The Murderous Butcher Ebrahim Raisi is Dead. (CONFIRMED)

Perknose · May 19, 2024

https://twitter.com/x/status/1792305474462982517

His greatest hits.

After being named Iran’s top judge, he is believed to have been part of a small committee that ordered the executions of thousands of political dissidents in 1988.

Accused of decades of human rights violations, Mr. Raisi is the subject of punishing sanctions by the United States

During Mr. Raisi’s presidency, Iran faced large antigovernment protests after the death of a young Kurdish woman, Mahsa Amini, in police custody. The authorities responded with a brutal crackdown that included killings and executions.

akugami · May 19, 2024

When is the ceremony to give Fog a medal?

sdifox · May 19, 2024

Hopefully the replacement is better

kage69 · May 19, 2024

Helicopters and fog, they go together like nuts and gum. But good riddance to the asshole theocrat with a lot of blood on his hands.

I fear with all the hubbub going on a hardliner will probably take his place. Hope I'm wrong.

Muse · May 19, 2024

The New York Times lead story, at the moment.

This link should get anyone through the paywall for 14 days, i.e. until Sunday June 2, 2024:

Helicopter Carrying Iran’s President Has Crashed, State Media Reports

Rescuers are trying to locate the helicopter on which President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian were traveling, state media reported. Their status is unknown.

www.nytimes.com

Indus · May 19, 2024

Did the bleached blonde bad build butch body space laser hit something?

What kind of liability are we looking at?

Perknose · May 20, 2024

President Ebrahim Raisi dead in helicopter crash, state media says

Good riddance to a butcher.

sandorski · May 20, 2024

The timing is interesting.

trenchfoot · May 20, 2024

*formerly tweaker2* - It seems somebody got the idea from the folks that got Prigozhim to learn to flap his arms and make like a bird on the wing for a couple of seconds.

eelw · May 20, 2024

sandorski said:
The timing is interesting.

Lol conspiracy that Biden colluded with fog to assassinate him?

ksheets · May 20, 2024

Evening the score for Kobe are ya, God?

Pens1566 · May 20, 2024

Go #TeamFog

But they'll blame it on Israel no matter what.

K1052 · May 20, 2024

That feeing when US sanctions actually get the Iranian head of state and FM pasted on a mountain:

Greenman · May 20, 2024

Do we know who the new murderous butcher is yet? He has some big shoes to fill.

IronWing · May 20, 2024

He was a mountain of a man.

feralkid · May 20, 2024

Old Bell chopper; U.S (great satan) obviously planted a "kill switch" 40 years ago.

sdifox · May 20, 2024

Couldn't Iran have bought a newer Russian choper?

pmv · May 20, 2024

You'd think these types would learn from Hollywood movies. Any time a villain in a Hollywood movie gets into a helicopter, you _know_ they are doomed.

(cf John Lithgow in Cliffhanger, Jeremy Irons in Die Hard 2, Craig Bierko in The Long Kiss Goodnight...)

pmv · May 20, 2024

sandorski said:
The timing is interesting.

In what way? It does seem an odd coincidence it happened so soon after the Slovakian pro-Putin guy got shot, but I tend to agree with what someone else here said - that he wasn't the most powerful or significant figure of the Iranian leadership, so what would be the plan in going after him particularly?

Zorba · May 20, 2024

"Killed in a 50 year-old Helicopter!" Just happens to be the same age as the Marine 1 fleet.

[DHT]Osiris · May 20, 2024

pmv said:
In what way? It does seem an odd coincidence it happened so soon after the Slovakian pro-Putin guy got shot, but I tend to agree with what someone else here said - that he wasn't the most powerful or significant figure of the Iranian leadership, so what would be the plan in going after him particularly?

From my understanding, he was likely next in line for the Supreme Leader, it'll likely cause quite a shakeup in the upper echelons of leadership with a vacuum appearing.

skyking · May 20, 2024

Couldn't happen to a nicer bunch of

pmv · May 20, 2024

[DHT]Osiris said:
From my understanding, he was likely next in line for the Supreme Leader, it'll likely cause quite a shakeup in the upper echelons of leadership with a vacuum appearing.

That would seem to suggest that _if_ it's not just an accident (and another illustration of how lethal helicopters seem to be as modes of transport - not only for fictional Hollywood villains, they seem to have killed quite a few celebrities and rich dudes over the years), it might, I suppose, be a consequence of some internal power struggle.

[DHT]Osiris · May 20, 2024

pmv said:
That would seem to suggest that _if_ it's not just an accident (and another illustration of how lethal helicopters seem to be as modes of transport - not only for fictional Hollywood villains, they seem to have killed quite a few celebrities and rich dudes over the years), it might, I suppose, be a consequence of some internal power struggle.

Very curious timing though, most assassination attempts don't lie in wait for a specific weather condition. More likely someone just fucked up a flight plan or maintenance with dire consequences, but it's fun to speculate. I bet at least one person will be murdered over it, too.

K1052 · May 20, 2024

Zorba said:
"Killed in a 50 year-old Helicopter!" Just happens to be the same age as the Marine 1 fleet.

As usual its likely not the age of the airframe its the maintenance.

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