I can see why the slogan “Where’s My Vote” is catching on in Iran. I have no idea to the validity of this following image – picked it up off a twitter feed – but if it is genuine it clearly shows votes for Mousavi disappearing throughout the day:   From 9.47 AM to 1:53 […]

  Major Update! I mentioned below that we could see a tipping point in Iran if the general military forces took to defending the protestors from Ahmedinejad’s Basij thugs. Apparently this is starting to happen! I’ve just been witnessing a confrontation, in dusk and into the night, between about 15,000 supporters of Ahmadinejad – supposedly […]

We may be witnessing history here folks. Instead of dying down, the uprising in Iran seems to be growing and expanding. Here are some interesting reports on the matter. First is from the UK Guardian: But now, public anger over the disputed election has given Iran’s ruling elite a challenge of a new and unsettling […]

A UK news organization is reporting this interesting tidbit: Mr Mousavi’s wife and co-campaigner, Zahra Ranavard, was reported as warning that riot squads would be equipped with live ammunition, raising the prospect of serious bloodshed. Iran’s Interior Ministry said Mr Mousavi would be responsible for any consequences if he went ahead with the protest. Mr […]

The one thing that could turn the world away from threat of Muslim extremism was, sadly, a fight for the heart and soul of Islam. When this happens (as it did in Iraq in Anbar Province, as it did in Afghanistan with the defeat of Taliban rule, as it is happening in the Tribal Areas […]

Michael Totten is doing the reporting that should have been done by a dozen world-renowned news organizations. Everything he has posted is important to know and understand about the chaos gripping Iran. The following tape illustrates what could be a tipping point for the mad Mullahs of Iran. The police are running from the protestors in […]

This is an interesting turn of events in Iran: Mir Hossein Mousavi’s, the main reformist rival to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, letter to the important ayatollahs in the holy city of Qom, asking them to protest the fraud and declare it against Islam, has sparked protests by the ayatollahs and clerics as well. The Association of […]

Two bits of news came out recently regarding Obama and the Middle East challenges which have the conservatives suffering from Obama Derangement Syndrome in full self destruct mode. The first was Obama’s statement that Iran should be allowed access to nuclear energy for peaceful purposes: President Barack Obama suggested that Iran may have some right to nuclear […]

And so we finally come to it. President Obama is facing severe national security tests this Memorial Day Weekend. First is a nuclear armed North Korea: There have been expressions of international outrage after North Korea said it had successfully carried out an underground nuclear test. After seismologists confirmed it had the power of a […]

Update: Even WaPo determines Obama’s decision to win Afghanistan is a gutsy continuation of the Bush policies. – end update President Obama has demonstrated two things in his first few months. First (and worst), he has demonstrated how truly inexperienced and unprepared he and his team truly were. But second (and most unexpected), President Obama […]