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2005-08-15 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Iranian students toss eggs at British embassy

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Posted by Steve White 2005-08-15 00:00|| || Front Page|| [7 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I kinda expect this rent a crowd stuff, after all it's the middle east. Protesting is OK as long as it's not anti-mullah run government or for minority rights then the Revolutionary Gaurds just shoot the protesters. Otherwise they claim they have no control over the situation.

The whole thing over pulling out of the NPT is for EU3 consumption. Iran has no intentions of living up to the NPT so it really doesn't matter.

Posted by Sock Puppet 0â Doom 2005-08-15 00:27|| 2005-08-15 00:27|| Front Page Top

#2 What are these "kids" learning in them thar schools. Reading, writing, and rock throwin'--the three Rs.

Posted by Captain America 2005-08-15 00:40|| 2005-08-15 00:40|| Front Page Top

#3 The British need to get their people out of that embassy NOW. ASAP! This very thing escalated into a hostage crisis for America back in Carter's term '79. And the hostage taker then is now President of Iran.

They may hold the British as hostages to prevent strikes on their Nuke plants.

Posted by RG 2005-08-15 00:48|| 2005-08-15 00:48|| Front Page Top

#4 Don't worry, RG, it'll be our fault. It's always our fault.
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Posted by Steve White">Steve White 2005-08-15 01:21|| 2005-08-15 01:21|| Front Page Top

#5 Fight fire with fire. Throw pork chops at the protestors.

Posted by Chris W.">Chris W. 2005-08-15 01:30|| 2005-08-15 01:30|| Front Page Top

#6 I kinda expect this rent a crowd stuff

I suspect this is not a rent-a-crowd. They dislike the west as much as they dislike the Mullahs. Wouldn't be that hard to find volunteers for a good ol' fashion' stone throwing.

Posted by Rafael 2005-08-15 02:22|| 2005-08-15 02:22|| Front Page Top

#7 They chanted "Nuclear energy is our obvious right"? - hmm, well that just trips off the tongue!

RG has a point, although I doubt that having any kind of hostages will prevent the US and Israel doing what needs to be done. And I'm quite sure that the Embassy staff know that.

What assholes these people are.

Posted by Tony (UK) 2005-08-15 03:22|| 2005-08-15 03:22|| Front Page Top

#8 First eggs, and eventually, blindfolds, until the government changes (referring to 1979-80, not 3/11). Except when the election came, Carter was not re-elected - the mullas got Reagan

Posted by Bobby 2005-08-15 08:04|| 2005-08-15 08:04|| Front Page Top

#9 Bobby :
The best cartoon of the era was drawn by the late Jeff MacNelly. The day after the inaguration when the hostages were released. MacNelly's cartoon depicted a rat with Jummy Carter's face, his tail just released by a cat with Ayatollah Khomeni's face. The "Carter-Rat" says, "You see I knew my paitence would pay off." Only thing is what the "Carter Rat" could not see but the "Ayatollah Cat" (who looked frightened) could, was a strutting bulldog with Reagan's face coming towards them...

Posted by BigEd 2005-08-15 16:26|| 2005-08-15 16:26|| Front Page Top

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