News from Iran? Good? Bad? Who knows?

[Ed Anger]

MSNBC is worthless as a news network on the weekends. They are the WORST NETWORK IN THE WORLD, to paraphrase captain nutbar.

Thank you Fox and CNN for satisfying my riot needs.

Also, protest smashing is glorious on a 73" screen. 

[PDH]

Be careful, you might get shot in the lounge.

[Ed Anger]

Be careful, you might get shot in the lounge.

I might be reclining then.

[Neil]

Some people are saying that it's fake.

Some people are misanthropic idiots.

It sounds like she was shot in the lounge; the blood on her face and mouth are from her coughing it up, and I've read enough about the photo that it seems genuine.  There's a lot of confusion in the scene, too, which in my mind also makes it seem more likely to be genuine.  The angles are too awkward, the look on her face too...confused.  It is probably among the worst things I've ever seen in my life, I'll never forget it.

Colonel Mustard, in the lounge, with the revolver?

It seems like she was shot in the trachea, which would mean that her lungs would quickly fill with blood.  A bullet wound to the trachea can also damage the common carotid arteries, the innominate vein or the arch of the aorta, which would result in the lungs and air passages quickly filling with blood.  Normal lung action will at that point produce bleeding from the mouth and nose.

[Jaron]

A fucking beautiful fucking Iranian woman fucking shot down in her fucking prime by the motherfucking goatfucking Basij.

Jesus Christ.  That was among the most disturbing videos I've ever watched.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1aPejT0izs

The scream at the end of that is among the angriest things I've ever heard.  Fantastically disturbing.

Oh my GOD!! Were those mohatetians eating that woman's flesh?

[citizen k]

Larijani criticizes Guardian Council, IRIB

http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=98645&sectionid=351020101

Iran's Parliament (Majlis) Speaker Ali Larijani suggests that some of the members in the Guardian Council have sided with a certain candidate in the June 12 presidential election.

Speaking live on the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) Channel 2 on Saturday, the speaker said that "a majority of people are of the opinion that the actual election results are different than what was officially announced."

"The opinion of this majority should be respected and a line should be drawn between them and rioters and miscreants," he was quoted as saying by Khabaronline -- a website affiliated with him.

He was referring to rallies that have been held on a daily basis in Iran, since the announcement of the presidential election results last Friday, in which incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was re-elected with almost two thirds of the vote.

The president's main rival Mir-Hossein Mousavi, who according to the Interior Ministry has lost to Ahmadinejad even in the East-Azerbaijan province where he hails from, cried foul and described the election as a 'charade' -- a charge the president and his interior minister have denied.

Mousavi -- Iran's last prime minister -- has as a result called on the Guardian Council, the body that supervises the electoral process, to nullify Friday's vote and hold the election anew.

Larijani, however, believes that the Iranian people have lost their trust in the country's legal system. "Although the Guardian Council is made up of religious individuals I wish certain members would not side with a certain presidential candidate."

"The Guardian Council should use every possible means to build trust and convince the protesters that their complaints will be thoroughly looked into," the parliament speaker added.

Larijani who, was formerly in charge of IRIB, criticized the organization, saying that "the IRIB should not act in a way that provokes people."

The authorities should provide an atmosphere in which people feel free to express their opinion, he concluded.

[Alcibiades]

Seems like they could be close to civil war....crazy.

[Jaron]

Is it time for the Lance G "Dance of Death" ?

[Alcibiades]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=185vPe_gROA&feature=player_embedded

This one shows more, heh.  Looks like you were right Neil, that was very very quick..

And you can hear the shooting and wounded in this one.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIrX6UiXReE&feature=related


She's far from the only one too, several on youtube alone surprisingly.

http://lastfreedom.net/   - Covering it

[Alcibiades]

On liveleak they have one of the riots from this past evening.  http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=750_1245508619


Jun 20th

7:01
People gathering at Vanak SQ
7:02
Plain cloths bikers attacking non-protesters near Vali-asr sq
7:03
They shoot at people and take those wounded with their vans
7:04
Shiraz: Intense conflict in Alam sq
7:05
Gunfire/sirens heard Tohid SQ
7:06
forces dont let ppl use cell phones. they beat anyone with a cell phone in hand
7:07
1 young man shot dead near Vali Asr Cr
7:0 More..8
Basij in EVERY square in Tehran
7:13
Heavy clashes on azadi street, chants of death to khameni Street full of rocks & fire
7:15
City closing down w/antiriot forces & police. People beaten with knives, batons.Things going downhill.
7:16
Tehran police fire shots into the air to disperse rival supporters in Karegar street
7:17
The military is here too
7:18
one person dead at sattar khan st.
7:20
some forces are refusing to attack the people, but basij and special forces are attacking people



Another one where police try to break up a riot..

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=dd7_1245507100

supposedly they are chanting:

they are chanting;
"mimiram, mimiram zelat nemipaziram"
which means
"ill die, ill die; i wont accept oppression"

Any who crazy shit...hopefully it changes stuff over there...we'll see.  Enough liveleak for me. 

[citizen k]

from CNN:

The Iranian-backed Lebanese militia, Hezbollah was just defeated in parliamentary elections. The group's Secretary General, Hassan Nasrallah, expressed recently his full support of in Ahmadinejad and promised that "nothing has changed in Lebanon" and "no winds of change will be blowing from Iran."
Nasrallah dismissed Iranian divisions and advised Arabs to avoid commenting on the issue because he said they're ill-informed.

"No one in the Arab world understands how Iran operates" he blasted in a recent speech.
He reassured his pro-Ahmadinejad audience that "Iran will overcome this crisis with ease." In a confident tone he concluded, "People around the world will be very disappointed if they believe otherwise."

Hezbollah's support could have been expressed in more than words. According to many media reports and Online chatter, Iran's volunteer paramilitary forces known as 'Basij', seem to have added some Arabic-speaking members -- suspected of being Hezbollah fighters.According to these reports, non-Farsi speakers are riding motor scooters and patrolling the streets of Tehran, tracking demonstrators and monitoring their movement.

[The Brain]

  That's some serious journalism from CNN. It's "Iran", not "Teh 'Ran".

[Jaron]

That's some serious journalism from CNN. It's "Iran", not "Teh 'Ran".

LOL

[Josquius]

So Britain are the most evil of evils, I'm honored 

You got one vote, big deal.  You'd probably get Zimbabwe too.  But America still has the North Korean, Chinese, Russian, and Venezuelan judges.

No way on the Chinese, they think the sun shines out of America's arse.
Britain though are still in the 19th century.

[Neil]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=185vPe_gROA&feature=player_embedded

This one shows more, heh.  Looks like you were right Neil, that was very very quick..

And you can hear the shooting and wounded in this one.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIrX6UiXReE&feature=related


She's far from the only one too, several on youtube alone surprisingly.

http://lastfreedom.net/   - Covering it

Neil knows anatomy.  Not just of dreadnoughts, but of people too.