Do not mention this! In fact, tell the media not to either.
Posted on 12/07/2009 12:25:54 PM PST by markomalley
Security forces and militiamen clashed with thousands of protesters shouting "death to the dictator" outside Tehran University on Monday, beating them with batons and firing tear gas on a day of nationwide student demonstrations, witnesses said.
The rallies were the largest in months, bringing tens of thousands out on more than a dozen campuses around the country and in several major squares in Tehran as university students — a bedrock of support for the pro-reform movement — energized the opposition. The anti-government movement has been reeling under a fierce crackdown since turmoil erupted over the disputed presidential election in June.
Thousands of riot police as well as forces of the elite Revolutionary Guard and their allied Basij militiamen flooded the area around Tehran University since the morning, trying to seal off the campus from the outside world and prevent unrest from spilling out into the streets.
Authorities covered the tall fence around the university with banners and signs bearing slogans from Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, hiding whatever took place inside. Cell phone networks around the universities were shut down, and police and Revolutionary Guard surrounded entrances, checking IDs of anyone entering to bar opposition activists, witnesses said.
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Sounds like a Preview of America
Not quite. The 2nd Amendment will see to that.
Death to all dictators.
Sic Semper Trannis Death to all tyrants! Our prayers for all who are risking their lives to voice an opinion. How many Americans who have their guts?
Do not mention this! In fact, tell the media not to either.
I wish I shared your confidence in the resolve of the American people.
If think, as a society, are are neutered, pussified and satisfied to just bitch.
If I’m wrong, we’ll know soon enough.
Eventually they will win.
I think of the young students during the Hungarian Uprising who sowed the seeds, but were ignored and abandoned by the West.
Eventually they (or their descendents) won.
It will happen, it just has to get extremely ugly first.
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