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Iran Says US Or Israeli Attack Will Face "Raging Sea" (August
8, 2006) - Any U.S. or Israeli attack against Iran
will be returned by a force 100 times stronger, the head of the
Revolutionary Guards said on Monday, as pressure mounts on Tehran's atomic
work and its support for Hizbollah. "There is no doubt that if these
criminals attempt any operation or vicious assault, they will receive blows
100 times harder," said Yahya Rahim-Safavi, commander-in-chief of the
Revolutionary Guards. "They will not last against the raging sea of the
Iranian people and the power of Islamic Iran," he was quoted as saying by
the official IRNA news agency. The U.N. Security
Council
has demanded Iran end its atomic work by the end of this month after Tehran
failed to convince the international community its atomic scientists were
only working on power stations and not on bombs. Washington has declined to
rule out military strikes as a solution to the nuclear dispute.
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What options are there? They've said they're going to work on
nukes regardless and if anyone tries to stop them, they will face a "raging
sea." With Iran openly calling for the destruction of Israel, how long do
you think Israel can afford to hold off that threat, not to mention the rest
of the world? I have no doubt that Iran would attack, that's what Gog/Magog
is all about. We could be very close to
Ezekiel
38,39. Keep watching!
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Iran Threatens To Use 'Oil Weapon' In Nuclear Standoff (August
7, 2006) - Iran warned Britain and the US yesterday that the
international community could face a new oil crisis if the United Nations
security council imposes sanctions on Tehran over its alleged attempt to
acquire a nuclear weapons-making capability. Speaking in Tehran, Ali
Larijani, the country's chief nuclear negotiator and head of the supreme
national security council, said Iran would be reluctant to cut its oil
exports. "We do not want to use the oil weapon. It is them who would impose
it upon us." But Mr Larijani added that if the west did decide on sanctions,
"we will react in a way that would be painful for them ... Do not force us
to do something that will make people shiver in the cold." more...
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I believe they would, and probably will.
They're getting pretty cocky and for good reason. Much of the weak West just
gives them whatever they demand. Read through the news and you'll see
stories of Christians being shut up for speaking up about the clear dangers
of this religion of hate that's spreading across the globe. How can I say
that? I don't have to, listen to them. Read their own Koran. There's
a reason they hate Jews, and it's not because of the lie that the Jews stole
their land. The evidence is in history and the proof is in the documents
that created Israel. I've seen a picture of Jerusalem before Israel was
there. It was desolate except for a small number of residents. Now as soon
as Israel was back in the land, they started making a big stink because
according to their religion, once Islam takes a land, no other group can
have it. Their goal is world domination and conversion to Islam or death.
I'm afraid most people will wake up to this reality when the blade is at
their neck. Until then, just giving them what they want will only lead to
our downfall, of course that's Bible prophecy too. Time to make a choice.
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| The Prince of Persia, the Prince of Tyre, and The Prince of
the Armies of Heaven
Prayer Update from
Israel
-email
subscription (August
7, 2006) - The battle we are in is a
conflict which our friend Chuck Pierce has called a "confederation
of demonic hosts that are aligned against God's covenant plan."
These dark powers are working through evil men in high places who are
speaking boastful words, "defying the armies of the Living God." Last
week Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, speaking to an emergency
meeting of Muslim leaders in Malaysia, said that the main solution for
the Middle East crisis is "the elimination of the Zionist regime" (in
other words, the annihilation of the Nation of Israel). While the spirit
inhabiting this man breathes out curses against Zion, the Reading
from the Prophets in synagogues this past weekend included
Isaiah 40:9,23,24
GET YOURSELF UP ON A HIGH MOUNTAIN, O ZION, BEARER OF
GOOD NEWS, LIFT UP YOUR VOICE MIGHTILY, O JERUSALEM, BEARER OF GOOD
NEWS; LIFT IT UP, DO NOT FEAR. SAY TO THE CITIES OF JUDAH, 'HERE IS
YOUR GOD!' . . . HE IT IS WHO REDUCES RULERS TO NOTHING, WHO MAKES
THE JUDGES OF THE EARTH MEANINGLESS. HE MERELY BLOWS ON THEM, AND THEY
WITHER, AND THE STORM CARRIES THEM AWAY LIKE STUBBLE.
As this ancient evil over Persia (Iran) issues its
threats through this human figurehead, so does the Prince of Tyre,
through his emissary Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah. Looked up to by many in
Lebanon as a Messiah figure, the Hizbullah chieftain has recently
taunted Israel's faith, claiming that his army's faith is far stronger
than that of Israel, that Hizbullah is the "Army of Allah" which will be
used to defeat Israel and the U.S. and bring a great salvation to all
Islamic peoples. In Ezekiel 28 we are given a portrait of the "faith" of
the Prince of Tyre-"Your heart is lifted up and
you have said, 'I am El (God), I sit in the seat of Elohim'. yet you are
a man, and not a god, though you set your heart as the heart of a god .
. . they shall throw you down into the Pit, and you shall die the death
of the slain" (vss. 1,8). There is only one "EL" and that is
"EL ELYON"-GOD MOST HIGH- who in Yeshua (Jesus) His Son is GOD WITH US (Immanu-EL)
-- born in Bethlehem, whose Name is now above Every Name which is Named.
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This is Christianese, but it's so true. Even America is manipulated by
these dark forces in high places. It's all falling into place exactly
how the Bible says it will. Even though dark times are coming, eternity
follows close on it's heels. Keep watching! |
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Terrorists Fight Israel With Russian Weapons
(August
7, 2006) - Israeli Internal Security
Minister Avi Dichter has said in an interview that "all the terrorists
surrounding Israel" are using Russian weapons, AFP reports. "All the
terrorists surrounding Israel are using Russian and Soviet-made arms —
Kalashnikov assault rifles and Katyusha rockets," Dichter told the Russian
daily Vremya Novostei in an interview published Tuesday. "We don't have
information about direct contacts between Hezbollah combatants and Russia, but
we know quite well about Hezbollah's direct contacts with Syria and Iran,"
Dichter said. Russian sales of anti-aircraft missiles to Syria and Iran have
been heavily criticized by the United States and Israel. Last week, the U.S.
government imposed sanctions on Russian jetmaker Sukhoi and arms export
monopoly Rosoboronexport, citing their weapons sales to Iran.
President Vladimir Putin defended the sale of
anti-aircraft missiles to Syria in 2004, saying they posed no threat to
Israel.
more...
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Russia is clearly on the side of Iran and Syria? They've been working on a
navy base in Syria, selling weapons to Iran, and who knows what else behind
the scene. Not only that, but they are a potential attacker of Israel from the
North, the Gog/Magog invasion. As it stands now, their missiles are exploding
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Iran Declares Its Nuclear Bad Intentions (August
7, 2006) - At what point do Americans and the rest of the world begin
to take Iran’s leader, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, seriously? He is making no
secret of his plans to acquire and use nuclear weapons against Israel,
England and America. As any student in Psychology 101 learns, there is
something called “projection” in which an individual “projects” onto another
person their own intentions, motivations, and justifications. If I say you
are planning to harm me, there’s a strong chance the truth is that I am
planning to harm you. On August 1, he was addressing a rally that was
carried on the Iranian News Channel (IRINN) and his speech was translated by
the
Middle East Media Research Center for anyone
to read. Ahmadinejad was denouncing Israel’s efforts to defend itself
against the rain of Iranian-supplied rockets and missiles, and of course, it
was their own fault they were under attack. The crowd was chanting “Death to
Israel.” He proceeded to give his own history lesson to the crowd, but
since he does not believe the Holocaust ever happened along with some other
extraordinarily paranoid notions, his version is a bit skewed. “They are a
bunch of Zionists. Where have they come from? As you know, the rule of
hegemony and the web of colonialism strived to establish a base in the heart
of the Middle East.” “A hundred years ago, they began to devise conspiracies
on the basis of a diabolical plan. Bit by bit they (Jews) arrived (in what
was then the British protectorate of Palestine) and backed by the devious,
deceiving England, they sneaked people in, and placed them in control over
the people of Palestine.” The real history could fill a book, but suffice
it to say that a very small group of European Jews, despairing of ever being
accepted in their home countries, rife with anti-Semitism, concluded that
Jews should immigrate to Palestine with a view to reestablishing the nation
of Israel. The idea began with the publication, in 1896, of Theodor Hertzl’s
“The Jewish State.” more... |
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Russia Remains Iran’s Ally In Spite Of Supporting UN Resolution
(August
6, 2006) - Iran’s top nuclear negotiator said Sunday the
Islamic Republic will continue developing relations with Russia and
China, despite their supporting a UN Security Council resolution. The
five permanent UN Security Council members, including Russia and
China, voted July 31 in favor of a resolution to set August 31 as a
deadline for Iran to suspend all uranium enrichment activities. If
Iran fails to fulfill the UN’s demands, economic and diplomatic
sanctions may be imposed on the Islamic Republic. Ali Larijani said
Iran had long-term relations with Russia and China and friends could
not be judged on the basis of one action only. Iran’s nuclear program
has been a source of major controversy since the beginning of the
year, as many countries suspect the Islamic Republic of pursuing a
covert weapons program under the pretext of civilian research, despite
its claims to the contrary. more... |
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news stories confirming this over and over and over.
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Iran's smuggling of uranium from African mine uncovered (August
6, 2006) - Tanzanian customs officials have uncovered an
Iranian smuggling operation transporting large quantities of
bomb-making uranium from the same mines in the Congo that provided the
nuclear material for the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima sixty-one
years ago today, reports the London Sunday Times. A United Nations
report, outlining the interception last October, said there is "no
doubt" the smuggled uranium-238 came from mines in the Democratic
Republic of the Congo's mineral-rich Katanga province. The Shinkolobwe
uranium mine was officially closed and its main shafts covered with
concrete in 1961, before the country became independent from Belgium,
but U.N. investigators have reported evidence of ongoing mining
operations.
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Iran
| It is for peaceful purposes!
Every nation has the right to nuclear bombs... I.. I mean power.
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Hezbollah Iran Missiles Slam Hadera Israel - Nuclear War Approaching?
(August 5, 2006) - The only good
thing about the terror group Hezbollah (Hizbollah) or Islam Party of
God is that they keep their promises. Just two days ago Hezbollah
terror leader Hassan Nasrallah said from Lebanon that he would strike
Tel Aviv, Israel with missiles if the Israel Defense Forces attacked
parts of central Beirut. A few hours ago, Hezbollah launched three
Iran missiles at the Israel city of Hadera. Hadera is 70 miles south
from the Lebanese border and 30 miles north from Tel Aviv. The strike
was the deepest inside Israel to date in the fighting between the
Jewish state and the Lebanon-based terrorists. Hezbollah is believed
to have missiles that can reach Tel Aviv, but such an attack would
trigger a massive Israel response. One that would most likely include
Syria and Iran. Iran admitted today that it did indeed supply
long-range Zelzal-2 missiles to Hizbullah. The longer-range Zelzal
missiles, manufactured by Iran and are capable of reaching Tel Aviv,
Jerusalem and Beer Sheva in the Negev. In making this announcement,
Iran reinforced its statement of "wiping Israel off the map" and
though bullets are not flying yet between Israel and Iran, both
nations are very much at war. more...
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Iran: We supplied Zelzal-2 to Hizbullah
(August 5, 2006) - Iran admitted
for the first time on Friday that it did indeed supply long-range
Zelzal-2 missiles to Hizbullah. Secretary-general of the "Intifada
conference" Mohtashami Pur told an Iranian newspaper that Iran
transferred the missiles so that they could be used to defend Lebanon,
Channel 1 reported. The extent of Iran's intimate involvement in
Hizbullah attacks is starting to emerge. According to the defense
establishment, the reason Hizbullah has not fired long-range
Iranian-made Fajr missiles at Israel is due to Teheran's opposition.
Israel now understands that without direct orders from the ayatollahs,
Hizbullah is not allowed to use Iranian missiles in attacks against
Israel. more...
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At least their honest. What amazes me is that even with their blunt
honesty, nobody does anything about it. They must really think they
have us where they want us. I really believe they may too. Especially
considering where Bible prophecy tells us the world's going.
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Is Hezbollah launching Iran's Armageddon?
(August
4, 2006) - It's common wisdom to say that the war between
Hezbollah and Israel is a regional struggle that also includes Iran and Syria,
who have supported and supplied Hezbollah. What seems to be less understood is
that this is the first war between the Islamic Republic of Iran and Israel,
via Iran's proxy Hezbollah, and that its overarching purpose is to advance
Iran's ambitions to export the Islamic revolution throughout the Middle East.
