Iranian Students: "We Don't Want Nuke Power, You Nut!"
OK. I made up the "you nut" part, but the above is true. The report comes from MEMRI. (HT: the very talented Roger L. Simon. )
Several media outlets in Iran reported, albeit in a restricted and censured fashion, that there has been rioting on several university campuses in Tehran for the past four days. The reformist Internet daily Rooz reported that over 500 members of riot-control units have besieged the Tehran University campus, and that there have been clashes between rioting students and Basij and police forces.
Everyone remembers the Basij, right? Those would be the "shock troops" that Ahmadinejad gives honr to on a regular basis. This shows just how cruel this bastard is. The Basij are blood-thirsty enforcers of Ahmadinejad's regime. Rereading Marcie's post regarding the Basij and Mr. Kuntzel's expert analysis of this group, I can only say I hope they had their leashes on when they were cut loose.
The riots broke out following a student protest over what appeared to be a purge of the academic faculty of Tehran University. This coincided with the marking of the "Second of Khordad," the day of the Persian month of Khordad on which Mohammad Khatami was first elected president of Iran (May 23, 1997). [1]
During the riots, eight student leaders were arrested, and, according to eyewitnesses quoted in Rooz, 25 of those under siege in the campus were wounded, five of them severely. Eyewitnesses reported that students were chanting anti-regime slogans, such as "We don't want nuclear energy" and "Forget Palestine - think of us."
With the MSM trying to pick this story up, I'm sure that they'll drop those slogans. Or, they may use the "We don't want nuclear energy" slogan for responding to President Bush's call for more nuclear energy use in the nation yesterday.
The eyewitnesses also reported that Iranian security forces fired live bullets, and that shots were fired at homes outside the university. One of the students told Rooz: "The university campus is on fire, raids are being conducted throughout the campus, and the students are in fear and anxiety... Gunfire is heard from all directions... There is blood everywhere." [2] The university's telephone lines were reported to have been cut.
Anyone still think the Iranians are all about freedom? This is what happens when people speak up in Iran. They're attacked, quite literally, and there is no end to the bloodletting until the mullahs are sure the problem has been quelled. This has been going on for four days, and these people are being slaughtered and arrested. Yeah, Ahmadinejad's a guy we can work with. I'm sure the Democrats will find a way to pooh-pooh this unprovoked and violent retribution for speaking one's mind.
According to other eyewitnesses, "police riot-control units entered the campus with helmets, shields, and clubs, and beat students so severely that many can't even walk." A campus security guard told a Rooz reporter: "We were told that we were permitted to use violence against the students, but not to hit them on their heads or their faces, in order to avoid leaving marks. We were told not to be respectful towards any student, unless he is a member of the Basij student union."
That's probably because the Basij wouldn't be participating in a demonstration against the government controlled university. Ya think? Maybe?
One of the students said: "They are sending more riot-control forces [into the campus]. I estimate that they are about 3,000 strong... There is also an intensive presence of Ansar-e Hizbullah forces in vehicles or on motorcycles. They have also brought in several fire trucks [to disperse the students]..." [3] One of the reporters said: "Reporters who came to cover the events were stopped by university security guards, and none were permitted to enter [the campus]." [4]
This reminds me of a story we covered a while ago. The Chinese cracked down on protesters in Dongzhou village when they rose up over the seizure of their land. This isn't about land, but it has similar reflections in responses. The chinese also moved in additional troops, and did what they could to stop word from getting out. Not only did they cut off all communication to the outside world, and tried to buy the bodies of the dead off of the families so no proof existed. That goes right in line with avoiding any blows to the head and face. No "marks" allows Ahmadinejad to spin this incident any way he sees fit.
Local police claim that only 100 students were involved in the riots, but according to eyewitnesses quoted by Rooz, the riots involved some 3,000 of the 4,000 students attending the main campus, and another 2,000 from the law and political science campus. [5]
The ultra-conservative daily Kayhan, which is close to Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, called the student leaders "American representatives of the [U.S.] Congress in Tehran University," and reported that "yesterday afternoon, illegal forces demonstrated in the [university] classrooms after several faculty members were forced to retire." According to Kayhan, the demonstration organizers are not even students but are from outside the university. [6]
Morteza Talai, commander of the Tehran Metropolitan Police, told the Iranian Students News Agency (ISNA) that "at 9:30 PM, 100 students gathered at the campus gates, and 20 or 30 of them started throwing stones, sticks and firebombs at homes in the area." The report continued: "[Talai said that] the police reacted with restraint, and, until 5:30 AM, made efforts to curb the demonstrators throwing the firebombs... but [the students] paid no heed... Only in the morning did the police raid [the campus], and by 7:00 AM, it had made arrests and cleared the area, with the help of municipal forces... During this activity, three students were injured while attempting to climb onto the roof of the dormitory building."
Spin, spin, spin. That's what all the official statements will say. The students started this, they were the violent ones, and their injuries were the result of their own actions. Pay no attention to the jack-booted thug beating him with a club, or the sadistic riot police firing LIVE ROUNDS into a crowd of unarmed people.
Oh yeah, we can trust Iran to be "good." NOT!
