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To: DeplorableIrredeemableRedneck who wrote (3794)	1/5/2007 3:10:10 PM
From: DeplorableIrredeemableRedneck	Respond to of 20106

Online rumors: Iran's supreme leader dead Following report of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's death in American expert's blog, numerous rumors on internet claim he passed away. Iranian media conveys business as usual, while question remains: Is he dead or alive? Dudi Cohen Published: 01.05.07, 15:58 In the past 24 hours, it has been rumored that Iran 's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei passed away. Iranian news agencies did not address the issue, but numerous blogs reported it. The blogs have yet to be confirmed by any official source. It all started with a blog by Michael Ledeen, a senior researcher at the US Institute for Public Policy in Washington, who reported the ayatollah's death. Supreme Leader's Ruling Khamenei: Beware of watching non-Muslim women / Yaakov Lappin In new web ruling, Iran's supreme leader warns of 'vile consequences' of looking at non-Muslim women Full story Ledeen, a neoconservative, added no other details than the death itself, but because of his reputation, a cascade of rumors began spreading between blogs worldwide, all of them asking to know: Is it true or not? Is he dead or alive? In the blog , written on the 'Pajamas Media' website, Ledeen reported that a source has "learned that Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has apparently succumbed to the cancer that hospitalized him last month" at the age of 67. A blogger of Iranian origin estimated that "something is happening, and I hope it is not the collapse of another dictator, becayse Iran should prepare for someone worse." Another blogger, living outside Iran, wrote: "My mother in Tehran says that there are songs on television, so everything is as usual." He added that before the death of Ayatollah Khomeini, the former leader, the regime called on the public to pray for his wellbeing and prepared for the leader's death. But this time, there is no sign on the media in Iran testifying to an unusual event.