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The Liberty Papers
by tarran

06/21/09

She is being called Neda. The person who uploaded the video to Youtube claims that he was nearly half a mile away from the demonstrations when a sharpshooter shot a teenage girl standing nearby with her father. Within a few seconds, she was dead, her eyes turn to the camera before being obscured by the pools blood that pour out of her mouth and nose. Many people are arguing that this is the sort of thing that democracy is supposed to prevent. Of course, democracies also shoot people opposed to the government’s policies. Why? because government, at its heart, is an organization that uses force to get its way...

http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2009/06/21/this-is-government/



Silence isn’t golden

The American Spectator
by Philip Klein

06/19/09

Since a wave of protests broke out in Iran last weekend following its presidential election, the American media has promoted the Obama administration’s view that it could do more to help demonstrators by staying on the sidelines than actively offering rhetorical support. The theory is that if President Obama publicly encourages those taking to the streets in Iran, it will only backfire by allowing the Islamic regime to paint protesters as tools of America. As Obama himself put it, ’sometimes the United States can be a handy political football …’ But Amir Fakhravar says this approach is dead wrong. And he speaks with authority...

http://spectator.org/archives/2009/06/19/silence-isnt-golden


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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Mir-Hossein Moussavi, the presidential candidate defeated in last week's contested poll, has written a letter to Iran's Guardian Council on Saturday, saying that he believes the election was rigged in advance. In the seven-page letter, made public as clashes were going on between police and protestors in Tehran.

http://snipurl.com/kj02l



Mir Hossein Mousavi prepared for martyrdom

The Iranian regime beats, shoots and gasses protesters in the capital wherever they try to demonstrate on the streets. Lindsey Hilsum reports.

http://snipurl.com/kizzx



Iran: The Supreme Leader's Fatal Mistake

The grave error Khamenei committed was that he allowed himself to become a "part" in a moment of collective anger, especially when he said, "Some men are more capable of serving the country than others."

http://www.aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=2&id=17146



Gunfire on the streets of Iran

Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfwcWsBfkoI



Saturday: Updates on Iran's Disputed Election

Please refresh this page throughout the day to get the latest updates at the top of your screen (updates are stamped with the time in New York).

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Iran's Guardian Council admits to election fraud

Iran's powerful Guardian Council has said there were some irregularities in the June 12 presidential election, which has been widely disputed and triggered bloody street protests.

http://snipurl.com/kocfe



Iran Updates

(VIDEO)

Live-Blogging From Iran
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/13/iran-demonstrations-viole_n_215189.html



Khamenei ordered Iran election fraud, says ex-president

"The regime is edging closer to the abyss and is holding on to power solely by means of violence and terror," said Banisadr, who was Iran's first elected president following the 1979 Islamic revolution.

http://snipurl.com/mbdl4


From Information Clearing House

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Mousavi Calls for Purge of "Lies"

Parisa Hafezi, Reuters: "Opposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi said the Islamic Republic must be purged of what he called lies and dishonesty, sending out a direct challenge to conservative rulers after a day of unrest across Tehran. Helicopters criss-crossed the city and ambulance sirens wailed into the night after streets emptied of protesters who had defied Friday's stern warning from Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei against further demonstrations."

http://truthout.org/062109Z?n



Iran in Turmoil

Right now, the best source of up-to-the-minute reports of the evolving situation in Iran is coming from people there sharing via social networking. We think twitter looks like perhaps the best source right now. We're going to be picking up selected tweets that appear to provide the best insight into what is happening. *Remember,* this is social networking! Verifiability is always an issue. Read with a cautious eye. -ma/TO

http://www.truthout.org/iran?n

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Iran: stop the crackdown
http://www.avaaz.org/en/iran_stop_the_crackdown/?cl=259296510&v=3530



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Are You Ready For War With Demonized Iran?

By Paul Craig Roberts

How much attention do elections in Japan, India, Argentina, or any other country, get from the US media? How many Americans and American journalists even know who is in political office in other countries besides England, France, and Germany? Who can name the political leaders of Switzerland, Holland, Brazil, Japan, or even China? Yet, many know of Iran's President Ahmadinejad. The reason is obvious. He is daily demonized in the US media.

http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22844.htm



The Larger Context of the 2009 Iranian Elections

By Reza Fiyouzat

The presidential elections of June 12 were held within a theocratic system. In this system, in order to run for a political office, candidates must swear allegiance to the theocratic setup. From its inception, therefore, the theocracy has divided the entire population into two major political groups.

http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22845.htm



The CIA's Iranian Plan?

