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  name: Anonymous Coward
categories: 
  - english
  - sucks
  - politics
date: 2009-06-24T15:41:18Z
guid: 52D215FA-60DF-11DE-97FF-1408EAB2727C
modified: 2009-06-24T15:41:18Z
raw: "<p> Yesterday I posted wrong information about Aljazeera. The articles I posted where not from <a href=\"http://english.aljazeera.net/\"> the real Aljazeera.net </a>, they were from the scammers who run aljazeera.com. They abuse Alzajeera's good name to spread lies. I apologize for the mistake. <p>\n\n\n\n"
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summary: " Yesterday I posted wrong information about Aljazeera. The articles …"
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text: "\n Yesterday I posted wrong information about Aljazeera. The articles I\n posted where not from the real Aljazeera.net [1], they were from the\n scammers who run aljazeera.com. They abuse Alzajeera's good name to\n spread lies. I apologize for the mistake.\n\n-- \n [1] http://english.aljazeera.net/\n"
title: aljazeera.com is not aljazeera.net
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uri: http://blog.cesc.cat/articles/aljazeera.com%20is%20not%20aljazeera.net.html
xhtml: <p> Yesterday I posted wrong information about Aljazeera. The articles I posted where not from <a href="http://english.aljazeera.net/"> the real Aljazeera.net </a>, they were from the scammers who run aljazeera.com. They abuse Alzajeera&apos;s good name to spread lies. I apologize for the mistake. </p><p></p>
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author: 
  email: ''
  keyid: 0
  name: Anonymous Coward
categories: 
  - english
  - sucks
  - politics
date: 2009-06-23T18:48:30Z
guid: 366924A0-6029-11DE-A0DA-0430EAB2727C
modified: 2009-06-24T15:30:26Z
raw: "<p> <b> UPDATE </b> The articles I posted below are not from <a href=\"http://english.aljazeera.net/\"> the real Aljazeera.net </a> I was a victim of the scammers who run the aljazeera.com. Sorry for posting wrong information <p>\n\n<p> Often the western left portrays independent Arab media as an oasis of freedom and enlightenment in a world where corporate and political interests set the discourse in all the western media. After seeing two articles promoted at <a href=\"http://english.aljazeera.com/\"> Aljazeera's English home page </a> I won't be able to give any credit anymore to anything published by them. </p>\n\n<p> The article <a href=\"http://english.aljazeera.com/news/articles/39/Mousavi_s_big_blunders.html\"> Mousavi's big blunders by Kaveh L. Afrasiabi </a> and another one called <a href=\"http://www.aljazeera.com/news/articles/39/A_realist_s_view_of_the_protests_in_Iran.html\"> A realist's view of the protests in Iran </a> by Muhammad al-Arabi have destroyed all Ajazeera's credibility. </p>\n\n<p> Two quotes from the articles illustrate their style. From the first: </p>\n\n<Blockquote> Initially, the ruling elite had no intention of any \"election engineering\" and, in fact, lowered its guards by allowing a fiercely competitive race that galvanized the public attention through the TV debates, unfettered campaigns, etc. but then as we got closer and closer to the June 12 appointed hour, it became patently obvious that the reformist camp was pushing the envelope to new, and from the vantage point of system coherence, intolerable heights that, in turn, required a stern reaction. </Blockquote>\n\n<p> and from the second <p>\n\n<Blockquote> there is a lot of pent-up frustration in Iranian society. About half the country's population of 71 million people are under 25, and nearly two-thirds are under 30. Many of these youths yearn for what they don't have or don’t have in abundance: a Western life style, the freedom to wear what they like, to drink alcohol freely,to go to discotheques, etc. Also, as with many other peoples in the Third World, they believe in what they see in Western, especially Hollywood movies, and they want to be part of it – the big houses, the flash