BBC: UK policy invited attacks - Iran ~~ don't you love the sympathy from the mad mullahs?

BBC ^ | Friday, 8 July, 2005, 18:21 GMT 19:21 UK | staff

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

UK policy invited attacks - Iran

Ayatollah Kashani attacked the West's war on terror

Iran has condemned the bomb attacks in London as inhumane, and offered its condolences to the victims.

But one of the country's top clerics, Ayatollah Mohammed Emami-Kashani, said they were the direct result of the UK's support for US and Israeli policies.

The ayatollah called al-Qaeda an "illegitimate child" of the West.

The Friday prayer leader said it was divine justice that a group which had nothing to do with Islam had now conspired against its backers.

The BBC's Frances Harrison in Tehran says Iran's view is that US funding for extremist Sunni Muslim groups opposing the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan in the 1980s set the stage for the emergence of the Taleban and al-Qaeda.

Stinging attack

A commentary on Iranian state radio, meanwhile, blamed the Israeli intelligence agency, Mossad, for the attacks.

This savagery is not Islam - it is coming from inside of you and it is now punching you Ayatollah Emami-Kashani

It said Mossad was the only group capable of carrying out such operations in London and had often tried to attract attention to its opponents during G8 meetings in the past.

Ayatollah Kashani condemned the blasts, but also launched a stinging attack on Western foreign policy, punctuated with cries of "death to America, Britain and Israel".

"You talk about al-Qaeda. Have you forgotten who has bred al-Qaeda?" he asked, in remarks addressed to UK Prime Minister Tony Blair.

"It's the illegitimate child of America and Israel, but you name it Islam. This savagery is not Islam. It is coming from inside of you and it is now punching you."

'Change your ways'

He said the West had also nurtured former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein by supplying him with weapons during the Iran-Iraq war.

"You armed Saddam with every weapon against us," he said. "But your feet are still bogged down in the Iraqi quagmires and you cannot get out."

He also attacked US George W Bush's war on terror and Middle East policies.

"Where have you reached by cracking down on terrorism? It has happened again because you do not want to use your head."

"You train terrorists and state terrorism. If you want to succeed you have to leave Palestine alone," he added.

"Acting against terrorism must be honest ... and you will not succeed unless you wise up and change your ways."

[MadIvan]

Oi, mullahs - eat shi'ite and die.

Regards, Ivan

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Not sure this was a smart statement by the turban!

[SandRat]

20 Seconds over Tehran!

[dighton]

To spare you the unbearable suspense,

A commentary on Iranian state radio, meanwhile, blamed the Israeli intelligence agency, Mossad, for the attacks.

[SandRat]

From one of Your Yank Cousins

Vyra Lynn sings There Always be an England

Rule Britannia

British National Anthem ~ God Save the Queen



National Anthem of Australia ~ Advance Australia Fair.

[McGavin999]

Ummm, yeah, we should have left the Afghan people at the mercy of the godless communists. That would have made the mad mullahs happy.

I get so sick of listening to how our "policies" have caused all this.

[sgtbono2002]

***The Friday prayer leader said it was divine justice that a group which had nothing to do with Islam had now conspired against its backers****

Who does this butt wipe think he is BS'ing.

[Yaelle]

Ayatollah Kashani condemned the blasts, but also launched a stinging attack on Western foreign policy, punctuated with cries of "death to America, Britain and Israel".

This seems pretty hard to achieve. A sincere condemning of the attacks that killed Britons, while chanting "Death to Britain."

[dighton]

Saved your Rule Britannia. Thanks for posting the links.

Another rendition.

[daviscupper]

I don't know but it is time to flush him with a cruise missile.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Yes, makes one wonder about the depth of the sympathy in his first statements, doesn't it!

[SandRat]

You might enjoy going to Jill Daniels web site. She does a 1940's show and looks very much like Vyra Lynn

[Bahbah]

Saved. Warning!!! If you are wearing earphones, be prepared to drop the volume a bit when the chorus comes along. LOL. Sent me right out of my chair.

[Cindy]

Jihad...another day.

THANKS for the ping F15 Eagle.

[CFC__VRWC]

You know the BBC just has to love the mullahs. By publishing their rantings, they get to push their own editorial opinion as "news", and not have to take any heat for it.

[popdonnelly]

I'm sure Britain takes the opinion of these worthless lard-assed clerics very seriously.

[Marine_Uncle]

"Not sure this was a smart statement by the turban!"

Turban heads, eraser heads, thick heads a dollar, break down their frigen doors and make em holler..........

I like the references to us arming Saddam to the teeth. Oh really. I list was nill, and the bell civilian choppers few in the over all scheme. Wonder if the guy actually thinks we armed Iraq, or is it just the typical crap issued with little or no facts to back up the statements.
Though it is a bit hard to dispute his comments on us arming the Afghans, and "freedom fighters" against the Soviet invasion. We must live up to that one. It obviously is fact. But I guess the real kicker, LOLROF..... is when he says: "Acting against terrorism must be honest ... and you will not succeed unless you wise up and change your ways."

NOTE: I have been slowly reading through the CSIS (Center for Strategic and International Studies ....by A. Cordesman)
draft document to be used in a book he shall publish. I found it at the Wind For Change site where we found the "five part" series they extracted from his draft etc..

As I indicated earlier on, the first few chapters in how they are written, though full of much verifiable fact, could be construed as pointing the finger at the administration and SoD,DoD,CIA,NSA, etc., as being totally incompetent.
If you did not download the document for reference and would to desire to do so, it can be found at:
http://csis.org/features/050623_IraqInsurg.pdf

Of course one must have Acrobat Reader on their system to view the document. If it appears in your interest to download once it shows on the Acrobate reader page, saveas..

Alternately, one could go to: http://csis.org/
Then scroll downward until the article can be found under the title: Iraq Security Update.

Ernest, please do not feel obligated to responed to above.
Quite frankly I have not even begun to wade through the five parts found at Wind Of Change. Been slipping quite a bit recently.

[genefromjersey]

Notable Left Wing Groups Represented at G8 Summit

The Wombles http://www.wombles.org.uk/g8/

Dissent http://www.dissent.org.uk/

The Black Bloc http://flag.blackened.net/global/100nefac.htm

The G8 Alternatives

http://www.g8alternatives.org.uk/admin/test/g8Mambo/component/option,com_weblinks/catid,2/Itemid,137/lang,/

Note: As soon as the bombs began going off in London,these groups-which had tied up 10,000 police officers with days of tumultous rioting,just “faded away”.

Does anyone seriously doubt there was a connection ?