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'Neda' becomes rallying cry for Iranian protests
CNN ^ | June 21, 2009 | Staff

Posted on 06/21/2009 10:25:22 AM PDT by MaestroLC

"RIP NEDA, The World cries seeing your last breath, you didn't die in vain. We remember you."

That post on Twitter came from a man who identified himself as an American guitarist in Nashville, Tennessee.

Amid the hundreds of images and videos of Saturday's brutal crackdown on protesters in Iran that flooded the Internet, it was the graphic video showing the death of a young woman that touched a nerve among those following the events in Tehran for more than a week.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: iran; iranian; neda; protests; rallying
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1 posted on 06/21/2009 10:25:23 AM PDT by MaestroLC
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To: MaestroLC

Interesting how CNN is showing about 800,000 times more interest in the integrity of foreign elections than they do in our own.


2 posted on 06/21/2009 10:29:24 AM PDT by Psycho_Bunny (ALSO SPRACH ZEROTHUSTRA)
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To: MaestroLC

Absolutely bizarre how CNN thinks it is necessary to blur her face. And it’s not about the blood, as they could have shown her face before blood came flowing out. What could possibly be their rationale?


3 posted on 06/21/2009 10:30:50 AM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy
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To: nuconvert; LibreOuMort; FARS; StilettoRaksha; SolidWood

ping


4 posted on 06/21/2009 10:30:59 AM PDT by sionnsar (IranAzadi|5yst3m 0wn3d-it's N0t Y0ur5:SONY|"AlsoSprachTelethustra"-NonValueAdded|Lk21:36|FireTheLiar)
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To: MaestroLC

Anyone remember the rallies in Iran during the Bush term, that hardly got any news coverage?


6 posted on 06/21/2009 10:41:12 AM PDT by 4rcane
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To: MaestroLC
Neda died a free young woman. She is not in traditional Islamic attire...and neither are a lot of other young Iranian women protesting on the streets. That says a lot.

God bless and rest Neda and her family.


WARNING:GRAPHIC:

Young Woman shot to death in Terhran. 6/20/2009
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjQxq5N--Kc

Crowd Hunting Basij, Man shot. 6/20/2009
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYaL4mA-bSY


RUNNING BATTLES IN TEHRAN

URGENT: HOW YOU CAN SUPPORT IRANIAN PROTESTORS RIGHT NOW...ON TWITTER

AMERICANS SUPPORTING IRAN LIBERTY

AMERICANS DON'T NEED OBAMA SPEAKING FOR THEM, WE'RE FREE AND CAN SPEAK FOR OURSELVES

You can follow me on twitter if you want.http://www.twitter.com/Jeff_Head

7 posted on 06/21/2009 10:42:21 AM PDT by Jeff Head (Freedom is not free...never has been, never will be. (www.dragonsfuryseries.com))
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To: Psycho_Bunny

There is no integrity of our elections anymore


8 posted on 06/21/2009 10:43:02 AM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom)
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To: MaestroLC

Why did they blur her face? People need to know what death looks like!


9 posted on 06/21/2009 10:43:43 AM PDT by SWAMPSNIPER (THE SECOND AMENDMENT, A MATTER OF FACT, NOT A MATTER OF OPINION)
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To: yefragetuwrabrumuy

I think I’ll wear a plastic wristband hoping that it will bring her back. How many people have been killed and maimed since that youtube video was taken, who are not mentioned? How many of our good, brave and selfless troops have been killed in the last week who have not been given any recognition?

Typical CNN sensationalism.


10 posted on 06/21/2009 10:46:06 AM PDT by 353FMG
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To: SWAMPSNIPER
Mel Gibson/William Wallace "Freedom" speech from Braveheart.
11 posted on 06/21/2009 10:59:41 AM PDT by Travis McGee (---www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com---)
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To: Travis McGee

BUAIDH NO BAS!


12 posted on 06/21/2009 11:07:37 AM PDT by SWAMPSNIPER (THE SECOND AMENDMENT, A MATTER OF FACT, NOT A MATTER OF OPINION)
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To: yefragetuwrabrumuy
I don't know, its still a powerful image.
13 posted on 06/21/2009 12:16:36 PM PDT by Stolly
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To: SWAMPSNIPER

The unmasked video will be posted on http://antimullah.com when Alan returns. Probably by Monday. Other girl shooting video already up on the site. Scroll down.


14 posted on 06/21/2009 12:39:03 PM PDT by FARS
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To: yefragetuwrabrumuy
Absolutely bizarre how CNN thinks it is necessary to blur her face. And it’s not about the blood, as they could have shown her face before blood came flowing out. What could possibly be their rationale?

NBC lovingly showed every last bloody and brutal moment of the vicious throat-slitting of Nathan Petrelli on "Heroes," but they won't show us the bloody and brutal acts of governments.

15 posted on 06/21/2009 1:11:20 PM PDT by mvpel (Michael Pelletier)
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To: FARS

I’ve already made copies in case they are pulled. I just can’t believe that CNN saw fit to alter the picture.


16 posted on 06/21/2009 1:29:09 PM PDT by SWAMPSNIPER (THE SECOND AMENDMENT, A MATTER OF FACT, NOT A MATTER OF OPINION)
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To: MaestroLC
I scream!

Ice cream!


17 posted on 06/21/2009 1:30:51 PM PDT by maggief
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To: MaestroLC
Neda Agha Soltan now has her own wiki page.
18 posted on 06/21/2009 4:45:41 PM PDT by PapaBear3625 (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money -- Thatcher)
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To: maggief

If some talented person did a youtube mixing video of Neda and the other Iranians killed, with Obama getting ice cream, it could get a lot of legs.


19 posted on 06/21/2009 4:48:59 PM PDT by PapaBear3625 (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money -- Thatcher)
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To: PapaBear3625
Link to alleged picture of Neda
20 posted on 06/21/2009 5:06:31 PM PDT by Bratch
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