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Terrifying pictures of Iranian drug bust
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tambourine-man
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Which ones are the dealers?
phr
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9mmCensor said:
hahaha
I hope they didn't go through all that just for that small baggie.
lol yeah, I think I seen a few digital cable boxes in one of the pics. But, I don't think what drug dealers wear/own is indicative of the country's well being and economy as a whole.
Iran is not Afganistan or Iraq, its really a modern nation that could probably best be compared to Europe as far as standard of living. US media has mostly ignored showing anything about Iran, I couldn't tell you the last time I have seen any footage from Tehran for example.
Iran also has a lot of internet access, and recently all e-gold accounts listing an Iranian address were frozen and seized. Great way to change the youth's views of the USA! Steal their money!
Iran also has a lot of internet access, and recently all e-gold accounts listing an Iranian address were frozen and seized. Great way to change the youth's views of the USA! Steal their money!
canaana
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I don't get whats so terrifying about it...I mean.. their just pictures..
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garuda said:
Exactly. Its enraging that the US is so combative in foreign policy now. The country may be run by extremists, but that doesn't mean Iranian citizens are batshit too.
A couple months ago I listened to a story on NPR about Iran in the days before religious rule and the ayotollah. It was pretty enlightening. Iranians as a whole are very modern. Young Iranians are like any other teenagers or 20-somethings. They want to feel "connected" in their popular music, clothing, fads, etc. Just like any other 20 year old in any modern country. And the US is the trendsetter for style, music, movies, and pop culture. I don't think the average Iranian hates us.
What WILL make them hate us is passing sanctions and stealing their money. Economic destruction can last generations and leads to so many other problems its almost worse than simple bombings. Before the first gulf war, Iraq was much like Iran is today. Look what years of sanctions and war did to divide and radicalize the country.
I'm not an expert, but this is how I see Iran. Its a liberal country run under a repressive religious zealot. It would be like a bunch of teenagers from orange county california being sent to Jerry Falwell's summer camp. They can deal with it, but it doesn't represent them at all. Right now Iranians are stuck in the middle between an escalating conflict between their government and ours in a cold showdown.
Iranians probably dont identify with their gov, but if the US starts fucking with them via sanctions, that admiration for how cool we are will turn to hate.
What does this have to do with the drug trade?
Sometimes the US seems like competing fiefdoms.
Recent news has made Iran out to be the evil nuclear aggressor to be stopped! - certainly not spoken to work a compromise. This is public bush policy for CNN, Time magazine and public consumption.
If you look at drug policy though, things get interesting.
To the pleasure of the US, Iran takes their part of the global "war on drugs" very seriously. They stamped our production decades ago, but are still a major smuggling route, being adjescent to pakistan and afganistan. They're awash in cheap dope, and it shows - they have the highest opiate addiction rate in the world. The fact that islam bans booze probably doesn't help.
Up to this now Iran has played on the DEA's team, and even with them on occasion. By the DEA's retarded measure of success (# seuzires), Iran is a success story and role model for troubled neighbors. Any sort of aggression by the other fiefdom will fuck up this valued relationship.
Afghanistan is similar in the DEA and foreign policy battling, fucking up everything for everyone. The difference is, we have a lot more to lose in Iran, and many more ways to fuck up.
Iran can't stay in denial forever though, especially with HIV infections hitting critical mass. Just like abstainance only sex ed in the US, stubborn moral positioning will solve nothing. But will a religious regime own up to the problem and promote harm reduction?
... I certainly can't say. All I know is that there is much more to Iran than we normally give it credit for. I just hope they grow up for their own safety. (and ours too).
-n4k33n
Further reading on Iran and Heroin:
http://www.parstimes.com/news/archive/2004/state/narcotics_report_2003.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/this_world/3791889.stm
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Modern my arsehole -- it's a fascist shithole of a nation crawling with secret police, it nearly modernized once and then got taken over again by the right. The west is promoting Iran at the moment because they're trying to cause a power upset in the middle east (why do you think the US is putting the shia in gov't in Iraq)?
All the countries in the middle east are modernized to some extent, at least, in the cities... There's people in Baghdad in internet cafes looking at porn and chatting on a mobile phone.
These pictures are nothing compared to what they've done to a lot of the intellectuals in Iran...
