Iran
From Robert Fisk today.
The footage of a brutal police force assaulting the political opposition on the streets of the capital has shocked the world. Rightly so, although no one has made comparison with police forces who batter demonstrators on the streets of Western Europe, who beat women with night-sticks, who have kicked over an innocent middle-aged man who immediately suffered a fatal heart attack, who have shot down an innocent passenger on the London Tube... There are special codes of morality to be applied to Middle East countries which definitely must not apply to us.
As far as I know Fisk is the only western journalist reporting out of Iran right now. If you're after reporting and informed commentary as instead of rumor-mill buckshot 140 characters at a time, please read what he's had to say.
The footage of a brutal police force assaulting the political opposition on the streets of the capital has shocked the world. Rightly so, although no one has made comparison with police forces who batter demonstrators on the streets of Western Europe, who beat women with night-sticks, who have kicked over an innocent middle-aged man who immediately suffered a fatal heart attack, who have shot down an innocent passenger on the London Tube... There are special codes of morality to be applied to Middle East countries which definitely must not apply to us.
As far as I know Fisk is the only western journalist reporting out of Iran right now. If you're after reporting and informed commentary as instead of rumor-mill buckshot 140 characters at a time, please read what he's had to say.