cars, the huge incomes, the cloud cuckoo land. </Blockquote>\n\n<p> So this guys believe, like I do, as well as the western progressives silenced at the polls both in Europe and North America, that Hollywood is and imperialist propaganda instrument that brainwashes the masses with the lies of unlimited growth and the dangerous ethics of consumerism. Fine. However, they also believe that democracy means that when the majority of the people are wrong it is necessary to steal the elections. This is the same message that the Imperialist USA has been spreading around the world since WW2 and it has clearly found an audience. Bravo! </p>\n\n<p> Since these guy's \"logic\" is that \"Ahmadinejad won the elections because the majority of voters who support the other candidates are wrong and immoral\", I won't waste my time listing the factual errors on their articles. Guys like that who are on the good side don't let facts spoil a good article. </p>\n\n\n\n"
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text: "\n UPDATE The articles I posted below are not from the real Aljazeera.net\n [1] I was a victim of the scammers who run the aljazeera.com. Sorry for\n posting wrong information\n\n\n\n Often the western left portrays independent Arab media as an oasis of\n freedom and enlightenment in a world where corporate and political in-\n terests set the discourse in all the western media. After seeing two\n articles promoted at Aljazeera's English home page [2] I won't be able\n to give any credit anymore to anything published by them.\n\n The article Mousavi's big blunders by Kaveh L. Afrasiabi [3] and anoth-\n er one called A realist's view of the protests in Iran [4] by Muhammad\n al-Arabi have destroyed all Ajazeera's credibility.\n\n Two quotes from the articles illustrate their style. From the first:\n Initially, the ruling elite had no intention of any \"election engineer-\n ing\" and, in fact, lowered its guards by allowing a fiercely competi-\n tive race that galvanized the public attention through the TV debates,\n unfettered campaigns, etc. but then as we got closer and closer to the\n June 12 appointed hour, it became patently obvious that the reformist\n camp was pushing the envelope to new, and from the vantage point of\n system coherence, intolerable heights that, in turn, required a stern\n reaction. and from the second\n\n there is a lot of pent-up frustration in Iranian society. About half\n the country's population of 71 million people are under 25, and nearly\n two-thirds are under 30. Many of these youths yearn for what they don't\n have or don’t have in abundance: a Western life style, the freedom to\n wear what they like, to drink alcohol freely,to go to discotheques,\n etc. Also, as with many other peoples in the Third World, they believe\n in what they see in Western, especially Hollywood movies, and they want\n to be part of it – the big houses, the flash cars, the huge incomes,\n the cloud cuckoo land.\n\n So this guys believe, like I do, as well as the western progressives\n silenced at the polls both in Europe and North America, that Hollywood\n is and imperialist propaganda instrument that brainwashes the masses\n with the lies of unlimited growth and the dangerous ethics of con-\n sumerism. Fine. However, they also believe that democracy means that\n when the majority of the people are wrong it is necessary to steal the\n elections. This is the same message that the Imperialist USA has been\n spreading around the world since WW2 and it has clearly found an audi-\n ence. Bravo!\n\n Since these guy's \"logic\" is that \"Ahmadinejad won the elections be-\n cause the majority of voters who support the other candidates are wrong\n and immoral\", I won't waste my time listing the factual errors on their\n articles. Guys like that who are on the good side don't let facts spoil\n a good article.\n\n-- \n [1] http://english.aljazeera.net/\n [2] http://english.aljazeera.com/\n [3] http://english.aljazeera.com/news/articles/39/Mousavi_s_big_blu-\n     nders.html\n [4] http://www.aljazeera.com/news/articles/39/A_realist_s_view_of_the_-\n     protests_in_Iran.html\n"
