Her name is “Neda,” the Farsi word for voice. Hers was silenced Saturday as the words of the "Supreme Leader" came to pass: 'There will be blood. You will be blamed.'Neda Soltani, shot dead by Basij militiamen, has become a martyr to some and symbol to all, as Iran faces demonstrations unparalleled since 1979's Islamic Revolution.
The footage shows the girl, with a singe bullet wound in her chest, lying on her back as her family tries unsuccessfully to save her. Blood is first seen leaving her chest, and within seconds flowing from her mouth and nose as her face is eventually left covered in blood.
People are relatively easy to kill. Ideas aren't.
Earthquake, tsunami,
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