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[Valin]

IRAN UPDATE: NYC RALLY FOR IRAN GATHERS ABOUT 2000 SUPPORTERS
self | 7-09-03 | RaceBannon


Posted on 07/09/2003 7:30 PM CDT by RaceBannon


Today, in New York City, at Dag Hammerskold Square, about 2000 supporters of Iranian Freedom gathered in sresponse to a world wide call from the Students in Iran.

I was there with Freeperette Firebrand, gladly standing and marching in support of the people of Iran.

What is unfortunate, is that there was only about 5 or 6 people who were not Iranian! But, it is good we showed up, because we get to tell you all what we saw, and why it is necessary.

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I will be posting soon, some pics I took.

I got there about 10:30, met Firebrand and walked over to greet these people and to join them.

They were quite happy to see us! And, we were welcomed with open arms. One thing that was noticable: Iranian people LOVE Americans.

That is not a joke. They truly appreciate being here, and they also HATE the Mullahs!

While we all heard bad things about the Shah 23 years ago, how many have heard of the things that happened because of the Mullahs?

I heard personal stories from many. One man, his brother worked in the American Consulate. He was killed by Khomenie's people.

Another person told me how he was arrested because he was caught walking down the street with a woman who was not his sister or his wife. He was thrown in Jail for that.

So were the women. Jailed.

There were women there who seemed to be Muslim, but were against being forced to wear the Burkha, (I forgot the Iranian name for this dress). They also spoke of what happenes to women who wear colored clothing: They get beaten.

Many stories were heard of beatings by the hired men of the Mullahs, and also how many of these people are not even Iranian that are doing the beatings!

How many know that the Ayatollah Khomenie was not even Persian? His Mom and Dad were from India!

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/943296/posts

[Valin]

Many people here forget the story of the young bull anf the old bull.

[DoctorZIn]

We have been reporting the jamming of the uplink signals of the LA based Iranian broadcasters. Here is the first detailed story on it....


U.S. satellite feeds to Iran jammed

May be linked to the anniversary of student uprisings

By Robert Windrem
NBC NEWS PRODUCER

NEW YORK, July 9 — U.S. government officials as well as Iranian Americans and communications satellite operators confirm that all U.S.-based satellite broadcasts to Iran are being jammed by an unknown group or individual, possibly Iranian agents operating out of Latin America.

OVER THE PAST several months, private Iranian-American groups have begun increasing their broadcasts into Iran using Telstar-12, a communications satellite over the eastern Atlantic. All are trying to encourage protests against the regime in Tehran.

Iranians, using small satellite dishes, have been able to receive the broadcast, whose mix of news, entertainment and exhortations to protest have gained a large audience, particularly in Tehran. Then on Sunday, the Voice of America began its Farsi-language broadcasts.

Not long afterward, the jamming intensified.

Over the past few days — as the fourth anniversary of the country’s most widespread protests approached — the broadcasts have been jammed, not in Iran but somewhere in the Americas, according to officials and investigators.

The Farsi language broadcasts by the VOA as well as Los Angeles-based ParsTV and Appadana TV are uplinked in the United States via Telstar-5, which is over the United States. It is then turned around at the Washington International Teleport in Alexandria, Va., and uplinked again to Telstar-12 over the eastern Atlantic Ocean.

It is Telstar-12 that is being jammed, say investigators for companies working with the broadcasters, cutting off broadcasts not only in Iran but in Europe and the rest of the Middle East as well. In the past, the Iranian government, using high-power transmitters on towers in cities such as Tehran have been able to jam it locally. The fact that TV viewers elsewhere can’t see it was the first hint that the jamming was happening on this side of the Atlantic.

Loral, which operates the satellite, declined comment on what it is doing in response.

“The jamming appears to be linked to the anniversary of the student uprisings,” said one investigator for a company working with the broadcasters who preferred to remain anonymous. “It’s malicious, not a prank. For us, it began yesterday, continues today. Not only are the Iranian signals jammed, but those of other nearby broadcasters are as well. We have a Chinese client who is being jammed.

“There are ways of determining the location of the interference,” he added. “It is complex and time-consuming. Basically, you look at minimal interference other nearby satellites are experiencing and then you triangulate.”

