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2010-02-01 Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Iran will deliver telling blow to global powers on Feb. 11
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Posted by linker 2010-02-01 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11135 views ]  Top

#1 Perhaps they should just be neutered first?
Posted by 3dc 2010-02-01 00:06||   2010-02-01 00:06|| Front Page Top

#2 Iran can blow me...
Posted by badanov 2010-02-01 00:11|| http://www.freefirezone.org  2010-02-01 00:11|| Front Page Top

#3 Where's the link?
Posted by tu3031 2010-02-01 00:30||   2010-02-01 00:30|| Front Page Top

#4 Debkafile (liberally salted) claims that Basijj militia plan to seize the two British Embassy compounds in Tehran. That would seem to be consistent with the Miniature Madman's announcement.
Posted by Lone Ranger 2010-02-01 00:32||   2010-02-01 00:32|| Front Page Top

#5 Let me guess, underground fission test?
Posted by Shineng Ebbolush2214 2010-02-01 00:50||   2010-02-01 00:50|| Front Page Top

#6 what, they"re are gonna let the students and the women take control. Now that would be a blow to the world we could deal with.....
other wise amadinejad can blow me
Posted by 746 2010-02-01 01:08||   2010-02-01 01:08|| Front Page Top

#7 Syria is calling up her reserves, reports have been circulating of Lebanese Shiite civilians dispersing from Southern Lebanon, US forces deploying ships and Patriot batteries, now this.

Posted by crosspatch 2010-02-01 01:29||   2010-02-01 01:29|| Front Page Top

#8 And I am still having a problem understanding why Rantburg seems like a conduit for Iranian propaganda stories. By reprinting the stuff here from presstv, it seems to be providing the Mullahs with a service. If it influences you emotionally and causes a strong reaction, then it is doing exactly what it was intended to do. PressTv is not a news organization, it is a government propaganda organization.
Posted by crosspatch 2010-02-01 01:34||   2010-02-01 01:34|| Front Page Top

#9 I think this might be the link to linker's article, but I don't know how to add a link after an article is posted.

Not a conduit, crosspatch, but material for analysis. Why the Mad Mullahs feel a need to broadcast something, whether true or not, is information as much as the actual truth. Back when I (briefly) worked for that large consumer products company, we were told that what the customer believed was as important as what the lab had tested to prove true, and where they diverged we needed to to first address the reason for the divergence.
Posted by trailing wife  2010-02-01 02:16||   2010-02-01 02:16|| Front Page Top

#10 Trailing Wife, seconded.

You want to know what your enemy is being told, even though it's 100-proof BS.
Posted by Mizzou Mafia 2010-02-01 02:58||   2010-02-01 02:58|| Front Page Top

#11 However I see no need to see an article entitled "Democrats brace for another electoral blow" from Iran's propaganda arm bring posted in Rantburg.
Posted by JFM  2010-02-01 04:05||   2010-02-01 04:05|| Front Page Top

#12 For the humor value, perhaps?
Posted by Bobby 2010-02-01 05:40||   2010-02-01 05:40|| Front Page Top

#13 At one time I thought it might be a good idea to have a separate category (in addition to operations, background, etc.) called enemy propaganda.

Then I realized that MSNBC and BBC stories would probably have to go into the same section as stories from PressTV.
Posted by lord garth 2010-02-01 06:16||   2010-02-01 06:16|| Front Page Top

#14 And AP, Rooters, al-Guardian, NYT, LA Times, Chicago Trib, ABC, CBS, NBC, NPR, etc.
Posted by  Anonymoose 2010-02-01 08:59||   2010-02-01 08:59|| Front Page Top

#15 
Posted by Black Bart Ebberens7700 2010-02-01 09:30||   2010-02-01 09:30|| Front Page Top

#16 Deploy the earthquake generator ! or the Z.D.R !

Maybe the telling blow they intend to deliver is the final demise of their regime ? Sparks would fly then for sure ..

