Jun 19th, 2009 - MSNBC
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CAIRO - They're the most feared men on the streets of Iran.
The pro-government Basij militia has held back its full fury during this week's street demonstrations. But witnesses say the force has unleashed its violence in shadowy nighttime raids, attacking suspected opposition sympathizers with axes, daggers, sticks and other crude weapons.
At least once, the militiamen opened fire on a crowd of stone-throwing protesters. State media said seven were killed.
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Jun 20th, 2009 - Bloomberg
June 20 (Bloomberg) -- Iranian protesters defying a ban ondemonstrations were dispersed by police with water cannons andbatons, state-run Press TV said, while a suicide bomb went offat the mausoleum of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
Pressure on Obama to Act Forcefully Is Growing
Jun 19th, 2009 - Wall Street Journal
WASHINGTON -- The uncompromising stance taken by Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who on Friday ordered an end to protests, ratcheted up pressure on the Obama administration to take a forceful line against the Iranian regime.
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