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democracyarsenal.org: NSN Daily Update: 6/24/09
Hot Air » Top Picks: Massacre near Iran’s Parliament?
Little Green Footballs: 'Security Forces' Ambush Iranian Demonstrators
Flopping Aces: The Continuing Unrest In Iran & Obama’s Waffling Continues
Settle In For the Long Haul
A Blog For All —
... , including arresting more foreign nationals . Ahmadinejad's thugs have been arresting foreign nationals for some time, including Roxana Saberi and the Alaei brothers, but this is the first sign that they're going after foreign nationals since the election was disputed. Chief among those that are purportedly being held by the Iranians are those with British passports since the Iranians blame them for the unrest: Intelligence Minister Gholamhossein Mohseni-Ezhei told reporters that some with links to the West and Israel had planned bombings ahead of the June 12 presidential ...
NSN Daily Update: 6/24/09
democracyarsenal.org —
... of the Iranian government’s crackdown, saying he was “outraged” and “appalled” by the events of the past few days. Iranian officials reported the arrests of several foreign nationals in connection with the protests. ...
Massacre near Iran’s Parliament?
Hot Air » Top Picks —
... If Ali Khamenei thought that threats from the Revolutionary Guard would keep protests off the street, they have discovered that freedom doesn’t fade so quietly. Protesters marched on the Parliament building today, according to CNN , and the mullahs met them with deadly force. Broken bodies litter the streets as the regime amplifies its crackdown on opposition: Security forces wielding clubs and firing weapons beat back demonstrators who flocked to a Tehran square Wednesday to continue protests, with one witness saying security forces beat people like “animals.” At least two ...
'Security Forces' Ambush Iranian Demonstrators
Little Green Footballs —
... The crackdown on Iranian protesters continued, as a gang of Basij and other thugs ambushed demonstrators at a Tehran square. It’s having an effect; the demonstrations are getting smaller because people are afraid to leave their houses. ...
The Continuing Unrest In Iran & Obama’s Waffling Continues
Flopping Aces —
The demonstrations continue on in Iran but the crowds are getting smaller as the Basij thugs are becoming more and more brutal:
Security forces wielding clubs and firing weapons beat back demonstrators who flocked to a Tehran square Wednesday to continue protests, two witnesses said.
One witness said security forces beat people like “animals.” ...
Barack Obama: Zero to Carter in Five Months
Brain-Terminal.com —
The mullahs in Iran have unleashed an even more brutal wave of violence against protesters opposing the recent questionable election. CNN reports:
Security forces wielding clubs and firing weapons beat back hundreds of would-be demonstrators who had flocked to a square in the capital on Wednesday to continue protests against an election they have denounced as fraudulent, witnesses told CNN.
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They were among the more than half a dozen witnesses who told CNN that security forces outnumbering protesters used overwhelming force to ...
Update on Iran
Wizbang —
... and Vali Asr Sq. >The streets, squares and around BAHARESTAN (Approx. South-eastern of Tehran) is swarming with military forces, civilian forces, the security motorists >The croud have moved to the south of baharestan, the situation is bad, the shooting has started >In Baharestan Sq. in the Police shooting, A girl is shot and the police is not allowing to let them help >In Baharestan we saw militia with axe choping people like meat - blood everywhere - like butcher CNN - Violence Flares Again In Tehran The Anchoress - ...