title: good bye Aljazeera
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uri: http://blog.cesc.cat/articles/good%20bye%20Aljazeera.html
xhtml: "<p><b> UPDATE </b> The articles I posted below are not from <a href=\"http://english.aljazeera.net/\"> the real Aljazeera.net </a> I was a victim of the scammers who run the aljazeera.com. Sorry for posting wrong information </p><p></p><p> Often the western left portrays independent Arab media as an oasis of freedom and enlightenment in a world where corporate and political interests set the discourse in all the western media. After seeing two articles promoted at <a href=\"http://english.aljazeera.com/\"> Aljazeera&apos;s English home page </a> I won&apos;t be able to give any credit anymore to anything published by them. </p><p> The article <a href=\"http://english.aljazeera.com/news/articles/39/Mousavi_s_big_blunders.html\"> Mousavi&apos;s big blunders by Kaveh L. Afrasiabi </a> and another one called <a href=\"http://www.aljazeera.com/news/articles/39/A_realist_s_view_of_the_protests_in_Iran.html\"> A realist&apos;s view of the protests in Iran </a> by Muhammad al-Arabi have destroyed all Ajazeera&apos;s credibility. </p><p> Two quotes from the articles illustrate their style. From the first: </p><blockquote><p> Initially, the ruling elite had no intention of any &quot;election engineering&quot; and, in fact, lowered its guards by allowing a fiercely competitive race that galvanized the public attention through the TV debates, unfettered campaigns, etc. but then as we got closer and closer to the June 12 appointed hour, it became patently obvious that the reformist camp was pushing the envelope to new, and from the vantage point of system coherence, intolerable heights that, in turn, required a stern reaction. </p></blockquote><p> and from the second </p><p><blockquote><p> there is a lot of pent-up frustration in Iranian society. About half the country&apos;s population of 71 million people are under 25, and nearly two-thirds are under 30. Many of these youths yearn for what they don&apos;t have or don’t have in abundance: a Western life style, the freedom to wear what they like, to drink alcohol freely,to go to discotheques, etc. Also, as with many other peoples in the Third World, they believe in what they see in Western, especially Hollywood movies, and they want to be part of it – the big houses, the flash cars, the huge incomes, the cloud cuckoo land. </p></blockquote></p><p> So this guys believe, like I do, as well as the western progressives silenced at the polls both in Europe and North America, that Hollywood is and imperialist propaganda instrument that brainwashes the masses with the lies of unlimited growth and the dangerous ethics of consumerism. Fine. However, they also believe that democracy means that when the majority of the people are wrong it is necessary to steal the elections. This is the same message that the Imperialist USA has been spreading around the world since WW2 and it has clearly found an audience. Bravo! </p><p> Since these guy&apos;s &quot;logic&quot; is that &quot;Ahmadinejad won the elections because the majority of voters who support the other candidates are wrong and immoral&quot;, I won&apos;t waste my time listing the factual errors on their articles. Guys like that who are on the good side don&apos;t let facts spoil a good article. </p>"
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author: 
  email: ''
  keyid: 0
  name: Anonymous Coward
categories: 
  - perl
date: 2009-06-23T09:12:25Z
guid: E23AF4E6-5FD6-11DE-B632-1B33EAB2727C
modified: 2009-06-23T16:29:32Z
