CIA Killed Neda? Iran Leaders Lying Again. The Proof is Here

Expat Iranians in Dubai Light Candles for Neda Asha Soltani

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The Iranian leaders are lying about the death of poor Neda Agha-Soltan and there is proof right in their own words.

Andrew Sullivan records from an interview by Wolf Blitzer of  Iranian Ambassador Mohammed Hassan Ghadir:

BLITZER: Are you seriously accusing the CIA of killing Nada?

GHADIRI (through translator): We say that the bullet that was found in her head was not a bullet that you could find in Iran. These are the bullets that the CIA and terrorist groups use. Of course they warned that there would be a bloodshed in these demonstrations and then they could attribute that to the Islamic republic. This is part of a common act of CIA in various countries.

BLITZER: Do you really believe that, Mr. Ambassador? You're a distinguished diplomat representing Iran. This is a very serious accusation that you're making, that the CIA was responsible for killing this beautiful, young woman.

GHADIRI (through translator): I'm not saying that the CIA had done this. There are different groups. Could be intelligence services, could be CIA, could be the terrorists. However, these are the people who do these things.

Okay, I've now read note that the original CNN piece did point out the problem with that claim that Neda was shot in the chest, not the head.  Another report I read said the bullet hit the heart and lungs.  I heard heart first, but suspected lungs too because of the way the blood flowed from her mouth and nose in the end. (I'm not a doctor, but obviously the heart has no outlet to the mouth and nose.)

I know Islam has various rules about bodies and especially, I assume, women, but they didn't need to view or manipulate the body to identify the actual location of the bullet.  They only had to watch the video.  The blood did not come from the head at first. Therefore the shot didn't hit the head.  So their claim to have found a bullet in Neda's head shows right away that the government is lying.

They never found a bullet in the head to decide it was a foreign bullet in the head.  This comes from the ruling mullahs that back Ahmadinejad, I imagine, and shows the arrogance of power found especially in leaders of the faithful.  People are supposed to believe  through faith, not looking for evidence in the real world, and that leads some clergy to start creating fantastic lies that are not corroborated by the writings of their faith, nor by the evolving morals of their society.  They've been allowed to push what they thought as the truth for so long that they begin to push for the 'truth' that will make them more wealthy and/or powerful or at least to retain their power.

This is a world wide problem and one of the best reasons I know to explain to people why having a 'benevolent' Christian dictatorship is a really bad idea.  Most benevolent Christians I knew thought attacking Iraq was a good idea at the first because they trusted benevolent (in their eyes) Christian George W. Bush who trusted God who put pictures and Bible sayings on the reports from his Department of Defense showing the president that the Big Guy Upstairs wanted him to wage war.

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