Once Again From The Obama Administration: “We Won”

Are people getting sick of the smug arrogance coming out of this administration, yet? Do people think this is a mature way to handle criticism?  Here is some discussion on that question on Joe Scarborough’s show, 6/19/09:

An Iranian Protester Pleads For US/World Intervention

An Iranian student protester from Tehran spoke with CNN’s “American Morning”, this morning, and made this passionate plea for help from the US and world communities:

Mohammad: Yes. Let me tell you something. For about three decades our nation has been humiliated and insulted by this regime. Now Iranians are united again one more time after 1979 Revolution. We are a peaceful nation. We don’t hate anybody. We want to be an active member of the international community. We don’t want to be isolated… We don’t deny the Holocaust. We do accept Israel’s rights. And actually, we want — we want severe reform on this structure. This structure is not going to be tolerated by the majority of Iranians. We need severe reform, as much as possible.

Roberts: Interesting perspective this morning from Mohammad, a student demonstrator there in Tehran.

Mohammad: Excuse me, sir. I have a message for the international community. Would you please let me tell it?

Roberts: Yes, go ahead.

Mohammad: Americans, European Union, international community, this government is not definitely — is definitely not elected by the majority of Iranians. So it’s illegal. Do not recognize it. Stop trading with them. Impose much more sanctions against them. My message…to the international community, especially I’m addressing President Obama directly – how can a government that doesn’t recognize its people’s rights and represses them brutally and mercilessly have nuclear activities? This government is a huge threat to global peace. Will a wise man give a sharp dagger to an insane person? We need your help international community. Don’t leave us alone.

Read the entire interview.

A  bitter dose of reality  from Andrew McCarthy:

Obama is resigned to Iran getting nukes (perhaps even having them already) and has no intention of doing anything meaningful about it.

The fact is that, as a man of the hard Left, Obama is more comfortable with a totalitarian Islamic regime than he would be with a free Iranian society. In this he is no different from his allies like the Congressional Black Caucus and Bill Ayers, who have shown themselves perfectly comfortable with Castro and Chàvez.  Indeed, he is the product of a hard-Left tradition that apologized for Stalin and was more comfortable with the Soviets than the anti-Communists (and that, in Soros parlance, saw George Bush as a bigger terrorist than bin Laden).

Because of obvious divergences (inequality for women and non-Muslims, hatred of homosexuals) radical Islam and radical Leftism are commonly mistaken to be incompatible. In fact, they have much more in common than not, especially when it comes to suppression of freedom, intrusiveness in all aspects of life, notions of “social justice,” and their economic programs. (On this, as in so many other things, Anthony Daniels should be required reading — see his incisive New English Review essay, ”There Is No God but Politics”, comparing Marx and Muslim Brotherhood theorist Sayyid Qutb.) The divergences between radical Islam and radical Leftism are much overrated — “equal rights” and “social justice” are always more rally-cry propaganda than real goals for totalitarians, and hatred of certain groups is always a feature of their societies.

More at link.

Meanwhile…

the resistance in Iran continues to fight…and not as “peacefully” as Obama would like:

paramilitary forces headquarters burning in Tehran Sattarkhan

Question: How on earth do you triumph against a brutal, powerful, and oppressive regime “peacefully”?

MORE:

Read Christopher Hitchen’s smackdown of Obama’s position on the Iranian election:

That last observation also applies to the Obama administration. Want to take a noninterventionist position? All right, then, take a noninterventionist position. This would mean not referring to Khamenei in fawning tones as the supreme leader and not calling Iran itself by the tyrannical title of “the Islamic republic.” But be aware that nothing will stop the theocrats from slandering you for interfering anyway. Also try to bear in mind that one day you will have to face the young Iranian democrats who risked their all in the battle and explain to them just what you were doing when they were being beaten and gassed. (Hint: Don’t make your sole reference to Iranian dictatorship an allusion to a British-organized coup in 1953; the mullahs think that it proves their main point, and this generation has more immediate enemies to confront.)

Oh come on…Can’t he just eat his waffle (cone)?

