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Iran Says It Has Detected Second Cyber Attack
fysdt writes "Iran has been targeted by a second computer virus in a 'cyber war' waged by its enemies, its commander of civil defense said on Monday. Gholamreza Jalali told the semi-official Mehr news agency that the new virus, called 'Stars,' was being investigated by experts."
Ahmadinejad is just upset the Playstation Network is still down.
Defending themselves from countries like USA is not a thing that 'affect them'? If nuclear weapons are so bad, why most rich countries have them in the first place? Come on, dictadorship is bad. But being invaded by another country is way worst.
The Shah, for all the domestic failings he may or may not have had, oversaw a prosperous, pluralistic nation which was a good international neighbor and not consumed by hatred for scapegoats. Iran did not participate in either the War of Israeli Independence, Sinai War, Six Day War, or the Yom Kippur War.
The Ayatollah appealed to the basest instincts and transformed a nation with a rich history into a one dimensional den of hatred and troublemaking.
Before and after, the majority were muslim, but the "after" brand is unrecognizable compared to the "before."
The Shah, for all the domestic failings he may or may not have had, oversaw a prosperous, pluralistic nation
It was also a very liberal nation - perhaps the most liberal nation in the Islamic world - where women did not have to wear anything on their heads and could be seen in miniskirts and high heels.
Religious minorities such as Zoroastrians and Baha'i were'nt oppressed and Christians and Jews could marry who the fuck they wanted.
"The agriculture ministry is not in charge of Gundam" - Japanese ministry official.
Israel ain't the one threatening to destroy Iran, though. Come down from your fifty-thousand-foot view some time and examine the issue critically.
They also had a secret police that brutally repressed any dissent. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SAVAK. The Shah came to power when the CIA overthrew the democratically elected President Mossadegh. So there's that too.
"What the American public doesn't know is what makes them the American public." -Ray Zalinsky (Tommy Boy)
My mother who grew up in Tehran went to school, drove a Benz and who's mother ran the grocery store that my parents owned. Then the Shah was overthrown and my entire family (aunts/uncles/cousins etc) left for the US. The Ayatolla regressed 100 years of progress.
An interesting pictorial:
Photographs of students at Cairo University. Pay special attention to the hairstyles/headdress that the women in the pictures have. In the first pictures, you could mistake this photo for any university in the mid 50s. While in 2004, you'd never confuse this for some university in the middle of Oklahoma.
Yeah mainly suppressing the radical fucks causing all the problems in the middle east today. Now look at the results. And the CIA had a lot of help in getting the Shah into power starting with the British who were the ones getting screwed by the nationalization of their oil assets and the substantial amount of IRANIAN politicians themselves who wanted a new government. The CIA did not over throw anybody, at most they spread a little money around and promised future help to those IRANIAN's who wanted control of their government. In 1953 the US and CIA was not the global powerhouse super spies and troublemakers of today. The US was focused on the little problem in Korea at the time and the entire middle east had been British territory who were in the midst of losing their influence after WW2 and did not like having their assets nationalized. They even blockaded the Iranian ports in an effort to weaken the government the CIA supposedly overthrew all by themselves.
It makes you think about how much of the unrest in the world today can be traced back to Jimmy Carter's horrid leadership during that crisis. If he had backed the Shah, how would the mideast be different today? Perhaps no Mujahideen , no al queda, no taliban...
Before Carter, believe it or not, the US had military posts in Iran.
Carter was well meaning, but he should have kept the Shah propped up, and not pulled the US out of Iran (they were in Iran at behest of the Iranian government, not because they were occupying the country in any way.) Of course, the Revolutionaries won two decisive victories when Carter let the Shah fell. They betrayed Carter, and were able to keep their power by the anti-Shah propaganda. No, the Shah was not perfect; he was a dictator, but comparing the lesser of the two evils, at least he wanted a secular, modern country that could compete economically in the world arena.
Even worse? The revolutionaries executed all the Iranian generals. Guess what happens next? Saddam from next door decides that due to that fact, he is going to take a chunk of Iran. Big mistake. Even with Iran sans any generals of experience, the Iranian people were the ones that kept the invaders out by sheer will and sacrificing their children.
It is sad though. I can picture an Iran with the Shah in power. The Middle East likely would be a lot better off.
Carter probably was the second worst president in recent memory of the US. He put a (pretty much) permanent moratorium on new nuclear reactors, and nixed breeder reactors. From his actions, he pretty much ensured Big Oil and Big Coal would forever be the energy kings of the US with everyone else as squashable bit players.