Posted on 02/12/2002 6:55:50 AM PST by erikm88
I, too, have many Iranian friends and wouldn't wish death on innocents. If it had been a military plane on a mission to hurt Americans then it'd be a bit different.
I don't remember any of us celebrating when the U.S. Vincennes accidently shot down an Iranian passenger jet during a firefight with Iranian boats in the late 80's early 90's.
I just remember the horror of it and the horror other Americans expressed when it happened.
Of course, blame the U.S. It's ALWAYS our fault when something bad happens. I'm sorry that we killed innocent passengers. May Allah be with them. I'm sorry their rocket blew up the other day and killed more innocent people. May Allah be with them. We probably didn't give them the right "spare parts" for that too. I'm sorry millions of them were protesting against the U.S. yesterday. May they be with Allah.
True words as far as I am concerned.
I won't even climb into an Airbus. The idea of actually riding in a Tupolev would scare me silly.
Leave it to the Iranian theocracy to somehow find a way to blame the great Satan...why should we let them play with our toys when they're hostile openly and behind the scenes. Regardless, it's the Iranian people who suffer, not the Meatheaded Mullah zealots who hold a population back by centuries. I feel bad for the people who died so horribly and for their families...
Reports from KRSI & KSMI indicate that hundreds of exiled Iranians are currently participating in a mass demonstration from the Los Angeles Federal building to the UCLA campus. The demonstrators are using this opportunity to denounce theocratic rule of the Islamic Republic regime in Iran, its crimes against its own citizens, and its support of international terrorism. Participants who come from various political and social backgrounds are all united by one goal: to support the democratic movements of the people of Iran for freedom, human rights, and popular sovereignty.
Many participants are carrying signs in support of freedom and human rights for Iran, while others are chanting slogans such as "down with Khatami", "down with the Islamic Republic", "no more mullahs", "no more hezbollah" and "down with terrorists." Iranian women who have been the most oppressed victims of the islamic republic are present in large numbers and are voicing their opposition to the ruling mullahs who have used their own brand of religion as a means of oppression and fear.
The demonstrators also hope to send a clear message to the world that the people of Iran are thirsty for democracy and oppose all forms of violence and terrorism. The Islamic theocracy in Iran has over the years silenced all voices of opposition by carrying out thousands of political assassinations inside the country and abroad. Since 1979 thousands of innocent men and women have been tortured and executed in the gallows of the Islamic regime. In 1999 a peaceful uprising for democracy by Iranian students was violently put down by the ruling clerics and under the direct order of Mohammad Khatami. Many students were killed, arrested and hundreds were sentenced to long prison terms. Since then, more than a hundred riots and demonstrations have taken place in Iran, most of them ending in violence by the agents of the theocratic regime.
The United States is the current home of more than 1 million exiled Iranians, most of whom have fled Iran after the 1979 revolution. Some of those present in today's rally are victims of the Islamic regime's tortures and abuses, while others carry the memory of loved ones who were brutally murdered by the Islamic regime in the past 23 years. These demonstrations are taking place on the occasion of the 23rd anniversary of the 1979 revolution.
Many opposition groups, including student groups, have called for similar demonstrations to be held in Iran tomorrow."
How long before they blame it on an American/ Zionist plot?
Wow, not long at all!
My condolences to the families of those unfortunate enough to lose loved ones in the Aeroflot lottery (Iranian edition.)
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