Posted on 02/10/2010 7:31:33 PM PST by myknowledge
Statements out of Washington and other Western capitals suggest a shift from engagement to confrontation with Iran over its nuclear programme.
"What we are going to be working on over the next several weeks is developing a significant regime of sanctions that will indicate to them how isolated they are from the international community as a whole," President Barack Obama told journalists earlier this week.
The president sounded not unlike his predecessor George W Bush, who worked for years to contain Iran, a sign that Mr Obama's policy to engage with the Islamic Republic has failed.
The question now is whether a new round of sanctions would be any more successful than those imposed under Mr Bush's watch.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.bbc.co.uk ...
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Posts following live events in Iran start around post #3500
Threat Matrix: 2010
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2418483/posts?q=1&;page=2301
RT sadegieh wounded taken to Sina Hospital, RGC already there to take them..ALL MUST go there,Protect them RT
Karroubi family tells ABC News state forces used machetes, batons, and paint pellets on protesters, to disperse and mark them
SOG in Sweden attacked the IR embassy
radio: UNCONFIRMED REPORT THAT PROTESTERS IN STOCKHOLM HAVE ATTACKED IRI EMBASSY & ARE INSIDE
mark
in Tehran they have announced martial law
CONFIRMED NEWS:SWEDISH PROTESTERS HAVE ATTACKED IRAN’S EMBASSY+R INSIDE.EMBASSY STAFF STABS SWEDISH PROTESTERS!(
BREANKING : Fights in IRIB building
Clashes at Navvab & Tohid 30 minutes ago. Police fired air shots to disperse the crowd
RT @Iran1st clashes in front of State TV Center in Tehran - some protestorsBroken through Sec forces barriers
greenvoice reports of ongoing protest and clashes in Ahvaz.,sec frcs blocked downtown, armed agents on rooftops
radio: report:500 Iranians n front of IRI Embassy n Sweden, Swedish police used TEAR GAS against thm
Spot on!,,,
There will be a few thousand more killed in Iran,,,
Just like last time,,,
I doubt anything will get done,,,
It’s so hard to get the info out there,,,
Some of the MSM has picked this up,,,
This thread had over 6,000 views last time I looked,,,
Gone off the sidebar now,,,
Down the tube,,,
Two threads in Breaking News that that don’t have much info
at all,,,
Hopefully somebody will pick up the ball and run with it...
What?
PLZ RT: CORRECTION NO ONE HAS ENTERED IRI EMBASSY IN SWEDEN - PLZ RT
Has Iran shut off the electronic communications like google, etc?
clashes in Ebne Sina Hospital in Tehran where a lot of today’s injured are transferred to.
Youth arrested in Mossadegh an hour ago were put platic handcuffs and taken to building next to IRAN press agency
Beware of paint bullets. They are for identifying protesters! Anyone hit by paint should hide immediately
how to protect against bat attack:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onF2hnmn3hk
Canadian Embassy is open for wounded
REPORT: Clashes in Valiasr Crossroads, Aria Shahr and Hafte Tir Square
yes, reports coming out that google has been shut down by Iranian govt, gmail also
Goofle, Gmail and Twitter gone:
http://news.google.com/news/more?um=1&cf=all&ned=us&cf=all&ncl=dBB8IuqZZ6ndACMdwFp-61rAcSy1M
it’s been a while with no new news yet. 4pm (iranian time) is supposed to be the second wave today of Green protesting.
Hope my posting has helped. I’m off for a while.
Azadi Iran!
Video from Tehran about 1 hour ago:
forgot to add, here’s where I am following twitters, just keep hitting f5 for the latest:
ho_behzadi RT @nouripour: RT Apparently people are planning to gather in the main squares at 16:00 (Tehran time) #Iranelection #2Bahman #prayforthem
Police arrest eight people for political vandalism after they daub the embassy in revolutionary colour
Police in Copenhagen have arrested a number of people for throwing green paint at the Iranian embassy. Two cars with Swedish plates drove past the building on Sunday and the passengers tossed paint onto an outside wall
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