I cant think of one great thing the islamic revolution did , apart from create a 'great' big steaming pile of hog-wash (hoho!)
Posted by Oscar 2010-02-01 09:34||   2010-02-01 09:34|| Front Page Top

#17 If it's anything at all, it's either going to be an underground nuke test or the release of a hitherto-unknown Michael Jackson album (or something equally insignificant).
Posted by Mike 2010-02-01 11:09||   2010-02-01 11:09|| Front Page Top

#18 Timmy Madhi stepping out of the well?
Posted by ed 2010-02-01 11:11||   2010-02-01 11:11|| Front Page Top

#19 Feb 11 is anniversary of 1979 Revolution (when remnants of the shah's regime were defeated or surrendered).

Several biggies have called for anti regime demonstrations this year on Feb 11.

Could be that Ahmadinejad will have Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karoub arrested that day.
Posted by lord garth 2010-02-01 11:34||   2010-02-01 11:34|| Front Page Top

#20 Is Ming the Merciless going to deploy the "Purple Death" again?

Tune in same time same channel for more exciting adventures of "Achmenutjob and his Warriors".

AHHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHHAH
Posted by James Carville 2010-02-01 11:53||   2010-02-01 11:53|| Front Page Top

#21 DOn't get me wrong, not necessarily complaining, just wanting to understand the reasoning behind so much Iranian government content. Once I understand the idea behind it, it might all make sense. But it is also important that casual readers understand that the content comes from the Iranian government.
Posted by crosspatch 2010-02-01 12:30||   2010-02-01 12:30|| Front Page Top

#22 http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article7008985.ece

Posted by Uncle Phester 2010-02-01 12:50||   2010-02-01 12:50|| Front Page Top

#23 I try to give as much news from the other side as possible. If you get it from Reuters or CNN you're getting what's theoretically our side of the story. If you get it from Press TV or Asharq al-Aswat or Maan you're getting a look into the minds (if any) of the opposition. You kinda have to go in with the idea that there's going to be a certain amount of propaganda.

Press TV would make a good textbook demo of how a propaganda organ works. At least five out of six stories are factual, the only bias involved being what's included and what's rejected. Then they drop a ringer in and because the other five stories were factual you naturally assume the sixth is.
Posted by Fred 2010-02-01 13:06||   2010-02-01 13:06|| Front Page Top

#24 Blair warns that world faces decision to halt Iran’s nuclear programme
Posted by Bright Pebbles 2010-02-01 13:56||   2010-02-01 13:56|| Front Page Top

#25 My guess is that it will center on the forging of closer ties to China and/or Russia.
Posted by Hammerhead 2010-02-01 14:19||   2010-02-01 14:19|| Front Page Top

#26 "If you get it from Reuters or CNN you're getting what's theoretically our side of the story"

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

You're a funny man, Fred. :-D
Posted by Barbara Skolaut  2010-02-01 15:05||   2010-02-01 15:05|| Front Page Top

#27 Knowing what lies the enemy wants to tell you can be an aid to understanding. A tell, if you will.

I guess I don't understand the Iranian tyrants enough, because I can't begin to sift out what this could be. Nuke test? Unleashing Hezbollah? I don't *think* it could be a fresh crack-down on their domestic enemies.

But then, I've always been a mediocre poker player...
Posted by Mitch H.  2010-02-01 18:38|| http://blogfonte.blogspot.com/  2010-02-01 18:38|| Front Page Top

#28 Fred, an occasional article here and there makes sense. On today's page there are a lot of Iranian articles. I stopped counting at 11 articles just in today's page and hadn't finished going through them all.

I like the site but it seems to drive the value down a bit when so many Press TV articles show up with an interesting title that makes me want to click and then I see "oh, Press TV again". It's ort of like seeing articles from DEBKA.

Having said that, I will try to be more active in finding good articles from other sources. I can't bitch unless I also offer an alternative. One interesting development lately has been the increasing labor unrest in Iran as workers begin to form unions to demand their pay. Most of those articles, however, are in Farsi or French but one, The Flying Carpet Institute blog has some pretty good stuff in English on the goings on inside Iran.

Posted by crosspatch 2010-02-01 21:40||   2010-02-01 21:40|| Front Page Top

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