Monday, June 22, 2009

Iran: The Tenth Day

KEEP. GOING. IRAN!!!
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As always, watch The Spirit of Man and Azarmehr blogs, Andrew Sullivan and Huffington Post, especially Nico Pitney, for updates. niacINsight is also invaluable.
I'm adding Gateway Pundit to
this list.

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Videos of so many brave young men and women mowed down by the regime are everywhere. God help them. Give them strength. Keep their determination strong!
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Azarmehr skewers George Galloway - here, here and here
- for his support of the fascist thugs who rule Iran. In the comments Winston says:
"United States tried to indict vile Galloway for his role in Iraqi oil for food scandals. I wonder if we can try him in a free Iran for his support of the mullahs. I want these bastards to be held responsible at the end of the day."
Good idea.
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Once again, protesters defy warnings of Revolutionary Guard crackdown and brave clubs and teargas.
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Exactly what is at stake here, and what has Obama wrought by his humming and hawing over it.

Iran's Green Revolution could change the world

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Interesting question: Curious Incident on the Streets of Tehran
"But, the streets are not filling up with Iranian soldiers. Tanks are not rolling down the boulevards. At least not yet.

Is this a sign that the regime does not trust the armed forces to do its bidding against fellow Iranians?"
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"If the mullahs don't trust the army on the streets of Iran, that is a sign for hope."
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Well, since they are going to accuse the whole world of interfering, we might as well make it so.
"The Czech EU presidency summoned the Iranian charge d'affaires to reject claims by Iran that the 27-nation bloc has been interfering in its internal affairs."
These idiots have only a few lines in their speaking notes and all they can do is rotate through them and then start over again. This one seems to be getting more play than most these last few days.
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Speech by Reza Pahlavi

h/t Dr. Roy
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Irony or what?

Italy presses Iran for response to G-8 invitation
"Italy will consider its G-8 meeting invitation to Iran rejected if Tehran does not reply by the end of the day, the foreign minister said Monday, in a toughening of Rome's stance.

Italy has invited Iran to attend the meeting of the Group of Eight foreign ministers starting Thursday in Trieste, saying Tehran could contribute to discussions on stabilizing Afghanistan and Pakistan. (emphasis mine)

Rome said recently that the invitation was still open, even amid the bloody crackdown on protests over a disputed presidential election. As late as Sunday evening, a Foreign Ministry communique expressed the hope that Iran might give its contribution as a regional actor starting at the Trieste meeting.

But on Monday, Foreign Minister Franco Frattini said that Iran must respond by the end of the day or "the invitation is to be considered implicitly rejected."

"There is no confirmation" from Iran, Frattini said. "Obviously there are rules in international diplomacy: When you invite somebody, that somebody has to respond."
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"Italy is Tehran's leading trading partner in the European Union.

Italy has instructed its embassy in Iran to provide humanitarian aid to the protesters wounded during the clashes, pending an EU-wide proposal to coordinate assistance. But so far the Italian Embassy has received no such requests for assistance, Massari said."
Oh well. Just another indication that the ruling Mullahocracy is up to its beards in damage control and hasn't got time to engage in "diplomacy".
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British Embassy preparing for the worst.
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No political correctness in France

Three cheers for Sarkozy!!
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