re: #36 mich-again

The question is who makes up the Basij. Who could turn a rifle on his own countrymen and shoot to kill at random? My guess is that some if not many are foreign mercenaries. I don’t think the Azeri Turk Mullahs could rely on Persian Iranians to kill off their countrymen. But a thug from Gaza or Syria would work just fine for that purpose.

Mich-again: The Basiji isn’t made up of foreign mercenaries; they are home-grown assholes on a mission — destroy anyone whose beliefs are a shade different than their own. They are thugs, plain and simple, and they don’t care who they beat up on or kill. Look around your own community. Are there individuals who would kill their own mothers on a whim? Those are the Basiji: Home grown thugs paid, supported and protected by the Iranian government. A’jad and the mullahs frequently use them to put down student unrest.