The BBC reports this interesting tidbit about Iran's new President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad:
His website says he joined the Revolutionary Guards voluntarily after helping to found the student union which took over the US embassy in 1979.
Link:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4107270.stm
Thanks for the ping. Very interesting, informative...post, link and comments.