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Iran turns to Hells Angels and other criminal gangs to target critics
- pinewurst 2y agohttps://archive.ph/TPQVg https://archive.ph/TPQVg
- jrm4 2y ago"Hell's Angels" isn't actually still a thing, is it? Like I just presumed they just melted into boomer Harley Davidson whatever clubs?
- aegypti 2y agoThe only thing those people melt into are prison populations and early graves, it’s a (loose) international crime organization and very much still active especially in the EU and Australia IIRC.
- TimeBearingDown 2y agoScare quotes on people? I know I’m a bit sensitive to dehumanization, but really?
- keyboardcaper 2y agoYou don’t think they have built that public image themselves?
- TimeBearingDown 2y agoIf we are to dehumanize career criminals, there are countless thugs, gangs, despots, governments, and militaries with far fewer scruples and a far worse legacy than the Hell’s Angels. but the point is, dehumanization is anathema to civilized society.
- aegypti 2y agoSorry, it’s more flair than anything. I don’t think they specifically are realistically at risk of that, but I get it re: crime as a whole
- TimeBearingDown 2y agoCool - no worries. Pardon if that sounded like an accusation.
- amiantos 2y agoMy understanding is they're one of the few groups still manufacturing LSD these days. I met a guy many years ago who allegedly was in with them and that was the explanation for why he had an entire vial full of LSD he was handing out like candy.
- k99x55 2y agoIs this the media doing disinformation service for the US imperialism, based on flimsy evidence (or fabricated evidence)?
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- Terr_ 2y agoCan you rephrase your comment as a statement? As-is, I feel it resembles a rhetorical strategy which is sometimes derisively called "JAQing off." Exactly what evidence are you suggesting is "fabricated"?
- PoignardAzur 2y agoIs there any claim in the article you think is staged? Do you think the Iranian journalist who claims to have been stabbed wasn't really stabbed?
- Terr_ 2y ago> Iran’s alleged reliance on criminals rather than covert operatives underscored an alarming evolution in tactics It might be new for the Iranian regime, but it's very old in general. For example it jogs my personal memory of a 1989 fiction book: > "Oh, no. The Cetegandan Embassy is sub-contracting my assassination now? I suppose it makes sense. Galeni said they were understaffed. But do you realize—" he rose and began to pace in his agitation, "this means I could be attacked again from any quarter. Anywhere, any time. By totally un-personally-motivated strangers." > "A security nightmare," she agreed. -- Brothers in Arms by Lois McMaster Bujold