Saturday, June 20, 2009

More updates From Flowersophy...


...who's been a trusty conduit of information coming in from Tehran. And her latest dispatches are chilling:
Basij are marking doors to attack later. Use oil/petrol to remove marks. Pls RT! #iranelection #gr88 #tehran5 minutes ago from web

The Swedish embassy has shut their gates and won´t help the protesters. 5 minutes ago from web

Khomeini shrine explosion the work of the regime, not terrorists, not the protesters. #iranElection #gr886 minutes ago from web (Still unverified. There seems to be some dispute as to whether there really was an explosion.)

WASH YOUR DOORS FROM MARKINGS BY BASIJ! GO TO EMBASSIES IN LARGE GROUPS! THEY ARE BLOCKING ACCESS! #iranelection9 minutes ago from web

WE CAN'T STRESS THIS ENOUGH, MULTIPLE SOURCES CONFIRM: BASIJ ARE AT HOSPITALS. GO TO EMBASSIES. #iranelectionabout 1 hour ago from web

RT From Iran: It was a nightmare.I can barely breath& my face is burning.Masood got shot in the arm&Shayans brother is missing #iranelectionabout 1 hour ago from web

PEOPLE OF IRAN ARE CRYING FOR HELP FROM THE PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD #Iran #IranElection #Tehran #gr88about 1 hour ago from web

If you use cellphone or laptop in #Iran,remove batt.after every call.have batt. in for 1 call ata time #iranelectionabout 1 hour ago from web


Elsewhere, other reports are as follows:
RT CNN at least 19 died in today's carnage. The unverified total dead toll is reported to be 150 for the past week#iranelection

Be cautious - Besiji may be camping outside embassies now. Be very cautious if trying to go to one. #iranelection11 minutes ago from TwitHive.com in reply to Volunteers

RT: police targeting people with cellphones, green symbols, moussavi's pics (should be obvious, but, fyi nonetheless) #iranelection41 minutes ago from HootSuite

RT from Iran: *CONFIRMED* Basiji filling PVC tubes with concrete to use as weapons #iranelectionabout 1 hour ago from HootSuite

Canadian Embassy LOOKING for Doctors so they can take wounded! #iranelection #gr88 #iran #iran094 minutes ago from web.
I'd say this is an official humanitarian crisis at this point.

posted by jurassicpork @ Saturday, June 20, 2009   3 comments

3 Comments:

At June 20, 2009 at 7:07 PM, Anonymous Diva said...

I've been reading and watching for the past few hours and all I can do is cry for these poor people.

 
At June 20, 2009 at 8:51 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

All FREE people in the world are
feeling like you.

 
At June 20, 2009 at 8:52 PM, Blogger jurassicpork said...

I get that feeling, Anon. I feel a real solidarity with the Iranian people, or as much as can be gleaned from 6000 miles away.

 

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