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Moth 1, Ahmadinejad 0

July 08, 2009

 

The jokes are flying within the Iranian webspace after Iran's President Mahmud Ahmadinejad failed to deal with a moth during a speech on state television last night.

Within minutes some Iranians had described the insect as a national hero and said it had since been detained by security forces who are videotaping his confessions.

Others said the moth was only able to breach security after being helped by  people “involved in a coup.”

The obvious comparison, highlighted by many bloggers, was with how Obama recently dealt with a fly during an interview. The fly was less fortunate than the moth.

A mock statement by the office of the president is also making the rounds.

“The quarrel between the moth and the president is only a family issue and shouldn’t be interpreted as anything else. These two loyal friends have always stood together and a small difference between them should not be interpreted as a separation. This statement is an answer to those who want to create a rift between the president and the moth.”

-- Golnaz Esfandiari

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July 11, 2009 11:50
Well, Obama prevails again! He managed to catch the fly. 973970

by: manoliu valentin from: romania
July 09, 2009 10:34
"U.S. supports ethnic separatist groups
in Iran
"Sunday Telegraph" of 5 March 2007, said that U.S. funding, in secret, ethnic separatist groups in Iran. But operations are controversial because groups supported by Tehran against the CIA, using methods typical of terrorism, which Bush Administration stated, officially, that is at war.
William Lowther and Colin Freeman, author of the article "Sunday Telegraph" (titled "U.S. funds terror group to sow chaos in Iran"), shows that, in recent years, there were riots among ethnic minorities in Iran borders, resulting in attacks and campaigns against the killings of soldiers and officials. Such incidents show the two authors, were recorded among ethnic kurz in western Iran, among azerii from the northwest, the Ahwaz Arabs in the south-west and among balucii southeasterly.
Non-Persian ethnic forms around 40% of Iran's population, totaling 69 million ... (show all commentary) "U.S. support separatist ethnic groups
in Iran
"Sunday Telegraph" of 5 March 2007, said that U.S. funding, in secret, ethnic separatist groups in Iran. But operations are controversial because groups supported by Tehran against the CIA, using methods typical of terrorism, which Bush Administration stated, officially, that is at war.
William Lowther and Colin Freeman, author of the article "Sunday Telegraph" (titled "U.S. funds terror group to sow chaos in Iran"), shows that, in recent years, there were riots among ethnic minorities in Iran borders, resulting in attacks and campaigns against the killings of soldiers and officials. Such incidents show the two authors, were recorded among ethnic kurz in western Iran, among azerii from the northwest, the Ahwaz Arabs in the south-west and among balucii southeasterly.
Non-Persian ethnic forms around 40% of Iran's population, totaling 69 million. The largest minorities are azerii (16 million), kurzii (7 million), Ahwaz Arabs (5 million) and belucii (one million). Besides these major ethnic groups in Iran live turkmen, Armenians, asirieni and Hebrew. Their potential to "revolt" against fundamentalist Tehran is, therefore, appreciably. Stimulated and synchronized, ethnic discontent could be converted into a general revolt, to destabilize the Iranian and easier to make a "change of regime."
"Financial Times reveals that" Marine Corps Intelligence "commissioned a study on minorities in Iran, completed at the end of 2006, and entitled" Impact of Foreign Cultures on Military Operations ". It was a "top secret". "He wanted a better understanding of complex issues in Iran," explained Lt.-col. Rick Long, spokesperson of the "Marine Corps".
Mauri Esfandari, U.S. representative of the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan "- party in exile - such action has commented:" They want to see if the theory about the State Department to create chaos in Iran is a valid assumption or not. "
Financing of these ethnic groups is the "secret budget" of the CIA, show "Sunday Telegraph, quoting testimony of a former CIA official. Information is held by Fred Burton, an expert in counter-terrorism the State Department, which states: "Most attacks in Iran are on the U.S. efforts to support and train minorities regime."
Although Washington officially denies the charges, Tehran has repeatedly asserted that U.S. and UK ethnic groups train in terrorist attacks. John Pike of Global Security, said: "The activities of ethnic groups in Iran have increased in intensity in the last two years and would not be too big a surprise that this is due to CIA involvement."
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by: manoliu valentin from: romania
July 09, 2009 10:33
WHAT ARE HEBREW DAY IN IRAN HAVE MADE IN ROMANIA IN 1989


Teams MEK were infiltrated in Iran, with special missions. Pentagon denies any mixture. A Spokesman of the Department of Defense said: "People who have the inside Iran as part of units" U.S. Special Forces. "They use code names, and are not involved directly in attacks. We have very strict rules about it and never mixed with the terrorists."
The fact is that in recent years, the MEK activities inside Iran has taken an unprecedented scale. Massive raids of government forces led to the arrest of thousands of members' MEK 'in Mashhad, Zahedan, Ispahan, and Kozistan Tehran. Others managed to flee to Pakistan. Sources in Pakistani contraspionajul confirm that "MEK" was among the organizers of the recent "student demonstrations" in Tehran.
Another guerrilla organization, which leads terrorist raids across the border in Iran, is the "Party for a Free Life in Kurdistan" ( "Party for a Free Life in Kurdistan - PJAK) - Kurdish group controlled by the CIA and Mossad, which provides arms, finance and military instructors. State Department offered "PJAK" a "list of targets in Iran of great interest to the U.S., list the Kurdish organization operating. One expert stated that "PJAK" is "part of efforts to explore alternative means of pressure on Iran" (Seymour Hersh, "The Next Act", New Yorker, 27 November 2006).
Latest reports indicate that copies PJAK in Iran, sunnite insurgent tactics in Iraq, attacking targets of the petrochemical industry, and using missiles against Iranian military helicopters, the more extensive areas.
James Brandon found - in "Global Terrorism Analysis" on 6 March 2007 - the recent attacks "PJAK" in Iran have shown an impressive qualitative leap in the military jump attributed by American author and Israeli instructors, seconded besides formation Kurdish.
A third group is the anti-Tehran organization sunnita "Jundallah (Allah's Brigade), which operates mainly in the region of Sistan-Balucistan, which launches attacks, planted explosives, organized the kidnapping and execution. "ABC News announced on April 4 a.c. CIA selected as this terrorist group to carry the guerrilla war inside Iran, in the allied strategy to destabilize the fundamentalist regime from inside.
According to "ABC", citing U.S. government sources, Washington maintains close relations with the leader "Jundallah," Abdel-Malik Regi, since 2005. This information was contradicted by the Bush Administration. However, the "Voice of America (VOA) broadcast an extensive interview with Regi, in which it claims a series of terrorist operations in Iran. What radio station is funded by U.S. authorities, an interview with Regi enroll in a clear policy of this law on terrorism "fighter for democracy."
     
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