Iranian Alert -- DAY 29 -- LIVE THREAD PING LIST

Live Thread Ping List | 7.8.2003 | DoctorZin

[DoctorZIn]

In less than 24 hours (July 9th) the people of Iran are planning massive demonstrations events and strikes.

On this date, 4 years ago, the regime brutally attacked peaceful student demonstrators while in their dorms. The result was the loss of life and liberty of hundreds of students, many of which are still unaccounted for.

Once again, the regime has been threatening a major crackdown on the protesters. A major confrontation is just days away.

Iran is a country ready for a regime change. If you follow this thread you will witness, I believe, the transformation of a country. This daily thread provides a central place where those interested in the events in Iran can find the best news and commentary.

Please continue to post your news stories and comments to this thread.

Thanks for all the help.

DoctorZin

[Texas_Dawg]

Hey, Doc...

Keep us posted as night falls in Iran. Will there be protests tonight as Midnight strikes for July 9th?

[DoctorZIn]

I expect to see some activity immediately, but the real efforts will not start until morning in Iran, later tonight in the US.

[Texas_Dawg]

What exactly do you think we will see? What will the "efforts" be?

[DoctorZIn]

I am watching for annoucments of strikes.
Protests we be difficult to coordinate, but the strikes have more impact and harder for the regime to stop.
If major strikes do occur this will be a major step forward for the protest movement. But we will probably not hear much about the effects of such efforts until later tonight or even tomorrow morning.

[Eala]

IranAzad

Free Iran?

[DoctorZIn]

Exactly.

[mware]

Do you hear the people sing?

Singing the song of angry men?

It is the music of the people who

Will not be slaves again!

When the beating of your heart

Echoes the beating of the drums

There is a life about to start

When tomorrow comes!

Will you give all you can give

So that our banner may advance?

Some will fall and some will live

Will you stand up and take your chance?

The blood of the martyrs

Will water the meadows of Iran!

Do you hear the people sing?

Singing the song of angry men?

It is the music of the people who

Will not be slaves again!

When the beating of your heart

Echoes the beating of the drums

There is a life about to start

When tomorrow comes!

[DoctorZIn]

Wow...

Did you write this?

[DoctorZIn]

This just in...

Apparently the Iranian government has temporarily jammed all the signals of the LA based Iranian broadcasters.

They are now jamming the uplink signal as well. The uplink signal is the signal from the broadcast studio to the satellite, which is then relayed to another satellite and finally broadcast over Iran. This started occurring a few days ago. I was told that the FCC believes the jamming is coming from within Cuba.

This should be reported in all the media. But the media is still silent, (except for a brief mention is today’s National Review Online).

The broadcasters are convinced that one or more of them will eventually get a signal through. They are busily readjusting their systems to use different satellites.

Good news, the phones still appear to be working, at least for the moment. I will keep you posted.

DoctorZIn

"If you want on or off this Iran ping list, Freepmail me”

[js1138]

I'd be curious how you jam an uplink signal. that sounds like a serious matter of international law.

[jriemer]

Check out #29 - The Cubans have teamed up with the Iranians (Batting #2 for the Axis of Evil) to jam those satellite signals I told you about.

Things are getting curiouser and curiouser...

[Zavien Doombringer]

From Cuba?!!! Methinks the military can place a well aimed HARM at the site and have it mysteriously end the jamming

[mware]

Song from Broadway Play, Les Mis, but so appropiate for the occasion. Lyrics from ONE MORE DAY also fit with a few line changes

[jriemer]

I wish we would.

The Cubans have been jamming TV and Radio Marti (a broadcast service of Voice of America and a branch of the State Department) since 1990. In 2002, its budget was $470 million.

Cuban Jamming equipment

TV Marti Jamming on Oscilliscope

[DoctorZIn]

...I'd be curious how you jam an uplink signal. that sounds like a serious matter of international law. ...

I am sure that it is.

[mware]

Tomorrow we'll discover

What our God in Heaven has in store!

One more dawn

One more day

One day more!

[AdmSmith]

the FCC believes the jamming is coming from within Cuba.

The SIGINT and electronic warfare facility at the Lourdes is supposed to be closed. The Russians paid Castro some 200 M USD anually for it but it was dismatled more than a year ago. Read about it here http://www.fas.org/irp/imint/c80_04.htm

If Iran is cooperating with Castro and jamming an uplink signal in the US it is very strange as it reveals the cooperation and the type of equipment used that possibly only should be used at a critical situation. Very strange, this is the stuff serious articles are made of.

[Semper Paratus]

Very strange, this is the stuff serious articles are made of.

Don't count on seeing it in Time or Newsweek.

[Eala]

I'd be curious how you jam an uplink signal.

In short, throw enough jamming signal at it that you deafen the receiver on the satellite to the intended signal.

[js1138]

In short, throw enough jamming signal at it that you deafen the receiver on the satellite to the intended signal.

Satellites have to filter out all kinds of crap. I'm sure that uplinks are encrypted. Anyone trying to jam one would produce a signal that could be traced. I'm sure they will have an accident soon.