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Jerome Corsi: Riot in Iran
WND ^ | July 12, 2005 | Jerome Corsi

Posted on 07/12/2005 11:44:50 AM PDT by F14 Pilot

I have been receiving phone calls today from credible Iranians around the world who are saying that the mullahs and their hired thugs are beating and arresting activist dissidents who are outside Evin Prison protesting for the release of Akbar Ganji, who has been on a hunger strike for the last month.

Ganji has gained international attention, not only because of his hunger strike, but also for his series of reports investigating the murders of several prominent dissidents and intellectuals. The mullahs imprisoned Ganji to silence him. His writing was very effective in showing the black hand of the mullahs whom he directly accused of being willing to kill opponents so they could stay in power.

Yesterday, Massoumeh Shafii, Ganji's wife, visited him in prison. She said he has lost considerable weight and is getting progressively weaker by the day. He is subsisting on water and sugar cubes.

In 2001, Ganji was initially sentenced to 10 years in prison. The sentence was reduced to six years on appeal. Ganji was temporarily released in May. But then he gave a statement to Radio Farda attacking the mullahs. For this, he was brought back to prison. His wife is not sure he will ever be released if he continues to criticize the mullahs and their corrupt regime. Dissident voices are not readily tolerated these days in Iran.

What's going on? With the election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as president in Iran, the mullahs are moving in a more radical direction. And we are again hearing rumblings that the mullahs are about to resume uranium enrichment activities.

The bombing in London has already been traced to al-Qaida operatives. Looking at the modus operandi of the bombing attack, the resemblance to the attacks in Spain are obvious. Moreover, the style of the attack looks like a Hezbollah-style suicide-bombing mission. The only difference is that the trains in Spain and London are not watched by anti-terrorism units, as are the buses in Jerusalem. Had the subways in London been heavily watched, suicide bombers rather than backpacks with timers would have been required.

Terrorism worldwide will not stop as long as the mullahs remain in power. Regardless what the mullahs say, they have in place a clandestine nuclear weapons program. Regardless how many public-relations lies the mullahs publish, they are funding insurgents to cross their border and the Syrian border to disrupt the progress of democracy in Iraq. The mullahs still believe they can win the 1980's war they waged against Iraq and they are very appreciative that the United States has removed Saddam Hussein for them.

Iran funds terrorism worldwide. The master terrorists of the world work like cooperating mafias, not separate organizations. Read pages 240-241 of the 9-11 commission report. There you will find documented how Hezbollah and al-Qaida worked hand-in-hand to bring the 9-11 muscle terrorists into the United States through Iran.

Like it or not, the mullahs have declared war on the United States and on Israel. What will it take to wake us up to this reality?


TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 911; alqaeda; atomic; beat; corsi; dissident; evin; freedom; ganji; iran; iranians; islam; jail; jerome; mullahs; news; nuclear; phone; police; prison; riot; student; studentmovement; students; tehran; terrorism; uprising; us; war
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Iran's most prominent jailed dissident, journalist Akbar Ganji, seen here in May 2005, is still on a hunger strike and his health is deteriorating rapidly, his wife was quoted as saying(AFP/File/Atta Kenare)

21 posted on 07/12/2005 12:12:53 PM PDT by F14 Pilot (Democracy is a process not a product)
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To: F14 Pilot

Yep, Tomahawks work fine.


22 posted on 07/12/2005 12:14:20 PM PDT by Frank_Lee_Speaking
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To: eyespysomething
What can regular people like myself do to help the Iranians?

Send iodine tablets.

23 posted on 07/12/2005 12:16:31 PM PDT by Hank Rearden (Never allow anyone who could only get a government job attempt to tell you how to run your life.)
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To: Hank Rearden

I do not think this is funny!

Iranians people really need help to get rid of the mad Mullahs.


24 posted on 07/12/2005 12:39:00 PM PDT by Khashayar (Oh You Little...!)
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To: Khashayar

Hello!!!!!


25 posted on 07/12/2005 12:43:25 PM PDT by GVnana
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To: GVgirl

Nice to meet you!


