IRAN ABDUCTS UNION MAN

[Omaha Steve]

Source: New York Post

July 12, 2007 -- ONE of Iran's most popular civil-society leaders was abducted in Tehran on Tues day after chairing a meeting of trade unionists.

Mansour Osanloo, the 48-year-old president of the Union of Bus Drivers (SKSV), had just stepped off a bus when a group of bearded men emerged from a gray Peugeot and attacked him with clubs and knuckle-dusters.

Shouting, "You are an enemy of Islam," the attackers pushed him into the car and drove away. Witnesses said Osanloo was severely beaten, and his attackers continued to beat him even after they had forced him into their car.

Passengers on the bus, which had halted, tried to restrain the attackers but were held back at gunpoint.

Read more: http://www.nypost.com/seven/07122007/postopinion/opedcolumnists/iran_abducts_union_man_opedcolumnists_amir_taheri.htm

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This is not the first abduction of a union leader. It won't be the last. Please see the full article at the link.

[Parche]

1. Iran

Thats it.....we should invade.........:sarcasm: :sarcasm: :hi:

[bemildred]

2. So what does the NY Post think about the labor situation in Colombia?

If it's watching Iran this close, it ought to care about Colombia too, where union organizing has gotten a lot of people killed.

[billyoc]

3. More info about Mansour Osanloo.

And a petition.

http://www.itfglobal.org/solidarity/osanloo2.cfm