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Iran
Is something bad coming?
2004-02-01
Via Samizdata
Purging of the Armed Forces, a Double-edged Sword in the Hands of the Executioners
SMCCDI (Public Statement)
Few days ago, the reviled and unstable Islamic Republic government executed several commanders and senior officers of their ideological military force, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), in another futile effort to purge the Armed Forces of their popular elements and to prepare for a final confrontation with an irate Iranian public. "Brigadier-General Mohammad-Mehdi Dozdoozani" was one of the founders of IRGC and a hero of the eight-year war with Iraq who, as time progressed, realized the true wicked nature of the Islamic Republic and subsequently sided with the downtrodden people of Iran, becoming a staunch critic. He and several high-ranking officers were executed solely for the "crime" of criticizing and exposing government officials’ corruption and transgressions involving embezzlements and the heinous practice of exporting destitute young Iranian girls to Arab countries to become sex slaves....
Posted by:Anonymous2U

#3  Seems like a foolish and desperate move on the part of the Mullahs.
Posted by: B   2004-2-1 4:13:47 PM  

#2  This is a double post with MtW's Iranian Purge Imminent. Both posts are from an opinion piece by the Student Movement Coordination Committee for Democracy in Iran. The entire article is worth a read. Sump'ns up.
Posted by: Gasse Katze   2004-2-1 3:06:01 AM  

#1  seems someone thinks so :-/
Posted by: Dcreeper   2004-2-1 2:49:03 AM  

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