Saturday, June 13, 2009
A landslide: Ahmadinejad Declared Winner of Iran Election
Clashes erupt in Iran over disputed election
Roger Simon has some interesting observations from the scene of the voting in LA: Voting for Ahmadinejad in LA (part two) - how fraudulent was the Iranian election?
Update: Think he's still excited? Obama "excited" by Iran's robust election debate
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So! ACORN is in Iran too. I did not know that.
Apparently we are not overjoyed by Ahmadijenad's victory. According to this headline,
US rejects victory claim by Iran's Ahmadinejad
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090614/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_us_iran
I agree, it was refreshing to see debate.
But now what? The people have no power, obviously - all the candidates must be vetted by the theocracy - worse - the results might have been skewed but Ahmadijenad may still have won the most votes.
That bodes ill for our peace outreach.
Ha'aretz says Moussavi has been arrested:
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1092304.html
Correction: spelling "Mousavi", sorry.
Oh this you've got to see:
http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2009/06/followup-on-earlier-posts.html
a snippet:
Yes, the president of Iran's own election monitoring commission has declared the result invalid and called for a do-over.
LA Times has an intense story:
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-iran-election14-2009jun14,0,742917.story
Note the reference to Hezbollah.