raw: "=pod \n\nToday I copied a Catalyst application to a machine that had an older version of L<Catalyst::Model::DBIC::Schema>. I didn't realize until I regenerated the schema like this\n\n ./script/seminar_create.pl model DB DBIC::Schema Seminar::Schema create=static components=InflateColumn::FS  dbi:SQLite:seminar.db \n\nand I saw that the result set files where in the wrong directory ( they where in F<lib/Seminar/Schema/> instead of F<lib/Seminar/Schema/Result/>). Also, in lib/Seminar/Schema.pm the line\n\n __PACKAGE__->load_namespaces;\n\nhad been replaced by\n\n __PACKAGE__->load_classes;\n\nI read in the catalyst tutorial http://search.cpan.org/perldoc?Catalyst::Manual::Tutorial::03_MoreCatalystBasics that this was due to an old version of L<Catalyst::Model::DBIC::Schema>, but after upgrading said module to the most recent version the problem persisted.\n\nIt took me a while to figure out that I had to manually replace load_classes with load_namespaces. After I did that the Catalyst Helper started generating the result set files in the proper directory. I guess it is a feature, not a bug, that the helper checks whether the application uses load_namespaces or load_classes, and goes into \"compatibility mode\" if classes is used.\n\n=cut\n"
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text: "    Today I copied a Catalyst application to a machine that had an older\n    version of Catalyst::Model::DBIC::Schema. I didn't realize until I\n    regenerated the schema like this\n\n     ./script/seminar_create.pl model DB DBIC::Schema Seminar::Schema\n     create=static components=InflateColumn::FS dbi:SQLite:seminar.db\n\n    and I saw that the result set files where in the wrong directory (\n    they where in lib/Seminar/Schema/ instead of lib/Seminar/Schema/Re-\n    sult/). Also, in lib/Seminar/Schema.pm the line\n\n     __PACKAGE__->load_namespaces;\n\n    had been replaced by\n\n     __PACKAGE__->load_classes;\n\n    I read in the catalyst tutorial http://search.cpan.org/perldoc?Cata-\n    lyst::Manual::Tutorial::03_MoreCatal ystBasics that this was due to\n    an old version of Catalyst::Model::DBIC::Schema, but after upgrading\n    said module to the most recent version the problem persisted.\n\n    It took me a while to figure out that I had to manually replace\n    load_classes with load_namespaces. After I did that the Catalyst\n    Helper started generating the result set files in the proper direc-\n    tory. I guess it is a feature, not a bug, that the helper checks\n    whether the application uses load_namespaces or load_classes, and\n    goes into \"compatibility mode\" if classes is used.\n"
title: load_classes vs load_namespaces
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uri: http://blog.cesc.cat/articles/load_classes%20vs%20load_namespaces.pod
xhtml: "<div class=\"pod\">\n<p>Today I copied a Catalyst application to a machine that had an older version of <cite>Catalyst::Model::DBIC::Schema</cite>. I didn't realize until I regenerated the schema like this</p>\n<pre>./script/seminar_create.pl model DB DBIC::Schema Seminar::Schema create=static components=InflateColumn::FS  dbi:SQLite:seminar.db \n</pre>\n<p>and I saw that the result set files where in the wrong directory ( they where in <cite>lib/Seminar/Schema/</cite> instead of <cite>lib/Seminar/Schema/Result/</cite>). Also, in lib/Seminar/Schema.pm the line</p>\n<pre>__PACKAGE__-&gt;load_namespaces;\n</pre>\n<p>had been replaced by</p>\n<pre>__PACKAGE__-&gt;load_classes;\n</pre>\n<p>I read in the catalyst tutorial http://search.cpan.org/perldoc?Catalyst::Manual::Tutorial::03_MoreCatalystBasics that this was due to an old version of <cite>Catalyst::Model::DBIC::Schema</cite>, but after upgrading said module to the most recent version the problem persisted.</p>\n<p>It took me a while to figure out that I had to manually replace load_classes with load_namespaces. After I did that the Catalyst Helper started generating the result set files in the proper directory. I guess it is a feature, not a bug, that the helper checks whether the application uses load_namespaces or load_classes, and goes into &quot;compatibility mode&quot; if classes is used.</p>\n\n\n</div>"
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author: 
