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2009-06-18T11:28:43Z

If you are reading this right now, you have more luxury than someone in Iran could ever hope for right now. If you are watching TV or a video on youtube, updating your status on Facebook, Tweeting, or even texting your friend, you are lucky. If you are safe in your home, and were able to sleep last night without the sounds of screaming from the rooftops, you need to know and understand what is happening to people just like you in Iran right now.

They are not the enemy. They are a people whose election has been stolen. For the first time in a long time, a voice for change struck the youth of Iran, just as it did for many people in the United States only seven months ago. Hossein Mousavi gained the support of millions of people in Iran as a Presidential candidate. He stands for progressiveness. He supports good relations with the West, and the rest of the world. He is supported with fervor as he challenges the oppressive regime of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

On Friday, millions of people waited for hours in line to vote in Iran's Presidential election. Later that night, as votes came in, Mousavi was alerted that he was winning by a two-thirds margin. Then there was a change. Suddenly, it was Ahmadinejad who had 68% of the vote - in areas which have been firmly against his political party, he overwhelmingly won. Within three hours, millions of votes were supposedly counted - the victor was Ahmadinejad. Immediately fraud was suspected - there was no way he could have won by this great a margin with such oppposition. Since then, reports have been coming in of burned ballots, or in some cases numbers being given without any being counted at all. None of this is confirmed, but what happened next seems to do the trick.

The people of Iran took the streets and rooftops. They shout "Death to the dictator" and "Allah o akbar." They join together to protest. Peacefully. The police attack some, but they stay strong. Riots happen, and the shouting continues all night. Text messaging was disabled, as was satellite, and websites which can spread information such as Twitter, Facebook, Youtube, and the BBC are blocked in the country. At five in the morning, Arabic speaking soldiers (the people of Iran speak Farsi) stormed a university in the capital city of Tehran. While sleeping in their dormitories, five students were killed. Others were wounded. These soldiers are thought to have been brought in by Ahmadinejad from Lebanon. Today, 192 of the university's faculty have resigned in protest.

Mousavi requested that the government allow a peaceful rally to occur this morning - the request was denied. Many thought that it would not happen. Nevertheless, first a few thousand people showed up in the streets of Tehran. At this point, it is estimated that 1 to 2 million people were there. Mousavi spoke on the top of a car. The police stood by. For a few hours, everything was peaceful. Right now, the same cannot be said. Reports of injuries, shootings, and killings are flooding the internet. Twitter has been an invaluable source - those in Iran who still know how to access it are updating regularly with picture evidence. People are being brutally beaten. Tonight will be another night without rest for so many in Iran no older than I am. Tonight there is a Green Revolution.

For more information:
PICTURES:
here and here
NEW INFORMATION:
Here - near constant updates
Here - ONTD_political live post
ON TWITTER:
@StopAhmadi, @ProtesterHelp

دنیارابگوییدچطورآنهاانتخاباتمان دزدیده اند
Tell the world how they have stolen our election

- original post by one_hoopy_frood

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Heaven help us now, come crashing down ;; [HELP THE IRANIAN PEOPLE!]

2009-06-18T03:18:28Z

i realize now i do not fear death... i fear my daughter will not be free when i die

- From the Twitter of an Iranian medical student

"If it bothers you so much, then why don't you stop watching?" seems to be the question of the last few days from my friends and family who know how invested I have become in the cause of the Iranian people (as I have explained in great detail here) The answer is simple: one day of caring is not enough. We must be the voice for the people of Iran who would otherwise be silenced. They are without reliable news sources, they are without mobile phone calls, text messaging, facebook, twitter, youtube, AIM, Yahoo, Google, and pretty much every other useful outlet for information you can think of. Yet they persist on the streets and on the internet in any way they can. The least we can do, whether we are across continents, oceans, or time zones, is spread their words safely.

My death is irrelevant.Wht is important is that u do not forget my words.We want freedom.i will die 4that

- From the Twitter of a protester in Tehran

Right now, brave men and women in Iran, both young and old, are sacrificing their lives for their voices to be heard. They must fear not only the police, but also the Basij -a force of men loyal to the government who plant themselves among crowds in plain clothes in order to discretely attack protesters and incite chaos.The protesters are peaceful. They mass together in crowds that are reported to grow in size every day. At night they have very few, if any, safe places to stay. Houses with satelite dishes were attacked by the Basij tonight, and during the 50 minutes of Twitter's maintenance, another university was attacked.

140 characters is a novel when you're being shot at.

- From another Iranian Twitter

WHAT CAN YOU DO TO HELP?