Thus, while religion has always played an important role in prior Arab-Israeli
wars, this time it has moved to center stage. It is the theological aspect of
this conflict that makes it so explosive and could lead to its expansion. As
an observer of the conflict from Iraq, I see the signs that Iran may be
starting to launch the mullahs' version of an Armageddon, exploiting the
religious beliefs of devout Shiites in the region. While this may sound more
the stuff of prophecies than international relations, it is important to
understand - especially in countries such as Lebanon and Iraq that have large
Shiite populations. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Iran and the Shiite
cleric Muqtada al-Sadr in Iraq are both devout believers in the "Imam" of Shia
Islam. Also known as "Imam Mehdi" - hence the name of Sadr's militia, the
Mehdi Army - he was the 12th grandson of the Prophet Muhammad. According to
certain branches of Shia Islam, the return of the "hidden Imam" must be
prepared by his followers, in a particular sequence of events. Chaos and
rampant violence in the region are supposed to be among signs leading to the
main battle in which the Imam will return to lead Shiites to victory.
more...
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I don't know what else to add here. Islam is clearly becoming exactly the kind
of vehicle that the antichrist can use to control the world. Beheading is the
Muslim preferred method of execution and the Bible says that many will be
beheaded for their witness of Jesus. Fortunately,
Christians have a
promise of
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Syrian
Reporter: In Syria There Is Atmosphere Of Eve Of War
(July
28, 2006) - Exclusive: In conversation in Damascus, senior Syrian
journalist tells about sentiments in Syria ('as if there will be war any
moment'); talks about military preparations in his country ('identifying your
reinforcements in Golan Heights'); and estimates that Israeli pounding in
Lebanon to intensify grassroots support of Nasrallah and his organization.
Also in Syria, he says, Nasrallah more popular than ever -Ali Waked
As the conflict with Hizbullah in Lebanon escalates by the day, the question
of Syria's involvement in the conflict becomes increasingly more relevant.
"The atmosphere in Syria is in every way an atmosphere of war, or at least of
the eve of war. Syrian television for the first time since the '80's has
started broadcasting Syrian military marches and nationalistic songs. There is
not difference between Syrian television broadcasts and Al-Manar broadcasts of
the Hizbullah. The broadcasts are in preparation for war, as if Syria is
involved in this war, or is going to be involved at any moment. The local
newspapers and the television are conducting themselves as if they are
preparing the Syrian public for war."
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over there. Either an amazing temporary and false peace deal will break out
and the temple will be rebuilt, or greater war in the Middle East will erupt.
Given the stories, it's looking more like war. Is this the beginning of
Gog/Magog? We'll soon see! Keep watching! |
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Iran
Negotiator Reportedly In Syria Talks
(July 28, 2006) - A
top Iranian negotiator reportedly visited Damascus on Thursday for talks on
the Lebanese crisis with the Syrian and Hezbollah leaders, highlighting the
three-way alliance arrayed against Israel. The reported meeting underscored
the Israeli and U.S. insistence that Syria and Iran have a powerful influence
with the Shiite Hezbollah organization and its guerrillas. White House
spokesman Tony Snow said Syria and Iran "are playing leading roles" in the
conflict in Lebanon "and need to step up" to the task of finding a solution.
"We have already made it clear to both parties what is necessary, and what is
necessary is for Hezbollah to lay down arms and choose a political rather than
a military track," he said Thursday. Snow's remarks reinforced those of
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice after the Syrians held out their
diplomatic hand to the United States this week. But Rice said there already
were sufficient contacts with Damascus and the Syrians were aware of what they
need to do _ stop supporting Hezbollah and press it to disarm.
more...
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Ahmadinejad: Israel Pushed Self-Destruct Button In Lebanon
(July
28, 2006) - Israel has ordained its own destruction by invading
Lebanon, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Thursday, according to the
state news agency. Addressing the clerical staff of the Friday prayer sermons
in Tehran, Ahmadinejad said Israel and its supporters "should know that they
cannot end the business that they have begun." "The occupying regime of
Palestine has actually pushed the button of its own destruction by launching a
new round of invasion and barbaric onslaught on Lebanon," the official Islamic
Republic News Agency quoted the president as saying. Iran is one of the two
major patrons of Hezbollah, the Lebanese guerrilla group that began the
current fighting when its fighters crossed into Israel on July 12 and
kidnapped two Israel Defense Forces soldiers. The other patron is Syria, an
Iranian ally. Ahmadinejad is a hardline opponent of Israel and the Jewish
people. Last October he provoked an international outcry when he said that
Israel should be "wiped off the map." He has repeatedly cast doubt on the Nazi
Holocaust.
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Syria Increases Alert Of War With Israel (July
27, 2006) - Syria has been preparing for war with Israel. Israeli
intelligence sources said the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad
has placed the military on alert. The sources said Syrian infantry
commandos, armored units and anti-aircraft batteries have been ordered
to launch preparations for an Israeli strike. "Neither Syria nor Israel
is interested in a military clash but the situation is explosive and the
events may potentially be incorrectly interpreted," Israeli military
intelligence chief Maj. Gen. Amos Yadlin told the Knesset Foreign
Affairs and Defense Committee on Tuesday. "This could entangle Syria up
in a battle against us." Last week, Syrian President Bashar Assad placed
his military on alert for an Israeli strike. Israel has repeatedly said
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Iran testing Israel ahead of confrontation? (July
27, 2006) - Tehran is using Hezbollah's confrontation with the
Jewish state to test the abilities of Iranian weapons and to observe
Israeli military capabilities, Lebanon's Druze leader Walid Jumblatt
charged in a WorldNetDaily interview yesterday. Jumblatt also said he
fears Syria will take advantage of the growing crisis in Lebanon to
reassert its influence in the country and convince the international
community Syrian domination of Lebanon is crucial to the stability of
the Middle East. He warned Damascus might initiate a wave of terror in
Lebanon following Israel's military campaign there to further
destabilize the country, including by assassinating the Lebanese prime
minister. "Iran is bringing in [to Lebanon] sophisticated weaponry,"
said Jumblatt who is head of Lebanon's Progressive Socialist Party and
is largely considered the most prominent anti-Syrian Lebanese
politician. "The Iranians are actually experimenting with different
kinds of missiles in Lebanon by shooting them at the Israelis. Iran is
using this violence to test certain of [Israel's] abilities," Iran is
accused of supplying Hezbollah was thousands of rockets the terror group
has launched the past three weeks into northern Israeli population
centers, including Haifa, the country's third largest city. Many of the
fired rockets have been Katyushas he says were upgraded by Iran.
Hezbollah is also in possession of Iranian Zalzel missiles, with a range
of about 125 miles, making Tel Aviv vulnerable.
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I have no doubt that Iran is gauging Israel right now. Prophetically, Iran
will attack Israel and certainly has stated the desire for that in the future
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Syria's Military Flatters to Deceive (July
27, 2006) -
While it is still largely true that the
Syrian military remains one of the largest and best-trained forces in
the Arab world, it has significantly lost every major conflict with
Israel since 1948. Its combat strength has deteriorated dramatically
over the past 15 years as its equipment has become increasingly
obsolescent, poorly maintained and short of spare parts. The collapse of
the Soviet Union created immense problems of re-supply for the Syrians,
and the slowdown experienced by the Syrian economy resulted in a further
downgrading of the military's combat efficiency. This said, the recent
military cooperation agreement signed with Iran has offered Damascus a
much-needed opportunity to update and re-equip large parts of its armed
forces. Spare parts for its Russian weapons, improved electronics and
new Iranian-made missile systems will provide a considerable
strengthening of combat capability and a possible improvement in morale.
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Report: Nasrallah is in Damascus (July
27, 2006) - A top Iranian envoy was in Syria on Thursday for
talks on the Israeli-Hizbullah conflict in a meeting that brought
together the guerrilla organization's two key sponsors, according to
Iranian news reports. A Kuwaiti newspaper reported that Hizbullah leader
Sheik Hassan Nasrallah was taking part in the session. Kuwait's Al-Siyassah
newspaper, known for its opposition to the Syrian regime, said the
meeting was designed to discuss ways to maintain supplies to Hezbollah
fighters with "Iranian arms flowing through Syrian territories." Al-Siyassah
said it learned of the meeting from "well-informed Syrian sources" it
did not identify. According to the newspaper, Nasrallah was moving
through Damascus with Syrian guards in an intelligence agency car. He
was dressed in civilian clothes, not his normal clerical garb. The Mehr
news agency in Iran said Ali Larijani, secretary of Iran's Supreme
National Security Council, was in Damascus for meetings on the crisis,
but gave no other details. Similar reports were carried by the Iranian
Labor News Agency and the Fars agency. Al-Siyassah said Larijani would
meet Syrian President Hafez Assad and Nasrallah. There was no mention of
Larijani's travels in Iranian state-run media. None of the reports could
be independently confirmed. more...
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Iran Warns the West: Ignore Us At Your Peril (July
26, 2006) - Iran warned the west yesterday that
attempts to broker a Lebanon peace deal at today's Rome summit are
destined to fail and it predicted a backlash across the Muslim world
unless Israel's military forces were immediately reined in. Senior
government officials said the exclusion from the summit of Iran, Syria
and their Lebanese ally Hizbullah meant that no lasting settlement was
possible. Hamid Reza Asefi, the foreign ministry spokesman in Tehran,
said: "They should have invited all the countries of the region,
including Syria and Iran, if they want peace. How can you tackle these
important issues without having representatives of all countries in
the region?" The Rome conference is to be attended by the US, Canada,
Britain, France, Spain, Germany, Turkey, Russia, Lebanon, Saudi
Arabia, Egypt and Jordan, as well as the UN and the World Bank. It is
due to publish a statement setting out the broad outlines of a
possible deal, including the injection of a muscular international
stabilisation force which Hizbullah rejected yesterday. But the mood
in Rome was soured last night when an Israeli air strike hit a UN
monitoring post in south Lebanon, killing four UN peacekeepers from
Austria, Canada, China and Finland. Kofi Annan, the UN secretary
general, immediately demanded that Israel investigate the direct hit
that he said was "apparently deliberate".
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I noted in the news a couple issues ago
about the promised retaliation against America and the fears of WMDs
already in America. It isn't looking good and political correctness
will probably end up our undoing.
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Suicide Armies Launched (July
24, 2006) - Teams
of Iranian suicide bombers were heading for Lebanon’s war zone last
night in a terrifying bid to spark meltdown in the Middle East.
Twenty-seven martyrdom-seekers have been sent to Syria on their way to
front line positions. The mad fanatics, belonging to the Iranian
Martyrs of Islam World Movement, have been training for months to
wreak maximum havoc on military and soft civilian targets. Their aim
is to spark terror which will detonate all-out war and suck Western
nations into a final bloody showdown. A spokesman for the martyrs
group said yesterday: “Two teams of 18 and nine have gone to Syria
separately. “They have been deployed on a voluntary basis in order to
get to the areas of conflict in any way they can.” The man, named only
as Mohammadi, claimed the 27 were picked from 55,000 who registered in
Iran. They were briefed and have completed the “relevant courses” so
that they could perform both military services and helping the
wounded. Mohammadi added: “If Israel would decide to occupy Lebanon
again, they will carry out martyrdom-seeking operations.”
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War between Iran, Israel inevitable
(July 24, 2006) - With
the decision to destroy Hezbollah by military force, the Israelis are
playing for a fundamental power alignment in the Middle East. More than
just a regional conflict with a local terrorist organization, Israel's
fight continues to be about survival. Yesterday, Iran's President
Ahmadinejad declared that by attacking Lebanon, Israel had pushed the
button of their destruction. ''I advise them [the Israelis] to pack up
and move out of the region before being caught in the fire they have
started in Lebanon,'' Ahmadinejad
told the state news agency IRNA. ''The usurper Zionists thought
attack on Lebanon would create a new atmosphere for them in the
region,'' Ahmadinejad charged.
''They [the Zionists] have committed a big mistake.'' Since Israel
pulled out of Lebanon in 2001, Hezbollah has boasted of its ability to
destroy the Jewish state. Now, should Israel succeed in crushing
Hezbollah with military force, Syria and Iran face the prospect of a
major political setback in the world of radical Islam.
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UNCOVERED: RUSSIAN-SYRIAN-IRANIAN AXIS (July
24, 2006) - For
students of Bible prophecy, even the title of this communiqué should set
off alarm sirens. I just received some electrifying intelligence data.