Publius II
OK. I made up the "you nut" part, but the above is true. The report comes from MEMRI. (HT: the very talented Roger L. Simon. )
Several media outlets in Iran reported, albeit in a restricted and censured fashion, that there has been rioting on several university campuses in Tehran for the past four days. The reformist Internet daily Rooz reported that over 500 members of riot-control units have besieged the Tehran University campus, and that there have been clashes between rioting students and Basij and police forces.
Everyone remembers the Basij, right? Those would be the "shock troops" that Ahmadinejad gives honr to on a regular basis. This shows just how cruel this bastard is. The Basij are blood-thirsty enforcers of Ahmadinejad's regime. Rereading Marcie's post regarding the Basij and Mr. Kuntzel's expert analysis of this group, I can only say I hope they had their leashes on when they were cut loose.
The riots broke out following a student protest over what appeared to be a purge of the academic faculty of Tehran University. This coincided with the marking of the "Second of Khordad," the day of the Persian month of Khordad on which Mohammad Khatami was first elected president of Iran (May 23, 1997). [1]
During the riots, eight student leaders were arrested, and, according to eyewitnesses quoted in Rooz, 25 of those under siege in the campus were wounded, five of them severely. Eyewitnesses reported that students were chanting anti-regime slogans, such as "We don't want nuclear energy" and "Forget Palestine - think of us."
With the MSM trying to pick this story up, I'm sure that they'll drop those slogans. Or, they may use the "We don't want nuclear energy" slogan for responding to President Bush's call for more nuclear energy use in the nation yesterday.
The eyewitnesses also reported that Iranian security forces fired live bullets, and that shots were fired at homes outside the university. One of the students told Rooz: "The university campus is on fire, raids are being conducted throughout the campus, and the students are in fear and anxiety... Gunfire is heard from all directions... There is blood everywhere." [2] The university's telephone lines were reported to have been cut.
Anyone still think the Iranians are all about freedom? This is what happens when people speak up in Iran. They're attacked, quite literally, and there is no end to the bloodletting until the mullahs are sure the problem has been quelled. This has been going on for four days, and these people are being slaughtered and arrested. Yeah, Ahmadinejad's a guy we can work with. I'm sure the Democrats will find a way to pooh-pooh this unprovoked and violent retribution for speaking one's mind.
According to other eyewitnesses, "police riot-control units entered the campus with helmets, shields, and clubs, and beat students so severely that many can't even walk." A campus security guard told a Rooz reporter: "We were told that we were permitted to use violence against the students, but not to hit them on their heads or their faces, in order to avoid leaving marks. We were told not to be respectful towards any student, unless he is a member of the Basij student union."
That's probably because the Basij wouldn't be participating in a demonstration against the government controlled university. Ya think? Maybe?
One of the students said: "They are sending more riot-control forces [into the campus]. I estimate that they are about 3,000 strong... There is also an intensive presence of Ansar-e Hizbullah forces in vehicles or on motorcycles. They have also brought in several fire trucks [to disperse the students]..." [3] One of the reporters said: "Reporters who came to cover the events were stopped by university security guards, and none were permitted to enter [the campus]." [4]
This reminds me of a story we covered a while ago. The Chinese cracked down on protesters in Dongzhou village when they rose up over the seizure of their land. This isn't about land, but it has similar reflections in responses. The chinese also moved in additional troops, and did what they could to stop word from getting out. Not only did they cut off all communication to the outside world, and tried to buy the bodies of the dead off of the families so no proof existed. That goes right in line with avoiding any blows to the head and face. No "marks" allows Ahmadinejad to spin this incident any way he sees fit.
Local police claim that only 100 students were involved in the riots, but according to eyewitnesses quoted by Rooz, the riots involved some 3,000 of the 4,000 students attending the main campus, and another 2,000 from the law and political science campus. [5]
The ultra-conservative daily Kayhan, which is close to Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, called the student leaders "American representatives of the [U.S.] Congress in Tehran University," and reported that "yesterday afternoon, illegal forces demonstrated in the [university] classrooms after several faculty members were forced to retire." According to Kayhan, the demonstration organizers are not even students but are from outside the university. [6]
Morteza Talai, commander of the Tehran Metropolitan Police, told the Iranian Students News Agency (ISNA) that "at 9:30 PM, 100 students gathered at the campus gates, and 20 or 30 of them started throwing stones, sticks and firebombs at homes in the area." The report continued: "[Talai said that] the police reacted with restraint, and, until 5:30 AM, made efforts to curb the demonstrators throwing the firebombs... but [the students] paid no heed... Only in the morning did the police raid [the campus], and by 7:00 AM, it had made arrests and cleared the area, with the help of municipal forces... During this activity, three students were injured while attempting to climb onto the roof of the dormitory building."
Spin, spin, spin. That's what all the official statements will say. The students started this, they were the violent ones, and their injuries were the result of their own actions. Pay no attention to the jack-booted thug beating him with a club, or the sadistic riot police firing LIVE ROUNDS into a crowd of unarmed people.
Oh yeah, we can trust Iran to be "good." NOT!
Publius II
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