The most obvious thing to do is stay informed. Keep an eye on reliable sources on Twitter, refresh blogs and news sites that are covering the stories.

If you are on twitter, retweet information from reliable twitters, but REMOVE THE USERNAME if they are in Iran. People have died because of the lack of responsibility by fellow tweeters and the media in this front. They can be tracked down by the government of Iran.

Spread the information elsewhere. Repost this article or write your own on Facebook, Myspace, Tumblr, or anywhere else you can think of. If you write your own, make sure you are concise and accurate. Link to your sources for people to learn more.

Change your location on Twitter to Tehran or Iran, and your time zone to GMT +3:30.

DO NOT auto-refresh and take down websites, even if you are asked. It slows down the internet for the rest of the people in Iran.

If you make a proxy DO NOT post it publically, otherwise it is useless. Send it in a direct message to a trusted source.

DO NOT spam the hash tag #IranElection with useless things to "confuse the government". This does not help at all.

USEFUL SITES TO FURTHER HELP

Cyber War Guide for Iran Elections

Green Revolution - How to Help

Anonymous - Why We Protest - Iran

STAY INFORMED!

Follow on Twitter: @ProtesterHelp and @StopAhmadi

(REMINDER: DO NOT REPOST PERSONAL TWITTERS OF THOSE INSIDE THE COUNTRY, EVEN IF THEY ARE RELIABLE!)

Chronology of events

Live-blogging by Andrew Sullivan

General information from a poser on Fark.com

Live-blogging on HuffingtonPost

دنیارابگوییدچطورآنهاانتخاباتمان دزدیده اند
Tell the world how they have stolen our election

- original article by one_hoopy_frood on LJ

LOOK AT THIS GQ MOTHERFUCKER RIGHT HERE.

2009-06-08T05:06:20Z

GERARD GOD DAMN MOTHER FUCKING BUTLER:

I'D HIT IT LIKE A MACK TRUCK. OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

Icon extremely related. Duh.

NO I WILL NOT USE AN LJ CUT

inactivism @ 2009-04-20T13:28:00

2009-04-20T18:28:19Z

I slept past the times when the shooting would be taking place, so I couldn't post this then, but:

April 20th 1999

R.I.P. 15 not 13.

CONQUEST NOT OF MEN: An Adrian "Ozymandias" Veidt FST/Fanmix

2009-03-28T08:46:40Z

1. The Cranberries - Zombie

Another head hangs lowly,
Child is slowly taken.
And the violence caused such silence,
Who are we mistaken?

But you see, it's not me, it's not my family.
In your head, in your head they are fighting,
With their tanks and their bombs,
And their bombs and their guns.
In your head, in your head, they are crying

...

When the violence causes silence,
We must be mistaken.

It's the same old theme since nineteen-sixteen.
In your head, in your head they're still fighting,
With their tanks and their bombs,
And their bombs and their guns.
In your head, in your head, they are dying

The Adrian we first meet is a pacifist.

"It doesn't take a political scientist to see that our Cold War with the Russians isn't ideological, it's based on fear - fear of not having enough. But if we make resources infinite ... we make war obsolete."

2. Keane - Spiralling

Did you wanna be a winner?
Did you wanna be an icon?
Did you wanna be famous?
Did you wanna be the president?
Did you wanna start a war?
Did you wanna have a family?
Did you wanna be in love?
Did you wanna be in love?

I never saw the light
I never saw the light
I waited up all night
But I never saw the light

The Adrian we first meet is a celebrity.

"I'm not hearing your question, Mr. Roth."
"I'm sorry. Do you think -- "
"The other Watchmen resent me for prostituting their struggles? A fair question. Yes, it's crossed my mind some of my old colleagues might see it that way. Just as you're clearly aware that biased journalism sells more magazines."

3. Queens of the Stone Age - Everybody Knows That You Are Insane

You wanna know
Just how long you can hide from
What you are?
Not very long.

I have been lost
Down every road I follow
Out in the dark
On my way home.

But I feel nothing.
Am I better yet?

But something's not right ... this song is a double-edged sword; working both for Adrian's opinion of the other masks (Comedian and Rorschach specifically), and for Adrian's own hidden dark side.

"So, Rorschach thinks someone's hunting the Watchmen, huh?"
"You think it's possible?"
"I think statistically, one murder doesn't equal a trend. Rorschach's a sociopath, Dan - and so was the Comedian. He was practically a Nazi. You know that better than anyone."
"I'm not here 'cause I miss him."
"Well it's obviously clear to Rorschach we're the only ones who know each other's identities."
"Actually the whole world knows yours. That's why I'm warning you first."

