BBC Caught In Mass Public Deception With Iran Propaganda


	BBC Caught In Mass Public Deception With Iran Propaganda

thisnamecantbetaken

6-26-2009 10:13 AM

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thisnamecantbetaken says:

Whatever your views on the legitimacy of Ahmadinejad and the accuracy of the Iranian election results, the fact that the Anglo-American establishment and its media organs are exploiting and fanning the flames of chaos in Iran to provoke further instability is unquestionable.

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6-26-2009 11:43 AM

aklimento

They were caught "red handed". Is it first time?

6-26-2009 11:49 AM

thisnamecantbetaken

Uhm, let's see. Guatemala in 1954, in Afghanistan in the 1980s, in Serbia in the 1990s, Venezuela seven years ago... aww heck, who's counting?

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6-29-2009 2:00 PM

citizenbfk

I stumbled upon this website today, http://therearenosunglasses.wordpress.com/2009/06/16/seven-killed-during-iran-protest/

It seems there were large demonstrations in favor of the ruling Iranian government.

There was a picture of a protester with a rather professional looking club attacking a cop...all government's would oppose this.

People want to turn the death of that unfortunately young woman, Nada, as a symbol of a cause and yet it seems she was just someone caught in a traffic jam.

And worse...who shot her has yet to have any proof and WE ARE in times when nations lie to start false wars and militant covert actions against Iran (not to mention weekly threats of starting war) are o...

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