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Huge demonstrations have broken out again in Iran. In a clear rebuke to the Ahmadinejad regime’s support for Hezbollah and Hamas, protesters have taken to the streets chanting, “Neither Gaza, nor Lebanon, I give my life to Iran!” — on Quds Day, Iran’s “official” day of solidarity with the Palestinians. ...
In Afghanistan’s North Helmand Province, where Michael Yon is embedded with the Brits, the elections didn’t turn out very well. This dispatch has been dictated by satellite phone due to communications difficulties. My satellite gear has failed on election day. I do not know how well the ...
Afghanistan, Taliban, Militant Islam, Military, Pakistan, Barack Obama, Al Qaeda, Election
Iran’s thug-in-chief said today that his new government is going to “bring down Western arrogance.” How’s that Unclenching Initiative working out, President Obama? TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran’s re-elected President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Thursday his next government “would bring down the global arrogance,” signaling a tougher approach toward the ...
Iran, Nuclear Weapons, Ahmadinejad, Election, Protests, Barack Obama, Unclench
The Wall Street Journal’s editors weigh in on Al Franken’s Senate win: The ‘Absentee’ Senator. The Minnesota Supreme Court yesterday declared Democrat Al Franken the winner of last year’s disputed Senate race, and Republican incumbent Norm Coleman’s gracious concession at least spares the state any further legal combat. The ...
The Iranian thugocracy is holding three British Embassy employees arrested last weekend during the election protests, and a senior cleric says they are going to be put on trial. A senior Iranian cleric said today that several employees of the British Embassy in Tehran arrested in recent days would ...
Iran, Nuclear Weapons, Ahmadinejad, Election, Protests, Britain
The Jerusalem Post cites unconfirmed reports from Iran that the regime has begun hanging supporters of Mousavi. As the Iranian authorities warned the opposition on Tuesday that they would tolerate no further protests over the disputed June 12 presidential elections, a report emerged of the hangings of six supporters ...
Iran, Nuclear Weapons, Ahmadinejad, Election, Protests, Barack Obama, Diplomacy, Execution
Yesterday I asked if Barack Obama would still carry on with his naïve plans for diplomatic engagement with Iran, even as the blood of Iranian demonstrators was still warm on the streets of Tehran. Today we have the answer: Obama officials say talks with Iran still possible. Both Rice ...
Iran, Nuclear Weapons, Ahmadinejad, Election, Protests, Barack Obama, Diplomacy
Iran’s thug in chief says he’s surprised at Barack Obama, in an openly contemptuous statement. Iran’s hardline president lashed out anew at the United States and President Barack Obama on Saturday, accusing him of interference and suggesting that Washington’s stance on Iran’s postelection turmoil could imperil Obama’s aim of ...
Iran, Nuclear Weapons, Ahmadinejad, Election, Protests, Barack Obama, Diplomacy
Senior Iranian cleric Ahmad Khatami (no relation to Mohammad Khatami, who visited the US in September 2006) demanded today that the leaders of election protests be executed. Khatami, a member of the powerful Assembly of Experts, said the judiciary should charge the leading “rioters” as “mohareb” or one who ...
Iranian thug in chief Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is following the “belligerent tyrant” script to the letter; he’s demanding an apology from Barack Obama, and accusing Obama of behaving like George W. Bush. Meanwhile, the demonstrations are subsiding, due to overwhelming force and brutality from Iranian security forces and Basij militia. [Video] ...
Iran, Nuclear Weapons, Ahmadinejad, Election, Protests, Barack Obama
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. At least two sources described wild and violent conditions at a part ...
Iran, Nuclear Weapons, Ahmadinejad, Election, Protests, Barack Obama
The mullahs have ruled out the possibiity that the Iranian election will be annulled. TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran’s top legislative body has again ruled out any annulment of the June 12 presidential election, as demanded by two defeated candidates, state television said on Tuesday. “Iran’s Guardian Council rejects annulment ...
Here’s a video report on the latest developments in Iran from Richard Engel at NBC News. Note that the Iranian regime now refers to the protesters as “terrorists.” [Video]
Iran, Nuclear Weapons, Ahmadinejad, Election, rioting, Video, NBC News
A young woman allegedly shot to death in Iran is becoming a symbol of the protests, after her dying moments were caught on a mobile phone video camera. Wikipedia already has a page for her, identifying her as Neda Salehi Agha Soltan. The gruesome video has been shown repeatedly on ...
Iran, Nuclear Weapons, Ahmadinejad, Election, rioting, Video
Here’s a good round-up of links to videos from Iran, at YouTube and Facebook: June 20-21 Protests in Iran from YouTube.
Iran, Nuclear Weapons, Ahmadinejad, Election, rioting, Video
Former CIA operative Reuel Marc Gerecht has an interesting op-ed in the New York Times on the meaning of the Iranian election and the protests that followed: The Koran and the Ballot Box. In the current demonstrations we are witnessing not just the end of the first stage of ...
Just posted a little while ago (hat tip: justdanny): [Video]
Iran, Nuclear Weapons, Ahmadinejad, Election, rioting, Video
Five minutes on a Tehran street this afternoon. WARNING: near the end, you see a protester apparently shot to death. [Video]
Iran, Nuclear Weapons, Ahmadinejad, Election, rioting, Video
Here’s the latest video report from NBC News on the events in Tehran, where huge crowds turned out in open defiance of Ayatollah Khamenei’s warnings. [Video]
Iran, Nuclear Weapons, Ahmadinejad, Election, rioting, Video
Iranian protesters are being attacked by riot police in Tehran today, as the mullahs’ violent crackdown on dissent continues: Riot police clash with protesters in Tehran Police used tear gas, water cannons and batons Saturday to disperse thousands of protesters rallying in the central part of Iran’s capital to ...
The argument in favor of Barack Obama’s current position toward Iran is that if he openly called for revolution in Iran, he could endanger the protesters and cause a violent crackdown. Charles Krauthammer isn’t buying it: Obama Misses the Point With Iran Response. All hangs in the balance. The ...
Iran, Nuclear Weapons, Ahmadinejad, Election, rioting, Barack Obama, Charles Krauthammer
Ominous words from Iran’s “Supreme Leader,” threatening a major crackdown in the works: Iran’s Khamenei warns protest leaders after vote. TEHRAN (Reuters) - Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei issued a strong warning on Friday to leaders of mass street protests after a disputed presidential election that they would be ...
Iran, Nuclear Weapons, Ahmadinejad, Election, rioting, Khamenei
While the world’s attention is focused on the fallout from Iran’s election, an election in another Muslim country gave reason for hope: A Muslim Nation’s Successful Election. It is 131 degrees Fahrenheit in Marrakesh, Morocco, yet a slow but steady stream of voters—many of whom are women—enter the schoolyard ...
Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Tehran today, in what’s beginning to look like an exercise in futility — because the mullahs are not going to back down, and they have the power of the Revolutionary Guard and the Basiji militias behind them. TEHRAN, Iran – Tens ...
As the crackdown on Iranian dissent continues, here’s a disturbing op-ed on Iran’s transformation into a military dictatorship: Iran’s Hidden Revolution. JUST after Iran’s rigged elections last week, with hundreds of thousands of protesters taking to the streets, it looked as if a new revolution was in the offing. ...