First, from the Debka-Net-Weekly's briefing. And second, from some
personal intelligence sources (I carefully guard) that confirm Debka's
report. Russia, Iran and Syria have entered a defense pact that is in
the process of altering the balance of power in the entire Middle East.
Russia's part in the pact has been kept relatively secret for a long
time. But the facts reveal a long steady Russian commitment to the
Iranian nuclear program and arms supply to Syria. A Mossad General
shared with me in confidence that he had personally traced the hiring
and importation to Iran 283 of the defunct Soviet Union's top nuclear
and missile scientists. This meeting took place in February of 1991. I
shared this information with no one until nine months later when it was
first made public (although strangely not followed up by the mainstream
media). All Russian leaders continued and expanded this agreement to
this day, especially our supposed friend, Vladimir Putin. Russia has
helped the Iranian nuclear program from its inception. Hundreds of
Russian scientists with their families live around the some twenty
scattered nuclear related facilities. Russian 'Spetznaz soldiers'
(special forces) guard all the key nuclear facilities. Iran has had some
help on missile development from the North Koreans. But even their
missiles are based upon Russian designs. The unmistakable culprit in
China, North Korea and Iran's nuclear development has been the Soviet
Union and continued by Russia. The Soviet Union's motivation for helping
China and North Korea was primarily ideological. Russia's primary reason
is hard cash, although now, it is taking on a strategic importance as
well. So here are the disturbing hard facts about what is taking place
in what can only be viewed as a dangerous anti-western strategy in the
form of a Russian-Syrian-Iranian Axis. more...
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The alliances have been there, evident by the
actions of these nations. Iran has had no issues with publicly saying what
their plans are because they believe their religious books declare them the
winners and they feel this time is coming soon. The master of deception is
very crafty. This is the alliance that attacks Israel but is destroyed in the
mountains of Israel. The question is, are we at that point in history when it
happens, or are we still just seeing the alliances form? Given the war raging
in Lebanon between Israel and the terrorists, and the support offered to the
terrorists by Syria and Iran, I see it happening sooner rather than later.
That's just an educated guess though. Keep watching! |
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Iran's Ahmadinejad: Israel's Destruction at Hand
(July 23, 2006) -
"Israel has pushed the button of its own destruction," said the Iranian
president, who pulls the strings of its terrorist proxies on both of
Israel's fronts. "The Zionists made their worst decision and triggered
their extinction by attacking Lebanon." Ahmadinejad, addressing the 23rd
Iranian Islamic Republic's nationwide meeting of the heads of
educational bureaus, advised Jewish Israelis "to pack up and move out of
the region before being caught in the fire they have started in
Lebanon." Last week, Ahmadinejad was shown on Iranian television saying
Israelis "Should know that the volcano of rage of the peoples of the
region is boiling...I'm telling you...If this volcano erupts - and we
are on the brink of eruption... and if this ocean rages, its waves will
not be limited to the region. Ahmadinejad, seemingly responding to the
first two planeloads of American Jews making Aliyah (immigrating to
Israel) this summer, accused Israel of deceiving the olim. "They are
even lying to the misfortunate people whom they have imported into
occupied Palestine," he said. "They are using them as a shield to
achieve their own goals." more...
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I suppose his own words don't mean anything because there are still
those trying to appease and work out political deals. Does he sound like he's
going for any of that? Well, he's talking the same genocidal talk he was
months ago, only now he's promising the fulfillment of it soon. Hello world,
wake up! |
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Sleeper Hizbullah cells activated (July
23, 2006) -
Hizbullah "sleeper" terror cells set up outside Lebanon with
Iranian assistance have been put on standby The Jerusalem Post
learned on Sunday, and are likely planning attacks against Jewish and
Israeli targets throughout the world. The Shin Bet (Israel Security
Agency) confirmed to the Post Sunday night that it had instructed
embassies, consulates and Jewish institutions it was responsible for
abroad to raise their level of awareness in light of the conflict in the
North. The assumption within Military Intelligence is that Hizbullah
would only attack targets abroad if it felt pushed into a corner.
According to this thinking, the Islamist group hesitates to carry out
such attacks because it does not want to be associated with Global Jihad
and al-Qaida. more... |
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They're already here. I heard and recorded a clip from Savage Nation on July
20, where he interviewed
Debbie Schlessel.
I don't have web space to provide it here. Sorry about that. Anyways, she has
been going to mosques in the Detroit area and is sounding the warning bells.
There are also active
training camps in America training Muslims in combat.
Remember the three beheaded border guards? It's a lot closer to home than
many want to believe. |
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to strike Israel?
(July
22, 2006) - Tehran ordered the current Hizb'allah rocket assault
on Israel in order to swamp Israeli defenses and open the door for an
Iranian missile strike on Israel's population centers, wrote a group of
Iranian exiles in a full-page ad published in Wednesday's Washington
Times. The Azadegan Foundation, led by former Iranian diplomat Assad
Homayoun, warned that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad intends to
use weapons of mass destruction against the Jewish state. "We have know
for some four years that Iran's clerical leadership has, mostly through
Syria and with active participation from Syrian President Bashar
al-Assad, been pouring thousands of Zalzal-2 and Fajr rockets and
missiles into HizbAllah and Iranian Revolutionary Guard (Pasdaran) units
in Lebanon's Beqa'a Valley, for use against Israel. "Now they are being
used. And, clearly, this is only the beginning. They are the mass
barrages meant to swamp regional defenses so that Iran's strategic
Shahab-3 ballistic missiles and other weapons can deliver WMD against
Israel and other targets in the region." Adding to the growing sense of
concern is the fact that Ahmadinejad earlier this week announced to
Muslims throughout the region that a great day of "rejoicing" would soon
be upon them. If Iran's aim is to divert Israel's missile defense
systems away from its densely populated central regions, it appears to
be working. World Tribune reported Wednesday that Israel is "urgently
pooling its missile defense assets to defend against" the Hizb'allah
threat in the north. more...
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the Gog/Magog invasion. So it wouldn't surprise me in the least. It will
surprise them though!
Ezekiel 38:18-23 |
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Hezbollah Nourished by Iran, Syria Roots (July
22, 2006) - The Hezbollah military machine that has been
attacking Israel draws much of its strength from two shadowy sources
that are proving difficult to cut off: Syria and Iran.
The two countries, which President Bush
blames for fomenting terrorism and destabilizing the Middle East,
provide Hezbollah with training, weapons and financing, according to
Western intelligence officials who are working to stem the flow of aid.
Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Mich., a House Intelligence Committee member who was
briefed on the Middle East situation during a recent trip to Iraq, said
Syria has more than 1,000 agents in southern Lebanon, working either
directly for Syrian intelligence or compensated by Syria for
information. He says they are there "to cause trouble" and help prop up
Hezbollah militarily.
more... |
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background as to what's really going on in the Middle East. What the
mainstream media seems blind to. |
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Hundreds of Iranian Troops Fighting in Lebanon (July
19, 2006) - Hundreds of Iranian Revolutionary Guard personnel are
on the ground in Lebanon fighting Israel, security sources say. "I have
no doubt whatsoever that they are there and operating some of the
equipment," an Arab diplomatic source told The New York Sun yesterday.
Another foreign source, based in Washington, said the Islamic
Revolutionary Guard Corps contingent in Lebanon is based in Beirut and
in the Bekaa Valley. He said the troops usually number a few dozen, but
that the size of the force increased in connection with the hostilities
that have broken out between Israel and Iran's proxy, Hezbollah, over
the past week. The sources said the Iranians had directly operated a
radar-guided C–802 missile that Iran acquired from Communist China and
that hit an Israeli navy missile boat off the coast of Lebanon on
Friday, killing four Israeli seamen. "This was a direct message to the
Israelis that we are fighting the Iranians here," the Arab diplomatic
source said. The Iranian Revolutionary Guard's mission in Lebanon
includes keeping custody of Zalzal missiles and drones, or unmanned
aerial vehicles. A report by an Israel-based research group, the
Intelligence & Terrorism Information Center, identifies the units of
Iran's Revolutionary Guard "deployed and active in Lebanon" as the "Al-Quds
Force." The Lebanon-based Iranian force "provides military guidance and
support for terrorist attacks against Israel," the report says. more...
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Iran Official: No Part Of Israel Safe (July
19, 2006) - The speaker
of Iran's parliament warned Israelis on Tuesday that no part of their
country is safe from Hezbollah attack. The comments by Speaker Gholam
Ali Haddad Adel called into question Tehran's official position that it
is not involved in the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon.
"The towns you have built in northern Palestine (Israel) are within the
range of the brave Lebanese children. No part of Israel will be safe,"
Haddad Adel told thousands of anti-Israel demonstrators in Palestine
Square. Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki indicated that Iran
may be playing a covert role in the fighting when he said Monday that a
cease-fire was feasible. He spoke after talks with the Syrian government
in Damascus. Iran and its ally Syria are the principal backers of
Hezbollah, the Lebanese militant group that provoked the current
fighting when its guerrillas seized two Israeli soldiers last week. On
Monday, Israeli military officials said their planes had destroyed a
long-range missile in Lebanon, named "Zelzal," that Hezbollah had
received from Iran. more...
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They
even say it, yet countries the world over are denouncing Israel for
defending herself. The Bible says that in the end they will call good
bad and bad good. These people are 180 degrees out of phase with
reality. |
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We Soon Shall See
(July 18,
2006) - How many time have you heard it was
wrong to let current events interpreter Bible prophecy? The next thing
you know, the person making that statement does exactly that. How? By
looking at the situation that they think they see in the world, instead
of looking at the prophecies that may have been fulfilled. In fact,
that's one reason I believe so many of today's end-time ministries may
be so far behind the curve as to what's actually going on both
politically and prophetically. The current crisis in the Middle East is
an example. If you only listen to the news reports and the statements
coming from our world's leaders, you may think we still have a ways to
go before the final prophecies can be fulfilled. However, it you look at
the prophecies that may have already been fulfilled, the whole picture
suddenly changes. The final events of history may already be in sight.
It's amazing how just a little piece of wrong information can have such
a large blinding effect. Take for example our interpretation of who the
little horn is in Daniel chapter eight. If we believe it's referring to
the coming Antichrist, we may be expecting to see a 10 nation alliance
appear in the Eastern leg of the old Roman Empire. If , however, we
believe as I do -- that chapter eight of Daniel is referring to the
Greek kingdom and the rise of Antiochus Epipanes, we may be open to the
idea that the 10 nation alliance could appear in Western Europe. And,
you will naturally take special notice of the 10-nation Western European
Union.
Here's my point: No matter how we believe about Bible prophecy,
we may have already been witness to seven possible fulfillments out of
ten that were foretold. We have seen: |
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Larouche Warns of Cheney Plans to Launch Iran Strike in June (May 26,
2006) -
Lyndon LaRouche issued a public warning today, that an ever more desperate
Bush Administration, led by Vice President Dick Cheney, is seriously
planning a preventive military strike against Iran sometime between now
and early July. The warning is based on a series of reports from
well-placed military and security sources in the United States and Europe,
who point to a particular convergence of developments over this period. First, European security sources have issued dire warnings of
serious terrorist disruptions of the scheduled World Cup soccer
tournament, which takes place in a dozen German cities from early June
through early July. These widely publicized soccer events are believed
to be targeted by so-called hooligan gangs, neo-Nazi youth,
and possibly by "Islamist" organizations, according to
these security specialists. LaRouche pointed out that all of these
countergangs have strong ties to the same European Synarchist financial
circles who financed the Mussolini, Hitler, Franco, and Vichy fascist
organizations during the 1922-1945 period. The heirs of those Synarchist
financiers today are actively involved in promoting a resurgence of a new
international fascist apparatus, which was already linked to the Madrid,
Spain bombings of March 11, 2004, and which capability extends to Italy
and parts of South America, as well as into the Islamic world. This
Synarchist apparatus also has special capabilities inside Mexico, dating
back to the Mussolini and Hitler period, which still remain deeply
embedded in the political and social fabric of the country. U.S. military and intelligence sources have also reported that,
during the month of June, three American and one French naval aircraft
carrier group will be converging on Indian Ocean and Persian Gulf waters
near Iran. Thus, military assets will be in place, during that time frame,
to launch a short-notice attack, ostensibly in "retaliation" for terrorist
actions which would be linked to the Teheran regime.
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Iran Seeks Anti-U.S. Axis
Middle East News Line
(May 26, 2006) -
Iran aims to
form an axis of powerful nations against the United States [U.S.]. Officials
said Iran has sought to recruit a coalition that would oppose U.S. interests
in the Middle East and Central Asia. They said the alliance would include
nuclear powers. "China, Russia, India and Iran are capable of establishing a
pole of major powers in Asia, opposing the policies of America," Islamic
Revolutionary Guard Corps commander Maj. Gen. Yahya Rahim Safavi said.
