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2009-07-27 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

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Posted by Lord garth 2009-07-27 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 The BBC story about this was torpedoed when somebody suggested the ministers were sacked "Because they had been bitten by a moose."

"Mind you, moose bites can be pretty nasty..."

Posted by Anonymoose 2009-07-27 00:07|| 2009-07-27 00:07|| Front Page Top

#2 Hmmmmmmmmm...disgruntled intelligence minister.
Perhaps he might be interested in...an arrangement?

that he must obtain a vote of confidence from the Parliament.

Could this be their out over that messy election thingy?

Posted by tu3031 2009-07-27 01:25|| 2009-07-27 01:25|| Front Page Top

#3 Refused to recognize him as the 13th imam?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2009-07-27 04:01|| 2009-07-27 04:01|| Front Page Top

#4 Sunday's firing and resignation were significant because both Intelligence Minister Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Ejei and Culture Minister Mohammad Hossein Saffar Harandi are especially close to Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

i.e. Short Round is p*ssing into the wind.

Posted by Frozen Al 2009-07-27 12:11|| 2009-07-27 12:11|| Front Page Top

#5 Does this mean that the rhubarb about Mashaei was Khamenei's cronies turning on Ahmadinejad? I had just assumed that it was the less-likeable Principalist backers of Rafsanjani making hay while the sun shone.

Posted by Mitch H.">Mitch H. 2009-07-27 12:54|| http://blogfonte.blogspot.com/]">[http://blogfonte.blogspot.com/] 2009-07-27 12:54|| Front Page Top

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