Posted on 07/03/2005 7:20:48 PM PDT by F14 Pilot
At Friday prayers this week, Hashemi Rafsanjani appeared for the first time since his defeat and announced: "we have serious problems and we're faced with serious danger." His statement came amid the excited speculation about the part Ahmadinejad played in the U.S. hostage taking, and the hoopla surrounding Iran's head of parliament's first visit to Belgium and a cancelled reception. It seems Scott Ritter was right when he said recently: "The war against the Islamic Republic has begun."
Western Media Against Iran
In the nine days since the annoucement of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as the sixth president of the Islamic Republic, major world media have tried to paint a picture of Iran reminiscent of the early days of the Revolution. With references and quotes to Ahmadinejad inaugurating "a second Islamic revolution" and "establishing an Islamic administration," they have tried to create a harsh and extremist image of Iran.
Building Cases Against Ahamadinejad
Two cases are being built against Iran's president-elect in the international courts of opinion. The first involves Ahmadinejad's role in the U.S. hostage crisis. In recent days some former hostages have pointed to Ahmadinejad as one of their interrogators. These charges were immediately and strongly denied by Iranians who were themselves involved, but that didn't stop the Western media from repeatedly showing footage of the hostage situation and believing the hostages' side of the story. Iranian analysts say, "the U.S. was looking for an excuse and it seems they may have found one."
3. New Charges
Before this first case against Mr. Ahmadinejad had been put to rest, another one started. A member of Europe's Green party has plans to ask the judge to issue orders for the immediate arrest of Mr. Ahmadinejad based on information about his role in the political assassinations of Kurdish democratic leaders that took place in Austria.
4. America's New
The U.S. called the Iranian elections undemocratic and declared the election of Ahmadinejad a joke, and it also published a letter written by imprisoned dissident writer Akbar Ganji and demanded his immediate and unconditional release. The U.S also recently issued a law banning Americans from doing business with eight entities, four of them Iranian, stating that the entities are suspected of supporting activities that they shouldn't support. Moreover, the U.S. congress reintroduced a resolution supported by three hundred of it's members in "support of freeing Iran." The resolution referred to the Islamic regime as an enemy of the American people and and charged Iran with seeking to obtain weapons of mass destruction.
5. Europe's Corroboration
The day after the elections, Germany's foreign minister visited George W. Bush and following the visit issued a strongly worded statement to Iran - the first of its kind. Recently Europeans held a conference on Iran where critics voiced various concerns. In addition, the British government announced that human rights in Iran are one the E.U.'s highest priorities. Perhaps it was this atmosphere that rendered Mr. Hadad's (Iran's head of parliament) visit to Belgium an unmitigated flop.
Are these actions by the U.S. and Europe what Mr. Rafsanjani is referring to when he says that Iran is in danger or does he have other information as well?
PING!
Well, duhh!
What do you expect when your national theme song is "Death to the Great Satan?" You think we'll consider you to be friends?
Their regime is not friendly but as far as I know there is not such slogan in their national anthem
I got information from an FBI official just back from the Middle East, today. The new Prime Minister of Iran IS the former leader of the hostage-takers. The Administration will sit on that information as long as possible, because publicly admitting it will require that action be taken. Now.
Congressman Billybob
Theme song, not national anthem.
It's a metapher.
Your source should know that Iran does not have Premier. They have supreme leader and a president
And that guy was not among the hostage takers, State Dept just confirmed
http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-iran03s1.html
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-fg-usiran2jul02,0,4394415.story?coll=la-home-headlines
that is ok!
I think the phrase was coined during the revolution by the Ayatollah Khomeini followers.
Time for an ass whooping that has been long overdue. Stand the f$ck by mad mullahs. You're next on the list!
I think the mad mullahs have stepped over the line and everyone in the world has recognized it.
I think soon the Iranian people will be free.
So...what's wrong with now? Iraq?
Iranian national anthem lyrics:
Upwards on the horizon rises the Eastern Sun,
The sight of the true Religion.
Bahman - the brilliance of our Faith.
Your message, O Imam, of independence and freedom
is imprinted on our souls.
O Martyrs! The time of your cries of pain rings in our ears.
Enduring, continuing, eternal,
The Islamic Republic of Iran.
Yeah!
There have been conflicting reports. Your source is another straw in the wind, but I'd like to see more evidence.
This story seems to imagine that the news media would work with Bush to beat the drums of war. I can't imagine anything more unlikely. If they are publishing negative stories about the new regime, it's probably because they had developed connections with Rafsanjani and, even as liberals, are upset by the election results. But they'll crawl back into their holes and shut up if Bush shows any signs of doing something.
publicly admitting it? all of us who are plugged into the news already know it. even if you "publicly" admitted it, I doubt the sheeple would even react - there are so many more missing persons for Greta Van Sustern to look for you know.
The new President of Iran is bad news for the mullahs. Had they continued to have someone with a reasonable demeanor, it would have split the west between the communists (progresives) and the sane ones. Now, the communists of Europe don't have any leg to stand on if they want to support a weak demeanor toward Iran.
But aren't the Iranians PROUD of their hostage-takers? I'm not getting their attitude.
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