Addressing the heads of the Basij militia in Teheran on May 9, Safavi said
Iran could forge an international alliance to foil U.S. interests. The general
envisioned a clash of such an axis with the U.S. and its allies. |
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Iran Promises 'Historic Slap' to Any Attacker; has 'Mastered Nuclear Cycle' (May
25, 2006) - Iran's
hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad boasted Wednesday that the Islamic
republic had mastered the entire nuclear fuel cycle and that it would give an
"historic slap" to any attacker. "Today, Iran has mastered the entire nuclear
fuel cycle, from start to finish, thanks to young Iranian scientists," the
president said in a speech in the southwestern border town of Khorramshahr.
"The enemies are looking to plot and want to create differences among Iranians
to stop us getting our rights," Ahmadinejad said. "But if they do the
slightest damage to the Iranian people, if they commit the slightest
aggression, they will receive an historic slap." The president was speaking
during commemorations of the 1982 recapture from Iraqi forces of Khorramshahr,
one of the bloodiest battles of the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war. |
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Bush vows to protect Israel from Iran (May
25, 2006)
- US President George W. Bush has
provided Prime Minister Ehud Olmert with a strong American commitment to
protect Israel in case it is attacked by Iran. In a joint press conference
following their Tuesday White House meeting, Bush said that "Israel is a close
friend and ally of the United States, and in the event of any attack on
Israel, the United States will come to Israel's aid. "The United States is
strongly committed, and I'm strongly committed, to the security of Israel as a
vibrant, Jewish state." When asked about the options the US sees in dealing
with Iran's nuclear threat, Bush stressed the need for diplomacy and said that
efforts are being made to convince Russia that Iran is "showing no good
faith." Olmert would not go into the details of his conversation with Bush
regarding Iran, but he said after the meeting that what he had heard from the
president "gives me reason to be satisfied." In his speech to Congress on
Wednesday, Olmert said there was no time to wait when dealing with Iran. He
also stressed that the measure for success of the international community in
this issue would be the results, not the intentions, saying, "If we don't take
Iran's bellicose rhetoric seriously now, we will be forced to take its nuclear
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U.S., Israel 'in agreement' on Iran (May
25, 2006) -
President Bush and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert are in "full
agreement" regarding methods to confront Iran's suspected nuclear program,
both leaders said yesterday at a joint press conference in Washington. But
Bush stopped short of endorsing Olmert's plan to withdraw from most of Judea
and Samaria, which borders Israel's major population centers, downgrading the
proposed evacuation to a "bold [idea]" that "could be an important step"
toward peace. Still, the Israeli media today largely claimed Bush is in
support of the withdrawal. Olmert had sought U.S. recognition for new borders
he wishes to create after implementing his evacuation, and, according to
sources in Olmert's office, had hoped to gain American financial support for
the withdrawal plan. Olmert, speaking to reporters following his White House
meeting with Bush, said he believes Iran will cross "the technological
threshold" on its path to nuclear capability in about a year. The Israeli
leader expressed concern over Iran's nuclear ambitions, insisting it was not
too late to prevent the Islamic republic's atomic program.
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Moscow angered by US plan for 'star wars' bases in Europe to counter
threat of Iran
(May
24, 2006) -
In a move that is raising
hackles in Moscow, the US is proposing to install an anti-missile
defence system in central Europe to counter any future attack from a
nuclear-armed Iran. The plan, for which the Pentagon has requested $56m
of exploratory funding from Congress, would cost $1.6bn and involve 10
interceptor units. The most likely base for the system is Poland,
followed by the Czech Republic, officials said. For the moment, the
scheme first reported in The New York Times this week and which would
parallel the anti-missile shield under construction in Alaska and
California against attacks from North Korea is largely symbolic and
hypothetical. Iran currently has no weapons capable of hitting western
Europe, let alone an intercontinental missile that could strike the
United States. But as a showdown moves closer between the West and
Tehran over its uranium-enrichment programme, and with the Israeli Prime
Minister in Washington warning that Iran represents a threat not only to
Israel but to Western civilisation, the US is determined to send another
signal of its determination to act. The new shield would bring a direct
US military presence deeper into Europe. And for Russia, the project
reeks of American encroachment into what used to be its own sphere of
influence. The move would have "a negative impact on the whole
Euro-Atlantic security system", Sergei Ivanov, the Russian Defence
Minister, told a Belarus newspaper, hinting at further strain on
ever-delicate relations between Russia and Nato. The mooted site for the
system was "dubious, to put it mildly", he said. This is not the first
time the missile shield has divided the two countries. In 2002,
President Bush upset Moscow by unilaterally pulling out of the 1972
Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty, long regarded in Moscow as the
cornerstone of nuclear arms control. The possible extension of missile
defences into Poland or the Czech Republic both staunch American
allies is the latest episode of a story that has inspired dreams and
controversy in equal measure since it was first sketched out by
President Ronald Reagan in 1983 as the Strategic Defence Initiative
(SDI), quickly dubbed "Star Wars". But despite more than 20 years of
work and tens of billions of dollars in spending, it is now accepted
that any such shield would be overwhelmed by an attack from Russia,
which possesses a nuclear arsenal comparable to the US. It has now been
scaled back to cope with the far more limited strike that North Korea
might be able to deliver to the continental US by the end of the decade.
So far, nine interceptor rockets are in place at Fort Greely in Alaska,
and two more at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. But the
viability even of this version is questionable. "It [the shield] has
been doing very poorly," a former Pentagon official involved in the
testing told The New York Times. "They have not had a successful flight
intercept test in four years." But the slow progress has not deterred
extensive contacts between the US and Poland in particular. Polish press
reports have said that Boeing, the lead company on the project, has
already agreed to subcontract work to Polish concerns. According to The
New York Times, the Defence Secretary, Donald Rumsfeld, is expected to
receive a recommendation on a European site in the summer. If the plan
for interceptors in Poland goes ahead, it would create the first
permanent American military presence in the country. At least as logical
a site for the shield would be Britain, where the Pentagon is already
upgrading equipment at the early warning radar base of Fylingdales in
North Yorkshire. But the intense domestic unpopularity of Tony Blair and
hostility to the Iraq war have ruled that option out. Poland, on the
other hand, has been a staunch ally of the US ever since Communism
collapsed there in 1989. It is now a member of Nato, and has contributed
troops to the occupation of Iraq.
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Iran Test-Fires Long-Range Missile (May
24, 2006) -
Iran conducted a test launch Tuesday night of
the Shihab-3 intermediate-range ballistic missile, which is capable of
reaching Israel and US targets in the region, Israel Radio reported. The test
came hours before Prime Minister Ehud Olmert met with US President George W
Bush in Washington to discuss the Iranian threat. Military officials said it
was not clear if this most recent test indicated an advance in the
capabilities of the Shihab 3. They said the test was likely timed to coincide
with the Washington summit and with comments made by Hizbullah leader Hassan
Nasrallah during celebrations in Beirut marking the 6th anniversary of
Israel's withdrawal from southern Lebanon.
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Iran Deploys Its War Machine
(May 24, 2006)
- Iran's
strategic planners are acutely aware that a military confrontation with the
technologically more advanced US Army would be as rapid and multi-fronted as
the Iran-Iraq War was static and slow-paced. Quite simply, there would not be
a single front. Neither the US nor
Israel has ruled out taking military action against nuclear-related targets in
Iran if ongoing diplomatic efforts to freeze Tehran's nuclear program do not
prove successful. Accordingly, Iran has been quietly restructuring its
military, while carrying out a series of military exercises testing its new
military dogma. In December, more than 15,000 members of the regular armed
forces participated in war games in northwestern Iran's strategically
sensitive East Azerbaijan and West Azerbaijan border provinces that focused on
irregular warfare carried out by highly mobile and speedy army units. In
another telling development, a second exercise was launched in the
majority-Arab province of Khuzestan, reportedly aimed at quelling insurgencies
in areas subject to ethnic unrest and prone to foreign influence. Involving
100,000 troops, the exercise provided a taste of how the Islamic Republic
would respond to further disturbances in the strategic, oil-rich province. The
exercise came on the heels of news that the irregular Basij forces that led
Iran's offensives against Iraq were being bolstered by so-called Ashura
battalions with riot-control training. It is all part of a fundamental
transition that Iran's Revolutionary Guard (RG) is undergoing as it moves away
from focusing on waging its defense of the country on the borders -
unrealistic in view of the vast territory that requires securing and the gulf
separating Iranian and US military capabilities - and toward drawing the enemy
into the heartland and defeating it with asymmetrical tactics.
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Sources: 'Iran believes Israel to strike within year' (May
24, 2006) - Iran estimates Israel will
strike Tehran's nuclear facilities within a year, and has been planning
retaliatory attacks against Israeli, American and British interests, according
to senior Lebanese political sources. The sources, speaking to WorldNetDaily
on condition of anonymity, said Iran believes Israel has been practicing raids
in Iraq. They said Tehran has held a series of meetings with leaders of the
Hezbollah terror group – based along Lebanon's border with Israel – about
attacking the Jewish state in the event of any Israeli strike against Iran's
nuclear sites. The sources said while Iran is expecting lone Israeli military
action, Iranian intelligence estimates the Jewish state is coordinating a
planned attack with the U.S. "The Iranians currently are operating under the
working assumption that Israel is going to strike in less than a year and that
this strike is highly coordinated with America," said a senior Lebanese
politician. Lebanese political sources said Iran has been attempting to
organize Shiite tribes in Iraq to stage repeated large-scale attacks against
American and British forces stationed there during any Israeli strike. They
said Iran believes attacks in Iraq, including hits against soft targets such
as oil fields, will prompt a British or American retreat. The Lebanese sources
said Iran claims it has intelligence information indicating Israel has been
carrying out military exercises related to an attack against it from bases in
Kurdish sections of Iraq. Israeli security officials said the claims are
baseless. more... |
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Iran is preparing consignment of 300 vehicles and two civilian aircraft for
Gaza Strip - along with 50 Iranian “experts”
DEBKAfile
(May 22, 2006)
- The plan is described by DEBKAfile’s Tehran and counter-terror sources as an Iranian move to
seize control of the Palestinian civilian and security infrastructure in the
Gaza Strip. Hamas transport minister Ziad Zaza, just returned from Tehran,
formally asked Israel Sunday, May 21, to allow dozens of Iranian maritime and
air transport engineers and technicians and heavy equipment to enter Gaza from
Egyptian Sinai through the Rafah crossing. Hamas presents the proposed Iranian
input as assistance for re-activating the Dahaniya airport and the
construction of a deep-sea port in Gaza. The 300 vehicles “made in Iran”
consist of police cars, ambulances, fire engines and 100 buses for the use of
the forces of “law and order.” DEBKAfile’s
sources report that both Hamas and Tehran know in advance that Israel will
turn the application down. But they hope to make propaganda hay in Europe and
the Muslim world by demonstrating that the Jewish state is in violation of
commitments to help restore the Gaza Strip’s economy signed prior to its
pull-back. |
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Bush
is expected to offer the mighty BIG-BLU bunker buster bomb to Israel and Gulf
states, including Saudi Arabia DEBKAfile
(May 22, 2006) - The
intention is to arm US allies with a deterrent against Iran by sharing with
them the means for striking the Islamic Republic’s underground nuclear
installations. This Massive Ordnance Penetrator – MOP – known as BIG-BLU
(picture) - weighs in at 13,600 kilos and can destroy 25% of its targets in
bunkers buried beneath 60 meters of reinforced concrete, a depth greater than
any other bomb of its type. DEBKAfile’s military sources note
that this bomb in Saudi hands will also serve the oil kingdom as a deterrent
against Israel’s atomic weapons program. In this way, the Bush administration
demonstrates it is not solely targeting the military weapons activities of
Muslim nations. The bunker busters will no doubt come with strings attached
with regard to their use. Israeli prime minister Olmert, who is due at the
White House Tuesday, said he hoped Bush “will lead other nations in taking the
necessary measures to stop Iran form becoming a nuclear power.” more...
