Posted on 07/07/2009 6:18:16 PM PDT by don-o
BEIRUT -- The three top leaders of Iran's opposition joined forces on Tuesday and their supporters began a three-day national strike, signaling a resurrection of protests even as Iran's president announced to the nation that the postelection turmoil was over.
Opposition candidates Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi, joined by former President Mohamad Khatami, met to plot strategy and issued their first-ever joint statement, calling for an end to the government's arrests and what they called "savage, shocking attacks" on their advisers and supporters.
Meanwhile, hundreds of opposition supporters quietly flocked to mosques or retreated to their homes to begin an unusual form of three-day strike boycotting workplaces, banks and the baazar.
In a novel attempt to outflank government restrictions, opposition supporters alerted one another to take advantage of an Islamic tradition rarely practiced in Iran called Etekaf. It calls for a retreat from worldly activities during these three days in the month of Rajab in the Islamic calendar.
The strikes come just ahead of a protest planned for Thursday to commemorate 18 Tir, the 1999 student uprisings that led to dozens of students getting killed. "By staying away from workplace, the brave people of Iran can show they will never accept this illegitimate government," wrote an Iranian columnist in Iran on a news Web site.
The opposition has also called for other creative forms of civil disobedience. Protesters have been asked to create a possible electrical blackout in Tehran by plugging in all their household electric appliances exactly at the same time, and to spray green paint on walls in their neighborhood -- moves that are difficult for the government militia to shut down.
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ping
Sounds like traction to me.
pong
Traction then more repression
Repression then oppression
then reaction then revolution.
just lastnight the MSM said that the protests were all over in Iran.
Only because they can't cover them live, or even be allowed in the country, so of course they're over.
Time to move on - nothing to see here...
Time to move on - nothing to see here...
Ah.. now that makes sense, plus they need to cover MJ 24/7
Thanks for the ping.
Thursday could be the start of a new street confrontation
http://www.thenation.com/blogs/dreyfuss/449681/new_showdown_in_iran
The son of Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has taken control of the militia being used to crush the protest movement, according to a senior Iranian source.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jul/08/khamenei-son-controls-iran-militia
Mojtaba Khamenei is soon stepping on the wrong stone
Thanks AdmSmith!
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