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Neda, young girl brutally killed in Iran (portrait of Neda)
NY Post ^ | 6.21.09 | Helen Kennedy

Posted on 06/21/2009 5:06:24 PM PDT by libh8er

They call her Neda, which means 'voice' in Farsi, and her death has become the central rallying cry of the Iranian rebellion.

The pretty teenage girl killed by what appears to be a single sniper shot on the streets of Tehran Saturday is now a potent symbol for pro-democracy protesters battering the Islamic regime.

Her quick and brutal death in the arms of her howling father was captured on close-up video, posted to Facebook and sent to computer screens across the world.

"Neda you broke my heart, too young to die," was one of a flood of messages on Twitter.

"RIP Neda, the world cries seeing your last breath," read another. "Neda is everyone's sister, everyone's daughter, everyone's voice for freedom," said a third.

Iconic posters of her dead face, open-eyed and bloody, were carried by demonstrators in Los Angeles and New York City within hours.

The graphic video was originally posted to Facebook by an Iranian expatriate in Holland who said it was sent to him by a friend in Tehran, a doctor who tried to save the girl.

The expat said her name was Neda Soltani, a 16-year-old philosophy student.

The outpouring of messages on Twitter included a new account dedicated solely to insisting the video was fake. That poster was roundly shouted down as a tool of the Iranian regime.


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KEYWORDS: iran; neda; nedasoltan; nedasoltani
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To: AnAmericanMother

“Really you’re straining at gnats and swallowing a camel. The very best eyewitness has inconsistencies - that’s what keeps defense attorneys employed. You’ve got a camera eyewitness and you’re still not satisfied.”

There are enough people who are not Iranian operatives who have questions about the incident. There is nothing wrong with examining it. Do you really think that Mousavi is not capable of faking something to keep the fire going?

Of course he is.

Is this faked? I don’t know. To me, there appears to be something in a hand that turns out is probably her hand. Perhaps the illusion is because her hand is curled. Is this a legitimate event. I don’t know the answer to that. I think it is but there is nothing wrong with examining it. Hell, look at how many different opinions there are about the infamous JFK film that was a camera eyewitness.

It is a good thing to question anything that could be used as propaganda.

Is Mousavi that much better than the current Nut Job?

Doubtful.

Perhaps he will be worse.

People were determined to get rid of George Bush. Anyone was better than GWB according to many.

Look what they got instead.


61 posted on 06/21/2009 6:20:34 PM PDT by RummyChick
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To: ScottinVA

And who would take over for him? Joseph Freaking Biden?!!!


62 posted on 06/21/2009 6:20:39 PM PDT by definitelynotaliberal
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To: libh8er

The face that brought down a tyrant.

She will not have died in vain.

That lovely face will galvanize their forces.


63 posted on 06/21/2009 6:28:38 PM PDT by Dick Bachert
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To: drpix

“so you must be seeing only what you want to see.”

There are many people who are not Iranian operatives who have seen the same thing. I originally thought it was someone elses hand but I think it is Neda’s hand.

Do you really think there are not people in Iran who would stage such an incident to incite more rioting?

You people act like it is a sin to dare question a video.

There is enough blocked view as the camera was witnessing it with some parts that are blurry that is it POSSIBLE that someone could have faked the whole thing.

But to me, she looks like she died.

There is too much blocked view to rule out trickery . It is her appearance that looks like death to me.


64 posted on 06/21/2009 6:28:48 PM PDT by RummyChick
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To: RummyChick
This has long since ceased to be about the election.

This may or may not be a destabilizing moment like 1979. Mass movements like this are completely unpredictable.

But regardless of the motive, I don't see how this could be faked. I don't see how you can have blood in your eye and not blink, or have blood fill up your nose and mouth and not cough or spray the blood, or keep your eyes fixed and let them glaze over for an extended period of time.

65 posted on 06/21/2009 6:30:01 PM PDT by AnAmericanMother (Ministrix of ye Chasse, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment))
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To: AnAmericanMother

There are reports on Twitter that khamenei has fled Tehran.

Yes, it is about much more than the election. Maybe they will get rid of the Mullahs.


66 posted on 06/21/2009 6:34:54 PM PDT by RummyChick
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To: HardStarboard
...However I would pay to see the sniper that shot her hang!! Pure evil, as is the regime he represents. ...