  email: ''
  keyid: 0
  name: Anonymous Coward
categories: 
  - catala
  - politics
date: 2009-06-14T11:05:10Z
guid: 9311322C-58D3-11DE-9B70-1CD8E9B2727C
modified: 2009-06-14T11:05:10Z
raw: "<p> Informació en promera persona del cop d'estat a l'Iran. En <a href=\"\"> aquesta entrevista d'àudio (Persa) </a> Mohsen Makhmalbaf, destacat cineasta i portaveu de Mousavi, explica el cop d'estat. Ell informa París abans de Ahmadinejad anunciés oficialment la seva victòria.\n\n<p><a href=\"http://blog.cesc.cat\"> Més informació al meu blog </a>\n\n<p>Transcripció aproximada dels primers 1:54 minuts:\n\n<p>Ahir al matí, 20 homes vestits de paisà van entrar a la seu de la campanya electoral de Mousavi, van destrossar els seus aparells de comunicacions, van colpejar a algunes persones, i van llançar gasos lacrimògens en ser confrontats. Els partidaris de Mousavi van aconseguir capturar i retenir-ne a 7 a la seva seu. Quan arriva la policia demana que els lliurin les 7 persones capturades, assegurant que se'ls donarà el càstig corresponent. El Sr. Aminzadeh (de la seu de la campanya elctoral) demana un informe escrit dels incidents a la policia.\n\n<p>En aquest moment el personal de Mousavi rep una trucada des del Ministeri de l'Interior demanant Mousavi per preparar el seu discurs de victòria. S'informa al líder suprem de la victòria de Mousavi que l'aprova i dóna el seu permís per comunicar les notícies a la ciutadania. Immediatament després d'això, tots els telèfons mòbils a la seu es tallen. Es comunica als diaris reformistes que ha guanyat Mousavi però se'ls demana no poblicar encara la noticia. Tanquen la seu central i el nomenen a ell (Makhmalbaf) portaveu de la campanya. Tot aixòho explica a partir de comunicació directa amb la seu central.\n\n<p>Després de minut 1:54:\n\n<p>A partir d'aqui fa algunes especulacions, la més notable és que Ahmadinejad i Sepah (l'Exèrcit dels guardians de la Revolució Islàmica) podria estar fent un cop d'estat contra el líder suprem i Rafsanjani (cap dels quals ha estat vist des de llavors)\n"
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summary: " Informació en promera persona del cop d'estat a l'Iran. …"
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text: "\n Informació en promera persona del cop d'estat a l'Iran. En aquesta en-\n trevista d'àudio (Persa) [1] Mohsen Makhmalbaf, destacat cineasta i\n portaveu de Mousavi, explica el cop d'estat. Ell informa París abans de\n Ahmadinejad anunciés oficialment la seva victòria.\n\n Més informació al meu blog [2]\n\nTranscripció aproximada dels primers 1:54 minuts:\n\nAhir al matí, 20 homes vestits de paisà van entrar a la seu de la campa-\nnya electoral de Mousavi, van destrossar els seus aparells de comunica-\ncions, van colpejar a algunes persones, i van llançar gasos lacrimògens\nen ser confrontats. Els partidaris de Mousavi van aconseguir capturar i\nretenir-ne a 7 a la seva seu. Quan arriva la policia demana que els lli-\nurin les 7 persones capturades, assegurant que se'ls donarà el càstig\ncorresponent. El Sr. Aminzadeh (de la seu de la campanya elctoral) dem-\nana un informe escrit dels incidents a la policia.\n\nEn aquest moment el personal de Mousavi rep una trucada des del Minis-\nteri de l'Interior demanant Mousavi per preparar el seu discurs de vic-\ntòria. S'informa al líder suprem de la victòria de Mousavi que l'aprova\ni dóna el seu permís per comunicar les notícies a la ciutadania. Immedi-\natament després d'això, tots els telèfons mòbils a la seu es tallen. Es\ncomunica als diaris reformistes que ha guanyat Mousavi però se'ls demana\nno poblicar encara la noticia. Tanquen la seu central i el nomenen a ell\n(Makhmalbaf) portaveu de la campanya. Tot aixòho explica a partir de co-\nmunicació directa amb la seu central.\n\nDesprés de minut 1:54:\n\nA partir d'aqui fa algunes especulacions, la més notable és que Ah-\nmadinejad i Sepah (l'Exèrcit dels guardians de la Revolució Islàmica)\npodria estar fent un cop d'estat contra el líder suprem i Rafsanjani (-\ncap dels quals ha estat vist des de llavors)\n\n-- \n [1]\n [2] http://blog.cesc.cat\n"
