Prominent Iranian cleric shot dead: report

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[nuconvert]

TEHRAN — Gunmen shot dead a prominent Iranian cleric on Thursday in the northwest province of Kurdistan, the official IRNA news agency reported, in the latest attack to shake the region.

Mullah Mohammed Sheikh Olislam, who represents the province in Iran's top clerical body the Assembly of Experts, was shot twice in the head by unknown attackers at a mosque in Sanandaj, Kurdistan's main city.

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

Hmmmmmmmmm. Another one ‘bites the dust’.

[taillightchaser]

The religion of peace.

[Brilliant]

It takes TWO bullets in the head to kill these guys.

[Army Air Corps]

It is like there is a cleric hunt.

[pointsal]

When is ramadan? Did this cleansing act fall within the official mandates? Just curious....

[nuconvert]

pong

[rfp1234]

Obambi to MadMood Ahminamadjihad at the U.N.:
“Hey, no problem, buddy. What’s a dead dissident cleric between friends?”

[DGHoodini]

1 is a start....25 is a good start.

[Zeppo]

Have they ruled it a ‘suicide’ yet?

[DGHoodini]

‘Open Season’ has been declared on all Hardliners in Iran. Whether they are Clerics or Bazzari, with warehouses to burn as well.

[mrsixpack36]

I would like to know if he was on the “pro-reform” side or on ammanutjobs side.

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

So would I.

[beethovenfan]

A job well done by Null-a Mullah.

[ksm1]

Smells like Mossad.

Good.

[PapaBear3625]

It takes TWO bullets in the head to kill these guys.

Anything worth shooting once is worth shooting twice. You want to make sure, you know.

[Marty62]

OK But is he a good guy or a bad guy.
I’m not up on my Muslim Clerics.

[The Comedian]

One down, one billion to go...

Enjoy the virgins, insect.

Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.

[G8 Diplomat]

Ramadan is going on right now.

[G8 Diplomat]

From the article:

“An imam in Sanandaj, a Sunni Muslim seen as an ally of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, was killed on Saturday by unknown assailants, media reported.

A judge from the city’s revolutionary court also survived an attack on September 9, IRNA said.”

Sounds like they were hardliners. But I find it odd that a SUNNI cleric would be an ally of Ahmadinejad.

[G8 Diplomat]

Oh wait...that blurb was talking about a different guy, not this guy. Still though I assume he’s a hardliner because the others who were attacked/killed were hardliners as well. Just a guess though.

[digital-olive]

“Have they ruled it a ‘suicide’ yet?”

No, his name wasn’t Vince.

[4woodenboats]

Have they ruled it a ‘suicide’ yet?

2 bullets - Suicide Pact

[bustinchops]

And there’s a lot of dust in Iran, plenty to go around.

[SolidWood]

A Nutjob-buddy taken down? It's a start.

[SolidWood]

But I find it odd that a SUNNI cleric would be an ally of Ahmadinejad.

Religion is just a pretense... Since the Kurds are Sunni, the regime needs also Sunni pawns to excert controll. Also think of Sunni HAMAS in Palestine. They have becom Mullah pawns as well. Indeed Ahmadinjad has also some fans in Christian Armenia (strong ties with Russia).

[csvset]

Assembly of Experts

Rather pretentious title .

[Allegra]

When is ramadan? Did this cleansing act fall within the official mandates? Just curious....

Ramadan ends for the Sunnis on Saturday evening.

The Shia always have some Imam or something that has to look at the moon and announce it, but it should also end for them over the weekend.

[Justa]

Well, this is how you ‘change opinion’ in the Muslim world. Really.

[PapaBear3625]

Sounds like they were hardliners. But I find it odd that a SUNNI cleric would be an ally of Ahmadinejad.

To survive as a Sunni in Iran, you had BETTER be buddies with whoever is in charge.

This is interesting. It looks like the resistance has realized that the "Gandhi/MLK" approach just DOES NOT WORK against a sufficiently ruthless opponent, and has adopted the "Battle of Algiers/Vietcong" approach.