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Israeli diplomats plan to sue Ahmadinejad (May
22, 2006) - Israeli forum
set to demand International Court of Justice in The Hague launch legal
proceedings against Iranian president for conspiring to commit crimes against
humanity, genocide. A group of Israeli diplomats plans to turn to the
International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague and demand that it launch
legal proceedings against Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for conspiring
to commit crimes against humanity. Following the scathing remarks made by
Ahmadinejad in the past few months against Israel's right to exist and his
Holocaust denial, while the Iranians are exerting increasing efforts to obtain
nuclear weapons, Israeli diplomats decided to form a group aimed at looking
into the possibility of launching a legal procedure. On Sunday, the group
members announced that a legal examination of the issue, in which
international legal experts took part, ended with the conclusion that the
Iranian president could be sued. The legal file against Ahmadinejad is almost
ready for submission. Among the forum members are former Israeli Ambassador to
the United States and France Dr. Meir Rosen, former Foreign Ministry
Director-General Eytan Bentsur, and former Minister Dan Naveh. The Jerusalem
Center for Public Affairs (JCPA), headed by former Israeli Ambassador to the
UN Dore Gold, is providing the forum with logistic assistance in preparing the
lawsuit. more...
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Iran May Already Have Nuclear Bomb: Expert (May
22, 2006) - Iran may already
possess a nuclear bomb but is "smart" enough to pretend to be on the way to
achieving nuclear capability so that it could induce concessions from the
international community, an Israeli nuclear expert has claimed. The Iranians
are not necessarily presenting the true facts to the world and may be showing
the IAEA dummy presentations of an unfinished bomb, while hiding a fully
developed bomb elsewhere, former head of the Nuclear Engineering Department at
Ben-Gurion University, Professor Zeev Alfassi, told Ynet. Tehran may be
holding the true bomb in caves or in underground facilities, Alfassi told the
news portal. However, he ruled out any chances that the Islamic Republic will
use its nuclear capability saying, "their thinking is fantastic." "The
Iranians, in terms of threats, are smarter than everyone. They threaten with a
bomb and the world gives them anything they want, as long as they dont throw
the bomb", the expert said. "Being offered a reward instead of a punishment
testifies to the fact that they are very smart," he added. Alfassi said even
five to six bombs won't destroy the Jewish state. A nuclear bomb could
definitely hit an entire city, but not destroy a state, he said.
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The EU Incentives Proposal for Iran Is Rife with Hidden Dangers
(May 20, 2006)
- US undersecretary of state
Nicholas Burns was being polite when he said Friday, May 19, that
Washington was still looking at the European proposal of incentives, and
promised to deliver the US response at the next US meeting with European
negotiators in London this coming Thursday. He was referring to the EU
proposal to persuade Iran to abandon uranium enrichment, the heavy water
plant under construction at Arak and its ambitious nuclear "research"
projects. These concessions would assure the world that Tehran was not
pursuing nuclear weapons. But the package has already been repeatedly
rejected by Iran, dismissed as "nuts and chocolates for gold." According
to DEBKAfile's sources in the US capital, Washington also
finds it unacceptable and has informed the Europeans that their package
poses more dangers - even than the consortium Moscow proposes for a joint
venture to enrich uranium up to low levels in Russia. The Bush
administration accuses the Europeans of going behind America's back to
assemble an apparently innocuous proposal which is rife with hidden
dangers. In the first place, not one, but several light water reactors are
on offer. In the second, Iran will get an almost unlimited supply
of fuel rods containing enriched uranium (up to 60%) for powering these
reactors. Furthermore, the spent fuel contains fission products
and plutonium which has military uses. more... |
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Why the
World Should Take Ahmadinejad Seriously (May
18, 2006) -
Right from the start of the current crisis over
Iran’s nuclear program, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s administration has
pursued three main objectives. The first of these is to prevent the formation
of a unified international front opposed to Tehran. The idea here is that if
Iran manages to split the United Nations’ Security Council, and prevent the
United States from enlisting the full support of the European Union, any plan
to stop Iran’s plans would be doomed to failure. The second objective of the
Ahmadinejad administration has been to present the nuclear issue as the most
pressing topic in Iran’s domestic politics. The idea here is that since most
people do not quite know what is at stake the government has a fair chance of
casting itself in the role of “ the defender of national interests” against
foreign, imperialistic powers that do not wish Iran, and other developing
nations for that matter, to secure a share of modern science and technology.
The nuclear issue has the added advantage of edging out other issues of
domestic politics, notably the systematic violation of human rights, the
looming economic crisis, and the bitter power struggle that is tearing the
ruling establishment apart. Finally, the Ahmadinejad administration has tried
to transform the nuclear issue into a duel between itself and the Bush
administration in Washington. This strategy is based on the calculation that
almost all countries, including Iran’s neighbors and the veto-holding members
of he Security Council, would be glad to transfer that hot potato to
Washington. Right from the start of his presidency, Ahmadinejad has claimed
that the world today has only two options with regards to shaping the future.
One is to adopt the American economic, political and cultural model in the
context of globalization. The other is to adopt the Khomeinist model in which
politics, economics and culture provide a unified whole within a social
framework built on religion and controlled by theological authority. more...
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China, Russia Pushing U.S. And Israel Closer To Arms Confrontation With Iran (May
18, 2006) -
The refusal of China and Russia to take any kind of substantive United Nations
Security Council action against Iran is actually pushing the United States and
Israel ever closer to a military confrontation with Iran. Iran’s President
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad knows he does not have to bow to pressure from Europe and
the United States because he has the undaunted support of China and Russia.
China and Russia have consistently said they will not support any sanctions or
military action against Iran. America’s Ambassador to the United Nations, John
Bolton, has said that every discussion with Russia is difficult and every
negotiation won is only after painstaking and often contentious debate.
Evidence of this is found after Wednesday’s U.N. Security Council vote
encouraging Syria to establish borders and diplomatic relations with Lebanon.
The vote was unanimous except for Russia and China who abstained because they
said it was “unnecessary meddling.” Comparing it to offering “walnuts and
chocolate for gold,” Ahmadinejad turned down a sleek European Union offer that
even included a nuclear reactor as a bribe for the terrorist Iranian regime to
halt its development of nuclear technology. Instead, Ahmadinejad made an offer
of his own: That he would open up the 70 million person Iranian marketplace to
Europe if they would embrace Iran’s march toward membership in the
international nuclear club. Many diplomats believe that Iran’s refusal of even
a nuclear reactor and a sweet economic package from Europe means that
Ahmadinejad and his radical band of Islamofascists are totally serious about
building nuclear weapons—how smart of them. more...
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Israel 'Will Not Allow' Iran Nuclear Weapons
(May 18, 2006)
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The brother of newly-elected Israeli prime minister, Ehud Olmert, said here on
Monday that Israel "will not allow" Iran to acquire nuclear weapons
capability, and will launch a unilateral military strike if necessary to
destroy Iranian nuclear facilities. Dr. Josef Olmert, a spokesman for Prime
Minister Yitzhak Shamir in the early 1990s, told an audience at Sinai Temple
in Los Angeles that "Iran is an existential issue" for Israel, because
successive Iranian leaders have openly evoked the possibility of a nuclear
exchange with the Jewish state. Olmert now works with Israel's mission to the
United Nations in New York and with "The Israel Project," an advocacy group in
Washington, DC. His brother, who became Prime Minister after elections in
March, will visit Washington, D.C. next week to meet with President Bush.
Accompanying him will be Dr. Eli Levita, deputy director of Israel's Atomic
Energy Commission, who will brief U.S. officials on what Israel has learned
about Iran's progress toward nuclear weapons capability. more...
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Knesset member: Strike Iran now (May
18, 2006) -
Israel and
the international community should consider carrying out strategic strikes now
against Iran's nuclear facilities to stall its suspected uranium enrichment
activities, Israeli Knesset Member Effie Eitam told WorldNetDaily yesterday
during an interview. Eitam, chairman of the National Union Party and a member
of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, warned Israel would need
to attack Iran by itself if the international community led by the Unites
States fails to successfully halt Tehran's nuclear program within about a
year. He blasted Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's administration for
"failing to devise a coherent strategy toward Iran" and urged Israel to
immediately make public a doctrine of deterrence that would assure "total
destruction" of Iran should it contemplate a first strike against the Jewish
state. "Iran is now at that kind of bottleneck junction where strategic sites
that are known can be relatively easily and safely attacked with the goal of
causing maximum delay. Strikes now can stall the entire nuclear process by
many years," said Eitam. The Knesset member, a former Israeli Defense Forces
general, said Israel may need to act alone against Iran. "With or without a
world coalition, Israel will have to take action at some point when we are
fully sure Iran's nuclear project is coming to a point of no return. I am
worried all mechanisms of diplomacy used by the Iranians in response to the
international movement against it are to buy time as they camouflage the real
nature of their programs." more...
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Retired Pakistani General Says He Told Iran to Hit Israel in Event of Any
Attack (May
16, 2006) -
Pakistan's former army chief says Iranian officials came to him
for advice on heading off an attack on their nuclear facilities, and he in
effect advised them to take a hostage -- Israel.
Retired General Mirza Aslam Beg said he
suggested their government "make it clear that if anything happens to Iran, if
anyone attacks it -- it doesn't matter who it is or how it is attacked -- that
Iran's answer will be to hit Israel; the only target will be Israel." Since
Beg spoke of the encounter, echoes of his thinking have been heard in Iran,
though whether they result directly from his advice isn't known. Mohammed
Ebrahim Dehghani, an Iranian Revolutionary Guards commander, was quoted last
week as saying that if "America does make any mischief, the first place we
target will be Israel." The threat
was disavowed the following day by Brigadier General Alireza Afshar, deputy to
the chief of Iran's military staff, who said that it was Dehghani's "personal
view and has no validity as far as the Iranian military officials are
concerned." more...
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Russia and US Trade Angry Words Over Iran at UN Dinner (May
16, 2006) -
The American secretary of state, Condoleezza Rice, and her Russian
counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, traded barbs during bad-tempered talks at a
foreign ministers' summit in New York on Iran's nuclear programme. The
exchanges provided a candid introduction to diplomacy for Margaret Beckett,
the new Foreign Secretary, who attended the tetchy session at the end of her
first full day in the job. The row, which further undermines hopes of a
diplomatic solution to the Iran crisis, reflects deepening rifts between the
United States and Russia. Tension surfaced at a private meeting hosted by Ms
Rice in the Waldorf Hotel for the Russian, British, French, German and Chinese
foreign ministers, and spilt over into a much-delayed dinner. One official in
Washington said: "It was a pretty extraordinary session and everyone's been
talking about it in private since. It was certainly quite an introduction to
the rough and tumble of the new job for Mrs Beckett."
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Oil
for No One If Iran Attacked (May
15, 2006) - Visiting
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said here on Thursday in case of a military
attack against Iran, no country in the world would have access to crude oil.
Chavez made the remark at a press conference, adding, "as Iran's President
Ahmadinejad has reiterated, if Tehran would come under attack, oil would get
scarce for everyone." He also said that the American President George W. Bush
should be put to trial at the International Court of Justice for having
launched genocide in Iraq. The Venezuelan president added, "for all the horror
it has created around the globe in the course of the past century, the United
States' war machine should be dismantled, since under the current conditions
it is a threat against the entire mankind, particularly against our children."
Chavez added, "the North American empire is the most cruel murderer regime
that has ever come to power in world history and a serious threat for all
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A Fresh Supply of
Iranian Weapons for New Batch of Iraqi Shiite Terrorists (May
15, 2006)
- In the past
two weeks, Iran has been pumping into Iraq two types of extra-lethal weapons
in very large quantities. They have already taken their toll in the shooting
down of two military helicopters - one American and one British – and an
estimated 19 deaths of US military personnel. DEBKAfile’s
military and intelligence sources estimate the delivery to Iraqi insurgents as
consisting of around 1,000 SA-7 Strela ground-air missiles made in Iran, and a
very large quantity of a newly-developed roadside bomb, loaded with compressed
gas instead of ball bearings and cartridges, to magnify their blast and
explosive power. The supplies have been distributed across Iraq - Basra and
Amara in the south, Baghdad and its environs, Haditha in the west, and Mosul
in the north. The new bombs, developed jointly by Iran’s Revolutionary Guards
and the Lebanese Hizballah, have already gone into service with the Shiite
terrorists on the Lebanese border with Israel. Israeli military sources say it
is only a matter of time before the deadly roadside bombs, already used in
Iraq, will also reach Palestinian areas in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
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Former Military Intelligence Chief Warns of Impending World Jihad
'Tsunami' (May
15, 2006) -
Former Military Intelligence chief Aharon Ze'evi
warned Monday morning of an impending world jihad "tsunami" that he said
may soon descend on the entire Middle East. Ze'evi, speaking at a Jaffee
Center for Strategic Studies conference in Tel Aviv University, said
that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinijad has been overheard promising
the "end of history in two or three years." Ze'evi recommended that the
Iranian threats be taken seriously, saying that Tehran will soon have
nuclear warhead compatible surface-to-surface missiles with a range of
5,000 kilometers, putting Europe within striking distance. Ze'evi also
warned that Israel should not rule out the possibility of a conventional
war against Islamic militants. Ze'evi said he foresees this war breaking
out on Israel's northern frontier, against Syria and Hezbollah.
