Posted on 10/07/2005 9:37:10 AM PDT by ex-Texan
Iran has announced that it is actively recruiting members of public to become suicide bombers, provides training camps across country for 'suicide column.'
As the world deals with suicide bombers and radical Islamists, Iran has, once again, upped the terror ante.
Iranian government officials have long denied media reports about a long suicide bomber recruitment program -- until now.
'40,000 time bombs in Iran'
According to the London-based daily Asharq Al Awsat, Ayatollah Muhammad Taki Misbah Yazari, a senior figure in Iran's leadership and spiritual advisor of President Muhammad Ahmadinejad, has issued a call in an Iranian newspaper for the public to join the swelling ranks of Iran’s homegrown suicide bombers.
“Suicide operations are the peak of the nation, and the height of its bravery,” wrote Yazari in a statement.
“Commander Khamani has announced that registration for the suicide bomber force is open all over the country, and encourages Iranians to join in order to safeguard Islam and fight against its enemies.
"This holy organization of the Islamic Republic is aimed at those who are interested in suicide. The volunteer will join specialist courses. Brothers and sisters who believe and are interested in defending Islam are invited to get in touch via P.O. Box Number 1653-664, Teheran, and are asked to send two photos, a copy of their birth certificate. Please enlist in the suicide squad.”
Who is in charge of the suicide organization? According to the report, the man at the top is Elias Nedran, head of the parliamentary conservative faction, and former intelligence officer in the Revolutionary Guard Corps.
Around six months ago, Nedran set up “Zaytoon,” as an organization for men and women who wished to carry out suicide bombings against the enemies of Islam and the Iranian revolution -- in particular, the Americans, British, and Israelis.
Also in the crosshairs are Arab and Muslim countries who are considered friends of the United States.
The suicide organization has so far held three rallies. The first, in Teheran, was attended by 300 members, who were between the ages of 14 to 30.
The second rally was had 400 participants, while the third meet saw around 500 men and women involved.
During the meetings, senior figures from the national guard and the “Jerusalem Column” addressed the volunteers. The latter organization has been involved in terrorist attacks in Iraq and Western countries.
During the same event, Ayatollah Yazari, known for his loathing of Iranian reformers, also made an appearance, in which he emphasized the need to volunteer rapidly and to attend specialist training courses which enable members to carry out suicide bombings in Iraq and other areas, including Israel.
'They promised virgins on rivers of gold'
Muhammad Riza Siarir, a youth who volunteered for the suicide squad, before recently fleeing Iran, managed to arrive in Turkey, and told a newspaper by phone that himself and 80 other terrorist volunteers visited the office of (VIDEO) MEMRI obtains Arab TV broadcast showing Iranian drive to recruit tens of thousands of suicide terrorists
Yizdai told them that “the gates of heaven are open for you. There are beautiful, black-eyed virgins there who are waiting for you on the banks of golden rivers.”
Siari decided to flee Iran after meeting another ayatollah, known as Muntrazi, who condemned suicide bombings and advised to have no part in such activities.
“After I heard Muntrazi attacking suicide bombings, I went to the third meeting of the suicide squad. It was after this that I chose a different path, and decided to flee. I made contact with one my relatives who smuggles people illegally, and he helped me across the border and into Turkey.”
Siari also said that volunteers were being trained in four camps run by the Revolutionary Guard Corps and the “Jerusalem Column,” and were receiving physical and ideological training, including courses in explosives, and Arabic and English classes.
MEMRI obtains Arab TV broadcast showing Iranian drive to recruit tens of thousands of suicide terrorists Full Story (Video)
Let's randomly dial cell phone numbers in Iran and see if we can get lucky.
I wish they would all volunteer and conduct testing in Iran, Syria, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Libya, etc.
Kill em all. Let Allah sort em out.
Iranian Mullahs renew their membership in the axis of evil PING.
40,000 wannabe shaheeds in search of 2,880,000 virgins - or is it raisins, and the company of young boys...
I am curious as to what company benefits are provided to these geniuses as employees of this fascist regime? Health insurance, disability, dental and voluntary life maybe?
ping
It's time to go in there and clean house. Maybe start by softening them up with a barrage of air strikes.
How does one "train" a suicide bomber.
Seems a fairly easy job to me.
It's clobberin' time!!
What a fun freep that would be!
Anyway we could keep score?
"The population of Iran is stated to be a little over 68 million"
Lets make it a little over 68.
"Remember, you can save the life of a family of three ... or even save a city ... with a measly 5 dollar donation for this calling card."
I envision a phaser-type dialer that rotates frequencies. We can zap them from a distance.
Can we please just nuke 'em now?
I don't care if there is more pro-American sentiment in Tehran than in San Francisco. If that many people want to die, we should help them.
Tahe em out BTTT
This illustrates perfectly the fundamental sickness of this so-called religion.
BUSINESS WITH ALL BUT POLITICAL ENTAGLEMENTS WITH NONE...
They also were pro-sound money. Central banking encourages war because it is a debt based system: everybody fights even more to pay its debts.
Time to acknowledge that interventionism does not work because intervention always requires more intervention: it is like cocain addiction. Are the world lawmakers stupid or do "they" have a plan???
THE FAILURE OF INTERVENTIONISM: http://www.mises.org/etexts/mises/critique/contents.asp
This is why all the empires have done down the road eventually.... this time again, the West (USA and it EU, UK allies) will pay the heavy price. To each his turn.
There is NO SUCH THING as THE BALANCE OF POWER.
Those who ignore history are doomed to repeat it. Again the Founding Fathers knew better than most of your congressmen today: "If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy."-- James Madison, while a United States Congressman
Not a bad idea for Iraq. A lead truck in a convoy has an uplink with all the nearest cell towers and then downloads all the numbers that are currently communicating with that tower. It then automatically dials those numbers to explode ordinance.
Ah, that's not saying much.
Three of the toughest peoples on the planet. Do they really think they'll bring us to our knees?
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