Joe Camel -I understand that there are reports, unconfirmed as far as I know, of boiling water being poured on the demonstrators from helicopters and also of the use of acid.

Boiling water – unlikely ‘cos it cools very quickly and how would ‘they’ heat it in a helicopter.

Acid – that would be more effective. However, things are being photographed so if they were cought doing it on film, it would be somewhat embarassing.

Whatever the Grans Council of Evil is planning, at the moment they are mindful of how they react to ‘illegal’ demonstrations. Different from previous times in Iran.

Obama’s admonition that ‘the whole world is watching’ may, surprisingly, be having some effect.

For how long though …..

You ask “how many posts there are on HP about Congo over the last,say, seven years ?”

I haven’t been posting here for seven years so I can’t tell you. What I can say is that at Harry’s Place and other blogs I have indeed raised the issue of Congo, Darfur, Sri Lanka – and other stricken areas of the world. And guess what? Along comes someone just like you who writes scathingly about my motives – apparantly I’m simply trying to divert attention away from Israel.

Perhaps you could point me towards your substantive posts about the issues in Congo, Darfur, Sri Lanka and Swat Valley? Or even Iran.

Videos from the Hopi Emergency Solidarity Meeting on June 20

Here are the videos of yesterday’s solidarity meeting, which was attended by over 40 people and raised 230 pounds for our comrades struggling in Iran. The Speakers were Yassamine Mather and Moshe Machover with the Green Party’s Jim Jepps in the Chair. To find out more about upcoming HOPI meetings, or to request a speaker for your organisation, campaign or union – please get in touch with us at office@hopoi.info or on 07590429226.

Watching TV.

She’s different from Anne Boleyn
She is different from the Rosenbergs
And from the unknown Jew
She’s different from the unknown Nicaraguan
Half superstar, half victim
She’s a victor star, conceptually new
And she is different from the Dodo
And from the Kankanbono
She’s different from the Aztec
And from the Cherokee
She’s everybody’s sister
She’s symbolic of our failure
She’s the one in fifty million
Who can help us to be free
Because she died on TV
And I grieve for my sister

I wonder if The Gorgeous One has viewed this video.

These demonstrators are way past Mousavi. They want FREEDOM.

A young woman who was standing aside with her father watching the protests was shot by a basij member hiding on the rooftop of a civilian house. He had clear shot at the girl and could not miss her. However, he aimed straight her heart. I am a doctor, so I rushed to try to save her. But the impact of the gunshot was so fierce that the bullet had blasted inside the victim’s chest, and she died in less than 2 minutes. The protests were going on about 1 kilometers away in the main street and some of the protesting crowd were running from tear gas used among them, towards Salehi St. The film is shot by my friend who was standing beside me. Please let the world know.