Understanding The Basij

New Yorker by Jon Lee Anderson | Jun. 19, 2009 (Special Report)

These Basijis are usually scruffy working-class men, and thus bring an element of notional “class struggle” to the otherwise pragmatically lived lives of the citizens of the Islamic republic. Not surprisingly, among more educated and affluent Iranians, they are almost unanimously despised. Full Story »

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 by Dwight Rousu - Jun. 26, 2009

The article is informative, as most in the U.S. are not familiar with the Basij. The effect of vigilante religious terrorists on a key nation in the middle east should be understood. As a base for Ahmadinejad, it has added importance.

Fox News would love this if they could get it in the U.S. christian movement.

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