ALSO:

Don’t miss Gateway Pundit’s interview of famous Iranian dissident, Ahmad Batebi:

Iranian Hero & Leading Activist Ahmad Batebi On Obama: “His Lack of Response Will Not Be Regarded Kindly” (Audio-Video)

UPDATE:

This just in from Major Garrett on Twitter:

Gibbs says admin still open to negotiations with ruling Iranian regime on nukes, despite it’s “unjust” acts.

UPDATE II:

This is just beyond the pale….

Yup: Iran Still Invited For Hot Dogs and Fireworks on July 4th

The United States said Monday its invitations were still standing for Iranian diplomats to attend July 4 celebrations at US embassies despite the crackdown on opposition supporters.

“There’s no thought to rescinding the invitations to Iranian diplomats,” State Department spokesman Ian Kelly told reporters.

President Barack Obama’s administration said earlier this month it would invite Iran to US embassy barbecues for the national holiday for the first time since the two nations severed relations following the 1979 Islamic revolution.

Tone. deaf.

People are dying in the streets, an innocent woman shot in cold blood, the regime warns her family not to hold a memorial for her:

Security forces urged Neda’s friends and family not to hold memorial services for her at a mosque and asked them not to speak publicly about her, associates of the family said. Authorities even asked the family to take down the black mourning banners in front of their house, aware of the potent symbol she has become.

And Obama has the unmitigated gall to invite reps from this evil regime to a BBQ on our own Independence Day?

The rumor is; the protesters are pining for GW.

The Lionesses Of Iran

Willing to pay the ultimate price for freedom:

” There is no fear here now.I feel it in the air. We all are ready to become martyrs. Why live if you are not free. No point”

UPDATE:

Case in point: Watch this video at about 30 seconds in as a young Iranian woman gets decked by one of the truncheon wielding “security” thugs:

She pops right back up like a jack in the box, and an older man gets between her and the fiend, holding her back as she shakes her fist at him.

I can’t help being in awe of such bravery, but if I were her mother, I would be telling her to stay home…and stay safe.

Neda

From the Iran Protest Youtube channel:

The anguished cries of Neda’s father, (Correction: It was her music teacher she was with) heard in the uncut videos have been translated:

“Neda, don’t be afraid. Neda, don’t be afraid. Neda, stay with me. Neda stay with me!”

The horrifying and heart-breaking murder of  27 year old martyr, Neda, as seen by millions on Youtube, has become a powerful symbol for the resistance in Iran.

This is the injustice they are fighting.

As another Iranian woman reportedly said, ” There is no fear here now.I feel it in the air. We all are ready to become martyrs. Why live if you are not free. No point”

UPDATE:

More about Neda at American Power. It might surprise you to know, she wasn’t even an activist. But she was out on the street to protest the stolen election

A SONG FOR NEDA:

Lisa Gerrard & Pieter Bourke:

Sacrifice

Who Is Hossain Mousavi?

Is he a hardliner in sheeps clothing as many fear? Or would he be the reformer that so many Iranians, risking their lives in protest,  are hoping for?

Iranian human rights activist Banafsheh Zand-Bonazzi appeared on Fox News to answer that question:

And here’s the text of the recent letter from the very peeved Mousavi to Obama via Founding Bloggers:

From  the Office of Mr. Mir Hossein Mousavi

To the President of the USA, Mr. Barack Hussein Obama:

Dear Mr. President,

In the name of  the Iranian people, we want you to know that when you recently made the statement “Achmadinejad or Mousavi? Two of a kind,” we consider this as a grave and deep insult, not just to Mr. Mousavi but especially against the judgment of the Iranian people, against our moral conviction and intelligence, especially those of the young generation that comprises a population of 31 million.

It is a specially grave insult for those who are now fighting for democracy and freedom, and an unwarranted gift and even praise for Mr. Khamenei, whose security forces are now killing peaceful Iranians in the streets of every major city in the country.

Your statement misled the people of the world. It was no doubt inspired by your hope for dialogue with this regime, but you cannot possibly believe in promises from a regime that lies to its own people and then kills them when they demand the promises be kept.

By such statements, your administration and you discourage the Iranian people, who believe and trust in the values of democracy and freedom.  We are pleased to see that you have condemned the regime’s murderous violence, and we look forward to stronger support for the rightful struggle of the Iranian people against the actions of a regime that is your enemy as well as ours.

Boy, that James Taranto wasn’t kidding when he said, “We’re All Neocons, Now”.

