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Proof Of A Baseej Defection

By The Daily Dish
Dec 27 2009, 11:09 AM ET

Iran

A reader examines the various photos and videos of this incident and persuasively concludes that they are all of the same event. Now think of what this foretells: a baseej is cornered, switches sides and is carried aloft in the streets triumphantly.

These people are not seeking revenge for the most part. They are seeking to coopt their fellows caught in the apparatus of dictatorial power. And we have evidence of it working once. What if it's happening out of sight?



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