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19 Jun 2009 08:58 pm
The Coming Crackdown
From an anonymous writer in Tehran:
[T]he green light has now been given to the basij to kick ass and
take names. "The way of the law is open," [Khamenei] says. "If people continue
to take the other way, I will come back and speak more directly."
Qanun, qanun, qanun. Law, law, law. His emphasis on the need for law
and order. By the end, uncharacteristically, the leader, gets
hot. Interjections from the crowd interrupt him and he tells them to
stop and listen. He talks about the U.S. and the West and how the U.S.
wanted to launch a spurious velvet revolution in Georgia. He says that
these "aqmaqha" -- idiots -- think that they can do the same in Iran.
And
then he ends by weeping. He tells Iranians that he loves us more than
we can know. Ten years ago, Khamenei wept publicly when students were
protesting in the streets. That's when regime loyalists began to crack
down. "Our vote is written in blood, and we gave it to the leader," the mosque crowd yells back.
Things do not look good. It is worse than it ever was.
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