title: informacio fiable del portaveu de Mousavi
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uri: http://blog.cesc.cat/articles/informacio%20fiable%20del%20portaveu%20de%20Mousavi.html
xhtml: "<p> Informació en promera persona del cop d&apos;estat a l&apos;Iran. En <a href=\"http:\"> aquesta entrevista d&apos;àudio (Persa) </a> Mohsen Makhmalbaf, destacat cineasta i portaveu de Mousavi, explica el cop d&apos;estat. Ell informa París abans de Ahmadinejad anunciés oficialment la seva victòria. </p><p><a href=\"http://blog.cesc.cat\"> Més informació al meu blog </a></p><p>Transcripció aproximada dels primers 1:54 minuts: </p><p>Ahir al matí, 20 homes vestits de paisà van entrar a la seu de la campanya electoral de Mousavi, van destrossar els seus aparells de comunicacions, van colpejar a algunes persones, i van llançar gasos lacrimògens en ser confrontats. Els partidaris de Mousavi van aconseguir capturar i retenir-ne a 7 a la seva seu. Quan arriva la policia demana que els lliurin les 7 persones capturades, assegurant que se&apos;ls donarà el càstig corresponent. El Sr. Aminzadeh (de la seu de la campanya elctoral) demana un informe escrit dels incidents a la policia. </p><p>En aquest moment el personal de Mousavi rep una trucada des del Ministeri de l&apos;Interior demanant Mousavi per preparar el seu discurs de victòria. S&apos;informa al líder suprem de la victòria de Mousavi que l&apos;aprova i dóna el seu permís per comunicar les notícies a la ciutadania. Immediatament després d&apos;això, tots els telèfons mòbils a la seu es tallen. Es comunica als diaris reformistes que ha guanyat Mousavi però se&apos;ls demana no poblicar encara la noticia. Tanquen la seu central i el nomenen a ell (Makhmalbaf) portaveu de la campanya. Tot aixòho explica a partir de comunicació directa amb la seu central. </p><p>Després de minut 1:54: </p><p>A partir d&apos;aqui fa algunes especulacions, la més notable és que Ahmadinejad i Sepah (l&apos;Exèrcit dels guardians de la Revolució Islàmica) podria estar fent un cop d&apos;estat contra el líder suprem i Rafsanjani (cap dels quals ha estat vist des de llavors) </p>"
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author: 
  email: ''
  keyid: 0
  name: Anonymous Coward
categories: 
  - english
  - politics
date: 2009-06-14T10:41:48Z
guid: 67568C5C-58D0-11DE-AB79-53C5E9B2727C
modified: 2009-06-23T19:09:11Z
raw: "\n\n<p>First person account of yesterday's coup in Iran. In <a href=\"http://www.onmvoice.com/play/6438\"> this audio interview (Persian) </a> Mohsen Makhmalbaf, prominent filmmaker and Mousavi spokesperson, explains the coup. He reports from Paris before Ahmadinejad officially claimed victory.\n\n<p><a href=\"http://blog.cesc.cat\"> more info in my blog </a>\n\n<p>Rough transcript up to minute 1:54:\n\n<p>Yesterday morning 20 men in plain clothes break  into Mousavi's headquarters, break the communications equipment, beat some people up, and throw tear gas when confronted. Mousavi's supporters manage to capture and retain 7 of them in the headquarters. when the police come they ask that the 7 people be handed over to them, assuring that they will be given the proper punishment. Mr Aminzadeh (from the headquarters) requests a written report of the incidents from the police.\n\n<p>At this time Mousavi's staff receives a call from the interior ministry asking Mousavi to prepare his victory speech. They inform the supreme leader of Mousavi's victory  which he approves of, and gives his permission to communicate the news to people. Right after this, all cell phones in the headquarters get cut off. The reformist newspapers are told that Mousavi has won but they are asked not to put the news out yet. The headquarters are closed down and they appoint him (Makhmalbaf) as the campaign's spokesperson. All this he reports from direct communication with the headquarters.\n\n\n<p>After minute 1:54:\n\n<p>From this he speculates some points, the most remarkable being that Ahmadinejad and Sepah (the Army of the guardians of the Islamic Revolution) might be doing a coup against the supreme leader and Rafsanjani (neither of whom has been seen since)\n\n"