Hat Tip: Gateway Pundit

MORE:

Via Ace, this amateur video sent to the BBC  was taken during Saturday’s clashes. It  appears to show  security forces in full retreat, running away  from protesters.

Here’s another video of the same confrontation:

This was happening yesterday, perhaps around the time Obama and his daughters were getting their frozen puppy pops.

Also, The Iranian Bus Workers Union has joined the resistance.

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Bad news for bloggers, and twitterers in Iran:

The Iranian regime has developed, with the assistance of European telecommunications companies, one of the world’s most sophisticated mechanisms for controlling and censoring the Internet, allowing it to examine the content of individual online communications on a massive scale.

Interviews with technology experts in Iran and outside the country say Iranian efforts at monitoring Internet information go well beyond blocking access to Web sites or severing Internet connections.

Instead, in confronting the political turmoil that has consumed the country this past week, the Iranian government appears to be engaging in a practice often called deep packet inspection, which enables authorities to not only block communication but to monitor it to gather information about individuals, as well as alter it for disinformation purposes, according to these experts.

I fear that for many of the young people revolting in Iran, the success of their movement is literally a life or death situation.

Many journalists and bloggers have already been arrested:

Since June 13, the start of nationwide demonstrations and protests against Iran’s rigged presidential elections began, a clampdown on many of the leading reformist politicians, as well as journalists and bloggers, has been under way. Many have been arrested and imprisoned.

There are strong rumors that some of them, including Messrs Tajzadeh, Ramazanpour, and Aminzadeh (see below), are under strong pressure to “confess” to planning the demonstrations well in advance of the elections, and having “connections” with foreign powers. The following is a list of those whose arrest and imprisonment have been confirmed, together with a brief background for each.

Go here for complete list, which is almost sure to grow in the coming days.

UPDATE:

See this post for all of Sunday’s most important events in Iran.

Attorney Found Sleeping In Neighbor’s Trashcan

I’ve heard of dumpster diving, but this is ridiculous:

What a dump.

Police found an attorney from Jeffersonville, IN,  sleeping peacefully in his neighbor’s overturned city garbage can Wednesday morning, after neighbors woke to find the disturbing sight among strewn trash on the ground.

Jeffersonville Police Chief Tim Deeringer said Wilder was cooperative when police arrived at the home on Elk Pointe Boulevard and was able to walk back to his home — next door.

No arrest was made because no laws were broken…although it looks to me like they could have gotten him on littering.

Councilman Nathan Samuel lives in Wilder’s neighborhood, Elk Pointe, and had not heard any commotion the night before the incident.

“It seems like very unusual behavior. I definitely haven’t seen him like that personally.”

Yeah, it does seem a little unusual…

Hat tip: Crime Scene KC

Photoshop: Barack Obama In Lord Of The Flies

Photoshop inspired by this story: Good news: White House is crawling with flies

And of course, this one: Obama’s AmeriCrooks and cronies scandal

Of which Byron York helpfully explains: How Republicans can crack the AmeriCorps scandal

As the Walpin revelations continue, it appears some Republicans are ready to act. This week, Sen. Charles Grassley, a longtime champion of inspectors general, expressed frustration with his inability to get much information out of the Justice Department. (Grassley has sent many requests to the department, one of them for   more information about the AmeriCorps affair.)

“I’ve learned that holding up nominees for an executive branch agency is an effective tool to get answers,” Grassley said.  “So, until we start getting answers to these outstanding requests, I’m noticing my intention to hold certain Justice Department nominees.”

Read the whole thing.

Video: What Is Going On In Iran

This is a good  run down of what happened on election night leading to the protests in Iran.

Yes, President Bush Was A Meddler

On November 6, 2003, President Bush Discussed Freedom in Iraq and Middle East at the 20th Anniversary of the National Endowment for Democracy, United States Chamber of Commerce, Washington, D.C.

His words resonate today, more than ever.

Some excepts:

We’ve witnessed, in little over a generation, the swiftest advance of freedom in the 2,500 year story of democracy. Historians in the future will offer their own explanations for why this happened. Yet we already know some of the reasons they will cite. It is no accident that the rise of so many democracies took place in a time when the world’s most influential nation was itself a democracy.