Emphasizing the radicalization of Islamic militancy, Ze'evi cited recent
changes in the objectives of major militant organizations, which have
recently begun targeting sites in Arab countries. "We are seeing attacks
carried out in Amman, Dahab and Sharm el-Sheikh," said Ze'evi. He cited
the increased accessibility of Internet in the Arab world as
facilitating the process, saying, "Today, anyone who is interested can
learn how to blow up a bomb." Major General (Res.) Ze'evi stepped down
as chief of Military Intelligence about four months ago, and was
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Iran letter precursor to
War?
(May
11, 2006) -
Some Middle East observers believe Iranian
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's letter to President Bush could be a precursor
to war, based on a traditional Muslim pattern of offering acceptance of Islam
before establishing it by force. Robert Spencer, editor of Jihad Watch, says
Ahmadinejad appears to be following the teachings of Muhammad, who gave
specific instructions to followers as they engage in "holy war" against "those
who disbelieve in Allah." In a Hadith, regarded by Muslims as sacred writings
about Muhammad, the Islamic prophet says a series of offers should be made to
"enemies" to embrace Islam, or at least accept Islamic rule, and if they are
rejected, "seek Allah's help and fight them." In his letter, Ahmadinejad
argues only Islam can "overcome the present problems of the world" and asks
Bush, "Will you not accept this invitation? That is, a genuine return to the
teachings of prophets, to monotheism and justice, to preserve human dignity
and obedience to the Almighty and His prophets? Mr President, History tells us
that repressive and cruel governments do not survive." Another observer of
Islam, journalist Stephen Adams, said the letter seems to parallel a missive
from al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden to Americans prior to the Sept. 11, 2001,
attacks. Interviewed on the Michael Medved radio show yesterday, Adams noted
bin Laden stated his grievances against the United States and gave Americans
the opportunity to "repent." Based on precedent, Adams continued, he expects
the next step will be for Iran to make the invitation public. Then the
"crimes" of the U.S. will be published and the grievances will be cited at
Friday prayers in mosques. Finally, comes a fatwa, amounting to a declaration
of war. Adams, associate editor of Citizen magazine, said it's possible this
scenario could unfold in a matter of weeks. In a column for WorldNetDaily,
Middle East analyst Laura Mansfield said she believes the letter could be a
"last warning." Mansfield says the question must be asked: "Why deliver such a
letter when there is little chance it will result in policy changes for either
country?" Like Spencer and Adams, she points out: "Islamic
theology documents that no attack can be carried out in jihad without first
offering the 'unbelievers' the opportunity to 'repent' and accept Islam. Only
when that overture is rejected can an attack occur." The
Iranian president has made clear, at least to audiences at home, Tehran's
ultimate intentions. As
WorldNetDaily reported in January,
Ahmadinejad told a crowd of theological students in Iran's holy city of Qom
that Islam must prepare to rule the world. "We must believe in the fact that
Islam is not confined to geographical borders, ethnic groups and nations. It's
a universal ideology that leads the world to justice," Ahmadinejad said Jan.
5, according to Mehran Riazaty, a former Iran analyst for the Central Command
of the Coalition Forces in Baghdad.
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice discounted the rambling 18 page letter
saying, "The first read of it: there is nothing in this letter that in any way
addresses any of the issues, really, that are on the table in the
international community, the nuclear program, in a straightforward way; the
terrorism issues." Rice, in an interview with Associated Press, went on to
characterize the letter as “broadly philosophical” and said that “there's
nothing in here that would suggest that we're on any different course than we
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Amid heightened threats
from president Ahmadinejad, Tehran opens a back door into Israel for its
penetration-cum-terror agents: Sudan to the Negev (May 11, 2006) -
DEBKAfile’s intelligence sources reveal that two Iranian
Revolutionary Guards companies were dropped at Khartoum’s military airfield
May 2 by a C-130 transport and driven to a secret military installation on the
outskirts of the Sudanese capital. Their arrival signals the onset of an
Iranian military airlift to Sudan of a fully equipped RG brigade with armor, a
major escalation of the clandestine Iranian threat to Egypt and Israel alike.
DEBKAfile’s security sources report the ongoing routine of
illicit Sudanese infiltrations into the southern Israeli Negev, shepherded by
any of three local smuggling rings: the Palestinian gang headed by Jamal
Samhadan, the Hamas government’s new appointee as commander of its security
forces, Sudanese-Egyptian crime organizations and al Qaeda’s Sinai network.
All three are readily available to operate under the orders of the Iranian RG
intelligence officers posted in Sudan. The scale of the Negev traffic is such
that hardly a day goes by without Sudanese infiltrators being caught
attempting to steal across the Egyptian border into southern Israel. Many are
job-seekers; a few, mules for gunrunners or spies collecting data on army
installations in the desert region; some were caught recently near the town of
Mitzpeh Ramon. They are led to their destinations by Egyptian intelligence
agents familiar with the territory, Palestinian terrorists from Gaza or a
sprinkling of Israeli Arabs. An Israeli security source told DEBKAfile
that the current Egyptian-Israeli-Gazan border situation offers Iranian agents
and terrorists mixed in among the Sudanese infiltrators an easy route into
southern Israel. The RG agents are Arabic speakers, having acquired the
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Israel “a tyrannical regime based on evil” that will one day be destroyed
(May 11, 2006)
- Addressing a cheering crowd in Jakarta, the Iranian president
said his country is willing to negotiate its nuclear program with Washington -
after the US drops its “bad attitude.” He said America had more to lose from
sanctions than Iran and stressed that every country had the right – not just
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Wants to Change World Order
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9, 2006) - "Wiping
Israel off the map is just one step in Iran's attempt to create a new world
order," said Brig.-Gen Yosef Kuperwasser, head of the IDF Military
Intelligence's research division. "Iran is
interested not only in turning into a superpower, but also in changing the
world order," Kuperwasser said at a conference on power projection at
the Fisher Institute of Strategic Studies in Herzliya. "Iran
is at the forefront of global terrorism, and aids Hizbullah in Lebanon, al
Qaida, and Palestinian terror organizations, and is behind attacks on US
armed forces in Iraq," the general asserted. Obtaining
nuclear power, Kuperwasser said, would not only establish Iran as a
superpower on a global level, but would also assist the country in
establishing its domestic regime.
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Former
military intelligence official says Peres' threat to Iran not
accidental
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9, 2006) - A
former top military intelligence official said Tuesday that Israeli
Vice Premier Shimon Peres' threat that that Iran could also be
destroyed was not accidental. "The statement by Shimon Peres
highlights the basis of Israeli deterrence and hints to Tehran that
it too has a soft underbelly," Col. (Ret.) Shimon Boyarsky, a
former head of the Iran department in military intelligence, told
Israel's Army Radio. "A statement that was repeated three times
was not said accidentally." On Monday, Peres warned Iran that
it could be threatened with destruction if it continues to vow to
destroy Israel. "Be careful with your threats," Peres told
Channel 1 TV. "Those who threaten to destroy are in danger of
being destroyed." "A statement that was repeated three
times was not said accidentally."
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Iran
nuclear policy could backfire: Peres
(May
8, 2006) - Iranian
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who has called for Israel to be wiped
off the map, should bear in mind that his own country could also be
destroyed, Israeli elder statesman Shimon Peres said on Monday.
Peres, vice prime minister in Ehud Olmert's new
government, said Iran was mocking the international community's
attempts to resolve the crisis over its nuclear ambitions and that
the credibility of the U.N. Security Council was on the line.
In what Olmert has described as a threat that must be
taken seriously, Ahmadinejad has called for Israel to be destroyed.
"They want to wipe out Israel ... Now when it
comes to destruction, Iran too can be destroyed (but) I don't
suggest to say an eye for an eye," Peres told Reuters in an
interview. "Israel would defend itself
under any condition but we don't look upon it as an Iranian-Israeli
conflict exclusively ... (Iran) is basically a danger to the world,
not just to us." Iranian officials have
argued Ahmadinejad's comments on Israel did not constitute a threat
and said its armed forces would retaliate for any attack.
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return of the Mahdi; Islam will dominate the world, A mushroom cloud, right
in the midst of Israel!
(May
5, 2006) - Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was
invited to speak at the United Nations in October 2005. At the conclusion of
his discourse, he called upon Allah to quickly usher in the re-emergence of
the "Twelfth" or "Hidden Imam," sometimes referred to as
the "Mahdi." The fanatical leader later claimed that while he
spoke to that august body, he was surrounded by a halo of light. Mr.
Ahmadinejad regaled a local ayatollah with the story of how "The
leaders of the world" stared at him during the time he spoke. He
further claimed that they were unable to blink or turn away, as though some
unseen force held them in a trance-like state. "When I say they didn't
bat an eyelid, I'm not exaggerating, because I was looking at them,"
intoned Ahmadinejad. Ahmadinejad is a Shia Muslim. Many of them believe that
the Twelfth Imam, or Mahdi, the last in a line of saints descended from Ali,
the founder of their sect, vanished down a well near Jamkaran, Iran, in AD
941. According to their beliefs, he went into a state of
"occultation," like the sun being hidden behind the clouds; and,
after a stormy period of apocalyptic wars, the clouds will part, and the
"sun" (the Mahdi) will be revealed. They believe that when he is
released from his imprisonment, the entire world will submit to Islam. The
world may smirk as they hear the president of Iran talking of the return of
the Mahdi and think it is just a bunch of religious foolishness. But, he is
dead serious. Not only does he believe it, but the tens of thousands of
mullahs controlling ancient Persia believe it also. It is their mission from
God. But just who is this "Mahdi," this Hidden Imam? Some thought
it was the Ayatollah Khomeini. In fact, when he returned to Iran in February
1979 following the overthrow of the Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi, the roads
leading into Tehran were lined with nearly 2 million Shia Muslims screaming
"al-Muntazar." The grand ayatollah was quick to deny that he was
"al-Muntazar," one of the names given to the Hidden Imam. In other
words, many thought Khomeini was the awakened Mahdi. Khomeini did, however,
explain to his followers that he was the forerunner, the one who had come to
open the way for the Hidden Imam to make his reappearance.
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The War Drums Are Beating Louder
(May 3, 2006)
- Here in Israel we constantly hear that Iran is
going to wipe us off the map, I don't think any of us believe Iran is capable
of doing that, but we all know things could and most likely will get really
bad for a while, but God willing Israel will survive and I know that God is
willing. For those of us who keep an eye on the political scene in the
Knesset know that this crisis could not come at a worse time, Ariel Sharon has
dealt a terrible blow to the politics of Israel and weaken it to the point
that we are wondering if the present Leaders have the ability to handle such a
crisis. Olmert has appointed Peretz as our Defense Minister, a man with
absolutely no experience in the field of military defense, it looks as if
Olmert has only one concern and that is to save his coalition at any cost.
That cost could in fact be most costly to the survival of Israel. Internally
we see Hamas positioning itself in a posture that says they are getting ready
to hit Israel with very thing they have some time in the near future.
Possibly when Iran makes its move to destroy the Jewish State. What many of
us here in Israel are struggling with is why Israel set still for weeks and
allowed truck loads of weapons to flow into Gaza through the open border with
Egypt? Iran in the past couple of months has acquired the BM-25 missile from
North Korea, this missile has a range of over 2,500 kilometers. It was sold
to North Korea by the Russians and was once used on the Russian Submarines
known as the SSN6. It is capable of carrying nuclear warheads. If I lived in
Europe or Turkey I'd be most interested in this purchase as it now puts most
of Europe and all of Turkey in range of the Iranian threat. As for the
Iranian ability to hit Israel that threat has been there for a very long time
now with there Shihab-3 missile, they have also improved it by developing a
cone making it capable of entering the atmosphere making it much more
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U.S. Republican Party Head: Iran Nukes Threaten Jewish
People Associated Press (May
3, 2006) - The head of the United
States [U.S.] Republican Party said on May 2 that Iran's nuclear program
threatens Israel, the Jewish people and the U.S., and "we must confront
an evil ideology head on." Ken Mehlman, in a speech to the American
Jewish Committee's annual meeting, invoked the anti-Semitism of recent
history in focusing on Iran, lauded the progress in Iraq and addressed
pre-emptive military action. "Just as we did during the 20th century,
we must confront an evil ideology head on," Mehlman said. "And
just as we did, we will prevail." In Tehran, a Revolutionary Guards
commander said Israel would be Iran's first retaliatory target in response
to any U.S. attack, a remark that underlined Iranian President Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad's call for Israel to be "wiped off the map."
