He sleeps with Elvis? Confirmation, please.
Posted by TIKI AL at January 6, 2007 11:41 AMMary,
This extract from the Pajamaline article (http://pajamasmedia.com/2007/01/supreme_leader_ayatollah_ali_k.php) is the best ever (emphasis mine):
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Banafshef Zand-Bonazzi runs Iran Press News, a New York-based non-profit service which translates the output of Iran’s television, radio and newspapers. When I reached her at home, she seemed confident that the reports of Khamenei’s death were not exaggerated.
“I have looked around the Iranian (Farsi-language) press and have not yet found a confirmation of Khamenei’s death. This does not surprise me, given the atmosphere of the recent elections that highlights the explosive factional tension among the various mullah cliques. Michael Ledeen, who broke the news, has rarely if ever, reported anything incorrectly. I trust his sources. My feeling is that if Khamenei is not yet dead, he will be soon....
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Ain't that grand.
Posted by eriposte at January 6, 2007 01:19 PMWho knows. There are many reports stating that he has died from several sources. This may explain why we haven't received a definitive answer to whether he is dead or not.
"Reports are coming in that Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khameni has died from cancer at age 67. Iranians have speculated for sometime about Khamenei’s health. But talk of Khamenei’s health is taboo and officials have denied he is seriously ill, even though United States sources had previously said Khamenei had cancer. He is widely regarded as the figurehead of mullahs’ regime."
NowPublic.com
Posted by Judith at January 6, 2007 03:35 PMAnything linked to Ledeen is always bad news.
Posted by Parallax at January 6, 2007 10:43 PM>Michael Ledeen, who broke the news, has rarely if ever, reported anything incorrectly.
Wasn't he, that lover of Mussolini, at the centre of the yellow-cake fakery? Among neo-con vipers, he is THE viper.
Posted by johnf at January 7, 2007 01:26 AM