Iran News and NYT Update

Some Tweets from Iran, the same as before, no ID as to protect those that twitter. Also as these are individual tweets its hard for a second confirmation. ( My Comments )

1) Protests continuous in many places in central, west, east and north of Tehran ( Lets hope the people of Iran have the courage of their convictions take down this evil regime )

2) Rafsanjani didn't mention the supreme leader in his speech even once ( I presume an English version is out there somewhere )

3) Human rights activist Shadi Sadr violently arrested this morning in Tehran on her way to Friday prayers ( There is confirmation for this report )

4) The Iranian government is one of the few countries that attack & fire tear gas at worshipers during Friday prayers. ( There is also confirmation for this story, it seems the Government of Iran is mob handed on religious days. )

5) "The crowd, was so thick and compact that security forces could do nothing but stand by passively on the sidelines." (witness) ( Lets hope that one day that the Security Forces change sides and support the reformers, it could prevent a war in the middle east. )

6) This movement has just started. People have shed their fear and pour onto the street at every opportunity.Bad news for mullas. ( Lets hope the people keep their backbone, this could be their last chance for freedom )

7) latest frmTehrn: AllahuAkbar volume ultra-high tonight! (northTehran) mixd wth "Death2USSR"+"Death2Khamenei" ( One thing, the USSR has gone, thank God, )

8) During Friday prayers ppl asked to chant Death 2 US & Death 2 Israel but instead they chanted Death 2 Russia & China ( Nice change from the USA and the UK, its time for the people of Iran to get on the streets and finish this once and for all, its your freedom, DO YOU REALLY WANT TO BE FREE ? )

IF YOUR SENDING INF OUT OF IRAN, AS IN PICS, VIDEO OR TEXT INFO, MAKE SURE YOU STATE TIME, DATE AND LOCATION ( GENERAL ) BUT MAKE SURE YOU DON'T REVEL YOUR ID. DON'T HELP THE SOB'S WHO RUN IRAN TO FIND YOU, SO BE CAREFUL OUT THERE GOOD PEOPLE OF IRAN.

President Rafsanjani - No Trust in Government of Iran

The New York Times: Reports on the critical comments of a former President of Iran, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani. The NYT writes that Rafsanjani has stated the following on the Government of Iran , " lost the trust of many Iranians and calling for the release of hundreds of protesters and democracy advocates arrested in recent weeks. " Speeches are great but that wont over turn the government in Iran, think Hitler, he would not be moved by speeches, there has to be a real resistance, there was a German resistance to Hitler and they tried to remove him a few times with no luck. At leas they tried in Germany to remove a madman. The question is have the people of the Iran the will and the backbone to really take on the Government of another mad man in the making President Ahmadinejad. The regime headed by Ahmadinejad has gone to far now to allow another free election, they have arrested and killed the innocent. What is quite surprising is that the Clerics Iran cant see that they have lost power, they are now seen as in the pocked of the regime. Thus what ever morale authority they had in Iran is suspect. Lets hope we have a peaceful revolution in Iran but fear it will be bloody and tragic.

The Prison Obama built around HIMSELF

CNN News: Reports on the problems President Obam is having is closing down Guantanamo Bay in Cuba. The main problem is those terrorists that the USA can not release, but can not but on trial either, its the ultimate political problem for Obama. If Obama keeps these terrorists in prison with no trial the American Left will go bonkers, if the terrorists are released and they attack the USA the Obama Presidency is over, no re-election in 2012. Obama does not want to be another Jimmy Carter. Thus Obama might need to re - brand Gitmo, call it the Ultimate Holiday resort or something for terrorists, then he can get on to deal with his other problems, Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, North Korea, and the US Economy. Obama wanted the Job!

Brown OUTFOXED by the UK Army

The Times: Reports that General Dannatt the head of the British Army has outfoxed UK PM Gordon Brown again, he has got his boss, the Chief of the Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Sir Jock Stirrup to deliver a to do list for Afghanistan. One thing they teach in the Army is Strategy, General Dannat has played a blinder, he knows Gordon Brown is weak when it comes to Afghanistan, thus with the recent deaths in military theatre he knows he can get the supply the Operation in Afghanistan needs, from helicopters to troops. UK PM Gordon Brown has placed himself in a hole, in 2004 as Chancellor of the Exchequer he cut Defence spending on helicopters, know that has come to haunt him. Unlike other problems Brown cant use his usual attack dogs on the Army, lets be honest he would not win a trust contest on his Afghanistan policy while the Army would, they are bleeding in Afghanistan, they also have a weak PM. Lets hope Brown will consider that the life's of our soldiers have the same weight as throwing money at the banks, lets hope our Armed Forces get the helicopters and troops they need on the ground and in the air.

Death in Afghanistan

MOD: Reports on the death of another British Soldier in combat, the Soldier was from the " 2nd Battalion The Rifles " Thus the UK has now 154 soldiers in combat and another 31 due to accidents, illness or other incidents. In total the UK has lost 185 Armed Forces Personnel in Afghanistan. The Forces face tough fighting in the summer months in Afghanistan, this year it will be harder, there is a Presidential Election in August in Afghanistan, the Western Forces main aim is to allow the people of Afghanistan to have a voice, that's called nation building in my book. There will more deaths, the question is our brave soldiers will die for what, at the end of the day, after its all over does any think Afghanistan is going to change, it would better to hire a hard nosed SOB to run Afghanistan, who will make sure the Taliban/Terrorists don't come back and thus become a threat to the West, no more 9/11, 7,7.