Countdown: UPDATE
Sep 14th, 2009 by pedestrian
Quds Day is only 4 days away … I am terrified, and excited.
Still not 100% sure if Rafsanjani will indeed be leading, he can pull out at any time prior to Friday if they step up the pressure and threats.
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Just a few hours ago I was going to add: what if Ahmad Khatami becomes prayer leader?
Well, now he has. And Ahmadinejad will give the opening.
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That was via IRNA. Now Tabnak reports that the head of the sermons has denied the IRNA article, and has said that the leader will be announced “in a few hours.”
i would say i’m mostly terrified.. slightly emboldened by montazeri’s statement, but terrified nonetheless
my next thought was that the prisons are probably filled to capacity at the moment but i guess that would just mean opening another one :-s :-s
yup, they’ll have no problem thinking up some extra space :-/
But I’m a bit excited too, hoping that since it’s an official demonstration, they won’t be too hard on the protesters (I know I could be VERY, VERY wrong)
i hope that everyone goes with family; friends are not enough to protect you. if things get violent (i’m really, *very* nervous about this; it seems to be a good possibility), at least a broad cross-section will witness it
I think it’s so cute (and a bit “safer”, I don’t know how much) that families go together.
Mousavi said once that “our demonstrations have to be so safe that toddlers and pregnant women could join us”
…. just a dream, but if there was no interference, I would imagine it could be an achievable dream. I don’t remember hearing anyone hurt in the rallies before the election.