictions' or perhaps a hegelian - dont think marx invented the idea of internal contradictions, any more than he invented historical forces, or dialectic. If the contradictions arent economic or related to class relations, then its not a particularly Marxist usage. |
| Posted by: Liberalhawk 2004-3-15 10:58:45 AM |
| #6 mhw: It may also be an accurate description. The "islamic republic" has the outer trappings of a democracy, but the heart and soul of totalitarian Sharia. In other words, you can vote, as long as you vote as the mullahs tell you. If that's not an internal contradiction, I'm not sure what is. |
| Posted by: Mike 2004-3-15 9:54:23 AM |
| #5 B good post. I agree! |
| Posted by: Phil B 2004-3-15 9:14:22 AM |
| #4 BTW - Don't expect any help from The Media. The all out 48 hour frenzy to influence the Spanish election has proved that they have pulled out all stops now. Seems to me they have bothered to quit pretending anymore. Actually - they've been doing it all along - ignoring anything doesn't support socialist appeasement policies of anti-Israel/American interests - just now they are doing it without any pretense of truthful reporting. If you think of them as one big Al Jazeera, you won't find their actions as confusing. Just to give you pause, remember, it only took Hitler about 6 weeks to use his propaganda machine turn the entire population of Germany against the Jews. You'd think at some point the communist/socialists would realize that their greatest threat is from the Islamofascists - but I guess they are getting old and desperate now. It's hard to tell the difference between them anymore. I guess it's the old enemy of my enemy thing. |
| Posted by: B 2004-3-15 9:04:54 AM |
| #3 The site uses the expression 'the regime is being ended by its internal contradictions'. This is either a Marxist phrasology or someone making fun of Marx. |
| Posted by: mhw 2004-3-15 8:57:40 AM |
| #2 Ironically the hardliner candidate had announced that he did not need the people’s vote to get elected. snicker - the guy got a lesson in REAL democracy. You know the REAL kind, where people get out an make their wishes be known. I'd say those Mullahs are in trouble - but then, what do I know? |
| Posted by: B 2004-3-15 8:09:46 AM |
| #1 God speed. |
| Posted by: whitecollar redneck 2004-3-15 8:00:05 AM |