Andrew Pollack wrote: > I checked Juan Cole's site first thing after reading the Times account > to see if once again Ahmedinejad had been mistranslated. I checked it > again after Louis posted this link and it's been updated. Cole is > still furious at him but has modified some of his earlier conclusions. > On a directly related note: the mainstream media is claiming his > opponents were chanting "Not Gaza, Not Lebanon, We Will Die for Iran," > at the Al Quds Day protests.
This is rather puzzling to me. Of all the issues that divide the government and the opposition, support for Gaza and Lebanon would appear to be the least controversial. Not that Ahmadinejad has offered much in the way of support for the Palestinians to begin with. Lebanon must be a reference to Hizbollah but again it is not clear what the chants are supposed to mean. Does the mass movement in Iran really get worked up over Hizbollah? ________________________________________________ YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. Send list submissions to: [email protected] Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
