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The headline on their story describing, in muted tones, the latest in a long series of demonstrations against the regime:

Rare Iranian Protest Targets Ahmadinejad

Feh. The real headline would have said “Revolutionary protests continue at Tehran U.”

After all, one of the main speakers, reminding Ahmadinejad of his call for a Palestinian referendum, demanded one on behalf of the Iranian people as well. Which is tantamount to calling for an end to the Islamic Republic.

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1. BLOC:

After all, one of the main speakers, reminding Ahmadinejad of his call for a Palestinian referendum, demanded one on behalf of the Iranian people as well. Which is tantamount to calling for an end to the Islamic Republic.

OUCH!

Oct 8, 2007 - 9:56 pm 2. Ira Zad:

We must be careful to discern staged protests instigated (and most likely financed) by the “Reformist” faction within the Islamist Regime with genuine peoples protest with the intention to end the Islamic regime.

Unfortunately even the analysts on the right, are avoiding or ignoring the fact that Euro-mullah ‘Reformists’ inside the regime, led by Rafsanjani and Khatami, have been and are preparing themselves for a sort of a Coup to pounce back into power by ousting Ahmadinejad, and hence save the regime from being destroyed.

These student ‘protests’ should be looked upon more in that light rather than a call for ending the regime by the protestors. The protests and slogans are mainly against Ahmadinejad and indirectly aganist Khamenei who lead the faction of the Hardliners in the regime. This is just infighting between the ‘Reformists’ and ‘Hardliners’ over which one will continue to lead the regime.

And as such, analysts should take care not to fall into the notion that the cause of these anemic, scattered, and isolated protests have anything to do with ending the regime as a whole.

This “change” is actually not a “change”, but just a reversion to what the form of the regime was before Ahmadinejad came into power in June 2006 under Khatami, Europe’s darling mullah.

And as such, this is exactly what is coming for Iran if US continues to sit on its hands and not do something drastic to change the situation around soon. Unless, of course, we like to see an Islamic Republic pig albeit decorated with European lipstick come into power in Iran in the near future.

ML:

Well, maybe so. But we have to make sure we don’t reflexively fall into what the italians call “dietrologia,” the conviction that nothing is what it appears to be, and everything has a ’secret’ explanation, known only to the adepts. I mean, if there were a referendum, as the speaker demanded, it would be the end of both rafsanjani and ahmadinejad, along with the reformists too, i rather suspect…

Oct 9, 2007 - 1:53 pm 3. Alireza:

Dr. Mosadegh, the former prime minister of Iran once said for going to heaven, sometimes we need to go through hell to get there.

ML:

I don’t think he was the first to come up with that idea, somehow…

Oct 11, 2007 - 12:30 pm 4. Winston:

You gotta love their story on Burma where a dissident died under what AP says was: QUESTIONING

I wrote about it here

http://thespiritofman.blogspot.com/2007/10/its-questioning.html

ML:

Yes, you are entirely right. The tyrants’ victims die under ‘questioning’ while ours die under ‘torture.’

Oct 11, 2007 - 1:39 pm 5. kourosh:

Ghods, No Ghods. The terrorist originated so-called international Ghods day proved to be a disaster for leader of Islamic Republic of Terrorists and Khomeinists in Iran. Despite all their efforts snf the efforts of their sympathizers in certain Muslim countries, no major demonstration was reported anywhere including most of the occupied Iran itself. Except for the usual rented backward crowd in Tehran, there was no other major demonstration anywhere in the Islamic world. Of course official terrorist newspaper in Tehran (Kayhan Insid Iran) reported Tehran demonstration as international event without mentionting any other place.
Defeated in organizing Ghods day demonstration, now the attention of Islamists is turned to Eed Fatar Prayer. Khomeinists are trying to use a religious activity and crowd gathered for Fatar prayer as demonstration against US, Isreal, and the West.

Oct 12, 2007 - 11:32 am

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