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On April 29, 2022, an International Quds Day rally in Dearborn, Michigan organized by the Al-Quds Committee was streamed live on the Dearborn. org Facebook page. The rally moderator called for a "noble, honorable, [and] brave armed resistance" in Palestine and for its "complete liberation." He rejected the two-state solution and said that there is no distinction between Gaza, the West Bank, and the rest of Palestine. In addition, Michigan author Fatima Najdi recited a poem about how she could see the "quivering fear" of the "cancerous entity" that is Israel and the “final rasping breath of those Zionists." She...

Friday was Quds Day, the day where Iranians gather in streets and chant their hatred towards the United States and Israel. The Free Beacon describes the scene in Iran: Hoards of Iranians could be seen in the streets in cities across the country. They waved signs advocating the destruction of Israel and America and also rallied in support of the Palestinians seizing Jerusalem. “Demonstrators chant[ed] slogans in condemnation of the Zionists’ crimes in the occupied Palestinian lands,” Iran’s state-controlled Fars News Agency reported. Chants of “Down with the U.S.” and “Down with Israel” could also be heard echoing through the...

Brief thoughts/quotes from the last 11 years. "Looking away, not caring, or hoping for the best are not viable options in fighting terrorism (in general) and the global jihad (specifically). Terrorism must be fought head on 24/7 and preventing terrorism is far better than just reacting to one terror-related event after another." -Cindy (July 1, 2011) ~ "WHAT DID I LEARN from the terrorist attack on September 11, 2001? OPINION: I have learned that more Americans love America than the lame-stream media will ever let on. I have learned that America's military is the finest in the world. I have...

TEHRAN, Iran – Pro-government militiamen attacked the home of an Iranian opposition leader with homemade bombs and beat one of his bodyguards unconscious, an opposition website reported, in an apparent attempt to keep him from attending a key rally on Friday. Mahdi Karroubi's guards had to fire gunshots in the air to clear crowds that broke down the door of his home on Thursday night after days of gatherings outside, said the Sahamnews website, which supports Iran's pro-reform movement. The report said the attackers were members of the plainclothes Basij militia, which led the crackdown on protests that swept the...

Reporting from Tehran and Beirut — Iranian security forces patrolled central Tehran on Thursday and the home of a reformist leader reportedly remained under siege by pro-government militiamen in what appeared to be attempts to intimidate the political opposition ahead of rallies planned for Friday. Riot police lined the streets near Enghelab Square and around Tehran University in the morning hours ahead of Friday's gatherings to mark Quds Day, an annual event in support of the Palestinian struggle against Israel that the government fears will draw opposition supporters to the streets. State-run media have called on government supporters to turn...

Iran's opposition leaders have said they will attend protest meetings at the nationwide Jerusalem Day anti-Israel prayer event on September 18th. Opposition leaders have said they will attend to protest the last election poll, which they say was rigged to secure President Ahmadinejad's re-election. The June presidential election was followed by huge opposition protests, which the government is keen to avoid again. Iranian authorities, including Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, have already warned opposition members they should not use any protest to turn attendees against the clerical establishment. With some opposition websites calling for new antigovernment protests on Qods Day,...