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Clintonista2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-21-09 05:45 AM
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Who's behind Iran violence? Website posts video in name-and-shame campaign.
Edited on Sun Jun-21-09 05:48 AM by Clintonista2
Istanbul, Turkey - Mir Hossein Mousavi, the defeated opposition candidate who is contesting presidential election results, called for a day of mourning on Thursday for those killed during massive – and, lately, largely peaceful – street demonstrations.

As Iran's protesters have been finding out this week, among the most dangerous men prowling the streets of Tehran are armed intelligence agents and pro-government vigilantes wearing everyday clothes.

When clashes erupt between riot police and protesters, these provocateurs materialize from nowhere to take part in the fight – brandishing pistols, knives, and clubs – before disappearing again.

But during the six days of protests that have rocked Tehran and a number of other cities over the contested election victory of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, these violent actions have been caught on film and are being put online in a name-and-shame attempt to stop them.

"We are now identifying them, one by one, this really scares them," says an Iranian source in Tehran familiar with the website http://lebasshakhsi.blogspot.com which has posted photographs of individual agents and posts any information the public shares about them


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http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0618/p06s16-wome.html
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blogslut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-21-09 05:52 AM
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1. The link to the blog needs repair
http://lebasshakhsi.blogspot.com

Thank you for posting the article.
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Clintonista2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-21-09 05:48 PM
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3. fixed it thanks
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blogslut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-21-09 06:56 AM
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