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Tehran: Hundreds of thousands in the streets despite late time (Graphic images)
Student Movement Coordination Committee for Democracy in Iran (SMCCDI) ^
| 6.14.2003
| Press Release
Posted on 06/14/2003 8:15:25 PM PDT by DoctorZIn
Hundreds of thousands are in the streets of the capital despite the very late time and protests along with sporadic clashes are happenening in several areas of Tehran.
Demos and clashes are rocking the south, north, east, west and especially the center of the Capital. From Nazi Abad and Majidie to Shahrak Gharb and Guisha and from Dolat and Shariati to Rey, hundreds of gatherings and thousands and thousands of protesters are showing their rejection of the regime.
At several occasion, brutal plainclothes men were captured by the demonstrators and were attached to trees.
Several patrols and plainclothes men's bikes have been destroyed as were caught filming the demonstrators. the regime's agents were saved from lynchage with the intervention of some of the protesters.
Tear Gas is used in different areas and chase and run is taking place.
The regime has placed its vital buildings, such as Governments and radio and TV under huge surveillance to avoid a popular take over.
The night will be very long.
Source: SMCCDI
TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: iran; iranuprising; protests; southasia; southasialist; studentmovement; warlist
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To: DoctorZIn
Looking at these pictures, it is apparent that untrained thugs did this. The way that the doors are battered, not breached, the cornered bloodstains, the excessive gore all seem to be the work of angry, cruel thugs, not methodical and precise like police or special ops units. As I understand many of these 'hired hands' are foriegners, this should incite public rage even more so than just run of the mill police brutality.
Just my 2 cents.
81
posted on
06/14/2003 9:47:30 PM PDT
by
Steel Wolf
(Stop reading my tag line.)
To: DoctorZIn
A Free Iran is something I had long hoped to see - I look forward to a normalization in relations with the Iranian People...
82
posted on
06/14/2003 9:48:25 PM PDT
by
Chad Fairbanks
(A blind man received a cheese grater as a gift - said it was the most violent thing he had ever read)
To: Republic
If you check out the Iranian blogs, some with first hand accounts from the students, many who are not involved or in the periphery are having a terrible time.
I think it's very irresponsible, and unacceptable (from those who would call themelves journalists), that this isn't given more coverage. If only to give the protestors a sense that the sane world is behind them.
83
posted on
06/14/2003 9:53:41 PM PDT
by
visualops
(1 Left goes the wrong way, 2 Lefts go backwards, and 3 Lefts necessitate a barf bag..)
To: visualops
Can you give some links to the blogs?
To: DoctorZIn
85
posted on
06/14/2003 10:06:27 PM PDT
by
Marie Antoinette
(My other tag line is a Headline)
To: visualops
Can't have this receiving news coverage - I mean, it would prove the leftists wrong on so many levels. Can't have THAT, now can we?
86
posted on
06/14/2003 10:07:36 PM PDT
by
Chad Fairbanks
(A blind man received a cheese grater as a gift - said it was the most violent thing he had ever read)
To: brigette
87
posted on
06/14/2003 10:16:00 PM PDT
by
Marie Antoinette
(My other tag line is a Headline)
To: Marie Antoinette
Thanks a bunch!
To: brigette
Glenn Frazier is one. And perhaps from there you can find even more. He's also got a list of likeminded blogs in the third column. Don't know if
this qualifies as a blog, but I've found a number of good articles there over the last year or so.
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To: brigette
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posted on
06/14/2003 10:22:53 PM PDT
by
visualops
(1 Left goes the wrong way, 2 Lefts go backwards, and 3 Lefts necessitate a barf bag..)
To: Steel Wolf
Yea, they went in violently and without coordination. They probably took down whatever targets presented itself.
92
posted on
06/14/2003 10:28:10 PM PDT
by
Bogey78O
(check it out... http://freepers.zill.net/users/bogey78o_fr/puppet.swf)
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To: petenrepeat
This is a joke. You signed up yesterday.
TROLL
So9
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To: Steel Wolf
"As I understand many of these 'hired hands' are foriegners, this should incite public rage even more so than just run of the mill police brutality."
If you are right, then this is good news as it means the rulers of Iran can
no longer get enough of their own people to the dirty work. Using foreign
mercenaries to prop up their regime is a sure way to lose power.
96
posted on
06/14/2003 10:32:52 PM PDT
by
DeepDish
To: DoctorZIn
The worst Ayatollah's are Tehranical!
97
posted on
06/14/2003 10:33:48 PM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(Flush them Ayatollats!)
To: Steel Wolf
The way that the doors are battered, not breached, the cornered bloodstains, the excessive gore all seem to be the work of angry, cruel thugs "But it's a religion of peace!"
To: DoctorZIn
Praying for these people - God, that they may bring justice from within their own country!
To: DoctorZIn
Please add me to your Iran ping list??? I've been following this story as closely as possible... those students are so courageous to go head to head with thugs like that!
I emailed most of the large news agencies last night and am astounded that there is still hardly any coverage of something so enormous and important. I'll be praying and thinking of them every minute until this is over...
Freedom to Iran!
100
posted on
06/14/2003 10:37:22 PM PDT
by
Tamzee
(Liberalism.... the willing suspense of rationality. (maybe I should change the tag now?))
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