"This is not about politics, this is not about left vs. right, or East
vs. West, or Democrat vs. Republican. This is about a man who would like to
see Jerusalem destroyed and may soon have the power to do that,"
Mehlman said. The Republican National Committee chairman said the U.S. must
remember the lessons of World War II. "When we wait until an attack is
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Iran threatens Israel if US acts "evil" (May
2, 2006) - Iran
threatened on Tuesday to attack Israel
in response to any "evil" act by the United States and said it had
enriched uranium to a level close to the maximum compatible with
civilian use in power stations. The defiant statements were issued
shortly before world powers met in Paris late on Tuesday to plan their
next moves after Tehran rejected a U.N. call to halt uranium enrichment. Senior officials from the U.N.
Security Council's permanent members -- Britain, China, France,
Russia and the United States -- plus Germany discussed how to curb an
Iranian program that Western nations say conceals a drive for atomic
warheads. Iran denies the charge
and refuses to back down from what it calls its right to enrich uranium
for peaceful purposes. Driving
home that message, the head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization,
Gholamreza Aghazadeh, said his country had now succeeded in purifying
uranium to 4.8 percent, at the top end of the 3 to 5 percent range for
fuel used in nuclear power plants. more... |
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Says Does Not "Give a Damn" About UN Resolution
(April
28, 2006) - Iran's president said on Friday his country would
pay no attention to international calls to halt its nuclear work, hours
before the U.N. atomic watchdog reports on whether Tehran has met U.N.
Security Council demands. "Those who want to prevent Iranians from
obtaining their right, should know that we do not give a damn about such
resolutions," Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told a rally in northwest Iran, the
official IRNA news agency reported. Mohamed ElBaradei, chief of the
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), is expected to tell the council
and the agency's board on Friday that Iran has not stopped enriching uranium
or fully answered IAEA queries as the U.N. body asked a month ago. The West
accuses Iran of pursuing a civilian nuclear programme as a cover to acquire
atomic bombs. Tehran denies it. "Enemies think that by ... threatening
us, launching psychological warfare or ... imposing embargos they can
dissuade our nation to obtain nuclear technology," Ahmadinejad said in
the town of Khorramdarreh, in Zanjan province. "Whether enemies like it
or not, Iran is a nuclear state. Obtaining nuclear technology is a national
demand," he said. more... |
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and China Warn UN Not to Antagonize
Iran (April 27, 2006)
- Russia and China on Thursday warned against
escalating the dispute over Iran's nuclear programme. The call came on the
eve of an eagerly awaited report on whether the country has met United
Nations demands. The US and the European Union believe
Friday's report by Mohamed El Baradei, head of the International Atomic
Energy Agency, will set the stage for a UN Security Council resolution,
since there is little chance that Tehran will meet the council's demand for
"full and sustained suspension" of uranium enrichment, which can
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Really Happening in Tehran (April
26, 2006) - "Tehran appears hell-bent on
defying the international community and pursuing a nuclear program that is
of growing concern." - Sean McCormack, US State Department
spokesman.
This followed a rare press conference with the international media in
Tehran on Monday in which Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad suggested
that Tehran might withdraw from the United Nations nuclear watchdog agency
and the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, and also said "there is no
need" for US-Iranian talks on Iraq. Because of the opacity of Iran's
theocratic nationalism, outsiders may be tempted to assume that the official
Iranian position is the one expressed last week in Baku, Azerbaijan, by
Defense Minister Mostafa Mohammad Najar: "The United States has been
threatening Iran for 27 years, and this is not new for us. Therefore, we are
never afraid of US threats." President George W Bush and other US
administration officials have frequently said that "all options are on
the table" with regard to Iran's nuclear program, which the United
States suspects is designed to develop nuclear weapons.
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Iran
Issues Oil Warning (April 26, 2006)
- Iran's top nuclear negotiator on Tuesday refused to
rule out using oil as a weapon in a dispute over the Islamic republic's
nuclear drive, saying any "radical measures" against the country
would have "important consequences" for energy supplies.
Ali
Larijani also warned that Iran will withdraw all cooperation with the UN
nuclear watchdog agency if the UN Security Council imposes sanctions against
it, reports Dow Jones newswires. The statements came a
day after Iran's president - facing a Friday UN deadline to stop uranium
enrichment - boldly predicted the Security Council would not impose
sanctions on Tehran and warned he was thinking about dropping out of the
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Russia
Warns Against Threatening Iran (April 23, 2006)
- Rather than getting Iran to stop uranium
enrichment, a tougher stance could result in Tehran's total refusal to
cooperate with the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency, said Oleg Ozerov, deputy
director of the Foreign Ministry's Middle East and North Africa Department,
according to ITAR-Tass. "We firmly stand today for resolving the
problems in and around Tehran diplomatically rather than militarily.
Increasing international pressure on Iran has no prospects," Ozerov was
quoted as saying by the Interfax news agency. The United States and European
allies are pushing for sanctions because of Iran's refusal to suspend its
enrichment program, as demanded by the U.N. Security Council. They suspect
Iran is trying to develop atomic weapons in violation of its treaty
commitments. The Iranian regime insists the program has only the peaceful
purpose of generating electricity. Russia, which has close ties with Iran
and is building that nation's first nuclear power plant, opposes sanctions.
Despite what U.S. and Russian officials have described as increasingly close
positions on the Iranian nuclear program in recent years, they appear far
apart heading into the Friday deadline set by the Security Council for Iran
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Missile
exports to Iran alarm US (April 22, 2006)
- Washington has asked Moscow to reconsider selling
Iran anti-aircraft missiles as the crisis over its nuclear programme
continues.
Russia plans to sell Tehran 29 TOR M1 mobile surface-to-air missile defence
systems in a deal said to be worth about US $700 million (£392m).
"This is not time for business as usual with the Iranian
government," a top US state department official said. The US also urged
other states like China to review defence sales to Iran. "There are a
lot of countries that allow the export of dual-use technologies, and the
position of the United States is that should be prohibited," said
Undersecretary of State Nicholas Burns. "All countries should refrain
from military sales and arm sales." Speaking about the Russian
missiles, he said: "We hope and we trust that that deal will not go
forward because this is not time for business as usual with the Iranian
government." Russia and China are both strongly resisting attempts
to impose United Nations sanctions on Iran, which the US and other
Western states believes is pursuing nuclear weapons.
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Report:
Iran, Russia Reach Enrichment Deal (April 22, 2006)
- Iran's envoy to the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency
said Saturday the Islamic republic had reached a "basic deal" with
the Kremlin to form a joint uranium enrichment venture on Russian territory,
state-run television reported. Ali Asghar Soltanieh, envoy to the
International Atomic Energy Agency, "spoke of a basic agreement between
Iran and Russia to set up a joint uranium enrichment firm on Russian
soil," Iranian state television reported. It remained unclear, though,
whether Iran would entirely give up enrichment at home, a top demand of the
West, or whether the joint venture would complement Iran's existing
enrichment program. Enriched uranium can be used to fuel nuclear reactors
that generate electricity or to make atomic bombs. "Only issues
regarding technical, legal and financial matters remain to be resolved which
need more deliberation and exchange of views," the television quoted
Soltanieh as saying Saturday in Moscow. more... |
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Russia
will deliver air defense systems to Iran - top general
(April 19, 2006) - The chief of the General Staff said Wednesday that
Russia would honor its commitments on supplying military equipment to Iran.
"We discussed supplies of military equipment to Iran,
including the Tor M1, in the framework of bilateral cooperation, but it does
not fall into the category of strategic weapons," Army General Yury
Baluyevsky said after talks in Moscow with NATO Supreme Allied Commander in
Europe General James Jones. "And I can assure you
it will be delivered under the control of the relevant organizations,"
he said. At the end of 2005, Russia concluded a
$700-million contract on the delivery of 29 Tor M1 air defense systems to
Iran. The Tor-M1 is a fifth-generation integrated mobile air defense system
designed for operation at medium, low and very low altitudes against
fixed/rotary wing aircraft, UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicle), guided missiles
and other high-precision weapons. Despite strong
criticism from the United States, Russia has maintained that the systems
could be used only to protect Iran's air space. more... |
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Iran
says any attacker will regret action
(April 19, 2006) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said during
an armed forces parade on Tuesday that any aggressor would regret
attacking the Islamic Republic, which is embroiled in a nuclear
dispute with the West. The president declared Iran a nuclear power
last week after he said it had successfully enriched uranium to the
level used in power stations. Iran insists its program is civilian
despite accusations by the West that it wants atomic bombs. The
United States has said it wants a diplomatic solution to the
standoff but has not ruled out military action. "Today, Iran's
army is one of the most powerful armies in the world and it will
powerfully defend the country's political borders and the
nation," Ahmadinejad said in a brief speech before troops and
missiles took part in an annual parade. more... |
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Iran
Donates $50 Million to Hamas-led Government
(April 17, 2006) - The donation will help make up the shortfall left
by the aid cut-off by the United States and the European Union and
Israel's freezing of the transfer of about $50 million a month in
tax and customs receipts to the Hamas-controlled Palestinian
government. "I am honored to announce that Iran has donated $50
million to help the Palestinian nation," Mottaki said in a
televised speech to a conference in Tehran on the Palestinian issue.
Mottaki said the gift was Iran's duty as a friend of the
Palestinians, but did not say how or when it would reach them. A
Hamas official, who asked not to be identified, later told Reuters
in Dubai that Iran was donating $100 million to the Palestinian
Authority. There was no immediate confirmation from Iranian
officials. Iran has been at odds with the United States since its
1979 Islamic revolution, and has refused to recognize Israel.
Washington and the European Union froze aid to the Hamas-led
government because the Islamist group did not comply with their
demand that it recognize Israel, renounce violence and abide by
interim peace agreements. The Palestinian economy has been crippled
during years of fighting with Israel, and Palestinians are dependent
on foreign aid totaling more than $1 billion a year. Mottaki called
on Muslims around the world to support the Palestinians. "The
Islamic world should help the new Palestinian government to overcome
its current problems," he said. more... |
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Messianic
Fervor Grows Among Iran's Shiites
(April
15, 2006) -
Each Tuesday,
thousands of people arrive here at dusk by car and bus. Beneath the
twinkling lights of the blue-tiled mosque, they sit on carpets,
following prayers broadcast over loudspeakers: families, pilgrims
from distant provinces, young men frantic with expectation, women
hoping for cures. The devout make their way to the back of the
shrine. There, they write their hopes, dreams and prayers onto slips
of paper that they drop into two wells — one for the men, one for
the women. They pray, eyes squeezed shut, until moved along politely
by mosque workers. For many devout Shiite Muslims, this is a place
of miracles — the place of the Mahdi, the messiah. From lowly
carpet weavers to Iran's president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, devotion to
the Mahdi and anticipation of his return appears to be crescendoing
in Iran. Particularly on Tuesdays, the day most associated with the
Mahdi's blessings, the night here is filled with fervent prayers, a
reflection of the ardent faith that gave rise to the Islamic
Revolution, and which conservative supporters of Ahmadinejad hope
will sustain the nation in any confrontation with the West over
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Iran’s
Ahmadinejad: West Will Burn in Nations’ Fury
(April
14, 2006) - Iran’s radical President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in a
fiery sermon demanded that “Iran’s enemies”, or the West, bow
down before Iran and apologize for having held back Tehran’s
nuclear program for three years. He also warned the West that it
would “burn” in the “fire of the nations’ fury”. “Those
who insulted the Iranian nation and set back Iran’s movement for
progress for several years must apologise”, Ahmadinejad said at a
rally in the eastern town of Rashtkhar. His comments were aired on
state television and carried by the official news agency. “You
must bow down to the greatness of the Iranian nation”, he said,
addressing the West. He added that if the United States continued to
seek to use “bullying” tactics then “every nation of the
world” would chant “Death to America” and “Death to
Israel”. “If you do not return to monotheism and worshipping god
and refuse to accept justice then you will burn in the fire of the
nations’ fury”, Ahmadinejad said. He once again accused the West
of launching a “psychological war” against Iran. On Tuesday,
Ahmadinejad declared that Iran had joined the Nuclear Club. “I
officially announce that Iran has joined the world’s nuclear
countries”, Ahmadinejad said in a speech that was broadcast on
state television. The UN Security Council adopted a “Presidential
Statement” unanimously on March 29 giving Iran 30 days to suspend
all of its uranium enrichment activities and resume its cooperation
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Iran
Leader: Israel Will Be Annihilated
(April 14, 2006) - The president of Iran again lashed out at Israel on
Friday and said it was "heading toward annihilation," just
days after Tehran raised fears about its nuclear activities by
saying it successfully enriched uranium for the first time.
