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In response to "Iran to recount *some* votes? If Ahmadinejad really won with 63% of the vote, some votes won't make a difference." by Mop (235 lbs)

The civilian militia you mentioned on B2 or B3 is the Basiji Militia. In the Iran-Iraq war, want to know what their specialty was?

Posted by Beryllium (aka grayman) Jun 16 '09, 09:28

Forming a human wave and walking over minefields to clear the mines. Fatally.

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where did i learn that's how the term Infant ry was from, Romans did something similar too -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 16, 11:26
oh my god. -- nm - loosilu Jun 16, 09:36 1
- Behold the power of fascist indoctrination as filtered through the warped minds of a theocratic dictatorship. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 16, 09:45
Human wave of children is what I heard. -- nm - Mop (235 lbs) Jun 16, 09:30 1
- Yeah, the militia is comprised of people too young or too old to be in the military - below 18, above 45. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 16, 09:31
Wow. No wonder why they're excited to be "only" asked to beat unarmed protestors. (nm) - musubi Jun 16, 09:30

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