26 posted on 07/12/2005 1:02:06 PM PDT by Khashayar (Oh You Little...!)
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To: F14 Pilot
What would happen if, say, several c-130's full of AK-47's, crates of ammunition and some shoulder fired anti-tank weapons accidentally airdropped all that stuff into certain areas of Iran?


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27 posted on 07/12/2005 1:53:27 PM PDT by sharktrager (My life is like a box of chocolates, but someone took all the good ones.)
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To: sharktrager

That helps overthrow the Mullahs quicker!


28 posted on 07/12/2005 1:54:22 PM PDT by F14 Pilot (Democracy is a process not a product)
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To: sharktrager

Send us Money and Fire Arms...


29 posted on 07/12/2005 2:20:57 PM PDT by Khashayar (Oh You Little...!)
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To: F14 Pilot

save


30 posted on 07/12/2005 2:24:25 PM PDT by krunkygirl
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To: Khashayar
If it were up to me, I would.


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31 posted on 07/12/2005 2:27:39 PM PDT by sharktrager (My life is like a box of chocolates, but someone took all the good ones.)
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To: Clemenza

LOL!

Viva el Papa!!


32 posted on 07/12/2005 3:35:18 PM PDT by TAquinas (Benedictus XVI: The Enforcer. The Restorer. The Uniter.)
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To: F14 Pilot

These protestors are brave beyond belief, and they put most of the western world to shame.


33 posted on 07/12/2005 3:38:07 PM PDT by hershey
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To: F14 Pilot

Thank you Jimmy Carter bump.


34 posted on 07/12/2005 3:48:35 PM PDT by aculeus (Ceci n'est pas une tag line.)
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To: aculeus

bump!


35 posted on 07/12/2005 3:53:54 PM PDT by ConservativeMan55 (DON'T FIRE UNTIL YOU SEE THE WHITES OF THE CURTAINS THEY ARE WEARING ON THEIR HEADS !)
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To: TAquinas
;-)

I actually once made the mistake, when speaking to a group in Spanish, of saying "La Papa Juan Pablo" instead of "El Papa." La Papa, btw, means "the potato."

36 posted on 07/12/2005 3:55:06 PM PDT by Clemenza (Need new tagline)
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To: Clemenza

I actually made an error myself. The correct expression for the Pope is: Viva il Papa. In Italian, that is.

Generally the determinative article "el" must agree with the noun. "El" is masculine and is used with nouns ending in 'o'. However, Papa is an irregular noun and takes the article el, instead of the feminine 'la', I think.

Now, if you add an accent at the end of papa, you have papa', which of course means dad.

Papaya, which means...never mind.

Viva Papa Voytila!

Ok, feel better now?


37 posted on 07/12/2005 4:41:58 PM PDT by TAquinas (Benedictus XVI: The Enforcer. The Restorer. The Uniter.)
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To: F14 Pilot

The problem is that the U.S. press supports the mullahs because without them, Bush and U.S. military would not be having as many problems in Iraq.


38 posted on 07/12/2005 4:50:17 PM PDT by Paul C. Jesup
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To: Paul C. Jesup

If we had any b#lls we'd create a pseudo terrorist group - ie. The True Moslems or something. Then we'd target and take out the most radical imams around the world, leaving little calling cards proclaiming that the radical clerics are not true moslems. We don't have enough bullets to kill every unemployed, 30 IQ psycho who can only get laid by blowing himself up.


39 posted on 07/12/2005 5:45:00 PM PDT by DHerion
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To: Khashayar
I don't think it's funny either. But a lot of your buddies are going to die when Israel strikes the reactors.

And if that doesn't do the job, a lot more of your buddies will die in a nuclear exchange. Hence the usefulness of iodine tablets.

You guys better snuff those weirdbeards pretty damn soon, because the clock is ticking; the USA and Israel can't save every Islamic craphole from itself every time.

Islam certainly is a death-dealing cancer on the whole world, that's for sure.

40 posted on 07/12/2005 6:47:30 PM PDT by Hank Rearden (Never allow anyone who could only get a government job attempt to tell you how to run your life.)
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