Of Triumphant Speeches
see the pretty doves?
Ahmadinejad’s taste for public speaking took him to Tehran University on 8 October to deliver a speech before the start of the academic year. The audience was handpicked, but outside the hall dissentient students were again on the scene to confront him. The protesters, who had been denied access to the auditorium, chanted “death to the dictator” and held banners demanding: “We have questions too, why only Columbia?” Their protest was dispersed with the heavy-handed help of riot police and the Basij militia.
Basij is that outfit that taught crippled and “defective” Iranian children how to wander across minefields thus “clearing” them for soldiers during the Iran/Iraq war. The MiniMahdi was a leader and teacher of these children.
It took ‘em a while to learn that the children ought to wrap themselves in sturdy cloth—so there would be at least something to send home for burial.
Posted by Claire on 10/12 at 06:50 PM
Fascinating. He’s warmly welcomed here, but opposed - as much as life and limb will allow - in his own country. Could it be that they know something the Wise Men of Columbia don’t?
PS: Great artwork, for the Little Loon and for Big Al Gore.
Posted by ZZMike on 10/12/07 at 07:48 PM
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