Two videos of the same event, a woman shot (probably dead), in the streets of Tehran: And another shooting: Here is a student shot after he threw rocks: A shooting victim is evacuated:
Ron Paul on the House Iran Resolution
Ron Paul spoke today against the House resolution on Iran. I rise in reluctant opposition to H Res 560, which condemns the Iranian government for its recent actions during the unrest in that country. While I never condone violence, much less the violence that...
AEI Purge Provokes Neocon Smackdown?
Guest post by Daniel Luban: On Tuesday, Danielle Pletka and Ali Alfoneh of AEI published a New York Times op-ed claiming that the real and unnoticed story of the Iranian elections is that the Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) have “effected a silent coup d’etatâ€...
Ron Paul on the War Funding Bill
On June 15, Rep. Ron Paul gave the following speech in opposition to the Democrats' new $106 Billion war funding bill, after it was sent back to the House from the conference committee. (The bill passed Tuesday evening.): Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong opposition to...
I Love the Smell of Vindication in the Morning
Lord knows, I tried to warn you: Andrew Sullivan is no peacenik. In the last 24 hours of his hysterical Iran!revolution!fascism!democracy!whiskey!sexy! typeathon, Sullivan has relapsed and rediscovered all his old drinking buddies from the...
Did Ahmadinejad Win Fair & Square – and Cheat, Too?
Juan Cole presents a compelling case that Mahmoud Ahmadinejad stole the Iranian presidential election altogether, pointing to the sheer lopsidedness of the results, both nationally and in specific areas, as proof of their absurdity. Robert Fisk, on the other hand,...
Is the War Party out to get Gen. Jones?
Steve Clemons and TNR are both reporting a move inside the Obama White House to get rid of National Security Adviser Gen. James Jones. Clemons says the line being pushed is that the man is just plain lazy and a bad manager (which would explain his success in...
As Obama Was in Cairo, Israel Was Demolishing Homes…
Read this statement by Human Rights Watch that was released late Friday and ask yourself how Washington should react to Netanyahu’s claims that families in Israeli settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem should be to entitled to “natural growth.†One...
Flickr Deletes Account of Man Posting Torture Photos
San Francisco Chronicle: Man critical of Obama wiped off the face of Flickr Gawker's Ryan Tate chronicles how Yahoo obliterated the Flickr account of user Shepherd Johnson after he blasted Obama over a policy on torture photos. Johnson, of Virginia man, is none too...
Jeremy Scahill on Obama’s Wars
A very informative interview on Bill Moyers' Journal. Watch it here. or read the transcript here.
