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It's that time of year again, and the celebrations have begun! If you're not familiar with it, "Al Quds Day" is a day set aside by the Ayatollah Khameni and the Islamic Revolutionary government in Iran as a day for Muslims to march against "Western" "oppression". Never they mind the oppression brought upon them by their leaders, of course. The stability of their dictatorships depends on them directing their peons' anger externally, does it not?

Notice that Al Quds Day falls on the last Friday of Ramadan, a day in which all Muslims are encouraged to go to their mosques for prayer. It is in these mosques that the "Islamic public" is so easily whipped into a rage by their radical imams. So, in effect, this is the largest canned protest of the year.

Be sure to check back here all day, I'll be doing my best to keep up with the fun and games!

And here are last year's celebrations, so you know what to expect.

Update: This year's theme, parroted by every single group of brainwashed demonstrators, is "DOWN WITH ISRAEL."

If only International A.N.S.W.E.R. had as loyal a following as Tehran does, huh?



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It sure looks like someone is suffering from a case of the Mondays:

It looks like today is Nuclear Day over in Iran today, complete with celebratory "Death to America" protests and everything. I'll be following the day's events as best as I can, so be sure to check back here for more Nuclear Day fun throughout the day!


I'll be keeping photographs on the extended version of this article, for your entertainment. Feel free to peruse them while I hop on down to Hallmark to shop for my National Day of the Nuclear Technology Day cards!

As usual, Gateway Pundit is covering these festivities, too. Hot Air is reporting that 3,000 centrifuges will be installed for uranium enrichment—I find this highly suspect, considering Iran's recent troubles with their supplier, though it's definitely not outside the realm of possibility that such an announcement would be made for (shock!) propaganda purposes.

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It would appear that one of our photographers hasn't gotten The Message. From this photograph, we learn that (a) There are elements in Hezbullah with ties to Iran, (b) They are repeating Iran's official line:—Lebanon has won a "Divine Victory", (c) Hezbullah is proud to make Lebanon be the "Graveyard of invaders," Israelis in particular, and (d) The United Nations is not a credible peacekeeping force in the region.

To see this particular caption come across AFP leaves me doubly shocked. I think I'm going to have to take some time-out time now! Continue reading »

Just a little reminder: The battle in Lebanon is not as simple as it looks. As much as the press would like to spin the ultra-dumbed down "Lebanon is just fighting back for their territory" canard, keep in mind that Iran and Syria are really the ones pulling the strings in Hezbullah.

Iranian revolutionary guard corps shout anti-U.S. slogans during Friday prayers in Tehran May 26, 2006. Members of Iran's Revolutionary Guard have been found among Hizbollah guerrillas slain by Israeli forces in southern Lebanon, Israel's Channel 10 television reported on Wednesday citing diplomatic sources. (Raheb Homavandi/Reuters)

Lebanese chant slogan against Israel and United States during a funeral held in Beirut, August 9, 2006. (Eric Gaillard/Reuters)

Same storyline, different country. Coincidence? I think not!

Update 19:28 EST: It would appear that The Washington Post is on this story. Colour me shocked!