From Iranian news agencies

[Victor Steinbok]

One more from the same piece:

> Chants of “Egyptians, Tunisians, your uprisings are just and we are
> with you,” “Death to Mubarak,” “Hosni Mubarak, ‘mubarak’
> (congratulations) on the uprising of your people,” were heard in the
> streets. Some people also set an effigy of Mubarak on fire.

It's not often we get to see puns of this sort.

     VS-)

On 2/11/2011 6:22 PM, Victor Steinbok wrote:
> Describing the march in the capital to commemorate the 32nd
> anniversary of the Iranian Revolution, the Tehran Times reported,
>
> http://goo.gl/qU5vf
>> The people chanted “God Is Great,” “Down with the United States,”
>> “Death to Israel,” and other slogans.
>>
>> They also carried a 16-kilometer-long Iranian flag as revolutionary
>> songs filled the air.
>
> A 16-kilometer-long flag? Something to think about...
>
> VS-)

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