Posted on 06/15/2009 6:37:42 AM PDT by SE Mom
stephenesherman RT @persiankiwi gunfire from Azadi square. People running in streets, hiding in houses. confirmed - protesters wounded & shot #Iranelection
# Yogamaster_normal MitraJoon BBCtv(fa): valyeAsr sqr. Vigilantes shot at ppl. 4 dead (one named Aarash). 1 injured. People are now moving away from Azadi. #iranelection
# Bild2 CPWestergaard The Basiji police that killed 4 ppl in Tehran got killed by the ppl! eye for an eye! #iranelection (via @StopAhmadi)
sethbaker RT @mohamadreza Confirmed, a basiji shoot 4 ppl at azadi sq, then ppl hit him till death! #iranelection
This from an Iranian.
The Basiji are the spiritual descendants of the child minesweepers who Ahmadinejad helped train during the Iran-Iraq War.
IIRC their official esprit d’corps is that of hard-line Shiite suicide troops.
Link to report that Mousavi cancelled protests due to people being shot
Yikes...well, the question is, who are the shooters? Police, Basji, Revolutionary Guard? It’s probably not the Artesh (Regular Army), they have a tradition of NOT doing that in Iran. They’re proud of it and rightfully so. I have a feeling this will not end here. Those kids will learn quick that freedom isn’t free and I think their profs are going to hold impromptu lectures on “why we’ll succeed when the Chinese kids did not”. I also think we might see troop movements soon. Both the RG and the Army are going to jockey for position..this is getting ugly, especially in the link that says Ahmadinajad came in 3rd..and we’re going to negotiate with him like nothing happened? Come on Barak, this is a no frigging brainer! Even the CPC thugs who gunned down those kids in 1989 nominally had more legitimacy than this little monster. Don’t meet with him, insist his removal from office occur before you meet with ANYONE!
Thanks for the thread Mom, and calex, thanks for that link!
I think a more accurate way to look at the current Basiji, is as being thug underclass who know they have no work skills and depend on being hired thugs.
Right now they are saying Basji.
Reportedly, it was Basiji irregulars, opening fire from their compound at demonstrators. This seems to have pissed some people off:
Twitter: deltafoxtrot: #unconfirmed RT @iran09: ppl burned down the basij station around the azadi sq!!! #wewin #iranelection
Article says Ahma-nut-job came in third. WoW! No wonder the mullahs gave the green light to lie about the outcome and to repress the Iranian people.
Yep, and to put a point on it: Where the he** is the American media on this? The BBC are kicking tail on all the other news agencies. CNN really sucks, one Iranian on Tiwtter last night said that MSM sucks big hairy b***s. I tend to agree with him.
Rut-roh..betcha some of the kids armed themselves now...I suspect word will come down of gun battles in the streets before long.
Twitter: markcount: RT @Mashouf: “10 people were shot at Tehran University a number of female students were thrown out of windows. God help us” #iranelection
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