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Iran's dissident Grand Ayatollah Montazeri dies
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Posted on 12/20/2009 5:44:47 AM PST by nuconvert
One of Iran's most prominent dissident clerics, Grand Ayatollah Hoseyn Ali Montazeri, has died aged 87.
Hoseyn Ali Montazeri was a moving spirit in the 1979 revolution which created Iran's Islamic state, and was at one stage set to become its leader.
One of Shia Islam's most respected figures, he was also a leading critic of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
The BBC's Jon Leyne says the death comes at a crucial time in a standoff between the government and opposition.
Iran's rulers will now fear the opposition may attempt a big turnout for his funeral on Monday and other ceremonies marking his death, especially in the run-up to the Shia Muslim festival of Ashura on 27 December, our correspondent says.
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TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: iran; montazeri
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posted on
12/20/2009 5:44:49 AM PST
by
nuconvert
To: nuconvert
May the opposition plant some IEDs in the path of the current regime members in his memory.
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posted on
12/20/2009 5:49:52 AM PST
by
Bringbackthedraft
(This isn't my America any more, where is Mrs Cleaver?)
To: nuconvert
May his stay in hell be long and dificult.
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posted on
12/20/2009 5:52:42 AM PST
by
Joe Boucher
(This marxist punk has got to go.)
To: nuconvert
72 virgins await this 87 year-old monster. Good luck with that.
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posted on
12/20/2009 6:00:26 AM PST
by
muir_redwoods
(Obama: The Fresh Prince of Bill Ayers)
To: nuconvert
This could be a rallying point for anti-Ahmadinejad Iranians. Anyone out there have contacts in Iran??
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posted on
12/20/2009 6:04:53 AM PST
by
Genoa
(Luke 12:2)
To: nuconvert
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posted on
12/20/2009 6:06:54 AM PST
by
paulycy
(Demand Constitutionality.)
To: AdmSmith; freedom44; Valin; odds; sionnsar; LibreOuMort; Pan_Yans Wife; Army Air Corps; GOPJ
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posted on
12/20/2009 6:15:50 AM PST
by
nuconvert
( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
To: nuconvert
Interesting development. He was one of the good guys.
To: nuconvert
"Welcome, Grand Ayatollah! My 71 sisters will be joining us shortly for your perpetual disembowelling - now lie on the table!"
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posted on
12/20/2009 6:23:54 AM PST
by
COBOL2Java
(Big government more or less guarantees rule by creeps and misfits.)
To: nuconvert
To: nuconvert
probably as the result of a Tehran variant of a KGB like Kremlin Kold.
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posted on
12/20/2009 8:26:27 AM PST
by
SandRat
(Duty, Honor, Country! What else needs said?)
To: nuconvert
Seems we lost a man on the right side of history... Anyone who stands up to I’madamnnutjob... has merit.
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posted on
12/20/2009 1:56:40 PM PST
by
GOPJ
(Journalists as BaghdadBobLite - Global Warming Scientists as ElmerGantry - what's happening?)
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