The United States made military and moral commitments in Europe and Asia, which protected free nations from aggression, and created the conditions in which new democracies could flourish. As we provided security for whole nations, we also provided inspiration for oppressed peoples. In prison camps, in banned union meetings, in clandestine churches, men and women knew that the whole world was not sharing their own nightmare. They knew of at least one place — a bright and hopeful land — where freedom was valued and secure. And they prayed that America would not forget them, or forget the mission to promote liberty around the world.

Sadly, these days, promoting liberty is seen as “meddling”.

Historians in the future will reflect on an extraordinary, undeniable fact: Over time, free nations grow stronger and dictatorships grow weaker. In the middle of the 20th century, some imagined that the central planning and social regimentation were a shortcut to national strength. In fact, the prosperity, and social vitality and technological progress of a people are directly determined by extent of their liberty. Freedom honors and unleashes human creativity — and creativity determines the strength and wealth of nations. Liberty is both the plan of Heaven for humanity, and the best hope for progress here on Earth.

Some might say that the US took a giant step backward in the 2008 election, trading liberty for security…

The progress of liberty is a powerful trend. Yet, we also know that liberty, if not defended, can be lost. The success of freedom is not determined by some dialectic of history. By definition, the success of freedom rests upon the choices and the courage of free peoples, and upon their willingness to sacrifice. In the trenches of World War I, through a two-front war in the 1940s, the difficult battles of Korea and Vietnam, and in missions of rescue and liberation on nearly every continent, Americans have amply displayed our willingness to sacrifice for liberty.

I think we’re seeing this in the bravery and sacrifices of the Iranian protesters…I’m just not sure that their alternative to Ahmadinejad would be the radical change they’re looking for.

Our commitment to democracy is also tested in the Middle East, which is my focus today, and must be a focus of American policy for decades to come. In many nations of the Middle East — countries of great strategic importance — democracy has not yet taken root. And the questions arise: Are the peoples of the Middle East somehow beyond the reach of liberty? Are millions of men and women and children condemned by history or culture to live in despotism? Are they alone never to know freedom, and never even to have a choice in the matter? I, for one, do not believe it. I believe every person has the ability and the right to be free. (Applause.)

Remember how he was scorned by the left for saying that?

It should be clear to all that Islam — the faith of one-fifth of humanity — is consistent with democratic rule. Democratic progress is found in many predominantly Muslim countries — in Turkey and Indonesia, and Senegal and Albania, Niger and Sierra Leone. Muslim men and women are good citizens of India and South Africa, of the nations of Western Europe, and of the United States of America.

More than half of all the Muslims in the world live in freedom under democratically constituted governments. They succeed in democratic societies, not in spite of their faith, but because of it. A religion that demands individual moral accountability, and encourages the encounter of the individual with God, is fully compatible with the rights and responsibilities of self-government.

***

Many Middle Eastern governments now understand that military dictatorship and theocratic rule are a straight, smooth highway to nowhere. But some governments still cling to the old habits of central control. There are governments that still fear and repress independent thought and creativity, and private enterprise — the human qualities that make for a — strong and successful societies. Even when these nations have vast natural resources, they do not respect or develop their greatest resources — the talent and energy of men and women working and living in freedom.

Instead of dwelling on past wrongs and blaming others, governments in the Middle East need to confront real problems, and serve the true interests of their nations. The good and capable people of the Middle East all deserve responsible leadership. For too long, many people in that region have been victims and subjects — they deserve to be active citizens.

Governments across the Middle East and North Africa are beginning to see the need for change. Morocco has a diverse new parliament; King Mohammed has urged it to extend the rights to women. Here is how His Majesty explained his reforms to parliament: “How can society achieve progress while women, who represent half the nation, see their rights violated and suffer as a result of injustice, violence, and marginalization, notwithstanding the dignity and justice granted to them by our glorious religion?” The King of Morocco is correct: The future of Muslim nations will be better for all with the full participation of women. (Applause.)

In Bahrain last year, citizens elected their own parliament for the first time in nearly three decades. Oman has extended the vote to all adult citizens; Qatar has a new constitution; Yemen has a multiparty political system; Kuwait has a directly elected national assembly; and Jordan held historic elections this summer. Recent surveys in Arab nations reveal broad support for political pluralism, the rule of law, and free speech. These are the stirrings of Middle Eastern democracy, and they carry the promise of greater change to come.

