Live-Blogging From Iran
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/13/iran-demonstrations-viole_n_215189.html
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Moussavi: Election rigging was planned months in advance:
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
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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
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Election watchdog to recount 10% of votes:
“Although the Guardian Council is not legally obliged … we are ready to recount 10 percent of the (ballot) boxes randomly in the presence of representatives of the candidates,” the electoral watchdog’s spokesman, Abbas-Ali Kadkhodayi said on Saturday.
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/98577.htm?sectionid=351020101
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Hamas mulls over direct talks with US:
Hamas said on Friday that former United States President Jimmy Carter on Tuesday offered the Hamas leaders an opportunity to negotiate directly with American officials.
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/98595.htm?sectionid=351020202
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Padilla v. Yoo:
The man once accused of being a ‘dirty bomber’ is cleared to sue a key player in George W. Bush’s ‘war on terror.’
http://snipurl.com/kj0k8
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Cost-cutting Calif. wants early prisoner release:
With California slipping into a financial sinkhole, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is proposing to save more than $180 million by cutting short the sentences of thousands of immigrants in the state’s prisons and turning them over to federal authorities for deportation.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31449288/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/
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Ohio’s Credit Rating Downgraded:
Fitch downgraded $7 billion in outstanding state bonds from “AA+” to “AA” on Wednesday. The rating downgrade could make it more expensive for Ohio to borrow money.
http://www.wlwt.com/news/19723287/detail.html
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Meet Shah Ali Khamenei
By Pepe Escobar
Amid blood in the streets, cries in the rooftops and daggers drawn at silky corridors, the 30-year-old Islamic Revolution in Iran has a date with destiny: the challenge is to finally celebrate the marriage of Islam and democracy.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22886.htm
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A Hard Look at the Numbers
What Actually Happened in the Iranian Presidential Election?
By Esam AL-Amin
Since the June 12 Iranian presidential elections, Iran “experts” have mushroomed like bacteria in a Petri dish. So here is a quiz for all those instant experts. Which major country has elected more presidents than any in the world since 1980? Further, which nation is the only one that held ten presidential elections within thirty years of its revolution?
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22888.htm
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Stolen Election in Iran?
An Inside View of Vote Fraud
By Maarten Doude van Troostwijk
Although not having been present at the recent presidential elections in Iran and thus not able to state on the basis of personal observation whether there was or wasn’t fraud committed, I was struck by the familiar refrain of some of the arguments by those in the Western media who seem to believe that the election must have been stolen by the incumbent.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22889.htm
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Iran Had a Democracy Before We Took It Away
By Chris Hedges
The fundamental problem in the Middle East is not a degenerate and corrupt Islam. The fundamental problem is a degenerate and corrupt Christendom.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22883.htm
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Iranian Student Shot on Camera
Video
Iranian student shot on camera. June 20, 2009 Teheran.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22884.htm
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Obama’s Undeclared War On Pakistan Continues
Despite Attempts to Downplay It
By Jeremy Scahill
It is clear — and has been for a long time — that the Obama administration is radically expanding the U.S. war in Afghanistan deeply into Pakistan. Whether it is through U.S. military trainers (that’s what they were called in Vietnam too), drone attacks or commando raids inside the country, the U.S. is militarily entrenched in Pakistan. It makes Obama’s comment that “[W]e have no intention of sending U.S. troops into Pakistan” simply unbelievable.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22885.htm
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How the Financial Reform Plan Protects the Status Quo
Obama’s (Latest) Surrender to Wall Street
By MICHAEL HUDSON
In reaching across the aisle for Republican support – and no doubt future campaign contributions from the financial sector Pres. Obama is morphing into Joe Lieberman.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22887.htm
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Mullah Omar reasserts control of Taliban: report:
Taliban supreme leader Mullah Omar is reasserting direct control over the militant group, ordering attacks and shuffling field commanders in Afghanistan, The Wall Street Journal has reported.
http://snipurl.com/koca2
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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
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Iranian clerics seek supreme leader alternative:
Religious leaders are considering an alternative to the supreme leader structure after at least 13 people were killed in the latest unrest to shake Tehran and family members of former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, were arrested amid calls by former President Mohammad Khatami for the release of all protesters.
http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2009/06/21/76567.html
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Iran’s Guard to ‘crush’ protests:
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, a military unit, has threatened to crush further protests over the country’s disputed June 12 presidential election. But the warning, issued on Monday, fell on deaf ears as shortly afterwards hundreds of people gathered in central Tehran, piling fresh pressure on the country’s leadership.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2009/06/200962211917155481.html
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Police break up new Tehran rally :
Iranian riot police have fired tear gas to break up a new opposition rally in the centre of the capital Tehran, hours after a stern warning to protesters.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8112812.stm
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Bush sanctions ‘black ops’ against Iran:
President George W Bush has given the CIA approval to launch covert “black” operations to achieve regime change in Iran, intelligence sources have revealed.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/1552784/Bush-sanctions-black-ops-against-Iran.html
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Demonizing Iran:
Son of shah says protesters defeat could lead to nuclear war:
The exiled son of the late shah of Iran, Reza Pahlavi, warned Monday of dire consequences for the volatile Middle East and the rest of the world if the popular uprising in Iran is crushed.
http://rawstory.com/news/afp/Son_of_shah_says_protesters_defeat__06222009.html
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Exclusive: Shah of Iran’s Heir Plans Overthrow of Regime:
Reza Pahlavi, son of the late Shah of Iran, told the editors of HUMAN EVENTS last week that in the next two to three months he hopes to finalize the organization of a movement aimed at overthrowing the Islamic regime in Tehran and replacing it with a democratic government.
http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=14424
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Coalition for Democracy in Iran Formed;
Advocates Regime Change Michael Ledeen joins with Morris Amitay, vice-president of the Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs; ex-CIA head James Woolsey; former Reagan administration official Frank Gaffney; former senator Paul Simon; and oil consultant Rob Sobhani to set up a group called the Coalition for Democracy in Iran (CDI).
http://snipurl.com/kocmg
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Coalition for Democracy in Iran:
The Coalition for Democracy in Iran (CDI) was an advocacy outfit supported by a number of neoconservative writers and based in the office of Morris Amitay, the one-time director of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC). CDI worked closely with AIPAC to encourage Congress to pass resolutions condemning Iran.
http://www.rightweb.irc-online.org/profile/Coalition_for_Democracy_in_Iran
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Iran to create special court to try election protesters:
Meanwhile, Mir-Hossein Mousavi, who suffered a landslide defeat to Ahmadinejad in the marred elections, defied authorities and called on his supporters to continue peaceful protests, sharpening his conflict with the government.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-iran23-2009jun23,0,4158764.story
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British embassy staff to leave Iran: official:
Britain is withdrawing families of its embassy staff in Iran as a result of ongoing violence during post-election protests, the Foreign Office said on Monday.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090622/wl_uk_afp/britainiranpoliticsembassy
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Iran starts air force exercise over Gulf:
The Iranian air force began military operations Monday in the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman in a three-day exercise meant to display low-altitude abilities.
http://snipurl.com/kocp9
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Abbas to free all Hamas prisoners ahead of unity talks:
In a goodwill gesture to his political rivals Hamas, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has ordered his security forces to release all prisoners belonging to the Islamist organization before the renewal of inter-factional talks.
http://haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1094749.html
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Palestinian PM sets 2-year target for statehood:
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a speech on June 14, said he was ready to accept the establishment of a Palestinian state, but only if shorn of many of the attributes of sovereignty, notably an army and control of its own borders.
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