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2006-03-17 Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Iran police arrest 1,000 during fire festival in Tehran
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Posted by Steve White 2006-03-17 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11135 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 Sounds like just another excuse to jail dissenters and imprison them for a long time in hopes they will die.
Posted by SPoD 2006-03-17 02:22|| http://sockpuppetofdoom.blogspot.com/]">[http://sockpuppetofdoom.blogspot.com/]  2006-03-17 02:22|| Front Page Top

#2 At least the street dogs wont be cowering ...
Im an animal lover dont 'cha know ?!

Any pressure internally on Irans regime is good news for me
Posted by MacNails 2006-03-17 03:11||   2006-03-17 03:11|| Front Page Top

#3 Posters of Iranian officials hung on lampposts in Tehran

Almost got it, I'm hoping for Iranian officials hung on lampposts in Tehran
Posted by Steve">Steve  2006-03-17 07:45||   2006-03-17 07:45|| Front Page Top

#4 I imagine that the festival is also the Zoroastrians way of letting the Mullahs know they are still present and voting. And that if they had their druthers, the Mullahs heads would be gracing pikes.
Posted by Anonymoose 2006-03-17 08:36||   2006-03-17 08:36|| Front Page Top

#5 "...celebrate the last Tuesday of the Persian year with a big bang."

Prolly not the best choice of words in that neck of the woods.
Posted by DepotGuy 2006-03-17 09:29||   2006-03-17 09:29|| Front Page Top

#6 hey at least they make it a nice round number, not 1012 or 985 or anything - yep dead on 1000, or should that be dead on 1000 now dead?
Posted by ShepUK 2006-03-17 09:35||   2006-03-17 09:35|| Front Page Top

#7 The Tehran Public Prosecution Office had issued a statement, announcing that individuals caught creating “disruption in public order” will receive jail sentences of between three months to one year and up to 74 lashes on their backs in accordance with Iran’s Islamic laws. Individuals caught distributing fireworks will receive between three and ten years in prison, the statement said.

Yeesh! Must be the Islamic Logic decoder is off. You tellin' me that those who protested the MMs got shorter jail sentences (by 3-10 times) than those distributing fireworks? Must make sense in the Mullah's minds. I see a new bumper sticker:

"P!ss off a mullah
Buy Black Cats!"
Posted by BA 2006-03-17 10:37||   2006-03-17 10:37|| Front Page Top

#8 I have a BETTER idea!!!!
This ought to lather up a lot of Mullah Beards!

Posted by BigEd 2006-03-17 17:37||   2006-03-17 17:37|| Front Page Top

#9 LOL BigEd! I got about 10 poor farmer cousins.
Posted by 6 2006-03-17 19:31||   2006-03-17 19:31|| Front Page Top

#10 broadbrimmed hats are de riguer
Posted by Frank G">Frank G  2006-03-17 20:06||   2006-03-17 20:06|| Front Page Top

#11 BBQ'd pork wings anyone?
Posted by Besoeker 2006-03-17 20:08||   2006-03-17 20:08|| Front Page Top

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