US 'Deeply Troubled' By Reported Iranian Violence, Election Fraud

[babsbunny]

http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-06-15-voa53.cfm

By David Gollust
The State Department
15 June 2009

The Obama administration is ratcheting-up its expressions of concern about the situation in Iran, given new reports of government-inspired violence against election protesters.

But officials are also reiterating weekend comments by Vice President Joe Biden that the administration still aims to try direct diplomacy to persuade the Tehran government to cease its pursuit of a nuclear weapons capability and stop supporting terrorism.

State Department Spokesman Ian Kelly set the tone in a statement read at the daily briefing, saying the United States is closely watching the events unfolding in Iran and deeply troubled by reports of violence arrests and possible voting irregularities.

[Hannah Bell]

1. you can't make this stuff up.

[SpiralHawk]

2. Did they say 'troubled deeply' or 'deeply troubled' ?

wanna be sure we are getting it straight.

[FreakinDJ]

4. If Obama says any thing it give Iranian Hardliners due cause

to dig their heels in even deeper and kill/maim protesters at will

Defending Iran from the meddling Americans once again you know

[timeforpeace]

5. "to dig their heels in even deeper and kill/maim protesters at will"

versus what they're doing now

[FreakinDJ]

6. They are showing some restraints less we forget Tienanmen Sq

I believe there they opened up with machine guns and killed by the 1000s, imprisoned indefinitely 10,000s as political dissidents.

Sorry if I seem rather calous. If you have never traveled, lived abroad, then you have no perception of just how cheap life is outside the boarders of a Western Civilized Society

[timeforpeace]

3. President was supposed to speak on this at 5pm est

At least that was what was said in a thread about an hour ago. What did he say?