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POPSDr Arash Hejazi Ran to Neda Agha-Soltan's Aid After She Was Shot in the Chest Iran doctor tells of Neda's death "We heard a gunshot. Neda was standing a metre away from me... I saw blood gushing out of her chest" To View Videotaped interview click on link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/8119658.stm "I was there with some friends because we had heard that there were some protests and we decided to go and take a look," he said. "Anti-riot police were coming by motorcycles towards the crowd." Dr Hejazi said he saw Ms Soltan, who he did not know, with an older man who he thought was her father but later on learned was her music teacher. "We ran to her and lay her on the ground. I saw the bullet wound just below the neck with blood gushing out. "I have never seen such a thing because the bullet, it seemed to have blasted inside her chest, and later on, blood exiting from her mouth and nose. Ms Soltan has become a rallying point for protesters around the world
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POPSI am jeopardising my situation because of the innocent look in her (Neda's) eyes." No matter how much we argue with each other, insanely, stupidly, brilliantly, or forcefully, republican, democrat or indifferent, we should all remember what we have a precious gift. The right to protest, the right to our voices being heard. The human right to peaceful gathering and protest. I hope we all remember as Americans, as July 4th approaches, how beautiful that gift is, and also remember those who have given their lives in our country and all around the world for this basic human right.
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POPSArmy CoverUp Rape & Murder as Suicide
and would you believe, she then committed suicide? The Department of Defense statistics are alarming - one in three women who join the US military will be sexually assaulted or raped by men in the military. Now, even more alarming, are deaths of women soldiers in Iraq and in the US following rape. The military has characterized each death of women who were first sexually assaulted as deaths from "noncombat related injuries," and then added "suicide." The families of the women whom the military has declared to have committed suicide strongly dispute the findings and are calling for further investigations into the deaths of their daughters. Specific US Army units and certain US military bases in Iraq have an inordinate number of women soldiers who have died of "noncombat related injuries," with several identified as "suicides." 94 women have died in Iraq. 12 US civilian women have been killed there. 13 military women have been killed in Afghanistan. 12 civilian women have bee
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