February 02, 2007
Gateway Pundit:
Aryamehr, a terrific Iranian blogger who frequently reports news and video from inside the regime is reporting news of an armed struggle by the Lor, Bakhtiari and Qashqai tribes in Iran against the regime.
The Iranian government paints a far different picture:
Six police officers and four volunteers were martyred and 13 wounded in a violent clash with drug traffickers in the city of Semirom, Isfahan province.Police Commander of Semirom, identified by his surname Mokhtari, told ISNA that four drug smugglers were also killed in the 18-hour gun-battle.
The sad fact is, each side would have good reasons to concoct falsehoods. Of course, the Iranian government would cover up a battle with anti-government forces. However, if it was a battle with drug smugglers, the resistance group could be using the incident for propaganda purposes.
Maybe Garduneh Mehr will have some inside info for us.
In the meantime, I'll keep my fingers crossed that it's the mullahs who are lying. 28 years of distrust can't be wiped out with one news story.
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Posted by: greyrooster at February 02, 2007 11:41 PM (ERHpA)
I'm looking into this myself.
But I did hear of another incident near the city of Za'hedan in the south east part of Iran close to Pakistan and Afghanistan borders in which 4 agents of the regime were killed. Given the location of Za'hedan, it may have in fact been a clash between drug-traffickers and border patrol.
However, the Isfahan incident is not likely to be drug related since it's said to have involved the Basiji (auxiliaries to the IRGC). Regular crimes like drug-trafficking are handled by the regular police possibly with the backing of the regular army. Also the fighting was spread over a fairly large area, whereas drug busts are usually localized.
I'll try and get some first hand info tomorrow.
Posted by: Garduneh Mehr at February 03, 2007 12:22 AM (EdIIN)
Posted by: Vinnie at February 03, 2007 01:05 AM (fdAim)
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Posted by: The Ghost of Freddy Fucking Murcury at February 03, 2007 02:03 AM (b0FZu)
Don't know the intricasies of Iranian culture, but that's regime change 101. America needs to be seen as a liberator, not a conqueror. The rails need to be greased before the heavy hitters roll in.
Posted by: Jeff Bargholz at February 03, 2007 04:12 AM (Dt3sl)
Posted by: greyrooster at February 03, 2007 01:02 PM (0W1Sk)
Posted by: greyrooster at February 03, 2007 07:34 PM (0W1Sk)
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