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"Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience." --C.S. Lewis

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:: Wednesday, June 29, 2005 ::

11:50pm June 30th update: We shaved Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, enhanced his eyebrows a little and Shazaam, he bears a striking resemblance to the other guy in the 1979 hostage photo. We Photoshop you decide:



This is interesting; LGF and Gateway Pundit a couple of guys in their pajamas reported yesterday that the new president of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, was one of the original hostage-takers in the 1979 hostage crisis in which Iranian students seized the US Embassy and held 52 Americans captive for 444 days. Today, an AP story on the Fox News website is also reporting the story - albeit with a few caveats regarding the identity of the man in the photos below [with no reference to LGF or GP I might add]. No doubt this question would have probably never been asked were it not for the blogs. Sadly, the "professional journalists" working the MSM beat seem far more concerned with their hair than they are in sleuthing a potentially major scoop like this [and they wonder why circulation stats and TV ratings are plummeting?]

I don't know if this story is true or false but, given the video and photographic record of the story, it shouldn't be difficult to verify or refute. It'll be interesting to see who comes up with the goods first; the blogs or MSM. My bet is - either way it goes - the blogs will get it first.

For the record, I'm not convinced Mr. Ahmadinejad is the guy in the hostage photo. Here's my Photoshop comparison with the only decent JPGs I could find - you decide:

Update: Think it's been confirmed; the hostage taker apparently is the new President of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. So what we got here is Arafat incarnate with nukes and loads of cash - beautiful:

Update 2: Ooops, not so fast. Looks like the jury's still out on this one....




Update: Just made this composite for your consideration [actually, I think he looks more like the Brillcreamed guy in the background - blue arrow]:



More: Go here for a local perspective of the election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad [>]

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