Blog Assignment # 3

Iran Conflict

Recently it was Iran’s tenth Presidential election, which was held on June 12, just like our election it’s elected by the highest popular vote. A huge rally even before the election broke out into the streets of Iraq. There have been several cases of violence killing at least 29 people, and two Marines. In one ambush they waylaid a minibus carrying Iraq recruits they detonated the bombs, and gun downed police, and Iraqis working for the U.S Military. They attacked started to settle down when American and Iraq forces were using sweeping security measures to protect the voters.

Another act of violence that i had saw on the news this past Sunday was the an Iranian girl named Neda Agha Soltan had been shot, it was captured on amateur video in less than 48 hours this was spread around the world. Popular on Facebook, Youtube, Twitter, and of course news websites. She was shot by Basij Militiaman she was obviously killed during the protest on June 20th. The video of her death is very shocking they show her collapsing, losing conciseness then dying. Its said that her death has resounded worldwide, and become a symbol of the crack down by Iranian authorities against demonstrations over President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's disputed on the June 12th re-election. Its pretty sad that in huge rallies like this someone always dies its a shame really.

On June 24th 2005 Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was elected president of Iran his presidential run was a huge one he got 17,046,441 out of a possible 27,536,069 keep in mind that this was the ninth Iran Presidential election, and obviously this year he was re-elected. Mahmoud was the first non-cleric president to lead Iraq in 24 years . When Bush was still in office he stated that presidential election in Iraq to keep the power in the hands of rulers who suppress liberty at home, and spread terror abroad according to a US State Department official, the Iranian election fell very, very short of minimum democratic standards.

Obama had things to say about the election, and Iran shot back, and called him timid he was quoted saying “Only I’m the president of the United States.” Basically what he was trying to do is say that the violence needs to stop no matter where its happening honestly i don't blame him because its always the innocent that gets hurt, and or killed over these kind of things. But violence is happening everywhere everyday its scary that some youth cant even go outside, and play or whatever because there parents fear they will be killed due to gangs etc. so having their neighborhood be not so safe they still want to give their child a great life but live n fear at the same time. Even schools now a days are gone downhill back home where i live a couple years ago a teacher was stabbed, and killed because he told a student to take off his hood like are you kidding me. In recent news a 11 year old boy was being bullied at school, and it got to the point where he hung himself to start off no kid should know how to kill themselves, and defiantly not at 11 years old. The school didn't really take action but to have the kid and the bullies sit together at lunch to try, and be friends now its to late to even save him. Just the violence in this country baffles me the watching the news its expected that the main stories are someone murdered, robberies etc. It just sucks that the worlds has come to violence.

Iran's conflict is still on the rise, and its quoted as a "very brutal outcome" . i just hope they have enough people over their to control these crowds, and get the peace back their so no more innocent people are killed.