4. Nightwish - Sahara

Heaven has a darkened face
Dunes are soaring, as on a chase
Caravan of the cursed
Chasing him across the waves

May he now rest under aegis of mirage
As the sands slowly turn to Elysian fields

1001 nights unseen

"Hurm. Funny. Ancient Pharoahs looked forward to the end of the world. Believed cadavers would rise, reclaim hearts from golden jars. Must currently be holding breath in anticipation."

This song is full of imagery that Adrian would like, unquoted lines even referencing the ancient Egyptian Pharoahs. The quoted lines could be attributed to the act of Adrian hiding his plan and his true intentions at Karnak.

5. Muse - Apocalypse Please

It's time we saw a miracle
Come on it's time for something biblical
To pull us through
And pull us through
And this is the end of the world

Proclaim eternal victory
Come on and change the course of history
And pull us through
And pull us through

"I resolved to apply antiquity's teachings to our world, today. So began my path to conquest - conquest not of men, but of the evils that beset them."

Killing millions to save billions - Adrian prepares to set his plan in motion, believing that he is doing what is necessary and right.

6. Clint Mansell - Death is the Road to Awe

instrumental.

Adrian unleashes his ultimate weapon.

7. Nightwish - The Escapist

Who's there knocking at my window?
The owl and the dead boy
The night whispers my name
All the dying children

Virgin snow beneath my feet
Painting the world in white
I tread the way and lose myself into a tale

Come hell or high water
My search will go on

...

Tearing off the mask of man
The tower, my sole guide

This is who I am
Escapist, paradise seeker
Farewell, now time to fly
Out of sight, out of time
Away from all the lies

Adrian watches Rorschach and Nite Owl II approach Karnak on one of his many television screens. / Adrian explains his masterstroke.

8. Rammstein - Engel

lyrics are entirely in German. treat this song as instrumental.

Adrian fights with Rorschach and Nite Owl II.

9. Helloween - Judas

You promise us a bright golden future
You say you will save the world
That there will be no more hunger and pain
But we see only your golden hands

...

Judas, Judas, are you still human?
Judas, Judas, I can't believe it
Judas, Judas, dealing with evil
Judas, Judas, you keep on telling you'll

Fight for freedom, fight for rights
I see treason in your eyes.

A song to represent the way Jon, Laurie, Daniel, and Rorschach feel about Adrian's plan.

10. KMFDM - Godlike

Use the power
Taste the bliss
Harvest salvation

Now is the time
Get on the right side
You'll be godlike

"We were supposed to make the world a better place."
"Dan, that is exactly what I'm doing."

11. Coheed and Cambria - Welcome Home

You could've been all I wanted
But you weren't honest
Now get in the ground
You choked off the surest of favors
But if you really loved me
You would've endured my world

...

You stormed off to scar the armada
Like Jesus played letter,
I'll drill through your hands
The stone for the curse you have blamed me
With love and devotion, I'll die as you sleep
But if you could just write me out
To neverless wonder... happy will I become
Be true that this is no option,
So with sin I condemn you
Demon play, demon out!

For Adrian's plan to work, the others need to keep the secret. When Rorschach threatens to tell the public about what he has done, the only option is to have him killed.

12. Coheed and Cambria - The Running Free

Your living ends before the engineer
What was your motive in this fight?
(Did they play you for the weaker of them?)
How could you ever think you'd make it here?
Was it greed that pushed your heart through the struggles you've endured?

...

Spend your time well before you go
Here in hell

(There's a hell in all of us)
Spend your time well before you go...
(There's a hell in all of...)
In a loss that's all your own
(There's a hell in all of us)
There are no secrets you can hide
(There's a hell in all of...)
From yourself, in your mind, leave the worst of all behind

'Cause you're going home
You're running free
As only you would be if you never owed them anything
And now you've found your way out
In the trust you've seen your path on home

Rorschach is dead and Jon has left the galaxy. Laurie and Dan leave Adrian behind them, the only people on Earth who know about his actions.

13. Smashing Pumpkins - Doomsday Clock

Is everyone afraid?
Is everyone ashamed?
They're running towards their holes to find out
Apocalyptic means are lost among our dead
A message to our friends to get out
There's wages on this fear
Oh so clear
Depends on what you'll pay to hear

"You see, the Comedian was right. Mankind's savage nature will inevitably lead to its destruction. So in order to save this planet ... I had to trick it. With the greatest practical joke in human history."

14. Nine Inch Nails - I'm Looking Forward To Joining You, Finally

As black as the night can get
Everything is safer now
There's always a way to forget
Once you learn to find a way how

In the blur of serenity
Where did everything get lost?
The flowers of naïveté
Buried in a layer of frost

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