As changes come to the Middle Eastern region, those with power should ask themselves: Will they be remembered for resisting reform, or for leading it? In Iran, the demand for democracy is strong and broad, as we saw last month when thousands gathered to welcome home Shirin Ebadi, the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. The regime in Teheran must heed the democratic demands of the Iranian people, or lose its last claim to legitimacy. (Applause.)

Former President Bush sure called it.

As we watch and encourage reforms in the region, we are mindful that modernization is not the same as Westernization. Representative governments in the Middle East will reflect their own cultures. They will not, and should not, look like us. Democratic nations may be constitutional monarchies, federal republics, or parliamentary systems. And working democracies always need time to develop — as did our own. We’ve taken a 200-year journey toward inclusion and justice — and this makes us patient and understanding as other nations are at different stages of this journey.

This next part of his speech is directed toward the Middle East, but made me think of us under Obama’s leadership:

There are, however, essential principles common to every successful society, in every culture. Successful societies limit the power of the state and the power of the military — so that governments respond to the will of the people, and not the will of an elite.

Which is why under the current administration, we are doomed to become an unsuccessful society.

Successful societies protect freedom with the consistent and impartial rule of law, instead of selecting applying — selectively applying the law to punish political opponents.

Hmmm, like say, releasing CIA memos, or firing Inspector Generals?

Successful societies allow room for healthy civic institutions — for political parties and labor unions and independent newspapers and broadcast media.

Fairness Doctine/localism…whatever you want to call it…it’s meant to chill conservative speech. Not healthy in a free and open society.

Successful societies guarantee religious liberty — the right to serve and honor God without fear of persecution. Successful societies privatize their economies, and secure the rights of property.

We seem to be heading in the wrong direction, there…

They prohibit and punish official corruption, and invest in the health and education of their people.

Prohibit and punish corruption?…No no no, I think in Obamerica, we prohibit and punish those who uncover corruption.

They recognize the rights of women. And instead of directing hatred and resentment against others, successful societies appeal to the hopes of their own people. (Applause.)

Bush was clearly not a follower of Saul Alinsky’s Rules For Radicals: ‘Pick the Target, Freeze It, Personalize It  and Polarize It.’

Securing democracy in Iraq is the work of many hands. American and coalition forces are sacrificing for the peace of Iraq and for the security of free nations. Aid workers from many countries are facing danger to help the Iraqi people. The National Endowment for Democracy is promoting women’s rights, and training Iraqi journalists, and teaching the skills of political participation. Iraqis, themselves — police and borders guards and local officials — are joining in the work and they are sharing in the sacrifice.

This is a massive and difficult undertaking — it is worth our effort, it is worth our sacrifice, because we know the stakes. The failure of Iraqi democracy would embolden terrorists around the world, increase dangers to the American people, and extinguish the hopes of millions in the region.

Please note how, with so much at stake, it was particularly contemptible for Democrats to be constantly undermining our efforts in Iraq, and declaring defeat before the job was finished.

Iraqi democracy will succeed — and that success will send forth the news, from Damascus to Tehran — that freedom can be the future of every nation. (Applause.) The establishment of a free Iraq at the heart of the Middle East will be a watershed event in the global democratic revolution. (Applause.)

He was right about our success, and he was right about the signal it would send to other nations in the Middle East.

Therefore, the United States has adopted a new policy, a forward strategy of freedom in the Middle East. This strategy requires the same persistence and energy and idealism we have shown before. And it will yield the same results. As in Europe, as in Asia, as in every region of the world, the advance of freedom leads to peace. (Applause.)

The advance of freedom is the calling of our time; it is the calling of our country. From the Fourteen Points to the Four Freedoms, to the Speech at Westminster, America has put our power at the service of principle. We believe that liberty is the design of nature; we believe that liberty is the direction of history. We believe that human fulfillment and excellence come in the responsible exercise of liberty. And we believe that freedom — the freedom we prize — is not for us alone, it is the right and the capacity of all mankind. (Applause.)

Meddler.

Thanks to Jackstraw for digging up that speech for me.

