Iran Press News reports on the eruption of several anti-government protests during last evening’s Iranian New Year’s celebrations, and Let’s Try Freedom’s Robert Hayes, a former resident of Iran, adds context and commentary for the Blogger News Network:
Iran experienced anti-mullah uprisings in its major cities, including Teheran, Isfahan, Abressan Junction and Karaj, on the evening of March 15. The 15th was Chahar-shanbeh Souri, an ancient Persian fire festival aimed at driving out bad luck at the end of the traditional Iranian year (which falls on March 21 this year).
The uprisings were sharp but apparently limited in scope. Police cars and trucks were burned, along with effigies of Iran’s increasingly unpopular government and religious leaders. Despite demands by the Islamic government that citizens stay home and refrain from observing the fire festival, large groups openly disobeyed the edict, while there were reports of any number of clashes with security forces.
This could be the beginning of a real revolution.
Read the rest here.
Color me skeptical—anybody would be, after so many feints by “reformers” and by the Iranian populace itself—but sometimes I like to put on my Michael Ledeen hat and just hope.
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cross-posted at Vodkapundit
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update: Allah splashes cold water on the FREEDOM fire here.
You say you want a revolution……
Is it time for the monthly “imminent Iranian revolution” alert already?
Well, color me skeptical—anybody would be—but sometimes I like to put on my Michael Ledeen hat and hope.
But if you go carrying pictures of Jacques Chirac
You ain’t going to make it with anyone and thats a fact..
Don’t you know it’s gonna be
Alright
Alright
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Don’t sweat it, Allah. About three years ago, I made the prediction that the Mullahs would fall within 10 years. So, according to my schedule, there may be as much as seven years to go before the “imminent Iranian revolution.â€Â
I just hope they don’t get up to any wacky nuclear hijinx before then.
OT – Since you were just in a fundraising mood, how could you pass up the commercial potential of selling out Protein Wisdom on Eat An Animal for PETA day?
Hi Jeff. I wanted to apologize for a comment I made way back in December. I came here from a link from another site and only read one of your posts. Not realizing you were being sarcastic i sounded like a moron now you are one of my favorite blogs. Keep up the good work.
Not a problem, Dale. Thanks for reading.
Hey, here’s some fun news: the guy who threatened to put a mushroom cloud over Tel Aviv as soon as Iran gets the bomb is running for president.
Thanks. Gonna link the comment in an update, Allah.
Yes, the key cities of the Islamic world will live on as huge radioactive raw sand glass monuments to the stupidity of the Islamofascists that have deluded themselves into believing that America cant flick them away like a bothersome fly if they become an active threat to either us or Israel…
Bombs dont kill … Ego does…
Turing word: away
as in: Mullah: I’ll be away on holiday in France while you all sort this out …
I think W needs to watch The Godfather (pt I) and then ask himself… “How would Michael Corleone handle the situation in the Middle East?”
Ba-da-bing, Ba-da-boom.. problem solved.. All the heads of the Islamic Families out in one day..
Then a big old party with lotsa food and wine and dancing.. and maybe a crooner like Harry Connick Jr. W can grant favors for his loyal allies..
Good to see you Allah!!
Is it time for the monthly “imminent Iranian revolution†alert already?
Must be—the monthly Zarqawi capture alert was just two weeks ago.
Could someone please explain the “Turing word” running gag? Googling and reading the archives, unfortunately, have not enabled me thus far to grasp the subtlety of the humor.
Jolly Roger: go google the phrase “Turing test.” The purpose of the “Turing” word is to make sure that a real person, not a spam-bot, is posting a comment. You had to type one to post your comment. Many people have noted that their “Submit the word you see below” words are relevant in some way to the content of their comments.
Aaaaahhh, now I understand! I’d found the “Turing test” bit, but hadn’t made the connection to the word box below.
Thanks JohnL!
Turing word: seems. Nah, not relevant.
Now consider, is the Turing Word truly random or is it the product of an artificle intelligence with a sardonic sense of humor ?
Turing word: image
As in: .. and God created the computer intelligence in his own image.
Turing Word=Keyword or Spamword
Domino… wasn’t that the name of the Bond girl in Thunderball? What were we talking about?
Thought this story was about being anti-mullet and boy was I starting to get pissed.
Unconfirmed, but check this shiat out:
A Coup in Syria?
Via Discarded Lies via JeffR at LGF.
Domino, baby, domino. Fcuk yeah.
Van Morrison is to music what Jackson Browne is to lyrics.
Israel should take a note from the movie “Stand by Me” and, when Rafsanjani says “What’re you gonna’ do, nuke all of us?” answer “No Rafi, just you.”