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Iran says overthrow of Egypt president improper
Associated Press ^ | Jul 7, 2013 10:03 AM EDT

Posted on 07/07/2013 12:07:59 PM PDT by Olog-hai

Iran’s Foreign Ministry on Sunday criticized the Egyptian military’s toppling of the nation’s Islamist president, calling the move improper in its first official reaction.

“We do not consider proper the intervention by military forces in politics to replace a democratically elected administration,” said ministry spokesman Abbas Araghchi, according to the official news agency IRNA.

Egypt’s military ousted Mohammed Morsi Wednesday after four days of mass protests against him. …

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1 posted on 07/07/2013 12:07:59 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai
Ha ha! theirs and Obama's guy got toppled! ooops 😊
2 posted on 07/07/2013 12:13:36 PM PDT by FreeAtlanta (sue the DNC for the IRS abuse! Can RICO laws be used against the DNC?)
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To: Olog-hai

Translation: we need to reinstall the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt so we have the left flank covered, otherwise it leaves an escape route for the Jews and we want to make sure we succeed at what Hitler couldnt.


3 posted on 07/07/2013 12:16:43 PM PDT by jsanders2001
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To: Olog-hai

Very cool - the Dictators agree. Nice to see Obama fall in behind the Ayatollah!


4 posted on 07/07/2013 12:20:06 PM PDT by bboop (does not suffer fools gladly)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...

Thanks Olog-hai.
"We do not consider proper the intervention by military forces in politics to replace a democratically elected administration," said ministry spokesman Abbas Araghchi...
Really? And what's the word from the Syrian dictatorship that the illegal Iranian mullahcracy has been trying to prop up? Or the Hizbollah terrorists that Iran has used to prevent meaningful self-government in Lebanon? Or the Russian cutthroats sent into Syria, or used to invade Georgia?


5 posted on 07/07/2013 12:50:44 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (McCain or Romney would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.)
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To: Olog-hai
But their overthrow of the Shah was absolutely impeccable and justified.

/s

6 posted on 07/07/2013 1:37:29 PM PDT by jeffc (The U.S. media are our enemy)
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