Total Anarchy In Tehran As Students Storm British Embassy

[Aristotelian]

FarCenter (1000+ posts)     Tue Nov-29-11 04:09 PM
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Total Anarchy In Tehran As Students Storm British Embassy
An anti-British protest in Tehran escalated, as protesters entered the British embassy and burned the British flag, BBC reports.

Iranian TV is showing images of protesters throwing stones and breaking windows at the embassy.

After entering the building, protesters replaced the Union Jack with the Iranian flag and then burned it. There are also reports that the students are burning documents from inside the embassy, but that has yet to be confirmed.

The demonstration started in protest of two things. For one, says Alarabiya English, the protest is commemorating the death anniversary of Iranian nuclear scientist Majid Shahriari who, according to Iranian authorities, was murdered by Israel’s Mossad in cooperation with UK’s MI6. The demonstrations are also a reactions to new sanctions against Iran's Treasury put in place by the British government because of Iran's nuclear program.

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/iran-student-protesters-...

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So rioters (probably with orders from an oppressive government) attempting to take control of a foreign embassy and hold foreign diplomats hostage are pretty much the same thing as the OWieS?

[thundley4]

President Carter er, um Obama will have a swift and measured response to this event.

[DumbAss Tanker]

Anarchy my ass, it's all engineered and supported by the mullahs and their pervy-looking Prez.

[Ballygrl]

nadinbrzezinski   (1000+ posts)             Tue Nov-29-11 11:33 AM
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8. Trying to marry a peaceful movement with this
   
Speaks volumes about you.

I think the families of those who over-dosed, those who were killed, those who were raped, and those who were assaulted will disagree on the Occupest Movement being peaceful.

[docstew]

Any guesses on when the SAS will be called in to repel this invasion of sovereign British land? 

[Wineslob]

President Carter er, um Obama will have a swift and measured response to this event.

I believe the pOrmter reader made a measure of response.

[Airwolf]

Any guesses on when the SAS will be called in to repel this invasion of sovereign British land? 

If we couldn't get our people out of there, how is the SAS going to do it? The Brits have far less resources then we do. The only way they could make it in and out would be with someone else's help. The SAS may be good, but getting an embassy back inside of a country that is as big as Iran is a little to big for them

[DumbAss Tanker]

Embassies are not true sovereign territory of the tenant, despite the common belief that they are.  They may be treated that way for most intents and purposes, but it's really a popular misconception.