The best weapon we have against Iran right now is internal dissent. No doubt our intelligence services will take some blame for this and I imagine some of it is well-deserved.
That doesn't make it a bad thing in my book.
SHAME ON THE WESTERN MEDIA! When 200 Islamist thugs are bused in from across the country by the Islamic Republic to hold a rally outside the Danish Embassy the western news medias (BBC, CNN, AFP, Reuters...) are quick to cover the story live on TV making it seem like Iranians are crazy fanatics!
When tens of thousands of Iranians come out denouncing that very same regime that is doing these kind of acts, condemning them for the oppressive rule!!! EVERYTHING GOES SILENT!
BBC NEWS
Iran targets foreign broadcasters
By Steve Metcalf and Mike Rose
BBC Monitoring
The authorities in Iran are reportedly making new plans to disrupt broadcasts from abroad after earlier efforts failed to stem the tide sufficiently.
The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), a hardline body guarding the gains of the 1979 Islamic revolution, intends to increase the number of jamming stations in Tehran and other cities from 50 to 300 within two years, an Iranian online paper has reported.
The independent online paper Rooz says new technology will be used in an attempt to block specific satellite channels broadcasting from abroad.
The move comes at a time the Bush administration is planning to expand TV broadcasts to Iran, to augment Persian-language broadcasts by Voice of America.
Broadcasts should not be contrary to the values and principles of Islamic and national culture
Iranian MP
Numerous Persian-language channels run by Iranian expatriates in California also crowd the airwaves over Iran.
But attempts to jam them a few years ago - said to have come from an Iranian diplomatic facility in Cuba - stopped after a month.
And further attempts to block them in the run up to the Iranian presidential election in June 2005, according to AFP news agency, were only partially successful, as the microwave signals being used proved so powerful that they interfered with state television and the mobile phone network.
Crackdown
Plans are also afoot to clamp down on the possession of satellite dishes within Iran. Although they are illegal, the ban has not been rigorously enforced in recent years.
Now the authorities are talking about confiscating satellite dishes and fining their owners.
At the same time, the Iranian state broadcaster Voice and Vision is seeking to expand its overseas broadcasting while controlling incoming broadcasts and channelling them via the state network and cable subscription services.
A member of the parliamentary cultural committee said that such broadcasts should "not be contrary to the values and principles of Islamic and national culture".
BBC Monitoring selects and translates news from radio, television, press, news agencies and the internet from 150 countries in more than 70 languages. It is based in Caversham, UK, and has several bureaux abroad.
Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/middle_east/4762827.stm
Published: 2006/05/18 07:10:08 GMT
© BBC MMVI
Posted by: lawbster | Tuesday, May 30, 2006 at 10:31 AM
Doesn't a cult do the same thing? They ensure that no other information gets to the subjects they wish to brainwash. Thats what it seems like all these Muslims are...brainwashed robots. You cant blame them though, cuz their country is so dilligent in removing any means of information "not deemed worthy for Islam".
Posted by: Netjunky | Tuesday, May 30, 2006 at 04:03 PM