[v65magnafan]

You're right about the militia guys--the Basij.

The Iranians in the street heard these guys speaking Arabic. When that rumor hit the blogs, it was assumed that they were from Hezbollah or Hamas. This could be. I don't know of anyone who checked flight manifests from Lebanon or Syria to verify this.

The Arab-speaking Basij could easily be impoverished unemployed from the Arabic speaking Iranian provinces. This is not to say that Hez and Ham thugs weren't there as well.

One "eyewitness" in Tehran stated that the Iranian Basij were housed in dorms but the Hezbollah thugs were housed in hotel rooms. We may never know the truth.

I believe that this had all better be worked out by the fall, or Israel will put an end to the Iranian nuclear weapons program, one way or another.

You would be amazed at how many secret meetings are going on among Saudis, Egyptians, and Israelis. The Saudis have decided that the Iranians are a bigger enemy than the Israelis.