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{CC}StealthBlue
United States41117 Posts
Mousavi's Twitter page, confirming that he is under house arrest. | ||
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Pika Chu
Romania2510 Posts
Xeris or someone who's iranian/is in iran/has relatives there maybe can keep us updated with fresh info please? | ||
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{CC}StealthBlue
United States41117 Posts
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evanthebouncy!
United States12816 Posts
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HeavOnEarth
United States7087 Posts
Wow, this coming from you- i just don't think i can bear myself any longer. | ||
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thopol
Japan4560 Posts
On June 14 2009 14:09 HeavOnEarth wrote: Wow, this coming from you- i just don't think i can bear myself any longer. Post of the day! | ||
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da_head
Canada3350 Posts
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Deleted User 3420
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{CC}StealthBlue
United States41117 Posts
In addition, you have a demographic time bomb in Iran's case, with a lopsidedly urban and young population which is only becoming more so, with clear ethnic divisions (18-20% Azeris, 7-10% Kurdish, 2% Baloch, 1 million Turkomen, 2% tribal groups, 2% Armenians, Georgian, Assyrians) This holds the Persian population somewhere between 60% to just under fifty at 49%. Where did Mahmoud obtain 65% of the vote, and why couldn't he have done it without day becoming night and up becoming down? | ||
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Husky
United States3362 Posts
On June 14 2009 07:23 BuGzlToOnl wrote: This is where I stop reading any post you make in this thread from now on. +1 | ||
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HonestTea
5007 Posts
Anyone who wants to post in this thread must read Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi first. Or watch the movie. | ||
Last Romantic
United States20667 Posts
It's altogether too suspicious. Don't even need Occam's Razor for this one. | ||
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sith
United States2474 Posts
On June 14 2009 15:00 Last Romantic wrote: Seriously? I can understand being anti-Fox but the overwhelming evidence points to election-rigging. It's altogether too suspicious. Don't even need Occam's Razor for this one. No kidding. I'm calling bullshit on the boycott of this thread based on that quote. It isn't even something fox news said, it's something THEY got from the government. And they really aren't THAT bad, despite how the internet hates them. Sure some shit they say is ridiculous at times, but usually it's isolated incidents and I think. people can't deal with the fact that a conservative network is out there while the rest of the entire media is liberal. /tangent I'm going to have to agree with the rigging as well. I was watching the news when I heard that Mousavi had lost in his home territory and I nearly spit out what I was drinking. I mean they could at least put some effort into the faking. It's so bad, it's almost evidence for it being NOT rigged because it's hard to believe anyone could be so stupid. | ||
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Railz
United States1449 Posts
On June 14 2009 15:11 sith wrote: No kidding. I'm calling bullshit on the boycott of this thread based on that quote. It isn't even something fox news said, it's something THEY got from the government. And they really aren't THAT bad, despite how the internet hates them. Sure some shit they say is ridiculous at times, but usually it's isolated incidents and I think. people can't deal with the fact that a conservative network is out there while the rest of the entire media is liberal. /tangent I'm going to have to agree with the rigging as well. I was watching the news when I heard that Mousavi had lost in his home territory and I nearly spit out what I was drinking. I mean they could at least put some effort into the faking. It's so bad, it's almost evidence for it being NOT rigged because it's hard to believe anyone could be so stupid. Just for the record Fox is about as Conservative as the Soviet Union was Capitalist. I don't like any news network, I use a combination of NPR, PBS, BBC, and AP for anything world wide and national and local Fox - but against your argument, the 'liberal' networks, aka BBC and CNN have been reporting the election fraud for quite some time today so I don't think your tangent is justified yet neither is the boycott against fox. Hard line stances are useless and diminish from the problem at hand. Either way in a situation like this, where reporters lives are threatened and news is slow, like it was in Burma, I tend to rely on blogs for this type of thing. http://www.iran101.blogspot.com/ Even the BBC is posting Iranians really pissed off. Most of the people are are okay with the election results are Westerner's who just like to think they're finally able to tell other people, "well I told you Iran wasn't bad, look they had a fair election" | ||
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thopol
Japan4560 Posts
On June 14 2009 15:00 Last Romantic wrote: Seriously? I can understand being anti-Fox but the overwhelming evidence points to election-rigging. It's altogether too suspicious. Don't even need Occam's Razor for this one. It seems suspicious at this point but we need to consider a few things before jumping to any conclusions. First, there is a lot of support for the incumbent in the country. I get the impression he had a popular last term. Second, the amount of time passed is little and the types of sources that we are getting are limited. When more information from within Iran becomes known it will be easier to see both sides of the issue. Much of the western media is screaming fraud at this point and you should not let yourself be caught up in that. EDIT: On June 14 2009 15:43 Railz wrote: Just for the record Fox is about as Conservative as the Soviet Union was Capitalist. rofl, wtf | ||
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{CC}StealthBlue
United States41117 Posts
Also early updates:
ALSO, take this with a grain of salt: Meanwhile inside Government Officials are leaking the REAL election numbers. Unofficial news - reports leaked results from Interior Ministry: Eligible voters: 49,322,412 Votes cast: 42,026,078 Spoilt votes: 38,716 Mir Hossein Mousavi: 19,075,623 Mehdi Karoubi: 13,387,104 Mahmoud Ahmadi-nejad (incumbent): 5,698,417 Mohsen Rezaei (conservative candidate): 3,754,218 ![[image loading]](http://img37.imageshack.us/img37/144/iranianprotestelectionr.jpg) ![[image loading]](http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/3958/2mi13de2335176.jpg) "The Green Supporters are beginning to block all major highways into Tehran." | ||
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{CC}StealthBlue
United States41117 Posts
There are rumors of a protest at Vali-Asr today at 12:30pm. This is a trap. please pass this on to everyone you know. The official word from Mousavi HQ is hold back and wait for word. DO NOT ATTEND THE VALI-ASR PROTEST. PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD | ||
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Railz
United States1449 Posts
On June 14 2009 15:44 thopol wrote: It seems suspicious at this point but we need to consider a few things before jumping to any conclusions. First, there is a lot of support for the incumbent in the country. I get the impression he had a popular last term. Second, the amount of time passed is little and the types of sources that we are getting are limited. When more information from within Iran becomes known it will be easier to see both sides of the issue. Much of the western media is screaming fraud at this point and you should not let yourself be caught up in that. EDIT: rofl, wtf The 24 hours Fox News Channel is not a Conservative news channel. The only one I can think of that actually is Conservative is Shepard Smith. | ||
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Railz
United States1449 Posts
On June 14 2009 16:05 {CC}StealthBlue wrote: Also via mass twitter supporters are being told not to go to a certain protest at 12:30pm that it is a Police Trap. I hate to be the one to point this out but that sounds a lot like Tienanmen. The students knew exactly what was coming and egged on the police. I remember watching Front line and the leader of the Students actually wanted to call it off, but others spooked the police and they fired on them. How're they supposed to protest; the police will always be around the corner, how will any other time make a difference. | ||
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Last Romantic
United States20667 Posts
But yeah, grain of salt. At any rate, I'll be cheering for the Greens. | ||
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