Video

Is the CIA involved in Iran's recent election unrest?
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22839.htm



Follow The Developments In Iran Like A CIA Analyst

If we're a savvy analyst, we need to be careful about the weight we attach to photographs and video accounts. They're the most immediate and emotionally powerful, but they can distort our understanding of the situation, particularly of about the importance of specific developments.

http://politics.theatlantic.com/2009/06/follow_the_developments_in_iran_like_a_cia_analyst.php



More photos coming from Tehran

- Warning -
http://snipurl.com/k962y



Iran Faces Greater Risks Than It Knows

By Paul Craig Roberts

The US media serves as a propaganda device, not as a purveyor of truth. Election fraud is certainly a possibility--it happens even in America--and signs of fraud have appeared.

http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22856.htm


From Information Clearing House

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Effects of ill-advised CIA plot in Iran still haunts U.S.
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http://www.truthout.org/061409Z

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YouTube Video May Show Gunman Killing Protesters in Iran

In the clip, likely shot from a cell phone, a blue-shirted gunman fires an AK-47 into a courtyard from a second-story window.

http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22852.htm



Iranian bloggers upload clash video

This amateur video posted on Wednesday (June 17) purports to show members of the Basij militia firing at a crowd of demonstrators from the roof of their building on Monday.

http://snipurl.com/kblas



Young Iranians use video to tell story

With traditional forms of communication blocked, Iranians are using technology to keep the world informed about events.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8102676.stm



Iranian opposition leader calls for mass rally

Iranian opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi issued a direct challenge Wednesday to the country's supreme leader and cleric-led system, calling for a mass rally to protest disputed election results and violence against his followers.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2009-06-17-iran-election_N.htm?csp=34



Iran rallies planned amid clampdown

Supporters of candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi called on Wednesday for a rally to go ahead at 5pm local time (13:30 GMT), despite the authorities imposing a ban on the opposition gatherings.

http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2009/06/200961781159912955.html



Robert Fisk in Iran: Extraordinary scenes

'The authorities are losing control of what's happening on the streets and that's very dangerous and damaging to them'.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/06/17/2600571.htm



US sees both Iran rivals as hostile

"It's important to understand that although there is amazing ferment taking place in Iran, the difference between Ahmadinejad and Mousavi in terms of their actual policies may not be as great as has been advertised," Obama told CNBC news.

http://english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2009/06/2009616235841279404.html



Pictures from the protests in Iran

Warning - Images should only be viewed by a mature audience
http://www.flickr.com/photos/fhashemi/sets/72157619758530748/show/


From Information Clearing House

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Iran elections: mass arrests and campus raids as regime hits back
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jun/17/iran-election-protests-arrests1


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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By William Blum

The fact that Obama says he's willing to "talk" to some of the "enemies" like Iran more than the Bush administration did sounds good: But one doesn't have to be too cynical to believe that it will not amount to more than a public relations gimmick.

http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22782.htm



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A Pakistani tribal militant group responsible for a series of deadly guerrilla raids inside Iran has been secretly encouraged and advised by American officials since 2005, U.S. and Pakistani intelligence sources tell ABC News.

http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2007/04/abc_news_exclus.html


From Information Clearing House

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War with Iran: Has it already begun?

AntiWar.Com
by Justin Raimondo

In public, when it comes to the Iranian question, President Obama is all sweet reason and kissy-face. His recent video message to the Iranian people was just what the doctor ordered. However, this public performance is severely undercut by an ongoing covert program aimed at regime-change in Tehran — or, at least, at undermining the Iranian regime to such an extent that it must respond in some way. This covert action program, reported by Seymour Hersh last year, was started by the Bush administration and funded to the tune of $400 million. The U.S. is, in effect, conducting a secret war against Tehran, a covert campaign aimed at recruiting Iran’s ethnic and religious minorities — who make up the majority of the population in certain regions, such as in the southeast borderlands near Pakistan — into a movement to topple the government in Tehran, or, at least, to create so much instability that U.S. intervention to ‘keep order’ in the region is justified...

http://tinyurl.com/r488xt


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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A senior Russian official today accused the US of grossly exaggerating the missile threat posed by hostile powers such as Iran, predicting there would be no menace from the Middle East "for at least a decade to come".

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/may/28/russia-us-iran-missile-threat



Study Supports View That Iran Attack Unlikely To Work

Contrary to Israeli claims of tacit Arab support for an Israeli strike against Iran, "Arab countries will not condone any attack on Iran under the pretext that Iran poses an existential threat to Israel, whilst Israel has some 200 to 300 nuclear weapons," they write.

http://forward.com/articles/106687/


From Information Clearing House



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Eine Analyse des US-Think Tanks Rand Cooperation erkennt signifikante Begrenzungen der militärischen Kapazitäten Irans und seiner Einflussmöglichkeiten auf irakische Schiiten-Gruppierungen, Hisbullah und Hamas.

http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/30/30396/1.html



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Falls der bisherige Politikansatz des Westens gegenüber dem Iran so weiterverfolgt wird, könnte die iranische Atombombe zu einer selbsterfüllenden Prophezeiung werden.

http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/30/30375/1.html



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Bringing Iran In From the Cold

By Nader Mousavizadeh

A fateful consensus is forming around the proposition that war with Iran is inevitable. The failure of the past eight years' non-diplomacy has resulted in a worst-case scenario whereby Iran, most experts agree, has passed the point of no return in terms of technical nuclear weapons capability without violating its legal obligations under the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.

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