But he added, Loral has yet to find the source. “They can’t find the exact location. They say it is probably in the Caribbean or South America. They are reworking the numbers and may have something better in the morning.”

Finding the satellite carrying the Farsi-language broadcast signals is easy, he added. “It’s on the Internet.”

As for the actual jamming, its simply a matter of aiming a strong signal at the uplink transponder on the satellite and overwhelming the Farsi language broadcasters’ signals.

Said the investigator: “You need a dish, some power, not too much. You put up a test pattern ... and do a sweep and find the transponder on the satellite you want to jam. It could even be smaller than the standard 6-meter dish. It could be a small dish with a lot of power.”

BBC’s Media Monitoring Service, which provides capsules of various foreign TV broadcasts for subscribers, described the jamming as “a mysterious, interfering signal, rendering the broadcasts unwatchable.”

It reported problems began on Sunday, the day VOA began its broadcast, with the worst jamming taking place over the past two days with the jamming extending to all the Farsi-language broadcasts emanating from the United States.

Late Wednesday, monitors reported that jamming had become sporadic.

The anniversary of the student demonstrations, the largest since the fall of the shah in 1979, was Wednesday.

The investigator said Intelsat, a big satellite consortium that has a nearby “bird,” is telling people the jamming is coming from South America. [There is a large Iranian community in the so-called “triborder” region around the Igazu Falls area where Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay meet. There is also a significant presence of the Hozballah organization there with a reputation for violence. Hizballah operators from the region are believed to have been responsible for one or both of the attacks on the Israeli community in Buenos Aires over the past decade, killing more than 100 Israelis and Argentine Jews.]

A representative of one of the Iranian-American broadcasters said he suspected the jamming came from Cuba, which has excellent relations with Iran, but offered no proof.

Iran’s Minister of Post, Telegraph and Telephone Ahmad Mo’tamedi denies government approval for the jamming and President Mohamed Khatami has called for action to be taken against those responsible, according to the BBC Media monitors.

Robert Windrem is an investigative producer for NBC News, based in New York.

http://www.msnbc.com/news/936772.asp

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[Texas_Dawg]

Khashayar could just be having problems getting on the internet and the cafe he was posting from probably closed for the night. We should hear from him today if they aren't still blocking access to the web as was being done to many in Iran yesterday.

[Pan_Yans Wife]

You're correct, but it is hard not to be concerned.

[McGavin999]

Loral, how interesting. Looks like Loral strikes again. These are the people who leaked missile technology to the Chinese. They are also the biggest contributors to the DNC and Bernard Schwartz gave almost $4 million to Clinton.

[SevenofNine]

OHH DOCTOR I just hear about it on MSNBC ticker

NOT COOL

What wrong Mullah can't handle pressure

[nuconvert]

WOW. Thanks.

"Iran’s Minister of Post, Telegraph and Telephone Ahmad Mo’tamedi denies government approval for the jamming and President Mohamed Khatami has called for action to be taken against those responsible, according to the BBC Media monitors."

Ha! Order that Mo'tamedi guy shot. What a joke!

[Travis McGee]

"They had help."

Hehehehe.... I had to think about that for a second. I concur. They had help. Or better to say, they accepted the help that is always there.

[Khashayar]

#149

I didnt see 10 Thousands.
I see a group of people around One Thousand.
It was the night of Police Forces.

[nuconvert]

Hi. We were getting concerned about you. Glad to hear from you.

[Pan_Yans Wife]

Good to see you post.

[xJones]

How are you doing, Khash?

[Travis McGee]

bttt

[risk]

A huge bump for eternal American freedom, and how we've kept it for 200 years. The then there's the Swiss, who've been free since 1291.

Swiss triangular confederate flag of 1422

[Khashayar]

I am Ok, but a little bit worry about my reports.
Did they track me? I really dont know...
I doubt if they have any one here as a spy or a tracker.
But I am still OK.
Thank you All.

[Pan_Yans Wife]

Be careful, and bless you!

[Valin]

Indeed

[Valin]

You WILL be careful! We don't need any reports from inside a prison.

[Khashayar]

Re #261
Great Post.
Thanks for your supports