All the countries in the middle east are modernized to some extent, at least, in the cities... There's people in Baghdad in internet cafes looking at porn and chatting on a mobile phone.
These pictures are nothing compared to what they've done to a lot of the intellectuals in Iran...
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n4k33n said:
i dont think our media portrays them as much less modern. did you not know they wear jeans in the middle east
usdathashield
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now we all know the hood got drugs but the burbs do to so go there and draw blood,
if you ask me its a big joke, i live near the rich folks and they got the big coke!
and hardly none of it was nigg--rows, we the ones that be locked up in the pig hole!
you can say the hood got targeted, they probably said thats a good place to market it!
im spittin facts cuz our prisons packed, alot of us is goin in and aint getting back, and you can feel the pain in the chain gang energy is crazy when the judge playin hang man!
the bus ride is a rough ride, the cops talkin tough and puttin on the cuffs tight, got me thinkin we had enough right, got me thinkin that its a rough life,
calling me boy knowing im a man dammit, hopin i swing knowing i cant stand it,
plus they gon beat me till im out cold, take me away and break down my house hold, another man out the community,
thats their plan, to ruin you and ruin me!
if you ask me its a big joke, i live near the rich folks and they got the big coke!
and hardly none of it was nigg--rows, we the ones that be locked up in the pig hole!
you can say the hood got targeted, they probably said thats a good place to market it!
im spittin facts cuz our prisons packed, alot of us is goin in and aint getting back, and you can feel the pain in the chain gang energy is crazy when the judge playin hang man!
the bus ride is a rough ride, the cops talkin tough and puttin on the cuffs tight, got me thinkin we had enough right, got me thinkin that its a rough life,
calling me boy knowing im a man dammit, hopin i swing knowing i cant stand it,
plus they gon beat me till im out cold, take me away and break down my house hold, another man out the community,
thats their plan, to ruin you and ruin me!
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yellodolphin
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ya they got a serious opiate drug problem in this country. Per capita they have the highest opiate use in the world. cheap smack and Ope from across the border is too tempting.
the government has to get serious. you have a huge percentage of afghan opiates being moved through this region (i think 60% between Iran and pakistan). there is alot of foreign pressure to crack down on drug smuggling. on the border with afghanistan they have to have serious security with bunkers, soilders etc. the smugglers dont care if they see police they will shoot back- they get money for weapons.
i think even iran still has death penalty for some drug charges. they throw addicts in jail but they know they cant keep doing it, they jus use drugs in jail. things are changing in this islamic country. they have a needle exchange program in a strict religious country, that can only happen when people know thers a major problem. a major problem law enforcement only cant solve.
the government has to get serious. you have a huge percentage of afghan opiates being moved through this region (i think 60% between Iran and pakistan). there is alot of foreign pressure to crack down on drug smuggling. on the border with afghanistan they have to have serious security with bunkers, soilders etc. the smugglers dont care if they see police they will shoot back- they get money for weapons.
i think even iran still has death penalty for some drug charges. they throw addicts in jail but they know they cant keep doing it, they jus use drugs in jail. things are changing in this islamic country. they have a needle exchange program in a strict religious country, that can only happen when people know thers a major problem. a major problem law enforcement only cant solve.
yellodolphin
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n4k33n said:
what a extremely egotistical view. im sorry but this quote is classic the world doesnt revolve around the united states u kno. im aware you were getting to the point that normal iranians dont hate the states and i agree with that too. alot of the people are very modern open to change and new things.
The US however is not a "trendsetter" for pop culture or style for the rest of the world. Europe has a more developed fashoin industry then the states. there are many countries that have a more develoed fashion industry then the states. however in general each country can develop its own style with its own industries and people. same thing with pop culture. Whats popular over in iran isnt going to be whats how in the united states. how well does rap music sell in Iran??
Im not saying that other countries dont influence each other because we do, more then ever before. but everyone does not follow the "trendsetting" united states.
do you know what country has the biggest movie industry?? its not the US.
India.
the us has developed many great things that people have brought to thier own countries. but so have other countries of the world. we all interact and share ideas to make the world a more enriched place. but you need to look outside all you see and know. not everything is about the us, and if you allowed yourself to see more then you wouldnt have made that comment.
OcCo
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tobala said:
If they spoke like that and called em 'foxy babes' they'd be a virgin for a long, long time.