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| Protest at British Embassy in Tehran |
| 2004-11-29 |
| Hundreds of members of Iran's hardline Basij militia rallied outside the British embassy in protest at Britain's military deployment in Iraq, throwing stones and petrol bombs at the already damaged compound in Tehran. But the some 400 male and female members of the militia's student wing, a volunteer branch of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, were prevented from getting too close to the embassy walls and main gate by dozens of anti-riot police. The demonstrators chanted slogans calling for the expulsion of Britain's ambassador, Richard Dalton, and for the embassy to be shut down. They also demanded a boycott of British goods and a halt in trade with London. After torching British, American and Israeli flags, some demonstrators threw stones at the embassy. |
| Posted by:Seafarious |
| #9 I'd let Jack Straw out in the street to talk to his good Iranian friends. It'd be like Fisk Pt 2 |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-11-29 8:13:19 PM |
| #8 Reliving the good old days of the embassy takeover. Sort of like a lot of the Kerry supporters reliving the summer of love. I wonder if we'll start to see a lot of pictures on the internet of Persians with little signs that say "Sorry" in Farsi. |
| Posted by: Mrs. Davis 2004-11-29 8:07:08 PM |
| #7 I saw some video of this these students must be late bloomers lots of them looked to be about 40. One of teh main flag burners certainly was. |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2004-11-29 7:57:35 PM |
| #6 Militant Persian student babes. Wish I were there... |
| Posted by: Bulldog 2004-11-29 7:29:49 PM |
| #5 What, they could only afford four hundreds' worth of rent-a-mob? You'd think Iran would be rolling in it, given world oil prices. Wonder just how much they've been paying for |
| Posted by: Mitch H. 2004-11-29 5:50:24 PM |
| #4 What would really impress the world would be Basijs demonstrating in front of British embassy while torching the Samoan, Maltese and Nicaraguan flags. |
| Posted by: JFM 2004-11-29 5:29:22 PM |
| #3 yawn . After torching British, American and Israeli flags how original |
| Posted by: MacNails 2004-11-29 5:06:59 PM |
| #2 These natives are more along the lines of hired rioters I think. |
| Posted by: Laurence of the Rats 2004-11-29 5:01:21 PM |
| #1 "The natives are restless tonight..." |
| Posted by: borgboy 2004-11-29 4:05:43 PM |