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text: "\nFirst person account of yesterday's coup in Iran. In this audio inter-\nview (Persian) [1] Mohsen Makhmalbaf, prominent filmmaker and Mousavi\nspokesperson, explains the coup. He reports from Paris before Ahmadine-\njad officially claimed victory.\n\n more info in my blog [2]\n\nRough transcript up to minute 1:54:\n\nYesterday morning 20 men in plain clothes break into Mousavi's headquar-\nters, break the communications equipment, beat some people up, and throw\ntear gas when confronted. Mousavi's supporters manage to capture and re-\ntain 7 of them in the headquarters. when the police come they ask that\nthe 7 people be handed over to them, assuring that they will be given\nthe proper punishment. Mr Aminzadeh (from the headquarters) requests a\nwritten report of the incidents from the police.\n\nAt this time Mousavi's staff receives a call from the interior ministry\nasking Mousavi to prepare his victory speech. They inform the supreme\nleader of Mousavi's victory which he approves of, and gives his permis-\nsion to communicate the news to people. Right after this, all cell\nphones in the headquarters get cut off. The reformist newspapers are\ntold that Mousavi has won but they are asked not to put the news out\nyet. The headquarters are closed down and they appoint him (Makhmalbaf)\nas the campaign's spokesperson. All this he reports from direct communi-\ncation with the headquarters.\n\nAfter minute 1:54:\n\nFrom this he speculates some points, the most remarkable being that Ah-\nmadinejad and Sepah (the Army of the guardians of the Islamic Revolu-\ntion) might be doing a coup against the supreme leader and Rafsanjani\n(neither of whom has been seen since)\n\n-- \n [1] http://www.onmvoice.com/play/6438\n [2] http://blog.cesc.cat\n"
title: reliable reports from Mousavi sopokesperson
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xhtml: "<p>First person account of yesterday&apos;s coup in Iran. In <a href=\"http://www.onmvoice.com/play/6438\"> this audio interview (Persian) </a> Mohsen Makhmalbaf, prominent filmmaker and Mousavi spokesperson, explains the coup. He reports from Paris before Ahmadinejad officially claimed victory. </p><p><a href=\"http://blog.cesc.cat\"> more info in my blog </a></p><p>Rough transcript up to minute 1:54: </p><p>Yesterday morning 20 men in plain clothes break into Mousavi&apos;s headquarters, break the communications equipment, beat some people up, and throw tear gas when confronted. Mousavi&apos;s supporters manage to capture and retain 7 of them in the headquarters. when the police come they ask that the 7 people be handed over to them, assuring that they will be given the proper punishment. Mr Aminzadeh (from the headquarters) requests a written report of the incidents from the police. </p><p>At this time Mousavi&apos;s staff receives a call from the interior ministry asking Mousavi to prepare his victory speech. They inform the supreme leader of Mousavi&apos;s victory which he approves of, and gives his permission to communicate the news to people. Right after this, all cell phones in the headquarters get cut off. The reformist newspapers are told that Mousavi has won but they are asked not to put the news out yet. The headquarters are closed down and they appoint him (Makhmalbaf) as the campaign&apos;s spokesperson. All this he reports from direct communication with the headquarters. </p><p>After minute 1:54: </p><p>From this he speculates some points, the most remarkable being that Ahmadinejad and Sepah (the Army of the guardians of the Islamic Revolution) might be doing a coup against the supreme leader and Rafsanjani (neither of whom has been seen since) </p>"
