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Offline TheSarge

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Gunfire Erupts at Iranian Pro-Reform Protests, At Least 1 Killed
« on: June 15, 2009, 01:25:35 PM »



Gunmen fired on Iranian protesters during a massive demonstration over the country's hotly-disputed election, killing at least one person.

An Associated Press photographer saw one person shot dead and several others who appear seriously wounded in Tehran's Azadi Square. The shooting came from a compound for volunteer militia linked to Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guard.

Residents reported hearing gunfire in three districts of northern Tehran, Reuters reported.

Tens of thousands of Iranians took to the streets of Tehran Monday, defying a country-wide crackdown with protests against the of last week's presidential election, which declared Mahmoud Ahmadinejad the winner.


http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,526363,00.html








Aerial photo of where the protests are happening:








« Last Edit: June 15, 2009, 01:31:15 PM by TxRadioguy »
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Re: Gunfire Erupts at Iranian Pro-Reform Protests, At Least 1 Killed
« Reply #1 on: June 15, 2009, 01:34:15 PM »
Now we're hearing it's at least 15 people killed.
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Re: Gunfire Erupts at Iranian Pro-Reform Protests, At Least 1 Killed
« Reply #2 on: June 15, 2009, 01:41:18 PM »
Quote from: Happy Fun Ball on June 15, 2009, 01:34:15 PM
Now we're hearing it's at least 15 people killed.

Tianamen Square redux anyone?
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Re: Gunfire Erupts at Iranian Pro-Reform Protests, At Least 1 Killed
« Reply #3 on: June 15, 2009, 01:52:54 PM »
ACORN has secured the election and now the Obama volunteers are putting down revolts.....more news on this from WBDU at eleven. This is WBDU, Wonderful Bestest Dimocrat Underground, always reporting the news ahead of the curve.

.......Ooooops, that wasn't supposed to go out just yet.
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Re: Gunfire Erupts at Iranian Pro-Reform Protests, At Least 1 Killed
« Reply #4 on: June 15, 2009, 03:16:07 PM »
Reports I saw from another board say the army is standing by, but the defenders are armed thug types.

This usually goes really badly real quickly.

This is the kind of thing the Shah had to put up with.   It is now just june.   Interesting to see what happens next.  Things might just get hotter.
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Re: Gunfire Erupts at Iranian Pro-Reform Protests, At Least 1 Killed
« Reply #5 on: June 15, 2009, 04:44:10 PM »
Dinnerjacket's got an issue................ :evillaugh:
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Re: Gunfire Erupts at Iranian Pro-Reform Protests, At Least 1 Killed
« Reply #6 on: June 15, 2009, 05:25:14 PM »
You can bet that the ones doing the shooting are not the ones protesting.
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Re: Gunfire Erupts at Iranian Pro-Reform Protests, At Least 1 Killed
« Reply #7 on: June 15, 2009, 06:04:03 PM »
WOW, FOLKS, you hear? Barry's "troubled" by the strife! He won't say the obvious, that the results were fraud.

This guy just dosen'tunderstand that to be FULLY prepared for war lessens, not increases, its' probability.
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Re: Gunfire Erupts at Iranian Pro-Reform Protests, At Least 1 Killed
« Reply #8 on: June 15, 2009, 06:10:34 PM »
Quote from: Peter3_1 on June 15, 2009, 06:04:03 PM
WOW, FOLKS, you hear? Barry's "troubled" by the strife! He won't say the obvious, that the results were fraud.

This guy just dosen'tunderstand that to be FULLY prepared for war lessens, not increases, its' probability.

I caught his statements on Fox a few minutes ago.  His criticism of a "political administration silencing an opposing opinion" was a masterpiece of bullshit and WTF-worthy.
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Re: Gunfire Erupts at Iranian Pro-Reform Protests, At Least 1 Killed
« Reply #9 on: June 15, 2009, 06:17:54 PM »
It's gotten bad there. What was once a massive rally has decended into complete pandemonium. According to the tweets, in the past few hours, buildings (namely police stations) have been set on fire, numerous universities have been raided, tear gas and lots of gunfire, a huge gang of over a hundred people (possibly Lebanese) on motorcycles are riding in the streets causing mischief, and now it seems that tanks have been called in. I'm guessing there's a lot more than 15 people killed right now.
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Re: Gunfire Erupts at Iranian Pro-Reform Protests, At Least 1 Killed
« Reply #10 on: June 15, 2009, 06:29:54 PM »
time to air drop rpg's and other small arms into tothe city.
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Re: Gunfire Erupts at Iranian Pro-Reform Protests, At Least 1 Killed
« Reply #11 on: June 15, 2009, 06:32:25 PM »
I swear. I wish we could invade. That's selfish, but I do.

People in this country (on both sides of the aisle) talk about the threat our government supposedly poses. At least nobody is dying (and yes, I mean whines against Bush the past so many years too).

Can I say "F Ahmadinejad?"
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Re: Gunfire Erupts at Iranian Pro-Reform Protests, At Least 1 Killed
« Reply #12 on: June 15, 2009, 06:42:08 PM »
Heh, the guys at Twitter itself are trying to decide when to perform maintenance lest they go down at a really bad time for the Iranians.

Also, there appears to be a massive (and effective) DDOS attack on government sites, especially police sites.
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Re: Gunfire Erupts at Iranian Pro-Reform Protests, At Least 1 Killed
« Reply #13 on: June 15, 2009, 07:25:31 PM »
get them the guns they need out of Saddam's depots.....there's PLENTY still there
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