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Quiet crackdown drains Iran dissidents (Obama really showed them! /sarc)
msnbc ^
| 6/27/2009
| AP
Posted on 06/27/2009 1:40:38 PM PDT by tobyhill
Iranian authorities have barred journalists for international news organizations from reporting on the streets and ordered them to stay in their offices. This report is based on the accounts of witnesses reached in Iran and official statements carried on Iranian media.
The Iranian government has seized and detained several hundred activists, journalists and students across the nation, in one of the most extensive crackdowns on key dissidents since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
Even as unprecedented protests broke out on the streets after the June 12 disputed presidential election, the most stinging backlash from authorities has come away from the crowds through roundups and targeted arrests, according to witnesses and human rights organizations. They say plainclothes security agents have also put dozens of the country's most experienced pro-reform leaders behind bars.
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TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bho44; bhoiran; iran
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posted on
06/27/2009 1:40:38 PM PDT
by
tobyhill
To: tobyhill
Obama hides, people died.
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posted on
06/27/2009 1:43:10 PM PDT
by
FlingWingFlyer
(Hey America! How's that "hope and change" thing working out? Are you scared yet?)
To: tobyhill
They learned from Stalin and the democrats, never let a good crisis go to waste.
I would wager the number of arrested is in the thousands
or even more.
Remember, one arrest leads to another and another and .....
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posted on
06/27/2009 1:43:58 PM PDT
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: tet68
Now comes the time for the execution squads to get busy.
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posted on
06/27/2009 1:48:07 PM PDT
by
353FMG
To: tobyhill
Now Obama can open talks with the Iranians with a clear conscience. /s
To: mainepatsfan
" Now Obama can open talks with the Iranians with a clear conscience. /s " ......
Time to re invite them to the 4th of July Cookout with hamburgers and Hot dogs.....
Looks like Mr. Obama has set a new precedent to all foreign dictatorial thugs that you can oppress your people and even murder your citizens and still be invited to America's 4th of July party with the President..... and not be held accountable...
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posted on
06/27/2009 2:16:37 PM PDT
by
Prophet in the wilderness
(PSALM .53 : 1 The FOOL hath said in his heart, there is no GOD.)
To: FlingWingFlyer
at least he is good at inviting oppressive dictatorial countries to his big 4th of July party bash with hamburgers and hot dogs... ( Sarcasm ) .....
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posted on
06/27/2009 2:21:56 PM PDT
by
Prophet in the wilderness
(PSALM .53 : 1 The FOOL hath said in his heart, there is no GOD.)
To: Prophet in the wilderness
The oppression has started here too.
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posted on
06/27/2009 2:24:05 PM PDT
by
353FMG
To: AdmSmith; Berosus; bigheadfred; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Fred Nerks; ...
barred journalists for international news organizations from reporting on the streets and ordered them to stay in their offices
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posted on
06/27/2009 6:26:26 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__Since Jan 3, 2004__Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
To: FlingWingFlyer
Well, we can't be meddling everywhere. /sarc
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posted on
06/27/2009 7:51:06 PM PDT
by
fortunecookie
(Please pray for Anna, age 7, who waits for a new kidney.)
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