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2003-12-05 Iran

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Posted by Alaska Paul 2003-12-05 2:16:26 PM|| || Front Page|| [11127 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 BBC confirms, but quotes an MP who says only 5 dead, not 30.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3295337.stm

Posted by liberalhawk 2003-12-5 4:00:56 PM|| 2003-12-5 4:00:56 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 BBC also notes that most Iranian Baluchis are Sunnis, providing an additional source of conflict with the regime.

Posted by liberalhawk 2003-12-5 4:03:24 PM|| 2003-12-5 4:03:24 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 To quote glenn Reynolds at instapundit
"The BBC reports five dead, not 30, but its sourcing doesn't seem much better. Stay tuned."

Great minds think alike.

Now that its on instapundit, expect it to get picked up.

Posted by liberalhawk 2003-12-5 4:08:57 PM|| 2003-12-5 4:08:57 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 He said soldiers approached the 10-year-old, Haroun Balochzahi, and grabbed his bike from him, insisting on a bribe. The boy did not speak Farsi, the majority language, and responded by biting a soldier and running. The youth was shelled with bullets in front of people on the streets and died on the spot, Meerdora said, prompting an immediate reaction.

Big Fu****g tough guys. I guess it takes even more balls to rough up a ten year old kid than a women

Posted by Cheddarhead 2003-12-5 4:12:06 PM|| 2003-12-5 4:12:06 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 AP: Reformist lawmaker beaten up.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=540&ncid=540&e=1&u=/ap/20031205/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iran_lawmaker_assaulted

seems like somethings up.

Posted by liberalhawk 2003-12-5 4:18:04 PM|| 2003-12-5 4:18:04 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 The UN is gonna come down on these guys like a ton of bricks. Or maybe like a feather pillow.

Posted by Matt 2003-12-5 4:53:47 PM|| 2003-12-5 4:53:47 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 Iranian Supreme Revolutionary Guard forces under the Ayatollah Ali Khamenei reportedly killed a 10-year-old boy in the countryâs

That is a tough fight for the pussies in the Iranian Army.

Posted by badanov 2003-12-5 6:09:30 PM|| [http://www.rkka.org] 2003-12-5 6:09:30 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 Where's the Baloch region? Much population? And whos' transmitting?

Posted by Shipman 2003-12-5 7:22:08 PM|| 2003-12-5 7:22:08 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 Shipman,

"Similar to the Kurds, the Balochs, who comprise 2 percent of Iran's population, regard themselves as a nation separated by borders â in their case the frontier between Iran and Pakistan, which also has a sizable Baloch minority."

Go to the original, there's also a link to a related article at the bottom.

Posted by Glenn (not Reynolds) 2003-12-5 7:29:58 PM|| 2003-12-5 7:29:58 PM|| Front Page Top

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