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Security HQ and militiamen attacked in NW Iran
2004-10-11
Fresh deadly clashes rocked, today, the Northwestern City of Mian-do-Ab as armed assailants made a surprise attack against the Security HQ. The action has resulted in several deaths and injured among the regime forces, including Colonel Razmjoo, and three of the attackers. Heavy damages have been made to the installation and military materials by the un-identified commando's rocket propelled grenades and assault guns. The Islamic regime's officials and its propaganda tools sized by panic are intending to portray the armed opponents as members of a religious cult, more fanatic than themselves, but residents qualify them as freedom fighters targeting the end of Mullahcracy. The official number of today's deaths have been announced as five but other reports are stating about a much higher number.

The today's attack marks a big shift in the deadly clashes which have rocked the region since September 22nd, as, it shows the gradual organization of the armed opposition and its initiative to strike the regime's military forces. Many in the region have, already, rallied the armed opposition and nightly attacks are carried against the regime forces and interests. Already several militiamen, including two regional commanders, were killed in last month's clashes despite the massive use of the Pasdaran Force's Attack helicopters against the rebels and villagers of the nearby "Seh-Tapeh".
Posted by:tipper

#14  Looks like a border dispute between South Azeristan and West Kurdistan.
Posted by: phil_b   2004-10-11 11:23:51 PM  

#13  Hey! This was a really fun thread until you guys started getting all serious and stuff. So I'm going to close my eyes for a while and believe really, really hard that there are only good guys, 'K? 'Cause if I believe hard enough, it just has to be true!
Posted by: trailing wife   2004-10-11 10:13:33 PM  

#12  10 Is this possible?

yes - and it's not at all clear they would be our friends. I don't know if they have these guys in mind or not. But if they're too secular to fit the bill, how about these guys instead - remember, they're Sunni fanatics who look down on the Shia, including Iran. Or maybe it's these guys instead. Or maybe Jund al Islam? Or ....

Alas.

Posted by: rkb   2004-10-11 8:31:25 PM  

#11  Monjur Farklstaini PFC from the department of cultural devastation reporting for duty Sir!
Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom (at home)   2004-10-11 3:52:49 PM  

#10  members of a religious cult, more fanatic than themselves...

Is this possible? Of course from the perspctive of a Kufir a few degrees of difference is almost indistinguishable.

BTW, while I too hope for an Iran that is not a thinly disguised theocracy and is actualy a pleasant place for the inmates, somehow I suspect our hopes will be disapointed when or if the Revolution comes.
My money is that any sucessor regime will almost have to be as anti-american as the current one just to defeat the charge of being "Zionist puppets". The rot from the anti-semitic and anti-american moonbats has gone on too long, too far, and and soaked in too deep for anyting short of cultural devastation to undo.
Posted by: N Guard   2004-10-11 1:58:02 PM  

#9  Okay, RC - you're skating on thin ice as that comes mighty close to making fun...
Posted by: .com   2004-10-11 12:28:02 PM  

#8  Are we sure it was anti-government forces that killed Razmjoo? I mean, it's possible some of his co-workers got confused, only saw the last few letters of his name, and decided to "go jihad".
Posted by: Robert Crawford   2004-10-11 12:15:00 PM  

#7  I, for one, find name-mocking distasteful......but fun
Posted by: Frank G   2004-10-11 12:03:48 PM  

#6  It would be wrong to make fun.
Posted by: Abu Hatfield   2004-10-11 11:52:11 AM  

#5  Is it okay to make fun of his name? I mean, well, I wouldn't want to be the one to stem the tide of Muslims flooding to the side of reason and freedom - cuz they were turned off by a snarky comment.
Posted by: .com   2004-10-11 11:27:15 AM  

#4  "..They got Colonel Razmjoo..the bastards !!!"

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski   2004-10-11 11:21:17 AM  

#3  September 22. Heh! I'd like it if the Iranian popular uprising began on 9-22.
Posted by: 2b   2004-10-11 8:46:31 AM  

#2  the free Iran activist site

http://activistchat.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=4183

doesn't have anything on this as of this am
Posted by: mhw   2004-10-11 8:40:56 AM  

#1  Colonel Razmjoo is dead! Quick Mustafa grab his watch, cellphone and wallet.

One can hope this stuff is true and starts picking up. A popular uprising would be a good thing.
Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom   2004-10-11 5:30:31 AM  

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