MORE RECENTLY:

John Bolton said this in an oped in The NYTs:

Despite these successful elections, the sectarian and communal violence will not necessarily end, and we may even see the ultimate fragmentation of Iraq. Nor will the elections put an end to Iran’s ambitions. Tehran appears to believe that its influence in the region is expanding, and that its neighbors and the United States have failed to respond effectively. This belief is unsurprising, given the Obama administration’s acquiescent attitude toward Tehran.

Still, the elections could make a deep impression on the citizens of Iran and its vassal, Syria. Young, educated, sophisticated Iranians, dissatisfied with their country’s religious orthodoxy and economic failures since the 1979 revolution, will draw their own conclusions from Iraq’s peaceful democratic process.

Uncomfortable though it may be for some on the American left to admit, the “surge” continues to work, politically and militarily. The moment has come for the Obama administration to acknowledge what those fingers dipped in purple ink truly represent — a triumph for democracy.

Thanks also to Jackstraw.

Oh, For God’s Sake…

Tingles does it again:

Said without even a twinge of embarrassment or shame…

Hat tip: Weasel Zippers, via vermontaigne on Twitter.

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Iran’s Nuclear Program Is Not Peaceful

We have been led to believe that the oil rich Iran led by Ahmadinejad is merely following a civilian nuclear strategy, but Michael Goldfarb of the Weekly Standard has found proof of what we already knew to be the truth in the matter:

Iran’s envoy to the UN atomic watchdog caused a buzz among journalists on Wednesday when he apparently misspoke and said his country had the right to a nuclear weapon.

After saying as usual that Iran was only pursuing nuclear energy for civilian purposes, Ali Asghar Soltanieh strayed alarmingly from the Islamic republic’s usual line.

“The whole Iranian nation are united… on (the) inalienable right of (having a) nuclear weapon,” the envoy to the UN’s International Atomic Energy Agency said.

“Apparently misspoke” or made a Freudian slip? What he clearly meant to say was, “nuclear technology”.

Because the whole Iranian nation is not united on the right to a nuclear weapon. At least not according to this Bloomberg report:

The election turmoil is pitting the Islamic republic’s ruling clergy against young Iranians and more educated voters who want social freedom and better ties with the West.

Ahmadinejad’s opponents accuse the 52-year-old of wrecking the economy, which suffers from 10.5 percent unemployment and almost 24 percent inflation, and driving Iran into international isolation over the country’s nuclear program.

The head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog, Mohammed ElBaradei, told the BBC for the first time yesterday he believed Iran wanted the option of an atomic bomb.

Mousavi, while backing Iran’s “right” to nuclear technology, has said the president brought shame on the country with a management style “based on adventurism, instability, unlawfulness and radicalism.” Ahmadinejad has called the Holocaust a “myth,” while Mousavi has condemned violence against Jews.

I don’t think all Iranians consider a  right to nuclear technology the same thing as “an inalienable right to a nuclear weapon”, especially considering the desire of so many for “better ties with the West”.

But we do know beyond a shadow of a doubt what Iran’s current leadership thinks about it.

Video: The Iranian Uprising In Pictures

The latest news from Iranian Blog, Revolutionary Road:

“People in iran have hope… It’s good for people around the world to end our grief and support us in this matter. we were the victim of the press in 1979 revolution and we think this time each individual is a journalist and we won’t let anyone choose a Dictator for us. please don’t underestimate your work”

Today, Thursday June 18, at 5pm Tehran time, there will be protest rallies in several cities in Iran against the regime’s repression and killings. People will demand the identification and prosecution of those who have ordered and carried out the killings.

>>>The human rights organization in iran, after the researches they had, and against all the informations recieved from iran and from the local government, managed to confirm the death of 32 iranian citizens, in relation to the situation relation to 24 and 25 khordad (persian calendar).

>>>During the process of the objections against the results of the elections of the Islamic Republic, in the city of “yazd”, in the past 48 hours at least 3 of the citizens got shot by the military guards, and according to the local news agencies one of the citizens who was injured from the back area, also got shot and has now passed away. these objections took place at the” atlasi” and “na’l” roundabout in the passed few days, and the witnesses mentioned that a couple of the military guards and the military branches has atacked and broke the glasses of all the vehicles which were parked on the streets.

