2 Groups Clash During Rally For Kurdish Rebels

          
          2 Groups Clash During Rally for Kurdish Rebels
          Los' Angeles' Times' (I92$-X urrent File); Sep 1. 1979,
          ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Los Angeles Times (18814987)
          pg SD14
          The fighting in Iran between gov-
          ernment troops and Kurdish rebe s
          spilled into downtown San Diego
          Fnday as opponents and supporters of
          the Ayatollah Rhomaini clashed out
          side the Federal Courthouse .
          Picketrng by about two dozen
          mcmbers of the Kurdistan Students
          Msn seine dressed in rebel style
          umforms brought on a counterde
          monstration by a smaller group of
          pro Kbomaini Ira nians at Union and
          ESts
          They rn1hd d hn fly in the inter
          sect ion and one of the Kurds, Talib
          &rzinji, 46, had a tooth knocked out.
          Several signs were smashed in the
          scuffle before police officers arrived
          to separate the groups.
          Each faction accused the other of
          starting the disturbance Eerzinji, who
          identified himself a a Southwestern
          College 5tudent, pornted out one
          young man as his attacker and the
          accused was taken into custody
          Police ordered the Kurdish demon-
          strators to kecp their march moving
          along the sidewalk, but hat did flOL
          rnterfere in seven! mrnutes of yellrng
          back and forth across the street as one
          side held aloft the Ayatollah's picture
          and the other held up signs aecusing
          the Islam ic leader of “killing Irarnan
          people?'
          tong live Khomaini one group
          shouted
          “Down with Khomairn, the other
          retorted .
          In leaflets they passed out along the
          way, the Kurdish students accused
          Rhomarni of “killing people and de-
          stroying prapert es hi Iran, espedally
          the ICurdish people with non grain
          of mercy in his heart”
          2 Groups C'ash
          During Rally for
          Kurdish Rebels
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