NEWS ITEM: "50 reformist parties exist in Iran, and each will choose 10 delegates for a conference to choose a candidate for the 2013 Presidential election."
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Iran auto production plunges by a third
by FG on Sat Jul 14, 2012 11:15 AM PDTThe automotive sector generates about 500,000 direct and indirect jobs in Iran, according to official estimates.
//news.yahoo.com/iran-auto-production-plunges-third-134504563--nascar.html
Video: Saudis stuffed Body of dead Shia activist in toilet
by FG on Sat Jul 14, 2012 10:41 AM PDTThe victim 17-year-old Abdullah Jaafar al-Lajami was killed in Awwmiya in Eastern Province last night
//yfrog.com/65qcsxz
OBSERVATION:
The Saudis are as dumb as Assad and Khamenei. How many more people will join the protests in Saudi Arabia after seeing this video? Surely the strategic purpose of any anti-proest action is to dimininish unrest--NOT increase it.
Thus in Syria, James Miller's recent report on the FSA's growing success noted how a recent village massacre increased defections and added to FSA recruits. It also backfired abroad.
In Iran every boneheaded, hardline move Khamenei has made since 2009 is coming back to haunt him. A revolution feeds on its martyrs. Don't these guys get it. Attacks on relatives of protestors is also a big motivator.
Again the problem is that short-run "gains" of this sort result in much bigger long-run losses for such rulers.
Correction: Original Post Should Say 2013, not 2012
by FG on Sat Jul 14, 2012 10:13 AM PDTIf I use "edit," the post will disappear from the front page blogs so I'm using this method.
In news items yesterday, I also posted an interesting analysis by Charles Krauthammer enitled "the Islamist Ascendancy." Since it never made the home page, many readers may have missed it. If the topic interests you, here goes:
//iranian.com/main/news/2012/07/13/islamist-ascendancy
How do you get this site to recognize INTENDED paragraphs?
by FG on Sat Jul 14, 2012 09:44 AM PDTLooking at my preview of the original post and subposts here, I don't know why anyone would want to read them. It's a terrible jumble. Sometimes someone straights out the paragraphs but I haven't got a clue how to do that.
The REGIME'S 2013 ELECTION DILEMNA: Worse than ever
by FG on Sat Jul 14, 2012 09:47 AM PDT