Many of us said the same thing in 1992. Yet Vicki Weaver's killer freely walks the streets of America today.

67 posted on 06/21/2009 6:38:21 PM PDT by FReepaholic (Jump You F**kers!)
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To: NoLibZone
Had it been a Gazan killed by an IDF this would fill the first three pages of the State Run Media papers.

Of course. And, had it been during President Bush's term, it would have been front page news blaming him!

68 posted on 06/21/2009 6:40:33 PM PDT by kcvl
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To: RummyChick
Somebody named FARS was reporting earlier that Khamenei had holed up protected by tanks in a stronghold near the airport.

So that may be the source of the rumors, at least he's thinking about getting out of Dodge.

May he cut and run like King James of the Cowardice!

69 posted on 06/21/2009 6:43:13 PM PDT by AnAmericanMother (Ministrix of ye Chasse, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment))
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To: libh8er
What a photo to juxtapose. Wow. Says it all.
70 posted on 06/21/2009 6:46:04 PM PDT by Travis McGee (---www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com---)
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To: libh8er

"Democracy died in Iran and all I got was Mint-Chocolate Chip!"

71 posted on 06/21/2009 6:54:27 PM PDT by Caipirabob (Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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To: libh8er

Send the video to Pelosi, Reid, the Fuhrer, and the rest of the Socialists in Congress.


72 posted on 06/21/2009 6:57:49 PM PDT by ExTexasRedhead
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To: RummyChick
There are reports on Twitter that khamenei has fled Tehran

Any other confirmations of this? If true, this would be HUGE.
73 posted on 06/21/2009 7:08:19 PM PDT by reagan_fanatic (When you put Democrats in charge, stupid things happen)
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To: RummyChick; neverdem; Mom MD
I posted this video yesterday and someone here said it was a fake. There is something in the man’s hand that could have been a vial of red stuff.

I read through this thread, watched the video, read all your comments, and took a good look at a couple of the still shots.

There is WAY too much blood coming from her nose and mouth to have come from only a vial. They are filled with it.

I pinged a couple of medical doctors here. If they don't mind, perhaps they could verify whether this is real or not. It sure seems it to me, and I don't see why you're so hellbent on maintaining that it is all fake.

Neverdem and MomMD, if you don't want to check this out or comment on it, I'll certainly understand. Just because you're doctors, doesn't mean that you can view this and be unaffected. It's very unsettling.

74 posted on 06/21/2009 7:11:11 PM PDT by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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To: maggief

Those of us who didn’t want to see the video can do without people posting stills thank you very much.


75 posted on 06/21/2009 7:17:44 PM PDT by visualops (portraits.artlife.us or visit my freeper page)
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To: libh8er
someone somewhere was merrily sucking on an ice cream.

Damn! He needs to eat some ice cream! I never realized he's so scrawny and emaciated.

76 posted on 06/21/2009 7:22:33 PM PDT by Drew68
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To: Petronski
Left eye filled with blood with no blinking reaction, right eye rolled back and out with no blinking.

Nose and mouth filled with blood but no coughing or choking.

Some trick.

A stunning feat of acting if she faked it isn't it?

77 posted on 06/21/2009 7:22:46 PM PDT by TigersEye (0bama: "I can see Mecca from the WH portico." --- Google - Cloward-Piven Strategy)
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To: visualops

Sorry that you are offended.

It is what it is.

IMO, the story MSM won’t report needs to be told. There is always CNN for the Obamanized or DNC talking point view.


78 posted on 06/21/2009 7:29:28 PM PDT by maggief
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To: maggief

You haven’t a clue. I am not offended, I just didn’t want to see it, that’s why I didn’t click the link to watch the video. You posting a still here is not going to tell a story the MSM isn’t telling. You deliberately violated an unwritten rule that graphic images should be linked. It’s just thoughtless on your part.


79 posted on 06/21/2009 7:33:22 PM PDT by visualops (portraits.artlife.us or visit my freeper page)
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To: humblegunner
interesting how he got it to come out of her nose and into her eye like that...
80 posted on 06/21/2009 7:33:45 PM PDT by Chode (American Hedonist - Obama is basically Jim Jones with a teleprompter)
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