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Re: An Ugly Day (none / 1)

The Ahmadinejad government - faction? - has moved to active repressive measures using police, military, or Revolutionary Guard helicopters to drop CS crystals mixed with water, according to reports, and the basij are out shooting and beating protesters.

There are also reports some of the Greens are out "basij hunting" at night.

This could get really ugly, very quickly.

She believed in nothing; only her skepticism kept her from being an atheist. -- Jean-Paul Sartre

by ATinNM on Sat Jun 20th, 2009 at 12:18:25 PM EST
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Re: An Ugly Day (none / 1)

Already getting really ugly. They're shooting people on camera.

Be nice to America. Or we'll bring democracy to your country.

by Drew J Jones (pedobear@pennstatefootball.com) on Sat Jun 20th, 2009 at 12:21:01 PM EST
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The shooting seems to be somewhat random and sporadic.

"Getting ugly" = "machine gunning into the protesters"

She believed in nothing; only her skepticism kept her from being an atheist. -- Jean-Paul Sartre

by ATinNM on Sat Jun 20th, 2009 at 12:30:52 PM EST
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They've done that, too, although you're right that it seems a little sporadic.

Be nice to America. Or we'll bring democracy to your country.

by Drew J Jones (pedobear@pennstatefootball.com) on Sat Jun 20th, 2009 at 12:36:30 PM EST
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seen the odd report of continuous gunfire in the university area.

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Sat Jun 20th, 2009 at 12:39:25 PM EST
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Been going on all day. Word, for now, is the Greens have largely regained control of the University. That's apparently primo "Basiji Hunting" territory.

Be nice to America. Or we'll bring democracy to your country.

by Drew J Jones (pedobear@pennstatefootball.com) on Sat Jun 20th, 2009 at 12:42:51 PM EST
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twitter stream becomes readable if you cut all the retweets out

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Sat Jun 20th, 2009 at 12:55:47 PM EST
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