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Iran marks silver anniversary of embassy seizure
Okay. Tequila Coffee break's over. We still have work to do.
Students burned American flags and effigies of President Bush on Wednesday to mark the 25th anniversary of the takeover of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, while a top Iranian official accused Washington of undermining his country's goodwill gestures. | Has it been that long already? Time flies when you're having fun. |
To chants of "Death to America," about 3,000 students gathered outside the former U.S. Embassy to mark the Nov. 4, 1979, storming of the building by militant students who held 52 Americans hostage for 444 days. By the Iranian calendar, the anniversary of the siege fell on Wednesday. The demonstration, which broke up peacefully in about three hours after students prayed together, coincided with news that Bush had won re-election to a second term. Demonstrators said Wednesday the 1979 embassy takeover was justified, maintaining in a statement there was no other option "given various acts of interference in Iran's internal affairs by the U.S." | Snipped: a whole bunch of stuff about it's all our fault. |
Posted by: Seafarious 2004-11-03 |
