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On the spot in Tehran: 'A family day-out ... with
flag-burning'
Timesonline ^ | 10-28-05 | Ramita Navai
Posted on 10/28/2005 5:57:27 AM PDT by SJackson
Iranian schoolboys shoot with their toy guns in Tehran
Ramita Navai, Tehran Correspondent for The Times, was among
thousands on the streets of the Iranian capital for annual anti-Israel
rallies, at which the President continued his inflammatory rhetoric.
"It's a bit like a family day out, but with cursory outbreaks of flag
burning. There are picnics, street-vendors and people selling
balloons... there's a kind of carnival atmosphere.
"But I walked past one stand where people were writing messages on
a flag to send to Palestine. There was a girl there, she can't have been
older than 5, and she had just signed her name below a message
reading 'Death to Israel, death to America.'
"The conservative hardliners have turned out in force, but it would be
a mistake to think that all of Iran is on the streets baying for Israel's
blood.
"The majority of ordinary Iranians don't really care about Israel - they
have enough to worry about at home with a declining economy and
high unemployment.
"Many of the people are wearing bibs or carrying banners which read
'Peaceful Nuclear Energy is Iran's Right.' That is certainly an issue
which has united all of Iran - the destruction of Israel is not.
(photos and comments, plus continued article at above link)
Police investigate suspicious packages - Liverpool Railway Station (Australia)
Police are investigating the discovery of two suspicious packages at Liverpool Railway Station this afternoon.
About 3.50pm today, two suitcases were found abandoned on platform one. One of the bags was emitting an electrical noise.
Police from Liverpool Local Area Command, Campbelltown Commuter Crime Unit and the Counter Terrorism Unit were alerted and attended the scene.
As a result, 200 commuters were evacuated from all three platforms and train services were prevented from picking up and setting down passengers at Liverpool Station.
Witnesses have told officers they saw a man leave the bags on the platform.
Shortly before 5.40pm, the bags were declared safe by specialist police and removed from the scene.
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