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called Israel a "permanent
threat" to the Middle East that will "soon" be
liberated. He also appeared to again question whether the Holocaust
really happened. "Like it or not, the Zionist regime is heading
toward annihilation," Ahmadinejad said at the opening of a
conference in support of the Palestinians. "The Zionist regime
is a rotten, dried tree that will be eliminated by one storm."
Ahmadinejad provoked a world outcry in October when he said Israel
should be "wiped off the map." On Friday, he repeated his
previous line on the Holocaust, saying: "If such a disaster is
true, why should the people of this region pay the price? Why does
the Palestinian nation have to be suppressed and have its land
occupied?" The land of Palestine, he said, referring to the
British mandated territory that includes all of Israel, Gaza and the
West Bank, "will be freed soon." He did not say how this
would be achieved, but insisted to the audience of at least 900
people: "Believe that Palestine will be freed soon."
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Iran
priming Hezbollah for war with U.S., Israel
(April
11, 2006) -
Iran is
attempting to draw Lebanon into a conflict with the U.S. and Israel
and is priming the Hezbollah militia to assault the Jewish state in
the event of an attack against Iran's nuclear facilities, Lebanon's
Druze leader Walid Jumblatt said in an interview.
"Lebanon
is being used by the Iranians as a front which could be used if the
Americans retaliate against Iran's nuclear facilities. Lebanon is
now entangled in a greater axis. It is no longer independent,"
said Jumblatt, speaking to WND's Aaron Klein and ABC Radio's John
Batchelor on Batchelor's national radio program for which Klein
serves as a co-host. [Listen
to Jumblatt interview.] Jumblatt is the
head of Lebanon's Progressive Socialist Party and is largely
considered the most prominent anti-Syrian Lebanese politician. He
said Syria and Iran have formed an alliance against the U.S. and
have the past year tightened their collective grip on Lebanon.
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The
Ultimate Martyr
(March 31, 2006) -
Mahmud Ahmadinejad, the
Iranian president, has been very quiet lately - at least for his standards.
But may no outside observers doubt his popular appeal. After last Friday's
prayers at the University of Tehran, he chose not to use the VIP exit and
decided to mingle with the crowd, surrounded by only a few bodyguards. There
was nothing to disguise him from the sartorial shabbiness of his audience,
except that his face was beaming like a saint's. There was bread for the
famished, and an old gentleman on a soapbox was spraying perfumed water over
the masses. In these biblical circumstances the president was so
enthusiastic that he almost boarded one of the lime-green buses available
free of charge for the faithful, until someone in the security detail
reminded him that he, after all, was the president. It was not by accident
that the first thing Ahmadinejad did after he won the presidency was to pay
his respects to the martyrs at Behesht-e Sahra, and then to Khomeini's
shrine. The ultra-pious double act was complemented with a first cabinet
meeting - photo opportunity included - staged at the tomb of Imam Reza, the
fourth Shi'ite imam, and the only one buried in Iran, in a spectacular
shrine in the holy city of Mashhad. The theocratic nationalism power
play: Ahmadinejad, the former Revolutionary Guard, may reach passionate
outbursts ayatollahs can only dream of, but the fact of the matter is that
ultimate power in Iran's theocratic nationalism will always lie firmly in
the hands of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. And the supreme leader,
Tehran insiders confirm, has in fact downgraded the president from
first-class to economy. Ahmadinejad is now a so-called "domestic"
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Iran
opens first "embassy" in Palestinian Territories
(March
5, 2006) - Iran has opened an "ideological
embassy" in the Palestinian territories to espouse Shia Muslim beliefs
– including Islam's waging of a final, apocalyptic battle against
"evil" – and to help spread Iranian theocracy and rule
throughout the West Bank and Gaza Strip, WND has learned. Although Tehran
has long financed Palestinian terror organizations, the opening of its
office here marks the establishment of Iran's first official agency in the
Palestinian areas, senior Palestinian security officials said. "We want
the Palestinian people to be exposed to the Iranian heritage and Shia
principles. [Our goal is] to reinforce the relations between the Islamic
republic of Iran and the Palestinian people. We are part of the Iranian
Islamic project in the Middle East," Muhamad Gawanmeh, director of
Iran's new Shia Council in Palestine, said in an interview. Gawanmeh is a
member of the Iranian-backed Islamic Jihad terror group and has spent
several years in Israeli prisons. He opened the council's headquarters in
Ramallah, and said there are plans to expand Iranian offices to several
other major Palestinian cities in the West Bank and Gaza with official
sanctioning from Tehran. The council, which recently also opened an office
in Egypt, claims to already have a membership of several thousand
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Iran
would become top supplier of oil to China under deal
(February
20, 2006) - Iran and China have been discussing
a major energy deal that would involve the swap of oil for technology.
Western diplomatic sources said the two countries have been examining an
agreement that would make Iran the leading oil supplier to China. The
sources said the long-term deal was valued at $100 billion.Over the weekend,
Iran and China discussed cooperation in oil, natural gas and petrochemicals.
The official Iranian news agency Irna said the conference, held in Kish
Island, was attended by officials and experts from both countries, Middle
East Newsline reported. Gholam-Reza Manouchehri, managing director of Iran's
Petropars, said China has been a major developer of Iran's energy
reserves and called for the transfer of Chinese technology. Manouchehri also
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Ahmadinejad
on the Warpath (February
17, 2006) - As the Iranian revolution enters
its 28th year this month, the Islamic Republic stands at the most critical
stage of its history. While power is being transferred to second-generation
revolutionaries, the country is on a collision course with the United States
over its controversial nuclear program. At the center of this unfolding
drama is the perplexing figure of President Mahmud Ahmadinejad, who has
managed to isolate, enrage and frighten important domestic and external
constituencies in the space of only six months. Left to their own devices,
Ahmadinejad and the second-generation revolutionaries who stand behind him
are likely to change the Islamic Republic beyond recognition in the years
ahead. But the complicating factor in all this is the increasing possibility
of some form of military confrontation between Iran and the United States
within two years. The key question is whether Ahmadinejad and his inner
circle believe that military confrontation serves their long-term political
and socio-economic agenda.
A controversial president
Ahmadinejad's first six months as president have had a mixed reaction.
Domestically, he has tried to buttress his position among his core
constituency, namely the urban poor and the lower classes who rallied around
his calls for the revival of the Iranian revolution's egalitarian message.
While it is clearly too early to judge his performance as a champion of a
more egalitarian society, it is important to point out that the Ahmadinejad
government has not undertaken a single serious policy that would reverse the
country's widening wealth gap. That said, there has been no let-up in the
populist rhetoric and sloganeering that marked his election campaign.
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of the Storm: Choosing the 'Supreme Leader' - While
the world is focused on the clock of Iran's nuclear program, the other
clock, that of the nation's domestic politics, is all but ignored by most
commentators. Both clocks have their alarms set. That of the nuclear clock
is expected to ring within the next three to five years, unless something is
done to interrupt the military aspects of the program. The alarm of the
domestic politics clock, however, could be set off within the next few
months as the power struggle in Teheran enters a new and more intense phase.
The event to watch is the forthcoming election of a new Assembly of Experts,
a body of mullahs whose task is to elect the
"Custodian-Theologian" - more commonly known as the "Supreme
Guide," who has virtually unlimited powers under the Khomeinist
constitution. The election, to be completed in April, will not be open to
all citizens. As always in the case of elections in the Islamic Republic all
candidates must be approved by the authorities. And once the results are in,
the Council of the Guardians of the Constitution, a body of 12 mullahs, can
cancel part or all of them. In other words these elections resemble
primaries held inside the same political party.
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IRANIAN
PRESIDENT—LOOKING FOR MAHDI TO APPEAR SOON
(January
25, 2006) - If you have followed our ministry since
the early 1990s, you are aware of the teaching of the coming Islamic Mahdi.
According to the Shiite branch of the Islamic religion the 12th Imam
disappeared as a child in AD 941. Most Shiites believe he has been
supernaturally preserved somewhere in the Middle East , either in Saudi
Arabia or Iraq , and will re-emerge at the end of days. They contend that
he will unite the Islamic world in the end of days, and three things will
happen:
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He will lead an Islamic revival in which
the Jews will be destroyed.
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Christians will forsake their belief in
the Trinity.
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And Christians will acknowledge that
Jesus is not the Son of God.
For centuries this Islamic tradition was
whispered, mostly among the faithful, in the area of the Middle East . Since
the re-establishment of the modern nation of Israel , however, the belief
and teaching about the importance of the Mahdi is stronger than at any other
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Iran's
Top Secret 5-Point Battle Plan For War Against The West
(January
24, 2006) - MND Columnist and 2002 national Edward
R. Murrow Award for investigative reporting on the war on terror
"Gunny" Bob Newman Reveals Iran's Top Secret 5-Point Battle Plan
For War Against America, Europe and Israel.
The plan, which was drawn up primarily by the Revolutionary Guards and
approved by Iran's delusional president, consists of 5 main strategies:
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The removal of Iranian funds (already
begun) from all foreign banks where those funds could be seized as a
result of sanctions and war;
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The destruction of oil facilities in Gulf
states hosting US forces or otherwise friendly to the US, and the mining
of the Persian Gulf, in order to drive oil prices above $100/barrel and
adversely effect financial markets;
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The weakening of US and European national
resolve to win a war against Iran by causing massive US and European
casualties requiring deployment of reinforcing forces, attacking into
Iraq and the Gulf waters with conventional forces and weapons (such as
ballistic missiles), the possible use of chemical and biological weapons
on the Iraqi battlefield, and a massive increase in the number and level
of terrorist attacks within Iraq (for which Iran’s Revolutionary
Guards have been laying the groundwork since the spring of 2003);
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The use of "Fifth Column"
forces against US, European and Israeli targets, with the forces
consisting of terrorist cells from Hamas and Islamic Jihad, with which
Iranian President Ahmadinejad met on 20 January 2006 in Syria, and;
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The attacking of Israel with ballistic
missiles, possibly with the aid of Syria, with the intent of causing
great damage to Tel Aviv, Haifa and other major Israeli cities, and the
destruction of Israel’s nuclear weapons facility at Dimona, which the
Iranians hope will spread radiation across a wide area.
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Iranian
President Sees End of World Order
(January
24, 2006) - In a country of religious zealots, the
extremism of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has even his own
countrymen sounding alarms. Dissidents within Iran say their country's
president is such a crazed fanatic that he will try to usher in the end of
the world as we know it. The faction seeking to remove Ahmadinejad does not
object to the substance of the Iranian president's repeated vows to
"wipe Israel from the map" and destroy America. Nor do they
believe Iran should abandon its secret nuclear weapons program, top Iranian
government officials said, according to the source. Rather, they object to
the fact that he has made such comments openly and without ambiguity. They
believe that his frankness dangerously exposes them to attack from the
United States, Israel or both. "This guy is not a politician," the
source quoted one top Iranian official as saying. "He is certifiably
insane. And he is obsessed with the Imam Zaman,"
the legendary 12th imam, or Imam Mahdi, whom many Shiite Muslims believe
will return in the "end times" after a period of horrific battles,
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End-of-days
worldview (January 21, 2006) -
In all his crazed pronouncements, Mr. Ahmadinejad reflects an
end-of-days view: History is coming to its grand finale under his aegis. Mr.
Ahmadinejad magically entrances even foreign audiences into stupor. Of his
recent United Nations speech, he boasted: "I felt that all of a sudden
the atmosphere changed there. And for 27-28 minutes, all the leaders did not
blink." So the name of the haloed Mr. Ahmadinejad will live for the
ages -- but only if he alone takes out the crusader interloper in Jerusalem.
The Shi'ites may be the dispossessed of the Muslim world, but, as the
messianic figure the Great Mahdi come to Earth, Mr. Ahmadinejad can do
something for the devout not seen since Saladin expelled the infidels from
Palestine. But for now, barring divine intervention, Mr. Ahmadinejad's
task poses two small hurdles: getting the bomb and preparing the world for
Israel's demise. more... |
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