>>>A female student with the surname of tahmasebi, who was in the rallies and objections in the past days, was attacked by the security guards in the university of kermanshah. the stroke has effected her head/ brain therefore she is no longer alive. she passed away last night in the Emam Razi hospital of the city (Kermanshah).

>>>chemistry lecturers of the sanaty sharif university in tehran signes ther resignation letters together yesterday. they gathered and wrote the resignation letters in objection to all the attacks and killings which took place recently. even before that it was the tehran university lecturers who decided to resign also because of the attacks and killings. many of the lecturers in Amir Kabir univeristy in tehran, resigined last sunday. they gathered in the university mosque and showed their objetion to the recent situation in Iran, therefore they signed their resignation in support of the peole in Iran and also in support of their own students who have been attacked.

>>>The Islamic republic in Iran is brutally torturing students arrested in the uprising in the basement of the Interior Ministry building in Tehran.

Among them are students arrested during the midnight raid on Monday on the dormitory of the University of Tehran. They were transferred directly to the basement of the Interior Ministry building where they were subjected to brutal physical and psychological torture and rape.

Farhad Rahbar, an agent who was appointed by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as dean of the Tehran University, visited the students at the ministry the following day and warned them to keep silent about the torture they underwent.

Much, much more at link.

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Noted Iranian Activist Kianoosh Sanjari: “The People of Iran Will Not Forgive Obama For Siding With the Regime” (Audio-Video)

Another compilation of photos from Christian Amanpour:

Incidentally, The Anchoress says, Amanpour just reported on the student  torture story, mentioned above.

MORE:

Ralph Peters:

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New Blog Alert

Dan Collins of Protein Wisdom Fame has started a brand new blog, Piece of Work in Progress…(I’m thinking the name may be temporary). It is as he says…a piece of work…and  definitely worth a look see. In fact bloggers,  it’s time to update your blogrolls, because all the cool blogs are, and you don’t want to be left out.

Wednesday’s Hero: Pvt. William Long

Pvt. William Long
23 years old from Conway, Arkansas
D Company, 2nd Battalion, 58th Infantry
June 1, 2009

“My brother taught me valuable lessons and made me the man I am today,” said Pfc. Triston Long, brother of Pvt. William Long. “My commander said, ‘Make your brother one of us.’ I will miss my brother with all that I am, and I serve in honor of him.”

Pvt. William Long had just completed basic training and was set to ship out on June 8 to his first duty station in Korea when he and Private Second Class Quinton Ezeagwula were shot outside a Little Rock, Arkansas Army-Navy Recruiting Center by Abdul Hakim Mujahid Muhammad. They were in Little Rock to speak to with potential recruits about their experiences.

Pvt. Long’s father, Daris Long, a former Marine, wrote a letter to give to him when he shipped out for South Korea. In that letter he wrote, “Your day only ends when you’ve done your duty. You and your brother … are both heroes for having the moral courage to stand up when your country needs you most. You are in my hopes and my thoughts and my prayers. You are my son, you are my hero. I love you. Semper fidelis.”

Along with his father and brother, Pvt. William Long is survived by his mother, Janet, who had served in the Navy herself.

All Information Was Found On And Copied From RedState, Sipsey Street Irregulars & Army Times with help from Kathi

These brave men and women sacrifice so much in their lives so that others may enjoy the freedoms we get to enjoy everyday. For that, I am proud to call them Hero.
We Should Not Only Mourn These Men And Women Who Died, We Should Also Thank God That Such People Lived

This post is part of the Wednesday Hero Blogroll. For more information about Wednesday Hero, or if you would like to post it on your site, you can go here.

Video: IG Walpin Responds To Obama’s Smear:

Inspector General Gerald Walpin appeared on The Glenn Beck Show, today to respond to allegations that he had appeared confused and disoriented at a key meeting. Beck proceeds to administer a senility test to Walpin, hoping that someone in the Obama administration is watching:

Key quote:

“I think for them to say that I was disoriented was an amazing, amazing slinging of mud…Frankly what they’re saying, anybody who knows me and everybody who knows me and those people who’ve heard me on television, those people who’ve heard me on radio, know that this is the most incredible smear that has ever occurred to someone only because he’s standing up to the most powerful machine on earth.”

But that’s the Chicago way.

GOOD NEWS:

FBI Investigating Obama Friend Kevin Johnson’s Mess