Posted on 11/15/2003 6:24:13 PM PST by Pan_Yans Wife
Iran's Influence Grows in Iraqi Holy City
September 07, 2003 Reuters Suleiman al-Khalidi
NAJAF -- Seventy-year-old Badria sits at the steps of the gold-domed Imam Ali mosque, crying in disbelief that she has managed to see one of the most revered sites of Shi'ite Islam.
''I thought I would die without seeing it,'' said Badria, one of thousands of Iranians who can now visit Iraq's holy Shi'ite cities freely thanks to the downfall of Saddam Hussein.
Saddam, a Sunni Muslim, waged war against Iran from 1980 to 1988. He imposed strict limits on the number of pilgrims from Shi'ite-dominated Iran allowed to visit sites they revere such as Najaf and Kerbala.
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Be looking for them to claim NYC a holy city for some random reason, and for the demands to start flying.
Go to the local NY mosque on Friday evening, and you'll see muslims from around the world coming to pray at the scene of the crime. I'm serious.
Is it just me, or do the Islaminazi homicide bombers resemble BORG droids. "resistance is futile, you will be assimilated."
Maybe Star Trek was a prophetic vision.
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