The Woman The Mullahs Fear


	The Woman The Mullahs Fear

debbyski

1-2-2009 3:28 PM

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1-3-2009 8:58 AM

tabsey

The extremists do their religion and country no good. Poor dimwits are so scared of change. The world is not yet "modern" by a long shot, by which time we will hopefully intelligent to be rid of them.
Cast into the bowels of a sewage recycling plant.

1-3-2009 1:27 PM

AcesLucky

mullah-led government = theocracy

Why don't people get this? Our founding fathers did!

1-3-2009 5:19 PM

brightlight4

I must say it sounds like the pot calling the kettle black, USA criticising Iran's respect for human rights!!! Hadn't they better close down Guantanamo first? Then they can give opinions about others!!

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