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Neda, young girl brutally killed in Iran (portrait of Neda)
NY Post ^ | 6.21.09 | Helen Kennedy
Posted on June 21, 2009 5:06:24 PM PDT by libh8er
They call her Neda, which means ‘voice’ in Farsi, and her death has become the central rallying cry of the Iranian rebellion.
The pretty teenage girl killed by what appears to be a single sniper shot on the streets of Tehran Saturday is now a potent symbol for pro-democracy protesters battering the Islamic regime.
Her quick and brutal death in the arms of her howling father was captured on close-up video, posted to Facebook and sent to computer screens across the world.
“Neda you broke my heart, too young to die,” was one of a flood of messages on Twitter.
“RIP Neda, the world cries seeing your last breath,” read another. “Neda is everyone’s sister, everyone’s daughter, everyone’s voice for freedom,” said a third.
Iconic posters of her dead face, open-eyed and bloody, were carried by demonstrators in Los Angeles and New York City within hours.
The graphic video was originally posted to Facebook by an Iranian expatriate in Holland who said it was sent to him by a friend in Tehran, a doctor who tried to save the girl.
The expat said her name was Neda Soltani, a 16-year-old philosophy student.
The outpouring of messages on Twitter included a new account dedicated solely to insisting the video was fake. That poster was roundly shouted down as a tool of the Iranian regime.
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Confirming The Basij Murder Of ‘Neda’ (Hezbollah Thug Snipers Shoot Girl Through the Heart)
Atlantic Magazine ^
Posted on June 21, 2009 2:48:41 PM PDT by lewisglad
21 Jun 2009 12:15 pm
Confirming The Basij Murder Of Neda
An email explaining the incident:
“At 19:05 June 20th Place: Karekar Ave., at the corner crossing Khosravi St. and Salehi st.
A young woman who was standing aside with her father watching the protests was shot by a basij member hiding on the rooftop of a civilian house.
He had clear shot at the girl and could not miss her. However, he aimed straight her heart.
I am a doctor, so I rushed to try to save her.
But the impact of the gunshot was so fierce that the bullet had blasted inside the victim’s chest, and she died in less than 2 minutes.
The protests were going on about 1 kilometers away in the main street and some of the protesting crowd were running from tear gass used among them, towards Salehi St.
The film is shot by my friend who was standing beside me. Please let the world know.”
(Excerpt) Read more at andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com ...